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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of Cumberland; containing 72 inhabitants. Wilton (St. James) WILTON ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of … united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Churches and Protestant nonconformity CHURCHES Leland's assertion that there were formerly twelve or more parish … within the borough, exclusive of the abbey church of St. Edith, and four within the suburbs. It seems likely that … to 1465, and the living was in the gift of the Prior of St. Denys, Southampton. 2 It was situated opposite to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… this century witnessed the foundation of the hospitals of St. Giles and St. John. 2 In the early 13th century there must have been a … of the next two centuries. In the early years of Edward I's reign the transfer of the county court from Wilton to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and serjeant of the mace; William Tarrant acted as queen's bailiff in 1595 and succeeding years; Roger Tarrant was queen's bailiff in 1585 and Steward of the Guild Merchant by 1591; … Harnham, Odstock, South Burcombe, Ditchampton, Barford St. Martin, Milford, and Wishford. The clothiers entering the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the increase in the rent was due to an increase in Wilton's prosperity, or to Hervey's efficiency, or his severity, can only be a matter for … Beaufort. 17 Cardinal Beaufort, engaged in the reform of St. Cross Hospital, Winchester, included the issues Wilton in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… years at the end of the 13th century varied between 1 9 s. 10 d. and 2 11 s. 5 In 12934 it came to 1 9 s. 6 A … it was stated that the fair lasted from the ninth hour of St. Matthew's Eve until the ninth hour of St. Matthew's Day (21 Sept.) only. 21 The abbess held her own …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… John confirmed it in almost the same words, 5 and for John's confirmation the burgesses of the Guild Merchant paid the … of the borough officials was held on the Translation of St. Edward the Confessor (13 Oct.), one of the two lawdays, … the Warden of Winchester College, the Rectors of St. Andrew's and of St. Mary's churches, and the Prior of St. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the fine for refusing to act as mayor was reduced to 40 s., 5 but in 1585 it was agreed that whoever bore the office … gas in the parishes of Wilton, Burcombe, Fugglestone St. Peter, and South Newton. 26 In 1935 the gas-works were … the poor were at this period lodged in the almshouses of St. Giles at Fugglestone, where some forty of them had …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 15 Henry Uvedale (14912), came from nearby Barford St. Martin and was also said to be of Corfe (Dors.); he was … remove the county court to Devizes; 19 and Peter Bathurst's threat in 1710 to deprive Wilton flannel workers of their … of Wilton all or part of the parishes of Burcombe, Barford St. Martin, South Newton, Wishford, Woodford, Great Durnford, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (now North) Street, already purchased with part of Dyer's money, was to be held by the schoolmaster rent free and … The benefaction of Robert Sumption of the parish of St. Clement Dane's, London, was, by contrast, a very … Mease's charity, with its subsidiary endowments, and St. Giles's Hospital. 28 In 1894, however, the new governors …