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A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The teacher was the parish clerk. 53 A day school started in 1814 was in 1815 attended by 8 boys and … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … during a period of skirmishing north of Oxford, Ralph, Lord Hopton, a royalist commander, had quarters in Yarnton. … fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end to the 'revels …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … 'proper proportion' of labourers out of work, 'being one day for every yardland'; farmers were to pay the 'usual …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates but not, apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 … formerly held freely by Maino. Odo, bishop of Bayeux, was lord of the other half hide; it, too, was held by Roger …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … Society, established under the patronage of the late Lord Napier, and which holds a triennial meeting in this … Murray, senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Elibank; Dr. John Rutherford, pupil of the celebrated …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … held 2 knight's fees at Yatesbury, including 1 of a mesne lord, Walter son of Bernard. 31 By 1249 the manor had passed … (d. by 1654) on her marriage to Charles Seymour (from 1664 Lord Seymour, d. 1665), and it descended to Mary's daughter …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. … to Sudbury: Earl Ferrers is a considerable owner, and the lord of the manor. The common laud, about fifty acres, was … handsome monuments to the families of Rant, Playter. and Day; and a Norman font. The sum of 27 per annum, arising from …
A Dictionary of London
… Ch. Bundle 68, file 12, No.333) (quoted in N. and Q. 11th S. 3, p.243). Not further identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen … York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, sometimes called the "Abbot of St. Mary of Yorkes … (Lond. I. p.m. III. 147). Given by Henry VIII. to Thomas lord Wriothesley, 35 H. VIII. (Dugdale, III. 540). Belonged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Yelford by 1221. 99 In the later 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a … was sold in 1984. 14 In 1254 the living was valued at 20 s. (corrected to 26 s. 8 d.), 15 in 1291 at £2, and in 1341 … Hardwick's fields. 25 A house and yardland held from the lord by the rector in 1279 as a freeholder for 10 d. a year …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted in 1625, 18 together with Yelford … to the subsidy of 1523-4 was John Hastings, resident lord of Yelford manor, assessed on goods worth £40. 41 By …