Standhill had been a hamlet with a manor house, but in the 14th century it was depopulated in the Black Death.
Pyrton |
Throughout most of its history the county was divided into fourteen hundreds, namely Bampton, Banbury, Binfield, Bloxham, Bullingdon, Chadlington, Dorchester, Ewelme, Langtree, Lewknor, Pyrton, Ploughley, Thame and Wootton.
Hamersley's family estate was at Pyrton Manor near Watlington, Oxfordshire, but he rose to prominence in London as a merchant.