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WINCHCOMB , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Gloucestershire, See also:England, 7 M. N.E. of See also:Cheltenham. Pop. (1901) 2864. It is picturesquely situated among the Cotteswold Hills, in the narrow valley of the Isbourne stream. The Perpendicular See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, cruciform, with a central
See also:tower, is a See also:good example of its See also:period. In the vicinity is Sudeley See also:Castle, originally built by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Boteler, See also:Lord Sudeley (d. 1398). By See also:gift of See also:Edward VI. it came into the hands of See also:Sir Thomas See also:Seymour, See also:fourth See also:husband of See also:Catherine See also:Parr; this See also:queen died here and was buried in the See also:chapel. The castle suffered severely at the hands of the parliamentarians in 1644, and remained ruinous until 1837, when a careful restoration was begun. There are a tower of the 14th See also:century, and considerable remains of the 15th, the inhabited portion being mainly of Tudor date. There are See also:flour See also:mills, See also:paper-See also:works and tanneries at Winchcomb.
Excavations prove that there were both See also:British and See also:Roman settlements at Winchcomb (Wincelcumbe, Winchelcumbe). It owed its growth to the See also:foundation of religious houses by See also:Offa and Coenwulf of See also:Mercia in the 8th century. It became a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in Saxon times, was the See also:chief town of a See also:shire to which it gave its name, and was the seat of See also:government of the Mercian See also:kings. 1,Witenagemots were held there in 771 and 942. Harold, See also:earl of Wessex, was the first overlord. It had become a royal borough by 1087, and was granted by a See also:charter of 1224 to the abbots of St See also:Mary's to be held of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king by a See also:rent of £50. Winchcomb never received a charter and was not incorporated, but as a borough by See also:prescription it was governed by 2 bailiffs and ro chief burgesses until the corporate See also:body was dissolved by See also:act of See also:parliament in 1883. It was never represented in parliament except by its mitred abbots before the See also:dissolution of the monasteries. There is no trace of the See also:original See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a See also:fair on See also:July 17 (now held on July 28), but it is mentioned as already existing in a charter of 1221, which changed the market See also:day from See also:Sunday to Saturday. See also:Elizabeth granted another fair on See also:April 25 by charter in 1575. A Tuesday market was also granted under this charter, but the Saturday market only is now held. Both the See also:modern fairs are See also:horse and See also:cattle fairs, but in the See also:middle ages they were centres of the See also:cloth manufacture. Tanning has been a See also:local See also:industry since the beginning of the 19th century, and paper and See also:silk factories were introduced about 1830. Winch-See also:comb took the See also:side of the king in the See also:Civil See also:War and was twice plundered.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Gloucestershire; Emma Dent, See also:Annals of Winchecombe (1877) ; See also:David Royce, Winchecombe Cartulary (1892).
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