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Há 3 dias · Gloucester had two bailiffs under its charter of 1200; they were evidently elected each year from that time, taking office within a few days of Michaelmas. A list of bailiffs, which can be amplified and corrected from original sources, was compiled by Furney (Glos. R.O., D 327, pp. 12–19) and was used by Rudder ( Glos . 113–15) and Fosbrooke ( Glouc . 206–8).
Há 4 dias · The city was divided into three electoral wards, each represented by six councillors. (fn. 3) As a county of itself Gloucester retained one sheriff, chosen annually by the council. The city also retained, by royal grant in 1836, (fn. 4) a court of quarter sessions, with a recorder appointed no longer by the council but by the Crown.
Há 6 dias · The main road out of Gloucester towards the west was carried across three branches of the river Severn and low-lying meadow by a series of bridges and a long causeway. The bridges and causeway evidently existed in some form by 1086 when Highnam manor at the western end was included in a hundred called 'Tolangebriges'. (fn. 2) 'Gloucester bridge ...
He was succeeded in 1669 by John Gregory (d. 1678), archdeacon of Gloucester, whose son John succeeded him in 1679 and died in 1708. John Webb, rector 1737–53, was also rector of Great Rissington and employed a curate at Hempsted.
25 de jun. de 2024 · The rectory of Hucclecote, which included the tithes of Hucclecote, Wood Hucclecote, and Noke, belonged to St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester, and under a lease of 1498 was farmed by John Lewis. (fn. 139) In 1542 it was settled with the priory's other rectories on the dean and chapter of Bristol cathedral, (fn. 140) who treated it as part of the rectory of Churchdown.
26 de jun. de 2024 · The church of St John the Baptist was built in 1732 on the site of an older church, retaining the old tower. In fact, the earliest church was reputed to have been founded by the Saxon King Athelstan in the year 931. In the 11th Century, it became the possession of St Peter’s Abbey and was rebuilt and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
9 de jun. de 2024 · He will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, 25th June at 11:30 am, at Gloucester Crematorium. Any donations will go to the Royal ...
