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A History of the County of Oxford
… by Alderman William Rayer (d. 1619), 10 s. a year, 90 and Henry Hopkins of Exeter College, Oxford (d. 1643), 4 s. a … Apr. 1744. 12th Rep. Com. Char. 329. O.R.O., Misc. Ri. III/1; below, Bldgs. no. 27. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was presumably established when the borough was founded by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and … 55 The house was let for several years from 1696 to Henry Beeston, deputy recorder, for £10 a year, and was again … Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 152. D.N.B. Wood, Athenae, iii. 398; [T. Widdowes], Just Devil of Woodstock (Lond. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… intention to provide a new market area, perhaps following Henry III's grant of a fair in 1250. 20 Later in the Middle Ages a … 30 In 1583 it was recalled that the townsmen had received Henry VIII at Castle Hill, 31 apparently at the north end of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… towns: 79 in 14689 there were only 52 rent-payers, of whom Henry Dogett, three members of the Marshall family, Thomas … in 1932 and abandoned after a year. 10 In 1250 Henry III granted a three-day fair at the feast of St. Matthew (21 … B, ff. 12; Univ. Brit. Dir. [1795], iv. 8235. P.O. Arch., Post 2/17, p. 13; Blenheim Mun., shelf G 1, misc. box 10: …
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 … Above, Local Govt., Admin. of Justice. Wood, Athenae, iii. 398; [T. Widdowes], Just Devil of Woodstock (Lond. …
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 … the Restoration, royal visits ceased, and when William III visited Woodstock he lodged in the town. 97 New College, …
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 … and Anne were greeted with jubilation, 42 that of William III with silence. The council condemned the Pretender and his … mentioned in 1519, and stocks, a pillory, and a whipping post stood in Market Place near the High Cross in the early …
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 … i. 83. Hist. Parl., Commons, 1558-1603, ii. 409-14, 447-8; iii. 197. Ibid. i. 227-8. Ibid. iii. 614; above, Local Govt., …
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 …
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 …