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WOODSTOCK , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 the Woodstock See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Oxfordshire, See also:England, 724m. W.N.W. of See also:London, the See also:terminus (See also:Blenheim and See also:Wood-stock) of a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (Igor) 1684. The little See also:river Glyme, in a steep and picturesque valley, divides the town into New and Old Woodstock. The 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:Mary Magdalene, in New Woodstock, is of See also:Norman date, but has additions in the later styles, and a See also:west See also:tower built in 1785. The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall was erected in 1766 after the designs of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Chambers. The picturesque almshouses were erected in 1798 by See also:Caroline, duchess of See also:Marlborough. The town is dependent chiefly on See also:agriculture, but a manufacture of See also:leather gloves (dating from the 16th See also:century) is carried on. Wood-stock is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 156 acres.
After the See also:battle of Blenheim the See also:manor of Woodstock was by See also:Act 3 and 4 of See also:Queen See also:Anne, See also:chap. 4, bestowed in See also:perpetuity on See also:John, See also:duke of Marlborough. In 1723 it was destroyed, being already ruinous, and the site levelled after the erection of Blenheim See also:House, a princely See also:mansion erected by See also:Parliament for the duke of Marlborough in See also:consideration of his military services, and especially his decisive victory at Blenheim. The sum of ,C5oo,000 was voted for the See also:purchase of the manor and the erection of the See also:building, a huge See also:pile built by Sir John See also:Vanbrugh (q.v.), in a heavy Italo-Corinthian See also:style. The greater See also:part of the See also:art treasures and curios were sold in 1886, and the great library collected by See also:Charles See also:Spencer, See also:earl of See also:Sunderland, the son-in-See also:law of the first duke of Marlborough, in 1881. The magnificent See also:park contains See also:Fair Rosamund's well, near which stood her See also:bower. On the See also:summit of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill stands a See also:column commemorating the duke. Blenheim Park forms a See also:separate See also:parish.
Domesday describes Woodstock (Wodestock, Wodestok', Wodestok) as a royal See also:forest; it was a royal seat from See also:early times and /See also:Ethelred is said to have held a See also:council there, and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. to have kept a See also:menagerie in the park. Woodstock was the See also:scene of Henry II.'s courtship of Rosamund See also:Clifford (" Fair Rosamund "). It was a favourite royal See also:residence until the See also:Civil See also:War, when the manor house was " almost totally destroyed."
In the See also:Hundred Rolls of 1279 Woodstock is described as a See also:vill, but a See also:burgess is alluded to in the same document, and it returned two members to parliament as a borough in 1302 and 1305. A mayor of Woodstock was See also:witness to a See also:deed in 1398, but the earliest known See also:charter of See also:incorporation was that from Henry VI. in 1453, establishing the vill of New Woodstock a See also:free borough, with a See also:merchant gild and the same liberties and customs as New See also:Windsor; and incorporating the burgesses under the See also:title of the " Mayor and Commonalty of the Vill of New Woodstock." The mayor and a See also:serjeant-at-See also:mace were to be elected by the commonalty, and an See also:independent borough See also:court was established for the trial of all civil actions and criminal offences. The borough was also exempted from the See also:burden of sending representatives to parliament, but it again returned two members in 1553 and then regularly from 1570 until 1881, when the See also:representation was reduced to one member. In 1885 the borough was disfranchised. The charter of Henry VI. was confirmed by Henry VII., See also:Edward VI. and See also:Elizabeth, but before 158o, when an See also:ordinance was See also:drawn up for the See also:government of the borough, the See also:corporation had considerably See also:developed, including a high steward, See also:recorder, mayor, 6 aldermen, 20 See also:common councillors, a town clerk and a crier of the court; and the new charter granted by Charles II. in 1665 did little more than confirm this corporation. The See also:hamlet of Old Woodstock is said to have been founded by Henry I., and was never included within the borough. The existing Tuesday market is stated in the Hundred Rolls of 1279 to have been granted by Henry II. and the St See also:Matthew's fair by John. The latter was confirmed in 1453, with the addition of a fair at the feast of St Mary Magdalen. Queen Elizabeth in 1565 granted to the mayor and commonalty a market on See also:Friday, and two fairs of four days each at the feast of St See also:Nicholas and See also:Lady See also:Day.
See Rev. E. See also:Marshall, Early See also:History of Woodstock Manor (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1873) ; See also:Adolphus Ballard, See also:Chronicles of Royal Borough of Wood-stock; See also:Victoria See also:County History, Oxfordshire.
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