William of Wykeham / en The Acquisition of Alton Barnes as a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Estate in 1385 /acquisition-alton-barnes-new-college-estate-1385 The Acquisition of Alton Barnes as a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Estate in 1385 Michael Stansfield Issue number (2023): 20 Notes category Archives NCA 10039 Alton Barnes ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history William of Wykeham

The manors of Alton Barnes with Shaw and Alton Priors, now the civil parish of Alton, are in the Vale of Pewsey on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. Alton Priors only came into ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s purview relatively recently, in 1912. Alton Barnes with Shaw, on the other hand, has had a much longer association with the college, being one of the first estates to be provided by the Founder for his new foundation in Oxford when it became part of the college’s endowment in 1385. As with many of the college’s estates, the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ archive is rich with documents recording both the process of it becoming part of that endowment, and also something of the back story of its existence before then.

 

The earl of Salisbury’s counterseal, used by William Montagu (1328–1397), 2nd earl of Salisbury
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Lending to the Manchester Art Exhibition in 1857 /node/2047 Lending to the Manchester Art Exhibition in 1857 Michael Burden Issue number (2020): 13 Notes category Manchester Art Exhibition, 1857 Exhibitions William of Wykeham Warden Walter Hyll 13NCN6 (2020) Burden on the Manchester Art Exhibition.pdf688.25 KB ]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:18:26 +0000 Christopher 2047 at ‘The Origins and Life of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester’ /node/760 ‘The Origins and Life of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester’ Christopher Johnson Issue number (2014): 05 Notes category ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history 15thC history William of Wykeham 5NCN1 (2014) Johnson on Wykeham.pdf288.06 KB ]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:37:26 +0000 Anonymous 760 at