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Page 18
... round him , some tossed haybands in his face , and others set his beard on fire . His wife , seeing he was sleeping heavily , woke him up , and in a few days she made him take boat to Abingdon and give back the land . Besides 18 OXFORD.
... round him , some tossed haybands in his face , and others set his beard on fire . His wife , seeing he was sleeping heavily , woke him up , and in a few days she made him take boat to Abingdon and give back the land . Besides 18 OXFORD.
Page 19
Charles William Boase. boat to Abingdon and give back the land . Besides this he set about restoring the ruined ... gives the particulars necessary for taxation , and only mentions churches incidentally ; so that it is exceptional to have ...
Charles William Boase. boat to Abingdon and give back the land . Besides this he set about restoring the ruined ... gives the particulars necessary for taxation , and only mentions churches incidentally ; so that it is exceptional to have ...
Page 20
... gives us eight more names . St. Clement's stood in the middle of the eastern road out of Oxford , as St. Mary Magdalen stood in the middle of the northern road outside the North Gate ; but St. Clement's was cleared away in 1827 and a ...
... gives us eight more names . St. Clement's stood in the middle of the eastern road out of Oxford , as St. Mary Magdalen stood in the middle of the northern road outside the North Gate ; but St. Clement's was cleared away in 1827 and a ...
Page 22
... give towards the building . It was very large , and had two lofty towers . The seven bells in the western tower were the finest in England ; they are still the ' bonny Christ Church bells , ' and one of them is the famous Great Tom ...
... give towards the building . It was very large , and had two lofty towers . The seven bells in the western tower were the finest in England ; they are still the ' bonny Christ Church bells , ' and one of them is the famous Great Tom ...
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... Each new master had to give his brethren a dinner , or pay a penalty of 68. 8d .; and they could demand a breakfast from new members , " which was sometimes given and sometimes compounded for . Those GROWTH OF THE CITY 37.
... Each new master had to give his brethren a dinner , or pay a penalty of 68. 8d .; and they could demand a breakfast from new members , " which was sometimes given and sometimes compounded for . Those GROWTH OF THE CITY 37.
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