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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was established with a bequest from Daniel Hanley, Oxford's first Roman Catholic mayor: a room supplied by the … celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, later, from Buckland (then Berks.). 11 An oratory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… appropriators, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… separated by the river Learn, at its eastern boundary. The Oxford canal passes through it. The living is a discharged … appropriators, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. The great tithes, exclusively of Little Wolford, have … of earth on the outskirts of an extensive wood near the Oxford and Worcester road, was opened in 1844, when 20 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of [Elizabeth, widow of above and wife of John, Earl of Oxford, 1537], large figure of woman in heraldic cloak with … (3) of Thomas Westeley, chaplain to the Countess of Oxford, 1535, figure of priest in mass vestments with chalice …
A History of the County of Essex
… Abbots, was dissolved in 1538-9 by John, 15th earl of Oxford. 23 In 1548 its endowments were sold to Walter Cely, … Elizabeth de Vere (d. 1537), widow of John, 13th earl of Oxford, left to Wivenhoe church the vestments and ornaments … items from Elizabeth's bequest, to John de Vere, earl of Oxford, the proceeds going to the poor. 26 In 1554 the …
A History of the County of Essex
… during the Wars of the Roses, John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and his son were beheaded for supporting the … 1470 and 1471 at least 8 Wivenhoe men joined the earl of Oxford and his brother Thomas de Vere in supporting the …
A History of the County of Essex
… and heir Elizabeth married John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and Wivenhoe descended with the earl- dom until 1584 when Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford, sold it to Roger Townshend of Raynham (Norf.). Roger, … early 19th century. Aubrey de Vere (1137-94), 1st earl of Oxford, granted land in Wivenhoe to Earl's Colne priory. At …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Warden and Fellows of All Souls' College, Oxford. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat … An act was passed in 1845 for a railway to Worcester and Oxford, 92 miles long; and in 1846 for a railway to … Birmingham, commencing in junction with the Worcester and Oxford line, and measuring 11 miles in length. Another act …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, but architectural … the earlier 19th, curates being nominated to the bishop of Oxford from 1790. In 1866 it was declared a vicarage. In 1976 … were united with those of St. Michael's, Summertown, Oxford, and a team ministry composed of a rector and one or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of meadow, excluding Port Meadow which was described under Oxford. 96 Among the original endowments of Godstow abbey … of firewood, and in 1650 two osier hams were leased to an Oxford basket-maker. 12 There was some conversion of former … like Port Meadow itself, was within the ridden boundary of Oxford and may thus once have been part of the burgesses' …