REYNOLDS mSTCHltiJU GENEALOGY COLLECTION GENEALOGY 942.4501 SH84T 1899 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/transactionsofsh211shro T RANSACTION S OF THE SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. KSTAIH.ISHIOH 1 877. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2nd S E R T E S, VOL. XL, 1 8 9 9. P R 1 N T E D V O R T II E S O (J 1 K T Y S H R E W S B U R Y : ADN1TT AND NAUNTON, THE SQUARE O S W K S T R Y : W 0 0 I) A L L , MINSK ALL, AND CO. 1312427 SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. CONTENTS of 2nd Series, Vol. XL Page Charter of Edward IV. to Worfield, 26 May, 1177. Tran- scribed and Translated by the Rev. C. 11. Drinkwater, M.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Shrewsbury School Bailiffs' Account, for 1578-9, Transcribed by E. Calvert, LL. D. ... ... ... ... 5 Notes on certain names in the Dictionary of National Biography. By the liev. George W. Fisher... ... 10 Indictment of Humfrey Kynaston and others, together with the Coroner's Inquisition respecting the murder of John Heughes at Slretton in 1491. Edited by the lie v. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. ... ... ... ... 16 History of Albrighton, near Shifnal. By the late Rev. J. B. Blake way, M.A. , F.S.A. Edited by the Kev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M. A., F.S.A. ... ... ... 25 Notes on Albrighton in the 19th Century. By the Kev. Thomas Priestley, B.A. ... ... ... ... 188 British Shropshire. By R. Lloyd Kenyon .. ... 159 The Merc, in the Parish of Baschurch. By the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A. ..." ... ... 179 The Domestic History of Henry Vynar, of London and Con- dover, together with a transcript of his Will. By the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. ... ... ... 189 Shrewsbury Abbey.— Two Early Charters. Transcribed and Edited by the liev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A. ... 199 Shropshire Assize Rolls, temp. King John. (October 1203.)... 243 Extent of the Manor of Elksmere, 28 October, 1280 ... 252 Extent of the Manor of Welch Hampton, 4 November, 1280 260 iv. Shropshire Inquisitions Post Mortem. Twelve Early Inquisi- tions ... ... ... ... ... ... 262 The Parish Registers of Shipton. By the Hon. and Rev. G. II. F. Vane, M.A., Rector of Wem ... ... 277 Some Shropshire Briefs. By the Hon. and Rev. G. II. F. Vane, M. A., Rector of Wem. ... ... ... ... 285 Recorders of Ludlow. By Hekjry T. Weyman ... ••- 301 Abstracts of the Grants and Charters contained in the Chai- tulary of Wombridge Priory, Co. Salop. By the late Mr. George Momus, of Shrewsbury ... ... 331 The Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll of 1 13 7- Condover Hundred. With Introduction by the Rev. W. G. D. Fi.etcueu, M.A., F.S. A., and Annotations by Miss Auden ... ... 347 illustrations. Albrighton Church .. ... ... ... ... 33 Albrighton Corporate Seal .. ... ... ... 3G Pcpperhill ... ... ... ... ... ... 101 The Crown Hotel, Albrighton ... ... ... ... Io0 ■ SIIROPS HIKE AUCI I/EOLOGIUA L AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society was held at the Music Hall Uuildiiigs, Shrewsbury, on Monday, May 15th, 181)0. There was a crowded attendance, the proceedings being of exceptional interest in connection with the proposed further exploration of the site of the Koman City of Uriconiuin (Wroxeter), on which subject Mr. W. 11. St. John Hope-, M.A., Assistant Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, and Mr. C. R Fox, lion. M.A., Oxon, F.S.A., were announced to speak. Lord Karnard (President of the Society) took the chair, and among those present were: The Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A. (Chairman of the Council), Sir Ollley Wakeinan, liart., Sir C. 11. liousc-lioughton, Hart., Hun. and Lie v.. (I. 11. IT. Vane, Yin. Archdeacon Maude, Kev. T. Uain- bridge, Mr. K. Taylor, Mr. I!. Lloyd Ivenypu, Kev. T. Uwm, Kev. C. 11. Drinkwalcr, Kev. Prebendary Oldham, the Rev. 11. Ueber-lWy, Mr. K. St. J. Corbet, Mi'. T. Slaney-Eyton, Mr. K. 10. Daviesi, Mr. J. K. Ureatorex, Sir Walter Smythe, Hart., Mr. K.i msliot ham, the Kev. Prebendary Moss, Mi-. II. I). Kogcrs, Mr (!. .). Duniville Lees, the Kev. J. C. Storey, the llev. A. Thursby- Pelham, Mr. J. Boweu-Jpnes, Mr. Watkin Watkins, Mr. S. Clement Sontham, F.S.A. , Mr. 11. 11. 11. Soutliam, F.I!. U.S., the Kev. Prebendary Elliot, the Kev. Dr. Parry, the Kev. T. Town- send, Alderman F. C. Peele, the Kev. VV. C. J). Fletcher, F.S.A., Alderman W. C. Cross, the Kev. T. Kickards, the Kev. W. Lecke, the Kev. II. 11. Howard, Mr. J. 11 Sprott, Major \V. C. C. Pecle, Mr. J. Laing, Mr. A. 11. Ashdown, Capt. Williams Freeman, Mr. llum|ihi\v Saiull'ord, the Kev. Prebendary Egerton (Myddle), tin- Key. If. Stokes, Major Ceneral the lion. W. II. Herbert, Dr. Hunt, [|„- Krv. N. Cooper, the Kev. W, S. limns, the Kev. F. W. Kilteriuaster, the Key. A. C. Tliiscilon, Mr. T. Topi. am, Mr. F Coyne (secretary), etc. A considera hie number of ladies Well' also present. VI. ANNUAL REPORT. The liev, T. Auden submitted the report of the Council, as follows : — During the twelve months covered by this report, various minor mut- ters have received attention from the Council, including the provision of it new guide for visitors to Uniconiuin, kindly written for the purpose by Mr. C. F. Fox, F.S.A., and the fencing in of (he nun.-: of Mali us Lee Chapel, but the most important work of tiie year was the exhibition of •Shropshire antiquities held in May last. The collection of relics from all parts of the county -though it was very far from exhaustive— left little to bo desired as an exhibition, but it did not meet with the appreciation it deserved from the general public, and the financial result was disappointing. The Council, however, feel that the labour bestowed on it was not in vain, if it did nothing more than call attention to the treasures hidden away in country houses, and not always valued as they should be by Lhose to whom they belong. Since the last annual meeting the Society has lost by death one of its vice-presidents, the Rev. lion. J. K O. liridgenuvn, and several members, two of whom, Mr. A. F C. Lungley and Mr. Llewelyn Jones, had contributed papers to the Tt'UU*uclioiis, and in other ways shown their interest in antiquarian pursuits. For some time past the Council have been in communication with the Committee of the Society of Antiquaries, who have had in hand the exploration of Silehester, in reference to the further systematic exploration of Wroxetor. The Council have come to the conclusion that the time has now arrived when the scheme ma) be inaugurated, and they are prepared to give a cordial co operation to the London Committee. They feel, howev er, that it is a work far beyond the powers ol mere local eilort, as being nothing less than national in its importance and its interest, and they trust it may be taken up widely and with befitting generosity. Thomas Audkn, ALA., F.S.A., Chairman of the Council. Willi regard to the Society's financial position, Mr Auden said that they were just solvent, and that was all; but, considering their increasing expenditure, they wanted to be more than solvent, and he should like to take that opportunity of asking for new members; Since- the notices ol' the meeting went out, several proposals lor membership had been received, and he hoped these were merely the first-fruits of what would bo re- eeived as a ivsull of the gathering that day. (Applause.) lie moved thai I he report and statement of accounts be received and adopted. The Hon. and Kev. (1. II. ¥. Vane, in seconding, said that while the report showed that a good work had been done in the past, it also looked forward confidently to the accomplishment of I hat which was of national importance and interest. 'jPI-ic mot ion was carried. ELECTION OF COUNCIL AND AUMTOK. The Rev. Prebctidary Moss moved: "That the members of the Council, being eligible for re-election, be elected the Council for Hie current year, and that Dr. Calvert be re elected Auditor for llVe siiuc period." lie said that as one who had taken a great interest in archaeological studies, he felt that lie should be doing himself an injustice if he did not express the great satis- vii. faction which permeated his mind that there was some prospect of the great treasure*! which lay hidden under the soil at IJricouium being brought to light and made of public service, lie trusted that a long step in this direct ion would be taken that day. (Applause.) Mr K. Li.oYO lvENYON seconded the motion, which was passed. EXI'LOKATION OF L'KIC'ONll'M. The Puesident then proposed: "That it is desirable in the interests of antiquarian knowledge that the systematic explora- tion of the Koman city of Urieonium be resumed without delay." He said that, as stated in the report, the Society was now in the position of being able to obtain the very best possible infor- mation on tiie subject in which they Mere all 'so much interested. J3efo.ro he said a word about Urieonium itself, la; desired to say something with regard to the position he held that day. When he was approached hist year and invited to take the post of President of the Society, lie frankly confessed that he had not the slightest hesitation in doing so, for two reasons. In the first place, although as he said the other day at the dinner of tin; Shropshire Society in London, he was neither a native of 1 ho county nor a resident in it, still he thought they would agree with him that there were few persons who were more closely identified with the county, or who had a greater stake in its prosperity and general well-being than he had — (applause)— and he desired to express his gratitude for the cordial support he had always received in any endeavour he had made to pro- mote tin.' good of the county or the inhabitants, and also for the kind way in which his short -comings h id been pardoned and glossed over, shortcomings which were partly owing to his own deficiencies and partly to the fact that he had a very great stake in another county in [Ongland, in which he happened to reside, and which, therefore, claimed a larger share of his services. However, his help would always be at the disposal of the Shrop- shire people whenever they could find an occasion such as the present to call for it. (Applause.) His second reason for accepting the post of President was that throughout his life he had taken a very great interest in arclueological subjects, and although he quite admitted that tiny were not of vital import- ance to lib, yet at the some time they added enormously not only to the pleasures of life but the usefulness of it. (Applause.) In reading the report of the Soeivlv of Antiquaries for 1800 with regard to the excavations at Sihliostcr, he noticed that the fad w a s coi 1 1 nan I cd upon ||ial they were being undertaken by privab enterprise, while in Italy work of this kind was done by the I im eminent ; but the Ivuglish people always held them- selves up as possessing independence of character, which no doubt had to a certain extent helped them to win the position they h, Id in the world, and consequent ly he I hough I it desirable licit and iiikiii",s eff an antiquarian nature should hi carried VIII. out by .some of the loarned voluntary societies in the country. (Applause.) Ten years' association with a (Government depart- ment had convinced him that although control by the State was very bciictieial in many eases, yd it was accompanied by restric- tions which were not desirable in a matter such as this, in which they wanted to create enthusiasm and give satisfaction to all concerned. (Applause*) An accurate knowledge of archaeologi- cal matters was useful in almost ever)' walk of life. In the particular branch for which he himself was trained, namely, the law, he realised and appreciated the need of such an extended knowledge, lie felt that it' the history of commons, roads, and allotments was better understood and was more studied, it would be of the greatest advantage to those, persons who under- took to deal with them. These three things naturally came before them in their daily life, and persons constantly expressed opinions upon them without either knowing anything about them or even taking the trouble to find out anything concerning their early history. (Hear, hear.) He had in vain sought to get some definite information of this kind with regard to roads. No one seemed to take tho question up, and yet everybody was willing to claim roadside wastes and add them to his property. (Laughter.) There was one matter which he was glad to see prominently taken up in this county, and that was the printing of parish registers. (Applause.) He only wished to emphasise what had been done by instilling into the minds of the public as far as he possibly could the very great import- ance and value of supporting the work in every possible way. (Applause.) A Government Commission was ahead) dealing with ancient documents, but their work only referred to manu- scripts which were of historical or national importance, it was a work, however, that might be extended in a great number of cases, for there were very few parishes in Kngland that did not possess a quantity of documents which in man)' cases were re- garded as absolutely worthless, bill which might nevertheless be of the greatest possible use in elucidating history and char- ing up many points of dilliculty in the present day.. Unfor- tunately, this fact was not recognised in the last century, and thev read of boxes of paper being carried away by the daughters of deceased vicars which were of great value to the parishes concerned. The reading of ancient manuscripts was, of course, a dillicult matter, but with practice it was impossible to sav how much might not be accomplished. (Hear, hear.) With regard to what was proposed at Uriconium, the site formed part of the estate of which he (lord Barnard) happened to lie tenant for life, and he, therefore, asked Mr Hope in the course of his explanation to tell them, in order to allay any fears on the part of those most immediately concerned, what precautions would be taken to prevent any subsequent injury to the sod. He recognised fully that the case of Uriconium was quite an c.v IX. ceplional one. He felt very strongly that there were scarcely any I hmni no- British cities which were no I at the present lime covered by the dwellings of human beings, and, consequently, incapable of that, thorough explora-lion which was necessary to illustrate their history \ but at VVrqxeler tiny had an instance whe,re il was possible, without interfering with the habitations of an)' persons, to excavate almost t,he whole site of the city. He felt confident that even if lie and his tenant had to submit to some loss or some little discomfort they would do so willingly, knowing the cause in which the work was dune. (Applau.se.) lie also recognised that it was scarcely possible, even if it were neces.s.uy or desirable, that the county of Salop alone .should be called upon to bear the exclusive and .sole burden of a work which was practically of national importance and interest. (Applause.) lie trusted that any lady or gentleman who had it in his or her power to do so would take every step to cause the fact that this exploration was to be proceeded with to be Very widely made known, and that il would result in a suilicient measure of support to enable the Society lo commence work very short ly. (A pplau.su.) Sir Oi-'FLBY \V AKliMAN, Hart., in seconding the resolution, said it must he a matter of great satisfaction to all those interested in antiquarian pursuits in this county to learn that it was pro- posed to carry out further excavations at LJriconium, and it was also a matter for congratulation that the movement had come to a head at a time when the chair of the Society was occupied by one who had already shown so much interest in antiquarian matters, and on whose ground the city of IJrieonium was situated. (Applause.) Many of them, no doubt, had in years gone by visihd that most interesting place, Silcheslcr, and had seen the work carried on there under the auspices of the Society of Antiquaries, and they were phased to think thai the explora- tions al Wi'oxeter would be undertaken by the same boil)', bee.uis.e il was a guarantee that everything that science and ex- perience could produce would be forthcoming. (Applause.) He hoped they would not confine themselves lo passing the resolu- tion, but that tin') would do whatever lay in their power to help forward the work, not only by bringing it to the notice of other people, but by pecuniary support. (Applause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. W. 11. Sr. John lion: moved: "That the Council of the Shropshire Arch cohigieal Society, with power to add to their number, for this purpose be a local committee to co-operate with the Loudon committee in carrying qui the work of exploration, and that subscript ions, promised, impossible, for five years, be invited to defray the heavy expense involved." lie said that living', as he had the good fortune lo do, in what he might .all the ceulre ,,|- ilu. urrh:eo|ogical world, he could candidly say that one of i he most desirable works lo undertake in the inlcivsl s of X. arelneology was the systematic exploration of Uriconium in the same way and on the saine lines thai had been adopted at Silchestcr. There they had hern working lor nine.' successive years, and although at first people said it was absurd to attempt to explore a silo of 1,00 acres, lliey had already finished some sixty of theui, and in the course of their operations some ntost interesting discoveries had been made. Ihivh'ig eoniiinitted themselves to the format inn tit' an exploration fund, that necessi- tated the appointment of hvo eoinininfcees, one a local coin- mittee, which cotifd not consist of hetier nun than the Chair- man and Council Of the Shropshire Society, and another a small executive eoinniittee consisting of men who had had experience in this kind of work, so that none of tin- funds should Ik; wasted. There were four things to bo taken into account before anything could be done in the way of commencing to excavate. They had to get the consent of the owner of the soil, and he was happy to say they already had that permission- (applause) — then they had to make satisfactory arrangements with the tenant, and these he trusted would soon be brought to a success- ful issue. (Renewed applause1. ) In the third place, they had to obtain the co-operation of a committee of experts who would supervise the work, and fourthly, they had to secure the neces- sary funds. With regard to the third requirement, it was most necessary that there should he people of experience to direct those who would have to carry out the heavy part of the work, for if those engaged did not know what to look for, nor the value of things they came across, their labour would he in vain. At Silchestcr one member of the small committee was always on (he site directing operations and seeing that everything w.is carried out in a proper way. This committee was entirely inde- pendent from another point of view. They did not have to employ draughtsmen, hut made their own plans on the spot, the result of each year's work being afterwards transferred to a large map. Any antiquities discovered which were worth keep- ing wert' taken away, while those which wire practically refuse were buried again. Win n any important buildings were emue across, careful models Were taken before the structures were covered up again. Some very curious results wore obtainable limn the boms of animals killvd by the inhabitants of this Roman City for food. When compared with the boms of exist- ing sheep and oxen, it was found that the former belonged to totally diU'erent grades, being altogether smaller in build, and presenting peculiarities of considerable interest. When they realised that these creatures lived more than a thousand years ago, it was remarkable to see what progress had been made in the breeds of animals in that period. (Applause.) With re- gard to the cost of the proposed work, at Silchestcr they said they would want about CoOO a year, which they were told they would not get, but in nine years I la y had Collected and spent xi. .£4,320, which, divided by nine, canve to nearly C50U a year. Tiny hml no tliiliculLy whatever in getting it. (Applause.) In carrying out llie.se excavations, they had to bear in mind the fact that tin: tenant must nut be put to any loss. They took out ol' cultivation so many acres I'm- the year, and I lie tenant was paid a sum per acre, which he named, so as to protect him- self. Considering all the expenses which the1 operations would eMail, the committee would require the minimum sum of £500 a year, and in order that the work might he carried to a satis- factory termination, it was necessary to have a guarantee fund 1'or live years; and at the end of that period, if the subscribers considered the result satisfactory, it was to he hoped that they would continue their subscriptions, for in course of time the committee hoped to produce such discoveries as would show that tin,' work was being tarried out with the best possible results. (Applause.) He was aware that Shropshire was not in some respects a rich county, but it was quite possible for gentle- men living in it to undertake as their share of the work a Shrop- shire local fund, and as regarded the ring which existed outside, lie was prepared on the part of the London committee to under- take, as he did at Silchestcr, the collection of funds. (Applause.) lie had lilri'ildy had an offer of IT> for five years. (Renewed applause.) Mr. Hope then went on to speak of the mode of procedure adopted in carrying out the explorations, lie said tin y took so many acres each year, according to the convenience of the farmer; these were pegged out. in the autumn, ami left until the following year, when the "work of excavating was begun. Experienced workmen were employed, and the ground was so trenched that nothing of any size could escape notice. At Silchestcr very little of consequence was found in the build- ings, but a huge number of antiquities were discovered in the numerous rubbish pits with which portions of the site were honey-combed. So far as Uriconium was concerned, he did not think that previous explorers knew of the existence of these pits, so that (hey had not been excavated, and the work when und rlakcn was likely to lead to some remarkable discoveries. (Applause.) Mr. <1. 10. IA)X seconded the resolution. He said that Mr. Hope having submitted such matters connected with the project of excavation of Uriconium as more immediately concerned the financial side of the question, he might, perhaps, bo permitted to give some .short account of what would be their plans in this excavation from the purely archa/ologital point ol* view. To do this as tie, uly as possible, he proposed to give a slight sketch of the exploration of a kindred site to that of Uriconium, viz., ('alfh va (Silchestcr), where for the last nine years a committee, of tvhich' Mr. Hope and himself were two acting members, had been employed in unearthing a Uoinan City. It might betaken for gi mlcd thai under very similar ( ircuinst a iktm (heir action Xll. on the site in Hampshire would be repeated on the one in Shropshire.. In IfiOO the Silehestcr excavation committee was formed and tlie work begun. The site; surrounded by its Roman wall, bovered an area, of KM) acres. Within that wall the road- ways or streets of Die ancient town were occasionally revealed in the growing crops by Ihe stunted state <>t" the vegetation upon lliein. Tin.; excavations of the lirsl year revealed two line houses built round courtyards, and a wonderful find of iron tools, which had evidently been hidden away and lire place of hiding for- gotten. In the same year the great double west gate of the city was uncovered. The next year was less fruitful in dis- coveries, but the third season made up for any deficiencies in the second, lor in this year they carried out the examination of the Forum and I Ja si lien of the' Roman (own. Rut what fully rounded oil" I heir season's work was the discovery of the foun- dations of a Christian Church at the south-east corner of the Forum insula, the remains of which wi re the only definite relies of a Christian church of the Roman period existing in this country. In the following year blocks to the smith were ex- cavated. Perhaps the discoveries of the year 18!)i were the most notable they had made, for in that Year tin}' cairie upon extensive traces id' what must have been, at one period, the predominating industry of the city. The blocks along the main road from the Forum to the west gate were lineid with the foundations of dycrtf' workshops, and scattered over the ground about them were traces of the furnaces of dye-vats and deep water pits. In later explorations in the more central portions of tin- town they came across the foundations of important dwellings for the upper class, one of which contained a long suite of chambers, each with a tine mosaic lloor of elaborate1 bra id work or fretwork patterns. Fast year the trices of an early house of half timber construction - of the same sort of const i ud ion as was to be seen in so many of the houses of Shrewsbury wi re uncovi red, underlying a later, but st ill early, house built above it, and in this again were fragments of a pave- ment of the best kind of mosaic, a lesselated Hour, probably the most, am ii ni in dale y< I found in Ihitain. Furthermore, the indications of a whtel" supply leading from W thou I the town oil lilt! west low nils the I la silica wire idine upon. He had said thus much nf the undertaking at Calleva in lire hope, not only of showing whit was to be found On tin site of one Roman City, but wh.it they might liusl to discover on that of another, viz., I ri non'mm. Perhaps the objection might be made, J ■Yes, but if you have dm; up one cil \ and found so much, wh\ do so with another, 'where you will only be repeating your dis- coveries/" flic answer to lh.il runi was adjacent to the Hasiliea on its eastern side ; at Urkoniuin the public bath,-, lake its place, but lie south of the Hasiliea. The iWum was yet to be found. Again, tJic walls of Oalleva enclose an irregular octagon of JUO acres; those of Uneonium a lung pear-shaped an a. of about lTt) acres. What further ililVerenees there were had yet to ho sought, but dilfer- ences there surely would be. bit iheni now turn to the plan of Uriconium, and see what it presented to them. The plate lay between three and four miles from the foot of the Wrckin, and fb »si« to the Severn, which, making a great brink runs along a part of the western side of the city. A brook, ihe Hell Hrook, crossed the area at its upper pari, and la te the ground was more varied in level than elsewhere. Near where this rivulet crossed the site of the city wall, the road from Shrewsbury entered the place. The wall was now nowhere to be seen, but its foundations existed benealh the surface of the fields, and the huge ditch which lay in front of it could still be made .ml here and there in the circuit, which was between two and three mihs in extent. At one point north of the brook, on the north- eastern side, not far from the ancient road called the VVatling- street, this trench was very evident, and there appeared to be traces of a gate. As for the other gates their position could not as yet even be guessed at, except, perhaps, the southernmost, in the part of the site within which is situated the village' of Wroxelcr, and possibly even the northern one towards Norton. Within the area formed by the wall and ditch, the long road from north to south might represent the principal way of the Hoinan town, more especially as most of the discoveries of buildings hid been made along it in the last hundred years. The graces of a port no of square piers were uiicovcn d in a stack- yard almost at a central point on this road between the north and south gates in ISoo. Some distance south of this, in the year I T^'S, the baths of some great mansion were discovered, but only the baths; the discovery was prosecuted no further, unfortunately. Then further south again, not far from tin,' village church, in 1827, in another stackyard, a mosaic pave- ment, was uncovered. This the people of Shrewsbury carried away piecemeal (laughter) not, however, before some excel- lent-person had made a sketch of it. The people of Shrewsbury would be much loo intelligent to do such a thing nowadays-- (applause) and would doubtless prefer to see Ihe perfect lloor in theii museum, which would certainly be Ihe east' it the KoeieU had the taking of it up. (Appiause.) Tie se, wit h a few oil aims of little importance, w< re all that had been found on Ike sjli. until the year I So'), when under the auspices of Ihe S|?rop hire A,rch;eological So, iely thin:' like ... rious operation wnv begun and lucb d from that d dt till h'('>| XIV by Mr. T. Wright, L'.S.A. When that gentleman undertook the work, nothing lbunan remained above ground save t. ho huge piece oi wall, a little removed froni the main road norih and south, and about t lie middle oi the site, which had passed for centuries under the name of the "Old Work" oi' Wroxetcr. The obvious thing to do was to make this wall a .stalling point, and digging uas uoiuineneed against it, when it was found to be the end of a wall continuing lor a length oi' L'L'D feel westward. Then another wall was uncovered at a distance of sixty-seven feet from the tirsl, and parallel to it, and linn other walls at right angles to these showed the existence of a great quadrangu- lar h ill, which subsequent diggings proved to have been divided by rows of columns into a central nave with aisles on each side, lloored with mosaics. This was the Basilica oi' Uriconiuni, but it dillercd both in plan and in dimensions from the Callevaii Basilica, in that it had no apses or semi-circular ends, and that its western end showed three doorways, the eastern end only being reserved lor the magistrates' tribune. This building was never properly examined, for disputes arose with the tenant of the ground at the time, ami the diggings were abandoned soon after they had begun. This was another point for them to work upon, and needing careful work, for Human civil basilicas were by no means ( onuuon in this country — - we had oiilv the two he had named, viz., those of Call ova ami IJrieonium — and to ascertain their size and arrangement was of the utmost import- ance in estimating the status of a Konian town. South of the Basilica stand the Public Baths within a courtyard, originally no doubt lined by colonnades. They formed a body of buildings with two wings, the body being composed of a vaulted hall, (•litem! from the Basilica, with cold bath rooms on either hand. Thru coiucs an Apodytcrium, which was practically a lounge, where, in a mild Lciiipcrature, the bather could cool himself after taking the hot bath and lief ore finishing up with a plunge in the swimming bath. It was a place where any amount, of gossip went on, and all the news of the city and its district, perhaps even of the province, was discussed. South of this chamber was the swimming bath, and from it the hot, baths were entered, lust in order those used as hot-air baths only, (hell those for hot water. The court vard Sel'Vi d for games of bill; (he colonnades surrounding it for exercise and conversa- tion, under cover. This establishment of baths was second only fur size in this country to the famous one al lt.it 1 1 , and quite equal in size ami accommodation to many found on the coii- tinenl. \| (Ml, \ , 1 public baths had. he lhou;;h!, yet to be found. No (toman cily was without them. \ I I bacon i win only li ill' tin . baths had 'be. n uncovered ; the ra lern win;- still remained Im iicalli lla sulfur of the fnld-, and it. excavation olb iv, | a i ii h haiM I of ant iqinl i< I to I he < \phuvi ( A ppl iwse.) Tie tslmh oi |Im excavation:, ,.1' |M,V.) Ill had Im n but impi i XV feclly worked out, and much clearance was required to show in various places what was now only h ill' revealed. He had said nothing of the houses of the town, lor at present it was only certain 61; the public buildings which hail hern explored, but from the ruins being more deeply buried than those at Silchester they would probably he- able to study the plans of the- dwellings to greater advantage than those oil similar buildings on that site. As to the chances of finding early churches, this was a la tter one than at Oalleva, for the life oi' the town went on longer and its destruction was mure sudden, as, having been plundered and burnt, it did not, as appears to have been the ease with CalleVa', perish of slow decay. Sudden destructions, (hough it may appear a paradox to say so, were more conserva- tive of remains ilia l) slow decay, as witness Pompeii and the other Uampanian cities, it would he noted, perhaps, that in this account he had spoken almost entirely of the buildings only of the Roman towns described, not of their content's, and this hud been intentional. The minor objects in their researches came of themselves; there was no need to seek for them. What was of leal importance was to understand the plan and character of a Romano-Hritish town, and to deduce from what remained of its public and private buildings the nature and amount of the civilisation of its inhabitants. They would probably form a very imperfect idea of the condition of the people of these islands in the Roman period if they based their judgment only on the objects in pottery, metal, glass, or bone found oil Roman sites, and this hail been far too much the ease up to the present time; but when they came to the remains of buildings they could speak of the conditions of existence they showed with far greater certainty. As house and hill, law court and temple, bath aed market were revealed to (hem, as they turned over such a site as thai of llrieonium, they were content to leave for tin delectation of the usual collector of pottery, pins, rings, glass, and all the minor objects of antiquity he so much prized, content In ham in the Iru'esl way, from the remains of the edifices left, i he r'nstoms, habits, even perhaps the forms of government, of the people of our island uifder the Roman sway. (Apnjause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. VOTUH OK Tl TANKS. Sir pilAULKH Rot sii -Houaii'roN proposed a vote of thanks to Lord Halliard for presiding', and to Mr. Hope and Mr. Fox for inlorm.it ion they had all'orded (he Society on the proposed L-xpljnaiions. lie remarked that Lord Hainan!, in giving per- mission fur tin- work to be carried out on his property, was only hdlowini! tin example of so many noblemen in his position, * l"» :i< I'd lion, ;, tu i,U of public duly. XVI The lu'V. T. AliDUN, in seconding announced that he hid received a considerable nuiii-her of Kit vis of apology from gentle- men interested in l he movement who were unable to be present. l|e also aiiiM.mi.nl thai Si, Oilluy Wakeman had kindly pro- mised to contribute Ul'o for live years towards ihe fund. The motion was tarried with acclamation, and land Baiinahd, in reply, said that whatever discoveries were niade in l he shape of pottery, stones, or anything of the kind, he should nol think of removing them from Shropshire, but should be willing to have- them placed in the Shrewsbury Musi-urn'. (A pplau.se.) Mr. Iforii also responded, lie said that the excavations would nol damage Lord IJarnard's property, for the soil was so replaced in the trenches thai Ihe worst was pul at the bottom and Ihe besl on Ihe lop, with the result that Ihe crops grew half a foot higher in those places than in any other part, (daughter and appl'ause.) The proceedings then terminated. At the invitation of the Council a considerable number of the- visitors partook of tea. A goodly sum was promised in the room towards the explora- tion fund. ANN 17 A L EXCU US TON. The Annual Kxeursion of the Society took place on Tuesday, July I 1th, US*)'.). The party consisted of (lie I 'lev. T. Aiiden, F.S.A., Airs, and Miss Audeii, the liev. I). 11. S. Cranage, F.S.A., Rev. Francis and Mrs. Allen, Miss Smythc, the llev. I ). Feilden, the liev. \Y\ Stuai L W hite, Captain anil Mrs. Williams Freeman, Mr. W. Phillips. FJ,S., Mr. Clement Soulham, F.S.A., Mi-. Herbert Suutham, F II. U.S., Mr T. Thornes, Mi'. .1. Nurse, Mr. and Miss liowdhr, and Mr. Coyne, Secretary Tin -. Members proceeded io Malinslee Uy li.iin, and wen- driven theme to the ruins of Malinslce Chapel, during the day visiting also Stirchley ('lunch, the Court House, Madeley, lk'ckbury, Albrighton, and To'ng Churches. The Kev. I). 11. S, Cranage conducted Ihe party, and described each of the buildings Visited. At Malinslce the Members saw the Walls of a complete chapel of the I -ih century, consisting ol nave and chancel, known lor, illy a; Malinshv Abbey. Its ehiel' intel'csl li.s, perhaps, in the east wall, whhh has, instead of (he usual three Ncnuiail naiud headed window:;, two such windows at the sides, and in niitir a niehe lor a statue. Iii the south w.dl are I wo Mrijjlia, and tin: jmimi.iI work chases it as lair Norlihin. xvii Stirchley Church possesses one of the finest Norman chance] arches in the county. The nave and tower were rebuilt in I he 1 8th century, and in 1838 the aisle was added. At present some of the Norman work cannot be seen to advan- tage, but great improvement in this respect will, it is said, follow the alterations in the pulpit, reading-desk, and gal- lery, now in contemplation. The Hector and Churchwardens, it is worthy of note, have recently opened out the 11th century window in the chancel in a very judicious manner. The small font may have been a mediaeval stoup for holy water. Another object of interest in the church is a beautiful Elizabethan chalice, and a hatchment, with an uniden titled coat of arms. Sonic of the party be lore resuming the drive, paid a short visit to Stirch- ley Hall, which bears the dale 1653, and contains a line oak Ceiling in the kitchen. The house was added to in the early 18th century, and the wing thin built, is a good specimen of work of that dale. The old Court House at Madeley, an Elizabethan building, is fast falling to decay, and its total ruin is being accelerated by mining operations. It abounds with objects of interest to the ai\ 'Ideologist , but its old world architecture seems to con- jure up no visions of the past to the cottagers who now occupy parts of the building. Madeley Court, Mr. Cranage explained, was formerly part of the borough of Wenlock, and the property of the Monastery of Wenlock. On the dissolution of the Priory the property was sold by the King to the lbooke family, who sold it early in the present century to Mr. Foster, to whom it now belonged. Captain Williams- Freeman said many different accounts had been given of what Charles 11. did while he stayed there. The King, in an account written by himself, had declared he did not stay in the building. His intention to do so was altered by the reports which reached him of the probable presence of Roundheads in the vicinity, lie, there lure, Secluded himself in a barn at Madeley, and failing to cross the river, which he found closely watched, he returned to Boseobel. The party walked through the once magnificent apartments of the building, now used for storing grain and heaps of rubbish, supported by hoarded floors which threatened every moment to precipitate their burden into the cellars where the water lodges. In a large space over the " pleasaunce," hemmed in by a brick wall, stands a huge and curious sundial or planisphere, elaborately cut in stone, said to be of the time of James I., from which period the gateway and porch are sup- posed to date. At lieckbury, six miles distant, the Church interested the party lor a considerable time, the dissimilarity in its low side" w indows giving rise to conjecture as to the purpose Ihe one on the north side was intended to serve. It appealed from its present condition never to have had an Will Opening, ami the suggestion [ml forth by Mr. Cranage was that it was placed there solely for ornamental reasons. The low side window on the other side had all the appearance of its opening having been blocked. A. closer inspection of the window on the north .side suggested the probability that it too had an opening at some time or other, but of this the evidence was meagre. Mr. Cranage mentioned, however, that he knew of no Other instance in which a low side window was put in simply for ornamental purposes, though their use Mas one of the most vexed questions of archaeology. The towel' is Georgian, the chancel of the 11th century, and the aisle modern. There is a line incised slab of the early ltith century to Roger Haughton and his wife, and some fragments in the window behind the organ of beautiful old stained glass. A plVasant drive brought the party to Albrighton Church, which show examples of late Norman work, and of the work of succeeding periods. Its chief interest lies in the chancel, though the tower takes precedence • as to age. The pretty blocked, round-headed window above the arch, of Norman type, and the Early English character of the columns suggest the Transitional period. The lower part of the tower dates from the reign of Richard L, the upper part being perhaps 100 years later. The south aisle was built in the 115th century, and rebuilt in the loth century, and various periods are indicated by the differ- ences in the pitch of the roof. There is abundant evidence to show that the chancel was built in the 11th century j its beauti- ful east window is one of the finest examples of late Decorated work in the county. A good example of Reticvdated design is to be seen in another window, dating from about 11130. The piscina is more interesting than the sedilia, and has decidedly Perpendicular mouldings. The recess above it served as a credence t utile. The only Duke of Shrewsbury, who died in I7IS, was buried in the church, and an uninscribed tomb on Ihe north side of the church is supposed to be his. The alabaster tomb on the other side, in memory of Margaret Troutbeck, the heiress of Albrighton, Newport, and Ford, and her husband, John Talbot, is a fine one, and dates from 1555. Its architectural character is classical, rather than Gothic; and is represented in the armour. The figures have been much marred by the initials of unknown persons being cut upon them. One of these disfigurations was shown to la' as early as the 17th century, and Mr. Cranage remarked that this was one of the earliest instances he had come across of the abomin- able and vicious habit of persons who defaced the monuments of others to memorialise themselves. In the churchyard is a curious incised slab in memory of Leonard Smallpeice, 1010, and an interesting table tomb, apparently of the loth century, covered with a display of heraldry. The journey was then continued to Tong, the last place XIX visited, and t lie richest in possessions interesting to the party. The church was founded by Koger de Montgomery, the tirst Nor- man Earl i»f Shrewslmjy. In the 1,'ith century, apparently, the aisle was added ; in 1 1 10 Dame Elizabeth de I'embruge bought tho advowson of the church from the Abbey of Shrewsbury, and re founded it as a collegiate church for secular canons, with a warden al the head. A remarkable feature in the architecture of the building is the central tower and small spire, which do not usually occur in Loll) century work. The Vernon chapel ■was added in the year 13, 1 5 by Sir Harry Vernon. Here the roof is magnificently cut, to represent fan vaulting, which is peculiar to England, and was lirsl introduced in the 1 -It li century at (JhmccSkT. The chapel was once railed the (Johlen Uhapel by reason of gill colouring being freely used in it. On the wall is a deini figure of Arthur Vernon, a priest, whose brass dated IT) 1.7, was discovered during the restoration of the church. Mr. Cranage described the line monuments, explaining the innu- merable distinctive features in their details. He mentioned, in passing, that the story of Dorothy Vernon's elopement is not borne <>ut by the history of the family, but seems to have been originated by a romance of the last century. With regard to the earliest tomb, that of Lady Pembruge and her husband, .Mr. Cranage disputed the dale, llul, fixed for it by Eyton, remark- ing that it was of a much earlier period. He also mentioned that, the late Archdeacon Lloyd had told him he had good authority for saying this was the church described by Dickens in tin; "Old Curiosity Shop," and the Rev. J. E. Auden (vicar) added that the Archdeacon had told him he had received that assurance from Dickens himself. Tho magnificent carved oak screens were much admired, and time was given to the curious embroidered frontal now kept in the vestry, which is popularly ascribed to the Nuns of Whit eladies. The fragments of old glass are1 also worthy of note, and the curious 17th century library of books kept in I he vestry. The beautiful .silver gilt standing cup which, owing In its great value, is not kept in the church, was shown, il will be remembered at tin' Arclwuologieal Exhibition i,, Shrewsbury in May, 1898. Mr. Howdlcr, who superintended the work of restoration a few years since, con- firmed much of the information given as to the building by Mr. Cranage, suggested that a peculiarity noticed by several of the parly that on most of the tombs the wife's elligy lay on the right hand of that of the husband, instead of on the: left as is usually found, was owing to the tombs having been at some time moved find the elligies replaced inaccurately. Afte r this the party drove to the Hell Inn, Tong, where they sal down |o ;iH excellent dinner. Later Shifnal was reached, and the excursion, one of the most delightful of its kind, was completed b) (rain. XK MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETINGS. At a Mooting of the Council of tho Society, held on October 12th, 18DS, the following resolution >\as carried: — "That it is desirable that a report of the proceedings of the Council Meet- ings be printed at the end of the Annual Koport published in the third part ui' the year's Transactions." October J:.J, ISVS—W. Phillips, /''./,.&, in the Chair. It was resolved that a feiiee be placed around the ruins of Maliiislee Chapel, at a oust nut exceeding £1. That Cartwright's Diary, lately published in the "Shrews- bury C^lironielo," be printed in the "Transactions," with a short sketch of his life, and an account of the Non-jurors by the gentleman who had contributed the Diary. lulward IS. Fcilden, Esxp, of CondoVer Hall, was elected a member of i he Society. Mr. IVlham reported the death of Mr. A. C. Langley of Peterston-supor-Kly, Cardiff, and undertook to write a letter of condolence to the family on behalf of the Society. Mr. IV'lhahi undertook to see Sir Waller Smyth with the view of obtaining his consent to the repair of the roof of Langley Chapel. NuvcinUr SI, ISUS—llcv. T. Attdcu, 1<\S.A , in the Chair. Mr. Herbert Southain reported that he had seen the tenant of the Kami at Langley, who had promised to place a covering on the oMeetivo part of the roof of Langley Chapel to keep out the rain. Professor Boyd Dawkins' Lecture on " Britain in the Pre- historic Iron Age" was fixed for Tuesday, December Gth, in the. Woi'kiiig Men's Hall. It was decided that a front seat ticket he sent to each member of the Society, admitting him free. It was resolved that the question of the purchase from Mr. (I. B. Morgan, 1'ieston House, near Wingham, Kent, of the Transcript from the loyalist Composition I'apcrs relating to the ftetpie.slvation of the Kstates of Sir Orlando Bridgcman, Sir Uiiliard Newport, 1st Baron Newport, and of his son, the second B;ii 7s. 7d. Jane 1J, 1899— Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. It was resolved that the best thanks of this Society be given to the Finance Committee of the Borough of Shrews- bury for 200 copies of the Calendar of the Borough Becords, kindly given to the Society. The following new members were elected: — T. B. Horton, Esq., Hurley 'lowers, near Much Weulockj Mrs. Ralph, The Hawthorns, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury ; E. (I. Thompson, Esq., Pauls M-.ss, Dodington, Whitchurch; It. St. John Corbel, Esq., St. Mary's Place, Shrewsbury; Thomas Thornes, Esq., Mount fields, Shrewsbury. A letter was read from T. Middleton Ho wells, Esq., ex- pressing his willingness to lend the Armoury, London road, as a store room and temporary museum for the Boman re- mains found at Uriconium. It was resolved that there be two excursions this year, tin.1 first on .Inly 11th, ami the second on a date to be lixed at a future meeting. Mr. Phillips reported that the Camera Club had decided to photograph all the objects of archaeological interest in the County, and that their Council would be glad to receive from the Council of this Society a list of these objects as soon as possible. The following members of this Society were appointed a Committee to prepare such a list : The Chairman. Itev. I). II. S. Cranage, Bcv. W. C. I). Fletcher, Bev. C. 11. Drink- watt r, Mr. William Phillips, and Mr. S. Clement Southam. Tljiat lhe lb v. \V, (1. 1). Flefleton. HON. & ItlSV. (i 11. K. V A MS. M.A., Wem. .1 , T. Middle tun, Esq., Highh'cld, Shrewsbury Hul'Iu.s Edward, Esq., (llyndwr, Bcrshani Boad, Wrexham IIu-Im s, 11. II., Esq., Shrewsbury llir.:li( >, \'\ Si ultoek, Esq., The Square, Shrewsbury llmuphivv.s, Mi>s, Swan Ihll I'mri House, Shrewsbury lluui, Captain, Uuytun Park, lluyiou-xi-Towns J.u k-mi, S, E-,q.', Bellstone, Shrewsbury J. tin \-, Mi-s WijiiUu- House, Shrewsbury J ..!.« II, I -[ , I Chuuh Court, ( 'h ■incut 's Lane, Loudon, E.G. J ..j.. J Parry, Ivm, , lh u hiield, i Iswcslry J h, > lln.;!, II, I) .| , \Vood\ ilh , Shrewsbury Jo 1 1 , Vh, , MntiU.in.k Shr, w.d.ury ( tLwaind) Kia< s, U.^'hl H u. Uid. Undington, Whitchurch, Salop Kil> .|, U IJ.yd, Esq., M1 V., J. IV, Pradoc, West Felton, I hint nil \ Kii If • »"if, E*q , Islington, Shrewsbury Kilfvtiiianit r, Uov. F. \V., M.A ., Bayston Hill Vicarage, Shrews- bury LlUUIKI D, Bight Bev. The Lord Bishop of, The Palace, Lichfield l^ightoti, Sianley, Esq., MA., M.P., F.S.A., Sweeney Hall, Oswestry Le>lie, Mrs., Bryntanat, LlansantlVraid, Oswestry lanil. Colonel Franc is, Aston Hall, Oswestiy Lloyd. J. II., Esq;, Condover House, Shrewsbury Marston, Charles, Esq., Highfield, Wolverhampton Maude, Vein Archdeacon, M.A., Swan Hill, Shrewsbury Minshall, Philip II., Esq., J.P., BronwyH'a, Oswestry Morris, S. M , Esq., Belle Vuc House, Shrewsbury Moss, Ui'Y. Prebendary, M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury Xaunton, Mr. W. W., Shrewsbury Newman, H. F., Esq., High street, Shrewsbury New York Public Library, e.o. B. F. Stevens, Esq., i, Trafalgar Square, WO. Norton, Kev. I'". C, Ditchling Vicarage, Sussex Nurse, .b.lin, Esq., Oogpole, Shiewsbury pldhaiu, Bev. Prebendary, M.A., Bridunojlh O.-urll, A. Iv LLoyd, Fs(|., Shrewsbury < fs\v« .1 1 v Five Library XXVI11 Fowls, Right lion. Earl of, Fowis Casllo Welshpool Parry, \Y. 11., Esq., Shawbury, Salop Patchctt, M'iss, Ureenfields, Shrewsbury Payne, A. E., Esq., Roden Hall, Wellington Pcele, E. C, Esq., D.L., J.P., Cyngfeld, Shrewsbury Felha.ni, Rev. A. Thursby, M.A., Cound Rectory, Shrewsbury Pennsylvania Historical Society Phillips, Richard, Esq., Pri'de Hill, Shrewsbury Phillips, W., Esq., E.L.S., J.I'., Canonbury Shrewsbury Pickering, T. E., Esq., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury Poole, T. Erank, Esq., Dorriugton Potts, E. B., Esq., Broseley Purton, Rev. Ralph C, M.A., Kenipsey, Worcester Ralph, Airs., The Hawthorns, Shrewsbury Robinson, Brooke, Esq., M.P., IJarford House, Warwick Rogers, lleiiry Ex el I, Esq., J. P., Shrewsbury Rowland, (J. J., Esq., U, Farkdale, Wolverhampton Rouse-Boughton, Sir C. II., Part., D.L., J. P., Downton Hall, Ludlo w Sutherland, His Grace the Duke of, Lilleshall Salt, (I. M\, Esq., (Quarry Place, Shrewsbury Salter, ,1. P., Esq., Castle-street, Shrewsbury Salwey, T. J., Esq., J. P., The OlilV, Ludlow Sandiord Humphrey, Esq., M.A., J. P., The Isle, Shrewsbury Sandford, EolUuU, Esq., Belmont, Shrewsbury Seienee and Ait Department, London, S.W. Sitwell, Willoughby Hurt, Esq., Eerney Hall, Craven Arms Smith, II. Percy, Esq., Tong Priory, near Shil'nal Smith, E. Kawdon, Esq., East field, Iroubridge Smythe, Mis. IManche, Trysail, Wolverhampton Southam, Herbert P. [I , Esq., E.R.Hist.S., Innellan, Shrews- bury Southam, S. Clement, Esq., E.S.A., E.IMlist.S., E.R.L.S., Elin- hursl , Shrewsbury Southam, Mrs., The Hollies, Shrewsbury Southwell, \V. L., Esq., Astbury Hall, Rridgnorth Stanier, E., Esq., D.L., J. P., Feplow Hall, Market Drayton Stokes, Uev. Hudleston, M.A., Stapleton Rectory, Salop Swainson, Uev. J. (J., M.A., Wislanstow Keetory, Craven Arms Tayleur, J., Esq., Buntingsdalc, Market Drayton Taylor, P., Esq., J. P., Abbey House, Shrewsbury Thompson, 1''.. (J.., Esq., Pauls Moss, Dodington, Whitchurch Thorium Thomas, Esq., Hunter-street, Shrewsbury Thursiiehl. T II., Esq., .I P., The Crange, Much Wenlock Tipton, Miss, Su( I on Lane, Si. Ciles, Shrewsbury Tweiuhtw, T, Esq., Pealswood Markel Drayton xxix Vaughan, II. E. J., Esq., B.A., S.C.L.Oxou., 30, Edwardea Square, Kensington, London Vane, Hon. and Ijlov. Ciiberl 11. R, 11. A 1, The Rectory, Worn YcnablcS, K. U., Esq., J i . A . , J.l*, Oafchurst, Oswestry Wakeman, Sir Onley, Bart., M.A., D.L., J. P., Yeaton-Peverey Walton, E. II. Ksq., 19; Crescent Place, Shrewsbury Watts, Professor W. W., M.A., K.O.S,. Mason College, Birming- ham Wevm.in, IT. T., Esq., Ludlow, Salop Wliitaker, W. II., Esq., Tolterlon, Lydbury North Whitromi.e, Robert 11., Esq., Bewdley VYilliams Ereeiuan, Captain, Ivy House, Meole Brace Williams Vauirlian, E., Esq., Broom Hall, Oswestry \\ I, l; 11, Esq., E.S.A., E.R.O.S., Belmont, Sidmouth, S. IKvoh Wui.ils, Sir \\\ni\ NY., K.O.M.C, O.B., F.S.A., Carter King of Ainu, !>'.>, St. decree's Road, Warwick Square, l- ipl-n, S W. W ud.tl!, Mr. II., "O.iwistry and Border Counties Advertizer," i>.»i «try W.i .11, v, O , lv.r, Ludlow HONORARY MEMBERS. Tho High Sheriff of Shropshire The Mayor of Shrewsbury Randall, Mr. J., E.O.S., Madele) , Saloj during the year of oflice Members are requested to notify any change of residence, or error Of description, to the Secretary, Mr. E. Goyjsu, Uogpole, Shrewsbury. XXX. SOCIETIES IN COMMUNICATION WITH THIS SOCIETY. Archaeological Society, Birmingham and Midland Institute. Bir- mingham. Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society, Lev. W. Bazelcy, Eastgate Library, Gloucester. Cambrian Archaeological Association. 0. J. Clarke, Esq., 1, Lincoln's Inn fields, W.C. Cheshire and Mortb Wales Archaeological Society. Grosvenor Museum, Chester. Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society, Kendal. Derbyshire Archaeological Society. Arthur Cox, Esq., Mill Hill, Derby East Hiding Antiquarian Society, Yorkshire. Win. Andrews, Esq., 1, Dock Street, Hull. Essex Field Club. A. P. Wire, Esq., Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Folk Lore Society, F. A. Milne, Esq., 11, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, London. Glasgow Archaeological Society. 88, West Regent Street, Glasgow. Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. R. D. Rad clitic-, Esq., M.A., I liar ley, Old Swan, Liverpool. Kent Archaeological Society. G. Payne, Esq., The Precincts, Rochester. Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society. Major Freer, 10, ISre\v Street, Leicester. Powys-Laiid (Mub, Welshpool. Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 20, Hanover Square, W. Society of Antiquaries of London. Burlington House, Piccadilly, W. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastlc-oii-Tync. It. Blair, Esq., South Shields Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Museum of Antiquities,Edmburgh. Somerset Arelueologieal Society. Taunton Castle, Somerset. Surrey Archaeological Society. Castle Arch, Guildford. Sussex Archaeological Society. The Casllo, Lewes. Worcester Diocesan Archaeological Society. Dr. Cameron, London Road, Worcester, William Salt Archaeological Society, Stall'ord. Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association. 10, Park Street, Leeds. Bodleian Library. British Museum. (Copyright Ollice). Natural History Department of llritish Museum. Cromwell Road, S.W. Shrewsbnij Lice' Library. ClIAIiTMU OF EDWARD IV. TO WOIIFIELD, 2(J MAY, 1177. THANfifHIHIil) AMI TliANSI.A't EL) li\ liliC Ktv. C . II . I) It I N K VV A T K K , M . A . Tin: < 'h it ter of lialward IV. to Worfield is imperfectly l'uui iu James's lliMury of \Yor/u:ld. It was for a 1 >ng lime udssin^, but was lately re-discovered by Mr. ( 'Ic.i.-iL!, during his inspection of the parish documents of Worlit'M on behalf of the County Council, and has boon printed in his 44 Interim Report." By the Charter the tenants of the manor of Wolueresford or Worlield were lo he < j n i t of expenses of toll and expenses of knndits attending Parliament, and also were not to l)e O ft • put on jui ies, assizes or recognizances, as Worfield was u manor of ancient demesne of the crown of England. Kdwardus Dei gratia Rox Anglic et ffrancip et Dominus Hibeniio Vuiiiersis et singulis Justiciaries Vicoconiitibus Lao- jM.aiis Ministris el (omnibus lidolibus suis tarn infra iibortates (piuin extra ad quos presenter litere pervrenorint, Saluteui — Cum secundum Consuetudincm in regno nostro Anglic hactenus obtentain ot approbataLU homines do antique dominico Corone Anglie quieti ossont et esse deborent a prestacono theolonij acetiam de epensis tnilitum ad parliamenta nostra venienoiuin Acetiam quod haberont omnes eonsuetudinos ub uutiquo vsitatas el <|iiod non ponantttr in assists iuratis sen recogiii- coibus aliqmbus pro tenia sen tenenientis que stmt do dieto antique dominico eorone Anglic per totuni regnum nostrum supradietum/ Vobis inundamus quod houiiues et tonentes inuuui'ij de Wolttereslord alius diel.o Worlold quod est de uniiquo dominico eorone Anglic Sieut per qiiaudaiu (/eitiliea- e<»eiii nobis in (Jancellariaiu nostraiu pi r Thoiaurarios el ( 'ani. r.u io , iiosHus de maudato nostro uiissain et. in lilacijs Vol XI , ::u.l S. A CUAUTUK OF EDWAliD IV. TO WpllFlELD. 3 ties as without to whom those present letters shall come, (Irecting — Whereas according to custom in our realm of England obtained and approved hithcrtoo men of ancient demesne of the Crown of England are and ought to he quit of payment of toll as well as of the expenses of knights coining to our parliaments and further that they should enjoy all customs in use from ancient times and not be placed on assize juries or on an.) recognizances for lands or tenements which are of ancient- demesne of the Crown of England through the whole of our aforesaid realm / Wo charge you that the men and tenants of the; manor of Woluereslord otherwise called Worfeld which is of ancient demesne of the Crown of England, as fully appears by a certain certificate sent by us to our Chancery by our Troa>urers and Chamberlains at out command, an. I yet remaining in the files of our aforesaid Chancery, that you should allow them to be quit of payments of l his kind arid expenses of knights as also of assize juries or any recognizances as well as the customs aforesaid in accord- ance with (he custom before mentioned. And if from the occasion aforesaid you shall have made any distraints of any kind upon the same men you shall release them to them without delay. In witness whereof we have caused these cur letters patent to be issued. Witness myself at Westminster tin; twenty sixth Jay of May in the sixteenth year of our reign. (A.l>. 1170). ffryston' Endorsements. 1 (This was) Allowed and enrolled before the Justices of our Lord tin; King at the assizes hold at Salop on the Saturday next before the feast of St. James the Apostle in the sixteenth year of the reign of King Edward, fourth after the Conquest. 2 Enrolled and allowed before Sir Edward Saunders, Chief Baron of the Exchequer of our Lady the Queen and William Lovelace, Sergeant at Law, Justices at the Assizes held at Bridge-north in the County of Salop on Monday the eighth day of April in the eighteenth year of our Lady Queen Elizabeth. Ed'vs Saunders Wyll'm lovehee. II Allowed for Wellington the I Ith of June 1650 by WUI < Jheshire then steward. 4 I known that wortleild manner is auncient demesne per Joh'ein Byrehe, Sen' Li April KM2. i I IJIIAUTKli OK KDWAIU) [V. To WOllFIKLD. ") Enrolled and allowed in tho town ol Salop in the County ol Salop the 20"' day of April 16-12 in the time of Uichard Gibbons, Mayor, fi Allowed by Walter Ittohards Steward of Wolverhampton June li)Ul Walter Riehard.i 7 This is to certify that this Charter was showed before mee the 11 1,1 of October 1050 and aproned by mee William IJrowne Bailife of Ividcrininster. S Enrolled and allowed in the presence of Sir Edward Ward Chief Huron of tho Exchequer of our Lady the Queen at, Westminster on tho I!"1 day of April A D. 1704. Kdw. Ward. Note. — The record ol" this Charter is found in the Calendar of Patent Rolls do, Anno 1G° Regis Edwaidi Quart i, in these words: — ■ 13 Quod homines manerij de Wolveresford alias Worsfield de antiquo dominico coronoe non solvant ad expensas mil' parl\ To this Charter is appended the great Seal of the King, which is in an extraordinarily perfect condition, considering that it is 4 12 1 years old. SHREWSBURY SCHOOL BAILIFFS' ACCOUNT, FOR 1578-9. Transcribed by E. CALVERT. Schola lib'a Campus David Lcmgdon balli'i ibid' gramatica Ilob'to Irland Jun' Armig'o et Joli'i Perche V'illc Salop' mareatori Stapule Anglic balli'is vilie Salop' A xvjt0 die Novombris Anno KKnc Elizabeth &o xx° usque idem (sic) xvjnm diem Novembris ex tn nc p'x'sequen' Anno ejnsdem d'ne llcginc xxj° ]»' nnn' Ann' integr' Arjeragia Idm (reddit ?) Compu' do xxvijs \ iiijJ tie A'lTcrAg'.Oonipti'.sui Anno ( r ••••(] p'x' precedon' prout patet inpede r XXV1J IllJ eiusd'm Oomp'i ) ffirma decimar Aimuatim solubil' ad fosta An- nuneiao'is b'te Marie virginis et Set/ Mich* Arch' equis porco'ibu' leaton Et r Comp'm do Tiioma Ives p'^ una pore'ono doeimar' do leaton j p'dirt'xlij" de lee vid p' altera { pore/olio nob: viijH ( el di! Mioliaolo (/bambie p' altera | pore'ono indo 1H J Ulyve al' Et de. Uie'o lyster gon'oso torn CliiJ'e et decimar' do Olyve et Sans 311011 1 \ xiiii'' Sansall diet' xiiij" et, tenet, deeiinas p'd' ( p' tor'no aimorimi adlnie lutur' ; Astlev El dc Uie'o palme r lenent' deei- | -y mar: de Astley p'diet' xj" j ' J Aimer p'ko Et de Ric'o lewes gen'os' tenon t } x deeimai-' do Aimer p'ke p'd-' xlH \ llraiikrwell III dc Uie'o paynter tenent' deei- j (>t, Hct ton mar' de fl'rankewell et Betton iij" ; ; : ii pdiet 11} SBKEWSBUEY SCHOOL BAILIFFS' ACCOUNT. Bickoton Morton ot Shelton le Ooke Woodeott Whelbache Calcott Eccl'ia Sc'e Marie villo Salop' Chirburi Rectoria Admiss' Seo- lasticoram (food et vail* Et de Uic'o liussoy tenent p' 1 una porc'one decimal1' de Bieke- | ton p'dict iij11 iij" iiijd ct do ^iiij Thoma Birche p' altera porc'ono docimar' p'dict' xxs Et ( / e Edwardo Owen gen'oso tenent' docimar' ib'm iiij1' Et < le Rie'o Mirier tenent' deei- mar' ib'm erescen' Is El dc Jok'e hosyor gen'oso ten- ent' p' una porc'ono decimal' ib'm xls ot do Thorn a Ons 1 owe ot Uic'o Sherer p' altera porc'ono deeimar' ib'm xvja viijd Et de Edwardo Onslowo Ar' ten- ent' deeimar' ib'm xxa Et dc Kathcra (sic) Stury vid. tenent' deeimar' ib'm xxja vii|" Et dc Maria Kclton vid' tenent' \ docimar' ot o'ia al' lib'a3 Scholar ( gramatic' p'dict' p'tinent' xju xva Lxd ob' J Et de Uic'o Prynco gen'oso ) tenent' Uectorie p'dict' pur Ann os arihuc tutur' ex demis- sione ballivoru' villo Sale iij8 uij1 nij1 vf viy XXIs V1IJ1 xvs ixd ol die et oapitalis ludiniagistri Seh p'dict' exx" Et r' Coinp'nT do lja Mecept \ Thoinam Lawrence capitah lndimagistrum Scheie p'dict' exx' p arimissionibus Scholastic- J- ljB oruni in lib* a] .Schola gram'a- j tica p'dict' scri'm ordmaeo'es Scheie p'dict' Sin" To1" hkM | clxxxvj" cum Arrorag' j ob' E GUI HAS I (I'm comput' in feed' p'dict' 1 ballij' p'cipient' iiij" p' Annu' j causa oiiicii sui p'dict' Sed'm J nij' ordinacoes 111) malic' sup'riict' Scholo SHRKW.SIJUKY SCHOOL BAILIFFS' ACCOUNT. 7 Et in vad' Thome Lawrence capi- ) talis hidi inagister (sic), lib'e | Scheie gfamatic' p'dict' p'cipient' [ xl1' p' Ann' causa ollieii sui j p'dict' exereond' hoc; Anno seed' | ordinaeio'cs p'dict' J I5t in vad' Joli'is linker sc'di") I n dim agister (sic) Scliolc p'dict' | p'cipient' xxxH j)' Annu' causa J-xx: OuMcii sui exercend' hoc Anno | scd'in ordinaco'cs p'dict' J Et in vad' Uie'i Alleys tcrcii ludi- ] inagister (sic) Scliolc p'dict' p'- j eipicnt' xx1' causa ollieii sui ^xx1 hoc Anno Scd'in or- | exercend (linaco'cs Kt in vai I n dii nag is ter p'cipient' 'diet' j Rogeri Kent qnarti ) (sic) Scliolc p'dict.' | xn p' Annum causa )■ ollicii sui exercend' hoc Anno | Scd'in ordinaco'cs p'dict' J El in vad' Edvvardi Hulkley doc-") toris divinitatis p' cura A'ima'm | in Eccl'ia S'ce Marie ville Salop' l p'cipient' xx1' j>' Annu' causa [ servient' curam in Eccl'ia |)'dict' | Scd'in ordinaco'cs supr'dict' j Et. in vad' Thome Newnes cura- 1 toils sivc stipendar' (sic) cure do | Olyve al' Civile infra p'dict' I p'ochja'm S'cc Vane p'cipient' \ " p' Annu' p' Stipend' sun ib'm Scd'in ordinaco'cs sup-did' I'.l, in vad' Thome Ihaban' ciira- toris sivc Si ipendar 'cine capelle dc Astlcy intra diet' p'ochiam S'cc Marie p'cipient' v1' p1 Annu' p* Stipendio sun il>'m Scd'in ordinaco'cs sup'diei ' Kt in vad' Thonu! Tomson cura- hH'id sive Si ipendar' Kccl'io p'ochialis dc 1-hirUiri incipient' ixu vja \ iij'1 p' Annu' p' Si ipen- dio sun Sced'm ordinaco'cs sup'- dirt/ XX' jxii vJh vnj1 8 8UHICWSBIJRY SCHOOL LJAT LI FFs' ACCOUNT XXs Et in vad' WiTl'i Benett Clerici ) |)aroeliialis Epcl!ie Sec Malic }>' \ tintinandp un' cam pan ij vocat' | lc SchuuJc Boll in Eccl'ia p'dict' | norcipient' xxb p' Annn' causa ofjicii p'dict' exoreend' scd'ni or- dinaco'es su p'dict/ Et in cpnyivio p' ball' Alderman- ] nia ut sociis suis ville Salop' ad I hunc Comp'm roddit' et limit' | coram ois sed'm ordinaeo'es j sup'dict' J Etin vad' Adami Mytton gen'osi Oo'is Clerici ville Salop' p' Re- gistrand1 hunc Comp'm percipi- entis xx3 per Annu' causa officii sui p'dict/ exercend' sed'hi ordinaco'es sup'dict Keddit' resolut' do possessionib' sup'dict' Et id'm Comput' in reddit' rcso- lut' d'no' n're Refine Elizabeth p' Reetoria de Chirbury solvend' Lx1' xijs Annuat.i' ad festUm S'ci Mich'is Arch'i tantu'modo Et in roddit' resolut' d'ce d'no liegine p* doeimas (sic) do Astley solvend' Annuati' ad p'dict' fus- tuui S'ei Mich'is Arch'i tantu'- nu)do El in roddit' resohit' Ep'o llcrofl p' p'eurac'oib' p'dict' rcotoriaj do Chirbury ad p'dict,' festum S'ci Mich'is Arch'i tantu'modo Et in roddit' resolut' Arehidea- cano (sic) ib'iu pro cons.iiio festum S'ci Mich'is Arch'i tan tu'modo Et in reddit' lesolui/Joh'i Rronu hall <-rn\)So p' | S )■ VjH VII)' I iiiuS'ci M ten ( ati' J SHREWSBURY SCHOOL BAILIFFS' ACCOUNT. Expen' ne'cc le Et in expens' Thome Williams \ p' dueend' Indcntur* Triportit' \ t-t , p'tinent' Schole p'dict' a Canta- 1 VJ vllJ brig' usque villa' Salop' J Et [»' Assis einptis do VVili'mo I Biirne3 expendit' {sic) in una ' camera nova infra Scholam p'- dict' p' mandat' capit'lis ludir magistri ib'm X pro i>lm pro is to libro Ooinput' Reparaco'es ne'cc'ie Et idem Comput' [)' ReparacoW) fact' circa Scholam p'dict' videl't [>' uno muro lateritio novo fact' infra Curiam pertinent' Schole p'dt' et Reparand' Cameram subter situat' super murum ville Salop' ct stud ill m in Camera p'dict' et Caminum pertinent' Camer' superiori ib'm aliaq' necessar* infra Scholam p'dict' per Thoma' Lawrence Cap'lem iudimftgistrum fact', p'ut patet per bill am suam ostendit' (sic) coram balli'is n'dict'. -XX" 1X° X" Sm' allocat' ot liberat' elxxxij11 xvij" ixllob, ct debet iij" viij* quas solvit in manib' dc'orum ballivonim ville Salop' p'dict' p< r ipsos salvo custodiend' m So'cio il'co ville ad us urn d'ee Schole gramatic' Scd'm ordinaco'es fact' per Thoma' Assheton Clericum olim Capit'lem ludimagistnun ib'm Et quietus est. Vol XI., -'n.l s 10 NOTES ON CERTAIN NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. By the Rkv. GEORGE W. FISH EH. Fifty- Six volumes of this splendid work have already appeared, and there can be no difference of opinion as to the admirable way in which the publishers' public-spirited enterprise has been carried out under the able editorship, first, of Mr. Leslie Stephen, and subsequently, of Mr. Sidney Lee. But it must inevitably be the case, where so largo a number of different writers is employed, that errors and omissiohs will sometimes creep in, and a record of some that I have detected in the biographies of nearly forty eminent Salopians will, I think, be accept- able to the readers of the Transactions of the Shrop- shire Arclueological Society. They deal only with the moGKAPiiiES of men connected with Shrewsbury Schools, either as boys or masters. ADA MS, SIR THOMAS, Bart., Lord Mayor of London, 1586— 1 (ivS7. — 1 1 o was llio second son of Mr. Thomas Adams of Wcin, Shropshire, Tanner, and Mary, daughter of Mr. John Cope, of Shrewsbury. Ho was promoted from the Accidence School at Shrewsbury, Dec. 10th, 1594, and was still at school in June, 1G0O. lie graduated 13. A. at Jesus Collego, Cambridge, in 1605. No mention is made in the Dictionary of parentage, school, or college. ADAMS, WILLIAM, p.p., Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 170G— 1 789.— Eldest son of Alderman John Adums of Shrewsbury. Baptised at St. Chad's, Sept. 3rd, 1706. Educated at Shrewsbury School, and a benefactor in 1738 to the School Library. None of tins information is given in the Dictionary. N A M i:.S I NT Til E D [CTION A R Y OF N* ATI 0 NT A L B TOO R A P H V . 11 ALLESrilEE, LUCTIARD, D.IX, Provost of Eton College, KUO — I GSO.— Richard Allestre wont at an early ago to Wroxeter School, and reached the highest form whsn 4 years younger than Richard Baxter, who was head boy. He was removed to Shrewsbury School, Jan. 20th, 1633, when lie was only 14 years old, and was placed in tho highest school. There seems, no doubt, that he went to Coventry School afterwards, but he cannot have remained there long. A SU'ilO N; THOMAS, M.A., Head Master of Shrewsbury.— Ash toil did not resign the head mastership till 1571, altJitfugh lie is slated in the Dictionary to have done so in if>(jS !lis biography is insullieiont and unsatisfactory. Much information as to his connection with Elizabethan politics can be gleaned from the State Papers. It has been suggested to me that I should take this opportunity of correcting a mistake that has been not uu frequently made as to the college at Cambridge to which Mr. Ashton, the Head Master of Shrewsbury School, belonged. He was a fellow of Trinity College, and not, as has been stated quite recently, a member of St. John's College. The mistake probably originated with the Bailiffs of Shrewsbury in 1582-83, who, in their letter to St. John's College, announcing the resignation of Thomas Lawrence, spoke of Ashton as " .vHnetiim of ijour college." Mr. J. B. Blakoway appears to have adopted the error without investiga- tion; and Ire has boon followed by Mr. Collins in The Public Schools, and by the Editors of Adnitt and Nauntonu III at cry of Shrewsbury School Unfortun- ately, a permanent record of the mistake has been made in a panel of one of Mr. Kemp's beautiful windows in the School Chapel, where Ashton is represented as consulting the fellows of St. John's Volley c about the school ordinances. The legend, however, of the panel in question might be removed, and another inserted to this effect, " Here Thomas Aston, uiir first .schoolmaster, consults his learned friends at Cambridgo about the school ordinances '' It is a matter of history that ho did this. 12 NOTKS ON CERTAIN NAMES IN THE HEADON, SIR CECIL, KS1G_ 18H1.— Horn, 1810,. Admitted at, Shrewsbury School Au«f. 1st, 1826, and left at Christmas, 1827, fur Eton College. — It is somewhat mis- loading to say he was at Eton and Shrewsbury, as if he were at Eton first. CHEW, Sill RANDOLPH, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1558 — 1045. — A Shrewsbury school boy. Amitted in 1571. His name occurs twice in the school register, first as Rondell Crewe, and afterwards as Randulphe Crewe. CREW, SIR THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Commons. ■ -Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1581, ami was still there on March 19th, 15S2-3, when he was one of two scholars selected to make complimentary orations to Sir Henry Sidney on his arrival in the town. COKLEI, EDWARD, M.A., Merton College, Oxford, 1000— Ui»5 7. -—Second son of Mr. Loger Corbet of I'ontesbury, Shropshire. I5a[.tised at I'ontesbury; June 1st, 1G00. Placed in the highest school at Shrewsbury, when he was admitted on June 1st, 1013, although, only \'A Years old. CLARKE, WILLIAM, M.A., Rector of liuxted, Sussex, K39G — 1771. — Son of Richard Clarke of Downton, by Martha his wife, daughter and co-heir of William Grosvenor, gent, of llaughton, in the parish of High Ercall. Iiorn at llaughmond Abbey, 25th J)ecember, 1095, and baptised at Upton Magna 30th December, 161)5. Elected Head Master of Shrewsbury Schools by the Master and Fellows of St. .John's College, Cambridge, in 1723. Rut the Corporation of Shrewsbury disputed the college right of appointment, ami, when the nuttier was settled in favour of the college in 1720, Mr. Clarke, who had in the mean- time been appointed to Bu.xted, preferred remaining there to going to Shrewsbury. DOVASTON, J. F. M, 1782 — 1854.— West Fulton is a village, and not, as implied in the Dictionary, an estate. Mr. Dovaston's home was called "The Nursery." DOWNES, ANDREW, Professor of Creek at Cambridge, 1550 (!) — 1027. — Robert, Earl of Essex, was nor, as Stated in Downe's biography, a scholar of Shrewsbury School. EDMONDS, SI U CLEMENT, 1507 - 1022. -Admitted at Shrewsbury School between 1572 and 1571 as a native of Shropshire. In afterlife he was a be no fact *r to the School Library. DICTION All Y OF NATIONAL BlOGllA I'll Y. 13 FUAUNOF, A HKAHAM , 15G0 (?) — 16:38.— It is a mistake to say that Abraham Fraunco's name is not found in the Register ol Shrewsbury .School. lie was admitted in 1571. GRIFFITH, PIERS, Naval Adventurer, 1570 (?)— 1028.— Piers Griffith was admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1584, as the eldest son of a Knight. lie matriculated at University College, Oxford, in 15S6, but does not appear to have taken any degree. Doubts are thrown in the biography on the truth of the account given by the Kev. John Thomas of the share taken by Piers Griffith in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, but the details given by Mr Thomas are too precise to depend, as suggested in the Dictionary, on tradition only. He says that Piers Griffith sailed from Beaumaris on April 20th, arrived at Plymouth on May 4th, and was invited to dinner on board his ship by Sir Francis Drake, who highly commended him for his loyalty and public spirit. HAN M KR .JOHN, Bishop ol St. Asaph, 1574- 1029.— John Hanmer was second son of David Hanmer of Pentrepant. He was admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1585. HANMKR MKRKDITH, D D., 1543— 1604.— Second son of Thomas 1 1 an i ue r, KsU'., ol Porkingtori, Shropshire, common- ly called " Ginta " Hanmer. Meredith llanmer was ad- mitted at Shrewsbury School in 1502'. MAURIS, RICHARD, D.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Gam bridge.— Soil of Mr. Roger Harris of Shrewsbury, Draper. Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1571. 1IFAUN, ROWLAND, Sheriff and Alderman of London, 1502 (J) HUM, Rowland lleylin was a native of the town rporal ion for the beneiife Ot the poor, lie was admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1571. Ho and his wife were liilrgc benefactors to tin; School Library in 1022. 1 1 1GGO N'S, SIR THOMAS, Diplomatist' I023--10})1.— Ad- mitted at Shrewsbury School in 1031. NOFL HILL, COL. SIR THOMAS, 1784—1822. -Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 171)!). IIOPTON, A RTIl ilR, Mathematician, I 588 (;?)~ 1022. Fourth son of Richard Hopton, Ivsij., of llopton, Salop. Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 151)0. There is a presental ion copy of two of his works, bound together in olio volume, in (he School Library. It is suggested in the Dictionary that ho ,\as a native of Hereloid.-.hue. 14 NOTES ON CKKTA1N NAA1ES IN THE HUM PH REYS, HUMPHREY, Bishop of Bangor, 1018—1712. — Admitted at S live ws bury School in L (JGO. Benefactor to the School Library in 1700, JEFFREYS, GEORGE, Lord Chancellor, 1618— 1689.— The writer of this biography has followed Campbell and others in giving 1048 as the year of George JelVreys' birth. This is plainly impassible, as he went to Shrewsbury School in 1 ('52, and not, as Campbell states, in 1050. lie appears to have been six or seven years at Shrewsbury before removing to St. Paul's Sehool in 1650. Four of his brothers were admitted at Shrewsbury at the same time with George. The order of their names, as entered on the Register, is : — (1) John, (2) Thomas, (3) Edward (4) William, (5) George. Three of these, John, Thomas, and William, had been previously at school at Overton in 1648, under Chaloner, the deposed Head Master of Shrews- bury. Tlie youngest of the family, James, was born in 1649. In the Dictionary the names of three only of the seven brothers are given. They stand in the following order, as regards their ages: — John, 1st; Thomas, 3rd; and James, 7th. Two brothers named Jellrev were at Chaloner's Birch Hall School in 1646, named Thomas and Richard, who probably belonged to this family. If this be so, Richard would be the fourth brother, of whom no mention is made in any of the biographies. JOHNSON, G. H. S., Bean of Wells, 1808—1881. — At Shrews- bury School 1821 — 182.3. Head boy when he left for college. LEECH, HUMPHREY, 157 1 — 1029.— Admitted at Shrews- bury School in 1579, as a native of Shropshire. LEIGH TON, SI R WILLIAM, of Plash, 1570 (?) -1611. -Ad- mitted at Shrewsbury School in 1578. MACK WORTH, HUMPHREY COLONEL, 1604—1654 — Admitted at Shrewsbury School in Hi!,'}. MACKWOKTII, SIR HUMPHREY, 1657 1727- There is no moral doubt that Sir Humphrey Mack worth, like his elder brother Bulkley, who was admitted in 1GG2, and most of his ancestors, was educated at Shrewsbury School. But the school register from 1664 to 1708 is lost. MA1NWA RING, MATTHEW, 1561 -1652.— Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1577. METCALEE, E RED ERIC, LSI 5 -1885.- -At Shrewsbury School 182!) -LSIU. Head Master of the Lower School at Brighton College, 18 17 LSI!). Erroneously spoken of in t he ^Dictionary as Head Master of Brighton College. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 15 MIPDLETON, WILLIAM, Fellow of Queen's College, Cam- bridge, 1560 (?) — J G 1 3. — Was at Shrewsbury Seliool in 1562. MO It 10, SAM U Eli COL., 1594—1062.— Admitted at Shrews- bury School in 16'09. NEEDUAM, CHARLES, Lord Kilmorey, 1630 (?)— 1660.— Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1640. NETTLES, STEPHEN, Rector of Lexden, Essex.— Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1587. O'NEILL, WILLIAM Oil [CHESTER, Baron O'Neill, 1813— Itttttt. — Described in the Dictionary as educated at " The High School,'' Shrewsbury, which is, of course, a misnomer. OWEN, SIR ROOEK, of Condovor, 1573— 1617— Admitted at Shrewsbury School in 1583. OWEN, EDWARD PRYCE, 1788—1 863.— Admitted at Sim wsburv School in 1701). PRICE, DANIEL Ri:\\, 15S1 -1031— Admitted at Shrewsbury Sciiu.il in LVJb. TRICE. RORERT, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 165"» —1733 — A benefactor to Shrewsbury School Library in 16D3, and described in the register of benefactors as " formerly scholar." It is probable that he removed to Ruthin School before going to St. John's College, Cam- bridge, for be is described in the register of that college as " bred at Ruthin. PRICE, SAMPSON Rev., 1585— 1630.— Admitted at Shrews- bury School in 1601. He was the appointed preacher at the consecration of the School Chapel in 1617. SAV1LE, CEORGE, Manpiis of Halifax, 1633 1 6D5— Admit- ted .it Shrewsbury School in 1612. SANDEOKD, EKANCLS, 1630—1604.— Admitted at Shrews- bury School in 1610. 16 INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON AND OTHERS, TOGETHER WITH THE CORONER'S INQUISITION RESPECTING THE MURDER OF JOHN HEUGHES AT STRETTON IN 1491. Edited by the Rev: 0. H. DRINKWATER, M.A. By the kindness of Lieut. -Col. Thorney croft, of Tetten- hall Towers, Wolverhampton, I am enabled to put on record Mr. W. K. Boyd's transcript of certain docu- ments relating to the outlawry of Humfrey Kynaston and others in 1491, which documents will clear up one, at least, of the difficult passages in his will. (See Transactions, Second Series, vol. x., pp. 273-280). It might have been surmised from a certain clause in the will, viz., where these words are used, — "concerning the death of Master Thomas Kyffin rector of ffelton aber," — that Kynaston had a hand in his death, and was outlawed in consequence; but it appears from the first two documents that follow that a certain John Ueughes was killed in some affray at Stretton, and that Humfrey struck the first, and really fatal, blow with a lance. He was not, however, the only culprit, for after this Thomas Kynaston, who seems to have been his elder half-brother, mode that blow "sicker" with a sword-stroke, and then Robert Hop ton with a bill (or pike) gave the corpse another deadly thrust, while Robert Thornes, of Shrewsbury, gentleman, aided and abetted the other three in this felonious business. The onus of the murder rested upon Humfrey ; he therefore immediately decamped, remained in con- cealment, and was in consequence outlawed. In proof of this the Coroner's Inquisition reports that about three dozen persons of all ranks of society, whose names and stations in life are given, did after the murder feloniously receive, comfort, feed, lodge, and maintain the three principals. Among these we find Sir Roger INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON, ETC. 17 Kynaston, late of Knokyn, who was Humphrey's father, two others styled gentlemen, one taillour, one baker, one sherman, two diapers, three chapmen, one boweer, one mercer, one yoman, one drover, and twenty hus- bondmen. That society was very much unsettled in those days is quite apparent, for some of the names are those of reputable families, members of which before or after occupied responsible positions in county or muni- cipal life. That persons of standing should have been found capable of assisting and sheltering men known to have been guilty of murderous outrages, argues a very dillerent state of things from what now exists, yet these were, in some people's estimation, the "good old times." The third document, an Escheators inquisition, dated 1528, records (inter alia) that John Kynaston, son of Kynaston, forfeited all his goods, though the amount is very small, for having slain a man ; this was previous to Nov. L4th, J 528, but we have no means of identifying him, as there are several John Kynastons named in the Visitation pedigree, but, no doubt, he was a relative or connexion of Humfrey. The fourth is another Inquisition post mortem, taken after the death of George Keneston, son of Humfrey, and specifies certain lands of which he died seized 8th Dec, 1542. He had married Joan, daughter of Edward Grey, Esq., and left as his heir, a son, Francis, who was then 22 years old. This Humfrey was of Stokes, in Shropshire, and married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Oteley of Otele} . Besides Francis, he had other five sons and five daughters (HarL Soc., vol. xxix., p. 299). In Mr. Burson's paper on the Kynaston family (Transactions, 2nd Series, vol. vi., pp. 209, &c), the pedigree of Humphrey's elder brother Edward is alone given, and carried down to modern times. It would be an interest- ing study for any capable person to continue Humfrey s pedigree. Gough's statement that he " had not heard of any children which wild Humphrey had," may have deterred research in later times, or possibly they sank Vol. XI., 2nd S, C i 18 INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON, ETC. lower and lower, and their descendants are now only to be found in the humbler ranks of society. Robert Thornes. mentioned as aiding and abetting the felonious attack on Heughes, was connected with the Kynastons. The following excerpt from the Thornes pedigree entered at Vis. Salop, 1663, shows this : — Thomas Thornes=f Mary, daughter of Sir Roger Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Knt. Roger Thornes of Shelvock, =f=Jane, d. of Roger Kynaston, Enquire. i i [ Robert Thornes -p. . . John Thornes— Elizabeth, d. of Margaret Thornes Richard Astley married Richard ^of Pateshull. Lloyd. youngest son, of Shelvock, Bail ill'of Salop eldest son. in 14<)0. Roger Thornes of Shrewsbury, =^-Amia or Anne, d. of Sir Roger called " The Wyso Thornes. " Kynaston. That grandfather and grandson married each a daughter of the same Roger Kynaston does not seem to be likely, and therefore we may take Mr. Joseph Morris's verdiot to be correct. Commenting upon the Thornes' pedigree, he says that " the Roger Kynaston's daughter Jane, to whom Ro^er Thornes of Shelvock was married, was not Sir Roger. A grandson of Roger Thornes and Jane Kynaston married Amia or Anne, the daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston, &c." We must therefore suppose that, if the pedigree be correct (and Sir William Dugdale allowed it to be so in 16G3), there was then another Roger Kynaston, Esquire, whose daughter was Jane, closely connected with the main stem of the Kynastons ; at any rate, Robert Thornes was related by his father's marriage to Ilumfrey Kynaston, and partook with him in the lawless proceed- ings which culminated in the murder of John Heughes at Stretton. Shelvock is within a few miles of Nesscliff and north of Knockin Heath, so notorious for the resort of highway robbers in the 15th and IGth centuries. Reference should be made to the two papers mentioned above ; and also to the pedigree of Kynaston INDICTMENT OF HUMFRE Y KYNASTON, ETC. 19 given in the Visitation of Salop, 1623, and printed in the Harleian Society's publications, vol, xxix., pp. 291- 299. EARLY INDICTMENTS NO. 295, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. [Translation.'] Henry (VII.) by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland to Humphrey Blyke, one of our Coroners in the County of Salop, greeting. Wishing for certain causes that the Indictment touching the death of John Ileughes lately taken before you upon view of the body of the said John, whereof Hum- phrey Kynaston and others are indicted, as it is said, be sent before Us by you, We command you that you send the Indictment aforesaid with all things touching it as fully and entirely as it was taken before you and now remains in your possession, as it is said, by whatso- ever name the aforesaid Humphrey and the others are called in the same, before Us under your seal without delay wheresoever We shall then be in England, together with this Writ, that We may cause further to be done therein what of right and according to the law and custom of our realm of England We shall think right to be done. Witness W[illiam] Huse, at Westminster, the 25rd day of January in the 8th year of our reign [A.D., 1493] By the Court. Harm an. [Endorsed.] The answer of the within written Humphrey Blyke, one of the Coroners of the County within written. Execution of this Writ appears in a certain Inquisition sewn to this Writ. Inquisition indented taken at Stretton in the County aforesaid on Wednesday next before the Eeast of Christmas in the 7th year of the reign of King Henry the seventh after the Conquest [20th December, A.D., 149 i] before Humphrey Blyke, one of the Coroners of 20 INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYN ASTON, ETC. the Lord the King in the County aforesaid upon view of the body of John Heughes then and there lying killed, by the oath of William of the Inne, John Skal- towe, Thomas Skaltowe, Roger Grene, John Hughes, William Bowdeler, John Ryton, John Rawlyngs, John Haryngton, Thomas Paddelonde, Walter Haille, Richard My n ton, Richard Mason, and Hugh Palmer. W7ho say that whereas the aforesaid John Heughes was in the peace of God and the Lord the King who now is, at Stretton aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, on Tuesday next before the Feast of Christmas, in the 7th year of the reign of the said Lord the King, there came Humphrey Kynaston, late of Nescliffe, in the County aforesaid, gentleman, otherwise called Humphrey Kynaston, late of Knokyn in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, gentleman, other- wise called Humphrey Kynaston, late of Pole in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, gentleman, otherwise called Humphrey Kynaston, late of Nesclifle, son of Roger Kynaston, of Knokyn in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, Knight, Thomas Kynaston, late of Shrawardyn, in the County aforesaid, gentleman, otherwise called Thomas Kynaston, son and heir of Roger Kynaston, Knight, late of Shrawardyn, in the County of Salop, gentleman, and Robert Hopton, late of Hopton in the parish of Nesclille in the County of Salop, laborer, feloniously as felons of the said Lord the King who now is, lying in wait and with premeditated assault against the peace of the same Lord the King, his crown and dignity, and the aforesaid Humphrey Kynaston riding upon a horse, with a certain lance of the worth of twelve pence which the same Humphrey then and there had in his ri ght hand, rode at the aforesaid John Heughes and feloniously struck the said John Heughes on the right side of his breast with the same lance on the said Tuesday in the year abovesaid, at Stretton aforesaid, and gave him a deadly blow whereof the same John UotWlies then and thcro died. And the aforesaid INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON, ETC. 21 Thomas Kynaston with a certain sword, of the worth of 40 pence, which the same Thomas then and there held in his right hand then and there feloniously struck the aforesaid John Heughes upon the left side of his head and gave him another deadly hlovv whereof the same John then and there would have died if he had not died of the aforesaid blow which the aforesaid Humphrey first gave him. And the aforesaid Robert Hopton, with a certain weapon called " a bill," of the value of ten pence which the same Robert then and there held in his hands, then and there feloniously struck the aforesaid John Heughes upon the calf of his left leg and gave him another deadly blow whereof the same John then and there would have died if he had not died of the aforesaid blows which the aforesaid Hum- phrey Kynaston and Thomas Kynaston first gave him. And so the same Humphrey Kynaston, Thomas Kynaston and Robert Hopton on the said Tuesday, in the 7th year abovesaid, at Stretton aforesaid, feloniously slew and murdered the aforesaid John Heughes against the peace of the Lord the King aforesaid. And further the same Jurors say upon their oath that Robert Thornes, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, gentleman, the same day and year, at Stretton aforesaid, was present, and then and there feloniously aided and abetted the aforesaid Humphrey Kynaston, Thomas Kynaston, and Robert Hopton to commit the felony and murder aforesaid. And that the same Robert Thornes and Roger Kynaston, late of Knokyn in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, ' Knight/ John Bedo, late of Shrews- bury, in the County aforesaid, ' Taillour/ John Baker, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, ' Baker/ William Frysser, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, k Sherman/ Edward Hosyer,1 late of Shrews- bury, in the County aforesaid, ' Draper/ Roger Werall, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, Richard 1 Mar. written over Edward liosyer, i.e. in tho Marshalsea. 22 INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON, ETC. Egge, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, * gentleman, ' otherwise called Richard Egge, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, 4 Mercer,' David ap Rees, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, ' Chapman,' William Boweer, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, ' Boweer,' otherwise called William Dighton, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, ' Boweer,' Thomas Goldyng, late of Shrews- bury, in the County aforesaid, ' Mercer,' Thomas Everall, late of Ardescote, in the parish of Pontes bury, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' William Lashfort, late of Ardescote, in the parish of Pontesbury, in the County of Salop. ' Husbondman,' John Hikoxe, late of Ardescote, in the parish of Pontesbury, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' Thomas Jeffes, late of Pleyley, in the parish of Pontesbury, in the County of Salop, i Husbondman,' John Jeffes, late of Pleyley, in the parish of Pontesbury, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' John Hankoxe, late of Westeley, in the parish of Condover, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' William ap David ap Gruffith, late of the parish of Abburbury, in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, ' Husbondman,' Jevan ap David Gethyn, late of Abburbury, in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, ' Husbondnum,' Reginald ap David Gethyn, late of Masbroke, in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, ' Husbondman/ Gruffith ap Richard, late of Ballesley, in the parish of Abburbury, in the Marches of Wales to the same County of Salop adjacent, 1 Husbondman,' otherwise cabed Gruffith ap Richard, late of Ballesley, in the parish of Abburbury, in the Marches of Wales to the same County adjacent, ' Husbondman,' Thomas ap Richard, son of the same Gruffith, late of Ballesley, in the Marches of Wales, and in the parish of Abburbury, to the same County of Salop adjacent, ' Husbondman,' Bedo ap Richard, late of Ballesley, in the parish of Abburbury, in the Marches of Wales to the uame County of Salop adjacent INDICTMENT OF HUMFRttY KYN ASTON, ETC. 23 • Husbondman,' otherwise called Bedo ap Richard, late of Ballesley, in the Marches of Wales, and in the parish of Abburbury, to the County of Salop adjacent, 4 Husbondman,' Maurice ap Deio Maure, late of Shrawardyn, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' Dakkyn Deo, late of Shrawardyn, in the County aforesaid, ' Husbondman/ John Heylyn, late of Felton Boteler, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' John Gogan, late of Nescliffe, in the County aforesaid, 4 Yoman,' William Heylyn, Westfelton, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' Hoell Hopton, late of Ilopton, in the parish of Nescliffe, in the County of Salop, ' Husbondman,' William Hoode, late of Cressage. in the County of Salop, 4 Husbondman,' Hugh Walker,1 late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, ' Chapman,' Richard Brekenok, late of Syneton, in the County aforesaid, ' Husbondman,' Thomas Bailly, late of Shrewsbury, in the County aforesaid, 1 Chapman,' and Robert Hoode, late of Cressage, in the County aforesaid, ' Drover,' knowing the aforesaid Humphrey Kynaston, Thomas Kynaston, and Robert Hopton to have committed the felony and murder aforesaid in form aforesaid feloniously received, comforted, lodged, fed, and maintained the said Humphrey, Thomas and Robert, after the felony and murder aforesaid done, on Thursday arid Friday next before the said Feast of Christmas in the 7th year abovesaid, at Pontesbury, Shrewsbury and Nesclilfe aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, against the peace of the Lord the King aforesaid. In witness whereof as well the seal of the aforesaid Coroner as the seals of Jurors abovesaid have set their seals to this present Iudendure (sic). Dated the day and year abovesaid, &c. [Endorsed] By the hands of the within named Coroner on the Quihdene of Hilary of this term sealed and delivered. 1 Mar. written over Hugh Walker, i.e. in the Marjshalaea, 24 INDICTMENT OF HUMFREY KYNASTON, ETC. ESCHEATORS' INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM (19-20 . HENRY VIII.), SERIES II., FILE 849, No. 5, 1528. Inquisition taken at Salop, in the County of Salop, 14th November, 20 Henry VIII. [A.D. 1528]. The Jurors say upon their oath that John Kynaston, son of Kynaston, was possessed of certain lands in Hampton for a term of years by Copy of the Ptolls of the Couft of Elizabeth, late Lady Le Strange, and by Deeds, 22nd April, 20 Henry VIII. [A.D. 1528], he assigned all those lands to John Lloid. Afterwards, the said John Lloid demised parcel of the same lands to said John Kynaston, to hold at the will of the said John Lloid. On the 20th July, in the .... year of the said King, at .... in the County aforesaid, the aforesaid John Kynaston killed a certain man, and fled thereupon ; by reason whereof he has forfeited all his goods which he had in said County. And he then had in Hampton, lands, fallow and pasture to the value of 5s. 8d. * CHANCERY INQUISITION POST MORTEM, SERIES II., VOL. GO, No. 162, 1543. Inquisition taken at the Town of Salop, 28th May, 35 Henry VIII. [A.D. 1543], after the death of George Keneston The Jurors say that Humphrey Keneston, father of the said George, was seized of lands in Stock, Eslton, Grennyleth, and Northwood (and other places). 17th Jan., 23 Hen. VII. [A.D. 1508], a settlement upon a marriage to be celebrated between the said George, son and heir apparent of the said Humphrey Joan, dau. of Edward Grey, Esquire. The said George died at Ottley, 8 Dec, 34 Hen. VIII. [A D. 1542]. Francis, aged 22 years, is his son and next heir. 25 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON, NEAR SriIFNAL. By the late Rev. J. B. BLAKE WAY, M.A., F.S.A., Author of the Sheriffs of Shropshire, History of Shrewsbury, &c. ( From Blakeivay MSS. 10, in the Bodleian Library.) This parish lies wholly in the hundred of Brimstree : it is bounded on the north by the parish of Donnington ; on the west by those of Shifnall, Ryton and Beck bury ; on the south by Patteshall and Pattingham in Stafford- shire, and on the east by Codsall and Tettenhall in the same county. The hamlets of Wildicot, Bishton, and Pepperhill are wholly detached from the body of the parish, the parish ofBoningale cutting them off from it, and the church road from Wildicot and Bishton passing through the churchyard of Boningale. The extreme distance from north to south is four miles, viz. : from Wildicot on the south to Harriot Hays, the northern angle of the parish ; from east to west three miles, from Cosford brook, the western extremity, to Hampton brook the eastern. The parish contains 3,255 acres ; — it consists of a single township, the constablewick of Albrighton including also Humphreston in the con- tiguous parish of Donington. The number of inhabitants in this parish was 901, of houses 1G3, according to the returns under the late Population Act. The average of the money raised for the maintenance of the poor in 1783-4 and -5 for Albrighton borough was £185. The expenditure for the same purposes in the year ending Easter, 1803, was £322, which is stated to be at 2d. in the pound. There was no return of the money raised in 1776. Vol. XI., 2ml S. H IirSTORY OF A.LBRIG ELTON'. The principal landholders in 1790 were the Earl of Shrewsbury, who held 1,450 acres, Sir Robert Pigot, Bart., 487 acres, Charles Stanier, Esq., 234, William Ten nan t, Esq., 250, Lancelot Shad well, Esq, 152, Charles Oolmore, Esq., 139, Sarah Wightwick, 1GG. Among the inhabitants were 1 attorney, 1 surgeon and apothecary, 2 clockmakers, 1 gloves and breeches maker, 2 blacksmiths, 2 wheelwrights, 2 carpenters and joiners, I bricklayer, 1 stone mason, 1 weaver, 1 sadler and collar maker, 3 millers, 3 shopkeepers, 1 butcher, 1 cooper, 3 taylors, 2 shoemakers, 2 malsters, 2 female boarding schools, 1 Sunday school, and 4 public houses, viz., The Harp, The Talbot, the Crown, and the Holly Bush. It appears from the register that about the beginning of the 17th century the trade of button-making pre- vailed to a considerable extent here. The name of this parish seems to be derived from that of the first Saxon settler. The system of local nomenclature adopted by those invaders seems to have been wholly different from that of the aboriginal in- habitants. The British names of places generally contain a description of the natural or local circum- stances, the quality of the soil or the like ; the Saxon names very frequently record the first individual of that people who effected an establishment in the village or manor and brought the land into cultivation. One Albric, or Alberic (in Latin Albericus, in German Albrecht, in modern English Albert or Aubrey)1 appears to have been the first Saxon resident here, whence the name as recorded in Domesday, Albristone, i.e., Alberic s town. It is impossible to fix the period when this happened ; it was surely not sooner than the early part of the 7th century; since at the close of the 6th, viz. : in 591, we find a severe battle between the 1 The meaning of the name is All bright, pneelarus : as Alaric, all rich, [mo^esteus Uic 2iu\ S. [>; 34 HISTORY Ol? A LB RI CHITON. church. The south face of the building appears to be of more modern date than the north aisle and chancel, and the windows of a different arch. Over the door of the chancel on the outside may be observed tvvo rude Busts sculptured on the wall, apparently to represent a male and female figure. Just within the door of the chancel, towards the Communion Table, are three arched recesses ill the wall ; one of them contains a basin or font, probably used in Catholic times to contain the consecrated water. At the north end of the Com- munion Table is a monument, with the elligies" in alabaster of Sir John Talbot and his wife, Frances, the daughter of Sir John Gifford of Chillinoton, and round the tomb are coats containing the arms of Talbot and Gifford ; there is an inscription round the edge which I cannot transcribe correctly, but it sufficiently appears to be a memorial to the above illustrious personages. At the south end of the Communion Table is another table monument without figure or inscription ; the stone being of a friable nature the inscription is probably defaced. On the floor of the chancel are several Hat stones with inscriptions, some of which are rendered obscure by the trampling of the children belonging to the Sunday School. There is an elaborate Latin inscription to the memory of Dr. Scott, sometime vicar of the parish, but it being rather imperfect and obscure 1 dare not attempt to copy it, but it appears that lie was a native of Cosford in the parish, and died at the age of 50. The following memorials are more intelligible : — u Hie jacet corpus Anme Vidua* et Relieve Thomas Shad well (lent., una (ilia Lancelot hoc do Uottoii arm.; quae obiit vicessimo primo die Jan. A.l>., I (ID!). Here lath the body. of Thonias Stanier, Gent., late ofCosford, who decease*! this life Kehry. 5, A.D., lo\S!), aged 52 years. Here lu-lh the body of William Stanier, (iont., Sepult. 8 Sent., limi; an. art at. 70. In |>oij Mitral memory of (,1k; llovorond and Learned I'raneis WY.t, IH>, horn in the Parish of Saint < Christophers, London HISTORY OK A LBRIGHTO.N . 35 Senior Fellow of John Baptist's Coll : Oxford, vicar of this parish 21 years, died the 1.5 Jan., 1747, aged 5,5 years. Ileverend0 Thomaj Wood, Artibus Magister, huju, ecclcsia;, etc. (Ihe red defaced). 19112427 Table of Benefactions cut on a handsome ma idle, with gilt letters, fixed against the north wall of tin; chancei, anil inscribed as follows, viz. ;— Mr. Bromley gave one hundred pounds, the interest thereof to be distributed to the poor yearly, at two equal proportions, at the trustees' discretion. Mr. J olt n Chapman gave thirteen shillings and fourpenoe yearly, to ho disposed of to tin; poor on Christmas Day. Mr. William Scott, late of Cosford, gave forty pounds, the interest thereof to be distributed to the poor yearly for ever, The Duke of' Shrewsbury gave in the years 1703 and 1704 the sum of fort}' pounds, which was disposed of among the poor according to bis Grace's order. Ann MariyoUl gave in her lifetime a silver chalice. Mr. Thouuca Davenfull gave twenty pounds, the interest thereof to ho disposed of to the poor yearly lor ever. The following list of the vicars of Albrighton in- ducted during the last century is extracted from the Parish Register : — William Scott, D.D., was buried the 5 Febry., 1700. Thomas Wood, M.A., was inducted the 19 Jul)', 1701. Francis West, 13. U, was inducted the 20 March, 1720. John Hale, M.A., was inducted the 18 Aug., 1 7 IS. Henry ISinlield, M.A., was inducted the 2 April, 1782. Thomas Lloyd, M.A., was inducted the 23 October, 1795. Albrighton is an ancient Borough and Corporation. The original Charier was granted in the 31st year of King Edward the first to John De la Wane, to hold a market on Tuesday in every week, and a fair in the eve and vigil of St. Thomas t he Martyr. This Charter was renewed and extended by Charles the second, and two new laiis were granted with (/purls of Pu\ yuudre, etc., at the prayer and intercession (as the preamble sets forth) of Mary Lady Talbot and Francis, Karl ol Shrewsbury, and the inhabitants at large By reason 36 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. that the town and borough of Albrighton joined the county of Stafford on the east, south, and north, and three of the principal highways led out of the county of Stafford through the manor, borough, town, and parish of Albrighton, in the county of Salop, and there being no justice of the peace residing in the neighbour- hood, divers felons and other malefactors committing offences against the law fled, and escaped out of the county of Stafford into the borough and liberties of Albrighton, in the county of Salop, to hide themselves and evade the penalties of their misdeeds. Therefore his Majesty was graciously pleased to extend to them his Royal Bounty for their better rule and government, and to make them a body corporate and politic by the name of the High Steward, High Bailiff, and High Burgesses of the Borough and Liberty of Albrighton, to hold a common seal, appoint a Serjeant-at-Mace, etc. The High Steward to be chosen by the Lord of the Manor, and hold his place for life; the High Bailiff to be elected out of 21 High Burgesses, nominated in the Charter for life, annually on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. The High Steward and High Bailiff to act as justices of the peace, to put in force the statutes made for vagabonds, artificers, and laborers, weights, measures, etc. To limit and provide such pains and penalties, either by imprisonment of the body or by lines and amercements, levy by distress, or by taking of the cattle, goods and chattels of every delin- quent, in any manner not repugnant to the laws of the Realm, with power to possess and hold property in their corporate capacity to the extent of one hundred pounds per annum, and to sue or plead for the same. To assemble from time to time at the Toll Shop, or any other convenient place, and frame bye- laws for victual- ling of the inhabitants, regulating the artificers, keeping up and sustaining the bridges, passages, pathways, etc. The inhabitants of the borough and liberties enjoy considerable privileges and immunities, such as exemp- tion from county rates, serving on juries, etc. HISTORY OF ALBHKillTOX. ADDITIONS. T find from Shaw's History of Staffordshire that the Shadwells have an estate in Bobbington parish called the Ilav, where w e may conclude the poet Shad well was horn, if we can establish the fact of his being of the family formerly seated at Be.mis.li B'M. It appears by the Parish Registers at Albrighton that the Soiithalls were the ancient inhabitants, pro- bably owners, of Hemish Hall before the Shadwells, as were tile Harringtons of Bishton. The following 1 take to be a pretty exact translation of the Latin inscription round the monument of the Talbots in Albrighton chancel : — Here lies .John Talbot of Grafton, Knight, and Dame Frances his Wife, daughter of Sir John Gifford of Ohillington, which John was son and heir of John, the son of Sir Gilbert Talbot, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, he died the (f June/ 1555. The above Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, Kt. Ban. (whose descendants came to the title after the death of the 8th Earl of Shrewsbury in 1617), was third son to John, the second Earl of Shrewsbury , and father to Sir John Talbot, who is generally called *SVr John Talb'Ot of llhrH/htou, though Collins says, in his will, he designs himself of Grafton, as also did his son, who married out of the neighbouring family of the Giffords of Chillington. Several of (his branch of the family, according to Collins, have been buried at Albrighton, and they seem to have been particularly connected with the place, though 1 cannot as yet find out whether they had any fixed habitation in the neighbourhood, though we may fairly suppose that one at least of them resided (here. Mary Lady Talbot, who, 'tdgethGr with Francis Karl of Shrewsbury , procured a renewal of tin4 Charter of Charles (he second, appears to have been Mary, tin; daughter of Herbert, L'nd Lord Powis, and widow to ( ieop'V, Lord Talbot, eldest son to John, t in: I Oth Karl of Shrewsbury. This George died in his father's HISTORY OF AL151UG11TON'. lifetime childless (and was interred at Albnghton, near his uncle George, the 9.th Earl), and his next brother Francis succeeded as lltli Karl of Shrewsbury. This Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his eldest brother's widow, Mary Lady Talbot, are the p asons whose names are so frequently recited in the Chaiter. The aforesaid Earl Francis died on the IGth March, lG(>7,of a wound received in a duel with George Villieis, 2 ml Duke of Buckingham 1 lis Countess is said to have held his adversary's horse in the habit of a page during the unhappy conflict, and was the person alluded to in these lines by Pope : — (lallaUt and j>ay in (Jlicl'dcn's proud Alcove Tin: Bower of wanton ►Shrewsbury and Love. This lady must have been Anna Maria, daughter to Robert, second Earl of Cardigan, and second wife to Earl Francis, and appears by Collins to have married after his death George Rodney Bridges, Esq., of Keynshen, in Somerset, for she was mother to Charles, the TJth liar] and only Duke of 'Shrewsbury, land John, killed in a duel by Henry, the 1st Duke of Grafton. This branch of the Talbots of Graf toil terminated in the Duke of Shrewsbury, who appears to have been a benefactor lo Albrighton parish, and his Duchess was buried there. She was Adelhida, daughter of the Maupiess of I'alliotti, of Bologna, in Italy, and abjured the Catholic religion previous to her marriage, 'the Duke left her a jointure of LI , kJ 0 0 per annum; and although his heir differed from him in religion, and was a distant relation, he procured an Act of Parliament that his estates should never be alienated bom the House, lie is said dining his lifetime to have improved his estates, so as to increase his income from four thousand lo eight thousand per annum, and left them unencumbered, lie died February 1, 1717. lie was succeeded by Gilbert, 1 :>th Fai I of Shrews- bury, the eldest, sin vising sou of G i I bel t Ta I hot , iou i f h son of John, the 10t h Fai l of Shrewsbury , but he being HISTORY OF A LBIUOIJLTOX. 39 in Holy Orders in t lie Church of Koine, the honors descended to his brother (Jcorye, the, l.jth Earl of Shrewsbury, who died December 12, L733, and was intoned at Albrighton. I [is sun George, the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, died without issue, and was succeeded by bis nephew Charles, the present and sixteenth Kail ol" Shrewsbury, born March 8th, 1753, and married Sept. Lii, 1 7 7-, Miss lloye. Since writing the foregoing, 1 have had an oppor- tunity of consulting Leland, from which I make the following extract concerning A .ibrightou : — -" Syr John Talbot that married Troutboks he ire dwelleth in a goodly Logge on the high Toppe of Albrighton Parke. It is in the very egge of Shropshire 3 miles from Tunge." The foregoing extract settles my doubts respecting Sir Jo\m Tiil bat's seat, which must have been at Upper Pepperhill, and I am confirmed therein both by the maps of ( Jamden and Speed J which represent an enclosed park oil Pepperhill, and nowhere else in the parish. 1 iind by Dr. Nash's Hi-dory oj Worcestershire that there is a line nionumeut in Bromsgroye Church, where are effigies of this Sir Jo\\n Talbot and his two wives. From the second (Frances Wrottesley) descended the family of the present Earl Talbot; I before observed that Pepperhill afforded the highest land in the parish, and Leland's " liiyh toppq and (he eijqe of the county " is truly descriptive of the house at Pepperhill as it now stands. The following is a list of the Talbot family that are mentioned by Collins to have been buried at Albrighton, which 1 shall compare with the Register when I havo access to it : — Sir John Talbot of Grafton, sou of Sir John of Albright nit, in 1 555 . George', ninth Karl of Shrewsbury; 1030. George, Lord Talbot, son to John, U)th Marl. The Duchess of 'Shrewsbury, I7'2b\ George, I 1th Karl" of Shrewsbury, i 7 3 3, 10 HISTORY OF ALBIUGUTON. In Gibson's edition of Camden, I extract the follow- ing : — "Hard by , (Tung) stands Atbrighton, which in the reign of Edward the first was the seat of Raloh de Pichford, but now of the Talbots, who are descended, from the Earls of Shrewsbury." In the Liber lieyis, published by Bacon 1786, is the following : — " Shropshire, Dcanry of Newport, Arch- deaconry of Salop. Abrighton alias Alhriohton V. (St. Maiy.) Synods 2Hh. Proxies 8ab. Company of Haberdashers, London, and Christs Hospital, Patrons by turns. Value on the Kings Hooks to : 10: 0 yearly. Tenths CO: 1 1:0," This corrects another error 1 have been led into by tradition, viz., that the Church was dedicated to Thomas a Becket. Jf the hides enumerated in the Domesday Survey refer to the taxation of the Danegeld, about A 1). 9D1, which seems the pi evading opinion, this parish was at that time (in the days of King Ethelred), in a most rude state : not more than i 80 acres of the manor being then cultivated, the geld being rated at one hide and a half. But to this are to be added Bishton and Cosford, which, though now included within the manor, did not at that time make part of it. In the reign of Edward the Confessor (1011-1 0GG) this parish was divided into two manors, hoi den by two persons named Algarand Cod hit. It is probable that one of these gentlemen resided on the insulated part of the paiish. It was then included within the bundled of Elnoelstrui ( A lnodesl ren) . On the Norman revolution, William the Conqueror granted A Ibricstoue, with nearly the whole of the county, about A.I). lOo'J, to the potent Roger de Montgomery, Kail of Shrewsbury. That nobleman gThuU.nl bulb (ho manors over to a person of the name ol Norman, who found t hem waste, i.e. , as 1 understand it., unoccupied, the Saxon owners having lied or dis- appeared. He was tenant- of them at the time of I IiiiiicmLi y ^ I 08b), though the manor was ( hen, for some HISTORY OF ALBRIOHTON". 41 reason which does not appear, seized into the King's hands. In the interval which had elapsed between the time of King Ethel red, and the period of which we are now speaking, a space of nearly a century, some pro- gress had been made in cultivation, the land now con- sisting of 4 carucates, or 480 acres. Three of these, 3G0 acres, were appropriated to the use of the lord, the remaining carucate was divided into 11) small tenements, hoklen by 13 slaves, '4 villeins, and as many bordars, being something more than G acres per man. On the manor was a wood, the acorns of which com- puted, communibus annis, sufficient to fatten 100 hogs; though, as we urn wholly ignorant of the principle on which the Norman surveyors conducted a calculation, necessarily so precarious, it is impossible, I suppose, to form any conclusion as to the extent of the wood.1 The annual value of the manor had fallen in value, since it was consolidated in one hand ; in the Con- fessor's time it was 2 Is., it was then only lb's. In the reign of Henry [[., Richard de Pichford appears to have held this manor (see Cosford, ct qiULrc). In 1231, Ralph de Richeford was lord here, for in that year (the Kith of Henry ILL) he paid the King 40s. to have a charter lor a market and fair at his manor of Albrighton. (Ripe Rolls of that year, inter nova ohlata) . The Inquisition after his death, \\1 I Ion. TIL, 1253, liuds that he died seized of this manor, and that of Richford, and lands at little Brugge, and of the manors 0f Dunethe and Lynue, in Ireland (Calendar Inquis. Post Moiicm, p. 12). He was succeeded by a son of both his names, who died between 12G1) (when he was surety for the good behaviour of Robert fitz Ralph, Dugd. WaQ'M., 34., ii. 40) and 1272, when John de 1'itehford appears as his son and heir. This last died about April 4th, I2S5, from which day the eschoator seized this manor (Albrithon, as it is written 1 Tin; | mi i >h lh\u\i in irks of li.iviii;;" I' >riihuly L'imt.iiuol t:\lijiisivt1 WOoiU, «h i:tD:iJ InMilhi jl|*U fl*i^|U01lt I y lill^ Uj> in iL Vol XI, Jiul S- (J 1 42 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. on the record) into the kino's hands on the ground that the heir of the deceased was in ward to his Majesty; hut on the 6th day of the following month lie gave livery thereof to Margery, John's widow, and accounts on the Pipe rolls of 12 and Jo Edw. I., for (J8s. Gd., rent of assize, and other issues of manor during the time it was in the King's hands. ripe Holla 12 and 13 10. I.: Escactr. r. o. do G8d GJ do rod (litu assiso et aliis editions iMancrii do Albrit.hon quod fuit Johaimis do Picliefohl, kc, see Pic lief ord bay, delivered to Margery, The heir of the deceased mentioned above was Ralph de Pitchford, who could iiave wanted only a few months of his lull age at his father's death, for by an Inquisition on the Escheat 1 tolls of the same loth year, the jurors find him to be of lull age. lie styles himself lord of Al- brieton, in a deed of 1294, relative to Golding, which is sealed with the shield of his arms, and the legend s. IIABU1/FJ LDM PYCUFOi.I). l1Voin these arms (a cinquefoil piereed and an orle of martlets) it seems not improbable that the family were retainers or vassals to the old Earls of Leicester, who bore the cinquefoil alone. In the following year, 1295, he again occurs as lord of this manor. The lands of one Isabel de Person es of this plaee having eseheated to him in (hat. quality, ho by his deed, dated a (. Abry thou (lie day before tin; calends ofJune (i c. the last day of May, in the 2'3'rd year of Kinii Edward), granted two buri>a<>es in the (own, a part <»i that escheat, to William of the Park of KLtihueshal. The original deed, the attestation con- tains the names of several inhabitants of tin? manor at that i emote period, is subjoined. in 20 Edward I., the said Ilalph had a protection from the King pre- pai a t mi ) t o his going in( o t he parts, of 1 1 eland, tuget her w ith t \iv> (novel tii const it ntc l»og< r K a lies his attorney, riaeit i d« a , -is 20 Ed ward I.) In the 29tli of Edwaj'd I., this person sold his manor of l'llrlih'id to the Bishop of Litehlield. In the same HISTORY OF ALBRIGUTOlsr. 43 year, he and his mother joined in levying- a fine of lands hero to the bishop, also the advowson, of which hereafter. Ho must in like manner have devested himself of the manor of Albrighton some years in-fore, since in the 28th of the same king, John de Tregoz died seised of it. lie left two dimohfeis his coheiis : Clarice the eldest was wile of Roger la Wane, Sibil the youngest, of William do Grandisons. Ola rice having died before her father, Join, la Wane her son joined with his aunt Sibil, in the partition of the estates of Tregoz, which took place Dec. 21, 1300. An Inquisition of 4 June, 49 year Edward III., finds that Ralph de Pieheford, late Lord of Albrighton. alienated that manor to John Trego th, S'6 years ago, in the time of King Edward the grandfather, and the said John Trego th occupied it for half a year after the alienation, and John le Ware and his heir occupied it ever since the death of John Treiitannica, art. Holies. What, i.s the meaning of " Mancriwm de Albrighton nor Tuchu," 10 Henry IV., 3 Hemy V.? (Hurl, MSS. ;JS7I). mSTOUY OP ALBRIGHTON 47 Edmund Holes in tail. (Fines, 15 May, 4 Henry V., Dodsworth MBS., Vol 5'2). This conveyance 1 take tu havu been merely a feoifment in trust to the behoof of the feollee, who, however, did not live to enjoy the manor, departing this life in 1421, the year preceding the death of Wohnei, on w hich last event, the kino" committed to Thomas lleuster and Sinion I lady no-ton the custody of this manor, which Richard Wohner, deceased, held for life of the inheritance of Margery, daughter and heir of Thomas 11 ids, deceased (I exhibit all these variations i of name in their original spelling), " w ho held of us in chief hy knight service, and which after the death ol the said Richard, ami by reason of thj nonagb of the said Margery, hath come to our hands." (Fines, 10 Henry Vj. From the recurrence of these leases for life, we may collect that this manor had not hitherto been the residence of its lords in any great degree; perhaps not at all since the days of Algar and Godwit its Saxon possessois. The 1'ichfords and La Wanes had their chief seats elsewhere. The contrary is now to be the case lor a century or more. The heiress Margery gave her hand to John Troute- heck, ICsq., son of Sir William Trouteheek, a Cheshire family, hut as I conceive, originally of the north country; bt'i'k signifying a brook in the dialect of those parts, and their arms, three trouts conjoined,* or (to speak hcraldi- cally) frcUcd, denoting their resilience upon a trout- stream. 1 have not found the date of this lady's birth, marriage, or death [she was born 1 Henry VL,and died o5 Henry VI.; J hut the latter had taken place before the year 1 lf)8, when her husband (who was Chamber- lain of Shrewsbury Castle in 1 and 17 Henry VI.) was found to have holden at his death this manor in chief 1 I'll. ,iuii. ; Mr curiiHi ,1) and minutely nirvrd on a .small xjtaudi'il of" oiu' i/| iliii iMiiUvthMi.i and I'li^aul I a hi'iuatilcs \\ liic|» drcoral o [\us elaUi)|ul> altar piece Lielilidd Cathedral. One of lliia family had il'Hlhlle.is, Ihm ii a in'iirfact'ir Ln thai > Inuvli. 48 HISTORY OF ALBH [GHTON. by knight service, and by the law (or, as we speak, hy the covrtesy) of England after the death of Margery, Ms late wile, of the inheritance of William Troutebec, her son and heir, wiio was at the taking of this inquest 25 years of age. This gentleman enjoyed the estate very few months, being slain at the battle of lUoreheath (23rd September, 145(J), fighting on the side of the House of Lancaster. In the contemporary memorandum (for such it appears to be) of that battle in King's Vale Royal,1 and the Visitation of Shropshire^ ho is styled Sir William; but this titlo is not noticed in the Inquisition taken after his death, 38 Henry VI., which merely finds that William Troutbecke held the manor of Albrhditon, and that William his son and heir was of the age of ten years. Besides this son he had at least another, Adam, "who succeeded to the Mobberley estate. (See Ormerod's History of C/ieshire, vol. ii., p. 28). Of the last-named William, thoiudi living in a most eventful period (1450—1 5 10) t 1 have seen no memorials but the Inquisition after his death. That instrument, dated at Shuffenhall 30th October 3 Henry VIII., finds that Sir William Troutebecke, Knight, for he did attain that dignity, died on the tenth of last November (1 5 10) seized of the manor of Albrighton, a moiety of the vill of New ton, one third part of the manor of Eggemond, and a moiety of the manor of Ford ; that his heir was Margaret, the daughter of his brother Adam, and that she was of the age of 18 years and upwards,, and the wife of John Talbot t, Esq., (Cole's Esch., MS. Had. 7 5(5, vol. i., p. 201), the manor thus coming into and passing out of the family of Troutbec by a lady of the same Christian name. 1 Vittf Uuitttf, p. !)<), clit. I77S. li'mx j„ Yak Ruyal siiya that Ihe Th»Hl>< buill ;i uhupcl in the Church ul' St. Maiy-on the hill, in rhr trr, and (IcsniWrs scvcr.il oi their monuments there. J find a William Troutbek, ftsquire, in Cheshire 11 Kdward 1\'. (Chart. jh'ihvs W, Hamper). HISTORY OF ALB RIG 11 TON. 4!) Mr. Talbot was (according to the common practice of that age) a very young husband. T have not found the date of his birth, but in 1503, Lie was a boy at school ; for in the very curious account-book of his father Sir Gilbert, in the possession of Mr. Hamper, is an entry under that year : — Payd for mast' John talbotts scolle hyre — iijH. iiijd. Payde for a penner ami a nynkehorne for mast' John talbott. ija. Other pay- ments for the same young gentleman, from the same account, may not be unacceptable : — For a doss' of poynts : 3d : — for a boke, I6d : — for a payre of hosyn 7d : — a bonet 2s. 4d : — 2 payre of Shoys I4d : — another payre of hosyn 2s : — for furryng of mast' John talbotts Jakett, 14d: — payd lor an ell of sarcenet for a dublctt lor him, 5s : — for makyng of ij diibletts off Sateyn and Lareenet — 2s. 8d : — making of ij Jaketts of Saltey n and chainlet — 2s: — and though his name is not mentioned, it was probably, on his account that 2d. was paid for lyre at scolle : 3d. for a piyihmer belongs perhaps to some of his younger brothers. I am hot able to explain, a bage of Onke for m. John Talbot, 13d; but a combe for him immediately follows. The two following entries will remind one of the inimitable Falstaff : — A kendall cote for m. J. Talbot,*4s; fur makyng of m. J. Talbotts cote of kendall, 1 2d. Mr. Talbot was the only son of Sir Gilbert Talbot, of Grafton, K.G. (second surviving son of John Talbot, second Karl of Shrewsbury), by his second wife luhol- dteda Cotton. Soon alter lie succeeded in his wile's right to the Albrighton estate, ho was created a knight. In the 9th year of lien. V 1 1 1 , lo 17, 1 find an agreement between" William Leyghton and Margery his wile, sensed of the manor of 1 )onyngfon,and Sir John Talbott,knight, and Dame Margery his wife, seased of the lordship of Albrighton,"- — the purport of which is, that Talbott " may build mills within Albrighton so that they are set over iMille broke1 or Oloke broke at any place from 1 I recollect a collate upon a l>ro<»ls near tin- Pain of tin- Hall [>ool eullcal tin: tjlock Mill, but I think there i.s no longer a mill I hero. Vol. XI., !u(i S. 11 50 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. the feld called the Clock feld and along the he the called Donnyngton hethe unto the grownde of the ahbot of Byldewas called Cosford." (E coll. Rev. Edvv. Williams). Sir John resided upon his property here, and served the ollice of sheriff for this county no less than three times (1527, 1533, 1537). He was living when Leland travelled through Shropshire, and from what that antiquary says, it may not improbably he inferred that he deserted the residence of his lady's ancestors at Albrighton Hall, near t he church, and built himself a new house at Upper Pepperhill. " Sir John Talbot that married Troutbek's heir dwelleth in a goodly lodge on the high top of Albrigliton park It is the very edge of Shropshire, 3 miles from Tong." (Lei. Itin,t v. 5, p. 2c). The maps of Speed and Camden represent an enclosed park at Pepperhill, and no where else that can possibly apply to the words of Leland, and this being at the same time the highest ground in the parish, and on the very edge of the county, identifies the place with Leland's Albrighton Park. (W.P.). As our knight, by the failure of the elder line, succeeded to the stately mansion of Grafton, this was, probably, only an occasional residence for the purposes of the chase, and such, I think, was the import of a lodge in those days. Sir John died in 1519, and was succeeded by his son of the same name, also a knight, who survived him only six years, when his son, also of the same name, inherited this and the Grafton estate. In the 22nd year of Queen Elizabeth, the manor of Albrighton and lands and tenements there were alienated by John Talhott, Esq., to Hubert Caldwell and Owin Eyer, gentlemen, and the heirs of Caldwell, by licence dated Sept. 1st (Sloan MS- 4702); and in the 39th of the same Queen, the manor, and kinds, and 100s. of rent, the fair and market, were recovered by Ivobert Wintoure. Esq., and Uobci t Caldwell, gent. , against John Talhott, Esq. (ibid). (Mr. Caldwell was the steward: see HISTORY OF A L BRIGHTON. 51 Grafton papers). These conveyances, however, were merely nominal for the purpose of settlements, since the manor has over since heon enjoyed by the represen- tative of the elder line of this family, the series of which it is unnecessary hereto detail. In 1GG . . it was part of the jointure of Mary (Herbert), relict of George, Lord Talbot, who died in his father's lifetime ; but perhaps the last possessor who has made it, i.e., the house at Lepperhill, at all his residence, was the celebrated Duke of Shrewsbury, who makes so distin- guished a figure in the political occurrences of his day, and was certainly a man of very great talents. On his return to Kngland in December, 1 705, being dissatisfied with the conduct of his Whig friends, "he retired," says liis biographer, " first into Worcestershire and Shropshire, and from thence to a purchase he had made called lleythorpe, near Woodstock " In this retire- ment lie continued w ith little intermission for live years, till the formation of the Tory administration, when he became Lord Chamberlain of the household, and not loim after, Lord-Lieutenant and custos rotulorum of this county. Though Adbrmhton is now esteemed no more than a village, and is so styled in the View of the Agriculture of this county, p. 335, yet it is an ancient borough, a market town, and a body corporate The second of these distinctions it derives from the charter of Ldward 1 , the last horn that of Charles II.; but whence ir. claims the former, except from the gratuitous assertion of this last nionaich, 1 have not found. Of this charter I shall subjoin as brief an abstract as its prolixity will admit. The first step towards it was a writ ad quod damnum to enquire by the oaths of a jury, whether it would be to the damage of the King, his subjects, or the neigh- bouring towns, il' he should grant two fairs, as will be hereaiter mentioned. The Inquisition taken at Shulhall on January li'.) t L , in the Ut.h year of his reign (1GG2-3), certifying that il would not, he proceeded lo issue his HISTORY OV A LBli IGHTON. letters patent dated at [biank\ on the 17th day of March, 1G Qav. II. lie first refers to the grant of Edward I. He next states that the borough of Albrighton is an ancient borough, and that a great part of the manor of Albrigh- ton and of the town and parish of Albrighton extends beyond the borough, and is called Albrighton Foreign. Then, reciting that two courts lcet or views of frank- pledge with a court baron have inimemorially been holden within the manor before the steward of the court of the borough and manor ; one of them for the inhabitants and residents of that part of the manor, town, and palish, which lies without the borough, and is called Albrighton-foreign ; the said courts having their several oflicers chosen annually by the jurors therein respectively. Reciting also that the borough, manor, town, and parish, belongs to Mary, Lady Talbot, widow of George, Lord Talbot, deceased, for her life by reason of her jointure, the reversion belonging to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his heirs ; and further reciting the Inquisition ad quod damnum mentioned above. Out of the singular affection and favour which he bears to the said Lady, lady of the borough and manor, and to the said Earl Francis, lord thereof in reversion, he grants to them and to the heirs of the earl, that the) ma)' hold two new lairs or marts in the town of Albrighton, each of them lor two days ; the first on the llUh and Nth of May; the second on the 2'Jtli and 30th of October, yearly, with a court of pie-powder during such fairs, and all free customs, tolls, stallage, pickage, fines and profits to such fairs or marts, and courts of pje- powdcr pertaining. Then, reciting that the manor and parish a»l join to Bj la fiord shire on the east, south and west parts, and are remote from Shrewsbury, and that three royal highways lead out of Staffordshire through the said manor, borough, town and parish, by reason w 'hen of felons and other malefactors within Stafford- shire have escaped out of that, count y into the precincts HISTORY OK A L BRIGHTON. 53 of Albrighton, which often happens in default of prosecuting such delinquents, and the due execution of the laws in that angle of Shropshire where no justices of peace (to whose oflice the case thereof belongs) are residing, whereby malefactors are multiplied, and his faithful subjects aggrieved — that the said Jady and earl, and his beloved subjects the inhabitants of that borough, manor, town and parish, have humbly besought him, to make, restore, and create anew, true ami faithful men therein inhabiting, a body corporate and politick, and to grant them such privileges and franchises as shall seem most expedient for the better government thereof,-- and that he was willing that it should remain a borough and liberty of peace and quietness, &c, — alter these recitals, lie wills, orders, &c. , that the said borough, manor, town, and parish of Albrighton and Albrighton Foreign shall be a free borough and liberty of itself, and that the burgesses thereof shall be by force of these presents One Body Corporate and Politic in thing, deed, and name, and incorporates them by the name of 'The High Steward, High tlt 'di ft and High Burgesses of the Borough and Liberty of Albrighton, in the County of Salop, with perpetual succession, with capacity to take, receive and possess lands and tenements hereditaments to them and their successors for ever or for term of life, lives or years, and also goods and chattels ; and to grant or demise the said lands and goods to any use whatsoever, and to plead and be impleaded, ifec, as fully as any other corporate body. lie likewise grants that they may have a common seal, and may alter it as they think lit. The corporation to consist of a (i is- creat man to be called High Steward of the Boiowjh and Liberty, a burgess to be called High Baihjl, and tweul) -uno men of the best and most approved burgess's and freemen of the borough and liberty, 'o he called the tEigh Burgesses; which high burgesses are to be of the common council ol tin; borough, and assisting and aiding to the high steward and h'gh 54 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. bailiff. This body corporate or the majority, of whom the high steward is to be one, are authorised to assemble in the Toll Shop of the borough, or any other convenient place within the borough and liberty, to frame bye-laws for the rule of the borough, its oilicers, ministers, artilicers, inhabitants and residents, and for declaring how the members of the corporation and inhabitants shall behave, carry, and accustom them- selves in their offices and callings within the borough and liberty, and for victualling the burgesses and inhabitants, keeping up the bridges, pathways, &c, and preserving, demising, &c , the property of the corporation ; with power of enforcing their regulations by fine or imprisonment, and levying such fines by distress, so as the same byedaws be agreeable to the laws and statutes of the realm. John Gratton, gent., who was then by the nomina- tion of Lady Talbot, steward of the several courts of the borough and foreign, is appointed by the King to be the first High Steward for life ; and the said lady, or her assigns during her life, and the said earl, bis heirs and assigns, are empowered to appoint the future High Stewards, who are to continue in office as long as by such nomination and appointment he and they respectively remain steward of the court of the borough and manor of Albrighton and Albrighton Foreign. Lutwidge Cooke, gent., to be the first High Bailiff, and to continue in ollice, if he shall so long live, till the cou»"t last to be holden after Michaelmas next ensuing, and until one of the High Burgesses be elected and sworn into the same ollice. The first High Burgesses to be as follows :— John Traunter, gent., Gilbert douche, gent., head-borough, William Shrasbrough, gent., William Scott, senior, gent., Will. Stokes, gent., Thomas Chapman, gent., Will. Scott, junior, gent., John Hilton, gent., Jolm Southall, junior, gent., Lutwidge Cooke, gent., already mentioned1, William Wightwick, gent., John Dearne, Humphrey Toiuhys, Henry Sheldon, Alexander Shoih1- HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 55 ion, John Littleford, Roger Friend, William Jellicoe, Tliomas Whistons, Jolin Parkei', Edward Wilkes. The same to continue in office for life, but removable for ill behaviour, by the majority of the corporate body, whereof the high steward to be one, and they are to be sworn in before the high steward. The high bailiff is to he annually elected out of the high burgesses, by the high steward or his deputy, and the jurors for the lord the King, at the several courts leet and views of frank- pledge holden within a month after Michaelmas, as the custom anciently hath been, and still is for them to he hoi den, after they (the jurors) have been charged by the steward of the court of the borough and manor of Albrighton and Albrighton Foreign, or his deputy ; the said high I mil ill to continue in office for a year, and until a new one is elected and sworn in ; but he shall be removable lor misbehaviour or ot her reasonable cau.se, at the pleasure of a majority of the corporation, the hhdi steward being one. If the high bailiff dies in office or be removed therefrom, the high steward or his deputy, and a majority of the high burgesses shall appoint one other of the most approved chief burgesses of the borough and liberty in his room, to be continued iu office till another be elected and sworn in. 'flic hiu*h burgesses shall bo in like manner removable, and when any of them is removed or dies, his place shall be .supplied out of the other burgesses, free tenants, or inhabitants of the borough ami liberty, by a majority of the corporation; the high steward being one. The present high steward, high bailiff, and high burgesses, and all future high stew aids and high bailiffs bhall be justices to keep the King's peace within the borough ami liberty, and to enforce (he statutes made lor vagabonds, artificers, and labourers, weights and measures, within the; same. The high steward and high bailiff for the time being, iu adtliiioii to those powers, shall also have the same powers as any just ice of the peace possesses. 56 HISTORY OF ALBIMGHTON. Sir Thomas Wolryche, Knt. and Bart., Sir Walter Wrottesloy, Sir Water Acton, and Sir Clement Clarke, Baronets, and Thomas Holland, Esq., or two of them, are empowered to swear all the present corporation into their offices. Future high stewards and high bailiffs to be sworn in before the high burgesses, or five of them ; future high burgesses and other officers and ministers to be sworn in before the high steward or high bailiff. Every high steward or high bailiff, before his admission to the offiee of justice of peace within the borough and liberty, shall take an oath for the due execution of such his office, besides the oat lis appointed by law to be taken by a justice of peace, before the high burgesses or five of them When one sees a place of no great importance decor- ated with all the insignia of civic honours, conveyed in a charter as verbose, as if it wore for the capital of the kingdom one can hardly lielp suspecting it was a joke of the facetious monarch from whom it proceeded. Not that Albrighton is a mean village ; on the contrary, it would appear no inconsiderable place, if the houses stood nearer together. There arc many neat brick tenements, but in some places they are thinlj scattered and placed at w ide intervals asunder, so that the town, which may be said to commence in the vicinity of the church; where are several scattered houses, extends at least, a quartei of a mile in a straight direction, to Albrighton Hall, its eastern termination. A stone causeway lias been laid all this length, protected by a handsome oak railing painted white, which gives the town an air of neatness and convenience, and the st reets, which were formerly very offensive from puddles of stagnant water, have of late years been drained. Few houses bear any marks of antiquity, and no old foundations are discoverable, so that there is no reason i<> suppose that the place was ever more con- siderable than it is at present. Mr. Cough ((/'cut. May., Sept., l7iM), styles it a pleasant village in a flat situa- tion, suriounded with a beautiful and rich country ; a D<1 EJtSTOUY OF ALBRKiHTOX. o7 character which none will deny it, and perhaps as few would dignify it with the title of a market town, did not the old market cross remind them of its pre- tensions. 'flie market has -been long discontinued,1 if it was ever exercised ; but furs are held here on the 5th of March, the 23rd of May, the 18th of July, and the 9th of November,- and a good deal of business at some of them. Im uiu w hat authority the first of these proceeds, 1 ilo not know, hut tin- k2tii1 and -lib are held under the ' 'barter of (■harleS II , ami (he old under that of Ivlward I., making allowance for the alteration of the :iyf\ Of bow much importance this old fair was lunihvilv considered for many miles round, may be collected from the following entry in the register of (.Vlmursh :- {507. Sir ' William Woode, clerke, vicar of Ohelmersbe, buried 7 Julye, beinge Abryton fay re daye ; " — as there can have been no natural connection between the death of a remote incumbent and the lair of this village. The Market Mouse stands in the centre of the town, and has two arches, with an upper room, in which the business of (he corporation is usually transacted ; under the arches below is a town prison called the Crib, and a paii' of stocks. The Lords Courts and other public assemblies were holden in the Toll Shop, 55 mentioned in the charter. This building stood facing the Market House, but it was taken down some years ago, to render the town more airy. It was a spacious building with a belfry at one end. The lower part of it was used as a dancing school; being a larger room, in which the Duchess of Shrewsbury's body lay in state, 1720, previous to its 1 1 }*aye lie.it • i that il was oiu>e h good tnakel, and within my memory , ;in i llort was made to renew il, but I here wa.s only one bag of lWH and a basket of fowls exposed, and from this failure it way Uf ver nesiinu'" 1. \V . I' ■ • Aivlidr.n un Corbel's AijriruUun uf Shivftskirc, j>. .'ilia. 1 At other times used as a school rouim [See j»|>. 'CJ, |J3 ante. \ Vol XI , -ud S, I 58 1ILST0KY OV ALBKfCiHTON, interment. The tolls of the manor were assigned to the education of six poor boys belonging to the borough, and Mr. John Broom hall, a former master, built a good house near the Toll Shop, and kept a considerable boarding school, having seldom less than 40 boys ; but a new school has been erected in room of the Toll Shop in a in pro convenient pla.ee ; and there is a Sunday School established under the patronage and superintendence of the Rev. Thomas Lloyd, the present worthy Vicar, aided by the voluntary contri- butions of the principal inhabitants. [See pp. 32, 33.] The marsh of Aylbritone occurs in an ancient deed without date, whereby Henry, son of William le Moul, grants an acre of meadow therein, called Scovele Brodacres, to Walter, Lord of Nasse. From the clause in this deed (which is subjoined, with the illustrations of Mr, Hamper, to whose kindness I owe it), whereby it is directed to be h olden of the " chief lords of the fee," we may infer that it is subsequent to the statute of Quia Ewptoresi 18 Edward I. The ancient mansion of the Troutbecks appears to have stood opposite to the south gate of the churchyard, where there is now an old half-timbered house belonging to the Earl (if Shrewsbury, called the Talbot Inn.1 In the front of this house is a field called the Hall orchard, lying close up to the churchyard, and used as a burial ground for those of the Itoman persuasion, at the bottom of which field is a considerable piece of water, also the Earl's property, called the Hall pool. 'The house, how- ever, now called Albrighton Hall, stands, as already mentioned, at the eastern extremity of the village; is a welldooking mansion, and has a good estate. It was the property of William Tennaiit, Esq.,~'6f Little Aston, 1 The sign of which, (luted !()7C, is no bad specimen of the sign paint ing of that age?. 2 loom Shaw's Uishivy of tftttjf'urtlsftire, vol. ii., p. 30, it, appears that John Smyth, ciii'.sitoi' I'm' I lie counties of Warwick and Hants, died unman ircj in tin- r< i;>u of Cc.-i-m- 1 1 ;,ei;;cd of cMatca at Whialou HISTORY OF A LB RIG H TON . 69 ia co. Stafford, ami was purchased in 180 . . by Mr. Thos. ( )atley of 1 >ishton. Still nearer to the town on that side, and reckoned ii part pf it, is a handsome white hon.se occupied by Mi". Jolin Meeson, to which belongs an estate which lie derives from the Reynolds's. There is a windmill near his house, and he is a Considerable dealer m malt and (lour. I lis father, Mr. Thomas Meeson, possessed estates at Meeson and Dawley, in this county, which now belong to his eldest son, Mr. Richard Meeson of London. Tne sign of a publick house in this village excited much speculation. It represented a man whipping a cat, which turned hack her head and grinned in the face of her tormentor. Underneath were these lines: — The liuest pastime thai ia under the sun, la whipping the cat at Albiiyhton. It is not easy to say what this refers to. The figures probably stand in the place of some representation of an ancient custom now forgotten. A dance entitled whipping the cat is mentioned as existing in France, ami we are told of an annual custom at St. Andrew's, in Scotland, to enclose a cat in a cask, and suspending it from a kind of gallows, under which persons on horse- back ride, each in their turn endeavouring to knock out the head of the cask, and force the poor animal to jump among the populace. (See (('cut. M((>(j.} 1807, p. IID'J). The commentators on Shakespeare, who have thrown much light on the history of cur ancient sports, have not failed to attempt to elucidate this. In Ticclfili i\ri Albrighton Church., in the cast skirt ot Shropshire, neare to the head ot Pydle. Sometime the possession of that great familie of Pych- ford : and in the tyme of Edward [. the baronie of Rauf Pychlbrd" These in the ehancell window. [Here follows coloured representations of the follow- ing arms1:—!. Blank impaling azure 3 stirrups or (Gi fiord). 2. Ermine a cross patdncs sable. 3. Argent *J mascles or, within a bordure gtdes. 4. Argent on a bend azure 3 quatrefoils pierced or. 5. Argent a saltire azure charged with a quatrefoil pierced or. G. Per pale argent and gules 2 lions rampant in chief 3 escallops cuunterchanged.J These twelve Escotcheons in very old glass in the south ; by which is a lair tomb wrought of mai lable, With the coates wrought as you see. [Here follow coloured representations of the following coats: — 7. Gules three fleurs-de-lis argent (Aldeleg). 8. Harry of six or and azure (Men . . . e). i). Azure an estoile of o points pierced between 14 crosses arranged border-wise or (Vylile). 10. Gules a fret or, a label of 3 points argent (Pypart). 1 L ( Jules a fret or (Mount- 1 \U proximity to the Church of Uonninglon i* very reriiurkable. Thuy aiv not more than isuiulur. 1 do not immediately recollect an) similar instance in a country |il;ice, Imt the adjoining church.'.) ot Ihilloii and llasolry, in »■<>• Warwick. 62 HISTORY OF ALJBJilGHTON. lord). 12. Gules a f'esse argent in chief 3 plates. 13. Argent a fret gules, on it canton azure a mullet pierced or. I I. Argent two bars azure, on a canton of the second a mullet pierced or (Cantilow). 15. Or 4 bend- lets azure. IG. Azure, an estoile of 5 points wavy pierced between 3 mullets in chief and 3 in base or, 17. Azurd gout toe d' or an estoile of a points pierced or. 18. (Jules 3 fleurs-de-lis or.) [Here also follows a drawing of Albrighton Church, taken from the south side. | [Also is given a sketch of the celebrated heraldic altar tombstone, collin-shaped, which is believed to be that of Andrew Fitz Nicholas de Willey, who was slain at Evesham in 1265. See Transactions of the British Archwulufjica/ ^issuciatio/t for 1860.] It is not improbable that t lie herald who copied these arms and this tombstone was the excellent Glover; at least, 1 find in an Ashmoleau MS. (844) twelve of the coats of arms, said to be taken from this church, and by that learned herald. The coats given in Ashmole's MS, are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, iOth, 11th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 12th, 15th, 14 th} and 7th; but there are some consider- able variations, as well in the tinctures as in the names superscribed. In No. 3, the mascles are gules. No. 1 1, the fret is argent, and superscribed And ley . No. 13, the canton gules, the (Vet azure, superscribed Yeilevile. Nos. IG aiid I 7, superscribed Pitch ford. No. 12, Deve- reux. No. 15, t he bends are, sinister, not dexter, super- scription Montfort. No. 11, the canton is argent charged with a cuupicfoil or, superscribed I ypard. No. 7, superscribed CJantilow, winch 1 take: to lie right. The La Wanes were descended from the Gantilupes; and as these arms, as well as those of Litehfoid, appear on the tomb, he res masculus Joh'is lilii Gilberti Talbot milit is k> d'ne inargarote herodis Will'o Troiubeck milit' obiit vj die Junij an0 d'ni m1' d" l\" quor aiab' p'picictur dens ame' i. JT. At the head, a shield, Az. 3 stirrups or. Crest, a beast or bird's head on a torse. Another bearing — 1. Az. a lion rampant or. 2. In a bordure engrailed, a lion rampant or. 3. Bendy of 10, 0. and G. 4. Barry of 8 Az. and G., on the G. 10 martlets, 3, 2, 2, and 3. 5. A saltire G. charged in the centre with a martlet. 0. Betw. 3 moors' heads a fieur-de-lys A. 7. G. 3 piles A. 8. G, a bend betw. 0 martlets A. 9. G. a fret A. 10. G. 2 lions standing A. 11. G. a lion rampant O. 12. G. 2 chevrons A., a canton doxter charged with a cross patee fitohee 13. Az. a lion passant G. or A. On tin; hoot of the- tomb aio lour figures, viz., a man in armour, another in a gown, 2 women in gauze head dresses, and ufwmiug gowns like their mother ; bid ween 04 HISTORY 0.1? ALBRIGHTON. these figures is placed the same shield of quarterings impaling the arms of Gilford, the stirrups. Inscriptions on Mr. Scott, Dr. West, and Mrs. Shad- well, as in Gent, Magt ut supra. Lien. Iieldon, A.L). . . . ixst. 31. On the south side of the chancel is an altar tomb, with a rude red slab, and in relief a fair cross, and in- scription l N n l over it, and four blank shields at the corners. In the churchyard are the remains of an ancient cross; they form the pedestal of a sun dial. The cccluowsou of this church continued appendant to the manor till the "2 9th of Kdward I., when Ralph de Pycheford and Margaret, the relict of John de Pych- ford, levied a line hereof to Walter de Luigton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and Lord High Treasurer of England, and his heirs (e cart, is Tho Ottley de Pitch- ford arm.) From the White Look of Lichfield, fo. 157, it appears to have been the intention of the bishop to appropriate this chinch, there written Albrithon, to the vicars of that cathedral for the purpose of founding a service therein for his anniversary.1 In the Valor of Pope Nicholas, taken about this time (in 121)2) it is valued at 8 maiks. What prevented the conveyance to the Lord Trea- surer, and the subsequent appropriation from taking effect, I have not found, bnl it is certain that the advowson returned to the lords of the manor, as in \o07 Sir John la Wane, Knight, was the patron. This is the orthography of his name in the original episcopal register of Lichfield; yet in the 20th of Kdward II. (l«'J'2(iL when he obtained leave to alienate it, it is certified not to be to the damage of our Lord the King 1 A liu.il coueonl ;it York in Hilary term 2\) Kilwanl I., between WaTh r, llishi.p of (Jo v. & Liolif., co;n|>lainant, and I! iljili do I'yohofonl, iiiipi'ilianl, of two acres of land in Alio y^laun, and I lit- advow ,, ; what lie lia I i » I i In- «»ifl of linn (lie said Kaljili. {/ui/t.-itrum MKttin,\h I ft'/a.) HISTORY OF AXBRIGE1TON. 65 if John Delaware grant an acre of land in Alhriton, and the advowson of the church of the same vill, to the Abbot and Oonvent of Do re, for the purpose of finding three monks, chaplains, to celebrate divine otliees daily for his soid in the Church of St. Mary, in the Abbey of Dore. (Dodsw. MS., vol. 48). The abbey here men- tioned was [sic]. Vke monks, as was generally the case, lost no time in getting the rectory of Albrighton turned into a vicarage; in 13*29 it is spoken of as newly founded. From this time they continued patrons to the Dissolu- tion. By the Escheat Rolls of Edward III., it appears that Roger Carles bad obtained royal licence to found a chauntry to the honour of Owv Lady, for the good of his soul in the Church of St. Marina here (so probably by mistake lor Maria; but quaere, for there was a St. Marina1) 3 and to grant to the same, a messuage, GO acres of land, and k20s rent in Albrighton. (Harl, MSS. 7 14). We have already seen the connexion of this family with the place, and the present individual was living in 10 Edward II., when Edmond, Earl of Arundel writes "a sun chieret bienamee Roger Carles " (inter Cartas Joh. Corbet de Sundorn, arm.) This appears to be the land here which was granted to John ('upper and Richard Trevor in ;> Edward VI. ((i pars ( h'iginal. istius auni ). On the Dissolution the rectory and the church, with its appurtenances, and the advowson of the vicarage were granted in 38 Henry VI 11. to John Slanuynge and Anthony Butler, to be by them holden in capite. (I pais Original, istius anoi). These persons obtained the royal licence on the '24th Oct., 1546", to convey the pramises to John Waverton (Sloan MSS. 470'2) of llallon,in the parish of Worfield, gent. 1 1 is only child Tine caiiird this and the rest, of his property to her 1 ( 'lunlin 1 1 u - 1 1 1 i < > 1 1 s MM'iu:; a di inl 1 1.1 1 1< 1 of Si. Marina in iMon^iclia '/'.vr/v/s, \t.| i, |i '.111 li'l'liv wdhI; in |.airnl licsry since rrascd. | Vol. XI., :?imI ;; K 06 HIS TORY Olf ALBllfCl HTON. husband, Sir George Bromley, Knight, Chief Justice of Chester, and one of the Council in the Marches of Wales. lie died seised of this rectory, valued at Jt'G, and the advowson of the vicarage holden in capite by the 100th part of a knight's fee in 1588 (Co. Es. hi., 224), and she is found to hold this rectory in 38 Eliz., being then a widow (Lloyd IMS. Coll.),1 upon which she by licence dated 2 March, 151)1-2, 33 Eliz., conveyed the said rectory and advowson of the vicarage to Roger Pulleston and Grey Calton, FCsqs.j to the use of her younger sons George and Edward Bromley for life, with remainders over, [n the 9th year of the following reio;n (1GI 1) her son, Sir Edward Bromley, Knight, of Shifnal Grange, Baron of the Exchequer, conveyed it to James Weston, Esq. (ib.), but, as 1 suppose, without licence of alienation, for in the same year process issued why the said premises should not be seised into the King's hands. Colonel .... Waring, of f Tumphreston, is said to have sold the great tithes to the Haberdashers' Company in London, about the year 1055, for the sum of 1'800, at which time he exonerated that part of his estate of 1 1 umphreston which lies in this parish from tithes, and that body endowed the vicarage with them. The purchase money was part of a legacy bequeathed by Lady Weld2 for the augmentation of the small livings belonging to that Company. In . . . the governors of Christ's Hospital purchased from the Company of Haberdashers for the sum of 1 In flic Hth year of Queen Hlizabetli, I Lei- Majesty granted tithes of fetixni ami liny here to 'Bio. Calton, gent., for the term of 21 years. (Lloyd ut supra). 1 cannot tell to what portion of them this lease refers. 2 Sir John Weld, Knight, married Frances, daughter of William Whihnoie, K [.„ Alderman of London. She was buried at Hackney in Uj")l, under the appellation of the Lady Wilde of Shropshire, (hyson'* I'.ns. Ljind, in v.) Sir John w is .seated at Arnold, in Middle.rv l.uly Weld serms l he test ttt'U in ipiestion ; herfalher was of the 1 1 il)erdashcrs' Company. 11IST011Y OF ALBKEG1ITON. 07 £1000, the alternate presentation of this and three other of their livings, and it has so happened in the three last turns the rotation has brought this living to the presentation oi the cornier. Lady Weld1 having left the Haberdashers' Company of London £800 for the purpose of increasing their smaller livings, and the vicarage of Albrighton being under their patronage, they purchased of Major Waring of lluniphrystoiij the impropriation of the great Tythes and endowed the vicarage therewith. The governors ol' Christ's Hospital, being in want of patronage for the purposes of their charity, they purchased of the Haber- dashers' Company for the sum of one thousand pounds the alternate presentation of four of their livings, Albrighton being one. This will account for the three last incumbents, Mr. Hale, Mr. Binfield, and Mr. Lloyd being all presented by the governors of Christ's Hos- pital. It being stated in Bacon's Liber Reyis that the Haberdashers' Company and Christ's Hospital present to the viearage of Al brighten by turns, this might puzzle anyone not acquainted with the circumstance of three other livings being connected in the rotation. The following is the most correct list of the vicars of Albrighton I ean collect from the Parish Register and other evidence ; those before the Reformation [from Nicholas Wystan to Richard Webb] are taken from a paper in the handwriting of the Dean of Lichfield, the present rector of Donington ; those subsequent to 1555 are taken from the Parish Register, which commences at that period. The vicar enjoys a glebe of 33 acres with about XT 20 per annum, and lets his tithes to three of the principal farmers for Mb 00 per ann. (T.) 1 IYuIkiUy willow of Sir Nuurfivy Weld, who was Lord Mayor of London in InOS.ur I'Vanci:*/ lill li dail-hU'r ol' \V. Wliil'iiioro ot A|»lvy, \W\.t mid vvil'ti t»i l>i". Mm Wrldo, son ol' llu: above Sir 1 1 uinplovy . Ilei 1 1 1 1 1 1 < i w.i i ..I ihn ltd.. id.i,.ln'i,/ ( !» m i puny. 08 UlSTOltY OF AL1JK1CI1TON. Tiineoi INCUMBENTS. I'ations. Institution. UECTOUS. 1800. Sir William de Picheeokp, priest. The Bishop. 2 Nom. J un. 1307. iNGELAiiiiDE Wahle\ jLjSaceiiloSj iit ;Sir John la 2 Cal. Dec. dicitiir. PcssessiQnc^mniittctlto him ^Varro, Kin. this day. Instituted 7 Cal. Jim. 1308, by Sir Adam do la More Ins proxy. UoisuiiT de Akdkn. I have not found the date of ids institution ; but In; occurs as rector in 1319, when the bishop grants him a dispensation to at)sent himself from Ids rector)- for one year. Resigned 1323 'ex causa permutationis,'' and tool; his succes- sor's rectory of Clapton, in Lincoln diocese. 1323. Philip de Warle, late rector of The ^ame 3 id. Jul. Clapton, in Lincolnshire. Sir John. vie a its. 1821). John de Aston, instituted to this Abbot &Con- 15 Cal. Jan. vicarage, noviter fundata. vent of Dora. 1332. William Aufeyn, priest, instituted 9 Cal. Dec. on the death of William dc Aston . . -tf t\ A he same, (so in my transcript- irom the epis- copal register; hut queve). Sir Reginald de Chetwynd. The date of his institution did net occur ; but lie was vicar in 1351, and then broken with age (ixa'to con fr actus), William, rector of liny ton, being appointed coadjutor to him on G Cal. Vvb. ; he resigned in the same year. 1351. 11 enuy, son of William le Smyth, The same G Cal. Keb. ol Albright on, priest, instituted on Convent. Chetuy nd's resignation. 13GU. William de Preston, priest. Abbot &Con- Cal. Oct. vent of Dora. 1301). KlCUARD DE ECIIELICH, priest, lie- The same. G Non, Mar. signed 1382; then ttvYLYTH. IllCUARD lllCHECOK, presented by tin: King, 2H Oct., 137;") ; presenta- tion revoked Keb. ID following HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 69 Time of INCUMBENTS. Patrons. 1 nslit ut ion. 1 382. Ap. 29 William Grene, priest. The same. Sir William Brut, resigned 1402. 1402 Oct .27. Tnoi 11 Adyngton, chaplain, ob. 3412. The same. Uy I lie will of linger Albrighton, clerk, made 12 May, 140!), lie con- stitutes this Ifadynton one of his executors. In the prerogative otlice. 1412-8. Sir'JoilN IJenteley, chaplain. The same. K 12. 1419. Sir UiOllD. Woodeiiouse, chaplain. The same. Jim. 24: KiciiAUD Wejjb/J Henry VI. (1430- L). See Shaw's Staffordshire, sub I'ateshull. ^ liiCHARD WounousE,viear; ob.1445. 144f>. Sir Nicholas WjhTstane, resigned The same. June 25. 1474, when written Wystan. 1474 Sir Hugh Mynstrell, priest (see rThe same Nov. 20. Donn ington), resigned 1488. 1488. Sir John Buttrey, priest. The same. Nov. 24. Thomas Wodhouse (Valor Hen. VIII ) On the death ot Woodehouse m lf> 40, 1540. Sir John Longford, chaplain w.m- 1 «f<,nl of ' i Ludlow, hum rer, u.v Mi- and 4 war- dance by death Sent. 25, 1725. [My dens of (bo giandmot her recollected John Paddy Company of living a servant with Mr. Wood, who Ha bur- afterwards married Lady Anne Fitz- dashers, roy; daughter of the late Duke of Cleveland, and grand-daughter to a monarch.] 1 720. FlUNCiS West, inducted 20 Mar.; proceeded M.A. 1718, B.D. 1721, D.b: 1729. of St. John's Coll, Oxoi). ob. 15 Jan., 1747-8. 1748. Joun 1J ale, inducted 18 Aug., M.A. Christ's 11 os- Apr. 2. (qu. ? non occ. in catal. grad. Ox. vol pital. Cantab.); ob. 1782. 1782. Heniiy BiNi'TELD, inducted 2 Apr., Christ's llos- Aug. 18. proe. 1). A. of Pembroke llall,Camb., pital. 1758, M.A. 1701; ob. May, 17D5. Mr, Binfield laid out a good deal of mono)' in improving the vicarage bouse, lie had kept a school near London, and took a few young gentlemen here. 1795. Thomas Lloyd, inducted 2Ii Oct., Christ's llos- 23 Oet. " Being tlie anniversary of the birth pital. of Edward VI. of pious memory, the founder of XtB hospital, The govern- ors of which seminary arc the patrons of the living, and to whom tlie vicar is indebted for tlie advantage of his education as well as bis preferment. Thomas Lloyd scripsit." (Parish Register). Thq /Register begins in 1555. The only extracts worthy of notice : — 1008, Apr. K). The Right Honourable Praneis Pari of Shrewsbury, sup. HISTORY OF A L B RIG IlTON. 71 This was the nobleman whom the profligate Duke of Buckingham slow in a duel March 16, 1 G G 7 . 1 [Here insert the account of it from Baxter's Life, pt. iii., p. 22. J The earl's seconds were Sir John Talbot2 and Mr. Bernard 1 Toward. The quarrel originated in a criminal intercourse between the Duke and the Countess, Anna-Maria Brudenell (the " wanton Shrewsbury " of Pope), who is said, hut 1 hope on insuflicient grounds, to have held her paramour's horse timing the unhappy conflict, in the habit of a page. It is singular that the Earl's youngest son, John Talbot, was killed in a duel by the Duke of Grafton. Of this last, Collins relates on the authority of a MS. of (Iregory King, that "an astrologer had foretold that he would be killed by a tall black man before iie attained the age of 21 years; but his high spirits would not permit him to decline the duel." 1702, April 11. The Honourable Gilbert Talbot, Ksquire> sop. (Who was this () 1700, Apr. 18* Apolloniu dan. of Edward Talbot, yeoman, and Anne his wife, baptized. 1707, Mar. 2G. Catharine the dan, of Edward Talbot, yeo- man, and Anne his wife, baptized. 170S, May 7. Anne, wife of Mr. Edward Talbot, bur. (Qu. if of the Shrewsbury family). 1717, Eeb. 2:>. Charles Duke of Shrewsbury, sop. The life of this nobleman would afford matter for a very interesting biographical sketch. 1 have nothing material to add to the account in Collins, which is not badly drawn up. The tale of a tub, printed in Swift's works, has been attributed to this nobleman, assisted by his friend Mr. Seniors ; but 1 rather incline to give it to Anthony Henley, the father of Lord Worthington. The Duke had but one eye. 172«>, -July 15. The Lady Duehess of Shrewsbury sep. 1 ('our nv nivn.T son liouneui-, II nil; i si' f.iiro oncor bnttn.\ Mfiuujuaii'i i., 1 88. 2 I [Mvsuti,ii! this was Sir John Talbot, of Larork, in (to. Wills, son of Sluai'iii-hm lulhot, K;«|. Hi . si iti;r Kli/aVlh hurried in l<»lJ"> Ibauy Davi njiort of WoHhnM, V\ n|. 72 HISTORY OF ALOKLU ilTON. This lady was Adelhida, a Bolognese, daughter of the Marquis Paleotti, and said to ho maternally descended f to in Sir Robert Dudley, the celebrated unfortunate sou of the notorious Ear} of Leicester. When the Duke married her, she was the widow of a Count in the service of Queen Christina, On the accession of the House of Hanover, she was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales, having, on her marriage, abjured the errors of popery. Party malice represents the Duke as having been intimidated into this match, which was certainly much beneath what he might have aspired to, by the menaces of her brother. A man, whose father and only brother had fallen in duels, might be permitted to have no great fancy for such a rencontre ; but his biographer assures us that there is no authority for such a tale. Her brother Ferdinand, Marquis de Pakotti, was a man of a violent character, and came to a most ignominious end, being executed at Tyburn, 17th March, 1718, 18 (v|r) for murdering his servant. Swift in his journal to Stella, 24 Mar. , 1711-12, speaks of the Duchess of Shrewsbury : — She is a most agreeable, woman, and a great favourite of mine. 1733, Dec. 2k George Talbot, Ksq., sop. Besides these burials, the following are said by Collins to be here interred : — George, Lord Talbot, son Lo John the J Oth Karl. Gooim\ 14t,h Karl of Shrewsbury. Other ent ries from the Register : — 1571, Doc. <>. Dame Frances Talbot, sop. 1596, Feb. 28. Palgorin, the wife of John Talbot, Esq., sep. KJOS, Oct. 2. Mary Talbot, dan. of John Talbot, of Grafton, co. Worcester, sop. KilO, Jan. 3(1 John Talbot, Esq., of I'epperhill, sop. KJOO, Apr. 1. George Talbot, Karl of Shrewsbury, late of Grafton, in co. Worcester, sep. f(>3o. The II1 \h\n},u frMy the Countess of Shrewsbury was buri. tl in this church upon Tuesday at night, being the b"' !lany. HISTORY OF ALB RIG Hf ON. 73 Gilbert Bishoppe, servant unto Sir Edward Bromley, one of his majestie's barons of exchequer and of the manner and in the parish of Shifnal, and Margery Beverley, of the parish of Albrighton, daughter of Nicholas Barney, clerk, were rnarryed the 12th day Nov. 1618. (Albrighton Register). 1558, May 1. Joan Bromley, sep. 1580, Juno 2. John Bromley, sep. 1586, Oct. 28. Gilbert, sonne of Thos. Astley, Esq., bap. 1587, Nov. 28. Richard, the sonne of the same, bap. 1502, Sep. 28. Edward Lyttleton, Esq., sep. [Further) Extracts from the Parish Register at Albrighton from its commencement in 1555 to the year 17(Jol A true Register of all the Christenings Deaths and Marriages from the year of our Lord 1555 unto the end of this book remaining for the use of Albrighton. Dorothye the daughter of Kichard Harrington was baptized the iij daye of October 1555. Roger the son of Roger Wightweeko was baptized the 6 day of April 1557. Margaret the daughter of William Barney was baptized the third July 1557. John the sonne of Nicholas Whiston was baptized the i daye of March 1557. Anne Littleford was buryed Sept. 1557. Joane Bromley was buryed tin: first daye of May 1558. William Cawdwall and Alice Clarke were rnarryed the fifth daye of Aug8' 1558. Pendleton \ Marygold 1593. Meakin t often occur. Stubbes J5U3. Jellicos j Nock 151)2. Traunter. Jfowlo. M\nton 1505. Oartw'right. Spittle. Erodgeley 1567'. Eleminge. Stoke. Francis Cooke and Frances Harrington were rnarryed 25 daye Sept. 1571. Robert, Barret ami Joyce Dcvic were rnarryed 20 day of July 1572. Richard Harrington was buryed the [V1 daye of May 1571. D une Kiances Talbot was buryed the (j. daye of December 157 1. Vol XI., Uud 8. I- 74 HISTORY OF A LBK [OHTON. Thomas Harrington Gent, was buryed tho .... daye of April 1580'. John Ih-oraley was buryed the 2 daye of June 158G. Gilbert the sonne of Thomas Astley Esq. was baptized the 28 daye of Oct, 15SG. Richard the sonne of Thomas Astley Esq. was baptized the 28 day Nov. 1587. William Ilarringeton Gent, had a sonne baptizd and named Richard the 28 day of Oct. 1588. Dorothyo tho daughter of \Vm Ilarringeton Gent, was bap- tized 2G daye of April 1590. Richard the sonne of William Ilarringeton Gent, was bap- tized 20 April 1592. John Ilarringeton Gent, was buried 17. May 1592. Edward Lyttleton, Esq. was buried the 28 daye of Sept. 1592. Frances the daughter of Wm. Ilarringeton Gent, was bap- tized the 30 Oct. 1592. John the sonne of Wm. Ilarringeton Gent, was baptized tho 8 daye of Febry 1593. William the sonne of John Fletcher (now Minister of Albrighton) was baptized the 26 daye of May 1594. Elner the daughter of William Ilarringeton Gent, was bap- tized the 30 (lay of July 1595. Joel I the sonne of Nicholas Barney minister was baptized the 30 day of April 1596. (Q. Vicar of Wor field ? No). Marye tho daughter of Wm. Ilarringeton Gent, was baptized the 12 of Sept. 159b". Palgerin the wyfe of John Talbott Esquire was buryed tho 28 day of Febry 1590. Mrs. Alice Cawdwall wydowe was buryed 22. daye Juno 1597. Margaret the daughter of Wm. Ilarringeton Gent, was bap- tized the 20. May 1598. Nicholas the sonno of Nicholas Harney Clarke was baptized the G daye of December 1598. John Stoke of Wyldicotc husbandman and Freeholder was buried 18. daye of March 1598. Richard Kirkman of the clocke Mill Millnorand Dorothy Wytt of the Clock Mill daughter of Thomas Wytt of Albrigh- ton day labourer was married 5 daye of iVay 1599. Joyce the daughter of William llarringetone and of Belle- dwye his wyefof Hyshton was baptized the 24 daye of Jan. 1599. William Harney of Albrighton Minister at lkmnigale, Free- holder was buryed the 23d of Fobuary I GOO. Iletri idgo tho wife of William llarringetone of Uyshton Gent, vas buryed tho 7 dayo of Juno I GUI. HISTORY OF ALBTtfGHTON. 75 Elizabeth the daughter of the said William Harringetone of Byshton and Betteridge his wife lawfully begotten was baptized the 7 day June 1001. Peter Frodgeloy of Wyldieoto Husbandman was buryed the 30 April 1002. .John the sonne of William Southall of Beamyshe [fall, yeoman and Joan his wife lawfully begotten was baptized 20 daye of February 1G02. NJ». — The Southalls appear in the Register many years earlier. Falgerius Taylor of Byshton Widow late wyfe of John Taylor of Byshton deceased husbandman was buryed tin: G daye of Aug. 1G03. Richard Fletehor of Wyldecote Husbandman buryed the 8 daye of Sept. 1G03. Elizabeth llarringeton widow of Bishton late wyeffof Richard Harringeton deceased was buryed t he l)th daye of Nov. 1G03. llumfrey Deayne of Wyldicote Husbandman and Freeholder was buryed 5 March 1G03. Marye the daughter of William Southall of Beamyshe Hall yeoman and Joane his wife lawfully begotten was baptized the 8 daye of January 1004. Joane the daughter of Wm. Itgeridgo of Wildicot Husband- man and Gilieen his wife was baptized 28 day of February 1G04. N.B. — This family lias often occurred before. John Draper servant unto John Talbott of Peperhill Esquire was buryed the 22 Febry 1G05. Dorothye the daughter of Wm. Harringeton of Byshton was buryed the 21 May 1G0G. Dorothye the daughter of Edward Waringe Gent, and Mary his wife was baptized 28 daye of September 1G0G. George Manneringe Gent, sogourner at Bepperhiil was buryed the 2G daye of November I GOG, William Mynton of Harriotts Heyes Husbandman and Lailllliolder was buryed the 4th daye of Janry 1G0G. N.B. — This name often occurs at an earlier date. Susan the daughter of William Southall of Bearnishe Hall, yeoman and Joane his wife was baptized the 1 daye Nov. 1G07. Susan the daughter of William Southall1 ot BeamisliO Hall yeoman was buryed the 30 daye Nov. 1G07. Jeukin Wyghtweeke an innocent man was buryed 22 daye Janry 1007. |T1k: long " S " svuituj to have pnz/.lcd I 'arson*.- VV. II. A.) 76 HISTORY OF A LBIUGHTON. Mary Talbott, daughter of John Talbott of Grafton in the Goimtye of Worce ster was buryed the second day (3 of Oct. 1G08. Walter sonne of Edmund Waringe of Albrighton Gent, and Mary his wyeff lawfully begotten was baptized the 20 daye of November 1608. Thomas Tayler of Byshton Landholder was buryed 24 Oct. 1609. George Jefferies servant of John Talbott of Pepperhill Esquire was buryed the 20 day of January 1009. John Talbott of Pepperhill Esquire was buryed the 30 Janr' 1610. William the son of Thomas Stockwell of Albrighton Button maker and Mary his wife was baptized the lirst daye of May 1011. William the sonne of William Southall of Beamyshe Hall yeoman and Joane his wief was baptized the 17 ol September 1611. Joseph the sonne of Jervis Westcott of Byshton Gent, and . . . . his wief was baptized the 19 daye of March 1011. William the Sonne of Richard Ilatton of BLshton Husband- man and .lane his wife was baptized the 13 day Dec. 1012. Thomasin the daughter of William Southall Gent, of Bea- mishe Hall and Joane his wyfe was baptized 21 Au^bt 1614. George Southall of Beamyshe hall yeoman was buryed the 5 day of October 1010. N.B. — Observe several Button makers different families. Gilbert Bishoppe servant unto Sir Edward Bromley one of His Majesties Barons of Exchequer and of the Manner and in the p'rsh of Shifnal and Margery Beverley of the p'rsh of Albrighton daughter of Nicholas Barney Gleark wore marry od the 12 day Nov. 1018. James the Sonne of William Southall of Beamyshe Hall and Joane his wylVc was baptized tin: o0 day of July A.J). 1019. Mary the daughter of Rich'' Chapman of Cosford Gent, and Mary ids wile was baptized the 28 of May 1020. Roger Kiodgelcy of Wyldicoto in the p'rsh of Albrighton husbandman and householder was buried the 24 day J uly 1022. Elizabeth the daughter of William Fletcher of Wyldieote Minister and Elizabeth his wile was baptized the 22 day of February 1 022. Thomas I larringtoji of Byshton Esquire was buryed the 15 day of May in the night by eommandement of the Bishop A.!). .John I he son of John Harrington of Byshton gent, and Eliza- beth In;, wife was baptized the 2'1 of May 102;*. FIISfOItY OF ALBRIGHTON. 77 Chillies Stanley and Elizabeth Harrington daughter of William Ilariington of Byshton gent, deceased were marryed the 22 of Fabry 1G24. John Staunton of Bishton gent, was buryed the tirst day of July 1625. Walter Swayne and Elizabeth Southall daughter of William Southall of Heamysho Hall Gent, were marryed the 8 Aug. 1G25. Elizabeth Harrington wife of John 11. of Bishton was buryed the 0 day November 1,6 2 1 . Francis Erodgeley of Wyldieote Husbandman and Mary Billihgloy daughter of widow Billingsloy of Standley in the pTsh Woi field were marryed the 20 day -July 1G28. John the son of William Fletcher of Albrighton cleark and Elizabeth bis wife w as baptized tbe 30 of October 1G28. George Talbott Earl of Shrewsbury late of Grafton in the county of Worcester was buryed the tirst day of April 1630. Amu: Southall of Beamish ball widow was buried the 25 day of , June Ad). 1G30. Nicholas Harney Minister of Albrighton was buryed the first day of May 1632. William the son of John Southall of Beamish Hall and Joeosa his wile was buried the 5 October 1 032. Elizabeth Fletcher mother unto William Fletcher Vicar of Albrighton was buried at his charge the IS of May AD. 1635. The Bight Hon'ble Ladie the Countess of Shrewsburie was buried at, this Church upon Tuesday at night being the G Jan. A If 1635. Edward the sonne of John Southall of Beamish Hall Gent, ami Dorothic his wife was baptized the 2 day of Eebry 1G35. William Laude son of Thomas Laude ot Whistone and Rebecca Whistone daughter of Thomas Whiston of Albrighton Webster were married the 21 .Inly 1(336. Eleiioiir Barney widow late wile of Nicholas Barney Vicar of the parish of Albrighton was buried the 1G day Nov. 1G3G. Jane wife ot William Southall of Bemish hall Gent, was buried the 18 October 1G37. John sonne of Richard llatton and Anne his wife dwelling at Wyldieote was baptized the 15 March 1637. Jane daughter of John Southall of Bemish hall and Dorothy his wife was baptized the 4 November 1G38. Elizabeth wife of William Fletcher Vicar was buryed the 5 day of Juno A D. 1640. Thoni.e; sonne of John Southall and Dorothy his wile was baptized t he G day of September 1610. 78 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTQN, Margaret daughter of John Southall of Bpmish hall and Dorothio his wife was baptized upon the G day of Aug*1 1G42. Mary daughter of Thomas Brooke and Alice now his wife, unlawfully begotten, ba[>, 7 day September 1042. Walter Woodeoqke and Dorotliie Masonn were married the 5 Augs1 104:1 W illiam Southall of Beamish senior was buried upon the 7 day September 1 GoO. Catherine the wile of John Harrington of Bishton (lent, was buried 20 Dee, 1050. Hubert I'itehe eame down from London 25 day of June to be Minister of Albrighton, A.D. 1660. John Chapman Cleirk deceased the 2 day of December and was buried the 4 December 1GG0. Frances the daughter of James Southall and Anne his wife was buried Febry 3, 1GG2. John Harrington of Bishton Gent, was buried 15 day Jan.lGG4. Faithful Friend of the p'rsli of Albrighton and Mary Pike of the p'rsh of Claverley were married the 22 day Nov. 1GG4. William Scott of Cos ford Gent, was buried the 1 day of April A.D. LG05, Elizabeth, the daughter of Walter Stubbs and Elizabeth his wife was baptized the G day of Aug*1 1005. Israel the son ol Edward Wilks yeoman was buried the 10 day ( )etober 1005. The Plight lionble Francis Earl of Shrewsbury was buried the 10th day of April A.D. 1 008. linger Astley was buried the 25 day January 1GG8. Faithful the son of Faithful Friend and Mary his wife was baptized the eight day Augs. 1009. John Bout hall vicar of Putshill was buried the 19 day March 1G7G. Walter Woodcoeko gent, was buried 28 day Dec. 1 077. William Southall and Elizabeth Ropier were marryed 25 April 1081. George Ashby Esquire of Quenby in the parish of Hunger- ton in the County of Leicester and Mrs. Hannah Waiving of the Parish of Dunniiigton were married the 7 Nov. 1082. Mr. John Bright of Aston Pigot in the Parish of Worthing in the County of Salop and Anne W'oolley Spinster of the same was married March 24 Mr. Uuwnc) Vic. of this l'arish dyed at Birmingham Nov. 24, lOhU. Memorandum Will: Scott lately fellow of Sidney College in Cambridge and Batchelor of Divinity was inducted into the HISTORY OF A LBRil'G.HT'ON . 79 Parish Cimrch of Albfighton on the 27 day of January 1G88, ami continues this Register so long us God in his mercy shall think fits. April 5, 108 k William Flardwar the elder was buried. April 11th. lima* an allidavit, thai Will Hard war was buried in nothing but what was made of sheeps wool onely. Sept. 11, 1081. Walter the son of Walter Woodcocke and Eliza his wife was baptized. Feb. 2:!, 108-1. William the son of William Scott Vicar and Elizabeth his wife was baptized. Sept. 4. (J eo, Winkle a Kueusant was interred. July 2."), 1080. W illiam the son of Walter Woodcocke and Elizabeth his wife was baptized. July 20, 1088. William the son of Walter Woodeocke and Elizabeth his wife was baptized. Janry 1089. Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Woodcocke and Elizabeth his wife was baptized. Nov. oO, 1089. Francis Devey of Pattingharri and Elizabeth Littleford of this parish were married. Eeb. 1089. Thomas Stanier (lent, was buryed. Jan. 22, 1690. Thomas son of Walter Woodcoeke and Elizabeth his wile was baptized. Jan. 21), I (J!);*. Anne the daughter of Walter Woodcocke and Eliz. his wife was baptized. Feb. onl. William Frodgley and Mary Pieton were married 1093. J uno 0ll\ Elizabeth the daughter of Walter Woodcocke and Eliz. his wife baptized 1095. March 13, 1090. Thomas the son of Lancelot Shad well Gent, and Alice his wife was baptized. April 0, 101)7. Isaac the son of Isaac Littlcford and Mary his wile was baptized. April !), 1097. Frauncos Harrington was interred. Samuel the son of John Jennings of Shrewsbury and Sarah his wife; was bapt ized March l> 1 , 10,98. Aug. 2.V1', 1098. John the son of Lancelot Shad well (lent, and Alice his wife was baptized. Pec. 21, l(J!)8. Thomas Hurst of the parish of Kinverand Eliz Atldenbrooke of Kings Swinford were married. Mian"1 March LI, 1099. It, was proved at the Assizes at Salop by lh<) oath of one John Lcddoc, Gierk, th.it, Thomas S.mkr\ and Hannah I'arker were married by him on the It)11' day ot Ft: hi nary 1 098. March 12, 1700. Anne the daughter ot Lancelot and Alice Shad well was bapl ized, 80 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. Decr 23d, 1700. Francis Payne of Wiston and Mary Thomason of Stockton were married by Licence. July 31, 1700. Thomas Woodcock was buried. Febry o, 1700. Mr. William Scott, Batchelor of Divinity Vicar of this parish was buried. Memor. That Thomas Wood Master of Arts Vicar of this parish was inducted July 10, 1701. July 21, 1701, Mr. ttichJ Howell of the Parish of Longforde and Mrs. Isabell Uollbrookc of the parish of Edgmond were married by Licence. Febry 9, 1702. Thomas Howe of the parish of Wolver- hampton and Elizabeth Woodhouse of tlie parish of Sedgeley were married by Licence. April 1 I, 1702. The Honblo Gilbert Talbot Esq. was buried. March lb, 1703. Lancelot the son of Lancelot Shadwell Gent, and Alice his wife was baptized. March 30, 1703. Charles Greene of the parish of Eccleshall and Elizabeth Eykyn of the parish of Wortield alias Worvel Holm were married by Licence. July 21, 1701. Richard Sheldon Yeoman of the parish of Troasle and .lane Littleford of the Parish of Stockton wore married. April 18, 170U. Apolonia the daughter of Edward Talbot Yeoman and Ann his wife was baptized. March 20, 1707. Catharine the daughter of Edward Talbott yeoman and Ann his wife was buried. Augs* 1 1. Eliz. wife of Walter Woodcocke Baker was buried. Nov. 20. George Harrington Yeoman was buried at the White Ladies. Oct. 0, 1708 Anne daughter of William Frodgeley and Mary his wife was baptized. May 7th. 1708. Ann wife of Mr. Edward Talbot was buried. May 10, 1710. Walter son of Walter and Mary Woodcocke was baptized. April 10, 1711. Catharine Hill daughter of Anthony Hill and Catharine his wife late Catharine Coyney of the Parish of Boninghall was baptized. Jan. 21. Ed\vd son of Lancelot Shadwell Gent, and Alice his wife was baptized. Jan. 2s, 1712. Lancelot Shadwell of Beamish Hall Esquire was buried. May I, 1712. William Larsons and Sarah Evans were married. Mai eh. 2 >. Eliz. daughter of Walter Woodcocke and Mary his wile was baptized. HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 81 March 31, 1713. Thomas son of William Parsons and Sarah his wife was baptized. Oct. 20, 1713. William son of Anthony Hill and Catharine his wife was borne. May 17, was buried Walter Woodcock. April 1715 was baptised John son of Alex1 Shenton. Sept. 30, 1717, was buried Thomas son of John Stanier Gent. Keb. 23, 1717, was buried Charles Duke of Shrewsbury. Febry 27, 1718, was baptized Mary daughter of William and Sarah Parsons. Febry 2l, 1718, was married Richard Hyllier and Sarah Littleton!. Jan. J 2, 1720, was bap. John son of John Oatley and Mary his wife. Nov. 1, 1720, was bap. Mary the daughter of Walter and Mary Woodcock. Oct. 7, 1720, was buried Mr. John Stanier. March 12, was buried John son of John Stanier. July 7, 1720, was married Mr. William Anion and Margaret Stubbs. Sept. 13, 1722, was bap. John son of William and Sarah Parsons. March 25, 172)1, was bap. Mary daughter of John and Mary Oat Icy. Nov. 25, 1723, was buried Mrs. Alico Shad well. April 27, 1721 was bap. Alice (laughter of Mr. Thomas Shadwell. Sep. 21, 1724, was bap. John son of William and Sarah Parsons. Jan. 21, 1721, was bap. Thomas son of John and Mary Oat ley. Mi'iuor'1"1 That Francis West Vicar of this parish was in- ducted March 21«, 1725 b. July 15, 1720, was buried Lady Dutchess of Shrewsbury. Nov. 21, was buried Faithful Friend. Nov. 30, 1720, was bap. Isaac son of John Oatley and Mary his wife. Nov. 22, was buried Isaac Littleford 1727. Oct. 27, 1728, was bap. Ann daughter of John and Eliza- beth Lees, .June 7, 1729, was bap. Sarah, daughter of John Oatley Clerk and Mary his wife. J am y 22, 172!), was bap. A nno daughter of lvlward and Sarah Owen. Jan. 25, 1721). Buried Edw,J Littleford of Lit do Bishton. Vul XL, 2nd & M HISTORY OF AL BRIGHTON. Augs* 18, 1729, was interred William Richards of Pepperhill Park.' Sep. 24, 172!), was buried Kliz. Wigfall spinster. N.B.— This family of long continuance. Aug. 2S, 1729. was buried Anno Hardware widow. N.B. — This family almost as old as the Register. June 22J, 1729, were married by Licence Peter Frodgley of the parish of Idsalland Jane Worlcy of the parish of Patishall. Dec. 27, 1729, were married by Licence John Orockat of ye Parish of Barton upon Trent and Mary Swingwood of the parish of Idsall. Jan. 1, 1730, were married by Licence John Clybury of the parish of Wellington and Ann Barker of the same. March 2d, 1730, were married by Licence James Anson of Drayton in the parish of Shillnall and Elizabeth Marten of Albrighton. April 23, 1730, was buried John Jellicorse of Pepperhill. July 20, 1731, were married John Kensey of the parish of Eyton and Mary Hawkins of the same by licence. October 30, 1731, were married by licence John fiatherton of the parish of Eccleshall and Joan Hughes of this parish. Dec. 12"', 1731, was buried Mr. Thomas Shad well. April 10, 1732, was bap. Richard son of Mr. John Oatley Clerk and Mary his wife. Augs1 2S, 1733, was bap. Samson son of Anthony and Catharine Hill. Dec. 21, 1733, was buried Georgo Talbot, Esq. Dec. 2."), 1736, was buried Mary Oat Icy. Sept. NUl, 1737, was buried Margaret Shad well. May tt, 1738, was bap. Kliz. daughter o( Richard and Sarah Stanier. Decr22'1, 1739, was Buried Sarah the wife of Richard llillyard. Dec. 7"', 1710, was bap. Sarah daughter of Richard and Sarah Stanier Esq. Dec. 23, 1711. Elizabeth wife of Richard Reynolds Gent. Buried. Nov. 20, 1712, were married \\ illiam Law and Sarah Owen. May 1 1712, was buried Charles Goodicre Gent. July I, 1711, was bap. John sun of Richard Stanier Esq. and Sarah l is wife. Dec. 1 1', 1744. Rich11 Reynolds Gent, was buried. March 29, 1715, was bap. Sarah daughter of John and Mary Parsons. Oct. 30, 1745, was bap. Mary daughter of Richard Stanier Rsq. and Sarah his wife. HISTORY OF ALBRfO EITON. 83 May 14, 1745. Buried Thomas Jellicoe of Bonnigale, Doc:. 2, 1745, was bap. John son of John and Mary Parsons. Sep1 13, 174S. Flizabeth, daughter of Mr. James Moseley and Sarah his wife. Oct. 13, 17 iS, was bapt. James son of John Halo Clerk and Jane his wife. Oet. 29, 174S, was bap. Mary the daughter of John and Mary Parsons. Jan. 19th, 1748, was Buried Francis West, Doctor of Divi- nity Senr Fellour of St. Johns College Oxford and Vicar of this Parish Twenty one years. Mem. that John Hale M.A. and Vicar of this parish was inducted April 2d 1748. Feb. 5, 1749, were married by Licence Richard Bates of the Parish of Wellington Batchelor and Mary Deeken of the Parish of Newport spinster. Nov. 30, 1750, was bap. Elizabeth daughter of John Parsons and Mary his wife. Octr 13, 1751, Was Buried Richard Stanier Gent. Febry 8lh3 1752. Joseph Owen and Anne Owen were married by Licence. May 10th, 1752, was buried Mr. Lancelot Shad well. Jan. 1st, 1753. Mary the daughter of Joseph and Anne Owen was baptized. March 8th, 1753, was bap. Catharine daughter of John and Mary Parsons. Augs1 29, 1754. Sarah the daughter of Joseph and Anne Owen was baptized. June 19th, 1755. William the son of John Parsons and Maty his wife was baptized. Febry 2'1, I75 1759. John the son of Joseph Owen and Anne his wife was baptized. Sop. 18, 1701. Elizabeth, Daughter of Thomas Meeson and Dolly Ids wife was baptized;. March 29, 1701. John Oatley Clerk Minister of Patteshall was buried. March 15, 1702. Anne Daughter of John Parsons and Mary his wife baptized. Mary Daughter of Edward Hill of New Pepperhiil was borne Feb. 22. Sept. 10, 1703. Anne Parsons an infant was buried. Sept. 21, 17G3. Edward Shadwell was buried. Sept. 22od. 1703. Thomas Parsons an infant was buried. Oct. 5, 1703. Anna daughter of John and Mary Parsons was baptized. July 10, 1705. Walter William son of Edward Hill of Pepperhiil and Mary 1 is wife burn. j March 17th, 1700. John son of John Thomas Meeson and | Dolly his wife was baptized. Oct. 30, 17GG. William, son of Joseph and Anne Owen was baptized. Sept. 10, 1771. Bryan J. Anson Bromwick son of John J. Anson Bromwick Clerk and Elizabeth his wife was baptized. Jan. 25, 1771. John Broomall Buried. Dec. 27, 1772. Richard Oatley was buried. May 0, 1773. George son ot John Hale Clerk vicar of this parish baptized. July 31, 1773. John son of John Parsons and Anne his wife was baptized. Febry 23, 1773. John Parsons from Bonningale was buried. April 17, 1775. Anne daughter of John Parsons and Anno his wife was baptized. .June 12, 1778. Itichard son of John Parsons and Anne his wife was baptized. Mem. Henry Binfield A.M. Vicar of this parish was induc- ted Aug 18, 1782. Mem. The liev. Thomas Lloyd M.A. was inducted into the Vicarage of Albrighton on the 23 day of October 1795, being tho anniversary of the birth of King Edward the sixth of pious memory, the founder of Christs Hospital in the City of London, The (lovernois of which seminar)'', conjunctively with the HaheVdashcrs Company of the City of Loudon are the Patrons ivtf ibis living, and to which the Vicar is indebted for 1 1 10 advantages of his education as well as Preferment. TiioMA.s l.i.ovu, Scripsk. HISTORY OF ALlBRIGIITON. 85 March 5, 1797. Mary Parsons Widow was buried aged 77. N.B. — The Right Honble the Earl of Shrewsbury scut one Hundred Pounds to bo distributed amongst the industrious poor of Albright on Febry 20th 1705. Sept. 27, 17~>0. Thomas Wan en the younger of the Parish of S1 Philip in Birmingham Co. Warwick Batchelor and Mary Spooner of the parish of St. Martin in Birmingham aforesaid were married by Licence. Febry 11, 1751. Thomas Meeson of the parish of Dawley Bate} 10 lor and Dolly Reynolds of this Parish spinster were married by Licence. Notes from Albrighton and Donnington. William the son of John. Fletcher was baptized the 26 day of May 1504, with the following note in the margin: "JNow Minister of Albrighton the 19 July 1632." Nicholas Harney, Minister of Albrighton was buried the 1 day of May Anno Dom. 1632. Elizabeth Fletcher mother unto William Fletcher, vicar of Albrighton was buried, at his charge the 28 day of Man 1635. Eleanour Barney widdow, late wife of Nicholas Barney vicar of this parish of Albrighton was buried the 16 day of Novem- ber 1636. Memorandum, Robert Fitche came down from London 25 daye of June 1G60 to be Minister of Albrighton. John Chapman Cleirkc deceased the 2 daye of December and was buried the 4 daye of December Anno Dom'i 1660. (N.B. — I find he was Rector of Donnington. John Chapman Cleirkc is charged in some old parish Rates from 1608 to 1636.) Rebecca Hitchcock servant unto William Fletcher of Al- brighton Cleark was buried 28 day of Nov. 1621. Nov. 21, 1683. Mr. Rownoy, Vie. of this Parish dyed at Burmingliam. Memorandum. Will. Scott lately fellow of Sydney College in Cambridge and Batchelor of Divinity was inducted into the parish Church of Albrighton on the 27 day of January 1688 and continues this Register so long as Cod of his mercy shall think titt. John son of Kdward & Esther Da vies, of Albrighton, was baptized 4 he 12 day of May, 1638, being Whit sunday oven, Sir John Corbet, Knight cV. Baronet, & bis Kinsman Mr Antony, coining from London accidentally, being the two godfathers who desired to do good unto a poor man, & enticed his wile to it. 8G HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. Gilbert, the son of John Astley, Gent., was baptized 21 Febry. 1500. 1738 : Sands, of Wilis ton. Frodgeley, of Wildieot. iJearne, of W ildieot. Stoekwoll, of Wildieot, 1546. Sutton, of Harriotts Haies, lokS. Roger Friend, of Whiston, 1 GOO. William ltherodgo, of Wildieot. Riehard Fletcher, of Wildieot, 100,3. Thomas Stokes, of Wildieot, 1005. John Staunton, of Bysh- ton, I COM. In Kill, the following are called gentlemen in the Parish Accounts : — Mr. Tul bolt; John Gilford, Ksq;, Wm. Harrington, Gent. John Oleark, Gent., Richard Wooldridge, Gent., William Southal, Gent., John Staunton, Gent. 1755: Thomas Cotton, Wm. Barney, Rich. Harrington, Tho. Meakyn, lien. Jellicorse, Wm. Cartwright. 1750: Thomas Pendleton, Roger Spittle, Roger Wightwell, Nicholas Whiston, Rich. Cooke, Anne Littleford, Isabel Staunton. 1558: Joane Bromley, Tlios. Stoke, Joyce Southal), Wm. Cawdwall. 1500 to 02: Wm. Mynton, John Friend, Tho. Chapman, Rich. Littleford. 15o7 : Reter Frodgeley. Called Outdwellers : — Robert Corbet, of Humfreyson, Esquire, 1023. John Chap- man, Clerk, 1008 — 1030 (Church Wardens' Accounts). Gilbert Astley, Gent. Copy of a Levy and the Church wardens Accounts for the year 1G08, at Albrigliton, transcribed by Mr. 1 'arsons, A Lcwne layd tho second daye of October a0 dom* 1008 ol vju a yard land for Roger Brooke and Thomas Cowper Church- wardens in the presenee of Edmund Waringo Gent. John Cleark Gent. William Southall, Roger Friend, and John Fletcher, with others. s. d. s d. John Talbot, Esquire iiij Michael Wooldridg, John Gilford, Esquire ij Gent. ... ... xij William Harrington, George Southall ... ij (ient. ... ... v John Staunton ... iij Kdmund Waringe,Gent. xij Richard Kriendo ... ij vj John Cleai k, ( lent, ... ij Rie.hard J olms ... ij a 8 HISTORY OF A L BRIGHTON. S. d. 87 d. John Cooke... xiiij Edward Walters ii Rosier Brooke ij James Pytt... ij Jolill Fletcher ij Laurence Paytoa ... ij Roger Erodgeloy Richard Eord xi.i (Joorge Mynton iij xij William Taylor ... ij Edward Mason xij Widow Spittle }} fliomas Stokes xii William Cradoek ... ij Wydowe Hat ton ... xii i Roger Friend ij John Taylor xii Thomas Storbroall... ij Thomas Leapie xii . j Richard Wenlock ... j Edward Mason X[,\ Joyce Land... j John Pendleton xiij Hamlet t Cotton j Thomas Cowpe.r iij Richard Stringer ... Kichard Johnos Kichard Dearno Thomas Whiston ... iij Kichard Uroine ij Thomas Wightweek iiii Widow [Ajord ij John Wiglitwook ... i'i Walter Sweetman ... ij John Chapman, (Jleark Kichard Dennis j William IJarney i Henry Spittle x'j John Raynolds ii Richard Spittle j llumfrey South i.i John Spittle U George Rydloy \) Thomas Howie "j Robert Preston \) John Albrett »i Henry Moiedite u Paul Johnson X11J [Total £2 G . 2] The account of John Staunton and Thomas Wight weeke of all tlie money they have layd out since they came into ollice. s. d. Imprimis payd unto Telmon the high constable for Jayle money ... ... ... V iij Item spent in going unto the quarter Sessions unto Shrewsbury about Jayle money and maimed Souldiers ... ... ... ... ... ... ij Item paid unto Telmon the hye Constable the 22 daye of June for maimed Souldiers ... ... iiij Item paid unto Richard Wood for amending the porch and Steeple with Shingles Item paid for one hundred Shingle nails & hall a hundred of late nayle to amend the same Item paid for course boards to amende at the end of the ( iallery... i^tM* ''i'^Wjtl "' U Item payd lor one to helpe to forme y° wd Shingles iij Item payd for parohoiuent to wry to y'° Register books iiij x 88 HISTORY OF A LBRIGHTON. Item payd at the Arch Byshoppes visitation holden at Shrewsbury tho first daye of July, for our dyet & tlutyes belonging unto tho officers ... ix ix Item paid for delivering in the liegister Hooks ... xj Item paid unto Henry Tel mail live Constable ya xxix daye of September for rnaymed Souldiers ... iiij iiij Item paid the same daye unto the said hye Constable for Jayle money ... .. ... ... ... xiij Item paid for Dread & Wine tor a communion at Michaelmas ... ... .. ... ... ij Item paid for pules to pale tho church yard unto Richard Ennes .. ... ... ... ... yj Item unto the [lingers for Hinging on the 5 November vj Item payd for a railo & paling the Mime unto John Wightweeke ... ... ... ... ... j Item payd for amending and washing the Surplis ... vj Item payd for Bread and Wine for tho communion at Christmas ... ... ... ... ... xxij Item payd for glassing and boarde for the Steeple windows ... ... .. ... ... ... vij ij Item payd for Stubs to nayle y° same ... ... iij Item payd to Ryohard Wyke hye Constable for Jay lo money and maymed Souldiers ... ... ... ij viij Item paid at Archdeacons visitation holden at New- port on the fifth October &; spent for dyet ... x Item paid unto Bodylay ot'Tong for flocking the great Bell Sl lor making the Rope and also for a Hock for the same ... ... ... ... ... x vj Item paid for Bread & Wine for Communion at Easter ix ij Item payd unto Davye Jones for amending the bearo ij ij Item payd unto Baxter for amending tho Ropes and making of bald roobes tor the bells ... ... ij Item* payd unto the Vicar tor writing of accounts ... xij Sum Totals payd iij1' . x . vjd Sum Totales verefied iij1' . ix . yjd By these Accounts the p'r'sh is indebted unto the Churchwardens xij Korasniiieh as the Leawnes by the yard lands in the parish & kmisbipp dI Albright. >n formerly have bine soo extreamly uiHMpiall i hat sixt ecu pounds per ann. payd as much as £100 ])' ann., £10 p' ann. payd as much as £200 p' ann. nvc, with di vers ol lnT -;reat inajqiialitys wlI' was cause oi much agreevane unto many ol tin: said p'sh & Idship. . . . and lor icd'uesse HISTORY OF ALBIUdHTON. thereof clivers of the said parish & lordship did make complaynt thereof by peticon to tho Hou,,le justice clarke one of the judges of the assises held at BridgenoTtli anno 1650 : wth s'1 Judg did refer yc sJ complaynt,^ , . to yu justices of ye peace at y° next general quarter sessions to be houldou in y° hu county, . . . wch sd justices at yL\genrall sessons of v° peaco houMoh at'Wonloek Alalia y° lHl day of Oct. in y°\sd yore 1 65Q Upon yw complaynt al'oresayd of y° p'isnrs of A Brighton the matter was to fe roil 2 or 3 justices of peace in yJ division. . . . And upon the 10Ml day of Apr. 1651 at yc monethly meeting- at Iiridgonortli John Chapman clearke whoo formerly had bine a p'ishnr in yc sd p'sh. . . did appeare in yu behalfe of liis sonn .U1' Tho* ( Jhapman then inhabitant in yu sd p'sh before Kick0 Cresset j«ls«j. Thomas Ketlebe Esq1"0 & Lancelott Leo [?] Ksq' and did testify. . . before yc sd Justices as alsoe before divers others of yc sd p'sh of A. then present, That yu said lcawnes by the yard lands had bine soe cxtreemly unequall as beforesaid : And that the same had bine testified by others of 4 tinderstandingo able & suiitient men of ye p'sh of A. with their owne writings names & markos thereunto in y° yere 1643, Which extreme iinequality by yard land beinge made apparant before y° sd justices : two of them viz. Thomas Ketlebe & Lancelot Lee [>\ did order. . . that all lewnes taxations & payments both for ye contribution of releife of the poore & to yc constable for y° comonwelth as alsoe to y° church. . . should thenceforth be levied. . . equal io accordinge to every mans land & livinge \vch he houldeth. . . . And whereas (here hath bine a sute moved & commenced concern- inge y° sd lewnes taxations & payments to y° constables & church depending in the court of publike exchequer chamber at Shrewsbury Kiel i'1 Adams of Lincous lnne hsqrc k, John Tranter of Albrighton co' Sal. gent Pristies to y(! sd carle and (ieo. Carpenter ol Albrighton yomon on y,: one parte and Dame Chrysagou IJryggos of UumlHston in yr sd co. widow \: John Harrington of liishton in y4' p'sh afs'1 gent, & John Chapman & Tho" Chapman his sonne afs'1 & W1" Scott yu yoitgor of (Josforii Grange & W'" Stockos & liiclr1 Dearne of Wildooto gentium* heath in yc s'1 p'sh & Henry Sheldon of Winston gent, fc Will. Hand of y° same .v. John Brookhurst of Hishton yeorna' all in y'- sd p'sh on tin: other part. Tho . . . linall deter- ininiugo of the sute. . . by consent of boath p'ties. . . beinge ivf n I h> John Chapman of Donington. . . clarke, [Larry Milf i' of llytou clarko,s Thomas James of Albrighton genii W" S'ott >' elder of Cosford grang in y° sd \>xU gout. \rbrl .rators indifraul ly chosen by hoi h p ties to make an award I. X I , !u I S. N J)0 Hl.STOIiY OF ALIUlKillToN. Arbitrmont & end of ye sd sute before ye Glh day of Jan. 1653 or soe soone as with coriveniancy after may bee. The leawnes of ye p'sh of Albrighton as under by ye rate of a penoy pound beinge are as foloweth. The right honbl° y° earle of Shrewsbury to ye contri- s. d. buc'on constable & relefe of the poore of the p'sh 14 . 2 To the church ••• ■•• ••• ••• 8.4 Mr. uaringo ... ... ... ... ... 5 . Mr. Waringe to ye poor... ... ... ... 1 . 8 Mr. Hanirigtoh ... ... ... ... 6' . 8 Mr. Cat taker to tho (Jon'buon & poore ... ... 4.2 Mr. W«» Scott... ... ... ... ... 2 . 2 Mr. Tho. Chapman ... .. ... ... 3 . 4 Mr. Tho. James ... ... ... ... 2 . 10 Mr. Jo. Southali ... ... ... ... 2 . G Mr. Flecher to y° cont'buon & poore ... ... 1.1 Mr. \Vm Stoekes ... ... ... ... 1.8 Mr. And' Cooko ... ... ... ... 2.1 Mr. Jo. Hilton ... ... ... . 2.1 Riclid Dearne... ... ... ... ... 1.8 W,u Hand ... ... ... ... ... 1.4 Mr. Carpenter ... .. ... ... 2 . G \Y'» Frodsle ... ... ... ... ... 1.0 W,n Stoekwell ... ... ... ... 0 . 9 WVn Wight wicke ... .., ... . . 0 . G Ww Winele for Winston's livinge .. ... 0. G Widil. Jolicorse ... ... ... ... .3 Kob1 Alaii-old ... ... .. ... 0.7 Pitt for new lands ... ... ... ... . G Widd. liarney ... ... ... .. .8 W,u Harney ... ... ... ... ... .4 Franc. Ikomly ... • .. ... ... .2 Will. Meson ... ... .. ... ... . 9 Kob. Williams ... ... ... ... . 8 Henry Tonekes ... ... ... ... .2 Miolas Alcoke ... ... ... ... . 2 Kdwl1 JJrooke ... ... ... ... ... .1 Franc. Sutton ... ... ... ... . 3 Thorns. Toncks & Alex* Shenton for Clarkes land1 .. 1,0 Alex. Shi ntoii for Clarkes land1.,. ... ... p . 2 1 John t Uorkc of Afkrightdn was rateil Xte. Id. to t lie " bnmvoloncg " 7 llc.n \ II , and in another roll of the na:nc of tho proee'dmg year Ko<:n' <;1rr.ku tliu huii of John. Willia.ni (!uud\vall ;md Alice t'huko inarrml ,'i \ug., ir>.">8. (l\ui;h K»';;i Aw), FIIS TORY OF ALBIUGIITON. 91 S. (I The two benches belonging to Lee Halle ... ... o . lob. Constables lewne att ld p' 1 is ... ... ... 3 12. 10 In a book of the freeholders of Shropshire temp. Jac. I. 1 lind only one mentioned of " Albrigton," viz., John Clarke, senior. In t,he list, of those who refused to take the oaths to George I., 1715, with the annual valuation of their lands, is ICdward Talhott, of Albrighton. At the great contested election lor Shropshire, Sept., 17 13, candidates: Lord Newport, Sir John Astley, John Kynaston, Esq , the following voted in respect of freehoMs in Albrighton : — N. A. K. John Barney of Albrighton. .. .. ... 1 1 Thomas Whittwick of Albrighton ... ... 1 John Cattc-rell of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 Thomas Preston of Albrighton ... ... 1 James Hip Wood of Wolverhampton ... ... 1 John Jellieoe of Peperhill ... ... ... 1 1 Timothy Hill of Dunnington ... ... 1 1 Thomas Jellieoe of Windlycott ... ... 1 Thomas Wood, clerk, of Albrighton ..r ... 1 1 Walter Woodeott of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 John Davies of Albrighton ... ... ... 1 Edward Davenell of Albrighton ... ... I 1 Richard Reynolds, gent., of Albrighton ... 1 1 Thomas HaHowiiold of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 John Whitwiek of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 Benjamin Blake of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 John Hay ward of Albrighton ... ... 1 1 Tho. Plimley of Albrighton ... ... ... 1 Richard Ktheridge of Wolverhampton ... 1 Alexander Shenton of Bauningale ... ... I 1 Edward llamer of \Vor>sale, co' Stafford ... 1 By an admeasurement, of the Lands in the Parish by Mr. Ihshton in the yeai 17U0, for the purpose of making a new Povy, it appeals to contain Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty- live acres, Two Roods and Twenty-one Perches, of which the Karl of {Shrewsbury, tho Lord of the Manor, possesses One D'J HISTORY or AL'iiHICllTON. Thousand, lour Hundred and fifty acres, one rood and four perches, which is nearly one-half of the Land in the parish, which is not very productive to His Lord- ship, it being mostly let on long Leases fur lives. Since Mr. Bish toil's survey was taken, there has been a great change of property in the parish. Mr. Tenant's estates at Whiston and Albrighton Hall, the former bein<>- One Hundred and Fifteen acres, was suld in I BOG to Mi". John Wood of Whiston fur 17,500, and Albrighton Hall, being 150 acres, was sold to Mr. Oatley of Bishtuii fur £ 10,000. These estates, as well as most others in the parish, are under a modus of a few pence to the Vicar in lieu of ty the Hay, and a small Chief Kent of one and two pounds [sic. (] per acre to the Lord of the Manor, Mr. \\ ighwick's estate has been sold in lots to Mr. Edward Owen, Mr. Joseph Owen, and Mr. Sutton. Sir George Digut's estate at Harriots Hays has been sold to Mr. Meeson. Bales of the Tenants hands at, Albrighton by Auction 10 July, 1800, at Wolverhampton : — Albrighton Hall Farm containing A 150 . 0 . 21 a modus of i'1 in Lieu of tithe Hay, & a Chief Kent due to the Earl of Shrewsbury of £1 p' ami' Sold to Mr. Thomas Oatley of Bishton for £10 : 000. A ihxim at Whiston Cross containing A 115 .0.12a modus of' 2J in lieu of tithe Hay & u Chief Kent to the Earl of Shrewsbury of 2*h p' aim' Sold to Mr. John Wood lor £7,500. The collections for the maintenance of thepjn- taking the average of the four last years, stands as fullows, viz : Yoin Ka^ter 1804 to Easter 1805. £228 : I!) : 10 Hit to 1805 to Ditto 1800. 250 : 8 : 0 Ditto 1800 to Ditto 1807. 2Gi) : }) : 7 Ditto 1807 to Ditto 1808. : 8 : 0 4 I 1002 : 5 : 5 £205 : 1 I : 4 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 93 The most considerable wafers are the Hub Poole near the Church, belonging to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and Beamish Pool belonging to Lancelot Shadwell, Esq. The most considerable running stream or rill is Cosford Brook, which seems to commence at a considerable Lake belonging to Lord Bradford, called the white Sich, and after running through Tong, and supplying Mr. Durand's Pools, is joined at Cosford by the superfluous water from the Hall pool, then supply- ing the mill at Cosford, where there is a bridge, runs through Ryton and Beckbury, joins the Worf'e at Higford, and running through Worfield, and supplying the ALUs there and at Hendleford, falls into the River Severn a little above Bridgnorth. Beainish Hall is about a mile East of the Market Cross of Albrighton, belonging to the Shadwells, and occupied by Mr. Yates, a tenant ; great part of the old mansion was taken down about forty years ago, the remainder serves as a Farm House. I find there nothing curious, save a copper weather-cock upon the summer house in the garden, with the L S. 1655, perforated upon the Vane. [See pp. 23, 29 ante.] The name of Shadwell does net occur in the Parish Register previous to the year 1G96. Before which the Southalls appear to have been in possession of Beamish Hall from the year 1555, the time that the Register commences. As they are called Gentlemen, and the clergy of those days were not very lavish of distinction, we may conclude the Southalls of Beamish Hall were among the foremost in the parish. The Harringtons of Byshton first appear in the Register in 1574, and frequently occur till 1664, being called Gentlemen, and sometimes Esquire, it is likely they were a family of some distinction, but whether owners of Bishton, or Lessees under the Earls of Shrewsbury, I am not enabled to determine, most probably the latter, as it is likely all the Lands that the Earl of Shrewsbury now possesses in Albrighton came to them entire from the marriage of Sir John Talbot ol Grafton with the Heiress 91 HISTORY OK A UilHOHToN. of the Troutbeoks of Mobbeijey, and that no part of it has been or could he alienated. Hum/ r cyst on or Huinpherston, an estate formerly belonging' to the Warihgs, now to the Colmores, is in the Patish of Donnington, hut in the Constahlevviek of Albrighton. The Land Tax, Window Tax, kc., are eolleeted from Albrighton, as well as included in the ballot lor the Militia, ■ It has fc. 110] acres of land in Albrighton Parish, which is tithe free. The Waring family being formerly ini proprietors of th'e great tithes of Albrighton, and selling the same to the Haberdashers' Company, the then 1'atrons, to endow the vicarage, reserved the tithes of their own Land in Albrighton Parish. 1 find by the Albrighton papers that Robert Corbet, Esq., lived at Huinpherston about the year 17-3, but whether as proprietor or tenant does not appear. There is a tradition in the parish that in former times several Families came to Church in their Coaches, viz,, one from Beamish Hall (perhaps the Southalls), one from Bishton (perhaps the Harringtons), one from Pepperhill (the Talbots,) An imperfect copy of two epitaphs in the chancel at Albrighton, which may perhaps be de cyphered by the learned. Hie jaeet johan : Talbot do Grafton miles et d'na' bYancisca uxor lilia Johan: Gilford tie Chillington uiiliiis qui q' il Julian: lil' et laercs luascul' Johan: lilii Gilberti Talbot militis et Margarette lil'ct lucredis Will1"1 Trout beefc unlit is obiit VI die J an: AD Ml) L V. [See yaije H ante,] Hie terra rueondit ur '1 ot Tanjisq' notisshnvs i 1 Io Cultissirnus Dominus I). Gvl, Scott Tin 15. lradij de Cosford natus Iheres queni qvondam Suciis syis Ductissinivs aimuin ereatiu' lacti- tavit Coll: Syd : Cant, et in qvb pasture svd per 17 annus gloriata est. Ihec paroehia cavtera l'aniam nielivs qvam lapi- dani eonsvlas in cadvm abitvrain oxhalfiyit aniniain 3d non. Feb: anno ser. jelnt is sva; 50 iLeclesia svis Hpnisq. omnibus dcsidcii yin quain Ikd'iie uxoreni tali Dignaiu sortjtys est Khz: Fischer hi\ \ib adinodYin l)om : 1) Cb\ Kcctoris de 1 lidding in agro Not t inghuiin iisis ex qua Syscopit Kilios sex Totideinq' tilias. [S<\: iHiiji \\ \ if nlt\ j UTS TOlt Y OF ALliUKrUTON. 95 Domesday, vol. i, j>. 259. In Flnoelstrui h'd. Isd N. ton' ALB lUCSTON E. Algar ct Godhit tenuer l>' I I. M. lb'\ I. hida ot dimul gold. Tra. v. LI II. car'. In d'nio Mint. III. ct XI 11. scrvi. ct III. villi ct 111. bord1 cu. I. car'. Ibi Silua. ( !, pore' incrussand. Seel m" est in maim regis. T.K.K. ua.lt) XXI. solid. Mode. XVI. solid. Wast inuenit. In the hundred of Elnoolstiriii, The aforesaid Normannus is tenant of Albricstone. Algar & Godhit held it as two manors. There is one hide & a half. The taxable land is fuiir earueates. In denies no there are three; with thirteen servants; three villeins, & three borderers, with one carucatc. There is a wood which will feed a hundred swine. I Jut the manor is in the hands of the King. In the time of King Kdward the confessor it was worth twenty one shillings ; & is now worth sixteen. It w.is found waste & uncultivated. (Here follows the Domesday account of A 1 brighten near Shrewsbury, which is omitted, since it docs not relate to the Albrigbton here treated of.) Some account of the Tulhot family, as connected with Albrigbton in Shropshire, extracted from Collins1 Pec ray t '. Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, whoso descendants came to the Title after the death of the 8th Karl of Shrewsbury in I6T7 : was third son to John the second Marl of Shrewsbury. He married to bis second wile rCtheldredra daughter of Sir John Cotton, and by her had issue Sir John Talbot of Albrigbton, he died in 15 10. Sir John Talbot of Albrigbton was sheriff for Shropshire in the 1!», 2!) & :{:)'' of Henry VIII. and by his last will & testament writes himself of Gndlon; he married Margaret daughter \ heir to Adam Trout luck of Mobberly in Cheshire, (Si Kli/.aboth daughter of Walter Wroltesly of Staffordshire, Kst), from which second marriage the family of the present Earl Talbot is descended. Sir John Talbot of (b'afton his eldest son married Frances daughter of Sir John ( iiifard of Chillington in the county of Station! Knight. This Sir Joint died in 1555, and together with hi ; wife is buried at Albrigbton and a handsome monu- iiu'iil. i ; erected to his memory. Sir John Talbot Kn1. his eldest son married lMl Catherine daughln «>| Sir William Petri) Iv n\ & left issue t wo sons, IIISTOHY OF A I, Bit I CHITON. George who became the ninth Karl of Shrewsbury & John Talbot of Longford in the County of Salop. George the "ninth Earl of Shrewsbury died unmarried in 1C30, and was buried in the Church of Albrighton in the Co. of Salop. John the 10th Earl of Shrewsbury,his nephow,son to his Uncle John of Longford, Succeeded him. lie married Mary daughter of Sir Frances fcWfceseuo, and his eldest son was George Lord Talbot, who married Mary daughter of Percy Herbert, Lord To wis; this George Lord Talbot died childless in the life time of his father and was buried near his Uncle at Albrighton. If rancis second son to John Karl of Shrewsbury, succeeded to the Title k, became eleventh earl of Shrewsbury ; he married Anne daughter & heir of Sir John Conyers, but had no sur- viving issue; he married secondly Anna Maria daughter to the Earl of Cardigan, & died March lb11' lbG7. Charles his eldest son, the 12th Karl As only Duke of Shrews- bury, married Adhelida daughter of the Marquis of Paliotti of Jjologna in Italy, w ho abjured The Human Catholic Religion on her marriage & was buried at Albrighton. The Duke although his heir differed from him in lleligion, and was a distant rela- tion, yet for the Honor of the family lie left, which from four Thousand pounds a year & in debt, he brought, to eight thousand out of debt. By his will it was not to be alienated from the I loner, and an act of Parliament has been obtained for that purpose, lie left the Duchess .£1200 p aim. he died Kcbry 1« 1/17 — KS, o.s. Gilbert L>"' Karl of Shrewsbury succeeded him in the Eaiidom, the eldest surviving sou ol Gilbert Talbot, JUl son of John the 10"' Karl of Shrewsbury, by Mary daughter of Sir Krancis Korteseue, but, the said Gilbert being in Holy orders in the Church of Koine the Honors descended to his brother, George the ll"1 Kail of Shrewsbury, who married Mary daughter of Thomas Viscount Kii/ZWilliam \ dying Dec. 12, \7Xl, was interred at Albrighton in the County of Salop. George the I511' Karl of Shrewsbury was born Dec. I I, 171!), o.s. and married Klizabeth daughter of the Hon. John Dormer of I'eterly ami died in July 17^7, without issue \ was succeeded by his nephew. Charles Karl, born March -S, l/o.'J, succeeded his Uncle July 22, I7N7, married Sept. 12 I7i>2 Miss lloyo. In All 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 oi i Kegister: 21 Dee1. 1 7:h'> was buried (Jeorge TAHioi Km,. Lchiiid, in his 1 1 1 i\c ftLfif , inakt'S no other niciition of A:H)i,ii»U(oii t han what I'aUow.'-i, viz..: -^.Syr John 'I albut 11 1 STORY OF A L' BRIGHTON'. that maiTied Troutbfeks 1 f ehe dwelleth in a goodly Logge on the High Toppe of Albrighton Parke. It is on the very egga of Shropshire 'd miles from Tonge.*' Vol. v., fol. 30. This can describe no other place than high Pepperhili, where some other branch of his family has still resided, for in Albrighton Register we find John Talbot, Esq., of Pepperhili, was buried then; in If) 10, and as late as 1708 there was a family of Talbot living in the parish undei the designation of yeoman, hut the place of their residence is nut mentioned. Whether Pepperhili was the seat of the Troutbecks, I cannot determine, hot am rather inclined to think it was built by Sir John Talbot, who married the heiress of the Troutbeeks of Mobberly in Cheshire, and thereby became possessed of the manor of Albrighton in the time of Henry VIII. The Mansion House of the Troutbeeks was probably what is now the Talbot Inn, opposite the south gate of the church yard, there being a Hie Id opposite thereunto called the Hull Orc/iurd leading to a great water called the Hull Poof. Cosford Graiuje has 300 acres of land in Donning ton which pays the great tithes to the Hector, which the Rev; Mr. Plaxton recovered from Mr. Stanier by a suit in Exchequer. The Vicars of Albrighton found a presumption on this circumstance, that their tithes are recoverable if the patrons Would institute a suit, but the patrons perhaps do not consider themselves so immediately interested as the Vicars. (It has been suggested, I know not upon what foundation, that when Mr. Scott was Vicar of Albrighton he established a modus for the great tithes of (/Osford in favour of his brother; who was then owner of the estate. — Suuw crossed <>((/.) Tlie D< <( ( Woman's (In inc., which, for the singularity of its name. L shall notice as a place about a mile to the nasi of Beamish, on tin; outskirts of the parish., bordering on < 'odsall in Staffordshire. There two cross ft Kids meet wlievh, tradition says; a. woman was biniod \iv.\r, who hanged herself in a slipping of yarn, hence Yul XI . :\uA S. «' 98 lUSTpitY i)F ALBRIliHTON. the name. The land here belongs to the poor of the parish of Tong. Ilumfreyston has 139a. 3r. 5 p. in the parish of Albrighton, which Mr. Waring exonerated of tithes, when lie sold the impropriation of the great tithes of Albrigh- ton to the Haberdashers Company. 1 1 umfreyston is also in the Oonstablewick of Albrighton, [See p. 94 ante.'] In 21 M. IV. \Vni Jlumlrqston, Simon Hadyngton [? Haryngton]? & Richard Asshc, capo II : demise & confirm to Marg1, late wife of Fulke Sprcneliosc, our manors of l)on- yngton, otherwise called Bemeshall, & Stan \vcy/ for life, rem* to Rich. Leo & Mariarc his wife. The sign of the Talbot, which stands fronting the south gate of Albrighton churchyard, bears antiquity in the face of it, being dated 107(5, and is no had specimen of the sign painting of that period. [See p. 58 ante. J There is a part of an old Cross in the churchyard, surrounded with steps at the base; about three feet of the shaft remains and serves for the pedestal of a sun dial. [See p. G4 ante ] The east window of the south aisle is bricked up. On the east side of the tower is a clock by the famous mechanic John Baddeley, who was many years an inhabitant qf the town, and who Mi". Stebbing Shaw has celebrated in his History of Stu.fl'ordshi re, under the article Snictlnvick, of which place ho was lord of the manor, but was a native of Tong. The clock, no doubt, is a good one, but the lace of it is thought by many too largo and staring. [See p. GG ante. ) Harriots Ifays. This is the most northern angle of the parish adjoining Donington. Win. Mynton, of Harriotts lleyes, husbandman and landowner, was buried 4th Jan., I GOG. [See p. 28 ante.] flemish Hall is about a mile east of the market cross at Albrighton. This appeals by the existing remains to ha ve been formerly a |Vlaoc of considerable importance. A great part of the house was taken dow n about, 1770, and whal remains still covers a, groat stir face ol ground. HISTORY OF \ LBKH: 11 TON. 99 Jt is occupied by a fanner. On the vane of a weather cock in the summer hon.se in the garden is perforated L.S. 1 095. Here is a line piece of. water called liemish Pool, w hich produces excellent fish. J take this place to have beeh the residence of the family of Behneis or Beamneys, lords of Donningtou. John de Beiuneys is sixth on the list of jurors 7 Kdw. 1. for taking the inquest after the death of Henry de Ponebruge, Lord of Touge, Hugh de lieunieys is the last on the like list 19 Ldw. 11. alter the death of Fulke de Penebruge. Hugh Su ill all of Ikithyshall in co' Salop married Anno dau'r i>t' \Vl" IJarnesloy by a daii'r of Whorcwood of lJuhington. (Dodswcivili Uoll., in Hi of. Modi., vol. xciv., p. GO.) John Sunt liall, of IJcauiyslialhdisclaiini'd being a gen tin 1003. Jane lieymis, fcep. 11 Mar. 1539, at Shifnal. It appears that the property in Albrighton enjoyed by the family of Behneis devolved to that of Wynnes- bery. " Margt. the dau'r & heir of John Wynnysbery married Sir Fouike Sprenchose; 6c being a widow, in 19 K. 1 V; she (-ranted her estates to her four daughters, of whom Margery the wife of Richard Lee was eldest. Among these are enumerated Donyngton & Bemyshe Hall." [See p. 29 ante.] Wliisloti Cross is so called from being placed at the spot where the London load to Shifnal is intersected by that from Albrighfon to , and on which, according to the practice of our pious ancestors, a cross was no doubt anciently erected. An estate here, adjoining on the west, to the parishes of Ry ton and Beck bury, was lately sold by Tennant, Esq.; to Mr. John Wood, of Winston, in the parish of Bon- ningale. Mr. Wood possesses and occupies a line estate at the place last mentioned (Winston), partly inherited by his father, who married a co-heiress of the Sheintons ot Winston, and partly purchased from the other ht iis of that family. (See pp. 29 and 92 au(c.\ Cosfurd, the remaining part ol the body of the parish, not being part of the original manor ol Albrighton, I CO IJISTOiiY <>l AJ.IJKIULITUN'. shall be deferred lill we have considered those parts of it which are detached. Wildecut. I can give no account of the descent of this property, which w as of late years divided into three separate estates, one of them the property of the Earl of Shrewsbury, the second of Mr. Pearson, of Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton, the third of the aforesaid Mr, Parsons of Wildicott. All these were added to the Pattcshull estate by purcha.se or exchange by the late Lord Pigott, whose nephew, Sir George, keeps them under his own management, and the four houses are occupied by his labourers in husbandry. [See p. 27 ante] The researches and enquiries of William Parsons, Esq., of liewdley, son of the gentleman just mentioned, have contributed the chief information respect ing this parish. John la Ware, Lord of Albrighton, by his deed of a Kdw. 11. 1311, giants to Agues de Weldecote relict of John Wiliems two acres of land in the heath called (lobesties heist, at a rent of 8d., and two appearances at his great court of Albrighton, with permission to stock up, enclose, and reduce the same into cultivation, and certain reservations of common, which may be seen in the original deed. Sciant &c. quod ego Johannes la Wave, Doininus do Albria- ton, poncessi, dedi et iiae presenti carta mea eonlirmavi Agneti de Weldecote quondam ux. Joh. Wiliems duas acras terrc cum pert in. jaoentes in brueia (pie vacatur ( !ohestiesdierst. Tenend. ut Labend. ^e. prudicto Agneti et hered, i[)sius Agnetis de corpora exeunt. Koddendo indo annuatim miehi oeto denanos, pro omni servicio seeulari &c. Salvis tamon duabus app'entis ad magnum Curiam tie Albriatone. (Jonccssi ceiain « idem Agueli &c, quod 1 . . . possint predtctas duas acras terre assaitare includere, et in cultiuam rodigcre, et omne veil' siuun indc fcicero. Salvo tamen eomnmnum omnibus conumare (piolilmt anno per vistrain as per latum, ct quolibet fereio anno tempore Warecti1 eidem consuetud. ibidem prius usitat cum libero ihtroitu ct exitu, ud eaiulem. [Warranty, contra omiKS Homines) In cujus rei &c- llijs test. Domino Waltero do 1 'I'lic l into of lallow . HISTORY OF ALBIMGHTON. Huggeford, Milite, Johanne Bukkeburi, Rogero Carles, Johanne Herbert, Willo' Hod, Rail de Grendhull 16 1 aiijs. Data apud Albriaton, (lie Mercury prox. post tost, annun. beate Mario, Anno R. 1\. Edw. (il. R. Kdw. quinto. — (fn the possession of the Karl of Shrewsbury.) John Stoke, of Wyldcoto, husbandman cV. freeholder, was buried 18 Mar. 1508. Peter Frodgley, of Wyldeeote, husbandman, sep. 30 Aug. 1002. Peter Frodgley, of \Vildecote, husbandman ^ house- holder, sop. 24 Jul.' 1022. Richard Fletcher, of Wyldeeotc,lnisbaiulman, sop. 8 Sep.10'03. Humphrey Deayhe, of Wyldecot, husbandman & freeholder, sep. 5 Mar. 1003. Joan, dau'r of Win. Itgeridge, of Wyldecote, husbandman, & Gillian, his wife, bap. 28 Feb, 1004. Elizabeth, daughter of \\rm. Fletcher of Wyldeote, minister, & Khz"' his wife,1 hap. 22 Feb. 1022. Francis Frodgley, of Wyldecote, husbandman, 0d. [?] of maunchet, 20d. [/] of ebeatte, hallo a strike of flou re for baikin of venson, a peece of rostinge beefe had to Pep' bill 2d (id Thomas Winston one gose one plover. The vickers wiffe of Bonningeai) 4 chickens. Vepperhill Park-side1 adjoins the parish of Bonin- gale, and the farm house is situated by the side of the great London road to Shrewsbury, near the well-known public bouse called The 1 loins of Bo n in o ale* [See p. 28 ante.] Bishton. These farms, which were formerly a separate manor, if not two, compose another part of that insulated portion of the parish of which we have been treating. The name is supposed to be derived from the circumstance of its having been at an early period of the Saxon era the residence or property of the 1 Washing scvnib Lo have been much dearer in Shropshire than in l'lss<-\ ; lor in the same hook is an entry : — For washing- vj shorts at - SnJ i<> he tin' native place ol Jonathan Wild. 11TSTOKY OK AUiKIUHTOtf. [OH bishops of Lichfield, and Mr. Wilkes, a Staffordshire antiquary, asserts that the bishops resided in various parts of his diucese (Shaw i., 45), and though we have no memorial of the fact, the conjecture does not seem improbable ; since, 1 find it written in an old deed, Bissepestune. In Domesday it is Bispetuue. One Turgod held it in the days of the Confessor, and was a freeman. It was rated at only one hide to the Daliegeld, but before the general survey, cultivation had made so great a progress that the laud consisted of (> carucates or 7-0 acres [query the present acreage of Bishton], half of which were occupied by two French- men, with the assistance of •four villeins and two bordars; the remaining three caiucates appear to have been the demesne of the owner, Norinannus, who held this manor, as the neighbouring one of Albrighton under the Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. Here was a wood capable of fattening ten hogs. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was valued at 30s. but now only at a third part of that sum. Whether Bishton passed with Albrighton into the several families of Pichford, Tregoz, La Warre, &c, 1 am unable to ascertain. I find mention made of a family who took its name from the, place at an early period, viz., the latter end of the loth century. Robert de Bisppeton attests a deed of Richard Mansel by which he confirms his sister Cecilia Mansel's grant of lands at Kyton, near Alberbury, to that priory. liumfrey of Ilumfriston is a joint witness, which identifies Bisppe- ton with the place now before us, as is further evinced by a subsequent deed attested by Henry do Bissepes- tune, whereby William Alein of Bolingale, who was second husband of the above-mentioned Cecilia, joined with her in releasing her right in the property at rCyton to the priory of Alberbury. (Chart, de Alberb. in archiv. coll. Ornn. Anim. Uxon.) These transactions belong to the year TJ70 or thereabouts. This faimly of Bispelon were probably only occupiers of theestale under tho superior lord, and may have 104 IIISTOUY OF AUiltUUlTOX. been progenitors of the family of Bishton now of Kelsall, in the iieighboiiring parish of Donnihgton. Some authorities, however, represent Simon [faring ton (second son of Sir Robert tlaringtdn of Aldingbam by Elizabeth, daughter and co heiress of Thomas de Multon, Lord of Egremond) as having been seated at this place as early as the reign of Edward IT., in virtue of his match with Adiee, daughter and sole heir of John de Bishton. But 1 have not seen any authoritative docu- ment which lixes them here antecedent to I 1(.)3 ; on the 22nd of December, in which year (the (Jth of Henry VII.) George Talbot, the fourth Earl of Shrews- bury of that family, grants certain lands in Stouton within his demesne of Idsale, otherwise Shifnel, to Simon llaringtou of Bishton, for his council bestowed and to be bestowed : — -impenso et impendendo (Visit, com. Salop penes prtenob.Geo. march.de Buck ) From the terms of this grant it should seem that Mr. Hamilton was a lawyer, and one of the earl's council (one essen- tial appendage to the establishment of every great peer in those days), and he was probably the cli'i h of the crown mentioned in the following pedigree taken from the MS. last quoted : — Simon liarin<;ton, ob, H I feu. \ I. , '. I" I Simon llarin^lon ot Bishton, clerk of I he , . John s.j>. crow ii, i. lien VII. I I Thomas ll;tnu«rt.uh of Bishton, s. A li. , Anno dr. & h. of Thomas Warren of I I I {oil. VIII. | Norllum»|»l oii.shli-u. r i lliohard Han iii- h.ier Dli/.tli. nisluv of ,Sr. Unhurt Broke, V\i, William of Bisilitou, j .J iiiStiee of I lie ( 'oinmon I'Icjw. llaringtou. 1 John 1 1. W'ilMaiM Ifai-iugtou of Bi*huu. . . . - Thomas If. I .11 I .Joyce, .luliu llafinyton of lii itt imi , li\iuentleman at the visitation of 1GG3. There is an estate called Harrington in the parish of Sutton Maddock. Arms of Harrington, of Bisliton : — Sa a fret arg. on a chief of the 2d. three trefoils slipped vert, the chief being an augmentation to the ancient arms of Harring- ton (which gave birth to the baronial families of Bonvile, Lxton, &o., and to the celebrated translator of Ariosto), and intended propably to denote that this particular branch of it occupied the loss distinguished, though not less happy or less useful station, of country gentlemen and cultivators of the soil. Whether the family of llarlngton enjoyed Bisliton in full right, and if so, how it passed from them to tin; 1 \V. H. Cook./., Lisi „/• .SV/«/,/ly of l^wdlcy & Sarah lVitlleford of Albrighton in'1 by licence. Hock co. Worcester. Bishton was held by the Littlefdrds previous to the Oatleys, probably as tenants under Lord KShrewnbury. The last of the Littlefords was an attorney seated at Bonnegale Woodhouse, and married a daughter of the Lev. John Oatley, Vicar of Patteshall, bub died with- 1 Tluun.i-, Oatlpy, of HtJiiLliuir, who never occupied Bi.shton. The Hcv. Jolm OmWj, lii.s Hither, \\:r, succeeded I here by libi .son John ; unci In: hy Uk brother b;uc, n hudesnmii from London ; and lie by his nephew Thomas, the present ocuupilul, sun of ward Thonccs of Ut;nL,h;;>U. HISTORY OF ALBKIGHTON. 107 out issue, and his estate at Bonnegale sold to Lord Pigot, and nbvv in possession of Sir Geo. Pigott. We now return to the body of the parish, and to Qosford Grcuu/e, which lies on the western boundary of the parish, and ad joins to the pal ish of Shifnall, and being specified in Domesday, must, [ suppose, at that time have bee.ll a separate manor. The name of this place, in ancient charters, antece- dent to the 1st of Richard [., is written Oospelford ; if this is meant tor Oospelford, it should seem to have had some ecclesiastical connection in the Saxon times, anolagous to that which has been aire idy conjectured respecting Bishton. in Domesday it is written Casteford. Turgot, the owner of Bishton, also held this place in the Confessors days. After the conquest, it was granted to the great Earl of Shrewsbury, under whom it was enjoyed at the time of the general survey by Half de Mortemer, patriarch of the illustrious lineage of that name. It was rated at one time to the Dar.egeld. But the land cultivated was three carucatcs, whereof one was in the demesne. In the time of lv. Edward it was worth 40s., afterwards it was waste ; now it is worth 5s. The whole of this account bears evident marks of the haste in which these detached estates (for such Cosford was in respect to the bulk of the Mortimer property which lay in the southern parts of the county) were dispatched by the Norman commissioners, who, in placing this manor under the hundred of Baschurch, were more than hasty, they were grossly erroneous, for that hundred was nearly commensurate with the present hundred of Pimhill. Though this place became at a very early period the property of Build was Abbey, yet the lords of Albrighton appear to have exercised some kind of superiority over it. Itichard de Piohford granted to the religious of that house all the service of Richard (Vasset due for the Paud of ( *ospelford . His grant to this effect, which 10b UlSTOKY OF A L BRIGHTON. is printed in the Monasticon, was confirmed by King Richard Coeur do Lion in the first year of his reign, 1 1 81). About 4 00 acres of (Josford Granoe is in the parish of Donnington, and pays tithes to the rector of that parish. Mr. Plaxton has entered the following memor- andum in the register of Donnington . — Muni, that 1 U.l\ clerk, a0 had a suit- in the court of exchequer lor the tythes of (Josford & recovered them, & received them in kind to Donnington 0)lM ^ &. received a rent by agreement in 1096. Mem. That A° 1GL»7 I came to an agreement with Mr. Staiinyer the owner of (Josford for the tytlie corn, hay, wool k, lamb, & tythe wood & all other dues belonging to the rectory of Donnington from the lands of Cosford. N li — Mr. Cradock recovered all in a second suit A.D. 1712. The Abbey of Buildwas and its estates were granted at the dissolution to Edward Lord Grey de To wis, and this nobleman deceasing without lawful issue devised his estates to his natural son. Edward Grey, Esq., of Buildwas, on the Inquisition, after whose death,, taken at Wellington on the 15th of June, in the 35th year of Queen Elizabeth, it is found that he died seized amongst other things of the Grange of Oosford, leaving issue by Chrysogona his wife, daughter of John Giffard, Esq., of ChiHington, Edward Grey, his son and heir, then of the age of eighteen years and cioht months. Mary dr of liiclr1 Chapman of Cosford gent. & Mary his wife hap. k2S May 1020. Cosford afterwards became, but by what conveyances 1 am not informed, of the family of Scott. The Vicar of that name is stated in bis epitaph to have been " born heir of the farm of Oosford." \Ym Scott of Cosford gent. sep. 1 Apr. 1 GG5. William Scott was of Cosford Grange in 1067, when the following deed was executed : — Copy of an Afjrccnicnt hviive.cn the Parishioners of Albrnjlilon unci the owner ol Cosjvnl Urunyc respect- ing the repaiis of Cosford /iridyc, 1G07. HISTORY OF ALKRfGMTON. This Indenture made the first day of July in the nineteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the second by the Ui'ace of Cod of England, Scotland, France & froland King defender of the Faith Anno D'ni 1007. Between William Scott of ( Ju.sford Grange in the County of .Salop Cent on the one part and llobert Fletcher Clerk minister of Albrighton in the county aforesaid, Edmond Waringe Esq1" Jolm Traunfer gent. George Harrington gent. Thomas Chapman gent. William Wightwicke, Uogor friend, John Hilton and John Dearne for themselves ami other Freeh Tiers within the parish & manor of Albrighton aforesaid on the other part. Whereas there hath been tinio out <•! mind an ancient stone Bridge over a brooke or River adjoining to or lying neer to part of the ground of Cosford Grange aforesaid and which of late hath be^ n in decay for want of ropairos, and divers suites and contentions have been concerninge the rcpaires and who blight to repair© the same it being pretended by the one party that t he Parishioners within the Parish of Albrighton and the Freeholders within the same ought to make repaire thereof, Ami on the other side that t ho owners & occupiers of Cosford Grange aforesaid ought from time to time to keep the 1 fridge in lie-pair the samj being in a great road or Highway called London Road and called Cosford Bridge between Wolverhampton, being a great market towne in the County of Stafford, and the town of Shit'fenhall, a market town in the County of Salop .don said, Ami whereas by mediation of friends an agreement hath been made botli for the present repairing of tin; East End of the said Bridge contcyning about yards in length and for keeping the said East End in Repair for the future and to avoid further contention concerning the premisses. Now this Indenture witnessoth that for and in consideration of perform- ance ot i ho said agreement as is ordained and declared between the parties to those presents lor them and the inhabitants and Freeholders within the [parish] and Mannbr of Albrighton; That the said Freeholders and Inhabitants shall before the tirst day of .June next .after the Date of these presents sett the said Fast end of the said Bridge, as the same is measured out for that purpose, in good and sulliciont repair. And shall pay the workmen for the work that hath been lately done, or that is to be dene before the said lirsi. day ot .Juno, work and materials at their own charge lor5 the doing thereof. And the said William Seott for and in cum iderat ion of (he Premisses doth h»r him and his heirs executors and administ raters ratify concede promise and grant to and with the said Bobort Fletcher, Edmond Waringe, Jolm Traunter, George Marring- HISTORY OK A LBRIGHTON. ton, Thomas Chapman, William Wightwicke, Roger Friende, John Hilton, anl John Dearno, being trustees named for the Freeholders and [iihabitants within the same parish and Man nor aforesaid, and every of them, their and every of their expeutors administrators and assigns by theso ] >resents. That he I lie said William Scott Ids heirs and assigns shall for ever lroin and after such time as the said bridge shall be repaired as aforesaid, well and sufficiently keep the said East end ot the liridge in sufficient repair and shall and will serve and keep harmless the said Freeholders & inhabitants their heirs executors and administrators and assigns, and all their lands, Tenements, goods and Chattels of and from all indictments, Informations, Issues, Threats, dysrcspoels & troubles respect- ing the said Hridge from and alter such time as the same shall be repaired as aforesaid. And the said William Scott doth consent and agree that the owners and occupiers of the said Messuage and lands called (Josford Grange ought from time to time to keep the said ICast end of the said bridge in repair at their own respective charge (he being now owner of the said Grange.) In witness whereof the parties to these presents Indentures have Interchangeably sett their hands and seals the day and yeare first above written. (Signed) William Scott. Sealed and delivered in the presence of. IIichahd Skhymsiiek. Lutwjdck Cooke. Thomas IJuomlky. N.B. — Oosford Bridge was formerly no more than a narrow bridge for horses, the carriages were obliged to drive through the brook, and in the time of the Hoods ran great hazard. But about thirty years ago the old bridge, the object of contention, was taken clown, and a commodious bridge for carriages of all sorts substituted by the commissioners of the roads under the Act, which is now in use. — (W. L\) The present bridge for carriages was erected about 1780. The first entry of a Stabler in the register is y° burial of " Thomas Stainor gent. 1 (J'8.9, Keb. ('u. I'nd claims a modus for curu-t it.hcs. There was fill lately a line Wood on (ho estate, called Cos font \vooil, but if has been roofed up, and the land brought into cultivation. HISTORY OK ALBRIGHTON. Cosford Mill belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury ; there is a beautiful dingle continued from the mill pool to Cosford Wood. This mill lies upon Cosford brook in the parish. John lo Wyfce of Costeford witnesses a deed s.d. in Broseley. Edward Grey, Esq., being seised in fee of Cosford Grunge and la Lea adjoining thereto, demised them on the 17 Eliz., 1575, to John GifTard, Esq., of Chillington, for 4 1 years from and alter the decease of Jane Lady Powys, 1 then wife of John Flerbart, 2 of Redcastle, in co. Montgomery, Esq., and in the Trinity term follow- ing Richard Medlicott and George Broke, gentlemen, by fine in the common pleas, acquired from the same Mr. Grey, to them and the heirs of Richard, four messuages, &c, GOO acres of laud, 100 of meadow, &c , in Cosforde, Lea, Albrighton, Dunnington, Charlton, and Wrockerdeyn. On the 19th of June, 25 Eliz. (1583) Lady Powys died at Build was, and Mr. Gilford entered upon Cos- ford Grange and the Lea. Mr. Grey died at Biiildwas 9th Sep. 34 Eliz. 1592, being succeeded by a son of both his names, and it seems then to have been discovered that the alienation to Medlicott and Broke was defective, as being without license, for on the 8th of June, 39 Eliz, (1597) they obtained a pardon thereof. However, this conveyance appears to have been merely nominal for some family purposes, since on the 1st of Doc. 45 Eliz. 1G02, Grey 1 This information is contained in letters patent under the great seal of Kin- James, 19 Mar. 21"'J r*.gni ( 1 (i J :i (), and therofuro must be supposed lo lie correct, yet it is ipiite inconsistent with our baronages, and even witli more authentic documents. Tins t^idy Powys was Jane Orwell, otherwise Kempt', mother of the illegitimate children of tin; la^t I.md Urtsy de Powys. Frdm her being called lady Powys it might lie supposed that Lord I'mv ) « at'trru ards married het, but this he could not do, since his wife, Anne Brandon, survived him, and married secondly one Kanulph I (award, Kmi. (Iher'd Iteports, Villf), i-alloii in I he haronage Handle ll inwoi t li. M 'ailed m the Wenloi k UtfyjsUJr, 10.) 1, John llerbart of Builduas, HISTORY OF ALBKhillTON. the son, by the name of Edw.Greye, Esq., of Buyldwas, in consideration of 1M80 granted the ferine or grange of Cosford, and the lands, tenements, &c, occupied therewith, and also all those lands called the Lea adjoining thereto, with all commons, royalties, and a long string of etcaiteras, to Ihchard Gyfford, Esq., of Ashmores, co. Stafford, in fee. at a rent of £3 per ann. The premises are stated to he situate in the parish of Albrighton and Donnington, and to be then in the occupation of John Gy if aide, Esq., of Chillington, father of ths grantor, by virtue of a lease yet unexpired. Richard Cirfard died 29th Apr. 4 Jae., 100(5, leaving issue John, his son and heir, then not nine years of age, and a young son Thomas. John had livery of his lands on March 19th, 21 Jae 1G23-4, and probably resided at Cosford for a short time, since he is called late of that place in a deed of 25th March, 5 Oar. I., 1629-30, whereby himself and his brother — [Ends thus, abruptly. W.H.A.] [See p. 30 ante ] carles family — [See p. 45. | Nieholas Carles occurs 21 Edward [. Roger Carles occurs 32 Edw. I. and 11 Edw. II. In 16 Edw, II., March 24, he hail custody of all eastles, lands, kc., of tbe Karl til' Lancaster and his adherents wit-Inn eo. Salop (ityiuer, sub anno, also vol. iv., p. 2(53.) Sir William Carles, Knight, married Emma, dan. ot Ilichard de Terbok. Their son, John Carles, aged 30 in 2 Hieh. 11., married Joan, daughter and co-heir of Eulke le Strange, of Longnor (she was aged 27 in 4.9 Edw. 111.), and had issue a daughter and heiress, who married . . . Corbet of Albrighton hongnor). Among the deeds of 1 Vrhett of Longnor is a bund of £[ 00 fro in William Trussel) of Cublesdoii, ehivalor, to Hugh ( 'nles, clerk, 4 8 Edward 111. liohcrt sun of W'illiiini do Wort yn^ton grants to Sir William OjiHes Kill, thai liu may put. a snuik (sUnimunt) in the Wider ot |)n;.;rl.; fioiiily to my land, & from my land of Appreye USfjUO HISTORY OF AtBfllOHTOX. 113 ad metas ibi posifco*, et ito altuiu cum terra sua do \V alcoiileyis. Dat up Waltonleyis in festo Sci. Mioliaolis anno (sic) xx1"" vi j lu0- 11. T. I lad u lib do l&kir star, Kie lo Waluys I lie. do Uradschaks. Kichard ( Iliarlos, ui Suiflbrdshire, married Mary, sisl . M noli, of -John Stanley, of Pipe. On Col. William Carles or Carlos, temp. Car. II., see Gent. M) Thomas. (7j George, died young. (>s) Judith, ob. at ilowdon, sop. itt Tugfotoi, co. Salop, 16 Dec. Mm. (!)) Bridge*, m. . . . Knowles. (10) Alice, ob. at Bowden 10 Fob, M$4, sop. at Tugfordi (II) Mary Mugdalan m. 80 Aug.1703 Richard Baldwin, gent. I V. — William Hill, iiat. at Okehill, 7 April 1652 ; muster-master of Staffordshire 1080 ; purchased the lease of Pepperhill for 3 lives in 1699; living in 1710; Mar; in London, 3 July 1683, Elizabeth, dau. of John Anion, Esq., and had issue : — (1) Anno, nat. at Brocton 1687; ob. 1695, sop. at Longford. (2) Anthony, of whom next. (3) Elizabeth, nat. at Longford 1692. (4) Catherine Magdelena, nat. at Pepperhill 1695. V. — Anthony Hill, nat. at Longford 28 Oct. 1690; mar. 8 July 1710, Catharine, dau. of Mark Coyney, Esq., and by her (who was born 1692) had issue : — (1) Catharine, nat. 1711. (2) William, nat. 20 Oct. 171(5; mar. but ob. s.p. ; loft his estate to his wife, & she to her two nieces Savage. (3) Thomas, nat. I 1 Feb. 1717; ob. s.p. in West Indies. ( 1) John, nat. 12 Mar. 171!) (5) Mary, hat'. 1721. (6) Bridget, niii 1722. (7) Kdward, of whom noxi. (8) Anno, nat. 1726 (9) Richard, nat. 1729; of Staliington Hali, co. Stall., by purchase ; sop. at Caverswell ; mar. Mary, d. & h. of William Clarke, of Caverswell, gent., and by her (who ob. 1| Charles Coyney. [4] Herbert William Coyney. [5] Mary. [G] Elizabeth. [7] Anne Mary. (5) George, surgeon on the stall in West Indies ; ob. s.p. at Martinico, 1801 ; mar. a dan. of . . . Burton, cf Sheffield, co. York. [The descents are also given of the issue of Michael Jones and Mary, Lis wife, relict of Edward Coyney, Esq. ; and of William Gower and Ellen, his wife, sister and heiress of Sampson Coyney, LCsq.] piuot oi< wiLDicoTT — [See pp. 27, 100, ante.] I. — lludti I'mOT, of Pe pi 0(5, co. Salop, d. I (J I) 7, leaving Ly Lis wife, Klizaheth Diekin, several children. The 7th son, II. — Kiciiau]> Prjot, mar. Frances, dau. of Peter (Joode, and had issue three sons : — (1) Gkohge I'lGOT, created a baronet 5 Dec. 17(JL and in 17G5 Loan I'moT of Latshull. lie left two natural dans : [1] Sophia, mar. to the lion. Edward Monckton, of Someiford, eo. Stafford, and 1 2] Leo'nWa, mar. to Claud Itu'ssell, Ksed. of Jevon of Sedgley Park.) Margaret Shad well was bur. 8 Sept. 1737. Lancelot Shad well, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister- at law, mar. Isabella, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas (Jay Icy, 5th baronet, of Brompton, co. York. HARRINGTON OF HisHTON— | See pages 93, 104, ante] Richard Harrington, of Bishton, sep. 3 May 1574, had a daiir. Dorothy, bap. 7 Oct. 155."). His widow, FJiishton, bad issue (< by Botteridge, his wife, sep. 7 June 1601) :— (1) Uiclumi, bap. 28 Oct. 1588; (2) IWuihy, hap. 20 A p. 1590, sop. 21 May 1606; (3) Richard, hap. 20 Apr. 1502 ; {{) Frances, (nip! 30 Oct. 1692; (5) John, HISTORY Olf ATiBHTGHTON. 1 19 bap. 8 Feb. 1593 [see below]; (G) El nor, bap. 30 July 1595; (7) Mary, bap. 12 Sept. 1590 ; (8) Margaret, bap. 20 May 1598; (9) Joyce, bap. 4 Juno 1599; (10) Elizabeth, bap. 7 Juno 1G01, mar. 22 Fob. 1024, Charles Stanley. John Harrington, of Hishton, gent., by bis wife Elizabeth (sop. G Nov. I(i27), had is.suo a son, John, bap. 2 May 1G2-T John Harrington, of Bishton, gent, sop. 15 June 1GG4. His wife Catharine sep. 20 Dec. 1050. Frances Harrington sep, 9 April 1G07. John Harrington, of Bishton, had in IG-'W three sons and as many daughters. (Gail. May-, vol. 71, p. 492.) BOSTOCK. Richard Bostock, of Whixall, Esq., mar. Mary, dau. of Thomas Welsh of Wemme, & had isme a S"ii : — Nathaniel Bostock, Ml)., living 1711, mar. Anno, dau. of John Stafford, of Fdmundsbury, eo. Sutlolk, Esq., & had a son : — Richard Bostock. wight wick — [See p. 30.] Francis Whightwiek, on. 1714, mar. Elizabeth, dau. of James Hancox, of WoYvill, co. Salop, cler. (She ob. 173G.) Anna, 3rd sifter to the above Francis Whightwiek, mar. Jeremiah Whitehouse of Bridgnorth. (Ho ob. s.p. 1775.) (Shaw's staffs., ped. of Wightwick of Wightwick, parish of Tcttcnhall.) TALBOT. (From the Newport Register.) Robert Jurdau and Elizabeth Talbot, mar. S Oct, I (till; John Talbot \scp. 1G08) and Elizabeth, had i^sue : —Judith, sep. 1G5G, and Anne, nut. 1G54, Deb Jr ah, wile of Richard Talbot, so|). 1G90. The Houble Thomas Talbjtt, Esqr., sep. at Longford 5 July 1GMI. The lion. Charles Talbot, of I lore Cross, Stafford, had issue: Barbara, wile of Francis Fortescue Turvile, Esq., of Husband's Bosworth, mar. 1780, ob. 1 SOU ; and Charles, Earl ol Slirews- bury. | lloic; follow two extracts from the Gait; Mat/, Vi)\t. 1790, minting to Jamrs Talbot, the Tope's Vk'ar |oi flio London district. \V.1I.A | 120 HISTORY OK AL15KIUIITON. parsons of wtldicott — [See pp. 27, 100, ante.] When to your guests you servo good dishes, 1 -oiive out the sprats and smaller fishes. Swell not your page with men of small account. Lot them toil on amid their native dirt, Unheeded and unsought, Nor gild the Hobnails on their clouted slices [ 1 with blazon of rich Heraldry.] Tho Parish Rolls shall show they once have been. The Sexton note the place of their repose. Whether they bore their arms ac-ivfia or pendant lot their deods show. W.P. I. — John Parsons, of Hughley, removed to Uindle- ford 1 07 % ob. Aug. 1087, sep. at W orfield. He mur. 1st Joyce . . . ; and 2ndly Jane, widow of John Walker of Rindleford (ob. 1072), and dau. of . . . Oliver of Hound Acton, co. Salop, fanner. (She ob. 4 Mar., 1098, sep, at Worfield.) By his first wife, Joyce, lie had issue : — (1) John Parsons, nat. 1049, sej>. 1G56. (2) Joyce, nat, 1052, mar. 1074, John Jeilories, of Hughley. (0) William Parsons, of Hughley, farmer ; nat, 1054 ; sep. 1702; by Eleanor, his wife, ho had issue : — [1] William Parsons, of Kenley, nat: 1684, ancestor of Vr. Parsons of Wenlock; & [2] Mary, nat. c. 1000. (4) Thomas, of whom next. (5) Catharine, nat, 1G00. (G) Anno, mar. . . Moore, of Ludlow. (7) Jam;, mar. Kev. Jacob Littleford, rector of Hughley. IT. — Thomas Parsons, bap. at Hughley 28 Feb. 10,00; ob. at Ackleton 12 Juno 1710, sep. at Worfield; mar. 1081, ►Sarah (nal. 1058, ob. 1720), 3rd dau. of Kichaid Olemson of Ackleton, by .Joan his wife, and bad issue (1) Joyce, nat. 10S2, sop. 1702. (2) John Parsons, of Ackleton; nat. 108'J ; sep. 1757; mar. Sarah, dau. <>f . . . Hardwiring of Hro little Moor, parish of Aiiot Irer ropy almost obliterated omits these words, but adds at the end, "They need no other Hindd." W.II.A. UISTOKY OF £ LB 11 U* ELTON. 12 L Pattingham (she remd John, son of Benjamin (Jibbons, of Stabloford, gont.: [nat 1712, sup. 1780], and ob. 17S0, set. circa 75), and by her bail issue : — | 1 | Thomas, nat 1728, sep. 1778. [2] Mary, nat. 1730, mar. Richard Smytheman and Richard .Slater. [3] -John, nat. & su[). 1732. [4| John, nat. 1731, lived at Manchester. [5 1 Sarah, nat. 1737, ob. 1800, mar. Isaac Clarke. [G] Elizabeth, nat. & sep. 1710. (3) Jane, nat. 10^5, sup. 1097. (4) Thomas Parsons, of Kingslow, parish of Worfiuld, eon- tractor for the navy ; nat. 1GS7 ; sep, 1713; by Margaret, his wife (sop. 1735), he had issue: — Elizabeth, nat. 1711, mar. . . Jellicoe, of London, distiller. (5) William, of whom next. (G) Richard Parsons, a captain in the army; nat. 1G90; mar., but d. s.p. in London. (7) Sarah, nat. & sep. 1 002. III. — William Paksons, of Wiklecot, parish of Albrighton; nat. 1G89 ; sep. 1750 at Wor field ; mar. 1 May, 1712, Sarah (nat, 1687,0b. 17G8), dau. of Richard Evans, of Hal Ion, parish of Worfield, by Mary his wife, and had issue : — (1) Thomas Parsons, licut. in ye King's service; bap. 31 March, 1713; ob. 1734, ajt, 21, sep. at Worlield. (2) Mary, bap, 27 lum. 17LS; sop. 1741. (3) John, of whom next. (4) Sarah, mar. Richard Si ringer, of Dallicot, parish of Claverlev. (0) Richard Parsons, of Nuthall ; bap. 24 Sept. 1724; mar. Marv, dan. id' . . , Shelton, of Purton, and had issue : — ■ [1 1 Richard, of Nuthall, mar. 1st . . . (Jartwright, ^ 2ndly . . • lioulton. [2| bran c is. [3] Anna Maria, mar. John Thomason, of Asthall. [4] Mary.mar. to James Eykymgent., and Joel Uuteher. [5] Anne, mar. William Phillips, of Lrockton. |G] Sarah, mar. . . . Caitw right, of ye Wargs, in Tei u. oli. ill parish. [7] Martha, mar. Benjamin Thompson, of Echoes hill, pai i.di of Stockton. Vol XI , 2ml 8. ft t 1 HISTORY OF A LBftlGHTON". IV. — John Parsons, of Wildecot ; bap. 13 Sept. 1722 ; bur. 23 Feb. 1773; mar. Mary (bur. 5 Mar. 1797), dau. of William Pitt, of Astley Abbots, and had issue : — (1) Sarah, nat. 1744, hap. 29 Mar. 1745, mar. John Osprey. (2) John Parsons, of whom next. (3) Mary, bap. 20 Oct. 174S, mar. Samuel Howes, ol Bewdley. (4) Elizabeth.bap. 30 Nov. 1750, mar. Robert Falknerof Bath. (5) Cat harine, bap. S Mar. 17.53, mar. Francis Falkner of Bath. (fi) William Parsons, Esq , of Bewdley, bap. 11) June 1755, mar. & had issue a dau., the wife of . . . Turton. (7) Uichard Parsons, of the Birches, bap. G May 1757; mar. 1st, in 17S2, Mary, dau. of Valentine Vickei'3, of Oranmore, Kent (she oh. at Kinlet, 178S), and 2ndly, Anna Maria, dau. of Thomas Kilvert, of Condover. (8) Thomas Parsons, born 1759, diod young.bur. 22 Sept.l7G3. (9) Anne, bap. 15 Mar. 17G2, died young, bur. 10 Sept. 17G3. (10) Anna, bap. 5 Oct. 17G3, mar. Francis Kilvert, of Bath. V. — John Parsons, of Wildecot ; bap. 2 Dec. 174G ; mar. Anne (bap. 8 Aug. 1745), dau. of John Lees, of Ilumfreston, and bad issue: — (1) John, bap. 31 July 1773. (2) Ami", bap. 17 A p. 1775. (3) Uichard, bap. 12 June 1 778. The live following deeds have been referred to in the preceding account. 'Phcy were translated by W. Hamper from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Shrewsbury, lt:07. 1. Seiant &o. quod Ego Hernials (ilius Willielmi le Moul de Aylb'tono dedi &aptistc pro oniniinodis .sriuici js si culari HISTORY OF ALBKICHTON. Uis et demandis. [Warranty contra omnes homines et feminas.] Lt lit hoc mo. i donacio ot carle nice eontirinacio rata et stabil. cfc mconenssa permanent lianc Cartam Sigilli impressione robriravi. JJijs testibus: Joliarinede Ikmrnes, Johanne Umfrey, Nicholao Carles, Johanne Olerico do Bispton, Johanne filio Jlcanici do eadem, ot alijs. Data apud Abrython, pridic Kalend. Junij, Anno Rcgni Kegis Edward i vicossimo tercio. (Seal of JJIack Wax, bearing Arms, viz. : Seme of Cross- crosslets, a Cinquefoil voided, circumscribed — S' UADVLFI . DE . PICHEFORD.) A taw/, iconx q' cestes l'res verrount on orront J oh an atto W ode Cliivaler, Salutz en Dion. Come jco tyngne lo Manoir do Albrygton en lo Countoo do Salopio, por tnrme do mo vie, et nn an oltre del heritage & Cons' Johan do la Warre, per les services do vynt livers, a rondro an dit Mons' Johan Sieur do la Warre, a ses heirs, annuelmcnt, as festes dcSeint Martyn, ot les Apostcis Philip et Jacob, por owes porcions, issuit q' apres le dito tonne tormino do (lit Manoir, one les appur', an dit Sienr do la Warre, et a ses heirs droit revert ier, la quelle revercion del dit Manoir ensemblement, one les ditz services, le dit Sieur do la Wane meintenant por soun fait ad graunte a Thomas do la Wane, Clerc, Thomas Cleymond, William Cerncys, Thomas Stathcle, Kic' Wolmere, Johan Fengreyp, et Johan Overton, a avoir et tonir a oux pur termo do lours vies, come per lo fait lo dit Sieur do la Warre plenerment app'iert, come chose soit a vous touz per icestos moy lo dit Johan atte Wode, desire attorrie a ditz T.T., W.T., K J., et J. sur le graunt issuit a oux fait per lo dit Sieur do la Warre a termo do lours vies voilant et grauntant per icestos destro entendant as dit T.T. &e. en avaunt de les services et revercion susditz, come jeo cstey devant la dit graunt oil dit Sieur do la Warre. En tesmoynance do quelle chose, a ieestes jay liiys mon seal, lo vynt et noioscsme jour d' aust l'an du reignc lo lloy Ilic* secoond, unsismo. (Seal, of Arms, viz.: a Lion rampant, double queue. Crest an Oak Tree. Circumscribed — cSiuillum Jfoliaunio bono) I. The following deed proves, I think, (hat Sir John uiadn a new park a( I Vppei hill. Thoniaa Stoko of lllSTOHY OF AL-BRTGIITOX. 125 Wildpott, by his deed of lo I 9, grants to him and dame Margery his wife, six hut ends of land in Nowland near Copistre heath, as they are inclosed in the new park. [There is a tenement and some acres of land at Wildecott still called Stokes's, that belonged to my father. Nowland and Copistre heath I never heard of.— W.F.I Sciant &c« quod ego Thomas Stoke tie Wyldccott, dedi &c Johanni Talbot, Militi, Domino do Albrighton, ct Domino Margarie uxori ejus, .sex buttas y .end us terre,1 cum pert, jacentes in Nowland juxtra Copistre hcth, inter seliones Johannis Dorne, ct seliones in tcnura llumfridi Flecher, sicut inchulitur in Novo parco, pro eerta sinnma pecuniarum solvit premanibus. Ilabcnd, et tcnend. &c. do capitaji Domino feodi &c. [Warranty contra omncs gentes.] In cujus rci tost. &e. llijs testibus ; Thomas Ilarygton, Gcntilman, Humf'rido Fiecher, et Thoma Kroman, et multis alijs. Data apud Wik/e- cott, primo die Maij, Anno regni Kogis llonrici octavi post con- qticstum Anglic, undecimo. (Seal, bearing the Initial W.) 5. Johannes Dux NorfV, Comes Warcime.et Marescallus Anglic Dominus Mowbray ct (iower, et Elizabeth uxor ejus, Omnibus &c. Salutcm. Sciatis nos prefatos Ducem ct Eliz. uxorem nostram, attornasse deputassc et in loco nostro posuisse dilectos nobis Cristofovum Talbot, Uicardum fi'ulmest.on et Thpmam Stuohe, conjunctim ot divisim nostros veros et legittimos attornatos ad deliberandum vice ct nomine nostris, dileoto Consanguineo nostro Gilberto Talbot Armigero, plenum et pacifieam Soisiham do ot in Mancrio sivo Dominio do Stottesdon in Com. Salop, cum pert, suis, exceptis wardis ct maritagijs tehomen. nostrorum Manerij sivo Dominij nostri predieti cum acciderint, juxta vim formam et oflcetuin cujus- dam carte nostro cidem Consanguineo nostro inde eonfectc. Katum ct gratum habentes et habitur totum et quicquid dicti Attornati nostri fecerint vol aliquis corum feccrit in premissis per prcscntcs. In cujus rei testimonium liuic prescnto scripto nostro Sigilla nostra apposuimus. Data apiid Castrum nostrum 1 lUitt cmU of lauds, or headland.^. 12G HISTORY OF ALJ31M(JL1T()X. de lfolte, duodecimo dio Aprilis Anno rcgni Regis Edwardi qitiarti post conquestum quinto deeimo. (Signed) NoitF. (Small seal of Red Wax, bearing 3 Lions passant gardant, in chief a label of 3 [joints.) Albrighton by Wolverhampton 2SUl Jan>' 1823. My dear Sir, Your Letter of tlie 25th, not having the address as above did not come to band till this evening. 1 have searched my Kegister, & cannot find an entry of the burial of Gilbert Talbot in 1743. The last of tire Talbots buried here was (Jeorgo Talbot Esqrc on 2-1"' Decr 1733. 1 regret that my Kegister (lues not furnish you with the information desired. 1 remain, dear sir, Yours truly &c, Tiio* Lloyd. Bowdley, 25 May, LSOS. Dear Sir, I consider myself highly honored as well as gratified by a perusal of the Albrighton manuscript, which in matter of deep research is far richer than 1 expected, what 1 contributed is mere home-spun domestic stuff, and does well enough to weave in, and thicken the fabric, but by no means entitles me to the distinguished niche you have in your great politeness assigned me. You have divested yourself of your own plumes, there- with to adorn me. As for the sketch of our family pedigree (which i find cheek by jowle with our ancient Lords the Talbots to whom we never aspired to hold the t>lirrw/>) J hope it will obtain no place in your collections, let us drop into gentlo oblivion till wo have distinguished ourselves more worthily. I have taken the liberty to make some pencil notes upon your manuscript, which you may rub out at pleasure, they are mere hints and explanations. I have sent you a letter lately received from Mr Ducknal (the villayc Lawyer) it may be of some use, tho most of his information seems to be anticipated by your industry. The Deficiency in the original Body Corporate it will enable you to correct and supply you with the d;ites. 1 took the names, erroneously substituting Mr. Truuiih r, the [lead Lurgess, for Mr. (Iratton, the High Steward. You pay me too high a compliment to ask my opinion of your Draught, as I am (Uod help me) unlettered and unlearned. Was my judgment worthy to be relied on, 1 HISTORY OK A LBIUGHTON. 127 hould pronounce it a masterly performance, both in matter, arrangement, anil style. And with what additions we may yet procure promises to make Albrighton prominent in Topo- graphical History. And when 1 recollect how many more parishes you have to toil upon, your industry and persever- ance excites my wonder. The abridgement of the Charter is very judicious and masterly. It was the only method to make it interesting to a common reader. It 1 should ever live to see this great work accomplished and given to the world, I may then venture to say that I have lived to see one of my sanguine hopes accomplished;. I should have been quite satisfied with your, ingenious solution of the Cat story, had I not met with Grose's blackguard book, which destroys the antiquity of tin: thing, but, affords us an explanation we cannot fairly reject. lam delighted at the places you have assigned the Trout hecks ami Talbots, there 1 wished to fix them, but thought I had not sufficient authority, though much presump- tive evidence. You know the Dean of Lichfield ; if you could get a little chat with him, he could, I am pretty sure, give you some useful information respecting Albrighton, Donington, and perhaps Tong. I have reason to think he trod that ground often, and with an observant eye, during his long residence at the Donington Rectory. 1 think if you determine to write Mr. Shail well, lie will be happy to supply you with data to embellish his mansion at Bemish. If you think I can be of any use, I am acquainted with Mr. Parker (a cousin of Turtons) who is associated in the law with his son ; command me as Heretofore. 1 am the happiest creature in the world to be employed, ami to think myself of use. I do not like to keep your papers a moment longer than necessary, nor to return them by a casual messenger. My man has no objection to the wall;, but do not trouble yourself to answer my wife-drawn epistle. I hope I shall bo lucky enough to see you the next tune you collie to town. Willi conipts. to Mrs. Ulakeway. 1 am, dear sir, Your obliged and faithful servt. [Addressed:--] \Vm. Bauson's. Rev, J. I>. Blake way, K inlet. [Taken from (he Gentleman's Magazine, for Sept., 1794, vol. Ixiv., part ii., pp. 7IHJ-801, signed H.G] Albright on in Shropshire, seven miles from Wolver- hampton, is a pleasant village, in a Hit situation, silt- HISTORY OF ALBR1GHTON. rounded with a beau ti fid and rich country. The church consists of a nave, west tower, north aisle re- built, and chancel. Oil the north side of the latter is an alabaster altar tomb, with a man in plated armour, collar of S S, and cross pendent, mail gorget plaited, straight hair, ruilles, rings on the first, third/and fourth finger of the left hand, and first and fourth of the right, belt adorned with quatrefoils, mail skirt, flour- ished knee-pieces, lion at feet looking up to the left, sword and dagger ; under his head a tasseled cushion, helmet, and mantlet. II is lady is in a head dress studded in front, pulled, long close beads, collar of [billets and points,] ruilles, and the cull's formed of four cords, rings on the first and fourth finger of the right hand, and first, third, and fourth of the left, stomacher and gown tied in knots to the knees, then open, and straps flying loose, petticoat close at feet. On the ledge this inscription : — Jjic jacct Sfoh'es XTal bo t be (3rd ft on, miles, ct b'ha Jjiaucisca uxor ci' ftlia J'oh'is UiSnffarb be (fJullingto' mi lit', qui tfb jjoh's tfl'et luieo mascul': Joins jCflii (GUbcvti : Talbot mil it' & b'ne /fLiuj-ivcle hevcbioiijtlill'd "tTvoiutbcih mil it' obiit limbic Jnnii, an0 p'ui in" b" lb", quov' aVab' p picielur be' ame'. At the head : Az,, three stirrups or. Crest, a beast or bird's head on a torse. 1. Az. a lion rampant or. 2. In a boidure engrailed a lion rampant or. 3. Bendy ol ten O and G. 4. Harry of eight Az and 0. ; on the G. 3, 2, %2} 3 ducks oi' martlets. 5. A saltire G. in centre of it a martlet. G. A fleur-de-lis A. between 3 moors heads. 7. G. three piles A. H. (1. a bend between six martlets A. G. a fret A. (). G . I wo lions standing A . 10. ({.a lion rampant ( >f, KTSTOIIY OF ALBHIGHTON. 129 11. G. two chevrons A, in a canton dexter a cross patde fitchee. 12. Az. a lion G. or A. In front, the same quarterings impaling the stirrups, between a man in armour and one in a gown, and two women in gauze head-dress and opening gowns as their mother. This Sir John Talbot was son and heir of Sir John, and grandson of Sir Gilbert Talbot, K.G., of Grafton, co. Worcester, whose pedigree may be seen in Dr. Nash's Worcester Co/h'c/wus, i., Jo8. On each side the east window, scrolls of the institu- tion of the Sacrament in black letter. On the altar rail, in capitals : — John Hilton & Thomas Howell, Churchwardens, 1GS5. On the south side an altar tomb, with a rude red slab, and in relief a fair cross and inscription 1 N K J over it, and lour blank shields at the corners. In the same wall are three level stalls, and east of them a piscina and a locker over it. In the east window a shield of the instruments of the passion. In another a bald Bishop or Abbot, with a crosier, kneeling to Christ blessing. Another figure sitting above. Tn the east window angels with censers, a soid rising. &c. The vestry is on the north side. 1 n the chancel, slabs, u In perpetual memory of the Ituv'1 and Learned Francis Wkst, Doctor of Divinity, born in the parish of S1 Christopher, London, Senior Follow pf Sl John baptists College, Oxford, Vicar of this parish 21 years. He died the 15ni of January, 1717, a^ed 55." Anns gone. " Hie terra reeondit ur tot lantisijuo not issimus illo cult issimus donnnus D. (1m,. SCo r r I li Lire 130 HISTORY OF ALBRIGUTON. Predii de Cosford natus lucres, quern quondam sociis suis doctissiuius annum lactitavit Col. Sid. Cant. ct in quo pastore suo per 17 annos gloriata est lace parochia. Cietera famam melius quam iapidcni consulas. In cudum abituram exhalavit animam 30 non. Feb. anno an*. Oii. M.D.C.C. ajtatis siue 50. Ecelesiai suaj bonisque omnibus desiderium quam maxima flcbile. Uxorem tali dignam fortitus est. Eliz. Fisher, r'di adrnodum D.G.F. rectoris de Hiekling in agro Nuttiughamensis ex qua suscepit lilios sex, totidemquo filias." " I lie jacet corpus Ann.k vidtuo ct rolicUu Tlio Shadwell, gen. una liliar. Laricelotti Lee, do Cotton, arm. (pie ob vieesimo primp die Jan: A. I). 1G0(J." Anns : Per Palo, a Chevron Krm. between three annulets, impaling a fosse cheque between teii billets. lie ru' factions. Mr. lJromley £100. The yearly rent to be divided to the poor at the trustees' discretion. Mr. John Chapman 15s. id. yearly to the poor on Christmas Day. Mr. William Scot, late of Cosford, £40. the interest yearly to the pool*. The Duke of Shrewsbury, 1703 and 1704, .£40. disposed of among the poor agreeably to his order. Anne Marigold, widow, in her life a silver chalice. Mr. Thomas Davenhill, interest of X'20 to the poor yearly. The Vicarage is in the alternate gift of the Haber- dashers' Company and Christ's Hospital. The present Vicar is Burlicld.1 1 #u\ It should bo " How Ifonry UindeM." — Ku. HISTORY OF ALDRIGHTON. 131 In the church-yard, an altar tomb for Anne, daughter1 of Thomas Green of Wolverhampton, who died 1762, aged 21. " Hcneath this stone now rests insTmn'd, Alas ! what once inr.los'il tho purest mind ; A virtuous soul so frto from every stain, So fcry'd by fortune, and unmov'd by pain; Without a groan with agonies she strove ; Ileav'n, woiuViing, snatchM her to the joys above." "Thomas Griskn, died 1783, aged 52." As to the manor, <; Norman held Alb r let stone in Elnoestriu Hundred. Algar and jGodhil held it before, but the King was then in possession of it. 2 Kdw. T. Hugh de Bolinrdiale gave lands here to the Abbot and Convent of hilleshull. John Tregoz died seized of it 28 Edw. L, leaving John la Wane, son and heir of lioger la Warre, by Clarice, his eldest daughter, and Sybil, the wife of William de Graudison, his other daughter, his heirs. John la Warre had it assigned for his purparty as heir to his grandfather, John Tregoz. 31 Edw. 1. he had grant of a market on Tuesday, and fair on the eve, day, and day after the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, and to hold two Courts of View of frankpledge. 20 Edw. II. this John le Warre, chev. son and heir to Ro^er la Warre. held this manor m chief by one knights lee, and, dying without issue 22 Richard IT., was succeeded by bis brother, Mag. Thos. do la Warre, rector of the Church of Manchester, who died without issue 4 lien. VI. Hugh Ileles, or Holes, Knt., 5 lien. IV. levied a line of this manor, and died seized 3 Henry V. 10 Henry V. Thomas llewster and Simon Hedrington had the custody of it, during the minority of Margaret Hale (ITole), daughter and heir of Thomas Hale, deceased. 37 Henry Vf. , John Troutbeek, Eser anniun. 08 Elizabeth, Jane Bromley, widow, was seized of the Rectuiy, which 9 James 1. Sir Edward Bromley, Knt., alienated to James Weston, Esq* The church and vicarage value 1*5." (Mytton MSS.) II. G. NOTKS AND ADDITIONS. [The foregoing account of Albrigliton was transcribed for the Society from page 2j to the top of page 12 by Miss Auden, and from page 42 to page 132 by Mr. \V. H. Allnutt of Oxford, from the original manuscript in the Bodleian Library. It is not .so much an exhaustive history of the place as a collection of " Materials for a history of Albrigliton." The history is not complete, and the manu- script was badly arranged, with many fragmentary notes and additions written on slips inserted anywhere. It was apparently compiled between 1800 and 1S25. The editor has attempted to put these fragments in their proper places, and he has reduced the tabular pedigrees into narrative shape. It forms a valuable addition to our Shropshire place histories. A few additional notes may help to elucidate some points in Mr. Blake way's account. Dcrivatiait (p. 20.) Mr. Duignan says : — " Albrigliton, near Tom.', ill Domesday is Albricstone ; in 12,52, Albrihton. This certainly represents an old English personal name Aldbriht, Albrikt, or Klbriht = Aldbrites-tone (town, Sic.) The vs in place names is usually the genitive, now omitted or shortened to s." ( Transactions, 2nd series, vi., 3.) temncsday (pp. 10, 95.) Kyton gives a more accurate translation as follows :-" The same Normannus holds Albricstone. Algar and Oodhit held it (in time of King Kdward) for two manors. Here is one hide and a half geldablc. The arable laud is sufficient for 1 ox-teams. In demesne; are 'S fcuieh teams; and there are 1 .'> sells and 3 villain.-, and 'A boors with one team. Here i.~> a wood which will fatten 1 00 Mvine, but at present it is in the King's hand. In time of King Edward, the manor was valued at 21 shillings per annum. Its present value is 10 shillings He (Norman) found it waste." The HISTORY OF A LI5RIG HTOM. 133 Algar who hold Albrighton way probably Algar, Karl of Mcrcia, who held eXtcusive possessions in Staffordshire, including the manor of Pattingharn. Norinaii Senator, the Domesday lord of Albri^liLon, held seven manors (viz., Cant clop, Lege, Colesmero, Est one, Chenel- toiie, Albricstono, and Ri.^petone) under Karl Roger ; and as in five of these he was succeeded by the family of Pichford, it is concluded that they were his heirs. For 200 years these Pichfords held the lief immediately of the crown. Ralph de Pichford rendered impor- tant services to lienry I. at the siege of Urug in 1102. lie seems to have had two sons, Richard and Engelard J Rich ird do Pichford died in 11 ()7, leaving a sou and heir Richard, who died in or before 117G, leaving a son and heir Hugh de Pichford. Hugh married Rurga, daughter ami sole heir of Ralph de Raskervillc, and died about llUl, leaving a son and heir Ralph, who succeeded him, and is men- tioned at p. II ante. (Kyton's Antiquities, ii., 149, Ac.) The pedigree of Pichford of Albrighton, k, is given in Eytoii, vol. \i., p. 270. Soon after 1297, Ralph de Pichford (son of John) sold the manor of Albrighton to John, Baron Tregoz of Kwyas Harold, co. Hereford, who died 21 Aug., 1 ."500, leaving two daughters and co-heirs, Clarice, wife of Roger de la Wane, and Sibil wife of Sir William Grairdison. A suit arose as to the partition of the estates of Sir John Tregoz, which was settled by award of Parliament in 1302, the manor of Albrighton coining to John de la Warre, son of the said Roger and Clarice. (Eytuu, ii., 15G.) The annals of the Lords de la Warre ale given in Dugdale's Ilai'onaye. The following is a list of the inhabitants of Albrighton, who were assessed to the Lay Subsidy of 1327, with the amounts at which they were assessed : — ALURYCHTON K. s d. a. d. Albert de Dore • i'j William Reygncr 1 fenry de Tongges xviij Roger Careles .. • U ix Thomas le Tayllour .. xviij Richard atte Shawe xi j John Uiufrey ... • »j Richard de Rucroft John de Aula... *ij John fParrol . . . ... ij Peter de By spy ton Henry de Ryspyton .. xviij John Cateles . . . xij xx Peter Pistor ... William Austyn John Kaber Gilbert de Staundon .. xviij William le Rarre vi j Richard Derne xviij (Richard A us- William de Cantelop .. xviij SubtaxersJ tyn xiij John de Caywode xxj there J Nicholas de John atte Wodehous .. Xxj { la Hull xij William Masoun ix Adam Kl\v, Sum kxxv* iii j 1 (Exchequer, Lay Subsidy, Salop, I Edward 111., ''i"> ni. 7 b.) 134 HISTORY OF A LB RIG II TON. The Church (pp. 33, GO). The present building consists of nave and aisles, chance] with vestry ami organ chamber on the north side, western tower, and south porch. The nave is almost entirely modern ; the aisles were erected in 1853, thu south aisle perhaps on the site of a thirteenth century one. The chimce) is fourteenth century, with Decorated windows, the large east window having a transom. The scdilia and piscina are Perpendicular. There are two interesting tombs, one to Sir .John Talbot, of Crafton, and Frances his wife, 1555 [see pp. .31, 37, 03, 94, 128]; the other, on the south side, with a rude Cross and other ornamentation, but without inscription, is supposed to' commemorate' the only Fukeof Shrewsbury, 1718 [see ]). .31]. The lower part of the tower is a mixture of Norman and Early English, whilst the upper part is probably late Early English. The porch is modern. For this brief description of the Church the Editor is wholly indebted to the Rev. IX 11. S Cranage's Architectural Account of the Churches of Shrojishirt', part i., pages 1 — 3. The church is believed to be dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, whose day is July 22, and not to St. Mary the Virgin or to St. Thomas of Canterbury. [See pp. 33, 40, GO. j The marble Tabic of Ikncfattioris [sec p. 35] has disappeared. Boards now hang in the Vestry, and give these additional benefac- tions : — Mrs. Mary Waltho alias Walters, by her will dated April 23, 1783, gave .£20 to be placed out to interest, with the approbation of the Minister and Churchwardens, the interest thereof to be disposed of to the poor yearly for ever. 1853. Catherine Ciatiana Johnson, widow, added the north aisle to the Church, re-built the nave, entirely restored the south aisle, and made the tower available for worshippers 1853. Sophia Dale gave the font. 1873. John Edward Jlriscoe gave the clock. 1874. Catherine Graiiana Johnson left by her will £100 three per cent. Consols, the interest thereof to be given every year by the Vicar in bread. 187G. George Junes Barker gave the land for the enlargement of the Churchyard. Incumbents (pp. 08 — 70.) Eyton names two Incumbents of Albrighton, who are not recorded by Blakeway, viz. : — 1180 — 7. Nicholas, Priest of Albriton. 1319, Feb. 9. John Meuton, clerk, presented by King Edward II., by Letters Patent. 1332. WiixiAM Anseyn (not Aufeyn) was appointed Vicar. (See Eptoh ii., 100 — 1.) The following is a continuation of the list of Incumbents : — 1827, April. Fukdwuck Wiu.iam Euankun, M.A , succeeded Thomas Floyd, M A., on his death 5 Jan. 1827. He was pre- HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 135 sented by Christ's Hospital ; formerly Head Muster of Hertford Grammar School ; died 17 Feb. 183G. 1830. George Windus Woodiiouse, M.A., St. Mary Hall, Oxford; was presented by the Haberdashers' Co., of which Co. he was a liveryman ; Vicar 58 years ; died 20 June 1891, aged 94. 1891, Nov. 21. Thomas Pkiestlev, B.A. and A.K.C., was presented by the Haberdashers' Co. ; formerly Vicar of St. Peter, Hoxton London. The present Vicar of Albrighton. Whether the old Talbot Inn, now the Shrewsbury Arms, was or was nut the bite of the old residence of the Talbot family [see p. 31], whilst digging in the newer portion of the church yard, the grave- diggers eanid upon traces of walls and pavements, which point at least to out-buildiugs of the hall. The Hall Pool was formed by pounding up the water in a dingle, the brook course being the parish boundary. The pounded water spread over the boundary into the parish of Donington, for which privilege a fine was paid to the lord of the manor of Donington, as appears from a list of lines in the possession of Mr. Daniel Jones of Kilsali Hall. The legend adopted by Mr. Hare in his Shropshire, p. 260, that Albrighton and Donington Churches were erected by two sisters, is baul to be a facetious supposition of the Rev. II. (I. de Buusen, rector of Donington. The ".stone causeway" leading from the church to the east of the town, and the "oak railing" which protected it [see p. 33], have disappeared. The "half-timbered house near the Market Cross" [see p. 31] is evidently the present Crown Hotel. A copy of the Charter of 10 Charles 11 , in the possession of the Vicar of Albrighton, names John Traunter, gent., as the first High Stcwaid, and ''the aforesaid John Traunter " and others High Burgesses. This dl tiers a little from the list given on page 51. Instead of William ShrasborOugh and Humphrey Toueheys, it names William Knasborough and Humphrey Tomkys. It is contained in a large bound Corporation MS. volume. But see Win. Parson's letter on p. 1 20. The custom of Whipping the Cat, alluded to on p. 00, was practised within living memory, at Tong, on a garden boy named Thomas Shortland. Mr. 1). Jones of Kilsali Hall remembers .seeing it done. The altar-tnuiu mentioned at p. 0 I is the one already alluded to as the Supposed tomb of the Duke of Shrewsbury, who was buried here 23 Feb., 1717. The St James' Evening Fust of 18 Feb., 1717—18, says: — "Yesterday morning early, the corps of the late Duke of Shrewsbury was carried out of town in great pomp to be interred at Obiighton in Shropshire', the burial placj of his ancestors, and is to lie in stall »li the road every night." The Wford Mill lies upon a small stream that runs from Ryton" is a mistake. (jSeie p. 30.) It is a continua- tion of that passing through Albrighton, the " Hall Pool,'' and lias nothing to do with Ryton. The Karl of Shrewsbury is the owner of the Cosfoid estate. In 1857 the Wolverhampton Water Works were established at Cosford, and since 1895 Albrighton has been supplied with water from this source. PepperUll (pp. 28, 39, 101-2;. This estate belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury. It was to Pepperhill that Mary, Queen of Scots, was brought by Lord Shrewsbury. The following early Wills of Albrighton testators are preserved in the P.C.C. :— 1 109. Albryghton, Roger, clerk. 19 Marche. 1581. Rag'lon, Thomas. 30 Darcy. At Lichfield, these early Wills were proved : — 1549. Jenyns, Margery. 81b. 1560. Johans, Henry. 7 b. 1560. Hatton, Edward. 10 b. 1G36. Harney, Eleanor. 1637. Barney, William. Blakeway's statement should be borne in mind that William Parsons of Bewdley " contributed the chief information respecting this parish." The initials W.P. that frequently occur throughout the history arc his ; and, because of his assistance, Blakeway has given the very full pedigree of Parsons, recorded at pp. 120 — 122. Parsons seems to have had some difficulty in reading 16th and 17th century hand-writing, as the many mistakes in the Register Extracts made by him testify. No effort h is been made to correct them in these addi- tions, but the Albrighton Registers will be printed by the Shropshire Parish Register Society, Lichfield Diocese, vol. iii., to which reference should be made. For many of these additions and corrections the Editor is indebted to the Rev. Thomas Priestley, Vicar of Albrighton. Reference should also be made to Mr. II. F. J. Vaughan's paper on " Donington Church and Lordship," in vol. vi. of the Transactions, which contains much information about Albrighton families. — Ed.] W.G.D.F. Vol XL, 2nd S. T 138 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. NOTES ON ALBRIGHTON IN THE 19th CENTURY. By the Rev. Thomas Priestley, B.A., Vicar of Albrighton. It is proposed now to supplement the history compiled by the Rev. J. B. Blakeway by briefly appending a few notes on what has occurred in the village during the 19th century. Our thoughts turn first to the Church and its surroundings. At the dawn of the century the Church was much smaller than it is to-day (1899). There was no north aisle as yet. Inside, in front of the blocked up tower arch, was a singing gallery, and the pulpit was further forward, by the next pillar in fact. The choir in this singing gallery was led by a small orchestra, one of the instruments being called a "Serpent." But we shall not make fun of this worthy company, seeing that in the temple of old and in our cathedrals and large churches to-day wind and stringed instruments were and are introduced on special occa- sions with great advantage. At the close of Blakeway's history, the Rev. Thomas Lloyd was Vicar. He had been a Christ's Hospital boy, and was appointed by that institution to the benefice, as he very gracefully acknowledges in the Parish Register. There is in the chancel a Latin inscription to Mr. Lloyd and his family : — In Sacrario hunc juxta locum Una cum tribus ex filiis ejus, Herberto, Joanne, Leolino, Uxore item altera Maria situs est Quoad mortalis esse potuit Thomas LloyJ, A.M. Olim fere per quinquennium iEglesburgensis Deinde hujusee ecclesiai per annos triginta et unura Vicarius et Pastor fidelis Obiit V Januarii, A.D. MDCCCXXVII, yEtatis LXXI. In Externo Coematerio In loco ad orientem spectante et ferreis repagulis munito Quiescunt HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 139 Uxor ejus prima Anna liberorurn mater uniea Fiiius tiiiieque Gulielmus, Maria, Anna, Elizebetha, So{)hia. Apucl zEglesburgum in Comitatu Buckingensi Sepulti sunt filii Thomas et Henricus. llorurn heu omnium ultimus elatus est Pater Maritus. Georgius, J ana et Francesca supersiites Hoc pietatis et amoris Monumentum. P.C. On Mr. Lloyd's death, Christ's Hospital again had the nomination, and appointed the Rev. Frederick William Franklin, M A,, the Head Master of the Christ's Hospital School at Hertford. This made the fourth Christ's Hospital appointment to Albrighton in succession, the Haberdashers' (Jo., the other patrons, taking their turns meanwhile anions: the other five livings which are in this alternate patronage. Mr. Franklin read himself in April 22, 1827. Two years later lie lost his wife, Mary. A son of Mr. Franklin was preparing for Holy Orders, and on the eve of the Ordination went out of his mind. The few that can remember Mr. Franklin speak of him as a great student and recluse. A tablet in the chancel records that be died Feb. 17, 183G, aged 02. At last came the turn of the Haberdashers' Co. Only once before since they became patrons (1G23) had the Company presented to Albrighton. The selection fell on the Rev. George Windus Woodhouse. M.A., Curate in charge of Tettenhall, five miles distant from Albrhdi- ton, himself a member of the Company and his father before him. The new vicar and his charge were destined to be associated for many a day (1836 — 1894). We may add that he was over six feet in height, broad and massive in proportion, and never wore a great coat. In 1828 he had married his cousin, Mary Apple- ton ; she died Easter Day, 1882. Including his Tettenhall days, Mr. Woodhouse served under seven Bishops of Lichfield — Ryder, Butler, Bovvstead, Lons- dale, Selwyn, Maclagan, and Legge. Twice he became 140 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. Rural Dean of Shifnal. He preached in Shifnal Church at the Queen's Coronation, June 28, 1838, and again at her Jubilee, June 21, 1887. In the year following that of the appointment of Mr. Woodhouse, a second gallery was erected in the church in the south aisle, the pews in it being sold by auction to help raise the necessary money, some £200. In 1830 an organ of three barrels, playing 3G tunes and three glorias, by Bevington of London, was erected in the singing gallery, at a total cost, including extras, of £138, all displaced seatholders receiving compensa- tion. When any other tunes were desired or a chant, the organ was temporarily dispensed with, a man with a flute giving the note to a female leader and she starting the choir. In 1853 came a grand restoration of the church, Mrs, Catherine G rati ana Johnson bearing the chief part of the expense. The north aisle was appended, the south re-built and the nave restored, together with other improvements, the new wrork being Decorated Gothic. Mr. IT. J. Stevens of Derby was the architect. Both the old singing gallery and the brand new south gallery disappeared in the process. At the re-opening services the preachers were men who afterwards became famous as Bishop CJaughton of St. Albans, Bishop Woodford of Ely, and Dean Hook, at that time Vicar of Leeds. The accommodation was now equal to about 500 persons. The barrel organ now found itself at the east end of the new north aisle, but seems to have lost favour amid so much grandeur. A harmonium was procured. Mr. James Loxdale could not, however, even endure the harmonium, and at his own cost built an organ chamber north of the chancel, and purchased a small manual organ of Messrs. Bishop of London. This was in 1855, and the instrument referred to did duty until last year (1898), when a two-manual of rare sweetness, and fitted with many modern improvements, was built by Messrs. Jardine and Co., of Manchester, and sub- HISTOJRY OF A LBRTGHTON. 141 scribed for by the parishioners and friends as a memorial to Mr. Woodhouse himself. Mr. Woodhouse passed away on the eve of the longest day, 1894, within a day or two of his 94th birthday. At one time Mr. Wood- house took pupils. Of these, one became the Eight Hon. A. Staveley Hill, Q.C., M.P., and another Canon Eyton, of Westminster, son of the author of the Antiquities of Shropshire. The churchyard was enlarged in 1849, and again in 1874, on this occasion at the cost of George Jones Barker, Esq., of Albrighton Hall. I\i iss Sophia Dale gave the font in 1853. The weekly offertory was adopted in 1869. A new clock was presented for the church tower in 1873 by John Edward Briscoe, Esq., of St. Cuthbert's Hall. The Vicarage has been enlarged from time to time, and was thoroughly restored as recently as 1895. The road passing the Church and Vicarage used to have some dangerous curves. It is the high road from Wolverhampton to Newport, und this part of it was straightened about 1840, the process involving some exchanges of land between the lord of the manor, the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the Vicar of Albrighton. The field adjoining the churchyard on the west, originally the old hall orchard often noticed by Blakeway, and which contains two or three tombstones of Roman Catholics, has lately been taken by some market gardeners, and now stands filled with long conserva- tories to grow grapes and tomatoes for the market towns. We shall be quite following on the lines of Blakeway if we append a few extracts from the Parish Register, and a few inscriptions on the tombs and monuments. The present Vicar has copied out the whole of the Registers from 1555 to 1812, with a view to their . .... being printed by the Shropshire Parish Register Society. fie has, moreover, copied into a book every epitaph and inscription both in church and churchyard. 142 HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. First a few extracts from the Registers of the 19th century : — Memorandum. — October yc 25th, 1809, being the day on which our good old King entered the 50th year of his reign, was celebrated as a Jubilee or day of national rejoicing. All the poorer inhabitants of the parish were feasted by the more opulent, who liberally subscribed for the occasion, and more than six hundred persons, old and young, received a pound of meat and a pound of bread per head. The Royal Oak Volunteers, consisting of 120 men of the parishes of Donington, Albrighton, and Boningale, met, fired a feu de joie, went to Church, and afterwards dined together. All hearts and voices sang, " God save the King." Tho8 Lloyd, Vicar. 1809. — Feb. 4 was buried Charles Blake way, Clock Maker, aged 58. 1809, June 22. — The Reverend Thomas Lloyd, of this parish, widr, & Mary Fowler, of this parish, spinster, were married by Licence. 1812, Feb. 20.— The llevd William Thomas, of Cleobury Mortimer, Clerk, bachelor and Elizabeth Smith, of this parish were married by Licence. 1812, Dec. 2G.— William Perry and Sarah Nutt, both of this parish were married. This is the hist entry in vol. v. From 1813 new volumes are entered upon ; another, in printed form, for marriages, and printed-form ones, for the first time, for baptisms and burials, a separate book for each. Mem. — New Books were provided by Government for regis- tering Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials from 1st January, 1813. Henceforth the entries are in different books. Baptisms. In 1847 we have 11 Temperance " as a woman's Christian name, and though uncommon, a very beauti- ful one. In 1848 we have the first mention of the railway. The inspector of railway works had three children bap- tized. Railway labourers and a railway ganger are also mentioned. HISTORY OF ALB RIG HTON. 143 In 18 GO is the first reference to the Cosford Water Works. In 1865 the Master of the Hounds was Orlando Stubbs, Esq. Marriages. 1816, Sept. 16. — The Rev. Joseph Dale of Donington, bachelor, and Jane Lloyd, of this parish, spinster, were married. In 1839 we find a marriage between Henry Organ and Plenteousness Lock. They were gypsies, and the church was crowded. The llev. J. Dale, of Donington, took the service, and as the congregation dispersed, Orson Bidwell, the doctor, rode up. " Well, Mr. Dale," said he " You could'nt have had more people if you had been marrying the Queen." " Well," replied Mr. Dale, " we have been marrying a lady because she described herself as of ' no occupation/ " 1868, Aug. 27th.— Alfred Burd, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Mary Alice Woodhouse were married. 1884- , Sept. 16th. — James Stanley Woodhouse, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Harriette Powys Isaac were married. Burials. 1813, March 23.— Thomas Rowley, aged 16, killed by a waggon running over him. The very next is — ■ 1813, April 7. — Jane Craddock, aged 3, burnt to death. 1818, Aug. 26.— William Totty, Parish Clerk of Albrighton, aged 74. 1825, Aug. 20. — Mary, wife of Rev. Thomas Lloyd, Vicar, aged 67. ^1S27 Jan. 10.— Rev. T. Lloyd, A.M., Vicar of this parish, aged 70. Buried by C. Jesson, Curate. At this time, what is now called Station Road was known as Workhouse Lane. 1829, Sept. 11th. — Mary Franklin, aged 55 years. Buried by J. Dale, Curate of Donington. 1832, Oct. 20.— Josiah Hinchley, of Albrighton, aged 70. Found dead in Chillington Park. 1834, May 18.— John Hampton, Parish Clerk and Acting Overseer, aged 37. 144 HISTORY OF A LBRfGHTON. 1836, Fob. 23.— Rev. Frederick William Franklin, Vicar of Albrighton, aged 02. Buried by J. W. Willett, Curate. 1837, May 3.— Stephen Totty, Parish Clerk of Donington, aged 09. 1839, Aug, 21. — James Parry, of Albrighton Hall, aged 74. 184k April 7. — fsaac David, a soldier on route from Ireland to Maidstone, died suddenly at the Harp Inn, aged 20. " Abigail Feaster " is a very remarkable name, yet the two words go well together. See I. Sam. xxv , 18. 1856, Nov. 28.— Orson Bidwell, aged 71. 1860, March 1 1th. — Three infants of the name of Culwick were buried, one day old. There was a fourth child born dead. Within twelve months previously the mother had twins. 1875, Jan. 23. — Elizabeth Brawn, of Chapeltown, near Leeds, aged 89. 1876, Aug. 26.— Charles Goddard Woodhouse, Vicar of Minsterley, aged 41 years. \V. A. H. Lewis, officiating Minister. 1878, June 24.— Jane Brawn, of Wakefield, aged 88. 1882, April 13. — Mary Woodhouse, aged 82, the Revs. W. A. 11. Lewis and C. P. Isaac officiating. 1886, Jan. 16.— Alfred Burd, Vicar of Cleeton St. Mary, aged 58 years. 1888, Feb. 26.— William Henry Smith, aged 10, and James Jordan, aged 9, drowned in Albrighton Pool. Ice. 1890, Feb. 20. — John Edward Briscoe, of Albrighton, aged 59 years. 1894, June 25. — George Wind us Woodhouse, Vicar of Albrighton, aged 93 years and 11 months. W. A. II. Lewis, Vicar of Upper Gonial, officiating Minister. Now a few inscriptions and epitaphs. The Meeson family is much noticed by Blakeway. In the Vault beneath are deposited the remains of Thomas Meeson, Gen1 Who died July 28, 1798. Aged 70 years. Also of Dolly Meeson his wife Who died Nov. 12, 1S08. Aged 86 years. Elizabeth Meeson their second daughter died Jan. 11; 1819. Aged 58 years. And John Meeson, their second son died July 3, 1840. Aged 74 years. HISTORY OF ALBrUGHTON. 145 A stained glass window in the Sacrarium has the words : — In memory of Maria Meeson. Died Dec. 20, 1852. Aged 60. The Oatleys, too, occur in Blakeway. There are seven altar tombs to them in a row on the west side of the churchyard, mostly illegible. Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Oatley, Esq., of Albrighton Hall who died January 27, 1834, aged 7i years. Also the Rev. Geo. Edmund, A.M. son of the above who died December 1, 1832, aged 35 years. Also John Oatley, Esq., late of Bishton Hall in this County, who departed this life January 17, 1864, in the 73rJ year of his age. Here lieth the body of William Jones, Pensioner, late a Private in the First Regiment of Royal Dragoons, Who Died June 12th, 1851, Aged 70. He served in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, At Douro, Talavera, Torres Vedras, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onore, Albuera, Salamanca, Badajos, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Ortlies, Toulouse. For England, scorning wounds and death, He fought her battles well ; And how lie fought the fight of faith The judgment day will tell. Tablet to Mrs. Catherine Gratiana Johnson, who in 1853 restored the Church : — Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Cujus summa et immerita erga se Bonitate Solatium auxiliumque quam plurimum In Prccibus qua) hac in Mde quocidie haberi solunt ex pert a est banc Alain cediiicandam Necnon et reliquam >.Edem restorandam, ampliuYandam, exornandam curavit (J. U. J. 146 HISTORY OF ALBKIGHTON. To Orson Bidweli, the last Mayor of Albrigliton : — In Memory ot Orson Bidweli Esqre who after the sedulous and humane discharge of his professional duties as a Surgeon in this place and neighbourhood for nearly half a century Died November 23rd 1850. Aged "71, Beloved, Respected and Lamented. This Tablet Is erected by his Friends. In Memory of Mary Jane Crowther who at the age of 10 years sacrificed her life to save her brother from drowning March 1877. On one who died in Australia in 1889 : — Gathered Home from every land One by One. Brass in Church ; — George Jones Barker late of Albrigliton Hall A Magistrate for the Counties of Stafford & Salop And for 22 years Churchwarden of this Parish Born 17th Sept. 1825 Died 27th April 1892. Also Sara his wife. Daughter of James Cunliffe Of London Born 25th November 1834 Died 8th April 1877 This Brass has been placed here by John Raymond Barker, B.A. of Christ Church, Oxford In loving remembrance of his Parents. Novr 1892. There is a tablet on the wall of the Church outside to five sisters of the name of Wight wick, whose united ages amount to 380 years. The world is a city full of crooked streets and death the market place whore all men meet If Life were Merchandise that men could buy the Rich would always live, the Poor must die Ah why so soon just as the bloom appears Drops the fair blossom in this vale of tears Death view'd the treasure to the desert given And claim'd the right of planting it in heaven. HISTORY OF ALB RJGEITON. 147 By the Rev. G. W. Woodhouse on Amy Elwell, 1855, aged 8 months : — Thine was a blessed flight E'er sorrow clouded and e'er sin could slay No weary course was thine, no arduous fight And but an hour on earth of labour light With hire for all the day. ^e see around us richer neighbours lie As deep and still in the cold grave as I From ease and plenty they were called away Could wo in lingering sickness wish to stay When faith supports the body worn with pain To live is nothing but to die is gain. Praise upon tombs is labour vainly spent A wife's good name is her best monument A virtuous pair who hand in hand had trod Life's path in peace with man, themselves and God. Turning to the parish generally, in 1801 there were 900 inhabitants ; in 1831, 1,054; in 1841, 1,058, and 236 houses; in 1851, 1,141, and 242 houses; and in 1891, 1,147 persons. In 1899, about L200 persons, and 250 houses. The acreage is 3,424, and the rate- able value .£9,873. Blake way shows us that even in the last century some provision was made for education. At a Parochial School the master had the free use of the premises on condition that six of the boys, selected for the purpose, should be taught gratuitously. It was not until 1856 that the National Schools were built in what we now call the Station Road ; next year the house adjoining, now covered with ivy, was built for the master's resi- dence. In 1893, an infant classroom was built out at a cost of £300, and in 1896 the playground was en- larged, and the whole buildings thoroughly o\erhauled and improved, The present master, Mr. S. A. Stroudley, has in seven years considerably advanced education in the village. hi the same building a Sunday School has been held for many years under the superintendence of Miss Jellicorse. 148 HISTORY OF A L BRIGHTON. There are two good private schools for girls — the Manor House (Mrs. Hill), and Oak House (Mrs. Bennett). There is just now no private school for boys, and a few go to the Wolverhampton Grammar School. In 1869 an endeavour was made to form a Library for the village. A beginning was made in a cottage opposite the site of the present Library. In 1872 the Earl of Shrewsbury gave permission for an old school building to be restored and used as a Library. The funds were raised by subscriptions and a bazaar. The space available for book shelves was increased in 1898 by the addition of an annexe. There are now some 7,000 volumes. For several years the whole details have been worked by Miss Helen Barton, purely as a labour of love. In 18S4 a large room over the Library was opened as a Men's Institute and Recreation Boom. Only one addition seems to have been made to the Charities during the present century. This addition was ecclesiastical. Mrs. C. G. Johnson, who restored the Church in 1853, left by will and caused to be invested Aug., 1874, JC 100 three per cent, consols, the interest, to be given yearly in bread by the Vicar to the poor. As regards the Albrighton Poor's Estate, Mr. B. W. Lamb being in 1894 the sole surviving trustee, the Charity Commissioners sanctioned the addition of the present Vicar and Mr. A. C. Lyon of Albrighton Hall. To these the Parish Council, according to the Act of 1894. added two more members — Mr. A. J. lloole and Mr. J. 11. Tomkins. This seems a suitable place to notice the two Lodges of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows. The " Per- severance " Lodge was opened Jan. 9, 1843, and so successful was it that a second Lodge, " The Earl of Dartmouth," was opened in 180:2. The two Lodges now number 457 members, all men. There is also now a Juvenile Branch with l'Jo' members, male and female. An adult female Lodge is in process of formation. The present capital is £9,239. In 1897, the " Dartmouth" Lodge erected a terrace of nine houses near the railway KISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 149 station, which is accordingly known as "Dartmouth Terrace." For 34 years Mr. Thomas Totty has been the untiring secretary. Reference was made just now to the Railway. It was in 1848 that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway brought their line through a portion of Albrighton. It cut through the lands of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Lancelot Shad well, William Oatley, Maria Meeson, and the Albrighton Poor's Estate. The station followed in 1849, the first train being run in November of that year, exactly 50 years ago. To-day, Albrighton station serves a large district, especially in the way of coals, timber, and agricultural produce. The traffic on the road up to " The Crown " is immense, and is probably not exceeded by that on any road between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury. It should be added that this line of rail was ultimately taken over by the Great Western, and it has become a part of their main line from Paddington to Chester and Birkenhead. Early in the century there was a considerable manufacture of the best Bricks. Gas was introduced into the village in 1868. The present Post Office was built in 1877, and the office transferred to it from over the way on March i!5, 1878. The building was improved in 1897, and is now one of the most picturesque objects in the place. There are two posts in and three out daily. The office is also a telegraph station, and includes Savings Bank and all other modern developments. Four letter carriers go out daily. Mrs. Maria Scriven has many years been Postmistress. In 1857 the Water Works which supply Wolver- hampton were established at Cosford, in this parish. The engines were started on the 15th October. The building has a handsome frontage in a dip on the great Holyhead road, and the chimney shaft is a conspicuous object ibf miles round. The water is derived from a well of 140ft. and a deep boring of 1,000ft. in the new red sandstone. There are lo-day live engines of 750 Vol. xi., s. b 150 HISTORY OF A [/BRIGHTON. horse power capable of pumping 25,000,000 gallons per week. In 1895 this water began to be supplied to Albrighton itself, many of the wells there containing only surface water. By this time most of the houses and buildings have adopted it freely or by compulsion. A neat Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1883. A branch of Lloyds Bank was opened in 1894. We still have the four Inns named by Blakeway. The Talbot Inn has become The Shrewsbury Arms. The change was made soon after Lord Talbot of Ingestre succeeded in his claim to the Earldom's estate of "Shrewsbury." The villagers still remember the sign of the Talbot Hound, and often speak of the old inn as "The Dog." This inn is a survival of the old hall of the Talbots, and is exactly opposite the church. Then we have the Olde (Holly) Bush Inn, the Crown with its picturesque half timbered buildings, such a favourite study for artists, and lastly The Harp. We ought to add that in the rear of the Crown there was erected early in 1898 a large assembly room, built of corrugated iron, which is most useful for public meetings, concerts, sales, &c. The Harp has a curious history. It used, until about the middle of the century, to be across the way, and was the great posting house in the coaching days. Here Charles Dickens stayed when on his way to Tong, which village and church he associates with Little 'Nell in his "Old Curiosity Shop." At the old Harp (now turned into Mr. Forshaw's shop and private residences) the County Bali used to be held, and the Albrighton hounds were kept here in those days. There were early in the century other Inns than the four before spoken of, but they have all gradually been closed. There was the Whiston Cross Inn where are now the Kennels. This was a great centre, but dis- appeared along with the coaching system. Then there was "The Last" in the middle of the village, and on its sign, " 1 have been looking for good ale all the day, and at the Last I have found it." "The Cat," and BlSTOBY Oi? ALBRIGHTON. 151 also " The Star " would also seem to have been inns at Albrighton. Speaking of the Hounds, there is no doubt that Albrighton is more widely known over England for its pack of foxhounds than for anything- else. The writer of these words used as a boy to follow on foot the Bramhara Moor hounds in Yorkshire. This got him into the habit of glancing down the list of meets in tiie Times newspaper. As Albrighton is always at the head of the list, the name became familiar ; but if any- one had asked him then, or for many a year after, where Albrighton was, he would have been utterly unable to say. The kennels have now been for some years at Whiston Cross, a good mile south of " The Crown." The M. F. 11. since 1887 (until 1800 conjointly with Major the Hon. 11. C. Legge) has been Captain James Foster of Apley Park, a very capable and popular gentleman. A change is, however, taking place, and the coming Master is to be Mr. J. C. Munro, late Master of the East Sussex Foxhounds. This change has involved the removal of John Scott, who has been huntsman twenty-one years and had a farewell present ot .€030, We must say something now about the various estates. The late vicar, Mr. Woodhouse, went up to London as a witness in connection with the Shrewsbury claim, and took with him the volume of the Register which records the burial of the only Duke of Shrews- bury. It was in 1GD4 that Charles, the 12th Earl of Shrewsbury, was made Marquis of Alton and Duke of Shrewsbury. He died leaving no son, and therefore those titles died with him, and the earldom went to his cousin Gilbert, a Roman Catholic priest. From this time the direct line failed. A nephew three times succeeded an uncle, and then the title devolved upon a cousin, Bertram, who died unmarried in 1856. On his death the title was disputed, and the lands were claimed for the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk, under the will of the last Earl. The Courts decided that HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. under a private Act of Parliament obtained by the Duke of Shrewsbury in 1720, the title and estates must go together; and the true successor to the Earldom was found to be Earl Talbot, the head of another line of the descendants of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton (who lived in the time of Henry VII.), sprung from a second marriage of Sir Gilbert's son, Sir John Talbot of Albrighton. The trial began 13 July, 1857, and was successful 1 June, 1858, when Earl Talbot and Viscount Ingestre became Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.1 The present Earl is the 20th. He is Lord of the Manor of Albrighton, and owns a considerable part of it, including the Cosford estate, the Bowling Green and Elms Farms, Whiston Oall Farm, High House, Little Harriots Hayes, &c. The Earl of Dartmouth owns most, if not all, the southern (or foreign as Blakeway calls it) portion of the parish, which is separated from the northern half by the long and narrow parish of Boningale. Mr. George Jones Mitton is the owner of Beamish Hall estate and of Big Harriots Hayes Farm. The Humfreston Hall estate, a portion of which is in Albrighton, is now the property of Mr. H. F. J. Vaughan, a well-known contributor to the Transactions of the Shropshire Archa3ological Society. The Meeson property passed to the Barker family, some of it still belonging to Mr. John Raymond Barker, of London. Albrighton Hall and lands adjoin- ing were sold on the death of Mr. George Jones Barker to Mr. Alfred C. Lyon, who is the present owner and a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Daniel Jones of Kilsall, Donington, and Mrs. J. E. Briscoe of St. Cuthbert's, Albrighton, also own various properties. There is also the estate of the Poor of Albrighton, the estate of the Poor of Tong, and that of Tettenhall. St. Cuthbert's, just named, built 1858-GOby Mr. Fred Walton, was a valuable addition to the large residen- 1 Tlicsn plll l icilllll'H Wi ll' l:ikc!t I'lolll 110 \V\SJ.M|)01'tf, l&O., <>t" UlO liny. HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 153 tial houses, and the gardens contain many valuable trees, some of foreign extraction. Sauohieleigh, built by the late Mr. Thomas Russell in 1891-2, is a hand- some and well-built house at the eastern corner of the village. Several small villas have been built of late years on the Patshull and Station Roads. The more picturesque parts of the parish are the ap- proaches to Patshull Park, the seat of the Earl of Dart- mouth , Albright on Pool,Cosford Dingle with its pool and massive overhanging rocks, and above all Pepper hill reared aloft on rocks of the hardest sandstone, and com- manding a magnificent prospect of the Clee Hills, W rekin, &c. The row of lime trees in the High Street, so much admired, was planted by Mr. Orson Bidwell, the last bailiff. Mr. Bidwell was the medical man, and was succeeded in 1856 by his son, Dr, Henry Bidwell, and he in 1868 by Mr. B. W. Lamb. Many of the old features in the village mentioned by Blakeway have long since disappeared. He refers himself to the removal of the Market House, with the Stocks under the arches below, and the Corporation room overhead, and also of the Toll House, where the Courts of the Lords of the Manor were held. Both these were near what we call the Crown Corner. The Lock-up, Stocks, and Pinfold were established on the north-east corner of the Green. Some now living can remember seeing persons fixed in the Stocks ; but about 1845 Lock-up and Stocks were abolished, and the Pinfold removed further on. The overseers paid rent for the Workhouse for the last time on Lady-Day, 1837, owing to the formation of the Shifnal Union, and the buildings were converted into the cottages which stand south of the National School. Cosford Mill has long since ceased to be used as a mill. The paved causeway with white palings down the main street has loner since vanished, and no one seems to remember or to have ever heard of it. All that survived of Beamish Old Hall was cleared away in 1849, when the railway came across the spot ; a farm house took its place near the 154 HISTORY OF ALBKIGHTON. edgeofthe line. AtLowerfepperhiliin 1853twocotta2es «ere made out o the materials of the old Mansion Se W Idecote, winch was a large house in Blake way's tine and wmch figures largely in the Registers, has been d> uded ,nto four cottages for Lord Dartmouth's fan servants ihe lodges at Patshull Park, the bailiff's house, the gardener's, the dairy, and various cottages all have a comparatively modern look The occupation of the inhabitants is, of course clnefly agricultural, farmers, gardeners, and their fo£ men and labourers Several go out for the day to Wolverhampton and other places, either as Leads or assistants in various businesses. Besides the above we have 2 clergy (the Vicar of Boningale being compelled and s •? i ',f, , SC 1 °°h 1 1 Postmistress 5 loce 2 d ^ make''' 4 C°al lnereha^s * butchers, 5 gtocers, 2 drapers, 1 ironmonger, 1 saddler 4 shoe makers 1 tailor, 2 painters and glaciers, ! blacksmiths" 3 wheelwrights, 2 bricklayers, 3 dairymen, S NmEX } innkeepers, 1 engineer, 2 horseb/eake s, Tc r t ' 1 barber, 1 policeman. caniei, A large fair of sheep is held annually every Seotem et'ry li^fi^ ^ ^^tSS eve. y August. It has also been a custom for man v KtT I** *F US a.child-»'s Estiva!. Tl ' Rev G. W. Woodhouse began it, and the procession of children m quaint costume, some on foot, some in chariots and some on horses, followed by the crowning of he May Queen, and the plaiting of the May Pole make up a truly pleasing and popular spectacle In summer many excursionists come to Albrighton, partly lTltc°irke'and ^^-^l^asantwayto1^ Reference has already been made to the Parish Councd This was first elected in 1895, and Mr. Alfred the \ wk erf s Pchair,an- a,;d Mr' j- ^;t„ tnenistUeik Ihe Council has already done useful work m keeping other pubhc bodies on the movei, HISTORY OF ALBRIGHTON. 155 regard to roads and footpaths, and also in being among the first to supply the community with a due provision of hose and hydrants to protect it against the ravages of fire. An interesting bit of local history has just come to hand. On Januory 27, 1829, a Waterspout broke from the clouds up the Codsall Wood Road. The volume of water washed away the bridge and dam at Albrighton Pool, and undermined the old mill at Cosford. A boy born at the time in a cottage swept by the flood was named Noah. He is still alive at this day (March, 1899). An amusing story is told of an Albrighton plumber, a man of very intemperate habits. He had been to Pave Lane Ilaces, on the border of the Shropshire coal fields, and was found by some colliers dead drunk in a ditch. They took him with them down the pit, and placing him near the scene of operations, left him to come round. As the man's reason be^an to return, he was sternly questioned as to what had brought him into that awful place. " Gentlemen," said the awe- stricken sot, " I hope you will deal with me as leniently as you possibly can. I know quite well that drink has brought me here, and nothing else, but believe me, I was once a very respectable plumber living in the village of Albrighton." Another local incident may be acceptable. A former landlord of one of the village inns, who now lies near the church porch, was of an exceedingly irritable tem- perament. He used to hire out horses, and himself act as postilion. On one occasion he took Mr. Holy- oake, of Neach Hdl, and Mr. Molineux, of Kilsall, to a banquet at Wolverhampton. On their return, and near to Wrottesley Park, Mr. Holyoake upbraided the postilion for not making faster progress. Presently the carriage came to a complete standstill, but the occu- pants, concluding that something was amiss with the harness, continued their pleasant conversation. Plow- ever, as the delay began to seem rather long, one of the pair put his head o'jt to seo what was going on, 15G HISTORY OF ALBRIG11TON. To his dismay both horses and rider had totally vanished. The upbraided horseman, challenged to quicken his pace, had decided to do so, and had left his patrons and their lumbering vehicle to get home as best they could. What happened, history does not say. Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887, and her Diamond Jubilee, 1 897, were both loyally observed in Albrighton. There were services and sermons, sports, general de- corations of the village, feasting, illuminations, fire- works, and torchlight procession. One permanent result of the latter celebration was the formation of an Albrighton Choral Society, which gave a Jubilee Cantata for its first concert, and which is continuing a good and appreciated work in the parish and neigh- bourhood. At the beginning of 1895 a Parish Magazine was begun in the village, and is received into almost every house. Something of this kind in former years would have been most useful in compiling this record. On Sunday, January 13, 1895, the roads were all knee deep in snow ; and on Sunday, March 24, of the same year, a terrific gale, of but a few minutes' dura- tion, laid low hundreds of trees, and did much damage to buildings. On Friday, Sept. 2, 1898, William Edward Stanley, a young man of this village, greatly distinguished him- self in the brilliant charge of the 21st Lancers at the now famous battle of Omdunnan. Mr. Daniel Jones, F.G.S., of Kilsall Hall, has kindly contributed the following short Geological note : — The Parish of Albrighton has for its subjacent rock forma- tion the upper Bunter division of the new red sand- stone. The surface has been under the influence of floating ice and glacial action. This is shown by the existence of large er ratic blocks, some of which are to be seen in the village, having been moved there from the land, or found in excavating the sewers. They are mostly basaltic, but some are of granite and syenite. The presence of boulder clays here and there with HISTORY OF A L BRIGHTON. 157 pebbles, beds of gravel and sand, all associated with glacial conditions, accounts for the varying soils to be found in many places in the same field. The stronger soils are found on the eastern side, the lighter on the western side of the parish. Several examples of" the dingle/' channelled out by subaerial denudation, are met with, as at the Hall Pool and Cosford. Beneath the Triassic and Permian rocks, no doubt, a great coal field exists, of which the Shropshire and South Stafford- shire coal fields are but the outcrop, but the depth to it would be as great at Albrighton as at any point that could be chosen between those two coal fields. The correlation of these two coal fields is so well established that there can be no doubt in carboniferous times the whole distance between them has been covered over with the same succession of coal measures as we find characteristic of those two coal fields. The deepest borincr which has been made occurs at Cosford Water- works, in this parish, which is 300 yards deep. It passed through the pebble beds and entered the lower hunter 25 yards, having been started in the upper bunter. The question of a water supply for houses and cottages from local wells is, no doubt, influenced by the operations at Cosford. Wells, which are sunk in the soft bunter sandstone, through which the water would per- colate quickly, are most affected. If, however, there should be a bed of marl forming a basin, the descent of the water would be arrested, and water may be found in fair supply, whereas wells on the outer margin of the basin may be dry. So with the surface, where clays occur in patches mixed with gravel and sand, there may be, and frequently is, a basin formed, which will yield a good quantity of water ; such wells are shallow, [f, however, they were sunk through the bed of clay, it is more than probable that the water would drain away through the sandstone rocks below. Here may be observed the association of Geology with agriculture and scenery, similar rocks being acted upon by similar agencies give rise to the same kinds of scenery, go 158 HISTORY OK ALBRIGHTON. with the growth of trees and agricultural produce, and so with salubrity and the public health. The field names of any place are interesting, and often throw light on its history. We have, among others, in the parish of Albrighton, these field names — Alley Croft, Banbury Piece, Bickley's Rough, Brier Croft, the Britch, Brickkiln Leasow, Broomy Leasow, the Burgage, Coachman's Meadow, Coachway Piece, Horseway Piece, Clapper Meadows, Clock Mill Meadow, Cockpit Meadow, the Cockshuts, the Ditties, Dog kennel Meadow, the Fox Glove, the Gar ridges, Gig Pit Field, Gorsey Marsh and Asps, Great Shaw, Hemp Leasows, The Hook, Big Hooks, Little Hooks, Hem- riddings, the Hutts, Kite Meadow, Lady Croft, Lynn Croft, Osier Bed, Pickens Gorse, Piake Lane Piece, the Biddings, Bushy Leasow, Shellmore, Shoulder of Mutton, Soak (qu. Soke) Moor, Whet Bidding, Whist- ley Piece, and Yeoman's Meadow. [The following epitaph to Leonard Smallpece should have found a place in the " Notes and Additions " at pp. 182 — 137 ante. It occurs on a tomb in Albrighton Churchyard, and is engraved round the stone, and in the centre is a bust of Leonard Smallpece : — ■ " Here lieth the body of Leonard Smallpece Esq. Who died at Pepperhill ]n the County of Salop In the year of our Lorde Christ 1610 The xxix Day of March Death is to my Advantage." It is erroneously stated at p. 137 that Pepperhill belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury, whereas it belongs now to the Earl of Dartmouth. 159 BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. By R. LLOYD KEN YON. Under the heading of " Pre-historic Shropshire,"1 I have shown that, at the time when the Romans first appeared in this county under Ostorius, about A.D. 50, the inhabitants were chiefly Celts, but that there were mixed with them a considerable number of the older Iberian race, who retained some of the personal charac- teristics of the Iberians, but had become amalgamated with the Celts, and had adopted most of their habits. The two races thus amalgamated were the ancestors of the modern Welsh, and they formed the population of Shropshire throughout the time of Roman rule, and until they were finally driven out and supplanted by an Anglian population, a process which was begun under Oswy, King of Northumbria A.D. 655 to 659, and completed under Offa, King of Mercia A.D. 778 to 786. I have shown what remains of these ancient peoples we possess of a probably pre-Roman date. I propose now to trace the history of the county during the rest of the time of the British occupation, princi- pally with a view to showing what effect the events of this period had on subsequent history. When the Romans arrived here they found a scattered and probably scanty population, well acquainted with the use of iron, but possessing no manufacturing industries of its own, living principally by pasturing cattle and by hunting; possessing no towns, but living in scattered hamlets ; belonging to two independent tribes, neither of which had its principal territory in Shropshire. The country was thickly wooded, and the low-lying parts 1 Shrop. Arch. Transactions for 1892, p. 261. Vol XL, 2nd a V IGO BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. of it were very marshy. Probably the Severn was much choked up by fallen timber and other obstacles, and therefore lakes stood on many of the lowlands now drained by it and its tributaries. Beavers were common, and would greatly contribute towards obstructing the rivers. The people lived principally on the high ground, which would be naturally freer from timber, and easier to clem* than the plains, and such roads as they possessed would therefore be on the high ground also. They were mere unpaved tracks, but the country on each side of those tracks would be cleared for the protection of travellers from robbers and wild beasts, among which latter were bears, wild boars, wolves, and wild bulls,1 and the roads would therefore be the principal guides of the Romans in their invasion of the county. Very likely they often made their own roads along these tracks. The " Portway " still trace- able along the top of the Long Mynd was probably one of these British roads.2 It connects Castle Hill, near Leebotwood, with the British fortifications of Robury Ring, near Wentnor, and Hillings Ring, near Lydbury North, and along its course ate a large number of tumuli. These were generally erected near a road, that they might be seen by passers by, and a line of them is a pretty clear indication that there was a road in the neighbourhood.3 The only contemporary authorities about Britain under the Romans are Tacitus' Annals and his Life of Agricola, Ptolemy's Geography, Antoninus' Itinerary, and the Notitia Imperii, and what they tell us about Shropshire is very little. Ptolemy4 tells us that both Uriconium and Chester 1 Green's Making of England, pp. 8, 10, 171. Many wild boar tusks have been found near Shrewsbury, and are now in the Museum. 2 Salopia Antigua, p. 101. 3 See Wright's Uriconium, p. 47. 4 His Gi ography, so far as it relates to Britain, is printed in Henry's History of Britain, vol. ii., p. 877416. It was written under the Emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius, A.D. 98 to 161. BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. were in the territory of the British tribe which the Romans called the Cornavii, which extended northward to that of the Brigantes, who occupied Lancashire and Yorkshire, and eastward to the Coritani, in whose country were Lincoln and Leicester. The territory of the Cornavii must therefore have included the greater part of North Shropshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire. To the west of them, and extending to the west of the island, were the Ordovices, among whom were the towns of Mediolanium and Brannogenium. Neither of these towns has been identified with any certainty, but it is clear that the Ordovices occupied North Wales, and probably they made the Severn their eastern boundary, and therefore occupied the greater part of South Shropshire. Tacitus tells us1 that in A.D. 50 to 52 the Proprae- tor Ostorius established fortified camps along the river Severn, because the unconquered British tribes had been attacking those which had become allies of the Romans. In A.I). 51 he advanced to a point near the coast which looks towards Ireland, perhaps near Chester, but was re-called to quell a disturbance among the Brigantes, and then for a more formidable rising of the Si lures of South Wales under Caractacus. Caracta- cus thereupon withdrew his forces into the country of the Ordovices, and offered battle in a situation very favourable to himself "on steep hills, on the more accessible parts of which he erected walls of loose stones, In front was a river dangerous to ford, and the place was guarded by some of his best troops." Caractacus, however, was totally defeated, and fled to the Queen of the Brigantes, who delivered him up in chains to the Romans.2 The description of the situation is too vao-ue for identification, but the Caradoc, near Church Stretton, has been supposed to be the scene of 1 Anihtl., xii., 31, 32. Tacitus wrote at the end of the first century A. D., and was father-in-law of Agricola, Governor of Britain A.D, 78 to 85. 2 Annul., xii., 33— 3G 162 BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. the battle, and to be named after Caractacus. The Breidden, and several other fortified hills, have also been suggested ; but in any case, whether the battle was in Shropshire or not, Shropshire was greatly interested in the result, for in consequence of the battle the Silures withdrew into their own country, and left Shropshire defenceless against the Romans. Aulas Didius succeeded Ostorius as Propraetor in A.D. 53, and found that his most important duty was to keep in check the Silures of South Wales, and the Brigantes of Lancashire and Yorkshire.1 We might conclude from this fact that the Roman station at Uriconium, between those two powerful tribes, was established during his governorship, A.D. 53 to 57, and some of the discoveries there confirm this conclusion, and show that Uriconium was the station of the 14th Legion, which was in Britain from about A.D. 50 to 70. Veranius,2 57 to 59, made only some unimportant incursions into the territory of the Silures ; but Suetonius Paulinus,3 59 to 62, is recorded to have spent his two first years in strengthening his outposts, and of these Uriconium would be one of the most important. Having done this, he attacked and captured Anglesey, but hearing of the great revolt of the Iceni in Norfolk and Suffolk under Boadicea, we are told that he immediately forced his way through the midst of enemies to London, taking with him the 14th Legion. His way would probably be by Uri- conium, and as since the time of Cunobeline the Ordovices and Cornavii had been connected with the Iceni by owning the superiority of the same family, it is probable that Shropshire men formed part of the hostile bodies through whom Ostorius forced his way, that they shared in the revolt as in the oppression wliich caused it, and that they shared in the devasta- 1 Annul. , xii., 40. 2 Anna!., xiv., 29. a Ayr., xiv. ; Annal xiv., 33. BRITISH SeROPSEHRE. 163 tion by fire and sword with which, after the rebellion was over, Suetonius visited the tribes which had been doubtful or hostile,1 and in the famine which was the consequence of the devastation. Our neighbours the Brigantes were finally reduced to submission in 69 and 70, and the Silures in 75 to 78, but it is not till the latter year that we again hear of the Ordo vices. In 78, after the Proprietor, Julius Frontinus, had been recalled, and before his successor, Agricola, had arrived, the Ordo vices rose in arms, and destroyed almost a whole regiment of cavalry which was acting within their borders. The news roused the whole country against the Romans, whose troops had retired into winter quarters, but Agricola, immediately on his arrival, marched into the country of the Ordo- vices with a small army, and though they would not face him in the open he succeeded in destroying nearly the whols tribe, and penetrating to Anglesey he com- pleted the conquest of that British stronghold. From this time we hear no more of the Ordovices or Cornavii, unless a cohort of auxiliaries called Conors Cornoviorum, which was stationed at Newcastle in the time of Honorius,2 took its name from this tribe. Agricola took great pains to reconcile the people to the Roman government by preventing oppression, and establishing a just administration, and he soon succeeded in attracting the sons of the chiefs to the towns, and persuading them to adopt the dress and language of the Romans, and to learn their arts and literature, as well as their luxuries and vices. 3 The people also he tried to reclaim from their wild state by inducing them to build houses for themselves, and temples, and public buildings. Unconium became the capital of the county for peaceful as well as warlike purposes, and the Britons 1 Annal., xiv., 38. 2 Notitia Imperii, translated in Henry's Hist, of Britain, ii., 439, « Ayr., 21. 164 BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. settled down for 300 years as peaceful subjects of the Roman Empire When the Emperor Severus, about the beginning of the 3rd century, diyided Britain into two provinces, which were afterwards increased to five, Shropshire, with all the adjoining counties, and with Wales, was included in the province of Britannia Secunda,1 which was governed by a president, under the Prefect of Britain. By the time of Arcadius and Honorius,2 in the beginning of the 5th century, the troops had been entirely withdrawn from this province, and in 420, at the end of the same reign, they were finally withdrawn from the island. From the destruction of the Ordovices by Agricola in A.D. 78 to the inarch of Ceawlin, King of Wessex, up the Severn Valley in A.D. 577, Shropshire has no recorded history. All we can know of it must be gathered from the relics left in the ground and from the few facts as to the general condition of the country recorded by Roman writers. The numerous articles of luxury and of comfort found at Uriconium3 prove that it was not behind other provincial cities in wealth and refinement and sense of security, and the almost total absence of non-Roman articles proves how entirely the population of the town had adopted Roman habits. But outside the town there are few traces of Roman settlements, and though three centuries of law and order and of the conveniences of civilization must have greatly modified the character and habits of the people, yet it is certain that they retained their native lanoaiaofe, from which manv places in the county i • " i i i derive their present names, and that they continued to use many of their native customs, in particular those connected with the burial of the dead, as Roman 1 Henry's Hist, of Britain, i., 343. 2 Notitia Imperii, drawn up a little after the reign of Honorius. 3 See Wright's Hist, of Uricoiiium, and an article on " Roman Shrop- shire," by Mr. Thompson Watkin, in Shrop. Arch. Trans., ii., 317. BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. 165 remains have been found in Iberian hut circles and in Celtic tumuli, proving that these were in use in Roman times. Native princes continued to exercise authority in subordination to the Romans, often assuming Roman names, as Lucius, the prince who is recorded by Nennius, Bede, and other authorities, to have become a Christian in the latter part of the 2nd century. Christianity1 had made great progress among the Britons in the 3rd century ; in 3 L 4 they sent three bishops to the Council of Aries, and before the Romans left the island Christianity was probably the dominant religion, but no vestiges of the Christianity of this period have yet been discovered in Shropshire. The only places in the county, besides Uriconium, at which there are any traces of Roman buildings, are : — 1. — Oakengates, on the Watling Street, near which a Roman hypocaust and some coins have been found. The station of Uxacona was at or near this place. 2. — Bury Walls, Hawkstone. where, in a quadran- gular fortification enclosing 20 acres, have been found the remains of a bath, a silver Roman spur, a large hewn stone, and pieces of earthenware and brick • and near to which, at Weston, were foundations of what was probably a small Roman villa. There are also traces of a Roman road here, and of a camp near it on Hopton Hill. 3. — Old Oswestry is a strongly intrenched camp in the form of an oblong parallelogram containing over 15 acres, within which have been found a well a pavement, pieces of iron like armour, and a round shield a foot in diameter.2 The pavement, and the shape of the forti- fication, indicate that the camp was altered and made into a permanent dwelling place, if not originally formed, by the Romans. 1 Thackeray's Eccl. £ Pol. State of Ancient Britain gives all tlio authorities on this subject. 2 Hlngravcd for the Soc. of Antiquaries in 17G3, Salopia Antiqua, p. 80, u, IGG BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. These three are the only places north of Uriconium which show traces of permanent Roman residence.1 South of Uriconium we have — 4. — Yarchester, 2 a mile N.W. of Wenlock, where there are traces underground of buildings which may have belonged to a small station or to a large villa. 5. — Pontesbury,3 where a handsome tessellated floor and other remains of a bath belonging to a rich man's villa were discovered about the year 1793. G. — Acton Scott, where remains of a villa were discovered in 1 8 1 7, and further excavated in 1844. Six Greek coins were found here, rancniio- from B.C. 250 to A.D. 50. 7. — Linley Hall. In the park here there are remains of a large villa, with an aqueduct, &c. 8. — Rushbury. Near the Roman camp here some Roman masonry and tiles have been found. There are a number of other camps in the southern part of the county, the territory of the Ordovices, which are quadrangular in shape, and are therefore presumably Roman, but as no buildings or coins or other Roman remains have been found near them, they were probably only thrown up for temporary purposes during the conquest of the county, or while the roads were bein£ made through it, and are no indication of any permanent Roman settlements. These are at Nordy Bank near Glee St. Margaret, on Callow Hill between Habberley and Minsterley, at the Walls at Chesterton near Worfield, three near Glun, one at Bank Farm near Longnor, one on Pontesford Hill, and one at Norton Camp near Stokesay. Two or three of these were probably originally British, and adapted to Roman use ; the rest were made by the Romans. The 1 These and almost all the other Roman remains in the county are enumerated and described by Mr. Thompson YVatkin in Shropsh. Arch. Trans., ii., 317. 2 Wright's Uriconium, p. 35. 3 J%. for 1793, p. 1144. BRITISH SFIROPSHIRE. 167 lead mines on the Stiperstones are proved by inscrip- tions on pigs of lead found there to have been worked under Hadrian, A.D. 117 to 138 ; and the copper mines at Llanymynech must have been worked in the 4th century, as coins of Constantine, A.D. 30G to 337, have been found there. Very likely the grotto at Hawk- stone also is the remains of a Roman copper mine ; and the villas at Pontesbury and Linley may have been built for officials of the lead mines, and that at Weston for someone connected with the Hawkstone copper mine. The only recorded finds of Roman coins, except at Uriconium, appear to be near Ratlinghope, on the Wild Moors near Kynnersley (principally of Constan- tine), near Welshampton, and a find of nearly 1,000 small brass coins of the middle of the 3rd century in the parish of Moreton Say, made in 1898.1 The last throe places are in the northern division of the county, the territory of the Cornavii. Some coin moulds were found in 1747 at Ryton, near Condover, but probably belonged to foroers. It will be seen from the above list of Roman remains that besides Uriconium itself no traces of Roman settle- ments have been found in North Shropshire, except a fortified post at Bury Walls, another at Old Oswestry, and villas at Weston and Oakengates; and that the almost total absence of Roman camps corroborates the silence of Tacitus, and leads to the belief that the Romans had exceedingly little fighting to do in the Shropshire part of the territory of the Cornavii. In South Shropshire we have remains of five villas, two at least being probably residences of officials of the mines. We have no important permanent fortification, but a large number of temporary camps, indicating, as Tacitus indicates, that the resistance of the Ordovices gave a good deal of trouble to the Romans, though it 1 See Catalogue of Exhibition of Shropshire Antiquities, 1898, at which some of these coins were exhibited. Vol. XI., '2nd S. W 168 BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. is very likely that some of the camps were merely built for the protection of the workmen engaged in making ther oads, and their existence does not prove that there was lighting in their neighbourhood. Very few, if any, Romans probably remained in Shropshire after the troops had been withdrawn from Britain, and although the native chiefs had learnt Roman habits, and their subjects had acquired some Roman arts, yet the incursions of savage tribes soon extirpated the Romanisers, and destroyed the Roman buildings ; and the only influence which the Roman occupation had on the future history of the county was the influence of their roads. But this is an influence which can hardly be exaggerated. The Roman roads were the first metalled roads made here, and very few indeed were made for 1300 years after the Romans left. Many of them are still used ; every town in the north of the county, at any rate, seems to have been built on or close to a Roman road ; and along the Roman roads no doubt came most of the subsequent invaders of the county. The only two Roman roads, probably, mentioned in Antonine's Itinerary,1 which passed through Shropshire are his second and twelfth. The second led from the Roman Wall to Rich borough in Kent, and connected Chester with Uriconium, Oakeno-ates, and Penkrid£e, the stations on it being Chester to Bovium 10m., to Mediolanum 20m., to Rutunium 12m., to Uriconium 1 lm., to Uxaconium 11m., to Pennocrucium 12m. It is generally admitted that this road from Uriconium to Pennocrucium is the Watling Street, which runs through Wellington, Oakengates, and Weston, but the northern part has not been identified. There was 1 Printed at the end of Speed's History, and, so far as relates to Briton, in llinri/, vol. ii., |>. 117 — 138. The miles mentioned in it arc Roman miles of 1,000 paces, about 112 yards short of an English milo. The Itinerary was probably drawn up under Antoninus Pius, A.D. 13S to 161, and many Roman roads may havo beon made after that timu, BRITISH SHROPSHIRE. 169 certainly a Roman road from Uriconium almost due north to Bury Walls, where traces of it, with remains of two Roman milestones, have been found ; by Frees, where the name Watling Street survived till quite lately ; to Whitchurch, and thence by Malpas to Chester, the strai. ^Ursula Payne. 188 THE M.K15E, 1JASCHURCH. [« Richard Ward Oflley, of Hinton &=f=Sarah, d. of George Penbury, of Wother- Baschurch ; d. 17U2. I ton & Rorrington. Ward Oflley ; Sir Henry Wakeriian, Bart., of Perdis-=f= Sarah Oflley, b. 175!); cV. s.p. 1793. well, co Worcester; d. 1831. Sold J/ m. ]7(J7;'d. lHi'J. the .Merc estate in 1828. Y The Arms of Ward are : — Argent, two bars gules each charged with three martlets or, in chief a cross- crosslet between two fleur-de-lis azure, all within a bordure engrailed sable, a mullet for ditlerence. The Amis of Oflley are : — Argent, on a cross patonce azure, between four Cornish choughs proper, a lion statant guard ant or. The property therefore came to Arthur Ward of Hinton, on the death of his half-brother Roger, or his nephew Roger. On his death it passed to his only surviving son, Arthur Ward ; and on his death in 1G71, his son Arthur Ward succeeded, but died without issue in 1G8C, when it came to his sister and heiress, Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Oflley. Their great- granddaughter, Sarah Oflley, married Sir Henry Wakeman, and they finally sold the estate on 25th December, 1828, as stated above. W.G.D.F. 189 THE DOMESTIC HISTORY OF flENRY VYNAR, OF LONDON AND CON DOVER, TOGETHER WITH A TRANSCRIPT OF HIS WILL. [Vy Tin; Rev. C. H. 1 HUNK W ATKIi, M. A. The following curious domestic history is found in the first page of' the Condover Court Roll Rook, in the handwriting of Henry or Harry Vynar, who came into possession of the Condover estate about the year 1570, in succession to Robert Longe, whose daughter Mary he had married. He had spent his early married life in London, as a mercer, where he probably acquired some wealth. We learn indirectly that he was in a fair way to municipal honours, when he retired from business and removed to Salop, for among the god- parents of his children are found the "lorde mayor" Sir Thomas Lodge, Mr. Alderman Marty n, My Lady Laxton, and others who must have moved in the higher circles of civic society. We see that he was tinctured with one of the fashionable foibles of the time, for he records the sign of the Zodiac, under which several of his children were born, particularising the first part or quarter in some cases, as though that were an important item tending to the future advantage or detriment of the individual.1 The careful mention of the sponsors in each case shows a desire to conform to rubrics, and 1 Dr. Johnson in bis Lives of the Poets, Speaking of Hudibras says " Astrology, against which so much of this satire is directed, was not more the folly of the Puritans than of others. It had at that time a very extensive dominion. Its predictions raised hopes and fears in minds which ought to have rejected it with contempt. In ha/, anions undertakings Care was taken to begin under the inlluence of a propitious plane! ; and, wle-u the king was prisoner in Uarisbrook Vol. \l, 2nd H. V 100 THE DOMESTIC HISTORY we must not overlook the note which is attached to each of the first three children, but afterwards dropped or omitted, respecting an additional sponsor. In the case of the first child. Mary, it is there stated, " And her godmother at the bysshoppe Mrs. Meredeth " Again in that of the third, Harry, " and fnr. John harford my father in law was his godfath' at the bisshoppe." The rubric in the first prayer-book of Edward VI,, 1549, directs thus, " then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shalbee his god- father or godmother, that euerye childe maye haue a witfenesse of his conflrmacion," but here we find this " wittenesse " apparently selected at the time of the child's baptism (unless indeed this record was compiled with additions many years afterwards), for which practice I have not found warrant nor example else- where. We may notice that both of Henry Vynar's wives were " ower young" when married. The first, Mary Longe, only a little over 14 years; and the second, Anne Lane, not 17 years old. It seems also that baptismal names were selected by the godparents, even at the risk of having two children of the same Castle, an astrologer was consulted what; hour would be found most favourable to an escape." Henry, in his History of Great Britain, iij. 575, speaking 0f astrology, tells us " Nor did this passion for penetrating into futurity prevail only among the common people, but also among persons of the highest rank and greatest learning. All our kings ami many of our carls and great barons had their astrologers, who resided in their families, and were consulted by them in all undertakings of great importance." The great man kept these " to cast the horuscoj>es of his children, discover the success of his designs, and the public events that were to happen." "Their predictions" he adds "were couched in very general and artful terms." Strype in his annals of the Reformation, ij. 1G, sub. anno 1570, says, " And because the welfare of the nation did so much depend upon the queen's (Elizabeth's) marriage measures were employed secretly, by calculating her nativity, to enquire into her marriage. For winch art even Secretary Cecil himself had some opinion. I have nut among his papers such a judgment made, written all with his own hand." It would be noticed that this date is only one year OF HENRY VYNAR. 191 name in one family. Here will be found two Eliza- beths, two Annes of one mother. It may be that the first-born in each case had not survived the perils of infancy. The death, however, is not recorded of any except the first Mary, who lived to be six, and of the first Elizabeth, who died soon after her birth. Henry Vynar was himself dead in 1586, being about 40 years old. There is a notice of the family in the Visitation of Salop, 1G23 {Harleian Society, vol. xxix., pp 475-6), but it is a very imperfect one, and, as the following records show, by no means a correct one. By his first wife the heralds credit him with two sons and two daughters, whereas there was only one son, Harry ; and one MS. says that one of these two sons was named Ralphe Veinor, but there was no Halphe in either family. A fragment of the Veinor pedigree was tacked on to the Vynor tree ! By his second wife they give him one child Anne, whereas we shall see that he had by her quite a quiverful, no less than fourteen children (five boys and nine girls), and nine of these before the birth of Vynar's daughter Elizabeth, who was born when the Syne was in Caprycorne. Sheridan in his notes on l'ersins, 2nd Edition, 1639, p. 79, says — "To give some little notion of the ^opinion of the) aneients oon- cerning horoscopes. The ascendant was understood by them to be that part of Heaven which arises in the East the moment of the child's birth. This containing thirty degrees was called the first house.'" [N. B. William Vynar was born in the firste 'par tie of Aries ] "In this point the astrologers observed the position of the heavenly constellations, the planets, and the fixed stars, placing the planets and the signs of the zodiack in a figure which they divided into twelve houses, representing the whole circumference of heaven. The first was anyidus oi ientu (by some called the horoscope), showing the form and complexion of the child then born ; and likewise the rest had their several significations, too tedious to be inserted here, because of no US3 in the least. The heathen astrologers, in casting nativities, held that every man's genius was the companion of his horoscope and that the horoscope was tempered by it : hence pro- ceeded that union of minds and friendship which was observed among some." To t hese notices, which I take from Brand's Popular Antiquities, may be added that the whole system of astrology is still in force at Constantinople and Ispahan, and at various other Eastern Courts. 192 THE DOMESTIC HISTORY fourteen are mentioned in the will, and lour children came into the world after the date of the will, and one, the first Elizabeth, had then died. Nine of the younger children were born at Condover. The will is, both holograph and autograph, authenti- cated by the seal of the testator, but not attested by witnesses, nor has it the probate attached, and so possibly it may not have been proved. As this paper purports to be a domestic history, it has not been lengthened out by the addition of Henry Vynar's documents relating to the manor of which he was the lord, although much might have been transcribed of a very interesting character, throwing light upon the manners and customs of this Royal Manor, which from Saxon times down to the present day has maintained its manorial character, having for its lords not merely noblemen and ecclesiastics, but royal personages, ruling monarchs, and princely scions of both sexes.1 [DOMESTIC HISTORY OF HKNTlY VYNOR OF LONDON.] In {February, 1546, 1 Henry Vynor was xxijth yeares oldc and the 22 of ffebruarij 1551 was marryed unto mary longe dowghter of Mr Robert Longe of London m'c' | whom dyed the 12 daye of July 15(31. And the 25 daye of Maye 1562 I marryed Anne Lane dawghter of Mr wiihn. Lane grocer. Jesus. MEMORANDUM that I harry Vynar of London m'c' marryed Mary the eldest dawghter of Mr Robart Longe Cytizen and mercer of London the xxij daye of februarij beynge 1 r£he succession of the lords of the Munor of Condover is thus given in "An Indenture made the 17th daye of September in the lyrste yeare of the Reygne of ower dreade Soveragne lorde Kinge Ed\varde the Sixth by the grace of God King of Englande Fraunce and Irelanue defender of the fayth and in Earthe of the Churche of Englande and allso of lrelande the supreme hedde." "The lords lovcll, hollonde and Burnell, the noble pry nee Kinge henry the vij11' the iiidst I'.unos prynce Kinge henry the viijth S1' Richard Corbett Knight Sr Richard Cornewall Knight Sr thomas leighton Knight And Sr Henry Knyvett Knight lord's of the same manner succk- eessyvely." OF HENRY VYNAft. 193 mvndaye in the yeare of our Lorde god 1551 and by her had tlics children followeng, Mary. The 25 daye of decomber 1553, beynge tuysdaye and Seynte Stephens daye y'modyattly vpon vij of the clocke in the morneng 1 had a dawghter borne whose godfather was M1' Willm. coppinger & her godmothers was my mother in Lawe Mrs Cicely longe & MM Thamyzyn dauntesy and named her inary. | And her godmother at the bysshoppe M1'3 meredeth. Anno. The JO dayo of februarij 1555, beynge mvndaye betwyxt one and twoo of the clocke in the afternone very neare vnto twoo of the clocke I had a dawghter borne whose godfather was mr thorn's longe her vnckle and her godmothers my mother in lawe Mrs Cycely Longe and her Aunte mta morrcdeth. And named her Anne | and my owne mother was her godmother at the bysshoppe. harry. The 20 daye of november 1557, beynge Saterdaye betwixt one and twoo in the afternone very neare vnto twoo of the clocke I had a Sunne borne whose godfathers was mr willm. longe and mr harry longe his vnckles and my mother in lawe Mra Cicely longe his godmother and they mimed hym harry | and ml John liar ford my father- in law was his godfath' at the bysshoppe. Mary. The 2 daye of July 15G1 beynge wensdaye a lyttyll after vij of the clocke in the morning I had a dawghter borne whose godfather was mr Thomas heton m'c' and her godmothers M18 Thainesyn dawntesye 6c mrs mawdelyn Sadler her Aimtes and they named her mary. The 21 daye of Marche 1559 last paste beynge tuysdaye mary my eldest dawghter dyede beynge of thage of vj years & A quarter and lyeth buried in Seynte Lawrens chirehe in tholdo Jury in London not farro from her grandfather k grandmother and her epytaphe 1 over passe. The 12 daye of Julye 1501, beynge Satcrdaye Mary my wylle dyode beyngo of the Age of xxiiij yeares A iiallfe and ij monthes and she lyeth buryed in Seynte Lawrens chirehe in the olde Jury in London vnder the stone wheare her father & mother lyeth vpon whose sowle 1 beseche ow' Lorde Jesue Cryste haue mercy and graunte yt everlasteng blysse in heavyne. The 25 daye of maye 1502 beynge mvndaye 1 wasmarryed vnlo M1H Anne Lane the eldost daughter of Mr willm. Lane grocer of London. And by her had thes chylderne lollowe', whiehe Anne was xvij yeare olde at mydsomer folio wenge after lier marry age. 194 THE DOMESTIC HISTORY Thomas. The 9 daye of October 15G3, beynge Saterdaye botwixte one and twoo in the afternone 1 had a Sonne borne whose godfathers was Sr thorn's lodge lord mayor of London & Mr willm. burde Customer of London and my Lady Lax ton godmother and named hym thomas. Anne. The 29 daye of September 15G4 beynge frydaye and mychaellmas daye somewhatt before elevyn of the clocke in the forenone I had a daughter borne whose godfather was Mr peter osborne and her godmother my Lady lodge and Mrs Marttyn And they named her Anne. Richarde. The 5 daye of november 15G5, beynge mvndaye hallfe A quarter of An bower before v of the clocke in the morneng I had a sonne borne whose god fathers was mr Roger marttyn allderman of London & mr thomas srnythe customer and his godmother Mrs mary Alington howe be ytt She Came but as deputy to her moth' mr3 Jane Alyngton and they named him Richarde. Elizabeth. The 15 daye of Awguste 15G7, beynge frydaye betwene twoo and three of the clocke in the afternone very neare vnto three I had a daughter borne whose godfather was mr Luke Lane ^ her godmothers m1'8 Elizabeth dale her Aunte & mrs Elizabeth betenson her Cussyn godmothers and they named her Elizabeth, | and She dyede the fyrste daye of September followeng and lyeth buryed att wansworthe in Surrey. Johane. The 11 daye of marche 1568, beynge frydaye A bowte x of the clocke at night I had a daughter borne whose godfather was Mr Luke Lane her Vnkle and her god- mothers Mrs Elizabeth dale & Mrs Elizabeth byttynson and they named her Johane. Elizabeth. The 14 daye of January 1571, beynge mvndaye betwixt v & vj of the clocke in the afternone the Signe beynge in caprycorne I had a daughter borne whose god- father was Mr Thorn's Owens and her godmothers mrs Anne Osborne and m" Elizabeth Blunt & they named her Elizabeth. Anne. The 5 daye of July beynge Sunday 1573 the Signe beynge in the fyrste partte of Lybra I had a daughter borne betwixt vij and viij of the clocke in the forenone her godfather was mr Adam Otteley & her godmothers my Lady hough ton & mrd Elynor le and they named her Anne. Willm. The 17 daye of January beynge mvndaye 1574, the Sigue beynge in the firste partte of Aries 1 had a Sonne borne betwixt iiij and fyve of the clocke in the morncngo OF HENRY VYNAR. 195 A quarter of An hovver before fyve his godfathers was mr Richard lee & m* Willm. fowler Ms godmother mla Ely nor leighton and they named hym willm. Mary. The 31 daye of december beynge Saterdaye 1575 the Signe beynge in Caprycorne I had A daughter borne betwixt twelve and one hallfe an hower paste twelve in the daye tyme her godfather was mr Stephen duckett her godmothers mra Mary fowler and mrs Anne blyeth and named her Mary. Martha. The 10 daye of februarij beynge Simdaye 157G the Signe beynge in Sagytarius betwixt one and twoo of the clocke in the mornenge I had a dawghter borne her god- father was mr Richard prynce her godmothers mrs Elenor webbe and mra liarris and they named her martha. Ely nor. The 5 daye of Aprell 1578 beynge Saterdaye the Signe beynge in the firste partte of Aries Abowte v of the cloeke in the afternone I had a dawghter borne her god- father was mr Gabriell Lane her godmothers mrs Elynor leighton m™ Elynor Burnell my Kyns worn". Edwarde. The 21 daye of September 1579 beynge mvndaye the Signe beynge in the hallfe of Libra about xj of the clocke before noone 1 had a Sonne borne his godfathers was mr Edward Cooker & mr thomas mackworth his godmother m18 Mary Ottley and they named Edward. Mawdlynne. The 20 daye of June 1583 beynge wensdaye the signe beynge in Gaprieornyvs betwixt sevynne and eight of the clocke in the morneng I had A dawghter borne whose godfather was mr John Webbe of Salop, her god- mothers m" Anne Edwards of Salop and Johane cro'pton & named her mawdlyne. (Nicholas.) The '±1 of October 1584 beynge thursday Nicholas Vynar was borne betwen a vj & vij of the cloke at nigh to whoso godfathers was Mr Gabriell Lane his vnkle & Thomas S my the of Chatford, his godmother Ann Scryven of Condovor. (Endorsed.) 1577. MR. henry vyner's will. Jn the name of God Amen the xix of December An0 1577 Anil in the xxth yeare of the Ueyne of our soverayne Lady Elyzabeth By the grace of God Quehe of England, 1 [Vance, ami Ireland, l)et'emler of the fayth and in yearth supreme hedd of the churche of lihqlande and [relaudo foe', I Henry Vyner of Gondolier; in the; County of Salop gentyllman beynge in perfect health ami memory thaheks be vnto allmighty god Make my devyse and Las to wyll As towchenge all my Landes, tone- THE DOMESTIC HISTORY mcntts and heredytamentts Rentts reversyon and s'uyces Wthin the p'yshe of Condouer in the County of Salop my personage of Condouer and all my tyethes thereunto belongyng or apperteyneng in the sayde p'yshe of Condouer The advowson and patronage of the vickarage of Condouer my porcyon of tyeth in yockyllton wth the Appurtena'ces and all other heredytamentts whatsoqucr w<-h 1 haue or to me of, right belongeth \vthin the sayde countye or ells vvheare vvthiu the Reallme of Englend ffyrste J geaye and bequeath vnto Anne Vynar my Eldest daughter begotten on mary vynar my wyffe deceasyd all my porcyon of tyethe in yockyllton wth thappurtena'ces to haue and to holde to her and her heyers for ever. Itm I vvyll that Anne my welbelouyed wyffe shall haue y'medyattly after the Redemynge or expirynge of A lease made vnto my brother Richard harforde of bosberry in the countye of hereforde deceasyd beryng date the viijth daye of December in the tenth yeare of ower sayde Soverayne Lady, my personage of Condou' wth all tyethes there vnto belonginge or in any wise apperteynenge in the p'yshe of Condou' or ells wheare, The advowsen and patronage of the vickarage of Condon' foresayde All my Landes tehementts and heredyta- mentts medowes pastures feedengs Com'ens woods vnderwoods waters fTyshings proflytts com'odytyes and advantagis whatsocuer in the foresayde p'yshe of Condou' in the foresayde county of Salop or ells wheare wthin the Reallme of Englonde wch vnto me of right belongeth or in anywise apperteyneth To have and to holde the foresayde personage of Condou' wth all tyethes thereunto belonging The advowson and patronage of 1 1 10 vyckaragc theare, All my Landes tenementts and heredytamentts Rentts reversyon and s'uycis medowes pastures ffeedings woods vnderwoods waters ffysshings profytts com'odv'es and advantagis whatsocuer in the foresayde p'yshe of condouer and countye of Salop or ells wheare wtllin the Reallme of Engl and e vnto the foresayde Anne my wyffe dining her naturall lyfte. And after her decease I wyll that Thomas Vynar my sonne shall receave the yssues and proffyttes of my personage of condou' The advowson and patronage of the vyekarage All my Landes tenementts and heredytamentts rentts reversyon and s'uycis whasoeuer before and above recyted to the infrntto that, he shall Satysfye and pave vnto Richard Vynar my Sonne twoo hundreth pouiuls wlh T wyll and bequetho vnto the sayde Ivicharde Att his full Age of xxj(i yoaics And vnto will'ni vynar my sonne twoo hundreth pounds lor my bequoste & leg.icy to be pay do to the saydo will'ni At; liis full Age ol x \j" yeares And one hundreth pounds OF HENRY VYNAlt. 197 to Anne Vynar my oldest daughter begotten on Anne my wyffe to be payde to the sayde Anne att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxju yeares wch do fyrste happen And to Johane my daughter one hundreth pounds for my bequcste to her to be payde att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxjli yeares wch do fyrste happen. And vnto Elizabeth my dawghter one hundreth pounds for my bequest to her to be payde att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxjli yeares wch do fyrste happen And vnto Anne Vynar the yonger one hundreth pounds for my bequeste to her to be payde att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxju yeares \vch do fyrste happen, Ami vnto mary my dawghter begotten on the body of Anne my wyffe one hundred pounds for my bequest to her to be payde att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxju yeares wch do fyrste happen, And vnto Martha my daughter one hundreth pounds for my bequest to her to be payde att the daye of her marryage or Age of xxju yeares wch do fyrste happen. Itm after payments made as beforesayde I geaue and bequeath vnto Thomas Yynar my sonne my personage of Condover wth all the tythes thereunto belongyng The advowson and patronage of the Vyckarage theare All my Landes Tene- mcntts and heredytamentts whatsoever Rentts reversyon S'uycis medowes pastures lleedings woods vnderwoods water ff'yshings proffytts Com'modytes and advantages whatsoeuer in the p'yshe of Condou' and countye of Salop Aforesayde and above recyted To haue and to holde to the sayde Thorns Yynar and his heyers males of hys body lawfully begotten for- ever payeng performynge as Aforesayde And indefawte of such yssue to Richard Vynar my sonne and to the heyers males of body Lawfully begotten forever payeng performenge and accomplyshenge to will'm Vynar my sonne and to h)s systers as aforesayde And in defawte and laeke of suehe yssue to will'm Vynar my sonne and to the heyers males of hys body Lawfully begotten payengo p'formynge and accomplyshenge unto suelie of hys systers as shall then (be) vnmarryodo and nott preferred And indefawte and Laeke of suche yssue to be Equally divyded Emongest all my dawghters And for laeke of \ssuo of them to the Right hovers of me the sayde henry Vynar for ever. Jt'm I wyll that yf Thomas Vynar my sonne pracktys go a bowte and sell The foresayde personage patronage advowson Landes Tenementts and heredytamentts a bove exprcssyd or Recyted or any partte thereoff", that than liys next brother or hys heyers males shall enter wholv vpo' the premyssys and the same holde and in ioye notwthstandenge i4iiy thynge to the contrary a bove or before speoyfyedo And 198 THE DOMESTIC HISTORY OF HENRY VYNAR. in Lyke manner yf the sayde Landes shall happen and come vnto Rychard Vynar my sonne, And yf he att any tyme do pracktys go Abo w to and sell as beforesayde than 1 wyll the foresayde premyssys shall come vnto will'm Vynar my sonne and to hys heyers males for ever notwthstandeng anytliinge afore expressed to the contrary, and for Lacke of such Lawfull yssue to be divyded Emongest my dawghters and theyre heyers for ever, And yf thys my Laste wyll and Testament t be not done in due forme of Lawe and tlierby some Questyon mayo happen through my yngnorance I wyll the same maye not be expounded by extremyty of Lawe but Equally in the favor of cache and every of my chylderne, And to as myche advan- tage for my wyffe for terme of her lyfte as she by Lawe may haue It'm my wyll ys that for Lacke of yssue of my sonnes as A bove sayde, or of my dawghters as afore Uecyted thatt than tho foresayde Lands and other the premyssys shall go vnto henry vynar my sonne and hys heyers for ever And in wytnesse to the truth 1 have wretonne thys my Laste wyll wfhowte blotto enterlyneng or Rasuere the daye and year A bove sayde By me Henry Vynar. [Seal: — Arms, Azure, a bend or, on a chief argent a saltire engrailed gules between two Cornish choughs proper. Crest, an arm in armour, proper, garnished or, holding in the hand of the first a gem ring of the second.] L99 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. — TWO EARLY CHARTERS. Transcribed and Edited by hie Rev. C. IL DRINK WATER, NT. A. A rem auk which Mr. Eyton makes in the preface to his " Court Household and Itinerary of Henry IT." p. 8, will he found to considerably obviate the only objection which can be urged against the two docu- ments transcribed below, and especially the latter of them He had been speaking of an alleged letter of Pope Alexander III., proved to be a forgery not merely by its extravagant absurdities, but by its date, and he says, " This letter, being a nearly coeval forgery, has its use, in that it shows what certain impostors or partizans of a later day thought or wished to be thought or cared to circulate." His argument amounts to this, that forgers to be at all successful must make their statements in exact accordance with the manners and circumstances of the times and persons they were using ; they must not, to use another of his expressions, " belie themselves by absurdities or anachronisms. " Now, I am not going to insinuate or allow that the second of these documents, (the Confirmation Charter of King Stephen), is an absolute forgery from beginning to end, either in fact or in intention, for it is, for the most part, a recital of former Charters, and it has almost every possible mark of authenticity ; but I would like to show that even upon the extreme sup- position of its having been forged, the forgery must have been perpetrated very soon after its implied date, and all the facts must have been sufficiently circum- stantial to deceive those, who had greater or less facili- ties for knowing the truth, and also some personal interest in exposing the falsity. Putting aside the Vol. XI., 2'i'ul S. A 1 200 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. main notion, the monks intended to convey, that to certain grants of land and tithes they had the unquali- fied consent of former monarchs, all the particular details of place-names, properties, personal names of donors and witnesses must have been set down in exact conformity with the facts, for there were plenty of people who could dispute their claims if such claims were ill founded. But after minute examination and comparison with contemporary documents and histories, I cannot say that either of these charters is forged. I have looked into every statement, compared them with extant records, tiaced changes in the place-names, in short, taken considerable pains to sift and verify every item of any importance. One element of sus- picion there was, but even that disappeared when other records were studied, and that was the fulsome adula- tion, or gross flattery, which pervades the mention ot most of the royal donations. 'Niliil nisi bonum' {optimum would better suit the quotation) is recorded of several whose moral and religious characters are now known not to have been above suspicion. This is perhaps excusable. The "powers that were" had to be conciliated, King Stephen especially. His right to the throne was stoutly disputed from the very first, and his occupa- tion thereof was deemed an usurpation. Flattery, therefore, was the abbot's best policy, if he and his monks were to retain the various tithes, manors, and advowsons which others had granted; and so, plausible representations of piety of preceding donors abound in his Charter, representations, moreover, which would most likely have influenced the Empress Matilda equally with Stephen, if she had gained the upper hand. Mr. Eyton, in his account of the parish of Morville, has cast suspicion upon a Foundation Charter granted to the Abbey of Shrewsbury by Hugh Karl of Mont- gomery, specifying pointedly the fact that "the Earl talks of his demesne of Astley, near liruge, whereas Bruge was a nameless and barren rock in his day, and probably involved in the very demesne of Astloy, which TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 201 lie is speaking of." But in the foundation Charter of Earl Hugh which follows, Astley and Brnge are not even mentioned, and so this Charter cannot be the one to which he refers. Another objection is made by him to that Charter, which lies against this, viz., that it was sealed with his own seal, — as though the sealing of deeds was not usual a that early period, — but here he is mistaken, for the " sealing of deeds and writs was first practised in England in A.D. 1 079," fifteen years before the death of Karl Roger, who was Earl Hugh's father, and probably long before the execution of this undated Charter, which cannot have been earlier than A.D. 1094 or later than A.D. 1098. On the whole we may safely conclude that the two Charters now published (the latter for the first time) are valuable helps to the history of Shrewsbury Abbey and its dependencies, and the second of them, when carefully studied, will throw light upon much that is obscure in parochial and local history. The documents themselves are not the originals, but have every appearance of being authentic copies ; they are stitched together, and, although in the hands of a private gentleman, must have been taken originally from the muniment chest of the Abbey. (Dorso) Carta domini Hugonis eomitis super libertatibus concessis. Hugo comes Salopesberie 1 uniuersis lidelibus et amicis suis Baroiribus minis tris et omnibus hominibus suis tain presentibus quam fivfcuris, Salutem. — Volo uos omues scire quod una dierum cum starcm ante sop ill eh ruin patris mei Rogeri eomitis et recordatus fuissem quod ipse adhuc uiuens pre- ceperat mi hi diligere et manutenere elemosinam suam,scilicet- abbaciam Sulop&sberie, compunctus paterne dilectiunis et pietatis afteetU; coneessi et in puram et perpetuam elemosinam eoniirmaui pro salute mea, et pro anima eius et pro animabus antecessorum meorum. quod predicta abbacia cum omnibus pei'tinentijs suis libera et quieta sit ab oinni eonsuetudine, et 202 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. vexatione ct exact ione vieecoinitum et aliorum quorumlibet ministrorum et ab omni servicio seculari*2 Et ideo nolo et firmiter statuo in perpetuum ut monachi in predicta ecclesia dco seniientes. omnes terras et possessiones et omnia tene- menta sua que nunc tenent vel que in futurum adepturi sunt de cuiuscunque dono fuerint habeant et teneant. bene et in pace et libere et quiete et honorifice et ipsi et omnes homines sui liberi sint et quieti ab omni operatione castellorum 3 et uiuariorimi 4 et pontium 6 et uiarum 6 et omnium operum sectarum.2 nec summagia7 iaciant* nec aliqua comitatus negocia exerceant et sint quieti et immunes de schiris8 et de hun- dredis8 et habeant curiam suam de omnibus placitis et de omnibus lbrisfacturis horn inum suorum et ibi rectum teneant alijs et iusticiam suam habeant tarn bene et plenarie sicut ego liabeo et sicut melius et plenius eis dare possum. Sint etiam liberi et quieti de geldo militum 9 et de geldo communi 10 et de omni seruicio unde denarius exigitur.11 Concede etiam ut baron es mei uel burgenses uel milites quicunque uoluerint de teiris et facultatibus sins eis largiantur absque ulla mei uel meorum heredum licentia* ita ut de data elemosina mihi nullum uiterius seruiciiim iaciant uel clantes uel recipientes. Et hoc sciant omnes mei fideles quia nichil retineo in honore sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli nisi oraciones et bene- Hcium monachorum in hoc loco manencium et tarn liberam hodie hunc honorem constituo ut nullus sit qui post me liber- tatis uel quietis aliquid possit addere. Et si falsus monetarius 12 de alterius terra aduenticius in terra sancti Petri captus fuerit : eorpus cum pecunia reddatur mihi : Si uero falsarius de terra sancti Petri fuerit: corpus solumniodo reddatur mihi, pecunia autem erit abbatis. I)e latroni bus ante m iusticiam sibi concedo et pecuniam' si abbas uel per so uel per sues ipsam iusticiam facere uoluerit. Sin autem corpus tan turn reddatur mihi et pecunia erit abbatis. Hoc tantum retineo et nichil aliud. Decimaui uero uenationis mee de toto comitatu salopessire concedo perpetuo esse in hoc loco, preter siluas Sancte Mil- burgc,1;i llec autem omnia facio pro animabus patris et matris mee et mea et omnium ad me pertinencium et pro anima regis Willelmi11 et Matildis regine et filioruin suorum. Quare nolo et lirmiter }>recipio quod prefati monachi habeant et teneant omnes terras et possessiones et omnia tenementa sua bene et in pace et libere et quiete ct honoriiice et cum omnibus liber- tatibus et quietancijs^ supradictis In bosco et in piano et pratis et pasturis ct pascuis. In aquis et stagnis. In moien- dinis. In piscarijs. In moris. In via et semitis. In civitate et extra, et in omnibus iocis et rebus omnibus cum sochu10 et TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 203 *>acha 17 et tol 18 et team 19 et Infangenetbeof 19a Testibus Arnulfo,20 Rotberto de Belismo,21 Enerardo22 fratribus meis Rieardo de Belmesio,23 Rogero corebeth,24 et Rotberto fratre eius25 Hamundo peuerel,'20 Fulcoio uicecomite.27 Vlgero28 vena- tore. Radulfo29 de conedoura. et rnultis alijs. (SIGILLUM.) Carta Stepbani Regis cum subseriptione diuersorum Episco- porum. Cum prouidenti dispensatione dei — in cuius manu sunt potes- tates et iura regnorum, normannorum dux Willelmus30 cum ingenti angliam nauigio petens earn debellasset regnoque iure hereditario potitus cliuersas imperii sui prouincias diuersis secuni aduccLis baronibus suis contulisset: ROGERO de Monte- gummeri31 banc proumciam scilicet salopessiram32 contradidit. Qui illani suscipiens ut iustus et deo plenus qui dei erant omni sollicitudine prius curare et qui uiolata erant redinte- grare et ad dei seruicium reformare studuit. Et quoniam ahime sue providus custos fuerat et uxor illi non minoris erga deum deuocionis erat ADELAISIA33 nominee concedente rege Willelmo et archiepiscopo Lanfranco34 et patrie preside petro35 posuerunt monachos deo seruituros in quadam ecclesia in bonore sanctorum apostolorum petri et pauli constructa in suburbio Salopesberie ciuitatis : qui deum exorarent assidue pro animarum suarum salute et pro animabus omnium ante- cessorum suorum et beredum, qui ante eos ipsum bonorem recte possiderunt, vel possessuri sunt- Hanc autem ecclesiam memoratus comes et cometissa de suis propriis facultatibus a fundamentis instaurantes, babitationi monachorum congruam eflicere inceperunt ' sed morte interueniente non perfecerunt. lluic ueroecclesie ea que infra continentur. tarn pro animarum suarum quam pro omnium Xptanorum salute donauerunt perpetuoque concesserunt. Primo scilicet dederunt congre- gatis illic fratribus uicum quendaur6 iuxta eandem ecclesiam positum cum tribus molendinis,37 cunctisque redditibus qui ad cum pertinere noscuntur. hie autem uicus30 diuiditur a ciui- tate Salopesberie solo alueo iluminis intercurrentis, cui nomen est sauerna.38 Vicus autem i|»se biforieta3etri et pauli post mortem suam concessit fraternit atemque eius- dem loci recepit. Teste. Godebaldo67 et Ricardo de belmesio03 et Ricardo de rnonte Warolt.69 Hoc etiam filii siwardi edwardus et aldredus70 concesserunt. Teste Ricardo Londonie opiscopo et multis aliis. Quam uillam postea monachi con- sensu ct confirmatione regis Heniici72 et consilio baronum prouincie mutuo dederunt henrico de Sai73 propter aliam uillam nomiue brantonam74 quo eis uicinior et decentior erat. TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 205 Post ista autera supramemorata dona quiclam barones et inilites ipsius prouincie pro animarum suarum salute eidem ecclesie de suis possessionibus contulerunt. Scilicet Warinus60 uicecomes dedit duas hid as terre in uilla que dicitur tugafort 75 et decimam opetone70 quarh et semper cadem ecclesia habuerat a tempore regis Edwardi77 ecclesiam quo- que de beritona78 cum decima ipsius uille. Vxor uero79 illius post eius obitum dedit pro anima mariti sui domum80 quam habebat in ciuitatc de propria dote. Concedentibus filiis suis- eo pacto ut manens in cadem domo inueiiiret sepum ad illuminandam ecclesiam per singulas noctes totius anni. Herbertus de lurches81 dedit domum imam et terrain in agro que reddit per annum 11 solidbs. Rainaldus82 f'rater Warini uicecomitis dedit uiilam (pie vocatur lega.83 Aherius84 con- cessit edburtonam85 et quicquid ad earn pertinet. Girardus do tornai80 dedit uiilam unam que uocatnr bcttona-*7 Helgotus88 dedit hidam unam iuxta sauernam fluuium que ex adiacente siluula mora uocatur80 et piscariam in eodem flumine. Oilerius9u sacerdos dedit hidam unam in cherletona.91 Tochi92 aliam hidam in uilla que cota93 dicitur. Odo quoque miles94 dedit uiilam hordeleiam95 nomine. Decimam de Cambristona90 et ecclesiam de ithessaia97 dedit Rotbertus uicecomes98 aild 61 h'lius tedbaldi cum omnibus que ad earn pertinent, et cum decima ipsius manerii, scilicet in minimis et animalibus et messe. Et quia eandem ecclesiam tunc clerici habebanti precepit isdem Hotbertus98 ut cum illi morerentur. ecclesia in dominio sancti petri ueniret. Teste Ricardo23 Lendonie Episcopo. Goiffridus99 dedit dimidiam hidam in uilla que dicitur herleia.100 Sciendum quoque est quod sanctus petrus liabet dimidiam hidani in biritona101 de ecclesia de coned ou ra.102 45 Uec omnia concessit atque iirmauit uenerabilis comes ROGERVS05 testibus filiis eius et cum patre firmantibus, Hugone05 Rogero05 Arnulf'o05 cum baronibus plurimis. Def'uncto autem comite cum corpus eius in ecclesia sancti petri sepulture traderetur. Rogerus filius02 cor bet h dedit monachis ecclesiam de Wantenoura103 cum decima ipsius uille, deeimamque de iochehulla.104 Post obitum autem uenerabilis comitis Kogeri Hugo filius eius,05 digna proles tanti pat r is, ei in honorem successit. Quo tempore Rainaldus82 qui post mortem Warini uicecomitis uxorem illius cum honoro suseepit et hugo filius eiusdem Warini00 dederunt monachis ecclesiam Sancti Osiiuaidi10"' (it illam de mutla100 cum omnibus (pie ad eas pertinent et decimas de ncssa52 et de seraordina.ltJ7 coneedente comite ec testimonum perhibente cum pluribus aliis. Quadam uero die cum isdem uenera- bilis comes sepiihuram patris iiiujsere uonisset, diuina 20G SHREWSBURY ABBEY. inspiratus gratia, motusque pietate paterna. iuxta ipsam sepulturam conuocauit domnum fucheredum108 primum loci huius abbatem et coram cunetis baronibus qui aderant, reso- lutus in lacrimas, dixit. Pacera et quiotem nolo esse in hoc loco et ideo constituo banc abbatiam et omnia ad earn pertinentia ab omni consuetudine huius terre, quam ego possum condonare, esse libera in perpetuum et pacata et quieta* Homines monachorum nulla comitis ncgocia exer- ceant nulla castellorum109 sen uiuariorum sine pontium uel uiarum nee aliqua omnino opera faciant. sed quieti et immunes sint ab omnibus senilis et hundredis et placitis. et ab omni uicecomitum incursione et exactione et fiscali redditione. Et qui aliquam aduersus hominem sancti petri querelam habuerit! in curia abbatis conqueratur. et ibi rectum habeat. Et hoc sciant omoes mei fideles. quia nichil retineo in honore sanc- torum apostolorum petri et pauli. nisi orationes et beneficium monachorum in hoc loco manentium ' et tam liberum hodie hunc honorem constituo. ut nullus sit qui post me libertatis uel quietis aliquid possit add ere* Hoc tan turn retineo- quod si abbas huius loci superbia inflatus noluerit rectum facere uicinis suis! ego uel heres meus post me constringemus eura ad rec- tum faciendum. Et si falsusmonetarius110 dealterius terra aduen- ticius in terra sancti petri captus fuerit i corpus cum pecunia reddatur comiti. Si uero falsarius de terra sancti petri fuerit! corpus solummodo reddatur comiti. pecunia autem erit abbatis. De latronibus autem iusticiam sibi concedo et pocuniam, si abbas uel per se uel per suos ipsam iusticiam facere noluerit ; sin autem corpus tantum reddatur comiti et pecunia erit abbatis. Hoc tantUmmodo retineo! et nichil aliud. Deeima uero uenationis mee de toto comitatu salopes- sire concedo porpetuo esse in hoc loco, preter siluas sancte Mllburge:13 Hee autem omni facio pro animabus patris et matris mee et, mea (;t fratrum moorurn et omnium ad me per- tinentium, et pro anima regis Wtl'lelirii80 et Mathildis111 regine et (iliorum suorum. Si quis autem uel meo tempore uel post obitum usque in finem seculi aliquid ex his noluerit infringere uel auferio uel minuere! altissiinus qui dominatur in regno hominum auferat eum de terra el deleat nomen eius de libro uite! et [)er})etuo anachemate multatus. uermibus consurnptus intereat. Baroncs autem qui tunc presentes aderant uidentes tantam compunctionem doinini sui, tantamque audientes libertatem honoris huius monasterii ! pedibus eius prouoluti gratias egerunt deo. et tam piissimo uenerabilis comitis uoluntati. Hi quippo fuerunt ArntiKus20 frater eiusdein comitis. Uieardiis J:i de beliiiesio' is TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 207 copus factus est. Rotbertus21 uicecoraes. Rainaldus uice- comes.82 Rotbertus corbeth,26 et Rogerns frater eius,02 Picotus de sai.112 Hamundus peuerel.20 Fulcoius uicecomes27 et ornnes fere huius comitatus barones. Defuncto an tern pro- comite lmgone, cum Rotbertus21 de belesmo frater ipsius post eum comitatus suscepisset honorem i dedit ecclesie sancti petri et monachis eiusdem loci nil lam quo dicitur Basoherehe51 eum omnibus ad earn pertinentibus. Omnia quoque dona quo uol pater eius uel barones monachis contule- rant. et to tarn libertatem quam frater suns eis concesserat ipso concessit — et sigillo suo confirmauit. Post eum uero gloriosus rex llenricus113 comitatum in proprib tenens dominio. et audiens de pace et libertate et quietudine quam predictus comes bugo1 ecclesie sancti petri dedcrat, ut erat uir natura benignus et ecclesiarum dei cultor deuotus in primis benig- nitatem et deuotionem comitis admirans laudauit et promta uolimtato et alacri animo omni tempore deinceps tenenda mandauit' precipiens et constituens omnia ilia pacis et liberta- tis priuilegia que comes hugo1 sancto petro concesserat in perpetuum inuiolata permanere \ Addens omnibus anathema qui aliquid ex his infringere uel imminuere presumserint. Adiecit etiam ex sua parte utmonachi sancti petri seu homines quocunque irent per totam angliam seu mercandi seu alicuius negocii causa immunes essent ab omni theloneo et passagio et omni consuetudine \ et ut monachi sancti petri accipiant in siluis ubicumque uoluerunt per totum comitatum ea que necessaria fuerunt ad opus ecclesie sine uastatione et essart. Eo tempore Toraldus114 de uerleio dedit ecclesie sancti petri unam hidam in minore draitona et Rotbertus115 filius eius qui et heres ipsius debit (sic, pro dedit) uiljam nomine Wiche- witam.110 Teste Rieardo londonie episcopo71 Hamone26 peurel. Johanne filio grip.117 Toreth118 et multis aliis. Odo quoque de bcrnelcs110 dedit unurn ferdendel in bradestan.1'20 aliam partem eiusdem uille dedit Guarinus uicecomes. Herbertus filius helgoti1*21 dedit quandam uillam nomine nortonam122 et oceles- iam de stanfcona,123 cum deeimis suis omnibus et omnium militum suorum et cum omnibus que ad eandem ecclesiam pertinent. Rostea uxor eius so concedente dedit quandam terrain in eadem uilla que per annum reddit quatuor solidos. Normannus uenator124 dedit uillulam unam nomine boleleiam.125 Hugo de Constantino1'2'1 dedit dimidiam hidam in pectona127 Azo bigot1 ^ aliam dimidiam in langanarra128'1 et iinum fer- d en del in abetona120 Rotbertus iilius Wigerij130 dedit doraum patris sui que est in castello. Picotus de sai11'2 dedit decimauj de branl onu,1 !l et, de phitosso.,:5' 1 1 uu:ihl us,;!:>> dedit doeimain de Vol \l , >h\i\ S, A A 208 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. prestona134 et de luscafori135 et decimam equarum suarum agrestium. Hamo peurel26 rogatu sue uxoris dedit uilJam nomine Wlueruntonam.136 teste Ricardo23 londonie episcopo. cum aliis pluribus. Theodericus de sai137 iuxta eandem uillam ex altera parte uicini fl'umiais dedit terram quandam in maneiio suo stoca138 de dominio suo solutam et quietam ab omni geldo et aliis consuetudinibus. Rotbertus corbeth02 dedit uillam nomine lochetonam139 et filius eius Rotbertus concessit. Teste Ricardo londonie23 episcopo cum baronibus totius comi- tatus. Rogerius corbeth25 dedit aliam uillam nomine Wine- legam.140 concedentibus fiiiis suis Willelmo et eurardo.24 and 25 Fulcoius27 uicecomes ad sepulturam uxoris sue dedit pimele- gam.141 henrico filio eius concedente27. Vxor Azonis bigot128 dedit terram quandam in ciuitate pro anima filii sui Kainaldi.128 que reddit per annum decern denarios. in campis de ciuitate Alnothus142 dedit unam terram. et Reinerius143 prefectus aliam pro filio suo quern fecit monachus et eilricus rufus144 aliam similiter pro filio suo. Rotbertus presbyter filius andree clerici145 cum moreretur. dimisit monachis terram suam in campis. ita lit mater sua quamdiu uiueret cam teneret et post mortem eius in dominio monachorum ueniret. Teste Rogero146 archidiacono,et Reinerio prefecto.143 Gislebertus147 archidiaconus dedit unam terram in campis de ciuitate, et decimam de opetona.70 Alarms filius148 fladaldi qui bonorem uicecomitis Warini post filium eius susce|)it. libenti animo concessit omnia que antecessores uel barones sui dederant ecclesie sancti petri, et in suo tempore et ante, que ab omnibus que ad se penine- bant, excepto geldo regis, libera et quieta condonauit. Testibus Ricardo londonie23 episcopo. Hamone peurel.26 Rogero corbeth.62 cum toto fere comitatu. Hoc etiam Willelmus148 filius eius et heres coram omni comitatu concessit et proprio sigillo con- firmauit. Comes autem Rogerius cognomine pictauensis149 supradicti Rogerii comitis filius. dedit ecclesie sancti petri piscariamdetarewalla160et duasuillas paruasscilicet [)ultonam151 et ocsitonam161 iuxta ipsam piscariam. et aliam uillam nomine biscopeham.152 pro salute sua. et uxoris sue. et patris et matris sue. Godefiidus153 uero uicecomes eius qui in eadem ecclesia filium habebat rnonachum concedente sibi comite dedit monachis ecclesiam de waletona.164 et illam de Cherchohanr165 cum quadam uilla que dicitur garstan.150 Et liec omnia idem conies in perpetuo firmauit quieta et libera ab omnium hominum inuasione: addens quod qui hec disturbaret uel auferrct ana- thema esset. Teste Rotberto157 Cestrie episcopo et Hugone158 eiusdem ciuitatis comite. Omnia ista suprascripta gloriosus rex 1 b:nricub7-'coram omni concilio suo apud londoniam suo pro- TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 209 prio signo et sigillo confirm auit et archiepiscopis suis episcopis comitibus et aliis baronibus ad confirm andum tradidit. Et sicut comes Hugo concessit ecclesie sancti petri totam liberta- tem quam potuit ut nullus post eum })lus addere posset f ita ipse rex concessit eidem ecclesie et omnibus ad earn pertinen- tibus quicquid potuit libertatis et quietis ut nullus post so plus concedere posset. Interminatus est etiam suum et archi- episcoporum episcoporum et omnium baronum suorum eter- num anathema! omnibus qui de suprascriptis donis uel de ipsa libertate aliquid subtraherent uel infringerent. Concessit quoqne monachis moltam160 tofius ciuitatis salopesberie. pre- cipiens ut nullus in toto circuitu ciuitatis nec in uno ponte nec in alio molendinum faceret nisi monachi* uel cui ipsi con- cesserunt. Testibus Ricardo londonie 71 episcopo. Hamone peurel.26 Fulcoio uicecomite27 et muhis aliis. Defuncto autem rege henrico cum uenerabilis nepos eius Stepbanus100 in regno successisseti Su[)radictus liamo peurel26 concedente rege dedit ecclesie sancti petri duas uillas id est crugeltonam161 et scle- pam162 et Sibilla uxor eius aliam uillam que uocatur chinar- dcseia.163 concedente uiro suo et donum super altare ponente. Testibus Willelmo Filio alani.164 Willelmo de tornai.105 Alano filio Willelmi de hedlega.166 Rotberto filio Nigelli.167 Radulfo de tirna.103 Ricardo filio balduinide linlega.109 et pluribus alijs. Rogatus autem rex Stepbanus ut c mfirmaret omnia supra- scriptaf dixit Cumauunculus meus rex Henricus baronum suorum prece ista confirmaret presens aderam et testis aduo- catus full et eum omnia concedere et confirmare audiui et nidi que comes Hugo concesserat et eadem uerba dicere que predictus comes dixit quando ecclesie sancti petri libertatem constituiti uidelicet quod tarn liberum ipsi us ecclesie honorem constituebat ut nullus post eum aliquid libertatis uel quietis addere posset. Et ideo ego pro salute amine mee et pro pace regni mei concedo et conlirmo omnia suprascripta et eandem libertatem et quietem quam ecclesie sancti petri comes Hugo dedit et rex Henricus confirm auit Ego quoque concedo et confirmof ita liberam et quictam. ipsam ecclesiam constitui. ut nullus sit qui post, me aliquid libertatis uel quietis addere possit. Qui uero aliquid ex his minuere presumserit \ eterno anathemate puniatur, m Ego £>&'&\))1}R,£IV '£> rex confirmaui et subscripsi. 170 rf< Kg© Henricus Wintoniensis episcopus subscri[>si. 171 ligo Rogerus Salesberiensis episcopus subscripsi, 172 h|< Ego Nigellus Heliensis episcopus subscripsi. 173 *h Itoitbertns Herefordensis episcopus subscripsi. 174 Kgo Seifridus cicestrensis episcopus subscripsi, 210 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. 7;' >-p Ego Ricardus abrincatensis episcopus subscripsi. 76 ^ Ego Geraasius abbas Westmonasterii. subscripsi. 77 ^ Ego Gaufridus abbas Sancti Albani. subscripsi 7S ^ Ego I logo r us eancellarius subseripsi. 7!) kJh Ego llannulfus comes cestrie. subscripsi. So ^ Ego Will elm us comes Warenne. subscripsi. 81 Ego Willelmus Mar tel. subscripsi. 8- kJh Ego Albricus de uair. subscripsi. 83 KP Gaufridus de magna-uilla: subscripsi. Charter of Earl Hugh in respect of liberties granted. Hugh Earl of Salopesberia1 to all his lieges and friends, Barons ministers and all his men, as well present as future — greeting — I will you all to know that one day as I was stand- ing by the sepulchre of the Earl my father and remembering that he, while yet alive, had enjoined me to love and maintain his almesse, that is to say, the abbey of Salopesberia ; pricked as i was in regard of my father's love and affection I granted and confirmed in pure and perpetual almesse, for my own welfare an I for his soul's sake and for the souls of my ances- tors, that the aforesaid abbey with all its appurtenances should be free and quit of all taxation and interference and all exaction of sheriffs and other ministers whosoever, and from all services connected with suits of court2 And therefore 1 will and firmly decree for ever that the monks in the aforesaid Church serving Cod may have and hold all their lands and possessions and all their tenements, which now they hold or which in future they inay obtain of any one's gift well and in peace and freely and quietly and honourably and that they and all their men be tree and quit of all working at castles3 and vivaries1 and bridges1' and roads" and court suit works,- nor shall they perform summages7 nor exercise any business of the county- court, and that they shall be quit and exempt from shires8 and hundreds8 and have their own court for all pleas and forfeits of their own men and therein dispenso justice to others and have their own justice as well and as fully as 1 myself do and as J best and most fully can give them; that they be also free and quit of knights' gold9 and of common geld10 and of every service wherein a penny is exacted11 I further grant that my barons, burgesses, and knights, whosoever they be that so wish, may make grants to them of lands and privileges without any further licence of me or of my heirs, in such a manner however as that from the almesse given they shall not require further TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 211 service to me either by their giving or their receiving And let all my leiges know this that I retain nothing within the lordship of the holy Apostles Peter .and Paul but the prayers and goodwill of the monks remaining in this place and so free do 1 this day establish their lordship that no one who shall come after me shall be able to extend either the liberty or the aquittance And if a false moneyer12 coming from another's land shall be captured in the land of St. Peter, his body with the money shall be given up to me. If however the falsifier be of the land of St. Peter let his body only be surrendered to me and let the money be the abbot's But in the case of thieves I grant both the judgement and the money to him, providing that the abbot either by himself or by his own people is willing to exercise such justice, but if not let the body only be sur- rendered to me and t he money to the abbots. This one matter 1 retain and nothing else 1 grant further that the tithe of my venison of the whole county of Salopesberia shall be for ever in this place with the exception of the woods of St. Milbiuga13 And ail these things I do for the souls of my father and mother and for my own and all belonging to me and for the soul of King William14 and Queen Matilda and their children Accord- ingly 1 will and firmly enjoin that the aforesaid monks may have and hold all their lands and possessions and all their tenements well and in peace and freely and quietly and honourably and with all the liberties and quittances15 aforesaid, in wood and in plain, in meadow and in pasture and in fodder, in waters, and in pools, in mills, in fisheries, in moors, in highway and in byeways, in town and in country and in all places and in all matters, with sok10 and sak17 and toll13 and team10 and infangenetheofJUl— Witnesses Arnulf20 Kotbert de Beiesino/-1 Euerard22 my brothers, Uicard de Belmesio,23 Roger corebeth-1 and Rotbert his brother,25 Hamond peverel,20 Fulco the Sheriff/-'7 Ulger the hunter,-'8 lladulf de Conedoura29 and many others. [N.B. — To this document the facsimile of a seal is appended.] Charter of King Stephen with the subscription of divers Bishops. Since by the provident dispensation of God, in whose hand are the powers and rights of Kingdoms— William,30 Duke of the Normans, invading Kngland with a mighty array of ships 212 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. had vanquished it, and, acquiring by hereditary right the government thereof, had conferred upon diverse Barons whom he had brought with him diverse provinces of his empire, he confided to Roger of Montgomery31 this province, that is to say Salopesseire.32 He, receiving it, being as he was a just man, and full of the fear of God, was mainly desirous to foster with all due care the things which pertained to God and to re-establish whatever had been dishonoured and to restore everything to God's service. And since he had been a careful custodian of his own soul and his wife, whose name was Adelaisa33 had been of no less devotion towards God, by the permission of King William and Archbishop Lanfranc,34 and Peter35 the prelate of the district, they placed monks to serve God in a certain church built in honour of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul in a suburb, of the city of Salopesberie, which monks were to beseech God continually for the welfare of their souls and for the souls of all their ancestors and successors, who either before them had rightly possessed that dignity or should afterwards possess it. This church, moreover, the mentioned Karl and Countess, erecting it from the foundations at their own cost, commenced to make fit for the dwelling of the monks, but death intervening they did not complete it. To this church, however, they gave and granted in perpetuity the gifts which are rehearsed below, as much for their own souls as for the welfare of all Christian people. First of all, that is to say, they gave to the brethren assembled there a certain settlement,30 situate near the same Church together with three mills37 and all the revenues recognised as pertaining to it. This settlement,36 however, is separated from the city of Salopcsberie only by the channel of an intervening river, the name of which is Savern38 but the settlement itself is called Biforiet3" which wo call Foregate in the Gallic tongue. They added further to the above mentioned gifts certain churches with all that appertained to them both in lands and men and in all other possessions, which (churches) we have thought fitting to set down here. Forsooth, the church of St. Gregory10 (at Morville) and tho church of Stotosdon41 and that of Dudelcbery4- and that of Concdour'13 and that of Walinton44 and that of Recordine45 and that of Edmundon40 and that of Hodenet47 and that of Archalon43 and that of Toeng49 and that of Duninton50 — That also of Pascherch51 and that of Ness.52 And over and above all these the Earl granted that his nobles and Knights whosoever they might be, that were willing to grant in almesse any portion of their lands might do so with freedom without loavo being asked of tho Karl or any one else TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 213 but only so as from that time to be completely free for ever of any service due for that land. But the monks accepting those lands with such immunity should never give in respect of these and their other lands the common geld otherwise than as the sheriff giveth from his own demesne but never should give in any shape or form knights' geld. Which thing mightily pleased all the auditors and the whole of his court confirmed it by praising it and rendering thanks to God. Further the Earl and Countess added to the above mentioned gifts certain vills, the names of which are here supplied that is to say Aiton,53 Alminstry,54 and Burton,55 and with all these they granted to the monks the toll of such logs as were brought into the city by the east town gate. The Earl added that a market of the whole province should be held every year to the honour of the Apostles Peter and Paul on the festival of St. Peter which is styled ad vincula™ and that it should be dissolved in three days and be quit of all interference of the Earl's ministers, that the monks alone should have all the revenues thence accruing and all the rents. Witnesses Gode- bald,57 and Oilerius,58 priests. Herbert archdeacon,59 Warin sheriff,00 llotbert fitz Tedbald,01 Roger fitz Corbeth,02 Rotbert Pincerna,63 and many other noble and notable men who heard and confirmed these things. Now all these things were done in the year from the Incarnation of our Lord the one thousandth and eighty seventh. But the particular place where the aforesaid church was built was of the heritage of a certain knight whose name was Si ward,64 And because the Earl Roger65 was not willing to found a church within his heritage without his consent he gave to him a certain vill Langafeld66 by name, in order that he with goodwill might grant to him to found a church in the aforesaid place and that the same Si ward might be a participator in the same ahnesse. Afterwards, however, the said Si ward granted the very vill which the Earl had given him to the church of Saints Peter and Paul after his own decease and he joined himself to the fraternity of the same place. Witness Godebald57 and Richard do Belmesio68 and Richard of Monte Warolt.69 This, moreover, the sons of Siward, Edward, and Aldred70 conceded. Witness Richard bishop of London71 and many others. That vill afterwards the monks by the consent and with the confirmation of King Henry72 and the mutual advice of the Barons of I he province gave to Henry de Sai73 in lieu of another vill named Branton7i which was nearer to them and more convenient. Then after the above mentioned gifts certain Barons and Knights of the saino province; contributed of their 214 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. possessions to the same church for the welfare of their own souls. For instance, Warin00 the Sheriff gave two hides of land in a vill called Tugafort75 and the tithe of Opeton76 which the same Church held and had possessed from the time of King Edward,77 the church also of Beriton78 with the tithe of that vill; His wife,79 further, after his decease, gave for the soul of her husband, the house80 which she held of her own dowry in the town, her sons agreeing thereto, on this condi- tion that as long as she remained in the house she should nnd the tallow for lighting the church every night in the year. Herbert de Furches81 gave a house and land in the field which produced two shillings a year ; Rainald82 brother of Warin the sheriff gave a vill called Lega ;33 Aherius84 granted Edburton85 and all thereto pertaining; Girardus de Tornai86 gave a vill called Betton ;87 Helgol88 gave one hide near the river Severn which from a neighbouring little wood is called Mora89 and a fishery in the same river; Oilerius,90 the priest, gave one hide in Cherleton ;91 Tochi92 another in a vill called Cota ;93 Odo,94 the knight, also g ive a vill named Hordley ;95 Rotbert,08 anu 61 the sheriff, son of Ted bald, gave the tithe of Cambriston90 and the church of Ithessal97 with all things pertaining thereto and the tit ho of the same manor, that is to say, in money and animals and corn, and inasmuch as at that time certain clerks held the same church, the same Rotbert98 ordered that, when they were dead, the church should come within the rule of St. Peter, — Witness Richard, bishop of London ;98a (Toiffridus99 gave half a hide in the vill which is called Herley ;100 It should be also known that St. Peter held half a hide in Biriton101 of the church of Conedour. 43 lc"2 All those tilings the venerable Earl lioger granted and confirmed, his sons being witnesses and confirming with their father fnamoly) Hugh, Roger, Arnulf,05 with very many Damns. \)i\t when the Earl was dead and his corpse was being delivered for burial in the Church of St. Peter, Roger litz Corbet!^2 gave to the monks the church of Wantnour103 with the lithe of that vill and the tithe of lochehull.101 After the decease of the venerable Earl Roger, Hugh his son,(!r> worthy offspring of so noble a father, succeeded him in the dignity, at which time Itainal 1,*- who after the death of Warin the Sheriff had taken his wife, as well as his dignity and Hugh,00 son of the same Warin, gave to the monks the Church of St. Oswald,105 and that of Mutle with all that pertains to them and the tithes of Noss10G and of Seraor- dine,1"7 the Earl agreeing and bearing his testimony with many others. But on a certain day when the same venerable Earl had come to visit his father's burying place, lie being filled with TWO EARLY CHAHTERS. 215 divine grace and moved by filial affection, summoned the lord Fuchered,108 the first abbot of this place, and near the tomb itself and in the presence of all the barons who were standing around said I desire that there should be peace and quietness in this place and so 1 decree that this abbey and all thereto pertaining shall be for ever free from every custom of this realm so far as I can remit and be peaceful and quiet ; let not the monk's men perform any of the Earl's business nor take any part in building castles,103 or vivaries,4 or bridges,5 or roads/1 or any works whatever, and be quit and exempt of all schires and hundreds8 and pleadings anil from every encroach- ment and demand of the sheriffs and from every fiscal tax, And should anyone have a complaint against any of St. Peter's men, let him implead him in the Abbot's court and there obtain his rights. And let all my lieges know this because I claim nothing within the lordship of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul except the prayers and the goodwill of the monks remaining in that place, and so very free do I this day make this lordship that no one coming after me shall be able to add to it any further freedom or exemption. This one thing only I retain that if the abbot of this place be puffed up with pride and be unwilling to do justice to his neighbours, I myself or my heir after me will compel him to do the right. And if a false moneyer,110 coming from another man's land be caught in the land of St. Peter, his body with the money shall be given up to the Karl; if, however, the falsifier be of the land of St. Potior his body only shall be given up to the Karl but the money shall be the Abbot's. The judgment however of thieves 1 leave altogether to him and the money as well, if the Abbot, either personally or by his deputy shall desire to do justice, but if -otherwise, the body only shall be delivered to the Karl and tho money shall bo the Abbot's. This only 1 retain and nothing else, lint, the tithe of my venison from the whole county of Salop I grant to belong to this place for ever, except that of the woods of St. Milburg.1 { And all these things 1 do for tin; souls of my father and mother and for my own and for my brother's and all belonging tome and for tin: souls or King William ''" and Qiioeri Matilda"1 and their children. If any one either in mv time or after my decease up to the end of time shall desire to break down, or remove or lessen any one of these privileges may the Most High God, Who rules in the kingdom of men, take him away from the earth and blot his name out of the book of life, and let him be punished with an eternal curse, and perish eaten up by worms. Then the Barons who were standing around and observing the great compunction Vol XI., Dud S, *iU 21G SHREWSBURY ABBEY. on the part of their lord, and hearing how great the im- munity and the dignity of this monastery should be, fell down at his feet and gave thanks to God and for the very righteous intentions of the venerable Earl. These indeed were Amulf20 the brother of the same Earl, Richard de Belrnesio23 who afterwards was made bishop of London, Rotbert the Sheriff,21 Rainald the Sheriff,82 Rotbert Corbeth,25 and Roger his brother,62 Picot de Sai,112 Hainund Pevrel/20 Fulco the Sheriff,27 in fact nearly all the Barons of the County. When, however, Earl Hugh was dead and Rotbert de Belismo21 his brother had undertaken the county dignity after him, he gave to the Church of St. Peter and to the monks of that place the vill called Bascherche51 with all things pertaining thereto and he himself conceded and confirmed all the gifts which either his father or the Barons had conferred on the monks and all the privileges his brother had yielded to them and that with his own seal. After him, however the renowned King Henry113 took the county into his own hands, and when he heard of the peace and liberty and quiet which the aforesaid Earl Hugh had granted to the Church of St. Peter, being naturally a kind man and a devout maintainer of God's churches he, first of all, filled as he was with admiration, praised the benignity and devotion of the Earl and then with willing promptitude gave command for these privileges to be enjoyed for all time, hence- forth ordering and constituting that all the immunities of peace and liberty which the Earl Hugh1 had granted to St. Peter should remain inviolate for ever, superadding an anathema upon anyone that should presume to infringe or lessen any of them. He added too of his own accord that the monks of St. Peter and their men wherever they might travel through all England whether for the sake of trading or other business should be exempt from all tolls and passage and custom and that the monks of St. Peter might have out of the woods wherever they pleased in the whole county such things as were necessary for the building of their church without (being charged with) waste or essart. At that time Torald de Verley114 gave to the Church of St. Peter one hide in Little Draiton115 and Rotbert his son114 who was also his heir gave a vill named Wichewit.110 Witness Richard bishop of London,71 Hamon Peurel2? John fitz Grip,117 Toreth118 and many others. Odo of Berneles11:ee Arehelona 48.) 27 Fulcoio vice-vomite : Pnlk, the Viscount or Sherift of Shropshire 1098 to 1102. His son was Henry, his wife is mentioned under Pimelege (141). 23 ni Venatore : or Ulgcr the Hunter was one of the defenders of Rridgenorth Castle for He Belesmo against Hen. i. He was the ancestor of the Do Pitchfords of Little Brug, a suburb of Rridgenorth, who founded the Church at Pitchford, from which place they took their name. (See note 121.) 29 Radulfo de Conedoura : Ralph of Condover. Of him I can find nothing more than what Eyton says, viz., that Ralph de C. contemporary with Gilbert de C. was -tenant of Sibbcrton, and that his descendants were known in the De Condovors. 30 WiUelinus, William duke of Normandy, afterwards King of England, was the son of Duke Robert ij., who died July 20th, 1031, when William, then a boy of eight years, succeeded to the dukedom ; which, says Ordericw, he ably governed for 50 years, (he afterwards says 53 years). He invaded England and gained the Battle of Hastings or Senlac 14th Oct., 10GG, was crowned Dec. 25th, 100G, and died Sept. 9th, 1087. :il Rogpro de Montegummeri : His father Roger was cousin german of Duke Robert, and so ho was- related to William the Conqueror. He TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 223 married Mabel the daughter of Win. Talvas, and so inherited the vast domains of that family. After the battle of Hastings he received Chichester, Arundel, and the Earldom of Shrewsbury, was a great benefactor of the Abbeys of Seez, St. Evroult, Cluni, and Caen, besides being the founder of Shrewsbury Abbey and Wenlock Priory. (.Sec note 1 'd.) 3-' SalopHsdkpwnif Shropshire, hero called a province, provincia and not coniitatusi. 33 Adelaisa. Adeliza was daughter of Everard du Puisset. (See note 1). She was the 2nd wife of Karl Roger, to whom she bore one son Everard (See note 22). She "excelled in understanding and in piety*, and oft persuaded her lord to befriend monks and to relieve the poor." 31 Lanfranco: Archbishop Lunfranc 1070 — 1080. He had been abbot of Caen. He was born of a noble family in the city of Pavia, in Italy, he was educated in all the liberal arts, had studied the civil law, and was very eloquent, but being convinced of the vanity of all worldly concerns, he relinquished all his prospects and submitted himself to the Monastic yoke at Bee in 1012, became prior in 1015, defended transubstantiation in many published books, was present at the Conference at Winchester in 1011, was first abbot of Caen in 1066, and was enthroned as Archbishop at Canterbury on 29th Aug., 1070, and died May 20, 1089. W ltymule Petro : Peter the prelate (of Lichfield) 1075 to 10S6. 30 Uicum Quendant : Settlement, hamlet, or suburb, rather than street or vill, which it was not. The word suburb is, however, after- wards used to include the abbey and its precincts. 37 Cum tribus molewlinis : These three mills remained to the Abbey for some 400 years. They were all on Meole brook : The Burnt Mill, Trill or Prince's Mill, and the Abbey Mill. The interdiction of the burgesses from grinding their corn anywhere else but at these three mills was the source of m my law-suits and much bad feeling between the abbey and the town for many generations. 3S Sauenia : Severn, the derivation of this word has been a matter of much dispute. *> liiforida : Koregato or rather beforegate. The Saxon would bo beformir/eafe or befimmyeat (or — y«^< ). The vulgar pronunciation still confirms to the Saxon. 40 Samti Gtegorii : The church of St. Gregory at Morville was of the gift of Karl Roger and his wife Adelaisa. The Norman Earl "held of the Crown the manor of Membrefoldo with its eighteen Rerewicks or hamlets, King Edward had held it in Saxon times. Hero were xij hides, of these the Norman Karl held iv. in demesne. .... This Church with live hides was now given to the monastery .... Morville, then called Momcrfeulde, in 1138 became a Priory, subject to the Abbey, and so continued till the Dissolution." 11 StotrsJ'ina : St ol fes'len. Etfhm derives Ibis name from ntof Montgomery, or,de Montegummtri : son of Roger first earl, married first Mabel de Belesme the widow of William Talvas, and niece of Ivo Bishop of Seez (1035 to 1070) with whom he acquired a large portion of the domains of William de Belesme. " She was/' says Urdcricus, both powerful ami politic, shrewd and fluent, but extremely cruel," but was at last assassinated by Hughe d'Ige and buried at Troarn, Dec. 5, 1082. By her Earl Roger had seven sons and three or four daughters. Two sons : William and Gislebcrt, deceased in Normandy before the Conquest. The others were Robert de Belesme (21), Hugh de Montgomery (1), Roger of Poictou (149), Philip the clerk, Amulph (20). Her daughters were : — Emma, a nun and abbess of Almenesches, Maud wife of Robert, Earl of Meritol. Mabel wife of Hughof Chateauneuf,and Sibil wife of Robert-fitz-Hamon. Earl Roger by his second wife Adelaisa (daughter of Everard du Puissett, one of the highest of the French nobility) had only one son Everard (22). Earl Roger founded Shrewsbury Abbey in 1083. He died on the 27th of July, 1091, and was buried with distinguished honour between the two altars, i.e., behind the high altar and before that of our Lady (0. & B., i., 44 n.). CG Langafelda : Cheney Longvillc, Languefclle (for Siward the grantor see note 64). " Here i hide and a half geldable. The land is for vij ox-teams. The old value was 20s. afterwards it was waste. Now it is worth 5s." In Testa de Nevill (temp. Hen. iij., and Edward j ). It seems to have been called Langefeud, Rogerus de Waudin held half a fee there, in the Baronia de Cloune. 57 Godthaldus : See note 57. 68 Ricardm de Betmesio : See note 23. 69 Ricordus de Monte Warolt : This person is not known. In First John, 1199, an entry in Cal. Rot. Chart , p. 2, runs thus " Willclmus de Monte Gerulf et Willclmus do Gorham dant obsides Rcgi." Monte Gerulf may be the same as Monte Warolt. 70 Edwardus et Aldredus filii Siwardi : Of these we only know that Edward is said to have been Earl of Mercia ; if he was not, which is more probable,sthc son of Siward Barn the Earl of Mercia ami a cousin of David King of the Scots (Ordericus Vitality iv., 16.) 71 Ricardm L'ondonie Episcopus : See note 23. 72 Regis llcnrici : King Henry j, 1 100 — 1 1 35. Mirnamed Beauclerk in 1121 he married the Saxon Edith, renamed Maud, i.e., Matilda. 7;t llenricus de Sat : Son of Pieot de Sai. See note 1 12. 74 Brantona : Brampton, s. of Wroxeter on the other side of the Severn in the deanery of Salop (Tax Eccl., p. 260) where the abbot had, circa 1291, two caruc itcs of land, rents, pleas and perquisites to TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 229 the total value of £3 3s. The Domesday spelling is Brantune. " Here iij hides geklable . . .in time of King Edward the manor was worth 25s. afterwards 20s. now 40s. annually." It is called a vill, and with its tithes was given to assist the monks in building and repairing their conventual church. 75 TugafoH : Tugford (a village half-way between Ludlow and Wenlock). There is a slight discrepancy between this charter and the Domesday record, which snys : "The same Rainald hath given Dodefort to the church of St. Peter for the soul of Warin his ante- cessor," but here we have Warin the Sheriff giving two hides o? land in a vill which is called Tugafort. Eyton notices the scribe's errors for lie says : " Warin it was, and not Rainald, his successor, that gave to Shrewsbury Abbey by far the larger portion of this manor. Warin died before the year of the survey, when Rainald marrying his widow succeeded him as sheriff ; hence in Domesday Warin is called Rainald's antecessor, i.e., predecessor in office and estate.'' The vill consisted of iij hides and a half and was worth 20s. now 40s. The abbots col- lective receipts from the Tugford estate were estimated in 1291 as £'8 4s. 4Jd, and were returned in 1534 at £13 17s. 2d. The etymo- logical changes with reference to this place are great: Dodeford becomes Tugaford in 1227, Tugeford in 1285, Toggeford in 1291. 7(5 Opetone : Upton Magna. Warinus the Bald, sheriff, gave the tithe of this vill. The tithe of Opeton which Gislebert the archdeacon gave (see note 147) must be referred either to some other Opeton (Upton) or is a mistake. "Here v hides geldable, a mill of 16s. annual value, a fishery, and half a league of wood. The manor was worth i'lC per annum now £7." Bishop Clinton (1129 — 1148) con- firmed to the abbey the "church of Uptona together with its chapels and pension of 20s." 77 Regis Edwardi : Edward the Confessor. The time of K. Edward is the time before the Conquest. It is very probable that some survey, made in Saxon times, is referred to in the expression so common in Domesday an "tempore li.E" 78 fjeri'ona : Berrington. Here the monks had both church and tithe. " Thoret held the manor in Saxon times, Rainald now holds it and Azo holds it of him." In 1397, and Robert de Lee was tenant by the service of half a knight's fee. In 122G the Abbey held one virgate and the church. Benington church was in existence before Domcs'lay. In 1291 it was valued at i'5 9s 4d., besides a pension of 2 is. to the Abbey and one of no less a sum than «£G 13s. 4d. to Lich- field Cathedral. Tge Valor of 1531-5 gives the gross value of the rectory, as .£20 12s. Od. reduced by pensions, procurations and synodals to L'10 12s. 0d. net. Domesday Her it unc, afterwards Biriton, Byry liton, I 'ori'.on. 79 Uxot : (Warini), Amietia or Emetic niece of Earl Roger. (See note GO.) 80 Domum : This house or mansura cannot now be identified or located. 81 Herbert us de Furehes : A name which does not occur in Ordericus, 230 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. there was a monk so called, who was afterwards abbot, about this time. This Herbert was most likely the ancestor of the De Furchis of Corfton who held Corfton under E. Roger at Domesday. (See note 59.) 82 Rainaldus frater Warini vicecomitis : One Rainald was lord of Bailleull in Normandy and married Warm's widow, he was the second Sheriff of Shropshire (Eyton, s.v., Upton Magna). In Ordericus (ij., li), &c., see note G) Reginald Baliol,who married Aimeria niece of Earl Roger, is mentioned as the brother of Warin. If he married his brother's widow it must have been a very unusual procceding.butEyton takes " brother " to allude to his being the husband of Warln's widow. S3 Lega : Lee (near Ellesmerc). As place-names Lee, Lea, and Legh arc very common in this and the adjoining county of Cheshire. The possession of this vill must have been of great advantage to the Abbot in peaceful times, but when the times of trouble, which soon ensued,arrived, his tenure would be very precarious. Rainald held the j hide which constituted the vill of Lea in the manor of Ellesmere. (Kllesmeles in Domesday). Henry j. granted the whole manor to William Peverel who revolted against K. Stephen. It was afterwards conferred in 1177 upon David-fitz-Owain, prince of North Wales, who had married Henry ij.'s sister. At Michaelmas, 1203, it was again in the king's (John's) hands who gave it with Jean his natural daughter to Llewelyn. These changes, and they are not all by any means, must have been very disadvantageous to the abbot, for in 1341, Lea, with the other members of Ellesmere, was reputed to be in Wales. 81 Aherius : or Aer, Domesday calls him Alcher, an under-tenant of Sheriff Rainald. He had an interest in several Shropshire manors, three under Rainald and one, Harcotr, directly under the Earl. Upon the forfeiture of Earl Robert de Belesmo Alcher's descendants became tenants in capite of the crown, and they were known as Fitz-Aer. 80 Edburtonam : Albrighton (4 m. north of Shrewsbury), Edbriton, Etbriton. In Domesday Abretone and Etbretone. " Alci.er held of Warine, who was Rainald's antecessor, Etbritone, Gheri had held it and was a free man. Here are iij hides geldable." This place acquired from Alchcr's dedication the name of Monks AlhrUjhion. They retained it until Hie Dissolution. 813 (Jivai'dus de l\>rnai : He held many manors, several at least in the Domesday hundred of Odeuet. He was one of William's followers who received as his meed of service eighteen Saxon manors of which Sutton-Maddoek was the largest. He forfeited all by rebelling against William Rufus. Sibil, wife of Hanion Peurel (see note 26) regained some of the forfeited estates. 87 Beitona : Button in- Hales. Domesday says : " The same Gerard holds Haituno. Ulchete held it and was a free man. Here iij hides geldable ... a mill and a wood which will fatten Is swine, &c. It was worth 40s. now 30s." The monk's retained Gerard's gift for more than 250 years. (See note 122.) ai Ilt/'jntus : l£arl Roger conferred upou Helgot his follower nine- TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 231 teen manors in this county. This knight, who had doubtless seen service at Hastings, " reared his stronghold in the upper valley of the Corfe over the rich repose of which in ancient times it reared its gloomy shadow." His son was Herbert. (See note 121,) Sd Mora: Now Monkmoor. Helgot's gift of the hide of land with the fishery attached would have been a great boon to the abbey, as being so near to the monastery and yet so far as to prevent any interference by the burgesses who disputed the abbot's right to any fishery in the Severn. 90 Oilerius : Or Odelirius. (See note 58.) 91 Cherle'on : There are two Charltons, one near Shrewsbury and the other near Wrockwardine. They were each of j hide. The latter is the one meant. 9- Tochi : Or Tochil, probably a Saxon who was permitted to hold two manors which were his own by descent. 9:i Cola : Woodcote. In Domesday Udecote, on the eastern verge of the county, south of Newport. Here were iij hides. Woodcote chapel is a very ancient structure. The south door is said to be Saxon, but probably only very early Norman. 9i Odo miles : Odo, the knight, was the mesne tenant of Ruyton of the xi towns and Udeford as well as of Hordley. He was one of the vassals of the Norman Earl. Odo the lied is mentioned by Ordericus (i., 395) as having been a benefactor to the abbey of St. Evrault in 1050, but perhaps this was not the same man. 90 llordeleia : Hordeley in Bascherch hundred. In Domesday Hordelei " In Saxon times Algar and Dunniht held it for ij manors and were free. Here ij hides geldable." In 1291 the church of Ordeleye was valued at £2 13s. 4d., besides a pension of 2s. therefrom to the abbey. In 1311 the assessors to the ninth treated Hordel as a chapelry to Baschurch and taxed the parish only 20s. because there were no sheep in it, kc. In 1535 the income of the rector was i'4 2s. 0d. less 2s. procurations and lis. for synodals (Eyton). In Cat. Mot. Chart, it is Hordeley. 9(3 Gatnbristona : Kembertori, in Domesday Chenbritone, in 1291 Kembryghtou, Kembrihtou from Cenbyrht or Kenbert, some Saxon earld-irniau or theyn. It is in the deanery of Newport " Here iij hides geldable . . and a wood to fatten xxx swine." In 1227 the abbot had the tithe, in or about 1281, Willelmus de Alta Ripa (Hauteiive) held half a fee in Kembitton or Konbritton. 97 Itkessala: Idsall (i.e., Shilfnal). "The Saxon word Idesheal," says Eyton, "signifies the hall of Ide, and Sceafauheal, the hall of Sceafa, and it may be that, originally, Idsall and Shilluall represented two districts, lying respectively west and eist of the stream dividing the town." In Domesday it is Iteshale. The variations in spelling are noticeable. In 1291 Ydesale. In 1328 and on to 13G9 lde.shalle or Ideshale. Shiffnale appears in 1471. Will'us de Shuffenhale is mentioned in 49 Edw. iij. 1375. " Here were 7h hides geldable . . . a wood here will fatten 300 swine. ... It was worth .£15, after- Vol XI., 2nd S. HI) 232 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. wards Gs. Now it pays £15." From the church the abbot bad 30 s. per annum. os liolberhts vicecomes filius Tedbaldi : Upon the death of Earl Morcar the Norman Rotbert or Robert-Fitz-Tedbald, received the ruined manor of ldsall or Shiffualj and became a coadjutor of Earl Roger in the endowment of the Abbey. He was sheriff of the earldom of Arundel and Chichester. Tedbald, i.q., Theobald. (See note 61). ^a Ricardus Londonie Episcopus : (See notes 23, 68, 71). ,J9 Goitfridus : Goisfrid of Herley or Hatlege now Hadley. Domesday says "The same Rainald holds Hatiege and Goisfrid holds it of him." Before the end of Henry I.'s reign Goisfrid was succeeded by William de Hadley who married Hamo Peverel's daughter Seburga. 100 Herleia : Hadley, 2 m. N.E. of Wellington. (See note 99.) 101 Biritona : Apparently Berrington, where the glebe land of Coivlover was situated (but see note 55). 102 Oonedoura : Condover in Domesday Conendovre, a royal manor, caput of the hundred. (See note 43.) 103 Wantenoura : Wentnor. This vill was held of the Norman Earl by Roger Fitz-Corbett. In the time of King Edward, it was worth £6, afterwards 40s., now £4. In process of time the Abbeys of Shrewsbury, Flaughinond and Buildwas acquired by successive grants from the Corbets, Barons of Caux, by far the larger portion of the Manor of Wentnor. In 1291, the church of Wentnore was worth £5 Gs. 8d. per annum besides a pension of 5s. to the Abbot of Shrewsbury. The Valor of 1534,5 represents the preferment as worth £7 per annum le^s Is. for synodals (Eyton). 101 Iockehulla : Yockleton. In Domesday Loclehuile (so it is written by Eyton, but should no doubt be IochJiuile). In 1227, it was spelled Jocheshull ; in 1300, Yokelthull ; in 1322, Jokelhulle ; in 1332, Hokelton; in 1349, 1363, 1367, Yokelton ; and again Hokelton in 1360. This place was almost uniformly held in demesne by the Barons of Caux. The abbott had only the tithe. It had vj hides geldable, and a mill, " It was," says Domesday, " worth i8 annually, now jLG." It is now a separate parish from Westbury, having been so constituted in 1862. l0j Osimaldi : Oswestry. This church was a Saxon foundation, originally collegiate, and the mother church of an extensive district. In Domesday, it is identified with Meresburie (Maesbury). The revenues, i.e. the rectorial tithes of the church, which were given by Guarin, the Sheriff, about 1222, amounted in 1531 to i'(S6 13s. Id. Around the chinch and the castle, a vill gradually sprang up, which hi the course of age, developed into the town of Oswestry, "There were vij hides geldable, and here lUiinald has built l.uure (L'oouvre) Castle. In the time of King Edward, it was waste Now, it is worth 40s. annually." Oswaldestrc, in 1285, 1326 and 1330 ; Oswastre in 1 32 I. 100 Mulla: Middle (the spelling Myddlo is quite modern), Domes day says, the same Rainald holds Mulleht, Seuuard held it in TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 233 time of King Edward. Here viij hides and a wood. It was worth £6, afterwards & 1, now £3 10s. Od." The church, originally, a Saxon foundation, was given, before the Survey, by Warin, but it was never appropriated by the Monks. In 1291, it was valued at the large sum of £20 10s. per annum ; out of this a pension of 10s. went to the abbot. In 158"), the income of the rector of Middle was £16, less £2 to the Chaplain of Hadnal, 18s. -Id. to Shrewsbury Abbey, and 19s. 61. for procurations and synodals. Before 1163, John le Strange had acquired the greater portion of the manor and his desjeiidants for centuries continued to hold it under the Fitz-Alans, Rainalds' successois. A patent cf April 1st, 1308, permits John le Strange to fortify and crenellate his mansion of Midle, with a wall of stone and lime, remains of which castle are still to be seen. After the L'Estranges, the castle descended to tin Derby family, and Wil- liam JDod was appointed keeper, and after him, fc»ir Jioger Kyiiaston was by commission keeper of Middle ami Knock in Castles. After him, his son Humphrey (Wild Humphrey) was tenant here. On his being outlawed, he left Middle Castle, which he had suffered to become ruinous, and went and took up his abode in a cave at Ness- cliff. Mutla is called Middell in 1272, and Mudleye in 1362. There seems no ancient instance of the spelling Myddle. 10' St raordiiia : Shrawardine. In Domes (ay, Saleurdine. Rainald held it, /Eli held it in King Edwards time. Here two hides. It was and is worth 40s. per annum. There was a church here in the reign of King John, who presented a rector thereto. In 1201, the Church of Shrewardyn was valued at £5 per annum. In 15 35, the income of the rector of Serawardyn w.>-s £10, less 6s. 8 1. for procurations and Is. for synodals. The variations in spelling are very remarkable — Ex. gr. , . Shrawurde in 1171, Srwardin 1 187, Sercwarden 1 227, Strawardin 1229, Shrcwardin in 1252, Schircwordan in 1302, Shrewgardyn in 1-121. I do not find other evidence of the abbots holding the tithes of this church, (but see appendix) which was at one time in the Deanery of Pontesbury and diocese of Hereford. It is now attached to Mont ford in Lichfield diocese. 108 Fuch<>rnlum : Fulchered (see note 59) had been a monk of See/., he died in March, 1113. Godfrey, another monk of Seez, succeeded him, and died March 22nd, 1128. Herbert v/as consecrated the same year as abbot, by William, Archbishop of Canterbury, the time of his death is not recorded. Herbert tran- slated the relics of Sl Winifred from Gwytherin to Shrewsbury. (See note 19.) 10-' Castvllontm : For these exemptions. (See notes 2 to 1 1 in- clusive), and (15 to 19a.) 110 Monctarius : (See note 12.) 111 Mathiidis. Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V., Count of Flan- ders, was married to William, Duke of Normandy, about 1017. Sue was niece of Henry, King of Franc.1, by his sister Adelaide, daughter of King Robert. Their family consisted of Robert, Richard,, 234 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. William and Henry, Agatha Adeliza, Constance Cicely and Adele. " Beauty of person, high birth, a cultivated mind and exalted virtue, combined to grace this illustrious queen. She was firm in the faith, and devoted to die service of Christ." (Ordericus ii., 23.) 112 Picot de Sai. A brave and faithful knight, otherwise Pigot de Sai, in the canton of Argentan. In the family the surname of l'igot (in Norman French, 1'icot) appears to have been hereditary. He received from Earl Roger a grant of twenty-nine manors in Shropshire. He had also large possessions in Pembrokeshire. In Normandy, Jordan de Sai about 1131 founded the abbey of Aulnai. Picot's real name was Robert. The vill of Saium (Say, or Sai) was about 9 miles from Exmes, the caput of Earl Rogers's Norman viscomte. His wife was Adeloya ; his two sons Robert and Henry. He fought at Hastings. His name is in the Battle Abbey Roll. Clun was the largest of the twenty-nine manors he held. Henry his son succeeded him, whose son Helias was the father of Isabel, who was married to William Fitz-Alan I., Lord of Oswestry. 113 J/euricus: Henry I., 1100 to 1135, son of William 1st and Matilda. (See note 111.) 114 Toraldm de Utrltio : It is not known whether he were Saxon or Norman. He held thirteen manors under Earl Roger, and died before 1121. Robert-Fitz-Turald was his son. 115 Minorc Vraitona : Now Deckar Hill in parish of Shiffnal. Nothing seems to be known of the strange alteration of this place- name. 116 Wichewita : Wigwig in Much Wenlock parish. " Turold," says Domesday, "holds Wigewic of the Earl. Elmar held it. Here j hide gcldable ... In King Edward's time it was worth 15s. per annum, afterwards 3s., now 10s." Given by Turold's son Robert to the Abbey, Wigwig, before the reign of Richard I., had passed to the monks of Wenlock, who retained it until the dissolution. The Taxatio, 1291, speaks of Wodlewyk, where the Abbot held two carucatcs and a mill, probably Wigwig, is meant. In 25 Edw. I. (1297) Willelmus le Hcrdeman fclo obiit seizitus in Wykewyk de u.no messagio et 7 acris terra) in Gloucestr' (? Salop). ,IV JiihaiinijUiu (trip : Cannot be identified. Crwf ? — Gryflydd, and so a Welshman. Kinnersley was held temp. R.E. by one Willcgrip. us Tortth : is likewise unknown, unless he be Toret, who held Wroxetcr, Rodington, and Lee-gomery under Shcrifi Rainald. 110 Odo de Bcrntles : If this was Odo surnamed Borleng, he was stationed in 1108 in the fortress of Bernai, near Lisaux, to defend the country against freebooters. 120 Brad&sUm : Now Broadstone, a chapel to Munslow, in the diocese of Hereford. Here the Abbot had one ferdendel of the gift of Odo and the other part of the same vill of the gift of Guarin the Sheriff. (For the identification of this place see 0, and B., ii., 531.) 121 Jlerbtrtus filius Ihlgoti : Lord of Corfe and Castle llelgot. (Sec note 88.) TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 235 122 Nortonam : Norton in Hales. This vill was retained by the monks until the Dissolution. In 1291 the abbot received a pension of 2s therefrom. In 153-4-5 the preferment of the rector was worth £6 per annum less 6s. 8d. for procuration, 2s. for synodals, and the abbots pension of 2s. An entry in the Cat. Rot. Pat. runs thus, the date is 1343, " Ilex confirmavit Willelmo de Okely in feodo quoddam stagtmm in Norton-in-Hales salva abbati Salopian libera piscaria sua in aqua di Tyrne, &c, necnon moleudinum di jti abbatis in Betton (See note 87) pro annuo redditu octo marcarum ad manerium suum de Betton " (p. 145). Edward III. was king in 1343. 123 Stantona : Stanton, now called Holgate. There were two con- tiguous manors so-called. Stantune. In Domesday we read " The same Helgot holds Stantune, Chetel held it and was a free man. Here ij hides geidable, tfcc," and again "The same Helgot holds Stantune. Genus t and /Eluuard, Dunning and Elveva held it for four manors and were free with their lands. Here iij hides gddable. These manors lost the name of Stantune and became one great manor under the name of Holgate after the baronial residence of the first Norman lord (Eyton). (See note 88.) 124 Normannus Venator : A warrior who came over with William. He was in some way related to Ulger Venator, who may have been his sou. He held about seven manors. He himself was probably son of Guy Bollein, great nephew of the elder Giroie. Guy's wife's name was Hodierna. They had several sons, of whom Norman and Walter served in the wars, while Godfrey and William (surnamed Gregory), became priests (Order icus, i., 428). (See note 28.) 125 Bolelcia : Booley or Bowley, a villula or hamlet in the parish of Stanton-on-Hine-Heath. Tart of it was the property of Robert Corbet of Moreton. Boleleg in 1226, Boleye in 1301. 126 Hugo de Constantino : One of the Anglo-Norman family of that name who, under the Fitz-Alans, held at the time of Domesday Etune, now called Eaton Constantino, S.W. of the Wrckin. 127 J' biyot: Was subtenant of the manors of Berrington, Abdon, and Lege (Longnor) under Raiuald. By his wife, whose name docs not appear, he had two sons, Rainald, who died apparently young, and Robert, the knight, who likewise was a benefactor to the Abb<-y. 128u Lanynnarra : Longnor, near Condover. Eyton has successfully refuted the statement that Longnor-upon-Severn is meant, whereas it is Longnor south of Condover. Here the Abbot had half a hide of the gift of Azo Bigot, whose wife was also a benefaetor to the Abbey. 129 Abetona : Abdon. Domesday has Abetune, and tells us that Uluuinns was the Saxon owner and the tenant at (he time of the 236 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. survey of Ecclesie Sancti Petri. The grant of one ferdendel or fourth part of a carueate by Azo Bigot is coupled with that of half a hide in Langauarra. Not long after, by some mischance, Abdon slipped between the fingers of the monks so as, in 1155, to form part of two knight's fees of new feoffment which John ie Strange held of Fitz- Alan's barony (My ton). Abdon is in the hundred of Pa tin ton. 130 MotberUis Jilius W'iyeiij'. Cannot be traced or identified. 131 Brantona : Brompton in the deanery of Salop (Tax. Eccl. p. 260) where the Abbot had in 1-91 two carucates of land, rents, pleas and perquisites, to the total value of £'6 3s. 0|d. The Domesday spelling is Brantune. 132 Phitesso: Fitz. The tithe of Phitess with that of Bran tune was Picot de Say's gift. Domesday bays — " The same Picot holds YYitesot. Hunnith held it and was a free man. Here iij hides geldable, ifec " He (Picot) gave two thirds of the tithes of his demesnes of Phitessho and of Gulidone (i.e., Merrington) for the building and maintenance of the Abbey. In 1541 the parish of Fittos was taxed 20s. to the ninth. The Valor Ecclesiasticus gives the Rectory as worth £o 10s. 0d. per annum, less Is. for synodals and 3s. id. for procurations. From Witesot to Fitz is rather a wide spring, even though it be through Phitessho. 133 Ilunaldus : The name Hunnit appears as that of a tenant in various manors. Huni, Hunine, and Huuing also are found, but not Hunald. Some say a family of the name of Hunald owned Frodesley, but I find no corroboration 13J Prestona : Preston Brockhurst was held of the Karl by Turold de Yerley at Domesday. Here were two manors held by Hunni and Uluiet, who were free men. 135 Lmcafort : Losford, near Hodnet. It is said to have been a Roman settlement. 130 Wluerunton : YYollerton or YVoolerton, near Hodnet; Wlueren- ton in 1227. The Taxatio (1291) gives the Abbot one carucate and a mill in Wolverion. "The same Gerard do Tornai holds Ulvretonc. Oschetel held it, and was a freeman. Here one hide geldable. Here a mill of 10s. (annual value) and a wood which will fatten four score swiue. It was worth 15s., now 25s. lie (Gerard) found it waste." Hamon Pcuerel, by marrying the daughter of Gerard de Tornai (but V) became his successor, and gave the v ill to the abbey, to which it pertained till the Dissolution. It produced in 1291 £12 2s. 8|d. 137 Tmodt rieus de Sat : (Sec note 112.) 1:iS Stoca : Stoke-upon-Tcrn. " Laud on the other side of the stream " i.e., from Wollcrton, Domesday says l> The same Roger holds St'»chc, Kdmund held it in Saxon times, Here vij hides, £e It was worth 1'G, afterwards waste now it is worth £7." The Norman Earl give three manors to Roger de Laci, viz, Stoche, Uptone and Wide ford. The De Lacy's had for tenants in Stoke the important family of De Say (see note 112), whence it was called indifferently Stoke Lacy and Stoke Say in the feoJarie* of 1284-5 (I'Jyt ni). TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 237 139 Lochetona : Loton, near Alberbury. The name Lotbeton is found. Domesday tells us that " the same Roger (-Fitz-Corbet) holds Luchetone, Edric held it, Here j hide geldable. In demesne is j ox-team and one serf and one haye. The manor is worth 5s. and ij more teams might he here." Loton in 1355. 110 Winelega : Winsley, between Westbury and Minsterley. Domes- day calls it Wineslei, and says " Souuard a free man held it in Saxon times, Here ij hides geldable." The valor of 1534-5 reckons among the temporalities of the abbey 35s. of assized rents in Wynnesley. In 1247 it was Wineslye, in 1339 Wineslegh. 111 Pimelega : Pimley, near Uffington. The seigncury of this manor of the gift of Sheriff Fulk at the time of his wife's sepulture remained with the ahbot and monks till the Dissolution. Fulk was a sort of under-sheriff to Rainald. Phnbroe was the rivulet which flows into the Severn, near Uffington. Pcmeley was added to the Liberties of Shrewsbury by the Charter of Henry VII ; dated 1 4th Dec, 1195. (See Blake way's Liberties of Salop, p. 378.) 142 Alnothus : A name not elsewhere found. Probably not a man of mark. One Alnod was tenant of E. Roger at Dawley in Middlesex, Alnod of London occurs. (See ripe-Roll of 1163.) 143 Remerus Prefeclus : Reiner the Prefect or Provost of the town time of Henry I. 144 Eilricus rujus : Probably another Prefect or Provost, commonly known as Edric the Provost. 140 Ru/bcrtus 1'resbi/ter : Son of Andrew the clerk, otherwise un- known, but as the sun of a cleric he is noticeable, as the marriage of clerics was either permitted or winked at in those days of great licence. (See note 57.) U6 Rojcro Archiiiacono : Of him I find no other notice. The name Roger was very common. 147 Gislebertus Arcludiacomis'. Otherwise Gilbert. Probably Gislcbcrt, Archdeacon of Lisieux, who was sent by Duke William to Rome in 10GG to ask Pope Alexander's advice, if so, he was the son of Robert of Courbepine,and was Bishop of Lisieux in 1077. He was much trusted by the Duke, and served him as chaplain and physician, (Ordencus). 148 AUmusjUius lUidakli ; Was son of Fladald, Flaald or Flcance, who was the son of Ban quo, the murdered Thane of Loehaber. Fleance fled to Wales, and by Gwenta, daughter of Gryffydd ap Llewelyn, had a son, this Alan. Alan was thus the great grandson of Algar, the Saxon Earl of Mercia. Alan married Avelina de Hesting (llesdin in ArtoisV and had three sons, William, Walter and Jordan, and a daughter Sibil. Walter became steward to David, King of Scots, and was the first of the Stuarts. William mai ried Isabel de Say, the wealthiest heiress in Shropshire, the niece of Robert, K ir! of. Gloucester, and was Sheriff in 115(5. Alexander, the great araudson of Walter, abandoned his patronymic, and -tyled him- self Alexander Stuart. Alan lit/. Fladald was made Sheriff by Men L, after Hugh litz-Warin. 238 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. u9 Roger Pictauensis : Roger of Poictou, Earl by courtesy, was the third son of Earl Roger. (See note 65.) 160 Tavcwalla : Thelwall in Cheshire. Roger of Poictou, so called from the country of his wife, had extensive possessions in Lincoln- shire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, in that part of Lancashire called Anioundernesse (which is between the Ribble and the Mersey), and elsewhere. His title of Earl was, however, not territorial, Thehvell or Thelwall is not now in Lancashire, but in Cheshire, being on the south side of the Mersey, in the hundred of Bucklow, and hot far from Warrington. Camden in his Britannia, gives this explanation — " in the year of Christ, 920, King Edward the Elder built a town at Thelwall, which was so called (teste Florileyo), from the stakes or stumps cut from the trees wherewith they had environed it; for the Saxons call such stakes thell ; and the word ivall is yet used for a high fence, that eneompasseth any place about, with stone, or other thing or building (Pulychronicon, lib. 6, cap., ad finem), and that King Edward made it a garrison, and placed soldiers therein. But it seems to lie waste in the time of the Conqueror. . . ." Roger of Poictou gave half only of the Fishery to the abbot (Monasticon i., 383). This was the fishery on the Lancashire side. The Prior of Norton had the other half, which was on the Cheshire side. This was granted to him by William, Constable of Cheshire, the younger, Baron of Halton, about the reign of King Stephen (Monasticon ii., 186). In our Mize-book of Cheshire, anciently the abbot of Salop stood charged with 3s. in the Mize for fishing in Thelwall (Ibid i., 882) This township of Thelwall is of the fee of the honor of Halton, one-third part whereof William, Constable of Cheshire, gave to the Abbey of Salop, cum pertineutiis in bosco, in piano, in aqitd (Ibid.) N.B. — The historians of Shrewsbury do not rightly state the case when they locate Thelwall in Lancashire. 151 Pu'tona : Poulton le Eylde in Lancashire. This is one of the little villa given by Roger of Poictou ; Ocsitona was the other, but it is now unknown unless it be Olsiton, i.e., Woolstono. There are several places named Pulton or, as it is now, Poulton. This seems to be the one near Warrington. An entry in the Tax Ere/, places it in the Deanery of Coupland. "Abbas de Salop habet [de Abbate de Deulacres pro terra de Biscopayne et Northbrck] £5 6s. 8d." It would seem that the abhot of Salop had, before 1291, exchanged Biscopayne (here Biscopeham) and Northbrck for an annual payment. Pulton is said to have been in Aymondernc-se, in which also the deanery of Coupland was. An important entry in the Cal. Rut. Pat., p. 109 (4th Edw. iij., 1330) shews that at that date the abbot still retained the major part of his Lancashire grants " Ilex confirmavit Abbati S. Petri Salop manerium de Gerstan, Ecclesiam de Walton, dechnam de Newton et dominium et villas de Ulstou et Pulton, medietatem piscaria) de Merse et tertiam partem de Thelwell ei concessa per R uiulphum quondam Comitcm CestrisD." This grantor, however, is not the same as in the text. If Ranulph were the son of TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 239 Roger of Poictou, he might have confirmed his father's gifts and added the tithe of Newton, the vill of Ulston and a third part of Thelwall to his other gifts. I have no means of ascertaining the truth of this conjecture. Ulston now Woolstoiie, the modern form of Ocsiton or Olsitoii. (See above.) 152 IHscop&ham : Biscopcham in Amounderncsse. (See proceeding note.) In 1287 it was called Bispeham, and held by William de Ferrars, Bispara in Leeland in 13G9. The leasing of Biscopayne and Northbrok to the abbot of Deulacres (see note 151) may have been a convenient arrangement on account of the distances of these places from Shrewsbury. 153 Godfridus vicecomes : Sheriff of Cheshire, of whom nothing more is found. VA Waleton : Probably Walton on the Hill, West Derby, the mother church of Liverpool. The church of Waleton thus given by Sheriff Godfrid was in Coupland (see note 151), and the revenues were includeed in th £5 Gs. 8d. paid annually by the abbot of Deulacics. 155 Cherchnham : Now Kirkeham in Lancashire, formerly Kyrkeham in Amounderness. This church was granted to W. Gray, cancellarius ad uitam, 1213. 15G Garstqn : Carstang in Lancashire. (See note 151.) The vill here was the abbot's. In the Tax Feci, it is said to be in the Deanery of Ammoundernesse and Archdeaconry of Richmond. " Ecclesia de Gayrestang (autiqua taxatio) i'26 13s. 4d. (nova taxatio), £10." It was called Garstang in 1331, 1344, 1346, Gayrstang iti 1314, 1358, and Garstange in 13G2. The abbot of Cokersond had market and fair here in 1310-11. William of Lancaster held lands here in 1 2 16-7. Edmund, Karl of Lancaster, the King's brother, held lands and tene- ments here in 129G-7. It was, therefore, a notable place. 157 Ilotbcrto Cestrie episcopo : Robert de Limesey, who transferred the episcopal see from Chester to Coventry in 1095 or 1102, and died Aug. 30, 1117, is sometimes called Bishop of the Mercians. He was succeeded by Robert Pecceth. He was consecrated by Arch- bishop Lanfranc, Dec. 25, 1035. The editor of Ordericua seems to confuse the dates of his transferring the see of Chester to Lichfield and to Coventry. l5s JIugone coinile Cesirie : Earl of Chester, otherwise called Hugh d' Avranches and Hugh Lupus, was son of Richard Goz, otherwise Richard d' Avranches, who was the son of Turstin. Hugh succeeded to the Earldom of Chester after the imprisonment of Gherbod of Klanders and his return home. Hugh married Ermeutrude, daughter of Hugh de Clermont in the Bcauvais, by whom he had Richard, his successor in the Earldom, who perished in the Blanche Nef in 1119. Hugh restored the ancient Abbey of St. Werburgh at Chester, founded by Edgar, King of Mercia, in 358, where he died in the habit of a monk, and was there interred July, 1101. (Ordcricun.) 159 M'Jtam : The charge for grinding paid in kind equivalent to mol- turcuH. Here it means the revenue arising from grinding. (Seenote 37.) 240 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. 160 Stephanas rex : King of England (Dec. 26, 1135, to Oct. 25, 1154), son of Stephen de Blois, and Adela, daughter of King William, who were married in 1081. King Stephen was their third son. He married Matilda, daughter of Eustace, Count of Boulogne, by his wife Mary, and in her right inherited all his estates. He also was made Earl of Moreton in Normandy by his uncle Hen. I. Criigeltona : Crudgington, in parish of High Ercal, and a member thereof. 162 Sclilepa : Sleap, also formerly a member of High Ercal. In the Tax. Eccl. of 1291, the value of the abbot's property is recorded as X'10 7s, 6d., consisting of two carucatcs, assessed rents, one mill, aids, pleas, and perquisites. It was written Slope in 1388. 103 GJiinanleseia : Now Kinnersley. In Domesday Chinardeseie, afterwards Kynerdesle. There was a chapel here in 1174, an ecclesia in 1227. Kynardeley manerium passed 1253 to Jacobus Aldithele. It was Chinebar in 1284, Kynardesley in 1304, Kinardesley in 1360. In 1291 the Abbot's pension from Kynardesey was 2s. per annum. 104 Willelmo filio Alani : Son of Alan Fitz-Fladald (see note 148) who married Isabel de Say. 165 Willelmo de Tornai : Probably son of Girardus de Tornai. (See note 86.) 160 Alano filio Willelmi de lledleya : William de Hedley married, Seburga, daughter of Hamon Peurel (see note 26), their son was Alan, who conjointly with his father and mother founded Wombridge Priory before the end of Hen. I's reign. 107 Eolherto filio NigellL : Nigil or Nihil was a clerk, and also physician to Earl Roger de Montgomery, but, as after his death, his estates escheated to Earl Hugh, this Rotbcrt may not have been his son. Nigil, Bishop of Ely (1133 to 1169), one of the greatest financiers of the middle ages, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, may not be supposed to have a son, at least a legitimate one. Nigil, however, was far from being an uncommon name in the 11th and 12th centuries. The Bishop of Salisbury, certainly, had one son by his concubine Maud of Itamsbury, named Roger, surnamed the Poor, and may have had others. Roger was at one time King Stephen's chancellor. 1(58 Radulfo de Tirna : It may be asked whether he was of the same family as Radulf de Toni, who witnessed St. Evroult's charter in 1050, and was disinherited and exiled in 1058, by Roger da Mont- gomery 1 Tern in Salop was a member of High Ercal. 169 Ricardo filio balduini de Linlega : Is unknown. 170 Ilcnricus Wintoniensis Episeopus : Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, from 1129 to 1174. He was brother to King Stephen, and legate from the papal See, Henry de Blois, son of Stephen, Count de Blois (Blesensis) had been a monk of Cliuii, Abbot of Glastonbury, Bishop of Winchester, and was elected Archbishop of bury after the death ol* William, 1136, but did not succeed in TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 241 gaining the approval of the Pope and Theobald, Abbot of Bee succeeded William, with the consent of the new legate Alberic. 171 Rogerus Salesburiensis Episcopus : Consecrated by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, Aug. 10th, 1107, and died Dec. 11th, 1139 (some say 1140). After his imprisonment by King Stephen in 1139 he was succeeded by Jocelyn de Raileul. He was styled Roger the Great. He was Chancellor, Justiciary, Treasurer, in fact, Prime 'Minister, and a great builder of churches and castles. " ITe died," says Daniell, " unpitied, for he was a man guilty of much corruption and of insatiable avarice." 172 Nigellus Heliensis Episcopus : (See note 167), 1133 to 1174. 173 Rotbertus Herefordensis Episcopus : Robert dc Bctun, 1131 to 1148. Present at Winchester Conference, 11-11. He had been Prior de Lantun. He died 1148. 174 Seifriduscicestrensis Episcopus : Sigefrid consecrated by William, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1125 to 1147, in which year Hilary was consecrated as his successor. 175 JRicardus Abrimatensis Episcopus: bishop of Avranchcs, con- secrated 1135. He was grandson of Richard, son-in-law of Robert Count d' Ivri ; his father's name probably Robert. Order kits names him as Bishop of Coutances, while his editor in a note styles him of Avranchcs, but both give the same date for his consecration, viz., 1135. Richard Bishop of Avranchcs was appointed a Trustee by Hen. II. in 1182. 17(3 Geruasius abbas Wcstinonastaii : He seems to be Geruasius de Blois, natural son of King Stephen, who died HOG. His monument of black marble in the cloisters is popularly called long meg from its extraordinary length of lift. lOin. by a breadth of 5ft. lOin. 177 Gaufridus abbas Sancli Albani : Geoffrey de Gorham succeeded Richard de Albiui in 1119. He was the 10th Abbot, who greatly improved the internal regulations of the Monastery, increased the size of the Abbey buildings, and multiplied its revenues. He provided rich vessels and splendid garments for the various services of the church, and more than that, he prepared in 1129 a very magnificent shrine, adorned with gold, silver, and precious stones for the relics of St. Alban. He was succeeded by Ralph de Gobrou in 1116. (Gibl/s Handbook of St. Albans.) 178 llogerus Cancellarius : Appointed to that office in 1136. He was son of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, by Maud, oi Llanisbury, his concubine. (Sec note 107.) 170 Rmtulfus comes Centric: llamlal do Gernons died 1152. Son of Lucia ( \mntcss of Lincoln. ksu WilMuitis comes Waremie. 1. : was'oite of William the Conqueror's original followers, but as he died June 24th, 1089, this must have been his son or grandson, both named William de W., probably the latter, who was engaged in the battle of Lincoln, and continued loyal to Stephen after his captivity. The coffin of the first Karl and Gundreda his wife were discovered in Castle Acre in Norfolk in 1815, and arc now in Southovcr Church near Lewes. 242 SHREWSBURY ABBEY. — TWO EARLY CHARTERS. 181 Willelmm Mattel : Formerly cup-bearer to King Henry and now butler (pincerna) to King Stephen. He was excommunicated by the Legate Henry Bishop of Worcester in 1141. 182 A Ibricus de Vair : Of him the writer has found no record. 183 Oau/ridm de Magna villa', (Or Mandaville), in 1142 took It am soy Abbey, expelled the monks and converted it into a castle. One Itio'us de Mandeville in 1277, died seized of Shirlet boscus, Sponhull boscus and Upton haia, all in the County of Salop. APPENDIX. The following extract from the Cat. Rot. Chart, of 122G-7. The 1 1th year of Tien. III., forms an in- dependent testimony to the genuineness of Stephen's Charter. SALOPIE ABBAS SANCTI PETRI (habet). Biforgat vicus juxta Abbathiam ; Monerfeid Ecclesia (Mor- v.ille) ; Scottosdone ; Brudelesburye ; Cenedon (Conedour ?) ct Burton dimid' hida terre ; Egmuriden; Welintone ; Arkelona; Hodeneth ; Tonga ; Doninton ; Wrocwurthin ; Bissechurcb ; Nessa ; Novns Burgus ; Eyton Maneriura ; Oumminstram manerium ; Burtdne ; Theolonium lignorum venditorum in Salopia ; Longefeld manerium ; Lugaford ij hide terrarum et dimidium ; Up tun ecclesia et decima ; Biritono una virgata terro et ecclesia ; Oswald ecclesia ; Mudla ecclesia ; Serewarden ; Salopia una domus in ford; Bertona; Wlnerenton ; Chinar- descye ; Gringoltone ; Slepham ; Nortonc ; Pocton (Pecton) una hida; Cherleton una hida; Cata (Cota) duo hide; Wiche- vvytan ; Ltosbalj ecclesia ; Jocheshull ct Wines leg decline; Bjiscchureh ; Upton decima ; Cunedouro ecclesia 3 rnansure; Stokes terra Saneti Burthull ; Stanton ecclesia; Bolelegam ; Langenalre una hida ; Iietleg dimidium hida ; Hordelcg; Dray- ton minor una hida; Lotheton (vjotcn); Salop mansura; Cam- briston decima; Wan tenor ecclesia • Wanton f'erindel terro; Branton ; Preston Lacheford decima ; Hunlcga ; Sutton sedes molendini ; Dernald (Derfald ?) ; Castellum una mansura; Thelewell piscaria, cum multis aliis terris ibidem nominatis et libertatibus ; ha lob. SALOP abbas (habet) Gridgerimer (?) ; Salop feria. It may he difficult to identify two or three of these names, hut the large majority occur in the Charter. Wo may notice Gringeltone, Suncti Burthull, Wan ten Dernnld, and Gridserimor, as unusual, 243 SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS, TEMP. KING JOHN. (OCTOBER 1203.) The following Assize Rolls, which are the earliest Shropshire ones preserved in the Public Record Office, were extracted and translated by Mr. W. K. Boyd for the Society. The Assize Rolls contain a record of proceedings before the Justices in Eyre, who itinerated throughout the country. These Itinerant, Justices were vested with considerable power. The business transacted before them was entered on Rolls, which commence in 6 Richard I., and extend to Edward IV. The Rolls here given contain notes of the Pleas taken at Shrewsbury in October, 1203. A list of the places named in these Rolls is appended. ASSIZE ROLLS (SALOP) No. 732. [Translation]. Essoins taken at Shrewsbury of the eyre of William de Cantelupe and Simon de Pateshull and their Fellows on Wednesday after the Feast of St. Michael in the fifth year of the reign of King John [5 October 1203.) (m. 3d.) At Gloucester. The assize came to recognise if William, father of Christiana, Matilda, and Margaret wile of John, Richard, and Baldwin, was seized in his demesne as of fee of 2 virgatos of land, with the appurtenances, in Raggeden, on the day whereon he died, &c. Which land Richard tie Wudridesle holds. Who comes and says that the assize ought not to be made therein, because he, a long time ago, sued touching that land in the Court of the Lord tlio King, against Robert de Holders and Roger de Say. and there it was agreed between them that Vol XL, 2nd S." EE 244 SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. by the Fine made in the same Court that land remained to him without claim that they or any on their behalf might put in. And he asks that this be allowed him. And Simon de Pateshull, before whom the plaint was moved, witnesseth that they put in their claim. And there- fore it does not remain. And afterwards came Richard and vouched to warrant Baldwin de Boulers, heir of Robert de Borders. Let him have him at Oxford in 15 days from the day of All Souls, and the same day is given to the recognitors. And others are put in the place of Reginald de Acton, Philip de Stapelton, Hugh Lestrange, and William de Bikedon, who are removed. Walter de Hnggeford, by Warner [? Warin] his attorney, de- mands against Juliana de Ledwic the custody of a moiety of the vill of Ledwic as that which belongs to him to have with Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey, who ought to hold it of him, and whose father held that land of him together with other lands. And Juliana comes and says that that land is her dower of the gift of William formerly her husband. Wherefore the aforesaid Geoffrey is, and ought to be her warrant. And Warner [? Warin] says that that land is not her dower nor ought it to be, because she was not dowered thereof, but was dowered oj certain other land, to wit, of the land of Clie, so that she held it as her dower for years and days after the decease of the said Geoffrey, formerly her husband. And therefore she produces suit which witnesseth this. A day is given to them, at Oxford, on Friday after the Feast of St. Martin, and let Warner [? Warin] then have the aforesaid Geoffrey [there], without whom she did not wish to answer, because he has the said Geoffrey in his custody. [In the margin.] And Juliana puts in her place Roger de Mora. Paulin de Hodenet gives to the Lord the King one mark for having licence to agree, by the pledge of Griffin, son of Einow, and William, son of Soman. 1 mark. Tho Prior of Brum fold puts in his place William do Ling- hand, his monk, against Uobert, son of Simon, of a plea of a Fine made, and of a plea of land &c. Tho assize camo to recognize if Audulf, father of Audulf, was seized in his demesne as of fee of tho manor of Moles, witli tho appurtenances, on the day whereon he died &C Which land Roger de Mortimer holds. SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. 24ft The jurors say that he so died seized. Judgment. Let Audulf have his seisin, and Roger is ir. mercy. Mercy. At Oxford. Elias, Prior of Brumfeld, demands against Robert, son of Simon, half a hide of land, with the appurten- ances, in Brumfeld, as the right of his church of Brumfeld. And Robert comes and puts himself on the grand assize of the Lord the King, and he asks that an acknowledgment be made whether he has greater right in the land aforesaid, or the same Prior and his church of Brumfeld. A day is given to them on the coming of the Justices, and then let four [knights] come to choose twelve. The Prior of Brumfeld was attached to be before the Justices to show wherefore he does not hold a Fine made in the Court of the Lord the King between the Prior of Brumfeld and Robert, son of Simon, touching land, moor and wood in Brom- feld. Wherefore the same Robert complains that, against a Fine made, the same prior deforces him of common of his pasture. He comes and defends that he never went against that Fine, and that he is ready to hold that Fine. And Robert produces suit which witnesseth that he did not hold the Fine. The said Prior will defend himself with the twelfth hand on the coming of the Justices. Pledges for the law Richard de Troham and Walter Durnetre. (m. 4) Pleas of the Assize taken at Shrewsbury. Salopshire. The Abbot of Bildewas puts in his place brother Walter, a monk, against William de Bradele of a plea of the assize of novel disseisin &c. Simon de Perepunt, Philip de Bubbiton, William Keterell, and Hugh de Sudburi, four knights summoned to choose twolve to make an acknowledgment between Christiana de North legh, plaintiff, and Adam Ting, tenant, touching one virgate of land, with the appurtenanees, in Northlegh, whereof the same Adam, who is tenant, put himself on the grand assize of tho Lord the King and asked that an acknowledg- ment be made whether he has greater right to hold that land of tho said Christiana, or the said Christiana [to hob I] in demesne, came and chose these, Roger de Bogesoure, Richard 24G SIIROPSEllRE ASSIZE ROLLS. de Ruiton, Warner de Wilileg, Richard de Lechton, William Burnel, Hugh de Lega, Malleolus de Arlega, Robert de du- ll ager, Hugh de Sudburi, William de Spineto, Adam le Sauvage, Ralph, Ralph son of Moubert, Roger Corbet, Henry Bostard, Elias do Attingharii, Robert de Girros. They are agreed, and Christiana gives to the Lord the King half a mark for licence to agree, by the pledge of Thomas de Northlega and Adam Tugel. Half a mark. Salop. The assize came to recognize if Ralph de Sanford unjustly and without judgment disseised Basilia de Rohal of her free tenement in Kohal after the coronation of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that he so disseised her. Judgment. Let Basilia have her seisin, and Ralph de Sanford is in mercy. Damage, one mark. Mercy, one mark, by the pledge of Richard de Lake and Ralph Hose. Pledge for the damage, Ralph Hose. Salop. The assize came to recognize if William Boterell unjustly and without judgment disseised Philip de Stapelton of ins free tenement in Stapelton, alter the Feast of Sl Michael next before the first coronation of the Lord the King. The jurors say that he so disseised him. Judgment. Let Philip have his seisin, and William is in mercy. Damage half a mark. Salop. The assize came to recognize if Herbert, son of Herbert, unjustly and without judgment disseised Philip de Stapleton and Emma his wife of their free tenement in Pantes- bury after the Feast of Sl Michael next before the first coronation of (he Lord the King. And this assize was taken lor reason following. The jurors say that he so disseised them. Damage 29. [In the margin.] To-morrow touching the seisin. The assize came to recognize if Herbert, son of Herbert, unjustly and without judgment, disseised Philip do Stapelton and teinina his wife of their free tenement in Boicot, after the Feast of Sl Michael next before the coronation of the Lord the King. And the Steward of the same Herbert says that that tenement, and so all the lands of the said Herbert are in the hands of the Lord the King, and therefore it does not seem to him that the assize ought to proceed. SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. 247 And the Sheriff, being asked, says that in truth, because he did not make a fine for his passage, his lands are seized into the hand of the Lord the King ; so nevertheless that neither the Steward of the same Herbert, nor his serjeant nor reeve are removed. And therefore this assize was taken by the council. The jurors say that he so disseised them. Damage 2 marks. Judgment is put in respite touching having seisin until discourse shall be had therein with the lord G. Fitz Peter. And they have a day thereupon in 15 days from the day of Sfc Martin. Salop. The assize came to recognize if William de Brocton unjustly and without judgment disseised Ulger Canonicus of his free tenement in Brocton, after the coronation of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that he so disseised him. Judgment. Let Ulger have his seisin, and William is in mercy. Damage Gd. Mercy half a mark. Salop. Roger de Begesoure, Walter de Hugeford, Warner de Wililega, Robert de Gatacre, four knights to choose twelve to make an acknowledgment between the Abbot of Hageman and John de Kilpec, touching the service which the same John ex;icts from the aforesaid Abbot in respect of the free tenements which he holds of him in Bebrug. Wherefore the same Abbot, who is tenant, put himself on the grand assize of the Lord the King and asked that an acknowledgment be made whether he ought to hold the aforesaid tenement of the aforesaid John by the service of the fifth part of one knight's fee, as the same John exacts from him, or whether he ought to hold it of the aforesaid John in free alms quit from all service, as he acknowledges to him, came and chose these. Philip son of liolegot, Robert de Girros, Hugh de Sudburi, Roger Corbet, Richard de Ruitoii, Simon de Perepunt, Hugh de Upton, William Boterelli, Philip de Fornlaw', Reiner de Lega, Warm de Burwardesle, Richard de Lecton, Roger de BvTgesoure, Warner dc Wililea, Walter de Hugeford, Robert \ do Gatacre. They are agreed. ^Of'lh the margin.] And the Abbot puts in his place Henry, his Canon. Hugh de Wodenorton, Mankolun de Arlega, Philip de Stapelton, Harnon Marescot, four knights summoned to choose 248 SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. twelve to make an acknowledgment between William, son of Robert, and Walter de Come, and Thomas de Corue touching 2 carucates of land, with the appurtenances in Corue, whereof the same Walter and Thomas, wno are tenants, put themselves on the grand assize of the Lord the King and asked that an acknowledgment be made whether they have greater right in the land aforesaid, or the aforesaid William, came and chose these. William de Middlehop, Hugh de Lega, Roger de Begesoure, Hugh de Sudburj, William Boterel, Warner de Wililega, William de Iiopton, William de Sureis,1 Martin de Castello, Hugh de Upton, Henry Christian, Warin de Bur- waridesleia, William Burnel,1 Elias de Say} William son of Walter,1 Robert de Gatacre. Who, having been sworn, say that Walter and Thomas have greater right in that land than the aforesaid William. And therefore let the aforesaid Walter and Thomas have and hold their land in peace for ever quit from the said William and from his heirs. And William is in mercy. [In the margin.] And be it known that Ralph de Welle- ford and the other knights sent to the aforesaid Thomas, who is sick, that they might hear who he wished to attorn therein, say that he put in his place Walter de Com to gain. Salopshire. The assize came to recognize if Christiana, late the wife of Richard de Costantin, unjustly and without i'udgment disseised William Lestrange of his free tenement in Cardinton after the Feast of Sl Michael next before the first coronation of the Lord the King. The jurors say that she so disseised him. Judgment, Let William have his seisin, and Christiana is in mercy. Damage 38. Mercy 1 mark. Pledge for the damage and mercy Thomas de Costantin. Salop. The assize came to recognise if Richer, son of Robert, unjustly and without judgment disseised Leticia, late the wife of Guy, of her free tenement in Schauburi, after the coronation of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that lie so disseised her. Judgment. Let Leticia have her seisin, and Richer is in mercy. Damage half a mark. Mercy one mark. Pledges 1 The names printed in italics are cro3sed out in the Record. SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. 249 for the damage, John de Wiford and Richard de Wiford. Pledges for the mercy, Richard de Chesthull and Baldwin Wiscaral. Salop. The assize came to recognize if Simon de Perepunt unjustly and without judgment disseised Roger de Wadelega of his free tenement in Wadelega after the coronation of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that he did not so disseise him. Judgment. Roger is in mercy, and let Simon hold. Mercy. It is pardoned. Salop. The assize came to recognize if Amilla de Clune unjustly and without judgment disseised Roger de Acrug of his free tenement in Rokehull, after the coronation of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that she so disseised him. Judgment. Let Roger have his seisin, and Amilia is in mercy. Damage half a mark. Mercy half a mark, by the pledge of Walter Flandrensis. Salop. William son of Walter, Philip de Stapelton, Hamon Marescot, and Henry Bastard, four knights summoned to choose twelve to make the grand assize between Hugh Lesfrange, plaintiff, and Osbert Purcol and Hugh son of Walter, tenants, touching 40 acres of land, with the appur- tenances, in Erdeston, whereof the same Osbert and Hugh put themselves on the grand assize of the Lord the King and asked that acknowledgment be made whether they have greater right in that land or the same Hugh Lestrange, chose these — Afterwards came William Fitz Alan and said that that land is in his Hundred which owes no suit at the Countv Court of Salop, nor do the men of that Hundred come before tho Justices or before tho Sheriff, either for death, or burning, or for any summons. Ho also says that no grand assize ou^ht to bo held in that Hundred, nor was it ever. And the whole county witnesseth this. To-morrow. Ralph Hase, Robert de Girros, Roger Sprengehose, and Vivian de Roshal, four knights summoned to choose twelve to make the grand assize between William Pres biter and Ralph de Roshal and Godith his wife, and Aldith, sister of the said Godith (God«) touching half a virgate of land, with the appur- tenances, in Little Roshag, whereof the same Ralph, Godith, 250 SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. and Aldith, who are tenants, put themselves on the grand assize of the Lord the King and asked that an acknowledgment be made whether they have greater right in the land aforesaid, or the same William, came and chose these. Hugh Lestrange, William Hose, Reiner de Acton, William Burnel, Herbert Mauvesin, Henry Batard, Hamon Mariscot, Philip de Stapelton, Hugh de Lokeford, Roger Parcel, Roger de Eston, Robert de Girros, Ralph Hose, Vivian de Rushal, Roger Sprengehose. Who, having been sworn, say that the aforesaid Ralph, Godith, and Aldith have greater right in that land than the aforesaid William Presbiter, because that land is the right of the said Godith and Aldith. And therefore let them hold. And William is in mercy half a mark, by the pledge of Robert de Girras. Thomas de Beverlac put in his claim, saying that neither the plaintiff nor the tenant has right in that land, because that land is his right pertaining to the Prebend which he has in the church of S* Cedde. Philip de Stapelton, Robert de Woodecoc, Hamon Marescot, and Martin de Castello, four knights summoned to choose twelve to make an acknowledgment between William de Etton and Robert Esmerulum touching half a virgate of land, with the appurtenances, in Wullaueston, whereof the same William, who is tenant, put himself on the grand assize of the Lord the King and asked that an acknowledgment be made which of them has greater right in that land, chose these. William Burnel, Wido de Arundel, Roger de Eston, Hugh de Wolfre- ton, Vivian de Roshal, Robert son of Madoc, William Hose, Reiner de Acton, William son of Walter, Robert de Gatacre, Herbert Mauvesin, Robert de Girros, Roger Sprengehose, Ralph Hose, Warner de Wililoga, and Hugh Lestrange. Afterwards came William and acknowledged that that land is the right of the aforesaid Robertas his right. And he gives one mark. Richard de Merinton, the sergeant, because lie did not come at the hour on the first day of the summons is in mercy. Edric, the Reeve of Pantesburi, because he forbade the sureties and [(ledges of the Sheriff is in mercy. (ui. 4d.) Salop. The assize of novel disseisin between Reginald de Thirn, plaintiff and David, son of Audoen, and SHROPSHIRE ASSIZE ROLLS. 251 Emma his wife, touching the said Reginald's free tenement in Stockiet and Kenewic, remains because that tenement is in the hand of the Lord the King. The assize came to recognize if Richard, son of Warin, unjustly and without judgment disseised Richard Dyer (Tine tor) of his free tenement in Shrewsbury after the corona- tion of the Lord the King at Canterbury. The jurors say that he so disseised him. Judgment. Let Richard have his seisin, and Richard son of Warin is in mercy of half a mark. Damage S3. Pledges for the mercy Nicholas Le Teintarer, Walter Le Roscu. INDEX OF PLACES NAMED IN THE FOREGOING ASSIZE ROLLS. Page. Beobridge (Claverley), iii., 83 ... ... ... 247 Boycott (Pontesbury), vii., 131 ... ... ... 246 Brockton (near Rushbury), iv., 109 ... ... ... 247 Bronifield, v., 218 ... ... ... ... 245 Clie (? Cleeton), v., 88 ... ... ... ... 244 Corve (Brockton) ... ... ... ... 248 Eardingtun, i., 120 ... ... ... ... 218 Eardiston, xi., 6 ... ... ... ... 219 Kenwick, x., 251 ... ... ... ... 251 Ledwich, Upper, v., 88 ... ... ... ... 244 Meolo Brace, vi., 851 ... ... ... ... 214 Nordley Regis (Northlegh), iii, 157 ... ... ... 245 Pontesbury, vii., 130 ... ... ... ... 246 Ragclon, v , 118 ... ... ... ... 213 llohal (Lluthall, Priors Dittou), iv., 47 ... ... 246 Uokehull (1 Court of Hill j or llochall, near Wall Town), iv., 343 or 371 ... ... ... ... 249 Ilosshall, x.} 86 ... ... ... . . 249 Shawbury, viii , 137 ... ... ... ... 248 Shrewsbury... ... ... ... 251 St. Chad ... ... ... ... .. 250 Staplcton, vi., 110 — 111... ... ... ... 246 Stockctt (Kenwick), S;j 249 ... ... ... 251 Wadley (near Clazeley), i., 212 ... ... .. 219 Woolaston, Little, vii , 1 14 ... ... ... 250 Tlic references are to By ton 8 Aiitiquicies of Shropshire, W'M.DV. Vol. XI., 2nd S. FF 252 EXTENT OF THE MANOR OF ELLESMERE, 28 OCTOBER, 1280. The Extent of the Manor of Ellesmere which follows, was extracted and translated by Mr. W. K. Bovd, for the Society, from the original Survey in the Public Record. It is dated 28 October, 1280. It shows the exact condition of the Manor at Ellesmere at that time, with its acreage and value, the names of the tenants and their rentals, &c. Sir Roo-er le Strange was then the lord. (See Ey ton's Antiquities, x. 242.) In translating these Extents, Mr. Boyd has used " son of/' as it is difficult to distinguish between the English and Welsh names, though no doubt many of the Welsh ones were " ap." W.G.D.F. RENTALS AND SURVEYS ROLL, 555, P.R.O. [2Sth Oct., A.D., 12S0.] Extent of the Manor of Ellesmere made on Monday the Feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, in the 8th year of the reign of King Edward; before Thomas de Thorp and John de Say, Clerks, by the oath of true and lawful men of every Township of the Hundred of Ellesmere, Jurors. Who say upon their oath that the lord holds in demesne 4 virgates of land, viz., 324 acres, the worth of an acre 4d. Sum Oli. 8d. And that the fines and amercements of the Courts of the Burgh of Ellesmere are worth 80s. And that the assize of every brewery of beer is worth 20s. And that the lord holds 3i acres of meadow which are worth 26s. 8d. by the year. And that the lord holds two mills redden 40s. And that the fishery throughout all the vivaries, except the vivary of Culmere are worth the lines, ^ amercements of the Courts, and heriots are worth 6li. 13s. 3d. by the year. And that ....... in all the woods is Manor of ellesmere. 253 worth 40s. by the year. And that the garden is worth 3s. by the year. And of the Sergeants in the country (patria) is worth lOGs. 8d, by the year if the lord shall wish to release the services Sum 28li. 4d. Burgh of Ellesmere. Also they say by their oath that Adam del broke holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Cd. by the year. And Richard, son of Robert, holds the moiety of a burgage,1 and renders Gd. by the year. And Robert, son of Henry, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And John the Chaplain holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders 6d. by the year. And Hugh, son of Edward, holds a burgage and a half, and renders lSd. by the year. And Nicholas, son of Adam, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Thomas Le Mercer and Thomas his son, hold half a burgage, and render Gd. And William Le Skelker holds half a burgage and the third part of a burgage, and renders lOd. by the year. And Richard the cobler (sutor) holds half a burgage and the third part of a burgage, and renders lOd. by the year. . . Ilervey the smith (faber) holds the third part of a burgage, one croft and two gardens, and renders by the year. And Alice the widow holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Amine, daughter of Russell, holds and one house, and renders GAd. by the year. And Nicholas, son of William, holds ono burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Hugh Slaghthprn holds two burgages, and renders 2s. by the year. And Richard Pere holds 2\ burgages, and renders 2s. Gd. by the year. And Roger, son of Pymme, holds the third part of a burgage, and renders 4d. by the year. 1 Burgage : A. tenement in a borough ; the tenure or rent by which such premises wore held. 254 MANOR OF ELLESMERE. And William Monnyrig holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Roger the baker (Pistor) holds the moiety of a burgage and the twelfth part of a burgage, and renders 7d. by tlie year. And Hugh Le Glover for so much land, and renders 7d. by the year. And Itliel Da holds a burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And William Kulward holds the moiety of a burgage and the twelfth part of a burgage, and renders 7d. by the year. And David le Pelter holds one burgage and the fourth part of a burgage, and renders 9d. by the year. And Richard de Hampton holds the fourth [part] of a burgage, and renders 3d. And Richard de Lumal holds the moiety of a burgage and the third part of a burgage, and renders lO.Ul. by the year. And Philip, son of Ilona, hold two burgages, and renders 2s. by the year. And David, son of Ilona, holds 5 burgages, and renders 5s. by the year. And David, son of Nicholas, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Anian, son of Richard, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Ralph, son of Adam, holds two burgages, and renders 2s. by the year. And Nicholas, son of Daniel, holds one burgage and a 1 df, and renders 18d. by the year. And llobert, son of William, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by t he! year. Ami Julias del Mere holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Richard, son of John, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Nicholas, son of John, holds one burgage and the fourth part of a burgage, and renders 15d. by the year. And a nun (Incltisa) holds [the moiety of] a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And John lie Mercer holds one burgage, and renders . . d. by the year. And David, son of William, holds one burgage, and renders 13d. by the year. Ami William, son of Reyner, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year, MANOR OF ELLESMERE. 255 And Roger, son of Roger, and Lewelin Vaghan bold three burgages, and render 3s. by the year. And Edusa, daughter of Gilbert, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd by the year. And Louke the breweress (Braciatrix), holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders 6d. by tlie year. And Reyner de Lithe holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Cd. by the year. And Stephen de Waresleye holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Cecilia, wife of Stephen, holds the moiety of a burgage and the fourth part of a burgage, and renders 9d. by the year' And William, son of Stephen, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Hugh, son of Pymme, holds a burgage and a garden, and renders 13d. by tlie year. And Thomas, son of Richard, [holds] one burgage and a half, and renders lSd. by the year. And Ranulph the Chaplain holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Calogan Vaghan holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Ideneuet, son of Adam, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Richard Broun and Stephen Le Geyte hold two burgages and the third part of a burgage, and render 2s. 4(1. by the year. . And Adam de Rugge holds two parts of a burgage, and lenders Sd. by the year. And John, son of John, holds one burgage, and renders 12d. by the year. And Margery, wife of Adam, holds one burgage, and renders 1 2d. by tlie year. And Stephen Rag holds one burgage and a half and the sixth part ot a burgage, and renders 22(1. by the year. And lthel, son of Le Skelker, and John his brother hold one burgage, and render 12d. by the year. And Hugh, son of Hugh, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And David, son of David, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders Gd. by the year. And Maye, wife of Adam, holds the moiety of a burgage, and renders 7d. 25G MANOR OF ELLESMERE. And Ely as Badde holds the third part of a burgage, and renders 4|d. by the year. And Stephen de Caldecote holds one house, and renders Id. And Richard, son of Hugh, holds one house, and renders Id. by the year. And Richard, sun of David, holds one house, and renders 2d. by the year. And Stephen, son of Alderichc, holds one house, and renders lil. by the year. And David Barnhers holds one house, and renders 12d. by the year. And Henry Sped holds the third part of a burgage, and renders 4d. by the year. And Anian, son of Richard, holds one house and one croft, and renders Gd. by the year. Sum— 62s. GR Free Tenants. Madoc, son of Ralph, holds 4 virgates of land, and renders 2s. by the year, or he shall give one sparrow-hawk. And David de Otley holds 3 virgates ol land, and renders 2s. 2d. by the year, and he ought to be in the Castle of Elles- mere at his own expenses for 40 days in the time of war. And at his death he shall give to the lord one tunic (lorica). Edeneuet de Stockes holds half a virgate of land and 13 acres of land of assart, and renders 4s. 8d. by the year. And he owes suit of the Lord's Court, and when he shall die the Lord shall have his arms. Euer, son of Blethind, holds one bovate of land, and renders 9d. by the year. And he ought to follow the Court, and when lie shall die the Lord shall have his arms. Gwion Seys holds 4 acres of land of ancient tenure, and renders Gd. by the year. And he owes suit of the Lord's Court, and the Lord shall have his arms when he shall die. The Lady of Lunyal holds 5| virgates of land and assarts, and renders 2s. by the year or one fish- hawk (nisus). Ami she ought to follow the Court and feed the servants (servientes)1 ami at her death she shall give to the lord her best goods (averium). Reginald de Lythe holds 3 bovates of land and renders 2s. Sd. by the year. And lie shall fallow the Lord's Court, and at his death the Lord shall have his arms. ServieuUvs : Perhaps men-at-arms, or common soldiers. MANOR OF FLLESMERF. 257 Evnon, son of Candelau the doctor (medicus) holds one bovate of land, and renders 12d. by the year; and he ought to pay pannage (pannagare) and feed the servants, and he owes suit of Court. Ralph, son of Adam, liolds 1 bovate of land, and renders 3s. by the year, and he shall follow the Court. Stephen de Fraunketon holds in Ellesdon 4 viigates of land, and in YVodehouses one oxgang of land, and in Otale one oxgang of land, and renders 22s. And he owes suit of Court and [ought] to feed the servants. William de Dokeleye holds 23 acres of land in the assarts,1 and renders 2s. by the year. And he shall follow the Lord's Court, and when he shall die he shall give his best goods. And William de Gefnoke holds half a virgate of land for guarding the woods ; and he holds 58 acres of land in the assarts, and renders 4s. lOd. by the year; and he shall follow the Court, and when he shall die the Lord shall have his best goods. And Colyn le Bedel holds half a virgate of land and 13 acres in the assarts, and 10 acres with a croft in the field. And he renders 7s, 3d. by the year. And he shall follow the Court ; ami he ought to make the summonses and attachments of the Courts and feed the servants. And when he shall die the Lord shall have his best goods. Richard, son of John, Richard Carpenter (Carpentarius) and Win Smit h (fa bey) hold half a virgate of land, and render 3s. by the year. And the same hold 20 acres of land in the assarts and render 20d. by the year. And they ought to follow the Court and feed the servants. And at their death the Lord shall have their arms. Me uric holds the third part of the vill of Crcnhull, and ho ought to give one brachet- (braehettus) every third year; and he shall follow the Court. Lewelin Vaghan holds two parts of the vill of Grenhull, and he shall give one brachet to the lord every second year; and he shall follow the Court. And the same Lewelin and his brothers hold the vill of Aslwike, and for all service they ouglit to follow the Court, and they shall do nothing else. And Roger de Astwike holds one assart, and renders 4d. by the year. 1 Assart : A piece of land cleared of wood and fit for tillage. 2 A hound for hare and fo.\. 258 MANOR OF ELLESMERE. Gurgenew son of Madoc, Madoc son of Yareford, and Wyn Vaghan and Lewelin son of Wylim hold the vill of Herdewike, and render 6s. Sd. by the year; and they ought to follow the Court and feed the servants. Adam de Rtigge, Madoc son of Wilym, Yareford son of Eynon, and others hold 4 vir^ates of land in Rugge, and render 10s. by the year. And they ought to follow the Court and feed the servants ; and [they owe] a tine (gersumma) for marrying their daughters, for every daughter 2s. Philip de Fernenhalgh holds one bovate of land in the assarts, and renders 2s. 7d. by the year; and he ought to follow the Court and feed the servants, and [he owes] a heriot. Kenewreic son of Louhard, David Vaghan, Euer son of Gwyhon, Oweyn son of Eynon, Kenewreic, and others hold 4 virgates of land in the vill of Marten, and render Gs. 8d. by the year; and they owe suit of Court [and they ought] to feed the servants ; and at their death they shall give to the lord the best goods that they have or Gs. Sd. And they owe a relief when they die. And William, son of Colyn le Bedel, holds 19 acres of land in the assarts and renders 19d. by the year for all service. And William Smith (faber), of Birche, holds half a virgato of land, and he shall make the iron of the ploughs and of the mills of the manor. And in the time of war he ought to be in the Castle to forge all things necessary. And Richard, son of Matilda, holds 12 acres of land in the assarts and renders 2s. 4d. by the year ; and he shall follow the Court, and he ought to feed the servants, and at his death he shall give to the lord his best goods. Mabel, daughter of Richard, son of Matilda, holds one acre of land in the assart, and renders Hd. by the year. And William, son of llobyn, holds a meadow of assart, and renders Id. by the year. And Pyinmot, son of Geoffrey, holds a meadow of assart and renders Id. by the year. And Richard, son of Richard del Grene, holds half an acre of land of the assart, and renders Id. by the year. And Richard, sou of Stephen, .John llering, Matilda tho widow, and others, of Birche, hold 10 acres of land of the assart, and render 10(1. by the year. And Richard Fribald holds 4 acres of land of the assart, and renders 4 J. by the year. And David, son of Wenunwyn, holds 3i acres of the assarts, and renders 3$d. by the year. MANOR OF ELLESMERE 259 And Richard, son of Hugh, holds 3 acres of land of the assarts, and renders 3d. by the year. And Hugh son of Hugh and Adam son of Hotte hold 4 acres of land of the assarts and render 4d. by the year. And the tenants of Horton render 2s. by the year. And five men of the vill aforesaid ought to follow the Court. The vill of Leye renders 2s. by the year, and it ought to feed the servants. The vill of Baggeley renders 2s. by the year. The Abbot of Hawemon holds Stockeyth, Neuton, and Kenowic, and he ought to follow the Court. And the said vills ought to feed the servants. Sum 41 i. 18s. 5d. Sum of the acres of the assarts of this roll 195. Sum of all the acres of the assarts of the Hundred of Elles- mere 53G.J. Vol XI., 2nd & 260 EXTENT OF THE MANOR OF WELCH HAMPTON, 4 NOVEMBER, 1280. The following Extent of the Manor of Hampton, or Welch Hampton, was also extracted and translated by Mr. VV. K. Boyd, from the original Survey in the Public Record Office. It is dated 4 November, 1280. The Manor was of course less extensive than Ellesmere, and less valuable. The name of the lord is not given in the Survey, but it was Roger le Strange. (See Ey ton's Antiquities, x., 93.) W.G.D.F, RENTALS AND SURVEYS. Portf. f P. R. 0. (Welch Hampton.) [4 Nov., A.D., 1280.] Extent of the Manor of Hampton, made on Monday next after the Feast of All Saints, in the 8th year of the reign of King Edward, before Thomas Bosse, Thomas le Thorp, and Philip de Say, by twelve jurors. Who say upon their oath that the lord holds in demesne 44 acres, the worth of an acre 4d. The sum whereof, 14s. 8d. And that he holds 2 acres of meadow, the worth of an acre 12d. The sum whereof 2s. And that the garden is worth 3d. by the year. And that the perquisites and pleas of the Courts are worth 5s. by the year. And that the pannage is worth 2s. by the year. And that the vivary is worth 4th. And of the herbage of " Stockes," 3s. Sum— 27s. 3d. Free Tenants. Oweyn, son of Gronow, holds 12 acres of land by charter and renders 2s. by the year, and he owes suit of Court. And Stephen de Fraunketon holds 15 acres and renders 2s. Gd. And Richard, son of Elias, holds one virgate of land and a half, and renders 4 horseshoes by the year, and he ought to follow the Court. MANOR OF WELCH HAMPTON. 261 Richard de Prene holds half a virgate of land and renders 4 hens, and ho ought to follow the Court. Sum 5s. 2d. COTTERELLI. Richard Fox holds a house and a garden with 3 acres of land and renders 6d. by the year. Roger the Miller (Molendinarius) holds a house and an acre and a half of land and renders lOd. by the year. Alice the widow holds a house and an acre of land and renders G'd. And Hamon holds a house and an acre and a half of land and renders lOd. by the year. And Tibota de Hodenet holds a house and an acre of land and renders 6d. And Anian Smith (faber) holds one smithy and renders 4d. All the aforesaid people ought to follow the Court. Sum 3s. 6d. Bondmen. Robert, son of Juliana, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. by the year. And Richard the Reeve holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And Madoc, son of David, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And Richard, son of Hernhirste, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And Philip de Fraunketon holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. by the year. And William the Miller holds one oxgang of land, and renders 2s. And David, son of Juliana, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And Robert Strupe holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. and one cock. And Wyon, son of Wyn Ky, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And John, son of Robert, holds half a virgate of land, and renders 4s. And Richard the Reeve holds one garden, and renders 2d. Sum— 38s. 3d. Sum of the sums — 74s. 2d. SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, The following twelve Inquisitions have been extracted and translated by Mr. W. K. Boyd, for the Society, from the originals preserved in the Public Record Office. There is probably no class of records of such great value, either for the purposes of local topography or genealogy, as the Inquisitions post mortem. On the death of anyone who was supposed to hold lands in chief under the crown, a writ was issued to the escheator of the county, entitled a writ of diem clausit extremum, commanding him to summon a jury to enquire — (1) of what lands the deceased person died seised, (2) of whom and by what rents and services the same were held, (3) the date of his death, (4) the name and age of his heir-at-law. The inquest was taken on oath, and the verdict engrossed on parchment, and in due course returned into the Court of Chancery, where it was filed. If the jury made an insufficient return, a further writ, called a writ ad melius inquirendum, was issued, directing the escheator to hold a second inquest for obtaining fuller particulars. These Inquisitions commence in the 3rd year of the reign of Henry III., and come down to the 20th year of Charles 1. (1218 — 1645.) A transcript was sent into the Exchequer, to enable the King's officers to collect the duties, &c, payable to the King. From the reign of Henry VIII., when the Court of Wards and Liveries was established (anno 1543), a transcript was also sent into that Court. There are, therefore, three sets of Inquisitions preserved in the Public Record Office. Amongst these Inqnisitions post mortem are also some extents of lands ; a few inquests for proof of age ; SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. 263 some that were taken virtute officii, without writ or commission ; and some inquests ad quod damnum. Three of these Inquisitions ad quod damnum are here given. The others are ordinary Inquisitions post mortem. They relate to the families of Burnel, Corbet, More, Retheryk, and Talbot, and show what lands the deceased persons held in the county of Salop. W.G.D.F. INQUISITION AS TO THE LANOS HELD M ROGER DE LA MORE, 12">4. THE VILL OE LA MORE. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 39 Henry III., No. 13. Writ dated at Westminster 3rd Dec. 30 Henry III. [A.D. 1254] directed to the Abbot of Persore and James Fresel, the King's Escheators, to inquire what lands Roger de la More held &c. This is the inquisition made by these under written jurors, to wit, Walter de Neuton, Roger de Plouden, John de Say, Ralph del Yeyn, Kadugan de Lee, William, son of Seysil, Thomas de Eyton, Houwel de Lydorri, Hugh de la More, Robert del Omers, Richard, son of Robert de North bury, Wronou de Omers. Who say upon their oath that. Roger de la More held the vill of La More by the service of keeping one Constable with the Lord the King in the war in Wales, taking from the Lord the King 12d. by the day. And he gives to the Lord the King Id. by the year for alienations of the aforesaid land. And there are there 3 carucates of land in demesne which are worth 30s. OF rent of assize by the year 55s. 11 Jd. Also there are there boondays of the value ot 5s. Also one vivary which is worth 6d. Also one garden 2s. Also wood, 2s. by the year. Also of past ure 2s. Also from the falcons, 2d. by the year. From the herons' nests, (id. Also the pleas, 5s. by the year. Also the market hcriot, 2s. Also the works of customary tenants, 5s. 7d. Also I ho presentat ions at the Lathe, 2s. lOd. Sum 1 L3s. 7jd. 2G4 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS Also they say that the same Roger held 5 virgates of land of the Bishop of Hereford and Adam de Acton by the service of 5s. 4d., and they are worth 10s. 4d. And the same Roger held of Roger de Nortbury 2 virgates of land by the service of 2s. 10d., and they are worth 7s. 2d. by the year. The other sum— 17s. Cd. The whole sum, GIL- lis. 2*d. Roger, son and heir of the same Roger, is next heir of the said Roofer and is of fall ap;e. INQUISITION P.M. PETER CORBET, 13211 THE MANORS OF CaUS, WORTI1EN, SHELVE, &C. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, 15 Edward II., No. 34. Salop. Inquisition made at Shrewsbury, before the Escheator of the Lord the King, on Tuesday next after the Feast of St. John the Baptist, in the 15th year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward, [29th Jane, A.B., 1322,] that is to say, according to the tcnour of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inquisition; by the oath of Hugh de Say, &c. Who say upon their oath that Peter Corbet held nothing of the Lord the King in chief, nor of any other, in his demesne as of fee on the day that he died ; bat they say that the aforesaid Peter Corbet and Beatrice his wife jointly held the manors of Caus, Joke I hall, W orthin, Sehelae, Binneweston, Forton, Hemme, Overgorther, Nethergorther, and Bagheltref, with the appurtenances, in the county of Salop, of the gift and feoffment of Hugh Bergam, Chaplain, who enfeoffed the aforesaid Peter and Beatrice, his wife, of the manors aforesaid by the Lord the King's license and by a Fine thereof levied in the Court of the Lord the King. To have and to hold to the same Peter and Beatrice and to the heirs issuing of their bodies, and if they should die without heir issuing of their bodies, then, that the aforesaid manors, with the appurtenances, should remain to the right heirs of the aforesaid Peter. And they say that the manors aforesaid, with the appurtenances, are held of the Lord the King in chief by Barony, that is to say, by the service of live Knights' fees, and they are worth 200 marks by the year in all issues. And they say that John Corbet, brother of the aforesaid Peter, son of Peter Corbet, SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. 265 hither of the said Peter, who has now died, is next heir of the same Peter, and was of the age of 24 years at the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary last past. INQUISITION THAT IT IS NOT TO THE KING'S HURT IF SIR JOHN CORBET GRANT THE MANOR OF BYN WESTON TO JOHN HIS SON, 1356. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 30 Edward III. (2nd nrs) No. 15. Inquisition made before John de Swynnerton, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salon, at Worthyn, the 14th day of August in the 30th year of the reign of King Edward III. [14th Aug. A.D. 1350] after the conquest, accord- ing to the tenour of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inquisition, by the oath of Adam Corbet, Hugh Mauncel, &c. Who say by their oath that it is not to the harm or prejudice of the Lord the King or another if the Lord the King grant to John Corbet, Chivaler, that he can give and grant the manor of Bynweston, with the appurtenances, to John, his son, and Joan his wife. To have and to hold to the same John, son of John, and Joan, and to the heirs issuing of their bodies, of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services thereof duo and accustomed for ever. So that, if the same John, son of John, and Joan, shall die without heir issuing of their bodies, then the said manor, with the appurtenances, shall remain to the right heirs of the said John Corbet. To hold of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services afore- said for ever. And they say that the said manor is held of the Lord the King in chief as parcel of the Barony of Caus. Which said Barony is held of the King as of his crown. And they say that the said manor is worth by the year in all issues according to the true value — 100s. And they say that no lands or tenements remain to the same John Corbet beyond the manor aforesaid, in the said County of Salop. INQUISITION THAT IT IS NOT TO THE KING'S nURT IF ROBERT CORBET OF MORTON SETTLE THE MANOR OF SHAWBURY UPON HIMSELF AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE AND THEIR HEIRS, 1359. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 33 Edward III. (2nd nrs) No. 42. Inquisition made before John Atte Wode, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salop, at Shawcbury, on 2GG SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. Saturday next before the feast of St. Martin in the 33rd year of the reign of King Edward the third after the conquest [9th Nov. A. 11 1359], that is to say, according to the tenour of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inquisition ; by the oath of Richard Gery, of Acton, &c. Who say by their oath that it is not to the harm or prejudice of the Lord the King nor of others if the Lord the King assent to the supplication of Robert Corbet, of Morton, that whereas he lias acquired the manor of Shawebury, with the appurtenances, to himself and his heirs, of Giles de Erdyngton, the licence of the Lord the King not being obtained concerning this, and also if the Lord the King grant to the same Robert that he can enfeoff Hugh, vicar of the church of Shawebury, and William, parson of the church of Upton, of the manor aforesaid. To have and to hold to them and their heirs &c. So that the same Hugh and William, full and peaceable possession thereof being had, can enfeoff the aforesaid Robert and Elizabeth his wife of the manor aforesaid. To have and to hold to them and their heirs, &c, for ever. And they say by their oath that the afore- said manor with its members is held of the Lord the King in chief by the service of half a knight's fee. And they say that the aforesaid manor is worth 60s. Sd. by the year in all issues according to the true value of the same, and not more because it is dismembered by the Lord the King's licence to divers men. INQUISITION THAT IT IS NOT TO THE KING'S HURT IF ROBERT DE HARELEY AND JOAN HIS WIFE GRANT THE REVERSION OF THE MANORS OF YOCKLETON, SHELVE AND WENTNOR, &C., TO ROGER SON OF ROBERT CORBET, OF MORTON, KNIGHT, 13GG-7. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 41 Edward III. (2nd nrs) No. 17. Inquisition taken at Bruggenorth, before Philip de Lutteley, Escheator of die Lord the King in the County of Salop, on the 14th day of February, in the 41st year of the reign of King Edward III. [14th Feb. A.I). LSGG-7],'by virtue of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inquisition ; by the oath of William de Eyton, &c. Who say upon their oath that it is not to the harm or prejudice of the Lord the King or of others if the Lord the King grant to Robert de iiaroley and Joan his wife that they can grant that the manors of Yokulton, Shelue, and Wentenore, and a fourth part of the forest of Caus, with tho appurtenances, which Kulkc, son oi Itobert Corbet, of SHROPSHIRE [NQUrSITlOXS. 267 Morton, knight, holds for his life, of the demise of the afore- said Ilobert and Joan, and which, after the death of the afore- said Fulk'3, ought to revert to the aforesaid Ilobert and Joan after the deatli of the said Fulke shall remain to Roger, son of Robert Corbet, of Morton, Knight, To have and to hold to the same Roger and to the heirs males issuing of his body, of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services thereof due and accustomed for ever. And if it happen that the aforesaid Roger shall did without heir male issuing of his body the manors and fourth part aforesaid, with the appurtenances, shall revert to the aforesaid Robert and Joan and to the heirs of the said Joan &c. And they say that the manors and fourth pare aforesaid are held of the Lord the King in chief by the service of the tenth part of a Uarony. And they say that the manors and fourth part aforesaid are worth 20 marks by the year in all issues according to the true value of the same l'c. INQUISITION THAT IT IS NOT TO THE KINO'S HURT IE SIR ROBERT CORBET, OF MORTON, AND ELIZA.BETH HIS WIFE SETTLE THE MANOR OF SHAWBHRY UPON THEMSELVES FOR THEIR LIVES, REMAINDER TO FULKE CORBET THEIR SON, &C, 1369. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 43 Edward III , part 2 (2nd nrs) No. 53. Inquisition taken at Shrewsbury before William Banastre, of Yorton, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salop, on the 25th day of May in the 43rd year of the reign of King Edward III after the conquest [25th May A.D. 1369], by virtue of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inqui- sition, by the oath of Richard Gery, &e. Who say upon their oath that it is not to the harm or prejudice of the Lord the King nor of others if the Lord the King grant to Robert Corbet, of Morton, Chivaler, and Elizabeth his wife that they can enfeoff Thomas Gery, vicar of the church of Morton, and Thorn is de la Leo, of Southbache, of his manor of Shaubury, with the appurtenances, which is held of the King in chief. To have and to hold to the same Thomas and Thomas and their heirs; of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services thereof duo and accustomed for ever. And to the same Thomas and Thomas that they &c. can give and grant the manor aforesaid, with the appurtenances, to the aforesaid Robert and Elizabeth. To have and to hold for the whole lives of I la? said ilobert and Klizaboth, of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services aforesaid. So that after the Vol XT., 2nd S. 1111 268 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. death of the aforesaid Robert and Elizabeth the said manor with the appurtenances, shall remain to Fulke Corbet, son of the aforesaid Robert and Elizabeth. To have and to hold to the same Fulke and to the heirs males issuing of his body &c. And if the same Fulke shall die without heir male issuing of his body, the manor aforesaid, with the appurtenances, shall remain to Roger Corbet, brother of the same Fulke. To have and to hold to the same Roger and to the heirs issuing of his body, &c. And if the same Roger shall die without heir issuing of his body the said manor, with the appurtenances shall remain to the right heirs of the aforesaid Robert, &c. And they say that the manor aforesaid is held of the Lord the King in chief by the service of the sixth part of a knight's fee. And they say that the said manor is worth ]00s. by the year in all issues according to the true value of the same. And they say that there remain to the same Robert and Elizabeth besides the manor aforesaid, the manor of Morton Toret and the manor of Boleye, in the County of {Salop. And the said manor of Morton Toret is held of the heir of John de Chete- wynd by knight service, and is worth 10li. by ti e year ; and the said manor of Boleye is held of the Abbot of Shrewsbury by socage and is worth 40s. by the year. INQUISITION P.M. JOHN, SON OF WILLIAM CORBET, DECEASED, 1370. THE HAMLET OF HOPE, WITHIN THE LORDSHIP OF CAUS. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem 44 Edward III. (l8t nrs) No. 18. Inquisition taken at Caus, before William Banastre, of Yorton, Escheator of the Lord the King in the Count}- of Salop, on the lGth day of October, in the 44th year of the reign of King Edward III. after the conquest [16th Oct A D. 1370], by the oath of H ugh J onus, David Seys, Richard Colier, Roger Lewellyn, Nicholas Bacoun, William Hancokes, Adam Le hlopere, William Bacoun, John Curbet, Thomas Broun, and Hugh Hancokes. Who say by their oath that John, son of William Corbet, deceased, named in the writ did not hold any lands or tenements of the Lord the King in chief, in demesne nor in service, on the day on which he died. But they say that the same John, son of William Corbet, held on the day on which he died, in his demesne as of fee, the Hamlet of Hope, within the Lordship of Caus, in the County aforesaid, of Ralph Earl of Stafford, by knight service. In SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. which said Hamlet there is not any capital messuage, but there is there one carucate of land which is worth nothing by the year because the land is hilly within the Forest of Caus, and it lies untilled and destroyed by the wild deer there. And there is there a certain meadow, called " Hopes medewe," which is worth 5s. by the year when it can be mowed and gathered. And there is there of rent of assize of free tenants 40s. by the year to be paid at the Feasts of St. Martin and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist by even portions, And they say that the same John, son of William, did not hold any other lands or tenements of the Lord the King in chief nor of any other, in the County aforesaid. And they say that the aforesaid John, son of William Corbet, died on the J 2th day of September last past, and they say that William1 Corbet, brother of the aforesaid John, son of William Corbet, is his next heir and of the age of 18 years. INQUISITION P.M. WILLIAM CORBET, DECEASED, 1377. THE HAMLET OF HOPE, WITHIN THE LORDSHIP OF CAUS. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, 1 Richard It., No. 10. Inquisition taken at Caws, before William do Walshale, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salop, on the 8th day of October, in the first year of the reign of King Richard II. after the conquest, [8th Oct., A.D., 1377], by the oath of John Davy, Richard Imbard, Robert llulle, &c, Who say upon their oath, ecc , that William Corbet held on the day he died, in his demesne as of fee, the Hamlet of Hope within the Lordship of Caws, in the County aforesaid, of Hugh, Earl of Stafford, by knight service, &c. And they say that the aforesaid William died on the 25th day of August last past ; and they say that Margaret Corbet, sister of the aforesaid William Corbet, is his next heir and is of the age of 25 years. INQUISITION P.M. SIR FULKE CORBET, OF MORTON, DECEASED, lol)2. THE MANORS OF SHAWBURY, MORTON CORBET, ROUTON, A MB ASTON, & HARPECOTE, &C. ALSO THE MANORS OF WENTNOR, YOKILTON, & SHELVE. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, G Richard IT., No. 27. Inquisition taken at Shrewsbury, before Robert deSwynfen, 1 Peter, in the Inquisition taken in the county of Gloucester, aud annexed hereto. 270 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. Escheator of the Lord the King in the Counties of Salop and Stafford, and the Marches of Wales to the same Counties adjacent, on Monday the Feast of Nativity of the B. Virgin Mary in the Cth year of the reign of King Richard II., [8th Sept., A.D., 131)2], by virtue of the writ of the Lord the King to the same Escheator directed and sewn to this Inquisition ; by the oath of Thomas Malehurst, John de Eyton, John Southemond, John Corbet, Richard Huse, Thomas Lynleye, kc. Who say upon their oath that Fulke Corbet, Chivaler, of Morton, deceased, did not hold any lands or tenements in his demesne as of fee simple, of the Lord the King in chief or of any other in the Counties and Marcnes aforesaid on the day he died. But they say that the same Fulke held on the day he died the manors of Shauburi, Morton Corbet, Routon, Am hasten, and iiarpecote, with the appurtenances, in the County, to himself and the heirs male issuing of his body, And if the same Fulke should die without heir male issuing of his body then the said manors, with their appurtenances, should remain to Roger, brother ot the same Fulke, yet living, and to the heirs issuing of the body of the said Roger ; and if the same Roger should die without heir issuing of his body the aforesaid manors, with their appurtenances, should remain to the right heirs of the aforesaid Fulke Corbet for ever. And that the aforesaid manor of Shauburi is held of the Lord the King in chief by knight service ; and the said manor of Shauburi is worth 5Gs. 8d. The manor of Morton Cornet is held by Richard Peshale by knight service as of his manor of Chetewynd and is worth 108 marks by the year. The manor of Iiarpecote is held of the lord of Wemme as of the manor of Wcmc by the service of rendering 8s. by the year, and it is worth 80s. by the year. The manors of liouton and Ambaston are held of Nicholas Burnell as of the manor of Acton Burnell by the service of rendering 20li. by the year, and they are worth 9s. by the year beyond the rent aforesaid. And the aforesaid Fulke held jointly with Elizabeth, his wile, yet living, for their lives, of the demise of on the day he died the manors of W . . . . bourgh, If eye, liradeshull, llemme, the towrnships of Iiymynton, liaberlye, Stircheleye, and Kynarton, with the appurtenances, in the County of Salop, and to the heirs issuing of his body, &c. And they say that the same Fulke died on Monday next SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. 271 after the Feast of St. Peter and Vincula, in the 6th year of the reign of King Richard II., and that Elizabeth, daughter of the aforesaid Fulke and Elizabeth, is next heir of the same Fulke, and is of the age of 7 years and more. Inquisition taken at Welyngton on Saturday next after the Feast of the Epiphany 6 Richard II. [13 Sept, 1392] The jurors say that Fulke Corbet, Chivaler, held for the term of his life the manors of Wontenore, Yokelton, and Shelve, and a fourth part of the forest of Cans, of the demise of Robert de Harleye and Joan his wife, and after the death of the same Fulke the said manors and fourth part to remain to Roger Corbet and his issue male, as appears by two Fines (recited in full) &c. INQUISITION P.M. RICHARD TALROT, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN TALBOT, KNIGHT, OF CASTLE RICHARD, DECEASED, 1383. THE HAMLET OF WOLFERTON, PARCEL OF THE LOllDSIHP OF CASTLE RICHARD. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, G Richard II., No. 73, in. G. Inquisition taken at Shrewsbury, on Wednesday next, after the Close of Easter, 6 Richard II. [1st April A.D. 1383], by the oath of Henry Boulers, William Blethelowe, &c, who say upon their oath that Richard Talbot, son and heir of John Talbot, knight, of Castle Richard, deceased, held on the day that he died, in his demesne as of fee, the hamlet of Wolferton, with the appurtenances, which is parcel of the Lordship of Castle Richard. Which hamlet is of the Earldom of Shrewsbury. In which hamlet there is one carucate of land, which is called " Cleyhill," which is worth Gs. 8d. by the year. And there is there a pasture which is called " Zong- wode," which is worth Gs. 8(1. by the year. And thero is there a water-mill, called " Rerwardismylne," which is worth IGs. by the year. And they say that there is thero of rent of assize by the year of free tenants Gli. 14s. old. Also they say that there is at Lentwardyn in the Marches of Wales, adjacent to the County of Salop, which is parcel of the Lordship aforesaid, 40s. by the year of rent of assize of free tenants. At Raggesore, in the County aforesaid, there is of rent of assize 4s. by the year. The lands and rents aforesaid are held of the King in chief by knight service, as parcel of the Barony of Borford. 272 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. All which said lands and rents came to the hands of the Lord Edward, late King of England, grandfather of the now Lord the King, by the death of the said John Talbot, knight, and were in the hands of the said King Edward by reason of the minority of the said Richard, and as yet are in the hands of the now Lord the King for that cause. The said Richard died 14th September last past, and John, son of the said John, is brother and next heir of the said Richard, and he was of the age of S years on the 25th day of September last past. INQUISITION P.M. MARGARET, WIDOW OF EDWARD EURNEI.L, OF LANG LEY, DECEASE]), 1377. THE MANOR & ADYOWSON OF LANGLEY, RENT AT OKES, &.C. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, 1 Richard II., No. 3. Inquisition taken at Wenlok, before William de Walshale, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salop, on the 20th day of November in the first year of the reign of King Richard the second, after the conquest, [20th Nov., A.D., 1377]; according to the tenour of the writ of the Lord the King sewn to this Inquisition ; by the oath of Henry de Camped en, William de Roulton, &c. Who say upon their oath that Margaret, late the wife of Edward Burnell, of Longeley, deceased, did not hold any lands or tenements in fee simple of the Lord the King in chief, or of any other, on the day she died, in the County aforesaid. But they say that the same Margaret held on the day she died the manor of Longoley, in the County aforesaid, lor the term of her life, jointly with the aforesaid Edward, late her husband, deceased, with the advowson of the church of the same manor, of the Lord the King in chief by the service of the fourth part of a knight's fee, of the gift and feoffment of Reginald de Lygh and Robert de Longeley, Chaplain, by charter, by the King's licence. So that after the death of the aforesaid Edward and Margaret the said manor, with the appurtenances, and the advowson afore- said should remain to Reginald, son of the same Edward and Margaret, and to the heirs issuing of the body of the said Reginald, son of Edward. To hold of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services aforesaid for ever. And if the said Reginald, son of Edward, should die without heir issuing of his body, then, after the death of the said Reginald, son of Ed ward, the said manor, with the appurtenances, with the advowson aforesaid, should remain to Edward, brother of the same Reginald, son of Edward, and to the heirs issuing of his body SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. To hold of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services abovesaid for ever. And if the aforesaid Edward, brother of Reginald, should die without heir issuing of his body, then, after the decease of the aforesaid Edward, brother of Reginald, the said manor, with the appurtenances, and the advowson aforesaid should remain to the right heirs of the aforesaid Edward Burned. To hold of the Lord the King and his heirs by the services aforesaid for ever. And they say that the said manor of Longeley, with the advowson aforesaid, is worth by the year in all issues — 8li. 2s. Id. And they say that the said Margaret held on the day she died, at Okes, in the same County of Salop, 20s. of rent of assize of free tenants, jointly with the aforesaid Edward, late her husband, now deceased. To have and to hold to them and to the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, of the gift and feoffment of William Burned, of Longeley. And they say that the said rent is held of the Lord of Bykedon by the service of one pair of white gloves by the year for all services. Also they say that the same Margaret held on the said day she died, 2 carucates of land, with the appurtenances, at Adelescote, in the same County, jointly with the aforesaid Edward, late her husband, in fee tail, as above ; which are worth by the year in all issues 8s. 4d. And they say that the aforesaid carucate of land are held of Fulke de Waryn by the service of one sparrow-hawk by the year for all services. Also they say that the same Margaret held on the day she died Bis. *Ad. of rent by the year, with the appurtenances, in Brokton, in the same County, jointly with the aforesaid Edward, late her husband, and to the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, of she gift and feoffment of William Burnell, of Longeley. And they say that the aforesaid rent is held of the lord of Borewardesley by the service of one rose by the year for all services, &c. And they say that the same Margaret died on the Gth day of November last past. And they say that after the death of the aforesaid Margaret the aforesaid manor of Longeley, with the advowson aforesaid, ought to remain to Joan who is the wife of Roger de la Lee, one of the daughters of the aforesaid Edward and Margaret (which Roger and Joan have a son (hi') begotten between them) ami to Katherine who is the wife of John de Stepleton (who have not issue between them) another of the daughters of the said Edward and Margaret, 274 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. and to Hugelina, who is the wife of Robert Le Koyne, the third of the daughters of the aforesaid Edward and Margaret (who have issue between them) as next heirs of the aforesaid Edward Burnell, by the form of the gift and grant aforesaid, because the aforesaid Reginald and Edward, his brother, died without heir begotten of their bodies. Also they say, &c,, that the said Joan, Katherine, and Hugelina are next heirs of the aforesaid Margaret begotten of the body of the aforesaid Edward Burnell. And they say that the aforesaid Joan is of the age of 28 years and more, the said Katherine is of the age of 2G years and more, and the said Hugelina is of tho age of 22 years and more, &c. INQUISITION P.M. OWYN SON OP THOMAS RI5TIIEHYK, DICOICASED, 1382-3 THE MANOR OF DYNAS. Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, 6 Richard II, No. CI. Inquisition taken at Shrewsbury before Robert Swynfen, Escheator of the Lord the King in the County of Salop and the Marches of Wales adjacent to the same county, on Friday next before the Feast of St. Cedde the Bishop, in the Gth year of the reign of King Richard IT, [28th Feb., A.D. 1382-3], by virtue of the writ of the Lord the King to the same Escheator directed and sewn to this Inquisition ; by the oath of Thomas Marchald, Ralph de Forde, William Mascot, William Lynleyc, <&c. Who say upon their oath that Owyn, son of Thomas Retheryk, deceased, named in the writ, held before ho was an adherent of the enemies of the Lord King Edward, grandfather of the Lord the King who now is, in tho Marches aforesaid, the manor of Dynas, with the appurtenances, to himself and tho heirs of his body lawfully bogotten, as appears by the following Fine levied in the Court of the Lord the King, in these words. This is tho final agreement made in the Court of tho Lord the King, at Westminster, in 15 days from tho day of Holy Trinity, 15 Edward III. [Juno 1341]. Between Thomas Retheryk, chivaler, and Cecilia his wife, plaint ills, by Richard Russell put in the said Cecilia's place, and William Atte Lake and Robert Blakenhale, Chaplains, deforciants of the manor of Dynas, with the appurtenances. Whereupon a plea of covenant was summoned between them. That is to say that the said Thomas acknowledged the said manor to be tho right of William and Robert, for which William and Robert granted it to Thomas and Cecilia. To SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. 275 have and to hold to them and to the heirs issuing of the bodies of the said Thomas and Cecilia, in default to remain to John de Cherleton, the elder, and Hawise his wife, and to the heirs issuing of their bodios, in default to remain to the right heirs of the said lfawiso for ever. And this agreement was made by the said King's command. Which said manor, with the appurtenances, is held of the Lord the King in chief by knight service. In which said manor there is a capital messuage which is worth nothing by the year beyond reprises. And there is there one carucate of land which is worth 20s. by the year. And there is there a certain meadow which is worth 8s. by the year when it is mowed. And there are there two water-mills, which are worth 40s. by the year beyond the sustentation of the houses. And there is there a certain wood, called " le Frith Dynas," and the underwood is worth nothing by the year, but the herbage is worth 3s. by the year. And there is there a certain place of several pasture which is worth 5s. by the year. And there is there a certain other wood, called " Garthhoull," the pasture whereof is worth 4s. by the year. And there is there of rent of assize as well of free tenants as of bondmen Oli. And there is there 53s. 4d. of a certain rent of wheat . . . . de viij to be paid at the term of St. Martin, the worth of a basket (hopa) 4d. And there is there 10s. of rent of oats for the lord's horses, to be paid at the Purification of the B. Mary. And there is there 10s. of rent of oats for the Steward's [horses] to be paid at the Feast of St. Martin. And there is there 10s. of rent of oats for the Steward's horses at the Feast of the Purification of the B. Mary. And there is there of rent 40 hens to be paid at Christmas, the worth of a hen ljd. And there is there a certain rent of 20s. by the year, called " Kych'wyr," to bo paid at tho Feast of tho Purification of the B. Mary. And there is there a certain rent of 10s. by the year, called And there are there 16s. of works of 100 reapers in tho autumn, the worth of a work 2d. The pleas and perquisites of the Courts there are worth 100s. by tho year beyond the Steward's expenses. And they say upon their oath that the said Owen did not hold any other lands or tenements in the County and Marches aforesaid, of the Lord the King or of any other in demesne or in service. And they say that the day of the same Owen's death does 276 SHROPSHIRE INQUISITIONS. not appear to them, because he was slain in foreign parts as an enemy and a rebel of the Lord the King three or four years past. And they say that the said Owen died without heir issuing of his body, whereby the manor aforesaid, with the appurtenances, ought to remain to John, son and heir of John, son and heir of John, son and heir of the aforesaid John ile [Cherljeton and Unwise, by the form of the Fine aforesaid. And that the aforesaid John, son of John, is of the age of 22 years and more. And they also say that John . . hery, executor of the will of the aforesaid John, the father, occupied the manor aforesaid, with the appurtenances abovesaid, from the time ol the death of the same Owen, by what title it is not known. ■ 277 THE PARISH REGISTERS OF SHIPTON By the Hon. and Key. G. H. F. VANE, MA, Rector of Wem By the kindness of Mr. Jasper More, M.P., the patron of the donative of Shipton and the custodian of its ancient records, and with the help of Mrs. Jasper More, I have been enabled to examine these registers. They are by no means voluminous, nor yet of sur- passing interest, except to a few families mentioned below. But they begin with the beginning of registers. For while Eyton observes that " an extraordinary antiquity is established for Shipton Church by the merest accident,"1 the injunction of Thomas Cromwell which is the fons et origo of our modern registers was dated 29th Sept. 1538, and the first entry in the Shipton Registers records that on the 1 9th February 1538 (i Edwardus Mounsloe films Johannis Mounsloe " renuatus (sic) fuit." Here we have an extraordinary antiquity indeed, nevertheless one not altogether unique. For Mr. John Southerden Bum2 informs us that out of the 812 Parish Registers which regularly begin in 1538 forty contain entries prior to that date. Moreover vol. 1 of the Shipton Registers is not one of the very rare " Paper- bookes " but, as in most other cases, is a parchment copy made in 1604 from the original record. Accordingly the entry from which we have quoted is preceded by two statements which crabbed caligraphy 1 Vol. 3 [>. 301. 2 History of Parish Registers in England, p, 10. Vol.' XL', 2nd S. II 278 THE PARISH REGISTERS OE SHIPTON. and " tempus edax " make very difficult to decipher. These however show the dates plainly enough and appear to read as follows : "Liber regester Shiptini perscriptus (?) p. Ricard 01 lurch man n clicum et curatorem (?) ibidem p. spatium quadraginta duoriim Aiinoruin scriptorem ad hunc annum diemque viz. vicesimo quarto die Januarii Anno Dom. IG04. "Anno Dom. 1538." " 1 538, De baptizatis, matrimoniis, et sepultis omnibus in hoc Anno Dom. 1538." On the inside of the cover follow six entries of 1538 and five of 1539, and thenceforward to the end of 1648, that is to the end of this volume, I have had the advantage of perusing also a translation made by Miss C. Rouse Boughton. That lady however, does not seem to have had this cover in her hands at all. I may note therefore here that the last page of the cover contains no entries of baptism, marriage, or burial, but three memoranda anent " xxs. of lawful englishe money which said twentie shelynge was given by the last will and testament of Thomas Churchman, Brother of him the said Richard, to be sett out for the use of the poor of the said pishe of Shipton for ever." Richard Churchman, then also (?) vicar of Longs tanton, duly delivered the said shillings to the churchwardens of Shipton in 1605, and in 1610 they committed them "to the hand, custody, and keep- ingeof" other faithful men, while in 1617 "The above- named John Wedgwood redelivered the said sum of xxs. with account for the interest of the same for the time he had it into the hande," &c, &e. Here endeth the "twentie shelynge" so far as the registers are concerned ; neither can 1 find that any old church- wardens' accounts exist to tell their later history. To return, however. Richard Churchman signs each page up to 1607. And of each child that was baptized THE PARISH REGISTERS OF SHIPTON. 279 he avers that it " renuatus (sic) f'uit," and of each man woman and child that was buried he says " egit suprema." Now Sir Thomas Butler in his invaluable register of Much Wenlock1 says in 1544 " Shipton ought to bury all in Wenlock." Shipton however appears to have buried all in Shipton. But what is the meaning of that ever-recurring " egit suprema ? " There is little doubt, I think, that the phrase is merely a euphemism for " departed this life," like unto "diem clausit supremum." Moreover the scholarship of Richard Churchman failed him occasionally, so that ''joiner," " taylbr," and "pedlar" in good manly English turn up occasionally in the midst of bad canine Latin. This makes it pretty certain that " wev " in like manner stands for " weaver/' and not for Welshman, as has been thought. " Brodwev " too occurs once, and this Mr. Phillimore tells me means " Broad weaver." The strange phrase "the cutted owen " however beats us all Probably it beat Churchman, when he transcribed in 1604, for he enclosed it in inverted commas, and left it as it is, while all around was Latin. One correspondent says it means "wounded," another "quarrelsome," or else " daft." A third suggests that the word is " Culled," and is a brief way of writing " Cud walled " or " Cadwallader." A fourth with diffidence puts forward the theory that a " bird with striped or banded plumage, perhaps an eagle " is meant. Of these the contraction for Cadwallader seems to me as likely an explanation as any. A few other items in the faithful Churchman's record attract attention. Thus " clicus Johannes oules " (1558) and " Willims Gower clicus" (15(31) were each of them a parish clerk, I take it, though they may have held the donative. " Laurencius Lee rector do Upton M.S. Extracts from, made by Rev. Clias. 11. Hartshorue in 1840. 280 THE PARISH REGISTERS OF SHIPTON. et Whinton (qui) accepit sibi in uxorem ellinora Moore de Larden " (19 Feb. 1598), must have been rector of Upton Magna and Withington. This is only one out of the very numerous entries relating- to the families of More, Mytton, and Lawley, which make the Shipton register of great interest to some of our oldest county families. Churchman too naively confesses ignorance some- times. Thus " Eildem moneta . . . at ubi nescio n (15C3), and " in quo die aut loco nescio " (1572), are followed later by "mendicus cujus nomen ignotum est/' by " crepulus mendicus qui venit de brodston," and by " mendica decrepulis." The last strange phrase occurs in 1G14, and it is possible that Churchman's years as Vicar extended beyond that, perhaps even to 1031, though the handwriting changes somewhat before this date. And now, John Gongh, minister, appears on the scene, discards " egit suprema " at once, and in his second year finds it easier to make his entries in his mother tongue. For six years John Gougli sets his signature to his entries. Then " pallida mors aequo pulsat pede," and on 18th Feb. 1 038-9 was buried "John Gough curat of this p'ish." Then the record goes neatly on, though without the name of any priest, till " every battle of the warrior with confused noise and garments rolled in blood " wrought havoc throughout England. And now we are told that " From the year of our Lord God 1044 unto the year of our Lord God 1048 this Register Booke was taken out of Shipton Church and was not to be found : the Chest wherein it was kept being Broken up by Souldiers, whereby it cometh to passe that all Buryings, Weddings, and Children that were Baptized betwixt the yeare 1044 and 1048 in the parish of Shipton were not herein registered." What faithful Hilkiah or Shaphan found the book is THE PARISH REGISTERS OF SHIPTON. 281 unhappily not recorded. Neither is the name of any lay register appointed under the Commonwealth. Nor yet any Justice of the Peace before whom godless marriages were contracted in that time when " things was godless." The sacrament of baptism, instead of the dates of births, was howe\er recorded as well as ad- ministered. Unhappily vol. 2 begins with 1G5G, while vol. 1 ended with 1648. Here then besides the hiatus valde deflendus accounted for, is a second hiatus not accounted for, and once more " History slept, and all notice of public transactions was in a manner buried." These however are the only breaks in the record from its beginning up to the present day. And this vol 2 is a very Zoar among registers, albeit it extends from 1656 to 1688. It has for its cover a portion of a parchment deed which has suffered as coin of the realm suffered of old at the hands of a "coin elipping Jew." It is tantalizing to read on that diminished cover of the "three (?) and twentieth year of . . . our sovereigne ladye the Queene," and of " Her Highnes coorte of exchequer," and of Charles Fox, gent., occupier, and Edward Crowther, lessee, Freeman Yonge, leasor, . Salop, Chester, Lane , Yorks., Line., N. Hants., Oxford, Wilts, Glouc., Wore. (Hinstock also in 1817). 137 G.B. (and 1801,-5, —10, — 17), 133 C.B. Salop, Chester, Lane., Yorks., Line., N. Hants, Oxforl, Wilts, (iloue., Wore. >» C.B. (and 1809,-17,-21). 111 C.B., as in 1814, adding Stalls., Climb., West., Northumb., Durham. »** C.B. (and 1809,-14,-21). l« C.B. (and 1801,-5,-10,-14}. ^ C.Bj (and 1799, 1804, 1808, 1812). 140 C.B. Salop, Chester, Lane., Yorks., Line., Lcic., N. Hants, Oxford, Wilts, Glouc., Wore., Heref., Warw. 140 C.B. As Worthen, except Llcref. and Warw. SOME SHROPSHIRE BRIEFS. 299 Llwynymaen, with ... ... ... F. C304 10 G Haughton, Oswestry147 .., ... F. [160 15 0 Worn. ^—-Erook House... ... ... F. 515 18 0 1821. f Wrockwardine149 ... ... ... C. 1170 10 0 1824. f Wombridge150 ... ... ... C. G50 0 0 { Church Aston11;1 ... ... ... C. 531 0 0 1825. t Donington Wood.152— Rep. Chapel ... C. 316 15 9 f Pontesbury153 ... " ... ... 0. 3500 0 0 Mr. Bewes also notes that in the Salt Library at Stafford are two briefs which had not been proceeded with. One of these was for Adderley in 1818. One hundred and fifty-three briefs are here noted as issued for Salop in 180 years, and when the number not yet included in Mr. Bewes' list are taken into con- sideration, it will be seen that our county got an average of about one brief in each year. But some places, either through the plentitude of their misfor- tunes or the strength of their interests, had briefs much oftener than others. Thus Adderley figures six times, Norton in Hales five, and Cheswardine no less than eight. The following are from additions made by Mr. Bewes to his book, and not yet published. A few facts in the preceding list are also taken from Mr. Bowes' MS., which he has very kindly allowed me to make use of. 147 C.B. As Meeshall, adding Derby, Staffs, Warw. 11S C.B. Ah Wort lion (115), except Hor.ef. and Warw 0.15. (and 1800,-14—17). ™ an. ™ C.B. 152 C.B, soo SOME SHROPSHIRE BRIEFS. 1658. Wortben. Rebuilding (Register of Holbyn). 1GG5. Cockshut (Register of N. Luffenham). 1730. Cleobury North. 1739. Longton upon Tern 1 (Register of briefs at Eyton on the Wildmoors J S. Johns', Margate). An old book in my possession1 also gives the follow' ing briefs : — 1G33. Fur Underbill in Shropshire. ,, For Roger Posterne of Salop. 1G3-L For the poore of Ilarlscot in the County of Salop. 1 "Sunday a Sabbath, or a Preparatory Discourse for discussion of Sabbatary doubts," by John Ley, Pastor of Great Bud worth, in Cheshire. London : Printed by 11. Young, 1611. 301 RE CO ED EES OF LUDLOW, By HENRY T. WEYMAN. Ludlow obtained the privilege of appointing a Ee- corder under Edward the I Vs. Charter in 1461, and has jealously preserved the right until the present day. The records, too, are preserved of the business of the Court over which Eoger Foxe, the first Eecorder, presided in 1462, and though they contain little else but dry lists of the cases tried they cannot be without some interest after a lapse of 437 years. King Edward the I Vs. Charter provided that the Eecorder should be " Such able lawyer learned in the laws of the land whom the Burgesses of the Town their heirs and successors should from time to time think fit to elect to be the Eecorder or Steward of the Town." The limitation of the office to an " able lawyer" was apparently fulfilled in letter and in spirit from the first appointment down to the year 1744, and the list of these Eecorders contains, as we shall see, the names of many men of great eminence. From the year 1744 down to the passing of the Muni- cipal Corporations Act of 1835, the position was held by neighbouring noblemen and landowners. By that Act iL was again very properly provided that the Eecorder must be a barrister of some years standing, and the very short list of those who have in the sixty years since the Act held the office, contains the names of men so eminent in their profession as Lord Eomilly and the present Eecorder, Mr. H. D. Greene, Q.C., M.P. The salary of the Eecorder of Ludlow has never been largo. The earliest amount was XI 6s. 8d., Vol, XI., 2nd S, MM 302 RECORDERS OF LUDLOW. which is recorded as having been paid to Piers Beaupie in 1474, and this was increased to M2 in the time of Sir John Bridgeman, whose receipts for this annual sum for the years 1626, 1627, 1628, and 1629 are still preserved amongst the Borough archives. Later the appointment seems to have been an honorary one until after the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, when a salary of Ml 00 per annum was attached to it during the tenure of office of Lord Romilly, but upon his resignation in 1838 the salary was reduced to XJ50 a year, at which it still remains. At that time the Corporation seem to have thought that the appointment rested with them, as in that year they instructed the Town CJerk to enquire as to the qualifications of Mr. Merryweather Turner, for the oflice but they found to their disappointment that the patronage lay with the Lord Chancellor, who selected for the post Mr. John Buckle, who was also (in that case, too, against the wishes of the Corpora- tion) made Recorder of Worcester. The duties and powers of the Recorder are defined in seyeral of the Charters of the Borough. The duties do not seem to have been excessive, but the powers were very wide indeed, fully equal to those of the Judges of Assize in the present day. By the Charter of Edward IV. it is provided that the Bailiffs and the Recorder M shall be justices of us and of our heirs to procure and keep the peace, and also all the matters of artificers and labourers, weights and measures, within tlio Borough aforesaid the suburbs and precincts thereof and that they shall have full power and authority to enquire concerning whatsoever felonies trespasses misprisions and other defaults and articles whatsoever within the Borough and the suburbs and precincts thereof done or perpetrated," the previous jurisdiction of the Justices of the County of Salop being expressly taken away. The same Charter contained a grant to the Bailiffs and Recorder that they should bo justices "to deliver tho gaol of the town of the prisoners being therein and from thenceforth from time RECORDERS OF LUDLOW. 303 to time to be committed to the same gaol for any cause whatsoever." These powers were recited in the Charter of King Charles I. ( I G27) under which two additional justices, called Capital Masters, were appointed. This Charter provides that the Bailiffs, the Recorder, and the Capital Masters (of whom the High Bail it! or the Recorder is to be one) shall have "full power and authority to enquire from time to time for ever, by the oaths of honest and lawful men of the town or borough aforesaid, the liberties or precincts of the same, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known of all and all manner of murders, homicides, felonies, poisonings, witchcraft, fortune telling, arts, magick, trespasses, forestall ings, regratings, and extortions whatsoever; and of all and singular misdeeds, faults, and offences whatsoever, of which the justice assigned or to be assigned for keeping the peace of us and our heirs and successors in any county in our kingdom of England may or ought lawfully to enquire by whatso- ever or howsoever before this time done or committed within the said town or borough, liberties, or precincts of the same, or which hereafter shall happen there to be done or attempted; and also of all those who in the said town or borough, the liberties or precincts of the same, have gone or ridden or shall hereafter presume to go or ride in assemblies together or armed with force against the peace of us, our heirs or successors, to the disturbance of the people of us our heirs 01 successors, and also of all those who have lain or hereafter shall presume to lie in wait to maim or kill the people of us, our heirs and successors ; and also of innkeepers and all and singular other persons who have offended or have attempted or hereafter shall presume to attempt or offend in the town or borough aforesaid, the liberties or precincts of the same, in the abuse of weights and measures or in the selling of victuals contrary to the form of those statutes and ordinances on those occasions for the common good of our kingdom ot 304 tlECOKDERS OF LUDLOW. England, and of the people of us, our heirs and successors. The Charter contains this proviso, which shows very plainly that the Recorder had in the Borough the power of life and death. "So that they (i.e., the Bailiffs and Capital Masters) without the presence or assistance of the Recorder for the time being do not proceed to the correction or punishment of any of the offenders aforesaid, by death or cutting off of members." King Charles's Charter also provided that the Bailiffs, Recorder, and Capital Masters, or any three of them (of which number the High Bailiff and Recorder were always to be two) should have the sole power of gaol delivery within the town. The Quarter Sessions papers in the Borough Archives are very numerous, and in many cases the record of each Sessions is complete. The Recorder seems to have been specially appointed for each gaol delivery, which accounts for the alternation of various names in different years, for instance, Sir Heniy Townshend generally sat from 1577 to 1621, but occasionally in these years another Recorder was appointed. The record of each Sessions contains in many cases the appointment of Recorder, the precept to the Coroner (who acted as Sheriff) to present the prisoners for trial, the Coroner's return to the writ, the names of the officers, the bills of indictment with the sentences in brief upon them in (apparently) the Recorder's own writing, and the calendar of prisoners. One or two extracts from the older of these papers may be of interest as showing the nature of the cases 300 years ago, and the punishments which were then meted out to criminals. 1595, May G. Gaol Delivery before Richard Smythe, Recorder. 1,— Richard Tylley, charged with larceny, found guilty, claimed benefit of clergy, but "non legit ut clericus." Sen- tenced to be hung. RECORDERS OF LUDLOW. 305 2. — Thomas Crowe, charged with stealing 7 yards of white cloth of the value of 7s. Gd. Convicted, but goods valued at 15d. only. To be whipped. 3. — John Griffiths of Hopesay, stealing black and white wool of the value of 4s. 4d. Convicted, claimed benefit ol clergy, " non legit." Sentenced to be hung. 4. — Evan ap Robert. Pleaded guilty to stealing wool value 10s. Claimed benefit of clergy, but could not read. Sentenced to be hung. 5. — Mary Farmer, charged with stealing wool, linen, and pewter, convicted. Sentenced to be whipped. G. — John ap Parry "suspected" for stealing shoes. Sen- tenced to be whipped. 1G0G, March 26. Coram Sir Henry Townshcnd, Recorder. 1. — Magdalen Phillips, wife of William Phillips, of Brecon, charged with stealing broad cloth. She was found guilty, when she claimed that she was enceinte. A jury of women being impanelled found her "not pregnant." She was sen- tenced to be hung by the neck until death. 2. — John froard of Church Stoke, charged with stealing various articles of clothing of the value of 20s. Found guilty of stealing articles of the value of lOd. only, and sentenced to be whipped. 3. — Griffiths Evans, charged on the Coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of John Collins. Found guilty of manslaughter ; pleads benefit of clergy, which was granted, and sentenced to be branded in the hand. 1G11, March 3. Before Sir Henry Townshend. 1. — Francis Pinches, charged with stealing a "black felt hat understuded with velvet and lined with tart'eta." Found guilty, but claimed benefit of clergy, which was allowed. Sen- tenced to be burnt in the hand. 2. — James ap Roger, charged on three indictments with burglary, found guilty and sentenced to be hung. 3. — Mary Francis, charged with stealing five pairs of mingled coloured stockings. Not guilty. 4. — William Palmer of Aiveley, charged with stealing a cow of the value of 53s. 4d. Found guilty, claimed benefit of clergy, but could not read, and was sentenced to be hung. 1744 Aug. 21. Elizabeth Butler, charged with tho wilful murder of her illegitimate child. She was acquitted of this offence, but was 306 RECORDERS OE LUDLOW. convicted of prison breaking. She was called on to show cause why sentence of death should not be passed, when she claimed benefit of clergy, which was granted. She was then ordered to be burnt on the hand (which was done in open Court), and to bo imprisoned for 11 months. In practice the Recorder only seems to have presided on the occasion of a gaol delivery, leaving all other matters, civil and criminal, to the Bailiffs and Capital Masters. The old Court of Record for civil cases was held not before the Recorder, but before the Bailiffs alone, who sat as the Borough Justices now do, every Tuesday for the hearing of such cases. The powers of the Recorder have been greatly cur- tailed, the more serious crimes committed in the borough (murders, burglaries, forgeries, and the like) being triable only at the Assizes at Shrewsbury before one of the Judges of Assize. The Recorder of Ludlow was, during the existence of the Court of the Marches, generally one of the judges attached to that Court, either (as was the rule) one of the Justices of Chester, or one of the Judges of one of the three Welsh Circuits. It is worthy of notice that four of the finest monuments in the Parish Church have been erected to the memory of Recorders of Ludlow, viz., Sir Robert Townshend, Sir John Bridgeman, Edmund Walter and Edward Waties, while the neighbouring Church of Ludford contains the memorial of another in Sir Job Charlton. It will be a matter of sincere congratulation to the borough, if, in the near future, the jurisdiction of the Recorder of Ludlow is extended, not only to the small area which is proposed to be added to the Municipal Borough, but also to the whole of the country districts which surround the town, whose inhabitants would thus have justice brought almost to their doors, and in the administration of justice would have the benefit of a skilled lawyer, such as the present Recorder, "one of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." RECORDERS OF LUDLOW. 307 LIST OF RECORDERS. 1462— Roger Foxe. 1464— Edward Hopton (Seneschal). 1466-74— Piers Beaupie, Cofferer to Edward IV. 1481— Edward Hopton. 1527-31— John Pratte. 1531— Roger Walcot. 1534-5— Richard Selraan (Steward). J 539 — John Adams. 1540 - Richard Liassell, Justice of North Wales. 1541- 2— John Knill. 1542- 9 — Sir John Packington, Justice of North Wales. 1547 and 58— William Symons, Justice of South Wales. 1549— John Rastal, Justice of West Wales. 1550 — Sir Robert Townshend, Chief Justice of Chester. 1 550— William Crofton. 1551- 63 — James Warncombe, M.P. Ludlow and Leominster 1563 4 — Edmund Walter, Chief Justice of South Wales. 1565-8 — James Boyle. 1568- 74 — Sir John Throckmorton, Justice of Chester and Vice-President of Council of Marches. 1569 — John Allsoppe. 1571-2 — Thomas Spencer. 1574 - Ralph Barton. 1575- 6 — Edmund Walter, Chief Justice of South Wales. 1576- 7 — Charles Foxe, Secretary of Council of Marches. 1577- 1621 — Sir Henry Townshend, Justice of Chester. 1581 — Edward Da vies. 1585 — Bryan Crowther. 1594-5-8— Richard Smythe. 1601 — Richard Atkins, Justice of South Wales. 1621-4 — Sir James Whitelocke, Chief Justice of Chester. 102 k-5 — Sir Thomas Chamberlain, do. 1625- 6 — Edward Waties, Justice of North Wales. 1626- 38 — Sir John Bridgeman, Chief Justice of Chester. 1638-47 — Sir Thomas Mil ward, do. 1647-53— William Littleton, Chief Justice of North Wales. 1653-75 — Timothy Littleton, Baron of Exchequer. 1675-92— Sir Job Charlton, Chief Justice ot Chester, &c, &c. 1692-1704— Francis Lloyd, Justice of North Wales. 1704-7— Charles Baldwyn. 1707-19— Sir Thomas Powys, Judge of Queen's Bench. 1719-44— Abel Ketelby. 1744— Richard Knight 308 RECORDERS OF LUDLOW. 1745-72 — Henry Arthur Herbert, Lord Herbert of Chirbury, and Earl of Powis, 1772-6 — Sir Francis Charlton, Bart., " In trust for Earl of Powis now a minor until he come of age" 177G-1801— George Henry Arthur Herbert, Earl of Powis. 1801-1835— Edward Lord Olive (Earl of Powis 1801). 183G-38— John Horridly (Lord Uomilly, Master of the Rolls). 1838-51— John Buckle. 1851-73 — Henry John Hodgson. 1873-80 — George Browne. 18S0-92— John Kinnersley Smythies. 1892— Henry David Greene, Q.C., M P, for Shrewsbury. 1462. (I) ROGER FOXE. Roger Foxe, the first Recorder of Ludlow, who is described as of Pedwardine, near Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, and of Stoke, was the eldest son of Thomas Foxe of Pedwardine, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cludde of Orleton, Salop. He was ono of the Corporation of Shrewsbury in 14G7, and was Eschoator of the County of Salop. 1464. (2) EDWARD HOPTON. Edward Hopton is described as Seneschal of Ludlow, which, according to Edward IV's. Charter, seems to be the equivalent of Recorder, as the office is there called that of "Recorder or Steward," but at a later date the offices were certainly distinct. Edward Hopton, of Hopton in the Hole (now Hopton Cangeford), was a younger son of William Hopton and Margaret Hevyn, of Cleobury Mortimer. He was again Recorder in 1181. 1406-74. (3) PIERS BEAUPIE. Petrus, i.e., Piers Beaupie, was Cofferer to King Edward IV., an office in those days of considerable importance. In the Act of Resumption, 1101, it was provided that nothing therein should prejudice any "gi ant by us" under our Letters Patent of the Earldom of March to our servant Tiers Beaupie, lOsquiro, Mr. Beaupie was u Barrister-at-Law, and was the first M.P. for Ludlow. Ho was Recorder 1466-1474, and in that capacity received a salary of £1 Cs. 8d. per annum. He founded a Chantry at the altar of St. Mary and St. Gabriel the Archangel in the nave of Ludlow Church, and was buried there, but all trace of his tomb has long since dis- appeared. In the deed of settlement of llosyers Charity, dated 8 December, I486, we lind a direction inscribed that "Six of the best voiced singing children on every Sunday and other Festival day immediately after the Mass of our Lady done shall go in their surplices unto the tomb of Biers Beaupie Ks conventum ante nonu' diem Aprilis vltimo p'ti'tura contra formam statutor' de lib'atis pannor' & capicior' fact' sive p'pet- rat' vnde punicio caderet in finem & reuempcione aut in alia penas pecuniarias seu imprisonamenta statutis p'd'cis no'obstan- tibus Et insup' ex motn' & sciencia n'ris p'd'cis p'donavimus remisimus & relaxavimus eisdem p'ori et conventu sectam pacis n're que ad nos v'sus ip'os p'tinet p' om'imodis p'diconi- bus murdris raptibus mulier' rebellionibus resurrecc'onibus feloniis conspiraconibus cambipartus manutenenciis & imbra- ciariis ac aliis transgressionibus offcnsis necligenciis extorc'oni- bus mesprisionibus ignoranciis contemptibus concelame'tis forisfturis et decepc'onibus p' ip'os p'orem & conventu' ante d'c'm nonu' diem Aprilis qualit'cumq' fact' sive p'petrat' aceciam utla^ar sique in ip'os p'orem et conventu hiis acco'onibus seu eor' aliqa fu'int p'mulgat' & firmam pacem n'ram eis inde con- cedimus ita tamcn q'd sicut recto in Cur' n'ra siquis v'sus eos loqui vol u' it de p'rcmissis u'l aliquo p'missor' Dumtamen Ide' p'or & Conventus p'ditores de aliqua prodic'one p'sonam n'ram tan gen to palam vel occulto no' cxistant Et vlt'ius p'donavimus Vol. XI., 2nd S. W 33^ ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS, remisimus & relaxavimus eisdem p'ori & Conventui om'imoda escapia felonu' catalla felonu' & fugitivor' catalla vtlagator & felonu' do so deodanda vasta impetic'ones ac omnimodis arti- culos itineris destrucc'ones & t'ngressiones do viiidi vel vena- c'onc vendic'onem bosepru' inf forestas & extra & aliar* rem' quar'cumq' ante d'cu' nonu' diem A prilis infra regnum nostrum Angl' & March' Wall' ci'us & euent' vnde punicio caderet in domanda' debit' sou in line' ot redempc'ono aut in alias penas pecuniarias seu in forist'turam honor' .& catallor' aut imprisona- me'ta seu am'oiamenta co'itatu' villar' vel singular' p'sonar' vol in on'ac'ione' libi ten' eor' q'm numq'in t'nsgrcssi fu'erunt ut heredum executor' vt t're tencnc'm Escaetor' viceeoinitu' coronator' .& alior' hujusmcdi & om'e id quod ad nos v'sus ip'us p'orem & Conventum portinot seu portinere posset ex causis sup'd'cis Aeeciam p'donavimus remisimus et relaxa- vimus eisdem p'ori & Conventui om'imod' Donae'ones aliena' c'ones & ])'quisic'ones p' ip'm do t'ris & ten' do nob' vel progenitoribus n'ris quondam Regibus Angl' in capite tontis aeeciam omnimodos donac'o'es & p'quisic'oes ad manu' mortua' i'cas et h'itas absque licencia re^ia necnon om'imodos intru- siones & ingressus in liereditate' suam in parte vel in to to post mortem antecessorum suor' absque debita p'secuc'one ejusd'm extra manu' rcgiam ante ounde' nonu' diem Aprilis fact' vna cum exitibus & p'ticiis indo medio tempore p'ceptis & insup' pardonavimus remisimus & relaxavimus eisdem p'ori & Con- ventui om'imodas penas ante d'e'm nonu' diem Ap4is forist'tas coram nobis seu consilio n'ro cancellario Thes' seu aliquo Judicum nr'or p' aliqua causa & om'es alias penas tam nobis quam carissimo p'ri n'ro defuncto p' ip'os p'orem et Conue'tum p' aliqua causa ante eunde' nonu' diem Aprilis forisf'tas et ad opus n'r'm leuand' ac om'imodas secniitaUs pacis ante eunde' nonu' diem Aprilis similil' forisf'tas Aeeciam t'eias & t'ciar' t'eias om'irnodor' prisonarior' in guerra captor' nob' d'eo nono die Aprilis qual'cumq' debitas p'tino'tes seu spectantes p' cosdem p'orem et Conve'tu' necno' om'imodos transgressiones ollensas mesprisiones contomptus & impetic'ones p' i[)'os p'orem et coiiue'tu' ante cundem nonu' diem A pi i is cont' formarn tam quor'cumq' statutor' ordinao'onu' & promissionu' auto d'e'm nonu' diem Aprilis fact' seu edit' do p'quisie'onibus ac tempta- c'onibus lecc'onibus piiblicac'onibus notifac'onibus et exeeu- c'onibus quibuscuuiquo quar'cunKj' liar' & bullae' aplicar' ante d'e'm nonu' diem Aprilis et pm'i aliorum statutor' prdinacionu' & p'mson'uu p'toxtu quor' aliqua seeta vsq' cosdem p. & conv. p' bullam vel })' br'e do p'munire fact' sen alio mode quocumq' [/ aliqua mat'ia ante cundem nonu' diem Aprilis lion valeat Womb ridge priory, go. salo'p. i\m quor'eumq' alior' statutor' fact' sive p'petrat' statut' ordina- c'onibus & provisionibus illis non obstantibus Aceciam par- donavimus remisimus & relaxavimus eisdem p'ori & Conven- t n i omnimodos lines adjudicatos amerciamenta exitus forissto' releuiia scutagia ac om'imodo debita compota p'stita arreragia fir mar' et com pO tor' nob' ante p'urc diem Sept. A. r. n'ri quali- tercuniq' debita & pcrtinencia nccno' om'imodas acc'ones & demandas quas nos solus vol nos conjunction alijs p'sonis u'l alia p'sona h'emus sen h're pot'imus v'sus lp'os priorem & Conventu' p' aliquibus Hujusraodi finibus amerciaments exitibus releviis scutagiis debit is compotis p'stitis & arreragiis ante eundem pritnu' diem Septembr' nobis debit' aceciam vtlagar' in ip'os p'orern & conventu' p'mulgat p' aliqua causar' supradictar' om'imodis debit,' & compotis nob' debit' & por- tinentibus que vigore i'rar' n'rar' patentiu' seu b'rium n'rorum de magno vel private sigillo sup' escallamenta sive assigna- c'ones respecturata existunt om'ino exceptis Ita q'd presens p'donac'o n'ra quo ad p'missa seu aliquod p'missor' no' cedat in dampnu' p'judiciu' vel derogac'oem alicujus alt'ius p'sone q'm p'sone n're dumtaxat p'uiso semp' q'd nulla hujusmodi p'donac'o n'ra aliquo modo valeat allocetur nec fiat nec ali- qualit' se extendat ad Alionoram Cobeham filiam Reginald! (Jobeham militis Job'em Bolton de Bolton in Com' Lancastri Bladsmyth Will'm Wyshall nup' Custodem Kaole n're de Notyngham nec ad coram aliquem neq' ad feloniam de morte Cristofori Talbot milit' feloniaj int'fecti nup' p'petratam nec q'd p'sens p'donac'o n'ra nec aliqua hujusmodi p'donac'o n'ra ali- qualiter se extendat quo ad aliquas lanas seu ])clles lamitas seu alias m'candisas do Stapula ad aliquas portes ext'as extra regnu' n'ru' Angl' contra form am statuti in p'liainento n're apud Westm' in Crastino s'ci Martini Anno regni n'ri decimo octavo tento edito seu aliquor' alior' statutor' cariatas et tra- ductas nec ad aliquas forisf turas nob' in liac p'te p'tincntes sive spectantes nec ad cxon'ac'ones sine acquietac'ones aliquar' p'sonar' de punio'onibus sup' ip'as fiend' juxta formam eor'dem statutor' p' aliquibus lanis sive pellibus lamitis vel aliis mer- candisis de Stapula ad aliquas hujusmodi partes ext'as contra forma' eor'd'm statutor' cariat' sive traductis nec q'd p'sens p'donac'o n'ra nec aliqua bujusmodi pardonac'o n'ra ad aliquos rnagnos computantes n'ros vidz. ad Thesaurarios Cales & hos- ])icii n'ri vitelarios Cales Cam'arios Cestr' North wall' & Sutlie- wall' Custodes Mard.erobe hospicii n'ri ad custodes Earderobe hospicii n'ri aut custodes magno earderob' n're aut custodes sivo Cl'icos Earderobe n're Cl'icos op'acionu' n'rar' Constabu- larios Burdegal Thesaurarios t/re n're hib'n' & receptorcs 33 4 ABSTRACTS OF THE GltA'tfTS AND CIJ AftTEliS, ducatos n'ri lancastro & ducatus n'ri cornub' ta' generates q'm p'tioulares quo ad aliqua hujusmodi cfficia sua seu hujusmodi occupac'ones siias aut alicujus eorunde' tangencia vllo modo so ex tend at In cujus rei testimonium lias l'ras n'ras fieri feci- mus patentes Teste me ip'o apud Westm' Terciodecimo die nouemb' Anno regni n'ri vicesimo quinto p' ip'm regem in parliaments Yeldhain Sal' BULLA SUB STGILLO PLUMBL 49G. ij. Innocens Ep's servus senior' Dei Dilectis filiis p'ori et Conventu Monasterii S'ci Leonardi de Wombrugge ordin' s'ci Augustini Conuentreu' & Lichefelden' dioc' sal't' & Ap'licam ben' Sacro sancta Roman' eccl'ia Devotos et humiles filios ex assuete pietat' officii p'pensuis diligare consuevit et ne pravor' liominu' molestiis agitentur eos tanq'm pia mater sue p'tec- e'onis munimine consonere ea p'pt' dilecti in d'no filii n'ris justis postulac'onibus grato concurrentes assensu p'sonas n'ras & locum in quo divino estis obsequio mancipati cum om'ibus bonis que impresenciar' rac'onabilit' possidetis aut in futuium prestante d'no poterit' adhipisti sub beati Petri & n'ra protec- c'one suscipimus Specialit' ante' terras redditas maneria stngna prat a inolendina silvas possossioncs ac alia bona n'ra sicut ea oni'ia juste ac pacifice possidetis nobis & p' nos nionasterio n'ro auctoritate ap'lica conhrmauimus Nulli ergo om'ino homi' liceat banc paginam n're p'tecc'onis et co'tirmac'onis infring'e vel ei ausu temerario cent rare si quis a Litem boc at tempt ar' p'sumpseret indignac'onem om'ipotentis dci & beator' Petri et Pauli ap'lorum ejus se noucrit incursuercu' Dat. Lusrdun. Non. Aug. Pontificatus n'ri Anno Octauo. CONFIBMACIO OMNIU' rOSSESSIONUM 1STIUS LOCI. Kiiw. tt. 497^ jj; Edwardus dei gr'a Rex Aug]. D'n's Confirmatory , . •> -. . , n charter, liibnic & dux aquit. omnibus ad quos presentes March 15, I- Win. Fit/. Alan in Hartley Grantors:' * littere pervencriut Salt'm Concessione' et Con- m. Fit/. Aian. firm acione' quas Will's filius Alani fecit canonicis de Wo'brugga de loco illo in silua de Hedlega qui ex vno latere Riuulo illo t'minat' qui silua de Hedlega & silua' regis discriminat s'c'do vero late' alio riuulo fuut' qui dicitur Spremgwella Rroc tercioq' lato' sui t'minu' faeit Wetlingestrct, WOMB RIDGE PRIORY, CO. SALOP. 335 Moses the Jew, in Hocton. Ilamo le Strange, Womb. Wood. John le Strange grants of John his father. Thos. Tuschet, Womb. Wood, Thos. Tuschet, son and heir of Hub., Thos. Tuschet, of ingress and I'grosa in Kethy Wood. Henry tie W odehous. Alexr. Lord of Lopinton. Ric. do Lopinton. & do dimid' fordel' quod Moisan quidam theroso- limitanus tenuit in hectona & de nono p'te omT possessionu' suar' quo decimari1 debent, habenda in perpetuam elemosinam. Donationom etiam, concessionem, ct confirmationem quas Hamo Extraneus fecit Deo et sanctse Maria) et ecclesioe sancti Leonardi do Wombrugge, et dictis canon- icis in liberam, puram, ct perpetuam elemosinam dc tota parte sua communis nemoris do Wom- brugge. Donationem etiam, &c. quas Johannes Extraneus fecit Deo et predictis canonicis in liberam et perpetuam elemosinam de omnibus assart is et boscis, qme iidem canonici habuerunt ex concessione Joliannis patris sui. Donationem insuper, &c, quas Thomas Tuschet fecit Deo et canonicis predictis in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam, de tota parte sua communis nemoris do Wombrugge. Donationem etiam, &c. quas Thomas Tuschet films et 1. aires Roberti Tuschet fecit, &c, do tota parte sua bosci, qui fuit in cakngio inter ipsum et Walterum de Donstanovill. Con cession erri insuper, quam idem Thomas fecit priori de Wombrugge et dictis canonicis de libero ingressu et cgressu in boscurn suum do Lvetteleg cum carectis et cartis suis et eorum operariis ad pe train frangendam ct capiendam in quavcria sua in nemorc memorato. Donationem lC'c quas Henricus de W odehous fecit Deo ct luminari beatae Maria) et beati Leonardi do YYombrugg de sex denariis redditus et terra quam emit de Ricardo de Stapunhull. Donationem &c quas Alex, dominus de Lopinton fecit Deo et canonicis praidictis &c de ecclesia de Lopinton. Oonccssionem etiam, ecc quas Ric. de Lopinton fecit, &c, quod ipsi habeant ec percipiant omne genus bosci in singulis boscis et moris suis ad dictam villain de Lopinton spectantibus ad omnia edificia sua facienda. et ad omnia necessaria sua habenda, sine visu et licentia sui vol forestariorum suorum et liberam communem pasturam ad 1 In consequence of the original Chartulary being wanted by the owner, the remainder of this deed was copied from Dug. Mon., vol. vi., jt. 388, and not from the Chartulary. All the preceding deeds, and those after this were taken from the original. 336 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS, Walter de Dun stanville. omnimoda averia sua et hominum suorum infra feodum de Lp pin ton, et warectis in brueriis, in boscis, in mariseis, in defensis, et in omnibus terris et tenementis et pratis ; et etiam in omni- bus pasturis ad ipsum vel bfcredes suos pertinen- tibus ubicumque averia sua dominica pascunt, et omnes porcos suos et hominum suorum de feodo de Lopinton quietos de pannagio in omnibus boscis et moris ad feodum pnedictum pertinen- tibus. mc de Lopinton, Concessionem, &c quas idem Ricardus fecit, &c de ecelesia de Lopinton et jure advocationis ejusdem. Donationem &c quas Walterus de Dunstanvil fecit Deo et canonicis pradictis de Leiis Aynulfi, cum pertinentiis in puram & per- petuam elemosinam. Donationem &c quas idem Walterus fecit, &c de duobus molendinis qua; habuit in manerio suo de Ideshale, cu^ tota sequela hominum suorum de dicto manerio, et eum libero cursu aqua? ex quacumque parte manantis; et cum reparatione stagnorum, quo- tiens opus fuerit. Donationem &c quas Walterus de Donstanvil tertius fecit, &c de molendinis de Grenhull, cum situ loci, et tota sequela ejusdem vilhc de Grenhull, & viis undique ad idem molendinum ducentibus, ad quoscumque homines illuc accedere volentes, cum stagno et cursu aquaa, et piscaria in eadem aqua a vado de Kyngford usque ad priedictum molendinum, tarn ad exclu- sas, quam quocumque alio loco infra pnedictas metas ; et etiam quod possint terrain fodere et capere ex utraque parte aqute ad reparationem stagni et molendini prajdictorum, quotiens sibi placuerit, et si necesse fuerit distringore homines de Grenhull, sequelam ad idem molendinum debentes, si de sequela in aliquo deliquerint, quousquo inde sibi fuerit satisfactum, Dona- tionem &c quas idem Walterus fecit, &c de uno assarto cum pertinentiis quod Gilbertus Bluet de ipso tenuit; et de una acra bosci juxta illud assartum, cum housebote et haibote et acquie- tancia pannagii in omnibus boscis forinsecis ad manerium des [sic] Ideshale; pertinentibus. Donationem, &c quas idem Walterus fecit, &g do una placea terra; et bosci, in ncmoro suo juxta Walter de Dun stanville 3rd. WOMBRTDGE PRIORY, CO. SALOP. 337 assartum Johannis do Stivinton. Donationem, waiter de pun &c quas idem Waltorus fecit, &e de tota parte sua iliius nemoris, quod tint in calengia inter ipsuin ct Thorn am Tuschct. Donationem &c " quas idem Walrerus fecit, &c do tota ripa sua cujusdern rivuli currentis inter boscum eorundem canonicorum et boscum suum do Snelleshull; et de licentia stagnum faciendi et ipsius stagni attachiamentis,et agistamentis aquae super terram de Stamford et Watlingestrete, et terram capiendi super terram suam ad dictum stagnum facien- Bpbert de Monte &utn et reparandum, quociens opus fuerit. Dona- forte. tionem, &c quas Robertus de Monteforti fecit, &c de ilia terra quam incluserunt in bosco de Wyk, in loco qui vocatur Ernulphurste, et de una placea terras in eodem bosco. Donationem, &c quas Thos. son of Thomas fil. liogeri Gchst de Legh fecit, &c de v. No°2u5 "Ghest." una nocha terra} in Legh. Donationem, &c quas Hugh deiiaMiton. ^u?° do Halghton fecit, &c. do uno molendino ^stiiThei."' *n ^alghton. Donationem, kc quas Osbertus v!'no. 2*3. filius Willielmi dominus de Surclielege fecit &c °Id?of1s"ircniey1?' una Piacea terrae cum pertinentiis in feodo de Surcheleg, Tlios. de Brocton. Donationem, &c quas Thomas de Brocton fecit, &o de quinque solidatis et sex denariatis annui redditus, et de dimidia virgata tense cum pertinentiis in Legh prions. Donationem, &c Roger Mussun. quas Rogerus Mussun fecit &c de capella do Aiianor, iiau. of Hupitona. Donationem &c quas Alionora filia Roger Mussun. jlogeri Mussun de Hopitone fecit de tota terra sua quam habuit in Opintohe cum omnibus suis pertinentiis in boscis et planis, in pratis & pascitis, in viis et semitis, in aquis ct niolendinis, et in omnibus aliis locis infra manerium de Onintoii quoque jure spectantibus. Donationem, &c quas pimota, dnu. of Dimota antiquior filia Alanortc de tJppiton fecit, vSlSS^t^Sx^0 (lc tota lm:t6l ternt) ?U£C fluam Alaniis do Suggedori tenuit in Uppiton ; et de toto jure luereditario, quod sibi vel luercdibus suis accidere Amicia, dau. of poterit infra eandem villain et extra. Dona- itoger do Mussuu. tionem &o, quas Airiieia filia Alianone, quondam uxor Rogeri Moysrn fecit, &c de tota parte terne siko, quam Alanus do Suggeden tenuit in Uppi- ton, et de duobus denariis redditus quos Will. Si born oidom Ami(-i;e reddero solobat ; ot do toto 338 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS jure suo haereditario, quod sibi aliquo modo per- tinuit seu pertinere poterit in eadem villa. Dona- Dionisia »iau. of tionem, &c quas Dionisia filia Alianorae de CJppi- Alianorde Uppiton. c \ p^ , ^ 1 ton iecit, &c de tota parte sua terrarum, quas Alanus de Suggedon, Robertus le Bule, Robertus fi litis Reineri et Will. Forestarius tenuerunt in Uppiton cum redditibus et ceteris pertinentiis suis ; ac toto jure suo, quod sibi accidere potent infra prasdictam villain et extra. Meydus, d. of Donationem, &c quas Meydocus filius Rogeri -lSluIUtni!"•, Mossoun de Hopiuton fecit, &c de tota parte sua ••VMeido?9 Ifiv' m ^yc^ie^e> curn omnibus pertinentiis suis; et v. No. 230. ' cum tota parte sua bosci vasti, et molendini de sibiiia, dau. of Opinion. Donationem, &c quas Sibilla filia Rogeri Roger Mussun. Musson quondam domini de Opinton, fecit, &c de tota parte terra; sua; cum pertinentiis in Wycheie ; et de tota parte siue bosci de Opinton, et molendini ejusdem vilhe ; et tota parte sua de isout lIsolll{l Brodmedue et Berteimesmedue. Donationem, lNoW5?,W5«aiosca . \Yychele cum omnibus pertinentiis, &c in pratis & pascuis, &c quae pertinent ad terram de Upin- >• ni.ia am of ^on* Donationem, &c quas Dionisia filia Rogeri ltoger Mussun. Mussun, uxor quondam Wiliielmi de Longenolre fecit &c. de tota parte terrse sua) cum pertinentiis Isabel, d of Do. ja Wycheie. Donationem &c quas Isabel filia Rogeri Mussun fecit, &c de tota parte terra; sua) in Wycheie cum omnibus pertinentiis et liberta- tibus, quas pertinent ad terram de Opinton. Alice, dau of Do. Donationem, &c. quas Alicia filia Rogeri Muisun, uxor Adas de Cherleton, fecit, &c. de tota parte terra; suao cum pertinentiis in Wycheie, Dona- AdaTetImCher t^0116111 &c °luas Adam de Cherleton fecit, &c. de «• Meidus filia," tota ilia parte terra: in Wichele quam emit p^nJninSl^yAmeidiis fil. Rogeri Muisun. Donationem &c, called Moy.iocuH (|U;IS Petronilla filia Rogeri Muisun fecit, &c. do niiusp. lot.. l p . .. . ' . , . potroniiia, d of tota parte terras suae cum pertinentiis m \v lcnele. jSTai^fiof Donationem, &c. quam Juliana filia Rogeri UogopMussMh. Muisun fecit, &c de tota parte terra) sine cum pertinentiis in Wichele. Donationem, &c quas " eadem Juliana fecit, &c de tot" parte sua de Berthelevvellemedue. llu-'hdoRociaii)uri Donationem, &c (pias TTugo do Buckcburi fecit &C do dimidia virgala terra; cum pertinentiis in WOMB RIDGE PRIORY, CO. SALOP. 339 Hugh do Beckeburi Alexr., s. of Reiner ile Newport. Willm. Dod. Cecilia, d. of Roger Muisun. Henry Panton and Alicia his \v. Felicia do Opinton. Alan, s. of Nich. do Opinton. John Coli. Win. Siborn. Llic. de IJi'MsrC " llyicholotio," and No 3«*. llic. do Brujjos. Vol. XI., 2n Uppiton. Donationem, &c. quas Hugo dominus do Beckeburi fecit &c. do tota parte sua cum pertinentiis in Wichole. Donationem &c. quas Alex, filius Raineri do Novo Burgo fecit, &c. de tota parte terrse suas cum pertinentiis in Wichele. Donationem, &c. quas Will. Dod fecit Deo et dictis canonicis, &c. de tota parte sua vivarii et molendini de Hopiton, et de quinque solidis annui redditus quos recipere consuevit de Howel de Hopyton, et de duobus solidatis annui reddi- tus, quos similiter recipere consuevit de Hamundo de Hopiton. Donationem, &c> quas Cecilia filia Rogeri Muisun fecit, &c. de tota crofta quara Will. Marescallus sponsus ejus et ipsa tenuerunt. Donationem, &c. quas Henricus Panton &s Alicia uxor ejus fecerunt, &c. de dimidia virgata et dimidia noca cum pertinentiis in Uppinton, et de duodecim denariis annui redditus in eadem villa. Donationem, &c. quas Felicia de Opiton fecit &c. de tota parte sua prati quam habuit in dominico prato de Opinton, videlicet in Berthelamesmedue, et Holemaresmedue, et de illo redditu duodecim denariorum, quern Wil. Si barn aliquando de se tenuit in Opinton. Donationem, &c. quas Alanus filius Nicholai de Oppinton fecit &c. de tota parte sua, quam habuit in quodam prato quod vocatur le Mose, et de una acra terra; & dimidia in Oppinton. Donationem, &c. quas Johannes Coli, unus de liberis tenentibus de Opinton fecit, &c. de tota parte quam habuit in quodam prato in Opinton quod vocatur la Mose, et de tota parte sua in Holemere et Brademedue. Donationem, &c. quas Will. Sibern fecit, &c. de tota terra sua, cum pratis et pertinentiis, quam habuit infra villam de Hopiton, et extra, et cum tota parte sua molendini de Hopiton. Dona- tionem, &c. quas Hie de Bruges fecit, &c de tribus acris terne cum pertinentiis in Hopinton. Dona- tionem, &c. quas idem Ric. fecit, &c. de tota parte sua quam habuit in quodam prato, quod vocatur la Mose. Donationem &c. quas idem Ric. fecit &c. de tota parte sua de prato de Brethewelles- medwe, et de tota parte sua de prato inter vadia juxta viam qua vadit de capella de Opinton usquo ad grangiam do Hiccholetie. Donationem i\c. quas idem Ric. fecit &c. de tota parte prati 1 S. lii^ 340 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS, Silulla, d. of Roger Molsun. Ric. de Bruges. Adam do Opinton, Robt., Lord of Wooclcote, quam habuit in quod am prato quod vocatur Holemere, et de duobus acris terra? in Hopiton. Ric. de Bruges. Donationem, &c. quas idem Ric. et Sibilla uxor ejus fecerunt de duobus selionibus terras cum pertinentiis in Uppiton. Donationem &c. quas idem llic. fecit, &c. de tota parte prati, quam habuit in Brodemedive, Donationem &c. quas Sibilla filia Rogeri Moisuh quondam uxor Ricardi de Bruges fecit, &c. de tota parte sua in Bartholo- medwe, et de pratcllo suo, quod jacet inter duo vadia super ripam inter Uppiton et Wichelee, et de uno selione apud Gatehelle. Donationem, &c. quas Ricardus de Bruges fecit kc. de tota parte terras suas cum pertinentiis in Wicliele. Donationem, &c. quas Adam de Opinton fil. quondam Willielmi Porcionarii in ecclesia de Wroccestre, fecit, &c.de parte duorum dimidiorum frendellorum in quodam prato, quod vocatur Ja Mose. Donationem, &c. quas Robertus dominus de Wodecota, fecit &c. de toto nemore suo quod emit de domino Thorn a de Gonstentin. Relaxa- tionem, &c. quas Henr. filius Alicias de Bourton fecit fratri B tunc priori de Wombrugg et ejus- dem loci conventui de toto jure suo et clameo, quod habuit vel habere potuit in dimidia virgata terras, quam emit de Alicia matre sua in Opinton. Donationem &c. quas Hamundus de Alderescote fecit, &c. de tota terra sua cum omnibus asdificiis suis et gardino quam quidcm terrain habuit infra villam do Hopyton et extra, et de novcm acris terras cum pertinentiis quas idem Hamundus emit de Alianora Mussun, Ricardo Oorebrond, Ricardo de Bruges et Will. Sibern. Donationem &c. quas Ric. Corbront de Opinton fecit &c. de tota parte sua prato de la Longemaro, et de tota parte sua dc Holemare in Opintone. Donationem, &c. taViUn de sutli. q^s Howel fil Griffini de Sutton fecit, &c. de ilia dimidia virgata terras, quam tenuit de Will. Dod wm , son of wm. in Hupiton. Donationem, &e. quas Will. fil. de liagemon. Williclmi de Ilagemon fecit, &c. de una dimidia virgata terras cum pertinentiis in Hopyton. Kng.iia i-.i ro« of Concessionem, &c. quas Engelardus fil. Roherti Robert do Pich ford ' I o . de 1 ichiord iecit, &c. de tribus nocis terras cum pertinentiis in Oppitona. iMiiiip. son of Donationem &e. quas Philippiis lilius Ricardi - nuuiiuion. (|0 uuntiuton a Isabella (ilia Alianone uxor Hamun d do Aldurescote. Ric. Corbront WOMB RIDGE PRIOR Y, CO. SALOP. 341 ejus fecerunt, &c. do duobus acris terra) cum pertinentiis in Uppiton. Donationem &c. quas PiiiLcieiiundhuion philippus de Hundindon, et Isabella uxor ejus fecerunt. &c. do uno mesuagio super lo Calder in Upinton, cum uno selione. Donationem, &c. quas Ric. doChcsthui. Hie. do Chesthul fecit &c. de tota parte terra) sua), cum pertinentiis in Wichele. Concessionem ^set ooift s.ti , ctiam qiiam Ilogerus de la Sale. Ric. del Bury, et Hie. del Bury, ami T. . > 1 . p _ . .. ' , J'. Ric. corbronb. Ivic. Uorbrond de Upinton recerunt, &c. do quin- que particulis bosci in Opinton. Donationem, &c. GaifrM oriiiin. quas Galfridus Griffin fecit, &e. de tota terra sua cum omnibus a)dificiis suis et redditibus ct honii- nibus, quam habuit infra villain & extra, in toto tenemento de Cherinton, et cum prato quod habuit do Will, de Eton, et cum prato & cultura & pastura qua) habuit de feu do de Erchalewe, & cum piscaria desuper pontem, et cum prato & cultura in Gorstes, et cum prato de Menemcdewe et cum cultura de Sidenhale, et cultura de Wetebuttes, et cultura de Yvenedich, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis infra villain de Cherin- Bertram Griffin, ton et extra. Uemissionem &c. quas Bertram us br.ofGaifrid. Qriffin fecit &c. do toto jure & clameo quod habuit in villa de Cherinton & de omnibus tcrris & tenementis qme Galfridus Griffin f rater ejus dedit pra)dictis priori & canonicis infra eandem Win., s. and h. of villain & extra. Donationem, &c quas Will. fil. Ad;e de Cherinton. & AJ.C Je (JherilltOU fecit, &C. de duobllS virgatis terne, cum pertinentiis in Cherinton' cum toto jure quod habuit vel habere potuit in feodo pra^dictoe vilhe de Cherinton. Donationem, JolwlKaipt,s'of &c. quas Johannes le Bret, hi. Radulphi le Bret fecit, &c. de una virgata terra) cum pertinentiis in Cherinton una cum incrcmento trium acrarum terne in eadem villa. Donationem, &c. quas Roger le strange. Uogerus Extrancus fecit, &c. de quatuor acris terra) de vasto suo de Erchelewe. Donationem, &c. quam Pagan de Cherinton Paganus de Cherinton fecit, &c. de una dimidia virgata terne cum pertinentiis in Cherinton. Donationem &c quas Thomas dominus de Thus., Lord of Cherinton hi. Ricardi domini ejusdein vilhe fecit, lUc^tcT'of'i^ &c. de tota piscaria sua, cum pertinentiis do Cherinton, qua) est super aquam de Maes, cum Thos., Lord of pratello suo ibidem. Donationem, &e. quas cherinton. Thomas do Cherinton fecit &c. de una dimidia virgata terra) cum pertinentiis in Cherinton. 342 ABSTRACTS OF TFIE GRANTS AND CHARTERS Waiter de Hupiton Donationem, &c. quas Walterus de Hupiton fecit, &c. de prato suo de dominio suo, cum pertinen- tiis, quod vocatur Eilmersheia. Concessionem Ralph io strange. e^ain^ &c. quas Radulfus Extraneus fecit, &c. de quodam prato & mora, a piscaria llicardi domini de Cherinton usque ad vadum. Diuiissionem, &c. Thos. Corbet of quas Thomas Corbet domiuus de Adeleye fecit Adeieye. je homagiis, serviciis, et de uno obolo argenti, vel uno pari albarum cirotecarum de precio unius oboJi annui redditus pro prato de Eton. Alan Pantuif. Concessionem ctiam, &c quas Alanus Pantulf fecit &c. de sex acris terra) cum pertincntiis in Tibriton. Donationem, &c. quas Jacobus filius JaTMur°tfon?n' WiHielmi de Morton fecit, fcc. de una virgata terra) cum pertincntiis in Tibriton. Donationem, Alan de iiadieye. &c. quas Alanus de Hedleya fecit, &c. de una liida terra) cum pertinentiis in Cherintonia. Conces- wm. do iiediey. sionem, &c. quas Will, de Hedlcga fecit &c. de tota terra de Shurlawa, quam tunc temporis Trustanus de Sherlawa, et Will, filius ejus et Komerus nepos Odonis de Ercalwe tenuerunt per divisas in carta sua contentas ; et de communa pastura totius manerii de Ercalwe ad propria averia eorundem canonicorum, et hominum suo- rum, quos habent in eodem manerio. Ac etiam, de pessun in bosco de Ercalwe ad proprios porcos suos qui nutriti sunt in eodem manerio, et ad porcos hominum suorum de eodem manerio ; ita scilicet quod eorum porci proprii quieti sint de pannagio, & de porcis hominum suorum recipiant prajdicti canonici pannagiurn ; sicut idem Williel- mus & antecessorcs sui recipere consueverunt ; necnon et de nona parte omnium rerurn suarum qua) innovantur pur annum, unde decima solet dari & debet. Donationem, &c. quas pra)dictus Will, fecit, &c. de tota terra de jPodeford, cum omnibus perti- ncntiis suis, in bosco & piano, in pratis & })ascuis, & omnibus locis infra villain & extra. Conces- sionem, &c. quam Will, dominus de Ercalwe lilius & lucres domini Johannis de Ercalwe fecit EilSo^l'JnJii. &c. prajdictis priori & conventui, ut possint se °f Ji''rciiwu d °f rtPl)ru^are vasco suo apud Swirlowe, in manerio de Ercalwe. Donationem, &c. quas Johannes (jwiiii, Lm»i <>f dominus de !£rcalwu fecit, &c. (hi ilia cultura terra) livcaiwo. (^lUJL! cxtendit se ab alba petra usque ad viridem WOMB RIDGE PRIORY, CO. SALOP. 343 viam, quas via extendit se versus Ercalwe. Con- JolE,,-Li\,d °f cess^oncmJ &c- °luaS idem Johannes fecit prasdictis canonicis, videlicet, quod ipsi percipiant nonam partem totius bladi ec feni sui omnium terrarum h tencmentorum suorum infra dictum manerium de Ercalwe provenientem, prasterquam de terra de la More, quam emit de Hamone Piehard. VBiidwinC\viscar°tf Dpimtionem, &c. quas Will. Wiscart, fil. Balde- ' wini Wiscart fecit, &c. de una virgata temo cum pcrtinentiis in Wilsidelond cum pratis, & cum communa pastura ad omnia averia sua de Shur- lowe in toto tenemento de Wilsidelond, & cum libera pastura pro omnibus bobus suis de Shur- lowe in omnibus defensionibus suis tarn in pratis, quam in aliis pasturis quibuscumque per totum tenementum suum de Wilsidelond. Donationem, „ &c. quas Will. Wiscart, fecit, &c. de tribus acris teme cum pcrtinentiis in Wilsidelond. Con- wni. ae iiediey. cessionem, &c. quas Will, de Hedleg fecit, &c. de tota mora sua sub vivario de Wilsithelond, sicut fossato includitur. Donationem, &c. quas Adam Adamde Bere. de J]ere (le Saltedon fecit, &c. de quodam prato quod babuit desupermolendiniini.de Lengedon, quod vacatur le Beremedone. Coneessionem, &c. Thos. do Mere. qims Gliomas de Mere fecit, &c; de tota parte teme quas ipsum contingebat in communi pastura sua de Cherington, quam Galfridus Griffin occu- pavit ; & similiter de tota terra sua quam pnefatus Galiridus occupavit in communi pastura sua infra dictam villain de Cherinton & extra, ubi- Griffin s of cum(Ille fuerit occupata, Donationem, &c. quas jerwortii Goch. Griffiuus tilius Jarefort Goh fecit, &c. de tota terra sua cum pcrtinentiis et bosco de Berdeleia in manerio suo de Sutton a. Madoc, Lord of J )onationem, &c. quas Madocus dominus de sutton. Sutton fecit, &q de una placea terras cum perti- nentiis in Sutton, juxta cimiterium de Sutton. Modoc, s. of Donationem, &c. quas Madocus tilius Griffini de Gllflin do Sllt °"' Sutton fecit, &c. de quatuor solidis percipiendis de una dimidia virgata terras de lo Heanime, et de sex denariis percipiendis de prato de Bvvbe- Madoc, Lord of mere. Donationem, &c. quas Madocus dominus Suttoa* de Sutton fecit, &c. dc duobus solidatis redditus cum pertinentiis in Brocton, quas Elias Cocas wmcookuf solvere consuovit. Donationem, ^c. quas Will. BryvUMi. UocilS de Brocton tacit, &c. do una dimidia 344 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS, virgata tense et uno mesuagio, et uno crofto cum pertinentiis in BrocLon cum una acra terras, et cum sex denariatis redditus percipiendis dc hasredibus Radulli do Santfort pro una dimidia virgata terra) in eadem villa. Donationem, &c. Madoe do Sutton, qu as Madocus do Sutton fecit, &c. de duobus solidis redditus cum pertinentiis in Brocton quos Adam atte Tuneshend reddere consuevit. Dona- tionem, &c. quas Johannes de Brocton clericus fecit, &c de tota terra sua, quam habuit vel aliquo jure habere potuit in villa de Brocton et extra. Roger Brusebon. Donationern, &c. quas Rogerus Brusebon de Monte Gomeri fecit, &c. de quatuordecim acris terras et dimidia cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Donationem Roger, s. of &c. quas Rogerus Alius Nicliolai Brusebon de Nicholas Bruseboii. ^onte Gomeri fecit, &c. de octo acris terras cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Donationem, &c. quas .. idem Rogerus fecit, &c. de quodam mesuagio & crofto adjacente in dicta villa de Brocton. Concessionem &c. quas idem Rogerus fecit &c. de quodam mesuagio & crofto adjacente in dicta Ric, s. of Edith villa de Brocton. Donationem, &c. quas Ric. fil. do Brocton. Edithaa de Brocton fecit, &e. de quinque acris terras cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Donationem, ll^oc?on °f clLlus Hogerus Beg, de Brocton fecit, K Cf do in Brocton. Donationem, &c. quas Elias Cocus Ric. lo Veyelare. Wm lio^of Uiocton. W0MBR1DGE PRORY, CO. SALOP. 345 cle Brocton fecit, &c. de tribus acris terra) cum pei'tinentiis in Brocton. Donationem &c. quas EhaBrocton. °f ide™ Ejias fecit, &c. de una acra terrcc cum per- tinentiis in Brocton. Donationem, &c. q,uas Elias Eiias, s. of Robert fili us Roberti de Feckenliam fecit &c. do tribus ijockonimm. ucris teme cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Dona- Nic s of waiter tioncm &c- quas Nich. lil. Walteri de Grenhull & iieGrenhuii. Alicia uxor ejus fecerunt &c. de uno acra terras cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Donationem &c. v No1,ari" quas Johannes Idchel fecit &c. de una acra terras Joim idchai. cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Donationem, &c. quas Pkilippus Burnel fecit, &c. de quindecim Philip Burnel. 1 1 i ;v; ,'. -. -1 soiidis annul redditus cum pertinentiis in Brocton. Goneessionem &c. quas Matildis filia Henrici Carpentarii, fecit &c. de una acra terrio cum per- tinentiis in Brocton. Donationem &c. quas Robertus de Hen gel on d Rob.dcHengeiarrocton. Coneessionoin, iVc. (plain ieeiu Itic. fecit piie- dictis canonicis; videlicet quod ipsi averia sua & 34G GRANTS AND CHARTERS, WOMB RIDGE RRIORY. assignatorum suorum pascant in pratis suis cum fena fuerint levata in omnibus culturis suis; una cum averiis suis, cum fructus fuerint ablati, & in caeteris communibus pasturis, ubicumque sua propria averia pascunt vel pascere consueverunt, & quod iidcm prior & canonici capiant petrarn in omnibus quarreris suis ubimelius fuerit super tenementum suum ad omnia sua agenda ; & quod cant cum bigis & carris, & ceteris falleris svper tenementum suum de Grenhull. Et etiam quod predict i canonici & successorcs & assignati sui, liberi sint & quieti a sequela curiie sme, quod ibidem non accedant, nisi eis placuerit & com- modum suum fuerit ; & quod si prcedicti canonici & successorcs vel assignati sua erga ipsum Ricar- dum vol hceredes suos in aliquibus delinquant, vel per seruientes suos vel per averia sua inj ariose j)ascentia, vel alio quocumque modo fuerint, non libebit dicto Ricardo vel hajredibus suis namium sumcre vel vadimonium nec averia sua imparch- iare, set in curia dictorum ^canonicorum & suc- cessorum eorundem super tenementum suum justicia mediante, illud delictum emendabunt. wm. de Rytton. Donationem, &c. quas Will, do Riccon fecit &c. de " win. tie i/iiton," duabus acris teme cum pertinentiis iacentibus v. No. A12. . , -, . , 1 ° inter terrain prgedictorum canonicorum, quam habent de dono Ricardi de Grenhull. Donationem, Ric b of Edith cluas ^nus Edithae de Brocton fecit, &c. de do Brocton duabus acris terrse & dimidia ciun pertinentiis in Brocton, & de Lortia parte omnium j>ratorum suorum pcrtinontium ad unam dirnidiam virgatam terrae in eadem villa. Donationem, &c. quas Philip Maubanck. Philippa Maubranch fecit &c. de tota terra sua in ,'vM'no':,-;i)u1' ' Wicliio, quam Thomas Basset maritus suis ante obitum suum emit de Reginaldo capellano. Dona- tionem, &c. quas Ric. Knoilin clericus fecit, &c. de luc ivnoi in. CjUaj.uor gunimis salis continentibus quadraginta bullones pro dimidia salina sua. Donationem &c. quas Ric. del Bury de Opinton fecit & de una Ric. del Bury. cjimIdia virgata terrse, & novem acris terra) cum pertinentiis in Opinton, cum prato suo de la Mose, ratas habentes et gratas eas pro nobis & luere- dibus nostris &c.confirmamus sicut cartaj & scripta donatorum praxlictorum rationabiliter testantur ecc. In cujus &c. T. rege apud Kbov xv. die Martii. THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. Wmi Introduction by the Rev. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A.,F.S.A. {Continued from 2nd Series, Vol. X., page 144). Condover Hundred is the sixth of the Hundreds contained in the Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327. The Hundreds already dealt with have been Bradford, Munslow, Purslow, Chirbury, and Ford. After Con- dover occur the Hundreds of Pimhill, Brimstree, Stod- desdon, and Overs, the town of Salop and its Liberties, and the town of Bridgnorth and its Liberties. The modern Hundred of Condover is much smaller than the Domesday Hundred of Conodovre. At the re-arrangement of the Hundreds of Shropshire temp. Henry I., the manor of Ratlinghope, and perhaps Overs also, were annexed to Purslow Hundred. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, further changes took place : Buildwas and Lydley Heys became extra-hun- dredal; Hughley and Wigwig were annexed to Wenlock Franchise ; Edgebold and Welbatch were placed in the Liberties of Shrewsbury ; Sheinton was annexed to Stottesden Hundred; Pulley became extra-hundredal, and was afterwards annexed to the Liberties of Shrews- bury ; and Womerton was annexed to Church Stretton, and passed into Munslow Hundred, The whole of the historical notes, which add so greatly to the interest of the Roll, are, as before, entirely due to the kindness of Miss Auden. Vol. XL, 2nd S. SS 348 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY IIUNDK' DE CONEDOU'E. CONEDOU'E. [Condover.1 — Iii Saxon times this was a Manor of Royal demesne, and the head of the Hundred. After the Conquest Earl Roger retained more than half the manor in demesne, and was the sole Lord of the Hundred. Tn 1086 Condover had ten berewicks, and 13 hides of land paying Danegeld. Seven of these hides were in demesne, with four ox-teams, and there were besides 12 villeins and a priest with 7 ox-teams, and employment might have been found for three more teams. In King Edward's time the manor had been worth .£10 ; at Domesday it was valued at the same sum, including the dues of the Hundred. Roger de Montgomery had given three feoffments in his Manor of Condover. In 108G, Roger Venator held one hide, Osbern (probably Osbern fitz Richard, Baron of Richard's Castle) one, and El ward four hides. "Thereon is one team ; and 4 Villeins, 2 Boors, 3 Radmans, and 2 Neat-heads have among them all 3 ox-teams, and there still might be 8 teams more. The whole is worth 41s. per annum." Elward's share reverted to the Crown, possibly by forfeiture, and when Henry I. annexed most of Elward's estates to the Honour of Montgomery, he retained the four hides at Condover in demesne. Osbern's estate here also did not pass to his descendants, but the Barons of Pulverbatch, the descendants of Roger Venator, retained an interest in Condover till the 13th century. With the exception of their land, all Condover passed, probably on the forfeiture of the Norman Earls, into the hands of Henry I. He is known to have visited Condover twice or thrice in his reign, and it is not improbable that it was a favorite residence. In 1121-2, or 1126-7, he was at Norton, where a field is still known as the King's Furlong. He issued from Norton a precept to the Bishop of Hereford, Richard de Capella, commanding him to cause the Abbot of Salop to enjoy all such churches, lands, &c, in his diocese as his predecessors had done. Bayston was a manor of the Bishop of Hereford, and Norton and Bayston are adjoining hamlets. About the same period the King issued from Condover a similar precept to Richard, Bishop of London, and all Sheriffs in whose Bailiwicks the Abbot of Shrewsbury held lands, enjoining that the Abbot should hold them in peace and quietness. The King was at Condover in the summer of 1130, as is shown by a precept addressed to the Bishop of Chester, and by the entry of the fact that in September of that year the Fermor of Boseham, in Sussex, had sent 476 siccas (a kind of small fish) for the King's use to Condover and to Woodstock. 1 Eyton vi.} 8, SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 349 The manor continued to be one of Royal demesne through the reigns of Henry II., Richard, and John, till in 1226, Henry III. granted it to his half-sister Joan, the wife of Llewellyn of Wales, to hold during the King's pleasure. In 1228, Condover was again in the King's hands, and in September of that year, Llewellyn was in open rebellion against Henry. Peace was soon made, however, and Condover restored to the Princess Joan, whose son David and his sister went to Windsor, for David to do homage to the King in 1229. Two years later there was again war between England and Wales, and Condover passed finally out of the hands of the Princess. It remained for seven years a Royal manor, till in 1238 the King gave it with five other manors, among which were Worfield and Church Stretton, to Henry de Hastings, and Ada his wife, in lieu of Ada's share of the inheritance of her brother, John Scot, Earl of Chester. In 1235, in the Survey of Shropshire Forests, the Visors reported that the lose of Buriwode was "much wasted from the time the manor was in the hands of the wife of Llewellyn. That lady's bailiffs had sold on one occasion 500 oak trees from the wood, beside making other wastes. Moreover, the trees had been stript of their branches on occasion of the war." Matthew Paris describes how in 123-4 the Earl Marshal and Llewellyn devastated Shropshire to the very gates of Shrewsbury, and a time of scarcity throughout the county followed. In 1250, Henry de Hastings died, leaving his son Henry a minor. In 1252, the King granted the custody of the manor to Guy de Rochford, and in 1255, he was still holding it during the minority of Henry de Hastings. The gross annual value of the manor was given as <£2l, which included 2s., the reputed value of " the Vivary of Bulemar," i.e., Bomere Pool. Henry de Hastings (II.) seems to have come of age in 1258, and soon after that he was righting on the side of Simon de Montfort against the King. His lands were escheated in consequence, and Roger le Strange was granted the fine payable for their redemption. In 12G7, Henry made his formal submission to the King, and his lands were restored on his satisfying the claims of Roger le Strange. Henry died about the following year, leaving a widow, Joan de Cantilnpe, and son John, who did not come of age till about fifteen years later. Condover and Worfield were both for a time, during this long minority, in the hands of Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall. In 1283, a valua- tion was taken of the Manor of Condover, by order of Edward I. It then possessed a capital messuage valued at Gd. per annum, with 78 acres of arable, and 4 acres of meadow land in demesne. The tenants of Condover itself (as distinct from its members) held 6 virgates in Soccaye, and paid rents amounting to <£2 9s. Gd., being free from all other obligations to the lord. Four tenants of assarted lands paid Is. lid. rent ; the fishery of Boleinere was valued at 2s., and the Pleas of Court we.ie worth £1 Gs. 8d. The value of the manors and its members was £15 Is. 6*d. John de Hastings lived till 1313, but his connection wkh Condover ceased in 1281, when he transferred his 350 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY manors of Condover and Wolverhampton to Bishop Burnell in exchange for the manor and advovvson of Wotori, near Northampton. In 1292, the Bishop was allowed to enclose and cultivate 200 acres of his own lose of Condover, where only oak trees were growing, the tenants having common rights, being left with a sufficiency in the rest of the lose. On the death of Bishop Burnell at the close of that year, it was stated that the bosc was common to the whole manor, and only yielded Is. to the lord. The Bishop's heir, Philip Burnell, died in 1294, when he is said to have held the manor of Condover by service of finding 12 foot soldiers for the army of Wales. Philip's son, Edward Burnell, was a minor, and his lands were under the guardianship of Cuncelinc de Badlesmere. In 1307, Edward Burnell granted to Richard the Clerk, &on of Master Ranulph de Hoghton, all his land of the waste of Byriwode to make assart of (i.e , enclose and cultivate). If cottages were built on the land, each cottage should pay 2d. to the grantor, and do suit to his Court of Condover. Richard was to pay a rent of 25s., and the lord of the manor retained the usual rights of wardship and marriage, when such should arise. ' Edward Burnell was dead in 1315, leaving a widow, Alyna. His sister Maud was his heir. She married first John, Baron Lovel of Tichmarsh, who died 1317-18, leaving a son John; and secondly, Sir John de Ilandlo, who died in 134G-7, leaving a son Nicholas, Lord of Acton Burnell. He occurs in 13G3 as Lord of Condover, but later the manor passed to the descendants of his half-brother, John, Lord Lovel,1 with whom it remained till the time of Henry VII., when it reverted to the Crown on the attainder of Francis Lovel. Henry VIII. in 1544-5 granted the reversion of the manor which had been held by Sir Richard Corbett, Sir Richard Cornwall, and Sir Thomas Leighton to Sir Henry Knyvett, who sold it to Robert Longe of London, mercer, on whose death it passed to one of his daughters, Mary, wife of Henry Vyner of London, mercer. Henry Vyner thus became Lord of Condover, Dorrington, Great and Little Ryton, Wheathall, Allheld, Chatford, and Norton. He lived at Condover, and bought land there. In 1558, he bought the estates of the dissolved Abbey of Shrewsbury in Condover and Boreton, and in 15G3 he bought the Rectory (i.e., the tithes and advowson), which had belonged to the Abbey. In 1567, he bought the land at Norton, once belonging to the family of Mascot, which Thomas Acton of Longnor in 1514 left for providing a priest to pray for his soul, and which had been confiscated in 1551 by Edward VI. 's commissioners. A lease of the Norton farm was granted in 1578 to Richard Owen of Shrewsbury, draper, the builder of Owen's mansion, brother of Thomas Owen the judge, to whom in 1587 he made over the land. 1 S. A. Trans., vol. iv., p. 121. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 351 Thomas Owen's interest in Condover began with land at Bury wood, called Houghton fields, which his grandmother, Joan Walker, the widow of Thomas Oteley, and of Thomas Berington, left to him in 15G0. In 158G, he bought the manor and advowson of Condover from Henry, son of Henry Vyner, and the Bullriggs and Shawmere from John Jackman of Hornchurch, who had bought part of the Vyner estates. The original glebe of Condover was in Berrington parish, probably not far from Boreton. The Lord of the Manor of Condover had comparatively little con- trol over the inhabitants, and Condover was represented as an inde- pendent jurisdiction on the Assizes and similar occasions by a Provost and six men. In 1255, the men of Condover and the men of Chatford were reported as having rescued things taken in distress by the bailiiTs of Robert de Grendon, then Sheriff. The various members of the manor have many of them some history of their own. In Dorrington, half a virgate was held by the Chief Forester of Shrop- shiie. His tenant about 1200 was Reginald de Dodinton, who was followed by Robert Champneys, and he by a son William, who also obtained land at Cothercote by marriage. In 1255, William Champ- neys held the half virgate under John fitz Hugh, the then Chief Forester, paying a rent of 20 dishes and 4 cups, and taking charge of the Cover of Stepelwood, and the custody of Vert and Venison from the Quake-Wendebridge to Egeforde (i.e., Exford). He occurs fre- quently among the Foresters of Shropshire from 1262 till 1292. Ryton was held under the Lords of Condover, and in 1283 four virgates in Great Ryton yielded a rent, of 28s., and four virgates in Little Ryton 27s. 4d. Wheathall had two virgates, paying 13s. 4d. rent; Chatford two virgates and an assart, yielding 16s. 4d. ; and All field two-and-a-half virgates rented at 16s lid. Great Lyth seems to have been that part of the manor Avhere Roger Venator in 1087 held a hide of land, which passed to the Barons of Pulverbach. The Abbot of Shrewsbury held two thirds of the demesne tithes of Great Lyth. In 1203, Robeit de Gatacre held half a hide here under the Barony of Pulverbatch, and the other half was held by William fitz Walter de Upton of Waters Upton, whose father had been tenant of the whole. Westley was partly held in the time of Henry II. by Aylric Sprenehcaux, lord of Longnor, who had half a virgate and a mill there under the King, and about 1190, Emma, Baroness of Pulver- batch, granted half a virgate in Westley to Henry, son of Aylric de Westley, and the whole of a moor called Humhermor. Aylric's grandson, Roger Sprencheaux (II.) was disseized of the mill by Llewellyn during his tenure of the Manor of Condover, and it was only restored to his son Roger (III.), who was holding it in 1274, when he had also acquired two acres of newly assarted land at The Hoo in Condover Manor. Westley and Little Lyth in modern times were part of the Manor of Pulverbatch, and the inhabitants attended Court Leet there. 352 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY Boreton had an entirely distinct history from the other hamlets of the parish. It was a separate manor at Domesday, which had belonged to the Saxon Church of St. Peter in Shrewsbury, and was given by Earl Roger to his Abbey there.1 The monks' tenants here were named Bozard, who also held hind at Pulley. At the beginning of the 13th century Boreton was divided between two co heiresses, Isabel, wife of Ralph Marescall, and Alice, wife first of Thomas de Etchingham, and afterwards of Elyas de Burton. Alice left an only child, Henry de Burton, who 1263 gave his land at the Ile/de and 3d. rent of the mill of Boreton to Shrewsbury Abbey. Isabell Marescall died in 1249, when she is said to have held Boreton under the Abbot by the annual runt of one salmon. She had there half a carucate in demesne, and rents amounting to £1 2s. 8d., and was entitled to a yearly tallage of 6s. Sd. Her grandson, Engelard le Marescall of Pulley seems to have conveyed his land at Boreton to William Pride of Shrewsbury, and at his death in 1290, he had no interest in Boreton. The mill of Boreton seems to have had a rival in the mill of Allfield. In 1160, Hamo le Strange, tenant of Betton under the Abbot of Shrewsbury, gave to the Canons of Hanghmond his land of Bolaugge and a Mill-stank, and in 1 i 7 2 Radulf Bozard gave the canons a Grange and 8 acres of land called Underhelde, and the " whole water of Coner' down to the boundaries of Berrington," and the Stank of the mill of Betton, which is at All held, with the moor. The canons seem to have lost their interest here comparatively soon, but in 1 119, the Abbot of Hanghmond occurs as granting a life lease to Richard Goscnhull of Condover of the mill at Allfield, with a moor, at a rent of 10s. Richard and Henry Botte were among the tenants of the manor in 13G3, when members of the family held land in Condover and at Little Ryton, Chatford, and Allfield. One Richard Botte is described as of Norton. A Richard Botte of Condover occurs as a juror of the manor in 1274, and the famiiy held land there till the 17th century. Henry of Chester may possibly have been the ancestor of the Harries family, as in 1363, Thomas Ilenrici held land in Condover, and at Wheathall, and John Ilenrici at Dorrington and at Great Ryton. The Harries family possessed Wheathall for many generations. The one line of the family died out as Baronets of Boreatton in the 17th century. The name of Budil occurs several times among the tenants of 1363. Alice le Biddils held land in Condover, Thomas in Great Ryton and Dorrington, and William in Dorrington. Nicholas Chese was a juror of the manor in 1272. The name of Campyon occurs frequently in connection with Condover. In 1256, Richard Campyon, and in 1262, Walter appear 1 Ej ton vi., 173. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 353 on the list of jurors, and William Champion occurs in the latter year as surety for Ralph Marescal of Pulley, Forester of the Lyth. The name does not appear among the tenants of Nicholas Burnell in 13G3, but in 1130, Roger Campyon held laud in Condover, and John Campyon in Wheathall, and members of the family were tenants of the manor till the 16th century. In 153G-7, the Township of Wheat- hall reported that " Thomas Campyon dyd willfully kyll hym sellfe with a Raser, " and his goods were forfeited to the lord of the manor. The name of Gamell occurs among the jurors in 1272, and in 1363 members of the family were at Wheathall and at Dorrington. Nicholas Pyk was a juror for Condover in 1272 and 1274. In 1363, several of the name held land in Little Ilyton. The family of Gosenl.mil (Gosnell) held land in Condover for many generations. The name occurs in 1255, 1262, and 1274. In 1363, Nicholas de Gosenhull held land at Dorrington (possibly Consall), and the name remained among the inhabitants of Condover till modern days. William Mall was of Great Rytou in 1368, and John Mai of Ryton was a juror in 1255. The family held land at Ryton into the 16th century, and in 1514-5 Alys Mall and Rowland Mall gave over to Thomas Montgomery the elder of Salop their tenement at Great Ryton, which had been mortgaged to him. John Wattes was cf Dorrington in 1363, and his descendants held land there fur some time later. William Dun occurs in connection with land at Dorrington in 1277, which his descendants seem to have held till about 1450, when it passed by marriage to Ilichatd Gosenell. Henry do Aldefield took his name from Allfield, where land was held till the 15th century by men of ihis name, who also had held land at Great Ryton in 1363. Richard Dager, one of the chief landowners in Condover in 1363, does not seem to be represented in 1327, unless he is simply called by his father's name.] s d Ric'o P>otto ... ij xj Henr' do Cest'a ... xxijo' llenr' Botto ... xvij Adam lo Budel ... xijqu Rico Chess ... _ xviijo' Ric'o Campyonn ... ij Nich'o fil' Job 'is ... xx Will'o Gamel ... xv Nich' Wyllics ... xvj (?) Nich' l\kc ... ij llog'bliudcl ... ij s d Ric'o fil' Job' ... x ij IsabelP relict' Joh' ix Ric'o hi' Ric'i ... x Ric'o fil' Galfri ... vij Ric'o Mai ... ... xxij Alio' q' fliit ux' Rio Pylce xij Rog' HI' Will'o ... vj Nich'o HI' Rog'i ... xiij Ric'o do Gosenhull' xijob' Rog' Wattes ... viij 354 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY Will'o Dun.. Will'o fii' Job' Will'o Reygnald Ric'o fii' Rob'ti s d xob' r Will'o Pyke < Henr'de Al- ( defeld ... s d xqu ... ixob'q' ... xiijo' u p' Sma xxxiiij8 ob'q1 LONGENOLR'. [Longnor.2 — This manor is not mentioned in Domesday under a form of its present name, but is probably there called simply " Lea," Lege. This "Lege" was held in 1087 by Rainald the Sheriff, and Azo Bigot held it under him. In Saxon times it had been held by Eldred, who had the privilege of choosing which overlord he would serve. " Here are two hides geldable. In demesne is one ox-team ; and one Serf and five Villeins with two teams ; and there still might be six more teams here." Then follows an entry difficult to fully understand : — " Roger Venator holds the Caput of this manor under Earl Roger, and the two hides which Azo holds exonerate his (Roger Venator's) land, which is Inland (apparently the Saxon demesne) from geld. In Roger's demesne are two ox-teams ; and three Serfs, two Neat-herds and nine Boors with one team ; and yet there might be three teams more thereon. " Here is a wood capable of fattening 600 swine ; and here are three firm Hay es (probably woodland enclosures in good repair), and a mill. The whole in King Edward's time was worth £8 (per annum) ; after- wards it was worth 20s. ; now it is worth 64s." The fact that the head of the manor was held by Roger Venator Bigot held land in Berrington, and also at Glazeley and Abdon. He shows a connection with Pulverbatch the neighbouring parish. Azo granted half a hide in Longnor to Shrewsbury Abbey, which, how- ever, the monks do not seem to have retained, but to have received instead a rent-charge of 5s., which was in turn commuted, in 1279, for land at Boreton. The lordship of Longnor passed to the Fitz- Alans, whose tenants here were the elder branch of the Le Stranges, and the tenants-in-fee were the Sprencheaux. Alric Sprencheaux, who also held land at West ley, was concerned between 1158 and 1172 in a grant to Haughmond Abbey concerning the mill at Alltield. He seems to have been succeeded by his son Roger, who in 1185 occurs in an agreement with the Abbot and Convent of Haughmond concerning land lying between Lega and Longnor. This Roger was to hold for life under the Abbey, paying a rent of 6s., and at his death his heirs should hold it without rent, but the Abbey should receive, together with the body of Roger, the mill of Longnor, wholly and for ever, and also a third part of the live stock owned by Roger. The boundary of the 2 Kyton vi., 18. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 355 land is given as: — "From Bottestret to the stank of Longnor Mill, and from Foulfen to Havens Oak, and so to Netley, and so along the Sichet to the boundaries of Smethcot, and to High Ruding." Roger also held land in the Barony of Pulverbatch, and about 1190 Emma, Lady of Pulverbatch ) gave the land which Roger Sprencheaux of Wcstley held in Pulverbatch, together with all his services, for the maintenance of the lights before the high altar of the Church of Haughmond. In 120b Roger Sprencheaux was a knight, and later he again occurs in a fresh agreement with Haughmond Abbey re- specting Micklewood, which he and the Abbot agreed to divide equally between them, the part towards the field of Longnor to belong to Roger, and that towards lludingway to the Abbot. Jn 1221 tloger was dead and succeeded by his son, Roger Sprencheaux (II.) who was engaged that year in a law suit witli William Hunald concerning land between Longnor and Frodesley. The following- year, 122 2, he claimed common-rights in the bosc of Lydley, from Alan iMartell, Master of the Templars, who denied his right. The filial agreement gave to Roger one third (save 12 acres) of the said Lose, viz., the part reaching from the " dyke of Kemeshall to Wise- brook, and thence to Hevedsti, and onwards to the dyke which was under the alder marked with a cross " ; to hold to Roger and his heirs in demesne, under the Master and Brethren for ever, at a rent of 1 2d. About five years later, Roger, without alluding to his father's nego- tiation with the Abbey, gave the Mill at Lcngnor to Haughmond. In 1230 he was with the King in Brittany, and two years later he was again in Shropshire. About 1231 he confirmed his father's grant of Micklewood to Haughmond Abbey, resigning all common rights in Lega in Botwood, and allowing the Abbot and his men common pasture throughout the whole manor of Longnor, and all right to the moor near the Abbot's Mill of Longnor, all which moor, together with the Alder-copse and all rights of road the Abbot and Convent were to enjoy unreservedly. In the forest perambulation of 1235, the two boscs of Longnor were stated to be well kept, except for an assart made by Roger Sprencheaux. The Bosc of Womerton (near Church Stretton) was reported as much wasted, trees having been fallen and given for repairs at Shrewsbury and Stretton Castles and to Roger Sprencheaux to fortify his house at Longnor. In 1255, Longnor was held under John le Strange by Roger Sprencheaux (TIL) He was associated in 1251 with Griffin ap Wenunwen, Prince of Powis. He remained loyal to the King in the troubles at the close of the reign of Henry III., and in 1273 he was a Knight and Con- stable of Montgomery. In 1276 he was foreman of jury which made inquest on the estates of Sir John le Strange, and from 1279 till 12SG he was Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire. In 1293 he was one of the knights of the shire returned to the Parliament at West- minster, and in 1300 he was one of the five knights who made the Perambulation of the Shropshire Forests. Between the year 1301 and 1310, Longnor passed from Roger Sprencheaux to Grillin de la Pole, fifth son of Critlin ap Wenunwen, and uncle of llawyse, Princess Vol XL, 2nd S. TT 356 TEE SHROPSHIRE LAV of Powys, wife of Sir John de Charlton. In 1312 Griffin de la Pole sold Longnor to his cousin, Sir Fulk le Strange, Baron of Blackmere, the husband of Eleanor Giflard of Corf ham. Sir Fulk lc Strange died in 1324. having settled Longnor on his younger son, Fulk, the Fulk le Strange of the Subsidy Roll, lie lived till 1375, when his estates passed to his three daughters, one of whom was married to Edward de Acton, and another to John Carless. Joan Curlers' descendants held a moiety of Longnor, which passed with their heiress to the Corbetts of Habberley in the 15th century, the ances- tors of the Corbetts of Longnor, who in the early 17th century pur- chased the other moiety which Eleanor le Strange has taken in the 11th century to her husband, Edward de Acton. The present house at Longnor was built by Sir Richard Corbett, the second baronet, in 1070. William the Beadle occurs frequently as a witness of deeds in the time of Roger Sprencheaux (III.) and of Fulk le Strange. The former granted to him for £44, and for Gd. rent the land that William i Levychelone and Agnes, widow of Adam de Botrioid sometime held, and the right to keep 30 hogs and 1 boar in the woods of the manor. He also received a grant from Walter Scot of a share in a pool at Smethcote, called Frogpool. Richard Clerk also frequently occurs. He was the clerk to Sir Roger Sprencheaux, and his Bailiff in Mechain Iscoed and elsewhere. A deed is extant in which Sir Roger remits to Richard, son of Osbert of Diddlebury, his clerk, all manner of expenditure in any way connected with any account during the whole time in which the said Richard had stood in the grantor's service. By another deed Sir Roger gave to Richard Clerk, son of Osbert de Diddlebury, for 2 merks, 2 acres of his land at Longnor at the rent of one rose. The same Richard and Emma, his wife, were allowed to enlarge the moat round their house, making it 12ft. wider than the old moat, and they were also granted a foot-path leading from their house into the v.ill of Longnor, traversing the field of Longerhull, and coming- bet ween the house and grange of Peter fitz Peter into the high road. Henry de Boseo occurs in 1319, when Roger, sou of William Euge of Longnor leased to him for 33 years a meadow between Bradleys polio and the meadow of Richard fitz Roger. The Church of Longnor was a chapel to Condover. Much of the present building goes back to the time of Sir Ro^er Sprencheaux (11 1.), and perhaps may be attributed to him.] S (I s d Falcons Exanes ... xiiijo'qu Marsf relict' Ric'i ... xv Will'o le Budel ... xviijqu Rog1 fil' Will' i ... viij Rio'o Cl'ico xvjqu Rog' til' Pet' viij Will'o Dauwe ... xURNEL. Will'o Jankyns ... Thorn' Louekyn ... (Joh'c flenr' | Will'o de [ Drayton' s'bt' ibid'm d iijo'q1 xvcju ix viij Sum11 xxiija viijllob' [Acton Buunell.11 — This was held at Domesday by Roger fitz Corbet under lOarl Roger, and a tenant Roger held it under him. It had been held by a Saxon franklin, Godric, and the change of owner- n ICjUu vi., 121. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 3G9 ship had brought a fall in value ; from 80s. per annum in King Edward's time it had fallen to 15s., but in 1087 was worth 20s. It was a manor of 3^ hides, with one ox-team in demesne, and 2 serfs one Villein, 1 Boors and one Radman, with a team and a half, and there might have been one more team employed. A century later Acton Bnrnell was held by the Burnell family, one of whom, William Burnell, occurs about 1170 as witness of a deed of the Prior of Wenlock relating to land at Hughley. There were two branches of the family holding a share in Acton Burnell, the elder apparently represented by Thomas, and the elder by Gerin Burnell. Thomas, who died about 1190, held Langley and Ruckley also, and Warin seems to have obtained his share of Acton Burnell after a long law- suit. Thomas Burnell's estate passed to his brother William, and Germ's to his son Hugh. William Burnell (II.) appears as a Knight in 1203. He died about 1220, and was succeeded by his son William (111.) who was a Knight, and one of the four Coroners of Shropshire. In 1221, complaint was made that some years before Gerin Burnell (prcbably a son of Hugh) with William Corhet and others had robbed a monk of Buildwas at the instigation of Thomas Corbet (son of the Baron of Cans), whose aunt had a house in the Abbey Foregate at Shrewsbury, in which house the robbery was said to have taken place. Gerin Burnell and William Corbet were duly fined 5 merks, one merks of which was still owing in 1229. In 1240, Acton Burnell was held by William and Gerin Burnell under Thomas Corbet. William was succeeded in 1247 by his son William (IV.), who about 1248 was outlawed for killing two men, one a priest named Gilbert, and the other bearing the surname of Curteis. This outlawry brought his share of Acton Burnell into the hands of Thomas Corbet of Caus, the over-lord, who seems to have committed it to Hugh de Beckbury. In 1255, Roger Burnell and Hugh de Beckbury held the manor as three hides. Sir Thomas Corbet occasionally visited Acton Burnell, and it was presented that in January, 1258, he had "taken a two- year old deer, and carried the carcase to the house of Robert de Acton, Clerk for this Robeit was summoned to appear before the Bishop of Chester, and Sir Thomas before the King. At this time Robert Burnell, the future Chancellor, was among the Clerks of Prince Edward, and in 1260 was with him in France. He had acquired land in his native place probably prior to 1263, when he appears with other vassals in the company of Thomas Corbet of Caus, who had letters of protection during the war with Wales. In 1265, he and others had letters of safe conduct into South Wales, "whither they are going on the affairs of Edward, the King's son." In 1266, ho was allowed to impark his boso within the King's Forest of Salop, and in 1260, Henry 111. granted to "Robert Burnell, his beloved clerk, the privilege of holding a weekly market on Tuesdays at Acton Burnell, and two annual fairs, on the vigil, the day, and the morrow of the Annunciation, and the vigil, the thiy and the moiTow of 370 TBE SHROPSHIRE LAY Michaelmas. He was also allowed free warren in his demesnes at Acton Burnell, Langley, Allcot, Belswardine, and Eudon Burnell. In 1270, he was allowed to enclose the Bosc of Cumbes, and make a park, and he was pardoned for assarts and enclosures already made. In that same year his name is among the Crucesignati, but does not seem to have actually gone to Palestine, though as <; about to set out to the Holy Land with Edward, the King's son," he appointed William de Middlehope and Macolm de Harley his attorneys in all things in his absence. In February, 1272, he was with King Henry at Westminster, being then Archdeacon of York, and in June of that year Prince Edward, then at Acre, made a will in which he appointed Robert Burnell one of his executors. In September the same year he is mentioned with the Archbishop of York and Roger de Mortimer as a locum tennis of the absent prince. Henry III. died in November, 1272, and Robert Burnell was one of the three regents of the kingdom. In 1274, King Edward appointed him Lord Chancellor, and the following year he was consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells. In 1282, the Bishop's two brothers, Sir Williom and Philip, were killed near the Menai Straits in the Welsh war. In October, 1273, the King was staying at Acton Burnell with his Chancellor at the time of the Parliament there, when the statute " De Mercatoribua " for the recovery of debts was passed. In 1284, the Bishop received licence to embattle his mansion of Acton Burnell, and to take building timber from the demesne hayes and boscs of Salop for his manor house. At the same time the boscs of Frodesley and of Condover, which had been seized into the King's hands for alleged waste, were restored to the Chancellor. Bishop Burnell died at Berwick-on-Tweed on October 25, 1292, and his body was buried in the nave of Wells Cathedral on November 23. His capital messuage of Acton Burnell was valued at the unusually high sum of 10s. per annum over and above the cost of its mainten- ance ; 4 carucates of land in demesne were worth £8 ; 2 acres of meadow Is. ; 3 vivaries (i.e., fishponds) 20s; a water mill £2 13s. 4d.; the Park, £1 6s. 8d. ; 2 dovecotes at 5s. ; and rents of free tenants and burgesses £'5 2s. 2}d. Philip Burnell, the Bishop's nephew and heir, died in 1294, deeply in debt, with Acton Burnell and other of other of his estates mortgaged to "certain merchants of Lucca." His son Edward, then a minor, only lived till 1315. In 1301, his estate at Acton Burnell was described as 47 Burgages, which seems to show that Bishop Burnell, who had allowed Ilo'gate Castle, the head of his Barony, to become of no value as a residence, had intended that his manor-house of Acton Burnell should look over a nourishing market town. Edward left no children, and his sister Maud was his heir. She left the Barony of Holgate and her Shropshire estates to her son by her second husband, John de Handlo. .John do Handlo, who held Acton Burnell in right of his wife in 1 :5 _'7, ii i>''l in 1)146, and his son Nicholas took hi-> mothers name. He died in Lo\S3, and the line brass to his memory is still to be seen SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 371 in Acton Burnell Church, Later the manor passed to the Lovels, the descendants of Maud Burnell's first marriage, and on the attainder of Lord Lovel under Henry VII. it was granted to the Duke of Bedford, the sjn of Owen Tudor and Queen Catherine. He died childless, and Acton Burnell was among the manors granted by Henry VI II, to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who is perhaps better known as the Karl of Surrey, who routed the Scots on Flodden Field. After the attainder of his son, the manors of Acton Burnell and Acton Pigott passed through several hands. A branch of the Burnells continued here, and at Langley, the heiress of which in the 14th century married Roger Lee of Lee and Pimhill, and the two heiresses of the Lee family in the 17th century took Acton Burnell to the Smythe, and Lee Hall to the Cleaton family. Richard de Newton was probably ancestor of Peter Newton, who in 1501) was steward of the manor.] s d s d Joh'e de Handle- ... vj Ric'o de Neuton' ... ij iij Alex' de Waterden... vj Amio relict' Rad'i ... xiij Thorn' fir Walt'i ... vj Walt'o de Newebold xij PYCHFORD'. [Pitchford.12 — This was held in Saxon times by three Franklins Edric, Leuric, and Uluric. In 10SG, it was held under Earl Roger by Turold do Verley, lord of Willuy, who also held Wigwig, and ten other manors under the Karl, and that of Little Kyton near Pitchford under the Church of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. At the time of Domes- day, Pitchford consisted of 3 hides geldable. There was land enough for 5 ox-teams. In demesne were 3 teams and 3 serfs, 3 neatherds, 1 villein, 3 boors, 1 smith, and 1 Radman had 2 teams. The Wood was capable of fattening 100 swine. In King Edward's time the manor was worth 8s. peje annum ; afterwards 16s., and in 1080, 40s. Turold de Verley seems to have been the ancestor of the Chetwynds, who were his successors in the greater part of his estates, but he or one of his immediate successors enfeoffed at Pitchford the ancestor of the family which later bore the name of De Pichford. This tenant was related to Norman Venator, and was his heir at Bridgnorth, Albrighton, and Ryton near Shifnal. Ralph de Pichford (I.) distin- guished himself at the siege of Bridgnorth in 1102, and was rewarded by a gift of land there, held by the service of rinding wood to buns in the King's great chamber in the Castle as often as he should conic to Bridgnorth. This Ralph seems to have been the founder of Pitchford Church. A document quoted by Owen and Blakeway1 mentions that the Dean and Chapter of St. Chad, Salop, had received the tithes of 12 Kyton vL, 2(»7. 1 lli*tt>ry of S/n; wsfmrf/, ii., 181. Vol XL. 2nd S VV 372 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY Little Eton, Newton, and Beche, on condition that they should provide a " Chaplain and Clerk, a Chalice and vestments, and all things necessary towards celebrating divine service three days a ] week at Eton in a certain Oratory set apart for that purpose," and j that the Chaplain should undertake the duties of parish priest to the ; people there. Ralph de Pichford, however, for the spiritual good of his tenants, built a church at Pitch ford, and appointed Engelard, his , brother, rector. The Dean of St Chad objected to the diversion of j the tithes to this parish church, and the quarrel that ensued caused the document in question to be written and preserved. The dispute was apparently settled finally by the Dean and Chapter receiving the great predial tithes and a hcriot, all beside going to Engelard and his successors in the Rectory, Bcche, Newton, and Little Eaton have all now disappeared ; probably they were situated towaids Eaton Mascot on the Pitchford side of the brook. Ralph de Pichford (I.) was succeeded by a son and grandson, both named Richard. Richard de Pichford (II.) gave the mill of Pichford to Haughmond Abbey before 1 172. His son and successor Hugh, however, some 20 years later recovered the mill by giving the Abbot property at Bridgnorth (Little Brug) in exchange. Hugh de Pichford married Burga, daughter of Ralph de Baskerville, the heiress of estates in Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire. In 1199, Hugh had icenso to enclose and cultivate 40 acres of woodland at Pitchford. He died about 1211, and was succeeded by a son, Ralph II. He had also a son William, and a daughter Isabella, who succeeded to his estate at Snarestoii in Leicestershire. This Ralph (II ) has been considered by some authorities to be the founder of the church, but the elder Ralph seems the more probable. He granted a rout of 8s. from the fishery of Bridgnorth to the Canons of Lilleshall. Ralph (II.) died in 1253, having held Pitehfoid under John de Chetwynd. There is no mention of a "Capital Messuage" among his possessions at Pitehfoid, though lie held four carucates of land in demesne, and possessed two gardens, beside the mill, a vivary (i.e., a fish-pond) a wood, and meadow land, and rents valued at £G 2s. 7M. His heir, John de Pichford, came of age in 1258. His mother married as her second husband Sir Adam Talbot, and in 1255 was receiving £3 Gs. 8d. annually from Pitchford as her dower. The Pitchfords seem to have been related to the De Willeys, to Ralph Pipard, Seneschal to Henry 111., and to several other families of importance. John de Pichford married Margaret, daughter of William Hevereux, and took the same side as his father-in-law against the King in the troubles of the latter part of the reigil of Henry 111. In 12GG, how- ever, a patent from the King, given at Kenilworth, pardoned him for his conduct in the late disturbances, and ordered that he should not be molested in his possessions. In 1273, John de Pichford mortgaged Pitchford to xirchbishop Giflard of York, his wife's uncle, but apparently this was redeemed or cancelled, as on the death of John in 1285, he is said to have held Pitchford under the heirs of SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1 3^7. 373 John de Chetwynd by service of one man doing eastle-guard at Oswestry for ten days. Ralph de Pichford (III.), the son and heir of John, in 1292 was in Ireland, where he had gone by licence from the Crown, and where it is possible he settled after the sale of his Shropshire estates. In 1301, he sold Pitchford to Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, who also bought up the life-interest there of his mother, Margaret Devereux. In 131G, the Bishop of Chester (or Lichfield) was lord of Pitchford, and in the following year he was resident there. Bishop Langton died in 1321, having held Pitchford under Sir John de Chetwynd as half a knight's fee. In addition to the possessions of the manor mentioned in 1253 was a Capital Messuage valued at 3s. id. The bishop's heir was his kins- man, Edmund, son of Robert Peverel, who was still a minor, lie died in 1831, leaving a son and heir John, of one year old. John Peverel apparently left no children, for Margaret, wife of William de la Pole, was his sister and heir. In 1358, William de la Pole sold his interest in Pitchford to Sir Nicholas Burnell. In Edward IV. 's time Lord Level was lord of the manor of Pitchford, but in 1473, the estate was bought by Thomas Oteley of Shrewsbury, whose first wife was Anne Scriven of Frodesley. Pitchford remained with the Oteley s till 1807, when the last of the name died, leaving his estates to his kinsman, the Earl of Liverpool, whose grandson now holds them. The Nicholas de Pitchford of the Subsidy Roll in 1316 was lord of half Cantlop, and is mentioned as tenant in capite there in 1*;M3. He may have been of a younger branch of the original lords of Pitchford, and possibly was of the same family as Thurstan de Pitchford, who, towards the close of the 13th century, gave a messuage and three acres of land to Pitchford Church. He may have been the wealthy tenant of those lands in Pitchford bought later by Thomas Oteley. Richard de Aclon took his name from Acton Burnel, or Acton Pigot, and possibly may have been of the same family as Robert de Acton, clerk, who occurs frequently in connection with the neigh- bourhood in the latter part of the 13th century. Richard de la Beche took his name from the now destroyed hamlet of Beche, which Mr. Eyton conjectures to have been situated towards Eiton Mascot.] s (1 s (1 Nich'o do RycliP ... xiiij Joh'o p'po'ito .. xij Uic'o do Actone ... ij Will'o fil' llob'ti ... ix liic'o de la Leche ... iiij LONGGELEYE. [LANaiiE?,13 Pai ish of Acton Burnell. — This "manor was held in Saxon times by a franklin, Suain, and at Domesday had passed to another Saxon, Torct, without suffering any diminution of its annual 1:5 Eytou vi., 110. 374 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY value of 5s. There was half a hide geldable, and arable land for one team, which was there with 4 serfs. Torct had held six Shropshire manors in Saxon times, three of which he retained in 108G, and held Langley in addition, but these four manors apparently none of them passed to the Corbets of Wattlesborough, his descendants. Langley was early conferred on the Burnells, who held it by service of every year conveying a goshawk from the gates of Shrewsbury Castle to Stepney in Essex. We are not told who provided the hawk, but it probably went to Stepney for the King's use while he was at the palace of Havering. In 1211 and 1227, the journey was said to be at.the cost of the King, in 1247, William Burnell (IV. )was said to go at his own. In that year Langley was one of the Sergeantries in which many alienations had been made to under-tenants, and William Burnell was ordered to pay a rent to the Crown of 22s., being one- third of the rent received from each of his tenants, and the Sergcantry was to be a simple military tenure, as one-third of a knight's fee. William Burnell (IV.), who succeeded in 1247, was outlawed for murder in the following year. His mother Lose held a third of Langley as dower, and the remaining two-thirds passed into the King's hands. Henry III. retained Langle}', Ruckley, and Hothales for a year and a day, and then gave them to Elyas de Etingeham for his life. Elyas died in 1250, and in 1251, the King granted the land of William Burnell, the outlaw, to William de Gardinis. In 1253, this gift was estimated as one carucate in Langley, one bosc, 3 parcels of land, i'4 19s. 8d. rents in Langley and Hothalles, and the ad vow- son of the Chapel of Ruckley, worth 5 merits yearly. This was held by a rent to the King of 22s., and by service of one foot soldier. William de Gardinis seems to have been serving the King in Gascony at this time. In 1255, Langley was said to be held by William de Gardinis at a rent of 20s. The Abbot of Buildwas held 2 acres in the manor, and Sir Hugh de Lega held Scales (perhaps Hothales) by an annual rent of 8s. to William de Gardinis. In 1259, William, son of William de Legh, was concerned in a tenement at Langley. In 12G4, William de Gardinis was dead, and succeeded by a son William, who sold Langley about 12GG to Robert Burnell. Robert Burnell a few years later granted Langley to Richard, his nephew (jiejws). In 1271, Richard le Brythe was disputing the right of Richard Burnell to 20 acres in Stokeleyc. About 1272, Robert Burnell complained that Richard Burnell, his kinsman, to whom he had given Langley, had been ejected by the Templars from the wood of //ar lithe, which belonged to Langley. In 1292, Richard Burnell still held Langley : and in 1297, he is mentioned as about to cross the seas with the King. In 1313 Richard died, and was succeeded by his son, the William of the Subsidy Roll, who lived till 1331, and was succeeded by a sou William, and he by a brother Edward, whose daughter Joan took Langley to her husband, Roger Lee of Lee and I'imhill. The estates remained with the Lees till the 17lh century, when two co- heiresses took part to the Cleaton and part to the Smythe family. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 375 John Selymon seems to have been the son of William Selymon, who occurs on local juries from 1249 to 1283. John appears as a witness of several Longnor deeds in connection with Richard Clerk of Longnor. William Clerk of Acton Bumell occurs in 1280 and 1303. Possibly he was a son of Robert de Acton, who lived at Acton Burncl about the middle of the 13th century. John dc Broome took his name from a hamlet in Cardington parish. The chapel at Langley, with its 17th century fittings, was built as an adjunct to the manor house of the Lees, the gateway of which still remains.] Will'o Brunel Joh'e Selymon Will'o Cl'*ico Hog' do Brochous... Will'o do Bosco ... Joh'e Dun ... Will'o HI' Joh'is ... Joh'e de Brome Bic'o fil' Petri Joh'e Bercar' [Harley.14 — This was held in Saxon times by four franklins, then in the troubles of the Conquest it was laid waste, hut later, aftei its bestowal on Helgot the Norman, recovered and improved upon its former value. It possessed a mill, and a wood sufficient to fatten 100 swine. Harley was, some time after 108G, annexed to the Honour of Montgomery, and held by a family taking its name from the place. Edward, Lord of Harley, soon after 1100, seems to have given pasture in Harley wood to the Monks of Wenlock in exchange for a house in Wenlock, which gift was ratified by his .successor, Hernulf. At the close of the 12th century, Malcolum de Harley frequently occurs. He was a knight, and in 1198 Deputy-Sheritr" of Shropshire. He seems to have been succeeded at Harley by William de Harley, who, however, was not his son. In 1210, Richard de Hurley held a knight's fee in Barley under the then Lord of Montgomery. Be was succeeded by his son Robert, who died leaving his son Richard a minor, under the guardianship of Robert Bumell. Richard de Harley married Burga de Willey, the great heiress. He was an important man, being at various times Commissioner of Array. Justice of Oyer and Terminer, and Knight of the Shire. In 1297, he was summoned for service in foreign parts, and attended the Parliament of Lincoln in 1316, in which year he died, and was s d y xviij xvj x,,i viij xvij y xj xviij S (I Ilenr' de Ardlescote xvijqu Bog' de Marton' ... ixo'q' Walt'o lc Tyler' ... viij Bic'o Os barn xij Joh'e do Preone x s'bt' ibid'm Sma liij3 ijd HAULEYE. u Eyton vi., 80. 37G THE SHROPSHIRE LAY succeeded by his son, the Robert of the Subsidy Roll, who had married an heiress, Margaret de Brompton. He, like his father, was much connected with public affairs. Robert's daughter or grand- daughter, the heiress of Harley, married Hamond Peshale of Willey, and their daughter Elizabeth took the Harley estate to her husband, Sir Richard Lacon, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1115. Richard, son of Sibil de Harley, was a juror for Condover Hundred in 1292. The family of Blakeway, who took their name from Blakeway, in the parish of Harley, occur not unfrequently. In 1250, Roger de Blakeway was assessed for two acres of forest land, and in 1259 Robert de Blakeway is mentioned. Probably lfamo was of this family.] s d * s d Rob'to de llarlcye... ij Begin' do Lcyo ... xviij Ric'o fil' Sibilie ... xviij llamone do Blakewey xij Kio'o de Smethcote xiiij Thorn' de Longgenolr' vj Nich'o fil' Joh'is ... xij KEN LEY E. [Kenley.15 — rfhis was hold in 10SG by Odo, under Rainald the Sheriff. In Saxon times it had been held by a franklin Edric, and was then worth 30s. yearly. Jn the troubles of the Conquest it became waste, and is meutioned in Domesday us worth -Is. It possessed a wood capable of fattening 400 swine. The overlordship passed from Rainald to the Fitz-Alans, and Odo's tenancy to the De Willey family, and with their heiress, Burga, to the Harleys. In 1203, Warin de Willey and Petronilla his wife made an agreement with Hugh de Lega of Ilughley as the bbsc of Kenley. by which Hugh and his heirs might take annually GO cart loads of dead woods; have free pannage for GO swine, and have pasture of the herbage of the base. For this Hugh and his heirs was to pay 2s. yearly on St. Martin's Day to Warin and Petronilla, and the heirs of the hitter, and every house in Lega (Hughley) from which a head of cattle went forth was to pay two hens at Christinas. Hugh and his men were also to mow at th ir own cost Warm's meadow called Kingsmead. In 1201), William lit// Odo was falsely accused by Warin de Willey of stealing a cow, the carcase of which had been found in his out-buildings. Enquiry showed that the carcase had been placed then; "in the grange of Lcytlou" by Warm's orders, ami that Petronilla his wife had told the King's Serjeant not only where to find and arrest William lit/ Odo, but also where he might find the cow's carcase. The Land of a tenant outlawed for grave misdemeanour reverted to the lord of the manor, and Warin wished for the freehold of William, hence this plot against him. For this Warin and the King's Bailiff were sentenced to imprisonment, but Warin obtained release on 16 Eyton vi., 80. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 377 payment of 5 merks. In 1240 the wood of Kenley was stated by the Surveyors of the Long Forest to be "well kept of late as oak trees and underwood, but of old much oak timber had been fallen." Petronilla was then a widow holding Kenley and Bromcroft, Acton Pigot and Allcot, under the Fitz-Alans. Her son Nicholas died before 1255, leaving a son Andrew, whose daughter Burga married Richard de Harley. In 1272, " Petronilla, the recluse of the Church of St. Mary of Shrewsbury," sued Burga, daughter of Andrew de Willcy, and others for disseizing her of a rent of 20s. and 13 quarters of corn due from Kenley — apparently an endowment given by some former lord of Kenley, possibly when a daughter of his house became an Anchorite at St. Mary's. The overlordship of Kenley passed with Matilda (it/ Alan to her husband, Philip Burnell, but the knight's service due was little more than nominal. In 1273 John de Esthope is one of the witnesses of an agreement between tho Abbot of Haughmond and the Master of the Templars concerning pasture in the woods of Lcebotwood and Lydley, and in 1292 he was surety for Edmund de Lee of Hughley in a matter concerning laud at Calvington, near Newport.] s el s d Ric'o do Asshewair ... xix Joh'e de Esthop' ... xv Will'o Cl'ico xv Walt'o lc Fyssher ... vj Rog' lc Reue ,.. ... xviij Uic'o atte Stile ... vj Joh'e Colet' xviij Thorn' do Leye ... vj Ad' de Byriton' ... xij B ED E LES W A RT H YN . [Belswardine,10 Parish of Harley.— This was held by a Saxon franklin, Edmund, when it was worth 10s. yearly. After the Con- quest it passed to Ilelgot, the builder of Castle Holgatc, but in 108G its value had fallen to Is. Between the years 11 GO and 1180, Roger Welcume was chief tenant here. He was followed by William do Belswardine, and he by William de Baschureh. In 1227, Robert de Clifton was lord of this manor in right of his wife, Amclina, when Swanilda de Beelesworth (Belswardine) complained that they had obliged her to find a horseman for the King's Army in Wales at her own cost, when they were bound to lind the horse and she the rider only, as service for the land she held under them. In 1210, the bosc of Belswardice, in the jurisdiction of Shirlet Forest, was reported well kept, both as regarded oaks and underwood. Hubert de Clifton was succeeded by a son Richard, who in 1250 complained that Richard do Harley had carried timber from his wo d at Bels- wardine and beaten his men. A perambulation of the boundaries between the two estates was ordered under the supervision of four 1,1 IS) ton vi., 227. 378 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY knights. In 1292, John de Le and Eva his wife held this manor, in which Bishop Burn ell had bought several small holdings. John dc Longleyc, may be this John de Le, or he may be a tenant from tho Burnell estate of Langiey. Bishop Burnell became over-lord, as Baron of Holgate, and the manor passed to his heirs. The present house at Bclsvvardine was built by the Harnage family. In 33 Hen. VIII. Thomas Harnage, whose mother was Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Lacon, bought the estate from Sir John Dudley, afterwards Duke of Northumberland, and it continued with his descendants to modern times ] s (1 s (1 Joh'e de Longgeleye ... ix Hug' Hcndemo' ... ix Thorn' de Wyk' ... vj Hug' le Stonhewar' ... vj CRYSSECH. [Cressage.17 — Ranulf Peverel held this manor in 108G, when it was worth £10. It had been worth £5 10s. annually to Us Saxon possessor bklric, and at the time Ranulf received it, was worth £6. In 1086, it had an unusually large population, consisting of 8 serfs, 7 villeins, 11 borders, and 4 cottars. It had a fishery worth 8s. yearly, and a wood capable of fattening 200 swine. The unusually prosperous condition of the manor seems to point to some special privileges or immunity enjoyed by it, possibly from its being the place of the "Christ's Oak," with its Christian traditions. In the 12th century the manor was in the hands of the King, and Henry II. seems to have given it to the De Lacy Fief. In 1203, it was held by Gilbert, son of Almaric de Lacy, under Walter de Lacy, who in his turn held under the King. Gilbert died in 1233, leaving a widow, Eva de Baillol, and a son Gilbert. This second Gilbert was dead in 1249, leaving a young son Adam, in ward to Matilda de Lacy, tho over-lady of Cressage, and of Gilbert's other estate at Castle-Frome, in Herefordshire. In 1255, the Abbot of Buildwas was holding Cressage, having leased it from Matilda de Lacy for 19 years. In 1202, Cressage was one of the vills amerced, because a hind had been struck by an arrow from some unknown hand, in Sir Ralph Butler's chase of Wem, had been tracked by the King's Foresters till it was found dead near Ilaughmond, after a flight which must have been circuitous indeed if it reached Cressage. Adam de Lacy was of age in 1271, and in 1292, he seems to have been dead, and Almaric, his son and heir, still a minor. The latter does not seem to have ever come into possession of Cressage, and John de Lacy, who in 1316 was lord of this manor, was more probably his uncle than his brother. In 1311 and 1313, he was Knight of the Shire for Herefordshire, and was summoned in 1314 to appear at Newcastle-on-Tyne for military Ivy ton v i . , 308. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 379 service in Scotland — service which included Bannockburn. His daughter or grand-daughter, Elizabeth, took Cressago to her husband, Walter de Baskervill. Their descendants died out in 1439, and various claims on Cressage were made before it passed into the hands of Richard, Duke of York, as lord of the fee. Robert de Cressage in 1204 was one of the witnesses of a deed of Ralph de Pichford concerning land at Colding. The old church of Cressage was a Chapelry of Cound. According to Sir Thomas Butler, Vicar of Wenlock, the last Abbot of Shrews- bury, it was dedicated to St. Sampson.] s d s d Rob'to do Crissech ij Will'o do Culemor' Ric'o Pewelas ... xij (? Oulemor') ... xij Joh'o Brayn ... xv Joh'e atte Broke ... xij Joh'e p'po'ito ... ix Wili'o Madoc ... ix Will'o atte Broke ... viij Rog' le Walsh' ... xij Ric'o Cawes ... ix HARNEGGE'. [Harnage,18 parish of Cound. — This manor was originally a member of Cound. In 11G7, it was held by Hugh de Lacy under William fitz Alan. Gilbert de Lacy in 1232 granted Harnage to Buildwas Abbey, which retained it till the Dissolution of Monasteries. The rents of the estate in 1535 were stated to be £13 6s. 8d., and the Abbot paid 20s. yearly to the rector of Cound for administering the Sacraments to the Inhabitants of Harnage Grange. The property of the Abbey was granted to Lord Grey, whose heir sold it to William Fowler. The Fowlers lived there till the 18th century, when it was bought by John Windsor, and sold by his son to John Smitheman. In the grant of 1232, Gilbert de Lacy provided for rights of road through Cressage, that the Abbot's men might wash their sheep in the river, and have access to the barges there.] s d Abb'te de Buldewas xij vj s'btaxat' f Joh'e de Harleye ... ... ... ... xij ibid'm \ Will'o Spencer xij p' Sma xlv8 vd BYRITONE. [Beriungton.19 — Rainald the Sheriff held this manor in 1086, and Azo held it under him. In Saxon times, Toret had held half a hide in the manor under the Church of St. Andrew of Condovcr, in 18 Fyton vi., 73. 1!) EyUm vi.. 33. WW 380 THE SHROrSHTBE LAY addition to his estate of two hides. There was a priest and a church, of which the advowson belonged to the Abbey of St. Peter, in Shrewsbury. Azo docs not appear to have held the half hide belong- ing to Condover. Possibly the three priests of Condover farmed it themselves. Azo also held the manors of Glazeley and Abdon, which like Berrington, in the 12th century, were in the hands of John le Strange. Berrington seems to have been held under the elder branch of Le Strange by Hugh le Strange, who in 1221 had disseized the Abbot of Haughmond, the Prioress of Brewood, and Sibil, widow of VVydo Wallensis, of their right of common pasture in the Cloud at Berrington. About 1240, Hugh was dead, and his land divided between four co-heiresses. In 1258, John de la Lee, who had marrier Petronilla, sister of William fitz Alan of Chatwall, one of the fou. holders of the manor in 1255, occurs in connection with the manor John de la Lee, his son, was a knight, and an important man in his day, and he seems to have acquired more in the manor than the fourth part of it which came to him by inheritance. He also held land at Haston and at Shotton, near Hadnall. This second John, apparently, was dead in 1319, and the John of the Subsidy Roll is the third of that name. There were at least two John de Lee con- temporary, and both connected with Berrington. In 1-138, Petronilla, the heiress of the Lees of Langley, widow of Robert Lee of Roden, was Lady of Berrington. She died in 1442, and three years later her son, Ralph Lee, took an 80 years' lease from the Abbot of Haugh- mond, of the Abbot's property in Berrington. The Manor of Berring- ton remained with the Lees' for several generations. John de Berrington was of a family that frequently occurs in con- nection with the place from which they took their name. The John of the Subsidy Boll was a Juror for Condover Hundred in 1283 and 1292. In 1333, Nicholas, Abbot of Haughmond, granted to Thomas, son of John de Berrington, the land in Berrington and Eaton Mascott that had been held by his father. The White Nuns of Brewood (White-ladies) held land here as early as 1221, and retained an interest in it till the Dissolution of their Convent in 1535. The name of De Cestria occurs among the tenants of Condover on the Subsidy Roll for 1327. Richard de la Beetle probably took his name from ono of the now vanished hamlets, Newton, and Beche between Eaton Mascott and Pitchford.] S d Joli'e de Lee ... xviij Will'o de Cest'a vj Rie'o do la lieche ... xiij Ph'o Gerbod ... xij Joh'e de Cest'a ... vj Joh'e de ltyriton ... ij vij s d Ric'o fil1 Will'i ... vj Joh'e lo Rede ... vj riug' fir wiii'i ... vij Rie'o Nature! ... xiij Thorn' de Pulrebache xiiij SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 381 ETON' MASCOT. [Eaton Mascot, Parish of Berrington,20 — This, like Berrington, was a manor of Toref, the Saxon, and passed to Rainald tho Sheriff. Itainatd'a tenant hero in 10SG was Fulcher, who was also tenant of Easthope. There was a mill worth 4s. yearly, and the whole manor had been worth 20s. per annum in the time of King Edward. Its value had increased for a while to 24s., but in 1086 was again 20s. The overlordship of the manor passed to the Fitz-Alans, one of whom, William fitz Alan (I.) between 1135 and 1160, granted it to Marescot, from whom it derives its name. He probably was a Scot by birth, Mho had become associated with the Fitz Alans during the civil war of Stephen's time About 1156, .Marescot and Adam his esquire are witnesses of a charter of William fitz Alan to Haughniond. Before 1172, Marescot himself gave two thirds of the tithes of Eaton to Haughniond Abbey. In 1177 he was heavily fined by the King (100 marks and two horses) for trespass in the Forest. He seems to have been living in 1194, but soon after that date Hamo, his eon, appears as his successor. Hamo was a knight, and frequently occurs as a juror In more important causes. In 1209, Hamo fitz Alarescot, Hugh le Strange of Berrington, and the men of William fitz Alan wrere called in question for taking hares in the " Warren of Bulregg." In 1240 and 1255, William Marescott was lord of Eaton, the first William being succeeded by a son of the same name. The elder line of the Marescots seems to have ended in co-heiresses, for in 1295 Eaton was held by co-parceners, Thomas de Baskervill and William dc Preston. In 1333, John, son of Thomas de Baskerville was stated to have granted land in Eaton to Thomas, son of Thomas atte Lee, and Thomas son of John atte Lee, and Isabella de Baskervill his daughter, which grant he denied. The Mill of Eaton Mascott was sold by Hamo fitz Marescot to Haughmond Abbey, which retained it till the Dissolution. At the beginning of the 13th century, Hamo wishing to improve the mill obtained from William, son of Richard de la Beche, a feoffment of " the whole of that bank of the Cunethe," that belonged to William's laud of Newton and La Beche. Malcolm the Chaplain was possibly the representative of the Abbey.] s d s d Will'o do Eton ... iiij Joh'e de Baskeruill... vj Malcolmo Oapll'no xviij Marg' do Preston' ... xij Kic'o Balynger ... xv Will'o Graunger ... ix CANTEL'OP. [Cantlop,21 Parish of Berrington. — The Saxon lord of Cantlop was Ed tie, a franklin, and after the Conquest, Norman Venator held it -1 Eyton vi., 28i x Joh'e fil' Kog'i ... . xij e [ Will'o Ba lie ix Galfr'o Balynger ... xijqu Will'o Partrych ... xj p' Sma xxviij3 iijdqu BETTON'. [Betton Strange,27 Parish of St. Chad, Shrewsbury (now a parish of itself). — This part of the manor seems to have been originally held by the Le Stranges under the Abbey, but in 1 1 GO it was sufficiently under the control of Hamo le Strange for him to make a grant of the mill at Under-Helde, near AlHield, to Haughmond Abbey. In 1203, John le Strange (II.) was lord of Betton, and in 1284, Bogo de Knovill and Alianore his wife held Betton Extranewn under John le Strange (V.) of Ness and Chcswardine. Bogo held it in right of his wife, the widow of Robert le Strange, who held it in dower. The names of Alvithley and Alvithmere occur as parts of Betton ; and in the 13th century, Alvithmere was recognised as a distinct manor. It lay to the north-east of Bomere Pool, between Bomere and Betton Strange. In 1277, Bishop Burn ell bought Alvithmere from Hugh de Turburvile, and soon after he gave as dower of his niece Pctronilla, wife of Sir William de Ercalwe, who held land there still in 1327. in 1203, William de Ercalwe, Clerk, was aceused of having stolen 15 swine, but was acquitted on proving his innocence before the Bishop, and his good character being testified to by his neighbours. The Hamo le Strange of the Subsidy Roll was son of Fulk lo Strange of Blackmere, Lord of Longnor. The manor remained with the lords of Longnor till 1511, when John Mack worth bought tho two moieties from Thomas Corbet and William Acton. Roger Cilbert occurs about 1330 as witness of deeds relating to Ilaughton, near Upton Magna. V Kyton vi„ LSI, SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 387 Thomas de Lee may have been a son of John de Lee of Berrington and his wife Alice Boterel. One of their three sons was named Thomas, and John had also a nephew Thomas. The Church of Betton was built in 1858 by George J. Scott, Esq., of Betton Strange, a descendant of Jonathan Scott, who in 1676 bought the property there which had once belonged to the Betton and Heynes families.] s d s d Hamone Exlne ... xviij Pet°nilF de Ercawe ... ij Will'o Gylbert' ... xij Thorn' de Legh' ... ij Rog' Gylbert' ... xij POLYLEYE. [Pulley,28 Parish of St. Julian, Shrewsbury (now in that of Bayston Hill). — This manor, which was held by Edith, the Queen of Edward the Confessor, was divided after the Conquest, part being held by Ralph de Mortimer, and part by Earl Roger, whose tenant here was Tcodulf, who also held Hawksley, near Acton Burnell. Teodulf's part of Pulley was later held as a Sergeant ry by the King's forester, in whose care the woods of Berry wood and the Lyth were placed. Roger Bocharte of Pulley, who was also Lord of Bourton, died in 1194, leaving two daughters, one of whom married Thomas de Echingham, and the other Ralph Marcschall. In 1262, Ralph Mareschall, son of Ralph and Isabella Bocharte, was Forester of the Lyth. He was dead in 1263, and succeeded by his son Engelard, who died in 1290, whose son Philip appears as Forester in the perambulation of Shropshire Forests made in 1300. At the Dissolution of the Abbey of Shrewsbury, among its estates was land at Pulley, and " rent of a pasture enclosed in Thomas Lee's park at Langley, called Hawksley." The other portion of Pulley seems to have become merged in the Manor of Meole Brace, in which parish it is. In 1221, Audulf de Bracy had a tenant, William de Pulley, and in 1256, John de Bracy had disseized William de Rodene of land in Pulley. In 1256, John le Waleys had forfeited land in Walleybourn, near Pulverbatch, and in Pulley. The Forester of Pulley had several under-tenants, several of whom bore the name of De Pulley, and the three tenants of the Subsidy Roll may represent three tenants of Ralph Mareschall, who in 1255 paid 6s. to him, and 5s. to the Crown for land in Over Pulley. The Meole portion of Pulley is within the Liberties of Shrewsbury.] s d s d \\ ili'o Enge ... ... xij Wiil'o Bronnyge ... viij Regin' Partryck' ... viij 2S Eyton vi.} 206. Vol. XL, 2nd S. XX 388 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY NOllTONE. [Norton,29 Parish of Condover. — This was held in 1086 by William Pantulf under Earl l.ioger. [J 1 uric, a franklin, had held it in Saxon times, when it had been worth 30s. yearly ; biter the value fell to 9s., but in 1086 it had risen again to 25s. A younger branch of the Pantulfs of Werri held Norton at the beginning of the 13th century, but in 1210, this branch had ended in the male line, and was repre- sented by co heirs. In 1255, Norton was held by Michael de Morton and Richard Irish. Michael de Morion's share passed to Bishop Burnell. In 1315, it was held by Edward Burnell, who was also Lord of the Manor of Condover. Among the tenants of the Manor of Condover in 136 3 are several of the name of Botte, both at Norton and at All field, and the Court Rolls show the succession of the family till the death of Richard Botte in 1521.] s d s (1 Galfr'o Botte... ... xij Ric'o Fmage ... ... vj Will'o do Addefeld ... x BEY'STAN. [Bwston,30 Parish of Condover. —This was once held under the Bishop of Hereford by Edric Sylvaticus, apparently from the Domes- day notice, by payment of some rent in kind for the maintenance of the Bishop's household. William Pantulf held the minor in 1086, but his descendants possessed no interest there ; and in the 13th and 11th ceuturies it was held under the Bishop by the Sprencheauxs, who were also Lords of Plash. In comparatively modern days, at the time of the enclosure of the common land on Bayston Hill, Bayston was said to be in the Manor of Bishop's Castle, which seems the only trace of the nuduoval over-lordship of the Bishops of Hereford at Bayston.] s (1 s cl Galfr'o hi' Rog'i ... xij Joh'e do Wallo ... vj Will'o Bysshop ... vj PREONE. [PiU£KN,:tl — This was held in Saxon times by a franklin, Edwin, and after the Conquest by Helgot, under Earl Roger. Helgot had two tenants here, Richard (who was probably identical with Richard de Belmeis), and Codebald, a priest. The manor had been valued at 20s. yearly, but was waste when Helgot received it, and in 1086 was » Eyton vi., 300. ;i0 Eyton vi., 298. 31 Eyton vi , 220. SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 389 worth 10s. There was a wood capable of fattening 100 swine belonging to the manor. Richard de Beimels seems to have granted his interest in the manor to the monks of - Wenlock, who founded a Cell at Church Preen, but the Barons of Holgate continued to hold the over-lordship, which prevented Preen being annexed to the Liberties of Wenlock. In 1291, the Prior of Wenlock received i£8 3s. 4d. from Preen, part of which was derived from the mill. The Prior (or Custos) of Preen was nominated by the Prior of Wenlock, and presented to the Cell by the Lord of Holgate, and till 1244, the Lord of Holt Preen shared in the right of presentation. At the Dissolution the site of the Cell of Preen was sold, and passed in 1560 to the family of Dickins, who retained it till 1749. The portion of the manor belonging to Godebald the Priest, is now Holt Preen. He was a friend and adviser of Earl Roger, one of his " three wise clerks," and held Lilleshall, Preston Gobalds, and Atcham, and other estates in Shropshire. He was succeeded in his ecclesiastical preferments by his son Robert, but his heirs at Preen seem to have been the family of Girros. About 1220, Robert de Girros, probably the second of his name at Preen, granted land there to the Canons of Haughmond. The canons were to retain the then tenant, Adam de Girros, and from his rent to pay a pension of 5s. per annum, due to St. Michaers Chapel in Shrewsbury Castle. In 1232, the Knights Templars gained a grant of land here, and a century later their successors, the Knights Hospitallers, held a considerable estate, including the land rented under the Canons of Haughmond. About 1262, Henry de Girros sold to Roger Sprenghose, Lord of Longnor, land in Preen, but the Burnells still remained the over-lords. According to a tradition, quoted at an inquiry in 1590 as to the status of the Prior of Preen, whether independent of Wenlock when once appointed, or not, the Cell was founded by one of the Burnells, one of the De Girros, and a Prior of Wenlock, acting together. This would account for the right of presentation to it, exercised before 1244 by the Lord of Holgate and Robert de Girros.] s d s d Ph'o sup' Monte' ... ij Will'o Frankeleyn' ... vj Henr' de Cantelep' ... xij ,^ , fGalfr'o de Ric'o fil' Ph'i ... ix ., • v < Beystan... xij Will'o le Leche ... ix 1D1U m [Walt'oPa'cell' xij Will'o Molendinar' ... xij Henr' de Roke ... vj Rie'o Bronnygo ... vj p' Sma xxiij3 viijd Thorn' le Tayllour ... vj • FORYET' MONACHOR™. [Abbey Forboate, Shrewsbury.32— The tenants mentioned in the Subsidy Lloll were tenants of the Abbey, on the estate granted to it 390 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. by Roger de Montgomery, between the walls of Shrewsbury and Emstrey. The Abbot in 1327 was William de Muckley, a quiet and peaceable man, who governed his abbey well, and in whose memory his monks in 1333 founded a chantry. Richard Hussey was, probably, of the family from which Albright Hussey takes its name. Thomas de Legh scemt to have been the son of Thomas de Lee and his wife Petronilla de Stanton, the heiress of Stanton-on-Hine Heath and other estates, among them Preston Boats and Uckington. Reginald Perle was one of the Bailiffs of Shrewsbury in 1341 and in 1348. Possibly Stephen the Parchymener found a market for his parch- ment among the monks of the Abbey. The separate jurisdiction of the Abbey Foregate was viewed with jealousy by the town authorities, and after the Dissolution, was ended by the suburb being put under the jurisdiction of the town.] Kic'o Heose Thorn' do Legh' WilPo de Arderne... Nich'o Cl'ico Joh'e Pate Joh'e le Breust'e St'pho lc P'chymener WilPo Glopsy Elena Gylotes Joh'e Martyn WilPo Spychfat ... s d Adam Matheu Regin' P'le .. Kic'o Batel ... s d xij ... 1J x!