THAME, (Oxfordshire) or TAME, 10 m. from Oxford, 37 cm. 45 mm. from London, gives its name to the H. and takes it from the
r. Tame, which is navigable here by barges, enters this County here from Bucks, and washes the N. part of the T. as two
small brooks do the E. and W. This T. had the reputation of a burgh in the time of the Danes, who erected a fortification
here, which was taken by Edw. the elder in 941, and the T. suffered much by the Danes in 1010, when they over-ran the Km.
In the R. of Hen. III. Hen. Lexington, Bp. of Lincoln, to whose see the manor bel. brought the great road to Alesbury
through the middle of the T. which then began to flourish. After this, we find the family of Williams were great
benefactors to it; one of which was made Ld. Williams of Tame by Q. Mary, and chamberlain of her household; and being also
by Q. Eliz. made Ld.-president of her council for Wales and its Marches, founded a fr. sc. here, the master to be
nominated by the warden and scholars of New-Coll. Oxford, as also an almsh. for 5 poor men and a woman. The Quatermans, a
very eminent family in these parts at one time, are also said to have built a hos. here, of which there are now no
remains. It has a fine large Ch. and near it was a mon. The Mt. which is well-furnished with live cattle and all
necessaries is Tu. the Fairs Sept. 29 and 2 Tu's. after. The seat, called Thame-Park, is the Ld. Visc. Wenman's, whose
supposed ancestor, Sir Richard, married Isabel the coheir of the aforesaid Ld. Williams. A pot of Roman coins was found
here some years ago.