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A History of the County of Oxford
… were expected to be ordained, 5 and several combined the post with that of curate of Woodstock. 6 Many were prominent … included Mr. Dubois, said in 1738 to be treating the post as a sinecure, 11 and the Revd. James Reading, whose …
A History of the County of Oxford
… local jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at … his association with Rosamund and indeed the town may have post-dated her death c. 1176; its foundation was presumably a … 193; 1204 (N.S. xviii), 16, 111, 113. Ibid. 1230 (N.S. iv), 258-9. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 345; Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 9 Aug. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 7 and again in January 1553 after it was affirmed that Henry VII's charter (or perhaps its recent confirmation) had … mentioned in 1519, and stocks, a pillory, and a whipping post stood in Market Place near the High Cross in the early … 455; Cal. Pat, 123247, 16. Pipe R. 1230 (P.R.S. N.S. iv), 258. P.R.O., SC 6/962/4. In 1236 the manor and county …
A History of the County of Oxford
… successors as steward, Thomas Peniston and from 1573 Sir Henry Lee (d. 1611), continued to control the seat; both were … landowner. Sir John Vanbrugh lost his government post through being involved in the electoral campaign of … M. Colvin, v. 37; Complete Works of Vanbrugh, ed. G. Webb, iv. 53-5; L. Whistler, Imagination of Vanbrugh, 127-30; K. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 267; Digest of Endowed Char. Oxon. H.C. 247, p. 6 (1890), Iv. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Oxf. Meth. Circuit b 1; ibid. MS. Oxf. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gained by Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in the reign of Henry IV., over a Scottish army of 10,000 men, under the command of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… above it a small wooden bell-cote. The roof has six queen-post trusses with pendants. The S. porch (8 ft. by 8 ft.) is … completion of roofs at that time, and a grant of timber by Henry III in 1238 was specifically for the church ( Cal. … 33). There was a mediaeval bridge here in 1343 ( Cal. Inquisitions Misc. II, No. 1848, and Dorset Procs. XLVI …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No dole was made after 1546 when John Conway, steward of Henry, Earl of Worcester, obtained a lease of two-thirds of … action by the parishioners to recover the gift in 1559. 18 Henry Newland, Abbot of Tintern, gave the church house with a … of the Clayton and Smart charities. Valor Eccl.(Rec.Com.), iv.371; Hockaday Abs. ccccxvi. C 3/119/5. A dispute occurred …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Abbey the advowson and rectory were granted in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, Lord Herbert, held the tithes of Woolaston in 1651, 99 … B.M. Arundel MS. 19, f. 32 and v. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 371. G.D.R. Woolaston terrier, 1584; Trans. B.G.A.S. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to the estate in 1872, 50 but by 1905 Sir William Henry Marling had sold them all. 51 Throughout the 19th … photographer and motor engineer in 1939. A police station, post office, and grocery at Brookend existed by 1856. Two … Dom. Bk. i. 166v. S.C. 6/850/4-6. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 370. Dom. Bk. i. 166v. See p. 51. Pipe R. 1170 (P.R.S. …