History of the Parish and Town of Bampton: With the District and Hamlets Belonging to it |
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Page 77
... Sixteens , " who may fairly be liken- ed to the British House of Commons . But the similarity is not perfect in all its parts : for the Grass - Stewards are generally the four most influential persons of the " Sixteens , " and so joying ...
... Sixteens , " who may fairly be liken- ed to the British House of Commons . But the similarity is not perfect in all its parts : for the Grass - Stewards are generally the four most influential persons of the " Sixteens , " and so joying ...
Page 78
... Sixteens , may possess . The right of pasture in Common begins on the 14th of May and ends on the 14th of November . The Sixteens and grass - stewards are chosen in turn out of these who have rights of common . Four yard - lands furnish ...
... Sixteens , may possess . The right of pasture in Common begins on the 14th of May and ends on the 14th of November . The Sixteens and grass - stewards are chosen in turn out of these who have rights of common . Four yard - lands furnish ...
Page 79
... sixteen marks established in the village , each of which corresponds with four yard - lands and the whole sixteen ... Sixteens summon the tenants to a general meeting , and the following ceremony takes place . Four of the tenants come ...
... sixteen marks established in the village , each of which corresponds with four yard - lands and the whole sixteen ... Sixteens summon the tenants to a general meeting , and the following ceremony takes place . Four of the tenants come ...
Page 80
... Sixteens for the last 200 years , and is still preserved in the custody of Mr. Richard Townsend , tenant of Cote Farm . On the first vellum - leaf . Pretium 6s . This book given March 24th , 1668 , by me Thos . Horde Esqre , Lord of the ...
... Sixteens for the last 200 years , and is still preserved in the custody of Mr. Richard Townsend , tenant of Cote Farm . On the first vellum - leaf . Pretium 6s . This book given March 24th , 1668 , by me Thos . Horde Esqre , Lord of the ...
Page 81
... Sixteens , who ought to reward him for his care and paynes att the discretion of the said Sixteens , either at every meeting att the Cross as they make orders , or every halfe yeare or yearly , as they shall thinke fitt . And I trust ...
... Sixteens , who ought to reward him for his care and paynes att the discretion of the said Sixteens , either at every meeting att the Cross as they make orders , or every halfe yeare or yearly , as they shall thinke fitt . And I trust ...
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64 yard-lands acres aged ancient anno anno Domini Appleton estate appurtenances assignee or assigns Aston and Cote Bamp Bampton aforesaid Bampton and Weald belonging Brighthampton charities church churchwardens Clanfield Coate comitatu Common county of Oxon Coxeter death denarios dicunt quod died domini regis Ducklington Edward eidem Elizabeth Elizth Exeter Frederick Whitaker hæredibus Hancks hath Heddington Henry idem interest thereof Johannis John John Gower John Palmer John Prideaux June king late Lord manerium manor of Bampton Mary messuage nobis overseers Oxford Oxfordshire Oxon parish of Bampton pertinentiis poor of Aston poor of Bampton pounds prædicta prædictum quæ rege rents Richard Robert Veysey Sarah servitium Shifford shillings Sixteens solidos Standlake tenants tenement tenuit tenure or occupation terræ Thos town trustees Upper Moor valet vestry vicars of Bampton wife William Witney yard-lands yearly
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Page 103 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart...
Page 55 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 103 - But the age of chivalry is gone. (That of sophisters, ceconomists, and calculators, has succeeded ;") and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.\ [Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. | The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprize, is...
Page 114 - My Son, I feel that my hour is coming : my countenance is wan ; my days are almost done. We must now part. I shall to another world, and thou shalt be left alone in all my wealth. I pray thee (for thou art my dear child), strive to be a father and a lord to thy people. Be thou the children's father, and the widow's friend. Comfort thou the poor, and shelter the weak ; and with all thy might, right that which is wrong.
Page 165 - DISTRUST, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. Death, in itself, is nothing ; but we fear, To be we know not what, we know not where.
Page 77 - First Set, Second, Third and Fourth Sets. Now, as the customs of Aston and Coat are based on the principles of justice and equity between all the commoners, and the Common Meadow is not equally fertile for grass in every part, it becomes desirable to adopt some mode of giving all an equal chance of obtaining the best cuts for their cattle.
Page 78 - Set Two,' and thus four of the tenants having obtained their allotment*), four others come forwards, and the same process is repeated until all the tenants have received their allotments.. ..The most singular feature of this very intricate system remains to be told. When the lots are all drawn each man goes, armed with his scythe, and cuts out his mark on the piece of ground which belongs to him, and which in many cases lies in so narrow a strip, that he has not width enough to take a full sweep...
Page 167 - But not more innocent. When the archangel's trump shall blow, And souls to bodies join, Millions will wish their lives below Had been as short as thine.
Page 114 - I shall go to another world, and thou shalt be left alone in all my wealth. I pray thee (for thou art my dear child), strive to be a father and a lord to thy people; be thou the children's father and the widow's friend; comfort thou the poor and shelter the weak; and with all thy might, right that which is wrong. And, son, govern thyself by law; then shall the Lord love thee, and God above all things shall be thy reward.
Page 77 - ... into which the common is divided. A certain number of the tenants consequently have the same mark, which they always keep, so that every one of them knows his own. The use of these marks is to enable the tenants every year to draw lots for their portion of the meadow.