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Page

The Sequestration Tapers of Sir Orlando Bridgeman.
Edited by the Rev. Ernest R. O. Bridgeman, and
Charles G. O. Bridgeman ... ... ... ... i

Shrewsbury Gild Merchant and other Rolls of the 14th
century Transcribed and Edited by the Rev. C. H.
Drinkwater, M.A. .. ... ... ... ... 65

The Manor of Ruyton-xi-Towns By R. Lloyd Ken yon.

Township of Shelvock ... ... ... ... .. 107

Township of Wikey ... ... ... ... ... 117

Township of Shotatton ... ... ... ... ... 123

Township of Eardiston ... ... ... ... ... 131

The Capture of Lord Thomas Grey in Shropshire. By

William Phillips, F.L.S 143

On wearing the Bonnet in the Royal Presence. By the

Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 151

The Church Bells of Shropshire, Part I. By H. B

Walters, M.A., F.S.A 165

Two Royal Paramours. By Rev. T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A. 248

A List of Shropshire Wills at Somerset House, London,

from 1641 to 1 660 {concluded) ... ... ... 255

Shropshire Wills at Lambeth Palace ... ... ... 268

The Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury. By the late

Joseph Morris {continued) ... ... ... ... 269

The Castle of Wem. By the Hon. and Rev. Gilbert H. F.

Vane, M.A., F.S.A 2S7

The Members of Parliament for Wenlock. By Henry

T. Weyman ... ... ... ... ... ... 297

The Manor of Ruyton-xi-Towns. By R. Lloyd Ken yon

Township of Felton ... ... ... ... 359

Township of Haughton... ... ••• ... ... 381

Township of Rednal .. ... ... ... ... 387

Township of Sutton ... ... ... ... ... 397

Township of Tedsniere ... . ... ... 403

iv.

MISCELLANEA:

I. Local Coins and Tokens lately acquired by the

Shrewsbury Museum 157

II. Unidentified Places in Domesday ... ... 158

III. Fees for Knighthood in 1642 (also in 1896) ... 160

IV. Recovery of a long lost Shrewsbury MS, ... 161

V. Castle Tump, near Tenbury ... .. ... 162

VI. Some recently discovered remains on the site of

Uriconium ... ... ... ... ... 163

VII. Judge Jeffryes' House at Wem ... 291

VIII. On wearing the Bonnet in the Royal Presence .. 292

IX. Fight between Rook and Sparrow- Hawk 292

X. Glossary of Obsolete Words : a Correction .. 293

XI. The Grand-Children of Richard Gough, of

Newton-on-the-Hill ... ... ... .. 294

XII. Will of James Janyns, Clerk, of Moreton Corbet,

A-D- J539 295

XIII. Excavations at VVenlock Priory ... ... ... 407

XIV. Supposed Lake Dwellings at Pike's End ... 408

XV. Will of Henry Bishop, Vicar of Moreton Corbet,

A.D. 1539 409

General Index to Vol. II. ... ... ... ... ... 413

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of Sir Orlando Bridgeman ... .. ... ... 1

Facsimile Signature of Sir Orlando Bridgeman . ... 24, 35

Tithe Map of Shelvock Township ... ... ... ... 107

Tithe Map of Wikey Township ... ... ... ... 117

Tithe Map of Shotatton Township ... .. ... 123

Tithe Map of Eardiston Township ... ... ... ... 131

Arms of Mytton .. 143

Facsimile Signature of King Henry VIII. ... ... ... 152

Plan of Castle Tump, Tenbury ... ... ... ... 162

Views of Castle Tump, Tenbury ... ... ... ... 163

Plan of Excavations at Uriconium .. ... ... ... 164

Figures of Bell Borders, cVc. ... ... 174, 177, 191, 196, 216

Bell Borders and Fetters, &c. Plates 1. to VII. . . ... 247

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The Sequestration Papers of Sir Orlando Bridgeman. Edited by
the Rev. Ernest R. O. Bridgeman, Rector of Blymhill, and
Charles G. O. Bridgeman, Barrister-at-Law . . ... r

Shrewsbury Gild Merchant and other Rolls of the Fourteenth
Century. Transcribed and Edited by the Rev. C, H. Drink-
water, M.A. 5-

The Manor of Ruyton-xi-Towns. By R. Lloyd Kenyon

Township of Shelvock ... ... ... ... ... IOy

„ Wikey Ily

Shotatton ... ... ... ... ... ... i2*

„ Earcfiston ... ; 131

The Capture of Lord Thomas Grey in Shropshire. By William
Phillips, F.L.S ... I43

On Wearing the Bonnet in the Royal Presence. By the
Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A, F.S.A 151

Miscellanea :

I. Local Coins and Tokens lately acquired by the Shrews-
bury Museum ... ... ... ... ... ., 157

II. Unidentified Places in Domesday... ... ... ... 158

III. Fees for Knighthood in 1642 (also in 1896) ... ... 160

IV. Recovery of a long lost Shrewsbury MS. ... ... ... 161

V. Castle Tump, near Tenbury ... ... ... ... 162

VI. Some recently discovered remains on the site of Uriconium 163

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of Sir Orlando Bridgeman ... ... ... ... 1

Facsimile Signature of Sir Orlando Bridgeman ... ... ... 24

"■^4- f % 4$ y >» f >>" ■ ■ ■■ ... 35

Tithe Map of Shelvock Township... .. ... ... ... 107

Tithe Map of Wikey Township . 117

Arms of Mytton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143

Facsimile Signature of King Henry VIII. ... ... ... 152

Views of Castle Tump, Tenbury .. ... ... ... ... 162

Plant of Castle Tump, Tenbury ... ... ... ... ... 163

Plan of excavations at Uriconium ... ... ... ... ... 164

The Council respectfully solicit contributions of Papers,
specially Parochial Histories, for future volumes of the
Transactions of the Society.

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Statements, Opinions, or Errors of Authors of Papers.

The MS. Indexes to the Names of Persons and Places that
are mentioned in die First Series of the Transactions (Vol. I. to
XL) have been bound in five volumes, and are deposited at the
Shrewsbury Free Li brary, where they can be seen at any time
by Members,

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THE SEQUESTRATION PAPERS OF
SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

Edited by the Rev. ERNEST R. O. BRIDGEMAN,
Rector of Blymhill,
and CHARLES G. O. BRIDGEMAN, Esq.,

B A RR I STER-AT-LAW .

The Sequestration Papers of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, after-
wards Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, have not
the same direct connection with the county of Salop as those
of Sir Richard, first Baron Newport, and Sir Francis Newport
his son,1 whose line was eventually merged in that of
Bridgeman through the marriage of Lady Anne Newport
with another Sir Orlando Bridgeman in 1719; for none of
the estates for which the subject of this memoir had to
compound were situated in Shropshire. But it has been
thought that the perusal of his Composition Papers may not
be altogether without interest to Shropshire readers, inasmuch
as Sir Orlando not only married a Shropshire heiress, Judith
Kynaston of Morton, but also seems himself to have subse-
quently purchased lands at Knockin and Nesscliff, whilst his
descendants afterwards acquired a large interest in the
county, for which many of them sat from time to time in
Parliament, and his direct male representative was till within
the last few years its Lord- Lieutenant.

Sir Orlando Bridgeman was the second, but eldest surviv-
ing, son of Dr. John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester and
Rector of Wigan, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the
Ven. William Helyar, Archdeacon of Barnstaple and Rector
of Dunchideock. He was born at Exeter, where his father
then held preferment, on 30 Jan., 1608-9, and was christened

1 Edited by Mr. W. Phillips, and published in vol. xii . , 2nd Series, of the
Society's Tra n an ctio n s.

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in St. George's Church in that city when only two days old.
In the autumn of that year his father moved with his family
to Peterborough, and in 1616 took up his residence at Wigan,
at the rectory house of which place, then and still known as
Wigan Hall, the years of Orlando Bridgeman's childhood
were chiefly spent. He evidently retained an affectionate
remembrance of it in after life, for many years later, when
fortune at last srniled upon him, he purchased the advowson
of the living, the patronage of which still remains in the
hands of his lineal descendant and representative, the Earl
of Bradford.

He was sent to school when eight years old, and the nature
of his studies at the age of eleven may be gathered from the
following entry in the Bishop's account-book at that time: —
" books for Orlando, hebrew, greek & latin : 29s. his hebrew
schoolm1' : 22s." He had then already been entered at
Queens' College, Cambridge, where he went to reside in
Jan., 1621-2; he appears, however, to have migrated after-
wards to his father's old College of Magdalene, from which
he took his degree as M.A. in 1624, and was immediately
elected a Fellow of Magdalene, though he wras then only
fifteen years of age ; his father would not allow him to accept
the fellowship, holding that such pecuniary rewards ought to
be kept for men of scantier means ; 1 but the offer of it showed
that, in the opinion of those best qualified to judge, the
young student had already made his mark at the University.
He was at once admitted to the Inner Temple, and was
called to the Bar in 1632. He was made Vice-Chamberlain
of the city of Chester in 1638, and Steward of the Liberties
of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the following
year, an appointment which accounted for the interest he
obtained in the rectories of Ash and Walmer and in a small
property named Pet field in Kent, to which reference is made
in his Composition Papers, as will be shown hereafter. In
May, 1640, he was made Solicitor-General to the Prince of
Wales, afterwards King Charles II.

Later on in the same year he was returned as member for
Wigan in the Long Parliament ; and in 164 1 he was one of

1 MS. Diary and account-book of Bishop Bridgeman, usually called " Bishop
Bridgeman's Private Ledger," in the possession of the Earl of Bradford.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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the few who had the courage to lift up his voice against the
bill for the attainder of the unfortunate Earl of Strafford,1
which passed the House of Commons by a large majority,
only 59 voting against it.2 Lord Clarendon tells us that the
names of these 59 were immediately affixed to posts in the
most conspicuous places in the City, and held up to public
odium as " Straffordians " and "enemies to their country."

When hostilities, at length broke out between the King and
the Parliament, Mr. Bridgeman, in accordance with the loyal
principles in which he had been brought up, threw in his lot
with his royal master, and at once set to work to secure the
allegiance of the city of Chester, the place of his father's
bishopric, to the Crown. His efforts were attended with
considerable success. " The City of Chester," writes Lord
Clarendon, " was firm to the King, by the virtue of the
Inhabitants and Interest of the Bishop and Cathedral Men,
but especially by the reputation and dexterity of Mr. O.
Bridgeman, son to the Bishop, and a Lawyer of very good
estimation, who not only inform'd them of their duty, and
encouraged them in it, but upon his Credit and Estate,
both which were very good, supplied them with whatsoever
was necessary for their defence."3 It is amusing to see how
the same circumstance is described when reviewed from a
different standpoint. The author of a pamphlet entitled
"The Unfaithfulness of the Cavaliers and Commissioners of
Array in Keeping their Covenants "4 thus puts it : — " Master
Bridgman took upon him the government of the city, which
the soft spirited aldermen durst not contradict, but seemed

thankfully to accept of his varnished motions He

sent forth his warrants, ordered the watch, imprisoned and
enlarged at his pleasure ; in a word, he was as imperious as

the Bishop, his father, amongst the Ministers The

Council for the managing of the new government was holden
at the Palace, where the Bishop, his son, and the Lord
Kilmurry were chief These were the devisers, and

1 Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, iii. 273.

I Clarendon's Hist, of the Rebellion* fol. ed., i. 182.

II Ibid. , ii. lit.

4 London: Printed for Thomas Underbill, Jany. u, 1643 ((juoted by Mr. J.
R. HuMps in his Memoirs of the Civil War in Wales and the Marches, ii.
46, 47).

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Sir Edward Savage, and other Papistical and malignant
persons, were expeditious to execute." Notwithstanding this
somewhat stringent criticism on the part of the anonymous
author of the above-named pamphlet, Mr. Orlando Bridgeman
seems to have exerted himself to some purpose to repress the
ardour of those of his own party in the city when they
exceeded the bounds of what he held to be fair and legitimate
warfare. On one occasion a large number of hot-headed
Welshmen, who had been brought into Chester to assist in
its defence, thought fit to display their loyalty by sacking
the town house of Sir William Brereton, the celebrated
parliamentary general ; their own officers were powerless to
restrain them, till Mr. Bridgeman and the city officials
interfered and compelled them to desist, and then proceeded
to the best of their power to discover and restore to the
premises whatever could be traced of the plundered property.1
That the practical management of an important town like
Chester at such a critical period of the Civil War was no
sinecure may be seen from the letters written by Mr. Bridgeman
to Sir Francis Ottley, the Governor of Shrewsbury, which
are reproduced by Mr. W. Phillips in his account of
the Ottley Papers, already published in the Society's Tran-
sactions?

Although this correspondence is mainly concerned with
such matters as powder making, troops of horse, trumpeters,
" peices of ordinance," " granadoes," and " battery shott,"
Mr. Orlando Bridgeman docs not appear to have actually
borne arms in person in the royalist cause ; but his younger
brother, Captain Bridgeman (afterwards Sir James Bridgeman,
knight), fought as a cavalry officer, and was taken prisoner
at the Battle of Nantwich on 28 Jan., 1642-3.3

One event in which the future Lord Keeper was concerned,
about a month before this, may perhaps here be referred to,
as his action in connection with it was severely criticised at
the time by some of his friends, — the agreement made at

1 J. R. Phillips' Civil War in Wales and the Marches, i. 142, citing I lax 1.
MS. 2125, fo. 315.

2 2nd Series, vols. vi. and vii.

3 Malbon and BurghalPs Memorials of the Civil War in Cheshire, vol. xix
of the Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society's Publications, p. 36.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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Bunbury on 23 Dec, 1642, between the Commissioners of
Array and the Depnty-Lieutenants of the county of Chester,
Lord Kilmorey and Mr. Orlando Bridgeman representing the
royalist's, and Mr. Henry Mainwaring and Mr. Marbury of
Marbury the parliamentary party. The agreement provided
that there should be an absolute cessation of hostilities within
the county, that all prisoners on both sides should be
released, that the fortifications of any town in Cheshire
recently made by either party should be demolished, that
all plundered goods on either side should be restored, and
that ratification of these articles should be obtained from the
King and the Parliament respectively. Whether or not the
King would have given his assent to the agreement it is
impossible to say, but it was promptly repudiated by the
Parliament, and so fell to the ground. But meanwhile it
seems to have given great offence to the Shropshire cavaliers,
who were under the impression that one of its articles pledged
their allies in Cheshire to allow to Sir William Brereton and
the parliamentary forces free passage through their county
into Shropshire, provided they committed no hostile act
within its borders ; whereas in reality, as Mr. Bridgeman
explained in one of his letters to Sir Francis Ottley,1 it
merely exempted the adherents of each party from the pledge
to join in resisting troops under arms, in cases where no act
of hostility was committed. Whether any such local truce
was wise, or even possible, under the circumstances, may
well be doubted ; but it was clearly an honest attempt on
both sides to avoid unnecessary bloodshed amongst old
friends and neighbours, and to contribute their quota towards
the bringing about of that permanent peace throughout the
kingdom for which so many of the bravest spirits in the
two hostile camps earnestly longed. That Mr. Orlando
Bridgeman's participation in it was prompted by no lack of
loyalty to his master's cause is proved by the whole of his
conduct throughout these unhappy years of strife and con-
fusion.

Some few months afterwards the parliamentary troops
perpetrated an outrage which did considerable damage both

1 Trans. aA the Shropshire Arch. Sue, 2ml Series, vi. 60, 61.

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to the royalist party's resources and to Mr. Bridgeman's
private property. It is thus described by the enthusiastic
roundhead chronicler Thomas Malbon : — " On Mondaye the
xxviij of August [1643] Captyn Croxton & Captyn Venables
Companyes (wth others wch laye in garryson att Cholmley)
marched to both Townes of Dirtwiches, being places wheire
Salte was made \vch the Kinges side had ; And theire they
defaced, cutt in peeces, & spoyled all theire workes, pumps,
and Salte pitts; and broughte some of theire Pannes to
Namptwch ; whereby all theire Salte makinge was spoyled,
wch found the Kinges armye att Shrowesbury, Wales, & many
of theire quartcts, Salte."1 The two " Townes of Dirtwiches "
are the manors of Upper and Lower Foulwich or Dirtwich,
the former in the township of Wigland in Cheshire, the
latter in that of Iscoyd in Flintshire, but both in the parish
of Malpas. As will be seen presently, Mr. Bridgeman had
possessions in both these townships, but the salt wiches, or
brine pits, of which he owned the moiety were in Wigland ;
and in the " Particulars of his Estate," drawn up 18 Nov.,
1646, and presented to the Committee for Compounding, he
mentions them as having been " totally destroyed by
Souldiers," and as much deteriorated in value in consequence.2
How much he was relied upon by those in charge of the
King's affairs in all matters relating to the royal cause in the
neighbourhood of Chester, and how energetically and faith-
fully he fulfilled his trust, is shown by the correspondence
that passed about this time between him and the Marquis of
Ormonde, who had just been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland. On 11 Nov., 1643, Lord Ormonde writes to him
(because;, as he says in a letter written 26 Oct. to the
Archbishop of York,3 he finds *' he is trusted by his Majesty
there"), to beg him to do his utmost to provide everything
that should be necessary for the soldiers he is sending over from
Ireland. The pay due to these soldiers was greatly in arrear,
their clothes were worn out, they were in urgent need of a
fresh supply of shoes and stockings, and it was feared that
they might be persuaded to desert to the enemy if their

1 Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society's Publications, xix. 72, 7j.

2 Appendix, No. 5, post, p. 29.

{ Carte's Life of Ormonde, fol. ed., iii. 1S2.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAN.

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condition was not mended without delay.1 This letter found
Mr. Bridgeman at Oxford with the King, and he at once set
off for Chester to bestir himself in the matter ; and with such
success that by the 29th of the same month he was able to
report to the Marquis in a letter written from Beaumaris:—
" I have provided shoes and stockings for 1000 or 1200 of
them, already delivered, and the rest were in making, which
I hope they have' by this time. I have gotten cloth and
frize sufficient for them all, not yet made into apparell, but
hastned into Chester, where I hope to have it fitted up this
week and the next. And I am now purposely in these parts
to raise some proportion of money for the Officers and
Souldiers, and have gotten about 1000/., which I shall
distribute with their advice to the best advantage of his
Majestie's service."2 Either included in or supplementary
to this subscription list must be reckoned a sum of £100
from Orlando Bridgeman himself and his father, produced
by the sale ot a quantity of silver and " parcell gilt" plate
belonging to the Bishop, which, as the latter writes in his
" Private Ledger," was disposed of to provide " hose and
shooes and clothes for the English Irish souldiers who came
from Ireland to Chester to help the King aginst the Rebels
in Cheshire, dec. 1643."

On 17 Nov., 1643, evidently just as he was on the point of
leaving Oxford on the important mission described above,
Orlando Bridgeman was knighted by King Charles.3

Some time before this, on 29 Aug., 1642, he had been
expelled from the House of Commons for his services to the
royal cause in Cheshire ; but, not unnaturally, he refused to
consider tin's order of expulsion a valid one, and when, in
Jan., 1643-4, the King summoned those members of the two
Houses of Parliament who were loyal to him to meet at
Oxford, Sir Orlando took his seat with the rest in the great
hall at Christ Church ; and not long afterwards he received
the appointment of Attorney-General to the Court of Wards
and Liveries by patent under the Great Seal.4 In Jan.,

1 Carte's Life of Ormonde, iii. 198; if iii. 1S0, 181 .
- Ibid. , iii. 211.

:l Metcalfe's Rook of Knights, p. 201.

4 Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, iii. 274.

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1644-5, he served as one of the King's commissioners at the
abortive negotiations at Uxbridge. The opening of the
deliberations there was considerably delayed, as we are
informed by Lord Clarendon, by strong objections on the part
of the parliamentary party to recognise the titles and offices
of some of the King's commissioners — Bridgeman's among
them — as having been conferred by his Majesty after the
commencement of the Civil War ; they were at last persuaded
by their Scottish colleagues to admit the knighthood of the
author, then Sir Edward Hyde, on the ground that they had
not yet professed to deprive the King of the use of his sword.
Clarendon does not tell us whether on this occasion they also
allowed Sir Orlando Bridgeman to be a knight, though it
may be presumed that they did,1 but they refused to acknow-
ledge him as Attorney of the Court of Wards; and the
difficulty was eventually solved by the royal commissioners
being furnished with a duplicate commission, one with and
the other without the disputed titles of honour.2 Sir Orlando
Bridgeman was one of the four commissioners to whom was
entrusted the duty of presenting the King's case for the
control of the Militia; and so completely did they prove that
the law was on their side, that their opponents never
attempted to bring any other argument against their conten-
tion than the statement that the Parliament willed that the
power over the Militia should rest with themselves.3

In the summer of 1646 the King was persuaded by those
in command of the Scottish army, into whose hands he had
entrusted himself, to order the capitulation, upon fair and
honourable terms, of such towns in England as still held out
for him, by far the most important of which was Oxford,
where his son, the Duke of York, then was with all his
Council, including Sir Orlando Bridgeman. The terms
granted to them will be referred to later.

Sir Orlando now retired to his son's house at Morton,
and afterwards came privately to London, where he
practised during the Commonwealth as a conveyancer and
chamber counsel, though he would not put on his gown and

1 Cf. note on p. 24.

- Clarendon's Rebellion^ ii. 443, 444,

;[ (hid., ii. 455.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

plead in open court, as he considered that this would be
unduly Recognising the usurped authority of the Parliament.1
Lord Holt, in citing one of his cases of the year 1657, adds:
"My Lord Chief Justice Bridgman was a very studious
gentleman ; and though he kept to his chambers, yet he had
an account brought him of all that past in the Courts."

Meanw hile he waited hopefully for the future, and prepared
himself to act with energy when the proper time should
.11 rive. Accordingly we find him as one of the leading
members of the "King's party" in the conferences that
immediately preceded the Restoration of Charles II.2 After
the successful accomplishment of this great event honours
were showered thick upon him. On 31 May, 1660, he
became a serjeant-at-law; on 2 June he was made Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer; on 7 June he was
created a* baronet; and on 22 Oct., after having presided at
the trial of the regicides, he was made Lord Chief Justice of
the Common Pleas. These trials, in which a strong outburst
of party feeling might have been expected, and almost
condoned, he conducted with dignity and moderation ; and
we are told that when a tumult of applause broke out at the
verdict he instantly checked it, saying that it was more fitting
for a stage play than for a Court of Justice.3

After presiding in the Court of Common Pleas for nearly
seven years, he received yet higher promotion ; for when the
Earl of Clarendon, who was then Lord Chancellor, fell under
the King's displeasure and was deprived of his office, the
Great Seal was delivered to Sir Orlando Bridgernan on 31 Aug.,
1667, with the title of Lord Keeper. This post, an interest-
ing memorial of which is now in the possession of his repre-
sentative the Earl of Bradford in the shape of a large silver
bowl made out of the Great Seal itself, which he had in his
custody, and which eventually became his perquisite,4 he occu-

1 Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, in. 274.

- Menioires of the Reignc of King Charles I , by Sir Philip Warwick, p. 428.
J Campbell's Lives 0/' the Chancellors, iii. 277.

1 Sir Orlando's son, Sir John Bridgernan, by his will bequeathed lo his wile
'■the purse wherein the ^reat scale was used to be kept," a hir^e ba^ with the
royal anus and the letters " C. K." richly embroidered upon it with goTd and silver
thread. This bag is also in the Earl of Bradford's possession, and mounted on
crimson velvet is used as a lire screen.

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pied until 17 Nov., 1672, when King Charles, who had learnt
that not even his devoted loyalty to the crown could induce
him to affix the seal to measures which he judged to he con-
trary to the law, wvs easily persuaded by the Earl of Shaftesbury
to dismiss him, and to appoint that ambitious peer himself
in his place. If Sir Orlando had consulted his own personal
wishes, he would have resigned long before this, for he had
been for some years a severe sufferer from the gout, and
sometimes had to be carried to his place in Westminster
Hall. In a letter to his eldest son, written apparently some
time previously, he says that he is " weary of his employment^"
and hoping soon to retire into private life, and adds that he
remains at his post principally for conscience sake, " not
being willing to desert the ship in a storm.'

After his dismissal, or technically speaking his resignation,
he lived in great seclusion at his house at Teddington, where
he died on 25 June, 1674, in the 66th year of his age. He
was buried in Teddington Church, where a monument erected
to his memory by his son may still be seen. The Latin
inscription on this monument would seem to have been
composed by his friend Sir W illiam Dugdale.1

Sir Orlando Bridgeman w as twice married. His first wife,
to whom he was united on 30 Jan., 1627, was Judith, eldest
daughter and sole heir of Mr. John Kynaston of Morton near
Oswestry ; by her he had, besides a daughter who died in
infancy, one son, John, born 16 August, 1631, who inherited
his mother's property at Morton, and also succeeded his
father in his baronetcy and in the greater part of his landed
estates. Sir John Bridgeman was the father of a second
Sir John, who married another Shropshire heiress, Ursula,
daughter and sole heir of Mr. Roger Matthews of Blodwell.
It was their son, a second Sir Orlando Bridgeman,2 who
married Lady Anne Newport (daughter of the second, and
sister of the third and fourth Earls of Bradford), whose son
Sir Henry Bridgeman succeeded in 1763 to the Weston
estates. Sir Henry, who was created Baron Bradford,
of Bradford, co. Salop, in 1794, was succeeded by his son

1 [Tamper's Life of Sir W, Dugdale, p. 40.

- This Sir Orhindu Urid^eiiKin bought the Manor of Ilughley, co. Salop, and
land there from (Jodolphin Lulwards, Esq., in April, 1750.

SIR ORLANDO B RIDGE MAN.

II

Orlando, in whom, as the sole representative of the Newports,
tlu; Earldom of Bradford was revived, or rather re-created,
in 1815. This first Earl of the new creation was the father
of George Augustus Frederick Henry, second Earl, who
largely increased his Shropshire property by the purchase in
DS55 from Mr. George G. S. Durant, for the sum of £190,000,
of Tong Castle and about three thousand acres of the adjoin-
ing land. He was the father of Orlando George Charles,
third Earl, who made a further addition to the Bridgeman
possessions in the county of Salop by buying in the year
1878 from Lord Stafford about 1,280 acres of land near
Shifnal, including the wooded hill called the Lizard, from
which the parish of Wcston-under- Lizard derives its name.
He died in iH(jH, and was succeeded by his son George Cecil
Orlando, fourth and present Earl of Bradford.

Dame Judith Bridgeman died on 12 July, 1644, at Oxford,
w here her husband had been in attendance on the King, and
was buried in the University Church in that city; there is a
monument to her memory, and to that of her mother,
Mrs. Bridget Kynaston, who died a few months before her,
in Malpas Church in Cheshire. On 22 April, 1647, Sir
Orlando married his second wife, Dorothy, daughter and co-
heir of Dr. John Saunders, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford,
and physician to King Charles L ; she was the widow of Mr.
George Cradock of Caverswall Castle in Staffordshire. By
her he had, besides several children who died in infancy, two
sons and one daughter who lived to grow up. Of these two
sons, Orlando, the elder, was created a baronet during his
father's lifetime on 12 Nov., 1673 (an honour which the
Lord Keeper preferred to the peerage offered by Charles II.
to himself ) ; he inherited the estates of Wig land and Wolves-
aere, referred to in these papers, as well as another property
at Ridley in Cheshire, which his father had subsequently
purchased. This baronetcy continued for three generations,
and became extinct on the death of his grandson Sir Francis
Bridgeman at sea, when on his way out to the West Indies
in 1740. The Lord Keeper's youngest son, Erancis, was
knighted by King Charles II. on 15 Nov., 1673; he was a
fervent Jacobite, and exiled himself from his country rather
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English throne. He lived for many years on the continent,
where he died leaving no issue. The Lord Keeper's only
surviving daughter, whose name was Charlotte, afterwards
became the wife of Sir Thomas Middleton, Bart., of Chirk
Castle in Denbighshire.

Against Sir Orlando Bridgeman's personal character as a
loyal, conscientious, high-minded English gentleman no voice
has, we believe, ever been raised. Of his indefatigable
industry in his profession there are abundant proofs. And
as to the high reputation he sustained in the discharge of the
important offices which fell to his lot, at all events up to the
time that he was entrusted with the Great Seal, all authorities
are agreed; Dr. Lloyd, in referring to the period during which
he held the Chief Justiceship, going so far as to say that the
moderation and equity he displayed in dispensing his
Majesty's law was such that he seemed to kk carry a kind of
Chancery in his Breast in the Common-pleas, as if he carried
about him the King's Conscience as well as his own."1 How
far he continued to deserve this high reputation when presid-
ing over the Court of Chancery there is mure difference of
opinion, some authorities accusing him of a certain weakness
and timidity in his decisions; but Lord Chancellor Nottingham
and Lord Ellenborough both speak of him in terms of high
praise. Mr. Osmond Airy, in his article on the subject of this
memoir in that monument of industry and accuracy, the
Dictionary of National Biography, has given to the public the
former view ; but it may be doubted whether it is the correct
one. The opinion of a descendant may not unnaturally be
suspected of partiality; so we venture to quote the judgment
of Mr. James Crossley, the learned editor of the Diary and
Correspondence of Dr. John Worth ingtou, among the publica-
tions of the Chetham Society: — "Sir Orlando Bridgeman,"
he writes, " was unquestionably an honest man, and a sound
and able lawyer. Some of his contemporaries have given
rather a disparaging account of the manner in which he
discharged the functions of an equity judge. It must, how-
ever, be recollected that he was made Lord Keeper very late

1 Menwires of Hum Personages who suffered for
Sovereign " &c, \>. 622.

Allegiance to their

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGET! AN.

13

in life, at a period when equity, as a science, was in its
infancy; but certainly the reports of his decisions which
exist show no apparent want of soundness or equitable
principle. Of those who have censured him, Burnet is little
to be relied upon, and Roger North had a grudge against
him on his brother Lord Guildford's account. It should
not be forgotten that Bridgeman had the courage to speak
against Strafford's attainder, and that his hnal fall from
office took place solely because he would not lend himself to
the iniquitous measures of the Court. In Lord Campbell's
amusing Lives of the Chancellors a biography of Bridgeman is
contained in vol. hi., p. 271 ; but the reader should be
cautioned in this case, as well as in that of Lord Guildford,
against the evident want of fairness and impartiality which
both articles display. When he tells us of the former that
4 he turned out an execrably bad equity judge,' and of the
latter that 'he was one of the most odious men who ever
held the Great Seal of England,' one cannot but regret that
the vehemence of the party advocate should only be seen
when we look for the still small voice of historical truth."1

For further details respecting Lord Keeper Bridgeman's
life and family readers may be referred to the " History of
Weston-under-Lizard," compiled from the MSS. of the late
Canon Bridgeman, and forming vol. ii. (New Series) of the
Collections for a History of Staffordshire, edited by the William
Salt Archaeological Society.

There are several original portraits of Sir Orlando Bridgeman
in existence, one, a full length by Michael Wright, having
been placed in the Guildhall about the year 167 1 as a token
of the gratitude of the City of London for his signal services
in settling, in conjunction with certain other judges, the
properties of the citizens without expense of law suit after
the Great Lire of 1666. The Earl of Bradford has at
Weston a line portrait of him, by Riley, in his robes as Lord
Chief Justice.- The Earl of Home possesses a replica of
this picture at Bothwell Castle; it once formed part of the
collection made by Edward Hyde, lirst Earl of Clarendon

1 Chethain boc. 1'ubl., vol. xiii., p 107.

; A reproduction *>t t His portrait, taken from a copy in the possession of the
H«V. t ruest Bridf-ciiun, is gker at the beginning ol this article.

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There is a portrait of Sir Orlando, as Lord Keeper, at Chirk
Castle ; and another, the property of Hugh Aldersey, Esq.,
at Aldersey Hall in Cheshire. There is also a picture of him
as Lord Keeper, by Sir Peter Lely, at Weston, the gift of the
Marquis of Bath to Orlando, first Earl of Bradford.

We have seen that Sir Orlando Bridgcman was present at
Oxford at the tinie of its surrender to General Fairfax in 1646,
and so became entitled to the benefit of the Articles under
which the surrender was made. These Articles were agreed
upon between the commanding officers on 20 June, were read
and approved in the House of Commons 23 June, and took
effect 24 June, 1646. They were printed by order of the
House, and are preserved among the State Papers,1 being also
reprinted in Rushworth's Historical Collections.2 The terms
of the surrender were very favourable to the royalists, the
garrison being allowed to march out with colours flying,
and the gentlemen whose estates were under or liable to
sequestration being permitted to compound for a fine which
was small in comparison with what had been imposed in
other cases on adherents of the King. The only clause
which directly concerns the subject of this paper is Article
XI, which is reproduced among the documents printed below.
In accordance with that Article, Sir Orlando presented his
petition to the Committee for Compounding on 5 August,
on 17 November his petition was referred to the Sub-
committee, and the following day the particulars which he
had furnished of his estate were initialled by the Clerk of
the Committee. Sir David Watkins, who seems to have
been the chairman of the Sub-committee, made his report
on 21 November, and at the meeliug o( the Committee held
on 1 December, 1040, the line was adjudicated at £2,246 17s.
2d., being or purporting to be at the rate of one-tenth of the
value of the estate. Sir Orlando Bridgeman was not
satisfied with this decision, and a few days later he presented
a second petition asking for a reduction of the fine for the
reasons there stated. This was also referred to the Sub-
committee, and Sir David Watkins made a further report,

1 State Tapers, Doni. 1646, vol. DX1V, No. 27.
■■ Ed. 1 7 - - > Tt. iv., vol. i., p.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

15

dated 15 December, 1646, recommending the reduction of
the fine to £1,986 5s. gd., and advocating the acceptance of
Sir Orlando's offer to settle the rectory impropriate of
Plemstall, of the annual value of £140, in part payment of
the line. This recommendation was adopted by the Com-
mittee, and on 1 December, 1646, the fine was reduced to
£586 5s. gd., the rectory of Plemstall being accepted at ten
years' purchase of the annual value, or £1,400, in discharge
of the remainder of the fine. The fine was paid on the 18th
of the same month, and soon after the settlement of Plemstall
rectory was duly completed.

Difficulties afterwards arose with respect to the appropria-
tion of the income from Plemstall rectory, which, according
to the order of the Committee for Compounding, was to be
settled as the gentlemen of the county of Chester should
advise and that Committee should approve for the mainten-
ance of ministers. Before the sequestration had been super-
seded by the composition another Committee, viz., the
Committee for Plundered Ministers, had made an order dated
I Q Aug., 1646, for the appropriation of £50 a year out of
Plemstall rectory for the maintenance of a Mr. George
C'ottingham, minister of Plemstall, in addition to £20 a year
of which he was already in receipt. On 1 Sept., 1648, long
after the sequestration had been superseded by the compo-
sition, and consequently after the jurisdiction of the
Committee for Plundered Ministers over the property had
come to an end, the same authority made a second order
allotting £50 a year out of this rectory to Thomas Holford,
minister of Minshull Vernon. Both these orders were
subsequently countersigned by the gentlemen of the count)'.
But on 5 September, 1648, an order was made by the
Committee for Compounding that £50 a year should be paid
out of the rectory of Plemstall to the minister of Whitegate,
and on 2 November of the same year it was further ordered
that £50 a year should be paid to the minister of Nantwich.
Inasmuch as the rectory was only worth £140 a year (and
the trustees apparently found considerable difficulty in raising
as much even as that net sum), these conflicting orders put
the gentlemen of the county into a dilemma. Finding that
the minister of Whitegate was a cavalier and disaffected

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towards the Parliament, they appear to have ignored the
order in his favour altogether, and the minister of Nantwich
also had to get the matter brought before the Committee for
Compounding by Capt. Venner before he could obtain the
recognition of his claims by the county authorities. From
that time (April, 1649) onwards until the Restoration the
income appears to have been divided, so far as it would go,
between the minister of Plemstall and the minister of
Nantwich.

In the year 1650 information was given to the Committee
for Advance of Money that Sir Orlando Bridgeman was
entitled to some land in Kent held under leases from the
Archbishop of Canterbury, for which he had not compounded.
Thereupon he presented another petition on 6 November,
1650, explaining the circumstances under which these leases
had been omitted from the former composition, and asking
that he might now be admitted to compound for them. This
petition was referred to Mr. Reading to report upon, and his
report was made on 20 November. The line was thereupon
adjudicated the following day at £250, which purported to
be one-sixth of the capital value of the leases; and this
additional fine was at once paid in full on 22 Nov., 1650.

It is not easy to make out exactly how the amount of the
original tine was arrived at. It purports to be computed at
one-tenth of the capital value of the estate, but as regards
the real estate the annual value only is stated both in the
particulars and in the report, and there is nothing in the
composition proceedings to show exactly how many years'
purchase was considered equivalent to the capital value of
the property. Some further light, however, is thrown upon
this question by the Articles for the surrender of Oxford,
under which this composition was made. By Article XI the
composition in the case of estates of inheritance was not to
exceed two years' revenue; and, as it may be taken for granted
that the full amount authorised by the conditions of
surrender was exacted, and as the fine purports to be at
one-tenth, we may safely assume that with respect to the
bulk of the estates the capital value would be computed at
twenty years' purchase of the annual value, a rate which is not
very much higher than that at which the Great Lever and

SIR ORLANDO BRiDGEMAN.

17

Ladyhall demesnes were purchased by Bishop Bridgeman
some 17 years previously. Parts, however, of the estates
consisted of old rents, which had a value arising from fines,
services, heriots and other casual profits in addition to the
actual rent; and as regards these we find from Sir David
Watkins' second report, dated 15 December, 1646, that the
fine originally imposed was equal to six times the amount of
the rent, or in other words that the capital value was reckoned
at sixty years' purchase of the actual rent, which also corres-
ponds substantially with the rate at which some at least of
these old rents had been purchased by Bishop Bridgeman.

On this basis the computation would be somewhat as
follows : —

Annual value.

d.

Years
pur- Capital value.

chase.

£ s. d.

Denbighshire :

Park Eyton

5 messuages &
land

90

20

1800

Lancashire :
Haulgh &Tonge messuage & de-

mesne

55

0

0

20

1 100

0

0

>>

old rents

7

2

9

60

428

5

0

Ladyhall

demesne "

Great Lever

manor & de-

mesne

> 250

0

0

20

5000

0

0

)»

Leigh's tene-
ment

'? »

mills

Farnworth

coal pit

66

4

20

T333

6

8

Lever

1928

Farnworth

Void rents

32

2

10

60

10

0

Anderton

60

Bolton

\ lordship & rents 22

16

9

1370

5

0

Cheshire :
lkomborough manor & demesne
chief, rack and
cottage rents
,, old rents

1'lemstall rectory
Wigland old rents

\ salt wiehes

Vol. 11., 3rd Seneb.

140

0

0

20

2800

0

0

10

10

6

20

2 ro

10

0

I 2

10

9

60

752

5

0

I40

0

0

20

2800

0

0

lS

6

60

910

10

0

7 5

0

0

20

15oo

0

0

c

I

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Vears'

Annual value. pur- Capital value,
chase

Flintshire :

£ * d. £ s. d.

Wolvesacie i tenement

Iscoyd }

Tybroughton Void rents

Orton J

I o o 60 60 o o

60

438 lS 0

Lancashire :

Ashton

reversion of tene-
ment

o 10 4

10 6 8

Total annual value besides
casual profits on old rents

945 7 o

Total capital value ...

£22472 13 4

Fine at one-tenth ...

£2247 5 4

In this computation, in which practically the same result
is reached as that arrived at by the Committee, all the rents
which could possibly be valued as old rents (including all
those at Bolton, although it is stated that these were princi-
pally candle and rack rents, and including also the half
tenement subject to the lease for lives at Wolvesacre),
amounting altogether to £98 12s. iod., or about £20 more than
the amount of old rents mentioned in the second report of
the Sub-committee, are reckoned at 60 years' purchase ;
whilst the rent of the real estates (including the nearly
exhausted coal pit at Farnworth, as well as Plemstall
rectory and the reversionary interest in the tenement at
Ashton) are all reckoned at 20 years' purchase ; the value of
the estates is taken as it stood before the depreciation caused
by the Civil War; and no allowance is made for reprises.
The value of the personal estate is, however, reckoned at nil,
because the liabilities exceeded the assets. If this was in
fact the basis of valuation adopted, no great exception can be
taken to the general principle ; but it might in common
fairness have been expected that neither the coal pit, which
we happen to know was valued at five years' purchase of the
annual rent when it was bought by Bishop Bridgeman in
1629 and was now almost exhausted, nor the rectory impro-

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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priate, which the Committee themselves appear to have
subsequently considered worth but 10 years' purchase, nor
the reversionary interest in the Ash ton tenement, which was
only an estate in expectancy on the death of his father
should have been valued on the same basis as ordinary
estates of inheritance in possession ; and further, justice
demanded that allowance should have been made for the fee
farm rent of £21 15s. 3d. and the various sums charged
upon the property and claimed to be deducted as reprises.

Subsequently, on the petition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, a
reduction was made in the fine, but even then justice was not
done. Old rents to the annual value of £jtt 9s. 5d. were
re-valued at 50 instead of 60 years' purchase, the fine being
reduced by one-tenth of the difference, or £78 9s. 5d.
Allowance was also made in respect of a principal sum of
£1550 and of another sum of £266 13s. ad. charged upon
the property, one-tenth of these sums being also deducted
from the fine ; but still no allowance was made for the fee
farm rent payable to the Dean and Chapter of Chester.
Lastly, a settlement of Plemstall rectory for the augmenta-
tion of the maintenance of ministers was accepted in further
reduction of the fine, leaving the amount payable in cash at
£586 5s. gd. ; but for this purpose the value of the rectory
was reckoned at only 10 years' purchase (or £1,400) instead
of 20 years' purchase (or £2,800), at which it must have been
computed for the purpose of determining the amount of the
fine.

So much for the fine originally imposed. Let us now
turn to the additional fine imposed four years later.

In July, 1050, information was given that Sir Orlando
Bridgeman had not compounded for certain lands held under
lease from the Archbishop (Laud) of Canterbury, and on the
6th of November following he presented his petition to be
admitted to compound for these leases, which would expire
on 20 June, 1661, and which had been omitted from the
former composition because his title was disputed and Sir
Matthew Mcnes, the original leaseholder, who had forfeited
his estates on conviction for manslaughter but had recovered
them on receiving the King's pardon, had obtained an order
from the Court of Chancery for quieting him in possession

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of his leases. The history of the case is fully given in
Mr. Reading's report,1 from which it appears that in 1648 Sir
Orlando Bridgeman, whose interest in the property had been
reduced by the Chancery proceedings to about 2 J years'
profits in reversion not falling into possession until after the
expiration of Sir Matthew's leases in i65«S, had sold his
interest to Sir Matthew's executor for £500, and had no
further interest in the property.

But notwithstanding this report, the Committee appear
to have decided that Sir Orlando's leases should be treated
as leases in possession for eleven years, of the annual value of
£300, equivalent to a debt of £1500, and he was lined one-
sixth of this sum, i.e., £250. If the leases had really been
estates in possession, this decision would have been fair
enough, for £1500 would be equivalent to 5 years' purchase
of the annual value, and it had been decided by order of
Parliament, dated 2 October, 1650,2 that those who
had concealed or undervalued their estates might
compound at the same rate as before, if it were
on their own discovery and if the line were paid
before 24 November of that year, but that, if they were in-
formed against, those who had compounded at one-tenth
must pay one-sixth for the undervaluations. But inasmuch
as Sir Orlando's interest was reversionary only, and then for
little more than two years' profits, and the true value of his
interest had been ascertained by the sale as £500, he was
really fined at exactly one-half instead of one-sixth for the
property omitted from the original composition.

It will be noticed that, although Sir Orlando Bridgeman
married a Shropshire heiress, no part of the lands for which he
compounded was situated in the county of Salop. The explan-
ation seems to be this :— On his marriage with Judith
Kynaston in 1627-8 the reversion of the Morton estates,
subject to the life interest of her parents, was settled on her
for her life, with remainder to her sons in tail, with an ultimate
remainder to her own right heirs. After the death of her
father, John Kynaston, Sir Orlando, whose wife was then
entitled during her mother's life to an annuity of £100 out

1 App., No. 38, post, pp. 61-65.
a App., No, pp. 57. &

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAN.

2 I

of the property, took an assignment of his mother-in-law's
life interest, he undertaking to pay to Mrs. Kynaston £120
per annum instead; and subsequently he and his wife
agreed with her uncle, Thomas Kynaston, the next heir
male, for the sale of the property to him for £5,400,
collateral security being given to him fur the concurrence
of Sir Orlando's (then only) son thereafter in the sale.
Looking to the proceeds of the sale of Morton for the means
of paying, Sir Orlando then entered into an agreement for
the purchase of the lands at Bromborough and Haulgh
referred to in the composition proceedings. But Thomas
Kynaston failed to provide the purchase money, and so
the Morton property was returned upon their hands, and Sir
Orlando's father, the Bishop, then came to his assistance,
and found the purchase money for the Bromborough and
Haulgh estates. On the death of Mrs. Kynaston and Sir
Orlando's wife, both of whom died in the same year (1644),
the Morton property devolved under the settlement of
1627-8 upon her son John Bridgeman, then a boy of about
13 years of age, and at the time of the composition proceed-
ings Sir Orlando had apparently no interest in the property.
Other Shropshire estates he seems to have subsequently
purchased, — at any rate we know that in the year 1670 he
contemplated the purchase of the manors of Knockin
and Nesscliff,1 both of which manors have now belonged to
the family for many generations.

APPENDIX.

No. 7. Extracts from Articles for the Surrender of Oxford,
24 June, 1616.
[State Papers Done 1616, vol. DXIV., No. 27.]
Articles for Surrender of Oxford & Farringdon to His
Excellency Sir Tho : Fairfax upon Wednesday the 24th
of this instant June and reed, in the Honourable House
of Commons June 23, 1646.

Art. XI. That all Lords, Gentlemen, CJergiemcn, Officers,
Souldiers, & all other persons in Oxon, or comprised within

1 MS, letter in ihc possession ol the Karl oi UrudtonJ.

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this Capitulation, who have Estates real or personal, under
or liable to Sequestrations according to Ordinance of Parlia-
ment, and shall desire to compound for them (except persons
by name excepted by ordinance of Parliament from Pardon)
shall at any time within six months after renewing the
Garison of Oxford be admitted to compound for their Estates:
which Composition shall not exceed two yeers Revenue for
Estates of Inheritance : and for Estates for Lives, yeers, and
other real and personal Estates, shall not exceed the propor-
tion aforesaid for Inheritances, according to the value of
them. And that all persons aforesaid, whose dwell inge-
houses are sequestrated (except before excepted) may after
the rendring of the Garison repair to them and there abide,
convenient time being allowed to such as are placed there
under the Sequestrations for their removal : and it is agreed,
That all the profits and Revenues arising out of their Estates
(after the day of entring their names as Compounders) shall
remain in the hands of the Tenants or Occupiers, to be
answered to the Compounders, when they have perfected
their agreements for their Compositions, and that they shall
have liberty and the General's Passe and Protection for
their peaceable repair to and abode at their severall Howses
or Friends, and to go to London to attend their Composi-
tions, or elsewhere upon their necessary occasions, with
freedom of their persons from Oaths, Ingagements and
Molestations, during the space of six Moneths, and after, so
long as they prosecute their Compositions without wilful
default or neglect on their part, except an Engagement by
promise not to bear Arms against the Parliament, nor wilfully
do any act prejudicial to their Affairs, so long as they remain
in their Quarters: And it is further agreed, That from and
after their Compositions made., they shall be forthwith
restored to and enjoy their Estates, and all other immunities
as other Subjects, together with their Rents and Profits,
from the time of entring their Names, discharged of Seques-
trations, and from fifth and twentieth parts, and other
Payments and Impositions, except such as shall be general
and common to them with others.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

23

Die Martis 23 Junii 1646

Resolved, (upon the Question) That this House doth
approve of the Proceedings of the General in the making of
these Articles, for and concerning the Rendring of the
Garrisons of Oxford and Farringdon, and in the performing
of them.

Resolved &c.

That these Articles for and concerning the Rendring of
the Garrisons of Oxford and Farringdon be forthwith Printed
H. Elsynge Gler. Pari. D. Gom.

No. 2. Pass given by General Sir Thomas Fairfax to Sir
Orlando Bridgeman, 24 June, 1646.

[State Papers, Committee for Compounding, Dom. 7643-1660.
G. 192, p. 455.]

Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall of the Forces raised
by the Parliament

Suffer the bearer hereof Sr Orlando Bridgeman kt who
was in the City and Garrison of Oxford, at the Surrender
thereof, and is to have the full benefit of the Articles agreed
unto upon the Surrender, quietly and without let or inter-
ruption, to passe your Guards with his Servants, Horses,
Armes, Goods, and all other necessaries, and to repaire unto
London or elsewhere upon his necessary occasions. And in
all places where he shall reside, or whereto he shall remove,
to be proctected, from any Violence to his Person, Goods,
or Estate, according to the said Articles, and to have full
Liberty at any time within Six Months, to goe to any
convenient Port, and to Transport himselfe, with his Servants,
Goods, and Necessaries beyond the Seas, And in all other
things to enjoy the Benefit of the said Articles. Hereunto due
Obedience is to be given, by all Persons whom it may
concerne, as they will answer the contrary. Given under
my Hand and Scale the 24th Da)' of June 1646.

T. Fairfax

To all Officers and Souldiers under my Command
and to nil others whom it ma)- Concerne

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No. 3. Petition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman for a favourable
Composition for his estate under Oxford Articles,
5 A ug., 1646.
[G. 192, p. 454. \

To the honoble the Committee at Gouldsmiths Hall The
humble petic'on of Orlando Bridgeman 1

Sheweth

That having beene a Member of the honoble house
of Com'ons, during these troubles he did repayre to & reside
at Oxford and other places held agaynst the Parliam1 And
being in Oxford he did sitt in the Assemblie there.

That yor Petition* estate is sequestrcd for his Delinquencie

That he was at Oxford when the same was rendred and
is comprised wthin the Articles then made.

His most humble desire therefore is That you wilbe
pleased to admitt him to a favourable Composic'on according
to the said Articles And for that purpose to direct yor l'res
to the severall Com'ittees of the Counties of Lancaster
Chester Denbigh and fflynt where yor Peticonrs lands lye to
certifye the values thereof to the end he may proceed to
perfect his Composic'on And that in the meane tyme his
name may be entred as a Compounder in pursuance of the
said Articles.

And he shall ever pray for yor honors &c

1 In this as well as in the later petition, dated 5 Dee., 1646, the word " kt,''
originally inserted after "Bridgeman," in the heading of the petition has been
obliterated Sir Orlando Bridgeman was knighted by King Charles I. on 17
November, 1643, lJUl tMC parliamentary party made a point of ignoring as far as
possible all titles conferred by the King after the commencement of the Civil
War. 1 1 is significant, however, that in the deed of settlement of the rectory of
Plemstall fur the augmentation of stipends of ministers, which was drawn up by
counsel on behalf of the Committee, care was taken to insert Sir Orlando's real
title as a knight, "esquire" being introduced as an alias only.

Reed: 5th August : 1646. presented a pass &c.
170 : Nov: 1646 Referred to y1 Sub-Comttee

Jo. Leech.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAN. 25

No. 4. Extract from Minnies of Committee for Compounding,
5 Aug., 1646.
[G. 3, p. 195.]
5° Augusti 1646
Mr Ashe Sr Da: Watkins Mr Bateman

SrAntho: Irby Mr Alexander M1 Pack

Mr Darley Mr Oldfeild Mr Wareing

Jcffery Palmer
Sl" Lewis Watson
Richard Nevill
George Pen ruddock
Thomas Gardner
Sr John Munson
Orlando Bridgeman

Petic'oners1

No. 5. Particulars of Sir Orlando Bridgeman s estate, 18 Nov.,

1616.

[G. 192, pp. 457—459.]
A particuler of the estate reall & personall of Orlando
Bridgeman knt.
Com. Denbigh.
He is seised of an estate of inheritance in fee simple of
and in 5 messuages or tenemts & lands called Park Eyton2
worth per an' golb

Com. Lane.

He is likewise seised of the like estate of a messuage &
demesne lands in Halgh & Tonge3 worth per annu' 55!b
Ould rents there per annu' 7lb 2s gd

1 i.e.. Petitioners to compound for their estates.

3 Park Eyton, or Eyton Park. The township of Eyton is in the Denbighshire
part of the parish of Bangor ; it is situated on the hanks of the river Dee, about
miles from Wrexham. Eyton Park was purchased by Bishop Bridgeman in
1636 from Owen Brereton, Esq., of Burros, tor ,£i,oSo. Two years later he
made over the whole profits of it to his sun Orlando " to better his mayntenance,
seeing his place requires more" (Bishop BriJgeman's Private Ledger).

3 Tonge-cum-Haulgh, now incorporated in the borough of Bolton, was bought
from Mr. George Ilaulgh in 1639 by Orlando Bridgeman; but the purchase
money, ,{,1,650, had afterwards to be provided by his lather, the Bishop (see
p. 21). The small estate at Tonge was sold in 1899; Ilaulgh is still in the
possession of the Earl of Bradford. "A mass of human bones was dug up in
I'onge in 1750, probably relics of the civil wars, when Prince Rupert and the
Earl of Derby carried IJolton by storm " (Haines's Lancashire, in. 87).

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He is seised of an estate in tayle in expectancy after the
death of his father by Conveyance made ye 30th of Sep1 : y°
Car. And is likewise possessed of the same for a terme of 21
yeres from the 9th of Novembr 160 Caroli if his father so long
live uppon a lease made for paym* of debts Of the demesnes
of Ladyhall 1 And of the Mannor or L'pp of Greate Lever
extending into Lever and ffarnworth wth Leighs tenem* and
the milles before these troubles worth 250lb per an.,
but now in respect the ground is tilled out the meadowes
carred and milnes decayed not worth above i6olb per ann'

Of the like estate of a Colepitt in ffarnworth, worth before
these troubles 100 m'ks per ann' but now is in a manner
totally destroyed as he is enformed & wilbe exhausted wthin
these 2 or three yeares Of the like estate of Old rents of
Tenants in Lever ffarnworth & Anderton 32lb 2s iod

Of the like estate of the 4th pte of the L'pp of Bolton in
the moores and the rents there being most candle & Rack
Rents and but 33 acres of land or thereabouts belonging to
them 22lb 16s 9d

1 Lady Hall, Lever, Farnworth, and Bolton. The estates here were bought
by Bishop Bridgeman from Sir Ralph Ashton, Bart., in 1629. The original
purchase is thus entered in the Bishop's Private Ledger : —
" Of Sr Raph Ashcton of Whaly Baronet I bought viz

1 : Lever demesne 120 great acres, valued at i2olb per an' at lb

18 yeres purchase (but for house nil) ... ... ... 2160

2 : Water Mill ther : valued at 35!!* [should be 3illjl] per an : at

10 yeres ... ... ... ... ... 310

3 : Tithes of the mannor at 2olb per ann' at 10 yeres ... ... 200

4 : All the Ten'ts of the Lever mannor, at 65 yere purchase ... 928
Itm. of him Lop : & Ten'ts of Farnworth at 65 yeres .. ... 836

Itin. Cole & Cannel pits ther, at io<j11j per aim : 5 yeres . ... 500

Itm Lop : & Ten'ts in Bolton : at 60 yeres purchase ... ... 1061

Itm. Ladyhal demesne 66 great acres : at 551,J per ann': & 17

yeres purchase ... ... ... ... ... ... 935

Ten'ts of Ladyhall [in Anderton] at 65 yeres purchase ... ... 421

7350."

The Bishop afterwaids made some small additions to the property, and spent
a considerable sum of money besides in rebuilding Great Lever Hall, over the
gateway of which may still be seen his initials I. B. with the date 1 63 1 . Pepys
in his Diary relates how a Mr. John Svvinfen, whom he met, "among other

discourse of the rise and fall of familys, told us of Bishop Bridgeman,

who lately hath bought a seat anciently of the Levers, and then the Ashtons ;
and so he hath in his great hall window, having repaired and beautified the
house, caused four great places to be left for coates cf amies. In one he hath
put the Levers, with this motto, Qlitn. In another the Ashtons, with this,
Heri. In the next his own, with this, Hodic. In the fourth nothing but this
motto : Cms nesclo cujus" This Lancashire estate is still in the possession of
the Lad of Bradford.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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Com. Cestr.

He is seised of an estate of inheritance in ye Mannor or
L'pp of Brombrough 1 the demesnes whereof consisting most
of tillage in respect of the stock & husbondry were worth
I40,b per an' but now at the highest rack not worth to be set
above ioolh per aim'

Of the like estate Chcife Rents rack & Cottage rents there
per annu' iolb 10s 6d

Of the like estate in Ould rents i2lh 10s o,d

He is seized of an estate in fee simple of & in yt; Rectory
or Parsonage impropriate of Plemstall2 worth before these
troubles i-io11' per annu'

1 Brorftborough, like Haulgh, was actually purchased by Orlando Bridgeman,
but owing to the circumstances referred to on page 21 the purchase money had
to he found by his father, the Bishop. Formerly an appendage of the monastery
of St. Werburgh at Chester, it passed at the dissolution of the monasteries to the
Dean and Chapter of Chester, and was bought by the Bridgcmans in 1638 from
Richard Bavand, Esq., for .£4,100. The Bishop expended a large sum of money
in building there, being responsible for the erection both of the "lower house"
and the " new stone house in the orchard " (Bishop Bridgeman;s Private
Ledger). In 1657 Sir Orlando and his eldest son John sold for ,£4,150 to
Arthur Samwell, Escp, of St. Martin-in-the fields, "the manor and lordship of
Bromborow in co. Cest. wth the capital mansion houses called the new Hall of
Uroniburrow & the lower Hall of Bromburrow with the lands &c. containing 226
acres or thereabouts of the large measure there used, & all & every the mesuages
houses &c. whatsoever situate in Bromborow now or at any time heretofore the
inheritance of the said Orlando Bridgeman & John Bridgeman or either of
them " (Draft copy of original indenture).

2 The church of Plemondstall, or Plemstall, was originally a rectory in the
gift of the monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul at Shrewsbury ; it subsequently
became the property of the College of St. John in Chester, which had license
from Richard, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, to appropriate the rectory in
1393, and this was followed by the endowment of the vicarage in 1403 with a
pension of 40 marks (Ormerod's Chcshiie, Ifelsby's ed., ii. 808). At the
dissolution the appropriated rectory appears to have fallen to the Crown, and
it was afterwards leased to the Marburys. This lease was purchased in 1629
by Bishop Bridgeman for a sum of 1,000 marks from Mr. Thomas Marbury
of Marbury ; it was to run for 30 years after the death of the latter, an event
which took place in May, 1636 (Bishop Rridgeman's Private Ledger),
between that d;ite and November, 1646, the fee simple of the rectory must have
been acquiicd by Sir Orlando, for it is so described both lu re ami in the deed of
settlement (see No. 14,/w.v/, p. .|i). After the Restoration Sir Orlando evidently
recovered possession of it, for it is in'enlioned in his will. His son, Sii John
Hridgeiuun, in accordance with his father's expressed desire, deviled by his will
"the Rectory & tvthes of the Parish of Plemsall in the county of Chester" to
such person as should officiate in the church there by the appointment of his own
heirs male. Though he thus parted with the emoluments, the right of appoint-
ment to the benefice, which was a donative, remained the property of his
family until 1867, when it was sold by Orlando O. C, third Kail of Bradford,
to James V. Prance, Ksq., of Rostock Hall, co. Chester. The Rev. Richard B.
Lowe is now both patron and incumbent.

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He is seised of the like estate in diverse Tenemts in or
neere Wigland 1 in the parish of Malpas in the said County
the Old rents whereof are as he conceives of the yerely
value of I5lb 13s 6d the same having fallen to him since the
beginning of these troubles.

He conceives himselfe likewise to be seised of ye like
estate of the moiety of the saltwiches 2 in Wigland worth

1 Wigland, a township in the parish of Malpas. Wigland is enumerated
among the appendages to the barony of Malpas possessed by Sir Randle I
Brereton of Shocklach in Inq. p. m. 9 James I., 161 1 (Ormerod's Cheshire,
Ilelsby's ed., ii. 663). A moiety of the " Demesn of Malpas," of the ''Demesne '
of Wolvesacre & mill," of "Ten'ts"in Malpas, Wigland, and Flintshire, and j
" scattered lands,"' and of " Saltwiches " was purchased by Orlando Bridgeman, j
though paid for by his father the Bishop, in 1635 for ,£3,500 from Richard j
Egerton, Esq. (whose father, Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley, knight, had
married Mary, only daughter and heir of the aforesaid Sir Randle Brereton), the
purchaser of the other moiety being Lord Cholmondeley (Bishop Bridgeman's ,
Private Ledger, in the index to which the purchase appears as follows : —

I Wolvesacre"!

" Egerton, Richard Esq. sold me the manno* of Malpas { Wigland rA° 1635.")

vBrynepits j

Besides this ^3,500 the Bishop had afterwards to pay a further sum of money in
respect of the interest which a Mr. Oliver Fitzwilliam had in the property ; and
towards satisfaction of this sum Mr. Fitzwilliam accepted the Bridgeman moiety '
of the "Malpas demesne "at a valuation of ,£688 (Bishop Bridgeman's Private
Ledger). In a small MS. book containing an account of Orlando Bridgeman's
estate it is recorded : — " For Egerton lands I have a moyty of Wolvesacre, all
the rest of the Flintshire lands ertirely, & all Wigland, & a moyty of the salt-
wiches. I was joint purchaser w11' my Lo : Cholmly fro Mr Egerton, and took
the same in the names of severall frinds both for my Lord & me. I also
purchased Mr fitzwms title & took that also in the names of severall frinds."
From this entry it would appear that Lord Cholmondeley's moiety of the rest of
the Flintshire lands and of Wigland had then been made over to the Bishop or
his son, probably in satisfaction of money advanced by the Bishop to Lord
Cholmondeley to enable him to complete the purchase.

Sir Orlando Bridgeman by his will left Wigland (which would include the
moiety of the salt wiches), Wolvesacre (the other moiety of which he had
purchased from the " Earl of Lemsler and his lady," Lord Cholmondeley having
been created Earl of Leinster on 5 March, 1G45-6), and, with the exception of 1
the rectory of Plemstall, all his oilier lands in the counties of Chester and Flint,
to his second son, Sir Orlando Bridgeman of Ridley. These other lands
included the "manor and lordship of Ridley" in Cheshire and " Ueathe's
tenement in Tybroughton " in Flintshire.

Mr. Ormerod cannot trace the descent of the manor of Wigland after the
death of Sir Randle Brereton in 16 1 1 till it appears again at the close of the 16th
[? 17th] century in the possession of the Fletchers of Lichfield. On the death
of John Fletcher, Esq., without issue mule it passed to his nephew Thomas
Wicksted of Nantwich, Esq., on whose death in 1 8 1 4 it became the property of
his great-nephew, Charles Toilet of Bctley, Esq., who assumed the name and
arms of Wicksted. The present owner is Thomas B. Cross. Esq., of Shaw Hill,
co. Lancaster. The hall is now used as a farmhouse (Ormerod's Cheshire,
Ilelsby's ed. , ii. 663).

- For an account of how these salt wiches, or brine pits, were damaged by the
parliamentary forces see p. 6. Salt was made here as early as the year 1300
(Ormerod's Cheshire, Ilelsby's ed., ii. 664). Leland in his llinerdry sttys that
"ther be a ii or iii, but vcii litle Salt Springs at Deitwiehe in a low Botom,

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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before these troubles as he hath heard 150113 per ann' but the
same hath beene totally destroyed by Souldiers And though
lately sett upp agayne they are much decayed and the whole
is sett uppon the rack for ioolb per an. And believes they
would not for the future exceed i5olb per annu' whereof the
moiety is 75ib
These salt wiches falling to him since the beginning of
these troubles were ,sequestred in his right untill by colour
of an Order of the Com'ittee of Lords & Com'ons for
Suquestrac'ons made the iolh of July last the Lady Elinor
Brereton widdow gott into the possession thereof p'tending
the same made to her in Joynture. And since p'tends some
other greater estate thereof as he hath heard.

Com. frlynt.

He is seised of an estate in fee simple of the moiety of
a messuage and tenem1 called Wolvesacre,1 wch is worth per an'
if out of lease 20lb But the said Lady Brereton is in poss'ion
thereof p'tending a lease of ye said whole tenem1 for 3 lives at
the rent of 40s per annu' whereof there belongs to him 20s

He is seised of the like estate in Ould rents in Iscoyd2
Tybroughton3 Orton4 and elsewhere in the said County of

vere sumtimes Suit is made" (v., fo. 82); and again lie notices at the " Dyrte
Wiche " a "new Titte besydc the old decayed " (vii., fo. 22). Mr. Helsby tells
us that these two hamlets of Fullwich or Dirtwich " are near a place called the
Wiche, and are situate on the river Fife. Three salt-springs exist in Upper
Dyrtewich (anciently so called) on the Cheshire side ; and two in Lower Dyrte-
wictt, which arc in the township of Iscoyd, in Flintshire .... Salt is not now

made in any of these works, having been discontinued for some years"

(Ormerod's Cheshire, Helsby's ed., ii. 664).

1 For Wolvesacre, which is in the township of Iscoyd, see the notes on
Wigland and Iscoyd. There was once a moated house or hall there (cx inf.
Rev. M. II. Lee, of Ilanmer).

- Iscoyd, die only one of the twenty-five townships in the parish of Malpas
which is situated in the county of Flint, all the rest being in Cheshire. On 5
March, 1 7 10, Sir Orlando Bridgeman of Ridley, Bart., grandson of the Lord
Keeper, sold all his "messuages, cottages, lands, wastes, rents, Sec, in Iscoyd "
(which would, no doubt, include Wolvesacre) to Sir Thomas Ilanmer, Bart., and
Mr John Jennens. The daughter, or niece, of the latter married William
Ilanmer, Esq., of Fens, who built the present hall at Iscoyd c. I725? tll's
passed with his daughter to Mr. (afterwards Ford) Curzon, and was then sold to
the Congreves, and by ihein to the Oodsals, the llaiuners retaining the manorial
lights (ex inf. Lev. M . II. Fee of Ilanmer).

;i Tybioughton, a township in the parish ol Ilanmer, and county ot Flint,

4 Orton, Overton, or Overton- Madoc, a parish near Hangor. It derives its
name of Madoc from Madoc ap Meredith, 1'rince of Lower j'owys, and Lord of
Overton, who F said to have erected a castle there, 'the village is situated on
the banks ol the Dee near the bridge where the road from Chester to Shrewsbury
t HK,:,r* the u\c 1 (Lewis's '/<>/><'/,' nt/>/tieu/ /F'<7. of Wtlli'% vol. ii )

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fflynt being in the whole ylh 6s 3d as he conceives the
same having falne to him since these troubles

Com. Lane.

He is seised of an estate in tayle in reversion in expectancy
after ye death of his father of a Tcnem1 in Ashton1 in ye
said County of Lane, in lease for 3 lives at ye rent of 53s 4d
out of wch there issues for ever a Rent of 43s so the cleare
rent thereof is 10s 4(1

Reprises

The said Mannor or L'pp of Brombrough is charged \vth a
p'petuall fee farme Rent to the Deane & Chapter of Chester
of 2ilb 15s 5d

The sd Rectory of Plemstall together wth other lands by
Indenture bearing date the 30th Day of October 160 Caroli
were conveyed over for 99 yeres for securing the debt of
4344115 to pticular p'sons therein menc'oned, wherein Tho :
Kynaston m'chant was bound wth him p'te of wch debt is
paid by the sale of the said other lands and there remaynes
due of the said debt To Mr Robt Bateman2 3oolb To Mr
ffreeman 400lb To Mr David Edwords 300lb At Mr Wilkinsons3
200lb Dr Goad 300lb Mrs Kynaston widdow 50. ffor wch the
said Tho: Kynaston still standeth engaged i55olb

Interest for the same behind 4 yeares 48olb

The said p'misses are likewise charged wth a rent of 100
m'ks per ami' granted to ffrancis Hackett heretofore wife to
Dove Bridgeman4 deceased, wch ffrancis is lately deceased
but there is arreare & payable to Dr Hackett her husband
levyable uppon the p'misses by distresse the sum'e of

266lb i3r 4d

ffor his Personall estate
Sir William Brcreton, Rich: Egerton and Arth. Allbrough
are bound to him in a bond of iooolb for paym1 of 85"' per

1 Ashton, probably ^hton-in-Makerfield, the largest township in the old
parish of VVinwick.

8 Called " Mr. Bateman town dark of London " in small Memorandum Book.
J Called "Mr. Goodwin at Mr. Wilkinson's shop" in small Memorandum
Book

4 The Rev. Dove Bridgeman, younger brother of Sir Orlando Bridgeman ; he
married Frances Bennet of Chester, eldest daughter of Mr. William Bennet of
London, and died 17 Sept , 1(137. His Widow was remarried to Lr. John
llacket, Bi: Imp of Lichfield and Coventry.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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ann' to him during an old life whereof there is unpaid the
sum'e of 5iolb

Item there is due to him from John Griffith & Robt
Griffith of Brimbo i8olb payable in September next

Item from John Howell since deceased the su'me of I33lb
but this was in trust for Orphans ye children of Mrs Haugh
growing due upon sale of some of their fathers lands And for
wch I33ib he hath given bond to the said Mrs Haugh.

There is also due fro' Andrew Ratcliffe for arrere of rent

i6olb

There are also about 300lb in other debts due to him wch
he cannot particularly remember for want of his papers a
greate parte whereof is desperate

Item he owes besides the debts above menc'oned by him
due To Mrs Wright widdow 400lb To Anne Bridgeman
widdow1 30olb To Mr Rich: Bridgeman of Amsterdam2
or to Mr Masters for him 5oolb To Mr Dorre I50lb To
Mr Walker 6olb To Mr Cottle ioolb To Dorothy fford
ioo,b To the Lady Ayloff ioolb

To the sd Mrs Haugh the 133th above menc'oned in case
the same be not pd by the sd Jo : Howell This is a true
particuler of my estate for wch I desire to compound accord-
ing to the Articles of Oxford being comprised wthin those
Articles and to have the benefitt thereof

18 Nov. 1646 Orl. Bridgeman.

J. L.

No. 6. Report of Sub-committee upon Sir Orlando Bridge-
man's Petition for Composition, 21 Nov. 1646.
[G. 192, pp. 431—433.]
Orlando Bridgeman of Chester
His delinquency that he hath bin a member of the honble
howse of Com'ons in this present Parliamtc and did repaire to

1 Anne, daughter of Sir Hugh Chamberlayne, knight, and third wife of
Edward Bridgeman, Esq., of Warrington, Sir Oilando's uncle, a staunch cavalier,
who died in October, 1645, while he was being conveyed as a prisoner to
London. His widow was re- married to Capt. John Edge worth of Cranallagh
Castle, co. Longford, and died in Dublin in 1685.

3 Richard Bridgeriiaii, a merchant in Amsterdam, was the youngest of Sir
Orlando's brothers ; he was apprenticed in London to a Mr. Robert Masters in
16 57 (Bishop Bridgeinan's Private Ledger). lie was the ancestor of the
Briilgemans of Combs in Suffolk.

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and reside at Oxford and other places held against the
Parliamte and beinge in Oxford he did sit in the Assembly
there, and was therein at the tyme of the Surrender, and to
have the benefitt of those Articles, as by Sr Thomas ffairfax
Certificate of the 24th of June 1646.

He had neither taken the negative oath nor covenant, but
prayes to be exempted upon the said Articles and vote of the
howse of Corn'ons'" pursuant.

He compounds upon a perticular delivered in under his
hand, by which he doth submit to such nine &c. and by
which it doth appeare

That he is seized in fee to him and his heirs in possess-
ion of and in five messuages or ten'ts called Parke Eyton
lyinge and beinge in the County of Denbigh, and of a
messuage and demeasne in Halgh, and Tonge in the County
of Lancaster being togither of the yeerely value before theis
troubles I45lb

That he is seized of a like estate in old rents there of
the yeerely value before theis troubles y[h 2s 9d

That he is seized of an estate taile in expectancy after the
death of his ffather by conveyance made the 30th of September
7° Caroli and is likewise possessed of the same for a tearme
of 21 yeers from the 9th No'ber 160 Caroli if his father shall
soe longe live which togither are to be valued as an estate
taile in possession, and of and in the demeasne of Ladyhall,
and of the Mannor and Lopp of Greate Leuer and ffarnworth
with Leighs Ten'te and the milles there of the yeerely value
before theis troubles 250lb now as he alledgeth not worth i6olb
p' ann'

That he is seized of a like estate taile in possession of
a Colepitt in ffarnworth in the county of Lancaster of the
yeerely value before theis troubles 66lb 13s 4d

He alledgeth this Coalepitt is nowe in a manner totally
destroyed and will be exhausted within two or three yeeres

That he is seized of a like estate of and in certaine old
rents in Leuer Anderton and ffarnworth worth before theis
troubles 32lb 2s io(1

That he is seized of a like estate of and in the third part of
the lo1'1' of Bolton lyinge and beinge in the County of
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acres ot Lands of the yeerely value before theis troubles
22lb 1 6s a/1

That he is seized in fee to him and his heirs in possession
of and in the Mannor and lordshipp of Brombrough of the
yeerely value before theis troubles 140115 And now as he
alledgeth not worth to be sett ioolb

That he is seized of a like estate in fee in certaine cheif
rents racke and cottage rents there yeerely worth before theis
troubles iolb 10s 6d

That he is seized of a like estate in old rents there yeerely
worth before theis troubles I2lb 10s 9/

That he is seized of a like estate in fee simple of and in the
Rectory or Parsonage impropriate of Plemstall worth before
theis troubles 140113 p' ann'

That he is seized of a like estate of and in divers old rents
issueinge out of severall Lands and Ten'ts lyinge in or neere
Wigland in the parish of Malpas in the said Countye yeerely
worth before theis troubles i5lb 13s 6d

That he is seized of a like estate of and in the Moyetye of
the Salt Wiches in Wigland worth before theis troubles 150th
his said moyetye 75lb But as he alledgeth, the same haue bin
in tyme of theis troubles totally destroyed by Souldiers, and
though lately sett up againe are much decayed, and the whole
now sett upon the racke for ioolb per annu'

That he is seized of a like estate in fee simple to him
and his heirs in possession of and in the moyetye of a
messuage and Ten'ts called Woluesacre lyinge and beinge
in the Countye of lllint which yield him 20s rent in posses-
sion and is in lease for three lives to the Lady Brereton,
and was worth before theis troubles if out of lease 20lb
p' ann'

That he is seized of a like estate of and in certaine old
rents issueinge out of seuerall Lands and Ten'ts lyinge and
being in Iscoyd, Tybroughton, Orton, and elsewhere in the
said Countye of fflint, beinge in the whole of the yeerely
value of 7lb 6s 3d

That he is seized of an estate in tail in reuerc'on in
expectancye after the death of his father of a Ten'te in
Ashton in the said Countye of Lancaster in Lease for three
lives under the yeerely value of 53s 4'*, out of which a rent of

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43s is for ever issueinge, soe that the cleere rent to be com-
pounded for is onely 10s 4d

There is due and oweinge unto him in debts i283lb the
perticuler persons and som'es of money menc'oned in his
perticuler

That he is endebted to seuerall persons menc'oned in his

perticular the debts beinge alsoe specifyed amountinge unto

the some of I720lb

And out of which estate of his he prayes to be allowed
2ilb 15s 5(1 a fee farme rent paid for euer out of his

Mannor of Brambrough to the Deane and Chapter of Chester

as by Affidavit

i55olb the remainder of 4344lb for which the said Rectory
of Plcmstall stands chardged as by deed dated the 30th of
October 16 Caroli doth appeare, and oath made that the
same is still oweinge, and the Conveyance in force, and
interest due for 4 yeeres amountinge vnto 48olb

266lb 13s 4d soe much chardgable vpon the said Impropria-
tion beinge arrears due upon the same of a rent chardge
a hundred markes p' ann' formerly graunted vnto one
ffrances Hackett heeretoforc wife vnto vnto [sic] Dove
Bridgman deceased, which ffrances is alsoe lately dead, and
this money left in arreare payable to Doctor Hackett her
husband, and leavyable vpon the premisses by distresse, as by
Affidavit

D. Watkins

21 No'bris 1646 i° 10 [i.e. Dec]

Jekom Alexander Fyne 2246^ 07s 2d

No. 7. Deposition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 21 Nov., 1646.
[G. 192, p. 461. ]
Orlando Bridgeman k1 maketh oath That there is issueing
out of the Mannor or Lo'pp and lands in Brombrough in the
County of Chester the yerely rent of 2ilb 15s 5d or there-
abouts wch was constantly payd before these troubles to the
Deane and Chapter of Chester. He likewise maketh oath
that there is due uppon bonds in wch he and Thomas
Kynaston of London stand bound in principall moneyes
besides interest to Mr David Edwards 300lb To Mr Robert
J^atcman 300lb Mr ffreeman 40Qlb At Mr Wilkinsons 2oolb

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN. 35

Mrs Kynaston 50lb He is also bound for the paym* of 300lb
principall money lent by Dr Goad for wch to his best re-
membrance the said Thomas Kynaston is bound wth him.
There is likewise due of the Anuitie or Rentchardge graunted
to ffrauncis Hackett by deed 233lb 6s 8d at least as he verely
beleeveth.

1905005

Jurat 210 Novemb : 1646
Robt: Aylett

No. 8. Extract from Minutes of Committee for Compounding as
to fine imposed upon Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1 Dec, 1646.
[G. 3, p. 309.]
i° Decembr. 1646
Mr Jenner Sr Da. Watkins Mr Moyer

Mr Darley Mr Hill Mr Shute

Sr Anth. Irby Mr Alexander Mr Wareing

Orlando Bridgman of the Citty of Chester Esq. 2246* 7s 2d
At a 10th

But if he settle the Impropriac'on of Plenistall whereof he
standes seized to him and his heires, to the Minister of
Plenistall and his successors for ever, Then the ffine to be

No. 9. Petition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman for abatement
of fine, 5 Dec, 1646.
[G. 192, p. 449.]
To the honoble the Comittee sitting for Composic'ons at
Goldsmiths Hall
The humble petition of Orlando Bridgeman 2
Sheweth

That whereas 2240lb was by this honoble Com'itte
uppon Tuseday last imposed uppon yor petic'onr for his

1 This entry records the proceedings of the Committee which .sat on 1 Dec,
1646, but the latter part at any rate of the entry must have been made
subsequently to 17 Dec., 1646 (see post, No. 12.)

3 Sec note ante, p. 24.

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Composic'on and the same appoynted to be paid presently.
He humblie craves that you will please to take into con-
siderac'on. That his estate is encu'bred wth a lease for 99
yeares made before these troubles for the securing of i8oolb
debts by him due in this City and for yc interest thereof in
all amounting to 2296113 13s 4d for wch lease there is noe
abatem1 made in ye said fine. And likewise that in the said
sum'e imposed upon him his old rents are cast upp at
6 yeares purchase, \vch are one wth another not worth above
10 tymes ye rent. And by the com'on custome of those
parts where his lands lye not above 6 or 7 yeares purchase at
ye most is given by any ancient Terrnt for a lease for 3 lives
of his tenem1 In both wch p'ticulars the rents in those parts
doe much differ fro' old rents in other places.

That his estate having beene lung out of his hands he
is not enabled (though he hath wth all diligence endeavoured
it) p'sently to rayse moneyes to any considerable proportion
for the paym' of his said fine. And therefore humblie
prayes that you wilbe pleased to afford him some longer
tyme such as in yor wisdome you shall think fitt wherein he
may by sale or mortgage of lands rayse the same unles this
hoble Com'ittee shall think fitt towards his fine to accept
of your Petic'onrs Impropriation. And that you will likewise
make an abatem1 in his fine for ye causes aforesaid

And he shall pray &c.

Ore. Bridgeman.

5 Decemb : 1646

Referred to the sub-com'ittee to state the businesse
that allowances may be made according as is
desired. John Ashe.

[In margin these figures]
1S1 -12-0
78 - 09 - 5

260 - 1-5
2246 - 7-2

1986 - 5-9
260 - 1-5

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAN.

37

No. 10. Petition of George Pressicke concerning Bromfyorough
Hall leased to him by the Sequestrators, 9 Dec, 1640.
[G. 11 1, p. 627.]
[In margin] The humble petic'on of George Pressicke
To the hoblc the Comittee sitting in Goldsmiths Hall London
for Delinquents Estates

Humbly sheweth that yor petr tooke for one year ending
the second of ffebruary 1646 [i.e., 1646-7] of Thomas Crosse
and Thomas Broston and others the sequestrators of the
Hundred of Wirra in Cheshire p'te of the Hall of Brombero
wth some land thereto adioyneing lately belongeing to John
Bridgeman sometyme Bp of Chester a knowne Malignant and
according to his agreem1 hath duely paid the Rent reserved
uppon yor petr for the vse of the p'liam* Now soe it is that Sr
Orlando Bridgeman son to the foresaid John Bridgeman
as yor petr is informed is admitted among other Delinquents
to compound for the said Estate of Brombero whereof
the said John Bridgeman the ffather haveing notice doth
disturbe the possession of yor petr and diverse others of the
Tennants of the said Lop setled in the said land by authority
from the p'liamen* as aforesaid threatning that if yor petr will
not imediately give up the possession of his holding before
the expirac'on of yor petr said Tearme that his son the said
Sr Orlando will cawse yr petr to spend more money concerning
the p'misses then yor petr is aware of wth other menaceing and
unbeeseeming words not befitting a p'son of his quality and
Condicon. The p'misses considered that yo11 wilbe pleased
before the said Estate be admitted to be compounded for
such course may be take[n] for quieting yo* pctrs possession
in the p'misses dureing his said Tearme as to this ho,,le
Comittee shalbe thought fit. And the rather for that yor
petr for his affecc'on to the p'liam4 hath suffered in his whole
Estate as well in this Kingdome as in Ireland being actually
imployed in there service this three yeare and a halfe past
And yo1 petr shall pray.

Wee heereby certify the contents of the above
petic'on to be true this ixtL of Decern'. 1646.

Thomas Crosse

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Sequestrators; who alsoe certifie y* wee have
tendered the Oath of the 5 of Aprill 1645 unto the sd
John Bridgeman late Bp of Chester severall times
since he came from ye enemies q'rtrs & he hath
refused to take it.

No. 11. Report of Sub-committee on Sir Orlando Bridgcman"s
Petition far abatement of fine, 15 Dec., 1646.

[G. 192, p. 429.]

In the case of Orlando Bridgman of Chester by yor order of
the 5th of December 1646, for to examine the demaunds
of his petic'on that therevpon allowances may be made
accordinge as is desired Nowe upon perusall of the
former proceedings it doth appeare.
That there is incerted in his perticuler that he hath com-
pounded for 78lb 9s 5d old rents of that Nature as they are
of in those Countyes, not of halfe the value of old rents in the
West, for which he was set in his ffine after the rate of
six yeers purchase, for which in other Cases of like nature
you vsually set but fiue yeers purchase, soe that in this he is
to be abated 78lb gs 5d of his ffine.

There is likewise two several som'es of i55olb and
266lb 13s 4d makeinge in all i8i6lb 13s 4d legally chardged
vpon his Rectory of Plenistall, as by seuerall deeds thereof
p'fected and other good profe made of the contynuance of ;
the said chardges nowe upon the Land, for which if to allowe
him as to others in like Cases, he is to be abated in his fine
i8i,b 12s.

All theis abatemts makeinge 26olb Is 5d His ffine set was
2246^ 7s 2d out of which to abate this Som'e, his ffine will
then remaine to be io,86lb 5s gd.

He tenders his impropriac'on of Plemistall to convey
it over to the vse of the Church, for the better increase of the
maintenance of the minister there, in which parish are
fiue Townshipps, and very many Inhabitants, and but small
meanes at p'sent ; of which he is seized as of an estate in ffee
to him and his heirs, and will vndertake to cleere it from all
Incumbrances for which if you shall allowe him as to others,
from whom you purchase like estates, it will amount vnto

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

39

I400lb which to be taken out of his ffine, will leave him yet
to pay in money 586lb 5s gd All which is left unto
considerac'on

D. W ATKINS.

14 Decembris 1640
Jerom Alexander

The fine upo' this revew the impropriation being
settled accordingly & of that value, for wch the gente-
men of that County are to be consulted with that soe
the settlement may he effectuall it leaves the ffine
586lb 5s 9J

No. 12. Extracts from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
as to abatement of fine, 17 Dec., 1616.
[G. 3, p. 331.]
iy° : Decembr : 1646
Mr Ashe Sr David Watkins Mr Shute

Sr Antho: Irby Mr Bateman Mr Wareing

Mr barley Mr Thompson Mr Oldfeild

Whereas Orlando Bridgman Esqr was formerly ffined
2246^ for his Delinquency, and that it doth appeare upon a
Reveiwe that his old rents were overvallued and p'te of the
Estate likewise charged with i8i6lb debt. It is therefore
Ordered that abatem* be made proporc'onally according to
the returnc of the Sub Com'ittee And that if he shall settle
the Rectory of Plenishall of the value of 140* p' Ann' as the
gent, of the County of Chester shall advise and this
Com'ittee approove for the maintenance of Ministers for
ever, There shalbe deducc'on in Leiwe of such settlem1
I400lb : which will reduce the said former ffine to 586lb 5s gd.

No. 13. Extract from Book of Deeds for A ugmentations 0}
Ministers' Livings as to settlement of Plcmtiall Rectory
by deed dated 3 March, 1646-7.

[G. 35, p. 9.]

Sr Orlando Brydgman of the Citty of Chester by Deed
dated 3? Mai tij iG.jG hath settled the Rectory of Plcmstctfl pf

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the value of I40lb per Annu' vpon Sr William Brereton and
others in Trust for the Ministers of such places as the gent,
for that county shall advise and as the said Comittee of
Goldsmithes Hall shall approve of for ever
Considerac'on i400lb

Cov1 seized in fee and free from Incumbrances

Cov* of the value

Cov* to-make further Assurance

No. 74. Examined Copy of Deed of Settlement of Plcmstall
Rectory for the augmentation of Ministers1 Livings,
dated 3 March, 1646-7.
[G. 147, pp. 479-485.]

This Indenture made the third day of March in the two
and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of or Soveraigne Lord
Charles by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffraunce
and Ireland Kinge Defendor of the faith &c. Betweene Sr
Orlando Brydman of the Cittie of Chester Knight al's
Orlando Bridgman Esqr on the one parte Sr William
Brereton Barr1 George Booth William Edwards and John
Ratcliffe Esqrs members of the House of Comons now
sittinge in Parliament at Westminster on the other parte ;
Witnesseth that the said Orlando Bridgman as well for & in
considerac'on of the sume of ffowerteene hundred pounds of
lawfull money of England vnto him in hand well & truelie
paid by the handes of the Treasurers att Goldsmithes Hall
appointed for the receauinge of Money raised vpon ffynes for
Composicc'on wth delinquents and by the said Sr William
Breiton George Bootli William Edwards and John Rattcliffe
the receipt whereof hee the said Orlando Bridgman doth
acknowledge and himselfe well and truelie satisfied I
Contented and payed and thereof and of every parte thereof
doth acquitt exonerate and discharge them the said Treasurers
and the said Sr William Brereton George Booth William
Edwards and John Rattclife theyre heyres Executors
administrators and Assignes by theise presents as alsoe for
divers other good causes and reasonable considerac'ons him
the said Orlando Bridgemah in that behalfc mouevinge ;
Hath graunted barg ired sold assigned and sett over and by

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MA if.

1T

theise presents doth fully absolutely and cleerly graunte
bargaine sell assigne and sett over vnto the said Sr William
Brereton George Booth William Edwards and John
Rattclife theyre heyres and assignes for ever All that the
Rectory and Parsonadge of Plemstall al's Pleymonstall in the
county of Chester with its rights members and appurteynances
whatsoever and all and singuler houses buildings barnes
gardens gleebe landes tenemts tythes as well greate as small
oblations obventions profitt com'odites and hereditaments
whatsoever to the said Rectory or Parsonage belongeinge or
apperteyninge and alsoe all deeds evidences and wrytings
touchinge and concerninge the same premises onely and true
Coppies of all such deeds Evidences and writinges wch
Concerne the same Joyntly with any mannors lands tenemt3
and hereditaments To haue and to hold the said Rectory
and Parsonadge tythes and all and singuler other the p'misses
wth theyre and every of theyre appurtenances vnto them the
said Sr William Brereton George Booth William Edwards
and John Ratclife theyre heyres and assignes for ever upon
Trust and Confidence nevertheles in them the said Sr William
Brerton George Booth William Edwards and John Rattcliffe
theyre heyres and assignes and to the Intent and purpose
onely that they the said Sr William Brereton George Booth
William Edwards and John Ratcliffe theire heyres and
Assignes and the survivr of them shall and will from tyme to
tyme and att all tymes hereafter p'mitt and suffer the
Minister or Ministers of such place and places as the gentle-
men for the said Countie of Chester shall advise or 1 the
Com'ittee for Compossic'ons sittinge at Gouldsmithes Hall
shall approue of to have receaue and take the rents Issues
and prolitts of all and singuler the said Rectory tythes and
premises wth theyre and every of theyre appurtenances for
his and theyre better increase and augmentac'on of Livehood
for ever wu'out rendringe or giveinge any Accompte for the
same And the said Orlando Bridgman for himselfe his
heyres Executors and administrators and for every of them
doth Covenant promise graunt and agree to and wth the
said Sr William Brereton George Booth William Edwards
and John Ratclife theyre heyres and Assignes that hee the

1 cf. No. 12, Minutes of Order, where the word is " and."

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said Orlando Brydman now is and standeth lawfully seized
of and in the said Rectory and p'misses and every parte
thereof wth thappurtenances of a perfict absolute and in-
defeazable estate in ffee simple and that hee hath good right
full power and lawfull authority to graunt bargaine sell
assigne and sett over the same p'mises and every parte
thereof, vnto the said Sr William Brerton George Booth
William Edwards and John Rattcliffe theyre heyres & assignes
for ever accordinge to the true intent & meaninge of these
presents and that the p'missees and every parte thereof now
are and soe for ever after shall bee and remayne vnto the
said Sr William Brereton George Booth William Edwards
and John Rattclife theyre heyres and Assignes acquitted freed
and discharged or otherwise well & sufficiently saved and
kept harmeles by the said Orlando Bridgman his heyres
Executors and administrators of and from all former and other
bargaines sales leases estates dowers Statutes recognizances
Judgemts Executions fines issues amerciamentes rents arrerages
of rents tythes troubles charges and Incumbrances whatso-
ever had made done suffered or Comited or to bee had made
done suffered or com'ited by the said Orlando Bridgman or
by any other person or persons whatsoever by or wth his
knowledge meanes Act Consent privity or procurement And
the said Orlando Bridgman for himselfe his heyres Executors
and administrators and for every of them doeth further
Covenant promise graunt and agree to and wth the said
Sr William Brereton George Booth William Edwards and
John Rattcliffe theyre heires and assignes that the said
Rectory and p'misses now are and for the greater parte of
twelue yeares last past have byn communibus annis of the
cleere yearly value of one hundred and fourty poundes aboue
all rents charges and reprizes And furthermore that hee the
said Orlando Bridgman and his heires and all and every
other person and persons wch now haue or any tyme hereafter
shall haue any right title claime interest or demaunde of in
or to the p'missees or any parte or parcell of the same shall
and will from tyme to tyme and at all tymes hereafter
duringe the space of seaven yeares now next ensuinge vpon
reasonable request in that behalfe to be made by the said Sr
William Brereton George Booth William Edwards and

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

43

John Rattcliffe theyre heires or assignes doe make acknow-
ledge Execute and suffer or cause to be made done acknow-
ledged executed and suffered all & every such further and
other Acte and Actes thinge and things devise and devises in
the Lawe whatsoever for the further more better and p'fecte
assuringe sure makinge & Conveyinge of the p'missees and
t:very parte and parcell thereof vnto the said Sr William
Brereton George Bofoth William Edwards and John
Kattclife theyre heyres and Assignes for ever in such Manner
and forme as before is declared As shall bee by the said Sr
William Brereton George Booth William Edwards and John
Rattcliffe theire heyres or Assignes reasonably devised
advised or required, In wittness whereof the said parties to
these p'sent Indentures Interchangably haue sett theire
handes and seales the day and yeare first aboue written
Annoq' D'ni 1646

Exd p' Edw. Rich Recogn' coram me Edwino

Rich Ar. in Cancell. magno
Sealed and delivered in 250 die Maij 1646

the presence of Edwin Rich

Edward Rich

Thomas Kemble

John Cheuely

Indors Claus Cancellar Infrascript
domini Rs primo die Junij Anno
infrascript

Brydgman Ar. p' Edwardu' Cantrell

et

Brereton Barr. & al

230 Junij 1652
This is a true coppie exa'i'ed by vs

Henry Cockson
Tho : Robinson

No-. 15. Letter from the Sequestrators to the Committee for
Compounding, enclosing List of sequestrated estates in hundred
of Wirrall, co. Chester, 13 March, 1646-7.
[G. 246, No. 37.]

Right Holjlc

According to yor order Comanding us to deliver in a
particular List of the Names of Delinquents & the values of

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their Estates since sequestred & wl they weare worth before
the warr Accordingly wee have Indeavored our selves to
doe, but in regard much of the Estates of Delinquents we
have to doe wth lay nere Chester a garison of the Enemies
wee could while Chester stood soe at Enmity make Little or
Nothing of them as alsoe the Incursions of ye Enemie als
Ortrings of our owuc: Soldiers distroyed much of the
Sequestred Estates in better Safety few being either wary or
tender of w* was Called ye Publiques, But our best
Endeavors being Imp'ved we humbly p'sent this List here-
inclosed to yor veiw and remaine

Yor most humble Servants

13 March 1646

Thomas Crosse
Tho : Kirkes
Richard Johnson

[Endorsed]

ffor the Right Hoble Comittee of Lords & Comons
for Compounding wth Delinquents at Gouldsmiths hall
p'sent in London

No. 16. List of sequestered estates in Wirrall hundred, co.
Chester, certified by the Sequestrators (enclosed
in preceding letter).

[G. 246, No. 37 1.]

A list of all particular Estates of Delinquents & Papists
sequestered in the hundred of Wirrall in the County of
Chester together wth the value they have beene sett for
since the sequestrac'on was laid uppon them & what
they weare worth before the warr

Sr Will : Brereton came into this hundred of Wirrall wth
this Parlam1 forses in Oct : 1644 & Settled A garison att
Hooton & another at Puddington being one anenst another
on either side the Contry live miles from Chester either of
them & the Sequestrators were chosen & settled at the Later
end of Nov. following, Immediately after the Delinquents
& Papists lands were leased, But such as lay nere Chester
the Enemies garison and all the sequestred Estates betweene
The Parlam1'' & the Enemies garison had little made of them

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN. 45

by reason of the strength of the enem' & their often Sallying
out & plundering the Contry

Orlando Bridgman Delinquent

his Demesne at Brombrough the grasseing &
meadowing in the yeare 1645 Eaten upp by troops
qrtrd in the Towne

Lett the yeafe 1646 to George Pressick & Mr Hunt
ffor ffifty pounds

Estimated in times of peace at — 150 - 00 - 00 p' Annu

Thomas Crosse
Tho : Kirkes
Richard Johnson

[Endorsed]

Certificate of the Sequestred Estats in Wirrall
hundred in Cheshire

No. 17. Examined Copy of letter dated 2 April, 1647, from
Cheshire Committee to Sequestrators, requiring the
enforcement of an Order of the Committee of
Plundered Ministers dated 19 Aug., 1646. for
increase of maintenance of the Minister of Plemstall.
[G 147, p. 469.]
Chester 2 Aprilis 1647

fforasmuch as an order is graunted dated August the 19th
1646 from the Comittee of Plundred Ministers that the yearely
sume of ffifty Povvnds should be paid out of the proffitts of
the Rtory of Plemstall and added to the sume of Twenty
Pownds p' Annu' to and for encrease of the Maintenance of
such Minister as being approved of should officiate the cure,
And forasmuch as Mr. George Cottingham hath served that
cure almost foure yeares, and hath the approbac'on of the
p'ishioners under their hands petic'oning for his Continuance
amongst them And also hath the testimony of seu'all
Ministers that he is a diligent and profitable Preacher of
Gods word and of good lyfe and conversation, Wee do
therefore require the sequestrators of the Premisses And all
such as shall receive the proffitts to add the sura'e of (fifty

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Powndes unto the above named sum'e of Twenty And to
pay the same unto the said Mr. Cottingham from the date of
-the said Order to the date hereof And so yearely untill
further Order

Intr. H. Brooke

Rich. Golborne Mich. Jones Tho : Stanly

John Leigh Ph. Mainwaring

Kog. Wilbraham
Tho : Croxton

This is a true Copye exa'i'ed by me

Henry Cockson
Tho : Robinson

No. 18. List of sequestered estates in the hundred of Braxton ,
co. Chester, 18 April, 1648.
[G. 247, No. 70.]

A Perticuler of the Names of all such Delinquents and
Papists as have Estates within the hundred of Broxton
in the County of Chester, and as have been or are
Sequestred as foil5

ffirst the Names of those Delinquents that have Com-
pounded at Goldsmiths hall London are

Sr Orlando Bridgeman for his lands the Rectory of
Plimstall excepted and not compounded for

The names of such Delinquents whose estates yet remayne
sequestred are

James Earle of Derby
John Earle Rivers

The Rectory of Plimstall belonging to Sr Orlando
Bridgeman, the Minnistcr that officiate there, to his xxlb
p' ann' standinge wages formerly out of the p'fitts of
the sayd Rectory hath feefty pownds additionall
meanes out of the same p'fitts by order of the honble
Com'ittie of plundred Minnisters, the remaynder of the
p'fitts thereof is rec' for the vse of the Com'on wealth !
beinge but smaal

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

47

18? Aprilis 1648
That the Perticuler aforesd is true is Testifyed by vs

Raph. Judson
The- : Robinson
Randull Palin

No. 19. Examined Copy of an Order oj the Committee of
Plundered Ministers, dated 1 Sept., 1648, for increase
of the maintenance of the Minister of M inshidl out of
Plemstall Rectory.

[G. 147, p. 467.]

At the Comittee of Plundered Ministers
Septem i° Anno Dom. 1648

By vertue of an Order of both howses of Parliam* of the
Seacond of May 1646 It is ordered y' the yearely sum'e of
fiftie pounds bee allowed and payd out of the surplus of the
p'fitts of the Impropriate Rectory of Plemstall in the County
Palatyne of Chester not yet disposed of sequestered from Sr
Orlando Bridgeman delinq1 to and for Increase of the
mainteynance of Mr Thomas Holford Minister of Minshall
in the County Palatyne aforesaid the present mainteynance
belongeinge to the seyd Parish beinge worth but twenty
pounds a yeare And the sequestrators of the premises are
requyred to Allow and pay the same Accordingly at such
tymes & seasons of the yeare as the same shall become due
& payable

Nath1 Bacon

Scene & approued of by vs whose
hands are under wrytten

Roger Wilbraham
G. Booth
Tho : Stanly
John Leigh
Tho : Croxton

The above are true Copeys Exaa
by Henry Cockson
Tho: Robinsone

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No. 20. Petition of Inhabitants of Whitegate for allowance for
maintenance of their Minister out of Plemstall Rectory,
5 Sept., 1648.

[G. 129, p. 613.]

To the right Honble the Com'issioners for Composic'ons with
Delinquents sittinge at Golclsmithes Hall.
The humble petic'on of the Inhabitants of the Parish

Church of Whitegate in the said County of Chester
Sheweth

That yor petrs beingc informed of the pious Inclynac'on
of the Parliam1 in giveingc a competent supply for Ministers
yor petrs are thereby incouraged humbly to p'sent to yor
Honble considerac'ons.

That Orlando Bridgeman Esq. haveing finished his
Compossic'on wth yor Honrs hath settled the Rectory and
Parsonage of Plemstall al's Pleymondstall in the said county
of Chester of the yearly value of i.iolb upon Sr William
Brereton Barr1 George Booth William Edwards and John
Ratcliffe Esqrs in Trust to bee disposed of as the gent of the
county shall advise and this honble Com'ittee shall approue
there beinge allready allowed to the Minister of Whitegate
but 20 nobles per Ann' and the parish very greate

That the Knights of the Sheire takinge notice thereof
and beinge desirous some allowance should bee had for the
Minister of Whitegate aforesaid.

Yor petic'oivjrs therefore humbly pray that yor Honrs will
bee pleased as in cases of like nature to give Allowance of ffiftie
poundes per Annu' for the maynteynance of the Minister of
Whitegate to bee paid out of the Rectory of Plemstall.

And yo petrs shall eu' pray &c

5 Septe'ber 1648

Ordered that the remainder be setled as it is desired
by the petition.

[In margin]
The Petic'on of the Inhabitants

of Whitegate 2206

to speake wth Coll. Edwards

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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No. 21. Extract from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
containing order Jor increase of maintenance of the
Minister of Nantwich out of Plemstall Rectory,
2 Nov., 1618.

[G. 5, pp. 19-21.]
Jovis 2ll° die Novembris: 1648
Mr John Ashe Mr Edw: Ashe Mr Venner
Mr Jenner Sl D. Watkins

Mr Hoyle M* Moyer

M Goodwin Mr Thomason

Whereas Orlando Bridgeman of ye Citty of Chester
Esq* hath by a former order of this Comttoe setled I40lb p'
Ann' viz1 50lb p' Ann' vpon ye Church of Whitegate & y,;
residue on such places as this Comllee shall appoynt. It is
this day ordered yl 5olb p' Ann' p'te of ye 140"' p' Ann'
(allready setled) bee allowed to ye Church of Namptwich for
increase of mayntenance to ye Ministry there wch said allow-
ance (together wth ye Arrears from ye date of ye sayd settle-
ment) is to bee payd from tyme to tyme for y° benefitt of ye
Ministry in ye Church of Namptwich as aforesayd

So. 22. Examined Copy of Certificate of Edward Rich, dated
23 Nov., 1648, as to settlement of Plemstall Rectory
and an Order of the Committee for Compounding
dated 8 Nov., 1648, for increase of maintenance of
the Minister of Nantwich.

[G. 147, pp. 473—477.]
Whereas by an order of the right honorable the Comittee
for Compoundinge wth delinquents sittinge att Gouldsmithes
Hall dated the seaventeene day of December 1646 Yt is
amongst other thinges therein contayned ordered that
Orlando Bridgman Ksqr should settle the Rectory of Plem-
stall of the value of one hundred and fourty p own ds p' Annu'
as the gentlemen of the Countie of Chester should advise
And the said Com'ittee approue for the Maintenance of
Ministers for ever In pursuance of wch said order the said
Orlando Bridgman Knight al's Orlando Bridgman Esqr by
his Indenture bearinge date the third day of March in the

Vul. II., 311I Scries. (;

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tow and twentith yeare of the Raigne of our Soverainge Lord
the Kinges Maiestie that now is made betweene him the
said Orlando Bridgman on the one parte Sr William Brereton
barronett George Booth William Edwards and John Rattcliffe
Esqrs on the other parte for the Considerac'on therein
Expressed did graunte bargaine sell assigne & sett over vntu
the saide Sr William Brereton And other the trusties before
named theire heires and assignes for ever All that the Rectory
and parsonage of Ptemstall al's Pleymondstall in the County
of Chester wth its rights Members and appurtenances what-
soever And all and singuler houses buildings barnes gardens
Glebe Landes tenemts tythes as well greate as smale oblations
obventions profitts Commodities or herediments whatsoever
to the said Rectory or Parsonadge belonginge or appertain-
inge and alsoe all deeds evidences and writings touchinge
and concerninge the same p'misses onely and true coppies
of all such deeds evidences and writings which concerne the
same joyntly wth any other Mannors Lands tenemts and here-
ditaments to haue and to hold the said Rector}' and Parson-
adge tythes and all and singuler other the p'misses wth theire
and every of theire appurtenances to the said Sr William Brereton
& other the said trustees theire heires and assignes for ever
vpon trust & confidence Nevertheles In them the said trusties
theire hey res and assignes And to the intent and purpose
onelie that the said S William Brereton and other the saide
trustees theire heyrcs and assignes and the survivor of
them shall and will from tyme to tyme and att all tymes
hereafter p'mitt & suffer the Minister or Ministers of such
place and places as the gentlemen of the said Countie of
Chester shall advise or the said Committee for Compositions
shall approue of, to have, receave and take the rents yssues
and profitts of all & singuler the said Rectory tythes and
and p'misses wth theire and every of theire appurtenances for
his and theire better Increase and augmcntac'on of Lyvlihood
for ever wlhout rendringe or givingc any Accompte of the
same And whereas by an other order dated the eight day
of November Instant made by the said Commissioners for
Compounding^ \vth delinquents Yt is amongst other thinges
therein likewise contayned ordered that fifftie pownds p'
Aniuf parte of the one hundred and fourtie pownds soe

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAM.

settled as aforesaid shalbe allowed to the Church of Nampt-
wich for the Maintenance of the Minister there, togeather vvth
the arrayes thereof from the date of the settlement, now to
the end yt may appeare how and in what manner the said
fifftie pownds p' Annu' is to [be] raised and paid, and that
the Minister of Namptwich aforesaid for the tyme freinge
may have and Inioy the same togeather with theirc hey res
thereof for the good and benifitt of hims.el.fe and the comfort
and satisfaction of the Inhabitants there accordinge to the
pious intent of the Parliament, I have sent downe a true
Coppie of the said Conveyance, orders and securitie fur
the same to be keept in some Convenient place lor the
Maintenance of the right and title of the Minister thereunto
And desire the Contents thereof may be published to the
said parissoners, letting them further to vnderstand that the
originall Conveiances & assurances concerninge the same
doe by order of the saide Committee remaine in my custodye
Att my Chamber In Lincolnes Innes where I shalbe ready
to give satisfaction to the parisshoners or such others as are
therein concerned touchinge the same. Given vnder my
hand the three and Twentith day of Nouember Anno Regni
D'ni fi'ri Caroli nunc Rss Anglie etc. vicessimo quarto Annoq'
D'ni 1648.

I have now alsoe power if any question doe arrise touchinge
the settlement aforesaid to sue att the charge of the parlia-
ment all such as shall doe any thinge to disturbance thereof

p' me Edward Rich

Edward Rich

230 Junij 1652
This is a true Coppie exa'i'ed by vs
Henry Cock son
Tho : Robinson.

No. 23. Extract from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
as to non-payment of money ordered to be paid to Minister
of Nantwich, 17 April, 1649.
[G. 5, p. 86; cf G. 6, p. 15.)
Martis 170 April 1649
S' Arthur I Iazilrig Mr Clement Mr Venncr

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Mr Jo: Ashe Sr D. Watkins

Mr ffenwick Mr Mqyer

Upon a complaynt of Captn Venner That ye Comttcc of
Sequestrac'ons of ye County of Chester will not pay yc 50u'
p' Ann' p'te of an Impropriation bought of Sr Orlando
Bridgeman & setled vpon y€ Minister of Namptwich It is
ordered that a letter bee written to ye Comtee to require
them to pay ye 50,bp' Ann' as is directed by ye Comltce

No. 24. Examined Copy of an Order of the Committee for
Compounding to the Committee and Sequestrators for
the hundred of Broxton, co. Chester, dated 17 April,
1649, as to compliance with their previous Order for
increase of maintenance of the Minister of Nantwich.
[G. 147, p. 471.]
By the Comrs for Compounding wth delinqts
Goldsmith hall, London, April \j° 1649.
Whereas by former Order of this Com'ittee you were
required to pay ffifty poundes p' Ann' for the Maintenance
of the Ministery in Namptwich out of the Rectory of Plemstall
in your County, settled by Sr Orlando Bridgman for the
Maintenance of the Ministery for ever in such places as the
Com'ittee should appoint ; Now forasmuch as we are informed
that you refuse to make payment of what was due the last
halfe yeare, whereby the Minister is deprived of the benefitt
of the said settlement It is therefore ordered, and you are
hereby required forthwth to make payment of the said halfe
yearcs Rent unto the said Minister of Namptwich or such as
are Intrusted for the receavcinge of the same, accordinge to
or said former Order or else speedily to shew cause to this
Com'ittee of your refusall ; And hereef you are not to fayle

William Monson
To the Com'ittee and Sequestrator John Ashe
for the hundred of Broxton & Austin Skinner

Wirrall in the County of Chester John Edwards

Richard ffenner

Vera Copia Examin1 p' David Wattkins

Henry Cockson John Done

1 ho: Robinson A. Garland

SIR ORLANDO 13 RIDGEMAN.

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No. 25. Letter from the Committee for Compounding to the
Committee and Sequestrators for Cheshire as to the
enforcement of their previous order, 29 May, 1649.
[G. 248, No. 24.]
By the Comrs for Compounding &c.
Goldsmiths hall, London, vicesimo nono Maij 1649
Gent

In ansvvere to yorsof the 16th of May instant you may
hereby receive satisfacc'on That by the authority of Parliam1
This Com'ittee have power to dispose of Impropriac'ons wch
are to be compounded for to such places, where they are
satisfyed there is most need & the worst p'vision And that
the Comittee of plundered Ministers are not authorized to
make any graunt of the same longer than the sequestrac'on
is contynued & the estate uncompounded for And you may
further understand that the Com'tec is satisfyed that
Sr Orlando Bridgman hath valued the Rectory of Plemstall
at noe more then what he hath form'ly lett it for, nor other-
wise then it hath byne allwaies vallued, And therefore we
doe hereby order you to dispose of the same according to
our iorm' direcc'ons and that the arrerages & proffitts be paid
to those places & p'sons to wch they have byne setled accord-
ing to the order of this Com'ittee proporc'onably as the said
proffitts will reach to satisfy them. The carefull observance
whereof is desired & expected by

Yor very loveing freinds
To the Com'ittee & Sequestrator William Monson

for the county of Chester & Peter Wentworth

all others whom yt may John Ashe

concrne Tho. Waite

Jo. Leech D. Watkins

No. 26. Letter from the Committee for Compounding to the
Committee &c. for Cheshire, 20 May, 1652.
[G. 16, p. 425.]
20 Maij 1652

Gent

Upon ye Composic'on of Orlando Bridgman of
Chester Esq' who was to setle one hundred forty pounds p'

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ann for Augmentac'ons wee desire you will enquire and
examine how the same hath been paid to what persons and
places and by what order and that you cause the orders to
be produced and send vs vp coppies thereof wth all possible
speed wee are.

Yor affectionate ffreinds

S.M.
W.M. E.W.
R.M.

To the Comrs &c Chester

No. 27. Letter from the Committee &c. for Cheshire to the
Committee for Compounding, explaining what had
been done tinder the various orders for augmentation
of Ministers' Livings out of Plemstall Rectory,
1 fuly, 1652.

[G. 147, p. 487.]

[Endorsed]

ffor the honble the Comie for Compoundinge &c. at
Haberdashers hall London these p'sent
ffor ye speciall securitie of ye State

May it please you1 ho,s

Your Letter of the 20th of May 1652 concerninge
Orlando Bridgeman Esqr who upon his Composition was to
settle I40lb p' Ann' for Augmentations wee recd the 11th of
June last and in observeance thereof have made search and
enquiry into the premises, and doe fynd that the said Orlando
Bridgeman by deede conveyed oner the Rectory of PI i install
in this County vnto Sr W1" Brereton and others then
members of Parliam* by appoyntm* of the late Comticj for
Compoundinge &c. to bee for euer Imployed for Augmenta-
tion of such ministers meanes as the gentlemen of this
county should aduyse and the Com'(j afores'1 should approoue
of a Copey of which sayd deede wee haue herewith sent you.
Wee also fynd there was graunted two orders from the
Com'ittee o( Plundered Ministers thone for Allowance of 501'
to bee added to 20lb p' Ann' for the Minister of Plimstall, and
50lb p' Ann' for the Minister of Minshall : vpon both which

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

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orders & the deputy Lts of this County their Orders or
Approbations of the sayd Ministers at Plimstail and Minshall,
the former Comte in Broxton hundred payd what they could
rayse of the sayd Rectory of Plimstail vnto ye said two
Ministers, for it seemes the sayd Rectory would not reach to
soe much as Mr Bridgeman gaue in the same to bee worth,
the Copeys of which sayd orders for the sayd two Ministers
wee haue herewith sent you. We lykewyse fynd that the
Comtio for Compoundirfge aforesd graunted two orders thone
for 50lb p' Aim for the Minister at Namptwich, and thother
for 50,b p! Ann' for the Minister at Whytegate, the Copey of
the order for the Minister of Namptwich together with a Ccpey
of a deede Attested by Mr Rich of Lincolnes Inne for con-
fermation of 5011' p' Ann' to ye sayd Minister wee have also
herewith sent you. And for the Minister of Whytegate
aforesd hee beinge a caueleere and disaffected to the Parliam1
the parishioners there only shewed his order from the Comtie
for Compoundinge and tooke it againe with them and neuer
after (that wee can fynd) did prosecute the same further And
wee fynd that the former Ccm'ittie in Broxton hundred,
fyndinge it difficult for them out of soe small a value as the
sayd Rectory extended to satisfy thother three Ministers
i7olb p' Ann' & heareinge that the sa)d Mr Bridgeman had
farmed the same left their hands of it, And since wee fynd
that his Agent hath only payd the sayd Ministers at Plimstail
and Namptwich wl hath heen raysed out of the same ouer
leyes & taxes & wl other charges Issues out of it. Wee haue
not more herein to certify saue that the sayd Ministers at
Plimstail and Namptwich haue subscrybed the engagem1, we
leue all the premises to your considerations and remayne

Your horhmost humble servants

Henry Cockson
Tho : Robinson

Knutsford William Barrett

i° Julij 1652

[In the margin]

To take care y4 >" whole funds
purchased bee pd according to order

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No. 28. Copy of Letter from the Committee for Compounding
to the Committee ~&c. for Cheshire, 8 August 1652.
[G. 30, fo. 95.]

Gent.

In yors of ye 12th of May last 1652 yu recite a former
sent by yu concerning Arthur Davenport & Zachary Taylor
against [whom] there are informations of Delinquency But
wee are of opinion that they are discharged by ye Act
of pardon In regard ye seizure depended vpon a Judgem1 to
bee given by* no Judgement was given in ye case before ye
sayd Act. Wee have likewise recd yors of ye first of July
last 1652 wch was in answer to ors concerning ye Rectoryes
purchased by ye late Comttee for compounding of Mr Bridge-
man Wee desire you would take care yl [what] was setled
by him bee disposed of according to such orders as have
bin made herein by

8° August: 52 rT • 1 Yo" &C'

- J [In margin]

sent io0 Aug. 165 1 [qu. 1652]

No. 29. Copy of Resolution of Parliament as to Rules for
Compositions, 9 April, 1649.

[G. 6, No. /.]
Die Lune 9 April 1648.
Mr James Ash Reports from the Com'iUee touching Divers
further Rules touching Composic'ons

Resolved &c.

That those who shall compound att a sixth, shall pay
one sixth part of all their Chattells and p'sonall Estate, and
all Estates of Inheritance, whether in ffee simple or ffee
tayle, and for all other Estates, settled on ye Compounder
for life with Remainder to his yssues in tayle, Soe as the
sd Estates were settled by yc Compounder Since the yeare
1 64 1 or for Estates which were made with clauses of Revoca-
c'on that may be defeated and divested by the Compounders,
shall pay three yeares full value of the saide Estates

lien. S co be 11
Clic, Parliament!

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SIR ORLANDO BRIDGE MAN.

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No. 30. Order of Commissioners for advance of money &c.

upon information as to leases held by Sir Orlando
Bridgeman, for which he had not compounded,
24 July, 1650.

[G. 192, p. 451.}
Die Mercurij 24tu Julij 1650
By the Comission,s for advance of Money &c,
The Comrs beinge informed that Sr Orlando Bridgman
hath not compounded for certaine lauds held by Lease from
the late ArchBpp of Canterbury of the yearely value of
three hundred pounds or thereabouts Doe order that
Mr Leech doe certifye whether the sayd Sr Orlando hath
compounded for any lands held by lease from the sayd Arch-
Bpp and for what lands and what is the yearely value of them.

Exd Dan. Cox Regr

No. 31. Information given to Commissioners for advance of
money &c. that Sir Orlando Bridgeman had not
compounded for certain leases held from late Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, 8 Aug., 1650.
[G. 192, p. 447.]
August the 8th 1650.
Informac'on given to the Comr" for advance of Money &c.
that Sr Orlando Bridgman hath not compounded for certaine
Lands held by lease from the late ArchBishbpp of Canter-
bury of yL' yearely value of three hundred pounds or there-
abouts

Lx'1 Dan : Cox Reg'

No. 32. Copy of Resolutions of Parliament concerning Rules
for Compositions, 2 Oct., 1650.

[G. 253, No. 1.]
Die Mercurii, 2° Octobr. 1650.
Resolves of Parliament, Concerning Rates for Composition
of Delinquents.

Resolved, That all such Delinquents, whose Compositions
have been set, as shall within the respective times before
mentioned discover to the said Commissioners any part

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of their Estate, which at the time of their Composition was
under-valued or concealed, & ought to have been Com-
pounded for (shal in such case where no Information is
depending or Judgement given) be admitted to Compound
for such part of his or their estate so under-valued or

concealed as aforesaid, according to

[half a line here worn away and illegible] Compound, so as
they pay in their whole moneys before the Four and
twentieth day of November next ensuing ; And that all
such Delinquents against whom any Information is depending
or Judgement given, or who shall be discovered by Informa-
tion of any other person then themselves within the times
before limited, shall be admitted to Compound at the Rates
and Proportions following ; viz. Every person who hath
formerly Compounded at a Tenth part of their Estates, shall
Compound at a full Sixth part of what is so undervalued or
omitted ; Every person who hath Compounded formerly at a
Sixth part, shall pay one full Third part ; And all such who
formerly did Compound at a Third, shall pay one full
Moyety of what is concealed or under-valued respectively,
according to the present Rules lor Compositions ; so as the
said persons do pay the whole Fines to be imposed upon
such omissions or under-valuations before the said Four and
twentith of November

Hen : Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti

No. 33. Extract from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
as to order given to the Commissioners for Kent on
payment of additional fine by Sir Orlando Bridgeman,
2 [qu, 22] Nov., 1650}

[G. 12, p. 4.]

[In margin] Sr Orlando Bridgma' secundo Novembr. 1650.
Whereas Sr Orlando Bridgman of ye Citty of Chest, k'
hath according to ye Votes of Parlm4 of ye 2d of October last

,' ~~ • J

1 This entry is made at the bottom of the page under entries of the proceedings j
of the Committee which sat on 4 Nov., 1650. It is evidently a subsequent
addition made by a different hand, and the date in the margin is obviously a
mistake for 22 Nov., 16^0.

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN. 59

bin admitted to Compound for a Lease for the Tearme of 1 1
yeares to come of ye Rectoryes imp'priate of Ash & Walmore
& a p'cell of Ground called Petfeild in yc County of Kent at
ye yearly value of 25oIb wch was informed to bee omitted in
his former composic'on, & hath fully paid ye fine imposed on
hym according to Order Theise are therefore to order &
require all CommissrT* for Sequestrac'ons & other officers
whatsoever whome the same may concerne, y£ they forbcare
to molest or trouble the said Orlando Bridgman or his
Assignes but to p'mitt & suffer hym or yn\ to receyuc &
enjoy the p'fitts of ye said Rectorys & Ground duringe y(
Tearme aforesaid. And hereof &c.
To ye Commissioners &c. for Kent &c.

No. 34. Petition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman for Composition for
leases omitted from his former Composition, 6 Nov., 1650.
[G. 192, p. 446.]
To the honoble the Com'issioners for Compositions
The humble petition of Orlando Bridgeman kl
Sheweth

That Sir Mathew Menes who held the Rectoryes of
Ash and Walmer in the County of Kent and a parcell of
ground there called Petfeild being about 19 acres of the
Archbishoprick of Canterbury by severall leases made 13
Car. for 21 yeares about Easter Terme 16 Car. was convicted
ot manslaughter.

That yor Per as steward by Patent for his life of the liberty
of the Archbishoprick being interessed in all forfeitures
within that liberty 20th of June 16 Car. did procure severall
new leases to be made of the premisses by the then Archb1>l>
for 21 yeares unto Adam Torlesse who shortly after assigned
them to yor Petr and Sr Mathew Menes having obteyned his
pardon and restitution from the late King severall suites
were com'enced & prosecuted betwixt Sr Mathew & yr petr
touching the interest in the premisses and Sr Mathew before
the late troubles procured an Iniunction out of the Chancery
for possession uppon his old leases wch Iniunction was never
dissolved and notwithstanding yr Petrs indeavours to the
contrary by vertue of those leases he enioyed the premisses
for many yeares and untill his death wch was in Anno 1648

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and his said leases are returned upon the Surveys of the
possessions of the ArchbPPrick and allowed.

That yr Pef being out of possession and his title litigious
hath lately compounded wth Edward Leuthorp gent, (being
in possession of the premisses under Sr Mathew Menes his
estate & title) for 5oolb.

That the premisses are worth at most but 300lb p' annu'
and yr Petrs interest if good in law doth carry but 2 yeares
profitts after the time limited for the expiration of Sr Mathew
Menes leases. .

Yr Petr compounded for his Delinquency in 1646 uppon
the Articles of Oxford but S Mathew Menes being in pos-
session he did not then compound for the premisses. But
humbly desires hce may now In: admitted to compound for
the said leases assigned to yr Pet1 as aforesaid.

And he shall pray &c.

()RL. BklDGEMAN.

6 Novemb : 1650

Referred to Mr Reading to
state ye case & to examine
what p'ceedings have bin at
Hab'dashers Hall in ye case.

No. 35. Extract from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
referring Sir Orlando Bridgeman's last petition to
Mr. Reading for report, 6 Nov., 1050.
[G. 192, p. 4 16 ; of. G. 10, p. 203.]
By the Commissioners for compoundinge &c.
sexto Novembr 1650
Upon the petic'on of Orlando Bridgman kn* (hereunto
annexed) It is ordered that it bee referred to Mr Readinge
to p'use & examine the matter of the said petic'on and whatt
proceedings have beene at Haberdashrs hall in this case.

Jo. Leech

No. 36. Deposition of Edward Leventhorp, 19 Nov.. 1650.

[G. 192, p. 441.]
Edward Leventhorp Esq1 maketh oath That Sr Mathew
Mcnnes having obteyncd his Pardon for a Manslaughter

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

61

by letters Patents dated the last day of October in the
sixteenth yeare of the late King did continue in possession
of the Rectoryes of Ash and Walmer and a parcell of ground
called Petfeild from that time till his death which was upon
the last day of May 1648 by vertue of leases made by
the late Archbishop of Canterbury the 8lh day of March
in the thirteenth yeare of the sayd late King

E. LEUENTHORP * Juratus 190 Novemb : 1650

Tho : Benet

No. 37. Deposition of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 19 Nov., 1650.
[G. 192, p. 439].

Sir Orlando Bridgeman k1 maketh oath that by Indenture
bearing date the 28th day of June 1648 hee did convey
his interest in the Rectoryes of Ash and Walmer and a
parcell of ground called Petfeild unto Edward Leventhorp
Esq1" for the consideration of 500,b therein alledged and that
the same Indenture was made about the time of the date
thereof and that the Counterpart thereof produced by this
deponent bearing the same date is a true Counterpart
thereof as this deponent verily beleiveth, and hee further
deposeth that hee had no more then 500lb for his whole
estate in the premisses And that he did not nor doth not
esteeme it to bee of any greater value in regard the leases
formerly made to Sr Mathew Mennes would expire by
effluxion of time the 8th of March 1658 or thereabouts and
the leases by wch this deponent claymed were to expire
the 20th of June 1661 whereby he conceiveth hee was to
enjoy no certainty but two yeares profitts after 8 yeares

ORE. BRIDGEMAN Juratus 190 Novemb : 1650

Tho : Benet

No. 38. Report of John Reading on Sir Orlando Bridgeman's
Petition, 20 Nov., 1650.
[G. 192, p. 435.]
According to yor Order of the 6th November 1650 upon the
petic'on of Sr Orlando Bridgman desiring to add to his
former composic'on, according to the Resolves of the
2(1 October 1650 wherein I am directed to state the Case

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and to examine what proceedings have beene in the
Case att Haberdashers hall I finde

That William late Archbishop of Canterbury by severall
leases beareing date the 8th March 1637 did demise unto
Sr Mathew Mennes knl the Rectories impropriate of Ash and
Walmore and a parcell of ground called Petfeild in the
County of Kent, from the date of the said Leases for 21
yeares. *

That the 15th April 1640 The said Sr Mathew Mennes was
convicted of Manslaughter.

That the petitioner being Steward of the Liberties of the
said late Archbishop, and thereby interessed in the forfeitures
in the Archbishops liberties, procured from the said late
Archbishop severall leases of the said Rectories and pre-
misses unto Adam Torless Esq., beareing date the 20th of
June 1640 for the tearme of 21 yeares from the date of the
said Leases which leases the said Adam Torless by his
Indenture dated 15th December 1640 assigned ouer to the
petic'oner for the whole tearme.

And I finde that the said Sr Mathew Mennes the 31st
October 1640 obtained his pardon and Restitution from the
Late King. That suits were com'enced betweene the
petic'oner and the said Sr Mathew Mennes concerning the
premisses and an iniunction graunted in Chancery in Trinity
tearme 1641 for quietting Sr Mathew Mennes his possession
therein.

And it is deposed by Edward Leventhorpe Esq. that the
said S' Mathew Mennes continued in possession of the said
premisses dureing his life. And that hee died the Last of
May 1648. After whose decease Edward Leventhorp Esq
tooke Letters of Admin istrac'on of the goods of the said
Sr Mathew, and entred upon the said Rectories and premisses.
And I finde that the Surveyors of the Bishops lands the
first of July 1647 certified the said Leases to Sr Mathew
Mennes upon their Survcyes to bee in being And that there-
upon the petic'oner being out of possession, and his title
litigious, did compound with the said Edward Leventhorp,
then in possession, and by his Indenture bearing date the
28th June 1648 in considerac'on of 500"' therein alleagcd to
be paid did graunt bargaiue sell assigne and sett over unto

SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

63

the said Edward Leventhorp, the said Rectories and premis-
ses, and all his estate right title interest tearme claime and
demaund therein. As by the said Indenture and the
Counterpart thereof now produced and deposed by the
petitioner to bee made about the day of the date thereof.

And it is deposed by the petitioner, That hee had noe more
then the said 5ooIb for his whole estate in the premisses
And that hee did not esteeme it to be of any greater vallew,
in regard the said Leases to the said Sr Mathew Mennes
would expire by effluxion of tyme the 8 March 1658. And
the petitioners Lease where [sic] to expire the 20th of June
1 66 1 , whcrby hee conceaued hee was to enioy in certainty
but two yeares profitts after 8 yeares. And it appeareth by
the petic'on, That the said Rectories and premisses are of
the yearly vallew of 300"'.

And soe the petitioner desireth to compound for his
interest in the premisses according to the Resolues of the
2<l October 1650.

But I finde the 8th of August 1650 informac'on was given
to the Com'issioners tor advance, that the peticoner hath not
compounded for ccrtaine Lands held by Lease from the Late
Archbishop of Canterbury of the yearly value of 300lb or
thereabouts, And it is deposed by [name left blank] That hee
hath severall tymes left warning at the house of the said
Mr Leventhorpe to appeare here to answere to that charge.

20 Nov. 1650

lie Compounds for Jo. READING

1 1 yeares to come of
250,b p' Ann'.1

(fine is 25olh at J 1650. 21 No'b'

S.M.

No. 39. Extracts from Minutes of Committee for Compounding
as to additional fine, 21 Nov., 1050.
\U. 12, p. 27.]
Jovis 21 Novembr : 1650
M' Moycr M* Winslow Mr Squib

Mr Russell M' Moore M' Bcrners

1 This seems to be a mistake : the yearly value was £300, the Hue {"250.
See the last paragraph of the Report, and cf. No. 39 f>os(

64 SEQUESTRATION PAPERS OF SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN.

Sr Orlando Bridgeman kn* vpon an Addiconall Particuler,
haueing formerly compounded vpon Oxford Articles

A lease for a 11 years 30olb 00s ood

25olb 00s ood being a debt of i5oolb

Fine 2 5olb

[In margin]
confirmed

• .-Iff" . , , • i\ Vl."

No. 40. Memorandum pasted at back of Sir Orlando Bridge-
man's Deposition of 21 Nov., 1646 (ante, No. 7),
shewing payment in full of both original and
■ • additional fines.

[G. 192, p. 462.]
Orlando Bridgeman
n° 1011
Intrats
Rep : 21 Dec. 49
ffme 586th 5s gd

To settle I40,b p' Annu' for ever

paid 1 8° iobris 1646 586lb 5s gd
in full

pd 22° Nov : 1650 250113 in full
of his additionall ffine.

[We are indepted to Mr. W. H. Hughes, of Shrewsbury, for his kindness in
photographing the picture, from which the portrait of Sir Orlando Bridgeman,
at the beginning of this paper, has been reproduced].

65

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER
ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

TRANSCRfBED AND EDITED BY THE

Rev. C . H . DRINK W A TER, M . A .

The packet, numbered 52 in the Calendar of the Shrewsbury
Borough Records, and there stated to contain four rolls of
the 1 2th year of Edward II. (1318-19), is thus described by
the Rev. W. I). Macray in his Report on the Municipal
Records of Shrewsbury:—" 19-22. Edw. II. Four rolls of his
twelfth year, 1319, at the f. of St. Jo. Bapt., of which two
are ' de forinsecis.' The ' Nomina Theynesmen ' occur again
here." (Historical MSS. Commission, Fifteenth Report,
Appendix, Part x., page 8). This is not quite accurate, for
to one of them is added on the dorse a short roll of 1344-5,
some sixteen years later. In the transcription which I have
made, this is not separated from its companion and placed
last in order, as then it would have followed one to which it
has no affinity — the roll of delinquents and deceased persons.
In fact, there are five rolls in this packet with separate and
distinct headings, which are now arranged in the following
order : —

1 Rotulus de forinsecis, 12th Edw. II. 1318-19. 124 names.

2 Rotulus de Gilda mercatorum, same date. 234 names.

3 Rotulus de forinsecis 18th Edw. III., 1344-5. 52 names.

4 Rotulus de Gilda mercatorum 12th Edw. II. (1318-9),
a very long roll. 314 names.

5 Rotulus de Gilda mercatorum, same date. 89 names (a
roll of delinquents). This last roll differs from the preceding
in several respects, though all but a few names are the same
as there found. It is in a different handwriting; there is
great difference in the spelling, especially of the place-names,
and corrections have been made in it. It is plainly a roll of

Vol, II., 3rd Series. I

66 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

delinquents or persons in arrears. Many of them, however,
are marked off as dead {mortiius), and others are not assess-
able as being life members of the Gild. It serves to decide
many indistinct words in the long roll (No. 4), from which it
was abstracted. Out of the 314 names contained, nothing
was to be had from some go persons, who are returned as
either worth nothing, deceased, or free for life. Roll 2 is a
very valuable one, as it gives not merely single names as
heretofore, but family connexions, fathers and sons. Different
individuals are coupled together as brothers ; in one instance
five : a circumstance which must be of very great help in
tracing out the descent of some of our early citizens. .

The trades mentioned are the usual ones, but several
designations are peculiar and inexplicable. Enrolment for
life in the Gild is now first encountered, and also enrolment
by special grace at the instance of the king or one of his
nobles, and magnatis in the body of the document is in one
instance corrected to regis in the margin.

In tact, the rolls now transcribed will be found to throw
some light upon an obscure period of our municipal history.
The Gild Merchant assumes a more important position,
admitting viitlandcrs (forincccos) to trade privileges only on
certain conditions, and in case of failure to comply with
such conditions, depriving them without any scruple.

Lists of Baptismal Names, Trades, Occupations, and
Places are added with references (except in the case of the
first-named), to the lines in which they occur, which are
numbered consecutively for this purpose. The documents
are in excellent condition, very few words have faded, a
corner, however, has been torn off one of them, and a few
names are thus irretrievably lost. The principal difficulty
arises from some interlineations in the long roll, which are
unusually abbreviated, and withal badly written. No attempt
has been made either to copy or to explain single letters,
marks, or signs found in the margin of No. 4 (the long roll).
Such an attempt would have been fruitless and unsatisfactory,
as most probably they are merely arbitrary marks, referring
to successful or unsuccessful applications for payment of
arrears, or to some matter which necessitated the erasure of
the name from the roll.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

At the end of the last roll, the roll of delinquents, there is
the heading of another roll: a Gild Roll, which is dated
1303-4, but the heading only is given, no names follow. As
this is 15 years earlier than four of the rolls of this packet, it
requires explanation, which can be only conjectured, viz.,
that parchment being scarce, the scribe commenced to copy
some early roll on the blank space at the end, and desisted
on lighting upon some larger membrane. This conjecture is
the more plausible, as there can be no doubt that some of
our rolls are copies either from rough notes or from other
documents. This very last roll is an abbreviated copy of the
preceding, the result of dictation, for the spelling is phonetic
and the place-names are not given in full.

§ ROTULUS de fforincecis qui primo et secundo sederunt
ad nonam assisam in Burgo Salopie. primus dies session is
fuit dies dominica in festo. nativitatis Sancti Johannis
Baptists Anno rcgni regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi
duodecimo (13 18- 19).

I

Robertus de Leycestr' Spicer

y°

ia

Adam de Prestone marchal

2

Thomas de Coltone carpcntarius

u°

3

Rogerus filius Walteri de la Clyue

ij°

4

Ricardus de Kel Alius suus soluit finerri patris sui

5

Willelmus hlius Willelmi de Stokpate (? Stokporte)

ij°

6

Michel Le Tayllar

ij°

7

Willelmus de mortones michel pannenter sub Wila

ij°

8

Adam de \Valcot'

U°

9

Rogerus Maldessone de ministerley

ij°

10

Willelmus liken piscator

U°

1 1

Rogerus de merydone

ij°

12

Radulph de Lond' (? London)

ij°

13

Rogerus de yagedone

ij°

14

Willelmus de Uptone

ij°

*5

Johannes films Rogeri Basesone

if

16

Thomas filius Henrici de la Clyue

ij°

17

Philippus Dugel

ij°

18

Rogerus de Hawcmon

U°

i<J

Ricardus de Upton' ffabcr

U'

2u

Willelmus Le smyd de Mudle

U°

68

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

21

Walterus films Henrici de Cliue

ij°

22

Willelmus de Goldene de Conedouer

ij°

23

Dominus Waterel

ij°

24

Johannes de Actone Spicer

ij°

25

Henricus nhus tnome Sens de Lye

ij°

26

Willelmus de Hotales

ij°

27

rhilippus nil us Johannis carnifex de Lyton

ij°

28

Henricus de Etone carpentarius

U°

29

Johannes de Mele pistor

if

30

Henricus de Lydley

if

31

rnilippus de Bentnale

ij°

32

Rotbertus de Grimesby piscator

y°

33

Henricus Le munks pistor

»j°

34

Henricus de Suttone pistor

ij°

35

t 1 i \ rr i

Johannes Dun rtaber

if

36

Alan us de le Were

ij°

37

Walterus de Wenlok

ij°

38

Polkynus de Ellesmere

iju

39

Hugo de Wygan

if

40

Willelmus Le tauerner

i)°

41

Kicardus de pres Carnifex

ij°

42

Johannes Le Waleys. cognatus D. vaghan

ij°

43

Kondulph de Sheltone

ij°

44

Alanus hhus Alani le norster de Wemme

ij°

45

Kogerus de Bourton Diaconus

ij°

46

Johannes Le Wayte pistor

y°

47

Kicardus Tristrem harper

ij°

48

Johannes hlms Willelmi de W elmton

ij°

49

Kogerus de Staneweye carnifex

U°

50

Kobertus de Pres tanner

ij°

5i

T T TTT'1 1 1 %

Hugo Wilchar Capellanus

iju

52

Galfridus de Notingham mercer

U°

53

1 T 7 * 1 1 1 l"* 1 ' ITT 1\ k * 1 ji

Willelmus hhus W. Petri le potter

f

54

Willelmus Portmon de Cantelop

55

Willelmus Doyl de Poliley

if

56

Willelmus de Lroulesmere

if

57

Morganus Justice de Conedoure

ij°

5«

Thomas Bron

U°

59

Willelmus de Weston iuxta Kub'm Castrum

if

60

Walterus tilius Madoci de Sutton

if

KoLLS OF TI1F l'OURTFFN I 11 CENT.UliV.

61 Roger us de Wythiford

62 Galfridus Wy&tes de Beystan

63 Thomas Hod)'

64 Radulph de Dene pistor
<>5 Johannes Sehyne piscator

66 Madinus Le Waleys pistor

67 Dauid del Whyttchurche mercer
08 Willelmus Las pistor

69 Dauid Le Leche

70 Rogerus de Hothales pistor

71 Adam de Bykedone
72. Ricardus de Ellcsmere

7 3 Thomas de Kynton

74 Thomas et Rogerus filii Rogeri de Cawes soluerunt

finem patris eorum

75 Rogerus de Smethecotes

76 Lobertus de Edestanston, mercer.

77 Adam Le Taillur

78 Radulph de Cobbeley

79 Johannes de Wygornia

80 Hugo hlius Ade Le Coruiser de munks fforyates

81 Johannes de Brokton' Celer . ij

82 Johannes vicarius de Ercalewe et invenitur parochie

de Baschirche ij

83 Philippus Godbe i,

84 Willelmus filius Hugonis de Adbastom ij

85 Willelmus Mainwarings ij

86 Rogerus Squier Junior de Chatevvall ij

87 Rogerus filius Rogeri Basesone ij

88 Adam filius Reginaldi de Hattone ij
8ij Johannes Le Masun de Dudleburi y
(jo Walterus de Glentham piscator ij
i)i Willelmus de Ellesmere ij
()i Willelmus de Wyluerstone ij
i)3 Willelmus de Suttone ij
cj4 Johannes Squier de Chatewall ij
(j5 Willelmus de Suttone pistor i j
96 Adam de Routon ij
91 Thomas de Harlascotes ij
98 Edward le mustarder ij

70 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

99 Ricardus de Hultone mercer ij°

100 Thomas de Rossale

101 Thomas filius Thome Bernard

102 Willelmus de Hultone tanner

103 Robertus de Kel

104 Ricardus Le Bor pistor ij°

105 Hugo Scaterych jjo

106 Nicholas filing eius et Willelmus fife eiusdem

Rogeri ij<;

107 Rogerus Bron' iju

108 Johannes de Osewaldestre tanner ij°

109 Thomas le couper de Neuport ij°
no Willelmus filius Rogeri le harpere de Wilderdeley ij°
in Thomas Jonessone del Whytechirche ij,J

112 Robertus Caretarius de le grene

113 Petrus filius Nigelli Rags ij°

114 Willelmus Bryd de Drey tone ij°

115 Rogerus de Rossale ij°

116 Ricardus de Slepe pistor ij°

117 Rogerus filius Willelmi de Hadenhal ij°

118 Willelmus Bron de Caldebrokes ij°

119 Reginaldus Le ffox de Norton' ij°

120 Alanus Kaym ij°

121 Johannes le crouther de Rossale ij°

122 Walterus de Thornburi scriptor de fforyate moyne ij°

123 Rogerus ffrent de Grafton ij°

124 Willelmus de Wesenham ij°

ROTULUS de Gilda mercatorum .... Burgi Salop' ad
nouam Assisam primus dies sessionis fuit dies dominica
In festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistaj Anno regni
regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi duodecimo

Rotulus de illis qui quatuor dcnarios sunt pacaturi
Nomina Theynesmen

125 Johannes de Lodelowe iij0 Galfridus Rondulfus. iij°
Johannes Gamel iiij° Nicholas Iue iij" Thomas
Colle iij° Alanus Clement iij" Rogerus filius
Willelmi Pryde iij0 Hugo Le Dunfowe, iij0 Thomas

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Jt

de Bykedone. iij« Thomas Vaghan iju Willelmus
^ filius Ricardi Le Parmenter iij° Reginaldus Perle. ij°

126 §Ricardus Sturi

127 §Rogerus filius Johannis dc Lodelowc ij«

128 §Thomas filius ejusdem Johannis j<>

129 §Johannes Baldewyn ijjo

130 §Hugo filius Roberti le Dunfowe ij"

131 § Willelmus filius Ricardi filii Ricardi Pryde ij°

132 §Johannes filius Hugonis Reyner iij"
r33 §Petrus Gerard iijo

134 § Willelmus filius Johannis de Lodelowe. ij"

135 §Stcuyns (or Se . . . rus) (see 394) ij<>

136 ^Nicholas filius Le spicer iij"

137 §Thomas filius Johannis Gamel ij"

138 § Willelmus filius Ricardi Sturi ijo

139 §Johannes filius eiusdem Ricardi ij°

140 ^Thomas filius eiusdem Ricardi j°

141 ^Johannes filius Johannis de Lodelowe ij°

142 ^Nicholas filius eiusdem Johannis ij"

143 §Thomas filius eiusdem Johannis ij°

144 §Thomas filius Thome Colle ij°

145 §Thomas filius Ricardi filii Roberti Pryde ij°

146 §Ricardus filius Ricardi Borrey iij0

147 ^Johannes filius Johannis Russel ij"

148 §Thomas frater eius

1 m §Johannes de Westburi j fratreSi .o
150 §Ricardus frater eius J

1 1 §Simon Colle ij°

152 §Thomas filius eius. ] rratres j"

153 § Willelmus filius eiusdem. J j"

154 §Ricardus Beget

155 § Johannes frater eius Cappllanus (sic)

156 |Johannes filius Alani clement ij.

157 §Thomas filius eius ij"
[58 § Willelmus frater eiusdem j"

159 §Hugo Andreu ij"

160 § Willelmus filius Galfridi Rondulfs ij"
101 §Galfridus frater eius j"
i()> §Johannes filius Nicholai lue ij"
163 §Thomas hater eius jj°

72

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

r

fratres j°

J"
j"

164 §Willelmus filius Thome de Bykedon ij°

165 §Thomas frater eius ij"

166 § Johannes frater eorundem j"

167 §Adam filius eiusdem Thomas ij°

168 § Johannes filius Rogeri Hlii Laurentii ij°

169 §Hugo filius eius j°

170 §Thomas filius Rogeri filii Laurentii ij"

171 §Adam de Bykedon ij°

172 §Thomas filius eiusdem Ade j"

173 §Reginaldus filius Hugonis le Dunkm-e^

174 § Thomas filius eiusdem Hugonis

175 §Hugo filius eiusdem Hugonis

176 §Johannes filius eiusdem Hugonis

177 §Willelmus filius eiusdem Hugonis

178 §Thomas Lombard. j°

179 §Johannes filius eius ^ j°

180 ^Thomas filius eius Mratres. j°

181 §Willelmus filius eiusdem Thome j j°

182 §Willelmus filius Johannis Pryde j"

183 §Thomas filius Simonis de Leybourne j,J

184 §Johannes filius Johannis Borrey j"

185 §Johannes filius Johannis Gamel j"

186 §Thomas filius Thome Gamel j°

187 §Thomas filius Thome Vaghan j°

188 §Willelmus filius Willelmi Le parmonter| fratres j°

189 §Jacobus filius eiusdem

190 §Hugo filius Johannis Iue J

191 SRicardus filius Willelmi de Besseford \ fmtres j"

192 ^Rogerus fr. filius eiusdem frater Willelmi J j"

193 ^Hugo filius Rogeri de fforde J°

194 ^Thomas filius eiusdem ] fratres .1°

195 SWillelmus filius eiusdem / j"

196 ^Thomas filius Willelmi de Bykedon \ j°

197 ^Willelmus filius eiusdem Ifratres ^°

198 ^Ricardus filius eiusdem Willelmi j j"

199 §Rogerus filius eiusdem Willelmi J j°

200 £Willelmus filius Rondulphi de Shelton I fratres Ju

201 ^Rogerus filius eiusdem j j"
.202 §Thomas filius Roberti de Rel (see 103) j°
203 §Philippus de Poliley ij°

jo

ROLLS OF THE FOU RTLENTII CENTURY.

204 §Willelmus ct Ricardus lilii eiusdem

205 §Rogerus filius Edvvardi lo mustarder

206 ^Rogerus de Smcthecote

207 §Philippus de Smethecote filius eiusdem

208 §Rogerus filius eiusdem Rogeri I- fratres.

209 §Willelmus lilius eiusdem Rogeri J

210 .^Thomas filius eiusdem Rogeri ii

211 §Ricardus nlius Xhurstani de Pychford ii

212 .^Ilugo lilius eiusdem ii

213 ^Willelmus nlius Ricardi lilii Thurstani de Pychford

211 ^Ricardus rilius eiusdemlr

t 1 ,,. • f rat res

215 ^Johannes nlius eiusdem J

216 ^Rogerus Gron' de Stenton ii

217 SHugo Bron' j

218 §Johannes Bron' I fratres

219 §\Villelmus Bron' J

220 §Robertus de Leycestrie i

221 ^Johannes lilius eiusdem j

222 §Robertus nlius eiusdem rfratres

223 §Hugo lilius eiusdem j" '

224 §Willelmus Le tauerner i

225 ^Johannes filius eiusdem j

226 §Rogerus rilius eiusdem . fratres

227 §Reginaldus lilius ciusdemJ

228 ^Thomas Bron' de Burleton ij

229 §Hugo lilius eiusdem

fratres

230 SRogerus rilius eiusdem

231 ^Ricardus filius eiusdem

232 §Johannis filius eiusdem^

233 ^Johannes Kech j". lilius Adami Kech.

234 §Rogerus lilius Ricardi de Leton ij

235 ^Ricardus de Leton frater eiusdeml

236 §Reginaldus frater eius. Hratres j

237 ^Willelmus frater eiusdem /

238 §Willelmus de Wesenam ij

239 ^Johannes rilius eius. ij

240 §Johannes Le Squier I

241 §\Villclmus ffrater eiusdem I

242 ^Johannes lilius Ricardi Le Barber sub Wyla j

243 ^Rogerus lilius Alani Pryde ij

Vol. II., in) Sc-rit.s. K

J

74 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

cri \
geri I

244 §Thomas films ciusdem Rogeri

245 SWillelmusfilius eiusdem Rogeri I ^ ,
i T 1 • ffratres

246 §Johannes filius eiusdem

247 §Hugo filius eiusdem J

248 §Ricardus filius Galfridi de Cantr'

249 §Allexander ff niter eiusdem Rieardi

250 ^Symon filius Willelmi le carpeutarius de Ballia

251 gRicardus filius Willelmi de Otley

252 § Willelmus filius Johannis Geffrey

253 §\Valterus Geffrey nunc finiuit ut pater inter

forinceces nomine filiorum suorum

254 gThomas filius eius. \

255 §Johannes filius eiusdem [fratres jo

256 §Willelmus filius eiusdem |

257 §Rogerus filius eiusdem J

258 § Hugo filius Johannis filii Iuonis j°

259 § Nicholas filius Thome filii Agge ij°

260 §Robertus filius eius j°
2,^.1 § Johannes filius Rondulfi Bord j

262 §Ricardus filius eiusdem rfratres j°

263 §Willelmus filius eiusdem J

264 gRogerus filius ) (Piece of the Membrane

235 §Steph j torn off).

266 §Ricardus filius Rogeri filii Willelmi Pryde

267 gRogerus filius eiusdem.

268 § Willelmus frater eius.

269 gThomas frater eius.

270 §Johannis frater eius.

271 ^Nicholas frater eius.

272 §fJugo frater eius et Walterus frater

273 ^Allexander frater eiusdem Hugonis ij°

274 gWillelmus filius Bogonis de Lodelowe

275 ^Johannes filius eiusdem Johannis

276 §Bogo filivs eiusdem Bogonis

277 §Thomas filius eiusdem Bogonis
27S iAYiilelmus filius Reginaldi PerJe \

279 ^Thomas i&us eiusdem Reginaldi ffratres

280 ^Reginaldus filius eiusdem Reginaldi J

281 ^Thomas filius Thome Vaghan senior j°

282 ^Thomas filius eiusdem Thome junior

fratres

ffratres

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

75

283 §Alibi Willelmus films Johannis de Lodelawe (erased

senioris ij"

284 §Johannis filius eiusdem Willelmi j"

285 ^Johannes filius Hugonis Reyner iij"

286 §Hugo filius eiusdem l"

287 §Rogerus filius eiusdem Johannis j"

288 >Johannes filius Johannis Le Blake j"

289 SRogerus michel ij"

290 ^Johannes Le tipper de fforiate hi)"

291 § Johannis iilius eius ij"

292 §Thomas de Colton Junior j"

293 §Adam iilius Adami de Stretton ij"

294 §Reginaldus Granegos iij"

295 §Rogerus Le ffissher de Colnham j"

296 §Thomas filius eiusdem j"

297 §Thomas Louesone ij"

298 §Ricardus Mile ij"

299 §Johannes filius Adc del Sycti j"

300 §Willelmus filius Ricardi Le Kent j°

301 §Ricardus filius Willelmi Le Coks ij"

302 §Alanus Iilius Willelmi Hagerwas ij '

303 §Rogerus Iilius Roberti Le Smyd de fforiate j"

304 §Nicholas Le Mastr' iij"

305 §IIenricus iilius Henrici meyler de fforiate j"

306 ^Thomas filius Johannis Le sadeler j"

307 §Alanus filius Rogeri Comyngs j"

308 §Henricus de Harley |

309 §Johannes de Harley /ff rat res ij"

310 §Galfridus de Harley /

311 ^Johannes Da sutor ij"
3iia§ Willelmus Male c&pe\\anus iiij"

312 §Laurentius P^rket ij"

313 §Ricardus le marchal | ffratres

314 §Laurentius le marchall j

315 §Willelmus iilius Johannis Geffrey ij"

316 ^Johannes iilius Willelmi de Lakes ij"

317 §Ricardus iilius Kicardi Russel ij '

318 §Ricardus Iilius Hugonis Sherm1 ij"

319 § Johannes le glouer iilius Hugonis le carter de1 fforyate i j"

320 §Reginaldus de Grafton ij"

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321 § Johannes Alius eiusdem Reginaldi j°

322 §Henricus filius Henricus Syke de Shelton

323 §Thomas frater eius ij°

324 §Willelmus filius Willelmi ffabri de Colnham

325 §Thomas filius Rogeri le marchal de Overton

326 §Alanus filius Hugonis de Kinlet j°

327 §Johanries filius Ricardi de Rouweston ij°

328 §Hugo frater eius ij°

329 §Ricardus filius Willelmi filii Petri ij°

330 §Hugo Crowe Nicholas frater eius ij°

331 §Ricardus de Besseford Rogerus frater eius j°

332 §Alanus mauwe (or Dauwe) ij°

333 §Thomas de Otley j°

334 §Thomas Lumbard Johannes tilius eius

335 § 1 homas frater eiusdem Johannis j°

336 § Willelmus frater eorundem j°

337 §Willelmus de Chatewall j°

338 §Johannes Mondrem ij°

339 §Thomas Willeson filius Willelmi Russel ij°

340 §Ricardus filius eius. j°

341 §Nicholas le carpenter tonsor ij°

342 §Thomas filius Willelmi Glunt j°

343 §Thomas Smith

344 §Ricardus filius Dauid de Colnham iij(>

345 §Johannes Poune (or Peunce)

346 § Thomas Johannes et Rogerus filii Petri greyhe

347 §Willelmus del Coten Cissor ij°

348 § Nicholas filius Thome Chary te et Willelmus frater

eius. ij°

349 §Ricardus filius Ricardi de Wemme mercer ij°

350 §Ricardus Le Capeler ij°

351 §Henricus de Prestecote ij°

352 §Willelmus filius Thome Enge j°

353 ^Johannes filius Warini de la tour . . . ham {membrane

torn)

354 §et Willelmus fratres eius j°

355 §Adam Edwin Thomas fratres eius.

356 ^Willelmus ivebb j°

357 ^Willelmus filius Willelmi mi^the (or minche) j°

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH OENTURY.

77

(IN DORSO OF PRECEDING ROLL B.)

ROTULUS de fforincecis de gilda mercatorum libertatis
villa; Salop' ad nonam assisam : Primus dies sessionis die
mercurii in festo sanctorum Petri et Pauli Anno regni Regis
Edwardi tercii a conquestu Octavo Decimo (1344-1345)

358 quietus

Willelmus de Rodene Cissor finiuit

xl.s.

359 qs

Johannes Champyon finiuit

lx.s.

360 q6

Johannes \e Bellezettere et Simon filius eius.

finiuit

lx.s.

361 qs

Thomas de mutton' fin1

lx.s.

362 qs

Johannes de Whichecote fin1

lx.s.

263 qs

Willelmus le Hornere fin* iiij.^*

264 qs

Johannes Radestard fin1

xl.s.

265 q5

Ricardus de Radebourne fin1

xl.s.

366 qs

Nicholaus de Blakeweye fin1

lx.s.

3^7 qs

Willelmus de Blakewey fin1

xl.s.

368 qs

Thomas de Stone et Rogerus filius eius. fin*

xl.s.

369 qs

Willelmus le Goldsmith de Offeleye fin1

xl.s.

37° qs

Robertus de Prestbury fin* et Johannes filius

eius. fin1

xl.s.

371 qs

Walterus de ffelton fin1

xl.s.

372 qb

Henricus de mutton' fin*

xl.s.

373

Philippus le Glouere fin*

C.s.

374

Adam de Rodene filius Rogeri de Lynches

Johannes et Willelmus filii eies fin* Lx.s.

375

Simon filius Robcrti de Chestershire de

Wenlok fin*

xl.s.

37^

Johannes de Betton Cissor

xl.s.

377

Gilbertus Sans filius Thome de Chesewar-

dyn fin*

xl.s.

37*

Rogerus Prykeproud fin*

xl.s.

379

Philippus de Rodene fin*

xl.s.

380

Ricardus de Wythiford clericus fin* iiij. marcas

381

Willelmus le Whyte de Etenesdon' fin*

xl.s.

382

Willelmus de Caderne de Edestanston' fin*

xl.s.

383

Rogerus filius Thome Russel de la Clyue

sans' fin*

xl.s.

384

Ricardus de Hastone Johannes filius eius fin*

lx.s.

385

Johannes de Sheynton (mortum est) nun-

cms Comitis Arundcll

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SHREWSBURY CAU) MERCHANT AND OTHER

386

receptus ad terminum vite pro xl.s.

3S7

Bened ictus le Bray fin1

Al.b.

388

Willelmus de Bromleye fin*

A 1 . b .

380

Thomas Pymot fin1

xl.s.

Johannes de Wirleye fin*

lx.s.

39 1

Adam Camperith fin*

xl.s.

392

Matilda Ilord ct Ricardus iilius Willelmi

Hord'inolendinarii iin1

xl.s.

393

Hamond de Wonlok' pistor fin1

xl.s.

Willelmus filius Hcnrici Steuenes de Lode-

lowe ypotecarius lin1

xl.s.

395

Adam de Neusom draper de comitatu I

,an-

castrie

fin*

xl.s.

306

Johannis de Ouerton

fin1

xl.s.

Menricus de Aston' et Johannes filius eius

fin*

xl.s.

J98

Rogcrus de Sonsawe Draper

fin1

xl.s.

399

A my a de la Grene

fin1

xl.s.

400
1

Robertus filius Rogeri de Thornes

fin4

xl.s.

401
1

Willelmus filius Roberti de Chestershire

de

Wenlok mercer

fin*

xl.s.

402
1

Thomas de Eyton piscator

fin*

xl.s.

40 1

Ricardus filius Andree de mere de Willen-

hale reccptus ad terminum vite pro

xl.s.

404
I T

Willelmus de Wottenhul

fin*

xl.s.

40=)

Willelmus Hardynge

fin*

xl.s.

4O6

Ricardus filius Johannis filii Ade de Aste

eye

et Thomas filius eius

fin*

lx.s.

407

Willelmus Tableter

fin*

xl.s.

408

Ricardus de Polyleye

fin*

xl.s.

409

Johannes Redy de Marchomleye

fin* xl.s.

410

Johannes Sauage de Brewode Episcopi

fin*

xl.s.

§ ROTULUS de forincecis de Gilda mercatorum Libertatis
ville Salopiensis ad nonam assisam. primus dies sessionis
die dominica. In festo nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste
Anno Regni Regis Edwardi iilh Regis Edwardi duodecimo
(1318-1319) Isti subscripti (jni prim© finiuerunt.

411 Thomas Le fforemon finiuit j° (primo) x.s. ad ij.
gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus.

0
u

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

79

412 Willelmns filius Ricardi de Wyggeleye de Lode-

lowe primo finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas . . . quietus j"

413 Willelmus filius Ricardi Le Gierke de Hawemon

mercer primo finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas
.... quietus.

414 Willelmus de Pollesworth. tanner, primo finiuit

iiij. marcas ad ij. gildas .... quietus est. j°

415 Willelmus filius 'Ricardi de Sydeweye de Comitatu

Stafford. Cissor finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas ;
quietus .... j°

416 Rogerus Webb de Bromlowe primo finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit et sic quietus j°

417 (debet) Willelmus de Burmyncham Coruiser finiuit

primo dim' marc' ad iij. gildas. Iterum pacauit
xxvij.d.

418 (debet) Ricardus de Actone Scherere primo finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic
quietus j°

419 Willelmus de Burleton' pistor primo finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

420 Johannes de Linley. mercator primo finiuit C.s.

ad ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus ju

421 Robertus de Strangeshull de Comitatu Stafford

primo finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas.

422 Robertus de Uptone appotecarius primo finiuit ad

ij. gildas j. marc' pacauit et sic quietus j°

423 Willelmus filius Roberti de Pulrebeche pictor

primo finiuit ad ij. gildas j. marc' pacauit et
pacauit marc' j"

424 Johannes de Lentwarthyn primo finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas mortuus est et non venit.

425 (f est. Nicholas le Blount de Swindon de comitatu

Stafford. Cissor, primo finiuit x.s. ad diias gildas
pacauit totum et sic quietus est j°

426 Willelmus Husel Cissor primo finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas (erased) mortuus j"

427 Willelmus filius Henrici le turner subter Lye

vudcr brokhurst primo finiuit dim' marc' ad
diias gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

428 Thomas Vrbel primo finiuit dim' marc' fid ij gildas j"

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SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

429 Willelmus de Vpton films Johannis Le fferur

primo finiuit dim' marc1 ad ij. gildas Henricus
filius eius pacauit finem et non irrotulatus quia
infra (at at em) j°

430 Johannes filius Henrici de Polilcg pistor primo

finiuit dim' marc' pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

431 Willelmus Austin de Ellesmere j° finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas (erased) mortuus j°

432 Johannes filius Ricardi Bras de Coten super

Tyrne j° finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit
totum et sic quietus j°

433 mem1 Elias de Hadley j° finiuit j. marc' ad ij. gildas

de sub hac forisfactura quot deferet litems
liter a domini sui patris quod Liber est. usque
festum natiuitatis Domini. Anno proximo
sequente et alioquin amittet libertatem
patris et super hoc venit et tulit literam
domini sui et patris finem et sic quietus j°

434 Johannes filius Martini Vicarius beati Petri

Abbathie j° j. marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum

et sic quietus j°

435 Robertus filius Roberti le Porter de trilleks

seruiens Petri gerard dim' marc' ad ij. gildas
.... quietus est j"

436 Adam (erased) de Oken de Comitatu Stafford

marchal finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas quietus est j"

437 Robertus de Prestone mercer sub Brokhurst finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus j"

438 Willelmus de Kel mercer finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

439 Adam de ffilgraue de Stretford finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas j°

440 Willelmus de Solleye j° finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas jo

441 Nicholas del Parkes j° finiuit iiij. marcas ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

442 Ricardus de Franketon j° finiuit dim' marc' ad ij

gildas (all erased) non venit . . . it' j"

443 Thomas le Brouster de Lye Bottwode j" finiuit xl.s.

(id ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

444 Johannes films Philippi de Penyitton j° finiuit xx.s.

ad ij. gildas jo

445 Willelmus filius Willelmi Russel de Eyton jP finiuit

j. marc' ad ij. gildas (all erased) non venit j°

446 Thomas de Boxstude, potter de Colham finiuit j.

marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

447 Robertus de Weston finiuit iiijor marcas ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

448 Willelmus de Wonbourne seruiens Willelmi de

Weston j° dim' marc' ad ij. gildas et pac' tot' j°

449 Henricus Colet de Astley j finiuit x.s. ad duas

gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

450 Willelmus et Hugo filii Ricardi de Biriton finiu't

xx.s. ad ij. gildas. pac1 tot1 et sic quietus j°

451 Reginaldus filius Willelmi de Caluerhale Tinctor

finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

452 Walterus Boterel de Biriton j° finiuit x.s. ad duas

gildas pro termino vite pac' tot' et quietus j°

453 Johannes filius (erased) Johannis de Biritone j°

finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas martinis est j°

454 Ricardus le Barbur, j" finiuit j. marcam ad ij. gildas j°

455 Johannes filius Johannis de Merydone j° finiuit j

marcam ad ij. gildas pac' (erased) tot' et sic qui' j°

456 Ricardus Stirks de Pichford j° finiuit xx(s.) ad ij.

gildas j°

457 Rogerus de Gesnokes. j° finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas pro termino vite pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

458 Magister Walterus de Ibernia cocus de Upton

subter Hawemon. j° fin' j. marc' ad ij.gild' pac'
tot' j°

459 Thomas Conyng et Simon filii Roberti de la Cliue

sutor j" fin' xx.s. ad ij. gild' pac' tot' et sic quieti j°

460 Philippics de moeleward de meneton'. j" finiuit j.

marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

461 Raymond Duraunt de Couyntre j° finiuit x.s. ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

462 Rogerus Horye de Wolstanstone ju finiuit j. marc'

ad ij. gild;is j°

463 Willelmus de Wrocwarthyn pistor finiuit xvj.s. ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus j°

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82 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

464 Rondulph de Bykedon. j° finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

pro tcrmino vitc. pac' tot' et sic quietus

465 Willelmus filius Henrici de Poliley. j° finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

466 Radulph de Walcott j° finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

467 Johannes Bakun mercenarius j° finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

468 Thomas de Fra? seruiens Willelmi de Wildehop' j°

x.s. ad ij. gildas pac' tot'

469 Ricardus Bungy de/ Arlascote j° finiuit j. marc' ad

ij. gildas. mortuus est (name erased)

470 Robertus Le Stoer, mercer j° finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

471 Johannes Le Latener de Couyntrie j° finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

472 Thomas Bungy de la Cliue tannator finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas pacauit quietus

473 Nicholas Le sadeler de Norhampton'. j° finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic qu'

474 Water ffesaunt de Pope piscator dictus Wayne-

payn finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gild' pac' tot' et
s'. qu'.

475 Johannes filius Hugonis Burnel de Wroccestre

moyner j° fin' dim' marc' ad ij. gild' pac' tot'
et sic. qui'

476 Willelmus de Prestone iuxta Moneford j° finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus

477 Johannes filius Petri Le barker carnifex quondam

seruiens Ricardi Beg' j° finiuit dim' mar' ad ij.
gildas. pacauit totum quietus

478 Rogerus Manderas Scherer j° finiuit xx.s. ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus

479 Willelmus filius Willelmi Attewode de Upton' j°

finiuit xx s. ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic
quietus

480 Adam filius Johannis de Norton iuxta Wroccestre

finiuit dim' mar' ad ij. gildas

481 Rogerus de Webbeley clericus j° finiuit dim' mar'

;ul ij. gildas soluit totum et est quietus

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

482 Rogerus Burgulnager cie comitatu Stafford' j° finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas (all erased) mortmis est

483 Ricardus frater Roberti de Weston j° finiuit ij.

marcas ad ij. gildas pacauit et sic quietus

484 Johannes de Chesterschire manens in Wenloke

clericus. j° finiuit j. marcam ad ij. gildas. pac' t'
et sic quietus

485 Willelmus de Lerrienestre cordewaner j° finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas

486 Hamond de Colnham sutor. j° finiuit dim' mar' ad

ij. gildas. pac' et sic quietus

487 Willelmus Le Webbe j" finiuit xx.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus

488 Reginaldus. in the Wychynes de Lilleshull j° finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas pac' t. et sic quietus

489 Thomas de Dreyton gener Nicholai Bonel j° finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas. pac: t. et sic quietus

490 Rogerus de Lyes de Comitatu Stafford. j° finiuit

dimidiam marcam ad ij. gildas.

491 Thomas lilius Willelmi Ryrid de Alkynton' j° finiuit

x.s. ad ij. gildas ad tcrminum vite p' t' et s. qs

492 Adam Matheussone de Munke foriate' j" finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas. pac' t. et sic quietus

493 Willelmus de Derlaston Cissor j° finiuit dim' mar'

ad ij. gildas

494 Willelmus de Grenley sutor. ju finiuit dim' mar'

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus

495 Jacobus de Ercalewe de Neuport mercer j° finiuit

dim' mar' ad ij. gildas. pac' t' et sic quietus.

496 Thomas filius Willelmi filii Roberti de le Cliue j°

finiuit j. mar' ad ij. gildas. pac' t' et sic quietus.

497 Johannes de Linley tannator j° finiuit dim' mar' ad

ij. gildas. pac' t' et sic quietus

498 Robertus de Hutokessader tannator j° finiuit dim'

mar' ad ij. gildas

499 Gilbertus Le Disserus de foriate ju finiuit dim'

mar' ad ij. gildas

500 Willelmus Knotte (erased) seruiens Thome de

Bykeddn j" finiuit dim' mar' ad iij. gildas
mortuns

84 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

501 Henricus de Sparchford de Lodelawe clericus j°

finiuit j. mar' ad ij. g' pac' t' ct sic quietus j°

502 Nicholas de Berwyke (mauucysiu) iuxta Atingham

j" finiuit ij. marcas ad ij. gildas

503 Rogerus filius Rogeri de la Were. ju iiniuit xx.s. ad

ij. gildas pac1 t' et quietus est. j°

504 Johannes de Londerchorp. dictus procurator de

Smethecote' j° finiuit xx.s. ad ij. gildas j°

505 Allexander de Denecastre. mercer j" iiniuit xx.s.

ad ij. gildas. et venit J. filius eius. et pacauit
tiiicin. Ouietus j°
500 Allexander le marehal del Wych\ j" Iiniuit dim'

mac' ad ij. gildas. j°

507 Johannes de Kyderminister. j" finiuit j. marcam ad

ij. gildas pacauit tot urn et sic quietus. j°

508 Henricus Kaym. j" finiuit dim' mar' ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et est quietus j°

509 Willelmus filius Willelmi de Goldene clericus j"

finiuit dim' mar' ad ij. gildas. pac' t. et sic quietus j°

510 Hugo de Hennecote tannator ju finiuit j. mar.' ad

ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

511 Reginaldus filius Reginaldi de Rossale j" iiniuit

xx.s. ad ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus j°

512 Johannes de Blakwelle de comitatu Hereford j°

finiuit dim' mar' ad ij. gildas j°

513 Ricardus de Presthop j" finiuit j. marcam ad ij.

gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus est '}"

514 Rondulph Hord j" finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas

pac' totum pro se et herede suo

515 Rohertus Waring de Shelton j" finiuit xvj.s. ad ij.

gildas pac' pro se et herede ct sic quietus

516 Willelmus le Chalener lilius Rogeri de le mere j°

Iiniuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

517 Willelmus lilius Hcnrici Voil j° Iiniuit x.s. (erased)

ad ij. gildas movium csL

518 Johannes filius Rogeri Attecros de Crisseche carni-

fex j° fin' dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' t. et quietus.
5rq Willelmus Whytuelke (or Whyl uehhe) carnifex j"
iiniuit dim' marc' ail ij. gildas. pac' t. et sic
quietus.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. 85

520 Henricas ftfius Galfridi le Sadeler j° MMi x.s. ad

ij gildas

521 Adam de Yorton cissor j" finiuit dim' marc' ad ij

gildas pacauit tot um et sic quietus.

522 Willelmus films Johannis de Linley j° finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

523 Rogerus Chasegrey Glouer j. finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

524 Thomas Coluox seruiens Thome Vaghan j° finuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

525 Nicholas ffouks medicus loud' j" finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas (all erased) movtuus.

526 Adam de Derlastone receptus est gratis ad instan-

sitirit domini Regis ad tcrminum vite sue

527 Adam de Walsshe molendinarius ju finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas.

528 Richard Rychardessone dame AnneySsone de

Wenlok' j" finiuit xx.s.ad ij.g. pac' t.et sicquietus.

529 Ricardus de Beurtone de comitatu Cestrie j° finiuit

x.s. ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic quietus.
536 Thomas de Stafford seruiens Thome Vaghan j°
finiuit dim' marc5 ad ij. gildas pac' t. et sic
quietus.

531 Rogerus filius Ricardi Le Tippere de Cherynton j°

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic
quietus

532 Willehnus filius Willelmi de Munkeforyate j° finiuit

j. marc' ad ij. gildas.

533 Rogerus (Tumpc de Crisseche finiuit dim marc' ad

ij. gildas.

5 j 4 Thomas filius Ricardi de Cherynton finiuit viij.s.

ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic quietus.
5 35 JohaniTes de Sutton pistor j" finiuit viij.s. ad duas

gildas pac' t' et sic quietus

536 Willelmus Blessedhody piscator j° finiuit j. marc'

ad duas gildas pac' totum.

537 Ricardus Wysdom moyner primo finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas pac' totum et sic quietus.

538 Thomas de Burghton'j" finiuit dim' marc' ad if.

gildas pac/ totum et sic quietus.

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539 Willelmus filius Ricardi Le meleward de Brugge

parmentarius finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

540 Willelmus filius Willelmi Leg' de Wemme j° finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' totum et sic quietus.

541 Thomas Le Dauber sutor finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas.

542 Ricardus Hamund de Colnham finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas pac' totum et sic quietus.

543 Henricus filius Willelmi Le Hayward de Halhton

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic
quietus

544 Ricardus de Hoghtone gener Walteri de Burghton

finiuit dim' marc' pro tempore vite sue pacauit

545 Ricardus de Wodecote seruiens Johannis Gamel

finiuit dim' marc' pacauit totum et sic quietus.

546 Ricardus de Burlctonc tonsor j° finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

547 Johannes P . . . . h Le Dauber de Stretford super

Auone finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas p' t. et s.
quietus. j°

548 Ricardus Geges de Egebaldenham j° finiuit xx.s.

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum ct sic quietus j°

549 Willelmus de Brome mercer j° finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas j°

550 Willelmus Burnel de Wroccestr'. j° finiuit j.

marcam ad ij gildas (all erased) j°

551 Robertus filius Hugonis de la Halle de Adbaston

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas. p' t' et s' quietus j°

552 Adam filius Thome Le Bole de munkesforyate j°

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas j°

553 Adam filius Johannis le seriant de Rugge j° finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas. pacauit totum et quietus.

554 Stephanus filius Thome Buney de la Cliue hopere

j° finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gilas. pac' t' et sic quietus.

555 Johannes de Stretford. tanwerus j° finiuit viij.s. ad

ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

556 Johannes filius Petri Madokkessone de Osewalstre

finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic quietus.

557 Rogerus cocus de Aldrescotes finiuit ij. marcas ad

ij. gildas. pac' t' et sic quietus*

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

558 [Mortuus] Johannes de Lyngen j° finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas (erased) mortuus est.

559 Ricardus Prodom de collam finiuit j. marc'

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus
est.

560 Walterus Alius Gilberti de Bettone finiuit xx.s. ad

ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

561 Willelmus films Johannis de Merydon finiuit x.s.

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

562 Willelmus de Lyneye finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas (erased) mortuus est.
463 Nicholas de Kyderminister. finiuit viij.s. ad ij.
gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

564 Henricus de Bromley de comitatu Stafford finiuit

xx.s. ad ij. gildas. Quietus.

565 Radulph de Astley finiuit j. marcam ad ij. gildas

et venit Johannes films eius et pacauit finem
patris et sic quietus.

566 Ricardus cocus de Ercalewe finiuit xx.s. pacauit

totum et sic quietus

567 Ricardus Marculfs de Ouerton finiuit xx.s. ad ij.

gildas pro termino vite

568 Robertus de Hu/ton' filius Hugonis Leuwe finiuit

x.s. ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic quietus.

569 Thomas filius Willelmi clerici de Preston iuxta le

Wer' finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas.

570 Thomas filius Johannis Huse de Balderton primo

finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas.

571 Radulph del Brokes de Hagwemon pacauit x.s. ad

terminum vite sue pac' t' et sic quietus.

572 Ad iiistau-\ Willelmus Corbet Trumpeter receptus
exam Domini I est infra libertatem ad terminum vite

Regis J sue ad instanciam magnatis

573 Gilbertus de Campedene finiuit dim' marc' ad

terminum vite sue ad ij. gildas pacauit totum
ita quod heredes sui libertatem non gaudebunt
pacauit totum et sic quietus

574 Rogerus le Someter de Longeley finiuit dim' marc.'

ad ij. gildas pac'. pro termino vite sue ita quod
heredes Libertatem non gaudebunt.

88

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

575 Ricardus filius Waited de Strangebetton j° finiuit

xx.s. ad ij. gildas pac' t' et sic quietus.

576 Willelmus de Stanley tanerner finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

577 Rogerus filius Gilberti de Betfon j° finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas. ad habendam libertatem pro termino
vite sue pacauit et quietus.

578 Rogerus Trothardde la Pole j° finiuit xx.s. ad ij. gildas

579 Ricardus filius Henrici de Twyford finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas Thomas filius venit et pacauit
finem et sic quietus.

580 Reginaldus Partrych de Poliiey finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas Rogerus filius eius pacauit finem et
Quietus.

581 Johannes et Thomas filii Thome de Biritone

venerunt et pacauerunt finem Henrici de
Markley aui eorum et de gratia speciali ad
libertatem Gilde recepti sunt. xl.d.

(In dorso).

582 Johannes Maddokessone de Osewaldestre finiuit. j.

marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

583 Johannes de Hattone cappellanus finiuit dim'

marc' ad totam vitam suam.

584 Johannes filius Waited de Wythyntone finiuit

dim' marc' ap ij. gildas

585 Willelmus de Collcshull cleric us finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas. pacauit totum. et sic quietus,

586 Reginaldus Pkage de Hereford finiuit xx.s. ad ij.

gildas

587 Rogerus de Derlastone tonsor. finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic Quietus.

588 Hugo Le Chalener de Lodelowe finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij gildas, pac' tot' et sic quietus.

589 Willelmus Le Colt de Burleton finiuit j. marc'

pac' tot' et sic quietus.

590 Johannes de Wenlok' pistor finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas. (erased)

591 Johannes de Bettone manens in Poliiey finiuit x.s,

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. 89

592 Robertus Lenge de Ellesmere finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas.

593 Thomas Alius Gilberti de Bettone finiuit j. marc'

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

594 Willelmus de Hodenet Alius Ade le hayward

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic
quietus.

595 Rogerus et Thomas filii Willelmi Bliskyn de

Prestone iuxta Monefordesbrugge finiuit primo.
j. marc' ad ij, gildas. pacauit totum et sic quieti

596 Rogerus filius Willelmi Terny de Rossale gener J.

Le Kent cappellanus fin' j. marc' ad ij. gild' j.

597 Henricus filius Walteri piscatoris finiuit j. marc' ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic Quietus.

598 Willelmus Waker de Astley cocus finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas.

596 Rogerus Le Oter de Colnham finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.
gildas. pacauit et sic quietus.

600 nichil. Johannes de Couyntre tannator finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas.

601 Johannes Le Botemon Carectarius finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

602 Willelmus de Patyntone mercer j° finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

603 nichil. Ricardus filius Hugonis Dodesone de Ellesmere

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas (erassed)

604 Ricardus filius Rogeri de Burleton molendinarius fin'

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

605 Radulph de Welinton faber finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

606 Ricardus filius Henrici de le Were finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas.

607 Johannes de Stafford Scriptor finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas.

608 Thomas de Charyness rector de Mudle finiuit j. marc'

ad ij. gildas. pac' et sic quietus.

609 Johannes de Wemme piscator finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

pac' tot' et sic quietus est.

610 Thomas Passelowe Le Salter del Whytechirche finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

VqI. II., 3rd Scries. M

QO SHREWSBURY GILU MERCHANT AND OTHER

ft* I Nicholas de Sardone tannator finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.
gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

612 Willelmus Pope vicarius Sancti Alhmundi finiuit et

Johannes de Alvestiaes et fin' x.s. ad ij. gildas.

613 Ricardus de Wodehall finiuit dim' marc' pacauit

totum et sic quietus ..... (words illegible)

614 Henricus Colle del Cauks tannator fin' viij.s. ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

615 Thomas filius Johannis Was de Castro Episcopi finiuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

616 Johannes frater eiusdem Thome finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas.

pac' tot' et sic quietus.

617 nichil Ricardus Le apportarius del Neuport finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas. (erased)

618 Johannes de Halhton carpentarius fin' j. marc' ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

619 Thomas Le Barker de Wemme finiuit ad ij. gildas j.

marcam.

620 Johannes filius Rogeri le messager de fforyate finiuit

viij.s. ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

621 Rogerus de Lemenstre tanner finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus

622 Rogerus seruiens Willelmi de Westone finiuit j. marc'

ad ij. gildas. Joh' filius eius pac' finem patris sui et
quietus.

623 Robertus le Barber de Kanbury finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas

624 Willelmus filius Hen. de mandechepinges de Nompte-

vvych primo finiuit ad ij. gildas pacauit dim' marc'
quietus

G25 Willelmus do Esthope seruiens Waltcri le Scryueyn'
finiuit dim marc' ad ij. gildas.

626 Robertus Le Tauerner finiuit xx.s. ad ij. gildas venit et

pacauit xv.s. debet v.s.

627 Ricardus Dun filius Walteri Dun molendinarius finiuit

ij. marc' ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus

628 Hugo de Lycheffeld tannator finiuit ij. marc' ad ij.

gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus

629 Johannes filius Hugonis le moleward de Poliley finiuit

ad ij. gildas ij. marc' pac' tot' et sic quietus

ROLLS OF THE EOURTEENTH CENTURY. (jl

630 Henricus de Router tannator finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus.

631 Johannes Le ffremon de Chiltone finiuit j. marc' ad ij.

gildas

632 Ricardus de Stretton films Ricardi Russel finiuit dim

marc' ad ij. gildas.

633 Willelmus de Pulrebeche taillur seruiens Willelmi Godoy

fin' dim1 marc' ad ij. gildas pac' tot1 et sic quietus.

634 Simundus de Lycheffelde tanner finiuit dim marc' ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

635 Robertus de Whytemore receptus est ex gratia special

et quietus.

636 Wiilclmus filius Rogeri de Hawemon finiuit dim' marc

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

637 Thomas de Peppelowe tiniuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

638 Roger us de Whytemor tannator finiuit viij.s. ad ij.

gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

639 Ricardus de Broktone Carpentarius finiuit dim' marc

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

640 Alan; s Da sutor finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas

641 Hugo filius Nicholai de Eyton seruiens Mugonis le

Dunfowe finiuit dim' marc" ad ij. gildas.

642 Thomas Le piper del Whytechirche finiuit dim' marc

ad ij. gildas.

643 Willelmus de Lye subter Brokhurst finiuit dim' marc

ad ij. gildas et receptus ad terminum vite venit
et pacauit totum et sic quietus.

644 Radulph de Ellesmere Armiger finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas (erased) mortuus.

645 Johannes de Teukesburi finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus.
64b Ricardus le Blake mercer de Ellesmere finiuit j. marc1
ad ij. gildas pac' tot' pro termino vite sue.

647 Thomas de le monede finiuit j. marc' ad ij. gildas.

648 Thomas Le Chapmon de Pulesdon. finiuit dim' marc"

ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

649 mortuus Robertus Le Colt del Neuport finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas.

650 Walterus de Wenlok' gener Nicholai Jue finiuit x.s. ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

92

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

651 Thomas de Kenewyks Cissor finiuit j. marc' ad ij

gildas

652 Walterus Alius Johannis Geffrey finiuit iiij.lb. ad ij.

gildas pro se et liberis suis. pac' et sic quietus.

653 Ricardus de Hakestan et Jacobus frater eius finiuit xx.s.

ad ij. gildas

654 Rogerus arthur finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas. Ricardus filius

eius venit et pacauit linem patris sui et sic quietus
ad terminum vite.

655 Thomas de Wixhull finiuit ij. marcas ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus est.

656 Willelmus de Hopton de Burleton finiuit viij.s. ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

657 Johannes Cronks de Brugge Junior finiuit iiij.lb. ad ij.

gildas pacauit et sic quietus.

658 Nicholaus de Staunton finiuit j. marcam ad ij. gildas.

659 Johannes Pate de fforyatc finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

pac' tot' et sic' quietus.

660 Rogerus de Smethecotes de Egebaldenham finiuit j.

marc' ad ij. gildas. pro termino vite patris ipsius

661 Willelmus filius Ade de Salop' del neuport finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas.

662 Hugo filius Johannis de Brome de Poliley finiuit x.s.

ad ij. gildas. pacauit totum et sic quietus.

663 Robcrtus le Leuere del Neuport x.s. ad ij. gildas.

664 mortuus Johannes de Wonbourne Vicarius de Ellesmere

finiuit xx.s. ad ij. gildas. (partly erased)

665 mortuus Thomas Geffrey finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas.

666 Willelmus filius Johannis de Biritton finiuit lx.s. ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

667 Ricardus de le Nomitwych carpentarius finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas.

668 Nicholas filius Ricardi de Salop' del Neuport liniuit

dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

669 Alarms filius Alani de Rossale et Stephanus filius

liniuit xxvj.s. viij.d. ad ij. gildas et pac. ij. marcas.
pro mcdietate. pac' totum et sic quietus-.

670 Ricardus de Meleford de la Pole j" finiuit j. marc' ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et si< quietus.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

93

671 Ricardus de Dalyley Bcwlger finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas.

672 Adam Le Hopere de la Pole finiuit ij. marcas ad ij.

gildas pac' tot' et quietus est pro termino vite.

673 Ricardus filius Ricardi de Frankcton finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas.

674 Dauid Benpesone de la pole finiuit dim' marc' ij. gildas.

675 Ricardus de Wernme de la pole finiuit xx.s. ad ij.

gildas.

676 Rogerus Heryngs de Atyngham finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

677 Willelmus Burnel de Wroccestre finiuit j. marc' ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

678 Henricus Mol de Atyngham finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus,

679 Henricus dc Wesstley gener Johannis de Poliley finiuit

x.s. ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

680 Geffrey filius Stephani de Beystan finiuit viij.s. ad ij.

gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

681 Willelmus Le Cocus de Alberburi finiuit x.s. ad ij.

gildas.

682 Thomas de Hatton manens in Lutle Wythiford fin'

x.s. ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

683 Rogerus de Aston juxta Ossewaldestre finiuit dimidiam

marcam.

684 mortuus Ricardus de Hadenale clericus finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas. (partly erased)

685 quietus Adam Le Chapmon de Ellesmere finiuit xiij.s.

ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.
086 Robertus de Crissechc finiuit 1. marcam ad ij. gildas.

687 a — est s . . . Johannes filius Thome de 1c lee dominus

quia infra de Biriton liniuit dim' marc' ad ij.

etatem gildas quietus, pro termino vite sue et

uxoris sue ciusdeni Johannis.

688 Johannes filius Reyncri de lee finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas pro se et liberis suis pac' tot' et sic quietus.

689 Johannes filius Ricardi de la Sale liniuit x.s. ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus est.

690 Petrus de Grenhull. de Ellesmere finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas

94

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

691 Thomas filius Thome Prykeprout j dc Wenlok' finiuit

viij.s. ad ij. gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus.

692 quietus Johannes Bardulf de Ossewaldestrc finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum

693 Alanus margeryesson the prestes de ffrankeuill finiuit

dim' marc' j.d. ad iij. gildas

694 Dominus Rogerus Trumwine receptus est gratis et

finis condonatur
G95 quietus est Ricardus de le Beche tiniuit viij.s. ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

696 quietus est Willelmus filius Ade de Chestre de Biriton

finiuit dim' ad ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic
quietus.

697 Ricardus Helbesone de Harlascote finiuit x.s. ad ij.

gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus

698 Gregorius de Uptone finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas

699 Johannes filius Walteri de Thornbury finiuit dim' marc'

ad ij. gildas.

700 Ricardus Croket finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

701 Godefrydus de Harlascote finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus.

702 Willelmus ffallythewulle moyner finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas.

703 Walterus de Preston gobald clericus finiuit ij. marc'

ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

704 Robertus de Aldemare finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas. pac' tot'

et sic quietus.

705 Willelmus de Lanton moyner finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

pac' tot' et sic quietus.

706 mortuus Thomas Gamel moyner (erased) de Chyreburi

finiuit vj.s. viij.d. ad ij. gildas

707 Willelmus Heued de Hawemon finiuit j. marc' ad ij.

gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

708 Rogerus filius Hugonis de Pontesburi j° finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas. p' t' et s. quietus.

709 Willelmus filius Ricardi de Upton finiuit dim' marc' ad

ij. gildas

710 Willelmus Moryce de Poliley finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas. pac' tot' et sic quietus

711 Stephanas Le parchemener finiuit viij.s. ad ij. gildas

pacauit totum et sic quietus.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

712 Johannes Le Aumblere filius Roberti de Northwode

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas.

713 Ricardus filius Johannis de Lilleshull j. finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas pac' tot' et sic quietus.

714 Philippus le marchal del knokyn finiuit s. ad

ij. gildas pacauit totum et sic quietus.

715 Walterus de Aldemare finiuit j° x.s. ad ij. gildas pac'

t' et sic quietus sub hac peona quod ferit literam de
libertate alioquin amittet

716 Johannes Corbet de Prestone finiuit x.s. ad ij. gildas

717 mortuus Rogerus de Wythecote Cissor finiuit dim'

marc' ad ij. gildas.

718 Willelmus le Roper' finiuit dim' marc' ad ij. gildas

Rogerus filius eius Cissor pac' finem et quietus,

719 Robertus de ffrance de Ercalewe j° finiuit j. marc' ad

ij. gildas

720 Yarforth at ythel de Maysbrokes j° finiuit x.s. ad ij.

gildas

721 Thomas filius Rogeri ffrent j° finiuit dim' marc' ad iij.

gildas

722 Rogerus Cissor de Sonsawe finiuit dim' marc' ad ij.

gildas

723 Willius le Baxter de Hagwemon de comitatu Waruiks

finiuit dim' marc' ad ij' gildas.

(apparently a roll of delinquents).
ROTULUS de Gilda mercatorum libertatis Ville Salop'
anno rcgni regis Edwardi lilii regis Edwardi duodecimo.
(A.l). 1318-1319).

724 Robertus de Strangeleshul nichil soluit et Johannes

filius Philippi de Penyitton. non soluit.

725 Willelmus filius Willelmi Russel de Eyton non venit

nec soluit.

726 Rogerus de Gesenokes pro termino vite. mortuus est.

727 Rondulph de Bikedon et pro termino vite. mortuus est.

728 Adam filius Johannis de Norton iuxta Wrokcestre

nichil soluit.

729 Rogerus de Lye de comitatu Stafford', nichil soluit.

96 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

730 Thomas filius Willclmi Reriht dc Alkynton pro ter-

mino vite.

731 Willelmus de Derlaston nichil solait.

732 Robertas de huttokesader tannator pacauit

733 Gilbertus le Disshere de IToricta. nichil.

734 Johannes filius Petri mauueysin iuxta Atyncham. nichil.

735 Johannes de Londerthorp dictus procurator de Smethe-

cote. nichil. 1

736 Alexander le marchal de Wych'. nichil.

737 Johannes dc blagewell de comitatu Herford'. nichil.

738 Rondulph Ilord pacauit 'totum pro se et HcRide suo.

739 Willelmus le chalener de mere, nichil.

740 Henricus filius Galfridi le sadeler. nichil.

741 Thomas Co'lfox. nichil.

742 Adam le Walsh molendinarius. nichil.

743 Willelmus hlius Willelmi de mongeforiete. nichil

744 Rogerus Cromp de Crissegges. nichil.

745 Willelmus hlius Ricardi molendinarius de Brugges.

nichil

746 Thomas le Daubere sutor. nichil.

747 Ricardus de Hoghton. pro termino vite.

748 Willelmus de Brome. mercer, nichil

749 Adam filius Thome le Bole de mongeforiete. nichil

750 Ricardus markulf de Ouerton. nichil.

751 Thomas filius Willelmi de Preston iuxta le Were.

nichil. et mortuus est.

752 Thomas filius Johannis Huse de Balderton. nichil.

753 Rondulph de le Broks de Haugmon. pro termino vite.

(or Brede)

754 Gilbertus de Camipedene. pro termino vite.

755 Rogerus le Somter de Longleye. pro termino vite.

756 Rogerus filius Gilbcrti de Betton. pro termino vite.

757 Rogerus Trothard de Pola. nichil.

758 Ricardus filius Hcnrici de Tvvyford. Thomas filius eius.

venit et pacauit iineni.

759 Willelmus de la Sale, nichil.

760 Ricardus le chapmon de Polileye. nichil.

761 Willelmus Robyns de Rossale. nichil.

762 Johannes filius Ricardi de Wemme de la Pole, nichil.
762a Thomas de nouo castello sutor pro termino vite.

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURV.

97

762b Johannes Weng . . . (de) Welnok'. nichil
762c Ricardus le tailur de Ludelschrawardyn. nichil
762^ Rogerus Collynges de castro episcopi. nichil
762^ Thomas le paynter. nichil

763 Thomas de Ayleston de Herford. nichil.

764 Willelmus de Hugh Lye. nichil

765 yeuan le Harper, nichil

766 Robertas Lenge de Ellesmere. nichil.

767 Hugo Bliskyn et Ricardus frater eius non sunt in

Rotulo nec quieti.

768 Rogerus filius Willelmi terny de Rossal. nichil

769 Willelmus Waker. nichil.

770 Johannes de Couyntre tannator. nichil.

771 Ricardus filius Hugonis Dodesone de Ellesmere.

nichil.

772 Ricardus filius Henrici de le Were, nichil

773 Johannes de Stafford, scriptor. nichil.

774 Thomas filius Johannis Gras dc Castro episcopi.

nichil.

775 Ricardus le porter de Neuport. nichil.

776 Thomas le Barker de Wemme. nichil.

777 Willelmus filius Hon de mandechepynges. nichil

778 Willelmus de Esthope {long erasure) nichil.

779 Johannes le Fremon de Chilton', nichil

780 Ricardus de Stretton filius Ricardi Russel. nichil.

781 Thomas de Peppelowe. nichil

782 Aleyn Da sutor, nichil

783 Hugo filius Nicholai de Eyton. nichil

784 Thomas le Baker de Whytechirch. nichil

785 Willelmus dc Lye subter Brokhurst pro termino vite

786 Ricardus le blake mercer de Ellesmere. pro termino

vite

787 Thomas de le munede. nichil.

788 Henricus de Kenewyks cissor. nichil

789 Ricardus de Hakestan et Jacobus frater eius. nichil.

790 Rogerus Archur finiuit Ricardus filius eius venit et

pacauit (finem) patris sui et Ricardus mercer ad
terminum vite.

791 Walterus de Strencham piscator. nichil.

792 Robertus Lentw(arthyn) [or Lemenstre] nichil.

Vo}. II., 3rd Series. N

98

SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

(In dorso but a continuation.)

793 Nicholaus de Stanton, nichil.

794 Rogerus de Smethecote de Egebaldenham pro termino

vite.

795 Willelmus Alius Ade de Salop, de Neuport. nichil

796 Robertus le Leure de Neuport. nichil.

797 Ricardus de le Nomewy ch Carpentarius. nichil

798 Nicholaus filius Ricardi de Salop' del Neuport. nichil.

799 Adam le hoper de la pole, pro termino vite.

800 Ricardus filius Ricardi de ffranketon. nichil.

801 Ricardus de Wcmme de la Vole, nichil.

802 Willelmus le Coks de Alburbury. nichil.

80 3 Rogerus de Haston iuxta Osewaldestre. nichil.

804 Robertus de Crissegge. nichil.

805 Johannes filius Thome de Lee pro termino vite.

806 Petrus de Greneshul' de Ellesmere. nichil.

807 Willelmus filius Ricardi de Upton' nichil.

808 Johannes le Aumblere filius Roberti de Northwod.

nichil.

809 Johannes Corbet de Preston, nichil.

810 Robertus de Fraunce de Erkalewe. nichil.

811 Yerward ab Ithel de Maisbroke. nichil

812 Thomas filius Rogeri ffrend. nichil.

Rotulus Gilde Salop' anno regni regis Edwardi filii Regis
Henrici xxxij° (1303-4).

BAPTISMAL NAMES,

Willelmus, 200
Johannes, 167
Thomas, 137
Ricardus, 129
Rogerus, 102
Robertus, 48
1 1 11 go, 40
Adam, 38
Henriens, 3ft
Nicolans, %()

TH TI MES OF RECU RRENCE.

Walterus, 23
Reginaldus, 16
Alan us, 14
Philippus, 12
Gilbert us, 9
Peti us, 8
Radulphiis, 8
Rondulphus, 8
Galfridus, 6
Alexander, 5

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. 99

Dauid, 5

Madinus, 1

Simon, 4

Martinus, 1

Stephanus, 4

Matilda, 1

Jacobus, 3

Michel, 1

Laurentius, 3

Morganus, 1

Bogo, 2

Nigellus, 1

Edwardus, 2

Polkynus, 1

Geffrey, 2

f Raymond, 1

Agge, 1

Reynerus, 1

Aleyn, 1

vSimundus, 1

Amyce, 1

Steuyns, 1

Andreas, 1

Thurstan, 1

Anneysone, 1

Warinus, 1

Benedictus, 1

Willius, 1

Edwin, 1

Yarforth, 1

Elias, 1

Yervvard, 1

Godfrey, 1

Yeuan, 1

Gregorius, 1

Ythel, 1.

Iuo, 1

SURNAMES, &C.

Ab Ythel, 720, 811

Bron, 58, 107, 118, 216 — 2Kj

Andreu, 159

228

Anneyssone, 528

Bryd, 114

Archur, 654, 790

Buney, 554

Attecros, 518

Bungy, 469, 472

Attewode, 479

Burg, 482

Austin, 431

Burnel, 475. 550, 677

Bakun, 467

Campcrith, 391

Baldewyn, 129

Champyou, 359

BarduJf, fxj2

Chary te, 348

Basesone, 15, 87

Chasegrey, 523

Beget, 154

Clement, 125, 156

Benpesone, 674

Colet, 449

Bernard, 10 1

Col fox, 524, 741

Blessedbody, 536

Colle, 125, 144, 151, 614

Bliskyn, 595, 767

Coluox, 524

Bord, 261

Corbet, 572, 716

Borrey, 146, 184

Crokct, 700, 809

Boterel, 452

Cromp, 74{

Bras, 432

Cronks, 657

100 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

Crumpe, 533

Lege, 540

Da, 311, 640, 782

Lenge, 592, 766

Dodesone, 602, 771

Louesone, 297

tfoyl 55

Lombard, 178

Dugel, 17

Lumbard, 334

Dun, 35, 627

Madokkessone, 556, 58

Duraunt, 461

Mainwarings, 85

l^nge, 352

Majdesaone, 9

ffallythewulle, 702

Male, 311

ffesaunt, 474

XIanderas, 478

ffouks, 525

Marculfs, 567, 750

ffrcnt, 123, 721, 812

Margeryessone, 693

Gamel, 125, 137, 185,

186,

Matheussone, 492

545. 7^6

Mauueysin, 734

Geges, 548

Mauwe, 332

Geffrey, 252, 253, 315,

652,

Meyler, 305

665

Michel, 280

Glunt, 342

Mile, 298

Godbe, 83

Mol, 678

Godoy, 633

Mondrem, 338

Granegos, 294

Moryce, 710

Gras, 774

Naterel, 23

Greyhe, 346

Partrych, 510

Hardynge, 405

Passelowe, 610

Hagerwas, 302

Pate, 659

Heryngs, 676

Perket, 312

Heued, 707

Perle, 125, 278

Hod)', 63

Picage, 586

Hon ? 777

Pope, 012

Hord, 392, 514, 738

Portmon, 54

Horye, 462

Pounc, 345

Husee, 426, 752

Prodom, 559

lue, 125, 190

Pryde, 125, 145, 182, 2(

Ionessone, 11 1

Prvkeprout, 378, G91

Just/cc, 57

Pymot, 389

Kaym, 120, 508

Radestard, 364

Kebb, 356

Rags, 113

Kech, 233

Redy, 409

Knotte, 500

Reriht, 491, 730

Las, 68

Reyner, 132

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

IOI

Robyns, 761
Rondulfs, 125, 160
Russel, 147, 317, 445,
725

Rychardessone, 528
Ryrid, 490
Sans' ? 377
Sauage, 410
Scaterych, 105
Schyne, 66
Serfs, 25
Sherm, 318
Smith ? 343
Squier, 86, 94
Steuenes, 394
Stirks, 456
Sturi, 126, 138
Syke, 322

Tableter ? 407
Terny, 596, 768
632, Tristrem, 47

Trothard, 578, 757
Trumwine, 694
Urbel, 428

Vaghan, 125, 187, 281
Voil, 517
Waker, 598, 769
Waring, 515
Was, 615
Webb, 416
Webbesone, 697
Whytuelke, 519
Wilchar, 51
Willeson, 339
Wybtes', 62
Wysdom, 537

TRADES, OCCUPATIONS, DESIGNATIONS, &C.

Apportarins (cf. Porter), 617,
775

Appotecarius, 394, 422

Archur, 790

Armiger, 644

Aumblere, 808

Baker, 642, 784

Barbnr, 454, 623

Barker, 477, 619, 796

Baxter, 723

Bole, 749

Boulger, 671

Careetarius, 112, 601

Carnifex, 27, 41, 49, 519

Carpentarius, 2, 28, 341, 618,

639, 667, 797
Carter, 319
Celer, 8|
Chalener, 789

Chapmon, 648, 685, 760
Cissor, 347, 358, 376, 415,

425, 426, 493, 521, 651,

717, 722, 788
Clericus, 380, 481, 484, 501,

509, 569, 585, 684, 703
Gierke, 413

Cocus, 557, 598, 681, &c.
Cokes, 301, 458, 802
Colt, 649
Cordewaner, 485
Coruiser, 80, 417
Con per, 109
Crouther, 121
Dauber, 548, 746
Diaconus, 45
Disshere, 499
Dominiis, 687
Draper, 395, 398

102 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

ffaber, 19, 35, 324, 605

fferur, 429

ffisher, 295

fforstcr, 44

ffremon, 631, 779

Glouere, 373, 523

Goldsmith, 369

Harper, 47, no, 765

Hayward, 543, 594

Hopere, 672, 799

Hornere, 363

Latener, 471

Leche, 69

Leuere, 663, 796

Marchal, la, 313, 314, 325,

436, 50G, 714, 736
Masun, 89
Medicus, 525
Mercator, 420
Mercenarius, 467
Mercer, 52, 67, 76, 99, 349,

401, 413, 437, 438,470, 495,

505, 519, 602, 646, 748,

786

Messager {cf. nuncius), 620
Meyler, 305

Moelward, 460, 539, 629
Molendinarius, 392, 527, 604,

627, 742, 745
Moyner, 475, 537, 702, 705,

706

Mustardor, 98, 205
Nuncius, 385, cf 620
Parchemener, 7 1 1
Parmonter, 7, 188
Peynter, 762c.
Pictor, 423

Piscator, 10, 32, 90, 402, .{74,
536, 5(J7> 6u(J> 7lJL

Pistor, 29, 33, 34, 46, 65, 66,
68, 70, 95, 104, 116, 393,
419, 430, 463, 535

Porter, 617, 775

Potter, 53, 446

Prestes, 693

Procurator, 504, 735

Rector, 608

Roper, 718

Sadeler, 306, 473, 520, 740
Salter, 610
Schcrere, 418, 478
Scriptor, 122, 607, 773
Seriant, 553

Seruiens, 468, 500, 524, 530,

545, 625, 641
Smyd, 20
Somter, 755
Spicer, 1, 24, 136
Squier, 240

Sutor, 311, 459, 486, 494, 541,

640, 746, 762a, 782
Tableter, 407

Tannator, 472, 497, 498, 510,
600, 611, 614, 621, 628,
630, 638

Tanner, 50,102, 108,414,634

Tauerner, 40, 224, 576, 626

Tauwerus, 555

Tayllur, 6, 77, 633, 762c.

Tinctor, 451

Tippere, 290, 531

Tonsor, 341, 546, 587

Trumpeter, 572

Turner, 427

Ulnager, 482

Vicarius, 82, 434, 612, 664
Whyte, 381
Yputecarius, 394, 422

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

103

INDEX LOCORUM

Abbathia, 434
Actone, 24, 41 S
Adbaston, 84, 557
Alberburi, 681, S02
Aldemare, 704, 715
Aldrescote, 557
Alkynton, 491, 730 *
Aluestr', 612
Arlascote, 469
Asteleye, 406
Astley, 449, 565, 59S
Aston, 397

Aston (nr Oswestry), 683,803

Atingham, 502, 676, 678

Atynghame, 676, 678

Ayleston, 763

Balderton, 570, 752

Ballia, 250

Beche, le, 695

Benthale, 31.

Bctton, 577, 591, 593, 756

376> 56°
Berwyke (mauuetsin), 502, 734
Besseford, 191, 331
Beurtone, 529
Beystan, 62, 680
Bikedone (see Bykedon), 727
Biriton, 450, 452, 453, 581
Biritton, 666, 687, 696
Blakeweye, 360; 367
Blakwclle, 502
Blagwell, 737
Boufton, 45
Boxstude, 446
Brew ode, 410
Brokes, 571, 753
Brokton, Si, 639
])romc, 549, 662, 748
Bromleye, 3N8
Bromley (Stafford), 56a

(over 300 names).
Bromlowe, 416
Brugge, 539, 657, 745
Brugges, 745
Burghton, 531, 544
Burleton, 228, 419, 546, 589,

604, 656
Burmyneham, 417
Bykedone (see Bikedone) 71,
125, 164, 171, 196, 464, 500
Caderne, 382

Caldebrokes, 118 [\V Hopton,

Cangeford)
Caluerhale, 451
Campedene, 573, 754
Cantelop, 54
Cantr', 248

Castrum Episcopi, 615, 774
Cawes (Cauks), 74, 614
Chary ness, 608
Chatewall, 86, 94, 337
Cherynton, 531, 534
Chesewardyn, 377
Chestre, 696

Chestershire, 375, 401, 484

Chiltone, 631, 779

Chyreburi, 706

Clyue, 3, 16, 21, 383

Cliue, 459, 472, 496 554

Cobbeley, 78

Colkun, 559

Colleshull, 585

Colnham, 295, 324, 344, 486,

54^> 599
Coltone, 2, 292
Conedouer, 22, 57
Coton, 347

Coten super Tyrne, 432
Couyntre, 461, 471, 600, 770
Crisseclie, 518, 533, 686, 744,
804

104 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER

Croulesmere, 56

Dalyley, 671

Dene, 64

Denecastre, 505

Derlaston, 493, 526, 587, 731

Dreytone, 114, 489

Dudleburi, 89

Edestanstow, 76

Edestanston, 382

Egebaldenham, 547, 660

Ellesmere, 38, 72, 91, 431,
592, 603,644, 646,664, 685,
771, 786, 806
Ercalewe, 82, 495, 566, 719
Erkalewe, 810
Esthope, 625, 778
Etenesdon, 381
Etone, 28

1^1011,27,402,445,725,641,783
Felton, 371
fforyate moyne, 122
Foriate, 290, 303, 305, 319,

620, 659, 449, 733
Franketon, 442, 673, 800
ffrankeuill, 693
ffrance, 719
Fraunce, 810
Gesnokes, 457, 726
Glentham, 90
Goldene, 22, 509
Grafton, 123, 320
Grene la, 112, 399
Grenhull, 690, 806
Grenley, 494
Griinesby, 32
Hadenhal, 117
Hadcnhalc, 684
Hadley, 433
Hakestan, 653, 789
Ilalhton, 5 13, 618

Halle la, 551
Harlascotes, 97, 697, 701
Harley, 308, 309
Hastone, 384
Hattone, 88, 583, 682
Hawemon, 18, 413, 636, 707
Hagwemon, 723, 57 r, 753
Hennecote, 510
Hereford, 586, 763
Hodnet, 594
Hoghton, 747
Hopton, 656
Hotales, 26, 70
Hufton, 568
Hughlye, 764
Hultone, 99, 102
Hutokcssader, 498, 732
Ibernia, 458
Kan bury, 623
Kel, 4, 103, 438
Kenwyks, 651, 788
Kinlet, 326

Kyderminister, 507, 563
Kynton, 73
Lakes, 316
Lanton, 705
Lee, le, 687, 688, 805
Lemenestre, 485
Lemenstre, 621
Lentwarthyn, 424
Let on, 234
Ley bourne, 183
Leycestre, 1, >zo
Lilleshull, 488, 713
Linley, 420, 497, 522
Lodelawc, 501

Lodelowe, 125, 127, 134, 141,

274, 283, 394, 412, 588
Lond', 12

Londerthorp, 504, 735

ROLLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

London, 525
Longeley, 574, 755
Lutle Wythiford, 682
Lycheffeld, 628, 634
Lydlcy, 30
Lye, 25

Lye under Brokhurst, 427,

643, 785
Lye Bottwode, 443
Lyes (Stafford), 490, 729
Ly(nl)eye, 562
Lynches, 374
Lyngen, 588
Maesbroke, 81 1
Mandechepinges, 624, 777
Marchomleye, 409
Markley, 581
Maysbroke, 720, 811
Mele, 29
Meliford, 670
Meneton, 460
Mere, 403
Mere le, 516, 739
Merydone, 11, 455, 561
Monede. la, 647, 787
Monge foriete, 743
Mortonesmichel, 7
Mudle, 20

Munkes fforyates, 80, 552
M unke foriat, |<)2
Munke foryate, 532, 741)
Mutton, 372

Neuport, 109,495,617,649,661,
663-668, 775, 795, 796, 798
Neusom, 395
Nomptewych, 667, 797
Northwood, 808
Norton, 119, 480, 728
Norhampton, 47 3
Notingham, 52
Qfieleye, 36a

Oken (Staflbrd), 436
Osewaldestre, 108, 582
Osewalstre, 556
Ossewalclestre, 692
Ot\cy, 251, 333
Ouerton, 325, 396, 567, 750.
Parkes, 441
Patyntone, 602
Penyitton, 444
Peppelowe, 637, 781
Pichford, 45c)

Pole la, 578, 670, 672, 674,

675> 762, 799> 801
Poliley, 55, 203, 465
Poliley, 580, 591, 629, 679,

710, 760
Polileg, 430
Polyleye, 408
Pollesworth, 414
Pontesburi, 708
Pope or Pipe, 474
Pres, 41, 50
Presbury, 370
Prestcote, 351
Presthop, 513
Prestone in, 716
Prestone (Brokhurst), 437
Preston (gobald), 703
Preston (iuxta le Were), 751
Prestone (iuxta Moneford),

1 7( ^ 595
Preston, 809
Pulesdon, 648
Pulrebeche, 423, 633
Pychford, 211, 213, 456
Radebonrne, 365
Rel, 202

Rodene, 358, 379

Rossale, 100, 115, 12 r, 511,

596, 6O9, 70 1, 768
Kouton, 96

106 SHREWSBURY GILD MERCHANT AND OTHER ROLLS.

Rouweston, 327
Rugge, 553
Sale la, 689
Sale, 759

Salop', 661, 668, 795, 798
Sansaw or Sonsawe, 383, 398,

722
Sardone, 611

Sheltone, 43, 200, 322, 515
Sheynton, 385
Slope, 1 16

Smcthccotcs, 75, 206, 207,

660, 735, 794
Solleyc, 440
Sonsawe, 722
Sparchford, 501
Stafford, 530, 607, 773
Staneweye, 49
Stanley, 576
Staunton, 658, 793
Stenton, 216

Stokpate (? Stockporte), 5
Strangebetton, 575
Strangeshull, 421, 724
Stretford super Auone, 548
Stretford, 555
Stretton, 293, 632
Suttone, 34, 60, 93, 95, 535
Swindon (Stafford), 425
Syeh, 299
Sydeweye, 415
Teukesburi, 645
Thornbury, 699
Thornes, 400
Tour la, 353
Trilleks, 435
Twyford, 579, 757
Uptone, 14, 19, 422, 429, 479,

698, 709, 807
Walcot, 8, 466
Wai.uiks, 723

Webbeley, 481

Welinton, 48, 605

Wemme, 44, 349, 540, 609,

6i9> 675, 762, 776, 801
Wenlok', 37, 375, 393, 401,

528, 590, 650, 691
Wenloke, 484
Were le, 36, 503, 606, 772
Wesenham, 124, 238
Westburi, 149
Wesstley, 679

Weston (juxta Red Castle), 59
Weston, 447, 448, 483
Westone. 622

Whyttchurche, 67, 111, 610,

642, 784
Whytemore, 635, 638
Wildchop, 468
Wilderdeley, no
Willenhale, 403
Wirleye, 390
Wixhull, 655
Wodecote, 545
Wodehall, 613
Wolstanstone, 462
Wonbourne, 448, 664
Wottenhul, 404
Wroccestre, 475, 550, 677
Wrocwarthyn, 463
Wych, 506, 736
Wychecote, 717
Wygan, 39
Wyggeleye, 412
Wygornia, 79
Wyla sub, 242
Wyluerstone, 92
Wythicote, 717
Wythiford, 61, 380
Wythyntone, 584
Y a god one, 13
Yorton, 521,

io7

TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.
By R. LLOYD KENYON.

The particulars already given about this township1 require
supplementing from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Ruyton
and other materials which had not been examined when the
previous article was written; in particular 1 can now lill up
the gap in its history which was then left between 1325 and
1476, and can show how it came into the possession of the
Thornes family. The name first occurs in its grant in 1175
by John le Strange I. to William fitz Walter, where it is
spelt Shelfhoc. It is spelt Sselvak and Schelfac in the two
deeds of about 1270, and is, no doubt, a Saxon name,
probably signifying the oak (ac) on a shelf or hill. As it
was a berewick of the Saxon Manor of Wikey, there must
have been buildings and a farm here in Saxon times.

We have seen that in 1270 the Lord of Shelvock held a
Manorial Court to which the township of Shotatton was
subject, and there is evidence of this right being claimed and
exercised by the Lord of Shelvock in later times. On the
other hand, there is no indication that anyone at Wikey ever
claimed manorial rights after the grant of " Shelvock and its
appurtenances " to William litz Walter in 1175. We
conclude therefore that this grant conveyed to him the
manorial rights of the whole Domesday Manor of Wikey,
and that Shelvock had between the compilation of Domesday
book and 1175 supplanted Wikey as the head of that manor;
but from 1175 the htz Walters held it not immediately from
the fitz Alans but from the le Stranges, as a dependency of
their Manor of Ruyton. We shall see hereafter that Felton
was held in exactly the same way, and that as long as the
le Stranges held Ruyton they recognised the separate though
subordinate existence of the Manor of Felton. No doubt
in the same way they recognised that of Shelvock Manor.

1 Published in Shn>/>. Arch. Trans, (or iSwi.

Vol. II., Jul Sciics. O

io8

TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

The le Stranges sold Ruyton, with its rights over Shelvock
and Felton, to the Earl of Arundel about 1301 ; but in 1323
" John Lord of Shelvock" witnessed a deed dated at Atton
(i.e., Shotatton), by which Richard de Caldecott conveyed to
Roger his son a messuage and 6 acres of land in that
township. This was probably an assertion of the right of
the Lord of Shelvock to suzerainty over Shotatton, and to a
right to confirm gifts of land there.

He also granted to Samuel Ford of " Soutacton " a house
and land in the town and fields of *' Soutracton " at 6d. per
an. rent for all services.1

But it was just at this time, in 1322, that the Earl of
Arundel set up a claim to be the patron of Felton Church,
evidently on the ground that the Manor of Felton had ceased
to exist, and had been merged in that of Ruyton. No doubt
he claimed, that the same was the case with Shelvock, and
in the Ruyton Court Rolls there is no trace of the existence
of a Manor of Shelvock, or that Shelvock or Shotatton were
not on exactly the same footing as any of the other townships
in Ruyton Manor. They were regularly represented like
the others at every Court Leet.

In the first existing Roll, that of 1333, the representatives
of Shelvock present the death of a tenant there, named
William fitz William, intestate, and his goods valued at
2s. 4d. They would be taken possession of on behalf of the
Lord of the Manor of Ruyton until somebody could prove a
right to them.

In 28 Edw. III. (1354), William le Yonge was Steward of
the Manor of Ruyton, and on 20 Nov. in the next year,
Richard, Earl of Arundel, granted to him and Alice his wife
" license to grant in our Court of Ruyton to iMestre Richard
de Longenore Parson of Nesse & to Sir William de Wolverton
parson of Felton all the lands which they hold in our Lord-
ship of Ruton in the vills of Shelvak Atton & Erdeston to
the intent that the said grantor may rcgrant them to the said
William & Alice in tail." 2 This was a settlement on the

1 " Deeds and Writings relating to Shelvock," in MS. book from Sir Thos.
I'hillipps's Library, now in Shrewsbury Free' Library.

3 lilakeway MSS., in Bodleian, Shropshire Parochial Notices; and 2nd Vol.
of MS. extracts from deeds, from Sir T. PhiUipps's sale, in Shrewsbury Free
Library.

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descendants of William and Alice Yonge of their lands in
those three townships.

In 31 Edw. III., Geoffrey, son of John Loyt of Kynar-
deston, took relief of half the vill of Shelvock, and paid
2s. 8d. In the same year we find the townsmen of Shelvock
asserting an immemorial right of pasturing their cattle on
the Wigmarsh Common. In 6 Richard II., they presented
Roger le Pott for rescuing a distress from Madoc ap Eynio,
who was probably the bailiff and poundkeeper. But it was
very seldom that they presented anything, and probably
there were never more than a very few inhabitants of the
township. Next year one Ath of Shelvock was fined ad. for
not coming to hear the verdict between him and John
Hodenet in an action of trespass.

John le Yonge succeeded his father William, and was
living at the execution of the Earl of Arundel in 1397, when
he was returned as holding fi Shelfake & Wyke by service of
a quarter of a Knights fee of the Honour of the Earl of
Arundel." 1 These were, therefore, still held together ; but
they seem to have been separated soon afterwards, for there
is nothing to show that any later Lord of Shelvock was
owner or had rights over Wikey. We shall see that
Shotatton also was separated, and did not go to John but to
Eleanor, probably his sister, on the death of William. A
Thomas le Younge, who was Steward of Ruyton Manor in
1426, may have been a son of John and owner of Shelvock ;
but John's daughter and eventual heiress, Cecilia, married
Robert Thornes, son of Roger de la Thornes who resided on
his estate at Thornes, in the parish of Shenstone, in the
County of Stafford. 2 This Robert Thornes was admitted
on the Foreigners Roll of the Guild Merchant of Shrews-
bury, 18 Edw. III., AD. 1344, was Bailiff of Shrewsbury
1363-4, and M.P. for Shrewsbury 1357, x36i, and 1365.
He must therefore have been, at least, as old as his father-in-
law, and have been a good deal over 70 in 1397, when the

1 Herald's Visitation, Thornes family; Eyton xi., 8.

2 Herald's Visitation, and Thornes's pedigree in the Morris MSS. in
possession of E. C. Peele, Esqre. These concur in making Robert Thornes
the elder the husband of John Vonge's daughter. The probabilities of age-
would make Robert Thornes the younger the more likely husband (or her, and
very unlikely to be her son.

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TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

latter was still owner of Shelfake and Wyke. Robert's son
Robert is described as of Thornes and of Shrewsbury, and
Was bailiff of Shrewsbury 1388, 1398, 1402, 1409, and M.P.
for Shrewsbury 1382. Either this Robert or his son Thomas
probably succeeded John or Thomas Yonge as owner of
Shelvock, in right of the marriage with Cecilia Yonge.
Thomas, like his father, was of Thornes and of Shrewsbury,
was bailiff 1432, 1436, 1440, and M.P. 1435. He had two
sons, 1 of whom the eldest, Robert, seems to have succeeded
to Shelvock and the other property in Ruyton, while the
younger, Roger, succeeded to Thornes. Robert's son Robert
succeeded his father, and married Ellen, widow of Roger
Seresby ; but in 1473, he released all his interest in his lands in
Shelvock, Shotatton, Eardiston, and Shrewsbury, to his first
cousin, Thomas Thornes, son of the last named Roger
Thornes. Robert was still living in 149 1, when he was
charged with aiding and abetting wild Humphrey Kynaston
in a murder at Stretton. 2

Thomas Thornes was therefore from 1473 of Thornes,
Shrewsbury, and Shelvock. He married Mary, daughter of
Sir Roger Corbet of Moreton Corbet. He built a mansion
at Thornes, but let it to Richard de le Rudding or Reddings.
He was Bailiff of Shrewsbury 1476, 148 1, 1485, 1489. By a
deed of 7 Feb., 1 Richard III. (1484), he let all his lands in
Erdeston to John Brown of Culmington for 101 years, at
16s. rent for all rents except chief rents, but subject to an
obligation to appear twice a year at the Court at Shelvock.
He was to have timber for building and repairs from the
Lordship of Shelvock.3 This is the first intimation since the
deed of 1270 of any Court being held at Shelvock, and it
would look as if the Court had been disused since the Earls
of Arundel had been immediate Lords of Ruyton, and the
Thornes family wanted to revive it. On 1 March, 1486-7,
Thomas and Mary Thornes were admitted of the Guild of

1 Morris's MSS. — The following particulars as to the Thornes family are
almost entirely from this source,

'J Shrof) An h. Trans, lor 1899, p. 21.

:{ Sir T. I'hillipps's MS. in Shrewsbury Free Library, "Deeds and writings
relating to Shelvock."

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TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

Ill

St. Winifred, Salop, which was attached to Shrewsbury
Abbey1 but possessed a Master and property of its own.

Roger Thornes (the " wise Thornes "), son of Thomas, was
of Thornes, of Thornes' Place in Raven Street, Shrewsbury,
and of Shelvock. In 1507 he sold Thornes to Robert Joliffe.
He was M.P. for Shrewsbury in 15 10. He married Anne,2
daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston. A lease of land in
Shotatton granted by him in 1526 reserves suit of Court to
the Manor of Shelvock.

John Thornes, son of Roger, was, no doubt, the owner of
the property in 1545, for his son Geoffrey, who succeeded
him, is described in that year as of Weston in Middle and of
Startlewood. The Inquisition on the death of Geoffrey
describes John Thornes as having died seised of the " Manor
of Shelvock and Shotatton.3

Geoffrey dying in 1552 was succeeded by his son Nicholas.
In a suit instituted in 1636 by Lord Craven against the then
owner of Shelvock for refusing to do suit at the Ruyton
Court Baron, one of the witnesses called was Ann, daughter
of Nicholas Thornes, then aged 80, who said that she
remembered two Manor Courts being held at Shelvock in
her father's time on the green there, under a great ash tree,
that one John Yaughan of Wilcot was Steward, that her
lather, and afterwards her brother, was reputed Lord of the
Manor, and that Shotatton was a member of the manor, and
that certain freeholders of Shotatton appeared at the Courts
which she remembered. Also that her father had all waifs
and strays from Shelvock and Shotatton. Several other
persons gave similar evidence.

An extract was also produced from the Rolls of a Court
held for the Manor of Shelvock in 1561-2, signed by John
Griffin as steward, to the effect that one Thomas Griffith of
Wikey, a freeholder, was lined for non-appearance, that
Richard Rrown, Thomas Dyos, Richard Payne, Nicholas
Hey ward, Thomas Griffith, Edward Dyos, — Hanmer,

1 Owen and Blakeway ii., 532.

- So called in Morris's MS., which omits John Thornes, and makes Geoffrey
the son instead of grandson of Roger. The Heralds' Visitation of 1623 gives
the lady's name as Jane, and inserts [ohn in the pedigree. That of iG6j differs
a little. -Shroft. Arch. Trans, for 1S99.

3 Sir Titos Phillipps's MS , quoted above. All particulars about the suit of
are from this source,

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TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

William Bolt, and — Rogers, all inhabitants of Acton, were
fined for not making their fence about the winter corn field
at Atton, and Thomas Payne and Richard Browne for not
fencing another field. This, however, is the only Court Roll
or extract from a Court Roll of the supposed Manor of
Shelvock which was ever produced. All Nicholas's leases
seem to have contained a clause reserving suit at the Court
of Shelvock ; and this is the case even in a lease granted by
him of some land in Gre.it Ness. As this could not possibly
belong to any Manor of Shelvock, the reservation casts
discredit on those in the Shotatton leases, and suggests that
all alike were of artificial and modern origin. The Inquisi-
tion on the death of Nicholas Thornes states that he held
the Manor of " Shelvock and Shotatton and Edeton " of
George Yonge, Esq., as of the Manor of Ruyton, by fealty
only for all services claims and demands.

Richard Thornes succeeded his father Nicholas in 1592,
and according to the witnesses in the suit he also had the
waifs and strays, and received quit rents from some of the
Shotatton freeholders, but there was no evidence that he
ever held a Court. He must have been a minor when his
father died, for he did not get livery of his lands till 1597 and
1598. In or soon after 1600 he bought or obtained mortgages
of Ruyton Manor and Sir George Yonge' s estates, but re-
conveyed them to Sir George's mother in 1607, having never
taken possession, for the Courts during this time were held
in Sir George's name.

The township of Shelvock appeared and elected a
Constable in Sir George's Court at Ruyton on 27 May, 1606;
and on 27 Oct., Richard Thornes, Esquire (armiger), was
himself presented by the representatives of Atton, for
unlawfully keeping to his separate use a certain waste of the
Lord of the Manor, called the Poole Marsh, " which waste
William Payne says upon his oath he has known to be a
Lord's waste before it was incroached and inclosed ; and he
says it lies within the aforesaid manor and as he believes
within the township of Shelvock." The meadow next to
the " Pikes," No. 77 on the Tithe Map, retained the name ot
Poole Marsh in the early part of the 19th century. It is in
the township of Eardeston, but adjoins that of Shelvock.

Township of shelvock.

ii3

At the great Court of 17 April, 1607, the township of
Shelvock put in no appearance ; it w as, therefore, three
times solemnly called, and was then fined 20d. for its default
and contempt of Court.

Francis Thornes seems to have been only four years old at
his father's death in 16 10. The above mentioned suit by
Lord Craven was brought against him in Hilary term,
12 Car. 1., 1636. In his answer, he admitted being subject
to the Ruyton Court Leet, and that Shotatton was one of
the eleven towns, and that as a member of the Manor of
Shelvock, it was held of Ruyton, but he claimed that he and
his ancestors had time out of mind held the Manor of
Shelvock in free socage by fealty only for all service, that
Shotatton had always been a member of it, and that he was
entitled to chief rents, and to waifs and strays, and to the
soil of the waste grounds in Shotatton, and that " Anley
Heath is part of the Manor of Shelvock." A Commission
was issued out of the Court of Wards and Liveries to
examine witnesses, and among those examined were John
Myers, aged 100, and Robert Conroy, aged 102, who spoke
to chief rents being paid, and wails and strays brought from
Shotatton to Shelvock ; and one ot them " had been told
that defendant's ancestors had held Courts there." Several
of the Court Rolls are endorsed as having been presented to
this Commission, and perhaps it is to this that they owe
their preservation. There are frequently marks on the
margin thawing attention to entries about Shelvock or
Shotatton. The Commissioners were — Owen Ldwards,
Roger Payne, Samuel Rowdier, Thomas Rromhall. iNo
judgement appears to have been ever given in the suit.

Francis Thornes's Will was dated 19 Jan., 1676. He died
2 July, ib/M, and tlu: Will was proved in the Manor Court
of Ruyton 1 Aug., 1678.

Thomas Thornes, his son, survived him less than two
months, dying 26 Aug., 1678. Thomas' second w ife, Catherine
Lady Littleton, is in the Morris MS. said to have been
daughter of Maurice Price of Trefeglwys, Co. Montgomery.
Anne, his third wife, was daughter ol Samuel Powell of
Stallage Park, Co. Radnor, Lsq. Roth .she and her second
husband Ceorge Bold were alive in 1710. Alter Thomas

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TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

Thornes' death there was a dispute about the property
between his widow and his sisters. In 1680, Sir Vincent
Corbet, who had married one of the sisters, submitted the
evidence taken in the above mentioned suit to counsel,
Edward Lutwych, who advised that there was sufficient
evidence to prove Shelvock to be a manor and Shotatton a
member of it, but that Sir Vincent's title to the Shotatton
property was so doubtful that he had better not bring any
action. Nothing seems to have been heard of the manor
after this, but the inhabitants of Shelvock were solemnly
called at the Ruyton Courts of William III.'s reign, of which
the Rolls exist, never appeared, and were fined sums varying
from is. to 6s. 8d., which were probably never paid. The
subsequent devolution of the property is given in the previous
chapter on Shelvock.

In 1684, Jane Kyffin of Sanford, widow, late wife of
Richard Phillip of Melverley deceased, owned lands in
Shelvock and in several places in Wales, which she leased
for her own life to Alice Lloyd alias Thornes of Atton, and
Alice sublet them for the whole term to Anne, daughter of
Nicholas Thornes, deceased, in consideration of £10 paid by
Anne and by Margaret, widow of the said Nicholas Thornes.1

In 1687, one Roger Thornes of Cae Howell died, who
owned two houses in Shotatton. He was great grandson of
Nicholas Thornes of Melverley, who was a younger son of
John Thornes of Shelvock. Roger, the eldest son of
Roger Thornes, lived at Shotatton, but the property was left
by the father to his younger son Thomas. Thomas was
succeeded by his son Edward, who married Elizabeth l>ill of
Eclton in 171 1, and was succeeded by his son Edward. The
hitter's son Edward was baptised at Ruyton, 1735, and
married at Shrewsbury, 1760, and lived at Coleham ; and
both his sons lived in Shrewsbury. 2

The rate book, together with the survey of 1784, shows
that from 1780, when Robert Maddock's lease expired, to at
least as late as 1809, Roger Ireland was tenant of the whole
township of Shelvock, except a small held of about an acre

1 Rev. J. Newling's Genealogical Collections, deposited in Shrewsbury Free
Library.

2 Morris's MS. See note to History oi Shelvock, ante.

TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

115

which was not let (B. 44 on the Tithe Map herewith, adjoin-
ing " Park House").

" Dr. Darwin describes a very fine old gateway at Shelvock,
the ancient seat of the Thornes. It was of bastard Grecian
of James i's days, with two turrets, and surrounded by
beautiful groves of beech and chesnut, with a clear rushy
pool. The whole is now destroyed by the present Mr.
Owen of Woodhouse." 1 , This refers to Mr. Win. Mostyn
Owen, who succeeded to the property in 1795, and exchanged
it for property at Haughton about 1832.

The following story is told 2 and fully believed in the
neighbourhood. A farmer named John Morris was tenant
of Shelvock. His eldest son Edward, who lived with him,
seduced a servant girl in the house, named Sarah, who had
to leave in consequence, and went to her home in the neigh-
bourhood, where Edward often visited her. They made an
appointment to meet at Shelvock one night. Early that
night, the father dreamed that he saw Edward at a certain
place near the house digging a grave. He woke and told
his wife, who laughed it off; but the dream was repeated
three times, the father got up soon after midnight, went to
the place, and there saw his son digging. He called, and
the son tied. The father found that the hole was plainly a
grave, and waited there till the girl arrived. He showed her
what Edward had been doing, took her to the house, and
sent for the parents. Edward did not return home for some
time. John Morris was tenant of Shelvock in 1851.

About 1832, the whole township except the one acre field
above mentioned, was conveyed by Mr. Mostyn Owen to the
Tedsmore estate, to which it still belongs, and in 1840, the
great tithes, which belong to the same estate, were merged.
The one acre field belonged in 1840 to Mr. John Humphreys
of Hanley, and still belongs to his representatives. The
small tithes of the township, which belonged to the Vicar,
were commuted for £16.

The only noticeable field names in the township are the
Stannery, B 18 on the Tithe Map, and the Gunnery, B 20.

1 Blake way MS. in Bodleian. The reference to Darwin's works is not given.

2 By Jas. Cooper and others,

Vol, II., 3rd Series, P

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TOWNSHIP OF SHELVOCK.

The) are mentioned by the names of the Stanneley and the
Connery in the conveyance of 1707. The former contains
the Shelvock Stone Quarry, and, no doubt, takes its name
from the good building stone there, which has been used for
a good deal of building on the Tedsmore property, as well as
for Bicton and other Churches. Connery may, perhaps,
mean a rabbit warren. The same name occurs at Ruyton
and elsewhere.

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ii7

TOWNSHIP OF WIKEY.
By R. LLOYD KENYON.

We have seen that the original form of this name is Wiche,
which means a station, and that in Saxon times Wikey was
the head of an important manor ; but that this manor had
decayed a good deal by the time that Domesday Book was
compiled, that between that time and 1175 its headship had
passed from Wikey to Shelvock, and that about 1155, the
manor was made subject to that of Ruyton. Since that time
no claim to manorial rights has been connected with Wikey.
It seems to have been included in the grant of Shelvock and
its appurtenances to William fitz Walter in 1175, and to
have parsed with Shelvock to John le Yonge, who held them
fcolh i.i 1397 ; but we have seen that John's father, William,
had ia 1354 entailed his lands in Shelvock, Shotatton and
Eardiston, but not those in Wikey, and as there is nothing
later than 1397 which shows any connection between
Shelvock and Wikey, we presume that Wikey was sold by
the Yonges not very long after 1397. No one has owned the
whole township since that time.

A fishery or weir belonging to the Manor of Wikey is
mentioned in Domesday, and in 31 Edward TIL, Agnes
of Wikey showed in the Ruyton Court a deed entitling her
to this fishery. She must have been a child if she is the
person mentioned in 37 Edw. III., when the Lord of the
manor " granted to Reginald of Wikey and his heirs the
marriage of Agnes, daughter of Thomas Jenkyns, for a fine
of 20s;" and the same Agnes "relieved her hereditaments
according to the portion held by military service which
amounted to 13V A settlement of land in Wikey by
Jenkyn ap Griffith in 6 Edw. III. is set out in the history of
Ruyton Manor. Thomas Jenkyns would very likely be his
son.

TOWNSHIP OF WIKEY.

The fishery seems to have passed afterwards into the
hands of Shrewsbury Abbey, which owned the land on the
other side of the Perry, for at the Country Manor Court of
18 Oct. 2 Hen. VI., the jury presented that " Thomas
Abbot of the Monastery of St. Peter at Salop unlawfully and
injuriously caused the stank of the stream of Wikeswere to
be raised so high, beyond the ancient measure of the said
stank, that a certain common pasture called Baggesmore is
submerged, so that diverse animals of poor tenants kept
daily and at all times of the year on and about the said
pasture to the number of 200 were submerged, to the great
loss and injury of all the said tenants ; and answer is made
on the Lord's part that the stank should be altered to what
it ought to be, and a time is fixed under a penalty." On the
10th Aug. following the stank was still too high, and the
Abbot was fined 2s.

The fishery is not specifically mentioned among the
possessions of the Abbey at the dissolution ; and perhaps
was never of much value. The weir existed till it was
removed partly under the Baggymoor Drainage Act of 1777,
and wholly under that of 186 1. It was replaced by a wooden
bridge, and in July, 1799, Mr. Rowland Hunt made a pre-
sentment to Quarter Sessions that this wooden bridge was
out of repair, and should be repaired by the parishes of
Baschurch and Ruyton. An iron bridge was substituted in
1887 by the Commissioners under the Act of 1861, by
whom the bridge is now maintained.

The meadows on both sides of this bridge arc still called
the Weir Meadows. A public house, supported on piles in
the river, stood near the weir at the end of the 18th century,
but it became a public nuisance, and was bought and pulled
down by Mr. Hunt of Boreatton.1 It was, perhaps, the
house called in the survey of 1784 the " Old Weir House,"
said to be owned by the " Proprietors of Wikcy."

Another public house stood in the township till the middle
of the 19th century, called the Boot, at Wigmarsh, where
the road from Haughton joins thai from Eardiston.

There seems at one time to have been a mill near the

1 I'lkaincic IvurideGiinaJ I'aiish \'u[)ct lui AUcch, 1876.

Township of wikey.

village of Wikey, for the fields A 164 and 170 on the Tithe
Map are called " Mill dam " fields in the tithe award, and a
stream quite strong enough to turn a mill-wheel flows
by them, and by the " fishpool " field just below them,
A 141, adjoining the grounds of Wikey House. Between
these fields, on the same stream, is the " Linseed Yard,"
A 160, and immediately above the Mill dam fields are
" Hallowell " fields, A 165, 166, where, however, there are no
visible traces of a sacred or other well. A 102 and A 163 are
called " Maes Tarrw," which is Welsh for Bull field. This
is one of very few Welsh field names in the manor. The
fields must have been one formerly, though the road from
Wikey to Wigmarsh, which now divides them, must always
have crossed it. A 172 and 193 go by the curious name of
Mahoustones.

In 29 Edw. III., Madoc ap Ievan relieved 10 acres of
land in Wikey.

In 31 Edw. III. the townsmen of Wiken, Teddesmere
and Shelvak, were charged in the Manor Court with having
taken possession of the Lord's pasture of Wiggemarshe
without warrant. They answered that they and their
ancestors in the manor have had common pasturage there
as of right from time beyond memory. " Wig " is a very
common beginning for Saxon names, both of persons and
places. In 27 Eliz. the Wikey people presented William
Straunge for driving his horse on to the Lord's waste in the
township called Wygmarshe, and he was fined 6d.

In 39 Edw. III. the representatives of Wikey complained
that the Vicar of Baschurch had obstructed a stream to the
injury of the tenants. The stream would, no doubt, be the
Perry, which divides Wikey from the parish of Baschurch.

In 18 Richard II. John Jacson settled some land in
Wikey on William Wiky, Chaplain, during his own life,
with remainder to the heirs of the body of John Jacson and
Isabel his wife. William Wikey, no doubt, came from this
township. He was the Chaplain of Eelton, of whose
irregular life we hear elsewhere.

In 1 Hen. V. we get an instance of a heriot being paid to
the Earl from Wikey, on the death of John Bron, of 1yd.
He may have been an ancestor of the '1 nomas and Richard

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TOWNSHIP OF WIKEV.

Browne who paid I2d. in i Hen. VIII. for relief of the lands
and tenements which were Richard Browne's, in the vill of
Wike.

In 5 Hen. V. a Lord's cross put up in Wikey by Philip
Wikey was broken by Edward of Erdeston and his servants,
and Edward was fined 6d. for it.

In 5 Hen. VI. the townsmen of Erdeston presented that
the tenants of Wikey had improperly inclosed the common
road leading from Shelvockc to Wikey.

On 1 8 Nov., 6 Hen. VII., Richard Hugyn did fealty on
relieving land which had been his father's, in Wike and Atton.

In 23 Eliz. Roger Edge was fined I2d. for not putting up
a sufficient gate at the field called " Whytlield fyeld;" and
in 26 Eliz. several persons were presented by this township
and fined for unlawfully driving cattle on to the Whytefield,
and several others for doing so on to the common called the
Burowe in the said township. In 4 James I. Margery Bede
was fined for not putting a proper gate at the cornfield of
the township.

In 28 Eliz. John Phelips granted to Thomas his son and
his heirs a messuage and barn, and some lands in Wykey, and
Thomas paid relief and did fealty, and was admitted as tenant.

At the beginning of James I.'s reign the freeholders of the
township were William Shelvocke, Richard Phillips, Thomas
Richards, and John Phillips, yeomen. Hemp and Max were
then commonly grown in Wikey, for on 27 Oct., 1606, six
persons were presented for watering it in the Perry. In the
tithe commutation award A 160 is Linseed Yard and A 1O1
Rye Leasowe. In the survey of 1784 there is still a Thomas
Richards owning 90 acres in Wikey.

In 1699, Jonathan Trustan of Shrewsbury died. He held
a free (i.e., freehold) messuage and separate parcels of land
belonging to it in Wykey, therefore the Lord had his best
animal for a heriot, and his heir had to pay 4s. id. for relief
of the land.

In 1699 a Richard Basnett is named on the Court Rolls
as Afferer, and in 1702 Peter Basnett was foreman of the
Jury. The)' were, no doubt, of Wikey, for Blakewayi

1 MS. in Bodleian.

TOWNSHIP OF WI KEY.

121

mentions the following inscription in kuvton Church, which
is not there now : —

" Peter Basnet, elder son of Peter Basnet of Wikey.
As his body lies in the silent grave,
It is a portion that we all shall receive.
Ob. Nov. 1749, set. 59."
In 1784 Mrs. Basnett and Mr. Richard Basnett owned between
them about 370 acres in Wikey, besides property in Eardiston.

In the early part of the 19th century the Ruyton wakes
used to be held at Wykey, and attracted crowds of people,
some coming from as far as Shrewsbury. They were held
always on a Sunday, the 5th July, or the Sunday next after
it. The publicans deposited barrels of beer in the pound
and in a cartshed opposite, and fights, in which the farmers
took a large part, were among the attractions. An eye
witness still living remembers one of the principal farmers of
the neighbourhood, as he was driving away, saying " Damme
I have not had a fight yet," and turning back to have one.
Wikey got such a reputation that there was a saying " a
Wikey burial is better than a Baschurch wake." The scandal
is said to have been stopped through Mrs. Basnett, who saw
a Wykey wake soon after her marriage, and told her husband
she hoped she should never see another. She died within
the year, and her husband took steps to prevent there being
another wake at Wikey. He died in Sept., 1880, aged 76,
and the property is now held by Mr. E. Broughall, who
married his daughter.

At the Quarter Sessions of Oct., 1718, the Supervisors of
the township of Wike complained that notwithstanding six
days' work done to the highways of the township according
to the Statute, yet they are out of repair. The Quarter
Sessions accordingly ordered a rate to be levied for repairing
them. A Statute of 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, c. 8, had
required all occupiers to give four days' work on the roads
under the direction of two elected surveyors ; and the number
of days required was raised to six by 5 Eliz., c. 13. Quarter
Sessions were enabled to make a rate to supplement this
work by 3 and 4 William and Mary, c. 12.

The tithes of the township were commuted in 1840, when
Messrs. W, B. Oswell, R. B, Oswell, and T. B. Oswell,

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TOWNSHIP OF WIKEY.

owned the great tithes on their own lands, and Mr. J.
Basnett owned those on the rest of the township. Those on
Mr. Basnett's own land were merged, and the rest were
commuted at £73 10s, and the small tithes, belonging to the
Vicar, at £jo 8s.

Some of the field names in the township have already been
mentioned. The meadows between Wikey village and
Hen Parks, A 52 to 56, are called Bran Moor, which may
mean crow or black moor in Welsh, and may be derived
from the black peaty nature of the soil. Between them and
the Perry arc the " Birth " fields, A 38 and the meadows
between A 36 and A 46 inclusive. The name suggests the
British fortification, called the Berth at Baschurch ; but
there is no trace of any entrenchment here. There is,
however, in the middle of the fields, a raised roughly circular
platform of gravelly soil, which ma)- possibly have been
artificially deposited here, and would have been habitable
when the ground all round was covered with water, and may
therefore have been the Burf or Buarth, 1 enclosure, which
gave its name to the fields. The railway line now goes
through these fields, just touching the platform. Next to
the Birth fields, towards Wikey, comes Kinsel Meadow,
A 47, 119, 121, and Burser, A 120. Beyond these, on
both sides of the road to Ruyton, is Nilwoo 1, A 214, 215,
216, 221; and A 223 is the " Hanging Stones," which adjoins
the Weir meadows. On the other side ot the township,
towards Eardiston, A 72, 77, 78, 82, 93, are called Beuwins/
and in the detached piece of the township in Shelvock, nos.
184, 185, 186, are called C rift ins.

See Salofiia Anthpia, p. 4,

TO W N S H I P O F S H QTATTO Nf .
IW R. LLOYD KEN VON.

We know nothing of this township before its incorporation
in the Manor of the Eleven Towns, but the deed of r'333
about its tithes, quoted under Ruyton Church, calls it a
" new vill," and gives reason to suppose that this new vill
had been built on land formerly in Ness Parish. The "vill"
must have been nearly 200 years old, as it formed one of the
eleven towns united about 1155; but in like manner we find
Ruyton Park referred to in 1379 as the kk new park/' though
we have a record of its enlargement in 1195. But the '* new
vill," though not positively new in 1333, was probably new
in comparison with its neighbours, and may have sprung into
existence when the development of Ruyton began by the
building of the Castle. It is first mentioned in the deed of
1270 quoted under Shelvock, where it is named Ssetatton,
and spoken of as being subject to a Manor Court at Shelvock.1
John le Strange IV., I2!):)— 1275, granted to Philip Lord
of Shelvock, the heath lying between the King's highway and
the town of Acton, with liberty to assart and plough it.
This would be Anley Heath, now called Hanley, which seems
to have belonged to the owners of Shelvock ever since;2 but
he gave the Heath Mill, which was on the Weirbrook and
just within the township of Shotatton, to Haughmond Abbey,
with its fishery and appurtenances, and with timber to repair
the same out of his wood of Radenhall (Rednal), and with a
place near the mill convenient for winnowing. One moiety
of the profits of the Mill was to go to the Canons themselves;
with the other they were to provide two candles to burn, one
at the head and the other at the foot of the tomb of his
wife. He also gave to the Canons the stank of the higher
vivary, to be raised and repaired for their use and advantage,

1 See under Shelvock Township.

2 See under Shelvock.

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with earth taken on either side thereof ; and he undertook
that neither he nor his heirs should raise the stank of the
Vivary near the King's high road towards Oswestry, nor
should construct any Mill there, so as to injure the Heath
Mill. Witnesses, Sir John de la Lee, Sir Thomas Boterell,
Richard de Dreyton, Hugh fitz Philip, Philip de Schelfac,
and many others. *

The provision for the tomb of Johanna le Strange was
prospective, for she survived her husband. 1 The Heath
Mill was on the Weirbrook, adjoining Anley Heath, from
which, no doubt, it got its name. It stood near where the
Pradoe Laundry now stands, and a part of the bank opposite
has been hollowed out for the mill pool, and contains a
boulder traditionally said to have marked the height to which
the pool had to be raised to work the mill. The low meadow
land on the other side of the brook, No. 132 on the Tithe
Map herewith, containing nearly 5 acres, is called " part of
Mill Pool " in the tithe award. A marshy place, a little
higher up the brook, No. 73 on the Tithe Map of Eardiston,
long since planted with poplar and other trees, was known
early in the 19th century as the Stew, and was, no doubt,
the " Higher Vivary," or fishpond mentioned in the above
grant. The grant was confirmed by John le Strange V., 13
Dec, 1297. 2

He having about 1301 sold his rights in the manor to
Edward, Earl of Arundel, the Earl by deed dated at London |
on Sunday, June 30th, 1325, released to the Abbey "all
right in the vivary nearest our Manor of Ruyton, which the
monks have of the gift of Sir John le Strange, Lord of
Knockin, before our purchase of the said Manor of Ruyton,
which vivary the parson of Ruyton formerly held." 3 The
expression " nearest our Manor of Ruyton " may be an
allusion to the continued existence of the Manor of Shelvock
as distinct from that of Ruyton, but if so, it is the only
admission of such existence by any Earl of Arundel which
has been produced. The Earl was just beginning to assert
that the Manor of Eelton was extinguished. Next year, the

1 Eyton x., 278.
a Eyton x., 373.

» Eyton x., 116, and Blakeway MSS., Shropshire Turochial Notices.

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125

Earl was beheaded, and the Earl of March having got
possession of his estates, " On the complaint of the Lord
Abbot of Haghmon, the Lord Earl of March being at
Clonne on the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in the same 3rd year [8 Dec, 1329], directed his
Stewart, William de la Hulle, by word of mouth diligently
to enquire into the right claimed by the Abbot to the Pool
called the Hethpole, in the Manor of Ruyton, near Acton"
[Shotatton]. The result of this command was an inquest by
jury, which found the Abbot's right to the same, but that
Edmund, late Earl of Arundel, voluntarily at some time took
it into his hand and demised it at farm [on lease] to one
John, Rector of Ruyton, for his life ; but that afterwards the
Earl and Rector perceiving that they occupied the same
unjustly, the former about 2 years before his death restored
it to the Abbey. On this verdict being given, the Seneschal,
on behalf of the Earl of March, surrendered the Vivary to
the Abbey. 1

A few years after this the peasantry of Eardiston took a
dislike either to the Abbey or to the Mill pool, for six of
them, by name John son of David, John serviens,- William
de Pusselowe, Richard son of William, Jevan Pilli, and
William the Haywarde,3 " with force and arms, against the
peace of the King and that of the Lord Richard Earl of
Arundel, came by night" and broke the stank of the said
pool. Of this trespass the Abbot Nicholas complained at
the Court of Ruyton holden on Eriday after the feast ol
Ascension, 12 Edw. III., before the Steward Nicholas de \
Barton, and laid his damage at £100. The defendants
denied his statements, but the jury found them guilty, and
assessed the damage at '£$.* The occurrence was very likely
caused by popular indignation at the appropriation by the
Abbey of the tithes of the parish, which had just taken place.

1 Court Roll of Ruyton Manor, 30 Jan., 1329, copied from bMake way's
MSS. in Bodleian ; Shropshire Parochial x\otices. The Court Roll of this
year is not to be found now.

2 This may mean a man at arms, or some civil under-ofheer. — Ey ton's Glossary.

3 The Heyward was the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented
trespass on the common ground. He was sometimes employed by the
Commoners, sometimes by the Lord of the Manor. rromptoiium ParvtrioFUin,
notes in Camden Society's edition.

* Makeway MSS.

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TOWNSHIP OF SHOTATTON.

On ij Sept., 1432, the Abbey let the Heath Mill to Roger
Adecot for 60 years, at 14s. a year. Half the fish and the
eels were reserved for the Abbe)', and two full grown swans
were always to be kept on the mill pool, half of whose
cygnets were to belong to the Abbey.1 This lease must have
been surrendered, for on 1 Aug., 1468, a new one w as granted
for 61 years to Richard Irlonde of Oswestry, Gentleman, at
a rent of 10s. for 41 years, and of 13s. for 20 years. This
lease would expire only a short time before the surrender of
the Abbe)' to the King in 1539. The accounts of its property
in Ruyton which passed into the King's hands do not mention
the Heath Mill. The local tradition is that the monks were
in the habit of coining there to fish, to catch swans, and to
feast ; that the Mill was washed away by a flood, and several
of the monks' silver cups washed away with it ; and it is
further said that some such cups were found in cleaning out
the brook jn the 18th century.'2 A cottage close to the Mill
is said to have been floored by the Mill stones down to 20 or
30 years ago. We have seen in the history of Shelvock that
after the dissolution of the Abbe)' the Heath Mill passed to
the Thornes family, and remained part of the Shelvock
property until it was sold with that property to Mr Mostyn
Ow en of Woodhouse about 1774.

The Mill and Mill pool were still in existence in 1784,
when the survey describes them as in Shotatton township,
in which township the Mill was always rated. The Mill
pool occupied ia 2r. 2p., and was let with the Mill, a garden,
and 4 acres of land, by Mr. Mostyn Owen to John Nicholas,
and was rated at £5 19s. 8d. down to 1790, but this was
reduced to £1 in ij()2.:i Perhaps it was at this time that it
ceased to be worked as a Mill. There are no traces now of
any buildings on the Shotatton .side of the brook.

The lane which leads from the road between Ruyton and
Shotatton villages to that between Ruyton and Shelvock,

1 The lease is set out in lull in Shrop. Arch. Trans, for I- 7<j, p. 2IO-
- The late Vicar, Kev. F. 1'. Wilkinson, said there were three cups lost, and
that he had often heard the story, but never could trace it to any source. rl lie
late Mr. John Dovaston oi The Nursery was told by his niothei about them, und
that they had been found. She was bom in J/5Si, and lived at the Wcirbrook
the greater part of her life. She is also the authority for the present poplar
plantation having been called the Stew.
:1 Kuylon Churchwardens' Account.

TOWNSHIP OF SHOT ATTON.

I27

and which forms the boundary between the townships of
Old Ruyton and Shotatton, is still called the Abbot's Road.
It skirted the boundary fence of Ruyton Park, and would be
the Abbot's nearest way from Ruyton to his Mill on the

In the Ruyton Court Roll of the day before Palm Sunday,
50 Edw. III., 1376, tllere is an entry that Reginald of
Scttatton had granted to the Earl half a virgate of land with
three houses built on it, in the vill of Seatton, by deed dated
at A (ton on the Sunday before the feast of St. Michael, 49
Edw. III. The property was granted back to Reginald for
his life, and the same year Reginald "went out of the Lord's
protection," probably because the transaction had made him
a copyhold tenant of the Lord, and therefore entitled him to
the protection without paying specially for it. The prefix to
the name of the place was, perhaps, not well settled. It is
almost invariably called simply Atton on the Court Rolls,
meaning, no doubt, Acton or Oak-town ; but a prefix was
required to distinguish it from the neighbouring Atton, so
this was called Sett, perhaps South, Atton, as that got
called Bore-atton. In the same year. William Bealshawe,
who was the Lord's agent, procured for himself a lease
of land in Atton for 20 years. In 2 Richard II., Reginald of
Eardeston brought an action in the Manor Court against
Reginald of Atton for unlawful detention of some deeds, and
there were several suits in the Court this year by Atton
tenants. In the 6th year (1382), John Knebbe and Mary his,
wife took from the Lord that noke of land which William/
son of Roger, held in Atton; but in tin 13th year (A.I).
1 j8()),Aliora le Yonge relieves the whole vill of Atton, w hich
she holds by military service, namely a fourth part of one
knights fee, and " gives nothing to the Lord for relief, because
the said vill is in the Lord's hands." We have seen under
Shelvock that in 1355 William le Yonge entailed lands in
Shelvock, Atton and Erdeston, and had been succeeded in
1 30,7 by his son John in Shelvock and Wykey'. It would
now seem that between 1382 and 1389, William le Yonge
had bought out all other owners of Atton, and become
himself tire sole tenant under the Earl, and had then died,
leaving Atton to his daughter Eleanor, and Shelvock and

Heath.

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TOWNSHIP OF SHOTATTOK.

Wykey to his son John ; Eleanor being a minor, the Lord
took the management of her property, and she came of age
about 1389, and got the property restored to her. But it is
difficult to see why the entailed property at Atton did not
descend to the same person as the entailed property at Shel-
vock. The Lord always made a profit out of his custody of the
lands of his wards, and therefore they paid nothing by way
of relief when they came of age. The township paid the
same knight service as the two townships of Shelvock and
Wikey, though it was not nearly as large.

After this we find few events at Atton recorded on the
Court Rolls, though the townsmen appeared regularly in the
Courts. In 4 Hen. IV7. a footpath was obstructed there, and
in 11 Hen. IV. the tenants of Ruyton were rined 6d. for having
broken the Lord's cross (i.e. boundary mark) 011 the held be-
longing to Atton tow nship, and depastured their cattle there,
and trodden down the growing corn to the great loss of the
Atton people. In 5 Hen. V. William Heinkyns proceeded
against Reginald Bron for unjust distraint, in having taken a
horse of his at Atton, though he owed him nothing. But the
jury found that the distraint had been rightly levied for ark
due to Lord Arundell for the pasturage of land at tk Satteaton,"
which the said William held from Roger Thornes.

In 6 Hen. VII. several affrays at Atton were presented.
In 22 Hen. VII. " Roger Thornes gives 6d. to the Lord to
have his defence, so that neither Jenkin Wolf nor anyone
else should unlawfully intermeddle with one tenement in
Acton," lately held by Maude wife of Maddoc ; but "Jenkyn
came and defended himself for Gogovargh in right of his
w ife, and for the building of the same, according to the cus-
tom of the Manor." Gogovargh w as evidently the name of
the house in dispute, and perhaps had been built by Jenkin.
The question seems to have been between the rights of the
two women. The decision is not recorded. Roger Thornes
was the " w ise Thornes," w ho owned Shelvock but lived in
Shrewsbury, and evidently wanted to put on record his title
to the house. We have seen that the Thornes ow ned pro-
perty at Atton as early as Henry V.'s reign. They very
likely acquired it as they did Shelvock, through their relation-
ship with the Yonges ; but they did not continue to be sole

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I2Q

owners of Atton, for in 1 Hen. VIII. John Payne relieved the
lands of William Payne in Yerston and Atton.

In 11 Hen. VIII. Roger Thornes let a messuage and " half
Farundel" of land in Shotatton for 101 years to one Alldis,
at 6s. rent, with suit of Court to the Manor of Shelvock.1

In 28 Eliz. David Hanmer, tenant of a messuage and lands
in this township, diedv.and a heriot of his best animal be
came due to the Lord. His son David was his heir.

In 1605 the freeholders of the township were Nicholas
Browne and Roger Shringley, yeomen.

In 10 Will. III. the township was fined 5s. because the
pound was out of repair; the offence was continued, but next
year the fine was only 2s. 6d. The pound would probably
be on the road from Ruyton. The field No. 50 is called
Pinfold Bank in the Tithe Award, and probably originally
No. 49 was part of it, and contained the pinfold or pound.

On 6 Oct. 22 Eliz. (1578) several persons were fined from
4d. to 2s. each for driving cattle into the common field of
Atton township called the Parcke field ; and in 26 Eliz.
two persons were fined 2s. each for tying a cow in the field
called the Hill field. Next year the Atton people presented
Thomas Gruff of Wikey for treading down a waste of the
Lord's at Atton with his sheep, and he also was fined 2s.
No. 135 is called Hodge Park in the Tithe Award ; but the
common field was probably the whole of that part of the
township which adjoins Coton and Ness ; Nos 1 to 5, 7, 8,
24, 25, 26, 32, 33, are all called Common Field in the Award,
9 is Common Moss, 22 and 23 are Little Heath, and n, 12,
20, and 46 are Cranmoor (perhaps meaning Cranberry moon.
The whole of these and some of the adjoining fields was
probably land held in common by the township, and partly
cultivated partly left waste. Cranberries grew till very
recently, and probably grow now, on all the undrained
mosses in the neighbourhood.

Other field names are, 61 Holly Well field; 66, 67, 68,
79a, & 80, Tusley; 81 Worthens; 82 & 86 Lynch ; 113 and
114 Warpow.

1 Sir T, Phillipps' MS. quoted above,

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TOWNSHIP OF SHOTATTON.

When the survey of 1784 was made, Francis Lloyd, Esq.,
of Leaton Knolls, owned the greater part of the township,
as his descendants do still ; but Mr. W. M. Owen, of Wood-
house, owned Hanley and all that belongs to the Tedsmore
property, as well as the whole of Shelvock, and his tenant of
the whole, except a few cottages, was Mr. Roger Ireland.
There was no house on the Hanley farm. Roger Ireland
held the whole till 1802, when he was succeeded at Hanley
by Edward Gittins, and as Hanley Hall is now first men-
tioned in the rate book it was probably newly built in 1802.
(iittins was succeeded there in 1805 by William Humphreys,
and he by Joseph Humphreys, who held it when the tithe
was commuted in 1838. At that time the trustees of the
Tedsmore estate owned 240a. or. i6p. in the towrnship, and
the whole of the rest belonged to Mr. J. A. Lloyd of Leaton
Knolls. Joseph Humphreys was succeeded in the Hanley
farm by his son John Humphreys, who had a lease of it for his
life, and died there in 1900, having accumulated property to
the value of £136,000. He left no children.

It has been already explained under Ruyton Church that
by a very old arrangement | of the tithes of this township
belonged to Great Ness Parish, and J to Ruyton, and that
the great tithes had been appropriated respectively by Shrews-
bury and Haughmond Abbeys. They had passed to the
Crown on the dissolution of the Abbeys, and been sold.
Consequently when the tithes were commuted, the f for-
merly in the hands of Shrewsbury Abbey belonged to the
Countess of Bridgewater, and were commuted at £93 ; the
Haughmond Abbey J had been acquired by the landowners, /
each owning J- of the great tithes on their own lands ; the
Leaton Knolls $ was commuted at £33 10, and the Teds-
more J at £13 13. Thus a trifle more than | of the rent-
charge was assigned to the landowners, probably because
they had had less expense in collecting their tithes than a
stranger had. The small tithes were commuted at £46 7s.
of which exactly % or £30 iSs. were assigned to the Vicar of
Ness, and \, or £15 9s. to the Vicar of Ruyton,

i3i

TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.
By R. LLOYD KEN YON.

We have seen that this was in all probability one of the
three berewicks of the Saxon Manor of Wikey, so that there
must have been a farmstead and buildings here in Saxon
times. The name is Saxon, and probably means Ede's
or Eard's ton, Eadred and Eanred, sometimes written
Eared, being common Saxon names. It is first mentioned
in the Assize Roll of 1203, quoted above in the history
of the Manor, where the name is spelled Edeston. The
action set forth on this Roll was brought by Hugh le
Strange against Osbert Purcel and Hugh iitz Walter
for 40 acres of land in Edeston. Purcel must have resided
in the neighbourhood, as he witnessed several deeds about
this time1 ; Iitz Walter was no doubt related to the William
Iitz Walter, to whom Hugh le Strange had given Shelvock.
There is nothing to show who obtained the 40 acres,

In the Court Rolls of 6 Edw. III. the township is
called Herdeston and Erdeston, and the latter is its usual
name in subsequent rolls ; but it is sometimes spelt Yerdeston
or Yerston, and used to be invariably pronounced Yarson by
the inhabitants, until education and sign posts taught them
to spell it and pronounce it Erdeston, as they now generally ^
do.

In 6 Edw. III., Thomas son of Eign ap Meyler of Wyk
relieved land here which had been held by .Alicia his mother
by military service and by deed. The jury found he was of
full age and the nearest heir, so he did fealty, and was
ordered to produce the deed at the next Court to show how
he held the land.

In 2c) Edw. III., and again the next year, the collector of
the tithes of Erdeston gave a bond with sureties to pay

1 F.yton x, 1 54, xi, 4, 2 m, 220,

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TOWNSHIP OF EAKDISTON.

£4 for them to the Abbot of Haghmond, and it was entered
on the Court Roll.

In 31 Hdw. III., John son of Nicholas relieved one noke of
land and part of another, which had been his fathers,
and paid i8d. The same year the township was called upon
by the Lord to prove its right to turn cattle, &c, upon
the Lord's waste, and did so by producing a deed of grant,
which was allowed. The waste referred to was probably the
Wigmarsh, where Wikey, Teddesmere, and Shelvock also
claimed right of pasture this year, but by immemorial custom,
not by deed. In 6 Richard II., the towns men of Erdeston
presented that those of Wikey had obstructed the road
leading from Erdeston to Wikey and to rhe common pasture
of the said tenants of Erdeston, to their injury. As four
townships claimed common on the same waste, there was, no
doubt, much temptation to obstruct each other's access to it.

In 5 Hen. V., Edward of Erdeston and his servants broke
the Lord's cross placed by Philip Wikey in the township of
Wikey, and were fined 6d. for it ; and in 5 Hen. VI. the
tenants of Erdeston complained that those of Wrikey had
improperly obstructed the public roan from Shelvocke to
W'ikey. Both of these disputes were very likely connected
with the rivalry about the Wigmarsh common. In 26 Eliz.
the Erdeston people presented Edward Payne for obstructing
the common road leading from their township towards the
Wygmarshe.

Another pasture ground seems to have belonged to
the township, exclusively of other townships, for in 17
Rich. II. its townsmen complained that Madoc Hatmond^
of Eelton, and Thomas of Hopton had broken the Lord's
cross put by the said vill on its separate pasture ground.
It was very likely along the bank of the Weirbrook. As
late as 1847 a 3 acre field on the road from Hellbridge to
Weirbrook, no. 76 on the tithe map, now part of the Pradoe
" near meadow," was called " town meadow," though it was
then arable. It was separated by another small held from
the " Stew " or Upper Vivary of the Heath Mill, now the
Poplar Plantation, no. 74.

The township had also, like other townships, arable land.
In i-| Hen. IV, the Lord complained of Ralph Abbot

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133

of Haghmond and his convent for that " on Friday before the
nativity of St. John Baptist in the 12th year of the King at
the field of the vill of Eardiston with force and arms against
the peace of the King and of Thomas Earl of Arundel he
took carried off and obtained goods of the value of 15s of the
goods and chattels late of Richard Twiford and Eleanor his
wife but then in the hands of the sd. Earl for various causes
relating to his Lordship, contrary to the will of the said
Eleanor and without the license of the Earl's servants."
The Abbey answered that they took the goods as heriot on
the death of Richard Twiford, who died their tenant in
the Vill of Twiford. This looks as if the field was in the
neighbourhood of Twyford and Eelton.

In 5 Hen. VI., John Payne and John Thomas, both of
Erdeston, were fined 6d. each for that contrary to an order
made by common consent of their neighbours each of them
had in autumn time tied a mare and sucking foal in the
autumn fields of the township to the damage of their
neighbours and destruction of the corn and grass there. On
2 Oct., 26 Eliz., a number of persons were fined for keeping
cattle in the cornfield of the township, and on 1 April, 27
Eliz., Christopher Wright was fined 6d. for not making his
hedge sufficient in the corn field called the mill field, and on
17 April, 28 Eliz., John Rogers was fined for not making his
hedge sufficient round the corn field called the Kale field.
The Mill field suggests the neighbourhood of the Heath Mill,
which was very near the boundary of Eelton Township.

In ^cS Edw. III., William Joneson surrendered a tenement
in Edeston to the use of William Hancokesone and Anne his
wife. I lancokeswere fishery, whieh we have seen mentioned
in 31 Edw. 111. had, no doubt, been kept by this family
and took its name from them, but there is nothing to show
where it was. In 50 Edw. 1 1 1., John lit/ John ol Wykey and
John Brown of Yerdeston executed a joint bond lor £26 to
the Abbot of Haghmond. Probably they were the collectors
or farmers of his tithes. In 13 Richard II., John Brown of
Erdeston and Alice his wife executed two deeds of
settlement of land in Erdeston. Alice was daughter of
Thomas son of William Hancox, and inherited land in
Erdeston from her father, and in 17 Richard II., John Brown

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TOWNSHIP OF EAKDISTON.

paid 1 2d. to the Lord to have an enquiry as to who had
possession of a certain deed which he claimed in right of his
wife. It was produced for his examination at the next
Court. It was in the possession of William Vachan.

In 2 Rich. IL there was a trial as to right to documents
between Reginald of Erdeston and Reginald of Atton. In 6
Rich. II., Richard son of William son of Hugh paid 2s. 6d. for
relief of land in Erdeston. At the Court of i Oct., 13
Richard IL (1389) there w ere a great many presentments from
Erdeston for trespass, assault, drawing blood, as well as
for breaking assize, &c. This turbulence, which occurred
also in several other townships, may have been connected
with the fact that in the spring of this same year the party
of the Earl of Arundel had been suddenly disgraced and
turned out of power by the King. In 17 Rich. II. , David of
the Orchard and several others broke the assize by brewing
ale ; and Thomas Michell by bringing ale from Salop.

In 4 Hen. IV., Agnes daughter of William of Wotton paid
2s. od. for relief of a virgate of land which her father held by
military service in Erdeston ; and William Ryan broke the
ancient boundary marks between his land and that ol
William Payne.

In 2 Hen. VI. (1434) John of Wikey gave the Lord 6d. to
have an inquiry ex officio to determine whether he had
hereditary rights in a parcel of pasture called Midelmerche
in the field of Erdesdon. This may be the held no. 173 on
the Tithe Map, on the road from Wigmarsh to Haughton,
which at the beginning of the Kjth century still bore the
name of Middle Marsh.

In 6 Hen. VII. ( 1 49 1 ) William Roger, John Davies, and
John Thomkyn gave the Lord 6d. to have his defence that no
one should cut down any trees or hedges within the closes of
Newe Marie and Poole Stokkyng, under a penalty of 2od.
The held in which Pradoc Church now stands, no. 95, is
called Stickings, and a meadow not far ©If, in which is a pool
which has probably been a marl pit (no. 107 on the Tithe
Map), is called the Marl pit held. These may perhaps
correspond with Newe Marie and Boole Stokkyng.

In 1 Hen. VIII. (1509), William Kylvart relieved lands
which were Thomas Kylvart's in Erston ; and John Payne

TOWNSHIP OF KAKDISTON.

relieved the lands of William Payne in Version and Alton.
The Payne family seem to have held land in Eardiston at
least from the reign of Henry IV. to that of George II. We
have heard of William Payne there in 1402, and John Payne
in 1426 ; John Payne succeeded William Payne there in
1509.; Edward Payne is mentioned in 1583 ; Richard and
Edw ard Payne, yeomen, were freeholders in Verston in 1605,
the only other two being Richard Williams and William
Moimtefield1 : and others of the Payne family from 1037 to
1729 are mentioned in the account of Ruyton Church.

In 23 Eliz. "the inhabitants of the township of Yeardeston "
were fined 2s. " pro defectu metarum Anglice vocat* buttes "
within the said township, i.e., for not properly maintaining
butts for archer)', as they were required to do by the Act of
33 Hen. VIII., c.9.

In 27 Eliz. (1585) John Byll, who held a messuage and
lands in Erdeston, died, leaving a daughter Anna his heir.
She paid relief and took possession of the land, and a heriot
became due to the Lord, but the jury did not know by what
rent and services the land was held.

In 28 Eliz., Johanna Phelips, a tenant, died, and a heriot
of her best animal became due to the Lad}'. Marjery, Anne,
and Aliora Phelips, her sisters, were her heirs, and of full age.

On 27 Oct., 4 Jas. I., the representatives of Eardeston
presented seven persons for severally putting hemp and flax
in running water in the township. This must have been in
the Weirbrook, which was then dammed by the Heath Mill,
and must have been much bigger than it is now. Three of
the four persons who made the presentment were among the
seven presented, Richard Williams, Thomas Sydes, and John
Dyke. Thomas Sydes was also presented for keeping his
horse in the cornfield of the township, and further for
having let a close called the Crosspoole Leasowe and
his portion of a close called the Foxholes to a certain Adam
Mytton, gentleman, for a term of four years without the

1 " Howl, of the Freeholders of the County," in book of extracts in Shrewsbury
Free Library from Sir T. Phillips' sale. It is undated, but mentions John Gougn
of Tedsmere, who died in 1606, and Sir George Yonge who was knighted ih
in March, 1603-4.

TOWNSHIP OF HAKDISTOX.

Lord's leave, being lands which he holds by Court Roll of the
Manor. A copyhold tenant cannot ordinarily let his land
for a longer term than a year without the Lord's consent.
The Crosspoole Leasowe was no doubt nos. 34 and 36 on
the tithe map, which are called the Crosses Pool fields in the
conveyance of them to the Hon. T. Kenyon in 1813, with no.
17 called Crashes Pool in, the tithe award, and no doubt
the intervening field, no. 32, which is there called by the
name of its then owner, Bentley's held. A pool in the wood
adjoining these fields is still called the Crashes Pool, no
doubt a corruption of Crosses Pool. The name may be
derived from the boundary crosses so often alluded to in the
Court Rolls of the Manor. The name Foxholes is still
retained by the field no. 21, the pool no. 28, and the wood
between them, in which latter a " Foxhole '; is still often
used.

At the next Court the township was fined 6d. for allowing
its common pound to be out of repair. This was at 128 on
the tithe map, and was only pulled down a few years ago.
It is marked on the 25 inch ordnance map.

Between Oct. 1700 and May 170 1 Richard Williams died-
"He held separate free messuages and separate parcels of
land belonging to them in Eardeston at two separate annual
rents, and by his death his two best animals became due to
the Lord as heriots. His only daughter Jane was his
heiress, and had to pay relief to the Lord.

In April, 1779, Eleanor Parkes of Eardiston was convicted
" on view " by Baldwyn Leighton, Esq., of keeping out by
force the Rev. David Pritchard from a tenement of which he
was the freeholder. She was lined £10, and committed to
Shrewsbury Gaol till she should pay it.1

Adjoining the lroxholes are some fields and a cottage, no.
15 on the Tithe Map, called Cwms or Combs. Both mean
a hollow or dingle, one in Welsh, the other in Saxon. These
fields are on rising ground, commanding a good view ;
but the name may very likely be derived from an ancient
clearance or hollow made here in the surrounding wood.

1 Quarte* Sessions Roll.

TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.

T37

Beyond them are the Crosses Pool fields, and beyond those
no. 37a on the Tithe Map is called Silver Pit, and no.
93 Leech Pool field, from a pool just the other side of
the road which contains Leeches. It is also called Morthing
or Marthin Pool.

Nos. 94, 118, and 119 are called Griggan, no doubt from
the Grig or ling and heather which once covered them. In
120, at the back of the Eardiston farm houses, was a hemp
yard. No. 165 is the Vron field, probably from the Welsh
bron or vron, the slope of a hill, which aptly describes its
position on 1 edsmore bank. At the lower corner of it the
little bit, No. 156, measuring ir. 5p., goes by the name of
the '"forty acres;" and just beyond it, at the bottom of the
bank, No. 166 is called Sytch. The Shropshire Word-book
gives " Sitch " as meaning a swamp or boggy place. Further
on at the end of the bank, Nos. 167, 16S, and 169 are the
Hough fields. Hough means thigh, and a fancied resem-
blance in shape may possibly account for the name.

All about the Wigmarsh was, no doubt, a swamp. The
fields on both sides the road from Wigmarsh to Henbarns
are the " Marshes " fields, and those between Wigmarsh and
the 'k Bridges" pool belonging to the township at Eardiston,
are the k< Bridge" fields, Nos. 151, 152, 153, 154, along which
runs the bridge or passage road from Eardiston to the
common land of the Wigmarsh. One of the marshes,
No. 183, is the " brick kiln marsh," at the bottom end of
which, no doubt, bricks have been made. Small deposits of
clay occur in many places in the neighbourhood. The house
at the Wigmarsh, now called the Trap, was the Barley Mow
Public House in 1847, and there was a malthouse at the
Lane End, which has within the last few years been converted S
into a blacksmith's shop. The field at the back of " Yew
tree Cottage," 145, now divided into three, was in 1847 called
" the tims yard."

Coming from Wigmarsh towards the Weirbrook, Nos. 136
and 137, at the back of Eardiston House, are called Castle
field, but there is no appearance or likelihood of there ever
having been a fortification here. Perhaps the name should
be Carsell, like a field in Rednal township, but what the
meaning of this is I cannot say. 135, which adjoins

138 TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.

them, is " Church way meadow." There is a public footpath
over it, which is the shortest way from Eardiston to Ruyton
Church.

By the side of the road leading from Lane End to Ellbridge
is a quarry, from which much of the stone for building
Pradoe Church was got; and close to it are the remains of
an engine house, and old shafts of a copper mine. The
whole are now enclosed and planted. Searches were made
here in 1827, aRd again in 1837, but Company which had
the license was wound up in r 843-4. Another Company
took a lease in 1862, erected some buildings and machinery,
and raised some undoubtedly rich ore, but was wound up in
1866. The place was enclosed and planted in 1882. Shortly
before this a cow fell from the top of the quarry, a distance
of 50 or 60 feet, into the pool at the bottom, and walked out
unhurt. The first Company also sank a shaft to search for
copper in the Vron field, but it was filled up again in 1854.
It is marked by a mound, on which a clump of trees has
lately been planted. Ellbridge is where the roads from
Shelvock and from Shotatton cross the Weirbrook into
Eardiston township. Probably the original name was Hell
Bridge, and indicated that the brook, dammed by the weirs
below, made a marsh there, over which the passage was an
unpleasant one.

During the first sixty years or more of the 19th century a
School was maintained by the Hon. Mrs. T. Kenyon in a
room attached to one of the cottages in the Weirbrook Lane,
and was taught by Mrs. Dovastori and her daughter Mrs.
Stant, but it was given up when education was made
compulsory and the standard of teaching was raised. The
room has ever since been used as a Sunday School, and at
one time a Working Men's Club was held there.

The following were the landowners, and the amount of
their property in the township in 1784 :-- Mr. Richard
Basnett, 107a. -jr. 2p.; Rev. David Prichard, 178a. ir. 2?p.;
Mr. John Edwards, 138a. zr. (he had lately bought this from
Lord Craven, but was "of Vardeston, gentleman " in 1772,
when he served on an inquisition about the diversion of a
road at Rednal) ; Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, 6a. or. 30 p. ;
Robert Lloyd, Esq., and Burn, 121a. 2i\ 27P.; Lord Craven,

TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.

139

16a. 31*. 34p.; Mr. Arthur Edwards. 41a. or. igp.; Mr. Thomas
Phipps, 31a. jr. 33p.; Mr. George Withers, 22a. 3r. iQp. ;
Mr. Lathrop, 3a. 2r. 30p.; Mr. Peter Bentley, 5a. or. iop.;
Mrs. Atcherley, 9a. 21*. 2p. ; and Thomas Richards, William
Pain, Joseph Pugh, and William Edwards, each owned a
eottage, with land amounting in all to 3a. ir. i6p.

In 1847, when the tithes were commuted, the list was as
follows : — Rev. George Bentley, 5a. 3r. i8p. ; Mary Crowder,
ia. 21*. 3op. ; Edward Dowries, 10a. 3r. 8p.; George Withers
Edwards, 28a. ir. i ip. ; Hon. T. Kenyon, 450a. ir. 38p. ;
William Menlove, 44a. or. 26p. ; Thomas Basnett Oswald,
155a. 2r. zyp. ; Thomas Wilkinson, 6a. 2r. I3p.; and a pool
and waste of ia. or. 25p. belonging to the proprietors of the
township. Of the properties mentioned in 1784, the greater
part of Mr. Prichard's, half of Mrs. Atcherley's, and the whole
of Mr. John Edwards's, Messrs. Lloyd and Burn's, Lord
Craven's, and Mr. Phipps's had been bought by Mr. Kenyon;
Mr. Basnett's and part of Mr. Pritchard's had passed to
Mr. Oswell; T. Wilkinson's and P. Bentley's to their
descendants ; Mr. Withers' and Mr. Lathrop s to Mr. O. W.
Edwards. Mar)' Crowder owned three cottages, and Mr.
Menlove owned Mr. Arthur Edwards' and part of Mrs.
Atcherley's.

Since 1847 there has not been nearly so much change, but
the properties belonging to Mr. Bentley, Mr. Downes, and
Mr. Wilkinson, and about half of Mr. Menlove's, have been
added to the Pradoe property, and Mary Crowder's and the
rest of Mr. Menlove's to that of Tedsmore.

In 1784 there were 19 houses in the township; in 1847
there were 31 ; now, 1901, there are the same number.

The great tithes of the township belonged at the com-
mutation to the Hon. T. Kenyon, and the small tithes /
to the Vicar, and were commuted respectively for £120 and

The only record of the building of Pradoe is contained in
the following notes in a common place book kept by
Mr. John Dovaston of The Nursery, West Eelton, in the
possession of the present Mr. Dovaston

" In the year 1795 Thomas Cureton of Hordley then a
tenant there to John Kynaston of Hardwick Esq. bought the

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TOWNSHIP OF KARDISTON.

estate called the Prado near Erdiston feing about 130 acres
of land with the present new house and buildings, from the
trustees of the Rev. Mr. Prichard (who built thct house to his
ruin) for £4300. I drew the plan of the buildings there for
Mr. Prichard." V Roger Sides of Erdiston possessed a landed
estate there which descended to his grandson John Sides,
who sold the same to Mit Prichard of Prado, and is now part
of the Prado estate, which was sold by Prichard to Mr.
Cureton."

We have seen that in 1607 Thomas Sydes owned the
Foxholes and Cressage Pool, so no doubt it was from him
that Roger and John Sides inherited the estate which the
latter sold to Mr. Prichard. The assessments of Church
rates show that in 1774 an<J tnc ncxt few years there were
several persons of the name of Sides occupying land in
Ruyton, Shotatton and Ilaughton, but none in Eardiston,
and neither Roger nor John Sides is mentioned. The Rev.
David Prichard occurs as an occupier in Eardiston from
1777 to 1794 inclusive, and the survey of 1784 showed that
he owned six houses there, of \v%ich four were cottages, and
the other two were occupied, with farms attached, by himself
and his tenant R. Maddocks respectively. Both of these
would seem by the map, which is in very bad preservation,
to have been where Pradoe now stands. They were rated,
apart from the land, at £1 10s. each ; the two principal
houses in the parish, Ruyton Hall and Shelvock, being rated
respectively at £5, including 2 acres of land, and at £() with
18 acres. Land was rated at from 4s. to 9s. per acre.
Mr. Prichard occupied 40 acres, Mr. Maddocks held from
him 1 33 J. An assessment made 12 April, 1795, enters the ^
former holding as the late Rev. Mr. Prichard's ; on 17 April,
1797, Mr. Shuckburglfs name is substituted for Mr. Maddocks,
and 011 <) April, 179S, the entry is " Prado. Mr. S&ttfcktotfgh/"
and the rateable value is £51 19s. for his whole holding. It
would seem, therefore, that the house was scarcely finished
when Mr. Cureton bought it in 1795 on Mr. Prichard's
death, as Mr. Maddocks was still occupying part of the site;
and that it was first occupied as a single house, in or about
1797, when it bore its present name. Part of the offices may
have belonged to the older house. Mr. Maddocks continued

TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.

I4I

after this to rent the two-thirds of the Han ley tithes, which
belonged to the Vicar of Great Ness, lie was, no doubt, the
same who held Shelvock and Hanley farms till his lease
expired in 1780. On 9 April, 1799, Mr. Bill was the occupier
of Pradoe, but on 28 Jan., 1800, he had been succeeded by
Mr. Peter Hughes, who occupied it till the beginning of
1803. Mr. Thomas Cureton, who had bought it in 1795,
was succeeded by his son John, who sold it as from Lady-
Day, 1803, to the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, who came to live
there immediately after his marriage on 21 April, 1803, with
Miss Louisa Charlotte Lloyd of Aston ; but a private Act of
Parliament, 44 Geo. III., had to be obtained to carry out the
sale, and the final legal conveyance was not made till
25 March, 1807. A full and interesting account of Mr.
Kenyon's life is given in Shrop. Arch. Trans, for 1879, p. 141.
He was Chairman of Quarter Sessions 1830 to 1850, High
Steward of Oswestry 1822 to 1836, &c. ; but is now chiefly
remembered for the coach and four which he used to drive
two or three days a week for many years from Pradoe to
Shrewsbury. He died 4 Nov., 185 1, leaving the property to
his widow, who built Pradoe Church, and died n April,
1869.

John Robert Kenyon, D.C.L., Q.C., her eldest surviving
son, succeeded her. He was a Fellow of All Souls College,
Judge of the Vice-Chancellor's Court, and Vinerian Professor
of Law in the University of Oxford; Deputy-Chairman of
Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1855 to 1871, and Chairman
1871 to 1880; Recorder of Oswestry 1842 to 1880. He
married in 1846 Mary Eliza, daughter of Edward Hawkins,
E.R.S., who was for many years Keeper of the Antiquities at
the British Museum, and of whose life there is an account in
the Dictionary of National Biography. Mr. Kenyon died
17 April, 1880, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert
Lloyd Kenyon, the present owner.

The meaning of the name Pradoe is doubtful. There is no
evidence of its having been in use before 1795' ^n *ne ms^
survey of the Pradoe estate, made early in the 19th century,
the field now called the Paddock, No. 39 on the Tithe Map,
is called "Little Prado." The best known " Prado " is the
ornamental pleasure ground o( the city ol Madrid. A treaty

142

TOWNSHIP OF EARDISTON.

made in 1739 between England and Spain, named after this
Prado, was popular enough in England for cheap medals to
be struck in its honour and offered for sale among the
general public; and it is possible that Mr. Prichard may
have planted and laid out as ornamental ground the land
between his house and the pool in the " Little Prado," and
have called it the Prado after the Prado of Madrid, and that
the house may afterwards have taken its name from this.

THE CAPTURE OE LORD THOMAS GREY
IN SHROPSHIRE.

By WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S.

The capture of Lord Thomas Grey by Richard Mytton,
Bailiff of Shrewsbury, in the year 1554, was an event which
associated Shropshire with the current history of the nation
at a critical era, and any fresh facts relating to that event
must have a special claim on the attention of Salopians.

Owen and Blakeway have narrated in their History oj
Shrewsbury all that was known to them, but as there has been
found among the Shrewsbury Borough Records a small
document, which, having escaped their attention, throws some
little additional light on the part which Richard Mytton
played in that event, it will be well to recall to mind the
circumstances attending the capture. The document is a
rough draft of a letter addressed to the Lords of the Privy
Council, in which Mytton explains the difficulty with which
he was confronted in regard to the safe conveyance of his
prisoner to London.

The reader w ill remember that Oueen Mary had been on
the throne little more than three months before; she made
public her secret Treaty with the King <>f Spain to marry his
son Philip, which so shocked English feeling that a widely
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144 CAPTURE OF LORD THOMAS GREY IN SHROPSHIRE.

spread spirit of discontent was aroused throughout the
kingdom among her Protestant subjects. The predominant
ideas which gave rise to this discontent were first, that the
Reformation inaugurated by her father, and continued by her
late brother, would be at once arrested, and secondly, that
the country would immediately come under the domina-
tion of a foreign prince — the latter prospect being as distaste-
ful as the former to the gfeat majority of the people. The
Queen becoming aware of the wide-spread alarm deemed it
necessary to command the Lord President and Council of
Wales, and the Bishops of Exeter and Salisbury, to suppress
the false and seditious rumours prevalent touching Philip's
design in visiting England.1 Before this could be effectually
done Sir Thomas Wyatt with a large military force, variously
estimated in number, marched towards London, and called on
the country to join him. The Duke of Suffolk (whom the
Queen had recently pardoned for having attempted to place
Lady Jane Grey on the throne) and his two brothers John and
Thomas Grey, with Sir James Crofts, joined in Wyatt s ill
advised adventure. The Queen wrote to Sir Edward Hastings
and Sir Thomas Cornwallis to see Wyatt and explain to him
the motives of her marriage, offering to appoint persons to
confer with him.2 Wyatt, nevertheless, remained stedfast to
his purpose, and it was not till he found the gates of the city
of London closed in his face, and the people disinclined to
join him, that he abandoned his rash enterprise. He
surrendered himself February 8th, and was committed to the
Tower and executed on Tower Hill April nth. The simul-
taneous movements attempted by Sir James Crofts, the
Duke of Suffolk, and his two brothers in other parts of the
country showed the wide extent of the insurrectionary com-
bination, but as the greater attempt by Wyatt had been
ineffectual, the smaller ones were easily suppressed.3 The
Duke of Suffolk and his brothel John lied into Warwickshire
and hid in a cottage of one Underwood, a game-keeper on
the duke's estate at Astley Cooper : and it is said that they
sought refuge in a hollow tree; but Underwood for fear of

* Gal. St. I'ai)., Mary, (any. 2?., I S 54-

* Ibid.

a Sharon Turner, iii. 432.

CAPTURE OF LORD THOMAS GREY IN SHROPSHIRE. 145

detection, or to gain a reward, betrayed them.1 In less than
a fortnight after their flight they found themselves in the
Tower. They were condemned as traitors, the Duke was
beheaded, but Lord John was pardoned. Lord Thomas Grey,
"a nobleman of venturous spirit and towering ambition,"
fled into Shropshire, with the view of reaching Wales, and
so avoiding pursuit. Instructions had been issued " to stay
the passages" here as elsewhere. A minute stands on the
Assembly Book of the Borough of Shrewsbury as follows:—
" Temp. Richard Mytton and Richard Dawes, ball'. Feb. 24,
1553-4. At a meeting of the whole Council, They be aggreed
That the Oueencs watch shalbe kept in man' ensuyng untill
further order therm be taken, videl't : that four House
Holders in harnes of ev'y ward shall watche ev'y night, and
too ev'y Daye, & to begyn before sevyn & watch untill fyve,
and that they shall watch in the ffranches aft' the nomber as
they have before tyme used."

A local chronicler writes (1553-4) : — " This yeare the Lord
Thomas brother to the Ducke of Suffolke was tacken at
Osestrie in Wales by Master Rychard Myttoon of Shrosbury
beihge then baylyff wch fell owt at leangthe to the sayde Mr.
Myttoons greate hynderance." 2

We learn trom Strype3 that " The Lord Thomas Grey,
the other brother of the Duke of Suffolk, was taken about
this time (7 Feb.), going towards Wales, and was coming up."
And again we read: — "The 21st day (Feb.), the Lord
Thomas Grey, the Duke of Suffolk's other brother, and Sir
James Croft, were brought on horseback to the Tower." 4
These extracts give us all the information that is known
regarding the fugitive's capture.

We now give the letter we have already mentioned, with
the abbreviations extended and the spelling modernised: —

" Right honourable and my right good Lords my Duties'
humbly remembered, whereas yesterday last being the 10th
[margin of paper torn], it pleased the same your Lordships

1 Lingard.

2 Taylor's MS , in Shrewsbury School Library.

3 Memorials , vol. pt. li , p. 1 [O.

4 Ibid, y. 145.

I~j6 CAPTI KK OF LORD THOMAS GRLY IN SHROPSHIRE.

to grant unto me the conduction of the Lord Thomas Gray
(there remaining in ward) unto the OueciLs Majestie, and to
that purpose I promised to be with your Lordships the 14th
of this month with the number of [blank] horsemen ; these
may be to signify unto you that the substance of my tenants
of horsemen inhabit in My'Giieth [Merioneth], being 40 miles
hence distant, and therefore the same remembering, and
conferring with myself and my friends here immediately
upon my repair home : I cannot nor am able in so short a
time to bring forth well furnished for the purpose such
number of horsemen as I promised to your Lordships, which,
before I conferred with m)' friends, I thought I should have
been able to [have] accomplished. And so w ithout the aid
of your Lordships to help me w ith the number of 40 or 50
horsemen to the journev, and to assist me, I cannot according
to your Lordships' expectation conduct the said Lord Thomas.
Nevertheless such number of horsemen that in so short a
time I ma)' be able to furnish I, God willing, will wait on
your Lordships the said 14th day of this month, unless I be
otherwise by your Lordships advised by the bearer my
servant, as knoweth God who eternally [?] preserve your
Lordships w ith increase of honour : from Salop &c."

ft Your Lordships humbly at
command." [No signature.]

This letter was written on the nth of February, and as
Lord Grey w as sent to the Tower on the 21st of that month
Richard Mytton was seven days later in arriving with his
prisoner. "On the 28th [of April] the Lord Thomas Grey,
the Duke of Suffolk's brother, a valiant and brave gentleman,
lost his life, being beheaded on Tower-Hill between nine and
ten of the clock, and buried at Alhallows Larking in Tower-
street."

The vague statement made by our local chronicler that the
capture of Lord Grey "fell owl at lengthe to the sayde
Mr. Mytton"s great hynderance,*' possibly had some connec-
tion with the delay mentioned above. Owen and Blake way,
however, conjecture that the allusion is to some Jprobable
loss of a reversionary interest in the disposal after death of
Sir Edward Grey's property, he being a kinsman of Lord

CAPTURE OF LORD THOMAS GREY IN SHROPSHIRE. 1 47

Thomas drey, and the father of Mytton's first wife. But of
this we have no evidence. There is another question of
much more interest which does not appear to have occurred
to our historians, namely, how it came about that Richard
Mytton, a Bailiff of Shrewsbury, could have captured Lord
Grey at Oswestry, seeing that his jurisdiction in that office
extended only to the limits of the town and Liberties of
Shrewsbury ? In the ordinary course of judicial procedure
the task of arresting a fugitive from justice would appertain
to the Sheriff of the county. Herein is the probable solution
of the question. The Sheriff of the county at the time was
Sir Adam Mytton, uncle of Richard the Bailiff, whom he
commissioned to perforin the duty.

Richard Mytton was the son of William Mytton of
Shrew-bury, by his wife Cecilia, daughter of Henry Delves
of Doidington, co. Chester. William Mytton was the last
of the family who occupied the old mansion of the Charltons
in Shrewsbury, which stood where the Theatre now stands.
He owned the extensive and mountainous estate of Dinas
Mawddwy, Merionethshire, which he had inherited from his
father, Thomas Mytton, who had obtained it by marriage
with Lleinor, daughter of Sir John de Burgh. Richard
Mytton, our Shrewsbury Bailiff, was born in the reign of
Henry VII., and lived in the reign of five monarchs, dying at
the advanced age of 99 years, in 1591. He served the office
of Sheriff of Shropshire in 1541, and again in 1560. He was
M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1542, when he obtained for the town a
new Charter, and " handsomely declined the wages to which
he was entitled [according to the usage of the time] ] for
attending to his duty in parliament, and thus enabled the
Corporation to pursue the necessary steps for the success of
their suit/' a suit then pending.1 In consequence of this and
other generous acts he was chosen by the town no less than
six times to serve the office of Bailiff, an evident proof of His
popularity in his native town, where he was known as the
" Gentle Master Mytton." He was twice married: first to
^^N^gnes, daughter of Sir Edward Grey of Enville, co. Stafford,

1 He does not appear in Owen and Blakeway's list of Burgesses to Parliament,
but I assume he \v.\s the man mentioned in the Borough Accounts f«>r that year,
as quoted by those authors, i., p. 337.

I48 CAPTURE OF LORD THOMAS GREY IN SHROPSHIRE.

Knt., a union promoted by his mother during his minority,
for securing which a curious contract existed amongst the
Mytton muniments. By this wife Richard Mytton had a
large family. In a pedigree drawn up by the late George
Morris he appears to have had eight sons and five daughters,
but in an old MS. Pedigree in the possession of Colonel C. J.
Cotes he is credited with no less than eighteen children.
His second wife was Elianor, daughter of George Harborne,
Esq., Recorder of Shrewsbury, by whom he had one son and
two daughters. She survived her husband, dying in 1602,
aged 90 years. Of her, Taylor's MS. records : — " The 30th day
of January A° 1602 beinge soondaye dep'ted this lyfe the
worthy MrsElnor Myttoon, late wyfe of Mr Rychard Myttoon
esquire — she was buried the Thursdaye followinge verey
solumely, being of the full adge of 90 yeares. she was of
greate birthe, and verey good to the poore ; vertious & godly.
She wolld dayly pray most devoutly, 3 whole howres before
noon and 3 whole howres in the after 1100 ne, & never stoore
[sturred] but those tymes uppon her knees. the God of
Peace, no doubt, hath res'd [received] hir to His m'cy."
Amen." 1

The curious contract mentioned above is in substance as
follows : — In an Indenture made 29th September, 9th Henry
VIII. (15 17), Dame Cecilia Mytton, daughter of Henry
Delves, of Doddington, co. Chester, and widow (at the above
date) of William Mytton, covenants with Sir Edward Grey,
Knt., that her son and heir, Richard Mytton ,k should man*)',
and by the grace of God, take to wife " Anne Grey, daughter
of Sir Edward, before the Feast of Purification of Our Lady
next coming if the two young people mutually consent : in
which case Dame Cecilia agrees to grant to Sir Edward
Grey Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of £30, in
fee simple or in fee tail, before the marriage, to the intent
that Anne then being his wife, may be endowed of the same,
if it happen that Richard should die before the age of 21
years, or before he had made his jointure to Anne his wife.
It was also covenanted between the two parties to the deed
that if Anne died before the consumation of the marriage

1 Taylor's MS., in Shrewsbury School Library

CAPTURK OF I .OKI) THOMAS ORKY IN SHROPSHIRE. IJf)

then Dame Cecilia grants to Sir Edward Grey that her son
Richard shall marry another daughter of Sir Edward, or else
pay the said 'money to Sir Edward, which she reserved for
the marriage. And also Richard grants to Sir Edward that he
will make an estate of land of the yearly value of £20 to the
use of Anne for the term of her life, when he attains the age
of 21. Sir Edward binds himself and his heirs to pay the
Dame Cecilia or her assigns £200, that is, £100 at the time
of making this agreement, of which £100 Dame Cecilia
acknowledges the receipt, and Sir Edward and his heirs are
acquitted and discharged ; and another 100 marks to be paid
at Michaelmas next following; and 50 marks at the Feast of
St. Michael next after, in full content of the £200, of which
last payment, Dame Cecilia consents to allow to Sir Edward
£15, the which she has received beforehand: and further-
more Sir Edward covenants with Dame Cecilia that he shall
buy all clothes, and keep the marriage at his own cost.

Dugdale thus describes Mytton's monument as being in
St. Chad's Church in his time :—

Jjecrr lueth the $}obn of Jlicharb Jttitton (£sq. toho first marrieb
JUne the laughter of <Sr (Ebtuarb <5rc» Juught aub aftcr-
toarbs marrieb (£lianora the baughter of (Seorgc Jfjarebroonc
(£sq |£earneb in the M/atocs aub liueb 99 uears anb byeb
26 bie flooembr, JUno 1501.

At the four corners are these arms : —
First coat, Quarterly of eight.

Parly per pale A. and Ci. an eagle displayed within a border
engrailed Or. -My Hon.

S. 3 towers, 2 and 1. A. — Tour.
B. 3 preedes A. in pale. — Pride.

B. a chevron erm between 3 lleurs de lys A. — Burgh.
O. a lion rampant G. within a border engrailed S. — - ^
Mowddwy.

Or. a raven proper. — Corbet.

G. a bend between 6 pears erect O, stalked and leaved, —
Clapton,

150 CAPTURE OF LORD THOMAS GREY IN SHROPSHIRE.

Quarterly per fesse indented G. and O. in the first quarter
a lion passant gardant A. — Bey sin.

Second coat. The paternal coat of Mytton, as above.

Third coat. The eight quartering^ as above, empaling A,
3 bars B. — Grey.

The fourth coat was torn away.

\

I51

ON WEARING THE . BONNET IN THE ROYAL
PRESENCE.

By the Rev. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

The following License by King Henry VIII., to John
Eorster of Wellington, to wear his bonnet in the king's
presence, dated 22 November, 1520, is preserved amongst the
muniments at Wiley, and has been carefully copied, and is
now for the first time printed in full, by the kind permission
of Lord Eorester, who is eleventh in direct lineal descent
from the grantee.

John Eorster of Watling-street, the grantee of the
privilege, was the elder son of John Eorster, by his second
wife, Isabel, daughter of Richard Lyster, Esq., of Rowton.
He came up to London as a young man, and was made
a freeman of the company of patten makers. In some
capacity, he became attached to the Court of King
Henry VIII., probably as one of the yeomen of the guard.
He afterwards resided at Easthope in Shropshire. He
married Joice, daughter of Philip Upton of Upton Magna
and Otelcy (son of Richard Upton, by his wife Eleanor,
sister and heiress of William Otelcy of Otelcy), and had issue
by her nine sons. He is believed to have died, at an
advanced age, on 13 March, 1590-91. The Inquisition post
mortem, taken after his death, is dated in 33 Elizabeth, and
shows that he died seised of a considerable estate in Welling-
ton and the neighbourhood. He was succeeded byTiis
grandson Erancis Eorster (the eldest son of his third son
William Eorster, who had died 4 May, 1590), who was then
aged 19 years and upwards. (See the Transaction*) 2nd
Series, III., 1O0-— 162, for further particulars of the grantee).

on Wearing the don net

[The King's Sign Manual.]

Henry by the grace of god king of England and of
ffraunce and Lord of Irland To almaner our officers
ministres and subgiettes as well of spirituell prehemynence
and dignitie as of temporal! auctoritie these our letters
hering or seing greting fforasmoche as we bee credibly
enformed that our trusty and Welbiloued John fforster of
Wellington in our Countie of Salop gentilman for certain
diseases and infirmities which he hath in his hed cannot
conveniently without his greate daungier and ieobardy bee
discovered of the same Wherupon we in consideracion therof
have by these presentes licenced hym from hensforth to use
and were his bonet on his said hed at all tymes and in all
places as well in our presence as eliswhere at his libertie
Wherfor we woll and comaunde you and every of you to
permitte and suffie hym soo to doo Without any your lett
chalenge or interupcon to the contrary As ye tendr our
pleasure Geuen under our Signet at our Manor of Grene-
wiche the xxiith day of November The xijlh yere of our
Reigne.

[The Seal is missing, but was probably a wafer seal, about
an inch in diameter, with the arms of France and England
quarterly. |

A similar License in almost identical words was given
on 4th March, 6 Henry VI 11. 15 14-15), to Richard
Wrottesley, Esq, (ancestor of Lord Wrottesley), and is
printed, together with a facsimile, in General Wrotteslcy's
History of the Family of Wrottesley, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford,
page 254. The formal parts are as follows : — " For asmoche
as we bee credibly enformed that or trusty and welbilovved
Richard Wrottesley squier for certain diseases and infirmities
which he hath in his hed cannot conveniently w'out hisgrete
daunger been disrov'ed of the same, Wherupon we in
consideracon therof have by these prscnts licenced hym to use
and were his bonet on his hed from hensforth in al places and
at al seasons aswel in or p'sence as elliswhere at his libertie/1

6 0

IN THE ROYAL PRESENCE.

Another license in nearly the same words was granted to
Walter Copinger (of Buxhall), 24 October, 4 Henry VIII.
(15 12), and is printed in full in Notes and Queries, 8 Series,
vii. 338. This seems to be the earliest in date of these grants
by Henry VIII.

Reference is also made in the same volume of Notes and
Queries, pages 148, 338, and' 391, to several other licenses to
wear a bonnet in the King's presence, viz. : — to Richard
Gwent, prolocutor of Convocation, Archdeacon of London,
and Dean of Arches, on 9 July, 1540 ; to Thomas Went worth,
of Wentworth, Esq., in 1528; to Christopher Brown, of
Tolethorp, Rutland (he was sheriff of Rutland in 7 Henry
VII.); to Richard Verney of co. Warwick (probably the
knight who was sheriff of Warwickshire in 1529, and ancestor
of Lord Willoughby de Broke), in 1516; and to two of
King Henry VIII. 's chaplains. The Master of Trinity
College, Cambridge, is also said to have had this privilege,
but by what authority does not appear. Sir John Skuish
(or Skewes), lawyer and chronicler, who died in 1544, na(^ a
similar grant in 1514. (Diet, of Nat. Biog., lii. 359).

These grants are all couched in very similar words, and
there are many interesting points connected with them.
They mostly seem to have been granted by King Henry VIII.,
and because of some diseases or infirmities which the grantees
had in the head. Were these grants hereditary, as has been
commonly assumed to be the case ? What was the "bonnet"
which the grantee was permitted to wear in the royal
presence ? And what was this disease in the head, so
prevalent in the first half of the sixteenth century ?

It has been commonly assumed that the permission to
wear the bonnet in the royal presence was hereditary, and
descended to the eldest son and his eldest son in perpetuum.
Even General Lord Forester (the third peer) is credited with
saying that should he survive Oueen Victoria, he should
exercise his privilege, and wear his hat in the royal presence.
But it seems to me perfectly clear that this privilege was not,
as it has often been claimed to be, an hereditary privilege,
but a strictly personal one, conlined to the grantees of the
privilege. It did not entitle their descendants to wear a hat
in the presence of the Sovereign. And the wording ot the

154

ON WEARING THE UOXKET

grants would seem to restrict the privilege to the reign of
Henry VIII. only, as the king's " heirs and successors" an:
not named in these licenses.

L have come across one apparent exception to the ordinary
form of license. Sir John Pakington, Serjeant-atda w, who
died in 1560, is stated to have had on 5 April, 20 Henry VIII.
(1529), a license to wear'his hat "in the king's presence, and
in the presence of his successors, or of any person whatsoever,
and not to be uncovered on any occasion or cause whatso-
ever, against his will and good liking." (Diet, of Nat. Bkg.,
xliii. 88). This license, as also a license exempting Pakington
from the obligation of knighthood on becoming a King's
Serjeant, is referred to in the State Papers temp. Henry VIII.,
vol. iv., 3 (No. 5510. 5); but without seeing the original it is im-
possible to say whether it is really different from the ordinary
form of license. The reference to the original document in
the Public Record Office seems to be " Patent 20 Henry VIII.,
pars 2, mem. 24," also " SB." [qu. Signet Bills.], should any
one interested care to pursue the subject further. In a footnote
to the pedigree of Pakington printed in Nash's Worcestershire,
i. 352, the reference is given as " Patent 28 Henry VIII."
and there is no mention of the king's successors.

The " bonnet " which the grantees were permitted to wear
in the king's presence was not, as has been commonly
supposed, a hat, but rather a closely fitting scull cap, such as
aged gentlemen frequently wear now-a-days, as a security
against colds in the head. It seems to me probable that there is
no such thing as a license to wear the hat in the royal presence.

As to the disease or infirmity in the head, General
Wrottesley has suggested to me that <:i the disease in the
head in the 16th century would be some form of mange. The
microscope shews that mange is a parasite which feeds on
the hair, and, before the invention of mercury as a
therapeutic agent, it could not be suppressed." Ringworm
has also been suggested as a probable disease.

It might be added that many of these documents are
preserved in the Public Record Office, amongst the Privy
Seal Waits, but they have not yet been arranged"" or
calendared, though they are in chronological order, and are
therefore rather difficult to find,

IN THE ROYAL PRESENCE.

155

Lord Kingsale claims the hereditary privilege of wearing
his hat in the royal presence, which he affirms was granted
to Sir John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster, by King John. Mr.
Round, in his Peerage Studies, has carefully investigated this
claim, and states that k' it is certain, from the testimony
of Giraldus, that John de Courci left no heir; " and that the
alleged privilege of remaining covered in the royal presence
is a later addition to the late legend of his wondrous deeds.
No instance is shown of this so called "right" being
exercised before the days of William III., when Almericus,
Lord Kingsale is said to have appeared before that monarch
covered. Gerald, 24th Lord Kingsale, was presented to
George I. on 27 June, 1720, and then asserted the ancient
right of his family of being covered in his Majesty's presence.
(Salmon's Chronological Historian, edition 1722, and Burke's
Peerage). In 1762, George Montagu wrote to Horace Walpole
of the new Lord Kingsale, that " Our peers need not fear
him assuming his privilege of being covered, for, till the king
gives him a pension he cannot buy the offensive hat."1 This
nobleman was a distant cousin of his predecessor, and is said
to have been bred a carpenter. The Rev. Richard de Courcy,
Vicar of St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury, from 1774 to 1803,
belonged to this family, which is one of great antiquity,
though I have not yet succeeded in ascertaining his exact
place in the pedigree.

It does not appear why these licenses were mostly granted
by Henry VIII., or when they ceased; but probably soon
after that monarch's death. Sir John Harington, writing in
the reign of Elizabeth, refers to the custom and says, " Yt
hath been a favor (though not now common) to geve a pardon
of the cap, viz. to stand covered." (Harington's Nugace
Antiques, ii. 15, quoted in Notes and Queries, 9 Ser., viii. 452).

The following is the license to Walter Copinger, already
referred to, at present the earliest know n license of the kind,
only put in modern English spelling : —

HENRY R. [The King's Sign Manna!.}

Henry by the grace of God king of England and ffrance
and lord of Ireland, To all manner our own subjects, as well

* Historical MsS, Commission, 8th Report, Appenuix 2, 115 a.

X3fi WEARING THE BONNET IN THE ROYAL PRESENCE.

of the spiritual pre-eminence and dignity as of the temporal
authority, these our letters hearing and seeing, and to every
of them greeting. Whereas we be credibly informed that
our trusty and well-beloved subject Walter Copinger is so
diseased in his head that without his great danger he cannot
be conveniently discovered of the same. In consideration
whereof we have by these presents licensed him to use and
wear his bonnet upon his said head, as well in our presence
as elsewhere at his liberty. Wherefore we will and command
yon and every of you to permit and suffer him so to do,
without any your challenge disturbance or interruption to
the contrary, as you and ever)' of you tender our pleasure.
Given under our Signet at our Manor of Greenwich the xxivth
day of October in the ivth year of our reign. [1512.]

The conclusion we have arrived at is as follows. The
license to wear the bonnet in the king's presence was a
strictly personal privilege, and not an hereditary one. It
was limited to the life of the monarch who granted it. The
"bonnet" permitted to be worn was not a hat, in the ordinary
sense of the word, but a sort of closely fitting scull-cap.
And it was because of some disease in the head, apparently
incurable in the sixteenth century, that the license was given
to certain persons connected with the King's Court. It
would be very rash of any descendant of a grantee to
presume to appear before the king covered at the present
day, on the strength of a license granted to an ancestor.

157

MISCELLANEA.

[Under this heading the Editors will be pleased to insert notes
and short articles relative to reeent discoveries in the County,
or oilier matters of archaeological or historical interest.
Communications are incited, and should he addressed to the
Editors, cjo Mr. 1:. Coyne, Dogpole, Shrcicsbury.]

I

LOCAL COINS AND TOKENS LATELY ACQUIRED BY
THE SHREWSBURY MUSEUM.

The following local coins, all of them struck m Shrewsbury, have
been bought during the last few months from Messrs Spink and Co.,
and Mr. Lincoln, and added to the collection. All except the
crown piece of Charles I are silver pennies. With the exception of
a very few silver halfpence, the currency consisted exclusively of
silver pennies during the whole Saxon and Norman period. Some
were struck at Shrewsbury in nearly every reign from thai of
cEthelstan to that of Henry III, but until this year the Museum
only possessed two specimens. It is to be hoped that local
patriotism will soon fill up some of the many gaps which still remain.
The types are numbered as in Hawkins' Silver Coins of England
3rd edition.

/Ethelstan, type 7, moneyers Eofermund & Frotger.
I /Kthelred the Unready, type 3, moneyer Wynsige ;

Type 8, moneyers Wynsige, /Elfheh, Prungar, Vnswac.
1 Edward the Confessor, type 6, moneyers /Klfget, Eornwi.
Type 9, moneyers /Elfric, Godwine, Wulmier.
Type 13, moneyer .Egelric. Type 19, moneyer . . . wig
William I or II, type 9, moneyer Segrim.
Stephen, type 3, moneyer Hodbert.

Charles I, Crown, dated 1642. On the iever.se of diis coin is an
abbreviation of a declaration made by the King at Wellington,
19th Sept, 1642, that he meant to preserve "the 1'rotcstant
Religion, the known laws of the land, and the just privileges
and freedom of Parliament.'5

The fust coins ..truck during the Civil War out of London were
i those which wen.' struck in Shrewsbury and issued 011 21 Oct., 16.J2,
I when a silver 20s piece was issued to each Colonel, a 10s or 5s

piece to each inferior officer, am] a half crown to each private

Vol. II., 3rd Scries. U

158

MISCELLANEA.

soldier. This may be one of the 5s pieces issued on that day. A
print of the scene of making the declaration is in the Shrewsbury
County Club.

The following tokens issued by Shropshire tradesmen to supply
the want of small change in the beginning of Charles II 's reign,
have been lately presented to the Museum. The Shrewsbury
tokens are all copper halfpence, exept (8), which is a brass farthing.
The Oswestiy one is a brass „Penny.

1. Constantine Overton. Cordwainers' arms. 3 rams heads.
Rev. In Salop, 1663. His Half Peny.

2. Tho. Meyricke Vintuers' arms, 3 tuns.
Rev. In Salopp, 1663. His Half Peny.

3. John Millington- A pair of scales, M above, I & M on each
side, a wheatsheaf between the scales, and on each side of the
M above.

Rev. Of Shrewsbury, 1664. His Halfpeny.

4. William Harrison. His Half Peny.

Rev. Of Salope, 1666. Shield bearing a chevron between 3
square objects, said to be the Stationers Arms.

5. William Thomas, Mercer. Mercer's Arms, a Queen's bust.
Rev. Of Salop, 1666. His Half Peny

6. John Brigdell, 1667. 3 birds, said to be the Chandlers' Arms.
Rev. In Sallop, Chandler. His Hall Peny.

7. A duplicate of the last.

8. Benjamin Hinde. Arms of Shrewsbury.
Rev. In Salop. B. H.

9. Richard Edwards. A woolpack.

Rev. Of Oswalstrey, 1668. His Penny.

All the above are published in Boyne's Trade Tokens, and the
Shrewsbury ones are engraved in Owen and Blake way.

R. Ll. KENVON.

II.

UNIDENTIFIED PLACES IN DOMESDAY.

There are a number of Place-names in the Shropshire Domes-
day which are very difficult, to say the least, to identify at the
present day, in fact, the wonder is that there are no more. These
names are now submitted after diligent extensive research. The
Ordnance maps have been scrutinized for each and all of them.
They may have been overlooked by the surveyors, either as being
too insignificant, or as having been superseded by modern appella-
tion. Eyton himself has in a few cases, not mentioned below,
slightly misread the ancient record and somewhat perplexed hir*

MISCELLANEA.

159

readers, ex. gr., instead of Ioclehuile (Yockleton) he has given
Loclehuile ; instead of Iartune (Yarton or Yorton) he has Lai-tune ;
instead of Routone (Rowton) he has Routune ; while for Iagedone
(Yagdon near Leaton) he gives no identification whatever. Ii
would be very presumptuous to charge him with neglect, for his
labours are beyond praise. Domesday Book is not easy to read,
and many letters are much alike. I now submit the Domesday
names, with the hidage, Domesday hundred, and all the other clues
that are available, and, fur facility of reference, in alphabetical order.

BENEHALE.

HOLE B EC.
BU J HE HALE.
CHENELTONE.

7 hides. VVitintreu Township or vill. de-
hundred pendant upon Mont-
gomery.

h hide. Stcttesden Saxon tenant Stenulf.
hundred.

] hide. Patintun. Saxon tenant Elmer.

(not Bucknell).
1 hide. Bascherche.

CHINBALDESCOTE 5 hides. Lenteurde. belonged to St. Mary

of Brom field.

CEEV. 1 hide. Lenteurde. somewhere near Lud-

low.

EDRETEHOPE. 2] hides. Lenteurde. somewhere near Lud-
low.

FECH & LEL. each j hide. Condetret. in or near Mawley,

but names lost.

GOSEFORD. 3 hides. VVitintreu. dependentupon Mont

(see Trans., Vol. i., p. 1S1). gomery.

HIBRIHTESELLE. .[hide. Lenteurde somewhere near Lud-
low.

1 hide. Lenteurde. no clue whatever.

LEGE.
NEW ETON E.
PETELIE.
POLE.

STAURCOTE.
SUDTELCH.

TUMBELAWE

\ hide. Mersete. somewhere near Os-
westry.

4 hide. Patintun. belonged to St. Mil-
burg of Wenloek,

\ hide. Ruesseb. probably near Con-
diston.

1 hide. Witentreu. dependentupon Mont-
gomery.

I hide. Bascherche. (possibly in Base-
cherche detached tS:
in the S E of Salop).
1 j hides. Lenteurde. near Laidlow or Leint
ward inc.

ryawai

l6o MISCKLLAXEA.

TUNESTAN. moiety of Ktcordin. close lo Poynton.

U hides

WLFERESFORDE. 2 hides. Mersete (? Worsfield),

Any identifications or helps thereto will be gratefully received.

C. II. DRINK WATER.

III.

FEES FOR KNIGHTHOOD IN 1642.

The Ottley Papers preserved at Pitchford Hall, Salop, contain
the following list of Fees paid by Sir Francis Ottley on the occasion
of his receiving the honour of Knighthood from Charles I, when the
King visited Shrewsbury in 1642. Never having previously seen
such a document, and being much interested in it, 1 send it for
Miscellanea. It is necessary to bear in mind the difference in the
value of money between the date of this creation and our own
time, in order to realize the largeness of the sum paid. 13y the
kindness of a friend 1 am able to give the Fees paid for the same
honour in 1896.

Sr ffrancis Ottly ffees due to his mat: Seruantts for the saide
of Pitch ford in Knighthoude maide att the Courtt at Shrewsbury

3111 Salop the 21th 7ber 1642.

£

Knight.

s.

d.

To the Earle Marshall

3

6

8

To the gentt ushers dayly wayters

5

0

0

To the gentt ushers of the previe Chamber

5

0

0

To the Harralds at Armes ...

... 6

0

0

To the gentt ushers of wayters

... 4

0

0

To the Sewer of the Chamber

2

0

0

To the Knight Harbinger

3

6

8

To the Sargentt Porter

1

0

0

To the King's Barber

1

0

0

To the Koabcs

... 4

0

0

To the Warderoabe ...

2

5

4

To the yeoman ushers

1

0

0

To the glomes and pages .. ... v:

1

10

0

To. the pages of the bedchamber

... 4

0

0

To the llootmcn

>

0

0

To the porters alt the gate ...

1

0

0

To the 2 gentt of the seller and buttery

1

1 2

10

To the yeoman of the Month

16

0

To the Sargentt Trompeter ...

1

0

0

To the Trompeters

0

0

To the Drome Maior

0

*3

4

To the Survaire of the wayes

0

10

0

Miscellanea.

161

To the Coachmen ... ... ... ... ... o 10 o

To the Jestur ... ... ... ... ... o 10 o

£ s. d.

Soni is ... ... 60 o o

Rec'. all lhe.se Seuerall Sums
above written due to his Mats

Seruants wch amount to the Peter Newton,

sum of Threescore pounds
I say rec' p me Joseph Walker

Groome of his Mata Chamber
in Ordenary

FEES FOR KNIGHTHOOD IN 1896.

The Earl Marshal

Heralds of England .,.
Heralds of Scotland, chiefly paid to the Ex-
chequer by Act of Parliament
Lyon of Scotland do do.

Heritable Usher of Scotland
Keeper of the Council Chamber
v- ./Receiver L,v+t* %p.i..

£ s- d.

3 9°
9 * 3

5 J4 o
276

3 3 4
0190
1 7 1

£26 8 2

These are the only Fees payable on knighthood at ths present
time, and they are paid both in cases where the honour is privately
conferred by the Sovereign, or granted under Letters Patent. The
Patent Fees have been lessened or done away with recently.
T>ut the Heralds' Fees, which are by very ancient grants, and in the
case of the Scotch Heralds by Act of Parliament, remain in all
cases of Knighthood without exception. It is curious that in the
case of an English Knighthood, such large fees are payable to the
Scotch Heralds. My thanks are due to Colonel J. C. Cotes for
his permission to print Sir Francis Ottley's Fees.

WILLIAM PHILLIPS.

IV.

RECOVERY OF A LONG LOST SHREWSBURY MS.
Owen and Blakeway in their History of ' Shrewsbury ^ p, 250, re
produced the autographs of John Lord Strange, of Knockin, and
Prince Edward, Duke of York, and remark : — " The above are ex-
tracted bum a curious MS. in possession of T. F. Dukes, Esq.
appearing, from the hand writing, to have belonged to the late
Godolphin Edwards, Esq., a diligent transcriber of ancient Salopian
documents." This MS., it will be satisfactory to know, has recently

MISCELLANEA.

been identified as that purchased in London by the late Alfred
Cock, Esq., Q.C., and presented by him to the Shrewsbury Free
Library sometime ago, where it now rests as a memento of his in-
terest in the welfare of that institution.

WILLIAM PHILLIPS.

V.

CAS TLE TUMP, NEAR TEN PUR V.

On the north side of Tenbury, and within the Shropshire
boundary, at the angle formed by the high road from Purford and
the river Teme, in a meadow, stands the remarkable mound of
earth, named on the one inch Ordnance Map, Castle Tump. It
has a base nearly 100 feet in diameter, and is about 15 feet in
height, and has two fine oak trees growing on it. The accompany-
ing sketches made from photographs taken by Mr. Herbert R. H.
Southam, convey an excellent idea of its appearance. That it is of
great antiquity needs hardly to be stated, and an interesting
problem arises as to its original purpose. It seems to have escaped
the notice of the late Mr. Hartshorne in his Salopia Antiqua, nor
can we find any reference to it by any of our Shropshire antiquaries,
whose wrorks have come under our notice. Mr. Oliver Baker in
his Ludlow Town and Neig/ibourhood, p. 189, says : —"At the end
of the bridge opposite to the town (Ten bury), is a large tumulus,
with three very fine oaks growing upon it. It was the custom in
early tunes to place such tumuli at fords to mark their position."
From tnis it appears that since he wrote, fourteen years ago, one
of the trees has disappeared. This mound bears a great similarity
to other tumuli in the county, which are regarded as burial mounds,
such as that at Fitz, the one near the church at Stapleton, and
those on the Oldfield, near Ludlow, few of which have been
explored. Put after a careful survey of the position of the one
under consideration, and taking into account its traditional
name— Castle Tump, we are of opinion that it is much more
likely to have been a defensive work of the nature of a Moated
Mound erected fur the purpose of guarding the ford of the river
Teme, near where the biidge to Tenbury now stands. If we
consult a map of the district we perceive at once that a great
number of roads, both from north and south converge at this point,
as though in early times here was the only ford or bridge across
the Teme for miles distant. One of the more conspicuous of these
roads runs southward from the Clee Hill, and after crossing the
river at Tenbury, divides into two, one running south-west, the
other running south-east. This important passage over a river of
considerable size, must have been a great trade route, as well as a
valuable strategic point in disturbed times. The Moated Mounds

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referred to above, have been well described by G. T. Clark in

the Archaeological Journal (xxxix., p. 159), as consisting of an oval
or circular space inclosed by a deep ditch, strengthened by a strong
palisade. Within the inclosure was a high mound, on which was
erected a tower of timber, and divided from the inner court by a
second ditch. When such works as these became disused the
wooden parts decayed, while the mounds and ditches remained.
The Castle Tump, we are disposed to think, was of this character,
and although the ditches have been filled up, there can be observed
certain irregularities in the ground suggestive of their former
existence.

We were requested by the Council of the Shropshire Archaeolo-
gical Society to visit this mound and report our opinion, which we
now do with all respect. We are indebted to the Salop County
Surveyor for kindly furnishing us with the tracing fiom the
Ordnance Survey showing the position of the mound.

WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
HERBERT R. H. SOUTH AM.

VI.

SOME RECENTLY DISCOVERED REMAINS ON THE
SITE OF URICONIUM.

Having been informed in the month of October last by
Mr. Augustus H. Ashdown, agent of the Rt. Hon. Lord Barnard,
that a trench was being cut through the rield in which stand the
exposed remains of the Roman city of Uriconium, for the purpose
of laying a one inch iron pipe for conveying water, three members
of the Council of our Society, and Mr. W. Beacall, paid a visit to
the place on October 26, with the view of examining the sub-soil
and noting any discovery that may have been made in the course
of the work, and reporting on the same.

It will be seen by the plan accompanying this report that the
trench commenced at A, near the south-west corner of the space
including the former excavations, running in a south-easterly
direction to H, there crossing the boundary of the city, as laid
down by previous explorers. The trench varied in depth according
to the undulations of the ground, from 3 ft. 6 in. to 6 It., being
just wide enough for a man to work in. Commencing our inspec-
tion at A, we "found in the soil thrown out a large quantity of
fragments of red tiles, lime, bones of animals, Roman British
pottery, a few pieces of Upchurch pottery, and one small piece of
Samian wire, having on it the figure of a dog running at full speed,
of the greyhound type, beautifully executed. The sides of the
trench consisted of such (/c/ir/.v ;is result from destroyed buildings,
and domestic utensils of various kinds At B a ""concrete wall

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MISCELLANEA.

2 ft. 6 in. thick was cut through, the upper surface of which was
not more than a foot below the level of the land. It was excessively
hard, and gave the workmen much trouble to make the trench
through it. At C was exposed the angle about 6o° of a concrete
floor space 14 in. thick resting on a wall. 'The trench here was

3 ft. 8 in. deep, and the top of the floor 1 ft. 8 in. below the level
of the ground. Near to this, at I ), where the trench was 4 ft. deep,
there was another wall cut through about 7 in. below the surface
of the land. At E and F two parallel walls, distant from each
other 19 ft. 6 in., were cut through, the walls 18 in. thick, and 2 ft.
below the surface of the land. These walls, as suggested by
Mr. St. John Hope, were the boundaries of a public street of the
city. Beyond this point the soil contained scarcely a trace of
debris, showing that it was never used for building on. At II,
where the trench (4 feet deep) crossed the site of the boundary of
the city, there was nothing to be seen except virgin soil — no
indications of masonry of any kind, and if any defensive work was
erected here it could only have been a mound of earth strengthened
by a strong palisade, and perhaps a ditch.

Although the result of our inspection of tin's narrow trench may
appear trivial in the eyes of some, it cannot be doubted or questioned
that the portions of masonry, &c , revealed are highly suggestive of
the archaeological richness of the ground traversed by the trench
from A to F. Had it been possible to follow up and trace the
lines of exposed masonry, discoveries of much greater importance
might have been made.

Our thanks are due to Mr. Ashdown for his kindness in giving
us intimation of the work being in progress, and permission to visit
it. We are also obliged to Mr. S (1. Jones for making an enlarge-
ment of the plan showing the position of the walls, &c. , exposed
by the opening of the trench.

E. CALVERT,

HERBERT II. R. SOUTHAM,
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. L
By H. B. WALTERS, M.A., F.S.A.

Preface.

The first attempt at collecting materials for a history of the
Church Bells of Shropshire was made nearly twenty years
ago by Mr. Thomas North, F.S.A., of Leicester, An
indefatigable worker, he was unfortunately prevented by ill-
health from active investigations, but with most laudable
perseverance he made large collections of rubbings and casts
of inscriptions and stamps for several of the English counties.
Some of these he published, completing the dioceses of
Peterborough and Lincoln, together with the counties of
Bedford and Herts, the latter brought out after his death by
Mr. Stahlschmidt ; but Shropshire at the time of his death
in 1885 was not completely investigated. The materials
collected for Mr. North by Mr. W. Jones, the Rev. C. H.
Drinkwater, and other friends, were partly transferred by his
widow to the care of the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher ; but it is
to be feared that a large proportion had been previously
mislaid.

When Mr. Cranage first set on foot his project for an
account of the Shropshire Churches, I approached him on
the question of giving the inscriptions on the bells, but
he wisely shrank from such an addition to his labours, and
the upshot of the matter was that Mr. North's material
was placed in my hands by the Shropshire Archaeological
Society with the hope that I might myself use it as the basis
of a work on the bells. The material consisted of rubbings
of inscriptions from some five-and-thirty churches, several
incomplete, together with some squeezes and casts of ancient
stamps. It was, however, evident that there was not here
very much to go upon ; but the rubbings were not without

Vol. II., 3rd Series. V

l66 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

their value, as they include several interesting bells that have
since been recast. They are taken from different parts of the
county, chiefly the south.

I began personal investigation in the year 1894, continuing
it in 1896, and receiving valuable aid from my friend the
Rev. H. T. Tilley of Smethwick, an experienced and
persevering " bell-hunter," who, in a few cases, is solely
responsible for the descriptions of the bells. Besides the
actual personal assistance he rendered me in our joint
peregrinations, I am also indebted to him for some excellent
casts. Then, for some years, private affairs prevented my
continuing the work, and I began to despair of ever complet-
ing it. I am, therefore, more grateful than I can well
express to the County Archaeological Society, who enabled
me to make arrangements by which the project has been put
on a more satisfactory footing; and I trust, in the course of
a few years, to be able to publish a complete account of the
Shropshire Church Bells by instalments in these Transactions.

Besides the great debt of gratitude that I owe to the
Council of the Archaeological Society, I wish here to express
my most cordial thanks to those of the clergy and laity of
the county and others who have been of assistance to me in
my labours; above all, to my friends, the Rev. D. H. S.
Cranage and the Rev. W. G. Clark- Maxwell. The former
has done much to smooth my path and to render the
inception and (I trust) the completion of the work possible,
and the latter has been indefatigable in collecting information
about the bells of his own neighbourhood. I am also much
indebted to the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher for valuable help.
Others must forgive me if I do not mention them here
individually, but I have endeavoured to give each his due in
the body of the work. Nor must I omit to mention the
constant civility and kindness I have met with from parish
clerks, labourers, and others, without whose persevering and
willingly-rendered assistance I should have been obliged
to leave much undone.

Outside the limits of the county, I am indebted to Mr. A.
H. Cocks for the loan of five blocks of Rudhall's ornaments,
and to the Rev. T. M. N. Owen, the Rev. Canon Raven, Mr. C.
R. Peers, and others of my fellow-workers for various notes and

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167

suggestions ; to the firms of Taylor of Loughborough, Hears
and Stainbank of London, Barwell of Birmingham, and Carr
of Smethwick, for the ready courtesy with which they have
supplied information about the bells from their respective
foundries, and to Messrs. Taylor for the loan of a block of
their foundry-stamp; lastly,, ..I wish to thank the printers,
Messrs. Woodall, Minshall and Thomas, for the pains they
have taken to reproduce the inscriptions as accurately as
possible, a very troublesome task, but most successfully
accomplished.

Introduction.

The County of Salop contains 317 parish churches, of which
261 existed before 1800, five or six being of post-Reformation
origin; the remaining 56 are of nineteenth century foundation.
There are also several destroyed or ruined churches and
chapels which have long ceased to possess bells, and others
of which there are only records. The bell of Deuxhill
church (destroyed 1886) has disappeared, but the modern
church of Doddington near Cleobury Mortimer (built in
1849) possesses a bell of the eighteenth century, and the
new church at Jackfield is said to possess an old bell
from Oldbury, near Bridgnorth ; St. Anne, Oswestry (1883),
and St. Leonard, Ludlow (1870), are or were without a bell
at all. The total number of bells is 1016, distributed as
follows : —

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f twelve

1 2

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ten ...

1 =

10

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eight

... 17 =

136

5>

six

... 56 =

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... 15 =

75

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four ...

... 15 =

60

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three...

... 49 =

M7

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two ...

... 63 =

126

1 Including Easthofe, where two of the bells are cracked, and no longer
hang in the tower.

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Single bells

Priests' and clock bells

= 92

= 22(includinggreatbellofTong)

Total

= 1016

To these must be added — (1) four sets of tubular " bells,"
numbering 30 in all ;l (2) a few secular bells of interest, such
as Ludlow Butter Cross and Shrewsbury Market Hall, which
will be noticed in the course of the work.

It is possible that these figures may require some
modification when the whole county has been completely
explored ; in many cases my information has only been
derived from that excellent work, Kelly's Directory, which
experience tells me is generally to be trusted.

The plan which I propose to adopt is to take the parishes
separately in deaneries, beginning with the part of the
county which lies in the Diocese of Hereford ; under the
heading of each place will be collected all information
relating specially to the bells of that place ; but a general
historical treatment of the bells and their founders,
and an account of the ringing customs and folk-lore will be
reserved for the concluding instalment of the work. It may
be felt that an alphabetical arrangement of the parishes
throughout has more practical advantages, but it is obvious
that publication by instalments precludes the possibility of
this ; when material has to be collected year by year, it can
only be done by concentrating one's efforts on a particular
district; and even then a deanery may take some time to
complete, if, as so often happens, several of the bells are
difficult of access. A fortiori, an alphabetical order would
suffer constantly from delays. I trust, therefore, that every
allowance will be made for one living at a distance from the
county whose opportunities for personal explorations are at
best infrequent.

The first instalment of the work includes the four
Deaneries of Bridgnorth, Bur ford, Stottcsdon, and Wcnlock,
with isolated parishes in those of Trysull and Bewdley.

1 These are to be found at Clceton (8), Llanymynech (8), Newtown, near
Wem (6), and Holy Trinity, Oswestry (8). They do not, in my opinion, call
for detailed description

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

A few words here on the general characteristics of Shrop-
shire Bells, may, perhaps, not be considered out of place.1 I
fear it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that on the
whole they are somewhat lacking in interest. This is by no
means what we should expect in a rural and thinly-populated
county ; for it is precisely in such counties that the most
interesting and most ancient belb generally 'abound. Norfolk
and Suffolk, for instance, stand at the head of the list for the
number of medieval bells, each possessing over three hundred,
while Lincoln, Essex, Dorset, and Somerset, are also veiy
rich in this respect. Staffordshire, on the other hand, being
thickly populated, has lost nearly all its interesting bells, and
only has about 35 medievals remaining, but Cheshire,
though mainly rural, has hardly a single bell of any interest
or antiquity. Hereford I believe to be particularly rich in
old bells, but it has been little investigated at present ; and
it is evident that Shropshire, which only contains, at most,
about fort)- inscribed medieval bells, must fall into line with
its other neighbours on the north and tJList. On the other
hand, there is in our county a surprisingly large number of
uninscribed bells, which appear from their archaic shape to
of considerable antiquity ; the best examples 1 know are
at Upton Cressett, Cold Weston, and Stow, but they
are very common throughout the hilly districts south of the
Severn.

In this respect Shropshire more nearly resembles some
northern counties, such as Northumberland ; and though
the percentage of medieval bells in the county is largely
increased by the number of these " blank " bells, it is but a
small satisfaction to the campanist, who naturally looks for
something in the way of an inscription or a stamp to reward
his labours and incite him to further efforts. Probably in
medieval times the difficulties of carriage were much felt in
these hilly districts, and the works of the great founders at
Gloucester, Worcester and elsewhere did not easily penetrate
into the retired valleys lying between the Shropshire hills ;
the unpretentious bell-turrets of the little Norman churches

1 Space forbids me to enlarge here on the history and characteristics of
Church Bells in general. For information on the subject, the reader is referred
to the works of Messrs. Ellacombe, North, Stahlschmidt, and Cocks.

170

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

were perforce content with the humble efforts of local crafts-
men, who were deficient in scholarship and limited in
" plant"; while the small rudely-shaped bells which they
produced have survived successive manias for re-casting bells
and re-building churches, because in default of the possibility
of a peal for ringing, they sufficed for the ordinary require-
ments of a small parish.

I do not propose here to discuss the medieval bells in any
detail ; that is more fittingly reserved for a later chapter on
the founders of the county ; nor must I speak here of the
seventeenth-century founders, except to note the excellence
of the work done by a local firm, the Cliburys of Wellington,
who monopolised the county for seventy years, during which
time they cast at least three-quarters of the bells of that
century still remaining. Similarly in the eighteenth century,
Shropshire, like other West-midland counties, was absolutely
monopolised by the great foundry of the Rudhalls at
Gloucester, against whom the lesser men had no chance.
From 1693 to 1830, a constant succession of rings of five,
six, or eight, poured into the county from Gloucester, the
River Severn, no doubt, proving an admirable auxiliary as a
means of transit.1 The only rival to the firm was Joseph
Smith of Edgbaston, between 1700 and 1730; and almost
every one of the 75 larger rings in the county is their work.
But their excellent bells are exceedingly dull from the
archaeological point of view.

During the nineteenth century, the zeal for re-casting bells
has not relaxed, but unfortunately efforts seems to have been
devoted rather to replacing the smaller isolated bells than
to the production of large rings. I might name many parishes
where the re-building of the church has been made the
occasion, not only for replacing picturesque wooden turrets
by the inevitable stone gable-cot, but for re-casting the bells
without regard to any interest they might have possessed.
The worst instance of vandalism is, perhaps, at a certain
parish in the Glee Hills, where a most interesting early bell,

1 Out of the 208 bells in the four deaneries now described, 92, or nearly half,
are from the Rudhalls ; out of 88 in those of 1'rysull and lkidjMiorth, no less than
5 I (eij;ht lin^s of six).

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171

instead of being preserved as a " ting-tang," was un-
necessarily melted down towards a new ring, to which its
humble quota of metal can have made little difference.

On the other hand, no commendation can be too great for
those of the clergy and laity who have been at pains to
preserve, if not the bells themselves, at any rate their
inscriptions, either in rubbings (as at Lydbury North and
Stokesay) or by reproduction on the new bells (as at Boraston,
Ditton Priors, and Kinlet).

Although, perhaps, the grievance is a purely personal one,
it must be pointed out that the gable-cots to which I have
alluded, whose only merit (?) seems to be that of cheapness,
add very seriously to the labours, not to say the perils, which
the bell-hunter has to undergo. Ladders are seldom easy to
obtain, and when procured, do not in every case enable one
to reach the bells without considerable risk. However, there
is a pleasant side to such adventures, and the courtesy and
patience which I have consistently experienced in such cases,
from all helpers alike, will always remain an agreeable
memory. Hut I should certainly be inclined to note
inaccessibility as one of the general characteristics of
Shropshire bells !

The following statistics of my experiences in the four
deaneries described below will, perhaps, illustrate what I
have just said : — ■

Out of 62 churches, only sixteen have staircases to
approach the bells, and of these, only ten are of stone ; five
have vertical ladders fixed to the wall ; twenty-two have no
fixed ladder or other method of approach, and of these, in
twelve cases, the bells can only be reached by external means,
in the other ten a ladder must be erected inside. The re-
maining nineteen have ladders of the ordinary accessible type.

With regard to my next instalment of this work, I am
glad to be able to say that the remaining Deaneries in the
Hereford Diocese are in a very forward state, Church
Stretton and Ludlow being nearly completed, Clun and
Bishop's Castle well advanced. I hope, therefore, in the
course of next year, to be able to publish these four
Deaneries, perhaps including the three Shropshire parishes
in the Deanery of Montgomery.

172

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

I venture to appeal to the clergy and laity of that district,

and, indeed, to all throughout the county, for any items of
information which they can supply, which will be printed with
most grateful acknowledgment. Although, in a work of this
kind, the greater part of the material must necessarily be
collected personally, I wojild beg the clergy in particular to
bear in mind that they alone hold the key to much valuable
information which can only be imparted to an outsider by their
courtesy. Those who live on the spot have opportunities of
collecting and recording information about folk-lore,
traditions, or parochial history, which would often be both
useful and welcome.

As far as concerns the four Deaneries published in the
present instalment, it is satisfactory to have been able to
acknowledge replies to fully half of the circulars sent out for
information in regard to customs, etc. Other historians
of the bells of a county have told me that the usual
proportion of answers to be expected is about 25 per cent. ;
I feel, therefore, that I have been exceptionally favoured !

It is to be hoped that the descriptions of the bells as given
in the following pages will in all cases be perfectly intelligible,
even to those who are unfamiliar with such subjects. I have,
however, thought it advisable to append a few notes by way
of explanation of certain details.

NOTE.

It should be understood that, except where otherwise stated, the inscription is
placed round the upper part of the bell, immediately below the angle which
separates the i; crown," or top, from the "shoulder," or upper part of the body;
the middle p;ut is known as the " waist ; " the lower cdj*e as the " sound-bow."

In most cases the diameter of the bell across the mouth is given in inches
after the inscription.

" Sanctus bells ;: or " I riest's bells" are indicated by the lettei 3.

The notes under headings [1549], 1552, 1553, 1740, 1752, are to be explained
as follows : —

[1549], 1552, and 1553 refer to the Inventories of Church Goods made by the
Commissioners of King Edward VI. in the sixth, and seventh years of his
reign, ami preserved at the Record Office. They have been transcribed in
the volume of the Transactions for 19 jo (2nd Ser. , vol. xii.), whence they are
copied in the present case. On the [1549] list, see ibid, p. 324.

1740 and 1752 refer to MS. lists of the bells in Shropshire Churches in
those years, drawn up by the famous antiquary browne Willis. The former list
is in the British Museum (Add. 30316); the latter is also in that collection, but
among Cole's JMSS., and in ins hand writing (Add. 5827) ; it is as inaccurate
as the one of I7<p> is accurate.

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.
INSCRIPTIONS

AND HISTORY OF THE BELLS OF THE
PARISH CHURCHES,
ARRANGED TN DEANERIES.

I. DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD,

(ARCHDEACONRY OF STAFFORD.)

i. DEANERY OF TRYSULL.

Two parishes in this Deanery are in Shropshire: Quatt
and Worfield. As they belong geographically to the
Bridgnorth district, and the other Shropshire parishes in
Lichfield Diocese are all in the Salop Archdeaconry, I have
thought fit to introduce them out of their place before
describing the parishes in the Diocese of Hereford. The
geographical arrangement which I propose to adopt in the
succeeding instalments will thus be more satisfactorily
preserved.

It should be mentioned that the inscriptions on the bells
of these two churches have already been given by Mr. Lynam
in his Church Bells of Staffordshire, pp. 23, 38, owing, I
suppose, to an oversight on his part. As however a descrip-
tion of Shropshire bells would be incomplete without them,
and as I am able to give a fuller account in each case, I
make no apology for repeating them here.

QUATT. Andrew. 6+1 bells.

1. A IOVE PR1NCIPVM A: R 1 7 0 0 ^^^jHs&JP

(24J111.

2. ABRA: RVDHALL CAST VS ALL ANNO DOMINI

1 7 0 0 (2?6in.

3. RICH : COLLEY GENT. A : R ^17 0 0 gfc&2*£i

(28111.

Below: — floral border, fig. 1 (continuous).

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174 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

4. THO LITTLEFOR D RECTOR 17 00

A R £ C^^ONO [±\

Below:— \ • CORFIELD F: HADLEY CHVRCH-
WARDENS OF QVATT *G?y$fi |*j (3oin-

5. THO • WOLRYCHE • BARON ETTVS : HVIYS

ECCLES PATRONYS: 7 0 0

6. I CALL THE QVICK & DEAD PREPARE TO

CHVRCH & BED. A : R ^ 1 7 0 0 * (37«>.

Below: — border, fig. 2 (continuous).

S. IOHH 0 PACKER 00 ME 0 FECET
0@ 1692 0 (iojin.

Cabled cannons to the four larger Rudhall bells. An archaic
form of bell is used as a stamp by Rudhall on these as on others of
his earlier bells {e.g. , at Milson and Worfield). The mark at the
end of the inscription on the tenor is a sort of tree; that on the
4th bell, a fleur-de-lys enclosed in a sort of heart.

Borders : — ist, fig. i ; 3rd and 4th, fig. 2 and fig. 1 ; 6th, fig. 2.

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175

There is perhaps a reference to the ringing of the Curfew in the
inscription on the tenor, but more likely ' bed ' means ' grave.'

The founder of the small bell is not otherwise known ; it is
roughly cast, and some of the letters are ill-formed ; the stop is a
rose. The style of the letters suggests a century earlier. Owing
to an unfortunate accident that subsequently befell my squeezes
I am unable to give any illustrations of this bell ; but the inscrip-
tion is reproduced in facsimile by Mr. Lynam in his Church Bells
oj Staffordshire, pi. 10 1.

Originally (i.e., previous to 1700) there were four bells.
2 June, [1549]: QUAtford (certainly a mistake for quatt), 'iij
bells of accord.'

1740 (Browne Willis MS., Brit. Mus. Add. 30316): '6 bells
Rudd1 1 700.'

In G. Morris' MSS. (Shrewsbury Museum) : '6 new bells cast by
Ruddall in 1 700.'

See Ly nam's Church Bells of Staffordshire, p. 23.
The tower of the church was rebuilt in 1763.

Customs :

Tolling at funerals, and a peal rung as the coffin nears the church.

On Sundays the tenor is rung at 8 a.m., and again at 10 a.m. ;
the bells are chimed or rung before services, the sanctus
bell being rung for the last few minutes before service begins.

On New Year's Eve a bell is tolled till the stroke of midnight,
and ringing begins after the clock has ceased to strike.

The name of Richard Colley (see 3rd bell) also occurs on the
2nd at St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, where he was Churchwarden
in 1 7 13.

Sir Thomas Wolryche, Bart., of Dudmaston, who appears to have
given the 5th bell, was the third of the line, succeeding his brother
Francis in 16S9. The baronetcy was created in 1641 and became
extinct in 1723, with the death of his son John. Sir Thomas, who
married Elizabeth, daughter of George Weld, Esq., of Willey
Park, died in 1701. His wife succeeded to the Dudmaston estate
on the death of Sir John, and on her death in 1765, was succeeded
by her brother Colonel Weld, who died in 1774. The property
then passed to William Whitmore, Esq., ancestor of the present
owner of Dudmaston and the present Rector of Quatt. (Burke's
Ex t in ct Baron e tan e ) .

The Rev. Thomas Eittleford (4th bell; was buried 12 March,
1707.

The Chuichwardens' Accounts only begin in 1749.

Best thanks to Rev. 11. B. Wolryche-Whitmore, Rector.

176 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

WORFIELD. St. Peter. 6 + 1 Bells.

1. PROSPERITY ' TO ' ALL ; OVR ; TRVE •

FRIENDS: 1699

IOHN MALPAS T?* THOs : BARNEY SEXTON
•*S^ A J| R y$t{ ' I ■ (3°£in.

2. WEE WERE ALL CAST AT THE CITY OF

GLOVCESTER A ^ R

3. THO. BRADBVRNE GOD SAVE THE KING

1699 A R S&"^3 [$J (34jin.

4. Akive :< — 2 between cable-mouldings (continuous).

ABRA RVDH ALL CAST ' VS * ALL;

IOHN -WALKER: GENT: 1699 (36^-

5. WILLM: THOMASON |_*J THO- BACH E:

CHURCHWARDENS 1699 (39»o.

Above and below the words, cablc-motddmgs.

6. I -TO-THE-CHURCH -THE- LIVING-

CALL- * AND • TO • THE • GRAVE •

DO • SVMON ALL: * : fttfw

S. W.M WILLIAMSON CHURCHWARDEN 1779 (15111

Cabled cannons to 1st, 3rd, and 4th ; cannons of 2nd gone.
Lettering in three sizes : on small bell (by Thos. Kudhall), fin.
high; on first four, iin. high; largest size on 5th and 6th, 1 I'm.
high. On the treble, the founder has begun the name barney with
an e by mistake ; on the tenor, in svmon, the v is similarly
stamped oyer an o. Borders, etc.: — On 1st, fig. 1; on 2nd, fig. 1 ;
on 3rd, fig. 2 ; on 4th, figs. 2, 3 ; on 5th, fig. 3. On the 3rd, 5th, and
6th bells is a fleur-de-lys stamp as on Qiiatt 4th ; on the 4th, above
the inscription, the border fig. 2 (continuous) between two cable-
mouldings ; the inscription on the 5th is also between cable-
mouldings. The bell-stamp on the first three is of the same kind
as at Otiatt.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. I77

The inscriptions are given by Lynam, Church Bells of Stafford-
shire, p. 38 ; see also Salopian Shreds and Patches, iii., p 247,
and S. B James, Worficld on the Worfe, p. 39, where a poem about
the bells, written by Miss Catherine Bache of Chesterton in 1822,
is quoted.

There appears to be no mention of Worfield in the Edwardian
Inventories.

1740 (Browne Willis) : 1 6 new bells Ruddall.'
On a Peal-board in the Belfry is :

' 13 Aug 1790 the Pattingham Youths rang a complete Peal of

Plain Bobs the first ever Rung hear in 30 Minutes.'

The approximate weights of the bells are :
1st, 6 cwt.
2nd, 6 J cwt.
3rd, 8 cwt.
4th, 9 cwt.
5th, 1 \ \ cwt.
6th, 15 cwt.

The clock strikes the quarters on the first three bells, the hour on
the tenor.
Customs :

Tolling at funerals : For a man, 3, 4, 5, and then toll tenor ; for
a woman, 4 and 5, and then tenor ; chiming when coffin
comes in sight, at option of friends of deceased.

Curfew rung in winter at 8 p.m., 29 September to 2 February,
100 strokes.1

Ringing on festivals, i.e., Christmas, Easter Eve (midnight),
Ascension Day, and Harvest Festival ; also on New Year's
Eve at midnight ; ringing at weddings, and muffled peals at
funerals, when desired.

Bells chimed for ordinary services on Sundays ; tenor tolled for
32 strokes between Mattins and Holy Communion. A bell
always used to be rung at 7 a.m. 4th and 5th rung lor

1 The late Vicar, Rev. E. P. Nicholas, notes that the curfew was dis-
continued after the death of the old Sexton in 1894 ; but the present holder of
the office, with whom I visited the hells in 1901, certainly gave me to under-
stand that it was still rung. It may, however, have been recently revived.

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

daily services (8 30 a.m. and 6 o p m., and for Early
Celebration on Sundays) ; small bell (known as the Vicar's
Bell) for Litany on Wednesdays, and for a few minutes after
chimes on Sundays.

Pancake Bell rung till death of old Sexton some eight years ago.

A bell is rung for Vestry Meetings.

Thanks to Rev. E. P. Nicholas, formerly Vicar.

Much interesting information about the Worfield bells may
be derived from the exceedingly valuable Churchwardens'
Accounts of the Parish, which extend from 1500 to 1648.
By the kindness of the Vicar and Churchwardens, I have
been enabled to make use of the volume with a view to
publishing a transcription in cxtenso in these Transactions ; I
must, however, anticipate this publication as far as concerns
the bells.

Up to the year 1590 entries relating to the bells are few
and far between, and of little importance. It seems,
however, most probable that there were originally four or
five bells, with a little one or sanctus bell, but it is impossible
to be certain of the exact number. In 1560 the " fourth
bell " is supplied with a new clapper, and in 1572 we read of
repairs to the " seconde bell whyil' & the thyrde," and also
to the " lytyll' bell' and grcate bell," which items seem to
bear out the supposition that there were five ; but an entry
of 1616 speaks of " the 4 bells/' In 1572 ringers are first
mentioned, and henceforward the items " to the Ringers on
the coronation day " and other anniversaries become
invariable.

In 159 1 four pounds were paid to the bell-founders,
Edwardes and Fryers, for re-casting "the bell," probably one
of the smaller ones ; and in 1606-7, the " great bell " was re-
cast by Thomas Newcombe and Son of Leicester for
£18 14s., they having come to Bridgnorth for that purpose.
In 161 3 Newcombe of Leicester was again called in, to
re-cast the " lyttle bell," i.e., the treble, and in 1615 the
" saunce " or " warning " bell was conveyed to Wellington
for the same purpose (the founder in this case must have
been William Clibury). Vet again in 1627 we read of the
conveyance of the " little bell " to Wellington for re-casting,
but as far as is known, no more alterations took place until

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

179

the re-casting of the whole ring (now enlarged to six) by
Abraham Rudhall in 1699.

I give below, in detail, the most interesting entries relating
to the bells, from which the preceding account has been
compiled.

1500. It' p' rep'ac'o'ib's c'ca ca'panas ... ixs ijd

It' p' funic'lo p'ue ca'pane ... ijd

1502. It' for me'dyng' a clapr of a bell' ... jd
It' for mendyng' a clapr on all' halow

nyzt to Ric' smyzt ... ... ijd

1503. It' p' rep'ac'o'e batilli1 magne ca'pane

[et p' rep'ac'o'e lampad'] Ric'o

smyth ... ... ... ijs

1505. It' Ric' smyz p' rep'aco'ib' c'ca ca'-
panas ... ... ... ijs

1510. [A similar entry] ... ... iijs ijd

1514. It' for polyng vp the grete bell' ... xijd
It' for makyng ger' to pole vp the
bell' and for maky'g ye whyll' ... xviijd

1517. It' to Iohn' Smyz for shoty'g'2 ye

bell' clap' [& for an yron' a bowte

sey't Iams] ... ... ... viijd

1518. It' to ye same thoas [Tremnande] for

cha'ngyng ye bellis ... ... xxd

It' Iohn' smyz for me'dy'g' ye bell'

clap' & for iij hokis ... ... viijd

1520. It' for a cord' to yc sawntis bell' [for

me'dy'g' yc church yeate for oyle

and candyllis at cristmas] ... ixd

1522. It' for a bareir to Wy'd vppe ye bellis [torn]
1528. It' for a Roppe to ye lityll' bell' ... ijd
1536. It' to Iohn' smyth for shoty'g' a bell'

clap' ... ... ... iiijd

It' ffor ij cordis to yc lityll' bell' [&

to y,: vayle] ... ... ... viijd

1 I.e., the chipper; more correctly, bat all urn (Ital. bataglio} Yx. batail).
Pueange explains as ' Uulicula, ropalum cymbali, campanae, sic dictum (juod
vcrberct.1

a 4 Shooting,' or more properly ' shutting,' is explained by Mr. Cocks (Church
Bells of Bucks, p. xxxiii.) as joining or splicing ; it may be used ol welding iion,
as in the case ol a clapper, or of joining bell ropes.

I

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

1547. It:'m to Willms catcha' for a clappr

It'm for a elapprto rowland leyhcton
1549. It'm receuyd for a cixli of bell mettell
& brasse1

1554 In p'mis for a cixu of bell metell' &
brase

1554- 55. [In this year a clock was put up in

the tower.]
It'm for pichynge of the clapur of
the bell

1555- 56. It'm to the same[William Catcham]

for mendynge w* a Iron the can'ell2

of the ffor bell
1558-60. It'm for yron & shooting of the

seconde bell clapper
It'm for Iron & shooting the iiijth

bell clapper ...
1566-69 It'm payd to Roberte barret for

kepyng the bellis for thre yearis ...
It'm pa to thomas tayler &. thomas

clarke for shuttyng the belle clapper
It'm for mendyng the greate bell

clapper and the brasses 3 that

belongyth to the greate belle & the

second belle ...
1570-72. It'm to Thomas marwall' & Roger

Smith for mendynge the seconde

belle

It'm for yren & nayles to mende the

seconde bell ...
It'm for makynge a bel claper
It'm to the same ffrauncis [Barret]

ixd

XXXllj5 1 1 1 J fl

xxxiijs iiijd

iij'

uj«

VI?

Vj«

XX'1

LV

XV

1 In this year the Chantry of the B. V.M. was dissolved ; this entry probably
refers to the sale of a saering or other bell used in connection therewith. 109
lbs. ot bell-metal would make a bell oi about lb inches diameter. The entry
for 1554 seems to be a mere repetition oi this.

J Lat. cani'llus ; see Promptorium patv., 60, and Arew English Did., s.v. ;
but I cannot ascertain the meaning of the word, unless it— ' collar.' The 'lore'
bell is the treble.

s The socket on the frame in which the gudgeon turns.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

18

for [me'dynge of the scoole-house

&] the gvdgine1 of ye great bell'... x
1572-74. It'm for mendyng' of the seconde

bell' whyir & the thyrde [&

me'dyng' the church yates &

nayles] ... ... ... viij

It'm to Ryngers on the coronation

day2... ... ... ... xiiij

[This item repeated in most years

during Elizabeth's reign.]
It'm for mendynge the lytyll' bell'

& greate bell' ... ... ... iijs ij

It'm to Robart barret for fyndyng

belropes ... ... ... viijs

[This item also repeated in succeed-
ing years.]

I577"7^. It'm to Humfrey shalberye for

xxj pound of brasse and for castinge

a double brass band for the greate

bell and midle bell ... ... xiij3 iiij

It'm for layinge in ye brasses and

for nayles and our charges about

the same and other tymes before iijs x

1580-81. Ite' to Jhon farre for mendingc the

lyttel bell clapper and carr'ing him

to & fro . . ... ... vs iiijc

1583- 84. It'm payed to Edward Alen for

me'dynge yc lytic bell' whylP 6c a

sturrope3 to the second belle ... vj'

1584- 85. It'm to Edward Alen for me'dynge

a sturrope settynge to another 6c
me'dynge the curbe of the greate
bell whole ... ... ... xiij'

1585- 86- Ite' to water lotto mendingo the

clapper of the second bell' ... xvj'1

1 The pivot or axle at the end of the stock, which turns in the brasses.

2 November 17th.

3 Mr. A. II. Cocks (Church Hells of liucks, p. xxxiii ) thinks that the
sturrope [i.e., stirrup) means a clamp on the transom which fastened together the
two halves of a bell wheel.

Vol. II., 3rd Series. X

182

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

1587- 88. It'm for makynge of a belle clapper vs viijd

1588- 89. It'm for me'dynge the bellwylles ijs

1591- 92. It'm to the bellfounder Edwardes

for earnest ... ... ... xijd

It'm for makeinge two bandis wherin

the bellfounder ffryers stood bound

in to the p'yshe ■ ... ... xijd

It'm for Coales for the bellfounder

at his begininge ... ... iiijs vd

It'm to Water Beech for a loade of

wood and Cariage ... ... vs

It'm for Candles, and drinke bestowed

vpon them that did helpe to take

downe the bell ... ... xiiijd

It'm bestowed vpon them that were

at waighinge the bell twise and

windinge him vp twise... ... ijs vjd

It'm to Thomas ffelton for mendinge

the Irons about the bell and the

bell clapper ... ... ... iiij5 iiijd

It'm to Humfrey Nayler for mendinge

the gudgins and for nayles ... ijs viijd

It'm to Edward Shinton for make-

inge a bellstocke and hanginge the

new bell twyse & helpinge vp &

downe wth him and layinge the

brasses & other workemanshippe ixs ixd

It'm to John Greene for castinge the

brasses ... ... ... ixs iiij0

It'm to the bellfounders ... ... iiij1'

It'm for our charges & expences all

the tyme we did attend tk wayte

vpon the bellfounders ... ... xiijs ijd

1592- 93. It'm to Edward Shynton lor

stockinge the great bell [& for

palinge 3 days] ... ... iif

It'm to Edward Shynton for
stockinge the little bell and
makinge a dore to yc bellhouse ... iijs

1593- 94. It'm charges vpon wayne men St

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

183

them that did helpe vp the lyttle

bell ... ... ... ... iijs vijd

It'm to Edward Shynton for hanging

vp the lyttle bell and making a

nevve wheele & mendinge the other

bells for 3 days ... ... iijs -

It'm to Humfrey Nay lor for Iron &

Ironwork to hange the lyttle bell

& to mend the other bells ... iiijs xjd

1596-97. It' to the Smyth for nayles and

yron wch we had for the fore bell ijs
It' to Edward Shynton for vnbrac-

inge the bell & bracing1 her againe xijd
It' to one to goe to Lysiate hammer

mylles to knowe whether we might

have the great bells clapper made

theere ... ... ... vj(i

It' to the workemen for makinge two

or three blowmes'2 for the ball of

the clapper before we could haue

one to serue our turne ... ... xijd

It' to Mr Latham the master of the

worke for xl & two pounde of yron vjs viijd

It' our charges at the same tyme ... xiiijd
It' to the Smyth for fashioning the

ball of the clapper and shutting

her together ... ... ... ijs vjd

1599- 1600. It'm to Edward Shinton for

brasinge and mendinge the fore

bell stocke ... ... ... xxijd

1600- 01. It'm payed to Edward Shinton for

mending the thrid & forth bell
agaynst the ques holy day ... ijs iiijd

1602-03. It'm to Edwarde Shinton for take-
inge vp and hanging the little BelJ,
and mendinge the wheele of the
same ... ... ... ijs

1 i.e., trussing (see below).

% Sc. Blooms'; a mass of iron after having undergone the fust hammering whs
so termed (see New Eng. Diet. s.v. Bloom).

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184 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

1603- 04. It'm to the Ringers the xxiiijth of

m'chebeing the first daie the Kingis
Highnes beganne his Raigne in
England ... ... ... iij5 iiij

1604- 05. It'm at Grindle1 for drawinge the

blowmes for the 3 bell clapp' ... ij5 vj

It'm for a quarter of an hundred

waight & xij pounde of Iron for to

make the same Clapper ... iiij5 vj

It'm to the Smyth for makeing the

eye of the same Clapper & finish-

ingeyt ... ... ... xij

It'm our Charges whiles we were in

makeingc the Clapper vpon our

selues &. the workemen ... xv

It'm for 3 plankes to laye vnder the

great bell where the Clapp' fell

downe into the neather Sellar &

for laying them ... ... xx

It'm bestowed vpon the Ringers

vpon St. James daye ... ... xij

1605- 06. It'm for Ringing vpon the Kingis

p'servation 5 day of August'2 ... xij
It'm payed for Ringing vpon ye Kingis
holy daye ... ... ... iiijs x

1606- 07. It' laied out vpon Mr Newcome

and his Sonne at sondry times con-

c'ninge the castinge of the Bell ... ijs

It'm for takinge downe the bell ... iiij'

It' for weighinge the bell ... ijb

It'm to Thomas Parainore for bring-
inge the bell to Bridgnorth and
home againe ... ... ... vjs

It' to Nathanaell Barret for puttinge
the great bell into the frame ... vj

It' at Bridgnorth at meltinge the
bell ... ... ... ... xvj

1 In the parish of Ryton ; the forj^c is still marked on the Ordnance Map.

2 There seems to he a confusion here between the Coronation Day, Augu.
5th, and Gunpowder 1 lot Day, November 5th.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

185

It' at fetchinge home the bell vpon

the workemen and our selves ... xxd
It'm for makinge thebandesat Bridg-
north for the warrantie of the bell

and for the payment of the money

and our expenecs ... ... xiijd

It' to Grimes the ^carpenter for

hanginge vp the bell ... ... xviijd

It' to Humfrey Bluet (?) for shutt-

inge and amendinge the braces of

the bell and for nailes for the same xvjd
It'm paid to Thomas Newcome the

bellfounder ... ... ... xviij1' xiiijs

1607-08. It'm paied to the Ringers vpon the

vth day of August ... ... vs

It'm paied to Thomas Cheese and

his man and John Barret for brac-

inge vp iij belles and for braces and

nailes for the same and for ij peeces

of timber to amend the frame wthall vjs xd

It'm paied to the Ringers the vth day

of November beinge the day of the

Kingis maties p'servation ... vs

It'm to John Barret for keeping the

bellis and the clocke ... ... xjs viijd

It'm paied to the same John Barret

towarde the buyinge of new bell

ropes ... ... ... xxiijd

1609-10. It'm for drynke bestowed vpon the

ringers the 5th of August ... viijd

It'm to Thomas Cheese for hanginge

vp the warnynge Bell ... ... xd

It'm for helpe about the same ... ixd
It'm to Thomas Smythe for a rope

for the same bell ... ... xiijd

It'm to George ffarre for a new Clapp'

for yc same bell ... ... xxjd

It'm for Iron & to Thonv's Cheese

for workemanshipe to turne the 3

bell ... ... ... ... xijs ijd

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

It'm to Thomas Cheese for stockinge

the fore bell, for Iron, nayles, and

workemanshipe ... ... vs vjd

It'm to Thomas Cheese for makinge

a new wheele for the same bell ... viijs
Item to Thomas Cheese for makeinge

2 more newe wheeles "for the bells xvs
It'm spent at worfyeld when we

mette the Carpenter there to

amende the hanging of the forebell

& hanging and puttinge on the

new wheeles ... ... ... vjd

1610- 11. It'm for makeing a newe gudgin for

the leading Bell and for putting
the same into the stocke & for
braceinge vp the same bell and
other Charges ... ... iijs

1611- 12. It'm bestowed vpon the bell-

founder and the companye wth him xviijd
It'm given vnto Gryffyes the bell-
founders man when he went to
Liester ... ... ... xijd

1612- 13. It'm bestowed vpon Thomas Gryf-

fes the belfounders man when he

caryed l'res1 to hys mr ... ... ijs

It'm bestowed vpon Christopher

Johnson the belfounder when he

brought vs a |'re from Newcoine xviij'1
It'm payed to Richard Marrall for

iron worke for the great bell ... xxd
It'm payed to Thomas Cheese for

trussinge2 vp the great bell & other

Charges ... ... ... v£ xd

It'm geuen to Newcomc the bel-
founder in earnes ... ... ijs

It'm for xvij powndis of mettall bought

towarde the castinge of the lyttle

bell ... ... ... ... yjs viijd

1 L're is an abbreviation for ' letter.'

2 /.<?., tightening the bell on its stock (Cocks).

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

187

1613-14. It'm to Richard Morrall for turn-
ing and shuttinge the clapper of
the little bell, and for more iron
for the same, and for an iron pin
for the clapper of the great bell ... ijs
It'm to Richard Morrall for shut-
tinge and amendinge the clapper
of the new bell and for more iron
laied vpon the same ... ... ijs viijd

1015-16. Nov. 30. item layed out at Welling-
ton when we carried the saunce
bell and the mettalc for or selucs
and our horses ... ... xxd

item spent vpon the bellfounder
com'ing to see or little bell and to
know how we would haue our
saunce bell cast ... ... xvjd

item layed out at Wellington for
going to know whether the warni'g
bell weare cast for my dinner ... vjd
item for the carriage of the warning
bell from Wellington ... ... xijd

item for the mans dinner that carried
the bell and my owne going to
Wellington the same dayc being
i of Aprill ... ... ... xijd

item for the casting of 191' and a half
of or owne metale and for 411' and
half of his metale for or warning bell xlvjb
1616-17. it'm payed to Rite' Monalc
Nathaneell Band & John Barrett
for iorn t\: workmanshipp for hang-
ing of the warning bell... ... Vs jd

It'm payed to Willi' Newton & to
Willi' Prisse for [3 dayes worke to
make z lathers & to sett vprigh the
scole, and to] mendinge & hanging
of the 4 bells ... ... ... vjs yjd

it'm payed to Rit' Morrale fo 2711 of

yl vse ... ... iiij3 viijd

OS J>tUJ

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THE CHURCH BKLLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

it'm for his vvorke & his mans for 2
dayes ... ... ... iijs

It'm payed to John Barrett for 2
dayes worke & a half about ye bells xviijd

1622- 23. It'm payed to Samuel Awden for

makeinge a new wheele for the
Clocke, and alteringe other thingis
about the clocke and settinge yt in
order and mendinge the great bell
Clapper ... ... ... xxijs ijd

1623- 24. It'm payed to 6 ringers \vch runge

all daye for ioye that our prince
was come into Englande ... vjz

It'm payed to Thomas Cheese for
makeinge a newe wheele for the
lyttle bell ... ... ... ixs

1624- 25. It'm payed to Thomas Cheese for

hanginge the great bell...
It'm payed to Richard Morrall for new

gudgins & clettis1 of Iron andnayles
It'm our expences ye same tyme ...
It'm payed for a little barre of iron

to make the little bell clapp'

1625- 26. It'm bestowed vponthebell-founder

when he came to looke vpon the
little bell and to take measures how
to make the moolde ... ... xviijd

1626- 27. It'm layd out for takeinge down the

little bell ... ... ... iiijs ijd

It'm payed to Willim Morrall for

carringe the bell to Wellington ... xs
It'nl layed out at Wellington at the

castinge of the bell our whole

charges ... ... ... xvj8

It in payed to the bell-founder for 8

score powndes of mettall and for

castinge the little bell ... ... xH xiijs 4d

It'm charges bestowed vpon the bell-

xiiijd

iiijd

xijd

1 ' Clet ' or ' cleat ' is a provincial word fur a wedge ; see A'civ English Diet.,
(s.v. Cleat) and Jackson's SfiropsJiire Word-Book.

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

i8g

founder when he came to see the

hanginge vp of the bell and for

windinge vp of the same ... vs

It'm payed to Jo. Barrett and Richard

Morrall for hanginge vp the bell

for nayles and mendinge the Clapp' iiijs iiijd

It'm our charges when we went to

Wellington to paye the bellfounder

hys money ... ... ... xiiijd

1627-28. It'm payed to Richard Morrall for

clippis and pynnes about the bells ijs vjd

It'm payed to Will'm Newton for

makinge a new bell wheele and

findinge timber, and for mendinge

the other wheeles ... ... vijs

1630-31. Item payed to Rich' Whitmore for

stocking the 2 great bells and for

putting the 2 sum'ers1 and for saw-
ing them and for mending the

vpp' flore ... ... ... Is

[And many other entries relating to

the same job.]
Item payed to John Morrall and to

John Barrett for carrying the

greate bell clapp' to grindle forge

and making it ... ... vs

Item payed to John Barrett and John

Barker for going twise to appley

wth the greate bell clapp' for their

paines and workmanshipp ... iiijs xd

Item to John Barrett for his wages

and for ringing curfur and daybell xls
1636-37. Item payd for a new bell Claper

for the great bell ... ... o 16 6

[Many other entries relating to repairs to the bells, occur-
ring in almost every year from 1590 onwards, have been
omitted, either as being mere repetitions of those given, or
as containing nothing of special interest.]

1 The li suui&iers " were the principal beams in the 11 :»or of the bell

chamber) ; the modern technical equivalent is " breastsummer. '

Vol. 11., 3rd Series. Y

icp

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

II. DIOCESE OF HEREFORD.

(archdeaconry of ludlow).
I. DEANERY OF BRIDGNORTH.

ALVELEY. St. Mary. 6 + i Bells.

1. PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD

%^<^Jf> 177g %<?>f^?> (3oin.

2. FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING 1779

3. PROSPERITY TO THE PARISH 1779

(33^-

4. THOs: RUDHALL G LOCESTE R FOU N DE R • 1779

5. GEORGE NECHEL MINR: 1779

(37in.

6. WM: CROW STEPHEN CRESSWELL CHURCH

WARDENS ^S^^r 1779 ^^t^ (45"*.

R 1779 ^r^r (n-Jin.

Weights.

Notes.

(I)

4^ cwt.

E

(2)

5 c\vl.

I)

(.5)

6 cwt.

C

(4)

7 cwt.

H

(5)

8 cwt.

A

(6)

11 cwt.

G

Border on each bell, the Rudhalls' floriated (fig t% being the
only one of the four used by Thomas. The o of clocks risk on the
4th is incised, not. raised.

The bell-stamp on the small bell is lig. 4; it represents the
form adopted by the Rudhalls from 1705 onwards.

"w .3

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Fig. 4.

Bells re hung in 1879 l)>' Meais and Stainbank, at the cost of R.
Griffiths, Esq

No Edwardian Inventories.
1740 : ' 4 bells and a sts bell'

Customs :

4 Minute ' bell rur.g before and after a funeral, and the corpse
'chimed up,' i.e., a chime is rung from the time of its
coming in sight till it reaches the lych gate.
A bell is rung at 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
Mid-night peals on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Ting-tang rung for live minutes before services.
The bells are always rung on August 15th, or the nearest Sunday
to that date ; no doubt a survival of the observance of the
Tatronal Festival (Assumption of B.V.M )
There are two small fluids in the parish, the rents of which
provide ropes for the Church bells ; these fields are known as the
4 bell-ground/ and were bequeathed for the purpose stated by one
Arthur Arden.

Thanks to Rev. J. F. Gatliff, Rector.

ASTLEY ABBOTS. Sr- Calixtus. Three bells.

|fo 0 ||j ffj

1. & S^NCTE PETRE OR^ PRO NOBIS

(26Jin.

db fg ® Sfe jf?

2. & S7*NeT7* OWPRO NOBIS

(27fin.

3 fit CANTATE DOMMINO CANTICVM NOVVM
1651 (29|in.

The treble hangs in the top-most stage of the tower, which forms
an open arch under the spire ; the other two in openings on the

192

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

W. side of the next stage. The tower, or rather steeple, was built
in 1856 ; formerly there was a turret of wood.

The two medieval bells are by a Worcester founder, about 1450 —
1500, who succeeded to the 'plant' of John Barber of Bristol ; his
name is at present unknown, though his bells are very common in
Worcestershire. There is one at Bitterley and another (recast
1892) was at Stanton Long. The initial letters of the words are
crowned ; the lettering is rat'fier small and poor. For cross and
specimens of letters see Plate I., figs. 4 — 10.

The tenor I assign with some diffidence to Thomas Clibury of
Wellington (1621 — 1666); the cross (Plate V., fig. 3^ seems to be
the same that occurs on his bell at Barrow, and the letters to be
identical with those used at Barrow and Benthall. Cf. the treble at
Acton Burnell.

2 June, [1549] : ' hj bells of accord.'

There is a tradition of five bells previous to 1856 ; the other two
are said to have been buried somewhere in the parish. But Browne
Willis (MS of 1740), and D. Parkes (MS. of 1817, Brit. Mus. Add.
21 180), give only three bells

Best thanks to Rev. J. C. B Warwick, Vicar, for help on two
occasions.

ASTON EYRE. Two bells.

Both devoid of marks or inscription ; may be pre-Refor-
m at ion.

The bells hang in the two arches of an open gable-turret,
which has superseded the original wooden box-turret (sec
Parkes MSS., Brit. Mus. Add. 21 180, for a drawing of the
old church), and 1 satisfied myself by inspection through a
telescope that there was no occasion for a closer examination
ot them.

No Edwardian Inventories.
1740 : ' 2 Bells.'

BADGER. St. Giles. Three bells.

1 ^k. GLORIA tttttt in fff Exc^svs

2. ON SABATH ALL TO CHYRCH I CALL

BEN TAYLOR RECTOR RICH STVRMY WARDEN 1680

(25^

3 No inscription. (2 7 Jin.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

193

Treble by William or Thomas Clibury of Wellington ; the cross
is fig. 1 on Plate V. ; for the second border, see Plate V., fig. 5 ;
the first border, which also occurs at Coreley, is a variant of this.
2nd, probably by Thomas Roberts 'of Salop,' though the lettering
is not identical with that used by him at Bridgnorth St Leonard
(q.\0 The characteristic flat-topped 8 is found on other nameless
bells in Salop, which can thus be identified as his ; as at the
neighbouring church of Ryton ; also at Shareshill and Planbuiy in
Staffordshire. He seems to have used two varieties of lettering,
this being the larger of the two It is noteworthy that the letters
aie broad at base and thin at the top, their section being /\ ; as a
result they appear thinner in a rubbing than they are as seen on
the bell. The date-figures are reproduced on Plate V., fig. 8.
Tenor, a rough casting, probably 17th century. Rubbings of 1st
and 2nd in Mr. North's collections.

1552 : ' Item thre bellys a sants bell and sacryng bell.'

18 May, 1553 : bagesor. ' iij bellys on sant bell.'

1740 : 1 Baggesover or Badger 3 Bells.'

Customs : — No returns.

BECKBURY. St Milburgha. Three bells.

1. )J( ALL PRAISE AND GLORY BE TO GOD

FOR EVER 1658 (24m.
Below : — Border of palmcttes as on 2nd, continuous.

2. % SOLI DEO GLORIA PAX

HOMINIBVS fff 1658 ■f-fff

Below:- t-t't-tt-t- (continued).

\J (26|in.

3. ik. QL0R1A IN EXCELfiVfi DEO 1615

Below: — ft+ttfttttt (continued). (2o|in.

Treble: By John Martin of Worcester ; thin letters ; smaller
trade-mark (Plate VI., fig. i) ; below, a band of palmettes (Plate
VI., fig. 5 repeated]. The cross is given on Plate VI. , fig. 4.

2nd: By the same founder, but broad letters; palmettes between
words, and below forming a band, interrupted by the larger trade-
mark (Plate VI., fig. 2). On both bells the letter N is reversed.

Tenor : By William Clibury of Wellington ; cross Plate V., fig.
f, set obliquely, in square with toothed edges; floral border
between cable-mouldings at end of inscription ; lower border as at
Badger (Plate V., fig. 5). lie seems to have imagined that

IQ4 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

excelsvs was the correct form of the ablative plural ; he uses
it constantly, as at Badger; but at Ryton, the next parish,
we find EXCVLSVs,

All indescribably filthy and in bad order ; wheels rickety,
and birds' refuse everywhere. Clappers loosely tied. An old
inhabitant tells me that nothing has been done to the bells
foi years.

The clock strikes on the second bell.

Inaccurate rubbings of these bells in Mr. North's collection.
1552 : 1 Itm iij belles a Sanctus bell and a sacryng bell'
18 May, 1553 : ' Heci;ere bellys on Sante bell.'

1 740 : ' 3 Bells.'

1752: '4 Bells ' ( sic J.
Customs :- - No returns.

BRIDGNORTH. St Leonard. Shells.

1. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1874.

2. LJGTA CHOHYM PERAGXT IK TXHTXNNAHTE

COHOHA

THOMAS ROBERTS OF SALOP CAST THESE
SIX 1681 (,>iin.

3. RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1874. (32^.

4. MORXGERXS YOCEM YOYEO FFNEMQYE RE-

BELLX (35in-

5. N03 RESONARE XYBEOT HYSTERIA FYNERA

FESTA

THOMAS MXLHER LUKE MXLNER WARDENS

1681 37in-

6. LAUS DOMXNO TERRXS PAX ALBJG GRATIA

GEHTX (4iin-

7. qYarta fYI nYhC seXta sono MoDYL-

ATA TONABO (44iin.

8. RECAST BV JOHN WARNER & SONS 1874

On the vaist {Jp SEVERN AND DOWN MORFE

Say the Bells of Bridgnorth.
Made 1874 I was recast 189&
A. L. Oldham - Rector
T. Barnes

I. C. H. Gough
John Overton -Mead Ringer (49in-

| War den s

THH CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

195

All cannons off; bells exceptionally dirty and greasy, but in
excellent order, and hung in iron frame well above the floor.

The larger letters on the 7th bell, if taken in order as Roman
numerals, make MDCLX VVVVI = 168 1. Chronograms occur on
other bell-insci iptions of this period, being specially favoured by
an Evesham founder, William Clark, who uses this form of puzzle
at Hinton, Gloucs. (1705), and Badsey, Worcs. (1706).1 There is
a modern example (1887) at Ryton. The chronogram on this
bell is given by Mr. James Hilton in his book on the subject
(vol. iii., p. 14).

The weight of the tenor is given in the Report of the Diocesan
Guild of Bell- Ringers (1901) as 22 cwt , but the Parish Clerk told
me 19I cwt. ; probably 21 cwt. is nearer the mark, according
to Messrs Warner's usual scale. 1 Up Severn and down Morfe,
etc is a popular local saying of which many examples exist
in Mid-Salop. (See Burne, Shropshire Folk-Lore, p. 605).

2 June, [ 1549] : 1 Fyve bells of oon' accord'.'

Before 1 68 r , as the seventh shews, there were only four bells,
which in that year were augmented to six by Thomas Roberts of
Shrewsbury; the bells were overhauled in 1874, when the second
was re-cast, and a treble and tenor added ; they were re-opened in
March, 1874.

The present third bell replaces the old second, which was
inscribed: AD MVSAKA YOCO PYKROS ALTARK
COIiKNTES 1681 (a remarkable inscription, at this date, if
' altar-servers ' are meant). I am indebted to the Rev. R. C.
Bolton of Stanton Long for this information.

In 1740 Browne Willis notes ' 6 Bells,' and the same in 1752.

In the ringing-chamber are several peal-boards of modern peals,
the oldest 1874, when the bells were reopened. The present
Belfry Rules were drawn up in 1890.

Customs :

On Sundays, chiming for Morning Prayer, ringing for Evening
Prayer.

Ringing on festivals (Chrismas, Easter, and Whit-Sunday, at

6 a.m.), and on Sovereign's Birthday ; tolling for deaths,

plain, and muffled peals when required.
On Good Friday evening a muffled peal is rung, and the same on

New Year's live up till midnight, when the muffl s are

removed.

A bell is also rung for Vestry Meeting.

Foimerly Curfew at 8 p.m. ; also a bell rung daily at 6 a.m. and
1 p.m.

The Pancake Hell was also formerly rung on Shrove Tuesday, at

1 1 a m and noon (the tenor being used).
Best thanks to Rev. W R. Gledlhll, Assistant Curate.

; Sec Assoc. Arch Socs. Reports, xxv., |>. |S6.

I96 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

BRIDGNORTH. St- Mary Magdalene. 6 bells.

1. ABR RUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER CAST VS
ALL 1713 f (26|in:

2 MR RICHD CORNES MINR MR R I CHD COLLEY
CHR WAR 1713 |#j (274in.

3. HJEC GENEROSA DEDIT LIBRAS BIS VILLA

VIGINTI |*| A: R^ 1713: (#94™.

4. VT FVSIS ITERVM NOBIS CONCORDIA FIET

^r ^r AR| 1 i\&y%in^**%£>.. <iiin.

5. NUMINIS AD CVLTVS CONCORDI VOCE
tttttt VOCE MVS A R ffffff (33*»«

6. BENN: PAGETT FRANCIS BENBOWCHURCH

WARDENS T ^ R Mm^^^W^^i^.

A light ring, recently re-hung, but rather cramped. Cabled
cannons to first four ; those of the fifth cut away and the head
screwed to the stock.

Borders : on 4th, fig. 1 ; on 5th, fig. 5 ; on 6th, fig. 1. On 1st,
tree-stop ; on 2nd and 3rd, fleur-de-lys in heart, as on Quatt 4th,
Vox the bell-stamp between the initials of the founders, see fig. 4 ;
it represents the later form adopted about 1705 by Abraham
Rudhall, whose ring is contemporary with the erection of the
present church. The tenor was re-cast by his grandson Thomas.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

197

Mr. Richard Comes (see 2nd bell) was incumbent of the church
1698— 1726. The name of Mr. Richard Colley also occurs at
Quatt (see above); being churchwarden here, he was probably an
inhabitant of the town, not of Quatt.
2 June, [1549] : ' foure bells of accord.'
1 740 : ' 6 Bells.'
1752 : '6 Bells.'

ill I '■" t >H •• l*k' • • '» 121

Customs :

On Sundays, all six bells chimed three times before Matins and
Evensong ; tenor tolled for the last ten minutes before
service. On the first Sunday in the month the bells are
rung before Matins.

At Funerals, bell tolled for one or two hours, never longer.

Ringing on all greater Festivals (at 6 a m. or soon after), on
New Year's Eve and at beginning of New Year, as soon as
midnight has struck ; also on Dedication Festival (July
22nd),1 on birthday of Sovereign and Heir Apparent, on
November 9th for the Mayor, and for Weddings if desired.

A bell tolled for Vestry Meetings.

Thanks to Rev. H. Parsons, Vicar.

On a board in the Ringing-Chamber is a set of Rules for Ringing,
of a type often found in the county (e.g. at Claverley and Morville): —
If that to Ring you do come here, you must ring well with
hand & ear, cV if a bell you overthrow, 4. pence to pay bejore you
go, & if you ring with spur or hat, 6 pence is due to pay for that,
& if you here swear or curse 12 pence is due, pull out your purse.
Pay the Sexton w/iats is Fee, for He that Swears shall not go
Free."

Usually this is arranged in couplets ; the date is probably
seventeenth century.

Town Hall.

Clock bell inaccessible.

The following extracts from the Chamberlain's accounts
of the Borough relate both to the bells of St. Leonard's and
St. Mary Magdalene's (published in Transactions, x. (1887),
p. 148) :—

1550 To Roger Dyxon for mending the chymes ... 8d*
1585 To the clarke of the castell church for rynginge

of the Ouens Hollyday ... ... ... 3s. 4H.

To the clarke of St. Leonardos church for ringinge

at the same time ... ... ... 7s.

1 Query, Patronal Festival ?

Vol. II., 3rd Series. 2.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

1587 To the clarke for rynginge corfew and day bell,

per annum ... ... ... ... IOs.

For rynginge at my Lord Presidens comyng in .. 10s. 2d.

1 60 1 For rynginge on the byrthe and coronation dayes

of her Majestie ... ... ... ... 6s.

1623 To John Pally, clerk, ringinge for the princes

cominge home, at two,several tymes ... 22s.

1633 For ringing at St. Mary Magdalens Church at my

Lord Cravens cominge to Towne ... ... 2s.

1641 To William Pulley clerke for halfe a pound of

candles for the Church and for ringinge for joy
of the Kinges Majesties retome home from
Scotland. 20 December 1641 ... ... 9s. 3d.

To the clarke of the low parish [St. Mary Magd.j
in this Town [for the same purpose] to Decem-
ber 1641 ... ... ... ... 2S.

1642 To ringers for ringinge at the churches in this

Town at the Kinges Majesties cominge to this
Town, the i2t'1 of October 1642, paid in
November 1642 .. ... ... 2s. 6d.

1642-3 To William Pullye the clerke of St. Leonardes
Church for ringinge at the Queenes arryvinge
in England, by Mr. Bayliffe's comaund 70
March 1642 ... ... ... ... 6s.

To the clarke of the said St. Leonardes church
for ringinge at the King and Queene's meeting
togeather, 8° Julii, 1643 • ••• ••• 3s-

to the clarke of the low parish in the said town
for joy of the Queenes safe returne into England
ngaine, 70 March 1642 ... ... ... 2s. 6d.

For candles spent by ringers upon the 5th of
November, 1643, ringing all night in commem-
oracion of the great deliverance from the Gun-
powder Treason .. ... ... ... 5d.

to Hugh Farr for ringinge at the Castle church

that day and night ... ... ... 5s.

to William Pulley fur ringers at the high church

in this town the same time ... ... 20s.

1645, March 1. To William Griffiths carpenter and

others, fur wurkeing at the steeple in the high
church, and takeing down the belles there by
the Guvernurs cummand ... ... ... 17s. 6d.

1646, Apiil 13. Fur carryinge the great bell metall out

of the highe churche down to the Fryers ... 2s.
[Not examined after 1648.]

A

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I99

CHELMARSH. St. Peter. 6 bells.

1. AB: RUDHALL OF GLOUCESTER CAST US

ALL 1720 ttttTtmtttttt (28jin.

2. PEACE & GOOD NEIGH BOVR HOOD

A £ R 1720 X^&i&ifcXXi <28iin

3. ttttnttt+tt 444444444444 ++++4t++44t++t

1 +++++t+++t+ t++t++++++++t (3°i»n.

4. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH

A & R 1720 3fe*i*X:K*i!fe*ii (3«n-

5. PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

A 4 R 1720

Below :— Border fig. j, continued all round. (35 im-

6. WM: SHINETON R1CHD; WILKS CHURCH
WARDENS t+t+++t+t 1720 +tt+tttt++ttt+++

Below .- — Border Jig. 2, continued all round. (37 Jin.

In very good order (restored 1894 by Mears and Stainbank) ;
all cannons off The use of two foims of u (cf. 1st and 2nd bells)
is curious, but also found at St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth.

Borders : — On the 1st and 3rd., fig. 5 ; on 2nd and 4th, fig. 3 ;
on 5th, figs. 2 and 3 ; on 6th, figs. 5 and 2. The patterns on the
3rd are much worn.

Weights

(approximate).

Notes

(I)

4^ cwt.

E

(2)

5 cwt-

I)

(5)

6 cwt.

C

(4)

6\ cwt.

B

(5)

8 cwt

A

(6!

10 cwt.

G

2 June, [1549] : 1 chelmershe. foure bells of accord'.'
1740 : ' Chelmerfh 6 Bells Rudd1.'

Mr. Cranage in his Shropshire Churches (Part iv ) dates the
lower from the bells as 17 10, but has been misled by inaccurate
information, which is also repeated in Kelly's Directory (1900).

Customs :

On Sundays, bells chimed for service at 8, n, and 6 30 ; 2nd
bell rung at 3 p m. for Children's Service

200 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Formerly the tenor was rung at 8 a.m. every Sunday morning and

on Christmas Day.
At Funerals the tenor is tolled for one hour previously, and

all are chimed when the precession arrives at the churchyard

gate.

Ringing on Christmas Eye, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve
(midnight), New Year's Day, and on Easter Day and Whit-
Sunday before morning . service : also for Weddings by
request, Harvest Festival, and 5th of November.

Tenor bell rung for Easter Vestry Meetings.

A collection is made for the Ringers at Christmas from all
householders.

No old Churchwardens' Accounts.

Many thanks to Rev. R. T. Seddon, Rector, for the above.
CHETTON. St. Giles. 6 bells.

1. Holy holy holy Lord God of Hosts

. 1827.

Below:— l. RUDHALL FEC? i- (29#n.

2. Heaven and Earth are full of thy

GLORY. . 1827

Below .-—As 1st. (29|in.

3. Glory be to Thee O Lord most High.

# • 1827. $•

Below : — As 1st. (32^in.

4. King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

. 1827.

Below:— I. RUDHALL FeC? (34 n.

5. I will extol Thee my God and King.

. 1827. &

Below .-—As 1st. (37i>n.

Pi I WILL PRAISE THY NAME FOR EVER AND

EVER. 3§£ . 1827. 3fe

Below : — Will™ Purton & Geo. Birkin
Churchwardens 3f£

I. RUDHALL FeO- 3?t <42«n-

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

201

Weights (approximate) : (i) 5J cwt. Note D

(2) r/ cwt. c

(3) 7 cwt. I] flat

(4) 8 cwi. A

(5) 10 cwt. G

(6) 13! cwt. F
Belfry very dark and dirty, but frames, etc., in good order.

The letters on the lower line in each case belong to a smaller
alphabet than those on the upper. For the rosette, see PI V., fig.
7. Rubbings (incomplete) of all six in Mr North's collection,
The ring is coincident with the building of the new tower;
up to 1827 there had always been five bells, as will be seen
from the following notes. Mr. Purton's account of the bells in
vol. vi. of the Transactio7i$ (2nd Ser. ), p. 190, is not quite accurate.
2nd June, [1549] : ' Fyyc bells of accord' and ix lytle bells.'
10th Aug., 1552 : 1 Itm fyve belles in the steple.

Itm one other litle bell.
Itm ix litle belles.1 1
1740 : '5 Bells.'

The Churchwardens' Accounts are in existence from 1599
to 1743. From them we learn that in the former year there
were still five bells, as the ' fourth bell ' and ' greate bell ' are
spoken of. The extracts given below are not from the
original documents which are preserved at Faintree Mouse
but from the Rev. R. C. Purton's papers in Vol. ix. of the
Transactions (Second Series). Mr. Purton assures me that
he has printed everything worth recording in regard to the
bells.

1599 It. a new clapper for the fourth bell ... vjs. viijd.

It. a baldrick for the greate bell ... xvd.

It. the Ringers on the Queene's Holyday ijs. 6d.

It. to Thomas Lewis for mending the

bells ... ... ... ... xijd.

It. Bestowed on them that did help to

mende the bells ... ... ... viijd.

It. to Kowley for carrying the clapper

and fetchinge a baldricke ... ... iiijd.

1 60 1 pd to Richard Butcher for a prickell of a

bell ... ... ... ... jd.

1603 for heving the bell against the parson's

buriall2... ... ... ... ijs. iiijd.

1 Similar rings of " litle belles," probably set round a wheel, existed at
Abdon and Aston Botterell. At Lindridge in Worcestershire the Inventories
give "viij lytle bells upon a wheel,1' which Mr. Mackenzie Walcott explains as a
chime ot saering bells, such as are still used in Spain.

2 Sir Win. Wrednall, Rector, buried 4 May, 1603.

202

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

[The following entries relate to the re-
casting of one of the bells in this year;

unfortunately, the bell-founder's name

is not given].
Itm in drinke on the bell founder that

came first ... ... ... iiijd.

Itm bestowed upon the bell founder and

his men at sundry tymes in drinke ... ijs. jd.

Itm geven to the*bell founder's men ... ijs. vjd.

Itm bestowed on the ladds that carried

the bell in drinke... ... ... ijd.

Itm in wyne (or ye bell founder and some

more company ... ... ... xixd

Itm at an other tyme for our dynner the

bell founder and his men and moore

company ... ... ... ijs. iiijd.

Itm a bond wherein the bell foundei is

bound to make the bell sound and

tunable ... ... ... ... xvjd.

Itm to the bell founder for castinge the

bell ... ... ... ... iiijl

Itm layed out in cakes and drinke for

them that did help down with the bell xd.
Itm on them that did help up with the

bell ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijd.

Itm for fower bell ropes and bringinge of

them ... ... ... ... iiijs. jd.

Itm to John Britten for two newe clappers

for the fore bell and the second ... ijs. vd.

Itm to Richard Elcocke for hanging the

bells and mendinge the wheels of

others ... .. .. ... iijs. iiijd.

1608 Receaved of Thomas Levington for a

bell if the parishe be soe contented... xviijd.
161 1 [In this year another bell was recast,

evidently by Clibury of Wellington].
It his [the founder's] ernest for to cast

the bell.. ... ... ... xijd.

It. for the taking downe of the bell ... ijs.
It. the waying of it before it went to be

cast at Chetton (sic)x ... ... xvd.

It. payd for the band of securyty for the

bell ... ... ... ... vjd.

It. payd to the bell founder at Wellinton iijl. vjs. viijd.
It. spent at the weying of the bell when

it came whome ... ... ... xviijd.

1 It is clear from subsequent entries that the bell was sent away to be
cast This must be a clerical error for 4 Wellington '

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. 303

It spent on those that wound up the bell

in ye stepell ... ... .. xviijd

162 1 [In this year another bell was re-cast.]

1628 [Money spent on the bells, the 'great bell 1 and '3 littell

belles' being mentioned.]
1648 For ringing the 5th of November 1648 by the consent

of divers parishioners of good credit ... ... 9s.

[This order continues throughout the Commonwealth.]

1 66 1 Spent on Ringers Coronation and Thanksgiving ... 7s.

1662 Payd for ringing the 29th of May ... ... ... 2s.

1695 Pd. to Richard Phayley for tolling ye bell upon ye

Queen's buriall day ... ... ... .. rs.

1703 Pd to yu Ringers being ye Queen's succession to ye

Crown ... ... ... ... ... is.

The following Rules for Ringing were drawn up on the
occasion of the erection of the new ring : —

March 25, 1831

The persons undermentioned are appointed by the Minister and
Churchwardens to be Ringers at Chetton Church for the year
ensuing, viz.

William Porter William Jones

William Porter junr James Massey

William Porter (Wheelbury St.) William Page
Isaac Porter George Perry.

N.B.— This appointment is to continue in force until the 25th
day of March 1832, at which time a fresh appointment will be
made of the same or other persons according to the Discretion of
the Minister and Churchwardens, for the time being.

Regulations.

1 The Tenor Bell is to be rung every morning when there is

Divine Service at the Church, at 9 o'clock for the space of
10 minutes ; all the bells are to be chimed both for morning
and afternoon Service for the space of 10 minutes, beginning
at a quarter of an hour before the appointed hour of service,
and then the Tenor Bell to be tolled until the commence-
ment of Divine Service.

2 The customary tolling and chiming are to be observed at all

Funerals.

3 The liells are to be rung on Christmas morning, on New

Year's morning, and on the morning of the -,th N«>v< ml>. t,
for not more than 2 hours each morning. The ikii: au«
also to be rung on days of public rejoicing and at other
times at the particular request of individuals, but always
subject to the permission and direction of the Minister and
Churchwardens.

204 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

4 On no occasion are the Bells to be rung earlier than at 5

o'clock in the morning, nor later than the hour of dusk.

5 The Ringers shall receive as Salary the Sum of two Pounds,

to be paid at 25th of March, 1832, by the Minister, if the
Parishioners do not wish it to be paid out of the Church
rates.

6 This Payment shall be instead of all allowances and gratuities

whatsoever which the Ringers have formerly been accus-
tomed to receive from the Parishioners, except only the sum
of six shillings, which has usually been paid by the Church-
wardens, for ringing on the 5th November ; but the presents
which they may have made to them for ringing at Weddings,
or other occasions of rejoicing, they will be fully entitled to
receive, subject to the following regulation.

7 The Salary which the Ringers receive shall not be spent in

drinking or feasting ; neither shall the presents which they
receive be so spent ; but they shall be paid over into the
hands of t lie Minister, to be by him added to their Salary ;
and the total sum shall be divided by him at the year's end,
in proper shares.

8 The Ringers are required to attend punctually at the Church,

whenever their services are called for by the Parish Clerk ;
if it be on a week day that they are wanted, the Parish Clerk
shall give each Ringer 2 hours notice to that effect. They
who fail in punctual attendance shall not be entitled to then
full share of the total sum collected for the Ringers, but
shall receive from the Minister such share as shall appear
to him to be in proportion to their fair claims.

9 In order that the Minister may judge aright in this matter, the

Parish Clerk shall keep a book in which he shall enter down
the days on which the Ringers were required by him to
attend, and the names of those who were punctual, and of
those who were not so.

10 The Ringers shall at all times during Ringing be subject to

the authority and direction of the Parish Clerk, or his
Deputy, both as to the time and manner of ringing, and as
to their conduct generally.

11 The Parish Clerk, or his Deputy, shall be responsible that on

no occasion, and under no pretence, any drinking or
smoking shall take place either in the Belfry, or in any part
of the ( '.hurch.

12 The Parish Clerk, or his Deputy, shall be responsible that no

improper persons enter into the Belfry, or the Church, and
in general shall provide that no Persons shall have admission
but such as are either Ringers, or are approved of by the
Minister and Churchwardens as learners in the art.

13 The Parish Clerk or his Deputy shall be responsible that no

mischief happens to the Pells, or to any part of the Church,

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

205

or to anything in it, during the times that the Church is
open, for the purpose of ringing.

14 In order that the Ringers may have opportunity to practice

ringing they have liberty to meet for 2 hours on the 'Tuesday
Evenings in every week from the 1st of May to the 31
August, and shall receive 2 shillings extra from the Minister
for each evening that they ring.

15 The Ringers shall conduct themselves with becoming reverence

both in their language'and in all their behaviour while they
are at the Church, considering that the Church is a sacred
place, and theirs a sacred employ.

16 And since the honour of God and the interests of Religion are

much concerned in the lives and conduct of all professed
Christians, and of those especially who are employed about
his sanctuary, or have any office appertaining thereto, it is
earnestly hoped that every Ringer will be at all times and
places sober, regular, conscientious, and of good example, in
the whole of his conduct and manner of living, and that he
will be a constant attendant at least once every Sunday at
the Service of the Chuich.
[Then follow the inscriptions on the bells.]

Let these bells therefore be considered as a musical Instrument
dedicated to God, and designed to proclaim His Glory ; and let
die Musicians be themselves in unison with the Hymn of pea se
which they cause to proceed from it.

The Customs at present are but few : —

The bells are chimed before service on Sundays and rung at all
Church Festivals, also for weddings by request.

They used to be chimed just before funerals, but the people did
not like the practice, and it was discontinued

Best thanks to Rev. H. H. Lucas, Rector, for sundry information.

CLAVERLEY. All Saints. 6+1 bells.

1. IOHN GLAZE THOs: SPENSOR WARDENS
WM GOOLD BENEFACTO 1769 min.

2 J: TAYLOR & C?. FOUNDERS LOUGH BOROUGH 1877

(33 <>»

3. GOD SAVE THE QVEEN A • R \»#^*> (*>»t*'»M«i)

(34111,

4. COME LETT VS SING VNTO THE LORD

^9^9^9" 1703 ^r^W^%¥t>

5. ABRA RVDH ALL CAST VS ALL 1703

[Border Fig. /, ns on jrd, continued J (40111
Vol. II., 31U Series. A A

206 THE CHURCH BULLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

6. GOD • SAVE THE CHVRCH |_+J IOHN
BARKER -f- 10HN-GRANGER: CW: 1073:

(46in.

S, Blank; no band for inscription ; square shoulders. (15111.

Treble by Thomas Rudhall; owing to miscalculation there is no
room for the R of BENEFACTOR, and the date had to be in
small figures. Lettering on tenor i^in. high ; on the others, the
ordinary Rudhall type. All the Rudhall bells have cabled cannons.
Note the mistake in the date on the tenor (1073 f°r 17°5)- Words
on 2nd widely spaced ; angular cannons.

Borders : 3rd and 4th, fig. 1 : 5th, figs. 3 and 1.

The present second bell weighs 8 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lbs. ; its predeces-
sor was only 6 cwt. 26 lbs

In the Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 21237 (Rev. E. Williams' Collec-
lections) the inscription on the old second is given : I? WHIT-
MORE E. FRECLETON \VM WHITMORE W. JONES 1703.
From the same source we learn that in or about 1794 the small bell
(which then hung in the window) was inscribed

IOHN GRAVE NO VR B EN I A MI N YATECWI 1696.

The existing one is not therefore older than the last century.

In the list of bells cast by Rudhall for Shropshire (Browne Willis
MS. Brit. Mus Add. 30,316) ' Clareley ' is credited with five. The
treble is therefore a later addition, not a re-casting.

2 June, [1549) : ' foure bells of accord.'

] 740 and 1752: '5 Bells.'

In the ringing-chamber is a set of Rules, as at Bridgnorth,
St. Mary Magdalene, but arranged in couplets: —

Take Notice.
If any man To Ring comes here
He must ring well with hand and ear
And if a Bell he overthrows
Four pence he pays before he goes
Or if he rings with spur or hat
Four pence as sure he pays for that
And if you either swear or curse
One Shilling Sir pull out your purse
I'ay to the Sexton what you forfeit
Or else kind Sir your Coat pays for it.

No old Churchwardens' Accounts.

CUST( MS :

On Sundays, one bell rung at 7 a.m. and two at 8 a.m.; one bell
and chiming for morning and evening services.

T'flE CHURCH BELLS OF S^HRO^PSHlRE.

20^

Ringing on the greater Festivals, and on Chiistmas Eve ar.d

New Year's Eve ; for weddings when desired, on Royal

Birthdays, and Fifth of November.
The Pancake Bell (the third) is rung at n a.m. on Shrove

Tuesday ; a bell is also rung in case of fires.
At funerals a bell is tolled three times for a male, twice for a

female ; chiming also when desired
The Priest's Bell is rung immediately before the beginning of

each service.
Thanks to Rev. T. Harvey, Vicar.

DEUX HILL. Ecclcsia destrucia. Formerly cue bell.

The church was pulled down in 1886, and the bell,
together with other remnants, was taken by Mr. Lane,
builder, of Stottesdon, who undertook the work. Mr. Lane
afterwards sold it to a pawnbroker at Kidderminster, named
Stokes, who has since left that town, and I cannot now trace
the bell further. It is said to have been a small bell, but of
good tone. The old church had a wooden turret.

GLAZELEY. Sr. Barthoi/^mkw One bell.

The bell hangs in a central flcclic between the nave and
chancel ; it is quite inaccessible, but is known to have been
a new bell put up when the church was re-built in 1875.
The old church had a wooden turret.

2 June, [1549] : 'Too bells of accord.'
1740 : ' 1 Bell.

HIGHLEY. St Mary. 4 + 1 bells.

1. JJOOHN f MATHEVS f f IOHN f BATE ff
1674 V

Below t/ie inscription , a band of arabesques. (2 9in.

2. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1761

^-r^f^J^^^ (continued) (30I in.

3. # VIR6IMS □ €6R€6I€ [J VOCOR |J

caropiiDfl n mmid

4

208

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

(37in.

S No Inscription or band for one ; apparently 19th century.

(H in.

Treble cracked right down ; stock of small bell broken. All in
bad order and very dirty ; no ringing for some years, owing to the
condition of the tower.

The treble is by John 'Martin of Worcester ; initial cross Plate
VI., fig 4; thin letters with floral stops (Plate VI., fig. 5)
between; small heart-shaped trade-mark (Plate VI., fig. 1).

2nd : By Thomas Rudhall ; ordinary floral border (fig, 1).

3rd : by a Worcester founder of the fifteenth century, of un-
known name.1 The stops between the words are alternately heads
of Edward III. and Queen Phihppa. Similar bells at Bitterley
(a fine example), Clungunford, Acton Scott, and Munslow. For
illustration of stamps and letters see Plate III., figs. 1 -9. The S
of VIRGINIS is reversed, as is the E of MARIE.

4th: By Robert Ilendley of Gloucester, c. [4802; the stamps
and lettering are illustrated on Plate II.

[1549]: ' Higley. foure bells of accord.'

A bell tolled at Funerals according to the wishes of the deceased's
relatives, i.e., for one, two, or more hours, the Clerk being paid so
much an hour for tolling.

On Sundays, the 'last bell,' as it is called, is rung for twelve
strokes only, just before service begins.

There is a tradition (.sufficiently refuted by the varied dates of
the bells) that when they were cast a certain Lady Mortimer poured
a handful of silver into the metal.

MIDDLETON SCRIVEN. St. John Baptist. Two bells.

Both quite blank, without even bands for inscriptions
round the shoulder, hanging in two arches of a double gable-
cot. They are of (apparently) rustic make, and of no great
size, about 20 to 21 inches in diameter. The smaller bell
has a hemispherical crown and straight waist, and may be
thirteenth century; but the other does not look older than
the seventeenth. Each has a simple double bead moulding
round the shoulder. The)- haw: no wheels, but are chimed
by levers.

2 June, I 15-19] : ' to° bells of accord.'
1 740 : ' 2 Pells.'

Best thanks to Rev. S. Attlee, Rector, for much kindness.

1 See Assoc. Arch. Sacs Reports, xxv., p 564, for an account of these bells
and their stamps.

- See Transactions of Bristol and Gloucester Arch. S'<><\, xsiii., p. 2jS.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

MORVILLE. St. Gregory. 6 bells.

1. PEACE&GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD aJ^R 1759

^r^r^tr^^ (29in.

2. FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING A ^R 1759

3. A^ R 1759 a^a^f^Da^ (3njin.

4. ABEL RU DH ALL CAST VS ALL 1759 ^^^^

4(32.1in.
R

1759 <^^<^^3^^<g^> (34in.

5. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1854 (38in.

Cabled cannons to all except tenor ; in good ringing order.
On all the first five, the same floral border fig. i).
The late tenor, which weighed 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs., was also dated
J759-

Weights and notes of bells : (1) 4 cwt F

(2) 4! cwt. E flat

(3) sk cwt. D flat

(4) si cwt. C

(5) 62 cwt. B flat

(6) 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lbs. A flat.

2 June, [1549]: ' Morfkld. Foure bells of accord.'
1740: ' Morvill 4 Hells.'

In the lower stage of the tower is an old set of Belfry Rules as
at Bridgnorth (St. Mary Magdalen), and Claverley, from both of
which they vary slightly ; they are painted on the wall in old
English characters : —

SLlhen to ring nou boc romc here Xc^o
Jlou must ring tuell toith Irani anb ear
^ifor if the la tu nou break inbeeb K&^>
J) our forfeit must be paib tuith spcrb
he that a bell both obcrthroto Ke)U>
must pan his groat before he goc
he that subbcnln rherks a bell Xc^
ttooncna must nan all men can tell
anb he that tings uulh -pti or hall
ttoopenee is then to pan for that K^>
these latos are olbe then arc not neto
therefor* kinb bebtor pay thn bue Ke^>

MM

2tO tHE CHtTRCH BELLS Of SHROPSHIRE.

Customs :

Bells chimed and tenor tolled for half-an-hour before services.
Ringing on Christmas Day, New Year's Day, November 5th,

Royal Birthdays, and other Festivals ; also occasionally for

weddings.

Tolling and occasional chiming at funerals, the latter formerly
known as the 'joy-bells.' {€/. Burns and Jackson, Shropshire
Folk-Lore, p. 301).

Tenor bell rung for VesU-y meetings.

Thanks to Rev. G. Swifte, Vicar.

OLDBURY. St- Nicholas. One bell

1. * _ I

The bell hangs in an inaccessible turret at the S.W. angle
of the nave, but the three stamps on it have been painted
white, and are thus clearly visible from below. With a tele-
scope, it was also possible to ascertain that the bell was
devoid of other marks.

The stamps consist of a cross fleury in an octagon, a
shield with the initials r c, and a shield with the three
leopards of England. (See Plate I., figs. 1 — 3). The founder
has been identified with one Robert Crowch of London, who
was working about 1440. He is also to be found at Birts-
morton, Worcestershire, and Pott Shrigley, Cheshire ;
though London-made medieval bells are by no means common
in the Western Midlands. I shall have occasion to say more
about him when I discuss the founders of Shropshire bells at
length.

2 June, [1549] : • Three bells of accord.'

1740 : ' 3 Bells.' 1752 : 1 2 Bells.'

The third bell seems to have disappeared between 1740 and 1752.

The church was restored in 1807, and again in 1858 and 1862,
the old wooden 'pigeon-cot' turret being re-placed in the latter
year by the present stone one. At the same time one of the two
bells then existing disappeared, and there is a parochial tradition
that it was sent to the new church at Jackfield (see post, p. 238),
erected shortly afterwards. I am indebted to the kindness of the
Rector, Rev. J. V. Wright, for these particulars.

Miss burnc, Shropshire Folk-Lore, p 301, states that at funerals
here, as at Hillingslcy, the bell is always struck more quickly at the
approach of the corpse.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. 211

OUATFORD. St. Mary Magdalene. Three bells.

1 &SOLI fff DEO fff GLORIA ffff
PAX ffff HOMINIBVS MM 1659

&&&&
o o o o

Below :■

2 No inscription. (s'Jin
3. No inscription. (33 fin.

Pits for four. Two cannons off 2nd and 3rd. Treble by John
Martin of Woicester (see for stamps Plate VI., figs. 2, 4, 5); the
other two are probably also of the 17th century.

2 June, [1549] : ' Four bells of accord vj lyttell bells.'
1740 : ' 3 Bells'

The inscription on the treble is given in Rev. E. Williams's
MSS. (Brit. Mus. Add. 21237).

The churchwardens' accounts only begin in 1674, and will not
therefore throw any important light on the history of the bells.

Miss B.irnc, in her Shropshire Folk-Lore, p 607, has the follow-
ing note about Quatford bells : '' ' Hang Jack Limb ' s iys the bells
of Quatford. ' They say John Lamb was clerk there a long time
ago and the bells' dislike to him arose from his vigorous pulling ;
but the present clerk informs me with indignation that " them boys

do say the bells sing 1 Hang T ■ P now,' " so I should think

it has been a joke against the Parish Clerk for the last century. —
L. J. B., 1882/

The Passing Bell is or was rung. (See ibid, p. 301).

TASLEY. ss- Peter and Paul. Two bells.

DOMIMUS : TECVM

2. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH A ^ R 1703

In an open gable-cot and difficult of access ; both quite small.

Treble : about the middle of the fourteenth century, by an
unknown founder ; the lettering does not occur elsewhere. There
are very few inscribed bells in Shropshire which can be referred to
so early a date, though, no doubt, many of the 'blank' bells are
earlier. For cross and specimen letter (the characteristic flat-topped
JK) see Plate III., lig. 10.

Larger bell: By Abraham Rudhall. The Rev. II. T. Tilley
verified the date as 1703, but. in Rev. E. Williams's MSS. (Brit.
Mus. Add. 21237 it is given as 1723

212 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

1549 .... 'of accord' (rest of paper wanting). This at least
implies that there was more than one bell at the time.
1740 : Tasseley ' 2 Bells.'
1752 : ' 2 Bells.'

The old church had a picturesque wooden tower (see a water-
colour drawing in D. Pirkes's Collections, Brit. Mus. Add. 2io[i),
on which the modern gable-cot is no improvement.

Best thanks to Rev. H rJ£. Tilley for rubbings and cast.

TUCK HILL Two bells.

Church built 1869 ; bells presumably of that date. The
Vicar (Rev. P. Brent) writes: " We have only two tinklers,
not worthy of the name of bells, and I cannot find out what
they have on them, if anything at all. The turret is only
temporary."

UPTON CRESSETT. St. Michael Two bells.

1. HENRY SH 1 PM AN CH W 1701 RICHARD PEAGE

2 Nc inscription.

'Hie smaller bell is by Abraham Rudhall ; the larger is of curious
f urn, with hemispherical crown, cylindi ical waist, and Hat sound-
bow. It is undoubtedly of great antiquity, and may possibly be
coeval with the Norman chinch.

No Edwardian Inventories.

1740 : \ 2 Bells.'

1752 : ;4 Bells ' (sib) ; one of the many inaccuracies in this MS.

2. DEANERY OF BEWDLEY.
This Deanery was formerly part of the Deanery of Burford
(see below) ; it does not now include any Shropshire parishes,
that of Djwles having basfe taken into Worcestershire since
the Act of 1894; but I have included an account of its bells,
as its connection with Shropshire has been only so recently
severed.

DO /VLES (n0'v m Worcestershire). Sr. Anuricw. Two bells.

1. # $ IAG & 1595 (*7»n-

2. O.i the iv.u's/: -f-RNORTHALL-f CHURCHWARDEN

f 1823 f (rojin.

1st : By an unknown founder; cf. the tenor at Holt, Wares.,
dated 1608. For the fleur-de-lys stamp, see Plate VI., fig. 6.

THE CHURCH BELLS OE SHROPSHIRE.'

213

2nd : An ugly and badly cast bell ; no band round shoulder,
which is squ are ; letters like Mears' smaller type, but the bell can
hardly be his work. The clapper terminates in a broad flat
tongue

Belfry dirty, and requires putting in good order, with proper
ladders ; the bells have no wheels, but are chimed by levers
attached to the stocks.

24 May, 1553 : '[ Remaining | two bellys ' . . .
1 740 : 1 2 Bells '
1752 : ' Doylis 2 Bells.'
Very many thanks to Rev. J. Tonks, Vicar, for much help and
kindness.

3. DEANERY OF BURFORD.

There are now 21 parishes in this Deanery, of which only
eight are in the county of Salop ; of the rest, three are in
Hereford and ten in Worcester. With the latter we are, of
course, not now concerned, but it may be worth mentioning
that one of the Worcestershire parishes, Bockleton, possesses
the only bell in that county from a Shropshire foundry ; it is
by Henry Clibury of Wellington.

BORASTON. Two beiis.

1. On the waist .— DEO SOLI GLORIA (19m.

1887

2. THOMAS STAR I 1670 ALL PRAYSE AND

GLORY BE

(On the waist:—) TO GOD FOR EVER

V

RECAST 1887
On the sound bow ( tetters incised and painted red J ; —
BY THE STAREY FAMILY

All in admirable order Founder uncertain, but probably
Harwell of Birmingham ; both bells originally by John Martin of
Worcester Kelly's Directory wiongly gives the date *m the second
as 1570 John Martin's trade-mark (see Plate VI., fig. 1) has
been reproduced on the second, together with the old inscription in
each case. The present tower only dates from 18S7 ; before
the restoration there was none.

15 May, 1553: k Bkoson And In thys same parashe (/>.,

Burford) for the chapell of broson ij bellys '

Vol. II., ;|id Si-ties. H li

2I4

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

BUR FORD. St. Mary 5 bells.

]—4. G. MEARS & CO. FOUNDERS LONDON 1863.

1. On waist -COELORUM CHRISTE, PLACEAT TiBI,
REX, SONUS ISTE (i^in.

2 „ LAUDATE DOMINUM DE COELIS. LAU-

DATE EUM IN EXCELSIS <2b%m.

3 „ LAUDO DEUM YERUM, PLEBEM YOCO,

CONGREGO CLERUM (274m

4 „ AT SERVICE TYME I SOUNDE AND AT

THE DEATH OF MEN
TO SERVE YOUR GOD AND WELL TO
DYE REMEMBER THEN (29gin.

5. CHARLES PRINCE & PHILIP GILLEY CH~
WARDENS |*| A ^ R 1725 tt ttttf t^Jin.

Clappers tied, and no ropes ! No ringing done, but chiming
apparatus only. Pits for eight or ten, probably with the idea of a
larger ring at some future date. The present arrangement of the
ca^e is somewhat curious : — ■

w

15 May, 1553 : ' In Burforde iij bclys '

1740: L| Hells;' 1752: '5 Dells ' (sic J.

Browne Willis's MS. list of Rudhall bells cast for Shropshire
(Brit. Mus. Add. 30316) only gives one under Burford, presumably
the present tenor, then the third. There is no record of the
founder of the other three. Border on 5th, fig. 5.

There were only four bells down to 1863, in which year the top
storey of the tower was re-built, and the number of bells increased
to five by the re-casting of the old tenor, fust, and second into four
new ones Their weights were : — ■

cwt. qrs. lbs.

4 ^ 5

4 3 4
8 0 o

Total, 17 cwts. 1 qr. 9 lbs.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. 215

As the present tenor only weighs about 6 cut., it is clear that it
was originally the third bell.
Customs : - No returns.

CORELEY. Sr- Peter. Three bells.

1. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO 1621 T C

o

On (he waist .--RECAST 1887 (3oin-

2. ® QOD trfifttttttf £AVE ft
tftttttt OUF( ftttffffffff
CHVRCH 1621 (32in.

3. *. • IOHN RUDHALL GlOCESTER FeC? 1813 6^}&b5fy(}$b

( continued ) (3 5 in.

The old treble was inscribed : —

QLORIA tttttttttttt IN tttttttttttt
EXCELSV5 f f ft ttt tt ttttttttttttttttt
DEO tttttttttttttttttttittttttt 1621

t c

(29111

Both the old treble and the 2nd are by Thomas Clibury, being
the earliest bells on which his name appears ; the border on the
former {cf. Badger 1st) is a slight variation on that of the 2nd,
which is Plate V., fig. 5. The initial cross on the old bell is
Plate V., fig. 1 ; the shield was probably below the inscription
line, but this is not indicated in the rubbing.1 The initial cross on
the 2nd consists of five pairs of radii within a toothed circle {cf.
Stoke St. Milborough 1st, from which an illustration will be given
in next instalment).

The scroll border on the 3rd is not the same as fig. 1, but is
broader and differently composed ; I do not remember to have
seen it elsewhere.

1 This shield is of an earlier type than that at Ditton Priors and Harrow
{ Plate V., hji- 2), which has a hell in addition.

2l6 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

The weight of the old treble was 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 3 lbs. ; the new
one is 5 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lbs., and is by Taylor of Loughborough, whose
trade-mark (fig. 6) appears on the waist : a bell surrounded by the
words IOHN TAYLOR LOUGH BOROUGH.

Fig. 6.

Rubbings of these bells in Mr. North's collection (made previous
to 1S87).

2 June, [1519] : 1 iij bells of accord.'

16 May, 1553 : ' Remaining iij bellys one sancte bell.'

1740 : 1 3 Bells.'
No Churchwardens' Accounts.
Customs :

On Sundays the three bells are chimed for a quarter-of-an-hour
before service, and the tenor is tolled for the last five minutes.

Before funerals a bell is tolled at intervals for a minute for one
hour ; when the corpse comes in sight, the three bells are chimed
till it reaches the churchyard.

A bell is rung at ten o'clock for Sunday School

Best thanks to Rev. J. B. Joyce, Rector.

GREETE. St. James. Two bells.

I. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY A R 1698 (i8in

2. <$> -X- -><-•<••>"<•

1664 Uofe

Smaller bell by Abraham Rudhall, in his smallest type ; much
corroded ; edges chipued.

The stamps on the larger bell are also found on the tenor at
Hopesay, dated 1652, and on the tenor at Pipe-cum-Lyde, Here

THE CHUKCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

217

fordshire, dated 1648. The initial fleur-de-lys and the founders'
mark are illustrated on Plate V., figs. 4, 6 ; the letters I.F.
probably denote John Finch, a Hereford bell founder, who re-cast
one of the Ludlow bells in 1638 (see Transactions, 2nd Ser., iv ,
p. 134). When Herefordshire bells are investigated, we may know
more about him. The apparent chevron on the shield (fig. 6)
will be seen on clcser examination to be a pair of compasses. The
ornamental border after the fkur-de-lys is similar to Plate VI.,
fig 7-

The bells hang in an open double gable-cot (partly original) and
are therefore not easy of access. I am much beholden to Mr.
Kawlings, churchwarden, for his kindness in providing a ladder
and generally assisting me. They have no wheels, and are chimed
by levers.

15 May* '553 : ' To bellys.'
1740 : 1 2 Bells.'

MILSON. St. George. 3 + 1 bells.

\ No inscription ; probably of the 14th century. (2i^in.

2. GOD SAVE THE KING & THE CHVRGH :

A • ^ ■ R • 1698: (233in.

3, No inscription ; probably of the 17th century. (26$in.
O. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY

&*2GP*2&**3 1723

Original triangular or A shaped frames ; wheels broken ; all very
dirty and in bad order, the ladders by which the bells are reached
being very awkward.

The 2nd bell is one of the earliest in the county by Abraham
Rudhall ; the form of his bell stamp is also seen at Quatt and
Worlielcj, and is of an ' archaic ' type.

Small bell : Inscription in small type ; border, fig. 2.
2 June, [1549]: mylston'. ' iij bells of oon accord.'-
15 May, 1553: mylstone chapel. * iij bellys.'
1740 : 1 Mylston 3 bells & a sts bell '
1752 : ' Milston 1 bell ' (sic).

Customs : —

On Sundays, bells chimed half-an-hour before service for a short
time; again at 15 minutes before, and at 10 minutes
before j priest's bell for last five minutes.

Death knell as soon as convenient after death ; tolling at
funerals.

2l8 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

No ringing for weddings or other purposes.

[The Rector of Neen Sollars with Milson, Rev. E. J. Newell,
to whom I am indebted for tfhese particulars, states that the
customs in both churches are identical J

NASH. Two bells.

\ No inscription. & (19m.

2. THOMAS BALDWYN C W 1665 f f f f f f

Below:— If ^M^^^^^^M)^ {continuous)

(20 \ in.

Hung close up under the spire, in the north-west and south-east
angles, on a curious arrangement of cross-beams. They are reached
by four very rickety ladders, and all the frame work is in bad order.

The smaller bell is of no great antiquity ; the larger is by John
Martin of Worcester, with his smallei trade-mark (PI VI., fig. 1)
in the middle of the border of arabesques below the inscription.
Thin letters as at Highley ; border at end of inscription, Plate VI.,
fig. 5 repeated.

15 May, 1553 : ' And In the same parashe [i.e., Burford] for ye
chapell of the Nashe ij bellys.'

I believe subscriptions are being raised for a new " Queen's Bell."

NEEN SOLLARS. All Saints. 3 + 1 bells.

1 * sic s noroen % dotoidi s Beneoiccvm

(30m.

2 S7*Ne 4 TRirstlTTSS + VjMVS

DEVS MI SERERE rose MOS * TRI
1590

On the w. lis/ : — £ <fc jyj dog Q dog g d>g R mm LP rose
HG * TO rose RO * * RH rose RSW dog
RFW rose rose RB 4» RC rose H dog Q & S dog
I ^ B rose (33in.

3. 09 SOLI DEO ±±±± GLORIA PAX

HOMINIBVS <t±t± 1649 ^6]m
No inscription ; not much worn and probably modern.

(1 j|in.

THE CHURCH BKLLS OF SHROPSHIRE. 2IO,

Triangular or A-shaped frames, not very old ; bells dirty and
not in very good order.

Treble : About 1350 ; probably by John of Gloucester, who
supplied bells to Ely Cathedral in 1346 ; many similar bells in
Gloucestershire and adjoining counties 1 The 2nd at Clungunford
is of similar type. For. cross, stop, and specimens of lettering, see
Plate IV., figs. 1 — 8. The T. is of Roman form.

2nd bell Founder unknown, but I B. on either side
of the bell stamp must be his initials • there is a similar
bell at Corse, Gloucs., dated 1580; and others at Kempsey,
Worcs. (1587) and Gloucester St. Nicholas (1608 are also by this
founder. He was probably a Gloucester man. Letters rather
flat, on prominent paterae, the stops consisting of a fleur-de-lys. a
rose, and a dog of the greyhound type to the right ; all somewhat
worn or defaced. The inscription round the shoulder is probably
reproduced from an older bell ; the initials on the waist may be
those of parishioners who gave the bell The fleur-de-lys, rose,
and dog, and the bell with initials are given on Plate IV. ligs. 9 —
1 2.

Tenor : By John Martin of Worcester ; the. letters are of the thin
type ; the initial mark is much worn, but is proba >ly a rose (Plate
VI , fig. 3), and the narrow border between the words is formed
by scrolls of foliage with berries, etc. (Plate VI., fig 7), resembling
those used by Abraham Rudhall (fig. 2), and by Clibury at Beck-
bury and Broseley. The trade-mark is Plate VI., fig. 2. The
letter N in Ho.MiNir.vs is reversed as usual.

Rub! ings in Mr North's collection.

15 May, 1553: ' neneseller ' * i i j bellys.'

1 740 : ' 3 bells.'
1752 : '2 Bells ' (sic).

Customs : —

On Sundays, bells chimed half-an-hour before service for a short
time ; again at 15 minutes and 10 minutes before : priest's
bell for last five minutes.

Death-knell rung as soon as convenient after death ; tolling
at funerals.

The bells were formerly rung at mid-night on Christmas Eve
and New Yeai's Eve, but this has been discontinued for
some years as it is considered unsafe. Nor are they now
rung for weddings.

Thanks to Rev. E. J. Newell, Rector.

1 Sec Assoc. Arch. Socs. Reports, x\v if. 560

I

220

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

WHITTON. One bell

t 1854.

A very small bell, about 18 inches in diameter, probably by
Warner of London. It is most difficult of access, being hung on
two cross-beams high up in the tower, the first floor of which is
only about eight feet above the ground floor, and there is hardly
any frame work in between. Owing to the low floor only a short
ladder can be introduced, which has then to be pulled up twice,
but the parish clerk with much ingenuity and perseverance accom-
plished the feat for me.

15 May, 1553: 'And In the same parashe [liurford] for the
chapell of VVytton ij bellys.'

1740 : 1 Whitton capella 2 Bells.'

From Browne Willis' MS. list (Brit. Mus. Add. 3031^) we learn
that one of the two bells existing in 1740 was cast by Rudhall.

4. DEANERY OF STOTTESDON.

ASTON BOTTERELL Sr. Michael. 3 + 1 bells.
1. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R 1757

2 ^r^r MAY THE CHURCH FLOURISH
A A R (3*iin.

3. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL & TO
THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL :

Below:— ^pM^ A ^ R 1757 ^^^J^
( Border continuous). (34m.

S. No inscription or band for one. (1 tin.

All recently rehung, new ladders, etc., and all in admirable order.
The three bells by Abel Rudhall have cabled cannons ; the small
bell, the stock of which is suspended from a cross-beam of the
tower roof, was put up about thirty years ago. The tower is large
enough to hold eight comfortably ; it was rebuilt in 1883-4.

Borders on all three the same, fig. 1.

2 June, [ 15 [9] : k three bells of accord' and ' ix lyttell bells.' 1
1 75 j : 4 Aston Boterel 4 Bells.'

1 l'Y>r 1 he explanation of the latter, see footnote under ChetUm.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

221

In the Rev. Edward Williams' MSS. in the Brit. Mus. (Add.
21237) ' two large and one small bell' are given (c. 1795) ; but in
the G. Morris' MSS. at Shrewsbury ' 3 bells and Sts bell.'

Hartshorne, Salop/a Antiqua, p. 590 (quoted without verification
by Mare, p. 49) gives the inscription on one of the bells as
' Pallantur merito Petri pectoris ictu ' (s/c) ; this must, of course,
refer to a record of one of those existing previous to 1757.

Customs : — No returns. '•'

BILLINGSLEY. St. Mary. Two bells.

|# No inscription or band for one; may be medieval (c. 2oin.

2. GOD (SAVE THE QV)EEN g^^2#^ 1707

(c. 2iin.

These two small bells formerly hung in a wooden turret like that
at Sidbury. When the church was rebuilt in 1875 this was re-
placed by a lofty double gable-cot of stone, which renders them
almost inaccessible. With three ladders and efficient local aid it
was possible to reach the comb of the roof, but not to get close to
the bells. However, with the aid of glasses I was able to read the
inscription on the larger bell, except the words in brackets, which
may be fairly guessed at ; the third figure of the date could not be
seen, but the 7 being certain, no year but 1707 suits the rest of the
inscription. The word god, which is on the W. side of the bell,
was visible through glasses from below The bells are hung with
levers and no wheels.

.Border on 2nd bell, fig. 2 (Abraham Rudhall).

2 June, [1549] : ' Too bells of accord.'

Miss Burne, Shropshire Folk Lore, p. 301, says that at funerals,
when the bells are being tolled they are always struck quicker at
the approach of the corpse. This is obviously the same as the
common custom of ' chiming ' at funeials.

BURWARTON. St. Lawrence 6 bells.

1 J: TAYLOR & C.9 FOUNDERS, LOUGHBOROUGH 1875-

(29m.

2 The same. (31 in.

3 The same. (33m-

4 The same. (34111.

5 J: TAYLOR & C.9 BELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH

1888. (37oin.

6 J: TAYLOR & C° BELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH
1875- (4iin.

Vol. II., 3rd Scries. tX:

222

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Weight
cwt. qrs. lbs.

Note

(1) 5:3 : rS F

(2) 6 : 1 : 14 E flat.

(3) 7:2:81) flat.

(4) 7 : 3 : M C

(5) 9:2:5 B flat. Former 5th : 57111-; 9 cwt. 16 lbs.

(6) 12:0: 4 ,A flat.

All in admirable order, and ringing is energetically practised.

Formerly two bells in a turret in the old church, but when the
new one was erected in 1875, a ring of six bells was presented by
the Right Hon. Viscount Boyne. The fifth of these had to be
recast in 1888.

The two old bells were melted down, and of one all record is
lost ; of the other a rubbing was fortunately preserved by Rev.
H. T. Ellacombe, and is now among his collections in the British
Museum (Add. MSS. 33203). A reproduction of this rubbing,
from a tracing by Mr. F. Anderson of the British Museum, is given
on Plate VII. It was inscribed : —

The character of the lettering is decidedly early, and the form
of the inscription also points to an early date, not later than the
beginning of the 14th century. It is thus the earliest Shropshire
bell of which we have definite information. Bells with similar
cross and lettering are found at Bristol Cathedral (treble), Saines-
field in Herefordshire, and West Thorncy, Sussex. There was also
one at Vrowchurch in Herefordshire, now recast. The cross is of a
foreign character, and resembles that on a bell at Fontenailles,
Normandy, dated 1202. The Vowchurch bell was, I believe, a
Flemish importation, and the West Thorney bell is also probably
of foreign make ; but the Burwarton and Bristol Cathedral bells
are probably English.

2 June, [1549I : ' two bells of accord.'

18 May, 1553 : 1 Two belles and a sant[us] belle.

1740 : 1 3 Bells.'

Customs : —

On 1st Sunday in month the bells are rung before services ; on
other Sundays and at other times the tenor is rung for a few
minutes half an-hour before, for the benefit of those at a
distance ; then three bells only are chimed.

Ringing on New Year's Eve.

A bell rung for Vestry Meetings.

Very many thanks to the Rev. N. R. Ramsay, Rector.

Diam. i6in.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE:.

223

CLEETON. St. Mary. 8 bells.

A modern church, built in 1878, the parish being formed
out of Bitterley, Farlow, and Doddington. It possesses a
ring of eight tubular " bells," which do not call for detailed
consideration.

CLEOBURY MORTIMER. St Mary the ViRfcis.

6 bells

1. HARK TO OUR MELODY A Jk R 1757 \3°'uv

2. ABEL KUDHALL CAST US ALL 1757 (3,in-

3. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R

1757 ^^^r (32in.

4. L ATWOOD VICAR A ^ R 1757 (tel™,

5. RICH1': DORSET W1LLM: OSELAND C H =

WARDENS A ^ R 1757 t'Hir ^om/mmits) (38U11

6. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL & TO

THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL A ^ R 1757
jefrj (4i|ir.

Hung at the spiing of the spire; b.Afry very dark and bells
greasy, but all in good order.

Borders on first four bells all the same (fig. 1), but not
continuous on the 4th ; that on the 5th is fig. 5.

Weights and notes : —

(1) 5.\ cwt. 1) sharp.

(2) 6 cwt. C ,,

(3) 7 cwt. 15

(4) 8 cwt. A sharp.

(5) 94 cwt- 9 »

(6) 15 cwt. F „

Hartshome in Salopia Antiqua, p. 590, gives as the inscription
on one of the bells : 1 Petri campanam socor (sic) et Pauli modo
sanam.' This is quoted by Mr. Hare (p. 39), as usual without
verification, as being on ' the bell ' {sic). As all record of the
inscriptions previous to 1757 is lost, I think it possible that the
inscription was on the original tenor at Cleobury North, especially
as that church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul (but see below).

224 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

2 June, [i 549] : 'of accord 1 and too '

Before 1757 there were five bells, as we learn from Browne Willis's MS.
list of 1740, though the same might be inferred from the entries in
the churchwardens' accounts given below.1 The entry for 29 Jan ,
1759 implies the existence of a sanctus bell, the fate of which
is unknown.

The inscriptions on the present ring are given by Mrs. Baldwyn
Childe in her account of the Parish {Transactions, vol ii., 1879,

P. 55).
Customs : —

On Sundays, bells first chimed for Morning and Evening
Services, then the tenor tolled, followed by another. One
bell is used for the 8-0 Celebration, but a bell was always
rung at that time before it was instituted weekly. A mid-
day peal was formerly rung.

Ringing on Christmas Day, Faster Day, Ascension Day, Whit
Sunday, Feast of Dedication, at mid-night on New Year's
Eve, and on New Year's Day ; also, for Weddings when
desired, and for Sovereign's Birthday.

At Deaths, tellers are used (3x3 for man, 3x2 for woman),
but * strangely and unusually' (so writes the Vicar) at
8 a.m. on the day of the funeral. The Vicar is desirous of
altering this to a proper ' Passing Bell,' as no doubt it
originally was. There is a tradition that the bells used to
be chimed for Funerals, but not within living memory ;
a bell is tolled before Funerals as well as that at 8 a.m.

A bell is rung for Vestry Meetings.

The Curfew is rung daily at 8 p.m. from September 29 to March
25; on Saturdays at 7 p.m. ; on Sundays, or when a late
Service precedes, it is omitted. The tenor bell is used, and
the day of the month is afterwards tolled on another bell.

In Bume's Shropsliire Folk- Lore, p. 602, it is stated that the
Curfew is not [or was not] rung during the twelve days of
Christmas, i e., during the time when fires were not obliged
to be extinguished

There is a modern set of belfry rules.

The following extracts from the Churchwardens' Accounts
I owe to the kindness of the Rev. S. F. F. Auchmuty,
Vicar. Unfortunately, these accounts only begin with the
year 1742, and do not therefore afford any information about
the early history of the bells j but there are numerous
allusions to the ring put up in 1757 : —

1 In his MS. of 1752, Browne Willis gives ' Clcbury 6 bells,' perhaps
reckoning in the Priest's bell

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

225

11 July, 1751.
29 May, 1752.
24 Dec. 1752.

Pd for mending ye Bell Clapper
pd ye Ringers ..

d Mr Waddington for Leather For y°
Great Bell
29 May, 1753. pd the Ringers

pd for two Charity Boxes And mending
the Bellose Door
26 Jan., 1754 paid the Ringars Kings Ground"

D° for mending the Clapers of 2 Bells
D° for mending the Church gates and

hinges for the Belhous Door
D° the Ringers 29 May

2 July, 1755- Bd the Ringers on ye Kings Crownation
11 Jan. 1756. D° the Ringers for yL' 29 of May

D° the Vissitation for the Removable of

Court Concerning the 4 Bell
D° 2 Letters to yc Bell founder at

Glouster ...
D° Mr Tyler for Painting the Bell house

Door & Case
1756. pay'd the Belfounders Expenses at Mrs

Crosses

1 Nov., 1756. Expenses taking down the 4th Bell 7
Men 1 Days work Eatch 7s.
pay'd for ropes & Junks (?) is.
my Own days ^ork 1 (

spent 4
7 Dec , 1756. pay'd J"° Jones lor holtering the Clapper
of the Tenner Bell

3 Jan., 1757. Our jinny to Kinlet conserning the

Bells

Expenses in geting a paper Wrote for the
Subscription for the Bells
25 Feb. 1757. pay'd M' Rudalls Expence at Mrs
Sadlers ...
pay'd at Mrs Crosses with D°
pay'd for a sheet of Stamp1 paper to
Draw the hartocles with Mr Rudhall
4 Mar., 1757- pay'd for Loadeing ye 5 Bells & Ropes

and Junks ..
31 Mar., 1757. pay'd for a Rope for the Sl Bell
29 May, 1757. pay'd the Ringers

A journy & Expenses to Bewdly with
the Bell & paying for the waying ...
pay'd Mr 'Jock & M1 Hollings for the

Carig of the Hells
Work don by me W,n Oseland in the
Church & 4 Days Golecting Sub-
scription Mony for the Bells

o o
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- 5

- 3

- *3

- 5

- 5

- 5

0

2

6

3

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2

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6

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0

2

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3

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4

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6

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5

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10

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10 o

226

THE CHURCH HELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

pay d for Leters tp& from the Bellfounder o i 6

22 Oct., 1757. paid to the Ringers ... . - i 6
25 May, 1758. paid at B.evvdlfjy tor Weighing ye Bells - 9 -

My Own Time & Expence.s ... - 3 -

29 May, 1758. paid the Ringers ... ... - 2 6

23 June, 1758. pd for a pair of Inger [hinges j for yc

Trap door in the Steeple ... - - to

If lor a Lock for I> ... ... - 1 3

p'1 fur Meifd> yv Lock of y 1U 11 House

door ... ... ... - 1 2

10 Oct., 1758. p'1 the Ringers on y Kings Coronation - 6 -
12 Dec, 1758. paid the Ringers ... ... - 6 -

p'1 with a Letter to (Gloucester ... - - 1

I Penny Post, apparently ! No doubt
a letter to kudhall.J
pJ lor a Letter from 1)° ... ... - - 4

10 Jan, 1759. B'1 lor a Letter from t>° ... ... - - 4

7 Apr., 1759- Expences when the Bells were p(1 for .. - 3 -
29 Jan., 1759 For Carnage of the Saints Bell to

Rcwdley ... ... — 1 -

29 May, 1759. paid to the Ringers .. ... - 6 -

19 July, 1759 p'1 Peter Blount for Mending the Key

of the Pellhouse Door ...006
22 Oct., 1759. p'1 the Ringers on y King's Coronation

Day ... ... ...060

22 Nov., 1759 WM1 Davies's Journey to Shakcnhurst to

speak to M1 Meysey abl y* Bell Roaps 010
29 Nov., 1759. p'1 y* Ringers on y* Thanks Giving Day

by Parish Order ... ...-60

23 May, 1760. Win Davies's Journey to Shakinghurst to

Order ye Bell Roaps ... ... - r -

29 May p(l y Ringers ... ... ... - 6 -

22 Oct , 1760. paid the Ringers on yc Kings Coronation - 6 -

[Which King was this? George II.
was dead by this time.]
5 Nov., 1760. paid Thos Hill for Timber to make ye

Church gates & to repair ye great

Bell frame... ... ... 2 17 1 1£

18 Nov., Raid John Hill his Bill for mendg the

Tenor Bell frame ... ... - 6 8

10 May, 1761. A Journey to Shakcnhurst abl Bell ropes 1
i,S May, paid peter Blount for mending ye Lock

of the Bell 1 louse Door ... - 1

p'1 the Ringers ... ... - 6 -

1 Aug., paid peter Blount for keeping ye Clock

in Order ... ... - io -

paid Aaron York for a rope for y Treble

Bell ... ... ... 2 6 6

25 Feb, 1762. paid for 3 days Ringing ... ... - 18 -

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE

227

2 June, 1766. paid the Ringers for 5 Days Ringing ... 1 10 o
14 Jan , 1767. [A similar entry.]

16 Mar.. 1768. paid for 6 Days Ringing ... ... 1 10 o

Subsequent entries down to 1814 are all of similar character
(payments to ringers and occasional sums for general repair of the
bells), and are hardly worth putting on record.

The Rev. John Attwood (see 4th bell) was curate, and eventually
in 1738 Vicar of Cleobury Mortimer, on the presentation of \V. L.
Childe, Esq. He had previously been Rector of Wheathill and
Bunvarton, and Perpetual Curate of Monk Mopton and Acton
Round. He died in 1769, aged fo and a small brass inside the
altar rails of Cleobury Church marks the place where he is buried.

Rest thanks to Mrs. Baldwyn-Childe of Kyre Park, and to the
Rev. S. F. F. Auchmuty, Vicar.

CLEOBURY NORTH. SS. Petkk and Paul. Three bells.

1. Above the sound-bow : CARR. AD. 1388 (!9iin-

2. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH y^v©;^^};^%^
A £ R SX^S&XS 1723 ^tfXJK^ (3ljin.

3. As l- (24|in.

Inscription on 2ml in Rudhall's smallest (Jin.) lettering;
border, fig 2 ; the other two are by (mas ('an of Smethwick

2 J Line, [ 1 5 [(.) ) : ' Two bells of accord

1553 : ci.kijL'RY ' In the steple ' (rest wanting).

See above under Cleobury Mortimer for an inscription possibly
on the old tenor bell here. But Or. Carr the founder tells me
that neither of these bells dad an inscription before the re-casting.

Bells chim ;d for services on Sundays ; no other customs.

DITTON PRIORS. St. John Bapfist.
\m No inscription ; flat top like a cap.

2. No inscription or band for one ; may be medieval

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228

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Below : —

4. BEE.IT. KNOWN E. TO. ALL. THAT. DOTH . ME. SEE
.JOHN . MARTIN. OF. WOSSISTER. MADE . MEE .
1657 . E . GOWER . J . TAYLOR : C W :

On the sound-bow .— C'ARR . OF . SMETHWICK . REMADE
ME 1888 (tifc GLORIA \ ft (42m.

Hung high up in the tower, at the spring of the spire (as at
Cleobury Mortimer); the tenor in the middle the frame slant-wise.

3rd bell : By Thomas Clibury ; similar bells at Wroxeter and
Kinnersley, but by Henry Clibury ; cable moulding above and
below the words, which are on separate paterae. For the trade-
mark, see Plate V., fig. 2 ; the cross, which is frequently used by
Thomas on his Liter bells, is formed of four small lozenges on short
arms.

Tcnoi : Inscription reproduced from old bell, a favourite formula
of John Martin's and other founders of the time, as at Himbleton,
Worcestershire. The monogram at the end of the first line can
hardly have been on the old bell ; it is composed of the letters
C.W. for ' Churchwardens.' The ornament on the sound-bow after
the date and gloria is a vine-leaf and bunch of grapes on a stalk.

Weight of tenor, 12 cwt.

1552: ' Imp'mis iij bjlls yn the stepull wth a saticis

bell.'

iS May, 1553: ' Remayninge ..... iij bellys Item

a Santus bell.'

1 740 : ' 4 Bells.'

Customs : — No returns.

DODDINGTON. St. John 1 4- r bells.

1. RICH: GEARSE: 1713 A ^ R ^ft^^S^

(26m.

S. No inscription. (14! in.

This church was built in 1849, when these two bells were placed
in the tower. It is not known whence the larger bell came, but the
smaller was originally the ' dinner 1 k U at llopton Wafers Court.
It is not older than the 1 8th century. It has no inscription band
round the shoulder and the sound-bow is moulded in a double
convex curve ; it has no wheel, and is rung by a lever attached to
the stock, being used as a 'ting-tang' for the last five minutes
before services. The large bell is by Abraham Rudhall, the
ornament being fig. 1,

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

22Q

FARLOW.

St. Giles.

Two bells.

1. On the sound-bow : — J WARNER & SONS LONDON

2. Round the shoulder (in usual place) .—J WARNER &
SONS LONDON 1857 (?)

In a lofty double gable cot as at Ijillingsley. The parish could
not provide a ladder to reach them, but by the aid of an admirable
pair of glasses belonging to the Vicar (Rev, A. E. C. Adams) I was
enabled to make out the inscriptions from below, with the exception
of the date on the 2nd, which may be inferred.

On the waist of the second bell are the Royal Aims with the
word patent below, a device which disfigures most of Warner's
earlier bells.

Both bells are quite small (18 to 20 inches diameter) ; the first
has no bind round the shoulder, and looks older than the other.

Farlow until recent times was part of the county of Hereford,
being transferred and united with Stottesdon in 1857, but is now a
separate parish.

In 1740 there were two bells, according to Browne Willis. From
his list of Rudhall bells cast for Shropshire we learn that one of
these was from the Gloucester foundry. They were recast on the
occasion of the rebuilding of the church in 1857.

I. ALL PRAISE AND FOR GLORY BE TO GOD EVER
RICHARD BYCHER 1671

The first bell is by John Martin of Worcester ; small thin letters
and smaller form of trade-mark on waist (Plate VI., Tig. 1).
2nd by Abraham Rudhall ; small letters (Jin ) ; border fig. 2.
The 'ting tang' is hung with the other two in the frame, as if to
form a ring of three, but 1 think there is little doubt that it was
originally a sanctus-bcll, as its present use seems to imply that it is
regarded as a 'ting-tang.' The Rev. II. T. Tilley, who visited the
bells 27 April, 1896, writes to me : — "The treble is much smaller
than 2 and 3, though all the bells are small. It gave me the
impression oi being ancient, and if at some time in the past the
church had been without a tower (the present tower being modern)
this bell might have hung in an open cot."

The clock strikes on the tenor.

Vol. II., 3rd Sciics. DD

1857

HOPTON WAFERS. St. Michael.

2 + 1 bells.

230

THE CHUKCH BELLS 0E SHROPSHIRE.

[1549]: 1 waters (sic) hopton .... accord.'

1740: * Hopton Wafre 2 Bells.' He omits to mention the
little one.
Customs :

At fu.ierals, bill tolled at intervals during the day and before
the funeral, if desired; the sexton receiving a small fee.
The bell is always tolled quickly when the funeral party is
(in local language) " close at " until it reaches the church
{(•/. Billingsley). *

On Sundays, bell rung at 8 am.; the two larger bells 1 ting-tang'
for a quarter of an hour before services, followed by the
little bell quickly for five minutes.

On great occasions, such as weddings, the bells are rung -a
wonderful clatter— two bells only, one ringing three strokes
to the other two. The leader, a middle-aged man, tells the
Rector that the old Clerk 'now dead) " learned him how."

The only references to the bells in the Parish Accounts are items
for new ropes each year. The old ropes were regarded as Church-
wardens' perquisites, and came in useful for cart ropes.

I owe these notes to the kindness of the Rector, Rev. J. Payton.

KIN LET. Sr- John Baptist 6 + 1 bells.

1-6. G & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1857

Each bell bears on the zviist its old inscription reproduced, as
follows : —

1. FLORE AT ECCLESIA ET D1SSIPENTUR INIMICI

(29lin.

2. RICHD JAMES & JN° WHEELER OLD CH

WARDENS 1721 (3o£in.

3. THOs JAMES & EDMD GREEN NEW CH WARDENS

1721 (32'in.

4 GYLYELMYS LACON CHILDE AR BE NEF ACTOR UM

MAXIMYS (jj.^in.

5. ROBERTUS PHILLIPS S.T.P. YICAR1US OPYS PRO-

MOYIT

ET CURAYIT A.D. 1721 (3^jn.

6. GLORIA DEO IN EXGELSIS ET TERRA PAX AR.

1721

HCEC CAMPANA CUM QU1NQUE ALTERIS DEN UO
CONFLATA

A.D. MDCCCLYII

EDWARDO GEORGIO CHILDE YICARIO ET GULI-
ELMO

LACON CHILDS HUJUS ECCLESI/E PATRONO

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

S. No inscription though there is a band for one • possibly
ancient, and at any rate certainly the one existing in 1721.

(to.} in.

In good order, but rather dirty ; the small bell is hung in the
window.

2 June, [1549] : ' Kynlett. foure bells of accord '
17 May, 1553 : ' Kynlrtt. iiij bellys on sante bell.'

1740 : 1 Kinlett 6 bells Rudd1 1721.'

About the year 1 S 1 5, the Rev. J. Blakeway (then Vicar of
Kinlet) made a copy of the inscriptions on the bells as then
existing, a ring of six by Abraham Kudhall, which may be worth
quoting here ; they do not correspond exactly to the inscriptions
reproduced on the bells. Tne copy is now in the possession of
Mrs Baldwyn-Childe of Kyre Park, who in a letter to Rev. H. T.
Tilley (8 May, 1896) gives the inscriptions as follows : —

" 1. Richard Jones j$c John Wheeler old churchwardens 1720
2. Kloreat ecclesia et dissipenter inimici

3 Gloria Deo in excelsis, etc.

4. D. Robertus Phillips S T.P. Vicarius, opus promovit &
curavit

5 (lulyelmus Lacon Childe Arm : Benefactorum Masimus
. 6 Thou is Jauss & EJmuid Green New Church Wardens
AD 1721

There is also a Sanctus Bell."

Customs . —

Three bells chimed at funerals, when the corps?, arrives on
Church Hill, a bell having been tolled previously.

Ringing on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, also for
weddings.

A bell rung for Vestry Meetings.

The small bell is tolled for a few minutes before each service.

William Lacon Childe, Esq. (see 4th bell), of Kinlet, M.P., was,
born in 1 699, being the son of Thomas Childe of the Birch by
Sarah, daughter of Sir Edward Acton, Bart., of Aldenham (see
below). In 1719 he succeeded to Kinlet as heir to his uncle, Sir
Lacon Childe, and in 17 15 he was entered at Christ Church,
Oxford. In 1721 he married Catharine, only daughter of Samuel
Pytt, Esq., M.P., of Kyre, Worc.s., whose descendants now possess
that property. In 1727 he became; M.P. lor Shropshire, and in
1757 he died, leaving as heiress his daughter Catharine, who
married Charles Baldwyn, Esq., M. P., of Aqualatc and Bockleton,
lie built the present house at Kinlet

Robert Phillips, D.D. (see 5th bell), was born in 1670, and
educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford
(M.A, 1693; B.D. and D.D, 1709). In his subscription to the
xxxix Articles he signs "Rob. Phillips gen'i filius " In 1696 he
was instituted to the living of Kinlet, which he held till his death

232

THE CHURCH BTELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

in 1735, being appointed in 17 17 "Official " of St. Mary's, Shrews-
bury ; in 1727, Proctor for the Clergy in Convocation, and in the
same year Head Master of Shrewsbury School. He married,
firstly, Margaret Corbet, buried in Kinlet Church, 1705 ; secondly,
Sarah, widow of Thomas Childe, Esq., of the Birch, Kinlet,
daughter of Sir Edward Acton of Aldenham, and mother of William
Lacon Childe of Kinlet, nephew and heir of Sir Lacon Childe,
Knt (see above). He was buried in Kinlet Church.

William Lacon Childe, *Esq , of Kinlet and Kyre, M.P. (see 6th
bell), was born in 1786, being the son of William Childe of
Kinlet, by Annabella, daughter of Sir Charlton Leighton, Bart.
He went to Harrow in 1797, and thence to Christ Church,
Oxford, in 1803 In 18)7 he married Harriet, daughter of
William Cludde, Esq,, of Orleton (near Wrockwardine). He was
M P. for Wenlock from 1820 to 1826, and Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1828 In 1833 ne added the library at Kinlet. He died
in 1880, at the age of nearly ninety-five.

The Reverend Edward George Baldwyn-Childe, M A., of Kyre
Park (see 6th bell), was born i i 1818, being the son of the
last-named. He was educated at Harrow (1835) under Dr.
Longley, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 18 [6 he became Vicar
of Cleobury Mortimei and Kinlet, and subsequently Prebendary of
Hereford. He was J. P. for the counties of Salop, Hereford,
and Worcester. In 1862 he married Frances Christina, daughter
of Sir Baldwin Leighton of Loton, M.P., and in 1880 succeeded to
the Kyre estates on the death of his father. He died at Kyre
22 February, 1898, aged eighty.

Best thanks to Mrs. Baldwyn-Childe of Kyre Park, to whom
I am indebted for all the above information,

LOUGHTON. One bell.

j. Blank, but with band for inscription; probably dates from the
fourteenth century. (22m

Hung (without wheel) in the usual gable-cot, but fortunately
accessible, as it is at no great height. The climber though is
hardly rewarded for his trouble.

Best thanks to Rev. H. C. 1). Roberts, Rector of Wheathill

No Edwardian Inventories.

NEEN SAVAGE. & Mary. i¥t bells.

1. The Rev? James Somers Cocks Vicar Thos
Pardoe & Edw? Farmer Churchwardens.

1829. ^r^r^jr^r

He low : 1. Rudhall Fecit. (39iln

T^m CHURCH BULLS OF SlIROTPSHIRie.

^33

S Blank; four lines on sound-bow only ; not ancient. (*&.Up

Both newly re-hung; the large bell has a fine tone. The small one
is hung in the window ; it has no wheel, but is rung by a lever
attached to the stock. On the lame bell is the border fiGf. i.

[1549] : ' ny en savage : Three bells.'

1 740 : 1 3 Bells.'

1752 : 1 Nyend Savage 3 Bells.'

It is possible that the old bells were injured in the fire of 1825,
and replaced by the two existing ones in consequence.

A bell is rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays, whether there is Holy
Communion or not

The Rev. James Somers Cocks was a son of the first Earl Somers,
born in 1790, and educated at B. N. C, Oxon (B.A. 1809). He
was a Prebendary of Hereford and Canon of Worcester, and died
5 July, 1856. His mother was the daughter of Treadway Nash,
the historian.

NEENTON- All Saints. One bell.

Before the year 187 1, in which the church was re-built, there
were two bells, as noted by Mr. R. E. Davies in 1868. We learn
from the Parish Register that V A new bell was put up on the 16th
(August, 1871 the old bells having been sold to t lie founder of
the new (Messrs. J. Taylor, Loughborough)." The new bell hangs
(without wheel) in a gable-cot at the W. end of the nave, and
is quite inaccessible, but it is possible to see through glasses the
inscription

J: TAYLOR & Co. LOUGHBOROUGH 18711?;.

This bell is quite small. Messrs. Taylor have no records on
their books of its size, weight, or inscription, nor any details of the
old bells.

[1549] : ' Nyneton. two bells of accord.'

1740 : ' Neynton 2 Bells '

1752 : * 3 Bells ' (sic).

Thanks to Rev. J. C. Lyons, Rector.

SIDBURY. Holy Trinity. One bell.

1 RICH: CRESWELL Esq> # Rich ■ Walker

MIC BOULT • CW • 1699: (24^11.

O si sic omnes / The wooden turret here is a welcome change
from the numerous open cots in the neighbourhood ; a ladder is
easily obtained, and everything is in admirable order, the bell
having been recently rehung.

The founder is Abraham Rudhall, who apparently did not count
the ccst when he began to mould the inscription, which, it will be

234 THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHKOPSHlRL.

noted, begins in his ordinary alphabet, but from want of space is
forced to give way to his smaller set.

2 June, [1549]: ' sudbury. too bells of Accord.'
1740: ' 1 Bell.'

1752 : ' Sudbury 2 Bells ' (sic).

There is a monument in the N. chapel (now the ve.^tiy) to
Richard Cresswell, who died in 1708, aged 88. He was High
Sheriff of the county in 1670. Other details concerning him
may be found in the Trans'ictions, 3rd S r., i. (rgoi), p xii.

SILVINGTON St: Michael. i + i bells.

1. J WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1864 (20>in.

S- I ALL I |PRAYSE| |AND_j | GLORY | | BEj [TO [GOD | FOR |,
I EVER I I 1688 |
On waist :— ( 1 31 n.

Larger ball: Letters in plain block type, very small. Small
bell: By John Martin of Worcester (trade-mirk, Plate VI., fig. 1 );
letters small and thin as at Hopt):i Wafer.); ivjrds on paterae.
Hung with a solid wheel.

Rubbings in Mr. North's collection.

15 May, 1553: ' Silingt'onk to bellys '

1740 : 1 2 Bells.'

STOTTESDON. St. Mary. Five Bells.

1. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH A ^ R 1752

+ttttt (continued) (3 1 in.

2. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A ^ R

1752 [border as before] (32in.

3. ABEL RUDHALL CAST US ALL 1752

%<l?3J%^?> {continued) (y2\\n

4. EDW" POW1S & E DW-' HYDE CHURCH

WARDENS A ^ R 1752 [border as on 1st] (35^11.

5. 1 TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND

TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL
A R 1752i (37iin.

THE CHURCH HELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

235

2nd bell badly cracked and unhung. Clappers tied ; cabled
cannons. All in bad order ; ladders and floors very rotten. The
Rector is about to dispose of the cracked bell, for which there is
now hardly room in the tower.

Borders on 1st, 2nd, and 4th, fig 5 • on 3rd, fig. 1.

[1540] : 1 foure bells of accord ' and a ly tie bell.'

1552 : 1 sfoTVRTON. Itm iiij belles and a littel bell.'
1740: ' 4 Mis.'

1752 : ' 5 Bells.'

Inscriptions given in Salopian Shreds and Patches, iii., p 170
Customs : —

On Sundays, one bell tolled at 8 a.m. and 10 a in. ; bells rung or
chimed for half hour before Morning and Evening Services.

At Deaths a hell is tolled at 9 a.m. the morning after, and on the
day of the funeral for three hours if desired.

Ringing on Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and Easter Day ;
also for Sovereign's Birthday and Weddings if desired.

Thanks to Rev. W. Murcott, Rector.

WHEATHILL Two bells.

\ No inscription or band for one ; probably medieval.

2. IESVS BEE OVF^ SPEDE

In the usual double-arched gable-cot, and only to be reached
with the utmost difficulty. Even now I am not sure that there
may not be a date on the waist of the 2nd bell, but at any rate, the
inscription round the shoulder is certain, and it is evidently by
Thomas . Clibury, about 1640 {cf. the sanctus at Broseley).
The cross is Plate V., fig. t. Both bells very small.

1549 : ' wiiLTEHYLL Two bells of accord.'

1553 : ' Itm too small Belles in the steple.'
1 740 : 1 2 Bells.'

Best thanks to the Rector, Rev. H. C. D. Roberts, for much
kindness and assistance with ladders, here as at Lough ton!

5. DEANERY OF WENLOCK.

ACTON ROUND Two bells.

Both undoubtedly of early fourteenth-century date, or even
earlier. They are quite devoid of marks or inscriptions, though
there is a band round the shoulder of each, as if for such purpose.
The waists aie almost cylindrical from shoulder t ) sound bow, an 1
they have flat round heads with moulded edges Kor the shape
they may I e compared with the bells by the Wymbishc.s and other

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

London founders which can be dated 1290 — 1320; the heads,
however, are unique in my experience. It is a pity that these
curious bells cannot be photographed, but as they can only be
reached by clambering up over the end of the nave-roof from the
floor of the turret) I fear it would be impossible.

The smaller measures 2oin. from head to mouth, and is 22in. in
diameter; the height of the other is 2iin., and its diameter 23m.

No record in Edwardiarv Inventories.

1740 : 4 2 Bells.' G. Morris MSS. : ' 2 Bells.'

Best thanks to Mr. Preen, farmer, who personally assisted in
providing a ladder.

BARROW- St- Giles- Two bells.

J. No inscription. ( 1 yin.

2- $ IV] |Qj |gj IW] Wj |R|

16 6 1

Below:— (21 in.

The smaller bell is cracked. The inscription on the other is
doubtless intended for ' A.G., AR, {or G.A , R.A.) C(hurch)
VV(ardens) ' ; it is by Thomas Clibury of Wellington. Letters on
separate paterae ; cf. Astley Abbots 3rd. Trade-mark, Plate V.,
fig. 2 ; the cross is not quite the same as fig. 3 on the same plate,
and will he figured subsequently under Onibury. There is
a rubbing of the 2nd bell in Mr. North's collection.
[1549] : ' ij bells of accord '
1552 : ' Imp'mis ij bells.'

18 May, 1553 : 1 Remaynyng too bellys.'

1740: ' 2 Bells no Circums'pu.'

Bell tolled before funerals.

On Sundays, bell rung for a few minutes half-an-hour before

service, and for ten minutes until service begins.
Thanks to Rev VV. H. Wayne (Willey).

BENTHALL. St. Bartholomew. One bell.

... j

1. I* It h fj Iwi R 1.01 w! I"i|6]7||

By Henry Clibury. Letters on separate palerae. Vox the
fleur-de-lys, cf. Coppenhall, Stall's., treble ; the lettering is the same
as at Barrow. Lor a rubbing of this bell, which is very difficult of
access, 1 am indebted to Mr. Robert Bateman of Benthall.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

237

15 Oct. 1552 : ' It'm one lytle bell.'

18 May, 1553 : ' Won bell one 1

1740 : '1 Bell.'

The church was re-built in 1667 ; this was probably made the
occasion for supplying a new bell.

BOURTON. HoiY Trinity. Four bells.

1. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1770 i (l8Jin-

2. FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING, J^4770^^i">-

3. T: RUDHALL GLOCESTER FOUNDER ^

1770 ^ (2oJin.

4. COME AT MY CALL & SERVE GOD ALL ^

1770 (22in.

In bad order. Treble and tenor chimed for services, and also at
funerals ; others unused.

1553 : ' It'm imp'mis ij bells.'

s 7S\ W S fc±±^ ±±^<: I S ±^ 1 642

Small bell (disused) by Thomas Clibury ; narrow border of
foliage pattern, as at Bcckbury ; initial cross Plate V., fig. r,

2 June, [1549] : ' ij bells of accoid.'

18 May, 1553: * too bellys and a santfus] bell.'

BROSELEY. All Saints.

1. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1844

6 + 1 bells.

(29m.

(3°4in-
(32$in.

(35'»-
(38in.
(4 1 Jin.

2. The same.

3. The sa??ie.

4. The same.
Q The same.
Q The same.

1740 : 1 5 Bells.'
1752: '5 Bells.'

Vol. II., yil Series.

i

238

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

The original ring of five was by Rudhall (Browne Willis's MS ,
Brit. Mus. Add. 30316) .; the. present ring was put up at the re-
building of the church.

CusrOxMS : — No returns.

COALBROOKDALE. Holy Trinity. Shells.
1—8. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1852

I )iuiiK*ters

Weights.

Note.

(approx.)

cwt.

qrs.

11)S.

3°iin-

5

: 2

24

E

3 1 in.

5

• 3 1}

16

D sharp

6

: 2 :

20

c „

35m.

7

: 2 :

7

B

37m.

9

: 0 :

19.

A

3c;in.

10

T 4
1 J

G sharp

42in.

1 2

: 2 :

l8

t „

47111.

19

: 2 :

IO

E

All in admirable order ; Ellacombe's Chiming Apparatus.
The donor of the ring was the late Abraham Darby, Esq., of
Sunnyside, Coalbrookdale.

In the ringing-chamber are several peal-boards.
Church built 1852.

IRONBRIDGE. St. Luke. Three bells.

] 2. No inscription.
3. 1838.

Large bell probably by Thomas Mears ; the other two supplied
more recently, the Kector thinks by Mr. Davis of Shifnal, who
made the clock. Church built 1836.

The bells arc not hung for ringing, but are 'clocked' ; the clock
strikes the quarters on the two smaller, and the hours on the large
bell, but the latter only is used for Divine Service. The tower is
not strong enough for a ring. There is an old saying that when
there was only one bell, 'changes ' were frequently rung on it, i.e.,
the bell was tolled successively by different persons, 15 minutes at
a time. The three, writes the Rector, 'were playfully rung on the
occasion of -the fall of Pretoria' (June, 1900).

Many thanks to Rev. Isaac Hawker, Rector.

JACKFIELD.

OLD CHURCH. Sr. Marv. One bell.

1. THE GIFT OF BROWN 1 700 +$W!H$P

Below Floral border > Jig. /, continuous. (32111.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

Borders, fig. i throughout.

The church is now disused except for funerals having suffered
from undermining ; it was first built in 1759, as a chapel of ease to
Broseley.

When the new church (see below) was built, this bell was
transferred to it, but was re-placed in its old position shortly alter,
as it did not accord with the other bell.

NEW CHURCH. St. Mary (Pritchard Memorial). One bell.

This church was erected in 1863, and has one bell, hung high
up in' the spire, " rigidly fixed and struck by means of a clapper,"
as the Rector informs me. To judge from his description it is
practically inaccessible without elaborate arrangements of ladders
and scaffolding to support the same, whether approached from
inside or outside From my recollection of the church in a passing
view, the difficulties are not exaggerated. -

I have already noted under Oldbury (p. 210) a tradition that one
of the old bells was transferred to this church in 1863. If so, it is
a matter for great regret that this bell, possibly coeval with the
remaining one at Oldbury, should be (for the present) inaccessible.
The Rev. H. Lee of Shineton, who was incumbent of Jackfield in
1863, has no recollection of the history of the bell.

Thanks to Rev. J. M. Edwards, Rector, for what I fear is but
negative information.

LIN LEY. Sr- Leonard. Two bells.

1 G. MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1858

2. 5**3 a R ■ £ 5*^3 1707 qjWfii

The larger bell is, of course, by Abraham Rudhall ; small type
r.nd border fig. 2

1740 : ' 2 Bells.'

The one re-cast in 1858 was apparently not by Rudhall, as only
one is attributed to him in Browne Willis's list.
Thanks to Rev. II. T. Tilley.

MADELEY. St- Michael 6 Bells.

\ Above: — Bovdc r of arabesques, continuous, on a cable-moulding.
IESVS • 5*V?3i3**3 • BE • OUR • SPEED • 1726
t&W£^Wp (27111

/Mow: Border Plate tf\ fi<j. <V, continued all round.

240

THE CHUFXH BELTS OF SHROPSHIRE.

2 • GOD • SAVE • HIS • CHURCH • 1726 5^3S^^
Below : — Border as bejore. (27! in.

3. IN MADELEY ALL THESE BELLS WAS RUNN BY IOSEPH

SMITH OF EDGBASTON 1726

Below : — Border as before, (29m.

4. EDWARD • HILL AND • FRANCES • RANSFORD • CHURCH

• WARDENS • 1726 •
Below : — Border as before. (32 Jin.

5. MK • 1EREMIAH • G^^SG^^S TAYLOR • VICAR • 1726

Below :- Border as before. ((34 Jin.

6. • GLORY TO • 51^5 GOD • 5^^3 •

IN S*#83 • THE # Sfc**B • HIGHEST

1727 <§ • Q**!3 •

Below : — Border of arabesques as on isl, continuous. (38£in.

All by Joseph Smith of Edgbaston ; a specimen of the floral
border used throughout is given on Plate VI., fig. 8. The coins
are half-pennies of George L, except on the tenor, where all
but one are pennies. Letters on paterae throughout. The
5th bell has cabled cannons ; those of the 4th are broken off.

The inscription on the 3rd seems to imply that the bells were
cast on the spot, as was often the case ; the Vicar tells me that
they are Laid to have been cast in the churchyard. For the style
of the inscription compare the fifth at Alvechurch, Worcestershire
(by the same founder) :

" If you would know when we were runn
It was March the 22 171 1."

Poetry was not Joseph Smith's strong point. There is a rubbing
of this in Mr. North's collection.

Kllacombe's Chiming Apparatus ; clock strikes on 1st and 3rd.

Hells in good order, but rather grimed by their surroundings;
the ringing chamber is gaudily decorated with coloured prints, etc.

The present church only dates from 1796.

1552: 'First iij bells .... a sacryng bell.'

18 May, 1553 : ' iij bellys.'

1740 : 4 6 Bells.'

1752 : ' 5 Hells ' (sic).

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

24I

Customs : —

Tenor bell rung at 8 a.m on Sundays ; chiming for service, and
treble rung as a ' ting-tang ' for the last five minutes.

A bell tolled an hour previously fur all funerals ; muffled peals
sometimes rung.

Ringing at Christmas and Easter, on New Year's Day, November

5th, and Royal Birthdays, and sometimes for weddings.
Thanks to Rev. G. R. Yate, Vicar.

MONK HO PTO N . St.. Peter. Two bells.

1. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY 1727 £^^£jS^fJ3

2. No inscription ; may be ancient.

The smaller bell is by Abraham Rudhall (smallest type of
lettering) ; the inscription is one that he frequently puts on 1 call-
bells ' or 'ting-tangs.' A variant is HASTE AWAY, etc. The
border is fig. 2.

18 May, 1553: 1 lawles opton ij bellys.' Another inventory,
slightly earlier, gives ' Imp'mis ij bellys in the stepull.'
1740 : ' 2 Bells.'

LITTLE WENLOCK. Sr. Lawrence. 5 bells.

1. GOD PROSPER * ALL • OVR : BENEFACTORS

1704 (*6in.

2. GOD PROSPER OVR BENEFACTTORS 1704 WILLIAM

HAYWARD GENT (27 Jin.

3 RECAST 1892 J: TAYLOR & C?. FOUNDERS
LOUGHBOROUGH (29m.

4. ABRA RVDHALL OF GLOVCESTER BELL-

FOVNDER 1704 jjfpj (inn

5. As 3- (;>6in.

The inscriptions on the three Rudhall bells are rather worn and
indistinct ; the border on the fust is fig. 1, and the bell-stamp on
the 4th is of the archaic type, as at Quatt and Milson.

The late parish clerk told me in 1896 that the old 3rd and 5th
were both inscribed: WE ARE WELL CAST LONG LAST
A R 1704 ; but 1 should be glad to have this verified.

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THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

cwt.

qrs.

!bs.

{:ky

2

19

3

3

4

4

3

'17

5

I

23

9

O

0

All in excellent order, but rather cramped, and the belfry is
dark ; they were re-hung by Taylor in 1892, with new stocks,
wheels, etc., all cannons being knocked off. Ellacombe's Chiming
Apparatus.
Weights :—

(1)
(2)

(3) 4 3 7 Old 3rd : 4 cwt. 1 qr, 14 lbs.

U'i

(5) 9 o o Old 5th : 7 cwt. 1 qr. Diam. 34 Jin.
1553 : 1 Imprimis ij belles and one bell in gage.'
1740 : ' 5 bells c* 1704, Wm Hayward Esqr0, Benefactor.'
1752: '5 Bells.'

The church tower bears the date 17 10, with the inscription
W : H : GENT, referring to the donor of the bells.

" There is a tradition that the bells used to say 4 Brown bread and
butter,' but now [^892] one being dumb, they say 'Brown bread
and cheese.' On hearing this the three bells at Leighton respond,
1 We have none,' and the two (sic) at Shineton, across the river,
rejoin 'Nor we.'" (Shropshire Notes and Queries, i., 12 Aug.,
[892, p. 72).

Customs : —

On Sundays, bells chimed for morning service, rung for evening.
The tenor is tolled every Sunday at 8 a.m , and also for funerals.
Ringing at Christmas, but not for any other special occasion.
Two modern sets of ringers' rules in the ringing-chamber.
Thanks to Mr. Bagnall, ringer.

MUCH WENLOCK. Holy Trinity. 6 bells.

1. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD A ^ R 1729

^^^^^r^^^r^^ {32111.

2. PEACE &GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD A ^ R 1729

ttf+tftt+ttttt+tftttfttft (34]in.
Jiclow : — Border 1 continuous.

3. PROSPERITY TO ALL OVR BENEFACTORS

TTttttTTTttt A R 1729 tttttttttttt (35in.

4. THOMAS BAKER VICAR A & R

179q 5S«3 ri.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

5. IOHN L1TTLEHALES& IOHN FRANCIS CHVRCH"

WARDENS A 4 R 1729 (4»n.

6. I TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVING CALL & TO THE

GRAVE DO SVMMON ALL ^JT^if^r^Jf8

1729 ^ir^jr^jr^-P Mi*

Below: — Border Jig. i" continuous.

All very filthy ; the whole tower neglected and dirty. The whole
ring by Abraham Rudhall ; tenor, 21 cwt. Borders: on 1st and
6th, fig. 1 ; on 2nd, fig. 5 and fig. 1 below ; on 3rd, fig. 5 ; on 4th
and 5th, double rows of fig. 2. The 5th has cabled cannons

1552 : ' It. four bells, thre boght of the Kings magestie, and a
clocke bell.'

18 May, 1553: ' wenloke mangna Remaynynge .... iij bellys
and a Cloke bell.'
1740 : '6 bells cfc 1727 ' (sic).
1752: '6 bells.'

See below under Wenlock Priory for the probable explanation of
the 1552 Inventory.

There are no old Churchwardens' Accounts.

Customs :

On Sundays, chiming for all services except the first in the
month, when the bells are rung morning and evening. The
treble is rung at 8 a.m. every Sunday.

Ringing at Christmas and Easter, oil Whit-Sunday, and New
Yeai's Eve ; also for weddings by request, for the Sovereign's
Birthday, and r t the Election of the Mayor (Nov. 9th;.

A bell is rung for Vestry Meetings at 11 a.m.

At Funerals a few strokes are given on the treble, and the tenor
is then tolled.

The Curfew :s rung at 8 p m. on the fourth bell, from October
1st to February 2nd. According to Miss Burne's Shropsfiire
Folk Lore it was only rung from November to Candlemas,
l. .*r., during the time when fires were absolutely necessary
(p. 602).

In a list of ilfli Sexton's fees for 1789 appears the item 'a chime
if required before the funeral, 1 s. '--/bid, p. 301.

A sum of ^300 was bequeathed in 1868, by an eccentric lady,
Miss Ann Page, tor 4 Sacred Music and Hell-ringing.' From
this a sum of not less than £2 annually is devoted to ring-
ing at Christmas.

An inscription on the inside of a cupboard door in the ringing
chamber, now nearly illegible, is supposed to refer to a man

I

244

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

who was killed by the over-turning of the second bell. All
that can now be seen is —

octr : 3

octr : 7

AGED 23

1 8 14.

Mr. Cranage finds in the Register that one Harry Collins,
aged 23, was buried on October 7th, 18 14 ; but the aged
clerk is confident thaJUhe man was killed previously to 18 14,
and that his name was Wright.1
Best thanks to Rev. D. H. S. Cranage, F.S.A., for obtaining
much of the above information.

The following inscription is engraved on a brass plate affixed to
the Chime-barrel : —

" These Chimes were restored by James Harry, Wyle Cop,
Shrewsbury, at the sole cost of Richard Taylor Davies, Esq..
Mayor of Much Wenlock, A.D. 1868. --R. C. Blakeway, Edward
Instone, Churchwardens." The chimes are not now in working
order.

The subjoined poem appeared in Salopian Shreds and Patches,
vol. vii., p. 180 (25 June, 1886) : —

WENLOCK CHIMES.

Oh Wenlock chimes, the dear old chimes,
You carry us back to by-gone times,
When Friar and Monk to the Abbey repair,
To list to your tones and say their prayer.
Oh your dreamy sounds suit Wenlock well,
As it nestles adown in the cozy dell.
Your music must tell — be this the theme,
Set to the tune of f Rousseau's Dream' —
Of a worthy Mayor, whose kindly care
Caused you to be put in such repair,
That daily is heard your ringing Chime
At noon, at three, at six, at nine.
Ye fays and fairies who nightly range
With merry Zephyrs, round Walton Grange,
Assist to bear the cadence round,
To cheer its inmates with your sound,
And nymphs and naiads, who roam by day,
Your pleasing theme to them convey ;

1 Mr. Cranage has since sent me the following extract from the Registers,
which bears out the Clerk's opinion : -

" 1 7 >7- January. Bur: John son of Thomas & Mary Wight (who by Accident
was killed with the second Nell) y° 21' day." The Harry Collins whom the
inscription eo.uineinorates may have been a ringer, or it may refer to a special
peal runt; at his funeral.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE.

245

Whisper the grateful song they sing,
Though rudely borne on Boreas' wing ;
And may your notes for many a day
Be borne by Severn on its way
Round many a hill, thiough many a vale,
1 Wakening the echoes of Coalbrookdale.'
Long may your chimes with merry jingle
Gladden the nooks of Farley Dingle ;
And ere your not£s their rest have found
Cheer all our friends the Wrekin round. — J - I I.

WENLOCK PRIORY

There is a tradition th.it when this Priory was dissolved, the
bells went to Wolverhampton, to the parish church of St. Peter.
This is recorded in Hall's History of St. Peter's Church,
Wolverhampton, p. 27, and in Shropshire Notes and Queries,
28 May, 1886, p. 138. The Wolverhampton bells have long since
been re-cast, though one of them before that time was of pre-
Reformation date ; but it seems more probable, in view of the
Edwardian Inventory of 1552, quoted above, that the bells were
bought by the parish from the Commissioners, and placed in the
parish church. At any rate it is to be hoped that local esprit de
corps would have incited the parishioners to preserve in their own
town the handiwork of a notable and well-loved townsman For
the Priory bells were cast by Sir William Corvehill, priest and
monk, who, as the oft quoted entry in the Parish Register states,
1 was a gud Bell-founder and a mak' of the frame tor bells.' On the
S.E. of the Abbey is a field called the 1 Bell Hole' to the present
time, in which he may have cast his bells. The art of bell-founding
was one often practised by monks, of which we have evidence at
Worcester, York, and other places. It does not seem likely
however that any of Sir William Corvehill's bells remain to the
present day.

Note. Since the above was written I have been informed
by the Rev. E. Collett of Mughley that there is a small bell of
some antiquity lying in obscurity on the first floor of the tower
at Wolverhampton Parish Church. Mr. Lynam makes no mention
of it in his book and I have not been able to verify the fact ; but
it is just possible that it may be one of the old Wenlock bells.

WILLEY, St. John. 5 bells

1 MBARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1880

(23*111.

9 The same. (2 \\\n.

3. 7^ IKSV3 BEE OVR, £PEDE 1(3 IS (25.,..

246

THE CHURCH BELLS OE SHROPSHIRE.

4 ^ CANTATE DOM EN 0 CANTICVM

NOVIM 1618 (27iin,

5. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO CJ^§£5 • RICHARD f RODEN
@ CHURCH £ WARDEN 1726 (3°£in-
Below. — Ornamental border {Plate VI., fig. 8) continuous.

3rd and 4th bells : by William Clibury ; cross Plate V., fig. 1,
placed obliquely on the 3rd.

Tenor : by Joseph Smith of Edgbaston (cf. Madeley) ; the coins
are (1) obv. of Id. ; (2) obv. of rd. ; (3) rev. of id. of Charles II. ; (4)
uncertain. Border after dko and below inscription throughout,
Plate VI., fig. 8.

The two first are additions, not re-castings ; there are rubbings
of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, in Mr. North's collection.
1552 : ' It'm ij belles and a pyxe of brass/
1 740 : ' 3 Bells.'
1752 : ' 3 Bells.'
A bell tolled before funerals.

On Sundays a bell rung for a few minutes half-an-hour before

service, and then for ten minutes before service begins.
Ringing after weddings.

Thanks to Rev W. H. Wayne, Rector, and to Rev. H. T.
Tilley for verifying.

THE CHURCH BELLS OF SHROPSHIRE. 247

INDEX of PARISHES

DESCRIBED IN PART I.

Palish.

Deanery.

Pa^e.

1 Parish.

Deanery.

Page.

Acton Round

\ v enioc k

2 5 5

H IGIILEY

Bridgnorth

207

A I , V E L E Y

Bridgnorth

190

1 IIorro.N Wafers

. lOllcSUOIl

229

ASTLEY AlJUO 1 S

191

| Ironbridge

vv cnluclc

238

As I ON BOTTEREI

L Stotiesuon

2 20

1 J AC K EI K 1. 1 j —

»V^1(J.N il, Y K Hi

Uridgn or tli

I 9 2

nifl ( h 11 roll
U1U V~ IllllCil

23^

13a l)G E K

192

Now Church

2 >9

Bar row

\ \ ClllUCK

236

j R I N L li V

otijttcbcion

230

I-) EC K BURY

Bridgnorth

l9j

1 Lin t~. e y

\v cniocK

239

13 \i n 1 1 r a 1 1

Wcnlock

-j°

j IjU U l« 11 1 Ui\

v. L U I Lwovl Ull

232

1 ,t 1 , • iiiin
dm hicmu )ii

( M .\ J )I<" J !■' \'

> 1 ClllCH 1^.

239

I >< ) K AS TON

JninO'U

2I3

M I D I ) i. ict' n S c r 1 Y '

\' Britl j^nortli

20S

I \ d 11 1? rnv

Wcnlock

237

1 j\] 1 [ sON;

l > urford

2 [7

I *. p 1 1 iP vnn 111

' \f AV [' [ 1 /I |)'I"AN!
1 .W i ).N ik I 1 U i 1 \J A

Wcnlock

231

^ 1 T />i ,n-i nl
DL. I^L O 1 1 1 1 I I

. . .
J > r j 1 1 lm 1 1 M'tli

1 94

MOR\'I LI-E

Bridgnorth

209

"

190

IN Ab 1 1

B urford

218

T, >\i'n I J ill

1 97

Purfonf0"

232

15 ROSE I I V

Wcnlock

237

218

Bukeoei>

Murford

2 i |

Nli 1' N ION

2 3 3

IjUK u' Ak I ON

Stotte.sdon

2 2 1

O I.I ) li 1 J l\ Y

Bridi/north

2 10

C II ELM VUSII

liridgnorl h

1 99

( ) 1] A 1 I'O lv 1)

21 1

C11 k 1 row

( ) (J ATT

Trysull

■73

Cl.AVKKI.EY

> >

-".■)

S ttittcsdon

233

Clkk ton

Stottesdon

223

S 1 1 v 1 n (i ro n

2 >4

Cl.El HU/KY M )ll 1 ! M li K ,,

1 1

2 5 1

Cl.EOIJU K Y XOK I II

j ?

2-7 1

Tasi.ey

Bi ill" north

2 1 1

CO VLUROOKOALK

Wen lock

2"\S

Tuck II11.L

2 1 2

CORELEY

Buiford

2I5

I \ 1 » \ 'C\ \I ( ' k' l.'k^i. V V

212

DeU.MUILL

Bridgnorth

W en lock. Li r 1 le

Wcnlock

241

Di 1 ro.N Priors

Stottesdon

2 27

Wen lock, Much

232

DOPDING I ON

22S

Wen lock Priory

2 45

Dowi.es

IJewdlcy

212

Wiieathill

Stottesdon

235

Fa rloyv

Stottesdon

229

Will ITON

hut inid

220

Gl.AZELEY

Biidgnoith

207

WlI.LEY

Wcnlerk

2-l5

Greete

l: a let 1

2l6

WORl-'IELD

Trysull

176

Vol. II., 3rd Series.

FF

248

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.
By Rev. T. AUDEN, M.A., F.S.A.

In the course of some researches into the earlier history of
the county I have noted two connexions of Shropshire with
the Royal Family, which though not reputable in themselves,
yet serve to throw light on the period when they occurred.
John Capgrave, the Chronicler, wrote a book " de illustribus
Henricis," and no one will dispute the claim of Henry I. and
Henry II. of England to a place in his treatise, but though
both of these kings were undoubtedly illustrious, the private
and domestic life of each was marred by deep blemishes.

Shropshire, probably, owes much to Henry L It was
almost certainly in his reign that the Domesday Hundreds
were remodelled as to their boundaries, and so rendered more
capable of good government,1 and his love of the county is
shown by the fact that he paid it several visits, on two
occasions, at least, giving his assent to documents at Norton
in the parish of Condover.'2 Sometimes his visits were, no
doubt, due to the attractions of the Royal Forests as a
hunting ground, and sometimes they were a necessity, from
trouble caused by marauding Welshmen, or his rebellious
subject Robert de Belesme ; but there had been another
source of attraction not so well known to history, which was
as follows.

Among the tenants of Shropshire Manors under the
great Earl we find the name of Robert Fitz Corbet.
This Robert seems to have had a son Robert, who pre-
deceased him, and to have himself survived till 1.141. He
had also two daughters, Sibil and Alice, and it is with the
elder of these two that we are immediately concerned.
Henry I. came to the throne in 1100, at the age of 32. We

1 Ey ton's Antiquities, vol. I., p. 23.

2 Eyton, vol. VI., p. 10.

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

249

know, as already stated, that he paid several visits to the
county, and on one of these, in the earlier part of his reign,
he appears to have m^t Sibil Corbat,1 whose father's chief
manor was Longden ; possibly on the occasion of a hunt in
the neighbouring Royal Chase of the Stiperstones. She was,
probably, then in the bloom of early womanhood, and King
Henry, who in the words of Henry of Huntingdon was,
"like Solomon, perpetually enslaved by female blandishments,"2
grew enamoured of the fair Shropshire girl. She became
the mother by him of at least three children, Reginald,
William and Gundreda. Of these the best known was
Reginald surnamed de Dunstanville, who was born, probably,
between the years 11 10 and 11 15, and grew up to be a strong
supporter of his half sister Matilda against Stephen. Among
other estates he held the Shropshire Manor of Ford, and the
Earldom of Cornwall was also conferred upon him. Some-
where about the year 1120, probably a short time before
Henry married his second wife Adclais of Louvain in 1121,
Sibil Corbet ceased to be associated with the King, and was
married to Herbert, the son of his Chancellor, by whom she
had a family, and so became an ancestress of the Fitz
Herberts, Earls of Pembroke. The comparative youth of
Sibil at the time when the King fell in love with her is shown
by the incidents just mentioned, and is further confirmed by
the fact that she was living as late as 1 157, when there is the
record of the payment of £10 to the mother of Earl Reginald.3
Henry's first wife Matilda had died in separation from her
husband in 11 18, and his own death occurred in 1135, so
that she long survived both the wife whom she had wronged,
and the husband on whom the principal blame must rest.

We now turn to Henry II., grandson of Henry I. The
grandson in many respects resembled the grandfather, and
among the resemblances was his unfaithfulness to the
marriage vow. His parents, it will be remembered, were
Geoffrey of Anjou and the Empress Matilda, daughter of
Henry I., and he was born at Le Mans in 1133. His
experiences as a boy were chequered, but special attention

1 She is also spoken of under the names of Adela and Lucia.

3 Chronicle, Book viii. I.

3 Eyton's Antiquities, vol. VII., pp. 145-6.

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TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

was given to his education, part of which was received in the
household of his uncle Robert of Gloucester,1 at Bristol,2
under " Master Matthew," w ho afterwards filled the office of
Chancellor. These were the years between lb and 14 of his
age, and as he assumed the duties of manhood in his 16th
year by taking charge of Normandy, ceded to him by his
father, the four years he spent at Bristol must have formed
a most important period of his training.

In 1 152, when he was barely 19, he married; and the
circumstances of his marriage must be carefully noted for the
light the)r throw on the matter immediately before us. He
was at this time still Duke of Normandy, and generally
admired both for his manners and appearance. The
Chronicler Gervasc's description of him is <k Erat in omnium
oculis gratiosus." His bride, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was
about ten years older than himself. She had been married
while yet a girl, to Louis VII., King of France, but in 11 52,
she was divorced from him. The ostensible reason given
was consanguinity, but there were grave charges of immorality
on her part in the background. According to Gcrvase,3 no
sooner was the divorce pronounced than she secretly sent a
message to Henry offering to marry him, and he "generositate
fajminae et maxime dignitalum qiue earn contingebant cupi-
ditate illcctus " made all haste to comply with her wishes.
It is clear from subsequent events that his principal motive
Was ambition and not affection. Eleanor had a splendid
dower, and by the union he doubled his possessions, but as
Was to be expected, it brought no real happiness to either,
and Eleanor lived to be, through her sons, the sharpest thorn
in her husband's side. They were married within six weeks
of her divorce, and it was not long before she began to rue
the passionate attachment she had formed for the handsome
young duke. Their home was on the Continent, but in
January, 1153, he paid a visit to England, "which lasted more
than a year. During this period he proved himself both an

1 Robert of Gloucester seems to have been above the average <>f his time both
in learning and character. William of Malmesbury dedicated his Chronicle to
him.

2 Gervase of Canterbury. Folio Edition, ]>• 135&.

3 Gervase, Chronicle, l'olio Edition, |>. 1 371. See also Norgate's Angevin
Kings, vol. I.,' p. 393.

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

able soldier and astute politician, so that when he went back
to Normandy in April, 1 154, he had secured for himself a
peaceful succession to the English crown at the death of
Stephen, which soon followed. We are concerned, however,
more immediately with his domestic conduct during this
year's stay in England. At this time there was living in the
western part of the kingdom, probably in Herefordshire, a
young girl whose father had considerable possessions. Walter
de Clifford was the son of Richard Fitz Ponce, and inherited
from him and an uncle various manors both in the West
Midlands and elsewhere. On which of these he usually
resided is somewhat uncertain, but the first direct mention
of him occurs in 1158, in connection with Herefordshire.1
His wife was named Margaret, and he had two sons, Walter
and Richard. Reside these he had one daughter Rosamund,
the girl already alluded to. How and when Henry met her
we do not know— possibly the acquaintance dated back to
his boyhood at Bristol, when she was a child — but it must
have been not later than the first half of 1 153 — soon after his
coming to England — that she became associated with him in
a closer relation, for she bore him a son the following year.
We can imagine the feelings of Eleanor in view of all this.
Herself a handsome woman as well as richly dowered, she
had gone out of her way to bestow herself and her possessions
on a husband who now took the earliest opportunity of
showing by his conduct that he had no real regard for her.
It was natural that her strong and passionate nature should
be stirred to the very depths, and that she should be filled
with jealousy of her rival and ill will towards her husband.

Probably everyone who has the most rudimentary know-
ledge of English history knows the story of ()ucen Eleanor's
jealousy o( "Fair. Rosamond,"2 and how she tracked her to
her hidden Power at Woodstock, and gave her there the
alternative of accepting' death by poison or dagger. It is
hardly too much to say that its pathos has stirred the hearts
of English boys and girls for centuries past, and Tennyson,

1 Fyton, vol. V., |) 1.1S. Tradition says Rosamund was born at Clifford
Castle on the Wye.

J Thomas May (1595 -1050) wrote a poem on Henry II., which includes the
story of " Fair Rosamond."

252

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

as becomes a poet, adopts it under a modified form in his
Play of Bccket, but many of its details are not historically
true. The Queen had indeed abundant reason for her
jealousy, and we have the testimony of the old Chroniclers
as to the reality of the Bower and Labyrinth at Woodstock,
which Henry had designed to conceal his " puella spectatis-
sima,"1 but one is glad to think that there is no historical
foundation for the poison and dagger part of the story. The
real facts are that Eleanor revenged herself on her husband
in another way ; she assisted her sons in their rebellion
against their father, and as the result of this she was kept a
close prisoner during nearly the whole of the remaining years
of the King's life from 1173. After her imprisonment the
King made no secret of the relation in which Rosamund
stood to him. Rosamund's life, however, was now drawing
to a close. She died about 1175,2 and was buried before the
altar of the Church belonging to the Nunnery at Godstow.
Henry of Knighton3 says that her epitaph was as follows : —

" Hie jacet in tumba Rosa Mundi, non Rosa Munda :
Non redolet sed olet quod redolere solet."

Two other incidents remain to be noticed, the one in
connection with her father, the other with herself. I have
mentioned the fact that Walter de Clifford inherited from
his father and uncle several manors in the West Midlands,
but there was one manor in Shropshire of which he became
possessed in a less creditable way. The important Manor of
Corfham in Corvedale had been a Royal Manor in the time
of Edward the Confessor, and remained in the possession of
the Crown after the Conquest. It was given by Henry II.
in the first year of his reign to Hugh de Periers, but reverted
to the King on his death in 1175. In 11 78, however, the
King gave away the manor again, and the way in which he
did it is noticeable. The Sheriff of the County reported that
he had delivered up the Estate of Corfham in accordance
with the King's precept, but neither then nor for some twelve
years after was there any mention of the name of the King's

1 Henry of Knighton. De evcutibus Anglix-. Folio Edition, p. 2395.
'J Eyton, vol. V., p. 150.
3 Folio Edition, p. 2396.

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

253

grantee. The omission is significant, for the grantee in
question was Walter de Clifford, and Corfham was of the
nature of " hushmoney " to the father for the dishonour of
his daughter.1

The other incident relates to Rosamond herself. For some
fifteen years after her death her body rested at Godstow with
every mark of honour. Tl^re was something indeed anoma-
lous on the face of it that one who had filled such a relation
to the King should find a resting place in a Nunnery Church,
but she had been the means of securing from him many
favours for the House in question, and the Nuns bore this
fact in grateful remembrance. In the year 1 191, however,
Godstow received a visit from Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, in
whose Diocese it then was. Roger of Hoveden and Benedict
of Peterborough,2 both relate the visit in almost the same
words. The Bishop entered the Church, we are told, for the
purpose of prayer, when he observed in front of the altar a
tomb, round which tapers were burning, with other tokens
of honour. He enquired whose it was, and received answer
that it was the tomb of Rosamurd, his informant adding
that the King for love of her had shown much kindness to
that Church. But Hugh of Lincoln was not the man to be
moved by such considerations when principles of right and
wrong were concerned. " Take her hence," was his prompt
reply, " for her life was not pure ; bury her outside the
churchyard in the common graveyard, that religion may not
suffer shame, and that others warned by her example may
beware of forbidden associations." And so her bones were
removed and found a final resting place among the humble
sisters of the Convent, whose life had been unknown to fame,
but had been purer and happier than hers.

It seems to me that, looking below the surface, the story
of Rosamund is full of pathos. Tennyson, not without
authority from earlier writers, represents Henry as finding in
her society the inspiration of better things and as realizing
how

1 Eyton, vol. V., n. 146. There is n well there still known as Rosamond's
Well.

J Roger de lloveden, Chronica (Uolls Edition), vol. III., p. 167. Benedict
♦ Gesta U. 1 1 turici II.," vol. ii., p.. 231.

254

TWO ROYAL PARAMOURS.

" Taking

The Fiend's advantage of a throne,"
he had involved her in false ways, and was unworthy of her.
The sober facts of history, indeed, are against the adoption
of such a view in its entirety, but there is a pathetic interest
in her using her influence with him on behalf of the Nuns of
Godstow. It seems as thpugh, conscious of her own entangle-
ment with evil from which she had become powerless to
escape, she looked tenderly and lovingly towards an abode
where female purity was sheltered from temptation, and did
her best to help the gentle Nuns who had found happiness in
their simple round of service and prayer. We may not
quarrel with the stern old Bishop's " Tollite earn hinc," for
he was right ; but as we trace back her story to the time
when, a mere girl, she attracted the attentions of the young.
Duke of Normandy, whom all agreed to admire — handsome,
cultured and powerful — there is surely much to pity as well
as to blame ; and as in imagination we follow the procession
which in obedience to the Episcopal mandate, removes her
coffin from the place of honour and lowers it nto a common
grave, we need not withhold our Amen from the pious wish
with which they lay her in her final resting place, " Cujus
anima propitietur . . . Deus: requiescat in pace."

255

A LIST OF SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET
HOUSE, LONDON, FROM 1641 TO 1660.

( Continued from Vol I., page 256 J.

1650. Pembroke.

Corser, Edward

Adm.

Ap Roger, Griffith

Adm.

Challenor John

Adm.

\ „ T U T 1

Ap John, John

Coston, Thomas

Adm.

Ap Richard, Roger

29

Chapman, Robert

171

Ap Lvan, Richard

Adm.

T^v 1 1 ' 1 T T 1

Dudhck, Humphrey

16

liowen, William

Adm.

Dallow, Humphrey

16

liaker, George

A A

Adm.

David, ap John

109

Brerehurst, John

13

Donne, 1 homas

196

Beck, Edward

37

Edwards, Katherine

50

Benyon, Adam

r _

01

T? T 1

Evans, John

66

Barney, Edward

r

02

Elton, Jane

66

Bayley, John

02

Evanson, Joseph

95

Bullock, Ann

IO7

Edwards, rrancis

Adm.

Bradshaw, Edward

IO7

Evans, Beatrice

no

Bradas, Ann

107

Edmonds, John

175

Bulkeley, Richard

129

Elton, Jane

Adm.

Bromley, Elizabeth

141

Fells, Rebecca

176

Butler, Thomas

I4I

Gething, Hugh

18

Benion, Thomas

153

Gough, Francis

18

Brooke, Mary

167

Gough, Elizabeth

18

Bird, Mark

167

Gough, Roger

18

Bowker, Robert

195

Granger, Humphrey

Adm.

Corbett, Edward

Adm.

Griffin, als. Price,

Cotton, William

Adm.

Francis

Adm.

Cartwright, John

50

Geary, Richard

93

Cartwright, Katherine 63

Gower, Edmund

133

Crump, George

Adm.

Gough, Richard

Adm.

Coleing, Edmund

96 Adm.

Griffiths, John

177

Child, Dorothy

Adm.

Griffiths, Thomas

198

Collings, William

108

Hatton, Sarah

20

Cheese, Edward

Adm.

Hill, Alice

Adm.

Vol. II., 3rd Series.

GG

256 SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

Hill, Ursula

40

Hanmer, Richard

Adm.

Hammond, John

52

Hotckis, Edward

Halton, rnscilia

Adm.

Habberley, Thomas

Adm.

Holland, Richard

T T 1 1 1 T") 1 n ... ]

Hill, Rowland

Adm.

Holloway, James

John, Ap John

23

J orden, 1 nomas

23

Jamdrell, John

23

James, Ldwaid

Adm.

James, John

114

Jeke, Katherine

114

John, Richard

A J

Adm.

Kynaston, Edward

42

Kegsell, 1 nomas

A J

Adm.

Lacon, Sir Francis

Adm.

T 1 T"> 1 l.

Leech, Robert

A J

Adm.

Lloyd, Richard

A 1

Adm.

Lewis, Thomas

75

Lutley, Joan

90

Loughton, Thomas

!47

Loughon, Thomas

Adm.

Lewkenor, Anthony

Iol

Longden, Ldward

0

101

Lawrence, John

t ft r

Iol

Myiiton, Francis

A 1

Adm.

\ € IT

Moirys, Henry

57

Meredith, David

75

Maylard, Thomas

75

Mason, Richard

T ^ r

Iol

"NT 1 1 > ' 1 .1

Nash, Richard

* c
2u

Newnham, William

Adm.

Norgrove, Richard

M°

Norgrove, Humphrey

i5«

Overton, William

57

Qwen, Thomas

i5«

Oseland, Ann

Adm,

Price, Thomas Adm.

Price, Hurcules Adm.

Pritchard, Howell 79

Packeman, William 158

Parton, Hugh 79

Paryster, Humphrey Adm.

Phillips, John 119

Price, Francis Adm.

Pye, John 159

Powell, Roger Adm.

Podmore, Robert Adm.

Roger, Griffith Ap Adm.

Roger, Richard Ap 29

Ridge, Thomas Adm.

Roberts, John Adm.

Reynolds, Rowland Adm.

Rawlings, William 205

Simons, Edward 31

Snead, Elizabeth 45

Smith, William 46

Sprosley, George 46

Scutt, Thomas 100

Smyth, Richard Adm.

Sugar, Andrew Adm.

Smith, John Adm.

Stead, Walter 189

Simons, Thomas 206

Studley, Stephen 206

Tibic, John Adm.

Tomyas, James Adm.

Tawncy, Thomas Adm.

Townshend, William 82

Thomas, Robert Adm.
Thorne, Robert 14 (Fines).

Taylor, William Adm.

Tew, Mary Adm.

Wrednoll, Ric hard .\y

Wilks, Thomas 85

Wall, Francis 124

Watkins, William 150

LONDON, FROM 1 64 1 TO 1660.

257

Wheeler, Luke

Adm.

Ward, Archippus

208

Yeomans, Daniel

17

165 r. Grey.

Auden, Laurence

7

Ap John, Edward

160

Bosswood, William

Beaven, William

2

Bentley, Richard

16

Brasier, Richard

Adm.

Beddoes, John

45

Bushopp, John

Adm.

Bushopp, Francis

Adm.

Bradney, Richard

Adm.

Brigdale, John

Adm.

Banister, Martha

Adm.

Biggs, Humphrey

1 10

Bowdler, John

139

Blakeway, Roger

169

Bradburne, John

Adm.

Butler, Sarah

Adm.

Baker, Abraham

Adm.

Betton, Thomas

Adm.

Bowen, James

206

Bowen, Griffith

234

Benion, Joshua

235

Carter, Francis

47

Cocke, Ann

158

Cludd, Edward

Adm.

Cox, Edward

Adm.

Cox John

236

Dyke, Beatrice

4

Dawes, Richard

64

Dyke, Thomas

Adm.

Dewe, Arthur

Adm.

Dyke, Thomas

Adm.

Doncaster, William

Adm.

Elton, Catherine

20

Fisher, John

21

Fisher, John

Adm.

Fletcher, William Adm

Fowler, Nicholas Adm

Gough, John 2 ~

Graty, Thomas Adm

Gierce, Fortune 1 1 7

Geary, Margaret 118

Griffithes, Martha 187
Greenollers, William 186

Garland, Francis 212

Griffith, Robert 212

Hicks, Edward Adm

Home, Alice Adm

Hey ward, George Adm

Harriotte, John 88

II olio way, Francis 88

Hodskiss, Thomas Adm

Howell, Edward 118

Hughes, Richard Adm

Hanmer, Roger Adm

Jones, Howell 25

Ireland, Thomas Adm

Jones, Thomas Adm

Jefferies, Roger Adm.

Jones, Hugh Adm.

Key, John Adm.

Lee, Thomas 69

Lee, John 91

Lea, William 91

Licke, Evan 244

Maddox, Joan 27

Mathews, Mathew 51

Morris, Lewis 92

Maunsell, William Adm.

Morgan, Thomas Adm.

Mathews, William 220
Norton, Edward (Lyd-

bury North) 51

Newport, Thomas 51
Newport, Richard, Lord 126

Piers, Richard 9

258 SHROPSHIRE WILES AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

Prince, Solomon
Parkes, John
Price, Hercules
Powis, Eleanor
Plymly, William
Price, David
Pewvar, Harry
Phillipps, Cecilia
Price, David
Rowley, Humphrey
Roberts, William
Rowley, Francis
Radnor, Edward
Rogers, Richard
Rowley, Richard
Rider, Thomas
Rowden, Richard
Scutt, William
Smallman, Edward
Sayes, John
Smith, Richard
Sheppeard, William
Skellorne, John
Southall, Wrilliam
Stephens, Roger
Sellers, John
Tilbury, William
Tilly, Francis
Tilstow, John
Twisse, Richard
Tibby, Elizabeth
Williams, Roger
Whitefoot, Edward
Wheatley, Hugh
Walker, Richard
Williams, Rebecca
Wood, John
Williams, Roger
Williams, John
Wyer, Ann

A A

Adm.

WiIks, Jonn

Adm.

71

Whiston, John

Adm.

94

vv aiKiiih, i\iaiy

T

94

Warroll, Thomas

1 uu

127

Walker, Thomas

Adm.

Adm.

vvaiKcr, lvogci

A r 1 m

103

Willfnrrl Willinm

O OCX

J73

WllllCOll, lMdgQaieilc

229

Adm.

Wyer, Thomas

250

35

1652. Bowyer.

Adm.

Applebury, Thomas

*7

55

A t~i"i r^lriT* T r\ri t~\
/\I11U1H, J OIlll

Adm.

9°

.rllllDIC, JOIIII

A r\ m

90

/ICIUII, IvOWldllQ

1 uo

9O

Ashton, William

Adm.

Adm.

Attwood, William

196

Adm.

Benyon, John

2

A ,1 f¥i

Auin.

Blakeway, Thomas

20

54

Bowen, 1 imothy

Adm.

73

Brasier, Richard

Adm.

130

Bowen, Robert

Adm.

A rl m

Kicn An 1 rl f \ m n C
i_)lbll(jp, 1 IlUIIldo

A rl rr\

rVCJIIl.

225

Benbow, Thomas

Adm.

Adm.

Broughton, John

Adm.

240

Brom field, Roger

Adm.

ijarKer, 1 nomas

Adm.

T T
1 1

Bingley, George

Adm.

Adm.

Beamont, Francis

Adm.

A rl m

Barnfield, William

Adm.

O O *7

Z.Z j

Broome, Grace

126

i. y 0

Broome, John

126

A rl m

Bottwood, Mary

206

A rl tn
rVLll I] .

Ball, Francis

216

12

Bowie, Richard 17 (skinner)

7

Carte, Thomas

4

4i

Cook, Henry

Adm.

4i

Chambers, John

103

57

Coley, Edward

154

Adm.

Clare, Francis

202

Adm.

Church, Richard

208

LONDON, FROM 164I TO J.660. 259

Corfield, Richard 217 Morris, Hugh 104

Corfield, Lancelot 234 Meredith, Reginald Adm.

Draycotte, Philip 26 Morgan, Elizabeth 226

Deyos, William 48 Owen, Pontesbury 86

Dawes, John 48 Owen, David 195

David, Ap Edward 207 Pemberton, John 40

Downton, John 208 ' Pearsall, Joan 40

Elliots, William 27 Page, John 78

Eyton, Richard Adm. Pountney, Thomas 89

Eayles, Joan, widow Adm. Passcy, Cornelius 89

Edwards, John 131 Peake, William 180

Fox, Margaret Adm. Ramsell, George Adm.

Fresby, Francis no Rogers, Thomas Adm.

Forrester, Thomas Adm. Reynolds, John 79

Felton, Richard Adm. Reynolds, Robert ap 79

Felton, Walter 188 Roberts, John Adm.

Fewtrell, Edward 220 Russell, Richard 153

Griffithes, John 112 Roe, Magdaline Adm.

Griffith, Benjamin no Stephens, Richard Adm.

Hotchkis, Thomas Adm. Sandford, Thomas 42

Hassall, Margaret Adm. Smith, Richard 64

Hawker, Anthony Adm. Sutton, Luke Adm.

Hill, Thomas Adm. Stoakes, Humphrey Adm.

Higginson, William 120 Sampson, John 117

Heath, Arthur 120 Suaxton, Peter 117

Higginson, John 120 Sutton, William Adm.

Harrison, John 120 Tart, John 82

Hay ward, Charles 120 Teye, Thomas Adm.

Hood, Ralf Adm. Tombies, Jane Adm.

Hatton, Christopher Adm. Thomas, Oliver 93

Hough, William 205 Vaughan, Edward 96

Jones, Richard 149 Underwood, Eleanor Adm.

Jordaine, Dorothy 149 Upton, Francis Adm.

Ireland, Robert 184 Watkye, Francis 48

Kynnersley, Hercules Adm. Winford, William 48

Lacon, Christopher Adm. Wrednoll, Elnathan Adm.

Lee, Randolph 151 Wem, Edward 66

Lloyd, Rebecca 231 Wylde, Charles 82

Maddocks, Humphrey 10 Wheston, John 83

Menlove, Rowland Adm. Wildinge, George 85

260

SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

Williams, John

Adm.

Hey cox j Richard

366

"Wood, Joan

M5

Hay nes, Henry

366

Wightwick, William

*95

Jackcs, Thomas

248

Wight, William

195

Laughton, Mary

212

1653. Brent.

Littleton, William

247

Aston, William

246

Longnore, John

2.,8

Audcn, Francis

Littleford, Richard

249

Andrews, John

24S

Mason, John

246

Bowen, Richard

245

Mytton, Edward (Hal-

Boodle, Edward

245

ston)

246

Bayton, John

246

Owen, Edward

248

Baxter, Joshua

246

Payne, Richard

245

Broxon, Francis

246

Philpott, Richard

366

Basnet, Roger

247

Peate, Francis

366

Bowen, Mary

247

Rocke, Ellen (Cressage)

246

Barber, Thomas

247

Reynolds, William

247

Bigge, Thomas

247

Rawlinges, Charles

248

Bereford, John

248

Richards, John

248

Baker, John

249

Russell, Richard

249

Baynes, Frances

366

Smith, Thomas

246

Cook, John

246

Smallman, Richard

246

Gotten, John

248

Smyth, John

248

Culwicke, Joan

247

Smyth, Thomas

249

Cartwright, Richard

246

Stanley, Edward

366

Davies, Edward

246

Sutton, Judeth

366

Da vies, Mary

247

Steventon, George

366

Dawley, Ann

246

Tue, John

245

Evans, Nicholas

247

Thynnc, Susan, wid.

Ellis, Richard

247

(Church Stretton)

246

Edmund, Mathew Ap

366

Wall, Jane

247

Forster, Newell

245

Warter, Eleanor

248

Fox, Obediah

249

Watson, Richard

249

Grosemore, George

249

1654. Alchin.

Griffithes, John

366

Ap Evan, Margery

428

Gravener, William

366

Anderton, Roger

483

Gethin, Thomas

366

Allenson, Mary

483

Highway, Robert

246

Boothe, Edward

168

Hall, John

247

Blakeway, Andrew

169

Harper, Nicholas

249

Baily, Thomas

196

Harriotts, John

249

Barber, Ann

229

LONDON, FROM 164I TO 1660.

26l

Blowe, Mary

240

Benbowe, Edward

428

Barker, William

428

Butler, John

483

Batch, James

483

Chorley, William

252

Clearke, John

384

Couper, Richard

389

Crosse, Elizabeth

428

Corbett, William

483

Corbett, Jane

483

C owner, Godfrey

501

Dager, William

168

Dike, Edmund

502

Evans, Owen

428

Elliott, William

428

Edwards, Hugh

420

Edwards, Eleanor

483

Friend, John

389

Felton, Richard

483

Gravener, Ann

168

Gough, David

429

Groves, Thomas

487

Hibbins, Mary

l68

Heyward, John

168

Hennes, Elizabeth

169

Higgons, Richard

169

Higgons, William

169

Hould, Henry

169

Holliman, John

291

Hould, John

484

Hardwick, Thomas

484

Higgins, William

484

Holland, Thomas

484

Tones, Mary

389

Jackson, John

437

Lyth, Roger

169

Lowe, George

389

Lloyd, John

39i

Lnngford, Saphira

39*

Llewellin, Richard

421

Littleford, Mary

428

Lewis, Richard

428

Lewis, Thomas

42Q

Newborough, Thomas

428

Nicholls, Thomas

429

Okely, Roger

169

Price, Adam

229

Pinkes, Rowland

229

Proud, George

252

Pearson, George

496

Passow, Elizabeth

496
1 J

Pulley, John

496

Reynolds, Richard

439

Skitt, William

Smith, Ann

470
r /

Twigg, Thomas

167

Tottey, Stephen

170

Taylor, Thomas

502

W'hitney, Thomas

169

Watmei, Tohn

2^1

Whitmore, Sir Thomas

Bart.

410

r

Webster, William

A 2 Q

Watkins, Thomas

4^9

Weaver, Ann

496

1655. Aylett.

Acton, Walter

I ^4

Anchors, John

Adm.

Alestree, Robert

2^Q
~ J J

Andrews, Margery

276

Adams, Grace

258

Adney, John

^7 ^

Allin, Thomas

vJ / J

Barker, Ann

20

Ben ington, John

25

Buttling, Thomas

Adm.

Bullock, Richard

135

Beard, Margaret

135

Bradshaw, Thomas

164

262 SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

Benbowe, Daniel 259
Bluck, John (Brockton) 288
Bowdler, William (Lud-
low) 288
Bright, Thomas 288
Betchcott, Andrew 292
Bromley, William 298
Bailey, Joan, wid. 373
Billingsley, Thomas 373
Blethin, Blanche 387
Bayley, Ann, wid. 450
Collins, Rowland 152
Cock, Thomas Adm.
Cooksey, John Adm.
Charleton, Robert Adm.
Cox, Jane 258
Cartwright, John 258
Cowling John 298
Cowling, Rowland 298
Cook, Margaret 298
Colbourne, Rev. William 298
Dovey, Francis 25
Davies, William 152
Evans, John Adm.
Foxe, John 256
Fawlkner, James 256
Farmer, John 256
Gough, Jane 85
Griffithes, Roger 151
Griffithes, Samuel 240
Grimes, Robert (Yeo.) 288
Griffiths, Thomas 432
Groom, William 433
Grainger, John 453
Higginson, Richard 26
Hunt, Richard 52
Higginson, Thomas 103
Hoggins, Richard 103
Hatchett, Richard 103
Hodgson, Thomas 103

Halster, Humphrey

J52

Heeley. Thomas

Higginson, Robert

166

Tenkes, Herbert

in

lordayne, Thomas

207

Jones, Katherine

257

Kidson, Richard

Adm.

Kent, Arthur

Adm.

Lutley, Thomas

Adm.

Longmore George (Jeo.) 373

Madoxe, Henry

2S

Meredith, Alice

Adm.

Meredith, John

Mills, Eleanor

1^1

Mountford, Richard

Adm.

Morris, Edward

Adm.

Meakins, Thomas

Adm.

Nicholas, Thomas

Nicholas, Thomas

1^0

Nicholls, Thomas

134

Owens, Richard

26

Prowd, Eleanor

23

Powell, Owen

85

Powell, Mathew

Adm.

Porter, Richard

105

Purslowe, Rowland

Adm.

Pennell, William

151

Plowden, Francis

152

Pardoe, George

Adm.

Peate, Thomas

256

Prowde, John

256

Powell, John

256

Postlc, William

Adm.

Purslowe, Rowland, Esq. 324

Pritchard, Philip

338

Roberts, Mary

151

Rowley, William

Adm.

Richards, John

288

Rogers, Peter

306

Reynolds, John (Yeo.)

336

LONDON, FROM 1641 TO l66o.

263

Rowley, Jonathan

373

rar, bamuel

297

Sterrop, George

A A #*»

Adm.

Gossedge, Robert

A J

Adm.

Shockledge, John

Adm.

Gittins, 1 homas

73

bmallman, Edward

Adm.

unmths, James

101

O '1 P T 1

Spilsbury, John

337

Greatbach, John

232

Synge, John, gent.

449

• „ 11 WT li.

Gnnsell, Walter

269

TV f j P

1 homas, Mathew

193,

Gould, Richard

373

1 ayler, John

1 go

Gould, Richard

445

1 urner, William

288

T T 1 1 TV f a

Howell, Margaret

Adm.

Warton, rrancis

95

T T ' T r i 1

Harris, Katherine

A J

Adm.

Wicksteede, William

130

TT T ' T") " 1 J

Harris, Richard

132

Watson, Francis

!35

Holland, John

132

Wilding, Richard

Adm.

Higgs, John

A A*-*

Adm.

Warner, Richard

Adm.

T T 11 AT

Hall, Mary

Adm.

Weaver, William

258

Hassould, Edward

386

W might, John

^00

200

John, Philip Ap

58

Wyer, Jolm

293

Jones, Margaret

A A

Adm.

1656. Berkley.

T /r» • re j 1

Jones, Gnmth

232

Allen, Ann

200

Kinnersley, Francis

163

Barkley, Richard

\ ,p„

Adm.

Knight, John

447

Betton, Samuel

163

T 1 J T _ P „

Eloyd, John

Adm.

T J „ 1 Li T\ r

Belcham, Mary

- c *

102

Eane, Edward

73

Bayley, William

., - 0

TV r 1 t

Maude, Joan

72

T > T

berry, Jane

232

TV r TP

Mason, John

73

.bebb, John

200

Murrall, Jane

73

Bostock, Margaret

209

Morris, Edward

A A

Adm.

Corbet, George

A 1

Adm.

Moore, 1 homas

A J

Adm.

Clarke, John

328

TV f 1 T> ' L. A

Moyle, Richard

A 1

Adm.

Colley, Richard

386

A f 1 T

Malpas, Joan

95

Crompton, William

386

TV ,f 1 • T „ , 1 1

Mckim, Isabel

200

Dwexell, Roger

0

328

Middleton, Peter

247

Dwexell, John

34^

Moore, John

Adm.

Davies, John

372

If 11 „ T 1

Maiden, John

A J

Adm.

J'.dwards, bimon

A I

Adm.

Mosse, 1 homas

237

I 1..,. „ J . A 1 ..j h„

Jul wards, Maitna

A 1

Adm.

Minton, 1 homas

237

1 * 1 ijiic Inhn

i-.il VLh, J ()l 1 11

237

mi i ion, i nomas, iisc].

376

Egerton, Jolm

Adm.

Mason, John

385

Elliots, Edward

328

Newton, Peter

Adm.

Farr, Samuel

Nicholls, Jolm

Felton, John

161

OliVe, Thomas, Esq.

268

264 SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

Prowde, Dorothy

Adm.

Powell, Lucretia

94

Peate, Elizabeth

94

Plungin, Richard

Phillipps, Ann

266

Poole, William

445

Rawley, William

Adm.

Richard, John ap

132

Roberts, William

Adm.

Rogers, John

Adm.

Richardson, Elizabeth

384

Shepherd, Thomas

Adm.

Stanley, Thomas

Adm.

Searle, Nicholas

384

Slater, Thomas

385

Steventon, Sarah

386

Thomas, John

161

Talbot, Robert

Adm.

Vicars, Edward

Adm.

Wyatt, William

5i

Warner, William

59

White, George

64

Willcox, John

95

Wilks, Humphrey

Adm.

Walker, John

Adm.

Willcox, Richard

297

Witcherley, Eleanor

297

Weaver, Randle

386

Yeaton, John

161

Younge, John

72

i6s7. Ruthen.

Ashwood, Elizabeth

Adm.

Adame, George

182

Adeney, George

Adm.

Barnes, Mary

19

Bowes, Henry

Adm.

Blucke, Richard

Adm.

Ball, Arthur

179

Booth, William

Adm.

Bi"owne,^vjohn

224

Browne, Ann 224

Blodwell, Ann, wid. 250

Bayly, Richard Adm.

Beddow, Ann Adm.

Burne, Francis 462
Bushop, Margaret, wid. 535

Challenor, John 50

Colbourn, Dorothy Adm.

Corbett, Vincent Adm.

Corfield, William 224

Churchman, Francis 225

Crudgington, Roger Adm,

Dudley, Fountain 42

Duks, John Adm.

Davies, David 178

Davies, Thomas Adm.

Edge, John 40

Eyles, John Adm.

Eyton, Robert 141

Evans, Richard Adm.

Edwards, Dorothy Adm.

Ekin, John Adm.

Edwards, Edmund 462

Everal, Wrilliam 462

Evan, Thomas Ap 462

Farnell, Ellen 40

Figes, John Adm.

Fox, Margaret 178

Fox, Richard 179

Foxall, Ann 179

Fox, Ann Adm.

Ferriday, Thomas Adm.

Foxall, Roger 462

Gapp, Thomas Adm.

George, Stephen Adm.

Griffith, Thomas Adm.

Grismond, William 225

Harris, George 18

Hubbold, William 41

Hopton, Thomas Adm.

LONDON

FROM

Hall, John

141

Hassold, William

178

Houlston, Thomas

225

Hugh, John Ap

225

Harding, Mary

225

Harris, John, Esq.,

229

Jenkin, David

18

Jones, Elizabeth, wid.

18

Jorden, Thomas

41

Jack, Richard

Adm.

Kynaston, Edward, Esq. 70

Y< 1 fti n k ifhonn^
lYlIllIl, XVclLIltl lllc

A r\ m

Lockley, Thomas

44

Lewe, Richard

Lateward, Thomas

A r\ m

rVQIIl.

Lea, William

A rl m

i_,iitenaue, ivicnara

A r\ r\~\
/YQLI1.

T 0 n ftTArn lv/1 if nouf
■LfdllglOl U, IMctlUL-W

A (\ m
a LI III .

Leike, Stephen

460

Moody, John

41

Maunsel, William

43

MnritiP T\ r\ era r
lvlUUIlC, IvU^Cl

/u

Mason, Edward

A (\ tn

Nevett, William

Adm.

WtiKeiey, ivuiuLiiy

A rl in

Poole, John

Adm.

Pountney, John

Adm.

Passand, Thomas

Adm.

Palmer, Edward

179

Pinches, Francis

179

Peate, William

178

Powell, Edmund, Gent

. 178

Poyner, John, Gent.

355

Richardson, William

43

Richards, Dorothy

Adm.

Ryder, Edward

Adm.

Rogers, Roger

Adm.

Shepherd, Henry

40

Smith, Thomas

■\ 1

Suker, William

m

164I TO 1660. 265

Talbot, Shirrington, Esq. 18
Tompson, Edward Adm.
Welsh, Ralf Adm.
Wilcox, Samuel Adm.

Ward, Francis 179

Wilding, Joan 225

Whiteley, Thomas 225

Wilding, Joan 229

1658. Wotton.
Atkis, William 338
Acton, Margaret 381
Adams, William 544
Atkins, William 602
Atkins, William 602
Badge, Roger 76
Biggs, Mary 76
Busshop William 119
Baddily, Robert 324
Browne, Richard 324
Billingsley, Francis, Esq. 324
Burney, Ann 381
Butcher, Rowland 424
Butcher, Simon 424
Barrett, Humphrey 470
Brooker, Arthur 544
Brampton, John 544
Barnes, Thomas, Senior 544
Broadhurst, William 602
Betton, Mary 602
Bright, William (Hope-
say) 602
Crump, Thomas 213
Corfield, Mathew 324
Corbett, Elizabeth 324
Chetwoode, Abigail 381
Corbett, William 381
Crumpe, Andrew 603
Carpenter, Richard 603
Ckavc, John bqi
Dodd, Hugh 42

266 SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT SOMERSET HOUSE,

i

Day, William

42

Phillipps, Francis

602

Downton, Samuel

38i

Powell, Edward

604

Dicken, William

544

Richard, Philip Ap

79

Dedicott, Mary

548

Rushbury, John

325

Davies, Alice

324

Richard, Thomas Ap

548

Ellesmere, Samuel, Senior 324

Smith, Jane

79

Evans, David

0 _

481

Shutt, Parnell

47i

Eyton, Dorothy

548

Shrimpton, John

47i

Edwards, Peirce

548

Stevenson, John

603

Gosling, Robert

40

Sturchley, Wiffiara

603

Gregory, William

42

1 hompson, Laurence,

Gretton, William

77

Senior

120

Grove, Kowland

324

Thomas, Edward Ap

79

George, Howell

381

1 urner, 1 homas

603

Gnrntnes, Kicnard

604

Tayler, Margaret

696

Geares, Richard

604

West, Richard

79

T T „ ,11 T _ 1

Howells, John

324

Williams, Eleanor

120

T T J T T 1

Hardman, Humphrey

324

Weaver, Richard

382

T T 1 HTM

Hadon, 1 nomas

470

Ward, Edward

325

T T J T 1

Hodges, John

r „
OO4

Wheelwright, John

47i

T T 1_ T I

Hughes, John

695

AI7L 'l£ 1 J T 1

Whitneld, Joshua

549

Holman, John

695

Welhngs, rrancis

604

t t '. ' aii

Higginson, Allen

695

Ward, Roger

603

Jones, Silvanus

214

Wybunbury, John

603

T 1 l A T 1

Lockett, John

78

Waring, Walter, Esq.

603

T 1 T T

Eangley, Henry

268

1659. Pell.

Langley, " Hairy "

611

Brookes, Robert

81

Mathews, Richard

325

Browne, Roger

280

Madox, Margaret

384

Basnett, Thomas

281

Mallender, William

54s

11 „ 1, 1X7*11!

Boycott, William

280

Needham, Thomas

78

Baxter, Edward

324

New, John

602

Bright, Eleanor

444

Nicholls, Owen

602

Bentall, Mary

523

Oakeley, Jeremy

78

Calcott, Thomas

127

Owen, M cry ell

424

/** 1 1 rr* •

Churchman, rrancis

127

Owen, Edward

c>95

Ghannor, Thomas

~ c

240

Owen, Robert

695

Corbett, Thomas

324

Prowde, Richard

47i

Dallow, Thomas

180

Payne, Oliver

545

Evans, Jenkin

132

Payne, Robert

545

Jul wards, Edward

2^9

LONDON,

FROM

1641 TO 1660.

267

Easthope, Margery

324

Overton, William

310

Feriday, Mary

134

Owen, Edward

310

Griffithes, Cadwallader

231

Plowden, Francis, Esq.

26

Grice, George

324

Powell, Richard

26

Hughes, Katherine

295

Powys, Peter

220

Harley, Thomas

' 294

Powell, Eleanor

254

Harding, Ralf

29i

Pierce, Thomas

255

Holme, William

466

Proger, Thomas

255

Hotchkis, John

466

Parramor, Thomas

310

Harris, Roger

309

Persivall, Thomas

310

Hitchin, Richard

324

Pary, William

3io

Jones, Thomas

309

Powell, Alexander

470

Jewson, Allen

309

Perkes, Jane

254

John, William ap

292

Rees, Howell Ap

85

Kynnersley, Thomas

309

Smith, Richard

76

Loughton, Thomas

25

Stacy, John

76

Longwell, Richard

43

Strut, Sarah

208

Lloyd, Israel

215

Steventon, Richard, Esq.

421

Leighton, Hercourt

145

Shipman, Henry

310

Lucy, George

309

Selbey, Hugh

485

Lewis, Richard

309

Tonge, Nathaniel

284

Lea, John

291

Turner, William

284

Lawrence, Thomas

290

Tilley, John

300

Lloyd, John

290

Thompson, Thomas

300

Lewis, Edward

290

Walker, Richard

211

Morgan, Andrew

25

Walker, Christopher

287

Minshall, Jeffrey

237

!

268

SHROPSHIRE WILLS AT LAMBETH PALACE.

The following is a list of Wills and Administrations of
Shropshire persons preserved in the library of Lambeth
Palace. These Wills extend from 13 13 to 1644, and are
entered in Register Books bearing the names of the Arch-
bishops. Why these Probates were granted by the Arch-
bishops is not clear ; but many of the Wills seem to have
been proved during the vacancy of sees.

1413. Bagenham, Alexander, clerk ; Westbury.
1538. Bawdwen John ; Munslow.

1559-
1417.

1538.
1458
1450.
1446.

I579-
1462.
146 1.

202 Arundel P. ii.
102 Cranmer.
ad. 178 Parker P. i.
343 Chichele P. i.
410 Whitgift P i.
102 Cranmer.
ad. 45 Bourgchier.
ad. 190 Sta fiord,
ad. 53 Bourgchier.
ad. 429 Gryndall.
ad. 49 Bourgchier.

1584.
!559-

1476.
1425.

M52-
1409.

*459
1533

Billingeslcy, alias Barret, Joyce.
Burnell Hugh, d'n's de Holgate.
Charleton John, yeoman ; Clun.
Copper, Philip, vikler ; Ludlow.
Crompe, William ; Salop.
Grey, Henry, Lord Powys.
Grafton, John ; Salop.
Hoode, Marie ; Shrewsbury.
Hop ton, Walter, Esq.

Mountgomcry, William ; Rec. Ricardestoll ad. 47 Bourgchier.
Newall, Ricliard ; Clybury Mortimer. 35 a. post, mortem

Poli.

Passy, John ; Staunton Lodge. ad. 2 18 Whitgift P. i.

Philipe, William ap John; Erevyll, Salop. 177 Parker.
Salopia, Ralph de, Bishop of Bath & Wells. 244 Islep.
Stone, Thomas ; Salop.
Talbot, William, knight ; Whitchurch.
Talbot, John, Earl of Shrewsbury.
Waterton, Hugh de, knight; Ilarley.
Wilienhatt, Robert ; Ilarley.
Young, Henry ; Ludlow.

ad. 54 Bourgchier.
389 Chichele P. i.
311 Kempe.
107 Arundel P. ii.
ad. 45 Bourgchier.
102 Cranmer.

26g

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF
SHREWSBURY.

By the Late Mr. JOSEPH MORRIS.

#' *

(Continued front 3rd Scries, Volume I., page 320.)

[P. 3822.1

j Hugh le Dunfowe. See page 3819.
I^29- (John de Weston. Robert de Weston and Richard
his brother arc on the Roll of [Burgesses in 1318. John de
Weston was, doubtless, related to one of these persons. He
was M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1330. He was the son of
William de Weston and of Alionora, his wife, as appears by
a Deed in the Mytton evidences.

j John Reyner. See page 3766.
IT]

I33°- j Thomas Colle, junr. See page 3812.
1 33 1. The same.

/John de Opton (i.e., de Upton).
x332- ^ Reginald Perle. See page 3820.
" Robert de Upton, apothecary," is on the Roll of
Burgesses in 13 18. John de Upton was, probably, his
father. Robert Upton was M.P. in 1338. William de
Upton of Salop, spicer, is on a Roll of 1375. See page 4261.
f John de Opton.
!333- \joHN le Walsh.
1334. John Reyner and John le Walsh.

r John de Weston. Sec above.
J335-^ Thomas Ive. Seepage 3775.
It appears by Patent Roll 19 Richard II., p. 2, m. 32, that
Thomas lve bequeathed certain lands in Coton Field,
Shrewsbury, to his sons, Nicholas John Thomas and Richard,
in tail with remainder to Lilleshall Abbey, that they all
died s.p., and by the present recited deed, the king grants
that the Abbey may take possession of the said lands.

1 1

270 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

1336. The same.

OHN STURY.

z337- I John de la Tour. The family of Tour were at
one period of great importance in the town of Shrewsbury,
and we find them filling the various offices of responsibility
connected with the municipality. On the Rolls they stand
as follows, and as there is no entry of admission as a
Burgess in the name of Tour, I have no doubt that Warin
de la Tour and Warin son of Warin Goch, page 3782, were
one person,
[p. 3823.]

Arms : Sable 3 towers (2 and 1) embattled Argent.
Warin de la Tour ^Mabella, a widow in 1320.

See pages 1511, 3787, &c.

John de la Tour, on the Roll of 13 18. ^-Johanna,
Bailiff in 1337 and 1348. Living
in 1360. 1160.

I

Hugh de la
Tour, on the
Roll of 1318.

William de la
Tour, on the
Roll of 1318.

William son of John de la Tour, on the Roll of;;p Thomas de la Tour on the Roll

Burgesses 1384. Party to a Recognizance
und^r Stat. Merc, in the Exch. of Salop
1390.

of 29 Ed. III., 1355, marked
therein " mort. sine hered'."

Simon de la Tour. Bailiff in 1 39 1 , 1403 and 1409.
M.P. for Shrewsbury 1404.

I

William de la Tour (son of^fAgnes
Simon). Named on the
Roll of 1397, and after-
wards marked thereon
"Mort. sine hered." Bailifi
in 140:5, 1410, 1427. Will
dated 7th June, 1432.

daugh-
ter of
Hugh
Acton.

I

Richard son of Simon de la
Tour, named on the Roll of
1397, and afterwards marked
thereon ''Mort. sine hered'."

Isabella de la Tour^William Bcerley son of James Boerley.

Alicia Boerley, 1434.

Anno ( John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.

1339. 1 Thomas Colle, junior. Sec page 3812.

1340. The same.

j" John de Upton. See page 3822.
I341* I Reginald Perle. See page 3820.

John Tour,
Bailiff in
1423.

1 The same person, I believe, as Warin son of Warin Goch, page 3782. — J.M.

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 2J1

1342. The same.

( John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.
1 \ John le Walsh. See page 3822.
That these were Bailiffs in this year is proved by the
Court Roll.

C John Stury. Sec pages 151 1, 3787, 8cc.
\ William le Skinnier. See page 3779.
John de Upton. See page 3822.

OHN DE FORIET.

1344-

1345

The Bailiff last named was descended from Nicholas ad
For tarn (who was on the Roll of 1252, and was, probably,
son of Hugh, who appears on the Roll of 1209 by the
description of Hugh son of Hamon de Foriet). They are
called on the Rolls variously by the surnames of " ad Fortam,"
"atte Yate," " de Foriet," " Firgatc," and "Foriet," as will
be seen hereafter.

[P. 3824.]

Nicholas ad Portam, on the Roll of=
Burgesses in 1252.

I

Nicholas son of Nicholas
de Porta of Salop,
granted lands to Hugh
Colle. (See page 3803).

Reginald de Porta, Bailiff
in 1287. He is so re-
corded on a Roll now
in the Exchequer, and
he held several bur-
gages in the town in
1278.

Henry atte Yate=f
sonofNicholas
ad Porta, on the
Roll of Bur-
gesses in 1268.

Roger son of Henry atte Yate, on the=f=Edith, sister of Adam dc la Alan a<3
Roll of Burgesses in 13 18. I Cotone. Porta,

1296.

John Foryale, named in the Roll of-r
13 18 as son ot Roger, called also
John de Foriet and John de For yate.
Bailiff in 1345 and 1352. Was living
in 1372, and is called on the Roll
"John Foryat corvisor. " M.l\ 1 346.

I I

Roger atte Yate also-pAlice, exe-
named on the Roll cutrix of
of 1318 as son of her
of Roger, called in husband
some Deeds Roger ile in 1377.
la Yate. Bailiff "1354,
1361, 1372 and 1375.
Dead in 1377.

Agnes, Margery mar. 1, Thomas de
1398. Maehelehurst ; 2, James

Boerley.

272 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

William son of John Foryat.on Richardson of John Foryat, Hugh son of John
the Roll of Burgesses in on the Roll of 1372. Foryat, on the

1372. Roll ol 1372.

Anno (William son of Hugh de Lychefeld.

1346. (William Pride. ^ See page 3770.

Hugh de Lychefeld, father of William, appears on the
Tallage Roll of 13 18, as a resident in Frankwell.
(Thomas Gamel. See page 3772.

x347'| Richard de Weston. He and his brother Robert
are named on the Roll of Burgesses in 1318, and were,
doubtless, descendants of Richard de Weston, whose son
Richard was on the Foreigner's Roll of 1268. One William
de Weston " Juxta Ruber Castru'," is also on the Roll of
13 18, and as he is thus distinguished as being of Weston-
under-Red-Castle, which is in the parish of Hodnet, it is
possible, he was of a different family, there being several
places named Weston in the county of Salop.

This William de Weston had a son John de Weston
living 19 Edward III., 1345.

J Reginald Perle. See page 3820.

*^ ' IJ0HN DE LA Tour. See page 3823.

(John Stury. See pages 1511, 3787, &c.

^349* I "William son of Roger de Withiford. I do not
find this name on the Roll of Burgesses until 1318. The
family continued to reside in or near Shrewsbury, possessing
considerable property in the town and vicinity until the
conclusion of the 16th century.

[p. 3S25J

Arm~> : Paly of 8, Or ard Gules, on a cnicf Argent 3 pellets.
Roger de Wytheford, on thc^Alice. She and her husband had a grant of a

Roll of Burgesses in 13 18.

messuage in lloundestrete (Doglane) from
Richard Borrey and Juliana his wife, 5 Ed. III.
1331.

William de Withiford^l'etronilla. Described as widow of William son of
Bailiff in 1349 and Roger de Wytheford of Salop, in Pat. 16 Ric. II
1375. Living 4 Ric. pars prima m. 5 (1392). Also living in 1394.
II., 1381.

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 273

Hugh de Wytheford of Salop
50 Edw. III., 1376, as by
recog. under Stat. Merc, in
that year.

Hugh de Wythyford, described as son=f
of Gregory ue Wythyford of Salop
and Isabella his wife in a Recog.
under Stat. Merc, in the Exchequer
cf Shrewsbury 14 Ric. II., 1390.

I

Gregory de Wytheford of Salop=f Isabella.
49 Edw. III., 1375, as by Recog.
under Stat. Merc, in that year.

Thomas de Wytheford, described as
brother of Hugh, and both as sons
of Gregory de Wytheford of Salop
in a Recog. under Stat. Merc, to
Hugh Wytheford (their uncle) in
50 Edw. III., 1376.

John Wytheford of Salop, named Hugh Wythyford of Bristol,=f=Johanna,

with his father Hugh Wytheford
in a Recog. under Stat. Merc. 2
Hen. V., 1414.

merchant, named in a Recog.
under Stat. Merc. 9 Hen. VI.
1 43 1-

widow 32
Hen. VI.
Then of
Bristol.

John Wytheford of Bristol.

Thomas Wytheford was Bailiff—Alice Bowdler mar. 3rd
in 150S, and was a Draper in Sir Adam Mytton, Knt.
Shrewsbury, He was also She was the wife of Sir
Bailiff in 1 5 1 9, and died while Adam in 1521, and he
in office. was not then a knight.

Her first husband was
Lawrence Hosier, Esq,.

I

John Wytheford, son
and heir, 35 Hen. VI.
1456 (Deed in posses-
sion of the Drapers
Co.), was of Shiffnal,
Gent , 3 Edw. IV.

Anno ( William de Smethcote.
1350. [ Robert de Upton.

William de Smethcote was son of Roger de Smethcote,
who with his sons Philip, Roger, William, and 1 nomas are
on the Roll of Burgesses in 13US. On one of the Rolls he is
called " Roger de Smethcote" of " Edgbaldenham," so that
lie probably came from Smethcote, near Condover, and
resided at Edgbold, in the Liberties of Shrewsbury ; or he
may have been a resident of Edgbolton, near Shawbury,
and named from Smethcote, in the adjoining parish of
Middle.

Robert de Upton is described on the Roll of Burgesses in
13 18 as Robert de Upton, apothecary. He was M.P. for
Shrewsbury in 1 338.

(John Sturv. See pages 1511, 3787, &c.
1 William le Parmenter. See page 3779.

274 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

[p. 3826.]

Anno (John df Foriatf. See page 3824.

1352. 1 Thomas de Mutton. He appears to have been
admitted a Burgess in 1344, and to have paid a Fine of 60s.
His brother Henry de Mutton (both being of the Myttons,
after of Halston, &c.), appears also to have been admitted
the same year, and to have paid a Fine of 40s., as those
sums arc placed against their respective names on the Roll.
There was another family of the name of Mutton probably
connected with this, who stand thus on the Burgess Rolls: —

Richard de Mutton=f=
I

I

Richard son of Richard dc Mutton, on the Roll of Burgesses in 1318^

I I
John de Mutton, on the Roll of-f= Thomas de Mutton 1344,^= Henry de

Bailiff in 1352 and 1 361.

Burgesses 1372, with his son.

Mutton,
1344-

I i.

"John de Mutton, fisther," on the Roll of Burgesses 1372 Reginald de Mutton,
and 13S4 Witness to a deed of Reginald de Mutton Bailiff in 1373, &c.
in 1387. (Mort. sine hcred. on the Roll).

Thomas de Mutton was Bailiff in 1352 and 1361. Reginald
de Mutton, his son, was Bailiff in 1373, 1376, 1384, 1386,
1390, and 1400, and he was M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1373 and
1377. The sons of Reginald, viz. : Thomas Mytton and
John Mytton, were respectively Bailiffs 1440 and 1441.
Thomas Mytton, the younger, was Bailiff in 1464, 1468, 1472,
1476, 1480, 1484, 1488, 1492, 1496, 1500, and 1504, in which
year he died, having also represented Shrewsbury in Parlia-
ment in 1472, and served the office of Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1483. Richard Mytton, his near kinsman, was Bailiff in
1503. William Mytton, son of Thomas, was elected Bailiff
on his father's death in 1504, and again filled that office in
1508 and 15 12, but died before he had completed his year of
office in 15 13, when his cousin Richard Mytton, above named,
completed the year of office in his stead. The same William
Mytton represented Shrewsbury in Parliament in 1491, and
Richard Mytton, last named, was again Bailiff in 15 18.
Adam Mytton, half brother of William Mytton, was Bailiff
in 1523, 1527, 1531, 1537, 1541, 1546, and 1552, previously to

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 275

which last year he had received the honour of knighthood.
Sir Adam Mytton was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1554, and had
represented Shrewsbury in Parliament in 1520 and 1529.
Richard Mytton, son of William Mytton, was Bajjliff in 1542,
1549, 1553, 1557, 1561, and 1567. He was Sheriff of Shrop-
shire in 1514. His younger son Adam Mytton was elected
Town Clerk of Shrewsbury in^.1568, and held that office until
the end of the year 1608. Richard Mytton of Halston, Esq.,
then head of this family, was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1610.
His son Thomas Mytton, Esq., the celebrated Parliamentarian
General, was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1645, and represented
the County of Salop in Parliament in 1654. His grandson
Richard Mytton, Esq., represented Shrewsbury in Parliament
in 1690 and 1710. John Mytton of Halston, Esq., was
elected M.P. for Shrewsbury in 18 19. In a few years after-
wards he dissipated all the family property in and around
Shrewsbury, with the Lordship of Dinas Mowddwy in
Merioneth, and other property in the parishes of Oswestry, &c,
and died a prisoner for debt in the King's Bench Prison 29
March, 1834. His eldest son John Eox Eitz Gifford Mytton
dissipated the remaining family estates of Habbcrley and
Halston, the last of which was sold by auction to Edmund
Wright, Esq., on the 13th April, 1847, and I believe that the
family of Mytton docs not now (1848) possess an inch of
land in Shropshire. A younger branch continues in great
respectability in Montgomeryshire. See the Pedigree of the
Mytton Family, pp. 2003, &c,

[p. 382.7 ]

AnnofriIOMAS Gam el. See page 3772.

1353. (William de Smethcote. See page 3825.
j Reginald Perle. See page 3820.

i3^4-|roger de la Yate. See page 3824.
I John Stury. See pages 15 1 1, ^7^7, c\x.

I355-| William de Biriton. The family of Berrington,
as the name is now written, derive that surname from the
village of Berrington, in the parish of that name which
adjoins the liberties of Shrewsbury, and they appear from the
Rolls to have been all of them Burgesses at a very remote
period. There are ten of the family named on the Roll of

276 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

Burgesses in 1318. Nicholas de Berington was one of the
Jury of the Hundred of Condover in Inquisitions taken in 1255
and 1274, and from Roger, his son, descended the families of
Berington of Shrewsbury and Moat Hall, now extinct, and
that of Winsley, county Hereford, to whom the remnant of
the Shropshire estates was devised on the death of Philip
Berington, Esq., in 1818. ,Xhese estates have been since
further reduced by sales, but the Moat Hall, near Hanwood,
with some lands attached, yet remain in the possession of
the family (viz., in 1849).

William dc Biriton served the office of Bailiff in 1355, 1357,
I363> 1369* x378> 1380, 1382, 1384, 1385, 1387, 1392, 1395,
1398, 1401, and 1405, in which year he died, while in office,
at a very advanced age ; his son Thomas having served that
office in 1366 and 1372. Thomas Berington, grandson of
Thomas, previously named, served the office of Bailiff in
1459 and 1478, and his grandson, also named Thomas
Berington, was Bailiff in 1538 and 1555.

At a period subsequent to the 7th of Richard II., and in or
prior to the 15th of Richard II., 1391, there appears to have
been a great feud between the Abbot of Haghmond 1 and his
servants, and the family of Berington, for several of the
earliest documents in the most ancient Book of Record, now
in the Exchequer of Shrewsbury, are bonds in the nature of
recognizances of the peace, wherein William de Byriton and
Thomas Pryde were the " manucaptors " (sureties) in a
penalty of £40 (a very large sum at that period), that
Thomas de Byriton and William de Byriton, sons of the said
William dc Byriton (senior), should keep the peace towards
the Abbot of Haghmond, his men, their servants, &c. At
the same time, Sir Hamo Vaughan (called Sir Haghmond
Vaughan, Knt.) and William Eorster were manucaptors in
the same form, that William de Byriton,2 Chaplain, should
keep (he peace towards the said Abbot, eve. John Adenet
arid Johii llorton, sherman, were also mauueaptors, that
John de Byriton, Chaplain, should keep the peace towards

1 Nicholas Biriton was Abbot of Haghmond in 1379. He died before 13S6.
He was, no doubt, of this family, and it is, probable, these feuds aiose out 01
circumstances connected with his decease and his affairs.

- For the Pedigree of the Herrin^ton family, see pages 202 and 576.

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 277

the same parties. And William Weston and Thomas
Horsley were manucaptors in the same penalty, that William,
son of Thomas de Byriton, should keep the peace towards
the said Abbot, &c.

fp 3828 ]

AnnojJOHN Stury. See pages 1511, 3787, &c.

1356. j Thomas Glus. Was, probably, so named from his
complexion. In the ancient British language, Glus is
variously applied ; but, with reference to complexion, it
usually denotes a pale or pallid appearance.

f John Stury. See pages 1511, 3787, &c.

IJ57' I William

de Biriton. See page 3827.

1358. The same.

(John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.

x359-j William le Skynner. See page 3779.

1360. The same.

[ Roger de la Yate. See page 3824.

x3 '\Thomas de Mutton. See page 3826.

In a deed relating to the Pride Ditches in Cotton, dated
1362, to which these Bailiffs are witnesses, " Thomas de
Mitton " stands first. The deed was executed in May, 1362.
/John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.

*3 2- [William de Longenolre. This name is some-
times written Longenorle. The family of Longenolre or
Longenorle, there can be, no doubt, derived their name from
the hamlet of Longnor-Ley, as it was formerly called, but
now usually called Longner-upon-Severn, in the ancient
Liberties of Shrewsbury. Mr. Blakcway, in his account of
the Sheriffs of Shropshire, says, there is nothing to shew how
the Burtons obtained Longner, the possession of which he
assigns to William de Haghton in 1367, to Walter Grey in
1394 arid 1398, and to Alexander Grey in 1422. Under
what conditions these parties held Longner, I have not
seen. But that there was a very close and ancient
connexion between the families of Burton and Longenolre,
I am enable to prove. In the 16 of Edward III., 1342,
a Fine (16 Edw. III., n. 129) was passed of the Manor of
Petton-juxta-Middle, co. Salop, in which Richard de
Longnolre, then Parson of Ness, was defendant, and John

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278 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

de Burton and Isolda his wife were complainants to the use
of the said John and Isolda and their heirs male. And I
cannot but think that Isolda here named was of the
Longnolre family, and probably the heiress of the elder line
thereof, and that notwithstanding the temporary possession
of that place by the parties above named, the Longner estate
was thus obtained by the family of Burton.

William de Longenolre, Bailiff in 1362, is on the Roll of
Burgesses in 1372, with his sons Elias and Roger, but after
the same William had served the office of Bailiff again in
1364 and 1377, as he also did that of M.P. for Shrewsbury in
1363, 1367 and 1377. I do not find the name on our Records.
It is very probable, therefore, that his sons died without
issue. The Arms assigned to this family are : — Argent,
2 pallets Gules, over all on a bend sable 3 crescents of the
[p. 3829 ]

field. I have since ascertained that the sons died s.p., and
that Cressandra, daughter and heir of William de Longenolre,
married John Wyke, as appears from Deeds in the possession
of the Drapers' Company.

Anno (William de Biriton. See page 3827.

1363. (John de Shotton. He is the first person on the
Roll of Burgesses, 29 Edward III., 1355, and the family
appear thus on the Records : —

Arms : — Ermine, 3 chevrons sable, also Azure, a cross Or.

John de Shotton,, on the Roll of 1355 as "John Shetton," Bailiff in 1363^
and 1367. J

Nicholas de Schetton, also on the Roll of 1355, named with his son in a-f
Recog. undei Stat. Merc, in 1400.

Nicholas de Schetton, named with John, his son, in a Reco£. under-pBeatriee,
Stat. Merc, in 1403, and described as of Salop, draper, in 1426. 3 Henry
Bailiff in 1408, 1 4 1 4 , 1422, 1428, and 1433. IV

I

Katherine,=John Shotton, described as of Salop, plsabella, described as re-

6 Henry V., draper, in a Reco^n. under Stat.
1418. Merch. 18 Henry VI., 1440. Bailiff

in 14 1 5, 1421, 1425, and 143 1.

lict and executrix of John
!: chetton of Salop, mer-
chant, in a Recog. under
Stat. Merch. 31 Henry
VI., 1453-

Isabella married Thomas Bcrrington of Shrewsbury.

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 2JC)

I364.

Shotton, from which place this family derived their
surname, is a hamlet in the Chapelry of Hadnall, within the
ancient Liberties of Shrewsbury.
Robert de Thornes.

William de Longenolre. See page 3828.
Robert Thornes was admitted a Burgess of Shrewsbury in
1344, and is described on the Roll as " Robert, son of Roger
de la Thornes." The manor and estate of Thornes, on
which the said Roger then resided, is in the parish of
Shenstone, county Stafford, and it continued in the
possession of Robert Thornes and of his descendants until
the year 1507, when Roger Thornes, Esq., of Shrewsbury
and of Shelvock, co. Salop, who represented Shrewsbury in
Parliament in 15 10, sold the Thornes estate to Robert
Joliffe. An account of this family will be found in Mr.
Blakeway's detail of the Sheriffs of Shropshire, and their
pedigree in its various branches, as connected with Shrews-
bury, will be found brought down to the present period in
pages 2749, &c., of the Collection, of which this volume forms
a part,
[p- 383o-l

Anno f John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.
1365. \ Richard Russell. See page 3783.

(John Stury. See pages 151 1, 37^7, &c.
I^ '(Thomas de Biriton. See page 3827.

(Reginald Perle. Seepage 3820.
J3 /* ( John de Shotton. See page 3829.

("William dc Longenolre. See page 3828.
l3 '(Thomas le Skinner. See page 3779.
'John Geffery.

.William de Biriton. See page 3827.
John Gefferey was of a family of Burgesses, thus deduced
from the Rolls.

EJJuse (sec p. 4143)^
I

I I
Walter, named on Roll of 11 John Geoffrey, named on Roll of 4 Henry III.,=p
(1209). 12 19. J

. !

I "
Geoltrey. By the name of Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey, son of Edduse,=f=
he granted a messuage in Rumboldesham to Thomas, son of I
Thomas Infant. a

I369.

280 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

!

John Geffrey1

i

Walter, son of John=j=Aiice, a widow and executrix

Geffrey, on the Roll
of 1318.

of her son Thomas in 1340.

William, son of John
Geffrey, on the Roll
of 13 18.

Thomas, son of-
Walter Geffrey,
on the Roll of
1 3 18. Died in
or prior to 1340.

John, son of Walter;
Geffery, on the Roll
of 1318. Executor
of his brother
Thomas in 1340.

t

John, son of Thomas
(Jeffrey, on the Roll
of 1314.

William, son of
WalterGeffiey,
on the Roll of
1 3 18.

I

Lucy 111,
Willliam de
Kayngton.

I I

Roger.son of Walter Benedictta
Geffrey, on the Roll m. Nicholas
of 1 3 18. Wygan.

Robert Geffrey,
son and heir,
in 27 Edward
HI., 1353-

I

Roger, son of fohn Gellrey,
on the Roll of 1372. I >ied
in or prior to 4. Richard II.,
1382, when William de
Longenolre was his execu-
tor.

John Geffrey, son of John^
Geffrey. Bailiff in 1369,1374,
r37

7, 1386, 1392, and 1396,
living also in 1397, a;,d then
named on the Roll of Bur-
gesses with his sons. M.P.
for Shrewsbury in 1369.

John Gelfery, on the Roll Thomas Geffrey, on the Roll W illam Geffrey, on the
of Burgessses 1397. of Burgesses [397. Roll of Burgesses 1397.

Anno [John Stury. See pages 1511, 3787, &c.
1 370.IJ011N de Shotton. See page 3829.
[p. 333*.a

Anno J Reginald le Scriven.
1371.I Richard de Beorton.

In a Deed of the Drapers' Company relating to property
on the Wyle Cop, which is witnessed (inter alia) by these
witnesses, the name of Richard de Boerton stands first.

" In a Deed of the Drapers' Co., dated on the Monday
before the First of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 46 Edward III.,
the two first witnesses are Rico de Boerton ct Reginaldo le
Scriveyn tu'c Ball' Ville Salop."

Reginald le Scriveyn was grandson of Walter le Skryven,
who appears on the Roll of Burgesses in 13 18. Reginald
obtained the estate of Frodcsley in marriage with Helen,
daughter and coheir of Sir Simon Henauld, and the
connection of the family with the town and county of Salop

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 2&I

did not terminate until the commencement of the 18th
century. Colonel Richard Scriven of this family was a
distinguished Royalist in the time of Charles the First. See
the pedigree of the family, page 1547, &c.

Reginald de Scriven (i.e.) the Scrivener, served the office
of Bailiff a second time in 1395. His son John Scryveyn
was Bailiff in 1402 and 1406. Robert Scryven, grandson of
John, was Bailiff in 1450, 1454' and 1458. His son Thomas
Scriven was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1497, and his descendant
Edward Scriven, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1597, was the
elder brother of Reginald Scriven, who represented Shrews-
bury in Parliament in the same year.

Richard de Beorton, the colleague of Reginald le Scriven,
was a Mercer in Shrewsbury, and an eminent man of that
period. In some records he is described as Richard de
Boerton, and he was, no doubt, of the family of Burton,
afterwards of Longnor ; but usually called, at that period,
Boorton or Boreton, from their patrimonial estate of
Burton, near Condover, to this day pronounced in the
Shropshire dialect " Boreton."

From this period the names of the Bailiffs are regularly
recorded in the books of the Corporation.
Anno J Thomas de Byryton. See page 3827.
1372. (Roger atte Yate. See page 3824.

J John Stury. See pages 151 1, 3787, &c.

1373- |keginald de Mutton. Seepage 3826.
, J Richard de Pontisberie.

1374- ^ jOIdN Geffrey. See page 3880.

William, son of Geoffrey de Pontesbury, held a burgage in
Shrewsbury under Robert de Staunton in 1227. His
descendants were men of station, and had considerable
property in the town and vicinity, being seated at Albrightlee,
in the Liberties of Shrewsbury. Several of their monuments
which were in the old church of St. Alkmund, are noted in
Messrs. Owen and Blakeway's History of Shrciosbuvy.

The family became extinct in the male line at the
commencement of the 17th century,
[p.

The heiress Dorothy Pontesbury married Edward Owen
of Shrewsbury, draper, and their descendants Were seated at

282 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

Eaton Mascott, near Shrewsbury, and were usually described
as the Pontesbury Owens, to distinguish them from other
families of the same name then seated in the town and
vicinity. This line continued at Eaton Mascott until the
reign of George the First.

Richard de Pontesbury represented Shrewsbury in Parlia-
ment in 1373. His descendant Thomas Pontesbury was
Bailiff in 1469, 1473, 1478, arid 14S0; also in 1489. Nicholas
Pontesbury, brother of Thomas, was Bailiff in 1485, 1492,
and 1499, in which last-mentioned year he died. William
Pontesbury, son of Thomas, was a mercer in Shrewsbury,
aud Bailiff in 1493. For the pedigree of this family see
page 1417.

Anno J William de Wythefokde. See page 3825.
1375. {Roger de Foryate. See page 3824.

f Reginald de Mutton. See page 3826.
3' '[Thomas Pride. See page 3770.

J William de Longnore. See page 3828.
I377* j j0HN Geefry. See page 3830.

(William de Biriton. See page 3827.
' (James le Dyer was, doubtless, so called from his
occupation. He was party to a recognizance under Stat.
Merc, in the Exchequer of Shrewsbury in 1390, and filled the
office of Bailiff again in 1389, 1396, and 1399. His son
Hugh Dyer was a benefactor to St. Mary's Almshouses. The
family name was Berewick, and they were of the race of
Malveysin of Berwick-Malveysin.

( Richard de Beorton. See page 3831.
I^79-\ William de Weston. He was, probably, related
to " William de Weston juxta Ruber Castru," who appears
on the Roll of Burgesses in 13 18. The Arms assigned to
him are, Sable, a lion rampant, Argent, collared Gules chained
of the field. He was appointed Town Clerk in 1393.
William de Biriton. See page 3827.

'no mas Pride. See page 3770.
tThomas le Skinner. See page 3779.
I^ 1'{ Richard Russell. See page 3883.

(William de Biriton.
13 2,1Hugh le Doneowe. He again served the office of
Bailiff in 1389, and was, doubtless, a grandson of Hugh le

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 283

Dunfowe the Bailiff of 1329. Sec page 3819. Probate of his
Will was granted by the Consistory Court of Lichfield and
Coventry 13th September, 1393. A deed of his dated 13th
July, 1359, is scaled with his Arms, viz. : a bend between 6
cross-crosslets, and the legend " S. Hugonis le Dunfowe."

fp. 3833d <"
Anno /Thomas Skynner. Sec page 3779.
1383.I Thomas Pride. See page 3770.

J William de Biriton. See page 3827.
13 4* {Reginald de Mutton. See page 3826.

J William de Biryton. See page 3827.
J3 5-|hugh Wygan. He again served the office of
Bailiff in 1388. He was a party to a recognizance under
Stat. Merch. in the Exchequer of Salop in 1381, and was
M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1386 and 1388. He was probably
son of Nicholas Wygan mentioned on page 3830.
f John Geffrey. See page 3830.
3 '(Reginald de Mutton. See page 3826.
Richard Stury. See page 3787.

am de Byryton. See page 3827.
J Robert de Thornes. See page 3829.

Hugh Wygan. See above.
J Hugh Dunfowe. See page 3832.
3 9- (James le Dyer. See page 3831.

(Reginald de Mutton. See page 3826.
1 39°' (Robert de Grafton. Robert de Grafton was a
descendant of Reginald de Grafton recorded as a Burgess of
Shrewsbury on the Roll, of 1318, and who, doubtless, came
from Grafton, in the parish of Fit/, about 6 miles from
Shrewsbury. Robert Grafton again served the office of
Bailiff itt 1401, and his grandson, John Grafton, was Bailiff
in 1460. Robert Grafton, above-named, was M.P. for
Shrewsbury in 1386, and was Auditor of North Wales
15 Richard II., 1391.

The connection of the family with the town of Shrewsbury
appears to have terminated with Adam Grafton, son of John
Grafton, the Bailiff in 1460. Nicholas Grafton, son of
Adam Grafton, resided in London, and was the father of
Richard Grafton, a name well-known to Biblical History.

( Richar

387'tWlLLIA

I388.|

284 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

This Richard Grafton was brought up as a merchant in
London, a profession which he subsequently exchanged for
that of a printer. In 1526 he resided at Antwerp, and
printed the first edition of the New Testament in English,
translated by William Tyndall, a native of Wales. In 1537
he, in connection with Edward Whitchurch, published the
folio English Bible called Matthew's Bible.

He afterwards removed' to Paris, and was there engaged
in printing the Holy Scriptures in English, but meeting
with some persecution, he removed to England, and
followed his profession until 1540, when he was imprisoned
[p- 3^34-]

for publishing the Bible without notes. In 1543 he was made
King's printer, of which office he was deprived in 1553 and
imprisoned in consequence of his having printed the Pro-
clamation of Lady Jane Grey. Whilst in confinement he
compiled an Abridgement of the " Chronicles of England,"
which were published in 1562. Seven years afterwards he
published an enlarged edition of the Chronicles under the
title of " A Chronicle at large of the Affayres of England
from the Creation of the Worlde unto Oueene Elizabeth."
He is supposed to have died about the year 1572. It will be
seen from the subjoined pedigree that some of his descendants
were residing at Carew, co. Pembroke, in 1613.

Reginald de Grafton on the Roll of IJurgcsscs in 131S. =j Retronilln, a widow,
Witness to a Deed in 1326. | in 1340.

I

John de Grafton on the Roll of Burgesses in 13 18

Richard de Grafton on the Roll of Bur^esses=7=Cecilia, named John de Grafton,

in 1^56. Raity named in a Recognizance
under St.it. Merc, in the Excheq. of Salop
in 1 574. Was living in Shrewsbury in
13S9.

as his widow in I'arty to a Recog.

a Record of the under Stat. Merc

Ex. of Shrews- in the Kxch. of

bury 1403, hut Salop in 1373.
then deceased.

Robert de Grafton, M.P. for Shrewslmry=pBenedicta, party with her husband

named in a Recog. under Stat.
Merc. 5 Ric. II., 1381.

in 1386 ; Hailill in 1390 and in 1401 ;
Auditor of North Wales 15 Ric. II., 1391.

I

John Gratlon of Salop [426. Harness of j
Shrewsbury, so described in a Recog.
under Stat. Merc, in the Kxch of Salop
in 14-5- "

I I

William Grafton, Richard j
15 Ric. II., 1391 Grafton
(as by Stat. Merc.) of

London.

THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY. 285

I

John Grafton, Bailiff of Shrewsbury in=p
1460. Called John Graveton in a Deed
of Degory Warter 36 Hen. VI.

Richard Grafton=j=Agnes.
of London.

Adam Grafton of Shrewsbury-

Nicholas?
Grafton

I

George Grafton^

Richard Grafton=f= Agnes

of London, Sta-
tioner & Printer,
author of the
Chronicle pub-
lished in 1569.
Died about 15^ 1.

Croine
of

Salisbury.

Adam;Grafton, Elizabeth mar.
LL. B. , Rector of Thomas Pontesbury

Upton and

Withington,
co. Salop.
Archdeacon of
Salop, &c. , is.z.
Died 24th July, 1530

of Albrighllee Escj.
Died 9th Sep., 15 13.
Buried at St. Alk-
mund's, Shrewsbury.

I

George Grafton"

I

Thomas
Grafton
19 Ed.
IV.

Ellen, dau. to Henry Bacon,
Gent.

Captain William Grafton, 1597.

Robert
Grafton

Edward
Grafton
living
in 1 59 1.

Joan , Richard Grafton offf Bridget, dau. of

Nicholson

Mary.

I

Bridget mar.
iMr. James
Hodges of
Haverford-
west.

I

Ann mar.

Morgan

Elliott.

London in 1584,
was of Carew, co.
Pembroke, Esq. , in
I59L

John
Esq

garet, dau
coheir of .
Slade.

Cheney,
by Mar-
aud

Joan mar.

Richard

Tothil',

Esq.

Elizabeth mar.
John Kendor.

Jane mar.
1 lenrv Gill

Angarad mar. Joan
Walter Boys.

Catherine John Cralton of y-Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Richard Grafton
Carew 1 591 and William Morgan of Haver- second son.
161 3. fordwest, Esq.

James Grafton, born in or prior to 1613.

Vol. II., 3rd So

286 THE PROVOSTS AND BAILIFFS OF SHREWSBURY.

NOTES ON THE FOREGOING ACCOUNT OF THE PROVOSTS.

Page 283-5. — Dr. Kingdon of London, collected, and had
printed for private circulation, a work entitled " Incidents in the
Lives of Thomas Poyntz and Richard Grafton, Two Citizens and
Gtocers of London, who suffered loss and incurred danger in
common with Tyndal, Coverdale, and Rogers, in bringing out the
Bible in the vulgar tongue ; collected and confused [sic] by J. S.
Kingdon, a Past Master of the Guild ; dutifully dedicated to the
Worshipful the Master and Wa'rdens of the Company. 1895." As
Dr. Kingdon's conclusions differ in one essential point from Mr.
Morris's pedigree, they should be placed on record here.

It will be observed that Morris makes Richard Grafton the
Grocer, and afterwards the printer of the Chronicle and the Holy
Bible in the English tongue, to be the son of Nicholas Grafton,
and grandson of Adam Grafton, of whom he gives no date, or
particulars ; and mentions another Adam Grafton, who was the
Archdeacon of Stafford. On the other hand Dr. Kingdon advances
the theory that Nicholas (the father of Richard) was the son of the
Archdeacon. He states that — 11 The only Adam Grafton of j
Shrewsbury, who has as yet been discovered among the records of
that town [Shrewsbury] — indeed, the only Adam Grafton of the
period found in any records, — was a priest who was in Holy Orders
before the birth of this \ Nicholas Grafton, the skinner,' for he was
Vicar of St. Alkmunds, at Shrewsbury, in 1473. He is described
on a sepulchral brass, which still exists in the Parish Church of
Withington, near Shrewsbury, as ' The most worshypful Prest
lyvyng in hys day^, sumetyme Chapleyn to the Famaws princeys,
King Edward V., and Prince Arthure : Archdeacon of Staff.
Warden of the Battellffelld, Deane of Seynt Mary College in Salop,
and Parson of thys Churche, whych deceasyd the 24^ day of July,
a° dm MVCXXX. whos soul God

" Can ' Nicholas Grafton, the skinner,' have been legitimately
the son of this man ? Nicholas must have been born in wedlock,
for in the first place he could not have inherited the right to bear
arms if he were not ; nor in the second place, could he have been
apprenticed in the City of London. In the absence of any other
Nicholas of the period, and of any other Grafton of Shrewsbury,
the probability of his being the son of a married priest must be
acknowledged, if the possibility can be established."

The writer then proceeds to adduce evidence that many priests
had families before the Reformation enabled them to be openly
married.

It seems however impossible to believe that Adam Grafton, the
distinguished ecclesiastic, could have had a son "born in wedlock,"
as Dr. Kingdon suggests ; and Morris's pedigree is probably the
more accurate one. His brass is given in the Transactions, 2nd
Series, VII., 440-1. — Ed.

287

THE CASTLE OF WEM.
By the Hon. and Rev. GILBERT H. F. VANE, M.A., F.S.A.

That a castle once existed in Wem, there is ample evidence
to prove ; that it was built upon the large mound which still
stands beneath the western shadow of the church tower is
tolerably certain ; that it perished long before Wem was
garrisoned for the Parliament in 1643 is undeniable. But
when exactly it was built, what hard knocks it sustained for
its lord and for (or from) the townsfolk, and when it ceased
to be, these are points shrouded in a mystery which is at any
rate difficult to solve.

Perhaps we may reverse the usual order of things, and
endeavour to sketch the history backwards. An elderly lady,
still living, has some recollection of a subterranean passage
which in her childhood's days was said to be the remains " of
one that went from the castle under the town." Scattered here
and there in walls and buildings in the town are large stones,
ancient stones, squared stones, which once, I have no doubt,
did their duty in the walls of the fortress. Garbet, the
historian of Wem, writing about 1750, describes " The manor
place at Wem (as) the Alley's hill, a round artificial mount,
about eight yards high, with a level plain at the top, now
about forty yards in diameter, encompassed with a foss eight
yards broad." This " mount " is now somewhat less in
diameter, and the foss has disappeared altogether. When
Garbet wrote — " Mr. Wilson (had) lately sunk the hill six
feet, and (taken) up several large steps on the side opposite
the church. Mr. Henshaw, the present occupier of it,
Garbet proceeds, has carried off several loads of stone, and
by frequent ploughing still lessens the height of it. Here
the Pantulphs had a castle: for Hugo Pantulph obliged his
free tenant at Sleap and his heirs, to assist at the making of
this castle, when the other free men assisted at it." 1

1 History of Wem, j». 250.

288

THE CASTLE OF WEM.

Now, alas, perierunt etiam ruinae. Scarcely a stone
remains in situ, and the name of the Castle Hotel alone
keeps in memory, for most of the inhabitants at least, the
former fortalice.

And this is no wonder, when Camden (who died in 1623)
wrote in his Britannia1 that " Not far from the head of this
river Rodan stands Wem, 'where were the marks of an
intended castle, of which nothing is now to be seen, but the
bank it stood on."

In Richard Cough's additions to Camden- it is also stated
that " at the North West corner of the churchyard is Haly
castle, an oval mount much levelled, and made a garden.'*
This name is interesting, and is, no doubt, preserved in the
modern title, " The Alleys." As Ivo Pantulf was feoffee of
Sheriff Hales, which in 1167 is described as " Hales Ivonis
Pantul,"3 there would seem to be a connection between the
two. Had a castle been standing here twenty years after
the death of Camden we should certainly have heard of it
when the Cavaliers sang " From Wem and from Wich And
from Clive of the Stychc, Good Lord deliver us," and when
" The women of Wem and a few musketeers Beat the Lord
Capel and his cavaliers."

But we can go back another century in our evidence for
the non-existence of the castle. Leland began his Itinerary
about 1538, and speaks of Roden which " risith in the lake
of Cumbremere," where ther be very gret Bremes & other
good Fischis." But Wem Castle was not even a ruin in
Leland's time, like unto " Middel Castel longging to the
Lord of Darbe, iii Miles from Shrewsbyri, veri ruinus," for
Wem Castle is not mentioned in Leland's list of " Castelles
in Shropshire " at all.

We take it then that its demolition was complete before
1538? perhaps owing to that pillaging by men of peace
which in every age is wont to follow the dismantling of the
strongholds of the men of war.

Garbet, indeed, on the authority of a MS. note in an old
history, fixes this dismantling as having been effected by the

1 Second edition, revised by Edm. Gibson, Bishop of London, vol. i., p. 654.
- Ed. 17S9, vol. ii., p. 420.
•* Eyton ix , p. 162.

Tilt CASTLE OF WEM,

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Earl of Salisbury in 1459, after he had defeated and slain
Lord Audley. " Wem influenced by Lord Audley, or
directed by Ralph, lord Greystock, then baron thereof, might
adhere to the King and provoke the Yorkists to treat it with
severity." This is, at any rate, probable, though it is much
to be regretted that Garbet has not given the authority
which gave him " reason to 'believe."

We take therefore Garbet's 1459 as the terminus ad quern
of Wem Castle, noting also as a faet that the eastle was in a
ruined state in 1290. This is clear from the inquest held in
Shrewsbury on April 7th of that year as to the estate of
Gawan le Botiler, lord of Wem. 1 Whether the castle had
been repaired in the interim, or no, we cannot tell.

In July, 1 28 1, it was apparently in tenantable repair. At
least, a Fortalice, besides gardens and two parks, appears
among the adjuncts of the Manor, as enumerated in the
writ of Diem clausit which followed the death of Ralph le
Botyler, husband of Matilda Pantulf, baroness of Wem.
The Tenants in villeinage appear at the same time as bound
to execute all castle works at the will of the Lord. Ralph
le Botiler also stands forth in the Hundred Roll of 1255
as lord of Wem, holding the whole Manor in capite of the
King, viz., as a Baron, and possessing a Park and Warren,
which were generally attached to a dwelling. 3

This executing of castle works by the tenants is attested
by the abridgement of an old deed in the late Sir A. Corbet's
MS. copy of Garbet's Wem, reproduced in the cop)- now in
the possession of the Society of Antiquaries, and given to that
body b)' George Edward Cokaync, Clarenceux King of Anns.

Cokayne's annotations to the " Survey of the Manors of
Wem, Loppinton and Hinstock make in 1561 " (the record
of which survey Garbet evidently copied from the Court
Rolls), show that amongst the- deeds relating to Wolverley,
Thomas Sherry, Esq., proved a grant from William le
le Botiler de Weme conceding to William, son of John de
Wolfferdeley, and his heirs for ever, half a virgate of land,

1 Kyton, vol. ix , p. 174.
- Kytuli, vol p. 171.

;{ K) tun, vol. ix , p. J 70.

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with its appurtenances, " in villa de Wolfferdeley." This
half virgate John of Wolverley had by succession hereditary
through his father " cum omnibus easiamentis, qua solebat
habere in bonis nostris de Northwood per visum forestan-
eorum nostrorum." Among other conditions which William
le Botiler laid on John of Wolverley was this : " Et
inveniet unum hominem per unum diem in qualibet
septimana ad operationem castri de Weme quando alii
homines faciunt."

This stipulation is one of the few definite proofs that
Camden was mistaken, and that the castle of Wem had a
real existence. No doubt it formed one of that inner or
eastern chain of border castles, which Eyton enumerates as
having consisted in Shropshire of the castles of Whitchurch,
Ellesmere, Middle, Ruyton, Shrawardine, and Stretton, with
Brampton Bryan. 1

Finally, we come to the question of the date of its
foundation. Eyton1 agrees with Garbet in believing one of
the Pantulfs to have been the builder, and the reign of
Stephen, that great era of castle building, when the land
groaned under the cruel masses piled upon it, as the most
probable date. The question lies indeed between the reigns
of Stephen (1135— 11 54) and of Henry I., and we shall not
be far wrong if we assign the laying together of the stones
which are now scattered throughout Wem to the middle of
the twelfth century.

1 mnsaclions, Salop Archaeological Society, vol. x., pp. 12, 15.

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[Under this hauling the Editors will be pleased to insert notes
and short articles relative W recent discoveries in the County,
or other matters of archaeological or historical interest.
Communications are invited, and should be addressed to the
Editors, c/o Mr. E . Coyne, Dogpole, Shrewsbury.]

VII.

JUDGE JEFFRYES'S HOUSE AT WEM.

The name " Judge Jeffryes' House," commonly applied to a
house at the Lowe, about a mile from the town of Wem, appears to
be a misnomer. The infamous judge did, indeed, purchase the
manors «>f Wem and Loppington, just three months after he had
been made Chief Justice, viz., on 23rd Dec, 1684. ^9,000 was
the price paid, the vendor being Daniel Wycherley of the Clive.
On 15th May, 1685, Jeffryes was created Baron of Wem ; but the
arms on the house in question are certainly not those of Jeffryes,
and appear to be those of Dames of the Lowe. Moreover, the date
affixed to the aims is 1666, at which time Jeffryes was only
eighteen years old. The Rev. Samuel Oarbet, in his Histo/y of
Wem, says that the Chancellor never visited the place from which
he took his title, though his son afterwards " having sent a vessel
of wine before him to Mr. Barnes of the Lowe, honoured Wem
with his presence, and revelled at the Lowe with the country
gentlemen and his principal tenants." These tenants, according to
the evidence of the Churchwardens' Accounts of Wem, were from
Edstaston, Newtown and Northwood, but not from the Lowe.
Jeffryes also owned " the shops and ware land " and " long
Fridays," the former being, perhaps, that part now called the Weir
and the long Fridays being in the township of Wem. Mr. John
]>ames still owned the Lowe when the second (and last) Lord
Jefhyes died after a dishonourable career in 1702.

Another branch of the ancient Welsh family from which Judge
Jeffryes was descended held property in Wem up to the middle of
the 19th century, and this fact, perhaps, contributed to the
application of Judge Jeffryes's name to Mr. Barnes's house at the
Lowe.

GILBERT H. F. VANE, F.S A.

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VIII.

ON WEARING THE BONNET IN THE ROYAL
PRESENCE.

Since I contributed my Paper on this subject to the Transactions
(page 151, &c ), I have conic across two additional Licenses to
wear the bonnet in King Henry VIIPs presence. One is to (Dr.)
Humfrey Lloyde, dated 12th June 19 Henry VIII. (1527); and
the other to the King's " trusty and well beloved Chapelayn "
Richard Gwent, dated iSth July, 35 Henry VIII (1543). These
Licenses are both printed in Leland's De Rebus Britannicis
Collectanea, II , 679. The grant to Thomas VVentworth, of VVent-
worth, Esq., is dated 26th July, 1528, and is printed in 7 lie Earl
of Stratford's Letters and Despatclics, II., 438 (Appendix VII.).
All these three Licenses are for certain diseases and infirmities in
the head, and are apparently limited to the King's lifetime, and are
ill English.

I have also examined at the Public Record Office the grant to
John Pakyngton, gentleman (referred to at page 154), and I find it
to be somewhat different to all the other grants that I have seen.
It is a long document, written in Latin, and is dated 5th April, 20
Henry VIII. (1529). The King grants to John Pakyngton "quod
ipse durante vita sua in presentia nostra et hereduni nostrorum aut
in presentia alicuius sive aliquorum aliorum quorumcunque
temporibus futuris pilio sit coopartus capite et non exuatur aut
deponi pilium suum a capite suo vel causa quacumque contra
voluntatem et beneplacitum suum/' In this grant there is no
mention of any disease in the head, and Pakyngton was permitted
to wear his ''pilium" in the presence of Henry VIII. and his
successors. By the same grant, Pakyngton was exempted from
being made a Knight, a baron of the exchequer, or a Serjeant
at law, against his will, and if elected, he need not serve
such office, or be fined for refusal to serve. The reference to
this grant is Patent Roll (No. 653), 20 Henry VIII., pars 2,
mem. 24.

W. G. D. FLETCHER, P.S.A.

IX.

FIGHT BETWEEN ROOK AND SPARROW HAWK.

One morning last winter my attention was attracted by much
cawing to a fight in the air between a Rook and a Sparrow Hawk:
the birds were flying when first I saw then1, about 50 yards above
the ground ; the Hawk was endeavouring to get above the Rook to
strike him, but each time the latter rose just the required height
and received the Hawk with a tremendous buffet from his wings ;
of course, there was the usual attendance of starlings and finches,

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birds that seem to take a delight in watching a fray at a safe
distance.

Soon eight more Rooks arrived, and flew up as if to assist their
comrade, but apparently seeing that he was getting the best of the
encounter, they drew off.

So the light went on, the Hawk always trying to rise and strike,
and the Rook always frustrating him, until at last the poor Hawk
had had quite enough of it, and made off pursued for a short
distance by all the Rooks, headed, by the victor, the pursuit being
afterwards taken up by the small fry.

May, 1902. G. WILLIAMS FREEMAN.

X.

GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE WORDS : A CORRECTION.

In the " Glossary of some difficult or obsolete words found in
the First Series," published in the Transactions, 3rd Series,
volume i., under the heading Leeper or Leper a mistake has
occurred. The word Soham should be Ford/mm, the adjoining
village. The Vicar of Soham has kindly pointed out this error,
which arose from my impaired memory. I visited Fordham 33
years ago, and received the tradition from either the then vicar or
the verger, who showed me over the Church. It is thus described
in "A brief sketch of the Past Histcry of the Parish of Fordham,
by the Rev. John Bell, M.A., Vicar " :—

" The Building forming a North Porch, and containing an upper
and lower room, 30 feet long by 14 feet broad, dedicated to
St. Mary, and now known as the Lady Chapel, may possibly be
referred to under the title of Plumpestow or Plymonstall. This
building was at one time used by the inhabitants as a school : it
remained for some years in ruins, and in 1864 was restored at the
Expense of W. Dunn Gardner, Esq., at which time the upper room
was opened to the Church by the insertion of three arches."

The tradition of this so-called Lady Chapel having been once a
Lepers Gallery with very narrow window slits, through which the
inmates might see the elevation of the host, is therefore now lost,

If this strange expression Plumpestow or Plymonstall could be
traced, it is possible that it might be found to bear out this tradition.

The second word seems very likely to warrant it. Bosworth's
Anglo-Saxon and English Diet., edition of 1868, gives Pico, plcoh ;
(g. pleos ; d. pleo ; n.) as Danger. This compounded with mon,
man, and static, stall [in L. L. stallus, or stallum = stabulumj would
give us the meaning of danger — man —stall, the location of those
people with whom contact was dangerous. Plumpestow would have
a like meaning — the station of the plague-stricken.

This etymology corroborates the tradition which no longer lingers
in the neighbourhood.

C. H. DRINKWATER.

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XI.

THE GRAND-CHILDREN OF RICHARD GOUGH OF
NEWTON-ON-THE-HI LL.

Owing to an error on the part of our informant, who may well be
excused for incorrectly deciphering the cramped MS. pedigree
from which the copy sent us was made, the account of Richard
Gough's grand-children, which 'appeared on pp. 287-288 of these
Transactions for 1893, is inaccurate. Briefly, some of the
daughters of John and Anne Palin are represented as married
to the wrong husbands ; and, in one instance, the mistake extends
to the next generation. A corrected, and somewhat fuller,
statement is here made.

Except Richard Gough of Whitchurch (son of William), who d.
s p. 1737, the only grand-children of the historian were the off-
spring of his daughter Anne, who was bapt. at Myddle 12th Jan.,
1674-5, m. there by license 23rd Dec, 1697, and bur. at Baschurch
31st Dec, 1720, having had issue by her husband, John Palin of
Baschurch, husbandman (who was living in 1738), six daughters
and one son, all bapt. at Baschurch, viz. : —

1. Joyck, bapt. 31st March, 1699 ; m Joseph Langford, and
had a son Joseph, b. before 1st July, 1723, when all three were
mentioned in the will of Joyce Gough. Probably, this line soon,
if not immediately, became extinct.

2. Margaret, bapt. 1st April, 1701 ; executrix (with her sister
Joan) of the will of Joyce Gough, 22nd April, 1726 ; d 23rd, bur.
at Baschurch 25th Dec, 1777, having m John Edwards of Little
Ness (b. 1701, d. 1755). Their son, John Edwards, inherited part
of Gough's estate. One of their descendants, not mentioned in
our former paper, is the Rev. Frederick Stephen Edwards, Vicar of
Bicton, near Shrewsbury, since 1888.

3. Joan, bapt. 18th April, 1703; executrix (with Margaret)
of Joyce Gough's will, 1726. This is all I know of her.

4. Anne, bapt. nth May, 1705 ; m Thomas Gittins of
Walford, par. Baschurch. I know of no issue of theirs.

5. Ei.izaueth, bapt. 21st Nov., 1707 ; d. 6th, bur. at Loppington
9th Oct., 1788, having m. Henry Broad of Loppington; school-
master, who was b. circ. 1718, d. at Loppington 5th Aug., 1789,
aged 71, and was bur. there. Their only child,

Anne, b. circ. 1714, and bur. at Myddle 23rd June, 1821,
aged 77, m. William Biclertun of Lee Brockhurst
(son of Samuel and Mary Bickerton of Lee Brockhurst,
infra, and so, perhaps, her first cousin), and afterwards
of Newton-on-the-hill, whose descendants possess
Gough's original MS. and part of his estate.

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6. Mary, bapt. 27th Feb., 1709-10; til. at Myddle 26th Jan.,
1729, Samuel Patrick1 of Wem. [If she m. Samuel Bickerton
of Lee Brockhurst (as stated in a MS. pedigree belonging to the
Bickertons), the natural presumption is that she was then the
widow of Samuel Patrick Samuel Bickerton does not appear to
have m. before 1740, or even later ; his wife was certainly called
Mary, and was bur. at Myddle 25th March, 1769, her husband
(who survived her) being bur. at Lee Brockhurst. But there are
baptism entries at Lee Brockhurst &f children of Samuel and Mary
Bickerton, from 1747 to 176 1, when Mary (if nee Palin) would be
51. Further, their son, John Bickerton of Weston, a barrister,
matriculated at Oxford 6th July, 1793, aged 28, ergo was b. circa
1765, when his mother (on the same assumption) would be 55.
The descent, however, of the Bickertons from Richard Gough is
clearly established in the preceding paragraph ; but of this earlier
connexion, in view of the grave difficulties- pointed out, I must
remain at least doubtful, until very strong evidence is found to
support it.]

7. Richard Palin, bapt. 30th Aug , 1713; heir to his cousin
Richard Gough, 1738 ; d. Jan., 1 750-1. His only son died
in childhood. I have nothing to add under this head to the former
account.

These seven children of John and Anne Palin were all legatees
under the will (dated 1st July, 1723, and proved at Lichfield 22nd
April, 1726) of their maiden aunt, Joyce Gough of Newton-on-the-
hill. It is perhaps worth recording that, through their grand-
mother Joan Gough (daughter of William Wood of Peplovv), they
were descended from William the Lion, King of Scotland 1165 —
1 2 14.

ARTHUR V. GOUGH.

XII.

WILL OF JAMES JANYNS, CLERK, OF MORETON

CORBET, A.I). 1539.

James Janyns was probably Curate to Henry Bishop, the last
pre Reformation Incumbent of Moreton Corbet, presented by the
Abbot and Convent of Haughmond. His will bears the date of

1 The only Patrick entry in the Wem Register of 1727—33 is that of the
marriage ot "George Harper and Anne Paterik, both of this parish," 28th Oct.,
1727. Possibly a sister of Samuel.

- The constructor of the MS. pedigree referred to does not ignore the Patrick
entry, but boldly makes M;iry (who m. .Samuel Patrick) the sister, instead of the
daughter, of John Palin. Put it is very unlikely that his sister's marriage
should have taken place more than }0 years alter his own. Indeed, it is
di tit cult to see what motive could lead to the adoption (without proof) of such a
structural anomaly, unless it were a desire to reconcile an awkward fact with u
preconceived theory or accepted tradition.

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the year when Parliament passed the Bill suppressing all the great
Monasteries. Abbots ceased to sit in Parliament after 1539, and
Church property was fast falling into the hands of lay rectors. In
this year was also passed the Statute oj the Six Articles, known as
the Bloody Bill, hence James Janyns's last hours may have been
troubled by being forced to abandon his cherished beliefs, or run
the risk of being punished as a heretic.

I am indebted for the copy of the original Will at Lichfield to
my friend Mr. John Beacall, of Sorrento, Italy.

In dei nomine Amen, in the yere of owre lorde god m° ccccc xxxix
the laste Day of Desember, I Jamys Janyns Clerke of Morton
Corbet beyng hoelle in mynde & seke in my body makyng' my wyli
aftur theis maner of forme fyrst I bequethc my soulle vnto All
myzghty god and to hys blessyd modur mary and vnto All the
blessyd Company of Heyuyn my body to be buried w*in the
Churche yord of Sent barthelemev of morton Corbet Allso I
bequethe vnto the byldyng' of the stepull' of Morton A heyfur of
ij yeres of Age that letyll goodes when I brouzght home my dettes
payde that my Sust' [ianyns erased] An schall haue hit that has
had gret trowbull wfc me and Allsoe I make $ orden to be my
Excector my Sustur An Janyns wyttnes A pon' Sir Henry Byschope
vicar of morton Corbet & thorn's Janyns senior et multis alijs.

(On the back, amongst the indentations at top : Janyns Test.

On separate paper, also indented, and a good deal damaged at
the top, is the Inventory : — )

Thys ys the Inventory of the gooedes & Catelles when he was
quicke & A lyue Jamys [torn and indistinct here at Jamys] Janyns.

lup'mis A cow the p'ce xijs

And a Calfle p'syd vnto iij'

It ij heyfurs of ij [here torn] of Age p'syd vnto ix8 A pesse the

nolle S'm xviiij8
It iiij thraue of barlle vj strykes iij8
It'm iiij thraue of wooettes iij strykes p'syd xvd
Sum[ma] totall[is] xxvij8 ixd

WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S.

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THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR
WEN LOCK.

By HENRY T. WEYMAN.

The Borough of Wenlock (usually styled Much Wen lock,
to distinguish it from Little Wenlock), acquired its right to
Parliamentary representation under a Charter of Edward IV.,
which was dated the 29th November, 1468, and was expressed
to have been given " at the request of our well boloved and
trusty Counsellor Sir John Wenlock, Knight, Lord Wenlock,
and calling to mind the acceptable services which our well
beloved and faithful the liege men and residents in the
Town of Wenlock have performed to us towards our
obtaining our rights to the Crown of England which for some
time had been withholden from our Ancestors." The
Charter then proceeded — " We have granted and by these
presents do grant to the men and residents aforesaid that the
same Town shall be a free Borough incorporate for ever
in deed and in name of " one Bailiff the Burgesses and
Commonalty of the same Borough and that they the
Burgesses shall be called and named the Burgesses of the
Borough of Wenlock." The clause of the Charter under
which the right of Parliamentary representation was conferred
is as follows : —

" Also we have granted to the same Burgesses their
heirs and successors that they their heirs and
successors for ever may elect and shall elect out of
themselves or others one Burgess for the Borough
aforesaid to come to the Parliaments of us and our
heirs and that the same Burgess so elected to come
to Parliament shall be admitted and received in the
parliaments of us and our heirs and shall be
incorporated in the same parliament like as other
Burgesses of any other Borough of our Kingdom of

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England and that the same Burgesses of the Town
aforesaid or their successors shall not contribute or
be held to contribute nor shall be compelled to the
expense of Knights for the County of Salop here-
after happening to come to the parliaments aforesaid
in any manner."
The History of Borough}, 1794, which speaks so disrespect-
fully of Wenlock, as to call it " an ill built dirty little place
called Muck Wenlock by way of derision," says that this
"insignificant borough " was the first that ever sent Members
to Parliament by virtue of a Charter from the Crown. This
was probably based on a mis-conception of a passage in
Mr. Browne Willis's well known book Notitia Parliamcntaria
(to which further allusion will be made), but from whatever
source it comes, the statement is unquestionably a mistake;
as, to go no further afield, there is a similar clause in almost
identical words in the Charter of the Borough of Ludlow,
which is dated the 7th December, 1461, and is therefore 7
years earlier than the Wenlock Charter.

There is, however, one essential difference between the
two Charters, the Ludlow Charter giving two members to
that Borough, whereas the present Charter empowers Wenlock
to return only one Member. This possibly explains the
mistaken view which the author of the History of Boroughs
and other authorities took of the statement i 1 Notitia Parlia-
mentaria. Mr. Browne Willis in his first volume (p. 42)
says : — " Wenlock Magna was imprivileged by King Edward
IV. by Charter dated Nov. 29, 1478, 1 to send one Burgess to
Parliament, which is the first precedent I meet with inserted
in the Charter of any Borough ;" and in the 3rd vol., p. xi. :
" In the Charter is a clause requiring only one Burgess to be
sent to Parliament, which is the first mention of any such
precedent in any Borough Charter." These two statements
probably refer to the Single Member being a new depart lire
and not, as has been copied in all later authorities,
to the fact that Wenlock was the first Borough on which
Parliamentary representation was conferred by Charter.

Mr. Willis is in error as to the date, which should be 1468.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WENLOCK. 2V}()

Although the Charter conferred on Wenlock the right of
returning one Member only, the Borough soon obtained in
some way or other the privilege of returning two Members,
but the writer has been unable to ascertain the authority for
the change. Browne Willis upon this point says: — "How
this borough came to send two members I have not seen,
though it is plain it did in Henry the VIIL's time." The
editor of the translation of the Wenlock Charters in 1820
adds this note : — " Henry VIII. in his contention with Pope
Clement VII. and in support of his Crown permitted the
return of two Members." Neither of these writers is, how-
ever, correct as to the double representation having com-
menced in the reign of Henry VIII., and it is needless to add
that the later writer is incorrect as to the cause of the
alteration, for we find that two members (John Colyns and
Philip Spence) were returned in the reign of Henry the VII.,
namely in 1.491. The change may have taken place even
earlier, as there is no record of the returns to the Parliaments
of 1482 to 1 49 1.

The Borough of Wenlock is confined by the original
Charter " to the parish of the Holy Trinity of Wenlock," and
is not to extend to " any other towns or hamlets which are
not of the parish aforesaid." The parish of Holy Trinity,
Wenlock, at that time certainly included the following
townships : —

Township or Manor of Wenlock,

Township of Atterley or Walton,

Township of Presthope,

Township of Wigwig and part of Harley.

Township of Wyke and Bradeley,

Township of Bourton,

Township of Callaughton.
The translator of the Charter in 1820 says that "an
erroneous opinion had been entertained that the parish of
Holy Trinity extended to other places, the idea probably
originating from there having been properties in those places
which belonged to the Monastery of Wenlock." Mr. Eyton,
however, in his invaluable Antiquities vj Shropshire, proves
conclusively that the ancient parish of the Holy Trinity
included Broseley, Willey, Linley, Acton Round, Monk

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Hopton, Shipton, Hughley, Barrow, Posenall, and Benthall,
as well as the modern parish of Much Wenlock and the
townships mentioned above.

The Parliamentary Borough (at a later date, if not always)
also included Beckbury, Badger, Deuxhill, Ditton Priors,
Eaton, Madeley, Little Wenlock, and part of Stoke St.
Milborough. Thus composed, the Borough of Wenlock,
although spoken of so disparagingly by many authorities
was actually the largest in area of all the English Boroughs,
being more than 35 square miles in extent, and the population
in 1837 was 17,435, increasing to 20,143 in 1881. Comprising
as it did so many agricultural parishes, the old Borough was
more akin to a modern County division than the old concep-
tion of a Borough, and seems to have been altogether an
anomaly. Notwithstanding the great area, there were only
60 voters in 1792, who had increased to 285 (actually voting)
in 1820, while in 1832 no less than 635 voted out of a total
electorate of 691. In 1885, when W'enlock disappeared out
of existence as a Parliamentary Borough, the electorate
numbered 3,312.

A second Charter (which styles Wenlock " a great old and
populous village") was granted to the borough in the 7th year
of Charles I. (19 December, 1631). This, however, only
confirms in the main the old Charter, and contains no allusion
to the Parliamentary representation.

The record of the Wenlock Members of Parliament is,
unfortunately, not complete, and it is feared that it cannot
be made so. Like most other constituencies its Roll of
Members for all the Parliaments of Richard III. and Henry
VII. (except that of 1491), and for the first 20 years of
Henry the VIII's reign, is a blank; but from 1541 down to
1885 the list is complete. Although Wenlock enjoyed
Parliamentary representation for 417 years, there were among
the members less men of great eminence than in most of the
other Shropshire Boroughs, though several of the Members
have been by no means undistinguished. The principal
amongst those who have attained high positions in one
department or other of national life are probably Sir George
Blount, a distinguished soldier and a member of the great
Council of the Marches o( Wales, Sir George Bromley, Chief

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Justice of Chester, Reginald Corbet, one of the Judges of the
Court of Queen's Bench, William Pierpoint (wise William),
one of the chief men of the Commonwealth, and Isaac
Hawkins Browne, the great wit and friend of Dr. Johnson.
Wenlock has been more faithful to Shropshire men than
most of the other boroughs of the county, and many of the
old county families arc represented in the list of members.
Chiefly, however, the Borough has bestowed its favours on
the two great families which have for centuries been most
closely linked up with its fortunes, those of Forester and
Lawley, the present representative of the latter family taking
his title in the peerage from the old Borough, though, alas,
he has parted with most of his possessions in its neighbour-
hood. No fewer than 12 of the Forester family are numbered
amongst the Wenlock Members, ranging from the year 1529,
when John Foster (or Forester), who obtained the privilege of
wearing his hat in his Sovereign's presence, first represented
the Borough, down to the year 1885, when Wenlock ceased
to exist as a Parliamentary unit, at which time a Forester
was still one of the members. During the last 207 years of
the Parliamentary Borough's existence, a Forester was absent
from the representation only 15 years, while for the last 100
years, viz., from 1785 — 1885, one of the family was never
missing from the list of Members. Surely an unique record.
In addition to the 12 P^oresters, Wenlock numbered amongst
its representatives several connected by marriage with the
Foresters, in addition to five of the Weld family, which
has become merged in the Foresters, the present Lord
Forester (Cecil Theodore Weld- Forester), who was one of
the last Wenlock Members, being the representative of the
united families of Weld and Forester. Individual members
of the Forester family have represented the Borough for long
periods, Sir William Forester being Member in no less than
14 Parliaments, while the Willey Squire sat for 25 year3, and
the first Lord Forester for 29 years— periods far exceeded by
General Forester, who was Member from 1828 to 1874, a
continuous period of 46 years, during the latter part of which
he was the Father of the House of Commons.

The great rival of the Protesters was the family of Lawley,
whose head became possessed of Wenlock Abbey at the

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Reformation, and of whom, no less than eleven were
Members for the Borough, though, notwithstanding repeated
efforts, no Lawley has, with one exception, sat for Wenlock
since 1685. A glance at the list of Members will shew that
most of the great Shropshire families were represented in its
Parliamentary Roll ; as will be seen from the following:—

f Bromley
Cornwal

5 Lacons

j Bridgmans
I Wh it mores

Eytons
Blounts
New ports
Woolriches
Briggs

Cressett
Corbet
Childe

1 each oH lroxe

Herbert

Leigh ton

Lee

Littleton
Smallman

A truly representative list of old Salopians.

Wenlock has had less than the ordinary number of
contested elections, and fewer petitions than most other
boroughs. The first recorded contest was in 17 10, when two
of the Lawley family were defeated, and with the exception
of 1722, when again a Lawley was unsuccessful, there was
no further fight until 1820, when again, after a lapse of well
nigh 100 years, a Lawley fought and was worsted. No more
memorable contest, probably, ever took place in Wenlock
than that of 1874, when the great rival families of Forester
and Lawley met to contest the Borough which had so
often owed allegiance to both, the present Lords Forester
and W'enlock being the candidates, and once again the
purple of the Foresters triumphed over the light blue of the
Lawleys, after the stiffest fight which the old town had ever
seen, the numbers at the close of the poll being : —

C. T. W. Forester (Conservative) ... 1720
Hon. B. Lawley (Liberal) ... ... 1401

In 1885, Wenlock shared the fate of other small boroughs,
and ceased to return Members, being merged, partly in the
Ludlow, partly in the Wellington divisions of Shropshire.
The writer, who has been able, with few exceptions, to

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identify the Members, has endeavoured to give a short memoir
of each, though in many instances the details are necessarily
scanty. He has made free use of many papers which have
appeared in these Transactions, especially of those on the
Records and Registers of Wenlock, and of the able paper on
the Forester Family by the late Canon Bridgeman, and he
also wishes to express his obligation to the publications on
Wenlock and its neighbourhood by our Shropshire
Antiquarian, Mr. John Randall. The writer further desires
to acknowledge the courtesy and kindness of the Town
Clerk of Much Wenlock in allowing him access to the
Borough Muniments, and giving him much valuable in-
formation.

The following is the list of the Members, with the dates of
their elections.

1472, September 17. (1) WILLIAM CLERKE.

(1) William Clerke of Wenlock, who was the first
Member of Parliament for the 1 borough, was also one of the
first Burgesses elected under the Charter of Edward IV. in
1468, and his name follows immediately after that of the
first Bailiff, John Lawley, being described in the records as
" armiger." Mr. Clerke was certainly a man of considerable
position, and one who interested and distinguished himself in
national as well as local politics. He was a steady adherent
of the Yorkist cause, and apparently had his reward. On
the 6th May, 1463, a grant for life was made to "the King's
servitor William Clerke of Wenlock Esquire of the office of
Keeper of the King's Castle of Bridgnorth alias the office of
Constable of the said Castle from the 6 May 1st Edw. IV.
receiving 6d. daily from the fee farm of Bridgnorth and the
Mills of Pendeleston in the County of Salop." Mr. Clerke
evidently continued his adherence to Richard III., and
became a man of considerable consequence, as he was of
sufficient importance to be included by name in the Act of
Attainder of I Henry VII. for having assembled on 21
August, 1485, in the County of Leicester (no doubt at the
Battle of Bosworth, a battle fraught with such important
consequences to the Kingdom) with Richard III. and others
in arms against the King. He was attainted of high treason,

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and his goods and lands were forfeited. Mr. Clerke appears
to have got his attainder reversed, as on St. Thomas's Day
5 Henry VII. (1489), he was elected Bailiff of Much Wenlock,
an office which he again held in 1502. Mr. Clerke was M.P.
for Bridgnorth in 1477-8.

147S, January 1st. (2) THOMAS CAMBRAY.
(2) Thomas Cam bray is extremely difficult of identification.
He was, probably, one of the family of Cambray of Stretton
in the Dale, of which came Watkin Cambray, whose daughter
and heiress Matilda was married to John Leighton of
Leighton, and whose arms (argent 3 boars' heads couped
close sable) appear in the banner of Sir Thomas Leighton,
who entered France in 15 13. The same arms also appear
in the arms of the Wolriches of Dudmaston, which may give
a further clue to the reason of Thomas Cambray representing
Wenlock. The Cambrays seems to have been also seated at
Woollaston under Wenlock Edge. No Cambray pedigree
appears in the Shropshire Visitation, and no member of the
family bearing the name of Thomas appears anywhere except
in this Parliamentary return. In the pedigree book of the
Chambre Family, now in the possession of the present
representative of the family (E. G. C. Vaughan, Esq.), there
is only one Thomas Chambre. He was Sheriff of Norfolk in
1447, and may have been the Wenlock Member, but there
is no mention of the fact in the pedigree.

1482- 3, January \

1483- 4, January I No returns for these Parliaments
1485, November j are available.

1487, November/

1491, October 17. (3) JOHN COLYNS and (4) PHILIP

SPENCE.

The writer has failed to establish the identity of
either of these Members who sat in the only Parlia-
ment of Henry VII., of which the names have, been
recovered. The Members at this date would probably be local
men, but these names do not appear in the Wenlock Records.
John Colyns may have been one of the family of Collins of
Brockton, and it is very likely that Philip Spence was one

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of the Shropshire family of Spencer of Whitton, though the
pedigree in the Visitation of 1623 does not disclose any
Philip. A careful search through the wills at Somerset
House, and through the Inq. post mortem has failed to throw
light upon the identity of these Members.

1495, October 14.
1496-7, Jan. 16.

1509-10, Jan. 21. I No returns for these Parliaments can
1511-12, Feb. 4. be found.

i5M-5> Feb. 5.
1523, April ii.

1529, November 3. (5) JOHN FOSTER and
(6) EDWARD HALL.

(5) John Foster, the first of the long line of Fosters or
Foresters, who represented Wenlock in Parliament, was the
son and heir of John Foster of VVatling Street (who was
alive in 150b), and Isabella, daughter of Wm. Lyster of
Rowton. Mr. Foster became in some way attached to the
Court of Henry VIII., was a Yeoman of the Guard, and, as
Air. Blakeway in the Sheriffs of Shropshire suggests, was
probably the Yeoman of the Chamber of the same name who
was in attendance on the King at the Field of the Cloth of
Gold. Under a grant, which is still preserved at Willey, he
obtained the privilege of wearing his hat even in the presence
of his sovereign. The grant runs thus : — " Forasmuch as
we be credibly informed that our trusty and well beloved
John Foster of Wellington in the County of Salop Gentleman
for certain diseases and infirmities which he had in his head
cannot without great danger and jeopardy be discovered of
the same we by these presents license, &c, &c."

Mr. Foster, who lived at Easthope, married Joyce, daughter
and heiress of Philip Upton of Upton and Oteley, who
brought to her husband considerable estates. They had a
large family, eleven sons and four daughters, the direct line
being carried through William, the third son, whose lineal
descendant is the present Lord Forester. Canon Bridgeman
in his admirable paper on the Family of Forester, which
appeared in the 3rd vol. of the Transactions (2nd Scries),

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thinks that John Foster lived till the 13th March, 1591,
which would make him a very old man. Though this is not
quite accurate, it is not far from the fact, as the Inquisition
post mortem (taken at Shrewsbury in the 28th Elizabeth)
shows that he died on the 13th March, 1586. This Inqui-
sition states that the Member had large possessions, being
seized (amongst other property) of the Manor of Wellington
2 messuages, 14 cottages, water and wind mills in Wellington
and Watling Street, 3 messuages, &c., in Arleston, lands in
Huntingdon, Little Wenlock, Farneley, Hodnett, and Netley,
and cottages in Shiffnall. It was found by the Inquisition
that John Foster's next heir was his consanguineus Francis
Foster, namely "son and heir of William Foster, deceased,
son and heir of John Foster," who was of the age of 19 years
at his grandfather's death.

(6) Edward Hall, who was born in the parish of St-
Mildred, London, was the son of John Hall of Northall,
Shropshire. He was educated at Eton and King's College,
Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A. in 15 17-8. He
was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, of which he became
Autumn Reader in 1534, and double Lent Reader in 1540.
In 1532 Edward Hall was at the request of Henry VIII.
elected Common Serjeant of London, an office which he
held until 1535, when he was appointed Secondary of the
Bread Street Compter, and afterwards (about 1540) became
one of the Judges of the Sheriffs Court. Mr, Hail is princi-
pally known to posterity as the author of the Chronicle
entitled " The Union of the noble families of Lancaster and
York," a work specially valuable as the evidence of a contem-
porary writer, though it is said to be too eulogistic of the
King. Mr. Hall died in 1540, and was buried in the Church
of St. Benet, Sherehog, London.

1540, December 20. (7) WILLIAM BLOUNT and

(7) William Blount, described as Gentleman in the
return, was the 3rd son of Sir John Blount of Kinlet, and the
younger brother of Sir George Blount (No. 19 below).

The returns to these Parliaments are lost.

(8) REGINALD COKBETT.

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(8) Reginald Corbet, described as of Moreton Corbet,
Stoke, and the City of London, was the 3rd son of Sir
Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet, by Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon. He was called to the bar at
the Middle Temple, of which he became Reader in 1551,
and was raised to the degree of Serjeant-at-law on the 19th
April, 1559. Mr. Corbet was one of the Council of the
Marches of Wales, 1558, and was one of the Justices of the
Anglesea, Carnarvon, and Merioneth Circuit from that year
to the next, when he was appointed a Judge of the Court of.
Queen's Bench, an office which he held until his death. Mr.
Corbet was Recorder of Shrewsbury up to 1559, and
represented that town in the Parliaments of 1547, 1553, and
1555- He was married on the 23rd October, 1546, to /Uice,
daughter of John Gratewood of Adderlcy and Stoke, and by
this marriage obtained those estates as well as the rest of his
wife's share in the large property of her uncle, Sir Rowland
Hill, Lord Mayor of London. Mr. Corbet died in 1566, and
was buried at Stoke-upon-Tern, the Church there containing
a very fine alabaster monument to his memory. His will
was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in the
same year.

1544, December 23. (9) RICHARD CORNEWALL and
(10) RICHARD LAVVLEY.

(9) Richard Cornwall, Baron of Burford, was the son
of Sir Thomas Cornwall, Knt., Baron of Burford, and Ann,
daughter of Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton. This Member
was Sheriff of Shropshire on no less than 3 occasions, but
Mr. Blakeway has unfortunately omitted any memoir of
him. Mr. Cornewall married Jane, daughter and heiress of
Sir Henry Wogan, Knt., by whom he had a son, Edmond
the " Strong Baron " of Burford. In 1513, the King granted
to Mr. Cornewall the Manor of Condover, up to that time the
property of Erancis Lord Lovel, attainted of treason, but
in 1545 he was called upon to shew by what right he
claimed the Court of the Hundred of Overs. Richard
Cornewall died on the 1 4 til June, 1561), ;uul an Inq. post
murium was held at Ludlow on the 4th August, in the same
year. Unfortunately, the end of every line of this Inquisition

308 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WENLOCK.

is missing, but it is interesting as shewing the devolution of
the Barony of Burford, and so far as it is decipherable reads
thus : — " A certain Richard Cornewall was seised of Manor
of Burford and so seised in 15 Henry VI. granted said
Manor to Edmund Cornewall and others and to heirs of sd
Edmund Cornewall and Elizabeth lately his wife and in case
of default of heirs of s(1 Edmund and Elizabeth manor to
revert to s(1 Richard and hfs heir. Edmund and Elizabeth
had a son Thomas Cornewall Esquire to whom it descended
as son and heir of sd Edmund Cornewall. He entered upon
it and died and Manor descended to Edmund as son and heir
of Thomas Cornewall Esquire. After whose death it
descended to a certain Thomas Cornewall Knight as son and
heir of the said Edmund son of Thomas and after his death
it descended to Richard Cornewall." This Inquisition, the
end of which is not decipherable, except a part which states
that the heir was 33 years of age, succinctly describes the
fortunes of the Barony of Burford from 1436 to 1569.

(10) Richard Lawley of Spoonbill was the son and heir
of John Lawley of Wenlock, first Bailiff of the Borough, and
Mary, daughter of Thomas Cressett. This Member's chief
claim to distinction is that he was chosen captain of the
Shropshire forces sont to defend Haddington in 1547 after
the battle of Pinkey, and led his forces to Scotland. The
Bailiffs' Accounts for Shrewsbury contain this entry : — ■
"Spent upon Richard Lawley Esquire assigned to be Captain
for leading the armed men towards Scotland." In 1554
Mr. Lawley was one of the Commissioners appointed by the
Lord President of the Marches to enquire into the lands
belonging to the Chantry of the Virgin Mary within the
Church of Wenlock. The M.P. married Barbara, daughter
and heiress of Edmund Rugeley, by whom he had (with
other children) a son Francis Lawley, who was Sheriff of
Shropshire in 1578. Richard Lawley died in June, 1569,
and was buried at Much Wenlock.

1557, November. (11) RICHARD LAWLEY, and
(12) THOMAS LAWLEY.

(11) (See No. 10 above).

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(12) Thomas Lawley was the second son of John Lawley
and his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Cresset, and was
therefore brother of his fellow-member Richard Lawley. He
was sworn in as a Burgess of Wenlock on the 14th Sept.,
38 Henry VIII. (1546), was elected Bailiff of the Borough
on the 2nd October following, and was re-elected to the
same office in 1550. Mr. Lawley, who was a Merchant of
the Staple of Calais, married (probably in 1547) Beatrice,
daughter of Griffin Hinton of Hinton, and widow of William
Constantine. Upon the christening of their son Richard at
Wenlock on the 4th February 1556, he is alluded to as his
mother's 17th child. Mr. Lawley is said in the Wenlock
Register " to dwell within the site of Wenlock Abbey " (the
Monastery of St. Milburga), which he purchased in 1545 from
Augustine, Physician to Cardinal Wolsey, and for which he
did homage in the same year, while in the next year he and
his future wife (then Beatrice Constantine, widow), did homage
for the same. The M.P. died in 1559, and the following extract
relating to his burial is taken from Sir Thomas Botelar's
Register of Wenlock : — " 1559, April 4. Here was buried
within the Chancell of our Blessed Ladye adjoyning unto
the syde of the p'close of the Quere the bodye of Thomas
Lawley Esquyre who died at Hinton Hall in Whitchurch
parishe and was brought in a horse litter here." His widow
Beatrice was buried at Wenlock on the 18th July, 1570.
Mr. Lawley's will was proved in 1559 in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury. An Inq. was held at Bridgnorth after
the death of Thomas Lawley before Thomas Ridley,
Lscheator, wherein it was found that he was seised of the
whole house and site of the Priory of Wenlock, which was
fully described, and that his heir was his son Thomas Lawley,
who was 11 years of age at the Feast of St. Michael last
before the death of his father.

1552-3, February 18. (13) JOHN HERBERT and
(14) THOMAS LAWLEY.

(13) John Herbert of Build was was the second son of
Sir Richard Herbert of Montgomery, the great Steward of the
Lordships and Marches of North Wales, East Wales and
Cardiganshire. The Member married Jane, daugher of Sir

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Lewis Orwell, Knight, and reliet (or rather mistress) of
Edward Gray, Lord Powys, to whom the site of Build was
Abbey, with the Bell Tower and Church, had passed in 1537,
which would account for Mr. Herberts's residence at Build-
was. Mr. Herbert sat in 1554 as one of the Commissioners
to enquire into the lands " belonging to the Chantry or
service of our Blessed Lady within the Parish Church of the
Holy Trinity of Much Wenleck." In 1574, Queen Elizabeth
granted 2 acres of land, called the Church Yard, at
Leominster, with a tenement and garden in Burgess-street
(all property belonging to the suppressed Priory of
Leominster), to John Herbert and his heirs. Mr. Herbert
was M.P. for Romney in 1555, probably owing to the
influence of his wife's family, who belonged to Kent. A
search for a will or an Inq. post-mortem has been fruitless.

(14) Thomas Lawlev. (See No. 12 above).

1553, September 29. (15) RICHARD LEE and
(16) ROBERT EYTON.

(15) Richard Lee of Langley was the eldest son of
Thomas Lee of Langley, and his wife Jane,
daughter of Sir Robert Corbet of Moreton
Corbet. The M.P., who was Bailiff of Wenlock in
1543, married Eleanor, daughter of Walter Wrottesley of
Wrottesley, by whom he had a son, Humphrey, who was
created a Baronet by King James in 1620. Mr. Lee was
" particular receiver of the Monastery of Wenlock " after the
dissolution of the Monasteries. He was buried in Acton
Burnell Church, where a slab affixed to the wall records the
date of his death as follows : — " Hie jacet corpus Ricardi
Legh armigeri qui obiit 27 die Maii anno dni 1591." His
widow, Eleanor, was also buried at Acton Burnell on the
15th December, 1596.

(16) Robert Eyton, who was the eldest son and heir of
Thomas Eyton of Eyton (No. 30 below), and Elizabeth
(wrongly, but generally, styled Alice), daughter of William
Charlton of Apley, was born about 1532, and was therefore
just 21 upon his election for Wenlock. He married Anne,
daughter of James Leveson, the marriage settlement being
dated the 29th September, 1546, and the trustees being

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WEN LOCK. JII

Walter Wrottesley, William Charlton, Richard Leveson, and
John Scrymshawe. After Mr. Eyton's death, an Inq. was held
at Shrewsbury on the 14th January, 1606, when it was found
that he was seised at his death of the Manor of Eyton
super le Wildmoor, and that by a settlement dated the 6th
November, 1602, he enfeoffed Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury,
Sir Francis Newport, Thomas Charlton, Robert Pope,
William Eyton and Robert Charlton, with 16 messuages, &c
in Brockton for the use of Elizabeth, his then wife. It was
further found that on the 21st May, 1604, at Eyton, he made
his last will, and left his property as follows : — " I bequeath
unto Richard Eyton, my son, all my Manors, &c, for life,
except my wife's jointure," &c. " And I do straightly charge
and require my said son, upon my blessing, that he admit of
all these exceptions." Remainder to his brother, William
Eyton, for his life, " and after him to my nephew, Philip
Eyton, son of my brother, Thomas Eyton, deceased, and to
the heirs male of the said Philip. If my son Richard do not
observe my wishes, my bequest to him to be utterly void, and
all my Manors to go to my brother William, and I do
bequeath unto him only 10s. as his child's part." The
jurors also found that Robert Eyton published his will, and
died afterwards, and that Richard Eyton his son, entered on
the premises for his life. Richard died s.p., and the estates
reverted to Philip Eyton.

* 553,-4, March 21. (17) THOMAS FORSTER and
(18) EDWARD LACON.

(17) Thomas Foster or Forster, who is described in
the return as " Thomas Forster of Arliscotte withine the
libertyes of Moche Wenlocke, Esquyre," was the fourth son
of John Foster of Watling Street, M.P. for Wenlock in
1529 (see No. 5 above), and Joyce, daughter of Philip
Upton. In 34 Henry VIII., a Thomas Foster and Elizabeth,
his wife, are to account in the Exchequer for the tem-
poralities of the old Abbey of St. Peter at Shrewsbury, and
this Thomas Forster appears quite as likely to have been the
Member of Wenlock, as the Thomas Forster of Evelith, with
whom he is identified by Owen and Blakeway, as there seems
no proof of the latter having been married. The Member is

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stated in the Visitation to have been married, and in the
Foster pedigree, to have had issue, but the writer has been
unable to ascertain any further particulars.

(18) Edward Lacon, who is described in the return as
" Edward Lacon of Woodelands, in the libertyes of Much
Wenlocke, Gent.," is not easy to identify with any certainty.
He was probably the second son of Sir Thomas Lacon of
Willey and Mary, daughter of,Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton
Corbet, and brother of Richard Lacon, Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1540. If so, he was the ancestor of the Lacons of West
Coppice.

1554, November 7. (19) Sir GEORGE BLOUNT and
(20) JOHN EVANS.

(19) Sir George Blount was the eldest son of Sir John
Blount of Kinlet and Katherinc, daughter and co-heiress of
Hugh Peshall of Knightley, in the County of Stafford. The
member is recorded to have served with distinction while a
youth in the French and Scottish campaigns of Henry VIII.
and Edward VI., and to have been in high favour at the
Court of the former King, probably through his sister
Elizabeth, who, the beauty of her day, was the King's
mistress and the mother of his natural son Henry Duke of
Richmond. Sir George, who was knighted on the 13th May,
1544, at Leith, was a member of the Council of the Marches
of Wales, and served the office of Sheriff of Shropshire in
1564. He married Constance, daughter of Sir John Talbot,
who died in 1584, and by whom he had only one chid, a
daughter Dorothy, who was married twice, first to John
Purslow, and secondly to Edward Bullock of Bradley. Sir
George was not only returned five times to Parliament for
Wenlock (viz., in 1554, 1555, 1558, 1562, and I572)> but also
sat for Bridgnorth in the two Parliaments of 1553 and 1559,
and represented the County of Salop in those of 1544 and
1547. He died in 158 1, and was buried in Kinlet Church,
where there is a magnificent monument in alabaster to his
memory, said to be one of the most beautiful Elizabethan
monuments in England. By his will, proved in the Prero-
gative Court of Canterbury in 158 1, Sir George left his great
estates (for some reason which is unexplained) away from

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his daughter to his nephew Rowland Lacon (No. 26 below)
who was the son of his sister Agnes. There is still at Kinlet
a portrait of Sir George taken in 1546.

(20) John Evans was also M.P. for Shrewsbury 1547 to
1552, for Leominster March to May, 1554, and for Denbigh
in 1555, sitting only for Wenlock in this short Parliament of
November, 1554-5. His will, in which he is described as of
Shrewsbury, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter-
bury in 1565. Little is known of this member.

1555, Sept. 29. (21) Sir GEORGE BLOUNT and
(22) THOMAS RIDLEY.

(21) See No. 19 above.

(22) Thomas Ridley of The Boulde and of Willey is a
member whom it is not easy to identify with certainty, though
it is possible to ascertain beyond doubt a good many
particulars of him. There were two families of Ridley in
Shropshire at this time : one of Bouldon, the other of
Broughton and Alkington, as one member of each family
was buried at Wenlock about this time, namely Reginald
Ridley of Alkington on the 19th August, 1575, and Richard
Ridley of Bouldon on the 3rd January, 1592, to whose
memory a brass in Wenlock Church still bears testimony.
It is not easy to directly connect the member with either
of these. Thomas Ridley the M.P., who is described as
"armiger" in the Parliamentary return, and who was
Escheator of the County in 155S, was elected as Bailiff of
Wenlock on St. Thomas's Day in one of the years of Philip
and Mary (1554-8), and seems to have been also Bailiff in
1554 and 1560. He married Agnes, daughter of Sir John
Blount of Kinlet, and widow of Richard Lacon of Willey,
who was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1540, and died in 1541,
being buried at Arley. Thomas Ridley appears to have gone
to live with his wife at Willey, as the register of Sir Thomas
Botelar, Vicar of Wenlock, contains the following entry : —
" 2 1st November, 1554. Here was buried out of Willey
George, a sucking child, the son of Mr. Thomas Ridley,
Bailiff of the Franchise and liberties of this Borough of
Much Wenlock," and again in 1556 Mr. Ridley is also
described as of Willey. The same register contains a curious

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entry of the entertainment of Dr. Heath, Lord President of
the Court of the Marches, and Justice Townshend, by the
burgesses of Wenlock on the 16th July, 155 [, at which " the
silver plate whereof they drank was borrowed for the time
of Mrs. Agnes the wife of Mr. Thomas Ridley, sometime
wife of Mr. Richard Lakyn of Willey." There is a further
entry under the date of 1560, May 26, which is as follows : —
" The same day the said John Bill, Serjeant, had a Love Ale
gedred by Mrs. Agnes Ridley wife of the said Thomas Ridley,
Bailiff of the franchises and liberties of Wenlock £10."
Mr. Ridley was buried at Stottesden on the 1st September,
1580. His will dated the 12th April, 1580, and proved at
Hereford, mentions his wife Agnes, his daughter Cicely
Jervesse, and also Alice, Margaret, and Agnes, the three
daughters of his brother William.

1557-8, January 4. (23) SIR GEORGE BLOUNT and
(24) GEORGE BROMLEY.

(23) Sir George Blount. (See No. 19 above).

(24) Sir George Bromley of Hallon, was the elder son
of George Bromley (one of the Council of the Marches and
Sheriff of Shropshire), and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey. He was born at Hodnet
about 1525, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, of
which he became, like his father, Reader, and of which he was
Treasurer of the Inn from 1562-71. Though Sir George did not
rise to so great fame as his younger brother Thomas, who be-
came Lord Chancellor of England, still, he attained to an
eminent place in the legal profession. He was for some years
(at all events, from 1572 to 1580) Attorney of the Duchy of
Lancaster, was from 1567 — 1580 Justice of the three Shires
of North Wales and ex-officio became one of the Council of
the Marches. In 1580 he was appointed Chief Justice of
Chester (retaining that office till his death), and was knighted
on the 3rd June, 1580, at Nonsuch, Surrey. Sir George was
Recorder of Shrewsbury from 1582 — 1588, was High Sheriff
of the County in 1552, M.P. for Shropshire, 1571 to 1583,
and was Custos Rotulorum of the County. He married
Jane, daughter of John Wannerton of Hallon, and by this
marriage acquired the Hallon Estates, in the Parish of

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Worfield. Sir George had 10 children, of whom one Sir
Edward carried on the traditions of the family, and became
one of the Barons of the Exchequer. In an old manuscript
of 1576, Sir George is described as " one of the Justices of
the Court of the Marches, who serves not, probably being
engaged in his duties as Attorney of the Duchy of
Lancaster." The Member died on the 2nd March, 1588, a
splendid monument being erected in Worfield Church,
bearing this inscription : — " Sir George Bromley, Knight,
Chief Justice of Chester, and of the Council in the Marches
of Wales, a just man and a great professor of the Religion
now established, departed this life the 2nd of March, 1588,
aged 63."

1558-9, January 16. (25) GEORGE BROMLEY and
(26) ROWLAND LACON.

(25) George Bromley. (See No. 24 supra).

(26) Rowland Lacon of Willey, was the eldest son of
Richard Lacon of Willey and of Agnes, daughter of Sir John
Blount, and was nephew of Sir George Blount (No. 19
above), who devised to him in 1581 the Kinlet and other
estates in preference to his own daughter. Mr. Lacon, who
was one of an old Roman Catholic family, was Bailiff of
Wenlock in 1560, and Sheriff of Shropshire in 157 1. He
married Eleanor, daughter of William Rigges of Stragle-
thorpe, Lincolnshire, by whom he had with other children, a
son, Sir Francis Lacon, who succeeded him at Willey. Rowland
Lacon died at the latter end of the year 1608, and his will dated
the 2nd November in that year was proved on the 9th February,
1609. In this will he mentions his wife (to whom he leaves
"the jewel! , which I usually wear about my neck);" his son,
Sir Francis, and the latter's children, Magdalen, Mary and
Rowland, and his own son Thomas. From the Inq. post-
mortem held at Bridgnorth 7 James L, it appears that the
Manor of Willey and the advowson of the Parish Church
there, and the Manors of Chelmarsh, Boulde, Gretton,
Harley (with the Rectory and advowson), Kenley (with the
advowson), Smethcott, Wrickton, and Broseley, belonged to
Rowland Lacon at his death.

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1562, December. (27) SIR GEORGE BLOUNT and
(28) CHARLES FOXE.

(27) Sir George Blount. (See No. 19 supra).

(28) Charles Foxe of Bromfield was the well-known
Secretary of the Marches of Wales, whom the present writer
has already described as M.P. for Ludlow, in the Transactions,
2nd Series, vol. vii., p. 10 (1895), as Recorder of that
Borough in vol. xi., p. 316 (1899), and more fully in the
paper on the Eoxe family in vol. x i i . , pp. 137-140 (1900), so
that any further description is unnecessary.

1571, April. (29) WILLIAM LACON and
(jo) THOMAS EYTON.

These names have been taken from Willis's Notitia
Parliamcntaria, and do not appear in the official lists, no
returns having been found. There is no reason to doubt the
accuracy of the names.

(29) William Lacon was the second son of Richard
Lacon of Willey, who was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1540, and
of Agnes, daughter of Sir John Blount, and brother, there-
fore, of Rowland Lacon (No. 26 above). He was called
to the Bar tit the Inner Temple in 1567, and became Gentle-
man Usher to Queen Elizabeth. The Member married
Anne Helwis of London, and had one son, Rowland.

(30) Thomas Eyton of Eyton on the Wildmoors was the
eldest son of Thomas Eyton, described in the Visitation as
of Wigmore. Both the Shropshire Visitation and Mr.
Blakevvay state that this was the M.P. for Wenlock, but he
must have been an old man when he was returned for this
Parliament, as his son Robert Eyton was M.P. for the
Borough 18 years earlier, i.e., in 1553. Mr. Eyton, who was
one of the Commission appointed to enquire into the
property of the Chantry of the Virgin, within the Parish
Church of Wenlock, was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1567. He
married Elizabeth (wrongly called Alice), daughter of
William Charlton of Apley, and sister of Thomas Charlton,
who was Sheriff in the earlier part of the same year, and
probably died in office. Thomas Eyton died on the 17th
January, 1581-2. An Inq. post-mortem was taken at

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Wellington on the 13th March in the same year, by which
it was found that he was at his death seized of the Manor of
Eyton, &c, that his wife Elizabeth was in " full life " at
Eyton, and that Robert Eyton was his son and heir, and
was aged 50 and upwards at his father's death.

1572, April 23. (31) SIR GEORGE BLOUNT and
(32) THOMAS LAWLEY.

(31) Sir George Blount. (See No. 19 above).

(32) Thomas Lawley, who was born on the 29th Sept.,
1547, was the eldest son of Thomas Lawley, M.P., 1547
(No. 12), and his wife Beatrice Hinton. He entered Shrews-
bury School in 1562, was admitted to the Inner Temple in
1567, and attained to considerable eminence in the profession,
probably, in part, owing to the influence of a brother Salopian,
Lord Chancellor Bromley, of whom he was a great protege.
In 1598 he obtained a grant, with reversion to his son
Edward, of the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the
Crown in the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke and
Cardigan, and the town of Haverfordwest. In 1571, general
livery was given to Mr. Lawley of the house and site of the
late Priory of Wenlock, probably on his mother's death. In
1600, Queen Elizabeth granted to him and his brother
Robert (No. 36 below), the Manor of Wenlock in fee. In
1613, Mr. Lawley had the King's license to make a settle-
ment of his estate, probably on the marriage of his son
Edward Lawley (No. 47 below). lie was Bailiff of Wenlock
in 1588 and 1594, and in the former year was a contributor
of £25 to the Spanish Armada Defence Fund- Mr. Lawley
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Newport of
Ercall (and widow of Francis Lawley), who was buried at
Wenlock on the 16th January, 1608. He is said to have
been knighted, but his name does not appear in any of the
lists of Knights. Mr. Lawley, who died on the 22nd
February, 1621, and was buried at Gnosall, is recorded
to have been a keen and clear sighted man, gifted with great
perseverance, and to have also been " as honest as he was
clever."

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1584, November 12.W33) THOMAS LAW LEY and
1586, October 7. [(34) WILLIAM BAYNHAM.

(33) Thomas Lawley. (See No. 32 above).

(34) William Baynham of Westbury, Gloucestershire, was
the son of John Baynham of Westbury and his wife Anne,
one of the daughters and co-hcircsscs of Sir David Matthew,
whose other daughter was married to Richard Horde, the
Recorder of Wenlock in 1540, hence, no doubt, Mr. Baynham's
connection with the Borough, of which there is no trace of
his ever having been admitted a Burgess, though he repre-
sented it in no fewer than live Parliaments. He was Receiver
of the County of Salop, and in that capacity the petition of
the inhabitants of Oswestry on the 6th July, 1595, that their
Churches which were in decay might be repaired, was referred
to him. Mr. Baynham died on the 5th Nov., 1597, m
London, and administration of his estate was granted to his
widow Martha and to his son Edmund, M.P. for Bishop's
Castle, and one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot.

1588, November 5th. (35) WILLIAM BAYNHAM and
(36) ROBERT LAWLEY.

(35) William Baynham, (See No. 34 above).

(36) Robert Lawley was the second son of Thomas
Lawley (No. 12 above), and brother of Thomas Lawley
(No. 32 above). He was admitted to Shrewsbury School in
1562. Robert Lawley was for some reason joined in 1600
with his elder brother Thomas in the grant from the Crown
of the Manor of Wenlock.

1592-3, February. (37) WILLIAM BAYNHAM and
(38) Sir JOHN POOLE or POLE, Knt.

(37) William Baynham. (See No. 34 above).

(38) Sir John Poole or Pole, Knight (so styled alter-
natively in the return), affords probably the greatest difficulty
in identification of all the Members for Wenlock. It would
not have been thought difficult to trace one who was a
Knight so late as 1593, but all efforts have failed to elucidate
the mystery of this Member's identity. He is styled Knight
in the Bine Books, but in Willis's Parliamcntaria Notitia he
is described as Esquire. If this were correct, it would have

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been easy to assume that he was John Poole of Poole Hall,
Cheshire, who married Susannah, daughter of Sir Edward
Felton, and died on the 13th Dec., i6rj, or his eldest son,
also John Poole, who married Mary, daughter of Sir Rowland
Stanley, and died on the 28th July, 1631, but the official
return must be taken as correct. The only Knight of that
period bearing a similar name was Sir John Poley of
Wrongey, who died in 1638, 'and whose aunt Ann Poley
married William Wolrich, but he does not appear to have
been knighted until 1598. Mr. Duncomb Pink (the best
authority on Knights and Members) does not think that the
M.P. can have been another Sir John Poley, who was
knighted at Bergem op Zoom for his services against the
Spaniards in 1588, and who was slain in Flanders in July,
1594, as ne was not m England in 1593. This member
affords an unsolved problem.

1597, Sept. 15. (39) WILLIAM BAYNHAM and
(40) WILLIAM LACON.

(39) William Bayniiam. (See No. 34 above).

(40) William Lacon may have been the same person as
the M.P. in 1571 (No. 29 above), which is scarcely probable,
or he may have been, as is more probable, William Lacon of
Limebrookc, the second son of Edward Lacon of Thonglands
and his wife Elizabeth Acton, in which case he married
Margaret, daughter of Richard Frene of Kidderminster. The
family records do not enable us to solve the difficulty.

1597, November nth. (41) THOMAS FANSHAWE
vice William Baynham, deceased.

(41) Thomas Fanshawe (born about 1530) was the eldest
son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate, Derbyshire. He
was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and was called to
the Bar at the Middle Temple. Mr. Fanshawe succeeded
his uncle Henry Fanshawe as Remembrancer of the
Exchequer in 1568. In 1570 he was placed at the head of a
Commission of Enquiry into the estates of the Dean and
Chapter of St. Paul's, and acted for man)' years as an
Ecclesiastical Commissioner. In 157^ the Member pur-
chased Ware Park, Hertfordshire, where he afterwards

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resided, and he also became possessed of large estates in that
county and in Essex and Middlesex. He was twice married
and left numerous children, several of whom obtained
positions under the Crown. Mr. Fanshawe was one of the
Trustees in 1582 of the marriage settlement of Sir Rowland
Heyward, Lord Mayor of London, by which the Manor
of Cardington and other estates in Shropshire were dealt
with, hence perhaps the member's association with Wenlock,
which is otherwise not easy to account for. Mr. Fanshawe,
who died on the 19th February, 1600-1, and was buried at
Ware, was the author of several works, chiefly connected with
his office. He was M.P. for Rye 1571, and for Arundel from
1572 to 1592.

1601, October 11. (42) JOHN BRETT and
(43) WILLIAM LEIGHTON, Junr.

(42) John Brett was the son of Robert Brett, a Merchant
Taylor, settled in London, and was himself settled at Edmon-
ton. The origin of his connection with Wenlock is not clear,
but he probably held some office in the Court of the Marches,
as in 1595 he and Richard Wright obtained a conveyance of
the Council House at Shrewsbury, Mr. Wright being then
Serjeant-at-Arms in that Court. Mr. Brett was a man of
wide spreading influence and wealth, and in 1599 he purchased
the Manor of Romney for £7,300. He obtained the honour
of knighthood at some time between 1599 and 1607, as in
Letters Patent granting him estates in Bedfordshire in the
latter year the grant is made to Sir John Brett, Knight, and
Lady Margaret his wife. Sir John was buried at St.
Augustine's, London, on the 3rd February, 1620.

(43) William Leighton, Junr., was the eldest son of
William Leighton of Plaish (the well-known Chief Justice of
North Wales and one of the Council of the Marches, whose
splendid monument remains in Cardington Church), and of
his first wife Isabella, daughter of Thomas Onslow. The
member was educated at Shrewsbury School, which he
entered in 1578, and was admitted to the Inner Temple in
1580. He was prominent as a Courtier, was one of the
King's Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and was knighted on
the Coronation of James I. on the 23rd July, 1603. Sir

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WENLOCK. 32 1

William married Winifred, daughter of Sir Simon Harcourt,
by whom he had one son and two daughters. He is said to
have been an excellent musician, and was the author of
various poems, the principal being " Virtue Triumphant, or
a lively description of the four cardinal virtues," an eulogy
of James I., which was published in 1603, and probably led
to the member's knighthood. Sir William afterwards got
into serious difficulties, as having' been sued for debt in 1608,
he was in 1610 outlawed and afterwards imprisoned. He
appears to have been still in prison in 16 13, when his work
" The tears and lamentations of a sorrowful soul " was
published. In the dedicatory epistle Sir William writes of
himself in the following mournful strain : — " I have had a
woful large and long experience of imprisonment, troubles,
crosses, sickness, and afflictions, and have past even the
alphabet of calamities; to make good use of them and to
lenifie my grief I composed these swanlike songs." He
appears to have handed on his burden of troubles to his only
son Harcourt Leighton, as we find the latter outlawed in
I^33-4. The date of Sir William's death has not been
discovered, and a careful search has failed to bring to light
any will or Inq. post mortem.

1603-4, March 6. (44) ROBERT LAWLEY and
(45) GEORGE LAWLEY.

(44) Robert Lawley. (See No. 36 above).

(45) George Lawley was either the second son of
Francis Lawley of Spoonbill (who was Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1578) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard
Newport, or the third son of Thomas Lawley, who was M.P.
for Wenlock in 1547 (No. 12 above), but almost certainly the
former. If so, he was born in 1579, was admitted to
Shrewsbury School as " gcnerosi filius " on the 9th October,
1593, and matriculated at Brascnosc College, Oxford, on the
27th February, 1595-6, " aged 16." He took his degree of
B.A. on the 3rd December, 1599, and that of 1J.C.L. on the
17th December, 1608. The doubt as to his identity is
caused by the fact that in the year following his
election for Wenlock, a reversionary grant of the office of
Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown in the Counties of

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322 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WEN LOCK.

Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, and the town of Haver-
fordwest, was made to George Lawley, Senior, and Junior, so
that both were then living. On the 24th March, 1608,
the Member obtained a demise for 21 years of lands at
Broncroft forfeited through the recusancy of John Lutley.
He died s.p. before 1623. The doubt as to the identity of
the Member, seems in great measure, dissolved by the will
proved in 16 10 of the other George Lawley, who was
admitted to Shrewsbury School in 1562, and was a Fellow
of All Souls. In this will he desires to be buried in some
convenient place in the bodie of the Church of All Souls,
and he states that "he knows his chiefest riches in this world
to have been in a small library of books." In giving a
part of this library, he continues thus : — " Imprimis the
eternal and sacred love I bear unto the College of All
Souls, where I have had my breeding these many years
liberally and worthy of such a Founder, and am now likely
to have my resting place, hath caused me to give these few
books unto the library thereof — ' Opera Dantis Cum
Commentariis,' ' Opera Livii Cum Comment,' ' Idea
Medicine Philosophical,' 'Francisci Comuni Comment Juris
Civilis.'" As in 1610 he had been long living at All Souls, it is
scarcely likely that the testator was the Member for Wenlock,
and further, he mentions — " My most tried friend and
kinsman George Lawley." The will of George Lawley,
the Member, is not to be found either at Hereford or in
London.

1614, (46) ROWLAND LACON and

(47) EDWARD LAWLEY.
(46) Rowland Lacon was the eldest son and heir of Sir
Francis Lacon (Sheriff of Shropshire in 16 12), and of Jane,
daughter of Anthony Viscount Montagu, and succeeded his
father in the Kiulct Estates. Mr. Lacon, who espoused the
Royal cause in the Civil War, signed the " Engagement and
resolution of the principal men of Shropshire," and is said to
have suffered much in the service of his Sovereign ; his com-
position, however, was but small, being only £()(). The Member
married Mary (christened at Sidbury, 1597, April 17th),
daughter of Sir Robert Purslow of Sidbury (Sheriff 1609),

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and had one child only, Anne, who married Sir William
Childe, a Master in Chancery, and carried to him the Kinlet
estates, which are still in the family. Mr. Lacon died on the
7th September, 1657, and was buried at Kinlet.

(47) Edward Lawley, the eldest son of Thomas Lawley
(No. 32 above) and of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard
Newport, was born on the 5th January, 1585-6, and was
baptised at Acton Round. He matriculated at Brasenose
College, Oxford, on the nth May, 1604, being described as
of Wenlock, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in
November, 1605, being then described as late of Lyons Inn.
Mr. Lawley, who was admitted a Burgess of Wenlock in 1603,
was Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown for South Wales,
and was knighted on the 9th November, 1619. Sir Edward,
who married Susan, daughter of Thomas and Susan Fisher,
at St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury, London, by whom he
had one child only, a daughter, died in 1623 in the parish of
St. Giles in the Fields. By his will, dated the 22nd May,
1623, he left £6 a year to his uncle, John Lawley of Spoon-
hill, and appointed his wife, Walter Acton and Robert
Thorne, executors. By the Inq. post-mortem held at
Shrewsbury, it was found that Sir Edward died seized of
the Manor of Wenlock, and that his daughter Ursula, aged
9 years and 4 months, was his next heir.

1620-1, January 2. (48) Sir EDWARD LAWLEY and
(49) THOMAS WOLRYCHE.

(48) Sir Edward Lawley. (See No. 47 above).

(49) Thomas Wolryche, the eldest son of Francis
Wolryche of Dudmaston, Salop, was baptised at Worfield
on the 27th March, 1598. After passing through Cambridge
the member was admitted to the Inner Temple in November,
1614. He represented Wenlock in three Parliaments, was
knighted on the 22nd July, 1641, and was created a Baronet
on the 2nd August in the same year. Being a strong
supporter of the Royal cause, Sir Thomas was made a
Captain of the Trained Bands in the King's Army on the
breaking out of the Civil War, and was in 1642 Governor of
Bridgnorth Castle. He suffered severely for his adherence
to his Sovereign, having to compound for his estates in the

324 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WEN LOCK.

sum of £730 14s., and the epitaph on his monument states
that his estates were twice sequestered, and that he was more
than once thrown into prison. Sir Thomas married at
Pitchford on the 4th May, 1625, Ursula, daughter of Thomas
Otelcy of Pitchford, by whom he had a large family, eight
sons and four daughters, the eldest of whom, afterwards
Sir Francis, had three children only, all daughters, but he
becoming insane, was passed over in the succession of the
family estates. Sir Thomas died on the 4th July, 1668, and
was buried in Quatt Church, where the monumert erected to
his memory has a remarkable epitaph, which after speaking
of " the lofty majesty of his person " aud stating that " to
his skill in heraldry he added the more solid uses of history
and mathematics" concludes thus: "Our Ulric was summoned
to the Assembly of the Saints on the feast of St. Ulric
July 4, 1668." The succession of the Baronetcy is so
generally mis-stated that a pedigree (correct so far as it goes)
is appended, as it may assist the future historian of Shrop-
shire. It has been compiled from materials supplied by the
present representative of the family, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore,
to whom the writer is much indebted for valuable information.

Sir Thomas Wolryche bap. at Worfield,:
March 27, 1598, created liaronet Aug. 4,
1641, died July 4, 1668.

Ursula, d. of Thomas Otiley of
Pitchford, mar. May 4. 1625.

Francis Wolryche, bap. ^Elizabeth, d.

Oct. 21, 1627, S. School
i042,InnerTemple 1 64 5 ,
succ. 2nd Bart. 1668,
died June 12, 1689, bur.
at Quatt.

of Sir Walter
Wrottesley.

3 daughters.

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John (5) born
1637, Gray's
Inn i655,M.l\
Wenlock 1679-
85, died 7 June
1685. bur. at
Ouatt.

Mary Griffith
( widow of G.
Elphick) bur.
at Quatt 15
June, 1678,
aged 41.

lioger Wolryche (2),
S. School 1642, In.
Temple 1645, died in
his lather's lifetime,
s.p.

William (3),
S. School
1642, Gray's
Inn 1648,

died in
lather's life-
time,
s.p.

Thomas 4U1
or 5 til son, S.
School 1642,

Gray's Inn

1648, bur.

Qualt 1683,
Nov. 7 (probably
older than John).

jy| hi* two

George (6)-pM argery,

Gray's Inn
June 9,
1657.

bur. 1O89
Aug. 5

2 other

sons,
Eii ward

and
Andrew,
4 daughters, one
of whom, Eliza-
beth, mar. Sir
Walter Wrottes-
ley, Bart.

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a\

Thomas born 1672, bap.
April 14, succ. 3rd Bait.
1689, died 3 May, 1701,
aged 29.

Elizabeth, d. of George John ?

Weld, mar. Nov. 26, died
1689, died I April, 1765, an

in her 93rd year. infant.

I h

Mary bap. Quatt 1 68 1.
Feb. 24.

I

Thomas bap. Quatt
July 20.

;683,

Sir John Wolryche, 4th Baronet, Sheriff 1716, died
23 June, 1723, unmarried, aged 32.

Mary ? died in infancy.

1623-4, January. (50) THOMAS WOLRYCHE and
(51) HENRY MYTTON.

(50) Thomas Wolryche. (See No. 49 supra).

(51) Henry Mytton was the son of Edward Mytton of
Shipton and Eleanor, daughter of Robert Wigfall of
Worcester. He was admitted a Burgess of Wenlock in 1623,
and was elected both Bailiff of the Borough and one of its
Members of Parliament in the same year. He was again
Bailiff in 1640. Mr. Mytton, who is described as " de
privato cubiculo domini Regis," was twice married ; first, to
Mary, daughter of Cristopher Dighton of Worcester, who
was buried at Shipton on the 17th September, 1640, and
secondly, to Susannah (surname unknown), who was buried
at the same place on the 27th March, 1659. The Member
had several children by the first wife ; but only one, a son,
who died in infancy, by his second marriage. Mr. Mytton
was buried at Shipton on the 10th September, 1663.

1625, May 2. (52) THOMAS WOLRYCHE and
(53) THOMAS LAWLEY.

(52) See No. 49 above.

(53) Thomas Lawley of Spoonhill, was the 3rd son, but
ultimate heir of Richard Lawley of Spoonhill, his two elder
brothers, Richard and George, both dying without issue.
Mr. Lawley was admitted a Burgess of Much Wenlock on
the 7th April, 1625, being described as " nuper de London
nunc de Spoonhill armig." He was created a Baronet by
Charles I. on the 6th August, 164 1. Sir Thomas married
Ann, daughter and co-heiress of John Manning of Hackney,

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by whom he had, with other issue, a son, who succeeded him
in the Baronetcy, and was M.P. for Wenlock from 1658 —
1661.

1625-6, January 25. (54) THOMAS LAWLEY and
(55) FRANCIS SMALMAN.

(54) See No. 53 above.

(55) Francis Smalman of Wilderhope, who was born on
the 29th September, 1595, and was baptized at Wenlock on
the 5th October, 1595, was the eldest son of Stephen
Smalman of Wilderhope, and Jane (daughter of Francis
Lawley of Spoonbill), to whom he was married at Acton
Round on the 7th December, 1592. He must not be
confounded with Francis Smalman of Kinnersley, Hereford-
shire, who was M.P. for Leominster from 1620 — 1622, and
died at Kinnersley on the 7th September, 1633, aged 68.
The Member for Wenlock married at Wenlock on the 30th
October, 1623, Abigail, daughter of Hugh Morris of Llorian.
Denbighshire, by whom he had, with three other sons and
three daughters, an eldest son Thomas Smalman, who
succeeded him at Wilderhope. Francis Smalman was
buried at Rushbury on the 13th May, 1639. He made his
will, dated the 7th March, 1638 (proved in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury on the 8th July, 1639), and thereby
directed that if he died near London, his body should be
buried in the Temple Church, near the corpse of his grand-
father Thomas Smalman, Esq., who was buried there ; but
if he died at his house at Wilderhope, then in the Chancel of
Rushbury Church, near to his ancestors there. He left his
estates to his eldest son Thomas in tail male, with remainder
to his other sons successively; his plate, linen, 8cc.t to his
wife Abigail ; legacies of £100 to each of his three younger
sons ; £500 to his eldest daughter Anne, at 22 or marriage ;
£250 to his daughter Joyce, at the same time, and his books
to his eldest son Thomas, " hoping he will apply himself to
virtuous learning and the study of the common laws of this
realm." The will contained several small legacies, including
one of 20s. to the poor of Rushbury, to be paid by the
Rector and Overseers. The Inq. post-mortem was taken at
Shrewsbury on the 20th September, 1639, before Robert

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Sandford, when it was found thai the deceased Francis
Smalman was seised in fee of the Wilderhope property,
" which premises were held of the heirs of Rich'1 Harnagc,
Esq., deceased, in socage by way of fealty only, and were
worth ios.," that he was also seised of " le Nether Stanway,"
that a settlement was made (dated 1627, December 6th), by
which the said F. Smalman was at his death seised for life
of the said premises, remainder fo his wife Abigail for life,
remainder to Thomas Smalman his son and heir in tail male.
It was also found that he was seised of a messuage and
lands at Neenton, of a messuage in Mill Street, Ludlow, and
a rent-charge of 25s. on property at Thongland, that he died
on the 10th May then last past, that his wife Abigail was living
at Wilderhope, and that Thomas Smalman was his son and
heir, and was at his father's death, aged 14 years 6 months
and 23 days.1

1627-8, March 4. (56) THOMAS LAW LEY and
(57) GEORGE BRIDGE MAN.

(56) See No. 53 above.

(57) George Briogeman was the eldest son of Sir John
Bridgeman, Chief Justice of Chester and Vice-President of
the Court of the Marches, who was Recorder of Wenlock at
the time of his son's election as Member, an office which he
resigned on account of infirmity in 1636. The Member, who
was born in 1606, was admitted as a Burgess of Wenlock in
1627, doubtless so as to qualify him for election. Mr.
Bridgeman married in 163 1 Heavingham, daughter of Sir
James Pytts of Kyre, and upon his marriage went to reside
at Nympsficld, in the County of Gloucester an estate which
was then settled upon him. He died at Cirencester, and was
buried in the Abbey there on the 20th March, 1642-3.

1639-40, March. (58) THOMAS LITTLETON and
(5<j) RICHARD CKFSSETT.

(58) Thomas Littleton, who w;is born in 1620, was the
eldest son of Sir Adam Littleton of Stoke St. Milborough
(who was at this time Recorder of the Borough of Wenlock),

1 The writer is indebted for these particulars of Mr. Sni;ihu:in to the Kev. \V.
G. D. Fletcher.

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and succeeded his father as 2nd baronet in 1647. The
member was a faithful adherent of the Royalist cause in the
Civil War, and suffered accordingly, being disabled from
sitting in the House of Commons in May, 1646, and having
to compound for his estates in the sum of £307, then having
" £180 per annum settled." Sir Thomas seems to have
received substantial consolation at the Restoration, and is
not overlooked in Flagcllum Parliamcntarium (that tract
which is so bitter an attack on the Court party in the Long
Parliament), where he is said to have got "a commissioner-
ship of the Navy worth £1,500 a year." The member was
admitted to the Inner Temple in 1636, and was called to the
Bar in 1642. He was appointed one of the Commissioners
for the Navy Treasurership in Nov., 1668, at a salary of
£1,250 a year, was Treasurer of the Navy in 1670, and was
one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of England from February, 1679-80, to his
death in 1681. An anonymous paper, The Alarum, published
in 1669, after Sir Thomas's appointment to an official
position, says of him : " He was an angry man against the
Court until silenced by a good place, and is now content that
everything should be let alone, having got what he grumbled
for." Sir Thomas married his cousin Anne, daughter of
Sir Edward Littleton (afterwards Lord Littleton of Munslow,
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal), the license for which
marriage was dated the 6th October, 1637, and stated the
age of the bridegroom to be 17, that of the bride 12. The
issue of this marriage was a son, who became the Speaker of
the House of Commons. Sir Thomas, who represented
East Grinstead in 1679 and Yarmouth in 1681, until his
death, died on the i.jth April, lOfti, and was buried at North
Oekcnden,

(59) Richard Cressett was the eldest son of Edward
Cressett of Upton Cressett, and was baptised at that place
on the 28th March, 1608. He does not appear to have been
educated at Shrewsbury School, as his brothers were, but he
matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on the 1 6th May,
1623. The member's father was a strong Royalist, but he
himself appears to have been very lukewarm in the cause
and to have ultimately veered round to the Parliamentary

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party. He married Jane, daughter of George Huxley, by
whom he had two sons and three daughters, and who died
on the 6th Sept., 1640, aged only 29. Her memory is
perpetuated in Upton Cressett Church by a very fine Brass,
which is fully described in Mr. Stephenson's valuable paper
on Shropshire Brasses in the Shrop. Arch. Transactions, vii.,
2nd Scries, 433. Mr. Cressett was himself buried at Upton
Cressett on the 16th April, 1677.

1640, October 26 (Long Parliament).

(60) THOMAS LITTLETON and (61) WILLIAM

PIERPOINT.

(60; See 58 above.

(61) William Pierpoint, properly Pierrepoint, the
second son of the first Earl of Kingston, was born in 1607.
He married Elizabeth, one of the daughters and the heiress
of Sir Thomas Harris of Tong Castle, and in that way
obtained the Tong estates. Mr. Pierrepoint was Sheriff of
Shropshire in 1638, and having been returned as M.P. for
Wenlock in 1640, after unsuccessfully contesting Shropshire
in the same year, jumped at once into a position of great
influence, and was described as " one of the wisest Counsel-
lors and most excellent speakers in the House." He was
appointed one of the Committee of Public Safety on the
4th July, 1642, and was one of the heads of the peace party
during the early stages of the war. Being wishful to retire
from public life, he on the 8th Nov., 1643, asked the House
of Commons for leave to go beyond the seas, but the House
gave him a friendly denial, " being desirous of his assistance,
being a gentleman of great wisdom and integrity." In April,
1643, the member was appointed one of the Committee for
the Association of the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, and
Salop, and in February, 1644, he became one of the Com-
mittee of both Kingdoms. He was also one of the Committee
appointed to treat with the King at Oxford, while on the
1st December, 1648, Mr. Pierrepoint received the thanks of
the House; for his services. The member lor Wenlock was
one of Oliver Cromwell's most trusted friends, and he
entertained the Protector at his house at Thoresby on the

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march from Scotland to Worcester, but he refused a scat in
Cromwell's House of Lords. Mr. Pierrepoint was elected to
the Council of State on the 23rd February, 1660, and espoused
warmly the Royal cause at the Restoration, then being M.P.
for the County of Nottingham. He acted with such prudence
and foresight throughout the troubled period that he earned
the: title of " Wise William," by which he is generally known.
Mr. Pierrepoint obtained in March, 1647, a grant oi £7,467,
being the fine inllictcd on his brother Henry, Marquis of
Dorchester, for his adherence to the King, but in the old
tract "The Mystery of the Cood old Cause," which deals so
severely with the Parliamentary adherents, lie is said to have
secured £7,000 and all the Earl of Kingston's estate (being
sequestered) worth £10,000." He died in the summer of 1678,
his son and three of his grandsons becoming successively Earls
of Kingston, and three of his daughters becoming respectively
Duchess of Newcastle, Viscountess Halifax, and Countess of
Clare. Mr. Pierrepoint made his will on the 2nd July, 1677,
being then described as of Lincolns Inn Fields, and thereby
after bequests to his three daughters, his brother Gervaise
Pierrepoint, and his brother-in-law Sir John Evelyn, he gave
"the College, Rectory, Glebe lands and Tithes in the parish
of Tong, in the County of Salop," to his son Gervaise
Pierrepoint, who was afterwards Duke of Kingston. This
will was proved in London on the 17th August, 1678.

1646, May. (62) Sir HUMPHREY BRIGGS, vice
Thomas Littleton disabled.

(62) Sir Humphrey Briggs of Ernstrey Park, who was
the eldest son of Sir Moreton Briggs, fust Baronet, and
Chrysogona, daughter of Edward Gray of Buildwas, was
born about 161.1. He was knighted in his father's lifetime,
succeeded his father in the baronetcy, and was Sheriff of
Shropshire in 1666. Sir Humphrey was four times married,
and had a son and heir of the same name by his second wife
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir Richard Wilbraham of
Woodhey, Cheshire. He died in May, 1691, aged 80, and
was buried at Shifnal.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WEN LOCK. 33*

1653, 1654 and 1656.
No writs were issued to or Members returned by the
Borough of Wenlock for these Parliaments.

1658-9, January. | (63) Sir FRANCIS LAWLEY and
1660, April 21. ) (64) THOMAS WHITMORE.

(63) Sir Francis Lawley was the eldest son of Sir
Thomas Lawley, Bart., of Spoonhill (No. 53 above), and
succeeded his father in the baronetcy. He sat for Wenlock
in the two short Parliaments of 1658-9 and 1660, and then
became one of the Members for Shropshire in the Parliament
of 1661— 1678. Sir Francis was Controller of the Customs
from 1677- — a 679, and succeeded Sir Gilbert Talbot as
Master of the Jewel House in August, 1695. He married
Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Apley,
and dying in October, 1696, aged 66, was succeeded in the
baronetcy and estates by his son Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd
Baronet (No. 71 below;.

(64) Thomas Whitmore of Ludstonc, the eldest son of
John Whitmore, of the same place, and his wife Frances,
daughter of Wm. Billingsley of Astley, Salop, was born
on the 1 2th February, 1598-9. He matriculated at Wadham
College, Oxford, on the 21st February, 16 16- 17, was called
to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1626, and became a
Bencher of that Inn in 1648. Mr. Whitmore was admitted
a Burgess of Wunlock in 1658, and upon his re-election
as M.P. in 1660, he was described as " Recorder of Wenlock."
He married Anne, daughter of Thomas Corbet of Longnor,
but had no issue. This Thomas Whitmore must not be
confounded with either, i., Sir Thomas Whitmore (son of Sir
Wm. Whitmore), who was created a Baronet m his father's
lifetime on the 28th June, 1641, and was buried at Stockton
on the 18th May, 1653, or II., Sir Thomas Whitmore, who
was made a K.B. on the Coronation of King Charles II.,
in 1 66 1, was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 166 1 — 1681, and
who married Prances, daughter of Sir Wm. Brooke, Bart
The Member for Wenlock was assessed on the 19th June,
1646, in the sum of £300, by the Committee for Compounding,
so that he evidently took the Royal side in the Civil War.
On the 30th October, 1646, his line was respited, and on the

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27th November he was discharged for £60 paid, the debts set
out in particulars being deducted. On the 3rd April, 1648,
the Salop Commissioners were ordered to examine witnesses
touching his delinquency, the result of which does not
appear. Mr. Whitmore was buried at Claverley in 1677, his
widow being buried at the same place in 1678. Mr. Whitmore
made a will, dated tjae 7th December, 1676, by which he left
£5 " to the poor of the Parish of Claverley, where I was
born," gave 20/- in gold to purchase rings to Sir William
Whitmore, Bart., Sir Thos. Whitmore, K.B., William
Whitmore, Esquire, Sarah Whitmore, widow, mentioned
William Whitmore, his late br6thek, then deceased, his
brother George Whitmore, his sister Mary Whitmore, his
nephew William Whitmore of Shipley, Gent., and " my well
deserving irece Mrs. Margaret Whitmore, wife of my nephew
John Whitmore." The will contained the following curious
clause, which it will be well to give in full ; —

" I give to my Loveing (and most worthy to be beloved)
wife my nephew John Whitmore to make her a sonne of
And to be the staffe of her old age And I enjoyne him to be
as dutyfull to her as if shee were his owne mother And for
her maintenance I give unto her the use of her now Lodging
Chamber with the two Standing Bedds & furniture thereof
for the use of her & her maidservants during her life Allsoe
I give unto her ik her maidservants during her life reasonable
& fitting diet washing wringing & all other necessary meanes
of livelyhood to be provided for her & them att my howse att
Ludston & I give unto her £24 per annum during her life
for the buying of her cloathes & payment of her maidservants
wages And in case my said wife shall have just cause
to dislike with her dyete & usage at my house then I do
appoint unto my executor to pay unto my said wife £50 per
annum And I do order that such of my wife's friends &
relatives as shall from time to time come to visit my said
wife either in sickness or in health & their servants & horses
shall be entertained at my house at Ludstone by my executor
as they have been entertained by me."

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter-
bury on the 22nd June, 1677.

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1661, April 4. (65) Sir THOMAS LITTLETON, Bart.,
and (66) GEORGE WELD.

(65) Sir Thomas Littleton (See No. 58 above).

(66) George Weld, who was Member for Wenlock in
this Parliament, was the fourth son of Sir John Weld of
Arnolds, and Frances, daughter of Sir William Whitmore,
who purchased Apley. The Member married Bridget
Trimblethorpe, and died in 1696.

1678-9, February 18. (67) Sir JOHN WELD and
(68) WILLIAM FORESTER.

(67) Sir John Weld of Willey, was the third son of Sir
John Weld, who was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1642, and Town
Clerk of London, and who purchased Willey from the Lacons.
Sir John Weld followed his father's example in espousing the
Royalist cause, and had to compound for his estates in the
sum of £757. With his father he was taken prisoner by the
Parliamentarians on their capture of Shrewsbury on the
22nd February, 1645. Sir John, who was knighted at
Shrewsbury on the 22nd September, 1642, married Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of Sir George Whitmore, Knight, Alderman
of London, by whom he had issue, his eldest son being
George Weld, who was M.P. for Wenlock, 1685 — 1700
(No. 72 below). Sir John Weld was buried at Willey on the
4th August, 1681.

(68) William Forester (described in the return as of
Watling Street) was the son of Francis Forester, Sheriff of
Shropshire in 1652, and was born at Dothill Park, on the
10th December, 1655. He represented Wenlock in no less
than 14 different Parliaments, was member for 33 years, and
with the exception of the Parliament of 1685-7 sat continuously
from 1678-9 to 1715, when his son succeeded him in the seat,
a great record in those days. Mr. Forester, who was a
student of Trinity College, Cambridge, and took his degree
of M.A. per litems Regias in 1675, resided at Watling street,
Dothill Park, and Apley Castle. He was one of the Clerks
of the Green Cloth, and was made a Knight of the Bath in
August, 1689. Previously, however, to this he had fallen
into disgrace with the Government, as in 1683 50 muskets
and pike heads were discovered in his oven, and a consider-

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able quantity of gunpowder was found buried on his property,
and he was strongly suspected of being deeply implicated in
Lord William Russell's conspiracy. Blakeway says that
fine woods near the Wrekin were on this occasion sacrificed
to provide the necessary funds to extricate Mr. Forester (as
he then was) from his difficulties. In May, 1695, Sir William
fought a duel with Col. Beaumont, occasioned by some words
in the Parliament House, when the member was disarmed
by his opponent. In August, 1703, he was appointed by
Queen Anne as Commissioner to the Hague to wait on *the
Archduke Charles on his journey to England, and was,
doubtless, one of the foremost men at Court. Sir William
married Lady Mary Cecil, third daughter of the third Earl
of Salisbury, by whom he had three sons and two daughters.
He died in February, 1717-8, and was buried at Wellington.

1679, August 27. I (69) WILLIAM FORESTER and
1680-1, February 18. J (70) JOHN WOLRYCHE.

(69) See No. 68 above.

(70) John Wolryche (described in the return as of
Dudmaston) was the fifth son of Sir Thomas Wolryche, Bart.
(No. 49 above). lie does not seem to have been at Shrews-
bury School, as most of his brothers were, but he took his
degree of B.A. at Oxford (from Christ's College, Cambridge)
in 1656-7, and that of D.C.L. on the 20th December, 1670.
Mr. Wolryche, who was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in
1661, married Mary, daughter of Matthew Griffith, D.D.
(Chaplain to Charles I.), and widow of George Elphick, a
celebrated musician, and who was buried at Quatt Church
(where there is a fine monument to her memory) on the
13th June, 1678. The member had contested Bridgnorth in
March, 1678-9, but was defeated by Sir William Whitmore
and Sir Thomas Whitmore, against whose return he after-
wards lodged a petition on the ground of undue practices on
the part of the Bailiffs. Mr. Wolryche was buried at C)uatt
on the 7th June, 1685. Upon the death, on the 12th June,
1689, of the member's eldest brother Sir Francis Wolryche
without male issue, the baronetcy devolved on the member's
eldest son Thomas, who married Elizabeth Weld, and had
one son, afterwards Sir John Wolryche, who was drowned

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in the River Severn on the 25th June, 1723, when the
Baronetcy became extinct.

1685, March 31. (71) THOMAS LAWLEY and
(72) GEORGE WELD.

(71) Thomas Lawley of Spoonhill was the eldest son of
Sir Francis Lawley, Bart. (No. 63 supra), whom he succeeded
as third Baronet in October, 1696. He married twice ; first,
Rebecca, second daughter of Sir Humphrey Winch, Bart. ;
and secondly, Mrs. Perkins, having a son Francis by his
first wife. The member represented Wenlock in this Parlia-
ment, but is said to have failed at the two next elections,
though we have unfortunately no record of the polls. Sir
Thomas died in September, 1729.

(72) George Weld of Willey was the eldest son of Sir
John Weld of Willey, and was admitted to Shrewsbury
School in 1643. He matriculated at Ball. Coll., Oxford, on
the 9th December, 1653, and took his degree of B.A. in
February, 1654-5. Mr. Weld was Lieutenant of Sir John
Robinson's regiment of foot, and was Deputy-Lieutenant of
the Tower in 1663. There is a record in October, 1670, of a
petition by Mr. Weld for payment for exercising the office of
Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower during Sir John Robinson's
Mayoralty, which was referred to the Commissioners of the
Treasury " to gratify him in some way, the King remembering
his loyalty and the good services of his relations and compas-
sionating the straits of his present condition." A warrant
was issued on the 1 6 1 1 1 November following for the payiiidiit
to Mr. Weld of £800 for the above services, because he had
been Lieutenant, but " had been dismissed from all his
employments." The tract Flagclhmt Vavliamcntarium refer-
ring to this payment says : "George Weld is taken into pay
under the Bribe Master, and has already had £800." The
member married Mary, daughter of Sir Peter Pindar, by
whom (with • other children) he had a son George, who
succeeded his father in the representation of Wenlock, and
another son Thomas, who was also M.P. for the Borough.
Mr. Weld died on the r.-jth September, 1701, and was buried
on the 17th September at Willey.

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1688- 9, January 14.

1689- 90, March 13.
1695, October 3.
1698, July 29.
1700-1, January 8.

(73) Sir WILLIAM FORESTER and

(74) GEORGE WELD.

(73) See 68 supra.

(74) See 72 supra.

1701, November 27.1 gfR WILLIAM FORESTER and

1702, July 22.
1705, May 12.

(76) GEORGE WELD.

(75) See 68 supra.

(76) George Weld was the son and heir of George Weld
of Willey (No. 72 above). He married Margaret, daughter of
Richard Lug, by whom he had issue, and who died on the
26th December, 1719, aged 33. Mr. Weld, who was Sheriff
of Shropshire in the year 1746, died in July, 1748, and was
buried at Willey.

1708, May 11. (77) Sir WILLIAM FORESTER and
(78) THOMAS WELD.

(77) See No. 68 above.

(78) Thomas Weld was the third son of George Weld
(No. 72 above) and his wife Mary Pindar, and was born in
the year 1678. He matriculated at Ch. Ch., Oxford, on the
10th December, 1695. The member was a Lieut-Col. in the
Army, and served in many campaigns under the Duke of
Marlborough in Flanders and elsewhere. Col. Weld succeeded
to the Dudmaston estates under the will of his sister
Elizabeth, who obtained these estates by her marriage with
Sir Thomas Wolrychc, and the death in 1723 of their only son.
The member died on the 9th September, 1774, at Dudmaston,
at the great age of 97, and was buried at Quatt, where there
is a slab to his memory with the following inscription, which,
after speaking of his campaigns, continues: — " He here retired
soon after to live with his sister, Lady Weld, at Dudmaston,
where his polite and cheerful conversation procured him the
love and esteem of an extensive acquaintance and his bene-
ficence, the good wishes and prayers of all the poor of the
neighbourhood,"

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1710, Oct. 10. (79) Sir WILLIAM FORESTER and

(80) GEORGE WELD.
There was an election petition by Sir Robert Lawley, Bart.,
and Richard Lawley against the return of these members on
the ground of bribery and other undue practices, and a
further petition by burgesses residing and inhabiting within
the Borough of Wenlock complaining of the same return, but
no result is recorded, so fhat, doubtless, the return was held
good.

(79) See 68 above. (80) See 76 above.

1713, Sept. 2. Sir WILLIAM FORESTER.
(81) WILLIAM WHITMORE.

(81) William Whitmore of Apley(born about 1682) was
the son of Richard Whitmore of Slaughter, in the County of
Gloucester, and Ann, daughter of Sir John Weld, and
matriculated at Ch. Church, Oxford, on the 16th April, 1698.
He was also elected in this same Parliament lor Bridgnorth,
for which he elected to sit, and he represented that
Borough in the Parliaments of 1705 — -1708, 1713, 1714-15,
and 1721-2, and in fact, sat continuously till his death.
Mr. Whitmore is described in the Shropshire Visitation as a
Bart., but this is clearly an error, as in all the official returns
he is styled an Esquire, and in the return of his successor in
the representation of Bridgnorth, the return describes the
member as elected " vice William Whitmore, Esquire,
deceased." Mr. Whitmore, who succeeded to the Apiey
estates on the death of Sir William Whitmore, second Bart.,
in 1699, married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Pope of
Woolstaston, by whom he had (with other children) a son
Sir Thomas Whitmore, Knt., who succeeded him. The M.P.
died on the 24th May, 1725.

1713-14, March 17 (82) RICHARD NEWPORT, vice
William Whitmore, who elected to serve for Bridgnorth.

(82) Hon. Richard Newport was the second son of the
second Earl of Bradford. He died unmarried on 3rd
December, 1716, in the 30th year of his age, and was buried
at Wroxeter.

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1714-15, Feb. 1. (83) WILLIAM FORESTER and
(8-1) THOMAS NEWPORT.

(83) William Forester of Dothill Park, born in 1690,
was the eldest son of Sir William Forester, K.B. (No. 68
above), and succeeded to the estates on his father's death.
He married in 17 14 Catherine, only child and heiress of
William Brooke of Clerkenwell, London, by whom he had
two sons and two daughters, both the sons being afterwards
M.P.'s for this good old Borough of Wenlock. Mr. Forester
died on the iith November, 1758, and was buried at
Wellington.

(84) Hon. Thomas Newport born in 1654, was the second
son of the first Earl of Bradford, matriculated at Ch. Ch.,
Oxford, in 1672, was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple
in 1678, and took his M.A. degree in 1681. He was M.P. for
Ludlow from 1695 to 1700, and for Winchelsea in the
Parliament of 1700-1. Mr. Newport was a Commissioner of
Customs with a salary of £1,000 a year from 1699 to 171 1, a
Lord of the Treasury with a salary of £1,600 a year from
1715 — 1718, was made a Privy Councillor on the 30th March,
1717, and was a Teller of the Exchequer from March, 1718,
till his death. Mr. Newport was raised to the peerage with
the title of Lord Torrington in June, 1716. The member,
who was seated at Brigstock Park, Northants, was thrice
married, but left no issue, and on his death his title became
extinct. He died on the 27th May, 1719, in the 65th year
of his age, and was buried at Wroxetcr. According to
Narcissus Luttrell's diary the member succeeded on the death
of his uncle, the Hon. Andrew Newport, to his large estates
and £40,000 in money. Lord Torrington, who was a
connoisseur in Art and left a magnificent collection of
pictures, was a great benefactor of the Hospital at Preston
on the Wild Moors, which was erected under the will of his
sister, Lady Herbert, and there is a portrait of his Lordship
in the Hospital Hall.

1715, Nov. 5. Hon. THOMAS NEWPORT re-elected
after appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

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1716, July 13. (85) Sir HUMPHREY BRIGGS, vice
Hon. T. Newport raised to the peerage.

(85) Sir Humphrey Briggs of Haughton, the fourth
Baronet and the third in succession of the same name, was
the eldest son of Sir Humphrey Briggs of Ernstrey Park,
who died on the 31st January, 1699, aged 49. The M.P. was
born in 1670, matriculated at Wadham Coll., Oxford, on the
2nd July, 1687, and was'admitted to Lincoln's Inn in the
same year. Sir Humphrey was M.P. for the County of
Salop from 1700— 1701, and sat for Bridgnorth from 1702 to
1 7 10. He died unmarried on the 8th December, 1734, aged
64, and was succeeded by his brother Sir Hugh Briggs.

1722, March 27. (86) Sir HUMPHREY BRIGGS and

(87) SAMUEL EDWARDS.
A petition against the return of these members was lodged
on the 19th October, 1722, by Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart.,
and Edward Cresset, complaining of indirect and corrupt
practices, but no result is recorded.

(86) See 85 above.

(87) Samuel Edwards of Erodesley and West Coppice,
was the son of John Edwards of Pentre, Montgomeryshire,
and purchased the Erodesley estate. He was a man of
considerable standing, being one of the Deputy Tellers of the
Exchequer and the Keeper of Windsor Great Park, with a
salary of £500 a year. Mr. Edwards, who was twice married,
first to Rebecca Godolphin, and secondly in Sept., 1722, to
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Lyster of Rowton, by whom
he had two sons, died on the 12th June, 1738.

1727, Aug. 28. (88) SAMUEL EDWARDS and
(89) JOHN SAMBROOKE.

(88) See 87 above.

(89) John Sambrooke was the third son of Sir Jeremy
Sambrooke, Knight, of Bushill, Middlesex, a London Merchant,
by his wife Judith, second daughter of Nicholas Vanacker of
Erith, Kent. Mr. Sambrooke, who was M.P. for Dunwich
LjzG-y, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Eorester,
Knight (No. 68 above), hence, no doubt, his connection with
Wenlock. Mr. Sambrooke was a Gentleman of the Privy

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Chamber to George I., and is described in a contemporary
list of Members as a Turkey Merchant. Mr. Sambrooke
died without issue at Bath on the 19th May, 1734, his widow
surviving him many years, and dying on the 6th February,
1763. The member's two elder brothers, Sir Samuel and
Sir Jeremy, inherited in succession the Baronetcy held by
their uncle, but the title became extinct on the death without
issue of Sir Jeremy in 1754.

1734, April 27. (go) SAMUEL EDWARDS and
(91) WILLIAM FORESTER.

(90) See 87 above.

(91) See 83 above.

1738-9, Feb. 14. (92) BROOKE FORESTER vice
Samuel Edwards, deceased.

(92) Brooke Forester of Dothill and Willey (born on
the 7th Feb., 1716-17), was the eldest son of his fellow M.P.
William Forester (No. 83 above). The member was twice
married ; firstly, on the 4th May, 1734, at Willey, to Elizabeth,
daughter and heiress of George Weld of Willey (No. 76 above),
by whom he had four sons, and who was buried at Willey on
the 20th March, 1753 ; and secondly, to Elizabeth, daughter
of Robert Barnston of Chester, by whom he had only one
child, a daughter. Mr. Forester seems to have gone to live
at Willey after his father-in-law's death, when his wife
biought those estates to the Forester family. Mr. Forester
died at Dothill on the 19th January, 1771, and was buried at
Wellington.

( "" 1741, May 5. (93) BROOKE FORESTER and
(94) Sir BRYAN BROUGHTON.

(93) See 92 above.

(94) Sir Bryan Broughton, afterwards Sir Bryan
Broughton Delves, was the only son of Sir Bryan Broughton,
Bart., of Broughton, and was burn in January, 17 18- 19. He
married on the 27th May, 1738, Mary, daughter of William
Forester of Willey (No. 83 above), "a lady with upwards of
£20,000," and it was, no doubt, to this marriage that the
member owed his representation of Wcnlock. Sir Bryan

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Broughton inherited the estates of his maternal grandfather
Sir Thomas Delves, and assumed the surname of Delves in
compliance with the terms of his grandfather's will. Sir
Bryan was appointed Deputy Ranger of Need wood Forest
in 1739, and succeeded his father in the Baronetcy and
estates. He did not, however, live long to enjoy them, as he
died on the nth August, 1744, at the early age of 25, and
was succeeded hy his son, another Sir Bryan.

1744, December 7. (95) ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE
vice Sir B. B. Delves, deceased.

(95) Isaac Hawkins Browne was born on the 21st
January, 1705, at Burton-on-Trent, of which parish his father
was Vicar, and was one of the most distinguished of the
Wenlock Members. He was educated at Lichfield and
Westminster, and having obtained a scholarship went in
172 1 to Trinity Coll., Cambridge, where he in due course
took his degree. In 1727, Mr. Browne entered Lincoln's
Inn, where he was called to the Bar. He was returned for
Wenlock as a Whig through the Forester influence., which
was then predominant. Mr. Browne was a Fellow of the
Royal Society, and was a man of great talents and varied
accomplishments. His principal literary work was the poem
of" De animi immortalitate," which attracted great attention
at the time, but perhaps even greater stir was made by his
parody, "A Pipe of Tobacco," which was published in 1754.
Dr. Johnson says of the Member for Wenlock that "though
he was one of the greatest wits in England, when he got
into Parliament he never opened his mouth." Boswell in
his account of the journey to the Hebrides records that
Dr. Johnson told him after supper that Mr. Browne drank
freely for 30 years, and that he wrote his great poem on the
Soul in some of the last of these years. The member married
on the 10th February, 1734, the daughter of Dr. Trimnell,
Archdeacon of Leicester, by whom he had a son of the same
name as himself, who was M.P. for Bridgnorth in 1784.
Mr. Browne himself died in London of consumption, after a
lingering illness, on the 14th February, 1760.

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1747, June 29. 196) BROOKE FORESTER and
(97) ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE.
(96) See 92 above. (97) See 95 above.

1754, April 19. (98) WILLIAM FORESTER and
(99) BROOKE FORESTER.
(98) See 83 above. ,-(99) See 92 above.

1758, December 8. flop) GEORGE FORESTER
vice William Forester, deceased.

(100) George Fokester the well-known Squire of Willey,
who had for his colleague in the representation of
the Borough his father Brooke Forester (No. 92 above) —
thus repeating the Weulock precedent of 1738, when
his father and grandfather were the two members — was
born on the 21st December, 1735, and was baptized at
Willey. Mr. Forester did not in any especial manner
distinguish himself as a statesman, but he will never be
forgotten in Shropshire as a thorough sportsman and a fine
old English gentleman. The Squire and his whipper in
Tom Moody were, and are, household words in this county
and far beyond it, and the former needs little further descrip-
tion here. Mr. Forester is said by some authorities to have
been defeated by Mr. Whitmore in the Wenlock election of
1780, but this is incorrect, as the former was not a candidate.
He was in Parliament a thorough supporter of Mr. Pitt, and
was in part, at any rate, instrumental in obtaining the
sanction of the House to the first Iron bridge. Mr. Forester,
who was Major of, and raised at his own expense, The
Wenlock Loyal Volunteers, a corps which was disbanded in
1802, also filled for many years the office of Chief Magistrate
and Justice of AVenlock, upon his retirement from which he
presented to the Borough their handsome silver mace. The
Squire died, regretted by all, rich and poor alike, on the
13th July, 181 1, at Wrilley, in the 76th year of his age, never
having been married. He was buried at his own request in
the dusk of evening in the family vault at Willey Church,
where a marble tablet was placed to his memory by the
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the following inscription : " To the memory of my late
Cousin and Benefactor George Forester, Esquire, Willey
Park, May 10, 1821."

1761, March 28. (101) BROOKE FORESTER and
(102) CECIL FORESTER.

(101) See 92 above.

(102) Cecil Forester of Ross Hall, Shropshire, who
was born in 1721, was the younger son of William Forester,
M.P., 1715 (No. 83 above), and the brother of his fellow
Member Brooke Forester. He was appointed Major in Col.
Murray's Regiment of Foot on the 24th February, 1747-8,
and was Lieutenant-Col. of the nth Foot from the 24th
January, 1752, to May, 1760, when he seems to have left the
army. Col. Forester married Ann, daughter and heiress of
Robert Townshend of Christleton, Cheshire (Recorder of
Chester), by whom he had 5 sons and 2 daughters, the eldest
son becoming the 1st Lord Forester. Col. Forester died at
Ross Hall on the 22nd August, 1774.

1768, March l8.\ ^\ fSS^^S^^SS^
* ' \ and (104) Sir HENRY BRIDGEMAN

1774, Oct. io. j (Tory)>«

(103) George Forester (see 100 above).

(104) Sir HENRY BRIDGEMAN, Baronet, in whose
descendant the sole representation of the great Newport
family vested, was the elder son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman
of Great Lever, Lancashire, and of Anne Newport, daughter
of the second Lord Bradford. Sir Henry, who was the fifth
baronet, was M.P. for Ludlow from 1741 to 1768, and
represented Wenlock from the latter year up to the 13th
August, 1794, when he was created first Baron Bradford of
the Bridgeman family. Sir Henry, upon whom the degree
of L.L.I), was conferred at Cambridge in 1769, was Clerk
Controller of the Board of Green Cloth (the value of which
appointment was £1,000 per year) from 176 1 — 1764. Upon
the death, in 1762, of the last Earl of Bradford of the Newport
family, the Weston estates devolved upon Sir Henry, who also
received the very large accumulation of personal property of
the last Earl, He married on the 12th July, 1755,

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Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Simpson, by whom he
had several sons, one, Orlando, succeeding his father in the
Barony, and being afterwards raised to the dignity of Earl of
Bradford, and another being M.P. for Wenlock at the same
time as his father in 1784-5. Lord Bradford died on the 5th
June, 1800.

1780, September 13. ,(105) Sir HENRY BRIDGEMAN
(Tory), and (106) THOMAS WHITMORE (Tory).

(105) See 104 above.

(106) Thomas Whitmore of Apley and Wolstaston, was
the son of Charles Whitmore of Southampton (who died in
1770), and was grandson of William Whitmore, who was
elected M.P. in 1713 (No. 81). The Member, who was
Major of the 9th Foot Regiment, was like his grandfather,
also returned for Bridgnorth, and also like his grandfather
elected to sit for Bridgnorth in preference to Much Wenlock,
sitting for that borough from this time until his death.
Major Whitmore married firstly his cousin Mary (who died
in 1776), co-heiress of her father, Sir Thomas Whitmore, K.B.,
and on his father-in-law's death on the 15th April, 1773, he
succeeded to the Apley Estates. Major Whitmore, who
married secondly Mary, daughter of Thomas Foley, was
drowned in a well in the garden at Apley on the 17th
April, 1795.

1780, December 9. (107) GEORGE FORESTER (Tory),
vice Whitmore, who elected to serve for Bridgnorth.

(107) GliORCiE Forester (sec 100 above).

1784, April 7. (108) Sir HENRY BRIDGEMAN (Tory),
and (109) JOHN BRIDGEMAN (Tory).

(108) See 104 above.

(109) John Bkidoeman (as his name was, when elected
for Bridgnorth, but who was afterwards John Bridgeman
Simpson), was the third son of his fellow Member Sir
Henry Bridgeman, first Baron Bradford (No. 104 above).
He was born on the 13th May, 1763, and in May, 1785,
he assumed by Act of Parliament the surname and arms of
Simpson, upon succeeding to his maternal grandfather's

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estate. Mr. Bridgeman Simpson, who resided at Babworth
Hall, Notts, was twice married ; firstly, in 1784, to
Henrietta Frances, only daughter of Sir Thomas Worsley,
by whom he had three children. His wife dying in 1791 he
married in 1793 Grace, daughter of Samuel Estwicke, by
whom he had 13 children. He died on the 5th June, 1850.

1785, August 9. (no) .GEORGE FORESTER (Tory),
vice John Bridgeman Simpson,"who accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds,
(no) See 100 above.

The following is the account of this election in the
Shrewsbury Chronicle of 1785, August 16th : — " We hear from
Much Wenlock, that at the general sessions of the peace
held for that town and its liberties, at the Guildhall on
Wednesday last, George Forester, of Willey, in this county,
Esquire, was put in nomination by Thomas Mytton, 01
Shipton, Esqr, as a proper parson to represent that borough
in parliament, in the room of Mr. Simpson, who has accepted
the Chiltern Hundreds, which nomination was seconded by
the Reverend Mr. Stephens, and unanimously approved."

1790, June 22. (in) Sir HENRY BRIDGEMAN (Tory),
and (112) CECIL FORESTER (Tory).

Though this election was uncontested, the proceedings are
interesting, as they shew the mutually affectionate terms on
which Wenlock parted with the Willey Squire as its
Member. Upon the dissolution of the previous Parliament,
Mr. Forester issued the following address to his con-
stituents :—

" Having served you upwards of 30 years in Parliament and
during that period met with every support from you that
man could wish for, I should deem it a matter of the greatest
discredit to myself & injustice to you were I to attempt
to continue your Member one moment beyond that time in
which I could render you my best services. I therefore
most frankly confess to you that I feel myself now very
unequal to the duty of a Member in Parliament by an
impossibility to bear the fatigues attendant on that important

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business, consequently I beg leave to retire from any further
public service."

The Willey Squire having retired, his cousin Mr. Cecil
Forester was elected in his place ; but the burgesses did not
allow their old Member's retirement to pass unnoticed, and
passed the following resolutions, which, like Mr. Forester's
reply, speak for themselves : —
t> ■

LIBERTY OF WENLOCK.

" At a Common and Burgess Hall held the 22nd day of
June, in the year of our Lord 1790, in the Guildhall in Much
Wenlock, in and for the Borough of Wenlock and the
liberties of the same, for the purpose of electing Members to
represent the said Borough in Parliament, pursuant to public
notice for that purpose given,

" Resolved unanimously,

" 1st, That the conduct of our late worthy Representative
George Forester, Esq. for the space of 30 years, during
which he has represented the said Borough in Parliament,
has been highly becoming the important office he hath filled,
the integrity of his behaviour in the exalted station of a
senator ; the uprightness and impartiality of his conduct
both as a Member and Magistrate of this very populous and
extensive Franchise ; the readiness with which he hath at all
times come forward when called upon to support our rights
both in Church and State, upon every question which
concerned this great trading country in general, and the more
immediate interest of our Franchise in particular; demands
from us those unfeigned expressions of approbation and
esteem, which hearts like ours, replete with gratitude for
past services, are always ready to shew.

" 2d, That we cannot, but with the utmost regret, lament
the loss which we are likely to sustain by our late worthy
Member, Mr Forester, declining to offer his services to
represent us in the ensuing Parliament ; a loss, which we
should much more sensibly feel, were our hopes not revived
by the prospect of a branch of that family whose name is
dear to us all, filling the place resigned to him by his worthy
relation

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" 3d, That it is the unanimous opinion of the Bailiff,
Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Wenlock, in
this Common hall assembled, that we do, in the most
distinguished manner we are able, shew the high sense we
entertain of the many and valuable services we have received
at the hands of our late Member, Mr Forester ; our perfect
approbation of his conduct during the space of 30 years
which he hath represented us in Parliament ; and our
humble request that he will condescend to accept these
our unfeigned thanks for the same.

" 4th, That the thanks of this Common Hall be likewise
given to our other Representative, Sir Henry Bridgeman,
Bart., as a token of our perfect approbation of his conduct
as one of our Members.

"5th, That these resolutions be signed by the Town Clerk
and by him transmitted to Sir Henry Bridgeman, Bart., and
George Forester, Esq., and that the same be recorded
amongst the proceedings of the said Borough, and published
three times in the London papers and Shrewsbury Chronicle.

" MYTTON, Town Clerk."

" To the Bailiff, and Burgesses of the Franchise of Wenlock,
lately in Common Hall assembled (on the 22nd of June
past) at that place.
" Mr Bailiff and Gentlemen,

" Having heard the foregoing Resolutions read over to me
and my late worthy Colleague, in open Court, and knowing
when they were to appear in this paper, I take the earliest
opportunity to meet them with my most cordial best acknow-
ledgments, for the high honour done me, by so very
distinguished, so very honourable a mark of your regard
and affection ; a matter which, at the same time that it
points out to future Members the direct road to your certain
approbation, confers on me, not only the highest honour
imaginable, but enables me further, thus early to say to you,
that I now, and ever shall, very sensibly feel the effects of
our much admired, affectionate farewell. I acknowledge
myself ever indebted, to the very utmost, for the most fair,
the most candid, hearing that man could possibly wish for,
accompanied at the close of it, by the most truly honourable

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discharge that any member of the British Senate ever can
boast of. Complete and impartial justice will ever grace
your decision; a monument of fame for me in these liberties
will ever live on the records of Wenlock for posterity's
perusal. I must confess to you, I felt severely during the
suspension betwixt my request and your reply ; it was an
awful moment, and one never by me to be forgotten : honour
for ever, or a stain indelible, on the journals of your Court,
never could permit me to exist one minute in the mild zone
of calm indifference. I felt, indeed ; but, Gentlemen, as
freedom and independence had been always my motto,
uniformity my shield, and conscious innocence my faithful
guardian and protector, I felt for honour, but never
swerved for guilt. A stern, though I hope no more than
manly resolution, prepossessed my whole frame at the very
instant it was wanted, and that heart then proved brave to
me, which ever had before proved just to you.

" With every gratitude, with every affectionate regard
imaginable, I return you my last and my most sincere
thanks, for every honour done me from my first to my latest
services ; and, be assured Mr Bailiff and Gentlemen, I go
into the peaceful shade of retirement ; fully convinced that I
am amply rewarded for a long and faithful service, of 30
years existence.

" I remain, Gentlemen,
" With the most profound respect, regard, and
utmost diffidence,
u Your faithful, obedient, and very much
obliged humble servant.
" Willey, June 26. " GEORGE EORESTER."

It is curious in these days to read that " an elegant
entertainment was given on the return of Sir Henry
Bridgcman and Cecil Forester Esq."

(111) See 104 above.

(112) Cecil Forester (Tory), the eldest son of Col.
Cecil Forester (No. 102 above) was baptized at St. Chad's
Church, Shrewsbury, on the 7th April, 1767. He matriculated
at Christ Church, Oxford, on the 24 October, 1785. Mr.
Forester, who was seated at Ross Hall, acquired the Willey

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estates under the will of his cousin George Forester (the
Willey Squire) in July, 181 1, and thereupon by the King's
permission assumed the prefix surname of Weld. The
member was celebrated as a sportsman, and it is of him that
Nimrod says : — " He was generally allowed to have combined
the knowledge of the powers & capabilities of a horse with
judgment in availing himself of them beyond any other man
of his or the present 4ay. As a rider to hounds through an
entire season, he has never been excelled, and that is saying
much." Mr. Meynell used to say of Mr. Forester " First
out of cover comes Cecil Forester, then the fox, and then
my hounds." The Member was created Baron Forester on
the 17th July, 1821, upon the occasion of the visit to him at
Ross Hall of his Sovereign George IV., with whose personal
friendship he was honoured in an especial degree. He
married on the 16th June, 1800, Lady Katherine Mary
Manners, the second daughter of the fourth Duke of Rutland,
by whom he had six sons and five daughters, the former of
whom were celebrated as sportsmen, the latter for their wit
and beaut)7. Lord Forester died in London on the 23rd
May, 1828, and was brought to the Tontine at Ironbridge,
where his body lay in state. He was afterwards removed to
Willey, where he was buried in the family vault, in the
presence, it is said, of 10,000 spectators. His Lordship was
succeeded in the Barony by three of his sons successively,
as second, third, and fourth Lord Forester.

1794, September 9. (113) JOHN SIMPSON (Tory), vice
Sir Henry Bridgeman, called to the Upper
House as Baron Bradford.
(113) See 109 above.

1796, May 30.
1802, July 8.

1806, November 4.

1807, May 8.
181 2, October 8.
1818, June 20.

(114) JOHN SIMPSON (Tory) and

(115) CECIL FORESTER (Tory).

(114) See 109 above.

above.

(115) See 112

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1820, March 9. (116) FRANCIS FORESTER (Tory),
and (117) WILLIAM LACON CHILDE (Tory).

This seems to have been the first contested election for
98 years and again, as in the last two contests, a Lawley was
defeated. The following was the result of the poll which
lasted three days, and at which 285 voted : —

Francis Forester (Tory)... ... ... 215

W. L. Childe (Tory) ... ... ... 182

Paul Beilby Lawley (Whig) ... ... 102

(116) Francis Forester of Somerby, was the third son
of Col. Cecil Forester (No. 102 above), and was born on the
19th August, 1774. He was Major of the 15th Hussars and
the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). Major Forester married on
the 22nd July, 1813, Lady Louisa Catherine Barbara Vane,
eldest daughter of the first Duke of Cleveland, by whom he
had one son and two daughters. He died on the 21st
October, 1861.

(117) William Lacon Childe, Tory (described in the
return as of Wrockwardine), the son of William Childe and
Annabel his wife (daughter of Sir Charlton Leighton),
was born and baptized on the 3rd January, 1786, at Kinlet.
He was educated at Harrow (haying entered the school in
1798, and having amongst his schoolfellows there Lord
Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Byron) and at
Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on the 21st
October, 1803. Mr. Childe, who served the office of Sheriff
of Shropshire in 1828 was a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
of that county and of Worcestershire. He was a good public
speaker, and moved the address in the House of Commons
in 1826, and took a very leading position in the business as
well as in the social affairs of Shropshire and his own
neighbourhood. Mr. Childe while still M.P. for Wenlock,
became a candidate for the representation of the county in
1822, on the death of Sir John Powell, but withdrew his can-
didature. The following was an invitation issued on the
occasion, and as an illustration of "other times other manners"
is interesting : — " The friends of Mr. Childe in the neighbour-
hood of Oswestry are requested to meet at the Cross, Oswestry,
at ^ past 6 o'clock on Thursday morning with a leaf of laurel in

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their hats to proceed together to Pradoe to breakfast." Mr.
Childe married on the 13th August, 1807, Harriet, youngest
daughter of William Cludde of Orleton, by whom he had
several children, amongst whom were William Lacon Childe,
who succeeded him at Kinlet, the Rev. Edward Baldwyn Childe
of Kyre Park (Vicar of Cleobury Mortimer), and Charles
Orlando Childe Pemberton of Millichope. The Member
died on the 12th December, 1880, in his 95th year, and was
buried at Kinlet.

1826, June 10. (118) JOHN GEORGE WELD
FORESTER (Tory), and (119) PAUL BEILBY

THOMPSON (Whig).
(118) John George Weld Forester was the eldest son
of Cecil, first Lord Forester (No. 112 above), and was bora
in London on the 9th August, 1801. King George IV., when
Prince of Wales, was his godfather. Mr. Forester was
educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford. He
inherited all the sporting tendencies of his family, and was
scarcely less renowned as a sportsman than his father or
his cousin, the Willcy Squire. For 27 years he was Master
of the Bel voir hounds, and as a recognition of his tact and
skill, and of the splendid sport which he always showed, the
Hunt seized the occasion of his marriage to present him with
a silver statuette, which is still one of the treasured heirlooms
of Willey. Mr. Forester considerably increased the value of
his landed estates, and much benefited the neighbourhood
in which he lived by the support given by him to the
construction of the Severn Valley Railway, which has so
greatly opened out the resources of the district. He was a
strong Conservative in politics, a keen agriculturist, and
second to none as a judge of horse or hound. The Member
succeeded to the peerage as second Baron Forester on his
father's death on the 23rd May, 1828, and was on the 8th
September, 1841, appointed Captain of the Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms and a Privy Councillor. He married on the
10th June, 1856, the widow of the last Viscount Melbourne,
by whom he had one son only, who died an infant, and no
other issue. Lord Forester died on the 10th October, 1874,
at Willey, and was succeeded by his brother, George Cecil

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Weld Forester, who had also followed him as M.P. for
Wenlock.

(ng) Paul Beilby Thompson of Escrick, Yorkshire, who
as Paul Beilby Lawley unsuccessfully contested Wenlock at
the previous election in 1820, was the third and youngest son
of Sir Robert Lawley, Bart., of Spoonhill, and his wife Jane
only daughter and heiress of Beilby Thompson of Escrick.
He was born on the 1st July, 1784, and married on the 10th
May, 1817, the Hon. Caroline Neville, daughter of Lord
Braybrooke, by whom he had four sons and a daughter.
Mr. Lawley assumed in September, 1820, the name and arms
of Thompson, resuming the surname of Lawley in 1839.
Mr. Thompson, who was a prominent politician in the
Reform agitation, represented the East Riding of Yorkshire
from 1833 to 1837, and for his services to the Whig party
was created Baron Wenlock on the 13th May, 1839. He
was Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding, and in 185 1 he
succeeded to the baronetcy and Shropshire estates of his
brother, Sir Francis Lawley. Lord Wenlock died on the
9th May, 1852.

1828, June 17. (120) GEORGE CECIL WELD
FORESTER (Tory), vice J. G. W. Forester a Peer.

1830, Feb. 20. Do. re-elected on appointment as
Groom of the Bedchamber.

(120) George Cecil Weld Forester, who represented
Wenlock without break for over 46 years, and became the
Father of the House of Commons, was the second son of the
first Lord Forester (No. 112 above), and was born in London
on the 10th May, 1807. He was educated at Westminster
School, entered the Army in 1824 as Cornet of the Royal
Horse Guards, and gradually rose to the command of the
Regiment in 1853, became Lieut. -General in 1871, and was
placed on the retired list as General in October, 1877. The
member was Groom of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
in 1830, was Controller of the Household from February to
December, 1852, and also from February, 1858, to July, 1859,
and was made a Privy Councillor on the 27th February,
1852. General Forester was married on the 8th November,
1862, to the Hon. Mary Jervis, third daughter of the second

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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WENLOCK. 353

Viscount St. Vincent, and widow of Mr. Dyce Sombre, but
had no issue. He became third Lord Forester on the death
of his elder brother on the 10th October, 1874. Lord
Forester died at his residence in Carlton Gardens, London,
on the 14th February, 1886, and was buried in the family
vault at Willey.

1830, July 30. (121) GEORGE CECIL WELD
FORESTER (Tory), and (122) PAUL BEILBY
THOMPSON (Whig).

1831, April 29. Do. do.

(121) See 120 above. (122) See 119 above.

1832, Dec. 12. (123) GEORGE CECIL WELD
FORESTER (C), and (124) JAMES MILNES
GASKELL (C.)
There was a contest at this election, when 635 out of 691
voters polled, and the numbers were as follows : —
Forester (C.)... ... ... 448

Gaskell (C.) ... ... ... 330

Matthew Brydges (L.) ... ... 308

(123) G. C. Weld Forester. See 120 above.

(124) James Milnes Gaskell born on the 10th October,
1810, was the only son of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes
House, Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was educated at Eton,
where he numbered amongst his friends the late W. E,
Gladstone, Sir Francis Doyle, Arthur Hallam, G. A. Selwyn,
and many others, who in one way or other have since earned
high distinction. Whilst at Eton Mr. Gaskell received
frequent visits from George Canning, whose friendship he
won and for whom he had always the greatest admiration.
After leaving Eton, Mr. Gaskell went to Christ Church,
Oxford, where he matriculated on the 17th January, 182c).
In [834 he lived in Tilney Street, Park Lane, and it was at
this house, at which Mr. Gladstone was a frequent caller,
that the latter first met Miss Catherine Glynne, who after-
wards became his wife. Mr. Gladstone speaking in 1898 of
James Milnes Gaskell called him " that rare and most
precious character, an enthusiast," and said of him when at

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354 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WENLOCK.

Oxford : — " This youth had a political faculty which probably
suffered in the end from an absorbing and exclusive pre
dominance in mind and life, such as to check his general
development of mental character, but which in its precocious
ripeness secured for him not the notice only but what might
almost be called the close friendship of Mr. Canning, that
frreat commanding luminary of the Twenties." Mr. Gaskell
was first returned as M.P. for Much Wenlock on the 12th
December, 1832, and represented the Borough continuously
from that day until the General Election of 1868, when he
retired from Parliament. He was a Lord of the Treasury in
the administration of Sir Robert Peel from the 6th September,.
1841, until March, 1846, when he retired. He purchased the
Wenlock Abbey Estate from his cousin by marriage, Sir
Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., in 1857, and then began that
judicious restoration which has preserved so much of the old
Abbey from ruin, and which has made of the Prior's House,
now occupied by his heir, Mr. C. G. Milnes Gaskell, one of
the most beautiful residences in Shropshire. Mr. Gaskell
married in May, 1832, Mary, eldest daughter of the Right
Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of Llangedwyn, by
whom he had two sons and two daughters. He died on the
5th February, 1873, and was buried at Much Wenlock.

1835, Jan. 7. (125) G. C. WELD FORESTER (C), and
(126) J. M. GASKELL (C.)
There was again a contest, the result being : —

Forester (C.) ...
Gaskell (C.) ...
Sir W. Somerville (L.)...

519

422

323

(125) See 120 above. (126) See 124 above.

J/,J J \\ (127) G. C. WELD FORESTER (C.)y

j Q I and (128) J. M. GASKELL (C.)
41, June 28J v ;

(127) See 120 above. (128) See 124 above.

1841, Sept. 14. J. M. GASKELL on appointment as Lord
of the Treasury.

... 1. ...

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1847, July 28. (129) G. C. WELD FORESTER and
(130) J. M. GASKELL.

1852, March 3. G. C. WELD FORESTER after appoint-
ment as Controller of Household.

(129) See 120 above. (130) See 124 above.

1852, July 6. ) (131), G. C. WELD FORESTER and

1857, March 27.I (x32) J- M. GASKELL.

1858, March 3. G. C. WELD FORESTER on appoint-

ment as Controller of Household.

(131) See 120 above. (132) See 124 above.

1859, April 29.I (133) G. C. WELD FORESTER (C),
1865, July 11. J and (134) J. M. GASKELL (C.)

1868, November 16. (133) G. C. WELD FORESTER and
(135) ALEXANDER HARGREAVES BROWN (L.)

(133) See 120 above. (134) See 124 above.

(135) Alexander Hargreaves Brown (described in the
return as of Richmond Hill, Liverpool), of Broome Hall,
Holmwood, Surrey, third son of the late Alexander Brown of
Beilby Grange, Yorkshire, was born on the nth April, 1844,
was educated privately, and was a Cornet in the 5th Dragoon
Guards from 1864 to 1866. On his retirement from the
regular forces, Mr. Brown joined the Volunteers, and became
Hon. Col. of the 1st Lancashire Rifles, obtaining the
Volunteer decoration. The ^Member was a member of the
well-known shipping firm of Brown, Shipley and Co., and
was placed on the Board of the London Scottish American
Trust. Mr. Brown, who is a J. P. for Lancashire, sat as a
Gladstonian Liberal for Wenlock from 1868 to 188O, and
continued in the same faith as M.P. for the Wellington
division of the County of Salop from 1880 up to the Home
Rule split in 1886, when he became a Liberal Unionist, and
as such he still remains the much respected Member of the
Wellington division.

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1874, February 7. (136) G. C. W. FORESTER akd

(137) A. H. BROWN.

(136) See 120 above.

(137) See 135 above.

There was a contest again at this election, the result of
which was as follows : —

Forester (C.) ... ... ... ... 1708

Brown (L.) ... ... ... ... 1570

G. C. M. Gaskelf(C) ... ... ... 840

1874, November 16. CECIL THEODORE WELD
FORESTER (Con.), vice George Cecil Weld Forester,

called to Upper House as Lord Forester.
This election was the great Homeric battle between the
representatives of the families which throughout the
Parliamentary history of Wenlock had been most intimately
connected with the borough, the Foresters and the Lawleys.
The candidates were Mr. C. T. Weld Forester and the Hon.
Beilby Lawley, who have since become the heads of their
respective families, and are now Lord Forester and Lord
Wenlock. Once again the Forester triumphed after a great
struggle, the result of the poll being : —

Mr. C. T. Weld Forester ... ... 1720

Hon. Beilby Lawley ... ... ... 1401

(138) Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, the eldest son
of the Hon. and Rev. Canon Orlando Watkin Forester
(afterwards fourth Lord Forester), was born on the 3rd
August, 1842. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity
College, Cambridge, and was a Lieutenant in the Royal
Horse Guards. Mr. Forester, who, as a Conservative,
represented Wenlock up to 1885, when the Borough ceased
to exist as a Parliamentary unit, married in December, 1866,
Emma Georgina, daughter of Sir W. W. Dixie, Bart., and
has issue. Mr. Forester succeeded to the peerage as fifth
Lord Forester on his father's death in 189,4. Fortunately
for Wenlock, Lord Forester has always taken an active share
in public affairs, is a Member of the Shropshire County
Council, a D.L. for the County, and has for two years filled
the office of Mayor of the Borough which he and so many

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WEN LOCK. 357

members of his family have long and faithfully represented
in the Council of the nation.

1880, April 2. (139) A. H. BROWN and
(140) CECIL THEODORE WELD FORESTER.

(139) see 135 above.

(140) see 138 above. s

There was again a contest at this election, when Mr.
Ralph Augustus Benson of Lutwyche, the London
Stipendiary Magistrate (whose early death was so deeply
regretted), tried as a Conservative to wrest the second seat
from Mr. Brown, but failed to do so, The poll was declared
as follows : —

Forester (C.) ... ... ... ... 2058

Brown (L.) ... ... ... ... 1358

Benson (C.) ... ... ... ... 1013

INDEX TO MEMBERS.

Baynham, Win., 1584-97
Blount, Wm., 1540
Blount, Sir George, 1554-8.

1562, 72
Brett, John, 1601
Bridgeman, George, 1627-8
Do. Sir Henry,

1768-94
Do. John, 1784-5,

1794 — 1820
Briggs, Sir Humphrey,

1646
Do. do.

1716-27
Bromley, George, 1558-9
Broughton, Sir Bryan, 1 741
Browne, Isaac H., 1744-54
Brown, A. II., 1868 80

Clerke, William, 1472 303

Colyns, John, 149 1 304

Corbet, Reginald, 1540 307

Cornwall, Richard, 1544 307

Cressett, Richard, 1640 328

Page

312

320
327

Delves, Sir B. Broughton

343

1741-4

340

33°

344

Edwards, Samuel, 1722-38 339
Evans, John, 1554 313
Eyton, Robert, 1553 310
Ey ton, Thomas, 1571 316

339
5'14
34o

34i
354

Fanshawe, Thomas, 1597 319

Forester, Brooke, 1738-67 340
Do. Cecil, 1 761 343
Do. C.T.Weld, 1874-

80 356
Do. Cecil Weld, 1790,

Cam bray, Thomas, 1478
Chihle, Wm. Lacon, 1820

304

35°

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358 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WE N LOCK.

Page

Forester, Francis, 1820 350
Do. George, 1 75S, 68-

80, 80-5 342
Do. George Cecil

Weld, 1828-74 352
Do. John George

We Id j 1826 351
Do. William, 1678 85

1688-1714 333
Do. William, 1715,

1 734, 1 7 54 33s
Foster, John, 1529 305

Do. Thomas, 1554 311
Foxe, Charles, 1562 316

Gaskell. Jas. Milnes, 1832-

1868 353

Hall, Edward, 1529 306
Herbert, John, 1552-3 309

Lacon, Edward, 1554 312

Do. • Rowland, 1 55S-9 315

Do. Rowland, 16 14 322

Do. William, 1571 316

Do. do. 1597 319

Lawley, Edward. 16 14 & 20 323
Do. Sir Francis, 1658

61 33 1

Do. George, 1603-4 321
Do. Rich., 1544 & 7 308
Do. Robert, 1 588 and

1603 318
Do. Thomas, 1 547ft 52 309
1 >o. Thomas, 1 572-86 3 1 7
Do Thomas, 1625-8 325

Page

Lawley, Thomas, 1685 335

Lee, Richard, 1553 310

Leighton, William, 1601 320
Littleton, Sir Thos., 1640

ft 1661 327

Mytton, Henry, 1623-4 325

Newport, Richard, 1 7 r 3 337

Do. Thomas, 1714-6 338

Pierpoint, William. 1640 329

Poole, Sir John, 1592-3 318

Ridley, Thomas, 1555 313

Sambrooke, John, 1727 —

1 734 339
Simpson, John Bridgeman,

1784, 94 — 1S20 341

Smalman, Francis, 1625 326

Spence, Philip, 149 1 304

Thompson, P. Beilby,

1826-32 352

Weld, George, 1661 333

Do. do. 1685-1701 335

Do. do. 1 701-17 13 336

Do. Sir John, 1678-9 335

Do. Thomas, 1708 330

Wolryche, John, 1679 85 334

Do. Thomas, 1620-5 323

Whit mo re, Thos., 1658-60 331

I )o. Thomas, 1 780 3 j.j

I )o. William, 1713 337

359

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.
By R. LLOYD KRNYON.

We have seen 1 that Felton was probably colonised by
Anglo-Saxons in very early times, and was the head of a
Saxon Manor ; and we have traced the history of that Manor
until it was given by William fitz Alan to John le Strange in
the reign of King Stephen, and absorbed in the Manor of
the Eleven Towns about 1155. We have seen that Hugh le
Strange held it under John, and that the representatives of
Hugh's co-heiresses had the patronage of Felton Church,
which was attached to the Manor of Felton, so that no doubt
as long as the John le Stranges held the Manor of Ruyton
they recognised the representatives of Hugh le Strange as
Lords of the Manor of Felton under them. Hugh le
Strange and his family no doubt owned the Manor House,
and very likely lived there. He was dead by 1240, and had
been succeeded by co-heiresses. But about 1301 the Earl of
Arundel bought out John le Strange, and became Lord of
the Manor of Ruyton, and therefore over-Lord of the Manor
of Felton, in his place. In 1305 the three representatives of
the co-heiresses of Hugh le Strange presented to the living
of West Felton. In 1310 there was another vacancy, and
one of the three, Hugh fitz Philip, presented alone. He had
most likely bought out the other two, and acquired therefore
the whole of Hugh le Strange's rights to the Manor of
Felton. He was also Lord of the Manor of Aston, but he is
described as of Felton, and very likely lived in the Manor
House. He died some time between 1314 and 1325, 2 and
was very likely dead in 1322, when for the first time the Earl
of Arundel asserted that he, and not Fitz Philip, was patron
of Felton Church, and proceeded to appoint Richard de

1 "Domesday Manors of Ruyton, Wilcey and Felton," and "West Felton
Church,'' in S/irop. Arch. Transaction for 1900 and 1S97.
*J Eyton, xi., 2.

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Downton to be Rector, though Thomas de Cheyne, who had
been appointed by Fitz Philip in 13 10, was still in possession.
Hugh fitz Philip's son still had property in the Manor, so
the family property had not escheated or been forfeited, and
the Earl's claim must have been based on the contention
that Felton Manor had ceased to exist, and that its manorial
rights, including the advowson of the Church, had passed to
the Lord of the unit'ed Manor of Ruyton, or the Eleven
Towns. The Archdeacon and the Bishop decided in favour
of the Earl, but Cheyne kept the living in spite of them all.
In 1332, Richard de Downton brought an action in the
Ruyton Manor Court against Stephen of Felton, one of the
patrons of 1305, and John fitz Philip, son of Hugh; the
nature and result of the action are not stated, but he died in
1340 without having got the living. In 1325 and 1333, John
fitz Philip mortgaged land in Aston to Haughmond Abbey; in
1326 he conveyed to the Abbey some land in Hisland, and in
1333 some in Haughton, reserving in the latter case a lease-
hold interest for his brother Richard. But in 1340 the Earl
made another appointment to the living, and either then or
soon afterwards, his nominee obtained possession, and Fitz
Philip seems to have made no further claim to be recognised
as Lord of the Manor of pulton. By 1353, John fitz
Philip seems to have been dead, and we find from the Court
Rolls that in that year Henry fitz Philip took a house and
land in Felton from the Earl, and Thomas fitz Philip acted
as one of the jurors in the Ruyton Court, and produced
there a deed showing his right to take pasturage and turf in
the Lord's pasture land in Felton, and next year William de
Hampton in like manner produced a deed by which Hugh
fitz Philip of West Felton (the addition of " West " appears
here for the first time, and is frequent afterwards) granted
the same rights to his daughter Margaret, who was William
de Hampton's mother. In 1357, Roger, son of Thomas of
Ruyton, and Ralph fitz Philip, produced deeds giving [them
the same rights. The production of these deeds in the
Ruyton Court by the Fitz Philips was a clear admission
on their part that the manorial rights in Felton were vested
in the Earl of Arundel ; the steward admitted their validity,
and therelore admitted that Hugh litz Philip, who had

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

36l

granted them, had been lawful owner of the manorial rights.
Again, in 1357, Thomas fitz Philip and Thomas of Greneshull,
executed a joint bond, with sureties, to pay £9 6s. 8d. to the
Rector of Felton for the year's tithes of the corn of Felton
and Twyford, to be paid at the feasts of the Annunciation
and ot St. John the Baptist. As the Rector had been
presented by the Earl, this was another acknowledgement by
Fitz Philip of the Earl's manorial right, and henceforth there
is no trace of the existence of a Manor of Felton. In 14 12
(14 Henry IV.), a Hugh fitz Philip was Chaplain of Felton,
and conveyed to Thomas fitz Philip of Felton all his lands
and tenements in West Felton, in tail male. He was still
Chaplain in 1424 (2 Henry VI.), but, though a priest, he had
by this time at least three children. Accordingly, he paid 2s.
for license to buy a messuage and half a noke of land in West
Felton from Thomas Hewster of Wacfield, in Yorkshire, and
Alice his wife, and he settled it on himself for life, with
remainder to Thomas his son and the legitimate heirs of his
body, in default of them to John, brother of Thomas, and in
default to Margaret their sister, and the respective heirs of
their body ; and in default of all, on his own heirs. The
property had belonged to Alice Hewster, who was daughter
of John Hampton of Oswestry, and had previously been held
by John Newton from William Hampton, Chaplain in West
Felton. As we have seen that in Edward III.'s time the
Hamptons were connected by marriage with the fitz
Philips, this land had very likely been originally Fitz Philip
property. We hear nothing of the family after this, and we
do not know when the Manor House passed out of their
hands. It came eventually to the Lords Craven, Lords of
the Manor of Ruyton, and was bought from the 6th Lord
Craven, probably about 1777, by the family of the present
owner, Mr. T. Frank. Mr. Edward Frank of Felton was
Churchwarden in the four years from 178^ to 1786, during
which the Church Tower was re-built, and again in 1794,
and was overseer in 1796.

In the churchyard, at the west end of the Church, and
close to the Manor House moat, are tombstones to John
Frank, who died 3rd September, 1817, aged 61 ; Edward
Frank, who died 6th July, 1828, aged 79; Charles Frank,

362

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

who died 10 th January, 1835, aged 35 ; Edward Frank, who
died 26th October, 1862, aged 77, and Thomas Frank, who
died 14th September, 1864 (?), aged 71. Most of these names
will be found in the list of Churchwardens and Overseers of
the Parish. The large pigeon house now used as a cattle
shed is the principal monument of the ancient importance of
the Manor House.

Not far from the Manor House is Lady Hill Farm. This
was built about the time of the Crimean war, and was
formerly called Balaclava. The field in which it was built,
H 15, is called Lady Hill in the Tithe Award, as is also A
10, and A 9, which adjoins both, is called Lady Oaks.
They are respectively 715, 664 and 668 in the Ordnance
Map.

Almost adjoining Lady Oaks field, and approached by the
lane which runs round it, is J 13 (662 Ordnance), which
is called the Parkes in the Award, a name which may
indicate common land ; and adjoining it on either side, D 28,
L 10 and 11 (660 and 602 Ordnance) are called the Ramble
in the Award, and marked Cupid's Ramble on the Ordnance
Map.

Thomas de Lee and Stephen, son of Thomas of Felton,
who presented to the living jointly with Hugh fitz Philip in
1305, probably represented respectively William, son of Alan
of Drayton, and Richard of Drayton, who were co-heirs
of Hugh le Strange at Berrington in 1255, and may have
succeeded also to his property at Felton. Richard's heir,
we know, was Thomas of Felton, living in 1292, and
Thomas's heir was Stephen of Felton, who, in 1324, took for
his life from the Abbot of Haghmon the fishery and mere of
Bassmere (Marton Pool), at a rent of 6s. 8d. per annum, and
gave the Abbot power to distrain for this rent on Stephen's
tenants at Felton, Tedesmere and Weston Lullingfields.1

In 31 Edward III., William Russell and his wife took a
messuage and half virgate of land in Felton, which John of
Sonford formerly held, for their lives, and paid the Lord 40s.
The wife died almost immediately afterwards, and a heriot of
3s. was paid.

1 Eyton, x., 78.

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

363

The Court Rolls tell us that in 1376 the Lord of the
Manor sold 80 cart loads of turf from Felton at 2d. a load,
and that next year he received 16s. 2d. for turbary rents
from Felton. In 1382, turf from Felton to the value of
12s. 7d. was sold at 3d. a load, that from Haughton at the
same time being purchased for 2d. Turf was again sold
from Felton in 1390 for 8s. id.

In 26 Eliz. the township of Felton presented Leonard
Moyle and Richard Kyffin, alias Lloyd, for not making their
hedges sufficient in the field called Horlock's field, contrary
to the penalty; and 15 persons for digging turves on the
Lord's common, called the Lyth Wall. Next year the same
Richard Kyffin, alias Lloyd, was fined I2d. for not making
his hedge sufficient between the field called Vrode Meadow
field and Horlock's field ; and the Rector, Thomas Somer-
field, and one Thomas Somerfield Farudall, were fined the
same sum for the same offence ; four persons were fined 6d.
each for keeping their cattle in the Vrow (?) meadow field
contrary to the penalty ; ten for digging turves on the Lord's
waste called Feltons Moore, and four for encroaching a
parcel of the waste of the manor and annexing it to the
Manor of Sandford, in the place called Feltons Heath.

Of these names Vrode meadow and Horlock's field have
disappeared, but they may have been parts of what are called
in the Tithe Award the Lord's meadow or the Lord's field,
which were, no doubt, the common land of the township ;
these are A 14, H iG, 17, J 11, L 7, on the Tithe Map (713,
764, 766, 771, and parts of 770 and 773 Ordnance). The
common land also, no doubt, included fields connecting and
adjoining these, very likely everything on the right hand side
of the road from the Church to Woolston, between the side
lane, 717 on the Ordnance Map, and the boundary of
Woolston township. Two occupation lanes, besides the
high road, give access to it, and all three must therefore date
from the middle ages. One field in this area, L 6 (part of
777 Ordnance) is called Cross Leasow, very likely from a
Lord's cross, or boundary mark, which stood there.

Lyth Wall was, wc have seen, another piece of common
land; B 1, 2, 3, 4, L 5, N 4, 5, O 11, are called Lyth well, and
D 17 Lyth wood, in the Tithe Award. They correspond

364 TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

with 789, 790, 793, 973, 978 to 986 Ordnance, and, like the
" Lord's fields," are communicated with by an occupation
road and adjoin another township, Sandford. Felton Moor
extends from them to Sandford Hall, and is in the township
of Sandford.

We shall see immediately that a third piece of land, called
the Flaxepolle, is described as being in the field of the vill of
Felton, and was, though not common land, ordinarily let out
by the Lord among the townsmen. The name Flaxpool is
given in the Tithe Award to fields A 4, K 6, 7, 9, n, L 15
and O 6 (620, 624, 629, 679, 681, 688 Ordnance). A pool
between them and the Holyhead-road, just within Twyford
township, has no doubt been used for centuries for steeping
fiax, and has given its name to the land. O 3 and K 8
(675 and 677 Ordnance) adjoin them, and are called Towns
End in the Tithe Award, being, no doubt, also let to the
" town." These fields, like the other pieces of common land,
are approached by two old occupation roads.

In 28 Eliz., George Purslowe, gentleman, was fined I2d.
for erecting a fence on the common road leading to Felton
Church to the injury of his neighbours.

On 27 October, 1606, the representatives of Felton,
of whom Thomas Byll is the first named, presented that
Thomas Byll holds of Sir George Yonge, Lord of the Manor,
certain burgages and tenements in the township for the
rents and services formerly due and customary for them.
Perhaps the Steward had been trying to raise the rent.
Members of the Byll family frequently appeared on juries,
&c, in the Manor Courts. Thomas Byll and Edward
Williams are the only freeholders in Felton mentioned in the
list of freeholders of 1606 in Shrewsbury Free Library, the
former is described as " yeoman," the latter as " gentleman."

The Drapers of Shrewsbury had long been accustomed to
meet at the Welsh Bridge every Monday, and go thence in a
body, armed, on account of the insecurity of the intervening
country, to buy Welsh cloth in Oswestry Market. They had
therefore to pass through Felton. But in 162 1 they agreed
to buy no more cloth in Oswestry, and set up a market for it
in Shrewsbury.1 This must have deprived the Felton people

1 Price's History of Osxvcslry, \> 45.

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

3&5

of an important matter of interest, of much gossip, and
perhaps of some profit.

On July 2nd, 1644, a battle was fought between the
Royalist troops under Col. Marrow, who were besieging
Oswestry, and the Parliamentary ones under Col. Myddleton,
who had come to relieve it. The Royalists marched out
from Oswestry, and " took the passage water near to
Whittington," about fhree miles from Oswestry, probably
on the Perry, close to Halston, where they lined the hedges
with musquetecrs. The battle was hotly contested, each side
having to retire three times ; but at last the Royalists were
routed, and were pursued 5 miles on the way towards
Shrewsbury to Felton Heath, where the pursuers halted,
having taken 200 prisoners, including the eldest son of Lord
Newport.1

On 22 April, 1700, the men of Felton said that Elinor,
late wife of Samuel Williams of West Felton, and daughter
of John Jones of Tedsmeare, by Joanna his wife, was dead,
" but what or what sort of heriot falls to the Lord thereby
they do not know." On the same day the jurors presented
that Robert Lathrop, gentleman, who held three separate
messuages and separate parcels of land belonging to them in
the Manor, had died since the October Court ; that his best
animals were due as hcriots to the Lord, and that Robert
Lathrop, gentleman, was his son and heir, and ought to pay
4s. id. for relief of the land. This is the earliest mention I
have found of the connection with Felton of the Lathrops,
who owned Felton Hall from this time till the middle of the
K)th century. A Robert Lathrop of Atcham, son of Ralph
Lathrop of Yoxall and Mary Aston his wife, accepted the
King's general pardon for rebellion at Shrewsbury in 1660.2

The last of the family, Robert William Felton Lathropp,
succeeded his father Robert in 1785, and married in 1797.
He was a Captain in the Manx Fencibles. He married again
in 1801, and again in 1806, but as his first wife was alive all
the time, he was transported in 1812 for bigamy ; never-

1 Cathrall's Hist, of Oswestry, p. 70 ; Rushworth's Historical Cotlcctions,

v., 745. vn"*«»s.-!m • :Mu to thsz mage i*oage,

2 Shrofi. Arch. Trans, for 1890, p. 149. For notices of the family, see
" Fell on Church " in Trans, for 1897,

366

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

theless, in 1827 he married a fourth wife, his first and third
wives being still living. He owned the Hall, and 180 acres
in the township, but the whole was let to a Mrs, Evans, and
he lived in Van Diemen's land till 1849, when he returned to
the Hall. He died 2nd November, 1850, leaving three wives
surviving him, of whom the last was at the Hall for a short
time after his death. The property was sold in lots to
various purchasers in 1853, and the house was pulled down.
Some of the out-buildings still remain, and the wall along
the high road with a bricked up entrance gateway, but they
are all falling into very bad repair.

A meadow adjoining the house, B 5b (part of 749), is
called Hams Meadow in the Tithe Award, and the other part
of (749) H 2, as well as H 3 (753) is Fish Pool. There is a
small pond between these, which, perhaps, was formerly
larger, and supplied the Hall with fish. H 4 (756) is Shop
Croft, and H 6 (part of 812) is Styche field.

What is now called Felton Grange, was formerly called
Orange Grove, and belonged to the Bentleys. A Peter
Bentley was Churchwarden of Felton in 1746. John
Bentley was overseer in 177 1, and is described as " gentle-
man " in a jury list of 1772. In 1837 it belonged to Mrs.
Catherine Bentley, and was occupied by Mr. Thomas L.
Longueville. It passed to Mrs. Bentley's son, the Rev.
Peter George Bentley, who enlarged and improved it, and
changed its name to Felton Grange. It was occupied for
some time by Col. and Lady Frances Lloyd, and from about
1870 till his death, by the owner, Mr. P. G. Bentley. It
was then sold to Mr. Graham Lloyd, to whose family it still
belongs.

Felton Mill was built by Mr. John Hollis on a plot of
ground bought by him at the sale of Mr. Bentley's property.

At the Quarter Sessions of April, 1749, the dwelling house
of Jeremiah Page of Troespan, in the Parish of West Felton,
was licensed as a " Dissenters Meeting House." The name
Troespan is now lost, and I cannot say in which township
it was.

A strip of land containing less than 4 acres, extending
from the Weirbrook Lane to past the Pradoe Lodge, and
now considered to be in Eardiston township, is described in

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367

a Conveyance of 1822 as being in Felton Parish, and 3
acres of it are called the Butts, and about 3 roods Pinfold
Yard. It was no doubt at one time a roadside waste,
and Archery Butts may have been set up in it, but it would
have been a dangerous place for shooting, and Butt was
a common name for a small piece of land anywhere, so that
the name, which occurs in most of the townships, does not
necessarily indicate the site of Archery Butts. The Pinfold
was, no doubt, where there is still a square recess open
to the road. Whether in Felton or Eardiston township,
it would be chiefly for Felton that either Pinfold or Archery
Butts here would be useful, and there was another Pinfold
in Eardiston, close to the village. Part of the land opposite
the Butts, now attached to Weirbrook College, is called the
Hemp Yard in a Conveyance of 184 1.

The only public house in Felton township is the Fox and
Hounds, called the New Inn in 1837, but said in the Report
to Quarter Sessions of 189 1 to have been licensed for about
100 years. Formerly there was also the Plough Inn, the
black and white cottage on the main road, opposite Mr.
Hickson's, but its license was given up before 18 19. From
this point to the Cross the strip of land immediately adjoin-
ing the main road is in Twyford township.

The Milncroft was built later than 1837, on land which
had been bought in 1778 by Mr. Robert Lathrop from Lord
Craven. It was licensed and called the Lion, but the license
was given up when Mr. J. R. Kenyon bought the house in
1858. It and the Mill Loon behind it, called the Malone in
the Tithe Award, are said to be named from Mill Lane, the
approach from Felton to the Heath Mill, the course of which
may be marked by the present footpath from Felton to
Weirbrook. The adjoining field, H 7 (part of 812 Ordnance),
across which the footpath runs, is called Mill held in the
Tithe Award.

In 1793, the Ellesmere Canal Act was passed for making a
Canal from the Severn at Shrewsbury to the Mersey at
Chester ; " and also to make a collateral cut for the naviga-
tion of boats, barges, and other vessels, to branch from and
out of the said intended canal in Hordley, in the said County
of Salop, and to pass through the several parishes, townships,

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TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

hamlets, or places of Hordley, Whittington, Francton, Felton
Rednall, Sutton, Wootton, Oswestry, Aston, Twyford,
Maesbury, Moreton, Crickheath, and Llwyntydom, in the
said County of Salop, to Llanymynech in the same County."
The Company were forbidden to take any house or garden
other than a cottage garden for their works, but among many'
exceptions to this prohibition was " a garden in the township|
of Sutton in the Parish of Felton belonging to Thomas Hulson!
and in the occupation of John James.'' They were forbidden
also to divert water which supplied the Perry above the Piatt
Mill, except Hood water. The Canal and the collateral cut
were made under this Act; for the latter existing water- 1
courses were used as much as possible, and accordingly it
forms the boundary between Rednal Township and the
Parishes of Whittington and Oswestry, follows a straight
course newly made for it through Sutton and Twyford, but
again runs for some distance along the boundary between
Felton Township and Oswestry Parish.

The following distinctive field names appear in the Tithe
Award for the Township, besides those already mentioned,
the numbers with a letter prefixed to them being their
numbers on the Tithe Map, those in brackets being from the
Ordnance Map: — Hungerhill, C 2, 4, H 10, n, J 8 (805, 806,
809); and adjoining these Far Leaches, H 8, 9, J 7 (811,
1000). D 26 (716) between Lady Hill and the lane leading
to the Lord's Meadows, is " Long Friday." D 8 (797)
adjoining Lythwell, is the Gravel Hole field, D 11 (part of
795) is the Commodores, and D 12 and II 13 (723 and 787)
are Steven Dale. I) 13 (722) is Cae Cam, D 15 (781) is
Mere Leasow, and K 15 (271), bordering on the Ellesmere
Canal, is Honey Meadow.

We may add here a few particulars to the account given
of the Felton clergy under the heading of Felton Church.
In I377 Roger Cheyne, Knight, was the first witness to a
deed1 executed at Sandford by John de Hopton, Knight,
conveying three houses and a virgate of land there to one
Thomas Eynoris of Sandford. As Roger Cheyne, Knight,
was Lord of Cheney Longville in 1346,2 this adds to the

1 Copied in Blukeway's MSS.

2 Kytun xi., 375.

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369

probability of that family being connected with Felton, and
of Thomas de Cheney, Rector 1310 to 1340, being a member
of it. He was very likely an uncle of Roger.

In the Court Rolls the Rector's name does not often
appear, and he was probably generally non-resident. In this
case his place would be taken by a " Chaplain " or Curate,
and there was always a Chaplain, who would not necessarily
be the same person, to serve,. the Chantry of our Lady in the
Church. In 1357, Richard of Rednal, Chaplain, undertook
to pay the Rector 10 marks of silver for the tithes of corn of
Rednal township. He was, no doubt, the same who 10 years
afterwards became Vicar of Ruyton.

In 6 Richard II. (1382), Richard Bone was fined ad. for
not having paid 30s. 6d. which he owed to Sir Roger, Parson
of Felton Church.

We have seen above that William Hampton was Chaplain
at Felton, probably in the reign of Richard II.

The charge made in 4 Henry IV. (1402) against two
chaplains, William Wiken and John Muridon, of leading an
immoral life, has been set out in our account of Old Ruyton
township, and we have seen that Wiken was probably
Chaplain at Felton. In March, 1390, William Wikey,
chaplain, was presented by the townsmen of Felton for com-
mitting an assault on John Herdman and drawing blood
from him, and was fined 6d. for this, and 4d. more because
John's wife properly raised hue and cry upon him, that is,
she had to call in the neighbours to protect her husband
from the violence of the curate. John Herdman, however,
also committed a breach of the peace by forcibly entering
V c curate's house, and was fined 6d. for this. He was a
1 alton man, and a quarrelsome fellow ; for in 1378 he had
been convicted at the suit of the Lord for an affray with
weapons against the constable of Ruyton town ; so that the
assault of which the curate was convicted may not have been
without excuse from the conduct of his opponent. In 1394
one John Jacson settled some land in Wikey on William
Wikey, Chaplain, during his own life. In 1402 came the
charge against the Chaplain of leading an immoral life and
bribing the Archdeacon to allow him to continue in it; and
in 1417 he pleaded guilty to having taken away a hedge from

370 TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

the Lord's ground at Felton, and carried off stone from the 1
same, and also some saplings growing there, and he was fined
4s. William Wikey was therefore Chaplain at Felton at
least from 1390 to 1417. We have seen that Hugh fitz Philip
was also Chaplain here in 1412 and 1424, and that he agreed
with William Wikey in rejecting the practice of celibacy.

In 2 Hen. VI. (1424), John ap Jankyn, Chaplain of Felton,
assaulted, and was assaulted by John Newton. Hugh fitz
Philip was, therefore, Chaplain at first together with W'illiam
Wikey, and afterwards together with John ap Jankyn.
During the whole of his time the Rector was, probably, non-
resident, and during several years, at least, of it, he was not
even in priest's orders.

An indictment of Thomas Willems, Chaplain, in 4 Henry
VI., for inciting to riot has already been quoted. He may or
may not have been Chaplain at Felton. In the Court Roll
of 21st April, 6 Henry VI. (1428), is the following entry: —
" John Hames, Rector of the Church of Felton, comes
by Morrys ap Hoell, Chaplain, and Roger ap Richard, his
procurators, and takes from the Lord a parcel of pasture
land, called Flaxepolle, in the field of the Vill of Felton, at a
rent of 3s. a year." This entry gives us the names both of a
Rector and a Chaplain otherwise unknown. William
Burton was instituted as Rector 18th March, 1428 ; but, no
doubt, this was 1428 old style, when the year ended 25th
March, and was, therefore, later than the above entry. In
that case John Hames cannot have held the living much
longer than a year, for his predecessor only died in 1427.
There seems to be no record of Hames' institution in the
Diocesan Register, and as he appeared at Ruyton by
procurators, he was, probably, not resident at Felton. The
" Flaxepolle " was valued at 8s. a year in 17 Richard II. j1
but, perhaps, the Rector only had a part of it. " Richard
ap David, Chaplain of Felton abcr," witnessed the will of
Humphrey Kynaston, dated 1st May, 1534. 2 He was,
probably, Chaplain of this Felton.

On 27 October, 1606, the representatives of the township
of Felton, in the Manor Court at Ruyton, made the

1 See History of the Manor of Ruyton of the xi Towns, ante.
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TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

371

following presentment about their Rector : — " They present
Thomas Somerfyeld, Clerk, that he keeps 17 pigs un ringed
on the Lord's waste there to the serious injury of his neigh-
bours ; also that he by himself & his servants unlawfully
broke the common pound in the said township & took &
carried off two mares and a gilt pig impounded in the said
pound being the property of the said Thomas ; also that the
said Thomas broke the said pound before paying the
forfeitures incurred, on the 9th June in the above year.
Lastly they say that Ellenore Somerfield wife of the said
Thomas Somerfyeld is a common scold brawler & disturber
of the peace among her neighbours to their serious
annoyance." The marriage of priests, authorized under
Edward VI., had been made illegal by Queen Mary, and
though tolerated under Elizabeth, it was not made strictly
legal again till the first year of James I. The first experience
of the new law in Felton does not seem to have been
favourable !

Between April and October, 1700, Daniel Griffiths, Rector
of Felton, bought a freehold messuage and separate parcels
of land in Felton from Francis Probert, and made a similar
purchase from Samuel Williams; the Lord was therefore
entitled to a heriot and 4s. id. for relief in respect of each.

Between October, 1700, and May, 1701, John Jeffryes sold
a freehold messuage and separate free parcels of land belong-
ing to it to John Withers. The best animal of John Jeffryes
became due to the Lord as heriot, and John Withers had to
pay 4s. id. for relief. He was perhaps the father of Joseph
Withers, mentioned under Felton Church.

The sun-dial in the Churchyard has engraved on the four
sides of the stone on which the plate is fixed • B, • B, C W,
. . 48 ; it was, no doubt, erected by John Bassnett of
Sandford and John Bassnett of Rednal, who were Church-
wardens in 1748.

The tithes of the whole parish were commuted in 1837 at
£1008. As both small and great tithes belonged to the
Rector, they were not treated separately. Those on Felton
township were commuted for £127 5s. 3d. The Rector had
21a. or. Op. of glebe in the township, including the Church-
yard and Rectory grounds. He had also 7a. ir. i5p. in

372 TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

Sandford, and na. 31*. 2ip. in Tedsmore, but the glebe land
in Tedsmore has since become the property of Mr. Bulkeley-
Owen.

The accounts of the Overseers of Felton parish begin in
1776. The Overseers divided the parish between them in
exactly the same way that the Churchwardens did, one
receiving and accounting for the money raised from Felton,
Twyford, Woolston, and Sandford, which were called the
Upper Division ; and the other that from Rednal, Haughton,
Sutton, and Tedsmere, which were the lower division. In
1776-7 they raised " five whole lewns and a quarter of a lewn"
(i.e., loan, the term used for a rate, perhaps as being " lent
to the Lord "). The amount so raised was : —

£

s.

d.

Felton

... 20

1

7i

Twyford

... 7

10

11

Woolston

... 10

1

10J

Sandford

... 9

16

7i

Rednal

... 17

1

si

Haughton

II

7

10

Tedsmere

5

8

3

Sutton

... 8

7

and there were defaulters to the amount of £1 3s. 3jd. The
payments in the Upper Division were as follows : — For
moving Mary Roberts and her family from Wykey to
Woolston, 5s. ; for her house rent, £1 10s. ; a load of coal
for her, 12s. ; and an allowance of 13s. a month. Thomas
Evans's lodgings were paid for, at is. 6d. a week. Richard
Higgins received £1 is. towards burying his two children.
Allowances of 6s., 5s., and 4s. a month respectively were paid
to three other men, two of whom also had a load of coal ;
and 6d. a week to one woman. Besides these allowances,
several small sums were paid for " present relief;" £2 is.
was paid for maintaining and relieving the bastard child of
one John Edwards; £2 was paid to Paul Briscoe "on account
of an apprentice girl;" and three loads of coal were bought,
apparently for distribution among people who were not
regular recipients of relief. All the coal was bought in June,
at 12s. a load, except one load bought in January, for which
15s. had to be paid. The County Rate from this Division

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373

was 16s. per quarter, and was paid to the Chief Constable by
the Overseer; in subsequent accounts this 163. is stated to
be as to 12s. 4d. for Woolston and Sandford, which were a
single manor, and as to 3s. 8d. for Twyford. The rate for
Felton township was evidently paid by the other overseer.

In the other Division, besides payments direct to paupers
for relief, and for their rent and coals, were the following : —
" For a coffin and shraud for Richard Lloyd, 10s. 6d.; fetch-
ing the bier, is.; laying him out, is.; drink at the burial, 4s.;
burial fees, 2s. 6d.; fetching shroud, is.; my journey to bury
Richard Lloyd, is." Six weeks afterwards the overseer paid
" for delivering Richard Lloyd's widow of a child, 5s.", and
she received an allowance for the child afterwards. Other
payments were — " For cloaths for the lad with Thomas
Lloyd, 10s. ; to Mr. Harris the attorney at the Sessions,
10s. 6d. ; and a payment every quarter of £2 13s. 4d. for
' Vagrant Money,' " which was another name for the County
Rate. It seems to have been assessed on the manors, so that
the Overseer of the division which contained four of the five
townships belonging to Ruyton Manor which were in the
Parish of Felton, had to pay the County Rate for all five.

Subsequent accounts are much like the first. The principal
items of expense were allowances of so much a week for
paupers, clothes and maintenance for " base children," and
binding pauper children apprentices. About £4 4s. was
generally paid with them, and an outfit of clothes provided.
There are also a good many entries of payments for substi-
tutes in the Militia, and of relief given to the families of
Militia men or their substitutes. A substitute cost £4 in
1778, but £15 14s. in 1803, after the French war had lasted
a long time. By paying for substitutes out of the Poor Rate,
the burden was distributed over the whole parish, instead of
being cast exclusively on the individual selected by ballot to
serve in person ; and the militia got a willing instead of an
unwilling recruit.

The rates raised were reckoned as so many " loans," one
loan producing a trille over £17. From 5J, to 8 loans were
raised in Ihe year, and were apparently collected all at one
time. In 1782, by order of (Quarter Sessions a new valuation
of the whole parish was made, which is entered in the

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374 TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

Overseers' Account Book, the assessment by " loans " was
abolished, and a rate of is. in the £ levied, which produced
£139 14s. nd. By far the highest assessment was on
W. M. Owen, Esq., who was rated at £597 18s. 6d. Next
to him was Mrs. Bickerton of Sandford, £112 19s. 3d. in
addition to £1 10s. 4d. for " Mr. Dixon's Churchway," and
£ 20 for the Mill. After this year, the rate was generally 8d.
to iod. per annum.

In 1791 the Parishes of Ruyton and Felton were incorpor-
ated with Oswestry and others by a private Act, 31 Geo. III.,
c. xxiv. A new Workhouse was built for the Incorporation,
and from that time the overseers have collected the rates,
but have had very little to do with the spending of them, the
Incorporation receiving them and administering the whole of
the poor relief. There was previously a workhouse belonging
to the town, and in one year (1783-4), the Felton overseers
entered no accounts in their books for ordinary relief to
paupers, but instead put down " to Workhouse, as by
Vouchers delivered to Vestry " £94 6s. ojd. Very likely
Felton paupers were received in the Oswestry Workhouse
by arrangement.

An Assistant Overseer was first appointed for Felton in
1841, and for Ruyton in 1848, the salaries being respectively
£16 and £13 a year. In Felton, Thomas Roberts held
the office from 1841 to 185 1, and John Morgan, his
successor, from 25 March, 1852, to 25 March, ijoo, when he
resigned. His salary was raised in 1853 to £19 per annum,
and was £46 when he resigned. In his first year the rate
was 1/3 in the £ for the year, and produced £499 us. In
his last year it was 1/10 in the £, and produced about

£950.

When the civil functions of the vestry and churchwardens
were transferred to a Parish Council by the Act of 1894, the
number of the Parish Councillors for Felton was fixed at 11,
and after a poll, the following were elected the first Parish
Councillors for the Parish of Felton : — Messrs. T. Cartwright,
F. R. Atchcrley, J. S. Bickerton, J. Mollis, J. Lloyd,
J. Edwards, W. Vaughan, J. Langley, W. Seabury, G. W.
Edwards, and W. Watkiss. They elected Mr. Robert
Lloyd Kenyon chairman.

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375

OVERSEERS OF WEST FELTON.

The following list is at the beginning of the " Poors
Accounts " Book in the custody of the Parish Council.

An account of the several inhabitants of the Parish of
West Felton, who served the office of Overseer for the years
ending : —

1760 Thos. Vaughan of Westfelton, Richd. Davies of

Haughton.

1761 Mr. Edwd. Davies of Sand ford, Charles Edwards of

Tedsniero.

1762 John Withers of Fclton, Richd. Davies of Rednall.

1763 Peter Jones of Sandford, John Evans of Haughton.

1764 Thos. Lloyd of Felton, Edwd. Davies of Rednall.

1765 Sainl. Lloyd of Fords, Richd. Jones of Haughton.

1766 Richard Lee of Twyford, William Humphries of

Tedsmere

1767 Robert Edwards of Twyford, Jane Parrock of Sutton.

1768 John Hopkins of Woolston, Edward Davies of

Haughton.

1769 John Jones of Woolston, Francis Bill of Sutton.

1770 Peter Jones of Sandford, Richard Evans of Haughton.

1771 Jonn Bentley, Senr., of Felton, Paul Briscoe of

Haughton.

1772 Samuel Lawrenct of Sandford, William Winsor of

Haughton.

1773 Phillip Edwards of Felton, Richard Davies of Rednall.

1774 Samuel Gittings of Woolston, Thos. Basnett of Rednall.

1775 Willm. Mostyn Owen, Esqr., Rednall, Edwd. Gittings,

Woolston.

1776 Edward Edwards of Felton, William Humphries of

Sutton.

1777 Thos. Roberts of F^elton, Richd. Davies, Haughton.

1778 John Bent Icy, J unify of Felton, Andrew Bickley of

1 laugh ton.

1779 Joseph Bickerton of Sandford, William Sides of

Haughton

1780 John Morgan of Sandford, Edward Paddock of Sutton.

1781 John Vaughan of Felton, Thomas Basnett of Rednall.

1782 Roger Clark of Sandford, Jeffrey Chester of Rednall.

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TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

1783 Samuel Lloyd of Twyford, Thomas Suckley of

Tedsmere.

1784 Robert Edwards of Twyford, Charles Betton of

Tedsmere.

1785 John Hopkins of Woolston, John Hughes of Tedsmere.

1786 Edward Edwards of Felton, William Jones of

Haughton.

1787 Peter Jones of Sandford, John Peacock of Haughton.

1788 Richard Jones of Woolston, Thomas Hurleston ot !

Sutton.

178c) Thomas Bill, Haughton, Samuel Lawrence, Sandford.

1790 William Batterbury, Tedsmere, Richard Allin,

Woolston.

1791 Thomas Brookfield, Rednal, and William Sides,

Woolston.

1792 Reynold Marsh, Westfelton, William Rogers, Rednal.

1793 William Downs, Twyford, and Thos. Clarkson of

Sutton.

1794 Thomas Jones, Felton, and Wm. Jones, Rednall.

1795 John Ducket, Felton, and John Crowther of Haughton.

1796 E. Frank, Felton, and Jo. Humphries of Haughton.

1797 Jo. Bickerton, Sandford, and E. Edwards of Sutton.

1798 John Morgan, Sandford, and John Peacock of Haughton.

1799 John Vaughan, Felton, and Wm. Humphries of Sutton.

1800 Roger Cleark, Sandford, and Thos. Edmunds of

Rednall.

1801 John Edwards, Twyford, and Thos. Suckley, Haughton.

1802 John Hopkins of Woolston, and Robert Lloyd of

Sutton.

1803 Thomas Rattenbury of Felton, and William Batterby

of Sutton.

1S04 Saml. Lloyd, Fords, and William Humphreys, Rednal.
1805 Edwd. Edwards, Felton, and Edward Morgan, Rednal.
[806 John Lang ford, Sandford, - Minshaw, Haughton.
i«So7 Kichd. Jones, Woolston, and John Boodle, Tedsmere.

1808 Samuel Larance of Sandford, Henrey Smith, Tedsmere.

1809 Richard Larance, Twyford, Wm. Vaughan, Sutton.

1810 John Sides, Woolston, for Richard Alien of Woolston,

Mr. 1 1 urleaton, Sutton.
Samuel Evans, Felton, Richard Mason, Haughton,

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377

1812 John Duckett, Felton, Thos. Winsdon, Rcdnal.

18 13 David Morris, Twiford, Thos. Peacock, Enbarnes.

1814 A. N. Deavenport, Felton, Willm. Edwards, Ha.

1815 Jno. Duckett, Felton, Jno. Hughes, Lees, Rednall.

1816 Edwd. Frank, Felton, Jno. Gittins, Rednal Mill.

1817 Saml. Bickerton, Sandford, Jno. Morris, Haugton.

1818 Win. Owen, Esqr.,, Woodhouse, Thos. Morgan,

Sandford.

1819 Mr. John Vaughan, Felton, Mr. Large, Henbarns.

1820 Mr. Daniel Ratcliffe, Sandford, Mr. Jno. Morgan,

Berry wood.

1 82 1 Mr. John Edmunds, Bilding, Mr. Edwards, Twyford.

1822 Mr. Edward Brooklicld, Haughton, Mr. Hopkin (?),

the Higher House.

1823 Thos. Barratt, New Inn, and Saml. Edmunds, Rednall.

1824 William Powell, W. Felton, and Thos. Windsor,

Henbarns.

1825 Mr. John Lloyd, Fords, and Thomas Briscoe, Rednall.

1826 Mr. Edwd. Frank, Junr., Felton, and Mr. John Guest,

Bagymore.

1827 Mr. Thomas Rattenbury, Felton, and Mr. John

Manford, Junr., Sutton.

1828 Mr. Edwd. Edwards, Felton, and Mr. Wm. Humphreys,

Sutton.

1829 Mr. John Shingler, Sandford, and Robt. Gittings, Lees.

1830 Mr. Richd. Downes, Twyford, and Mr. Minshull,

Haughton.

1831 Mr. John Hopkins, Woolston, and Mr. Thos. Haycock,

Rednall.

1832 Mrs. Duckett, Widow, Maloon, and Mr. John Steen,

Rednall.

1833 Mr. Rd. Williams, Woolston, Mr. T. Mansell, Tedsr.

Farm.

1834 Mr- Evan Parry, Walbrook, Mr. Wm. Howell, Tedsr.

Cottage.

1835 Mrs. Margt. Evans, Felton, and Mr. Thos. Boodle

Grimpo.

183G Mr. John Ducket, Felton, and David Jones, Hen Barns.
1837 Ldwd. Davies, Felton, and Mr. John Yanghan

Haughton.

378 TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

1838 Mr. John Frank, Felton, and Mr. John Thomas,

Haughton.

1839 Mr. Timothy Sides, Twyford, and Mr William

Humphreys for Mr. Hurleston, Sutton.

1840 Mr. Saml. Bickerton, Sandford, and Mr. John Leeke,

Lees.

1 84 1 Willm. Owen, Esq., Woodhouse, and Mr. Edwd. Kent,

San.

1842 Mr. Edward Humphreys, Berry wood, Mr. J. Beamand,

Sandford.

1843 G. \V. Edwards, Woolston, and John Large, Henbarns.

1844 William Manford, Twyford, and Thomas Cartwright,

Buildings.

1845 John Hopkins, Woolston, and William Humphreys,

Haughton.

1846 William Edwards, Felton, and Edward Humphreys,

Rcdnal Mill.

1847 Mr. William Savin, Fords, and Mr. John Vaughan,

Henbarns.

1848 Edward Rogers, Felton, and William Meredith, Rednal.

1849 Richard Williams, Woolston, and Robert Williams,

Lower Lees.

1850 Edward Jones, Felton, and Joseph Vaughan, Henbarns.

Fibril this time they are arranged in two columns, as
follows : —

Felton Division. Sutton Division.

1851 Mr. Edward Goff, Sand- Mr. John Canton, Tedsmore

ford. Cottage.

1852 John Evans, Felton Edward Furmston, Grimpo.
* Hall.

1853 Thomas Evans, Felton John Vaughan, Haughton

Lodge. Bid.

1854 Thomas Frank, Felton. Charles Peacock, Junr.,

Haughton.

1855 Abraham Hancox,Sand- Edward Meredith, Rednall.

lord.

1856 G. \V. Edwards, Wools- John Thomas, Lees, Rednall.

ton.

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

379

Felt on Division.

1857 John Davies, Twyford.

1858 John Dovaston, Nursery.

1859 John Edward Bicker-

ton, Sandford.

1860 John Allen Whit,neld,

Woolston.

1861 Edward Davies, Lady

Hill, Felton.

1862 William Edwards,

Felton.

1863 Thomas Jones, Rowley.

1864 Edward Hollis, Felton

1865 John Mansell, Sandford.

1866 John Davies, Twyford.

1867 Thomas Evans, Felton.

1868 David Davies, Fords.

1869 Thomas Frank, Felton.

1870 John Walton, Twyford.

1871 John Peacock, Haugh-

ton.

1872 Wm. Parry, Tedsmore.

1873 Jno.E. Bickerton, Sand-

ford.

1874 A. Oliver, Rowley.

1875 R. Rogers, Woclston.

1876 David Davies, Fords.

1877 Jno.Edwards,Lady Hill.

1878 Edward Griffiths, Wool-

ston

1879 Francis( iriftiths,Fclton.

1880 Richard Bagley, Felton.

1881 Thomas Frank.

1882 John Rogers, Felton.

1883 John Pcarce, Malone.

1884 Allen Roberts, Felton,

1885 John \V. Edwards,

Felton.

1886 Roger Gittins, Sandford.

Sutton Division.
William M. Owen, Esq ,

W oodhouse.
Robert Large, Henbarns.
William Walton, the Bishops.

William Downes, Rednall
Mill.

Edward Kent, Berrywood.

William Howell, Sutton.

Andrew Thomas, Lower Lees.
John Gittins, Henparks.
John Large, Henbarns.
William Meredith, Rednall.
Edward Parkcs, Sutton.
Rob. Williams, Haughton.
Saml. Pritchard, Tedsmore.
Robt. Large, Henbarns.
John Hancox, Sandford.

Wm. Gittins, Twyford.
Jno. Rogers, Haughton

Jos. Brookfield, Sutton.
Thomas Morgan, Sutton.
Edwd. Meredith, Rednall.
Thomas Cartwright, Buildings
George Cottle, Sutton.

David Gittins, The Lees.
Win. H in ton, Tedsmore.
Richard Price, Berrywood.
Edward Davies, Lees.
William Meredith, Rednall.
Richard Owen, Sutton.
John Roberts, Sutton.

Edward Morgan, Haughton.

38o

TOWNSHIP OF FELTON.

Felton Division.

1887 David Davies, Fords.

1888 Edward Sides, Twy ford.

1889 John Hancox,Sandford.
18(30 John Bather, Twyford.

189 1 John Lloyd, Felton.

1892 W. H. Vaughan, Cros,s.

1893 David Gittins, Lady

Hill.

1894 J- S. Bickerton, Sand-

ford.

1895 J. S. Bickerton, Sand-

ford.

1896 Walter B. W. Vernon,

The Court.

1897 Thomas Gittins, Weir-

brook.

1898 Thomas Gittins, Weir-

brook.

1899 William Edwards, Fel-

ton.

1900 William Edwards, Fel-
ton.

1901 William Hy. Vaughan,

Sutton Division.

Edward Morgan, Haughton.
Edwin Wilde,for Sutton Farm.
Robert Large, Henbarns.
George Davies, Poolparva.
William Jones, Rednal.
Charles Kent, Sandford.
Edward Madeley, Haughton.

John Hollis, Felton.

John Edwards, Sutton.

William Watkiss, Tedsmore.

William Watkiss, Tedsmore.

Saml.R. Edwards, Haughton.

Saml. R. Edwards, Haughton.

Thomas J. Jones, Rednal
Mill.

Isaac Hancox, Henbarns.

3fix

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.
By R. LLOYD KEN YON.

This name is always spelt Halghton in the old Court Rolls,
and is a common Saxon name, " meaning the " town in the
meadows," 1 a very appropriate name for this place. The
earliest recorded transaction here, is that described above,
in the account of Fclton Church, by which John fitz Philip
granted to Haughmond Abbey in 1333 a plot of moor land
in Halghton, probably where a field, B 19, 20 (488
Ordnance), is still known as the " Abbot's Moor."

Hem Park must have occupied half, or more than half of
the township, to judge by the names still surviving. The
whole of the township towards Ruyton, is still called Hen
Park and Hen Barns. C 3 (551 Ordnance), by the railway,
is the " Lord's Park ; " and the stone quarry on Tedsmore
Bank, A 4 (488 Ordnance), is called Clem Parks Quarry,
obviously a mistake for Hem Parks, in the conveyance of
1836, by Lord Powis to Mr. Edwards, mentioned in the
history of the Manor of Ruyton. The earliest mention of
this Park is in the Court Rolls of 1353, but in almost every
subsequent Roll there is an account of the money received
from it by the bailiff on behalf of the Lord. In 1353, he
accounts for " Pannage cf the Hem and Bukkeleys, 69s ; "
next year there is " Attachiament of Hem Park, gd ;
Agistment in Hem, izd ; Pannage of Hem Park with
Bockley Wood for this year, 9s." The great variation in
receipts for pannage is difficult to account for, unless the
69s. really included all miscellaneous receipts. Pannage,
strictly speaking, was a payment for feeding pigs, which at
the time of Domesday was the principal profit an owner
made out of his woods. Bukkeleys Wood evidently adjoined
Hem Park. It is only mentioned twice again, in 51 lulw.

1 Shrop. Awh. Trans, for 1807, p. 396- In Satopia Antiqua, p. 266, i$
said to mean " hill town," vyliich certiiuly does not suit this place,.

382

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.

III., the pasturage of Toddeley, Bucley, and the Bury was
sold for 4s. ; and in 6 Rich. II., the pannage of Buckeley-
wode produced is. 8d. Two fields on Baggy moor, A 38, 39
(500> 5°7 Ordnance) are called Morfa Bulkeley in the Tithe
Award.

In 38 Edward III., Herbage of Hem Wode for the year
produced 3s. 4d.; and the same year the men of Halghton
presented " that David de jCucrton huntsman of Sir Walter
de Hopton took and killed with two greyhounds and hunting
dogs of the said Walter one stag in Hem Park, and that the
same David Huntsman after the capture of the said stag stole
its body, whereupon the tenants of the township and William
Jonesone servant of the park keeper arrested the said David
with the greyhounds and hunting dogs and handed them over
to the custody of the park keeper " An indictment for
poaching in Ruyton and Hem Parks in 50 Edward III. has
been quoted under Ruyton Park. Hem Park was therefore
a deer park in the reign of Edward III., but there is no
mention of deer there later than this reign, and the subsequent
entries on the rolls are of the Lord's receipts for wood sold
from it and for the pasturage of the tenants' animals there.
Thus in 49 Edward III. sale of herbage of Hem Park
produced 13s. 3d. In 2 Richard II., Pannage of Hem Park,
3s. yd-, sale of wood blown down there, ns. 8d.; and in 6
Richard II., underwood sold in Hem Park, 2s. Attachiament
of Hem Park is also often put down for a shilling or two,
and specilied as being " for one pig, two pigs"; " 2s. for one
sapling," &(<.. In 17 Richard 1 T. a sale of fence posts in Hem
Park produced 3s. yd., and attachiament (9 oaks, &ci) 3s. 2d.
In 1 Henry IV. we get attachiament of the Lord's wastes in
Hemme Park and Toddeley 7s. 6d. After this it is not
mentioned till 6 Henry VI., when " Richard Phelips takes
one place for keeping fowls in Hem Park in a place called
Ilawthorneshurst for 6 years at 4d. a year," and several other
persons do the like. In 6 Henry VII. " the townsmen of
Halghton, Teddesmere, Yerdeston, and Wike came to the
Court and gave: the Lord fnl. to have his protection that no
one may put any cattle on (he pasture of 1 le nt Park without,
leave ol the said townsmen under penalt y' of us. 8d." ; and
they did the same thing again, it does not appear why, in the

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.

383

22nd year of the King. In the latter year the Lord sold
wood from Hem Park for 12s.

Hem Park remained the property of the successive Lords
of the Manor until the sixth Lord Craven sold it, as well as
most of the rest of his property in the Manor, about 1788, to
various purchasers. Most of the part now called Hen Barns
was bought by Mr. John Henshaw, who died in 1801, leaving
it to his nephew Jonathan Nickson, who sold it in 1808 to
the Hon. T. Keiiyon. Milch of the remainder of the park
has become the property of Mr. John Oswell of Eardiston,
and some belongs to the Tedsmore property. Many of the
field names at the time of the sale referred to the Park, such
as the Park field, Lawn meadow, Lord's meadow, &c, but
most of these names have disappeared now. C 5, 7, 9, 10
(563, 565, 567 Ordnance) are called the Lawn in the Tithe
Award. C 12, being the part of 889 Ordnance Map nearest
to the present Hen Parks farm, was called in 1808 Glasshouse
Bank, and glass and vitrified tiles have often been found
there. A hemp yard was attached to the house which stood
where there are now two modern cottages, opposite Mrs.
Large's farm house.

Towns Wood F 7 (549 Ordnance) was probably a part of
the Park let to the township. It is arable now, but was very
likely either woodland or surrounded by wood.

The claim made by the Haughton tenants in 27 Edw. III.,
to rights of pasturage and turbary within the township has
been quoted in the history of the Manor of Ruyton. Next
year, William of Halghton gave 40s. to the Lord for the
marriage of Anchug, daughter of William Bowyn, and
custody of her lands till . he comes of age, " who holds one
messuage cS: 5.} acres of field in Halghton by military
service;" and in 31 Edw. III., he paid I2d. for leave to
mortgage a fourth part of a sclion of land in exchange for
other land.

In 31 Edw. III., John Ball of Rednal gave a bond to
pay ioos. to William de Wollerton, Parson of Felton, for
the tithes of corn of Teddesmere and Halghton.

In 38 Edw. III., the Lord received 33s. 6d. for wood, &c,
sold to the tenants from that part of Baggamore which is in
Haughton township. In 50 Edw. III., 21 cart loads of turf

Vol. II., 3rd Series, YY

384

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.

were sold by the Lord from " Alghton," at 2d. a load,
and next year 4s. was received for turbary rents there.
In 6 Rich. II., turf sold from Halghton at 2d. a load,
produced 2s. 6d. In 26 Eliz., two persons were fined for
taking turf.

In 17 Richard II., this township presented that " Eva
concubine of Hondekin, properly raised hue and cry upon
William Vachan," and the latter was consequently fined 6d.
On 12 February, 4 Men. IV. (1402-3), "John Warwen &
Christiana his wife took from the Lord a half noke of land in
Halghton, lately held by Janyn Grobbe, which has come
into the hands of the Lord by reason of the penury of the
said Janyn, who is a mendicant & has no means of paying
the rents & dues of the Lord."

In 14 Hen. IV., John of Halghton settled his land on his
family, and his trustees were Sir Thomas Wichcrley, priest,
Vicar of the Parish Church of Baschirche (late Vicar of
Ruyton), and Sir John Wicherley, priest, Vicar of the Parish
Church of Ruyton. In 5 Henry V., the Jury presented
"that the townsmen of Halghton do not keep the common
railing1 there as they ought to keep it." A theft of a
number of black cattle from the Longemore in the field of
Halghton, in 5 Hen. V., has been mentioned in the history
of the Manor ; and on 30 March, next year, the tenants of
Halghton presented that " the wives of the tenants of
Tedesmcre entered their moor, called the Longemore, and
there wrongfully, and without the leave of the Halghton
tenants, mowed their said moor and carried off from it
4 sappos et sages,' " i.e., fir branches and sedge, no doubt for
burning. The Longemore was, no doubt, part of Baggy-
more, several unconnected fieMs in which are called Long
Baggy more in the Tithe Award, B 51, 52, C 21, F 12 (parts
of 193, 493, 509 Ordnance).

In 2 Henry VI., Janyn of Halghton took a close of pasture
called the Wythemore, in Halghton, with another messuage,
&c, to be held for the life of the Countess at us. a year, on
condition of rebuilding the messuage. Probably the re-

1 " Cledria," a Welsh word, Spurrell's Welsh Dictionary. The Halghton
common land was apparently fenced with rails, not like those of most other
townships \si'h hedges (" sepes

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.

385

building would not be very substantial. The Countess lived
for 16 years after this. The name of Wythemore does not
seem to exist now. We have seen in the history of the
Manor that in 1490 (6 Henry VII.) Humphrey Kynaston had
succeeded to Janyn's lands in Haughton. In 1578 (21 Eliz.)
John Kynaston of Halghton granted to Richard Kynaston of
Halghton some lands in Trewern.1 William Stevynson
occurs as a tenant in Haughton in 1490.

In 27 Elizabeth, Richard Nonyley and another were
presented and fined I2d. because each of them "minus juste
fugavit Anglice Staffe dryve " — unlawfully drove his cattle
from the township of Twyford to the common of Haughton
township.

In 28 Elizabeth, Richard Dyos was presented for having
by his servants destroyed the hedges of his neighbours in this
township.

On 27 May, 4 James I., the three representatives who
appeared in the Manor Court for Haughton township
confessed that they themselves and two others had severally
cut the grass and herbage of a Lord's waste called Baggamore
and made it into hay for their own use. Next year, on 17
April, representatives of the township presented that their
common pound was out of repair, and that the township was
liable to be fined for it.

The Haughton freeholders at this time were John Kynaston
and Gabriel Chambers, gentlemen, and John Vaughan and
Edward Footeman, yeomen.2

In this township, especially in the part between the village
of Haughton and Tedsmore, there are an unusual number of
Welsh field names. They seem be all derived from the
physical characteristics of the fields, and not to be connected
with their history. Thus we have Coch Leasow = red field,
F 5 and C 8 (566 and 571 Ordnance); Cae clerw = enclosure
of oak, A 26 (part of 437 Ordnance) ; Ddol Issa and Ddol
Ucha= Lower and Upper Dale, A 34 and A 16 (524 and 391
Ordnance; and Codiad yr Haul = rising of the sun, A 47
(844 Ordnance), which is on Tedsmore Bank, facing the sun-

1 Blakeway MSS.

2 " Book of Freeholders," 1606.

386

TOWNSHIP OF HAUGHTON.

rising. Ddol y Saer = artizan's dale, A 27 (511, 512, 513, 514
Ordnance) is the name of a cottage with a little land attached.
The cottage now called Pool Parva, A 23 (375 Ordnance) is
not given any name in the Tithe Award, but the field attached
to it is called Maes y Poplesin.

The Congregational Chapel at Haughton was re-built and
enlarged 20 or 30 years ago, but there was a " house, garden,
and chapel " on its sife in 1837. St. Chad's Church of
England Chapel was built subsequently by the Rev. T. M.
Bulkeley-Owen, and has been presented by him to the parish.

The tithes of the township were commuted at £163 16s. 4d.

3^7

TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.
By R. LLOYD KEN YON.

The name of this township in the Court Rolls is Radenhale,
which is evidently Saxon, and may mean the Hall, or stone
house, of Raden.1 An undated deed'2 contains a quit-claim
by Penry ap David ap Dugeyn of Redenel and Wrenow his
brother of their interest in the Vill of Rednal to Roger
Ympies and his heirs ; and the earliest extant Court Roll,
A.D. 1332, set out in the history of the Manor of Ruyton,
mentions a Richard Impeis in connection with Rednal. The
next set out mentions that three persons were fined f »r a
trespass on Baggamore, and the same year Henry the Tailor
and Thomas Meyler (the Miller) were each fined 2d. for
having their cattle grazing in Rednal Wood, and Henry the
Tailor for two pigs, and Tangast, son of Rerid, for two goats
in Bury.

Bury is Berry Wood. It has long shrunk into a mere
coppice between Woodhouse and the Canal, but gives its
name to the farm. The wood is nearly always mentioned in
connection with that of Toddeley in Sutton township, and
probably adjoined it, covering the whole of Berry Wood farm.

Rednal Wood probably adjoined Berry Wood on the other
side, occupying perhaps the present park and grounds of
Woodhouse. It was not all covered with timber, for in 28
Edward III. the tenants of Rednal Wood agreed that if any
of them should so neglect to mend his hedges that cattle got
through and did damage to meadow or cornfield he should
be liable to pay a penalty of 6d. to the Lord. Rednal Wood
is not mentioned after this, but in 38 Edward III. the Lord
received ns. 2d. for " attachiament of the Park of Radenhale,"

1 Isaac Taylor, p. 333. Hall may also mean enclosed pasture or meadow
ground. Shn>p. Arch. Trans, for 1897, p. 395. A moncyer named' Raediuie
struck coins fur King Edred, A. D. 946- 955.

- Blake way A1SS. No. 3, from the Waring Deeds. Jervast of Sonford wu^ a
witness to it.

388

TOWNSHIP OF ttEDNAL.

viz., for 5 little pigs, 2 cattle, &c, feeding there. This is the
only mention of a park of Rednal, and probably means
nothing more than the wood.

In 50 Edward III. a receipt is entered of 4s. for "attachia-
ment bosco Fornis," and next year of 5s. 6d. for "wood blown
dow n and sold in bosco Fornis," and 2s. iod. for "attachia-
ments made there." This wood is not mentioned elsewhere,
and may have been part of Rednal Wood. Some timber was
also sold in this reign from Blakemore for a few shillings.
This may have been part of Baggamore, either in Haughton
or Rednal.

Baggamore is no longer common, but is still open meadow
land. Whatever the name may mean, it was spelt in 1332
as it is spelt now.

The Lord's receipts from all these places are generally put
together on the Court Rolls, and were not large. Pannage
of Toddeley and the Bury produced 8s. in 27 Edw. III., and
next year that of the Bury produced 2s. 8d., while attachia-
ments of Rednal Wood amounted to 4s. yd. ; but the 3tal
profits of Rednal Wood that year were 47s. 8d. In 38 Edw.
III., herbage of Bury produced 2s. 6d., attachiaments of
Radenhale 45s. 6d., of Pevereymore (probably that part of
Baggamore which is in Rednal township) 15s. 2d.

Under Richard II., pannage of Todley and the Bury
produced 6s. one time, and 2s. 8d. another ; and a fowl run
in the Bury was given up by William ap David, and taken
by Thomas of Hordley, at 4d. a year. In n Hen. IV., the
pannage of the whole manor produced £1 9s. iod., and
underwood in Ruyton Park and the Bury together produced
£1 15s. iod. Under Henry V. there are no separate
particulars. In 6 Henry VI., several fowl runs in the Bury
were let for 4d. a year. The few Rolls later than this seem
not to mention the Bury, till in 22 Eliz., William Wylson
was lined 6d. for inclosing " common land of the free
tenants in a certain wood called Byrry Wood, in the town-
ship of Rednal," and a number of other persons were fined
4d. or 6d. for over loading the same common, i.e., putting too
many cattle upon it. Wylson was fined I2d. next year
for continuing his offence. In 26 Eliz., two persons
were lined .|d. for 41 breaking the Lord's soil in a place called

TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

3S9

the byrry mosse," and two next year for digging turfs on the
Lord's waste in Rednal township, very likely this same Bury
Moss; and in the October Courts of 10, 11, 12, and 13
William III., 31, 27, 30, and 27 persons respectively were
fined 4d. each for digging turfs on the " Berrey Moore."
Among them on two occasions was " Edward Owen, Esqr.,"
a relation, probably, of John Owen, the then owner of
Woodhouse.

In 1332, Hauwys of Rednal was presented ** because she
has raised a certain assart in Rednal ; and the said Hauwys
calls Thomas Hercar to his warranty, and the said Thomas
made default, wherefore the said cottage is seized into the
hands of the Lord ; and afterwards she paid a fine for the
said cottage ; " that is, she enclosed land, saying she had a
title to it from Thomas Hercar, but failed to prove it ; the
cottage which she had built, therefore, became the Lords,
being on his land, and she had to pay him an acknowledg-
ment for it.

In 31 Edw. III., the tithes of corn of Rednal were let to
the Chaplain, Richard of Rednal, for 10 r arks of silver
(£6 I3s. 4d.).

In 37 Edw. III., the townsmen of Rednal were presented
for injuring their neighbours by leaving 13 open gaps in
their hedges. They were fined 3d. for each gap, of which
half went to the Lord, and half to the township.1

At the Court of 2j October, 50 Edw. III. (1376), a precept was
issued to Roger, son of Thomas of Rednal, and all other the
Lord's tenants there who hold at the will of the Lord, that
they repair and cause to be built all their ruined houses by
the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (24 June),
under a penalty of 6s. 8d. This gave them 8 months for the
work, and the amount of the penalty shows that the work
was not expected to be expensive. The houses were,
probably, single rooms, built of wood and mud, and thatched.
Such as they were, they were built and repaired by the
tenants as a condition of their holding.

Rednal Mill was leased this year to John Baxter for his
life, together with the millstream and fishery of the mill pool.

* Perhaps this means to the township (Ualghton) which vvas injurecj.

390 TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

He was to pay for the mill 80 bushels of mixed corn a year,
such as was ground there, and 6s. 8d. a year for the fishery.1
Next year Thomas of Hordley took the " fishery of the stank
of Rednal" for a year, for is., which sum is entered in the
accounts as received for " Rednal Mill Pool," but it must have
been a different pool from the one let with the mill. We
know nothing of Rednal Mill before this time. In 14 Henry
IV. Richard Millewarde, late miller of Redenhalle Mill, was
indicted for having on Talm Sunday in the previous year, at
West Felton, in the Lordship of the Eleven Towns, feloniously
killed one Thomas Horde with a sword. Millward evidently
derived his name from his occupation. He did not appear,
and was outlawed. In 2 Henry VI., Thomas Mulleford by
leave of the Lord transferred to Hugh Davidson of Ruyton
one corn mill which he held in Reddenhall at a rent of 30s.
to be paid to the Lord, and is. 6d. to the Lord of Hordley
yearly, to hold to Hugh and his representatives for all the
estate which Thomas had in it. Thomas Bryan and John
Bickley become sureties both for the rent and for the keeping
of the mill, which stands on the boundary between Rednal
and Hordley. On 12 Sept., 5 Henry VI., the Steward and
Jury of the Manor Court held an inquest on vie of the body
of John Tudor of Longemore Marsh, who had oeen killed by
accident on the public road between Rednal Mill and the
vill of Rednal, by a cart of Roger Evason's. He died intes-
tate. The Jury valued the cart which did the mischief at
I2d., and a young ox belonging to John Tudor at 8s.

The same year the peop'c of Rednal presented that
Thamlus, Roger, and William, all ''of the Wood," had
improperly obstructed the public road towards Perry Bridge,
but William gave bail of lid. to prove that the accusation
was untrue. Probably the bridge was by the mill, where it is
now. In 13 Henry VI., Hugh Dew, the Lord's miller at
Rednal, was fined 12(1. for taking excessive tolls. In 22
Elizabeth, Roger Nicholas was lined 6d. " for not making
his part of the gate below Rednal Mill." In 181 2 Rednal
Bridge being ruinous, was rebuilt and widened at the expense
of the county. The road over it to Ellesmere was a turnpike

1 The price of wheat at this lime was about ,|s. the quarter — Chtonicon
freciosiun.

TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

391

road until turnpikes were abolished, about 20 years ago.
There was a turnpike gate across the road from the village of
Rednal to Woodhouse, close to the pool.

In 6 Richard II., we get a transfer of a cottage and three
acres of land in Rednal from father to son ; and Thomas le
Lythe is fined I2d. for brewing beer and selling it by false
measure, and breaking the assise. In the 13th year there
were several assaults in wjiich blood was drawn; a son of
Thomas Russell took from the Lord a piece of land in
Radenall called Talorney, which Jenkin Hore previously
held, to hold by the usual services ; and John Gough, a
tenant of the Lord at Rednal having died, a calf valued at 5/-
was taken by the Lord as heriot, and Jenkin his son relieved
the land, and paid nothing for relief. Talorney is mentioned
again in 11 Hen. IV. under the name of ''the Talorn," John
the Potter being presented by the people of Rednal for having
enclosed a footpath there, to the injury of his neighbours,
and without anyone's leave. The district about the Queen's
Head now called Talurney, is in Twyford Township, and
some distance from any part of Rednal.

In 17 Richard II., the men of Redenhale presented
Thomas of Hordley (whom we have s en as tenant of the
Rednal fishery), for obstructing a footpath leading to their
vill, and William of the Haye for bringing beer from Salop
and breaking the assise. Erdeston made a similar present-
ment, at the same time, about Thomas Michell. Next year
the jury of the Manor found that Rednal Meadow is now
worth to be held in severalty 8s. per annum. Probably,
like other land in the Manor, it had lately been drained
or otherwise improved, and was intended to be let in future
to individual tenants instead of being used as a common
pasture.

In 4 Hen. IV., John, son of William Ball, took a piece of
land in Rednal called Gronwerne. The Tithe Award gives
the name Gronwen to two fields, A 160, 161 (321, 322
Ordnance), adjoining the bridle road from Rednal Pool to
Grimpo. In 5 lien. V. the people of Reddenhall presented
Richard llaiulessone for breaking the Lord's cross (i.e.,
boundary mark), set up by William of the Wode, and David
Wright was presented for breaking one set up for Thomas of

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TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

the Wode, in the pasture land of his own house ; but the
representatives of the township concealed the fact that all
the tenants had been concerned in breaking another cross,
probably set up on their common land, and were therefore
presented themselves by the jury, and fined is. In the same
year Roger of the Wode brought an action against the
Chaplain, John Muridon, and next year Thomas of the Wode
was murdered, as has been mentioned in the history pf
the Manor. There is no reason to suppose these people
were relations, they were simply tenants in Bury or Rednal
Wood.

On 22 May, 2 Hen. VI., the men of Reddenhall presented
that John Walle had broken the Lord's cross placed on the
boundaries of their township, and that the townsmen of
Sutton had incurred a penalty by unlawfully turning their
cattle on to the corn fields there.

The murder of Hugh Horde at Erdeshall, in the field of
Rednal, has been mentioned in the history of the Manor.
The name of this place is lost.

In 13 Henry VI., William Hordley and Roger de Bode
were presented by the township of Rednal and fined i2d.
each for having allowed their houses to become ruinous for
want of repair.

In 6 Henry VII. we hear of hue and cry being raised at
Rednal, and that John Bright shut up a public road there
and enclosed it by putting palings on it.

In 23 Elizabeth a number of people were fined for not
making their hedges sufficient round the field of oats in this
township called Carsell field. The fine was in most cases 8d,
for each gap. The name is now obsolete.

In 27 Elizabeth the Rednal people presented David ap
John, called Tayler, for cutting down young oaks and hazels
in land of John Kynaston, gentleman, in the township; and
they said that Richard Vaughan, who held a tenement and
land by Court Roll, had died, and that therefore the Lord
was entitled to his best animal, which was a cow worth 30s.,
as a heriot.

On 27 May, 4 James I., Edward Mais was presented and
fined .|s. 41I. lor driving his cattle from the Manor of Whyt-
tington to that of Ruyton to pasture them on the Lord's

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393

waste there called Baggamore, in Rednal township, where
he has no right of common ; and the township also presented
that a certain messuage held by Arthur Ridge by the Court
Rolls of the Manor, and now occupied by William Brucfylde,
has fallen to ruin for want of repair. At the next Court, 27
October, they made a number of presentments. Jocosa
Footeman and John her husband had "made an affray"
against Margaret, wife of William ap Edward (John Footeman,
junior, was one of the persons making this presentment).
David Wyllyams, who held a messuage and land, has died,
and his best animal is due to the Lord as a heriot. Edward
Davyes is his son and heir of full age, and has alienated the
property to Robert Diken, Esquire, so the Lord is entitled to
a fine of 2s. (Here we see David Williams's son called
Davies, not Williams, following the old practice). Henry
Footeman, who held a messuage land and tenements has also
died, and his best animal is due to the Lord as a heriot, but
has not yet been accounted for. Moreover, a fishery on the
Perry belonging to his holding is in disrepair for want of a
tenant of the messuage. Three persons have put hemp and
flax into the Perry to be watered contrary to the Statute and
to the injury of the inhabitants.

In 28 Elizabeth, 1585, George Onslow, gentleman, bought
from John Williams and Alice his wife one messuage, one
curtilage, one garden, one orchard, 100 acres of land, 12 acres
of meadow, 30 acres of pasture, 10 acres of wood, and
common pasture for all kinds of animals, in Felton, Knockin,
and Oswestry, and he paid £4 6s. 8d. to the Crown for
pardon for having bought without license.1 In 41 Elizabeth
he had license on paying 53s. 4d. to convey 2 messuages,
2 curtilages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 200 acres of land, 30 acres
of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 20 acres of wood, and
common pasture for all animals, in Felton alias West Felton,
Knockyn, and Oswestry, to Roger Owen, Esq., and Thomas
Owen in fee simple.2

This Roger Owen was, no doubt, of Condover, M.P. for
Shrewsbury in 1597, and Sheriff of Shropshire 1604, and

1 Grig. 4 p., 34 KHz., rot. 188.
J Ori^. 5 p., 41 Kliz., rot. ioi.

394

TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

Thomas was his next brother. They were sons of Judge
Owen, who built Condover, died in 1598, and was buried in
Westminster Abbey. The property they bought was, no
doubt, part of the Woodhouse property, and may have been
the first property owned by the family in Felton parish.
Presumably they bought it on behalf of their second cousin
once removed, Robert Owen, the first of the family who is
described in the pedigree as of Woodhouse, which is in the
township of Rednal. " Richard Owen the elder, Gentleman,"
whose name, with the date 1592, is still to be seen on Owen's
Mansion in High Street, Shrewsbury, was brother of this
Judge Owen.

On 1 December, 1608, Robert Owen, gentleman, paid
53s. 4d. for leave to convey 8 messuages, one water mill, 8
gardens, 130 acres of land, 7 acres of meadow, 70 acres of
pasture, and 26 acres of wood in Felton alias West Felton,
to John Buck, gentleman, and Edward Hunt, gentleman, to
the use of Robert Owen for his life, remainder to his wife
Elizabeth (who, however, did not survive him, she was his
second wife, and daughter of Richard Hunt of London) for
life, remainder in tail male to his sons by his first wife
Suzanne (daughter of Lancelot Bathurst, Alderman of
London), remainder in tail male to his sons by any other
wife, and failing them to the heirs of his father Edward Owen.
Robert Owen probably built Woodhouse. His father and
ancestors were of Shrewsbury, and no doubt made their
money there, like so many others who acquired property in
the country districts round it.

He was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1618, had three wives and
18 children. He was succeeded by his son Edward, born
1602, and he by Robert, High Sheriff in 1667, neither of
whom is mentioned as taking any prominent part at the time
of the Rebellion. Robert died in 1696, and was succeeded
by his only son John, who died 1737, leaving only two
daughters, Muriel and Sarah Owen his coheiresses, neither
of whom ever married. These ladies made a gift of the
property to a very distant cousin, Hugh Owen, M.D., of
Shrewsbury, who was not a descendant of the lirst Robert
Owen of Woodhouse. He came to live at Woodhouse during
tlu- lifetime of the survivor of the two, Sarah Owen, but wns

TOWNSHIP OF KEDNAL.

395

killed there by a bull, 23 June, 1764, and by his will left the
property back to Sarah Owen. She died about 16 months
afterwards, having by deed of 14 Aug., 1764, settled it on
John Lloyd of Trawscoed, representative of Robert Owen's
eldest daughter, and failing him on William Mostyn, repre-
sentative of the next daughter. John Lloyd died without
issue, and William Mostyn succeeded to the property before
1774, and took the name of Owen. He represented Mont-
gomeryshire in three Parliaments, and died in 1795, and was
succeeded by his eldest son, William Mostyn Owen, who
enjoyed it for about 50 years. His eldest son William
succeeded him, and died unmarried in 1868, and was followed
by his brother Arthur, born 1813. He was for about 10
years in the Madras Civil Service, and was High Sheriff in
1876. He was devoted to fishing, and was a friend of
Charles Darwin and Frank Buckland. He died in February,
1896, and was succeeded by his eldest son Arthur, the present
owner of the whole township.1

An Inquisition enrolled in the Quarter Sessions Order
Book for October, 1772, and held on the application of Mr.
William Mostyn Owen of Woodhouse, found that no one
would be injured by granting him license to enclose a
highway hum Kednal to Hordley, i.e., from the New Gates,
near tlic Pinfold, in Kednal, to the East side of " Tomkies'
meadow, " in Kednal, belonging to Mr. Owen, being about
1,507 yards long and 12 yards broad; on condition of his
making one beginning near the S.E. corner of Mr. Basnett's
house in Kednal, in " Hall Yards " (A 39), belonging to Mr.
Owen, and running through lands of Mr. Owen's, called
Bank Leasow (A 134), Bassnett's Wood, Ked Meadow
(A 130, 139), Lee Lane, the Lees (A 107), Lord's Meadow
(A 110, in), Miller's Croft, and ending near Kednall Mill;
and also roads from the new road to some parcels of land in
Kednal belonging to Bulk el ey Ilatchett, Esqr., Robert
Lathrop, gent., and Mary Keynolds. The new road would
have run from close to Kednal Pool to the Lees farm, and
thence to Kednal Mill, but does not seem to have been made.

1 Huilvc s Landed Gentry \ and sec note to West l'cltun Church, S/i/of,
An ill. /'/ii n.s., lS<)7

39^

TOWNSHIP OF REDNAL.

In 1777 a Rednal Inclosure Act was passed, 17 Geo. III.,
C 17, entitled " An Act for dividing and inclosing the Moors
Commons or Waste Grounds within the Township of
Rednal, in the County of Salop." It stated that there were
upwards of 300 acres of such ground, and appointed
Commissioners to divide it among those who had rights over
it. All manorial rights, except the right to the soil, were
reserved to Lord Craven. Mr. William Owen had at that
time a lease of the tithes of the township for the life of Mr.
Joseph Dixon, the Rector of Pel ton, at £50 a year; but
as the tithes would be increased by the cultivation of these
300 hitherto waste acres, he was to pay an additional £10 a
year to the Rector. The Award to be made under the Act
was to be enrolled with the Clerk of the Peace, and then
placed in the Parish Chest, but the enrollment is not to be
found, nor is the Award in the Parish Chest or in possession
of the Parish Council.

The tithes of Rednal Township, which had been let for
£50 a year in 1777, were commuted in 1837 & £233 4s- This
gives some index to the growth of the prosperity of the
inhabitants during those 50 years, and shows also how much
better the condition of the clergy is now than it was 140
years ago, notwithstanding the reductions which have taken
place during the last quarter of a century.

There are few noticeable field names in the township
beyond those already mentioned. The names of the Lees
and Paradise are applied in the Tithe Award to some of the
fields close to the farm houses now so called. Penycron
(A 158, 159), between Gronwen and the road from Haughton
to Rednal ; the Fach (A 40), adjoining the South entrance
to Woodhouse Park ; and Penryston (A 44, 50), on each
side of the road from Rednal to Queen's Head seem to be
the only Welsh names. The two fields between Penryston
and the Fach (A 42, 43) are the Butts. A 54 and 56 (313,
314 Ordnance), on each side of the road on the Rednal side
of the railway bridge, are called Windmill Bank, but if there
was ever a Windmill there, it must be a long time ago.
Some of the fields on each side of them, A 51, 52, 58, 173
(149, 312, 320 Ordnance) are called Town's End, and arc
near the border of the township.

397

TOWNSHIP OF SUTTON.
By R. LLOYD KENYON.

Sutton possibly means South Town, but it is the most
northerly of the eleven towns except Rednal. The name
first occurs in the Court Roll of 6 Edward III., where we
find no less than three places in the township mentioned;
several people are fined for turning out cattle and pigs to
graze on the Lynke and in Toddeley, and the townsmen of
Sutton present that those of " Twiford except Thomas son
of Robert have made a purpresture (encroachment) on the
township of Sutton at the Lyngk and the Grynehul."

The name of Todley is dying out, and does not appear in
the Tithe Award, though it is marked on the Ordnance Ma])
of the same date, 1837, and is still sometimes applied to some
of the land adjoining the Canal, about Nos. 200 to 209 on
the Ordnance Map. In the time of Edward III. there was
a wood there, of not much value, which probably adjoined
Bury Wood. There is a cover there now which often holds
a fox. Tod is an old name for a fox. Can Toddeley have
meant fox cover ? In 28 Edward III. pannage of Toddeley
produced 9s., and attachiaments there 3s. 2d. ; in 38 Edward
III. herbage of Toddeley was let for 3s. ad.; in 50 and 51
Edward III. wood and pasture there produced a few shillings.
Under Richard II. we find attachiament of Toddley Wood
bringing in 13s., 3s. 2d., is. 6d.; in 4 Henry IV. wood from
Toddeley sold for £3 6s., and pannage produced is. 4^d.;
in his nth year the pasturage of Toddeley Wood was let to
the tenants of the township for is. 8d.

In 5 Henry VI. we get " attachiament of Toddeley 2od.",
and next to it attachiament of Johneswode and of Willes-
wode. The last name occurs nowhere else. A receipt of
is. ad. from John's Wood and Todley is entered at the end
of the " Ministers' Accounts " for 6 to 7 Henry VI. mentioned
above, and John's Wood is specified in thg license for aliena-

398

TOWNSHIP OF SUTTON.

tion obtained by George Yonge in 1600. Perhaps both
woods adjoined Todley. In 22 Henry VII. the Lord received
2S. iod. for wood sold from Todley; and in 23 Elizabeth
several persons were fined for lopping trees in Todley Wood,
and one for carrying off wood belonging to John Kynaston,
gentleman, there. Again in 27 Elizabeth four persons were
fined 8d. or 6d. each for stripping boughs off oaks in Tedley
Wood, and three were fined 4s. for digging turfs on the
Lord's waste called Todley.

The Link appears to include the whole of the land in
Sutton Township on the left hand side of the road from the
National School to where the road to Sutton farm branches
off from that to the Grimpo, A 21, 22, E 5, n, C 21, 23 (444,
446, 642 Ordnance), are all called Link in the Tithe Award.
E 4 and 6 (643, 650 Ordnance) are called Brick Kiln Croft,
and no doubt bricks have been made there. At the extreme
corner of 642, almost or quite in Twyford Township, there is
a public well marked on the Ordnance Map as L)nx. In 2
Hen. VIII., John Bill gave 6cL for the Lord's protection
against anyone interfering with his house in Fcltou called
Lynk. This may be a very early instance oi the name of the
ecclesiastical parish being used in civil proceedings instead of
that of the civil township or manor.

The Grynehull or Green Hill was, no doubt, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Link, and was perhaps the hill on which
Sutton farm stands. We have seen that a Thomas of
Greneshull collected the tithes of Felton and Twyford in 30
Edw. III.

In 6 Edw. III., Madoc the Webbe was arraigned for
" raising an assart," i.e., making an unlawful enclosure in
Sotton. He called Hugh, son of Henry of Teddesmere, to
warrant, who produced a deed showing his right to make the
enclosure.

In 50 Edw. III., William Bealshawe, acting as attorney
for the Lord, let " that parcel of land in Sutton called
Lytelhale, situate between the two King's ways leading
to Salop and Ruyton;" and in 11 Hen. IV., John Thomason
gave the Lord 6d. for license to acquire from George
Richardson a parcel of land called Lytelheyl, in the field of
button. It would seem from the description that Lytelhale

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399

lay between the Holyhead road and the road from the
National School to Eardiston, where the * Stone House "
now stands. The large fields in this area, B 4 and 5 (707,
762, 763 Ordnance) are called Maes eiddew and Maes y wen
in the Tithe Award, almost the only other Welsh names in
the township being Meillionen, which merely means Clover
field, By (648 Ordnance), adjoining the National School, and
Maes yr hedydd, B 14 (part of 852 Ordnance) between them
and the Hailstones. A 18, part of 830 Ordnance, adjoining
B 14, is Graston Furlong.

In 11 Hen. IV., the people of Sutton presented William
Twiford and Marjery of Erdeston for having gaps in their
hedges in the winter time, the penalty for which was 2d.
Both townships adjoin Sutton, and the objection to the
gaps, of course, was, that animals from those townships
could trespass on Sutton land.

On 23 February, 14 Hen. IV., Agnes, widow of William
Thomkyns of Sutton, applied to the Court for a decision as
to her right of dower in her husband's lands and tenements
there ; but the Court said * that all his hereditary lands and
tenements there were of Welsh nature, and that the said
Agnes ought not to be dowered in those lands and tenements
of Welsh nature, and therefore she remains without dower."
Dower in copyhold lands depends entirely on the custom of
the manor, but we are not told what lands were " of Welsh
nature " by the custom of this manor, nor why there was no
dower in them, for the Welsh laws recognise dower in land.

In 5 Hen. V., Richard Handessone and Philip his son
were fined 6d. each for " breaking " (perhaps obstructing)
the common way to Sutton pasture land. The same
Richard was prosecuted at the same time by the Rednal
people.

In 2 Henry VI. the townsmen of Sutton prosecuted those
of Twiford and of Felton, and also an individual named
Dew David, for breaking boundary marks set up on Sutton
ground and trespassing there with their animals; and the
same year a number of persons paid 6d. to the Lord to have
a jury cmpannelled to ascertain where the common road to
Ymaesobre ought to be and of old used to be. That this was
a field belonging to Sutton township is shown by a record of

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400 TOWNSHIP OF SUTTON.

!

6 October, 22 Elizabeth, that Thomas Kynaston of Sutton'
was fined 6d. " for keeping his cows unlawfully in a certain
common field called the Maes Sbry in the aforesaid town-,
ship." No such name exists now. Next year Thomas Lyeth
was fined 2d. for crossing corn of the inhabitants of Sutton
with his cattle.

On 12 September, 5 Henry VI., the men of Sutton pro-
secuted three persons for tying horses in the autumn fields
among the corn of their neighbours contrary to the ordinance
on the subject. We have seen that in 6 Henry VII. one
David Kynaston held land in Sutton formerly held by
Thomas Thamlus; and on 22 May, 23 Elizabeth, a servant
of Roger Kynaston was lined for breaking the hedge of
Thomas Kynaston of Sutton, and Thomas Kynaston was
fined 2d. for crossing corn of Thomas Lyeth with his cattle,
and he and Elianora Kynaston were accused, but not fined,
for cutting holly in Kuyton Park. Thomas Kynaston, the
owner at this time of Ruyton Hall, had a sister named
Ellena. These may be the persons referred to.

In the " book of freeholders " of 1606 John Kinaston is the
only one given at Sutton. According to the Heralds' Visita-
tion, David had a grandson and a great-great grandson of
this name.

In this year, 1606, the Butts of Sutton were presented as
being out of repair and insufficient ; three persons were
presented for not making their hedges good against the corn
field called the Poole field ; two for not making a sufficient
gate at the field called the Meadow Pinfold, and four for
playing tennis within the manor. A 24 (parts of 396, 398
Ordnance) is called the Butts in the Tithe Award.

The Poole field was, no doubt, the Grimpoole (Grimpo)
field, as to which the Tcdsmore people had at the previous
Court presented three other persons for the like offence, who j
were fined iod. each. Probably it was, or included, the large
field opposite the Grimpo schoolroom, 408 Ordnance, part
of which, A 8, is called Grimpo field in the Tithe Award, and
in which, when the Award was made, there was a moss, which
may formerly have been a pool. Another part of this field,
A 9, was called Asp Leasow. The field adjoins Tcdsmore
township. Part of Grimpo hamlet is in Sutton, part in.

Township of sutton.

Haughton, and part in Tedsmore. It is always called
Grimpool in the Overseers' Accounts of 1780 to 1791.

In 1699 Richard Reignalds inherited land in Sutton and
Rednal from his neice, daughter of Edward Reignalds, and
sold them to John Reignalds, who paid 4s. id. for relief to
the Lord, and " did fealty and was admitted tenant thereof
by the rod according to the custom of the Manor," i.e., the
Steward gave him a rod as a symbol of giving corporeal
possession of the land. This symbol is still in common use
for transfers of copyhold land.

The " Hailstones," 13 15, H 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Ordnance 854, 856
to 860) was the property of Jane Paddock or Parrock, and
was settled by her in 1769, after her marriage with Edward
Edwards of West Eelton, gentleman, on her descendants,
from whom it has now passed to the Tedsmore estate.
Richard Morgan had been the tenant, but Thomas Jones
held it in 1769 and long afterwards, and it is called the
Hailstones in the first Overseers' Accounts, 1776.

A Bettisfield Terrier of 1787 includes in the endowment of
the Minister " a farm and two houses at Sutton, in the Parish
of West Eelton, in the holding of William Humphreys at the
yearly rent of £60 clear. Erom this farm a Chiefty of 6s. 8d.
is annually paid to the Lord of the Manor, and a heriot at
the death of the Incumbent of the living." In 1756 this
farm had been held by Thomas Baker at a rent of £40. It
was bought for Battlefield living in 1754 by the patron John
Corbet, Esq., and the Incumbent, Leonard Hotchkiss, in
conjunction with Queen Anne's Bounty ; and it was exchanged
in 1829 with Mr. William Owen of Woodhouse for a farm at
Whixall.1 Leonard Hotchkiss was Headmaster of Shrews-
bury School 1735 to 1754.

The tithes of Sutton were commuted in 1837 at £1 16 7s. gd.

The Railway Station is in Sutton township, but there are
many Sutton Stations, so it was given the name of Rednal.
The first engine passed over the Railway between Shrewsbury
and Ruabon on August 5, 1848, passing Rednal about 5 p.m.
but the line was formally opened by the running of a free
train, starting from Shrewsbury at 9 30 a.m. on October 12th,

1 Battlefield Register.

402

TOWNSHIP OF SUTTON.

1848, remaining half-an-hour at Chester, and returning to
Shrewsbury at 3. The day was observed as a public holiday
in Shrewsbury, the Corporation walked in procession to the
station in the morning, there was a public dinner in the
Music Hall at 3, and a ball at the Lion Hotel at 9. On
7 June, 1865, an excursion train from Birkenhead ran off the
line near Rednal Station, and nine persons were killed and
many more injured.

The following names may be noticed, in addition to those
already mentioned : — Cripple Hill, A 7, part of 401 Ordnance;
Well Meadow and Snoggs, A 25 and 26, parts of 397
Ordnance, adjoining the Butts; Taudley, D 2, 3, 4, A 31, 32,
the small farm opposite the railway station (Ordnance 224,
334, 298, 222, 338) ; Snab, A. 35, part of Ordnance 303 on the
other side of the line adjoining the main road. The house
at the corner, where the road from Sutton farm turns to the
Grimpo, is called in the Tithe Award, and is still called, the
Harp ; it was probably once a public house, but had ceased
to be so in 1837. The pound adjoined it, and has recently
been roofed over and made into a pigstye.

403

TOWNSHIP OF TEDSMERE.
By R. LLOYD KENYON.

1 his is now called Tedsmore, but was always called
Tedsmere till quite lately. In the Court Rolls and the
oldest Deeds the name is nearly always Teddesmere. It
probably means Ted's boundary.1 It first occurs in a deed
of about 1205, by which John le Strange II. " allowed for
himself and his heirs that the land of Robert Hert ot
Teddesmere be quit of Guards Doverant for ever." - Within
the next 20 years, William called Hert of Teddismere,
bound himself to pay to Haghmond Abbey yearly I2d., in
respect of a half virgate " which Jewan Gries holds of the'
said William's inheritance in Teddismere." The effect of
this grant was that henceforth the Herts held this half
virgate as tenants to the Abbey.

Soon afterwards, Hugh le Strange sold for 2 marks to
Haghmond Abbey half a virgate in Teddesmere, formerly
holden by William Hert. John le Strange, who was Hugh's
immediate Lord, and Hamo le Strange, witnessed the grant.
This was a different half virgate from the former, and about
1226-7 William Abbot of Haghmon and his Convent granted
for 2 marks " to William, son of William Hert & of Mabil
of Teddismere, a virgate in the vill of Teddismere, viz., half
a virgate before held of us by his father & mother, and the
other half virgate we bought of Hugh le Strange for 2 marks."
He was to pay a rent of 2od. for all services and secular
demands, except that on the death of him and his succssors,
the Abbey was to have a heriot and 2od. for relief, and

1 Mere stones are boundary stones.— Sahpia Antigua, p. 220 Teddings,
that is, settlements of the Ted family, are found in six places in England.
Isaac Taylor, p. 85.

2 " De satellitibus doverantibus,'' Blakeway MSS. Eyton xi., 3. Guards
dover .nl were, in Eyton's opinion (x., 73), a kind of manorial police ; the deed
would mean that the land should pay no contribution towards their maintenance.

404

TOWNSHIP OF TEDSMERE.

scutage was also to be paid by the Herts.1 On 13 Dec,
1298, John le Strange V. confirmed to the Abbey the grant
made to it by one of his ancestors of all the land of Ralph
Hert which he held in Teddesmere, with all its appurtenances.

William Hert of Teddesmere occurs as witness to a grant
on 14 December, 1318,2 and was presented in the Manor
Court in 1332 for * concealing " the hue and cry against
Baret and the others who were hunting unlawfully within
the manor.3 In 1357, Ralph Hert pleaded guilty in the
same Court to having abstained from resisting and arresting
a robber, who was in his house to his knowledge, and was
fined 4od., a much larger fine than usual, showing that the
offence was a serious one. This is the last we hear of the
Herts of Tedsmere, who owned property there, at least
from the beginning of the 13th to the latter part of the
14th century. To judge from the last two mentions of them,
honesty does not seem to have been their strongest point.

A John Yris of Teddesmere occurs in 1275,4 and Stephen
of Felton had property here in 1324/'

In 31 Edw. III. (1357), Jevan ap Magekyn was accused of
digging the Lord's turbary in Teddesmere, and was fined 3d.
for not appearing to answer the charge. We have seen
under Wikey that Teddesmere claimed a right of common
pasture at Wigmarsh, a part of which, now called Bentley's
Marsh, is within the township. The plantation there is
new since 1837, when the land was called Corsy eithen and
Corsy brwyn, gorse bog and rushes bog.

In 6 Richard II., William, son of John the Wolf, relieved
land in Tedesmere, but paid nothing for relief. Probably
his land had been in the Lord's hands during his minority.

Roger Cheyne, Madok of Knockin, and ap Griffith,

were indicted for hunting with dogs and greyhounds on the
Tuesday after Easter, 13 Richard II., in the Warren of the
Eleven Towns, in the township of Tedesmere, they did not
appear, and were ordered to be arrested.

1 Eyton xi., 3, and Blakeway MSS., which last I have followed in one or two
small particulars instead of Eyton.

2 Eyton, xi., 19.

3 See History of the Manor.
* Eyton, x., 284.

•' Sec under Township of Felton.

TOWNSHIP OF TEDSMERE.

4°5

In the same year, and again in 17 Richard II., John
Webbe of Tedsmere, weaver, was fined 6d. for breaking the
assise by taking excessive wages. Again, in 11 Hen. IV.,
they presented William of Foxhale for breaking the assise by
brewing and selling ale, and in 2 Hen. VI., Jankyn Bocher,
butcher, the same thing, and for taking excessive gain in the
sale of beer and meat. It will be noticed that both Webbe
and Bocher took their names from their trades, and had
probably inherited both.

In 13 Hen. VI., Richard Harper was presented for tying a
cow in the corn field of Teddismere.

We have seen that in 6 Hen. VII. a David Kynaston had
lately acquired some land in Tedsmere, previously held by
Thomas Thamlus.

In 26 Eliz., the Tedsmere people presented John Griffiths
for having broken the metes and bounds between his lands
and those of William Jones, in the field called the Hyll
Field ; and William Jones for unlawfully taking growing
barley of John Griffiths, in the field called the Hogle Mosse
field. The plantation along the road on Tedsmore bank
is called the Hill Coppice in the Tithe Award, and Hogle
Moss may be the land behind the Hailstone called Harleth
Moss in the Tithe Award, A 58, 59 (861 Ordnance).

In 1606, the freeholders of the township were John Jones,
John Gof, and Edward Jenes. John Gof dying this year, his
best animal became due to Sir George Yonge, Lord of the
Manor of Ruyton, as a heriot. Thomas Gof was his son and
heir, and of full age. He was afterwards fined 6d. for
contempt of court in not appearing in the Ruyton Manor
Court when summoned.

The tithes of the township were commuted in 1837 at
£63 10s. 6d.

Tedsmore Hall was built by Richard Bulkeley Hatchett
of Lee, near Ellesmere (a property which was sold by Mr.
Bulkeley Owen about 30 years ago), on land belonging to his
wife Martha, which she inherited in 1764 from her brother
Hugh Owen, M.D., who is mentioned in the account of
Woodhouse. Mr. Hatchett died in 1800, leaving Tedsmore
to his second son Hugh, who took the name of Owen, and
died unmarried in 1818. His elder brother Bulkeley

40 6

TOWNSHIP OF TEDSMERE.

Hatchett lived at Ellesmerc, and married Mary, daughter of
the second son of James Mainwaring of Bromborough,
whose wife became ultimately the heiress of Oteley. Bulkeley
Hatchett did not die till 1830, but the Tedsmore property
went on Hugh Owen's death to Bulkeley Hatchett's son,
Thomas Bulkeley, who took the name of Owen, and very
much improved the property by enclosing and planting a
good deal of land. He died in 1867. His eldest son
Bulkeley Hatchett BuTkeley Owen succeeded him, but died
the next year without issue, when the property came to his
only brother the Rev. Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley Owen,
the present owner of the greater part of the township.

A field near the Grimpo, A 52 (458 Ordnance) is called
Brick Kiln Croft in the Tithe Award. A 15 (866 Ordnance)
is Leech Pool field, from the leeches in the adjoining pool ;
and the field at the back of the Hall, now thrown into the
Park, is the Blossoms. Several fields have Welsh names,
derived from their physical characteristics, such as " Twll
Glass," green toft ; " Cefn y coed " and " Cae coed," timber
ridge and timber field ; " Bryn y ffynon," well field ; but the
most interesting names are " Cae Cwrw " and " Bryn y
Cwrw," A 53 and 60 (463 and 841 Ordnance), on the left of
the road kom Tedsmore to Grimpo, which mean " Ale
field " and " Ale Hill." The names were not given by the
present owner, who is not thought to have much liking
for the beverage.

407

MISCELLANEA.

[Under this heading the Editors will be pleased to insert notes
and short articles relative to recent discoveries in the County,
or other matters of a/c/uvological or Jiistorical interest.
Communications are invited, and should be addressed to the
Editors, cjo Mr. E. Goyue, Dogpolc, Shrewsbury.]

XIII.

EXCAVATIONS AT WEN LOCK PRIORY.

Last autumn some excavations were carried out at Wenlock
Priory at the expense of the owner, Mr. Milnes Gaskell, and under
the direction of the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage. The present ruined
church is easily dated, from its architecture, as the work of the
13th, and perhaps the end of the 12th century. But, as the Cluniac
Priory was founded by Roger de Montgomery about 1080, it
appeared highly probable that a church of that date would be
discovered. There was also the chance of finding traces of Leofric's
Abbey, founded shortly before the Conquest, and of the still earlier
foundation of St. Milburge of the latter part of the 7th century.

The excavations were rewarded with a very fair measure of success.
A commencement was made under the central tower, and, on the
first day, the foundations were discovered of one of the two walls
which supported the pulpitum of the present church — the stone
screen which terminated the quire at the west end. More interest-
ing still was the great semi-circular apse which formed the east end
of Roger de Montgomery's presbytery. Half of this was traced,
and part of the smaller apse which terminated the south quire aisle.
There is, doubtless, a similar projection on the north side. The
size showed that the breadth of the earlier church, at its east end,
was the same as that of the present building, though the length
was much less It is clear also, from several signs, that the present
church was built round the older one in the usual mediaeval manner,
the worship not being disturbed till the last moment.

Under the central tower, some remarks ble and puzzling founda-
tions were discovered, at a lower level than those just mentioned.
They appeared to be those of a small early church, about 38ft. by
28ft., the form being oblong with a small eastern apse, segmental
inside; and square outside. The work was very rough, and (uriher
excavation would be necessary to elucidate several puzzling points.

MISCKLLANKA.

It was naturally hoped that St. Milburge's church had been traced,
and the form agrees very fairly with that of contemporary buildings.
Nothing was found which could, with much probability, be
assigned to Leofric's period.

No trace could be discovered of the base of the Norman shrine!
of St. Milburge. We know that Roger's church was so far
finished in 1 101 that the relics of the saint were translated to a spot;
in front of the high altar on May 26th of that year. Probably all
trace of the shrine was removed, when the new shrine was erected
in the greatly enlarged presbytery a hundred years later.

A very graceful sepulchral slab was found, dating from the end
of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. It was lying
buried on its face near the east end of the nave. It is now placed
in the library, east of the cloister, and is carefully covered with
matting during the winter. A great many human remains were
dug up, but only one undisturbed skeleton : it was that of a very
big man, who was interred just inside the great Norman apse ; it
was buried again in the same spot. Outside the apse, in the very
centre, was a roughly shaped grave of stones, with a place for
the head let into the wall ; there was no skeleton.

This note is only a brief ad interim report. A fuller account
should be written when, as is hoped, the excavations are resumed.

D. H S. CRANAGE, F.S.A.

XIV.

SUPPOSED LAKE DWELLINGS AT PIKE'S END.

Owing to notices sent to the local newspapers and to the Society
of Antiquaries of London, some attention has been paid during the
past six months to a number of small mounds covering a low-lying
meadow at the base of Pike's End, in the parish of Lyneal-cum-
Colemere. This meadow is the property of Karl Brownlow, and
his tenant, Mr. Jones, noticed last winter that the mounds on it
were of clay, though the soil is peat, and further that these mounds
displayed an approach to symmetry in their arrangement, sixteen
of them being disposed in two rows at the foot of the slope, and a
third row of only six lying between these two. The diameter of
the mounds also varied but little, being in the first and second
rows just about 12ft., and in the third a trifle less. Lastly, the
mounds were for the most part about ten yards apart, and a foot in
height.

Much of the clay has been removed by Mr Jones, and the sites
of several of the mounds have been dug into in the presence
of members of our Archaeological Society, and others, and in
particular, before Dr. Robert MunrO of Edinburgh, the well-known
writer of ticoJtish Lake Dwelt inj>s and other works of the same
character Ashes, much bark of fir and birch, a root showing

MISCELLANEA.

409

marks of lire, and a log or two of black oak, constitute up to the
present time all the discoveries that have been made in the two
feet or thereabouts of peaty soil, which are all that the very boggy
nature of the ground permits the spade to deal with It is,
therefore, uncertain at present whether the remains are those
of lake dwellings, notwithstanding that at Whettall Moss, only half
a mile distant as the crow flies, the ancient canoe, which is now
preserved at Ellesmere, was found in 1872. There is no doubt,
however, that the mounds at Pike's End have been artificially
constructed. Dr. Muilro, ,who was chairman of the British
Association Committee for the excavation of the lake village
at Glastonbury, has pointed out that the relies of human industry
there found were intercalated between layers of clay, while at Pike's
End there is only one such layer. Still the presumption is
that the mounds at Pike's End were intended to be the sites of
habitable huts.

GILBERT H> K. VANE, F.S.A.

XV.

THE WILL OF HENRY BISHOP, VICAR OK MORETON

CORBET, A. D. 1539.

Henry Byschope is mentioned by James Janyns, Clerk, in his
will printed on page 295. I am now able to give a copy of the
former's will made from the original at Lichfield, by my friend, Mr.
John Beacall. The two wills were made in the same year, 1539,
the present one on May r$th, witnessed July 30th, and that of
Janyns on the last day of December. Lady Elizabeth Corbet,
mentioned in the present will, was the wile of Sir Robert Corbett,
of Moreton Corbet, who filled the office of High Sheriff of Shrop-
shire in 1507, she was the daughter of Sir Henry Vernon, of
Haddon, co. Derby, and was for 50 years a widow, living to see 233
descendants of her own body, and left behind her the character of
an amiable and virtuous lady. She died May 29th, 1563, and was
buried at Moreton Corbet. In the latter part of her life she
resided in Shrewsbury,1 and was known as "Old Lady Corbet of
Shrewsbury."

Henry Byschope appoints this Lady and Sir William Corvesor,
Vicar of Staunton, his executrix and executor ; perhaps we have the
reason for his appointing the latter in the fact of his being the
brother, or near relative, of Thomas Corvesor, the last Abbot of
Haughmond, in whom, with the Canons, was vested the presenta-
tion of the livings of Stanton and Moreton. It was on September
9th <>f this same year, J 539, that Thomas Corvesor and his ten
canons surrendered to the King's Commissioners the- Abbey and
its properly ; the Abbot received a pension of £40 per annum lor
life.

410

M ISC EL LANK A.

Henry Bychope's will presents us with several literary puzzles. I '
have ventured to suggest explanations of some of the words, but
the others I must leave to the superior skill of the reader.

In dei nomine Amen xviij die mail Anno D'ni M.D. xxxix I hary
byshop vycar off Morton Corbet sycke off body and hole yn mynd
make my testament and this my last wyll in man' and forme
following/ ffyrst I bequethe my sole to all myghty god my body to
be buryd yn the churche off morton Itm I bequethe to Elsabethe
Ryckestad my kynswoma' won pott won pan' Itm I bequethe to
Anne Byshoppe my brodurs dowghter on' [one] pott on' pan and a
brandart [an iron tripod on which a kettle is placed] and a chaffing
dyshe ij sylu' [silver] spons & a broche Itm to Kychard massye
on' butte1 of barly whad' Y lyve [whether I live] or dye. Itm to
Rye' maynaid on baren cow Itm to the chappell off byschoppe
offley2 won bullocke or ells a heyffyr Itm to hugh besford a lyttyll
grey mare Itm I make and ordeyne my executors yn the way off
charyte desyry'g my lady Elsabethe corbett & s'r wyllya' coruesr
vycar off stawnton3 to whose dyscrecyo' my body buryd my funerall
costs dyschardgd my detts payd I giue and bequethe all the rest
off my goods so that they bestowe the' to ye ples'r [pleasure] off
god & weylthe to my sowle. hits testibus hu'ftrido Jan'ys hu'ffrido
nycolas & Rogero baly xxx° July.

The inventorye off the goods off Sr hary byschoppe late uycar off

morton Corbett

In primis yn redy money

. iiijos

iiij'1

It'm detts owyng unto hym
It'm xj sylu' [silver] sponys

XX09

.. xiiij08

viij'1

It'm a mas'r

.. iiij08

It'm h's [his] gownes

.. viijos

viijd

It'm h's cou' letts I coverlets = bed covers]

xvj''

It'm ij fflax' shets & iij peyre off ca'vas [canvas]

.. iiijori

viijd

It'm old matteres...

xviij'1

It'm a pelow a pelows bere [pillow-case] & a bolstyr .
It'm a pettycote & a bare ma'tyll [mantle]

xij(l

. xij"*

.if

It'm a peyre off shoyes [shoes] & a peyre off p'yso's .

vi ij*1

It'm bedstocks [?j c\: boords

It'm a peyre off rossett [reddish-brown] hose ...

It'm iij coffers & a koobert [cupbord] ...

ij"s

viijJ

It'm waxe candylls

i"

HOWSIICLD STUIFE.

It'm ij p'ongs [prongs] ij potts ij chaffyng dishes •• xiijs viij(i

1 A but is "a space of ploughed hind conkiinin^ a certain number of furrows
determined by the character of the hbil." (Miss Jackson's S/irop. Word- Hook).
- In Staffordshire; 3 miles west of Lccleshall.

3 Stanton-upon-l line-IIeath is in the adjoining parish to Moreton Corbet.

MISCELLANEA.

4II

1 1 7m a broche [a spit] a peyre off coberts & a bra'dyrne
[brandiron, A.S. brand-isen, an iron to support
brands of wood, an andiron] ... ... ... ij"1

It'm a ft'rying pan a possenett [small pot J

It'm a chaffyng dysshe & iij basses ... .. ... ij'"1

It'm ij broches & a grydyrne [gridiron] .

It'm pewt' [pewter] vessel! ... .. ... ... ij"s

It'm a bra'dert & a barell wth v'ges [verjuice] ...
It'm ij p'ongs

It'm iij sykells ij by lis and a hatched

It'm a cl'nsy'g syve [cleansing sieve] a whytt [?] a bowke

& a barell
It'm a churne & a chese cratche
It'm flaxe ...

It'm a bowke \vth a c'ten trene dysshes [wooden dishes]
It'm a coppesoll [iron of a plough] xiij haroz tynes

[spikes of a harrow] & ij scythes ...
It'm a axe...

It'm the hallffe portnys1 wtl' iij or iiij odr boks...

It'm a peyre off p'yso's an a ca'dyll iron

It'm a worthing hoke a st'kelett [strikelett, ? a form of

the word strickle, an instrument to strike grain to a

level with the measure] a tubbe
It'm a peyre off knyves ...
It'm iiij stolys [stooles] . .
It'm ij cankeryd [carroded] knyves

It'm a closse bowke [close bucket] a pycher and a

yerthyn po' [pot]
It'm a ffet [vat, a vessel to hold liquid]...
It'm v barells and a trozhe [trough]
It'm plo/he yrnes [plough irons] & the whels [wheeles]
It'm a weyne ... ... ... ... ... ... iiij"3

It'm a bagg & whete y'yn [iron] ...

XVj'

viij'

VIIJ'

viij'

uij'

Xllj'

1)11'

IIIJ"
viij 1

iij'

Xlj'

CORNE.

It'm iiij stryke off barly ...

It'm \vi stryke off rye

It'm xxix stryke off malt ...

It'm come vppon the grovnd

It'm gresse [grass] yn the ffylds and medows

It'm teythe hey

ijos vij'1 ob.
xix03 iiij'1

CVTELL

It'm iiij oxen

It'm iiij kyne wythe ther calffs

vv* x
iij"3 v

1 I'ortons = |)orluury, i.e., a breviary; a book containing the daily service oi
the Roman Catholic Church; hallffe =half, applies to those of the morning and

evening services.

412 MISCELLANEA.

t'm a baren cowe & a bullocke

xx°*

t'm a heyffer & a bullocke calff ..

vjoa

t'm a so we & vij pygges ..

...

iijos

vu'y

t'm ix swyne

...

xos

V11J(I

t'm xix shyppe

xviij03

t'm xiiij lambys ...

xiiij"*

t'm

xiiij"s

viij*1

t'm ij capons xv dygges [duck

s] iij henys and

yong chykens

iiijos

V"

t'm a mare ... ...

t'm a ryffe mare ...

t'm a tfffe colt

xija

t'm a ly tie nagge ..

iiij'1

S'm' tot'

xvjli xuh

vij"

[On back — Inventer Byshoppe.]

Act Book 2, 1535-^-1540, p. 06.
Apud lich. xxx° July (1539).
Test' henrici bushop rector' de morton corbet p. ven'abilem D'am
Elizabeth' Corbett ct D'um Will'm corviz' vicar' de stouten
exec' jurat'.

WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S,

4J3

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. II.

(Compiled by R. E. Davies.)

Accounts, Statement of, xxvi
Annual Excursion, ix

,, Meeting, v
Arms :

Beysin, 150

Burgh, 149

Clopton, 149

Corbet, 149

Grey, 150
Auden, Rev. T

Mowddwy, 149
Mytton, 149
Pride, 149
Tour, [49

M.A., F.S.A.,
Two Royal Paramours, 248

B

Beacall, William,

Discoveries at Uriconium, 163
Bigamist, remarkable, 365
Bishop. Henry, Will of, William

Phillips, 409
Bonnet, Wearing in Royal Presence,

Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, 1 51, 292
Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, Sequestration

Papers of, Rev. Ernest R. O.

Bridgeman, and Charles G. O.

Bridgeman, 1
Bridgeman, (see Families)
Bridgeman, Rev. Ernest R. O.
Bridgeman, Charles G. O.

Sequestration Papers of Sir Orlando
Bridgeman, I
Buddicom, R. A., appointed Hon.

Curator of Geology, xvi

Calvert, E., LL.D.,

Discoveries at Uriconium, 163
Castle Tump, near Tenbury (but in

Shropshire), 162
Church Bells, II. B. Walters, 165
Clun, x
Clunbury, x

Coins and Tokens, R. Lloyd Kenyon,
157

Cranage, Rev. D. H. S., M.A..F.S.A.
Excavations at Wenlock Priory, 407

D

Domesday, 158

Drinkwatkk, Rev. C II., M.A.,
Domesday, unidentified places in, 158

Glossary of Obsolete Words : a

Correction, 293
Shrewsbury Gild Merchant and other

Rolls of the Fourteenth Century, 65

Eardiston. Township of, 131

Families :
Baynham, 318
Berrington, 2?5
Bickerton, 294
Blount, 300,312
Brett, 320
Bridgeman, 10,

327, 343.344
Briggs,330,339
Bromley, 314
B r o u g h t o n
(Delves), 340
Brown, 355
Browne, 341
Cambray, 304
Childe, 231,350
Clerke, 303
Corbet, 307
CornewaJl, 307
Cressett, 328
Edwards, 339
Evans, 313
E> ton, 310,316
Fanshawe, 319
Forster, or
Forester, 151,
301, 305,311,
33?,33^,340,
342,343, 34*S.
35°, 351,352,
356
Foxe, 316
Gaskell, 353
Geftery, 279
Gough, 294.
Grafton, 283,

286
Hall, 306
Herbert, 309
Kenyon, 141

Lacon, 312, 313,
316, 319, 322

Lathrop, 365

Lawley, 301, 307,
3c8, 309, 317,
318, 321, 323,

325- 33i» 335
Lee, 310
Leighton, 320
Littleton, 327
Longenohej 277
Mytton, 147, 274,

325

Newport, 337,

33*
Owen, 393
I ierpoint, 329
Pontesbury, 281
Poole, or Pole,

3i8
Portam, 271
Ridley, 313
Sambrooke, 339
Scriven, 280
Shotton, 278
Smalman, 326
Thompson, 352
Thornes, 109, 128,

279
Tour, 270
Weld. 175, 333,

335, 336*
Whitmore, 175,

33*. 337: 344
Wolryche, 175,

323, 334
Wytheford, 272
Vonge, 108, 117

An asterisk denotes that the name occurs repeatedly on the pngc.

4i4

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. II.

Felton, Township of, 359

Field-names, 112,115, 118, 119, 120,
122, 124, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135,
136, 361, 303, 366, 367, 368, 382,

3^3. 3^5. 391, 395, 39<>, 39*>, 40®.
402, 405, 406
Fletcher, Rev. W. G. D., M.A.,
F S.A.,

On Wearing the Bonnet in the
Royal Presence, 151, 292

Shropshire Wills at Lambeth Palace;
26S *
Folk-Lore, 115, 121, 126, 287

G

Glossary of Obsolete Words, 293
Gough, Arthur V.,

The Grand-children of Richard
Gough of Newton-on the-hjll, 294
Gough, Richard, (band-children of, 294
Grey, Lord Thomas, capture of,

William Phillips, 143

II

Hanny, misprinted Harry, 2.14, line 15
llaughmond Abbey, 123, 125, 126, 132,

133, 295, 360, 381, 403
llaughton, Township of, 381

1

Incumbents :

Alveley, 190

Badger, 192

Baschurch, 384

Battlefield, 401

Bridgnorth, 197

Hurwarton, 227

Cleobury Mortimer, 227

Kinlet, 231, 232

Madeley, 240

Moreton Corbet, 409

Neen Savage, 233

Ness, 108

Ouatt, 174

Ruyton, 384

Wenlock, Much, 242

West Felton, 108, 119, 359, 36 1 ,
363, 36S, 392, 390

Whcathill, 227
Index, General, to Vol. II., 413

J

Janyns, James, Will of, William

Phillips, 295
Jeffryes, Judge, house at Wem, Hon.

and Rev. Gilbert II. F. Vane, 291

K

Rknvon, R. Lloyd,

Local Coins and Tokens lately
acquired by the Shrewsbury
Museum, 157
Manor of Ruyton-xi-towns : —
Township of Eardiston, 131
Felton. 359
,, Ilaughton, 381

,, Rednal, 387

,, Shelvock, J07

Shotatton, 123
Sutton, 397
,, Tedsmere, 403

,, Wikey, 117

Knighthood, Fees for, in 1642 (also in
1896). 160

L

Lake Dwellings, supposed, Hon. ami

Rev Gilbert H. F. Vane, 408
Lydbury North, xi

M

Members, List of, xix

Minutes of Council Meetings, xiii

Morris, Joseph, the late,

Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury
(continued*, 269

N

Norton, Rev. F. C,
List of Shropshire Wills at Somerset
House, 1641 — 1660 (concluded)
255

0.

Officers of the Society, xviii.
Ottlcy Fees for Knighthood, William
Phillips, 160

P.

PEDIGREES :

Geffery, 279 Shotton, 278

Grafton, 284 Tour, 270
Mutton, 274 Wolryche, 324

Port a 111 , o r Wytheford, 272

Yate, 271
Phillips, William, F.L.S.,

Capture of Lord Thomas Grey in

Shropshire, 143
Castle Tump, near Tenbury, 162
Fees for Knighthood in 1642 (also in

1896), 160
Recovery of a long lost Shrewsbury

MS., 161

Some recently discovered remains on
the site of Uriconium, 163

GENERAL INDEX

TO VOL. II.

Will of Heniy Bishop, Vicar of
v oreton Corbet, A I). 1539, 4°9
Will of James Janyns, Clerk, of
Moreton Corbet, A.l). 1539, 295
Pike's End, Lyi.eal-cum-Colemere, 408
Plowden, xi.

Rednal, Township of, 387

Rook and Sparrow Hawk, Fight

between, G. Williams -Freeman, 292
Royal Paramours, 248 „, ,

Royal Presence, Wearing the Bonnet

in, 151, 292
Kuyton-xi-Towns, Manor of, 107, 117,

123, 1 3 1, 359, 381, 387, 397, 4«3
S.

Sequestration Papers of Sir Orlando

Bridgeman : Rev. Ernest R. O.

Bridgeman and Charles G. O.

Bridgeman, 1
Shelvock, Township of, 107
Sliotatton, Township of, 123
Shrewsbury :

Abbey, 118

Coins and Tokens, 157
Gild Merchant, 65
MS., Long Lost, 161
Museum, 157, 162
Provosts and Bailiffs, 269

1329 Hugh le Dunfowe
John de Weston

1330 Jchn Reyner
Thomas Colle, Jun,

1 33 1 The same

1332 John de Opton
Reginald Perle

1333 John de Opton
John le Walsh

1334 lohn Reyner
John le Walsh

1335 John de Weston
Thomas Ive

1 336 Tlie same

1337 J«hn Stury
John de la Tour

' 339 John Stury

Thomas Colle, Jun.

1 340 The same

134 1 John de Upton
Reginald Perle

1342 The same

1343 John Stury
John le Walsh

1 344 John Stury
William le Skinner

1345 John de Upton
John de Koriet

1346 William Lychefeld
William Pride

1347 Thomas Gamel
Richard de Weston

1348 Reginald Perle
John de la Tour

1349 John Stury
William Withiford

1350 William de Smethcote
Robert de Upton

135 1 John Stury
William le Parmenter

1352 John de Fori ate
Thomas de Mutton

1353 Thomas Gamel
William de Smethcote

1354 Reginald Perle
Roger de la Yale

.1355 John Stury

William de Biriton

1356 John Stury
Thomas Glus

1357 John Stury
William de Biritcn

1358 The same

1359 John Stury
William le Skynner

1360 The same

136 1 Roger de la Vate
Thomas de Mutton

1362 John Stury

William de Longenolre

1363 William de Biriton
John de Shotton

1 3C4 Robert de Thornes

William de Longenolre

1365 John SUny
Richard Russell

1366 John Stury
Thomas de Biriton

1367 Reginald Perle
John de Shotton

1368 William de Longenolre
Thomas le Skinner

1369 John Geflery
William de Biriton

1370 John Stury
|ohn de Shotton

1 37 1 Reginald Le Scriven
Richard de Beorton

1372 Thomas de Byryton
Roger atte Vate

1 373 John Stury
Reginald de Mutton

1374 Richard de Pontisberie
|ohn Geffrey

1375 William de Wytheforde
Roger de Foryate

1376 Reginald de Mutton
Thomas Pride

1377 William de Longnor?
John Gelhy

416

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. II,

1378 William de Biriton
James le Dyer

1379 Richard de Beorton
William de Weston

1380 William de Biriton
Thomas Pride

138 1 Thomas le Skinner
Richard Russell

1382 William de Biriton
Hugh le Donfowe

1383 Thomas Skynner
Thomas Pride

1384 William de Biriton
Reginald de Mutton

1385 William de Biriton
Hugh Wygan

1386 John Geffrey
Reginald de Mutton

1387 Richard Stury
William de Byryton

1388 Robert de Themes
Hugh Wygan

1389 Hugh Dunfowe
fames le Dyer

1390 Reginald de Mutton
Robert de Grafton

Shropshire :

Church Bells, 165

(See Index of Parishes, page 247)

Lord Thomas Grey, capture of, 143

Place-Names, 158

Wills, 1313— 1644, 268
,, 164 1 — 1660, 255
Societies in communication, xxv
Sou 1 ham, Herbert, R. H., F.S.A.,

Castle Tump, near Tenbury, 162

Remains on site of Uriconium, 163
Sutton, Township of, 397

T.

Tedsinere, Township of, 403 5
Townships in Manor of Huyton :
Eardiston, 131 Shotatton, 123
Felton, 359 Sutton, 397

Haughton, 381 Tedsmere, 403
Rednal, 3S7 Wikey, 117

Shelvock, 107
Tuinuhif, near Tenbury, 162

U.

Uriconium, recently discovered re-
mains, 163

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Vane, Hon. and Rev. Gilbert,!!. F.,
M.A., F.S.A.,
The Castle ot Wem, 287
Judge Jeffr yes's house at Wem, 291
Supposed Lake Dwellings at Pike's
End, 408

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Walters, H. B., M.A., F.S.A.,

The Church Bells of Shropshire, 165
Wem Castle, Hon. and Rev. Gilbert

Hi F Vane, 287
Wem, Judge feffryes's Hcuse, Hon.

and Rev. Gilbert H. F. Vane, 291
Wenlock, Members of Parliament for,

Henry T. Weyman, 297 (see Index

to Members, 357)
Wenlock Priory, Excavations at, Rev.

D. II. S. Cranage, 407
Weyman, Henry T.,

The Members of Parliament for
Wenlock, 297
Wikey, Township of, 117
Williams-Freeman, G.

Fight between Rook and Sparrow
Hawk, 292
Wills :

Bishop, Henry, 409

Blount, Sir George, 312

Corbet, Reginald, 307

Donfowe, Hugh le, 283

Evans, John, M.P., 313

Eyton, Robert, 311

Janyns, James, 295

Lacon, Rowland, 315

Lawley, Edward, 323
,, George, 322
,, Thomas, 309

Pierpoint, William, 330

Ridley, Thomas, 314

Smalman, Francis, 326

Thornes, Francis, 113

Whitmore, Thomas, 332

At Lambeth Palace, 268

,, Somerset House, 255

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V.

SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The Right Rev. Bishop Allen, one of the Vice-Presidents, took
th-j Chair at the Annual Meeting of the Shropshire Archaeological
and Natural History Soeiety, held in the lower room of the Music
Hall, Shrewsbury, on Thursday afternoon. May 29th, 1902. The
meeting was of a purely business character, differing in this respect
frum the last annual meeting, when, in addition to the routine
work, there was an interesting lecture by Dr. Bridge, of Chester
Cathedral on " Pepys and his Music, with special reference to
Recorders." In the absence of anything of the kind this year, the
Council arranged visits to some of the antiquities? of the town at
the close of the Meeting. Supporting Bishop Allen were the Rev.
T. Auden, F.S.A., Chairman of the Council, the Mayor of
Shrewsbury (Mr. S. Meeson Morris \ the Ven. Archdeacon Maude,
the Rev. the Hon. G. H. F. Vane, F.S.A., Captain Dickin,
Captain Maddocks, Major Herbert Scutham, F S A., Captain
Williams-Freeman, the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, Mr. R. Lloyd
Kenyon, the Hon Mrs. Bulkeley-Owen, Mrs. Rocke (Clungunford),
Mr. R. E. Davies, Dr. Gepp, Alderman and Mrs. Scoltock Hughes,
Miss Downward (The Castle), the Rev. W. G. Clark-Maxwell,
F.S.A. (Clunbuiy), Mr. G. Woolley, Miss Hope Edwards, Miss
Blanche Smythe, and Mr. Francis Goyne, Secretary.

The Chairman, in beginning the business of the Meeting,
humorously remarked that he at first thought the honour of pre-
siding was accompanied by his being expected to give an address
on some local archaeological matter, and he chose that of the Town
Walls of Shrewsbury. The materials for such an address, however,
he found to be very scanty, and so he was delighted to find that
his duty was to be simply that of sitting in the chair and proposing
certain items of business, (daughter.)

ANNUAL REPORT.

The Rev. T. Auden read the Report and Statement of Accounts.
The Report was as follows : —

The past year may be regarded in several respects with satisfaction. The
accounts shown more favourable balance than has been the case for many years,
and it is matter of congratulation that this has arisen partly from the number of
new members who Ivuvc joined the Society during the ye:ir. On the other hand,
however the Society has to lament an unusal number ol deaths. Mr. James
Cock, Mr. T. Thornes, Mr. V, K. B. Walton, Mr. John CorbeU, of Droitwich,
Mr. Iliimplney Sandloid, and Mr. Stanley LeigJitou have all passed away. Of

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these Mr. Sandford had occupied an important position in connection both with
the borough of Shrewsbury and the County fur an unusual number of years, and
during the whole of his long life had taken a warm interest in their past
history. The greatest loss, however, not only to this Society, but to archaeology
generally, has been the death of Mr. Stanley Leighton, who had filled the
office of Vice-President from its foundation, and had frequently made valuable
contributions to the pages of the Transactions. In the words of a resolution
unanimously passed by the Council when his death occurred: "In spite of
absorbing interests in other directions he had attained the foremost rank among
the antiquaries of Shropshire, and his lamented death leaves a void in this as in
other respects which it will be very difficult to fill." It will be seen from the
accounts that the Council have had fO spend a considerable sum in the repair of
the fences of Uriconium, which had become dilapidated. They had hoped it
would have been possible this year to renew the Systematic exploration of the
site, but after correspondence with Lord Barnard and th^ Society of Antiquaries
they had been forced to the conclusion that the matter must w ait a while longer.
Excavations at Wen lock Priory have revealed the foundations of at least one
earlier church on the same site ; and trices of a lake dwelling- have been dis-
covered near Kllesnicre. It is hoped that further investigation will, in each of
these cases, lead to important results. Two new honorary curators of the
museum have been appointed by the Council : Mr. R. LI. Kcnyon has taken the
place of the late Dr. Parry as curator of coins, and Mr. K. A. Puddicom that of
Dr. Callaway, who has resigned the charge of the geological specimens on
account of his removal from the neighbourhood. The TninsactioHS have, it is
believed, maintained their interest. A new feature has been introduced in the
form of an Index to each volume as it is completed ; it is hoped that this will
materially add to their usefulness for purposes of reference. The forthcoming
volume will contain the first instalment of an account of the bells of the county,
from the pen of Mr. II. P. Walters, F.S.A., of the British Museum, who has
devoted himself to the subject for several years past. One other topic may be
alluded to, though the event is at present comparatively distant. Next year is
the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Shrewsbury. The Council venture to
hope that when the time draws nearer the inhabitants of Shrewsbury and the
county will be ready to join in a suitable commemoration of that important and
interesting historical event. — Signed on behalf of the Council, Thomas Audkn,
M.A., F.S.A , Chairman.

The Financial Statement showed that the income of the Society
amounted to £246, and there was a balance in hand of £28 10s. 3d.
against £5 19s. 5d. last year.

The Chairman moved the adoption of the report and statement
of accounts.

The Rev. T. Auden seconded the motion, and asked that he
might he allowed to congratulate Bishop Allen on his appearance
amongst them in the new capacity of Vice-President. (Cheers.)
Bishop Allen had been a member of the Council for a very con-
siderable number of years - in fact, he thought the Bishop was a
member before he was, "And 1," said Mr. Auden, "am getting to
be rather an antediluvian " (Laughter.) They were, he continued,
very glad to have Bishop Allen amongst them as Vice-President
taking the chair on that occasion. Continuing, Mr. Auden said
he wished to say a word in regard to Wroxeter. They had had that
year, and partly in the year before, to spend nearly £20 on the
fences, which had become very dilapidated. They were now in a
sound condition. They had hoped to have done something this
year with the excavations there ; but they found that it was abso-

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lutely necessary that they should wait a little longer, because the
Society of Antiquaries had the exploration of Silchester on their
hands, and that was not so near completion as they hoped it would
be by this time. About their finances, the balance in hand was a
more satisfactory one than they had had for a long time. He
could not remember a time when they had a balance of £20 —
("Oh, oh,'' and laughter) — but they must not go away with the
idea that they did not want new Members, because if they looked
on the other side of the account they would see an unusually large
amount for the sale of the Transactions — a sum of [22. They
therefore, hoped that the large increase of Members last year would
continue. Referring to the proposed celebration of the five
hundredth anniversary of the battle of Shrewsbury, he said the
Council had had it very earnestly in their minds to do what they
could iii the matter ; and they were already in hopes that it would
be possible to arrange for the performance by a very good London
Company of one or more of Shakespeare's plays which were
associated with the event. (Cheers.) Things, however, were not
in shape yet ; and he only mentioned it that they might have it in
mind between now and then, and so have as interesting a com-
memoration as possible. (Hear, hear.) All interested in arch-
aeology would be glad of the opportunity of reviving their
knowledge of a very important historical event, and he thought the
people of the town and neighbourhood should co-operate in the
matter — because, putting it on no higher ground, it would be a
good thing for the town commercially : it should be known that
Shrewsbury was not only a very interesting place in itself, but that
it had connected with it a very great number of historical associa-
tions. (Cheers.)

The motion was canied.

ELECTION OF VICE-PRESIDENT.

The Rev. the Hon. G. H. V. Vane moved the election of
Viscount Boyne as a Vice President. Viscount Boyne, he said, was
not only a large landowner in the County, but was also the
possessor of that interesting place in Shropshire, Abdon Burf, and
he was the patron of various Churches of interest. Viscount
Boyne, too, resided on his Durham estates in one of the most
interesting restored mediaeval buildings which it had been his (Mr.
Vane's) pleasure to see.

Tito Rev. \V. G. Clark Maxwell seconded the motion, which
was carried.

THE COUNCIL.

The Ven Archdeacon Maude moved, and Mr. G. YVoolley
seconded the motion, whic h was carried, that the Council be — The
Rev. T. Audi n, Dr. Calvert, the Rev VV. G. Clark-Maxwell, the
Rev. D. 11. S. Cranage, the Rev. C. II Drinkwater, the Rev. \V
(i. D. Rklchcr, Mr'. Charles Rortcy, Mr S. M. Morris, Mr K

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Cressvvell Peele, the Rev. A. Thursby-Pelham, Mr. William
Phillips, Mr. Herbert Southam, the Hon. and Rev. G. H. F. Vane,
Mr. H. T. Weyman, and Captain G. Williams-Freeman

On the motion of the Mayor of Shrewsbury, seconded by
Mr. R. Lloyd Kenyon, the best thanks of the Society were given
Dr. Calvert, the Auditor, and he was re-elected.

Captain Williams-Freeman proposed a vote of thanks to Bishop
Allen for presiding. Though his lordship's visits to Shrewsbury
were not as frequent as ihey were in days gone by, still they saw by
his presence that day that his interest in the Society was not lost.
(Cheers.) That day for their Annual Meeting was interesting to
Shropshire, because it was on May 29th. in a Shropshire oak, that
King Charles II. hid himself. (Laughter.) He was also reminded
that it was a day interesting to Shrewsbury people, as it was the
festival of Corpus Christi, on which day for so many centuries the
historic procession of the Trades' Guilds of the Borough took
place. It was the hope of the Council that the day would come
when Shrewsbury would revive that procession of the Trades Guilds
(Cheers )

The Rev. C. H. Drinkwater seconded the motion, which was
carried with acclamation.

The Chairman, in reply, thanked the Rev. T. Auden for his
kind words, and spoke of the pleasure with which he was present,
and the interest he took in the Society.

This ended the Meeting, and the Members afterwards paid a
visit to some of the antiquities of the town. First, a halt was made
in the crypt of Old St. Chad's Church, where the Rev. T. Auden
pointed out the more inteiesting features that remain among the
ruins of the place. As showing the early date at which a Church
existed there, some pillars of Saxon work were pointed out, and
Mr. Auden said it was possible that a Church stood there in the
seventh century. The party went into the fragment that remains
standing of the old Church, and were interested in the old hatch-
ments, the pulpit, the tablets, and other features of the building.
Among the tablets is one to the memory of the Rev. Job Orton,
the biographer of Dr. Doddridge, whose remains lie in the Church-
yard. Mr. Orton was minister of the: Unitarian Church in High
Street, on the walls of which there is a tablet to his memory.
After leaving the Church, the parly proceeded, under the guidance
of the Rev. T. Auden, to the remains of the Franciscan and
Augustine Friaries. Their next visit was to the walls on the north
side of the town, of which they explored various remnants at the
back of Pride Hill, under the guidance of Mr. R. F. Davies. It
was intended to include the Dominican Friary and St. Mary's
Water Gate, through which the Parliamentarian soldiers surprised
the town. Time, however, did not permit, and the peram illation
closed at Meadow Place, when the party were quite ready to enjoy
the tea kindly provided for them by Mr. Herbert Southam, F.S.A.,
at the Crown Hotel.

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In connexion with the Statement as to Uriconium made at the
Annnal Meeting, it should be mentioned that the following letter
had been previously addressed to the local Newpapers by the wish
of the Council : —

THE EXCAVATION OF URICONIUM.

Sir, — I shall be glad if you will allow mc, through the medium of your
columns, to answer a question which has bren frequently asked lately as to the
recommencement of the systematic excavation of Uriconium (Wroxeter). Those
interested will remember that sortie two years ago it was found desirable to
suspend the movement at the end of the fust season of digging. It was hoped
that it would have been possible to recommence operations during the summer
of this year, and the Council of the Shropshire Aicluvological Society have
recently been in communicaticn with the Society of Antiquaries and others with
this object. It will not be forgotten that the Society of Antiquaries have been
engaged for a considerable number of years in the systematic exploration of
Calleva (Silchester), ard it was hoped that by this time the work there would
have been so near completion as to liberate both funds and experts for
Uriconium. This, however, has proved not to be the case, and the Council of
the London Society, who can hold out no promise of help till this is the case,
advise that no effort shculd be made at present to recommence the work.
Lord Barnard, to whom, it will be remembered, the greater part of the site
belongs, and who takes the deepest interest in the matter, is of the same opinion ;
and so the Council of the Shropshire Society have reluctantly come to the con-
clusion that work on any considerable scale must be further postponed for some
time. They propose, however, to do what is possible to improve their present
area, so as more adequately to protect the objects which have been uncovered,
and make them more interesting to those who visit them without much previous
knowledge of Roman remains. It is believed that all will agree with the
Council in the feeling that a delay, even of some duration, is far better than
attempting such a great work with inadequate funds and inadequate expert
help— Yours very truly,

Thomas Auden, F.S.A ,
Chairman of the Council of the Shropshire Archaeological Society.
February 4th, 1902.

ANNUAL EXCURSION.

The Annual Excursion of the Society took place on Tuesday,
July 15th, 1902, the district chosen being the neighbourhood of
Chin. The party consisted of the Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A. (Chair-
man of the Council) and Mrs. Auden, Rev. J. R. Burton (Bitterley)
and Mrs. Button, Rev. A. Thursby-Pelham, Rev. W. Marshall
(High Krcall) and friend, Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Misses IT. and A.
Downward, Miss Patchett, Miss Jeffreys, Miss Smythe, Dr. Calvert,
Rev. P. S. Edwards, Mr. G. J. Rowland (Wolverhampton), Mr. II.
R. H. Southam, F.S.A., Mr. T. Roberts, Mrs. Roberts, and Miss
Roberts, Dr. M. Gepp and Miss Cepp, Mr. W. Allen and Miss
Allen (Hcnthall), Mr. S. G. Jones, Mr. J. Nurse and Mrs. Nurse,
Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Goyne (Seerolrry).

Arriving at Craven Arms a little before etihen o'clock (the paity
entered the carriages which were in icadincss at the station, and

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drove to Clunbury Church. Here they were met by the Vicar (the
Rev. YV. G. Clark-Maxwell, F.S.A.) who, by a skilfully-arranged
diagram, showed how the Church had grown from a little Norman
edifice closely resembling the Heath Chapel, to its present form.
One of its principal features now is a fine 15th century roof, but
the doorway leading into the tower, the font, and an oak chest are
also noticeable among other details. It is remarkable also as one
of the few Churches dedicated to St. Swithin. Passing from the
Church under the guidance of Mrs. Clark-Maxwell, the party were
delighted with the old-world vicarage garden, made all the more
charming in the noonday heat by a display of cool drinkables
under the trees Time however was pressing, and so, bidding a
hasty farewell, the party re-entered the carriages and went on to
Clun. Here they proceeded first over the bridge - which a local
proverb declares must be passed before anyone can become wise —
to the Church. The bridge in question, whatever its power to
sharpen the wits of those who cross it, is in itself a noteworthy
structure, dating back to the 14th century or possibly earlier.
Arrived at the Church, its principal features were pointed out by
the Rev. Alfred M. Auden. It is dedicated to St. George, and
originally had no fewer than seven chapelries under it, the advow-
son being for several centuries vested in Wenlock Priory, to which
it was given by Isabel de Say. Its main features are late Norman,
but there is a possible trace of earlier work in the tower. It has
a roof which dates from the same period as that of Clunbuiy, with
a curious canopy at the east end, and the woodwork of the west
doorway is noticeable. Tradition says that in the days of Border
warfare, any unlucky Welshman who was caught in the neighbour-
hood was flayed, and his skin was nailed to the door in question.
The next object of interest was the Castle. The ruins are not
extensive, only a small portion of the keep remaining, but its
history has many points of interest. These were alluded to by the
Rev. T. Auden, F.S. A., who described the position which Clun had
always occupied in Border warfare, as one race after another was
driven westward. The surrounding hills had witnessed conflicts in
which Britons, Romans, Saxons, and Normans had, one after
another, taken part, and the site on which they stood had probably
had on it a stronghold of some sort, almost from Neolithic times.
At Domesday the manor of Clun was held by Picot de Say, under
Karl Roger, having previously been a possession of Edric Silvaticus,
whose name figures in Shropshire Folk Pore as well as history.
It passed through the Fitzalans to the Earls of Arundel, now
represented by the Duke of Norfolk, who has recently repurchased
the site of the castle after an alienation of many generations.
Prom the castle the party proceeded to the Hospital of the Holy
Trinity, founded in 1614, by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton,
who was also tin- founder of a similar institution at Castle Rising.
The Almshouses, ranged round the grassy court, the old dining
hall, and the Chapel were all visited in turn, under the guidance of

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the Rev. Alfred M. Auden, and then once more Members resumed
their places in the carriages and continued their journey to Lydbury
North, passing through Walcot Park by the kind permission of the
Earl of Powis. A few more adventurous spirits, defying the heal,
walked over the hills, visiting on the way the fine British Camp
known as Bury Ditches.

Lydbury North Church is at present undergoing restoration at
the hands of Mr. Micklethwaite, the Architect to Westminster
Abbey. In the absence of the Vicar, its principal features were
explained by the Rev. T. Auden. Beginning with the legend of
St. Ethelbert and his murder by'King Offa, he explained how the
large manor of Lydbury, and the advowson of the Church, was
given in Saxon times to the see of Hereford by Egwin Shakehead
in gratitude for his cure at St. Ethelbert's shrine. In Domesday
the Church was mentioned as having several priests attached to it.
The nave, Chancel, and lower portion of the tower are of late
Norman work, with Decorated and Perpendicular additions. The
north transept, which forms the Plowdcn Chapel, contains the
stone altar in situ and the lower steps of the stairs to the rood loft.
The rood screen also remains, having above it the Creed, the
Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, placed there in 1615,
an unusual arrangement, which, it is hoped, may be preserved.
The 17th century pewing of the nave is of great interest. In the
Plowden Chapel is also an iron frame, probably dating from the
17th century, and used for fencing round a grave after an interment
had taken place. The south transept is known as the Walcot
Chapel, and was apparently rebuilt with a chamber over it in the
century just mentioned. The tower is chiefly remarkable for the
number of buttresses, which, at different periods, have been erected
to support it, but in spite of them all its present condition appears
far from safe.

The piece de resistance of the excursion came last, in the form
of a visit to Plowden Hall, where the party received a most cordial
welcome from Mr Plowden and Lady Mary. The house is not, in
itself, so large as many others in the County, but it has undergone
comparatively few changes since it was erected more than three
centuries ago, and as to the treasures it contains, it is sufficient to
say that they are such as only grow and accumulate when a family
has enjoyed unbroken continuity of succession through many
generations. Family port 1 aits, from Judge Plowden downwards,
in every variety of costume, and in many cases the work of great
Artists ; Church and other embroidery of beautiful workmanship,
some of it going back to the 17th century, or earlier ; old tapestry,
and a thousand and one personal relics of distinguished members
of the family — all these claimed in turn the attention of Members
under the kind guidance of their host— not forgetting the secret
chamber, which Plowden contains in common with Pitchferd and
Boscobel. While one contingent of the party enjoyed the mul-
titudinous treasures of the house, the other enjoyed the hospitality

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of tea, which was extremely welcome. But there were trains to be
caught for the return home, and the time to re-enter the carriages
came all to soon. Before leaving however, the Rev. T. Attden, on
behalf of the party, expressed to Mr. Plowden and Lady Mary
their deep sense of the kindness they had shown them. It was
much to possess such treasures ; it was something more to be
willing to share their enjoyment with others who took an interest in
them. And so the drive was continued to Craven Arms, and the
party dispersed homewards full of reminiscences of a pleasant and
instructive expedition.

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MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY COUNCIL
MEETINGS.

October gth, igoi — Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

Capt. Williams-Freeman laid on the table the amended plan
of the site of the remains of the Tumulus at Fitz.

Capt. Williams-Freeman was requested to make enquiry as to
the nature of the permission, if any, given by Lord Berwick to
excavate at Uriconium, on the portion of the site belonging
to him.

A letter was read from Mr. R. Lloyd Kenyon accepting the
office of Hon. Curator of the Coins and Medals in the Shrews-
bury Museum.

A list of the Society's Transactions^ now in stock, was laid
before the meeting. It was decided to supply members with a
complete set of the ist Series for $\ guineas, and the 2nd Seiies
for 6 guineas, or both sets together for 10 guineas. Any member
of the Society requiring one part to complete his set, to have it
free; non-members requiring parts for the same purpose, to be
charged 5s. a part.

The Chairman reported that he had received a subscription of
£2 2s. to the Illustration Fund from Mr. Herbert R. H.
Southern

[In the afternoon, Mr. H. A. Doubleday, editor of the
Victoria County Histories, held an informal meeting with the
Members of the Council, at which he explained various details of
that publication, with special reference to Shropshire.]

Novejnber 14th, igoi — Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

Copt. Williams-Freeman laid on the table a tracing showing
the portions of Uriconium that belong to Lord Barnard and
Lord Berwick respectively, and reported that so far as he could
gather, no excavations had been made.

Mr. Herbert Southam reported that he, in the company of
Mr. Phillips and Dr. Calvert, had inspected a cutting made by
Lord Barnard's agent at Uriconium, for the purpose of making a
drain, and laid on the table a plan showing the track, as also
some broken ware found in the trench.

Miss Hope-Edwardes, of Dorrington Grove, was elected a
member of the Society.

A letter was read from Mr. H. T. Weyman, advising the
issuing of a circular letter, with the view of obtaining more
members. The Secretary was requested to inform Mr.
Weyman of what had been done for this purpose in the past.

December 1 ith, igoi — Rev. T. Auden, F.S A.,, in the Chair.

The Chairman read a letter he had written to the Secretary of
the Society of Antiquaries respecting the proposed renewal
of excavations at Uriconium.

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The Rev. C. H. Drinkwater reported that he had inspected
the Wera Court Rolls, and promised a fuller report for a future
meeting.

The following new members were elected : —
W. Allen, Esq., Benthall, Broseley.
Mrs. Anderson, The Red House, Much Wenlock.
SirW. M. Honyman, Bart., M A. , J.P., Coton Hall, Whitchurch.
Mrs. Instone, Walton Grange, Much Wenlock.
Rev. A. E. Lloyd Kenyon, M.A., The Vicarage, Clun.
T. Maddocks, Esq., B.A., J. P., Woodlands, Wera.
Nicholas Robinson, Esq., J. P., Frankton Grange, Ellesmere.
Mrs. Rocke, Clungunford Hall, Aston-on-Clun.

E. M. Webster, Esq., Hill Cote, Ironbridge.

January 8th, 1902 —Rev. T. Audeu, F.SA., i?i the Chair.

The following new members were elected : —
Wm. Anstice, Esq., Madeley Wood Hall, Ironbridge.
Rt. Hon. Viscount Boyne, Brancepeth Castle, Durham.

F. Bibby, Esq., D.L, J. P., Hardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury.
Rev. George William Corbet, B.A., Upton Magna Rectory
Capt Dickin, J. P., Loppington House, Weiri

M. Gepp, Esq., Thorneycroft House, Shrewsbury.
Dr. K. B. J Vickers, Engleton House, Wellington.

A letter was read from the Secretary of the Society of
Antiquaries, in reply to the Chairman's enquiries as to the
proposed excavations at Uriconium, as follows : —

British Museum,

30 December, 1901.

Dear Mr. Auden, —

I did not answer your letter of the 29th November because I first
wished to bring it before the Council.

This I did at their meeting tins month, and was instructed to say that the
Council regret that, in their judgment, it would be unwise to begin operations
at Uriconium, under the auspices of the Society of Antiquaries, for some few
years to come.

The excavations at Silchester proceed but slowly and with so limited a
research fund as the Society of Antiquaries has at its command, it would be
wanting in prudence to embark upon another undertaking of the same
magnitude as that of Silchester.

While, therefore, my Council feel fully as much interested in the proposed
excavations at Uriconium, they feel that they cannot take up the work at
present.

There is another question involved in the matter, viz., that of the working
committee. The distance from London to Urieonium is very different from
that to Silchester, and it would be necessary that the actual workers should
be upon the spot. When the time comes, however, the question will have to
be thrashed out.

1 am sorry that I cannot give you a better prospect.

Yours very truly,

C. H. Read.

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A letter was read from Lieut -Colonel Chinner Cortield, saying
that he had an interesting Deed of Elizabeth's reign, and asking
if the Editorial Committee would like to have it to copy for the
Transactions.

The Rev. C. H. Drinkwater undertook to copy the Deed.

Rev. D. H. S Cranage laid on the table a plan of Wenlock
Abbey, showing the Saxon and Norman work he had found when
excavating last year.

It was suggested that the Society should obtain photographs
of all old plans and views of the town of Shrewsbury.

Special Meeting, January 2gth, igo2~ Rev. T. A uden, F.S.A.,
in the Chair.

W. H. Foster, Esq., D.L., J.P., of Apley Park, Bridgnorth,
was elected a member of the Society.

The letter of the Hon, Sec. of the Society of Antiquaries
having been again read by the Chairman, and the Council being
of opinion that it was unadvisable to postpone the work at
Uriconium longer than was absolutely necessary, it was resolved
that the Council are prepared, if required, to take the necessary
steps to give themselves a legal status to enter into agreements.

It was stated that the cost of forming the members of the
Council into a Limited Liability Company would probably
be about ten pounds.

February jrd, 1902 — Rev. T A uden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

Lord Barnard had arranged to attend this meeting, but the
Chairman had received the following letter from him : —

1st February, 1902.

Dear Mr. Auden, —

A very bad cold compelled me to ask the Doctor's advice before
starting for Shropshire this morning, and as the result, I have had to give up
my visit.

I have seen Mr. St. John Hope, and have, after careful consideration, come to
the conclusion that, for the present, excavation at Uriconium must be given
up.

The two almost insuperable obstacles for the moment are that (1) for some
years there will be no expert available to conduct and superintend the
operations, and (2) labour cannot be obtained except at great expense.

I think the question should be kept alive by being mentioned by the
Society every year, and perhaps discussed, and I have no doubt that the day
will come when the work will proceed.

The Rector of Wem agrees with me.

I am, very faithfu'ly ycuvs,
Barnard.

The following resolution was unanimously adopted : — That
in view of the opinion expressed by the Society of Antiquaries and
by Lord Karnafd, it is not desirable; to take steps at present to
re commence the systematic excavation of Uriconium, but at the

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same time every effort should be made to keep the matter before
the minds of the public, with a view to action as soon as
circumstances permit.

Mr. Herbert Southam brought before the notice of the Council
the question of the Commemoration of the Battle of Shrewsbury
next year. The matter was discussed, and the following
resolution was passed : — That it is desirable to have a Special
Commemoration of the Battle of Shrewsbury in the Summer of

March 12th, 1902 — Rev. I1. Auden F.S.A , in the Chair.

Several matters were discussed, but no formal resolution was
passed ; and there is nothing of importance to report here.

April 9th, 1902 — Rev. T. Auden, F.SA., in the Chair.

Mr. R. A. Buddicom was appointed Hon. Curator of Geology,
in the place of Dr. Callaway, who had resigned the Curatorship.

The best thanks of the Council were given to Dr. Callaway
for his past services.

It was reported that the site of the supposed lake dwelling
near Ellesmere had been fenced in, and everything was being
done to protect the site properly.

The arrangements for the Quincentenary Commemoration of
the Battle of Shrewsbury were left in the hands of Capt. Williams-
Freeman and Mr. Herbert Southam.

May 14th, 1902 — Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

The Rev. W. Marshall, B.A., High Ercall, Wellington, Salop,
was elected a member of the Society.

The Annual Excursion was fixed for the middle of July, the
locality to be the Bishop's Castle district.

June 1 1 tli , 1902 — Rev T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

The Rev. H. J. Wilcox, Cockshutt Vicarage, Ellesmere, was
elected a member of the Society.

The Rev. D. H. S. Cranage called attention to the restoration
that was now being carried on at Claveiley Church, and gave an
account of the points of interest that had been brought to light
in connection with the work.

The question of the condition of the fabric, and the need of
attention to, the Shrewsbury Free Library and Museum Buildings,
was discussed, and the hope expressed that the Corporation
would take up the matter with as little delay as possible.

XVI 1

July gth, 1902 — Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

The Council decided to give a donation of £2 2s. to the fund
for protecting Melverley Church from the encroachments of the
I . River Vyrnwy.

The Rev. Edward Collet t, M.A., Rector of Hughley, was
elected a member of the Society.

September iotli, igo2 — Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair.

The Chairman reported that Mr. T. R. Horton had undertaken
to see to the cleaning of Langlcy Chapel, which was now in a
very dirty state.

It was resolved that the Secretary write to Messrs. Woodall,
Minshall, Thomas & Co. asking for their explanation as to the
delay in issuing Part II. of the current year's volume of the
Transactions, which was due to members on June 1st, and that
they be requested to issue the Parts in future on the days that
they are due to the members.

XVlll.

SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL

AND

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1902.

The

}Jrcsiuent :
Right Hon. Lord

Barnard.

lis Grace The Duke of Sutherland

Right Hon

'he Right Hon
■lie
the
the
The

Lichfield
Hie Right Rev

Hereford

The Earl of Powis
The Earl Broyvnlow
Rt. Hon. The Earl of Bradford
Rt. Hon. Viscount Boyne.

The Lord Bishop of

Right Rev.

The Lord Bishop of

i he Right Hon

Lord Kenyon
Lord Forester
(he Right Hon. Lord Harlech

fhe Right Hon

The Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury,
F.S.A.

The Hon. R. C. Herbert
Sir W. O. Corbet, Bart.
Sir C. H. Rouse-Boughton, Bart.
Sir Offley Waki man, Bart.
The Right Rev. Bishop Allen
Rev. Prebendary W. H. Egerton, M.A
Rev. Prebendary G. H. Egerton*, M.A
R. Lloyd Kenyon, Esq.
H. D. Greene, Esq., Q.C., M.P.
Rev. Prebendary H. W. Moss, M.A.
Algernon Heber-Percy, Esq.

£ev. T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A., Condover

(Chairman)
(. Calvert, Esq., LL.D., Shrewsbury
^v. W. G. Clark-Maxwell, M.A ,

F.S.A., Clunbury
$ev. I). H. S. Cranage, M.A, F.S.A.,

Cambridge. [bury
$ev. C H. Drinkwater, M.A., Shrews-
nev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A,

Shrewsbury
Giarles Forte y, Esq., Ludlow

da una 1 :

S. M. Morris, Esq., Shrewsbury
E. C. Peele, Esq., Shrewsbury
Rev. A. Thursby-Pelham, M.A., Cound
VV. Phillips, Esq., F.L.S., Shrewsbury |
II. R. H. South am, Esq., F.S.A.,

F.R. Hist. S., Shrewsbury
Hon. and Rev. G. II. F. Vane, M.AJ

F.S.A., Wem
Henry T. VVeyman, Esq., Ludlow
Captain Williams-Freeman, Shrewsbury

(£oitoriiU Committee :
g. Calvert, Esq., LL.D Rev. T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A.

W, Phillips, Esq., F.L.S. Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A.;

|)on. (Bitoml <Scactan> :
Mr. H. W. Adnitt, Shrewsbury

JUoitov :
E. Calvert, Esq., LL.D.

^tTrtsums :

Messrs. Eyton, Burton, and Co,, Shrewsbury
cgen-ctaru :

Mr. F. Goyne, Dogpole, Shrewsbury

XIX.

LIST OF MEMBERS, 1902.

Adnitt, H. W., Esq., Shrewsbury.

Allen, The Right Rev Bishop, Bishop's House, Belmont, Shrews-
bury

Allen, W., Esq , Benthall, Broseley.

Anderson, Mrs., The Red House, Much Wenlock.

Anstice, Colonel, Marnwood, Ironbridge.

Anstice, W., Esq., Madeley Wood Hall, Ironbridge, R.S.O.

Auden, Rev. T., M.A., F.S.A., Condover Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

Bradford, Right Hon. Earl of, Weston, Shifnal.
Brownlow, Right Hon. Earl, Belton, Grantham.
Boyne, Right Hon. Viscount, Brancepeth Castle, Durham.
Barnard, Right Hon. Lord, Raby Castle, Darlington ( President )
Baldwyn-Childe, Mrs., Kyre Park, Tenbury.
Barker, Thomas, Esq., Tong Lodge, Shifnal.
Barnes, Harold A., Esq., The Quinta, Chirk.
Beacall, W.. Esq., J. P., Sunfield, Shrewsbury.
Beckwith, Miss, Radbrook House, Shrewsbury.
Benson, Ralph B., Esq., J. P., Lutwyche Hall, Much Wenlock.
Benthall, E , Esq., Glantwrch Ystalyfera, R.S.O. , Glamorganshire.
Beresford, Robert de la Peer, Esq , M.D., Oswestry.
Bibby, F., Esq.. Hardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury.
Board of Education, South Kensington, S.W.
Bowdler, W., Esq., Penybont, Sutton Lane, Shrewsbury.
Bowen-Jones, J., Esq., J. P., Beckburyj Shrewsbury.
Bridgeman, Rev. E. R. O., M.A., Blymhill Rectory, Shifnal.
Brown, Rev. J Cavis, M A., Shifnal Vicarage, Salop.
Browne, W. Lyon, Esq., J. P., Church Stretton.
Burd, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., Chirbury Vicarage, Salop.
Burd, E , Esq., M.D., J. P., Newport House, Shrewsbury.
Burd, T. H., Esq., Lexden Gardens, Shrewsbury.
Bulkeley-Owen, The Hon. Mrs., Tedsmore Hall, West Felton.
Bulkeley Owen, Rev T. M., B.A., J. P., Tedsmore Hall, West
Felton.

Burton, Rev. J R., Bitterley Rectory, Ludlow.
Burton, Rev. R. Lingcn, Little Aston Vicarage, Sutton Coldfield,
Birmingham.

Burton, E. R. Lingen, Esq , Whitton Hall, Westbury.

Calvert, E., Esq., LL.l). J P, Kingsland, Shrewsbury,
Caiadoc aiul Severn Valley Field Club.

Cavan, James, Esq., M.A., Eatun Mascutt Hall Shrewsbury.

XX.

Chance, A. F., Esq., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury
Churchill, Rev. C. J. S., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbuiy.
Clark-Maxwell, Rev. W. G., M.A., F.S A., Clunbury Vicarage,

Aston-on-Clun, R.S.O.
Clay, J. Cecil, Esq., Market Drayton.
Clayton, Rev. Prebendary, M.A , The Rectory, Ludlow.
Collett, Rev. Edward, Hughley Rectory, Shrewsbury.
Colville, H. K., Esq., J. P., Bellaport, Market Drayton.
Cooksey, J. H., Esq , Bridgnorth.

Corbet, R., St. John, Esq , 2, Newbold Terrace, Leamington.
Corbet, Sir W. O., Bart., Acton Heynald, Shrewsbuiy.
Corbet. Rev. G. W., Upton Magna Rectory, Shrewsbury.
CorPeld, Lieut -Col. F. Chinner, J. P., Ormonde Fields, Codnor,
Derby.

Cranage, Rev D. H. S., M.A , F.S. A., 4, Regent Street, Cambridge.

Davis, Rev. J., The College, Cleobury Mortimer.
Dickin, Capt., Loppington House, Wem,

Dovaston, Adolphus, Esq , 14, Madeley Road, Ealing, London, W.

Dovaston, J. E. F., Esq., West Felton.

Downes, Dr., 46, Gordon Square, London.

Downward, Miss Alice, The Castle, Shrewsbury.

Drinkwater, Rev. C. H, MA., St. George's Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

Duignan, W. Ii., Esq., Gorway, Walsall.

Eckersley, N. ff., Esq., Trench, Wem.

Egerton, Rev. Canon G. H., M.A., Middle Rectory, Shrewsbury.
Egerton, Rev. Canon W. H , M.A., The Rectory, Whitchurch,
Salop.

Forester, Right Hon. Lord, Willey Park, Broseley.

Feilden, Rev. O. M., M.A., Frankton Rectory, Oswestry.

Fielden, E. B., Esq., J. P., M.P., Condover Hall, Shrewsbury.

Fletcher, Rev. W. G Dimock, M.A., F.S. A., St. Michael's Vicar-
age, Shrewsbury.

Foley, P. H., Esq., M.A., F.S. A, Prestwood, Stourbridge, Wor-
cestershire.

Fortey, Charles, Esq., Ludlow, Salop.

Foster, W. 1L, Esq., Apley Park, Bridgnorth.

Gepp, Maurice, Esq., Thorneycroft House, Shrewsbury.
Godsal, Philip Thomas, Esq., J. P., lscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Salop.
Gough, Fred. H., Esq., Chilton Moor Vicarage, Fence Houses, co.
Durham.

Greene, H. D., Esq., K.C., M.P., The Grove, Craven Arms.
Greensill, Frank, Esq., 4, Windsor Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Griffin, llarcourt, Esq., J. P., Summer Hill, Market Drayton.
Guildhall Library, London, E.C.— C. Welch, Esq.

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xxi.

Hereford, Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of, The Palace, Hereford
Harlech, Right Hon. Lord, Brogyntyn, Oswestry.
Hawkesbury, Right Hon. Lord, F.S.A., Kirkham Abbey, York.
Harley, Miss Theresa, Ross Hall, Salop.
Harding, W. E., Esq.; Shrewsbury.
Hawkins, Miss, St. Mary's Court, Shrewsbury.
Heber- Percy, Major Algernon, J P., Hodnet, Salop.
Heigh way, S., Esq , Claremont, Shrewsbury.

Herbert, Hon. R. C, M.A , DrL., J.P , Orleton, Wellington, Salop.
Hignett, T. H., Esq., Oswestry.
Hodges, E., Esq., Edgmond, Newport, Salop.
Honyman, Sir Wra , Bart.. Coton, Whitchurch.
Hope, Rev. H. K , M.A., Newtown Vicarage, Wem.
Hope-Edwardes, Miss, Netley Hall, Salop.
Ilorton, T. R., Esq.. Harley Towers, Much Wenlcck.
How, T. M., Esq., Nearwell, Shrewsbury.
Howells, T. Middleton, Esq., Highfield, Shrewsbury.
Hughes, H. H. Esq., Shrewsbury.
Hughes, R. Scoltock, Esq., The Square, Shrewsbury.
Humphreys, Henry, Esq , Woodhouse, Loughborough, Leicester-
shire.

Humphreys, Miss, Swan Hill Court House Shrewsbury.
Hunt, Captain, Ruyton Park, Ruyton-xi-Towns.
Hunt, Captain Charles, Boreatton Hall, Baschurch.

Instone, Mrs., Walton Grange, Much Wenlock.

Jackson, S., Esq., Bellevue, Shrewsbury.
Jeffreys, Miss, Windsor House, Shrewsbuiy.

Jones, H., Esq., P.S.A., 42, Shooters Hill Road, Biackheath,
London, S.E.

Jones, Heighway, Esq., J. P., Earlsdale, Pontesford, Salop.
Jones, J. Parry, Esq., Beechfield, Oswestry.
Jones, S. Gingell Esq., Woodville, Shrewsbury.

Kenyon, Right Hon. Lord, Gredington, Whitchurch, Salop.
Kenyon, Rev. A. E. LI., The Vicarage, Clun.
Kenyon, R. Lloyd, Esq., M.A., J.P, Pradoe, West Eelton,
Oswestry.

King, Roff, Esq., Islington, Shrewsbury.

Kittermaster, Rev E. W., M.A, Bayston Hill Vicarage, Shrews-
bury.

Lichfield, Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of The Palace. Lichfield.
Leslie, Mrs., Bryntanat, Llansantffraid, Oswestry.
Lloyd, Lieut-Colonel Francis, J. P., Aston Hall, Oswestry.
Lloyd, J. P. , Esq , Dorrington Grove, Salop.

XXll.

Maddocks, T., Esq., Woodlands, Wem.
Marshall Rev. W., B.A., High Ercall, Wellington, Salop.
Marston, Charles, Esq., Highfield, Wolverhampton.
Maude, Ven. Archdeacon, M.A.. Swan Hill, Shrewsbury.
Minshall, Philip H., Esq., Bronwylfa, Oswestry.
Morris, J. A., Esq,, The Priory, Shrewsbury:
Morris, S. M., Esq , All Stretton Hall Shropshire,
Moss, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury.

Naunton, W. W, Esq., Shrewsbury.

New York Public Library, c o. Messrs. B F. Stevens and Brown,

4, Trafalgar Square, W.C.
Nicholson, A. C , Esq., 3, Victoria Parade, Oswestry.
Norton. Rev. F. C, Ditchling Vicarage, Sussex.
Nurse, John. Esq., 37, Bellevue, Shrewsbury.

Oldham, Rev. Prebendary, MA., Bridgnorth.
Oswell, A. E. LLoyd, Esq., Shrewsbury.
Oswestry Free Library.

Powis, Right Hen. Earl of, Powis Castle, Welshpool.
Parry, Lieut-Colonel G. S., 18, Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne.
Parry, W. H., Esq., Shawbury, Salop.
Patchett, Miss, Greenfields, Shrewsbury.
Patchett, Lieut-Colonel, Gordon, Greenfields, Shrewsbury.
Peele, Colonel E. C, D.L., J,P., Cyngfeld, Shrewsbury.
Pelham, Rev. A. Thursby, M.A., Cound Rectory, Shrewsbury.
Pennsylvania Historical Society, c.o. Messrs Stevens and Brown,

4, Trafalgar Square, W.C.
Perkins, Rev. K., Stoke St. Milborough Vicarge, Ludlow.
Phillips, Richard, Esq , Pride Hill, Shrewsbury.
Phillips, W., Esq., F.L.S.. J P., Canonbury, Shrewsbury
Pickering, T. E., Esq., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury.
Pool, Robert, Esq., Mytton Oak, Copthorne, Shrewsbury.
Poole, T. Frank, Esq , The Sytch, Dorrington.
Potts, E. B., Esq., Broscley.
Public Record Olliee, Chancery Lane, London
Purton, Rev. Ralph, C, M A., Kempsey, Worcester.

Roberts, R. Lee, Esq., Dinham Cottage, Ludlow.
Roberts, T., Esq , Church House, Condover.
Robinson, Brooke, Esq., M.P., Baiford House, 'W arwick.
Robinson, Nicholas, Esq., Frankton Grange, Ellesmere.
Rocke, Mrs., Clungunford Hall, Aston-on-Clun, R S O.
Rogers, Flenry Exell, Esq , J. P., Shrewsbury.

Rouse-Boughton, Sir C, H., Bart., D.L , J. P., Downton Hall,
1 Airflow,

Rowland, (i. J., Esq, 14, Parkdale, Wolverhampton.

XXII'.

Sutherland, His Grace the Duke of Lilleshall.
Salt, G. M., Esq., Quarry Place, Shrewsbury.
Salwey, T. J., Esq., J. P., Mill Street, Ludlow.
Sitwell, Willoughby Hurt, Esq., J. P., Ferney Hall, Craven Arms.
Smith, H. Percy, Esq , Dunstall Manor, Wolverhampton.
Smith, F. Rawdon, Esq., Eastfield, Ironbridge.
Smythe, Miss Blanche, Trysull, Wolverhampton.
Southam, Herbert R. H., Esq , F S.A., F.R.Hist.S , Innellan,
Shrewsbury.

Southam, L. A. C, Esq., Rodney House, Malvern Link.
Southam, Mrs., The Hollies, Shrewsbury.
Southwell, W. L, Esq., J.P., Astbury Hall, Biidgnorth.
Steavenson, Rev. R., B A., Wroxeter Vicarage.
Stokes, Rev. Hudleston, M.A., The Croft, Crowthome, Berks.
Stretche, T. Price, Esq., Heath Lodge, Lennard Road, Beckenham,
Kent.

Swainson, Rev. J. G., M A., Wistanstow Rectory, Craven Arms.

Tayleur, J., Esq., J. P., D.L., Buntingsdale, Market Drayton.
Taylor, R, Esq., J. P., Abbey House, Shrewsbury.
Thompson, F. G.. Esq , Pauls Moss, Dodington, Whitchurch.
Thursfield, T. H., Esq , J.P., The Grange, Much Wenlock.
Tipton, Miss, Sutton Lane, St. Giles, Shrewsbury.
Twemlow, T., Esq, J. P. Peatswood, Market Drayton.

Vaughan, H. F. J., Esq., B.A., SCL.Oxon, 30, Edwardes Square,

Kensington, London.
Vane, Hon. and Rev. Gilbert H. F, M.A , F.S.A., The Rectory,

Wem.

Venables, R. G., Esq., B.A., J. P., Oakhurst, Oswestry.
Vickers, Dr. K. B. J , Engleton House, Wellington.

Wace, G. R., Esq., Fieldside, Shrewsbury.

Wakeman, Sir Offley, Bart., M.A, D.L., J P, Yeaton-Peverey.

Watts, Professor W. W., M.A., F.G.S., Holmwood, Bracebridge

Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield.
Webb, Walter H . Esq 2, Boundary Road, Birkenhead.
Webster, E. M., Esq., Hill Cote, Ironbridge.
Weyman, II T.. Esq,, Ludlow, Salop.

Whitaker, VV. H , Ksq., j P., D.L., Totterton, Lydbury North
Whitcombe, Robert H., Esq., Bewdley

Whitley, J. H , Esq., J. P., I) L , Bourton Cottage, Much Wenlock.
Wilcox, Rev. H J., Cockshutt Vicarage, Ellesmere.
Williams-Freeman, Captain F. R. G. S., Tin: Uarn Field, Radbrook,
Shrewsbury.

Williams- Vaughan, E , Esq., Broom Hall, Oswestry.
Wood, R. H , Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., Belmont, Sidmouth, South
Devon.

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Woods, Sir Albert \V , K.C.M.G., C.B., F.S.A., Garter King of
Arms, 6(;, St. George's Road, Warwick Square, London,
S.W.

Woodall, E , Esq , " Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer,"

Oswestry.
Woolley, G , Esq., Ludlow.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

The High Sheriff of Shropshire
The Mayor of Shrewsbury
Randall, Mr. J , F G.S., Madeley, Salo[

during the year of office

Members are requested to notify any change of Residence, or
error of Description, to the Secretary, Mr. F. Goyne, Dogpole,
Shrewsbury.

XXV.

SOCIETIES IN COMMUNICATION WITH THTS

SOCIETY.

Archaeological Society, Birmingham and Midland Institute Bir-
mingham.

Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society. Rev. VV Bazeley

Eastgate Library, Gloucester. '
Cambrian Archaeological Association. C. T Clarke Fsn 3fi
Essex Street, Strand, W.C. ' 4*' 3 '

Cambridge ^itiq^n^So^ St. Mary's Passage, Cambridge.
Cheshire and North Wales Archaeological Society, Grosvenor

Museum, Chester. *'
Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological and Antiquarian

Society, Kendal. ^
Derbyshire Archaeological Society. Percy H. Currey Esq %

Market 1 lace, Derby. H '

East Riding Antiquarian Society, Yorkshire. Win. Andrews Esq

i, Dock Street, Hull. ' ' M"'

Essex Field Club. Springfield, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Glasgow Archaeological Society. 88, West Regent Street, Glasgow
Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire R D Radrliffa
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transactions

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Shropshire Archaeological

AND

natural mstorp Societp

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* index:'

The Church Bells of Shropshire. I. By H. B. Walters, M A;,

F.S.A. ... ./V it • p T ^/:-!,./f-v.^?|

Two Royal Paramours. By Rev. T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A.

A List of Shropshire Wills at Somerset House, London, from
1641 to 1660 {concluded)

Shropshire Wills at Lambeth Palace

The Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury. By the late Joseph
Morris r,

The Castle of Wem. By the Hon. and Rev. Gilbert H. F. Vane,
M.A., F.S.A. ' r .... ' 1 ... - ' v \^

Miscellanea :

VII. Judge Jeffreys's House at Wem

VIII. On Wearing the Bonnet in the Royal Presence...

IX. Fight between Rook and Sparrow Hawk

X. Glossary of Obsolete Words : a Correction

XI. The Grand-children of Richard Gough of Newton-on-
the-hill

XII. Will of James Janyns, Clerk, of Moreton Corbet, A. I).

J539

'AO
t65
248

255

268

269 I
287 ,

29I

292 i
292

293

293

294

ILLUSTRATIONS.
Figures of Bell Borders, &c., 1 to 6, at pages 174, 177, 191, 196, 216

Bell Borders and Letters, &cM Plates I — VII 247

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The Members of Parliament for Wenlock. By Henry T. Weyman 297

The Manor of Ruyton-xi- Towns. By R. Lloyd Kenyon.

Township of Felton ... ... ... ... ... ... 359

Township of Haughton ... 381

Township of Rednal ... .... ... ... ... ... 387

Township of Sutton ... .. \ ... ... ... ... 397

Township of Tedsmere ..... ... ... ... 403

Miscellanea :

XIII. Excavations at Wenlock Priory ... ... ... ... 407

XiV. Supposed Lake Dwellings at Pike's End ... ... 408

XV. The Will of Henry Bishop, Vicar of Moreton Corbet,

A. IX 1539 409

General Index to Vol. 11. ... ... ... ... ... ... 413

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Tithe Map of Shotatton Township 123

Tithe Map of Eardiston Township ... ... ... ... 131

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