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A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … Mortain, in 1086. 10 The fee probably passed to Robert's son William who forfeited his estates in 1106. 11 By 1166 it was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family … allowed to fall into disrepair because the original terms of the endowment had not been complied with. Despite local … should be the first charge on the bequest. 73 Alderman William Fletcher, by deed dated 1823, gave £30 a year to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … Richard Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented in … time that the chapel and tower were built. Sir Thomas's son Sir William built in 1634 a screen at the tower entrance, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local landlords whose … created, including that bought by Henry Irish, 65 whose son John's assessment for the subsidy of 1581 was second only …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept … in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in 1783. 52 The latter was … to the construction on the Rutten Lane site in 1971 of the William Fletcher County Primary School, with seven classrooms …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … built soon after 1829 by Thomas Robinson, nephew of William Fletcher, mentioned below, and owner of a farm in the … principal victims Sir William Spencer of Yarnton. 41 His son, Sir Thomas, kept lordly state at Yarnton Manor, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and Bernard's son Thomas (d. 1219). … Durant of Cottesmore (Rut.), possibly for the latter's son William. 74 In 1580 it was bought by William (d. 1609), third …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton family, … married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … of ancient and modern Europe; and his kinsman, Colonel William Russell, distinguished for his military exploits in … lands were granted by William the Lion to Hugh de Gifford, son of an English gentleman of that name, who in the reign of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, … period when the quarries were most active. Of these masons William Sanderson, who died in 1803, is distinguished by his …