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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger … parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … hold in Wisbech St. Mary. Guyhirn was the birthplace of David Culy, the son of a French Protestant refugee. In 1695 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … in 1603 gave 12 acres of pasture in Sayer's Field, Wisbech St. Mary. In 1837 the rents amounted to £21 10 s. and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses were given the right of perpetual …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop Balsham appropriated the … with the bishop. 63 The church was valued in 1217 at £33 6 s. 8 d., and in 1254 the rectory and vicarage were returned … d. 65 In 1535, the vicarage, with the chapelry of Wisbech St. Mary, was returned at this latter sum. 66 The rectory is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… value of £40. 1 In 1397 there were 67 guildsmen, paying 1 s. 8 d. each, and 14 novices, paying 3 s. 8 d. each. 2 The novices' subscriptions no doubt comprised … in the Isle, such as Doddington, Sutton, and Whittlesey St. Andrew. By 1614, when a schedule of Corporation property …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND CHANTRIES In 1389 there were six guilds in Wisbech. St. Peter's, dating from 1327, was the oldest, the remainder, with the … of Richard II. Some of them were quite small. The Guild of St. John Baptist, however, though founded only in 1384, must …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… divided into three 'watches'-Town and South Brink (Wisbech St. Peter) and Murrow or North Brink (Wisbech St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … fisherman produced 5,000 eels for the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 8 fishermen rendered 5,260 eels to the Abbot of … common to the vills of Wisbech, Leverington, Newton, Tydd St. Giles, Elm, Outwell, and Upwell. In 1251 there was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… market at Wisbech by letters patent. 73 In the 1840's Wisbech was one of the largest if not actually the largest … 15th century, when it was associated with the festival of St. Peter and St. Paul, to whom the parish church is dedicated. At the end …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 … Char. ( Cambs.) [103], H.C. (1837-8), xxiv, s.v. Wisbech St. Peter. Gardner, Dir. Cambs. (1851), 636. iv, 802. See …