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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They … of the site was held with 2 a. in Hensington by Alderman John Carryk, whose neighbour on the north, John Haynes, was … surgeon and mayor (d. 1864), who seems to have lived at no. 16. 85 No. 14 was a private school under the name of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … by will proved 1717 gave £5 for bread for five widows, and John Bellinger, who by will proved 1767 gave £20. In 1782 … 10 men, 10 women, and 20 children, with an additional gift at Christmas; by 1618 he was spending £20 a year, and by will …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … endowed sermons; 'common dues' of 6 d. from each family at Easter yielded c. £5 in 1811, while additional voluntary … two chantries with permanent chaplains. A chapel of St. John, apparently not in the manor house, was repaired at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west … when demolished to make way for the present town hall. 99 John at Green's tenement 'against the stone cross' may be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … by only 97 rent-payers, and Adam Bennet, Robert Marshall, John at Green, Richard Marden, and the hospital of St. John, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular … directly to the corporation continued to be lent out at interest for the master's benefit until taken in hand in … a loan of £ 100 given to the corporation in 1588 by Dr. John Case, a native of Woodstock and fellow of St. John's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … with 5,000 men. 87 In September the parliamentary colonel John Butler wrote to Waller from Woodstock, but a few days …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOODSTOCK lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market … renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. The history of the park, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 … charged with purging the corporation in 1662, and at his own cost defended the borough's charter of 1664 … 15 From the 1670s Spencer's influence was challenged by John Lovelace, Lord Lovelace (d. 1693), steward of the manor …