M.U GENEALOGY 942.4501 SH84T 1907 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION G^^ ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00855 1910 f GENEALOGY 942.4501 SH84T 1907 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/transactionsofsh1907shro 1 TRANSACTIONS . OF THE "SHROPSHIRE ARCH/EOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1877. LL RIGHTS RESERVED 3j^D SERIKS,, VOL. V 1 1 . , 1907- I, K I N r K I) F O K T H K S O C I K T Y S 11 U !•: W S B U K V : AD N ITT AND N A U N I O N . TlHi SQUARE. () s VV E S 1' i< ^ ■■ WOODALL, MINSIIALL, THOMAS AND CO. '•••* u 1 tt : -1. '.4 •I i M I ; 1 ■'- \ t^ . 1305010 WOODALL, MINSHALL, THOMAS AND CO., PRINIEKS, ETC., OSWESIKY AND WKKXHAM. OXvv / ^ 8rd Series, Vol. VII., Part I. Cransactions y' ■•■•■n ;. .y. t; OF TIIK SbropsDire JlrchaeolOQlcal AND natural Bistorp Socktp ESTABLISHED 1877. A L L R I G H T S R K S E R V E » , ;, 3 ui) S Eiri E S, -^ ' ' VOL. VII., 1907. ;.'' PRINTED F O R T H E SOCIETY.'- t* "^V; ^ 1 .1. . '• ,-. \ ••^;w:;'^- SHREWSBURY: a'dNITT and NAUNTON. TilK SQUAUK OSWESTRY: W O O D A L L , .'1 I N S H A L L , T H O M A S, A N 1> C.G*.'- ^ WlMjlJAI.l., MIN.^MAIX, THUMAH AHU CO. t>iW»-.sri Edward, 3rd Lord Herbert of Cherbury ^ 3^- - Henry, 4th Lord Heroert of Cherbury The Augu.i„ian Vnars. Shrewsbury : C^-^Vcl.d engraving)::: ^ Upper Millichope-Entrance Interior " " Upstairs Window ... East side ... •• •;• ' ' c ^ Heralds-' Ccnilkatc of the P(^digree and Arms of Hunt, 1623 ... Lical.-CJenei.a Lord Hill, ^'^•'^•__J_-J Chirbiuiy Church (to be inserted in Vol. VI., page 255)- 38 40 44 44 49 50 57 61 105 106 125 126 128 130 / III •■ I' .i SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. CONTENTS of 3rd Series, Yol. VII. Page The Church Bells of Shropshire, V. Deaneries of l-:cclesliall, l-:ilesniere, Whheluirch, and llodnet. By II. B. 'Walters, M.A., F.S.A » The Herberts of Cherbury. By I'Loicentia C. Herbert 35 ; Montford Bridt,-e : Tolls, Customs, etc., IJ85 — 1412. By ! the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. «5 Wi^dey. By Henry T. Weyman, h.vS.A. ... •. ^5 A Bittcrley Broil in 17 18. Booton veratts Lang-ford. By the Rev. John R. Burton, B.A ■ 95 The Augustinian Friars, Shrewsbury. By the Rev. C. ! II. Drinkwateu, M.A. • • •• ^°5 I On the Library of .More Church, Salop. By the Rev. I W. 0. Clark-Maxwell, M.A., F.S.A 115 Upper MiUichope. Bv E. C. Hope-Ldwarde.s 125 i A Terrier of the Parish' of Diddlebury, 1637. By Lvelyn i II. Martin ... •• ^39 ! The I'irst Bailiffs of Ludlow : an Early Chapter in the \ History of the Borough. By Hexry '1. \Veym.\n, 1 F.S.A. 'f^ f Early Salopian Pipes. By T. H. Tiur.^fielu lOo Shropshire Earthworks. Bv E. S. Corhold, C. E., J.- (^ ^.^ ... i('(^) Charles Yl. and Ton,g. By the Rev. j. 1'.. Aiden, M.A. 177 Shrewsbury Paving and other Arcounls, 5I Henry HI., 1 2(19-70. Transcribed and Edited by the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. - ^93 The Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of Worfield. Part IV., 1533—154^- Transcribed and lulited by H. B. Wai/i'ers, M.A., F.S.A • ^^9 Ecclesiastical History of Shropshire, during the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration. By the Rev.'j. E. AuDBN, ^LA 241 The Topographiral History of Shrewsbury. By the late Rev. John liRicKn.u.E Blakeway, M.A., F.S.A., I'dited by llie laic William Piullii-.s I-.L.S. (Coii- clitdcd). ... II .7 r -•I .y:»>J :.!i -H / 9n (•» . ; ./ I / 1 I' ' ; t / ;/ . ,'7/ '] !■ A./' ,'.1 'i'/ ..I ; .vji (\.v.../-. IV Page :s5' The Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327 : with Intro- duction by the Rev. W. G. U. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A., and Notes by Miss Auden. {Cuncludtd). ■■ The Hundred of Overs ... .*. ••' Shrewsbury Hundred or Liberties '.,,.- Bridgnorth and Liberties ... ... ... ... 369 Index of the Pkiccs named in the Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327 375 Shropshire Feet of Fines, 12 18 — 1248. {Continued). 379 Some Proceeding's at the Shropshire Assizes, 1414. Edited by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., ^'■^■i"^ 390 The late Edward Calvert, LL.D. ... ... ... ... 397 MISCELLANEA : — I. Heralds' Certificate of tlie Arms and Pedigree of Hunt of Longnor, CO. Salop, 1023 ... ... i II. A Letter written ))y the great Lord Hill ... lii HI. Human Remains found at Lresthope ... ... iv IV. Chained Books in Salop. ... ... ... v V, Shropshire Deeds. ... ... ... v VI. Mandate by Edward HI. to the Sheriff of Salop, to arrest an Apostate Monk of Shreusbury, 20 November, 1372 ... ... ... ... vi VII. Papal Indulgence for Battlefield Church, 11 March, 1423 ... ... ... ... ... vii VIII. Excavations at Haughmond Abbey ... ... m IX. Traces of Pre-Historic Man ... ... ... vrii X. Supposed Roman Villa at Exenwood ... ir XL Deed relating- to the reparation of the Clive Cliapel, 10 August, 1578 ... ... ir XII. Hen Dinas, or Old Oswestry ... ... ... '"/" XIII. The Herberts of Chirbury.— A Correction. ... rm General Index to Volume VII .'V ILLUSTRATIONS. Sycharth ^iii Shrop.shire Bell Stamps, iVc. Pl.ile XIX. Ba.schurch) l IMate XX. (B:ischurch, Hordley) ... ... 2 Phite .XXL (Ness Magna, RudlLiH's earlier Bell Stamp, Adderley) 10 Pl.ite XXII. (Child's Ercall, Norton-in-Halcs) ze, Lymorc, formerly the residence of the Lords Herbert... 38 Edwrird, 1 si Lord Herbert of (^hcrburv (in the robes of the |{:ilh) 40 VI Nil .1. 6t. I ; '■: . r '■ r' ' ..; ' ,. , >'vi} ' •J^'\ '.., •>,^ rr . ' .iT »«:<■ ,fu:,.. > ;;.i tiliiH i>< : •/. ,!;, > :-.r ■:y )■•! ■ ; .!• /I -fif f .;i . :iM . > ' -III.. ,1 ! VI SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society was held in the front room of the Music H;ill. Shrewsbury, on Saturday, July 20th, 1907. The Right Hon. Lord Barnard (President of tlie Society), occupied the chair, and there were also present the Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A. (Chair- man of the Council), the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage, F.S.A., the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, the Rev. W. G. I). Fletcher, F.S A., Mr. Herbert R. H. Southani, F.S.A. , Mr T. E. Pickering. Mr. J. Nurse, Mr. T. Roberts, Miss Auden, Miss A. Downward, Miss Humphreys, and a large number of other members and friends, the entire audience numbeiing about 150. ANNUAL REPORT. " " The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A. (Chairman ot the Council), read the Annual Report of the Council as follows . — DuriiiL; llic twelve months covered by this Report the work of the Society has been stea lily maintained. i'wo iin{)ortant elforts on hehalf of old buildings have been inauj^urated, and partly carried out, under its fostering care. The one is the repair of the Tower of Shrewsbury Abbey Church, and the other is the excavations on the site of the Abbey at Haughmond. The tirst is a work of imperative necessity for the security of the building, while the second has yielded important results in determining the situation of the various parts of which the .'Vbliey was composed. Since last Report the numerous .MSS. relating to Shropshire left in a more or less complete form by the late Mr. William riiillips have been [lurchascd at the joint expense of the Society and the Coni- mittce of the Shrewsbury Kree Libr.iry, and these v\ill be utilized from time to time for the purposes of the Transactions. '1 lie Council have again to dcjilore numerous losses by death. The Earl of Liverpool, who as Lord Hawkesbury had been a Vice- President for many years. Rev. Prebendary Corbet, Rev. ¥. W. Kittermaster, and Mr. (i. M. Salt, are among those who have passed away, and special mention must be made of two others. Mr. F. Goyne had performed the duties of Secretary for the long period of twent) -five years, and won the esteem of all the members of liie Society, while Dr. Calvert, as a member of the Council and ot the lulitorial Committee, and as auditor of the Society's accounts, lias left a vacant place which it will be difhcult to hll. Thus, as Wordsworth expres.ses it : — Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide .... We men, who in the morn of youth, defied The Li(iiients, must vanish; be it so! EnoUi;l< if something fiom our hands have power To live, to act, and serve the future hour. "^'•■' ' THOMAS AUDEN, M.A., F.S.A., Chairman ^tii u-> ./.::.,. -A ifliV >i»i .v4»!'-4, - li.-.'i :,^\', .f'.'i ,;• I', e ! ic.nuo. • "Jt'i' • •»'••« .'m I / :hv;a .1'. .r.r. , ,:fi/( ' . I' AM '''. ■ All'" .. iri 0' Vll STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. Prebendary Auden also presented the Statement of Accounts. The Balance-sheet for the year showed that the uiemhers' subsci.pt.ons amounted to i;. 77 8s., making, with receipts from ^^^\^'^^l fi2-x 4S lod. The expenditure was /220 &s. 6d., leavuig a balance in hand of £2 )6s. 4^1- A few subscriptions were m ""'The Chairman proposed the adoption of the Report and State- ment of Accounts. He said that, unfortunately, owing to the circumstar.ces of his residing some considerable distance from he county and owing to the fact that he had a good many irons in the fire he had rarely tic honour of meeting the members of the Society He, therefore, esteemed it a very happy circumstance that he was able to be present that day. He could assure them that no one took a greater interest in the Society and its allairs than he did, and he always made a point of studying with very great care the 7 nT«Srtd/o«s of the Society, which, to him, were a matter of much interest, and he only wished he vvas able to devote more time to attempting to elucidate those hundred and one archaeological problems which would always, he ventured to think, face them Perhaps when his son got older he would be able to assist him by relieving him of some of the work lying upon him, and in that case he hoped to have more time and opportunity to devote to a subject which had, from his earliest youth, been to h,m of the greatest interest. As it was, they must take his good inten- tion as the best he could offer. (I.aughter ) he Report glided very lightly over two matters ^diich were both, of considerable importance. The first was the question of the repair ot the 1 ower of the Abbey Church, a work which must cause a great dca ot anxiety to all those who were interested in the state of such a magnificent monument as that, and, in fact, to all who were inter- ested in the glorious memorials of the ancient town of Shrewsbury. Tlie cost, as they all knew, had turned out to be a very serious matter. At the same time he believed the promoters of lie restoration woik had reduced that cost t.) the lowest limit possible without scamping the work. He had carried about with him f^or several weeks the draft of a letter which it was contemplated he- should issue to the Press in Loildon, appealing for assistance, but his duties recently as Chairman of the Departmental Committee on A-ri. ullure had prevented iiim giving serious .Utention to the dralt, aUhoimh he hcped lh;a lu ini.^ht now be in a i.os.lion to Imtiier eonsuler the mailer. There was another point in connection with the subject, however, which made him hesitate, and that was lie enormous number of ai-peals of every conceivable sort made to he public at the present time. He did not .ay for one moment that they were not perfectly justified, but the hu:t remained that unless one ha.l some sp.-e,,dly powerful lever to work with, unless one was ve.y careful and look special stei)S, the iespon.se might be veiy f: si*t • ^ u-i until I .y-rA . •• I I'll >:..•,.;•• ■■■ :'II I 1 ■^ »• •.il.- , 1. 1 ,',. -,1 , ; ■ :,!■ ' ■ i ■> "■I-: V':>. .:. • ..u; ' '!i . . -■,;■ 1.. •■,•;. ; 1 ■ : . J ... . ,tJ .'j: .)■ ■ t ■•* .1 .;i i,' : :. 1^■ '...-,■ 'i ■ I. .• ill ■.'■. . //' . ■• .•! w. ■:• ):>'■ ■I ' .' ■ ) .-. t ; ' ; I'.; . ! "■ ; • ■ ■ ( ..:■■; - • . . II 'i-,r'. ; I IX would like to see some of the duties falling on younger shoulders, lie ventured to think thai the study of ;ir(:h;eology Ijrought with it a good de-al ol [)lcasure, anil he would like to [)lead with young people to take a dee[)er interest in the v/oik. As his Lordship had said, it was a most fascinating and agreeable pursuit. The Report and Accounts were then unanimously adopted. liLFCTION OF VICE-PRtSIDIiNr. Mr, Hkkiuckt SouriiA.M said he had great pleasure in asking them to accept Mr IJeville Stanier as a Vice-President. He knew the Very great interest which Mr. Stanier took in work of that kind, and if they appointed him they would add a name to tlie list of Vice-l'residcuts wh ch would rcHect the grratest credit upon it. Mr. Sou I MAM Went on to thank the Chairman and Prebendaiy .Nudeii for the kindly expressions with regard to himself, and to rxpl.iin the w irk which had been done, with a plan shcjwing the w.dls whi< h had be.ii exi)oseJ since the work began. He also fsprrsseil nidcbtedness to Mr. Hugh C'orbet, the ow.ier of the pro- perly, for his assistance, and for kindly acting on the suggestion that an irc-n fence shou'd be placed around the excavations. Rev. D. H. S. CuANAGE seconded, and the motion was carried. THE COUNCIL. Mr. J. Nurse moved the election of the members of the Council for the ensuing year as follows :— Rev. Prebendary T. Auden, M.A., K S.A., Miss Auden K.R.HistS., Rev. J. R. Burton, B.A., Rev. \V. (i. Clark-Maxwell. M.A , F S.A , Rev. I). H. S. Cranage, M.A., FS.A.. Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, MA, Rev W. G. D. Fletcher, MA., F.S.A., Miss Hope l^^dwardes, H. H. Hugiies, Ksq., Rev. A. J. Moriarty, D. D , S. M. Morris, Fsq., E. Cresswell Peele, Esq., T. K. Pickering, Esq., M.A., Herbert R H. Southam, Esq.. F.S.A., F.RHist.S.. Kev. A. I'hursby Pelham, MA, and Henry T. Weyman, Esi]., F. S A. Mr. Tho.mas Roijkrts seconded and the [jroposition was carried. ^ ' AUDITOR. ■ ■ , • , •Mr. T. E. Pickering proposc^d the election of Mr. W. \V. Naunton as Auditor in place of the late l)r Calvert. Rev. ('. H. DRiNK.WAThK secoiidcd, and the motion was carded. VOTE 01'" THANKS. Prebendary Auden moved a vote of thanks to Lord Barnard for taking the chaii. He said they valued t'neir President very much, and were always glad when he was able to appear among them. Prebendary Mo.s.s, in seconding, said they all welcmned Lord liarnard to bhrew-,bury, and the/ considered themselves higidy fortunate when he was able to come amongst them and give them such an illuminating and instructive address such as that they had iM .7. ' -• •J:"! ;i . ^ :■- '/! \ .1 . . ■ 1 ■ I ,1 ; . ...1 ■.if : I /I J I . »•>» ! ■ •■ I - :• : • r-.^ • ^ " I •!■ ■ I ■f. IK '(i:.. »' , 'I.Kir , ■ ;., I -1 ' ( 1 . 1 1 ! i I . ■ ; . ' . I } ^ y^ listened to that day. It struck liim tliat among the many claims arch;cology had on the [niblic interest there was one wliich to some , ^ ;, extent seemed to have been forgotten —he meant th-, claim which ,,, , it had to ii!ter[)rel the problems of the present day. We lived in sucli a rushing and hurrying world that there was no little danger lest we might be overwlielmed with the circumstances around us. He thought, therefore, that arch;e(dogy was not only recreative, but it was informing and enlightening to look back on the past and see how the jircsent had grown out of it. Certainly in Shropshire, with ■ its ancient abbeys and castles, and old buildings of various sorts, we had innumeiable opportunities of seeing the links which bound ,^ ^ ,, us to the past, and interpreting their relation to the present. He was confident that the more the past was studied by the light of our , archaeological remains and in other ways, the better we should be qualified to deal with those large problems which pressed upon us . , every day. (liear, hear, and applause ) The Ciiair:.!a.v suitably returned thanks. THE RKV. D. H. S. CRANAGE'S LECTURE ON " A UE.NEDICTINE AlIBKY IN THK MIDDLE AGES,'' At th2 conclusion of the business meeting there was a very interesting illustrated lecture on " A Benedictine Abbey in the Middle Ages," by the Rev. D. tl. S. Cranage M.A . F S.A., author of An Arclutecturai Account of the C/iurches of Shropshire. The lecture was illustrated by a number of lantern slides depicting -the life of the Monks and the buildings of the religious houses, the I lantern being worked by Mr. Marsli. Mr. Ckanagk remarked at the outset that it was rather more than ten years since he had the honour of lecturing before that meeting on a similar subject to that which he had chosen for tliat day. Continuing, the Lecturer dwelt on the gre.it part which St. Benedict played in the history of Monasticism by the foundation of the great Monaster, of Monte ("abino, in Italy, but in a greater degree by writing the Rule of St. Benetlict. which had been called the .Magna Charta of .Monasticism. Tlie throwing on the screen of a map of ICngland at the Dissolution servetl to show the very large number of Abbeys and I'liories of the Benedictine Order which existed in ICngland. After tracing the history of the Jienedictine Abbey fr(jm the Monastery of St (i.dl in Swit/.erland in the 9th century and onwards, the Lecturer [jrocceded, with the aid of a [)1 ui of the Abbey at Shrewsbury, taken from Messrs. Owen and Blakeway's history, to point oul the various parts of a great medi;cval Abbey. The cloister walk tuxt to the church was the scriptorium, where the monks copied ..nd illuminated tlieir manuscripts. Le ding out of the east w.ilk. were the slype, or parlour, and tlie chajjter house, wliere ihere wns a meeting every nionnng for reading ol the Rule of St. 15enedu;t, the discussion of the business of the Momstery, and the .uliniiiistr.uion oi tliscipline. The west svalk seemed to u i fitJ \< iK>f'.i/i: jri ri; •/-. ■ ..-■ ■ II \ ■J 1. ! Tf'.! ,.»*«<:.( jiwi~j;.ii 1,1 [.. ., ,i> 1') !»)j! -.. ' ■ •' ■ ' , ■ .1 \\V • Ma •• i 1 .1/ '' •••■ N • t; »«:•,; n-j ., . .:. ■ ..ii 'J ■ .-I 'i. , '" r '. .1 • •' '■...',■ ■.'•.:•■ I M'l'iiw. J f/ ■ 'T. .. , .,. :,-,,r.., ' . ■ ' . 1 1 :.■ 1 1 ■. J ■ V '. -' ' 1 ■:, i.'M., , .! ' - , . . I ... . , An I-, ■■'■ : l-.f,, ■• I '■■■■- I \ ■;,' ■- :•/.,!■ '»-', -<;M ' ^^' M ,' T,V.... :■■••' :• ■! . ••• I ) , , .. . ■, ■ n' it , ■,.,i f • 1 1 .. I i . . ,. , I .tt) have led at Shrewsbury, as at Durham and a few other places, to ihc common h(nise, wlierc a fire was liglitcd in cold weather. The south walk led to the refectorium, or frater. 'J"he food of ihe ni^nlvS proved an interesting subject for discussion, the Lecturer [)')intiiii,' out that in the early days no meat was allowed. Subse- (juently the Rule in this respect was relaxeil, for the Abbot was i;iven power by St. Benedict "So to temper and arrange all things tliat on the one hand the monks" souls may be saved, and that, on the other, what the brethren did should be done without any justi- fiable murmuring.'' k'rom an old book of customs an interesting extract was read as follows : — '" The youthful monk is bidden to wash his hands before his meals ; to keep his knife sharp and clean, and say his urace He is not to seize upon the vegetables, not to use liis own spoon in the common dish ; not to lean upon tlie table, not to cut or dirty the table cloth, h'urther he is not to use his knife lo carry the gravy to liis mouth, but to help others, as only the iil-maniiered find clowns take everything for themselves. He is to wijie his knife before he cuts the common cheese, and not taste fnst whether it be good enough for him. Finally, his meal ended, he is lo clean his knife and cover it with his napkin." A picture was shown of the old pulpit at Shrewsbury, from which, duiing meals, one of the monks read from the Scriptures or other im[)roving bo ks. The large range of buildings on the south-west still to some extent, in existence, was stated to have been, in all prc.bability, the guest house and places for the stores. Pictures of these, bearing dale from i/^^i to 1805, were shown. The suppres- sion of Al)beys was carried out under Henry VHI , mainly by Thomas <"ioniwell, I'^arl of lissex. The reasons for these suppres- sions were nuuicrous, some being good and others sordid. Tlie wealth of the monasteries was very great, and was calculated to be souiething like one hundred millit)n pounds of our money, and this was the real tem[)tation that Henry Vill. succumbed to. The suialler houses were dissolved in 1 536 and the larger ones in i 53S — 15^0. A brief reference was made to what became of the Abbeys at various centres in England after their suppiessi(;n. Shrewsbuiy was parochial as regards its nave, and was, therefore, preserved, t)ut other paits were jiulled down, and were now ruins or else absolutely non-existent. An. American visitor had said, " How thoughtful your ancestors were. '1 liey not only built churches for you to worship in, but ruined Abbeys for you to admire." 1 hose Abbeys were not always ruins, but the centie of a remarkable life which had the greatest inlluence on medi;eval England. in many cases they had dis;ippeared, but the present geneiation could reverently preserve all that remained 'ihe Shiewsbury Abbey was not the least im[)ortant in England, and money was needed to put it in a sound condition : with that reverence which was fell for the past, they would, I..- Ilioughl, he glad to assist in the [jreservution of such a noble n.eniotial. I *■ ■ V 7 i.- .'V 11/-. . . f r 1 .:■' ' ■', ' '.f. .f • I ,' rl M tl !■ .1 xn At the conslusion of the lecture the Chairman moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Cranage for tlie g!inii)se which he had given them into the Monastic hfe of the mid(ile ages. Tea was afterwards piovided by the Society for members and friends. ANNUAL EXCURSION. The Annual Excursion of the Shropshire Arch3eoloj,ical and Natural History Society took place on Tuesday, August 27th, 1907, and the following members and friends joined the party : — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., Miss Auden, Rev. Canon Living- stone, Miss Livingstone, Miss Hope-Edwardes, the Hon. Miss Glynn, Miss Lloyd, Miss M. Lloyd, Rev. E. H. De Castro, Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, E.S.A, Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Mr. H. R. IL Southam, F.S.A, Rev. C. H Drinkwater, Rev. R. Haseler, Rev. J. G. Swainson, Mr. J. Nurse, Mr. Scott Deakin, Rev. S. A. ^Voolward, Rev. E. B. Bartleet, Mr. S. Heighway, Mr. F. G. Morris, Mr. J. A. Morris, Miss Morris, Mr. A. E. Cooper (Assistant Secretary), &:c. The district chosen was the extr-i-me edge of Shropshire border- ing upon Denbighshire, where the fertile valleys were for centuries debatable ground, first between tribes and then between nations The party left Shrewsl)ury by the 10-5 train for Oswestry, where they were met at the station by tlie carriages and drove direct to Llanyblodwel. Their way took them past Oswestry Church and through Morda. with a glimpse of Sweeney Hall on the lefi, to the hmestone district of Porthywaen, and up the Tanat Valley. '1 he picturesque bridge of Llanyblodwel was noticed just before the Church was reached and recalled the fact that in the days of pack- horsetrafific it served an important road to Llansaintffraid and the country beyond. LLANYBLODWEL, At Llanyblodwel Churrli the members were met by the Vicar, the Rev. j Allen Jones, who kindly acted as guide, and showed them, among other things, the basstjon and violinccllo fornu riy used in the choir. The Church was added to and much altered about 50 years ago, when the peculiar steeple was built and the internal decorations added,, but it. retains a south doorway of the late I2lh century, and a nave arcade of somewnat later date. '1 he chancel screen is |)artly of line eld work with oak carving of the late 15th century. I'he south door of the church bears the initials R.B. : E. D. Waidens 17 13. and the parish jjossesses two good oak chests, one with the usual three locks. In the churchyard are two fine stone coffins and some interesting fragments of stone, one carved with a hare, probably in allusion to St. Melangell, the patron saint of hares, whose church at Pennant Melangell received the tithi", oi Hryn in th<: |)arish of Llanyblodwel. The gift was probably made by Rerid Vlaiddjord of Pennant and also lord of Ihyn, and it was given to piovidc oats lor the parson ol Pennant's luu>r. •1 Ir .,,1 I I "! !■ • <'^< w.' ; ;.*! t )• ). M Ir.i ,1. d^.- ■ i;.i •• ■ I A ', ►> .ii. "1 Xlll SYCHARTH. The party walked under ihc guidance of the Vicar through the plcas.int grounds of the Vicarage back to the road, where the carnages were wailing, and having thanked the Rev J. A. Jones for his kindness they drove on past Glan yr-avon to ^ycharth, where an entrenched mound marks the site of one of the chief houses ol Owen Glyndwr Here the Rev. Prebendary Auden read the following paper : — . . OWEN GLYNDWR AND SYCHARTH. Mr A. G. r.radley, in his wo.k on Owen Glyndwr, \n iht Heroes of the Xatuu, scries, claims for him that he stands at the head of Welsh patiiots. and in reputation towers above all the rest. It .s 10 be (eared, however, that the details of his career are known to ro.nparat.vely few outside the Principality and its borderland, thcn.gli n.any moie are familiar with his name as one of he characters of Shakespeare. In the play of Henry IV. (part i) the dramatist introduces him as surrounded by an atmosphere ot mystery anil magic, as one at whose birth " The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes ; The goals ran from the mountains, and the herds Were strangely clamorous to the frighted fields "— and as altogether one not in the roll of common men.^ We need not, however, co to what is legendary to arrive at Owen Glyndwr's greatness-a man who for more than ten years remained unconquered in face of the power of the whole English Kingdom deserves our highest respect. i ^ ^ Born in or about the year 1359, it is remarkable that tor the nrst 40 years of his life he was a peaceful, law-abiding subject ^ot the King. And he was no wild bandit chief. In Shakespeare s play, already quoted, when Hotspur taunts him, he replies— " I can speak l':nglish, lord, as well as you. For 1 wiis trained up in the English Court. ' - And this is confirmed by history. As a youlh he was a squire to Henry of Bolingbrole, afterwards Henry IV., and his bitterest enemy; possibly oefore that to King Richard H.^ In his early manhood he married the daughter of Sir David Hanmer ot Hanmer, and was the father of a numerous family.^ He had two nomes in North Wales -the one at Glyndyfrdwy, near Llangollen, the other at Sycharlh, where we stand. He had also some possessions in South Wales. At one or other of these northern homes he was leading the life of an ordinary country gentleman, when a quarrel with one of his neighbours wrought a complete change in his lite. This neighbour was Lord Grey of Ruthin, one of the Marcher barons, » Act III., Sc. I. =" Act 111., Sc. I. 3 Wylir's /Irnrv IV , Vol. I, p. 143. * Wylics J/riiry IV., Vol. 1, p. M.}. M^'i a' •• • \ a » / I ', . Hl.ltC .-J , ' II I J Hi ( i »! ■«>fwi(ir.iit t. ' J % I •! /. i« ) i|"J'-Jil Hi ■N /.' ' XIV who seized a strip of land which formed part of Owen's estate.^ The matter was tried in the law courts, and Owen's claim was sustained, but when — towards the c'ose of 1399— the crown j)assed from Richard II. to Heriry IV., Lord Grey took the opporliinily of Hgain seizing the coveted territory. Owen's second apj)eal was contemp- tuously refused, and he resorted to arms. Tliis (juarrel between the two neighbours soon tooli a wider sweep and assumed larger dimen- sions. It was an easy matter for his enemies at Henry's Court to denounce Owen as opposed to the new King, and he was treated as a rebel. Time will not allow us to pursue the story. It is liirgely summed up in the words Shakespeare puts into his mouth : — Three times hath Henry Bolinbroke irade head Against my powe^ : thrice from the banks of Wye And sandy-biittomcd Severn have I sent Him bootless home and weather-beaten back.- And everyone here will remember his asscciation with the Battle of Shrewsbury. True, we must give up the tradition of his climbing the Shelton Oak to watcli its progress, but he was in alliance with the Percies in their rebellion and had he come up from South Wales in time, the battle might have had a different result. He held out against the King to the last, and at Kiigtli, according to tradition, died in the house of his youngest daughter, about the year 14 16 or later, and rests in the churchyard of Monnington, in the county of Hereford, whicii was his daughter's married home.^ I turn now to Sycharth itself. It is, I think, impossible to study the site without arriving at the conclusion that it was occupied by a dwelling long before the time of Glyndwr. The central mound, with its surrounding ditches, goes back to Saxon, or, at least, Norman times, when it would be occujiied by a house constructed of wood and protected by a stockade. We know nothing as to the period at wliich this g^ve way to a more substantial edifice, but it happens that we possess two records contem[)orary with Glyndwr, one of which describes the house which he himself inhabited, and the other what were the circumstances under which it was destroyed. Owen had among his friends a poet by name Gruffydd Llwyd, but better known by his bardic appellation of lolo Goch. This friend, apparently, often stayed at Sycharth, and he has left us an account of the house and its management.'* He speaks of its large extent, embracing nine halls, or rooms, each furni.shed with a wardrobe to hold clothes for his retainers; and in illustration of this latter fact it may be mentioned in passing that there is a tradition that on one occasion Glyndwr caused Lord Grey to retreat from a contemplated raid by driving a number of stakes into the ground and covering ' Bradley's Oiirn Clynd-wr, p. hi. - Act HI., Sr. i. ' Bradley's MdrrI, nml Borderland of Wales, p. 66. * Bradley's ihvoi Glyndii'r, p. loi. "I • «.( I,'. . :'.vi'i' . ■ .1.1 1 I.: ■r^:^•^•|* il.it''.'' XV them each with a cap and jacket, which were mistaken for men.^ lulo goes on to say that near the house itself, on a verdant bank, was a woJtien building supported on posts and roofed with tiles, wlicre, in eight rooms were slccjjing apartments for guests ; and that there was also a cruciform church containing seveial chapels. Among the surroundings were the usual accomi)animents of a gentleman's rcbidence —entrance gateway, pigeon-house, mill, fish- pond, heronry, and so on —and a [)ark well stocked with game. The owner was helil in such respect that bolts and bars were unknown, and so profuse w is the hospitality that no porter was needed at the gate.- Nor does the poet forget the mistress of the establishnnuU. He has not only praise for her white bread and her metheglyn, but for herself as llie best of wives and the mother oi a b autiful nest o{ chu ttains It is sad to think that this mansion, which called forth so much poetic enthusiasm, was destined so soon to more or less complete destruction Among tlie " Original Letters illustrative of English History" preserved in the British Museum and printed by Sir Henry Ellis, is one in Norman French from Henry, Prince of Wales, afterwards Henry V., addressed to the king and his Council.^ It bears date May 15th, but without mentioning the year. It is uncertain whether it belongs to i.'}oi, 1402, or 1403, but any way, it was written not long before the Battle of Shrewsbury. The I'rince v/as not much more than a boy, but his father had sent him to the Welsh bolder to ascertam the state of affairs before he came himself. The letter, it will be noticed, shows the Prince in a very different light from the Madcap Harry of Shakespeare Ttie translation of the part bearing on our present subj( ct is as follows : — " Very dear and entirely well beloved, we greet you much from our whole heart, thanking you very dearly for the attention ycu have paid to everything needful that concerned us during our absence ; and we pray of you very earnestly the continuance of your good and kind disposition, as our trust is in y(m. By way of news that have here occurred, if you wish to hear of them, we have among other matters been lately informed that Oweyn de (jlyn- dourdy has assembled his forces and those of other rebels adhering to him, in great number, [uirposing to commit inroads, and iii case of any resistance being made to him by the English, to come to battle with them, for so he vaunted to his people ; wherefore we took our forces and marched to a place of the said (.)weyn, well built, which was his j)rincipal mansion, called Saghern, where we thought we should have found him, if he had an inclination to light in the manner he had said; but on our arrival there we found no- body, and therefore caused the whole place to be burnt, and several other houses near it belonging to his tenants. . ." ' Nicholson's ( uiiihiiaii (,'ui.i,-, (ISij), p. ySo. , ,, 2 Wylic's //.///.»• /('., [). m. * lllis's LcUcij, hciicb 11 , Vol. 1, p. 10. t 7 .}< il •■' " ^\•^lU^■,^ ht^V 7 ii .' •; ♦.'■Ml J, "' . 1 ' < 1 ! . .I'll • ''ii-' J > 1 1 li M I .i ,] ' . ■ ■ \ ■• 1- ' -r t ;■(: , ■ !. 1 r < 'ill K. ' )i\ 1 4' 1 « r ■. 'f . ' ' . i .'■ ,1.1 M , . ; ,' : 1 '"''!!' '""■; "' vi . 1 > \ At ,i, t i. V.I ,. ) ,', The letter then goes on to state that the prince afterwards marched straight to Owen's other [)lnce at Tilyndourdy, and burnt a hnc lodge in his park and put to dealli a fric-nd ol his whom lliey captured Then, having related how they further laid waste the country of Merioneth and Powys, the letter concludes : '■ May our Lord have you always in His holy keeping. Given under our seal at Shrewsbury the 15th day of May." What was the real extent of this destruction wrought by the Prince at Sycharlh we have no means of knowing — he evidently regarded it as complete The place was probably never restored, at least to any large extent, for during the rest of his career Glyndwr had no opportunity of settled life. He had committed himself to a game of which the stakes were nothing less than royalty, and the play involved constant movement from place to place. He is well described by his contemporary Capgrave as one "whom the King was continually sear'"hing for and ne\er was able 10 find, for wandering among the mountains and caverns of Wales, he had never any certain dwelling place, nor indeed could lie be cajjtured by anyone." ^ Sycharth [)robably remained a ruin as left by Prince Henry's soldier.', and through the hve centuiies which have since rolled by became, like other ruins, a quarry for new erections in the neigh- bourhood. When Pennant visited the spot in the second half cf the iSth century, there were stones still to be seen scattered about, - but all these have now disappeared, and greensward, covering the eartkwoiks, alone remains. But its memories like the grass are green. Sycharlh must ever remain a sacred spot — to the Welsh hrst, but after them to all others who reverence whatever is noble, and brave, and patriotic in the annals of the past.^ LLAN.-S1LIN. Walking' down through the yard of the mill that has succeeded the one mentioned by lolo Cicx'h, the drive wa.s resumed to Llan- silin, where the attention of the party wa.s hrst given to lunch, after which they made their way to the interesting' Cluircli, where they were met, in tlie ab.sence of the \'icar, by the Re\ . li. James. '1 he Church, which was very carefully and conserva- ti\elv restored in iSgo, contains traces of iJlh CiMilury \\(jrk, hut its foundation is ascribed to St. Sihn (or .SulienJ himself, who (-ame o\fi" with .St. Cachan fioiii Ihiltany in tl'.e ()th Cen- turv. .\ well bearing the name of tlu' .S;iint .still exists at T)!)- llan, and two Chinches in (\n(liganshire are (K'dicated to him. 1 Booh of Illustrious Henries, p. i 2 •. '- Nicholson's Cii'ithridti (hu'ilr, j). 780. ■' Tlic ;iccuiii|i uiyiii'^ IlllisU.uioii of Sycli.litli is from a i>lioto(jr;t|ih l.y Mr. II. li. iliii;ln^ llicsilc i)Ci-ii|iics liu- wltolc <>l tlic front of (lie jiulun-. iKtwC-'ii tlic lA'i ulii'.c crosses. I'hc iiioat is |)i;iiiiiy visililc, on the left si(k-, unilernc.Uli tlic wintf ji;ilings. 1 ■ r , -.''I Kinlon I^'fcll, lord of the district where Llrinsiliii lies, was cousin ol Trincc Madoc, wJio in 1199 founded the Abbey of \'alle Criicis, and the two capitrds now at the eastern and western ends of the aisle at Llansilin are similar in desif^n to those at V'alle Lnicis. It is [)ossible that Llansilin siiflercd in the troubles of the time of Owen (llyndwr, f(;r the Church bears marks of reconstruction in the 15th (xntury, when the arcade was rebuilt, and the east window and tine car\ed chancel roof were ^nven. In the i()th or ijtli C"cntur\ the i,'-allery was a(ld( .--.7/ :■ ■ ■:]>: ,■1 •! .'•.»•:! I li.ii, ■' ■ ■:• ': i ■, iu..i I '■ i r ; - l> 'l' ■'■ >- ' : . ! • ) «■ 7. » I ,' who was routed by the hero, and Lehiiid ui his Itinerary (circa 1540) sa}s of it : — " 'II1C toune or castelle ol" Hen Dinas standetli upon a round'.* hillet about haH' a mile in cuinpacc '1 her be iii j^reate (h( lies in the bottom oi the hillet cumpasing- it and in the toppe ol the hille now ^row ^reat trees of oke. The cummune people say that ther was a city withyn tliose diches. I think rather a campe of men of war, which peraventure was the canipe when Tenda and Oswalde (lid hyht. 'I'here is another hilK't of caste yerlh bytvvixt it and Osweslre, not far from Dinas .self." h'rom Men Dinas the party drove back to Oswestry, whete the majority of them cauj^ht the 5-48 train to Shrewsbury, after an interesting- and enjoyable day spent in pleasant country i.i delightful summer weather. XIX MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETINGS. November It, 1906.— -Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. Tlie followinij resolution, proposed by the Chairman, and scfoiuU-d I)y i\t\. C H. Drink water, was passed : " I'lu- ("diiinil ol llic Shropshire Archa'oloj^ical and Natural Ili-liiiy Society (li-.sidi- to re»"oi(l their deep sense ol the loss sustained hy (he death of Mi'. Iranris Coyne, who lt;r the lony; l)eri()d of _'5 years has Idled the olliec of Secretary. During' that time l:)y his attention to the duties of his oilice, by his business capacity and by his unvarying- willingness to assist the members in every way possible, lie won their cordial esteem, and they desire to tender to Mrs. Co> ne and her daughters their deep sympathy in the great sorrow which has fallen upon them." It was resolved that Mr. Adnitt be appointed Honorary Secre- tary instead of Honorary Editorial Secretary, and that Mr. A. K. Cooper be a|)pointed .\ssistant Secretary to carry on the same work on the same terms as the late Mr. Coyne. The Birmingham Free Library (Reference Department) was elected a member of the Society. l~he sum of ;£^ was granted by the Council towards the cost of the excavations to be carried on next Easter at Haughmond Abbey. Mr. Adnitt presented the plans of the original excavations at Wroxeter, and some Shropshire portraits, to the Society, and the Council accepted them with thanks. December 12, 1906. — Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. Letter read from Mr. E. S. Cobbold offering a paper on the Camps of Shropshire. The offer was accejited with thanks. Mr. H. H. Hug-hes sent some interesting prints for the in- spection of the Council, and stated they were for sale. The question of appointing a Curator of Conchology in the place of Mr. C. h'orley was discussed, and the Chairman read a letter he had reeeixed frcMii Mr. W. M. How, Chairman of the h'ree Library Committee, suggi'sting that the fuliue appoint- ment of Cui.ilor-, ))(• made h\ the Imi'c Libi-.-iry Committee in- stead of b\ the Ai cha-ologicid Soiiely. It was resoKcd tlial in \icvv ol tlic Mii.sciim aiul its contents having- been translerred from tlie Siuupshire Archieoloy^ical an.l Natural History Society to the Corpoialion ol Shreusbury a., absohite owners for the use ol the ])iiblic, the Council ol th..' Society aie willing to lOrct^o theii' ris^ht to ap[)oint Honorary Curators ol llif objects in llic Muscuni, and iiislead (4 this, will nominate such C"uralt)rs lor ap|)(»iiilnicnl by llie Iree Library Committee ol the Corporation, it l)cinj^ understood that when appointed they shall be responsible to the 1- ree Library Committee lor the due performance oi the duties of tiieir ollice. January 9, 1907. — Culuiicl E. C. Pccle in the Chair. Rev. \V. (i. 1). h'letcher reported that Mrs. Martin o[ West- hope, Cra\cn Aims, had ])rescnted some iulcrcstinj^ Shropshire J)ecds tet the Society. It was resobed that the best thanks of tiie Council be g^i\en lo JMrs. Martin, and that the Deeds be deposited in the Reference Library. The follow iiii^' new members of the Society were elected :^ Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ,' Meole lirace Hall. Rev. S. A. Woolward, ALA., Myddle Rectory. February 13, 1907. — Rev. C. 11. Drinhvaier in the Chair. The following were elected members of the Sijciety : — Rev. \V. Brewster, B.A., Lit/ Rectory, Salo]). The Newberry Library, Chicai;o. Mr. Southam .stated that Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, Assistant Secretary S.A., would probably give a lecture in blaster week, in aid of the Abbey Tower Restoration Fund. Letter read from Mr. \i. S. CobI)ol(l respec-ling the size of the illustrations b^r his pa|)er on Shro|)sliire b^arthwoi ks. After discussion it was resobed that no plan appear in the 'I'ra/isar- tuj/is larger than demy octavo. The (|Uestion of ])rinting a Calendar of the Heiefcn'd W^ills in conjuiK^ion with the Drilibh Record Society to be considered next Meeting. March 13, 1907. — Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A.,tn the Chair. It was decided that Mr. kk-tchcr and .Miss .Auden be a Sub- Committee to en(|uire inlo Ihc cost and desirability of printing the Calenfl.'ir of Hereford Wills. Mr. C. C. Russ Wood, b'.R.C.S., of H.nchvi.^KC House, St. John's Hill, Shrcwsbuiy, was eleck'd a mcmbci- of llic Societv. Af^ril 10, 1907. — Rev. Prebendary Aude)i, F.S.A., in iJie Chair. Cheiiuc siiMud for /, 5 towards the cost of the e\ca\alioiis al (laui'lnuoiul. ;', '/ |. ..1m, 1 ..I; : . I I u: ,nil '. « r ■ i> . 111! It I (I ) Tj ,. I • i. '.<»» I I . . • . . .j.l .'.■■.(, ill ' i • i\l •AVllI ; ' ' . I , . ■ . , 1 ' ' ' . ; I I r . J ,', .• .., r .'..1/ . ••'/ ;•■■ . ■ ' ' ■'/ ;■•' ! ' ■ ■' ' ••■' i5 ■ ij, , -^ , |. ■ l-j ...,'■•- ■ I ,. ', , . ,..'1 ' I'r-) . .■:■' ■ •' 'vv -.M.W-. )"r.,.iH ,' ..II XXI Mr. Soutliam made application lor an additional ^,5 for the excavations at llau^lunond Abbc)-. The apphcation to be con- sidei ed at a future nieetint;;". Mr. Southani reported that the old wall at Uriconiurn needed the support of a strut, and it was decided to ask Mr. lluy^hes ol W'roxeter to ^i\ e a price for doiny the work. It was resolved to ask Lord Barnard to take the chair at the Annu.il (leneral Mcetint;. I'liinission v\ as j^ranted io Rev. I). H. S. C'rana<4e, F.S.A., to reproduce his article on IJaltielield Church which had appeared in the Tru/is upicd a place of his own among tluMU, and it is with sorrow tin. \ realise that the place is no longer lilled. . vov .'/iVi- M nr>|^»H .A .i" ,il/* ! 1 . >/ • '<- li 'Jf.. , ■■-'; • ' ' ! • 1 • . I . » . , i' ! 1 1 , 1 1 ' . .' / • ' . --/r; f; I., .fli,..)!. • '■■■ ;:•,!• ••;!) ' , ./ ■ . II. . ' ' ; .(i '-il ' ' • ■ • I // 1 : i I , , . .. 1.., , ' ' . '■:■;■, rl> ,' ., • i " ■ ■ . ' -■ ?:., |U| vf Letter read from Mr. C Fortey resigning his seat on the Council. The rcsij^-nation was acct-ptecl with rci,n-ct, and tiie Chairman was reciiicstfd to thank .Mr. Forlcy for his past services. The Chairman read the Draft Report of the Council to be pre- sented to the Annual Meeting', which was appro\cd. August 14, 1907.— Rev. Prebendary A udcn, F.S.A ., in the Chair. It was resolved that a second subscription of ^"5 be given towards the expenses of the excavations at Haughmond. Mr. W. Scott Deakin, Berwick Road, Shrewsbury, was elected a member of the Society. The Chairman reported that he, in company with Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher and Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, had visited Oswestry and made arrani;L'ments for the Annual Excursion. September 11, 1907.— The Rev. C. H. Drinkwater in the Chair. There was no business of suilicient interest to report. .> .,,): >1 tl '11 ''II fll rri 'i SHROPSHIRE A R C H ^E O L O G I C A I. AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1907. Tiiii Right Hon. Lord Barnard. '?3icc-iUc'?ibcnt5 : is Grace 'I'lie Duke ok Sutiikri.and The Right Hon. Lord P^orester In; Rij^hl Hon. 'I'hc I'^aki. ok I\)\vis : Sir \\'ai.ii;r O. CoRiii:T, Rart. lie Rigiu lion. 'I'he Earl 13ko\vni.ow [ Sir Okki.ky Wakkman, liart. lie Rt Hon. The I-^ari, ok Rradkord | I'he Right Rev. Bishop Allen he Ki. Hon. \'is(-(U'ni Bovne 1 Rev. rrcl)eiidary W. H. I^gerton, M .\. he Kighl Riv. 'I'lie Lord Bisiioi' ok ' R. Llcjvd Ki.nydn, l']^{\. Lkiiiuiu Rev. I'rcbcniJary 11. W. ALjss, NLA h<' Right Rev. The Lord Bishop ok . .Algernon Hi.ui'.r-I'ercv, ICsc). Hlkik)KI) W. H. Eostir, Esq. he Right Hon. Lord Kenvon Beville Stanier, Esq. douucil : Rev. I'rebendary T.AuDEN, NLA., E.S.A., Miss Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall Coiuiover (Chairman) .\libs .\i)UEN, L. R.Hist.S., Condover Rev. J. R. Burton, B.A., Bitterley | Rev. W. G. C'lark-NL-wwell, M.A., ' E.S.A., Clunbury Rev. 1). H. S. Cranage, M.A., E.S.A., Cambridge [^ury Rcv. C H. DuiNKWATER, M.A., Shrews- Rev. W. G. I). Eletcher, NLA., E.S.A , l).\un H. H. Hughes, Esq., Shrewsbury Rev. A. J. Moriartv. D 1)., Shrewsbury S. M. Morris, Esq., Slirewsbury E. C. Peeli:, Esq., Shrewsbury T. E. Pickering, Esq., M.A., Shrewsbury H. R. H. SouTHAM, Esq., E.S.A., F.R. Hist. S., Shrewsbury Rev. A.Thurshv Pelham, M.A., Cound Henry T. VVeyman, Esq., F.S.A., Ludluw Cgbitoiial QTommitlec : Rev. Prebendary Auden, M.A , E.S.A Rev. \V. G. D. Fletcher, NLA., E.S.A. Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. ^jou. ^ciTctanj ; Mr. H. W. Adnitt, The Square, Slirewsbury Jleoistnut ^Seact.un : A. E. Cooper, Montague Chambers, Dogpole, Shrewsbury Mr. \ I .Mr The Capital \V. U. Naunion AFrraoiucivs : and Counties Bank. Limited. i A O I i^ •f 51 1 H I \ ' 'I r • \i)iiii':'^j / I. .(Jw » « . t .' < 1 f. 1..A K ,.- , ' .•■itifi';, > '.'Mil 'J , . ,-• / :. ■'•'.' ', '! ,/<■»); ;!l ' . ••' f 1 . •' .:.■ • • ■ ■ 1/. .!«/, r"> . ' // ; . ■•'. ■' ;; v;i.-;;i. ! .; . 7. -;:•!'; , . ■ 'i / >■' ,>"a^ :;' v ii .(■. A. !' •'> I AV. -»V> IK •)• I I (!!'i •.'.'/ ■' < . • I. ' / W< : , > >■ j ; . / ■ i .fl ..Ilk .J /i^'.! i -'!«1 l.«l Mi) .•! /. N|I , , L»- 4 .;.v . >; H I LIST OF MEMBERS, 1907. Adnitt, \i. W., Esq.. Slirewsbury. Allen, Tlie Right Rev. Bishop, 1).I)., Bishop's House, Belmont, Shrewsbury Allen, \V., Ks(\., Benthall, Broseley. Atcherley, Major, D.S.O., School Gardens, Shrewsbury. Auden. Miss, K. R.Hist S., Condover Vicarage, Shrewsbury. Auden, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., F.S.A., Condover Vicarage, Shrewsbury. Bradford, Right Hon. Earl of, Weston, Shifnal. Brownlow, Right Hon. ICarl, Belton, Graiuhani. BovNK, Right Hon. Viscount, Brancepeth Castle, Durham. B.\R.\.'\KD, Right Hon. Lord, Raby (Castle, Darlington {President). Baldwyn-Childe, Mrs., Kyre Park, Tenbury. Baricer, Thomas, Esq., Tong Eodge, Shifnal. .•., . . ,;, .,.. 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'.I > .<',■! • • . > , ... ..: V >. ■ " i. '■ j>>''JV. r • •■ ..r ,, iit'l . • )».v.4.j 'it. I. 1 : . • 1 / . 1 ■ . y ■ "■ r '■ ■.r • .. ! :••.. -. ./. :i.ii '.' • u I ' , 1 /•. ,• )i 1 ■ -' ;'/..' /v. .< .;•: ,^'.- > ■ . •-(! .'.J..-, •il'' In...'/ ...'-..;«#♦> (Ill-:: 4, J/ i\i -.iVA \ • i-m 1 1,1. 1 / vO l-N O H &i O H CO (—1 < H <: o Ox e^ u rt ii O * c ^ o .t; o tJS c .2 .U •5 ft* iS. S c E :/-« i/i ♦if fci* . u C- ii : t ■" -^ o <-> J5 : o -^ — — C "" o o .S"T3 . — It ::: o ■ ^ <-> O ; <^ ■ c o t- a, M rt « w* £ ;u K H O r-, 2 t: f — "^ ~ -i ro V I - O v»/ H>- (X} o c/) "o c 5 C o '^ rt j? 3 C ,-) — u Ij u o c 1, c V "^ « 5j -v. — I, ^ -goo » 1 .■». c t il 2 :^: ' ^ '\ ">. l» J > ^^ ^ — % ■4 > G •J .N a > w Jt Y} Jj t_ r > ^ O ^ o 0 3 f_. ^ .'-^ t? 1 'i.. ^-A/v^;« -^y^-^y i -^ y ■ '. I ■{ASCHUHCn n-.-.w ,...1. "A i v. m > i > w '^* THE CHURCH lU'LLS OF SHROPSHn>iK. V. hv H. 15. WALTliRS, M.A., F.S.A. 1\'. DlOCl'SIC Ol'- LICHl'HiIJ) (AKClll>l.ACo.\KV C^K S10KL:-0N TKKNT). I. ni:AXi:KV ok kcclicshall. 111.- wluilf ol' ilii-, Dcaiury is in Stairordslurc, wilh the exception I'l tiie iii>>'icm ii.iiiJi ot \\'(;orc. WOORE. One bell. 1 G MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1859. U7 "i Tlic l)e-ll lianL;.s in a small s(]uare turret over the western gable of tlic nave ; the inscription is given by L) nam in his Church Hclis I'f Sfii[/onis/iin\ p. 6o, anJ there has been no alteration since. Although the [Kirish is a modern one, formed out of Mucklestone (.Staffs.) in 1841, and the present church only dates from 1830, thcie was a chapel existing here, at all events, in 1552. For it is Mieiilioned in the Inventories of that year: '■ it'm a little bell . . . in the Chapell of Oure.' .\ small handbell of some antiquity is in tlie possession of the V;car, who thinks it may be the one mentioned in the Inventory. M.uiy thanks to Rev. j. A. liradley, \'iear, to whum 1 am indebted lor iiiucli of the above iniormation. ARCHDEACON UY OK .SAI.Ol'. I. DiCANFRV Ol' i:li.1':s.mlrk. BASCHURCH. A..r. saints. Four bells. 1 ^ lesvs Piiz/juenvs uex iVDeoRvm (3-'.i in. 2. ♦-I^ inariu o int « i;ur » ous ° Ijcrcu ^ m ^ crcc » fiii)c° v(bli 0 iaii 0 baa I | bcnloc J>clon<, it l',irtii'r of' ii/(,n/i//<^' timi J\ili(ii;c. (I'late .\.\., Vol. VI., 3rd Series. A 't • r 4'.''-')! '.»'. Ir*f\ i. It U •-; 1* vJl 1. •eat JO'i ii,-.i- N o 1 ■ II '•1 > te ^ I »'Ii. i.K I I, ;i, .)|, :mIi jo ,l:n ,\, ),,l ! I (.14/ I ' ^-'; ,;>i;!-'0:: ; ; / '.:'i '■ a'- ' .'iir,!) • J ' ' ' ;.n>;m •]• ' vMf-o i i nil • ii.;i • null . I il.JV .vv 2 L ■ THE CHURCH HKLLS OF SHROPSHIRE. I pI< god Irrrrrixiim KING rxrrrm lirrrrrrr, 'saveI 'rmrrn mrrixr AND mixixi nxm HIS irrrii TTTTTTTTTTTTT REALME rrnXTTTTTlTT nnTimrm GHVRCH ovr' nxTimirin tttttt '^ 1662 (38 in. 4 Above and immediately below the inscription, inverted ara- besques {Plate XIV., Fig. 6) resting on cable-moulding. \'^\ ||0HN| |ACHERLEY| \'^\ [THOMAS |GOVGHj |GENT| jCi IWARDENsi ^~ 1662 ryac; (43 '■"• Pits for six ; in bad repair, a piece broken out of the rim of the tenor. Clock strikes on 3rd. Treble : by an unknown founder ; the letters are not all from one alphabet, the N, the second A, the Z and O being smaller and thinner than the rest, which are thick and coarse, but not ill- deoiyned. They are not unlike the alphabets used in the medieval Leicester foundry. I cannot think that the bell is of very early date, i.e., not before 1500 ; the angular O and the mixed alphabet point the other way, I'^or cross and lettering see Plate XIX., Pigs, i-y ; the Z is reversed. This bell has large ribbed cannons. 2nd: 'Phis bell, quite the most interesting in the county, has long been known to campanists as a beautiful example of foieign casting. Tlie inscription is to be translated: " Maria. In the year of our Lord MCCCC and XPYH {1447). J^m Van Venloe" -not as was dune by an entliusiaslic and patriotic Welsh- man, who claimed it as a product ot his naiive tongue : Maria iar oes nierin [1400] ende [47 J law idu ven ioe,\\\\\c\\ he rtMidered : " When cut off from life we become dead earth ; the soul departs and proceeds through the air to eternal glory."' In partial excuse it may be urged that the bell, according to tradition, came from Valle Crucis Abbey, as did the treble at Ness Magna. On I'lite XK. are given specimens of the cross, lettering, and oriiaiiKiits. The Welshman to whom alhision has been made took ' ScL- the Moiris .MS3. in Shrewsbury Free Library. ii-TV. •'« H' , «-'1 saei ' : . ' I 1 ;; /v. ■iT i . ..: l.'.'OJ 1 •.))■■ ."V J f'.). 1 ,"■■' ' 1 ..Mil • 1 (.1 ^ 1' ' ' i>> • : > J 1 i. <:.. 1 . 1 VW^'l'.*^ '•>> :it. jii ( ,1 J.I // ' n.ATK XX. >*K''*v' 7 A. \ - i — .„;._^. .ii ■ ..^j>» '■.:•, > t I...' ■1*1. ^•^ -r— ^*':^-Sj» 6/ ( -•H^r < . \ ^Mi#^M^ )l^'i^--"' Fiffs. 1-4. BASCIIUHCH^. (2mi Pell). KlK. f). nA.SCllDIUili Ch.l Hell). Fif^s. O-ll. IlOlxDL.KY. f , i i. 4? .1 ,i . • ( ' /-» • » . • » I I • 1 1' V, ; M THE CIIUKCH BELLS OF SHKOPSll I Ki: . 3 ihc cross for a Wclsli harp, ami the figure of a Hon which follows the word li.iu for thai (jf a -oaL, thus conclusively prc^ving its Cymric origin ! Ian \'an Venloe is not otherwise known in Britain, where Flemish hells are exceedingly rare ; see Raven's Church Belts of Huffolk, p. 74, and Eeles' Chitn/i Bells of Kiiinirdincs/iirc, \). 5. 'I'herc is a hell at Whilton in Suffolk, dated 144 i, wiiich is possihly aho his work. He will reci.ive fuller treatment ni the chapter on l'"ounders. 'I'he camions ot this bell are ornamented with a very elegant cable-pattern. Its weight is said to be 7.', cwt. 3rd; by I'honias Clibury (shield, Plate"XX., Fig. 5); small thick letters between cable moulding-; ; fieur-delys not found elsewhere. Date on second line, with shield below it. 4 th: Also by 'Fhomas Clibury; lleur-de lys, I'late XII., Fig. 4 ; borders, Plate XIV., Fig. 6; a fragment ot tins border with the cable above occurs after wardens. Date and shield as on last. John Atcherly. of Stanwardine, was baptised 16 May, 1613, and buried 6 Sept., i67_>. I '5-49J: '"''J belles of one accoid' iij lytic belles in the churche.' 1740 and 1752 : ' 4 bells.' See Hartshorne, Salopia Antiqua, p. 590; Shropshire A. ttnd X. H. Transdctioiis, i,\. (18S6), p. vii. ; Bye-Goiies, 16 Feb., 1S81, p. 193; Shropshire A'oies and Queries, i. pp. 57, 69; Salopiun Shreds and /'a/ches, iv., pp. 71, 145; Hare, p. 188 (inaccurate as usual); Shropshire Folh-Lore, p. 603; Reliquary, vi., p. 19; and Kavep., C/iureh Bells of Suffolk, p. 75. CusiOMS : At Funerals a bell is tolled for half an hour, followed by chiming. On Sundays a bell is rung at 8 a.m., whether there is a service or nut. For other service.s, the four bells chimed for twenty minutes, followed by two bells bingly, each for hve minutes. Kinging on New Year's Eve anJ Morning; for Weddings by request. The Curfew was rung down to 1883 ^Salopian Shreds and Patches, ix., p. I9); Miss Purne (Folk-Lure, p. 602), states that it was rung all the year round, in summer at eight, in winter at seven. On a Board in the Vestry are the following Rules : — "■ If to ring you do come here, You must ring well with hand and ear, And if you ring with spur or hat A quart of ale is due for that : And if a bell you overthrow It will cost you sixjienix' before you go : < >iir laws are old, tiiey ari. not new I I.' lefore tlie si'xton will have his due "' Many thanks to Kcv. T. J. Kider, X'icin. C ■ , •• ' (■''■• I. . •■■ < ...^ * 1... •,. •^^v ■ : r' I , . ■; -jM • ■'■ . < - ■ ' ■ i ^'" • -. . ., .■'..•\v..- V •11. ; .,'1 '1 • ■" ■Mr li,. ■.•,i I •jv'v Av,'\ ■ !' I ■( •/ ';i'.'I .: I'.n ■!•• ■■«.» i-jt 5L i .• I, > ; <... ' .ii) / .• i/ 1. 11 4 THE CIIUKCH BIUA.S OF SH ROPSH IRH. COCKSHUT. SS Simon AND JuDK. 1 + i l.ells. 1. lOhlN RUDHALL (24 in. S, A^o iiiscvlplion, but double row of border Fig. 2 round shoulder. (,0| i„. Leltcring on larger bell as at Piilverbatch and Yockleton ; the bell uiust be aljout the same date, and as the cloek is dated 1789, this may fairly be assumed to bu the date of the bell. 'I'he small bell, which is by Abraham or Abel Rudhall, is probably about fifty years earlier. The former is a badly cast and roughly moulded bell, and the inscription-band is much battered, as if something had been cut away. The smaller is hung with lever and iron stock. Pits for three. Clapper of large bell tied ; small clock-hammer. The church was rebuilt in 1777 ; the clock, which was given by Mr. Roger Jones, is by Bullock and Davies of Ellesmere. No Edwardian Inventories. 1740 : ' I Bell' Query, was this the little one now existing ? The two bells are rung lor weddings ; the smaller one was supposed to say " Tom Tcjwnsend," referring to a local publican, now deceased (cf. the slory about Quatford bells). CRIFTINS. St Matthi;w. Two bells. On the authority of the Sexton, who has examined them closely, there is no date on the bells. The church was built in 1874, the parish being formed out of Ellesmere and Dudleston. Thanks to Rev. \V. R. Rugg, Vicar. DUDLESTON. Si Mary. One bell. 1. ROBERT NICKSON EDWARD PRICHARD CH W 1693 {c 23 in. Lettering as at Shipton, Tugford, and other places ; founder unknown, but probably a successor of Thomas Roberts at Shrews bury. A singularly awkward, not to say dangerous, place to inves- tigate, the bell being hung from two horizontal cross-beams with a " long drop " below and nothing to stand upon except the ladder, which is too far away to be of use. I read the name of the first churchwarden as I.\CKSON, but the N'iear has since knidly corrected my mistake. No wheel ; hammer for clock. Theic is a tradition lliat when the church became dilapidated the bell was hung in a yew tree in bout of the tower {Sulopidti Shreds und Palehes, v. (18S2), p 29). I am informed by the Vicar hat this was only during the restoration of the tower, about two .;il>f . f I 3UUt O^A Jioma rife TUHc "*' y 'II n . I. ! •• K^' • /- ♦ ! ( • '•■' '■;■ ," >r II w« f» ■^Jl♦■ '-■ • •.■'.' ''■'■' ' ' '■ • ,1 -■( •■ •■ ,:; . . ) .J THE CHURCH HELLS OE SH KOI'SHIRE. 5 huiulrod years ago;' also tliat llic circumstance gave rise Lo some versos of a local and dou'gercl dcscrii)t:on, ikjI worth (luoling. Best thanks to Rev. j. Phillips Dickson, Vicar. ELLESMERE. '^'- ^'^'^^'- Eigiu ixiis. 1. WHEN YOU US RING WE'LL SWEETLY SING 2. 1: WHOKWOOD W: 1695 ED: BARKLEY W: , _ ,_ w 111 tu la nr '1^ °^ 'J^ ( ; 1 in. a. r": MATCHETT W: 1(301) PHIL: GRIFFIS W: 1727 ^'ir\'i't\'^l^\''l*t (.>4 '"• 4. THOMAS RUDHALL FOUNDER "^"l^"^^ 1768 '\'it\'i'r\'ir\ir (344 i"- 5. THE REV'*: M^: lOSHVA ADAMS VICAR v?^ T ^ R 1768 ^^'^^ im in. 6. T: GOUGH D: MARSH S: BICKLEY E; FURM- ' STON CHURCH WARDENS 1768 T ^ R ^'ir^l^t (39] '"• 7. OBSERVE WITH CARE THE HOVR OF PRAY^ lOS: HIGGINSON & R'' CLARKE WARDENS I'i^l 1727 \'i^\ (43^111 8. The Gift op Edw^ Kynaston op Oatley Esq^ Recast by the Parish 1790 6?A^f^A^J5(^A^ Ih-luw : -S. Iackson & Tho^ Higqinson Church Wardens I. Rudhall Fec*^ (^?t. 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, iMg. I , on ytii, two bits of I'ig. 3 ; on tenor, t)order as at Nccn Savage. On the 5th, RudhaU's largest type, except the date ; type on tenor as Neen Savag.-. The tenor rcpl.iccs .1 bell gi\cii liv one of the Kynasluns ot Oteley. Tiie last ICdwaid died wilhwiit issue in 17.S1 ; the present ' It was prob.ihly .it llii.i liiiio ill il tlit. I»cll wa, ic-cast. iH hja jitr •V1I/M ir. ^^ O I •, c> ••« V ' . ' ' ■ J )l ', ir.U /I r' ■ ' t; ; > V : i IT (^ ":-'! ."Vj^i 3H'r 0 f r. J M -.rr- ..'l ..:., I - .^ , O THE CHURCH BELLS OF SUKO^SHIKE. owner cf the piupeity has assumed the additional surname of ALiunvaruig. and ';vI?''T' ''ri ' ;''?■'■, ^^^^^^^'^^""^^^'^ for ringmg. New stocks and wlieeis. (lock strikes on 2nd, .^th, 5tii Sth week 'da 'T "'''' '""^'' ''"' '"'''"'"''^ ^''' '''''"■' °" Sundays and [1549] : ' Ki.SMKK ij small helles and a grel belle ' - I7-10 and 175-' : '8 Hells.' There is a local saying : '" You're too fond of ueer, Say the bells of Ellesmere." (Burne, p. 605) I'or a tradition of subaqueous bells at Crosemere in this paiish see hye-Gones, 8 Oct., 1873, p, 220. Ill the Kingin-Chamber. which is very well ke(U, is a i)eal-board ot 1730, as follows ; — The whole Peal of Grandsire Triples was (on the 4"' day of Feb' 1730 within the space of 3 Hours &: 5 minutes com- pleatly rung by the fol- lowing Persons Joseph Langford 'I'honr"* Franks lohn Sadler Tho^ Kynaston Will"- Gough Will™ Davies Tho" Sadler la" I'aton. There is also a set of Kinging Rules of the usual type •- If 'Ihat to Ring you Doe come here You iMust Ring well with hand & ear If you Ring with spur or hat A gun of Peer is due for that And If a Bell you Overthrow 6 pence is due Before you go If to These Laws you do consent Come 'lake a Bell we are content These Laws are old The are not ne"' (or Ringers They must have There due This Board was Rep''' January 2 1850. WEST FELTON. St. M.ch.vel. Three bells. 1 CANTEMVS DOMINO CANTICVM NOVVM (^yi in. (, — i, *,.: tititcu} tint b-co*!;:./;- J! t» ,»'•• U l'... .'rv ^ill • vhyq«"»i f-'i ...■;. v-.-f .; ' ' , • 1 1 • '. -> V thp: church bells of Shropshire. 7 (32 in. 3. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON - On //u- ii'uisr- -'' GOD SAVE OYR CHURCH OUR QUEEN & REALM" .-j;^ J D. W H. C W. 1857 (35111. I he (i.ac (ii> :\\c irt-hle is given by means of a chronogram, tlie lour l.ir^cii/.c«.i IclU IS M1)C(^ inakniL; in Roman numerals 1700. (■|. St. I.conarii's, Hridt^north. h !.-> not, however, a perlect I liruiiii^rain, as all liic Roman numerals occuriingin the inscription a(tr not Ubcil. 'I'hc lounder is the same as that of Dudleston bell (g.v.) ; the saiUL insciiption occurs at lit/.. 2iul bell by William Clibury ; cross, Plate V., Fig. i; border after IN. IMate \'., Fig. 5 ; t:lsewhere arabescjues as on Stokesay old tenor ( Mg. 9). Small thin letters ; 9 of date reversed. Tlic old tenor, which had been cracked, was inscribed >ii i;Ol) SAVE HIS CliVRCH OVR KING AND REALM 1662 as are so many of Thomas Clibury's tenors. The present inscription is atlapted from it. The churchwardens whose initials are given were John hovaston of the Nursery and William Howell of Sutton, as 1 learn from notes sup[)lied by Mr. R. F. Davies and Mr. R. I.loyd Kenyon. See also Shrops/iin' Arch. Sue. 7^/(ins., 2iul Ser., i.\-., p[ 342. 344, 36«. The folknving extracts from the (Juirchwartlens kindly contributed by Mr. R. Lloyd Kcn)on : — 1776 p'' the Clerk (or ringing on the 5"' Nov' 1777 do. do. do. 1779, June 6. Sam' Ikiscoe for mending the bell 17H0, May 26. for mending the tongue- of llu; bell ... Nov. 21. the Smith for mending the Hill 1781, I'eb. I. mendnig the bell <.\: lime ... Richartl I'rice for a new to the bell (-ViV) John Rrisi'.oe for mending the bell 1782, March 13. Rich'' I'rice for mending bell frame 1784, Oct. 2. RKul-.-imith for mending the bell-tongue 1785, Apr. 2. Rich'' Edmonds & Brother getting u[) the bells .. ... .. 036 « » 32, Accounts are o o t) o r:^n}in IJIT „t:^ ftUO H-^ ,oi ;>.- ' ■ • J»^n*«uoi ''fr • * O .8 O ' ' WIT SA\ ivtj i!, ruij.Diii iflri r. « /; tit u'lI* nil r • . . I.I' .11 . %ii ' .If I .... -■. . ■•■•.,, ;:',•■ :■!. "1 ,^ 1 . >Mi; '•').•;..:<;.,. . . .Ill I li- til'-, ij^- H i>nv) i .' .■ . . . . 1 -[ :s . ^ |M., .v.y ! t' 8 THE CHURCH BKLLS OF SHROPSHIKE. 1787, Apr 6. Blacksmitli mending the bell-tongue ... 1788 '' ^/,'7 .5.8 was [J, lid lowirds the hanuing of the bells," i iSoi-2 P'' the Ringers on accinuit of f'evice ■ iSoj, Oct. 15. 1"' rh(/ Smith Ov: Jirisco for the bell wheel 1806, Oct. 15. [)'' lor a bell rope 1815-16. p'' for new bell ro[)c J817-18. for bell ro[)e 1825-26. pd M' Goiigh for the 2 new bell ropes iS^o 31. p"' \V"' Roderick re[)airing the bell 183 5-3^. p'' tor rei)airing steeple door & the bell 1838-39. p'' for mending the bells p'' for a iicw bell rope 1840-41. p'' for new bell ropes 1842-43. {)'' new bell rope 1844-45. p'' William Tomkins for ringing Curfew 1845, Aug. 24. do. do. 1846, Apr. 8. p'' for new bell rope iJcc. 31. p'' William Tomkins for ringing Curfew from Nov. 5 to January 1'' 1847, Nov. 5. do. do. do. 1848, Apr 24. p' Thomas Meredith's bill fur repairing bells Joseph Briscoe's bill for repairing bells & clearing water pipe ... 1849, Jan. 4. p'' William Tomkins for ringing Curfew ^ from Nov. 5, 1848, to Jan. i, 1849 A[jr. 5. Thoaias Meredith for new rope 7. new bolts & wedges to bells (etc.) 1S50, Apr. 1. (payment for Curfew) 2!. [/" 'Thomas Meredith for repairing Clap- per to bell ... 1851, AiJr. 30. p'' for two new bell ro[)es 1857, Oct. -22. p'' for carriage of old bell 1858, .\pr. 5. p'' J(;seph Rriacoe's bill for putting up bell, c^-c. ... William Fox for ringing curfew Feb 2. [I'' hjr new bell as per recei[)t ... 2 Apr 3. p'' R'' Clarke for new floor to bell room do fur new wheel to new bell do. for lep.iiiing bell frame ... [)'' (or cleaning ."^teeple pulling bell up [i'aymeiils lor ringing Curfew continue down to 1863. J ' /.f., idler llic le- huilJiiig of the tower in 17S.1-S7. 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 Q 1 2 0 0 I 2 0 2 lO 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 6 0 7 6 0 8 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 0 3 6 0 12 6 I 5 3 5 0 I 0 8 0 I 16 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 10 0 0 2 6 6 t o AH b o I ' ,.l.' ^1 - > o i-siu •:'•••■'■ > '■ :0t -.i-rr-i ^'"1" b:K!W r ^,^■': • . . -. - . - ' .■• '■■■■•' .i /. THE CHURCH BELLS OF SflROPSHIRR. 9 HORDLEY. -"^i- ^I^'^v THK Virgin. Two bells. 1 4*SancCa CRIPIC«S 0\lJ\ PRO DOBIS (^^^n ^<\ LAVDATeI D0^11^V^1 qvicqvid SPIRAT 166 3 (26A in. Larger bell only used ; l)otb hung with wlieels, in a small brick aiitl liiulur turret ; ;jcutTall)' in bad condition. Siuillci lu 11 iii.-,( ril)ed in the same Iclleiing as Ib/pe ilowdler ist, i-xeeiu Ittr the uuiui eule ,1 and c in S.VNCJTA ; cross, Plate XX., I'ig. <) : leitt ring, I'laie X.\., ligs 7-u. I', is chiclly remarkable lor, ii-) 1lirulogic.1l iccenlricity, which ha.-i given rise to stnne absurd coiicbpoiidcncc in lunc pn^l (see A'o/tS dtui Ot/erit's, 5th Scr , xii. (:87y), j)|). ;,bS, .\y\, \i)S ; C //tt/r/i Times, 7 Nov , 1879; Salopian Slircds tiiiil /'ii/r/its, 111., pp. 233, 254; I\yc-irones, 5 Nov, 1879, p. ^2\, and pp ^^2, \.\'])- ()t)viously it is a confusion ot SANCTA 'I'KINI I'AS VNVS i)KVS MISKRERE NOBIS (cf Neen Sollars jnd) with the ordinary invocation to a saint. The same error is cliaiacteristic of a Wokingham i 5th century founder, Roger Landen, as at Chiddingfold, Surrey, and elsewhere. Larger bell by 'J'homas Clibury ; cross, Plate XVIIL, Fig, 5, as at Acton Burnell ; lettering intermediate in size and thickness between the earlier type as on West Felton 2nd and the later as at J5aschurch ; ilate in small thick figures. Lor the inscription cf. Culmington ist. • ■ , [1549]: 'ij belles' 1740 and 1752 : ' 2 bells. Inscription on 2nd wrongly given in S/ircds ami Patches, loc.cit. .Many thanks to the late Churchwarden, .Mr. \\^ Cureton, who died October, 1903, not long after my visit, and of whose kindness 1 ha\e must Lrriteful reminiscences. LINEAL WITH COLMERE. ^'- 1''"^ thk I'v-anckilst. Two bells. Both without inscription, in an open gable-turret ; su[)()lied by Messrs. Warner in 1870, when the church was built (see Chunk Hells, 18 .\Larch, 1871, \) 1861. Hung without wheels and cliiiiied by levers. NESS MAGNA. ^^'i' Anokkw. Three bells. Vol. VIL, 3nl Scricb. ** i?:»r'jMn aitT r'.QIi^Q. 'MV.'IV'.'I iVA. I ' . I ^. .1 .J I I ( ■ \ / ' ■ • ■, i ; r >f > •! • .1 .♦ "I.-. IC • iuiii. It 'it.} ; .»fl . '•J. I «ji I ■'" ! " . ■' . ..• ■ I -i. ' .' 1 i ■-:, . . ' ./ -.■ .1 ' I'ii' J . ... i I T , "'/ - ; - I.' ■• • ■ •" •'.•••JAM '.::V_U^ I • »../ . . ft ..^ 10 THE CHURCH BEI.LS OF SHROPSMINE. •* -i 2 hP| WILLlAjM ^Jf^fi"^ HVqHES .$..^,. ^ lOHf^ i±.^ HVMFF(ESV3 :t±±± WARDEN3 .f,.^& 163V ^ .,, (31 in. 3 ►I^ WILLIAM BROOME lOHN WOOFE CHVRCH WARDENS 1655 (Abovr and bc/oiv, vine border (Plate XIII., Fig. j) between cable mouldings. (34^ i'""- ist: by the same founder as Church Freen ist, who seems to have got his stamps from a Worcester founder.' The stops are (i) a grotesque wingad figure; (2) a lion's head; (3) and (4) heads of Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou. See Vlale XX., for cross, stam[)s anil Ittlering. This bell is said to have come fiom \'allc C'rucis Abbey, like the one at Hascliurch. 1 2nd: by William ('iilniry ; cress, Plate XII,, Fig. 2, as at More; border, I'hite \^, l'"ig. 5. The 4 . of the date is reversed (cf. Cheswardine). 3rd: by Thomas CliOury ; cross, Plate XVIII, Fig. 4. The F of WOOFE is an M. with lower bar cut away. May 1553: ' NKSS STRANGE Three bells.' 1740: ' NESS STRANGE 3 liells ' 1752: '3 Pells.' ■••% Rubbings in Mr. North's Collection. IJells chimed for half an hour before services, and at Funerals when the procession appears in sight. Ringing for Weddings by request. Thanks to Rev. R I). Bonnor, late Vicar. •» > NESS PARVA. • , One bell. ] No inscription. | 1 .( ' . A very long-wuisted bell, the body perfectly cylindrical, with a plain moulding round the shoulder; diameter about 18 to 20 in,, height probably abuut 21 in. ; may be fourteenth century. It hangs in the northern o[)ening of a (hjuble gable cot, the other being empty ; l)ut there is no record of ;niy other bell having existed here, at least since 1553. 9 ^lay 1553: ■ IvTvi.L Ness Two bells with a cord and a sanctus bell.' 1752 . ' Ness Parva 1 bell.' ' See Assoc. Arch. Socs. Report, x\v. (1901), p. 565. •M.:.;iv.' ^- • . 'V -iStjY'i < • C.'.'i i^n«U»«'..J« -'VlWi l^•Vr■.'.\ •<; I I I. ; : -I jif.U ... ... . .Mi .V '■■' • f ',.1 V"' — ,- \ « l!«i«mim 1 ;«i L.<», ,.-.. t* ^- ' .... . . , . •. Il ir : . .(I,.; n-i I J, .,.. ...•■:,'•-/•': ■■ • .■•■■., ; - , , U'. ■ I Cv )) • ;2K 13' '•r, •^ f^/'^^ m:^-r\] 91 I7f ■ 8^ 8 112' --' -^ 43» '''i^'- 1-1 1. N MSS M A(;N A. Kit?, i:^. HiJDiiAi.i.'s i;aiu.ii.:k iji:i.i. siamp. I"'i;;.s. 13-1 'i. ADni^:!^ I.h'.Y. I < < . • J. ^. 1 ^ ) P ^' *' t ,<; I : . . ■ 1 I / . / . I :i <'J ■ I A < » I ' I Tim CHURCH BELLS OK SHKOPSHIKH. 11 PETTON, 0 ;.r;D One bell. 1. •ill? LONG! ILIVEI ROGER WILBRA- HAM ESQI |I6|6|2 (i6| in. Hung with solid wheel in an open wooden turret surmounted by a spirclet, on the western gable ; very difficult of access. Tlu' founder is Thomas Clibury ; the fleur-de-lys is givt-n on Plate XII., Fig. 4. 9 May 1553 : ' One bell.' 1 7.}o : ' 1 llcli.' ' '-■■.• ... 1752: '2 Hells." Roger W'llbrahain was probably one of the \\'ilbrahanis of I)( l.iuKTe in Cheshire, l)orn in 1623, and one of the intended l\nighis of the Royal Oak; or the rcfcn-nce may be to his lalliL'r- in l.iw, Rt)gcr W'iibr.diani of Dorfold, burn 1589, Sheriff of ( hcshire in 1667. lUit the ct)nMorlion of cither with Petton is unknown. Very many thanks to Mrs. Cunliffe of Petton Hall and lo Mr. 'I'alton, Churchwaiden, for valuable assistance. RUYTON-XI-TOWNS. Sr. John Baptist. Six bells. 1 J TAYLOR & Co. FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1868. Ofi //le w(i/s/ .-GOD SAVE THE CHURCH. OUR QUEEN 4 REALM AND SEND US PEACE IN CHRIST. AMEN (j8.i HI. 2. REJOICE IN THE LORD On t/u- 7tKjis/ :— j TAYLOR & C° FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1868 {^oh in 3. 1+] QLORIA ttttt 1^ ttttt EXCELSI5 ♦♦.♦^'^ DEO '$"S'' '"CJ' .i^i^t i^iA ^ I.. ■■t .' >M3 <•.; jwA-!N 0 M] \ J'- 1 ' ' '« ^ .- • .4 I > > ■Ji. i^ '.{ . .'.. . '» >i J HA .'/ i2 TIIH CHURCH BELLS OF SHKOPSHIRK. 6 WE PRAISE THEE 0 GOD On llic ivaisl as Xo 3, i^ntk (Iw fount/er's medallion, ^''^- ^- (39 in. 3rd and 4lh hy \Villiam Clibury ; cross as Ness Magna 2nd (Plate XII., Fig. 2); letters on 3r(l thicker than on 4th. liorders Plate v., Fig. 5. The 5th has cal)led cannons ; letters on A/ /t-n/c ; borders Fie c and Fig. 2. ' b- 5 In good order; Taylor's bells have angular cannons; all have iron ruigs round the heads. Clock strikes on 1st, .ith, 5th, 6lh. Weights of new bells: (i) 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. (2) 6 o 22 (0) 10 3 21 [i 549] : ' Ryton iij belles of one accorde.' 9 May 1553 : ' three l)ells.' 175^: '3 l^ells.' 'Ihere were only three (the present 3id, 4th, 5th) down to 1868, in which year the bell frame was rt-^toixd with timber from the old mill at Piatt. See Salopian S/ircds and d'ahhcs, i.\., p. 122 : lirit. Mus. Add. MSS. 21,236 for inscriptions on old bells; also Shrop- shne Arch. Transactions, 2nd Ser., viii. (1S96), p. 353. Customs : — Death knell : 12 strokes on each of 3rd, 4th, and 5th for man ; similarly 11 for woman ; then toll for an hour. The same three bells are chimed at funerals. On Sundays the tenor is raised and rung for a short time at 8 a m. when there is no early celebration; the 3rd and 4lh are chmied at 9 a.m. every Sunday. 'Jliese two customs are a survival o^ the pre-Reformation Matins and Mass bdls. Vox uiurning and evening services bells chimed, or runiz on great ]''estivals. kinging on the King's r.irthd.iy and for W. ddings by ie(|uest. The treble is rung for Vestry Meetings. In Byc-Gones, 7 1-eb , 1894, p. 270, the following account of the ringing customs then in use is given (most of which, it will be seen, have since been modified) : — Sundays: chiming for fifteen minutes; then tolling on tenor for ten and trel)le for five. Easter, C.iuislmas, and Whit-Sunday, rniging from 6 to 8 a.m. A mufilrd pe:d on the eve of Ciood !• riday. Funerals: toll for an hour, then chime when [)rocession is in sight, and toll again when it re.ichcs llie poich. Curlew at 8 p.m., 5 November to .1 lebruary, excej)! 25 Decem- bi I (» h'lnu.iry, and alter ;i funeral. Best lii.ink>, l(j Kcv. \V. \). ( i;i\en. \ ic;ir. The di>tiKl ehureh of ICA U I )|S'[( )N has no bell. •«A •III J SI «' ei^ ^ jf'H , . \i>v>j , »\vva^u:y .;»•: ."■'- 1 '^ J- '"'■-' - . ; M ' ; V ^ nV . i; .' .i f I'. .:'■': '.V . \-. ■' \ V. ■ Cif'' '/l/ •1 ' :1 ■■■ ^ :■ !i ; ^' i 1 1 -it 1 * • iir'' i'( , / ,1 -,,1 1 i{> •»■/• (I ■ ji •' I . I r A I. J**** f.) I . . . J.. ^J ) .1 run CHURCH bi-:lls of shroi'Shiki:. 13 WELSHAMPTON. -^t. Michall and Ai.l Anglls. • . • ,■ • ■ Two bells. I J. WARNER & SONS LONDON 1863 fv'., * '< ;•'* On ihc ivaisi :~ 7'>^.&.':'\^*ls-' Note G. mim 2. 'I'^ic sumr. Note V. 'I'licse IwX) belli hang in an open gable turret on the K. end of the nave. Upon wriiing lo the \'icai- U)r verification of what 1 could SCO from below through glasses, he kindly replied as follows ; — " 'riie present church was built in 1862-3. The previous building M.ioil for nr.irly 100 years ami had one bell,, but I do not know wliat bcr.uuc of it. It would v,()\. have been recast for the |)iesent hells, because they and it were here at the same lime. 'I'he only note ill our l'ari.ih l{ ?• ••'( i,« ■■' I. ;; .li.'I / •; II ) .t 1 J ^ I'. '^I J • ' ; i •C>»V '! , '' ■: < . ■ :■ ■. I fu 1 '■"^4 ■ ' ' .. ' 'UhI :i1 ... .:■ »r 1 ; 'I '■' n - M THE CHURCH BELLS Ol- SHROPSHIRE. CALVERHALL HolyTr,n,tv. six beiis. 1-6 J: TAYLOR & C? FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1879. cut. (1 rs. lbs. (0 2SI in. 1 5 ■■ - • 7 (-') 3ci in. 6 : I : 9 I : 2 (3) 34 in 7 •• Weights and sizes ;— lbs. (4) 33i in. (5) 37 in. (6) 4ii in. Very dirty, but otherwise in good order ; chimin Church hrst conseciated 1726. See C/iun/i Bells, 28 June, 1879. • AULS. , Emma\ukl, 1. J. WARNER & SONS LONDON 1856 cwt. f|is. lb;. 7:3:6 10 : 2 : 14 13 : o : 24 g apparatus. One bell. ^iS in. PATENT Church built 1855 ; parish formed out of Frees -nlrilV" '"'•• '^'-^[^'d.^^^'-to'^. ^^'<^a'-' ^vho writes as follows :- J he bell was given by L. B. Denison, Esq., O.C. Fthe l-.te I ord Gnmthorpe nistead of one made of some inferior metal which'tl e builder had got ,rom Coalbrockdale. It was made by Mes rs Uarn.r . . . . from a pattern designed i.y Mr. Deni.on. It is ,8 filtit's 7x^ '•- '" '^' '"' ""^"'-^ ' '''-'■' "^^ '^'' -^'^ ^*- IGHTFIELD. St. Joh.v I3.\ptist. Si.x bells. 1 . O/i //it' 7j(iis/ : — 2. ^'/'<' same. 3. '^'lit' S(i>nc. 4. ^'//f same. O. I^lie same. O. 'J'/ie same. 'm (30] in. (31 in. (32* in- (34i in. (37 in- (41 in. Al! by W.un.r .V S<,ns, cast in ,866, with angular cannons The device wind, (onus the sole decuKUiun of each bell isT'snr f qualrefoil or rose wuh the legend J W & S ISGfi . . met with it elsc-whcrc. ^ VY (5r a 1866- I have not In ,7,0 and 1752 there were four bells ^Browne Willis). A note kindly coninuinicatcd by Mr. R E Davi.-s ,riv,.« if.^i as follows : - ' ^"''' ^''^"' '"scriptions X. Let u.^ .'imgc unto the Lord i6oj. J lArlfllVJAO .til.''! < , )t.>:^' i'«' 1 •yi •«;"^> • • ; .n i I '1 :i 1 1 £!• M. ' 1 , 1 i '. r * ,^. . !. ■ . J .• . ,. . .A\ .■ .. ; I , .♦r>ni f^ . 'v THE CHURCH REI.LS OF SHROPSHIRE. I5 2. The life of man is as the passint; hoiir'(in Latin). 3. As my s\*''ect sound from me doth [las the daies of man gio les Cieo. Manwaring K' 1605. 4. Soli \)cn immorlali sit gloiia. 'I'hc 4th was obvi(;usly by ("lilnny; for the name of Sir George Manwaring on the jrd cl. the old Stokt.-say tenor, cjf llic same dale. FREES. ' St. Chad. Six bells. 1. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOUl^HOOD A ^K 1742 2. PKOSPERirY TO THIS PAKISH A^U 1742 \'i>t^^>r\q,'r\'^tr (3oi in. 3. ABEL KUDHALL OF GLOUCESTEK CAST US ALL 1742 %'l^\^r (32 in. 4. THE GIFT OF FRANCIS SANDFORD ESQUIRE OF SANDFORD A^R 1742 (33^ >'i. 5. THO^ RUDHALL GLOCESTER FOUNDER j^^j^^ 17Q2 ^^\^r^q^^ (56.i m. 6. 1 TO THE CHUi^CH THE LIVING CALL & TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL 1742 Below, Fig. J nil rou7id. (40 in. All have ornamented cannons ; borders, Fig. i, and Fig. 5 on tenor. Weights, as given by Mears & Stainbank (but see below) : — (i) 5 cwt. I) sharij (4) 7! cwt. A sharp. (2J ^\ cwt. C sharp (5) 9 cwt. G sharp. (3J 6.1, cwt. 15 (b) II cwl. V sharp. A good peal, but not in very good order ; said to have been cast for Ho(.liiet, but sent here instead (note by Mr. Wealherky of Market Drayloii). Tiie name- I'R.ANClS on the (Ih is [jossibly an mor for 'i"ll().\[ AS, the name ot liie owner of the proiu.riy iti 1742; the last Francis (a well known genealogist) died in lOyj. No Edwaidian Inventories. The earliest record of the bells here is in 1614, when, as we learn from a docmneiU [ireserved at the * ritis may prcsuiii.ihly he re Iranslatcd Viln Itoniinis sicul liora firar/e-riens. ?1 J '»•-»«> ■ vur> rf'. :-./ .: 'i::' ; c.ii A< f \ : A ' ' : V . - ' ■■; I ' ; 1 ; I ' ■ 1 1 ' -in \ I. ' i" ' 0 i.o ^ ^! I ^^' ■ .^ ' -•'' >•'' 1. ., v-;m,m 'w..: f:/^. -'■■ '.'■' '< l6 THK CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. Vicarage (published in the County Council Report on Parish Z)oru/fic/i/x. p. 26.1) : - George Clay son oi Richard (!lay of lawls j,Mve lowd. the making of the leailing hell i j.v. .p/. Aug. 161^. And also . . . 'riioni.is ("lay ga\e towards the making of the leading JJell, in [uice 1614 Nov. 8, £^. And Andrew son of (ico. (^lay towds the making of the same leadmg Bell 5.?. A. 1). 16 14. Hare (p. 201) gives the following inscription as on "the church htW'fswJ: — " Mentem sanctani si)ontaneum honorem deo et patris [sic liberacionem." See also Hartshorne, Sti/opiii Aii/ujtiti, p. 590, from whom Hare has copied. In I 7 28 some work was done to the bells, probably a re-casting of oiU', for we read December 2'"' 1728 Received iheni of Mr. Tho. Hewitt & Mr Richard Duddlislon late Chnr( hwardens of the Tari-h of Trees the sum of 'I'hirteen pounds \: three shill. for the use of Mr. Abraham Kudhall Bell founder p' me Richd. l)a\is 13.3.0. In 1742 the original ring (which consisted of five) was replaced by a new ring of six, of which five still remain. 'I'here are some interesting [Kirticulars in the parish documents, as follows : — 15 October 1742 cwt. qrs. lbs. Frees 6 bells weighed first 5 : 3 : 18 Second 6:0:12 'i'hird 6:0:16 I'ourth 6:3: 13 I'iflh 1 '■ ?) '■ ^'1 Sixth •: 11:2:18 M;d;es in ;dl 44 : 2 : 19 o At 12'' per poiuni comes to J50 Six new Cla[j'rs w'' 1:1: 2I at 6'' per lb. 3 '^ ^ Six Bawd ricks o '5 o £~S\ 00 :, The 5 old bfUs weigheii I'irsl 6 ; 3 : 23 Second 6 : 2 : 12 Third 9:0: 6 Fourth 11 : 2 : 03 J'lllh II : 3 : 27 Six [jieces of Metal 0:2: 05 makt.s in all 46 : 2 : 20 at 9'' p' pound comes to ;^i96 . 01 . o V' Remains £^^ . 08 . 3 ••> ilHT > .1 ;.•K^.;-.i ••4llr» •MM ••! viiiii.^ , *!■•. »b'5A hnA '.: ■ . ,.1 -i'U i:->vij; (i i^ )d !,i .. , . . /i ; ' . ' ■ ..,.■•■! •,: ■ ■'. !■ .. ;•! ! 'A/ U' -. !; ^. :>-.M • , ■ ' . . . . ■ ' . , ' - ' ' , \' ■.,.,*,; 1 •,'■ ; •;...! .... . Vl . l.'L J.'. v' '• • J-iL •! - )' .Ii •: -Jt - ■ I . :( ,,' THE CHURCH BKI.r,S OF SHROPSHIRE. I7 Rcc'' y" 2'"' ]''cbruary 17.):; ot i\l'' Cornelius Sluiker one of y" C'luircliwardcns of I'ltx-s fifty eij;ht pounds ci;4ht shillings in full ol ihis note and all demands due from y Parish of frees. ReC' l.y nic Abel Rudhall. ('usiDMs : Dealh kiidl with 'i'elli.rs : 5 for male, 4 for female, 3 fur child. TollinL' at funerals, at S a.m. and before the ceremony. On .Sundoys bells chimed (at 8, 10 30, and 6) ; tenor tolled for last five minutes. Kiiii^mg on ICastcr Sunilay, Christmas l-^ve and Day, New Year's Rve, Confnmation, liarwst Festival, and great occasions (<\V'. ^ 'Jiuiialion, a Xieloiy or I'cace) ; for Weddings occa- sionally. Curlew bell lormerly, at 8 p.m., for six weeks before and six after ('hri.->tiiias {ISyv-Goncs, 22 Nov, 1S82, p. 149; Rurne, Folk- Lorc, p. bo:). Many thanks to Mr. Wurrall, parish cleik, to whom I am also indebted fur access to a copy of the Puris/i Maoazine for Sept., • 905, iti which the above quoted documents are transcribed; also to the Vicar, Rev. 10. .M. Rit/gerald. TILSTOCK. ' One bell. 1. G AINSWORTH WARR^ v 1815 v (i6i in. A modern churcii with a modern bell, yet not devoid of interest for two reasons : liistly, thai the bell is older than the church, which was erected m 1835 ; secondly, that il is by an out-of-the-way fuunder, Ainswurth of Warrington, who, so far as I know, is not represented elsewhere. The lettering is neat and good. 'i'he tower is oblong and very small, and the bell somewhat awkward to get at ; it is hung witli a lever and cannons and has an outside hammer for the clock. The Vicar writes : '' It api)ears that our s ngle bell was in use at the old chapel of Tilstock for a short period before the new church was erected." i^arkes (Rrit. Mus. Add. MS.S. 2 10 13) gives a drawing of this chapel, dated 1820, and states that it had one bell. Rest thanks to Rev. R. Hiles, \'icar. WHITCHURCH. ^J'- Ai.kmond Eight bells. 1. I FIRST BEGIN TO LEAD THE RING ^^%z^ A : R ^ 1714 1')^ ^-'^ '"• 2. GOD PRESERVE OUR GRATIOUS KING ^'1^ "^^ A : R ^ 1714 ^t^>^r^ (31 in. Vol. VI., 3rd Series. ^ •y .1 .' f » v rrsr '^.tri/.w a o .[ , ; . ;.• . >,.ri >. I .-j: M. . ,. ' J . ■ . • f ■ 1 -J -v . J ; J 1 1 J » .. ■ > . I ■• . ' ^ , .'». JVi O' 'luf'J .VXi .'■• ' . V.';. ^m;,] •■i,,,; i.ci !...■'' .Ml .i,;/ ;; -.iV -li'i ■ • ' • ' • . ' <--,■'■'. - ,1-,! . pi.. ..il •' ' . I '.•■.. . ■. . ■ ..' I ,,: ' -.;• -i.H ■ ■ ' ■ " ' ■■ ■<■ '•■ i -Mi.iL" .'i'!i ;•) " ■"' ' ■ ' ■ : .'jSijUO'l IMW ^ f ' . i: •; >- 1-.' . ' 1 ' ■ . o t' Il \ 'f . I / : j8 • 1 TUM CHURCH i!i:i.r.s of smkoi-shikf, 3. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH ^'^f^^:^ lyfiy /ic/ino, /'Yo. J all rcund. (32 in. 7 4. RECAST BY THO^: RUDHALL 1767 'tl^^^<''^ - - "^ ( ,5 4 1 n • 5. GOD PRESEKVE THIS CHIJHCH & BENEFAC- TORS SL^kSJiX A : H^ 1714 i,*^^,^. Below, Fig. 1 all lound. / j]^ 6 ABRA: RUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER BELL FOVNDER CAST VS ALL 17L; ^5^^-^^^ M'-. Frees)- it\vas rr.rL- J whi e n rxanl ,..nc K .; r i \ -=> ' ^»>->-3y, iL \\as Clacked he ?nr h r? T:^ ^""^ ''^' '"'^"^Se of Archdeacon Long. 3id, 4th, and 6th have ornamental cannons; those of i^t -d and 5th have been knocked off. Borders: on ,st and 6th' %l-U "'f' ^'■^' ^''^ ''^"^ ^^''' ^"'^ ^ ; -' 5th, iMg,. , and r Weights and notes :-- j > o ^uu 5. ('^ SAcvvt. note K. (5) ,0^,,^ ^ 3 7 cw. Cshaip. (7; ,,ewt. L sharp. Mr^ \V.,1 I TM . , <'^ '9c.t. 2CJ.S 6 1bs E. Mr. Wealheiley ot Market J)iaytun notes that the tenor is a bad ^•"eiTvt r-'V"' ^''''^"-Sth goes iieavily ; othjkl'e me) aie m very good ortier. ?74o -n,' p.'is: !'\? uii:"' '""^ '■'"'"" ""^" ''^-"^ ^"^ ^ -■'" ^^-'i • ac™:„?o?„^ „!.i,3^™'=' "■'"■"*"■■■" "Z^""^' ''.-.p. .3, for an Customs : 'I'he I'aiieake Dell is rung on Shrove Tuesday, ii 4c am ro noon, the seventh bell being used. ^ *^t ^ V3Yr J lAHOfH ;p; .J \; ' n»<.\ .1 \ .■\ \ oVii^ ''.'"■' V^ .:J:rir'.)'\ :/finA '3 . I .;. / - ■/ 1 . > , / . K . iT-'O'-i ' 1 .1 J 1 1 ! ^: ilj JiO.ITAT HHoi ' 1 • ;; r r J . 1 .) * t c»f' H ■< ..•,..( .^ "'- • , ' * .iri\ •.-■■' -i .-. ,: . / • t • . V • .1 1 . t 1 ..,•'.< .. u «v, « 'l ■ f . M J t :. • » : (,^ . • /. •. > 1 . ; 1 ■ 1 -,. t 1 ..J. 1 , 1 THi: CllUHCli BELLS OK SHKOl'SIlIRl.:, I9 Death KiicU rung tlic- night before tlie funeral for residents in the town, on the morning of the funeral for these, hving outside. 'JVllers 3 x ,^ for men, 3X2 for vsonu-n. A muffled peul was formerly rung at the Funerals c;f Ringers ur members of the Old Club (a IJenelit Society). On Sundays bells rung for Morning and I'^ening Services, ciiimed in afternoon ; when there is a sermon the 6th bell is rung previously. Ringing on the morning of Christmas Day, Easter Day, and Whit-Sunday, and on New Year's Eve; also formerly on the Rector's birthday. The treble is used for Vestry Meetings ; formerly the 5th Ijell was rung in case of Eire alarms. Up to about 1838 one of the l)ells was used for the Grammar School, and up to iS^S the Cuilew was rung at S \> :n. in winter and 9 p.m. in summer (Evans, Whilchurch, p. 13). In the Ringing Chamber are various Peal-boards of recent date : 1887, Sept. 19th; 1889, Jan. ist ; 1890, April i8th ; 1892, Nov. 14th; 1893, April 3rd (5,040 Grandsire triples by Chester and Hereford Guilds), and Oct. 25th. Also a set of old Rules of the usual type (10 lines) with two variations, a fine of a shilling for swearmg, and of* a quart of beer for ringing with spur or hat. There appear to be no entries of interest relating to the bells in the ("hurchwardens' Accounts, at all events not lief^ore 1714. Best thanks to Messrs. Gwynn and Duggan, Churchwardens, and Mr. Royle, Parish Clerk. The chapel of ease of DODINGTON in this town (erected 1836) has one bell inscribed Thomas Mears op London Founder i837. (30 in. It \^ hung dead, and struck with outside rlapprr only. WHIXALL. St. M.\kv. One lull. I'he bell hangs in a closed wooden turret on the east k^\u\ of tli<: n.n\', aiul is to all a[)pearance (|uite inaccessible from inside or (nit. liie Vicar writes, however :—" 'I'here is no (iat<- or insi ription on the bell, and no parish record of its history. It is the s.iiiu- brll that w.is in the old clniich, then a ciiaixl ol e.ise to Piecs, which thiles b.ick to the middle of llu: eigluc-eiith ciiilury. l-'or some years before the buildiiiL; of the new chunh in 1807 the bell w.is hung from an oak tree in the National School yard, which is close by the (>ld clnirch, presumably im account of llie unsafe condition of the building. The tone of the bell is sweet and imllow." Best thanks t(; tli- \'i( ar, Rev. J. J. Addeiibrouke. •in . A .1 II H ^^CUi:) .-IHT '1-1 •-•.!•' T.ll luTMtt I a mi:. /' >/' :.- .1- II-.:.- ! ,,,. t- y (1 I .|/-. ., •■ ! 'in. I :, .if t 'f.a ■> i. ■•• 'i.V I. . I • ) iL' !• f' ,t t • •";, •• T- !-- w i<, ;, .1 :;^ 1 wi,o: Lj.' -.;•;) ' '^" if ^' »* i .;•.».. v,v , • .1 ^ n . H-«r..-. ,^1 vio-r.n '.' nt. i-fAalrf' UaXohT •ti; .1 ..I., ^r. ,. ,, Jl /■H ■ I/! ! (^. JJ/XMvV ! 'i.r i; • ,!.• ■ till) 11 .•..<• I I /o 20 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHKOI'SHIKE. 3. DEANERY OF HODNET. ADDERLEY. St. I'i:jkr. Tliree bells. 1. j.J(.| |SIR| |IOHN| ICORBETT \\'l^\\ BARANET 16 7 I Onwais^:—\c^: ITHOl |M0LLIN0R| I WILL I GRENEWOLLER| Icj !w| /A^ 2 4^ %mczn mm\R virgo inctRceDC pro coco mVDDO (28 UK I Iflncctln • tolingj jmcn . tier . c.illl |ia. Iafte.0itj [meatt-tbat.fccb(| |tlTP.faole| 1604 Bc/ow :- rwj TBj rrj iibj ivbj cf] crti rm a * (3°i '"• 1st: I5y 'rhoinas Clibury ; tlciii-cle-lys Plalc XII., I'ig. 4 ; loiiiulry shield, I'lalc XX., Ei.u. 5. 2nd : By the same foiimicr as the iiicdicxal hells at Hope IJowdler and Hurdley (cross and lettering I'lates X. and XX.). The inscription is a rare one, mid is interesting aa occurring on an allied grou|j of bells in Worcestershire and SialVoid- shire (see Assoc. Arch. Socs. Rcpor/, 1901, |). 568). 3rd: By Henry Oldheld of Nottingham; fouiulry siaiiip, Hate XXI., I'ig. \.\. A simihir bill :il Tong ; the inscription is \erv ( (Jiniuon im Oldfuld's bells in the North Midlands. |5elliy liithy and negUcled ; the c;innons of the 2ntl lieil an: broken .nul the head screwed to the stock, the side cannons having disa.ipeared. This bell is cracked, and presumably now pastsa\ing, which is much to be re-retted, as it is the only pri'- Reformation bell renininin;-, in the distiic;. I'lls lor lour b> ll.-> 3 M:iy I SS.1 : ' ' hree gieat bell:, and one small bell.' I 7-jo ;uid I /52 : '3 I'.i 11.-.' oc ..-.- -. l1 .4,1-11 T- w o ^ \.o? . .'.. . • Ar. 4 4 . ■ ■ I I ) , I ;. - M • . ...I. .,: i . ■ ■ I ;.. • •-•TT ., .,.. ^ ,_ " • (■ I , , '" , ■ ' ■<, |.> H'"J J <; • ' • ''./•' .' • '. '. . . "ttU I . .ii,,.i » . •.. I, I > .■. . ,1 1 /i' ti; ! . ,/.,;,', I.' ' 1 . 1.1 !■' I- 1 : ,1 ; H ,• ' ' ■•!'■'' > ' 11,. . ;!•. / , , .1 . ... ■• •■ ■ . : • < , .1 1.. /I !• II , I ' . . I .■ I .. ' I. . 'l 'ii li ..,..■,.■ . .• ■•■• ■ . "1 ■ I I,. ....;., i . M .. • .1 • . . .< . •I. t •^ " , THE CHURCH HKI-LS OF Sll KOl'SH 1 Kli, 21 The name of Sir TIujiikis Corbctt on the treble is soinewhut pu/.zhiig ; the liolcler of the title between 1656 iind i68u was Sir Vincent, and I cannot trace any other Sir 'riioiiias. CHESWARDINE. ^J- Swuh.n. six beiis. 1 C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1849 (28 in. 2. 7yie scviic. (294 ill. 3. The S(i»tc, ... (3ii in. 4. T/ie same. (32;,' in. lUXlIXLimT c5. I >i^ GOD TTTTrTTT TTTTTTTT TTTTTTTT TTTT rm rTTl TTTT •><-><• i SAVE 'X-x^ HIS \x<-x\ rmnnuLLi mrixn rxxmnmitixi nximimimi rxniTTTiriii CHVRCH nninxrixn. nXITIII III I IllllrmiXXI TTTTTTTT, ITTTTTT >xx- 1 OVR ! ^x-x. Kl NG h: v-%- immTimiiiii' cmrmirrTTrTTTln rrTTT AND U><">---><^ REALM E' 1620 (.35^' in. mmrriLmiiiirixr rmnnnxi 6. + ?OLI ttttt DEO.t^.^^J', IM- MORTALIA .tut gIT tttt QLORIA ^_,±tt -1684 (39 "•■ In good order ; quarter-chimes ; re-huni; by Mears and Stainbank about icSc;^. Lettering and cross on 5th as at St. Martin's, etc Cross on 6th, I'l.ite XII., Imu. 2 ; liorder, I'late V., I'ig. 5 throughout ; the 4 of ilie dale is reversed, as is the 3 on the 5lh Weights: (ij 5 cwt. (4) 7 cwt. (2) 5.1 cwt. (5)8 cwt. (3) 6 cwt. (6) 10^ cwt. Note G. 3 Mav 1553 : ' I'Dur great bells and o\\ . ( r.1 ' J3t'l i I r^... •■•. ;.J,0'-! -r ..1 >; f '1,1. 'lit (!•»/< f ; .;, /,, I • • / i<>. I ; I "I / , / I 'I , / . ■ / /- I i j''ob. 22 THE CHURCH HELLS oF SHROPSHIRE. The old tenor was therefore put u]) at the same time as the [^resent 5tli ; it was [)resumal)ly meited down in i.S.j^to [)r(;vide metal for the four nt w bells. 'I'he Churchwardens' Accounts from 1554 to 1628 are extant, and contain many items of uiterest ; the most interesting have been transcribed and [tinted by Messrs I'eele and Cleese in the (Jounty (Council's Rejjort on Slu opsliiic Parish Documcii/s, horn which those relatni^ to the bells have been here re|)eated : — 1544 lasker for tendyng of the bellys «S: ryng- yng for . . . of the [jaryshe ... . . xxj'' 1554. It'm to John Buttr for yron and workmanship for the belles ... ... ... ... xx** It'm for candele.s for the rynggars ... ... ij*^ It'm to the rynggars tlie same night ... ... ij'' It'm paid for a corde for the sac'nient [? sac- ring bell] It'm paid for whitelether for bawdrex ... iij Item p:iid Will'm 'i'asker tor the orilerynge of the belli s ... ... ... ... ij" Item for ryngynge upon corpus xpi day at processycion... .. ... ... ... ij'' 1555. It'm paid tt) Will'm taskar for dressyng of ye l)elles... .. ... ... . . ... vij-^ 1556. It' for a drynk to the ryngars on corpus cristi deye ... ... ... ... ... ... iiij'' It' to the ryngars on all Halo nyght ... ... ij*^ In p'mis to AVyll'm Tascar for kepyng of the belles .. ... ... ... . ... ij" It' Robert Coke & Will'm Hagett for stockyng of a bell ... ... ... ... ... iiij" It' when they had done theyre worke whe gave then) yn ale ... ... ... ... ... iij'' It' to the ryngars on the assentyon deye \: corpus ciisli ckye ... ... ... ... iiij'' 1557. It' for meiidyngi- of the greate bell clapper ... ij" ij''ob. 1558. Item payd to WiU'ni cascar fm repaiasicjn of the bell ... ... ... . . ... vij" 1560. I'aytl for ryngyng on hole thtnsdeye ... ... ij'' 1567. to the ringars on holy thursday ... ... ij'' 1575. Ryngyng for the (^)ueene ... xnj'' I'ayde for takynge downi- the bords ol the lolte iS: mendynge a bell wheele ... ... ij^ 1574. .\l the day of the Ryngynge for our queen ... ij'* viij'' IC575. to the deacon for tendynge the IkIs ... •• vj"" to the Ryngars & for light 17 day of nouember' x'' 1578. for tt,ud)nge the bels to the deaken .. ... vj'' ' Coroii.UiDii ol Uuceii l.lt/.iUjfih. .!i 1 .jriT &!. 'If. '•'v i.ltl •/' v.it-: TIIK CIH'KCII HEI.I.S OF SflROI'SH I UR. 23 1588. Lnyd t'oilh for mciidyng the L;ratc bell clapcr lij'' the tlirted bell clapper ' ... ... ... vj'' i:aiidles spent on the (jiieens daye [i.e. for riiigi'ig] j** 1592. lie' ree'of I'^li/.abelh (lylbeiLe towerdes the bell vj'' M'' that aboute the viij^'' daye of Decembre I 59 1 ther wa.s a lune layed by the jiarissh- eners aforesaid of viij'' towardes the repaia- cion of the churche and belles to be slathered at toe seuerall tynies. Ite' for a ... . at the Castinge of the bell ... xviij'' Ite' (or the founder allowinge hini all the paiisshe nirttell iV llu; residew of his owne niettell ... ... ... .. ... v" iiij"' Ite' to the founders man .. .. ... xx** Ite' paid to Ric Cooke for Stockynge of the great bell & other worke aboute the frame vj"* viij'' Ite' paid to Rob'te Butter for yron & worke about the henginge of the great bell ... xx** Ite' to Rendle Goulde for niendinge of toe bell wheyles ... ... ... ... ... ij" 1592-3. Item paid to John Clyberie- for Castynge of the greatt bell the .xviij"' of ffebruarie 1592 the some of ... ... ... ... iiij'' beinge Caste the yeare laste befoie 1593 4 I'iiyJi; the 4 daye of August for tymber Ic; make the bell frame ... ... w'f iiij'' bestowed on them w*-" caryed the tymber ... iiij'' charges for cariage of our bell... ... ... x'* our charges of meat i: dryncke ... ... vij'' .x'' makyng the bell frame... .. ... ... iiij'' xiij^ iiij'' for settyng a gaoble l\op[)e >!v charge bestowetl on them w*^ carryed the frame up into the steople ... ... ... ... ... iiij' iiij'' to Renald Hole h)r uiendyng a bell wheele & nailes .. .. ... ... ... ... xij'' It' the churche ys indebted unlo J lion (^^lyberye bell founder fyrst for nietlall ... .. iiji' ij" It' caslyng the ihiid bell to be jiayde at the twelve monethas end .. ... ... xlvj' viij'' 159.^-5. I'aynuiUis lyrsl payil John glybeiie three pounde.s for a bell bowe ' ij** for bell bucles _ ij** for candles to serue y'^ Ringers light .. ... ij** ' Vnm\ tlicsc two LiiUics wc ni:iy y;;itlicr that ilicro were tlicn four hells. * I'liis founder's name ;iUo occurs in connection willi (./'ondover (<^.v.). f- •i .; ! /.P.? I -;.! '■• '. v« II •Jlii-.'HI, I il .JI.ji:i 1 • - -il ? H^ct 'l" I ' .. ...1 ■>\'-( ■ t ;;,i>i , ,. I,.,. M. '. I . ■ .' ;, il..' ' ■ ■ ..' J '■.! ,' -Irfrt • l.r »' ■ 'i Ml.. :■-.'< M) , , ..,• , . ,I,M ■ M. 1 -I ■' I ' "■I -i; / I ■ •' • II) I , .... I .1 • ■ I I ^ . /I. • I C tTini ^ 1 ll i 24 TUl' CIU'RCH nri.LS OF SIIROPSHIRK. 1596-7. PayiiiL'iites -It' our cliarg<'s at WcUynton at llic caslyiit^ ul owv .slcuiuI bell to the bell fouiidct lor iiicLail .. the caryaye of our second bell 1598-9. unto the belt'ouiider . 1599-1600. to the deacon for ke[)yng y'-' bels the Kyngers 1600 01. to the Deacon fur tendyng the bels 1601-02 buckles foi baldrockes 1603-04. payde to the Kyngers lor y^' kynge... 1605-06. Payd for I^yngyng on on of the kyngs holy daye ... 16 10. tynibcr worke to the clocke & mendyng the church gate cS: the bell 161 1. Receaved Elsabeth Leeke a poore woenian to y^ castinge of y'^ greate bell .. Expenses to y^ belfounder for earnest for Tilshaws oxen att taking downe the bells for .. o"' charges atl Wellington for over-weiLihl in nieltall att y*" castinge of o"" bells ... " to Reginald Boulde for taking downe the bells and hanging them up for drinke att y*^ hanging of y^'" up to the bellfounder for casting y*-' belles ... iiij ''■ for the mending of a bells clapper att \Vili'm [)ies buriall .. ... ... ... ... iij« to the ryngers the 5"' of August being gowries conop : ' ^ ... xij'' to Thomas (jiegory lor oxen att y*^ cairying of y*-' bells ... ... ... ... ... ij« for wycr to the clocke ... ... ... ... j'l 1612. Paid lor a sanies bell r(ja|)c ... ... ... jj' for iron woike about y'' clocke and bells [Various repairs to tlu,- clock in this and luUow- ing year. J 161 (. Paid to Willin Erpe for mending y- clock and a bels clapper ... .. ... ij" 8'' 1617. for linilier an(i makinge lethers for the beles... ij-^ viij'' 1622. hir a bill claper at y^ lirneis ... ... ... 5'* 8'' liir )' iiiakiinge lo William l]r|)e ... ... j' 6'' lor his mans i'A[)ences \: d.iies woike for forg- iii.U )' •• ... 15^ to W liliam Peate lor going to ()l'lle\ to inciuire lor Iron lor u clapper vij'' xiij" iiij'' X.\.\ilJ M'' .\' 36^ viij'' 5" iij^ vj.i 0 nj'' 4" 4" 6^' iij^ nj" iiij'' VJ-' ij" Vjd viij'' xxviij" lij" xxxiij" iiij'' If . 1 1 vj" i -,'1 ' Iviiij; jiuihs (^oroiialiuii scciiis to be intcmlcii. JUT t, ,:-jvJ -J .: • ^ >l r^ns* '/a.» i.'4 II'"': <. nzi ■•■• -J" '. j<" r .^ 11.. ■i •, I". •(n;:i> lo) I. •':.<' .'1 ,lt/ / i • 1 < >r 1 ■ .1 j 1 -1 ' 1 .1 1 FOLATE XXII, .^^m^ r^. I I ,'•,. I X ■. '(. r io i..«li«,^^ ^^^oronghoiil. i> Vol. VIL, :,r(l SctiLb. t^ l:J)iiJllJ lai'J *> Oi IJJ 1 -•-.l*. ''I 'fi.i.tini> :v> t)5ti>i>a. , -VI' OJIH'- r < /' T CM -I /".'•i' • I l; ' :• •!■ 'i- ..'!, ; •. ■;. '^. "• r ■•i ". .)} ■ -■ \ -•t\l' .•^ w ,,, ,:.■■.,» 26 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHKOPSHIKli. 3 May 1553: 'Erc\ll P va. 'riirec i^rcat b.-Us ; one saiiclui bell.' 1740 and 1753 : ' 3 bells.' Inscri[5liuns alst) given in Bril. Mas. Add. MSS. ^1236. Customs : -»•«','' **' On Sundays a bell al 8 a in. wIumi nu Holy Connuunion ; before a celebration two bells chimed and then o\)c. For later services bells chimed (or 30 niin. in m truing. 15 niin. in eveninL;, followed by a single Ik;11 Ruiging early on Festivals, also on New Year's ICve and (Christmas Eve ; for Weddings by re(|uest. For Funerals, one bell lolled tor one hour ; mul'lled peals by request. The School Bell is rung at 6 a m. and 6 [).m. every day e.\ce[)t Sunday throughout the year. Best thanks to the * !urate-inc,harge i/>('r the Kector of Stoke), to whom also 1 am indebted for the lolhjwing e.Ktracts from tiie Churchwardens' Accounts : — ■ 181 7- 18. For Bell ropes ...' ... ... ... 14 o 1818-19. For ringing 5"' Nov'' . ... ... 3 o For ringing day l>ell .. ... .. 10 6 1820. I'or ringnig the day liell .. ... .. 106 For ringing on the 5"' Nov. ... ... 3 o F'or toling at the King's funeral .. ... 2 6 1840. Jan. 15. Two new bell ropes ... ... 6 o 1850. Oct. 20. Sinister for 2 Bell ropes ... 10 0 MARKET DRAYTON i^r drayton in hales). St. iMakv. Eight bells. 1. Gloria in exo.gl3is deo ur' Bc/oio: -(a, OlUJIlOII EeSTORATION COMMEtTOBD 1 81 f,j O Geo. S. Cuthbert Vicar FraS B. T^emlowIq,,^^,^^^^jj^^^ UEO. JLaghmore ) 1887 ■ (.,8.\ ui. 2 God 3 AVE THE Qijeen OMtriA fxant ad dbi GLORIAM ■' i , . ■ ; I • ibi urv': ,M /i •/<..! t.. :. ^^G r v.^HCi .>^ ?aa. . ki ^:- ^ a 'wau*' w .•< w.'W -^:^:.j.J- :\-0 i;i<: w.. :..w.H . ..r y. '. D Till': ciii'K'cii I'.i I i.s ()|- siiKoi'siiiKi- . 27 Jnloiv :—{(!) ClITIRCH He3T0EATI0N COMPLETED BY THE BESTOEATIOiT OF THE ToWEE 1G87. {b) VICTOPIA ChAS. J. "WiNSER VlOAR JUBILEE Fr.eDBnici: GouLBunN | ^ O ei T tr I UHnRCH"WAIlDElTS 18S7 Samuel J. Hardikg 1 On Sound-box^' : — As Xo i. (29. ^ in. 3. WHEN YOV MEE RING l^'j 1 SWEETLY SING A ^ R ^ 1700 trS;-.^^!t7gi"-Ct5 Jh/on', /''A'- " "^^ roKnii. i; "• - ; ;. •!: (30 in. 4. PROSPERITY TO OVR BENEFACTORS C^»*^^5 I}floii\ J't": J i/ii'L'r/fi/, all round. (S'i i'l- 5. m" IOHN bill a ^ R 1700 "k^^^^yL llclo-io, Fig. 2 (lU round. (35^ in. ' 6. FEARE GOD |^'! HONOVR THE KING ABRA: RVDHALL ^^ 1700 ^:I^^^^ I'hUiw, I' ig. _• iiU rou)id. 7. T. Mear.s op Ijondon Fecit laia ♦^^^OOO*^ (41 111. 8 C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1846 C.*// 7fV//.s/.-— REV? J. LEE VICAR C. POOLE I J. haslem}^""^^"w*«J^ens 111 :i(liuiral)lc ohUt ; liu^iiiLj cliauiUcr a model one. Wc-ii^lits and nolca : - (0 5 ':wl. 2 (jrs. !'. (5) 9 cwt. B flat. (2) 6 cwt. E. (6) 10 cwt. A. (3) 6 cwt. 2 ([rs. 2 lbs D. (7)12 cwt. 2 qrs. 2 lbs. G. (.]) 7 cwt. 2 iirs. C. (8) 17 cwt. X qr. F. Oriu;i;ially a rin'j, of six by Abrahnin Rudliall ; the lirst two are addilifjMS. Tin; nictlalliop, on tlic ist has a rc()rcsentation of the Annuncia- tion ; that on llic jiid a bust cW (^)uccn \'i.-toria to left, |](jr(lcrs : on 3rd, a bit ot I'i-. t„ and Pig. 2 ; on ^tli, Kig. 2, 3 ; on 5II1, i'ig. 3 ; on Olli, Im-s. 3, 2. ' ' ' nil '^^' '<: 'i \\ -S '^ .'/-■ ..i V l^ "iHW t ^^ HFi \ : -V '^^^ . . kic ' .1'.. Nv . i\ Aiv .'.v'' V.> 1 ,^ .''V'A uV () H#»r I / 14; J .1 ^ ; rf ;i 'ar^ A ■// »i 1 J ♦f:^ r \ , i.i. ' ■ t 2S Till'; CHURCH m-.r.r.s oi- siiKdi-sKiKH. The 3rd hris ornanicntccl cuimoiis. Tl.c bell stamp on the ^,rd 5th. and 6ih (Plate XXI., Ki^. i.) is of the "archaic '' type. Uarners chimin- apparatus ; Ca.nbridge quarter chimes. Ihe Kev. C. J. Wmser (now of Adderley) was Vicar 1884— igoo 3 May 155:;: 'Dkaytun in II.m.es Five great bells and two sanctus bells.' 1740 : ' Drayton in Hales 6 bells cast 1700,' 1752 : ' Drayton in fiales 6 bells.' ^ See also Salofxaii Shreds and Patches, vi , p. 43. Customs : I Curfew rung from Michaelmas to Lady Day, from 7 45 to 8 p m e.x-cept on Wednesday and Saturday, when it is 6 4s to 7 v^^\ .^ P-n^-; the 7th bell is used. ' ■ ' At Funerals the hell is tolled for an hour, the fee being cs if muftkd, 2s. if plain ; a muffled peal for not more than two ■A".' ■ liours for a fee of ^2 los. od. On Sundays bells rung for Morning and Evening services- chmied for 8 a.m. and afternoon service. Ringing on Christmas Eve 17 to 9), Christmas Day (6 to 8 a m !. i' and for services). New Vear's Eve (7 to q, ,0 to ro '30! and niuffled peal i, 30- , r 50, followed by an open peal i-> t<) I a.m. ; al.so at Harvest Festivals and Confirmations. : Kingmg lor Weddings by request; also on July 6th (old Mid- summer Day), and from 7 to 9 p.m. for King's Hirthday Accession, and Coronation. The ringing on July 6th is from 6 a.m. to 7 45, followed by ten minutes' chiming and •• - IS in accordance with the terms of a legacy, the Ringers receiving i is. 3d. The 7th bell is also rung for five minutes at eleven o'clock on ^^ _ the following Fair Days : -Wednesday before Palm Sunday- September 19; October 24; and also when Court Leet is' held every seven years. The following old Ringing Rules, being of a somewhat different character from most of those previously given, may be repeated ^f to Ring you do come here : ■; . :■« Von must King well with Hand & Ear ; , ! f _ And if you Ring with Spur or Hat A Quart of Ale must pay for that _^ Or if Hell you overthrow ; : / '''here your Si.xpence it must go ; And if you vilely Curse iV Sware "■ ''*' '** lliere's threepence due I do declare . Our Laws are old, they are not New, Then-fore the Ringers will have their due. I here 1,. ..]„, a modern set of rules, d.iled 1901. In the Kin;;ing Chamber are several printed peal cards, r-cordine P^als rung 3 Ap.il, ,Sgj (5,0,0 C.iaiulsiie 'JViples) ; , February, f Ji.~)'. ijli I tU'l 'f,t Ml ^ .->> .'». i5 • ;.- Iff'/' m'^v ;j5 J .mtr.H 1 • .iH'»i/;j'J .; ,, .'■ ; .1(1*1.0 , I fii • . .i.t'.'iuc'. (.' I o i ■ !""■ . • ■ »-iA : :, I .1 ,i<;j5 ? . J i.i * ■'.,■.■),.•■ I : , : r>. Ill' )l«p<''. •r.l r.i I Mv»r;i--<. t )« }j'r ■• .?.->?" I I ;.( '' 'lo ■;!! I •i-t- so .'> ( ■■■ .'»9vi;j vt ., .."v I', i .ij > to ii to I 1 ntiirf ■ . 'I'l" :i , . •' ,*• V . ,. ; . » .\.-. :. •.'J t •» ■» ( 'I u' Till'. ClIUKCII HELLS OF SIl ROPSFII KK, Zg 1902 (5,040 riain 15()b Triples) ; 8 October, 1904 {5,072 Bob ^Iajo^) ; 17 August, 1895 (5,040 (Jrandsire 'rri[)lcs) ; all by foreign bands of ringers. There do not appear to be any Churchwardens' Accounts earher than 1769 ; conseciuently nothing of interest relating to the bells. Many thanks to Mr. \i. Weatherly, Head Ringer, for most of the above information ; also to Mrs. Weatherly. MARKET DRAYTON. Kmmanull. One bell. Church built as a [)rc)[)iictary cha[)el, 1882 ; a se[)arate benefice formecl in 1904. DRAYTON, LITTLE. Chkist Cuukch. one hdi. Church built 1847 ; one bell of 1852 by C. and G. Mears, weighing 5J cwt. HOD NET. St. Luke. Six bells. 1. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD '^'^r^'?^ T ^ R 1769 ^1^"^^^ (iUi". 2. FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING ^'<^ T A R 1769 '^^'^^'^^ (^in. 3. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH ^^ T ^ R 1769 ^'?^^r^^^'?^ . (34.1 in. 4. THO- RUDHALL GLOCESTER FONDER ^^ 1769 ^'^^^r'^^^r (36^ in. 5. m': ROWLAND DICKEN RICH-' WOOD CH- WARDENS ^l'^ T^ R 1769 ^^^^^^ (39!". 6. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL & TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL T ^ R 1769 '^^ (43 in. All have cabled cannons; border throughout, F'ig. i. In good order. Clock strikes on 5th. 'The bells are rather oddly hun<' in the octagonal tower, thus : — I ^^ I Weights: , '■ ' I {i) 61 cwt. (4) 9 cwt. j« I ti I 2 111 (2) 7 cwt. (5) 10^ cwt. r7~n (3) '^ ^^^''- (^') 13 t"'t- Note F. ^^is :o •..j.!:»M 1! -; nr.3 hmt •C ' ' ' ' '" ' •'A .-* •"•/ u.,-'v . i, : > J I iTi J .i'lOTYARd •! — ' - ♦xu.I .J" , ; :.!'■. JOH ... ..;' X-VAV • ^ ' ,,■■1 ■,■ jj^ T • ;.< • - V •> > . ... . \ . V/"/ •' ; r -' ^^ *• -v^r ,^ ;• i If..,'. ,/ .M •■ 1 , ij I- w idi,' >t j.jI^ 1)1. to 'J 1 ■'■ t l;;f'. -aJjO -jAI . • ; .n dssi ^aiawl»o^ ^j & >jojyat :l a .1 '■':) A 7? 0 J /fit :t. '. •! '; f '• • • ; » .., ,* V Tllli; CUUKCII BLILI.S Ol" SHKCJPSHlKli. JI 5. As iVo. I ■ (3Il' '■''• 6. ^iaiat?>Ciiri^ ^^iiJj^^cacD \XM^ ^XA^}^)^<^m^ (33^... 7, As 2)id- 4tli. (.S6 in. 6)« ivdist (41 in. ^v£J^ '1'icIjIc and Ilmiot hung abm'c ihc ler^t, in the bclfry-stagc proper; ihe lower ones arc \'er)' cramped. 'I'he 6lh is by Hugh Walts of Leicester, c. i6[o; cl'. Kinncr;,ley and (.Child's Lrcall, and see Plate XXII. for tlie lettering ; S reversed throughout. I'enor 12 cwt., note F sharp. 5 May 155,5 : " Three great bells «.S: one sanctus beli.' I 740 and 1 75^ : '3 l)ells.' One of the former ring of three, probably the present 7th, was inscribed, according to a note by Mr. R. Vj Davies : — GOD SAVE IHE CIIOVRCHE OVR KYNCih: OF ENGLAND. It was either by Oldfield of Nottingham (cf. \Vr(;xeter tenor) or by one of the ('liburys icf. Ditton Priors, ^le. ),and there is little doubt that the insiriptuMi really r.ui OUR RLVNGi: AND R1':ALME, as in tlie other cases. Li 1S64 two of tiie old three were re-cast, 'uid three added to make six; in iSi); llic then (ih (now tiie 5lh) was re-casl, and a lrel)le and tenor added. Customs : Cinfew formerly at 8 |).m. (earlier on Wednesday and Saturday) ; cl. Siilo[iiiin S/i/ct/s iiiul /'.i/c/.cs, ii., p. ()8, antl Rurne, l''olk-Loi(j, p. (y02. it was done away with as interfering widi the rlock chim s I .Ai I'lnnrals tolling only ; chnnihL' loim^Mb ; nc. passing bell. On Sundays, linging for srrsicci; lormerb a b' II rung at () a,ni. Ringini; on Christmas lue and Day, New Year's ICve and D.iy ; on Ivi.stc I l>,i\' liM services onl) ; lor We iding.-5 il ji.od Im, In ilie inigniL; cn.uuDer is a sjl cl old rules ni manuii-iipl, the uiird ti'ii hiK's. HI r-i) 1/ , : : ' : I . I •■ l<- c A . lu li I'.J'l ' ."HT f y : \* " ■" ,; lis. n .8 .11 '. 'I - / ; : ; ,. , I '., ... ; . if •; , 1,1 ;, 0( . 1 ,., ' ■,(!• : J..; ^ ■'//,•-, di ■. 1 J liv/ t I I 'I I' ' 32 THE CHURCH HELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. There are carillons by Thwaites and Reed, London, given by Martin li. Griffin, Esq., of Brand Hall, when the ring was augmented lo eigiit ; the tunes [)layed every three houis are : On Sundays Sicilian Mariners, Man., Wed , ¥n., Home Sweet Home. Tues., 'iluus.. Sat., xVue Luck about ihe House. There are also Cambridge cjuarter chimes. PEPLOW. Epiphany. Two bells. 1. 2. J: TAYLOR & C FOUNDERS LOUGKBOROUGH 1878. Hung in an open wooden turret on the east gable of the nave ; both small bells ; inscriptions very easily deciphered through glasses. Church built 1878-79, on the site of an old chapel-of ease to Hodnet. STOKE-ON-TERN. st. peter. 6 + ibeiis. 1. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON 1874. (25.J in- 2. T. Mears op London Fecit 1819 •"^•O'OOO'C^ OOOOOOO-f (27^11. 3. The same. (29 i in. 4. T. Mears op London isia -^OOOOOOO OOOOO-^ (30 in. 5. As No 2. (32 i in. Q, As No. 2 ; No stop after date. (36 in. 3. No inscription. The ornaments after the date on the five larger bells vary slightly in length. All in good order ; the second is said to be too sharp in tone. The I'ttle l^ell, which was put up about 1873, hangs in an open stone cot on the east gable of the nave. Weights and notes: — (i) 3I cwt. (4) 5 cwt. (2) 4 cwt. (5) 6\ cwt. (3) 4A cwt. (6) 8 cwt. 3 May 1553: ' SroKK-Ui'ON-TKVRNK. Three great bells .md one small sanctus bell.' 17.J0; ' Siukc sup' 'I Vrn 5 l)cli.^ Kuilhall.' 1 ► T / ' ; -I ■■'■•<• I.: . I ' ' r : [ t, / ' '1 . I, THR CHURCH HFI.I.S OF SHROPSHIRK. ■ 33 'I'lic inscri[)tioiis on the original live arc j^iven in iJrit. Mus. Add. iMSS, 21,21635 follons: — , . 1. TKACK AND GOOD NlilGHBOVRIIOOD A R ryj^ 2. PROSPERI rv 'I'O THIS PARISH A R 1723. 3. lOHN FIKAKORD THO. MASSEY CH. WARDENS 1723. 4. \V-^i WILLIAMS RECTOR 1723 5. T TO THE CHVRCH THIC LIVING CWLL AND TO I'HE GRAVl-: DO SVMMON A1,L. It does not appear wliether these were re-cast into five or six in 1819, i.e.. whether the present treble is a re-casting or an addition Customs : For Funerals the tenor is tolled for one hour. On Sundays the tenor is tolled for services, followed by chiming for ten minutes and a single bell for five ; bells rung on great festivals Ringing at Festivals (Christmas, Easter, Ascension and Whit- suntide, also on the Eves) ; on New Year's Eve a muffled pe;d followed by open ringing Also linging on St Peter's Day, All Saints Day, Kmg's Birthday, and for Weddings by request. A bell tolled for Yestry Meetings. '1 he Rector, Rev. B. de M. Egerton, to whom many thanks, also kindly sends the following extracts from the Churchwardens' Accounts : — 1743. A cannon to the bell and mending the others jo'* l'"etching the bell from Hodnctt . ... 2" I7J5. Ringing on the 5"' of November ... ... 5' Fur a set of bell ropes ... ... ... . . 10^ [Similar entries for ringing on Nuvemoer 3tti and new bell ropes regularly for fortv years, j .Mending tliL- IjL'll gudgings ... ... ... i' .S'' i]\]. A [jound of candles to ring C'uuifor ... ... 6' Cleaik for ringing Couilt)! ... ... ... 6' 17.18. niacksmith for mending y"^' bells .. ... ... q' The Clark for ringing Coffer ... ... ... t,' 17. }i). .Mending lull frames ... ... ... ... ^,^ 17O1. 1''' for liiigiii;; on Crcjwnaeion Day ... ... 5' 1766. 3 V>c\\ wheels ... ... ... ... ■■./,i 18- 10'' 1767. Taking up ^lie bells ... ... ,.. ... c« ft-, A P T.T^r M I 1.1/ U •;/ ( ■ 1 < ■ ' .'/ ■■ : ■ .'Mil vlr.i t- 1. , •.. 1 •:•• . •< . ,in I'll ' "• ' r: J 'J Ht.;«..,3 V - t'. M, • ,.'!'!.'-■'' , \'' J . •■ ■■■■.. ■•• <■ rn' . . •• : ■ , . I' ^ '■:•.,, 'i ,: , . f •; ' ri,h:t.. yli'il' ■...'■' ;m\» ' . lli.Ml . ■/ ^4 THE CHURCH BELLS OK SHkOPSHlRfe. 1772. Stoke is a pretly tower ■ . ' - j, \ f ' And stands in a valley. "* — - - •/ 'riuie is a pretty rin^,' of bells I besides a liowling halley. \V. Blanthorn ^ ,., , , , TUT. Cliurchwardens. ' • John Lester ) 1774. Ringers 5"' Nov"" Christmas l)ayciU euiiiUrss ef I'uwis is «I'-Mciiileii Ifdiii tlic ul,(i\r iiKiiiioinil Sir |<>liii C'i)ii\ it.-. \ol \ II., jr.l Scrus. li 010c ei u .Y>l ' ■ r-l>l3>! ilH din . I M ■ M :T . ,;T ■ ill. i >r : . I , • ' ■ 'm ('!- .' Ill ' • !/-■ ■ ir. . . ; " : M- ,t\.A.A ■)!. y/ iioff'oi.'ir>;j ; i-iijii> Ixir, I ; ■., :•• ■ ;. ii;-.;' ' .1 ;i(,.; .? . . , i: ,•:-. .;;,-. ■> ;, ■,ii; , . . . ,. . ..' v.,'.i .1 ; -.M-.u 'a'.i ioJ iji.t .. ,. I,': ; • • I--. I ,.' , , .1 ■; ' 1 fii f!.-: 'ifl ,c5(i.v S . ■■., ,. ;. :• . ■ .;i ... ' ,;..^'l 'w - ■ 1 ! -, '• .• ! ■; -•:.'• ' ii'i / ..'■.. 1 ..J ■ i. . , M' :;i., i u .\ ■ ■ . ' r. . ..i r.. ;. ,:. I ; , , , 1,m:. -.)■ :;, ..-.,. ,{ .<.'•.■> ;,'•■• • If ; ,^ ii,;; i,;.ii, ■ .. , , .. [■ . .'■.:,■'. , , . ..., , ■■ !: !.. (it,,-.,,, 'wli . .. . !■ .; ;.; , .;, •: ■.; i.. - ; ■ .' n 7/ \<> ;mi'. ,,i) .■:.!■ r-i. ■ • ' .■ i. '• •• . *. • , ■' ' i:r .1 . ■ • i!? I I . i I ' ' . i' ^ -■.,,..,;: 1.,. I ■ 1 .f 1 I I 1 i ' il .-I fc". I 1, , I ' . Uj / j6 THE nr;Ki',i:KTS oi- (-iii-Ki'.nKV. The yoiin_;i r, Sir Kicliaici, Cicntlcmaii Usluirto Heiir}' \'III,, resick',1 at Mi)iiti;oiiiL'i")- C'astK'. Ih; maniiMi as his second wife, Aiiiic, tlaii;_;litcT of Sir l)a\i(l ap Juiioii a\) Le\vcll)ii Vaughan/ and ihcy were the great grand-jKirents of the famous Lord Herbert of Chcrburw Sir Richard's eldest son lulward, married EHzabeth, danghtir of Matthew Price of Newton; was Esquire of the I!o(iy to (jiUHMi I'di/alicth. Constable of Montgoniei)' ("astlc, and Lord of C'hirbury. In 135; ICdward Herbert recei\'t;d froiu his kinsman Sir WiUiam Herbert, Juirl of Pembroke, the grant of the Hundred of Chirbury for himself and his heirs, and probabl)' tlie possc'ssion of Montg(jmer\- (^astle.- The pro[)rietorship of Cliirbury, however, seems to ha\'c been accompanied by some restrictions, for the consent of the Crown appears to have been required i)revious to the sale of any portion in the Hundred (jf Chirbury on different occa- sions. In 1 581, It is reconled that Queen Eli;iabeth gave leave to Edward Herbert to sell three messuages in Chirbury to I-'rancis Newport and the heirs of Richard Herbert (his eldest son) and ^Llgdalene Newport. Edward was twice Sheriff of Montgomer}'shire, in 156S and 1593. He had a large family. The eldest, Richard, was the father of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ; Matthew of Dolguog, Co. Montgomery, was the ancestor of the present Earl of Powis ; another son Charles married the heiress of Aston, Co. Montgomery, and was the father of Sir Edward Herbert, .\ttorne_\--General in CMiarles I.'s reign, and grandfither of Admiral Sir Arthur llerbtrt, who was created k'arl of Torringiou in \(iS(). Ciet)rge, another of i'Mward's sons, matriculated at Magdalen College,-' Oxford, 15SJ, aged lO; he a|)pears l(; have been in Holy Orders, it is jjrobabl)' his nanu-lhat is written on one ot the chained b(j(jks in the Librar\- at Chirburw Lord Ib'rbert asscMls that his uiude was of New College, but this is (kail\- an error, a^ no ( leoigc Ibibcit appeals on the books ol llle Coilegi'.' ' I'Mwis (';i ll.' r.-,il.;iL<-.. - .>(•.■ iiili.lc >in •■ M. lilt-. .nun ( .i-Ur" l.v i;. V. c;. S.iiidli.i.l, in l'..\Nys l.al.ii Clul. r.'//., \..l \ , |i. 1..S M /.-/,/ Il,tln-,r: .■\l,t„l,iniy„f>hy, ol. Ii) Si.lnry 1.(1-, |i. <|, 11..1. .'. A1,omc liil.iw, |i. y). ■' Sec .Mil III II i ( > xDnirnsi < liy |. luster. ■' Lord Hi- r her l\ r\liti>hiiu<. , p. o, N.itf I, .....!/ ■I,, '.'i .1; ■ . U •jifM-' :i'. •■! vfj, ;r. i ■ ) ,': , if .fl ) . ,■ .'I . I , " ' i I- Ml ,, • r. ! I ''^ ~ THI' 111 K'lUlMS ()|- ("111- KKUKV. 37 Tcj ictiini to Kicluud, the cMest son, of Blackliall and L\Miiaiii He was Sheriff (;f M(;ntgoinuryshire in 157O and 15.S.1. He i)i.iirii;d Magdalen ((ji- Magdalene), the- daughter of Sir Richard Newport of High Ercall, Co. Salop,' and by her had seven sons and three daughters. Siie must have been an exeinj'lary lunisewife, judging from a MS. still |uesei\ed at I'owis Caslle, preMimahly written 1)\- lur and signed on the I.1.-.I page: " Magd. 1 Icrhia t."" On the first page is written : "A Kitchen Daok Contayninge the expences of my house in London beginning upon Satterdaie the xj of April iGoj With the names and numbers of my househoid." The most minute details are given under the headings: '• Houghte, Si)ente, Dynner, Messes, Supper."' It is beauti- fully written throughout. - Richard died in 1597 while his eldest son was at Oxford. He was buried in the south transept of Montgomery Church. In 1600 his widow erected an elaborate monument to his memory with recumbent figures of her husband in complete armour, and herself beside him, with smaller images repre- senting the chihiren kneeling beside their parents.^^ Under the tomb is the figure of Richard only, wra[)ped in his winding sheet. Magdalen was never buried there ; eleven years after her lirst husband's death she married Sir John Danvcrs, a man twenty years her jiiinor, and was buried in ( lielsea Cdiuicli. On Richard Herbert's tomb is the following inscription: '• Hearc lyeth the Body of Richard Herbert l':s(piire wIkjsc monument was made at the coste of Magdalene his wyfe Daughter to S^ Richard Newport of High J£rcall in the County of Salop Knightc (deceased) and of Dame Margaret his wyfe Daughter and sole heyre to S^ Thomas ]5romley Knight Late Lord Chiefe Justice of JCngland and oik; of the ' See the account of Lord licrl,e,t-s inothcr ,,u,.tc(l Iron, Wallo.rs / ,/<• „/ J/rr/u-rrs .l/i/oOtiii/. ' i - .->■>.■> - I'Voni notes Nyi.ltcn on ;, l,|:,nk |u:;r al (1,,. ^.,,,1 nt tlic- iH.oK. i| aPiM-ais tiiat tin. M.lc.v.q.nu MS uas s„l,i ,,n h, c. i •, ,7.,S. uill. ll,.- i,,.Mv.r " I'l'.a.v. Il uas a^a„. M,i.i .,1 1 1, .,n,l s , , I. ;., .N.,; .u„l ,H,ul,aM.| i,y Kduani ||,,IkU, \ iscouiil Line, ..lit n\,u,|-, I..11I ,,| |',nvi._ |^ ( ; ' Ihrrrisapnul ,.| ll,,s|,„nl, m ( i, ,,,;'„ fs r,l,i„,„ „i (i, .mp,- ilc.i.if.-, W,„l,. in J \(.|-, " . > /^ 1 X I I ! "I -ii. . I .; 1. .1 It 1 >L» J I 7 I ui •ft. ir .'. [ ,,- |-,tin.. : ....-■ il?!."'' f*> ;Ti. '..;.. t 1^ iH « »Vrl.'.' I i' .1.1 ' i.-,vl .)! > .,-. 'f ■., ; • . . i! :\l.:- r.ni ' ' •. I v. .1 Hi,..iiA '■''■''' \. , , A. .-.,1 ■ ' It ) if 1 ,. ;.| 1 ... , ) .,1 ,. ./... .If 1 ' ■ . , / 38 iHi-: mcKHKiMs oi- ciii:ki5uky. Executors of the late King of most famous mcmorye King Henry the ICighte— Ano Dom. 1660."" There are also the following lines in Latin : " Quid 7'irlit^ Pichis aiiwic recti Tunc cum vita fu^it juvarc pimuut In Caclo rclcvciil pcrcniic noiiicn : Hoc sa.xu)ii dmcat, duos rccludcns Quos una thaliimo fidcquc juuclos IIcic Unas tumulus lupis vc si^^Uiit Jam longum sapc Lector et vulcto /Eternum voicrans unique nomcn.'' The P:arl of I5radford has at Weston, a picture of Magdalen Herbert by Zuccherc. She is ri'presented with auburn hair, in an Elizabethan dress, with a ruff, and a jewelled hat. In Mary Boyle's "Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Weston," she is described as " Richard Herbert of Blackhali's wife, being daughter lo Nc\\j>ort of Arcole."'' Of Richard and Magdalen's younger children, one was the saintly poet and divine, George Herbert, who was born at Montgomery 1593, educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge; a Fellow of his College; and the Public Orator of the University from 1O19-27. Ordained after 1625; rector of Fuggleston an the liaditional site o'f lilackhall, and lor a opy »| li.c uucription, on Richard lleiberls tomb. - Lord Hcrhcit S Ait/odio^'., J), ij iiolc. YXUIfH.tlO MO eiMMMMMU iiU . ■ .; a W 1,1. n; ' ...» .1 <• ;■ ;. J . 1 .; ' . . . . ., '.•' ••'••', K • .i;Jm i li j(l • J>iu; i-'hi; rii.tj .• fir] .; li 'A (I ) ,1 ( i' .«••;! i»rr. iil i ■ f • ' ' /I . . . I' . ' ' / 'I '■ 0-' y ' ■ (it tit «j. . i- : [ i.jit;. ' < V "Ji I-,. ciH .1 111 I'Mi ■,■) >li I ■ I •Vl •-. •>( 'l-j-l . .;... .1-.. 7C o savs lie lived eventually in London at St. Martins in the l'~ields, and was buried in the C" lunch there. The three daughters all niarri( d. The secoini, Marjjaret. married John \'aughan, son and heir of John \'auf^dian of LKv)diarth, in 1606, "by which match," says Lory a deed dated 8th May, 39 Kli;^abeth (1597) the site of Montgomer)' CastK; was assigned to him mentioning letters patent of 20th June, 36 Elizabeth (1594), whereby the (jueen had granted the site of the castle to Richard Herbert, Esq., now deceased, for his own life and the lives of his sons Edward and William Herbert.' When he was iG he married his kinswoman Mary, daughter and heir of Sir William Herbert of St. juhaus, who was descended from William, the hrst Earl of IVndjroke, beheaded at Northampton. Mary, by her father's will, inherited St. Julians, and other estates, including land in Anglesea, on condition that she married one who bore the surname of Herbert.^ Edward Herbert returned to O.xford after his marriage, accomj)anied by his wife and mother, and devoted himself to study. He became an accomplished scholar and linguist, a good rider and fencer, and was fairl)' proficient in music. He was made a Knight of the IJath b)' James I., at his coronation, in 1603. He was Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1605, and his name appears on the roll of magistrates of the County that year and in 1606.^ That year the King took Montgomery Castle from Sir Edward ' Tlie " difTe re 11 CO 3" rcfcircd to, oti^iiuUcil in a law sail lictween Sir IMwiinl Hcrhert ol Towis I'listlc (a distant cousin of Iticiiaid lictl)i.rt of IWackliail) :iiid \lr. Vaii^dun (jf l.l\Tydiarlli, in isb;^. liic [laili/ans o( l)olli f.iiniliis a|>|)c.ir to li ivc kept U]) a lend (or ni.iiiy yi-ais, wliictionci' .it least, nuiowly i-s(M|'i-d l>ciriL,' llic caiuc ot SLiions l)lo nlslicd. (Sec (Jweil and iJlalveways llisiory uj Sluc7Vsbury, \ol. I., |i. 5yo.) - Sec article on "" Mi.iityoincry,' I'ouy^.hiiid Coll., vol. x\iii., )) ()7, and II, wlicre the deed is |/tinl.-d in full from llie original document at lo^sib ("astle. ^ nil/. 0/ .\',il. r,i,>:n,f,hv, \>i|, xwi. ♦ .S//.-/;//i ,-/ .I/,///,;v"'""l'v////.-, I,) W. W l.ic.jd. OJ 1 >i 11 .1 lu AH M I. 14 ;(i>«i It' •• 11 . ri.i) 1 • I- 4^ ' Till' III i;iil IMS ()!■ rill KliUKY. aiul presented it in hi^ kiiiMiiaii I'inlip ll,rlnrl, who was ciLaU-l l':;.ii (it .M(.iit}4"iiiciy (Ui (tli jiiiuj itiat year, an.l Ijyt.auK- l.arl (,t iVml.u.kc U,_^u. It was Tl^IoiccI to Sir Lci\sai>i 1)\ I'iail riiilip 111 101^; u|)(,ii the paxiiicnt of /;5o(;. Sir Juluanl was ahroatl iiio.^l ot'lhr tiiiKj UclwriMi il^oS^'aiid I()i7. trawlhii- tor plrasiiir, or li.i^htiii- a.s a vohiiitcvr, in the- I-(.\\ c-ouiuius. Ill U>li,]u■^s■A:. appointed Ambassador to I-oiiis Xlll. of hraiRL', and raiiud the approhatioii of the Km.^ h)- Ins diplomacy, until it>2\, when he was suddenly recalled apparently because he refused to carry out some uii- reasonable instructions given to him in connection witii the proposed marriage of I'rince Charles with Henrietta Maria of brancc. Sir bZdward returned fiom b'rance deepl}- in debt. The year of his recall he was created Baron Herbert of Castle Island in the Peerage of Ireland, and in 1629 ^'^ Charles I., IJaron Herbert of Cherbur)-, Co. Salop, in the IJcerage <>( lungland. He was member of the Council .,f War for some years, which makes his conduct in the Civil Wars the more dej)lorable as the owner of the Castle oi iMontgomcry. Summoned to Shrewsbury bv IVince Kui)ert to discuss the defence of Wales in 1643, hJ refused on ih l^lea of ill health, objected to soldiers being sent to his assistance at Montgomery, and in September, 1644, sur- rendered the C:astle to the rebels.' He sub.e,]uently accepted pecuniary ai.i from the rarlianieiit. I'rom this tune he lived chielly in his house in (jiueii Street, i,ond.Hi, near St. (iiles, and died there August joth, j()4,S. He was buried in the Church of St. Giles in the I'ields. The follow- ing inscription said to be by Lord Stanhope, was on a slab over his grave :—" ///c inhnmatiiy corpus Edwardi Ileybcvt cquith Balnci, barunis dc Chcybury ct Castlc-h/and, uuduyis iihn, cm titulns est ' Dc Vcyitak: Rcddoy ut hcybac viccsimo die A iii^iisli ivino Ihniiiui 10 IS."- Lord Heil)eil wa. an author of much repute. His chief philosophical work which was m Latin, " Dr \fritate" wa- Inst publi..lud ill I'aris in ](._-,, ;,nd -is the tir-t pinvb' e ■ llic .1 .„> Mil. Uii. in.cnpliuu i. ,u,l ,„ iJK- ,,..-, 1,1 ( |,u:U, ,,| Si Cil.s 1^ iMchl.:, .,l„ „ u.i. luuil law li,au M,,.N; LuUiu' r i.i. ' ..... 1 '■. ; 1. I ■ r U'i/ .-. "... ■■ .. .i\ .•.,,i..M -.M J .,.'■,' t ill J ;l 'I 'iMii 1. 1 »r'i|;iM. i.|. // * r • ' <' 1 EDWARD 1st LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY 1 1 , . V OHr-^ A Till' H1'R1'.ERTS OI- rUl'KP.UKY. ■fl nu'tapln'siral trcitisi' written 1)\' ;m lMi;,Hihr.l alter his death li\' liis l)rc)thcr Heiirw 'l\\c work h\' wliich he is Ijcst known now is his Aiitol)io;;i"a])h\-. ()rhis Life of Heniy \'III., Siihu.'X- Lee sa\'S : "it is an nnineai^ui'ed eiilo;.;)' ol l[ini\ \ I I L.s statesmanship, and a kilioiircd c-!idea\oiir to (oiii|oiic th(! Climes of liis I'liwile hte. "' \u his will, dated AiiL^ust, i6}S, Lord Ilerhtat gi\'es the (ollowini; instriietions as to ;i monnment to he lai'cted to his memor\- : '" it is m\' will that a monument which le'inains with a Mr. Stone in Loii;.;' Aeie or his executors ina\' he erected ill Montg()iner\' or (dierbiir\' ( linrcli with u strong i^rate of irt)!! or trellis i>ii;ht foot hiL;h before it every way. \vhicli it is needful, and that my executors, hereafter named furnish the charge theietjf, as also that wlii( h remains due to the said Mr. Stone . . for the same, l)cin,Lj fi\'e and twentie ixMinds to be paid in hand, and twentie pounds more when the work is finished. And that this inscri[)tion Ijc j)laced on the pedestal of the [)il!ar, which is to stand in the middle of the said nioniiment- ■' ihiid asj-icdas I.Lilof? noil iiuct allihi Jula'tWiliis lUiio Ilcrbcii t/c (.'licrhin v it Ciistri Insidac dc l\cyy\ scd )iiclu>n siti pjiic in hi\iU'ni)n scdrs alijit sci\un poslcriLiU'iii IlsIiiIus nihil ita rclicliDn nisi ijiiod \L(uni ahdticiTL' noliiit, rale lalor ct stiiilr cicruiijli.' Notwilh- -taiidiiiL; which, and if li;a.ve ina\' bc' oblained for t lu- i m hiding of a little chappidl ailjacent to that at Nlontgoinery wlu le' in)' ancestors were buried, cjr one at the otlu r end of the chanci 1 on the South side abo\e an old nu/nmnent there. Then my will is that the said (diaj)pe'l be' built so that wilhont tlu; wall it ina\' be loiuteeii foot broad, one and twent\' fool loii;^, ami two and twL'nt\- loot hi'^li, to be lini-hed with staries about a^ t he other I happen i^, and (hat a ;;iate or tielli.^ of iron ei'^lit foot lii;;h ■ hoiild be I let. led al . . . fool di ,t,iii. e ti om the enli i(; into it, >o that a stpiare ol I our teen foot ma\ remain 1^ a |)f n in:' tip' moimmmt."" ' Lord Ih'beil'^ A:,,' >Lioi;r„pli\', liili.h!r .l.,.''in/s-. flic .\IS. ol iicnry \1II. wis iiicliKir.l in llie lMi|ii.^t III K's\is I !.)ll( ■.■ iiid i> n.)w, with oliut M SS. lu Idnvin^ to tii a CciJIl';;.-, in llii; |S(iill(-i:in. !«3»? .^ ! 1 1 , • 42 " THE HERBERTS OF CHERBURY. That such a large and inartistic monument' was never erected, is hardly to be wondered at, but it is surely to be regretted that no memorial of any sort exists in either i Montgomery or Chirbury Church, to this remarkable man. , He bequeathed his personal possessions, including his ; books in Montgomery Castle, to his beloved grandson 1 ICdward, the eldest son of Jvichard, Lord Herbert's son and - ■ heir: '* charging my said grandson ui)on my blessing that he ; . I neither sell, nor give away, nor as much as lend, any of my said books out of my said castle," but he wished that his grandson should "permit and suffer his said father to have the use of the said books and household stuff durin<' his hfe." He bequeathed all his printed books in Latitrand Greek, which were then in his house in Oueen St., to Jesus College, Oxford, "for the use of the College and as an inception of a library there." -' He strictl)- charged his grandson to have the "niaiuiscripts, written p;ipersand linglish books in that house carefully removed to Montgomery Casth;, and llieie preserved w it h his other books and papers." Another paragraph appears to refer to his autobiography:— " I do hereby lea\e it to a person, whom I shall b)' word entreat to fimsh the same, and to publish it to the world by my direction." ^ To his younger son ICdwaid, he left the .Manor of Llyssin lor his life; after him to his grandson lulward. do his daughter JJeitrix, who was born at Montgomery Castle, .Anyust, 1604, and survived her father, he betpieathed all the plate in his Castle of .Montgomery, also /;40(j of the money obtained from the sale of his clothes and lurniture in the house in (Jueen Street. This was in addition to the 'See furllicr .iescrii,ti(Mi ol n.onunui.l in Note i, ,,. 300 of Aord J/erber/\ - By i:,e cuurie.y 01 the L.l.r.uian of Jesus Colletje, I was e,.:,hlc.l to see the conle,u|.;'r:ine.,us M.S. h-t of l.cr.l llerherfs hcqucst. There .ire ouS works l.rinciiMlly (.reek and Lain,. J hey a,e entered in the list un.ier the folhnvin.' hendiiiLjs : *» ■l"he()h)!4ici ; Criliti et poiitici literatnrae. Ilist'.nci; Juris: M alhe.natici ; I'hy.ici ; Klhici ; .Metaphysici ; ^fedioi • liish.r. .utural.s; M.litarij; Mus.ci. I.il,n rhdnl,..;,,., .t hun.anioris Liter, - lurae. ciitiei, Ma-ici. ( K C. 11.). ■' One c.-py .,| this riianuscri|,t is said to have been f-.uiid .,t ilil.Keslurd and was puhhshed l,y Mr. \\ alpolc ol Strawberry Hill aljout 17^.. (Colic. t,un\ 'for Ihc fitslorv of U onrslrrs/iire, vid. 2, pa'v.- 271). n I. •(• /m \ Il.'io,! -..!» ? ; '1-- I is: I V 1, ; 111 i. i( , 1. I'f ;. . .'!.■! .'(i V.» i.l. ;, I,; u) :. !l i"Mi. ;'•! (..;.,, ,,i... ''. '•;.■« N.>i ) J. r« ; i .i f.).- A • i i.(. ■! • - ; I I •• ' . Ml, , •>|i| ■■ I.l '...l ',' '. (, .. 1 -J. ■ ..: . ^1). • , , ' ...,!. --.Ill {, \ .1 . • • ; If- ! 1, ,. : • : ;<; n .•'. ,•>! 'r »>' ■> . > ,-4. '. : ■ • '•■' ' ■ ' ' ' ■ ■'■ I'l -.t: !l' ■ ; •, : ir ' •' " 1 ■ "' I • .. J I • 1 ' ■ • '• > ;.'.;i -Hi ,.|- . . ■ ; . 1.1 I . ' r .1. . - I,. .i\ ,til ' .1-1,, THE HF,RBRRTS OF CHEKBUKY. 43 jiortion formerly settled ujjon her !)}• her father in iG.'^z. I'oih ])l;ite ami inoiie}', hcjwevcr, were only to he hers u[)on the coiiilition, that she clelix'ered up a certain diamond hathand she was l;eepiiii_;' for him, and which was then in her possession. Should she refuse to deli\er it up, the becpiests to her were to be \'oid. 'Idle said diamond hatband he licfiueathed to his grand- children Frances and blorence^ to be equally dix'ided bi iwecii tliem, and con\-erted into wearing jewels, which he (K-^irc:d they should keep for his sake, llealsolelt tiiem two small bags of ags containing one hundred ;ind twe-ntie pouniis to bo di\ided amongst them jxart and put ahke." The jilate in Oueen Street he left to his grandson Julward.- Ueatrix Herbert is said to have been buried at Beaumaris, in Anglesey. It will be remembered that her mother had some propert}' in that island. On one of the chained books in the Chirbury Library are the tollo\\ing lines bearing her signature: — " M}'sterious God Thy thorough pearcinge eye \'iews our black deeds lock'd in night's treasurie. The aire is Thy register where wee W'ith our own breath pen our own historic. Our thoughts are characters to Thee more clear '1 ban to man's opticks mountains can appeare. Who then can scape when our deeds might displais ( )ur words, oiu" breath, our thoughts our harts betraics ? Lord none, except Idiy Grace insj)irc us soe Our deeds, words, thoughts onlie from Thee may Howe. Bi: ATRIX Hi' KI5ERT." " It is much to be regretted that no more of her poetry, nor au) Imther information about lu;r exists, so far ;is can be a:-cci"l;iin('d. ' Si^icis lo llw aliiivc iiicmioin.'>l F.d.snid, -^id Foul, ai.il IK-niv, .)ili Lord ll-.il.H'il iif Clurliiiiy. Miiiciice (u.aidly cilUil Fl1'^ i.'j'ju(^ 111 Hii'i •"*. 1 1 r« lift ti (i| 1. liii Mci J||v.' • 11 it-' 1- . i ■.: .: I ;.. ju: mW • . I )■ r ">:■ i 1 1' I'r.il . 'I .: .; • .. . I ; ; 1 1 .■.',11,1 ■ I • : 44 THE HEKIU-.KTS OF CHIiKlUlkV. O i- r Richard, second Baron Herbert of Cherbury was always a I03 cd subject to Charles 1. He fought for the King during Facsimile of Edward, Lord Herbert's si'' nature. the Civil Wars; was i^ovcrnor of Britlgnorth, and later of AberystwA'th.' In ifjj4 he was \'ery acti\e in assisting the sick and poor of Shrewsbury during the [)lague. In 16 j(j the Parliament allowed him to compound for his estates, but although he paid a large line he was afterwards cndered to demolisii Montgomery Castle. The following is a copy ot the Commissioners' Order for the demolition : — Mountgomery 29° Janij 1649. Com. Whereas wee have received a Commission from the " right hon''''" the Counsell of State, ap[)ointed by Authority of Parliam^ date decimo quinto Janij 1649 for the totall demollishing of Montgomery Castle w"' all Expedition, and to appoint some fit person or persons to undertake the same, and to make the best Improvem' of the Materials of the said Castle and to kee[ie a just accom[)t thereof for ilefra)'ing the Charges of demollishing the said Castle, and towards the damages of the Lord Herbert of the same demolition Uppon a full debate ot the charges would accrewe upon the state b\' the same demolition over and above the valuation of the Materialls: Wee doe hereby authorize the said Lord Cherbury b}' his ser\ants and such as shall be t.-mplcj)ed b}- and under him to undertake and pursue the totall dem(;lli^h- ing ol the said I'astle with all L\j)editi(jn according to Orders oi rarliam', and hulher wvm doe appoint and authori/X' Mi. b-dwaril Allen, and .Mr. Riclhird '1 honipson to keepe a just auel jWcct accompt a^^ wuU of the \alue of the Materialls, as also ol the Charges of the ilemoliishing of the said Castle, and the same to tleli\er unto u.-^ w"' .what Expedition they ma\', Likewi.^e wee doe authorize the Lord ' I'owy.^litiiU LliiO Coll., \ul. \iii., |)p. 1 jo ijij. i>r ':■•:. .y I •'■ // ^h li riihl«'>tl » (. l: I ...'.Mlr."j. 'I- \ , . ; , 1 I t» . •.. -.! i .,^M^4-^4.^-t»4^.it:?,.^.-^;;*^:f -^.^4>ii^ -».V.- RICHARD. 2nd LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY. Ci'f fic/iui I (IN /iifiu/i, ptn.xit. J. //. .ln.hr.so/i, Ph.ilo I'hLM/i iii:") 10 f7^-i>*M•^^-: '.}v:: \ dn^ .O/iAHOm \ i'-.. \ »■...,•.•%,■> THE HF.KBERTS OF CHERIUJRY. 45 ('lidi)ury and liis servants to take away sell and dispose of the Mattiiall.-^ in uv helonj^ini; to the said ("astle to his Lo'i'"^ use auel best ad\anlaL;e for his chaij^es in the demolhshing tlie saiel Castle, ami in case that the \aiuation of the Matcrialls will excecde the ( harj^es of the deinoliishin^; then the said Lord IlerlxMt is to aciMjnipt for tin.- snrphissaf^'c tiiereof; And in case the Matcrialls will not dt.fray the Cdiar.^'e of deniolliahing, then the said Lortl Herbert is to be considered for his charges over and abo\e the value of the Matcrialls, and for so doeing this shalbc yo'' sufficient warrant in that behalfe. To the right hcMible Kichard l'2van Lloyd Lord Herbert Baron of Hugh Price Chirbury and Castle Islands Kich Grifiith." * 'Idle report issued by the above mentioned Mr. Allen and Mr. 'Idiompson was as follows: — '"To the Comniissioners for demolisliing of Montgomery C'astle. In jiursuancc of your order of the gth of June last authorising us for the kee})inge of a perfect Accompte as well of the valuation of the Matcrialls as also of the charge of the demolishinge of Mountgomery Castle, wee accordingly have scene the totall demolishinge thereof and kept an accompte of the same, by which it doth appeare that the Matcrialls of the sayd Castle, (aniount ?) unto the snme of hve hundred l)i)imd(S runl the disgarrisoninge the same doth amount unto the some of live hundred and five pounds, three shillings accordinge to our engagement, and soc rest \'our hunil.>le servants, lul. Allen Kicdiard Thompson. Mountgomery ibth November 1649. Vera copia ex ])ro J. Herbert "- The Farliauunt however wercj care'ful not to lose b}' the transaction as will be shewn by the following: — • ' From the ori};iii;il onicr. - I' iiiiii till- ;mUiitilic.il' li ('■>|iy. ' It I ;i III .VI •> r. I (I ( II. 11/ !... . Ji.'i' • ■ JT»'i 1 .J I .'i ti.li 46 TJiii iii£ki5p:rts of chi-:iv15ui1ki\v to tlu C~c)iiiicil ill rL■^)[)ollSL' to L'' 11. of (".'s pclilioii. '1 lull the sum ol /"i,f)ii los., llic lomuiniii;^ .-11111 of his line bu allowed him oui ol the damages fr(;m the de.-^tructioii of of the Ca^lle N'alued at £4,{)uo. '■ My Lords and Gentlemen, In pursuance of an order of I'arhamt of the iilh ol June 1649, this Councell ga\'e order to ce-rtaiiie pstHi.^ to take care to have the Castle of Mont^^omery demolished and the best improNeinent made of the materialls ami wilh all to cerlil)' what l)ama;;e the Lord Herbert recei\etl b)' the demolition of the saitl ("astle which accorclinyly the)' have (h)ne. And b)' their certificate it aj)pears that liee hath ' bin ' endamai^ed thereby abo\e tlie sunie c;f foure thou.-and pounds And whereas b}^ the Order of tiie house this Councell is Authorised to give order for the paying of such money unto him as they shall think litt to allow for his losse in the pulling dow ne of his Castle out of the second payment of the line for his delinquency which was respited untill certilicate could bee made. And whereas the Councell is informed that there is remaining yet unpaid of his fiine the sume of one thousand six hundred eleaven pounds ten shillings The)' are therefore of ojiinion and doe desire that the said sume ol one thousand six hundred and eleaven pounds ten shillings may be allowed unto him by \'ou in consideration ol his damatj^es sustained b)' the demolition ol his said C^astle. Signed in the name and b)- Order of the Councell of State, a[)pointed by authority of Larliam'. Jo. IJradshaw, Prsident. Whitehall ■ , , ". ', 2jnd Jau : ib.pj." , . . Jul. 11. ;i A true co|))', I (J Dec. 55.' 1.1 'i\ i;a)lv Keg'- To the Kight lloiio''' the Com"'^- ■ • lor L ouipounding with deliiujts. ' Tliis vcrilii .iiiwii is cviilciilly written !>) I'Mwanl, 3r>l 1 on! IIcrLcrt, in Itj^:; lIlC yc.U 111', I. .tlu I i^irll.ll.i, -h'l l,ii llcilnil, ,liol." h;- Ml ^M- / ■ t! ••; I ! {■■ ( < I (It ! !<• : -.:<: V. ) m •,M II ' 1.. : ' .. . t 1...' .1 .. !■ • 1 • .1 , 1 ,:. it I. ;,|.-J i ' •'! -. • ■ •• ■ J !i '••' ;-•• : ■ . ■ > : , ■ ,,4 i . •,' 'i. . . . ■ ; 1 .. : . : • ■■■ • ii ' : ' <;"'i ■ 'ifin . • . .,,. ■ .^i l:.:l. ■ :. ■:. : .- '■ :: ■' ' '" ■'"' -■•i '<*- '''■ I •/••!. Siv; i.-.l.iii'' ..!.••. i>ni«i <")! pro : ' ■./«.:m. ■ i ..;;:»; If • I t., ( t> 4 l;lc-'» ,/r !•- i.i «.| .11 AjA I ,' n ' v. I 1 1 /'. 'nil'; iii':RiJinn-s oi" ciir. KiuJin'. 47 1 his Order i(;r Alli)\\ancc recommended by the Council (jf State was accorchni;ly issued by the; said ("ommissioners, datrd 25th Jail)-, i6.(9,' but it appears that as late as i''55 the I'arlianieiit was still claimi^.^^ the j)a\iiient of Lord iiirbiri's line tor '' DeliiKjuenc}'," when liis absolute tli-(hari;e was decreed by the following Ortler:- 1 he Lords ("onus of the Try- absolute Discharge for ye line of Ki( hard Lolcl llerb( 1 1 ; January 2n(i 1055 this paper must be carelull)' preserveil. I''_\ ihi: (iimmi.-.doneis ol the Treasury January Jnd, 1(^55. Whereas ujion (erlificate from the Comrs for i^hlnagcing l-.:-tatr.-, umler Se>iue:,tracon, 'i hat a Ifnie of Two 'Idiousand Itcnir hundred Seaventy four pounds, heretofore imposed b)' the late Comrs for Comj)ounding with Delinquents upon K'icharti Herbert of St. Julians in the ('ounty of Monmouth b-s«i: for his Delinciuency was unpaid. Wee did by our order of the ijth November last require, that the said Kichard Herbert, if he were living, or in case he were dead, that then his heires lixecutors or Administrate/^ should on or before the 15th of December last past, pay into the Keceipt of his 11 ighnes Excheci'^ ; the said smn of 'l"wo 1 housand flive hundred Seaventy four pounds, with Interest lor the same to be comjnited from the tyme when the same ought to have been paid. And whereas upon reading the l^eiicon of the Lail)- Mary Heibert, Kelict of Richard Lord ILrbert deceased and Kdward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Sonne and heire of the same Richard Lord Herbert alleadg- ing that the sum of One Thousand pounds, part of the said lline, was paid, and the remaynder discharged. Wee have considered of what is produced, to make good the Suggestions of the said peticon. It thereupon a{)pears to be that after the setting of the said ffme, and belore the payment of any 1 .irte thereof Ltlward late Lord Herbert of Ciierbury, father i/t the said Richard d)cd, and the hone/ (jf l.md Herbert de.->cended ui)on him the said Richard." * 11, is Order i^ ],ii..u.l in lull in l'u-..,y.^Uuui Cull., vol. xiiii., p. 79 and f. Ill coiuiMtiii'; Uie il.ac^ ul ihc ciilkfciil .^1^S., it uui.si bo rciuc-iubctcd ih.a ui,til 17',.: llic yi ar lii-i'.ui Mil M.iali J51I1 in^i^-.ul ol ).iiiii.ii) i.^i. " \ IZ. , " 1 IC.lhlll) ." ^. r^TM :!•.!» 'iH ' \- .: ■.... ■} . < • t . II... til ■ ;»! t. '.i .. ■ .f ' \ Ml ..I • I * ;t .1 ; f i '1 ii: /./■ uj i.!j M •: ,^,.,,, \f ini IM •■ i) :• 1 n I ! ■ I' 1 ,.',»;■,;. 1,;. .< 1 .I'tltl ■'.'. )'.! .: iJ.: :.. : . «. " •'!' ,-. ;r, -^^ ^1-/. •; I ■ ; ' . > . J ill, ! '.(!> lo L.t'lO »«; T.. ,•>■■::••.•• ■ •■! it .1)-»J. :l i \,\>,\\.)\'A .•• : ■> I' . ; . . •;. ,>( <'i:l ;.. i-:..M>I .f 11 K . ''W • , ^i ... ■■>... '■■ ■ r • , .. ,.l; U'< ; '. H VI .M /' ii ' ■. IJ : ' : ,-' f"-! ». tr ( I. . I .. I , ! I ..••./■'.' '.1; I . ' I'l -J ,' ' . . fl'U.: 'it : ... , .■ . ...'. 'V'K, ,b»J ) .--4 ' . . 5 . M . ' ; 'i ':.i! •, I. '. .'.'j; ■(!■ • , , ' . • ■ I I I' j '.<(■.; ,' 1 i. ■ •,'•••■•••[■'"'■ i.i,». . ...i. ' ■. ,. i I I » ,('. t ': ^i! 1 I I.I > ».,.. . ..' ' ..." , ' ' ' • J.', r.i.i !-) ff^, I !, . , J -,1 .1, j I J • • . t I'l l<| I. It'Wl, I •( 1^ ; ■ • ! . . - W. • i 4. V ...<.. . I, ' I ., .! I ij, .t I . I I I ' 48 THE HERBERTS OF CHERIU'KV. Tin V then stale that upDii enquiry they hntl tliat part of the line was paiil \>y Lord Ilrrhcrt, and the remainder was dist hari;(,'d in con^i' > li .UfT ' .V. \' ■ 1 :o' y|,, . ) v.i; Ml/ ■^.l; ■/. , . , .,:.i, it ■'! if!, '.. •• M--^ lifttl Ini ,1 J -v, !) V .1 ! H ;•, (■: f>R ■1 .. 11 ..,;|v.,.,.,) < »■. .1' ; r EDWARD, 3rd lord HERBERT OF CHERBURY. /dim A'iii r, /'/// \it. /. II. .h/,i. I'll, 'to 'Ti'» .;i-i'-v: -i.j T^Ha ' "i H ^'r :'\.l *-JVi?: .OlAV/C^ Till-: HKKHERTS OI' CHEKHUKV. 49 }^'r;uiils()n was Ilcnry Arthur, created luiri of P(A\ih in 1748. Kicharil, Loril IKrhcrt, K-lt by liis will " tciinc pcniiids to the j>oor of the parish o( C'hirluu)'."' - lie died in 1035, ami was hiiried in Montj;oiiicry (duircli.^ ildward, thnd Ikuon llurbcrt of CdicrhurN', was the fa\ouiiie f;rand.-on of the llrst lord. In idyj he arkl his hrolhcr Henry attempted to orj^anise a rising in favour of v harles II.; Imt without success. I'or a secoml attempt in (du:diire, imdrr Sir (leori;e lUjoth, aftcr\sards Lord iKlaiULre, Lor.! lleiherl sntfered a .-,hort impriM)nment. .\tier the iiitoraiiou in KjOo, he was made custos rotulorum \>'i Montj;omery.-hire, and for I )enl)i;;h>hire in it)GO. He ill! i Dec. i), i(>jS, and was buried in St. l^dmund's Chai)e], Wejtniiiister .\bbe-\', under a black marble slab. He was luii-c married, but died without issue. He was suc- ceeded by his brother. The present house at Lymorc aj)pears to iiavc been added to by him, as it bears over the entrance his monogram and the date 1675. Unfortunately there is no existing record (so far as is known) of when and by whom this interesting house was first built. b'rom the general character of the building, however, it is likely to date from aJjout I5''h). The statement that it was (originally)^ built by lid ward, third Lord Herbert, must certainly be erroneous. Henry, fourth l^aron Herbert of Cherbury, althougii he remainiil lo\al to Charles II., was op])o^ed to the Huke cjf \'ork, afterwards James II. He, and his cousin Henry Herbert of Ribbesford (afterwards the iirst Lord Herbert of the second creation) became devoted adherents of William of Orange. He married Catherine, daughter of bVancis Newj)ort, first Larl (jf Bradford, but died without issue. He allotted L\-more and a considerable portion of the adjomiu" ' I'roiii llic uri'^iiial order. llic loic^oiPi,' p.ii)irs arc fioin copies iii.ule l.y I.ady Ma-^'Jalcn I Icrhcrt .and tiic Iroiii tiiu oriijiu.il d icuincnt; and auUieiiiicaU-d coiiici ai J-'uwis Castle ([■: c. H.). - i u|iy (jf the Will at Somerset Huu.-e. •* 'llie entry oi iiis lniii;d, however, is not in the re^^istcr. 'I'heie are few iMKiies ul any kin^i ii lUat lime tiie Kcctor ol Mont'^oinery (the Xev. J. C. Whall) intornis mc, and iiie re^^ister looks as il a paj'.e may have l.dl' n out. (I-. r. ii. * Inis ot.aem<;nt u 111. id.' m /V..;^m/.y the Kev. J. Hiird, in thu ('('melon Mat!;ii:dnc in an aiticlc \\\M)n the Coniniunion Plate at ( hiil)in\': — 1 he I'ia;;on is excccchniMy harnlsoinc ami niassivu; it stantls I ■) inclu;s high, weii;hs 727 o/s. (troy wei[;htj, and contains three quarts " ; Beneath an engraved Coat of Arms it bears the following inscription : — " Hoc Vas Argentcum in Usum Parochianorum Cherburiensinni tuxayto-rtai' celcbrantium sacrum fecit Catherina Domina Herbert Paronissa de Chirbur)' Anno Doni : 1716." She was buried at Wroxeter, In the chancel of the Church there is a large Hat stone with the arms and the following inscription: — ". . . . the Body of Catherine Lady Herbert ... of the Kt Honble Francis of Bradford and Relict of the . . . Henry Lord Herbert of Cherbury life ye 24 of April Anno D 1716."^ Henry, Lord Herbert, left his property to his nephew Francis, son of his sister Morentia and Richard Herbert of Dolguog and Oakley Park. He died iTxji when the title became extinct. The following is an extract from his will : - " I give all my manors etc to the issue male of my body : if none to John Edwards of Torrington Iisq : for 200 years, in trust to raise /'oooo for each of my sisters Arabella Herbert and Alice Herbert. Remainder to my kinsman I-'rancis Herbert of Bromlield Escj : for 99 years, if he so long live. Remainder to John Earl of Pjridgwatcr and Meredith of Abcrhavesp Esq: during the life of the said I'rancis Herbert to support contingent remainders. Remainder to issue male of the said Francis Herbert, if none to George Ib.Tbert F.sr] : brother of the said P'rancis IIerlx:rt in tail male. Kt'mainder {u llenr_\- Herbert sun of Henry Herbert ol Kibl)e>r(ird, eo. WOrce.-u r, Fsq : in tail male; Kemainder to ni)- kin>man (harks lb rbert of Aston Co ' I rci;.-iviil :i i-ii|iy III lliis inscription lliriui;;h llic C()iirto>y cl Mis^ SIimvlmi-di), WroMici \'i( II. 1;.. In,- (l,,ts siiiiw wlierL- llic u<;iils :ire olilili-iali il. - Itciiii r\li Li , ci)i)ii.il Irijin I'l-wis Casllc Deeds Ijy l\cv. W. CJ. 1>. llctclicr aii>l Miss AiMiii. ■ '^ i: . i . t T > 1 1 I llil ■■ .f ! il. ■ I: n , », /.'. ' • ' HENRY, 4TH LORD HERBERT OF GHERBURY. John h'l/ty, />l/i\i/. /. //. .hi,hru>>!, I'hoto ;'^.^H0 urrard and of ^TSqj . 10 . 7 paid to said Thomasin Edwards, the said Alice I)arrard and Thomasin Edwards did bargain sell etc., all that the scite or chief mansion house ot the late dissolved prior\- of C'hirlniry with lands and tenements thereto belong- ing to the said Thos. Herbert for the term of 200 years in and by the will of Henry late Lord Herbert devised." "9 J"''}'' 170I' Indenture between the said Thos. Herbert of the one part, aniJ the said Francis Herbert of the other l~>art. Declaration by said Thomas Herbert that the sums of ;r6,ooo and £"893 . 10 . 7 were the monies of the said I'^ancis Herbert, and that he holds the property in trust for said Francis Herbert." ^ To give the history of the Lord Herberts of the second creation, it is necessar}- to return to Henr}', si.xth son of Richard and Magdalen Herbert, and lirother to lulward, the first lord. " Henry Herbert \\'as born at Montgomery in I5()5 ; became Master of the K(;vels to fames I. about if)2i ; was knighted !(»-:,;; became very intimate with ( harles I., and was a consi^tiiit rowalist throughout the ("ivil Wars, lb; was in possession ol tin; manor and acK'owson of Jvibbes- ford, Co. Worcester, which lie had j)nri-hased in il'^y. It is said that among the persons named in the deed ol conw-xancc! was his brother (ieorge Herbert, aftt'rwards rector of lUniertcju. - ' 1'. C. I)(f,ls. - .In/,: „/ [ oal ll,riirrl, y. .: • li. v., I. VII., ^t.l. .Snii-s. <". ^^. -. • i1 '..5 .1 ■: i\ ■ M U ■ V II iff ! I/..' , ! ' ...V .1 .1 i ( . ' •n .1 52 , (, THE HERBERTS OF CHI^RIJURV. Henry was twice married, his second wifebeinj:^ Kli/ahetli, daughter of Sir Robert Oflley of Dalb}', Co. Leicester. In 1640 he was elected Member for Bcwdley in the " Loni,' Parliament," but in Au,i;ust, iC>.\2, the House of Commons resolved that he should be disabled from sitting on account of his having jnit into execution the King's Commission of Array." ^ At the Restoration he was agnin rcturiud f(;r Bewdle}', which he represented until his death, lie was also Master of the Revels to Charles II. Sir llenrv, who was a brave and lo\'al soldier, as well as an accomplisluil scholar and courtier, died in 1673 at Ribbesford. I lis invaluable MS. Diarv of Plays licensed by him between ii>2i and it)|i is in the pos- session of the iLarl of Powis, and has never be(,-n fully j linted. Burton, in the Appendi.x to his History of ricicillcy, cjuotes some entries in the register of Ribbesford of gifts from Sir Henry to the Church: ''In the )ear aliovc written (1635) Sir Henry Herbert, Knight, Patron of the ('hurch and Lord of the Mannor of Ribsford, bestowed upon ihe said Church tiie great greene Cushion whereof the upper pt is velvet and the lower [)t Sattin, together with the case of greene shagg- bayes to keepe carry and preserve it in, the cushion to be for the pulpitt when sermons are therin delivered." The following year he gave a " carpett of greene broad- cloth with a greene silk fringe about it to be j)ut on the Communion Table." "A large Connnunion Cui:)p of silver with a cover for the same . . . with this inscription. Soli Leo (iloria. I\jculum benedictionis cui benedicimus nonne comnumio Sanguinis Christi est Cap X Pauli ad Corinth. Donum Henrici Hcrberti Lcj : Lcclesia; de Ribsford. Anno Dwm. i6j6 mens mart. Ante b\'stimi Pasclue." Two years later he presented a silver I'dagon, and in 1639: "another silver Ikigon followeing the lirst, for the same use as is abi)\c mentioned, with a case to preserx'e it in." It bore the follow ing inscripticju :^^ " Impletc lv; haurili; nunc Hoc e.-t no\'um illml pactinn j)er niemn sanguinem. Lonmn etc. lOjcj." ' ,1 llisloiy ol' lltuulu-v, I'. ('7' riiir :il.nvc laciiliuucil CuiiiiiUbbiuii ol Allay ol Cliarkb I. ii. :a I'owi.. C^i^llc. (I''. C. II.). l.iJ" '( t ]'■ li.:;-5 .; ; I uil .'; jt\ 1* rl •( ' ' 'i(i')f'ii,- ; > h' '■•»;« : . " ; • . ! V • ■ ■ I I : , '» 1 1 . ■ , a,' h- :•! ». I III' 1 ■; ■ 1 1; I.'. .'"'J, en 'i ■ , ■ .■ ;!i • 1 u! 'i ..I.-. " J .. : ' r. r I ,:<; 1 •- ;(1..!J Tiif in:Ki?RRTS or chi'.kiujkv. 53 "The same Sir llcii. Herbert gave 4 j)e\vter i)Otts with liaiigL'S.scs to carr\- iheni h}-, to contaiiie the wine at the i\)iniminion."' IIi'iii\- llcrhurt, thu son of Sir Henry h\' liis second wife^ was luiin in i(>5.|. He was elected member for Dewdley in itpjo. Ill James 11. "s ri;ij::;n lie espoused the cause of W'iiham (il Oran;',i'. and (onjdil '"i" him in Holland and also in \\ i)rei;-tcr>hire ! He married in 1077 Anne, daughter and Co hiir of John l\amse\-, li^q., Akkrman of the City of I.onditii. and had a ron Henr\', who succeeded him. In i'')94 Wiili nn \\\. ri\i\(l in his la\()ur [\\c. title ol liaron Herbert i.f t h i: :n\-. ill' liied jj J-i'i-. i?*-'^. -^'I'i \v^ts buried in M r lid's ( huieh, t. .A'enl Ciarden.' liiury, secoiul liaron Heriiert of tlie second creation, m.inird Mary, ilaughlcr of John Wallop of Farley, South- ampton, tlie sister oi [ohn Wallop, iirst Earl of Portsmouth. He tiied at Kibbeslord b)- his own hand in 1738, without issue, ai'd the title again became extinct. 1 he manor of Ivibbesford then jMssed to Lord Herbert's cousin "Ihairy Morley, a gre:it-grandson ot Sir Henry Herbert." Henr\' Morley, who assumed the surname of Herbert, died unmarried in 1781, leaxing all his jMXjperty to his sister Mary Magdalene, who also ilied tmmarried the following year, 17S2. She made her tirst cousin, George I'aulet, Esq., who succeeded in 1794 as i.ilh Marcpiis of Wdnchester, her heir, and he in 1787 sold l\n)beslord to i'dancis Ingram of 1 icknell. Mr. Ingram died ().t. Ji, 1707, and b\' his will gave the estate to Sir E. Wilmington, ]5art.,oi Stanford Court (his wife's brother), for his hie, auil atier his decease to lujward Winnington, the second son oi tlu? said Sir E. Winnington and his Iirst and other son;> in succession, he and tlu}' taking and using the name and arms of Ingram. Ihe last o( that kunily to possess the j)roperl\- was the Kev. IC. Wdmdngton-Ingram ,l» f, .. .... it I ;i ? l>i I ii HI I ; « i: -.1. . I I. '.,1. Jttii; . )■ .1 ( ■ 'i . 1 '• .;i I 1 ...! ,ii 'Mfi i • I,., Mi« " Mr /-' n<' .\ I' , .1- .1/' .1, I : .....^ ■ • ■, .;..! 1 l> .1 .;• f. . . ,.I II Mil i ' ' . ' ' . I ' I t f. r-i f 1 :'■>()/,(■ ■ ' '! ,, ;': ^: ( /I I v.: ■;i \ (t ;l .!| Mull.'. I .' I "If <. ''. 1 » , ! II ;i . ilt^iiliilfll // ; •..i-.i • I ^ ' •• ' ■:'. .■.'.li, "ik\, ■>u\ ?.j(l '"•♦•-»• i'l ' . . Iff . . . • o' ' 1 '. I ll< ' <-jf. n . ; ••! .til .1 ■• I : I' /. • , I r'.i ; .j 54 . • . I'HE HERBERTS OF CHICRHUKY. ,, . (father of the present l)islio[) of London), Rector of Staniiortl-on-Tenie, who ihed itigi, leaving Kihbesford to his '\ widow, nee Pe{))s, chiut^hter of the Bishop of Worcester. She sold it in i(jo_', and alter passing throngh various hands, it was purchased in 1905 hy Mr. Lees Mihur, tlie ine.-,ent I . owner. The eldest male representative of this branch of the Herberts was now Henry Arthur, the descendant of ALitthew Herbert of Dolguog, Co. Montgomery (the uncle of ICdward first Lord Herbert). In Jan., 1594, the said Matthew Herbert married Margaret,^ daughter of Charles b^ox of liromfield. lly her he had two sons. The younger, Samuel, married Margaret, daughter and heir of Lewis Owen of Peniarth, and had two sons who died without issue. ^ The elder son, bTancis, of Oakley Park, Co. Salop, married as his second wife Abigail, daughter of William (lartcMi of Sussex. By her he had two sons: the elder, Matthew of Dolguog, created a Baronet in 1663, died without issue. The younger, Richard, married his kinswoman Florentia, ,,. the grand-daugliter of the first, the sister of the third and fourth Lords Herbert of the first creation. ,,. . Richard and Florentia had two sons. The second, i T George, married Martha, daughter of John Newton of , , Heighley (or Heighlley), relict of Richard Owen (or Owens). The Heighley estate is in Chirbury parish, and was eventually bought by Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, in 1770. George and Martha's son Francis, who married Mary, .. .. daughter of Rowland liaugh, Fs(i., of Stonehouse, Co. Salop, i„ was included in the limitations of the patent of nobility, ;, dated Oct. it)th, 1749, granted to the Far! of Powis. Richard'' and Plorentia's elder son P^rancis of Oakley ' Park, married Dorothy, daughter and codieir of John Oldbur)- of London. Their eldest son, Henry .\rthur, was jjorn at ( )akley Park, and bapti/ed at Brondield April (^th, 170J. lie u.LS uiendjer for Ludlow from 17^7 until (jeorge ' See Hiomficlil Rci^isterij. .- - Po-^y::tiiiiil Cull., vol. vi., (luoiiii;,; hoiii I'eniarUi .MSS. * Ricli.iril lleibcrt w.is Iniiicd al l!ruiiilii.-M, Maii.li -i^lh, 1676, ami iiis willow Mull l.lia II..ll)i;ll, ),ili. I9II1, 17113. ( l;i,iiurn 111 K<;;i Ul:). 3in- j »'. ,^i-'",.'.'l ; :;.;■•>• 'I'.l rTl ■M J i:i : 1 "1 > • -ill f 1 1 1 : , ■ , ; : f. 1 • I ' Mil. ' ■, I . I . , I. .... ' 1 >. <» J >. i.iU*: hi' ■ ] i<. " I I.w <• ■■^J . I<«*i>i*i«' ■i'. In- '« • i»i» ;" THI' IlKRHEKTS OF CHIiKIJUKY. ' 55 II. created him r.aion Herbert cjf Chirhury 1))' letters j)ateiit, "• dated Dec. 2i.-^t, 1745. His Ijrotlier, Ctjloiiel Richard Herl^ert, was then elected member for Ludlow in his place, and serveil in two Parliaments, until his death, unmarried, in I751-' In i7_jS, WilJi;iin, Marcjuis of Powis, of Powis Castle, died, and hi., liilc became extinct. His f^randlather, William, third Lord Powis, was created Earl of Powis by Charles II. on .\i.ril .|th, 167.1, as a reward for his loyalty. Soon after llu; acce.-^sion of James 11. he was created Viscount .Mi)nt:;omery and Marijuess of I'owis, and his wife was aji|>win(rd Lad>- of the P)edchand)er to the Queen. They \\>ir K'unian Catholics anti apjiear to have been in great l.ivoiu at the ("(unt. On Jan. 12th, 1689, James II. by ' ' I. ikrs patent created the Marcpiis, Duke of Powis, but as | the King had already abdicated and v\ as in exile in France, the title was never recognised in England, and his estates were confiscated by William and Mary. 'l In 17J2, his son William, second Marquis of Powis, ' < obtained restitution of his estates and the recognition of all ! his titles, except the Dukedom. The second Manjuis died in 17.(5, leaving two sons, William the third Marquis (who ' died without issue in 174S) and Edward, who married > ! Henrietta- daughter of the Earl ol Waldegrave in 1734, and ' ' died that same year shortly before the birth of his daughter ' l)arl)ara.^ j William, the third Marquis, who in his will styles himself ' Duke and Marcpiis of Powis, left his prcjperty in the hands of j trustees. Certain legacies were to be paid ; Powis Castle to be maintained in the same manner as it had been by the : testator, the Castle and its C(^ntents, the Park Gardens and ' Cfii//e/iian's J\/ciiffai>ic, \\>\. XIII. ]>. 668. - L:i(ly llcnriL'tta, widow ui I.onl hiiwurd IJLrlicrt, married Mr licanl, liie comedi.an, in 1739. ^ It is of interest to note that the [jresuiU Karl of I'owis is descended from itotli William, Karl of I'endjrukc, and liis liruUicr Sir Kichaid Ilcrheit, wlio were bclieaded in I461J. The first Lord Uerherl (f Cherhury was di'recilv descciuled from Sir Kicliard Herbert, while his wife Maiy Herbert of vSt. Julians claiiiieil descent liom bir tletjr^e Herbert, the youni;cr sun of U'illiuVn' Karl ot I'emhroke, wliile Larbara, Countess ol i'owis, whose ancestois were Mar<)uises ot Powi,, wa^ liescended from an illei;itimate son of the J-iail of I'eudjiuke, Tiiu:, tlic vaiiuus estates ot the dilferent ijranchcs ol the family WiMc broui'lil toi'elhi.1 by inUimaii la^'j. " ^ i.ll n •MV' .' .. •- :. M, .}.' . '' ■ .] ) '■ : -• ■ . ' )i; .. w, ! ! ■ 1 .!(. /T i:ir ■•• !i •••...■ -.:. •> vl..i f.>r::..iv. I' ! ., I ' . . f • . ) It :nh • '/I ' ) » •/ . .i. |, , . ,., . . , .■,'i.(-'' ' ■■.■■I- './>:'/ 1 /if {■•jjjv:^(h ■ ..', J'/ •>fiii • )j;'l t I'viii V)/!!.'!-ii;;| I • '.'I' It. V .. -f r (')•■' •' 1 I' biifii jrb ,«niiiri7/ ,1 ,il» I . .M- y,..' ■!!■'. ! •- -.;(ri;:l..: |.,;.. ;.tn(I ■« ,♦/ 1 I '... « .... ..> ,i> I, ,. •; . i< I.,. ...I .... .. ,.-.,.(,,■ , I , . ...!■.'.; .1 . : I ■, I |. t I.. If ... > • . I i ,, ., I 5() THE IIERHF.RTS OF CHERRURY. demesne to he preserved from deca\' and ruin. l'2vcn the same numher of servants were to be kept, to he paid and maintained in the same manner. I-'ivc thousand pounds was to l)e spent for the carr\'ini^' on and imj)roving some lead mines on the estate. When the trustees had deducted the cost of these and other charges, the proceeds of the whole i)roporty were to be [aid to Henry Arthur* Lord Herbert of C'hirbury, for his life, and after him to his son or sons in tail male. Failing them, the testator directed : " for the only use and behoof o( my own right heirs for ever." On May 27th, 174S, Henry Arthur was created Baron Powis of Powis Castle, Viscount Ludlow ami Earl of Powis, and March 30th, 175 1, he married hi-: kinswoman, the before- mentioned. iKirbara, niece of William, last Marcjuis of Powis. The newly created Earl of Powis was appointed Comp- troller and Treasurer of the HousehohJ to King George HL; he was also made Lord Lieutenant of the Couniies of Salop and Montgomery. Himself a member of the Cliurch of England, his wife, Barbara, was a Roman Catholic. It was therefore decided that should they have childrm, the eldest son and daughter were to be brought up in the Church of England, the younger ones as Roman Catholics. But only two of their five children lived to grow up. Three daughters, Georgina, Augusta, and Barbara Henrietta, died \'Oung. The following entry is in the Bromfield register: — "1756, ^Lay I J. Ve Honble Georgcgiana Herbert buried. And the Rt Honble Lady Augusta Herl^ert having been buried in ye ('hurch of St. James, Westminster, was brought b) a Faculty to ys place."' Lord Powis's only son and the surviving daughter, Henrietta Antonia were then brought up as members of tlie (-hurch of I'ligland. Henr\' Arthur, while still only Lord Herbert of Ch(;rbury, as Lord Lieutenant of the ('ounty, raided a regiment of P'usiliers in Shropshire at the time of the' ad\an(^:' of Prince ( liarles Iviw.ird and his Siolli.^li ariii\' in 1715 lo regain tile ' In l\iv C>>|\ •.! liM' Will at >onii.t-il llousr, in; is iiiciil iuinii l-y iii-> .-iCi'llJ niiin.' only : •'Ailliui, I ,. r 1 I Ictl.rii u( Liiciinu ) "' .lii iU T- » .) ■ 1 : • .1 l-ri ./. M U> 'r.,-A » >]r - I". u il.vl .vti: •- :-.;ii;. ,.,, ' 1 • • V J'j;, .! i ■ iti.iM,. J '.f|J II- ( V . -I - 1. vol! / .1. . »• t >• MMXtO *..;.,/.' » r !.•• ' HENRIETTA ANTONIA, COUNTESS OF POWIS. Sir Joshuii h\yni>/(/s, pin.xit. ij ^pu-r /! ,r> J ,A ,1/'.^; ' . ; . ' i ]' Till: IIICRBHRTS OF CHliKnUKV. 57 ICiii^'lish throne for tlic Stuarts.' It appears doubtful whether Loril Herbert's regiment i)r(jved very efficient, as the men had been hastil\' enrolled and were (juitc undisciplined. IleiH'}' Arthur died at Ikith, Sept. ii, 1772, and was buried at Welshpool. lie was succeedeil b)' his oidy son Georj^e Kdward Henry .Arthur, second j'^ail of Powis, who was only scventei..'n at the time of his father's death. He was f.ortl-Lientenant of Monti;omeryshire and Kccordt.r of Ludlow. He died un- mairul in iSoi, a.;ed tort}'-six, when his titles became (•\linil, whil-t his estates became the pro[)erty of his smviv- iM\' >i irr llenriitla ,\ntonia. She had married in 17^ \ I'dwarii, Second Lord C"h\e, the stjn of the famous Robert, I.i'rd ( li\u, Laron of Llassey. lulward Lord (dive was born in 17.51; was member for Ludhjw before he attained his Miajorit)-, and continued to represent that borough after he succeeded iiis father (as the peerage was an Irish one) until he was created Uaron ('live of Walcot in the English peerage, Aug. 13, I7(J4. He was appointed (lOvernor of Madras in icSo2, and proved a most eilicient one. In Lord (dive's own words, '" happy relations subsisted " between the (un'ernor-General of India (the Marcjuis of Wellesley) and himself.- Clive, by the promi)t adoption of the most eflica- cious measures of preparation for the Mahratta war and the oj)erations against ddpi)oo Sahib of Mysore was of the greatest assi^itance. He also, on behalf of tiie Ji!ast India CcMiipLiny annexed the rich and fertile region of the Oarnatic to the Lritish possessions. He returned to linglaiid the end of i8oj, an.d on May 3, 1804, it was resolved that the thanks of both Ilcnises of Parliament be given to the " Rigdit Honour- able Lord C li\(.;, late (io\ern(;r of the Settlement of I'ort Saint (jcorge, lor his zealous, cordial and honourable con- currence in juomoting the Military ()perati(Mis whiidi since the commenct;ment j'.'-i ,Ui. ; "J • ; i:.,l '!'> 1 :■ / J • '.ij. t! i.lj. ^ ,. . ; ( . ; / •ll] 5S THE HERHERTS OF CHERBURY The same month lie was created Baron Powis of Powis Castle, Baron Herbert of Chirhnry, Msrount Clive of Lu.llow and Karl of Powis. He was nomiiiaUd as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ui Nov., 1805, bnt the death of Mr. Pitt in Jainiary 1S06, cancelled the appointment. IP- was L<.rd-Li. utcnant of Shr;)psliire and Recorder of Shrewsbury and Ludlow. He died in i«S_;(j. Lord Powis had four children. Edward, who succeeded hmi, Robert Henry Clive who succeeded to the Oaklv Park estate, and married Harriet, daughter of Other, liflh ]• arl of Plymouth, codieir with her sister to the I'.aronv of Windsor. In 1855 the abe^-ance of the title was termhiated in her favour and she became Baroness Windsor. She was the grandmother of the present Baron Windsor, in whose favour the Larldom of Plymouth was revived Nov., i(jo5, _ Lord Powis had two daughters. Henrietta Antonia married Sir Watkm Williams W ynn, and died in 1855. The younger daiighter Charlotte Idorcntia, married Hul^Ii, third Duke^'of Northumberland, K.G., in 1817. She was governess to the late Oueen, when Princess Victoria. She died in 1866. Edward, second Earl of Powis, was born March 2 ' 1785 and married Feb., 1818, Lucy, third daughter of James, third Duke of Montrose, a descendant of the " Great Marquis " who so valiantly fouglit for Charles I. in Scotland, and suffered death for the cause of his royal master by order of the Duke of Argyle. The Earl of Powis assumed, in March, 1807, the surname and arms of Herbert instead of Clive. He was member for Ludlow from 1806 until his succession to the peerage in 18 30. In 1846 he successfully oi)posed in the House of Lords the proposed union of the sees of St. Asaph and JJangor.i In recognition of his services to the Church in this matter, a public subscription was raised and invested in founding the Powis Exhibitions at O.xford and (^and)ridge, -for the maintenance of Students, natives of Wales or of the four dioceses of Bangor, Si. Asaph, St. David's and Llandaff thoroughly acquainted with the WJ.h language, nuini)ers of ' See Pu'.vy.slititd ili,h Col!., vol. viii., pn^'c 25. n 3H )■• !• t . . ; .i.ii 'j;! ; !■•> !■ J //• t". '■• ( 59 the Churcii of England and intending to become candidates lor Holy Orders." ' In i^[J, Lord Powis contesteti the Chancellorsliip of the Univcr^ii)' of (,'anihridgc with the Fiiiicc Consort. The former had hcen ahead)' nominated as candidate h)' the Master and hVllows of .St. john'-^ College, wiien the I'rince was oi)i)():,ed to him. Neitlu:r thoui;ht it rigiit, under the special circumstances, to reliie in lavour of the other, without an i'lecti()n, and the Prince was elected {>)■ a majorit}' of 117. The IC.ul of I'owis was Lord-ldentenanl t)l Mcjutgomer}- rdiiie, .md was made' a Knight of the (iarterin kS.)5. lie dud in i^jS, being buried in St. .Mary's Cdiurch, Welshpool. Ill lilt li\e .->ons and three (.laughters. 111.- was succeeded b}' his eldest son Jidward James, \'iMount ('live, who was l)orn Nov. 5, 1818, ctlucated at lltou and St. Jolin's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a first classman in classics in 1840. lie represented North Shropshire in Parliament from 184J-8 ; became High Steward of tlie University of Cambridge in 1863, and was Lord- Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. He died in 1891, unmarried, and was succeeded by his nephew, George Charles Herbert, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lgerton Herbert, of whom a short account must be given. Percy Lgerton Herbert, K.C.Ij., P.C, the second son of Ldward, second P2arl of Powis, a Lieutenant-Cjeneral in the .\rm\-, .A.U.C. to the Oueen, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight (jf the Medjidie and Commamler of S.S. Mauricx; and La/arus in Sardinia, was born in i8j2, educated at luon and Sandhurst; eutereil the 43rd l'\)ot in 18 jo; saw much hart! service in South Africa in the Kallir War 1851-j, and recei\'ed a brevet Lieut. -Ccjlonelc)' for his services. In 1854 he was appointed As:.istant-Ouartermaster-(.ieneral of the second, or Sir D. Lac) Lvans's division of the army of the Ji!ast, with which he huuietl in the Crimea. He was saitl to be one of the few olticers who retired fiom that camjiaign with an eidianced reputation, luirl (iranville writing to Lord Palmerslou May 7, 1835, says :" Percy lierbt'rt is well S|)oken of in ill'' ("riinea. He has studied his piolt>>i()ii ' //(/■(', vol. viii., p. .;() V..1. VII , ii.i ■..-.I.'.. " t>: T-.M.. . !|l HUt }>>> iiv/ Iw > '•■ ' ' I • • .' .' : : ■! I'-P li. 1-. )..;''! v/I ' •• ' ; til ..' . » 1,1./ . /iniA ' ■•■• ' ' M . ',• j!i .1/' .-ili (.■ wl;^nj/l ■■■., (.:,:;!■ '.'-.r" rtt << i.:\u.I ' ■ : • ' . ' , I i I ) 1 1 , ! ' . "i; ' .;,.,,' ■')|.i;.': II, , . . ■ ■'' ■ •' • • » I -« .' I fi -: MO ... • -» • ■ : I'M ll ' .l.lv' f!)l7.' ,],i\:{ ■•' ■■ ' ■■ ,mI<. . ii ;||| 1 . ■,.. I -JtJ '•■■'• • : ..l.::^. . :.■. dim . , .1 '!. :, . -., If 1 ImoJ .. ^' 1../ 60 THE HERBERTS OF CHERBUKY. as a science. Macdonald and General Evans sing his praises."^ He was wounded at the battle of the Alma and again at the taking of Sebastopol. He was one of the mo&t active and indefatigable— and Sir I)e Lac\' Evans said he " certainlj' thought him the most eflicient of the officers on the staff in the Crimea." - After (he return home of Sir Richard (afterwards Lord) Airey, Percy Herbert was Ouartermaster-Cicneral of the Army until the evacuation of the Crimea. At Powis Castle there is still j)reservcd a printed copy of a letter published in the A/or;/in^i,'' .h/i'tv/j'st-r, signed "Georgius." The writer, after referring to the goodwill Colonel Herbert gained by his unwearied exertions, by the assiduity with which he carried out his onerous duties as Assistant-Ouarter- master-Cjcnerai of the 2nd Division adds : — " Not to the camj) alone, but to the outposts, he was a constant visitor ; every sentry expected him, although his presence drew forth many a shot and shell from the Russian batteries. He was proverbially named ' danger,' but everywhere welcomed as the soldier's friend. . . Many parties has he headed to penetrate into the Russian lines for wood, when his Division felt a scarcity — none hesitated to volunteer. I have witnessed the wonderful alacrity with which men, however wearied, formed a party for so perilous an incursion, only knowing who was their leader. It is not too much to say, that he knew every practical approach to Sebastopol ; he was ever at his post " I trust. Sir, that you will in fairness, be the means of giving to your numerous readers the observations of one who is in no way connected with the gallant officer, but who has endured, in common with the army, the severities of a Crimean winter, and contributed towards the alleviation of distress among our soldiers." Upon the return of Colonel Herbert to England, he as well as his brothers, was sworn as a burgess of Shrewsbury in iiH)l. :., u ••!•!•>• U\'i 'iiV . L 'I in-. > ■ • 1 '•■ -J' i Jill (.^ /I »i • •■■ ■ /■ •;■ > . ; .< • , •'. . ..i- I. t .. J J / . /, ■/:'T I.I .-A ,1 • ■■' rn ' ^ ■. V i; I.-. V 1^. *--••■ ^m r; 1 .■ :.iu - i<.>^r) \. -Ar CA EDWARD 1sL LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY. ./« A'- ■ ^ ir- i'r.> ■■! ! "' ' ,1 ^. M I ( , r nnAW(!3 THE HERBERTS OF CHEKBURV. 6l From i860 to 1S65 he was Deput\' Ouartermaster- General at Head Quarters; from 1867 to 1868 Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household. Was Member for Ludlow from 1854 lo 1860, and for South Shropshire from 1865 to the time of of his death, Oct. 18, 1876. He married in i860, Mary, only child of W'illiam Thomas, Karl of Kerry, son of the third Mar(iuis of Lansdowne, and by her left one son, George (diaries, present l'"arl of Powis, and two daughters, who were in i8(ji raised to the rank of luirl's daughters.' Amongst the jiortraits at I'owis Gastle are the following, of members ol the Herbert famil\' mentioned in the foregoing pages:- 1 he l-.arl of Tembroke, Lord Chamberlain to James L, K.G., jKimtcd b)- IU)enbergh in 16 17. Lord Pembroke died in i6jo. Sir William Herbert of St. Julians, two portraits. He was the father of Mary, wife of ICdward, ist Lord Herbert of Cherbury. i){ Edward, first Lord Herbert of Cherbury, there are five f)ortraits : — 1. h^uli length in the robes of the Bath. The painter is unknown. 2. A miniature of him lying down after a duel, by Oliver. 3. An oval one, head only, with stars in the back-ground. A similar one is at Charlcote. (A copy of this or of the Powis Castle one, belonged to the Cornwalls,- and was sold in 1905). ,;i 4. A head with clouds in the back-ground. , 5. One painted on a wooden panel. Besides these there is (but not at Powis Castle) an engraving of Lord Herbert on horseback.^ Richard second Lord Herbert, wearing a large white collar, painted by Cornelius Van Jansen. ' Besides those already mt-mioncd, the follcjwing anlhoritics luve been con- sulted : — I. H. U\^\iC\v:iy'iS/icrilf's 0/ S/n-o/>s/tirr ; \. V.dnxnntUnu's /uirnntiirium (!rnetiloic'uum ; 1". C. iiaiil^s' Thf Dorntttnl mid Exlind lidmndiir ; Walton's J.i/'c (j/' (irori^i- llcvbirl ; The llviuild itiui ( I'oirii/oi^is/ ; llo^ii's .Innu/s of Oucen Anne: John l.e ticvc's A/uniinicnfd Aiii^ltciiud \ l\nij;l;il;c's ///t/(/i/<(// 'if the C'i'inti-d, etc. - Mary Herbert, a cousin of Henry Arthur, first \-.m\ of l'o\vis, married Captain I'Kdetick Coriiuall on May j, 17.(1'). (See Hronilield Kei^i.vters). •* Tlic print ot i.oid ileibeit un the l.tvoiirile Sjiani^h iiorse, j^iven to him by '.lie Ducde iNb)iilnii)rincy, is trom an en;;r.iviii:; in the possi'ssinn ol ijie I.aily { Mary Herbert. Lord Herbert, in ids i-l/(A*/»/.n,'AY//)/;)', menti.ins the picluie from f whicii tile enj^r.sviiii; is evidently tal^en, iiiit wlicre it iiow is, c.r by whom it w.is p.dntcd, 1 am unable to discover. ( f . C. II.). r-3 ilHiV^Ml -ftlT (1 ^t,' -.ri '••I i lt» // (V.; •It . ',., ,;!f^"'J li ' > ■ i ■ • ' ■1 1 . i( III ; .1/. > 1 • . ■ • ; I .' ' • ' ' 1 ,.; , t :!i ; !'• .1 .'1 • 1 1 ' I l.tit II .•.'! \ , or.:.' ID- J. < ■>Jv.:tl(.:-j'l U» in. 'J >ii I i)-.. ) . I ^1 . < lo: .';< ( T ,1! i'lt?. ac'.-: 1 .-■. / • I >.' . \ , %v , I ri- 62 TIIK lihKbl-KTS Ol- CUl-KBUKV, Edward ihird Lord Herbert, by John Riley. Henry fourth Lord Herbert, represented in armour with red han-, by J(;hn Kiley. Lady Catherine xNcwport, wife of the above mentioned Henry fourth Lord Herbert. Sir Henry Herbert, Knt., Master of the Revels, brother of Ldward hrst Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Francis Herbert of Dol-uog and Oakley I'ark, father of Henry Arthur, ICarl of Powis. Henry .\rthur, hrst luirl of Powis. P>arbara, wife of above mentioned Henry Arthur, and daughter of Lord Edward Herbert, brother to the' la-t iMarquis of Powis. Tlierc is also a miniature of her. Colonel Richard Herbert, brother to Henry Arthur. G,;orge Lduard Henry Arthur, second iu.rl of Powis, only son of Henry Arthur ai.d Barbara. 0[ hnn there are four portraits; one m a chocolate-coloured dress, formerly said to be by Hoppner, but this is now disputed. One three-quarter length by Pompeo Battoni. A crayon head as a boy Another of hnn rather older. Henrietta Antonia, daughter of Henry Arthur and Barbara wife of Edward, second Lord Olive, afterwards Earl of Fowls. Of her there are three portraits. One three quarter length by bir Joshua Reynolds. A crayon head, as a child Another as a girl m a blue dress holding a wreath. There are also portraits of the first Duke of Powis by an unknown ])ainter, and of his wife, by Wissing. One of the second Duke, and two of his wife, by .Michael Dahl; also a smaller oval porlrait and a immature of the Duchess and an enamel of the Duke. An oval picture of the third Duke as a child.' Descendants of Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. beheaded i.|b(j. Sir Willi.,., nc.l.cn Croat..! ^-1 o, iV,..lKuLe M6S,-Ann. dau. of Sir Walter l]olic;uic(l Willi Ins brutiiLT, Sir Kicl.ard Jlciljcn o( ColcLiiouiv, \ l^JC»'.l .>|.iAt)/i VJ" |.(J!. .. to 'If// , ; .,: ■! !■■. -! 1 /ir i i i/Ji . • .. .«:'!V/. Vi . t i tt: . ■■ ' .'i v • . :. ;il .-.K. ; d'U.M.M'} ; .i|.;'t',.l ..■ -.'../! ;I v> . *y.Ai . t :>i ' 1 .|j JO . 'v/ I :., ,1 .ill,' < I ;m;I • -t. I.' • :i ■•-.... i ; .i -- .{,^,» i •Mii lo u«»4*i»iMtta ^ i#».». lu.i'... i l',.w I .'' ..It,. . ../!). . '(h:(\ i :•(!:* J. ».*. ■.-.ii< I I.i.il' )iii 'o y ,J •; .. »/<»l fit *■ 'I ' » ' ■■>)•• I i ■»'.| (mi . 1, I ' .|.i.i;...r 1. THE HEKbEKTS OF CHEKBUKY. 63 a William, 2nd P'arl of I'cuihroke, surr. that Earldom, ami was cil- atcd Earl of liunliiigdoii in I479- Elizabeth, his sole daii. and hcii, luar. Charlci Suaieisct, created Lord Heiberl of Ka!:^land, Chep- .stow and (luwcr, and I'arl of \N'(irccsler. lie w ai the ancestor o\ the Earls and .Mai(|iiist£ ut Worcester au»l tlic l)uLes ol Keautoil. IlI.F.GI; TlMAli; UkA ; NCH. bir Kichard oi-y- Ewyas I William, cre- ated I'.ail of I'euilirul.C Sir Georgc-pjane, dau. 1 Icrhert of 1 of Sir St. Julians. Richard I Croft. I 1 iieir descendant, Maty, dan. ol Sir Williain Her- bert of St. Juli.ins, m.ir I'.dw.iril, lit l.oid lier- belt III t'lieibiirv. r^ir Henry, 2nd l\arl, the anceilor of the- present li.irls of i'embicke and Cai- narvon. \\ illiam, created I'.aron l'( w is 1029. I li^ -grandson ami heir, William, was created Eat! 1674, Marquis 16X2, Duke ii'/So, but the last title was never recoyni/ed in En-l.ind as Jamts 11. h.id tiieii alniicated, and was in exile. William, 3rd and last Marquis of I'owis, died s.p. in 174S. His niece iJarbara Herbert mar. in 1751 Henry Arthur Heibeil, who in 1743 had been created Haron Herbert of Chirbury, and alter the death of the .Marc]uis in 174S, Earl of I'owis. The Herberts of Cherbiiry as descemied from Sir Kichard Herbert of Colebrook, beheaded with his brother, the Earl of Pembroke, in 1469. Sir Richard Herbeit of Colebrook, taken- pri-ioner with his brother, the Earl of Pembroke, by the Lancastrians, and beheaded 1469. •Margaret, dau. of Thomas ap Griffith ap Nicholas, and sister of Sir Kice ap Tiiomas, K.G. I sir William Herbert ot Colebrook, ancestor of the present Herberts of Muckross. Sir Richard Herbert ol = (i) .Montgomery Castle, -p(2) Ann, dau. of Sir David ap L;cnt., Usher to lien. | l-Inion aj) Llewellyn \'1IL N'ani^han. Edward Herbert^ d. i593^Elizabeth, dau. of .Matthew Price of Newtown. Richard HerbertT-.NLagdalen, dau. of Sir Matthew Herbertn^ .Margaret, dau. of Blackball, d. 1597. Richard Newport Hii'h i;rcall. )f ol Dolguog. of Charles Fox if Hromfield. Edward, 1st Baron Herbert, b. 15S1, made K.B. 1605, created I'arcm i ler- bert of Castle Is- land in Ireland, 1024. Haron Her bert ol L.heibur/ l62g, H. J 64". -Mary, dau and heir of Herbert, Sir Willi im Master of llcib(Mt ol th-jUe\eU St luluns. d. ii«7v she died 1 t> Sir Henry=f='(i) Krancis- (2) Elizabeth Herbert d iu. of Sir oi Oik- Robert DiHev D.dby. ley Park bur. Ijruintield .\pril 30, I) 2) Abiijail dau. of Willi.Tm (jartun of SujjCk. (I JHT iit '^11 1 I \t 1-, > t. i:o/iiri .•I ...,;!■ 0' i ' u, hi,H I . ,,1 ••' ■ •-, A- L » >:\ i.--trt'':A ii :< ••>. • . ,. ; .11 I. : I I . i VI,'' .-(inMH I«i -htAMf.JI THF, TIFRHnCTS OT rill'.KlU'RY Henry, crea.: B.iron Heibeit of Cherbury, 169-I, ti. lyotj. -Anne, dau. and co-heir of John Kauiicy, Akicrinan of City of London. Richard, and Baron^pMary, dau. of Sir Herbert of Cherbury, d. 1655, burieil at Monti^oniery. John E^erton, Earl of Hriiltrwater. Henry, 2nd Baron Herbert, d.s.p., and title became extinct. Edward, 3rd=( I) Ann, dau. Baron Her- bert of Cher- bury, d.s.p. 1678, bur. in Westminster Abiiey of Sir Thomas Middleton of Cliiik Castle. ={2)Elizabeih, dau. of (;eor<:;e, Lord Ciiandos Henry, 4th= Baron Her- bertof Cher- bui)', d s.]i. 1 69 1, and the title be- came extinct. Catiieiinc, Elorenlia=j Kichard Her- dau. cf I'rancis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford. She was bur. at W rox- eter, 1 7 16. bert ol Dol- ^uof,' ami Oakley I ark, bur. Brom- field, March 25, 1676. Erancis, bur. Brom-=pDorc-thy, dau. ami held, Mar. 14,1 71S. coheir of John Oldbury of London Henry Arthur, bap. 1703, created Baron=pBarbara Herbert, dau. of Lord Edward Herbert of Chirbury 1 743, Earl of I'owis 174S, d. 1772. Herbert, and niece of William, Marquis of Powis. George h;dward Henry Arthur, Henrietta Antonia=i=Edward, 2nd Baron Clivc, 2nil Earl of I'owis, died un- only surviving; I b. 1754, created Baron married iSol, when title be- dansjhter,b. 175S, | Herbert of Chirbury and came extinct. d. 1S30. Earl of d. 1S39. Powis 1S04. Edward, 2nd P-arl of Powis, K.G.,=rLucy, dau, of Jame";, 3rd Duke of 1). March 22, 1785, d. 184S. I Montrose. Edward James, 3rd Earl of I'owis, b. Nov. 5, l8iS, d. unmarrieil 1891. Percy Egerton, K.C.B., P.C. Lt. -General, b. ib'22, d. Oct. 18, 1S76. .Mary, only child of William Thomas, Earl of ]\err_\-, son of 3rd .Mar(|iiis of L.uisdowne. (jeorce Charles=j= Violet, dau. of 12th Barun Conycrs in her own riglit present and 4tli I'arl. I Baroness D'aicy de Knayth. •A'h •1't nr I ::...) 1 w../ (I ."-I I .'I i.,f'. Ifvj. Y>.-t>. :t ...1 . 11/ ,.Hl< It ,' .jnJ'i ■ u .III Lir ' <--tr ( .N I 65 MONTl'OKl) r.KMDGi:. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &c., A.I.). 1J.S5 T() A.l). i|i_'. r.v Tin: \<\v. C. II. 1)RIXK\\A1'1:k, Af.A. In tlif Ciil.Hiljriitii! I\ii!uli'niiit i\ilc)iliii>n of iSoj there is :'i\rn wlrii ['iirpMit- lo \n: ilic licadiiiL; I'l a (. IuuUt, wliicli nil IS {\\\\< : -- l'i,\' II 'i\- nii'ii.icr.iU mil ilc Mouiilfoylc in Coimtdtit Salof^. \^ laitliiii;; w.i-. kno-Aii (>( a juioiy or oilier monastic I . [.iliii-iimciit aii\ w lurr ill ilial in i.;lilKjiirhoocl, this heading i.tta.'ilr a j)ii/.'.:!e lo aiil ii|iiai ies l^r a whoK: ceiitiu}'. It ail)' cnthu.siastic btiulent, attracted by this heading, had taken the troiil)Ie to look up the charter, he would have received a -hoek on liiuliiig that it had nothing in common with monastiii-iiii, Init was one ot a series of Nvrits relating to the maintenance ol a hiidge over the river Severn at Montlord. I iu- im-take was iiiL-xcnsahle, tor with the exccplion ul the wolds " de Moiintiorte,"' there is nothing to jiistit}- it, and now that it is seen to he a mistal^e, it M:rves to Ic-sen the i:redit iiitherto i)laceil in the (\dendats of thai date, in tiie I'oiir.-i,- ul \ ly \iais tluTe were ^ix w ril :' i:-: iird toi the ) Mirpi ise ol inaiiitaiiiin:; a safe and rapid Iran^u owr Scxerii to the hiii'di.:!' caslK;s aiid lorlahces as \\ell as to Noiih W'aii.-s, then iioi sni)jecl, more Mian loiniaU)', lo the h.iigli.-^h crown. .\ lMiil;.',e wah the-n a iiiattci' oi piiiiie impoiTaiuc, tlu; lis'cr wa.; iiol alwa\s iordahk; an 1 a irii \' incoiiwiiiuiit. I'lotnls were more irecjiient, besides being greater and ol longer continu- ance than in more riicent times; and the passage over a tin biilcnt stream iii\i)i\'cd much risk and lioiibK:. \\\; lia\i; iKj nuans ol knowing when a bridge was //r.s7 placet! theri;. 1 lu: pontage of i_'^5 is ihe earliest historical notice we have; but as it snppo-cs ihr exi-tence ol a bri.i;;c, Lliiapidated iii(k'ed, but still a l/ridgr, w c may said}' CMiieaidi: ihal there had Inrn one ol oiuc sdi I en" other fiom much i-arlit.i limes, jii'i li-abb' lioiii llh idlii (■.•iitiii)' and llic tiiM( s dl tlu' .Saxons. \ ul \ 11., jr.l .-^. 111 ^, 1 .1' /. t Al.L U ! . / \. . ..'.■ .\ >. ^ - . . , r ■■ i ■. ■ I. ■ )^i :'i .!• ill (|i .!',>( '! '.'. .... ■ ■ •■ . , ■ I ■ « i I'll- , ,v :li ),-ii,i Hi I I: : ;■ (. ■ \ J I r .ill /'(Ml I i;! I .ii:'.'< ijl:'iT^ ; ,1, , .. iM iii •I;: . . I ,l.h.J il. . J .■" 11- 1' Ml i: ;;< J.,-/ <, I.-IM 'I ,U:-. . ' ; ( . ' i .It ' ■ < ■ 1 1 H I 1 1 1 I . .'( i ;■ r ; /.ii I ! .• 1i|, 'I III )■ : ;,. )) rt. ti. i I' I III I' ■ I .(It . . . 1 1 . i , I ' i I . I . 'I , i I -" iwV 66 MONTF-OKD HKIDCi:. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. We may also conjecture the nature of it. P>cfore the erection of a briiige of freestone on arches little more than a century ago, a previous one would have been of a mixed nature, consisting of wooden beams and transoms, resting upon piers ipiliis) of stone. It was possibly furnished with a drawbridge in the centre^ to facilitate the passage of barges and other vessels; but of this there is no evidence. Such erections could not have been very durable, and periodically the trahic would have been impeded, if not altogether stopped, when the bridge was structurally injured. 'I'hat such injury was likely, is to be seen in the hrst document here given fuHv and translateil. Provision is there made in case of damage done by floats of timber striking against the piers, which damage was to be viewed and assessed by the verdict of true and lawtid men, and reasonable compensation enforced by the Sheriff. The titles or headings of these six Charters or writs in the Cul. Rot. Put. of i8o.i are as follows (for convenience the dates are added). (A) A.D. 12S5.— 12 Edw. I. Pontagium pro Monforde. (B) „ 1318.— 12 Edw. II. Pontagium pro ponte de Monford in C(jmitatu Salop'. (C) „ 1328.— 2 Edw. III. Pontagium pro villa de Mon- forde. (I^) ,. 1374- — 4S I'-dw. III. Pontagium pro ponte vocato Monford bridge in Comitatu Salop'. (E) ,, i:)8r. — 5 Rich. II. Pontagium pro {)onte de Monford bridge in Comitatu Salop' ad retjuisi'coem KicardiComitisArundell. (E) „ 1412.-14 lien. W. Pru Pnorc munachorum de Mounteiort in Comitatu Salop'. Of these onl)- the first and last are now given entire, the former for a reason which will appear in a note in the gdossai)', and llic additions or omi:,Mons of llic others only recorded lor comparison. A wider range of commodities, to be sid)ji.cled to custom, in each successi\e charter, seems to show that the result had generally i)roved inadecpiate to the rep;iiis ol the bridg'e. The n.Nv i\ili)uLir of I'atcnt Rolls published 18(^3, has the f(;ll(n\ ini' ai).-itiact of A : — - .-'•/> . rnr-^-'-' ,;M.i.'iT .•i:»!:>; :>in: i!'-. -fi; '/'i ni 'J iUr ' i • ."I MONTi'UKi) nKinni-:. tolls, customs, (Ivc. 67 12 Edw. I. Feb. 27. Burton on Trent. Grant to John Ilagerwas, the SheritT, an 1 the good men of the Count)' of Saloj) in aid of the bridge of Moneford, of jionta.^'c for li\e )'ears, from the feast of St. Gregory, 12 Edw. I., with jxnver of hning, by view of lawful iricn, rafts of hrewood or timber damaging tlie bridge and a si)ecial custom on every Jew (jr Jewess, crossing tlie bridge, on horseback id., on foot Id. John Ilagerwas to be the collector thereof and to account twice }early to the Siieriff. (.•\) I)e auxilio i;oncesso ad rci)arac"<)ein pcnitis tie Mt)ncfori!. Krx ivc. \'icci:omiti Salop' John ilagerwas et probis hominibus Gomitatus Salop' Salulem. Sciatis ({UoA conces- >imus vobib in auxilium j)ontis vestri de Monefortl ct ad uiilii.ite-m partium adiacentium consuetudinem (juandam rjubscM iptam a festo Sancti (jregorij anno regni nostri duo- decimo ustjuead fmem (juinque annorum proximorum secjuen- cium completorum apud pontem predictum capiendam tarn de infra hbertates quascumque quam extra videlicet — - de (jualibet carecta careata maeremia borda uel busca venali vnum obolum. de (juolibet (piarterio bladi venaii il)idem transeunte vnum (]uadrantem. de (]uolibet dolio vini venah ibidem transeunte (juatuor tlenarios. de quolibet (piarterio salis venali vnum (]uadrantcm. de cpiolibet carecta fcrente j)iscem venrdem duos tlenarios. de (pi()lii)et e(]uo uel eipia lioue \el vacca \enali vnum (juad- rantem. de (piolibet sunnnagio etpii coriorum cc]ut:rum uel e(]uaruin buum uel vaccai uni \'cnali vnum obt)lum. de quolibet carecta vel rotis venahbus ibitlem \'enientibus vnum (juadrantem. de decem velleribus \enalibus ibidem transeuntibus vnum tjuatlrantem. de \iginti ovibus uel porcis venalibus ibitUjm transeuntibus vnum tlenarum. de (pu)lilH;t suniiii.i ,illei ut;l ceparum Ntiiali \innii dbolimi. lie quiijibtit sat CO lane venali ibiiK.tn tianseunle (pialu(;r tlenai ios. -:> ;v. /.■ .( n 'UUMK ji : :'b!' ; .!• -11. ■) i;i!''ii • . . ■ (•'.: : i.il) »f:[) I ;;i j'- ■.' .' <":!i>:J[> sb . ( r ; • : 1 1 ) . I ,' .( ; r.om.Mij. yb . jU .1 •.:>.. I. [> I'iKjt.v ') •>!. M. I, !»'.< • 'mi;;!/ l»L > •■ '■ ,t|. -jf* . < .1 " (t »i/ 68 MONri'OKD IUtimtij (|ii;iluor tie (jiiDliln 1 cirrclala phiiuhi \ul fciii w.iiali iliiilfin IraiiSL'- iiiik' \ iiiiin ( iluiliuii. dc (|iujliljtl liii>>ull() |)aiiiioruiii iljidiiii li aii-cuiilc \ijiim oIjdIuui. de qiiolibcl ccntciia vlnanuii panui linci ui I L-aumiucij \uiiali vnnm oIxjIuui. dc quolibct llota Itusce uel niaeremij super pilas })ontis pre- dict! \'iolcntcr dcsceiuJentc ad daiiipnuni jjontis ralicjii- abilcs ciiiuiidc per vibuni {noboiuiii cl Icgalimu li(jiiiiiniiii capiantur. Conccssinms cciain vohis in aiixiliuiu prcdictuin dc (juolibct ■ Jiidcu ucl Judca cijuilc jjoutciii prcdictum transcuntc vniiin dcnariuui ct dc (juuliijct Judco ucl Judca jKjditc Iraiiscuntc \iiuni (djohim. I']t ad C()iisiii:lii(lii)uiii [hc- diclani in iurnia prcdicla cc)llii,'cndani ct cu-^lodiiMidam assignauinnis \\).s [)rclatnin Jolianncni ct cctcros (juod dc rcccpitiouc pccunic proucniiMiti.s dc consnctudinc prcdicla prefal(,j vicccomiti bis per annum iidclitcr rcspondcatis. Kt i)cr testimonium vestrum libcrctur ct i)onatur pccunia ilia ad opcrac'oes pontis j)rcdicti lacicndas. ("oniplcto uero termino i)rcdictonun (piiiujuc annorum consuctndo predicta penitus ccssct ct dclcalur. In cujus rci cVc. 'Icstc Kcgc apud Jiirt(jn suj)t.r Trcntani xxvij" ilic I'cbiiiai ij. [ri'iiiisld!i(>;i.\ ("onccrnin- aid i(jr llu; icpair (d M()ncl(n\l biid-c. '1 he Kni:( tvc. to tlk: Slu rilt of Salop ( K(ji;cr Sprcn^^luj?c), John Ilai^ciwas and other ^ood and true men of the County of Salop -(irccting. Kn(jw \c that \\c ha\c granted to jon in aid of your bridi;c and for the con- vcnitiuc ()[ parts adjacent tlKieunto llu' underwritten CU.-,loni to be lal.cM at the saiil biidj^: fioni ihe ica -I of St. (irc-^oiy ni (he ijtli \ eai" ol our rei;;n to the I'lid ol a icrnitil live eoni[)lelc \ears nc.\l eicann;; as will fioin wilhni the hbeilie.^ \\halhoe\tr a^ from wniiout that is U) .sa\ Of each ami c\ery cai t larivin^; tind^cr, boaril^, ui lircwood ii >i : all one liall|>enn^ ; •I Vl!j / ti^ ^ i'.> '!> . '♦ ■ Mil.. (.(!.;:;.:;;. I / . ■ 'i 1 ■'■/■ j - :: l:ja ill .. ' . , "•I •III. > I 'Ml MONTIOKH l-.KIDCi:. lOI.I.S, CUSTOMS, iSiC. Gq Of every (|u;u"tt r ol corn for .->ale cros.siiif^' ihcvc one farthing; Of c\crv iini of wini: for ^-":ll^ cros^in;^' lliere lour jm ncc ; Of cN'cry (niarU r of sill for sale crossing llien,' one farthing ; Of cverv cart carr\ in;; li-^li for sale crossing there t\v(j pence; Oi e\'ir\' horse or mare, o.\ or cow, for sa!e crossing there one halfpenny ; Of every cart or [lair of wheels f-; whereof ivc. The King him^cll at llurlon on Iri. nl the jyili da\' iviiig of l'\'l)ruar\ ( i jN^t. . .- . ,.' l he set'ond wiil (!>) was i>^ui'd on the ijth Aug., IjnS. It was adilreSMil to the i'.ail (W Aru.idel. the (-'in purpose being (he repair and u|ikeeping (sustenla- tio) ol Ihe biid:/. Aboul y) cttnnnodil ies .ue udiled •li ■.'»-■■' I .( -I .i»r ' ' .".J 'I / I li; i ;'«;i:' . I « • 1 1 . 1 . . . \ ;i 1 I- - . >' 't>. ' iO -■■I );.''. 7'1''V'J I a ill U' i s' ■ ,..., "... !'■. ; ■.-,i:!;i"! /I ./■» V > ■•• 1 , T;v ( »!,- • Vi to • V . ••■ . - i •> i I. t I '.) I ;»!• r ' li* v/ -I .' ■ :11 7 (;••''' M Ml l! ■. :ll!) '■ '' i\ I'M I, ■ ,' i;''1-M ■■ - '( ..., ,1 li J* :> -i! . < : I /I ■ 1 1 i ,i Ml ! . ; l.> ».M . til lo I'.' I 70 MONTFORl) HKinr.R. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, ScC. to the list in A, among which are many articles of hixLiry, c.\i)cnsive stuffs and furs, together with others, which go far to prove that the merchants of that period ranged far and wide, for not merely lunopean goods are menlioned. but some whose origin was Asiatic. It was drawn up at Leek, the King (Edw. II.) liimself att(;sting, and was to be available for 3 }ears. The jrd ((") was issued on the ist March, 1328, at the request of Roger de Mortuomari, and was tlirccted to the bailiffs and good men of the vill of Moneford in aid of the re{)airs and improvement (emendatio) of the bridge, and to last for 5 }ears. I'^iftcen commodities (or varieties thereof) arc added to the previous lists, and about the same number omitted, being such as were of local jiroducticju. This writ was granted at ^'ork. The King (Kdw. III.) attested with his private signet. Tlie 4th (I)) was issued 2r)th Nov., 1374, and was directed to Roger del Urugge, John I'asselowe, Richard Nevyll and John W'ebbc, on the request of Richard d'Arundell, Chivaler, in aid of the britlge called Monfordbruggc then reported to be dilapidated and broken down, as it well might be in the 40 years that had elapsed. One or two commodities are added to the previous lists and 25 omitted, and so the im[)ost which must have been very oppressive, was considerably relaxed. It was dated at Westminster, The King(Kuw. III.) himself atteslin;;, and was to run \ur 3 years. The 5th (K) was issued Nov. 6th, 1381, and was directed to Reginald de Ellesmere, John I'asselowe of Monforcj, John Wilcokcs of Shrawardine, Richard de Neville of I'oxdon (? l"\)rton), John lit/ Hugh of I'Idnesdon and John de b'elton at the request of Richard Karl of Arundel, in aid of the bridge reported as being dilapidated and br(jken. This is shorter than the j)receding, and was to \)c valid for 3 years comi)leti'. No hesh C(jmm(jdties are mentioned, and the ommissions are nmch the s.ime as in I). The King (Rich. II.) attested it at Wt:sliiiinstcr in the 5th }ear of his reign. The ()lh (\' ) of ()ett)ber iitli, l|I2, is ilirecle 1 to John Wele and Kichar-J Vong, cleik. 1( speaks of tiie bridge as So damaged as lo be dangerous to persons pa:>sing over it. ■ [A'-'try.ow o^ ,.:. Jiji' .; I •' I r I ' t ; I , . ... '}..f . - -. i- ' '''' ' '•' •' •1 I*. ' '•»' , . . I : .1/ I. . ir • jj iii 'rtt Jo iMi. tii ,1, , .:. . Jo.', b'l^ ■ il' xi .,.•4 . ,...» U ..»' • ..J -' / " '> i' ' •/ -' •' '^ '• ' ' . . - - '. / I . . ■:• '•' ^- '■' !•( 1 )• 1 1 .'HI "11 .'< rl' Ml.' Ill' ;' ,i ; 1 • 1. 1 .A > , 1. ,7 MONTFOKl) URIDGIC. TOl.I.S, CUSTOMS, &C. 7 1 In order to ob\iate any further risk ininiediate repairs arc sanctioned. Mention is made of traflic passing beneath it. Eleven new coniniodities are added and a hirge number omitted. It was to be vahd for 5 }ears, and is dated '■ at Westminster in the 13th xear of lien. I\'. -'i This, the last of the series, is subjoined both in the ^ ori"ina] and in an Kmdisli form. '{ This pontage, V ot the series, of October Jith, 14 12, is : referred to in tlie CalouLir of Patent Rolh thus— l^atent' tie . . . J anno 14" Regis 1 lenrici (Juarti. '.^ jS Fro I'riorc Muuachorum de Mounteforte in Comitatu 3 Sah)p'. .\ gross nror ah"eady referrid to in the introduction * f(M" tin- original doemnt.nt ha:> instead ot the sreond, third, and ! foulth\\c)rd^ /';•(' /'('/;/(f^:^'/(' and then dc .M(juntefortel(jllt)\\s:- - ' \ Ke\ dilectis sibi Jolianni W'ele et Kicardo V(jng clerico ^ Salutem. Seiates (\\\0(\ cum pons dc Mountforte in f (^omitatii Saloj)' per quem iiabetur communis transitus • pallium adiacentium dirutus sit et confractus ad maxi- ^ mum periclum transeuntium per eundem Nos volentes • })ro periclis (jue per defectum reparac'ois pontis illius } possent euenire euitmdis remedium apponere oppor- tuiium ac de fidelitate et circumspecc'one vestris i)lenius conhdentes concessmius m auxihum reparac ois {)ontis • iliius (juod a die confecc'ois presentium usque ad linem • ; (juincjue annorum proximorum sequentiimi plenarie completorum capiatis per vos sen deputatos vestros pro .;' quibus respondere voluistis de rebus \enalibus ultra pontem predictmn vel subtus eundem transeuntibus con- . \ suetudines subscriptas videlicet — de (juolibet dolio vini vendito unum denarium ; de qualibet pijxa vini vendita inunn obolum ; de (juolibet rundiletto vini vendito unum quadrantem ; de (juolibet dolio cervisie vendito imum obolum ; de ijuahbct I'ijia cervisie ^'endita imum (ju.uli an tem ; de Vi °}.l ■ r . 1./ • nvMf ' ; ;.|t . ; ;-,;r!")i 'vj riiiiiii I i> "-^ua; X U.J • 'I J ' 1 ■■! -lU ^••ti'-^.-yn rr-'iK^q n J .< !', I ii|i ti .». iiv ■ o I ii / . I- H"' • <-i,iMj|i ob J' i;; 1 "l^ .1 . 1» ol> 72 MONTFORI) I'.KIDGH. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. I de (juolibct corio c(iui bonis ut vaccc friscosalito aut tannato Mii'iilo iiiHiiii (jLKiilraiitL'iii ; de (juolihci i)orco uiic ci vitnlo WMuiito iiniim cuiadrantcm ; dc (jiialibct carcclata Ijoscu nuu niiiij h.ndij lallormii tcu- Jaruiii ft Icni \ciulila unuui oLcjiuiu ; de quolibct triLscllo \l1 bala im.Tciinonij \aloris vif,Mnti solid- oruni vl-1 anipliiis Ncndito uniiin dcnaiiuiii ; dc quolibct suniinagio paniii laiici lirici sen canciiasij vcndito uiuim oboliim ; dc (luolibct suinina-io piscis mariiii vciulito unurn obohiin ; dc (iiujlibct siiinmaL;iu fcrri labiicaii umim olujluni; dc (jiujliljil siiiniiKi-io carljoiium iiiaiitiiiKjiuin d dc charcoll \'ciuiiu) uiiuiii ipiadi anhiii ; dc (laoiibct suumia^io allci cl ci'paiiiiii unmii (luadraiitcm ; dc (jiiah[)cl ])cisa vnck- ccj i Iniiiri ct car^ci vuiidiia iiimin qiiadiantcin ; de quolibct dolio incllis veudito uiuiin driiariuin-; de quolibct dolio olci \cndlito uiiuni iknariuni ; dc (juahbut barcllo aliccis \cniiiu) niiiiiii (jbcjlniu ; de (pialibcl cada aliccis lubri uuiiiii qiiadiaiiliin ; dc cpiolibct suiiiinagio salis vlihIhc; miuin (juadrantcm ; ct dc ipudibul alia ic vcndita hie iion spcciiicala prr poiitcm prcdictuiu iranscunic wilori:, \i,^inti solidoruin uuuin oboluni ct dccuni S(;!idoruni uiiuni qiiadrautciu ; Et idco vobis uiaiidamus cjuod con.sududincs i)rudi( las uscjue ad linuiii tiruiiiii picdicli p^r vos vei tl.-puialos vcstros prcdicb--s lit piciiciuni r-.-^i, capiaiis, lI dLuarius ludc in-(j\\iiic:nit.s cin;a iLparaj"(nMn cL tanindac'tuin j^oiitis l)rcdicii i)oni lacdcli.-, c'ouiplLto autcui lunniiio picdicio dictc cuniUctudiucs pcniius ccs.sunt ct delcaiitur. In cuius lei tesliiuoiiiuin hijs litcris |-aiLiitibus si-illum uublrum aticciuius pel (jinuquLiuuuni diuatuii-. '1 cr:lc Kc-c apud W c.-luioiiastcriuni xj. dir Octobris. I'nnisijihi;!. I'or liir rolila-c oi' .McJUiltL-rulti:. The Km,-, lo hi:-. uciilu'lu\cd Jo], 11 \\\.|o and Kl( hard \'on;: clcik ;,rcclinL,'. Jk; it Iokami to yon that, whcu.as iluj brid-c <,| MountLloilo, by which llic connii.ui transit oflln pails adjacent iIkmvI.. i.; rhrrlcd. i.-; uiidennincd ,',/< VMtlTr I I Hi I' ..I.: • « on. I in. I \^\\x in,.-. :• ; I' i)i! « I ' \- r. M 3-1 '11). JO ■;;) i. .' ' • >■ t I I.. •! i:'-| . ( ;. . i I \\'\ l^^, ol) » •• / -ft, »' I ,|, .1 ':.{ ,.. . Jjil •-.I III' ' « • 1 •lit • ir . . . 4l >. I ' j. . I ■ 1 (I ' ■ , >.; ') iilv.. j . : I ■ I . 1-. - • ! • • ■' '. ; I I* iliH'j i. ,.. / ..J • , l-i' . . , III MONTFORD BRIDGE. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. 73 and broken down, to tlio very i;i-e:it danj^er of travellers thereby. We willing to i)rovide a suitable remedy for avoiding the peril.;, which through the defect of repairs of that biidge may possibly result, and being fully ciMivinced of your fidelity ani prudence, have granted, ] in aid of the repairs of the said bridge, that from j ihe day of the ex'i'cution of these presents up to the end ; | of Ih'c }'ears ivjxt ensuing fully completed, that you . . i may take by yourselves or by )'Our de|)uties for whom j you shall be willing to be responsible the under- - , nuMitioncd tolls on saleable articKs passing across , ' ! or biMU'alh the aforesaid [)ridge, namely— ... : l'\)r iwry tun of wine for sale one penny ; .... l'\)r every pii)e of wine for sale one haltpenny ; ■ :■ | [•"or every rt)undlet of wine for sale one larthing; . ' l'*or every tun of ale for sale one haltpenny; ' ' I'or every [Mpe of ale for sale one farthing; ■ l'"ur eveiy quartern of wheat for sale one penny ; I'or every quartern of barley for sale one halfpenny ; I'^or every horseload of other grain one halfpenny ; l-'or every bull, bullock, cow, horse, or pony for sale one halfjjenn}'; Vor every hide of ox and cow fresh, salted, or tanned for sale ' one farthing ; I'^or every pig, sheep and calf for sale one farthing ; , I'"or every wainload of firewoo I, timber, boards, laths, tiles, and hay one halfpenny; ; For every bundle or bale of merchandise of the value of 120 shillings or upwards for sale one penny; . , I-'or every horseload of woollen cloth, linen cloth, or canvas for sale one halfpenny ; l"or every horseload of sea lish for sale one halfpenny; I'Or every horseload ol wrought iron one hallpenny ; l''or every horseload ol sea coals and ol charcoal lor sale one larthing ; • ; . I'or e\er)- horseload of garlic, and onions one farthing; l''or e\'ei}' weigh of tallow, lard, butter, and iheese one farthing; I'or e\'ery cask of honey for sale one j)enny ; \\ii ( \ii)' (ask III oil l(U ^i,de one piimy ; Vul. VU., JUI bciKi. K K .n/, .^ !•( a-Kur I ! -It'.. 1. I ./'Wit r -... :•.. !, U)! •,:, ' ■'<.■ 1 ... <.,■ U J fl '. • •<■! :■[ . 'u ;)fjifl / J'J/- - . ^ : .; ■. . !v V, , . 11 .i.i.-: -..1 / •' t :■'. |"1 r . - : ' • ;' I '. ■ ' iti ■rut / J ;>/'.• 'Jt/'I I i J ., .'i.«r . , .», .'• (,; Di rJi;ii.7/ fiJij !o''l ' ; V -'lil >0 • e"' f. .i''j' •' •' •io'i ••(•J 'III- "' •'' •• ' •':« ' . l"A.."..iii <_!;(•/.> "to''I I!' !•'"•; / ■■/' '• I In.ul / IM|I > : , . • i..«» .lit', i. )- K) I ... •!;>/- ioil y l.>v . : j.iiir' I II I •' ' ' I . ( "•) ilM . , , , I » '« >•. .,i; . . 1 ' ill I 74 MONTI-OKI) liRIDGI-:, TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. I'or ever\- 'huit-l of hcrrin;^3 Tdi" sale one Iialfpuiiiiv ; l'\jr every caJc ut red heiriii^s ti;r sale oiiu fafihing; I'^or cwry liorseload of sail lor sale one farthing; And for e\ er}- other thin;,; not here specified, j)assing over the bridge of the \alne of 20 shillings one halfpeiuu', and of 10 shillings one farthing; And acc(jrdingl}' we command yon to c(jllect the aforesaid customs n[) to the end oi the term aforesaid by \t)ur- selvcs or \'our deputies aforesaid as is aforesaid, and that you cause the monies^ arising thence to be aj)plied towards the repair and improNement ui the said bridge. ])iit on the completion ol the ahiresaid term the said customs shall altogt'ther c^ase and be abolished. In witness whereof we iia\e, to tlle^e patent letters to run for five years, affixed our seal. Witness the King himself at W'e.-tiriinbter the nth day of October. The commodities not mentioned in the other five documents are — allccis rubri, red herring, boviculns, bullock, hrassium, malt, carboncs iiuuitinii, sea coals, cluircull, charcoal, fcrri jahricati, wrought iron, frimienluDi, wheat, jiiincnlu^i, pony or packhorse, Liitonim, laths, tci^nihiiujii, tiles or rooling slabs, Vilnius, calf. Other words, not commoilities for sale, are bayilliis, barrel, cuda, a measure of 500 herrings, pipa, pipe, randilcttus a roundlet. Voulitiis is used instead oi voialis, with the same sense of saleable, or for sale. As the inter, r-t ari-iii;; from these charters centres mainly around the commoilities aiul the tolls charged on them, it seems necessary to add a li.-^t. The capital letters A, 15, 0. I) E, and F, attached to them, represent in order the successive writs of 1285, ijiS, IJ2M, IJ74, ijNi, and 141 2. ('•.I.OSSAKY. Ar.i':ki)i:N ((')Sall coddriid,and cureil at Aberdeen {.Ircluco- /,i-/i/. xv., p. .;5.;). 'fhir. raie wonl occurs in l'.i;-hop Sw infield's K'oll ol Feb. |, 1 2S(;, ihii . : " In nij Abi 1 dit'ii, X\jd." 1 he loll was id. per Kjo. ' The avor.i!^c of siicli lolli accordiii;,' to I'"yton (V(,I. x. ijo) would l,e son tiling less ill. Ill (,-(). ,:./> i ii •> ,-t 1 . , ; • ^ • I .(«.» )i>- t 1i i' :. . , (.1 .1, '• ..1 •ll' ■ . ;../ : . •■ ty. \ '■ .Iff .i\ : . .*i ;)■ r ;:!o»r.li'' , >L» li'ov IM '•-•vlf-: • ii? '. > ,:\ !!OV . I ,•',,,.; .;r. :. . ', » -'Ml - !■ ri;'.'/o{ ,. ,;;i - • . :mI| ..■> jt'>\ . ., . ,1. i;i i! ; .■••ni»). II ■ <■■ ; . ,, ,!■■' . '} 'i' <(•! ,,5 i ' • "I ■■ ■ '' ■' ''"!«'? ... I :■•■.<..■ ;:"..■ • 1 .-. j(r!r'i.i:-..»b . , . . , , ! /, i'''.\ i^\'\ . ■.•. •• . . ■ :,..f . ■ '.1 '1 I » \ ;; .. . 11/ •• ,».V... , . ■ ■ I . ' I ;• i;.;-: ' ..I'l. .■! i .•' . I • ,f!/ 1,; i , r I •.» I .1 :, . > , I >• i.»'l ' MI \ .1 ■- I •"■.\ ,. •»!. MONTl'OKl) liinDCI-:. lOI.I.S, CUSTOMS, \(\ 75 AciKK (C) Steel. In lotli century the word was acivnim, derived ironi acics, a swoid-cdL^c (Ihacliut). Here we have i^'iuldiiiiiiii cutcris, aiicjllicr fcnin is ^arbanim acicri'i, co;;natc to Lunula cluilibiiui, wliicli is e. The toll per horseload of the former was \d.; ten sheaves of the latter j)aid {d. Alum (11, C, I), li) .Mum. The hundred weight, ceiitena, paid id. Akc.aii.i. ((", I), \\) Pcjttcrs' claw (L. ar^^illuin, F. argile). Toll jier c\\ t. jd. AviiKiu.M DK I'o.NDi^K]': (B, C, 1), E) .\voirduj)ois. l'>y a Statute of Edw. III., 13 J5, certain specified merchan- dises were to be weighed by a s\stem based on 16 oz. to the lb. Previ(jusly a custom had prevailed of alhjwing 4 oz. additional to cover wastage, detericuation, and shortage. Tlie sjiecified wares now are " ail kinds of grocer)-, ilrugs, butler, cheese, llesh, wax, piuh, tar, tallow, wool, hemp, llax, iron, steel, kail, and all other commodities, n\ huh bear the name {>( garble. ;whl w hereof ibsiielh a iehi:H.' ul waste. And thi,-^ lialli lo llie lb. sixteen u/.., and tweKc pininds m'er are allowid t(j every hiuidud." Each hundred weight of such wares iMld id. ■ t: .J I , ... :i.'-i -.lil I .-. •■ij.ij)".. ',1 j'l; ,1j-jJ-. lo .U' iiik.ji !.■ ( ^ M> >i'i l/.J », •! 1 . '1 .• /. : ■■ •-; fit i!i, , ),i J !.iA ».,. }"'•<■{ '. um;-,'. .\.,t .,1 i : . .'I i. ''1 :i /!,,>. Ml -i.mA . . >' ,' ^^■/^ ,';iu; 1! il) .';.■• ., '' " ''^ ■ ■! /•.•n'id !■ ■ill. f ! . ■ ^ ' Ml,'.: ,'.' ,. I ,/'. ) \, M I..IA ■ : ' '.'.■] iiiii'.l MJ! i.i .' ■ ' I ! .'' i . / .' i 1/ 'l.l/. -j.i.' (U...J ' ' t , i '. i . o .1 II • .)wA ' • • I ! , 1 i . I ..(i In I iM ;■/ A • , •. I . . ' • . i I.I .; ;, , -; li.i'l, I . »i' ;. ■ --, . //;.,!/, - ' ((!•■ ■'ii,,,i . , » < li I't ;l M (I I'. '/ V ■ . (IJ ll / I '/•.< '.j I'll. , yi) MONTI'ORI) BKIDGI?;. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. Bacones (1), C) Bacon liogs. Tliis word Imco used to be })Ul for the livint^^ animal as well as his salted carcase. I'^ive paid U\. Bala (B, ¥) Bale, i)ack, Innidle, or packa^^e of merchandise, usually of spiccry, iuac of f(jreign K.alher; in V . it takes the place oi tniwUus. The toll was id. L-ach. Baudekvn (B, C) Baudekin, Baldicum, Baldckinum, Cloth of gold, lirat [hvuihs anro rc'^idus pliinuitoque opcrc intcr- tcxliis. Yet some authors say, Cloth of silk only. In more recent times brocade formerly brought from Babylon, Baldacus, whence tiie name. Each j)iecc j.d. Barellus (V). In Swinfieid's Roll Inirillus and Barillum,a measure of wine, beer, oil, Sec, containing the eighth part of a tun, doliuni, the fourth of a pipe, or the moiety of a hogshead, i.e., 30 galls. Here, however, a measure of a thousand herrings, which paid ^,d. Bazan (B,) Sheej) leather, now chieily used for boc^kbinding, called in Mod. F. bazanc, inferior to Curdcwan, whicli was Corduba leather, made from goat skins, for which bazaii was often substituted. Toll 2d. a bale. BissARUM (B, C, D, E) Female deer, doe hind. V.bichc, a doe. The fur bhsn^ was much esteemed. Bishop Swinfieid's Surtout (supertunica) was " de bisso," and trimmed with mtJicvcr, (the fur of the small weasel or squirrel, white with black spots). Toll id. for 100 skins. Bladi (A, B, C, D, E, 1- ) Wheat, corn, grain, bladiun, M.F. b/c . There are variations both in the cpiantity taxed and in the tax. In A. the (piarler (8 bushels) pa)'S ',d. : in B, C, D, E, the team or horseload eight (or .() strikes, or 100 lbs. weight, pa}s jd. ; in i'\ the word is frumcntum wheat, and the quartern (4 bushels) pa)-s id. BORlM (A) bordi, (B, C, I), \i) bordc and bordij. Bovd in A.S. a board; N l'\ bordc: boards, planks for building, or carpentiT)'. A i-art laden w ith boards ,\ paid }A., and B, C, J), E a 100 boards paitl U\. Bosci, Boscii (A, B, C, I), I::, 1'") l^rushwood, lirewood. V bois is a grove or coppice. Cartload ^.d. BoVE (A, B, C, ]•) Ox (or bull). ICach animal was taxed ]d. J lie load o( hides {d. t>', „.ii>il 1 .M .] 1. .. in,; .! ■ .\ .l»l:v( i<) I •,:!. : •;: • <'<-■ ..;|) :•/ -vAfI ■■;' I ii.,l> I. I Ml! •'. > ./. .'1 MONTl-OKD liKIDGi;. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, tSiC. 77 I^oviCLiLO (!•) Uiillock, stot, buckle, each pnid ^d. I'lKAsij [I') Malt, the (|uartLT((S hushcls) paid U\. ; Inwciundmn stands for hri'wiiii,;. BuTiKiin, (;, I), !<:) lUitter, L. butyyi. Tin; pcisa or wc}- (25O lbs. ?) paid in i; ^1., in C, 1), J-: ',d. Cai)A(I\1 a reckoning for luaiings. A Cade, usnally 500 ( L. Ciiilns, a barrel or cask + (}k, kuSo^^ tojj jd. Calcis (Ij) Lime. The custom on i)nc cart load (? ^iaily) for a week was id. Caldakio (ad bracianduni) (15) Caldron (for brewing). Toll id. Canahi (C) Hemp. Dc decern piin's canabi vciialibiis i/iu/Jii qiiadrantcm, for ten stone of hemp for sale one farthing. A stone, /'c'/nr, usually 14 lbs., Init for some commodities less. Cankvacij (A, B, C, I), K, F) Canvas, hempen cloth, L. cancbaciuui. The horseload paid Ad. Cafrakum cS: Capkis (B, C, D, M) Kids, goats. Kids were eaten in spring and summer. (icxits were very numerous in those days, not only in Wales but in the marches. loo skins id., ten live goats id. Cai'kiolokum (B, C, D, E) Roedeer, now only found in Scotland, but connnon enough in middle ages. 100 skins ^,d. Caki50nitm(B, C, I), E, F) Coals, prob. Cluircod/, in I-. the word is chayco/l, the horseload paid \d., and carboiu/in iiiaritimornin, sea coal, is also charged toll, \d. for the horseload. Caklcta Cakltta (A, B, C and passim) a cart or its loail. Carcctata, Carcltala, a cartload or wainload. Carnks (B, C) Meat, cither salted, sulitas or fresh, friscas. The cartload iki. Casri (B, C, I), IC, 1") Cheese. The pcisa or woy of cheese (256 11 )S paid \i\. Catoklm (15, C, 1), ]•:) Cats (skins of wild) the hnndnd i)aid U\. N.i;. it was rt;i-koned a \er\' inferior fin-. ChNDALLo (B, C) A fmc silk stuff, otherwise scnda/lu, (^jirus silk. 7V/,( s//hsL-ric(i vcl paiiiuis Siri\\i'< ( l)/t Cdiit^u'), c/iufts dc rohlitllo, wimples of SiMuial or head dressi-s {cliff. ill ad ) ( .(( Ii |>.ihi .'.iL r . ir>ui>»< wJioMT^i'^v *** -.1 .1*1 I . i i i .V. ... : .. . -ir ■l.'.'l r.' .hi .hj Uo't . ..•;;•■ ■ •. i\ \ .'.V.V.! ,1 -v.JH) > . . 't •. ^ ' ; : • i .;/ ^ Vj I/.'!>1;.-.!MA.) A.. I' II I /I. •I 1 ■' .' ■ I ■ ir-iAi'.j'-: .1.1 .-.I. J.' i:i,/ ) I.I ./.') I ' ' . I M) \ K ' ) ' '.. ■ I t" I ' . ) ■\ / I,' \ \.i.v, V 7S MONTl-ORl) HKIDGE. TOLLS, CUSTOM'S, c'vC. Ckparum (A, H, 0, 10 and scpannn (Hj Onions. 2000 jxiid \(\. r , ... Cepi (i;, C, 1), E. 10 ,v.6/, schi, Tallcvv, suet. Candles were made of il. Tlie /'.'rs.i or wc)' paid UJ. Ci'KVisii; ^J;, (-, ].) Ale or (one wa)) buer. W. Cu'riv; V. ''''■•''"^''- '''\^"y -^'^vs cvn-zs/./ is a w.)rd of (laidish origin, ^ " i- l'iyen;e o( heer measure lornied a sexlary. The ca^k', doliinn, paid 2d. Cervokum (H, C, D, Kj Stags or red deer. The skins paid id. b\- the hundred. Char^oll (10 charcoal. In the other do;:uments we have Carkmnm. Hiis of 1412 is an early use of the word charcoll. dhc horseload paid \d. Chiems (B.C.) Head coverings (wimples or hoods). N.F. f/;/c/(now chcj), the head ; chicjis is a very rare word in this sense (see Cendallu and Afforcialu above). Each f/;/./paid U\. CiNDL-LARii.M (H) Shingles, wooden or stone roofing slabs, othcrw ise sandiilanmi, from L. scuulcn-, to cleave.' I'er 1,1100 ].d. Clnerum (i;, (-. D) Potasiies, soda, or barilla. The horse- load Id. Clavorum (J5, C) Nails-a^/ cqitos, horsesh.je nails, the 2,000 Id; ad uurdas, for cart.s iKiitl ^d ; ad cumulum (n domus, lor covering (?» a house, ,ld. per 1,000. ^■'•>""i<>'M (!'•- C) ( l<,uts, iron pl.,(.."s fur largr uh.vls and cart axles, plates for cumbrous wheels instead of tires, fastened to the felloes by clout nails. The hundred paid ^d. C(n'ERosi.: (B, C, 1), IC) Copperas, sulphate of iron, or green vitriol, used lor d)eing, and making ink. The hundred weight paid U\. CoKDi.WAN d",) s'pnni.sh leather from Corduba, made from goat skill.-,. The bale j-d. CoRioRUM t\, 1;, C, 1), p:, po. Skins or leather, of both ^loiiustic and wild animals. Thr horseload jiaid ,'.d. <-"^'^'i''' M *i;) a d.Mibihil woid, cK'^criptive of nails (possibly au'cnr.::. oi iM,,f naik lor the purpusi), 'd. pir 2,000. Ci'NiciMdi.i M (];, ( , I), |.;,. c.i.us <.r i,d.bi(<. The fur n:.ed I.M Lieili;;. K lo ..kuis ji.ild |d. ,.yft ■ -.1! f.j » •i * A .n .V 1 .•i.>'i(/!H r-1 «r I.i.,< . 1 lO "JJXl'^ l»l < i , .•. -li': ir';i . 'i I- ' "' 'ill fMX»! ir. -ill. .' oi; 1 .V. II- .t .. 1! ' ) -t) ri ill't'; '.>-■' ; .r't' .-, Ml j II 1, ■<".'!) > / . I . J . ' ; I ' ':...■! I : ' V i ) MONTFOKI) HKIDGE. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. 79 CuPRi (H, C, D. Ej Copper, 'llic liundrcd (wci.^'ht) paid 2d. Damoklim and Damakim (]), C, 1), !•:;. Kcd hdluw deer. ICO skills paid jd. Dlasi'Ki: '15, C) Diaper, fi-tircil liiiuii clotli (divcrsiliod with llourishiuf^^s like as in ilic precious stone culled jiispcr). Every piece of clolh paid jd. Doi.HM (A, li, C, 1). !■:, !•). A ca^k for wine, rde, potashes, oil, and hone}', ut no tixed measurement, hut " ilnliuin villi (jiiiiiijiia;^iiitii duo sc.xlnriii riiti piiri ilchct tditliiicn-, ct ijUddlibct sc.xljyiinii ijiuiluor jiiloiii's aiil sex poiclL'\.'' A Inn 1)1 wine oui^ht to contain 5.: sextaries ol j)iue wini', ami e\er\' sextary 4 j^allons cjr h hotlles. 'Ihe custom \aried witli the contents. Wine paitl ^(\. per tim ; ale, id. ; Potash, j d., and Honey, 4d. Ekis (1>, C, I), E) r>rass, nsually Jiris. Per U)0 weii^ht ^d. P\\r.oTTORUM (C, I), !•:). I'ag^'ots made of the smaller branches or underwood (called buiiin, in Kent) used in lightin.u; and maintaining fires, 'i he thousand paid jd. I'^I'.NI iV) Hay. 'Idle wainload paid h\. i'V.\n<\ (A, P, (", I)} Iron, exten.~.i\'elv used in l)uildinj,% cvc. Tc'll U]. jier horst.'load. I'\'n i /iihriuili, wrouijht iu»n. I'^i.oiA. A rait lor fiuANood and hea\) limher, which some- limes damagetl the j)iers ol the l)rid^^e. I'KUMLMi (!•) Wheat. In A, P., (', I), E, lUuiU is used. It jtaid lor each ipiarter, N bushels, jd. l'"iv:ise() (P, (', ['") I'rer.h, as o|)i)()sed to sailed or dried. CjAodukum (C) Kotls or pins of steel (or iron) for making nails, i.\:c. (see Acier ai)o\e). A single gad of steel for making a spearhead weighed 2 or 3 oz. In the Saxon \'ocabnlary, gads of steel are liiiniiui cluilibina. Every 100 paid Ul. Galwich, GALEwrrii (& Galeworth) (C, I), E) Welsh frie.:e ov llannel, a ver\' rare word onl}' found in these or similar lists. Perhaps it should be (idlU-a\)ysl i.e., WePh wol>-li\l. 100 yard- c II . paid 'd. Jl'iW'L'S, Jl'DI.A (A) jew, je\\e:^>. Mil, w a^ the j)eriod of our national hi.-tor)' when the Jews were cruelly [ler.ieciite d, and \\\: ma}' not be surprised at a s])ecial toll iHiii;; laid upon them lor using the bridge (riding id., on loot }A.) The)' and lluir posscSbioiis luul »". .l!) \/ Ur III M' < ul 111 !«) u ...:..hI ('» • ' , ! . ^ ' .. ' . ■• I I'M ; /(t -ill ..(ti.ii' ! ■ 4 '.•.■\ .: i.« I .-.j« (I ivj i>^ I!. .'J , ■ ' - I >■■'.// I , M / p/'j.r-i I •>( . /.I !"•'!' ■r I. ■ i.) , • I 111 ." M ... . :(' 'i r. I ■ ■ nil I' : ■ I • • M >i ,/ I;. . • ,1 , ' ~ So MONTl-ORO HKlDGi;. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, cl'C. always l)ccn at the disposal of the so\'erci,qn. Htjii. III. at lirst favoured them, hut afterwards on W:\). 2.|th, 1255, he sold the whole of them to Earl Richard, his hrothcr, for 5,000 marks for a certain term of years that (juo'i Rex exciiyidvcrat Louies cvisccyarct. To dis- tinguish them they were comi)elled to wear a badge of yellow taffeta on their ui)[)er garments, 6 thumbs long and j broad, and ihey were hea\ily lined if fouiul out of doors without it. The statute dc JiiJdisnii> was passed by Parliament 3 Fdw. I., 1275, by which the King had a fifteenth granted to him pro cxpul-Aune Jndu'oyvui. They were accordingly all seized on the same day and hour, Nov. i8th, 1278, and thrown into prison on the charge t)f clii)ping and counterfeiting the coin of the realm. Many of them were hanged with their Christian accomplices in the year Adlowiii"-, and hnally in 1290 a i)roclaination was made that they should be deported on a certain day (21 Aug.), and so, with wives and children, 16,511 in all, they quitted the kingdom. As no notice ot them is found in the other hve pontnt^cs we may conclude that all luul left the j)rovinces, a few, however, were suffered to remain in Loiulon and \'ork, but e\en thesi; were ex[)elled in IJ58. Idiis is the usual account, but as the date of A is 1285, we may suppose that some had remaiiu'cj in concealment. Jumi-;nio 1^1'') lieast of burden, pou}', tlraught or packhorse. Tax on each \d. if for sale. Laciii:s (1)) Latches is the most probable renderiii"- '• White imeii webs ' does not suit the jd. per 1,000 toll. Idle Middle English lacchc a latch, from Uicchcn to seize, la}- hold ol, Iai^K is alscj a garment, eioke, mantle, or rhirl. LamiMvI:i)A ( r>, C') laiiipron, lamprey, or sucking eel. Lampcir.i, a sucker of rocks, a lish much e>teemed. \\\ 1.5 13, a ship laden with lamprey's and (nlu-r supplies, bound for IVrili wa^ attacked by Stralsund pirates, who slew ^"iMe ol the crew and carried off thr cargo t(j AberT.u, where they soM it. This i)roves (he v-.tiiiialion ill wliii h lhe:.i; InIi wiie holden, and the .)?. .vM'.rTr.'i '■ ,r- I l."»T .-ItraitH:! «i r- II • ' 1 : ..... r.,.-: .. . .- ' '' ;/ (J,. I .(!<* > M : I"'- 1 ;i; vUf.r.rl |if'i{ ..'1 »« •,"' Mi . ■ i-.' .t<\>>.j^-^r.i.\ 111] .,,,. ... . ..I. .'/,• .' ■>■- . : ''') i' ■' < 'I ..' .. i. , ■ .., ..i ' - = i -■ '' • ■^.- ' - ■ '"-'.••- _ J . M.,,. ! ,i;ii • ■/ f-''-' ■ I "^i' '•?' '• i I • ■;' •' : . ;.(, '.J . , I . ;J ( • ).. J'/ ] » 'i t I) '- ' '»/ I .,: .; ! \->. ::•. ,, . ■:' ! -.i -.il)../J ,1 1 li..» MONTFOKD BKIDGi:. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, tVc. 8 1 taxirif; of them in Lent, mitc I'dscha inii^lies that at other times thine was n(j special imjjost. LATiOiU'M ( 1') Laths, laltis qucninis r/ /i/^'/;;/s made of oak or ash. Tlio cartload paid Atl. Mai-:Iv1:mij (A, !•') rimher, a [generic word, !•". nieresme, L. materiamen. Kafts of heav\' timher were liahle to damage the bridge (see iMariA). Cartloads of tind)er paid ^d. Mekcimonij (C. I), K, F) General merchandise not other- wise specified or included under tiie avcrio clc poiidcrc clause fB, C, D, E) but still abo\e the value of 20 shillings. The bale or trussel paid .^^d. Mellis (A, B, C, D, E, E) Honey, the provision of which was most important, for it was the only sweetening. It was carried in tuns (dolijs) carts (carectis) and in jars. Toll various from jd. up to iv.d., according to quantity. The horseload paid iijd h'or an instance of a horse laden with xxv. llagons of hone}' in a leathern sack see 3rd Series, \'ol. \'., 172. MoLA (B, C, D, E) A millstone. The word also signified a handmill or (jncrii, and paid \d. Olei (C, !•') Oil, jjrobably olive oil. Alci in C should be o/t'i and not alLw garlic, 'idle duliiDii paid l(\. l^ANNOkUM (A, 1"), C", 1), E, not in i') ("loth. Puiuim a generic nauK', se\eral kinds meiitioneil. A Irusscl (in (A, B) paid ^d.; a trussel in a carl (C) paid i)d. I'uniio intc^fu (in B, D) may mean an uncut roll. l\i)uii hibcniici, Irish cloth or frie/e, was j.d. j)er loo (? yards or weight). I'lUini Uiuci or Unci, woollen (jr linen cloth. Pascha (B, (~) liaster, only in the phrase Luiiprcda diilc Pascha, i.e., in Lent, at other times probabl}' reckoned as fish. PiiiSA, pisa (B, C, I), E) Weigh or wey of wool, cheese, cSic. L. icuii^ii' In ihe lase of \\(jol the we)- consisted of 26 cloves, a clove ab(jMt icj li)S. .\ weigh of baiK a' or malt, 6 fpiarters. The wey of cliue^e paiil U\. Pi'TKis ((') Stones, applied onl\ to hemp; a stone of wool, 1.} iiis.; ol I. ad, 12 lbs.; of wax, S 11)-,.; and of brrf the same. Il d.Ms not appear how nmch of hiinp, but eai h stone paid |(|. Vol. \ IL, jni. ^crles. I. ;.r .1 .'H . i ,(> ii»;/ ..ii.til < 1 .',{' ■./...)! iiJ' :iiU ! U ,!) ,'i) -y-.tinl-i \A fin., :> \j ■" /; k]Mii taofi'i aj."v/ ;'>if tvj 'f • ;. '. .;i, it ! [jir 1,1..; i^i-iij^inii ,il 1 ( ,-' •• II i-ji' ..-..'l .•. Ml ; ..' ;i t. , pi;'' . , I, > .'.*. ;,uO .1' f;i mvi* V : ir )M f. '.vWa )f)ii Ijh: .:i .C - ! /.) I ••'• ■■:■■.'■■: : .//If;!! ,, '.I'., k • , i.i . ' ' > . !.'■ •' ' J li . ,1,,;^ |.i,;ij (!| ,/. I '. ■ . ... iM .'•'!'< I ' ' ■ I ■ . . ■■•\y I ■ . • "I '..;,/.•■ .1 •. I •.■ ' ; ■ .1 .M' r,Ar.\ ■J i i: fl ri .. M ' ; ' P ■I! I ! <■ >l < { lot. 82 MONTFORD HRIDr.E. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. PiLAS (A) Piers, or piles, the main siii)ports of the bridge, hut whether of wood or stoin,' in the i ^l\\ century does not appear, j)robahly of the latter. Lehmd (died 1552) speaks of "a fa\re stone bridge" there "of late rencnved." Pila with the first vowel long [M.!-:. pile; A.S. pil; l^.piLi, a pillar I is a \)'uiv of stone. The j)r()babilit}' is, that it was a briiige resting on two or more; |)iers in the Ind of the river, with bu'ains and transoms of wood. Such at least it was in Roger Kynaston's time (early iGth century) when the Sheriff took up several plaiih of the bridge when he wanted to apprehend him. Pi PA {V) Pipe, a measure of wine or beer, a moiety of the duliuin or tun, and so about 126 galUjns. *'The measures of this period have baffled some acute antiquaries," says the Rev. John Webb, M.A., b\S.A., M.R.S.L. The toll was less than that of the tun, \i/. i.d. instead of Id. PiscKM (A, P)) Fish. The traffic in fish must have been great. I'Vesh, salted, and dried lish are tolled. The toll was 2d. per cart- The wain load of pisch marini (B, C, D, E, F) paid 2d. (in B); the horseload paid ^d. (in C) ; in I), E, the cartload paid ^d., while in V, the horseload paid |d. Plumhi (A, B, C, D, E). Lead ore which was got in various places in Shroi)shire and Wales, at least from Roman times, if not earlier, and paid Id. the cartloail in A ; 2d. in B, C ; id. in D, E, but pluinho ? ad braciaiidiDH, whatever that was, paid id., quantity not given. PuRCis (A, B, C) Pigs, distinguished from baconibus. 50 paid id. in A, C' ; 6 paid id. in B ; in E one j)aid .^d. In B, another item reads" dc ducm parvis voiali- biis vitiiiii ('/loltiin," whit h lollowing the item dc (jui)ujite /nu\iiiihiis, nuist mean sucking pigs, and of tlu;se 10 paid ,^l. Rolls (A) Wheels, which are listed with carccta, a cart, paiil lier p.iir '|il. Ri NiMi.i' 1 I M ( I' ) A ii)inidl( I, 1 innllel, or kc;;, from '» lo iS gallmi .. It paiti Jd. Sacco (A. B, ( ) Sack. Hacco lane in each enlrv. The sack .-^A liiti •• U- i< r I .. . .. ". /• .) .711 »lU • •' i. '»'•.'..•.• >il i\Mi// M 3Jt* j; I -•J«>(:i' . .'.I ' . ilu| r:\A: \o AjI .o u'.:;^'. M.»'»<\ to Lt;ol c\i: '■ ••.' ! •1 .a (J-V .i;»/i^ ton t ,-, ■ ! )• . . I . J.. .1.^ 1,1. i .i // i/ , ..I r^M .1 I ifi..| I.' I MONTFORD BRIDGE. TOLLS, CUSTOMS, &C. 83 of wool contained 26 stone of i \ lbs., i.e., 364 lbs., and paid 4d. Salis (A, 13, C, 1), K, F (Salt. The quarter (? 8 bushels) (A, C, D, K) paid :',d. The scam (B, F) paid ^d. per week. Salmonh (H, C) Salmon. Fresh paid each ^d, either fresh or salted (C) paid \d. Samito {II, C} Silk, very fine and good taffeta or satin. Sainite is from Low L. examitum ; Gk. c^u/xi'toi', six threaded. Each piece paid id. Serico (B, C) Properly Chinese silk. Sericum (Gk. 2w>£?- CTiinese cloth of silk interwoven with gold, cum anro. It then paid id. the piece ; without gold, sine anro, Id. Souirellorum (B, C, D, E) Squirrels, the fur of the belly used for facings. loo skins paid ^d. Stagni, Stanni (B, C, D, E) Tin. The hundred (weight) paid 2d. StokeI'Issch (C) Stockfish. Fish dried in the air without salt- In 17 Edw. I. 24 cost 2/6. r>y the cwt. they paid ^d. Sum MA (A) Siimuia'^io (B et passim), a team or horseload. Toll according to commodity carried. Tanni (B. C, I), E) Oak bark (or tan). Cartload for a week \d., otherwise the cartload id. Tegi'larum (1*") Tiles or stone slabs for roofing. The cartload ^d. Tele (B, C, D, E) Unci tele, linen web. The hundred weight paid id. Tl'RFAKUM (C) turves. 10,000 .]d. Uscri (B, ("., 1), E, V) Lard or grease. The we\' of it paid id. \'enali cV Vendito passim the former in .\, B, C, 1), \i, the latter only in 1'', saleable. Vertegrice (C, I), E, I*") \'erdegris, as viride. T\\e ceiitena^ hundred weight paid ^d. ViNUM (A, B, C, I), 1*2, F) Wine. In A the tun paid 4d. ; in B 2d., in C i^d., in 1), \i id., in V the Imi paid id., the pipe hi., the 1 untlilel .|d. W'aiiu: (B, C, h, l'^) W'oad, a plant used lor dyeing blue I Reseda luteoLi). The (juarter paid 2d, 8 J JOT Uif ^d! f.«»f .;.» ,.«dl ^ t lo uno*:' < ... iJ - ' {t|M \4 i|;». . i.u. J ti- I ! "i.yr.'J I!).. i>-. !'•>..: Lcc; t.ir ;*.:•; v?v/ -ii'r! { ) ,JI; ^vi i . ' • -I i '•.••:l :t .' i ) ,;l) *d }f\' < I i I ■iriori .hi ir: I • I-!.: VI .ll 'Al.:: .ii'r. lii.,i ■Urt .j.i !m,. .11 .' ! ' >• A f !-M!i'.i -/ill j.i.c'uit ..,!.»»' :"/ '?• . ir'/'iY M. ,' I . •. ' : d ,'l , >; iaV .1/ .1 f.j ' A "' • •••■■•' i , I . ) ..' i : 'i .( . I nil >» ' •>'p'j 84 MONTFORD BRIDGE. TOLI.S, CUSTOMS, &€, WoRSTiiDK (C, D, E) Worsted, originally a name signifying twisted yarn, taken from tlie town (>( Worsted in Norfolk, mentioned in Chaucer (C.T. 264) and in CiilciulariDH Rolulorani ValciiiiuDi (1328 — 1378; as a Norfolk commodity. The cwt. in C, and \L j^aid id.; and in D ?,d. We are indebted to the unvarying kindness of Mr. John Beacall for unearthing and copying the six documents which throw so much light upon our medieval histor}-. I •«< w .1 I . .. •1 .(I ,D» .bi t>it , -I i'n:: ,m .5;/ >• • .j i" j f UT U t. IT .l/v ):,■■;.> i;I ..; iljiJi/i 02 V/uilll 85 WIGLKY. By HEXRY T. WEYMAN, F.S.A. Thkre are in;in\' iiitcrestini^^ old house^; in tlie vicinit)' ijf Ludlow, whose history reaches hack into thi; chni and distant past, and whicli, if they could hut speak could indeed tell us strange stories of the days of old. Not the least attractive of these old residences are the two neighbouring Manor houses ot Wigley and Dodmore. Though the former has less external beauty, it possibly exceeds its rival in historic interest, carrving us back to old time when, nearly ^^cvcn hundred years ago, it was the proud service of its holder, under Dame Margery de Lacy (the representative ot the great family which gave its name to the parish of Stanton Lacy, in which Wigley was comprised), to guard the keep of Ludlow Castle for iifteen da\'s during war time, It is associated also with Ludlow Church, to a Chantry of which it belonged over 400 )ears ago, and to which it was granted by one of ttie tirst members of Parliament and Recorders of the Borough of Ludlow, so that Wigley is intimately linked up with the history of Ludlow. In feudal times we have only occasional glimpses of its history, but from the time of Piers Beaupie, who died in 14S6, we are able to trace its ownership down to the present da)-. Wigley (the name probably signifies the ley or pasture of Wigga) was a member of the old Domesday Manor of Stanton, which in Saxon times belonged to Siward the rich man of Shropshire — and was granted by the Norman Conqueror to \\'alter de Lacy, or his son Roger de Lacy, the builder of Ludlow Castle, to the latter of whom it belonged at the time of Domesday. The tirst detailed mention of Wigley is in the 14th vear of King Henry, son of King John (Henry III., i22>)) when untier a writ of Mort d'anccstre Ralph do C[\i\] remitted and (luitle 1 claim to 1 lioinas of Wigley and Margcr\' liis wife, tenants of half a virgate of land (probably 30 acres) in Stanton Lacy, all his interest in such land for half u mark Vol. VII., 3rd Seritb. M .VilJi'i yV f>-. H .-■ rA/dii y« , .. .[) .(,jii.v :i I •I -n t.'., . fh ]<. viv l.l* rin;> .i>-j 1-Omi -jp ! ,1 ;i: I i .;; 1 ■ •'.! '"•., liv'ij!.',' .•'ii'M^l U.s:i\ orb :■. , • ; .: I// if M;iv . ', , ; ■ . . ' ^ • ' ■ .' 'I , ' 1. ' y ' I ■ ■ ' I. ft /'.', <■'•.. _ •. , . .• .' : ' 'iii ". v'l ••■ j ,v/i,,}j..j(| .'.111' i .1 ■■• , ■ !■ . t r 1 -ilij /,. Mj., '..•;/ , .' ' ' . ' I , Mil).; i *! I ■ ' :.i '// ' I : : . : ..■ -,;-r,. .. -, ." ^•.:);}.7/ .. ,i..irl.- : ' ' 1. ' ■ ■ ' !il ll , ,. . ..' ■ ' '.' >; I. . r ■!■[ ■.'.! ► ','1.17! io/» ' - ' , ' • . , I tv> 1 ' • ■ ■ . ^ ■iiii ! . ' ■ ■ a :fl I -J:' ' !, l' ,|l ■,') J •»• i' I' I ' ■ / I". I I I l| 1 /. • ■ ' -J !.l ' i ' i-Jl ,,, I ', ; / 'I . ■ i 1' '..^ V / /. li.,d .o 8() • WKil I \-. of silver. Tlie writ Mort (runcestrc being one usual!)' sued between ladies who were jointly entitled to lands, or their representatives, it is prcjbalde that Ralph of (dun and Th<^nKis of Wigley were the children ol two sisters, or had married two sisters. However this ma)' be, we have at that time a ddiomas of Wigley settled in Stanton Lac\, and for the next hundred )\ars tlu' name oecurs fre(|uentl)'. '1 homas ol Wigley and Margers' had a son, kogi:r of Wigle)', \vho hail a ilispute (the date is not given but it is about 1250) with Robert Dovill, a man e\'itlentl\' of some importance, concerning tlu' free holding (probald)' Wigle\) in Stanton Lac)', which was claimed b)- both. I'rom the Assi/e Roll it ai)pears that Roger of Wigle\- and Robert Dovill were botli children of the al)ove-named .Marger)- b\- different fathers, and that Robert Dovill, with the assistance of Robert de H)'ntes ami others, had toicibl)' ejectetl Roger from his mother's propert)'. Ihe Jur)- found that the pro{)erty had belonged to Marger\', and that she IkuI enfeoffed Roger of the same and that it rightl)- belonged to iiim. Roger therefore recovered the property and " Robert Dovill was in mere)'." Some of the family of Wigle)' seem to have come to live in Ludlow, as the name frequentl)' occurs after this p^eiiod in the Ludlow records. In 1284 John de Wigley was on a Ludlow Inquest; and Roger de Wigley was a juror for Stanton Libertv at the Assi/es of 121)2. In the Roll of the Palmers' (lild (Shr. Andi. I'i\insjclii>iis I., j.|2) .\dani senior of Wigle\' appears as tlu; owner ol a house in (ialdelord. Ilu' name occurs several tunes in tlu; old giants to tlu; I'almers" (luild; for instance, Adam ol Wigley is mentioned in connection with land in Cialdelord, and Ri( hard of Wigley as owner of a house above ('or\'c; (late. In an ancient rcMit roll of the (lUild, attiihuted [o the reign of J'Mward 11. (1.J07 — I 527) Dominus Riidiartl de Wigle)- i)a)'s jul. for a hou>e in Corve Street (i)rob.djly the house at)o\e the gate), aiul ihe heir ol S\lul of Wigle)- Od. lor ;i hoii-:e in Uio.ul Strc:et. In the- Shoipdiiie I. a)- Siil»^i l.Mti; /! ': . ' ;•■ A ■, iii'ij i"u; iVj)!»■• ; ; '.•.'. '■ I ■<' •■■*l'/ >i> •!i<>l. .', .. '■ '.■... ::. I '';i/. , I H.I WIGLHV. 87 It a{)i)eai"s from the Sliicjp.-^liirc \'isit;Ui(jii that tlu' Wii;lcy family ccascil with Aliix; (liau^liter and heiress of William de W'i^^lc}), who married William Ijaldwin (.>[ niddlchur)-, and that their i;r,iiid>on was li\inf; in IJ57. Hlakewa)' in his Sheriffs, while a^aeeiiig that the heiress (jf the \\'igle\s married a ]5akiwiii, puts the case somewhat ilifferently, as he sa\s that Koi^cn' Ijaldwiii who died about ijijiS married Jane, daughter and heiress of William de Wigle}-, by Alice le Childe. However this ma)' be, the chief stem of the famil}- dieii out in the male line, and the arms c^f the old Wigle}' lamih' '" Ikirr}' of six azure and argent a chief ermine" appeared in the Ikddwin coat. So far we ha\e t)nl\' dealt with a small area of the Manor alxjut \^) acres, whiidi belonged t(j the Wigley famih'. In 1255 Robert Do\'ile,who has been mentioned abo\'e, and was a son of Marger\' of Wigle}', held two virgates of land in Wigle}- (120 acres), his service being to guard the keep of Ludlow Castle for fifteen tla}'s in War time, no light task as a border Castle of such importance as was Ludlow was seldom free from wardike attack, especially in the latter half of the 13th century, when Prince Llewell}'n was ever and an(;n inxadmg the Marches of Wales. K(jbert Dovile held 12 acres more in Wigley, pa}ing two shillings a year to Dame Margery de Lac}' as part of her dower, and it is inlere.-ting t(; note that this pa) nient of two shillings a }ear, though in later times made to the Town of Ludh^w, remaineii in force for bix imndred )ears afterwards. Dame Margery de Lacy, who was the daughler of William de I)iaose, married about 1200 Wcdler de Lac\', the head (A the great hdef wliich included Ludlow Castle and Stanton Lac_\', and, therefore, Wigle}'. She survi\ed her husband, wlio died in 1241, and whose immense estates ultimatel)' passed .to his grand-daughters, Matilda wife of Peter de Cjene\ille and Marger\' the wife of John de \'erdnn, the latter taking Stanton Lac\'. 1 hus it came tt) pass that, as appeals b\' an iiujur-ilion iield after the death of 1 heobald de \ erdun, the son and heir (jf John de \ erdun and Margery de Lacy in March, IJ17, it was of de X'erdun that Kobtit Do\ile's son Robert wa^■ ll.i n found to be holdmg lands in W igle}', said at ihih linn h. i ninpiiic a fiuiilh pail of a Knighl's fi c, r-i \:, . ;c-:;. /■ ) ; • I ■■ vii. " '!l J '!) j,'.'';i , ..'vl il.ii • ! - 'It: '. ; ;i.^i: ^.■: ; ; V'.;:« /-^ n ..-. • .'. i; ; V.-.[tj;l.l "1.. ; ■-.. ..' '/I.! , ■■■':■■ ■: !:•<; f^..v^ /,■ . v , ■ •• i ' !l > .•!',••. -. . . . ■! > lit . I I ' (• ; : ■;' I. 'til :.,.'*i iii'i, i • '•• >•;-'/ ,■■1 . / .■ . . ■■: 1- :ii ■< . '••! :. : l.cul I., i .i. ■ ^ .•. ; !:' . (i:)/ .;iii>-< i (.>. .,',;_ . I ; M? I' .; i,»J ;,; It )-".')■;) Ill ei •'it . ...' .' ^'i; i'-:>i-u'i] , ii/»7 XJ ■ t ' ■ . . ' !■ I ■'•_. I' .1 III I friir./H')l . .1.. '/.,.■„. ..; ..,, ( .)( I j,.i,i ,■. ijLlM . / . '. 1] •.'.';! Ml ,1;. j :. ■ , , (■, ii . I ,/ liii: .',;.! Hi :.-,>ib • l.u ■ :.' .- '• .,:.^, '..!t 1. ; ',t. •*■ .' ' ..I I ! ■ "1; , If ' . li I 1 J .• . . ■;(■.! . /•■ ' ;,iiJ(;i.J«-i ''. . \r. jI\ rHjl ,1- i:H"t| i ' ' mm , t '. ' ' i •»! I :i). i|i 1^. . 1 ' " , '; 1 , il iii-1/^ III •: i ' . . ,. !i j.v. H ,."■ •■ ' . . .1,1 - . ' . . , ( I ■ 1 1 1 .1 88 "N WIGIEY. which may he roughly computed at 300 acres, and the vahie (jf which was said to he Twcnt}' shilh'ii[,'S. 'Ihe .\hinorial rights of Stanton Lacy jxissed to the Mortimers, and through them to the ('rown, and were granted 1)\' Julward IV. to the Burgesses of Ludlow, who tliiis Ix'came entitled to the chief rent of two shiHings, which had hcen formerly paid to Lady Margery de Lac\'. This rent charge of two shillings continued to he paid until the nineteenth century. In 1344 lidward IIL granted to John I'it/warine the year day and waste of a messuage and two carucates (ahout 200 acres) of land in the C'.ounty of Salop, which helonged to John de Wiglcy and which, on account of a felony for which he was outlawed, fell into the hands of the King. This may, or may not have heen the Wigle}' with which we are now dealing. lliere is a very curious jirotection granted in the following }-ear to Roger de W'igley of Ludlow, which is so expressive of the manners of the time that it deserves reproduction. " The King, to all Bailiffs and his faithful men to whoin these present shall come, greeting. Know ye that whereas we have assigned our beloved Roger de \Vygele\e of Lodelowe to pursue, arrest, and take a certain malefactor charged with certain seditions in cuir Kingdom of England wherever he might be found, and to bring the same malefactor to us wherever we should be without dela\', and the said Roger, fearing that injury to himself and danger to his body might happen in jtro.-ecuting this business by the friends of the said malefactor, has sui)plicated us that we will pro\ide for his safet\' in this respect. W'c. lu.artiK' desiring to further this business and to coerce those who imj:)ede it in every way in our power, have taken the said Roger while executing the said business under our sjjccial protection and defence, and his men lands rents and all his {possessions. And behold we command you, that )'ou protect maintain and defend the said Roger and his nieii while j)ro^eculing the said l)usiness, not inflicting ujion him nor suflcrnig to be udlicted any injur\' and that }ou counsel the said Roger as often as may be necessary. Witness the King at Westminster the .st:coiil ti.l f/ I/. ■i,: M.if- .I"// /-.(mI// Mfii MK..) >',;.rf 100 Y8in K> . I-. I .' i.-'.i ! >; '.'• • /'' . ■ < 1 • • 1^ 1^!'' ■ , ' ^.. ' -I' '■:•.■: <. , (.,■ 1 '•■ : ' • "' ■■ '■ '•• • •" ' "I ■ ■ ■ ii ■J '■' i; 'i • 1 , ,( ' 1 1 ' ■ ; H i (.1 w: 1.. ,1.1 ' ■' -'i • ' r 1 •1 ' i' ■I.'. X. WICLHY. 89 About this pericxl Wi^'icN', and tlie luiijihourini,' proixTtics, sccni to h;i\c hocii vested 111 the j^rcat laniiK' of i.\c Ludhnv ; as in i357(]olui\v. 111.) a line was lc\ii-d ujion a conve\ance from John dc Ludlow, ( hevaher, ol WiijleN', Dodniore, Stanton 1 .ac}', hClton, and olhei" [xopeii us, to Nirholas di; Morchall and llawise' his wifr, loi the life onl\- of the Lad}' llawise; the r(,'nt leseiAtxl hein[( "a Kose at the Nativity of St. John the Ikij^tist.' 'lids Sir John de Ludlow was the son oi Sir Laurence dc Ludlow, who died ill November, 135.^ and was buried in the C\Mi\-entual Church of the I^rothers oi the lUes^ed Mar\()l .Mount ( arniel at Ludlow (the W hite iMiars), \shi(di stood on the site of the present St. Leonard's Church. Sir Laurence de Ludlow left a widow, whose name was llawise, and lookin^' at the fact that the grant of the properties to Sir Nicholas de Morehall and Hawise his wife, was for the life of the latter onK' and at a nominal rent, and after her death was to revert to Sir John de Ludlow, it is probable that Hawise de Morehall was the widow of Sir Laurence de Ludlow. In 1407, William of W'igley was indicted for being an aider and abettor of John de Staunton of Long Staunton, Esquire, in the killing of John S}negere of Hope Howdler. No further mention of W'iglc}' has been found before the year 1413 (i Henry V.), when a very curious entry ajipears in the Assize Rolls, of a charge made against some of the then princii)al iidiabitants of Ludlow in connection with this properl}-. The indictment was that John Danyot, C'orvi.'-or, John Ihdkele}', \\'el)ber, l\ol)ert b'bbys, l)}'er, William lU'de, (ient., and William I'aris, 'i'homas C'(;kkys, and John Laurence, Drapers, all of LudUnv, " together witli other unknown men to the number of 20 by fc^rce and arms, namel}', breastplates, palettes and doublets defensive, armed with swords, bows, arrows, lances, axes, guns, and other arms, associated out oi premeditated malice on the Thuisday alter the feast of St. Tetii and St. Paul in the ist \iar of K, Henr)- \'. canu; to the Manor ol W'lglcN in thi'('oiml\' of Salo}) and tlu;ie a^sault(•d 1 liomah Ka\i.am ilc \\ igir\ and evil intreafed and beat him and totallx cxpelK.'d him liom his house and tluie destioved 2 pigs, 30 chickt'iis and ha\ and other good:, and t h.ittcls ol the ^l.lld I lioiii.i^ l\a\ nam to ihe .Y i I >l /.' ^•••^.Vii-.i V i «U :r.ti .lit ' ' . "i • T'»tri,ax y..« .n(,,| fi^ l(» ViiVlJJSi^ J. ■ ■ <> ■ - ' ' .. ).. :, , • ,... ! t'^ .u *«r»i4v/ .v/dhf ,v r. J .; •.iil'^ .U M//I ii } f' I' ■ VH! /-i J' ./'Olluul Ml) .■•;■' i. I I ■'-' ''.1 ■.7''»l;r.'. ; /.• •..' .. '. t , 1(11. i!' A'/ .\o^.i nl I ' ■ ; '■ I 1 ' 1 (. * ic-jY 'v ■ .i^ -/ 'll' (It , , " , ' 'im! iuI .| ■■> . ' ' •' ;■ . fii'i.' > . • ■ , ,11 . •(; MX.. ' I. Ill (• I •' , ' ; ; 1 1 i I ,■ ) , tl 90 WlGl.F.V. value of 15 marks and iiillictcd other enonnitics on him And also that the same William I'ari.., William Hide, Thomas ('okkys, John the son of William Paris and John Willou^dihy of LudloNv IWitclur and man)- oilur malrfaetors armetl in waihkc arra\ cametc the: .sai.l Manor c.f Wij-lcy and there beat wcjundi'd and illtrcaled Alice the wife of tile said 'Hiomas and drew her blood and did other enormities/' Unfortunately neither the causes which IvA to this disturi)- ance nor the residt of the trial are recorded. Another blank of thirty-eight years occurs in the history of Wi-ley, of which no hnther mention is f(,imd until 1.151, when tiiere is a record of a line levied upon a sale hy ]uhn Bykeley of Saloj), Cdiaplain, and Kichanl Taverner of the same place, to Nicholas Stafford and Katherine his wife of property in Ludlow, ()akle>-, Wigies', and Corve meadow. Nicholas Stafford, who was I5ailiff of Shrewsbury in 1458, and IS described in the early Chronicles of that town as '■ a worthy gentleman and a wise," died in 147 1, being buried in St. Mary's Church, where there is a fine alabaster monument to the memory of himself and his wife. He died withcnit issue, and in some way the Wigley Estates passed to Piers Beaupie, Cofferer to King Edward IV., M.P. for Ludlow and Recorder of that town from 1466 to 1474. By his Will dated in i^8o, Mr. Beaupie directed that one priest should continually celebrate ALasses in the Chapel of the Salutation of the Blessed Virgin Ahiry m Ludlow Church for forty years for his soul and the soul of his wife Agnes, and gave lands to the value of £0 13s. 4d. for the priest's salary. In 2 Richard III. a license was granted to John Alcock, Bishoi* ^>^ Worcester, Agnes Beaui)ie, widow, and others, to found a Chantry to celebrate Divine ser\ice at the altar of St. Mary and St. Gabriel, in whose honour a Chapel had been con- structed and dedicated within the Cdmrch of Ludlow, and to endow it with lands to the value of 10 marks a year; i.e., ,/,(> ij^. id. riure is nothing in the Will of Mr. Heaupic or m the Ko\al licence to r.how that these land.-, were W igle}- but this becomes clear from the later deeds. In 15.^7 a lease was granted of the .Man(jr and larm of WigK\ wiih all the' lands, meadows and pastures perlam- inj; to the N.nne in Wigliy and iauilow \>y Kichaid r.ei.M.n, »x> .llj ...i ')( <,n.. • /i; .It: t .:. . •t»f , . !.T>:.i.i.-i r.;i..»|(jik' <>♦ •A-.u;)*! •.;jJJJ,C ; .!•.«/ 1 \Viu iIj ;:i ii '^.njr'iii) ai l>lii. Ji; J." ; 'i nil ■ Vi ; ^'j , ) '4 t III by'cl' ■ :/. :> • :i( 1' : . l! ■• ,.M ,.,1 > .I'li,/ '..K .1 J ' -. -J li -i'. 1 . , . ;.,;,..r.. •I !'.i',. ' ' • (i.li. '. i ■,,. ■■ •' l.|> 1 '< \ .'.' \ ^'\ I .. . >'. '^lil ii; ,••.. -iiij f...: I,. I //' I'. wiGi.i: V. 91 C:hantry Priest of the Chantry of the \'ii7^in Mary in I.udlow Chnrch, caUed Beaupie's Chantry, to Wilhani flanhii- ami Joan his wife and Richard their son for their natinal lives, at a rent of 60/- in free socage. In the parti(-nl;irs for ,qrants for Collcj^'os whicii were taken in _' ICtlward VI. appears the followin- descrii tion of W'i.^iey:— 1 ICdward \'I. 15 [8. " County of Salop : lately the chantry of the P.lessed Mary founded in the parish chinch of Ludlow in the co. afi)re- said called Ik'w pas Chaiitrw fmiu' of the iiiauor and farm of Wigl^'y alias \\iL;rlry with all iIk: l.mds, ima lows, and pastures pcrtaiiiiu- to ihr same in Wi-lcy ;iii,l Piullowe demised to William Hardin- and Joan his uifc and U) Kicdiard their son by Richard Benson lately cantarist there !)}• an indeiitunj s(,-aK.d with a seal luiaring date Nov. Slh. in the year XIX. of Ring Henry VIII. to he held by the same during their natural life pa\ing therefor per annum in free socage L.xs. ( hiit rent issuing from the Manor of Wigjey pa\ang to the (diief Lord of the fee per annum irs. fermc . . . iields Chapellhelde and Cherefield .... parcel of the meadow called Portemans medowe with appurtenances in Ludlow and W'igley demised to Charles ffoxe by an indenture for a term of years [Kiying per annum iii^. iiiid. The j)remisses he entire of themselves .severallie and parcell of no other manour nor mauoms and were given b\' Peter lUaupy and Agnes his wifte for the maintenance of a priest for ever to pra_\' An" their Soulles and others. Item the premisses be all the landes and j)ossessions . . . belonging to the said Chantry. 'Ihere be no woods growing on an\' of the prtani.-^ses. Rich''. Cujjper." Within a very fc:w months of the date of the above I'.iiti. iilars of Wigley, the Manor and .■state, with <, titer l)ropi'rl\', weac: -old lor /."j.o^o lo John Cupper and Piehard Turvoui o( London who \svie great >p>eulators in ( liineli lands. The grant by the King to the piireha.Mas de-cribes Wigley as '•.All that one .Maii(;r, inesMiagt; and farm of Wigley latelv I , lon;;iiig' lo the ( hantry of the P.le:-.ed Mary l""i"l''l ill ('"■ I'.'ii-h (dliiivl, ,,f Ludlow called Beauplc^'s .•.<.lt ' ,•• •■■•'' . ifi. <■! ) nil ) J I. ' .- !i.; 1,. .I't <- . . . -.Ill I. i-p; -1 ••■■ '.■ -."'l ■■■I. 1 . \:<\l!,(r'. ' ,. , ; lull :■ .-. . , Ml r. .. .>;• ..*,.<; . . .; -•.. - .11 ;|, t;i./ •i-.^iv/ / •liv. »>. ■» i .'I t'.'.J- ii«ri ii.il . in'i.'^/ « • •>; I '• i i/i .1 .« ,i; . . ■; I.: .' ■■.■.; : . ! i' ■ -i '. .'^ A I > ./ i / i.'.-.-v Mfij ■ ■ ,, : .M .•■■! :;J ■,. •'■' I.. '•-■•• . ■■ ■{» ;^rfl • ^'(V^ '(> '"ill •>> .hot) ',mii)'--i :;y: JluO . ..I.. •! .*'l ' I'l.irr j; i>; :>m1 ........... i j ,:• 1.1 \jyii ■ . . . . l/i- »t .1'' . ) i :.//»:*!: 'i^.-.d,! : u i J*. .■:■ /■ vv i m • ii (;"jrj(*' ■. t);»iif.J • ; ,: i-.i ,. ;i»':i-i:i i v-. /o. .ii.i; i. ' !>• - mvl) v^l .;i7/ ... ,iij- '•, »i'; I ':" >' •■ '■< i; !■ i "I i'^\[i \ fci;;'j' 1j .' * r- ,. ' I -• z;^,'. r ,< I i^«robably the younger), who is described as "lately while he lived of Stanton Lacy" was granteil to his daughter Idi/abeth. In 1588 the same [noperty which had been the subject of a tine in I58_: was bold or mortgaged by John Passey to Roger Mainwariiig, but as the consideration was 130 marks of silver, this was probabI\' a mortgage onl)'. Kitdiaid l'a^^e\■, described in the prc^bate of his will as '"late wlnle he lived ' ot W'igle}, was buried at Stanton Lacy on the Jith I'ebruary, 1614-5, and by his nuncuj)ati\'e \\ ill ap|H)inli;d his Crauilfather John Passe)' as his iCxecutor, and ga\e bun "all those goods mentioned in a deed of gift wliii h my ;;! andl.ithci' cicloloi'e maiU: to my use." It .VHj;>i// ■ .I. I iUl f , , I :i • .;i :: i. ' ' ■ '■■\ '"!'< '.'■ , Ml > .. . >l i'l IK'()j,llJ,i(ji.O \o . '* • I '!_ ii i'([v/ '< ; . I ' j • : ■ - ■ ■ 1 ■ • ■ MMt.J l.| I. Mil.... ..Ij i,j ?)j:-j",j ••llj '. K.i; I : lif;-| ., , .1 I '..ij/ .>7 )J J.'"<-'1 ■ V ' (.". ' I* 't'M .'^ V'. ' ,,.. ; ■[ A\i\r -/IjI,,! ■• 'It '' I il '.Jiiiy.ij b , i ' .III -.i: . ; I -ii t ■' r., ' ' • ■ !•■• . . : •.!! I/. ,1,:! !■ i '^ I I I,,,' I ;..■:. ( ..f .;; ! II'. WIG I FY. 03 is clear, therefore, that John I'assey the elder, the purchaser of Wigley about 1552, was still liviiip;, though he must have been a very old man, but he died in the following Ma}', and was buried at Stanton Lacy (1615, May 30th). In Easter term 1627 a hne shews that the Manor of Wigley and one messuage, one dovecot, one orchard, 100 acres of land, 30 acres of Meadow, ico acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood, 10 acres of moor and heath and common pasture for all beasts, were sold b)' Ethelreda Passey, widow , \'alfntinc Passey, Gent., William Passey and John — and Ursula his wife for ;^2oo to Richard Mall, Gent. Richard Hall, who was under clerk to the Signet in the Court of iliu Marches, lived at Pur\\a\', and was buried in Ludlow Church on the iSth March, 1^54; his lirst wife and a daughter, whose gravestone still remains in the South transept, having been buried there in Ma}' and Jul}-, 1617. Richard Hall by his Will, proveti in Ludlow, directed that his wife Mar}- (formerly Mary Nash) shoul 1 enjoy his farm of lUnwa}' and also that "other his farm called Wigley in the Parish of Stanton Lac}' for twenty one years, to enable her to provide portions for liis two unmarried daughters, Martha and Dorothy, and his }Ounger sons Richard and Somerset," and after his w ife"s death he gave the properties to his eldest son Thomas Hall. Thomas Hall, who was born about 1O20, matriculated at Christchurch, O.xford, on 17th March, 1636-7, was called to the Par at the Inner Temple in 1646, and was jtrobabl}' the MT*. of that name who represented the (Tty of Worcester in 1660. He was included in the list ol delinquents in Ludlow in 1646 as having "ridden in arms for the King." Thomas Hall who manicd [ane, daughter of William Grilfiths ol Ludlow but had no issue, bought the Tithes of Wigley from Robert Townshend in i66(). He liied in 1067; as m December of thai year a pcw in Ludlow I'hurch which had been that of Thomas Hall, Esq., deceased, was granted to his widow. .Mrs. jane Hall. 'Thomas Hall's four sisters, Dorotli}- the w ifc of John M()(jrc, Martha ( li illilli.-, Mai\-,tlic wife ol Thomas \frnoii, and T-li/abctli, the wilt' ol Richard Na:li were hi:) ( >< In ii r:oLS, and tlK\ hcini to ha\ca;^recd on a [Milition in lOijo, uuilcr which threo-lourths ol llie c:-.tatc •{ ^ 1 ■■•// .' . lK)*tIl-. .1- r. ■'.• ,t ■%]..- fi ill ji » (.yf.'^.'i ■.'JliJli')! '■ ' .: : : r-;/,v I'l,. n.•r^\'■i !. I) .-i- jir i-ii/ :. 1 i-^ ril : .:- , : ./•• • . . • .. ■ - , .-.rH J...;- l-, 'i 1/ ._.i..l '_•,.,.:». ui-, .Ir.li . f.. I • ; , , 1 • I r i.i.l ifl I I » il f ,. - .■' .■•»:. iK . .: . :.I .•,!(».). I,... .1.. ; il .. 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We arc on firm ground in i6.|8 when on i June an Indenture was made "between Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Hart., and Dame Anne his wife, daughter and heir of Edward Lorti Littleton, Sir Thomas Littleton, Kt. and Bart., Sir Ld^vard Littleton, Bart., William Littleton, Escjuire, John Littleton, D.D., and Timothy Littleton, serjeant-at-law, of the one part, and Thomas Browker, Ilscj., of the other part. In consideration of /,-(>!*> l>aid 1)}' Browkor the i>artics conveyed to him a ( ajiital mi'ssuai;e and farm called the Manor Place or C^ourt ol the Lordship of Bitterley and all houses, lands, woods, &c." [Enrolled m Chancery 25 Sept., 1648.] Thomas Browker only held the estate for seven years, but he has left his memory on a stone pedestal, still at Bitterley Court, engraved " T. B. 1649." On 13 June, 1655, Thomas Browker and Mary his wife, in consideration of ;;^3,40i, conveyed the said premisses to Sir Thomas Littleton, Timothy Littleton and Thomas W'alcott and their heirs. Sir Thomas Walcot was brother of John Walcot of Walcot. He was associated with the Lytteltons in the purchase of Bitterley Court in 1655. In 1G63 he married Mary, daughter of Sir Adam Lyttelton, Bart., of Stoke St. Miiburgh, and thus became pjssessed of the whole interest in the estate. On Jan. 14, 1673, he sold Bitterley to his elder brother John, but continued to reside there till his death in 1685. Lyttelton Pow\'s and his brother Thomas were sons of Thomas Po\v\s of Henley Hall, Bitterley, serjeant-at-law, and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, b\' his first wife Anne, daughter of Sir Adam Lyttelton, Bart. The two brothers both rcceivetl knighthood, both became Justices of the Oueen's Bench, and sat in the same Court. Sir Littleton in 1 088 took arms wiih throe servants for William of Oranj^e, and publickl)- iwul lli,it Piinco's tleclaraticn at Shrewsbur)'. I lis fiNoiiiili' i\[)rr>>i()iis " 1 inmibl)' conceive"' and '' Locjk, til) \'oa sri: '.MJie lidifiilud by Philip \'orke (afterwards Lord Chancellor llardwickc) in the lines: — t- f " I).*! . J H r Tin A «. «4 , ,. •a f ^.■ll. I r:r. ... .i.-l ,.!• . !!,<..l •t ' IT 111 •-.'Ml' .. I ,i,/l.- I ■•■' ■ ■••: n,.]^ • u: (•■...•. ,;< i'ljr i:'j1 , • '.. ; /' • ■// -,1: ^.'^.,i,..l ' , ':! I ■' i") .. ; 'i!'> ,)iiju ) ; ■■ '.-! M "0 ■■ m I )l>i..!i:7/ ' ': ''' ■:i.-;0(. i ■;,- ''.:' . '. ,. . ,■:■■ ,}l , ! . ;■■■ . ' ."ii ');.•! ; ' ,,1-i /, !,- h. ■ ; ■■ . •. .:/:l; ' , - M .; I .,. I , '. . - ' ' ' ! : n , ' ' ■ ' ' ;'.,';! ' . '■ .''1 .•■:",» li'i « ■ J ; 1 ! I , .1 A BriTKKLl.V UICOIL IN 1718. 0? " He that holdeth his lands in fee, need neither to shake nor to shiver, I humbly conceive: for look do you see, The}- are his and his heirs for e\er." Sir Littleton was patron of Bittcrley Church, where in 1707 he set up a gallery at the west end, and in which he was buried in 1732. [If the Indenture has still any legal value, the present owners of the site of Tjitterley Ciraininar School aic Lord Lilford and Mr. John O. II. W'alcol. Sir LiilKion l'(nv3S and Sir Thomas W'alcot have left no direct ruprescnlali\cs. J THE INDENTURE. " This Indenture made the Sixth day of July in the four and thirtieth year of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King of luigland Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the health Annoque Dni 1682 Between Sir Thomas Meres' of the Closu of Lincolne Kt. and Thomas Hatcher of Carcb)- in the County of Lincoln Esq"^ son and heir of John Hatcher late of Careby aforesaid Esq. deceased on the one part and John Walcot of Walcot in the County of Salop Esq. Sir Thomas Walcot of Bitterl}' in the said County of Salop Knt. and Serjeant at Law Littleton Lowes of Henly in the said 0)unty ol Salo|^ Escj. and Thomas Po\v\'s of Lincons Inm; in the ('ounts' of Middlesex Esq. on the other part — W'ltnusseth that tlie said Sir Thomas Meres and Thomas Hatclii'r for and in Con- siileracion of the Sume of live shillings of lawful! I'nglish money to them in hand paid by the said John Walcot Sir ThfMnas Walcot Littleton Povv)'S and Thomas Pouys And in Memory that Sir Henry Anderson Laronett did luTt^tofore give leave to the Iiiliabilants of the Parish of Intlorlcy in the said County of Salop to erect the Sclujolhouse hereinafter mentioned upon the so}'le and wast of him the said Sir Henry. They the said Sir Thomas Meres and Thomas Hatcher Have bargained and sold ami by these |)ri,-sents Doe bargaine and sell mitt) the ' Sir I'liuiiiib McLib, [\{., |itcbciilcd lo UiUcrlcy I^cclury in lO/'j. . i ... .. .! ]■ ■'■j2 ■ ■ I • ll I'i.. / Im.; I /or li'i ■ ■^■■•i' J'U'J '* ■ r .-1 I- . '11 h ..:i :. * , i! ' '.ii '/ ittwuu'i lie', hwia .; I'ji. I • 1. ^ . H ^ ; , I , ^, ! : Ah .:]] .'-l.,j. ' ; ^- :.\> .o' ^ 'i'' . n • ; i. ■■ ..'/.;' (\y.>n\ii ■■ '•- ,..>t';ini-I v. ! ' ■:,... (.. ■. ,--.'•.!. ll/ i- . ' ^' ./;'... i . '. r !I- :' 7i:: ..•!;■■ ■ ••' 1.:; • ■ 'ri' :. .... ;) ■.. ..; \f.Ai l-f'^ I . 'I ' ' • •• . ' , ■ '•«.(• J' 1 ../•' 1 ; .>t\ f 'J.I 1. I jj , ' III /<.' .1 i ." /> /• iiJ l< iti'j ii M •.h MJi rio«|i« A BITTERLHY BROIL IN I718. 90 week it shall be then put to the vote whether such School- master shall be so removed And it is intended that the said Schoolmaster for the time being shall keep the said School- house in Convenient repair at his own Charges unless the said parish shall of their own free will think fitt to contribute to the same.^ In witness whereof the said Sir Thomas Meres and Thomas Hatcher have hereunto sett their hands and Scales the day and jcar abovewritten. Sealed and Delivered by the within Tno: MekI'S named Sir Tlio. Meres and Tho. Tiio: IIaiciii:k Hatcher in the presence of 'Iho. Skipwith, John Jenkings, John Irrotulatur in Calcraft, John Beeslon. Cancellaria decimo quinto die Julii Anno infra script©.' THE CASE. The Case of John F^ooton Clerk Schooll Master elect of the parish Schooll of l^itterly in the County of Salop. Case. The Schooll- Master of the said parish Schooll being elective by the Inhabitants paying to Church and Poor pursuant to the Deed of the 6th of July 34" Car. 2''' which viilc, IIum|)hrey lUuler Clerk about 1712 was duely elected School- Mastt:r tluaeof ami continued so for about live years when the said Schooll by his neglect having be- come ver\- thin, and Something better offering at Tenbury in Worcestershire the said Mr. I>utler resided there where he also taught a Lattin ScIkjoH and took the Curacy of the Parish Church ujxmi him, and left the said School of Hitterly sometimes to the Manadgment of John Langford Clerk and sometimes to some Ancient (icntlewomen residing in ihe said parish who severally taught Schooll therein. The parish Schooll of Bitterly hath been formerly a Note. Schooll of great Repute to which severall learned men owed their education and particularly M"^ ' 1 he Churcli Huoks iccorl " lor i(|i.iiis> ui Uic Sclioi>l l>y unlcr ul llic paribli. " 'i^ «e :! -jri'TTia A •f-i.uny !) on r 1 II', , .[,,.11 'i Hi t3:j,Ji,U 1 isM fl)i//qi) I - ; :• H f. i - -♦• !"^ : '.' .1.... - •^i";'' n.'JorH f{\o\ '^?"» tfsj.') ^ipT .. . . • ' '. .1' : !•. II ■ .() ' : i\ • ' ;/ • i'.t ' ' .•''■ ■ *• .'■'■: I'l ■•; i-j.:i>:iuq ioo*l .: - ■ r . , ■. 1 ; .'I . • ; •< I;: : . i.l.', ■ ■ ■ ' . • ■ • ij. • , ixiJ. . ' ■ ' /, .' ■■•■:: . .■ : ;, , ,'..;• '.i /• hli :' / jVll ■ ; I , ' •,..•■..•■ .,,._,,. -• ..: -; ii: ■ ./ : ■ . !!■• i ' ■ • ... •I) • .. I •I 1 1 '. . ' . " » I ; J , i . , , . 1 ■ . , ; / f , i I . .. if; . . . • . ' , . . , ^ . i) - 'i(«il )■.,(, «>«' '! i4, '. . ,1 ,i,i , , >, ,. '.' '/ !J::i U.'j Li/;H 1 1 : . . . i . I , ■ ■ I , I •• .IV' Kll I < I .. •( >l :. I loo ■ A 1511 t1:kli.v Hkc^ii, IN 1718. Newborough' late one of the Schooll-Masters of Eaton who in consequence thereof and to encourage a learned master to reside at the said School of Bitterly did about 1711 by his last Will and Testament leave £-\oo to be la}'d out to the use of such Master though such Master is not thereby or otlierwise obliged to teach any Schollar Gratis. This Schooll being so neglected by Mr. Butler as Easter aforesaid, and the parents of the Schollars being 1718. uneasie thereat, said Buttler about Eeb. 1717 declared he would resign said Schooll of Bitterly, for that he designed to reside alltogethcr at Tenbury, and would therefore give due Notice for the parish to proceed to a new election on the Tuesday in Easter week following. And accordingly some short time after a Note in writing purporting said J^uttler's resignacion, and for the said parish to proceed to a new election, was by said Buttlcr's orders delivered to the Churchwarden'- of said parish, who duly published the same in the parish Church of Bitterly aforesaid. And at a parish Meeting held pursuant to said Notice on said Tuesday in Easter week John Booton Clerk was by a great number of voices elected Master of the said Schooll of Bitterly. But then said Buttler who had made what interest he could for his aforesaid substitute Langford, and finding that Booton had prevailed, pretended that such notice was given without his licence or consent, and that therefore he would not rusigue said Schooll. Notwithstanding he had declared to severall of the parishionors that he would resign and had sollicited them to vote for said Langford at said Election, and had some short time before said Election, by Letter under his hand, assured Mr. Booton (who applyed to » John Ncwljorouf^li was cleclod a scliolur of liton in 1673. B.A. 1677 ; M.A. iCSl. Assist mt Master at Kton 16S2 ; Head Master 1689. lie was csteeuicii a man ol {,'rc'at learning. Under this very eminent Scliooiinaster were cilucated some ot the first scliolars ul tliat linn.'. He was Rector of llitcliam, Bucks, wlicrc he tiled in 1712; there is an e|)ita|)li to his memory 011 an altar tomb in the Cluirchyard (/lluimii Elonirit^es \>y Thos Ilarwuod, Hirm. 1797). Samuel Newlujrou;^!), A.M. (presumably his brother) was ('urate of liitterley, and perhaps Master of the School 1679—1681. He was \'icar of Slartcn Lacy from lOSj to 1718, and lies buried there under a stone with beautiful Latin inscription. His dauj^htcr Lleanor was wife of Samuel (ireen, also Vicar of Stanton Lacy, .uul died 26 April, 176}, a^,'cd 80. - The <.huu:h wardens in 1718 were '' Sumurl Payne, who hired Sainui'l 'J'omiis, alias .)fi>\rs, .uid /iii/in Mrmlitlt." I'ayne ai)i>arcnllv wishevl to kecji free from tin- di .pule. Uolh the aetini; Churchwardens v.)|i .1 Im Lani;loid. r,l';i /.I -»I<'>M iAAHJ'i litl K ool . ( ! \ , I ' ' iAIt > \. - ,..> . ...!: 1 ; ■: ,i>f.\'. I. •; '••• ■ 1. / 'r) T'-irun: I'.. 1 1 »l.-.l.. >1 !>.:;? .l( '. ■ 1 ' t .V A BITTERLKY BROIL IX 1718. lOI him to know his resolution therein) that he would resigne and that there should be a new Election on the aforesaid Tuesday, But came and taught School! for two or three days after said election of Mr. Booton, and then returned to Tenbury leaving the care of Bitterly Schooll to the aforesaid Substitutes for the subsequent year. Great part of the parish of Bitterley being uneasy Easter hereat, and not well knowing how to discover the 1719. fallacy of said Butler, Ben. Marston,^ Clerk, Rector of the said parish of Bitterly by their Consent and Approbacion ga\'c Notice on the iirst of March last in the parish Church of Bitterly imeJiately after divine Service and Sermon ended, for a parish Meeting on the Tuesday in Easter Week then following for voting out or ejecting said Buttler for neglectmg or deserting said Schooll, and for settling in the saiil late elected Mr. Booton. And a Meeting v^'as had, and an Order of the Parish had accordingly. Vide the Notice and Order. Hereupon said Booton together with the Churchwardens of said parish demanded possession of said Schooll, and at the time served said Buttler and Langford with Copycs of said Parish Order. And possession being refused, He, by his Proctors in the ICcclesiasticall Court of the Diocess of Hereford j)roceeded to presente for the same. Where the said Mr. Langford who during all the time aforesaid had taught without a Licence at the said Schooll of Bitterly was pro- hibited to teach there for the future. But the said Langford alledging that he had a verball Licence from the right reverend the Lord Bishop of Hereford to teach at Tenbury, And said liootoii, being infornu;d b)' his Proctors that the said Lord l)isho[) of Hereford would hear this Matter in person at his next Visitation at Ludlow, hath thereupon desisted from any farther 01 other prosecution either against said Pjuttler or his Substitute, therein being willing to refer himself intirely to his Lordship's justice. But the said Mr. Buttler being unwilling to lett this Matter aj)pear in its proper light has (^as 'tis pretended) deli\ered a ' Benjamin Marston of St. Alhan llall, OxfurJ, Kcctur of Hitterley 1703 - 1736, luiricil at Bitlcrlcy, 3 Dec, 173C), af;ed 69, I ^: .Hi^T v.y jtonM /^j^r^TTia a .■JfiOV • i ••^iijll hi..- ^o yor.il*.! ■ JltUiDl 1 rj. bill, .^'ill ■•'■i iyifi: iKvttf ^•mi; 0(1) '1 bina 1,1 . .if y.<\ .:',)'■•' 'I i -1 Jiuiij «iji;:>J OJ Ijihtllfl t ....,■: M- , i . . . I, .. I III . io"< J i.ii:'; iut/'. ;, ..i , 1 .. I. : /' I OJ •; j1 i Hi .1. ,1 ..; ..... ■ :.:tir,i7 , , ■ I J ( ,i 'i . r>';«»!'j ■ tl (il l»/.i'|tjfi .1- . t.. . , , .; i< 1')/ ■'■ )., ir.i|-ji M niii,. 102 A BITTERLEY HROIL IN I718. new Notice to one of the Churchwardens of the said parish of Bitterly, who about the latter end of October last published the same iu the parish Church, for the said parish to proceed to a new election at Michaelmas next, and that then he the said Buttlor would resigne the said School), And b)' these and such like means said Buttler and Langford have con- tinued to delude the parish and the said Booton, and to divide the Sallary belonging to the said Schooll to their own pocketts, Notwithstanding the same doth of right belong to the said Booton from the time of his first election, which is an year and half, And the Schooll become neglected the Parish deceived of their rights and the intent of the Donor intirely lost. And if upon such new Election to be had at Michaelmas next Mr. Booton should again prevaile the same objection might still remain. Mr. Buttler nn'ght deny his Notice and Mr. Booton as new to proceed as ever he was, and Mr. l^uttler and his Confederates continue to sink the Sallary — for there is the Origen of these Contrivances. Mr. Buttler and Mr. Langford (we doubt not) have Agreed to share the Incomb — and Buttler resolved that the Parish shall chuse his Substitute or no body. And by continnuall harrassing the Parish threatening and menaceing Mr. Booton's votes (which has been much used by some of their party of late and severall thereby prevailed upon to stay away) and making private Applications from time to time, Mr. Booton's interest will be much weakened and the way made easy for the aforesaid designes. I'or said Buttler did sollicite votes for his Substitute Langford for the Second Election, as well as at the P'irst. And then declared to some of the Parishioners that who would carry such Second Election he \"ould keep the Schooll no longer. rOLL TAKEN I5TII AFKH., I718. S>i I , .< • ■ ■ 11 iW , lb' 1 ;■ • -itlt o: , ;. .1; '■ lit ol'S-"!'* V..»..' I ."J .../ 1 'C t.' ,.;j;i;. •:.; Niii ;[ I .•!. li; 7 i i' •i: ")' IJi ' .1 ■i.i^^ ■■ , ■ )\ hi'/; .\- . ' ' ■• -' ■■ :• -T' • ' ' j-V') i:-!'ii:'i 7" jU il"/- •'. {(I ■: I; ,. . "r^--^ ' - '■- -i'^'ii<^ -III J I I,-, r I '■ I ': r A .1 , : \ / .■. I .,.,■'.; I •I. i A r.iTn:i' v'l >;!;•>' I fljti f SI iJciJ I''; .6>i r",V/ii I atiWOJ If/1 104 A BITTKRIKV FiROII IN 1718. Snitton. Mr. Clee Ballard — Widow Nash Widow Williams Thomas 1 • • Prince .. ; ^ 11 Williams ... ... Mr, Loughton ... .-_ John Jones ... Wilding Clark Anthony Ijowen abs. \\'ido\v Houghton abs. Hughes ... abs. Wadley abs. // iil-ii[>on-Coi Shcpjj)ard, l'2sq. Meredith Dan. Smith .. W'm. Maund SUMM.^KV. abs. Booton Lang fore Bitterley ... 4 9 Middlcton y 5 Henley 3 0 Cleeton j ... ... ■ 3 0 Snitton 9 3 Luppencott ... 0 3 Total ... 28 20 " Baylifi Clee deposed that Houghton and Langford solicited him for a vote for both elections, and offered him a coursing bout for his vote." [The Parish Registers give the clue to the final result of '' this contest. Booton, although victorious in this Poll, dis- appears from the scene ; but .~ons are born to " John Langford, dark and .\nne his wife " in 1721, 1725 and 1727, ■" ' and on Oct. 5th, I7jw- hi;^ burial at Bitterl(j) is recorded.] .I-,.' ).,.•>• I hcl ; ii.;,'-; ■ • i 1 A'oLtiV/ ■■..;^ ■.■.V ■ i., '■: .,.r// 10} •».'^! } J j»(»-> ..f •. • • I.: Ill >;*! !■'«• . i'"'t'i'>''* ,■ ■ i 01 '.I • • f! • 1 ' ,if. c- t . ■ I; I : ; i Austin Friars, Shrewsbury. - (li-^'tnul I'lnn it ml iiiis. 'i"T.'^^r'"w*"' =**^x ./:-xi>>«r,» „X.,.<*- r ..■••'■ ( ^p..^^.T. ;*I»J ■■/ .. ..\ I r T.; .'• \ \ I . It i^ i>'..' f . l.l.^ .»! tl :^v. >-w!^ .-.i; ii'T fiitzuA I05 TH1-: AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS, SHREWSBURY !5v TiiK Rkv. (,:. II. l)lUNK\VA'ri':R, M.A. The historians of Shrewsbury, Messrs. Owen and Blakcway (Vol ii., p. 451), speaking of the estabUohmcnt of this order in one of the suburbs of the town, have put on record a conjec- ture (it is nothing more) which more recent investigation does not seem in any way to support. I copy their words. They say :— " In the year when he (Alexander IV.) became Pope, viz., in 1254, we iind son^e of them (the Augustinian Friars) already in Shrewsbury. They were then called Fratrcs dc Coulon, an appellation, for which we can assign no origin, unless our readers will accept the conjecture in the note (below). If that be admitted, they soon removed fiom the north of Shrewsbury to the south, where there was a spot of groiuid on the outside of the town walls, at the bottom of Konialdsham, or r)arker Street, then lying void. It had formerly been used as a place of burial, when the kingdom lay under an interdict in the reign of King John (1199— 1216), at which time the dead were not permitted to repose in consecrated ground, or to be attended to the grave with the offices of religion. There being no appearance that this spot would be again wanted for that purpose, the friars of Coulon thought it would be a good place for the site of their chapel. 'Hicy obtained a writ, directed to the sheriff, conimanding him to enquire whose property it was, and, the result of that enquiiy fixing it in the crown, the King (16 Feb., 39 Hen. III., i2._\\, 5) ordered the sheriff to give them seisin of it in his name." [To this is ajipended the following note] : — " Ii will have been seen in our accouui of St. Julian's that the laini to the uurlh of the Castli; was calleil Cowlone, (^owLuide, and (Jusvine.idowe. (Jilu-r docuiiientb als1 :iiiT v{! .11 ' »; 1 . ■ / 1 ' 1 ■•.. ...II !>> r^r'ij;'!! v oilJ io ono " ' •.,■■: i' -iii.. •■ ; . iir. ,'.\v.\» Jv; ../. . . -i:io ■: .-Anu ■j.'i; f...i;; ;...; .f.i ,.,. • ■■...f- I.;:!.,.:, ■ ,» tr.;i] 11 .( //ulLtd) 'i i)t'.,' , ,1- '1 » I »-:.'! ;i .J > * . . I : i ■ .i;.if. :.,>,:. ■ ,. , I ; - 1 I -••■:'' n'j- >': •..1 l.li' i /j,i-,ti ;f.-i . ••I', :/J.ii l(! /I )\ ' ■< ■; r^ .* ,ior. 1,1 ,.11 / .IvV I06 THE AUGUSTIMAN FRrAKS, SHKRWSBURV. in this direction, for tiiere is nn I,rr,r,]- ^ • i i^t. Afarj . pan.h from those of St. Alknmnd and St Julian V J! -s not nnprobahlc that the colony fro. the ne ghl t hood ol Ue(,bury may, at first, have established themselves in . rllf the co.a/.asnae and thence have been at r s t s 1 , r/ r '" '" ^^«-w ; bnt this is submitted to the j:;:re:?;;ni:^::c^^ ii^\^^^^- ^'^'"C' indeed liave alt rmed ^MtI^^ Ald^ate, London; but, as Mr f St.v ' \ ^ IH u ; „o near ,he ,,n,c, could ,u,, he n,,,„,forn,ed. or i "^>!i:'^..;;::;::;;:STpr;:£;:^!'-'-iir''^^--''' Pope l.a.hal,„ his l.dU,ves.,:n.i.epre-em;;::n:;: ■ A iio'!'' \ .v\ J...' •> .'lii ;^' :ti > :l 'M •. ■ , ■,-\. ..i ..I'.'.'r. 1 .i.u • -II , •; ..■ . , ■;;,.'.'.• > 1. •!. .'.ii-ir) U> ,. • t" - ; 1, ' -1 't'l i.; /»! -,(■'■■•* '.,,-!;.' ii ' ' . . : ■ ' ■ . I ' ■ ■ '-"^ ... ;; .■• , '. ol ',.. •; . .' •• '.II. .:•';.'•} , . :■■.,'; .V i I- ' : '■• :.ii:' •>'!» . ,1 : ■' . ■ .' I ■,■ h::;; .-iiilt'i' 5 . ... . ;. .- ...: ,. . ). ■■ ■: '/• .! )l.it( •^ r - , .,. I. ' I I' ■ • ' '■'■: ''I'.l '1 >"^' ,, J --.; ; . -t-; •. 1; . ' ; ■,:,*-i.-iii: , ., • ,, / .i' I u.. -,..'■ i.'.l ' ri[) ,..,.,'.,.. . :-■ ''.-' ^"l: ., , ' , ' , ; .,;'|. ,: :. .- ^-,1; :'■! ,-,.,•/,: . • :, i :■ I .).'-: jj . ■ • , . . . t* . . ; i .-:' I ,/(:ii ' , ,. » , ; ■ . I.I /. III! ' 1 ; .. .1 1 !ltM // ■I 1 - ji. I Iv-., j«l Im .1 ^...^l- • it' 111. I'.i C t— < o H > C in H o ^ i > ~ 00 C/0 rn 00 DO G in < I c\) Tllli AUCU'STINIAN I'KIAKS, SH Kl-.\Vr.i;UKV. I07 all the Houses of their Order in England; and invests them with authority anti jurisdiction over them in general, em- j)o\vering them not only to punish deHncjULnts and deserters, hut also to govern all others, according to their own Rule, and to pliDit (iiid cUslribiiic their iiiiiiibtrs in pi'tipL)- pLuc^ tin limy should think conveiiioit, putting at the same lime the Churches of Trinity and St. Leonard's beneath their government and obedience. The Bull exempted them likewise from all secular and ecclesiastical jurisdiction whatsoever ; and ordained that, alter Hynulph's death, the succeeding priors should be chosen b)' tluir brother canons, or the majority of them, and be conset;rated by the liishop of London (or, il he refused, by some other Bishop) hom whom they were to receive a kind of Episcopal office or power. It does not appear that Eynulph settled on his new foundation any lands or possessions, except perhaps the site and gardens of the Priory. But it soon met with benefactors, though its re\enues never became very ample.'' [Extracted from the Moiiai^ticon.^ Such well authenticated statements, long though they may seem, may serve to establish a very strong presumption, if no more, in favour of the U rat res dc C onion, being an offshoot from the parent House at Colone (i.e., Colchester), Colonia by the Romans, Caer Colun by the Britons, and Colne- ceaster by the Saxons, is again latinised in the middle ages as Colonia and Colum, as may be seen by reiereiice to documents of the 14th century. An additional argument for this view may be derived from the authority given to the parent House " to plant and distribute their members in proper places, as they should think convenient." That Shrewsbury was a " proper place " would be evident irom its growing importance. The Fratrcs dc dnilon might expect a (juiet habitation and a sphere of usefulness in a town which was periodically visited by royalty, and was becoming more and more wealthy, as it shared largely in the provision of materials for the incessant war with the turbulent Welshmen. Whether, or not, they made the Woodhouses, near Cleobury Mortimer, a temporary station on their wa)' to the county town, matters ver\ little, they were f rat res dc Coulaii in all V '.i a !M I ;^MV liyjOUA HUT ; ■.; .i.io Jon niyflj br OflJcili liilUDij^ i ,,T . •,, l'<; '!/. il' .f. ,.*:>i:l<'j ij^i •!<} I. -.1 ' '■ ;ir », :'i;i'i.iti I) ff .!• II p ' I i !:'_•.. V ■ . . 1. 1 ' , .'■ 'II ;'i • -i; ji i. . 108 TliH AUGUSTINIAN 1 KIAKS, SllKEWSBU RY. their peregrinations. But evidence for this statement is meagre or non-existent. Mere I may remark that tiie date on top of p. .j5i is nuinifesll)' wrong; it first oi all clashes with the date in the j^reccding page, and secondly, it does not accord with the embodied date in the writ ; the )ears 1254-5 correspond to the j'jlh Ilun. III. I further remark that the note on p. 454 purporting to give a copy of the King's grant in 1345 of an extension to their premises, is not verbally correct, though it gives the general sense. I subjoin a copy made at the Record Office at the instance of Mr. John Beacall, which may be useful if at any time a plan of the con\entual buildings should be published I believe that there is one, more or less complete, in existence, as also there are drawings made of the remains existing at the beginning of the Kjth century, one of which, belonging to Mr. H. II. Hughes, and copied by him, forms the frontispiece to this paper. A plan showing the situation of the prcsoit remains in relation to the modern buildings occui))ing the site is also added. [The following is the document referred to above.] Ciilciuhiriuiii RutuloriDn PcitciUiiiiii, lien. 111., p. 27. 39 Hen. III. 14 De area extra villam Salopie in cpia tempore generalis interdicti humabantur corj^ora dclunctorum assignata ffratribus de Caulan Pro ffratribus de Coulon. Rex omnibus (S:c. Ouoniam acccjHmus per inquisic'oem quam per vicecomitem nostruui Saioj)ie fieri precepimus quod quedam area extra villam nostram Salopie in qua tempore generalis interdicti humabantur corpora dcfunctorum pertinct ad collac'oem nostram. Ita quod cam conferre possimus cuicun(|ue vel cjuibuscunijue vohierimus eandem aream Itratribus de Coulon concessimus ad t'onstruendam in ea capellam in qua possint diuina celebrare lu mandamus predicto vicecomiti nostro (]uod de i)redicta mea predictis ffratribus nomine nostro plenam sii>inam habcic fi,'ci:iit. In cujus t.\i. 1 csle kege aj)nti Weslmonastirinm xvi die ffcbruarij (lib. lO, >-:55). y;j jji>//.Mt5 ,>^f -'iinjoSK lar boi •> , :.i- • )i \jii K4-. rio3 -.7 tu, II V I I lit! /4Mt • •«< . . ! I .);i Mil.-.;,- (.'(ill' i'.! ./, :m:) , •{ • \ ; I I n . M 1 ' t J ( I THE AIHJUSIINIAX FRIAKS, Sll KICWSUU K V. lOi") ['riiiiisliilioii of tlic above] The King to all cv:c. Inasmuch as \\c have received an iiKjLiisition which we commanded our sheriff of Saloji to cause to be ma>ie (showing) that a certain plot, outside our town of Salo[), wherein at the time of the general inter diet the bodies (jf the dead were inti;rred, jtertainelh to our prerogative (coUationem) so that \\e ha\e it in onr power to grant it to any person soever, or persons soe\'er, we may wish, we liave granted it to the I'^riars of Coulon, that they ■■' ^ may build in it a chapel wherein to solemnize divine offices. And we enjoin our said sheriff that he shall give full seisin of the afenesaid plot to the aforesaid Friars in our name. In "'''^ testimony whereof &c. The King himself witnessing at Westiuinster the iGth day of February (1255). [The following transcripts were made from the originals *■' ' in the Public Record Office by Mr. John Bcacall, who, though no longer resident in Shrewsbur}', takes a ver}- laud- able interest in ever\ thing connected with the history of his "'"- native town. A portion of one of these documents was copied by the historians of Shrewsbury, as may be seen in a footnote (Vol. ii., p. 454), and a description given of the resulting •' charter (as it is called) taken, however, from a MS. of Mr. Godolphin Edwards. They also refer to a previous compact between the burgesses and the friars. Comparison will show some slight differences between the te.xt now given and the abstract ; the principal being the omission by Messrs. Owen and Blakeway of all reference to the width of the ' ' " ground and the fact of its being commonly (communiter) overflowed by the river, so as to make it almost useless for ordinary pasturage and tillage. It is well known that in the '■ '' Middle Ages (and up to recent times e\en), llo(jds were ver}' much greater and the damage also more extensive, because the}' were more freijuenl than at present.] '' [These documents refer to an extension of the premises of the Augustinian I'Tiars at a later date.] Iiicjiiisilio ad quod Daiinniii! (20 Nov., 1342, lO iulw. III.). FinvAKD 1)\ the grace of God, King of England, Eord of Ireland, and Duke of Acjuitaine to his well beloved anti faith- ful Walter of Cfloucester, his Eschcator on this side Trent, Cjieclnig. We enjom }i>u llial y^u tlo dihgcully lUtpiire by I I )«i-v/ai!U' ,<'.i/i>il • t'lUUwjA HUT Clf.'- .'/>.• V ( i: n :r .1-1: ..«.';/' :■ I'M ,H>!W •J* i '' I:.' ': 1-' uiy J ' M 7,1 /) r.Xf ; H'TT ,■; ''(.1 ,i,v.IM ,')ji.) i JI Aj 1 r ■ t '• [i. , >A ^ . Lo.^'l' -{•■•' ■o » ,--i m! . !: , 1. . .-. •■ .; •! - ' ; , ., . ■ . .(I. .. • "t" . ■ .1 iv'li; .,1 •\^- i\ui>.. .'.' •.!<-. IHV/ ..' .J. -'.) t' jii'O" .' I. A f- f.y/>)iilH t fito' P'.v^O •ir »<• -I . > -'llll'i; 'if' < " " to ' III' [ill' : '. , .. ^ ■ .. ■ ■: ... . ...i "I' ,,1 •• ..i )f ,j- .liJ I'fii; .•.;i ' n*"' • . . - I i ,■ . ■.. i .(' i/.:i,/ .-:.;,.. 'IMm '•' ...... , .,.' , ,/..r i .,-.''i;4 • 'ioii ■..—... . 1. .1 . .'.■■. Ui] .. I ;t<' I i\ I .'■ ;_ 'ill ' ' . ■ .. . • , . -ll.'i 'l.i* -J.. •(! i" j ' ' . ; : ', , i ; III;- ,, ■ ii'^i:/ -^iij i i : . ' ,•. .../.»/; I ■•) I" • >> U\.*A .,1 ... • 1 . .I'.i f 'i-.j'.v.iri . .,1 : ,,., I'.;, • ■ , .M .•. ) I. .,'■.. , ^ .• .: /,' 'inU I Mi; Ji^J Till: ArGl'S'lINlAN 1 KIAKS, bll KEWSBUKV. tlie outh of ii])rif^'ht and law-abiding men of your bailiwick, I through whom the truth of the matter may be the better ascertained, whether it would be to our damage or prejudice if we should grant to Walter Vaghan permission to give and assign to our well beloved in Christ the Prior and brethren of the order of St. Augustine of Salop, a certain toft with ai)pur- tcnances in the same town contiguous to the proj)erty of the same Prior and brethren, for the enlargemer.t of their said propert)'.— To have and to hold to the same Prior and brethren and their successors for ever, — or not. And if it should be to the damage or ])rejudice oi ourselves or others, ■ then (to encjuire) what damage or prejudice of ourselves, and f what damage and what prejudice of others, and of whom and what kind and in what particulars, and from whom or from what persons that toft may be held and by what service and annual value in all the outgoings. And who and what ' middlemen may be between ourselves and the aforesaid William in the aforesaid toft. And what lands and what tenements remain to the same William beyond the gift and assignment • ' aforesaid. And it the lands and tenements remaining to the i' same William suffice for all customs and services both from the aforesaid toft thus given and from the other lands and "'' tenements recently made due and to all other burdens which he has borne or has been used to bear, as [commonly] borne in suits of the view of frankpledge, aids, tallages, wards, fines, '•'= redemptions, penalties, contributions and all other burdens likely to arise. And what the same William can undergo in all sworn assi/es and other recognizances whatsoever. And ■■^1 so that the country by the gift and assignment aforesaid shall not be biuilencd or aggrieved nnue than customar)' ihiough the dclaull ol (he sanii; William. And fmth( i that )'ou caii^>e !• to be sent to ourselves without delay the in(juisition thence ]ilainly and ()[)enly made under your own seal and the seals of those by whom the facts shall be ascertained, and this writ, ourselves being witness at Windsor the njth day of January in the second year of our reign (Jan. 19th, 1309) (shall be your warrant). (On ihc levcrse and in modern writing) Per Cancellarium, Ouod daniniun, 2 lidw. II. No. 52. «• { jaaz/a-iii" ! KAl/.I ItfJ.^fA f r cu .I'W. J."? biii. ivjiM nw,- Htj il.'lC .C. . -.r I..1; '• t.i., -J .1 . ..t »^t; •' .1 I'"'- 1- /5.. '. ?.'yj'. i:r 1 .•! I ,[ I Ml ■ It A' ;«.n.. ' fiA I I ■ /. • .11.1; m , ' >4[ r >) . * 'j M 1 >l • -u.) ;!f l(v/ /cf • •'!>fll ., t ,'t,,i .1 ■ I i';4» 1 TiJ(. !" 1'. y hf,ti .>• jjIj fJl till I ij: '/ i;/c / u\iU I ti .11,' ...'•M Mil !:(.)) Tlin .UCH'STINIAN ruFAHS SllTJl.WSBUHY, II I Salop. Salop. Salop. I.xiuisitio,, „,a• yj ' . si-'io'i/i anT .... •■■.,. .-i.t. • ;'- . 1 i ' 'nt // 1 .n'J -m!: , • : Mil ; _ , ; • • • r f > ■ i ' ; ; < i I M : 1: il • it .iirt . , i . 1 « - 1 :• » .!) I >[ !. .,T.V.f{ I Oil ,t ■ ' ■ ■■...• '■■',.- ■■;!.' ,! il ; i^ 1. i ■((! / l! . ! >C(|<> |. • »../ Il . C -i ,, .•! • { :. ■ y'l il / . ■ ' I .. Mi <•: ■I ■ • ,'. '.■ ii.'i." :.u* ;< ' . . . ,;'•..,■ ..i; ■! , r i- ,,. . ,-. .' ■;; !•.(.■ •>({) i :. ■ ..f. ■ '.,■.'; iv (.'• .. i..'!'; -^^f : iv.l ' ;m il ■ . • • -'Vi'..-. I tti^ li.t.ii i-.i.. ... ■:'''!; ■.■',i{ v'Ci -' -.I'ij «.;J . |..i/ .a.:.' : : :..!.!« r1 ■? tW't In K- jii J ji.ilj ■/_> •jf!lf.';A £• ;•:!♦ f, .♦>.♦ •^i.^i^.'i ^^.«;^o i;ji/; -MiKV^fnA ; If; , . , > ' '• ai ))(.}] U/H llflC'W (hii'>'( If. I:, yii .'. Ml I 1 1 li |. . ( l.i ; I '/ J M ■' ! ' '^ •• :.' II ( (I jii; MM I; )j.»I» r . (1/ I r I'l i. . » . ! / j.i. ^ 'i!j. •lij I tii: ; iii/i i J*.. , ■ :' I uit V I u.-> ••il» (il :ii' 'ft'' I M ri -i-f ..,<.-, ' t ,' . • ■ ■'■ j' _ ; .It ^. . :i 'II. ■ . • • ■ . , ^, ' : :,.- i.il !.;l/ . . < . > . . . ' , •,',■. , , i ; 1 1 1 i - ,, • -«», J I ... « ' ^ .. I ' • ■ 't • . I), II I .!» I,*' >•• I I I . ' t! ■ ' I M i» • • 1 I I3;2 , , THE AUGL'STINIAN TKIARS, SHREWSBURY. wliatsocvcr arising therefrom as ihc aforesaid William has been used to do in former da} s in regard of the aforesaid tenements And ihu}' say that the countr)' b}' the assignment and gift aforesaid, at the decease of the same William, will not be laden or oi)pre5Sed more than is usual. In testimony whereof the Jurors aforesaid have to this incjuisition placed their seals. |ln dorso and in a motlern handj q.d, J. lul. J. No. 7_'. (beb. i5tli, ijo(j). Traiislatioii. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and France and lord of Ireland tu his belox'ed and faithful servant Thomas de Sw}nerton, his Escheator in the Counties of Salop and Stafford greeting. We command }'OU to diligently incjuire by the oaths of upright and lawful men of }our baili- wick, through whom the truth of the matter may be best discovered, whether we, without any damage or prejudice of ourselves, or of others whomsoever, or of injury to our town of Salop, can give and assign to our beloved in Christ the Prior and brethren of the Order of St. Augustine in Salop, a certain stone wall outside the said town, which is joined to the wall of the same town, with two round towers built upon the aforesaid wall outside the town, and also a certain plat of ground near to that wall, abutting upon the water of the Severn contiguous to the dwelling-place of the aforesaid Prior and brethren, together with a certain crenellated house constructed upon the aforesaid wall outside the town and a certain part of the aforesaid plat — To have and to hold to the said Prior and brethren and their successors for the enlargement of their dwejling-[)lace— or not. And to incjuire whether such gilt will be to the damage or prejudice of our- selves or of others, or to the injury of our town aforesaid, and if so, then to w hat extent w ill be the damage and prejudice of ourselves and of others, and w Ikj they are and what amount ot injury ol our town alorcsaid, and how far and m what re^[)ect, anil as well how nuich is the extent ui the said wall oulsidi ilu: town b) itself, as also the aforesaid j)lat by itself, ' '^ contaui HI nuuiber of perches or feet, and how nmch they arc worth anmially in all their issues according to the real .Y?J 'S; ".V-IMHr? 'Ky.t ilHT £11 bfiy j I." • 1 1'» .;«;i. o» r )• •- . ;-) ., li;('i. V.' A .: ;.. '.:.•! ' i; 10 jij L i .. J .. ♦r,.'T • — '" ■', i fll jn j • ' ■ ;, I ... .• , • . : • , ■ .1 ' ■ 'I ' U' ■'■viT- '">■..- I< IVV. .41. ■ ( J , (|.,t I. . . 1 i: , ,v • i. l/"f: ,1 rji^f.M i. . . .i I. ,. ( I .1, ' I .ilj jivi Jiio iu-ji VI. i» 3/1;;. 1 ■•C Kili'r 'l»4ii .•<• ... '...'; ill IjiOW J'lU THK Al'GUSTINlAN FRIAKS, SII RE WSliU RV. 113 value of the same. And you are without Jelay to send loj^cthcr with this writ, llic imjiiisilion thus phiinly anc] suit- ably made to ourselves under }our own seal and the seals of those b}' whom it has been made. W'itness Kdward Duke of C'ornwall and l£arl of Chester our dearest son, Guardian of Knj^land, at Ken}ngton in the lOth jcar of our ruign in England, and the 3rd of our reign in France. (20th Xo\'. 1342. ib Etiw. III.). Inciuibition made before Thomas de Swynerton Escheator of our Lord the King in the Counties of vSalop and Stafford with the March of Wales adjacent to the same counties, according to the tenour of the King's writ attached to this iiujuisition on the b'riday next after the festival of St. Matthew in the 17th }ear of the reign of King Edward, the third after the contjuest, b}' Richard justice, Thomas P}'mmot, Simon de Ouerton, Richard W^illesone, John de Lynle\e, tanner, Adam de \V}rleye, William de Coton, Hugh le W'ebbe, Adam Matheu, Henry de Bromleye, Philip de Le)'nte\\ardin, and Alan Comyng who say upon oath — that our lord the King is able to gi\c and assign to the Prior and brethren of the Order of St. Augustine of Salop a certain stone wall outside the aforesaid town joined to the wall of the said town, with two round towers built upon the aforesaid wall and a certain plat of land lying near the said wall upon the water of Severn contiguous to the residence of the said Prior and brethren, together with a certain crenellated house upon the said wall outside the town and u[)on some part of the aforesaitl plat for the enlargement of the resilience of the said Prior and brethren, without damage or prejudice ot the lord King himself or of others whomsoever (the}' be) and without an\' hurt to the town of Salop. And they sa_\' thot the aforesaid wall without the town and the aforesaid plat of land contain in length twent)' perches and the aforesaid plat of land out- side the N'.all contains in wiilth two perches. And they say that the aforesaid wall and the aforesaid plat of land are worth nothing by the }ear because the aforesaid water of Sc\'crn commonly ovcrllows the wall and |)lat aforesaid. In testimon\ \\ lu leot the aforesaid jmorsto this m(]uisi- tion have placed I heir seals. iSept. ^6th, 1343, 17th Edw. HI.;. f tl hi- ■) 1. r •->- -" Vi » ^H') ! •r ho/. i I , .7, ; ■•'. u L, : 1 ■ •/ ;1j«»c> .-^ . .i j .11 ,,. • ... 1 ■:'. ' M< I I .ill"// ,r;ui/// -jh auibA ", ;f! . I /!•: .1 .-M); r.l 'MU'A I. • ,' ; .:ii..'l • ','/ ! ((!!,•/ I ' 'U - I ? I "J't ><» » f i^f A. J- ... ' 'I ! >!.• I. V. :'.! . till;? :,.. ' I /, -: Mill i'..iil hiin . - •. ii ; ■ \) n. li » ijiiil '. . '•. j; /y -ij .) Ill II.I ■rmc Al'GUSTlNIAN PRIAKS, SIIKEWSHURY [The entry respecting this in the printed Calendar says:—] 2J '1 he Ki.ig to grant a stone Nvall with two round towers and adjacent land outside Slirewsbiny to the Prior and Augiistinian friars there. J, -I, V \ l< t M( .:t /^'ja^VlMH' I . t , -. 4.11 tS" 115 ON THE LIBRARY OF MORE CHURCH, SALOP. iW THE Rl:v. \V. G. CLAKK-NLVXWELL M.A., K.S.A. In the Tower of the Church of More are jKcserved some 250 vohiincs prcsL'iitCvl to the Parish in it)8t) by Richard More of Liiiky, with the i)hji;ct ot " teaching,' tlie minister sound d(jctrine." 1 he deed estabhshin^' the Librar\' is p)robably ^,till ill existence, th; arrangement adojUed has been puri'ly chronological, the books being set down in the order ol the Vul. VI., Jid bene:,. i' «'» -'• ■ . .11 1' .; I I ■•.' '.lit. 1 1 .l.tj;-;.. ,ij ^/i •1, } ■ .{til • 'ill Mti',' ■. •■:.i.li;;i' . ! . ,i. Hi I ,).■ \j ..: : , ;n- ■ -n.;; Jn », .'Im ,'i i!;;:.wi| i_,:,>-.ri jI, i/ ■- (ii llil<^ . f ;...}! ' t . . . jl'' .r! 1 I ,1 ui y/(;(| u; ' ' )f ■■i"\i ; • 1 ■! ;/. i:,i M'. I 1.- ' r )•.•.' "^i j;li ,: .,",. /I ) •".' ^ii;w) :..!(' I " ,:.. - :. j'lj /'i^'M hi.; i\ ymil ) : \>i .■ 1 ni' /ri'. Y'i jl.'/iiiflO ... . > if<;iil ■ ■ •■' -f . ■ ■! '11. "fi •> •I J'l i ,-^i '1/(1 i;(i ; Hi\it ;ori ' . V ; ' ; . '..n,i. / i !,(; ),iT.«j!j; . .) . ■>:.>', ),lj|-.ll'l. ti: . . ',11..: .■ .,. ,. I,' .]. -.-Jill ' ' .•■, v! ■!mi1 /ui>;') ' ■ ■ •'! M ;■- jl'. ■ 1. ) ■'(! I I ■•'<,■ i I'j (I .n\ 1 1 li . i ' I i'. -.li] ■ ■i|,<.)Cj'it .J . ■ ;l . I 1 I •) ,nl c: i.|l(U-J •: , ■,. -Ill .•lv»lv I /ill ' ■' ... / Al .Il,-.l;..l... Il6 ON llli: I.II5RAKV 0|- NrORI". CHURCH, SALOP. date of tlK;ir |)^i^tiIl^^ with iiotus where rLMjuinid as io former owner, etc. There do not appear to be any books of special rarity in the collection, but a number of considerable interest, princi- pal among whicii may perhaps be reckoned part of the Sarum Breviary, printed at Antwerp in 1525. There arc also now on the shelves copies of the 161 1 Bible, of Erasmus' ■ '■■ Paraphrase and Jewel's Apology and Answer to Harding, but 1 the first was certainly, and the others probabl)', part of the V necessary outfit of every church. The sann,' rciiuuk applies :.\.i: I to the 1776 I'rayer I^ook, which cannot, of course, have s iv ' formed part of the original collection. :. Amongst the names of the former owners of the volumes, those of most frequent occurrence are " Thos. Picrsou " and " ("hristopher Ilarvc}'," tht; latter in a very beautiful hand- * writing, and usually in the lornuila, familiar to us Irom its use by Grolier, " Chr. Ilarvc}' et amitx)ruin." Thomas Pierson was, no doubt, " the famous Mr. Pierson '" • of Brampton Br}'an, the founder of lectures in these part>,'" as the biographer of Cjualter Stephens, incumbent for hft)'- thrce }ears of Bishop's Castle, st}'les him. These two clerg\- men, with Thomas Froysell, minister of Clun, Sir Robert I M- Harley of Brami)ton Br)an, Richard More of More,^ and in a ,; ,,; less degree Humphrey W'alcot of W'alcot, were stauucii up- 1 , ; holders of the; Puritan way of tiunkiug, and it is easy t(j understand how st)me of Pierson's books came into More's ' I-.: possession, ("onceruing Christopher llarve}', we learn hom the artich; in tlu! Untiinuirv of Nalinnal liio^raphy tiiat he was a poet, and author ol " 1 he S) iiagogiie," ve'rses in imitation of ( icorge llerlieil's " leuiple," and piinted in some eililions ot that work. \Vc; also fmd that he jjublished in i''}7 an •, ; • edition of I lujnias Pierson's " MxcelliMit eueourageuuMils against Alllieiioiis." It schmus a probable conjeeline that llai\'e\ a((|nned '-onie ol I'lei .on',, hooks, and thai lioin him • ;. the)' pas-ed, Willi sonic ol his own, to l\u li.iid More. ll is <|uile po>>il)le that some ol the eailiia' printed books I . formed part ol the j){)sses>ioiis of the dissoK cd .\ugustiniail -' ,, iMor}' ol C'liirhiiry, though direct evidence on this point is * The gi 111 iLulicr ol ilio tlDiior 1)1 llio l.iliriry. lufiiio) 'I -«:>-.'T v/ ,!;ri).'iiJc .:.lp ,isav/o iL-il .-( ■... !1 . I 1 1 I (Ifi O'. ,.> .IniUi I J7... i tliV ('.•<> ',!• •I Ju :y*'»>!lJ ] -I ..;;( j; >l' . ; ' .,,' / :'i i to :•■ . ... I ''•; I ; /or J -jijt .?j: : •' . ,.!,, :i ! il ji •/ ,i;-).n .>,.■! . iW, 1. ! .•.'..in ill). . ■ I' . I . w. . .> " j !. .1 1 I I ■ /',■ >.) ,■,. .' (■ J') .,'■•'' t ..M .JC ., •( /'. . I ' I ! . ;.' ; ■/ ii ' ' , ■ ...■:..:■ Jl ..^ '.,. t •.■..,-|. I I' I ' I.; VI'Hi'i -.1' ON Till-: 1 IBKAKV OF MOKl.: CHUKCll, SALOP, II7 not forthcoming. This would apply more specially to the Commentaries of IIa\'mo, which we know were clirected to he read during nical tinics, in the houses of Austin Canons. The purjiose assigned for the donation of the Lihrary heing "to teach the minister sound tioctrine," tliere is a laudahle (hversity in the theological position of the authors included ; not only Calvin and Ueza, hut ferome, Thomas Aquinas, Melchior Cano, Jewel, Arminius, and Chillingworth iind themselves in comj-any on the shelves, and it argues much for Mr. Richard More's confidence in the securit)- of his theological position, as well as in the discre- tion ol the ministeis of More, that he should ha\e int hided C()nti"o\'ersial works cjii the Koman side, if indeed he was aw are of their contents ! '1 he hooks arc now well cared for, hut have in some instances suffered formerly from damp. '1 he hooks belonging to Thos. Pierson are distinguished thus (f), those to Harvey by an asterisk (*). CATALOGUE OF THE LIDKAKV AT MOKE. Paulus de Sancta Maria. Strasburg, c. 1470. Dorbelli Sermones. Lugduni, 1490. Thomas Acpiinas, Commentary on S. Paul's Kpistles. Ikisilcce, 1495- Jcjhamiesde'lTittehcm, l)e Scriptoribus,etc. Basilccc, '■494- Alexaniier FabriciusAnglus, Destructorium N'itiorum Parisiis, 1407. Antonii de Rampcgolis, I'igure l^)il)lie. Parisiis, looC'. |o.innis Sarishuriensi.-., Policratiei Contenfa. Parisiis, 151.5. Nicolai de Orbellis. Parisiis, 1517. '. Abraham dc Hahnis, Hebrew-Latin Cirannnar, W.'ueliis, 15-3. Portiforum scu P)ii\iaruni ad usimi S.irisb. (pars estivalis). Anlwerpi.e, 15-5- JMobenius Concordanti;e ilebraicie. PasilecC, I5-^'^' Sel)astian Munster, Pro\'erbia Salomonis. 15-^4- Ha^nujuis Honnh.e. I5.5 "•'' (H'orj;ius 'irape, iiniius, Aristotelis Khiitoriea. I'.irisiis, C5.)<>. .iO.i/1 U MO :-un wo ♦o ift: lf> [.u;sl ; .1! f. : I. .1. Hi*.' 1 .'lil .(• {{} U> riuij ).. 'i.K* Ml o**B.\ 111.' .•"^) h^-"":t f! •••' ■/. i,i jir. f./4un-l -jfr •.■,1 'iri-vt. 'i _.. .-.;:. .. ..J* I" I II '.I i/ 'ijDiij..-' c. -i' ■ ;.cni!i|>/ !• I ! -v' iV" ■-.till., 'I '.-lil. vi J.. . ' l-'W'u . -I'.ii .(i H'l ■....,- '! ; I ,. I ii8 ON THE LIBKAKV Ol- MOKK CHl'KCH, SALOP. I . Haymoiiis in Paiili E{)ist. Intcipretatio. ColonicC, Haymonis in Apocals psin. Parisiis, Thomas Acjuinaa, In (]uatuor Evangclia. Parisiis, Philostratus Lcninius, De vita /\i)ollonii. ("cjloni.x', lUondii I'huii, Dc Konia 'I'limnpliantc. Parisiis, Hudajus, Annot. in PandccLas. Uasilcie, R. Barns, Vit;c Roman. Pontilicum. \\'itcbcrg;u, Euripidis Tragediru. P>asilecL', Des. Plrasmi Tomus II. in Epistolas. ,, Elias Jndaeus, Accentnm Ilchraicornm. ,, Wolfgang Capitonis, K'csponsiodcMissa. Argcntorati, ^Rodolplii Agricohe dc Invcntionc, etc. Parisiis, Erasmus, Paraphrase of N.'l\ Vol. I. London, *Paulus P'agins, Compendiaria in linguam Hebr. Constantiie, Thomas A(]uinas, Comm. in Septem Epistolas. Parisiis, Hieronymus W'ildeiibergius, Totius Philosoi)hi;L' Digestio. 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I>asile;e, L Kncwsul), A Ct;nfntalion, etc. LcMidon, John Knewstnb, Lectures. | London?] D. I'ulke, 1). Heskins, \). Zanders, and M. Ri.^lel. I .ondon, C'alvin's Sermons. London, i'.loltiii.il,! hidlii In r:.( I'.d. Mij.nii ihoii). \\ n- 574- 57}- 575. 575- 576. 77n 577- 577- 57^^- 57«- 579- 579- '57W- ,57<)- •v.- •/,).' H>i .>! •,;, MO . ''■■:'l ■ r I I .*.j.l-LAiJ ..J i; .f./;i«J .iiinil I 1 /... . /) ■a )' r.. il f I > I i.i"ti I i .>!• II if.Jii Jiiniiv.! ) M -A il J 1/ jiij, ; I jii'l ' / .. .1 . i; ' 1 , ./iii/l «1 12() ON THh: LIIiKAUY OF MOKE CHURCH, SALOP. William Fulke, A Retentive, etc. London, 1580. 1'. Kami Schohu, pars V. I'^-auccjfLirti, 1581. (i. (leuebrardi Chronogiaj)liia. (adoni;e, 15'^!. l'\ 1 lectoris Pinti, Harnionia Confcssionnm. Cieneva, 15H1. Catechismu.s t.x Decreto, etc. C-olonix-, lo'^i. W. l'\dke, A Rejoinder, etc. London, ij^i. LanateiiLS in L/echielein. (leiieva, i^^i- Gul. Whitakeri C.onfntatio, etc. Parisiis, i^'Sj. v. Hectoris Pinti, In Ezechielem. 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Bezie In Canticum Canticornm. 1587. Edwardi Livelei Hcbr. annotationes. Londini, 1587. Bonaventura Lucnbrationes. Si)ira', 1588. Gervase Babington, Exposition of Li,>rd's Prater. London, 1588. *F. Valesii De Sara Philosophia. Lngduni, 1588. Panojdia Christiam. 1588. Baronins Annales Ecclesiastici [9 vols.) Antwerp, 1589 — 1601. M. Manricins IL^hngns Versilic;itorins. Noreberga.', I5")''- lluci. P>e/,i, P.dniSdl |),i\id. Lomlon, 1d')o. .T.-* '/.;; .!)r»jij:. HO Y;;A.>l«JJ II FT YA .5]*j .r'vijji 'Ui t i!U;lorp--'ti J .< ., •».,■; : .•.•> i.y .riol-Jli! '•;\'l 'U ,1): .,' 1 ■i ( I : .i.'i .O'l ; ..!r,,- 1,; i, „..- / • JlltUi: ,M«.^ .iln.in.l', /. :;< I H! I M '» 1 . '» ■. (.11 i-.t ri.i li ..) , .f tr,. • ; V ' ! l/ rti!tlfj1«.t i .11 :•^■.itl.^^/ .f/ ii I ,..■. .:l .....11 ON Ti]i: I.Il'.KAKY OF NJOPJ. CHURCFI, SALOP. 12 1 1). Joannis Molani Theoloj^ia Practica. Coloni.i!, 1590. Fra. Tri-qs, Noctcs Sacnr. Oxonhu, isqo. •^Llias Levita, Opiisculuin Recens, etc. lona', 1591. 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Scriptura. Lorulon, 1669. 1 raver bot)k (inobably for Church). Oxford, i~y{] '1 he following books arc undated : John Northbrook, Poor Man's Garden. London. Nowell's Catechism. Henry Burton, The Seven Vials. A Demonstration of Discipline. Jo. Merccrius, Commentarii in Proplietas. Bishop Bilsons cTiristian subjection. .Eneas Sylvius, Comm. de C^)nciho Basileu'. Scplin- Micldol (i.e. liber perfectionis). .10-t/- I . '' .IfdUi- 1 I I'j ;i' ; .11 '/I ".'II I , il j I' 1 /' -^ii I i;iii^.# .lit i< <.,;.»' 'M «• ). ..t ! • I 'j.-^ i.jjoill ,ii'ijlj.7/ neiiM . u iU. >|l 1 -•''. . J u» ;l il .> ffV- ;< :! ; " ul^ ,(f." at some length in Shreds and L'auhcs ; and he afterwards, at difi'eriMit times, collected various notes and (juotations about the old house and about the earl)' histor)' of Millichoi^e, I'piujr and Lower, and intended them lor an article in the Vol. VU., 3rd S^irics. 1^1 ttl • I ' ' ijij. .■; ■:. >\tu 1 ' ; 1 • iUI .•4 i M jj m '.'< 1..-! ■-• ;( i' 1 !.| J -lir , ...>- J ' . it ,'■.•1 ,'(.!* !■ // ll/ .1 . . Ill w ■>!) 1 ;il 1 .:. . •;■. . i. 1 M,.|.J li / (. / IZT) UPPliR NflM.irHOPF.. SJtropshire ArcluvoIoi^icLil Society's Trnnsuctiou^, to illustrate some excellent photographs taken L)\' Mr. H. Hughes, hut he eft them incomplete at his death. They are here formed, with a few additional details, and a continuation, into one narrative : — " This old house consists of three storeys, one room oidy on eacii lloor. The two lower stcjreys are of stone ; the third of tiniher, with wattle ami daub. It is roofed with siiingles, or tile stones. It is entered on the west, under a round- headed arch, with ball-llower moulding. This is conceived to be a later insertion,^ at the time when the upi)er portion of the west wall was partly rebuilt, as it appears to have been. On the right of the entrance is an original round-lieaded window which, like the others in the north and east sides, is small, but widely splayed inwards. The walls are remarkably thick, like those of a castle or fort, and must have been simpl}- impregnable to all military devices likel\- to be brought against them at the time. The north wall is four feet four inches thick, that on the south six feet, that on the west five feet four inches. On entering the room on the ground iloor, it will be seen how little provision was made for lighting, that being sacrificed to obtain the greatest security " The staircase to the room above was worked inttj the massive wall in the south-west corner of the house, but only a few of the stone steps remain in the upper part. There are indications of no less than three strong doors ha\'ing once existed at different points on the staircase, fastened with bolts, the middle one having a massive wooden bar, which passes through the wall ol the room into the cjuter wall on the opposite side of the staircase.- Some antiquaries have supposed that the lowest storey was used in war-like times for the purpose of securing the cattle when in danger, while the upper storeys formed the dwelling-place of the family ; this, however, is an improbable theory, as the si)ace would be far too restricted for such a jjurpose ; and also there would, ' It I-, rvi'l'iilly cotii|)i),(!(i of stones woiljcl f >r :m .irrii nl liill.rcnt diiiicii si)ii>, li'Mi tiK- iinrMiluity III tlio inl'.-t\.iK at wliicli tin- li,vll-llin\ i-i oin. uncut iiccuri. — I'J'. - I'lie llucc '1 )urs .iiu in ilic iliickii" ,s uf the \\M, :in.l llic t lopliolc-; l«y wliicli llie a ;uni i> li^;tiic'l aic in ,i |iri>jcctiun. -lui. I. !• ■iqi '_ I -iH;u<'i .. T •' .'•.1! •,-■ o :■ . , ,• ..I V J...*-,Sl,. J. > ■', ■■■ It ,: . ■ .;•!». •! V ' ;iif.f'' .. // I' •.;-. '••ja-| NThKlOK. I I'. Ill ( «. irrF.K MiM.iCHopE. 127 probably, have l^ecn a strongly-fcnccd paddock or enclosure adjacent to the house, into which the cattle could be driven for security." A correspoutlent of the Sali>l)idn and Wtsl Midland Illiis- tralcd Jintynal, Mr. W. ().?) Kandal, writing' of Uj^jjer Millie- hope in 187S, gave a detailed account of a \isit to the house, with plans ol the ground-lloor and windows. lie says (inter aha) : -" 'Ihe roof is covered with the welbknowri tile-stones ()( the neighbourhooLJ, which are lichened and tinted into harnidiiy with the scenery around ; their weight has causLil the timber to bend and the rool to buigi;. A red brick farm- house adjoins the old building un the right, which tiiough by no means ver}' modern, ser\'es to set off the extreme age of its venerable neighbour. Mr. James, the present tenant, kindly allowed us to enter, and accompanictl us o\er the building. A light was necessary to examine the interior, and measure the thickness of the walls. The timber beams supporting the lust floor are immensely thick and tirm, and seem capable of re.^isting decay for as many hundred years as they have done cdread}'. ■' 'Idle building is longest from north to south, and the windows are few, and narrow outside, but widening inwardly, aijparently for strength and safet}' ; and the w hole outline of the gromul-pian has the ap})earance of a miniature fort erected for delence. " The interior inust have been extremely dark ; neverthe- less, it contains a tire-place, and was, probabl)', the public room. .\s this liouse stands on the borders of Wales, and securilx' was tlie chiei consi(lerati(jn, the btairease, Ironi the tiiickness of the walls, was safer insiile than on the exterior, and is placed in the south-west corner wall. It was lighted at the top b)' a small loophole worked through the wall. 1 he upper, or hrst-tloor, room was larger than the lower, the west wall benig heie much ihunur. 1 his wa^, most likel)', the tainil) aparliiKail, and was lighted by two wnulows — on the north and east. llieie is a daik space near the staircase which. Seen b)- candle light, gives the impiission that it may lia\e Se'ived as a ( liai)t:l for the dcj)(:iideiils, and lia\e had a se|)arate ai)proa( h tiom the outside. "idle third, and upper, storey probabl)' served tiu^ purpose • SSOHDIJUM HISI I ; ,I'i',t;i ;<|'IM ■ -Ml; > mI i I ' • ; Mi, llj luri . il. . ■ ' ','!■..■•■ ,f'-'ll|// . . .J •• h >/ \ • ' M-fl .11. (I ' • .• ij. I' [r 'jj ■. .I'll ' '■ . .1 (ound. l'2)ton, however, mentions it as though not inside the house, as he suggests that the round entrance arch already mentioned may have been formed of some of the stones of this clKqjel — " now destroyed."' As to the use to which the grounddloor room ma}' have been put, Mr. Phillips sa}s that it was possibl}' emplo\ed for skinning, dressing, and hanging' the venis(;n, which the head forester was, as we know, bound to su})])!}' to the Prior}- of Wenlock, and which migiit often be \Nanted at short notice ; and the ingenious idea strikes him that " the enormousK- thick walls would make the room in every way suitable for ' The curious wiiulow rislrninu's on tli^- first floor (a wcioflon liar in :i gro ive), an: well .-ilimsn lu Mi. I iu[;li(.: ' pin .i(,|'i.i]iii. )m,. , . ■ •.. It i- ■ ! : i..)ih •■•' >r .-' J . ! qt:> I ..■i ■. , Ml '"■•:■ • !• ) I' mH • <\ If) . I .. ... 1 •, .b i •■< -i "..'I'.i'i ||/» ,Htf) ffrr..l .' ,. 1- l 5 ; M \r U i-MhK /nil.l.K MOMh IJrMAIKS WiNDC) W I' 1 i> ■ !i a UPPKK MII.l.ICHOPF. 129 such a purpose, affordiii^^ an equable temperature all the \-ear round." Passing from the description of the hcnise to the early his- tory of Millichoi)e, \\c iind its Donie.^day recc^rd, a^ i;;iven by I'^yton in his .1 )itiquitics cj ShropsJiirc, is as follows :— '' IIelf,'ot holds Mclieope of Earl Ko^er ulu MoiUiM)nKr\ ). (lanul held it (in Saxon times 1 and was ha c." It apj)ears also hom ICylon that soon alter l)omesda\' iioNO". it was j^i'antcd by ]'-arl Roger to the Prior}- ot W'niloei; in L\ehan;.;<' fur h^aril- ington ; and ICyton considers that, owni;; to ihi- iian-^fcr. Upper and Lower Millichope, which h;id lornuiK- bilongcd to Mimslow' {)arish, were ecclesia-tiialK' separatetl Lc^waa" Millitdiope remaining in Mimslow, while I'pper Millichoj)e was included in the parish of P-aton-under-I lax'wood, which belonged to the h'ief of St. Milburg (subse(pientl\- the Priory of \\''cnl()ck). In these two parishes they slid re:,i)ecti\cd\- remain. ICyton also sa\s that " the fecjffees of tln' Manor of I'pper Minielioi)e became hereditar_\- foresters of that \'ast jiiriseliction, which, in its original state, was known as the Pong I'orest. The}' were, therefore, immediate servants of the Crown ; and their names not infrequently ajipear (;u public occasions. I have little doul)t that the old building, though it stood in the Prior of Wenloek's ice, was more })er- tineut to the tenant's i)o.-.ition as King's I'ore-ter that it was, in fact, the lodj^e ol the here'ditary lorestcrs of the Long l''(»rest."" The proceedsof the pari>h of Laton-under-I l;i\ wood, whicli mcluded L'pper .Miilichope, were ilexoted to the main- tenance of the '' monks' kitchen '' of W'eidock Prior\ . The tithes of ICaton, and of Mdlichope and Ilungerford, were all leceivabK liy the kilehener, and (with others he eiiunuiate.-) made a total (j1 /Jiq i.js. .fd. The shart; of .\I illichope and Ilungerford was £1 icjs. od. I he Long I'dresf, alu;ad\' Ke\'eral times mentioned in this paper, fornua 1\' ixUnded lor nioii' lli;in >e\'ent(-'en nnles througii the he, lit ol Si)uth Shiopr.hire, t-ommeuiing near C'ra\en .\rms and extending to the banks of tlu^ Severn near Buildwas. The limer-tom:^ ridL;e. calkd W'enlock Ldge, torms the backbone of thi- di.-niet. Irom it ihe lore-t extended io \ariable distance- nortii and south, the ixiundaries i)cing carefulh' defnied l>v [Hiiodicid pel and)ul;il ions. '.. . ..;:.. 'rlA .:< » uJ ;^ ..: I . IM J / ■irlj 't*i-' UlJi\iJ It It;// •II .... , , Im. ,,.,1 . ■I ■ . . .. M .;; I I tj. • t Mil- Hi I I ll 11- >' •>!(-. . , ' •. IJ *•<. • 'i|. ■ L 1 |j I . i.n/ r"///.i') h .. • . I ) I . I 1). ■ '■. I t' I iftol ' <.'■•'•'■ . ' . ,'>!.;., M( t • II.) i^c> rprr.R NfiirifnopF. Millicliopc ina\' he said to ha\c stood about equi-tiistant from the two t xticinitics, and less than a mile from the Koman road which runs tliron;,;li Shropshire. lC\tcjn sa\s that in 1253 a jnr)- wa^ impanelled to (.Mujuire whether the I'ore'.ster of the Lc^ni,' h'orest kept, or .-nffercd (jlhers to keep, goats in the fore.-t. 1 hey answer that ' the Forester liimselt keeps no goats, but he allows others lo kee[i them in their own bosc- in the f(jre5t. as they have always been used to do, except in the fence month."' I le also sa\ -, ; -•■ Geoffrey dc P\chford, Seneschal of all the forests of Shropshire, and John hit/ 1 1 ugh, Capital l'\)i ester, i)resented In' their Sub-Forester that Peier de \'au.\ and other dependants of John le Strange, cafjturtjd a -tag near Millidiope Mill; and tile peo{jle of Millichope and other vills, not attending t(j defend themselves, were put down for censure for their default." At the great and hnal perambulation, held on June oth, 1300, and ratihed b\- l-^dward I., l<^ebruar\ 14th, i^oi, the following vills which h.ad belonged to the Long l"ore=t jurisdiction were declared to be disf(jrested— " Little and Upper Millichope, two messuages in Iltmgerford, half the vill of Shipton, half of Brocton, two fields of Patton, two messuages of IJourton, half of Cressage, FLirnage Grange, Lutwych, Kushbury, Last-Wall, Laton-under-Ha\'wood, Ticklerton." It will be seen that Millicho[)e Mill is mentioned. No mill now exists at U(>per Millichope: but one might well have f(jrmerly been there, as close to the fold-jard t\\(; streams join ; and there is a natural rock which nhght ha\eser\edas a dam to store sufficient water lo turn it. Tiie Rev. W. G. D. Fdetcher says, speaking of the house : — " Opposite to the iiouse lies the pond close, in which, tradition saws, the old mill stood ; and the place where the stream was dannnetl up is still visible. The local legend asserts that the last nhller killed a (K.er as it was cros-ing the dam, for w Inch offence he was hanged, after wdiich the null was destroyed and never afterwards occujiied. Two millstones are still lying oiitsidt; the house." ' ' 1 iicse arc lUiw UseJ as sloiic slcps. — I'Ai. noiM M j.i:u ma*; • rt . :.;'»..! f. > '■;* ' .r »r.J i -!i: 1. 'J. / ii<> ' -•( ' ; I ' . I J t 1 1 ; •' , 1' I ". .•; < 1 J.- ■ I . ': i ■ . 1 ,.'.■! ., ir . ii '. ! r , I. tit: LiM- /: ■•\' fiils )/. . • ,, . ' . ■ i.,;, J- 1 >., :-.iii'.;- , i' i;i'.; ■ .,1"! • .'t '•'■■! ..^-i' :i ■ ,.i j'.'. 111. 7 H '!iwr '^ 0« . ■ ''iJ 'If: • t. i>. ^ .. ,.i. . . - t.-i./. ;:/ri. ". . trofi MM) w ic )l>agot, and Hope Howdler. The later history of IJppur Millichoj:)e has not been easy to trace, but it appears probable that when it ceased to be a fief of Wenlock Priory— most likely about the time of the Disso- lution of Monasteries— it passed, by marriage, through the Harewell family, to that of Carington, whom we lind, in the reign of Henry VHI., in possession of the Aston Hall estate, of which Upper Millichope formed part. I have permission to quote the following information from S. H. Petre. Escp, who has examined the title deeds of the Aston Hall estate. He says : '• I believe the .\ston Hall estate came into the Carington family at tlu^ same time as the W'ootton W'awen estate [in Warwickshire. ICd.I, namel\', by tlu^ marriage of .\nn, daughter and heiress of John Harewell, of Wootton Wawcn, with John Smith, otherwise Carington. who, in the reign of Henry X'lH., was a Paron of the lC\clic(]urr. At any rate, his descendant. Sir C liarles Smith. Kt., otherwise Carmgton, who, on the jist of October, i')n, was cri-ate 1 Pord Caring- ton of Wootton Wawen, and on the 4th of .\ovcmber follow- in;;, \'ir>count ("aiin-ioii in tin: |'rrr;i:;,; o| lir'.ind, was in po-aroii, who left no issue, and the estates passed Xo ("on>t iniia Carm-ton, a -rand- ian>4htci of j'^raiicis (Carington, brotlu/r of the first ' ( li, i.il.iii ; ihr 1 1,1 ^sll ,l)lc to i.c ./<,>/.,, .Ill ,,l,i M ;inl,,-,tioi, ul cii'>i> crcli IS i i.liirkc"s Landed (j entry j^i\L\s her as ' Constantia of Aston, who inherited the family estates from her uncle Wiihani, last male heir oi tiiis branch.'- l£i).| ■•Constantia married twice -fust, John Wriyht, of Kel- vedon, in Lssex, w ho lelt a son, John W'rii^ht ; and, secondly, Peter Ilolford, by whom she had a dauL;hter, C'atiierina Maria, wlu) married Sir ICdward SmUhe, of Acton Ihirnell, fil'th Baronet, and died uSji. In the }ear 177S these two estates were held in undi\ided moit'ties b\' John Wrif^dit, the son of C.'onstantia ('arin[,'ton, and Catherina .\huia Hollord, daughter aho of ('onstantina Carin.^ton by IVter Ib)lford; and in the same }-ear there was a di\i>i(jn, and the Aston PLdl estate passed to the W'rii^ht fainil\-, and the W'ootton W'awen estate to the Sm)thes ot Acton ]>urnell. ■• I ma\- mention that John Smith, IJaron of the ^^\cile(]uer, lalreaily nienti(jned), is said to ha\e l)een a descendant of John Cariii{,'ton, who, in the reitijn of Henry 1\'., havint^ sup- porteil the cause of Richard IL, went abroad and assumetl the name of Smith, and that this Joim Carington was descended trom Sir Michael Carington, who was standard- bearer to Richard L in Hoi)' Land." [His etfi[;y, '"The t'arin-ton Crnsatier," is in the (duirch of St. John the r)aj)tist, (dii.'Sli;r. - lu).] 1)i:sc];nt ui- (a)nst.\n iia Carixgtox. Sir I'r.iiicis Siiiilli, dioj 10J9 , Aniic M iil.liun. Cli:irL'S, iji \'iscipiiiu C.iiiii^tun,-pKli/.ii)cth l-Vancis Smitli,-, -l-lli/ahclh cr. h')4 5, liicJ 1664. I C:iryll. (iliis Curio^'loii ). | [.■' suriKUMc] l''r.uicU, Jiul \'i L-oiiiit Cli.iilcs, ;r.l I'l.iiicis Smiili, | Au.irey Willi, iiii AUwood. lis.]). 1. .iriii^lDn. \'i>c.uiiU ,iii.i3 e.iriu).; I ■,a;ni;;luu ; imi. ll.b.J). l/OU. I iT.uicis Sinitli, aii.u (Jiriii'-tuii ,:J;uhcriia- Soiillicolc. C":i-l.iiiii.i, ■A-h) iiihriitr;,! the faiiiilv i-^t .Ics li.nii iicr luirlc Willi.iiii Uic l.i^l iK-ir 111. lie ul lliis lii.iiu ii. .5 J'Ti J t£I -1)^1 -.. .Mj.. .v!l.M.. .;: .-■ ) :... .1: ■'; 'I' I •:.'.■ . . . I.. t. . . • 'ii /«; /bf,.>'il);) /J,;' : .111 ' / ( !•• ...: Jim , . . i.-r. . I- ■. .1 . •...n.:i '..'IJ if." .(1 ..! '1 ( • '!• j'li.f.I ;,-, ■». i llcm-y VIII., No. 100. " The lantls and posses.sions of the kite Monastery of Wenlock, in the connt\- of Salop, ihssolved. " Acconnts of all and singnlar the f^iihflV, Fanners, Reeves, ^^c., of all tlu: lands and tenements and other possessions whatsoever as well spiiitnal as teni[)oral in the said late Monaster)- formerly ptntaining and now bc'inj; m the hand of the Lord the Kini; by ri'ason of the snrrender of the same In' the late Abbot and C"on\'ent, nameK', tor one entire year trom the I'^xist of St. Michael the Archangel, in the 32nd )ear of the reign of King Henr\- Mil. nntd the l-^east of vSt. Michael in the 33rd }'ear of the same King. Manor of Eton loith its Mcntbcys. " Account of John Hill and Nicholas Webbe, collectors of the rents there for the time aforesaid. {l\cnfs of Assi::c.) Tiiev render account of 30s., the chief rent of JoJin Sinytlw, Esqr,, in M}dthorpe,' to be paid to the lordship there by the }'ear. (Fees and Siif>ends.) The same account, in the Fee of the same John Hill, the accountant, to whom John Crassagc late .\bbot of Wenlock, and the Con\'ent of the same place, 2S Ai)ril, 30 Henry \TH., gave and granted the office of Bailiff, or collector of the r(;nts of the lordships or manors of ICum, (ireat Millemdiop, and Little Millcmhop, ».S:c. (() li.j" In i>^>)f>, I*^. Caiington Wright, k's(|., of Kelveden, I^ssex, who llieu held Upper .Millu:ho[)e, sold it to C'aptain Henry John Hei^kwith, 5 ;id Regiment, who also |Mn'( based Millic- hoiie Park [i.e., tlu; Lower Millidiope estate), from the ("hi'de- r(nib(il()n l.imiK ; >o iIkiI iIk two Ippti and Lower Milliehope -ari' now, ,is originallv, one jirojtertN'. 1 subjoin a few notes on LowiiK M 1 i.i.iciior);. Lower Milliehope, a mile and a halt Iroin Lpper Millicdiope, and in Munslow pari'^li, was, as before mentioned, exchanged bs' Farl Roger loi I'.ardiston, in the }ear 1 oSO (JC)'ton). It ' Q. -Mvllitliope ?- I i> \ul. \ 1 1 , ]t'\ Si-iii-s. . VTrtM >' ■ ' I > .1 •!Si"j Jr.TA' '.^ : . - vT .< Iv -Ij «*j Irj |(it ' ' ■. 'i.;.fij:>;- II'-'- fi, i-yrji' ■I : il l;, 1 ,■ . ... ■ • .. . lol , t) jH I ■ ■ * ■ . , 1 I , . 1 ::« I • f i . U I .•• • r:: ... ! I. u_ I i..j/uo ) ■ ■ 'J \, :'((!].> '.(lil lii /// !' ' I • c.l ' w; ,- 1 I !.!.'• J 'i" . }> "iiiir.M ■•. :..,. ' .ilil/ i: .r.) ,,|.,):| ■•I "IM IJ.. ' 1 I, '■■ i III ' ' ' .(■: ' ••i-.f " '■' <■F.R Mif.i.iriiopi-:. was from carl)- liiiics in [he po:,=,s : '• Sir Tiiouias dc la More, son of Thomas, who came from Xormaiidv with Duke William, luiilt fair lious(\^ at I.aunceston, in Cornwall: Ilalton, in (dic^hiic ; and Moii', in >lii()])-hirc. t;i\inf; to the latter phu c his iKilernal naiiit'."' I'ait of the Sliroi)shire estate, including; More, Linlcy ' I lall. .Vc, ^till l)L'loni,'s to them. John tic i.i More was SlurilY of Shrt)i)shiit? in the reign of l^dwaid the 'Ihirtl for the years 1367, i jO^.and 13(19 (see Blakcwa}"s Shcrijjs 0/ Sliropshiir, wliere the family is thus mentioned) : — " Tin; family of More is of ver\- great anti(]uity in the Count}' of Salop, deriving their name from the i)arish of More, near L) dham. The pedigree commences with Richard de Mora, whose son of the same name had three sons— Roger de la More, William, and Richard (a priest). Ivoger Lord of Mora wiim sses a deed of 1291, whereby the Abbot of Haghmond and. the Prior and Religious of Cdiirbury, come to an agruement concerning .Mucklewich, in tiie parish of llissington, and appears to be the same who married Alice, daughter of Adam de Montgomery, Lord of the Manor of Lydham .... William had two sons, also called Roger and WdHam, the former of whom appears to be the iirst who accpiircd property in Corvedale. By the name of Roger de la Morehouse he ai)j)ears as a feoffee of the Manor of Patton in 1350. His nephew William continued the line, and was grandfather of John More, living in 145^:, who was father of William and Richard More. 'Idie latter was great-grandfather of Charles More of Millitdiope (wiio marrie*! .\nne Purton of Longner), who was greal-graiulfather of Thomas .More of Millichope, mentioned under the \'ear 7 y/y as father of Thomas, Leighton, and )olm." It is not known when a branch of the family first residetl at Millichope, but in the Munslow parish legisters there'are some earh- mentions of them, naineh' : — \\'yllyam More was buryd the xi Februarie 1537 Eli/'' More, dau of Rob' More chr\sten\d 1541 , ^ Mr. Wm. Lakyn iN: Anne .More. mar. Feb. 5 154'^' ( hai le> s. of Iho. Moieol Lower Millie happ 1575 A ;mM(|.| UK .q -111 l<.i ,J .. Mil ii] ^..: ■» ■[. 1 ).t" '( ' .n .ijojl/l I -.1 ♦!' inli.j .rnorl) ;*•- •] . u I 1^ t J I •nn •»♦ } •' • : .f • , I ' .. ■:. '■ •/ ■ ; . ' <; . ■ M :-i : ,i.i,' v/!ri) • .■..■.' ' ' i;i- : ' .- >t .();'-)it.j ; . iM '.I ' » .tie, l^: H !.• uvl 'i. -jAi \d>i >:\ff ■I I , - '^ "I :•!./ !.-j' ' :j.fu I,. .1 ^. ,..ll''// ■-.o ) r:, - . , • I (. liMp ' ■ .',' '. (Kj HI , : I/. rui,-,| ;• (■■ ., ' )/ : ,; :t •> 'd /I . .; tl i '" ' : I'll 'I-'.", i UPPER Mir.LirnopH. ' 135 The last entry is — Mrs Katherine More bur. Dec. 29 I79- One member of the faniih' built a line black and white tim- bered hall, of whicli Mis. Stackhouse-Acton, in disflcs tiiul }fjit::>iinis, sa\ s :- '■ Millirlidpo was another mansion ol the Mores. It is not known when it ^^a^ bnilt. lohn More, who liwd in the rtisMi ol Henr\' \'ll., had two sons, of whom William, his heir, suc- ceeded to More and Larden : and Richard, the younL;er, was ancestor of the branch settled at Millichopc. Chnrles More was living there in 11)07. His liescenilant, IhomaM More, survived his three sons, and at his death his estates were divided between his two daughters and co-heiresses. I'he ohl house was taken down about thirty }ears ago [1S43.— EiJ.j, and the deer park destro)'ed."' In some old sketches and prints the old black and white house has a Georgian front added to it. The grounds are very extensive, and in wild and beautiful scenery. In one spot is a cenotaph, erected in memor\' ol the two sons of 'Ihomas More, of whom I quote as follows from Hlakeway's Sherij)\ of SlwopsJiire : — "John More, .Major in the 7yth Regiment, son of Thomas More, of Millichope. This gallant officer, serving under Sir William Draper in the memorable e.\i)edition against the Phillii)ines, was slain ;d the >torming (;f the cit>' of Manilla, on the fjth of October, ijf'-i, in the i^iul yiar of his age. I'o whose memorv, with that of his elder brother, Leighton More, a spirited young lieutenant on board the Ijurford man- of-war, \sho died at sea of fatigues incurred in his profe.-^sional career May 0th, 17 ( |, in the 25th }ear of his age, an elcf^anl temple of the iouie ortler is eri;cied in the garden at .Millie- hope. There was yet another brother, Idiomas, the eldest, who (lied of a iileurisy, in \y'^(). And (heir unhapp)- father, then Mo )ears of age. alter ineffecluall) solacing his };rief {ox the loss of his three sons b}' little memorials to their virtues scattered up and down in the groimds of his seat at Millic- hope, died — worn down with anguish and affliction." The last " More ' owner of Millichopc was Katherine. sister of the three brothers above mentioned, and daughter of Thomas Mi">re by hi.i witt^ Mar-aiei k\nnersle\. >.hc m.ir- » {> V -i . '. J ? 1... • Sf (' -I ! '>r .' • .: tr. )< , ': •;.!' i<. I. » ./'i.H I 13^ ri'iM-.is MH T iriiopi'. ricd her cousin, Robert More', of Liuley, More, and Larden, and alter survivinj; him twelve years died without children in I7f Lower Millichoite (More, Pemberton, ("hildc, P>cckwith). Jiihri I.ei;;liton oi 1 eiijlitoii, liicd idSo , -Suiali, (I:ui. of Ixowl uiil Lea, (iicil ifiyS. ' In 13uilc-'s f.itndi'il Gi'iitry, C;itln.rini is (jivcn .i-; socond wife to Robert More .as IdIIoas : -"Mr. Roht-rt Morii in.uricd fust I'.lleii, <]. of Thomas Wils.in, of rrcvallyn, 1 7 ^o, ami li.\(l by h'-r t '.vo sons, riiomas and Robert. Secondly, CJ.itlierinc, d. k<\ rtioiii:\s More, ol .Millicho|)e d.s.p. 1792." •1 t >r! <\ ( .ji! »•• }■■..'] vfri'-^ ••♦• ;. I [.i,.nU:\ " J i' /.-it ./• II I' \ ,.U \ J 1 i . , 1 1 i I 1 ■ r -J ' I J ; ■ ■ .. ) A . ; ■ 11 . !:u. : ........ .1 ; ' ; . .i.-.T :.l)iwi,J > , : V .;■. ... '.; , ' : . .. >■■■ . !.-l-:ii.!..i'' - • ... . , . :• ' •... ;i ■, t.i'.i; • . .■ '■ ' . .. ■ ■ ,, ' ,', .•■! tiif) I . ,, M UPPER MILLICHOPE. 137 0| •Mary LeiRhton m. John Richard Lcighton, of^Elizabetli, dau. of Anthony Leijjiiton, Sheriff K) nnersicy, of V\'rickt- 'ii^cd 37, Ksford. ley of tesl.ite of Ut- leaving his sisters Wrickton. I7S-1- toxett-r. coll., and with Her son ^- '755 hiin the male line succeeded Leii;hlon of Lcigh- to Leighton ton became extinct Catiierine, d. Rachel, m. Robert Irances Margaret, sister-f-Thomas More uninar. 1726. Davisonoflhe Brand d. young and coh. of Millichope. d. 1762. 3 sons, wiio pre-dcceased them, and left two daus. and coh., but Kodcnhurst (Leighton)and Millichope (More) went to the tiiird, Cailieriuc. Catherine, d.s.p. 1792, left Mil-=^Robert More lichope and Rodenhuist to the of l,inley[sce grandson of her great aunt noteonCath- Mary Lcighton (who maiued erine More — John remberton). Eu.] left two sons, d. 17S0. *.\Iary LeiglUon(dau. of John l^eighton)^John Peniherton, of Wrockwardine. Jane, d. of [ului (iardner, oi jansaw-f-John I'embertoii, of Wrockwardine. .\Lirtha Cludde, d.^^Edward Pembcrlon, of VVrocl;- Ann Nor-=j=Roberl Pern- and h. of William Cludde (the last Cludde of Orleton) d. 1772. \\-ardinc, 1st son, born 17-7, Sheriff 1754. died iSou. grave, d. 1S12. berton, 2nd Son, d. 1794. Anna NLiria- [cffries. Sarah Lloyd-pRobeit Pcmberton, Thomas i'cinbcrton, I 2nd son. 1st son, d.s.p. suc- ceeded to Millichope -Willi. im Pcmberton, who assumed liie name of Chmdc, Sheriff 1S14, d. 18^9. Harrijl- d. 1S4S. -V\ illiam Lacon Cliilde, Kinict, Slienff 182S. Harriet, dau. of^p^-dwaid Cludde of Orleton, Sir Cico. Cock- I d. 1840. burn, Ht. | h I Caroline = Rev. Rubcit Noigr.ive Pem- I'cchel berton, Rector of C.'liurch Stretton, pulled down the old timber house at Millichope abt ut 1845, and built tiie present one ; d 1848, leaving .Millichope to his cousin, Charles t^hilde, who assumed the name of I'emberton. iiM na'titj \n' a ' .(-• r It < I i I •ji(» ' /.-..• '.(iv/ ' ..•ill' ; iM I ; I, -,,n«i| . • . . . , ' . , r? I ll n ^ 'J . ' i i .1 ,•'■•• •> iiou*. t .,'1. I ti A/-,'/ ii:;H '0«», O ij.b i:> M*» b 'f !c. 138 ITPI-K MILLICHOTE. H Annie, only d. .uid li., mar. Hon. Ki,bert C. Herbert. bhc died 1906. I Charles Chiidc, .3rd son, to whom his cousin, Robert Nor^rave I'eii.beiton, bequeathed .Miliichope and Kodenhurst. He sold Kodcnhui.i, and bis -on sola Milhcbope, ubich now (iyo6) belongs to .Mr. Bcckwith i J .) r.:c- :« -- 'J '-■ ,3wi 1_ J . >*4'i ! ; at I I \ «/ V. .1 I ; J 1 139 A TERRIER OE THE PARISH OE DIDDLEBURY, Edited by EVELYN H. MARTIN. A TRUE Noatc and i)crfcct Terrier of all the Glebe Lands Teinicments Tithes ri^dits dut3cs and cnstonis belonging to the \'icar of Diddlebnr)- made the two and twentyeth day of A\n\\ in the year of onr Lord One thousand six hundred and tiiirty seven by Will'" Wigley and William Tyler Cliurch- wardens John Norncott, Gent : John IJaldwin, Gent : IVa Pulley, W'" Eosbrooke, Riclianl Stedman, Adam Price, Clement Downes, Gharles Wellings, Michael Duke, Tho^ Lewis, Gent:, Rich*^ Like, and Tho* Turner and passed by Tho'^ Habberl)', the now Incumbant. Impremise the mears and bounds of tlie s'' Parish begining at Dinchope do pxtend from thence to ICaton and froiri thence to Munslow, and from thence to Ditton and from thence to the ('lee and from thence to Goldweston and from thence to Stanton Lac)' and from thence to Culmington antl so to Dinchope aforesaid. Item the Glebe Lands Teniments Tithes dutyes rights and customs belonging unto the said \'ickrage arc as followeth (viz') —In Corfton one Dwelling-house and Stable and one Parn containing ten baj'S two Gardens two Orchards and the Ghappel ^':lrd. Item. In Diddlebury one Dwcllinghouse with a Harn containing in all four P>ays one Garden or Orchard and the Church)ard there And one small Mt;atlow in Gorfton con- taining by estimation half an Acre l}'ing on Corve Bank between Pitt I\)()l and the Highwa\ leading' from Sjxirch'ats Mill to Corfton aforesaid Anil Allso Connnon of pasture in Corflons Wood in the Long b'orrcst and in the b^elds belonging to C^orfton and cinnmon of Estovers in ('orftons Wood. Item Tlu; '1 ilhcs of all Corn and Grain g'rowing and increasing in the N'illagesor Handets oi Corfton anti Sparcli- ford. And the lielhes of all Corn and Grain {ijrowing or \l>I. \ I., ua -^i.Tii'S. tj a:-.! Ij;-. •t Of\ '■ ' M li '/I'AAVA ux (ntictM I ; ■ (,ni; 01' ■' 'III / J : I ! j u ; 11','/ :,. » .'I'l^ ic >< ' . , I'l :!w.l,/ ,;:■.' .! ••- »'!»•■» !'•! •— • ■ •' '•>•-. »;ij 1 lif I 1 1 '' i i nn -li-l 'ii»;/l , * ■ ;'• •';■• ; • ,;i, if'r ■t l ..• m! 'Ij , /i 1 ;• ' I •; ■, • ; >i;.; ni ,i.-. Ml'l ' . -JllJ l(! • i -,,,.!!; ,j,, ■• ... i \ ■■, .: ,, ;mI ..i.'ll itU;, r '.tti* 1 ,. , 1 I.,., , ,, J ('....!,•.' ■! ■■ iij;i.' .'iO'.j I'll!; ii\-j.. .v/t.i!(/) (ij I . ,:j. i-| II .-"< I ..] ( ' .11, ii tj^^^iiiiWM;') uj .j-)M'.n(f ,,, , ,' ,;, •.,, ■ ,:! :/ !• i • ■:!' ' •./ '^jdi mi. Ji« ! .^uiol^UT ;., . .,,' ! , •..»..;! . '. U ii-j (K'Tho) ji I (Mv) , - 1 .' : , .■•? '-. , ' ; ' .■ 1 ;:((';.! J.'I' .^ . :» 'J/' \tti'. vl-jd, .i7j /«i'Jli!fl ■ ,.■ • ' / I ,'. ■' I -j.'i Hi ' I ,'•! ;i(iiiiij.l • . •■ I ,,;.,.,.' . . ' . .! ■ ' /I.. !. ' I ! 7?i'l •; ..)."JhI ;i ,1 •. ' ; ' . • ■, artiruhrlv ^pressed (v,.') for the M.ll called the fiatch I 2 <^"i ....s yearlv And the Mill in the Moore one si lli j ' K- ^ '" '"" -,'"■"' '>"v. -houses in l.iddleln.ry affo e i aL^;,;dl,::lT,:he1^;; ;'";-■ '— '^^^^"^''-^ noon (he \I„n , ;^ ^'"'-' K'°""'S and incrcasniR • ', V '"■'"■''' "■"'"■<^» "■■ occupations of I'd ■ •a -us,, ley Glace Tl,o^ Child Kid,.. Lngford k!c I if^^" • '"' v^^^ ""= -™""«'-'' '^'''-^ l'°«'les John Wl T "™" ,""" ''"^"""^^ '^d. Jones .u,d V, I , VT^T "'"-•^""' "f ""•'^'^ "I'illi'KS yearly And also f<,r al the 1 ,ethe Hay yearly growing and inrreas H,g upon the Meado«s and Grounds now in the to, ro 'or occupatton of Gertrude lialdwin and Tho« Nornco a,"d • . . Nor,,co,t of Seifton or their assigns one shilling year v a„d a all the ,ethe yearly growing and increas ng' ,0 .1 e M adous a,,d („ounds now i„ the tenure or occ,t,,a io" of 1 oslHooke s,Npence yea, ly And for all Tieihe Hay -.ly g,ow„,g au, ,nc,easi„g upon the Afea.lows a,'d G.onnds now ,„ the tenu.e or occupation of l^dwa d IIal.l.e,ly s,x pence yea.ly And for all the liethe Hay grow^ ';,:," "■^'^"'" "!■"■' ''';•■ M-:adowsand (.-oundsnow m" e t. ,ne o, o-c„pa„o„ of Mil,., iv„,,,, „„.,^^ <= And loi a i(j 1 Id ii' n IV , .,.1 • -''-'^"'>- ,,„, , - , ""'"-"a) ;'."lyg,ow,ng upon the, Meadows ; I ..-M,.l.,,,,w,,,tl,e,e„„n.o,.o.:c„pa.io„„rTl,ol-,ishop 11,., M,„to„ 11,0 Nc„clK,Vl,-r„n,son,ndpar,of|.,,n,l,.' l.,u.l one sl„ll,„g y ,,K- .,,,, f„, ,1, „,^ ,,,,J, , ; ;^^ g ..w„,g and „,c,es„,g upon the Mca.low.s and Cound , o w ':';::,'■■;'''', :;'''l'''; "■a"..-llot|.aln,erfourpc„cc '•', "1-a tin ,\h.,,do«., an.l G,o„nds late in the leuuie and iHi 1" -^nnnai '. •l-i •»/ " ,;ll :i.l} II.; . ., i ,, : >•/ J»f. ^ r..': ..i 1-. "•^•■' •■■■'■■ ■^^"'' ••»«'"'-•• ,; , , ; i , -(iMil .1.' ' J<.'-itl;ii. ' ' . .' i>'i/. Il;-, .. I '■ /,i .t ' I i ; . i . .1 . ..:.;.•. .1 . . I. .1/1 ;■> '". '.- ' ■ -' ■'' • ' ,1 . .1 ■ 1. ♦ ., i.;;. .-1.) J-mJ.. l>i! . •■■• 1 ^■''•' 'i^' '"1" , ,, ,, , _,,, . ,, ., ; ,; .■: .u./M'-;! ■..! ; i,; iii J . .:' i - ; . .lii.H W '•■ ,;, , ,/ r' ' " j:\ui.'. '. ; . ,1 ■ •, i i": .-. >wi • ■ '!. i'li-^ , ■ . • : I ■'' '. r U '< ' ■'"■ ( "... ■. .' . . . I • . . I y , .,:,('.)■ . I , I 1 1 ml 1/ '■ li { ,,U i • I I Ml ■ ■ ; ' , ; I ; I •■ ' ■ i ,.,|.; ,r:i :..■!' j: i • '• '"' '" ' ' « PAKISII Ol" DIDDT.KIUlRY, 1^)37- 1 4 1 occupation of Morrice Tw it and part of Sadlers and Pantleys Land four pence yearly. And for all 'I'icthe Hay yearly f^rowinj; and incresing upon the Meadows and Grounds now in the tenure and occupation of George I'ostcrn four pence yearly. In Corfton Item for all Tietlic Ilay yearly growing and incresing upon the Meadows and Grounds belonging to the Tenement wherein John Nornscott Client now dwelleth, six- pence yearly And for the Tenement call'd Cardington now also in the tenure ot John Norncott eight pence }eaily And for all Tie.tlie Hay )earl)' growing and increasing upon the Meadows and Grounds bi'longing to the lenenient wherein Henry Stedman now dwelleth two {)ence }'early And for the Tenement the s'' Henry Stedman purchased of John Stedman of Aston Gent eight pence yearl)' And for all the Tielhe Hay yearly growing and increasing ui)on the Tenement now in the tenure and occupation of Riclr' Stedman six pence yearly And for all the Tiethe Hay 3'early growing and incres- ing upon the tenement now in the tenure or occupation of Tho* Stedman called Turpley Hall three pence \'carl)- And for all tiethe he\' yearly growing and incresing upon the tenement now in the tenure and occupation of \V"' Stedman and Jane Stedman Widdow or one of them eight pence Nearly And for all Tiethe hey )'early growing and incresing upon the tenement now in the tenure of Tho" Stedman (ouv pence }early And for all tielhe He\' }'earl)' growing and incresing ui)on the Tenement now in the I'ennre and occupa- tion of Eli/''^ Tij)ton Widdow Six pence yearly And for all liethe he}' }earl\' growing and incresing upon the 'i\auinent now in the tenure of (liarK.s n.ukcr foiu" pi;nce yearly And for all the: Tictlu Ik \- )i arl}' growing and nicrcsing upon the tenemriil now in the lenine of Tho Noriux)ll lour pence }'earl)' Item for Tythe Hay growing' upon the IVnement n(3w in the teiune ol \V"' Price twiaity i)enre }('arl\' And for all l\ tlii; ilay growing upon the rtiiciiK iil now in llic i laiiiie o( Iho Teage ten pent i; yearly And (or all 1 stlu' Ha}' growing upon the lenniMnenl now m iIk trinnt.' ol Alice ()nion> st'ven prncc^ \'eail\- And (ov all 'l\lli( ll.iy j;rowin:; upon the Ti. ik iiii iil lair in the teniui' (jI Iho SUvhn.m ol the Vh}' Seven pt net,; }'• iil\ . u .^»^l ifnr? lo n^iMAi r 'li(::-i :l .(«.' 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In .<■ -t; I I »ll I ll«H|ll I . , : ' ■ I ir./ .: / ll .' mIj Um ^^^ A TERRIER OF THE In Aston Item lor the Tv-Hm u^w r ^, , tenure of C lenient Downes md Tho^ U, then one sl,.„i„g and ,ou:,,c::' ,earlv "" "' ""' ""' "' In b|,a,cl,ronl ],.„, f„, all ,h, TvU.e I lay yearly (.rou.n.- and .ncrcsn.g upon ,i,e Meadows and Ground^,"!'' u ^'rirl,e'?;;e.^;"X^^^^ and Lands of M- K^Zl naioTV'''" "'^^'-*'"- i\L_).sc] oi ]Jall()i,l and now m t he tmiuo In Westl,opc Hem payed by all the Inhabi.anls of West- hope aforesaid for and in reco.npence of their Tvihe It ^l shillings ;e!!ll"" '" "" '"'""" °^ ^--^'1 "--" -" In Middlehope Item for all Tythe May yearly .-rouin.- and n,crcas,ng. upon the Tenement now n\he ten^H^ ijine Ha> jcarly Kiowing and .ncrcsin,- upon the Tenemrni Assigns SIX penee \cnr K Aiui (,,,■ «l,. t .11. In 1 eeton Item for alJ tlie 'J\ (hf> Hn,\.« . 1 '>"'^ lJ-0' Nearly ^rowmK and n,rr..-m:: u,.., the !«»?T A S>! .ii. > r.<' • II ■ t :t, ..'T^O .1 ii.: ::ri(..'-» iiH. ,.4\J'}M ili.liyi/ I'J vj! ;(.'<• icr'tXj \,\\\, yl'it'j/ •) li Kj •l / 'fi. ■■ .. .. . :>:. • : ' ,;;!' 1 ; • I . . i ,,;; t!,. 1. »,(./ /I : -./ ^/'illiil--. , , , .;. • ' .ill ■ '■ ' I :' ;.iiir' ; : Xll ,.;!!.( • . • - . -' • ' i ■ ' . '■ . , 1 . ■! i ! //(Ml , • : . . ,.!,, . ' .,' .." •* .1. 1m J" ) . i ( • r . , ■,'.," ' 1 1 ; . n ■ I ' I ■_) i 1 . 1 . I ■ I .* I . ' ■>:. i ■ '; ■! • • ' t , . . . * . I • I ,' I ' i^ 1 1 • ■ I ; .,•) i '. .1 1. 1 M '. ' )■ ! r. i ' ' •■'.';, I nu PARISH OF DIDDLEBURY, 1637. I43 Tenement now in the tenure of W'"' Houson nine pence \'enrly And for all the fythe hay yearly growing and incresing upon the lenenient now in tht; tenure cjf Kich'^ Hrecknocx ten pence jearly And for all the Tythc hay \ early growing and incresing upon the Tenement ikjw in tlie possession of Elinor Scarlet Widdovs' \\\c pence yearly And for all the Tythc Hay growing and incrcbing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Kicdi' Sleake of thu IK-ath eight pence )'early And for all the Tythc Hay \x;arl\- growing and incresing ui)on the 'i'enement now in tiie tenure of Michael Duke six jience yearly And for all the T)the Hay yearly growing and incresing upon the Tenement now in the Tenure of John Street four pence }early And for all the Tythe Hay yearly growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Cornelius Rainsons six pence }'early And for all the Tythe Hay yearly growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Tho"" Smith and Rich'' Stoake eight pence yeail\' And for all the l}the Hay }carly growing and in- creasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of \\'"' Higley and called hy the name of Corfton Mill live pence Item for tlie t\the of the s"^ Mill caiTd Corftons Mill two shillings yearly Item the tythe of a house and Close in Ilouldon now in the tenure of George Pickering. In Bromcroft Item for all the Tythc Hay growing and incresing in Bromcroft yearly upon the Lands tenements thereof now in the tenure and possession of John Lutley Gent ten shillings and tw(j pence }'early Item for all thu Tythc Ha}- \-early growing and incresing ui)on the two farms in lironcroft Park then in the tenure of Adam Price Gent and comoidy called the LoJge and the other in the possession of Ann Houson W'iddow \\'"' Parr and 'Idio^ Ke}S( 1 and hecause the Vicar is to have o( Adam Littleton lCs(j' seven shillings yearly Item paid hy Adam Price for the I) the of one Home Close calTd Hilton three siiillings and Unw ponce yearly. In Great Postern Item for all the 'T}'the Hay growing and incresing in Great Postern upon the Tenement now in the 'Tenure of Tho' Turner one shilling and four pence yearly Item for ail the 1 \ ihc Ha) growing and increasing upon the Tenement now ui ihe tenure of Ed Smith one shilling and three pence yearly. f; .Tf'> .r»' f- '••( . IKT -^O HeUIA*! ! Mil- t ),:■•• t \ '111 I . „,,.,r.-.T «! (•.!•. MM/' fii I,': iu> 1.-1/ /" I' ' -: ■'■'!i ' ,' ' '■ («;,.f. -■: <•;' t "*'■' 'Uni :I •.-«fl5 ni 1:. ■ ^..i > !' 10 .' ' <\' -•fit III'. ! i' ' ' ■ -J ■ ft ; .. ; . ; , «:!) CI ,• .if( tKihill()«i ;: »1 ■ . , ..,!.... . . i 'fll ,,,,,,• 1 :• ' t'l I • ,' .<; .h»/I lU-i-f;i:i.i'l ,,;. ,• •! ,, ,.n ■ .:, , ,: • ; ■■'.•> \>■>^^> • ■ . . ./_ .,( , . . , ■ I /. ■ : l.i // n. ...... .1.11 I . I ,, i ,) '^'1 !. >T.1 llT I ;;;!.'"' >i -M I Kit. . I , '* \ "l,, .;iT^ !' 'fit .1/1 ilj !:• i< • t'l**!! ■.'■II'; ' ■ 1^4 A TFRRIER OF THE Item in Little Postern the T\the Hay of a yard called the Kitchen \'ard now in tlic possession of \\'"' Morris. In I'^rmstrey I'aik Item all small 'i'}thc.-, due to be paid to the Vickar in kind. In Saint Margarets Ciee [Item for all Tythes coming growing and incrcsing in Saint Margarets Clce upon the I'\-irm there now in (he tenure of h'd ('res>ett l'"s(j'^ the sum of two shillings yearly.) In Great Sutton Item for all the 'r3the Hay } early growing and increasing in Great Sutton upon the Tenemeut now in the tenure of Iho^ Lewis Gent sixpence yearly .And for all the Tythe Hay yearly growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the Tenure of Ann Lewis Widdow one shilling }early And for all the Tythe Hay yearl}' growing and increasing uj^on the tenement now in the tenure of Tho^ Shejiparil six pence yearly And for all the Tythe Ha}' jearly growing and incTeasing ujxmi the Tenement now in the tenure of (diaries W'cUings sixpence yearl}' And for cdl T}the Hay growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the Tenure of Rich'' Heynes we are ignorant. And for all the Tythe Hay yearly growing and incresing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Rich'' Brookes fourpence yearl)' Antl for all Tythe Hay yearly growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Tho^ jordon six pence yearl}' And for all the Tythe Hay }earl}' growing and increasing upon the Lands of Rich'' Child (lent now in the Tenure of the s'' Tho' Jorden nineteen pence yearly .And for all the Tythe Hay growing and increasing ui)on the Lands of 'i"ho^ Jorden of Ledwitch eight pence }earl}'. In Little Sutton Item for all the Tythe Hay }early growing and increasing in Little Sutton upon tiie 'i'enement ncnv in the Tenure of John Harris six pence yearly And for all the 'i'ytlie Ha}' }eai'ly growing and increahing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of ICdward Palmer four pence \earl}' .\nd for all the 'l"}'the Ha}' }eari}' glowing and in- creasing upon the tenement no\s in the tenure of 'Idio' Lewis Gent two pence }earl}' .\nd for all the lythe hay }earl\- growing and increasing upon the ti iRiuent now in the tenure of I'^ra W'ellings eight pence }'earl}'. In Law ton Item for .dl the 'l\\'the Hay Nearly growing r A »I T 7 h ».'.'/ /; il ycii »it ..'- j!i Kli i 7/ r l^f. •ti' l\' .1 ' i .IT ;:n. //• •>'.. ' ; ., ; ('- . ._ M 'Mi J' 1 ■•" li. -/;..[ -..i! In- ;. ., .; w* I II! f)v>\ J ,•• i I .•'I'r/ I i.l ; il- ■ ' il ■! I '« ■ • ;.i" .1 ... J.: .."; ' . ' . ,/ •. '! ':;,<. .i» M,-.;,i , . f ' ,Mt :■•.. -■:' ; ^■ ■.i. ■ I , f" ' I. ! , I, ; ' ■' '1 . !.. ■ . ■ . ' '•..■ i . • r - ,(■ \n\- i : >M{\ .h() 11, ' ; ■■ . t II- )• ji. 'ifif c.'?"! ) ■ I . I' I Ml, '(III //ui.i ' ' . ■ ' ..Ml)/// i.-i'l In ■ .'I II 0/.... I fil PARISH OF DIDDIEBURV, 1^137. T45 and increasing in Law ton upon the Lands and tenements now in the tenure ot" Adam Lutley Gent, twenty pence yearly And for all the Tythe Hay yearly growing and in- creasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of \\'"' Minton one shilling yearly And for the t)thc hay of a Meadow called Lanii)o Meadow one shilling yearly And for all the T)'the Hay yearly growing and increasing upon the Tenement now in the tenure of Antoney W'igley ten pence yearly. Item for every Calf that is calv'd within the parish four pence saving and excepting those who j>a)' the tenth calf in kind And for ever}' Colt fallen one penney Item for all the Gardens in the Parish one penney for every garden. Item for W^iod and l-'uel burnt in each House within the said parish one peniu'y )early. Item lor e\'er)- ser\aiil Artiticer and Trades- man receiving the Communion at ICaster the tenth part of all ids Clean gain all charges deducted And for e\er}- other Communicant two pence a j)eece )earl)-. Item for the r}lhe Miik of every Cow kept in the parish one pennc). Item there are due to the Vicar all other small Tithes as W'ooU, Lambs, Aples, pears, and other Iwuite, Geese, Piggs, Flemp, and bdax au-l all other small T}thcs in kind saveing and excepting such and such places as any sum of money above be mentioned to be paid in lieu of T}'thes Item Lggs. viddilet for every Henn two I'2ggs at blaster And at Emstrey Park three at the same time Iti'ui for Kgistment of barrens and un[)rofitable C^itlle the tenth part of the N'alue of the Pasture. Item there is and before the memor}' of Man to the Contrary there was in the Chanced of Diddltbur)' afore- said a convenient Seat for the s'' \'ickar and his assistant Minister adjoining to the receix'ing place and free Lgress and regress into the said Chanced for the administration of the Sacrament Reading of Pra}er3 to stami to bring in and dis- tributing jf his ciistomar)' right to the parishners and distri- buting the same at I'^.aster or other times receiving the custom money in recompence of his Tj'thes in kind |)utting on and off his Robes, And place for a Chest to stand in for the safe keeping ami setting up of the sanu\ Item for e\'ery sheep that is sould a h.ill pcuii)' ;i head. Item for i;\'er une that is married within llic |> irish twent)' pence and ever)' one that is married in any other [)arish lie or shee being of this parish » J » .1 :' .1 i.iur> .-. ^ 1.- . .. _..■• .I)- . ■ , .1 . . . . 'li:! ,''<■! 'n.v,l> . . , ■ ."•■ • -iV I 'I ' ,t I .■ I;. . I'rjiCi .Mil 1 1:' J , ;;.t,.. , >...-.' I I' 1 il ■;;/.( ' 1 1 1) i , , : ..^ ,., ■ . ,..:., ,.. .. ■• ',;.r.; ,,,;,-;;,, ..,. ; ■ ■■ i : ■•l-.-l ^' \ \ -k^ ^ ■ : 1.:, .vo'i --^ :/ .' ' , (-^ I, J "i .. ' . I'll,, . . '.a ! . ; ;: . ..!■ i- , J t ., < I r r PAinsii (H" ninni.Hi'.rK'v, if);^y. -. — 147 ^ (2) Gerard Daniict of Wc.sthopc. 'l'\\c \'isildlioit 0/ Slirof^- shire, under Dannalt of W'esthopc, gives William Danliati of W^esthope as marrying Juliana, natural daughter of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, thus proving that the Dannct famil\- had some connection w ith W'esthope at the time that the propert}- belonged to the Marls ot Arundel. Probahh' the\' held it under the Earls. Leonard Dannet purchased Westhope from Lodovic Grevcll and Thomasina his wife 10 Elizabeth, 1568. He ilied 1598. In a '.^hancery Proceeding, 1570, Leonard Dannet and Roger Stedman are mentioned. John Dannet, whose will is dated Jij Januar)', 1000-7, and j)ro\'ed 30 .April, 1607 (P.C.C, IIuddlestoiK; 28), by i\gnes Dannet, iea\'es to the Parish of Diddlebur}- 40/-, and to " my friend Mr. William Baldwyn, Gent., a gold ring." In his In<|. P.M., 1608, is mentioned an Indenture dated 7 January, 42 Elizabeth, 1600, made between him and W^illiam Baldwin of Ludlow, Gent., and others. Gerard Dannet, whose Inq. P.M. is dated 8 James I. (161 1), was brother of Thomas Dannet who died 1627. Gerard Dannet, mentiouL-d in tlie Terrier and in a (diancery Proceeding, 1637, was a younger son of Gerard mentioned above. Thomas Dannet, whose Will is dated 20 January, 1654, and proved 12 March, 1654 (P.C.C. Aylett jjo), orders his e.\i;cutors to sell " My Manor of Westhope." The name is not mentioned in the existing Diddlebur}' registers. 'Idle Norncots (or Normirot, as the Ileraldh' I'lulaliini sj)ells it) were of C'orfton. They enterinl their |)cdigree' in ib23,when John Normcot was head of the famii)-. Ilis wife was Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Downes of .Middle- hope. riie pedigree of Lewis of Houldon, (ireat Sutton, and iiroughlon (b)' (diirbury) was entered at the same time. Thomas Lewis was the son of ICdwvird Lewis of (ireat Sutton, whose mother, Clemence Bromwich, was grand-daughter of Matilda Cornwall of Berrington, Co. Hereford. The mention ol the Lampe Meadow is curious. In the Certihrates of CuUrges, temp. Elizabeth, 1558, it is stated that John Cowper and Richard Trevor, the speculators in Chinch Jt I. Ifl»!J!l n*> b'i.-j nL,iL!q J'jnncQ I . III.;/ . Y«l! " o) b.'ii. .- "J- n lo ri 111/: nrlri na^Vi-Jau '.:^; ,lrr.-/' !<• 1. >.\/. Vl/ •' ll-oi OJ r I ;/•■.. 1 .-rji' Ml I ( •.; ji . » ■i! i., <:'.;'m ji.i i.i I T |S A TF.RKIF.R OF THF PARISH OF 1"^IDDI.FBURY. l6 37- property, purchasccl amongst other things " rents in Duddle- bury given for the support of a light and a lampe in the Parish." The Lainjie Meadow ma\- have been the place from which the rent was derived fortius lamp in the Church of Diddlebury. '1 here is a field on the Westhope estate r called "The Wellings," which has lately been planted as a covert. It may have some connection with the name of (harks Wellings, which occurs in the Terrier. Man}' oi the Shropshire 'lerricrs have appeared from time to time in the Sliropsliirc Notes and Queries, :ind arc interesting as showing the way tithes were levied in parishes before the Tithe Commutation Act was passed. . . •-) ' ■ ■ -I ■•.\ ' 1 1 , \ ■ . \ i\ ■ <■;; I ■:■■ '■ ■< / ic^. ■!. Ui' IV M- ' ' >•,! . > \ !,':.. oi 1.1. , I.: I. i ..,<(..! < V!-'- "'. W ; • V I!: t!. ,,. l\:.iy • ur Mill. I > ■ -n w !•» U^'»f1 I"! V-"' flllHWn A ^1 I '::y. " >• 1 \ no"* p:; r-^;.'. f. .1 '•. -. . I •' -I- , M- ft •' j,l I n )o .,/. ,; ,.;i-j il .■^ li ill! // --.clli ' // ' v! II. .1 ) V'.:\'' -i.-li f.l -jnii) o' . •/ : •• lij.i iiilV*') a(()i 1 149 ' A : I \ • t THE FIRST BAIT.IFl'S OF LUDLOW y\N FaRLY C'HAl'lKR IN THE HlSfORY OF TUl': I^ORoUGH. Br HFXRY T. \VEY^L'\N, F.S.A. ; The early history of ihc Borouj^h of Ludlow, like that of many other Towns, is veiled in the mists of anticjuity. It is not e\en possible to aseertain the precise dale at which Ludlow acquired the dignity of a Borouj^di, or when it he- came an independent unit. As is well known, it received its formal Charter of incori)oration in i_|Oi at the hands of King Edward R^, who was, as heir of the Mortimers, its feudal Lord, and that Charter was granted to the Borough in con- sideration " of the laudable and gratuitous services " which the Burgesses of the Town of Ludlow had rendered to the King in obtaining his right to the Crown of England " ni great peril of their lives," and also of " the rapnies, depre- dations, oj)pressions, losses of goods, and other grie\ances," which for his sake- had in di\ers ways been brought upon them by the competitors for the throne. The Charter there- fore, expressly recognised that before its grant there were Burgesses of Ludlow," so tliat it is e\ ident that it is at Some ciirlier date lluit the Borough must have come into existence. This is even more clearly shewn by a Charter of Richaril Duke of \'ork, Eailof March, I.ordof Clar(\ of Wig- more, aiKJ ol I udliiw (i'^dwards l\.'s fatherj, dated in l-jSCJ, which runs as Iwljows: -"Whereas John Parys and others, the tweUe and ilic twenty-fne with thtiii, Burgt^sses chosen tor the goiid ruk" counscll and gouvernance of our said Town of the whuli 12 and 25 ;ind their |)ri'(K'cessors S) t he tlu; tune that iuj luiiid is, \)y the Ikeiise .iiul grant id our iiol)]e progi-nitors lia\o used ruk"d and gtn eriietl all manner of matters belonging to our said town (.-xcept the correction and gi ai\('rii.incc lli;i1 Lii;;i-th and ci iiiccriiclh to our .Stuard there And (.except also that that apperta iiu tii lo the- (oiistabies for the King our .SoMingn Lord." i'liis ( li.nlcr preci'eded to (iiiiium the aulhtiiit)' ol the 1 j ,ind J5, and c< uiiiDaiided all Vol. Vll., jrd iciicb f v>M /y.. \(Vy\ •l''* >:'\ II 11/ H V?Mr-\ 3F3T ;;. ,. >j '.' .Ill -f*.! /. > i :•-: /; Mi IMAM) 7 IK^H .. . 1 1 . 1 1 • • 1 i . ■ ' , ... . / ;n i; • , :, ,, .• •; .; : » - .■■ r . ii i" •• ■ ,, ; .* •. :■ : .1'! !-■! lUitl// ■ i.. 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Situated as the town is on the l)order of the agri- cultur.d counties (d Shropshue and Herefordshire, the latter of which was famous in later da) s for its " Women, Wood, and Wool," we can easil}- understand that this would be so. Some of the inhabitants of Ludlow were about 1270 taking a lead in the wool trade with the C'ontinent. The export of wool to [).irts bi')ond the seas was from 1270 to 1274 pvr mitted only to those who C)i)tained a patent licensing them to send out u[ the country a certain number of sacks. Amongst those who succeetled in obtaining these patents were several " men of Ludlow," amongst v/hom Nicholas, of Ludlow, must have been in a \ery large way of business, as in 1270 he was allowed to export 280 sacks, while few other merchants in England had licences to export so much.' Amongst other licensees appear the names of Philip de \\^)'ggemore, Law- rence Colet, Thomas Eylrich, Thomas de Langeford, Nicholas Alriche, and Nicholas Gow, all described as " Mer- chants of Ludlow." One other well known LucUow name aj)pears in the list, Lawrence de Ludlow, also described as a " merchant of Ludlow," the founder of Slokesay ("astle, and one of the first successful traders who founded a great family in the Count)'. It is easy to see that, with men of so much wealth and importance in the Town, the inhabitants would require some form of self-go\'ernment, and this would be found lirst in the Merchant (juilds, then springing u[i all over the Country. Probabl)-, therefore, Ludlow, like cUher old Towns, owes its Mu*nicij)al institutions more to its old Gilds than to any other cause. In very early times, Societies had existed for social and religious intercourse, and these were gradually enlarged for the purpose of trade.- They (.)btained a kind of legal status, and were generally controlled by the chief citizens, with the common consent and election of all the members of the Gild ; and as they had a Gildhall, officers and rules, all the machinery of Municipal government was available. It is easy, therefore, t(^ see the way mi which the ' Sliiof'Jin,- Sln,\i . ,iii..' .1. I ..1 .•: ■■! V ,t ; ;,i . . -.,•1 \i ,1j.:" Ii^r, • iiJ. i 1J/ '.l;..;// •" " . I '(•' ■ n.T 1; J I ..I . 1: 1 • ....1^1 ,.7 ,-•.). ';ti .'■ ;.j 'M '."Off I , w. .1 ^v .. ■ (ii;-' h')'li(n I !:■''..' 1 'iill ].t IJi') fid V. •,/ iij. -1,1,..; .. I., f. . .i. :. '•- 11! ;: «!/ .( . Vi.M Mlv'v>fl) ' 1. >■ I ■ .. '. ..■• .'v.- ». ;:l,...M. , V.oln! 1 :IIJ " .1 : . I • ■? ' t.> • ■••■ .•:.,'.<' '<'}•' .. <'i "• 'mI' T/r.fl , >:.i •! 'i r,. . . ! ' • V. •' it.i v . 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' . lI'lK.. ) - ll] .■. . ■..,,■•'.• t/. • .": :.'■■' ,.•, 117/0 r ,, , , . ,;;...• i.a 1^ J. i..:j , _ . • I. ■.,■■'•' ' \!'''iii''-'':j ... . ■ ,1. , * mI j '• ■ ; . iifi Mil >fil . :, , ,' •..•• ■'<■ :i-. ,• .li-i !■,... ., .1! >i'!,.i;' /I. . t! •;: . • I- ,A. .. ^^'' K2 THli I'lRST BAlt.TFFS OF l.UDLOW. j^ovtTtinicrit of llic (jild rcsoKcd itself into the government of the community, and this |)iobahl)' explains the ccjumience- nient ol Miuiicipal rule in Ludlow as in most other towns. A Ciild existed in Ludlow frnm a \ery early date, but took here a unique fcjrin ; namely, that of a Cjild of Palmers— i.e., pil- <;riins to the llol) L.nid, -.itid it may be a.s Mr. Wrij^ht thought likel)', that these Lalmer:^ may ha\e combined trade with their [)il_L;riina[(<' U) Palest inc.' The l)eginning of this (iild, which was incorporated in I_'S}, is not known : a tradi- tion which, as l.eland records, existed in Henry \TIL's time, that it owed its foundation to Edward the (^.>nfessor may be well founded, as it is very much on the lines of the old Saxc)n Frith Gilds, which seem to lia\c been compulsor}' associations responsible in their corjjorate capacity fcjr the <.jood conduct of each member. Each Ciild brother coiitril')uted to the common fund which was expended m sa)mg masses, provid- ing fc)r their burials, assisting brothers in times of need, aiul last V)ut ncjt least, in their Feasts. Some of the origin. d grants (still in existence) by which rent cliarges were gi\ en to the Gild " for the health of the souls " of the donors and their relatives, are certainl)' of '. rl .!■••_' i\\ li J«' J.-li •■ 'M . ■■ fl ri,i Ml/ .; «' T.'. . /?•). ti ;, .;.;!. /ljut/oi l!"v/ 1 !• •) i riOj.}i,t 1 :*. i fi >. I iji ».«v f 'iv/ii ■ . ^ , 'I 'Mi' ' . .,i •/•: I .Mil:: ij /•'!. 5 ii.i ji ; ,i';; It- . l-Miii ■■• t.' flv n/> • ' ; '■ ; ii y i(,i ^•;.'ti!i ;. ' ...•,->ni:,ci Ml i. \)(If J.luf.l. (.11 I ■• i\> ■ 'nh ;, /.,!■[ " .ill i . i VMI .-i'l ,< iKj Jc''' ■I :'.// .•■>;ji"; »..-\ • THr. FIKST RAIITFFS OF T UDLOW. 153 pears as a separate liberty, but it is as a Vill and not as a Hordui^h.' I'pon this occasion some men of Ludlow were fined fur breakin*^ some " assuc " which appears from the l^|)e l^oll of iJo I to have been an Assi/.e of Cloth ; cUuJ as this manufacture was then conlined to lJorou<^ii Towns, there is a bui^^^estion th;it Ludlow had then some, at all events, of the pri\ ilej^cs oi a Hdiou^h. In l_'Jl ihe Ahsi/e I'itill shewed that it was aj^ain as a \'ill and not .is a IJoroii^li that I .udU)W appenretl at that )'ear's Assi/.es, but on this occasion it was re- jiresenled b)- its Pro\ust ' pound of silver. There were grants of murage to the Baiiills and good men (i.e., Burgesses) of Lud- ' l'',yton V. 2S2. - Kyton v. jS2. fv \n T.?«t^ ^iiT I .tt imM ,. It ! I'j . I i^u .'.I .i(' '•;-. i ;' ) 1" .1 1 ;■} tiiii' 1 . m;.-.:-' iD.il I' .' . ^/-.il.;- ; .. , I- ■ ■■■ ; . - .1 ' ■ ..:•'.'.■ II. •inillw );> li J 'illl > I , ..1 .tl.,7/ I ..V ; "i •Itrifn .J' li ;,. ' •. -'• "I .<•; .1 ■.i; v! ; • f • ; III '1 .t. -If. L-' ■■'■ ■ • . I-, In,: ,■ ,, ll .J. 1 .' J:. lit III \tn[) •illl; III -v'.! ,UO 'Ixil'.ll^ ^1(1 H» 1|. . t ID. I . 1 1 ; ; : i '^ r- A . - - ,, ■. I It, j7 -mIT if.<>t''\ [ I ) ,'lr:0 w /! J. ,«J I '.'ill'.") )•: ; r. ;joii.'<.l -ui" '" vItIw • I I'l.H -ill' Oi ••.;;|.. lUfl 154 TUF- FIRST BAILIFFS OF I.UDI.OW. low in tlic )'car 1329, 1344, 1380, i3:o, and the Mayors and Bailiffs of Hereford and ('hesLer, that e.ich should receive one quarter of the body of Greru-we ap Tudor, who had lately arisen in insurrection, and " slu^ukl place it upon gates of their Town opening towards Wales to remain there as long as it can." In 1405 there was a gr.int to the " Bur- gesses" of l.udlow, that in consideration of their good ser- vices in resisting the Welsh Rel)els they should he quit of certain tolls. The exact position, however, of the Town at this time seems to be admirabl)- summed uji in a few words m one of the Foundation Deeds of the Palmers Gild, dated •'I 1275, as " The Gommunity of the Burgesses of the Town of I^udlow." This bod)' had then a legal status, as we find tliat this deed is confirmed with " the seal of the aforesaid Com- munity C)f I-udlow." There are amongst the Borough Records many documents, which are undated, but which are evidently of the date of Henry III.'s reign (1216-1272J, m which mention is made of various Borough Officers before there is any mention of Bailiffs. The Pra?positus (the Provost or Reeve) at the time of Domesday and in 11 87 has already been spoken of, but it is evident that tiie office was continued till a much later date, as Roger Sheremon (who was a Juror in 1272) is styled " pra^positus " about that tune, and R.ilj)h (otele is so called in 1257. There are varicjus mentions of a " ("onstabularius," Richard li' Senescal, being socalk^l in the (lost- Roll of I2.S(); John Estunuy in IJ74 ; Ruh.ird (k- MonK4e and Richard de ("habbeiior m undated deeds of the 131I1 centur}' ; and Robert de Stanton 111 a Charter of Walter de Lacy belore I 24 I. The ("onstabularius f)robably was the officer who had thc^ custody of Ludlow (Jastle, either unckr the King or the feudal Lord. The Municipal officers, properly so called, were, however, the two Bailiffs, the Gapital or Chief Bailiff, and his fellow, and it 1. po.-,sible to compik- a fairly comi)kte list of B.uliffs from the last year of Hinry the Third's reign down to the (iiaiil (d l.dw.inl the Iduilh's C'li.uler 111 I j(m., Muce \^huh n^i rif ..- . . . . • ' *•.♦ .' I ' I ■ " f Jt I . iT) t. .,1 . IN; 1 ]•' viin/tfi ;; ■ ■* -.1 ■ '-■ .•.!...■ •. 1, 01 xCr :■ > ■; ■■ Hi Vi.i ■!' I I it:.. I I,.. -I. .'»t<' .1/.). ) • . .11-., . I I ■ ■r ujI/. .i' i THK FIRST HAILIFFS ()F I.UDI.OW. I55 date a list has been published in Mr. Thomas Wrij.,4it's ad- mirable History of I .udlovv. This carries back the history of the did HuroULih l<»r two centuries further tliau Mr. Wright's list id' l^ailiffs, and into the da)'s of tiie Pianta^eni't Kni<.^s, to such events in l'.n<4lisli histor)' as tlu* Harons' War and the battles of Lewes, to the capture of Ludlow Castle by .Simon de Mont fort, and the battle of Evesham ; to Prince Llewc ll\ n and the subjugation of Wales, and to that l^arliament when, for the first time, the Burj^esses of the Towns sat beside the Knights of the Shires. Those were indeed stirring times in which our little Bor- ough commenced (so far as this early chapter is concerned) its municipal history, and during the 650 years which have chipsed since Richard de Chabbenor was, in 1256, its chief l)ailiff, though Ludlow as the residence of the Lrinces of Wales t{\ Rti-^n. William de Radenor ^ WAWx the Clerk. ) Henry the Clerk. Richanl di- Momele (Mamblcj'J RogcM' ScluTcmoii. ) Dominus de I .udford ' \ Henry de Chabbenor i^Chadnor). J ' .Maiiible, VVoici'slcr-sliire. I'fobuhly this \v..b Ionian of LudlorJ, wlio gr.iiUcJ tlie Couuiiun ul Wliit- tiitli- tu the Uurj^cbscs ol l^uillow. .'WO i ! 1 • .^111 IIAH Tr'HH ;UIT , , ' ; I , , ^*> 'i'i >U .' >■ -.1'.' i »•!• i ' ^. '^"' ?; -.5; •,♦?.( ,;.. 1. *v .iiir'j ' ClKidnor, Herefordshire. ' VVulterlow, HcicftJidsliiie. * Jolin dc Deiic was Hi|^li SlierilVof Slirojisiiite 13067. ■» Of Whitclicott. ' TicUlerion, Shro[)shire. " Nichubi lOyliich was Cldcf IJjilill ot .-ilaiili^n Lacy. " (il.ner. This indie. itcs an e.irly oinii,.- .^- niL-nl of tlic trade, in which l.ndluw eaii)K.iycd hundreds ol hands in the Iblli and e.uiy pail ot ilic jyth cenliuy. ■■' Rowton. '•• (JeolTiey de Heiyunn was probably a member of the well known family sealed at Hellens or Hilyons, Mucl> .M.ucle, Herefordshire, and possddy a ii.n ol ihe Jiislici ir Walter de llelyonn. VO !n>f 1 -IM T-JI 1 "JUT 'i At (♦i/.illiV/ Ogi I ,. .1. , M.ll = At.i ,!!,./ •'. ' r I -CI ,•!,- ..< ■ • ! . :.i t! ^«vi - . f.t ■ ., 1 -.: ;-, : ■: I f /;'_! I ..l:..;f /.♦ -r 11)1' f o<)il I •». j' I 1,; >i; • *- > I t'^iSI ' > ! .It If i<;^':\ '•^- /I.. ■• ,\A-j^ I ■■ .' : ••I'M i 1 •>. '. ■«'•.' !-.tl I,, .1 I THE FIRST BAILIFFS OF LUDLOW. ,,,,.,, 157 1301 William de Ronton 1302-3 John (le Ticklewardyn 13045 William dc Ronton ^^ John de ClcoL)ury. EDWARD 11. 1307 William de Ronton Robert le IMonctor.- 1308 William de Ronton John de Ticklewardyn.' 1310 John de Ticklewardyn John de Cleobnry. 1 3 1 3- 1 3 1 3 John de Ticklewardyn* 1314 William de Ronton. 1315 John de Ticklewardyn Philip le Glover.^ 1 3 16 John de Ticklewardyn William Scheremon, Jun' 13 1 7 The same. 1 3 1 8 John de Ticklewardyn * to 1323 Richard de Corve.* j^,. . i 324 Richard de Corve* Richard de Chabbenor.^ 1325 John de Tickleward)n.' EDWARD III. ^3-7- 1 334 John de Ticklewardyn* 1337 Iln^h de Weston. 1338 g Richard de Colnne* William le Ilnrde. 1 3^)3 )olin de Shrowesbnry'^ John Pywan. vi^- 134.] John de Salop^ •., >. J(jhn Pywan. 13 |8 John i\c Tickleward)'!!. • Ticklerton. - The moneyer. ' Tlie .'jlover appears in ll.c place of the Gaunter of 1297. * Curve w.is on llic luiiilis of the river Corve, iie.ir l'rocl;ton and Stanton Lon(;. '" Cliatiiior. '• (luri. ' Tliese are curious culiics in two successive years, as tlicy sliow that even in 1-;)^ .) Shrowesliury and S.ih)|) were interchan;,;eal)lc names, Vol VII., 3rd Series. U ?l >> I i . ii...>! .-r- ,111.(11.7/ \. • I ■tfic'' T.-ir " t ^". I •.rvf ■ • } rr I .[ \ (■ ( i -'. f i •'?■>'• i IM ;lli // -.•••^ III , II ; lov 158 THE FIRST BAILIFFS OF LUDI.OW. ' ''^' 1350 William de Orleton John (le Salop. 1 3 5 1 William de Orleton Richard tie Pauntelcy.* 1352 Richard do Pauntclcy.i ;S ied I456. '■ Died abuiii 14JU; Will in Ludlow Records. ?-• 'r' 1.,, '-...i «.Hm ^ .i,:ir"l '^ iM^ ,11. I >iM I.-) HKm ' .1 »lM'C. ■ b-.' ri'viJT ( vJ CJ^' I ■■■' '.'■!' / »m.l i 1 > , iil.; -J 1 ..J »1 i 1 ' I,.' , I • If I f.I i.:; 1 ' \ >-. r/i ) III -I ' • ' ' II >'''i ^* f i| I .1- I •"• /' ; I <">ij.i ' .'. • . I ■ '■ 1. •- . • ; .1 , ,j '^.-loipt". < ' . ■ . !■ > .; li l|/ ,1, i ?. ' • /',r .;.•'• '»'!« . .1 f i'lC "I • •■ ' ^ • '«■• • ♦ .n i ► ' • - "... I .•• U ; v^. , .. THE FIRST BAILIFFS OF LUDLOW. I59 HENRY VI. 1423-1432 William Moyle. 1433-4 William Mercheton. 1436-8 Walter Coder.^ 1439-44 John Paris.- 1445-6 John Griffith. ' \ '•[■'. \ N ) ; .- y 1449-56 John Colwell. 1458 Thomas llooke. ■ i •'•..■ 1 ;*, 1 ' Walter Coder died 1448; Will in Ludlow Records. * Son of William Paris, Bailiff 14 16. LiljM,. ri ) !■ I .. t'l 'A L . ui i I. 1 0 11: I', ,»i.. 'U>sv um-i-U^,ri . u,v..i 1. n«iJ'-'>!i J "-affi •t u...v! •: II; "* " i6o '< -v' f^:-^- EARLY SALOPIAN PIPES By T. H. THURSFIHLD. It is difTicult to assij:^!! a dote when pipes wore first used for Jriiioking. It MKiy reasniKihl)' hi' inlcncl from various cir- cumstances that herbs and leaves of several kinds were smoked medicinally m early days, and that some descrii)tion 3f pipes were in use for that purpose. It must not therefore be taken for granted that the period (1565-1586) when tobacco was first introduced into England was the commence- ment of the habit of smoking, as there is little doubt that it only took the place of other plants. Early clay pipes were made throughout England generally, and also in Scotland and Ireland. Jewitt sa)s that whilst 111 England when found they are preserved, as good luck is sup- posed to attend their possession, in Ireland they arc at once broken up from a contrary belief. In Kjoi there existed a patent of monopoly enjoyed by tobacco pipe makers, and m 1619 the craft of pipe makers was incorporated, their j)rivileges extending throughout the cities of London and Westminster, Jingland, and the Dominion of Wales. Dr. Plot, 111 his history of Staffordshire, 1686, says :— " As for tobacco pipe clays, they are found all over the country," and he names many places in Staffordshire where pipes were made, and notes that the clay was sent by land to IJeaudlcy (Hewdk y), and so down the Severn to Hristol, and thence to London. Large numbers have been turned up at Hull during the last few years. The various marks have been reproduced in the public. It ions of the Hull Museum by Mr. Shephard, F.G.S. LlcAu 11)11 Jewitt, E.S.A.. wnling 111 I 802 on Fancy Pipes, says: "The largest and most important collection of pipes odi ^ -i 4 ' •. /! / I M < ' .1 /. •-' V ^1 ^ A 3 'Ml! \>H in r ii ! ,n .....,.,!, . .1 h- '. .1 /}..■>•.•• ,■.■..! }{ ■•■jriiJ<'it(-> . . ■! ■.. , •:. .' !, il , i . . M . ,,. :i..M' ^. .' ' ■ '. .1 ' il ' '1 •• ..I .: : ,,-; 1 ■• . i-V/ . '«i}!.j I'. ■ , • J: ■,; ' . it'i .''j • ■ 'i ii <:Ji ' 'ill ! .1 • 1. • .ii- , I till .^ti; ^^ ■:■>'.• i.>v >(.'!• '.' ;, , , ; ■ u; \> '. .Ill •. .'Tk;'* .m ,. -: : . ■<■' i i i.I[ h> jis »:n • : J -..:,• .: ■ ; ..'' /!..oJ vfwo • . • . . : ■ ; •:■,:■ vfis;: ::, . ,; ;,.■ •.' 1> M ■ •■ ; ., ,:i ..,!.. i;"), I , • ' : ' ■ : • 't,M 1 f 'i .V I HI to';,. I •! .; ,.. i . :. . ■■ ; .• -It , • ''li ;! 1,. »' /(] • M ' . ■ I . ■!'•■•, , ■. • • ! 1 ; , J M , > . u 1 I. -,. ,1,1 1|. i. • . i • , • - >:•. ; I •. ' 'I ' i:» ' [.! i i-M ;,.!>, ii ,i..v ■i .; il ). . • ."1 -" • jj^ uu'-'i 'ol . • >■ (, ,11. c y.njvit 'J I 'li- V. 1.' I I I •/ »*■ .ri i. V .1 • .(.I-W-II- ..., ,.•:..: I f^-il BR e s.im^^f^^^m;' -«* ll^yw] /f. i\KI©K wifij (ym paQ nu§ lUiME V i^ iMew 2/. 28. 55. WCR ^2. V on Bowi.^ ® ^ '^; (® TM©! M^. ^I5)|l in© 3puR BOWU Bowl. f-7. j^'/. a;^al l^^J (^f) (f^^©) CI © @ ^ (§) dl (g) ^ ►Sulopiuii Pi|)() Marks I'laio ]. ci:: riJ) •.r^ ■ ^j *^ >» '*»L3iP' n* V >..-^ tt fM ; -v ^ ' '3 -'^i f^),. '' f .»:. r .Ir>j 68 W IS r, ^SpuR bowl. 8/ 8& mm] EB !^ [l¥]\i)TOy @ UK f E® W W) (si on V 5AfiE Pipe. _M@,1 ID)(S£®ini 99- /oi p) ® s m ^) ^ C^ ^^ (S) V^^ //5 IW3 /22 /29 WW. T^. 8a,l()i)inii I'lpo Mark.s I'ldto li. '^.i5?) / V\ -v' :,.■■'■] Ri I ♦ '^ i£y vv; y -.v k:^ ^^^■-i) ■^■"'i ''* i --^ r.ARI.Y SAI OPIAN PIPFS. l6l rn.iclc by any indiMdual is that l)t-l».ii^nn{^' to Mr. Richard Thtirsficld, Sur^uoii, of Hrosclry, all ^Mthcrcd toj^^cthcr from <'i)r iiii[_^^hl)i)urhiKi(l, and that the undf)ul)tcd site of their iiiaiiulcKtuit'." Mr. R. l"hiirsfi(-ld puhlishrd in i,Sr)2 a hsl of ihr marks upr>n the pipes iii his (clIectiMii, whieli iiuiiihered 2-'3, (jf wliich _' I 2 ha\c marks upon them, lie has one error III dates, lie ^i\xs 1375 ^i^ the first entry m tiie Hroseley R(^j^nster of Richard l-e<^f}4. The entry he reft-rs to is March i/-tli, i()75. There IS one pipe 111 this eohection with the mark entered .is IIKN DRV. I h.i\c- a similar one winch 1 re. id as 1 1 l.N 1).\\'. I he name (1 1 I )iy does not .ippe.ir 111 I hi' Rt'^Ms- ters 1 ii.ue examined, hut the surname of Day is common .iltiT 1735. Jewitt mentions pjijies m.ide by a |)erson named ( i.mnllitt, ulio " iiiarkes the heels of them witli a j^auntlet," whence tliey were cdled (iauntlet Pi|)(\s. This mark must not be confounded witli the device of the open h.iiid. Hoth marks were used b)- the Iiroseley and Wenlock Makers. yo/c\ -The proper way to read tlie mark uixm the heel or spur of a jii[)c is to take the bowl between the finders with the stem of the l>i|)c [)Ointin^f tow.irds the reader and the ll.it ji.irt of tlu^ heel faciii^^ liim; the letters should then be right way up. Mr. R. Thursfield's collection was eventually merged in the large and im[jortant collection formed by Mr. Bragge, F.S.A., which included " sjx'cimens from e\ery quarter of the world .iiid C)f ne.irl}' e\ir\- d.itc, all rel.iting direct!}' to tlie use of tobacco or some similar n.ircotic, and tending to show that the liabit was practically universal, and that when the X'lrginian \\(-ed was brought o\ar .iiid K mg James fulminated his coun- terbl.ist against tob.icco, smoking was almost universal, and d.iled from the earliest days, .iiid that some form of narcotic had been smoked ur cluwt'd by .ill tribes in all ages of the world." This collection was ac(]uired for the British Museum, and IS now there. The Early hnghsli clay ])ipes m it were ob- t.uned from many s<.>urces. They include 57 specimens, chiefly Salopian, collected by the late Mr. Southorn, of Brose- ley, 56 have makers' names upon them. One of these is en- tered as Mich l.egg, 1797. I believe this is Rich. I .egg, I7C)7. Another is entered with the n.ime of WONG. This ifti ,«qq|^ yM*^*^ lA*? Y li. H Mt ! I ' *uc r* .: ,:•!' . ..t '-. '■ . ,'] .'•i It!] •.' I ..I ■ Ill Y/,i •,i..l/ .^ !.-.••.'' 1 . •• i;- -.'I -Jch ;.I I !/lu.[|l .1 . ., • I -.. , . ;i ' ; . 1(1 ,;-■ -nil .111 ,v .1 . i ' •I'M.- l.") ' ; < u i't> >l i 'I, i. '/ ,,. .i>':i-»I[i«j .^,,1 I Mf i' ' ' 1-.' I' -f! ^'i.,\ • V ,'^'>1 ., . ' I .;?/ - r. I, i; .f l62 EARLY SALOPIAN PIPFS. I fiMd to he DECON, stamped upside down. Another has \V T. .ils(^ upsick' down. /_*f » . ,. 1 here are also 78 specimens collected by \V. J. Bernhart Smith, F.S.A., from various sources. Sixty-two have marks upon them; a few are Salopian, and inchifie s(Hne from under an old oak floor at Ruildwas Al)bc)'. 1 hcse latter are small and of good workmanship except one, which is smaller and thicker than the others. There are also 328 specimens collected from London and all parts of England, of which 189 have makers' marks on tiicin. My brother, the late Dr. \V. N. 'riiursfield, of Shrewsbury, had a large collection of pi|)es of Salopian manufacture, and as with these 1 have now more th.iii ()uo s|)ecinu'ns, it may be instrucli\c- if 1 l)riiig the marks and iiauRs uj) to date and gi\e a facsimile- ol e\er\' st.unp that 1 ha\e nu't with and con- sider to be of S,il(jpian make. i^See plates I. to \T.). These numl)cr 3()(), and all difter in some degree, and each would re- cpure a separate stanij). I have gone through the Registers of Hroseley Parish from 1570 to 175a, aiul of the Chapel of Benlhall from 1677 to 1797, and give below the full names taken from the pipes, and the dates when they first appear in the Registers : — 1U12 Thomas Clarke ^,. f loseph liudies I()15 ihomas iLvans i Mary I lughes i()i() John Rf)berts i()()f) William Hughes ||ohn James i()()8 Andrew Bradley [ Richard James . iu(hj William Price rjohii I lughes i()/<.) S.im Pegg ^^^-^ i'ihomas Roberts l(.8i Ralph Harper \()2'/ John Jems fMorris I )econ j (ieorge Smith -^ (Edward I )i'Con ^ (Mt^rrisShaw / Samuel Decon i('),}4 John Harlshornc ^"^ ((Oliver Price K)45 Thomas Ward 1091 Thomas Boden I(>5I Richard l.egg it)95 Richard Harper i()53 Thomas l.egg ^Thomas 0\erton 1D54 Thomas Roden ^^oo | ^^^^j, P^^^.^..^, 1655 John 1 egg 1703 Ben Legg William \ A-''ii ' i;()i» (leoree Brown I W illiaiii 1 .v'^'^ ^ \Tluiinas Hughe I 3 John Partridge ,ff ,-.»/(; »^ (iv/.*^ V tnfs <■•■ Ml -111 iiitiir M I''V- ' •..' ■>.. . •'.< i" J , • '. . ; . 1 , ;f. '^. J>. •»<[ ,.| |)f.| .' 1 1 ;•!'•.;, I'M ■ I >» 'f iMciiiiti;! )li;i. '- . ' !t.'. j Mr. l> •/!(')[) J •>: ; •,. .' ; ■ I >•• i.'\,i < •;•' it 'f '! Ml '. • ••* ./._. Lui, ."Ili- : i)! .. I-"" - : .■ :. .V . .,, fj ,(•; Imi, ■ ' ' ■ I 1 ■:. (! f •. i^^i ' I , I, .il r > I . : , i ..,!..' i '■■■" ... .' :r^" <• I ' •'• II, .7 I 156 /93. )t3v^M yi^ir^l P^KYS'I (\r^U) C^>5® IJ^iM] iM'^''^'^'^^i Py Mil W¥M /J^, LHI ^^ l^f (f^c ®8) @M) /JZ |®S11PIH1 "C^ llHlV(5M£g m m .m m ® n) W\ m. ///. vTO/ e^a.l nsM m ® ml] ® /85. /^.fw I^D^IKI SAMIS o J O ro @ (TL) (P3 /i?5 1^ yaloi)ian Pijxi Marks Plato 3. \) W:,. ' ~ ^\ >v ■'•^^ ^ , --* 'y ^--^^-^ .■^^.N 15 @ (:?^ ^^^ \ , .^;> 'YT '1 I 2o6 @ ® © ® @) J^'uJ< Bowi. -' OPUH Bowl 2// ah tu m ^SPUR BOWL imT] 22f: ^-^ [^OSM] ^^ , 1 T©^1 1LS(§(§ 25/. loyi^a MM 11,1.©© 238 |T7T7 I WO nil. liMf 'm) (\i-A *S:;n 253 w m f E 2£C .l^p> nS>IC)l (WH.J, [F(^^ ■^• Salopian Pipe Marks Plato 4. r^:: \7 l^L'Javiij ^■* rr Cw« !T■■^ ■f^n T" ..•s ) f^^^n ^^^ *^ I .,., ,;>.>-. EAIU.V SAIOPIAN I'IPniS. 163 1 71 8 William Partridge 1733 William Wilkinson 1724 William Savage 1737 W iHiaiii II.ir|K'r 1732 Thomas (_)\erley •7-1^-* William Jjiioii. The fullowmg names do not appear in these Registers, althdugh shewn (ni tlu- [jipes : — Mich. Browne ( WcMilock), licMi. Dry, Hen. Da>', Rich. Daye, John Hart, Edw.ird Hal, Peter Hartshorne, Har Harper, John I. if, Randle Morns, jane Overton, Randle Peek, Will Peck, Gree Powell, Rcjberl Poc.l, Richard Suf, Richard .Sir, Richard Upton. A search in the Registers ol sc)me other Parishes may throw li^ht on these names as to the locality whence the}' camt\ In early days each family had their own pipe shop where they worked the cla)' and moulded the pi|)es. There were small kilns adjoining for burning them. I have met with several in Broseley and Benthall As the Trade mcreased the isolated pipe-shops with small kilns gradually gave way to the factory with much larger kilns, where the celebrated Churchwarden Pipes (24 to 2S inches long), as well as shorter ones, were made by Noah Roden, who died about 1829, after having brought the Hrose- le)' i)ipe manufacture to great perfection. Fancy pipes were also made at Broseley, some of them ornamented, and some coiled or twisted and interwov en. Pipes were made at other places in Shrojishire besides ihe adjoining parishes of Broseley and Benthall. In an old itinerary it is stated that " the trading commodi- ties of the Tc)wn of Wenlock were chietly lime and tobacco pi|)es." Some years ago the site of an old pipe shop was discovered in \\ Cnlock'. A great nuiubtM' ol [)ip(^s were found. All c)l them bore the mark Mich Brown. Some spcx'imeiis are 111 the Public Mustiiiii ,it Wiiilock. The mark of (leorge Smith is alstj u])on man)' [npes i\[\i^ up in Wenlock-. 1 ha\(> one of them with his initials and the (jauntlet mark. In 1870 1 eaiiie acr(iss a large nnniber ol br'>ken and un- marked specmn'iis i |)rob.ibly the site ol an old shop) ui)on the Marsh Farm, in I'arrow Parish, betwt'eii ShirKtl Common .iiid WeiiK ck. 1 here is at .Sliirlett a white clay simil ir to that used in earl)' d,i \ -. at Brohtle)-, and then' is also a shallow coal suitable for buining 111 the kilns \shuli UKiild jirobabl) luae .»3^l"1 MAi«l<' 1/ - 'MHAa I. ! . .i>A -:.•,,( I -iH .. ! .w' ! jiiV' i^«-ft^ •■»i,:i| i!yy'> li't^i In.il "^lUUJil lii-'in-ii ;■ ■' J- »!.. ' i V I 1 illO Till <]'.<• '. 'II - ■> >» 1'^ 1>'IJ I Jis jlllil(: OI'IV' .••)ijl*j ..1) -.1.. i''f r-:'i- • '■<').ji(l .•...,.1 ^., .. .- ..;..• I.' •. I • ^iS: '.•' ■::^.^v ■'lJi«r: "' , , ■ ■! i I " uu<(> 'i.' 14 / -' Milir>V/ 111 .1. i • » I .1 ^ I ' >. I ■. ' '' I II ojIi '" 'I III >ill , . .. ',...' K ; ';, , .w -r,;i/ ..I l.j'! Jill .•■'.;. » . ■ ; 1,11 'in ll'l V :n ii! .., ,'.■,. ■ • ....... I .-'1 nl , , , . I , I .,.,,.'•.. -j. I. (.ill. 1:1 ,■)'..'- ! I .' . I i'.;l HI . M M, ' ( ^^4 EARLY SALOPIAN PIPES. be of a primitive description. The colour and texture of this local clay is easil)- (list in-uishahle from the Devon or Corn- wall cl.i)' from which HroscK-y Pipes have fur some years been made. It may be asked why, when such pipes were made in other localities, should ISroseley btx^ome specially celebrated, as it undoubtetily was, for tiieir manufacture.^ The term "A Broseley " conveys the same impression to smokers through- out the country, and " A Cluirchwarden " from Broseley is equally well understood to refer to an extra long clay pip- from Broseley. It may be that these latter, which were sr.p- phed in large numbers U> the I.undun Coffee Houses, and tiius became very fashionable, helped considerably to call atten- tion general])' to the pijjes from Brosi-ley. Even in the pre- sent da\-, the present of a box (jf " Hroseley Churchwardens " IS welcomed m many smoking rooms. In a fine okl-fashu.ned country house in I)eri)yshire, each visitor had his special " Broseley Churchwarden " pipe, wiiich was reserved and pro- duced for his use each time he visited the house. Broseley had m early days many attractions, and held out many inducements for all industries which needed coal, clay, or iron for their development. It used to be said of Broseley that you could sink a pit in the morning and wind coal in the afternoon. The existence in the Broseley District of coal, clay, and ironstone near the surface and easily gotten attracted, in early days, not only the Tobacco Pipe makers, but Iron works. Pot works, China works. Brick works. Roofing Tile works, and Encaustic Tile works, for all of which the neighbourhood has been justly celebrated for many )ears. The River Severn tlowni.;- through thc^ Oistriel i)rovi(led water carriage, then so very iu-ce',sai\ , it l)r.,u-lit the best elays from Di-vonshire and Cornwall, and dthcT iieeissar> materials for the manufac- tures ol the district, and it took tluMiianufactured goods down to Bristol, and thence to I ond,,,, ,,n,l ;dl parts of the world, ;ind specially favoured a large dem.ind ,,, Aiiu-rica for Brose- lc\- g.K.ds of .ill kinds, till the .Xiueiu.iii w.ir put a stop to it, and was the cause of seven- l,,s.s(!AI1^).1A2 '/ :^^'\ Jdl ... .■ mI -'iM! PN'iM /il w.n.M /ill'*/. iiii'iJ !~ khIa ,71!'. i>*>:-i ■••-I \ A •(..;! 1,1. ! '!• . i » ■: ).' ...' .1. ; ' ' •. . .'. ■' . . • ' - - . i ■ I • /. ." . ; Ml '• '1' j -•(!;' ,71.1 » 'n ■ ,..,/,: < I ' 1 1 1 • M ;l; I .' .j-l •>i.i.J I' >;. • ~f H f'.f ■ • ;u. .1 )il [..!. '■'.'' ■ > ■'-' •.■hi... '" '"^' /• L !. ■. i •'"♦,. >n .1 .ifj;. » ''\ r'i I .1 M ■'!■•'... ..'.' ('•■;!" •• t. ' ■• *■'■ \() . . • 1 1 I' ' J ■ ; : 1 .li ■ •j.^/y I l>(i J ^ . .. ;i, I '/' u /' >ii r liji'zjt/iriif I I .•. ;.,. . M •■))i / {< / IT ; • •'•!<' .1 ' ■ I;. !;<>•' M< Jill 'il) ' I i . ' 1 Ml '! /ii; )• ' -,.' I ; J r; . 1; /i.f'.' »;'! VT)V .1.! • • • • . I ' . f ' ■ :> .. , 1' ' I .• I (m; ni.v.ji i./' ) [.tic. :IH ..... ^ :, „.t I. ; , :'. ,ilj 1.. . •.; . ' . '• • .. : . ■'. I '.II. :..;. 1 • I "1 . I I .1 jT • »' . • . »,'..', 1 .ill <,./■ !tf. . 27^ (mv^ fm?^ (;fi,;j /:3|^ W^^ f^?P^ ^P(i)vii2) UviiJ \£)iiir/ ryniP'y i®^5 -i^^^^ v_.i-/ H«****g nTKOiisa SSI 2So 2&7 239 TIKI (0)1 ,^Ti>, AvVA I 1 ^-^ ^-^ IS W) {fm ^ (M^ (m fiCN AR_0_ [mil /f^ 30/ 508^ MIS (M Sg 515 WDLL gAW^ ra Rp^i ^ '22 Ww mv) m [§©Klft 113® @ ©^ 336 fiMRnwi ON BOWL 5S;ili.i>i;iii Pipu Murk.s Phitu 5. ' • • • i. .V » II I ,t 4. TB. ^J '^T?T -' V ';;?) '^*^ z 0 tMt ^B) pi) rT^. ^«^ .W, 6'^L >- .^, y 'M, a r .'*- 'l%' ^L{ I . '' an i ■■ ,.,,.!„ S^alopiMii i>i|„, Murium I'lul., (5. «^ ,d 1)\- constant j)raclice. 1 feci sure that I h;i\e not t'xhausted the marks or names upon pipes made in Slir< i[)sliiri'. Doubtless many peoi)le have specimens with S.dnpi.ui marks which I ha\e not ndtrd. This is an endeavour to bring the subject uj) to date, and to interest dtlu'rs th.it ihcy luii)- follow it up. I am nidebted to Mr. H.itenian, of P,(iith;ilj Hall, Mr. Allen, of IJenth.dl, Mr. Southorn, oi Jhctseley, and others for allow- ing me to inspect pipes in their possession. Also to l\lr. T. J. Jkdk, of the ('oalbrookdale School of Art, for the great m- terest he tiris shown whilst copymg the marks for me- -not at all an eas)' matter. I' ■ » I 'V Vol. VI 1, 3rd Series .\hV\'KlM' Y.JiJAH !• • ^vJl . il; •,%•{ ' .ir ■.. • ,7ii-><: !.!( II • J. / i66 S 1 1 R O P S H I R E E A R T II W O R K S By k. s. comioij), c:.i<:., f.g.s. In these notes it is proi)osed to describe the present conchtion of Some Shropshire l^artliworks, rI •1 >l i 1! r. 'lOM Hf. V.) .;- )\ yU \v. ; !-""^Hi 'H , f-' * .t ;r '•• ! ] /.I ) iv.l, A - I »•-• • . •"^;.. .' •/!! u: ) •') I :. SIS 1' i-'v ■ ; t I oi ;)ui-'^ ;(!:.■(!..' -1. 1 J ■' •-.•'r I ■•■f:^' ■•'!!.>■'• ill IV J. i.-( i! •:...• ■ ,' :i. i;: ' i :i . ■. '-. I . .. ^ ; . •■ ■ 1 'f 'i; ; ,.• • I. . (I ' * ., • .- . ' I .'t : ' . .'•'.;■ ■ y-\' 'I'"- iiMfj'/j;^ rii.r: ,-:: I) •' . .r ■ '-.j ■ m >!, ,..ihi.i(r? l!,*ifr'V li* ».. '• .: • ' y f fi [. m! .jj/1.- ,;.in!>j.il- rut) iJi.., m' 1 _.' >«■! .''.•■' 'nil /.;■ '»fi ; in .'./.' <i,wi f. ;-M! i") . /f[ ; ' . • .- .• ..;,;:.: ■. . ::,■.. .V.,- -..11 . . - , ■ . . ; , : f' •;! •• ' .: 1 . •! I .1 ]■ ■'!^: V; , • , .,■ '!;l. I . :,i I ■ I; I ,■ )■.._:,, ,• h.lU i - ' : ■( ; . ^ Ml I , .•■. .i! ; iij •',', t , ^, •,. . , !-■",. „,.: 1. ,1-. ■ . . M ■ . .. ' .■,.• v.n.;^!:.. ■ ■ '. ' .|i ..r - ., . ,v I , lilt ) It. : ! .. .'- . -I ■■, ,.,t .:/ ,, ..■ ) ■ 1 ■' .-./i.n J Win. •" :. . ,, ., •, III, .,i!i i> .t i . I : . • . ,•'!.. ; .'! I -.: ' I •'! .... I , , '.r, :;.i..i .1 ! I, }(M-1 I'l.- I. .t.ll .1 ! SHROPSHIRE EARTHWORKS PONTESFORD HILL CAMP ■Sketch Sections, to Natural Scale of too ft. to an inch - — ^qq 1 0^'- - aoei ''VAj \ '.' A.,-... V ^ V \ \ ,. ,.^:lU^.^..'-c-.- . .'. >^W/' '^' SUKOPSllIKK EARTHWORKS. ">.. . 167 nvnl earthwork with sc\rral hues of dctcncc. The central division, specifically called Pontosford liill on the Ordnance maps, rises to about 950 feet, and is separated from the southern divisicui 1))' a saddle ol slightly lower clc\ati(in. This 1.1st di\ isuni, called I'.arl's 1 1 ill .< m the ma] is, li.is an ,ilt 1 tude of 1,047 feet, and is crowned hy a in.i^MiilictMil earlhwork with a sinj^de hue of dcTt'iice. '1 ho work is divided into two portions, a jirincip.il enclosure encirclinf:,^ the summit, and a southern extensiun at a sumewlMt lower le\el ; there is also an (jutwork situated north of the principal eiu losure ui)on a j)art t)f the central di\ isKjii of the hill. ■_>■>■ ■, i PONTESFORD IIiLL (AMP, 1905. See plait and sections oppusitc. The situation of the camp on a minor summit, its general form, the sha{)c of its entrance and its principal defence re- call the camp on I.awley Hill,' hut the earthworks are more elaborate. It ohviousl)- takes its s()me\\hat o\oid form from the shape of the hill, tilt- works followmj^ rou}.;hl)- a ccjiitour line of 550 feet. The interior dmlen^5lons are approximately 90 yards by 50 yards, and the defences cover a width of about 40 yards, ex- cept on the south, where they are 70 yards wide. The easiest approach is from this side, where a somewliat flat saddle con- nects the northern with the central division of the hill. Out- side the e.irthworks the natural slo|)es to east and west are l.iirly st(H'p (1 III -\', to 1 III 3),'- on the north e.ist tlu' slope is a httk' easier, while to the south east, beyond the rather deep lateral guUcy, the surf. ice tjf the central division of the hill rises fairly rapidly, and within 50 yards cT the interior the camp is dominated by higher ground. The whole area is coviu'ed with young trt'es, but has little or no l)rushwood. i he eiK,lo:,ed .ire.i ol llie ( '.iiiip li.i>. .1 soiiiewh.it undulating and .i|ip.n\'nll)' n.itin.il, siiibu » . I he piiiic ip.il didi'ii(.:e t.ikes the form of a scarp O to 10 feet 111 height, intenupti-d only on the south neai B on the plan (lig. i opposite) b)\\ hat ai)i)cars ' Described in C/iu>i>i Suction, vcjI. iii., p. 21. - Tlie inclm.itioub .)i .Lipui are expresiCil in tho s.iine Icrnij as those of railway i;r;ii1i'-iits, \i/., nn- ImoI nf ri;,r in sn ni.diy Iri t ol hori/ont.il (ii>t:iiice. .A3 ." <^ I .: ->j. .:.fl b l»nn .1 • •:•« >^^K'.^^\ )\i > iMfi jrii k 1. fto i;;ii..j -xll !'! 1 ■■fl' I.. ■> ; ■ •'^•. ' '1 U'-- ■' ■' '1 r-'ll"// -M'; iilli ;lil ]«"» 1 ' ..''..'. 1. . >■/ / >, •' .' '"(t i'lii ^lm;v •(if -1 !•>,, y/ (I ;,;-.,. .,| .' •: .llf ai'Mi t i! :: '•'. ' 1, , r ■ •■.,(1 ;S( .7 i!j •:; f-iDd ■> ■ ■ • ■ ' t . '.. ' 'I .'i: i - I'l » V|i • !'.-. • • i'i . ■.. ' ' . . , tv . ■;.''. Ill ',• i ' ' ■ ■ ■ .' ' ••' ' •• Mil I '.,1 '. .•, .!.;., 1 -lIlHl • ; : .' ■ I: '.. - . ' I,;,-: I.!) ,7 • ' I'- I . , . :,. , Jlu.ji.- ' . •!- , •;. ■ '•' :'' • ■t-iunol) CI ■•:.. .11 ' if'., '. I J l6S SHROPSHIRE EARTHWORKS. to l)e an ori;^iiKil entr.iiice ; .U tlio loot of this sciirp is a ter race, thru .i second scarp xaryiiif;' Iroiii 5 to kj Icct 111 licif^lit, in part formed of niatcri;d t;d<<'ii froiu tlic tcrr.acc.'. Outside this, ouiiid die smilheiii h.dl iil lh<.' cjiiip is ,1 (ht(h .iiid .1 hank of gentle- clc\.ilii>n ; round ihr ik iiiliii 11 half thisi' are represented 1)\' a siiwpir teiracc .iiid starj), \sitli )ust .i trace oi a bank ne.n" 1) at tlie malhern extreunt)', wht're also llic iip[)er of ihi' two terraces has a hltle hank at its outer cdj^c. On the soutli-eastern (juachanl the chtch has a C()nsideral)le ck'pth, and the risin<; ^naind tailsuk' preehides the fwriujlion of an exterior bank. (See section 1:^ !•' G, fig. 4). In other parts the cHtches arc ncjw ahiiost fihed uj), varyai^^ from a, few inclies to (jiie foot 111 dc-ptli below thiur outer mar-^dns. At the soulh-wesl the cnlraiui' apprars to h,i\e bc>eii protected by [\\\) .ukhtional hues (d chteh .nid Ijank, luit \\hether the; passaj^a^ through them w.is straii^lit or wiiuhiiL;' is now doubt- ful. The outermost of these b.inks ends \scslwarcls on a prominent rock)' cr.it^^ ; the inner one ends on the bteei)enin^f slope of the hill ; eastwards iheir termniations are (juite 111 definite. Lookin^^ at the camp from a point on the outer bank near A , the four scarps one above the other sliow well as serious obstacles to the ascent, and the two ditches arc out of sight or hardly visible. The present minimum width of entrance is about 15 feet. About 40 )'ards from the (juter bank at A is a small spring. v\n old line of fence (shown Ijy a full black line on the planj crosses the earthwork from north-west to south-east, and along its com'se the defences are a good (k'.d debased ; at the eastern end tiiere is a curious humi) trenching upon the ditch ; this li.is every appCcnanct' of being modern. Conjectural Remarks. — The variatiijiis in the character of the defences appear to he determined by the nature oi the ground at the various points. The principal object seems to have been the pro\ i;,ion of two or three aitilii lal scarps e>f 10 (ir nioir bci III height. ( )ii the east and north ucsl, where the gruuiul is steepest, this 1ms been aecoinjilished by cutting terraces in the hillside ; to the west, and again at the miithern cxtremit)', where the ground is rather less steep, the ti-rraces lake tin 1 01 111 (jf ditch and bank, thus providing for the re- tention oi die searps to their full height, (in the ini,i|),iia- HH Kdl i!:'.>i: tiy'i »>iiiic . ; .[-mI., •>! . Mllur»a Vj /Uit.d .ill ■Ji ?r. r» .1 I v; i»^j *-iii^ I !{ Iji! . * 1 . i II' i; ]■.»-•) -'' >!ij.(' .1 r I !ii \j ' » i''i-i| (rr.il '. 'i.u >') i!J fi; jw liiifu*: viiJ '■: 1(1 1 • iiii-j III .... ' 1 /. ' I : ■ ' -i.M,. ...■'! ,.:!. ■: ' ;ji! Ml-) ri / . • 'ill i.i .■ , I . ' i .'.'li.' ...'> w. ' ■•■ .■ '■-' ' .'I . j<. •! i - 1 ,1 1 ■ ,' ■ :jii ■ I )i • j!i' '.'i. i' ' , ." , . ' .' ii •. :.J > I < -r ' i ■ ■ .. i >l-:'<.-) >i\' ■ ■ ' ;. ■. •;. . •.-.nil. *■ I .1 V • ' '■ I ' :•») I Jl' I l' i'<".' . ' ..■.II .'il' • .' . 1- •- , . - .• ..I .\>i, '-'ll 1, ! ' . • ..i : ii l'iI|tuT,4 ; ■ , ■ M ( . „;■•/,'! . ; ...f ■■ 1 • I il!,. .ri ,...'• SHROPSHIRE EARTHIVOKS ^ (k 2>al»l)- cut in the ruek with nearly xertual siVc /)/i/n ohpnsiic, tiiiJ :iCiii(iiis. p. I/O. In situation, erow ninj^i tin suimnit (d n takes a somewhat lower .level, but still keeps to the flatter area of the hill top, while the out- work on the north protects the approach road on the less steep sa.ldle. 1 he natural slopes of the hill to east and west are \er)- steep, averaging i to i, I to i J^, and i to 2 m various places (see sections, p. 170); the ascent from the saddle on the north to the camp is fairly steefj. but not very ditficuli on account (.f its .-^liorlncss ; and at the extreme south end the ridge runs dnwn at an tasu^r slo[)c in a long and narrow spur to the le\cl of tlie \.ille}'. The principal eiicl(;sure is about 220 yards long, with a maximum width of .dxnil 80 )ards, and its defences occujiy an additional width of i() to iS yanls ()u the west (see section A I> C, fi^. i, p. 170) these con.-ist of a strongly pro- nounced scarp 20 to 25 feet m height, with a terrace cut into the solid at the toj), and a second terrace cut along the hill- side at the foot of tiie scarp, in placrs, but not all along, the earth or rock excavated from the u])per terrace has been piled upon its outer cdi^i-, forming a low b.ink. At tin- northern end. ttjwards the entrance, this develops into a bank of con siderable sue, and practically the whole of the scarp is formed by its outer face. Near the same point the lower ten. ICC .dso il('\i Idp.-, into the dil( h and bank form. At the ' DcEcriijeil in Chuich Strcllon, \\i\. in., p. 25. ,T^I MTH/ ) rxiH-^iorftr u t, ••.>. ' < ...•.!»•?■. • •,!,.)..: .1 ■)'.),, I lit J ijt'.' o. I f .i<«' 1 ir* " '/ '>>■■ ii«.[ «. at • ' r-'. ».■' fij; in r, . • i. .-..,. . ->! ». I -J Mil .,,,()■ 'n (,i. 1,> .I'biv/ .1 : ■ ' . 1 - ' • { ; . 1 .J * . J . ' ..,:.'. .4«»;i* »ii Hi J •■'} I'. "' Ox qiio^ l..i,4.nMt (!,»♦ •. If .jff-^f • ! ..'>••..' -,'i )■, ' ■': ' ■.':;.. f .. I ,, I . . ,,..,•...; M . ' .'; I •!!, ■ . / ' • > tn {\lu. I , >, I • / / , i, iH) ' »t I • il II '.•'•}*»•> '-v'Ct J , II il'"|JJ -. • t riio ' 'HI' ' :''f •' '!.>'> >U '.'• ■ •> .!<»"i ; I,' ■' ) I, , . t-i \ l>ii> jvi-' : , (( "' vj. 'i 'J* ' ) .' 1"t|i I )J '. ,1 ; ' •. : ,,,.(,,, ,, ■, M c, j« • * . .'. 1 . / '.-.w. ■ . 1 170 SHROPSHIRE EARTHWORKS. t'lilrdncc tlu' \)[^ hank cur\es imlwards to ,1 rouiidcd (ori^nnal) cxlrciuit)-, ami oNiMl.ips IIil- inwardly ciirvni^^ end of the eastern defence, which is also a considerable hank at this |)(^nil. This hank j^r.iduall)' (Ksindles in hei^dil .nid jjecoines a simple scarp, winch, hovwNcr, cannot he traced \ riy l.ir, and IS entirely ahsent o\er the \ery steep and rocky hill side helow. After an inter\al of some ^o or .[o yards, tlic eastern delence reappears as a scarp, \\hi(li gradually increases in height when followed southw .irds, and eventually hecomes in- \olved in the dixidmj^ work hctwcen the two enclosures of the cam)). v This work (sec section (i II, fig. 3 opposiie, and plan) consists of a bank, the top of whicli is continuous with the upper tt'rrace of the western side, hut it has an ahruiA roundetl eml towarels the east. At the hack of tins bank is an excavation, which has prc\suniahl)- supplied a jjart of the necess.iry iiuiterial, and at its fool a rock hewn ditch h.is hecMi cut from either sidc\ hut there: is a j^ap lo or 13 feet wide 111 the middle (oiisistin^- of solid roc:k. It is (luile eas)- at tht^ [)r(-seiit time to walk over the h.iiik and through this j^ap down lo the southern extension, hut to return the same way is by IK; means eas)-, owin^^ {^^, il,e steeiMiess of ihc Ijank. Most people would prefer stepping past (jiie or tjtlier end of the ditch and gainin<^f llie higher level either by the very narrow and almcjst obliterated footway at the east of the rounded end of the hank or by the wider and well formed curving way en the west. '1 he southern e.xlensKJii has a length of about 320 y.irds, with a widtli of ;o yards, and its surface (as shown by the contours on the plan; is fairly level crosswa)-s, but inclines gentl)' southwards to its extreiuit)-. 'Ihc western defence is similar tcj that of the priiicip.il enclosme (see section \)El'\ lig. 2 opposite), and of ni'arly the s.ime diiiHiisious, but no- uhere doc s it exhibit all)' Irace cd a hank on the margin of the upper tc rracc, ;\t the southern end, when access was easier, a considerable bank has been raised, as e\ idenced by the excavation behind il, it is now 12 feet high on tlie outside. (See Section K L, lig. .4, opposiie). in addition to this there are relics of two crescent shaped ditches and banks outside, and these foim In twee n tluiii a second sc.irp, now about iS .*.SMOV.'flTHASt Jl 5' I H ^10 !}»(*> 0';jT ) '■ -rl. -i i> > ,if/ .j.tWil-iU r.r)Jr-si .1 ,• T I'll. <;■-.'?»- '■•)• ■>n' ;»'■' 1/1. >* /'t'!*.<.i ■ '• I. • |n ' ' •■ I . • •"! ''xr'i'ili '1,; ini ;:!..j'ii • I ir;t. . 1 1).. /■(! li- .. I . . v »i|o i 1 : .ui /. 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'U^ I I 'I '■ , ' I -'»? rrn ' . . ,. .,■ . • ,. '.Mi . ; .1 1- ■; -.I'l II ii.(h oj lulni;; ' ,'. ; ' I. It J '• I'i I . >!■ ' t' t.'.i (■jl'.-l '|Mt ■ !k \,\\ i u ' .|. .'.Ill ' ' T<' ' »J I ! /!.*. J( f I r •■ J' -. '!> < );.i .' . ••, ■ ..ir ' . Ml. '<> • ll'. i\>\\\ ''if ' >l! '■ ■ ■ I r. I'l .i!i' . .1 .. . .1 II" 1 1 > J'' .) >■: I ; ' I : . ■ ■ ' ■ ' ' . '.■ I . • : -r \ ^■^/ V -I I / V f .,- /- i t-' SHICOPSHIR!-- IIARTIIWOKKS. I7I fret in height. On tlic eastern side of the extension the usual form of scarp again appears, and may be followed north- w.irds for about I ^o yards, after which it is lost on the steep hill side. I he Outwork does not enclose any defined area, but is a nearly straight bank formed of material from an excavation forming a rude ditch in its rear Its sftuthern (Mid is deruiite1\' rounded, and situ.itcd on the stee|)cinng .->lopc of the \S(-,tcrii dividing gull)- 111 the hill side (see |)lan.) It runs appro.xi- mately northwards for ab(;ut 170 yards, and as it approaches the plantation on tin- (Msterii slopt' of Pcjiitesford Hill it curves sharply as though to enter {\)c wood ; this end is worn down, and i)resents a \er)- dilTerent appiMrance to the rounded one on the south ; it h.is probably i)eeii (lestro)'ed b) carting operations, and when the i'cucc was first established. With- in the wood no trace of the bank was found, but there is a hardly an)- doubt but that it continued for another S''" )'ards to the east until it encounttn-iHl the steep slope of tlu- hill. In section (fig. 5, p. 170) the outwork ))resents a slope about 13 leet in present lu-ight lacing wi'stwards. The approach ro.id rnay \)c traced from the strongly em- banked entrance to the canij) in a sinuous line to tlu^ flatter ground fif the saddle, where its further course is lost. It is nc»w some 18 to 20 feet wid(\ There are two oval excavations upon the saddle which arc shown on the i)lan ; I'xaminat ion of these went to print- that they are comparatively recent workings, possibly for minerals. With the exception of the i)lantatioii abo\-e iiienl iruied, the whole surface of the hill is covered with .short moorland growth, with solid rock and scree material showing 111 \arious J)! u:es. Low down on the west, at about ()50 feet, there is .1 spring which is .shown on the plan ; another exists at about the same level on the eastern side, but be).iiid the limits of the |)lan. and, roughly. abo\e the end of the word " Planlal ion." Conjt'clitral Remarks.' It appeared olivious to the writer, as well as to several friends with whom he had the advantage (d' exaniining this earthw<.rk, tint the scarp formed tjie .K-. b-iici' to the caii,|). all other features being access(.ry to this. ' Its h.-ight iiia\ well have Ixn-ii o\er Jo ieci llirough'iMin? ■ >/} )'■■ :»'(' I..' '■■" ■! ■'! U il Jill /..... ! , ,►.•: •! .:..l., ■ llifi '>Mi It. 1 .i •■'■•iii 'f: -^lijir.!! . i" II l\ ;.• 1 >. . ■' .i -I .i) li ..I .1 i^iii: ,ciii • •,'.: !)o;. ' -'ih Ml >■ i.i.M .11 r. •; •• t .li'i r II" ■'< rt . ',-iI»ir,il ;■■ >ii I j»-M-ii,i;i . ,ii-i •• Ij |.i,m \.-'.\ « 'hIj (•»! >• . :i 'i>r.\v- :,\\; ".;. ./| .,'- ji1) HuitDSJ* i. M, ; ;.i '.'i ■.. I, I',/ . 1 IK jTj] ... , ; ■-• I , •■HI II-.- ' li •( ■ n. j. -1. .(( X .-II. ;i . ,;.-, '■■' PI.. .. •; .|. 1. i.'i' '.) 'I 'fi' vii ! / -);tt>nd • • • [ , i • • •, •.»;•'.;' V .••!!•! M,. ' ' I I ■ ')M»;', '■>! H i 'xiii '. v;fi I • • ' . . ji. . , : :ir.. /. ■,,-- ■ ' ' , : '. M;.. ■ • , , •...^■\ >'U iH' iiW' ifjff '. , .'. .' ' ,• ! • • J . i;-!..|,i ..V ••.;. •■.ffl » , ,■ ■ . < > ' il . • ' -. ■ >' j-' V I ,1) ' ij'i V7 .. , :.■■.■ . i! . ■• 'i iw . .». t ■!..' mIoiIv/ ...I., . . (.''•■•.• 'I ■ • '• "'' Ji'' ! 'l- ■ f! •'/!.( • ./•'■). I J • . , , ',-.•,.'-.•.. V I I ■■! :l< • ' 7'.)f!- --I .ijnlv/ .1 .", (Ml , M. Jt». t . in, tl I Jt,-!,'' 'n!| ||<> I'l/Ol :, . I .#/ M. ... f.' 11 » • .'. . II. . /'t''.Mi''f .i»Mi. ... :• . 1. . . ^ ' ''V •; • I t ,1 ;i| 172 SUKOPSHIHF. )■ AKTHWOKKS. it a sU'pc the " an^lc of repose " of broken rock fra^niients and earth, possibly I in I jj', or if its face was ever " pitched " with the l.irj^er l)locks, perhaps even steeper. A freslily worked loose surface at such a slope, standinj^- as it would at the top of a steep natural ascent, would i)r(j\ e a very serious obstacle ti) surmount It is interestiiii^ to note lh;it where the niitural slope exceeds i in 1^2 tluMc is no i-arthwork to be seen. The luoundinj;- up of earth on the margin of the up[)er terrace oi the prnicipal enclosure j^ives tlie im])ression of somethin^^ in the nature of repairs after a long jK'riod of disuse, as thou{4h fresh material had l)een excavated from the back of the ter- race and piKd up p.'irtly to increase the height of the sc.up and p;irtl)' to fresiien up its loose surfiice. The upper ItM'race is specially well marked along tlie whole wi'stern side of this c.unp, and alinc)st irresistibl)' suggests the idtw of a fighting i)lat form. Its width is sufficient to hide an)' defenders who might be jiassing to niifl fro from an at- tacking force on the slope bi-low, so no r;iiiip,iit would be necessar)' for this purposiv The foot terrace is also very well marked, though nalurall)' it is a little obscurtnl in places from the working down of material from the scarp. Its object is clearly to make the scarp steeper. The same construction is noticeable at Bodbury Ring, near (diurch Stretton, and it is in marked contrast with the earth- works at C,\cv ("aradoc, which appear to have been formed b)- excavating ii trench .iloiig the hillsid<> ;uid throwing the iii;i- terird up into a l)ank on the slope brlow to take what form it could. It is foreign to the object of these notes to discuss wiiich construction ma)' be the earlier, but it may be remarked that the one e.xhibilcd ;it l'..irl's llill is the more- busiiu-sslikc and shipshape. Within one miK^ of Puiitesford IIill there are three detached e.irlhworks shown on th<' Ordn.nu c maps in or near I'onles- biir\ \' ill, I gc a " .Mound " 111 the \ ill.igc it^cl f , .1 " ( ".imp " on i\ ill's II ill , and a circail.ir (Miclosuic mljcil " i'he Ring," some Joo )'ard^ ^>^)Ulh of Xiir.s II ill '.< i'!V/>| FHAfl TWJH-'MO J,!. -^I hlr... ■ •; '. 'i.i;' in.;. > . ■' . ti ..: .•( •. ^■. •. I . ■■; l.iif . .• .:ii-' <..;. 1'. ■ J ,-. ■■ • >. 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III,.'. .' n il I ,, .ir • III ;i :i ,(■ . . . , r 7/ .: I ,,,.,, 'Mi 'i. • ^ t / I'. |l ' JO r-i l»' . <• '- PONTESBURY. mo u N 0 ^~^ 'ng.z. MILL'S HILL c A rvip THE RING V^ A ?^;i;' .^ ¥ 6 c c/ ^e /(JD aOO ^s c. U VI O 0 »'» \ ovV / ' ^■ ^\ I ^. V -• i '\ V \ V \\ i r .'V SMKOrSIIIRE KARTHWOKKS. I73 Pont KSTuiRv Mound, 1005. /\ coj))' from the Oidiiaiice Survey AI.ip is {^iveri in fig. i, ojiposite. ' , , ,| . , , The (lovernmcnl niiip shows a mr)iinfl 120 to 150 feet in diameter with ;ipi)areiitly a Hat top. Ill i(>)5 this inound was still traceable, occupyin^^ the [greater part (jf two gardens, with a di\'isional feiict^ runninjy across it, and other boundary fences taking a roughly circular line along a hlled in ditch or mo;it. The top of the mound is now gently rounded, and rises to a height of 10 or 12 feet al)o\e th(' natural surf;ice. A lane leading southwards and the lines of ftnce near are suggestive of an exterior circular outer court, but no trace of defences along these lines could be made out. When building a wall a few years ago along the line of the filled in ditch just south of the mound, the workmen had to sink from " 4 to 6 feet among loose stones to get a founda- tion." Nill's Hill Camp, 1905. The Ordnance Map (surveyed iSSf, revised 1901), from which fig. 2 ojjposite, is copied, shows an oval area 80 yards long and 50 yards wide on the summit of Nill's Hill, sur- rounded by a simple scarp. Of this only the barest trace is now to be seen on the ground. The Quarry is being worked back into the hill from the south, and has already cut away a large part of the camp. The defences above are now so nearly obliterated that they could not be made out witlunit the assistance of the map, and there are many indicaticjiis that large blocks of stoiu" on the surface of tlic hill, \slii( h iinght ha\(' foriiii'd part ol any old work, ha\c Ixh-u latilveii iij) and carted ;i\va)' (juile reeeiitl)'. b) oni' pl.uc, where the (|uarr)' la(c ( uls the line (d the deliaiee shown tin llie ma]), llure is a sm.dl di-pression ni the surface lilled with .mgular IiIik ks of stone, i)ossibly a lilled up ditch. Till'. kl.\(;, j;)05. A curious cireul.ir cik losiire, (>[ wIikIi a |)lan is gatii in lig. J, opposite, occupies a sloping site on the east side td the o^l «! fxii vl ..foil iniiitU! •;.. "i^- I • ;•■';.;(•: ; . ,;t .J I;, i'! -v : -I rii>., r ^M !'.lu.(j •••;. I . »ir .tJ 1. lit.' -1 iil ■•■' ' 1 :'^ 1 V' i;i, lu O'/iJr'-iJJ^Ui ■•. wl [I..; , . v..,- ., .,,11 ,b •.. . ..I :.. '•'. ■ (..'1 M-»Jil' ill i»oflA "I ) : ; .1 (> <•( ! ■ nil.. ,.■ . ' ' ' .!i .. ••■ • .'i l>'»()(fiioi ■:'■'■■'. ' > I ■ ■; >ii' ■ ■ -rri. •..! ^ .1 .70(| .,■,..: I. " :. -u i; (i .;:! -I'M /' i.cJ : ' .' .'I , : • i '•■: ' (III. I. .'I n.'jii !. . . ' ■ ' •:l -i, t' . . .r, ;, (. ,•(. ■»(!) .■'.,.' i w . .1 I. 1.1 )l(1t.[ : I I ,1 ■ I ' -(III h ■■. 'r/l.fl • • , , , •. ii 'ii . ■,.■•) r >) Jl.> ■ I ' ' ,1 ■ 1 1 i . ! • . ( ; , ■ 1 1 • . ) i{.\ ' r ii '■ ■ ■ !■ I'-! lit. Hi*' . . .:< i i\ ^74 SHKOl^SlllH)-: FAKTIIWOKKS. "<'-^t li'" M.uthwards from Nill's IIill, and a little above Nill's .'., I'. inn. Ilsdianutrr isalx.ut J/sards, and the enclosing hank } ''^i^ ''^^^'1' iKiined honi an exca\atioii 1) m-; outside it on tlie '* '""'l''. \^^'>^l. -tiid south, l)ul niside, (,ii ll,r east, evidenll) to I .^^ a\uid the labour of throwin- tlir earth u|.hill. 'Ihe bank covers a width (d (juite Jo feel over all ; it has a hei-ht of from 3 to 5 feet, with a \ir)- roundi^d eoiitour, indieatui" tiie earthy nature of the material. ^ llie very circular shape, the situation on slopm^^ ^^round, and the lar-e si/e (d the bank, iniuli bi--er tlian is usual m' any ^rarden or fi.ld boundary, are all remarkable. A com- parison is su^r^restcd with the so called " Intrenchment " on Wildcrley 11,11,1 and with a circular enclosure'^ near Cheney J.ongville Castle. i Tc PLOW DEN. Billings Ring, 1904. See plan and section, opposite. The earthwork is situated upon a somewhat prominent portion ui a rifl-e of no great elev.ation, which projects east- wards from hi-her ground towards the valley of the Onny River, about three-quarters of a mile west of Plowden Hall The ridge has fairly steep sides, that on the north bem- rather the steeper, and it is curiously clett by a stcep-sid"| hiiK. guliey beyond which it gradually di.s away into tho valley Ihc site of the earthwork is just west of this gulK-y, and is protected by natural slopes on north, east and south, but on the west the approach is almost Ic-vc-l. The north and east sides are now mo.v or less covcivd with wood, while south and \V(>st there- are cultnaled iulds. , '""■'";'■"'"' '"'^•<'''''""Kl'lv<|nadr,nigul.,r, about 200 yards ""-;""' '-^-y-'nlsaeross, and the .lef.nees eowr an addi- tumal siMce about 2n sards w.de. Where best seen on the ' Chill I It Sir, iUiH, Vol. iij |, X Id Club, vol. iv., I . «XU>' ft' IX Ml (Jj ,ft.!jl-..j . t. '•,.)!;)'' "'j li -'iM I luirt .; Ml: MM! ./ :' •. !^/-.. In- ,"■< ) ij'.'j fit I I;: : ■.; li •r.lM ' "i'l r>" If' ,. ,| in'- y ^i^.2. SkUcJv Scoti n4.1L fv i) 14 tip.- £ 3 C CO ' f •1 ST O / -,-lr? \ ^ n^ \ t ; ,^ ! Si /' ^' • I / /^ / •v^ ^^•^^^:v''. ^^'^^ -n^ .s v..\ •iti ^v. SHKOI'SHIKK KAKTHWOKKS. T75 north side, they cunsiiDl of a dilch, cut boldly into the sludey rock just below (he top of the natural hlupe, and l\\(j banks (sec i\^. 2, [). 174) ; part of tlie excavated material has been thrown outwards lo form tlie outer bank, but some has been thrown up to form the inner bank, to which some material lidm till- surf.ue of the enidosurc h,is \ er) p(jhsiblv been ,i(Mi(i The sciip thu^ b>rnied h.is cveii now ccn m use recent])', and some amount of spade work seems to have ijeeii done to render them easier. In neither case are there an)' rounded ends to the banks indicati\e of original tt rmnialions, nor are tliert.' any signs of additioiud protective works outside. It is interesting to contrast the character of the defences here with those of Earl's Hill.^ On the south side of Billing's ring we have what looks like a scarp \\ ith upper antl foot ter- races, l)ut a very casual insi)ection of the site shows th.it they are reall) tlie rtinains ol the dittli .ind two banks, similar to those on the north i . - ,i II ' •• ' <1.;! ''ill- vttttt ■• i .i'lt y.'JUi) II . .jl' »' ., /ml u-J '■> .(i 1 ' ..(l K'l , ;.!() iCll.-i" 'ul I I '-3.. ;•■• V/rHl-' i.. .r- •j\\: Dt) i: JcW, 11 .Loow ,('•'•,,;,.. .i'.' ii .' jfj •.' .'i.fi y .11/ ! "»// :>ilt •. T j: I tti ,1 ">i !.•• urilJ ciIh-'.m if > n^it i; ■>. .' -I t"V/ . . . ' • ,1' ! • Ii' •) H-'d I , • I, ■ ,! ! - ■" I !. ii ,/ >t .il 'W ;;nn . . , , ..ii- ;. ,. •,' ' .■. ml . , ■ '.:•} . 1 1 ; . . . 1 1 1 ■ . r . f f 1 7 1 1 ' ■ ; • 1 1 1. ' I if 1 ,' M '. J, 1 I II' ■ I •IfllJ ) ' ,if ' ! • ' ' n tiiii. .!< Ill ij I " ' . . , I V . I . • I ' . ■ i I ■ I : n 1 1 v> ' »b - .'< 1 -«' lyd SHROPSHIRE !• ARTHWOKKS. bank has been spread on the field below. The two terraces in this case arc merely scars whence banks have been re- rno\ecl. At Earl's Hill, on the contrary, the indications are all HI favour of the scarj) and two terraces havin^^ b(;en the ori<^inal construct ion. C'omparison is also suggested with Brockhurst Castle,^ Church Stretton, which has defences of the same character as those of Billin^''s lUw^. but of rather diffiTcnt projjorlions. Church Stretton, vol. iii., p. tjj. -11. (< )'.'■ t !■ ^ V 1 . I . .ti .?;ji''ic. l^->ul^■) ' 177 lAl".- • I C H A R T. E S II. AND T O N G .1 By thk Rkv. J. K. AUDEN, M.A. ' On Au<:^uRt i, 165 1, C'liarlcs II. began his inarch into Eng- land with a force of between ten and eleven thousand horse and foot, and 16 leather guns." He advanced without any serious opposition, by way of Whitchurch, Market Drayton, and Newport, to Tong, where his army encain[)ed on the 2C)th, prol)abl)' on Tong lieath.'^ While here he issued a summons, endorsed " Given at our C'amp at Tong Norton, this 20"' day of August, ir^Si," requiring Colonel Mackworth, commander of the Parliamcntar)' garrison at Shrewsbury, to surrender the Castle to the King. On its rejection, Charles and his troops l)assed on to \\'orcest(M',' and arris'cd tlii're on the ev(Mnng of the 22nd. The next few da)'s were si)ent in collecting men and put- ting the cit)' into a stale of defence. Among those who )oined was iM-ancis, Lord Talbot, of Albrightoii and Eong- t Dili, wit li a troop of 00 horsi\ tlu^ major of which was W'dliam ' It seems hardly necessary to exjiress my obligations to Mr. Alan P'ea's Flii^hl of llic King, and his ctlilion of Hughes's Boscuhel Tracts, entitled After ll'ont'ster Fii^lit. They must he a|ip;ircnt to everyone who knows tliese l)0<-ks. All the quot.itidns in the followinf,' prijier are liom the conteniiiorary {ianiphlets reprinted by .Mr. Kea. Lul after this [general s-tatement I have not tiii.U|^ht it n<;edlul to put the pa^in.ii refeienccs amont^ my nheatly numerous footnotes. - " The Scots had an invention of i;ihis of white iron, tinned anil done about with leather and corded so that liiey could serve for two or three dischari^es. Tliese were light and were carried on horses." (I'.urnet, History of I/is 07vu Times, i., p. 3S). ^ Tonj; Heath (mentioned i i the UeLjisters in l(Vi', :ii..i 1750) is shown by a in.ip of the puisli, d itcil 17.59, to be tiie land on either side ot the road before 't dips into Timkt Hollow. ly towards Shifnal. On iiulo.-ure it became the po;-~ent \'.ui\hall I'aiin, witii the exception of the portion niade into 'I'oii},' Lake. ■• The road leading on to the He. ah from the Soulli is marked on the at^ove mentioned map .is the Worcester Ko id, a name which what is left of it still he,ir<, a memorial, no douht, of the adv.mce and retreat ol 105 I. Vol. Vil., 3rd .-ieries. U ■« ^ ' ,1 •/ '^ ! (I ;- / 1 ! t' M .1 51 A H > A I'. /Ml/. :i I wM aiiT yM 1 ' M '.•■;.! ••;, ''■ I ' , ./• /'I ,i,v. J:. ■ . -.. . ..1 •:• ,' •■ ,\M'-'T .'J .1 •• , i;! -'I'li . ' - ti ' 't\\ '^il' • r H'j •' ,. • I )i. I ill ■ / 1" . 1 . ii .vri'^ ■' ( !; I-,.;.. ■ ' .;,■ ■,((->' ",I "M ,j.- ■if,. >'...: I' »i'....tf ;i5^} y .JfT')rni;ihi.M irit to Ml 111 I , ■ <«.■ J. > i'. ,,.iv.ii; I. .[ii // .li'ioi ■ i , . I <;/ 1 I . i,.;j.. 1 • .ill . . J • •> •,' yi . I I . : 4 ', J ;'• . > i ^ *l' I 1 • I '. 1 i '111 , [..it \ . ,. . ■ . I I 1 >..c> -^ iVT fif J I . i... ;j »if Mj .1 ,■ .; . , M , /I. > . t - I ...: .. .-.. IV (. •) v I''! 1 '1 ■'' 'I f • ( . •.,,,. I. ■ .-. .,'• . • K . ,1 „■ 1 J, . ■ . . , M 1 J . . .'I "I ', . .1 - ■" • . u , y. , . II I, , ■., . ,11 •• ■ - \i Ml - It I-. .ie uiie's name was Kli/.ibeth, and who wis "barbarously executed at (Jxford f<-r conductini,- the Kint,' from Worcester when violently piir.-ucd " ami refiisini,' to confess where he had left him. (_•) Francis \'ate.<, ot Lan^ley Lawn, uhu niarried Mar-aret I'endnll. of llubbal Grani,'e, and died in London shortly after the Re'^toration of 160... * A'i-/,\/niu- liaxteriuntf, i., p. oS. Cornet Kinnersley was a son of HercuUs Kiiinei^ley of Cleobury North, a ;troiw I'ai li,i:i;ent.uian. ). u;a .!! y I r',Mr> ^\i I.I', • . -Ki.'. // i\ •.»<.!'•• !)H!. ....!! • • • • . I'l, *".nrill 1(1 I I l.t r 1 M I' ' -.i/ <• '/'> 1''"^ /D't'.'-J •I.. .' ;.i:',. .. -:li .' ... .1 ^.: [jj-i I , 1 ,,;<•. r. , , .1 I. "w ....■, • I. i;:,l ,Y ' .. ,- 1 ..(r . ' . < •:; ; ;i ' i. > ■. . iT .' ) • . .- • 1 ■ ■ .1 • ■.'! 1 .■• .! 1 • . ■„ 1. 11.' * w 1. :• »!iiri r>v.') 11 \ , «'• '■ : 1 . / . . . \- ^'.l^ 1 . .l;.>. I -111. •»! *\ ■ J •>■■■■ i>ii . '. J . '. » .1 Ml. I 4 I t. >,ii '\v»i ,i> *• I I ■■•I 1' 111': \!i)i .ImVI , ■''• -: .. . ■ : ■. ■ I , i . ,,, ■. I. ,t; . —)./:,, .. ...A . ,'^^\A ( 'I ;« I. ■«i. I r> CFIARI.KS II. AND TONG. ^70 safely concealed l)y William Pcudrill and his wife Joan. On Sunday nioht, however (Auj^r. 3 i y, they made up their minds to join the King at Worcester, which they succeeded ni doing shortly l)efore the battle on Wednesday, September 3, having sta)cd a night at (iaiacre o\\ the wa)-. In this engagement, as is well hnown, Charles, after having exhibited many acts of personal l)ra\ir)-, was d(>feated l)y ficncnal C'romwell,' and lorced to escape for his life. Attended by alnjut («) officers ami men, iiu hiding the Earl (d Deri))-, CoKjiiel i^oscarrock, and Captain Charles (iiffard, llie King made for the North. As they rode along, his Majest) consulted with his friends about a wa}' o[ retreat, and the Karl and Rt)scarrock told him how, ni their tlight from Wigan, they had " met with a perfectly honest man and a great convenience of concealment at Boscobel," adding that it was " a recusant's house, and therefore, bemg accustomed to per.secution and searches, was most likely to have the readiest means an(J safest contrivances " to preserve him. The King was of the same opinion, but Charles Giffard pro- posed instead that the)- should go first to his own house at W liile I,adies, " hard b)- long Castle," and " 111 the i\u-isli of Tong, m the confines of Stafford and .Shr(jj)shire," which was but half-a-mile from Jioscobcl, and that while there his Majesty could rest and make further plans. Safely conducted thither b)- Giffard, and his servant Francis Vatcs, the door was ojjened to them at about da)'break on I'hursda)' morning (.Sept. 4 j b)- (iix)rge Peiidrill, the )oungest of the SIX brothers.- No socjiier had the)' entered than (jillard sent George " to 1 ong t(j Koljert liurd,' an honest sul)jcct, to ' Oliver Cromwull wasi>l;i)in^ Willi liic lion. William I'icrrspoint, the owner of runi; Castle ami estate, at his otiier scat at I liorsliy, iie;ir Niatiii^liaiii, when the ucus reached liiiii mat the Kiiit; had set up lus biaiulard at Worcester. (Carlyle, CroinweU, iii., p. 150, note lu Letter CL\\.\). -' 01 the six Lroth(!rs I'eiidnll, " iiorn at llobh.il t>ranj,'e, in the jiaiiih of Toiii;, .ind comity of ."Dalup, John, fiioiiias and CJeorj^c weie soldiers in the lirst war lor Kuil; Charles I. I'liomas was slain at .Stow li.L;lit [March 22, 1043(1], Wdli.un was a servant at lioscobel, lliuu|ihry a miller, .i.iil Kic'i. ud niitea a ]>irt of llobbal Gr.ini^e." (IJhmnt). John lesided at White Ladies as a kind ol woodward, and GeorLje at the same jdace as a servant man. ■" Robeil Burd was, .iccnr.iiiii; to the Ctmrcli Kegist-.-rs, an iineonipromisiii^,' Uoyalist, a fact whi^h is evinced by the names he j^ave his children. Uiii eii after the '' Fiery I'liiice," and Charles after tlie Kin^ vOm^c loiiuiies uere, even at the child's birth, in a prec.irious stale. ni»01 •: '/ n i^H IHAHT .. 4,1.-1 ., fV., ' , •• . .:.-Mii-' . { t. Ji I i ' ,lw i [. I. I. ' 't-.J ',.•) .,. ...1 '.:. ,;f ." 1.1. . . . .'lU ••» lu 1. 1). ;«l lj'>!' i! '!-.•'. jj.i I ,. >t ., i\- •!!<-f'|l '..A tlJly*' ! ihIi/ ll'.r.i ..,: 'T!! :■ "ljil'« "I »: J/. '1.,! .'1 ..i;. '.1 1 > •> KiVI i r.» /i ' J :'•■:. '- ■■• ■••■ ,'.''■ '." i>:Ji. !:• liij I ..■: 1 • .1 1 •■; ' -/:■•■:•■. > '• •' . \::j\.\.<' iiii'- nc'ij! !•; 1. .: , ' •' ■» 't I .,i. I ; , j. . tui' • n i •■•-.>, / . .. • \ , >r .. t ;i; ■ /i. i.'i il ■ ■ ;il)i. I JlflV/ •. .1 •.!/." . II i. :,. ..il'^ • ' I, !• ■:"'.;- t • .- HiiiiKr, ntf .. I. '. •.* >i(;i'-- '..it'i 1 j:( .1' ■ ■• t li.'.'.l vliiii ;■ ' . . It ••'ilh:; ; ) 'i .11 ('Ml ;. --r !.tij > i ; ; ■ : . • ' • '.'I t ' ,' 1 -, y,|!:,!l I.-) ,.(l^il'i > ,'t-;i |,r. . .-. • ' li' • i, : I I ■ . ! I I ■ . ' J • . j.V( I' 'I 1 1 .1" "• ' -' ....;.. ■ '1,1., ;>| . _ ,, ,,.. ,. ,,, ,;. ^^.,,,,...1. , I,, .y .: . I'm . .; ..1) Im ii ;• , , -: '/. . . ,i\U,u'. . ir 'XJI lo , ,1 ... '-.•il . !. I ..) _ .1. I ,.! -..jM ..) jir>.« I -I J I t l8o ' CHARI.KS II. AND TONG. eiuiLiii'C (•! liHH wlietlier llicrc were any scaltc-rcd )).irtics oi tlie Kiiif^'s tlicrcal)i)uls or any of tlir cncniics .ippe-arinj^, who hrou^lil uonl tl;,il [\ic roast was ) cl ( Irar, and no |)artics to 1)C seen " As In rclurnnl lir lalli'd ,i| I luMtal (iranj,;*' lor liis . . ' 1)11 )lli( T Rii liiird, .111(1 l)r( iu,l;1i1 linn In W Intc I ad if,. . ' ■ Diirni^' Gcorj:(c's absence, Rnscariuck had despatched ; , liartln 'loniew Mart in (a seiAiiij^ I h ly m tlu' ht aise i,' \n Hosculie] .| for his old host, Wilhaiii I'endrih. ( lei fil^i^ and Ru liard, liow ; . ■ .c\cr, .ni"i\ed Inst, .uid the latter was at oiuc sent l»,ick to llubbal fur a suit of his (jwn clotlus for the Kinj^^ Jl)- the . i' lime he returned with them, William had also come, and botli were at once conducted to the jL,arl (d Derby, and b)' him in- : .. troduced to the Kinj^^, and told to preserxe his Maji^st)' as . ' , faithfully as they had done the Earl himself. . ■, While all this w.is ^oinj^^ on, acccjrdin^^ to the Kinj^^'s own narrative, " there came in a country fellow that told us there were 3,ocjo of our horse hard by T( n<^ Castle, upon the Heath,- • • all m disorder, uiuler General J^eslie and some other of the 1642-3. Bapt. was Rupert, sonne of Kobert Burd and Anne his wyfe, Janimr)' 2. ; ! •■ 1644. liapt. was Cliaries, bonne of Robert llutii and Anne liis wife, August 24. He suffered se'ereiy lor liis lo)Mlty to the two Kinijs. For among tlie State Papers (c. ii. nonieslic, .Marcli 31, 1670), is a Cer'.ilicate sis^ned by Charles Giffard and \\ illiani Carlos to 'he Kin^ in l.ivour of Robert Burd, of lonj;, co. Salop, who was " utterly ruined and disabled from supportin;,' himself and many children tlirou;.;h his loyalty and services after the defeat at ^V'orcester, and ^ivinj; intellii;.;nce ol his .M:iJL-sty"s arrival at White J,ad)s. lie was ddij^'cnt by const. mt curicspondcnce with the five brotiicrs I'cnclrill, and others, and discovjrin;^ what Was jjassini; betw'.cn each aimy, and he intornie>l ot llioje iin|)i()ni regicides who cndeavcmred to indnie ihcniselves in his .Maitst)'s bhjod, ' ■ and f^ave such information to Carlos as added much to the endeavcnns fur his .Maje^ty's blcs.-:ed esc.i|)e.*' .Asa result of tliis rcjjort Buni received a qrant of /"30 per ann. on June 30, 1670. This was renewed to .Anne Bun! for life on tlie , . death of her husband, and £7 los. was duo to her as arrears on .Maich 25, 1085. Robert Burd's n.ime is not fcnmd in Tonj^ Rej;isters after the Ijurial of his first wife (" 1665, ivov. 18, bur. was Ann wife of l\obert Burd"); and of the four children, l\n|>ert, Charles, Ilenr)' and Robert, lecoided as bajili/ed, two, I^ujieit and Charles, are also ncorded as buriid. S(jnie, therelore, ol his " in in)' children" must have been by his second wile, aho named Anne. In the Ke}»isters his n.-une is always spelt Burd, and a contemporary alwa)s ap( cars as Bird. ' In the Cenieleiy of Whiii- I adn-, is a stone bcariiiL; tlie inscii|)lion : — "lleie lyelli the body of Maiy .\l.n tin, d.in',;ht(r of B.itlholnniew Mailin and ■* ' J'Mizjbetli his wile, ol (_'ov|,iid. wlm d\cni Sc .il md, tii-y h ilt'd in ili-ir old riinpin'; ;;n>und. ..)-•(•• i^.k .11 ^.^.:■iAli oH I I • ' ■ • I ■»] M ^ ' I ,^ rt.'/ I:'.r,-: I -1,1 t. .ir In.'.' • I . . M. ., I. ..it • • • i I; .- .'! , ••! ) (.1 r . ; |. i, ) ;.;iriuill if .......f .;; .:; ,. ■ >! . ,. .,1 . .. » . ;■• ' .. '. 1 •• !i.i ' i i»;l. . ' -1 I * > ' ■ .<■■. .V;'■}' . '!'.-. t II > , , t i . ■ ;. )' I. 1 1 ,. ,, I ',! 1 "'] , ;• • i 1-. i .•(!; nj !■ >• 'i.li.. > >{■'• t . ■ -• ■■'■ .. ,.j' , .1 .■,..1 . . , •• - •. . ^ - ,. -'..Il III. •■. li'A' • ; ■ . . ! .' I !■ ■■' ' . / •I ,, . ' • ' I'M i ' ■ :i . .■,[<:■ ■■>'.). i!i !li. 1 1 I" , '. M ... ■• 1 ■•• i .1 i. ., -. ,, .■».M ' ' , .• . .■ . ■ M Ml 11 ■■ , •<• .-. . .'I..,., I •■,1 II I ! (I .. mIi I ., .11 • • • •»« H ».t« ' »1 •«! I ! I il. ^> ■ •••1 » '. 1 ',..., i '3 rHAKI KS 11. AND TONG. ■,■ iRl <;ciidal (iffucrs." It w.is llicii su^i^csU'd lo (h.irlcs tlial he sliould |<>m tliis force with ;i view of rrlreal into Scollaiul, hut he ahsohitely rejected tlie ndvice, heiiij^f indi^niant at their coiuhict at Worcester, and in his own words, " Knowing that men ulio ha wire touiui l.-iii in ro\\.-, ,is \v:i« U';n:il Mii'T ,1 h iltii- ri/.Ol «J -> J? ^ IJ.MAH1 ■ .' /I. — I W '1 •■ ■ ■' ! 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AND TONG but (^thcir liwrhcs and thcinscKos hciii^ tliorcnij^dily tired 1 out) were uiKihl(> lo make imuli resistance, sc\eral were killed, others, ( iiieludmj^^ tlie ICarl of Deri))' and (diaries I {liltard\ taki-n prisoners, .md eon\e)c'd to W'hitcliureh, and from thence to an nni at l>unl)ur)', in ("heshire. llerc Captain (iilfard nianaj^ed to escajje. I.cird 'Jalbot took rc- fuge at his family seat at I.on^ford, not far away from the >■• battle ground, and cemcealed himself for nearly a week in an outhouse, afterwards escaping to France.' 1 ,(;)rd fx-vistoii • and some others saved their lives by flight, and hiding in the woods of Cheswardinc. The Earl of Derby was brought to ("hester, where he. Sir Thomas 1^'eatherstoiihough (cai)tured at Wigan), Capt.ini John Bcnlnnv, and seven other officers were tried by a Court Martial, ol which Colonel Humphrey Mackworth, Governor of Shrews- bur}', was f-*resi(lent, Major-General IMytton, of Ilalston, and Captain Vincent Corbet, of Adderley, members. Vwt were sentenced to death, the Earl l)eing beheaded at Bolton, Oct. 15 ; .Sir TluMuas at Chester, Oct. 1/ ; and Cai)tain lien- bow shot at Shrewsbury Castle, Oct. lO." Tlie Earl of Cleveland, who was over Go years of age, and had sjDcnt 21 days in the saddle, managed to escape from Worcester, and reach Woodcote, between Tong and Newport, but was there taktMi )irih(.)ner, and carried to Stafford, being subsequently immured in the Tower of Condon. To return, liowcwer, to the King. .Xfti-r .1 da)' sjient in battle, and a night in llight, his Majesty was compelled to l^ass most of Thursday (Sept. 4) crouching under a blanket at the foot of a tree in Spring CopiJice, the ram pouring in- cessantly the greater part of the time, tiiough, as the King himself said, this was really a good thing for him. His own account is as follows:^"! set myself at the edge of the ' Lord Tall'ot (who succceiicd Wm, f.itlior as lilli I'^arl of .Shrewsbury, IO53), was muttally wouiidcil in a duel by George Vilbers, I>ukc ui iJuckingli.mi, ins coiiipanion 111 arms at W'orce.iter, and fellow fu_^ilivc to While Ladies and Newport, March 16, 1607-8, and was Iniried at Albriijliton, Ajnil 10, lOoS. - " The sentence ol Coll. Mackworth disp. ached Henbow because he had been a soldier iimter him." (Keliquitc Baxtcriniue, i., 09). I lis jiutial is thus entered in the Register oi St. Chad's, Siuewsbury : — 1651, Oct. 16, John Benhowe, cipl.-tinr, who w.is shott at the Castle, bur. V'OT a^A .M B3JMAH3 s^r n . I '. ' ' . I .• ■ ll' ' t M I tUl I.I. ' i "ll' I hn* i iiji.y, till. Ill // : :.> .;■ ' .-J i'.;!- ;>: •• ' ('I' 'H l'> ll';:! -^d 1 T .1 ! ii'.'i ).'-.i i . . I • .i li,'/. .'•):!!■(.. I'lii 1 .iv'i.ij »I ^ii!/.' to ! I,". 'I • ■' ' . ji; • • -. .1 1. ' J'. •'■<- '■ '.M. f ,/.■/ . ^. u!.i ' J.'.. • r , .' ..>.[■ ' ,; .. i p , ' I I .i!i 7 Miil'ji,' k Liir: • ! i .1/,', • * ,. • ' ' -u '• .■ ,. IJ « I I ' 1 1 i • II'> . ! ! 1 A' i . 'iM ■■ . .■■: .rt I I .. , i,;.|..ii I •!-' . ' A I ■ ; *".'•»,; > / i' 1 7/ '-..!r )i :■ ■ ,. ■'/■ I . , ■■ : ■ . • . •;••' f'-' ,' , • ' i.^ iit. i lit : I ^ ■ . ! ■..,.;/ ll , ' Mi->M. ' 'Ll! ..,:• ' • • ■ ' ■ . • ■ ■' , >■ ,: I .1': !■)/•:•> j iw // •' ••' • : .. . i 11 . 1 r ■(:(:■,;.,,"; 1,1 1 ■ I -I • ;• . ■,. 1. •,",,■ ' j ijii . j.jj i...lii-' ' ■' . I ■ . /■ I.J .'I tl 'I. t, '<■■'■ 111 .1 .1' , ra. . CHARI.KS II. AND TONn. ' • 183 wood the bcUcr to see who came after us, and whether they made any search after the runaways, and I immediately saw a troop of horse coming by, wliich I conccixed to ])e the same troop that beat our 3,000 horse, but it did not look like a tr)'. Then, at S I'Ui , he K-ft the ( 'oppiee, and attended by these three brothers and iManris Vates, their blot her ill law, made his wa\ to 11 ubbal ( i range, K u hard Pen - driU's home.' I1 had \)vr\\ arran-u'd tli.it lie should 'm. midcr ' 1 lie present llubl);il (irau^e is very (iitlcreiit lioin wli.il it u;is in h'j5i. Tiic uiiq) of ijjysliuws a threat many l)u:lciin!.;.s wliicii :uc now ^uiie. In iJuu )c.ir the farm was tlie largest in arc.i in the pari.sli ; in 1S56 it ha/n') \\\ some w.iy connected with the Ciili.irds of CiuUinLitoM, and li;ld lliibbai on a i.-ase of lives under them. It had been tile fir.ui'^e l'"arm ot Hl.ickbidics Convent, and came into the ()ossCS-ioii of the tlilj.iiil , .ii I he l)ijioluiiwii ,j| Ueli'MiiU". 1 lou,ei m 1 5 jS. f^' .OXOT •! U. !1 crHJHAH > 'j» iiJ »; •> .;Jf V .• •.I hrt- •I" •: J , : 'tiiffi ( '. r.. )( I .1 »■ • :,t--ii\ • . I -•.•..-. . ,. t;; I. .- ,. I. 'I , /I ; t.l ,. . • ■ .,.■:,;.■ i;.,tll( /Hi Ii lar ,/..'.■ Jl.lll I. , ' , ■ ; : < • ■ . i' ' ' •■■/ »; ■: '•lit iii-'ill \o ■ ;. .,1 . . ..■ ; J". !• 1:. ■ '. I I i!'.V»li i .<•.■' U l)i,(\ ;: '. ■ ./i.|i, ; ',' »:Il ■'•/ / ;■ ii^i/> « jr' ," M. I,- i »(1 ■■.r< .1 1, '1 ■-. , ;..,■ r '• '' Dili ■/'•"•'• il.>ltlv/ ■,i ,' '■•.'1 '^ili ■.< il '>i.-yi ■..I'd,' ' . ■ !■ ■ M f ! II'. ■ ■ ■ ,.im1 I ,■:.'. ...^i ., ..•, ..■ . : !.// , t, , , ..... .•,,'!■. 1 •>•) :.ll 'jr'.:' I .. ; (./Ii-'flfll. ,1 • ■ • 111 fl'..!;' . ■/■■.! HI . I'>1il .^,./ I . : . I' ■ . . i .ill • .. ./ill . I '. Il ■(•!, I ' .',■ f 1 .ll ; . . I ,,,,; .... >i .Wn >!{, 184 CHARLES II. AND TONG. the name of Willi;im Jones, a woodcutter, just come into the neip^hbourliood in search of work. " .\<4aiiist his coming-, the ^aKulwi fe [Mar)', wife of Richard] for liis entertainment for supper was preparinj.^ a fricasy of ■ ■ hacon and e^'^s, and whilst this was dnino- ilu- Kin^^ held on , ,, , his knee their (iau.L,diter Nan.^ y\fter lu- liad eaten a little, ^[ \\,.,, he asked Richard to eat, who reph<'d ; ' \'ea, sir, 1 will.' ; Whereto his Majesty answered : ' Yon have a better stomach , , than 1, for \'()u have eaten five times t*) day, already.' " Supper I , ji ,, ended, the Kin<:(, h.aving made up his mind to escape to Wales, . il ))ossil)le, i)roposed to l(\a\e as soon as it was dark, hut he- fore he went, Jane PcMuirill, molluM- of the h\e brothers (who >; lived in another part of the Clran^e) c.nue to see him, and thanked God that Tie had so honoured her children in making • ' them the instruments, as she hoped, of the King's safety and 1. ,. deh\erance. His IMajest}', being short t)f mom^y for imme- diate expenses, Yates olfiM'cd him 30s., but onl)' los. were accejited. From Ilubbal, (Charles, attended by Richard only, directed .,, ^ . , his steps towards Madeli^y. But on the way, soon after jiass- . ing thrr)ugh Tong, the two had an exciting adxcnture at Kvelith Mill, where the miller, anxious for the safety of "some of the King's scattered soldiers" hiding in his mill, and tak- 1' ing the two travellers for Parliamentarians in ])ursuit, rushed out with a cudgel and challengc^d th i. The King and his companion, not knowing the man's lo);dt)', jumpe*] into th'' water and waded tlu"ough out of his sight. ( )n arri\al at ^hl(l(de}', ho\S('\-er, tlu)' discoM-red all the means of passage '."• across ilu- .Severn slri(tl)' <;iiardeil, and were compelled to return b\- a nijdit iiiar( h, .1 ll( 1 li.i\ lu^' spent all rnd.i) hiding III a li,i\ I), nil ( )ii .S.iliirday iiiorniii;;, lliei teiiuU at lhil>iMl. >» i . ... Uf*/ I .Tiy .(;•>/ • »i'«»i.i'ti oil// .i».-» ..; i ' - " / ..•/•; • ..I : ■- •; '>i ••!', 1 . .; vi M ;jiot« 't. '• ! '••• lOi I. jfi.-tittjl ■■ ..,. .: .. 1,; :i .]' 1, . .. ,uA (II 1 V (. »' 1 V J' ( ^IJ . 1 1 . . ' ■ i !| ■ f . ■ h:..l') ,1 ,i.||,II u-r-Vl . ■■•[. '/ ,'l»1'.V.'.)i .'(]■) ',' /.hi I , i I , , ; : . I ^ I " . ! ■,. •, ,:,irA w!l I,, : , I ; I ' I. \\:>j: \.> > ■ ■ I ' .■..;■ '^'i']. J.' / •' ■ ;, 1 'Jl.V, , ? 'r. ■!. (;. • . I. • •) ' ' 1 ; -r ,p/ CHAKLLS II. AND TUNG. 165 When Hearing their destinat i(in, l^iehard left him comrade in the Coppice, and went on ahe.id l(» s(^' li there were any sohhers al)out, or it aii\- daii^ir threatened. At the house itself he fell ni wilh (Hlonel William r'areless, of Lord Tallxit's tniop, to whom li;id liei'ii nitnistcd tin- ha/ard(nis (hit)' 111 |^(X'|)iii;; oil pill' , tiers till the Km;/ had ;;ot some dis- tance ftii his ihj^hl ; and w h' 1, li,i\ i!i:_^ M( 11 ihi' 1,1st man killed at Worcester, iiad with miu h (IiKk iilt)' made his escaj)C into his own countr)', and ".itlrr he had heeii two (l;iys at one l),i\id ]ones,^ li\ 11114 in the ?Ic\'ith in Ton;^- parish, and there !)}■ him seiiiriul, was hrou^ht hy one, hdi/al)eth Hnrgc-ss, to tins s.ime house' oi lioscohcl." Uich.ird at once led him to where he had k'ft the Kiul-, and a iter a slit >rt consultation, his Majesty and the ("oloiicl went to^ctlan' into the wood, and at about g o'clock on .Saturda)- morning- (Si-pt. 6), by the help of Willi.im l^endrill's ladder, climbed into the boughs of a Large oak, anil there " abode Till all the j)aths were dim, And far below the l^oundhead rode, And liumm'd a surl)' h) mn." Situated as the tree was in a rather o[ien spot, near a horse- track running through the wood, they could see some soldiers at an uncomfortable proximity searching for fugitives, who, as appears from the Stati' Pajjcrs, were put off the scent by William's wile. For a warr;nit was issut'd, in 1663, for i^lOO "tor Joan Pendrill, tlu' jicrson wlio gatlua'cd sticks, and di\erlcd the horsemen Irom the tree^ his Majesty was 111." ' There are the following entries relating to David Jones in the Tong kegisler : — Umo, ()ct. 12. .Mary, diuglitcr of Haviil and Kleanor Jones, li.ip. loSS, Jul)' 7. IMianur, wife of l>aviti |oru's, Imricd. 1700 1, I'eii. 1. D.ivid luncs l)iirieil, - Mr. .\iai\ I'r.i, ill ihc h'iighl ol the AV//i_'- (pp. .pS 511) fflccln illy jiroves tliut the piesent " ilmal (.)ak" canina he the identical trie in which llie Kiii'.^ and Careless liid. Mldiinl, wiitini; in 1()(jo, s.i)s lli.it all the young hranciies liad heeii cut away hy relic hunters ; S.nnuid I'epys, in 1702, th it then only the liiink remained, and that had been neaily cut in two; Juliii Mxiijn in 1704 that the tree was IImmi dead owing to the liai 1 ing of the lioiigir, ..nd h.uk. llie London /'ost ot .Xiig. 19 21, I7(i(', innoiiiiccb that accordiii!; to advice rccei\ed lately liom Stallordshire, the o.ih, c.ilKcl the Royal Oak, had bcc-n blown down by a btorm of wind. Dr. Miikeley in 1713 describes the iirescnt tree as .1 yuimg thriving plant growing bcbide tlie old stump honi one ol its acnins ; and the l.iie Vol. VII., yd Seric; \ .i».'.L»l J.-.A I.IMAM'J 1 .lit -.'i'l', h i.i »(iO(ir. >[ iV I ;l)rfj',,..l , ;■ : w ....'■J I ft'' • ' i ■ •' Hi .::;. •■■ .Mil ..»J»j. .■.«!. I . .r ■ ._. : . 'I.' •••. i . I /; . .'I .j.r ♦; ♦n«(|ii>l "(*(}(»».'..{[ li> 'i. ii* |{ -n I ' ' . *l.l»'U4. > i ,. ikJ^ I. . ' < 1 ' 1 ( i ••/ -jii) ''.i .','! •,.•■•1 ' i; . ,.■ ' , . , ■ , ;. ,,• ., -i . I.. .;. . ^1 '.ih 'i t ' ••' ■• ' ' r»iji», I ^iini'I rti ;»!» x'n: ' o-ioil l-iM .> i ■ ,; i i .'. Ijj -I ■ .Il'^.i S' . ■■ ■''' •■' /■• ' I.: ■. , • . ' • } ■/ ,.■'•■ ■ 1, ■ ■ J Jr ' . )) I'.i . . 1 f . ' . , , ,•• . ,_ ■ ,., - ■ ■■ , 'i '/:'/■ . .( ■ .1; ,'■: ; ■ M .<,..,!_ M.i ' . ' • ; I ';.i ' .; 'I ! I I )•>? r»7||) '.'!■. I 911) '... •i>-' decl.itc lii.U uiie ol his gieat great-grandparents was born nine months atier the Ki)).d vi.sit, and th.ii he himself was a descendant lilKgitimate) of Ciiaibs II., to whose portr. Ills he was saiti to bear a remarkable resemblance, lint tlic name Uadlord is not hnind in th: Donington Register belme 1794. I'ossibl) -.Miici.e noted the likeness, and the rem. 11k ga\eribe to the legend, not unlikely s^liea wc Liiuw il:e Kin;;',-, alter ch.uactcr. .»>SlOV Ik^A .11 «;i.lflAh"J ^^I 7 y li I" ijO'T,"; . t '.li.l 'r -.iMfwj -Ii^-" 1 f::ifl I'i 'Mi.'j .n// ii<. (f.i !.• .'Hi. i.» :>■£ .f i -■:* i*';i'.» -'' " ' "''i •'-'■'.>fU»M-. ,<»1r I.. .-11 ^l-l. y-.l--'^ l' ' ■ ■ ■ ' ■ > ,.■■:> r I i .1 • ' ' . ,. .• . .. ,. ,..■ . : •.■...•! 1 • .. • •.i •", :-i >ri >.-! . • T --^ > •,.- • ,.■. ? .A V/ ..,;| ll ^ 1 ,/' .■•«-.<^ , ,'.n »i?-ij C I > ■ ..111 .1 ,,.;•■ 1 ■ l. !• , t .m; I .ji.. 1 ., •.,!■ Il .l| ! '' TMARI F.S II. ANn TONG. ^ .^ , jRy by part of the ("ounl)' Troop ; and llieu by men under one Broadway, of Shifnal, who iiail fornurly been a hc("l-maker l)ul was now C"aj)t.iin of Mihtia. Thi'sc' lalkr t:onsinnrd all the pro\ isions they iound, jjlundercd the li()iis(^ (»f what w.is portable, and one of iheni [jrcsented a pislol .it William l-*L'n drill and j:^reatly frightened his wile. But neitlier troopers nor militia were able [ij j^ain any information eoiuernin^ the ro)'al fugitive. The same fate befel White l.adies the day following. A coriu-l of the ("a\alier Ann)' who had been t.iken prisoner, eonfessed that his Abiji'sty had certainly taken loiuge there, for he had ridden with him. A very striet search was there fcjre made ; every chamber, closet, and corner was e.vannned, wainscots and partition-walls broken down, every little nook and cranny sought out. Then Mr. George Giffard, " who occupieil an apartment in the house," was questioned, and with loaded and cocked musket pointed at his breast, was threatened with instant death li he did not at once produce the King. He, however, stoutly denied that he knew the King, though confessing that many persons had come to the house the night after the b.ittle, yet declaring that they had all gone away after having had some refreshment. The sokliers thereui:)on " soundly banged the cornet for telling a l)'c," and rode off. It having subsequently leaked out that some of the l^Mulrill br(jthers had been iiistrunu;ntal in hidin-"- the Kni!;, William was twice summoned io .Shrew.sbury and " (piestn>ned by Captain Fox, and unc Lluclhn, a sccpicstrator ;"^ while Richard w.is " much threatened by a peevish neighbour at White Ladies." And (as has been mentioned before) Robert Burd was " utterly ruined," and I'Vancis Yates, of Brewood, l)ut to death, iu: the parts they had j)la)'ed in the- ilight (;i the KniL^ • |olin LlewclKn, i)f l.iule Druyloii, co. .Salop. On 24 July, l()5u, tlie Coiumitlce tur -^ciiut-sli-Uions, co. S.ilop, recjucslcil llie l.uiulun i. uinimUec f(ir Comi'ouiuliiii,' tc) ^ive .111 nulcr that " IIidiiim.s l-'ox ami Juliii l.lc\\Lli\ n, who .ire pcrsDiis rcsponsibU I'M what Ihcy uiulcrt.ike, ami li.-ivc cbt.ilci) in iliis cinnu ," be appoiiUcd agents iui Loinpounding. " fhcy will be coiilciit with ^b. per (Ikiii 1)1 twccii them." .w lobiTw ,'1 . • \\ . ,f. .'.,' )i ;;,<<. ' .'. '■■(''. 11. i i 1. ;■■ ; i,,..-. , i , "1 ) iiiu. .Iv-.' ■! J yi)':> , vl . . );;j.! . . .."/..ii .;■;>! .i.i A\i. r-i\ nU\nA\ inn; ;-^) '.A- I;**'*!!! .1 ii. irjIui'Kj Ivi-.Hi'i .'•J/i>'^J Imi. i)-'h. 'i llJiA ... 1 : _ .V . fl t»<'{»»nii v''^'!!'"'' " iU' \.i t\ni\ ..r.- •" ill 'or.' r J.,)*t tiT , I) »Jc i ;hfr-. , ilJl . ... ; / xi, -' - . > .i;|jlll -II Illl-M'llrill Ifrui lii;i( . 1 'fli-'ld I , ... I: 1 j, ■ ij 1.1 ,/.-,{'' •■/ i iii'.Mi m(.- *j )r.v J f-i;y/ f V ■ •'• I ..'|» :,lr m' . I )\ ■: 1 1 ■ i, ,V. i "I i .•( ' . ) ... ««.u«.i>'.i M. iui#-»-.^ .. ,. ' '. . I •t','i-,ll fln.-i';" ..... ' ' ■ I ; . in>,,tti .iii ■ -. '. ' -; . i .• ' -■ ..I . • .'•,).!'• 1 I ' ,1 • Mil • r /I /■.. I iu " ■■! .. '4mA 1 • -.I).! ■ » > .1 .- I. l88 CHARI.F?; II. AND TONG. I^tiscohc'l House, it m.iy be acUlcd, was a third time a refuge for a fuc^itixc, for after llie (Ufr.it of the Ro)'alist rising in Clu'sliin,', iiihk'r Sii- (l('iir;M' liiniili, in August, HjSQ, Lord lirerelon found sanctuar)^ ihcrr. There is no allusion made ni the Tong r(xords to the ex- citing o\ents that took- ])lace in the ])arish during the autuuui of I()5I, unK^ss the twHownig entry in the ( liurehw.irdens' Accounts refers to a si)ecial preacher sent down by the Par- liament to discourage loyalt)' :- - L s. <1. Given to a minister which i)rL'achefl 2 sermons )'e 5"' of October, i()5 1 ... ... ... o 5 o References, howe\er, ma)' \)C louiid in tlio.se c^l oth t|« .^ .i. -. h)|!l>Ji. -riiri;* :ii 3.,; Vif; ;Oj .*>(ljji (l.'ff '1 , .■•..') ,;: • !>. ■■■■;.,; (• • ,. .■. . ; V •■ ■ i .1! •, M, 1 ;,l ) ..... ... . ;• • i::.j. . " '' • •'••'» ' -1. •• ..•) . .'i,,-.jjj.: Jii'. ^- " ;. .) ..' . !' .", I. II .' ti ' . .-I 1 ,1/-'; lif! • ^^ lit I I.ii<'/1 )'^"'))i' ij'i ; r. S , ' \ '.!•! , -' C i( 7 ) m.: .1 ' l» ' I . i>l!' I' f! ' ■ .. <> , -.I l))./v ' I '-jWuiI ilfc f ^ ^Jttj.'j .li • ;j( • ' (|i .'.('■"H {n '• •■ If , • : . il .M . . iP- ■ . .1 . / ..I ■„ ; .1 ■ ' ''I '''■' '■^■;t»'| I' )i \ l'f»i 1 f'lf I »( r, . )-'! v")(»i /# Vit".!/ ,1. .i. •! £ S. d. I 0() f) 0 ()(; 13 4 (K) 13 4 60 U 4 rilArU.FS II. AND TONG. tRq WMliaiii P(~iiilrill, .111(1 Ills licirs Jdliu l\'ii(lrjll, and his heirs (lOO marks) ... Huuiphr) Prndiill v,iu() marks) (ieorj^c Pcndnll (100 markbj Llizahclh \'atcs [whoso husband had been cxc cutcd| ... ... ... ... ... ()() I ^ 4 '1 ho pcnsiiin ol .Mary l'( n(hill was a j^ranf of {\\v annu.il l)a) niruls (hio (o thr ( 'kiwu lioiu land:, at I ilicshall, lormorly [\\v properly ot the Abbey. J(jhn had rc(;cM\cd, \\\ addition to the yitl (d l()i»3, a iurlhcr reward of Ji,200 '^\\v\\ \)y .1 ri»)al warr.inl dated Nov. 10, i<'74- Others ri'cei\ rd wall earned sums, ('44, < h,ii jes ( j ilbird,/, ^00, and Robert Burd, /.jo, [)er ann. for life. I'hese jja) inenls seem to have been irregularly made, as the following- shows : — " Ihe liuiubk' pcHilion of Anne Ro<4ers, wife of John Roj^ers [of ilubbal Grauf^eJ, and late daughter of Riehard rendnll, deceased : 1 hat alter tlie decease of the SlIkI l^ichard Pen- drill [on I'eb. S, !(>; 1 2|, )'our Majest)' was gracious]) pleased to grant to )'our petitioner and her said husband ,1 pent ion of Xlou per ann. |)a)ab]e out of the .\nnual Tenths of the C"lergy of England : That there is now due of tlu^ said pen- tion X 1 25, and the same being the onelie support of )dur peti- tioner, her husband and her fue children, the want thereof with the great charges ol attendance m London for some former arrears (since paid) forced him to contract sever.ill small debts to sup[)orte himsell and lamily, f(_>r which he was lately cast into Shrewsbury Gaole, where he remains in a poor and distressed condition, ami is altogether uncapable of ob- tayning his freedom or of administering any relief to his licl[jless iamily to preserve them from perishing, without your Majesty's grace and f.ivour. Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays that )our iMajesty will be graciously pleased to order the speedy pa)'ment of the said £125, wlierei)}' her hus- band may be releasid from priscjii and sliee rei)aire home to lier f.imily's relief " I'he IV'iidrill t.uiiily, being Roman Catholics, are not men tioned in tlu' long ( hurch Register themsL'Kcs ; but in the ,,^/or 'U-'. 1 iviAii > I -'Til ;' .! it..i rl ,':ili '/.J n j-i .*" 1 !■ i llU !• . I t.; '..<,[ ,... : ■ /. .i t ..M ,.( , . .j ■• i'i; I,; I't v M 'il' H| Dill •11 : ^ •! ,, ■ , . .( .1 ■ -i • ■ 1-) ■ ;/i,,| lulf •[ . : . . • 1 (< ; ir.' M , ■ J. ■. \ I • f liJbV^f"}! . ,(,,,. ''.,■. \[ ' \y. /rJ • '. • . • ! ' J ! 'i.'i- 1 Kj (,ol .\ • • ' - . • ■ ;: ! Ic. ;;;r>r) . ,,• ii:.. • .' .M/4. .,J'- I ,X iJixJ 11 ' .1 . i.' i/i> ', ! :. ' !•'),! i i(( I ifioij ■ •; •,«;,,, 'i I .!. y ,ill (i)IV/ 11 I b ii 1 J i t) 1. .i; >nB 1 j.at'j^ r : . '','..■ r /•.■ . ! ■ III ■!. Ij,.,||r^ •' ' , J. ,.,... ( , ' ■ , ;!• T'hio II'' i ( I ' h itj. )'-j I i'l ; .! I 'l.il > '• t.'l )f'» Ht I' ' TqO rHARI.ES ir. AND TOXC. • . , /07- , i^i^^hard How, Thomas How, Thomas How, junr., all of White Ladies extra-parochial. Church Chest are several Deeds of Settlemenl hearing their names as sureties, e.g. :~ /Humphry Pcndrdl, of Bloxwich parva. May 20, 1668^, ^^^f^^'-dshire yeoman. George Pendrdl, of Hednesford, Stafford- ^ shire, yeoman. July 10, 1669 John Pendrill, of Alhrighton, Shropshire, husbandman. Feb. 2, 1670-1 George Pendrill, of the parish of Kanocke, Staffordshire, gentleman. July 13, 1695 Thomas Pendrill, of Kiddimorc Green, in the parish of Brcwood, }eoman. Richard Pendrill, of the aunccicnt extra- parochial of White Laydys. 'Richard Pendrill, of Essington, in the county of Stafford, yeoman. July I, 1719 I Humphry Pendrill, son of Frances Pendrill, [ of Essington, in the county of Stafford, widow. Mar. 20, 1752-3 Wdliam Howe of ye Parish of Tonge, in ye County of Salop, gentleman. Pcndnll of Hubbal Pcdi-icc ]Vi/licun Fend nil, of Hui)bal Grange, Tong, under-steward of the Chillingtou estate, died before 1051 , he married Jane — — , by whom he had six .sous and one daughter. (1) Richard, ul Hubbal. (2) William, caretaker of Boscobel House, 1651, who married Joan (she died lOOcj, and was buried in White Ladies' Cemetery^;, and died August, 1700.'^ He had ' The inscription on the stone is :— " Her« lyeth the Bodie of a Friende the King did call Dame Joanc, hut Now Shec is dcceast and gone. Inlcrr'ci Anno Do; 1669.'' Tliis stone was Lrukcn in 1S07 by Mary Stockton (" Molly blocking") a servant ut Mee^ciiill, Tong, (or .'^couring-sand ; replaced 1S53 by subscription ; :is;.un Lroken about 1900 by holid.iy makers, and again rt-jilaccd in 1905 by D. Jnues, Esq., of Kilsall Hall. - " \Vc lia\c ..dvice from Slaltord^liire that one Pendrill (being the last of the family that was instrumental in saving King Charles ij. after the battle of Wuiccatci) lia.-. dcpirlcd this lile." (I.ond'in Pnat, Aug. 19-21, 1700). 1.-.., T -.V.'/nl.- i;l V ,. .. \r... Mll^ .!• .1 ..ULM.-I 1' 1 1 . .■. .) i : c / '. . ...I .V "f^l ,nf. .. i 1 bi>"il 'iVj r. .'1. ^. 'i'l. ■,'/i ■. /I ', , , -• .' ■ ■ /''.lii-' ■ , , , ?..'•■■., ' ■ ■ . ; f 1 i 1 r * 1 1 1 : ^ I > ,. I _ _ ,- . ..■,■■' •.W^l.i . . ... . . , •, i; ;y ■ tn!/. J CHAKI.KS II. AND TON(;. IQI (i) William, of Boscohrl, died March 7, I/07, buried in White Ladies Cemetery, Meaving a dauf^hter Catherine, wife of Thomas I lowe. (0 Mar)' married Thomas Howe, of White I.adics, by whom she had a son Thomas, who ni. his cousin Catherine Pendrill, and whose son was W^illiam Iluwe, of Tong. (2) Frances married - Jones. (3) Anne married — Llo)d. (.}) Ehzabeth. (3) Humphrey, of White Ladies' Mill, 1651, married Eleanor — — (she died i/io), and died at Blox- wich, 1687-8. (-l) John, woodman, of White Ladies, i()5i ; afterwards of Beamish Hall, All)righton. (5) Thomas, a soldier, killed at Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, March 22, iO_|5-6. (6) Georoe, ser\'ant at White Ladies, 1651 ; after- wartls of Ilednesford, co. Stafford, yeoman, (i) Margaret married Francis Yates, of Langley Lawn, who died circa 1661. RuJiard Pendrill, of Hiibbal Grange, married Mary , (^whose will is dated March 25, 1689), and at his death, Feb. 8, 1 07 1 -2, left 4 sons and 4 daughters, 5 of whom died without issue, of the other three : — (i) Laurence, of Hubbal Grange, left one son. (2) Thomas, of Kiddeuiore Green, co. St.ifford, left 5 ehildreii. (l) Auiie 111. lined Jdhii Rogers, tmiant of Hubb;il (iraiige inulcr lur btotlur, by win mi she had 5 children, ol whom |oliii was o| lluhbal m 171(), but oi Hoiiingalc in 172^ -|, ulien his wife, Mar)', was Iniiu'd at White lathes, 011 l'\>b. 2. This change was no doubt o\s mg lo the lapsi' of llie ' llie iiiscripti>,ii 11, . •■JIck' I> ctti the lujay oI William rciulnll, uf Haska- hell, son 10 liiiu th.U [uuscncil llie l-^int;, ^^li'J ilvcJ .March 71I1 Anno Doni 1707. • T. . r ) .,:.• :.v::, , ^:...^ (W . 1 ; ' ' ,1 /,'• • •! ■: v'..u!; i:oH ^^) ,. . .. ■ ,.^-.,lT '? , ,:-■ --r !;> .' t • I '■ I • '.■: '. ;v,\ \^^\'X\A , , ■ : 1 - ; ! 1 1 '.' • ••' • "V 1 • I.. I \'\ : Mil ■ ' •I iMi OJ < • SHR 192 CHAKLliS 11. AND TUNG. Hubbal leubC. John Roj^crs, sen., was buried at White I .a(hes Cemetery in Auj^ust, 1700. Ito Cdioliuinii. c:^r^f -, \\r^i,. ^A^ ( Hattle of Worcester. Sept. 3, Wednesdavs , . , ■ (Mi-ht oi the Kin- to White Lc Sept. 4, Thursday Sept. 5, Friday Sept. 6, Saturday Sept. 7, Sunday Ladies. Arrival at White Ladies at day break. King spends da)- under tree in Spring (-'oppice. At 5 p.m. starts for iMadeley, calhng at Hubbah /'King spends day in a hay barn at -. Madeie}-. IStarts to return to Boscobel in evening. ^Reaches I5oscobel at 5 a.m. i Day spent in Oai^ Tree with Careless. [Night in Boscobel hiding place. /-King spends day in Gallery and Garden of Boscobel. (At 10 p.m. leaves for Moseley. .J/.OI « II, !j .1>IA1( > v/A v^i ■ i iqv^ /iiL*;iiiil*r .j. .fqod (iir^ ■L.'! *; t;i yi-b n'i'A.cU ] Vi.Dtr-l ,e Jqoci 193 (' >■ "TIf ' A' I'KT STIRF.WSBURY P.W'ING AND OTHER ACCOUNTS. 54 HKNRV HI., i209-;o. A Roll Prf.slrved among ihk lioKorr.ii Rf.cords. TuANSCHlUEl) A.VIJ Er)ITE() I!Y 'rilK Rev. C. II. [) 1^ I N K W A T K R , M . A . The first twenty lines of this ancient document arc so im- jiaired by d.inip and careless handling- as to be almost useless. The few words, which are deeiijlRM'.ible, onl)' show that the same foDiiulas are used as arc found in the secjuel. The hopes entertained of finding' some topo^ra[3hical illusions are, with one exception,^ not realised. The majorit)' of the place- names occur elsewiiere. The principal interest attaches to the record of waj^es paid to various classes of workmen, the hiring of transport (carts, barj^es and boats), and to the amounts of weekly tolls taken at the three gates. Allusion is also made to repairs of one postern, to the formation of a sewer, and to the underpinning of the wall of the town. That w.iter carnage- was necessar\' for sloiic (|uanieil at a distance nei'd not surprise us, ior llie ro.idh were l)a(l, especiall)' in the winter.^ (\irts were emplo)-ed onl)' l)etween the (juarry and the river, aiul l)elween the wharf and the places where the stone was wanted. I'Vom cpiarried stone bi'ing exxlusively used, it may be inferred that waterworn jjebbles had not then been tlioiight of, and we ma) l)e1ic\c' that the jiaxement con- sisted of rough si, lbs fitti'd as best the)' im^ht be, similar to what is S(\'n exeii now in lle-lgium in out nf tin- wa)' districts, notabl)- on part «d the road lliioiit^li the jorcsl bctwcc-n Ihusscls and \\'.i1(mIoo a low \'cars a;;o. In \\w rcign of Men. III., as iiidi'ed pre\ ioiisl)', the W'ol^h were \ei)' tombU-- • Line 287. ' 'I'hesr accuiiiils run lioin Noveiiilx-r, lifjfj, to Kt;i)', 1270. Vol. VIL, y.\ Sene.s. \V '//. ^ lU.i , ( fOI ;i 7«J ••...if' 1 - .- / .l.-liifi >■■;' ' ' 1 : )i'' 111. • t: ■.' " I . i! ..ll, ' ! ^ ,' avl .'liiv.v: l.'iit lill'i '<•< II. I nr. •■', •;)rnf;<: ;;:'.: !• • I.. !>-Mii>.l (-..M) -"Vjorf ■. , !■ I I!' •! ;•(•! '•. 1(1') ilfiw ' .;Mf! v-I » I'. ■'.' ' .-OlllOfl . ! , . - . V: Ir:(, V, 'niJ i .., li. tf t> ;j'iu»fl i , ' / 1 '■■ \" f.Uiitot:\t; ' ,> , t- ..y , ( .» • . nil ' .k?lr. «'t , . , !-;,M •.■'..!' . .r-i'.V^f , , ,■ ; ' ; 11/ > I •>>.7/ ! ' , :' ,•:• ••!''. i I'J. ' .11 l'')»ll : 7 - I 1 ) . lltllJV/ ' I • . . -■.' I:-,, ,r. ■;' •»/!) 1 ' I.- Ill' ■' ' . •)fl<'l'! I .') .ii I ■.'; n i( ,l)'>,jciii of the tolls to sueli a j»ur- ^ ]ioseJ, until 1277, tiie sixth )'riir of ijie following rei^ii, that is seven }'oars later. But neitlu'r the mii/ngt' nor the pavagi' were considered sufficient for a long [)eriod, as the issunig of writs for both these oijjects seems to pro\e. The condition of the streets within the walls must have been deplorable, and ' ■■ we cannot wonder that gangs of uen were enii)loyed to clear - '• away the refuse {liitiim) in advance of the paviours. Fairs and markets were usually held in the streets and churchyards ; grain was threshed out in every open sjiace ; cattle (pastured outside) lay al)Out all night ; ])igs wallowed around the mixens, and all sanitary arrangements were, to say the best, ■ primitive. That fevers and other disorders was rife, and the death rate hi ordinary times very high, need not surprise people of the present day, and when, every few years, there was a recurrence of either plague or sweating sickness, we can understand why the population was more than decimated. The paving of the streets was a step in the right direction, but ■ ' the other abuses remained for generations, and were only re- moved wlien all danger of in\;isi(jn was taken awa)' by the complete subjugation of the Welsh ])rin(~cs iiiid the coiise- cjuent expansion id the town hinits. As tlu' tr.iiislat loll ol the wliole of this document would have undul)' lengthened the p.i|)er, it m.iy suffice to give, as a specimen, that ot one week's accounts.^ Receipts and dis- bursements are not sup|)ose(l to 1). dance, and no notice is taken (d deluaeney ur excess: — § Receivkid on the Sunday next before the Annunciation of St. Mary in the 5 |th \'i'ar of the King's reign (March 23rd. 1J7()|. ' Numely, lliat wliiuli be^iiii on line ^34. ■1. ■, . -, y I; !mi. .•.»;// ot .■•lit,,)., > •'.( ( -i/oij ^'' c'niy^'- 1 ... •. -I ',. .'.i. I . ,. '' '.. . • ' ' ,,'■ . 'A- •■ !■■-'.' :«!_;■'■'. 1 'liv/ li'i 'ijin ..■.:, .Ml I /.... • ' ' ' "I 'It.') . ■, . .;t l^ .' :■■. ■ ■ . '.•'■' " • ■■^' ■ '■ '• ; ■.,,( :. .■.■■! : : I- '.'■■'• /••'!mii( • • , , ' ' ' , ii.i • . .. • ' I' ,t 1 ,i:'>i:i! ( !■■ • .. . ..; I ' . ' f • I ■ •• ' ':■ ■"lf--i.-,/ .,') ■,)..i-..f !/•.. '.»^'" ■ : • ' - ^'^'1 »>: -^ •-», • .■,, I' ,,l ..„./ ' 54 HENRY III., 1269-70. 195 § From the gate loward^ the Abbey b)' the hands of Nicolas Rudde & Adam le Kyiig, 4.S. § I'ldiu llie g.>! "1.. I ;v.v/j r.lt ij .J . <•-». i Mi'ii'j .'I i.-i:-:i-'.'.i c»' :'j ..i)^'^ ..■•;>.i.! 'i jiij/l juw T;;iji.> lu^.) oj • . . i [•. .!. '■■.i:j i.,., ,. ■ ' ; ! ■ ■ ' . ' 1 .'«J ni g , . ^ ■ <■ -' fl ' ■ 1 I ■ . t "I ^ . ..V ...■ '. • '' - ■ .!-j'l;» >t^] I, 1 1 . 1 ' •■ 01 ' 1 .,, ........O '.'iAi > _• . . . I! ..; - .•.•> .iir" ■ ^ i' -:' liiv'.i /J 1 i' •' "i I()6 SHREWSIU'KY I'AVING AND OTilKR ACCOUNTS, was not found so serviceable, though it differs but shghtly from the other, both beinj:^ metaniorphic. The following descriptKjn is that id an ciinnonl geologist: — "Some rough flattish slabs of nregular sha|)e may still be had hi both places. The rock is a purple grit or gritty slate. It is sedi- mentary and formed ni la)'ers, ;nid so it would come out nnich in the same form, only cracked across b)' the many \ icissi- tudes it has undergone in past geologic ages. It is so i\'ry oldr In the case of the Dtjwnton rock, emplo)inent was given to a large number of men. (.'art.^ were cm[jlo)ed both in the quarry itself and in coiueying the sloiu.' to the btirges at Uffmgton, which, when loaded, were toxsed up the river to the wharf at Frerelode,^ whence again the stone was trans- ferred to other carts to be taken up the bank into the town. Chaddelode,- in one instance, is said tu ha\e been the i)lace of transhipment, no doubt for repairs to ualls m that direc- tion. ;\s the streets are not named, we ma)' .^ujjpose that only the direct road through the town was paved, from the east gate {Furta versus AObal/iiani) to the gate under the Castle and to St. George's gate. The narrower streets and lanes were on a different footing, and were probably neg- lected. Masons were employed to fit the stones together, and to lay them even, labourers to serve the masons, and others to cart awa)- the refuse m order that there might be a sufficient foundation for the pavement. It IS a matter of regret that no more of these interesting records have survived the centuries. We should ha\e liked to know how long the work locjk bebjre it was completi'd, and whether .my paving was done outside the gates.^ We do not know now whence came the purplish stone which occurs so frequently m our most ancunt walls and buildings, and what condition oui sluets were in bidiue the nit roduclion of cobble paving whuh, in it.^ liiin, lKl^. in late years bit'ii so largely sui)erhedetl b) iiutLiiJiiiii. ' St. M..i>, Water Lane. " Crescent, Water I.ane. ' But see line lOi. (irif'j>i- 'nil -T)Oli. ), .♦,»■- "•• I \.l .l'>- -I •! ! r. '111., 'f Ml. ■•\.u i ' ,j. :■•■••.. '.'iiif. ' : ' V. It; ' .1- t I .■ ' 'I'l' . • I...U ->iU v,u )j • •■•• "• -"fl ' H-.:i[v/ , •v .• i .../«■■». 1 'i*. "I" M ' .,:., I (. 1 J fl ■'• 'iJ i; ( ' 1' • I •• • * " .J!i">ii vH'i'fi"iJ 1' j ^ * .j»;. < J-..' /' . >••(« ' ; ' •3,«. (... . I. T:i'. t. iiv/ t .1 .'i; Ti . • • . _ ■ ■ ^ • tv» t/.\4H> j , . - . . . : •■ . , / , :: . . i " • '"^ .i ' ■ ■'.('. r. ■:■ ■ > ■ ^* -r^niJ ; • : • , ;,••>.- -J,' i.i .,, .1, ...iifi ' r.-- ^11 '■• i.f! l/i! • >' .»M. . .,i tf iij > .)• I'l ' I li.. ,( . •> iir «0 Vf I oi '. « i.|-. •••»|h t, ,:♦ • .'-1 > •. ■ :''t- . ■;tli •, / v(, t-f ,3 J' Jt .)/)•, i . 1 1 I <.»! I 'ifllUj I • ) . '•;■■•-.. i -laif ;'>r«j >i 1" r"M».n: j. Ii ;,,:.' _ ' , ,<.'••: ••• •'.' .■.■•! .:'.■!' • ) It ..,., .1 :..-.■■ .■ i ,,!,.[ .•,.>.! 'V, .1 ! ..I ..' , Mill ) ,'i ■ , I ••. 7' 11 V<1 ilW I I .1. ' iT I .1 • / 'iJli . ,. ( ■ . ' r I H ■ (M.O.fi II ' .' - .It ••'■ •/ :-■' '-'I . 'i- 54 HENRY in., 1269-70. 197 PAVING AND OIIILIR ACCOUNTS, A.D. 1 269 AND I2;o. I ^Rl'XF.Pl'UM die dominica proxima post festuni Saiicti Ck-iiiciitis Poiiiificc\'^(>\. 2\\\\, \2()(j\. ^\)c jjorta Saiicli ( iroi^^ii per iii.inuh vj.s. iiij.d. i^Dc poilii sul) Cistro per iiiamis . ... Sl)e porta \ersus Ahhathiam 5 M'lXPF.NSOM 111 ead(Mii \si' /^/ tiihin/l\ i^Waltero l(i;isat()ii SJohanni § xxij.dies. 10 §. . . . Ic queircra §in ])' ij.d. §RecEPTUM die doiuinica .... iebtuin Saiieti. §De porta Sancti Gcorgii per mauus W'lllelnu xx\ lij.d. Sl)e porta sub castro per niamis s . xxxiiij.il 15 §l)e porta versus AblKilliiam per niaiuis PIiilippi .... Perle iij.s. ix.d. gExPENSUM 111 cadein. §Mugonc .... pro rncremio . . . d . . . .' . . vj.d. §. . . . cisser pro meremio. ad . . . vj.d. S^Circgono fratre Haldwyiii pro incrcniio ad ... . xx.d. 2u gW'altero fubsalori. v.s. §Baldwyno dc inardetole pro super .... Walter i fossa- toris per totuiu. . . . ;;^//^/ateui. [Pjiij.s. SReceptum die dominica iMoxinia pobt festuni Sancti Nieholai epibcupi aiiiuj regni regis, liiij.'" \\)cc. 8lh, I2(HjJ, ^l)e porta sub easlro per uianus .... Pride et ilioiue le tayh^r. \.s. et x.d. §De porta \erbus [.\l)b / • . , .' 'I .1 T/< j . 1 1 ! !, .1 'III. I tH'([ •;'. 1 (? *'',"••.■>** 'ffff :'M r>«| iiti.iiiii.i. /If? ^1 .fri'jbii'j fM M J 1} (V . . lu. . -q 1 • ' . / 1 • i>'^ : ,:: ii,.'.' i'>rj :■» r '. ■ **(or»lj 1. - ' •■ I ] .i.. >i».*v. . •■ ,fiij>')' ' '*^ <;^>>J . ;• ^•. (Hi;;.-' r.-..[ < r'_'..,o, j, .iniiitf' i:l, ',.[' i i '['A >d :\'^ , • •',-'..• i , .. ,.,v. -, . ;.i. .■.j.,.l..!...-1 ,. ' ' , •'., /! ::u 111 . -i . , 1 . I) ■ I tti'ij A i'p, '• • .' » . •/ M>\{) ) 'I . • : . M .n I , • '', .1" ' ' ' ' ; .1) ' ' J. I f ••[ •'( If, I ., ' ! ...li .|ir ■/ ? . . 1 , ■ , : ■ • > :'/{ , lilt' . ',•.:■■ ' ■ ' ■''•'' ' ' ' H| .'< U pS I. , ■ MM f l( .'I f ■''( I I'-h y- .1 ' '^ • •' / Iq8 ?HFE\VSBURV rAVING AND OTHFR ArCOUNTS. §Ricardo filio ilcrbcrli vihilaluii. xij.d. pro duabus scptimaiiis preccdcntibus. §REC"i:rrUM die di.ininica inoxima post fcsluiii Sanctc l.ucie xir-inis anno lo^ni rcois. liiij/" [Occ. 15th, I J(.)9]. 30 §Dc porta versus Abbatiani per inanus Wilkhni de Lake. vj.s. et iij. ob §Dc porta Sancti Geor^nj per inatuis Rogeri le Justice et W'.uiui (icicli. iij.s. ct j.d. §l)c porta sub castro per mauus Joli.nnns V v.^)\\ et C'obui Yue \.s. et iij.d. J^EXI'KNSUM ill eadi'iii. ^W.iltero foss.itori. x\.s. super prc-dict.iui coiuuMitio'eiu. 35 §l''abro §IIic inceperuut Bur^euscs fr.uigere pctram apud Bcistan ad pauiiuentuiu \'ilU'. pladoeo Gre\ the et SOCIO suo. xviij.d. ad Iraii^^cndani ])elr.iiii ciirU'iu. ^;quatu<'r aliis operatorilius ibidem, xxxij.d. ^fabro pro rcijarac'o'e utensiliuiu [^redictoruni opera- torum. iij.ob. 40 ^RecETTUM die doniinica proxinia post fcstum Sancti Thome ApostoH [Dec. 2Jiid, 1 JO9J. §Dc [)orta sub castro per manus He iiij.s. viij.d. §I)c ])orta Saiicti Cjeoryu per m;iiius Alani Pride et Alaiii (ionyl xl'.d. §De porta \ersus Abbciti.im per maims Joliamiis Russcl et Johauiiis Cissoris. luj.b. ij.d. minus. ??Exi'ENSUM in eadem. -15 i^Waltcro lussalori. x.s. suixT predittam conuen- tio'em. §Mad<>co tpiarerario et socio suo. xvujd. ad Iran^en dam pel ram ad iJ.iuiUR-utum. ^duobub aliis hoiiiinibus ipsis t uadiuuantibus. x\'.d. §in cariagio petre ilc beystan usi[ut. ati \ icum altum \' ille. §jn duobus caretib ducentibus sabebiium. xP.d 50 §tluobu.^ hommibus poiniitibus msimul pctrani apud beystan. uj.d. »Tv.io-5-y^ i^HTo a>fA n/r/At / l« ^.01 I Mil! J. .-M!|\J i; . 'Jim. I J - . . •In ', •' )•? ^-I'/ < ! .' ' iiii!- • ) ' ' il (yi i .- tiiii -.li-jl -iXIJ III 1 ;• I ■ ;1 1 •». J «lll»: nh'^'l '»< i ?| )■■ .. • ..I!/ ■ . '(I ■.{ i-:/, i;/.'J-' ^. . I I'i [■'.u^i. infill Mj . , >:, •.^." ' ' J ■;;:•>« I •'•■. ' ii< j-,..ii- nl 1^ ■■'.l- / .':t;l .-.. .-.q !m. HI .;' >|iui. : J 1.1. i; I ' I />. . ,|i ' • ••,■ ' ' 'i' /■ : I J I • >< i >».t/^ /•:••;• .!.,!'■• nil .1;^ ..'■,'.'.• >' .I'lr^! i-H'j ■. iil)!<', li,' '•. I . . •_•_ ' 1 "« l,-';■; f . ..;•■:'? ." . I Ii II c la ' .11 l-j, . I/: .<';j;t :i'i/:u; . -0.4 ,inr . . .J >(| ' . ., ■ .1 J. • ( .'.... i i '"■'':.. i *! • ..iltil! > :i. t III'' ' 111 nsp f^.'i 54 HENRY III., T2()()-yc>. icy) duobus hominibus muiulantibus vicuin conim pauatores ot fodcntibus per totam srptinianain. xvij.d. §fabro ad facicnda nuiitella fcrrca ad opus pauatorum. viijd. §uni homini fodienli sabclinuni. viijd ob. §ReceptuM die dominica proxima post festuin Natalis Dniiiiiii Adiio Rffinii Ro^MS liij.'" | Drc \(>, \ 2Cn)\. 55 SHt- ])orta sub rastro jkt in.iuus \\ illtluii (issons r{ (\>lini (TiHJI Ricardi de Ell('suirr(\ ij.s. §r)e porta versus Abbatiani per nianus W'alleri le l)a\uier el Ricardi de lk're\v)ke. xiiij.s. §De i)t~)rta Sancti Geort^ii per manus \hlauk spacc\ x.d. v^EXPENSUM in eadem. Sin tribus caretis carientibus petram . . . . de Dun- tonelif us(|ue ad aquani Sabrinc per duos dies, iij.s. 60 §in .... opcratonbus per iij cbes. iij.s. S. . . quatuor operaloribus ibidem .... ob. et duoljus abis operatonbus ibidem, \j.tl. ^in una careta per duos du^s i\(\ sabeliiuim ducendum UhCjue ad jjammeiituiu. x.d. §in alia careta per duos dies arl idem. x.d. §in tribus hominibus fotUentibus sabeHnum et im])lenti- bus per (sic) duas caretas. \ii).d. fib. 65 SReceptum die dominica i)roxima jxist circumsico'em domini. |Jan. 5th, \2]<.)\. SDi' porta sub c.islro j)er manus Thome le colier et l^icardi li' ISpeccr. xx\i|.(l. SDe jxirla \ersus .Abbatiam |)er manus Ro^^'^en lihi l..nn'cntii et W'lllcliiii le Kent .\i|.(i. ^1 )e porta .Sanrl 1 (1(( )r<.Mi per m.niiis R( ',L;cri de .Astcrlcfdi. xij.d. ^I'.XPENSUM in eadem sept im. ma. 70 ^IMatloco et llu^iiin de Clona operanis pir i|. dies \ j d. §(lualuor hominibus ipsis iiiuant ibus. xij.d. ^m un.i (Mret.i ducenli sabehnmu ad pauatores per iij du'S. \ d. §duobus iiominibus fodientibus sal)elinum el impK ntibus caretam predictam |)er duos dies. \ j.d. r\' ,'.-.(3<^r I . 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It;.. ) ..i.;.*»l rfJ. .»■' • 'iM.i ^M'hNC'ttMl ,':(f.^ , ••;!.»••• • >.!. ;»| If) ' I P < 200 SHKEWSnURY PAVIXG AND OTHER ACCDl NTS, §in tribus asseris nouis et uno marlello ferreo emptis arl opus pauatorum. xvj.d. 75 §Ricar(lo filio Herbcrti visitatori pro Iribus scptimanis prccedentibus. xij.d. ; §RKrEPTllM flic domiiiica proxiina post cpiphaniam (lomini anno rc'<^iii n-^is. liii).'" | Jan. utli, l-Toj. ,;■• §l)c porta sul) caslro \)cv nianiis W'lllcliin (U- No\() IJurj^o c>t Willi'liiii I Ia}'rpc'ri. xiij.d. ,' ' §De porta Sancli (li'or^ii por inanus Ri^)nen WaWc et Ricardi fiHi Thonio \c Ilalto. xj.d. : ^Dc ])orta \rrsus /Mibatiam \)cv iii;inus Ricardi 1(^ nicrccr dc Wciniui- ■ > ib. ihiiii. i^iKn.irdo Ic bolide ( iiiienl .1110 pin. ii| diebiis. \i)d el ' (ibohiiii. i^n !^uni operatori ad implendam c.iretam pre(hct.im [ier. ^ IIJ. (hes el (hmi(h.iiu. iiijd obohiin >i. V . ! 'f:» OoS •.'.?•...?: ''j-.*- .-if-r ?) >u] IV ■i ?v Im:-. I i • .M ..tun, u ./ M -■; ... ',<'^> i I / « N- .■•■ H . .Mil ■ : .'( tn i :. .'i: 'v i-i-w •; i Kj •)(.l: ;■•". ,. j -ii, i;,. it (1.1 .'.I \ ' . .' ■ -' ••■ -; • I'- •,■; -..i, I.' IT'-J.-f ••iJIv' : . . .'I •! •::.! I (I. :. Ii.it .-'1 .:m.-..:'1 )> .1 ■ .-. :,r ,;i .-,0 :...;:. 115 I . -tl ,1 ..li. j.mI.j t< I ,i...A.ii.i-' > ;•! r: nil III S I IlKXRY III., r2C')() ;o. ■ 201 95 §\Valtcro fossalori ct hominibus suis. x.?. ^7//. le iiic)'lur fossatDri. x.s. oIj. ^RkCKPTUM (lie (loiuiiiica post coiiiuTsioiicin Saudi Pauli. I Jan. jOth, i_>;u|. l)e jKirta xcrsus Abasiarii per nianus Roberti le potter c{ Ricardi le nicrstr. iij. scil et. vj.d. §De ])()rta sub castro piT iiiaiiiis laenbi de C'estria et R icardi (It )1(1iiil;. \' si >]. joo §Dc porta Saiicli Ciei)r<4ii per nianus Tli. Selcli ct Roberti de Worthin. liij.sol. iiRadulfo fabro (]uin()ue denarios. Ouiiujur ('|K i.iti inbus ;o|. 1 )e i^orta S.ineti (leor^ii per nianus Wiilelnii Gi-rard et Alani \'\e. xl d. I lo De porta sub easiro per nianus Roi)erti Kelyng et Th. I.oclie. x'.sol. De port. I versus Abasiain per manus Th. ITalit et Dicon le arelu'i". in ).sol. et ( ib. RejMiialdo lioiiiini iratruiii. xiii)(i. (]iialiior lioiiiiiiibus ipsuin eoaduiu.iiil ibus. xx\'ii).d. k.iduHo de ( oU-, el .Sli'|ili,iiio ( i reyllie ear lend is pet rain de Li (hue ile duiituii uscpie ad iKpi.tin. \ sol. I I S Rieaido le iiiasiin. x\ .d Rieardo le pa\iiier de la coles, xv.d. Ri ibcrti 1 de Aldcniarc. x\ .d. duobus I ipeiatoril)US. xiii ).d. Ruardo le botiii\ii caneiido ix'traiii |)er. w dies de !a (huede (ImitNii iisipie Siibiiii.iiii. xwd. 1J() Rf.ci;!' I'tiM uie douiinica ante b'stuiii .S.tiKte juhaiic- X'lr^dnis. | !■ fb. ()ili, i 2;o|. Vol. Vll., 3id aciicb. X ;oi. 1 ,;ii 1- -'•,'- J ,(iti)v. iii.^^J .ilm;M T^i.Mo. i -J ;J-. J J t;n'j3 •>i' ul<-»i[ riiM(..ii ; -{ •th'.i,> ( : ' !• - ,r.u'' >1 'ill •{■•'! ill 'I'mtii i.t j 11,, ,.'">n .'ii ■ 111 •.' '/.J 1.11 • ; in..i;ill.iJII.«:l. I I. ■. ' . I '!• . I , /-J I . ' t... 'Ili;i''!:.i/'. rii I 1/ . tir .»-' >ii • •'.' ■■iMUi" u. i<^i'-- \' ■ ' ■ :•'•'. i I . .-.'•i,! •!.■ •• t I ' •'.•■i')«l..i;|t -iii-'l^wW ■ , ' « ;•■ . : !> I •: . / !!:•; i|: ^>)ill ti".|iMili ' .:_ !•.';: ..-^ i/ •• . .'• .-,., . ,;l. l.i:- .11 t' !--, i!/ J«! • ' ,:•,)'.•' .tit /.' ■ u.i. ,. 1., .(-. ■ -ni . )Oi;i -'. i.lTi'i .1 I 1. 1/ . .• / fill!/. : • ,. \A . Ir ;'. /I r ,111 r\ : (j . . i > .'•' I M mj • .« i iM ] I, ■ ).!- i .. -. ,-, : I ! , I i.t .: >, ,;- V ..'■/ 'ij, ; ' . . Um.j •>( j |i I : ! .|i '..1(1 • .1 r / ■<" '■■1. .ill X ,1 ' r-MllOllIl II , " I i' r' I n !.».■ »!.••!• -.1.(1 ) ' . . . , > ,..,. -.1 ;. ...J . IIV i.. 202 SIIREWSIJURY I'AVINC AND OTHKR ArrfJUNTS, de portii sub castro per maims Ro^cri Si)rot et Th. Borrcy iij.sol. et vj.d. dc porta Sancti Georgii per manus Petri Perle et Ilu^onis Sclicle. ij.sol. et vj.d de porta versus Abasiain pc-r manus Ricardi le Dunfohe et Johannis Fecke \/'/niik\. §ExPENSUM in eadeni. 125 SRegmaldo le frerenion ad frangendum \n quarera per illam se|>tHiianan). xiij.d. §cuidain alu honnni frdngenti ihideni. ix.d gqunique d J SHonde cemenlano. x.j.d. ad ,.oiK.ulu.„"petrain m paui- nieiit(j. ' §\'ni alii cementariopc.iuMiti p.iram. viijd Snuobns hunnnibus p..rla.,l ,bus prtram ,um - -^ •„] ';■"!•"""" "'^I'' 'l"''rl al„ niMlub. proqumquc ''"•''lis alius (.s7r//j \ i|,|. SKKcKl'll,Mduclomi„Kapicxnuasri/,,v/Sanct, Jul U'l-b. i(»lli, !_';(, ). ^ ...0SkK,K,.r,iM,l,..,,.,„„nK.,,.n.x„„asn/.,vS:„,..,.jMl,.,„e •J.. ^irgiuis ann.j ivgiu rc-gis. luij."^ J . . 1 if >• , 'U'A 0,11 /A.': ivuy-'.irume. ^o- •fi' - ?v'-'r' -•^•-.'^l i''ir. ! '-^ r'.l /I .'i ;•. .» .:: ' • - I . ■ 1 "t r.,, .11. '• ^! i .n .it f'1 il.i J :• ; . , ; 1 y • ' ' " t , , ■ , II.-.. .;.!♦. I I . ' " '''*'■ <. 1 ..t.ill .il Mi. 11 -Jf •■| ■ " . ,1 .. ■ -1' I ;l . I .-,1 > I "< Il ■ 1 i ■ •'• ■1,' \ > i; 1 HENRY III , 1260/0. 20^ §De porta siii) caslio [)(.r manus Joh.mnis Figyii et Willelmi Scatlicloch. iiij.s. §Dc |)oi-ta Sancti Gcorgii per manus iJaldwyni cic Mar- (leuol ct W'ariiu Ia-iiUmi. ij.s. vj.d. §l)c i)()rta \(Msus Ahl.aliaru per manus Willclmi Ic child cl liohrrh Ic capcllcrcv ii).s. {^l^Xl'ENSUM 111 cidriii. 145 gRcynero quarcno. xiiij.d. ct uni alii liomnii ibidem. ix.d §(luatuor operalc>ril)us ibidem m quarera. xxviij.d. §111 duabus caretis Ilaiikyni cl Stephani del cotes per totam septimanam 111 cjuarcra duccntibus pelr.uii usque ad aiiuam. §in \ na careta cujusdam liominis de Vpton per vj. dies. XXX. d. §in vna careta per duos dies ad idem, xij.d. I 50 §in vno batello de Theukesburya ducente j)etram de aqua a()ud (Hilton ust[ue ad iratres predicatores per vj. dies, \ij.s. §in duobus cementariis ponentibus petram in pauimento per vj. dies uni eoruin x\ j.d. et alii. x\ .d. Sdudbus li(Miiiiiibus ipsis dcseruientibus et aliis paua- toribus. xiij.d. §in una careta ducente sabelinum ad pauiamentum jjcr luj. dies. XX. d. §in aliis duabus caretis ducentibus petram de aqua mxta fratres usque ad pauimeiitum. uni CDrum pro tribus diebus. xviij.d. et alij pro iij. dicbus. i).s. 155 §\\'illelmo de Ruvvelawe jno. uteiisilibus ierreis ad opus pauatorum. xxv.s. gduobus honnnibus euacuantibus luturn m via recall Coram pauatoribus. v.d. ^WilK'lmo iilio Stephani. vj.d. visitatori. §\\ illelmo fossaton. x.s. §in Iribus tril)nlis lerr.itis ad pauimentum. \ j.d. 100 SRLLLi'iUM die dumiuica proxmia pu^t li stuiu Cathedrc Sancti Petri. [Feb. 23rd, 1270J. §Ue porta SaiKli (jcorgii per manus Walteri le Norreys t I l\ It .ndi p.ii UK 111. 11 l) .\.\ d f rj. 1^ fnKl . Ill . 1 It 1/ «h in • /* tij'.' S; ('•Juj.i '.\\^t^'l J".H'>ii:i'i iiijfj' -^ ill J/i'-..i3M/.M(( (u,.i[it. |j', M't'tlU I. • . . '1 tc} •/ •''. -..tiiMiuil i.:j.!An)| H.' (,J'ii^j i.ri 7 iii? i..A/. / ,1./ ,: "I Ik , •■'.• r')i.'l> ■.■■i| i.f '« I !.n / nij >f . • ' I, •' i -•:■! : :•"' ■- "; ^'i 1 /:• '•'■ ;<.*■! •! I / (Jig o? I I •<■_ . -ii^- • ;,l . ■' -•...,. • .. .i.'i .• :, , '..,1 > !•' • . (. • :■.!... I , :..' •; f:.'.i-r-'. ,1 •■ I .'I . l.lil '.'..•■j ) ,.l.'.' Ill') itl^ ! '.:. . \ ■ \ • ..III . ' > ii!:i .>f W I . • • I ,1 • I . I liiiiiil'iii - '. ,.,i.ii>{J .!> ;:i / . u:ii I' i> . . ■■ ■ ^ . .i :■>■■'■ r ~i'n- ,. '.: :\])\i:j i.ii^f liig , ;.■.,•..■ J.: ;t, i ' : . fM\i,. . ! ' ' i ,> 1 .: :.. , .:•,... i -v. .'.; ■,;, ..,,i!'>!!i7/g ll\ '//. illU l»'ii..i.,'| •.(- .. .4 '■•'. ' . ii. . *' ••■ • .;) !...i'i.' ..i .1 I' iU)8 I . Il<*! !• ■ 'j.iii.' I iU' I ' . . • . • '. ■ . i ,i.i'i:Ml, .,.1,1 ^, -.1 • ..1, /; ; i -...I I I ;;.!•_; I'i.i ,• . .; , i I . • ■{ .J 204 SHREWSHURY PANINT, AND (tlllKK ACrOUNTS, {^IV porta sub caslro per ni.iiius Koc Tupct c\ Ropjcri de Wrinino iiuTccr. \.s. §l)e porta xtrsus .'Vhhatiaiii jkt uiaiuis 1 licjiiie Clech et 111. Shorn, iij.s. ij.d.ob. §Exim:nsijm in eadcni. 1G5 §fluohus ccnicnlariis poncntibiis pctrani ni pauuncnto. \rn. xvj.d. cl alii. xv.d. ^duol)u.s liiminibus ipsis dcscruicntibus. xnj.d. qu* ^fabro pro rcparac'o'r vtensiliuiii pauatoruni. vij.d. §in \na careta ducente sabclnumi ad pauinu-nluni j)er V. dies, xxv.d. §in tribus caretis ducentibus petram deaqua luxta fratres usque ad pauimenluiu. xxx.d. per duos dies. §Henrico cement ario et vni alii cenientario ad repar.indum et supponendani i)ostt'rnani Sancti Riunoldi. lij.s. et ij.d. 170 §duobub hominibus ipsis dcseruientibus. xilij"^d. §fai)ro pro shar pingc vtensilium ij)soruni. j.d. §\Villehno Rotliclond ad (|ucrendurn sex batellos plenos petre de quarero uscpie ad ])redictani posternam. vj.d. §Reynero le frerenion quarerario apud le clif. xllij"^d. §duobus aliis quarerarns ibidem. x\ j.d. 175 §quatuor aliis operatoribus in quarera. xxv.d. §in quatuor caretis per. v. dies in quarera ducentibus petram usque ad aquam. §in una careta per duos dies ad idem. x.d. §in una careta per unum diem et dimidiam. ix.d. §in una careta per tres die s et dimidiam ad idem, xxj.d. 180 §de porta Sancti Geor^ij per nianus Tho le uileyn et Willelmi Gangelard. xvij.d. §de porta sub castro per manus Th. Kct'^ carpenterii et alii Th. carpentarij. xl.d. §de porta versus Abasiam per manus Nieliolai de Nortun et WiUelmi Peg. xxxij.d. •■ §EXPENSUM m eadem. §duobub cementariis poncntibus petram in pauimento uni ' Krascd ;'i .)!' ^ <.os t b^i if..\n .fiKiif li i liU.iJ -M >•' I' "> ul<. ..• I ',) • ' r .rr • •■ • ■ I .,.,•.•■ ■ '>" ' '■ii|>.> r \ ' : I. . .. ■ : J ... i ,. -l" .1 -. .: . .', . . Ml '/ .: I ..I' 'I KMl' < •J , < i 51 HENRY III., ]2(x)-;o. 205 eorum. xv.tl. el alii. xviij.d. 185 §cluobus honiinibus ij)sis dcscruiculibus. xvj.d.ob. SJolianni fossatori. xx".s. §Nichola5 dc Sallowc ad ducendani petram do quarcra usciuc ad fralros prcdicatDii's. x).s. ^ll.iiikiiu) cai'ctarii) del colc'ii pro careta diieeiile petram tie acjua iuxLa fratres usque ad pauinienluni. \j.s. §\'ni alii earetario ad idem per. iij. dies. x\ iij.d. i()0 ^Stc phano (]re)'tlie prt) eareta su.i dueeiite sabeliiium j)er Ires dies. x\.tl. §fabro i)ro reparac'u'e \lensilium paualtjium. xxxj.d.ob. §Reynero le freremun. xiiij"''.d. duobus iKJinmibus aliis ibidem fran^eiitibus pelraiu. ix.d. §lribus huiniiiibus operaulibiis in quarero j)er tluus ilies. ij.ub. SReckptuM die domiiiica proxima ante ieslum Saueli (ire^orij Ponlifieis. [Mareli (jth, li/o). 195 ^De porta Saiieli Georj^ii per mauus llenriei Cli.inte pis tons. x\.d. §De porta sub castro per manus W'lllelmi C/laue^ais ct Rieardi le masun. xxxj.d. §De porta versus Abbatuim per manus W'lilelmi de Cantelop ct Rogeri Palli. xl'-'.d. {^EXTENSUM in eadein. ^Hf)iide cemcntario. xv.d. 2u() v;,lm)l)iis aliis cementariis ponentibus petram in paui- mento. uni corum. xx.d. et alu. xviij.d. §quatuor homiiubus ipsis deseruientilnib. xxxj.d.ob. I^Reynero le freremoa oi)eranti in quarera. xiiij.'^'"d. §duobus aliis hominibus ibidem frangentibus. xviij.d. ^quatuor aliis operatonbus m quarera. xxx'iij.d. 205 glabro pro sharpingc [sic] vlensilium cpiarere. iiij.d.ob. gCjalirido Kecli ad implendam caretam de babelnio. pro ista scptimana et alia precedent 1. xij.d. ^Nicholas de Sallow e pro batello duceiite petram de quarera usque ad Iratrcb predicatores. xj. \ icibus xj.s. gW'illelmo lilio ."5tephani X'lsitaturi. \ j.d. Jjiii aspens ad xleiihilia pauatorum ; \ .il. o^ oO-» »i* vJi^fan ^? (f-.h •li.. 1' _ . 1) .1. -'. iu<'iJ"j <;.>'!i:r. .'-III. :l i(n!i!'it -.•■ . i,' .J .:■■).. uy- •>' ' ' i 'ii' .' Ajo r-i'i(i;t, ■ ii8 |n-'. 1 [',• -' •; 'J.\ .-, , ' ■ .) . ' . ■ ill' : • I ' . i .- wf ^.ii . ') ■' <■". '" J*^!^ . h:s!.; . ; iJ '(I' >ili? i, ' f •! , • ' . , .1' I' ijiiiii 'if viis i'.opji ,', ... / , •A ■,! :!li.iJi» 'I ■ 1 !■ ,■'.' ;.,''■! . I j J'' '.(1(1 on)l:qu(^ ad p.iuinientum. \ |. sol. §Ro}^^ero Pungh pro careta sua ni (juarera. xl'".d. lioinini. xxxij.d. gColino Shitte et Ricardo Sturie pro caretis suis jier unum dieni ad ducendani jielrani ad acpiain. xij.d. §RK('I;i'TI;m die doiniiut:>i i»roxnua [)Ost festuiu Sancti (irej^orii poiilificis (/'/'' 1. [March J()lli, i2;o|. ^he porta \ersus Abbatiain j^er nianus Jlode versus afjuani per duos dies. ij.s. §duobus homiuibus seruientibus dictis pauatoribus :. xv.d. 225 §duobus aliis hoininibus ipsis descruientibus ct pctram portanlibus. x.d. ^\''ni c(Mneulario supponente muruni apud fralres pre- (Ik lores iuxta coriirnuneni viani. \iij.d. {^ReyiK-ro \c irereinon operaiite m cjuarera. xiij.d. ^sex aliis operaloribus in cpiarera xxx.d. J^falno pro reparac'o'e vteiisilium quarere ij.d. 230 gfabro pro ri-[)arac'o'e \leiisilium paualorum. x d. >^tribu.. caretib 111 (juart. ra duceiitibub jjitram usque ad aqu.iin apud Olilon pc c. ij ^\^(^<, \j^ I /' ' »'! I p (i: iiU: bMii.'j '.111 .?|i; '>ii hr. tviu-.'t .i; . ■'•.! ' 'It!" »,!• doi l'->iS ;,ii/rr f.ir« ftl^is^ .>"»(f <<>'f f^"* - .ni t!",^!?-^ = ?lt L-^ 1 ii"'/ .."r^ir.fjp III i.ii.- uJjjtj nil ^] /"i;.! »if •• T ou; 111'*?. in !..i;.. .b. ii -.1. .:•■,.■..•'/< I ,-i::-'r, ij.irfi: ..*'.i it-; A :.'a nil . J v I, U' n.V^. J ..ji.; ■ .If' V - 51 HENRY III., \2fK)/0. •• 207 §vni carete ibidem per iij. dies, xviij.d. §tribus caretis (lucent ihus sahclinuni ad pauinientum et ducentihus petrain de aqua [)er. iij. dies, iij.s. i^RECEPTUM die douiinica proxirna ante Aiinuntiac'c'em Ideate Mane anno re^^ni rey;is. luij'". [Marcli 23rd, ij;c)|. 235 §r)e porta \crsus Ahbaliam per nianus Nieliulai Rudde el Ade le K)'n,!L4-. iiij.s. §ne porta sul) castro prr uianus Koc Katel et l^ol)erti ]).iruient.uii. inj.s. ^De porta S.ineli (ienr^n |)er nianus ke)'iu'n de Aloeles et \\ illidiui i.ocsMiil. xxxiiij.d. i^ExPENSUM in eadeiii. ^in uno batello de leukesburia querente petram de Olitctn uscpie ad fratres predicatores \)er tres vices. iiij.s. iij (I. minus. 240 i:5tribus ceinentanis ponentil)US petram in pauiniento, uni eorum. xx.d. alii. xviij.d. et tercio. xvj.d. §(]uo})us hominibus deseruientibus i)redictis cementariis. xx.d. §Reynero le freremon in fjuarera. xiiij.'^'d. " ' ■ • gduobus idiis ciperiiloriinis Iran^entibus petram in cjuarera. xvij.d. §(luatuor aliis operatonbus ibiilem xxxiij.d. et Ricardo le palmer j)ro careta su.i ad sabeliimm. xx\iijd. 2 15 i^labre) pro reparac'o'e \tensilium pauatorum. \.d. i5duol)us cementariis ponentibus petr.im in i)aumieiito l^er. iij. dies, xvj.d. ^Stc-phaiio (ireythe i)ro careta rlucente sabclinum ad paumientum per iiij.'"' dies, xxiij.d. §ni duobus caretis ducentibus centum carecatas petre de quarera ad aciuam ai)iid le clif. \ ij.s. ^Jt^lianni i(;i5saton super conurnt'o'ein suam (k- fossat j rctr;nirr^'is Jiii)'' | March Solli, i_.;o| ?;1)(' poiia \(i',ns Abliali.ini per nianus W'llk'nn lilij ke)'neri li i'etri r;llpcii\-. nij ;,. ct \ uj.i,!. o:^ l>.»r: . lii y>lM3H {^ 'If 'lt> J J* Jti// i.u. ;. 'S •■• '" J I'-.I -. '.■■. -•![;<. Ill . ; !f. '..'Ill/, ^ ,)j ►. .| ..:;,|i..n . (j <., »i • !/. »i. . .!-• ■,>! y jiii MT irj'tiiiTi;*} li> ;i'ii • Iti mil '';"iiai III '! .-lilt b./x i.'"' ; .;ix ), " .J ; ,' 'M . i: ' 1 . I /; ■ !■ jl». . - .,. I. I • , . . ;■ ■ . i' . (I 'iiJr.'Jl .^ I .■ . .,, I'.iv, j M,-,.;i ••,, ■ . .;•,, ,,.,, ..,.!, :!s ;| 1 iiii, ii f. "Mf 'II ,| iii-)h H^ . iMriO in.. , jn J il)< ; ' ■■ . ■ 1 1.' I I ! , I •' I . ■■ • •* . ' '. • 1 lU I /. ; 1 1 •(' 1 1 ' ),< I : II 1,. ; : I , \. 1 i I . . ■ •• ! 'iiii iiij^ .. . 1/ ,- ..! ' ■ "I I*. < . I l-'i < . I mJ /.Jj 2o8 siiRi:\vsniiRV PA\-ixr, anu other accounts, §De porta sub castro per inanus Fhilippi Carpenter ot Henricc Rurgcys. iij.s. et \iij.(l. ^De porta Saiieti Georgii per iiiaiius Ade dc Tery et Willelmi P,i(ii. XV. (1. ^Kxi'KNSUM lu cadeiii. 255 v5tril)us ceiucntariis ponentibus petram in pauimcnto. \ni et)rum. xxd. alii. x\iii.d. et tcrciu. x\ |.d. §tribiis (iperatoribus i|)sis deseruientibus. xx\'.d.oli. §Galtri(b Kel nii|)K iite c.irel.iiu cum sabrlino. vj.d. §Ricar(lo le palmer pro caret.i su.i ducente salu^lnuim ad pauinnMitum per iiij.'"" die.s. ij.s. §.Stej)hano (Ire)'the pro carela sua ad sabelinuni per. v. dies. xx\-.d. 2O0 §in duodecini nauiculalis petre {sic\ ducentibus de quarera usque ad fratres. xv.s. §Re)'nero le freremon quarerario. xiiij^'^d. ^duobus aliis quarerariis. xinj"''.d. {iquatuor aliis f)|)eratonbus ni cpiarera. xxiij.d. §lal)ro pro reparaco'e \tenhiliuin tpiarere. nj.d. 2r)5 giriinis caretis ducentibus petram de ;u|ua Sabrine usque ad pauunentum per iij.'"" dies et dimidiam. iij'^.s. SWillelmo filio St(>plKini Visit;itori. \j.(l. §Haukyno caretario et Roj^cru Grt^)ilu- pr«.) caretis suis per. lij. dies m quarera ad aquam. iii'^s. J^in una careta de X'fiton in (piarera ad idem per. iiij. dies. xx.d. SRi'-.Ci:!'! I'M die dnmiiiic.i p,ilm;iriim. |/\|). ()tli, 1270]. 270 Sl)e porta sub c.isIk. per nuims RuduUi de Kent et 'riidme le t.i\ lur. \1\ 1 j d. J^De porta .Sanrti (ieoroii per ni;inus WilK'lmi Charite et I'll n lilii Alexandn. xxj.d. SHe poll, I \nMis .\bb.itiam per manus ITenrici le Celer it ko<^ci 1 lilii (l.irite, iij.s. \ iij.d. ?^KX1'1:.\SIIM 111 i-;idem. Stribus eeiiientariis ad pauimentum. iiij''.s v.d. 275 ?5duobiis lioinmibus ipsis de-^eriiitiit ibii^ .\\ii).d. >idllol,ils .lliis opi'l,ltoril)ii . ihldciii w (I. Sm n.iiiK 1.1 (lutciite petram de cpiarera umiuc ;id Ir.ilrcs piedietoreb Oilu \^o....ics) (/us. x.s r»vj' • 1./. X': i .V'. ,^.'\ ■ i\'{ . riiic //:<«!?> .i'.is. f;.. ■ I ■oil M-M' «. .--.I. .• , , .1M"1< '••■ til , . iiiiM I ij itlrn. )i >1(* 1 1, . b ' » " .' - I ,,.>' ■'>' Uf: ■j.. r .. :» I >(»; •)!< li' orxi /'/iiJl I . r-,- ■f.ij I. ■ f. : > '' • , ', . .• -, . .! [•■. i.| . u>i.:^ • • . I ... ..■:,. I ) 'I, I ,";*•) 1 I-.'' ^: 1' '. »! 1' :■ '1, . ■ , . .'J i 1 i.J. ' * :? ' IMM|«( »ir: I, .LI ujll) ylll //(^ •"'»>«< ; i;..'j ofiy>ir»fili ,•■ -III .. ..i , • ;.T>"".iif' in id'y'P .(^ij .1 i(( •»i !^ ;. > . (.1 >Ti.i' ' III *;f Ji. . I) iJ^' ;'; I i>(ii' mfe ..> : •/. I • I h • ' .I'M ( 'ii , (,>i,ii..j .1. s,i. M - "I I '^J'?. J l.j . ,'. lllil' . -' . .. ' ir ■ I • • I • ' I • M^ « I (X I •<' ' i* ( \ . 1/ •• •' I ■,[ •.,11. ul 1 ■■". A'"' ' ' ■ ■•■' ' '•' ■ '■ ■' ' ■ , ; ■ , ■..,.' .,,:..' 1 1. J r I I •*/! ill l.t 1 »; ;l • » I . I. . hi .1. • > «■ II i i (^ 1 HF.NRY 111., i2C)q yo. . 209 5^Reynero le frorcnioii. xii),(l. .• , , ,• ^(luol)us iiliis fr;m^cMilil)us |)i'ti';iiii. xviij.d. ,,f ■ • ., , 280 i^cjual iior iiliis (>|)iM'at<)i"il)us in ("luarcra. x.wiij.d. ) Sfal)r() pro reparac'o'e vlcnsiliuiii quarcrt.-. ij.d. ,• ^(]a\ fn(l( I Kc'cli \ I ).(l.ol). ^111 (ltii>lnis can't IS W'lllchni Perle duccnliljus pctrani dc . acpi.! iiixt.i Iratns usciiic ad pauiim'iiluin per tres (lies, iij.s. lij.d. §in una careta (^'Imi Schitte pro integra septimana. iij.s. 285 §in trihus caretis ciucentibus petrain de c]uarcra atl aciuain per sex dies. ix.s. i^in una careta ad iileui de X'litcn. x.xx.d. J^in (lual)us aliis caretis ad idem per tri's dies, xxx.d. et ... |)er tres dii's a})ud le I'rercldde. xxxd. , . Sin diiahiis caretis |)er vnuni dieiii ad cariendani petrani de a(|ua uscjue .id p.iuiiiientuin. x.d. JiFvK( Kl' I'lJM (]ic Pasclie anno regni regis, liii)'". |Apr. ijth. lj;o|. 2()() ^De porta sub c.istro i)er inanus l^icardi filii Alani et Johannis le paviuer. iij.s. ^De [jorta \'ersus Ahhatiain per inanus Alain iji litlo et Ade dc Chalewall. iij.s. ; ^De porta .Sancti Georgii per manus Willeliui lilii Rchildi et Ade de Wurthin. xviij.d. ob. S^KxrKNSUM 111 i-adeni. ^dualnis caretis ducenlihus petrain de aqua iu.xta fratres us(jue ad ])auiiiientiiiu. per ij. dies, iij.s. 2i)5 ?idiiol)us ctMiK'Ulariis. iij.s. ij.tl. _^ . , Sl)i iim'ic cciiicnl aril 1. x\ d. . , jidiiolnis opcralojilais ipMS dcsei iiunt ihiis. .\\ ij.cJ. ?^\'iii < )pei .it( Ml. ix.d. d't o , i-r ' , * , ^itliiatiior lioiiiinilius eiintihus cum naiiKula [)ro petra. _ '• XII I (1. V" ?^Nicliolas tl ,111 vm^:iU II rl-.f.M, _11 , I II V I tl ■•' Ml) : /I <• »!h X >' •">• I I././ ....I.'V •»!, r-. I 1 1 "^ ,1 ,( . I, (. / . / •.; . ■ • I > I '" A !'ij(J(; >- mIi c; Ml I ;<( ', •,!. 111--. . . ' ;(' iiiit ;.,, , i. , ii' • ', M ;.: 4 ;• ,1111 •> !•' I. 'I ^ !» ir; rn t-?>ift 'i .^i!nr ti' 1 u i.«.i> . I' ; •• I ' ■ if -V ' b .1 ■ ii: . : •• , 'iKll M ! )l'i i ;•)'». ' .'-imi,- !l^ ' . , ■'■ I .,.. •.-.(, I, . ••'!», ;i ' I. , , u- . Ml ,.,, , . , :;m'. ,.|'.? ?()T: I ■ 'i / ,l|t»J(.T> f.>|l< I : •!- .(iiii' 'lit.. I . ft| lA'iir^ ■»!' . I.M ll ■I«i'l4 < t • ■ <• r^ ' ! I I • I < , I ,;ii ti. Il I ( I I l'|» Il I .!( ; I »//• •!»•- iJi > i|) <7 ad pauimeutum. xij. sol. §in uno nouo martcllo ferreo ad quarerani. xx.d. §in pane et vino niisso ad vxorem domini Walter! de Hopton. xxij.d. 320 §ad pascendum ipsum dictum Walterum ct Roj^erum Spren^ehose quum poscerint vicesunani. \ s. \ uj.d. §cleruo eorum pro serii)ta roluli ri\<(i!l(i dnnidiam marci-. §Jn \ no s.ilnioiic misso ,id dm 11 mum Joli.iMiicm do Swrnc- Idid ( I. ri( mil doiiiiiii Ki-m, m\ debit. i ki';M'. 1. u.iiid.i. ^klK !■ !■ I i;m die doiDiiiic.i proxnna aiil<' b^tum Aposto- loriun IMiilipj)! ot Jacobi amio rf;;ni ri'^MS. biij'". lAp j;th, i_';()l. §Di' poii;i ("i(^ori;ii per manus W'arnn (loli it Ro'uri K' in .\ K o. I |,s. \2S >il^c p''ili ■■ul) (.isiro per iii.inu'. Ku.udi do I'.ljo^nu'rc I'l Ni. lioKii Sclutlo. Ill I d >'b. minus. i^De poila uer.sus .\basiam por m.muh Roj^eri ile collv.un ot IMiilippi' (irimK-moJi. .\lij.d (.)!). gi'.Xl'KNSUM in eadem. ■ Ill iJit ' J.. 1 !•■, ■ '1 r:>..|i .i.l; ' I. .. ,.1 . ,,, li i ; , iM M i.ii' , , . t .1 . 'I. ..i. . "i I ', 1 ^1 / A It S-l HF.NRY III., 126070. '.211 §tribus ccmcntariis in i)auiiiieiilo. iiij.s. v.d. ^trihus opcratoril)Us ijisis dcsoruiciitibus. xxviij.d.ob. 330 ^(luol)us hoiiiiiiihus tradcMulis pclrani dc a(]ua. xv.d. §Radulfo fabro. x\ii|..] §ReceptuM die doniinica post festum Asiimptico'is IJeatc Marir. \Au^. i/lli, 1270.] ^Dc porta Saiicti (jcorj^ii per iiianus ^Xdc Ic Hlowarc et Kicardi Ic iiicrscr. xxj.d. 3^5 SDc porta castro i)cr maiius Radulfi ni^^ri. lli. Srissoris. VI |.s. \'ii.d. J5Dc ])orta ucrsus Abasiam per manus W^illelmi Reyner et Petri talpeii}'. x.s. qu". ?;J^ieard() de schcltuii ceiueiitario. xx.d. ^Ricardo le Ikiiide. x\.d. §Rynaldo ceiiientario. xvj.d. 340 SSe|)teni care'(iiiil)Uh illis coadiuuaiitibus. iiij.s. ^Ru^ero dc Withiiitun. xiij.d. ^Re^nnaldo le frcrenion. xiiij.d. §Tli, le rneilur. xiiij.d. ^W'alteru quarario. xiiij.d. 3^5 §Mad(jco. ix.d. §Sex liominibus ]:)ortantibus pctrain in rpiarera. iij.s \j.d. gFabro pro ulensilil)us quarerc. ij.d.cjb. gHominibus batelli. vj.s. vj.d. §Rogero punch jiro careta sua. iij.s. vj.d. 350 ^Radulfo (\c cotcb. pro careta sua due ente petrani dc Sabrnia Ubcjue ad pauinientuni. ij.s. xj.d. gRegiiialdo caretario. ij.s. xj.d. §Alano Webaly ])ro careta sua ducente pctram de Sabrina uscjuc ad i)aunuentuni. ij.s. xj.d. {^Roberto dc Aid. luoir pro careta sua. i)..s. xj.d. §ka(.lull(,) de Cl ilc- | iru ( arela sua. ij.s. vj.d. 355 §Rogcro (rc) the pro caret.i sua. ij.s. \ ).d. §1 lomnii Stpli.uii \v Wodcuuard. ij.s \j.(l. . , gllornnn l)attelli de uffitun. ij.^. j.d. I ." •'■' i ■;..■'■•'' ' 'W'i'"' » i"<| ■>' )^ • , ■ I • \->::\ y'l l! ill. >f >! .i. p / • 11/ : ., ■:,. - '. .M, ■:■.,* .!;■■'! 'l!;5 : 1 ■ ■ / ,;,. ']\>.\ :ii ■■; 1-1 .•-• . ..c li '.1 ,. .1 .)|,M, .; >'(> i ' •.:., ill .' .-i'i...,(M^ .1.. ,.i»l'.V •!. (•!••,; ./I;^ ■ . '1/ ..'ii ,,1 .; 'I r« . ■ ' .1^1 i'.lM ; ■ • ! :1 . :'/'r. .> ■/! -,. I- '-. <^. ?\f ,. ,' • ,,. , ■: M, '.,,•;;: . ,• .' ni i)auat(.)rum. xx.s. die doiiHuiCci in qunidena pasche cDUio douinii millesiino dueentesuuij sejitua^e'snno. [Ajjr. J/tli, 1270]. • ■ I'KRSDNAI. NAMi:S. Adam, i\!,in, H,ildw\n, Hiiict, lloiide, ( liarile, ("olni, Dieun, Galfnd, (ire};(.)ry, llankyn, Ileni)', Ilerny, IIiM'ljert, lluj^li, James, John, Koc, l.aurenc(\ Madoc, Nic:h()las, Pelcr, Philip, Kadulf, Rc^nnald, Reinald, Re)'iier, Ruhaid, Rolu'it. Ru^er, Stcjihen, Thomas, Walter, Warm. W illiam. SURNAMES, mcliiding some trades and desi<,niations, with relerences. Ape, lo'j ; Halle, 78 ; Barel, jck) ; I5idi, -'53 ; Bonde, 136 ; Borrey, 121 ; Brock, 8] ; Bm-^e}s, 252 ; Burnet, 221 ; Champenys, 215 ; Charite, 195, 271 ; Cissor, 43, 55 ; Clech, 1O3 ; Cox, 89 ; Creythe, 355 ; Fecke, 123 ; Figyn, 32, 141 ; Ganj^elartl, 180 ; Cierard, 109 ; Cikiue^^os, ig(j ; Goch, 31, 89 ; Goh, },2\ i (ioldnig, 99 ; Gonyl, 42 ; Greythe, •)"] , 1 14, 1 90, 2 12, 214, 2. 17, 259, 2(^7 ; Grunlemoh, 3_>(j ; Ilaht, ill ; lla)rperi, "J] ; lleri)er, 105 ; lustieianus, 31, 85, 324 ; K;itel, 231^ ; Keeh, 20O, 282 ; Kel)'ng, Jio ; Kelnigh, 3O0 ; Ket, 181, 257 ; Kilot, 221 ; Lenten, 142; Leueneh, 220; Loche, i 10 ; Loesmil, 237 ; Mulle, 83 ; Niger, 335 ; Balli, 197 ; Peg, ,Sj ; Pi-rle, 122, 283 ; Pride, 4_" ; Poune, 83 , Pungh or ]^lnell, 2 id, 3 19 ; Reyner, 330 ; Rotheloiid, 172 ; Rudde, J35 ; Russel, .13 ; Scatheloch, 1.41 ; Scheie, 122; Scissor, 335; Selch, 100 ; Seyle, 309 ; Shery, l.\ ; Shittc-, 217, 285, 325 ; Shorn, 1O3 ; Spreiigehose, ]2u ; Si)rt)l, 12 1 ; Slwehe, 103 ; Slurie, Ij8, 217 ; Talpi'ii)', JSi, 33(> ; lupet, itt2 ; N'lsitator, 28, 1 1;7, joS, 2L)(\ 208 , Weli.d)-, 3S2 , \ lie, -ifj, loi). '"' "' ■'" hi:sir;NATI<)NS (UKhidnig some track's). Pe ariln 1, 1 ) 1 , 1 .e MoAiire, 331 ; 1 .e honde, Q], 3^8 ; I.e 1 " >l 1)1 . 11, 111), I t ( I Id , „• ■ I t ( I ( ( >Ii( 1 , 1 1( I ; vii M .1. .l< [(/ . .!i-:-;ti I >..•(;. i: J -i;,- ' ^.-1 ■ ■] ' ' K.M i;: Ol »>'> In .i ) >(..'. . >l I'i I I I ,. 't .! /,.-., I. .;l ,11,.;/, ..m.l./; ;...■ . . ., \l .,,:•: i I A .m:' i .•.,..., i ..I .ii. #/ ?.. ./,;/'i .-'/ ••.ji;. r 1 ' < '_•'!" jtWJ.ii ) , : . VH . ,-1 - ., ..I- / > (;>: ,..' > , ;oi • . •. ,, ■ ■ .. .•,■ p -. ' . :.>'| ! (,l .cj..,,:» .. . ' , .■ .'».';>, I • , iii*; > !, . 1 - ■ . .1 , ,,..i-./ ^ - -■ ' \,'. .,.r. ."'.'I . ' _., .1 • . ; , ' . : . . 1/ '.•! .' , uo'. , V 'S , '^- ,"-' i f .I'll < >J ,h..i .,1: iiir^ 1 1 j 1/ \ r \ \ .1 ... •• I I '111 S I liENkY III, uOQ/O. 213 \.V (luilfdlic, [2] ; I .r IrtTiMIlon, 173, i()2, JOJ, 22/, 2()l, 27(S, 342 i \.c li;ilu-, ;,S ; l,c- justice, 31, 32.) ; Lc kciil, (>; ; I.c •'^y'lg' -35 ; i-i' iiiasuii, 104, I 15, nj() ; J,c Micrccr, ;(j, gS, 334 ; I.e nirylur, ()(>, 303. 343 ; Lc inoli. 3J() ; Lc Norrys, K-i ; Lc |)ciliiici-, -'!(), _'5S ; Lc siicccr, (i() ; Lc tanner, 24 ; Lc l,i\l(>r, 2 \. j/o , |,c vileyn, i So ; Le wodcuiuird, 350. TRA[)i:S AND OCCUPATIONS. Carpenter, 252; Carciu (? ^Mrciu), 340; Caretarius, 188, l.Si), 211. 351 ; ("enicntaruis, 93, 136, 137, 151, if, 3, 184, igc^. 2UU, 222, 22(), 24c., 2|(), 255. 274, 2(45. 2y){), 3 II, 328, ^^,7, 339 ; Cn-utecarnis, 84, 85 ; CisM.r, 18, 335 ; l'"ai)er, loi, i(,(), 205, 230, 245, 2()4. 281, 331, 347 ; I'osbaU.r, (;, 21, 27, 45, (J5, (;(,, H^S. LS'"!. ^^(>> 249, 302 ; Ak-rcer, l()2 ; Operator, 38, Oo, Ol. 81, 118. 140, 175, 228, 243, 244, 250, 297, 298, 310, 329 ; Parnicn- tarius. 161. 2^-^() ■ Panator, 51, 72, 135, 155, 150, 191, 358, 359, 3(10 ; Pavmer, 213, 290 ; Pistor. 195 ; Ouareor or Ouarcrarnis, 4''. ^7> '^J/. 145. i;3. i/«4- 201, 202, 315, 344 ; Tnictor, 79, X'isitator, 38, 75, 157, 208. I'LACE-iXAMES. Aldcmarc, 117, 353 ; Aslerlc^di, 08 ; Beistan or Beystan, 30, 48, 50 ; ('111, 173, 248 , Lime, 114. IJ9 ; (lone, 70, 315 ; Lolhani, ^i,2 ; Cioten, 211 ; Cutes, 114, 147, 350, 354; Dunlesclif, 87; LuntoncliL 59; Dunlon, 119; Lrerclode, 287; lladenhal, 220 ; 1 loplon, 319 ; Poke, ^u ; Martlelole, 21 ; ALu-devol, 142 ; Meolcb, 237 ; P(jrla \crsus Ahliatiaui (also Abasiam;, 4, 15, 24, 30, 43, 50, 07, 83, 98, 102, iij, 123, 143, 103, 182, 197, 219, 235, 251, 272, 291, 307, -:,2i>, 330 , Porta sub Caslro, 3, 14, 2-,, ^2, 41, 55, {>{), -■/, 84, 99, no, 121, 141, i(;2, 181, 190, 230, 2^b, 232, 270, 290. 309, 325, 335 ; Purla Sancli Cecjr^ii, 2. 13, 25, 31, 42, 57, (j8, 7S, 85, 100, 109, 122, 142, lOi, 180. 195, 221, 237, 253, 271, 292, 308, 324, 334 ; Nortun. 182 ; Oliton (see Ufiton helowj, 231, 239; Poslcrna Saudi Runioldi, i()9 ; l^ctro luuros, 2 19 ; R(xlieford, 22^; Powe- lauc, 155 ; Sallowe, 187, 207, 313 ; Silowc, 3UO, 30I ; Schelton, Ji7 ; Swnielord, ^22 ; 'l'lieukesl)ur)a, 150, 239 ; Lliton, 2O8, 280, 357 ; Upton, I (8 ; \ia re-alls, 150 ; \4eub altus, 47 ; Wi'iUMie, 79, 102 ; \\ illuntun, 3ji. >»\ n«>*"i . 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I . .( I . .1,11,, . . 214 SHRF.WSniTRY PA\'tNfi AND OTHKR Arr()UNTS. GLOSSARY OF WORDS & THINCS y\nASIA (gS, in, 123, &c.\ a stran^'c word, used here for Abhatui (not in Ducan^fe 17 10). ASSER, or ASSERA (74, 9 1, 209), ^anicrally a pole or lath, here probably either a raninier for pavinj^f, a wooden Un'cr, or a hel\c for tlie mattocks. Bateli.US (210, 223, 348, 357;, (Inninutive of Batus, a boat, Fr. iuUcati, here a lari^c boat Hat -bottomed, fit for moving stones, sometimes batclla, & coupled with naves and }iaviCHlac. C'ARi:rA (49 et passim), for i'drrctn, a cart. " Et carri et carrcta' acpLUii et \ muni li-ssis ct saueitis defi'rtMites, &c." (^Dueaiij^e ex Suj^'c-rio). "Jlrec carecta, vXnglice a carte " (15"' cent. Vocabulary;. CarecatA (,248), a cartload, and " CARECTARIUS, a cartar " (15"' cent. Vocabulary). CementARIUS (93, &c.), a stonemason, " a walwurhta, a dawbere " (W'ri^dit's \'ocabularies). ()oN\'ENTIo (^34, 249J, a Covenant, an agreement, i.q. pactum. Faber ( ioi, 230, &c.), a smith, a short form of faber ferrarius, a worker in iron. Siiii/h was the general term for a worker in metals, and zuright for one who worked in wood and other materials. Hence, in the later English period siiiith became the particular name of a l^lacksmith and i^'rii^lil of a carpenter, as it is still in Scotland. FosSATOR (20, 27, et jjassim), a fligger or trench maker, here either a labourt-r, or an excax.itor {lindic navvy). Frerei.ode (287), Friar's lode, now St. iMar)'s Water Lane, here lirst mentioned, but no doubt the old name, for the lode to the river & the wharf where the rock was un- loaded. FrekemoN (242), a difficult designation. 1 submit three con- jectures (i) l^'oreman of the cjuarr)' iiuMi ; (2) Friars man, and (3) freeman tt) tlio readms of this pajXT. Mar ri'.l.l.tis ^^52, 74, 3181, diiumutixe of luarliis, a hammer, mcdiocris inallcus. Meremium (19), Timber. '' Oiiwris ir.i'.na ligiica (cdijicandis dojiiibus apta " : a shorteiicii lorm of mater laiucii. NAVICULArA (20U, 277, 299, 30!, 303), a barge, dimiiiutne of .' 3 .1 • .' . : .1 ...i i. .V v\ ^• • -■ ■■ J.-l • ' . ■. ■ I • '.Ml A';.- . r ' il' •, ! '■: 0:iJ .J. \i ) ,-■! Ill' ' . AA.) . .J. .Ut'. . • / .li;l« .. / .- Ill; •■. '/ ; " )!-«'l // '.') ,.in ;, • '. . . V, , : - 1 ! ■^ '^ ''-' ' ' ..: , ■Viil. • . ,•;'.!.■ rt.IMA i • i"iii !;i Tj,[ •■ // <. ■.' . ' il'. •'■ J .*i! ii: }'iAiuJ'' ' 1 . ' '■• •;,'. •ii;-; ;)!l;. il' aW.' •I i' '1 . ' r:r J >.i \\\1 .'■-. iu'll >M ' I ,''...•..' . . • i . ' . I < I . , I / ' : ' I ) /ill' ■'' •• ■- , il ' ■■' u : 1 . , • . , ■CI' > I IH IM ■) ■.....:»:;■' I.) ' I : ]•' .■■'< V: i.J -/I'll! . ' 'u M .-. i il .' V '• :'. 1 > , I 1 ,1' ' ' .t .';.'. \ !■ .*....)! n ■ ; i\ J ■ . ; ,i» A, ,1 > ;r! ■ • i -. ■ /' ■\/. :>i::>i -1 . I ,':.!.,. '• '. . ■ •■ '. i I ^- J . ii J .• I ;. I I ;.-... • -' .,i . , ll ' f •■ . ■ - ;iAl''. . i '» / . . 1 ■, '' :.\: ' ■ ' .1 : ' ilK.-iWjf ■ ).■■ ' •.•...•.Ml„, Ii •! 'A /^ 5 1 HF.N'RY III., I2f)() 70 215 ndi'is. In /\i( lil)|). Alfric's vocabulary N ux'ic u/drius stands for m i/'^r y/'/.'/tf, tli.it is a shipwri^lit. ( )l'KR Al"( )R (3S ct |);issiiiii, 1 .al)()iirt'r, a t;('iHMi( term, l)ut also a])|)luNi to parlicular kinrjs of labour, ex. (jr. '' Miiltoi ii/iiis iiarianni! arttiDi' opt>(i/i>ri's " (Alfric's ("ollixjuy"). PamS F.r NINUM (^10 . bread and winc, or rather ("a!.:<' and wmc. \ his instance ol a curinlilds seems r;itlier out of place, in a series ot pa\ui!^' accounts. it would be of interest to know why this coniphnient was paid ti; the lady of Dominus W'cdter de Hopton. We may under- stand the necessit)' oi fi^edinj^- tlie two commissioners, in fact the historians of Shrewsbury ha\e exj)lanied it ((). & H. 1., 132) " Ihc)' came to assess a twentieth [)art ol uunccdile o(),,(ls for the kmi^'s use," and it was a mark of respect due to their station. Sir Walter de ]Ioj)ton was tlu' head of the famil)', which deri\ed its name from Hoj)lon Castle, ni the south-west corniM' of .Shropsliire. lie was now under-sheriff, li\e years later he was ap- pointed a Haron of the Exchequer, and was afterwards one of the justices itinerant. Ro<:.,^er Spren>4hose vwis of an ancient family who were lords of I.onj4"nor, nr. ("ondover, and was now probably, as some years before, j^overncjr of the castles of M(jnt- ^^omery and Oswestr)'. {(). & ]}. ut su|)ra). Pavator (51 et [jassim) and Paviamentum (153, &c.), Paviour and Pa\(Mnent. We ha\e noticed in the preface that this was not a paxciueiit (d |H-bbles, but rather of rouL;h stone slabs, siu h as the (piarries at beistan and l)((\snton supplied. Water worn pebbU-s would ha\i' iieen obt. lined Iroiu tlii' river m ccniain i)laces or du<.( up out ol ihi' drill which underlies the town and sui)urbs at \ar\in^- depths, but these are prechideil b\- the fait that llu' rod-, w .is obt aiiicd I roiii the i // / , .ind that masons were employed to l.i\ it d(;wn. PlKoVS (13s . Pukaxe, ,dso />)( ('.ev, which was represeiite^'. I , Ml i'mh:»m I ? fwi tJ' > ; Mitiii 1 ' 'JIU^ lull, bi/nU "1 ■ '• M>*1\'A f>1 t^ni'll' / I U' . "'i-l . .i' ! I'.f-;,i t.i; 1 (.1 fll '. I I ■'■Ur.l .' \if'. l»i; ). i» Mil uJ '»'.;b )>^i]'^i I i '1 .;> f ;•! // • ' 1/ } i.ft !■; liT. /(I mIJ r:j.^/ 1 . - . J. •• ■ it'i;.. MiJ II, . -f! .1, ) ..ut(].iiJ •>..>. • ,ii I'l ; mI--' 1-jI:>II| V/

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TImic is tio uiii- formity m the s|:)cllinj^ vi tlicst- words, \\liuli Ihh.m^e placfs under Car/aria, and explains by 1 .ai)idicina, nostris ( ' airier c. Rf.iro muros (250). open ^i^round south-west of the town and outside the then exist inj^- walls, part of which is now ■*• • • the puhhc park. From this entry we learn tiiat tliere I 1 was a ditch under the wall. Sabelinum (53 et passim), Sand (sometimes gravel), an un- usual word, Sablo (or saluiliiiii) is <4cnerally found. Sat, MO I ■^22), .Salmon. The historians of Slirewshury mention this j^ift and sugj^est that the condition of the tish I '■ ■ would not be good when it reached London, l)ut it is not said that Sir John de Swincford was tlicrc at the tnne, he might have been at no great distance. (O. & li. i., 132). Septimana (28, 69, 284), A week. The Sunday is the day throughout tliis document fcjr making up the week's ac- counts. Si'prinunui IS t(> l)e miderstood after " I^x- l)ensum in eadem." Sharpinge (205, &c.). The use of this one English word amid the Latni is ntjticeable, the scribe's knowledge appears not to have been e(|ual to writing /// cukouHs -i'toisUibns. Tribulum (i.Sg), a schowulle or scowulle (i.e., a shovel). Tribula is also used lor a sho\c'll tn' schowie ; the addi- tion of ferratis to tribuhs shows that soiiK'limes they were of wood. UtENSII.E (I 55, !()(), i;i, 205, ^\:c.j, A tool, a thing used for any pur[)ose. PLACE-NAMES. BEISTAN, Heystan (36, jS, 50). Ha\stun llill, \ miles south. DUN'l'tiNCI II'- i^S*)). Duntt-rchf (^8;), and Ic clil de Dunluii ( I I I ) all rider to a (|iiany .il I )• iunt< »n, ncai I I|)l( .n M.ion.i ((). v^ H., 1. 131 ). I'RKREI.MDE (28;), as abo\c, St. Mary Waterlane, h'riarslode. SaLI.oWE (187, 207), Salowe (313, and ,Sil.i\\o ( ^o. >, ^01), eaiiiit'l be ideiit liied, \'l(l)S .\i MIS ( 17). rill" 1 li-h I'.iMMiiriit. now p.irl ol ( "astle Street. .XT, ; ) )A mJHKj KlY.h .>/.lVr; / imaftN'AUHfi <"M i: ?l < .-■< .1 > 1 U"' '. f .51 (■" ..111. .1 1 •, If .! ',.■1 : Ml t,, ...M , ii, lit '1 1 '^i MP 1 1 :<•• 'him •• I »ij "J »>'. '.v.v '.'*^ jmi!) ••■ •!!;.•> !" i I I.J.'; I V j ■.,. . ,i .u..;!i=.., ,-; :• 1. 'l . ■■ . .•. . u >'•. vi!,. ... .- ,•''.-•■■/ ' ■■ . - I , I.' I I 'n.X i' ' , •■ : .,.•: ■ '■ I r:V • ',,,•. .1 ' 1 1 1 1 ■ i , ' I > I 1 ' I ' ' ' ' I w w/ ! ' I', I !1 '.,.;,' . ' . . • . "■ I . .; > I , I I '. '. .' t ! ' J ■ 1/ / . -. - ] . ! -i 1" ..,' I '!.('( ; ,1 ■! /. /, ; / 54 HENRY III, 1269-70. 217 ApuI) CHAnDF.LODE (22^). This lodc is now called Crescent Lane. Via Regalis (156). The main road through the town. NAMES IN FULL. Adam de rhatewall, 291 ; Adam de Tery. 253 ; Adam le hloware, 33. j , .\d.im le Kyng, 235 ; Alaniis in Into, 2(;i ; Ape, Th.. 307 ; jialduyniis de Mardetolc, 21, 142 ; IJalle Reyner, /H ; Unci Johannes, 301 ; Hidi, Wiilelmus, 253 ; Hunde, ('.•mentarms, ii,(>, 2g() ; Borrey, Th., 121 ; Brock. Thomas,' 84 ; liurgeys Ilenncus, 252 ; Burnet, Johannes, 221 ; Cham- peneys, Thom.is, 215 ; Charite Henricus, 195 ; Charite, Wiilelmus, 271 ; Clech, Thomas, 163 ; Colinus Alius Ricardi,' 55 ; Cox, Adam, 89 ; Fecke, Johannes, 123 ; Fig>n, Johannes, 32, 141 ; Gerard, Wiilelmus, 109 ; Glauegos, Wiilelmus, 196 J Goch, Nicholas. 89 ; Goh, Warinus, 324 ; Gonyl, Alanus, 42 ,' Gregonus, f rater Baldwyni. 19 ; Gregorius, 308 ; Greythe,' Rogerus, 212. 207, 335 i Greythe, Stephanus, 114, 190, 214,' 247. 259 , Grun le moh Pliilip])us, 326 ; Hankyn, 147, 188, 211' 2(»7 ; Hayrperus, W'lllelmu.s, ;/ ■ Henricus le celer, '272 ; Herber, Ricardus, \o6 ; Hugo de Clone, 72, 315; Hugo quarerms, 107 , Johannes Cissor, 43 ; J. fossator, 186, 249, 302 ; J. de .Swineloid. i,22 , J. Ic paviner, 290 ; Kech, Gal- fridus. 2o(), 257. 282 ; Kel)ng, Robertus, no, 360 ; Ket. Th., 181 ; Kilot, Th., 221 ; K„c Kalel. 236; Koc Tupet, 1O2 ;' Lenten, Warinus, L|2 ; Leuerich, Warinus, 220 ; Loche Th ' no ; Madocus, 345 ; MuHo, Wiilelmus, 83 ; Nicholas deNor- tun, 182; N. de Sallowe, 187, 207, 210, 300, 313; Pall, Rogerus 197 ; Peg. Wiilelmus, 182 ; Pcrle, Petrus, 122 • P.nle Wiilel- mus, 283 ; Petrus films Alexandn, 271 ; Petrus ,ustic.anus, 8S ; Phihi.pu.. Carpenter, 2'~,2 ■ Pnde. Alanus, ,>• Poune Ricaidu.s, ^^, ; Pungh (Punch:, Roger, 216, 3 |» ; Radulius de ^*>'';^. "1. 35". 3S1 ; R. • '^'^"''"^^''••"■""•^^''••S'>;R.dr lhn.:.2.g;'R dr piK.'sn.,-n-' i';^' '^ ''- ""'"-I. -••-; R d.- saiou... 3.,,, ^,^; R. d,: •Vli.-llon. 337 . k hluis.M,,,,, ,.,.; R liJH.s lle.be.r, >S 75 • jfni.I ny.vJ rdi ,^^w>^^{\ hut,. ;m, ii: >,t'r (i),'' I) tl.IA;);iH / ii « , .r- t**'! v;iM . ., I I ,* , . • i, . , 1. .:: .i-i"> •'»' ■ \\'.: (' 'i ., . J . r . -! , _n. ,•» I.'.. I, I'l !_ , -1, ,1 )'> [ , ».of. ■I .t»W .>i: u ■ ',■■:♦<•.>? .•'-'i'/^ ■■ '< •> .*■'.■ -^i ' ■/« 1''. ..ili" .Ji.'i;.'! • i'ii .:•../ i , ' ' •:.7, , h'l J : : J I .r-UiinhJ' ■ \ .,,.'•, . > ■ . i; . ■' ■ liii ;.' . ,■ : r :ir-.' 'iv ili. ': • , ■_■•.• .■'■ '( .-■ ■•h : : . ' '') .rui» / . ■."'.' I' ' ' ■ f. 1 li.iii'ji" '//' v'"'- ■ * ' , , ' . ' ' 1 • • ■ ' Jil.l -lI •: >'' , ; ■;'. ,.. I'Ul , lul , .' . , • •: . > ■ <'/\ ' •'< .I'M./! • •' . ithi: . 'I . ,. , • . ••■ ' : I • ■( ' ,• '• ■ ,1 I I ,.- .1 ) • ,! t; . . ,., .1 -I , 'I ;,-: ,11- : -... ) |.;i.M.;. M .. .:' I •' ■■-•.•';,. i .^' I '; • I ■■•,:•.■■ .••'■(i; ' I'l •»! ■ ,1 I .1 ■.: ,• • • . V .,■•■' I .!..i/l'. . . ,, ■ .,,., /. ll .i. Jl , , , 21 8 SHREWSBURY PANING AND OTHER ACCOUNTS. R. filius Thome le Halte, 78 ; R. le Boiule, 93, 338 ; R. le Botmon, l ig ; R. le Dunfohe, 123 ; R. le mason, 104, I 15, \gt) ; R. le mercer, /Q, 98, 334 ; R. le pavmer, 116, 213, 244, 258 ; R. le specer, 66 ; R. parmentarius, Uji ; R. tinctor, 79 ; Robertus de Aldemare, 117, 353 ; R. de Worlhin, lou ; R. le capellere, 143 ; R. le potter, 98 ; R. parmeutcr, 2^h ; Roj^crus filius Claritc, 2/2 ; R. lilius l.awrentil, (>7 ; R. dc Astcrlc-li, 08 ; R. de Collyaiu, 3JO, ^^2 ; R. de Weiuaie, IO2 ; R. de W'lthiiitun, 341 ; R. le justice, 31, 324 ; Rothelond, Willelmus, 172 ; Rudde, Nicholas, 235 ; Russel, Johannes, 43 ; Rynaldus cementarius, 339 ; Scathelach, Willelmus, 141 ; Scheie, Hu^o, 122 ; Selch, Thomas, 100 ; Se)'le, Willelmus, 309 ; Shery, Henricus, 24 ; Shitte, Colinus, 217, 284 ; S., Nicholas, 325 ; Shorn, Th., 163 ; Sprenchose, Rogerus, 320; Sprol, Rogerus, 121 ; Steplianus del cotes, 147 ; S. le wodeuuard, 356 ; Stoche, Benet, 103 ; Sturie, Ricardus, 128,217 ; Talpeny, Petrus, 25 i, 336 ; Thomas cirote- carius, 84, 85 ; Th. filius Petri, 25, 308 ; Th. fossator, 105 ; Th. le colier, 66; Th. le meylur, 96, 343; Th. Ic vileyn, 180; Th. scissor. 325 ; Th. le tayior, 23, 270 ; W'alterus de Ilopton, 319 ; W. fossator, 6, 20, 95 ; W. le norreys, 161 ; W.dterus quarerms, 315, 344; W. le paumer, 56; Warinus Goch, 31; Webaly Alanus, 352 ; Willelmus Cissor, 55 ; Willelmus de Cantelop, 197 ; W. de Lake, 30 ; W. de nouo burgo, // ; W. de Rochelond, 223 ; W. de Rowelawe, 155 ; W. filius Herny, 307 ; W. f. Rcinaldi, 292 ; W. f. Reyneri, 251 ; W. f. Stephani, 157, 208, 260 ; W. fossator, 158 ; W. le child, 143 ; W. le Kent, 07 ; W. le tanner, 24; W. locsmit, 2^; ; W. Reyner, 336 ; Yue Alanus, 109 ; Yue Colinus, 32. . ' V "A ^.IHT.l I IX, A ,,AM Y.: .-/T'l*-v;.^ ->' M , .■ I iiii!t)u7< jw 'i , ^. ^j^ ,;f i VI : '.'11 -1111 . 'f tb A ; uf < .1' ■:•»<-! ^T' .'.- ;>H •!• .' r: , : ! <■:< •■'. i. h' "' ■ -;ji'.:'>>i :*'" ir'fi-i-jfjrl 219 •\ ^ - » T .T THE CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE PARISH OF WORFIELD. Transcribed and Edited by H. B Walters, M.A., F.S.A. (Continued from 3rd Series, Vol. VI., p. 24.) Part IV., 1533-1548-' h.x ■ '"' ■ 1533. Ihc merci. Compotus Thome Wartor' et Roger Baker magistrorum sive gardianorurn ecclesie parochialis sancti petri de ' 1 )i Worfelde custoditus coram parochianis. In festo sancti petri in cathedra vicesimo secundo die mensis ftebruarii anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo tricesimo tertio Et anno regni regis henrici octavi vicesimo quinto post coiujiiestum Anghe. De eorum Receptis. In primis of Richard' gyldon' ... It' of Master Rege\ve)e (?) Summa recepcionum ... Soluciones predictorum gardianorurn. In primis for shyngulies & iiayles It' for makyng lyght & for wax & at estur' It' for oyle and for frankeseiis ... It' for mend)'ng y'= loke & waschyng It' for shotynge'- a claper It' for hrede & ale at makyg y" torchis... It' for a hyngynge loke ... It' ior makynge an oblygacion ... It' for caryenge shynguH' It' for mend)'ng y*-" vestmentes ... ... . . .\iij' ^ Thanks are due to Mr. J. A. Herbert for assistance witli this instalment. Splicing. See Transuittvns, 3rd Ser., ii., p. 179. Vol. VII., 3rd Series. Z vj^ viij'* vj^ viij*^ xiij* iiij*^ xxij* viij'' nij^ v^ vij'* Vf vJ \\f \\f vju "J^ viij'* V i i i J M03 ii^i/ I .'1/1": T" V/ •••'ji/ J. :!; jihi;'.) iit hi'ji^ ■ . : - :,•.!, . ! i ...:ilC ; ^.ii.r , 1,1 u v» 1 I. }j ':•'.. I'll 'Jig »T I'lV-^i odfu. t'd . .; ,../■. . ■.111. JiJ .U ;ji . 'I'cbi'n o nri M.I '; .• , t! It ■ '. 1 ' ' ' i ) '•.•^;i' (I llilciri ,. . .'. I.' , •; •w.A- ■ .-!)l :'M /I'll uri lot 'll 1 ■■' ■ : .-. ■,<■.•]■' ,',.'•.'(! U ■•Ii; A «|i /[.iT'iri i( ,Vll .. ■■. , .f ■.i.|r..ll *» 220 rH[iKCHUARnKNS' ACCOUNTS OF THK It' for waschyng &candylles It' for wax cV inakynge It' for skovvrynge y^ Canopc It' for mcndy ng y^ belles It' lur Iron It' (or ryddyiigey^ gutters If for wax to Olyver' fory'' torcliys If for det to the paryshe of last yere iij^ J'' xix^ ij''ob. vj' iiij^' Sumina solucionum ... ... Ks ^^ Memorandum that the churche masteres be dyschargjd of their accomptes & rem' in the box. Summa \T vii)' ladi help. Compotus Georgii Sonde Et Willeimi Bylyngsley Gardi- anorum Cantarie beate marie de Worf^elde Custoditus coram parrochianis die et anno supradictis ut habctur in compotoGardianorumecclesie In tempore Doimui lolumis lye tunc ibidem Capellani. De Receptiseorum. In primis pro servisia de claro in tem- pore pentecostes ... vij marke iJM'ijd iV de Redditu beate marie ... i.-js ..ia,,u It de redditu cantatis ... If [jro Kateriiia f aloo XXXVJ' vj'' xx"* ' ' Summa jx'' x^ vij'^ob Reparaciones et soluciones Gardianorum Cantarie. In primis Domino lohani lye capellano ... iiiji* If domino Inimfrido Kobyns ... xx^ If domino lohani prune j.jjd Allocaciones In primis for lohn' Smythes howse .. xij'^ If for y<^ stole J-^ If for y" cotage in lowe ij^ iiij^^ If for y^howse in brugenorthe iijj. •/ '11 ''' ' nil •[•/ .(Jo •»! ^nll/f ^1 ^ 1 i«; ■■ h 'll . It J I, ■ H '• . ; -I -p „■„ . -'1/ PARISH OF WOKFIELD. 221 It' for y' Almyshow.sc Summa Rcparacionurn... ... v'i xv^ Memorandum that y*^ lady' Wardens be dyscharged. ^fcnK)randlltn that the Par}shc hathc chosen the Churchc Wardens. Roger Baker Wilham Kowlovv. It' William Bradney ni}lner & Thomas Walton' l)c chosen to be seint marie Wardens. It' John' Barker & Kic' Itlecher be chosen in iyght (?) of hallhallows.2 1534- Ihc rnerci. Compotns Rogeri leaker' Et Willehni Rowlow dc Wyk\ir magistrorum Sive gardianoruni Ecclesie parochiahs de Worfelde custoditus coram parochianis. In cathedra sancti petri Vicesimo secando die mcnsis ffebruarii Anno Domini {][>' CCECCCE"^" tricesimo (piarto Kt Anno regni regis hcnrici octavi post conquestum Anglie vicesimo sexto. De coram Rcceptis. In primis In pixide parochiali ... ... ... vj'^ viij'^ It' Domino de lohane lye ... .. ... ... vj^ viij'' It" de Richardo gyldon' . . ... ... ... vj"" viij'' Sum ma recepcionam ... ... xx Soluciones predictoram gardianoram. In primis Roger baker' payd to y' warden' of Bragenorth ... ... ... ... ... viij'' It' to y' organ pleyare ... .. ... ... x' It' for a lasc to a porsc^ ... ... ... ... ij'' It' to Sir William granger ... ... ... iiij' It' for sens & to glover ... ... ... ... ij'^ ' iV. Cluinlry wardens (ot our l.ady). - 1 llc^>c lour cnliies arc in another hdiul. As tu ilu' iiic.inins^ of (lie l.Tst one, Mr. Edward I'e ici cU {.Vuhs and Otitrics, lolli sei., i. , i l pv^), p. .jd) noUb that llieie u.is probably a t;uild of All Hallows wilii an altar in the ciuircli, and a lit;l»t burning before it toi the welfare ol mc members. llie same writer points out lliat l)luod (sec mtiy under dale 1529, Trans., 3rd ser. , vi., p. 52), was often used lor ordinary ijumtiiig purposes. - A tliong for a burse ("^eq btlow). .a-^^i i>K'.'.' lo h^!«a*t ...mi'.U*! :Ai I.. f..:| Vj;Xlt'A : -t... >i .f!:.i!!;// o ■") Jjl" /] ('• rsamii ..j I !;Ji>'»i!' .'>f:'i /i '1 '. •",,: '.:■:.' ' ■ ;.m;-k, nl [ 'Jl 'I u.. r)[ [ 1 ' _ . . ' ; Hj. ■).■-; r^i ,!ili7/ ... •< ■'/•if', i>| -7. gdOo lOl jI .1 . ;.ii.t / ■ 222 CmiKCPlWARDENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE It to A frcre^ ... ... ... ... ... viij'^ It' to lohn' Smyth ij''ob. It' to ye (jrgaii pleyare ... ... ... ... xx*" It' for wax to Rondiille roodes (?) ... ... vj'* It' for a launtcrne ... .. ... ... ix'' It' to John siTi}-gh ... ... ... ... x"^ It' to Imiiifrcyc rowlowc ... ... ... ij'' \\'illiain rowloo i)a}(lc to }' waicJcii' ... ... x'' It' to tlK)inas willaston ... ... ... ... iiij'^ It' for iiicnd}'iigc y*^ l)ellcs . . ... ... vj'' It" for inendynge y^ fornase ... ... ... xxij'' It' for mendynge a purse- t'or y'' sacrament ... ij"^ . It' for mcndyng y*^ sensure'' ... ... ... iij'* It' for candylles ... ... ... ... ... j'^ It' for mak}'ngc y'' paskalle y' processioiiallcs arul y tapers a howte y'' sepuicure ... iiij' It' to the organ pleyare ... ... ... ... x.x*^ Summa solucionum c\: ii-jjoracionum ... xxxiiij' j''oh. At y'-' accowntes it is agre}'d by alle the hole paresche that no persun shalle br}'ng no owt cummer* nor go with them in the churche nor in the pcresche to gether nother corne nor mone}' a pon the i)e3ne of x"- to the churche as oftyn as he so doys. ladi helpe. Compotus Willelmi ljradne3'e myhiarii^ Et 'Ihome Walton' gardianorum Cantor e beate marie Dc Worfekle custoditus coram parrochianis die et anno supra dictis ut habetur in Compoto Gardianorum Ecclesie. In tempore Domini lohanis lye tunc ibidem Capellani &c. Dc eorum Receptis. y. . . In primis pro scrvisia de claro In tcmj)orc pentccostes ... ... ... ... iiij'' xviij" iiij'' It' pro Kichard' iJylyngsley ... ... xl' 1 1'll.U. - liiirbc J Ceiiic * Uuisiiier. " Miller. 1 : i I •«• • • v» " » J »f . r\ -i*!/! r. .1,^ M M . I I 1 f. .'/ ,' I ll II .,J <>) /t // -....I i! .! )\ ,- W r: .".I .'-I j! 11.. t ..■:. -.• ;.,l .. ! . .;!/' nr. ■■ ■! il .:...■ J . . ll ; . \t ■.[' .'■:■ c-i m •>,: 1 , ; . 'lM.. .i .'i; - I i • .-''■' ! .I'll: . ('I . ■ •! o^ 1''! ,...,// ... :,l,. ■ -' '-n '-'hlliV/ ^ 1 ..r,,.. > I ... .it '• j(l : f I O.'f/ ' • TiMi'ir ,' f'l' ■» , Jl) ^-Ij- I Ij.iii >>.i'L "> 'I 'I ^Jtll «im'.j . ». . I J :j I ' ; I ' • ' •■!<.') 'IM friMi. 1!. ilni •! ■•jin '.) iii .j/> i.i.,.,5f;'.; ' fi- ti ^ .■ ii.i; :> /''^. iinAoi , ' : I t^ '■ •tu-\ I 'i t- !• J )l '\ PARISfl OF WORFIELD. ' ' "' 223 It' de Redditu beatc marie w ... ... Ivj' vj''ob. It' dc Kedtiitu caritatis ... ... ... xxxvj^ vj*' Suinma recepciomim ... ix'' xiiij'^ viij''ol). Rcparacioncs ct soluciones gardianoruin cantarie. In primis to Artnr' luikiiallc It' to Sir John lye ... It' to }' chiirclie maisties ... It' to Sir thonias gardner ... It' to Sir loliii |>r}nc' iK: for reparacions ... Allocacioucs. ffor lohn Sniythes howse ... It' for y^^ stole It' for y*^ cotage in lowc It' lor y*^ howse in Ikuge ... It' for sh)ngullviig & thachyng at y*^ ciiauntryc house Item (or the ni\ Ullage It" ior vectual i.\: bred at wlussontide ... i\'' It' for reparacions on y' house in the sonde at y*" bruge ynde ... ... iij'* viij*' xx\j^ viij^ liij'' ^■J \iij'' vj^ VI IJ^ VJ^ vnj'^ xij'^ xvj'^ iiij'^ "J ij^ viij<* i.v' Sunima reparacionnni et Allocacionuni ... vij'' iij" ij*^ The paryshc hatiie decred & chosen the churche vsardens. lohn Wanncrton. W illiani Kowlow. Et rem' in the boxe ... ... ... xxxiiij^ ; 15.35- Ihc nierci. Conipotus niagistrorum sive Gardianorum ecclcsie parochialis viz. lohanis Wanncrton' Et Willchni Rowloo de \\'}k}n' coram parochianis parochie de \\ orfelde In lesto sancti petri vi/. vicesimo secundo die mensis ffcbruarii Anno Domini /in)CL i •i(i>l M. iiMt .',...,' I ,111 li ^ H • 11, ' • ,■ ; lilt' \\\\ • ■' .'1 , I , «'• ;il I I' >1 'tl'.ijl t\ II. I. ' i. ji..| .• ; ;r,l i[ ■ I ■• 1,- ■. •.;.' Mil 1 1 t , . • '.». '. i ' I il>i .. Ill .ji' llo// ■> I ' y( JJ,i^ ^'Hl, Iti J« J)..| Mli.K.'' ,.,11 / I- tl-V ti • <<«! "• » • ' » : 1 n ... . I <•' '.'I ' > I ■} i ". ' b I *i. 224 CIIURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE I)c eoruin Keceptis. In primis in pixide ... ... ... ... ... xx.xiiij'' It' de margarcta hylyngslc}' ... ... ... ... .wiij* It' (Ic thonic nurvcll dc li)'l(on ... ... ... vj^ Siinmia ... ... ... ... Iviij^ De soliicionibus eorundem. In pritnis to a plymmcr for mendyng }' ledes xvj'^ It' for iiij pownde wax at lister ... ... ij^ viij'' It' for makyngc y" paskallc &. tapers cS: candyllcs that tyme ... x^ It' to Thomas y'^^ organ playare ... ... viij" iiij'' It' for a ymncr' to y*^ churchc ... ... xiiij'' It' for mend} iigc ij chalyscs ... ... ... viij^ It' for mend\ng y*" blake cope &: vestment ... iiij'^ iiij'^ It' for cand)lles at allhalotyde & mendynge y*^ churche yeate ... ... ... ... iij'- It' for shyngiils ... ... ... ... x.\' It' to Ric' }' organe pla3'are... ... ... xij^ It' to sir Thomas for his quarter at Cris- tynmas over gatliered ... ... ... iiij^ ij'^ Summa ... ... ... iij'' iij^ j'' ladi helpe. Compotus W'illehiii Rowloo de halon' et lohanis underhylle lunioris (jardianoriim Cantarie heatc marie ilc Worfeldc ciisloditus coram iHe et anno siipradictis ut hahetur in compoto (iardianorum ecclesie In tempore Domini lohanis lye tunc ibidem Capellano ike. De eorum Receptis. In primis pro servisia In fcsto pentecostes De claro .. iiij'i xj-^ x'' It' de redchtu beate marie ... ... Ivj^ vi''ob. It' de redditu caritatis ... ... ... ... xxwj" vj' It' pro fine in curia ... ... .. ... i\'^ Sunima reccpcionum ... ... ix'» v^ vij^ob. ' llyiimbuuk. |.-i. I'll! , !( it, I. ••/I wu ;)fi|Oil) •»!.. 11 »• 'Ml-' Ill "twl '-^ ■••, • \f.r . .1., , ; ;■! ....-Mo ; ■,. '•i ' '.I I ' ' / < ' 'l iflftl / /: Joi ')! ;i! ,; i .' ..t Jl // ► > C^ i II |li > .'rit»ij:(l Jit )/l -<-;! ' Ojt. !.»<•, • li 1 „ J-j ■ .i I , i1»] ni 'Ic •::••' •• •'.» '.V, »..,-( »j;jl J,.'n. ;,, •.. ,i, iJ ill ;fi.; : I I [ (. :<. tlU,,H RAKISH OF WOKFIELD. 22^ RcparacioiiLS ct soiucioiies (jardianoruin canterie. In piiiiiis Domino loliani lye Capellano ... iiij'' It' Domino Thome (iardner'... ... ... x.wj* viij*^ It' Domino lohani prune tS: reparacionibus xviij'^ AUocacionibus — iTor \^ stole... ... ... xvj' It' for luhn' Sm)thcs how se xij'' It" for y'' Ctitage in lowe ij^ iiij^ It' for y" iioper' for hojiynf^' the gret vesselle 6: makyng a wengh (?)... ix** Sunnna ... ... ... v'' xiij" vij' Memorandum quod Gardiani beate marie vir^inis ad i>tuiii Compotum sunt inde (juieti. The parysshe hathe elected & chosen the churche Wardens. John Olyvcr I'homas Bradburne. The parisshe hathe chosen Richard' G\'ldon' and William Ilasillwood lunior seint marie W'ardens. Et rem' in the box ... ... ... iiij marccs xvij' and of ille- money ... ... ... iiij^ j' 1536. Ihc merci. Compotus lohanis Olyver et Tliome Bradburne magistrorum sive Gardianorum ecclesie jjarochialis sancli petri de W^orfelde Custoditus coram jiarochianis in ecclesia pre- dicta. In cathedra sancti petri \'\/.. xw'y''' die fAbruarii anno Domini /IIMD'"^ xxxvj'" Hi anno regni regis henrico octavi post conquestum Anglie. De eorum Receptis. In primis in pixide iiij marke xvij'' It' ofylle mone)- ... ... ... ... iiij^ j' It' of mastres luxson" ... ... ... ... xx* It' ot lohan Walker" for y"^ vicare ... ... x"^ r~>umma rec. ... ... iiij" \iij- \- 1 Hooper, - IJ.id. ''III.' •(•;// ' [jj.'jt '. \ i-A ll •/; . . r ' ('..jMO// <; '..itvMr.iri .M- : 1 i r. M „' / (if. 'i 't\)^iup nti ■-,''• ::,!.»! ■ j.,t_...^-; ^r.i. '1 ! ... .:u..' >ll .' (;nvii» .«! >jj ..ni'f'ii ' .:. I.J.>I» 226 churchwardens' accounts of the De solucionibus eorundem. In priniis to William litilhal)'s for bruk}ng of stone ... ... ... ... ... wj** It' to Thomas Karles (?) for ij gravestonys ij^ iiij*^ It' to y' same thomas for makyiig y" churche walle ... ... ... ... ... x.\j' x'* It' payde for lyme ... ... ... ... vj'^ It' pa)de for wax and niakyng y= pro- cessionalles ... .. ... ... iiij* It' paid for oyle to y*" lampe ... ... ... iiij** It' paide for ij surples & makyng y'^ same to y'^ prest & y' dekyng ... ... ... viij' iiij"^ It' to sir thomas ... ... ... ... xxj* iiij** It' for iij later' in y"-" belfray ... ... ... vj'^ It' for a manuelle ... ... ... ... xx** It' to lohan Smyth for shotynge' a belle claper .., ... ... ... ... iiij** It' for a corde to ye Roode ... ... ... • iij*^ It' to thomas garbelt... ... ... ... iij** It' ffor ij cordes to y"" litylle belle & to y vayle^ ... ... ... ... viij** Summa ... ... ... iiij'' iiij"" x*^ Et so remanyth to the parishe ... ... iij** Memorandum }■' Sir William Ryse hatha gyvyn to this Churche .x^" }'n the handes of lohn Crogynton cS: the se)d luhii C r()g)iit()ii is ( ontciit to [my ij by )cre t)ll the hole summe be pa)ile. ladi hel{)e. Compotns Richardi Gyldon' et Willelmi hasyllode de liradney Gariiianorum Cantarie beate marie de W^orfelde i-iistoditns roriim parochiaiiis I(ko die et anno snpradijtis ul habcliii in comjioto Gardianornm ecclesie. In temjHire Donnni lohanis lye tunc ibidem capellani &c. ' Lullib. /,'(/ or /ti/e is a CDiinnmi local foiin. - See ab 5vd, p. JI9. ■* l"lie l.cnttu veil (sec alj )ve uiiilcr the year 1514). I'lic little bell in this Case wouKi be ihc b.iciin" liell on the iooi.l- screen ^if : »o rtii ill/./; ■uny! T^'i »l>(/.«j ji I, *( \nv4Ai.:u hrii, •(,.. • 1 'I ...nffrrii.! V olM(u loM.'iuq 'll ■;i.(!iv'iil 1: • '>) 'll I-.' -v.,ii/K.Hr; i'<: M-M»r. rto lol •; ll >■ ' ! 1 . i :.r;. > r Cki i.'f ....■,, ■■! • ,'rU.I '• I ,V • • ,1 ' .,'•'...; ■■ . 'I . jfiio .1 ■;i ",.'•, , ,• I.. > / .1(1.!. r I , 'i .' • . I '■..). .1 . ■ _ I '.. -I ll JI I - i I. I -I : PAUISH OF WORKIELI). 22/ De eorum Receptis. In priinis pro servisia In fcsto pcntecostes d*.- claicj rccfpi runt ... ... ... iiij'' x" It' (Ic Kcdditu l)L'atc marie ... .. ... Ivj' .\"'ob. It' lie Ixcdiiitn caritatis ... ... ... xwvj^ vj' It' ad piili)itiun ... ... ... ... .\.\ij'' iiij" viij- i.\' xvj'' ij' iiij^ xvj*^ xij^ vj'' iij^ nj^ ij^ Sunirna rec' ... i\'' v^ ij''ob. Reparacioncs et soluciones Gardianoruni Cantarie. In priniis Domino lohani lye ca[jellano ibidem It' Domino Thome Gardinar' ... It' pro Rcdditn cantarie Allocacionibus — In juimis ffor y^ stole It' lor lohan Smythes howse It' for y cotage in y*" lowe ... It' ior y howse in brnyenorth It' for thachyng & for strawe Sum ma Et isti gardinanes [sic) in arreragiis Tiie parishe bathe chosen William Smj'the cV lohn marrall' of ar' cot' our la ly wardens. Et rem' in the box of good monej' ... ... xxiiij^ iiij'' Et cjf ille money ... ... ... ... ... v^ The accounts for these four years are wanting. In the interim Sir John L3e the ( hantry pi lest died, and was succeeiled b) Sir W'ilHam Hampton. Ihi- a(-counts for the next few \ears are somewhat Ijritd and caielcssl)' kept down to 1517. ('i'i)iluitiis Willflnii l\\>lliyi' i'-- ii-illi'lnii liiH-aniu' DUi'^islioritm sivi ii,ii\iiii!h>i'/iiii (■I't'/rs/V [\\n-i>ihuili'< d: Wcrthjclil luihitiis iniitDi f^iDih hi Jiii-< ill CL'cAsij piiili<.t.i ill uHid [\itit Aiinn d^niiini I:') 1 1". Ill t'l'iini'' pr<>'^civi\ia in fcsti) poitccuslcs dc liiiro v'* vj" viij' .'• ' I'lohiihly AUscdtl (^cc inip). - Tliib eiiiiy li.TS [(ccn iii-'M ' : 1 1 . ' /J ■■31 I UMrrr. ... I;!.^,!:^! ...... l'- ■ •• ..-..■ •■n>. 'V ■.'• >ll Mtlll T'j f'.l :; ■ .. : ; ... -■■■■'. . ■•' i<<\ "Jl 1-!; ..-,.... :!! . ■ ■•!' ^V lilt 'l( l,M'l|l|U .-.!•: . ; 1-"} -: •Mrci'n/;'^ JI.m ji'I ■ , • . .■•• ■.■..,-..:••) :w' l,!t ■ .!T .'.; .. l:. 'km;, i I -..i; ::.fi) t\\ 'fr'-.O iH . . / jM >ri 'III I'l IjI : ,...' '! . '! . ,'/ ,,- .,1 :-. ' . / 1 ■■ "li.' ' . -I'i w 1 ■'• .» li 228 CHUKCHWAKDI'NS' ACCOUNTS OF THE Conipotus lolianis 01i\er et (homo hradhurne Gnrdianorum ecclcsic parocliialis do W'oi fdil viz. \.\\" die inarcii anno doniini I54i"ct anno Regni regis hcnrici octas'i .\.\\iij'\ De coium receptis. In priinis tie Ricardo felton pro fnnere uxorissui vj'' viij'' Item de lohane Cristoppe( ?) pro vaca ... ... ij^ Item de lohane oliver pro funere iixoris ... ... vj'^ viij'^ Summa... ... ... ... xv"^ iiij'' De solucionibus predictorum. In primis pro decimis^ Domino Regi ... ... viij* It' pro quatuor pondo eerie Item pro pascliale erga [word Icjt out Jicrc^ ... wj*^ Item pro tliure ... ... ... ... ... j'^ Item for \s'ashynge the chorche clotlies ... ... vj'^ Item for ij stykes of Kendall- ... ... ... xx"^ Item for ij dussen of belles^ ... ... ... xiij*^ Item for the bible ■• ... ... ... ... ... vj* viij'^ Summa... ... ... ... xix^ iij*^ (In a different hand : — ) At this acownte richard broke of rowghton toke of the chorche maistres above sayd & of all the paryshe a howse in Worfeld beyng in Decaye of the gyfte ofagnys grene to have hytt to hym his heres & assygnes for the end terme of Ixxxij yeres nextc after Cristmas'?) and fully to be end)tl WillLimns hamplon chapl)ii and cUuke there tlu: same t}nic i.\: yere i\:(:. I'cr me W'illelmmn hampton vij' iiij'' Compotus Willelmi Rowlley lV Willelmi lioccome gardi- anorum servitii beate niarit' dc worfeld anno et die supra- ilietis '!\:mpore Willchui liiiiii|i(on tunc laprllani i.S:c. De eorimi receptis. In primis i)ro ser\itia in pentecoste tic claro \'' vj'' viij*^ • The sulisiily ol one teiilli p.iiii on leal an.l personal [iroperiy. - Sticks of candle. '•• A lin^; ol small litlls on a wlietl, such as ivc liave reconls of at Lindridgt in Won I --U;i sliirc and elsewhere. ■* The "(ircat IJihlc ' or .•Vuthori.scd l'.n{;lish Version of i5?9. AU1 io . gss r"' .iw oih '/ i . • I /•/ • /I.' . ■ 1 'it 1 '•',11 ' '['■ ... ' ' ivA- . fiiiunu^ •V /. .rnuiu^D ' 'j .(!'j t-IMiiuj ill :\.\ \, V v. i: I- .('■'■■.f' » '-(it ■j\iM7(I;»(.: // 'loi nri.il "■•li i:.l >rJ! ^r^ irr;)i /. Ill 'if I ... I . ■ Hi. .■,.*,V,,,a.. .' ■ -'M .1.: •..' ( , ... ' ' '. ..... 1 ' .' •, ,;•) > ! .Ill'// 'f/)., ;;ri 1.(1' I. •(! '■ . ,. ,,,.; . ■/ ■■•■ ' " •' 'i;i I ,1 . II: i<^ ri': . :•! .1 ( PARISH OF WORFIKLD. 229 Item de redditu beatc marie ... ... liij* •j'^ob. Item pro Redditu charitatis ... ... xxxvj' vj' Sumina i.x'' xvj'- iiij*^ Solucioncs gardianorum &c. In primis domino W'illulmo Hampton capellano ... ... ... .. vj'" Item pro decimis domino rcgi et subsidio' xv^ iij' Summa at this acowntc in the boxe xxiij- iiij'' Thomas Watson ] ^ , , , [ our lady ward lohanes bradney ,, , •^ ) the nexte yere. 1542. Accounts wanting. 1543- Compotus Thoma (sic) bradburne et Thome barker magis- trorum ecclcsie parochiaHs de W'orlcld custoditus coram parochianis viccsimo octavo Die marcii anno Domini J 5 43° t-'t anno Regis henrici xxxiiij". De Receptis. In primis of the last }eres box Item de Ricardo FeltcMi' ... Item de rogero broke defuncto Item de Mr Cleberi (?)" pro funere hlii ... Item Ricardo broke Summa Soluciones predictorum. In primis for ix'' of waxe ... It' for whypcord Item to W Catcha' for mendinge the chorchc yeatte ... Item pro decimis ... ... ... ... ... viij^ ' See note above. Tlic subsidy wus oiie-liftecntli of ihc aiinu.il value of tlic propeity. '-' Tlic tirbt lettci ib Jnubilnl, but seems to be niciiu fur a capit.tl C. Cleliery ih cfcoiirsc a w(-)|.kiiON\ n Imal name (cf. tlie bell louiulers at Welliiif^lnii. ) xxnj^ nij" •r viij'^ uf iiij'' \f VI ij'^ vu'f xliiij* v^ iiij^ J" J'' i-l ) . iimiq iif 'fV .. .. ... Cfli U-i-jGll .:: . .1..; ji- A I r •'!. I ' > 1(5 f . I . ! I -f i |C» r :ITll Mj fl I ./ :'. > ■ ii !ij :/l .'L- ill'jil ill :■ '' ; ' ' . ! » • 1 ':.i<'» -'' in.>ll ■ 1 I ' . ' 1 .! .1 ' 1 '■■ j}) -irjjl '! lol ?rf"/i{ ill 230 CIlUKcnVVAKDHNS ACCOUNIS OI-- TUR Item for s}'sc^ Item to liynges a lye Item for wax a }onste christmas Item for wax a jenst eastiir iiij'' v'- Siimma VJ ' VI ij xxvij^ j'* Compotus Tlioine Watson lolianis bradney gardiaiiorum servitiac bcatc iiiaric auiio ct die bupradictis 'leinpore Willelnii hainpton capcllani. I)c eoriiin receptis. In priniis pro servilia in pcntctoste de claro ... Item do donatione Koyeri Castre Item pro (imcre Kiccardi G}ldon' Item de redditu domus in brigi-'.., Item de Ric broke Item de redditu beate marie Item de Redditu caritatis Summa .' Soluciones. In primis domino \\''illelnio Hampton capellano ... ... ... ... vij Item for a syl" to under ley the kytchyn... Item pro annivcrsario agnetis grenc Hlj" XVllj"^ l)*^ xij" xij*^ ij' viij'' viij' liij^ ij"'ob. xxxvj'* vj'' ix'' v^ iiij' xij*^ Summa ... ... vij" iiij''(s/c) Elegerunt gardianos in proximo anno Georgium barrett & Robertum Felton. 1544- Compotus Thome bradburne & thomas barbur magistrorum ecclesie i)arocliialis dc W'orfeld vi/. xxv die mcnsis marcii ano Domini I5.|.|" cv amio Regis henrici octavi xxxv'". Dc coruni receptis. Summa in the boxc at the iaste acowte ... ... xlviij' .\j Item pro vacca ... ... ... ... ... ij' ' W.TX t.ipcl>. ^ Sill. 4..» ir> -lyM'OLU ;.;• 'M : A /.'H '^'JHn "fs .1 .. I ' 1 ^.J '[U, .0-. I. Mil n\i ... I • :!otJ ii'A ob fn?}[ ll F>('V I. - ..'.'. I • n ! : ]•, : >■ i:.r.-i: 'iJUjlJa ,^ .. . 'i' / ii ..III" . » '-,', i •_•• v^-\ , I i 1 : /. I -111. I , i I . f 11 .ti -M , I 'if i.f.l •••'.''- III/ ' 231 viij'^ viij'' ^J' viij'' X'' X'' xi'' viij^ x.w^ iij'' xxiiij^ u" PARISH or woRFini.n. Item pro funere \\ illclnii inylnarii Soluciones gardianorum. In primis pro (Iccimis Item for sliyngl) iigc & meate & dr}ke tv nayles Item to John olivcr for ij chenes' Item for a lantarne Item ior a cord (o lianj^c tlu,' same It'for x'' of waxe a )en.slc christemas Summa .. l\emayn}th m the boxe Comjiotiis Georgii barrctt l\: Roherti ffelton gardianorum parochie cS: servitiae Ideate marie de W'orfeld anno tv die supradictis temj^ore Willchni Hampton tunc capellani, c\:c De eorum receptis. In jnimis j>ro scrvitia in temjiore de claro v'' vj" viij'' Item de redditu cai itatis ... ... ... xxxvj^ vj'' Item de red(htn b( ate maiie ... ... liij' j''ob. Soluciones. Imprimis pro domino W'illehno hampton cajicllano ... ... ... ... vj'' Item pro aimiversario agnetis grene ... xiiij'' Item i)ro pap}ro in fcsto pentecostes ... j'' Rcma3-n)th therby to the chorche maisteres lliomas bradburnc and thomas barbur ... ... ... iiij'' xij^ vij*^ Rogerus Castro ] . . , . I , , } our lady wardyns. lohanes barbur J -' -^ Compotus Thome bradburne & Thome barbur magistrorum ecclesie de W'orfeld viz. \'"' die April anno Regis henrici octavi xxx\'j' " De eorum rece|His. Inprimis in the box the laste a cownte ... iiij'' xij" vij'' Item {)ro anima Rogeri bakar deluncti ... xx^ pro vaeca ... ... ... .. ... ij* Summa rec. ... ... ... v'' xiiij* \ij' ' Cliaui;. ? ill < : '\t .1 1^1 IMr'.v • M.-*!*!*'? ..rilllK'iinl 1.. , c.*i. .-Mr.. I.- |i M- 1/ M.J-..-:;. !-ir •.. :!• •'• ' iU*'{ t...|M .f-jPil.^ i»itr|M7 f: »/..V' W' • I ■' "I .• i 1 1 : ' 1 1 1-| /< 1 >i' • HI ill (.*ih^utJ/i .• ,: 1 • ■;• /.' I.'., "•:! ' '■:.''r.-i<(ti:; ' ' 1.;' -s >l. . i.H|(iji)t .!( ••.i'i'rT ., .Mij .iUJil4i| III :^-:; ..il>'l r ^1 •• • '. 'I r,. •• /';;;•! '.- 1',; t:r>il H ,^. ..' ,,; ,:!• h'., ,'. .,...M II • i i; ' - -1. ..,' f ' I • ■ / .'Ji..l..r. ••»> '',11, . . . . f.i'.liii' i .'n; It.,' ; lit-' i S,| f;. . '1 T.'Oll i r-Jll' m^,(k/'> ■I, , ,•• .i: .:- I ,, ...■It <'i«| 232 rHrRCHWARDF.NS' ACCOUNTS OF THE Soluciones Gardianorum prcdictorum. Inprimis for wax a yenst Easter Item to thomas gabott Item to ann catch' Item pro decimis Item to thomas wcston ... Item to mcndingc the battlygc' ... Item for soJor Item for wood Item for xxiij'' of leyd Items (sic) to the mynstrel for old dotte Item for wax a yenst candlemas Item to the vestment maker Item for wax eS: the makyng a yenst easter It' to ric' broke for palynge Summa Compotus Rogeri Castre cV lohanis barber gardianorum serviticc beate marie de Worfeld anno & die supradictis tempore W. hampton capellani. De eorum receptis. In primis pro servitia in festo pente- costes iij'' xvij'- Item de Kedditu beate marie ... ... jj^ ij'ob. Item de Kedditu caritatis ... ... xxxvj' vj"'ob. ix" •j^ ij' iiij' vj^ xv» hj" v^ V^' xj ' viij*' iiij' xvj*^ '.r viij'' nj^ iiij'' vnj^ iiij'* xx^ iij" XV* J- Summa viij" iiij' ix'^ob. Soluciones. Inprimis Willelmo hampton tunc capel- lano vji' Eligerimt Willelmum Walker et Humfridum barrctt our lady wardens. Kic' prisse "^ William Smythe j ^^^^''^'^^ maistcres Collocatis coUocandis gardiani [jredicti... xiiij* j"' ' li.iUlLiiieiit:,. V '1 !•■'■ .M-.' I'.'.i.'-ji'j rn; ■M -"il 0 ( '1^ iff A -.'< MM • I^^/'lJ . .'/ ,. !.cf:oil] tJ irijtl I OO.'J ^•>l fTJ-'H - ; - •/ 1 i..i»ni:;ri • . •, . ■ .'/' • ; „. . ■ -■ •)» 1.1 J I J: / i • ■ !■ I J, ■» ri; f.[M; ..M . V.' ;ju 'jmi:"!! . . ... jni>c.i -jir-xl i) ' f iji>iir' .) il ! . . . . .1 .'ll r .. ' out .iv.-i..!k. Ll ' PARISH OF WOKFIELD. 233 1546. Compotus Ricardi prisse & Willelmi Smyth magistrorum sive gardianoriim ecclesie de Worfekl videlicet .\j" die marcii Anno Kegni regis henrici octavi wxvij". l)e eorum Keceptis. Inprimis in the box the last yere ... ... lix'' viij** Item for lerne' of william catchett ... ... xij' Summa Soluciones. Pro decimis & subsidio Item for I)'me Item to the glas\ar Item to William Rowlle}' Item to thomas garbott ... Item to Humfray Rudge... Item for wax and meat and drynke a yenst whyttsuntyde Item for a /ID'- of shyngles Item for caryge & meat Si drynke Item for wax a yenst christmas Item pro decimis ... Item to halle of brigenorth for v score li. of leyd ... Summa iij' xv° vnj^ iij'* viij''ob, ij-^ viij'* inj^ xij" J" ij" iij^ '^i' xv^ iij^ VJ nj' xj" Compotus Willelmi Walker & Humfridi barrett gardianorum beate marie de Worfeld die & anno supradictis temiiore Willelmi hampton tunc ca{)ellani. De coram receptis. In primis pro servitia in tempore jtentecostes iiij'' Item de redditu beate marie... ij° ij^'ob. Item de redditu caritatis xxxvj" ij''(jb. Item |)ro aniina bjliams yeatt ... ... ij*^ Item pro anima lohanis Rijbyns ... ... iiij** Sunnua , . vuj'' \uy vij' Iron. - Tliou^arid. fill' ' "lyVJ-iKni (i)';tn'': 'ui. > i'// / .•-^c'lkj lbu,*ji>I r.u ..f I ■ '■■ ■. .!t(i ■ .•-:! ;i-nc' . aI ::/ ,u •i' I j' ; .;;lo<-: i;/iirn;jf* OjIXr-'fu vj c-i'ir v.ll/A.'M nii.ilii'-'/ ot f(io)I 1.-. ;.: in- i..ii, /,.,• tcl (fi^ll LwjI Jo ;ij x^n.u.l. ... A .J'^ I . '. . ]T " ; ! ;'!iV/ ?l'lMrTf*:c,') (i.i [;•*•., Ut ; .1 ,' »; I.I ri i ; : rr -; • h >\ I l.W :l. < l/lll I > I / .-i .1 ..;,.; ■, . i ooil * 0 234 CFIURCUWARDENS ACCOUNTS OF THE Soluciones. In primis domino Willelmo [lami)t()n ... vj" It' a lode of cle\' ... ... ... ... ... iij'' It' for papur c\: collorcs .. ... ... ... vj** Reniayn\ th do claro in the box . .. ... ... iij'' \v\^ j'* l\Oij;er harictt ) our lady servys(?) John niathewe j wardyns. Kic' Prisse I Churche Willelnuis Smyth J Maistres. 1547- Compotus Ricardi prisse et Willelmi Smythe gardianorum ecclesie parochialis de Worfelde habitus et custoditus in ecclesia predicta corum parochianis videlicet die [space Icjt blanJc] anno domini 1547". l)e corum receptis. In primis pro vacca de Rogero Wever ... ... ij^ It' de legatione Ricardi hassilwoode ... ... xij** Item de legatione Thome rugweye ... ... ... x^ Item de legatione Stephani lanis ... .. ... .\* Item Rec. at the last a cownte in pixide ... ... xxvj' vj'' [Entry erased.] Summa totalis recepcionum ... ... liiij'^ vj'' De reparacionibus et solucionibus predictorum gardianorum ecclesie cVc. In primis for wax and tlu; mak)ng at ester ... viij' xj'' It" to W'illrhnus c-atch" lur nicndiiif; the chorchc; bordi'S at V h)t: t)nt)'de... ... jj'' Item for nayles ... ... ... ... ... jj.i It' for a hopjnir' ... ... ... . , jjjJ Item at bridj^north for bcsynes'-'of the chorclic to the kiii^'c;s C()i)im\ ^di)'()n' ... ... ... ... jj.i * lloojKi. ' llOMi.e.ss. ■• I luiKihly .il)uut llic (^li.inti). i" t ,:'.if v)?;. Vf iiiM ' ■'. yi^ 'I . I . ' , / 1-'- /III 1 I I ; .1 . ) I ;' 1) ••■- ' ' /M f ti ''A ■I !;■ /.' t 'j ;! ir.vi /I ."I- 1'.' i •»•',•') .;v ii ■; r:,.i ij i.i jl', I! nf t. jr.' ?' j« ''1 ' • M, M / I li ' I . . 1 4 1 1 » , .' 1 1 1 -4 • , I M'l I 1 11- ' I l- ' i ' . , I.) >i ! c .i' '{■ III , , , '.I ■! ; I I . ' I ,M| I.' I ' . .i| ' ll I .... , ..,.., ill J ...-:<' I I 'I' I : I PAKISH OF WORFIF.I.D. 235 Item to V.Mllelmus catcham for a clapper^ ., Item for a clapper to rowlland Ie\licton Item to willelmus ^'atchain for mending th chorclic \eatt Item for mendinge the fonte ... Item for mendiiige the c:liallis Item pro subsidicj domini regis Item lor ourcostes tuyse r)'ddinge ... Item to m^ doctor parrcy'" Item for our costes Item to william catcham for fatchinge the [illegible] up\i at lichfclde Item uppon allyalyn' n)'ghte lor candeles Item tor wax and the makynge a )enst christeiimas Item pro candelis Item for wax and the makinge at estur Item for meat tS: dr)'nk at the same tyme Item to ric' broke for mendynge tiie ieydes and meat cS: drynke Item si)end uppon m' doctor parys man Item for l\nie ... Item ior a ladder to lohan crugynton Item to Sir Robert for mending the bookes Item willelmus cacha" for a loke Item for nayles... Item for mendynge the organs horde Item for rjddynge to stafforde for bisynes of the paryshe to m"^ doctor aphenry(?) for the ij chorche maisteres Sc Roger barrett Summa The paryshe ow}th to the wardyns aforsayde Remaynyth unpayd for buryales Roger Cast re Ric' g)ldon Stephyn Kemsey ... ij^ x' x» viij' viij" ij' U uij' x'ob. xvr' XX" vnj" ix'' viij'^ inj^ iij*^ xx'J viij*^ iiij^ ij^ .iij'' xij- iiij''ob e XVJ^ x.x''ob VJ^ viij'' VJ^ viij^ \j^ viij'' ' rhis was not nece>sanly a bell-clapper. See Micklethwaite, Oruu/nen/s 0/ the Rubric, p. 56. •^ .All Hallows. Vul. VI I., jril Sciios. \m cV' '/I 'V 7V ^C^ He I HAM .t..|i:\«f ^. -f.j.ii ; !il t. ; 1 ... 7 •/! ■:. ; J'lo lo! I 1 • . ' , , : ' r 1 1 1 r. 1 i h i; ' 1 1 ; /* o } ; I ' / ' I M •••..itw:. 1' 7in.> Ji. •••• i'._,.■■-! .-•■Ji-": bif. , ki t >tji 2.^6 rUlMvCllWAKDHNS' ACCOUNTS OI- THK lohanes Hyclicokes ... ... ... vj» viij"^ Olyvcr baibcr ... ... .. ... vj* viij'' Ric' Newc ... ... ... ... ... vj" viij'^ ladi helpe. Compotus Rogcri barrett et lohanis mathew gardianorum servitiae beate marie de Worfeld ciistoditus in ecclesia predicta coram parochianis die et anno supradictis ut habetur in ccnnpoto gardianornm ecclcsie viz. Ricardi prysc et WilU^lmi Sm\thc in tempore domini \\ illchni Hampton tnnc capellani. In primis pro servitia in tempore pente- costes dc claro .. ... ... iiij' Item de reditu beate marie Item de reditu caritatis Item de legatione lohanis pare Item de legatione alicie barrett ... xiiij' Item de legatione lohanis hickokes ... xij'' Item de legatione lohanis undrell ... ■ iiji'i Item de legatione Willelmi rowlleye ... iiij'^ we ca' not \\he)T hit shalbe payd also xij'' for barber on receipt (?)' .w" iiij'' Ij- j''ob xxxvj" vj" xij'^ IX" VJ" inj ii . r.'..I<» > >A. * / lilU/. ''"1 >i< /M") <^f /- li ... I/! . .1 <• 'I • ('/■ -. ;} Oil ihc! «•' J?-'!!!.'"! h: 3Ci'' ^ ••r •ir'd >U:*j.j ri. ij .'1 • fl I /':• ■' r.:i'." // )•> "--• i'| , .'; Ii :• ;i. > '.iliit f M>i -K- ^:. -i "I! i.i; ;■/!''• 0 : J ^ , .J . . : !. 'I ii"i ii ::*.• ■ m!> rf7jff • 'I .....' 'I ■! .!•>»!. .;,-)I m'u :'v-iI ;t . 'i:-! ' m'j. .•,,1'.-: •■ • I. ,;, ,H ! , • ' i;i ..'•■>> .11. :;!•,■_ .. ■<(. I • •! , : ■ . .: . ..:...„! I V..-11 .; .. .-• ■' ■•..,• ;•: .1 ^!i :i:Ml PARISH OF WORFIELD. 237 I n: ' ••.:• V ,, ,, , lohanes hickokes ... xyj** Willclmus rowllay ... viij'^ Summa totalis ... vj* viij*^ Item v*" viij'' hufore. (In another Juind : — ) Menioranduin at tliis accoiinte hit ys agred that Thomas Bradburne lS: John Wanncrtun on the belialf of Sir John Talbot Kny^dit beinge termor of tlie parsonage of Worfeld cV John Wannerton for liym self beinge fermor o( the parsons inedoo are contented cv agrcd to content ii rill' 'Ij- liiv.'f "lo'i fn.'.'-ji.-i.'. .•'/ :w|r.| -/j \Ao\'Hi// h' ■i<<' u". . 1 ,n V,: ^ J w /j 'j'-; fi-. ' I U:il li i.i. ]>f..i ii ::'■'. >r.:n)\ .; . ■ ,'j , / , r. M ■. u;, ! ■■•■ !:;■ ; (; '-'K'^;'' ) ):, ..'. .. i >.•■•: .1 f •<»!! I vj .. ■, . ■ . .'..1, '■ ,.'|t I mM (,) { I'u ■ , :;• -1 ... .• ■ .Mi I f,.i.- // : .(1.7/ i A .."J I. I r,- •■! i ,•'-' ' ' ■ '"I ■\»f> ir.;i.!'^U uomA , ' ' ; 1 . . . lb .'I'V/C'M u I -" 238 CHURCHWARDKNS' ACCOUNTS OF THE the ende 8: tcnne of xxj"'' ycres fully to he endyd. Further the sayd Grorj^'c l\: his assif^Mics must rcpare the said ('otta/^'e uppon the\r one propur costus t\: ( harges payynge )'erel\' to the chorche iiij" i)\' )cre hcsydcs tlie lordcs rente jnj :.• • M r.-.i > : . ii.l-* IC- •-'' n''v \A : ,■ ' . . . ' *i'..3" ..''I'lj: !'■'.■;/ !■ . T .' .ill HI ) K"' I ' u< I ' ' , ■•: ;.. ...'., '.J ; ■ •I,.-. )■ •.• -ll il-ilu'l • FAKlsn OF WOKFIKLD. 239 Item for sense that lak)(J^ . _ y« Item spent uppon them that toke down the . - brasses ... ... ... ... ... iij'* Item for a deske ... ... ... ... -xij' Item for i,'o\ iige to sir John Talbottes spend yn \v}ne 6: other wa) se ... ... ... xx"* Item for owr spenccs and other of the par}she at brignorlhe and for mak\ nj.;c S b}les'- and other \va)S for the par}'shc besynes V iiij'' Item for fraxinsens ... ... ... ... j*^ Item to the baly arreraf^ iiij'^ It' for wasliinge the chorche clotlies to Elizabeth hichcokes ... ... ... vj' Item a loke ... ... .. ... ... iiij'' Summa ... ... ... xlvj' iiij'^ Compotus Ricardi Ycat et lohanis Rolleye gardianorum ecclesie predicte die c\: anno su{)radictis. I)e eornm Receptis. In primis pro serevitia in pentliecostc ... iiij'' vj' viij'' Itt in de Redditu ecclesie ... ... 1 shiihnges ob. Item de Redditu caritatis ... ... x-xxvi"* viij'' viij'' xiij" iiij''ob. Soluciones gardianorum predictorum. In primis to Sir Willelmus Hampton ... vj'' Item to Sir Ric' fontonsi?) ... ... iij" iiij'^ Item agnys grene dirige ... ... ... xiiij'' Summa ... ... ... vj'' iiij" vj^ob. Remanet ... ... ... xlviij' x''(jb. ' Not " tor addition, il hr.uns," but to 111. ikc up a dcliciciicy in I'lc Mippl) of incense ! - Hill-^. * To ilic bailill tor ane.us. .a i-n i-\-- */ !'i m-;i>4a'i jiiotja ?'>JinH!/'r nt'r*! ili i'meBui /j lin^w ny t, , . ."I V i 'M»yif;.j -.'i : ,; //. w »-m*ji, ;'.,'.i; 8)t ( » : ^ •• r .. 'J4«.i>i ij.l)5jioJ U« V»MtM,>tO> V^ v>'V') 241 ErrLESTASTK \l HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE DTRING THE CINIL WAR, COMMON \\l-.\f.TIl AND RlvSTORATION. By TiiK Rkv. J. !•:. Ain)l-:>J, I\I.A., Vjcau of Tono.^ \x order to uiKierst-ind ihorouqhly the various cliaiij^es that lo(.l< place III Sliropshire parishes (hiring- the aho\e periods, it 111. I)- he .IS wrW lo rt^M])!! iilate first tlie ])rineipal h.cclesiast ical ;\ets of P.irliaiiieiit in thi^ time, li'.i\ 111^14 ^1'*^' '^""^ import. iiit to he triMled as we eonu^ to them. ( )ii July I, i<)|3, tlie \V(^st minster Assemhly, so known to histoi)- irom thi^ pl.iee id meetiiiL;", l)t'^an its siltiiii^s. Ac- eorehnt; to the orchnanee of |uiie 12, ol th.il year, its memhers wc-re i(»2, this nmiiher Ikmul;' made up (T 10 JMi^^lish lords, and 20 ICn^hsh eoiimioiicrs .is l.i)' assessors ; 12 1 Enj^lish I'iinlan ministers ; 5 Seot( h lhcsh)ttMian iiiiinslers ; ] Seoteii la\' ctJinniissioners, and 3 ( Icrks. Its ohject was [u huild uj) a new ecclesiastical pohtw and the result of its deliberations was tlie acc("i)lance ot tlu' Solemn League and ("own.mt, hy which I' j)isc. ipac}' w.is aholished, a l-*resl)\-terian ministry istahlisheil, tlu^ lVa\er 15o<.k .iiul its Ser\ices forbidden. To tai r\' out this .\sscmlil\'s ri'sohii ions, P. irl lament ordered th.il I'MT)' person in f'.n^daiid above th(^ .ij^c ot |S must si^^ii the ("o\( nant on or bcd'ore Feb. 2, i(>l V 1 ; "''i'|> the House of Commons solcannl)- m St. Mar^.iret's ( liurch, \\'i>stminster, sub-t ribicl their h.iiids .iiid swore to obsi'r\e it. On August 2], Id IS, the " 1 )ireitor\- lor the Public W.^rship (d Ci.id," issiu'd by the Westminster Assemlil). was made the onl\ le^.il service book, the use f lie.iv)' hncs : ' I liinst :it tilt: (.iitscl < \|iitss liiv doji nl,lit;.iliuii> I'. M i. K. I I'.yi K'-HV"" '"^f his kiml liclii and cnci.nra^/i iiipiii, \(.i(li>ait wiiicli llii- ii.i|icr svfiiild m.t liave Ixt.-n uriitrn. J. K. A. Vol. Vll., jr.J Sciics. ^'^ Its -'a i I /,)uu ^ •:•? n/A rn .1/ r// • ../.(T '«.. ;f.' .iV , / ,1/ ."M'JA ' I •(<'] Min V !'ll }..r! ' 'I '•'■ •< iicxi ! I 'f 'tiirfj 'if m; It , )l|| H- ■ ' I ■ i.il' ; I ', ! >i|:)| ]■» ) "If ..iill»"io '>ih f il ' ' I I ■ f^ ^ . - I ' Mitill lll.llKiM i .. . I I- . )' ., .h ' • (_ ihll ..■ I .>■!(. i.'^KllfttO'J \tA Kil'vl' ^1 '.. I',;. >: «'li ■ v.. ♦,!,„; (• ,, i- Mr:-;:- - , ■..•;.!' I. 'mI . J. . Mil S]-)',' <|. • j . fir i' '!|. I '.' 'il.M . i '•; j ll'jill// .1 '- •■ , ;i , ..-'! ,1' .i •.,; ' ■ •i(j (ftJ) , ' -..I ,;! M I . .1 >l <:.r.r(; ,7/ , • t II .1' , ll( > I ' •.(•>..) I.. 1 " mI 2-f2 ECCLKSIASTICAI, HIST(1RY OF SURi Jl'SllIRR. /, 5 for a lirst offence ; /,I0 for a second, and ii year's ini- prisonnu-nl for a third. In June, i(>i(), l^isl)) leries, or ("liisses, were estnhlisiied all owr l'.ii;.;I,iii( I Id ^lAt'rn l'~( ( ksi.ist ieal aflairs, under tlie j^iMier.d su|KM\ ision of P.irliauK'nt. A cl.issib was a \ olmit.iry association, or board, of Presh\'terian cler^)' and lait)', formed in each of the districts into which the country was di\ided, as tlu' unit ol C hurch j^tn eriuiieni, and source (d s[)irituai authority. For example, canduhites for ordination sui)mitted their ciualiiications for the ministry to the judi^ment of a C'lassis, antl derixcd their spiritual authority from its call.' On December 0, 1648, Colonel Pride " purj^ed " tlic House of Commons of about 200 Presbyterian members, and only left some 53 Independents, kiu)wn henceforth as the " Rump." These latter brou<^ht the Kin^^ to trial, and finally to execution on Jan. 29, i648-(). To put a slop to the strong feelings caused by this, on July o, I04(), the Rump, or Independent Parliament, threatened with sequestration all ministers who prayed or preached against its authority, or proceedings, prayed for the late King's sons, or did not observe the fasts appointed by Parliament. This threat was followed by the Engagement. In Calamy's words^ : --" The King being taken out of the way, the Rumj) pn-sently drew up a form s, ,Kc " ll was introduced into the House (d Coiiimoiis on ( )(t. 11, l(> |(), and on the following da)- was made obligatory on a long list (d \arious officials, ministers hciHid'orlh to be achiiitled, members (d the As- sembly (d |)i\mes, anil ministers receiving .iii^iiu'iitat ions On No\. g It was proposed to make subscription to the h'.n- gngement general, and the Art was mt roducerl on Nov. 2y. It passe'd ihe third reading 011 jaii _>, i(>H) 30 \'\u- jJrd (d ^ \V;iK< iiKii., llisloi y vflhc Lhunh „/ Ein^l.ind, p. 337. ' Ahriiii;,-i)n->it lit Jid.xttr's I iff, vul'i., i). (_-. nil ii. ). i)iiJ. .1 .:.:'.*■ i T'l i'*\ .^ , 'ju: .{!.. |;-i,"! ,; /■ . I! (. u.": Hi • ' • ' . ^ . I .'*| 1^1 .Mtri j Ul •,. :!._ :. .^ ,.• - ■■ .... i • I : '1 I i \'■ . ,:•.; ! V .1.". "" |M .11. !.■.;.,>'- '••,,,■... Ij.;-. 'li Iw Jul, lU . -JI .IcVI "il •■* .••': i ' .'.j 0< ,i; ■; jtiin^/,'.' I ii; > 5. :■ •■• V I .;ll ..I ' .1; '..I ;f . • ;^,ij,W ••"'' lil;."/. :i.f ivMi.: .. ■•uir . • . : ' ; • • .. ' »■',•■ i ; . <;; o; ,;''. tijl >\'> '...».. .,'1 'I • •_ m'! -^ijt ,(iM)i ,( • -.1:^1 .ji. , •;)('; ';»- Ml)* •<' .1;.' ''iri'iJfjTfii .ni-ji\:h:l<'l .■ . I '> . , • : . ''-f- >fi 1. . . ■ f l;.»i 1 £f;i . .... , . • /• ..•■v,tll.>: 7 'j'-i.i' nil* Jrjiji il-n.i <'i Irjfi Of|*!j; '» • ; '■ ^ I.-' > ^ijl»r .' .: ,uLi..< J I'l 5 . .1. . ; ( L' v. '1 f • 1»"< .. I .|M|I» >l -Ml J \ ,. w ..I'l i : . . , ■■-. ri: I' ; •»!» ! , . I . :, , ;^,j i .', ■ ii ■' ; , ... .. ' ■ i. ■' ■■,',•.' il .', • . . ." . ! ',. ■-.:■■'.{ . . 1 I ,1 > , '.I , I .Iw .' . , Im ■ ,11,1 1! • I. '■[ -I F.rC'l.F.SFASrirAL HISTORY nV SHROl'SI IIKE. 243 [■"(hruary was the term fixed ftjr the suV)scription, sul)sc- iiuentl)' extended lo M.iieh 23. All Aets rrl.it iiij^r i(, the ttd<- \n^ of \\\c l'.ii<4,i>.;iiiieiit were caiieelled hy an ( )rdiiian(;e of jail. Jj. H)S3 1' ( )li M.irili 20, \()'^] |, a ('oiiiiuiUee ol -^S, j.;cnerall)' railed " Iriers," was appointed by the Protector under an order ui ('ouncil, to encjuire into the (jualilications of every candidate for a living, and to ^raiit liiiii a certificate if the\' thou^^dit him suitable. Iheir real titli^ was " the (.'ommissioners lor the Ap[)robalion of Public Preachers," and tiic preamble of the Act stated that it was p.issi'd because " many ueak, scan- dalous, Popish, and ill affected persons had intruded them- selves " into vacant livinj^s. By it Presbyteries and Classes were abolished. (Jn Au^aist 28, 1654, similar C!ommittees, commonly called the " Ejectors," were appointed in every county with power to summon Incumbents before them, and inquire as to their learnin^r and j^eneral fitness. Their instructions were to dis- co\(M' "who were i;4noran1, scandalous, insufiicient, or nef;li- ^ent," scandalous to be taken as includin;^' " the use of the I3ook of ("ommon Pra)er." As these ("ommittees were com- posed i)rincipally oi lnde[)endents,- with a few Anabaptists, and scarcely any Presl))'terians, their election was practically tantamount to confinmj^ Church appointments to one de- nommatu^n, to the exclusion ol all (jthers. In November, I(")55, owing to the Ro)ahht risings 111 the previous March, the I^'otector iSbued an Edict prohibiting under hea\y i)eno, immediatel)' alter llu^ Restoration, the Convention Parliament, conqjosed mainly of Presbyterians, passed an Act ' Shaw, History of till' Etv^lisk Church, iOf>Oo, \'.>\. ii., p. 76 * I'f. M.ic:iiil;»)-, //is/(irt' <>/ Kiii^hind, ch. li. I . I . .;ii n ^(li^ -M. • >.i f '»•»■) 111 ;.)) ^ ; * .M»t , TniM -.li»;i!!'> ) OKI r..// -lijij li -ri Tivi I •IiN; r-»». i>i VI..-*- ■•.iMi: I'T.'fciii i?'i: i .. • 'fi'il ii.Tvr>;i bt^J. \m ' >' • ,. ..■"••'. , I 'i ...•.; .•':.'■ ' r> /;.?'•! 1. lilt •• 1 ' i I > /looH -•' 1- '••''•' •■' •• ' ''•■ ' ' •" ■ -I '' i!r • . .;•; • ■ • ;..>! (I' ^' .^n -"/O .,''?.)i .1 ^ . ■ / ■ 'III 111". h'Mi.--t f.»:r}>i'l -ri: ^'.J•^li\/- <'i /• !l I . • .-, ;,•!. 1 "'v!:"' • l^i. i , ,M' Ml. ir, bi i :^.. .-' iti i«i.ii lull. ■ K ' V .1 I ■ ' ,-;i • : ■ . ■;] . • .'•> Mf« , ■ . . i' . . : I 1 1 ^ i^ ti t : ■ -• f ' »r!:jljp I . ■ I ' - 1 11' r |.. I '.•.:■ 1 1/' r-uU:li :■ ' ■Hi.. ■:\\ I'ml't ./ j\. i i . r.i . . ^ I, /«* i;ji < I Jr. I •. >i ) '*, ,yliiijoj • ';< I t I I i.».' ,'i'i »'^/ .1.1' 244 KCCl.KSlASriCAl, 111S1(JRV OK SI IPJ )|'S111RR. called (lie "Act for ("oiifiriuin^r and l^i-slonn^r of Ministers, l()()ei," which ruled ihat e\(ry inniisler of tlu' Church of I'.n^- l.ind, ujiw had heen turned out ^^ and whu had not justilud the Kind's iinirdir, nor dcilarrd ai^amsl inlant hap tisiii, shiiuld he restored h) 1 )(. ( eiiiher 25' 1 his \s>is an at- tcujpt on till- part cd the l-'reslj)'terians to " jjet e\en with" their old o|)p(.nenls, tlu' lndei)etidents (or Sectaries as they called theni) and the An.ihaptists. Fur tlie fcjriner had al- most to a man justified the Kind's execution ; tiie hitler were, of course, ojjposed to infant i)aplisin. Of this A(l, Cal.iuiy writes:- " (Juiekl)' aflir the Kind's return niany hundreds of worthy ministers were displaced and cast out oi their charj^es because they were m sequestrations where others had been cast out by tlu- Parliament. Man)' (d these were soon settled a;^ain m other vacant i)laees. 1 he Ministers " [i.e., the ten or twi-he Kind's Presb\t(rian ch.iplains, ineludin^ P>a.\ter, Re)-nolds, Cahuii)-, &c. | " w one* who was not {^^rossly insufficient or dibauched. The)- further desired that the Broad .Seal mi^^lit be re\olsed whieh ii.id \icv\\ j^nMiited to se\eral lor those li\ in[4S that li.ul been foriiierK' si'(|uestei ed where the old Incumbents were since dead, b\ whuh ^rcUits many worth)' possessors were ejected, though there were none that could pretend any ri^^ht." The lA>rils and ("ommons, and the Committee of Plundered Mmisters had sei/.ed upon the patrona^H' of .ill seciue-.terc(l Ro),ilists, and ^>i Ihslu.ps, Di-ans, and Cathedral ('hapters, .md .i])pointed to their livings, however and whenever vacant. ^ So m Kak) there were many mnnsters who " upon vacancies (one way or an- other occasioned) supplied the places with the consent and at the requi-st of the parishioners, not ii[)on the title of the ri}.^ht- lul patrons." These l.isl natiirall) did all they could to turn ' " The Act of ye Ijte Convention, not Tarliani', Concer. Minist setledboinc by wlu.insocver ordayn"d without institution and Induction." (liiaries of l'/nltf> Henri/, p. io_'.) ■-' Calaiii)-, .[bfidi^i'mcul, i , )). 143. ^ For example, llit^li lircali, belongini,' to tiie seciucstoicd Lord Ne\v|)ort, and Frees to the iSi.^uop ot Liclilield. i-Mii'l' M;t< ■<«• -i'Aw !■ il I ,1),. ^.•i 'II ''1 '■• '•*■' ■.,'( ,••! ;u • ■ ! . ' . . ,. ,.!l -lit i.-)IU.-> , ,,..!,, .,'-. •:.i:-i •"» ■■ ■ '■' """ '•*'' '".'" , ipi, V)vl .. j;- ■»!*»<>> ■ . , •; ,1 A ' >\ ''ii 'w vi t* ,, , 1 ,., .-:> ' ■ ..hi' tr/»ii ,. ,, ■.. ...; •■ - .1 ' • ■•'•'•■ ".'■'■■*! ,, , , ,;; 111 ' '■■'■ > "' .,, ■ -. ■': ■ 'u ;••'» , ,.j >.| .1 • • • 'I . 1 '.i.i ./'-• Ol l' t< . : ' ft' • I' I ;4 ... . I • . . ) . k \ I ' , ■ , -■• 'I .■•-J'' 1 JJlui'' ,, , . ( •Ml,i| >|.l I 1- I .., • , ,,' •"•• Hm ' ■ ■■)» ' KrCI.KSIASriCAL HISTORY OK SI I Rnl'SHlRK. 245 (lut the iiiiiiistcT till')' lodktNl upui\ iis iiii liitrufhT, ln'iice the R( i\al ( liiipl.iiiis' I uiii|)l,i lilt. Ill i(i()j the Act t)l [ '111 It iiiiiity, |)iissc(l hy both Flousrs of I'.irli.iiiunt , (Icxlart'd th.it i\tr\' Minister witliiu the ( luin.li (if l'.ii[;laii(I vshii, oil or lictori- .\u;;iist Jj, HtO..', ilc< l.ircd his assent and consent tc .ill and i\( i)' lliin^ prescrilu-d m the Book of ("onimon l^raver, and ahjured the Solemn League ,ind Co\enant, niiL;ht continue to hold hi-^ h\ in(:j ; if not he niuht depart Irmii it. 'Ihrec iiu uiths were ^i\ fii fordehhera tiitii, the Act li,i\ 11114 nneived tin- Ro\.il assent mi iMn\' li).' I he ii'sult i>l llir earlier (d the almve Aits wa.s that " .i i^real nuiiiher ol the ( luireli i ler^)- were dis|)( )SM\ssed in H' 13, owini:^ to their reliisal to t.tke the ("o\enaiit ; still iiioie wi-re ejected when the use cjf tlie Pra)er liook \sas made penal 111 1615. . . . liy the Committees most of the clcr^^y wiic had succeeded ni ret.innnj^^ their benefices were dispossessed. "- As to the total number m luiL;lanil there seems to be no doubt that six or se\en thoustind clerj^y at least were e|ecled from their livings, and some make it muili l.irj^er. f'"or 111 stance, White, the Puritan Chairman of the Committee of Scandalous and Plundered iMinisler^., bo.isted that the)' were 8,ouo ; Walker, in hib Sulkrin^s of the Clerj^)', [nits them at fr tionar)'. at 7,000. At the l-^estoration in 1060, Baxter^ speaks of " man)' hun- dred.s " returnin-^r to their li\in;4s ; and the Puritan Minibter.-,, in llirir paper to the Hislio[).s, tiallcd a '^I'llilion jot l\'act' oj the yciir /OOi," id "some hundreds" C)f liiose who retired 111 l(i()_' rather tli.in conioiin, Neal ' sa)s they wen- "near tuo thousand," and iia.Niter" talks of " all the cij^hteen hundred siliMiced." lie utlds that of the rest "some of the old ministry, called JVesb)tenans, con- iormed at Patholoiiuw tide or alter;" whiK Calani)- declares ' '• riieic was 110 liivisioii m tlic I louse of C'uiiiiiiun.s 011 lliis iJill itself, Lut a pro[)us;il to allow lilllis It) Noiictinturmiii^ ministers w.is K>st in tlic Coiiuimiis hy 94 against bl7.'" (Ilallaiii, Conslilul(onitl /Itstaiy 0/ Kiii^ld/iJ, ii., p. .57). - VVakcm^n, jip. 376, 37^ ; cf. Nc.il, ///.v/. nf J'uritnns, ui., iip. 12, 23. ' RfHijuiw h'(ix/i-iiti'ui-, |ii. 11., ji .'..So. * Hist. oJ Purilans, ill., 11.35. •"■ Rl'lu/ltiu-, ui., 1'. IJil- e^s: 7v|IMrM"MI?i'. '^' V^:-^ l^.IH ; I. .'. li; • . ■■.;, . , ;.i ,1, -..; ;. , , • 1 ■■/•■ 't .1' " ■ "i-* I ' ■' >'• ,,. , , •/ . •(- ,. !,.^.-; •■■'. I. ./I . •, ;;-:r '. t' ) >■' ■ r , ; [ ■ I . ' r " i: ' ' •' • ,.'•.'.' ■^'' I I' ' ill!' '> •' ■ . I .,, I . ,. , . ■ , , :! ••>/.• I •' 'i • uu' > til |i • I >iii. ,i; 1 ., , > , .' Iv, (t! n • I I . ■ I. i I ).l . 'tv» •• o -'i'' i,,.,; .<;;,•..).•! !■> .-• -' ' ' :!'"<.ilu { ■.*) /It >p.t , ..... , Ir.t'-.'i . )U<^ . . • • ' . t>i[ •!. Ml,' n > - !• 1 . ! !•■.! I »'ilJl)l) ,..-,, • I >,,,, :- < ■. ;,• ■ •'■ ' i'U;. ..",•■1' 'It l'-'!' 'ii''!"! .,, , ,,•,.;• ; '! - il .)i !'■■'/ ,•; .iU;Jri I .,.•■' '■.)- r"! \':r.. ,• •!■ .l'.! uU, J(< . ,;..„- - .1 >.ill // . - 'lit , ■, ;., , I, Im 1 I'l Ol T'l .1 II »ll» iH " , ,-, ,, .,.' I 11. ■ ' . , ■ \ ■ A>' x\ M i\\N \V1 ; . , ■ . . 1 i^ •;•■«: ".i '• '. i'/ t' ' ■ill t 'i ', .1 , ./, !' !• ill ii/l I , 24^ ECn.F.SIASTirAL HISTORY r)F SHR< )I'S11IRE. that " scM'ii tlidusaiid nnnistcrs in Eii^dand kept their hviuj^s." Of the l-'reshyteri.iiis and ln(lei)endinls, ai)|)onit(nl after the abolition of Lpiscop.icy and the Prater Book, Di-an Ilook sa\s that " s.^hh.) conformed " ni l()()_', hut hi" prohahly makes the nuniher loo kirj_;e, th(ai^h it must ha\e keen ;;lil of the stronger l)re\aileil, and neither Royalists nor rarlunnenlarians were willin>4 ^^* have disaffected cler<^y in flank or rear. The loyal parbon, il his pari.sh were withni the dominion of the Parlia- ment's forces, iled to the nearest Ro)alist (piarters ; the Par- liamentarian in like circumstances retired to London.' So, thouj^h many .Shropshire parishes would be without incum- bents, at lirst there were no rej^ular seijuestraticjiis. I""(jr l-*ar- liament writs uould not run m c(»untus wlieri^ the \\in\ji; had the up|)t'r hand, (iraduail)-. ho\\e\i-r, as he lost ground, the caiipulsion to sign the ( oven.int winild spri'ad. And alter the t.iking of Slnx'wsbur) in I'cbruar)-, J()-|4 s. the s)'s- teinatic ejection ol the lo)al Sliropshire elerg\- would begin. Then, after the defeat at Naseb)-, when all i)arts of the country was o\ errun by the Parliamentarian soldiers, the rest would be brought to trial. In a coiisidercdjle number of country parishes, however, especially in those somewhat remote, the parishioners, and perhaps their parson, would be practically indifferent to the changes, and in many places both W(juld silently acquiesce in the new order of things. Children would be baptized in Church, according to the Director) Service, the father pre- senting the child to the minister, or in case of the fathi-r's absence, some Christian friend in his place.- Cou[)les would ' As Kroysell o( U.uii, and Msherol Upton Mat;nu. - Cf. 1041.. July 6. Ihis was lliu- hist that evtr was baptized in Mllz Church without thi- M.;iie of the Croasc, at tiic in^i.mcc ami carne.-.t «ics)cr ul hci lati.cr. 1647, Nmv iu: riie inl.Tnt was the lir>t haptucd after the new hiinic l.\ tljc i.)iieciune ainl not l>y the ^uininua i'layer liouk. • • ■ \ '■ .....'! . M ,-.. .,1 , .!'■■- ■• ,.. -j-i ir ;.>,..,•,! . |. .,;.,,, I .,IH1.. i^. »tf, -.jju ■ .' ' • ' i. .' i! i -lu 1(1 111.. • •1 '.'' - '':l . • .!• /-I • -t -'I,, ,■.,/; -iii.-.y.-i'y. il ' • 1 (IU.'\ ■". • ' 1 ■ .' I,, ' • 1' . ;' M [ .'. ...1(1 ( . . n u mIv/ ».iiiin ' .• , • ■;- I'. >:-i' i' . ..'I I M-. 1- if - . .';! . " - m '.-i.. . 1 ' *: ' •' ■ ' ■ ■ •' ' , ' ; •'. ■)•■'. '!'. ';.■!.« li ,\\\ r' |i.-j T ■ .•..-" . •'■ , ' I- •': ■ 'V • ' ' i, ,• » 1. t .■ ':.) .-.: I .•;•■: < . I •■■.•' ! • .. ' . ,1 ( ..,;.:-"il il .•■••■•.'■' ■'•,'■.. .' • .. • I ,1 . I .- • . ,n,(i !!•_,,, ,1 ' . ! ■. ; ' ■. •■ :.,^ J , •\ . .'I ! "! !. , ■),.•..,' ,• ,, i : » f ' «' -I - . Ik u .. !.-"ijr .1 i I ! .! : ti t » !.^ , i II. ji ^ Erri.KsiAsricAi. history of shuoi'shikf.. 247 he married Ix-Ikih' IIk" ne.irest |ust ice {>{ llie Pear(^ since, a fter the ()rilinance of I'lS,^. '"> otlier mode was .illo\\cd to \)r valid. ^ And as to hurial, tliiit- would he ohedieiicc to the stern r(M|iiirement of the Director)', which was "When .in\' |)erson dcparteth this h fe, lei the liodv, upi ui the d.is' n I I in; i li he deciMith' attended lidiii the lioir.e to the |)lai(' ,i|)|). iiuli d tor piihlic hiirial, .ind there immedi.it el\- interred without aii)' ci'reuKHi)'." This practical indifference and " Vicar of Bray " sjjirit pro- hahl)' accounts for tlu" comparat i\ cK' laii^e nuiiiher ol tlu^ cleiL'}' |0-()2.'- 1 hat it was possiljle to discover ckr^y in Shropshire wlio were really " itriKjrant, scandalous, insufficient and ne<^li<:[ent," is proxc'd 1))' the un]ia|)|))' picture Richard HaxtcT ^ivc^s of the incumhents of l-.atoii ("onstantme, under whom he came 111 his )'outh (he was horn in 1(115) ■ " " ^^'k' <-*f them was an actctr who left the sta^e for the jiulpit, another an ;iltorne}''s clerk who had sotted himself into such po\ert\' that lie was ohh^ed to take orders for a maintenance, and similar char- acters, who read ("omiiK^n Pra\er on Sundays and h(jl\--days, and tippled on the \\eek-da)'s, and whipped the bo)s when they were drunk, so tliat wc changed them very often." But this iKU'ish seems an isolated instance, and Ricliard Gou^h, 1657, Jan. 17, William, .son of Williuir Honllev, ;inil Marj^aret, was bnptized in the C'liiirch of Fitu l)y Mr. Parsons, rcctDr of V^V-iiiii), alter the new Prcbljylcrian way, accoidinj^ to the Directmie, in a habin of water !))• iIk- riilj.it (Fitz Register.) 1659. March 4, Elizabeth, ilau;.;hter of Kich.ird Nichols and Mari;nret, was b.i|itize'i in the font by Kob. Hilton, Minister ot lon^. (Tonj^ Kefjister.) Fioni the infre()iiency of such entries in Sliropsliire fie^isters one niijdit aln»o-,t Lii|)|)0.se they were exceptiDns to the rule, which was to follow .tiie old way. The I )irectory also ordered births as well a.s bajitisnis to be entered in the Registers, but it is surpii^int^ in how lew I'aii.-lns this was obeyed, a.s may be seen by the ReL;isters iheniselves. ' The Parliament picked by the Protector throuijh the whoale kini^dom, and not chosen by the freeholders as usual, made one onely Art, which was that all persons should be marryed by Justices ot the l'ence,of which Act .Mr. Culpepper sa)d merryly An act lor m.uriai^es from heaven sure Sent The only business ol one I'arlpament. ((lou;h, //;./. of Middle. ]). 9S). - e.g., Kd.vard Wall u ., at .\lberbury 1642-77 ; U'iiliani .Siit,'ar at Clive an i Hrouf,'liton 1636-76 ; Fi.incis Barney at VVorheld 1617-70 ; William [auus at Wateih Upton i6j.:-9( ; I'r.incis Hrowne .it Shiawaidiiie iS ;6 (» j. •:►£ 'MJM•-^'1:^«H» **'' <'i«'> ■.If i, i.l. -^.t i.i.MV/, •!•..;» I, ,,, ,1(11 /I >•• : - ■ • »T-fJ t»Mi; .1... ■-. .til '. , ,,,.,, ,; t-. -I M i ; or;'. .C-lMr' j (•! ■■•It to /.:,'.»,.■; - , , • ■ 'I ii.ll . rv/ « ' I, ;;..,. .11 :■ -I •,)i.J- '•^-•'i ,.■;,:..( 1. .(' ■■■ i-l.ll (-tl /' Al 'I""' .,.. r.| i ■ ': 1: 5 '•' l.-/„ii«lo i ,.,,, Ml! . : 1 ■ . -1 ' ■'''V ..•l'>t'>C .»■ :■■ ; ,■ Mil s^ i' ,;• :),i*7 ■ I • .-I > -' . ■:! • i : ^iir ' tl I •'.'; '■•ill Jl .' .1 fl ) •• " M .1 ) ti' .'■ .'.I l'« !/> 248 Krri.KsiASTirAT, history of shroi'siiire. always on the look out for a hit f)f scandal, has nothin<( really had to sa)", m his 1 1 1 story of M uldlc, of tlie \i( ars and curates with whom lu^ cauic into contact,' I.oy;ih\- or Mahjjjnancy (I)oth words for tlu^ sann^ tliin<,,0. was the vc.\\ cause i>i the sulliMiii^s oi the ma j( iril_\' ol tlie Shro]ishirc cler^\'. Very earl)' in the cjuarrei hc^twet-n (harks L and Ins Parlia- ment, two incum1:)ents, at legist, from this cr)unty were in trouhle with the latter, h^ir the Journal of tiie House of T.ords tells us that on I "^ h'elu uar\', l() |() I , tlie \'icar of Buck- n ill, CO. S.iloj) I I.e., Richard i'.dwards, a|)|)oiiited t) .April, l() |()|, was dealt willi 1)\' the l.oni; PaihanuMit "as a superstitious, innoxatint;', scandalous, or mahj^nant clerj.,fyman ;"^ and Walker speaks of Peter Studley (appointed Rector of Ponies- Iniry second Portion, 3 Ma\-, lOjC); " hein-;- sent for mto cus- tod)' 1)\- the House of Commons as a delni(]uent in the l)e<^Mn- niiif^- of the Rehc^llion."^ , \\ hen the stru^'^le hetween the two |)arlic>s hecaine acute, and war was inevitable, men had to lake sides, and amonjj the Otfle)' Papers^ is a list of sevenleen Shropshire clergy- men who on .\u^'. 2 |, 1042, sij^iumI a lo\al addrt^ss to the Kin<.,^ This seems Init a frafjment of a lar<^er list, and \ery incom- plete. For the names are |)ractically confmcxl to those hold- inj^- iirefiM-nienl in the north of the count)-, and chu^fl)- m the nei^iihourho( 1(1 of ()swestr\'. ()1 the se\rnteen, lnurteen are cerlainl)- anions; the number (d " Sull(Min<4 < I'Tj;)'."'' The followm^^' ari' the names : - John Ani\sa\-, parsmi ot Hodnett, and .Archdi'acon of Salop. Richard Amishani, rtc tor oj Ihipcsa)'. James I'Icct wood, recti 11- > it Prrcs. Gcc)r_i;e (Inlhth, 1)1)., rector ol I .lan)'mona;^h. William 1 1 ij^'.4ins, rect( ir I il Stoke upini rtrii, and .Archdeacon (d I )ei bie. ^ Cf. His/. 0/ Afuhile. p.p. 22 and 121. - Lords' JoK Dial, iv , 163 (j^iveii 1)V Shaw. vol. ii . \i. 297.) ^ Walker Suffcrimrs of Cleiiry pi. i., p. 57. ■• Tidns.utiiiiK, vii., .N.S., p. -245. '•> Ot tin- other iluce, (ie:itli pcssii.ly save.l Iriic, of Kn. (.tin; WildiiiL;, of Selatlyn. K-l.iiiicii his hcnclice tiiniiii^hnut; ami \\'aiin;j, <<{ I lai-l'in'--, l.iti-.'ib iitiknowii to nil-, hut .-IS he u.is private chaplaii) to (jcru-ral iMjiti.ii, llie pioha- Itiiity is ih.ii hi'. p.4troii ili<| ii<ok liii > hij^iiikltiri:. I f.fii'/i -I I • ' ' r.i ..II ;- lit •. II "t. / 1,.. •: :.-!(/ . ■ ii ..» I, ,.'•,. i"', .' - > I- lilt..'* ) '- f .•I ..II - : .],,.. . : . -. -K-MJii, i -v. ! -,(11 fi • .>. I .t! .;--"i!. • .i( n-n // ^.. .: ,.'1 ., , I., .. -; . ■....,- .• ,• • .:• ,,'•''•""' '" ''■"■• . '. .,, I ,'■.■•■ ■ ici; 1' ■ •; .''i-jl'i , _ . , . . , ,,.• I I - ; , M ,.i •. ti'; I •'! ■ , ,• .:, ,, ..• .'.■..>'. ,'■1.1 ' ' ' • " I ■ ...I ■'.■■-'■ ■ ■ •. 'I /• n(('i|_ , , , ■ . . . - .1 ri * I ii' il ii /' : , . , ■ ,...t ■! • -1 ..;( .. ., I .., . , , > ' ' ilnM'.J '.;. ■ ..' \, . ■ 1 ,.| ••,. ! I .(!■ i!ii .''' ..,'( .i : 1.) .,■■>>■ .\ '..'. ' .,lf .,: »• F.cri.KSIASI-KAI. llISTi>RY oV Si 1 IMl'SI I IK K 2 }9 (uTv.is Nc'cHlhani, vicar of Bishops Clastic' Nicholas Pa-v, D.n.. rector of W'ciu. h'hn Price, rector of Knockin.'- William Ranisden, ri'ctor of Edj^niiond. Laurence Se.ldon, HI)., nrtor of Worthcii • •' ' '' ' '" •":'''"- ' '" ''•'^' John Siuahnan, rector of K)iierlcy. Richard Waring, curate of Ilalston.'^ James Wilding-, rector of Syllatton. '^' '"'' *-» * • '■'•■ ■ Walter Williams, vicar of St. Martins. • ' lulward Willins, rector of Whittington. '•' ' ; Ldmund Woolley, rector of Adderlc)'. ' '•■ ' ' .;.;.•.' i' •: llumphrey W}nii, vicar of Oswestry. • ■ " And auK^ng the same PajHM's, but with no signatures, is the following " Resolution and Ingagcment " drawn up in Decern- i '■ her, lO.jJ : — " Wee, the Clergy of this ("ounty [of Salop] are (with " the noble Gentry) sensible of Your Majesties Wrongs, "and our Countries Danger ; And therefore with them " oiler up our Abilities (with all humility) an hundred " Ihjrse. to be under the Command of Sir Vincent Cor- "btlt, accorihiig to Wmr Majesties CommissKjn : That ' " so V'our l.o)al .Sub|ects may here li\c in Pi'ace aiuJ be st'r\iceabK' to \'our Majt'sty." l)ut in tlu' iiiliMN eiiiiig lour months man)' had taken more , ' . .Sir Richard ■' .\'e\vp|Ucsteicd in 1644; restored 1660; died Jan. 1O04-5, in his 741)1 year. Walker wi^es a ion;,' accouiit ol liis tii.d by the iecjiieslratoib. - Knockin. John I'rice, appointeil i6ji, was biiiicd at V\ hiliii;{;tun in 16.16 ' and hi.s .successor, I icnry Jwiies, was apjjuilitud l(> |uiic, iO|(j. ■* One ol Ins succes-wis, Kiiii.iid 'I'.ijipin^;, ch.ipl.iin at llablon circa i(.()_' 4 bic.iini: di^. ..ili..lleil with tlir CliUKJi l l<> li? »-M .01 ^.•.- ./• r I.' .»>' 'it' 11. •:}'. ■, I T -: /. < J •>> It. n ; ,(1>'7 // y' ., •. ^/. - .i- M' i- ■.;-■/ : . ■:. . ■ ,. ■/•;.. ■• '...Ir • ; I's; ,. •«! 1 -J r i! • . u/ . ;..■;! •■ . i M: i > ju.' Jjtii. '' . . ; •• - / •:•--. , '. ,,..,■ 1 i:!. ' >\uni >A <-•) , - i.»l i .' ;. :, . ,-. ,:. •• • .. ■•• .:: ;;,i.'r' '. •/' i ...../ ..K .1 '.: . • / . .; -.Im. ■ ,1 ; i-W ! ' . 1 ,', ,w :■. !i'' ; ,'..:.< >Jiu Mil (ij liiit ,i • • , .- •, • I, . ; ,^,. .••. . il / iMj ■. /rlji; '. , . . i. : ;■ I '■. .y, i. > ! 1- . .. , : ,. •• ■ .• .!/ i' .. ->■ . '! , ,, . •! !. ■, ! fl ill I- .i; . I !'>/.• J 250 r:rri.i:siAsri(Ai, ihsioky of snuorsiiiRE. {i^ariisoii, to avoid taking- tlic (.)atli of .ilK-^nauce. Otliers held like opinions. On Feb. i S, i(j|2-3, Sir Francis Ottley, tlie newly apixjintcd Ro)'alisl governor of Slirewshur)-, ordered the constal)les to arrest George B;ixtir, \ i(\ir of Little Wen- lock', " h)' reason of his dis;iffcct ion to his iii.i'tie" in h;i\ing for "a long t)iiie absi-nted Iniiiself from his cure and hahi- tacon," and to bring him before Sir I'^ancis " to answer to all siuh ni. liters as slial be obn'cted jgainsl huu on his nia'tie-s behalf." Samuel Ik-rkeley, vuar of ( 'hinguii ford, w.is impri- st)ned in Jul)', i'»|3, \>y 1 ord (,'a[)el on the information of soim- of his parishioiuas for thsloyalt)-. Thomas Little-ton, vicar (d Halesowen, was accordnig to a certilicate of Lord Denbigh, the Parlianientarian general, dated lb A[)ril, 1^44, "a laborious and p.iinful preailu'r, and well alfi'cted to )'e Parliament ;"^ FxKvard Lewis, vicar of ("hirbury i()2() 77, was also of pronounced Puritan oj)inHjns, and for his disloyal ser- mons was arrested and takcui to ("aus Castle. But on the other side we ma)- put Jcjhn Arnwa)', rector of Hodnet and fghtfield, wluj " furnished no less than eight Troopers for his Majest)''s ser\ice ;" and Matthew Fowler, of High I'.reall, who acted as Chaplain to the garrison of the Manor House, wlien it was besu ged, " where he showed him- self a 111,111 of courai'e and resolution." Ricluird Heyhn, son of the Vicar cif (ireat Ness, was chaplain to the Ro)al (jarri- son at Ludlow , Mr. Milward, of Leighton, held the same post at Bridgnorth ; James FletHwood, \'icar of Prees, " fiillowed the late of His Majest)' into the Arm)', wluri- \\c bec.ime ( lia[)laiii to the I, ill ol Ui\ers' Regiment ; in l()|J he was ire.ited 1 ).!)., it ().\loi(l lor the good ser\ icts he had done in the llattle .d l':dgi- 11 iH " j (>. t. J3 | ; William lliggins, n-ctor Stoke u|)on Tern, was ( ha|)lain to the Luhtield Troop ui N'olunteer Horse, and was taken prisoner at the same i)attle ; 1 hoiii.is I' isher, let'tor (d I' rodcslc)-, was maik' (io\ernor oi I iiillow bir the King in Mij-i, .uid in a list o[ Ludlow dcdm- ciueiil'. (4 i(i|()i', thi' jolkiwiiiv, : " The late Thoiua^i I'lsher raised .1 compaii)' 111 i.udlow lor tlie KiiiL;, .md look ordii.ince Iroiii 111 lligcw o. ,d I' (irgc ihis .iWli p|opril\ to (j(4eiid l.lld ' .V.l.uii l.illl. hMi, lil^, MMii, w.i.', .1 Km).i|i-|, ,iiut l,)i llii^ tL.isKli w.ib Mii:lcd fi.jiii^lu . Mil Kill ,liiii (l Ciiiil Chill, h ( )\|.ir>l. ■<4l5i>l "flu ^'^ f A !l f' iTM»»«» f ii-iicViJ . n V(i ' ./i >«»! " ji ,1 , ., r , . . ... . J.-il (i ■. '.nil |..IM'.^ M II. , i. 1 -. /• < -^J ..I ; V ..-», .1' . J' . '.'I I .'^.'.ti. . •.'.• i.tr. ma ,1 , i.ji ..'liii Ml b'Mi'^- , • Ml, l,.t ■ '. :.i M.u.'l-"-M 7. *, . ' ■ ...■■. t . ; -1' ■I '1 ErrT,ESlASrK"Al. IIISIoRY ok SlIRi )I'SI11R1^ 2^1 low;" ;m(l l.istl)', " 1 )r. C'liarK's X'au^lian, .i parson," was ili'l)ut)' ^Mivcriior of Shrawardim' ("asllc. And turnin^f from niililar)' to ecclesiastical (Kiinc^s: — " rin're cinic most ereilii ilc information to London tliat April the 2]), 1O43, being the Lord's Day, one Master Morttui, X'k .ir (jf Sheriff Hales, i)reachiiig took occasion to \ciil hitler im- precations against tlie R< nindlieads "' ])ut t>i ])ro(eed frdiii particular to general notes. On July I, \(k\\, tile W'cstmiiisli r Assemhly was called lugetlier, .iiid among il^ memi )irs wiat- Saimiel 1 1 ildei^li.im, reelor i )l \\ I'st I'ellon, cliosin to re I u isenl the Shu >psjiin- i lergw willi Mum phrt') Salwc), oi l.udlow, and William I'lerrepoint , ol long ("astlc, MP. for W'enkick,^ among the la)nKMi. One of its first resolutions, sanctionc^l Aug. 18, H)43, h)' the Houses of Parliament, was that all altars and tahles of stone he de- molished hefore i\o\. I, the communion tahles remo\ed from the east end le) the hod) t)l llu- ( "hurch, the rails round it taken .<> ■•K<'l>]ix A '. r'">1 .. .m.ri'j ' / . ,\\i.i\ ) M\ " .vi'/r;! .r." «. /!., I ♦< ^ , •• . 1 : 1 ■CM 1 1! ■ ] ir- ji.tt m" ■ if'ir ,:/ . , >l,.,n I , // "I,, ! i .Ipti.r' »'i'" I uiiifJ.. .1 I .. .).- 1, • . )ni_' .1 ,1 ■ ^ •' • ■ '.'. '•l frili • : . . • . .lit ,1 ,/ •'•'•. fj ,,;. 5 t, f K: I »[■ •• i Jti^ . ■ ■ ■ ' ' ., • '•■ r , I, !• I M , 1 w t I -l * t.^l.'i , .• ; ,; •,.• '■. •; , . ; r ' li . • .' . n.,' . ■ ' .,) t ' ',,.,;• .>i ,';•■/.■/ ,• •! Ii'l J. •! , ; ■,,'•; ; , -' , . . M- ii 1 "•.,! -I'j' ■■ ill /' t l.'iiA • • . . . ' : ' .1 ., >t . •,: iiMi 1 •' . ) 'iri . )■ , ■ ,., ■ 1. .i ■ I -^.i , ■' I •.,.■ ,i )!...., • •'.'' j (-r'vi ,.■ . , ; ,, ',. 1 I ■ , •■ .. . •;, il-' -M.s ) Mill ,,, . '; . • . ;, i I ,l: !• > >uU\ ; ' i • . ■' '• .11 ', t.i . ; '- I I''' 'H ■*/ .'•iW f , •>'!■, 1 . 1 '/«■ !!,•(.<. OJK* , ,, ., . i .' I '': ■■!■■<' :■ I "; ■ -■' ]1 "Uii't [•: ' • '■''.,'■ ••_ Ml,' ■ . '• ■ ••• j'»i '.i: / I'M M il ■• |<> ; ' '. '..,I..I ' 252 i-:rri,ESiASTirAL history nv Shropshire. P.irliaincnl in 1642 protesliiij^r ;i<^r;iinsl {he ahuliiiun „f Epis- copacy and the Prayer l^.ok. It hears 0| si^rnaluri^s. Simi- lar junitions were also sent fruni Ciihuinc,'!' >n, I )i(Ml( Imry. LiKJlnw, and other ])lacos in IIk^ \ icinit)-. As we rcMnarked al)<.\e, I'.irlianunt (,r(lercd tli.it all aliovc the a^e of iS must M-n the S. .ieimi I eaiau- and ("(>\enanl on or hefore I'd,, j, k. 13 4, and " a -real numher r)f tl,e Church clerj^)- were (hspossessed m i()|3 owm- tu tin ir refusal to l.ds-e It." Ihit Shropslnre was still cne df the nj^st loyal countic-s, and pruhahly hut fc^w suffered on this account till ■diicv the takui-- of Slnewshurv on Fih. 22, i<»l I 5- 1 he Puritans hcing now praclicall)' in power o\ er the whole count)-, with the exception of certain isolated ^^arrisons (all of winch fell hefore tlu' end of July witli the exception of Ludlow, Brid-north, cnid IJi-li Luciil,, the work of ej.xtion would he systematicall) uiide,-l;ikeii hy l|,e Conuiiiltee of Salop, which had alri'adv \n'vn m e.\isteiice f, ,r a \'ear or mere. I'(,r on June 13, i(>4|,.ni Ordinance^ li.id h, .•,, p issed ^m\ in.:^r to tlie Connnittee of the ('oniit\ id Salo|) power " to cal! ],c fore them all nunisters and s( hoolmaslerh withm tlie County of Salop that are .scandahais 111 their li\is, or ill alfeUed to the Parhameiil, or louuntors (d this unn.ilur.d war, or hall willuli)- refuse obedience to the Ordinances id Parliament, or shall have deserted their ordinary places of residence, not belli- empl(,3ed 111 the seruce .d the Km- .ind Parliament ; and the) shall have power to send for any wilnes.ses ami ex- amine any compLiint or te^timoii)- a-.|,,,st them upon oaths of such persons as shall and ma)' he produced to^ive evidence a^ranist them ; and upon such pr.uds of the aforcsaul crimes, shall ha\e hereby power tu remove and eject all such scan- dalous Ministers and School masters and in their i)laces to nominate and appoint such learned, able, -odly and fit persons as they (with the a(K ice .iiid consent of 'tincv or more -odly and learned Divines of the said county of Salop, whiclMhey shall call unto them for that jnirpose shall think fit, and shall cause all such ministers and scImm ,|maslers s.. nominated and appointed and placed, to br put in possession ol the said (diurclicb and Schools."' ' Walker i., p. 89. " .1 H I y •■ --'i 'in.- !■ .A -i ,,. '0'!' I 1 ; I • > II ' . /,...; '•> '-1'' , '.., ,.'■:, ;'. 'M-Mil i, ...... ..-; ...;■..:! .•"!''=" I . ,r.. I . r iImiI// f|"!»^«^ , , . I p., .;. i ■..•.!'!. .' ■ I ■■: ■ , ,;| I . •: ■ I •.!« !'.'. ' > ••"'■' '■*' i •„ .1,1 i.H ■!. 'f'-f'l •">' , ii„ , i.> ' ' '•' ' M »'••''' ^" ..I '- ill •' I .. 1 ).; . . 1 ..-■ )., !' •>. ECCLESIASTirAI, IIISIORY nV SHRnrsiilkF. 253 With what spirit tins ( ■oniiiiiltcc wont to work is seen from till' iolliiW iii_L;' aiK'cdi'ti": -Tlic ('ouiiiiit tci' 111 Slii< ipsliin' were inclined to lia\c spared a j^entli man tli.it appcucd t(i i)c a pi^rson ol excellent l(Mrnni!^ mil il i me ( il tlu' Mrml n is slotl) .ifliinu'd for iHiiij^f .1 K;ariied III. in.' The Act armed the sccjuestrators with a st^irt of Cirdin.il .Morton'.-, fork with six proiiL^s, on oik' id \sliuli it was \cry CIS)' to impale an)' minister unpo])ul.ir with tlu^ powers th.it wcae. These pronr^s were Delinqueiic)', J^luralil\, M.iIil;- naiic)', Sc.indal, Refusal of the Covenant, and Popihh IVac- tices. Of thc^se, Dehnquenc)', or d(^sertion of his ll\in^^ hv a Ri i)Mlist minister was the most 1 )rdinar)' exc iisi' f( tr seijiu -.t r.i - tioii. An Act of Dec. _'2, 10 IJ, ordert-d that thi_>sc^ who had )' lined the Kinj^'s Army should he '' seiiui stored of the profits ol their li\ in^s," and tin:-) order w.is ii.ed .e, "a pe;.;' whercoii to h.in;_; .ill)' \,irnt)- ol ^aimm.ir)' .iiid xmleiit |)rei ci-dinj.^s."-' l ndei it proeeediii; ' s weii' taken a:.;ain\t |(ihii Arnwaw of llc.dnet , M.ithew I'.iwler, ol lli;.di l.ieall ; hniies lleetwuod. ol I'lees ; Willi. im lliL;^!ns, ol Stoke mi lein , k ir tliiir eoiidiu t .ilrtad\ leierred to. William K.iiiisdeii, ol litl^^ iihiiid ; llumphre)' \\\iine, ol ()-,westr)' ; ImIiiiuiiiI W o(.lle\-, ol .\ilderley ; Nuliokis I'rowik-, ol St. .Mai)'s, Sinew .hui)' ; lames 1 .o'Niii, (d the Akkc) ; 1 .end. ill, o I Si. ( liad's, ,iiid, wo doiihl, 111. ID)' others, .ilso c.iiiie under the same ch.iri^e. M.iliL^ii.inc)' included .iii\' lo).il (.-xpressioiis, and spe.ikin<^ sh^htin^l)' ol the i'.irli.imeiit's proceeding's, charges e.is)' to III. ike, hard to dispro\ e. I'lur.ihl)' ; A Ihll was passed lO j.in., 104 J 3, cut itkd " An Act a^Miiist the enjii)iii^ ol phir.ihtus id kt-iulices h)' bpiritual persons and luai rLMdeiice." Such ministers a^ were jiluralists were summ.iril)' ilealt with \>y w.i) ol seiiuestr.itKni i Walker, i., p. <)3. - Shaw 11., i>. 1S5. res- i," . »; : • »n. I r ji . it. II I, .1 -M I 1 S I 111. .'Uitf"'] •»!( I ' I' • 1. .1 ;. .ir' el.' ' ! 'M • . . ilrM(fl!ll ,' U", ^ll ■ |HII .-I i..» ■^.; r,.| k' t ' 'T •»• ' • ■ ••" , 1/ ,ri> .1, '/ : >f.iiti(fi : i!' { '-■ ■ ,..,•,; ' •. >'•' I « • ' ''' ''/' "'''' - , ^ . .: - .^ . . . ;.: : h ;,.!;/ - :,hi;I -■' !> kskm . ' ' , .. ., i „ .r; |..M , •;.-/!! I '.!» »■•• . ,, ' , III. I.I "••! II '••,!•' //"i // ».•*!. I/, . 1 • ,,, . I ;. ... .>r. 1 ,■ .»'^;;i'. i •«;• iM.'V/ . t->->. , ■ .1- '^ ♦ . .•''. '• .'; • !•": , ' ' • , J • " ,1 .1 ;,.:.!/. ...I t-> .III.-;" I -'I'ln.l^ , ,,^ ^,», . ,, : . ! , :|! - -,IM,;,. 'Mll.ill .. ..1 '' .."I "!: ! /.';,"• "!,.(''- . ,/(»n 't' >t ir.,il .-i.liwn J _ , .,-■ • .[. , ,1. , ,.|., . .-r I-...; I..iil'im.: .1. // . , .Ir; 254 Errr.F.siASTirAL hisiory ov shrcjI'shire. from one or both livinj:^s. Amonj;;^ Shropshire clergy seques- tercfl, were tlic fdlKiwmg ])Iiir;ihsls (hiil wht'thcr tliis w;is the alleged cause of their election, I have nol \)vrn .ihle to discover), Richard Wood, of Coinid and Sh;iwl)ury ; William Owen, of Ponteshur)' ist, and I'liK crhdli h ; Samuel Greaves, * of Berrington, and Pontesbury 3r(l ; Thomas More, of li.llcs- mere nnd Middle ; and Thomas Atkinson, of Stanton Lacy ■ and Wistansfow. Scand.d in the life of a minister was a never failing excuse * •'" for ejcximent, though I ha\'e come across no charge of this sort in Shropshire. It inchuU^d the use of the forbiddi'n Prayer Book, ])ul)licly or |)rivatel\'. 1 ' '■ Refusal to take the Solemn League and Covenant cost at least three their benefices, vi/.., Andrew H•' shiri", but ,is he was a Devonshire m.in Ins a((()iiiit is n.itur- ally deleitiNC .e, far as this county is KjiKcnicd Tlicsi- ai^parently were early sufferers:- - Acton Scott : i'vichard Dettoii, Rector |.ippomted 13 May, 1O31 I ; " the expression in my Letter is that he was put out ol till- Ministry." Aston l^)re ; Thomas Hughes, Cur.ite, "turned out from 1 1 : thence." 15isho])'s Cistle: Gervas Needham, X'lcar [a|)]>. 29 Dec, i()jg|, who h.id signed the lo)al Declaration oi Aug. 1042. lll^ house .111(1 Ills goods wi're burnt, nor wab he per- miiud to keep vi i)ri\ ati- school fur the subsistence of hi.s Famil). In su UiUch that luid they not been relieved by ,,, •., ! ■,■•.;,. Ml. I 1'ii •'»■'// .l-.-n 't . h .1 • >o .til I / ji .;. 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I :..! .1 ..I. tr.(, |,,|J).JI t. < .iol-7 , . , . . , .1- . I , i: -I I : •'.r./-. ■>:ll . I 'J. '' V. . Ill/, rll 1 - I-' '1!^ •: ; >...ui . .i«,i4, 1O32J, ejected. Couml : Richard Wood (also \'icar of Shawbury) was turned out m the )ear i()45, nn})risoneii in Shrewsbur)-, and ilied there soon alter. " He was a learned and \er\' clun-ilable person." CuhningltMi : Peter Mease, Hector [a[)i). (j Au^., i()3i|, was sec]uestered in the year i()47, and dieil l:)efore the Re- storation ; he was an ennnent jjcrson for his learninj^. Diddlebury : Thomas llabberle)', X'lcar, secjuestered. I'.d^moiid : William R.iiiisdrn, Rictur |.ipp. S March, i t ) ^ I 1, also Rcx'tor (d ( li(t\v)iid, and I'icbt'ud.ir)' (d luhlii'ld Cathedral, signed in l(i\2, and was crc'ated D.D. ,it ().\- fortl \n I(t4_' 3, for his lo)alt)-. " l)>'in-;- in the time of the Rebellion, his widow ^a j^i-ntU'Woman cd j^ood family) \\as with eij;lit or niiu- ehildrm baibarousl)' turned out (d dixa's." J-_.dstaston : John l>isb\, X'lear, w;is also Pre bcndiny n{ Rrees, or I'ipe Minor, ill l.ichlii'ld ( '.itheihal. "All ( athcdralii ' 111 lU-ihup'b Ciiitli- ( i:mcli li .1 hi.i.-s with uiis iur,cii)iiiuii : l-..\uii.i ticrviibii Ni.-caii.un liujub eciii--.! ■ .' 1,.\.\11 : iiJiiCKlc 111 iJoiiiiniJ Icsu' oljiloiiiiuu. ''i:' •i. ' '< i •■-»»« JA'M'i I'jia- ;. •.>,.'{ hutfi rtflf ..-If .. '■ t r; •uii»».' \o yinurl) 'nil .|/..'! ,.i...' : ...... I .... I . ; '. ^ ., .1 '• !i . r, » 1 .!•• ;.■ . .1 ■. . ,.w ' ,,'l ,i\ '-i..! ,>M r-.id m..-i| J w : .!.!• !j:l..| V'i ' ■'. , ; .:/; ,.:• /'' ■ :.:■ :!!■ // , .1 • Mill") .';,,,'• I -(' ■• •■ <•- ./I ■.••!<: I i .jtM , : ... .: ■,• \i 'S'-i . <•;.[_ ,. .' ,■ '.: .■..•! /; , .-i /v, 1 M //.'J-^dJ jr.j.; ■;!..! ^ , ,. I 11 .' , > i.'.^l ' 1 1 nr;ijvii/. '.unool J . '|. i •. / . ' . I l.-ImIl ■."■! 11(1. i ll.'-'..i / .'ill ll >•;!'.) tril .•<|M ■ . . .. ' •.. .1 . .;.. '.. ..■ " (-.l.i' .i /I i.MMCi') ,1 .. ■ ' ■ ■ I '■ , I \ •• ' > I ..I'll fin. ;. ■, . :. .. ! I ■■' < ■:"■• ' ;r,ill I . . » I ■1. '.•': ' ■ .:: .v. ]{ 1 .i .'i ;..:.,.; It. III. ;j < ' I J ... ()■-'■'.'. ..'I jr.' •y. 'i; I •:■. . ;.v. •> i ; coil ■ ■: .' ...... .„i ; .■ <• ^ itij,/} II i;>ii, .7 ■ '., '))(;^|).-1 . ' . - fi;; I • i)"7; -. •/ l! .III!!' > |l I .1 .. I I" J . ll. .) iJ .li • . I.I . ll / ' / • ' I' , 2^6 E(^rT.KSIASri('AT. llIsrnRY OF SI 1R< il'SHI Ki:. were uttrrl) dt'slroycd, coiiscqui'iitly all wIkj Urloiij^c-cl tu llii'iii w (_ re dispossessed of tluir pre fern lei its." He, how- c\er, " suhiniUed tu llu' iin'ii (il tlir liiler\,d," ,iiiil kept llih ]i\ 111;^ (d l'~dst.isl( Ml, l)iil dieil lutiive !()()() lli^h Mre.dl ; M.iUlicw Inwlcr, \ k ,ir |.ip|> "Mil' "Stood up •ind \ .ili.iiitly detriidid the Kiii!l;'s e.iuse .iiid u.is (K-eply eiit4,i-ed iii his .\Ian-st\'s sei\ ice." Was ejected alter the surrender (d lu"C;dl Manor House, Mareli ^o, i()15 (). Hij^lile) : (i)les Rawlins, \'icar |app. ii May, lOjs], seijues- lered. Hodiiet : John Arnway, \).\)., keetor |app. ] ()c\., It)^||, also Rr( tor id I'ditheld, Arehde.ieon (d Salop, and rnhen dar)- ol 1 .kIiIuIiI ( atheihal, wlni had sr^ned in l(> p, was an (.-arly sullcrt-r in the Ri-helhon and was dri\en from his li\ mi^ l)y the ^drrisoii (d W'eni. Was taken prisoner at the e.i|)ture ol Shrew hl)ur\- I'l'l). jj, i()| | 5, imprisoned and plundered, and wr)- ill usi'd. Was drixtMi first to the Has^ue, and alteruards to X'lrj^mi.i, where he died in IO33. \\ alkcr (juotes at length from his Autobio^rraphy, which shows him ;i stauncli adherent to his Church .uid kin^^ In it he says: -"-1 he)' hak-d me out of [jrisoii in the (had of iii^ht to tax me ol PajJistr)', the unde- served li\er) llii-y y\\\c to all true sul)|ects and -.lod ( lirist Mils." Hopesa) : Ruhard Auiishaiii, M..\., kN'( tor jap|) () Dec., Id^^l, had siLMicd in I ( . | ..' ; w.is impi is(..iii 1 1 in Shi« \\ ,1 uii \- m "'M .-^^ '""I iiK'st st'Ni'rel) u-.ed, and diirin- his cuiifiiie- mciit llu'it' his h\int; was se(|iiestralcd. l-hthcld: ^sei' llothu't;; John Arnway |app. ; Dec, KiilJ. Kemlierti.iii ; iM-ancis Woods, J^ct^.r |app | An-., I(iJj|, was seinu'stercil. I laiiMii) iK(li : (h ori;f (iriflilh, 1 ) 1 ) , UecL.r, also Archdeacon 'ii"i Canon ol St. Asaph, had ^al;ncd 111 \'>\.\ "After the iM.akin- out ol t he RrhrHioii he ic -1 hi . pn ferinonls, hut oMilimu-d sucH-esslull) 1.. a snt ihr Inilli and c.iie.i' ol till' ( liurch of i''.n;.;l.iiid ni Wah-, !))• (hspulm;^ with the Itinerants, kc-i-pin-- up the ( Jfiic<'s and ( 'erc-monu's id" the C hurch, for which, and oth(T j^ood services t^ it, a:s • •'. I,. . u- .1 'i.j-.i :l; \" 1 ■ • <-•',•. n,.^^ an.!) , ,1, . ' ( " .-^ •<» ]■ ... .1 1 - '■' II. 'I.! ,. . I • • '..I'' ii,. »1 1 »l.'!'^ ' v. 'y. I : • Mi.j 1 .." / I'l.i •! ••' .'.,n ■):>>■■ ■>■'■■■ '■•:H- t ,;,! ! ' ; / . MI ,/ ii.i .l_ . ! n.l'ol I •;•,,. I ,.1 . 1,1 J' . 1 l'> I u->> ' ... . .,:/ ... . '';:.. ■ ll tJ. . ,,11. // , .-'» . , ,■.....■■' li ...!■// . \ ■ ,\> -J.!' *'• • . '.i I- •: - M .(, //.,•..•' I . ' .1 I ill. •>/' I I »-i I i.|''i '•'» ill -M Erc"i.f-:siAsri(Ai. iiisioi^Y ok s:ir. )i'siii!sM;. 257 also to his Ala jest)-, he was made Bishoj) of St. Asaph ill i(i(]o. He IS thou_L;ht hy soiiie to haw composed the " Form of Hapli/ini^" those of Kiper Years." I.\(lham: John .Aumhler, \'iear |app. 1 Dec, it)3()|, secpies- tereil. Ilissoii, l)r)-,m Auiniiler, wht > siKCi'cdi'd to 1 .)'d- liam, 8 April, lodi, was e|ecled 1 rom his Fostm.istcrship at IMerton College, ().\ror(l, l»y the X'lsilors. Milsoii and i^Ieeii Sollers : I'.dward I'llts, Rec lor [.ipp. Jo June, I ( » ^o |, secpieslered. Moreloii (drlict ; Thomas Clochiirn, I\I..\., l^eelor, was forci'd to ijuit on the t;ikin^- of the Hall li\- the Parliament lidops, Sept. Id, \()\ |, and his faimh' \M'rt' tmiuil out of do.irs, and compelled to lake relii^i" in a |)oor eotl.ij^e hal i a mile distant. Oswestr) : llimi|ihry \V)'nne, Vicar |app. 1()3()|, signed in l()|j. lie w.is st'(iiiesteri'd wiieii ()sweslr)' was taken, June 20, i(»p^. ile lived to be restored in lOOo, and died in 1075.^ Precs : James Meetwood, Rector fapj). 1638], also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, si^^ned in i()\2 ; and " was a very early sufft-rer, beiii^' forced betiiiu's to (put his X'icaraj^e." He became an /\rmy Chai)lain attached to i^ord Rivers' Regiment till the war was over, beinj^ created I). I), at Oxford in 10 \2 \)y his Majest)'s special command for the i^ood sir\i(("s lii^ had done at Edge Ilill, on Oct. 23, l(>\2. Subsr(pientlv he was fulor to the Dukes (d Rich- iiiiiiid. In i( 17 S he I n'came lhslio|)ol \\(ircester. "llis loyally was .dl tlu^ more ol)ser\alile lor se\er.il oi his 1 .mill)' I the I' Icet woi ((Is (d co. iSiu ks | had i)een concerned in till' RrlKlhoii, ;ind oiu' |)cciiilly wlien 1 lie.iid ). w.mji.ui U-U iiuc wli.it iMiat ol.lij^'uc'uiis -lie was li. uiid in lo iiur lii.Uhc Iwi ),■ only (a\nuis showed Iji i wlun slice was a slran^i-r in Oswc-lrcy, but thcic 1 lound i c Jcwisli dcaliii',' lliaii cvii 1 did on London loads." (Letter trorn I'Mwaid Llo)'H ' 'J • .' ! il. . . ..f* ..il. , ,.'.t.; ' n, M.'l .(!. V . li! I> .,,.: !.i.,..- : .. ; , . ■■■. Ill .1 .in..}, t ; ... ... ,Vii' ' « , li.I I •; . !'i I ':*! • ' .1. /■'(» f ' ! >l! 'J** M > •/. I'll I .In ?•>; •• .ir|i , ' ,|( .' . - ! . I..'. .■ ' •■ '..: .Ml ' n-.' ) . • 111.. 1 1')' • : xi (.. > ., : I. : ,.i I -lil lu ;;"i 1. t .|Il :i.. Il'lj ;... i ..,!'.!. ! , ■ . // ,••■ . i'. 1 ■.; !• .■ ■ ; '" ' 1 ••«', ,,-"|' ■■. *ir ■_;.,,• ; I • j ,; 1.1 ,;;,( 1 It •. , .1 .1" (.-i'',- ,,ii, . . li;ii. . li..>ll ,( !. ,, . I;., •; ;. ,1 {..<['/ iMf,// ,'iff.].,.l !l (1».'MV/.-( > / t.- 1 ../, ' > M ■ I • . ■ •■ ,i;|i ,, I. ■» ; Ml ,1,1 lr> il ■' f; >\\ - j O I I - i ! Ill h nil 1 . ■( • ■// . » I , ');.N.| • .••rn'l 'P ' ,,;m; * ' . ' . '■; ill : /h>0 ■••;;■ • ' ^'. ■ .. 1,|,.L ' > . : 1. , , I ii .■' ■■ .■ .■! - I ilr .; • ;, 1 ■,.•,' /I i, •■ ^ • hi', • t M, ^ ■ . yl ■ ;. • : I i , li) , ., ; , • ,,., I ,. 1 ,/;i,'„...l , .... ... '. . , I ,'!;..'.> I III /.M ;. iMo*i -. 1 f , ' . 1 t' 1. .Ilii 1.- . 1... . » ' I.I- I I (... 1,1 .... • I >i . II / I.I ^ 258 ErrLESIASTIfAI. HIS'IDRY OF SHROPSHIRR. sulTc'icd l)cfi)re the Civil War hc^an, i)iol)al)ly for writ- iiij^- a l)()(tk c:allo(l .1 Loo/,'i/ii^ (jinss for Schis))ia(ics, to . l)ro\c to what K-ni^lhs Puritan fanaticism nii^lU lead. He was buried at Pontestxiry, July 15, 1648. Shawljur)': Richard Wood, \'icar lapp. 3 Jan., l()20 l] ; see ('ound. " Mr. Wood, Vicar of Shawhury and Pars(jn of Cund, iniployed Thomas Hanmcr, who ki'pl a j^etty schoole at Shawlniry, to read service att Shawl )ur)' when hee was att ("und " (Gou<4h, p. i()o). ]\Ir. Wood left Cough a legacy of £^} Shifnal: Andrew Raily, M.A., Vicar, hy refusing the Cove- nant and |)reventing t)lhers from taking it, rendered him- self ohiujxious to the Prevailing Party, that they not only turned him out of his living, but sequestered his tem- poral estate, and ])lundered him as wrll as imjjrisoning him twice. W^dker gives a long account of his sufferings. Shrewsbur)', St. Alknuind : Thomas Good, B.D., Vicar [app. 1035], and Fellow of Balliol, was sequestered, though a man of Puritan leanings, and friend of Richard liaxter : some time afti'r his ejectment he was made Vicar of Corele)', which he held i()47-(jo. Sidbury : Ralph Hide, \'icar [app. 2 Fel)., 1630-1], was se- questered. Stanton Lacy: Thomas Atkinson, X'icar [a])iv 15 May i()3i)|; also Recliir of Wistaiistow, was setjuestereil, and died belore the Restoration, " ha\ mg met with such barbiirous treatment as was thought to shorten his da)'s." Stanton upon Iline Heath ; riioiiias (Jrjje, curate to Dr. 'Thomas i'OuK'r at Whitchurch, was summoned Ix.Tore tlu^ Clieshirt' CoiimiittiH- at Nantwich, and had the (o\cnant tended to him with a ]ir(jmise of priderinent it he W(nild take it, but utterl)' refused both. Driven Irom Whitchurt h In- officiated for a short time at Mor- ten Sa) , but Col (livf, of St\(lie, who li\cd 111 the l)aii.sh, disi)laccMl huii :ind Mibstilut< d one Peartree, who had been fornunl}' a PedJ.n-, but was now considered a ' Tlioiii.is Haumcr's .s«ii, Ji)sc|)li, \v:is onl.iiiiL-il ;it frets in 1657, lur VVliitc- well, ;iiii,.|iLlryot .Malpus. ;iiul cuiiforiucd 111 ibbi. lin i6t)7lic ua.s apijoiiitcil \'ic.ii ot Maichwicl, iicir Wrcxliaiu. Tfllll.-^' ''■iii'-' MO ii,.a.tH 'lu.tv.j-^ it--.' .,11 ' .'M .? ! .11' I; , .-. .| li'ii ,l>in) "/ ,,: ,n '..-^ t; il'" <: •' 1 ,,, ii /i,J '^ ' ■■ '■■'"] " '•• '^';" • i .:r!i.. / .;'! ;.t: i>J i.'^' "i"'' •'■'•' ,.,.; ;vi. Ml .;m( I • '■' ""li '•'>:■•!'' -r.' *.>■■■ ■.■l',i:\v, or \\'e.-.l<)n umler Redeasllel Hut one IJriuc, .1 I .leiiliiiant 111 \\\c r.irhanu iilan.in .uiii)', ha\niL; niarrietl the daughter ol tlie Inlrudir al Hodin I, was soon alteruard-. appnuiled to it, .ind ()r|ie was forcetl ti) uio\ e ai^aiii. hi idS^^J tlie widow ol Sir Aiidn-w Corbet ])resente(l hini to Stanton on lluie lleath, as successor to J^owlaiid Ni'\et, renio\eil to Oswestry. Here Thomas ()r|)e rem. lined till i(>5|, when he was turneil out by tlu' Ljeetors lor relusin^ the L^n^tij^i'inent, and replaced by Henry C'ruchlow, curate of Kdj^mond, who hud been, so common report said, a j^'entleman's butler. Mr. Orpc then officiated at Battlefield and Preston Gubballs, till the Rcsloration. Walker gives a long account of his troubles, sent him by Mr. Orpe's son. Stoke ujion Tern: William lliggms, l^ector lap[). 11 April, 1639I, also Archdeacon of Derby, and ( atu;n and Pre- centor of Lichfield Cathedral, signeil in 1042. After his capture at Edge Hill he suffered close imprisonment a full quarter of a )'ear. 1-leleased at length, he settled at Pontesbury, but having notice of the Shropshire Com- mittee's intention to imprison him again, he escaped to Ihidgnorth, and thence to I^ichfield, where he stayed till the end of the siege Quly, 1(^40^. Afterw.irds he wan- dered to and fro till the Restoration. His successor was Samuel Campion, " who came with a troop ol horse tc» turn the family out of the rectory into the cold," a poor cottager taking piiy on them. Mr. Higgins ileserves gratitude from all bibliophils for lia\ ing preserved the 15ook of St. Chad, " the trc>asure of Lichfield Cathedral."^ Walker gives .1 long account of his, and Ins family's sullerings in the words of his eldest son, Mr. Kobrrt Higgins. Stottesden : Thomas .Annas [app. 13 June, i('24J was secjues- tered, and Irr. lust siu;cessor was named Eastman. ' l>cresft)ril, Diod'smi // l-i^tit y of I.ii/i/h-iti, p. l.}7. ?f> aw?, '^o yp ,1 .. ilC '. 'tlt'l I 1 ,»• I.I '»! I I-: 1 'I-.' 'Ill' .'lit ♦»—>'«!;,. I' !> >ill Umiii (!; IjIH . ■ ' , .:.)■! 'inlt i'<< •■■ •'"'.■ ■'/■ ll'.lil l> 'Id i'.Mi| J Mili.i ) , , M' i . , •' ■ I i'n I ■ >■ . . 1 ■'III .)! T ■.'t.pI I 'mUI. .;_...> I. j :t'.', _ :l' .1 : . • • • I •! >\ J •.■i| t .;■ J Mf. 1 Iju.IMJ ^„,..:. i.! ; ''li:'.. .' M- .|t ^ /!•'••! I a! Njw.i'j.: Ijni; ,i/. ■ • ■• '. ' : I. :• !■ ■>) 1 II 'i! , , . !•• / ,•■• wi '.t ,i imIv/ 1 Ml!! K .1 .^1 I •; ' 11 ) !,i -ri .' I 1. :" l;;i J .:iii <■■•'• . ■, 1 . :• III • Jt II: ■ i I . I 1 Hi; ir ' ' ' ' ' ' .■■III! ■.' .■ . . ;l.v.. ■ ,<• 1,. .;..,.H . I'l, 7/ i:: ' .1.1- ,:■ ;_hI 26o ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. \V(\stl)ui-y First Portion : Anihrosc I'liillips, Al.A., kcctor |.i|)|). 2i) Jiiur, I(.)_'(t| was oidcriil to In- sri lucsltird from 11k' prolil > ot his li\iii<.; Au,i4. -'• "'15- '""' ^" '"^' i'Ji'^1*'l1 S(.|it. Id, i('|'>, liolh hy the ( 'oiiiiiiil U'c (>i Salop, llir latUr oriK r l)riii;^ |)ul into (.wrrulioii h) a part)- of soKiur>, who tuiiu'd ins \\i\c and (liildnii out ol doors. IK- allorwardri ollicialctl at Sliiploii, "l)ut \sa-i (hi\i'ii Iroiii this hkc w isc." Wistaiislow ; stT Stanton I .at)' ; 'I'hoiuas .Xtkiiisun |app. 12 l'\l.., l()-i.Sl W'liiti liiin h ; I lioiiias l''ov\Kr, I )d )., Rrcti'r |app. | April, l()3i|, was turned out for rclusin^ tlir ('owMiant, and having; liccii tossed to and fro, dud ni H'SJ, aj^ed 51. Worthen : LaurtMicc Sctldoii, D.l )., Ri'ctor |app. 21, Oct., l()3l], who si>^Micd in it»j_*, hocanio 1)\- tlir hoiu'Sl)- of his priiK ipKs oliiioxious to the prf'\ a iliii;.( lactioii, t>\- \shi'iii he was dra^i^ed out (d ins iuil|)it and sonl a prisoner to Shrewsl)ury, where he c-onlmued till tlu^ l\o)al Party made a reprisal of one id the I'.ielioiis j)reaelurs,' l^r \slR«ni he was exchanged. On his release he was ejected and lorced to lly to f.ondon, where he subsisted on what his friends could allord to give, till the Restoratuiii. " One Ik'tton, curate of St. Mary's, ni .Scdoj), was h)' a troop of horse juit in possession," but resigned in 1O53. Walker, however, (jiiiits the iollowing, and no doubt many others : — /\dderle)' : I'Ldmiind Woolle)', Rector [ap[x 13 Dec., I()2\]. In 1(105 he w.is maile Ihdiop ol ( lonlert, in Ireland. * I'ossil'ly l.iluarJ l.cwii, \'ic.ir uf Cliiibury, who \v;ts taken as a i-ritniier to Caus Caillc till (XI. i 1, 10^1, owiiij_^ tr> liis ilisjoyal .setInull^. tlu iu;li 1 ii. Sc.iiluirs arreat iiuisl liavt- hecri alter I'el'. J2, uq.j 5. iqiH»;iw.Hirr: 'i« T ,Mf.1}i">W .!:,>j . » ' 1 l-^'" ?»*^> ' I. . l.o II .iI'ImIi bill. 11// 'i'» run.:! «»-!" ' • M'l il. . !M Uf ,- I . M. .;. till .n '''' ' ,, I V ,.:i ■ •> • ■ -I'M " ' , • . , . . 1 J t ; ■ . I I v.il ,;. H .I'l , 1 . • .'..// ,,..,, ' _ ,,- ,1.1:.' Ill i' M'jL ; ■ -.1 1 '•' :.'■• , ;. * 'J M M, ■• .Ml FXCLESIASTKAL HISrf^)RY oF SHROl'SHIRE. 261 Bcrrmj^ton : Samuel drcavcs [app. q Jan., i()i8], was also kcclor of P()iitc^l>iir\' Third I'oiiion, and w.is t-ierlcd IfDiii the latt(.T 111 .\u;.;ii'il, lt»[S, lnit aljuucd hi held Her- rin-t], had, as aircad) said, \kvu 111 trtiuhle lor inahj^iiaiic}' 111 lO-|l, and \\a^ prohal)l\ ejected ; lor 011 j8 St'[)l., I(>-|7, .1 Puri- tan named Juiui Guu^h was nominaled to thib parish, the palrou bem;^ Jeremiah Powxll.^ Ellesmcrc : Thcmias Mcue, \icar [app. 20 March, 1(^29-30], cuui also X'lcar of Alidtlle, " was a Ikv.iI subject to Kin<^ ( liarles the 1st, and thereioic, tn a\(iid llu' liduliles lliat the Parliament fttrccs did jjutt him to, he left his places and lied to London [? Ludlow]. About the )ear ]L)\() the ParliamiMit began to displ.ice all scandalous anil in- suflicienl ministers, antl all malignants 'dor so they c.illed all such as had adhered to the King), whercuiion Mr. More came into the countr)' seeking to retain his i)laces, but he was ousted from both, and went back to London, and never returned again into tliis country." (Gough, p. i.S;. i)n Ajjnl i], i(>\[), Mr. More was fined £iS4 lor delinquency in going into Ludlow, when a garrison for the King. Kinnerle)' ; John Smallman, Rector, who had signed in 1642, was deprived, but lived to be restored in lOUo.- Midclle : see Ellesmere, Thomas More [ap[). 9 April, 1630J. Mont ford : Thomas Unt(^ii, X'icar [39|, was ejected. For John Soothill was here in i6j^8, though Unton lived to the Restoration, and was appointed to Chetwynd, 25 -^^\ug., iO(;3. Ness, Great: Thomas He)liii, lather of the Ghaplain to the Royal Garrison at Ludlow, was most i)rob.ibly ejeited. lb' wa:T at Ness |aii. S, ll'|5 ( ', but his pI.U'C was liUed Jul)' JO, 10 17. 1 he Ivegister, howe\er, is a blank betv\cen 1040 and 1051, owing, a note sa)s, to the Civil War. ' Hou^e of Lords' fuiirnul, i.\. 452, t^iven i»y Shaw, ii., p. 345. - Sec .^tchdeacoii I li'iii.is's Hisloiy 0/ llir Diocese 0/ St. Asufih. Tht.-ie was aiiolint Jolui .■^niailiirui wIkj u:is Vicar of (/Itfobur) Nouti (vide supra). l.H lW(H>l'fr»>• Mi «;..i..i. !■'.' '.* ■■•• n y>tj Jtiiirf vhi^jiiu «;t :."! .. ,{..: . •»:*! ,H HI «ri ' . • 'I' >'{> [ ■'. l.rTVT)! T ■''• ■»■<■• • ■ • h'^r, ',^ •,•■!)!■•»/. .1 .»■>•. r«(l Una ,V,'\ "n\t r.'AiiM' ) ., ..i.u, ....1 Ji »l ■>*[ .«•? •; ul it;..' «vh rvn it tc '< .,, !• -.,. :. .,, . ♦< •. . • •!■ ' . '^i'" ! Ui >in^.>\ u '\ ■•ill l\ '.[\- '.■.:; t \ •■ ill '.'■.'' r»;.-!fii.n 111 >i 'iji -. i]f. >t r:.j.i(;hi. bc:l ?'. 'I:>"r ;i:, ..';.■ v-' i I ;f . -jfl/ "JJi! •jt!;i. . I II '\i. .:■ i' .,,..• ' ./. bn;. ■ d 1. 1< 1 1 fj *J.iJ') f:. .//•)! JirtI . I ; .1, •! ; ; ■'■'..■ I ''iiiii t-n t- / »(i 1)mi; .^ , .. ' ,;• ■, ■ ; . I;.'!/. <■{ ) ^^1 t| , ,1 . ... , . : .. .i ., . ... r.;.'.. .-■ ''■ :w. ;.■■•, ". i..,i.-. .;...•:■' ..; Ml|..u.>: -.ii'rt', \[ >l\-:Hil>.A . ■ ,,.'■■ .1 i l>... -,-.l. .•'./• , . ■ ., • , '....■-: :■ ■Ml ,1 >i,,' ! M . .,. . ■ ,1 . '. • [ -n. > .,-.'m/, • ., ■, ■• .,• . . . -w ']..;./ I 'ill A--- 7 < '/.I'll". 262 Erri.ESIASTirAL HISTDRY OF SlIRnl'SIllkE. Oswestry Scho..] : lulwanl I'ayiie. I Ic.Hlinastcr. a layman, was rjciti'il fo]- (Kliii(jii(ii(\ Puntc^l.ui)' I'u-sl I'.uiic.n: Will,.,,,, (Jucm), Kector lapp. 2\ . , -'•'"• "M^J l|. ^vas cjictr.l II, i(,,(. ^scH- Clniid, J',,!^.,-. hah 111 Pontc.lMU)- Third Portion: Saiuurl Grcavr^ [app. Kjj;) was cjrctfii in 1(45 (sec Berrinotoi, . Ruytoii XI Towns : Jr,lin Edmonds, \-K:ar |app. i(,35 | was dc- pri\fd lor drliiKjucnc)'. Saml Martin's: WaJtc-r Williams, who had s.^nicd K.pi, was deprived, but lived to be restored in uhkk^ Shrewsbui)-, Holy C:ross : James Loi^^n, X'lcar |app. ., A[.,y. K'l"!. was ejeeted on the capture of the t..wn, Feb' i''14 5- Shrewsbury, St. Mary's: Nicholas Prowde.s was c-jected on the ca[)ture of tlie town. Shrewsbury, St. Chad's: . I.endall, Vicar, was ejected on the capture of the town. Shrewsbury School: Thomas Chaloner, Headmaster, was ejected at the same time. Ton^r: Wilham Southall enters in the Rej^.ster from n March. 10.40 1 to July, 1043, when the Castle was made a garrison for the Parliament, but not after. Pr.,bably therefore ejected. Wem : Nicholas Page, D.D.. Rector [app. 9 Oct., 1O39]. signed in 1042. Wem was the centre of Puritanism in Shrop- shire, and he was ejected immediately after, (if n,,t be- fore), Wem became a garrison for the Parliament in August, 1643. Whittington: Edward Willins, Rector, [app. 1608], who had signed 111 i()42, was deprived.'* Most probably fuller research would revc-al many other suilcrer.s. Im.,- example there may have been a .sequestration ;il l.oppington, sinei- (jc^orgc- Ihuhanames was app..inlc.l 2; April, i()4<, ; (b^f.!i"u:i"llor^;.h m '^r T:\ ""'"'^'"^ A.cluleaco,. of Cassd ,n Ireland ■...or -.ifM. .iv.v;..!rO -'..tn f '. •.' - uir^:.' ^.-uU^ ' '(■• ,. ..^ 1; . ) •..'♦ .;••' r^'i .V.iui "1 ' i *' ■"^^*''"''- _, _ , •, .; i , ■ .;,r. ) 'u\. ■ -./■ tw-y '< ';■' • ■• .; i. '. ..;:•:;. '.-. • ■ ' ■■• '■' '••••• ■' ; i ')| JcM/M'^^' .. .y , ' • /l , .1<;!!7/ ' '.."!• ' ' ',, •'^'' '' ''^ I ■. ■;. ,•) • r'.V. • ■ "1 !'••'(;',!'• . /-n .if. - -.y - ■•' -• : ; .11' . . ' ' . ' • ' • 1 1 :., r ...!/ 1, ■> ,: .11... .11 •! , ; 1 ,. 1 u. ;.:.,. ' ,i.\ ,1 ' .1.1.: Frn.r.siASTirAT. history df shropshirk. !63 Vau^Iian Edwards st)'kMl liiiiist.'ll X'icar and Parson in 1 656 ; Thomas (littins was lipiscopally api)oint(.'d i i Sept., \h()2, l)iil was apparcntl)' liere ni it)()(). Vet it wdiild not he safe to concludi' witliiuit further exi- denec lh.it ttu' lust named was se(|iKsteri-(l lor lii\ah\' ; or that I'.duards was an nitruch-r, who "went out" at the Re- storation ; or that (iillins was an Indei)endent who con- iormed, and was re ordamed, in i()()2, so kin-pm^ his living. Parliament next took in hand the way in which the new Eceli-siastical constitution sliould he ri-^uhilc^l and <^(i\(rned. Presh)tenes wi-re therL'iore ordered t, OJ Th. (liven by Sliiiw, ii., jip. .}oO 12. r.'H •J" YM'TitH .1 , •••li I'-i '•■» l.ir.1, .!i(... ■\,i! i.-..i|i.(i 1^ .|"| ,|)i .1..-; wi '^"•,(■.•.,1 ' !• iiULJot ' ■' , -I V liiir. ,' ' . •, ■• \. *\ ■• \ '.V ■-,..';.. I V^v\^ ■.•\:\ ,.\ \f. lie I:;,!". H '. (M { \.i..A(\ ^ Hn'<',-H ■■■t\'' 1.... I ,. ■! |.r.. I ; / », .'I 1 ' r. . '1 .j-iu q r:ijir» > iiVn ••i • .. 1 1 111 H(Ol|l/IIA /•..IWA 1.'. i ... .a (H.'iiiir! ♦ ^nn.ja tl 1 1 1 1 ; • 1 ..1 -I'(i,)r! ' aI'i )|i(<-! V..|:..l! ). ' •... .I-.,.I 264 Erri.KSIASTICAL IlIsroRY ol'- SHRni'SHIRK. Miiiis/i/s lit lo /'tc I) I llic h'lrsl i lassis. Mr. j, lines Hctl..ii 1 ) 1 ). |..t W . .rtlicii | Mr. Thtunas P;i;.^ctl i«l (i-dds 111 tlir Tdwn of Slircwshur)' Mr. Thoin.is Hlaki- ol .MI.iihukIs Mr S.iimu'l !■ islirr df M.iru's ,, ,, ,, Mr. llr.iiK is| (iarlul c)l koxccstir Mr. lauM's Siiiitli ( il I ■ pli in Mr. I'^raiH IS W'ri-lit (.f W'cllin-t.Jii Mr. I Sjiiiiirl I Siiiitli (il ( (iiulr. Otluis jit to lu\- i.j the I'i/st i'/,nhn Prowd, of Shrewshur)', dra])er Mr. Richard I'l^olt, Sehoohiiaster of Shrc^wsljury Mr. Adam W'ehhe, ol Shrewshur)', (haper Mr. Thomas (iriffithes, of Binthall Mr. Edward l).i\}'es, of Pennini;lon Mr. Wilham Jones, of Chihon" Mr. h>hii P>rouiie, of Kisie 1 hrl)ii, e)l Aulston, l^sc] Reiljert ( harhon, of Aple)-, ICscj. J. 1 hi Second Clnssis to io)it>iiiiL Oswestrey I .laini\iii\ tiy( 1; Ph.n lllodweh Selaten .\hiii ins \\ hilt in;;toii l-'elton R)-ton Kill ick) n K)linerle) Myddle ICHesmere Ifordley P>asehur( h l*ellon Nesse i\hi<;na I .oppin>.;ti)n Shrau ardeii Ah mt ford 1-itts Preston (iuhhiild-^ , . ; I ! ..II M n >MH| ll/l ..!.•;. . • «/ t.. . . , ,. r »/ . . !■■ '.M i i-'ijiiiiri , li/. .; ' , I . . . 'l!;i|V. ^ M'i't .(!/'. .!,,i. . » V ' '■' "- 1 1 'ii'i' .•'■ \ ill". ,,. I ... ,i 1 1 .-I '•■' !ll;:<' /« .-i.i'l'.'fi • ; ,1 '.•/..'' " '•''■ '/ >iil ji.iiii I ^ ,. ;• 1.' 1' l)n..!/A.>l _,.. . ; , vi'-; -..ii'i. // ;•' .•■'''•.'■■\ i •'.ii r\ •,• ■ - >i'>\ \ vio/ 1 > •.,'>i'.>rii. I nil[ .„_, . , , , ; .,. i.i.'' 1" ''■ ■■' 1 '"'"' '•'' r,.| .'. tv-r.^f, »,.i--' ,') ,;■■ ' n'l fill"' lU , ^;, . .: , ,::... • ■■•.'■! !M,.nM^i li^ , .• .. , ■■ : , '■ 7/ MM,',/ tI/ ' ■ ■,'•'.,..1; :^^ .. ^•..^- - -'--il ''■' I .fjM » ,., .. M..,, iii. Ill ■■ 1": l!jl' 'I , Ullli I ''..ll.' ll I , J ; I'l::/. --: ,i i ll ' ) hi' I , ■; ,/'<,;/ '■- J\ ' h..;l ' M "'"^' '! ,., i t .• . / , I ...f .,-. I// !: ./ I r! Hi.' •I ■ I I I A ErCLESIASTirAT, HISTORY OF SHR(M^SinRr:. 265 Minis ft'rs fit to bcc of I he Second C/nssis. Mr. Siiinucl Ilildcrsdii uf West Fclton Mr. Rfjwland iNcnctl [of .St.mton 011 ITiiic ITcatli] Mr. James Wiklins^e of Sclatten Mr. Josliua i^ichardson of Middle Mr. Sti^plien Lewis of riaschurch Mr. Oliver Thomas of Osweslr)' Mr. Francis I^rownc, of Shrawardine Others fit to bee of the Second Classis. Colloiu'll Rt)bert Powell, lu-^h Slier iffe of the County of Robert Corbet, of Slanwanlen, Esq [.Salop. Arthur Chambre, of Petton, tlsq Thomas Cl}'\e, of Walford, Esq I eighton Owen [of Hragington[ Esq Thouias Baker, of Swinnex', ^^ent. Collonell Thomas M)lton, of Ilalston CoUonell Andrew Lloyd, of Aston Thomas Harris, of PresccA, gcni. lohn W'lleock'es, sehoohnaster (d Oswestry John Rogers u{ Midleton gent, j'.duiund Husho]) ol ( )sw(.^stry 3. fhe Third C'/nssis to containe r^ridgnorth fiugh Lee \\or\eild Madeley Cla\ erle\- Kinlett Alvele)' ' Munck hopton Ouat * .... Ouldbury Ouatford Hope P)ag(jtt Albrightcjn .V ! , •; Priors Dxtton Stockton UlllM! y\e1on Re 'Wild R>t(jn ". . 1 II 1 Chetton • Sutton ' ■ ■ Tonge Kemberton Badger Shuffn.dl J5e( kbury '. . , W'llley \\'enL)ck-nuigna Harrowe W'enlock par\a Eaton Hroseley Vol. M. ^ rJ Sales. FF ^d'i ,11 v«(.iftjn .»/ 1 - ■ ! ,,, .,\ > V. ..V .^. ^■ -^A .A NA .vA;r> ■ • i •. ■ i ,.. ■. . ■: .» ,:. •• 1(1 J"t 'T •'■' ' I ■ ■ ' .,, , ,. J.-r- . , V, 1... ' r i ..!.■.. I .'/"li'll/' . , - , , , '.. ,,•,• , -•,!>'.. !.■//■ .•i.r,^^ . ij;' > O l- i; 'fl> "H lHl.illl'l .! ■! .1 r.M • ' ' ■'" V ,' ■ • ' » II •/ I ,1 it.'. 1 266 r.CC LKSIASTirAI, llISrORY OV SlIRf il'SllIPE. Upton ("ressct Ilij^dey Halosowi'ii ,^ T.isK'y Cilasclcy Wlu'ltlc Syclbur)' and Hillinj^slt-y SUitlcsden Mnii<;/crs fit to bee of tJic I'hird Classis. Mr. Cilhnt \\';il(liMi of Hrid^iiurth iMr. J.-,ci)li Sound of Sliiifliull Mr. (I('or>;c Adiics' td W'ciiloc k Ma^na Mr. C;oorj^i> Ha.vtcr uf Wniloi k Par\a Mr. I John I Spdshur)' of ('li.ttoii Mr. [l.diiiund| Paston of I laKs owcu Others thought fit to l>ct- of the Third Classis. William Picrr(.'i)ont [of Toiif^ Castle), Msq. Richard Cresset, of Upton Cresset, Ilscj. Launcelot Lea, of Alveley, Escj. Richard Kittill)ye, of RiJjble, ^ent. Maurice 0\erton, gent. "1 13a)liffes of Joseph Sadler, gent. / Hridgnorth Awdler Bowdler, of Arlscot, gent. Roger Rowley of Rowley, Esq. Hercules Kynnersley, of Cleobury North, gent. George Bishop of More, gent. John Huxley of Rroseley, g, lor Ailihinirne, Uerliyshiie ; liniothy I'ox at Whilchurcli, in 1051, tnr Dr.iyton iiasset, StaHordsliire ; 1 honias I'orter, juii., John Wilson, David Jenks, (jcor^e Lurraston, and I'houi.is Solcy, at Whilchuicli, in 1656; I'hilii* Henry for W'orlhenbury, Minlshire, Samuel Hail for liariaslon, Stallurdshire, Josepii llaniner for Whilewell, Cheshire, Mr. liradley for Nes.se, Mr. iJicl.ens for Moreton Say, and Mi. |oneb for Ll.inariiicin, at I'lecs, on Sc|)t. 16, 1657 ; and I'lancis Keeling, for Cotiishut, at Whilchiucl/. Philip ileniy in his lUmy, under July f), 1(157, says: "the Prcbhytcry in Shropshire for Ordinalioii " who extniined him were Mr. Poitci, President, Mr. Hauf,'liton, Mr. P.ir >;ns, Mr. Bniney and Mr Steel [the last had succeeded Mr. Potter at tlaiinu!, \.licii he moved to VVIutciiurchJ. And under Sept. 14, 1657, " Mr. Parsons, Mr. Porter, Mr. Hau^'hton, .Mr. Maiden and Mr. Steel] layd hands on me, and successively on five more.' T?»r ■11. H ■ !• // IM 1-.t|./l - .ilK'il 1' . . , 1 f . ■; .lif ,... ,11 '.nilv/. .-jI^ f ^M. I'.M ,: ..;i.. ) ' ' ' i • :•'!!' • Molir / I-: ■ ...mm; • : '' I,. ■ ' .1 >f ':- • 'Ml.' L. l-l .-I HHiM 1 .. r, . . ,.' I I' Mf i, I' M'J^rVT') , .. . Ill ' ••' ' II i ;i I 1 ( 1 i)ti.r l'»n;i;!;rl ',,. .-. .•■■(, . ,1.. •. .) .....lil.V/ .'/ . » II .1 . li , . ■>; ; . 1 '/ .1/. . .., .1 ■. -I : ' I ■ > 1,1 268 ECCLESIASTIfAL HISIORY OF SHROPSHIRE. Samuel Smith of Wemme, mercer Robert Cine of Si) eh, Iisq \\'ilhaiii ( 'dUon of Ik'llaport, Est}. 5. l he Fifth a (IS sis to coiitainc Ludlow ("luiij^unford Bur lord Ili.ipton Wafers Asliford (\irl)omll Ilojiton in le Hole Ashford HowdU-r Lonf? Stauiitc)n Greet Ilolegate Cnynham Tu<^^ford Coreley Marj^arels Clee Bitlerlcy Stokx- Milborou^h Bromfield iJotlrells Ahlon Staunton Lac\'c Alxlon Slokesa)'e Scrivens IMidleton Hawford Upper Ncene Milson Eaton Could Weston Dowles Cleobury Mortimer Lower Neene Cleobury North Wistanstow Ministers fit to bee of ttie l^iftfi Classis. Mr. John Rusbatch of Wistanstow Mr. John IMalden of C'leobury Mortimer Dr. [Patrick] Pantcr of Iloleoate" Mr. Edmund Barton of Culmmglon Mr. Samuel Barkcley of Clungunford Mr. \t>laiit<\ of Ludlow. Others fit to dec of the Fifth Classis. Sir Adam Littleton of Stoke Milborouj^h, Baronet Wilham Litleton of More, Escj Thomas Kettilby of Bitterley Estj Robert Charleton of Whitton Escj Edward Whitchcott of Greet Esq Edward Cresset of Cotes, |^ent Robert Kettilby of Steple, j^ent ' App. to ilulgate, 18 April, lO^o. .If.IH^^! '-li'^ ' V • UM^.O ,v..aA J V--. \i \ "^ ". > .;! i 1 I! ; ...;..n I , <1 ':V l'>Mli> .;' t.. ■y, . ".iJ .;< ■ , .'1 i .li 1'.'-' II'' ,.' t ^- - • ,}. i ,1(1 I •/ i' ,, ^'.-^\ U i iid 'III . / ; '.I '.' ,■> ....1. i -j ^ ;i ;- 'I ,;..!..■ -'I i I ,/. s »i'nI» ' ' ' a'^ ' ErCLESIASTirAI. inST'tRY !')]■• f^HRDT'SHIRF. 269 GeorL;c Tompson of Shcrchousc Willi.iin Hill of lUirrowstoM IscKic Slicplicard cf Bawcott ^ent William W'alkiT ol Staunton "cut John Astiiii oi LiuUow, j^cnt. 6. The SixtJi i'/dssis lo coulaiiii Strctton Atti.n Scott ( artln\i;lon Mnidtownc Ruslihury l.ulhur)' Shiplon Kd^ton Monslowc Sil)(lon Duilclnu'y iiopcsay Weston ( 'lonncl)iir\- Weston (sic) Bcdston Bucknell Stowe Clonne Llanvair-waterdcn Maynston Rat]ni|^ho{)c Bettus L^eebotwootl Bishops Castle Habbcrley More Chirbury Norbury Shelve Wentnor Acton Scot (sic) llo|)c bowdlcr llo[)ton Muiis/crs fit io bcc of- lite S1.1//1 C/dS.sis. Mr. Thomas Fro)-scll of Clonne Mr. (jcorj^e Barkley of Maynston Mr. George Lawson of More Mr. Richanl Heath of iIo[)esay Mr. Edward Lewis of Chirbury Mr. [Anthoii)J ilawkes ol Stretton. Ollicrs jil lo />i'C 0) llic Sixlh C/nssis. llarrourt l.oighlen ol IMash, hls{| Samuel More of Linley, Esc] Henry Bowrll ol SIkkKvlH, }^unt Charles l.ans^dord Ham.- }iy of ihc Muiistc) s 1)1 tJic P) ui utCi of Salop To till Tni/h 0/ Jcmis L /:ris/, and lo tJic Solemn League and Covenant : As also against the I'.rrors, Heresies, iind Idas p/ieniies ol these tunes and the i oleration ol them." Sent up to the Ministers within the Province ol 1 .011 don, Subscriberb ol the h'lrst Testimony.' London, M.D.CXLVm. It is signed !)>• fifty-seven Shropshire Ministers who would all be Presb)tenaii.-., dishkers ui roleriitiou ; the liide|)en dents on the other hand being m favour of it. George Adeney, pastor of Wenlock Magna [app. 14 Mar., 1O15]. Thomas Adne)-, pastor of Easthope [app. 28 Feb., 1O38). Robert vMderson, minister of Pontesbury 1st jiortion. John Andrews, minist«.'r of PuKi-rbatch. (jcorge Barchi)', rector ol Maynstoii, Edmuiul Barton, |)astor of Broselc)' |ai)p. 7 heb., lOlO). George liaxter, p.istor oi Little Wenlock [apj). 1 (S Sept., i(.o8.|' ' The FelitiJii uf itic l>ondun Miniblcrs to the Assembly of Divines, Jan. 2, 1645-b. - ihc lioly and reverend pastor who lived at Little Wenlock till about b6 years of a^e m the constant faithful preachinti and practising of ihe Ciotpel IteiiijUiW, 111., \\ 91). 1 . , : ^ . . , . ," I,- . v'. T ^ t ■K". -1 '1 t r. .. ., I ...).. •'! . . . ra-i --.LA n-jii ->:4"i i:». r^iii ' ' I .7 ,,l i .1, ..J ., ,.1.'. ' :.. ..-.ii-'M lljl]<. •■'! ' K".-! '1 1 !"■■ . , ,,^ .. 1,, .i... .;•,'■(:; .ill ! : ' I .7 U. . ; v.'.:, ■'■. ;...'.:'•! '!■ .' .^' '.■■'- ■' ' t , I'l u :i , .i.- i:!;7; I) .III! ■ .. . ..■!i:i '.■. "II . • I] ■■ ri Ji-' i ! .' i/. ' « i-1/. ,..,. , . .- .., :. ■ •. .i/w.' .'I -I ■' • . , , .; -•.,,. / . . // • ; . J »i ' . . I • "• ; 1. ... '.J .< ...;■.' ' ■ I 1,(1.. '."•' t'\ . •. <• ..I .... !■■ ft.*! Krci.EsiASTirAi, HISTORY OF siiur oi Mdstaston. Jonadal) Birch, pastor of Sliifnall |re ajip. i\ l'"eb , i()()i-2]. Francis Browne, rector of Shrawaniine (apj). 2b Nov., io3(S|. Thomas Bus!)), pastor id KtMTihertr)n. llumphre)' ("liamhers, minislt.'r ol Stirchley. Rej^inald Corlxi, mniister id l\isK'\'. Thomas Cook, jjastor ol I)ra\ton Mat;na [app. 2 Oct., H'34|- Samuel Fisher, pastor of Marye's, Salop [app. to Ui)ton Magna 21 July, 1635 |. Richard Fowler, minister of l.on^tord. Thomas Frr)\'sell, j)astor of ("Itin |app. 27 Sejjt., 1637]. William Cower, minister of Mt)rton Corbt^t. Francis Garbitt, pastor of Wroxeter (ap[). 8 Aug., 1O09] Timothy Ilammoiuls, minister of Pontesbury 2nd. A)lmer llaughton, pastor of Frees. Ricliard Ha\'es, minister of Morvield. Samuel Hildersham, rector of West Felton [app. 13 June, 1028]. James Jephcot, M.A. [minister of Oldbury, app. 3 Aug., 1648]. Richard Nott, minister of Barrow. Stei)hen Lewis, i)ast(.»r of Baschurch. John Maiden, pastor of Cheswardine.' Isaac Martin, rect(.>r cd' Boias [app. 17 March, 1627-8 [ Will. Martin, rector of Sidbury and ihlhngsley. Thomas Niccols, jiastor of Astle\' Abbots [ap|). to Chelmarsh 2 March, I0i5[ Peter Niccols, pastor of Adderley. Andrew Parsons, pastor of Wem. h.diiiund Paston, pastor of Hales Owen. Ruh.ird l\i)'ne, minister of iWss Str.mgc. Thomas Porter, j)aslor <.d Whitchurch. * Not the John Maiden who succeeded the ejected Joliii I5.irker, at Cleobury Mortimer, and was one nl tlie .\lini^ter.s of the 5th Classis, for he was t)uried at Cleobury, Sept. 11, 105(1 This John Maiden wan afterwar.is at Newport, and " went out " in i66i. « n y . - ■•'. 1/. .iofV , { I |->(*if 1n-r. -T. O'!' ) ft!*) 1<. T..). '■..! .If-i: .'.hi 'i "..ni;.:' > 1 1 i;'l M ■ l' ' I, I < ]•• i- . /W( II ioKfiiud / ' , 1 1 • ; ■ ' ,■'■,■<■ :; ' : . ■'•.i/iiiirni ,/ {/i t'. '/ , M.;i 1 1, ( ''!>i MI .M'./. ' . . i.i. !. ; :t • ..II. ■ ; I I • r.t . ,'■ I ' I . M 2,72 F.rrTF.siASTirAT, msroRY of SHROrSHIRF. Robert P*)wf()r(l, niinistor of U|)])iii<^lon \'^\i\)- to Eaton under Ha)'\voofl lo March, 1638 1. Micliacl Richards, minister of Madeley. William R;lian, pastor of Morcton Sa\' Ciilhcrt WakK'ii, pastor (jf Ih-idinioith |app. to \\'ille\- jS Feh., 1038 ()|. ^ I Thomas W'atmore, \'icar of l^iton |.\i Tcaviis]. j James W'iJihn^, rector of Sillalti^n |app l(»lo|.' | I'.dward Wall, miinstcM- of AlhcMhur)- [hta'c l(t|-'|- | l'"r.incis Wright, |un., preacher ol Hadnall. ; I'^ancis Wriidit, pastor of Welliny;ton [ap[). 1 Jan., 1620-1]. Thomas Wri>.^ht, pastc)r of Kinnersley. |l\issil)l\' in thc^ al)o\e list r, /wv/e/-, and I'iiiir sif^iiif)' an instituted .md inducted lncuml)ent ; Mimslo, one who was stationed as Locum Tcncns, or ("urate in ("har^'e, m ' place (T a sciiuestered or ejected Parson |. For the support of those turned out of their henefic-es. Parliament on |ul)' (\ l^'l."). ordered not more than a filth to he paid out ot the li\ni;js tor the support ol tjic wuos .iiid children ol seciueslered miiiisl< is, wliiK- in the Act ol \{)^{) the- allowance cif I'lfths was ordered speciall) lor clerj4")'men not possessc^l of real estate of ^,30 per ami. or a personaht)' of /, 500. I!ut notwithslandniL;" these ( )rders, the allowances were only ohtained with considca'ahle trouMe and e.\i)ense, and often relusecl (in \ er)' sh'.dit [)ret('.vts, thus the e|ecte(J were Ireciuenll) in threat want, as is pro\ed \)y the mn o\er 48 yeais, dying l-'eb. 11, 1658-9, and beinf; succeeded by his son Thomas, who was Rector till his death April 4, 157H. 1 .♦..HI •• 'fi. I iJ I J ;«; I .•. t»'.f< » "t.. .-.I-,.., . ( ?.»l .VI. U I ' ; , ! » ! - /• It // .|t|.,i i\t> t; |..->l i. I.. • ;.| .• "l I ^ il I /! I / K I, :. I '■! • . t .( : . I : I .'i » i ,. 1 ', 1.. ■■ l.|(j .l,..'i I. ■. ' , -; .,(,;. 1 ;• .1 ■• ,.-. .... .;! .1.-.* ECCLKSIASTKAI. IIISIORY OV SilUnl'Slll'!!:. 273 i()55. Gi\'en 5 poorc Minis- t(Ts .it scNi'rall l)'iiics ()' fSl full m's, Slirewsl)ury) 1647. I'or 2 (li'r;i\r(l iniiiis Icrs ... . . ...2" o' 105 I. T[ ha\iii;,; beni strm k b)' cannon b.dls. bishop's Castle : I Ip present ( liurc h w .is erc'cttd .ibout l(')j8, in [)Lice tjl an e.irher one wliicii was d,im.i<;ed and llu' Vol. \ 11.. jni Sltic-:,. Gc; t^- / U r , lUildV.'-'l '•m: . r iMiji Ir-c/'nr-ili », . I , I I , -I ll; .»J .. . ! r.tl,, *'' ' ;.',•,.• •:. , ,1,1. •iitj //«,.. ■^ •"" • ' ' • ■' :■'.<■<■.',• i . .1 t . ,|. .1 i -.,() .;'. ■ d^.. ,1..^ -^lij .-..;, .. j..ji^,,.^ . I j:..ni,kf;i 'J,!; I'.t jjtu.. ■wl» • ; ir.I../' ;. i] ''• ".')l • '.ii'urj'i i;i(. ;iw .. ■I' ' il ■' . il ■: • I •. , . liri I .ij \ trii II > Tirol 1'' I ■ |J ii': // ■ .. , , .. ■ i , y .|| .'I ,./, I •.'.•:' - I ,■'.•■,. /■ I ■ < ' ■ ' ' 1 I. ; ^ i I • ■- ' ..'■ I ' 1 I • 1 1 ..., M ,.■ j; J 1,11 '. ■' t.\ < m J'ti •III...' m{| (i' ii; ■'..•'•..• '»!'.// <•■'.! I I 'T' Xji.il ^ ,. ' I .:,::-■./,. • ■ MJ^ _) li .' I » ll I't » ,/ 111 >|j >il )'lih.i! ; <'iij;<■] ': ■ ,1 nuAi ':ir. I' ■ ; -- >.' . im' ) •.niir'ij !■; •' : .;i ■ in' '.m. (IiM '■ .;; . J) m1 I.I-mI ' .' - ■ I ■ -.. I >r»J1ii..- ''■•It' . ■ I ) . , , . . u' .• ' / I _ 1 1 ■ ; 1 1 I ■ • ■ . I 1 1 I ( I . .11 ll,;, . •., . , . - ■•■•I'l - ;•■-!!. , ! I y I 274 r.rrLESIASTICAI. msroRV of SIlRr)l>SHIRE. interior burnt when serving as a place of defence for the Parhamcntarians in Au^^^ust, i()i5 Benthall : The previous Church, which stood in front of the Hall was destroyed, when the latter was garrisoned in the war. Bridgnorth, St. Leonards: In the Churchwardens' Accounts IS this entr)' : "l()4S('. Manh l. W'orkinge at the steeple in high church, and takeing down the belles there by the Gcnernours conunand : takeing down the battle- mentes of the steeple of the high church." It uas so injured in the war tli;it llu' townsmen were li/u.M l.i rebuild it, " whiih," writes Dr. Cox, m Ins Mdj^iin Ih i/(i)iii!ii, 17J0, "hath not li'ng been done." "As lur the guMl ( hur(h it was .1 gieat while i)elore it was re- built, anil that alter two general collections lor it." {l\t'Ii(/itiii\ i., 21). Clun : A petition of the parishioners to Parliament, dated March 30, 1^1.17, says: — "Whereas a great part of our Church and Steeple, which was covered with lead and furnished with four bells, were during these late Troubles, burnt by an Officer of the King's party (lest it should i)e made a (larrisi)n for tlu' Parliament or a future defence and shelter for the soldiers as it formerly had been), the l(^ss tlierecjf anuninting to /^8uo at tlu' least, and )'our j)i4itioiiers ,\xv mow destitute both of Church and Chapel wherein to hear the word of Cod and receive the Sacraments to the spiritu.il j^rejudice of }'our Pi-t It loners and their lamihes." Great Hola:^ is said, in the ^i'(iuestrat 1011 charges against the Rector, Isaac Martin, to have been greatl)' injured b)' the people (j1 the \ ilhigi- .ifter tlu- fall of Shrewsl)ur)', lest it should be garrisonc-d by the Parliament and their houses burnt. " The Minister after the Church was de- faced, came tliere and ui'pl, ami went into his house again." High Ercall : a letti-r fr.iiii Slu\wsbur\-, dati'd December, 1645, sa)'s : "The \\]uAc t.iwn of Krcall is burnt, )e Church demohbhed, all tlie (4nirclu-s r45, rep(jrts that v\ .-jl'.l, •:. . . V. ...... yi»- i-.-'i'.: '(.-.lid 7 'irjlni i{r ,fj(i^ ji '.l-'ilr 't> . > " "»'l' .,:,' ... «:;i.-:i-. ■ ! .: K.I' ." -r'^- ' ■'•"• • ■" '• I , . ., . ' t; w.. ■ ' II' •., i 'mimI - : . . I ,,,. I. '•''."■' '••■ ''■'■■ ''^'''''' • .. .; , '■ . t^ .. • ■'. '1 '■ ■" ■'' ''-"U '■ , , ,. ; ,;, . , . ^ V 1 1 . M; 'lilU i'Ci. .■ I' ' r'l T .;q .. .. t i ',(. .' •!■ . :■ -(•> l|»-.MI».. >•• t) »(«'T ,. i.>8.V ..n 1 '• :• t' -l •"!< ^.t-.l '■ 1 ■ I 1,1!; il >m' > :ti I . ,lj , ■ . ir-..- 1 ..r, -'It >'i ■''>i ''i' • • , j|( ■: ',' • I 11' i 'il >'f i'l" ■' i , II. -5. 1 1 ii; <;in M '< i : . ; . .1.1 . '' r ' ' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 275 the Parliamentarian troops " had made a great breach into High I'lrr.iU Cliurch." In 1058 briefs were issued "towards the rcbuiMiug of High I'.rc.dl ( hurc h." Loppniglon ; hi this ( hiireli the Parhainent iiad fixed a (larrisou m Si ptiiuluT, i(>i^ ; but the l^o)'ahsts under I -ord Capel dislodgeil them b\' tiring the pc^rch and roof winch were covered with shingles. On Jul)' 17, K'55, a lustice's warrant appointed a Committee to sn- to the ri'pair of tlu' ( lianccl of Lo])pington, thi' ( hurchw.ndens bc-mg reporti'd as negligent m donig their dulw Madele)- : The Register has undrr H'lS, April l._|, " AH which tiiiK' the ( hurth |ol Madclc\ | w .is garrisoned b\' .i troop ol the Parhaiiu'iit commanded b)- Captain \arringlon." Oswi'str)-: This ( hurch, which stcnnl without the W .ills, was hi'ld as an outjvist b)' l)oth sides when they luid com- maiul of the Town in turn, and was so tlamaged that on Jan. 3, i(»55 (), it w.is reported to the Justices that it must be rebuilt, the estimated cost " Ijeing i^/uo at least." In i()5 ii'' ' ''' ' '' 'I. •■ \ :j Jr I .■• ■ . . : ) 1 • . . r ^ ..• ' ' ' ^ "1' . » - '' , , , ■ , . < ', I , ■ 1 ' ' . . ■ I 1 • ■ • 1 M 1 1 ' I M I ' ; ) ' . Jl.< 1 . '. 'I » 27^ KCCI.ESlASTirAl. HISIORV OK SHROPSHIRE. Tlu' ("hurcliwardcns' Accounts sa)' : i()|() I', lid riidiiias Laiidford for piillin^^c douiic stdiir Dill (d tlif old .\lil)( \ and can')rui^^' intu llic ("Inircli and nial-;Mi;4o up North side of tlieChureii ... .. js. od. Stokcsa)' : The (duireh deslro)-ed in the (nil War was re- huilt in l(»5|, the ehanecl arch Ijearin^ .m inscri|)tion to that effect.' Ton<.,r ; Richard .Symonds \vritni5.f of his journey tlir(ju^h TonL( on May ) 7, i(»}5, s[)eaks ol the windows heni^ " iiiikIi hroken." 1 he iNoilh side oi the church is |)itti(i Willi bullet marks, and oni> cannon shot, ui.ide no doubt when it was held as an outpoht to the Castle, k rom l()}5 to l()5Cj the ( hurchw.irdens' Accounts are full of entries of money spent " towards the Repairin^r of the ("hurch." Wcllinj^ton : This Church was a Royal Garrison, and was taken b)' (^ol. M)-tton 111 lMan;h, Kj-jj-^. A rejx'rt w.is made at the Michaelmas Sessions of Shroj)shire 111 i()5(), that the building required looking to ; and a Committee was appointed to f^o into the cjuestion of who ou<;ht to repair it. Wrockwanline : The Parliament troops occuiiied Wrockwar- dine Church in the autumn of i()45, in order to straighten ' tlu^ l^rtyalists at High lircall This building was at- tacked by Sir William V'aughan, but he failed to force it, and withdrew. Having selected the Ministers and made arrangements for the repair of their Churches, the next thing was to consider how the former should be paid, and how small stipends should be nua'cased. This was done by charges on the es- tates oi seciuesti red loyalists, and the following extracts will 1 In lliih icstoralion a great cJcal of the did maluiial was u.scil. I'lic in;,t;rip- tioii lb . .\ii : Doin ; 165^. I ins lIiuicIi wab icbuilt l;y tlic piuub ovcibi^lit of Cieoij^c I'owcll, gcni., .Hid Gcuij^c Lainbe, Cliuichwardciis. This ArclT wab given ty Joliii Clicsliiic, joynci. ^nn'-"''i>in=» <»' VJi*''i^.ni lAHir/ -.'•I . I. ., ! J •, 11. . ,' II . »..!■■ / -il''/- '•> '• ' ■ -• j,(l ' . .11 , ,., I ,, ' I.. -I'l A\i<>V\ ,(U >j,r. , It . . .1 ".v.M » . a< , t I. '1' .1 n.. > . i i" /..r».l<-'r^. ' I -••11 > JMI! -.1' 1 >•• n c'.i\ ■'■ ;;.:i'n/' . !' I 'i •<• ! , >i . I l' MUtI . I ..i;- i"' .J ' 1.I--I.' . •"' ' ■ ■•' ' ■"■' ...,, ,1.::..; • Mil -.....• . . , ,; ; / Ml.' Vvl :i ' i' ' ,n...l.. \ .n •.ii.;.-:-.v..:xmV/ 1 I . .1/1 '•' •I.* I'lf •nil *v' i " ' (Mil ,„ .. ,,.(,[ !,,|:f..wir><; I ;n.l I I.I I. Ml|.l')-0' • I .1) .'I ECri.ESIASTKAI. HISTORY CH- SHROPSHIRE. 277 tell the btcjry of llic trcMtnuMit of Slirdpslnrc landowners .ind p;irishes : - :\('(Oiiiit oj Iiiiprof>nat!(>ii'< pitiu Itdscd . . . 1*1//'/ i'./hd It) /lie \,i/ i\ I (ic/ioii (> I tlh'Si- :<'hinii if intjy n'lhcni. i.onddii, Id |N, Sc|)tciiil)fr ..'_'.' Jj DiH riiiluT, H)|:;. liuhiplni'V W'.dcdt, id W'.dcMl, co. .S.di)|), l'.S(|., Ill sett Ir ,(.!()(» \)vv ,11111. ; \ 1/ , / |( > jht aim. r .um. |,,|- r\('r upon tlu^ miiiisler ol jlillrrle)' in llie co. id Salop, and his |- iiic riiu.iiiis /, 2 I 1 0 1 (J)ct., I ()..)(). Sir Richard I.eveson, of Trentham, co. Staftord, Kill., to settle /,38o per aim. for ever ; /,50 per aim. upon the minister of Sheriffs Hall ; i.,80 per ann. u])on the minister of I..illeshall ; /, 10 jier ann. upon the minister ol Shawlniry, and i,io i)er aim. upon the minis- ter of Clareley, in the co. oi Salop ; and the remainder to bee setled upon such j)laces as this Committee shall appoint ; for which hee is allowed ^3,840, and so his fme of i^9,84() is reduced to ^ 6,000. 3 Deceml)cr, l64(). Sir Vincent Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, CO. Salop, Knt., to settle £80 per aim. u[)on the Church ()[ I.msladc for c\er ; for winch he is allowed i, 8(jo, and so his line of /,2,822 is reduced to i,2,022. 8 December, i()4(). (irorj^e Peiuuddock, (j1 Ihoad chalke, co. Wilts, Esqre., to settle /,4() per ann. for ever upon the ( hurch of Cjreat Wenlock in the co. of Salop. 7 January, i()4(j 7. Edward Kmaston, of Galley, co. Salop, l'".s(i., to settle i, 50 per ann. upon the Chajipel of l)uddlestoii lor c\i"r, lor whieli hr is allowei! /.soo, aiul so his lini' ol /,2,o()o is rcdiiecd to /, l.scx). 2 1 Jcuuiary, 1O4U-7. Sir Henry Frederick rh)ime, of Caurse (astle, CO. Salop, Knt., to settle impro))riate t)'thes e(iui\alenl tu i, 2i)t) uj)oii such pi, ices as the Parh.iment ' biit. Miittcuin L. — ; ^ivcii hy Sluiw, ii., p. .jyy. *. Uii )). I •'-'. , , . ., iiMIIU.n! •ill »*'! ■'•> "'i '• ,, , '.f. . ^ -It .<«"l ' ♦" ' , 1 11.. t . • 'i.. >' 5 ■" •■■ ■"" '»'"'" • •''^'•"'•'' ^ _ ^ ,.. ,, , „, ,...;, -.l.'J-. ■■'1 . Mi/l "■' '" ' ' , . .,',''... -"11 til / 'Ir. Il.il I'' .J ,, I in.,.I.n 1-" M-l , ) >o 1 ■.'.11 •«« ■■■■' •'";-, • , .. . . ; ,,i !• J ■>i:i .11 <■; '■! I \ ; _ I ..• •>' •■I|' ' ' i ■ .',.' 1 ./''.' ■' ml * . , , , . 'k;.'_,^ 1" '«i»l .III (M , , ., .,,,1. .■. ,'f' .. » ..' .1 IWIJ ,,. , L' t ..ii»»«iil/i •* 278 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. shall appoint ; for which he is to be allowed i^2,ooo, and so his fine of i,7,i6o to be reduced to £5,160. 23 famiarv, i(')j() 7. Sir Rich.ird Nrwport, of Hi^di Ercall m the ((.. of .Salop, Knt., tu settle /, i;3 I Ss, Sd. jxt ami. tor i'\ t'f ii|)(iii tiie sexiT.d pl.uis where tlu^ 1 itlu'b arise [i.e., Uij^li iMcall, W'roxeter, and I 'ppiii^loii | , tur which there is allowed L 1-739 <^'^- '^'J- ^-^^'^ *-'^ the Fine of L 1(j,ooo imposed on the said Sir Richard Newport, and Francis NewiK^rt, his son and heir aj^parent. iS March, it.>|(i 7. Thomas Owen, of .Shrewsbury, co. Salop, I'lsij, and Fdw.ird Owen his son, to settle 1,^) ])er ann. for e\er upon the ( liurch where the Tythes he |i.e., the Abbey ("hurch, Shrew sbur\) ; fur which the whole fine of L-()[ is remitted. 7 luly, I0„j7. I'lmothy Tourneur, of Bould, co. Salop, Esq., to settle /,22 per ann. upon tlie Vicar of S. Almonds for e\er, for winch he is allowed £308, and so his Fine (jf £1,000 is reduced to £092. 28 Feb., 1647-8. Francis Watson [of Church Aston, co. Salop, and] of l^ondon, merchant taylor, to settle £5(j l)er ann. upon the Church of Great Dawley in the co. of Salop, for which his whole Fine of £523 13s. 41I. is re- mitted. In addition to this purchase of ImiDropriations, which would only help a few of the poor parishes, on 30th April, 1O49, an Act was passed authorising the sale of all lands formerly be- longing to Deans and Chapters of Cathedrals, and from the sum so gained the following grants were made to Shropshire Incuml)ents' : — - l''r K't c J < 1 1 . : » ! * . 1 1 . , J ;..',.■ -.' f.l!,(l)l>i (If 1m., .Mil .1' i I »/•.«*»< |ill I vl- . ■' , . 1 ■ ; .'.' .' ■- r. ■' (•a • : " / .' .11' •r.; <;• li . . _. • : . 1 ) .I.-, -..'i !l I. -;/' > ' ^..'..'.-l liiii. . |>-i.'i • ■;..!■' . '• i . -r'. .; ■..■,■■. ;, I .:-•:,.. ; :■ • i l>iii. (j' '1. ^ I '. -Hi ;•• ,, ,jiii' ■' m;'; 1. •■,./ 1 \'.t. !•' ; !■ .,;. i •<••:..■ !•' ■ I'-l .•,■•!<-<-■ .l/t. I.lM . !i . -I (!■ ); li.'.f. .11 ::.i. I'I. -• .l / t I t' M . : .{t /; i^ ii.'''J EfTLKSIASIK AI, HISIORY OV SIIR' il'SHIRFv 279 SciiuiK'l JJ.ildwin, Escj"""., for the usr ol tin- iiiiiusUT of DiiUebury, ), y^'iii-, idjc), to Sept. Jc) ... 15 6 8 William Hill, lCsq'''\, for the use of the ministers of the Chapels of Nash and liiirraston (siime tiimO 4 13 } Ministers, ("liiircli("s, and .Sti|)(.'nds li.i\iiiL; been all .ir- ranj^ed, the p.irishrs tlu-iiiseh es were iie.xl tli(»u^lit ol An Ordmanee of () lime, l<'|<). .ippointed Commissioners to i)ro- cc>ed into e\-er\' e< •unt\' to make a ( liiireh Survey, (jr Parochial Incjuisition, lor the purpose oi a statistical abstract of jjanshes and churclu's lor the whole kiii;^i ]V(i/es ({//(/ redress of' S(>i)ie (i rieimnces, is elated 22 l'~el)ruar)', i()_|{)-5o. Among the Commissioners autlior- iscil !))• it to proceed .igaiiist Malignant Clerg)' were Ihimphry Mackworth, Ks(i'''., of Tietton. and Leighton ( )w(M1, V.s(f-., of Hragmgton. Among the Dnuus to grant tH'rtilicates of appro\al ior preathing the (jospel in .iii)' ol the Norllu^n ( 'mint les ol Wales were ( )h\ cr Tin >mas, o{ ( )swestr)', Sti'phen l.ewis, ol H.ischurch, Rowland Nexet, of Stantoii-im I line He.ith, and X'av.isour I'owtil, lormerlv cairate of Clun, after- \\ lU'ds the laiiuais .Anabaptist and opponent ut Cr(..m\\ I'lj.i Calamy thus describes their proceedings: " ' Tis \\ t'lj known that they \slio li.id the ascendant 111 Wales betwci-n l(i5(jand I0()0, made il tluir endea\our to bring m an Illiter- ate Ministr)-. The)' at once [)ut down all the parish ministers ' Anil of l^ichard IJ.ixtei .ilho, for he sa)s : "Vavasor l*(j\v(.l wiotc against inc a I'.implilet so full nl Untrutlis and Spleen and so little peitinent to the cause as that i nevci met with .t man that called ior an answer to it." t>7s 8 T) ?! T, 'l>jiK|iJr JjiiL •s.'J II v»«'':t»*^ if-i:),! } t. '(^(.fi; .! •■/Umoj \'T .:. • », f ti', r>j • '■' . II'.: , !'.c-i ii;'| ';iJi ') m.-j 1 < rr(i>.|j;f' i .• ' ' .i :t//. li i . .. ;'W/ I. ■,•■) ;•.-• ;„.!! ill ' ' . ». . ..:•• ■ ' .il T. ■! «r -.t;'- .... ir.';!// ■ ;iri.-i^i •1.1'- ii' ; !' i: • , . •.! i : i , ii :■••;.■ n 'ii'l .v i:,t> ji ■ ;i. •jjjiif «•! '< • • ■ .. ■ ' ■'<■ f'.;.^.' ll' -jIi f'..ii' '■"! 'ill. ••( .i: ', .<■•-".•.!, ; , ; ' ■><''■> .ift ' ' .■A , ' ■ :.' . .. \ ,' ^ "...■.'. ■.^. ■ \ ■■. i , -.11 1 ...,;... ^ :. . ■ ' .,!• .,.■!•/■. '>''ii|.;i '' ii.ijT.'-> I 1.1; - .1 . , ,. h • , . »■...! i ..'■ I. ■...'• t .-►, -'I !: .... I V ■! I -I , I ' . ,, ,,i' ' ' .' i ;• . , 'i . - 'i ,i; Ik , . . i , ■ . ■ ( I. ; . . ' i ' ■ii'ii'i ii.'i !■ I ii •' r ■ . : : . ,,■■•.. ,.-.■ - ,'n.JJ \ ^■. • .. ■.'■''■ I •■■■ /' ll X/J'l • .' i .' • .•■! . I . I 1.1/ ■. Hi., i . il i>. '' t:.li /.in.li.) • I' ■ '. / ,.i 1 , ;l .till/. I .wl. 28o KrCLESlASTirAI. HlSroRY OF SHROl'SlllRK. of Wales and srt up a few itiiu'iMiil iJicachcrs iii lluir stcid, who wcT(> lur iiiiiiiliiM' iiK ( iiii| >c1 cut lor so ^rcat a cli.irj^u', there heiii^ hut ouc lo man) ol ihost' wule parihlies, so thai the [)e(j|)le liad a sermon Iml i inc f m man) weeks. And this IS tlie |)hi;ht whuh the Anali.ipt i^ls ,ind otlicr se( taries would li,i\e hiou^ht the wlmle Kind to. And all this was with this design that the) must \)c made Christians and ("hurehes m the w.iy ol tlu- Anahapt ists / . |- ; , I. Ill > ,1 '.I ' >; !' ' , i . •! , , 1 1 'iiv . I •il; ,!■ '■•'<■ ^<-'i -\ ' ti.. t.-l ,1 . . :■ . f k t I ^^ II ■ !■'•'■ "• * '"' "■ '>* • ,11 ^• ,,■■■..,. ' • .1 • ' 'I ■; ■ •••■'■ ^ • ,. , . . . • ..; i - .!• \l. ' .U.- •!'•. ., ^^ ,. , : • i . , ' , ..' J. : --i .,, , •.,:.■■-. ..1 vi!l .■'■''. ♦ ■'•' . 1 ; , ,,■.,. ■ . I.C-r i • . I '• MI. i'ii ) )VI.' • ," . 1 . ', ; uii ... 'M. ...1... .1 ., V "',.,,• 1 . ' . ! I (. I/. 1. 1 ' i ,' ili.ri. !',i;i/ ' t .. . • i/ . . , . . .! i.'l,. II,.-! II ■ ' ( I' ,(.,/.'. •;;..•. n\\ ,1 ' II J, I '.ij'-j'..: 1 ./ , .1., J ' >, , •-»• ..I. .,wA', . ...» • \ ' ' • "■'■ ■5 • .;•.'» . 1 .•■•'•'•. ECCLESIASriCAT. HIS'lORY OV SllRnrSHIRE. 281 Astley, and TTadnall : Joshua Barnet had settled in two httle parisli(S near Shrewsbury ( ahed Ashley and Haflnall, and thiac he remained lor S(inic tunc. Ihil u|ii)n th<- (diiiiii'^ oiil ol ihc I'aij^faj^euienl, which hi- cduM not hike, he (|intted hutli those places. (( alani\j. Greet: |ohn T)ler. Rector |app. I April, I(hk)| was secpies- tered \n the \far l()5J, and had at that tnne been forty )'e Ihu)', a d a)lor." ( )n () Ma)-, KtSl, Martin was accusi^l of beiuj^' iille in his iiiinistr)-, railing; a^iainst the Puritans, iSv-c. Alst) that when the wars be^an hi- preached aj^ainst the Parliament and encouraged the people t(j adhere to Prince Rupert. " These charges had l)een neglected by the late County ("onnnittee,"^ but the j)resent one ordered his estate to be seized, despiti' his assertion that out of £100 per ann. 1k^ had paid Major (lencral MiddK'ton, and Col. Mytlon /> 50 for tlic Parliament, and had ne\er acted against it. Longford : Richard Fowler, Rector, also Vicar of Sutton Madd( K k', though he had signed m l(» jH, was se(]U(.-stereLl. " He was both of a gxiod and loyal f.nnil)'." (Walki-r). Mont ford : John Soothill, Minister, though he too had signed in I()4S, was soon afterwards ejected. " Me was a great sufbTer ft)r his loyalt)'. After his death some of his family were at leiiglh iu\-essitated to big reliel irom tiie ( 'oj-por.it ion b ir M mistered widows." 1 1 is successor did not long enjo\- his pl.ici- ; ior, " I()S-, n> [uiiii, Mr. Richard Morns, ministiM' ol Monford, b) a fall irom his I lojse, d\i(l ;.iid( III)- and w.is bm.' in (hiii win re )e ' ;\n Oniiu.ince of I'm ILuiiciit of -20 May, i(>\\, " foi iIil" Ik-Uci execution of tlu- ouliii iiiccs lor S((|iiesir,iiioii.s of l)clint|iu-iits ami I'apihls' estates," aflcr imilin^ that tlie lormcr oriliiiances h.ive iMt been put into siicli eltectual execution as w.is cxpcilcd, enacts anion;; oilier iliinj^s that " .ictive, able, trusty men who vsiil ilili^ently attend this service, shall be aililed to all Commiitics ut Seqiicsii ations \s liei i: llieie is cause:, and ill il the Conimittics ol .\ci ompts ol tlir l\'iii;;d c sb.dl liom tini<; to tinu; |iiiM-iit the names ol such pel. '■ons to both llmist . oi I'.n liajueiit. " riob.ibly inviilueol thi-,, the Sliioi)-.liire ConimiltCL vs .1 , .ilteicd, llioui;h tlic .iddilioii.a ii.iiiu-s do not -.cem to have been preserved. \,,i. \ II., ;id S.ii. ... im H •■'.[t'l •. V I >iii '■••1 •' ' f.',:;,*!' hi.il -mI il\.'ii ' !'..f!r ..-./ -/ .••;S;i''; -lI' » up ;^f ^^mwui , • "i •' I! 1. ..1 ■ « •• ! . I ; • i1,,l it .' 11 ^- •! •-■ ; : •■• ! !)!.,' v.i'iT.fl ' ••"•»'■■'..!', . ' ,N, ' Jii ••li. ;r')t> .i • .■ r V '/ll ,. .;• :\k [ • •■ -.,■''*.!•■■' '•-! • - ' -.wi','/' l>!i- , . , ),i ;iii >• ' I .'I 'iL 1' ' ;■ .. / •;;. • -^i I -■ -i I >..r, , «i i i ■! ■ ■. J',. •: ■. ,^: • t , ' ■ '.11 •! ''■.•)'.' I , I •'■! I.I, r/' : ..; ." ■■:.■, , . . , ■ •., ,:; ,• ...•v ;,I '■ ■'. ' ' ' ■' . • ..;■..■'•';. ij , ':■'.■ ' : Jr r/i • '• . .1 ■ . . ' ' 1,1 ,1 , ,,f ■<:] •!•.. -ill;.: ;. I .. •■ •,•..,.., ... J;,,,!.ii ,,, , . ,, vl-,.,,.; ■ ' • ' i ■ ■ :i ,n.| ,,-, .,.; . ■ (, !,,|. , , i .. .,1 . ' . ,< ' n 1, ,i. - „ I I ...••.■■ i .t ■ : V* • . I , . '. 1. r ,1, 'I'.-i .r. ..,.', '(^ ,i/. < '■I t . 1 1 i , V , i it- .. 2S2 F.rCI.ESIASTirAI. IlISrnRY OF SHROl'SHIRE. mischance ha])pcncd." (Moiitford Register, M)'tton ]\IS.\ Pt>ntcbI)Ui}- 3r(l : I^alpli Morhall, appointcHi 18 Aug., 1645, m place of (lie sc(iucsttM"C(i Saiiiiul CreaNCS, was liini- sclf cjcct(.'(l in 165C), and siic( ccdccl 1)\' Andnns' Warier. (Morhall h,id ])cc\i appointed to ( "ond( >\cr I 2 Ma)', l() (o). Shrewshur)', St. Alkinunil's ; 'I Imnias IMake, "Mitnster of .Alkiuands," who had succt'edt'd the ejectcMJ 1 Ikjukis Goode in K) |S. ^nul had si<;ned in lOjS, was " turned out for not takinj^' the luigaj^euient against the King and House of I, orris. "^ (Calaniy). Shrewshur)', St. Mary's: Samuel Fisher, wiio succeeded the ejected Nicln)las Prow'de in i^)|5, was " turned out with Mr. Hlake."' (Calamy). Sutton-Matldock : See Longford. Andrew Barni^l, aflerwanls at Rodington, and l)rother of the \'icar of Astle)', was turned out of his (diesjnre ]i\ing for a like relusal. Tiieir fatln-r, Iluniphr)' H.irnet, liad been Vicar of Ui)pington, and was known for his " scmIuIous preaching and sober pious life." When Archbishop I.aud re-issued the Book of Sjjorts, instead oi reading it, Humphry Barnet preached .iganisl it, was 111 co]is(H|ui"ii(H' cited to ap- l)ear Ijcfore tiie Bishop of Lichfield, and was foned to retire out of that Diocese into Lancashire, where he died. Owing to the abolition of Preslj) terian ("lasses, a state of chaos and luxlesiastical anarch)' s]iread o\er all Church goveniMiciit. .\ x'oluntar)' unsectari.in association toob\iate this condition of affairs, lorined b)' Richard Baxter, when at Kidderminster,- included John Nott, Teacher at Sheriff Hales, Andrew Tristr.im, Minister of Bridgnorth, and Thomas ' Wlicn Siircw.sl)Uiy w.is vibiti'd willi (lie jihiijuc, tin- two cliiefe uiul .ihiest Ministers ill Sliicw:-lairy, vi/., Mr. 1 liumas lii.ikc, .Miiii.slir ut St. Cliad's [sliouUl 1)C St. .Mkmuii.rs, 1 lionias l'a;.;ct was at St. Cliad's] anil Mr. tiblicr of St. Mary's removed to Myddle and dwelt hotli in Mr. C.ittiiis' hou.se at the liit.;hei w.dl ; thp. 146 /;/!<* V ' I ■ V ' ,' 'lit / ;il - ■•til i U-: .* (Ill ' ;< • l>> iiiii . >. */ ,}'> It ,.i>/*i>ri «•( '!» 'vl \-r t i; i.V- , ■ Air-- l.t Ii.kV ».i' '1' I .!, 'Hi )l J-ill i. I'll 1. . ; . ' . iu ^ ).«• U !<.'•>•' » '.. > ' . -.' • . ..-. ' • 'i ' -■■'' .■ I, II- 1 i !•' : 1 , . , ., .. .,! ' ,-. ' )'.' -I..-'.; ■ ■ '. ( , .f I,; .'k .1 • •• , V t » ■I I , .1.: : I ■ I " • ■' I;! i.. . ' I'll Ml }■'. ■■ i .. K ECn.ESIASTirAT, HlSTr)RY OF SHROPSHIRE. 283 Good, Minister of ("oroley.^ It w.is ti^niKMl SLiinctiine ht'lorc May, 1653. for tlu- purpose of proinotiiiL,^ unit)- and j^food understanding ainiin<^f ministers, whether Presb\terian or In- diprndi-nt, and Id' ihe two practical works of Orchnalion ,iiid Sac ranicnl.d Adiiiiii isl rat u ui "Ihc old di\'i(hii>,; prni ciples iUid prepossessions were shelxed, and the niinisl(.'rs met on the connnon jn'oiuid o) those thni^s onl) whuh (unicrn us m our ninnsli ml tuhLtiou lor the disch.ir;^!- ol uur dut)'." It ua;> a;^r<.-ed that tour (d the ahit r nniirUr-,, in uhuh ninuher were Andrew rrislraiii. ,iiid Ihiiiw l)asl.iiid (d licwdlc)' iwhoiii till' pai isjin iiicrs ol I illcshall in \ain tried to ^I'l lor their pa-aoii, should ollen \ oluiil aril\' In 1|) " weak |)reaclK'rs." And the Loiidontas cd the eoiinl\ oi W dru'ster Imxiiil; ;;i\i'n /, S'^ lli'i' their sermons ->hould he (ailed l.ondoiiei.T' Lectures, a name whu:li a\duled .ill olleuee.'- In 11^53 Marriatj^es helore Justices were ordered, and Francis Tallents, once \'icar of St. Mary's, Slirewsbur}', tells how he and t)thers who disliked the Act, managed to e\atle it. Tlie Act ordered that all persons to he married should come helore some lustue ol the Peace, that the man and woman should {jroiioinHH^ the words belori- him, iind he pr(Miounce them law full)' married. " 1 hus," sa)'S Mr. Tallents in a letter to Calain)-, " I and others ha\e married manv' before a )us- tue, he s,i)inf; nothing Init onl)' diclared the m, image \53, tlu; ijarrishioncrs of Donington b) jjublic consent did make re(|uest of John ( hapman their Minister to \kv tlnar l^egi^ter, to ri'cord the byrlhs cd C hildren, and marriges and bunalls. At Newport 'riujinas Poole, Parish ( liak, was electetl b) tlu' p.uishioiiers to "be KejMstir lor the s.iid P.iiisli tor the ' " Scj)!. 20, lf)5J, Ui. Waruicbtry (atlcrw.irds Dean ol Worcester), uiiil Dr. Thoiii lb Cioiul (iUlcrw.irds I'lelieiul of llerelord), were uilliii;^ to have .1 coiikr- cnce Willi Hi in order to hiiiii; in tlie I'lpiscopal I'arty in bliropshirc (whore tlicy llieii lived) t(j our associ iliun. .AccoriiiiiL^iy we met willi IIiliii .it LlcoLury in Sliio|).jliirc." ( A'lf i(/u I u\ 11., [I. l-YJI- - iiaxler U.^ed liiiii>> II Im lecture al .Shilii.il, Cjle(jl)iity Muttluiet, .mil oilier places in .•5lno|)siiire. Ill,- lir^t curacy was al St. l.eonarii's, liria'.^iiuiilr, wneie he olliciatcd 1039-40, and llieii removed to Kiddcriiiinblcr. f«5. ,» . , ij M I I ' P ■ // 1lte ' l»l^ --I'' ■•'' C. ' J I [. VH't' ■ ••• I II, ■, -J I '. : .i .,. , ■ ...» < .... ■ i' I . ■ ..i-i" ■ ' i ^!i .I'u.: ,.) , ., ',, ■ J ,y -^fij '.•■; ! I'.o.iii; ., . .. •..,...' : '..n ( /,■:- ;! l! ! I^M -"i, I . ., ,1 l.rl . .J ' <". i-ji.-li I <| )|1 i .' ti .,,.■, ' ' ' \. ■"> ■' •.,'!!""^ ' "-i' . '{••» .,,,; .., ,,.■.,■ ..■:•'■' :.'. /. .til .,( ,, • (, . . '..i. .. . l.'-.j :•! i'.'!^;>;iii..^ I i .. , , , '.-I 1 ; , I 11. i ''. r ' i I .J1..II* ji.;! > . . ,.■ , . .j..,) ..:•,'.' • . ......11 -I...]'.. ,< ja . , , , .,■;.- Wl /•''•■,'•■'' I ■ ! I •!'• tlJ.-| ^1 ') illl ,1-1' ■ ,. ,1-1 . ,, '■ ■'■ ,• . -J :!,.. . ! I . ' I. .'M i,j>f ,1. J. ,f • .1. 284 ErCLESIASTICAL HIsrORY OF SHROPSHIRE. bp.ico of three years next t'lisinMii^s Accnnlii)^ to llir ioriui' «if the I ale Act of Parhaiiieiit, for uiama^es, v<^e., this 2() day of SeptiMnl)cr. if>33. At Ashlord ("arhoiiell, Al)ralKiin Howell, sclu)oliiiasl(jr, was sclcclcd for this duty, on Oct. 10, i(>^/,. (Ju Au;^. 22, 105 1, an ( irthiiaiiee u.is pass-.'d for ejectin<^ " scandalous, ij^norant, ant] nisulhcient or nej^li^ent niinisicrs and schoiilinasters." hOr Sliropshire twent)' ministers "as- sistant" t<-t the ( "ouiuiissiDntrs, ,uid t\\e)il\' one (dnnu's sioners were apponited. The "Ministers iXssistant " were the f()ll(l\vnl;^^ all Inde- pendents and ni fa\our of inh ralmn : — *Mr. TlK.nias Pa-et [St. Chad's, Saloj). | Mr. hraiicis Tallents |St. Mar\'s, Salop.] *Mr. I Richard I Heath |St. Alkinund's, .Salop.] •'Mr. James Sunth [Upton MaL;na.| *Mr. Samuel Snuth [Cound.l Mr. Thomas (jilbert (Ed^nujnd.| *Mr. P^ancis lk)uj:,diey |llodnet.| *Mr. Thomas Porter (Whitchurch. J *Mr. Samuel Hildersham [West Felton.] >••' ( • •■ ■^'Mr. Andrew Parsons [W'em.] IMr. Sanmel Campion [Stoke on Tern.] ;>! n *Mr. Rowland Nevet [Oswestry.] 1 *Mr. Samuel Barkley [Clungunford] *Mr. Gcor<,^c Barkley IMamstone.) Mr. John Sadler [? Richard Sadler of Whixall.] *Mr. Thi.imas Pra)'scl [Clun.| Mr. |J(-hn| liryan [Holy Cross. Salop.) Mr. I Thomas I Wrijdit, of i^reston ni the Wihnores. *Mr. iM-ancis Wright [Wellington.] *Mr. George l^awson ol the Moore. ' r? The 21 Commissioners were: — *Humi)hry Mackvvorth, Estjre. |of lietton. | *John Corhel, ICsc). |(d" .\ulslon.| ; . . *(.'res\sel 1 a)lor, Lsi[. [of Holas | Thomas Mackworlh. . ■ , ^ rh(-)mas Baker [ol Sweenc)-. |' Tlios -• marked * had Ijecii members (A tlie Sliropsliirc Presbylcrian Classes. ' 1 lioiii IS Itukc-r was a ;^rcat )i.iUij(i and iKiiu/aclor lo all in(ii.|)ciHknt prcacliLib, -siicli as \'avasur Pi,\vi II. I li.ivc heard hiin pray and preach four liours io;.;etlicr in the dininsi f^^J"' at Sweeney, wheni many came to hear liini. (Coii^ii, p. <il 1 ';4;. I ' ■ I 1 i<; ''c )f!r.1 .'nit. I'l iM . u; i.l/. I' •; I„,M > )| ('III! '^. ! •;i'»-''^ ^''■'' , :,,,,,!, . , ' I ^-i •• h. > r .. .. mIT -li/. ' , ; , „ ' ■; , /■, J > i-\ :i 'in.vl .-rl-'. - I (Hvl !•• >!< ''-I —''!"" -' i''^ ," .;/.! / '-ni fl i I ,;I |,'(iMi I (I/. , , ; ' •,!(!''.'■ . 1 'i;ii ' •* "• ' M l-^ • <• • ' ' '"• .,.T>.i;) ill' , t ■ ,.■ • ,,>'• t_ ' i ■ . , ,1 ErCLESIASTirAL HISTORY ( )K SHROPSHIRK. 285 ^Robril Corbet [of St.niw.irdiiir |. ko^cr E\;ins. ^Lancelot Lee [of Alveley.| *'l hoiiias Kelill))' [of Billeilry.l "Saimu'l More |of I ,iiulK'\'. | ^riuMuas Hunt. ^R(j\vlaiici Hunt. *Cliarleb I ..in- lord [of Shii)ton Castle. | *lL(l\vard Cressit (of Cotes. I [olin Dowiies, l'!s(]. ( a|>l. Rieliard Sniitli (o( Clreal Ness.( ''John Aslilon, (lent, [ol l.udlow.( William Hotterel, Cent. ■•• f ' Iviehartl Cheshire, Alderman ol Shrewsbury. Ricliartl llena^e, Gent. "Richard Pis:^ot, of Shrewsbury [Sclujolj, J4ent. Of then' [)rocccdni<^s no account seems to have been pre- served ; the following Shropshire ( ler^y, howe\er, were tlealt w ith by them : -~ Bobbington : Richard Piper, \'icar, was not sequestered till the year i('55. Donington : " John Chapman, the sonn of John Chapman, succeeded liis father in the Rectory of Donington, 1O07. George Ryves was an Intruder into the I^cctory for fower years, being crammed in by Major Edmund Waring and others of that pre\ ailing faction of the then ruling Parliament, but lie (juilted tlu^ Rector)' upon the Restauration of King (.'harles the 2iid. John Chapman being ejected was to have been possessed of his liectory again, but dyed December 2nd, and then succeeded him Mr. John Fisher, anno lOOo." (^Doninj^ton l^egister). High Ercall : Humphrey Browne succeeded the ejected Matthew i^\)wler 111 this living in i()40, but was " himself also soon after turned out," and l^iehard Hopkins got possession of it in 105.]. Moreton Corbel : William (iower, who luid succeeded the ejected Tliomas Cjoeburn in I')||, and had signed the leslimon)- m U)-.|S, uas " an idle sottish lellow wlioiii the Parish soon .iller Articled against .iiid _l;i'1 him turned wul." rill- l\.egisti,'r sa)s : " Most j)'h- oi ) i- wav liiiie ^f.t •l|t!)l I I •.[!•,;; .|..t,K ..11.;- I/,; I ..<»IIV;i»( I I 1.1 ..> .1 .v>ll».n .' rui - */■■ .If : ■ -;| . M..'-,, iiilf^. '!o .icm'I IiimImM' .< II,'; ,'il liji -7 (fu'jf) I : ''- ij >jt.,i''* -Mk ii. W .ibv: / r<;'!"l \ ,', .l.i ' 1'. '•* .'<■ **» ^v»f«in»i.■ I T / •?•>' I 286 - Em.F.SIASTIfAL HISToRY OV SHROPSHIRE. the\T was .i u/or])Cr in }'e place, one parsrm Gower, put in hy Tra\tors and Rcbbc^lls." Slantcm upnn Iliiic TTcatli : Tliomas Orpe, aiJiXjinicd to sne- ered J'liwlmd Xe\t't 111 11150, "u,is iicniiitted tu iii|f)y Ins li\ lilt; li T t\\ 1 ' (ir lliix'e ) ears, then hi;, 1 'Id ad\ er^aries had a season. ible ()|)p(iiiiinit) of rciuw iii;^ his li'< Mihli-s." Thomas (Iilheii, IvLCtur of lldj^niond, sent for him and eiidea\ oured t(j persuade him to take the Enj^a^emenf l:>ut iMr. Orpe entirely rejeeled his proixis.ils, and was therefore eu'eted. /Mhri^htoii I))- Shifnal ni.i)' lia\e .ilso lost lis \iear, W'llli.im l'det( her (app. l() Jul), i(»3-'|. h or in liie RLi;istir is this note : -" i()eiO. [-'or the time of tliree years aiul u\)- wards names were through ye want of a Minister omitted to be recorded," and it is a blank between Sept. _'.), 1O53. and March 2;, 1660. On " Oct. 25, 1655, Thursday, by order of the Lord Pro- tector and his Cr)uncil, Major Generals are apponited m each count)', to whom all and e\er)- person within the rcsi)ecti\e counties wiio ha\ e borne arms aj^amst the Commonwealth are to gi'.e securit) for the jieacealjle Ijehax lour of them^elxes." Shropshire \'vas put under the ctuiimaiid of CoUuiel lierr\ , " once C lerk 111 the Ironworks, Richard liaxter's friend."' The Act prohibited under heav)- penalties any preacher, schoolmaster, or fellow of a college who had at an) time aided tiie Ro)'al cause, and hail in conseiiuence been ejected from his office from ever hereafter discharging similar iluties. I 'nder it William lliggins, late of St(jke on Ti~rn, was silenced not only from preaching but also from teaching school ; Ambrose RhilliiJs, late of W'estbury, was denied the liberty of a i)ri\ate school ; and Thomas ("haloner, late of Shrews- bury School, also suflered.'^ On Nov. 13, 1055, the Trustees for l^roviding Maintenance for l-'reachnig Ministers rei)orled that they had augmented the incoiiK^s of the following, resident 111 .Salop-': — ^ Carlyle, CrovnviU, li., j). 27S. - " M;my of tlicin were denieil to make use of any sucli plank or rafler wliicli iniL;lit scrvi; to liuoy lliciii U|> lioin utter .biiikini,' ami statMiii;, tliuuj;li it wcic liut Icacliiu^; scluM.l III ,1 belli). ' ((iaiuieii, O'^'i'i'-il) I'urit.iii C li.iplaiii to " iaiiatic Brook,"' kill. . I .1 tiie s'lLi^e ot l.iciiliclii Catlicili.il), ill In.- luthsia- .\iii;litiiiuc Suif)iriitf (Kill 111 H'5'j). •* Shaw, ii., [^. 311. H iA i,,<] -.-.uJ i.'Vi-. i ••"" ••>^-l'i "5' "' i"ir.u. ■.,v, , ....... • ■ v; ' all/. m:; ■ ii'ii -riiil ".;.?! .< ' " '''^^ I . : 1 . . , ,';,..;,,■ i- ill'. ^ • • I ' ■ I ■ ' • , ,, ,. 1 1. .. 1 ■ , ..1! ■ m' •■' c -'1 'lillt' ■' .J. ' ,:., I'r ( 1. .'J ''"tV 'I "!''.'' - ., '. .;.. ■ I .' '" •' "" ■■'■ ' '' ...... . ...u . I..'' ' ;• ,, . , , ..;i .ill.;. Ml MI'mI !!■ I .<:;. i'> I !.. (•:.'>i ^ 1' ^; 1 ,1. .l\) Ui rVlll"-^MI "'I W -l-li-" ' ... ., •• ,-.»-. EfTLESIASrirAI, IIISIORY OK SHR( iPSHIRF.. 287 /. s. (1. I To tlic minister of liridj^cnorth. . . (x) o o ;ipp. 1 To till- iiiiiii^kT of (l.irclc)' ... 30 o () KjMari.h. j To iIk' iiiiiiiblcr of Nrw|Kirt ... [S o John Ih) an of Ahh)' I'dr^Mte m .Shrewshui) i^samc i 20 <> o Zachiir)' Maine of )uhans m Shri'u shur\' (^same;. . . \i< o o Francis Wright of Welluij^^on (1 )ear to K'SO, March 20) goo Richard Habberley of 1 .on^stantcjn (() months to 1059, March 25 j... ... ... •■• ••■ 9 u <> Joshua Barnet of W'rothardinc ahas RockanJuie (i year to i()5.S g, h'eh. iS; ... ... ... 20 o o WilHam I/.ard of (larel)' {b months t(j l'»59, March 25) ... ... ... ... ...1500 From such churchwardens' accounts as are accessil)lc it is plain that the orchiiar)- course of parochial administration flowed on uiKKTiieath and undislurlK-d hy iju- usurpations of the times. ( "hurclnvardiMis were annu.dl)' eliHted even in the )ears l()42 9, as well as in tlie \'eais ]C)\C)()(). 'Idiey assessed raters yearly .it I'laster, and thru renden-d tluir ac- counts. There is iiidcc^d no hreak in the records: 111 this matter oi continuit)' the ( huichu'.irdens' .Accounts pic^.cnt a remarkahle coiiliasl to the pareJi n-i^isli-rs of the period. - Albii I'll) y. The kcLMstiT is a hl.ink lietwfcn .\pril S, lops. and Oct I^, id [S. Af/'rii;Ii!(iii /> y Sliil luiL " l'"or the time (d \ \'ears loorlher and iip\sai(ls ii.imcs were thidu;;h )c w.iiit id a Mniisler onnl tcil lo I ic icci 11 i|((f " ( Kcj' I'.U'i 1. lhhl<^it,i)tli S. Mdiy M,i(Ii^,i/riu\ \'cr\ few entries l(i|S i). L (V, '/,/■. ke^ister Maiik Ixiu'ccn loji y) .nid a mciuoran- (him " Re!MstiM 111;'; lULdiilcd .1 h,i|ip\- liuic." { lull. llie U(j;i tri only li(;.;iiis 111 I'iSv ' Sli:iw, ii. , |>. 51) i. '■' SIkiw, ii., |i. l^.\. . V'l />!M n 1. 1 ,v\ \l V ■ • r, '•/ ••:..' '-:'■} •^(•Mdi t ! ; 1 ' • ilf«l< /n 1 ■ ■ . 1>. ;,M |.. .,;i(.,;) Mil" '.;.^| /.,„(-• .•.■.•v'r •: .l:..^„.-l ;!,!/; !■;..,./ •I" • ''•'•''>.•.' .ti 'lllulij l>. Mill. 1/1 >,' '. • • T '^ 1 ': ',... "-'A' ►.; Iii;4i. // . ■''■■:■ ' '■■•<•,•>:.■ • /).. 1 : . .■*\r>UU.l] hii.ibiii ■'- li ''.'. I." \)?in ■■•■ .' >■ y> .. .: •■ -M"; -''■•i/' i.: J..M>,.i! iOiii:u{ * :■-.._•- /i'^nri (., h^'l ;ii,.i;1jW ' /. .11 '7(1'! ') w . lii' ''ri 1' i;,>i,. • .il) J, ,11 ' W.I li| ,-t ■ [>■ i! . ;. 'M ; •. ■ j( .1 . Iri //(,n ■ ' . i ' ;.,,•, A I, ,H/:i ) .rJIMll *)fh .'t 'L II , • : ,,1 :., 11 r. ,:, 1 ,■ 'Jill ! ' ! I K. , ( -I ,. ' ; . , i ;i r/ .■• . , -,1 ' ,. -• i,:,'i. , I i' .il M ' . -I ! . , ,, .;i; •, - . '(I !' llClii') ■■ .1 . ■ ,i . ii ,1/ V !" ';*.'''' " ' Ml. Ill I ; ' I I !• t > i !'!• i;"j l«l>./A ,/!• • s .•/.-AM-. ' i .,.i J .. ■• 'or. , I'li • I ... 1 ■ -'•• - .- '., :' '■■■■•» Ml • -Ml,.. 1, .1 , ! /Iii'i ' .1' iv; »/l HI i .k.\\ . 288 Erri.ESIASTirAT, history of SHROPSHIRE. Lydbiiry. " 1643-7, Tliese yecrs bciiij:^ times of wars the Register was nci^-Uxtorl." fRci^nstcr.i Longford . " Ilcrc^ waiUs a Ri'^islcM' from yc year 1003 to \(">^\, \'l is to say for ^ I \*Mrs, wiiicli caiiMdl he fomid, supposed to 1)1" lost 111 our uiuivill w.irs (ir tinus (>1 Re- Indlioii." (Reo-ister.) Middle. " The Re<:^ister was in the W'ar time altfjgcther nef^deeli'd." (rioujj^h. p. 22.) Morctoii Coriui. "Most p'te of )'e war lime . . . f»"w were n^j^eslcM'cMl." ( Rej^isterV A'.'sv, (j/<\i/. " I-'rom the ii"' of /\prill \(i]() \hcYC was no Reg'ister at
.'(irriiit('. " The jiarsonaj^x^ house with al cdifiees there- unto i)elonj^in^ was burnt for the safetye of the garrison, on Midsummer Eve 1 64 5. In this fyrin^r the Register book anion^ many books of the Minister w.is burnerl." (Register). Shrewsbury St. Marys. There is a bhmk from the begin- ning of September 1642 to end of June 1643. Shi-pto)i. " From the year of our Lord God i()4-j to the year 1648 this Register book was taken out of Shipton Churrli and was not to be found, the chest wherein it w.is kept hiMiig brr)ken up b)' soldiers." (j^egisteri. Stokcsay. \\\ the Register .itler \(y\l there ,ire oiil\ tw(j eiitrK's, one 111 l')52, thi> other in 1(154, ^'" l<'<>o. W Intcliiinli. " Tlu- 30 day (d' .Ma)' I()13, Whitchurch was surjjrised & tai^en b)- .Sir Will. JJrewerton's forces. Non enteri'd from May l()J3 uiitill October l('|7." i^RegistcM"). \V rock .^ard nu\ No eiilr\- fni ii).|J, oiir for l<>|3, Mn\ this memo : "Wheie.is notes wr.ire lost when Mr. .Smyth went .i\\,i_v wee (,111 atcoiiiite luit iroiii liimt\ loiirc on ward" " 1 he Register was (hscoiit iiiucd lor some )eares 1 1\- Mr. Smith's desi itiiig \e pf n r 111 )e licale of \e ci\il wars." but then- h.i\e hteii presei\ed these ( liiii < hw .irdeii ,' ;\c- coiiiits (ovfiui}; the saiiii' period, |()|o ()_'.' ' I':ik(ii lioiii S7(,(//iv/;(rr /'i;/ii7; Pociinu nts, i-siieil hy llio CouiUy Council. ■ 'i ]' ,[', I I i 'M • -. M ;■ .1 :'.) in ■'.<' r -J ' 1 .i ■ > 1. Mir 'AVv'^' ;,;>■- " I ■•; J >l-;'>fi ,1* • ^ • ••■■ ' •^^•vv,\f. ■ 1, n .1. ..-j'-i ,,, ■ i ■ \v ■>-> . ■••'/ ,,;,. ,, , -.i. , ..M ;.. ,. l/i ; . ! .,) ■:>. II'' ..i I. >■'.•'•! .,,.)■'! .I'M' ".' i />A'S\\'>\*'\ ' ,_ . , |..( ..' 1 ■nv^-^-. ■■•\''^■' ,t f , -.1 " '.V ,j-\ ' '' "' ' '"'' ■. J ,<■ , . .; . •.. .n,i-'i:!l/ 'l'» : ■ :.„„: ,.'i . :,. • -I ""' ' 1 \ ' • • • kkVc ,. . •. ('. ' . ., 1,. w ■ ill ' -•■ - ■■■.••■•' , , .... , ■.' ,;. .;i . i.;i -I'l ., 1... 1 ' I..", f .Ml r ' ' , ,>. .,1 ,.',.'. I I" 77 ("omul it»25-U)()7 ■ ■• Toni^ i^^ju HjSu Donington 1629-1811 Uffni^ton 1O27-1693 Konley 1601-1057 Whitchurch 1630-1670 Ludlow KjoS 1701 I'.piscop.il Rc'54istrars iiavin^' been abolished, no proper acciiuiiis were krpl ol ap|)onit iiicnts to h\ nij^s. Aniun^ scattered notices 1 ha\e ciiuie ai ross tlu." lollowmj.^ Shrop- shire refi'renei's : 1 hes(^ " Punt.ui Ncjinmat ions " are ^iven by Shaw, m his second vol. i64(j, March 26. William Clarke to be instituted to Stock- ton in the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield (Lord's Journal \iii., 2^6.) [p. 320.) 1647, Sept. 28. Jo. Cough to Buckenhill, Salop. (f^.J. ix., 45^-) TP- 3451 1647-8, ISLireli I. CJeo. Ciulworlh^ to Shenton, Salop. (L.J. X., «3.) [p. 352.1 1648, May I. Mr. Smyth to Corindin,^ Salop. (L.J. x., 261.) (P- 3 50.] 16 1 8, June 5. James Cressett^ to Cond, Salop, void by the death of Richard Wood. (L.J. x., 303.) [p. 357.J 1648, Nov. 10. Ro. Lly* to Shrewsbur)', Salop. L.J. x., 584) |P-3<>-'l ' In l-eb., 1646-7, a Mr. Cudworth resigned the nead-ina.stership ol Market Druytoii Urmiimur School, pussibly tlic same who, a year altcrvvaids, was made \'icar ol Slieimoii, - Coriiidiii. Sliaw in his Index says " Corindin, see Carradine. " Carradine is prol).il)ly a vaii.itiun o( Wfockwaniinc, whicli appears also as Wroth.uuine and Kuckaruine. On .\|>iil jS, 1035, James Smiih was appointud lo Wrock- uardine, ami, ilic Kc-i^lcr s.i) .s, "Deserted ye place in yc lieale oi ye Civil Wars." He was one oi the independent Assistant Commissioners in 1654, uinn he h. id removed to Upton MaiMia. I'hiii second nomination to Wrock- w.udiiii- u.^^, pri.hiihly owini; U> ins dehii.piency l.euij; condoned hy tlic I'.uli.iment. " J lines Cresselt conloimed in 1062, and wai re appointed lo C(jund 8 luly ibti. ^ " ■• IUj. Ely. His marriaj;e is thus entered in li.e Isci^'i.vlcr of Upton Mat^na :~ 'llie pufpo.^e ol marria^jc hetween Koi/ l\ley, clerke, and |ilie;;ihle namej Loth ol ye par' ol Upl.-n .Ma-n.iin )e eo. >,( baiop [dleiMLiKJ h-.en puhli.-.h'd 3 .-lal.balh d.i>es in ye pul.li.pie mietin^; pl.ice called ye ^ lunch, accordinj,' to ye late Act ol I'aril. tur ye better re;^iilatint,' ol Marri.i;;es, no excepliuns' hcini' m.ide ..[^aiiibt tliem tluy were m.ii'd lojjelher thi, j"' d.'i) ol |dhiMhle|, A" Kj^o, in )e presemr (i| X hy ('ie.>ucll T.i)lcm. Vol. Vli., jni Series. 1 1 O^K :i<'!H>^ ./>')i ;>'..t>i •f .' 1); i.iir' •, I : (l'»7;;^ vii. " .-il- 'i li..rjiii lov 111!' ■ r V. ' • • ' ' • ;.' ' ♦ -iii' ) i(. (,)!;, •',■ {I' (j,)ii,'.' ■ .■■ i )'.< .'r:.l ,.m( ! 'yA.t 111 1.. ■■'.,. 'I I ■/'•(■- ■'"•' I -u i! '.<.>'■ :; ,. ! ! •• . i.'-^ ,'"■ ' ..' f .-.■ -1 ' r . .(.;_ .■ 'uui[ ,ap)i - ► 11 •/ ( ■ ,iiU. -. r.' iliV;-.' ..1 ^'V ^ ,1,. i: ,i..-.- ■; ,.,n i... ■ 11 . I ;,' ,, I ' ' '. ■•;, .IIJ ,1. .ill .Li ...>l , 1 •. M ,. / < 290 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. These are ^nveii in the Transiicimns (Series 3, vol. i., part li., and .Scries i,, vol. v., pari iii.) :-- l(>4;, July JO. Richard Payne to Great Ness. 1648, Scj)L IL Edward L^awrence to Baschurch. I0|5, Au^r. iS. Ralph M(*rrall to Ponteshury 3rd. , , i<>.lO, June (). Thomas Rroniiiton to Hope iJowdler. ,r 1O48, Au . I Mi) ,.1; . : !,,:irw .••! -.Il i.l '.IV/ wl , 'y^i'-i-i V ri" .A ' .:i .. ■I!"' ■ I ' ,.i 1.'. 11, .;■•.' :'^ J-^i-i !•' I., ilii ,.li •/.I ,^^.1 'Ij^i k" < / I miii ' • , Ml 'U . . Ml') Ml I '.■■!< M.' I ' I ".fl. . ■, . . ) I.) J' / '/ ilM ■I I , _ I , It,'.,;; .'■, i!li .V ; ] , til ,1 ' • •• '■■" ■ ■'" "" ; • , .1 . . .. .,1 I . .1 .■ > ^'i • „ I. I . 1 ■ .' '••' ... i:, ' !■■ lll->; '■ , i, ,' . il .n ;-• I . . • /. ,. ,1 • .,..1 ' , • , , ,. .1.1. ' ..,; I • Erri.EsiASTirAi. history of Shropshire. 291 patrons to p^cl rid of incumbents apponitrd hy Parliaiiicn or ( uiniiiitlc'c, uliitli \\ as cxrrc iscd iii many uistaiiccs. Sn" Henry Vernon, e.i^^, in i()(jO, tinned out fruni llodnet S.muiel ("ampion, an Independent apponili-d 1)>' the Connuittee of 1654. The following hst of those who resigned in i(;6o is taken from Calamy,^ who writes; — "1 have liad not a httle help in ni)- characters from Mr. Tallents for Shro[)shne,"- antl from Walker. The fornur uniorlun.iti 1\' makes no distinc- tion between tlK)se who resigned at the Restoration in UKK), and those who were unable to conform in I0()2. As a gener.d rule it may be taken that those who were a[)pointed m, or after, 1054 were Imlependents, and for them no compromise with i'lpiscopacy was possible :- - Alvely |Al\ele)|: Mr. Lo\el, "a retired and ])rivate, but very [prudent and worthy man." (Cahuny). " Formerly Schoolmaster at W'averlc)', ha\ing Ijeen supposed to bt^ not only against the l^lrllament's cause, bul for the prelates and ('onf(»rmity." (Baxter). lie was a const.uit attendant at Jiaxter's Lectures at Kidrlerininsler ; re- tired !()()(). Hcrrington : Mr. Bote, here i654-()(). C'liettcni : William Ikiggclc)', a mere la)'man, who had l)ecn appointed on the death of John Spilsl)ur)' in 1O5-I, gave place to tlie ejected Rector, George Benson, who sued lum for, and reco\ered i,8o for unpaid Fifths. Cleobury North : John Smallman outliscd the Usurjjation and was restored to his Rectory. Charles Humphrc)s, appointed iCjsj, was " an holy, active, hopeful young man," who. in i(»()(), retired to London, and was ap- pointed l.eclunr at St. John Zachar)'. Cressage : Samiu-l Smith, formerly Minister of Lritllewi-1, I'.ssex, signed as Pastor of found in K)|S, m which year he was appointed to Cressage. Leaving in lOOo, he obtained the living of Sandctn in his native county, Irom wjiuji he retiri'd in i()()2. 1 )ui| at I )iidle\- and was buried m ihe (liaiuel (d Ihi- clnM(li. ' C:ilamy, Alin,li;,,>unt, ii., |,,>. 540 573 (edit. 17IJ); and Conlmuatici of Account of Minhtcn 11., pp. fii—ya (cd. \-] if .) - r.il;uiiy. Ahru/i^rnti-iit, li., p. xxiv. preface. t^ff •:rt'] He- A I J) ')•/•> .•i.V, ' ■;,• I I !,j . ' • ' : M«, »', ! . ,., . J; 'n«^'>' . /r. , ; . - / ■; '• M •' ,.| ; 1 ■.' ... J II- . ,; I OT» ^ • mI <■/ 1 ■ .t r. 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I .) •/ i|(i .■ ' .•il .ImI . /.• 292 ECCLESIASIICAL HISIORY OK SURi )T'SHIRE. C"ulniinj:;t(iii ; " ( )iu' M.ulox pint li.iscd (Ins living for ;i )cir's N.iliic lidiii (iiif lloiii, lull (|iiitl(il il (III iicus i>f the Kind's rcUiiii." l).i\vk'\- M.1^11,1 : .Mi-. kt)\sl\' rtliiiil in i()(iu. Donin<^ton : (icorj^f i-iccxfb (jinlltd llns Rector) upon lli^ Rcbtur.itiun fur tlir old Rci lor, John ( li.iiun.in. Edgnioiid : Thomas (iillurl j .ippouili il _'( i |nnr, l<)|<)|, re t U'l'd ni 1 ()(»u, ,Mid w .IS .i|)|(onil(d to W nu hmdon, Dik ks. 1 lo was 1 lorn at Prrrs, and ('(hicatcd .it St . iahinnid 1 l.ill, Oxford ; (B.A. i(>-'ji ; uas .i[)|)onitt(l to 1 .oo/a', Ki'iit, iS /\i)nl, K'lj, 111 jihux- of a sr(jucstiM(,'d X'lc.n- ; w.is \'ic",ir of St. I ..i\\ iriRC, Kl■.llhll^^ '''17 5*' , "f l'-d|^Mnond, l()19()(); Chapl.iin oi iM.ij^d.din (dll., Oxon, i()S(>('0. lie was also I )oincslic ( 'liapla in to ()li\ cr ( romwcll, and a man of [(real power and .luthority ni Sliropshire. lie resigned Wincheiidon m n>(ij, o\\ ing to tlu- Act of Uni- formity, and spent the latter |)ldl)ourii, M.A., was presented to Hodiiet, as successor lo Im.iik is Houglu}', but S.imuel (',amj)ioii, late ol Stoke upon Tern, w.is lure in lo^S. He W.IS M.A. ol M.igd.dene ( "oil , ( ■.imkridge, " .i k'arned, pleasant, irieiidl)' m.m, .ind .i \er)' good preaclu-r. His jj.usona^e house with hooks aiul ^oodh was l)unit in \i)^^, .ind 111' rekuiit tliein in idS'), and yet in l(>(io the p.ition, Sir ll( my Wiiioii, luiiud linn out " , ,'. .\i >:/ •*^ t • i» ( I ;.;',>! »\. ».l •;; • 'IMi.wjii. . ».'•• ,•.': .'mi ». .,i » M.> ) ir.ti,!' ^-{.j h fii'I' '•' ' , <"■ v.'!>^l ■ 1 , , i. ) III- HI »J I li ,ii imrio ■ I . :,. ; 1,1 ♦• m! I:, 'llr'l.l' !.' ■■ I ■ V : ... . ,/ I" >■.() iti ti?-. ;l'':i 1 ■■ : , ■ I.'.:. I I ,U<.'i!. •■ ! J. , . . ■ • i; I, .1 .■)>! ii!u , ,, . ... ■ ,.;• . ■•l.i". ,;>l.l-»:il .■ i;' 'I i ! ..: ,].r '-1 ,1 ,;.;m. •; .■11,1' ■-. •• 1 . . ; '••■•, ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 2Q3 Ilopcsay: One Stone, ;i trooper, surrendered this luin^ to Richard Aunshain on his Majesty's return, l)iil had Ity that time ^ot nmne)' eimuL^di out of it to purchase liini sell another in jxissession (d which he died. Ludlow; Richard SadkT, Lecturer, was horn in Worcester, whence he went when \oun>^ with his lather into New England. ^ Alter the wars he returned to l-'ii^land, and was ordained at \\Tii.\all ( h,i|)el, M.iy Id, l(i|S, .ind vc iiio\ed from tluaice to Ludlow Deiii!^; turned out upon the Kiiii^'s coming in, he s|nait the n^t ol his d,i} s m pruacy at \\'lii.\all. Oswestry: at the Rc^storation Rowland i\e\ct made wa)' for tlie ejected J hmiphrc^y \\'}iiiie. He was l)orn at Hodnet in 1609, and educated at Shrewslnir)' and St. iL,dniun(i nail, Oxon (H.A. 1O34), and liad been Vicar of Stanton on lline ticath i63()-5o |app. 14 CJct., lOjO). Oswestry Cirammar School : Jolm Evans retired m favour of the ejected Edward P- con- formed, as wc K'arn Iroin Philip lleiii)'s /);,// i. K'f'o 1, Jan. 15. Mr. \U\nr \\v^<[c to imr about \'e Order hei- had ri'cened prohibit iii_L;' pri\ ati- I ),i)i s and about his personal wants which are pressiii;.;. l(i()l ( J), Au|_;. Ji). Mr. briiei- a fler jMCit pi ol essious .iiid lii^h expressions to ye toiiir.uy, 1 he.ir, is re ord,i\ iied, hath subscril)'d, and reads. 1 coiKrne w.inl i^v hKiuds were uri^ant with him. Pontt^sbur)' 3rd : Andrew Warier retired for R;d[»h Morhall, but conlormed. ' I'or \vli:it \v:is C;illcil " llie New Mii^laiul way," c(., (.'rttii, //Is/ of J'.ii^liih Pfoplr, p. 543, ami Ri-iujinc Ba.\li'riana-, i., p. 45. hs followers were rigid linlcpciulciil-^. v* \:.ti 'I't mni-ii ,'\t.-'i).'/ .Ml' II.' /fy1-'>j}y'/ '»i ii I. «i ....'. . ..Ill » ! .-i J l.r.. ' I ..!..> I . ..i^ 1 . |. /! t •! .. Ii' 7/ ll. Icnid.'uii ,■„// it. /Ji.V(i'J (4>*^, I'll!., (iimI //-n-ir*. ii. I. "I 'i •. M!..,. 1 HI li-^-i.i-'i .-:r. vf f:if> ' : iO'fij'! h inulf ii^ (i •Mi J ,,'\ ' .; ' . I ;''< ■r '• ■ ' ' ' . ' ' i . ' . .i ! : . Wn r >:':' {U •/!• I i Ii. I- 1 . 1.:, • fi: '1 .!(,:/ " t I ' < I, (t I'l till, II .>i I ■ U J ' lO lit Kill! /':?., -Ml .f. •..■!.. t <.j.( ' ■-'•<) I > ■...! ■■■..I .; M h, 1,(1., • • I (I'l ,',. .I.Mit 1 ,1,1. .li,,,< ' , 1 1 (I i( .'. ji\ I , 'I < I > // I • • 'I I -MO* It . In I 294 FXCLESIASTICAI. HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. Prces : A)-lmrr Haufjhton retired in i()()0 m favour of the ejixicil ]aiiio.s Fleetwood, who, how oxer, only luld Ins old Inmj; ftir ;i lew months, l)cui^ .i|)|)(inited [n Auisle)', eci. licit ford. 111 ()cliil)ir, and 1)liii<^ siicceetlcd at Preeb !>)■ ( hrihtoijhci- ("oiii)ns. A)liiicr llauj^hlon conformed subsequently. l-*ulverl)atch, Church : Robert Milward, api)Ointed l(>y\, re- tired for the old Rector, W'lllunii ()\ven, in Hi'io, but aftcrw .irils conformed ami uas a|)|)iMiil(.(l tw l)onin^f- ton {:'), a p.irish in lUncford dicct-'Me, jj Au^^, idd^. Sheriflhales: John ^^)reton, of S)diiey Sussex Coll., Canib. (B.A. 1O25), was app. 26 Feb., i(>3() 1, and, lliou^h re- ported as bitter a^Minst the Parliament at the be^mnin^ of the w.ir, seems not to h.i^e Inm interfered with. He was buried at Sheriff hales Dec. 9, lO]!), and was suc- ceeded by John Nott, Fellow of Trinity Coll., Camb., and son of ( harles Nott, minister of Shelsey m Worces- tershire. When he hrst came from the Ihiiversity he was assistant to Ambrose Sparry at Wolverhampton. Thence he removed to Shenffhales, where he was minister 12 years. After l6()0 he "preached {)ublickly in a Chapjxd near Iladly for 3 or 4 yc-ars while he was suffered." tie was afterwards at Thame, Oxfordshire, ■ where he died 28 Dec, i;c)3, ag^^ed y~. His successor at Shenffhales was appointed in I^ec, iO()i. Shawbur)' : Mr. Worthiiij^ton, wlio left Shawbury in lOOo, was ,ij)pointed to a li\ni<^ in Cheshire. He conformed in I(i02. Shrewsbury, Holy Cross: Moses Leigh [appomted 3 May, 1659J to this hvnig which he had previously held 1O49- 50, and had resigned for Norton in Hales, had to leave in 1660, for James Logan, the old Vic;ir, ejected m Feb., l()|.| 5. He was, howt^\er, .ippointed to Perrington [ ^o N(jv . i()(h)|, and was re ,ij)[K>inl((l to Holy ( ross, it)/!. Sidbur) : Ralph Hide lived to re-possess this living in lOOo. Stanton 1 acy : " One I\Lijor Sanders " succeeded the secpies- tered Thomas Atkinson, who had died before the Re- slor.ilion, "but wi'iil oil on the King's nturn." Stanloii upon lime Heath: lleiir)' Criuhlow, after holding this li\ ing lor ;diout ^,e\cii \ e.ns, had to m.dse w a_\' for ihe-old \'ie,ir, Thomas ( )ipe, but ga\i' the Under Sherilf lflIH«*!'*ilHS V < lA'T nil. I |lMl>-«\') 'c.Mi. ' y.t ^'' • ,{„:: ' I;.. > "> :•• -'"^ ' k . .CI-'- '. ' '■ 1. ^iii r' I . ■ i ,,',.;..■ .■''■• ,,, >/ J.' I h 1 1 .'I ■.',•••-...'.'. . '•" . ■ • ii ;t. v<*. 1 ' ' tt 'H>1 ."■ '' •,.... :;,, ! ^ •' i"ii > • * ; ;• ■ ;|- M \>- (UV tuJi. .* )t' > :^,c:il'f': I'.tir. .)• I'i" III -1 ).l ">Jtr>« I C )o! (II ^, 'I'^J /: ' '», . : 1..; .H<'ici i ,t .. ' ( .,..M . V.I-:!- ' 1 l.'.r.; /,• Im' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 295 the trouble of dispossessing hiiii. The Slirawardine Register contains the entry :- — "1672, Nov. 15. Mr. Henry Crichlow, of Edgerley, deceased in )'e jxirish of Kninerley, was buried in this parish cluirch." Stoke u])on Tern : Wilhani Iliggins returnetl, but only lived a few years after His Majesty's Restoration, John Adams, appoinUd 111 i()55, retiring and renun iiig to Penley, where he stayed two )ears. Oi him C'alamy writes : " Ji.hii Adam . Ixfore the Wars had been .1 for- ward Cunfi aiiiisl, and (iiiiipanion of mjiik; id the (jentr)' that wen; high lluwii. lint he cuuld not conform m 1662." Stottesden : Reginald Fmlow resigiu'd this se(|ueslered luing in !()()(), to the old in< umbenf, ihomas /\mias, and tot)k u|) larming, preaching alttawards occasionally about the country. Tong : Robert Hilton, appointed 1650, retired m December, lOOo, though the ohi V^icar was dead. Westbury : Ambrose Phillips " li\ed to be restored, but not without great ojoposition from the I^arty." CJeorge Berkeley, formerly of Mainstone, who liad to resign for him, was made Vicar of ('hetton. White hurcli : Thomas Porter, M.A., l)orn in Northampton- shire-, breil at ("ambridgt-, was settled MmistiT of Hanmer, co. Flint, before the Wars (i.e., 15 March, 1624- 5 |, and was a]:)[)ointc^d Lecturer for the City cjf Chester 31 April, 1642. After the w.ir was over (in the heat of which he was ftjrcc^l to withdraw to London, where he became Lecturer of St. Callua-me's Creed Cluirch, London, and was appomteil a Trver for the 81I1 London (Tassis, g Aug., i'i4S). "removed to Whitchurch, where lie continued an instrument of much good. He by his great pnideiuc so maiiagi'd tlie Mmisters 011 th.il side of the count) wluae a Presl))lery was settled th.it he found no ik t'd for compulsory laws." On April 30, l(»S(i, he had a piiblu' dispute on Infant liaptism with .1 Mr. iiagg,!!', ail .\ii.ib.ipt is! , in l'.lle^,iiiere ('IiiikIi, the Moderator ! -'.'t •( 1,' .ill J i:h, r ;j,'>v '■'■■)> iJ Hi'/ III* I ■ ,■ [.• M I. M . 'ill nv 111' ) li II. w M . !i J "Jiii Hiij" ,; iii.mi.t \j /!•> I) . K. : - - ' I .,,..' . .-j:.' \ ■' !/ ' ■ 'i I /.in- •: /• !■■. nviH r- 'I- ■< » • V I ., , / <>Im;iJ1 r. n • jMi •;*»-; r/ f!f "•'.'fl . .' , i/ ,i-)Ji"M .•"■;i:wi< ] ! » ••'..'.' ' [>]->^. u • :• ii ult'i;.') J/. InnJ ,>''iil^ flj> Ml.' rl . m| rf... /* .1 1 I ;-i .li.ll I (I '.' ' "■ )i ; lit; ; in .' » 1 ;; »i;M '(/ji.. [ ? '■ ■ ill •!:" ; l! ' t /\ .1.^1^' .'II'I/. !^. |I ... .u >' 'I . i>t /'I tl'i'M ■ > '•> lul i; ^ vil j:^iii/> : ' .1 ■ : >■..... I); > ^.-^ ;., J MilJ >'' i -iifiri'i'l ' ' ':< .:'t T, .-,<'■'■ .. . I',.. ■: ■ •■ . ,:. w'.i" I '/'.'' , ...•., .^ '■,,.:, ) . ^ :' :;: ' ^ • ,!• I.; I ,1, .1 I. ■ I -'ll • ill' Ij ^ !■ I J |t, . 'I <-. • li'ii.Tji' ;..;i;j .1 '• »• . •• . ' ..,■-.■: ,1... . ,,1' ;., /. ' » 1 . . > I M ' ''- ) < 1.' .'fltl'i^ ..». ( . ; > -,1.1,.,, , ' , i ,i :^,M 2g6 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. vv;i)' to Dr. Roriiiird, ;i wortli)', iiiO(lcr;ite num."' Nichohis Ikriiard, |.ipi). -- D^'C, I()(k)|, late Doaii ol Arda^li, Ire- land, died HI iiw (iarrison, sueci'eded () I'eh., l(»ftl 2. Wistanstow : John Rusbatch, a Minister of the 5th ("lassis of I()17, retired in lOOf), and Thomas Good, oi ("oreley, I'jertc^l \u H'll from St. Alkmuiid's, Shrewsliur)', was made l-iector m liis room. WorthiMi : i.auriMice Seddnn, " ujion the return of tlu' Cap- ti\it)', shared m the common hlessinj^s." In I'^'Sj- Edward ri)les was admitted to W'orthen m place of James Betton, resigned. I'mt on March -''5, iCi^t), Thomas IJeard, M.A., of St. John's ("oil, C)xon, was .ipponited to tins li\in)- and (l\ed in the iu'ighbomh>.od, ]();()." Cal.imy also mentions "Mr. Roberls id Ahirloii (hapel" .is conforming, and another li^t speaks of " Mr. Robcats of .Swt'ene)." .Stanwar(hiie : Calaiii)' 111 his list oi the Ljeeled or Silenced .MiiiisliMs in the County of Salop, inserts " Mr. Hall of Stanwardine." On -?() March, |(.(.j, llie ileig)- (d' th(> Diocese of Cuhfu'lil presenteil .1 sum .d mone)' to the King, for wliuh thev h,id ' He iii'l beeu Cliupl.iin lu Oliver, I.or.i rrolcct..r, ;uul one of tiis Almoners ami I'ie.uiK-r l„ ll,e H.-n. S.aidyol (iiey'slnn. (Cux, JA,.r,u/ h'rU.uun,-', e.l. 1720, [.. (,!().) •llie iiicuuiheiils ol ClKipcltieb weie Ici-.t'Ay i>n\y Ciir:Ues ; it is not tlierelore surprisini; 111 il very nim.y reeeiveil notice "o leave in )(jOo, wlieii Se(|iiebtcre.i Vicais relurnca. The latler would naturally prefer their oun nominees H95;i-''i' 'f.Wh !t' VH'^TrlH I A ■;T>AIM f^iS iv't ,• '■ ,!: .n -O..! i.".!! //.int. ' 1 ' t i. . , » r, .- -.n n»I : t I ... •, ... > //"ll." ■1 . ;;. '«.) ./! -.1 I. Ml ! ,fl< /' ' t ;i I .■'.! ;!,.! IM.. ; !■' .1 11. ■' : i ■ ' 1 ! I 1 1 1 .i. 1 n! J. I ) U ■■ MUl • .HI .. ) <•«'. • '• 'ill"'-' ■ I M i i" ,1 ■ •■ ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. J97 2() o o ]hI 5 (J () ptj 3 o o no t pd 2 lO o pd O lO o pd 1 JO o pd u 10 o pd 3 o o pd u lO o pd o JO o pd 0 lu o pd I o () pd o 5 o pd Noluntarily taxed themselves. The total amount from the Archdeaconry was i^88 1 6s.' Among the subscribers were : — Rul)ert Pt)\vell, .Archdeacon of Salop Sa. Mildershaui, parson of West helton ... And. I-*ars()ns, pasl«>r of W^ni Fra. Tallents, curate of .St. Marie's ni Salop Jn. Bryan, curate of Si. Chadd's \n Salojj... Ric. Heath, \icar cjf St. All-:iiiund';:, in .Salojj William Su^ar, cur.itcoi Broughton John Hall, rector ol Mdgmond Thomas ()r[)e, vicar of St.mton ... Gilbert (^ole, curate of (\jnd(jver ... lulw. Fisher, \ icar of i\tchani Robert I'dlce, \ icar u\' Sh.iwbury ... Fd. Morgan, curate ol lIffnij_;ton ... Soon, however, came the ill-advised Act of Uniformity ordering every nnnister on or before Aug. 24, lOtjJ, to de- clare his assent and consent to the whole of the liook of ("i»mmon Prayer, and to abjure the Soleuni l^eaguc and Covenant.^ In Shropshire lO found themselves unable to do this, and were in consequence compelled to resign their h\ mgs. Baschurch : l'>lward Lawrence, born at Moston, co. Salop, an M.A. of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, on lea\ing the Uni\cn'sity caiiu" to Baschurch [app. I I Sept., I()|i: I,: Hi >i«*;<'.iji J. • I ■» »i !,,. '-' :•• ii. . - .•;•! 1' » . ; • 1 • .. |.;l' '"> t«. .' , 1,1 1 -I '• l.f' .•--.. I ■ ./ M ll I ■; ,., •',,.• .(• ; . I,'-' -.f. . '.'.'.I ;)! i^.'i; -'ill nt.Vi 1 ■: : I. . I. •!• 1 ■ ) M »i ; // Im: i .r'liJJ -. ... ,...^. !.. • 1 , n: .. :. t I. . ^■'. . • .1'. ,; , ., -.; ... . . ,, • , . L . ■■< .' i,;...i- : /. \h .... ' ., ii _;. . ' ■' I .' )..'i.ui kill, ll;.u. : • -I 1 /. - -,1. ?!' i' ..I. Mil 'ij'; LiwMi>ij' I ,».| ... • I. . 1 ' I ( 1 .; !»• -•,! .'I 'V . iir.-r'.',.. t ' ■ ';••, •• t I' . ' . I . ' . !.iji . .• I , ')•) 'M- •- '. : > . ... ■; .,.■ .' .' • , I 1 . .^ * a '^u. ■.ol;.i nil ''I I.. f « • ' , • 11 ''i iti^r. lU' I 29^ ECCLKSIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. l^olas ; lulwiird 15iiry, horn in WorccsU-rshire (according to W.ilki T, uiicc a Taylor, l)ut ('alaiii)' says educated at Oxford), " continued his labours at Great Bolas for n^uiy }-ears. feeing suspected of desuin<^ the King's return, his house was searclietJ, his goods |)huidere(i, and his hfe threatened and much eiid.mgered. W'hcMi tlie King re- turned and the Act for I'niforinity ])assed lie fi'lt Jt his dul)' not to confonn." ]^>]\\\ Turner, his successor, was api). () Oct., 1662. I5ridgn..rth : Andrew Tristram, formerly Pastor of Clent, a member oi I5a.\ter's X'uluntary Association, and one of the four .Special Pnai hers oi it, resigned in i(j()J, and became a I'liysici.in. ( lull ; 1 liom.is lM-o)sell, " a divine of extraordinary worth for judgement, moderation, godliness, blameless living and excellent preaching was of Clare Hall m Cambridge, and was fixed at Chin [2; .Se])t., loj;]. 'Jhe Civil War drove him to London, where he (was appointed to the sequestered living of St. Margaret's, New Fish St., i; March, 10-12 3, and Lecturer of St. Uunstan's m the West 25 March, 1043, and) had a great auditory, and was used by Un\ to do gv,(.d to many. But he returned to his jjoor j.eople at Chin and was highly prized by them, and indeed by all the countr)' namd." ILs predecessor had been a strong Puritan, Lrasmus Powell, whose curate was for a short time his nephew, \^ivasor Powell. Fro3sell's successor was Joseph Jackson, app. (. )u]>'. 1{)L) Cockshutt Chapel : Francs Keehng. born at Coventry, and In-cd in Coventry School an.l Trinity Coll., Cambri.l.-e was chaplain at Weston Ilall, Stafb.rdshire, for two years after taking his degree. Was then ordained by the : resbytery at Whitchurch, and "became Minister of ( nrkshot ( hapcl uhich was (hen Panuhial, and a con- . siderable augmentation was pnK.uv.l hmi. He con- """^''"t (""l'-l)He as long as his wile was .u leie.l to keep young gentlewomen ,n her house ,n order to their education, and for .some time he and Mr . 1.. -"": - . , ,1 ,•/ •/ ,.11 l'> Tf.r:>r>(«; ., . ,!• • ,.' .M' '■' •" •'' ^^"' ' .; ':,. ,., .| •, r , i. 'Ml .ill ■:"■ ; J''''. , I I 1 . '. ^ ,m;.! '. •■"( " •''■ '■•'■■' ; • .' 1 ' ■I.M «'.. ... „•:.'. r. • . ■...,' » I ' 1,1 ■. ' I 1 i « I , 1 I ; .!^ . , , ,1 i-,.. > ,f^ r>fir. '»ti <«-«'i --•'■'' " ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 299 Beresforcl preached alternately at the Thursday Lecture , at Shrewsbury." Removed to Kingston on Thames, and died April 1.4, iCxjo. Edstaston : Samuel Taylor, of Magdalene Coll., Camb., quitted this hvnig m 10O2, and retired to Wem, where he died 1O95, aged 08. ' > Hadnall Chapel : Francis Wright, jun., since the Mniister of Hadnall Ease was Curate to tlie Vicar of Middle, had to lea\e when Joshua Ricliardson resigned in 1062. Kynnersley : I'homas Wright, resigned in 1662; he had signed the Testimony in i6jS. Middle : " The same [)Ower that dis[)laced Mr. Alore, did in his stead j-)lace m Middle Mr. J(.)shua Richardson, M.A., son of Joshua Richardson of Brougliton, upon condition that he would allow tlie tythes of Hadnall Ease or pay a salary much what was ecjuivalent to the value thereof to a preaching minister to be constantly resident in Had- nall Ease. 'ilns Mr. Richardson was an able and laborious minister. His whole ernpln^ment was about the concerns of his ministr)'. \\ luni the Act of Uni- formity caine out, Mr. Richardson, relu.-5ing to sul)scribe the dcclaratiuii inserted in the x\cL concerning the Solemn League and Covenant, lost his place, and with him fell the Minister uf Hadnall Ease. He would will- ingly have conformed to llie discipline and constitution of the Church of England, but he could not with safe conscience subscribe to the declaration against the Cove- nant."^ He had been X'lcar ol the Abbc)', Shrewsbury, 1645-7, and had been niipnsoned in London m the time of the War by the Parliament. His successor was William liolloway [app. 2 b eb., i6()2-3|, formerly Rector of North Client" 111, Somerset, whu had lieen when there " seized on in the time of sermon by some fellows vvIkj presented their pistols at him, and carried liim away be- fore the Committee." (WalkerJ. Newport : " \()h2, August : — Honest Mr. Maiden forced from his Ministr)- lor Nonconformity this month, the 24th ^ Goii^h, pp. iS, 19 •out . . I ■. hIv- f . .. • . I ! !i ' /|iil I -T III' t> Ml;ji<' . . : ■ .",.....; .n.. .,11 ■ • .H)lMl/i 'A'-M ... .V.!(j 'n. ))r ^lll , .. I ■,,. V, ;(.: I.l;i'>,., -.Ml f'.(i) , (• I. . 't b.. ■ I'll ■'. i I IIl.-. • I tiHiM ■ 'Il I ;.^' li.I 1 ' ' . ..))•: < ' ) ti\^ :■!■ • -M.l ■, t / l!,(l 1' " i 1 / 1,! • .:: tlit Mi:l/, ,.il; i; .(Ml! „..: t-,,.- '.,,1 ,l-n< J I ' )i.ii I 111) )■» - ' . 1 ( _ • • r-i.i..ii'. -■ . ..1 i,. ,; ,' , •' !:.. ' ■>,■. '!-'] M Mil. .^/ M ■ ■ ! I ilii- vl :'< 1, ■• " . 1 1 .i (//iVl 300 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. day." (Rfgister). John Maiden had been Wnnsler of Cheswai'fHne before his appunitinent lo Newport. Rodnij^ton : Andrew Ijarnet, brother uf Joshua Barnet of \Vrt)ek\vardinc, had l)(en lurned out ul ( "hureh holme ni ' (heslure lor nut tLd-;ni<4 ihe luij^aj^enient, but was Pubhe Preaeher of J^odingtoii when siKrieed ni H>i)2. I lis great skill in I'h) sie nuule hnu the iinire \alued by the neighbouring geiilr\ . Shrewsbury, St. Alkmund : Richard Heath, succeeded the ejected Richard Av\ nshain at llopesa)-, ijut was prornult;d to St. Alknunid's in l()So when Thonias Blake refused the Engagement. lie was of ( hnst's College, ("aiii- bridge, and a good oriental sthcilar, revising th(^ S)'riac and Arabic pi)rlionsid Bishu() Wjltun's f'ol)gl((t liibK'. At the i)ersuasion of the Bish(i[) he C(.)ntiiuK(l a few Lord's da)s after Aug. J |, i()()J, reading the Liturgy, but was soon silenced because he did not come up to the imposed terms of ("onfc)rmit)'. Ljlani)' describes hiiii as " an ancient grave minister, iikkK r.ite, sedati', (puet and religious." Richard Beeston, his success(jr, was ■ '!»; - - ■" ' — ''■"■"*. ll'' •■ •;■ ■■■;'■■ ,, .. , . .r '■■■"-■ ,. . ' ' I '• i ' • • ■ ' • , „; •!: ' ■■■•■ ' ■ .'■." ' ' . ,, ,1 . I,,.! I I''- . t ■■ , -'^^ .,,1. V ,■-1'^. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 30I Fellow, President, and Tutor of Ma^fdalcne Coll., Cam- bridge, and was ordained m London Nov. 29, 1G48, at the age of 29. He was a Preacher dt Lichfield Cathedral 111 June, i()i(), and was af)})ointed tu St. Mar)''s Jan. 4, H)52 3. At {\\c Restoration in iduo, " he with llie rest of his Bri (hreii wire not a lillle [ilcibcd and made some ad\ ances tuw cii'dh ci compliance in Lcclcsiastical matters, but when he saw how things were fixetl in I()(i2, he could not come into the Church, but. was necessitated to quit his place. A lt(-'r\\ .u'ds, tor the most part he .itlended the jniblic iiiinistr)' and lilurg}' morinng and evening." In 1 070 3 he actcil as travelling Tutor ; 111 10/3 85 he preached at Shrewshur}' with Mr. John Bryan ; i()85-7 resided in Londc)n ; finally in K.nji he, with Mr. Hryan, founded the High Street, Shrewsbury, Presljylerian Church. He died Ajnil ii, 1708, in his 8(;th year, ik). At the latter end of this perioel he was brc)ught into trouble r^i account of seditious words sworn against him which were these, " The de\ il was like a king that courted the soul and spoke fair till he was gotten into the throne and then played pranks." The witnesses deposed contrary to the co-hacrence of his discourse that he said " the Ling was like the de\ il." He was tried on May 28, and 2(), !()()!, lined /,2oo, and ordered to be imprisoned till it was i)aid. He crmtinued nearl)' thret- months in prison, till Loril iNc'vvport, witlujut Ins knowledge, i)r(j- cured the Ling's pardon f(jr his fine. His li\ ing was presently seciuestercd by the ChaiKcllor of Lu-hlield lOf lil. , f! -r ..•. >.,-, i- .. • 'M 'u' . /, M nil iM , ii! !• • • .Ml ..::t I I,, • \ ■ .. ■[ ' lit •'U\- ■ >■■'■> '■'" hW -I ■' - ■ ..■:.! ■'•* ,' !;. ,, .'". \. •r.i^' n. i'''.^ •<• >U\ .ti ^11 , ,. ':,.|)ll" I III b ■!•'' > ! ,-,. .''. I ,,:i '. vi'; '■ 'f>ii'"i! , i .) t i, „|/. l.-.il) -.il •! 'Mil! ' ,..).-,, i>,I''! )-' .ii 'i'l iij'' <■ '■'■'•' .,\ •; • ,.. , , ^1 • l.-..l.r ^. • i.-.v '■il.^ . , ■ .1 , ''I •■ 1 ' - ' I "•' ; ,.! 1. Ml..,. ; I '.' ;. 't * ""'* 1 , I ;. ' ■■ .. ^. 1 -. -i' ■:. ■ '" '^^ : , .' . ]., .,_ M- • •• V • -I •■■■' , ,,...1 ,. i .; ■ ;.if ;. ■••■lii V'"' '' . '• ■ .■ ., > ;,nd t , o. . .' /. ,ui , ' I,, , , .1 ...•; ■'! . •! b-^. •■•':■■. .>, ■ . ■ - M ■ ■ il ,,,,.:; . ■'.{ I . '••> '.il. • ; i. . / J' I I' "' , M .... /I.; 302 ECri.ESIASTICAL HISTDRY OF SHROPSHIRE Andrew Parsons was a person of known loyalty. He ran several hazards of life and estate when Kin^^ Charles II. passed with his army to Woreesler, and he sent a horse and arms to the risni^^'^ at Chester in his favour. (Calamy). West Felton : Sanmel Hildersham, B.D., was educated at Emmanuel Coll., Cambnd<^e, was " ordained by an Irish Bishop, without subscription," and was appointed to West Felton 13 June, 162S. He was nominated, m 1643, to represent the Shroiisinre Hixines in the Westminster i.'\sseml)l)', and in i()3 | was diu' of tlie .Shrop.shire Triers. After enforcing the Act of 1043, he naturally could not obey tiiat of 1 662, anel so retired to Aston, near Bir- mingham. Wrockwardine : Joshua Barnet, brother of the Vicar of Rod- ington, " was ordained l)y Presbyters, and elected Lec- turer of Tockhouse in the jiarish of Blackburn, Lanca- shire. There he continued till the imposing of the Solemn League and Covenant, and not being satisfied to tcdp^hl^e (ic, at ( ^>,west r)' |, after I()t)2." Poh i 1' ' ».i» sot .( iiin,\i..i) •v •ru- } -M ! • ' // I' 'i.» ,, ' ..'.v. ; . ' . 'It I III' ;!• it'V>, /, u •: I, , , , ' ' V . I "' . ' ■ . < >'1>'I II . '•>) t ■^. / . , ;. ii;, .' o ■ !'Hi- ' ' '• ! * )• (iJ ,' kI.i n;j. ^:|ti!H , !• ■ • .! ! •! - ' J. • ' .•''. <. ■ -I'V" ' .0 .i<%iii . : .; .:■! . . : .t| >''l til I ■ ■■>.i -'^ >>' T>-".'1 : ;, -:,-. .,.: !i,. 1... -.,... .. , ^,.'1 ':uU , ',, ,;;i r i ••: ' ■. I.- . ' •■■:■ '■l-.V ■' * ''"^ '' ""' ,'... , . •■...:.,: ■ •■ ; • ■:.: ■ • .! : .^-!i:) ■ ; . , .■ , . :, , ■•"•. .,1 •. ':.!;^ ■ . , ,. ' - •• ,. , .'■ M ■ . ..'.■.'■ 1- •!.', . ..!,..,,„,, ^ ,....;,.. M .' ..■■•! -.r-... t '_ ■■ . . ■ I . .- • ■ i ■ ■ ' ■'■■,'.,• .:u-"n „ . 1 ,'.M . ■ .;. .!•;■•,,.' , . I ,,.'(! ,r(!i,ii - ■ .. , .-■ ., , . ;.. ■ ." 7" ' ' ' .)1' ' ' 1 I '.■rn''-<,'f ' li i -K • Ml II ErCLESIASTICAI. HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 303 sibly a son of Mr. Quarrel, of Prcsteign, in Radnorshire, whose widow was a groat friend of X'avasor Powell, (cf. Walker, 1., p. 148). Mr John GrilTilhs, of Shorklach, co. Chester, "afterwards a Nonconforninig Preaciur m Shropshire," A "Jdhn Gri- ffiths, of Sleape, clencus," was buried at High Ercall in i()74. Mr. Joseph Lea, a ('andidate, who ]->reached often about Whitchurch, and was silenced in 1602. Of those who had held livmgs in Shroj^shire, but had re- movetl into other ccnuities, and had to retire in i()()0, or 1662, Calaniy mentions : - - Joseph Sound, who hatl been app. \' icar of Eaton under Hey- ward 10 May, 1633, and was descriljed as Minister of Shifnal in the Classis of 1 647, was made Vicar of Swin- nerton, cd. Stafford, from which Mr. Picken had been ejected. In iO|8 he signed the Testmiony among the ministers of Stiitfurdshire. " He was an ancient divine of great learning, mofleration, judgement, and calmness of spirit, and of a goodly upright life." He was born at W orfield, near HndgiKjrth. (jilbert Waldeii, a|)i)ointt--d to Wille)' 2S Vvh., 1638, who signed as Pastor of Ih'idgnorth in 1()|,S, and in lOjy was Assistant to the MinisliM- of Worfidd, was appointed to Lcmington Hast nigs as successor lo a soquestered in cumbent, for whom he \sa^. " outetl" m U)Ou. He conformed, and obtained another li\ing near (\j\entr)', where he died.^ ' Gilbert Walden had ]ireviuusly, it secns, been at Claverly. For the following is a list of the \acars given in the Ke^jister j)ublished by i\\e. Shropshire Rcqister Sucifty. Giiliert WaUleii 1626-4'); Thoiuai Luwtuii 1646—55; Willi.uii \ixid 1 656-6 V I^iit VValden's liist ihitc seems hardly correct. Ill the accounts u vl't ' f ,1,-: ,.. T 'ibi .i*» -Ml \tUi\ ■ / -il OP;::. • (. // \ . tiioiJnoui yiiM IK i ., ,n • .:,.■ 1 i V;i,t '" 1'" |'•|■''• ■ . Ml • .lit '! 'I "-'"N ' ' . 1 1 . ■ '.i " • ; • » / I. . .h'' ' I l.'ii 1' ) M •■■ !, ,(i. •:' ■'- -1 ■ I I- 11. - • ■.' t-'i I ■ I • .-,,. •ill 1 304 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. Samuel Fisher, sometime of Ujiton Magna [app. 21 July, •' 1O35], and aflervVcU-ds of St. Mar)'s, Slirewshury, then "p'sented to the henehce (d I .illcsh.dl by Coll. iMacworth"^ (where he was 22 March, \()^2 \ 1, was afterwards Rector >> ■ of Thornton of the Moor, (hcshn-e, "whence he was cast out and silenced. He was an ancient di\ine, an I able preacher, and of a godl)- life." The war drove him '. r from Slu'upslnre to London, and on 23rd Jan., 1042-3, St. All)ans, Wood St., London, was sequest(n-ed from Dr. William Watts to ScUiuul Fisher, and he was here )u, 24 Dec, 1O15. Thomas Blake, of St. Alkmund's, was here from 1645 till his ejectment for not taking- the Engat^ement, then he re- moved to West Ilo.idly, Sussex, where he was silenced in i()()2. The Mr. William ]^t)ck who was ejected from Materheld [Mayfiel(l|, co. Stafford, may have been the same who signed as " Minister of Aston," in i()|S. ^ Calani)' also mentions a Air. Philips as silenced in Shrop- shire in l()()2. lie notes as well the following Slir»jpsliire men, who had been educated at Shrewsbury School : - Samuel Beresford, ejected from St. Werburgh's, Derby, who retired to his old home at Shrewsburv. Daniel Evans, born at Monk Moor, and who, on leaving Shrewsbur)' School, was a member of Jesus College, Cambridge, and was silenced in 1662. George Fownes, M.A., of Cambridge, who resigned High Wickham in i()(x), and was afttn-wards an Anabaptist Minister at Bristol, where he died Dec, 1OS5. He, m addition, (juijles the following remarks of Mr. Tal- lents : — " Eigliteen of those that were ejected in this county |of Salop] dill allt'rwards C(»nfoiin ; and fort)- others iie\c'r (hil. 'liiuti'en wi're \ cr)' poor and had wives and man)' chil- theii, as Lauri'iico, Keeling, Bars(jns, Ta)lor, Zech. Thomas, Maiden, Bury, Josej)h Barnet, Campion, Fro\sel, Humphrys, ' Duudalc. .IV Jl-'itiHHc ill J/ "1 ;o- ; . is;.!. I/. iT'^lii' J \' ur-.^ .„i .•A • f •« ,1 ; *^ . ■ ; .1 •!. > ... •'.»!/. • •' ' > ¥01 ]■! ■ .f : -f r' V ^, • ;.f I'' •!■/ I' •- ). I .1 t< '.I ;ir' «> » | , r . J II' ' t.itir i . \ii r):-'\\v if. '••■ .|.. - (i- i.'i .. .1 • ?l > ;j \ \'\ il/ <. • ' III • ' - :., ... '. _■ i. \ u .;- •■ ll i '. »i. »i»>..,ii,!i I' •'if i);,;| ijti.; .ii.>m . • • •' ■ •-•• I . r ' ■' ■ J - ,li..»1* ' ' ' ' ,1> ' I . ' !''^'. I'JJ' .;if.('! : . • , ; . • t ;/ r. ' 1 . , 1 i..in..' • ,. . i 1. /. !/ •w > ti , ».;• I i ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 305 Findlow, Sadler. Otlicrs were very poor, but had no rliargc. Others had a little, as Mr. Heath, Andrew Harnet, ikc"^) Calamy, however, does not give names corresponding in any way to these nunihers, Tallent's 18 being f;ir loo few, and his .jO far t*»o uiiuiy, accordmg to his record. Ihit " a c.ueful c.xamin.ition of ("al.iiii)'s list sliows lli;il fdr all statistical purpcises il is wurthless. . . I Inbi.issi^d ciuiuii)' would strike cifl from the celebrated catalogue of ' two thousand confessors ' no less liian twelve hundred names. "- Those he uKMitions as confornnng are Mos(\s 1 .lugh, of Slucwsbury ; .\} hun I lau;.;hti)n, (d I'rces ; (icorgr lUikclcy, cd W'estbury ; Aii(hi\v WaiUr, of I'ontesbui)' ; Rol)eit Mil ward, of Pulverbalch ; Roberts, of Moreton ("ha|)il ; Worih- ington, of .Shawbury ; and Thomas Porter, jun., of Tilstock.-" But he omits, e.g., James (a'esset of Cound [a[)p. 5 June, 1 048], who conformeil in l6()2 (see Cound l^egister); Jonatlab l^irch, of Shifnal [a()p. iO.|8|, who was reapjjointed 21 Feb., 1601-2 ; Robert Goodwm at (Teobury Mortimer, iij5(j 91 ; John Cooper at Habberley, 1653-71 ; Nehemiah Evance at Hanwood, 1654-98 ; ('ornehus E\ance at Melverle)', i654-()4, then Recior of Wcstbury 2nd Portion, 10(^4-72 ; James Smith at Upton Magna, i()54-84 ; George x^rden at Stirchle)-, 1O58- 79 ; and man}' more whose names coukl be given. Calamy also includes Henry Maurice, app. to Bromfield 20 March, 1661, afterwards removing to Cliurch .Stretton. He resigned Bromheld owing to drlit and fear of the jjlague some time subsecpient to i(»()f), for his name is found in the Registers there as \'icar uj) to, and in, that year. And Zechariah Thomas, of Tilstock, who " was ordained after the King came in," as Curate to Dr. Bernard of Whitchurch ' cf. Diaries oi Philip Henry. 1662-3. Feb. I. I sent ic/- to Mr. Taylor of Wem, being ye lemaynder of what was in my hami: of }c money ;.;ivcn by (icn' Vendibles, & Mr CJolborn cf Clii-btcr, to Mr Kceiin^^ 20/- to Mr Laurence 20 . 16S0. June 2. Ten poumlb kit to my lii.spose iiy VN il. Frob)ii of Wcm, his last will for needy aiin'^ whcicul Mt .Saiii. 1 a) lor had £^. Mr Jos. liarnct /i. Mr. F'ras. Keelin^^ i'.. Mr Fdw. bury /,i. Dr. (Jioi^e Lon^' li. Mi lohn Maiden £1. - Curleis, Batiiplon Lcciures,iSyi, p. t8, note, ^ Tilstock was a t h;i|ielry of Whitchurch, and liionias Porter, sc ., resigned the latter in 1660. lli^ ion thereupon had to leave, but renounced his ordihation from the Classis was re-ordained, and presented to bunbui)', in Cheshire. f^f 3 71 »v '■■11.'. .'f>(J'0 r • !" (' ■ ■' '.;•''• , i> > ..i-ii:!' -. >i ■ ' c'i )i ;■ • vpun if.jil..' ^,- J ■ J- > .1 ,..;i :i. , t. .i;.-i" ■ J Ml (ii Ml : ). .' ,,.u: •; /• >^'i I' ' - • • " "t •■ ., , . V. Mi. ', ' '- '• • i! •'''■'> '! "I//' lii''»)i.l»hl b>ii;.;M'il -jII •; J ,1.1.. <> 1 I 1, J • ,ir,« V lllr ».«,/ ,,•.' •• -11 ,'•• ■ U • ■!. ■ •'■•■ ' "■•.!(> ... vf '■ . ., / • I ; c ' . fji • I t »! I. It.:' i'X i ■;,,.;.. t I ■ I !■ ' ' "ill 1' I ' .'(11/4 ,'/ - '. ,, . . ; ■ ' 1 !..■■ i : '"' .^. > (•! I »f|. II v ' 1' . ilr.i , ..I . • r i I iM .tl ., .. jr I ..' . > \ . .,., ■ . : -.,.,; ... -. ... . > -(i, , »• ,■ I .1 !'■' ' l««.l •«/ . •..•I ... I -.H 3o6 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. (app. 22 Dec, iO()o], hut luid to leave in 1663, on the notice of a new \^icar. The following extracts from Phihp Henry's Diaries tells his story ; — 1661, Oct. 15. Upon ye evening of this day Dr. Bernard, Parson of Whitchurch, d)ed, it seemes suddenly. 1662, April 2. I went with ni}- dear wife to Whitch. : where I visited Dr. He)'lin, now parson there. 1662-3, i^'^'b. I. I went to Tilstock, where Mr. Thomas is 1663, April 10. Dr. Matthew Fo\\ler came to bee Preacher at W'hilch. : insteatl of Dr. IIo\Un, lik't better than hee \sas, if it hold, * 1(1(13, April J(). Mr. Thomas llircatned at Tilstock by Dr. Fov\ier ; if hee should be remov'd 'twill bee ill not with that place only but w"' the neighbourhood also. 1663, May 3. Mr. Thomas took his farewel of Tilstock, great sadnes & many t cares in ye Congreg. 1670, Sept. I.}. This day my worthy friend, Mr. Zech. Thomas, fell asleep at Nantwich, wliither hee rcturn'd the week before from Shrews. : where hee had been some time in ye use of meanes in vayn. He dy'd of a Con- sumption, in ye 41 y. of his age. Both Maurice and Z. Thomas were therefore willing to, and in fact did, conform to the Act of Uniformity of Aug. 24, 1662. P. Henry, it may be added, in a list of the Shropsh : Minrs. Nonconfor})iisls dead siiirr Aug. 2.}., 1662 (which he gives under the date July 3, i()8o), includes the name of " Mr. York." He h.id previously mentioned his death as follows : — " 1666, May : Mr. York dy'd in Shrewsb., a holy good man, & well approved in ye Ministry, who wasted his own candle in giving light to others, even whilst under ye Bushel." I have, however, failed to discover his former parish. Henry also writes : — " 1 66 1, Aug. 2g. I was told of the death of Mr. Thomas of Shropsh., a Minister, kild by a Fall from off his Horse." I^astly, Richard Baxter speaks of the Non-conformity of Mr. Swaine, once Head Master of IBridgnorth Grammar School, and afterwards a Preacher in Radnorshire. (Reliquiae, iii., p. gS; \o •>■^^H^ •jr.i'.J .' :i1 :4>.;- ... . ■..•.!l..l r :■ ."'•■■ ■ •■ ■ ' ■'•-' ", - -'M. A' I, ci r-vi ; • •>•' vtll )) . .■V, • \ A'. >\v'> A •', .,)» . 'ill 'I ,.. II " ■'' '' ., 1' .0>K>! " ! ;. : ( I 1... HI'Ol '. , >4<.'V' ■ I .1. I . . 'I 1 ( V '1 I' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 307 But to end this long paper. The following lines, written by Mr. Francis Tallcnts, on the death of Rowland Nevet, in 1C75, may form a htting conclusion: — Great Hildersham, and zealous Nevet go, Kind Richardson, and reverend Porter too, Smith, Paston, Thomas, Adams, Humphreys, Bote, With famous Wright, and Froysel, men of note, Sadler, and learned holy humble Heath. ^ i Mallhert Henry, Li/e 0/ Philip Henry, p. 459. (-1 "X It,,; , :<•■ 4 „ i> < .■ I . , '.l 'fH lA "7 J-^v-)/ ^.i •)|..l! J ^ .,>.:•> M AarfjuM < 3o8 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. INDEX OF PARISHES. Abdon, 268 Acton Burnell, 263 ' > Acton Rount], 265 Acton Scott, 254, 269 Adderley, 249, 253, 260, 266, 267, 271 AILerbury, 247, 263, 272, 287 Albrightnn (bhifnal), 265, 286, 2S7 All)rii:;IUon (Shrewsbury), 263 Alvelcy, 265, 291 Ashford Bowdlcr, 26S Ashford Carbonel, 268, 284 Astley, 281, 282, 302 Astley Abbots, 271 Aston Boltercll, 26S Aston Eyre, 254 Aston (by Oswestry), 272 (?), 296, 304 (?) Atcham, 263, 272, 273, 297 Badger, 265 Barrow, 265, 271, 2S9 Baschurch, 264, 265, 271, 279, 29c, 297 Battlefield, 259 Beckbury, 265 Bedstone, 269 Bsnthall, 274 B-rrington, 254, 261, 263, 29! Beltws, 269 Billingsley, 266, 271 Bishop's Castle, 249, 254, 255, 269, Bitterley, 2fiS, 277 Bobbington, 2S5 Bolas Ma^na, 206, 271, 274, 281, 298 Boraslon, 279 Bridgnorth, 250, 265, a66, 272, 274, 282, 283, 287, 298, 303, 306 Bromfield, 268, 305 Bioseley, 265, 270 Broughton, 247. 297 Bucknell, 248, 261, 269 Btiildwas, 267 Burford, 268 Cainham, 255, 268 Cardington, 269 Cardistoii, ^(>\ Chcswardine, 266, 271, 300 Chetton, 235, 265, 266, 272, 291 Chetwynd, 255, 261, 267 Child's Ercali, 2f6 Chirbury, 250, 260, 289 Church Aston, 2^7 Church Pulverbatch, 254, 255, 262, 263, 270, 294, 305 Church Stretton, 269, 305 Claveriey, 265, 2S7 Clee St. .Margaret's, 268 Cleobury Mortimer, 255, 268, 283,305 Cleobury North, 255, 261, 268, 291 Clivc, 247 Clun, 2^6, 269, 27r, 274, 277, 279, 281, 287, 289, 298 Clunbury, 269 Clungunfoid, 250, 268, 284 Cockshutt. 267, 298 Cold Weston, 268 Condover, 263, 28t, 289, 297 Coreley, 258, 268, 283, 287 Cound, 254, 255, 25S, 263, 264, 272, 284, 289, 291, 305 Cressage, 291 Culmington, 252, Z55, 268, 292 Dawlcy Magna, 267, 2yi<, 292 Diddlebury, 252, 255, 269, 279, 300 1 Ditton Priors, 265 Donington, 283, 285, 289, 292 " Donington," dio. Herefoid, 294 Dowjes, 268 Duddlcston, 277 Easthope, 270 Eaton Constantine, 247, 263 I'^atonuniier- Hey wood, 265, 27:, 303 Edgtnond, 249, 2153, 255, 259, 267, 284, 290, 292, 297 Edgton, 269 Ecistaston, 255, 267, 271, 299 Ellcsmere, 254, 261, 264, 295 Ercali Magna, 244, 249, 250, 263, 256, 263, 274, 278, 2S5, 292, 303 Ercali Farva (sec Child's Ercali) Eyton-on -thc-Wildnioors, 266 Eitz, 246, 247, 264 Ford, 203 Erodesley, 250, 263 ■^,,^, (ilazeiey, 266 ,.., Greet, 268, 2S1 «ot .r.mdl5!AH 'lO Az\(\'^l :-^v .vi^. ,■■ ( ) i''. f '.: .cr-. . 'K':: (V ^■^. ..■.•')"'.; I .;■- • • ,;iU , ilii'l ; ," ..■. ^ , ■'I i» 1 f ., ^■l•''i ft- '> , ...' n I'ioli ■I. »i- « I >t , ' sfc .<">. , ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. 3^9 Habberley, 269, 305 Hadley. 294 Hadnall, 272, 281, 299, 302 Halesowen, 250, 266, 271, 292 Halford, 26S llalston, 248, 249 Hanwood, 263, ;^o5 Harlcy, 263, 301 Hifjh Ercall (see Ercall Magna) Hi<:^hlcy, 256, 266, 292 Hinstock, 266 Hodnct, 248, 250, 253, 256, 266, 267, 271, 284, 291, 292 Holdgate, 268 Hope Bowdler, 269, 290 Hope Bagot, 265 Hoiiesay, 248, 256, 269, 293, 300 IJopton Cangeford (Hopt.onin-le- Hole), 268 Hopton Castle, 269 Hopton Wafers, 26S Hordley, 264 Hughley, 265 Ightfield, 250, 256, 266, 271 Kemberton, 256, 265, 271 Kenley, 263, 289 Kinlet, 265 Kinnerley, 249, 261, 204 Kiiockin, 248, 249, 264 Ivyniierslcy, 267, 272, 2g:j Leebolwuod, 269 Lee Brockhurst, 266 Lei-liton, 250, 267 luillcshall, 249, 267, 277, 282, 304 Little Weniock, 250, 265, 266, 270 LlanfairWaterdine, 269 Llanyblodwell, 264 Llanyiiiynech, 248, 256, 264 Lonj^don-upon-Tern, 266 Longford, 267, 271, 2f>'i, 288 Loppington, 262, 264, 275 Ludlow, 252, 261, 268, 2S7, 289. 293 Lydbury North. 269, 288, 2S9 Lydham, 257 Madeley, 265, 272, 275 Mainstone, 269, 270, 284 Market Drayton, 266, 207, 271, 2S9 Mclverley, 305 Meole Brace, 263 Middle, 2151, 254, 20 1, 2G4, 265, 288, 299 Middleton Scriven, 268 Milson, 257, 268 Monkliopton, 265 Montford, 261, 264, 272, 281 More, 269 Moreton, 296, 305 Moreton Corbet, 257, 266, 271, 285, 288 Moreton Say, 258, 266, 267, ^72 Morville, 271 Much Weniock (see Weniock) .Munsiow, 269 Mjndtown, 2(19 Nash, 279 Neen SavaL,'e (Upper Necn), 268 Nctn Sollafs (Lower Neen), 257 Ness Magna, 250, 261, 264, 267, 271, 288, 290, ?.g5 Newport, 267, 283, 287, 299 Nortniry, 269 Norton-in-Hales, 266 Oldbury, 265, 271, 290 Oswestry, 249, 253, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 275, 279, 2S4, 293, 302 Peplow, 259, 293 Fetton, 264 I'itchford, 263 I'ontesbury, 248, 254, 257, 259, 261, 262, 263,270, 271,282, 290 293,305 Frees, 244, 248, 250, 253, 257, 2b6, 267, 271, 294. 305 I'rebton (aihbalds, 259, 264 Freston-on the- Wildmoors, 266, 284 Quatt, 26^, 290 (luatford, 265 Katlinghope, 269 liodington, 263, 2S2, 300 Kusiibury, 269, 28S Kuyton XL Towns, 262, 2b^, 272 Kyton, 265 Saint Martin's, 249, 262, 264 Sclattyn, 248, 249, 264, 265, 272 Shawljury, 254, 258, 263, 294, 297, bhelvc, aOg ISheritThales, 251, 277, 282, 294 Shifnal, 254, 258, 265, 266, 271, 283, 3"3- 305 Shineton, 2S9 Shijiton, 260, 25q, 288 Shrawardine. 247, 251, 2^4, 265, 271, 275, 288 Shrewsbury, 249, 251, 253, 258, 260, 2^2, 2()3, 2f)4, 271, 275, 278, 2S2, 284, 288, 290, 294, 297, 300, 305 Sibdon Garwood, 269, 294 Sidbury, 25S, 2tjb, 271 \mn ^soM-.ifi io 7^ -^n? 1 t n3:i '. ^5i ,101 i> • •' '■' -- f^f .1 .-'■ IV^ .«<^ .<>o ,>.. .' lO t' - .1.., I III ! ^ '. . I . .• ;.. .11 u.l .t ■"• .n.f.a ...I.I..M J.' . ... J 310 HCCl.ESIASTICAI. HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. Sinethcote, 263 Stanton I-acy, 254, 257, 268, 294 Stanton Lon^', 268, 278, 2S7 Stanton-on-Hine fleath, 254, 257, 259, 265, 266, 279, 286, 292, 291, 297 Stapleton, 263 Stanwardirie, 296 Stiichley, 267, 271, 305 •"'' ^^lockton, 265, 272, 2Sg ; ;;■ Stoke St. MilboroiiLih, 268 Stokesay, 26S, 276, 288 Stoke-upon-Tern, 248, 250, 2j3, 259. 284, 286, 294 StottesJen, 259, 266, 295 Stone, 269 Suttun, 2G3 Sulton-Madilock, 265, 281, 282 Tasley, 266, 271 Tibberton, 267 'lilalock, J05, 306 Tong, 247, 262, 265, 275, 2S9, 295 Tujjford, 26S Ufiin^ton, 263, 289, 297 Uppington, 266, 272, 278, 282 Upton Cressett, 266 Upton Majna, 246, 249, 263, 264, 272, 284, 289, 303, 305 Waters Upton, 247, 266 WeUinglon, 263, 264, 272, 276, 278 284, 287 Weni, 249, 262, 266, 267, 271, 28}, 297. 301 Wenlock, 265, 266, 270, 277 NA'eiitnor, 269 V c-tbury, 260, 263, 286, 295, 305 \\ est Felton, 251, 264, 265. 271, 284, 297, 302 Weston (cHocese of Hereford), 269 VN'est*^ t?^ ■Vl .'V;t ,(. i ' I I // ?: M .i-t .V .O'y 5-,l .■•■ p )k . '»' n '"c ■•■■' ■ 311 " '■" ■ ■ •-''■^ V Vhv; ... .:, . ': ';.. ■■[.,'. I )C > 1m ^ Tn\; .. .■.! . ; .p ' ■ 't:i !, ').> THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHRIlWSIUJRY. By the i,ate Rev. JOHN BRlCKDAl.l-: Bl.AK i:\VA^', M.A., F.S.A. Er.nEi. BY THE LATE WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S. (Co}itinuc(i from jrd Scries, VoIidjw VI., page .p6, and concluded. ) [The Lite Mr. William Phillips had, at the time of his death, arranged the first half of Mr. Blakeway's Topographical History of Shrewsbury in order for the press, and this has been already printed in the Transactions. The notes in parentheses marked " Ed." are Mr. Phillips's additions. I have arranged all the last portion of the History under the respective streets, and have added some additional deeds from Mr. Mytton's collections and from other sources. — W. G. D. F.] Having thus conducted our readers through two main streets to their termination, I return to the upper end of Clastic Street, to describe the streets or lanes leading out of that: and first of ///(' pa.'iStige i///o .SV. Mary's chnrcJiyard. Along tins we first come to S r. MakV's WatKR FANli:, or loiic as it was amientl)' termed, a stei[) narrow lane lead- ing to Severn, and formerly guarded by two gales, one at the top, and the other at the bottom ; the arch-way of the latter, wliicii is t)f Norman work, still ri-mains. It was uj) tins lane that the troops ol the j)arliament entered the town at its siir[)ri/.e in Feb., It)|5, as is related at length in our history.^ In \l>lank\, a fox was killed m this lane b)' the ' [See Owen aiul lll.iLcw.iy's Ill^loryof SlircivsUury, vol. i., i). .\\Q &c — W.Li. D.I'.] Vol. VII., 3rd -Series. LL IT ll.Ail CUT vH \ "r >• ■.^\ \V'Mi«.;\v*vj' )") -j/' / •,••);.'•;;■< '/■' I., li.'.'l Jr. (f1 J.'' i)n>iii.nj» • .' . . ■ , .: ; ' ;;i I) 'I'^i (•■f <\u: .'i'.. .. . . . ' i'l .il/' '.I .. ! i. '/I'lKiM ,-.•<.■' 'fii/mu.' i •! ! ')/IJ I. M / I" I li '.•;/.' )."';! 1 ^ . •Ii 'I' ■ ■!: 'i- 1 -iifl I ■ ' , . . . I -!■, n ti. 312 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. Cleeton hounds, the same, I apprehend, of whom I shall have occasion soon to speak again. The land, on the left side of the way leading into St. Mary's churchyard, was lying waste in the 8th of Edward IV. (1469;, and there stood a gateway in it to the church of the BlacK- FRIARS^ below, for by deed of that date (Lib. A, p. 79) Roger |)tar Eyton, Esquire, of Salop, gives seisin to William Prowd, bruer, of a void place near the cemetery of the church of St. Mary, between the gate of entrance { par tarn introitus) to the ' ■ I - church of the Friars Preachers, and a certain venell called :'-^:'j > Scyntmarywaturlode, leading towards Severn. When the : ii( Friary was demolished, and the buildings levi'lled with the I... t< ground, the area was cleared and used as a bowling green •• i ' for the members of the council of Wales, during their resi- J.1 '^;«-i dance at the Council House : and these great and grave per- .' >'<■ '. ! sonages had no better way to go down and enjoy this manly ■ • but almost obsolete sport, but by the rude expedient of a '.. ladder.- I learn this from the iJailiffs Accounts of 1566. .' • ' " Paid to the coroners for gatheryng up the stonne -■ • .' in the freers, and leying them up ... ... iii^ iv*^ Paid for the ladder to the counsailU? to go downe ' :i. Hito the freers ... ... ... ... ... viii*^ : . Item for a ladder to stand upon the wall in the . • '■ ': freres for the counsell to come to the bowlyng ^! alley ... ... ... ... ... ... viii**" ; The following order in the corporation books, respecting : t this street to the churchyard, shews that the town, which is not even now celebrated for its neatness, was in 1595 in a 1 most disgraceful state of neglect, also the complaint of the i : .. '• Prior to the owners of the Marsh: — "Roger Luter prays .' ■ allowance of half the ch;uge of repairing a decayed pavc- •. • ■' ment in a lane adj(;ining the housi\ leading from the High '■'•• Pavement ttnvards St. Mar}''s ("iiurch^; being a passage ;'. ' greatly used and frequented: which wa)'e, by reason of the ' I ^ tiill accmiiit of the HIacU l'"ri;irs of Slircwsbiiiy will be found in tlie Transaciiuits, Vol. IX., pui;o 25 i.- VV.Ci. 1). F. J - liiis, 1 ihifik, cm li.irdly be, cor.siikiini; that the wall on each side the water lane was then staiidini,', and both liie gUes. They must have had to de>c«'nd into the lane, and then to climb cither over the Friaiy wall, or to f^'o round by cither the bottom or top g ite. I think it more likely to mean the Grey Friars over the Town wall. * [This lane ib now called Windsor Place.— W.G. D.F.] •I., /. srfp . -u iiiw t> •ja./.^ ,;,' .cyibunij ' n) ri ■ • ; \ .11 'I, 'I . ;i. . f I.,. .;.•.•>' ij^ 0» .'t-v Tt>tJ''i on I' p ■, ■' ' ' ■!'' ■• I J.-"! 'TxT-. ."•i('i^4l.> ,v.. ,,,,j :■ , ; ;. ', ji ■ '1 y i! icoi I .^».ll .'i/.jI I • \'i\\\n'.\ •-.111 ! - ."' I ■ f ;.--3 . ^ ''-''!n "^ ' ' '" ' '* ■""'''* '*' '>^^''l •i : I' :i ••!: • J.' Ti V •! I»i." rvi! mi! ii; Ml •'• : .•" -.) I' •:..;;.. I -ji:, • ' ; '.[n.i '-ii) i.-l !ki/I ; . . ^ ! . < : -.fi ' Otdl I .- ,;..'ri I! *; I I ■'.'; I'l -I-)!.! ' ;.'." /"I'i'ii ,ifr ,.>..-.. ■ .. . • ■ . ' .1...'. •! ,. v. ] .: y, . »-... '. I . ■ I' ; , •'"..;/ ■' .' :,' ti; , M. i;;-..') )>-;'Mi; ,•,•.:,•., ■■t) ' I-,/ ; . _' ii;'.7/i..(i(: i ' , ; ■ , I . ' 1 1 ; I ..I'll.: J 1 . 1 . 1 j I'l I k ; ' > 1 1 1 I ,: ■>.,•; ■ • ;/ • ■:II,^!.) M ..■• !/»/! . ! , /. ■ .. H./ .,1 . ■•; i ^i,;. I. ;. . V' I ..■ 1 ■• 1 Ji I ••. If i fi'.l ^ r 91^; I. J... I ■ -11 w I rl.i I j » THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 313 sayde decaide pavement, and the dangerous savours of mucke ''., •; and other enormities there beinge, is very noysome to all • passengers, and may tend to some infection. The whole ; charge is I8^ the distance being 72 yards." Whether the ' , petitioner obtained this very moderate request, does not ap- pear : but even Salopian uncleanliness had its limits ; for in 1580 I find Mr. Lowe fined, but no more than io'\ for his ' ! : iinrcsonabcll myron. >}<. ■'■.<» On Sept. 6, 161 2, the parishioners consented, at the earnest ttn-;. request of Mr. Humphrey Lear, Esquire, that he and his .1 ; heires for ever shall have as much riglit and tittle as in them .' .'. v •• is, for the settinge straight of his new palle in the Church i 1 yard wheare he hath incroached in places of the palle a yard \ of ground : in consideration whearof, he hath promised to be v .. a good benefactor towards the repairing of the church. w m,, .■• Advancing into St. Mary's Church}ard, we first come to the Stone House, as that on the left hand is still called, though now cased with brick. In 1646 it is styled ni the parish book, The great stone house of Sir Richard Lee near unto the chancell. This gentleman was seated at Lee Hall and Langley, and was the last heir male of his family. One of his daughters, Rachel, married Ralph Cleeton, gentleman, and in her descendants this house continued still. [On 20 August, 28 Lligabeth, 1580, Robert Irland of Salop, esq., enfeoffed and confirmed to Richard Lewys of Salop, draper, all that stone house or messuage now in decay, and all that parcel of land adjoining, situate in a certain ' street called St. Maries Almeshowsestreete, containing in ;i breadth near the said street, between Robert Ireland's tene- .. ment then in the tenure of Thomas Higgins, baker, on the south side, and land formerly of Richard Mytton esq., then in the tenure of Richard Medlicott, gent., on the north side, eight cloth rods and ten digits, and in breadth on the west • . side between the garden of the said tenement m the tenure of Thomas Higgins, up to land of Geoffrey Jones in the tenure of John Jackson on the north side six cloth rods, and contains in length from the said street on the east side up to land of Edward Onslowe in the tenure of Humphrey Hughes, shermaii, on the west side twenty eight cloth rods and a half. To hold to said Richard Lewys and the heirs of his body on I '1 111 r ..,? iu,o li!' i. i'.ii.j;-. Li ■> iMi. -.;.h imI i(i bfifi . i ■; .. .'i ' ' .jii,". 'u..^ -.lit u '.'; ifl!ji;oi(l • ■ ..I . .- 1 I ■• . i i .■ ' .:)< ■[ i J.J I ::i i j n\^ i/l t/ . . 1.1. \i :i ■ . ' 1 II ii.l l<.'.i.' ;<■ ., I I lo 'i' i ,. 1 . • • ' • ' .. - I ( ..r <: J i' !,.,il :\ CI r .. 1 ... .. .1 -l,.^ ■ . '• - ■ 314 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. the body of Margery his late wife and sister of said Robert Irland begotten, with remainder to said Richard Levvys and his heirs, at the annual rent of two shillings. (Deed penes H. R. H. Southam). The Stone House afterwards belonged to the Lloyds of Whitehall, and was by them sold to the Salop Infirmary.— W. G. D. F.] Next follows the hifuhiary, originally built by John Kynaston, esquire, of Hardwicke, and of which more will be said hereafter. At the end of the churchyard in this direction, stands the Draper's Hall, a large rambling old timber house with a garden annexed. In the 4th of Edward IV. (1465), Agnes, wife of William Ilybot, and Margaret, wife of Roger Goodbard, styling themselves " the natural and legitimate daughters and coheirs of Cassandra, widow of John Wyke, late of Salop," grant to John Knyght, merchant, master of the gild or fraternity of the Holy Trinity of the mistcry of Drapers in Salop, and Degory and Richard Watur drapers, wardens of the same gild, a tenement reaching in length from the cemetery of the collegiate and parochial church of St. Mary to the tenement of John Phelypps, clerk, and in breadth from the land of the said Degory Watur, to the land of the Dean and Canons of St. Mary. (Lib. A., 78.) Phelyppes was town clerk, and, it appears from other docu- ments, lived in Dogpole, so that we have the situation of Draper's Hall accurately described. In 1 580, the corporation being very anxious to secure the services of the Revd. Dr. Bulkeley m the capacity of pubhck preacher of the town, en- gaged this mansion for his reception, and it is an item in the Bailiffs' Accounts of that year: "Paid for the lakiii"- of the house called Drajjers hidle for Mr. docter bancklcy ;£"20," a very considerable rent m those days, evmcmg the high value at which they rated his ministry. At the back of these premises ran the French loall, what- ever was meant by tliat exj)ression : for thus it is entered on the books of the company, " May 20'", 16I)], Agreed that the French wall between Mr. Rowland Hunt's house and Drapers hall shall be made new with bricke." It should seem by subsequent entries, that this expression merely denotes a low palisade. '\hy vi! (ir».,'i '•I I- ■• ■■' .<''i-;)j. i'>:nr\ . .«:«iJ. J '. ■> cll :.(JX>. rJt 1 , li yio-r' : or-'j .-joi'.r. lu e"; 1 i '.' • lil I > tl , 'ilMiH , - . ; ... ;1J ■•;.. - > i ci .-.x:!.. fr / ;;':: 'd 1..:^ •■) .,:\': .... ^ - : ;..; . .. - .m; .-,: '..:i'.;.. / , ■ , :..,. . i t. . . I .' jii : .! .m!-,'/ U- •-;(!■ - ■■>/•' THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 315 OX LANE. Ox Lane, anciently S/. Maries : and after the building of the alms houses .SV. Mary Alms 'House Street. It is thought to have been called St. Maries, because the college or houses of the canons of that collegiate church were situated in it, on the right hand side of the way, where there is still a large old timber tenement with a kind ol corridorc or pia/./a in front, of considerable antiquity, though more recent than the existence of the college: and in 1732, when the adjoining houses were taken down to be rebuilt, a monk's head, carved in stone, as Siiys my authorit)', was found under the foundatujii. In 161 5 the Drapers Company agreed, that if the towne do pave the street from the Crosse, to the style of the church, the company would be at the charge of paving the side next to the almshouse. We learn from this entry, that the Oxlane was till then unpaved, and probably, also, that it had not then obtained its present name. Jones' Mansion. — Further on, at the corner leading into St. Alkmund's Churcli)ard, is a spacious mansion with a large garden, formerly the residence of Chief Justice Jones (grand- son of William Jones, who resided near the bridge), where, in October, \(y\2, he entertained as his temporary guests, the infant Duke of York, afterwards King James II., and the celebrated Prince Rupert, who during the visit of Charles I. to this town, took uj) their abode, we are told, with Master Jones, the lawyer. In this house, when Dugdale visited the town in 1663, he found nine coats of arms in the parlour window. I, Mortimer, the inescutcheon azure ; 2, Strange, the field gules, the lions argent ; 3 and 4, France and Eng- land quarterly twice ; one of the coats with a label of three points ; 5, Argent a cross gules ; 6, Azure a cross flory, be- tween four martlets ; or 7, First and fourth argent, a lion ram- pant sable, within a border . . . second and third. Or a bend sinister, engrailed sable ; 8, Talbot ; y. Gules three boars' heads couped or. This must have been the very spot on which stood the stone house and the zuoodcn hoiise, which Agnes de Hibernia, relict of Hugh de Londoniis, being " in her liege, authority, power, and widowhood," gave to the churcli of Haglmioii " m .a '/A. I /o »..!.' !^ ofioirro oiij )' 'to»ii !< |.;..'.|J /luipllar, -.{-.ir !;hir fn.i ) lo .iiioi] ai v>^ M,' • •. '• Jt i'.dJ .S'> .77> 'nnr 'io') jtV; f* tif!: ;,•,'!;! i:'! inn ?n-> 'jfij j», .no '. '»;!t .^i.-' 1-;^ . il.i .(ji tOJ •. I '- !)-.:iiii:J i'.ik: J »il ,!:|')f rjloJjO ill ■. !• I' ; , . V. >!; j> •■(.i.i iin;,"ii -jtf .fj'.'. i ui fjv/oJ . ^- -ij ., .' •.. '\ ..; . ii. i &..ji^ I. inv^t/. ,^ . eJifiot] . • ■ ix^j'' ')»;.. •..iii •(.', -lo ; f-t'^hif ,; ■^:,«.] it'owj ,■ : i I , ' .'.. ;. , .. . ' •' ■ ./ .. •!>'): ■' '.i'l...: U\l.f[ • ; '■ f'.'. H ;.! >»i , ■'] ■' II''' ' ■( ih._.J H tu J '''1 . , , •: :. I p - )n '•• III // liili. . I' 3l5 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. pure, sincere and perpetual alms " for the safety of the soul of John de Hibernia, her first husband, and for her own soul, and those of her children, and all her relations {ac pucroncni ct oinniiiin paroiluni niconijii], for the said houses are ex- pressed to be " opi)ositc the slilc of the churchyard of St. Mary next to Doj^f^epol." This deed belongs to the latter end of the thirteenth century. The street leading from Sir Thomas Jones's house to St. Alkmund's Church, proceeds also, to the right^ hand, to an irregular open space called St. -j' /^ Alkmund's Square, but formerly Berington Square, from its containing the mansum lujuse of that ancient ; _^ Shrcwsl)ury family, together with their chai)el for the exer- cise of tlie Roman Catholick religion, to which persuasion they belonged. As Roger Berington, who stands at the head ; . , of their pedigree, is stated to have married Alice, daughter and coheir of John de Hibernia, there can be little doubt -, that it was her mother who granted this contiguous property , to Haghmond Abbey. I require more proof than I have yet seen, that the father of John was Sir Walter Fitzroy, a son I • ^ of King Edward I., by the Earl of Kildare's daughter. But , . I return to Ox Lane. ,. ■ ;, DOCd'OLF. • 1 .-'. This street joins on to DuGPOLE, but it does not seem to .. . \- be known exactly where the one ends, and the other begins: accordmgl)', in a deed of the Berington family, i68g, a house is spoken of as Ijeing situate in St. Mary xXhnshoiisc Street, !'l ii-'. otherwise called Dogpolc or .SV. Mary Churehyard. In other \\ deeds of the same iainily, 1OO5, Dogpole bears also the name J. , . of St. Christopher's Street and .S7. Christopher's Corner ; ti: o and this name extended the whole way to the cross ; for m J,!;,t; 19 Jac. (1O22) Thomas Ireland, of Adbrighton Island, esquire, f : sells to CJharles Bennion, gentleman, a messuage in St. Chris- i: ,,. to[)her's Strei-t, otherwise called .St. Alary Almshouse Street. The origin oi tll(■^^l• .ippellalioiis 1 c.innot explain. ;. The king's strcrl, which is (.illrd Doggc^pol, tjccurs in a «. i\ deed in the cliarlulary ol our abbey (No. 225). witnessetl by Richard Sitte and 1 .uke, provosts. ' [Qu. tlic left liand. -lio.] K' I > 1 ' 'rMK; I .'1 [>>.■■ >U] ..V i^'.Mi...! .M.riwjIT iU. l. I t . I ■ , l'. ■*:■'■ .1 .'i. ' ( '. I .• '■■ I ' . .ill J.'' . '.ii"- /lit/") .'I li'.';":) :• 1 ■ , . ■ ; . 1 ,', A' :.■;.;',.■ I.:, . i /. . , . ■.. .' . ■ ■•-. v.i 1 ,.--u.. .• .' I ,' .;.'-H • , , . '.■' .', ■ I' '■..;, ; .«. •. .>i ^ f,-i;j...-l-..| VMil • '/ . t ^ i • • . .li ..i : -^'i : -i . »*, i :,'■■ • ' ,■ _.i • . .'.,:. .:t • fj ' i_ . ; ■ ''li...;; • •: .'• ■ ''• ";: ' ' ■ ' •'•■ ^' 'mI' ■ ' .- .. ■j.ii.*- . ■/•>' i7 i..'U...ii';.rLl ' 01 ■ • - '....• .. ' ; • ,•':;, h .U-- •.",:. r^-P . *n' I « .• U' h.i-i *"■' ' {■ . ..'■ 1 !i vl ' 1. *.'ii[ /'. !•» ( I 1 "■ . - 1 .... . ..,- J./ ■ - , i .' . I ■ ' I '.■■ i.i . \ . \l \ il / > '' rl 1 v ^\ ' "> I. Jill ' >/:V/ l->l{h> i: I I ■Mi; • iCj |i I < l''i'>l 1 ' .' I • '. • li " < .llj l/fl,. I .. t (. i ».'.'! . .1 ,): • v.. .1.!. t U M THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 317 [In 12 Edward III. (1339) Thomas Russel, son of John Russel of Salop, granted to Richard his son, and the heirs of his body, a messuage in which he (the grantor) dwelt in Salop, in tlie street of Doggepol, together wilh three sh()[)S adjoining in tiie same street. Witnesses: jcilm .Slury, Tiionias C'olle, bailiffs, John le Welsh, Richard di- I .elon, John de Sutton, and others. (Mytton Deeds). W.G.I). F.J The brotherhood of the Holy Cross in St. Alkmond's church, had a tenement " in the street of Doggepol," out of which a rent of 3' 4*^ was granted by Simon and William Toure, as feoffees of Margery, relict of James Jioerleie, in 14 13, to William, her son, and Isabel, his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies. Dated Saturday after the feast of St. Laurence martyr, i Henry \'. Witnesses: David Ilolbache and Richard Stury, bailiffs, Reginald Mutton, and others, (lialston Deeds.) It was probably the same tenement, her share of which Benedicta, relict of Nicholas Wygan, granted in 1352 to Sir Richard de Laueleye, vicar of St. Alkmund's, Salop, her share of all the tenements in the upper part of Doggepol, which Thomas Geoffrey her brother had of the gift and feoffment of Richard Borrey of Salop, and which descended to her and her sister Lucy, relict of William de Kaynton, after the death of Robert, son and heir of John Geffrey, their late brother. [Witnesses : John Stury and William le Pannonter, bailiffs, William de Smethcote, Robert de LIpton, Roger de la Yate, Robert de LIulton, Richard Russel, and others. Dated Thursday, the vigil uf St. Ijartholomew, 2(j Edward III. (23 August, 1353). (lialston Di-eds). On tlie cSth of Seplember following, Benedicta (luitchiimed to Sir Richard de Lauleye, her right m her share oi the same tenements. Witnesses: John Stury and William le Parmonter, bailiffs, and others. Dated Saturday, tlie feast of the Nativity of B. Mary, 26 Edw.nd HI. (ILilstoii Deeds). W.G.D.F.| Owen ap Jevan a[) M.idoc in 1301) ri'icMses to Jevan aj) Eynecjii a]) W )l)'m, a tenement in Doggepul | street of .Salop, as it is situate betwec^i a tenement oi Rugcr tie la \'ate tjii one side, ami a leneiuent of the heirs of Benedict le Bray on the other side, .md c.xtt'iids Irom llie highway (I'ia ft-yjii) to a gardiMi of l\ogin- di- la \'a\c. Witiusses: William de rric' 'i-' nv ?<| •; : JlllI : Jc^ Jo •• • •: !) ^.t^. '...;,.n .;-j riji.'..- .,. Ml.! r^'.i .'.lir,' • ; (.th.,- '.[ii ■ -..?. ..' ' 5;- • - f' -M -::\. Ml.-',;; // 'i ^Mt-.M/: 1 ■ ;: • ' : .;■•„•. ( ' • ^'- •[ r^a-C -*' -1 ^i-' '-',':. i :.'>u'r , : 1 '! . ' ..ioi ! . a'-ii IxJi (u><; .. .»' T :. :i r' , ., I > I. .; i}l •"ttV/ >.».! >uiji. vJ ..lU." .'I' '-■' it (i. "! 'if Hi liPnl "r>/i ■- 1 '):l:r.l .T»":->::rtr'l -jj Hl.-illiW m- i,:'-; ' ' f I (♦ ; ' / I (. »>' i noj^d 11^ in In • I.M.I il '.'»,' .' I I f . 11 .olii K I'. 'I .• Alt '. J j-.-.f^ j |. ■ j-jj;;.' ' f .• ••)il|.()';l I. . I a fl 'I ''li I J "M 1- M- I I-, ' f .. II >• •*^>(i • j/.|iH'. ^1 ii 'ri. ■' .' 'I ■'. ■ ) -.'1 ..1 Jil? f- In xd'M! i» ;. Iv:i: »•••- \ 1 : • ■ ■ '. ■• 'i^''' »i I. <<:/■) '.• . ,;.-,■ : ,., 'V '■ • ■ . t.v . ,. / , -J. ,..■■, It li l.r, , ' il 3l8 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. Longenorle and Thcjmas le Skynner, bailiffs, John Stury, Roger de Thoni', John de Shotton, Nicholas Gerard, John de Caupedene, and others. Dated Friday, the feast of St Matthias, 43 Edward III. (24 February, 1361)). (Halston Deeds).— W.G.D.F.] (Ibid). This is an example of Welsh inhabitants of Shrewsbury, to the rarity of which I ha\c ad- verted above. After the rebellion of Glyndwr, at tlie com- mencement of the next century, they became still more un- common. In the reign of Henry Y., Nicholas Gerard of Salop, granted to Nicholas Gerard, his bastard son, a tene- ment in Dogpoll, in which he, {]\c grantor, (hen dwelt, and all the lands fornierl)- belonging to Richard Russell, liis uncle (ai'niuii/i iiiei), extending from his said house to the hospice called Le Bell, formerly called le Ireland's hall ; also a tene- ment super le wile copp. The abl)ot of LiUeshull had a tenement in the street of Doggepol, 13 Edward III. (1339 40) (cart. Edward Sinythe, baronet) ; and the abbey of Salop had land here called Astcrton grounds, which in the 33'' of Elizabeth (1591) was holden by Francis Newport, Esquire. On 17 Sept., 33 Eliz. : (1591) Thomas Horde, Esquire, con- veys to Thomas Ottley, Esq., of Shrewsbury, a stable and garden in Dogpole, reaching from a tenement of Robert Ire- land, Esquire, to Asterton grounds, lately belonging to the dissolved monastery of Salop, and then in the tenure of Francis Newport, Esquire. This, therefore, in all probability was the spot on which his descendant, Richard, earl of Brad- ford, when desirous to cultivate an interest in the borough of Shrewsbury, erected a handsome house, ^ (ner the door of which an earl's coronet may still be seen, as also in white pebbles on tiic pavement before it. But the most distin- guished inhabitant of Dogpole was the great John Talbot, the conqueror of France, and first earl of Shrewsbury. Edward le Botiler died 1375, seised of a free burgage in Doggepol. Ankaret, one of his sisters and coheirs, married John, lord .Strange of Blackmere ; and their grand daughter Ancaret le Strange, brought this and mucii other property to ^ [Known as Newport House, now and (or many years past occunitd by Dr. Edwiird liurd.— W.G.D.F.] 1 .yu/-J<^ :if'"'i .-'''iiAi «'C noivi'. ■ ' 111 i-'i./i'iJ ;^t •II' •; I -M- I ■.. : ; . I" i :.ii iii/:!-- .'Hi ! ! . I ;> .• it::. 'MCr •M . :.■ ;,!..;• :^. ,; ■,;, •,/• f,n.: . I \/r \ (J* ':.•.'' « ..■ '■ :' (.'1 ;| ■ ,•■/' , ; ':. .V. ,V.. V^ '.' -iN \'j\/- K . 'npi. ! .1 -.J V ./. .'t-M i -/li II ..'>io(t • •.»•;•'. i ■' ' i: , ..It'.,, i" i''r>i. •..'•; ;^ ,.'.( -r: '. 1 I'lO I . • •. ■■"■ . /.■•■■ ' Tw , ; i , ■.[■•'■ '• ^■:f:,,i }' ,,t , VMV ■ '•■>', \> ''^ .»:•• • ' i '1'^ I ■ li'li;! .'. ' ' ' !• •ru. •<'! * ^ jr ' 'I ' ■; I , , (' ■■.. .;• f ..■-'. i; I ,-t ;i .' •I '*;■ " ■ "■ i .' ' '.'■.! " jif"/l ".j'. ■.] l.< >ll,-_l!) |i, .1,1 ,I/l'l' ' / -• I ' '.'■ I ,':.,••' i • ' '. • ; ■ • ;; m , i ....,,. / I; v | m, ,< i .,' , ••■•■■ft ;,rM '-■n. iil'f.j ; .o ,.i': ;. • ! ••,■ I 'li ! 1 •< CI ).'// .! THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 319 her husband, Richard lord Talbot, father of the earl of Shrewsbury. Lord Talbot's mansion here, or as the language of that day ran, his iiui, bore his own name. By inquisition taken after his death, 32 Ilenry \T. (1453-4), it is found that he died seised (niter alia) of a messuage or hostel {hospiciiim) called Ic Talbot, and four other iiu^ssuages in Slirewsbury. (Dugd. MSS., A, i). It appears to have been towards the bottom of the street, and on the left hand side of the way, probably about the site of Mr. Peele's house : for in the 5^'' of Henry VIII., 1 2th of April (15 14), Richard Mytton, master of the confraliMiiit}' or gild of the Holy Trinit)' in the collegiate church of .St. ]\Iar\', ;uid the guardians (i.e., wardens) of the said fraternity, and of the art of drtipers, denii.se to Maurice ap Howell, " all that void place in le Dogpoll between the land of the Lord of Shrowesbury called The Talbott Inn, on the east side, and the tenement of John Owmfreston on the north, (cart. John Corbet, arm. de Sundern)."^ In I Hen : YII. (1-IS5) Thomas Hoorde, escheator, accounts for the issues of a certain messuage or hostel called le Talbot, in the town of Salop, which, in another part of the same record, is called the tenement of the late earl of Shrews- bury, called Talbot Inne, and of which the said earl died seised in 13 Edward IV. (1474). On the etymology of Dogpole I have nothing to propose. A till hot is a dog, and therefore it may be thought to have borrowed its luniic from the residence of this great carl: but we have seen that it was so called at least as early as the 13'" of F.dward II. (1319-J0), many years before that noble family had any connection with this town. In Ihe /"' of Henry VII. (i |()i-2j, Adam Kny/.t entered on a tenement in the street called Dogpull, lalrly inhabited by 1 [Joseph Morris quotes one of the Cole deeds, dated 14367, to prove th.it the Inn or Hall of llic T.ilb )t ianiily \v;is not sitiMtcd in bo[,'|)Ole, but in the Hi^h Puvenient near the Ihitler Cros:-. Hy it " M.ister '1 homas Talbot" (eldesi son of the ist Karl of Shre Ashury) leases to William Colle of Saloii, " all that llall, &c., in the llij;h Pavement, extending; in the street from the 1 ind of Koi^er fhoma-s (? I'lioriies) to the land of Ko ;er l';yt(5n, and reaching from ilie king's hij^hway to land occupied by William Wylyms draper and fischer." Bui wis ttiis tenauient re dly Talbot's Inn or Hall? The deed of I 514 cited above by IJlakcw.iy :;peaks dislinitly of " The Talbott Inn "as bcin^; ill " le I)o<;poll."--W.<;.l).l.] . , . .. Vol. VII., .3rd Series. ' ' MM : . •••1 .< 1 li -.. .T ■.; '!• I. 'iLun -'.'LKiii. r ■,:i ,,,,.■ mJ .: . ■: .!- •■' I ' ' .' ■ :. ..,.-.■, ]■){' • / T.;^ 1 ii(ii. A ;.. -.' • !..,:■• ■ I I .'ii .• . t»w', .'•:•.!' .1. ! .■ , .-■ .: ,;./i .'•■ 1. r. ij J/' :<■ . - It ,. i .,-■ I ■ -.i/ i> • . r ' j u". 1 • ' ■ ' ' ^ ' . ' '■ ■ . i ; :. . .■ : , ; ' ;m(' !';. ' .UtaoH qi; ' I' I .-.t ., . ■ ■• : ": ■ iri.< I i:i ' : ■'-. :■ ' ; ■ :• .' ■ ;.;i/ ..! •( >^ fiJioir ; ' . • , ' i ' ^ ■ , . ,, I r / : 1 ) - 1 ; I n I ' ,'f ,[,-■'. |. r//'.; -ijIj ni ■ i" ," ■ 1 M' = J I'll' 'J -' ,!.''■' : • . : ' ' ..'•] :..'[ , 1 r::;>. . vn,.' ,1 I •! ;,/■: • ] \ \i (■••■•iv<; , .: ; . ' . •(■ .:i: r -ill it(> '....' •■ t. ; ■. .'^\.A A ' !i !.. ,; vfitm.l .:.; Ill ..r I" i) J, I .. ..1 •• ... • -. I ,!, • . ,v .1 1 .) - 'n> n .•• . 1.. ..;.• ....,, - ■ .,,.1 ,.(. „.. A 320 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. John Phelyps (lib. A.), who will be found among our town- clerks and recorders, as having successively filled each of those offices. DOUBLE BUTCHER ROW. The Double Butcher Row was, I conceive, anciently called the Waxchere} In 7 Edward III. (1334) Richard Borrey of Salop, grants to Hugh, son of Hugh le Donfowc, a messe in 7'ico vocato le Wax chere. In 17 Edward III. (1344) Eucy relict of William de Nesse of Salop, grants to Alan de Shares- hull of Sho[)penhale, and Agnes his wife, daughter of the grantor (among other things), four shops in the Waxchere. (Cart, penes W. Hamper, arm.). [In August, 1334, Richard Borrey of Salop granted to Hugh, son of Hugh le Donfowe, of Salop, a messuage in Salop which lies in a street called /(' ]V axchere, between a tenement of Roger Perle on one side, and a sliop formerly of \\\'irin le Child on the other side, and ex- tends in length from the high way to a tenement formerly belonging to Clement, son of Peter Clements. \Vitnesses : John Reyner, Thomas fil. Tho. Colle, bailiffs, Nicholas Ive, Reginald Perle, Peter Gerard, Tho. Geffrey, Hugh de Wyain, Thomas Ive, Robert de Weston, John de la Tour, and others. Dated at Salop, Tuesday after the feast of St. Peter ad vincula, 7 Edward III. (Mytton Deeds).— W.G.D.F.] At the upper end of it is a very large old timber house, which from its handsomely carved gable, and the row of ob- tusely pointed windows and gateways below, formerly be- longed to some personage of note, unless it was, as we have conjectured (History of Slireiosbury, ii., 267), the house in which the fraternity of St. Alkinond's parish held their meet- ings. Buildwas abbey had a tenement hereabouts, perhaps on this spot : for by deed without date Roger Blenchose grants to Roger Yve a messuage and garden situate between Richard Sturi's tenement and Grope Lane : and reaching in length from the King's way (i.e., the High Street) to the ' [Some further account of Double Butcher Row, or Waxchere, has already been qivcn in Vol. V., page 27S. — VV.G.D.l*".] I / idiil I'T. .. vii.M.] i , . • . : - • .. ' ■ ■.. ■. '-. :■• . >.v .1 uid •>; ri^.r.'I •■ VI ■ .u . ; ' '. L ' •:' 1. I ijil » "j. iMii. //' 1'- ,'ii lit; :• i ' ' ••'ir.'^.i >; . . 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(1425), when the Beringtons alien- ated their property in this lane to the great John Talbot ; but the Acton residence continued in that family several years later. In 5 Henry V. (141 8), William Piers of Pontesbury, Esquire, grants Sir Richard, son of Roger le Whilwryghte, and Sir William, son of Thomas Phelippes, chaplains, a tene- ment in le Gropelone and le Rakestererowe, et cxtendit se colatcraliter per le et tenenicntuin nupcr Rogcri Acton, militis, usque ad cornerium do Bakostere strete, et ad ahud capud, et jacct in latitudine inter le Grope lane et tene- mentum Thome Byriton filii Willelmi Byriton senioris. — (Halston Deeds). [Witnesses : Roger Corbet and John Perle, bailiffs, Reginald Mutton, Symon Tour, William Hord, and others. Dated at Salop, Thursday before the feast of St. Chad, Bishop, 5 Henry V.--W.G.D.F.| Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego, Thomas Byriton, films et heres Willelmi Byriton, senioris, de Salop, dedi etc., Johanni domino Talbot et ffurnyvale, Hugoni Burgh, Will- elmo Boerley et Thome Trentliam, totum meum teneinentum in Salop situatum inter tenementum Willelmi Lychefeld, militis, quondam in possessione Reginaldi Perle, ex una parte, et tenementum Alicie Acton, quondam uxoris Rogeri Acton, militis, ex altera parte, ad ilium fmem versus cimi- terium ecclesie Sancti Alkemundi Salop, et ad aliuin fmem versus vicum vocatum le Bakerrowe, inter tenementum Rogeri Thornes, ex una parte, et tenementum Willelmi Piers, ex altera parte, una cum reuersione duorum tenementorum in le Bakerrowe antedicto infra bundas predictas que quidem dua tenementa Johannes Paunton de Salop modo tenet ad terminum vite Agnetis uxoris sue Hiis Testibus, Johanne Shetton, et W'illclmo Forster, tunc ballivis ville Salop, Johanne Perle, Nicholao Shetton, Johanne Flouer, Willelmo Toure, Roberto Herseley, et aliis. Datum apud Salop, septimo die Sept. anno regni regis Henrici sexti post con- queslum Anglie quarto (1^25). In 1434, Edward Atton leaves his wife Elena his tenement at the lioad of Groplone, lying angularly between y" king's , 1 . ,-,oV* h .?■■•■,,• . i(i<' i!.''V . ' i'.-. ... -/MO . ;:■; ,.i'.i:(.!it,. ,. . -qoi>,?. :i.' I' Im .■ ; '• .Jii:;n ,11 '» •/'. ..;./. ... t in , ) -i >tn< ji> t till : 1 .: .1. I .n » t '■''• THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 323 way, and the tenements late of William Tour and y** abbot ant! convent of Lilleshull. From a deed in possession of Thomas Irelanti, of Ad- brighton, Esquire, 17O5, m 1484, Roger Acton sells a tenement m Salop, situate angular wise opposite to St. Alkmund's churchyard, near a path way called Grope counte lane, to Edward Esthop, merchant. — (Bowen). , CHEPVNGE (or MARKET) STREET. The turning out of Carrier's Inn, or Shoiilatch, to the left IS in Rocque's plan called a part of Shoj)latch, and was lately considered as belonging to Kiln lane. Anciently, however, it bore the name, as far as the Market-place, of CJicpytige street, from Chepyng, the old word for a market, and it has been denominated in a recent revision of the nomenclature of our town. Market Street. In the 26th of Edward III. (1353), Hugh, son and heir of Thomas Colle of Salop, grants to Galfrid de Clyve of Salop, a shop situate in the lower corner (inferion cornerio) of Chepyng stret, and reaching in length from the said Chepyng stret, to the tenement of the prior of St. John of Salop, and in breadth from the tenement of the abbot and convent of the monastery of St. Peter of Salop, unto the street called le Stallys. It is difficult to understand this description ; but it seems to include the whole land backwards from Market street to the Gullet shut. [On 25 March, 137 1, John de Weston demised to John de Salebury, goldsmith, and Agnes his wife, and Benedicta their daughter, for their lives, a tene- men in le Chej^yng-Stret, which Richard le Nelder formerly occui)ied, and which lay between a tenement of Thomas Perle and a tenement of W^illiam de Withiford, at the rent of 20s. Witnesses : John Stur}' and John de Shotton, bailiffs, and others. Dated ,il Sal^p ihi' fe.ist of ihe Annunciation of Blessed Mary, 44 Edward ill. ^Mytton Deeds).— W.G. D.F.J The Talbot Inn, m this street, uas the residence of the ancient family of Ottley, as long as they continued to be en- gaged in the commerce of Shrewsbury. St. Biases t/iapel was in this immediate neighbourht.'od, and, as it seems, on the riglit hand side of Murwainc upposile tlie back y.irtl of the Talbot. 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' ■ ■ . < ..! ......^ ■■ :\'.\ :,iiT .. , 1 1 > 'iMi I . .. ' i;i ?i.w - iiH' ' - 1.,^ •■ I . ' 324 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. Mitton, esquire, grants to Roger Lye of Salop, weaver, all those his (the grantor's) tenements as they lye in a certain angle between the tenement called Cherleton hall, and the street called Chepyngestrete, and again between the lane leading towards St. Chad's church (this must be the street leading to Swanhill), near the chapel of St. Blase, from the said lane to the forenamed Cherletonhall.^ The right hand side of Chepynge Street, from the turning up to Murwaine as far as Shoplatch, seems formerly to have been all laid out in gardens : and all, I concei\e, the property of the Charlton family : for m the 1 1^'' of Edward IV. (1472), Thomas Brom- ley, merchant, who had purchased Cherlton Hall from the Earl of Tankerville, and had sold it to Nicholas Warynge, releases to Thomas Otteley of Salop, merchant, his right in eight gardens as they l)'c together within the town of Salop, near the king's way, leading from the Cornemarket towards the wall of the town on one side, and a certain great garden belonging to the great stone chamber, formerly the proj:)erty of the Lord of Chorlton, and now belonging to Nicholas War)'nge, nu-rcliant of the Staple of C'alais, on the other side. The lunise at the corner, now the ijiort^c- Iini, was in 1O15 the residence either oi the W arings or the Prowds, as ajjj^ears from the coats of arms supported by angels, in coarse plaister over the chimney-piece upstairs - KILN LANE, or PRINCESS STREET. Proceetling onwards from Chepynge Street, we come to Kiln Lane, which, narrow as it is, is wider than a great part of the rue de St. Jacques, the chief street of old Pa/is. Its earliest name was the Street of Candelan ; i.e., perhaps, Candle lane. Its vicinity to St. Chad's church, where such multitudes of candles must have been daily used, may have led the chandlers to fix their abode here. This name had 1 Ptout jacent in quadain aiipulari inter tenementum vocatum Cliarlet(n hall, et vicmii vocatuni Cliepyn^strute, et iteruin inter vcnclhiin ciutcntcm verbus ecclesiam .S.mcti Ccddc propc ca|)ellaiii Saiicli lil.isii a dicta vcnclla usque prenoiniiiatuni tencnicnluui vocatuni Cliarictcm iiall. 2 [The sl.icids are those of I'rowd, and of Waiing inqialin^; I & 4, a chevron between liiice animals' [? what] heads, erased, 2 & ^, a Hon rampant ; and there aie roses and llcurs dc lis, and the date 1615 [?]. These are tricked in the MS., but are not uivcn here. W.CJ.D.F. I -ri' :•'.• .1*. •• ...;'^!inr> Ivii'm::- f)Vi:i;Mij-i; "J .■ • li -' to ii>'';J >'" niiHiv ;'>rl"»y-)' vl vj>"J ^r. t'.r '3 ' ■ >fi ■j ",,' -'i .t/ '• ,,.■ .1 ' ' •/• • :•:..: .. :l -i; ■ '■ . ' v- 1 'mII 1.. •. .,;•/.,. i ■■ . ,•) '\ 'Mil ' -kI r • i ■ ., 'i _.i < . -I 1 -; i'l' •) '|.'Wm.">i >iIj »»; rr, . tr -1*; :■' • ' • ■ ,; ,fT, :• ,! .'(i /■ . -f / A " .' 11 '1 ) ' '• ... 3.-. :i THE TOPOGRAPHIfAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 325 however, given way before the compilation of the Haghmond Heger, i.e., before the reign of Edward IV., to its more recent appeUation ; for the premises in Candelane are arranged in that document under the head of Kyllon lane : and this seems to have been derived from the fact of its containing a cele- brated kiln. When most of the operations of agriculture were, as we have seen, carried on within the walls, such things, no doubt, existed m the heart of the town, and if that is the meaning of the word torrouliila} we hnd proof of one at a very early jjcriod in this very slrt'ct, and as late as April 12, 1 5 80, in the very street of which we are now speaking, about 3 of the clock in the morninge tluT was a sore fyer at Master Myttoon's place in the Corne Market, whiche burnid a newe house lately erect)'ed ther with a fayrc kill to mache make, beinge above a W. bushell burnt smotherid and spo}'led : the cause of the fyer was that the said kill was put to use and no body in the said house. (Taylor's IVIS.'i Reasons, however, are not want nig for the opmion that kiln hay sometimes have signified an oven. In lO Edw. I\'. (1471) I find this street called le Kellenstone, and in 1584, Kullen or Kyll lane, and that our street may have derived its name from a celebrated bake house- It has recently been entitled Princess Street. Margaret, daughter of William Blund, grants to Haghmond Abbey, for the maintenance of the sick brethren in the in- ' TorrenduU is not in Du Canp;e ; but there is Torra for a kiln : the ety- moloj^y of which from torreo, is very obvious. The canons of Haghmond had a iorcllum, which may mean the same thing at their estate of Newton juxta Stokesay. * The Clown in The Winter's Tale, reprimandin|j Dorcas and Mopsa, for scolding each other before company at the shearing feast, says, " Is there not mdkintj time, when you are goin£» to bed, or kiln-hole, to wliistle oft these secrets " ? Upon which Mr. Malone observes, that kihi hole, or as it is written in the old copies, kill hole, means Ihc moutli of ilw oi'rn, and cpiotes The incriv ivivcs of Windsor, where Mrs. I'"ord desires talstaff "to creep into the kiln hc/r" Mr. Steevens (U-nies that ^'7;/ is f ynonyiiious to c;7'(V/ - '" o/ /<'(/,s7,'' says he, " it is not so in Kn'^hnnd :" and he adds, ' ///<> kiln hole is the phice into which coa's are put under a stove, cupper, or a kiln in uhicli lime, etc., are to be dried or burned. To watcii the kiln-hole or s/okinif hole, is part of the office of feu. ale servants in farm houses." This is not very intelligible, nor do I believe, he would lind it very easy to point out any farm hou.se in which the female servant tends the lime kiln. Nor does Mr. Harris much mead the matter by saying that the ki/n hole means the (Ire placr; used in making malt, as I cannot conceive that llii.-> li.is ever been a female employment. Upi.-n the whole, I am inclined to accede to Mr. Malone's interpretation. ■ ij'i';.- M ■>.'' 1" 1. • 1 --T 'Vi'! /J.'.v il'iviy ,-.MV' !. .;;.'•■ ;') ii: ■'!:.. '; : ■; • - ;:••■': i/i.if -jv/ ^i, .' ,.;; . •■•', ,: '-. ,' Mi'i ! .1 'iL . ' -.i'. r.: i'-I i/.i. .... .. ' . M , :.:,!' ./,• ' ','.. A.v" • I.I..'- mIj '••-,'', I ■■«.'., I 'J, I .''-'ii ,;...' .-Ill ' I.' i>'^n"'<( /ill.) ■ !;.i' ■, .. , •'■ ■■••■ .i.'il.'/ lo j>-/jj.' y •»/ »ilt Hi ,v .r 1 < : . .-■..•. ;• » j,ii!.i ; »4ii '> 'j '!i':Hj io y Jnrxii; ...... ^..,:;. !•- .' >..v> » .. ' ■'; .- :, .■ C'? v' \ A ■> •^\ '. liMv' • '(; ..j;)ii,i'.! ,-jtIi,;M I ■.:.,), ■■ : : , . r , I . ; 1 'jii; t. . m^(||> j •..(» . [j ,| /'!■' '.••! 'i.il, ■).'«! ol "i( •« iiMi iti^....^,^ ^1 1 - i ^'.1 M • !• ■*; '!'. ,:■; iV ■,! ,i\i ;'.i.-}H , i ' ^ I ! . 7 ' '"i" ■? ' " I i (!•) 'u II ; ..'... I • i^j (1 ■ I ' . . - it' > ' ' - J ,K:1'^ ". :• i> ■ ' a '.-..n ryji-^ I'lu I'nU hill. ,'iili,[ll{'A [ •». 'iJft • I •.. • 1 ■ • I .1 .'I -.•< .\V,\ !»• "1 : . ' ,.,(• ., , ! , . >:IMI )J l.MiI M |j o1 .y.ltlA • 1 ' .i ■ n ■•■ . ■ '■ : "-n .1 ./I / ' ; .,■ ,ic .tl ..I .JoJ i'i I ." -I.J) r,i ■- . )ll lli.^l ,''." yt Ii ' I'.i/.j 1,1 .. • „ f 326 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. firmary, certain land in Salopcsbur' cidii torcdula ct cdificiis ct omnibus pcrluiciitiis siiis : situate ni the street of Can- dclane, between Richard Winnepam's land and that which was Peter Fillol's : render mj^- to the lord of the fee, 8"^ at y'' feast of St. Michael for all ser\ ices to him belonging, saving the service of our lord the King. Iliis Testibus : Domino Radulfo abbate de Lileshull [1JO4-1217I, Willelmo de Clere- niund. [Turrendula is, I daresay, a malt kiln : see Stokesay ; and Torra in Du Cange|. Alan Talpin, and his wife Margaret, confirm the above grant: Iliis Testibus : Domino Abbate Benjamin Priore de Lileshul, Willelmo de Cleremund, et Johanne de Sancto Alch- mundo capellanis, Thoma filio Willelmi, ct Johanne filio Roberti, tunc prepositis. In this last deed the rent of S'^ is reserved to Richard Winnepany and his heirs : so that he appears to have been the " lord of the fee." By the following deed we learn that the Convent has en- feoffed (feudo fefferunt) one Richard le \'ile}'n and his heirs, in the said premises and torrcdula : Isabel, the heiress of this Richard le Wile)n (so it is also written, and is perhaps the origin of our name Wilding), married one William Baril, a burgess of Salop, by whom she had issue fc/t' 0'10T 31JT .>Cf Ufa > 1 t-. ..,1 ,'.' in.. 1 ! -oiL^ .1 1 : ■'■ ''«<'' 5>-' '•» ..,,',} ui 1 . i..ui 1 'm'u; M II,' . •■! Il^.f '!. 'i ■).i I. I >• •.. .; • • • ., ' ";-. . ■ , ) V 1 1. ,t. .;. ■.^,, I, .ill ^7 l.!;t.--'l:.i 1 ;: j; ,,.1,1 «// I.:'. 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'1 I 1 (. ; -'. il III i t ' '.'•>•• THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY (^F SHREWSBURY. 327 The assize conies to recogni/.e if John, son of John Vileyn, hath unjustly, etc., (Usseised the abbot of Hagnion, of his free tenement in Saloj), after the first, etc. And whereof he complains that he is disseised of 2' O" rent with the appur- tenances, etc. \Vlieret)f he says that he was wont to receive the said rent of a certain plat of land, holden by y'^ said town : which ye said John has so enclosed, that the Abbot can have no entrance thereunto, to tlistrem fur y' said rent, and so he hath disseised him. And John came, and well acknowledgeil that he hath en- closed the said |)l.it, but he sa}'s that he hath made, I believe, a certain postern iqx.ni the same |)lace (Jici/ qttaniiani postaiii sii per p)Ciiicta}ii placcam), by which the abbot may have free ingress and egress to distrein fur y" said rent : and that he hatli done him no injury or disseisin, and puts himself upon the assise : And the Abbcjt likewise : Therefore the assise is taken, etc. The Jurors say upon their oath that the said John hath enclosed, etc., but they say he hath made a certain (the substantive is omitted) upon y*" said plat, by which the alibot may, etc., and hath found sufficient distress in y" said place : y\nd they say that y" said John hath never hindered the abbot Irom distrciiinig m y' said plat: wherefore they say y'' s.iid John hath not disseised him : Therefore it is con- sidered that he go without day, and ye abbot take nothing by that assise, but be in mercy for his false claim, etc. Nola Ycnlalc factum 7 lien. VI. ( 142S-9;, pyo dicto rcdditu. Dl Alicia Willilcy nii[^cr nxore Willclmi \V. pro quodam tenoiiciito in Cor)ichcpync quod quo)ida)n fait Ai:^netis uxoris Bugonis Borrcy el postea Jacobi Dyer per aim. 2s. 6d. The de(Hls ni y' 1 laghmuiul lieger respectnig .Seint Wer- borgli chapell, C(jntain alsu mention of a lorredula. Thurgar, son of Thomas, grants tc) Ilaghmond Abbey, all the land which he [ bought | from W'erin [or Warm], son of Aldred Sellarius, m the town of Salop, situate towards the chapel of St. W'ereburga, between thi^ land formerly of Nicholas, son oi Aiiiclot, and the hmd ol Ida, sister of the said W.iriii : ren- dering )early t-. the lord o| that fee (.''. Witnessed by l^ichard Pride, and Waiter, son of i'eirwni, tiien pro\c)sts of Salop. Vol. VII., -,nl Si-rii s. jsj N urA.'.' 'L >'i. •>!.; li ;: v )ji ,1 <; •<. I- , :, ■ 1*. r,t. ) '. .)..V '>;(J J< •;• ■ •■ ! M ■• . v: / 1 ;; .1^ Mil t' -.* ', 1' ». 'llA M '; • V Inf ,onii. » Mi/) /.•■-,iii !■ -I '/v •>ii; I'll/. >.;t i: 'liv; , ' ,J' ii; 'i>.':.^ *'. "{11 ■r->lli.r; > ^t 'WtK ' • in.'c 1 ill .rf i'i;u" . ''I'> , _ ,:i ,^ c.f'' ,'.. ,' ; ..'1 1)1 : A .'J., I ,. ' •.■ .>,'^ I'.r.. . (II ■.,.;;' .M'."ii i;:"il Ji-iidi, Mri* r' . ■ • :■■.), I I :i.(J: -X! <'.-.!l» I "IT lit' 1 ; :' -y. .■li ^,i.;. ■ • '!■■'' ■' 7 *u'r ■' r 1l^ »' :■ ■ ••';r.uo«:k\ •,,!! . ' •! iiaf • ',. r.tti,' ,.M ... !i. ii.i.j:..!, ,l; ,',f ! '•■..•? ,1 III. rt '•:/. .»-.'..: 1 ,( ') ) •i.'.-i;, .1 iroii'l • i ijj.i, i II >«- ,1 > 11. :> • I II ' // "■' i! . , I ,_. • . .ill ^1. , ■/..»! ,' - . , 1.-^ I" M. : I ,. , ' ' ,t / |< '(r,.c I . . 1' n ,f.i (I .'■ ,>/ •• I .1.'^ ik' jimV/ .''^ / i || I., . .1 1^ . I.i •" ' nf.l -kIi f.'N. ,t' 'i- ,., .7 •. ,.1 ' . •, I .\l . I--..' ., , ,.ii ,,. .. ' . :!■ /; '. , , , 'Ml.,! ..M ►., ..' i..i; . M 328 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HIS I'ORY OF SHREWSBURY. There is another deed of a house in the street towards the same chapel, bought from the same Warm, and situate near the land of the same Nicholas, from the said Turgar, by con- sent of Lucy his wife, to the same cancons, ad rcfcitumcni fralru})! in infir)naria. This last deed is witnessed by Henry de Hereford and Peter Villanus, j^rovosts. By the tnne that Robert Pride and William Goch became provosts, the neij^hbouring lands had passed into the hands of Robert Palli and Henry de Brug : for the abbot and con- vent do then demise the above i)remises of Thurgar's grant, by the name of a plat of ground in the street near y" said chapel, between the lands of tliose persons,- -to Robert, son of Robert de Mungomeri, at fee farm of 4^ yearly: to be doubled in case of non payment for 15 days: and the re- ligious are permitted to distrein {iuu)iia)}i capient): and he or his heirs shall not sell, or anywise alienate it, to any per- sons except the abbot and convent, si cam ad forum [v/V] alterius emere voluerint. By the 27th of Edward I. [1298-9], this ground had a hall built upon it, in which Isabel, relict of John de Lodelowe, re- sided : this appears from a deed entitled Dc dicto rcdditu ^^ alio modo. It begins thus : Sachent totes gens qe come ascunes demandes ont este entre le Abbe Gilbert de H. et son convent, de une part, et Isabelle qe fuste la compayne et principalle executrice del tcstement John de Lodelowe jadis son baron, de alt re partie, sur les arerages de une annuele rent de I 1" 3'^ qele les dis J. et I. furent tenus paier a laxant dit A. et C. p'air mesme ceus A. et C. over relesses a la dit Isabele les dis arrerages pur 20^ queus eole le paia par les mayns William \'aghan : Et qe debat ne soit mis entre les dis A. et C^ et Isabele pur paiement de la dite rente sait ensi acordes, qe depuis qe les quant [avant| dis A. et C. demandans la dite rente ne mostreront soffisauns munymens qe tole cele rente les fust due par an, mes soulement 8" cestassaver 4* pur la place qele Robert de Montgomeri prist de eus, sur qele place la sale ou la dite Issabele demeurt en Salopesbury est une edifie, et 4° pur les tenemens queus les dits A. et C. avoynt de Amelie de Bechecote, queus tenemens la dite I. ad fet abatre de\ 's sou clos, et prome redifier de novel mesme cele Is. vrante qc les dit?. 8* de rente furent dues ad paie al dit A. •I »f1 '^ 11:1 III ><«iM/it 1: 1m i»"«!j /.h /. /i»i vm.] !•> i»i-»« li jiiiii 'Sfli vH !!• .' !. l>i i\ I'Mli'"'': ■••'•' !!• '■ /., I .. .• XT' f ;,.,..-,. ..i H r ! ' • • ..■•■.'.! -./.•/;.. •'I? ■•■ ' -: '*• "•-'!» "•' '•'■•■' .,, ..<: 1 u . .'• - ■ '"'l :•'• ,; .1 ...,•' • ■! '■ •: ' ''■•<■'■•■■ > .li";(>'ti-t i , ; , , ..^ .V<, • , .-..i I , r 1 :> ^ 'I ■•! -)'"' ■' ' ■ 1^ ■ ^ -'',•,•.•).''■■■ "■;-■'■ ' "• 'I ' ■ " ,. . ,[..,■■ , »■[ . .,,::• / i.M ili'.V „, .1, ■) f , /• ^t'. I " ■ Mn .;,'■• ■-' >n ."'7 M •■..■" •■( . ,^.,p ■ > '• • ) '■ ' f T(i -I I' •>*►./ ».i ^ji.iij ' ,. ,,i,, "..,1 J 1 11 -^1 HMJ *t ti , -I'lK juii ) . ,.l ,.M !. '>il'>MiA oIj o , . .. I , KO/ r "b oil<: 1*. I ■ I *. t f 't ♦' i.. I r.t I, I. THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 329 40' de argent pur qiieus les ditz. A. et C. grantent a la dite I. pur eus, etc., qe cle a tote sa vie pusse tenyr la dite placez et les ditz. tenement/ pur 4* par an. . . . ensi q' apres le deces de la dite 1. les avantditz A. et C. pussent aver entrement sans delate 8" par an de la place sur quele la dite sale est edifie e de les tenements avantnomes queus la dite Amelie jadis avoit enqi menis [meins?| la dite place on tenement/. de\ignent. Oultre ceo la dite 1. grante qele j^aiera preste- ment p'an 3' 4° al a\antditz A. et C. apres ceo qe ala auront mostre par lur munimens qe cele doit ceo fere de dreit, etc., en presence de Richard Pride, John Robert, riiomas Ciiani- pcneys, John Borre, Nicholas lireseboii, William Vaghan, Master Robert de Preston, et plusors altres le mardi jirochein a})res la teste Semt Pere en la goule de ^\ust le an de regne le roy Edward 27. The rent of 2' 3'' referred to above arose thus : — Thorgar, son of Th(jmas Bodi, grants to Haghmon .;\bbey for his soul, and that of dame Lucyii, his wife, rent assessed {assisiini ) of 15' of a messuage in y'' street towards the chajjel of St. W., formerh' holden by Ythel the Welshman ; and rent of 3'' of another messuage in the same street, formerly holden by Hugh Plan and thefir [v/t], and rent of i)** of a third house, in y'' same street, formerly holden by Robert son of Reginald Palh. Hiis Testibus, Roberto filio Johannis et Ricardo Crawe, tunc prepositis Salop. The same person by y'" name of Thoorgar, son of Thomas, grants them a rent of IJ"* of a \^sic\ torredula holden by Adam son of Martin. Alan son ot Herbert, John de Hibernia, then })rovosts of Salop. William de llastona, sells to them for 14" a rent of 16'^ in the street of St. Warburga ol 4 messuages : two of them formerly holden by Thurgar Bodi, the 3'"'' by Ida, and the 4"' by Edith, daughters of jMdred, — situate between the house of Nicholas, son of .Amelote, and Juliana, daughter of Katherine ; — -I'lcndering i'' yearly to William de Longenalre. Witnessed by Gaiiiel and Reiner, provosts. [Circa 1209 or i-'39]- It is noted in y" chartulary that Chapmonstrete is with St. Warburgh. On the right hand side [of Kiln Lane) is the turning to nt ^-l \f\'>'^m r.i •i ,r , .J . rir •■•,•.'■ ■••,','> »i' ) -j^ .rC.iiniUliTi Mil IJ'j '1,1 -,.,., J.; ;. ..'•■ ir- \'\ ■<*,< fVt'.?. ./{ T.il'^/il/l •!•: Mi I'l ,,i . . .1, ' :\ ! ■.' .;l; I'..; ir i;! (l\J!lH ••,, I- .i . i ;■ 'inv'! ,!*,•. '^ ■■ui!... \ ; : ^ ' •: ••.i.i,- .i ■-!! ilk'I '• '.<. ' . . li " j-'T'i .'••:;! , >A'1.1 ) ,,..<..•'■■..-; ,• ,' ;; /• r -^ jM; . kI I :'■■'.-! ' . ' . . . '■ '.'... liio'- -III' ly . •. , ■ . ,: . MF..!,;..!) ■■(' ^■ :lil7/ ,..',' • .• m' I ." .1 .(■'■..:'. (Iiinniil . . , /.i . ' : ■ . r/'-i)l-:M, ' i !'!.J -{J ,, j.i .i "^^ /!. J '< J^iTi 'ill -y! - ■ yii\ 'JtiU. A )\ . . , ^, ',,.; ',,,,,) , ■ ,, . v.ii;, // I . ..J], I, I '/ i. \ iiiut ff l! 1. ■ '.'■:■ • , •■■.;:'■■ '.-I II' ) <.i i. j) Jc»' uiJ';/ 330 THE TOPOGRAPHirAL HISTORY OK SHREWSBURY. College Hill, and exactly opposite the Peacock Shut, formerly Stillyard Shut, leading to High Street : and here on the right side a great improvement was criected in 1794 by subscrip- tion ; some mean houses, and a flight of steps into St. Chad's churchyard were removed, and tlie street m;itcri.dly widened ; a little further on is the Scxt) y Shut, in which we are told the sacristy of St. Chad's Church stood, accessible from the churchyard, through a room thrown over the street, and re- newed at the improvement of i/C).}. In the Sextry was a noted house of entertainment, of which frcciuent mention occurs in the bailiffs* accounts : as I5()i, Si)ent by Mr. bayhffes hi the scxtre at the comyng horn of Mr. Prynce from London HI February last ij^ ij''. The hall of the Mercers' Company stood in the Sextry ; and m this immediate neigiibourhood must have been the house of Richard Att)'ncham, to whr)in tiie dean iind chapter of St. Chatl, by dcctl of October V\ 36 Henry \'I. (1457), en- tered u[)on the old book of that compan}', grant a void place of hind ol tlie cemetery on the norlli side of the church, ojiix)- site to his tenement, containing in length 12 ells, and in breadth 5 ells, to build an house upon. He was to hold it for life, at an annual rcmt of ()'^ : but after his death the said place was to pay 2' for his obit, and that of Alice his wife : of which sum the priest celebrating mass was to have one penny, and the town cr\'er prochiiining the obit in the town, one penn}', ami the surplus of the rent over that 2' shall be paid, one moiety to Jolni Newneham, chaplain, celebrating at the altar of St. Mary, and his successors towards sustainitig the service oi St. Mary, and lh(^ other moiety in alms to the poor. I ha\e given the suijsl.nice of tins deed somewhat at length, as depicting an order ol things long since gone by. The cryer going rr MUT ''^ff 't r-j:i: ! i| ,\ .. A<' -^ i* ••;.^;^ ,f . .. -.^ Mil, I I ■A . ' • 11. !. • M nor? If')' HI !. (! lit I mII 'It .•;.'! ■ ■" . ■ .,! ' I', n I '.'».^ »ilt "' j; •; • J^ i / V.itl'V* i !:. ■ ' -i; ;■' tii I? •■:.■•' r:i. ..lilt '.!< !•'''■. , ;.•,,,!< ■,''! . • ' ', .■ .!. ..; I.Kii ) (<-; 1 ' . . •., .ill ]. •( !!• ; ri ; ^f I ;.i. Ml ;■, , ;M ,:.,M.'.- 1'^ ill W .i ; • < ■ " THE TOPOC.KAPHirAT, HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 33 I from the head brancli of Ins family, which ended in an heiress marrie(i to a person of the name of Barker. Hut all Mr. liaxter's genealogical assertions seem the wildest reveries, \\ ith scarcely an adini.vlure ol truth. 1 have met with nothing wiiuii Irnds tlu- slightest su|)|Kui to tins diri\ .it it »ii, .iiid, ni tact, we know that Baxter's Row was ni annthcr p.ul ol the town. The earliest name I ha\c' found of this street is RiDiialdi'shaiii.^ St. Ruml)old was a Saxon saint, a very Noung one ; for he died at the end of //// 1 <• (/ays : but not till he had directed hnnself to he baptiseil, and a|i[)(»nite(,l an enormous hollow stone for his lont! (See Lambarde's Kent, sub l^oxley, 233). Such were the senseless hctions which an absence of enquiry and opposition, embold(Mied an interested clergy to imi)ose uj^on an unlettered people! If this part of the town was called Rumakhsham m honour of this infant saint, he was held in veneration here in the Saxon times : for Thoret de Wrochecester, who gave it l)y that name to the /\bbey, to make there a garden, was among their earliest benefactors, a Saxon gentleman in the days of tlu- (On- fesstjr, and that the name has reference to the saint is plain, because the gate at the IxAtom of the street, which was standing within memory, is called m old deeds postcrna Sancti Roiiialdi.'^ ' We have stated (History oj Slireivsbury^ ii., 474, n), lint this name is generally written with a b, Kiinibald.shani. This is certainly not the case. A pirt of this street lay in ^'ardens in the rei^^n of Kdwanl HI., and one of them iR-lonL^ed to the lamil)- of I'lide, wliu.se mansion was on I'ride Ilill, Simon le Walslie and I\()'^er de Sansiwc, chaplain, granted to ,\dam de I'eiidale in 1^55 .1 messuai;;e and a garden in the street ol KomahUsliain [hetueeti a tenement lormerly Thomas Colic's on one sule, and a tenement formerly lieloni^dn^ to John de I'recs of Saioi> on the other side, and extends in leni;tli from the liij^li- way to a garden former'y I\oger I'ride's. Witnesses : Thomas (iamel and William tie Smethcote, bailiffs, Thomas de Mutton, Uoger de la \'ate, John Colle, Roger Bonel, John Kandulf, and others. Dated at Salop, Monday after the Feast of St. Thom.is the Martyr, 27 Edward HI. (Mytton Deeds). W. G. I). F.l [In l.|.Jl, William Bo^-rley and Isabella his wife grinteu to Ceoffrey [//<;/;/r loni'\ a piece ol land in Komalsliain, between lalward Kynailey's tenement and another, containing in breadth between the said two tenements near the high street 2 1 cloth ells, and extends from the said street to a garden late William Wolrich's. Witnesses : Kobert Witcoinbe and John (Mutton ?) bailiffs, Richard Herd, Nicholas Cbetton, 'Thomas Forstcr, and others. 'The deed is much torn (MUton Deeds.) W.C. D.F.] - 127L', lleniico ccrHLiitario et uni alio ccmenlario ad rejiarandam et ?u[)er- mandam posternam .Sancti Kumoldi 3' 2'. 'The I'lirLi S.mtii Rcmioldi is men- tioned ill a dee'l of I Isdwaid II. (l 507). 'a '1 3!ir iff^tl'^f* ftr. fU lv>bi:-» .<>«dv.' .'!i,:c..l x; | 1. inl;.-,'! b(i:wf ->M' '■ . , , ■ , I ' ■ . •'^ > ■' I f ' -( ;•).!>>■ • •" I ,•• ./ .. ,.:m. .1'.. ' '• ■ ' • -l.tcj/l '(^ ' ' ■. 'A '•■ ■ ; ■..■•. . .',' •> . 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Lower down in this street [Romaldeshani], after having passed the openuig to ("larnnund hill, but on the same side of the way, was Hard's Hail, the residence of that ancient family from tlie close of the fourteenth century, to the early part of the lolh. 'rh..iiiah I lurdr, -rcat ^raiidsun of William, apparent 1\- the first who settled m Shrew blnu)-, determining no longer tu live here, let it, m the 4tli of Henry \'11I. (1512- 13), to the Slmemaker's ("cimp.iny, reserMiig, however, the occupation of a bed-chamber and parlour when he bhould have occasion to visit Shrewsbur}'. An abstract of the whole demise will be no incurious illus- tration of the .iccommodations expected by a country gentle- man of large fortune in that age: — 30 Jan. 4 Henry \'1II. (15 12 13), Thomas Hoordetd' Hrugenorthe, Esquire, son and heir of John Hoorde, and Alice his mother, demise to Maurice ap John and John Pikford, wardens of the art of [tanners?] (alutariontiii )^ or cordwanar.-^ of Salop, and the whole Society or Brotherhood of the said art, their two tenements lying together in the street called Romaldesham, late in the holding of Thomas Hare, couper, and Richard Smith, bochoure, together with a certain entry (introitus), of the breadth of about three king's yards (virgarum regahum), reaching from another street called (,'leremonut to the greater of the said two tenements, to wit, between the tenements of the heirs of John Wynnes, these which are holden of the said Thomas and Alice lioortle. h^irther, the .-.aiil lessors demise to the said company a pasture, with certain gardens adjoining, without the walls of the town, and late in the holding of the heirs of Roger Montgomery : Which tenement and entry lye in breadth be- tween the said street of ("lerenuMiul, and the land of Richard Lister, b)' the space of lorty-six king's }ards, and the 3^* of a yard : and the tenements extend in length from the said stri'ct ol Roiiialdsham to the land ol the said lessors, now in the holding tif Richard Jiirkdale, by the space of fort}'-nine king's yiwds : and tlu' saul pastun- .md gardens l)e together between a lane leading; Irom \\\r postern of Slieplache to ' Alutaritis is inUrpicled a tanner, jdlinson intcr|)rct.s a cord waiiicr a slioc- maker ; l)ul a tanner is not a .sliocmakcr, >ct lierc they are considered synony- mous, ideo , ' ' t ' ' • • •■ •/ ..I •■ .,.r-t' •j 1.- •.. •«•• ■ ; : , , , . . ■ 1 • . .' ■ . . 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I .1- ., ..M THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 333 Sevrrn on one side, and another lane leading- from the postern of M)'ryvans to Severn on the other side : extenchnit se ennn, a via extr.i ct suljtus nuiros ville uscjue predictum rivuhnu Sabrine To ha\e and to hold for ()() )'ears : rent 25*: \i/.., for the ^riMler tenement eonnnonl)' ealled lloords hall, with the eiitrv to the same lx'lon>4inla)ik\ {sic), {cidii diiobits Icctrutis in eisdoii )iicnsibiis coniplctis ) which chamber, and selar, or parlor, are situate in the upper end of the hall or greater tenement on the south side, with free ingress and egress to the same, ti'inporiluis )it'Lfssi/iUis icl nei^nciatioiiis cinn cu}iti^crit ipsos vel hcrcdcs suds sivc coniDi aliqiu'Di villain Salop advcnirc pro aliijnihus uytj^entilnis am nt\cssarii\ cansis til ad assisiis SL'ssimics cuinitahi Salop, vel aliis ct»isi))iil(:s iicct-ssarias caitsas. Hut the person so coming sh.dl not ccMitimu" longer than a month .it a time. Provided tliat if the said T. A. or R., or their lu-irs, or any of them shall chuse to continue in the hall alter reasonable notice Iroin the warcK'iis, and shall pa\' the comi)an)' thi' reasonable costs of n^paning the said hall, to be di tc 1 inined i)\ two arbitrators, that then this term shall ( imm as touiduiig the said hall. There is also a coxcnant that the saitl T. .\. and R. shall have free ingrc ss and egress by the said hall, whenso- ever it shall reasoiiaiily please them, as well to their (Mchard, as to other their buildings through and round tiie said hall »(•■••• 'iu\ r»< JiU'lui <•/ J It- It ii.o t nipviiii iDili . • II. ii I . .1.? •<(•♦ • rr'.t lid t.il, ,..;: Ml •/ '// •)';.].'•. h-.'.;.. n-hit ;..1 ^J < ui>' '; 10 .l>«»ii J i«^ |i r' (J 1 Ml! i;. • .r.ci ::i.f!/. J.' 1., if. • . '. ■ -I ' " I. ; •; '''f I M V , I* ';.•. ' •I ■ •' ' ' : . ,.i ' ' , I ; |.r in'., ii ,, f ;•. >| l».-|Mi I. . Tmi. ., mtt\ .• « \ •• 'i; 1 J ;l'i ., : i ji .; I.; v::!-'-; I. Imr. ; >■•■ 1 ■ ' . i| I I :., . 'jii* ; .:,?:) . .,w''.v\vv.» wwVi 1. '.i'- • v. , I .,, ',\\,»\,,\ 'U^VlUti !.. i- • • • ■. _'(' ■..,.' Ii- ;.. , 1 J ,, • ] 'Ii. ij '•)■' !iin. , ■ • . 'n ,il'-i,l t t »li •. ■ _• H) ■ . •. < . • '.I ','■■,'- ii .; , I.MC .'^-iij^di 1 " • ;'■'", ' "' 'i''''*' •**' ' ' ■ / '• , ■■ ■. , ,. ■..., •■.^^ . v. ,.:. ; ■ ' ' ■'. iii,.lii..i ;■!'/. r )., ,,- •,,!> u iMJl • ' ' .' ((Ill, . • ■! t. ll.l t III. lie .,^ •• : • ■ ■• ' :••'• . •• 'I .' ' ■' I' i.o.ri r i> ■' • / ■■.';/ :,.!),-,.■ ■ i I ■ ■'.■...(" : '-M ■, i.'i I : ).'(.' J - -■., I ., ., ., .1. ,1 ' ' ii I'll '• .ii !•• fit a 1 I- K .1 t 1 334 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. being. Moreover, if it shall chance them to dwell in the hall, then the)' shall occup)' the ])astiire and gardens in the tenure of Roger Mcjiitoumrry's hens : i)a)'ing the warflcns therefore the same rent which ihe)', the wardcMis, wcM'e to have paid tliiMii l(ir the same. (omjiany lo krc\) and lea\A' the prcnuses ni rtp.iir, and not to alter the loundat ions. Clauses of dis tre.ss and re entr)' : and warrant)'. Witiu^ssed I))' Willi. im Mitton and Thomas Trentham, |unior, then haihlYs, Roger Thorncs, Thomas Trenth.im, senior, Thomas Knight, et multis aliis. There was a Chapel of SL Mary m this street,' and a tene- ment called the ScIii/dcsJui/Ii'- The canons (jf Haghmond had also considerable property here, and their leiger contains several additional particulars concerning it. William, son of Robert Dogemon, sells to the canons of Haghnion for j.j' ad elemosmam parte sua, a messuage in Rumaldesham, formerly holden by Akxander, son (T Gau- frid. Witnessed by Robert de Solton and Warin, son of William, provosts. Adam, baker, of Salop, grants to them a messuage in the same street, formerly holden by Turstan Hinlard : rendering to the King a halfpenny at liochestisday. Hns Testibu.s^ Roberto Infante, et I^einero l^uffo prepositis. W'llham Grosvit for the soul of Sibil his wife, etc., grants to them tluodecim numatas redditus m Salopesb. imper- I)etuum jjersolvendas de furno meo de Rumaldsham ad susten- tacionem pauperum i)orte. Iliis Testibus, Johanne Scimbel et Johanne filio Agnelis, prepositis Saloj). Alan Toht, son of Thodrie Tohl, by the coun.sel and assent of his bri'lhren and other friends, grants to the said canons, for the soul »d' his father and mother, etc., a rent oi i 2d, fur a house m R. formerl)' hol.l.■..; <•! n 1.-. ,1 rp I.I lit // . 1 ^,.,i' f- ;. .••V>ll VjrKJ..I' »0 f. 11 . !,-. .'. ntj .11' . uii /' , , . ( / i i ,1 ■•',111 ■ I ,J »ri'i1^ ).(.(..' ; , I |....- ^i.. .;' .'I /."l->. J .lii.li.l'/ . .. ', , . .1 I . . '■> ' ' 'i ••''' . .1 'I 1'.^ ' ' . ,,. I .,, MM. 1/ . ,,r 1: 1 . ./..u •■! I" I (I'M THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 335 William Gerrard : Rendering 1 2d. yearly to Hnghmon. Wit- nessed by Alan le Vileyn and Robert Pell)', provosts. Ranulph, son of Roger Reyner, grants to Alice, relict of Thniiias Reyner, a plat of land between the stone house for- nierl)' of Roger T^e)'nc-r, and tiie land of Thomas Colic, and reaching in length from the king's way to the land winch the said l^ogc^'s I v/( I ; Rindernig I 2d. yearl)' to Ilaghmon. Hus Testibiis, Johanne Kobt-rt, et Johanne (i.unel, tune balhvis Salop (they were S(j 22 lulward 1., r2()3-.:i). Thomas, son of W'llham Hrito grants to Haghmon to the behoof of tiie sick lirethren in the infirmary, a rent of O"*, of a messuage in the stnui of Roin.ildesh.im, which was bought (d him by Philip, son t)l W aUer, son of i'"eii\\ in ; Rendca'ing 3'' at thi- Nativit)' of the Lord, yearly to Robert, son of William : lliis Testibus, Roger filio Pain, John filio Hugh, provosts. The last mentioned Robert (by the name of Rob. filius Willelmi Infantis), sells to y'' same canons for 5' 8"', y" said rent of 3''. He describes the messuage to be situated inter terr;mi (|ue fuit Hugonis filii fratris et terrain que fuit Will- elmi, filii Petri, filii Ordwini. His deed is witnessed by Henry de Hereford and Peter Villanus, provosts of Salop. In 17 Richard II. (1393--I), William Longmon, of Salop, demises to John Hull, barker, a })lace in Romaldesham, near the house formerly belonging U) John Purdom, barker. It might be frr»m this last j)erson that tlie street obtained its j)resent name. The family of Sejmjiere had a property' in this street: Urian Seympere, chaplain, held it in 13 Ethv. IV. (1474), and Florencius Seympere, Esquire, in I Richard III., and 5 Henry VH. (14S3-4 and 1489 yo). [By the will, dated m June, 1343, Juliana de Linleye of Salop gave her stone house, with a house annexed, and the reversion of a house inhabited 1)) Sir Thomas Re)ner, m the street of Romaldesliam, JDctween a tenement of Thomas ('olle and land of Waleis Ceftre)', to her son Richard in tail, with remainder to her son Thomas in tail. (M)'tton Deeds). In 12(;5, Alice, widow o( Thomas Re) ner of Salop, grants to Wilham Pr)iice of Salo[j, a j^iece (T land in l^om- boldi^sham, lying lu twecn th(^ stone house formerl)' Roger Vol, VI 1., jrcl Sirics. OO 1.7/ .1 , . • ,...:! Mi.'l:: nil ... « /^ ^ -S i Si I i ..llr.l 1 • .. .1 .. .1 I) ...... .;..! )• „ ,,j Mm.' n ' r-ti.i..;> oi • - II t''>iih*« H ;!■(.- • .1 '\'i J ■ Hi- Jill •.' ■ .;- " . .i-ix »/l .1 'Ju- i I.I Jio ">;l.. /.' !<' (K/.^ /(lialM << '"^i'jfn'jh ;. , , , , '.T ■. ,1.1 1 .; '. ■ ' ■ ••'■'- -I' ' I""! !•■• ' •"'* ;■ , ■ •, i t ■ , ,' ■ • I I, . ' f P' ) ;IU ' : ; /' ' ll';JJIii . , ■ : '..-'.! ' : .,n. ' / .■ • . • 1. ■!.■"•' iit.iiU , ■ . .» ; : (.»; <• 'i , i')|iM7'^. Ill iii'ntjIH . ■': r , ; Im;,, ; .V; | ', !l f , ^ , ; I .,; .11 •' '..I. .'i\\ , . ; , . . . • . ' , led -w,, , 'I'-l-.r'. ... ^ '.!.:;, ,11. Ml . !..;.! ■ , r.\ , ■ .1 ,,,, .,' M . ,i.. -1 !•■ ' > >iir: ,, , ■ ■ I , ; ' .'i ,'' f , ( ..n . I.ifi. J ■ . : , I .1 ■ !■ li ■ ' ' 'i •itli...r»l I . . , . i/' , ■ 1 (il ,• I ■ . I .... I' ;i, ,7 Ml 336 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. Reyner's, and land of Thomas Colic. Witnesses : John de Lodelowe and Richard SUiry, bailiffs, and others. This " stone house " was taken down in 1848 ; it stood on the left hand side ^^onig down Barker Street, just below Claremont Hill. (See vol. I., p. 293). Other deeds relatmi^'- to property in Romaldesham will be found amon<^st the Cole evidences, given in 3rd Scries, vol. I., pages 290 3()(). --W.G.r').F.]. Bl'LLSTOXl-:. A paper written in 1672, informs us that " Edward Owen, the draper, built the Stone House next to the Bent Stone House." This Bent Stone house, thereftjre (which was also sometimes corrui)ledly called the Bench Stone, see History of S/ire:L'.sl)itry, vol. II., p. 4S2), should seem to have been the western side of what is now called The Bell Stoiw : the lower part of which western side, opening upon the street, was, within memory, used as a warehouse ; and the upper part, or continuation of which, towards the garden (now the drawing room), IS a spacious and very lofty apartment, having origin- ally had a large pointed window, now divided into two. This room has very much the cliaracter of having been formerly appropriated to the service of religion : and these premises are perhaps the concealed lands (i.e., the land which ought to have devolved to the Crown at the Dissolution), which William James and John Grey, two of the hunters after that kind of i)roperty, are found in the 14th year of Queen Eliza- beth (157 1 -2), to hold, near the Bente Stone. Bent Stone is Blessed Stone: for Benet is Benedict, ^ and this appellation proves that the large shapeless pebble in the wall, before The Bell Stone (which Mr. Phillips supj^osed to have been the subject of an express convc)'ance),2 was for- merly held in great veneration. The historian of Winchester suggested, respecting certain large stones which lye in the streets of that city (Vol. I., \). 10, ist. Etlit.), that they arc British remains. We ilo not chiim for our Bent Stone so 1 Bentley (in StalTorJshirt.'), is the lea or meadow of a liencdict. (Sliaw ii.,93 ) - Mr. i'liilhiis, p. 145, lepresents llie V.3.x\ of Taiikerville as conveyin'tj to Thomas de Bromley, " one ^'rtat hall c.illed Chorlton Hall, and one i^teat stune adjuininLj to the said hall," and hence he conjectures that *.his may he the stone so conveyed ; which would undoubtedly give an idea of its threat importance. But thcic ii no t,'round for this opinion. Ihe ^rant to lirondey actually runs, one great btone r/i(j///(!»t'r adjoining, etc., una magna camera lapidea. ■,'n 'A'. •»:,' ; !• V ,-.«•';• iw r.'jvrj4 1 M ■'■■•• • ■ . '- f- I 1' ' . . .'^^ '• '^ ^ I J. ' 1 ■ . >i J 'i : ' , :> • ,1.7/ C , I)- .'M V M .t,T I 1 .. •• i ' .'. 1 ,.; .1 I- ))<■•> 7.' : ,..^ . . I) .! : •■■ ';;.'* ''■'•"' ^' J 1 I ■ . » ' r •- .\.\ It- • .1 j: liM .(• 1 ',r I k1 -If.v/ .' I ■ {! (1 > >ii -i "■■'' •1. -I i> •'• ■ ^: .!•''■:• '!■ ; . , , ,1 1 > .J .■ .-:. i.ii , I 7/ .11 •• I.' 'I 1) ' 1 ^ <> 'I • THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 337 ^^reat an antiquity, but we are not unwilling to conjecture, which must be owned to be not a little fanciful in the learned author referred to, that it may have represented the stone miraculously employed by St. Rumbold as font, and that The Bent Stone House was connected witn the chapel of that saint ; we do not say that it was the chapel itself : for it does not stand east and west, as churches and chapels gener- ally did. See, however, History of Shrcivsbury, vol. ii., p. 475. In the bailiffs' accounts, 1589, are these entries : — Charges etc., as at p. 18 crossed out. ... to Cisj)eralls. Cisporalls are pi[ies ; Mr. Hamper quotes to me a c^iarter from llnu) 1\'., Id tlic Prior and ("onvi'iit of ("oventry, wherein thi^ J^'".^ menlioiis a Petition received from that Monastery — a notre tres excellent, etc. — setting forth that certain Persons without leave, had taken Water from their conduit by means of " Suspirales." And he adds, " To breathe a vein, i.e., to make it flow, you may remember, is a very old term for l-'hlebotomy." Edward Owen, gentleman, the builder mentioned above, was bailiff m 1582, and ancestor of the Owens of Wood- house, and the Bell Stone still belongs to his descendants. BRIDGE STREET. About two-thirds of the way down Barker Street is a street branching off to the right hand, and leading to the new Welsh bridge ; this is now considered as also belonging to Barker Street, but anciently it was Crcpull lode, of which I have spoken above.' [In II Richard II. (13S7 8), John, son of John Colle of Salop, released all his interest in a tenement m Crcpolustrcte to Hugh de Atcherley, barker, and Agnes his wife, and to Hugh tlieir son, and Margery and Agnes their daughters. \\'iliies;.t-s, Richard .Stun and William le Biriton, and olherb (^See \'ul. 1., p. 2C)8). On the left haiul side of ikidge Street going towards the Welsh Bridge, near the junction of Barker Street and I5iidge Street, stood an old house called " Romboldesham II. dl," the residence of the Montgomery family. The house 1 [See Vol. VI., \>. .105. -W. O. I). F.] .'Uiiyx)\nu:> oi lu YWi-ir^ih .!A ^^'^^ -^K. -jvv t(/ii \Ui)iHUi' . >; ■ 1. ; . )iin' ' ) --i.v/ >.m. ■ 1 1 .. . . . »r .■■ ii i'.i!) •/<,.' I I i>;,- i\;a '^^ Ini. ;•-.> r., • <.j .• jii i •-■, I >.v f n, I •. •» liiiijr ■i i. / , , • .^ .. rA<-' ' . v. , 1 . . '.•..,! i /r' f ■ 1 > ». iii ' n . .i • ,• 1 . iiiL- « ■. ■• llii: <:'■ ••• ' ;, I :l. • , • . ;„.. :..-,-. :• .:; .. '■ .. .r.. ,. I .j-i'.ff , J ,.,t ; '''.] 1 'jiii'll 1*' --'i'M '•' '■ •|. ,...' ' '.. • , .,, ■ t I,.; , |..| t 1 ..' I I , M MM f!'< ■ ' ' li- # J ' . . I .1 . h . .' I I. |. . i;; u: ;f •! / ! , i / ' ..''■•i ^iii.'J - 'j tn .1- ■ ' 11 -)-!'-..(» I !'jt,:i;(It..M ... ■ • ■<;.. // •■ 1 .: J I, •> -. ..-.' ?<•■ .;' , ■ ::/ --jI. ■:-:.. .. ■■ ... • .' ■;•.'!, ■]■•' ..w ,: i ■'. !• •.•.',; ,i. 1.1(1"! •>.• •' ■:--^-. Mj ,. ..: : 1..; ■ •/.•• ' ■ ■ ■ '*; ■ ••■; •':■> . ;-,.ii • ; i ■!, jiihj.J ^ow -I -J ;.-'■ ■ ./■ ■, ■ I • •■ ••. ■.:>.' • . 'I, ' • 1 ; I . );,;!ii I' . II . > // :w .... . / w...; .-. .... .;,;.; , ■ .>^ <■, \\ !,■;,.■! .;H :' rij] ' : . • i.i,- Mf't ., ,•• • J . ,.., , ,/ : ■ , ■;l--- . -• ".' ' • .«i*- .«' »i' . I 'I'. 'I id ,vuh )fi )!/■ -j! r •;:' •.!»,/.'. M .1 ii.i'i 7 i .. ; ;,/r ii..ii;J( ..>..- k. liV/ If ,1 ■, »-•." •i '1 ■ [.// .(!l 338 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. ' 1? was taken down about 1759-60. Some carved stones bearing shields of arms mark tlie site of this house. Close by it was St. Mary Magdalene's Cliapcl. (See the Transactions, 3rd Series, Y., Misc. IV.)— W.G.D.F.] Wulfwin the fuller, gave to Shrewsbury Abbey, and as it seems, temp. Henry I., a mansure near St. George's bridge. Having thus described the streets leading immediately out of Castle Street and its continuations, I shall now proceed to notice, in like manner, those which lead out of the Wile, High Street, and Mardol. The lane leading to the Grey or Franciscan friars, in Rocque's map, Friar's Fane, was anciently called Distaff lane. " Paid for pavynge in Dystaffe lane nere unto the Grey Freres Gate for twelve score yardes att i** ob. the yarde xxx" For twelve wayne loods of pempell stone for the same xii"" (Bailiffs' Accounts, I 589). This was, perhaps, the place mentioned in an entry on the Bailiffs' Accounts, 1270, Pro iluobiis carcctis per trcs dies apiid le F rerelode jo**. The gardens on the left hand are marked 111 Clure's view as a bowling green : and it is jiossible that the bowling alley above-mentioned, to which the members of the Council of Wales descended by a ladder, as is mentioned above, may have been in this spot. It has been already observed {History of Shrewsbury, II. 464), that the meadow on the bank of the river adjoining this friary to the west, was formerly called I'riar's Loiidoi. The reason of this appellation eludes our research. One of the entries copied in the page last quoted, ought to have run thus : — In denariis solutis duobiis cenientariis opcr- \ antibus super niuros \ille juxla. fratres ' minores e.\ opposito pasture vocate freres London per v dies capientibus inter se per diem x'' And there is another of tin- same )ear : Solut' Ricardo Wantenour in |)artem sohi- tionis.xiii^ pro factura parcelle tnuri ville in ha h^rere Loiuit)n cum cement in gosso l-s/i|fa(t' VP O Vl= vnr . ..t .... ' , ....i .. ^, ♦, ,, -.I 1^ .■• . I • 1 1 ; »/ ■ .; ! ,ii 1 1 , .> ^ . , ■.:■. ■ •■ 'y ^-r. -• -i .,; ., •• ■ •; ;•;<•. I .: , >;l.i ... .■'■•I I >n "' 1 . 1 ' 1 1 • I ' I'll' , , ,,.., , ,!' ■ : , ' ...1 ■.-,,>.-i-i'l ,. . ., ,,. ■ .V. :r.-l .v.. n/'l ■{ ■■ ■Ml ..1 ./, ! I It .1 ,1.. I * ' • '••' 'i ' , H/ ( i. •) t. lU 1- ill r :lj '>.' ' '' 0' ir I) h / / ., . . ,■■,.: .1 j ■! • "ti I J , ll , I I Mil I .1. '■ . ! Ill .'111 ■) i.l I V. I THE TOPOCiRAPHICAL HIST(M^Y OF SHREWSBURY. 339 l^KI'CHHS LANI-:. The Back Slrcct, or Injck La)u- : in Rocque's plan Beaches lane ; nnciently Bispestanes, Bisiieslan's lane, and sometimes in the Ilaghniond leiger, Bibistanes lane. Mr. Philli[)s con jectures th;it this was so called frcnn being the residence of the si.xteen burgesses, mentioned ni Dumesda)', as belongnig to the Bishop of Chester. Juliana, daughter of Richard le Bulgar of Salop, releases to the canons of Hdghmond, a inessu;ige near Bispestanes, situate between the lands of Nicholas bonel, clerk, and William le Brugge, and reaching from the king's w.iy to the walls of Salop. Iliis Testibus, Johanne l^obt'rti et Johann.c Clamel, tunc balli\ is Saloj) : etc : Dat. et act. Salop die lune in festo bcati Petri in Cathedra a'.r.r. Edw. 22, et a" d'ni MCCXCHJ". It was probably the little lane leadmg from the walls to St. Chad's Churchyard, a via regia usque parvam venellam extendentem a muro ville Salop, ad murum cinntorii ecclesie S. Cedde, near which lay tlie garden which Mr. and Mrs. House leased to Mr. Ottley m 14 Ed. I\'. (147SJ. with their great tenement Under le \V)'le. (Ottley Deeds). Beeches Eane, in Rocque's plan, applies only to the lower part, as far as the turning to the right up the hill, where the Back Lane commences. But Bispestan appears to have applied to the whole distance from the east end of St. Chad's down to the walls behind the Wile. Msn strI':i<:t. Fish Street, called m Rocque's plan ^\'z,pert)' here. It is entered in their leiger undi-r the head of " Seint )ulian's." Nicholas Umfrey of Salop, grants to flaghmon Abbey a rent of 12'*, out of the message of y\dam the baker, between Oif V'T!Hl3,v:i:^M"^ M» ' Y>H)r?lH IA ^iM'»A5t.)!»'TOT iHY -■>nf.J-"jtj■ / Ji il T .'i.. !■ J I .'. X .. '' , ' ' ' ' ' ' :;" ■ '^ "-^ ■ I ■ ' -.1 1 '''.Id. .fi'. I - i; . Mil itv/ •.;{) (>1 ■ : • -. ' I ,: ,f.,,j „.ii,.,, V.;, ,_,; ,, ,„ i ' I' I M •! I >■• i .1 ■■.!■ ■ ' : . : I' !'.. -iii ,.iH',.i ■• •»!)'' iii-r''i i\'\ I ' «U* .•••Ii ( t •»!> y < ■"' •! I •' IJI ti;-' ■tin: : ■ I.. ; i . I .' I ' ,(. // ,; I 1 Jii, mJ. I i' • I . t I il.'. ,j J// ><;f>;»v r . /.( •" ■ . !.. ---.I. .1.1 If., M.„.. I.. ' ' . *-. :! I ■ . - I h1) 1(1 ; .1.; HJi !■. IIP. 340 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. the grantor's liousc, and that of Roger Rufus, near the church of St. Juhana (on the western side of the churcli ; margin). Roger Russel (probably the same Rufus) and Wilham Goch, then provosts. Tins messuage afterwards canie into the hands of Margery Bernard : as the contiguous ones did into those of Vachan and William Rondolpfe : -Bernard sold hers to William dc Oteley i^or Ocleye, for it is written bijth ways in the same deed) and Agnes his wife: who surviving her husband, dis- ])uted the right of the abbey to the aforesaid rent. This prculueed a /'/i>i in the A'///^''.i (D//// between iier and brother Ciilcbcrt abbot [i 24i-l-'52], and the convent of that house ; which was at length appeased by her acknowledging m the " full court of .Salop," the right of the religious. Galfrid Rondolfe, Richard Borrey, then provosts. This (i.e.. New Fish Street) is now used as the shambles for the countr)' ])ulchers, as it was in I 547, when 2'^ was paid by the bailiffs pro viundarwnc oppcllaruui carnificum siibitus Limctcriuni Saudi J iiliixnc, and can have been no very cleanly i)lace as long ago as 1436, when an article in the Bailiffs' Accounts is pro cariagio fuin del Fisshc slrctc pro coiinuodo villc. Out of this street a flight of steps ascends on the right hand into St. Alkmund's churchyard, and the adjoining tenement to the left was formerly called the Oriel, having probably been an hostel or mn with a large, orna- mented window. MILK STRELT. Milk Street, anciently CJuidddodc, afterwards Pncsi's La>ic} Slury close Icuic (^and corru{)tly Cherry close lane), so called because it led to Slitrys close, the land which " the bailiffs and the whole community of the liberty of the town of Salop," granted m the 32'^ year of Edward I. (1303-4), at a rent of i'', to I^ichard, son of Richard Sturi, of Sakjp, " for his ftiitliful ser\ ice performed to the said ccjimnunity," by the name (jf " all that place Ijciund the walls called la Mote of the said wall, from the gate ol St. CJuul (meaning, 1 appre- 1 38 Henry VI. ( 1459-60), l (tlie ^Manioc's) own land. .. • ).- »I'i. .".J-, t.*' V I. it ■ , ) .,f: ,'v .-/ : .. , i< !t»>i •iju ^"'J ^ ! i /,,./.. : ■ • ' ...,1 ■■ • . .■ M .( > K»t Vvl. U I ■,^j..:! '...■ \ ■ .;••,.■. .«. ,. \ •,< • I, ,,'1 .1 /■•■'•I,. ■ ill t'l : :' ■! I ' , . ; , : ■, 1 , ■■ !'| , '' 1;^'! 'I -'i <..'••■■ (I'll'!/'' . .>'., .^\ r -.., •i\< I 'I lit -Itod . ..,ti ,,1; ,, .; i.r.i, -;:i i;. ; ' ! '.i '• .• .w.i ■,;/ ■ :.. 'Ir. ."'in Iwir ,1 . H It , ,.. n. : , ' .;-.': ^n.j W I.I rl'. Hi \ .'i)j.. 1 ,.. : , , ... M,,i I M. i.i< frfM I .) . , M: •'! ■ . ' 1 ' ■!! ^' 1,1 111 ' // ■' !.. ' ■. ,'.: ■ ,,; ■»,<; I. y i i-->,..>i , , . , , ■ ,',' , ■■. ..A' t , .1 'i: .; . , . . .'. .>i:\ V' I.'.. ,mI i I •. .' I 1 '.; . 1 M Jo • . -,ii; .,,m:. ,1,,,: I. ,•':•'. 1.!' -M ! .. '•'«! I i ( I, ,t.Ml 'I ■'•I ' » . ' ' ' . . t . I.i • i 342 THE TOPOGRAPHICAT. HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. the enscalinj^'- of these presents, jxiid to Edward IMiilhpps i,^8oo and upwards as a child's part and portion jjiven to him in marria<^re with the said Anne, and reciting fnrlJu'r tliat Iidward Philhpj)s and Katheruie in consideration of a join- ture to l)e made to the said Anne, and for setthnr;^ tlie within named messuages and hnids, had agreed to suffer two re- coveries, o)ic of them in wliich Milton and Ilodj^kinson are to be demandants, and luiward Phillipps and Katheruie ten- ants, to be concerning two messuages in Milk Street in Shrewsbury, one of them in the tenure of Katherine Pinlli|)ps and the other of them adjonnng to the former in the tenure of Randall Tlujmas, anc^llier messuage and brew-house there- unto belonging, and another messuage and a tan-house there- unto belonging in Mardall, \\\ the tenure of Richard Lloyd \sic\, four other messuages in Doglane, in the tenures of Richard Ilurst, John Sankey, anil Mary Lewis, widow, an- other messuage in Shrewsbury in tenure of Philip Ilussie : — and the other recovery in which Milton and Ilodgkinson shall be demandants, and the said Edward Phillii)ps tenant, con- cerning a messuage or tenement with tiie lands, etc., there- unto belonging in C^aersowse alias Caerwis in co. Mont- gomery, in the tenure of Robert Phillipps and Anne Symes, widow, \Vit}icssc!; that Milton and Ilotlgkinson, after the suffering the recoveries, shall stand seised of the premises in Shrewsbury to the use of Katherine Phillipps for life ; re- mainder to I'.dward Phillipps and Anne for their li\es, re- mainder to their (.Idesl, second and other son in tail male, remainder to the right luMrs of h.dward and of the premises m Caersowse ttj tlie use oi Edward IMiilli])ps and Anne for their lives, reiuauulers as above. Other usual co\eiiants. Signed, Edward Plullipps. Sc^al ; A cross fleury formee en- grailed between four birds. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Sara Milton John MiUon, Junior lames llodi^kiiison \ * *. xi -ii • i J , servants to trie within named Ihomas Ho^^er |,,jj,, \\x\un^. John 1 liitton ' Endoisrd, W'riteings ot the holl^cs iu Milku Streete & selkir.s undir the Shcarman'-s halL jiiii :ie -fj.,>; biu«/i'.i oJ t>i .>i V nil (!' .«;« la .|in • ' .. ,.,. ! i,,;: ;.). i. Ml. . :, .-. ,.:u: j.M .. -I oj vi.<.. v.. 11 '. • •■III . t ' 'm. >. .!,••., .■ ..»'!-■ ■ »■■■ .:•■ ; •..'.) ;ii .>■ *«• !-' ii-' .:' . , ■ . ; ; ' t ,. • !i'..'-. [lit >; ;- M M bii.i^ >iM .,.. • •, ' n,'l ./ >■;•'»■ :•■ '^.' •'• '• "" '"•'''" ,, .;!: i ■ I , .. 11 ,'.•.'■> -.1 '.A\ -.ill l»1i: ,i._j'i . . >_ i J ,1 ■ •■■■if I'" . -i' iiill.it;'>i ' "' ; .,; ..,1 ,, ;. "■ ■■■ M ■■; ' ■••■- '■- '• :4"-»'''' ,,..• •■ I ,•( ii> . • )•'• ■ .- .-'■. '•!' DOC LAN I-: AND CLARfiMOMT. DOGTANE, IS the " common lane leading towards the chapel of Romaldesham," near which Hugh Lowe granted to Thomas Forster, draper, a tenement in ^Llrdefole, in 6 Henry VI. (1427-8). (RawlinscMi MS.) 1 fnid it called Doggclane as early as 26 Henry VI. (Halston Deeds). y\lan, abbot of Haghmon (1233- 1 277), and the humble con- vent of the same place, give, grant, demise (tradiderunt) and confirm to William Gogh, clerk, of Salop, and Isota his wife, their assigns and their (the assigns) heirs, the plat of land in Salop, in the street called Hundestrele, lying between the land of William Burell, at a rent of \G^ to be paid annually to the Abbot and Convent to their pietance, for all the service and exaction which to the said AbJjot & Convent pertains: saxing foreign service and 3 halfpence to our Lord the King, at the term of Hokeday. Witnessed by Nicholas de Ludlow, Alan, son of (iainell, John Villan, and Richard Stury. (C.A.H.) William Wolriche grants to Sir William Tressell, chaplain, and Hugh de Dudmeston, all his lands and tenements, rents and services in Iloundstrete and Clereinont, within the town of Salop, which descended to him by inherit. nice, after the (U'atli ol Roger Wolnch, his lather, and Margaret, his mother. Wiliu sst'd by Robert de Grafton and W'llhaiii Hiriloii, then haihlls, and dated on Wednesday before tin' feast oi St. Gregory tlu' I'ope, 3 Henry 1\'. (i_|(ji-2;. [Seal tricked, a chevron between three swans. S Wolkvche.] (From y" original in |)oss(^ssion of Sir Tln^mas Wolrich, bart.). ( .Ashiiiole I .ihr., S33 ). |()ii 22 June, 1413, William HoerUy (d" Salop, and Isaitejla, hr. will', and Agiu-s, daughti i ,nid heiress ol the said William and Isabella, grcUit to llii.;li TilK) (d Sah^p, b.aiehor, a piece 'it land in the stieel ( ailed Dogge lain', opj)osite land ot John (i.iiiiel, o(x-ui)ied b) 1 liomas Wynnes, containing in length by Vol VU., ud Series. PI' nf '»«• 17 MlM .) M! ,i')i c ,r>i|.;i!i u»>i ji.iaiinl *«iu hM ^<:»-i f '-.I . .1 urdijj.H "io : ..(.li. •>li' i'*»:,w' Kl m ' /I ,,..,r' I .:' ;M 1 /' I., rj.lj ',.•., .. ,1/ fif (. - III tl )I Jlii • IV'' '- ,1 , I ■... •. .• .. Vj' ij;^')!.': . . . .1, ., , I .i.J ! . ' Hi '.i 'xll Jr. I.; / ,i. : I! iu I » I'J I'" . / "': II . t'l:! > •,^. t , ,,! .Ill' 'V'/ i-irr,i!li7/ .i-,l t 't i;t<>| i I I ,•". '! f . '. ; .!'.;•• i' 'I ■■•' I ( 'I '■'■'. I<» , , 1 , ,. 1.,;/ : >'■■ l\ In !\\i.)\t , , I ; , ■.! ',1 ^tl 1.',. 'illiV/ I , . , . ', I, 1, Imi'. ..-litlrt.d , ,, , ; 11 ' .i-j ^ '/> "I ■ ■ '^ , . .', ,, I I.I ' I 'J 'J' » I , . ! , .«••;/,' M I , -1 t // ..III , ; ' , I -pi. , ' 'I mI'. I l>n». , ... : .-, ,1 ,. I ' HM '11 '' ' ,,. I ^ 1 i ,-, ,1 .. 344 Tf'E TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. llie highway 12', woollen ells, and in breadth 7 ells i ,', quarter, and extends Ironi land of the said Ilut^h Uj land lately of Snnon Tiuir, at tlu^ rent of 2s. siher. Witnesses: Kichard IJoerlc^y and lohn (janiel, haililfs of Salo)), Ruhard I lord, i'htunas h'orster, Jolm Knii^ht, aiul man)' others. Hated at Saloi) on the feast of St. Alhan the Martxr, _M Henry Vl. (Mytton Deeds).— W.G.D.F.j. The old timber house on the left hanrl in this street, was the residenec of John Hunt, uncle to the celebrated colonel of that name, ancester of tlie iJoreatlon f.niiiK'. jolm Hunt died in KJji, lea\in{^^ by his wife, Mli/.abeth Mytton, three dau[;hters. A little further in Ho^lanc, on the ri^dit hand side is the Baj)tist Chapel, erected on the site of Cole hall, or rather in tiie garden belonging to that house, which itself ran further back towards Hill's I^aiie, and of which some traces may yet be discerned. This residence of that ancient Shrews- bui)' family aj)[)ears to have been erected a little before 1371 ; the garden belonging to it was large enough to contain an oak tree of value sufficient to be an object of sale. Clarkmont, or Clarimont Hill, as till late it was called, IS a continuation of Dog Lane. William de Claro Monte, chaplain, attests an undated deed, No. 20() in the Chartulary of the Abbey. Gaufrid the goldsmith of Salops- biri confirms to Haghmon Al)bey, the grant made l:)y Walter the goklsmith of a messuage under Cleremunde : aiul Agnes "relict of Adcuu called le l^n(h(\" sells to Alan, son of (iamel, a cauiilcge " m the street of Cleremund." Hoth these dee(L are 111 the ( h.irtular)' id llaghmond .'\bbey. j'.irt \\ir l.in.l (,dl,(| K)'iit(,n land, now hulden by R,,ovr Rrowne. Ijie dr.ipers' company have JIF U) VKOT^JH JA>niMAM;H)nOT .IIJT ^U tv> I'.x >. ..l! t;-< .M ;.u;i: M.>i .',: ;... I :•!! rf* '• /Idiiiii i»i«iii./i»Hi ^..'} IC' •■ ■ ' c l:i ' mIo ) !.• '•' i Ollj H' b'ji-.: 1 1!; 1«> •- jm ■'''. ''i "I I ' -. -.ill • « ', I. .'. ..-11' i:;. » '^Wi , ■ :(.. 1 ' .•>.'ii"f-'' .,',, . I ■ .. , .'• . H.I/, ft",.;- t' ! 'I ' ■■' ' . ' . . >. r ■ , ■ . I. 1^. |H..M.' ' •■ "'' ■ ; i • ; I ; • i . ' .1, .'. ; ,11 .1,1 .11 THE TOPOGRArHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 345 still a <::^ardrn at the upper end of ('larciiiont lull, on tlie ri^dit hand. The house at the ui)i)er end of the hill m one of tlie most commandnij^r situations of the town, now called (dare- mont house, was built by I3r. Titus Thomas. (See Church Aston). The new row of houses called C larcnioiit build uigs was erected m \bl(})ik \. fllLh'S LANi:. The ori;_;inal name oi lIll.L'S I.ANE was, at least as earl)' as the rei^n of Henry \'., K iiok yiwslaiic, afterxs.irds hiunhiii Street ; its present name is di'rued from the line old house ori^dnally built by tlie famil)' (T J'Joule)-, .md from lliem descending by marria<4e to that of Ifill. [On 15 August, 1-1 15. Simon Toiire and William I oure of Scdc^ij), grant lo William, son of James Ht>i'rlie, and Isabella, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies [iiiier d/id), a teiie nicnt ill Knok}'nne's lane, near a tenement of Reginald Mutton, which they had of the feoffment of Margerie, widow of James Boerleic, and daughter of Roger A[{c Yate, burgess of Salop. Witnesses ; David llolbache and I\ichard Stury, Ijailills, J^egmald Mutton, Nicholas Cjerard, John Peerle, and others. Dated at Salop on Tuesday, the feast of the As- sumption B. Mary, i Henry Y. On 24 June, 145 J, William Boerleie and Isabella, his wife, lease to Alice Taillor, widow of Matthew TaiUor of Salop, a tenement 111 Kn(jk)ii's lone, lying between e, at the bishop's biographer asserts. Dr. Ilollirij^s was never of any college but .Maj^dalen. Hk v*' '.■,, i ' f .1 ,i i.ilH ■ ". < ' I. , M. ■. , .\ ' <.\ .'. , ' , •lit ii'.tnl i) i t iMj .1 »ft '» .i . '■ t! :t 1 ' , ' ,H..l >|ij /.I I(,|() : ;,..■! ' ■' ! ..' , . I.'. »..•• I ■''■ (iiir- .f ' ; i ■." . ' ♦ ft!.. .;rr'«'tl rMlll.i i>» 11 J.: ,.M. »!ll // 'I M.'.lj //t vu >r:\i".[^. ■) J.i'>.iUloo) j'.i («' l»t;ri 7;.d) il: ( |y.' ,f, i ill. . ,M . (••■! or I •. » 'ilni i/. r^. Id!-' lilufn ^•.;! ,» iiilii,d • ; i : -1 .1' ■• ' t> • -n] t.K^ (j..,»i/.r ' > J, .' , , ' --I ! •.( ..'I .:..;. 'I .'■ f \ \ .-Jii;:! ; v n<. J ,■.,-':...•'.:, • •- 1 ,• .1 (. . 'i!. i ;. -i;,'. •■> uvm] .j.j.'ji . ' iv/i «l 4" \l ,' -j"'!//!''?' nj Jii>.n'>tijJ , ,, • M r I . . :. .. ,.! :. ' ..; ,.:., , : . • [ ", ;|h7/ . I. ''^<- ■ ' '. ! i J •» I ' • >.- I Jj ll '<' Illicit •! ; • ,, ) ,,.;. ■ ■„■ ,•■ .'; .■,• ■ , r : ,.■•., ,; I : . ■ . ..I .■- 1, . .1 .;■■ .. I : , ^■' ;::> .:i^7/ i'MK ' ■ ■ ,,- I I , , ' • , V ,.• .;)..•,' ■.l-MJx^I -I .; ;: ,•, • ; : 1 ■ r " "!!■■' '^ . . .i ..'!•''"..;. .'.'.■j'i ..... I ^ ' ' I 1' ,"|. I I.I III' iii-> f .... ' '' / ■ 1 1 I . i i . ■ M I I i ' I <• I .■_ . ■ ,. ..A, •.' I 'I-.- .-., i Ji. I.'>^ ' 346 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. Cambridge, with the learned Bishop C'umberland, and is tlius spoken of !))■ the authcjr of that pnlatc's hfe, prefixed to his Sancliunialhc) : -~" He was a physieian who settled at Siirews- hury, and lived there with universal esteem to a ^^oud old a^e ; received in the families that were hap[)y in his acquaintance, not on)}' as a friend and a j)h)'sician, but almost as a duod Genius. The distance of thoir residence did not obliterate the disinterested affection that was between him and his friend Dr. Cumberland, which was of equal duration with their lives." This Dr. lIollin<^s, the father, took his degree of M.D. at Cambridge in 1 6(^5. I lis son, born in No\ ember, 1682, took the same flegree at the same college and university in 1710 ; he was physician general to the army, and enjoyed very extensive practice in London. In 1734 he spoke the Harveian oration, printed at London in the same year, with the title Status hum.m.e natura', jjp. 48, and soon after re- tired to his nati\e town, where he was buried at St. Chad's, May 21, 1739, leaving a son also John Hollings, physician to King George II., who took his degree of M.D. by Royal man- date at Cambridge in 1736. Dr. John Hollings the third was born here in April 1708, and survi\'ed his father only a few months, being interred at St. Chad's ii Jan., 1739-40. His younger brother, Richard Hollings, Esquire, barrister-at-law and solicitor general to Frederick, Prince of Wales, died Dec. 7, 1741, in the 31st year of Ins age, leaving behiml him a great character in his profession. The reader, it is hoped, will pardon this digression resix^cting so remarkal)le a circum- stance as three physicians of eminence, m three successive generations of the same family. Carnar\'0i\' Lane is the last passage out of Mardol on the left hand side : it {masses under a house, crosses Hill's Lane, and goes into Barker Street. It i)erhaps takes its name from one Lodowuk ('arn,ir\an, carpenter, whom 1 find lunig in Shrcwsbur)' in 3() ILnry VI. (i.|()0-i). Ihis sur\ey ol our two principal intersecting streets, and the streets and Lurs branching out of them, has now carried up through the whole town, with the cwccption ol Mu)iiauLC or Sic-a)! //;//, and ( WA'tv IIi//. ^w ( > i t ' li'Ar ,'lir II. iJ 'i ' ' ' (u! .- . .it "'V". Ill i. ): ■•• ?:v • •a 1 'v.uv.o "■■• ' ... ; Ml... ^ ''•• ^1 5'' J'- . HI •<, : Mi ■ ■ ■ ' '^i • - : . :i 1 'I'li.t.. '!'> ■■' M' 1 .I.:- ' .n- . .1. • ti. t< «f* :i il I . Ii.l 11. • '''i: iV»l i'J ..J «o r> I il i , ' Ml "I 1 ■ II" '' / . .•.!' .' '• ' ■ vA ••■'r' ..', ,.i'l ' » nil ' . . ' THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 347 MURIVANCK. MURIVANCE turns u\) out of Carrier's Inn by the Talbot Inn, and ancient 1\' eoinpri/.cd Swan Hill and the lower jjart of College Hill, whicli turns out of it to the left: hut the name of Murnanee is now little kinAvn in oannion speech. It appears anciently to ha\e been a void space icithin the walls : and as the \uid space ivithout them, was c.illed biJiiiid the :>.'tf//s, 111 l^atm rrZ/o iiuiros ; this \ciid space icitJiui them may ha\e been called he (oil the i^udls, m l-^rench iniir aiaiit. I do not know that it was so : but I h.iw iKjthing better to I)ropose than this, which is also the Cdiijrcture of Mr. Phillips. [The original orlhogr.iphy is i\Iuri\aus or Muri\als, corrupti'd to Murivans from the smiilarit}' in ]\ISS. of u and n. By deed without date, and therefore at least as early as the former part of Edward I.,^ Richard " called Schitte," of vSalop, grants to Reginald Perle " for a certain sum of money " a messuage situate in the street of Mtirvvaus [between a tene- ment of the same Reginald, and a tenement of Roger le Dekene, and reaches from the high wa)' to a tenement (jf Roger Pride. Witnesses: Roger Pride and Nicholas le Spicer, bailiffs, lohn Gamel, John Baldew)ne, William le Par- menter, John Porchet, Baldewyne Garlet, and others. (Mals- t(jn Deeds.) And m 18 lid. 11. (1325), Juliana, his widow, re- leases her right (d dower thertMii. ()n Tuesda)' after the feast of St. Augustin, 17 Edward II. (iMa)', 132-I), -Adam de Strc-tton of Salop, butcher, grants to Sir John Beket, chaplain, a place of land iii I'ieo c/e Mitrii'aits [situate between land of the said Sir John on one side and land of the said Adam on the other side, containing in length 21 feet and reaching from the land oi .Sir Hugh de liische- bury, prebendary of St. Chad's, to land of the said Adam, and (•(jntains 37 fiut. W'ltneshcs : (jalfnd Roiidulph and )ohn Baldewyn, bailiifs, William le P'mili-r, Ad.im le Taillours, and others. I (^Ualston DeedsY In 20 Edward 111. (I3 1()), Richard, son of Richard P>ecket. releases to Hogo, son of l>ogo de Eoiiclowe, ' [ I'he d:ite of this deed must Ijc I 3 i6, in which ye ar Kiii^cr I'ride and Ni( hulas Ic S|.iccr were Ixuldl.-,. VV. (i, \). V .\ T t ■ :iHT )t..»[l "I" 1,1' 'V.' o.il -' •t- ; 1 •■•'■•I -iiif •/ :i 'I.M .11 av I.-, '" v,-v-,\; • !•,.. , ., , ..: ■, ...1 ,.j •;! ■'•••-■■••'-'■ .'.•■....■..■.,. I .1 '.'.■■ '• ■' I Hi'' ■ r <..'.■ 1; ) L . 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I. •!, . !■ , Jll./) 1 I i I • ' <• <.«!! t. • t, l*t I >..l,j - 348 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. his n>^^lit in a leneinent m the street of Muryvals, situate between a tenement of Adam ]v Taillour and a tenement of Aclam de i\[oit.)n, whicli Robert di- (lolden, chaj)lain, liolds, and reaehes ni leiiwih from the knij^r'v, ^vay to the tenement formerly the property of Adam iJe Stretton, butcher, and in breadth from tlie tenement of Adam le T;iillour behind, to the garden of Alaster William de Appeltre. prebendury of St. Chad's. [\\'itnes.ses : John de Upton and John de Fonet, bailiffs, l^icliard de Alton, llu-h he, William le Taillour,' Wilham de Lynleye, I^oger de Binton, Adam le Taillour, Richarfl de Scton, and others. Dated at Salop, Monday after the Nativity of St. John Baptist, 20 Edward III (Ilalston Deeds.)— W.Ci.D.F.). From the lurnino up to (^olle-e hill, down to the road lead- in- from the walls towards St. Ch.id's new church, Murivance assumes the name of Swau Hi//, inmi the si-n of a publick house formerly at the corner turnino down to Cross IIill • but this part of the street was anciently called Kaymes P/ace, from the name, no doubt, of some early resident. Sir ■ Thomas de Kaynys (a name not very dissimilar) occurs as rector of St. Michael's in the Castle ^h/unlc\ In the 38 of Eh/.abeth (1595 6;, Thomas Byston, son and heir of Ron- dulphe Byston, deceased, sold " all that orchard, garden, and ])arcels of ground called Ka)-mes orchard, lying within the walls of the town," to Thomas Edwards, Esquire It was then, or lately had been, in the occupation of Adam Mytton gentleman, uncle to the grantor, Ins mother, Eleanor liar- borne, having been the relict of Richard Beeston. grandfather of Thomas, when she married Richard Mytton, the father of Adam. In 1O44 Thomas Edwards. Esquire, son of the pre- ceding Thomas, and afterwards a baronet, sold the reversion ol Keames orchard" to .Sim,,,, Westu,,, fn,,,, ^^ho„I jt passed through various conveyances to the Rev. Hugh Owen At the bottom of .Swan IIill uas a passage through the wall cal ed " p.,rta ex opposit.. Kaymes place " jn hb. A i(, The' wall here fell down ,n lyy,, U, the extent of 20 yards ,n consequence of the worknu.n d.ggn.g for gravel too clos^ to t (Philhps, p. 02). (The house on the east side of Swan Hill, w.th the ga.clen extending to Murivanee. and known as '» till '! ,».|,'' .,i..ri,.l • . ,i ,-. ; ..vp.a • '1 ;«-' "i" <•!'<;*./ -Mil ; '•.'..'• V ■ ■ ..' !• '..11.11 Tj. . ,, I, I '■ I" I . ; .1/ i . . • ♦ . , , .,.1. ; I 1 )« iM >li;) >«■'''•'■ .,...' :> !>.- MJ .: - -M -^ M .'^' THE TOP()GRAPHlCAL HISTORY OF SIH^EWSBURY. 349 Swan Hill Court House, was at one time the property of the Manpiis of Bath, and occupied by him ; it afterwards came to the Duke ot CMewland, and now belongs to Lord liarnard. It was (H;(-n[)ie 1 until i8(j6 b_\' Ur. J. \'. Arrowsinith, since by Dr. J. K. llum|)hre\ s, and now b\- Mrs. Hnin[)lne}'s.' The house known as Swan lliU House, also on the east sitle of Swan Hill, and occu{)ied by Archdeacon Maude, was at one time in the occupation of Archdeacon (_)wen, tlie historian of Shrewsbury, who collected in the garden a number of carved stones and stained glass taken from old buildings in the town.— W. G. 1). !• .] College Hill, which leads from Murivance to old St. Chid's Church, was so called from the Culk;ge, the residence of the canons of that collegiate establishment, which still exists, at the upper end of it, but now almost entirely uKjdern- i/.ed. The house at llie bottom of this hill on the right hand, now the pro|)ert)- of Ihomas Loxdale, Esipiire, is built on the site of the Taylors' hall. Half way up the hill on the left hand is Vaia^/iii/i'i place, which extends from hence to the Market Place. [School Lane has already been mentioned. (See Vol. V., pp. 266, 269). It was formerly known as Railcm Lane. On 25 December, i pfj, William Boerley and Isabeha his wite granted t(j John Llsmere of Salop, carpenter, a tenement in Salop, with the garden adjoining, near Raiaislonc, between a teneme-nt of John l)ett(m on one side, and a garden wliich Thomas Codale holds there of Katherine widow t)t Simon Tour on the other side, and which extends {\o\\\ the said land called Kateneslone up to a tenement ot the said Katherine- in which the' said Thomas (^jodale now dwells; to hoKl in fee iarm at the aimual rent of .Ss. >il\er. Witnesses: Richatd Boerle\- and John Camell. bailiffs, Thomas T'orster, John I'^alke, John Knyght, and others. Dated at Salc;p on Thursdax', the least ol the Nati\'it\- of our Lord, 21 Henr\' \T. ( M\tton Deeds). l""i<.\Ni>;\vi-:i-L does not come within tlu' limits of Mr. ])lakewa)'"s papers, but there are mail}- documents relating ' [ rhe l.ae Mr. Willi un I'hillips lia.i some notes aljout this house, but unfortunately ho died Ijol.re he ii:ni put ihciu tiovvn in \vruin|^ -W. O. 1). P.] -...If \, ' .1 * '.I'.. «u ' ! , ,.■;!' .l1 ,«!-.:ii':; 1 ' .1' /il ■.',••11 i'lii .."i^- 111 . i' '..'■•»/• • ;• " I ii - ».'. "in I .'I ..J V II K :. - '■• ' ■ ■,.■;■'•', , h.tl) li ■ -^1' Ml; I . . I . .V' >i: iM 'i ! I 1 1 • i 1 « ^' :ii iM I .■ n. ' ...,: ',, ... Ii.mI . ,'. '., ., ,,, ,\ ,,, , . : .' i '•'.■: .r/j.'l "III ' 'i. >>i " >. ■ M I ,'1. ■! I. i i 'm ' fl ji;-/-. ! J' ' '' 1 1 / ! I .{ \i> •'. 1-.. :.:'// ,< , J • . .1,. . r ■' 1 n' I' 1 I ). I ii nil 'ifit .i • ;; 1..' ■, ) . ..i.'oiiT -;■' ■ ' . , . ih, -mIi ^, ii,..T : . ; - ■ ; ■/:'U [,MiVi I ' ''..iIj. ■:!.' 'I Ml 11.1 .* 'II t ' ii'li i| '>< t. tjj\ I >()M (•Hi, ill ••' iM I'ii'i) .will. < 1 1 I ■ • ■ ■ I ' ■ !,-iiifl 1 < |. i .1 l;,l ) ' ' ': 1 ', , • /I. /.■ '^i.iM . . , •• ,;. ■ . -.,. : J • 350 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. to Fninkvilc preserved in the Mytton Deeds. On Fridav after tin- rast of St Nirhnl, - - ir i , rr. i naay H.ldebrnn ri i .' "'""'^ 1 1 1- ' ^ 33J ), William i.ldc) o„,| of Salop granted to Richard de Mutton of Salop - curtilage situate m the street of Fraunkevilc between a Ko. ale. a„.l ...,.„,,„, „.o,„ U,. I,i«|,.,„, ,,,,„„„ j;^^'^^ Shclto,, „p ,o R.s,„ald )c Ucy.r-s ,:,„„iago. Nine year ':,:■; '!L?^;; ';"'^^''™'J '"""='--J -^^ '.- interest ,„' h curjilase ,o MuUon. On .Nlonday after irofS L ^ ." i. ward II,, (,353). Benea.cta. wkIow of Nicholas Wytn and IlnKl, thcr son. a messna^e m l.'rankvile between a -.en,en, of the .4bi,ot of lI,,,hcn,on and a tene n™ of l-«er, son of Wiilian, de liykedon. extending fron, tl e il road to the .Severn. On Thnr.s lay. the feast ^f St. Jame h Apostle. ,-;3 luhvard III. (,,59,, ,.ncia. uadow of W.ll.am de Cajngton. granted to Thomas de .Mntton a garden in l-'ranke- Mle, between tene.nenls of K„g,r Mychel and the said Ihomas winch garden belonged to John Geffrev her brother Or^ .Sunday after the feast of St. I,eonar ,. ..■ .; '•.;,,-■.. vrv. .1. .! , i ■ ' .''!•( '.M' /. 1-^ ■' , •■'' ' ' :;,.!• • . • ■ .1m. '■ -^1 .,' ■ ■ , : , ,..i 1 ! ■... , , ,. ■!! •'! "■■ ' .,.1 :. ,,.; . . . ,•!'/■■! • ' ■ , , . . , . . <. ■■.'■i imI... •■ ! ■ I ■■■■' • ■ I " ,,..•' .■,,■. M ■'.. '. ; 1 . . . ^/ .. 1 ' i •< 1 » ' •• -'/-Mil'-: 351 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327, With Introduction by thic Rfv. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A. (Condiuicd from 3rd Series, Vol. VI., page 252.) Wirn the present instalment we bring to a close this, the earliest, of the Lay Subsidy Rolls relating to Shropshire, preserved in the Public Record Office. The portion now dealt with consists of the Hundred of Overs, the town of Shrewsbury and its Liberties, and the town of Bridg- north and its Liberties. The Hun(lrei.ls of Oswestry and Clun arc not inchuled in this Roll, they both being exempt from luiglish law. A reference to the volumes of the Tran%aclio)is, in which the several Hundreds are given, may be of service to students : Bradford, 2 Series, I., 134—200. Munslow, 2 S., IV., 287 — 338. Purslow, 2 S., v., 343 — 362. Chirbury, 2 S., VIII., 44 — 60. Ford, 2 S., X., 113 — 144. Condover, 2 S., XL, 347 — ^90. Pimhill, 3 S., v., 55-So. ^ Brimstree, 3 S., V,, 237 — 252. Stottesdon, 3 S., W., 123 — 154. Overs, 3 S., VH., 353"359- Shrewsbury and Liberties, 3 S., VII., 360 — 368. I)ridgnortli and LiL)erties, 3 S., VII., 369 — 374. There are no less than 440 places in the c(junty contained in this Roll, and the historical notes relating to each of these places, which are entirely the work of Miss Anden, are of great value and interest. Vol. VII., 3ra Scries. QQ ^ti (- A JO A Y'.lJr'^'.'Jc. Y/J AC.-: ..A.?/ .>i:-ur.)Y:iJ'H .ci .i» .v/ .va>t > . * .' • . 1 ' ■ , ) ! .ii ji, .1 ■ .' . ■■ t •• 1. 1 . p |,i;f: •'lllii '■■< I fi i • ■'. •/.; /'-it •>'(; iiiii ) l/Ji): '■■:'■ ; / ,- . i d-'i!;;:!''! i. , . il l'|irr)/'^ : ■ 'A: '' !.'.• v.. ,. i ., ;.,--.u,^ \ -uU ■I Pj -• >•. ff. ■-'.!- r.r ■-■■,■> . : . .. J •, '! ,l!;:»..::"l ; "111 I- .'. •;! :,; .. '• I i -,1 jii ■/• 'tl 1' '■■' •'. , ■II ','■ « • I> I 352 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. A n(ite at the end of the Roll states that the Taxation of all the Hundreds oi Shropshire came to /J3l;icc. Tin; IlrNDUM) oi- Ovimcs is the tenth of the Shropshire Hundreds iiii hided in this Subsid}' Roll. This and C'^ondover are the oiil\' two of the Shropshire Hundreds which have retained their Donusda)' names. Overs Hundred is, for the mo.-it i>art, identical in extent \vith the Domesday Hundred of Ovrcs, or C)vret, because the lords of Richard's Castle had the chief maufjrial interest here, as well as the Himdrcdal Seigneur}-. At Domesday, Cainham, Corele}', Earls Ditton (Dodintone), Henley, St. ALiry's Manor (now Lower Ledwich), and Tedenesolle (/rutshill and Marel)rook), were in Overs Hundreds, but in this Subsidy Roll are not named in it. At the re-arrangement of the Shropshire Hundreds, in the time of Henry I, Earls Ditton was transferred to Stottesdon, whilst Neen Solars (formerly in Condetret Hundred), was annexed to Overs, in which Hundretl its berewick Milson was placed at Dt)mesday. After the l)attle of ICvesham, 1265, Cainham and Coreley were I'xemptcd from Huiuhedal Courts b\' Charters; and when these lianchises came to an t'ud, these manors were not restored to Overs lluiuhe(.l, but, probably by some mistake, were amicxed to Stottestloii llundr(,'d. ddie error still remains, ;iiid to this day ()\'eis Hundred remains se\'cred in two b\- :i long strip ol land, tlii:^ new addition io Stottesdon Hmuiiid. Lo\Mr Ledwich w.i- at souie pcaiod unknown, but in the reign of Heiiiy 111, iletatdie 1 from Overs by the Prior ol IWoinfuld, an.! ultiniatel)- was annexed to Munslow Hundfe I Ibule'}' was, some time in the 13th ceiiturv, separati'd from Overs and coiniectetl with Ludlow CastK* ; ! ♦.. 'l. . .<»C.l «»vr V IHl Set U) hn-J .1,0 -l/i vl^ 8 » ti : .1 . :. . .. , ,.1, . . -. • .|:\, . iv. I ./.I ..h .11 •' i^Ki r')l.. /'/ 1.1 / ... I !■• . . • '■ . - 1. ■.*. ■ i ,., } „,.,!•• 1 ..( II. A 'I. 'A >l>i.:=ln> . ,1 ,j :,!.. -.It ;•« .'■•■ ' {':'■■> :•''' ' ''■ , 1 .-: . .,1 ,, i. :.■ ''1 T 'ij I. -Ml.,; .1 ; ;■'), .■■ ...... ■ ' • !'. ■ "'ri-i ,>li.ij I •."'" ■, : .,., , ,1 , ■ ,' ■.'' ' '■ ,■ . I • .1 1 r 1. I r -.i:' .1/ ; t . I • t i : ,' , ' . ! ! : I . • ' .1 1 ) ; , J • ' . , ; ^ • 1 ■'■ M ■>' ■1 ' ' THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. 353 ami onl\ tluit pari which is in liitteiic}' parish was restored to thi: lliiiulicd ol Oviis. rcdciicsollc, which was afterwards known as Tetneshull and Mcit.d)rook, or Tetncshull-unilcr- the-Clee, is, presumahly, now Tctshill and i\Iarel)rook, in Neen Solars parish. At the Conquest, Richard titz Scrob was the lord of Overs Hundred. He was a Norman wlio had settled in linghuul in the time of I'Mward the Confessor, and was also lord of Burford and Richards Castle. He was one of the tew Nor- mans w ho were j>ermitted to remain in England in 105J, when Earl Ciotlwin's |)art)' procured the expulsion ot the Norman settlers; and he survived the C onqucst. After his death his successors gave halt the Hundred to the King, and this joint jurisdiction was existing in the }car 1^55. Richard titz Scrob, or Scrupe, is saiil to ha\'c built Ivichard's Castle, and he held tour manors in Herefordshire, besides I)urford. He \vas dead at the time ot the Domesday Survey, when his son Osborn titz Richard held these and man}" other manors, and was ancestor of the de Sa\s. HUNDR" DE EUERES. i;UrElcr annum. Durin|^ llie troubles oi the Conquest it was liiid waste, and tiie Domesday record values it at 40s. jearly. It was an imuortant manor ol lliree hides geldable, witii one team in demesne and four ainonji me serfi and h.uidiiiaids. It IkuJ a Church and piiebt, and 6 villeinb ami one iiordar with three teams and lar.il lor three teams more, and two liaje^ lor forest i;anic. Bitterlcy seems to liave been early held under the Lacy family by the De Scotots, one ot whom about I175 granted the Mill of Bitteiley to llauijhniond Abbey. Fhe De Scotots. seem in lune I1.1 iia\e taLen the name of l)e liiilciley. Ko^er de niltcrley, who was l.old ol l;iltcrley at tin- bi'^innin^' dI the I jth ecnuiry, w.is succeeded by Steiihen de IJr.leilcy, who occuis Ireiiiienlly in loc.il bubiness between IJ40 and l2bo. In uuo, he had license Ironi Henry III. to hunt in all the forests in Siiropshire. He was succeeded by KoLjer de biltetie)', who liad L;iant ol Irec wairen here in 12S4, and who in 1 joo was a juior (mi the S^reat i'eiambulation of bhro[)shiie Forests. In Ijou, :5ie|)hen, son ol ileiihen de Bitterley and .\^nes his vvile, occur in connection witli the advowscni ot lliUerley, and in 1316 Stephen was lord of the manor, \\w\\ v.dued .il £im per aniunn. On May 30, 1324, Stephen de Hitterley and Ko^er de IJitteilc) of Asbach were summoned to attend a Council at Westminster. Koj^'er is proliabiy the Roller de .\5lj.ich of the Subsidy Koll.] ' I'iyton iv. j()7. r| : 'iu>i' il. • li, -uMf-' •!,! r,;' <.,••( /)u.'! . Ml/;!' ,' <: -• .:■) . • l^..i' . I .. •: .■'./• I I .•! - I . ,! > .. t . .1 : 'i. i' .*. ' 1 . - ( 1 .-. ■ ;,..;( ..1 ,.,i-.rf ' ' • '■'■■,: < 'i ...1 ••-1 ' >, VI p„»,{ f Nich'o le Clerk xij "1 ij N'lnj lln-" Walters Kico 1)(.)l1 wiij XI ij X\11J Ph'o Cissor' xij xij s'bl' ] Hug' le ij ij ixo' il)id"in i l""rensh" xij 'J p' Sm^ XXIJ" o' 354 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL 01- I327. Helianor' q' fuit u\' Stcph'i (le l>ut Ic)^ Kosa de Ikiterleye Kog' de Asshebache Joh'e Siinonct' WiU'o de Broniptoii' ij Ric'o Trop}'nel Henr' Obyn Will'o de Huggcl'g xviij NEEN SOLERS. [Nkbn Solars.- — At the time of the DomcsJay survey tliis manor was in the Hundred of Condctret, but it was soon after annexed In lliat of Overs. It was held in I086 by Osbern fitz Richard, Lord of Richard's Castle, under the Kin^'. His tenant here was Siward its Saxon lord, but the value of the manor had fallen from 40s. to iSs. yearly. There seems sonr.e pirobabiliiy that Neen had been Church land, belonging to Worcester, as Domesday records that it had never been hidagcd nor paid i^eld. There was land for live teams. In demesne was one team and ten serfs and a mill payin<; a bushel of corn, biward seems to have lost his tenancy of the manor, wluLh in the 12th century was held by Ij.ddwin le I'oi'r, who was dead before 1 190, leavinc; only daughleis— I'elronilla, Elena and fclustachia. Hugh de Say, then lord of Richard's Castle, granted the overlordship of Neen to Roger de Solers, wlm seems to ha\e b^en of Dorston in Herefordshire. Two of the co-heiresses married members of the Le Solers family, and the third a De l-'reyne. In 1255, the manor (then called Nene Baldwyn) was held under William de Solers (ut Dcustnnjby William de Clifford, Hugh de Fraxino (I'lejne), and I'hilip de Muiigumeiy as guardian ot the heir of William fit/ Randol[)h de Sdlers. At the close of the lj;th cenlury the co- parceners held under Edmund de Mortimer, vvlio held the manor and ad\owson. The co-parceners seems tu have had severil well-to-do tenants here, one at least of whom, William de Freyne, could probably claim relationship with them. .The Corb'.'ts of Habberley held a manor in the neighbourhood of Neen Solers known as Meebrijok or as Tetneshull, which had been held in Saxon times by Siward the I'^ranklin ] S d S d Joh'e Corbot ... iij ix WiU'o de Addebrugge xiij''(j" Ric'o le Lepar' ... ij o'q" .\dain de Ree ... xv Joh'e Brakenhal'... ij \jt]" W'iirnio de brene ij Ric'o de ('iindele\e ij l£dith' de tlolloue xiij Adam de Madeleje ij <]" Siinone de Holloiie ij Sinione hi' Kog'i .. ij /Ric'o de Joh'e r^ex'saiinte ... ij iij s'bt' | Chffe ... xij WiU'o le Ta^Uour ij ibid'in 1 Siinone de Ric'o de Cundeleye xviij I Godwode xij Will'o de Clyffe ... xi.xq" Joh'e de Ree ... vijo' p' Sm^ xxxiij'ob' Will'o de -Aula ... xvcj" ^ Eyton IV. 291. .;';j;i lO i.io-, -I iMIi'! >Hll^ iltr |^£ : 7. 11/. I ■ ■ .^ I !• i lll'V III (■} . . .A .. v ••j'r '»'«' M '.''14 0 1' I II .' Itjii; ;r»'/y v'J j«^ _ / {•on, . . > n i.i ; .' •» ,i.i>io rii t?^ jJ: 199 i i' •.I., 1 *u.n^ t J >ii -» t '/i1.t>«! ' -i 5.. I • V ! ■ . ■ .1 -t ■ : . I -■: ^ I. • . •, ■ ' ' . ■;'. r s'j HI, ■ i| '" I'l- i M ! 1.1, ! ', -.1 Jl '■ f/l i ' • . i '' •;■,;. i i /' I ;,t... ; .•! •■M..i ■ . I.'., I ■,! . lii // : i.,:;i ' '1. . .i/l ,, ; > .;■ ./!iiv/ ,w' -.1, ■» xV\ THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OI-" I327. 355 ASSH' TYLSOPE. [Nash.' — This was held under the Barons of Burford by the Esturmi family, and under tbein by the tenants, who took their name frtmi the iilace. Walter de Esse occurs in 1240 as holding a part of Necn Solari. lie was succeeilcd by William de Esse, and he, in 1255, was ie[iic.scnted, both at Neen and at Nash, by William de Clifford, whose name constantly appears on local juries. William dc Shire took his name from a hamlet of Nash, held in 1272, under the litz Aers, of Astfin Aer. TlLSOi' (Parish of Burford).'* -Tilsop was held from the i2tli century by the De Einibridges, who took their name from a Worcestershire manor they held under the Barons of Burford. In 1255 Tilsop was held as a third of a knight's fee by Sir Ichenard de KImbridge, and under him by Simon de Tilsop. Sir Iclienard was succeeded by Sir Adam, and he, about 1311b, by his son, Roger. Agnes de Elmbiiilge was not improbably the widow of Sir Adam. Ilionias Carbonel was, probably, of the family from whom A.sliford Carbonel takes its nan)e. They iield land under the Mortimers of Richard's Castle, at a place called Overton, near Burford.] Agn' de Elmerugge .\ij WilTo dc Hemme xvob' Will'o de Shyre ... ij Rad'o de Scint Rob'to de Shyre- . Owcy'n ... ij q** borne ... xv Thoni' Carbonel... xvq*^ Ph'o de Ilemnie .. -'^vnj Wall'o Sklekcbcrd ij ' ' MULSTONE. [MlLSOK.-' — In 10S6 this was a bere^vick of Neen Solers, but was in th ^ Hundred of Overs, and not in that of Oondetret. It was a manor of 3.^ hides, and was worth 14s. per annum in Saxon times, but was waste when it came to the hands of Osbern tilz Richard, and onl) valued at IDs. yearly at the time of the Durit' sday survey. It had land for 6 teams, and on it 3 ladnians and 3 villeins had 3 teams. The early tenants here of the Barons of BurforJ took their name from the place. In 1255 the manor was h^ld by V^ illiam de Milson, but he had been in ill-health for the whole year. His widow, Nichola, in 1260, claimed her right of dower in Milson. In 1287 Milson was said to be held by the heirs of William de Milson, who, apparently, were John Godard and William fit/. Hugh. In 1350 Robert I'aliick had a consiilerable holding in Milson, and, possibly, he was Connected \silh (he Richard Patercljve of the Sutisidy Roll. Roger and Kobert de Hill were, probably, of Court oi Hill, and 'A the faniily of Hill so well known ni later days. William de Frene occurs in 1338 as granting Ian .Is in .Milson to John Godard and Margaret, his wile.] s d s d Ainic' Godard ... ij ol/ (Christiana dc iMnl- W'aU'o de Malleye ij (|" slon' ... viijo Ric'o Hercar' ... xvj Ric'o de l^atercl}'uc ij Eyton iv., 331. I""yton iv., 333. Eyton IV., 347. tZL -^K'- ■*<> J ft.~^t ...... M ^ I. •-iir "pv.. •I / ffO Jl'^ilfl :>b V .. dill ,AHtoP. !■>'/ Ill .'"r»»7'? .i' *'" r ■ .. A. j] I ,,t-,t.,,, •, ... r ,,,: • • »f »C', ■ ■'.'■:-; ■' . .. • . - ' , ' ' . ' . 1 . , .II' ■ . • . • ,''•;.'• i( i I I . • '11.. I I', it! ^ ■■■•i, ; ■ 'M;^|i I :ti,.(, 41.' ,.I>.!|M ?'j :(if.»l|. •" ■• ..I- : • ■' ..J . 1 . ' J I u ->l>i s d s d xijq" s'bt' Will'o de xix I'erne .. xvj •j job' ibid'm Hu^' de ij "J LiiUclcye xij {)' Sm^ wix^ ix'^ 356 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUtiSIDY ROLL OF 1327. Rog' de Hull' Rob'to de Hull' Ph'o de Per}e Rico le Moliiur ,, . CI.EO'J'ON' ET SlLUh' lONlv. Clekion."— Clectun is iiut mentioned in Ihnnesday, and it is uncertain wlicther it belonged to one of tiie neit;liboiirin;^ manors or was omitted throu{;h some ovcrsii^ht. It was an independent manor in the 13th century, v\lien it was ■ ' held under the Ledwich family, by tenants taking their name from tlie place, wl o ' ' seem to have been related to the Ledwiches. John de Cleeton occurs on tiie jury at the assizes of 1292, and he was Lord of Cleeton in 1316.] [SiLViNGToN.'' — This mancjr, of one hide, belonged, in 1086, to the great V ;,■.,., Abbey o( St, Remigius, at Kheiiiis. Early in 1061 Aichbishup Aldred of York, A :• had gone on a mission 10 Koine, and lud taken Willi him many noble Englibhmen, among tliem a S(m of Algar, Larl of l\Ierci;i. When they were on their home- ward way, the Earl's son was taken ill, and died at Kiieims, where he was buried, at his own request, in the Abbey of St. Keniigius, to which he promised , " cert lin vills and taims of his inheritance," which promise his father, Earl Algar, fulfilled. These estates were Idpley, Mepfurd, Marston, and Ridware, in SlaHordshire, and bilvington, in Slirop.-shire. In 10S6 this manor was given as one hide, On which were two ox teams. Its ])ast and present value was ics. Sd. yearly. It is called siiii[)ly the land of bt. Reinigms in two precepts of Henry I, dated about iro2, in o( e of whicii he j '})■-, ,- coinmands that ilie monks shouid hold their land in jicace, and, in the second, that the Sheriffs of Stallordshire and Shropshire sh' uld not summon the monks to the Hundred or County Ciutts, but allow Ihcin to be represented by their bailills or tenants. It is called >ilvington, however, in a deed, in which Azinar, .-Vbbot of Rheims (who resigned in tn8), granted to Aluiic, the clerk, and his wile, I'ldith the ville of Silvinlone for their lives for 40s., to be paid on the ) J, Feast of St. Martin. Aluric and his wife, and their sons and daughterb, were to serve the monks as free men —not as villeins. ihe minor was Liter held under the I'lior of Laiiley (as repiesentative of ti:c Abbot of Rheims), by the dc lieysiiis. In 1255 '^ was in the haiid.s of Fhili|i le Hret, as gu.udian of the heir of Adam de I5cysin. Robert de Reysin was ot age in 12^)3, when the IJeysins held land under the Abbeys of Rheims and of Scez, and were also tcnaiils of that of Weiih;ck, as well as holding land directly under the Crown. In 1319 TIijukis V -i -i '1 I*' ■ 'I • I, rf ; It . II ,r I II .1 ri •'/>] • THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROIL OF I327. 357 J()Ii'e (le Cleoton'... ij Joh'e de Lowe ... xv Ric'o de Haiiekes- Walt'o Stokes ... xv ton .. ij iiij Ihom' IjucIJc; ... x Kic'o in ihc More ij ^'^<^l{ Stokes ... x Ko^f' in llie More... ij 1^'^^' '-)ii ••• •'^''j Ham' de Lega ... xvj GREOTK. [(^KKKi'."— Tliis was 3 meinlicr ot tin.- Ljie.it mnnor ot liurfoui, .ind was held willi Weston, uiulcr tlic baions liy .1 (.iiuily tnkinjj tlicir name from the place. Tlic lir.st who occur arc I'cter di- (Irect and I'liilij), his son, wl)0 were livin;^ at tlie ch)se ot the 12th ctnlury. Fhilip occurs in 1221, but lie was succedeil jicfore 1237 by Geollrey de Greet, who was dead in 1243, when his widow, A^nes, claimed a thiid ol (Ireet as dower. He was succeeded by Peter (II), who >vaR a kiiif^ht ami an import iiit man. He was, in turn, succeeded by Geclliey tie (Jreet, .uul he, before ijoS, by the Philip ot the Subsidy Roll. It is dillicult to say how Richard Above-thc- I'own came to be so much more wealthy than any of his neii^hbours, unless he may have been the possessor of sheep run on the open hill. In the fullowin^ century tluch-maslers made great fortunes by wool, but the trade had not attained Urge dimensions in the early 14th century. The manor of Greet passed in 1358 from the He Greetes to the Lockardes, and ill 1548, came to the Vox family by the niarria^e of Elizabeth I.ockarde to William Kox. It was si;ld in 1639 to 1 homas Edwardes, who was created a baronet by Charles I. in 1644, an i still remains with his descendants.] s " id s d Ph'o de Greote ... ij Regin' de Stoke ... xvj Kic'o Me}'! ... xiij Will'o Coteiel ... ix Ric'o de Dodelbiu" ixo' Will'o Ahboue the riioin' Anbyn .. viijob' toiui ... \'ij ' ' '' K'ub'to Aleyn ... wjo'ij" ; 1 . . .. wvrroNi':. '! ' , . .,'." . I WiiiTTo.N." — This was held under the Lords of Ricliard's Castle by a t.imily who took their name troin the place ; but, in 1255 it was, like Stoke, in tlic hanils of Master biinuii de Radnor as guardian oi the heir of William le Moneur (the Moneyer), the John le Munetor of the Subsidy Roll. John Ic Blake, who occurs as juror on Burford in(]iiests of 1274 and 1278, \sas dcscciKlant ot Wdliam le Noir, wlio lield i^ \irt;atcs in Rockhill, in 1237, by grant ci( j(jhil de Whittoii. (JentlrL-y de l\()i^llull '.ook his n.iiiie from the h.imlet, vsiiich, in later years, wa? the home of a branch ol tiie l.iiiiily of lloplun. Ill later d^\s Whiiton was the home of a branch of the Charlton family ; and to ihein is due the efcciion ol ihe line 17th century house of W liitton Coutt.J » EytcMi IV., ]].^. " liylon IV., 341. '< ' I i»"»H yu:?ij ' '/A.I .-J li !T II ..It. * ; ,AV. '.^V !■ 1. / i /i |! ....I.' ■• ■r^ 1 •)•« ' l.v . /' I ' ir-. ;,.■■• .i\ 'ii< 1 .(«: 1 .j.-. ;•!.; r;h f. (i'l ■|"n^- ...1/ 'v'l.'H ,,, „, r •/ •...)•! -1.' ." ,, t. , t I . I ' ' . '1 1 I" ■■'■ ^ ,1 ■• I. .(- •...'^ ■'' .. i (»< I.I' I I. I, . . . i -i , .1. .»! .>! 35^ THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. Joh'e le Munetor... Siinone lo Muneter Adam le Proude ... Joh'e fir Joh'is (iulfi-'o de Roklmir Joh'e le Blake Adam Godrych ... Rcgin' de Assh' ... WiH'o .'\l)oiie the tiMin d xvjq" xiij viijo' i.xo' X xijo' ixo' X /■Ric'o de Lega ... s'bt' r^"K' Je la ihid'm l^o^'^' ••• Will'o le Whyte... d xij p' Sm^ xl^ xj^ BOllEFORDE. [HuRFORU.i" — ^Before the Norman Conquest this manor was held by Richard fit/ Scroh, one of the few Normans allowed lo renmin in F.n^land in 1052, when Karl Ciodwin's party demaniied the expulsion of lorciijn settlers. He was Lord of Richard's Castle, which took its name Irom him. He was dead betoie icS6, and succeeded by his son Osbern, who hekl Hiirford under the kinij as a manor of 6.§ hiiles ^cMable, witii land suflicient for 2q teams. There Were two mills, reiKlerini; 12 i|uaiteis of corn, and wootl capable ol fattening loo swine, with one haye. 'I'he manor had a population of 6 serfs, 12 villeins, 3 radmans, 24 bordars, 7 coliberti (apparently sami-free tenants), and a church with two priests. '■sbern was succeeded by his son Hu^jh, and he, before 1140, by his son Osborne, who is said to havi married a sister of Fair Rosamund ; and who occurs as givint; a salt pit lieloni^infj to h's manor of Wychbold to the nuns of God- stow. He also joined w th Walter de Clifford, Rosamond's father, in givinjj the churches cf Tenbury and Rochford to the Abbey of Lyra, in Normandy. He also fjavc a virgatc at Whitbrouk near Richard's Castle, and his mill at Wych- bold. to the canons of IIau<4hmonti. lie also t^ave land at Little Cotheridge to Matilda, daughter of John I'aher, to be inherited by her children, or, failing thi'm, to the canons. Matilda stood in the same relation to him as Rosamond did to King Henry. Osbern was succeeded by his brother, Hugh de Say, who married Lucy ClilTord. He died in iigo, and was succeeded by his son Hugh (II), who took constant part in the wars in Wales. In 1191 he had the charge of the Castle of Norton, in Radnorshiie, and he seems to have lost his lite a few years later, after the liattle of Radnor. Hugh left an only daughter, Margaret, married to Hugh de Ferrars, who died in 1204, leaving her .a child-widow. King John proposed to give her and her great estates of 23 knights' fees to Thomas de Cialway, afterwards Karl of .-Vtliol, but he fell into temporary dis- grace with the King, and the heiress was won (probably 1))' paying a heavy fme to tlie King) by Robert de Mortimer, who held land 'n K.ise.x, and who does not seem to lia\e been akin to the great family of Mortimer of W'igmore. He was a faithful adherent of King John, and in July, 1213, about two years after his marriage he offered to " .serve the King for a year, with nine other knights, at his own cost, if he might be quit of the debt he owed the King foi tine for having his wife." This was accepted, and he spent the next year in I'rance with tile King. In 1216 he had the grant of a weekly market, on Thursdays, at Richard's Castle and a 6 days" fair on St Owen's Day (Auyust 26). In I2lg Robert de Mortimer was (.lead, leaving a young son, Hu^h, and after some four mouths' widowhood NLargaret de Say was re(]uested by Iltniy III. to take as her third husband William de Stutevill, who .seems to ha\e been one of the King's lavnuiites, as he only gave a fine of two palfieys for his wife's great in- lirritance. He seems to have liad children by Nl.irgaret (who died in 1242), but h)lon IV., joi. ":« r »o !.i M t'ji^fi:?. yfj av I :•!) 1 M/I ^.i .Wi ;.,• 1.. 'j.r I y •HIT H?t .>i)Ia-''J '! (ni;l>/. .-).{x.l{i :•! '.'ffol ■^ , n ..umI - ..'I ! : : lA -r »• i. I. lo f » »-» i"4 ■•».( (1 1 1. '».■• '•' , »»i.i|";<' nil -I .. I • .1, ■ f' , ., , : >! . .. .• h ., ' ' ■ ■• ■ ' 1 .>; I '■..,■■ o I I* x .«i , 1- I •. • '.» .„ ,., . H THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUI'.SIDY ROLL OF I327. 359 on his death, in 1259, lie was succeeded by his slep-bon, Hiij^di dc Mortimer, who was then 40 years old. I]uL;h is not to he cuniused wilii his cunteiiq.uraiy, HuL;h Munnuer of Chehuarsh, who was Sherilf of Shropshire. llutih, IJ.uo I of Kichard's Castle, took the >ide of the Kuii; duriuj^ the tfouldes at the close of the reii^n of Henry IIL In 1265 he was in chaiije of the Kind's Manor and i'"orest ot Feckeuham, in Worccsteisliire, and the follouing year he had leave to hunt the hare, iox, weasel and wild cat in any oi' tlie Kinj^''s fore.its in ShrO|)sliire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Staffordsliire. In 12O6 he also had the i;tant of a market on Saturdays at Burford, ari.l a yearly fair and tree warren at VVychhold. Un^h died in Noveniher, 1271, and was succeedeii by his son Robert. lie held two carncales of Ian 1 in demesne at J'uriord, but the birony commaniled 32} kiiiL;iit's Ices in diiicrcnt counlies. iluj^h de Morlinier, after the Hattle of iLvesham had obtained a j^rant from Heniy III., making Bur- t )rd into a free borouj^li, of \shich the fiui;4esses paid to lhiL:;h and 1 is heirs is. tor each /)ii n^iH^'t'. They were V) hoKl them accordini; to the law of Hreteiiil. then in use in tiie city of llereloid. The Noun ui town of liieteuil seems to have served as a model for the jjovcrniuent ot town.^ cf mixed populaticjii, and liie law of lireteuil secured from enaction the traders wiu> bruu^^ht in commodities from the outer world. Robert de Mortimer served against Llewelyn of Wales in 1277, accompanied by 5 "sc rv it' ii'.r s — WiWi.im and Hu^jh de Mortimer (possibly his brotliers), 'Ihonias de Huntley, Philip de Stoke and Riciiard Carboiiel. He received military sum- monsjs ag un in 12S2 and 1283, and in the latter year was summoned to the I'ar- li,in»ent lield at Slirewsbury. He died in 12S7, leaving a widow, Joyce la Zouche, and two soiii— Ilufjli and vViliiam. HuL^h, his successor, was the last Baron of liis line, and William inherited his mother's estates. Hu^h does not seem to have come of ai^e till 1296, and he died in 1304 ; but during the few years of his pab'ic life he had freijueiit military and Parliamentary summonses. He left two dau^^hters — Joan, aged 12, and Mart^'arct, a^ed 8, in 1303. They were left motherless in 130"^, when Joan was the wife of Thomas de Bick- nor, and Martjaret of (jeotliey de Cornwall. The Manor- of Burford was divided between these co-heiresses, who were also co-heirs to some of the estates of their kinsman, William de Mortimer, of Hamme. (jeoffrey de Cornwall, of the Subsidy Roll, was the ancesti^r of a lon^ line of B. irons ot Bu'ford, several of whom were Sheritfs ot Shropshiie. The direct line ended in the reign of Cjeorge I. with a daui;hter, who married a l.egh, of llij^li Legh, CO. Chester [7j7(j^rw(<_v's ShrriJ^s, p. 72]. The barony is now in abeyance between the descendants of Joan de Mortimer (who, by her second husljand, Richard Talbot, was ancestress of the Talbots of Richard's Castle), ami tiie descendants of lier sister, Mari^aret Cornwall]. Galfr'o tJc Cor- waylu ... iij Will'o Lcclcwychc WiU'o de Ikjicltjitr Joh'e Byd ... ij i lu;.;' Ic Moiliniei' ij Kic'o l^'icas ... ij Adam de I'^erne ... WiU'o le iMciu ... ij IMi'o le Keiie [»'b' Sin ' toC I Iiiiidi' |)"1)' Sill' Sill '1 ' |)M\ o'l \'ol. \11., 3td Seiics., W \VJ ixol) .\lij VJ •^'.1 Will'o le Baillyfe... WiU'o de Coueiiti' SiUiir de .Asbir ... i rwiU'o ("haniberleyii WiUo tie i H ( keleye s'bt' ibid'm d ill, .wiij XVJ ))' Siu' xxiiij^ ij'' iiiiidr VI i'' ix' lilj 'oh' ,-3,l'.rio|'. 3l, '.-•" -"* ■-• ' K..i..,^ -r . ^.1 ^>«.-t nt I 1 ■ i". . . ! t;. < J , II .' ! . I. •, '.III:. , . ,lTt r.tl ):.. .' j! '; I, , . IIV I. 360 SHREWSBURY HUNDRED OR Ln]ERTn!:S. In Domesday this Hundred is designated as the " Hundred of Shrewsbury " (Sciropcsberic), and sometimes as that "of the city " (Civitatis). It paid geld upon 100 hides. Of these hides only g\ were in the country districts, leaving 90;^ within the borough and its suburbs. This, as Eyton has pointed out,' is a signal proof that the hide was sometimes a measure of comparative value, rather than of recognised areal extent. It would be absurd to suppose that the City Liberties cf)ntained an area equal to that of Condover Hundred, and yet this must be the case if the hide consisted of a defmite number of measured acres. The Hundred of Shrewsbury came to be called at a later time the Liberties of Shrewsbur)', " either because (as Owen and Blakeway tell us'-), those who dwelt within its limits enjoyd the liberties conferred upon the town, or because a villein, residing therein for a }ear and a day, obtained his freedom." The Liberties were extended from time to time, many manors and townships being taken from those Hundreds which bordered the borough at Domesday. Shrewsbury Hundred, at Domesday, contained, beside the " Civitas Sciropesbeiie," the following places : — Meole lirace, St. Mary's virgatc in Meole (an estate which cannot now be identified), Monk Mcole and Crow Meole, St. Alkmund's Mnnor (now Hencot), St. Julian's Manor (which Eyton^ con- sidered lay in the direction of Greenfields and the Old Heath), Shelton,and Sutton. In addition to these Domesday places, Owen and Blakeway^ name the following as being the " old Liberties " : — Nobould, Newton, Pulley foreign, Pulley vetus, Longner-on-Severn, Goosehill, Oxon, and Darvall (or Dcr- fald). King John, by charter dated 24 P'ebruary, 1204-5, ^ Eyton iv., 347, note 2. ^ IIi-.liHH l;.ltJ'l ' )n .. . / ., •.i.'i) • i I " '.xtri ti.- ; K. 1. . : . . .• i. . -I ' ■, 1 ' .1 W :j Jfll > a I /'■ ■' I ' ,., .1 ' 1 .. . . 1 ., .,)i: U '. r. 1 , ' ;i,. I- • 'it.' ,.\. . •< , il ,, ,, 1 ' |v . .1 J,l II -1 I ' ■ I : '.111 9 -•• . . M i ,.*<\ • -.v. ' THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. jGl granted to the burgesses of Shrewsbury the town, together with the Hundred, at fee-farm for 45 marks }early. The Inquisition Ouo Warranto of 7 Edward I. (1278), which has already been referred to at some length in the Transactiojts,^ shows that the Liberties were still the same. Edgebold was detached from Condovcr Hundred after the Ikittle of Evesham, i/'.05. it is not known when Pulley and Welbatch \vere transferred from the same Hundred, nor when Dinthill, Great and Little Hanwood, Preston Montford and Woodcote were transferred from Ruesset Hundred. Baschurch Hundred also gave up Albrighton, Albright Hussey, Astley, Berwick, Bicton, Broughton, Leaton, Up and Down Rossall, and Yorton. Albright Lee, Longner and Pimley were formerly in Recordine Hundred. King Henry VII., by charter dated 14 December, 1495, still further extended the boundaries of the Liberties, adding to them the vills, township or hamlets of Hadnall, Acton Reynald, Myryton (Merrington), Grinshill, Hanwood, Allerton (Alder- ton), Onslow, Preston Gobalds and Pimley. An Inquisition of the Liberties of the Town of Shrewsbury, made in 1515, and printed in the Transactions,- throws light on their then state. yueen Elizabeth, by charter dated 2 April, 1586, added the parish of Holy Cross and St. Giles. And so the Liberties continued until the Municipal Reform Act of 1S35 restricted the jurisdiction of the mayor, aldermen and bur- gesses to the Parliamentary boundary of the borough, as fixed by the Act 2 and 3 William IV., cap. 64. The places dealt wiili in this Subsidy Roll of 1327 are the town of Shrewsbury, the P^oreign Liberties, Shelton, PMge- bald, Meole Brace, Newbold, Newton, Pulley and Sutton. What place is meant by the " P^oreign Liberties " presents some difliculty in its identification ; but the Abbot of Lilleshall was by far the largest taxpayer, and Miss Auden ' 3rd series, I., iSo, &c. The oriyinnl of this Imjuisition of 7 EJward I. is apjiarently lost. It is not preserved ainon^:l the ];oiuiii:li Records at the Guild Hall, and it is not to be found at tlie Pulilic Record Uflicc. But there is, for tunately, u copy made hy Mr. Ceori'e Morris, in MS. 28, at the tShrewsbury Free Library. - 2iid M.-ries, II., 7^. /\ lull list of the jdaces williiii the Liberties will bc Icjund in jfd series, I., paj'C 181. I \' lift lo .UOH r Ji'-.r?.. ^A I \*. .■/;:•> ,! •.ill) ..t 'h -. Jii w] I..I.. •,••;!,/! r li" f.'-'. i '• .1 ■• I. •■■"■•1 .ri!j.cl<;-j/ll ) ' ■ • ' ! ' . ■ . I 1 ! •■ ,,.. ■ ■ .1 ,:-i :\',-..\>f '. '^''t i)f!j. .ili.-cu^l 11 , , ': .Ml- .. •'" • 'i .1 ' • * ■.! ., I : ::., I... .! ,. *]..-. I'i .7/'-,l^iiU ,{noi !; 11" 'i '' . ■> .. • .\:;;" '.'.■• i'.'i. . ' . i.'' i )■ . (!.-;i u ■] / (I ' ; ; ■ .. ] • ■ I ■ : .1 ' I t,' . I . ! j 1 1 . .;. 1 ( > •!: uH m i > .:• ■■:,.! ,, . ,: .■ ■ . •/( ',■ .. ,'lTi/l -.Mj ' .^ ■ : , '/ ( i.ii i. /.'/.' , '<■:■ I. I V ■■ : ■ ■. r .:,.,. , ... i.j ..I r '.■■.!• I .. li i. •- .'!•'!'■ > nv/oi • - .: . ■ V ., ' . ...I .' • i,^ .l)(,uJ . ; • ; ■ J ,1/ M :■■ : i' I • V'.\ i !j.)IV/ / • . . , . I ' , , , : ■ . ! ■ ' ; i , J ' ' ' ' ' • .. I • • • , , ; -I ; I • . ; . . 362 THE SHKOI'SHIRK r,AY SlMlSIDY KOI, I. OF IJ27. has shown that this makes the place to be probably either Hencot or Albright Lee, or possibly both of these places. The names given in the Koll should be compared with the long lists of members of the (nld Merchant, contributed by the K'ev. ('. II. Drinkwaler to various volumes of the Tyansaclioiis, ami parlicularl)' the voluminous Rolls of 13 iS- 19.^ Several of the ))ers(jns assessed to the Subsidy are to be found in the list of bailiffs— as John Game!, William le Parmentur, William de liyryton, Hugh son of Robert Dun- fowe, Reginald IViie, &c., and man)- tletails about these are given in Morris's " Provosts and Pailiffs of Shrewsbury." ' VILLA SALOJ"'. [SiiKKWSiiiiKV.' -The list loi llie town coiUaiiis 131 iiames, .niid for llic various liaiiikls in the liberties 39, niakinf; a total of 170. (^wen ami 'ilakeway, in their J/is/onj of Slircwsbury, mention tliat on the roll of taxation of the fifteenth niade in 1313, there are iSy jiersons taxed, which they suj^nest represented inhabitants of the town alone. From this list of 1327, however, it afipears that (unless there had Lcen a great diminution of population, whici'i is unlikely), the roll included the inhabitants of the Liberties alt-o. The Vuut of St. John is the only ecclefiastic mentioneil on either roll, and he is taxed the same sum (2s.) hoth in 1313 and in 1327. Whether he were the head of the Hospital of St. John the Ikiptist in Frankwell, or prior of the hou^e of the Kni;^iits of St. John of Jeruraleui, who had a hcsjuce in Shrewsbury seems uncertain. The most marked feature of the Subsidy Roll for the town is, the wealth of the inhabitants as compared \\ith those of the country. The chief n;en of the villages are rarely assessed at more than two or three shillings, while in the town many are over ten shillinps, and William the rarmentirhad to pay 3SS. and Kicliard de Uulton 30s. Judt^int^ from the names common to the rtdl of 1313, and that of 1327, the townsmen had increased in piosperity in the interval! \Vil!i:un the farmenter paid 4s. to tlie fifteenth of the first ilale, and 38s. to the twentieth of 1327. Nicholas Ive paid 5s. 4d. to the fifteenth, and los." to the twentietli ; Richard de Ilulton ids., and 30s. ; Adam the Mareciial, is. and 2s.] ^1 S d K([;in' tit,' Wenlok' .wiijob' ]\ic\) (.le W^cnloke ij o'cj" K'ic'o Prodom ... .\\ Ph'o P')'dy ... .wiijo' \\ iil'o J\olai' ... xij Wlllo dr p., Mrs- Thonr 11 vide blolit Ni( h'o Ic L)\g h r' Adam lib piVi \ i i i Alic:' (pic (bill 1 U.N 1 li( im' 1,0b, ir 1' lobe Mu( • om iiij Piioic :-\ i h h "is WiU'o ch arilc \ii''(|" woilh riioin' le I'dUti \'iij 'lliom' Colk; ■' Soe iid , n.- ,, vcl. II., (,3, :,ii.l vol. Ill , .,7. ' See /',,/'■ ./,//,)/;,, jid Mties, vid,. 1. ..nd II., pa.-Mhi. ' Owen :iiid l;l.d.(way",s J 1 islnry oj Mu ,-it';.lii 1 y, vol. i , lll| "J I I v1 ' ,.. ilA V 'U-^ -ill '.• ll -.A I .(I ' ..'1. . •. f.i fj.i. 'j/- ji I s'. .: t > ' I,' 1 I; ' ■.'«' I i)ii I Ifl lU Jt "l'\\ ■ i-.< Mr. , ;..i,i I I .'. '., .1 . J ii.,V , ;< I 'Mil 'arl)Our viij Roh'to dc \\'es- 'riu)in' di; Diay- Idiic ... X toil' .. xvjo"(j" 'riioiii' Conygc... ii) iiij Ivic'o dc I'.sthop" iiij joh'c l'\cir ... iiij joh'c dc W'cslbur' xj Joh'c dc Lynlc}c ix Thotn' Lauwc ... iiij W'iil'o dc Nctc- Ric'o dc Uj^lon'... iij Icye ... ij Hug' fil' Rob'ti St'ph'o de Bcsscfc xijob' Dunfowe ... viij Rog' Ilothal' ... xviij Joh'c dc kydcr- Will'o Ic Tayllour iij ob'holc xij N ich'o Ic Sadclar' ij Ric'o St\ikc ... xvj Win ode r>\iiton' i| Adam K: k)'ngc... iij l.iMu' I'lilcl . iiij o'c]" .Adiim (.yhiiyii ... iiij l^i .-:■. 1 10 fllV I' It:-'//./ '■:•• r. -y "'jiJI 1^1/ ... ;^ •;;!• :IT M :i- .■// .... ,' .[ ^ui ^ •■•■j.^J j.u.'i I ill . .'Uii^in A> iV:)jVI ,...,.■! .1. i,..t: .11 i •!•' .,;' ••' M.i ; a. i , •;! , '.11;.. .:. ■...:.i . . .1 ■• ■ , .1, ',' ,'if. .1 > ... .i' ..r : I n .!■,■• -ftnm'I • oV/ ol i'.u ,. .■>;.; (11' ) .1 cvi;' '• U.-) I' ■(. Ji- ll.-oil « ) 11).' . -'io:) jiiofnifi i.'i .. - ■! .t; 'viuH ;'W .'•: ) .', I '■■'. ■■!■ lUtdih . 1;..; A mIIiV/ ;■'; •, : :. ■■>.. o" i'l'A s d xij ij V ■^'j i'j 'i'j iij ii'J 'J U i'j 364 THK SUKOrSHIKE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL Ui I327. .,,,..,,., S d Adam du Weolyii- Hiii,^' le Spencer ton' ... xij 'l~lioin' dc Cawes Elya de IIadle)'e iij iiij Koi;' MeiidLpas... Adam Ic NFarcli- N ic'o lu ("arpcntcr alle' ... ij Kic'o de Collr'm Thom' Charite ... xviij Joli'u le Latoiuier Walt'o GelTiey xviij ]''!''<-' de Teiikes- Joh'e de Sutton' v bin' Rei^in" P'le ...xiiij 11"!-;' Ine Thom' de Ilarlus- C'lisliana 1^'de... ■ 1 i ; . ' ^'^^'^ •■• ij ^^i^'fi' 1"^ Dunfowe xxj viij Thom' le kent ... viij Will'o Glo{)sy ... ij Kob'to de Aide- Willo Le-e ... iij '■ mer' ... xviij Ahc' le Marescall' iij WiU'o de Pres- WiU'o Geffrey ... x tone ... xvj Nic'o (Gerard ... ij Magr'o Ric'o Ber- Rob'to la Stuor' iij nard .. ij Thom'de la Clyue vi Joli'e Aperte ... ij vj Nic'o lue ... x Adam de Cap'ele xviij*/ Henr' de Lydleye iiij Ric'o de Cantreye viij Joh'e Cleme't ... WiU'o dc Goldene iij Hug' Andreu ... Adam Oldern ... iij Ric'o de Ilulton'xxx Adam de Yortone xvj Joh'e le Wash' ... x Jul' le Typiier' ... iiij Ric'o Stury ... vj viij Rog' le Skynner' ij vj Thoma Charyte... ij Thom'deWemme Will'o Meynwar- Carnilic' ... iij iiij ynge Henr' le Cok' ... xx WiU'ole Hayward iij Ric'o de EUesmer' iiij Ric'o \\'y.-,doni ... ij WiU'o deWemmu iij (ialfr'o Rondulfe iiij l.IB'T roRINCKC. [FoKiciGN LiiiicRTiES.-— It is UDccrtaiu what is liere intended. The Al)bot of Lillcshall as owner of the property of St. Alkinund's, Shrewsbury, had land at All.riL;lit l>ec, Pre;,loii Munlford, and Ilencut, wiltiin tlie Liberties, wliich in • 1327 were hir less extensive than in the present day. Then baitlelleid did nut -. exist ; Albrij^luon, Albright Hiissey, Astley, Acton Reynald, lierwicic, iJicton, ■•^ ? Kytoii vi., 368, and viii., 2.(6. HIakeway's Libcrl'ws of Shrciv:,buiv l.p, 21 and 27U. XVJ xij VUJ -\f I H- .IJ'J-I I , 1" [A . IK 1 "»• ; ■'.. ] ,i ■ H.-L .. V- \ I'u .M-.| i;iv tl • ;•!.! 7 I' . t •::i»! JtU/ I'' H l» ... iii Mu . !<'V/ :' 7,. .. 0111111 > lliOil I -fl ;;l liU liT 'rjtn ;;.il .>. l/( v.'".. ]A L.iiii ., ■ :,[ iVJiJii..' ) jI' ( ''i/i ,n..M.;:,':r .11.7/ ,M-.'.[' ' i; i /. ■ m; ;,, , :.|. nu.I / •| . ;/r ,1 l.l| .■ .!,/.'- Ml •■ A ■ ,/,■ '.-f. ..['i ■'■ ■ I I : I ' ) ■.,.. , >[ 'l.CiH ; .1.1. ■:', ! ..:. . . j\y\ •, r, ,v/ ■.;-/'ii7/ r ," Tin-: sHRorsniRE lay subsidy kui.l oF 1327. 365 Brou;^hlon, C live, Gn.ibhiU, Iladnal, Leatcjii, Oiislcjw, I'roston (jtjhalds, tlic two l<(jssalls and Saiisaw were in tlie Hundred of I'iiniiill ; lictlun Strange and part of I'lilley in that of Cundover, and Hanwood, Woudcole and llorton in Ford Hiiadrcd. I'Voiu this it wuulil seem that liicse " I.ibertates Korinscci: " were an estate oi tlie Alihot (jt Lilleshail, possiiily llencot or Alhrii^dit l.ee, or hoth.] S (1 S (1 Joii'c Dyotcsoiic iij /\l)h'U; dc I.yllcs- l\i)i^" 111" |()li'is ... -NX liiiir ... .xiij Ric'o alio Wallc viij SIIIlLTON'. I Smci.roN,' [jirislics of St. Julian and of St. Cliad (now ()\(in.) Ihis was held in loSo by the Church oi St. Chad, Shrewsbury, uni! '•! » • Y/..: ijirar- ';.nn? hmt . I / o ; J n o '' ( '1i . •;,' I .f • •■- I - . I . |. -1. . .,• , , I,-, V ,.! ■ ' i: -"i f I .' T /. < / ..1/ ,kI . :■ ■) !.(,.'>' • ' I , ! ! M - , ■ '. I 366 THE SHROPSHIRE I. AY SUP.SIDY ROLL OF 1 327. Elizabeth, John Biest of Atchain helii tins manor under the Earl of Arundel, and it passed by the luarrias^'o of his eldest sister and cuiieiress, Anne, to Edwaid Cludde of Orieton, near Wr.)ckwardine. It reniained with the Clu\idr family in some Ljenerations, and then passed jjy purchase to tlie Scoils ol Helton. In 1672, Jonathan Scott liad land at I'Mi^eljold, to which he added in 1692. Adam hlz Adani, and William lilz Adam ol the ISub^^idy Roil, may [)ossibly be som, ot Adam Haj^ur, who had an interest heie in 1273, '''""^ Wdliam (iiz Roijer may be connected either \vi h Ro^er Pride or Roger Spienchose. In an undated taxation of the Town and Liberties there were hve tenants assessed at Kdp,ebold : Henty Tommes, \\ illiam fiiz Roi,'er, Thomas son of Llewelyn, and Llewelyn fitz Llewelyn and Peter litz Henry. In 15S0, in a l)resentment of arms and men for Newton and Ed^ebold, there were a^ain live names, George Russell, Edward Lcnyon, John ap Robarl, William ""jcnnins and Thomas ap Edward.] S d ■^U Will'o nr Rog'i... ij Will'o lil' Ade Adam fil' Ad' ... iij IVfiu fd' llciir' Will'o fir Kic'i ... ij vj iMEOLK P.RACV. [Mkole Bk.vce.'— This manor ol three hides seems to have pas.sed at the Norman Conquest from the Sa\on Queen Edith to William Euz Osbern, Earl of Ilereiord, and on the lorleiture of his son, Earl Roi,'cr de Bretolio, in '1074 to Ralph de Mortimer. In lobb there were three teams on the demesne land', and six serfs, four Icmale serfs, six villeins, and three bordars with thiee teams' and a radman with half a team. Nine bur^^esses of the town of Slueusbuiy belonged to the manor, and there was a mdl worth 20s. annually. The value of the manor had been raised from /^j a year to ^^13 5s. 6d. lluj;h Mortimer of VVijMuoie enfeolTed a knij^-ht Willi. an M.iitel in Meole about H55, and William passe.l on his interest here to Andulf de iJracy. This iran.^actinn w.is disowned by Hugh's son Roger, and a long law-suit vvas the result, which lasted from April, lioj, till January, 1211. In the end Audulf de Bracy (son of the lirst of the name) was allowed his right to hold the manor under William de Cantilupe, who held under Roger de Mortimer. This arrangement held good for centuries. The Lu.t Baron Cantilupe died in 1273, and his interest m Meole went to his sister Milicent, wile of Eudo la Zouche. At his death he was said to have held Meole under Roger de Mortimer as half a knight's fee. There was a fortified building, called a " tower ' there, and other buildings, very poor, and demesne lands worth £1 gs. 4d. a year. The Boscs of Hanley and Heywood within the l^Ianor were within the Forest. The Lord of Edgebold paid Ss. rent, and there were hve Iree-lenants of the manor within the town of Salop. ' Lhe manor was held by the La Zouche family till the reign ol Henry VIII. Tlie Bracy family also field some part of Meole in 1422 ; a manor court was held in the names of John Holl uid, Earl of Huntington, and William Carnoll, and Elizabeth his v. ife, the widow of VVilham la Zoeche. In 1537 Lord Z niche leased the castle of IMeole and its rights to Arthur Mackwoitii, son of 'J homas Maekworth, who seems to have heen al^o connected with the nei'dib jui houd. In 159S the iMackwurihs sold the Manor of Meole and their posse^shions iheie to Tlionias Edwaides ol Shrewsbury, the ancestor of the Edwardes baronets, with wdiose family it remained till 1779, when Lady Jilalp is, the only child and heiress of Sir Erancis Edwaides, sold it to Johii Bather of Slirewsbury, whose descendants still fossess it. E)t()n \i. ;v'- Bl.ike\sa)'s /.//i, ;i ti.ai lit '1 T .'■; I.I, . .;..■.» .'..v).:;- _,, _ . 1 ,.,..,U • ■!■■ -^ ■■ ,, • I ■.....:■ :..'.y. ...1 i-^ • ,. t f.*. ,. • ..! 11, < . ' • • ,.,.;,.. . ■. [.,t ..i> ;■';- I J ..1. Ill i . }\ , 1 I. ■.. ' -A' r 1,1 I, // . I •i • lo l>r .1 j.t I ;, it; 1. 1 .1 I ;. , l'f:,...i - . ',. tji- i. . i ..' ••■ .-■,:/.,.* 'I.I. THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OE I327. 367 I In 1327, Adulph Biacy and William la Souche both had large holdings in I Mcolc. Waltci- die foreman v.;is possibly the hea'lniaii of one ol them. | In 15S0, U.1 trained soldiers were returned at Meole, of whom Mr. Arthur t Mackworth possessed a full suit of armour.] : S (J S d ' Madyn de Meole ij vj Walt'o le Forcmo' xviij : Kegiii' Ic Lutlc ... \ij Will'o la Souche viij i Adiilpho Ic Bracy v . ' NEWEBOLD. [NoBOLD, Meole Brace.*' — This was a member of Meole, with little or no separate history. In the eaily i5ih century rents from " Neubold " were paid to VVilliain Venables and Isabell his \\'ife, who held land in the Manur of Meole, under Lord Zouche, but seem to ha\e livetl in Clitshirc, having a b.iihff, John Schrawiirden, at Mi(de. llcginald le Lulle had land in Meole in 1327. Roger de Lutley, who in 1 j.)(; was Rector ol Sutton, was probably of the same family. In 15X0, ten trained soldicis were letuined fr('in MoboUl, five of whom were nai;;ed l>o\\'ne, and two named Slienr.] s d s d Hug' de Newe- Radulph' de bolde ... ij Ncweboldc ... xiij Regiu' le Lutle... xviij NEWETONE. [NhwTON,' Meole Brace. — This like Nubold has little separate history from Meole, and is seldom mentioned except in connection with that manor. At the close of the 17th i.cntuiy Jonathan Scott bought land here from Joshua Iieland. Newton and Edgebold were classed together in 15S0, and furnished hve men, of whom only one, Cieorge Russell, possessed any weapon. The chief house ol Newton is now occupied as a farmhouse, and the former Dairy House had now taken its place, and is known as the Day House.] S d S d 'I'hoin" fir St'ph' ij Adam fil' Datiid xj Hug' de Neweton' xviij . • . POLH.EYE. [Pulley**, Meole Brace. — This was two manors in 1086, though both parts had been held in Saxon times by the Queen Edith. One pDrtion was held under Earl Roger by Teodulf, its three virgates of land, on which were a serf and two bordars with one ox team. The value was the t.ame as it had been in Saxon times, 6s. annually. This part of I'ulley was in the old parish of St. Julian, and now forms part of Bayston Hill. The other part was held under the King by Ralph de Mortimer, the Domesday ioid of Meole. It was a hide and a virgate, with ploughland for five teams, (Teodulf's manor had only aiable land ior one), and three * Eyton vi., 357. ^ Eyton vi., 357. " ICyton vi., 212. Blakeway's l,ibcf/ii:\, p. 371. Vol. VIL, jrd Series. SS K^t .\sf.i rio jjo'A YKjaau' iji xl o'UiV/ [ix V -ipinli jfjx .. ij ... oiiloU {_ilv>: ... . 'A .*vil buiJ.iiainl I.'r.R .'..■■?!// (n ' >:!jj;/'m ,'.;-.i-.,,.J'. .;i:.-.v i) .av i.iiKi'^ V^-,. .'. .. ■>••' Hi; 'J . ;:■»(:) v.... -^luA •.,') V 'Im'.I I'..- ■ . <>•:.. .f,!,; • ,■,:•.•/ )! .-' ....11 .rr i.tf , li V 568 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROM. OF I327. radmans, four villeins, and five bordars had four teams. In Saxon times it had been worth 30s., but the value had risen to 40s. annu.illy. This part ot Hullcy became accounted p irt of Meole Brace, aid passed like that manor 10 the De C.intitupe and De I5racy families. A family of De Foliley were early tenants here. In 1335, I'liilip tie Poldey was found to have held 6s. yearly rent by service of keeping the King's Ilaye within the forest cf Salop, but this may refer to the other part of I'udey. In 15 1 5, the St. Julian's part of i-'ulley was called a hamlet of Bctton. In 1580, 16 trained soldiers are returned fiom Pulley within the Liberties, and seven in the other part. The name of Richard Betton occurs among the sixteen. He was one of six persons who had among them nearly a coniidttc bet ot armour. J S d S d Joh'e de Bettone ij Alic dc Polileyc... xij viij [oh'e de Bettone WiU'o Necl J ■ SUl TONE. [Sutton." — Thi.> was part of the early possessions of the Priory of VVenlock, and remained unalienated after the Noiman Con(|uest. It lobo it w..s accounted a manor of one hide. Eight men, — freemen and villeins, — had f(>ur teams, and the value of the manor had risen from 12s. to 16s. annually. In the m ddle of the lilh century Ivo I'antulf gave the Monks of Shrewsbuiy land for a mill near Sutton, on the other side the stream. This gift occasioned frequent disputes between the two religious houses, as each complained of encroachments made by the water on their land. Sutton remained with VVenlock Piiory till the dissolution, when it was bought fiy James Lcvcson, who sold it to John Mackworth. The Matkworths in turn sold it about 1770 to Thomas Hill ol Tcm Hall, an ancestor of Loid Berwick, the present owner. Mention is made of a capital messuage at Sutton, in the 14th century, and in 1754 a manor court was held at the " Hall House of Sutton " by Mr. Mack- worth, who maintained the right of the manor bo be independent of the town jurisdiction. The eleven sub-taxeis, or collectors, named at the end, were probably mostly Shrewsbury men, and must not be taken as belonging to Sutton.] S d S d Joh'e le Reue ... .wiij Ric'o iil' Ric'i ... ij qoh'c le ■ficnr' Cartar' .xob' Meth' iij Thoin \c Ric'o l'\)renio' iij Bcf^ctc' ii I'h'o Gud- .Manu dc s'bt' . beid ... I'j s'b 't \V}Tccstr' .\ ibid'm Pctro ibuJ in Juh"u Gerard ij vj Rcy^ncr ij Ric'o dc Rc^in' d^^ i Lcton ij vj Graflon' iij Nich'o dc ^ Parkes i'j iiij ', p' sm^ x.x.xij'' v iiij"* " Eyloii vi., J63. Blakcway's I.iljtrtii-s, p. 457. I »3<.. : lOfw' .11 intfcoj >a< ,-Lii . ;- I .ifci- . •. -J.) I. '■•'.; ■.' ^ . ' ■i\ U'. ..-. •, .-■'.< ii J ... .,. ).,!.: (•. . : il ...1 1' .«'. !' I J. ;-.o>! '^: J'Ui i r. ) i .1.., , ' ' y'l'.'i 1 ■■11 'f ' ■; -f. >l. ^Jl'yl ' 369 BRIDGNORTH AND LIBERTIES. The borough and liberties of Bridgnorth comprise the parishes of St. Leonard and St. Mary Magdalene, p^art of Oiiatford (in the Hundred of Brimstry), Ouat Jarvis (in the Hundred of Stottesdon), and Romsley (in the parish of Alveley). These phices correspond with those named in the Subsidy Roll of 1327, Dudmaston then mentioned being included in the parish of Quat. It is noticeable that Romsley is termed " Libertates Forinseca^ " in this Roll. It is not quite clear when these places were first included in the Liberties of Bridgnorth. Eyton thinks that the borough of Bridgnorth was probably founded when the castle was transferred from Quatford in iioi. Privileges were conferred upon its burgesses by a charter of Henry II., about the year 1 157. John gave them a second charter in 1215. An Inquisition of 1255 states that the vills of Quat, Mose and Romeslcy were within the Liberties, or did suit to tlie Hundred of Bridgnorth. The names given in the Subsidy Roll should be compared with the list of j)rovosts or bailiffs mentioned by Eyton, several of them having held office in Bridgnorth. Bridgnorth was formerly a Royal Peculiar, exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, and having its own ecclesiastical court and official principal. This Royal Peculiar comprised the parishes of St. Leonard, St. Mary Magdalene, and Ouatford, and the liberties of Quat Jarvis and Romsley. VILLA I)L BRUGG'. [Bridgnorth.'— The history ol the borough begins with the 12th century, wlien Mirl Robert de Hclesinc icnioveJ his lather's borough of Qu itford to the site of liis new castle of I5ruf;is, After the fill of M.ul Kobert it bcciiue a i\oy.-il possession. In 1155, it was lieKI by Huf.;h de Mortimer of Wif^more .-i<^ainst Henry II., and was hesief^ed and t d.en by the King in person. King J(,hn was at Hrug in August, 12 12, and his liftli and last visit there was in 1216, some two months hclorc his death. Henry III. was frequently there, and lldward II. look refuge .tt tlie Castle in the troubles of the close of his reign. The borough paid a yearly rent of £^ to the King in the same way that the burgesses of Shrewsbury p.iid ^20 for their town. King Joliri granted the ' l.ytoM i., 8j, 2}i . f*''l ':-iiiM-:f']i ; I.'.'/ nr:i<)/.:)(ii>in n ■ . ! ' ' i ■ iij . . 'i ( u:i" wi : ti. : I t> ; Tii'-iii I ■ri ; nr ; ■: ■.; -.(i !.<' :i...:. >l h.i^; . • • " ) , , H' I. trt r , 'J-...,-'; ,';.'/^ i : - .- n"' .'lil ' !• - I '; f.r ; -ill ,i ,'t •? I .-c? i lo ! ; -v.,] I- ,'• .1 :. •■ • M': • -i )..i,( ) \, • '.^-.i .•; >. ■■■ : ' • '.- .»in 'T-'l •■' -.' ;l . OlII'}. 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Ii i|i .;X ,.t «Mi)^ 370 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. town a charter, which other Sovereigns renewed and ratified, and the borough prospered till the time of Elizabeth, when a change of fashion in headgear caused a failure in its ch'cf trade- that of makin^; wodllen caps. Bridgnorth was governed by two provosts, and several ol those mentioned on the Subsidy Roll occur on the list of provosts. John Glydde was I'rovost in 1295, 1318 and 1334. Jcdui Rondulph in 13^3 and 1334. William dc Ashbouine in 1315. fdmund le I'ahiier in 1323, and burgess of the Padiament in 1315. John Cronk in 1324. Simon Dcid in 1325. Micholas de Pitchlord whose assessment to tiie Subsidy is the highest in the whole of Shropshire, was I'rovost in 1307, and h'eginah! de Legh was his fellow provost. JMichobts de Pitchford was also the chief lan'dholder at PitchforJ, and was assessed there at 14s. to the Subsidy- a very large ?uni among the country landowners. He was probably a descendant of a younger biaifchot the De I itchford family of Pitchlord. In the 12th century R.ifph de Pittiilord received a giant of land in Little Brug, which he held by seivice of providing dry wood (or the King's chamber in Biidgnorlh Castle, when he should be in those parts 'I'he prosperity of the town sei ins to be shown by the fact that the comparatively small estate at Little Bnig was assessed at a sum of nearly three times as much as that of Pitchford.] VllJ Rog' le Fone- car' Rog' le Glouer'... xij W'iU'o Bcrgh''in... iij Nich'o Pistore ... vj WiU'o de Calde- broke ... xij Rog' dc Pul'ton... ix Thorn' le Glouer' ij Nich'o Cheote ... ij WilTo Haket ... ij Joh'e le Dygher' iiij Rob'to de Cauii- tH'yn ... X Rog' Ic Somcry... vj Will'o IJoiiamy... xij Joh'c Grouk' ... x Atiic' Ijouche ... viij Joh'e le Barcar... vj J(jh'a la (^)kt;s ... Joh'e Taylioiir ... xij Kic'o Mustard' ... Joh'e de Bagger- J"l''<^ dt; 'Cc'de- sou'e ... viij style ... vj Rob'to Wartou'e v WiH'o Selyinon... Rob'to Hobct ... vj Walt'o le i\d!:irr' Alic' Waas ... vj Rtgiii' Bryd ... wj Joh'e i',i-3<(« ... xij WilTi) lir i:iid,,ii yiij Rob'to le I'^ythe- ler' xij Rog' de S\vyney viij Joh'o Glydde ... ij Rob'to le Barbour vj Rin'o le Potter'... xviij Joh'e Rondulfe ... jj Joh'e Bergh'm ... U Nich'o ad Portam vj Simone le Coup'e vj Rog' le Longge... xvj Edm' le Palmer' >j Joh'c de W}'ggc- inor' viij Hug' Gissore xij Adam le Dygher' di .m'ro' Rog' Snel di .m^rc' Hug' Pistore viij XIJ viij XIJ xij ^ JIH1 O^t .,1 t-o U.l; -i • ••» >'■ .1.1 3'.-ii': ^' lusn i<~' .1'"* 'A 1 ■; (I / J ,1 :jm 1' I.. .: , , // .1. -.mI .| ., i; ; i )1 ■ '.I'lj^ M .' - I ■ l.-i THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. 37I s d s d Hug' Woderoue viij Walt'o le Longg' xviij Adam de Castro \x Sinione Dod ... v Will'o attc Sonde xij Kog' Ic Cok' ... xij AdamdeSheymon' v Joh'c le Tayllour x\'j Will'o de la Iluir xx Joh'e de Strettone xviij Ric'o Dod ... iiij Walt'o Wodecot xij Will'o de Vnder- Alio' le Palmer'... xij don' ... xviij Kegin' de Lcgh'e iiij Ric'o r)ergh''m... iiij Will'o de Asslie- Joh'e Dod ... xij borne ... iij iiij I'ctro le Mercer... xij Nich'o de PychP xl Joh'e le Mercer... xviij Rob'to Pictore ... xij LIB'T' FORINC REMHSLEY'. [FoKKioN Liberties. — RoMSLEY-, Parish of Alveley. — This was lield in Sa*on timts by a Irankhn, Achi, who was superseded at the Conquest hy Walter, who held under Early Roger. The manor of one hide had pioiif^h- land for seven ox teams. There was one team in deniesne, and two strfs, seven villeins, and seven bordars had three teams. 1 he manor wood was one league long by half a league wide. The value of the manor had increased from 305. annually to 40s. Earl Roger's tenant, Walter, was succeeded in his possessions by the Baron of Richard's CastK-, who held Romsley under the King, and a family of Le Foer held under the ]5arons. 1 he Le Poeis (or Powers, as the name bec.inie later) held large estates under the Bishop of Worcester, and were men of note in that county. A younger branch held Romsley under the tlder. In 1255 John le Poer was tenant of Romsley, under William le Poer, by service of one-fifth of knight s fee. The name of L)e Vastene occurs in connection with the mam r in the 13th century.] d Rog' le Power ... xviij Will'o Colyns .. xij Joh'e de Vastonc viij f^iill/to liobalt' ... ix [QuATT.' -This important manor of three hides was held under Earl Roger by Outi, the Saxon franklin, its possessor before the Conquest, but he seems to have been dispossessed soon alter in86. There was jikniglil.md lor 12 ox- teams, and in demesne liierc were four, while the comparatively laige popula- tion of five serfs, 19 villeins, and 14 boidars had 10 teams. In spite of this complete stocking of the manor, it liad fallen in value fr^m £() yearly to ,£'5. There was a mill of 2s. annual value, an acre of meadow, and a wood two leas^ues long and a league wide. The manor passed into the hands of King henry L, who seems to have divided it among the three sons of Ilelgot ol Stanton, the founder of Castle d xviij W 11 '0 Colyns viij r.i b t( liobalt (UJAT'l'E * Eyton iii., Ifj6. * Eyton iii., m. l**? I {O .1 J on Y.IPM u I" I" • - ..J II f • ... ^ 1 r II r!ir 1 »• .. ,, • 4»^. ,>.,i».v/ 372 THF: SIIKOPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. Holgate. Wydo titz Ilelgot granted his land here and in the Manor of Stottesden, to tiie iVIonks of Great Malvern, who retained their possessions here, which included the mill and the advowson of the Church, till the Dissolution, and a portion or the parish bears the name of Quutt Malvern to this day. Another portion of the Domesday Manor passed to a grandson (or possibly son) of another son of Helgot, Philip ill/. Ilelgut, who held it in 1165, by service ol a knight for 40 days at Sliraw.irdiiio Castle. This service was changed in 121 1 for that of jiroviding two fo(n soldiers to go with the King into Wales for 40 days in time of war, one aimed with bow and arrows and the other with a lance. In 1 292 the service was said to be that of the two foot soldiers convoying the King's provisions from Hrug to Shrawardyn as often as the King went into Wales. In 1305 01 ly one archer is given as necessary. In that year the last heir m^le of the Fitz lielgots settleii his estates on his great niece, Joan de VVauton, and great nephew, Roger Corbet, of Hadley. Joan sold her share about 1320 to a John de Wanton, who, in 1328, enfcolfed Richartl de Wcllers, in (^natt, The annual value of ihe manor was tlien £10, and it possessed a water mill, a cariicate of sandy land, und eight meiks of rents, ft was held by service of providing one foot .'•oldicr with a bow, a bolt, and an arrow, to convoy the King's stores from 15riig to Shrawardyn. In 1333 Richard de Welles endowed a chaplain in the church of Quatt, with a mes- suage, six acres of land, and four meiks rent. Hichard de Welles seems to have died about 1357, and the manor passed into the hands of the .Mortimers of Chelmarsh, and fiom them to John de Cressi, cousin and heir to Hugh de Mortimer. It passed from the Cressi f.imily in the 15111 century, and in the i6th was held by Richard Jervis. In 162^ Sir 'rhon;as Jervis sold Chelinarsh and Quatt to Sir William Whitmore, of Apley.] Ric'o de Welles... iij Marg' de Gatacr' xij Adam Burel ... .\ij Adam Go(lh}'nc... ix Joh'c Tandy ... x Jolfe attc Wode x Joh'e Jones ... viij Walt'o Jones ... viij Ric'o de Monte... ix Osb'to le Collar' vj DO I) KM ASTON'. [DuDMASTON.'* — Dudn.aston was the portion of the Domesday Manor of [UUDMASION.' — rniun.ahton was tiie portion or tne r^omesaay rtianor 01 Quatt that was granted by Henry I. to Herbert fitz Helgot, who, about 1127, enfeolTed here a Norman, Heilewyn de IJoiiteilles, who later became known as II(;rlewyn de Dudmaslon. TrobaMv the later De Dudmaston lords of the r^,-.,^.- ,.,^,^ M_ ^t..L-f-uri,!.,n»o !,,,» .I,;.- ;,. .-.,,# ^,...t^:„ ti,..., u.,\a ^.^ u., . „ road that led to the granto. ., ...... .»,.^ ^v..^....,-..^..j. ...... .i .....v. .,..._. ..^ granted in the sime way, to William le Walkare, I iiid in Alton tic Id, .md pasture (or tlicir c.ittle .uid 30 sheep, wlieie the grantor's other dec tenants had common. Lye Hall, a part of the Dulinaston e-tate, was, at one time, the [iroperty of a family of De Shireford, but in the 14th century was among the possessions of the Mortimers of Chelmarsh. Cijnstanee de Mortimer was widow of Henry de Mortmier, of Chelinarsh, who died in 1317. * Eyton ill., 185. .^fi ^o AAon Y.ieaua yai asmaMo. // ,}. r.-iil -i '.. : .1 ■ ... :. '!' ^ '■'. ^ i • /. . i:'?i. '..i: \.. , •». ; THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. i^y ^ The family of Ue Eulclon occurs fre(|ueiuly in connection with Dndniaston, and llu^h le Caitcr was wiincs-, in 1322, of a dttd of V\illiani dc luilcdnn. The daughter and heiress of llu^h ile DuiliiiLSton nianied William Wouhych, whose descendants in the male line jiossessed the manor till 172^, when ^ir John Wouhych was drowned in the Suvern, leaviny his estates to liiii mother frcm whom they desceniied 10 the V\'hitmores. J s d s d lliif^' clc 1 )()(,i(;inas- Wiirodcluikdon' xij ton' ... xviij W'ill'd Ic W'aK ai' X Cunslaiic" le Moili IJui;' Ic Caitar' ... Mli- VllJ OUATFORl)'. fOiiA rioKl).^ — This is placed in Domesday with Enlmf^iun, anianor'of Wen- l(;ek .Ahbey in Saxon times, Init aiipropriated at the Cajnijuest by E.n 1 R.M-er de Montgomery. It consi.-ted of five hide, on which there was one team in demesne, and four serf^, nme villeins, and two bordars had ihice teani.'<, with plouf^h-land sufficient for cif^ht more teams. There was a mill worth c;s. annually and a borough called Quatford, that [^aid nothmg. 'i he value oi tlie manor had fallen from 40s. to jos. a year. Earl Roger gave the manor of Millichope to Wciilock in exchange for Erd- ington, and about 10S4 fonnded at (Juatfi:>rd a boiough, with a castle and a collegiate: church. The l-^ari s lirst wife, INLibel de Belesme, died in December 1082, and his second nianiage probably took place the following )'ear or early in 1 084. 11 is second wife, Adelais de Fuisct, had a stormy cro.-'sing, in wliich a piicst of her suite dreamed that he had a vision of St. Mmy Magdalene who bade hirn to tell the C' unless that as a thank-offering for her rc-cue from peril she should build a church in honour of St. Maiy Magdalene on the spot where she should first meet her husband, " near a hollow oak, where the wild swine have shelter." The Earl was hunting in the Forest of Morfe, when the Countess met him as the vision had said, by a hollow oak. At her request he founded there a col- legiate church, which ■^'as consecrated in 1085, '"^^ "^^'T it he built himself a house and founded a borougii. The importance of Quaif l.i I (ii ImJi 'i uW "V ;•. Ill V J • • • M ... (i ... 7. TllK Abbey Foie«;ate 2 S. XI. 3.S1J Abdon 2 S. I\^ 519 Acton BurncU 2 S. XI. 36S Acton Reynald 3 S. V. 73 Acton Round 2 S. IV. 323 Acton Scot 2 S. IV. 312 Adderley 2 S. I. 138 Adeney 2 S. I. 175 AduKistoii 2 S. I. iS6 Alberbury 2 S. X. 126 Albri.;ht liii^acy, 3 S, V. 76 All)ri^hton 3 S. \'. 250 Albrii^'htun (Shrewsbury) 3 S. V. 77 Alcaston 2 S. IV. 313 Aldon 2 S. IV. 310 Alkini^ton 2 S. 1. 146 AUscot, 2 S. I. 186 Alveley 3 S. VI. 125 Amasloii (Mberbury) 2 S. X. 123 Arscot 2 S. X. 120 Ash (Whitchurch) 2 S. I. 150 Ashlield 2 S. IV. 295 Ashford, Upper 3 S. VI, 146 Astcrley 2 S. X. 137 Asterton 2 S. V. 358 Astley 3 S. V. 80 Aslley (Alveley) 3 S. VI. 126 Astley .Abbots 3 S. VI. i 2>S Aston (Wem) 2 S. I. 144 Aston Ayre 3 S. VI. i ;S Aston Hotterel 3 S. \'I. 132 Aston Pii^ot 2 S. VIII. 51 As'on Ko^'ers 2 S. VIII. 54 Atchain 2 S. I. 196 Barrow and Posenhall 2 S. IV. 331 Baschurch 3 S. V. 56 Baucot 7. S. IV. 298 Bayston 2 S XI. 3SS Bearstone 2 S. I. 177 lielswardine 2 S. XI. 377 Bcnlhall (VVcalock) 2 S. IV. 331 Benthall (.Alberbury) 2 S. X. 117 Berrington 2 S. XI. 379 Berwick 3 S. V. 75 Berwick Mavison 2 S. I. 19S Hesford 3 S. V. 57 Beslow 2 S. I. 145 Betton Abbots 2 S. XI. 3S4 Betton in Hales 2 S. I. 135 Betton Strange 2 S. XI. 386 Bicton 3 S. V. 67 Binwcsion 2 S. VIII. 50 Bisliop's Castle 2 S. \'. 344 Bitterley 3 S. VII. 353 Bletchley 2 S. I. 139 Bold 3 S. VI. 137 Bolas, (jreat 2 S. I. 169 Bolas, Little 2 S. I. 155 Borcatton ^ S. V. 70 Bouldoii 2S. I\'. i()S Bourton 2 .S. I\'. ]2^ Bratluii 2 S. I. 181 Biidi;north 3 S. VII. 3^19 Broadstone 2 S. IV. 298 Brockton 2 S. V. 360 Brocton and Fatton, 2 S. IV. 329 Bromfield 2 S. I\'. 304 Bronifield, Little 2 S. IV. 306 Brouilow 2 S. N'lII. 48 Brompton (Churcli Stoke) 2 S. VIII. 57 Bronijjton (Berrint^ton) 2 S. XL 385 Brout^hton 3 S. \'. 79 Broughton ( bishop's Castle) .: S. V. 354 Bucknell 2 S. V. 35:; Buildwas, Little 2 8. I. igo Burfutd 3 S. VII. 3s8 liurv^'arton 3 S. \'L 147 Callaut^'liton 2 S. l\'. 328 Calverhall 2 S. I. 140 Cantlop 2 S. XL 381 Cardinfjton 2 S. IV. 314 Caus 2 S. X. 12S Caynham 3 S. VI. 150 Caynton 2 S. I. 170 Chatwall 2 S. IV. 311; Chclni.irsh 3 S \'I. 144 Cherrington 28 1.171 Cheswardine 2 S. I. lOG (Ihetton 3 S. VI. 135 Chetwyiid 2 S. I. 176 Child's lircall 2 S. I. iC^ Chilton 28. XI 3^4 Chirbury 2 S. VII 1. 47 Church Aston 2 8. I. 175 Claverlcy 3 S. V. 242 Clee 8t. ALirf^aret 2 S. I\'. 296 Cketon 3 8. VII. 356 Cleobury Mortimer ;j 8 V'l. 141 Cleobury North 3 S. VI. 137 Clive 3 S. V. 74 rM ..:: , 'I- 1 » U y I i-.ii.'M :. I 4. .; . 1 i iii 1 VI -! :- .V > i )^. ■f M - o ;- ir:. .1 I / '. . |.mI -^ I ' ' ' I.; 1 I ,> ) .V 'i 7 , • I / -il^^ INDKX OF -WW. I'l.ACL'S NAMED IN THK Cloltley 2 S. I. 187 Clunbury 2 S. \'. 360 Clun},'unford 2 S. V. 346 Cold Hatton 2 S. I. 164 Cold VVeslon 2 S. IV. 299 Colebatch 2 S. \'. 360 Colemere 3 S. \ . 71 Condover 2 S. XI. 346 Coreley 3 S. \'I. 149 Corniani 2 tS. I\'. jcjy Corfton 2 S. IV. 3^2 Colon (\\ em) 2 S. I. 144 Cound 2 S. XI. 3S2 Cressage 2 JS. XI. 378 Cruck Alcoie '>; .S. X. 121 Cruckton 2 S. X. 122 CtudL^in^toji 2 8. I. 184 Dailiston (PrcLs) 2 S. I. 142 Dawley 2 ,S. I. 16S Diiidlcbuiy 2 S. IV. 300 Dillon I'riors 2 S. IV. 327 Dodin<;lon 2 S. I. 146 Donington 3 S. V. 249 Dorrington (VVnoic) 2 S. I. 134 Downton 2 S. I. 191 Drayton, Little 2 iS. I. 136 Drayton, Market 2 8. I. 137 I^uddk-wick, 3 8. VI. ijb Dudmaslon 3 S. VII. 372 Duds-.on 2 8. VIII. 5S Eardinglon 3 S. VI. 139 Easilioiie 2 b. IV. 319 Eaton t-Onbianline 2 8. I. 189 Eaton Mascoil 28. XI. 3S1 Eaton-undcr-Ilaywood 2 8. IV. 326 Edjje 2 8. X. 119 Edi^el>old (.Siircwsbury) 3 8. Vn.365 Edycley (VVeni) 2 8. 1. 14O Edgmond 2 8. I. 174 Edgton 2 8. V. 35.; Edslastun 2 S. I. 144 Ellaidine 2 8. I. 172 EUeiton 2 8. I. 177 Enisiiey 2 8. X I. 385 Enchniarsh 2 8. IV. 315 Ercall, lligli 2 8. I. 199 Eudon Ikirnell 3 8. VI. 131 Eudon (jfcrgc- 3 8. VI. 148 Eylon (All)crliuiy) 2 8. X. 14 i Eylon (Bascliurch) 3 8. V. 66 Eylon (L)dlnir)' Nortli) 2 8. V. 362 Eyton-on-8cvcni 2 S. I. it)7 Eyton-ontlic-W cald-.Moors 2 S. I. iSo Eainliec 3 8, VI. 136 Eelliamplon 2 S. IV. 314 Eelton bmlii :; 8. V. 70 Fenny niert 3 8. V. 66 Fitz 3 S. V. 64 Ford 2 S. X. 114 Frankton 3 8. V. 70 Frode.'ley 2 S. XI. 366 Garmslon (Leighton) 2 8. 1. 1S9 CJlazeley 3 8. VI. 131 (Iravenhunger 2 S. I. 134 Grecte 3 8. VII. 357 lirclton 2 8. IV. 316 (irinshill 3 S. V. 73 Hadley 2 8. I. 1S2 Hadnall 3 8. V. 68 Hales Owen 3 8. V. 241 Ilalton 2 8. IV. 307 Ilanwood 2 S. X. 133 llaicourl 2 8. 1. 145 Harley 28. XI. 375 llarnage 2 8. XI. 379 llaslon 3 8. V. 69 Hatton 3 8. V. 240 Ilawkstone 2 8. I. 152 Heath, The (Stoke St. Milborough) 2 8. IV. 297 Heath, '1 he (I'recs) 2 S. I. 142 Hethe (? in Alkingtoii) 2 8. I. 146 High Ilullon 2 8. I. 157 Highley and I-;arnu(Hjd 3 S. \'I. 142 Hill Haltun 2 8. IV. 306 Hinsiock 2 S. I. :f 7 Hints (Coreley) 3 S. VI. 149 Hodnet 2 S. 1. 153 Holgate 2 8 IV. 292 Hope 2 8. Vlll. 51 Hope Baggot 3 8. VI. 150 Hope Bowdler 28. IV. 311 Hoploii and Ebpley 2 8. I. 158 Hupton (Ness) 3 S. V. 63 Hopton Castle 2 S. V. 361 Hojjton Wafers 3 S. \'I. 135 Horlon (Hadley) 2 S. 1. 181 Horton (W'eni) 2 8. I. 143 Hughley 2 8. IV. 333 Hungry Hatton 2 8. I. 164 Hunkington, 2 S. I. 195 Hiintingion 3 8 VI. 146 Ightficld 28. I. 141 Isoinbridge 2 8. 1. 170 Jay 2 8. V. 354 Kcniberton 3 S. V. 251 Kenley 2 8. XI. 376 Ketley 2 8. 1 i«3 Kinlet 3 8. VI. 145 Kinneisley 2 8. I. 184. Kinton 3 8, V 63 ^•a >>>-■ » •( -. ; I •i .i • . V / ,■*. , ..^ ,n. I ' .,' , ,. . (H' 1 -, ,.■... •....-i'.'t PM I '• - •'It'll' ,i>, .1 / .'. ,, 1 I , 'I I ... .v: >: i .■.''.- 1 ; ■'. ■ I ■: : ■ ^ ■' . ' ./ 11. I ■li Ml,i . ! SUBSIDY ROLL OF I327. in LacLii (Wem) 2 .S. I. 147 haiiglcy 2 S. XI. 37J Lea, 'Ilie (I'ontcsbuiy) 2 8. X. nS Leaton (VVrockwaidiiiej 2 S. I. ijjo Leaton 3 S. V. 79 I.ce (Hi.,lio])'s Castle) 2 S. V. 350 Lceboiwuod 2 S. XI. 362 Lee Brockliurst 2 S. 1. 152 Lee (ioaiery 2 S. I. \'6i Lei^^htoii 2 IS. I. i8ii Lillebliall 2 S. L 179 Liiiclies 3 S. \'. 67 Liiiley (More) 2 S. V. 35c Linley 2 8. IV. 337 Loiigden 2 S. X. 132 Lon^loid 2 S. I. 155 Lonj^did ami C'hcswcll 2 8. I. 165 Lont^nur 2 S. XI. 354 Lorif^'slow 2 S. I. 139 Loiipiiifjtoii 3 ,S. \'. 59 Losford (Ili)diiet) 2 8. I. 152 Lowe and Ditches (V\'eiii) i 8. I. 144 Ludiow 2 8. IV. 288 Lydbury Xr J c>t 1 -. - i <' .'. : .1 . .- i ; ." I i ■ > 1 ■'■ ■ t.;.\ A ^ . ' ■< ■' III I ft^ V r : I'll >..! i .» I'- . / ,. ...... >. ' «: I . , . ' .8 '. • .■■:>, n - II, V . . ' . ■' •■ ( 117 -^ ■ I.. . i; K . ( ;. I ■I ^ . . . '' T .. I ,•' I ... i ■ .-• ' • 1^ \ .» . n .1, IV ; .. Ai'.A ► ?' .V i) / 37^ INDEX OF PLACES NAMED IN THE SL'BSIDV KOLL OF l^ZJ. !v Sambrook z S. I. 178 Sandford 2 S. I. 141 Sansavv 3 S. V. 74 tSascott 2 S. X. 121 JShawLury 2 S. I, 159 Sheet, The ,5 S. V[. 146 Slieinton 3 S. VJ, 153 Slielderlon 2 S. IV. ^'9 Shelton 3 S. VII. 365 Shelve 2 S. VIII. 55 Shifnal 3 S. V. 238 Shipley 3 S. VI. 153 Shipion 2 S. IV. 329 Slirawardine 3 S. V. 61 Shrawardiiie, Little 2 S. X. 116 Shrewsbury 3 S. VII. 362 Shrewsbury, Foreii/n Liberties 3 S. VII. 364 Sibl)erscot 2 S. X. 121 Sibdoii 2 S. V. 351 Sidbury 3 S. \'L 151 Silvini,'ton 3 S. \'ll. 356 Sleap 2 H. I. 1 84 Siiiethcote 2 S. XI. 365 Soultoii (Weill) 2 S. L 147 Stanton Lacy 2 S. IV. 291 Stanton Lonj; 2 S. IV. 294 Stanton-on lline-lieath 2 S. I. 200 .Stanwardine-in the-Fields 3 S. V. 6^ Stajjleton 2 S. XI. 359 Steele (Frees) 2 S. I. 145 vSteventon 2 S. IV. 295 Stirchlcy 2 S. I. 187 Stockton 2 S. I. 177 Stokesay 2 S- IV. 308 Stoke St. Milborou^h 2 S. IV. 325 Stoke-upon- Tern 2 ,S. I. 162 Stottesden 3 S. VI. 1^7 Stow 2 S. \'. 35S StrelTord 2 S. Yv. 313 Stretton, All, 2 S. IV. 303 Stretton, Churcii 2 S. IV. 302 Stretton, Little 2 S, IV. 303 Sugden 2 S. I. 193 Sutton 3 S. VII. 368 Sutton Madock 3 S. V. 246 Tasley 3 S. \ I. 140 Tibberion 2 S. I. 167 Tilley (Weni) 2 S. I. 145 Til.op 3 S. VII. 3S5 Tilst'jck 2 S. 1. 150 Ton J,' 3 S. V. 248 Totterton 2 S. V. 356 Tuj^ford 2 S. IV. 2q8 Tunstall 2 S. I. 136 Uckin^ton 2 .S. I. J117 Uftington 2 S. I. 191 Underton 3 S. VI. 130 Uppini;ton 2 S. I. iq6 Upton Cressctt 3 S. \T. 134 Upton Magna 2 S. I. 194 Walcot (Wellinf;ton) 2 S. I. 192 Walcot 2 S. VIII. 59 Walford 3 S. V. 65 Walton (Morville) 3 S. Vf. 130 Walton (VVorthen) 2 S. VIII. 52 NVappenshall 2 S. I. 183 Waters Upton 2 S. I. 16S Wattlcsboniui^'h 2 S. X. 124 VVellini^ton 2'S. I. 173 Welsh Hampton 3 hS. V. 72 VVeiu 2 S. ]. 143 Wenlock, Little 2 S. IV. 335 Wenlock, Much 2 S. IV. 324 NVeiitnor 2 .S. V. 357 Weslbury 2 S. X. 134 W'esiiiope 2 S. I\'. 3JG Weston (Furslow Hundred) 2 S. V. 359 VVestonunder-Ked Ca-,tle 2 S. I. 151 Wheathill 3 S. VI. 132 Whitchurch 2 S. I. 148 Whitting;slow 2 S. IV. 31 1 Whitton 2 S. X. 139 Whitton (liurford) 3 S. VII. 3:7 Whixrtll 2 S. I. 148 Wilderley 2 S. XL 361 Willey 2 y. IV. 33ft Wilmington 2 S. VIII. 49 Winnincjton 2 S. X. 143 Winsbury 2 .S. VII I. 50 Withihtjton 2 S. I. 190 Withvfonl, tiieai 2 S. 1. 161 Wixhill (Hodnet) 2 S. I. 151 Wollaston, (heat 2 S. X. 142 WoUerton 2 S. I. I5(j Wolstaston 2 S. .XI. 364 Wolverley (Wrm) 2 S. I. 143 VVoodcote and L\nn 2 S. I. 178 Woodcote (St. Chad) 2 S. X. 133 Woodhouse (Whitchurch) 2 S. 1. 149 NVooliston (Frees) 2 S. I. 142 Woore 2 S, I. 134 Worch.il (? l!rou;.,'liall) .; S. I. 149 Worfifld 3 S. V, 245 Worlhen 2 S. VI 1 1. "4 3 VVothertim 2 S, VIII.' 55 W rockwardine, 2 S. I. 185 Wroxeter 2 S. I. 195 Veaton (? Eyton) 3 S. V. 76 Vockleton 2 S X. i 30 \'ortnn 3 S. V. 79 .^i^:-;.> ,;..^ /.:i-u^^.t»n->ri iXHu.^A 2aoA I'l ^'^ r'ia'^1 ''XJ »« '.J 11 ! ; H: I ^ ■■ 1 ; » ' - !, '.:!*■/ r,i .1 V /I ^' .,: ! I ' J . I It I'M .1 .« >. I L 379 siiR(.:)PSHiRE f]:i<:t of fines, a.d. 12 iS— 1248. (Continued fron Jyd Scries, Vol. VI., pa^e 17S.) '['ui: h\'cA of Fines arc a'lioni^st the most iinj)ortant records \vc [ioisc.^^ iov tracing the diivohitiou ol hiiukul property. 1 he\' are nominally the otlicial memorandum ol the " liiiis " or end of a fictitious judicial action, but practically they are deeds for transferring land, and very early they became a popular method of conveyance, as they ensured safety to the p irchaser, a duplicate of each Fine being preserved in the custoily of the King's Court. Idle Shro[)shire Feet of Fines commence in the year 1196, and extend for a period of 600 years, d^hose for the reigns of RicharLl I. and John have already been printed in the Tyaiisactio)is, 2nd Series, Vol. X., pages 307 — 330. ddic following ones for the reign of Henry III. have been tran- scribed for the Society, from the originals preserved in the Public Record Office, by Mr. W. K. IiON'd, and arc in continuation of those printed in the last Volume at pages 107-178. An Index of tiie i>laces mentioned in the bdnes follows. W. G. D. F. Feet of Fines, Salop. File 3. 3-32 Henry III. 32. At Westminster, on the octaves of St. Hilary, 6 Henry III. Between Roger, Abbot of Hales, plaintiff, and Stephen de Warc^sle, dcdorciant of 3 carucates of land and two mills in ( hattele and Lai)pol. \Vhi(.;h laml and mills the aforesaid Abbot claimed to i)ertain to his manor ol Hales. Stei)hen acknowledged that all the said land and mills, with all their ap[)urtenances, pertain to the manor aforesaid, and quit- claimed ihem to the Abbot and his successors, for ever. I'or which the Abbot ga\'i him 50 marks of silver. Vol. VII., 3rd Series. UU, (U ic iji:r-i :-i>ui!r-;'K <' ";■>'< itu,'^^ \>-;;'.l>.'Uui ) ■I ■■ ) ' n, ■'•', ■ ■ r-. /f I/. r.. - .'U/i.. ' ;j-. ? 'lit/ • •• ; .1 ;,■ I; '_>i,ijj.|-j 380 shkopshikh: i-eet of fines, a.d. 1218— 1248. ■ "■ ■ 33- ■• '• At Westminster, on the octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 6 Henry III. ^ Between Alan Martcll, Master of the Knights Templars in England, of the one part, by Brother Hugh de Stocton, put in his place, and Roger Springehose of the other part, respect- ing common of the wood of Litlegh. Wherefore the said Master complained that the said Roger unjustly exacted common in the wood aforesaid, inasmuch as the said Master has no common in the said Roger's land, nor does the said Roger do service to the said Master wherefore he ought to have common in the said Master's wood. And wherefore there wa? a plea between them in the aforesaid Court. That is to say, that the aforesaid Master granted to the said Roger the third part of all the said wood, with the appurtenances, except 12 acres. To wit, all that wood which extends from' the ditch of Kemeshall unto Wiscbroc, and from Wisebroc as far as Heucdsti, and from Heuedsti as far as the ditch which is under the alder marked with a cross {sub cilno cruce- sii^nata). To have and to hold to the said Roger and his heirs in demesne, of the aforesaid Master and his successors, and the bn;thren of the aforesaid house of the Tem[)le, lor ever. Rendering therefor 12^ yearly for all service. And for this acknowledgment c\:c. the aforesaid Roger quitclaimed to the Master and his successors all right that lie had or could have in two parts [two-thirds] of the said wood, and in the said 12 a. res; so that the said Master and his successors may do their will with those two parts of the wood and with those 12 acres of the wood without share or common which the said Roger or his heirs could have. And the said Roger and his heirs likewise shall do their will with the said tldrd part, except 12 acres, without share and common which the Master ami his successors could have. 31- At \Ve.-,tminr,ler, (HI the oi'taN es of St. Hilary, 7 Henry HI. . . I^>etween Richard de lissex and Joan, his wife, i)laintifTs, and Heiin de .\udley (Audithelega), tenant of the Manor of Marchemelega, with the apj)urtenances. Wherefore the assize of mort dancestor was summoned between thein in 8ni — ?.is: -a. A .ndAW ho in iit u. *l Mil 10 SdVLJ t ...!/. ■ lil ^*' 1:1; iH iiormni :i;. 1 f. •■ .r; iv .. . w jAi nviM i^ -».•'• -Ji- < I <>t» <'f''' ■yi.-:ll •^ t. 1 :. 1 1.]. M t .,. , i., ,; ■ n- A 1.- ' ,. . .,; Jo i,-..";, !, n: ,.ir«ii •. , , : "I , ; I ,, U .(■.' ' I,, .i; , , . '.vt ■ 'i 'I' '"•' . . ,. ':• ,. . . ■-. •■•""!) .1 , •' ; ' . i' I.it. .1 : )i .,1 |.;» ! .1-' . >'.>!)• A '1' .1 HROPSIlIRE FEET OF FINES, A.l). I2l8— I2-|S. 3S1 the aforesaid Court. Richard and Joan (niitclaimcd for themselves and the heirs of Joan, to Henr}' and his heirs, for ever, all right and claim \\hi:h they had in all the said manor, and for this quitclaim &c. Henry gave to the said Richard and Joan 220 marks of silver. And Richard and Joan and the heirs of Joan will warrant the said manor to the said Henry against all men, for ever. 35. At \\'estminster, on the morrow of St. Luke, 8 Henry HI. Between Ralph de SamftM'd, plaintiff, and Henry de Dorlaueston and Agnes, his ^vife, tenants of 3 bovates of land in Samford. Henr}' and Agnes acknowledged all the said land to be the right of Ralph. For which Ralph granted to the said Henry and Agnes all the said land ; to ha\'e and to hold to the said Henry and Agnes, anil to the issue of the said Agnes begotten by the said Ralph, and to their heirs, for ever. Rendc;ring 2'^ therefor \'early at ('hristmas for all service, custom, and exaction. If the said Agnes shall die without heir of her bod}' the said 3 b(jvates, after the decease of the said Henr}', shall revert to the said Ralph and his heirs (piit. And, moreover, Ralph gave to the said Henr)' and Agnes 3 marks of silver. And for this grant Henry and Agnes qaitclaiiued to Ralph and his heirs, for ever, all right and claim which they had or could have in two virgates of land in Uorlaueston, concerning which there was contention between them. 36. At Westminster, on the (juindene of St. Michael, 8 Henry HI. Between Stephen Walensis, plaintiff, and Reginald de Reuulton, tenant of two virgates of land in Little Wyford, conc(.'rning which a recognition of the grand assize was summoned between them in the said Court. Stephen acknowledged all the said land to be the right of Reginald ; to have and to hold to the said Reginald and his heirs, of the said vStephen and his heirs for ever. Rendering 3^ therefor yearly for all service pertaining to the said Stephen or his heirs. And the bald Reginald and his heirs will ac . ■ , . i . '■. .V ?! ! •n. .-. vfi ii.(!.v/l 1 J ''I . ,i--' ■ l.ii;: . ' ' ." •. ■ j.\\t. b(( . ,- in li I . i ..,'/• i. I .-i.;) ;>1 1 : '••.; 1 V-: .c .^!» 'ii; ■ -.ti;;/ . , .'.'!., ■ \! . I'll , v'lM '! i fiif-..-- vri : :'..,■■'. .1 ' - .. ;,!' ,Mi ( • • ;. ;!..."; I ,Vi\\\ 'i ;i .' > ' : I i . (I. ■! . yr,/-> ; .lu; .ii"''' ).^\f j ■ .-. . ' . . .,'i rl.w' , ' ', ' . I • . : ;: • . .1 \\v.i\-\ . • ill-!! I ■ ..... ' ' ■ ' ■:■;';. ''■■.' \' .\>\\ ■ .i;:i; .^.•lisrt ' ■ ■ . . ' . . ■■. I f , J w.,': ( • i. .. i . ■ J., r. : ;i' ; '. 1. r,; ;. >; i m i-.. '••' . I i-. • .1 'm ... , .,. '■, ;• .i^MW/ ii- 1 . .1 /;?'ii-r) • "iV/ :A in i i' ''' ■■■ •I'll J'^ fv.' .v/'-ji'.l ' . ; ': il '1.: '•■ *■'*' ■ •'. " ■ t mI 1 ■ iin: 'jr, i>fn,l ! 382 SHROPSHIRE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8 — 1248. pertaining to the said land. And for this acknowledgment &c. Reginald gave to the said Stephen 100^ sterling. At Westminster, on the morrow of All Souls, 9 Henry III. Between Sybil de Broc, plaintiff, and Alan, Abbot of Lilleshall, deforciant of the advowson of the church of Chetinton. Wherefore the assize of last presentation was summoned between them. The Abbot acknowledged the advowson of the said church to be the right of Sybil, and quitclaimed it to her and her heirs, for ever. 38. At Shrewsbury, at three weeks from the day of St. Michael, II Henry HI. Between William, son of Achill, plaintiff, and Isabella de Taunglaunt, tenant of the vill of Bechcs, with the aj)purtcn- ances. Wherefore the assize of mort dancestor wis sum- moned between them. Isabella (luitclaimcd to William and his heirs, for ever, all right and claim whij^h he had in ail the said vill in the name of dower, and likewise all right and claim which she had in all the other land of Dudebir', Abbeton, and DudinghojV, which he demanded against the said William on the day this concord was made. And for this ciuitclaim (S:c. William gave and granted to the said Isabella 42^ to be taken yearl\- all his life, at Beches, of the said W'illiam and his heirs &c. And if the said William shall make default in payment of the said 42^ it shall be lawful for the said Isabella to enter on the said vill and hold it without hindrance of the said William or his heirs until full pa} ment of the said debt. 39- At Shrewsbury, at one month from the day of St. Michael II Henry HI. Between Thomas, son of Wcdter, plaintiff, and Edwin de Wiilaucston, tenant of one meadow in Schauinton. Where- fore the assize of mort dancestor was summoned between them &c. Thomas acknowledged all the said meadow to be the right of the Abbot of Cumbermere and his church of Cumbcrmcre, as that which the said Abbot has of the gift of •^^Sl — 8UI «1.A ,i tif> J ■?i. V ; I ' • ! t' I J -.i.'v I. :> I ••' ...! , .11 III '■•.! L II wi >> lijiMutKUiiin 1 1 J 1 , • • » . -r r .. i il I il. ill ;/,■'' ; :. ..,f , :,,;:';l;u'!i., K : (.1 V. , i .:! !i) i:: •/ !;.ci l)->;i. rf( r ] ': :: Ml I • ;' -li • il ,:i, " ;i'!i-i ) • ■ ,. 1 ;;..;U ' 1- ' 1 ■ . . / . . . ' I I ' ■ ■ I ■, . ; ; • , i I , - 1 t'i;'. 'i)\':.- .l I I i :o-< i i.r, , : ,: I ..• ■ '.. ,•// • . I ■ - i : ' ■ J ■ . < ' J .t ' • > .Jill iilo I SHROPSHIRE Iaker (Pistor), tenant of the third [)art of one inessuagc in Ludelawc. WHiich third part the said Amice claimed to be her reasonable dower which belongs to her of the free tericment whick. belonged to the said Geoffrey. Amice quitclaimed to Nicholas and his heirs, for ever, all right and claim which she had in the said messuage in the name of dower; and for this Nicliolas gave her 16^ 8'^ 42. At Shrewsbury, on the day of the Apostles Simon and Jude, II Henry HI. Between Richard, son of Nicholas, plaintiff, and Stephen, Abbot of Bildewas, tenant of one wear in Swineie- Where- fore the assize of mort dancestor was summoned between them in the said Court. Tlie Abbot acknowledged all the said wear, with the .ippurtcnances, to be the right of the said Richard. i'o have and to hold to the said Richard and his f*^j ..'l^i — -TIM .a. A ,'<::{ 'lo I 'nb ■' 'i no ; y'.' ,: '.nd-i:/ T'VJ I 11!/ 11 1. ■ I >!-. Ul> fJlll ».i; ,7 ii'Hi'V- 'lilr-: j/\ .i:. ',! .^■:) :■•■,, 1 : ti 't; I- '. i.;' ': \ . ,i; I :i' ' : ,' . * '! :i ^.' 'ril..' . }■!:;. J.'^Ji < ' ; . " ■ -i , . ; » :r' • t I 1. ,■> • ij ") 1 If . ;.) !(', J III ?.Ti.,num » '. ' . II 1 , — ■.... .,1-1 I •,' ■ ;, <:iii I ! ", . •1,1'/. I'lb.-; . ;.i; i- ' .1 '< lA ...^ ,1 1 .'.1 f,.' i;H ;,-..! -I .-. A ••■•;. ; !■ • 1,. ■ I • '.U i!i iii-)ilj -.1 . -.1 '• i 384 SHROPSHIRE rHET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8 — 1248. heirs, of the said Abbot and his successors and their churcli of Bildcwas, for ever. Renderinj^ 15- therefor }earl\,' for all scr\ice. 43- At Shrewsbury, at three weeks from the day of St. Michael, II Henry III. Between WilHam, Abbot of Lilleshull, plaintiff, and Hugh de Aluinton and Alice, his wife, tenants of a moiety of one hide of land in Preston. Hugh and Alice quitclaimed, for themselves and the heirs of Alice, to the Abbot and his successors, and to their church of Lilleshull, for ever, all right and claim which they had or could have in all the said land, and for this the Abbot gave them 5^ marks of silver. 4-I- At Shrewsbury, on the (juindene of St. Michael, 11 Henry HI. Between Walter, son of Otho, plaintiff, and Henry Hubaud, tenant of one virgate of land in Houerton. Where- fore the assize of mort dancestor was summoned between them. Walter quitclaimed all right to Henry and his heirs, for ever, and for this Henry gave him 2 marks of silver. 45- At Shrewsbury, on the quindene of St. Michael, 11 Henry HI. Between William, son of Achill, plaintiff, and GeofiYev de Ledewic, tenant of half a virgate of land in Abbeton. Wherefore the assize of mort dancestor was summoned between them cS:c. Geoffrey acknowledged all the said land to be the right of William. To have and to hold to the said William and his heirs, of the said Geofl'rey and his heirs, for ever. Rendering therefor yearly one pair of gilt spurs at the feast of St. Michael for all service. And for this William gave to the said Geoffrey 20^ sterling. 46. At Shrewsbury, on the quindene of St. Michael, 11 Henry HI. ('^i-X — 8frt 't 4 f .!Jl viiiuH , 1 , ! /' ' . . ) - • j I , . ■ ■; . J ■ .1 ; 1 ■ ( . . , . ! i • •■ t ; ' •«j'i(> 1- 1,-1 . i(>1cj: Oi i. Ju in l«> 'j.\?.r:i: o.if ' u I .1 ^.!l {j/K , , : ^: .' ; f ;• ;!•. '.> ' :'V ..J'onJ (i •; 'y r _ .. ,1,. J- ilt ..M , .' 1 1 ■■.■/■j..)< ',»'■ M ...... •■ V.J t,::!-. ' !: ' ,'.t> 'ili'-'. I. ' '■'■■' -I •/• '" l.-i ■ :,:: r I. i ■ !■- Jn-. -' ' ,■:;.. ■. ■'. :• : ••":.;' ':.. ■',>■■.'■'>■■ ' ' ; . ,'; .' .,; :i • ■ ;! •..:l( .V 1- jd, : -I . ; • ;; . .■ .1 ;'i f. •' : I .. ( , . ^ !!, ■ . . I* I :?; I .')i; t'n . Vi 'J SHROPSHIRE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8 1248. 385 Between William, son of Hermon, plaintiff, and Adam de Rlakenheg' and Cristiana, his wife, tenants of half a virgate of land in Blakenheg'. Wherefore the a3si;ie of mort dancestor was summoned between them. William (juit- claimed all right to Adam and Cristiana and the heirs of Cristiana, for ever, and for this Adam and Cristiana gave him 3 marks of silver. ■\7- At Shrewsbury, on the quindene of St. Michael, ii Henry III. Between Isabella the widow (vidua), plaintiff, and Alan de Ijiidewas and Agnes, his mother, tenants of i.l virgates of land in Posenhal. Wherefore the assize of mort dancestor was summoncil between them t\:c. Isabella (juitclaimetl all right to Alan and Agnes and to their heirs, for ever, and for this Alan and Agnes gave her one mark of silver. 48. At Shrewsbury, on the cjuindene of St. Michael, ii Henry III. Between Hoel, son of Robert, plaintiff, and Grant de Middelton, tenant of two virgates of land in Mitidelton. Wherefore the assi/e of mort dancestor was summoned between them in the said Court. Hoel quitclaimed all right to Craiit and his heirs, for ever, and for this (irant gave him ().l marks oi siK'er. 49. At Lichfield, on the morrow of St. Martin, 12 Henry III. Between Philip de Stapilton, Thomas de Costentin, and Walter, son of William, plaintiffs, by Robert de Stapilton, put in the place of the said Philip and W^alter, and Hugh de Kilpec, tenant of three parts of one knight's fee, with the ai:)purtenances, in Pulrebech. Philip, Thomas, and Weaker (juilclaimcd all right in the said three parts to the said Hugh and his heirs, for e\'er. Saving to the said Thomas and Walter their tenement, with the appurtenances, in the said manor, which the}' held on the day thib concord was made. And for this quitclaim &c the siid Hugh gave and granted to the said Philip. 1 homas, and Walter 50 solidates of rent in Lastes, co. Herts. To wit, of the service of Adam, son of •'A* f\; i 1- oh r Kill' ni'.!' •''''' • '' 'JlJ ni»0A/)'«1 t: ,I^«,r!jl/. .»R lo vt JiuU. 10 '_ .\.r:. IhIJ •}'< . ./'• lo .1 I II t'li) v.i \ y. bfii, nrl/. gif.) II . u,:'Di!/ .1'. 1r i.'i 'I .liu; :sJi no ,...,;'••,!, •' ,.: [nri }': -i. •:;/ '^•.■! |. fnv./: •; ,n<>: - , • .»;^ •i.il ' ■ ■• ' . ■' ;--.. Milj ..'■; '.. -•. ,^. .• . i iri>(> .' Uii.< Jj!! lii 'li. .1 I'll.' /.'.'i jii/.iiJ '(f > -i-il til'' , 1 •/•» I "I . ■•;•■ ! ; :.; ;..»■ iiH 1." ) • . -jvl: ■ |m ,<.i n;iii ^u .11' ., i ■. : .( i:..!/ I-. '1 . •■!'■'.'!: ';'» c'. hi'tfiti ;iJ )A •. ^. V .' ; - - . ! •■ ,. I" )■! 1,1 _ 'I'tnl!' /,' !>) . , // .; , . ; 1 ;..i,. ..• . . ■ I ; . .I'l :■•) ' ' ) , ■ ^r\ ] .ii; w Jiiq '•/-■/ ( / 1 i • ^1 ..i , '.': li -1(17/ ' , . I > . r ' I '. • ; . f.,-;...|i 1 ■;, ' ' ! .' li oJ .iOJrC.l Ml 3'^6 SHROPSHIRE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8— 1248. Gunnild, and his heirs two marks in respect of the tenement which they held of the said llu^h in the same vill, to wit 31 acres of land and one mill, with the appurtenances, with 'the homage of the said Adam and of his heirs. And of the service of John de fonte and his heirs 15^ in respect of the tenement winch ihey held of the said Hugh in the same vill to wit, half a virgate and 12 acres of land, with the homa-e of the said John and of his heirs. And of the service of Robert de La felde and his heirs S^ 4" in respect of the tenement which they held of the said Hugh in the same vill, to wit, 21 acres of land and one grove which contains zl acres of land, with the homage of the said Robert and his heirs. lo have and to hold to the said Phili]., Thomas and W alter, and their heirs, of the said Hugh and his heirs, for ever. Rendering tW therefor yearly for all service. And moreover, the said Hugh gave to the said Philip, Thomas' and Walter 40 marks of silver. And this concord was made ni the presence of the said Adam, John, and Robert, and they acknowledging that they owe the said services. 50. At Shrewsbury, on the morrow of the Apostles Simon and Jude, 12 Henry HI. between Henry de Shauinton, plaintiff, and Walter de Dunstanvill, deforciant of 4 virgates of land in Schauinton. Wdierefore there was a plea of warranty of charter cS:c. Walter acknowledged all the said land to be the right of Henry. To have and to hold to the said Henry and his heirs of the said Walter and his heirs, for ever. Rendering half a mark therefor yearly for all service. And for this acknowledgment ^c. the said Henry (juitclaimed to the said Waller and his heirs, for ever, all right and claim which he iiad, or could have, in all the wood of Schauinton, with the appurtenances, which is called " Franchehaye," within the metes and bounds following, to wit, from '" Hethelhurste Riding " as far as " IJrocsich,-' and from " Drocsich " as far as " Risewrichtebroke." So that the whole wood of Schauinton outside the said boundaries shall remain to the said Henry and his heirs quit for ever. .}'.|.i.l--8li.T 'W .RHHn K» T?»«n -.fit Iw I i^/. .,11 .' tf-if" I : il .(it lil: // .1' t I..', ., ,. I ;..'t.ii (i '. vifi'i! I ,^,,,^.-: .:•..■-,: .^i. ' . : ;■ vJi/- //(■«:.; uil i I- • I'.'li . ; , , , ,, ,, , . ■ I :.,- .: ' , . '■ Mi.»t;j i^' ■'/.■ H^A''.. ,, •, i • ■,. I «^ ■ , 111 , '/..rl :.iu' '■. I'! ,l • . ;, ; . ■ ;,(w!..>l , J, I .. : • ., ! .1 ^..li i i: V ic'l » iiii r. SHROPSHlKE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8 — 1248. 387 51- At Shrewsbury, on the day of the Apostles Simon and Jude, 12 Ilciiry III. lictwcen Thomas, son of Wilham, plaintiff, and Robert de C^iifton and Amelina, his wife, tenants of the manor of IJedleswurthe, with thu appurtenances. Wherefore the assize of mort danccstor was summoned between them, lVc. Thomas quitclaimed to Robert and Amelina, and to the heirs of Amelina, for ever, all right which he had in the said manor, and for this Robert and Amelina gave him lo** sterling. At Shrewsbury, on the morrow of the Aj:)ostle3 Simon and Jude, 12 Henry III. Between Thomas Begeshour, plaintiff, and Sybil de Broc tenant of three nooks of land in Chetinton. Sybil acknow- ledged all the said land to be the right of Thomas ; to have and to hold to the said Thomas and his heirs, of the said Sybil and her heirs, for ever. Rendering 6' therefor yearly for all service, saving foreign service. And for this acknowledg- ment, 6:c. Thomas gave her 5 marks of silver. 53. At Shrewsbury, on the morrow of the Apostles Simon and Jude, 12 Henry 111. Between Robert de Clifton and Amilina, his wife, plaintiffs, and Swanilda de Betleswurth, deforciant of the customs and services which the said Robert and Amilina demanded against the said Swanilda in respect of the free tenement which she holds of them in Ijedleswurth, and which services the said Swanilda did not acknowledge to the said Robert and Amilina. And wherefore recognition of the grand assize was summoned between them in the said Court, to recognize whether the said Swanilda owes to the said Robert and Amilina, for the said tenement, the service of imding for them one horseman in the Lord the King's army in W^cdes, xshose horse the said Robert and An^iilina ought to find, as they acknowledge to them, or one horseman at the co?^t of the said Swanilda, as the}' demand froin her. Robert and Amilina Vol. Vll., 3rd Sonck. V V v-'.t .h;',r \ ,^ (-''.vi -^o 1 hn. f.ai ._,: ... .'• !'• ... ' .■ i ■ ::. . .: ..• • ^ ' i.l M '!..;. JI' • M Nl .|' ,.. I '..;:, ,im" ...',' 1'.- .- ! 1 >!■ /I «■; I ;..•-; -.fh Ml iM.ii :,fi f* :;i ,•. ;.i,/. 1 lli. .1'.. . , .i\ .. ■ r' ) ■.: I 1 \'' 'o (i' i I I'f'i ■ J t') . .: iJ Im:.: vi ':•< i I ti.r- ^.If ot ' lor{ ot bus . , ■ ' ;^ •■■-■- 'i 1 J ., "l .-. 1'- ,i :.. ' ': I: o III/ J \ \j\]\\.\(\\:. , r»'«. ' '.Hif ;llJ l! 1 , /•:'.'! ■ .-/'iWlr" ) /» •a . ii,<,i i(,;.t ■»■,/ ri«J ,*.. I.;. 4 .u. (<<>IIM.J 'J.. ':. ' ..Si; . ;-i. 1 -.1 o '<«.i •; •!•_.! ..ij . v.^jInJl -jO ;.,L)lrnjc-.vH bns ' u-i j.ivi i.■^..l Lii.; . It lii. -'..iijvK .! r.MflJli gfjlori ...... l.; , j| / t.,V 388 SHROPSHIRE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8 — 1248. quitclaimed, for themselves and the heirs of Amilina, to the said Swanilda and her heirs, for ever, all right and claim that they in all the said service which they demanded from her. And for this remise, quitclaim, &c., the said Swanilda granted for herself and her heirs that they will render 6'' every year to the said Robert and Amilina for all service, at the feast of St. Michael, for the said tenement, to wit, for half a virgatc of land which she held on the day that this agreement was made. 54- At Reading, on the morrow of St. Lucy the Virgin, 12 Henry III. Between Osbert, son of William, plaintiff, and Walter de Stirchelega, deforciant of one hide of land in Stircheley, and of one virgate of land in Dudelebiry. W'alter acknowledged all the said land to be the right of Osbert. And for this acknowledgment, c\:c. Osbert granted to Walter ail the said virgate in Dudelebir}-. To have and to hold to the said W'alter and his heirs, of the said Osbert and his heirs for ever. Rendering therefor yearly i6^ And moreover the same W'alter shall hold all the said hide of land in Stircheley all his life, of the said Osbert and his heirs by the free service of 20^ and three pennyweights of gold by the year. And after the decease of W'alter all the said hide shall revert to Osbert and his heirs for ever, except half a virgate of land and one assart of the same hide, which Alexander the carpenter held, and except one croft which Ma}dasa held, which the same W^alter and his heirs shall hold of the said Osbert and his heirs for ever. Rendering therefor yearly half a pound of cummin or 2" at the feast of St. Michael for all service pertaining to the said Osbert or his heirs. ifi(--8i:;i '» I .r':;i»'/ ».'!! .-j •' 'iii.. i-fcri -<..n |;r. 'J ..,. i--)l .'." - ' , ■: . .-.J ' !> L.-, ''iJ . ' ,r: :i'::l r::i, lil'i l^'Ji^: // ' . . . I . ■ . , U.I ' . >i. , ; ' i .' . ' .;, ,. • .::.! I-!,-.-' •' • i j: M"(i !!' ' ■jill,/-' I V.' - '. > ! ' ;. '.. . : '; ! ' ;j ;. . wn ."^ui llj, ••■,■•■•■ .• .;i! .'••/' '. "i -.'.n.l' ' ■'.<: \)\ lo ... . ; ; ?ti'>ti «>iii ji-. \iu.:.) L'i:<.' jjji .». , ...i' .jv.'t SHROPSH IRE FEET OF FINES, A.D. I2l8— 1248. 3^9 INDEX 01" THE PLACES NAMK.D IN lin.: KoKliOOlNG FKKT OF FINliS. Henry III. Abdon Beche (Culmington) IJedleswurth Bessford Blakenheg Ch'attele Chettoa Diddlebury Lappol Lastes (co. Heref.) Little Withiford Ludlow Lydley No. 34 48 No. 45 Marchamley Middleton (Chirbiiry) 51, 5 i Overton (Richard's Castle) 44 40 46 Posenhall Preston Gobalds 32 Pulverbatch 37^52 Sandford 54 Shavington Shawbury 32 Stirchley 49 Swinney (Broseley) 36,40 41 Wooliston (Prees) 33 Wythiford Little 47 43 49 35 39> 50 40 54 42 39 36, 40 • i-i i ^'iii ,o.A ..*: iim • I . ;i -10 :^, (VI.;: !.i S no: ■.il il/ - ^ . •; . '••' i'.' . = ..:;,:.•' it.' , ^j VTculnlbhiCI -} ; .-v-OliJ » V -..iv. ". .•; ', l^Ti'M .c:); '■'! .'J^ i;\;.ilijiV 390 S0M1-: PROCl^F.DINGS AT THE SHROPSHIRE ASSIZICS, 1.414. Editi'.d by Tua Riiv. W. G. 1). FLETCHKR. U A., F.S.A. King Hf.nry \'. was at Slirewslniiy in person in the summer of 1414, witli his new Chief Justice, Sir W. Haukeford. In the month of April he was at Leicester, and from there lie proceeded to Lichfield, where he remained for over two months, during which time he was initiated into the judicial s}'stem of the countr\-, and heard ever\' kind of plaint lirought into his Court. ^ At Shre\\'sbury he obtained pre- sentments from all the Hundreds of the County of Salop These are ver)- voluminous, and of considerable interest, and give us some idea of the state of Shropshire at that period, ddie presentment to the King at the Salop Assizes concerning the misdeeds of Richard Peshall, of Chetwynd, has already been alluded to in the Tru)isactions.- But there were very many other presentments of no less interest, which show that murders, outrages, and acts of violence of all kinds were {uevalent in the county of Salop in the first half of the 15th century. A few of the most interesting of these presentments have been extracted by Mt. \V. K. Boyd for the Society, from the original Assi/e Rolls preserved in the Public Record Ofiice. Those now selected relate mostly to persons of some importance and standing in the county ; but it must not be forgotten that they are not one-hundredth part of the pre- sentments made to the young King at the Assizes held at Shrewsbury in 1414. We should like to show more about these cases, and how the persons presented were dealt with. What punishment was awarded to John Abrahall and his Companions for murdering John Plowden, as he was going to church at Lydbury on Good Friday, 1414 ? And why did John Plcnvden, presumably the murdered man, fifteen years ' Historical Col'ccf ions for Staff^ordshlrt, vol. xvii., [j. 4, - See TransacJions, jrii Seiics, \'[., 2.;^. opt I. -in i>' 1 / /,,/ \\\ .J/k'l ^'^' '" '•'''/ ," .:> . .... .;.; i''"' -I'l J.:'... I K^ I '... .;^^»v] '■ / ''r%', ■! xi'H' H .1' '■■''■ '-'"■ r M ■ ■ . ■. 1 . , ^ -VI '-li .i'.:i'/ J :IJ . ,,:. ,. ...,u.l :') '>» '" "" , .^! '[;;.. i->'^ ;•"•'• '■' "■ ■ . •■ <. nil' ^ . M t' -I / I ■ '■ /■''• ,i .'' .,!, ,,• ■ i ..1. ■ , : ; 1 111 '. . I . , ..II ' . , Uc >'' ,, . ,,':.(1J : I u .:.wM. I.. ■> SOME Pl^OCEEDING AT THK SHROPSHIRE ASSIZES, I4I4. 39I before, kill John Caumvile, at Ludlow ? For some reason or other Nicholas Peshall, therectorofEdgmond, had incurred the enmity of Roger Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, and so Roger in March 141 1- 12, brought an armed force of forty men to Edgmond Rectory, and drove away all his sheep and oxen, and stripped his house of all his goods and chattels and silver cu[)S and ornaments, and carried them off. Another member of this family, John Corbet, o( Habberley, a chaplain, was presented for abducting Amelia de la Melle in 1409 ; and Roger Corbet, of Shrewslnny, for assaulting one of the collectors of the Ring's subsidy. Menry de Cornwall, of Catsley, assaulted and beat the parson of Salcru}cn in 1413, and the same year killed h^llis vSharp at Rinlct. It is hoped that some further extracts from these Assi/c Rolls will be printed in a future volume ot the Transactions. Assize Rolls, No. 753, [1414.] m. 2. Let enquiry be made for the Lord the Ring if John Abrahall, of Ircheufeld, esquire, John Holamton, of Irchenfeld, " sondeour,"^ Thomas ap Richard, '' sondeour," of Irchenfeld, John Pete, " sondeour," of Irchenfeld, on I'Viday next before the feast of Easter, called " Goodfride),'' in the second }ear of the reign of Ring floury V, at Lydbury, feloniously slew and murdered John IMoudon, estpiire, in going to church to hear divine services in the church of the same vill. , m. 6. Hundred of Condovere. By Richard Songodon, Constable of Monkforiet, and his fellow constables, hirst incjuisition. lion, they present that John Wele, escjuire, ca[)tain of Oswastcr, on Sunilay next after the least oi the Ai)c)stles I'hilij) and James, in the lirst year of the reign of l\ing Ilcury V,, came to P\(:hi lord with divers men unknown, to the ' Sondeour, perhaps Hornier, a messenger. {Hkeat's Vic/, uj Mnidle En^liili.) .: : i^/i -;. IK.'-: ^llf'-l i.•l^'i.i !J,.r; ■iii'li;.: I . ^ 1 '. \'\ > nu,'. "'•fi :.. i -i' .■ t ■'.,'. n .:i /i;i/j.P'> «•• T ,■• .' 1 . t.i] ' i;!*! i ,• ; IT- - ,i.!'.!w;);i'>l 1 Mi ,' ■ • .».-:■ . V' .,r -;,..:..if'r ■■ ,.,. • I iiM • •■ ■ .M :i • • : .. . I, ■••,,, ■• , j.yi ;;,;..( .i > . ' i '■- III, /..■'( 'i :, . (.:n •.•■!) ■_. joj'.tl t/'.-d ,'t;J.t|-| .' I '•! (' I : ., 1 .!■!. iirlj, /•;. .Hi/ oiii/'.^t ■'"I . , ,.:V . 1,,v\ . I. ! 1 ■ r-. I i ; 1 1 ; ; i . • ' . 1 ' . ' ! <-•) : i I i 1 1 . » 393 f-r, 1 SOME PROCEEDINGS AT THE number of 800, armed and arrayed in the manner of war, and took from divers tenants of Sir Hugh de Burnell, namely, from Thomas Holcet and others, divers victuals, viz., bread,' ale, and cheese to the value of 100% and their corn and grass, namely, wheat, barley, beans and peas, of the value of 10'' there lately growing, depastured, trod down and consumed with horses l\:c. And other enormous things cVc. against the peace of the said Lord the King, not pa\ing for the victuals aforesaid. m. 9. By Walter Bryd, Constable of Wenlok, and his fellows. Item, they present that John Esthope, of Esthope, co- Salop, " Squyer," on Tuesday next before the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the first year of the reign of King Henry V., at Wenlok, feloniously slew William Calweton, of Calweton. And that Richard fisthope, brother of the same John Esthope, and John Taillour, servant of the said John, were present, aiding and comforting the aforesaid John Esthope to commit the aforesaid felony. m. 13. By Henry Herdeley and his fellows Constables of the Hundred of Monselowe. Item, they present that John Plowdcne, of co. Salop, esquire, and John Bole, of the same count)-, " taillour," on Monday next after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the twenty second year of King Richard H., at Lodelowe, feloniously slew John Caumvile. m. 15. i I By Thomas Marche, Constable of Cleobury, and his i fellows. j Ilc))i, they present that John Adam, vicar of the church of Aldeibury, (o. Saloj), " I'rest," on Thursday next before ihe feast (jl I'fuUcost in the first year of the reign of King Henry v., feloniously carried away Sybil de Stette, at Alderbury. .IMT Ta ' 'U»f.r.Ti , ' ! .'■: .- H^ wt) .;] ,'\ .Ij I' I J"i. .-^lil/i ill' I.Io.I ttCe 3 "I--.! '• . ' - .; : i> . '-j ;•.,,;• ^^\■^\\ ; 1 •--•-•' ■:' ■'•:•;■•_■■' u, '. J • /III ■; ■■ ,q'.li;i^ .;'i -ri ! V . ''i /ih.V. ;.i I . 1.' .! •/ ;f . ■,{'■ : I " : ,* .r .. •' .. : : .•'-. . M ,;(:,(, J/ ?..; 1/ :.',■ ,• \- vM ; • ' • I . . till • • I . • •i • ■ . ' ' • » . I • ; »!•. • ■ ^ f 1/1. ;\ SHROPSHIRE ASSISES, I4I4 \ • 393 m. 14. . .^ The jurors present on their oath that John Corbet, of Haberlc}', co. Salop, chaplain, on Monday next after the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the nth year of King Henry ^. | IV., at liaberle, feloniously carried a\va\' Alice dc la Melle. ., ._ , [ 1 m. 16. ,,, , Constables of the Hundred of Overs, John Lye and his fellows. ^' Ilcm, they present that Henry dc Corncwaylc, of Cattysle, . , • CO. Salop, " Squyer," and William Acton, servant of the aforesaid Henry, \-eoman, with others unknown, on Friday in the first week of Lent, in the 14th year of the reign of King , .: Henry IV., with force and arms, that is to say, with swords, _ , , bills, bows and arrows, broke the house of Richard de \Vflyngt'>'i. parson of the church of SaliMuv en, at Salcru\cn, and dragged him outside his house and him did beat, wound and illtreat, against the peace &c. Item, they present that Henry de Cornewaylie, of Cattysle, CO. Salop, " Squyer," on Monday next after the feast of the Assum[)tion of the Blessed Mary, in the ist year of the reign of the now Lord the King, feloniously slew l^llis Sharp, at Kynlet, in the Court of John Cornewaille, knight, of co. Salop. And they say that the aforesaid John, the day, year and place aforesaid, was a maintainer and sustainer of the aforesaid Henry, j^rocuring and abetting him to commit the said felony in form aforesaid. m. 17. By Thomas Wronnowe and his fellows Constables of the Hundred of Pymenehull. The jurors present that Jevan ap Meueryk, " Squyer," on Wednesday next before the feast of the Ascension of the Lord in the ist year of the reign of King Henry V., at the vill of Eton, in the high street of the same vill, feloniously slew Thomas Perkys. m. t8. I>y John dauvill nnd his fellows Bailiffs cvc. of the liberties. The jurors pi cent that John Burley th(; younger, of Dalcotc, CO. Salop, " Squyer," together with many malefac- Ki If, -i .iL .0 ' . n ' Ji\ I'M:; :.. .1 ,;(< \ io byiliillill 'kli* V ?'j!d< It ■» .:!•'• MO' (i.'i ,11' 'i I. ., ■< :■, :•.■.! : •.■.■; . /. I .1. >• ■ ■• ■ ' ,■ i)|.'- •■ '.■•>■ 1 , 1 ' :.i •; ;. ,.; ',.,. . ,;; I .,); ;. . /' I ■ ■• I ".I I , • ir I 'i' ' . I. . i ', I '.flj III ,:!.., ■ I , .' I I - • I.'. ' .'ii.' , i ■ ■ .'• :i ;. ! . .■ .-Mi. I ,.A ■ ... (■ • • 1 ., r--. ■ ,1 ' • .1'. ) A.\(\ bfxii .: . ■; : ■ '■. ■ :..:i .1. 1. •• '!••: i f. :. ; ■ "I Mil I! . IC J 4 1 ;;.., fl '• -'.'I ../ I, /I . .11 394 ^^ SOME PROCKEDINGS AT TFiE tors unknown, on Monday next after the feast of St. Lawrence in the 14th year of the rei.c^n of Kinp; Henry IV., at Lndlowe, with force and arms, viz., armed with tunics, " palettes," "■ doublettcs de defenso,"' and arra\-ed in warhke manner, lay in wait to beat or maihem Williain Mounselowe, of Ludlowe, against the peace &c. Itoii, they present that the aforesaid John Burley on I'riday next after the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross in the nth year of the rei<KS AU.!^'- ipf I -.(.J Mr - -riirj-' --i^'! 1.'.. ''Ml. .1. nru •_• ; ! ,,;:;'i,:v. :, .>...i; .-'cii i, ■ ' '• .1 .-•■; ■ ■ I •.' ^-jii'fil Ml!,- ;m!' 1 '.,',' ;,iii /:.: 1 ■ /.• :, I, , M'., . / ■ 'i: .' , .lit ^/ jfi .i 1 ■ il /"'. A' J., t ;.. .1 M>1 ri ;■// ' J- •■ (,,,■-' • SHROPSHIRE ASSIZES, I4I4. ,,., • .395, Itnn, they present that John Dod, of Knoll, co. Salop, " S(iu}ei"," and Tlionias Nurton, of Nunitc\\yi:li, co. ('heritor, yeoman, on Monday next after the feast of St. Pi.tei" Advincula, in the ist }'ear of the reign of King Ileni}- \'., at Frees, fL:Ioniously [took] h'o de Sulton and brought h.ini to the top of a certain hill and beheaded him, and so he sleu' and murdered him. , , m. i8d. 7/6-;;;, they present that K'eginald Vernon, parson of the church of Whetehull, co. Salop, John (Sniper, of I'^irlowe, in the countx' aforesaid, \eoman, on Palm Simday in the loth )'iar of i\ing Hem-}' 1\'., at W'hetciiull, l)ing ni wait, and with assault jnemeditated fi'loniously slew and murdered John Hunt. ' ■ ■•' •- ■ .'• m. 19. ; , • Second inquisition — by William Poyner and his fellows, jurors of the Hundred of Bradford. The third inquisition. The jurors present that Roger ' Corbet, of Moreton, co. Salop, esquire, and Roger Adams, of Colcesse. co. Saloji, \eoman, together with other e\'iId(X"rs unknown and disturbers of the Lord the King's peace armed and arrayed in warlike manner to the number of forty men, on Thursday next before the feast of St. Gregory the pope in the J3th year of the reign of King Henry IV., with force and arms, viz., swords, staves &c. entered the house of Master Nic:holas Peeshalc, parson of the church of Eggemondon at Eggemondon, and took and carried away the goods and chattels of the said Master, vi/., linnen and woollen clothes, brass, wooden and lead vessels, cups " de mazero " bound with silver and gilt "coupes" of silver and gilt, and other houseliold utensils to the value of ten marks there found, and took and abducted six oxen of the worth of six marks, and 200 shec)) of the w(Mth of 10'' ot the goods and chattels of the aloresaid Nhister there found, against the peace of ihe said latt: King. m. Z2. . Hon, they present that Roger Corbet, of the vill of Shrews- bur}-, esquire, Nicholas Pt'eshaK;, of \Vebenbur\', eo. Chester, I'scpiire, son of Thomas_Peeshale, (dii\aler, and K'ich.ird, son of Thomas Lcche bervant of the said Roger, yeoman, on Vol. VII., jid SciRs. WW i r,A to fi.;r'» ■'ill l.> 1;, . • ) \ ",iiJ n iii.il !>■ •li; 10 .t v< 1 ■- 1 r : . ' iM ..) .-I^''' O . .:!'!,: .i .li // I • • ■. ■ .1-' ,'!•.' I ::*...( :.••'.; • ■■ 1 ,.-M,: I ,... ., ■• ,'/ '1, .. / I 1- ••^r-r* >ni; ••'.'-n M-<( lit i' .1 i*MJi,Jii» j.u'^ii) .»»» ffi ;nl fii!.. 150^0*^] ..ii,i li / in — t) .j.iij IP '.rkq -.-...i^, 41!" IP- 1 .nil . '. .' . i' 1 I,.:', ! •■' .: . ■ . • ■ ' , ■ ; :■ 1 ; i / :: i 'ivrn;, hric ,' I ji i •< '•• :1 ?":^4 - t\5 u (J 7 I. '11. ) .1 / .^^iirii. ' . » t ; ...... ,,:'.>■■!■: '/^rH ,; f • . ..- •:|:-/,' I - I a "t ;.', ',. iK.fl Ki, ■'■. ' .1 ' J ;., . !• (■■ .;■■ , /I :,.! I,..:.: -I ,' [ it ^ , . I (!<■, - /Klj . •! 396 SOME PROCEEDINGS AT THE SHROPSHIRE ASSIZES, I4I4. Wednesday next before Palm Sunday in the 2nd year of the reign of King Henr}' V., with force and arms, viz., swortls and sta\'es, made an assault on Roger L)'ney, one of the lollectors for a moiety of one fifteenth granted to the King in the first } ear of the same King, antl him did beat, wound and maihem against the peace (S:c. m. 24. Second inquisition of the vill of Bruggenorth, by \\''illiam Palmere and his fellows. '["he jurors [)resent that the lIos[)ital of St. John the Baj)tist, oi Hruggenorih, is a Hospital of the Lord the King and of his collation. Whicli said Hospital before the time of memor}' was founded b)' the men of the vill aforesaid for one Master and five chaplains celebrating in the said Hospital for themselves and for the souls of the progenitors of the Lord the King and of his relations and friends, in the said Hospital, for ever. And also for providing, maintaining and keeping six poor people there, for alms, in food and clothing, for ever there, ami for having, keeping, and mantaining six beds in the saiti Hospital for e\'er for the poor to lie in ; and divers lands^ tenements, rents and services to the same Hospital for the sustentation of the same. And the alms aforesaid were given by the men of the townshij) aforesaid with that intent, for ever. A certain Richard Arundell, Master of the Hospital aforesaid, to whom the Lord Henry IV., late King of England, by his letters patent granted the Hospital aforesaid for the term of his life to provide all charges incumbent on the said Hospital. Which said Richard now has only one priest celebrating in the said Hospital, nor for five years before the day of this presentment, viz., Monday next after the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the secontl }'earofthe reign of the now Lord the King he had neither poor nor beds in the said Hosjiital, nor has he now, but withdrew thedivine si'i\i((.'S and alms [o be made in the saitl Hospital, and expended the profits of the aforesaid Hosi)ital to his own use, and permitted the church, houses, and also the tenancies of the said Hospital b}- reason of lack of rej)air to fall to final destruction of the Hosj)ital aforesaid and of the alms for sustaining oi it. i ( 'tt.)lli«'i' I"'"- i-'nd.'' .»•• -^ •"- • ■ ntt..!r// 7.! ,.in..n..^:nM V Hi-' •-^'''i ;•,' .!•• I )l 'i M .,.;u iiiv !' '" "■'■•■ ^''' ' ,.« -,i -!.i>';i I •- •"""'- ,.„;..^..' ■' ■ • ,:'"f7'5'"'^ •" r>f1i ;. ♦ /. nv > ■li';.: :', li- v^ ifiJ ;> yj^' .11 :.■,..; .'<: [ . .•!'/•'/ -'ill t..«;.-'i-. i. jl: ••.'5 ;.. ^.:/.i- iv/jrj -ivxii ,\00i ,ilj^t C,l, ji , : M .Mr' , ,.» ■ S • 1 ■ ;; / ; I t. ,1 l-./li.' ) i /U. .vfi.'l . Ill . I ;.» l.i'i. ; .11' . ii'.iK! I. !.• -^ ■ •• .. . I ■;/. .- ♦,• ■• • . ': !• ■ ^<^i^h'.Jl'■, ■■■• : \ •,' . /*. J- j(i! vii :o Mull 1 It •": ...r •).■.•' ' • , t . . ,, .. >. >:i, •.. I .:. . ■ 1: ; (. .. . • t .' 1 ■■• M ■; •! 1 riif.tlli // [ .■/ • . !. .^., ! ; , ; . ' !/ii '\: ,, ,11 i'.'.y.untll J'l • i it. ■ , , «" I , : • .o..| ■: ).. . .1- " ,1 r ,. y '• ' I I 398 THE LATE EDWARD CALVERT, LL.D. was compelled to take the ordinary Pass Degree. He graduated B,A. in 1^52, proceeding M.A. in 1855, and LL.l). in 1870, In August, 1852, Dr. Kenned)' appointed Mr. C'alvert one of his assistant-masters at Shrewsbury School, and here he remained until Februar}', 1859, when he married Mrs. Middlcton, a widow lady whose maiden name was \\'^right, and on account of her health left England for I'rinidad, having been appointed Headmaster of the Ciovernment School there. Untortunatel\- the climate of Trinidad proved fatal to Mrs. Calvert, and she died in the autumn oi 1859, when Mr. Calvert at once resigned his head-mastership, and returned to England, resuming liis place on the staff of Shrewsbury School in August, i860. He continued to be Assistant- Master until 1863, when he resigned his post, and opened a preparatory school in St. Mary's Place, Shreusbury, his fu'st pupils being Canon W. 11. l^detcher, Mr. J. H. Sprott, and the late Kev. John Scott Vardley. He presently moved his school to ('ollcgc Hill, Shrcwsbur}', taking intcj partnership with him the Ke\'.( J. ij. Atkinson. 'rhisj)artnership lasted for several )ears,/.ij., until 1873, when it was dissolved b}- mutual arrangement, and Dr. CaK'eit (who b}' this time had taken the degree of Doctor of Laws) carried on the School by himself, first at Stone House, afterwards at St. lllary's Cdiurch Room adjoining, and linall\- at Kemmendinc House in Longden Coleham. After about 12 \ears' work he discontinued his school, and was appointed b\' the Cjoverning Body of Shrewsbur}' School in 1886 School 13ailiff and Treasurer; and these oilices he held until 1897, managing the School propert}', recci\ing the rents, S:c. He alwa\-s took the keenest interest in everything that concerned Shrewsbury School, in 1892 he published the " Regestum Scholarium 156^ — ibj5,'" a transcript of the earliest admission register of the scholars, and a most scholarly and accurate work. He also found amongst Mr. Lconaril Hotrhkis's MSh., and cojMcd, a later list of admissions \\hi(di i.-, to bi- included in the 2ud edition of the Kvv. J. \:. Auden's SliiCiCshury Siluuil 7vf,:,'/s /<.■;•, mnv m the prtjss. 11< ;\i\c (-on>idi,rable lu'lp to the Kc\'. (1. W. I'isher in his Annuls I'f Snrc.csbury SclinoL i8>j(j; ihal author stating , ,.1 j'M.'Af .1/lAW » 1 •1'^' >»"T B0£ .,.> Mv;!- , ^1/ .r ,;.,,..:..r .{.'.;■>! ^U .W.'''l .t >v..i ■v^i! ■ Cr/' • ,/i .. ■■ , i * . ; ' : . .■ ■ ' ! li :a )<- I • ■> I ■ ; . ,.- V. .',.•• 1"', -"'''••'' •-• .'/,'' . i-r :u.i , la ,'.1 >. (Mill '/,>l ■ ,.. ,,,.,-1 ■• fflii '• in. iii" -.1'- ^ ' ' , ,.. ; ,, MH.- !u &'■,] i • ' " ' ■ .1 1 ,,| . . ... - ■ ' i ^^' • '■^■''" ••' .[ ■ ... .. ? . -J. 'I'; -■" • v.. ',: 5' J-t • ^' ''*" ,,,,< ' ifH'' '•-'. ''f " i ■ " » — '- • 11 .»« I' '«' THE LATE EDWARD CALVERT, LL.D. 399 in his Introduction, " to no one am I more indebted than to my old friend and colleague Dr- Calvert, who has from the first taken a deep interest in the progress of the book, and has done his best to make it a truthful history' of Shrcwsbur}' School." He was a constant benefactor to the School Library, of which, in ccnnection with Mr. T. E. Pickering, he made a catalogue. He published, about 1S74, a volume of Selections from Liv}', in collaboration with Mr. R. Saward, who was then a master at the School. He also helped Dr. Kenned}' much in the preparation of liis School bot)ks. I)r, Calvert was a classical scholar of considerable attain- ments, and especial!}' was this the case in regard to Greek and Latin composition. He had also a remarkable knowledge of mediaeval Latin words and terms, and he often gave great assistance in unravelling and elucidating the meaning of expressions in the old charters and documents which have been from time to time printed in the pages of these Transactions. He was very much interested in certain branches of archc'eolog}-, and many papers that have ap- peared in the Transactions have owed much to suggestions emanating from him. As already mentioned, he was a member of the Shropshire Archceological and Natural History Society from its foundation in 1877 ; whilst for many \ears he audited its accounts, and managed its affairs as one of the Council. On the death of the late Rev. W. Allport Leighton, the editor of tlie Transactiojis, an Editorial Com- mittee was appointed, one of whom was Dr. Calvert, and he continued to act on this Committee until his tleath, his suggestions being often of the greatest value to contributors. He was constitutionally of a sensitive and retiring disposition, even to shyness— a man whom it was impossible to conceive guilty of anything like self-assertion — but he was very intolerant of any work on the part of others which was slip- shod and careless; and many a beginner in litcrar}' efforts — whether it were a small boy making his first attempts in Latin composition at school, or a would-be contributor to the I'ages of the Societ}'"s Transiictiuns — has reason to thank him for criticism^ which perhaps .seemed .sexcre at tin: time, but which secuu d an attention to accurac}', which was of the utmost value m luluie woik. l"'^^- A\. I. rA I 3UT ' . 1 '!" . ■ 1' -I. ni I'' • , p '' ! IliO )■ ' 11 ..;. _[,:,: ■:.r' Vl .il/. li': ' i ; i u ■ , :ii . y fii ,y vi. i '■;>u . id : ' . •< J ..'I • • ' ' 'iJ t;; Vj' /..n j; ,, .^ r. li ;. . ,' M , i .,M;.'''i 'ill "I I lu.i): >-■ li. '■'•>! •('":• r^ \:'.<-,[' . ... -i,!.' ,, > j, // J i 'VW: ' ..,' t : .1 .H , _ ,, . 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I THE LATE I'.DWARI) CAI.VEKT, I.I..D. 4OT Dr. Calvert was a magistrate for the Borough, in which capacity he often sat on the bench ; a Trustee of the Allatt Charities; a Director of the Shrewsbury Gas Co.; and a member of the Committee of the Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, and of the Shrewsbury Dispensary; and in these and many other ways he showed or displayed an active interest in the welfare of the Borough of Shrewsbury. He was also largely responsible for the establishment of the High School for Girls in Shrewsbur\- in connection with the Girls Public Day School Company, and he taught Greek and Latin to the girls for about ten years from its foundation, and always took a warm interest in its fortunes. In his younger days he was a keen cricketer, at one time playing regularly for Shropshire, his last appearance for it being in 1877, and he was also a fair football player, and one of the great bat-fives four, who used to play in the old Ball ("ourt. He also used to row, and was (ond of f^^,hing. I'or some time past he had been in failing health, and after a brief illness he passed away on Monday night, May 27th, at his residence in Kingsland ; his bod}' was interred in the Shrewsbury (jcneral Cemetery on May 30th, a large number of friends being present although the day was very wet. He leaves behind him three sisters, Mrs. Law, Mrs. Goode, and Mrs. Davey. It remains only to add that the portrait here given is from a photograph taken by Mr. E. B. Bartlett about the }-ear 190J, and kindl)' lent for the pur})ose by Mrs. Davey. Editors. :oj. .«l.J » T- ! OL ; ,o ' . "•li? :.:!.■- ,-. >•)>•'. '"v':> 111 .' ri' !•• /.".■111."', i'.i .li:H ' ;.. •..■'! u. , -.i'l i.M I'-);:;: >ti'.v ; ' .- , ":■ • [';K-i ', .-. 1 ii : ,', •• ... ',.•.'. .::!' -.1 ^..(i,..t lif :•.«■.) \ji.i\ '-■;! !.'<>, -ttitt LiHjo? iv)'I v.-lr .?;■ .:• ;.■•-'. !/ '• .1. ••.. 1. .-.i^ \ ■ •i I .. ,i;:.f ...I.' i' r. .'_•■ ••! ' l.. i. <.!•.».••.•■!(;''!;.•, jti'-. ^iiirli '.'«/;// ,' 1 ' ,iJj .■.\-.:' r. . ■,:)!.; !r iM'.'iMjHi il' ./'..] -!;.! ,-i- : f J.!" ■•••/■! jh .}'j// ii'"_i;-'i i;.'' . •' . 'M, ' . I'l- ; ,1 ' !. ,1 ; M.'.. ' ' V,,;... ;.Mii; .".(1 jl 1; .• •• , - •'; .,'t ' I ■ . . 1.' '."' II .' ' .'i ;. ':;;>.'••''!'! a . : . ..' . -.-1 !'...<■ • I ■• ' •■■'■ ->■ I "I'-'i J ^"'J- ■> <'V> '/I .. 1 1 I » 1 I 1. •v. ^» ■ . y ' ' * ./. , .;.A-:-oi -^ :::>.■/ ' ; -■•'•/■ /. .../. . 4 -.,yt..u^ . / i ' ri-^A.^.i:^"';, HERALDS' CERTIFICATE OF THE PEDIGREE AND ARMS OF HUNT, lb23. i ,7.V I ^ !>,, 1' I i '. I'ii-i MISCFLLANKA. [Undfi- tin-, heading the Editors icill be pleased to insevt notes, and shi>rt articles relative to recent discoveries in the County, or other matters of archcxoloi^ical or Jiistorical interest. Connnuniciitiojis are invited, and should l/e addressed to the Editors, ejo Mr. If. W. Adnitt (lion. Sec), The Square, Shrea'shury.\ I We regret to record liie death of Mr. Francis (Joyne, ior I many years the vakied and esteemed Secretary of tlie Society, J whicli took place on November 5th, 1906, at Chirk, after a I sliort ilhicss. *. I. HERALDS' CERTIFICATE OF THE ARMS AND PEDK^^EE OF HUNT OF LONGNOR, Co. SALOP, 1623. Hunt: 7 Richanius Hunt de Lonijnor^Alicia I'llia in coin. Saloj). I Gardner. Kogerus Hunt. Ml I I ! I ; I riiomas. lulwarcUis Ricardus^Mart^eria Kli/ahetha fana Alicia ko;^cr. Hunt, de llunt.de I filia . . . ux : uxor uxor Icjiin, /nun'/' I.uiiLjnor Lungnor | buck de TIiohkc ij' Mcirtij in cuin. in com. London. W ildinj^'c. Russell Gardner. Salop Salop (Je a" 1023. a" 1023. London. Kduardus Jilt lit moriC 2J .SV/>'" /6j6. i(>j~ \ I I " ■' KIcImkIus Hunt, .Man.f Joh.nmes -NniliDniiis Hunt de ,ir\ i.-ir> id \i m.i. I lilia lluni. lliisi)iti(. l.inculn- /noiili II IK- I . . . . icUsl. Itllftt. I>,inillty icinh.r,' i(,.-;. Iiuk. J/nlljoid dr Woli,- \ stiinf in iiini. W'ii'iir I. Richardus 1 hint. [AkMS ANl' L'KESr I'AIKTEU.J Cunuenit cum Regislro. 15' Sept. iGjj Robert Trc-weil Som'ictt, *'. Aui;' \'incent, Rou^e croix. Kli/abeilia uxor Robt. (Jucn de Wn,„||„,uv. I 1 li/ ibelli.i iiiiptti 'Ihonir Hunt df Sii/u/) Anno dni ib.'~. / iVIAJJ.-l HII' \'. .'\' w. » ^wkanrcwaB^vwaa^atfi •■■•• .../...Ill . . . •'■ lir I J I .'ii.'!» ■,..t,:J ■:■•'■ ■-- ,.1.1.. I •It V C»\ ! . M ir-l «..i! .1.1 MISCFI r ANEA. 'J'he foregoing ptdigiee ot Hunt is an exact cop)- of the original Certificate given by Somerset Herald and Kouge-C'roix in the- year 1623 to Richard Hunt, or some other niemher of the family. J'liis original Certificate ib now in the Shrewslnny l'~ree Library, lowhidi it was presented by Mr. Herbert R. H. Scaitliam ; and the accom- panying illustration is fiom a plKjtograjih kindly made by Mr. H. H. liughes. The words printed in italics were not originally in the Certificate, but were added at a later date — apparently before 1630 — by some member of the family. They are \aluable, as they give some names and dales which oiherwise would not be known. The Aims painted on the (\rtilicatc are : IVr pale argent and sable, a s.dtire counter changed, a crescent foi difference ; and the Crest ; A hind's head couped argent, vulned in the neck with a pheon sable, and bleeding prcjper. It is interesting to note that the pedigree of the family of Hunt of Longnor j)rinted in the Harlcian Society's Visitation of Shrojishire, jtp. 265-204— of course e.\cejit ing the words in italics— is almost a verbatim copy of the Heralds' Certificate, an incidental proof of the accuracy of the Harleian Society's Shropshire volumes. The "Thomas Hunt of Salop," who is slated to marry, in 1C27, r.lizabeth Owen, the daughter ol Robert Owen, of Woodhouse. and Mli/abeth Hunt, was the celel/raled Parliamenlary Colonel, and member ot Parliament for Shrewsl)ury. He was Sheriff of Shi op- shire in 1(156, Mayor of Shrewsbury in the hillowing year, and tiied in 1669. l'"rom this marriage the Hunts of J)Oieati(;n are lineally descended. CJolonel 'I'homas Hunt was son of Richard Hum, 1 )rapei and Alderman of Shrewsbury, and grandson of '1 homas Hunt of (joldsione, in the parish of Cheswardine ; but how these Cheswardine Hunts were related to the Longnor family is not clear. Richard Hunt, of Longnor, who entered up his pedigree in 1623, prebumal)ly did not know his giandlather's. name ; but the earlier editions of the LaniUii Gentry, and the Rev. G. S. Master's Xoiiccs of (he FtnnUy oj Iluul (1S80), call him " 'J'homas Hunt of Longnor," and make him to be the lather, not only of Richarel Hunt, of Longnor, and of Roger Hunt, but also of 'J'homas Hunt, of Goldstone, in the parish of Cheswardine. Mr. Master further makes him to belong to the family ot Hunt of Stoke Daubeny, Lyndon, and IJarrowden, co. Rutland, and to be fourteenth in descent from one Turgitus; but it set nis to me that there is as yet no sufficii'nt proof of any connection between ihe Rutland and Sliro[)sluic l.iniiiies. Resides the books already mentioned, lefercnce should be made to llie liaileian Society's Visitnliaii ot Rutland, 1618-19; the \"is>ltiiio}i oJ Rutland, inSi (where, curi- ously, one h'dward |-lunt i^ described as " oi co. Salop, aged }('», and iiinnaiiied, in 1681 "') ; \\\,xVi:\\\.\^''i. S}icriJ]s ol Shi opshii ( , \)A\i(: 131 ; and the 'I'l iinsactiotis, jrd seiics, v. 133 13.). W. (;. D. IT.l'/IX HHR, 1 .S.A. •■if" . 'l »l '• J I .t I •».■' "' lllll- . -I ' I 1 , ,„ ,1... . um,:'..-.i-';1" "j» •,. f I II.. ' ,1 ■ i .!'• .11 '!•> . \ ■,.-. ^ , v> ■>/■ t .III ,I(>>I)I1 t, • ."•"■ ••'•"m^: ■i»«f;)w;,^ -Hf ri X -."rr ^/t. ^ rilK likKAl' L(JRl; HILL. r 5 MI5CF.I t.ANEA. Hi A l.iyrrKR WRirTKN BY THH (IRl^AT IDRD HILL, 'llic following letlcr has lately come into my posscssitju, and m;iy be ot interest historically and locally ; — " Camp near Roncesvallfs. " Augt. I 71I:, iSi 5. " My dear Sir, '■ I avail myself of the first moment of lci^,urc to acknowledge the ret'Lipt of your kind letter of the 6th of last month, and to return )(ni Hiy licst thanks lor yonr affeclioiialc congratulations and good wibhes. •' Uffore this time, 1 imagine, liie Rrincc of Orange will iuive reached I'^ngland, with the accounls of Soult's atteu)])! to relieve ]'am|)lona, the Action near that Place, and the retreat of ."Soult again to die frontiers of France During the wiiole (if these Operations \-ou will observe that we had a good deal of k'ag and fighting, and allhough the small torce I had with me- was not, at all times, aijle to withstand the o\erwhelining numbers that were brought against us, yet I believe we contributed very escentially to the gli>rious results of the business. W^e have again taken up a position on the I'Vonliers of France. I am on tiie right of the Army ; the ('ountry I occupy is strong, but very e\tensi\e. " Suult must have lost a considerable number of men dmin" the laiit liiiee weeks, some would imagini.' lliat he ran not be in a state to act olteii-iively ; he' is, liowevei, near his lesoiiiees, \; it is pos- sible he may make another elf»rt to relieve Pamplona and St. Sebastian. With respect to the Cloak 1 am sorry to say I have not had an opportunity of trying its water proof merits, owing to some mistake it was sent to a Depot in the rcnrand these Depots of late have been so often moved that I can not find my ("loak, I am, however, in hope it is at Lisbon, to which Place I will send for it (.\: if we remain in this Country I shall have frequent O[)portunity of trying it, ior it seldom ceases to rain amongst these Perenees Mountains. " 1 beg to be kindly remembered to my Aunt. ^^ remain " My dear Uncle " Yours most faithfully, " R. Hir.i." At the battle of X'lttoria, 21st June, 1611,. Hill commanded the right of the army -and later, " He was entrusted with the blockade of Pampeluna, and for months witlistood the determined attempts of the enemy to dislodge him from his Pyreiiean fastness." {U'cli. Supple. Dcsp., vol. viii.. passim ; GiiriViioJ, vi.. 557 to end of vol.; vii. to p. 346.1 Writing to his sister irom Lan/, three leagues from Fra'icr-, July 3rd, 1S13, he says: -"The enemy have left a good g.urison in Pampehiii.i ; it is a strong fnrlrefs, and // is said {\\ it it .It (III I I ■!. • I \ i- -' • ill Vli 1 • • M . , ' t I .ll I. I ,. ..7. it M rj '. i ,.ni. i.r.l 1 IK" ..> ..• ;,;.i 1 •' I ' .i '.Mill ,1,1. j^i.'«' 'lU ' ■ ♦ m IV MISCKLLANEA. is well supplied with auuiiunilion and provisions." {Ltje uf I/lll, by Rev. \i. Sidney, 'S45.) " When the allied army was re-orgaiiised on French soil, in three army corps, under Hill, 15eresford, and Hope, the light was'assigned to Hill, with the second and fourth liritish and a Portugese division and iMina's and Murillo's corps of Spaniards attached. Hill ren- dered important services at the battle of Nivelle, loth November, 1813, when Soult's iriplc line of defences w.is stormed, and in the operations on the Nive in the following month." {Die/. Nut. />ioj^.) December 13th was the last day of the lighting on the Nive, the French, leaving their [.owerfully-entrenched cam[) at IJayonnc attacked Hill with a c(;nsiderable army, ;uid Hill, w ithout any assist- anct', gave ihem, as Wellington plainly [,ui it, "the soundest thrashing they ever had." Who the uncle was, to whom this letter was sent, I am not able to ascertain. It was, no doubt, either .sent to Rowland, the cele- brated Nonconfoimist minister, or the Rev. Robert Hill, as the Kc\-. Bryan Hill was unmarried. The accompanying illustration was photographed from an old print by Mr. H. H. Huizhes. the block being kindly 'cnt by Mr I Wilding. HERliHRT R. H. SOUrfiAM, I'.S.A. III. HUMAN Rli.MAINS FOUND AT RRESTHOPE. ^ Whilst clearing away the upper layers of earth in the l.illeshall Coal, Coke and Lime Company's limestone quarries near Presthope station in June or July last (iyo6) the Workmen came upon human remains. Unfortunately, however, all traces ol \\u: interment, except a portion of the skull, were swept away before any examina- tion could be made. The following meagre particulars are all that could be gathered. The body was laid out straight, and tlie bones were in a "well formed gr.ive." The medi(-:il testimony as to the portion of skull was that it was thai of some(jne about 20 years of a^e. Tlu; reniarkai)le circumstance is that the interment was about 12 feet deep, in a stratum of white clay, above which is a stratum of red clay besides the surface soil, yet there were no indications of disturbance of the clay strata. The depth of the " grave " and the absence of disluibance of the ground seem to [joint to uilerment at a very remote pc'riod. R. JOWl'l'l' lUJR'l'ON, MA, Rcctoi of Hughlry. (..: .t.i: I 'I 'i' : n. •• r. i- I ) -I, i : i : 1 rt I ■!! . ' ' Oi. 'J i< !it . :i' . II V . /i 'I.I, .1 I' .1 •!. '^I'l 1 .J!J ' ■ 1 .- /;'(.!." I' • rii li .-.■ ( •.! I J . Ill ! ' < i ;-•• 1 I, 7 v! ! i.i I • ' ••» .; r • /, ■ •.i,ir< ./. 1^ r. 1 ," ,, I , . ■'. , . , •..' I n . I '• , ' ,'ll I" •• M.l.., ' ,,. .1 IV '• >'U !o ; .1 1 , . ' • I <.i'".i ■ I .,1 . : '■\ MISCELLANEA. V IV. CHAINED BOOKS IN SALOP. Is the following a kill and accurate list of the chained bool-s in Shropshire ? Baschurch, a Bible. Hodnet, several on their original desk. Munslow. Quatt, Fox's Acts and Monuments (not now chained). 'I'ilstock, two volumes of Fcjx. Upton Maj;na, Jewel's Apology. Whitchurch, Fox's Acts and Monuments. Many of the books in the Church Library at Chirbury have had chanis, but not, I believe, in the similar libraries at Tong and at More. There are also libraries for ttie use of the clergy at Bridg- north, Middle, and Whitchurch. H. M. AUDKN, F.R. Hist. S. V. SHROPSHIRE DEEDS. Mrs. Martin, of W'esthope, has very kindly given to the Council of the Society a large number of deeds — 105 in all — relating to Shrewsbury, Newport, Wem, Clive, and elsewhere in co Salop, and dating from 13S3 to 1773. A calendar is being made, and as soon as it is coiii[)leted the deeds v.'ill bo [)lai;ed ior safe custody in the Shrewsljury I'Vee Library where they will be [ireserved for the use of antiquaries, 'i'he deeds relate to the following [;laces in the county ; — Shrcusbmy, lOOyio 1773, the Stalls, Castle Foregate, Cotton, Coleham, '• The Bear," &c. ; i^ deeds. Newport, 1447 to 1636 ; 37 deeds. I'he Clive, Tilley, and Wem, 1625 to 1704 ; 42 deeds. Northwood, 1383, a grant from l\onul[)h (Jolleborne of March- auiley and Alice liis wife, dauglitcr of William Redy, to John Rowland of l''alles, of land in Northwood called Petybruche within the lordshi|) of Red ('aslle, i)'ing near Sokesbriiche on (me side and land of William de Podmor on the other side. Baschurch, 1705; Bishop's Castle, 1705; Bridgnorth, 1756 and 178S ^the latter deed is the bailiffs' certificate under their seal that Peter Cap[)er, escj., is a burgess of Bruges, and in it the charter of King John is fully .set out) ; ( hild s Frcall, 1685, a le.ise for lives from Sir John ('orbett to William Adney ; fhurch Aston, 1675; Draytonin Hales, 1616, grant from Thomas, Lord Gerrard to James Eccles ; Thongla'ul, 1560 and 1719 (both deeds relate to the Lacon family) ; I'lb') rton, 1647, Court Roll, Philip Youiv::, esq., lord ot the Manoi , U'hitchiirch, 1733; Withington, 1731 W. (-;. D. 11, ETC HER, F.S..A. . /» . J , v.-i'..-': A/. ■1 ;■ : ■;•:;!;• jtiMM- ; ; ■ • ,■ .,,1 -.i . ,.' I ; ',' .n r i 1 1.,!,"^ ,', )!^ . ,.. , .i^MK.i ■- K.I . V :.<'■ i"^ ::,•.' ^ ' < .1 ,. . • I IT' >'' 1 '..'I' 1 1 . . l)!'r . ' ; , ' :,i) t' ' '•,,,..: . ,■ I H.|<(.; ..-■•. , ..■. 1 r.'l 1 ,.,,'■ ,,,•'( VJi.ii'.r< ,■■ . , I . ,1- '..^'■.1(1'-. • , (I. ' I I'. 1 ' (ill ivId! > ■ ' :■■'.■ • > , , ,)!'■.. I ^;/'''. I, . . )\'t Im' ,)!ii ! - '•: « ipT ., . ' ,1 ., , • ■ ^ IN,. - |i 1 (,'.•' , ■., ,,. ;, ,' . . / I M '. ■ Mint , . , , ■ ' I » (■ ■ I ;<■< •;<,' i.'. ' ■•(! .. • ■ ,,;... I ,. . :'..< :< !• l;l'. i Imm. •;, '• , "I ,■ .. r ' ■' *. , I !<• ';.;- .{•'11 I • ifi I » - ' , 'I ,.t 1. (.. .< I • Hi. J ' V M I I '"! V*>\A .1 ;.' c. ,1 1 • ' . < J ■ ; ) I (• ( , K, hi t > , M< . •» ) I •» '' r ; j , II MlSCKl.LANl'lA. \I, MANDA'l'K BV EDWARD Hi. TO IHE SHERIFF 01' SALOP, TO ARRES'l' AN APOSTATE MOXK OF SliREWSRURV. JO NOV., 137.'. {Patent Roll, ./j; Ediand III., pan j, in. .V Concernin;^ lakmg an apobiate. The King to his beloved and tcUthiul Robert de Kendale, Sheriff of Salop, Roger dc Ollckyi', Pliili[> de \\'ylyK'\e, Roger Marr lial and John del Ree, greelnig Whereas Ijrother Ruger de ilulliion monk of the order of St. ISenedict of S.iloi), despising the habii of that order, wanders and runs about in a seeular habit iVoni plaee to place, to the danger of his soul and tlie manifest scandal of the said order, as our beloved ill Christ the Abbot of Salop by his letters patent has signified to us. ^^'e ha\e assigned yoii and each of you to arrest without delay ihe said Roger wlieiever he may happen to be found, and to cause him to be deiiwreil to the said Aljbot or his attorney in this matter lo be chastised according to the discipline and rule of his order. And therefore we order yuu and each of you, that you ddigently make haste about the premises and do and follow out these things in form aforesaid. Moreoxer we gi\e to all :. nd singular sheiiffs mayors bailiffs ministers and other our faithful peo|jle, as well within the liljerties as without, by tenor ot these [jresenls in the commands, lliat they make haste to act and assist you and each of you in the premises, and help )ou tis often as and as by you or anv t)f you in tins mattei on oui t»eliall m.i\' be luought lorward. In witness v\.c. Wuness the iNing al \\\ .-jlmin^ter llie Jolh da\' 01' Noveiubci. j 1 j7-'. I 15 'Ihe al)w\e Mandate- is extiacled hi-m ihe TaUjiil Rolls ol I'^dward 111., prcsi rw d in tlie Public Record Ol'lice. Ol the apostate ninnk, Roger ile llothUm, nolliing fuillier is known. The al)bot \\hopra)ed loi" his arrest was Nicholas Ste\-enes, who bore rule from 1^61 to 1399. The Sheriff ol Salop, Robert de Kendale, was really only deputy for Richard, 5tli Earl of Arundel, who was Sheriff from 1 '^.j5 until his death in 1375, and in c(jnjiinction with Edmund de Pinion lu; acted as dcpmy for the I'^ail in i;,7i and 137J. Richard, Fail of Arundel, was (diief juslitiar of Wales in 1333, and Chief Commissioner lif Arra)' in co. Salop, 16 February 1339, and on 10 .Man h, 13.15, he was appointed Sheriff of Shrop- shire foi Ins lile. (I'ine Rolls, mem. 29). fie died 24 January, I 575-6 .'1 he Earl was a great soldier, and far too busy a man to be af)le to aUi lul to his Sheriff's duties ni Sliropshire, ami so this WiixV had to b( done I >\- dcpni _\ . W, C. 1). ll.Kri^HFR, F.S.,\. .1 I r»r.i ir r/ L\r . I - • I . :i _r 1 II. 'i'p, cmI ■ ii; /ii I ■ , , I Ml 1 1(1 ir... -I>.l f i!. , t ! MlSCEl.LANtA. vU VII. ,. , .,.. , PAPAL INDULGENCE FOR BATTLEFIELD CHURCH, II MARCH, [^23. The following abstract, which is taken from the " Calendar of Papal Registers," Pupa/ Letters, VI L, j). 252, shows that the build- ing of Battlefield Church, which nuist have been begun al:)OUt 1407, was still proceeding in the year 1423. {Lateran Rc ' » I J /» . ' < 1 1 i . ■ I Vtn MISCEI.I.ANEA. '1 he ivy, which has been allowed to grow, and has greatly dam- aged the buildings, is gradually being removed and the stone-work repaired ; and the appearance of the Al)l)ey will necessarily be more impressive than was formerly the case. In the garden, to tlie south of the Chajnir House, are the Abbot's lodgings, parlour, domestic (jffices ,ind livatorics, iS:c., whidi liave now been cleaned out. On tlie north side ol the church, in the field at some little distance, are evidences of a stone build- mg, which is most probably the remains of the Gate House. Unfouunately, the i6th century additions of the Harker frimily, which weje built on the site of the Abbey, caused the destruction of very much of the old buildings. In due course it is hoped that a proj)er descri[)tion of the Abbey, with [)lans and illustrations, will be pruned in the Trdiisactiuns. The total cost of the s.xcavations is about ;^i40, of which £'&6 has already been subscribed. There is still a sum of ' 54 to be raised ; and perhaps some of the members of the Society might like to assist in this excellent object. Subscriptions should be sent to me as early as |)ossible. 11. K. H. SOUTH AM, F.S.A., Local Secretary Society of Anlicjuaries of London. Innellan, Shrewsbury. IX. TRACES OF PREHISTORIC MAN. 1 am glad to be able to report the discovery of traces of Pre- hist'Tic man in a part of the county which, as far as I know, has not previously furnished them. On the occasion of ii recent excur- sion of the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club into Corvedale, Mr. John Farmer, of 'I'honglands, showed the members twu flint imi)lements which NL I'. W. Hcnvard, of New House, Shipton, had discovered on his land, and also a bronze gouge which he IkkJ himself ft)und in a held at Ihonglands. All tliree objects, by the kimlness of the hnders, have been handed to me, and are now deposited in the Shrewsbury Museurn. Of the tlinls, one is a scraper of the usual ty[)e, while the oth'-T, which is largt.-r, has a sernUed edge a])parently for sawing. Tlie bron/e implement is a socketed gouge, and its inerest lies in the fact that it is the first that has come info the possession of our local Museum, and oidy two or three at most are recordcil as having bi.cn Hnind in the county, 'i'he ready generosity wiih which the donors have made these gilts -slight iri themselves, pcihaps, but of great arch;vological inte-est -is an example which may well have its record in the Transactions, and will. It is hopi-d, be followed by others who may have in their pos- session similar objects. THOMAS AUDICN, NLA., F.S.A. na9->. ,)Ui tJl ; .• •< •//■»; i ■ I . ■ '1 . i ! ;-j. -/.■-.'.'• /:..;i-t(:f; .••,11 !•■ ■ ': . A '!:>\\ ,., ,'. .1 •. . : • \ I. 'J ' -' I'!,'; I'lfi I ,■ . Vii.' ■• I ■ Ik) '■..' ] I'. '1 1 n ■ 111 ;m''Pii! ^,'! I ,: .' ;.. inl . ■ ;.. ! ' JUJ .UK ,,':■■, - : I 'i<'.'i ' ' "f' I'- '1*-' ' . , .i . ., : ' i ; ; •• M .1 J ll'.il'l^ 1 ]/, ., , , ; ' " ' •' i < .1 *■ :<<■_ •iru<]uu .1 ..,.;,. ,!'. i : .1 i ■■ ; •• ■>,il> ,,, ! ' ,;,, . ,. ' i/. '. !l .. -t, .MKiCl .•,'.• I ,..■ ,.'^1 r !-.Mi ■■.!' , t; i: • •> 'I ■ ..:; ., . I. . '....'..-r'^ ,1. ' ; .1 : • ;.i I -U'W .V , t I, ■, . . ■ I •.,,(,'.•. ! /.(I'Mi ' ,■ ;i; ^, ■ ■ i ,,.■ ') I I . ; . "1 . •: Iimc * ■■■'.■ • '• •' •"■■'•M • ■■' .... ,1 ■ 1 >1 1 , ,,■,.. 1. ,.,■ ,. .. ',, ' . . :'.. -n • , I, I ., ■.!.,. I. ■ , ' .■ ' Ml-..' ' / ., •' /I I ' ! -■( .(■(/Hi »•• • ■ . : ,. i. .' ,■; I, M. •' II' ' MISCEIJ-ANEA. iX ■I '•; 'l: X. .♦ ■ . , 'I ^' rj ■'• i .to .,'> '.■ ' ' s ■ SUITOSED ROMAN VILLA AT RVENWOOD. It may he remembered that in a previous number of tlie Trans- ■ i actions attention was called to the fra^^ments of Pullery found in u held at Lvenwood on tlic slope of Shadwell Coppice Hill, on the . . ,. held roid to Langley. It was suggested that these were possibly , h. Rcmian, and marked the site of a Roman Villa. Since that com- •.- ; < ,i..j» municatiin was made, a number of specimens of the pottery louiul have been submitted to several Felhjws of the Society of Antiquaries ' I ,,'. , t ill London, including Mr. (1. \l. Fox, who stands at the head of ;■ . experts on Roman anticpiities. I am sorry to say that the sugges tion that a new site of Roman occupation had been discovered is demolished by their unanimous opinon that the fragments of pot- tery are only mediaeval, and in no case Roman. If tin's, however, . ; is conect, the questi(jn at once arises— How is it that so nia.iy ir.gments are found in h small portion of a particular field and no- where else in the immediate neighbourhood ? I'liis is diliicult to answer ; but a plausible theory has been suggested, namely, that when the land was enclosed from the open hill-side — perhaps in the 15th or 1 6th century — a hollow, or possibly a water-pit, at the bottom of the field in question was filled up with the contents of the rubbish heap from Langley Hall, which lies at no great distance away. The fragments, it must be remembered, are all of rough domestic pottery, such as would be used in kitchen and dairy rather than parlour. No traces have been discovered of finer ware; and this would be accounted for by the fact that at the period referred to porcelain was not in general use, its place being taken by wooden trenchers in the kitchen, and silver or some other metal in the diniiig-liall. This theory, it must be confessed, is a somewhat ignominious substitute for the theoiy of a Roman Villa, but it does not detract from the interest of the neighbourhood. As mentioned in my pre- \iuus communication, it was an important district, both in Roman and medixval limes, and it will yet repay careful examination on the pait of those who are interested. 'IHOMAS AUDKN, M.A., L.S.A. XL I)I':LI) RELATING TO THE RERARA'l'ION OF THE CLIVE CHAPEL, 10 AUGUSF, 1578 The following deed is preserved at Stratford on-Avon, in Shake- speare's biith place, and was copied by Mr. R. Savage, the secretary and librarian, at the request of Mr. H. R. H. Southam. 1 he reference to it is, ''.Museum Deeds, Ap[K'ndix No. 511." It relates to certain repairs that were being done at the (dive Chapel lO. 17. /. I J IV . ij J . : .. ■- .. ..ill . :au- J •• •>^c ..■■■> ■ f .-.ll It .•",.. nt-Hj- '>iiw I.I ri ..-<,• •'it i. _ . :» ■ iv ,'.'.. • ■■"■',' I., i: - ^^,^:•r•' , i(3.\( •}■> iMjl ■' . ■•. i: * ,j f). w r:i»ljf3f:|i ill I -^tl- ' ••*•-< ' ':;.' ; 1.83.1 loii' ll<:'l V-»J«»ni!.I .ito^t (i« . ••■ '■ " ■ : I. - i; ■ ■ I i ■ ii.ii ;( -j;: : " •. I . . ••• •: . . . 1 -u J 1 1. ; •■. /• I.' ■ • , T*!' .'ll . .' . . 1 - ■ ' ' / . I 1 1 ' ■ v): III ! ■ >, Ml, 11... i ..I. . . I •• ', . i' I II I .lU ', Mj ,>-Y ■)iL)m<|--: :»>■ -'IS"? ' 'I .f..v •fl •• 1 •') I ! >i .( ^ 1 ••,.i..uT -f.......ir (- . •; .-.. ; V>)M >' n \\ .1 :u,-. if. I '.,/. . ... " .. I.'/ I, Ml, )i. .li .iv; ,1 ■ . ■■<'.; Vi /.- M M )■■■ t / ,■■.'. .,.,'. ■1,1 - !•■. 'Ill' /. .;.ii»ii:; xn MISCELLANKA. below doore 3. Widdow Cusband John Kilvart Mr Newaans Rich Wagg ' 4. John Onslow Kich. Ifehoii for his owne house WilHani ffrance ^V'i^ianl Robinson 5. Edward Onslow Kich. Hechcott 2 seatcs Michall Marsh 6. Tho. Spcnlove Michall Baugh John Huffe 7. Mr. Newans Ed. Onslow Rich. Wagg 8. Sam Newans Tho. Wichcrly smith William Rodnest for ye Greens house xVlice Lockley i seate 9. Jeavan Lucllin ., , Cad wall ap Jeavan I. Co ... . I torn I Endorsed :—" A Table of the Scales and forms in the Chappell (jf Clive within the parish of St. Marys in llic T(jwnc of Sallopp to messuages 'I'encments of ye lnhal)ilants of the siid Chappclliic tjelonginge with there scverall placets in the said seates or formes att there names anexed as followeth In the Chancell on the South side of the said Chapell Seates I. The minister now beinge duringe his Comoracon in the Cure thereof {George Hincks 2 places Richard Smith i place for the house that was ffrancis ('rosse In the body of the Chappell 1. William Russell to the tenement in Sansaw belonginge 2. Thomas Spendk>ve to his owne tenement in ("live the whole Seate or forme 3- " " 10 : Aug : 20 : I'Au : " W. ti. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A. i u» T.'.tiif «(iy. i> .rii i •»• llJ'cV 'i ■.Jf • I . \ i ^ti't'L '•'"1 »( ■J I'. ' \' i-..' •}/! ' > y. ••J )f.) -r r'l •■ ,1 .,..1. Ml, .,; (;■,,,! 5 I.' .if J If ' . (.<>., MnJif , -.I ii • I' • >< Oil. fl V ■ I ■ , 1 • (J • • ■ ■ w>i! I j'' ' . • •, 1 V ( MISCELLANEA. Xlll XII. HEN DINAS, OR OLD OSWKSTRV. This extensive ;iiul remarkable liiclosure was the last spot \isilr(l on the day ol the Annual I'^xciiision on Auj^ust jjlh last; the lime lor its examination was all too brie! for so j^reatly in- teresting^ a structure, looming- as it does out of the mist of an- tiquity. I should therefore like to eall attention to it, and the apparently vexed question of its water supply, as a camp of refuse in limes of danijer, for the dwellers in the surroundini^ country, toj^ether with their llocks and herds. The form is most irregular, the inner inclosure being some i,2ho feet from north to south, and 650 feet from east to west; and the area 13 J acres, whilst the defensive works co\er a further area of 30! acres; at the south end they are 240 feet wide, in- creasing- to 265 feet on the east and north; gradually widening as proceeding westward, and due west attaining the enormous width of 475 feet. 'I'he entrance is on this face with an ascent into the Camp of 88 feet. Half-way up and to the north of the path the Ordnance Survey shows a space 350 feet long and 100 feet wide, and it was stated on the spot that ihtrt vtre puuls of water there. The great width of this west side permitted this appropriation, allowing space for two ditches below for its de- fence as well as two above to defend the inner inclosure, and concealing the position of the water. Is it not probal)le that these pools are part of the design, and so co-e\ al with the struc- ture? The fall of the ground, either naturally formed or arti- ficially constructed, is such as to make this position the most suitable for collecting the rain water, and would help ratlier than otherwise the defence of the camp. , J. NURSE, Architect, Shrewsbury. XIII. TFIE HERBERTS OF CHERBURY A COF■■.■■, :' i:i y.l I )•>■:. ■,.\i ) i. . ,., . I 1... .■i./.'-j!, 11 i-.">i ;-'y '!.• ..-{...c. ) •..!! wini . , , ,. ...•>■•.., . 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Henrietta Antonia, wife of Edward, 2nd I ord Uive, did not uihrnt the estate^ of |,cr l,rotiicr, Georoe Fdu-ird Henry Arthur, Earl (.( I'owis, uhu died unmarried in^Soi the mam purport of whose will is as lull.,\v.s :- He K ft the llarony of IWis and all Ins estates in tnisl for Un years, one of the trustees heniK lii-s brother ni-iaw, Edward, J,ord (^hve. (\.,tnin nnnunv speedied (or parts thereof) was to be sold. Wuh ilu- mlnuv ol>tamed by the sale and the rents and issues of the estates the trustees were wholly to free the testator's real estates from all niortgages and mcun.brances ; the surplus money, after the r.ayment ofius debts and certain legacies, to be used in the purchase of frc.ehold lands m the county of Montgomery, as near as mi ;•. ■ • \i .n y "ii 'H . l-f!i -. I ••.' . I wl . ''.). . < - |. ■ . i , v' ,'J I '. '^j'MMilli. Hi; ■ I .i-i ;.! .1] • ...Mi.i.. '.. • 1- .1,, I " i| ..ii, 1.1, : 'i,'-i ii'/ , . , . . ■ ,, ,:.( .1 ', " . ''n I 111 ' '.' . llC ) ,■■■,,,; t. 'I' I ■! . ; X.I , , • ,. ,,,. ,■■■.;/. n ., ••Hll'l ".'li (,'"., -.i!; "1 /,. I'l •'•) >•' ,f 1. I . '1; . ij.l "•■fl* !••• . ^v.jff.'iir.li 'ill ; ,,, ^,1 ' II .f'l I 11. , >' '.MM h H:>i » 1,1,. vl.-r; I '■ ' ', ' 1 i 'm Tjllirc 1: ;',, u .,:,'.. .jtJ ■ r V> ^ ••= i'i'i''' , . . . . . I , . . ' ' ' . I'; " ■ , ' ■ ' I . ; t ' ' ' ■ ' ■ ......I ..■ : ... . ■ . -• • '- '■"'■ ' •.»!.•. .,'.•- • '•'•■• •"':'' •' ., • I I. . r ''1 -I.'. (» :'•• 'nr ,. ,1 .•('.' If I .! J I •.-. ' ' ' • ' .' ' I I XV V'.J GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VII. (Ct)MPii.ici) uv F. A. jMaclkod.) [The fitrures in parentheses show how m cage.] A .•\ljdon, 38.4. Aberi^nvenny, 35, Alierystwyth (co. Carili'^aii), 44. Accounts, Statement of, x\x. Annuil Excursion, xii. ,, Meeting, vi. ,, Report, vi. Apedale, 125. Archaic Words, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, Si, 82, 83, 8^, 214, 215, 216. Armorial EJearings. Hunt, //. Talbot, 315. Moitiaier, 315. VVigley. 87. Strange, 315. .Aston (Diddlebury), 142. AuuKN-, .Miss II. .\I., F. R.Hist.S. Chaineci Books in Salo[), v. Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll of 13J7 (Notes on) : (Jvers Hundred, 353 ; Shrewsbury and Liberties, 360 ; Bridgnorth and Lii;erties, 369- AuDK.N, Rev. J. E., .NLA. Charles IL and I'ong, 177. Ecclesiastical History of Shropshire during the Civil War, Comnion- wealtn, and Restoration, 241. AuDEN, Rkv. I'homas, M..\ , F.S. A. Owen Glyndwr and Sychartn, xiii. Su[)posed Roman Villa at Even- wood, tx. Traces of Pre-Historic Man, viii. .\ugustinian Friars, Shrewsbury, Tne, Rev. C. U. Drinkwater, ALA., 105. AinOGKAI'll. Edward, Lord Herbert of Chor- bury, 44. B Bailifls' Accounts, Extracts from, 3'4. 330. 33^, 339- Brarow, 163. liayston Hill, 195. liiclie (Culiaingtoii), 3S2. my times the subject occurs on the sarot Bedleswurthe, 387. Bkll Ki.NGEKii' Rules. Haschurch, 3. Norton-in-Hales, 31. EUesmcre, 6. Wnitchurch, 19. \Lirket Drayton, 28. Benedictine .Abbey in the Middle Ag;5, A, Rev. I). H. S. Cranage, M.A., F.S. A., X. Benthall, 162, 163. Bessford, 383. Bewdley, 52, 160. Bitterley Broil in 1718, A, Rev. John R. Burton, 95. Bitterley, 353. ,, Court, 96. ,, .Manor, 95. ,, School, 95. ,. ,, Indenture, 97. BUickhall, 38. iilackenheg, 385. Blakkway, Rev. Joh.m Brickdale. .VLA., F.S. A., The Late, The Topographical History of Shrews- bury, edited by the late W. Phillips, 3i>- Bodbury Ring, Church Stretton, 172. Boscobel, 178, 179, 184. Bourton, 130. Bravinium, 150. Bridgnorth, 44, 369. ,, Foreign Liberties of, 371. ,, St. John Baptist, Hospital of, 393. Brocton, ijo. Bruckhurst Castle, Church Stretton, 176. Broincrott (Diddlebury), 143. Broseley, 161, 164. ,, l*i[ie Makers, 162, 163. Build was .\bbey, 162. Buri'ord, 358. BuiMdN, Rtv. John R., A Bitterley Broil in 1718, 95. Burton, Rkv. R. Jowett, M.A., Human I\eiiiains b'ounu at I'rest hi I DC, iv. .' ■ , «i ,.M ■tf-:: •i .^ \ ' ( II.. » . r : < II' ■ I •' . '. '- » ^' M\ , 1. ■(• ' ■ ' M> .1 ,• /. HI :,' . . -1 / , .'J '.ii , ....,1/ • « 1. ;: ; 1 1 •..■ . • 1 . 1'J /\ ,..ll ., Il ,111' ^■.•'•1 / I .1 / ' I ' ,' ..■ i , ■ :i XVI GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VIL < ': k: Caer Caradoc, 172. Calvert, Memoir of the Late Edward, LL. D., The Editors, 397, ,, Literary Work, 398. ,, List of Papers contributed to tlio S. A. and N. 11. Trans- ar/iiins, 400. ,, Member of Tublic Bodies, 400. ,, Scholastic and I'rofessioiiai Career, 397. 398. Chained IJooks in >aIo[i, H. M. Auden, ('. CHANTKII'S. Ludlow, St. ALary and St. (iabriel (Bt-auiMc's Chantry), S5. go, 91, Worfield, 220, 222, 224, 220, 22S, 230, 23 r, 232, 233, 236, 23S. ClIM'I.LS. Clive, X. Mdlichope, 128. Slirewsbury, St. IMase, 323. St. Mary, 334. ,. St. KLiry ^L^i;dalene, 33^- Shrewsbury, St. Werbur^^h, 327. Charles L, 44, 51, 315. ,, and Henrietta Maria, Mar- riay;e of, 40. 11., 49. ,, ,, and Tong, Rev. J. S. Auden. 177. Charles IL, Itinerary (" SiiKor.siiiKK, y IT. n. W.dttr.-,, I. Adckiley, 20. /^.sh, 13. l!.iseliutcli, I. Calverhall, 14. ("hesw.irdine, 2t. Cinld's Krcall, 25. ('ockshut, 4. Crifli^is, 4. Podington, i;;'. Drayton, Little, 29. Dudleston, 4. I'^ardiston, iz. Eccle.shall Deanery, i. KUesmere Deanery, I. Ellesuiere, 5. Kaul.s, I4. llodnet Deanery, 20. Hodnet, 29. Horiiley, g. I^iitfield, 14. Lineal-with-Colmere, 9. ^L^rket Drayton, Emmanuel, 29. ,, St. Mary, 26. Moreton Say, 30. Ness NLij^na, 9. ,, Parva, 10. Norton in- Hales, 30. Peplow, 32. IV'ttcn, II. Precs, 15. Ruyton- [ I- Towns, li. Stoke-on Tern, 3J. Tilstock, 17. VVelsnaniptt)n, 13. West Fciton, 6. Westi'U Lullin^ford, 13. Weston-under-Ke I Castle, 34. Whitcliurch Deanery, 13. Whitchurch, 17. VVhixall, ig. Woore, I. Church Platk. Clurbury, 50. Kibbesford (co. Wore), 52. CHUKCUWAKUENa' Accounts, Ex- tracts from. Cheswardine, 22. Moreton Say, 30. Shrewsbury Abbey, 188, 276. ,, St. Julian's, 251. Stoke-on-Tern. 33. Tonf^, 18S. West Eelton, 7. Worfield, 219. Civil War, Commonwealth and Rkstoration. Ctiurches damaf^ed, 273, 274, 275. Churchwardens' Accounts, 288. Ecclesiastical Acts of Parliainent, 241. Impiojirialions, 277. Incuiiil'ents, (iranls to, 278, 28f^. ,, Parli.inientari.ai, 250. ,, Plufaliit, 254. ,, I'resbyterian, 270. ,, Retus:d ot Ci)venant by, 254. Incundjents, Roy.alibt, 248, 250, 253, 264, etc. Inde.x of I'arishes Aflected, 308, i,Y -V r.r y^l^V•l TAH^i^3L> vr • .11 -vl J • I- . " M.l .' t' .1. -.. ,M,l/. ' J. .1 J ,'.' ' -* . >i ' ) , . 'I I ,l|. I'll' n ' ' GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VIL Civil War, Commonweallli and Kc- i>U>i ■.iiii.ni— co>i / iti !/!(/. Marria<;tjs before Jublices, 2Sj. l^linisltrs Assibtaiit, List of, 284. ,, tjocted, 281, 282, 285. Kciii^nalioiis Alter Act of Uniior- ii.ily, 297. Hcliiciin;iu of liUriuiiiig ^!illitt(.rs, 2CJ1. Faribli Regis ers, 287. Pendrill Family, Deeds Relating to, 190. Pendrill Family, Pensions Granted to, iS8. Popish Practices, 254. Presb)terian Clashes Fslablished, I'resbyterian Clas.^eb ^\ buli.slu'd, Pte>b)lerian Classes, List ot, 263 Puritan Nominations to Bcnelicts, 289. Clakk-Maxwell, Rev. \V. G., M.A. F.S.A. On the Library of More Church, Salop, 115. Cleeton, 103, 356. Cleobury Mortimer, 106, 107. CoHiiOLi), E. S., C. E., F.fj.S. Shrcjpshire Eaith-works, i65. Codbail, 181. Colchester, lob. Condover, Hundred of, 352. Corfton (Diddlebur)), l4i. Corvedale, 125. 134. Cranage, Rev. L). II S., M..^., F.S.A. A Benedictine Abbey in the Middle A^'es, X. Cressaj^e, 130, Ciounvell, < liver, 179. D Diddlebury, 139, 388. Dodmore, near Ludlow, 85, 89. Dol^uog (co. Montgomery), 3b. Downton (Upton Magna), 195. Dkinkwatek, Kkv. C H., RLA. The Augustinian Friars, Siuews- bury, 105. Muntford liiidge, lolls. Customs, etc., A.U. 1285— 1412, 65. Shrevvsbury Paving and Otljcr Ac- counts, 54 Henry IlL, A.D. 1269— 1270, 193. Dudmaston, 372. Eardington, 129. L.inlisttni, 133. Iiarl's Hill, 167, 175. ,, Camp, i((). Fast- Wall, 130. Faton -uniUr-Ha> wood, 125, 130. Ecclesiastical History of bhropshire during the Civil War, Common- weallli, and Kest(.r.aiun, Rev. J. E. Audcii, ^LA., 241. Edgbold (Meole brace), 305. EdvNard the Confessor, 152. Edward II., 369. Edward IV., I49. Elizabeth, 36. Frmstrey Park (Diddlebury), 144. I':velith Mill, 184. EvLinvood, i.v. Fxcavalinns .il I lamdiimiid Abbey, 11. K. 11. .South, III'/, I'.b.A., vi:'. Lylcjii-oniSeverii, 39. P'a.MILIES. Carrington, 131, J)e iieysin 356. De I.udlo\i', bg. Le ticotots, 353. Harewell, 131. Herbert of Cherbury, 35. ,, A uclcioss, ^~,. Il( orde, 332. Hunt of Boreatton, //. ,, Longnor, /. More, 134. _ , Mortimer, 88, 149. ..; Passey, 92. Pendrill. I79. Winiiington-Ingram, 53. First liaililfs of Ludlow, Henry T. We)ina!i, I*'. S. A., 149. Fli-iciiei;, Rbv. \V. G. IJ., M.A., F.S.A- Deed Relating to the Rep.'iration of Ciive Chapel, 10th Aui^Uit, 1578, ix. Heralds' Certificate of the Arms and Pedigree of Hunt of Longnor, 1623, ('. Mandate by Edward III. to the Sheriff of Salop to Arrest an Apostate Monk of Shrewsbury, 20th November, 1372, vi. Papal Indulgence lor Battle-lieid Church, vii. Sliroi)shire Deeds, v. Sliro])shire Feet of Fines, A.D. 1218 — 1248, 379. Shrojishire Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327, (Introductions to) The Hun- dred of Overs, 351 ; >hrewsbury and Liberties, 360; Bridgnoith aiul i.ilicilies, 374 ..ei .!■ . ^ ..■: ...<<■> <* 14. 1 I I ; .ifii.l'j-J j(> fei; .6'." .Ill I i H ...••■f :A j.:,.l > ■ ; ' . , ■ ; ' a 1 . ^ ,v v,,^ ... :;..,. - I .> I I ," / 111 ,4, |.,,,l,/\ / t' ,. .1 t /V r^.'l 1 ■ .■II. . •'! A f. V,. cv ^ 7ll i.f'il.M.iil I/. . M / «.'• ,,l xvttt GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VH. Fletcher, Rev. W. G. D., M.A., F.S.A. continued. Some Froceedin{,'s at the Shropshire Assizes 1414, 3go. The Late Edward Calveil, LL D . 397- , feiton, 89. ■ ■ r- ■ ,.., Q.,. ■■ Gifts of Deeds relating to — Baschurch, v. Bishop's Castle, v. Bridf,'north, v. Child's Etcall, t'. Church Aston, 7'. Clivc, V. Drayton in-Hales, v. Newport, V. Northwood, v. Shrewsbury, v. Tibberton, v. Tiiley, v. Thongland, v. Wem, V. Whitchurch, v. Within- ton, v. Greet, 357. , H Haughmond Abbey, rii. Hales, 379. llarna},'e, 130. Hedgcote I-ield, Battle of, 35. Hen Dinas. or Old Oswestry, John Nurse, xiii. Hen Dinas (Oswestry), xvii., .xiit. Henley (Bitterley), 103. Henry H., 369. Henry IIL, 369. Henry V., 390. Henry VHI., 36. HEKiiliKT, Fl-URENIIA C. The Herberts of Cherbury, 35. The Herberts of Cherbury, a Coriec- tion, xiit. Heralds' Certificate of the Arms and Pedigree of Hunt of Longnor. 162^ Kev. W. G. D, Fletcher, i. HiU-upon-Cott (Bitterley), 104. HorE-EiJWARiiiit;, E. C. Upper Millichope, 125. Hubbal Grange, 179, i8j. Hungcrford, 130. Incumbents, Shropshire. Aiberbury, 39 j. Bitterley, 95,101 Bishop's Castle, Brampton Bryan "6- no. Ciive, .V. Ciun, no. Diddlebury, 139, Edgmond, 395. Ellesmere, 5. Habberley, 393. Liansilin, xvii. Market Drayton 26, 27 (2)'. Inijuisitio ad quod III, 112, 113. Index of Parishes named in 1 he Eccle- siastical History of 8hro])shire, in the Civil War, etc., 308. Index of Parishes named in The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327, 375. J Saleruycn, 393. Shrewsbury, St. Alkmond, 317. Stanton Lacy 100 (2). StolOU9^ .Oli^l' : .^...0..::..^'' .V , ■' ' ■ GENEKAL INDEX TO VOL. VII. Xtx Lymore, 49. Llyssiii (co. Montgonier)), 42, 48. Madclcy. 1S4. Mandate by Edward III. to the Sliciitl' of Salop to Aire.^t an Apos'.ate Monk of Shrewsbury, 20th Novem- ber, 1372, Rev. W. G. D. Fletclicr, z'i. Marchumley, 380. , , Market Drayton, 177. Mauiin, Kvi:lvn H. A Terrier of the I'arish of Diddle- bury, 1637, 139. (jifl of Shropshire Deeiis lo the Society by, v. Metnberb, l-ist of, xxlv. .Meolc Prace, 56O. Middlehope ( Uiddlcbury), 142. Middletop (I5itterley), 95, loj. ,, (Ciiirbury), 385. Milliciiope, I ower, 129, 133. Mill, 130. )) I'l'l'e'r, 125. ', . ., Milsoni, 335. Minutes of Council Mectinj^s, xix. MontLjouiery Castle, 36, 39, 40, 44. Monlford Bridge, Tolls, Customs, etc., A.D. 1285 to 1412, Kiv. C. H. Drinkwater, 65. Munslow, 129. N Nash, 155. Neen Solars, 354. Nill's Tlill Camp, 173. Nivelle, liatlle of, iv. Newport, 177. Newton (Meole Brace), 2^'j. Nobold (Meole Brace), 367 NuusK, John. Hen Dinas, or Old Oswesti)', xiii. O Oakley Park, 4S. Overs, Humhed of, 352. OveitoM (Kicliard's Cattle), 384. Owen Glyndwr and Syciiartli, Kev. T. Auden, xiii 1' Pam))eluna, Siege of, tti. Papal Indulgence lor Battlefield Church, nth March, 1423, Kev. W. G. D. Fletcher, vti. patton, 130. Pkihgkees. Carini;t>n, 132. Leighton, 136. Herbert, 62. Pendierton, 137. 'Iiiiit, /. Pendiill, igo. Pejton (Diddiebury), 142. I'hUsO.NS. ,, Abraiiall, Julm, 390, 39J. . ^. Acton, Sir Roger, 321. Adam, Joiin, 392. Ainswortii, G., 17. Algar, Earl of Mercia, 356. Anderson, Sir Henry, 95. Arnway, John, 256, Arund?!, Richard Earl of, z'i,, 69, AiUiuk'li, Richard, 396. Auden, Charley:, 95. Hal iwin, Edward, 140. ., John, 14J, 146. ,, Roger, 67. ,, Thomas, 146. William, 87. Heaupie, .'\gnes, 90. ,, Tiers, 85, 90. Belesme, Robeit de, 369. Benson, Ricluud, 92. Helten, James, 249. Beysyn, VValter, 352. Roolli, George (Lord Delamere). 49- Hooton, John, 99. Bradshaw, John, 46. Bromby, Sir 'I homas, 37. Browker, Thomas, 95, 96. Hurd, Robert, 179, iSo, 187, 189. Burley, John, 393. Burraid, Alice, 51. Butler, Humphrey, 99. Byryton, V\ illiani le, 362. Caloughton, William, 394. Calweton, loiiii, 392. Careless, William, 178, 185. Carington (Smitii) Ciiarles, 1st Baron, 131. Caringt n, Constantia, 131. ,, Francis, 2nd Baron, 131. ,, John (Smith), 131. ,, Jiliciiael, 132. Caumvile, |oiin, 391, 392, (Uialoner, Tiiomas, 262, 286, 301. Chabbenour, Hichard <.\f, 153. ('lieillon, Bp. 'Tiiomus lie, 128. (ylerk, Matthew, 95. Cleveland, Earl of, 1S2. Clifford, Rosamund, 35H. Clive, Edward, 2nd Lord, 57. ,, Kolert, 1st Lord, 57. ,, Eldward, Earl of Towis, 58. ■■2nd ,, 58, xtv. Chin, Ralph de, 85. Conycrs, .Sir Julm, 35. 'JV . i\: 0 XX GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VIL Persons — contittued. Corbet, John, 3qi, 393. ,, Ko-cr, 39 1, 395. Corbctt, iS r Vincent, 249. Coriuvall, fitiiry dc, 391 3(53. Ciiiipcr, Jclin, 91. Dannctt, Gerrard, 142, 147. ,, Leonard, I47. Dene, Jolin de, 156. Derby, Earl of, 178, 182. Dod, John, 395. Dovill, Roliert, 86, 8;. Dunfow, Hugli, 362. Edwards, Thomasin, 51. ,, Ricliard, 248, ?ii, ,, Sir Thomas, 357. Egerton, Lady iMary, 48. Ernulph, 106. Estliope, John, 392, 394. Eudon, W'ilHani dc, 352 tishcr, Samuel, 249. I'itzwarinc, John, 88. Fleetwood, James, 257. Fox, Charles, 92. ,, Margaret, 54. Gamel, John, 362. Gitfard, Charles, 178, 179, 182, 189. (jjlbert, Thomas, 292, Glyndwr, Owen, xiii. Greneue ap Tudor, 154. Grey, Lord, xiii. Gritiith, George, 256. Haperwas, John, 67, 68. Hail, Kichard, 93. ,, Thomas, 93. Hampton, Sir U'illiatn, 227. Harding, \Viliiani, 91. Hareweil, John, 131. fLarvey, Christopher, 116. Hatcher, John, 95. ,, Thomas, 97. Herbert, Edward, ist Lord of Cher- bury, 39. Herbert, Kichard, 2nd Lord of Cher- bury. 44. Herbert, Henry, 1st Lord of Cher- bury (2nd creation), 53. Herbert, Henry, -nd Lord of Cher- bury (2nd creation), 53-. Herbert, Edward, 3rd Lord of Cher- bury (2nd creation), 47, 49. Herbert, Henry, 4th Lord of Cher- bury (2nd creation), 49. Herbert, Henry Arthur, ist Lord of Cherbury (3rd creation), 54. Herbert, Henry Arthur, 1st Eail ot Fowls, 49, 56. Herbert, Geort,'e E. H. A., 2nd Earl of Fowls. 57, xiv. Herbert, Edward James, 3rd Earl of Fowls, 59. Herbert, George Charles, 4th Earl of I'owii, T,(), 59. Heibert, William, Marquis of Fowls, 55- Herbert, Featrix, 42, 43, ,, L'dward, 36. ,, I lorentia, 48, 54. (itorge, 38, 51. ,, Heniietta Antonia, ^6, xiii., xii\ Herbert, Henry, 39, 49, 51, 53, ,, Margaret, 39. „ Mary, 39. ,, Matthew, 36, 54. ,, I'ercy Egerton, 59. ,, Sir Kichard, 35, 36, 37. ,, Sir \\ illiam, 35. Hibernia, Agnes de, 315. Higgins, William, 259. Hilderbham, Samuel, 251, 302. Holfoid, (Jath-.rina Maria, 132. Hollings, John, 345, 346. Hoorde, Thomas, 332. fiothlon, Kciger de, ri. Huggeford. V\alter de, 352. Hunt, John, 395. ,, Thoin.s, ii. Irland, Kobert, 313. Jevaii ap Meuci) k, 393 Jcvan a[j \\ yl>ni, 317. Jones. Chief Jusiice 315. Jordan of Ludford, 153. Kaynhani, Thomas, 89. Kendale, Kobert de, vi. Knyght, John, 314. Kyiiaston, John, 314. Lacy, Margery de, 85, 87. ,, Koger de, 85, 152. ,, Walter de, 85, 153. Langford, John, 99. Lee, Sir Kichard, 313. Legg, Kichard, 161. Lewis, Thomas, 144, 146, 147. Littleton, Timothy, 96. ,, Sir Thomas, 96. Ludlow, Sir Lawrence de, ,, Nicholas of, 151. Lye, Sir John, 227. Lyney, Roger, 396. Mackworth, Humphrey, 177, 18.', 279. McUe, Alice (Amelia) de la, 39r, 393- Meres, Sir Thomas, 97. Melton, John, 34 i, 342. Montgomery, tarl ot, 4(1. Moore, C hailes, 94. More, Charles, 134. ,, John, 134, 135. ,, Katherine, 135. ,, Leighton, 135. 89, 151. •11 I ,; 'i i XX .•I ,- . .11 Jtl t ., /^ . II, !■. .1) .<*» Vltlil I ■ ■ . ' .,..t.::,ii: r i;» 'iftlli''.'! . .l(|r. ! I ...: , ... !. ••■■•. ;i ■»•• .! .. ' -, ■. .;,) -.vi. i; i .1 ,. r\-U li . . ..ir. ' I .■.>.[ .iH . • ■.. ji . . Il '. r ■. ■■ I , "' ii-"jii'; GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. VII. XXt Persons — continued. |. More, Richard, 115, 116, 134. ,, Ko^er, 134. ,, Thomas, 134, 135, 261. ,, William, 134. Morelmll, Nicliolas de, 89. Mortimer, Hugh de, 359. ,, Robert de, 358. Mortumari, Roger dc, 70. Muunselowe, William, 394. Mytton, Culonel, 2S1). Necdham, Gervas, 254. Newhorough, John, 95, 100. Newport, NIamlalen, 37. ,, Sir Richard, 249 Normscott, jolin, 141, 147. Northumberland, Duchess of, 5S. Oliley, lilizabeth, 52. Orjie, Thomas, 258. Owen ap Maddock, 317. I'lrmeiUcr, William le, 362. Parys, John, 149, 365. i'asscy, John, 92. Paulet, Geoi<;e, .Marquis of Win- chester, 53. RembertuM, Edward, 136. ,, Kobert, 136. ,, Tlionias, 136. Pembroke, isl Earl of, 35. Perkys, Thomas, 393. Perle, isci^inaid, 362. Peshall, Nicholas, 391, 393. Pierrepont, William, 251. Pierson, Thomas, 116. Pitciiford, Nicholas de 37-'. Plielypps, (ohn, 314. Plowden, John, 390. Powell, Vavasour, 279. Powys, Lyttellon, 96. ,, I'homas, 90. ProA'de, Nicholas, 262. Ramsey, Anne, 53. Roden, Noah, 163. Roscarrock, Edward, 178, 179, 18". Salwey, Humphrey, 2151. Say, llugii de, 358. ,, Maifjaret ile, 33S. Rictiard litz Scroij, 355, 358, Sharp, Ellis, 391, ^cji. Siward, 85, 3';4. Smythe, Sir Eilward, \\2. Si)ieni;li()use, Ro;;er, (8. StalTortl, Nicholas, 90. Stauntcm, John, 8g, 391. Stette, Sybil de, 392. Sievenes, Nicholas, vi. S udley, I'eter, 248. Stury, Sir Richanl, 520, 32f. Synejrere, John, 8y. Talbot, I'rancis, 177, 182. „ John, 237, 31S. Tallents, Francis, 300. Thursficld, Richard, 161. Torrington, 1st Earl of, 36. 'Turvour, Richard, 91. Vaughan, William (Walter), no. Van Veidoe, jan, 3. Verdon, Nicholas de, 153. Verdun, Margery de, 87. Vernon, Reginald, 39^. Wallop, Mary, 53. Walcot, 'I'hcjmas, 95, 96. Wc-le, John, 70, 391, Wellings, Charles, 146, 148. Wigley, Alice de, 87. ,, Thomas of, 85. ,, Roger of, 86. William of, 89. \N ilbraham, Roi;er, ii. Wilding, James, 2)9, 272. Winisor, Harriet Baroness, 58. V\ ooley, Ivlmund, 2C0. U'right, John, 132. Wygin, Henedicta, 317, 350, Vates, Elizabeth, 178. ,, Francis, 178, 187. York, James Duke of, 149, 315, Pipes, Early Salopian, '1'. H. Thurs- field, 160. Plowden, liilling's Ring, 174. ' ■' I'ontesbury Mound, 173. ' ,, Ring, 173. Pontesford Hill, 160. ,, Camp, 167. Posenhall, 385. Postern, Great (Diddlebury), J43. ,, Little (Oiddlebury), 144. Portraits, Herbert Family, I.ist of, 6t, 62. Powis Castle, xiv. Presthope, Human Remains Found at. Rev. R. Jowett Burton, iv. Preston (iobbalds, 384. Pulley. 367. Pulverbatch, 385. Q Quatford, 373. (Juat, 371. R Rheims, St. Remigius' Abbey, 336. Ribbesfurd (co. Worcester), 49, 51, .53- Richard's Castle, 352. Roncesvalies, ///. Royal O.ak, 185. Itupert, Prince, 40, 315. Ru-,hl)ury, 130. St. Margaret's Glee (Diddlebury), 144. Salter's Hill, i8r. J»* .1;/ .'C'T 01 /-JMl'l lAM ik^.l.T .0> ' ,\i pV ■'-,•' .: , It /' !c •ni\i^(M ,■! ../I ,it •; . .11 .«)• '« > .-.-.M ,ll...i.-/i..'l ft ...'»■ in •• I » .^, ,,,..,.1/ , .. .,,,1:1 ;•. ,i' , .1 ,:r .' . ..ir^ , , ,v- ■■'■•' '" .■■'•' ' '■■ r^ . .. • :. : I'.. I ...-.1 |.^ •-..*-^. '.(• XXI I GENICKAI. INDl.X TO VOL. VII. Saiidfiinl, 381. Scl)asti)|)ol, 60. Severn Valley, 16). Silvini^luu, 53(1. Suilloll (Biltcrlcy). 104. SlKiviiiLjton, -1^2, 3X9. Shawliviry, 3S5. ShrllDii, JO5. Silll'l 'M, I j"- SiiKi-.wsi-.UKY, 362. Castk, 1/7- Koreii;ii Liberties, 564. Ilund'roi, I'luccs Contained in, jfo. M. Ch.id, Canons ot, j(.5. Stkkkts \M> I'l Acts. Abbey Ciate, 1(j5. Aslerton (liuui.ds, 31S. 1; il.e-ten loue, ^J-i. licech.^ I. .Hie. Jjcj. Bellslone, ]y>. Hciint^ton, 31b. iJispestanes, ]}q- Black Kriars, 312. Ikidi^e Street, j}7- Butcher Uow, 3^0. Candelall, ]2\. Carnaivon Lane, 346. Carrier's inn, 3^3. Castle (i.ite. 1'J5- Chaddelndc, I'j". 34"- Ciiai)nioii.-.trete, 329. Cherleton Hall, 324. Chepyoi^e Street, 32,5. Clarcuionl, 343. li'il, 33^- Cole 11 >li. Ml- CoUe.^e 11 ill, H • Cowlone, 103. CreiAiH Lode, 337. Distall l-;ine, i}^. Dol; Lane,3i3 I)o^l,(,le, 3 11). Drapeis" Hall, 314- Fish Street, ^y). Frankwell, 349- I'lerelode. Ki"- (iroiie Lane, ^n. (iullet ^hut, 323. Cunibel-taLtrete, 321. Hill's Lane, 345. Hord's Hall, 35-^- Junes' Mansion, 315. Kayines I'l ice. 34S. Kellcnslone, 325. Kiln l.ane, ^ i ,<,, 3-4- Knokyns Lane. 343. Le Stally^, .',■_',■ \.c 'I'.ill.ot, 3l(J. Milk r-iK.i, \\n. Miiru',.:..- iM^ryvans), 324, m, 3;;. Ox Lane. J15. I'eicock Shut, 330. Rattens l.ane. 3.19. KomaUi.-.hani, 103, 350. .St. lila-e's Cha; el, ^1^. St. Cli.id'.-, C.ate, 340. St. Chri tojih'.i's < 'oiner, 316* Street, 31". Si. NL.rieS Almshouse? ttete, 313. S;. M.uy's Chapel 334. St. Mary's Cliurchyaul, 313. St. .'^lary, Water Lane. 311. St. .Mary .\Lii; t\%% • M *ffv>lt , . ;; T .i>|., t ■ ••• -r 1 t' ' I- M' .' GKNERAL INDKX TO VOL. VII. XXI 1 1 '] hontjlands, viii. 1 uuKS) iicr.u, T. H. Early Salopian Pipes, 160. Ticklcrion, 130. Tilsop (Burfora), 355. Tialcin Abbey, 35. Tong, 177. ,. Spiiri'^ Co])pice, 181 ToiMJtiraphical History of Shreu=bury. The Late Kev. John Hriekdale Hlakt- way, edited by the Late William I'hillips, 31 I Traces of I're-Il'.-toric Man. Rev. 'I'liomas Audcn, Tiii. U Uf1iai,'lon, 105. Upper Millichope. 1'. C. Hope- l^dwardes, 125. N'ittoria, liattie of, Hi \V Walters, IL B., M.A., F.S.A. Church Bells of Hhropsliire, Section v., I. [See li^l under C ] Churciiwarden-.' Accounts of the Parish of Worfield I'.iri IV , 2\q. Wenlock, 12S, ibi, 163. Westhope (Diddiehury), 142, 146. ^VK^■^IAN, IIknkvT., F.S.A. First Bailitl's of Ludlo'-v, 149. \\ i^ley, 85. White Ladies, 178, 179. Whitchurch, 177. ,, Classis, 267. \\'hitclifre, 153. Whiiton, 357. VV ij^ley. Henry T. Weynim, 85. Wi^ley, Protection Granted to l^o;.'er de, 88. VMlderley Hill, 174. . William of Oranf;e, 49, 53, 97. Wills. Beaupie, Piers, 90. Coden, Walter, 159. Dannet, b lin, 147. ,, I'homas, 147. Hall. Richard, 93. Herbert, Fdvvard, 1st Lord H. of Cherbury, 41. Herbert, Richard, 2nd Lord of Cher- bury, 49. Heibert, Henry, 4th Lord of Cher- fjury, 50. Herucrt, Willi im, 3rd Marqu's of Powis, 55. Herbert, CJeort;e K. H. A., 2nd Larl of ["owis, xiv. NewborouLjh, John. 100. Paris, William. 15S. Parsons, John, 94. I'assey, Hichard, 92 Wooliston (I'rees), 3S3. Wootten Wawen (co. Warwick), 131. Worfield, Churchwardens Accounts. Extracts from, 2ig. S '-. ' ' '* ! II. t ' ?• ;l ' V ' .(!.• ..1'>V OT /.A\\r\l .!A)i:-t/.HJ .■>) 1 f .< '.t I ;i It iM n.l/. .M.I , '• J •iU A li .... ,\v fUll.'l ,. .1. 1)1.' .*»,r.-* » . *' r^ I 3rd Series, Vol. VII., Part II. Cransactions OF THE SbropsWre urcDacoloaical AND natural l>i$torp Socktp ESTABLISHED 1877. ALL RIGHTS RT, SERVED PART II.. 3RD SERIES, VOL. 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