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A History of the County of Sussex
… piers. A barn to the north-west has a late medieval crown-post roof. There was a park c. 1875 and later, with two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Croft's chantry in Woodstock church which were sold by the Crown in 1549. 98 John Meades (d. 1587) acquired the George … 1545), the house and an attached 1 ½ a. were let by the Crown for 21 years to the occupier Richard Andrews. 62 … later 16th century it was called Chaucer's House. 64 The Crown granted long leases to a succession of royal servants, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Meux £20 a year. 7 Samuel Tilly, rector 1704-12, the last Crown presentee, was the earl of Abingdon's chaplain. 8 His … of £4, which sum was allowed him as a pension. 51 The Crown sold some of the chantry's property in 1549 52 and … priest who occupied the chantry house. 62 In 1549 the Crown sold the chantry property to George Owen and William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… medieval inns were probably the George, the Bull, and the Crown. The George, later the Marlborough Arms, on Oxford Street was an inn by 1468. The Bull and the Crown, both prominent by the 15th century and fading in the … bank (no. 16) and probably several plots to the east, the Crown on the site of nos. 9-11 Market Place. 92 All three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… trade with innkeeping, notably John Norris who held the Crown in Market Place, while William Cornwell was also a … the borough's privileges as a staple town against the Crown's patentee, the mayor noted that there were only c. 5 … inns in the earlier 17th century were the Bull and the Crown in Market Place: 36 Alderman Thomas Bradshaw (d. 1613) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the corporation's meadows ( c. 17 a.) were granted by the Crown. 16 As late as 1750 a triangle of land at the junction … patrons, and major employers and purchasers. The Crown's gift to them of Woodstock manor included no town …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then … from the mid 16th century. 95 The fee farm and the Crown's half share of profits seem to have been paid from the … to have fallen from 3 to only 13 s. 4 d. because of the Crown's seizure of chantry and monastic property in the town. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… park, Woodstock Park, renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to agents, notably Samuel Travers, surveyor-general of Crown Lands, and William Diston, a flamboyant Chadlington … that the 'little people' in London dependent on the Crown would be against her, and that the military men who …