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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when it was entrusted in turn to Ralph de Normanville and Robert de Cantia, and to Richard (Poore), Bishop of Salisbury. 28 King John stopped there on 12 October 1216 on his last journey. 29 Edward I visited it in 1292, 1298, 1300, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… those of Elizabeth Wright, Abraham Jobson, Judith Mayer, and William Watson have already been dealt with. 69 John Crane, the apothecary, by his will dated 1651, gave the Black Bull Inn (later the … 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 … Garland, the retiring town bailiff, refused to hand over his books, causing a long and expensive Chancery suit, 57 at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for … conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop Balsham appropriated the … wife. One commemorates Thomas Parke, 1628, and Etheldreda his wife, and the other Matthias Taylor, 1633. In the south …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… men' were to meet on the first Tuesday in every month, and once a year were to dine together 'at such place as … consent'. The cost of the dinner was to be 4 d. per head 'and no more', payable whether the burgess was present or not. … (1569) it was enacted that any absentee refusing to pay his 4 d. for the dinner should in future not be admitted. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed to John Robynson 'collector' for his pains in collecting money during the previous six weeks … out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William Skortred … burials during the year was 206, including 42 in September and 20 in October, as opposed to an average of about 60 a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… fee, with a messuage in the New Market belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 messuages, as 1 fee, and 120 acres for 10 s. 4 d. Robert de Haustede held 94 acres … in 13023 come to William son of Geoffrey and in 1346 to his son Nicholas. 97 Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fires FIRES Timber is scarce in the Fens and brick earth plentiful. Timber-framed construction was … from fires. 55 In 1558 William Styrmin was paid 40 s. for his charges laid out after a fire in the Old Market. 56 … should consist of 24 leather buckets, 3 large ladders, and 3 'cromes' with 14-yard ropes fastened to the chains. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the main feature of Wisbech life in the later Middle Ages and was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed … handds'. 6 After the appointment of a bailiff they audited his accounts. The dean was responsible for warning the … 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
… Wisbech Guilds and chantries GUILDS AND CHANTRIES In 1389 there were six guilds in Wisbech. St. Peter's, dating from 1327, was the oldest, the remainder, … 1565 to Edmund Downing, who in the latter year assigned his lease to Richard Everard of Wisbech. 96 A twenty-oneyear …