GENEALOGY 942,4501 SH84T 1912 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00855 1969 GENEALOGY 942.4501 SH84T 1912 v Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/transactionsofsh42shro \ T R A NT S A C T I O N S OF THE SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL A N b NATURAL HISTORY SOCIFTV ESTABLISHED Icy ALL RIGHTS- R E S F P V E D , FOUR T H S E R 1 ] •: S , VOLUME II., I Q I 2, (volume xx:<7.) PRINTED FOR T H p: S 0 C I E T \' S li R \V S B i; R V : A D N I T T AND N A U N T ON, Til I<: S Q U A R E . O S W S T I-'. \' : \Y O O I> ALL. M I N S II A L L. T 11 O .M A S AND CO. 4> o WOODAt.I,, MINSHALI,, THOMAS AND CO., PRINTKRS, ETC., OSWESTRY AND WREXHAM. I SHROPSHIRE ARCH.^:OLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 1S05013 CONTENTS of 4th Series, Volume II. Pase. Four Letters from Shropshire to Prince Rupert. Edited by the Rev. J. E. Auden, M.A., F.R.Hist.S i Plan of Tong College. Notes by N. W. Howard-McLean 22 The Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of Worfield. Transcribed and Edited by H.B. Walters, M. A., F.S.A. 25 Institutions of Shropshire Incumbents. Liocese of Herefoid, 1634 — 1759. Introduction by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcheh, M. A., F.S.A. ... 55 The Ketlebys of Steple. By the Rev. Ralph C. Purton, M.A 112 The Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1690 — 1709. By the late Joseph Morris... .. ... . 119 The History of Several Families connected with Uiddlebury. 1. The Baldwyns. By Evelyn H. Martin. ... 133, 299 The Expulsion of Oxford Students in 176S. By the Rev. VV. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 186 Sequestration Papers of Richaid Oakcley of Oakelev. Edited by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F,S A 193 Shropshire Clergy who have contributed to the I'^ree and Voluntary Present to His Majestv in 1662. By the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 209 The War Services of some Shropshire Officers in the King's Army. By the Rev. J. E. Auden, M.A., F.R.Hist.S 215 Sir Francis Ottley and the Royalist Attempt of 1648. Edited by the Rev. J. E. Audi:n, M.A , F.R. H i.t.S. ... J93 Certificate uf Ordination bya Sbropshire Presbyterian Clnssis With notes by the Rev. J. E, Aldkn, M.A., l^R.Hist S. 296 Shropshire Institutions. 164S-5Q. Annotated by the Rev. J. E. AanKN, M.A., F.R.Hist.S 29S - iv. • • • • MISCELLANEA. L Ancient Window in Old House at Little Dawley II. The Round House, Shrewsbury III. The Parish Book of St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, 1722 - 1785 •-. IV. Grant of Arms to Thomas Smalman,io October, 15^9 V. Thomas Jones, the Expelled Oxford Student VL Jacobites in Shrewsbury General Index to Volume II ... ILLUSTRATIONS. Great Oxenbold Plan of Tong College .. Portrait of the Rev, Thomas Jones, 1781 Facsimile Signature of Richard Oakley An Old Window at Little Dawley ... Arms of Smalman Family SHROPSHIRE ARCH.'EOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting- of tlie Shropshire ArchiXiological and Natural History Society was held in the front room of the Music Hal], Shrewsbury, on Monday, Septenilx'r 30lh, 1912. Sj)ecial interest was attached to the proceedings, in \ ie\\ of the im- portant excavations at Uriconium now proceeding, in wliich the Society is co-operating- with the Society of Aniicjuaries. Many of the smaller and more interesting- of the objects discovered were laid out on a large table in the room, and included some exceeding-ly prett\- things in pottery, bone, jcl and bronze. The Chair was taken by Mr. R. Lloyd Kenyon,\'ice-President ot the Society. There was a large attendance of members and friends, including-, amongst others, the Right Hon. Lord Berwick, the Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., Chairman of the Council, Mr. Bevillc Stanier, M.P., the Archdeacon of Ludlow, the Hon. Mrs. Bulkeley-Ow en, Mr. j. P. Bushe-h'ox (who is superintending the excavations at W'roxeter), Mr. \V. Minet, L.S.A. (treas-iu-er of the Research Fund of the Society of Antiquaries), Captain Cecil Hunt, the Rev. \V. C. D. Fletcher, F.S.A., Mr. W. II. Whitaker, Professor K. W. and Mrs. White, Mr. II. F. Marries, the Rev. S. A. Woolward, the Rev. \V. (,. Clark-Max well, F.S.A., the Rev. V. Roberts, Mr.- Benj. Blower, the Rev. O. M. Fcilden, Miss Downward, the Misses Llovd, Mr. ]. Nurse, Dr. M. (^epp, Mr. T. I'. Blunt, Mr. R. K. Davics, the Rev. j.d. 1'. and Mrs. Holmes, Mr. ]. T. Homer, the Rev. |. W. and Mi-<. Lee, the Rev. K. H. Ci'lchrist de Castro, ihe Rev. ]-.. B.. Bart- leet, Miss Amy Auden, Colonel 1'. M. Peele, Mr. 11. \V. Adnitt, Mr. A. F. Cooper (assistant-secretary), and many others. Apologies for inability to attend the meeting were received from the Bishop of Hereford, Sir Clement Hill, M.P., Mr. \V. C. Bridg-cman, M.P., INIajor Wing-field (MaycM" of Shrews- bury), Mr. Trevor Corbett, Mr. Clay and others. THE ACCOUNTS. The Rev. Prebendary Atdex sul^mitted a Statement of the Accounts, which showed an expenditure for the year of iS.i, and an adverse balance of ^^^41 2s. 3d., as against a balance in hand at the beginning of the year of se\ enpcacc. vi THE C0U^•C1L. Mr. W. H. WiiiTAKER moved tlic re-election of the following:; ' as members of the Council for the ensuini,'- year :— The Re\ . Prebendary Auden, l-.S.A., Miss Auden, F. R. 1 iist. S. , the Rev, Prebendary \. R. Burton, the Rev. R. jowett Burton, the Re\. W. G. Clark-Maxwell, F.S.A., the Rev. D. H. S. Crana-e. 1 F.S.A., the Rev. E. H. Gilchrist de Castro, Mr. R. E. Da vies, the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, F.S. A., Miss Hope-Ed\vardes,.tlic Rev. Canon Moriarty, D.I)., Mr. S. M. Morris, Mr. T. E. Pickering- and Mr. H. T. W'eyman. l^rofessor WiirrE, in secondini^-, said they had arrived at a very momentous period in the history of their Society. In con- junction with the Society of Antiquaries they were undertaking: a very importarit work at Uriconium, and a wc^rk which w(juld do much to till up a great gap thai existed in the history of tlie country. — The motion was carried. ELECTION OF AL DrruK. On the motion of the Archdeacon of Ludlow, seconded b\ Mr. H. F. Harries, Mr. W. W. Xaunton was re-elected auditor. ANNUAL KEPOKT. The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S. A., preseiUed the Rcj)oil of the Council, as follows : — I Diirinf^ the period covered by the Report it rnif;ht be said that arcluvolccy in i ( Shropshire had been unusually active, and it had had to deal with matters ho th \ I of anxiety and hope. Amonf^ the former the Council had been called onto | i endeavour to ward off the (iestruction by quarryinj^ of the jnehistoric hut circles | of Abdon Burf on tiie top of the Brown Clee. Communications had Ijecn \ 1 entered into with those concerned, either as owneis or manaf,'eis of the (juarrics : j ! but the prospects of averting; the loss of ihis relic of jnehistoric times cr-uhi not I so far be described as hojieful. On the otner hand, owini; mainly to the exertions i ! of the .-\rchdeacon of Ludlow, a considerable sum of money had been cdlccted i and spent on the much-needed repair of the beauiifui specimen of Norman archi- ' tcciure known as the Heath Chapel, in the parish of Stoi?i iloov^. The j houses ran back very far from the street, one being as much as i 158 feet long. The first two found had been very much de- ! stroyed by people digging for stone for later building purposes, j and it was extremely dilhcult to obtain any plan; in some in- stances the walls could only be traced bv the remains of the clay and cobble foundations. The third house — which is now being unco\ered — promises better things. Its walls are intact to a height of 2 to 3 feet, and the painted wall plaster is still adhering- to them in places. The house is 95 ft. long bv 33 ft. G in. acro.^s and shows signs of re-construction — having been made longer and narrower when altered. Although only part of it has bet'n as yet imcovered, the remains of four lloors can be seen, and ii appears to have been in use for a considerable period, as .;t!i cen- ; tury coins have been found on the top lloor, .and a piece ol Sa- mian, bearing a ist century potter's stamj-), came from just I)el(>\v the earliest one. The portico of the fourth house only has bcvMi uncovered. It has a well-made slone drain in front; behind thi-. I at intervals of about 10 feet, are li\ e s(|uare blocks of stoni\ e\ i- r dently intended as bases for columns. Lying in the drain i< a I portion of a well-carved stone from the entablature, showing k i I IX that this building- was of some pretensions. I fear that lack of time and money will not permit ns to clear this building- this sea- son. Immediately at the back of the houses about a dozen rub- bish pits have been found and cleared. They have produced many interesting small objects. A very larg^e amount of pottery has been found, much of it Samian ware decorated with a great variety of patterns. This ware w^as not made in England, but was imported from the Continent. The greater part of it is from the large pottery at Lezoux, in central France; but there is also a fair amount from the earlier pottery of La Graufes- enque, in the south of that country. Rheinzabern and other potteries on the Rhine are also represented. Two hundred and thirty potters' names, stamped on the plain wares, and about 30 on the decorated, have been recorded. There are also speci- mens of other Continental wares and fragments of querns of Andernach lava, which all goes to show the extensive trade there must have been with the Continent. Several pieces of marble, which do not appear to belong to this country, have also come to light. In bronze we have several brooches — some enamelled — a bell, a pair of shears, some keys and styli, and many other small objects. There are a large number of iron im- plements, knives, axes, hammers, keys, stvli, a scvth-anvil, etc. There are several pieces of worked jet, some bone spoons, and many bone pins and needles, and hair pins — one with a gold top. There is a fragment of a roof tile with writing- scratched upon it while still wet before baking-. Similar ones were found at Silchester. This shows that even the tile makers were able to read and write, which speaks much for the civilisation of the country under the Romans. There are fragments of many broken glass vessels, and a few pieces of window gla.ss. About 160 coins have been found, ranging from Nero to Gratian. They have been listed by Mr. Haytcr, who has been able to identify many of them to their exact year by the consulships, etc. Two are worthy of note. One, a denarius of Severus, has upon it th.e title of Rritannicus. It must have been minted while he was in England, as it will be remembered that he never returned to Rome, but died at York after his expedition ag-ainst th.e northern tribes. The other bears the portrait of Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great. It was this Melena that had the (lr(\'im of the site of the true cross, the discovery of which is supptvserl to have had so much influence upon the progress of Christianity. Perhans the best small find of the season is a verv small gem from a ring, engraved with the figure of the g"od Pan. Me bears his crooked stick in one hand, and a bunch of grapes in the other. So much for the actual finds. Let us now consider w hat his- torical facts may be deduced from them. You all know the tw o X tombstones of the soldiers of the XI\'th Legion now in your museum. This leg-ion came over with Chuidius in the year 43 A.D. It was withdrawn to operate in Armenia in the vear 68. Shortly afterwards it returned to ICnj^^land, only to be again re- called— this time for good — in the year 70. It seems almost cer- tain that this legion, together with tlie XXth, must have occu- pied \'iriconium at a very early date. The XXth moved on to Chester, How long the XlVth remained at W'roxeter we do not know. Some day Ji hope the spade will help us to iind out. In addition to these tombstones the nnlv other delinite remains bclong-ing to this early period are two green glaze \ ases in the museum. This year w^e have found nothing at all that can ])e assigned in this period. Our earliest potterv cannot be before about 70, and is probably later. One little group c^m be dated with accuracy to between the years 75 and 85. It includes a combination of forms that could only occur at that period — some that are not found after about 85, and some that do not occur much before 75. Some of the pots bear potters' stamps of the same period. One OF. MOMO was found several times at Pompeii, which was destroyed in the year 79. Quite a fair amount of other pottery of this period has been foimd scattered about the site — generally on or near the lowest occupation level. NowMn 74 Frontinus subdued the tribes of South Wales, and in 78 Agricola — of whom we know a g'ood deal because he had the historian Tacitus for his son-in-law — subdued the Xorth Welsh tribes, and they never seem to have given the Romans any fur- ther trouble. With Whales subdued, now would be the time for a civil settlement at Viriconium, and at th.is period, namely, about the year 80, the first occupation of this year's portion of the site seems to have taken place. From this date onwards until the close of the 4th century, there seems to have been a continuous occupation. Two of the houses dug this year were certainly burnt down about the end of the 2nd century. This is demonstrated by the pottery, etc., found on the floors .and covered by the burnt building material. Of course, a fire does not necessarilv inc;\n a destruction, but it is a significant coinci- dence that they should have been so destroyed at a period when there were widespread troubles in the Xorth of Fngland. It was in the reign of Commodus that the whole of Scotland w ;is lost to the Romans, as shown by recent e\ca\ati()ns in the north. Some of the wells, which appear to !)e of late date, were filled with burnt building material, but there is no further evidence on this year's site of a final destruction by fire. As regards this final destruction, which has sf>metimes been asserted to have taken place in the latter part of tlu^ 6th century, I can only say that so far no evidence has been obtained t(^ justify such an as- sertion. The latest coins found this year and in the prexious excavations are tlu^^c of the hanperor (Iratian — date, about ;?8o. .\ow if the site had been occupied for another 200 years some XI remains of that occupation should ha\c been found — especially as the later remains must be nearest to the surface. As far as 1 can ascertain, no coins, pottery or other remains later than the end of the 4th century ha\e e\ cr been found upon the site. In the year 3(07 the w hole of l^ni^land was in such a turmoil caused by raids from the Xorth that Theodosius was sent to restore order. Seeiui^- that he had to assemble his forces at London, it would seem that both Chester and York were in the hands of the enemy, and i,t is very probable that \'iriconium did not escape attack. After this, until the close of the 4th century, the whole country was subject to raids from almost e\ery quarter, and peaceful life in a tow n outside the military centres must have become almost impossible. 1 think that the conclu- sion we must draw from the e\'idence that we have is, that \'iriconiiim was destr{)} ed by one of these bands — probabl}" Irish pirates — during- the last few years of the 4th century. Althoui^h this year's excavations have not produced anylhini^' of startling- importance, } ct so much of interest has been found that 1 feel we are more than justified in continuing the explora- tion of this perhaps most interesting" site still accessible to the spade in England. I feel I cannot close without mentioning- those who have helped me in this year's work. I hiivc been most fortiniate in having- with me for the whole time Mr. Hayter, who has dug both in Egypt and in h^nghmd. Mr. May and Mr. Atkinson, both experienced excavators, ha\ e gi\ eii me much assistance. Mr. Asher has been good enough to undertake the planning, and I have just heard that Mr. Bartleit has kindly offered to do any photog-raphy that we may require. THE FINANCIAL TOSITIOX. Mr. W. MiNET, the London treasurer of the Research Fund, then spoke on the financial side of the excavations. He said it was a wise maxim with the Society of .\ntiquar.ies that when- ever a work of that kind was undertaken a competent person should be put in charge of the work— and a more competent person than Mr. l)ushe-l^)x tliey could not have — and also that they should have someone to look after the work from the point of view of how it was to be paid for. It was felt that those in charge of the wovk should not have the responsibility of the financial question. That was the plan at Old Sarum, and it wa^ being- done at Uriconium. One aspect of the work which struck him as most helpful was the co-operation between the Society of Antiquaries and their mvn local Society here. Such a co- operation seemed to him to be of great ad\-antagc to both Societies. The fact that their local Society had taken up that matter so keenly showed how- strong local patriotism and local feeling were in that matter. He reminded them that the work of excavation was work which could not be imdcrtak'cn chenpi\ , Xll llie cost of labour being- considerable. As treasurer of ihc London fund, he had in hand ^£.^133, and he tlioui^ht he could see his way to making- that up to ;£;I50 before the end of the year. A fund was collected locally some years ago, but the work was not proceeded with, and the money which remained on deposit at the bank now amounted to ;£;'i42. A new fund had been started, and that had met with considerable support. IVebendary Auden told him they might look for £,'154 from that source. Entrance fees^to see the work while going on had so far broug^ht in but he thoug'-ht that later that hgure should b(i larg-ely increased. At Old Sarum, where the work was going on for four or five years, their entrance fees brought in fruni £7^ to ;£^8o a year. He thought that when the work got better known, more and more people might be attracted. At Old Sarum they had sma'il cards printed and distributed amongst tliC various hotels in the adjacent town of vSalisbury, calling attention to what was being" done, and showing- people the way to the excavations. He suggested that something (;f the kind mig^ht be done at Shrewsbury. Their receipts, therefore, totalled £-\S^- their expenditure, up to the 2()th September he would remind them that there was a certain amount of capital expenditure — plant, etc., having- to be pur- chased. They also had to ha\"e a building in \\ hich the various finds could be stored, and in which the excavators do their work. This item, however, only cost them the small sum of y('3S- ^Vag■es, compensation to the farmer on whose land they V ere working, etc., brought the total cost up to p^^i^cj, leaving a balaiice in hand of -(^.zSi. As far as he could see, accounts due amounted to ^^67, which left them with a balance of ^'-i4- He would remind them, however, that a considerable amount of work lay in front of them for the present year, and they would need all the support they could get. He felt sure, how- ever, th.'it as the work progressed, so would the interest in it grow, and so would the funds grow. (Applause.) Mr. Beville Stagier, M.P., mo\cd a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Minet, Mr. Bushe-r\)x and the Chairman. He said he was sure that they in vShropshire were absolutelv delightud hear such a wonderful account of the treasures which they liad at Uriconium, and which were now l)eing brought to light. He (Mr. Stanier) had been o\er there that morning, and liLljied to bring over some of those treasures to tiiat meeting. He must .say that he was more than delighted with tlie wav in which the work was being carried out under the direction of Mi'. Ikishe- I'^ox. He was sure they all appreciated having such excellent peopk^ in charge of the work-. The suggestion had been made tl'.at the excavations should l)e brought moi e prominenily to tlie notice of people, and he thought that was an excellent pro- position. Thev were, of course, all i-)leascd to pay their six- pence to sec the excavations; but he thoucrht if thev could hate I ( Xlll some little memento in the shape of, say, postcards illustrating- some of the finds, that thereby they would be able to g^et a verv good income. The question of ways and means was always a vexed one, but he thought that if an appeal were made in the county a good many small sums could "be collected. (Hear, hear.) Prebendary Auden, in seconding, said that their Chairman was always ready to do anything he could for the g-ood of the county. Mr. Auden went on to say that as local treasurer he should be g"lad to receive subscriptions for the present and the succeeding four years. The motion was caried, and the Ctiairmax brielly replied. In answer to questions, Mr. Busiie-Fox said that they would shortly beg-in to till in the ground which had been opened in connection with this year's excavations. They rented the land by the year, and the land had to be returned to the farmer in its former condition by Xoveniber ist. They could not keep 170 acres of land open unless sonie millionaire bought the siie. (Laughter.) Xo time should, therefore, be lost by those who wished to view this year's work. Prebendary Audex said the plan which they were pursuing at Uriconium was that which was followed in all modern excava- tions. The land was uncovered, a careful survey carried out, and plan made, and afterwards the land was covered up iigain. It was really the only way in which the work could be done with success. Mr. Auden pointed to the disintegrating effects of the weather if the land w.as allowed to remain uncovered. Tea was served at the conclusion of the meeting. X^isitors were greatly interested in Inspecting the various relics from Uriconiiun, which were arranged on a table at the meeting'. As reg-ards the coins, up to vSeptember 27th a total of no less than 149 bronze and 8 silver coins had been brought to light. These belong to the period of the following rulers : — Xero (54-68), A'espasian (69-79), Titus (7C)-s Auden, the Rev. Prebendary .and Mrs. Burton, the Rev. R. jowett Burton, the Rev. W. G. Clark-Maxwell, I'.S.A., and "Mrs. Clark-Maxwell, ihe Rev. E. B. Bartleet, the Rev. i:. II. Ciilchrist de Castro, the Rev, A. E. Llovd Ken von, the Rev. W. M. D. La Touche, Dr. Gepp, Mr.' and Mrs. Bate- son, the Misses Lloyd, Mr, Heii^invav, Mr. Medlicott, Mr. v. G. Morris, Mr. J. Nurse, Mrs. W'rii^'ht, Miss Lucy Wright, etc. The main body of the party left Shrewsbury by motors shortly after 10 o'clock, stoppini^- at Craven Arms to pick 11 j) a contiiii^-ent from the southern end of the county. EL8ICH. 'I he first place visited was Elsich, the old manor house of the Baldwin family, where they were kindly recei\ed, and whicii they were permitted to £^0 o\er, tlie panelled rooms and the old staircase, formed of solid blocks of oak, beini;- much admired. The Baldwins were an important and wide-spread family, t)wninj^ estates in Diddlebury as far b^ick as the reii^n of Ivichard IL William Baldwin is sakl to ha\e been cup-beaicr to Oueen Mary Tudor. His brother, Richard, who in 15-I5 married ALiri^ery, daujijfhter of Law rence Ludlow of the More- liouse, is thoui^ht to have been the 1:)uilder of Llsich. Rich.ard's eldest son, Thomas, was imprisoned for three years in the Tow er of London, on suspicion of havinor been concerned in a plot for the release of Mary Queen of vScots, and his name and the date, Julie, 15S5, are still to be seen on the wall of his prison room. Me came safely back to Corvedale, and married Certrude, dauj^hter of Robert Corbet of Stanwardine. Me was buried ald\\in, who lived at Stol^e- say Castle in the time of the Ci\il Wars of the 17th century, and of Sir Timothy l>aldwin, the famous lawyer. The house is mainly of i^rey stone, with a few touches of half-timbered work, and seems to date from the end of the 16th or bci^innini^ of the 17th century. Ml■^"sLo^v. I'^rom Elsich, the partv wetit on to Munslow, where they were met by the Rector, the Re\. C. B. l\)well, who ])ointed out the many interesting^ features of the chm-ch, which contains work of several different dates, from the Late Nortnan tower to the 16th century north aisle added after the Reformation. The wide rood loft has disappeared, but its brackets and staircase projection remain. The _i;raceful Decorated windcnvs of the XV aisle seem to have been moved from the wall of the nave about the time that the aisle was added. The church possesses an unusual amount of old stained g-lass. Two windows bear the name of the donors, one ^^iven by John Lloyd, the rector at iIil- time of the Reformation, and the other by Richard Schcpard and Johane, his wife. The Sheppard family were of Baucot in Tug"ford parish. There is also a fine 15th century chest in the vestry. 'I1ie church of Munslow in the iith century stood at Aston, a mile away from tlie present villai^e. SlIIPTOX AND MORETIOrsf]. After an interval for lunch, the picturesque villaqe of Munslow was left for Shipton and Morehouse, the old manor in turn ol the Mores and of the Ludlows. The Mores took iheir name from the More, near Bishop's Castle, but tliey came early 10 Corvedale, where they are found at the Morehouse, Larden and Millichope. wShipton, which came to them later, was the home as early as the 15th century of the Myttons, who were tenants here of the Abbey of W'enlock. The Lutwychcs also lived at Shipton, and John, the sixth son of I^ichard Lutwyche of Lut- wyche re-buill the chancel of Shipton church in 15H9. He was buried at Sliipton in 1615, leavinq^ his property there to hi"^ cousin, Edward Mytton. Elizabethan chancels, while interest- ing-, are very uncommon. The church contains a number of mediaeval floor tiles, a good oak chest, and a numl^er of monu- ments, one a painted tablet of wood. The Morehouse, about ^ mile beyond Shipton, is an interestin<>- liouse of the early 171!! century, altered a little internally in the early iSth, and con- tains much _q-ood panelllni^- and other oak work. It seems have been built by Ocori^e Ludlow, a son of Lawrence Ludlow, by his wife, Anne Cressett, who, accordint^ to their monument in Shipton church, are credited with haxini^ reared sc\enteen children. They were a younj^er ])ranch of the Ludl(n\s r)f Stokesay, dlvidini^ off from the elder brancli in the 15th ccnturx . (icorf^e was the fourth son of Lawrence, but his elder brothers seem to hn\e died early. Two of them are described as of the Morehouse. Ceoroe's cii^ht children were baptized .at Shipt(Mi from 1619 onwards. In 1630 he became patron of the li\in^'^ of Ivasthopc. He was buried at Shipton in 1670, and the Morehouse seems to have passed from the family. The i:)artv were kindly allowed to over the house, and to see a mantel- piece carved with the arms and initials of Cicori^e Ludlow and Katherine, his wife. LA R DFX. From the Moreh(^use they walked up to Larden Hall, where they were met by Captain Lloyd, w ho klndlv sIkhv ed iheni the p )ints of interest to he noted inside and outsidi-. There would seen\ to have been Mores of Larden since tiie end of the i-ith xvi century. Mr. Thomas More of Larden was bailiff of Wcnlock in 1544, and William More, l^orn in Ireland, was also four times bailiff of the town. He was buried at W enlock in i^^f), which i seems to show a family connection with the neit^hbourhood. 1 Tradition says that William More, who was livinj^f at Larden in i 1477, was the builder of the half-timbered portion of the house, ; and the massive straight timbers of its lower part may i^o back j to that date. The stone portion bears the date 1607, and the j initials of its builder, -^jasper More, the son of Thomas More and his wife, Maroaret Cressett, a pfreal-niecc of Mrs. Ludlow of ' the Morehouse. Jasper More died in i<')i4, leavin<^ only dauqhters, his eldest son having- been killed in a duel by Francis Sheppnrd of Baucot, and Larden passed to Richard, the son of his cousin, Richard Afore of Linley. The pancllinq; of the house may i^o back to the early 17th century, but it is not of FJiz- abethan character. Richard More's son, Samtiel, who married his cousin, a dauq-hter of Jasper More, was a Parliamentarian officer, and commanded Hopton Castle during- the sieg-e by the Royalists in 1644. From Larden the party returned to the cars, and went on by way of Brockton and Weston to Oxenbold. In Brockton an interestinof fortified mound of the " Motte and bailey type " was noticed, probably the site of an early fortified homestead. OXENBOLn. Great Oxenbold was tlie country house of the Priors of Wcn- lock. It was acquired by the Abbey in the 13th century, and the present house is formed out of the chapel erected then, and the i^Tcat hall built by Rowland Gosenhull, one of the last priors. The lancet windows of the Farly Fnj^-lish chapel are still visible, tliouj^h blocked, and in the present dairy are an aumbry and piscina. Mr. and Mrs. Gittins kindly took the membi-rs into the house, where the brackets of the chapel roof are still visible. The windows of the hall can be traced on the north side, and at the west end of the house, but they have been considerably cut into, this beino- done apparently when the buildini,^ was made into two stories. The cellar remains with its i;rerit oak beams imtouched, bul the door that led to the floor over it is blocked, and has been superseded ])v a modern entrance. Oxenbold passed soon after the Dissolution of Wenlork .\l)bey to Lord Chief Justice Brc^mley, whose coimtrv house at l^yton- on-Scvern had been that of the Abbot of vShrewsbury. It seems to have followed the same succession as F.vton, nnd, like it, is now the propertv of Lord Barnard. In 15.P, there is a mention of Richard Lee, Ivsq., of Oxenbold, but he m.iy have hvcn the tenant. John Lee was a monk of WimiIocIc In i ^;>0, .'nul Ralph Lee was amon*;- the annuitants of the Abbey at that date. i XVll From Oxcnbold the party turned towards Cra\en Arms, motoring" past tlie i^Iarly Eiii^lish church oi" Stanton Loni^-, and the Norman one of Holi^ate, siandini^- close by the scanty remains of Heli^ot's Castle, and so to the moated manor house of Thonglands. The house now consists of a half-timbered gable, adjoining or added to a stone building, which may possibly stand on the foundations of the free chapel of Thong- lands, which was in existenGe as early as the 13th centurv but was distised at the time of the Reformation, or before. The timbered part may be the work of lulward Lacon of Thong- lands, whose grandson, another l'>dward, was living there in 1623. Edward's son Francis' wife, hranccs, was a daughter of John Overton of Oxenbold. In the 14th century the de l>radeley family were of Thonglands, and the large circular dovecote may go back to the da}s before the Lacons. Time was passing fast, and the party contented themselves with a short halt at Thonglands, and then the motors tin-ned to the high road and on back to Halford \'icarage, where tea was awaiting- them by the kind hospitalitv of the Re\'. F. H. (i. and Mrs. de Castro. This pleasant finish to the dav's proceedings was closed with thanks to Mr. and Mrs. de Castro, and to the Rev. \V. Ci. Clark-Maxwell, who had kindly acted as guide for the dav. and had given the party some account of the history of each place visited. The party then dispersed -on their homeward ways, ha\ing had an interesting and enjoyable day in a country comparatively little known. CORVEDALE. Notes read at the places ^•isited by the Society on their Annual Fxcursion. lulv 18, 1912, by the Rev. \\\ G. Clark- Maxwell, M'.A.', h'.S.A., Mcar of Clunbury. .\t Kivell repay examination. The panelling in some of the rooms, if not actually contemporary w ith the building, is not much later in date. There is a link between li^lsich and some of the buildings we ."tlx lo see later in the day, in th.il Richard l>.i]d\\\ n, mcnlioned above, married iVIargery, slaughter of Laurence Ludlow of the Moor House, w ho, with his wife, is buried in Shipton chinch. XVIU Munslow, though now an inconsiderable village, was in ihe time ! of Henry I. of sufficient importance to be chosen as the caput i of the Hundred then newly constituted, which still bears its ' name. It preserves a relic of its ancient high estate in the ■ " Hundred House," now an inn only, but anciently the meeting place of the Hundred-moot. l*urslow, in the parish of Clun- bury, is an even more striking instance. Like Munslow, it gave its name to one of Henry I. 's hundreds, but unlike Munslow, it is not, and never w^is, a parish, and consisted till lately of two houses only, the Hall and the Hundred House. Munslow ChurcJi is an interesting ljuilding, preserving amidst many alterations and additions, clear traces of a Norman structure, especially in the arch between tower and nave. It consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and western tower, and most of the remaining- architectural detail appears to date from the 14th century. There is some good 15th century glass in the aisle windows, and some of the hea\y carved seats are mediaeval in appearance. The vestry contains a good chest of Decorated date, and the wooden porch is a good specimen of the same period. The head of a lych gate (17th century?) is over the grave of a former Rector. Shipton Churcli, St. James', is a building of peculiar interest to those whose minds are not obsessed with the l^elief that church building and development ceased at the time of the Reformation. There is indeed plentiful evidence of its. early foundation. There is MS. record of a church here, a chapelry of Wenlock, in mo, and the chancel arch, with its plain Norman detail, and the two "squints," may very well date from this time or earlier. There is also a g-ood two-light Decorated window on south of nave; but the principal interest lies in the chancel which, as the brass on the north wall tells us, was *'re-edilied and builded anew from the foundation and glased at the charges of John Lutwich, voungest son of Richurd Lutwyche of Lutwyche " in 1589. The detail is neither Class- ical nor debased Perpendicular l^ut Decorated, in design of a peculiar character. Externally, the form of the battlements, corbel table and pinnacles should be noted. The head of the priest's door is a four-centred arch under square head; a good deal of the glass in lower part of east window is original, the roof the same. There are monuments to Marv Mitton of Ship- ton, d. 1640, and Lawrence Ludlow of Morehouse, without date, but c. 1600. The tiles on nave lloor, mostly 14th century, bear arms (e.g., Rcauchamj) and Despenccr), wliic^h seem to connect their manufacture with the district of the Lower Severn. Moar TIdll, or Moorhoiise — for it seems to be known by both names — was originally part of the Lardcn property of the Mores, who took their name, not from this place, but from More, near IVishop's Castle. It seems to have been acc|uircd after i^^cjj and before 1500 by the Ludlow famil\', a yoimgcr xix branch of the lords of Stokesny, and ihc Ludlow arms are to be seen on the stone over the window of the present drawinj^- room. The Ludlows were here till 1670. How it passed from their possession I do not know. The Ludlows were, 1 beliex e, on the side of the Parliament in the Civil War, but there is nothin£>- to shew that the celebrated hkimund Ludlow, l^arlia- mentary i^'cncral and regicide, was of this branch; his family bclonq'ed to Wiltshire. l iic house we rii;inal part and the other added. Within, there is a quantity of excellent panellini,'-, mostly untouched, with a handsome armorial chlfiiney piece in the chief bedroom; and a secret chamber, the discovery of which I will leave to the acumen of the present company. L>fi!f,',UI was formerly a manor of the Priors of Wenlock, \Oio h.-id Iiere a country house or hunting- seat, A\ ith a park. It V. .i-i one of the later acquisitions of the Priory, having^ been i^tven to iiic house in 1244 by Robert de Girros, to whom it had ''n;ne by inheritance from Helg'ot, the Domesday lord of this as <»f s(-> mu(^h of the neighbourhood, who fixed his castle at Stan- ton, subsequently called from him Castle Holg-atc. In 1 25 1, the Prior had leave from the Crown to enclose his p:u-k at Oxenbold. In 1525, Roland Gosenell, last Prior but one of Wenlock, re- built, as he tells, the great hall at Oxenbold. At the Dissolution, this was parted from the main body of the Priory estates, which were leased, first to Dr. Carne, and, su))sequently, sold to .\ugustlnis, the king's phvsicirm. This was kept ici the hands of the Crown at lirst, as the Minister's accounts foi- 1511-2 shew an item of 13s. 4d. for the f.-nni of Oxenbold. In jantiary. 1544, it was grnnted to John jcntn-ns, in lieu of an annuity of ^'20, and a few days later .iHenated by him to Thomas l^romlev, the king 's serieant-at-law . ;uul I beliexe that it descended, with the Pronilev iiiheritance ol" W'roxeter, etc., to the present possessor, Lord Parriard. I'he present building is oiilv the tor^n of a much larger whole. In consists of (i) to tlic cast a chapel of c. 1250, probably built XX immediately on the acquisition o{ the property by the Priory, and containin*^, high up on the north wall, three lancet windows, now blocked. Their position sui^i^ests tiiat some other build- ing- adjoined on that side, but it cannot have been any part of the chapel, as the wall contains on the inside an aumbry or locker in situ. The floor has been lowered some three or foiu- feet internally, but the piscina still remains at its original level, and the east window may still be traced externally. The south wall of the chapel is covered by later buildings, the present kitchen, and none of its features are now visible. The corbels that supported the timber roof are visible upstairs. (2) West- ward of the chapel is the great hall, buiit, as he himself tells us, by Roland Gosenell, last l^rior but one, between 1521-1529. The fact that we can thus date it, and that it is so very late in the Monastic period gives it a peculiar interest. 'I'herc is (i) a cellar under the east part, for stores, etc., the main floor being carried l)y immense baulks of oak timber, no doubt from the Long Forest. Steps lead down to this from outside, and the remains of a spiral staircase or vice, now broken away, gave access from the cellar to the main floor and, probably, to the roof. A doorway, now blocked, led into the passage called the "screens," and from this space doors and serving hatches must have opened to the buttery and kitchen, though they can- not now be seen. At the opposite west end of the hail was the dais and high ta]:)le, and, possiblv. some access to private rooms of the Prior; but these, too, if they existed, have disappeared. Tlie liall was lighted bv three long mullioned and transomed windows on each side, and two at the west end, of which only one remains to its full height, though blocked. Internally, the features of this window mav be traced at the back of cupboards, etc., in the two stories. The roof is modern, and the walls look as if they had been sHghtlv lowered. The buildings which must have existed, such as kitchen, buttery, pantry, bakehouse, etc., may have 1)een of slighter construction, possibly of wood. In any case, they are not now to l->e seen, but remains of extensive fish ponds may be traced to the north of the house, witnessing to the ecclesiastical character of the owner; otherwise, he lived here the life, and found here the pleasures, of an ordinary country gentleman of the better type. Thnnf/hni/]^ is said to ha\e an(Mcntly belonged to the Tem- plars, Init though that oi'dci- undoubtedlv had posv, Cardington, l-inchmarsh rmd Chatwall, I do not find Thonglands mentioned amc^ng their property. Accoi-ding to l^vton (iv., 8:;^, it was held under the Fi'zalans, and w e shall be w ell adx ised. 1 think", \o be content with that. In aiiv case, the place is iiitere-^ting- enough. The traces of the moat bv which the whole was surrounded are visible all round, and on two sides the water still remains. The xxi house Is half-timbered, of i6th or early 17th century date, and panellings of this period is to be seen within. The circular dove- cote is of special interest, thouj^h bei^innino- to fall into ruin. The interior face of the wall contains many rows of L-shaped recesses for the nests, and access to these was g-ained by a ladder fixed by projecting arms to a revolving pole, by means of which the pig-eon keeper pushed himself round the building at what level he pleased. There was a chapel a^t Thonglands, one of the numerous chapelries in Munslow parish (then reckoned in Wenlock Dean- ery), to which presentations occur 1 280-1352, etc. Possibly some of the masonry of the present stable may be part of the chapel. A more unmistakable relic is the mutilated grave cover of the 14th century, which shows that burials must have taken place here, despite the rights of the mother church. XXll MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY COUNXlL MEETINGS. November 8, 1911 — The Rev. Prebendary Aiiden, F.S.A,, in the Chair. The Rev. \V. G. Cla^k-^^ax^vell reported that there appeared to be but little hope of saving the earthworks at Abdon Burf. Several suggestions were niade, and a Sub-Committee, consisting of the Rev. \V. G. Clark-Maxwell, Mr. H. T. Weyman, and the Rev. E. H. G. de Castro, was appointed, to take such steps as they deemed advisable to arouse public interest in the matter. December 13,1911 — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. Donald Macpherson, Esq., of Radbrook House, Shrewsbury, was elected a Member of the Society A letter was read from the Rev. H J. Chandos Burton, stating that a Committee was being formed to undertake the restoration of Heath Chapel. It was decided that the matter be considered at a future Meeting of the Council. Jannary 10, 1912 — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S A., in the Chair. The following new Members were elected : — W. E. Plill, Esq., of 3, St. Alkmonds Square, Shrewsbury, John T. Homer, Esq., J. P., of Dormston, Sedgley, and Hugh Hobson, Esq., of Orchard House, Admaston, WelHngton. A letter was read from the Manager of the Labour Exchange at Shrewsbury, offering to assist the Council in finding workmen for the excavations at Uriconium. The Rev. D. H. S. Cranage called attention to the unsatisfactory printing of the Transactions especially the last Part issued. February 14, 1912— The Rev. Prebendary A udeii, F.S.A ., in the Chair. It was resolved that a letter be written to Messrs. Woodall *S: Co., expressing the dissatisfaction of the Council with the number of broken letters used in printing the Transachons, (S:c. It was agreed that the Authors' copies be sent out, in future, by the Assistant-Secretary, and that the best thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Adnitt for his past services. The draft circular appealing for funds for the Excavations at Uriconium was read, and, with slight alteration, approved. XXlll It was reported that the Agreement with Lord Barnard was signed, but that there were some httle matters still to be arranged with Mr. Everall the tenant. March 13. 1912 — Ihe Rev. C. H. Drinhivater in the Chair. James Shawcross, Esq , of The Stanage, Wellington, was elected a Member of the Society. A letter from Sir Oflley Wakeman was read, suggesting that a Committee be formed to assist in the preservation of Delia Porta's Shop and other interesting buildings. A letter was read from Mr. H. E. Forrest, saying that the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club intended visiting Abdon Burf in May, and suggesting that the jNIembers of this Society should join the excursion. The Assistant-Secretary was instructed to thank Mr. Forrest, aud to say that probably some of the Society's Members would be glad to take advantage of his offer. The Council decided to visit Abdon Burf in April, and Mr. Weyman was requested to make the arrangemenis. May 8, 1912 — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. The Chairman reported that the Cash in the Bank for the Uriconium Fund was about £"150. It was decided to hold the Excursion in the Corve Dale District on Thursday, July i8th. The Revds. VV. G. Ciark-Maxwell and E. H. G. de Castro were appointed a Sul:?-Committee to make arrangements. The following resolution was passed unanimously : " That the Council offer to the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage their best congratulations on the completion of his ArcJiitectu} al Account of ihe Churches of SJwopshirc, and at the same time desire to express their sense of the permanent value of the work. ]nnc 12, 1912--Thc Rev. C. H. Drijihivaicv in the Chair. Miss Benson, of North Front, Copthorne Road, Shrewsbury, was elected a Member of the Society. 'I'he Rev. Prebendary Auden and the Rev. E. H. Gilchrist de Castro were appointed delegates to the Congress of Archxological Societies. It was decided that 1,000 copies of the Guide to Uriconiinn be printed. July 10, 1912— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the Chair. J. Basil Oldham, Esq , of The Schools. Shrewsbury, was elected a Member of the Society. xxiv It was reported that the excavations at Uriconium would commence in a week's time. September V , 1912 — The Rev. Prebendary Anden, F.S.A., in the Chair. The Rev. J. G. F. Hohiies, M.A., of St. Michael's Vicarage, Shrewsbury, was elected a Member of the Socicly. The Annual General Meeting was fixed for Monday, September 3otli, in the Music Hall. ,Tea to be provided. Uriconium.— The Chairman reported that he had been in communication on behalf of the Society with Mr. Minet, the Treasurer of the Uriconium Research Fund of ti^e Jsociety of Antiquaries, and they had togeliier made the following arrange- ments with regard to the work at WVoxeter : — The Research Committee to take over the responsibility of the payments now made by the Shropshire Society for Rent. Tithe and Rates. The present Caretaker to become the Servant of the Research Committee on terms to be arranged by them. On the other hand the Research Committee to receive all Entrance Fees ; such fees to be credited to the Excavation Fund, with the exception of twopence (or each Guide sold to be paid over to the Council as representing the cost of printing. The scale of entrance fees in future to be 6d each, with an additional 3d. for every Guide book sold. The Council approved of the arrangements and thanked the Chairman for the trouble he had taken in the matter. October 9, 19i2~The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A.,in the Chair. The Right Hon. Lord Berwick, of Atiingham Mall, near Shrewsbury, was elected a Member of the Society. SHROPSHIRE ARCH^OLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1912. }B resilient : The Right Hon. Lord Barnard. fiis Giace The Duke of Sutherland Tl.e Right Hon. The Earl Brownlow 'I he Rt. Hon. The Earl of Bradford The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Lichfield The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Hereford I The Right Hon. Lord Kenvon ' The Right Hon. Lord LorilSter Sir Offlev Wakeman, Bart. R. Lloyd Kenyon, Esq. Rev. Prebendary H. \V. ^loss, M.A W. H. Foster, Esq. Beville Stanier, Esq., M.P. CTmuxcil : Rev. Prebendary T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A., Church Stretton (Chairman) Miss Auden, F.R.Hist.S., Church Stretton Kcv. Prebendary J. R. Burton, B.A., Bittcrley Pf*v. R. Jowett Burton, M.A., Eaton Constantine. Kcv. W. 0. Clark-Maxwell, M.A., F.S.A., Bridgenorth Hev. I). H. S. Cranage, M.A., F.S.A., Cambridge R. E. Davies, F;sq., Shrewsbury Rev. E. H. 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When Tong Castle (the edifice which, Leland sa\-?, Sir Henry Vernon, owner of Tong 1467 — 1515, '' a late daies made new al of Brike"), was hrst garrisoned in the 17th century seems uncertain. The owner at the outbreak of the Civil War was a strong Parliamentarian, the Hon William Pierrepoint, M.P. for Wenlock, who had come to it by his marriage with the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Harris, Bart. Though he had been appointed a member of the London Committee of Safety in July, 1642, and was on April 10, 1643, elected one of the Parliamentary Committee of Twenty for the Association of the Counties of A\'arwick, Stafford and Salop, Pierrepoint does not seem to have fortified his Castle against the King at the beginning of hostilities; for among the Ottley Papers^ is the following undated letter (written, however, about April, 1643), addressed ** For my much honoured Frend Francis Ottley, Governor. These present at Salop." Sir, Being informed by the Inhabytancc adjoyning to tongue Castell that the Parliam^ forces do intend suddenly * I must at the outset express my thanks to Miss E. J. }Iastin<;.s, of 60, Brecknock Road, London, N., for the care which she bestowed on the tran- scription of these letters, no easy task ; for they were all wiitlcn by jnen more accustomed to handl \e sword than tlie pen, one of wliom, in addil'on to this, was a foreigner, whob . knowledi;e of Kni^lish was not of the best. ' Three l"on;^ mei» at least took the o|)[)Osite side to the ;^reat landowner of ths par'sli. Of the six i'endrell brotliers, "born at liubbal Grange in the Parish of Ton^ and County of Salop, John, 'I honias, and Gcort^e were soldiers in the fust War for Kin;:; Cliarles I." (Blount's Boscohfl, p. 59). ^ TraHp. 35^-9. Vol. 11., 4th S<^ies. A 2 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE to place a garrison there which will very much Anov and prejudice that side of the Country, I have made bould to give you notice of it, desiring you to move my Lord Capelh that there may be some means used to prevent them : and if my Colonell shall Approve of it I do conceive it a convenient garrison for our men, till the regiment be compleat, for the exercising of them : notwithstanding I leave it to )-our Judgement, and rest Your Humble Servant John Holland.- This advice seems to have been taken, for Symonds, in his list of the Royal Garrisons in Com. Salop, says: — Tong Castle: First the King had it, then the rebells got it." It was not held long for the King, since the Mercariiis Aulicus, a Royalist News Sheet, of Nov. 21, 1643, states that "the rebells in July last put a Garison into Tong Castle." Tlie same authority also informs us that in November, 1643, " Sir Thomas \\'oolridge [Wolryche], Gov'r of Bridgenorth,^ sent to Col. Leveson Gov"r of Dudley Castle, y' he himself would fall on Tonge Castle." This attack, which was unsuccessful, was made by the Bridgnorth garrison, and in the Calendars for Compounding is the following charge : Salop Delinquents, 22 June, 1648. Rich. Singe, Rich. Symonds, Simon Beacham, Roger Taylor, and Edward Harrison, all of Bridgenorth, were in arms under Col. Billingsley,* and served against Tonge Castle when a garrison for Parliament.'''' Of the doings of the Parliamentary garrison we know very little. We learn that after a foraging expedition by some of * In March, 1642-3, Lord Capell was appointed to tlie conim.ind of the Royalist torcos in iiiropshire and tne adjacent counties, and reaciicti Siuewsbiiry about Aprfl i. John Holland was of Cann Hail, I'ridgnorlh. arnt entertained Prince Isupett on Scpteuiher 22, 1642. ^ Sir Thomas \Vc>lrychc o: Dadniaston was apooinied Ciovorncir of Hrici<;noi;h May 2^, 1643, and was succeeded i)y Sir I-ewis Kiri-e in tiie followiri; Fciiruaiy. * Colonel Francis l-iliin^sley, oi Astley .-\t)bol?. was in coniniand of liie Koyalist Rei^inient ut tiie 1 own Traip.ed I'.ar.iis at Uridi^norih, and was kiiicd thcic on March 31, 1040, hoin;^ buricii liuil evening' at .\stloy Aobots, a^cii 20. His sword is now prescive ] in St. Lconaid's Churcli, llridi^norih. A cannon used in an attack on Cheney l.onL^viile House, " wi.s aherwaicis carried lo Ton>4 Castle" ['J'tansacl ions. Series 1., \ id. I., p. 125), but wlictler for otfence or dcicnce i^: nut stated, to PRINCE RUPERT. 3 the Dudley Castle troops, about the beginning of December, 1643, "when Captain Heavingham was returning with the wheat, he found his passage stopped by the rebels of Tong Castle and Lapley House, who drew out 100 horse and 40 dragoons to intercept his carriages. The Captain having but 40 horse and 30 dragoons resolved to force his passage, .... and did it so courageously that the rebels were {)resently routed, then Captain Sargeant and then Coronet Kinnersley^ being both taken with 40 more prisoners with their armes and horses, without any hurt to his Majestys' forces save one common soldier shot through the arm." The Mcrciiriiis Aulicus tells us that on Monday, ye 4 of March [1643-4], Captain Broad intercepted 16 carriages loaden with p'visions of ye rebels at Tonge and W'cmme, who after he had killed 29 rebels and taken 35 musketeers, he brought all these carriages into Shiffnal house, a Garison under ye Capt'ns command." The same authorit\' also saws that, contemplating an attack on the RoN'alists at Lilleshail. Colonel Mytton "on Monday, March 25, drew out all }e forces he could get out of Wemme, Stafford, Longford and Tong amounting to 500 foot cS: g Troops of horse,*' but suffered a total defeat at the hands of Sir William \'aughan, with a loss of about "200 killed, i Captain of horse, 4 Lieutenants of foot, and 40 troopers, besides foot," prisoners. On January 6, 1643-4, Prince Rupert was appointed Captain General of all Forces in Shropshire and the adjacent counties," and on February 5, " President of North Wales." He arrived in Shrewsbury on February iS, and at once turned his attention to the reduction of the Parlia- mentary garrisons in Shropshire. According to the Mcrcurius Aulicus "the rebels had (besides Wcm) 2 other small Garisons in ye Co," viz. Tong and Longford:* and the Prince's efforts seem to have been first directed towards the chief stronghold, for if that fell, the other two could not ' Cornel Kiiinerslcy was a son of Hercules Kinnerslcy, of Cloobury North, a Meiuhcr of the Parliamentary Coniinittcc of Twenty for the A>s()ciation ot t'ne Counties of Warwick, Stallurd and Salop, appointeil by Ordi ance ot Parliament on April lo, 1O45. The Cornet join-^d Charles II in 165 i, and fouijhl a^-^insi Ills former comrades at lae battle of Worcester. - Hopton Castle (which was taken by the Royalists on Marcli 13) is m-t «nclu led, possibly because it,was reckoned as in Herefordshire. 4 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE hold out long. A letter from Shrewsbury, dated Feb. 23, says, Prince Rupert on Friday morning sent out 6 troops of horse and 150 foot who not only faced those at Wem at their own posts, but brought away between 20 and 30 loads of hay out of their quarters, they not so much as sending out a man to hinder them." The Military Scribe, Tuesday, March 5, to Tuesday, March 12, a Parliament paper, says Prince Rupert hath besieged the town of Wem," while the Special Passages, Thursday, April iS, to Thursday, Anrii 25, a publication in the same interest, states, " The enemy doth yet remain about Wem, being in number about 2,000. They have not laid close siege to Wem as was reported, bui- quarter near about it." These proceedings naturally alarmed the Parliamentarian War Committee in Shropshire, and they lost no time in sending for help to London, as the following extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee of Safety of Both Kingdoms prove. We may see clearly, too, the anxiety of the owner of Tong, William Pierrepoint, who besides being a Member of his County Committee, was also on the National Committee of Safety, and would naturally use his influence with his fellow members in London to protect his own property, which would probably suffer severely at the hands of the Royalists in a siege. 1643-4, March 13. Derby House. ^ That the business of Tong Castle be first taken into consideration to-morrow and then that of Lancashire. March 14. Derby House. That the Lord General be desired to write another letter to Commissary General Behre- requesting him when the business of Gloucester^ was done to contribute his best endeavours for the relief of Tong Castle and the town of Wem. 1 ^'Tlie Coinmiltec of Both Kint^doms," the Parliamentary Council of War, sal at Derby House, tlie town mansion of the Royalist Karl of Derby. ' General Bchre, a forcis;ner, commanded a force of 600 horse and 13 colours, mostly Dutch, but including a troop of W alloons. His foices were mustered on April 10, 1644, at Huntley Heath, Gloucestershire, and ordered to proceed to the relief of Brampton Bryan, but they refused to march so far away. On April 13 Ikhrc attacked the Royalists at Newont. but was defeated with the loss of iwo f;uns. » Gloucester was at this time nnue or less closely invested by the Royalists under Colonel Xiciiolas Mynuc, one of liio best and bra\Cbt soldiers who ever served in lueir anny. Ho icli at Kcdmatlcy, Glo.itesleisi.ire, Jul\ j;, 1044. to t-RINCE RUPERT. 5 March 14. Derby House. That letters be written to the Committee of Salop and to the Earl of Denbigh^ to give all possible assistance to Tong Castle and to the town oi Wem in Salop. These resolutions resulted in the despatch of the following letters. The Committee oh Both Kingdoms to Basil, Lord Denbigh. Derby House, March 14. We formerly wrote you of the necessities of Shropshire and particularly of the town of Wem, and then gave you a list of the forces you should command in that expedition. We have daily further in- formation of their increasing dangers and of the present danger of Tong Castle. We therefore desire that you will make all possible speed to their relief with all the force you can so far as may not hinder the business of Gloucester. We have also wTitten to the Committee at Coventry and Stafford to give all possible and speedy relief. The same to the Committee at Coventry. Derby House, March 14. W^e have intelligence of the danger that Tong Castle is in, and that the garrison of Longford will go away if that place miscarry. We desire you speedily to assist them with all the force you can possibly make, to serve under the Earl of Derbigh, in your County, not hindering the design for Gloucester or not unfurnishing your garrison from necessary forces. A similar letter was sent to the Committee at Stafford, but without the last clause "not hindering — forces." At this time, however, the Prince had more pressing work than the taking of small garrisons, namely the relief of the town of Newark, then enduring a strict siege. To effect this he collected all the troops which could be spared in his command, left Bridgnorth, March 15 ; relieved Newark, ' The Earl of Denbigh was appointed to succeed Lord Brooke, killed at Lichfield, March 2, 1642-3, .is Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief for the Associated Counties of Warwick, Worcoitci, Stafford and Salon, and the Cities '^f I.ichfield and Coventry, at a salary, in present value, ol /.iJSooo per ann. 'lis Shropshire exploits were tlie takin-,' of Oswestry on June 24, and an •attack on Shrewsbury on July 4, 1O44. 6 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE March 21 ; and on March 27, started to return to Shropshire. He had not forgotten Tong and Longford, and on his arrival, determined to lose no time in reducing them. The Prince personally took in hand the attack on Longford, with the following result. "1644, Friday, April 3. Prince Rupert upon his return from Newarke summon'd ve rebel Garison at Lon^^- ford, near Newport, & instantly it was deH\'er'd to his Highnesse." The capture of Tong was entrusted to Colonel Henry Tillier,^ and his Anglo-Irish forces, who had been at Newark, but this proved a longer business. In fact, he seems to have met with a repulse at first, for there are the following entries in the proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee at Stafford.2 1644, April 10. It is ordered that Tongue castle shall l^c speedily relieved according as Colonel Rugeiic, M'' Crompton, and Capt. Stone, shall think fit. April 16. Ordered that the 20' shall bee given to the troops which is already payd to Capt. I\uge]e\ ; and ^ IJcnry Tillier had gone over to Ireland in 1641, as Lieutenant-Colorel, and was sent back to Eni^land in command of a foot regiment of 1,000 men, uiiich landed at Cl:cster on February 10, 1643-4, ^^'^s forwauicd at once to Shrewsbury, arriving on the 23rd. Of these men a picked l)ody under tiicir Colonel were despatched to the relief of Newark, aiui iheir lir?t exidoit on their return was the taking of Tong. For ins gallantry here and at Newark, Tdiier was promoted Quarterma^ter-Cjcneral, and afterwaids Major-Cieneral. General Tillier was at Marston Moor, where of his " 1,000 foot t;rceucoatcs most of tiicm were lost" (as Symonds writes), and he himscif tal-;en prisoner. P'xchangcd in November, 1644, he was at Bristol when it surrendered, and signed the Ai tides on Sept. 10, 1645. (ioing abroad riliier joined the l'"rencti service, and in 1647 was in comnuind of two companies of FuL^iiih reiugees, - The Parliamentary Committee which sat at ^tatlurd consisted of 12 members, including Colonel Sin^on Rugclcy, Captain Henry Stone, andTiiomas Crompton, Es(]. Colonel Rugeley was of ^hcnstone, anii when he was raising troops for the defence of Leek and the North of Staffordshire, the inhabitants of Type, Mavesyn Ridwarc, Ilamstall Ridware, Newbury, \'o\all, Ilorecross, Marclnng- ton-cum-membris, Rolleston, Tattenhall, Uunstai!, I'ranston, Farton-unucr- Needwood, Whiciinioi e, Hansacrc, Arndtagc, Rromley Res^is, and Ansley were ordered to support his men. " In April of tiie year 1644, he relieved l onge Castle in r^hropshire, and took I'lcclcsiiall in Stalf )rd5hire after a straight siege of seven weeks." {History and Aniiqid/irs oj S/ic/is/ofir, p. 36). "The ouldc Ladyc Stafford" who successfully withstood a siepe in M.dVord Castle in May and June, 1643, by Sir William Brcrcton (who tiuis described her), was connected with Foi^g, being Isabel, daughter of Thomas Forster, ol 'l ong, and widow of l-'.dward, Lord Slalford, who had died in 1025. Colonel Kugcley was one of the Stafford Conrmittec who signed tnc wan ant to dcmohsli this fortress, on Dec. 22, 1643. t TO PRIXCE RUPERT. 7 2' of the rents of Capt. Barnsley and M"" Draycot in Beamhurst, shall bee allowed to commanders and officers, as a gratuity only to those commanders, officers and troops that did soe good service in the release of Tonge Castle." However, Tillier was in the end successful, and the follow- ing letter is his despatch to his commanding ofhcer, narrating the result of his efforts. " (I) Colonel Henry Tillier to Prince Rupert.^ Your hines being from these parts I send this letter at hazard. Upon Thursday last- I came before Tong and have taken the Church, the College, and the Castle. I beganne witii the Church fourst, and drive the Rebells from thence Into the College the nexte morning after I came, and finding that they were In a fright I sent a drume to the College to sum'on them, weropon they yeelded presently, and that day marched away with ther Armes : Upon wich I sent to the Castle to see if they would take the same quarter wiche at first they denyed. And shortly after ther Came one running away from the Castle that perseuaded me to send once more. And having sent I found that they were wavering, and having parlyed with them the nexte Morning the marched away. I heve pute a Garrison In the Castle wiche is a strong plase, and worth the keeping, but for the College it were better to demolish it, then to be at the Cherge of a Garrison, for the are so farre asunder that they cannot releive one another. ^ r>rit. Museum Add. .^KS. 18981, f. 16,. Prince Rupert was r.l Oxford consultinrr with tiie King about roin'j; into \'orksiiire. * A\)r[\ 25. ')"here is a misprint in War luii ton's Pri>ice Kitpert (]\ 40^), " Teniae Castle was taken by Colonel 'I'illier with his; Irisii Re;j;inient on the V-h of April," and this mistake has been followed by Mr. I'niliips in his ( ttley •'•ipers ( Tiaiisactious, L^nd Series, \'ol. \'IU, jjp. 26;,, 280). Webb {Civil Wur^ "1 Herefordshire, ii, p. is more correct : — " I on<; Castle taken April j8. " '•i.t >aturdnv, April 27, was the day the Cnstle surrendered, Fiiday tlie 2(-th ^vnen the College did. Warburion pos>ibly meant tiie dav Tiiber be-^'an his •^•ttack, Thursday, the 25th, and wrote 25, but the first li;nire dropped out -iceidcntally in print, for he had riiliei's despatch before iiim, and later on gave u *uinn>arv of its contents. 8 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE I am now quarterd at Shiffnall and the villages therabouts till I know your highnesse forde pleasure as being Your most obedient servent Shifnall 28 of Henry Tillier. April 1644. Tong Church bears many traces of Tillier's attack in the num.erous marks of musket balls, especially round the windows on the outside of the North aisle, there being also the larger one of a cannon shot.^ The Churchwardens' Accounts also contain an interesting entry connected with it : 1644. Paid to the Cananeere for the redeeming of the litle bell 060 For by the rules of war the bells of any place captured after the refusal of a summons to surrender, were forfeited to the master of the artillery. The King had, however, on Aug. 7, 1643, issued an order permitting the churchwardens and parishioners to redeem them.- In the same accounts are many entries relating to repairs, no doubt necessitated by injuries done while the Church was a fortress, e.g. 1. s. d. 1644-5 paid the Sawyers for sawing of Timber Towards the Repairing of the Church 060 for beating out lead and for helping to ^ The local legend that the shuts which struck the Churcli were fired from the Castle Hill at Ton<^ Norton is proved to l)e I'roundlcss by tiie angle of impact shown by the marks, and the distance (nearly of a miie) between the two positions bcin^ too great to allow of musket balls, or even drake shots, splinter- ing the stone so deeply ; for in the 17th century the range o( a musket was only 40 yards, and (according to the Master Gunner by Robert Norton, the standard work of that time on Artillery), t^»e correct distance at th.at period to place siege guns was not more than 200 yards from the position attacked. 2 1642, Dec. S. Ordered. That Mr. rride.nix do draw up an Order concern- ing the Melting down of such of tiic IJeiis in the Cathedral at E.\on as mav be spared. (Journal of the House ol Commons). 1642, Dec. 12. It is this Day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, in re^ani to the great anci imminent Danger the City of I'^xon is now in, the same being threatened to be besieged, and sacked and plundered, if they be not enabled to make Resistance, 'J hat the Mayor and Deputy Lieutenants of tiie said City, or anv Three of them, shall have power to sieze on any of the Bells in'the Cathedral or otiicr Church within the said Ciiv, and the same to meit'anii cast into Cannons or other I'ieccs of (.Ordnance, as shall be by them thought most necessary for their Defence. (Journal of the House of Lords). TO PRIXCE RUPERT. Carrie it upon the Church 0 I 0 paid the Joyner for worke about the Church 0 q paid for laying of Tiles in the Church 0 4 0 paid the sawyers for more sawing 0 13 0 paid the Joyner for worke... 0 I 4 6 paid for beere at the Reering p'te of the roofe of the Church 0 I 0 paid the Joyner for more worke at the Church ... ... ... 0 Q 6 paid for nailes for the Church doore 0 8 4 paid for beere for those that did Carrie the Church doore from the Castle ... 0 I 6 paid towards the making the Church doore 0 15 4 paid towards the making of the new Church doore I 0 0 paid 3 masons for 2 dayes worke in the Church ... ... ... 0 7 0 paid for Hme to mend the Church 0 5 6 The above seem only temporary repairs, for we find that £\o iSs. od. had to be spent on the Church in 1670-1. That more injury was not done to the fittings and monuments was certainly due to the fact that the owner of the Tong estate was a leading Parliamentarian, who would naturally take all the means in his power to protect his own propert}', when held by troops of his own side, while the Royalists (who were not generally wont to damage unnecessarily such buildings since their war-cry was " For Church and King do not seem to have occupied it. About 1S40, two large skeletons of men about 6ft. in height were found Iving side bv side just under the turf in what was then an open si)ace outside the North wall 01 the Churchyard (but which has now been walled in as a croft), on the opposite side of the road which then ran close by the Church. Tl^e skulls of each had been cut open as by an axe. Possibly ihey were the remains of soldiers killed in the attack on the Church and buried where they fell. Tiic bones were rc- intcrred in the Churchvard. Tillicr's suggested destruction of the College was not carried out ; for when the Rev. William Cole, the Anticjuarx , visited Tong on July 28, 1757, he wrote: "The College is on Vol. II., 4ih Scries. 10 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE the South side of the Churchyard, and is quite compleat, beinc^ a square, and has only changed its leaden roof for a thatched one, the building being of stone and in good repair."' There was rejoicing in the Royalist camps at the fall of Tong Castle, corresponding gloom in those of their opponent^. The organ of the former, the Merciirius Auliciis of Friday, May 3, 1644, thus announced the news: — "The forces w'ch lay by Tonge Castle have finished their work in taking yt Castle on Friday last w'ch was a great e\-e sore to his Maj' good subjects who pass"d yt road, being in itself scarce to be taken had \'aliant men been in it." While Lord Denbigh, the commander on the other side, wrote Basil, Earl oi' Denbigh, to the Committee for Safety of Both Kingdoms. Coventry, April 7.8. I received just now from Stafford the ill news of the rendering up of Tong Castle. This and what other losses shall happen, must fall upon those who, for private ends, have thus long retarded and obstructed my proceedings. Colonel Barker's troop, contrary to your orders and my summons, is gone the second time with Colonel Purefoy to Gloucester, and with him another troop of Major Bridges without my privity or consent; and if whole counties must be thus exposed to ruin, and your orders neglected — to maintain persons who have no great interest in this County and less in their affection, — in that power and authority which is conferred upon me by Ordinance of Parliament, I know not what can be expected but ruin to these parts. Yet such is the respect I bear to the public service and your Commands that within six days I intend with God's assistance to begin my march for Stafford, though my troops are but half-armed and those raw and inexperienced soldiers and the proportion not completed which I am to have out of this county. I am put in great hopes of raising considerable numbers of horse and foot in Staffordshire, but want arms; the enemy, 1 hear, will be much stronger in horse, and Gloucester therefore being now relieved in all respects. Your Lordships will be pleased to order that Colonel Purefoy's regiment of horse may follow mc into to Prince rupert. IT Staffordshire, or supply their defect some way as may 5cem most convenient and agreeable to your wisdom. Prince Rupert is gone to Oxford to clear some points [n his instructions which left too much to his arbitriment cither to march to Oxford or into the North ; and he would have orders more peremptory to free himself from the blame of any ill success that might happen. The above letter called forth the following reply. The Committee of Both Kingdoms to Basil, Earl of Denbigh. Derby House, May i. We apprehend the loss of Tong Castle to be of great and ill consequence to the Counties adjoinmg to it, and we know of no way to reliex'c them init by your speedy march there. We are sorry that your march has been deferred all this timc^ contrary to our expectation, and shall ere long desire an account therein and wh}- our directions are not obeyed in Colonel Barker's troop attending you. The design for Gloucester we cannot think convenient to be changed, so we desire you not to depend upon anv assistance towards W'em of Col. Purefo\''s regiment or, for the present, of Col. Barker's troop w hich now to recall, until we are more fuih- informed from those parts, may be very prejudicial. We thank you for that, notwithstanding the obstructions you mention, you will march within 6 days after the date of your letter, for which we hope you will receive honour and the Commonwealth much benefit. Signed as above and sent by his Lordship's servant, ; p.m. The chief hinderer alluded to in Lord Denbigh's letter seems to have been Humphrey Mackworth, sen., of Shrews- bury, who was at this time Steward of Coventry." 'J'he ' 1643-4, >Lirch t;. A l.u;^c Parliamentary force under the Earl of Dciii'if^ii ordered to march into Salop. (State I'apers, Don.cstic Series). ' Oil Sept. II, 1644, the Conimiitec of Both J\iiimloms intormcd lluinj>hrey •Mackworth, sen., "that in respect ol the service oi ttie Country [of Salop] he iiiould not come away for the i)usincss of tin.' Stewardship;"' and on Sept. 17, wrote . - " The importance of your presence in those pails is such th.il we dciire your sta) in Shropshire, notwithstanding^ your Stewaidahip at Coventry or yout attendance upon it."' llumjihrcy Mackwoith oi lictton Mranp,c. Shicws- ''i»ry, was a Mcmbci of the Coniiuiltec ot Twci.ty for Warwicic, Stal:ord, •■*nd Saloj-i, hence his autiioiity botlj at Coventry and in Sinop:>iurc in war inaltcri. FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE civilians and the professional soldiers appear to have '^ot at loggerheads, and in the Stale Papers, Domestic Scries, 1649-50 (pp. 444-5), is an account of the former differences between the civilian Committee and the mihtary officers at Coventry, it being reported that " the Earl of Denbigh vowed he would never come to Shropshire unless some of that Committee were removed, particularly Mr. Mackworth." There is also an abstract of the evidence of Colonel Purcfoy and several others that upon a letter being written by the Committee of Coventry to the House of Commons touching some miscarriage in his Lordship and his officers, Denbigh came to the Committee, and said they were neither gentlemen nor honest men that subscribed to it ; he told Mr. Mackworth, one of the Committee, that he was a liar and a rascal, and that he would cudgel him ; he said all the Committe were knaves, and had cheated the country; he also threatened to run Mackworth through with his sword. As to his officers, at Oswestry Col. Stepkins, an officer of Staffordshire, called Mr. Clive, a member of the Shropsliire Committee, a Jack- an-apes, and kicked him in the presence of his Lordship. Lord Denbigh was not the only Parliamentary officer who found it hard to get on with his civilian partners. The Committee of Shropshire, e.g., wrote from \\'cm to Sir William Brereton in January, 1644-5: ''You know upon what Tearmcs things stand between us and Colonel Mitton and how crossly hee carries himself to us in ail things"; which ''crossness" cost him the Governorship of Shrewsbur\- when taken in the next month. It seems uncertain who was the first Royalist Governor of Tong Castle after its re-capture in April, 1644. We know that Colonel William Careless, '" born at Bromhall in Staffordshire, within two miles of Boscobel, a Person of approved valour and engaged all along in the first War for King Charles I," for a time held this command, and the following letter of Prince Rupert, in the Ottlcy Papers,' gives the name of another in George Mainwaring, of Ightfield, a personal friend of Colonel Careless, and consulted by him in 1651, about the escape of Charles IL Ttnnsnciious, 2\\a reiics. Vol. VII I, p. .^90. To PRINCE RUfERT. Prince Rupert to the King's Commissioners AT Bridgnorth. Gentlemen — Itt is knowne to you that Captain George Mainwaring, a Gentleman of yo'' owne Countrey did some- time Com'and in Cheife att Tongue Castle, and itt is by him signified to me that in Regard there was noe Established pay for that Com'and He was & is still unrecompenced for his Services : I desire you that he be paid out of the next contribucon comeing to the Garrison of Bridge North after the proportion of five poundes a week for the time of his Continuance in that Com'and, being from the iS July to the last of October, 1644. By which he may be Encourged and Enabled to apply himself to his Ma^''^^ farther Service either in your part or where else he shall be Required. I rest Yo' Friend Worcester Rupert. 3*° Dec^ 1645. Ffor the Gentlemen Com^^ of the Countie of Salop Resident in Bridgenorth, these. It was during Captain Mainwaring's tenure of office that the next letter was written. (II) Sir Lewis Kirke, Governor of Bridgnorth, TO Prince Rupert.^ May it please your Highness According to an order from y"^ Highness" commissioners for the levying of the contribution, I gave order for a party to be sent from Tonge Castle to Shyfnall on Sunday last to demand their contribution having not paid any hither for these latter months. And when they came thither the Lieutenant that commanded the party enquired for the Collector, who hearinge thereoff gott himself out of the church back door: then he took the constable & goingc away Sir Morton Brigges told the parishioners itt was a shame for them to see their constable carried awa\- with soe few a number 6c encouraged them to resist, which they did J P.ril. Museum Acid. MS. lilqSi. This Letter is (|Uotcd by Mr. riiilli)'<^ (Tratimic/ionsy 2iKi Scries, Vol. VTI, p. ,^30), but in such a " bowdlcriscti ' form as to be ahnost uuinicliigiblc and (|uitc misleading. u FOUR LETTFRS FROM SHROPSHIRE accordingly, & wounded most of the souldicrs Sc disarmed them, and called them Papish rogues & Papish dogges c\: kept them prisoners five or six hours : and one Jobber in the companie of Sir Morton Brigges^ challenged to give battel to all the forces in Bridgenorth & Tonge if they should come thither: and divers other outrages were committed by them. Desiring your Highness pleasure what shall be done in itt, & that you would give me leave to v/ayte on } ou. I am Y"^ Highness most humble servant Aug. 21, 1644. Lewis Kirke. John Vicars in his Parliamentarie Chronicle, Part 4, Tlic Burning Bush not Consumed (pp. 66-7), gives another glimpse of the doings of the Tong troops. Novemb. 1644. First I shall begin with a brave exploit performed by the forces of that valiant Patriot and brave Commander, Colonell Redgeley, a principall and prudent Commander in the Earl of Denbigh's Army about Stafford- shire, who about the beginning of this Moneth of November, understanding that the Enemy in those parts began to stirre apace and to molest the peace and people of the Countr}- thereabout ; and especially that the Enemy from Tongue Castle and Linshall [Lilleshall] Garrison were got about Eccleshall and had there gotten and taken away all the Cattle and horse that they could light upon in those [^arts, to the nuniber of about 200 at least ; Hee therefore, I say, sent out Captain Stones, a brave Officer in Amies of his Regiment, who with a considerable part}-, being upon tiieir March, b\- his Scouts discovering which way the said ]Ciicm\- moved, hasted after them, and having overtaken them, hee most valiantly advanced up unto them, and with his men fell most courageously upon them, and presentl\- put them to the rout, took 27 of them prisoners, slew 2 or 3 of them on the place, and wounded man\', among which prisoners he took Sergeant Major Fleetwood, Sir Richard IHeetwood's son, ' Sir Morctoii Bti^;;-, liart., of llau;.;liton Hall, Siiifnal, was one of ihc rarliainciU.iry War Coininitlce of Shiopihitc, aiipnintod .April lo, 164J. Thomas Jobi)cr, Escj., was of Aston Hall, Shiinal. The Lieutenant evidently fell into a l-.oi net's lu-st at Shitnal, and must have wished he hod i.ikcn with him a stroni^er I'.aily fiom the I'on^ [garrison, when he found himself confronted by such leading Parliamentarians and their followers. TO PRINCE RUPERT. 15 and one Almand, a most desperate and active Cavalier, who had done much mischief in those parts, who also was sorelv wounded, and rescued all the 200 horse and Cattle from them and restored them to their right Owners at their return home.^ In consequence of such-like forays, we find among the I'roceedings of the Committee of Both Kingdom.s the follow- ing resolution : — 1644-5, January 18. To write to Sir William Brereton to assist Salop in reducing the garrisons of Shradonne [Shrawardine], ErncoU [Ercall] House, and Tong Castle. And the following letter : — The Committee of Both Kingdoms to Sir Wm. Brereton. Derby House, January 24. The gentlemen of Salop having prayed us for some assistance to reduce the garrisons whereby the country is much oppressed- as Tong Castle, Lindsell [Lilleshall] House, and Shardowne [Shrawardine], we find none lying so fit for that service as yours ; we there- fore require you to give them what assistance you can with safety to the country which we believe may be benefited by the employment of some of your forces for their assistance. We therefore leave this to your judgement being upon the })lace, knowing your readiness in all things to promote the {)ublic service. Sent by one of the Salop agents. * There is i:;reat suspicion of self-rii^htcous cant in this statement about a Committee, who. sitting; at StatVoid, gave sucii orders as the following : — io.\.\, May 17. It is ordered ih;it lieutenant Hill in the march wiiii ihi convoy to 13ermingham do seize upon kU the horses and cattell of Thomas Lane, Esq., of Bentley, or any other malignant thereabouts ; and theyr cattei so s-ized to make sale of. if they can, at IJcrminijham, ds: to returnc the monies to llie Committee. 1644, Nov. 21, it is ordered that Scoutma.Uer Collins shall have power to t ike horses from persons being malignants and delin(jucnts to the ]\.ii;ge and I'arliamcnt Sir Waller Wrottesley, of Wroltcsley, near \Volvcrham]>ton, when chnrged ^Mttl delin«|ucncy, declared he was compt-ilcil to take the King's side, since his hou^e was surrounded by the following Koyal garrisons : Chiliington, Drewcod Church, Lapley Hall, Lichfield, Rushall Hall, Wolverhampton (Cro>s and Churclr and Leveson's Hall), Dudley Castle, ratsliull Hail. Hiidgncrth, Apley iMll, Muunall >ianor, shuiu.dl Liiuicli, LiudsiU Manor, long Casile, i6 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE As far, however, as Tong was concerned there was no need of Sir William's help. Rupert and Maurice (anticipating the same idea which three months later prompted Waller to suggest the New Model Army of the Parliament), withdrew the smaller Royalist garrisons in an attempt to terminate the desultory warfare then going on, by moving one over- whelming force successively against the scattered fragments of their opponents' army:' Among the fortresses thus treated \v3iS Tong Castle. Of this movement, Sir William Brereton wrote thus to the Committee of Both Kingdoms : — Nantwich, February 3. Prince Maurice is, or was lately at Worcester, and is reported to be now on his march on this side Worcester. His design is to relieve Chester and to form an army in Cos. Worcester, Hereford, and Salop, which parts being in the enemy's possession and so rich and populous, it is probable he will succeed. This army joined to the forces out of the enemy's several garrisons at \\'orces- ter, Ludlow, Lichfield, Dudley, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Bridgnorth, Lindsell [Lilleshall], Tong, Madeiey cS:c. will prove of very prejudicial consequence, blasting all our hopeful designs against Beeston Castle^ and Chester, and may hazard our whole counties and all these parts. Wrexham, Feb. 10. The Prince's army is not yet on this side of Shrewsbury, only a party of them are about Wellington, having come lately from Evesham, these are about 1000 horse and foot well armed and furnished v.ith gunpowder . . . They will, without doubt, form a consider- able army even out of their garrisons of Worcester, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Tong, Linsell, Madeiey, Dudley and Lichfield. When a garrison was wholly withdrawn, the fortifications it had erected for its own safety were naturally dismantled, and this, of course, was the case at Tong Castle. But the injury done to that building was greatly exaggerated in the published reports. Malbon in his Diary of the Civil ]\\ir in Cheshire (p. 165) writes:—*' The Kinges p'tie burned .S: (|uytt Tonge Castle: The[y] deserted Madeiey [and] Kowton ": * liccs^on Casilc was relieved by Rupert and Maurice, Match 1044 $. TO PRINCE RUPERT. 17 the Weekly Accowii of March 4. 1644.5, announces : ''Out of Shropshire it is certified that the enemies' forces have cjuitted divers garrisons in that county as Rouse [Rowton] Castle [and] Medley House, and burnt downe Tongue Castle: lest it should be advantageous to the Parliament:" a similar account appears in the Perfect Diurnal of March 3 ; lastly Whitelock, in his Mejuorials of English A ffairs (p. 131), sa\ s : " The King's forces in Shropshire quitted Routhsea [Rowton] Castle, and Medley House, and burnt Tongue Castle and other places."^ But this " burning down " was a terminological in- exactitude"; for Symonds, an officer of the King's Bod\-- guard, and a most accurate observer, writes in his Diarv only three months after : — Satterday, May 17, 164.5. His Majestic marched bv Tong, com. Salop, a faire church, the windows much broken. A fayre old castle neare this church called Tong Castle." And he would hardly have called it " favre " if it had been much damaged, but would have made some allusion to its destruction; the Churchwardens' Accounts of 1646-7 allude to the castle as still standing; William Pierrepoint, its owner, wrote on March 16, 1649-50, that his house required his absence from London, " that it ma}- be put in repair." The Gentleman's Magazine of 1763 solves the question of the extent of the injury : " The east wing of Tong Castle being demolished in the Civil Wars, was rebuilt \\\Xh brick in the same style of building with the rest." The two remaining letters are connected with the doings of foreign mercenaries in the Royal army. In the Civil War, Free Lances, and Soldiers of Fortune, who had gained experience in the long continental canipaigns, were largel}- employed b\' both King and Parliament. These Condotticri lei out their swords (gagnepains) to the best bidder, and most were to be found in the Parliamentary ranks, since the ' 'I'he Parliament, without justification, cluinitu Ton^ nnion^' their successes: ^or the Perfect Ocntrtefices of' Pari iofuent ^ I'liday. Auij. 22, to Fritiay, Au-r. ?0. 1645, includes Toni:^ Castle in the " lyst of tiie L;arrisons taken by the Shrojishire Committee since they first took the field. 'liiis Conuniitce was vi^'poinicd .Ajuil 10, 1643, and if they took Touf; in the lirst instance the) loit it \o Colonel l illier early in 1644, and never ref;;ained it attei wards, Vol. 11., 4th Series. C i8 FOUK LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE pay there was much more regular and the chances of phmdcr and boot}- by no means less. The Earl of Stamford, Commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in Hereford- shire, had a Dutchman, Major Boza, as second in command of his own troop; another Dutchman, Major Mollanus, held the same post in Sir John GelTs regiment; Lieut, -Colonel Rheinking, a German, held high office in Shropshire. We have already spoken of General Behre ; we may also quote Prince Rupert's letter to the Karl o{ Essex, dated April 15, 1645 : " I have taken prisoners of those who ha\'e taken ui) Arms against His Majestic of all Nations, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, Walloons, of all Iveligions and opinions"; linally we may give the words of Joshua Sprigge, chaplain to Fairfax, Commander of the Ne\\- Model Armv,^ when describing that general's disbanding of his troops. " Sir Thom.as Fairfax his Pen travellincr as far as c:reat Alexander's sword : Divers of the disbanded came from ver\' remote Countries, and had passes some for Egypt, others for Mesopotamia and Ethiopia." Some of these foreigners, however, joined the forces of the King, among them the writer of the following letter, of whom I have, unfortunately, been able to learn nothing further. Possibly he was a fellow countryman of, and a fellow soldier in the regiment of the officer alluded to in the 4th Letter. (Ill) Jon: \'ax I'vRi'scH to Prixce Rurekt.- Sir, According Your Highnis Orders j am marchet too Brighe- north : the Gouvcrncur whereof S"" Louys Kirck first did 1 The New Model Army, su^^'^ested by Waller, broiighl into bein|][ by Cromwell in April. liarcily deserved its title of " An Army of S.iinl?."' It was certaiiUy a well liisoiplined array 01 soldiers, but ccnsi^led jnirlly of pressed men, p;irtly of fjieip^ners, witii a stront^ stiffeninj^ of fanatical Independent-, after their own rasiiion ;;enuinel> relii^ious, who gave tone to the composite botly, so as to win for theni all the iindeseived title of " Sair.ts."' I'or their oun Scout-M:ister liener.il, Sir Samuel LuivC. in liis f.eilrr-book, writes on June 10. 1645 : I thinUe theplu-d so continually to tiieni by wri'ers on ttieir own side. ()nc worvi. however, in tiu-ir javour was that they plundered less trcely than th.e Roundhead soldiers h d h'therto been a'-cu-tonied to do. •-' lirit. Must-urn Aad. MS. iSoSi, f. 216. to PRINCE RUPERT. assigne me Wenlock for my quarters : a place, for want of horscmeat, more fit for fott then horses, and besides not onder his Jurisdiction: which made the Country almost rvse ogainst mee. Upon which S"" Louys Kirch, removing half the Regiment too quarter them en Brighenorth, his authority kould not prevayleso much against the malignancy of the Citi - zens as too let them entre in their houses, which made man\' of my soldiers, out of a discontented minde, too runn away : So that j, reader [rather] than too loose them all, rccalde the rest bac agayne and marching out of Wenlock j quartered my selfe three miles from Brighenorth, where j kouid finde best accomodation. Whereof j thought my duty too adver- tise Your Highnis, expecting what will bee farder Your Highnis Command, Which j will receyve and execute punctuelly, with all reverence and submission ; as wishing no other happinesse then too Continue Your Highnis Most humble, most Obedient and faithful Round aghton this Servant and Subject 15 of August, 1644. Jon: Van Byrusch. Of the officer mentioned in the fourth letter we know something more than of Van Byrusch. For Captain Priamus Davies, a member of the Parliamentary garrison of lirampton Bryan, wrote on July 3, 1643, to his cousin Captain Edward Harley : — " Colonel Moward hath about 50 Walons and Duch men unarmed at Aston [on Ciun], with about 50 buff sadles, and entends to steale horses for them."' Of these men Van Garies (or Van Gare as he sometimes appears),^ was probably the commander, since \\g know he was stationed a short time later in the neighbourhood in command of troops. I IV) Sir Michael Woodhoise, Govi:knor or Ludlow, TO Prince Ri pekt.- Extract. • Cf. Webb, Civil War in HerejoKlsliirc, ii, p. 129. The name is mis- 1 tinted Van Gore in the Mocurius Britau n tens, as quoted below. \Vc also 1 il as Van (Carres and \ an (icrris. • IWit. Museum, Add. MS. 18981, f. JS3 1). 20 FOUR LETTERS FROM SHROPSHIRE [Continued misfortunes. Red Castle delivered up to the enemy. ]^ I wase assigned Vangaries horse but he refused to obev S*" Micha. Ernley's order, or any but yo' highnes, he ise quartered to destroy 3c not aduance the seruice. I humbly beseich yo*" highnes to take it into yo"^ Consideration, and to let me haue an order for his horse or some other to be \v^" me, other wise we must be starued, the Countrey allred\- refusinge contribution. [Prays his Royal Highness to send ammunition] Ludlow Castle the Michafll W'uodhouse. f5] of O'tbo: 1644. We have justification for Sir Michael W'oodhouse's statement that VanGaries destroyed rather than advanced the King's service, in a passage in the Parliamentary Mcrcurius Briiannicus, Monday, Jan. 6, to Friday, [an. 10, 1644-5. " Out of Shropshire we hear that there are above a thousand in armes about Clun and Bishop's Castle, stand- ing out against both sides: neither for the King nor for the Parliament, but stand only upon their own guard for the preservation of their lives and fortunes. The occasion of it was the friendly usage which they received from his Majesties officers in these parts and particularly from one Colonel Van Gore a Dutchman: they are absolutely resolved (not- withstanding all the entreaties used by Commissioners of Array) not to lay down their armes unless his Majesty grant them their own conditions which are these : (1) to have restitution of all wrongs done by \'an Gore. (2) to have him and all his soldiers expelled their Country. (3) that the King's two garrisons at llopesay Mouse, and Lay [Lea] House- shall be removed and demolished. (4) that they may have commanders of their own. Whether Van Caries and his men were expelled from Shropshire or not, I have failed to discover. But very shortly afterwards he fell in action, on February 22, 1644-5, at Lancaut, on the Gloucestershire side of the Wye, where 1 Red or Powis Casilc was taken on OcIo'dci 2, 1644, by JSir Thoinni MiUdlelon. - Lea House, about a mile Irom Bisho|)'s Castle, continued 2 Royalist Garrison till taken by Sir I'homas Middlcton in October, 1645. to PRINCE iaTPERT. it "aboute fourscore [Royalists] were slaine, of whom were Colonell Gamine and Colonell Vangerris." ^ Of these letters to " Rupert of the Rhine," there is but one observation to make. The last three show that the life of a Commander-in-Chief was in those days by no means a happy one, for three of the four consist of complaints of officers, referred to him for redress, and the receipt of such communications must have sorely tried the patience of the Mery Prince. When we consider that he must have been in receipt of hundreds of like import from the other districts under his command, we cannot wonder that every now and then he showed the impatience of youth, he was but 24 at the time, and exhibited a spirit of intolerance which hardly accorded with the high position he held. " Flattered by the })oet, toasted at the carousal, and doted upon by the young hot-blooded Cavaliers of the army, Rupert was impatient of advice, but in battle all impetuosity and lire."- One who knew him well observed // estoit toujour Soldat? He was fu-st and last a soldier, and unfortunately for the cause to which he attached himself he came from a land where the soldier was everything, the civilian nothing. John Holland. — In December, 1642. Colonel Richard Lloyd, of Llyn-y-maen, wrote to Sir F. Ottley, at Shrews- bury:— "In this business of Raysing my Rcgemcnt [of Dragoons], I have left orders with xMajor Holland .... for the resceiving of them." These were, probably, the troops referred to in the above letter on page 2. The Church Registers of Tong do not contain even the slightest reference to any incident in the Civil \\'ar. The greater part of Sir Henry Vernon's brick building was pulled down in 1764, when the present Castle was erected on the original site by George Durant, who purchased the Tong estate in that year. ' Whitclock snys " Colonel Gamnic, Colonel Van Caries, and ancl'ncr Colonel [and] 70 more slain."' Colonel Conr.nd Ganinic was said to be a Swede. ■ y^ el'b. Civil War in Herefordshire, i, p. 127. >ir rnilip W arwick, Memoirs^ p. 227. 22 PLAN OF TONG COLLEGE. Notes bv N. W. HOWARD-McLEAN, The accompan3-ing ground plan of Tong College was made to scale by Mr. N. W. Howard- McLean, of Tong Priory, in August, 191 1. After the long dry summer, the lines of the foundations of the College buildings were plainly visible, and it became possible to make an accurate plan of them. The\- give a rough idea of the form of one of our Sliropshiro Colleges. Mr. Howard-McLean has written the following account of his work : — "In August of the year igii my attention was drawn to the fact that the lines of these foundations appeared more distinctly than anybody living had seen them, accordingl}- I seized the opportuaity of making this plan, as it might be many years before they would even show themselves at ail again. Those wishing for information respecting this building cannot do better than refer to the most interesting and exhaustive papers on ' The College of Tong ' by the Rev. J. E. Auden.^ The Rev. William Cole, the antiquary, who visited Tong in July, 1757, writes Tlie College is on the South side of the Cimrch\-ard eS: is cpiite compleate, being a square, «S: has only changed its leaden roof for a thatched one, the building being of stone & in good repair.' My mcasurenients seem to bear out this statenient as to its shape. About 50 years ago workmen, who were putting in a drain from a pond, near the foundations, came on some beautifully carved stones, which evidently formed part of the College building. To find the foundations, measure 5 feet 6 inches at right angles to east end wall of Church in centre of window. From here take a line 1S5 feet long passing over raised tomb, six inches from its east end. This line is the distance to star on plan, and if produced 73 feet would be J Sec Ttan. sat/ ions, jrd Scries, \ 199, VIII., 169. k 72- >< Plan of Tonc College. N.WHowahd-M'Lean, Auf/usl /9f/. ! PI-AN OF TONG COT.LrX,E. the east side of foundations. Tong Church is not buih due east and west, but rather E.S.E. and W.N.W. It is impossible to identify any of the rooms marked on the plan; for the allusions to the College buildings in the Statutes are very meagre, and afford no clue to the original arrangements in 141 1. In fact, the Statutes only speak incidentally of cells, or rooms, for the ^^'arden, the four TYdiows, and the two Clerks ; a common dormitory ( probabl\- on an upper floor) ; a refectory, or dining hall, with a hi;:h and a lower table, and possibly a rostrum or pulpit : a chapter-room, a store-room, and the one outer door for the whole house. The map of 1739^ also gives us no help, for the representation of the College in it is a cross between a picture and a plan. A common arrangement for a College was a square cloister or open court, enclosed on all sides by buildings, on one side the refectory, or fratery or dining hall, on another the steward's buildings for stores, and the kitchen, on another the common room, on the fourth the dormitory (often over the chapter-house, the parlour, the library and the vestment room). But whether this was the case or not at Tong, there is no evidence to show. The Map of 1739 seems to represent an erection with two stories through- out, but this arrangement may be only post-Dissolution." N. W. HowardMcLI'AN. The following are extracts from the Statutes of th.e College: — Custos et capellani infra mansum, pro mora eorum deputatum, insimul cohabitant, ac etiam conversentur; infra quod etiam mansum cameras habeant decentes ei amplas, in quibus tancpiam in eoruni communi dormiiono dormiant et recubant, custode primum ct principalem locum sive cellam obtinente, subcustode prout sibi placuerit secun- dum, deinde prioris tempore quod de stallis in choro. ct cacteris stationibus, et sessionibus et aliis praerogativis ubilibet observetur; et in eventum quo in dormitorio aut cameris praedictis alterum alteri locpn contingerit sccrcto elocjuio duntaxat utantur. ' The iiKip ol I73g is reproduced in Traitsacl ions, 3rd Seiies, VIII., 175. 24 PLAN OF TONG COLLEGE. Claves quoque ulterioris ostii mansi pracdicti do noctc- penes custodem custodiendae rcmaneant. Mensam vero communem habeant dicti custos et pres- byteri, et simul in una domo vescantur. Et, quoties com- mode fieri poterit, aliquam sacram lectionem in prandio j audiant. Clerici custodi et prcsbyteris prandentibus minis- i trabiint; quibus postea in secunda mensa competens refeclio | ministretur. Si quern .extraneum introductiim refectionem j sumere contigerit, pro qualibet refectione, si in majore mensa j fuerit, tres denarios, si in minori unum denarium cum obolo, introducens ipsum refundere teneatur. Quoties fratres ingrediunt locum ipsorum capitularem conferant Sec. Senescallus qui cotidianas hospicii expensas supervidit, de i victualibus et expensis hospicii bene et utiliter disponat. | Provisiones \ictuaiium, in quantum commode fieri poterit, fiant. Sub-sacrista libros, vestimenta, vasa sacra collcgii dili- genter custodiet. j i 25 rilE CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE PARISH OF WORFIELD. I'kanscribed and Edited H. B. WALTERS, M.A., F.S.A. Part VH., 1603— 1648. 1603 — 1604. William Beech and Thomas Bradburne, Churchwardens. Payments Inp'"'^ at Bridgnorth on'" ffredam being the xxix*^ of Aprill our charges together w^^' the chardges of the overseers of the poore being then called to yeld accompt before the Justice ... ... ij^ iiij<^ Item spent at Hampton that tyme we went to- wardes the visitacion at Sheinston when were countermanded by Newton ... ... ... xix** Item to M"" Gervayse Hall for recording and allowing our Charter ... ... ... ... xij^ Item at the tryenniall visitacion at Lychefield the xxiiij*^ of Male being the Byshops visitacion for fees and to the apparetor, . . ... ... xviij'^ Item our diners w^'^ m^ vicar and two sidemen after the rate of viij*^ a peece... ... ... iij"^ iiij"* Item for parte of William Newton his diner there iiij'' Item to Hancoxe for fees and in regard to his hinderaunces suste}'ned by reason he made provision for the countermaunded visitacion xij*^ Item to the Hostler for horsemeate for f\ ve horses x*^ Item in drincke when we came home and in hampton ... ... ... ... ... iiij'^ Item to Robert Maynard for his Chardges and travayle when he went to M"" Baduley (?) to let him vndcrstand o^ Chest was broken xij^ Vol. II., 41I, .S-i.ci, l> 26 CHrRCH wardens' ACrOUXTS OF THE the first daie the Kinges Highnes beganne VllJ Item on the xxv''' of Julie being the Coronacion daie of our Sovereigne Lord King James to the Ringers then ... [This entry occurs in most succeeding years of James I's reign.] Item in drincke for them to AHce Sheinton ... iiijJ Item to the Steeplemen at the great leete holden at Worfeld the v^^ 'bf Maie xij^ Item for a Book of prayer for observacion of wednesdaies^ ... ... ... ... ... xij'^ Item to [Hancoxe] vppon cowrlesie tor pro- curing (as he saied) the visitacion at Patting- ham ... ... ... ... ... ... ij*^ Item to Ilancoxe for certifying our church was shingled and for fees having a citacion ... viij"^ Item spent in attending and expecting his [the glazier's] coming and on him in ale being comen ... ... ... .. ... . . vj'^ Item to the Ringers the xxiiij'^' of Marche being his Raigne in England ... ... ... iij^ iiij*^ Item for the Quarter paie for mayhemed sowld- iowrs marshalsee and kinges benche- after the rate of eche quarter x- viij"^ xlij^ viij'' Item the new Imposicion for three of the foure quarters after the rate of xiij'^ the quarter being so assessed for distressed sowldiowrs iij- iij^ Item for a Bottel of wyne we browght to the visitacion at Pattingham ... .. ... xviij^ Item to William Wylliams in consideracion he would receave againe Julian Nechells into his howse ... ... xij"^ 1604 — 1605. John Shawcross of Stableford and John Walker Junr. of Hallon Churchwardens. 1 The Rev. \V. 11. Frere kindly informs me th.it these were probably tlie Forms of l'r:\ver for use on Wednesdays in time (jf plague, war, etc They aie published by tlie I'.irker Society in the I.tiufgics of' Ouei-n ICliccibrth. ' For an account of tliesc two well-known London prisons see W heatlcy and Cunnln-'liuin, Lo>i(fon I\i^t mid P/rsenL ii., pp. 340, 475. Parish of worfield. 27 Receipts. Item for Tho. Barkeley's graue gentleman^ ... vj^ viij'^ Item for the boult end of the clapper ... ... iij^ Payments. Item for mendinge m'' vicar hys fourme ... ... iiij^ Iicm for shingles and nayles to mende the Church when the winde had blowen some of xij'^ Item when we were at Bridgnorth before the Commissioners that sate for the poore ... vj*^ hem for a warrant that we had from the Justices of peace to distraine them y^ would not pay their Lewne for the mayntenance of the poore xij*^ It'm for clothe to make a bagge to put the Com- munion cuppe in ... ... ... ... vj** It'mi for maymed sowldiours, marshalsee, Kinges benche and the new imposicion for distressed souldiours ... ... ... ... xlviij= v*^ It'm for 2 bottles of wine by consent of some of the paryshe to bestowe vpon m"^ Taylor ... ij^ iiij"^ It'm for a new Communion booke ... ... viij^ It'm for the new Articles .. ... ... ... xviij'^ It'm for a new Statute book ... ... ... ij^ It'm for 3 pewter pottes to serue in the wine to the Communion table^ ... ... ... y'f viij'' It'm for buying postes, raftes, windinges, fetch- ing Claye, for broome, for thetchinge, and for buylding the house for Julyan Nechells vij^ j*^ It'm payd vnto Johane Vallance out of our Lcwne for keepinge the Bastarde ... ... ... xij'' It'm payd vnto poore Thomas Tavlor by consent of some of the paryshe ... ... ... xviij"^ It'm to Rychard Hoggins for a coffer for the poore ij' \ j'' Item [)aycd vnto Roger P}'rry that he spent in ' The Berkcleys lived .it Ewdness, nnd there is a record of Mr. lierkelcy and ..!» uife having a ptw in Woiheld Church in 1597 (lames, ]\'or)icld on Worff, ' Ihis was evidently in accordance with tlie new Canon of 1605, which ran : ine uc require to he hioui^ht to the Communion tahlc in a clean ami sweet **4 Wiii^ pot or stoup of pewter, if not of purer metal. ' 1"1 ic:ons were not r!evjA;iyiY y^^ pcwtcr communion vessels generally sec .Masse, Peivlft ''••'•V. p. S5ff. 28 churchwardens' accounts of the the Easter weke being called before the iusriccs... ... ... ... ... ... i\ Item I cannot gather of \V"' James for a nocke^ lande being a poore man ... ... ... iij [Visitation at Upper Penn.] Secundo die Aprilis 1605. It was then agreed tha.t that parte of the money remaynin behind unpaid by John Sadler a? appcareth by the j accompt of William Peeche and Thomas Bradburne be ] vtterly remitted and not of himi demaundcd in consider- | acion he keepeth the poore dawes in his house without | rent and that no lewne be paide by him for the poore for that consideracion. 1605— 1606. Roger Perry of Wyken and Alexander Barker of Hallon Churchwardens. Payments. Inprimis payed for Joyle money for the whole yeare \y vj*^ It'm our charges going to litchfild mans meat and horsmeat ... ... ... ... ... iij- It'm our charges at the visitation of the arch- byshops at litchfild for vj persons horsmeat and mans meat with the fees of the court ... ::\}^ S'^ It'm for Ringing vpon the Kinges preservation 5 day of august- ... ... xij"^ It'm our charges at the officials visittac'on at Worffild with the fees of y^ court there ... iiij'^ It'm payd for m'^ officials dynno^ and m"" collombyn his dynno' ij^ It'm payed to hanckox when wee were called to litchfild as touching cure presentmente (,?) at the visittac'on iij' iiij*^ It'm payed for a prayer book for the King ... viij*^ It'm payed for CC of brick to pave the church... ij' iiij*^ It'm payed to on*^ wright for his sermon ... viir • ? \ corner or sm.iU portiiin of land. -' A coniusion Ucluoen ihc Coronation Day (5 Au-.) .ind Gunpowder I lot Day (5 Nov.). PARISH OF WORFIELD. 29 It'm for paving of graves in the church ij' vj'^ It'm for parchment for the Register book ... vj^ Item there Remayne to the paryshe ... ... xvj^ the w^^ money was dehuered immediately to Jeffcrey Kemsloe (?) for keepinge a childe of his sonnes who was pressed into service for the parishe. 1606 — 1607. Wiiham Brooke and John Granger Churchwardens. Payments. Item for garnishinge the church w^^ the Kinges ma*'" armes ... ... ... xxxij^ iiij'* It' to m"^ Whiteley for a sermon ... .,. v^ It' to m"^ Humfrey for a sermon ... ... vj- viij"^ It' to m"" Stringer for a sermon ... ... It' laied out vpon I\P Newcome and his sonne at sondry times concerninge the castinge of the Bells ij' [For other entries relating to this matter see 3rd Ser., Vol. II, p. 184.] 1607 — 1608. William Brooke and John Morrall Churchwardens. Payments. It'm laied out to Richard Griffics and his man for settinge vp the belihowse doore and makinge a doore for the battlementes and for John Barret and our selves to helpe them ... ... ... ... ij^ vj"^ It'm laid out when the workmen came to view the steeple and to iij labourers that did help to rearc the ladders in the steeple the same day . . ... ... ... vij^ vij'^ It'm laid out at the archdeacon his visitacion at Kinges Swinford the xxviij*'' day of Aprill ... ... ... ... ... xj' ix'' U'm paied to the high constable for gaole money for this whole ycarc ... ... vj' vj'' 30 Churchwardens' accounts of the It'm paid to Johane Vallans for keepinge the childe of ffraiicis winkle one whole moneth after Easter last ... ... ijs jjd It'm paied to the workemen John Brooke and Richard Dawes^ for repairinge and amendinge the steeple ... ... ... xiiij'' xiij^ iiij'' It'm to William Barney the scholemaster for makinge the bande between the steeple workemen and our selves ... ... vj*^ It'm paied to Richard Slaney for iiij hundred and vj pov/ndes Iron for the steeple ... xlix^ It'm laid out when the same Iron was wrought at Morveild ... . . ... ... xvj'* It'm paied to M"^ Taylor of Litchfield for the erectinge of the churche of Arthuret'-^ bv the river Eske in the county of Cumber- lande ... ... .. ... ... ix* It'm to hankox the apparitor for carrienge the same^ to Shenston ... ... ... xij** It'm paid to Bradbury m"^ chancelour's man for taking the Regester rolle, and record- ing the same in the courte ... ... xxiij" It'm to Richard Morrall for makinge the crosse on the toppe of the steeple ... viij*^ It'm to John ffarre of Bridgnorth for amend- inge the weather cock ... .... ... iij* iiij^ It'm to Robert Manat for bringing the worke- man's tooles to Bremingham* ... ... ij^ vj*^ [Items for ringing on Coronation Day, 5 August, 5 Novem- ber, and 24 March.] 1608 — i6og. William Bradeney and James Bowen Churchwardens. 1 Probably the *'poore Dawes'" mentioned in 1605. It is satisfactory to learn that lie elid not rcinain pcrm.-inenlly anion}; the iincnii >lo> cd. ^ .-\rlhurct Clmich \v;i5- rcluiilt in lOog \>y the help of a charily brief, to which a contribution i.; .ilso recorded to have l)ct;n ma(ic by Si. Iohn"s Ciiuicii, Margate. Sec Cu>)ib. and U\s///t. Arch. Soc. Ttnns.^ vii, p, 221 ; Nicolson and lliirn, Jiist. of' Weslmd. a)ul Cmnbd., ii, p. 472. /.f. , the con'ribulion. * Birniin^hain ? PARISH OF WORFIELD. 31 Receipts. It'm received for offall and refuse lead ... xx'if It'm received of a Cupper^ for lead ashes ... iiij^ viij'^ Payments. It'm when we went unto Shrewsbury concerning the C and„nete(?) money ... ['f \y\ It'm Gayle money ... ... ... ... yj^ vj^ It'm for a Commission for our parte concern- ing the com/net " money ... ... xxij^ It'm when we and others mette the plummer to vewe and loke upon the leades and caryeinge of laders ... ... .., xxij'' It'm Charges bestowed upon the plummer when the bargayne was made for Cast- inge of the leades, and upon the Carpen- ter when he went to Burnell^ to loke upon tymber and our owne ... ... ij^ vj"^ It'm for a tym.ber tree bought of Thomas Hale ... ... ... ... ... XXV-' viij'' It'm payd unto Thomas Cheese and hys men for squareinge the s'' tree ... ... v^ vij'' It'm layed out at Bridgnorth when we were called before the iustices concerninge the poore ... ... ... ... ... xiiij^ It'm to m'" Kinnersley for fyve thousand of shingles ... ... ... ... ... v'' x* It'm for bread and wine for the Communion at Whitsuntide ij^ v-* It'm for makeinge a saw pitt at Burnell ... xiiij'' It'm to Walter Hardware for caryeinge a barrell from the Heath to Burnell ... iiij'' It'm spent on them that holpe to la\'e the tree upon the pytt and other helpe about the same ... ... ... ... ... iij^ It'm for • 5 . dayes snwinge ... ... viij* iiij * ' C^oupcr. * Ktf.idin<.» douljllul : appi^renlly not the same as in the hiit cnliy but one. ^ rrobabiy Burnhill Green in I'alshull puisn (Stalls ). 32 churchwardens' accounts of the It'm Charges bestowed on them that caryed • 7 • load of tymber from BLirnell unto Worfield and loadinge the same ... ix^ x'^ It'm to Walter Deacon and Willim Bradeney shuttinge toc;ether,' forcaryeinge 2 load of tym.ber one from Burneli and the other from Badgesor ... ... ... It'm to Lewys Perton for makeinge a saw pitte in the Churchyarde ... ... viij'^ It'm payed to the sawyers for g hundred of sawinge ... ... ... xv^ [Numerous other entries relating to this work, which lasted for seven weeks.] It'm for a wayne rope to use about the Church ij- viij^' It'm for rosen and Chaake ... ... ... iij^'ob. It'm to Richard Walker to fetche weightes at Bridgnorth to weigh the leades and for bringinge them home agayne ... ix"^ It'm payed for mending the iron beame that was broke with weighing of lead ... iij' It'm to Roland mawpasse in earns (?) to whiten and beautifye the Church ... vj^ It'm payed to William Greenbanke the plummer for • 22 • hundred and • 24^' • of lead ... ... ... ... xvj'' xiij^ It'm payed to the plummer and h\-s man for . 'zz ' dayes worke after the rate of iij^ a daye ... ... ... ... ... iij'' vj^ It'm payed to the plummer for castinge • 24 • hundred of lead after the rate of 2^ 6'' a hundred ... ... ... ... ... iij" It'm payed to the plummer for 66'' of solder "xliiij- Ii'm for colours for the Church xxiiij'' of redde lead after the rate of iij''ob.apounde vij* It'm for lambc blacke a pounde and a half xviij'' It'm for a satchell to put the Colours in ... iiij'' It'm our Charges for fetching the colours at Worcester ... ... ... ... ix*^ riecin PARISH or WOKFIELD. 33 in payed for Indico ... ... ... ... jjs ni for drawinge a barre of iron at the Smythyes to beare up the gutters ende xvj^ m for Bristowe lyme beinge washinge lyme, and the Caryage iijs yjd m for lyme to plaster w^^^ hayre and caryage xxj^ m for bringing home John Vallance from Worfyeld when he was lunatike ... xij'^ m for wine bestowed upon the iustices at Bridgnorth ... ... xij*^ It'm spent upon John Broke the Stepleman and others y' holpe him to drawe up laders into the Steple and our owne Charges for 4 dayes ... ... ... iij^ iiij^ [Visitation at Worfield.] 1609 — 1610. James Abowen and John Warter Churchwardens. Payments. Inprimis payed to the highe Constable for maymed souldiers and gaoyle money at Easter Sessions for - 3 - quarters past ... xvij^ xj^ It'm payed for m*" Perkins dinner the preacher and hys man ... ... ... ... x*^ It'm for colours to garnishe and beautifye the churche and to the paynter for workeman- shipe... ... ... ... ... ... xxxiiij'^ Ii'm layd out at the visitac'on at Lichefyeld 14 daye of Julye xvij* j"^ videlt. for fees in the Court viij^ and for our o\Nne Charges and the sidemen ix^ j'^ xvij' It'm geuen to Agnes Barrett of the Kocke at Divers tymes thys yeare ... ... ... ij"^ iiij^ U'm for wine bestowed upon m'" Talbottes our parson^ when Certeign of the paryshc went to Rudgc to spcake for the vowson of the vicaraije .. iiij' vj'' ' Not the Vicar, who at the Umc w.is IJumphrey Barney. Vo». II., 4ih Strict. 34 churchwardens' accounts of the It'm for bread and wine for the Communion at all Saintes ... It'm to Edward haselwood and Willim Newton for sawinge an Aspe that John Hichcokes gave to make a new beare for • 2 • daves sawinge iijs It'm bestowed upon m*" Barber and hys horse at Worfyeld when he gave us a sermon .. vij^ It'm to Richard Hoggins for makeing a new beare... .. ... iijs It'm for squaringe a quarter of a tunne of timber and for sawinge the same to lathes ... iij* ix' It'm for byndinge the Bible anewe, for putting in some paper, for caryinge the same to Bridgnorth and fetchinge Home ... ... y'f iiij^ It'm for parchement to make the register Role ij^ 1610 — 1611. John Warter and James Abowen Churchwardens. Receipts. It'm receyved for lead ashes ... ... ... xiij* iiij' It'm receyved for barke, lopes,^ and one hinckstre ... ... ... xv]*^ It'm for the buryall of Thomas Bromeley esquire ... ... ... ... ... vj^ viij"^ Payments. It'm for coveringe a paper boke and for stringe for the bible and Communion boke ... ... ... \'' It'm when we made suit to London to speake w' m"^ Randle WooUey about y^ C poundes geven to the paryshe by h\-3 brother Thomas Woolley ... ... xvj' It'm spent at Shrewsbury when we went to geve testimonye against recusantes ... xiiij' It'm to John Kidsonne for bringinge the panne and y^ shaftes from Claverley to Worfyelde for the melting of lead ... ij' 1 Hopped-olV branches or l\vi<;s for faggots. Hinckstre appears to be ' personal name. 1905^15 PARISH OF WORFIELD. 35 It'm for rosen ... f It'm payd to plummers for • 35 • poundes of solder xxiij' iiij** It'm payed to the plummers for Castinge of lead ... ... uf v'f vn'f It'm payed to the plummers for workeman- ship i xxxj* iij*^ It'm payed to Brodfyeld for • 2 • thowsand of shingles and x^ unpayed for the last 2 • thowsande .. ... ... ... iij'' It'm to Thomas Cheese for placeinge and mendinge formes in y^ Churche ... viij*^ It'm for mendinge the great church yate and for stoppinge pigeons out of the Churche xij^ It'm layd out in Charges for the Copye of Thomas woolley hys will ... ... xiiij- ij^ It'm for our boke called Jewells workes^ and our Chargesfor fetchingeytat Lyechfyeld xxx^ iij^ It'm charges layed out about the woman that was gotten w^^' childe by yonge Richard Barrett and delyvered in Newton and kept a fortnight at y^ parysh charges ... iiij^ iij'^ It'm geven to a preacher for one sermon the 27 daye of Januarye ... It'm geven to the messenger that brought a lettere from m"" william Woolley con- cerning purchasinge of land for y* paryshe and other Charges ... ... ij' vj^' It'm for goinge to Sedgley to vewe certeigne land there for the paryshe ... ... xviij*^ Ilm our Charges at Hampton for perusing over the man hys decdes that would sell the Land and earnes for the land and other charges ... [Visitation at Lichfield.] ' In i6io Archbishop Hancroft issuctl orders for the circul.ition of Jewers works f> every parish, to inoculate them with his theology (Frerc, his/, of Ch. 0/ '^"s'^i'iti under £/h. and Janus I, p. 364), 36 churchwardens' accounts of the i6ii— 1612. James Abowen and John Warter Churchwardens. Payments. It'm for makeinge our presentment and send- inge yt to Lyechfyeldc ... ... ... iiij^ It'm payed unto Margaret ffelton for earnes to bynd Alyce Whittenton to her as appren- tyce for 10 yeers ... ... ... ... vj'^ It'm bestowed upon m"^ Gough and hys com- panye when he gave us a sermon ... ... vj'' It'm for loadinge • 2 • thousand of shingles and • 3 • hundred of lathes at Bridgnorthe and carringe them in a Barge to penstone mylles ... ... ... ... ... ij^ It'm for wine bestowed upon m^ Collye a preacher the 12 Daye of Maye ... ... ij' iij'' It'm to John Brodfyelde and hys sonnes for worke on the North syde of the Churche xxxiij-- x'' It'm charges at Worfyelde when we came to ditch m the paryshe ground ... ... viij'^ It'm more Charges about the paryshe ground for 3 dayes in kepinge possession... ... xvj'' It'm payed to John Barrett for rent for the cave for Hughe yaet ... ... ... ... xij^ It'm when we made our presentment at Wor- fyelde, and for delyvermge the same in to Hancoxe ... ... ... ... ... xxj'"" The charges this yeare concerning the purchasing of the C' land. Inprimis layd out for wine divers tymes when we went to Hales to shcwe Baron Bromeley the mans deedes, and to have hys Counsell about the purchasinge of that said land ... ... vj* viij"^ It'm layd out in Charges when we mette Gybbons at Hampton xvij'^ It'm payed to nV Harrice for makeinge the bokes and for our owne Charges at Shrcwsburye... xv^ It'm to Robert Ma\'nat for fctchingc the said bokes at Shrcwsburye and bringing the same to G} bbons xviij'* PARISH OF WORFIELD. 37 It'm our charges going to Hampton to conclude about the said bokes ... ... ... ... xj^' It'm our charges when we went to Bryerley to scale the bokes, and to have livery and seisen^ of the land there ... ... ... ... iij« It'm payed for counsell to m"" Harrice, and to hys man for makeinge and ingrossinge the bokes. and our Charges when we fetched the C'' of m*^ william Woolley at Shrewsburyc ... xlix^ It'm when we went to Hampton to pay Gy boons the said C' and for our acquittance... ... iij^ ij'^ It'm for makeinge up the payment w"^^ \\anted of the said C' ... ... ... ... ... xxj* It'm payed more for a peece oi tiie barne and the lyttle peece of land on the backe syde of the barne, over and above the C^' purchast ... xx^ It'm layd out in Charges when xj"^" of the paryshe went to Bryerley to gcve Levery and seisen to the feoffees, and for payntes (sic) bestowed upon certeigne youthes in the paryshe ... vij^ It'm layd out to Thomas Beeche in Charges when he went to London concerninge the par\-sh houses xv' 1612 — 1613. James Abowen and John Hichcocks, senior, Churchwardens. Payments. U'm layd out at Bridgnorth when we appeared before the Justices to make our accompts for the poore ... ... ... . ... xiiij"^ It'm layd out at y'^ visitation at Pattynghani the last of Aprill for fees of the Court, and for a new boke of articles, for sendingc in the Register role, and all our Charges ... ... xvj'^ iij^ It'm for lyme and to Rowland Mawpas and h\ 5 men for workemanshipe, colours syse and ' I.ucry of seisin ucfmed by 'roinliiic as " .A tlcliv<;iy of posiession of Linus, Icncincnts, and hereditaments unto one that h.ilii a ri<;ht to tiie same ; beiu:^ a ceremony in Ihc conuiion l.iw used in the convc)ancc of lancis, etc., whcic an estate of freehold passelh." 38 churchwardens' accounts of the hayre to beautifye the Church, for plastering the toppe w'thout and for covering three graves xx'f It'm to m'' Waringe for a starch xij'' It'm for a locke for the North dore, for nayles and setting yt on, wherein Jo. Barrett might come to set the clocke ... ... ... jj^ vj' It'm for a present bestowed upon Baron Bromeley^ before hys goinge to London at Mychaelmas tearme ... ... xv^ ij' It'm for sendinge our presentment to Lichfyeld concerninge recusantes ... ... ... xij'' It'm bestowed upon a poore soldier ... ... xviij'^ It'm bestowed upon the Ringers and for light the v^^ day of November ... ... ... ... iiij= ij ' It'm for sendinge the fyrst Collection to Liche- fyeld for St. Albans Churche ... ... vj'' It'm to Rowland Mawpas and hys man for lymc, colours and syse to amende the Church and workemansh ... ... vij' vj'"' [Also some entries relating to the casting of the bells: see 3rd Ser., Vol. II., p. 1S6.] Memorandum that ther was laied out by John hitchcockcs to Stockall the mason for hewing the Rocke by St. Peter's Well' to the intentc to make an howse for a poore body which is not reckoned in this accompte ... ... ij^ viij'' 1613 — 1614. John Hitchcocks senior and John Beech, Churchwardens. Payments. It'm to Vicar for parchment to write the Regesler rolle ij'^ It'm laied out at the visitacion at Pcnne the xiiij''' day of Aprill for fees of the Courte, and for a new booke of articles, and for scnd- 1 Sir Kdw.'\r(l Bromley of Sliifn.al (grange, .ippointed Baron of ihc Exchequer in 1609. See Bye-Goncs, 22 Oct., 1S73, p. 235. : An illuslraiiuii oi Si. I'eicr's Well wilh ihc cave acljoining is i^iven by James, IVot/ield-on-lVor/c, p. 51. PARISH OF WORFIELD. 39 inge in the Regester rolle to Liechfeilde, and all our charges ... xvy viij^^ It'm for sending away the collection for the Church of St. Alban's ... ... ... vj"' It'm spent upon m"" vicar and certaine of the parishioners at Worfeild after we returned from the perambulation upon Wednesday in the rogation week^ ... ... ... ... x'' It'm given to Atkis a preacher for a sermon the viij^^ day of August ... ,.. ... It'm laid out for the new bindinge and amendinge the booke of common praier for the clearke viij^ It'm given to Robert Hankox for bringing in our ij last collections for the Church of St. Albans to Liechfield ... ... ... ... xij^ It'm bestowed upon M'' Waringe a preacher w^^ came from the Baron Bromley by the motion and Consent of certaine of the parishe ... xj^ It'm for breade and wine for the Communion the 2 day of January ... ... ... ... iiij^ vj^^ It'm given to M"^ Hatfield a preacher for iij sermons x^ It'm bestowed upon him when he laye on nighte in Worfeilde ... ... ... ... ... vj^ It'm paied to one Suker of the iiij ashes- for ij hundred of pavinge brickes ... ... ... iiij* It'm paied to William Barney for ij deskes for the booke of common prayer ... ... vj'^ It'm bestowed upon Robert hankox when he came to sommon the visitacion ... ... iiij^ 1614 — 1615. John Beech and Roger Hitchcocks Churchwardens. Payments. Ii'm laied out at Bridgnorth at the ensealinge of m'" Peers his lease ... ... ... ... xvj*^ ' On this custom see Brand, Popular Antiquities, i. p. iioff, and Blunt, Annotalfd Book of Common Prater ^ p. 29S. It was, ol course, a survival of t' t nicdiacv.-^! Litany processions at Ro{:;ationtidc. • ? Tour .-^shcs, near Brewood (Stalls.), where is now u station on th«; I- N. W. Ry. 40 churchwardens' accounts of the It'm for leather to make Winkle apparrell ... ij' It'm for new linnen lininge for the same and to ffrancis Wilcox for the makinge ... ... .w* It' bestowed upon m"" Challenor and his company in ale when he bestowed ij sermons at W'or- feild before Midsommer ... ... ... vj^ It'm for a skin of parchment to make Regester Rolles ... ... ... ... vj^' It'm laied out at Worfeild when we made ready our presentment against the L. bishop his visitation at Liechfeilde ... ... ... vj'' It'm laied out at the same visitation for a booke of articles, all maner of fees, and our charges ij dales and our horses ... xix' ix'^ It'm bestowed in ale upon William Stockall when he came about hewinge the rocke neare St. Peters well... ... ... ... ... iij-^ It'm paled to John Pinner for souldering and amending the fonte ... ... ... ... ij^ iiij^' It'm to Edward Jones and John Barrett for takinge downe the timber of the little howse where Joane Newton dwelled and for carrieng it into the Churche ... ... It'm paied to Richard Gibbons for the Cheiffe rent of the lande at Brierley for this whole time since it w-as purchased ... ... ... v^ iiij^ It'm for ij trees to make rafters lininges, leade- lathes and other necessary uses about the church ... ... ... ... ... ... xxij^ It'm for cliftes to make sielinge lathes and for shingleinge ... ... ... ... ... iij' It'm paied for the carriage of all this timber from Hutchinhill to Worfeild .. vij* It'm for hollande cloathe to make a new surples xiiij^ viij^' 1615 — 1616. Roger Ilitchcocks and Thomas Beech Churchwardens. Payments. item layed out at the visitation at Walcsole the xvj^'' of Aprill for a new booke of articles for feese of the courte .., ... .,. iij=^ vj'' PARISH OF WORFIFLD. 41 item for getting of John Brickens name out of theire bookes for making up a gapp upon a holie day ... ... ... ... ... vj** Item guiven to the Widow Stockwale by the con- sent of the parishe because her husband died in the parishe worke ... ... ... ... xx' item given to on WilHam . . .„ . Will' that had a warrant from my lord bishopp to gether of persons vicares and churchwardens theire benevolence towards his greate losse w<='' he had upon the seae by Shipwracke accord- ing as Envild- and Claverley and other places had done we gave him ... ... ... iij' iiij^ item layed out to Thomas Peares for going to Shrasburie for the Croner to vew the bodie of Thorn. W^artor ... ... ... ... ij* item payed to WilHam Newton and W^illiam Prisse for mending of the Vicers seate ... ... i'f item layed out to Tho. Stockwale and his 2 men for to hill graves and to lath and pargett a day and for himself and a man a parte of a day ... ... ... ... ... ... iij* vj'' item guiven to a preacher for 7 sermons the xij^'' of lebru. by the consent of the parish ... vij- item payed to Armiger Eidcs (?) debitur (?) vidlic. for a diadem'^ two smale peesses of timber w'^^' weare worth xiiij'' and in money ... vj'* item payed for a booke to write in strange prechers names, as we weare commanded by the oflishales ij"* [Also various entries relating to the recasting of the saunce or warning bell ; see TnuisaciionSj 3rd Ser., ii, p. 187.] 1616 — 1617. Thomas Beech and Thomas Billingslcy Churchwardens. ^ N.imc doviblful. • Kiuille. ^ Kcadinj^ after " Armiger uncertain ; the words are pauly erased. Vwl. II., 4ih Series, 42 churchwardens' accounts of the Payments. it'm payed to on that had a warrant to goe the {sic) bathe ... ... ... ... ... xij It'm guiven to m"^ Peartree the precher to Edward greame that went for him, supposing to have hired him for the whole yeare ... ... iij^ It'm payed to the chanchlers man for fatching the register ... ... ... xii ' It'm for a table of the de,c:ree of marriage ... iij'^ It'm bestowed upon m^ ffrasole when he prcched heare ... ... ... ... ... ... iij'' It'm spent at Worffeld the 17 of Aprill last past when we had a warrant from m"^ iustice Kinnersley concerning housholders comming to church every saboth day and holy daye, our dinners ... ... ... ... ... xij'^ 1617 — 1618. Thomas Billingsley and John Mathew,^ Churchwarden?. Payments. It'm our charges at Worfyeld when we were called before the Justice to present the absence (?) of householders ... ... vj"* It'm payd to Rowland Preene for 3 foxes headcs that were killed at the Armitage- ... ... iij* It'm geven to a poore woman that came into the parish \\^^' a passe and was Delyvered of 2 children ... ... ... ... ... ij' It'm payd to John Warter for engrossinge the deedes of the Paryshe land ... ... ... vj* viij^' It'm payed to George Stanton for stoppinge swine out of the churche\-arde ... ... ... ij"* It'm geven to a poore man that was a traveller ij"^ It'm payed for a new Bible ... ... ... \d* It'm payed for an houre glassc^ ... ... ... xij ' 1 John Mivtliew died in 1622, under which yenr there is a receipt of cs. Sd. fjr his burl.xl. • Perh.ips the hermitane or cave by St. Peter's well (see note under 16:2- 1 ";). ' On hour-;.'lasscs in churciies see C'o\ and Harvey, A"".i,'/. Ciiiirch Furnttiof, p. 156, with list of tiiose e.Kislinjj. The one m Kasthope in liiis county \% omitted. t>AkiSH OF WORFIELb. It'm payed for a windinge sheete for maryann Whittington, layinge of her out, makinge her grave and to the ringers iij* 1618 — 1619. John Matthew and Timon Marrall Churchwardens. Payments. It'm for 3^ quarrells of glasse to amende the windowes ... ... ... ... ... ij' It'm for a stryke of hayre and 3 hoopcs of lyme It'm for a stryke of Kristowe lyme It'm for bread and wine for the communion the Sundaye before Bartholomewes daye ... ij"* [There are eight separate entries in the course of this year for bread and wine, instead of all being entered under one head as usual. Query, were there only eight celebrations ?] It'm layd out to one that came w^^^ a passport ... It'm bestowed upon a poore man that had great losse upon the Seas accordinge to his passe^ It'm when Waltons wyfe caused us to goe to Bridgnorth Before the iustices It'm to Rowland Mawpasse for triminge the Arche with lyme and colours 1619 — 1620. Timon Morrall and Francis Rowley Churchwardens Payments. It'm payed to Loveall (?) a preacher... ... It'm payed for proclamacions to the clarke of the market It'm payed to a fellowe of Stockton for a foxe heade ... It'm payed to John Rowley for thatchbrome for Johane Dods house It'm for 2 forkes and a wollar polle" It'm payed 10 a poore man w^'' had Idler pattens and no gathering in the churche ... ... ij' ' A license to pass from town lo town solicilinj]; contributions rn route, ' Alilcr tree pole. 44 churchwardens' accounts of th£ It'm for a warrant of the iustices for the gather- inge the lewne for the poore ... ... ... vj It'm for a warrant about Dodes wyffe iiij It'm payed to Peartree the preacher for 2 sermons ... ... ... x* It'm for changing the flagon potte ... ... ij' It'm for bread and wine for pahne Sunday and agaynst Aester^ ... xxv' v' 1620 — 1621. Francis Rowley and Timon Morrail Churchwardens. Payments. It'm payed unto Peter Bowen^ for layingc the leades on the churche for soulder and glasse iij'' \'f j''ob. It'm payed to Robert Bucknoh bayhffe of the hundred* for the copye of orders taken by the iustices at the quarter Sessions ... vj'' It'm payed to the Pkunmer of Brimicham"* for mendinge the churche leades ... ... viij^ iiij'' It'm for wryteinge the Register for foure )-eares in parchment ... ... ... ... iiij* It'm spent at Bridgnorth when we went before the iustices about householders cominge to churche ... ... ... ... ... vj'' It'm given to Tho. Waltons wyffe for the mayntenance of her Children ... ... xij'' It'm spent when we went to Brierley 2 iourneys to demande the Rente x'' It'm payed to Jo. Barrett and George Staunton for riddinge the gutters in the great snowe xij"^ 1621 — 1622. William Smyth and Thomas Sadler Churchwardens. Payments. It^Ti to John Harris for ewes (?) polles^ ... xiiij*^ * The amount piid seems exceptionally larf^e, ' Kl>cwiieie described us Peter tlie pliimmcir.' ' Sc. I'rinislrce. * ? Birminjiham (see entry under 1607-8), * Vew-lrcc pole (?). Cf. " wolUr pole " above. Parish op woRFiELb. 45 It'm payed to olde Brodfield for hewinge the old shingles, lathinge, shinglinge the Schole house and the appentize^ over y'^ church yates... ... xlviij^ It'm for settinge on the claspe of the Bible ... It'm for goingeto Bryerley Byllsonr and woolvcr Hampton 6 tymes about the paryshe lande ix' It'm payed to William Clarke for fetching Crestes and l}'mc at Bridgnorth, a sapp- linge in Badger woodc and lathes at Aptley iij- vj-' It'm when we were at Bridgnorth 4 tymes before the iustices concerning our monthly presentment.., .. ... ... ... xx'y^ It'm payed to m"^ woolleys poore the xxxviij^ Y^ch receyved of the olde Wardens, and more money out of our lewne to fulllill that want ... ... ... xiiij^' vj'' It'm for bread and wine for palmes Sunday and against Aester , ... xxxij' vij'' 1622 — 1623, William Smith and Thomas Sadler Churchwardens. Payments. It'm payed to m' Barney" for wrytinge the copye of the register rolle for the whole yeare xij*^ It'm bestowed upon o"" tenantes of 13rierley when they brought Lammas rent ... vj** It'm payed at the buryeingc of a poorc uoman vv^^i was brought from Newton ... ... liij^' It'm payed to Nathaniel Barrett for a tabic horde to sett in y^ Court house vj^ It'm bestowed upon our tenantes of Brierley when they payd Candlemas rent ... ... ij'* It'm for bateinge the tenantes of Brierley v* yearely of their rent for 6 yeares in con- ' Cf. the word "pmitesl"' used in 1581-82, - Hilstoii. ' I'he Kcv. Francis liurncy, \ icar of Wurficld. lie siiccccdcii liis f.ristol were then m existence, ami wouid be the most acre^^ible from Shropshire, but the wordinj^ ot the enlry seems to siigiicst a less known place lh;in iiiistol. i'ussibly Tuubriogc Wells is meant. V« iij^ vj^^ \'' vi^ PARISH OF WORFIELD. 49 some reliefe to maynteyne him and his Sonne in their iourney ... ... ... 2* It'm geven to an Iryshwoman by the consent of the paryshe that was a protestant ... 2^ 6*^ It'm layd out in charges upon the phimmer the same dayes he cast the leades and for all hys worke upon y^ church, the battlementes and y^ porche and for hys workemanshippe and for soderinge the roofe of the church... v'' xj* It'm payd for coales and candles ... ... vj*^ It'm payed to Thomas Chester for payntinge w^^ mortar the battlementes, the syde of the steeple, and the porch ... ... ... 2' It'm geven to certaync people that had a testi- monial! to goe abroade who had great losses vj^ It'm geven to a poore man that had losse by fyer iiij^ It'm geven to one Jo. Borcman of Beechforde in the countie of Chester who had great loss by fyer ... ... ... ... ... 2' It'm payed to John Barrett for layeinge up y^ shingles that the great winde blewe of the Churche vj^ It'm our charges at the Assyze and some other more (?) of the parysh that did attende 3 dayes to answeare the peticion of Jerome Warter iiij^ 1630— 1631. Thomas Beech of Alscote and William Tayler of Kingslow Churchwardens. Payments. Item guiven to 20 Irish people at three times for lodging of five of them in bedes for their dyet towardes their losses being valued in all at 12 hundred pounde having the broade scale of lerland for their warrant ... ... viij' Item for attending at the assises that m' london should not move for Jirram Wurtcr ... xij'' Vol, II., 4th Series, ^ 50 CHURCinVARbENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE Item payed to m'' William Damport^ for a ladder pole for the church readie sawed and bored vij' vj" [Numerous entries relating to work done in the tower : new floor to belfry, new clappers to bells, and iron work ; see Transactions, 3rd Ser., II, p. 1S9.] Item payed to William Poole that brought a foxe head and a bawsons head that weare kitte (?) on the worfe over Clanworfe (?) ... ij^ Item for bread and wine for the whole yearc being a leven comunions ... ... ... xliij* v"^ 1631 — 1632. John Yate of Roughton and W'illiam Taylor of Kingslow Churchwardens. Payments. Inprimis layd out at the Visitation at W^alsall for writing a copye of the Register and send- ing it in to Lichfield, and for a bcoke of Articles, and for a dozen of Catachismes, and for other fees and our Chardges ... 15* It' to the apparitor for an admonition concern- inge the degrees of mariage... ... ... 2* It' given to a Scotsman that had a passe under my lord deputies seale to collect for many that had their houses burned ... ... 2' It' for bread and wine for the whole yearc being an eleven Communions ... ... ... 43^ 4*^ 1632— 1633. John Foxall of Hilton and Roger Crudgington of Newton Churchwardens. Payments. Item payed for clothe to make a new surplesse and for makeinge yt ... ... 24* Item bestowed upon 6 travellers w^^ had a passt- port in victualls and lodginge them all night 2* Item given to an irishwoman w^^ had a passport 4** Davenport. IPARISH OF WORFIELD. 5I Item layd out when order was taken w^^ M Stewarde to looke the roles at London ... 12^ Item payed to M"^ Amyes the preacher ... ... 5^ 1633— 1634. Churchwardens as before. Payments. Item given to John Beech when he went up to London for m^ Byrch to take order for respige (?) of Homage concernige the parysh houses... ... ... ... ... ... 50^ Item payed for the booke of recreation^ ... "6*^ 1634— 1635.2 Richard Rowley of Bromley and William Gould of Bradeney Churchwardens. Payments. It' for a frame to sett the role upon Concerninge the degrees of marriage ... ... ... 004 It. paid for fower fox heades to the warrander in morffe ... ... ... ... ... 040 It. for seven severall Communions and Palme Sunday, the weeke followinge and Easter Day, and nyne more to sicke and weake persons att there houses ... ... ... 02 2 7 1635— 1636. Churchwardens as before. Payments. Item layd out for a frame about the Communion table ... 200 Item for bread and wine at seaven Communions: and upon palme sonnday good fryday^ * In 1633 Charlc? I ordered the republication of his father's Declaration of relating to Sunday afternoon amusements. (Gardiner, of Er.g., V"; p. 321). ^ There is an entry this year of Jane Davenport's burial as unpaid for. She the only dauc;hter of Francis Bromley of llallon, and married William Davenport, a well-known Worficld man of this time. ' The reception of the Communion on Good I'riday was quite common at this tim<* ; in fa:t, a?, this entry and one lor \()2Z-zi (j.ec abo\e) suggest, Holy Week >'>»s the f^reat period for communicaliiii;. 52 churchwardens' accounts of the Easter day and seaven Communions to sicke and aged people ... ... 236 Item for washing the surpHs, Church lynens, and keepeing the vessells belonnging to the Church Cleane, all this whole yeare ... 03^ 1636— 1637. Richard Rowley and John Bath Churchwardens. Payments. Item for a new flaggone pott pryce ... ... 070 Item pay'd for two bookes for the fast ... ... o 2 0 Item pay'd for mattes for to lye about the frame that is about the Communion table ... 050 Item payd for washing and kepinge the Church lyninges the whole yeere and the Com- munion pottes ... ... ... ... 034 1637— 1638. John Bath and Thomas Bath Churchwardens. Payments. Item bread and wine at a xj^ severall Com- munions with vj pryvate Communions ... 248 Item pay'd for a new pulpitt and Pewe and deske to the Joyner ... 534 Item payd for spareing our appearance at Lychfield ... ... ... 050 Item given to a strange precher the seacond sonnday in lent ... ... ... ... 06 8 Item payd to John Piper for two payre of hinges one for the pulpitt and one for the reading seate ... ... ... ... ... ... o j 8 1638— 1639. Roger Foxall and John pjarrett Churchwarden^. Payments. ... Item to Thomas Alte for makeing the chirkos ?eat - ■ — .. ... ij* Item for makcini; two Icvie books one bound ... xij*' Item to John Piper for the frame for the hower- glasse ■. .wiij'' PARISH OF WORFIELD. 53 Item for wine and bread for the fower Com- munions at Easter ... ... ... ... xxij^ Item for passinge the accomptes and ingrossing the same ... ij^ 1639 — 1640. ' Churchwardens as before. Payments. Item at seaven Communions in the whole yeere xxvij'' x'^ Item fower Communions at Easter ... ... xxiv" Item to John Vernon for Coulering the church dores ... ... ... ... x" Item for writting the accomptes for the overseers of the poore ... ... ... ... ... xij*^ Item for the Chusion Cloath fringe lace leather making and stuffinge ... ... ... xiij* x*^ 1640 — 1641. John Baker and John Barrett Churchwardens. Payments. Item for 7 Communions before Easter and 7 at Easter 2 S 10 Item for keeping cleane y* church linnens and vessells for y^ communion ... ... ... 034 Item to one damport w*^ a passe ... ... o o g 1641 — 1642. John Baker and John Barrett Churchwardens. Payments. Item for 7 Communions before Ester and 5 at Ester ... ... ... ... ... ... 270 Item for mending y^ steeple ... ... ... 40 o o [and many other items relating to thesame work.] Item for charges of a horse for 3 dayes to fetch stuff to guild y'^ wethcrcock... 030 hem for y^ stuff and guilding 112 1642— 1645. No items of interest. Churchwardens as before. I 54 churchwardens' accounts parish Ol- WORITELD. 1645— I64S. Churchwardens as before. It' paid to the Ringers for the Kings holliday ... o 7 6 It' for our charges going to Shrewsbury about the Jayle money ... ... ... ... ... o ig 2 It' for a warrant from Shrewsbery. .. ... ...026 It' for carriing (?)^ the boke of common prayer ... o 10 o It* payd for a boke for the directory^ ... ... 0 o S*^ The last entry in the book is a memorandum dated Mav the first 1650, of payment towards a bond. On the Hyleaf i< pinned part of a leaf with a statement of accounts, undated. ^ Rcniovinc; ? ' The Directory of Worshi|> (after the most approved type of Piirilanisni) was prop.xrfd by an order of the Commons in l()44 to take tlie place ot the Rook- ol Common Prwer. It was established by I'arliamcnt 4 Jan., 1645 (Gardiner, Great Civil War, ii., pp. 75, 108). 55 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. (Coniinued from 3rd Series, Volume VIIL, page 54.) We have already printed in the Transactions (3rd Series, Vol. I. 257—266, Vol. V. 349—376, and Vol. VIII. 39—54), the Bishop of Lichfield's Certificates of the induction of Incumbents to benefices in his diocese from 1563 to 1634, ihe Bishop of Hereford's Certificates of the induction of Incumbents to benefices in the Shropshire portion of his diocese from 1589 to 1634, extra.cts from the Libri Institutionum for the dioceses of Lichfield and Hereford from 1556 to 1680, and extracts from the same Libri Institutionum for the diocese of Lichfield from 1615 to 1648. The documents now printed are the Bishop of Hereford's Certificates of the induction of Incumbents to benefices in the diocese of Hereford, beginning in October, 1634, ^.nd they are in continuation of the Certificates printed in Vol. \TII., pages 39 — 54. They have been, as were the earlier ones, extracted by Mr. ^\^ K. Boyd, for the Society, from the originals jn-eserved in the Public Record Office, London. These Certificates of the l)ishop are addressed to the Barons of the Exchequer, and they certify the induction of the Clergy to benefices to which they had been presented, with a view to the First b>uit3, or first year's profits of the benefice after a vacancv, going to the Crown. At tlie Reformation King Henr\- \TII. ordered these I'^irst Fruits to be paid to the Crown, and the Statute 32 Henr\' \'III.. cap. 45, established a Court of First I'ruits, where the l^ishops' Certificates of the Institution of Incumbents to ecclesiastical benefices were entered. Queen Mary dissolved tins Court, and abolished iMrst Fruits ; but in Fli/al.)cth's reign they were revived, by the Act 1 Elizabeth, cap. and put under the Survey of the Exchequer. From April, 1642, Vol. 11., 4ih S<.rici, ^' 56 INSTITUTIONS O]- SIIROPSjIIRK INCUMMENTS. to April, i660j during the Commonwealth period, there werr no Certificates of First Fruits. From these Certificates w e are able to ascertain the names of the patrons of the benefices, as well as to compile a fairlv complete list of the incumbents of the several parishes. • , W. G. D. F. FIRST FRUrrS. BISHOPS' CERTIFICATES. Hereford. File X. Oct. 1634 — ^^P^il 1642. Staunton Lacy, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlo\^•. — Ralph Clayton, Doctor of Sacred Theology, was admitted to the said vicarage of Staunton Lacy at the presentation of William, Lord Craven, 23rd Sept., 1634. Myndtown, co. and Archdeaconry of Salop, Deanerv of Clun.— Jeremy Oakeley, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of the parish church aforesaid, i8th Oct., 1634, at the presentation of the King, by lapse of time. Higley vicarage, co. and Archdeaconry of Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon. — Giles Rawlins, Master of Arts, is admitted to the said vicarage, iith May, 1634, at the presentation of George Pierson, gentleman, patron. Corle\' rectory. Archdeaconry of Salop, Deanery of Burford. — Richard Shcphard, Master of Arts, is admitted to the said rectory, iith July, 1634, ^^^^ presentation of the King, by lapse of time. Leedhani alias Liddom rectory, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn. — 1st Dec, 1636. John Ambler, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the said rectory, at the presentation of Richard Oakeley, esquire, true patron. Co. Salop. — i6th June, 1637, John Poyner, clerk. 1 bachelor in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of the parish church of Glascly with Deuxhill, Deanery of Stotcsden. at the presentation of John \\'iltle, Sergeant at Law, patron for this time. Co. Salop. — 24th July, 1637, William Lowe, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of Aston. Deanery of Clun, at the presentation of William Littleton, escjuire, true patron. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Co. Salop. — 8th Aug., 1637, John Roberts, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of Wentnor, Deanery of Clun, at the presentation of Thomas Thinn, knight, true patron. Co. Salop. — i8th Aug., 1637, William Handcockes, clerk, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of the parish church of Shelve, Deanery of Pontesbury, at the presentation of Henry Lingen, esquire, true patron. Co. Salop.— 23rd Aug., 1637, George Lawson, clerk, ^faster in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of More, Deanery of Clun, at the presentation of Richard Moore, esquire, true patron. Co. Salop. — 27th Sept., 1637, Thomas Froysell, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the perpetual N'icarage of the parish church of Clun, Deanery of Clun. at the presentation of Humphre}- W'alcott, esquire, true patron. Co. Salop. — i6th Nov., 1637, Richard Fletcher, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of Ludlowe, Deanery of Ludlov/e, at the presentation of the King. Co. Salop. — 17th Jan., i637[-8], Jeremy Skely, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Cardington, Deanery of Wenlock, at the presentation of Harcourt Leighton, esquire, patron. Co. Salop. — 22nd May, 1638, George Benson, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of the parish Church of Chetton, Deaner\' of Stotesdcn, at the presentation of John Wilde and Walter Blountc, patrons. Co. Salop. — 22nd Nov., 1638, Francis Browne, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rector\' of the parish church of Sharwarden, Deanery of Pontesbury, at the presentation of Henry Bromley, esquire, jxitron. Co. Salop.— I2th Feb.,. i638[-9], Thomas Atkinson, clerk. Master in. Arts, was admitted and instituted to the rectory of the parish church of Winstantow e. Deanery of Ludlowe, at the presentation of John Craven, esquire, [)atron. . Co. Salop. — 28th Feb., i63si-9l- Gilbert Maiden, clerk, Master in Arts, admitted to the rectory of Willey, Deanery of Wonl()ckc,at the presentation of Joliii WcMr.cM juirc,[>alron. 58 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Co. Salop. — 28th Feb., i638[-9], Thomas Adney, clerk. Master in Arts, admitted to the rectory of Easthope. Deanery of Wenlocke, at the presentation of the King, Co. Salop.— 10th April, 1639, Timothy Preene, clerk- Master in Arts, was admitted to thti rectory of Hanwooil Magna, Deanery of Pontesbur\-, at the presentation of Peter Mease, clerk. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, {)atron for this time. Co. Salop. — 15th May, 1639, Thomas Attkinson. clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Staunton Lacy, Deanery of Ludlowe, at the presentation of Julni Craven, esquire, patron. Co. Salop. — 5th Aug., 1639. William Madestard, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sidebuiw Deanery of Stotesden. at the presentation of King Charles. Co. Salop. — 9th November, 1639, J^^^i^ W'iiitmore, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Onibur\', Deanery of Ludlow, at the presentation of John Craven, esquire, patron. Co. Salop. — i8th April, 1640, Patrick Panter. Doctor of Sacred Theology, was admitted to the rectory of Molgate. Deanery of Wenlocke, at the presentation of the Bishoj) of Hereford. Co. Salop. — 23rd July, 1640, Francis Jucks, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Bagott, Deanery of Ludlowe. at the presentation of John Robinson, esquire, patron. Co. Salop. — 28th Jan., i64o[-i], William Owen, clerk, was ^admitted to the rectory of Pulverbache, Deanery ol Pontesbury, at the presentation of William Owen, knight, patron. Co. Salop. — 6th June, 1640, Thomas Brompton, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Boudler, Deanery of W^enlocke, at the presentation of Sam[)Son Lure, esquire, patron for this time. Co. Salop. — 14th July, 1641, William Beale, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Donnington alia^ Downetown, Deanery of Clun, at the presentation of the King. Co. Salop. — 2ist Oct., 164 1, George Firchilde, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Badghor. Dcanerv of Wenlocke, at the presentation of Thomas Kinnersly, es(]uire, [)atron. ISStlTUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Co. Salop.— 8th Nov., 1641, Thomas Shepheard, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Whcthill, Deanery of Stotesden, at the presentation of Robert Dctton and William Holland, patrons. Co. Salop. — 24th Dec, 1641, James Cressett, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Oldbury, Deanery of Stotesden, at the presentation of the King. File XI. April 1G60 — April 1663. 1661. Brompton, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow. — Henry Maurice, clerk, was admitted to the said vicarage 20th March, i66o[-il. at the presentation of Matthew Herbert, esquire, patron. Tugford, CO. Salop, Deaner\- of \\'enlocke. — George Panter, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the said rectory 5th April, 1661, at the presentation of — Leedom, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn. — Brian iVmbler, clerk, was admitK^d to the said rectory 8th April, 1661, at the presentation of William Oakley, esquire. Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesden. — Richard Detton, clerk, was admitted to the rectory aforesaid loth .\pril, 1661, at the presentation of John Travell, esquire. Kiniett, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesden. — Christopher Stock, Master in Arts, was admitted to tlie said vicarage i8th May, 1661, at the presentation of William Child, knight. Sutton near Salop, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury. — \\'illiam James, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the ^aid rectory 27th May, 1661, at the presentation of Thomas Mack worth, esquire. Bishops Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn. — Theophilus Jackson, clerk, was admitted to the said vicarage i8th Sept., 1 661, at the presentation of Jane Waring, widow. Onibury, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow. — -Nathaniel Worthington, clerk, was admitted to the rectory aforesaid nth Oct., 1663, at the presentation of William, Lord Craven. P>race Meole, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury. — Richard NN'nrter, cK rk, was admitted to the said vicarage i8th Oct., 1 661. at the presentation of Cecilia Edwards, widow, mother and gu.udian of Sir I'rancis Ldwards, baronet, the p-Uron. 6o INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Carston alias Cardeston, co. Salop, Deanery of Ponte^- bury— Richard Nicholls, clerk, was admitted to the rectorv aforesaid 2gth Oct., 1661. at the presentation of Robcit Leighton, esquire. 14 Charles II. Richard Peake, clerk, w,as admitted to the rectory of Hopton Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunne, 12th June, 1662, at the presentation of Robert Wallopp, esquire. Humphrey Tydder, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Burwarton, CO. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, 12th June, 1662, at the presentation of Robert Wallopp, esquire. Edward Goldne}', clerk, was admitted to the rectory ot Billingsley, co. Salop, 3rd July, 1662, at the presentation ui George Neuton. William Cleeveland, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Oldbury, co. Salop, Deanerv of Stotesdon, 24th July, 1662, at the presentation of the King. 15 Charles I. George Adney, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Cleebury North alias North Cleebury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, 30th Sept., 1662, at the presentation of Sir Humphrey Briggs, knight. George Brackley, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Chetton with the chapel of Laughton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, 12th Nov., 1662, at the presentation of Edmund Wild, esquire. Richard Sheppard, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Diddlebury, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlowe, 17th Dec, 1662, at the presentation of the dean and chapter of Hereford cathedral. John Broadhurst, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Badger alias Badgesor, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlocke, 20th Dec, 1662, at the presentation of Thomas Kinnersly. 15 Charles I, James Heydocks, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlowe, 16th March, 1662. at the presentation of Jeremy Hibbins. gcntlcni;in. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIKK INCTMBENTS. Gl Joseph Jackson, clerk,- was admitted to the vicarage of Chinn, CO. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, 6th July, 1663, at the presentation of John Walcott. 16 Charles I. Robert Millward, Master in Arts, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Downton, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, 22nd Aug., 1663, at the presentation" of the King. Philemon Hayes, Bachelor in Arts, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontisbury, at the presentation of Richard Moore, esquire, 21st Sept., 1663. John Woolrich, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Wenlock parva, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, 29th Oct., 1663, at the presentation of William Hayward, gentleman, 17 Charles I. 27th June, 1664, Joseph Bell, clerk, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Wenlock Magna, Co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, at the presentation of Ursula Bertie. 8th Dec, 1664, Hugh Owen, clerk, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Stowe, Deanery of Clunne, co. Salop, at the presentation of the King. 19th Dec, 1664, Nathaniel Trapp, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Middlcton Scriven, Deanery of Stotesdon, co. Salop, by Edrian Brigge, gentleman, patron. 1st Feb., i664[-5], was admitted Hugh Pugh, clerk, to the rectory of Tugford, Deanery of Wenlock, co. Salop, at the presentation of the bishop of Hereford, patron. File XII. April 1665— October 1670. 18 Charles I. 22nd Oct., John Ouldham, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Cleebury North, co. Salop, Deanery of Stottesdon, at the presentation of Humphrey Brigges, knight and baronet. 19 Charles IL 22nd Jan., i666[-7], luiward Walker, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Oldbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stottosden, vacant by tlie death of William Cleav( land, hist rector, at the presentation of the King. 6^ INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSIIIRK INCl'MliKNTS. 5th March, i666[-7], Henry Holland, clerk, was adniitteci to the rectory of Wheathill, co. Salop, vacant by the death ot Thomas Sheppard, clerk, last rector, at the presentation ci William Holland, patron. 19 Charles. 17th July, 1667, Brian Ambler, clerk, was admitted to the | perpetual vicarage of Lidbury North, co. Salop, Deanorv of j Clunn, to which he was presented by the Kinc^. I 17th July, 1667, George Walker, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, j was admitted to the vicarage of Deuxhill and Glaceley, co. | Salop, Deanery of Stottesden, vacant by the cession oi j Edward Walter, clerk, last rector, to which he was presented by Edmund Wylde, esquire. 20 Charles. i8th Feb., i667[8], Giles Waring, clerk, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Bishops Castle, co., Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the natural death of Theophilus Jackson, clerk, last vicar, to which he was presented by Edward Waring, esquire. 22nd Jan., t667[-8], George Roberts, clerk, was admitted to Stretton in le Dale, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlocke, by the natural death of Peter Dormer, clerk, last rector. t(^ which he was presented by Sir Henry Frederick Thynne. 18th Feb., i66y[-S], John Phillipps, clerk, was admitted to the second portion of the rectory of Burford, co. Salo[>, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the resignation of Thomas Clent, clerk, to which he was presented by Gilbert Cornwall, knight, Baron of Burford. I2th Feb., 1667 [-8], Thomas Hall, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Coldweston, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlo\Ne, vacant by the death of Thomas Archley, clerk, last rector, to which he was presented by Charles Maddox, gentleman. .7.0 Charles. ist June, 1668, Samuel Rusbach, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Coreley, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant bv the death of John Rusbach, clerk, to which he was presented ! by Richard Coleinge, esquire. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCI'MnHNTS. 6.5 3r(l June, 1668, Henry Maurice was admitted to tlie rectory of Strctton in le Dale, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlocke, vacant by the resignation of George Roberts, clerk, to which ho \Na5 presented by Henry Frederick Thynne, baronet. iSth June, 166S, Thomas Cole, clerk, w as admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Dcaner\' of Ludlowe, by the resignation of James Haddock, clerk, 10 which he was presented b\' Jetemy Hibbins, esquire. 2ist July, 1668, Hugh Llo\'d, clerk, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Stanton Longa, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Wenlocke, vacant by the death of John Macklen, clerk, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of 1 lercford. Sih August, 166S, Giles Kettilby, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stottesden, vacant b\- the death of Richard Detton, clerk, to which he was presented by John Travell, esquire. 21 Charles II. 24th August, 1668, Maurice Collins, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bedstone, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Lloyd, clerk, to which he was presented by Gilbert, Archbishop of Canterbur\', by a temporary lapse. 19th Nov., 1668, William Broughton was admitted to the rectory of Sidbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stottesden, vacant by the death of John Bursey, clerk, to which he was pre- sented by Charles, Earl of Salop. 21 Charles II. 8th May, 1669, Stephen Phillipps, clerk, was admitted to the dignity of the Archdeaconry of Salop, in Hereford Cathedral, vacant by the death of Thomas Cooke ; to which Iv' was presented by tlie Bishop of Hereford. -i5ih Sept., 1669, John Slade, clerk, was admitted to the Vicarage of Bromfield, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlowe, vacant bv the resignation of Hervev Maurice, clerk : to w Inch he \^as presented by Richard Herbert, of Bromtield, esqune. <)th Oct., i6t)9, }c)hn ])eddow, clerk, was admittetl to the »t-c\ory of Wolstaston, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlocke, 11., 4ih ::eriea. I INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSIIIRC INCUMRKNTS. vacant b}- the death of Thomas Detton, to which he was presented by Roger Pope, esquire. 22 Charles II. 15th Dec, 1669, Thomas Kettlebv, clerk, Bachelor of Art?, was admitted to the rectory of Greete, Deanerv of Burford, | CO. Salop, vacant by the d.eath of Thomas Grifliths, to which i he was presented by Lady Cecilia Edwards, of the town of I Salop, widow. j iGth Dec, 1669, Walter Abbott, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Dowles, Deanery of Burford, co. Salop, vacant by 1 the death of William Dalby, clerk, to which he was presented } by Francis, Lord Newport. I nth ^Larch, i669[-7o], Richard Eaton, clerk, was admitted | to the rectory of Billingesley, Deanery of Stottesden, co. ! Salop, vacant by the death of Edward Goldney, clerk, to j which he was presented by Richard Creswell, of Sudbur\-, CO. Salop, esquire. File XIII. Oct. 1670 — April 1675. 23 Charles II. 25th Oct., 1670, Richard Junninges, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Holgate, co. Salop, Deanerx- ! of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Patrick Panter, Professor of Sacred Theology. ^th April, 1 67 1, Thomas Rogers, Master in Arts, clerk, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Clunn, Deanerv of Clunn, CO. Salop, vacant by the death of Joseph Jackson, clerk, to which he was ])resented b\- John Walcott. esquire. 23 Charles II. nth May, 1671, Gilbert Cole, clerk, was admitted to the lirst portion of Pontesbury, Deanery of Pontesbur\-, co. Salop, vacant by the death of Timothy Ilammondcs, clerk, to j which he was }")resented by Tliomas Owen, of Condo\er, esquire. nth June, 1671, Henry Cleyton, clerk. Master in Arts, wa-^ admitted to the rectory of Stretton in le Dale alias Church- stretton, Deanery of Wenlocke, co. Salop, vacant by the INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRK INCUMBENTS. resignation of Henry Maurice, clerk, to which he was pre- sented by Henry Frederick Thynne, of Kempsforde, co. Gloucester, knight. 24 Charles II. 2nd May, 1672, Henry Brickdale, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Pulverbach alias Churton, Deanery of Pontesbury, co. Salop, vacant by the death of William Owen, clerk, to which he was presented b\- Henry llaylin, of Minster Lovell, co. Oxon, esquire. 5th June, 1672, Benjamin Taylor, clerk, was admitted to I he perpetual vicarage of Madeley, Deanery of Wenlocke, co. Salop, vacant by the death of Michael Richards, clerk, to the \N hich he was presented by Basil Fitz Herbert, of Norburv, CO. Derby, esquire, and John Pursell, of Madeley, gentleman, in the right of Basil Brooke, infant. 24 Charles II. i8th June, i672[-3], James Crescett, clerk, Master in Arts* N\as admitted to the rectory of Rushbury, Deanery of W'enlocke, co. Salop, by the death of Thomas Adney, clerk, to which he was presented by James Pitt, of Kyer, co. Worcester, esquire. 22nd Jan., i672[-3j, Edwin Baldwin, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Easthope, Deanery of Wenlocke, co. Salop, \ acant by the death of Samuel Stedman, clerk, to which he was presented by George Ludlowe, gentleman. 25 Charles II. 29th July, 1673, John Wilcox, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Clungunford, Deanery of Clun, eo. of Salop, vacant by the death of Samuel Barkley, clerk, to which he was presented by Samuel Barkley, gentleman. 26 Charles II. 7th Oct., 1673, Charles Hincksman, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Neene Sellers with the chapelle of Milson •innexed, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Edward i'itt, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Bury, K^^ntleman. ! 66 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. I 26 Charles II. ; 28th May, 1674, Maurice Lloyd, clerk, was admitted to thi perpetual vicarage of Bucknell, co. Salop, Deanery of CluPi. vacant by the death of John Gough, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Crowther, esquire. 3rd July, 1674, Richard Lucas, clerk, was admiltcd to the rectory of Aston, co. Salop, Dcaner}- of Clun, vacant hv lli. resignation of E/ercl Songc, clerk, to \\ Inch ho w as prescntcil by Hannah Littleton, widow. 27 Charles II. 25th Jan., 1674, Ldward Caldw all, clerk, Bachelor in Arts. ] was admitted to the vicarage of Stotherton alias Stotesden. | CO. Salop, Deanery of Stotesden, with the chaple annexed, i vacant by the death of Benjamin W'ildinge, clerk, to which \ he was presented by Ed^\ard Cald\\ ell. 8th March, 1674, Robert Millward, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stowe, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunne. vacant by the death of Hugh Owens, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. File XIV. April 1675 — 1680. 27 Charles II. 22nd Sept., 1675, Thomas Sedden alias Sidney, clerk, \ admitted to the rectory of Worthen, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Lawrence Sedden alias Sidney, to which he was presented by Robert Leighton. 28 Charles II. ; 27th |an., i675[-6], Samuel Eyre, clerk, Master in Arts, to the rectory of Neenton, co. Salop, Dcaner\- of Stotesden, i vacant by the dcatli of Giles Kctlleby, clerk, to which he was ! presented by James Travell. r)lh March, 1675I-6], Vincent Owen, clerk, lo the rectory 1 of Munslowe, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlockc, vacant by the I death of George Littleton, clerk, to which he was presented j by Thomas Pointe alias Littleton, baronet. 28 Charles II. 10 August, 1676, Thomas Beers, clerk, Bachelor of .\rls, 1 was admitted to the rectory of Cardeston, co. Salop, Deaner\- I INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMl'.ENTS. 67 of Poiitesbury, \acant by the death of Richard Nicholb. clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Leighton. 20th Sept., 1676, Joseph Bhindston, clerk, f)achclor of Arts, to the rectory of Chetton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of George Berkley, clerk, to which he was presented by J^dinund Wild, esquire. 29 Chxirles II. 1st Nov., 1676, William Fostbrookc, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Diddlebury, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Richard Sheppard, clerk, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chaptt-^r of Hereford Cathedral. i6th Jan., i676[-7], Ambrose Rork, clerk, was admitted to the rectorv of Hopesa}', co. Salop, Deaner}- of Clunn. vacant by the death of Richard Avensham, clerk, to which he was presented by John Rock, gentleman. 14th March, i676[-7], Benjamin Taylor, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Badgsor alias Badger, co. Salop. Deaner\- of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Broadhurst, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Kinnersley. 29 Charles II. 20th June, 1677,' Joseph Wolley, clerk, was admitted to the rectorv of Oldburv, co. Salojy, Deanery of Stotesden, vacant by the death of Edward Walker, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. 30 Charles II. 30th Oct., 167S, Daniel ^^^all, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesburv, vacant by the death of Philemon Hayes, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Moor, esquire. 4th Jan., i67S[-9], Thomas, Hotchki.-. iKichclor of .Vrts, ^^as admitted to the vicarage of Alberbury, co. Salo[), Deanery C'f Pontesbury, vacant by the death ot Edward Wall, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Jcames, Professor of Sacred Theology. nth Jan., i677[-8], bVancis Smith, clerk, was admitted to llic rector}- of Biilingsley, co. Salo^), Deanery of Stotesden. 68 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHlklC INXUMBEXTS. vacant by the resignation of Richard Eaton, clerk, to which he was presented by the Bishop of Hereford. 2gth Jan., i677[-8], John Burton, Master of Arts, v.as admitted to the vicarage of Higley, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon. vacant by the death of Giles Rawlins, to which he was presented by Humphrey Grove, gentleman. 13th Feb., i677[-8], Thomas Cooper, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Habberley, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesburv, vacant by the death of John Cooper, clerk, to which he was presented by Ruby Mullon, widow. 5th March, 1677I -8I, John Harding, clerk, Master of Arts, to the vicarage of Chirbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Edward Lewis, clerk, to which he was presented by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Salop. I2th March, i677[-S], John Wagstaff, Master of Arts, wa.^ admitted to the rectory of Wenlock parva, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Woolrich, clerk, to which he was presented by William Hayward. 30 Charles II. 16th May, 1678, Francis Atkinson, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Wistantow, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Good, Professor of Theology, to which he was presented by William, Earl of Craven. 1 8th July, 1678, Daniel Wall, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of le Moor, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of George Lawson, clerk, to whicli he w as presented by Richard Moor, escjuire. 28th Aug., 1678. Richard Eyre was admitted to the rectory of Necnton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon. vacant by the resignation of Samuel Eyre, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Travel!, esquire. 31 Charles II. 14th Jan., i67S[-g], Benjaniin Barkly. clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop. Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the resignation of David Wall, clerk, to which he was i)rcscntcd by Richard Moor, esquire. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 69 10th March, i6yS[-cj], Thomas Hughes, clerk, Bachelor o[ Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Bromfield, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of John Slade, clerk, to which he was presented by Henry Herbert, Baron of Chirbury, William Herbert and Thomas Walcott, esquires. 31st March, 1679, John Low, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of AIeol, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Richard Warter, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Edwards. 2nd April, 1679, John Darrell, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Billingsley, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by tlie resignation of Robert Eaton, clerk, to which he was presented by George Norton. 31 Charles. U. 1st Jul}', 1679, Thomas Grenhalgh, clerk, ATaster of Arts, \\as admitted to the vicarage of Staunton Lacy, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Robert Foulks. to which he was presented b}- William, Earl of Craven. 3rd Aug., 1679, William Fosbrook, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Acton Scott, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Richard Detton, clerk, to which he was presented by Edmund Caldwell, 2nd Sept., 1679, Francis Ackinson, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Aston Bottrele, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Richard Detton, clerk, to which he was presented by John Atkinson, gentle- man. 32 Charles H. 2^lh Nov., 1679, Edward Glover, clerk. Master of Art?, w:is admitted to the rectorv of r)urf()rtl, co. Salo[), \ acant ])\- I lie death of Thomas Bannister, clerk, to which he was prt'>ontod b\- Thomas Cornewall. ^'^th Jan., i679[-8o], William Smith, clerk. Master of Arts, wa^ achiiitted to the rectory of Bitterly, co. Salop, Deanery t'f Ludlow, vacant by the death of John Lyddall, clerk, to which he was presented bv Thomas Meres. 1st Nfarch, i679[-So], John Prince, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Wentnor, co. Salop, 70 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMDF XTS. Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of John Robert?, to which he was presented by the Dean and chapter ot Christ's Cathedral, Oxford. 1st March, i67g[-8o], John Crows, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Burwardsley alias Broseley, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Richard Ogden, to which he was presented by Sir John Weld, knight. File XV. April 1680— April 1685. 32 Charles II. 30th April, 1680, Francis Wheeler, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Willey, co. Salop, Deanerv of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Robert Ogdon, clerk, to which he was presented by. Sir John Weld, knight. 6th June, 1680, William Cleaveland, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Upton Cressett, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of John Crow, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Cressett, esquire. 33 Charles II. gth Nov., 1680, Jonathan Edwards, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Brace Meole, co. Salop. Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the resignation of John Low, to which he was presented by Francis Ed\N'ards. baronet. 3rd Dec, 1680, William Watkins, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stanton Longa, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant b}' the death of Hugh Lloyd, clerk, to which he was presented b\' the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral. 27th Dec, 16S0, John Ta\'ler, clerk, l.)achelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Bagott, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of b^rancis Jukes, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir William Jones, knight. 33 Charles II. 23rd Mav, 1681, Charles Farrar, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Cold Weston, co. Salop, Deaner\' of Ludlow INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 71 \ acarit by the resignation of Thomas Hall, clerk, to which he was presented by Charles Maddox, gentleman. 3rd June, 16S1, Thomas Greenhalgh, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Tasley, co. Salop, Deanerv of Stotesdon, vacant by thc^ death of Reginald Corbett, to which he was presented by Afabel Acton, \\ idow. 17th June, 16S1, Paul Broac^hurst, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hughlee, co. Salop, l)eancr\' of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Cole, clerk, to which he was presented by John Woolrich, esquire. 1st August, 1681, John Price, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the dexter part or portion of the rectory of Westbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant bv the death of Ambrose Phillipps, clerk, to which he was presented by Anna Sprott, widow. 34 Charles II. 27th Oct., 168 1, Benjamin Taylor, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bag[esore] .^Jlas Badger, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, to which he was presented b\' the King. iSth Dec, 168 1, Richard Sauchy, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Downton, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Humphrey Barnett, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. loth Feb., 168 1, Thomas 13ird, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Kinlett, co. Salop, Deanery ot Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Christopher Stock, clerk, to which he wa^ presented by the King. 13th March, i68r, Ralph Harper, clerk, was admitted to the third portion of the [)arish church of Pontesbury, co. Salop, Deaner)' of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Ralph Murrall, clerk, to which he was presented by Nehemiah Scott. 22nd Jan., i68i[-2], Mark Fothergill, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rector}- of Tasley, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Thomas Greenhalgh, clerk, to which he was presented by Maria, second Baroness of Stafford. 23rd Feb., i68i[-2], Thomas Cole, clerk, 13achelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Onibur\', co. Salop, Deanery Vol. U., ml, Scrici. ^ 72 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Nathaniel Worthington. clerk, to which he was presented by William, Earl of Craven. 35 Charles II. 5th Oct., 16S2, Adam Okley, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the 2nd portion of the rectory of Pontesbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of William Owen, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Richard Corbett, baronet, and Sir Adam Otle\-, knight. 2nd Nov., 1682, John Parsons, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Wenlock Magna, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Bell, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Bertie, esquire. 26th June, 1683, Samuel Newborough, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stanton Lacv, C(^. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Grcenhalgh, to which he was presented b\- William, Earl of Craven. 26th June, 16S3, John Tayler, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton Wafers, co. Salop, vacant by the death of John Wheeler, clerk, to which he was presented by Charles Boughton, gentleman. 23rd Sept., 16S3, John Smeeths, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Dowles, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Walter Abbott, to which he was presented by Henry Herbert, esquire. 20th Oct., 1683, Richard Hall, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hoj-ie Baggott, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant bv the cession of John Tayler, clerk, to which he was presented b\' EHzabeth Jones, widow. 36 Charles II. 6th Nov., 1683, Henry Warbrack, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Holgatc, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock. vacant by the "death of Riehrird Imings. clerk, to which he was i)resented by the r)islio}) of Hereford. 5th Dec, 1^)83, Thomas Heywood, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of SiK ington. Deanery of Ludlow, vacant bv the resignation of Henr\- Warbrack, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Hill, gentleman. I INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE IN'CL'MBEKTS. 73 T3th March, i683[-4], John Farmer, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Mindtowne, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, \ acant by the death of Robert Gawen, clerk, to which he was j)rcsented by George Farmer, gentleman. Qth April, 16S4, Vincent Hicks, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Kushbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wcnlock, vacant by the death of James Cressctt, clerk, to which he was presented by William Parsons. 36 Charles II. 25th August, 1684, Francis Wheeler, clerk, Master m Arts, was admitted to the Archdeaconry of Salop, in Hereford Cathedral, to which he was presented by the Bishop of Hereford. I James I. 2ist Jan., i684[-5], John Taylor, clerk, Master of Arts, u as admitted to the rectory of Wlieathill, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Henry Holland, clerk, to which he was presented by William Hotchkis, gentleman. File XVI. April 1685 — April iGcju. 1 James II. 2nd May, 1685, Thomas Marston, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cainham, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Jiolland. clerk, to which he was presented by John Cotes, esquire. 24th July, 1685, Richard Bulkcley, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Ludlow, co. Salop, Deancrv of Ludlow, to which he w as presented by the King. 2 James II. 26th Jan., 1685 [-6], Thomas Pipard, clerk, w as admitted to the rectory of Bu-rwarton, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Humphrey Tudor, to which he \\as pi'csented by Job Walker, esquire. 8th Feb., i685[-6], Thomas Rogers, clerk, Master of Arts, ^vas admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, \ acant by the cession of Penjamin Jkukeley, to ^vhich he was presented by Richard More, esquire. yih April, 168G, William Hanmer, clerk, Master of Arl^, 74 INSTITU'l IONS or SHROPSHIRE INXUMBENTS. was admitted to the rectory of Worthen with the chajKl annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Thomas Seddon alias Sidney, to which he was presented by Robert Leighton, esquire. 2 James II. 2 1st May, i686, Robert Shans, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Rushbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Vincent Leick, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Cressett, esquire. 1 2th August, i686, Thomas Littleford, clerk, Bachelor uf Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Loughton, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation of Paul Broadhurst, clerk, to which he was presented bv Arthur Weaver and W' illiam Wartcr, esquires, guardians of Thomas W^olrych, gentleman, a minor. 24th Sept., 1686, Richard Baugh, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Stoke St. Milburge. CO. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Richard Newborough, clerk, to which he was presented by John Conyers, esquire. 28th Sept., 1G86, John Duison, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Lydbury North, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Brian Ambler, clerk, to which he was presented by William Oakley, esquire. 2gth Sept., 16SG, Simon Edwards, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Leedham, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Charles Farrar, to w Inch he was presented by \\'illiam Oakley, esquire. I2th April, 1686, Timothy Kettilby, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Cold \\'eston, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow . vacant by the death of Charles Farrar, clerk, to which he w as presented by Charles Maddox, gentlciuan. 3 James IL loth Dec, 1686, Jolm Rogers, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted to the [')erpetual vicarage of Staunton Longa, CO. Salop, I^eanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of William Watkins, clerk, to which he was })resentcd by the Dean and Chapter of FIcrcford. - INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INXUMBENTS. 75 6th Jan., i686[-7], Richard Hartshorne, clerk, was admitted 10 the rectory of Willey, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Francis Wheeler, to w hich he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 24th Jan., i686[-7], Theophilus Dorrington, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton Castle, co. Salop, I^canery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Richard Peake, clerk, to which he was presented by Bartholomew Beale, t;entleman. 31st March, 1687, Nathaniel Jordan, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deanery of rontcsbury, vacant by the resignation of John Rogers, clerk to which he was presented by Richard More, esquire. 3 James II. iGth June, 1687, Richard Rushbury, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Stotesdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, with the chapel of h\irlo\\, co. Hereford, vacant by the death of Edward Caldwall, clerk, to which he was presented by George Norton, knight. 15th Sept., 16S7, Samuel Milward, clerk, iMaster in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of More, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Daniel Wall, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard More, esquire. 4 James II. 3rd March, i687[-8j, Edward Thomas, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Reginald E\Te, rlerk, to which he was presented by Sir Thomas Travcll, knight. 2^rd June, 16SS, William Meredith, clerk, Master of Arts, N^as admitted to the rectory of Mainstone, co. Salop, Deancr)- C^lunn, vacant by the death of John Wilcox, clerk, to w hich lie was presented by the King. ^Sih June, 16S8, John Dowdier, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, Was admitted to the rectory of Cardeston, co. Salop, Deanery »'f Bontesbury, vacant by the death of Thomas Beers, clerk, ^> which he was presented b>- Robert Leighton, esquire. 76 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBEKTS. I 2gth May, 1689, Samuel Mathewc?, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Buckncll, co. vSalop. Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the resignation of Maurice ] Lloyd, to which he was presented by Edward Harley. 6th Aug., i68g, Thomas Pepyr, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rector\- of Burwarton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the-' resignation of Thomas Piper to which he was presented by Job Walker, senior. ] I2th Oct., 1689, George Evans, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, wa^: admitted to the rectory of Broseley, co. Salop, Deanery of j Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Crow, clerk, to which he was presented by the Bishop. 1 William and Mary. 3rd Jan., i689[-9o], Peter Newton, clerk, Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Leedham, co. Salop, Dcancrv j of Clunn, vacant by the death of Simon Edwards, clerk, to j which he was presented by W'illiam Oakc]e\', esquire. | nth Nov., 16S9, Kalj)h A\'oolley, clerk, was admitted to } the rectory of Sydbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, \ vacant by the resignation of William Broughton, Professor of Sacred Theology, to which he was presented by Charles, Earl of Salop. File XVII. April 1690 — April 1695. 2 William and Mary. 29th April, 1690, John Farmer, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bcdston, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Maurice Collins, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Ireland, esquire. 1st May, 1690, John Hamersley, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Ncenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Edward Thomas, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Travcll, knight, 23rd May, 1690, Daniel Griffith, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Winstanstow, co. Salop, Dcaner>- of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Francis Atkinson, ck"^rk, to which he was presented by William, Earl of Craven. 4th June, 1690, William Poole, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Aston Bottrell, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 77 vacant by the death of Francis Atkinson, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir George Norton, knight. 20th June, 1690, John Lanibc, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Kinlet, co. Salop, Deanerv of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Thomas Bird, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Child, gentleman. 2Sth August, 1690, William \,yhistons, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Little Wenlock, co. Salop, Deanerv of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Wagstaft', clerk, to which he was presented by William Hayward, gentleman. i8th Sept., 1690, Henry Tilley, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Rushburs', co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant b}' the resignation of Robert Shaw, clerk, !(:> which he was presented by Robert Cressett, esquire. 3 William and Mary. 8th April, 169 1, John Goodwyn, clerk, Master in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sylton alias Sylvington, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of Thomas Hey wood, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Hill, i^^entleman. i^th April, 1691, Ambrose Sparry, clerk. Master in Arts, was admitted to three parts of the rectory of Burford, with the chapels of Nash, Whitton and Boraston annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of W'illiam r>!shop, clerk, to which he was presented b}- Thomas <~-\>rnewall, esquire, 24th April, 1691, Edward Boughton, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton W^afers, co. Saloj-). Deanery of Burford, vacant by the resignation of John I aylor, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Hyde, entleman. T5th May, 1691, Jonathan Edwards, clerk, was admitted to the ?econd portion of the church of Westbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Cornelius l-vans, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Owen, ^ squire. 4 William and Mary. iJ^th Mav, 169?, James Talbot, clerk, Ixachelor in Arts, ''vas admitted to the rectory of Sutton, co, Salop, Deanery of 78 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMDKNTS. Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Wilham James, clerk, tc. which he was presented by Thomas Mackworth, esquire. 6 William and Mary. igth April, 169.^, Solomon Tyler, clerk, Master of Arts, wn^ admitted to the rectory of Bowdler, co. Salop, Deanery o: Wenlock, vacant by the death of Thomas Brampton, clerk. 1 to which he was presented' by Richard Davies, gent. | 2nd June, 1694, Nathaniel Williams, clerk, Bachelor of ! Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Dowles, co. Salon, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of John Smeeths, clerk, to which he was presented by Henry, Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbiiry. 8th Aug., 1694, John Godwin, clerk, Master in Arts, was ' admitted to the vicarage of Cleobury Mortimer, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Robert Goodwin, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir William Childe, knight. File XVHI. April 1695 to April 1700. 7 William HI. 20th June, 1695, James Bayley, clerk, was admitted to the | second portion of the rectory of Burford, co. Salop, Deanery { of Burford, vacant by the death of John Philipps, clerk, to j which he was presented by Thomas Cornwall, esquire. j 2nd July, 1695, Edward Philipps, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Rushbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Morris, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Cressett, esquire. 29th Feb., 1695, Robert Philipps, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Kinlett, co. vSalop, Deanery of j Stotesdon, vacant by the death of John Lamb, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Childe, esquire. 28th May, 1696, John Ball, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Eaton, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Jenkes, clerk, to \\ hich he was presented by Herbert Jenkes, gentleman. loth Sept., 1696, James Bayley, clerk, was admitted to the first portion of the rectory of l>urford with the chapel annexed. CO. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMIiEXTS. 79 Eiward Glover, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Cornewall, esquire. 9 WilHam III. 14th Nov., 1696, John Ulgate, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the Rectory of vSilvington, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of John Footer, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Hill, gentleman. gth March, 1696, Charles' Mansfield, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the second portion of the rectory of Burford with the chapel annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the resignation of James Bayley, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Cornwall, esquire. 10 William III. [ ,] 1698, Henry Stephens, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Nenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotcsdon, vacant by the death of John Hamersley, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Thomas Travel), knight. 22nd June, 1698, Joseph Barney, clerk. Bachelor in Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Willy, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Richard Hartshorne, clerk, to which he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 27th June, 1698, Thomas Green, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Beckbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of William James, to which he was presented by the Kmg. 29th June, 1698, Thomas ?^Iarkham, clerk, ^^la^ster of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hanwood, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Nehemia Evans, clerk, to which he was presented by Griffith Bigge, esquire. II William III. 22nd Dec, 1698, John Ambler, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Lidbury North, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the resignation of John Dunn, clerk, to which he was presented by John Dunn. 2Jnd Dec, 169S, Elizeus Fowler, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deancrs' of Pontesbury, vacant by the resignation of Nathaniel Jordan, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Moor, gentleman. Vol. II., 4ih Series. If 8o INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. i6th March, i69S[-g] , Richard Hudson, clerk, was admitte d to the rectory of Castle Hopton, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn. vacant by the resignation of Theophilus Dorrington, to whicli he was presented by Bartholomew Beale, esquire. 15th June, 1699, Henry Newman, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Bowdler, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation of Solomon Tyler, clerk, to which he was presented by William Newman, gentleman. I2th Oct., 1699, Samuel Billingsly, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Bishops Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Giles Wareing, clerk, to which he was presented by Walter Waring, esquire. 19th Dec, 1699, William Edwards, c^erk, was admitted to the vicarage of Cleobury Mortimer, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of John Goodwyn, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir William Child, knight. 13th March, i669[-i70o], John Ball, junior, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Abdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Ball, senior, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Humphrey Brigge, baronet. File XIX. April 1700 — April 1705. 25th May, 1700, Robert Luddington, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Chelmarsh, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Richard Hayes, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Edward Seabright, knight. 5th July, 1700, Samuel Newborough, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Bromfield, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Hughes, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Herbert, esquire. 13 William HI. 13th Dec, 1700, Richard Harris, clerk, was admiittcd to the vicarage of Stowe, co. Salop, Deanery of Cluna, vacant b\- the death of Robert Millward, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. iSth l-'eb., i70o[-i], Thomas Hotchkis, clerk, Master o!" Arts, was admitted to the vicarage o( Eaton, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation of John r)all, clerk, to which he was presented by i'Vancis Jenkes. INStltUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 8 1 27th Feb., 1700 [-1], Samuel Smith, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Cardeston, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of John Bowdler, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Edward Leighton, baronet 2 Anne. 2ist Jan., i70i[-2], William Rice, clerk, was adm'.tted to the rectory of Dowles, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Nathaniel Williams, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Henry Herbert, Baron of Chirbury. 6th May, 1702, Frederick Cornwall, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Bromfield, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of Saul Newborough, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Herbert, esquire. 6th May, 1702, Charles Fenton. clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Ludlow, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Richard Bulkeley, S.T.P., to which he was presented by the Queen. 6th May, 1702, John Davies, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Bucknell, co. Salop, Deanery of Cluna, vacant by the death of Samuel Mathewcs, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Harley, esquire. 2ist Jan., i702[-3], Savile Bradle}', clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Aston Bottrell, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of William Poole, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir George Norton, knight. loth April, 1703, Thomas Hotchkis, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Munslow, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Vincent Owen, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Thomas Littleton, baronet. 5th June, 1703, Benjamin Marston, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bitterley, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of William Smith, clerk, to which he was pfcjcnted by Sir Littleton Powycs, knight. 5lh June, 1703, Charles Hinkcsman, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Aston Bottrell, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Savile l^radlcy, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir George Norton, knight. 82 INSTITUTIONS OF SIIKOrSHiRE INCUMBENTS. 4 Anne. 2ist Dec, 1703, John Saylor, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Eaton, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the cession of Thomas Ilotchkis, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Jenkes. 15th May, 1704, Stephen Lewis, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Holgate, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Hdnry Warbrack, clerk, to which he was presented by the Bishop. loth June, 1704, Jeremiah Kitchin, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sutton, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of James Talbott, clerk, to which he was presented by Buckley Mack worth, esquire. 2ist Oct., 1704, Thomas Jones, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Neen Sellers with the chapel of Milson annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Charles Hinkesman, clerk, to which he was presented by Silvester Shaw, clerk, and Sara his wife. 8th Dec, 1704, Thomas Lateward, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Coldweston, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the [ ] of Timothy Kettleby, clerk, to which he was presented by Edmund Maddox, gentleman. I2th Dec, 1704, George Adney, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Ditton Priors, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of George Oseland, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Young, gentle- man. 17th Jan., i704[-5], Thomas Tasker, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hopcsay, co. Salop, Deanery of Cluna, vacant by the death of Ambrose Rock, clerk, to which he was presented by Marian Rock. 13th Feb., i704[-5], Thomas Green, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bagsore alias Badger, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Benjamin Sayler, clerk, to which he was presented by the Ouccn. loth Feb., 1704 [-5], Roger Richards, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stotesdon, co. Salop,, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 83 File XX. April 1705 to Oct. 1711. II Anne. i;th May, 1705, William Daker, clerk, Master ol Arts, was admitted to the rectory or sinister part of Wcstbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of [onathan Edwards, clerk, to. \vhich he was presented by Koc;er Owen, esquire. 29th May, 1705, Thomas Green, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Beckbury, co. Salop, Deanery of W'enlock, vacant by the cession of the last incunibcnt, to which he was presented by the Queen. 7th July, 1705, George Llewellyn, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Pulverbach, co. Salop. Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Henry l.>rickdale, clerk, to which he was presented by Roger Owen, Lsquire. Sth Aug., 1705, Richard Cock, clerk, was admitted to the \ icarage of Brace Meal alias Meal Brace, co. Salop, Deanery of I^ontesbury, vacant by the death of Jonathan Edwards, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Harvey, esquire. 27th Feb., i705[-6], Brian Cole, clerk. Bachelor ot Arts, \\as admitted to the vicarage of Stotesdon, co. Salop, I )canery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Roger Richards, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir George Norton, I'aronct. loth April, 1706, Richard Cooper, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Madeley, co. Salop, Deanery of W'enlock, V'icant by the death of Benjam.in Taylor, clerk, to which he \\a5 presented by [ ] Brook, [ ]. 23rd April 1706, John Edwards, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, as admitted to the vicarage of Downton, co. Salop, Deanery t'f Clunn, vacant by the resignation of Richard Sankey, clerk, io which he was presented by the Queen. yd Sept., 1706, Richard Oakley, clerk, was admitted to tl-c rectory of Cold Weston, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, \^cant by the death of Timothy Kettleby, clerk, to which he presented by [ ]. ^•'h Sept., 1706, Thomas Raker, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, ^\:is admitted to the vicarage of Great Wenlock, co. Salop, 84 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Parson?, clerk, to which he was presented by Humphrey, Bishop of Hereford. 25th Jan., i7o6[-7], Henry Baldwin, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the third portion of the rectory of Pontesburv. CO. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbiiry, vacant by the death of Henry Harper, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Baldwyn, gentleman. 4th Aug., 1707, Henry Baldwyn, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Dowles, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the cession of William Price, clerk, to which he was presented by Lord Henry Herbert, Baron of Chirbury. 23rd Sept., 1707, William Snead, clerk. Master of Arts, v/a? admitted to the rectory of Bedston, co. Salop. Deanerv of Clunn, vacant by [ ] of John Farmer, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Ireland, esquire. 8th April, 1708, William Painter, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cardington, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Thomas Corfield. clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Hunt, esquire. 13th July, 170S, James Littleford, clerk, Bachelor of Art?, was admitted to the rectory of Hughley, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Thomas Littleford, clerk, to w^hich he was presented by Sir John Wolrich, baronet. 14th July, 170S, John Gifford, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Mainston, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation or cession of William Meredith, clerk, to which he was presented by the Queen. 26th Oct., 1708, William Chambre, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stoke Milburgh, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Richard Baugh, clerk, to which he was presented by John Conyers, esquire. 6th March, i709[-io], John Cotton, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Brace Meal alias Meal Brace, CO. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Richard Cock, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Harvey, esquire, guardian of Sir Francis Edwards, baronet. gth March, i709[-io], Thomas Smith, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Culmingham, co. Salop, INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. I Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas I'othergale, clerk, to which he was presented by Henry, Karl of Stafl'ord. I2th April, 1710, Edward Rogers, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Leedham, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Peter Newton, clerk, to which lie was presented by Richard Oakley, esquire. 5th Oct., 1710, Henry Baldwin, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the first part of the rectory of Pontesbury, co, Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Gilbert Cole, clerk, to which he was presented by Francis Baldwyn, ^^entleman. i8th Oct., 1710, John Mathews, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Broseley, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of George Evans, clerk, to which he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 30th Oct., 1710, William Snead, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Shelve, co. Salop, Deanery ol Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Elisha Fowler, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas More, esquire. 14th Dec, 1710, Martin Crane, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Dowle, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the resignation of Henry Baldwin, clerk, to which he was presented by Herbert, Baron of Chirbury. 2nd March, i7io[-ii], Edmund James, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Shrawardine, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Robert Adams, clerk, to which he was presented by John Bromley, esquire. iSth April, 171 1, Samuel Collins, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stoke Milburgh, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of Richard Chambre, clerk, to which he was presented by John Conyers, cS()uire. 27lh June, 1711, Richard Morris, clerk, Bachelor of Art?, \vas admitted to the rectory of Greet, co. Salop, Deanery of iUiiford, vacant by the death of Thomas Kettlcby, clerk, to \^hich he was presented by Thomas l^dwards, e5(]uire. isi .\ug., 1711, Francis Astrey, clerk. Master of Arts, was viJiniued to the vicarage of Nicnt Savage aliaa Keen Savage, 86 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. CO. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death Richard Good, to which he was presented by the Queen. File XXI. Oct. 1711— April 1715. 12 Anne. ist April, 1713, Samuel Caston, clerk, Master of Arts, wa? admitted to the rectory of Deuxhill and Glazeby, co. SaioD Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of George Walker, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Wylde, esquire. gth March, 1714, Joseph Soley, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, wa^ admitted to the rectory of Chetton with the chapel or' Loughton annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Joseph Blundsron, clerk, to which he was presented by the Queen. I George I. 3rd May, 17 14, Thomas Taylor, clerk, ^^a3ter of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Wheathill, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of John Taylor, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Holland, esquire, and Mary Crumperdes. 30th Sept., 1714, Edward Collins, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Greet, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the resignation of Richard Morris, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Edwards, esquire. 13th Oct., 17 14, Thomas Spilsbury, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Baggott, co. Salop, Deanery oi Ludlow, vacant by the death of Xeste Bill, clerk, to which he was presented by William Bradley, gentleman, and William Freggleton, gentleman. loth Xov., 1714, Brian Cole, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Bishops Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the death of Samuel Billingsl}-, clerk, to which he was presented by Walter Waring, esquire. I2th Jan., I7i4[-I5], John Cupper, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Xcenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Henry Stephens, clerk, to which he was presented by Sarah Done, widow. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE IN'CUMBKNTS. File XXII. April 1715— 1720. 3 George I. 9th Nov., 1715, Thomas Price, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Aston, Deanery of Clun, co. Salop, vacant by the tleath of Timothy Kettleby, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Clavell and Thomas Bromfield, gentlemen. 14th Nov., 1715, Thomas Price, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Burrington, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the resignation of Thomas Price, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. 28th Feb., I7i5[-i6], John Ha?sell, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Billingsly, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of John Darrall, clerk, to which he was presented by John Caldwell. 2nd March, I7i5[-i6], Robert Woodhouse, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hopesay, co. Salon, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of Thomas Tasker, clerk, to which he was presented by Mary Rock, widow. 6th July, 1716, Robert Luddington, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Middleton Scriven, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Nathaniel Trapp, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Randolph, merchant. 29th Aug., 1716, John Cotton, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hanwood, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbur}^, vacant by the death of Thomas Markham, clerk, 10 which he was presented by Nicholas Biggs, esquire. 4 George I. 2nd Nov., 1716, Samuel Caston, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Chetton, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Joseph Seley, clerk, to which he was presented b\' Thomas W'yldc, esquire. 1st March, 1716 [-17], William P'^osbrook, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Coldweston, co. Salop. Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Richard Oakley, •^iork, to which he was presented by Ilcnr)-, Lord Herbert, baron of Chirbury. 9th April, 1717, John Rogers, clerk, Master of Aits, was admitted to the vicarage of Stanton Longa.co. Salop, Dcanrry Vol. II., 4U1 Spric*. M 88 INSTITUTIONS OF/ SH ROPSHIRE INCUNfBENTS. of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Rogers, clerk, to which he was presented by the dean and chapter of Herefor^i cathedral. 5 George I. 23rd July, 1718, John Edwards, clerk, Bachelor of An?, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Dagot, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Spilsburv. clerk, to which he was presented by Henry Newport, esquire- 20th Sept., 17 18, Samuel Green, clerk, Master of Arts, wa.> admitted to the perpetual vicarage ot Stanton Lacy, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Samuel Newborough, clerk, to which he was presented by William, Lord Craven. 22nd September, 1718, John Beesten, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Cainham. co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Marston, clerk, to which he was presented by Robert Powis, esquire. 6 George I. 20th April, 1719, Thomas Bennett, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the first part of the rectory of Westbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of William Daker, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Owen, esquire. File XXHL April 1720— April 1725. 6 George I. lOth May, 1720, John Higgs, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Higley, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon. vacant by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Thomas Thomas, gentleman. 2nd June, 1720, William Dames, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stow, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the resignation of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by the King. 2Sth June, 1720, Edward Rogers, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Moor, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, vacant by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by [ ] Moor, widow, INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 27th July, 1720, John Cotton, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the perpetual vicarage of Brace Meol, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the cession of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Francis Edwards, baronet. 9th Sept., 1720, Francis Rock, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hppesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the cession of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Margaret Rock, \^•idow. 5th June, 1720, Thomas Edwards, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Greet, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Edward Collins, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Edwards, esquire. nth June, 1720, Thomas Lyster, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Neen'ton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesden, vacant by the death of John Cupper, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Lyster, esquire. 24th Nov., 1720, Edward Cresset, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Upton Cresset, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of William Cleeveland, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Cresset, esquire. 9 George I. 28th April, 1722, Edward Cressett, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Rushbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wcnlock, vacant by the death of Edward Philips, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Cressett, esquire. 3rd May, 1722, Thomas Marston, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cainham, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the resignation of John Beeston, clerk, lo which he was presented by Robert Powys, clerk. 6th July, 1722, Thomas Griffiths, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Wentnor, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the death of John Price, S.T.P., to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. loth August, 1722, Thomas Lyster, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the Rectory of \Vestbur\-, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of John Price, S.T.P., to which he was presented by luiward Owen, esquire. ■i 90 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRt INCUMBENTS. 9 George L 29th Jan., i722[-3], Henry Bowdler, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hughly, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of James Littleford, clerk, to which he was presented by Samuel Edwards, esquire. 2ist Feb., i722[-3], Herbert Croft, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory" of Tugford, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Hugh Pugh, clerk, to which he was presented by the Bishop. 10 George I. 27th July, 1724, Richard Corbet Hartshorne, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Bagford, [? Tugford] CO. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the cession of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by the King. 30th July. 1724, Humphrey Gwyn, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Richard Lyster, esquire. loth Aug., 1724, John Addenbrookes, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sutton, near Salop, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the resignation of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Bulkley Mackworth, esquire. 8th Sept., 1724, Robert Cartwright, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the of Cardington, co. Salop, Deanery of ^^^enIock, vacant by the cession of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by [ ] Hunt, esquire. loth Nov., 1724, James Devey, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Beckburw co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the cession of Thomas Green, clerk, to which he was presented by the King. 9th March, i724[-5]. Thomas Evans, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rector}- of Clun::unford, co. Saloji, Deanery of Clun, vacant by the death of John , S.T.P., to which he was presented 1)\- Kichard Rock, csqunc. Institutions of Shropshire incumbents. File XXIV. April 1725 to April 1730, II George I. 27th April, 1725, William Hale, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the third portion of the rectory of Biirford, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Edward Northall, clerk, to which he was presented by William I]o\vles, esquire. 20th May, 1725, John Hawkins, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Worthen, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of William Hanm.er, clerk, to which he was presented by Daniel Nicholl, esquire. 2nd Sept., 1725, Roland Tench, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Stretton, co. Salop, Deanery of W'enlock, vacant by the death of Henry Clayton, clerk, to which he was presented by Lord Weymouth. 13th Oct., 1725, Henry Xewman, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Cleobury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of John Oldham, clerk, to which he was presented by George Adney, clerk. I George H. 15th Sept., 1727, John Williams, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Willey, co. Salop, Deanery of W'enlock, vacant by the death of Joseph Barney, clerk, to V hich he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 15th Sept., 1727, Richard Corbet Hartshorn, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Brosclcy with the chapel of Linly annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock. vacant by the death of Samuel Mathews, clerk, to which he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 2Sth Oct., 1727, John Bradly, clerk, Master of Arts, was .■admitted to the rectory of Stotesdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of Richard Riishiniry, clerk, to which he was presented by the Earl of Bradford. 14th Nov., 1727, Butler Cupper, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, ^vas admitted to tlie rectory of Dowles, co. Salop, Deanery of Inirford, vacant by the death of Martin Crane, clerk, to which he was presented by Herbert, Baron of Chirbury. '^Aih Dec, 1727, John Beeston, clerk, Master of Arts, was •i^*ii^.ilted to the rectory of Lcdonc, co. Salop, Deanery of gi INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. Clan, vacant by the cession of Edward Rogers, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Oakley, esquire. [ J June, 1728, John Jaundrell, clerk. Bachelor of Art- was admitted to the vicarage of Madely, co. Salop, Deancrv of Wenlock, vacant by the death of Jeremy Taylor, clerk, to which he was presented by John Kynnaston, esquire. nth Sept., 1728, Robert Cartwright, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cardington, co. Salop. Deanery of Wenlock, lawfully vacant, to which he was pre- sented by Thomas Hunt, esquire. 24th Aug., 1728, Joseph Dixon, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Wistantow, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Daniel Griffiths, clerk, to which he was presented by William, Lord Craven. 18th March, i728[-9], Thomas Bradburne, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Wolstaston, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of John Robins, clerk, to which he was presented by Branwich Pope, esquire- 4th July, 1729, Richard Hudson, clerk. Master of Arts, ^^•a5 admitted to the rectory of Hopton Castle, co. Salop, Deanery Clun, vacant by the death of Richard Hudson, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Beale, esquire. 7th April, 1730, Thomas Cough, clerk. Bachelor of Arts? was admitted to the rectory of Cardeston, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of Samuel Smith, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Edward Leighton, baronet FiLi-: XXV. April 1730 — April 1735. 4 George H. 3rd July, 1730, George Carlton, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Upton Cresset, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the resignation of Edward Cresset, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Cresset, esquire, a minor, with the consent and advice of Barbara Cresset, widow, his mother, guardian of his kinds. 3rd July, 1730, George Carlton, clerk, i\Laster of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Ivushbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation of li^dward Cresset, clerk, to which he was presented by Edward Cresset, cs(piiro, INSTITUTIONS Ol' SHROPSHIRE .XCUMIiRXTS. 93 a minor, with the consent and advice of Barbara Cresset, widow, his mother, guardian of his lands. 31st July, 1730, Francis Southern, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cardington, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the resignation of Robert Cartwright, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas Hunt, esquire. 6th Oct., 1730, Edward Poole, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Cainham, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the death of Thomas Marston, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Powys, esquire. 5th March, i73o[-i], Robert Watkins, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Diddlebury, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the cession of Hugh Whishaw, clerk, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. 8th March, i73o[-i], Thomas Cook, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stotesdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of John Bradley, clerk, to which he was presented by the Earl of Bradford. 5 George IL 3rd May, 1732, William Wormington, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the second portion of the rectory of Burford, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, vacant by the death of Charles Mansfield, clerk, to which he was presented by William Bowles, esquire. 1st July, 1732, Samuel Croxall, clerk, S.T.P., was admitted to the Archdeaconry of Salop, in Hereford Cathedral, vacant by the death of the last Archdeacon, to which he was I^resented by the Bishop. 7th July, 1732, William Corhcld clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Easthope, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, vacant by the death of the last incumbent, to which lie was presented by Samuel Edwards, esquire. M\ Aug., 1733, William Wormington, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stanton Lacy co. Salo|), Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of Samuel C'lcen, cicik, to which he was presented by \\^illiam, Lord Craven, INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 8th Aug., 1733, Andrew Baldwyn, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Corely, co. Salop, Deanerv of Burford, void by the death of Samuel Rusbath, clerk, to which he was presented by John Baldwyn, gentleman. ; 23rd Sept., 1733, William Shaw, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Sutton by Salop, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontestow, void by the death of John. Addenbrook, clerk, to which he was presented by Henry Mackworth, esquire. 1734- ist Jan., i733[-4], William Roden, clerk. Bachelor of Arts. | was admitted to the rectory of Tasley, co. Salop, Deanery oi ■ Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent, to which i he was presented by Thomas Acton, esquire. | 3rd Jan., i733[-4], Charles Hicks, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, | was admitted to the vicarage of Long Staunton, co. Salop, j Deanery of W^enlock, vacant by the death of the last incum- j bent, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of j the Cathedral of Hereford. j 2nd April, 1734, John Attwood, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, j was admitted to the vicarage of Stoke St. Milborough, co. \ Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, vacant by the cession of the last \ incumbent there, to which he was presented by Wredenhall j Pearie, esquire, and Elizabeth, his wife. 7th May, 1734, Humphrey Gwynn, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, } was admitted to the second portion or sinister part of the j rectory of W^estbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void | by the death of Thomas Bennett, clerk, to which he was j presented by Letitia Mitton, widow. igth Oct., 1734, Blaney Baldewyn, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stoke-say, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of Anthony Seymour Onians, clerk, to which he was presented by Lucius Henry Hibbins. 1735. 14th Nov., 1734, Benjamin ^^'ing^1eld, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Ilanwood, co. Salop. Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the resignation of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by l^ucy Biggs and Sarah P^iggs. I INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIR-E IN'CUMBEN'TS. 95 loth Dec, 1734, Thomas Hill, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon. void by the cession of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Richard Lyster, esquire. 20th Dec, 1734, Thomas Jones, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rector\- of Middleton Scriven, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incum- bent, to which he was presented by John Baldwynn, esquire. 4th March, i734[-5], William Rutter. clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Chelmarsh, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Thomas Saunders Seebright, baronet. File XXVI. April 1735 to April 1740, 1735. 28th April, 1735, John Hayward, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Little Wenlock, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by William Hayward, esquire. 26th May, 1735, Joseph Orme, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Mindtown, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, void by the death of the last rector there, to which he was presented by John W'alcot, esquire. 27th Jan., i735[-6], Thomas Edwards, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Chirbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, vacant by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by the Mayor, Aldermen and I>urgesses of the town of Shrewsbury, and Leonard Hotchkiss, head master of the free Grammar School of the said town, true patrons. 14th March, i735[-6], Robert Watkins, clerk, Master of .\rts, was admitted to the vicarage of Kinlct, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, vacant by the death of the last incum- bent there, to which he was presented by William Lacon Child, esquire. 1736. 16th July, 1736, John Craven, clerk, Bachelor of Law, was admitted to the vicarage of Staunton Lac\-, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the resignation of the last Vol. U., .itl> ?v^rirs. N 96 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. incumbent, to which he was presented by William, Lord Craven. 27th Sept., 1736, Thomas Taylor, clerk, Master of Art.^ was admitted to the rectory of Burwarton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Anne Holland, widow, the guardian lawfully assigned to Thomas Holland, an infant, the true patron. 1736-7. i6th Nov., 1736, Edward Rogers, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Mindtown, co. Salop, Deanerv of Clun, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Walcot, esquire. i8th Jan., i736[-7], John Jones, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Habberly, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Mytton of Halston, esquire. 26th March, 1737, Henry Baldwyn, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the cession of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Lucius Henry Hibbins, esquire. 2nd April, 1737, Henry Baldwin, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Bitterly, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Andrew Hill, esquire. 1737. 18th Aug., 1737, Humphrey Gwyn, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the first portion of the parish church of Pontesbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Trafford Barnston, esquire, and Letitia Barnston, his wife, daughter and heir of Roger Owen, late of Cundover, co. Salop, esquire, deceased. 173^. 29th Nov., 1737, Roger Barnston, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the third portion of the parish church of Pontesburv, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontcsbur\', void by the death of Edward Baldw in, clerk, to which he was presented by Trafford Barnston, esquire, and Letitia Barnston, »!v:c. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INXU MBENTS. 97 7th Dec, 1737, William Sandford, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the last portion of the parish church of Westbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the cession of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by TrafTord Barnston, &c. 173S. 6th May, 1738, Robert Breton, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the Archdeaconry of Salop, founded in our Cathedral church of Hereford, void by the resignation of Samuel Croxall, D.D., the last archdeacon there, to which he was collated by the Bishop. i6th May, 1738, Richard Higgs, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Higly, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Higgs, clerk. 13th July, 173S, Thomas Fewtrell, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sutton by Salop, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of the last incum- bent there, to which he was presented by Herbert Mackworth, esquire. 1738-9- 12th Dec, 1738, Thomas Salwey, clerk, Bachelor of Law, was admitted to the rectory of Richard's Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the resignation of John Salwcy, clerk, to which he was presented by Richard Salwey, esquire. 20th Jan., i738[-9], Thomas Littleton, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Middleton Scriven, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of Thomas Jones, clerk, to which he was presented by John Bawdewyn, esquire. loth April, 1739, John Hughes, clerk. P>achclor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton Wafers, co. Salo{\ Deanery of Burford, void by the death of Edward Boughton, clerk. loth April, 1739, Timothy Millechamp, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Abdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of John Ball, clerk, to which he was presented by Sir Hugh Brigs, baronet. ^8 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. loth April, 1/39, Thomas Walter, clerk, Bachelor of An^^. ^vas admitted to the vicarage of Stotesdon, co. Salop, Deanerv of Stotesdon, void by the death of Thomas Cook, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas, Earl of Bradford. 1739. 14th June, 1739, John Attwood, clerk. Bachelor of Art?, was admitted to the vicaragcof Cleobury Mortimer, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, void by the death of William Edwards, clerk, to which he was presented by William Lacon Child, esquire. 29th June, 1739, Herbert Oakeley, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Lidbury North, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, void by the death of Humphrey Bradshaw, clerk, to which he was presented by Humphrey Walcot the younger, esquire 31st July, 1739, Richard Penny, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Biliingsly, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of John Hassall, clerk, to which he was presented by Thomas, Earl of Bradford. 13th Oct., 1739, John Eyton, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Pulverbach, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of George Luellin, clerk, to which he was presented by Trafford Barnston and Letitia, his wife, only surviving child and heir of Roger Owen of Cundover, esquire, deceased. 1740. 7th March, i739[-4o], Roger Barnston, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the third portion in the parish church in Pontesbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the resignation of Roger Barnston, clerk, to which he was presented by Trafford Barnston, Sec. File XXVH. April 1740 to April 1745. 1740. 22nd April, 1740, John Bougliton, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Ahdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Sir Hugh Brigges, baronet. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 99 3rd June, 1740, James Volant Vashon, clerk, ^^aste^ of Arts, was admitted to the vicarap^c of Eaton, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Jenkes Lutley, esquire. 3rd July, 1740, John Fayle, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Willy, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, to which he was presented by George Weld, esquire. 29th July, 1740, John Farmer, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Lucius Henry Hibbins, esquire. 4th Sept., 1740, John Reynolds, clerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Middleton Scriven, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Hawdewin, esquire. 4th Nov., 1740, Thomas Rock, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Bitterly, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Andrew Hill, esquire. I2th Sept., 1740, W^illiam Whitcomb, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Eastham, co. Salop, Deanery f'f Burford, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Robert Poole, esquire. 1741. loth Dec, 1740, John Beeston, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, ^vas admitted to the vicarage of Stoke St. I\lilborough, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the resignation of the last mcunibent there, to which he was presented by Wredenhall l^eace, esquire, and Elizabeth, his wife. 3i5t Dec, 1740, John Jandrell, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Sidbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to \'^hich he was presented by the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. i?t Jan., i74o[-iJ, John Jandrell, clerk. Master of Arts, was •uimiiied to the vicarage of Madeley, co. Salop, Deanery of ^^ enlock, void b}- the resignation ot the last incumbent there, lo which he was presented by Edward Kynaston, esquire. loo INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. I74I. 2nd July, 174T, Robert Danbric, clerk, Master of Arts, wa- admitted to the rectory of Moor, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun. void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Robert More, esquire. : 22nd Sept., 1741, Brian Cole, clerk, was admitted to the j rectory of Ludlow, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the j death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented | by the King. 1742. ist Jan., i74i[-2], Egerton Leigh, clerk, Bachelor of Law. was admitted to the Archdeaconry of Salop, founded in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, void by the resignation of Robert Breton, clerk, to which he was collated by the Bishop of Hereford. 1742. 13th Oct., 1742, William Oakeley, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Eaton, co. Salop, Deanery 01 ; Wenlock, void by the resignation of James Volant \'ashon. j clerk, to which he was presented by Jenkes Lutle}-, esquire. 1743. 2nd June, 1743. Thomas Littleton, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Oldbury, co. vSalop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent there, i to which he was presented by the King. j 2nd June, 1743, Joseph Carless, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, j was admitted to the rectory of Tugford, co. Salop, Deanery j of Wenlock, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was collated by the Bishop. 15th July, 1743, Thomas Prichard, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Stowe Bowdler, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Richard Adney, a minor, by and with the advice and consent of Dorothy Adney, his mother, the guardian and keeper of his lands. 1744. 13th Dec, 1743, Richard Adney, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Clcobury North, co. Salop, I IN'STITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. lOl Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by the Bishop — the right of collating thereto falling to him by lapse of time. 20th Dec, 1743, William Rutter, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Ditton Priors, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Rutter, gentleman. 30th Dec , 1743, John Suker, <:lerk. Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Tasley. co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Weld and Thomas Eyton, esquires. 2nd March, i743[-4], John Lloyd, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Haberley, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Mytton, esquire. 2ist May 1744, Robert Edwards, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton Wafers, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, void by the death of the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Mary Hide, spinster. 31st July, 1744, Robert Binnell, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Abdon, co. Salop, Deanery of W'enlock, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to ^^hich he was presented by Sir Hugh Brigges, baronet. 25th Sept., 1744, John Eyton, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Pulverbache, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the cession of the last incumbent there, lo which he was presented by Trafford Barnston, esquire, and Letitia, his wife. 1745. 25th March, i744[-5], William Corfield, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectorv of Hughlv, co. Salop, ■anery of Wenlock, void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Godolphin Edwards, ^' squire. File XXVIII. April 1745— Oct. 1749. 1745. i.Uh July, 1745, John Collier, clerk, was admitted to the uxti^iy of Abdon, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the 102 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he wr. presented by vSir Hugh Briggs, baronet, patron. 13th July, 1745, John Heming, clerk, M.A., was admittc : to the rectory of Acton Scott, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenloc;;. void by the death of the last incumbent there, to which h'. was presented by Edward Acton, esquire, patron. 22nd Sept., 1745, Humphrey \\'alcott, clerk, was admitte : to the vicarage of Clun, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, void bv the resignation of the last incumbent there, to which he wa^ presented by John Walcott, esquire, patron. 1746. 7th Dec, 1745, Lucius Henry Hibbins, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the resignation of Robert Morgan, D.D., late rector there, to which he was collated by Henry, late Bishop of Hereford, patron. 29th Jan.. i745[-6], Nehemiah Tonkes, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the rectory of Aston Botterell, co. Salop, Deaner\- of Stotesdon, void by the death of Charles Hinksman, clerk, the last rector there, to which he was presented by the Earl of Bradford, patron. 1745. 15th May, 1746, Lucius Henry Hibbins, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the omission of him the said Lucius Henrv Hibbins, to read the declaration of conformity to the Liturgy of the Church of England within the time limited by Law, such his admission being upon his own petition, he being the patron. 1747- 27th May, 1747, Thomas Taylor, clerk, M.A., was instituted to the rectory of Upton Cressett, co. Salop, Deanery of Stottersdcn, vacant by the death of George Carlton, clerk, on the presentation of Edward Cressett, clerk, M.A., patron in full right. 15th Sept., 1747, Joseph Taylor, clerk, was instituted to the rectory of More, co. Salop, Dcanerv of Clunn and NVenlock, vacant by the cession of Robert Danbrie, clerk, ou INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 103 the presentation of Robert More, esquire, patron in full right. 9th Nov., 1748, Brian Faussett, M.A., was admitted to the vicarage of the parish church of Alberbury, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of Thomas Griffith, clerk, the last incumbent, to which he was presented by the college of All Souls in Oxford, patrons. loth Nov., 1748, Thomas Hensleigh, clerk, M.xA., was admitted to the rectory of the parish church of Rushbury, CO. Salop, Deanery of \\'enlock, void by the death of George Carleton, clerk, the last incumbent, to which he was collated by the Bishop of Hereford, and belonging to his gift for this turn by lapse of time. 27th Nov., 1747, John Purcell, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of the parish church of Neenton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of Thomas Hill, clerk, the last incumbent, to which he was presented by Richard Lyster, esquire, patron. 28th Nov., 1747, Adam NewHng, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of the parish church of Shawar- dine, co. Salop, Deanery of Pontesbury, void by the death of l-^dmund James, clerk, the last incumbent, on the presentation of Henry, Lord Montfort, patron. nth Feb., i747[-8], George Hodges, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the rectory of the parish church of Wentnor, co. Salop, Deanery of Clunn, void by the death of Thomas Griftiths, clerk, the last incumbent, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church in O.xford, patrons. 1st March, i747[-8], Richard Adney, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of the parish church of Hope Bowdler, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of Thomas Prichard, clerk, the last incumbent, to which ho was })resented by Richard Adney, a minor, by and with the consent of Dort)thy Adney, his mother and guardian of his lands, patron. 1st June, 1748, William Adams, clerk, M.A., was admitted to tlic second portion or deaconry in the rectory of the parish chinch of ilolgate. co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, Vol. U., 4th Series. Q 104 INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. void by the resignation of Thomas Hensleigh, clerk, M.A., iIk; last incumbent of the said portion or deaconry, to which he was presented by Edward Cressett, clerk, M.A., Dean of Hereford, patron. 7th Sept., 1748, James Andrew, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the vicarage of the parish church of Bromfield, co. Salop. Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of Frederick Cornwall' clerk. Master of Arts, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, patron. 1749. 20th Feb., i748[-9], John Lynn, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory and parish church of Munslow, Deanery of Wenlock, co. Salop, void by the death of Thomas Hoskis, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Powys, of Lilford, co. Northampton, esquire, patron. 2nd June, 1749, John Mainwaring, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Church Stretton, Deanery of Wenlock, co. Salop, void by the death of Rowland Tench, clerk, the last rector and incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas, Viscount Weymouth, patron. 4th Sept., 1749, Thomas Smith, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the rectory of Culmington, co. Salop, Deanery of Ludlow, void by the death of Thomas Smith, clerk, the last rector and incumbent there, to which he was presented by John Doharty, gentleman, patron. 4th Sept., 1749, Rowland Baugh, clerk, was admitted to the vicarage of 1 jromheld. Deanery of Ludlow, co. Salop, void by the resignation of James, Andrew, clerk, the last vicar and incumbent there, to which he was presented by Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, patron. File XXIX. Oct. 1749— 1754. 1749. 20th Nov., 1749, Benjamin Wingfield, clerk, Af.A., was admitted to the rectory of the lirst portion in the church of Ponlesbur)-, Deanery of Pontesbury, co. Salop, void bv the death of Humphrey Gwyn, clerk, the last rector and incum- bent there, to which he was presented by Trafford Barnston, INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. I05 esquire, and Letitia, his wife, sister and heir of Thomas Owen, late of Condover, co. Salop, esquire, patrons. gth Dec., 1749, Francis Wilham Read, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the rectory of Munslow, Deanery of Wenlock, CO. Salop, void by the death of John Lynn, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Powys, esquire, patron. 28th Dec, 1749, Richard' Cotton, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of More, Deanery of Clun, co. Salop, void by the resignation of Joseph Taylor, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Robert More, esquire, patron. nth April, 1750, William Williams, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the vicarage of Stokesay, Deanery of Ludlow, CO. Salop, void by the resignation of Lucius Henry Hibbins, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Pembroke of Lincoln's Inn, esquire, patron. 1751- nth Feb., 1750 [-i], Henry Bund otherwise Vernon, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the rectory of Chetton, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of Samuel Casson, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Wylde, esquire, patron. nth August, 175 1, Richard Hurdman, clerk, B.A., ^^■as admitted to the united rectories and parish churches of Deuxhill and Glazeley, co. Salop, Deanery of Stotesdon, void by the death of Samuel Casson, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was collated by the Bishop of Hereford and belonging to his gift for this turn by lapse of time. 1752. loth March, 1752, John Lloyd, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the rectory of Billingsley, co. Salop, void by the death of Richard Penny, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Sir Orlando Bridgeman and Lady Ann, his ^vjle, patrons. 25th June, 1752, Stephen Prytherch, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the vicarage of Much Wenlock, Deanery of W'enlock, co. Salop, void by the death of Thomas Baker, the I io6' INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Sir Watkin WilHams Wynn, baronet, patron in full right. 30th Sept., 1752, William \\'ormington, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the \icarage of Staunton Lacy, Deanery of Ludlow, CO. Salop, void by the death of John Craven, clerk, the last vicar there, to which he was presented by Tulwar, Lord Craven, Baron of Hampstcad Marshall, ])atron in full right. 1753. 14th Nov., 1752, Daniel Ilemus, clerk, ^LA., was admitted to the rectory of Broseley with the chapel of Linley annexed, CO. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of Richard Corbett Hartshorne, clerk, the last incumbent there, to v. bich he was presented b}- Sir Thomas Whitmore, Knight of the Bath, and William Forester, esquire, trustees of the estate of Elizabeth, the wife of Brooke Forester, esquire, only child of George Weld, esquire, deceased, patrons thereof. 5th Feb., 1753, John Roos Wearing, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the vicarage of Bishop's Castle, co. Salop, Deanery of Clun, void by the death of Brian Cole, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Richard Wearing, clerk, patron for this turn. 17th Feb., 1753, Thomas Hartshorne, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Bagsore otherwise Badger, co. Salop, Deanery of W^enlock, void by the death of Richard Corbett Hartshorne, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented on the nomination of Clement Kinnersley, esquire, by the King. 27th Feb., 1/53, Edward Bough, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the rectory of Neen Sellers otherwise Nyem Salars w ith the chapel of Milson annexed, co. Salop, Deanery of Burford, void by the death of Thomas Jones, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Richard Knight of Ludlow, esquire, patron. igth March, 1753, Rowland Chambre, clerk, B.A., was admitted to the vicarage of Madcley, co. Salop, Deanery of Wenlock, void by the death of John Jandrell, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Edward Kynaston of Hardwick, co. Salop, esquire, patron. INSTITUTIONS OF SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENTS. 167 26th March, 1753, William Hale, clerk, M.A., was admitted to the rectory of Sidbury, co. Salop. Deanery of Stottesdon, void by the death of John Jandrell, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Edward Hale of Bcwdley, co. Worcester, grocer, patron. 9th Sept., 1753, Nicholas Herbert, clerk, was admitted to the rectory of Ludlow, Deanejy of Ludlow, co. Salop, void bv the death of Brian Cole, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by the King. 1754- igth Feb., 1754, Charles Tucker, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hopesay, Deanery of Ckm, co. Salop, void by the death of Francis Rock, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Prudence Tucker of the city of Hereford, widow, patroness for this turn only. 4th March, 1754, Flenry Butler, clerk, Bachelor of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hope Baggott, Deanery of Ludlow, CO. Salop, void by the death of John Bwards, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by Diana, Countess Dowager of Montrath. 5th March, 1752, John Tayler, clerk, Master of Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Beckbury, Deanery of Wenlock, CO. Salop, void by the death of James Devy, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by the King. 24th May, 1754, Thomas Howard, clerk. Master of Arts, was admitted to the vicarage of Neen Savage, Deanery of Stottesdon, co. Salop, void by the death of Francis Astrey, clerk, the last incumbent there, to which he was presented by the King. 19th Oct., 1754, Robert Pembcrton, clerk, Bachelor of .Arts, was admitted to the rectory of Hopton Castle, Deanery of Clunn, CO. Salop, void by the death of Richard Hudson, clerk, the late incumbent there, to which he was presented by Thomas Beale of Heath House, esquire, patron. File XXX. Oct. 1754— Oct. i759- 1755- 2Sth Oct., 1754, Jonathan Green, clerk, was admitted to (ts: (viii) Joshua, buried at Nccn 1674; (ix) Samuel, ii6 THE KETLEBYS OF STEPLE. buried at Neen 1666-7 ; (x) Ruth, married at Neen (1666) to Richard Collins ; (xi) Sarah (Vis. 1663). (VII) Thomas Ketleby, the eldest son, succeeded his father at Steple, and was administrator of his effects ; but he only survived him a year, being buried at Neen 1664. He also died intestate, letters of administration being granted to James Ketleby, the natural and lawful brother of the said deceased." (VIII) James Ketleby of Steple was buried at Neen 1691. He married (at Neen 1665) Elizabeth Swetnam, by whom (who was buried at Neen 1692) he had a son James, who succeeded him, and four daughters — Catherine, married at Sidbury (1691-2) to Richard Smith of Brewood ; Mary, baptized at Neen 1669, married there (1689) to Joseph Soley of Silvington — their son Joseph was Rector of Chetton ; Ruth, baptized at Neen 1672 ; and Margaret, who died in infancy. (IX) James Ketleby of Steple married first Martha, daughter of Richard Norton, who died 169S ; and secondly (in 1701), Bridget, daughter of Paul Bowes, who survived him (dying in 1755), by whom he had three sons — (i) James, who succeeded him ; (ii) Martin, baptized at Neen 1705 ; (iii) Paul, and one daughter Bridget. The three last appear to have died young. (X) James Ketleby succeeded his father at Steple, but a large share of his patrimony remained in the hands of his mother, who is said to have destro}-ed the title deed? before her death (Blakeway). He seems to have had an unhappy career, and died at Wolverhampton in distressing circumstances on March 26th, 1733, his body remaining unburied till April 29th, when it was interred at Neen. By his Will, in which he describes himself as heretofore of Steple, now of Wolverhampton," he devised his estates to his kinsman Abel Ketleby of Bitterlcy. In spite of this, however, numerous real or supposed relations put in a claim, and in the end the estate was sold, under an order in Chancery, to defray debts, mortgages and other charges, the residue passing to Maria, wife of Thomas Kundall, as repre- sentative of the Ketlcbys of Bitterlcy, to winch branch we therefore return. THE KETLEBYS OF STEPLE. IT7 Edward Ketleby of Bitterley, son of Thomas Ketleby and Anne Littleton (sec above) was baptized at Neen 1625-6, and was buried at Bitterley 1710. He married Anne, daughter and heir of Richard Steventon (of the Dothiil family), by whom (who was buried 1702) he was father of (i) Edward, who succeeded him ; (ii) Timothy, aged 17 in 1672 when he matriculated (Pemb. Coll., Oxon.), who became Rector of Aston (Heref.), and married. at iMore (1680) Anne Hay of Lydbury North, (iii) Richard (\'is. 1663), possibly the Richard who was beried at Neen 1679 ; (iv) Elizabeth, and (v) Sarah, mentioned in their father's Will, and (vi) Anne (Vis. 1663). Edward Ketleby of Bitterley and Bolton (Co. Wore), was aged 15 in 1668 when he matriculated. He married Anne Gower (marr. settlement 1674), who was buried at Bitterley 1725, by whom he had (i) Abel, who succeeded him ; (ii) Hannah, died young ; (iii) Sarah, baptized at Bitterley 1661; (iv) Rachel, baptized there 1663 and buried 1668-9 : (v) Bernard, baptized there 1666 ; (vi) Samuel, baptized there 1667, buried at Hopton Wafers, 1667-8. Abel Ketleby of I-3itterley, was aged 15 in 1689, when he matriculated (Ball. Coll). Sir John Hawkins describes him as " a vociferous bar orator, remarkable though an utter barrister for wearing a full-bottomed wig, as also for a horrible squint." This description is borne out by his alleged portrait by Hogarth — in the well-known picture called A midnight modern conversation " — and by the line Up Kettleby starts with a horrible stare " (quoted by Ireland in HogartJi Illustrated). He was, nevertheless, a person of some consequence, and particulars of his career will be found in Tya7isaciions, 2nd Ser., Vol. XL, p. 326. He was Recorder of Ludlow 1719-44, and M.P. 1722-27. He was buried at Bitterley 1744, having married Mary, daughter and heir of Williams of London. Their only child, Mary, married Robert Johnstone, Serjeant-at-law, who assumed the name of Ketleby, and as " Robert Ketleby, Lsq." was buried at Bitterley, 1743, and his widow .NLiry in 17^^- Their son Abel Johnstone Ketleby, inherited his t.'rarulfailier's estates in Bitterley, Stanton Lac\-, Ludlow and elsewhere, and was buried at Bitterley 1756-7. He married ii8 THE KETLEBVS OF STEPLE. (1745) Margaret, daughter of John Farquharson, Physician to the King of Denmark, by whom he had a daughter and heir, Maria Statira Elizabeth Farquharson Johnstone Ketlebv, wife of Thomas Rundall of Bath, who inherited what remained after the sale of the Steple estate above mentioned. •Her mother was rc-married to Thomas Hodgetts. Before it was pulled down, to make way for a modern house, the Mansion of Staple, about a century ago, still showed signs of its consequence, with its massive gate-posts, walled garden, fish-ponds and moat. There Vv'as also a private chapel fBlakeway), all of which have now gone, and with them apparently the ancient name of Ketleby. Arms of Ketleby of Steple : — " Argent, two chevrons sable, a label of three points azure, a crescent for difference,'" quartering Pride, Cely and St. George. Entered in 1623 and again in 1663 (the " nulla insignia " of Add. MS. 21,025, given in Trans., 2nd Ser., Vol. IV^, p. 62, is a mistake.) The above account is derived from Parish Registers, Blakeway's Bodleian MSS(6 and 22), the Heralds' \^isitation of 1623 (Harl. Soc. Publ,) and of 1663 (Coll. of Arms), B W. Greenfield's Genealogy of the Tyndale Family (the Bitterle\' branch), some Wills at Hereford, and other sources. 119 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. By the Late JOSEPH MORRIS. (Continued from 3rd Series, Vol. X., page 268.) [?■ 3933-] Anno I Samuel Thomas. — He was a mercer in Shrewsbur}-, ibcjo. J and of an ancient family seated at Aston, in the parish of Lydham, co. Montgomery. He was admitted a iKirgess in i666, and was father of PhiHp Thomas, who married Priscilla, daughter and co-heir of John Hill, Esquire, as stated on the preceding page. For further details of this family, see their pedigree at page 2,179 of this collection. [Arms : Gules, a lion rampant reguardant Or. — O. and B.] 1691. Charles Kynaston. — Was one of the younger brothers of Sir Francis Kynaston, of Oteley, Knt., and was buried at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, loth July, 1717. See his descent at page 923 of this collection. [Arms : Argent, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued rules.— O. and B.]. 1692. John Hollier. — He was a mercer in Shrewsbury, and was thus connected. [Arms : Argent, in a chief azure, 3 mullets Or, within a border engrailed gules. — O. and B.]. Henry Hollier, of Minslerley Park, Gent=p John Hollier, of Shicvvs-=^Ann, his widow Thomas Hollier, Robert Hollier, I'U'y, mercer. Ap[iren- j and executrix, apj'jrenticed a.pj'jrenticcd to liccd in tlie Mercers' | and party witli in the Mercers' liij: brother John tompany in 1654. Ad- I Thomas (Jou<;h, Co. in 1661. 14th Car. H. '^'lilted ;i 13uri;ess 4tn j ofiMarsh,Gent , (afterwards M.uch, 1064. Mayor in | to deeds liatcil erased on the "'■92. I 'i7th and 2Sih book). I May, 169S. Vol. II., 4th Scries, Q 120 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. John Hollicr, Daniel Hollier, Robert HoUicr, Henry Hollier, Ann, bapt. ■ Bart., bapt. at apprenticed to bapt. at St. bapt. at St. at St. St. Chad's, his father, 1st Chad's, 24th Chad's, 20th Chad'si^th, 26th Septem- May, 1696. October 1679. September, January, ber, 1667. ' *i68r. 166S. Dorothy, bapt. at St. Chad's, 14th July, 1670. Mar- ried at Condover, I2th June, 1695, Mr. Benjamin Stubbs. I^Iary, bapt, at St. Chad's, I4ih April 1672. I I Margaret, 169: Elizabeth, bapt. at St. Chad's, 2ist April, 1678, [P- 3934.] Anno I Arthur Tonge. — Was an attornc)^ in Shrewsbury, 1693. ) but his family were long connected with the trade of the town, as will appear by the following sketch. [Arms : Gules on a bend argent 3 Cornish choughs proper, each holding in its beak a sprig of palm vert. Thomas Tonge, Rector of Middle. Buried there 24ih May, 1587.= ^1 John Tonge, of Weston Lulling Fields, Gent, 42 Eliz.=p Thomas Tonge, of Wes- ton Lulling Fields, Bas- church, CO. Salop, Gent. I Catherine mar, Richard leaker, son of Thomas Baker, of Marton, at Baschurch, 30th July, 1603 Alice Ryte, m.irried St Chad s, 24th Nov 1616. Buried there Oih May, 1645. at j^Arlhur Tonge, of Shrews- bury, mercer. Appren- ticed in the Mercers' Company, Salop, was admitted of the same 30th March, 1615, W as admitted a Kurgess 2niJ October, 1616. Buried at St. Cliad's 20th Oct., 16G2. John= Lucy Tonge, Carless, mar. at St, Alkmund's, 52nd Feb., '597- ^Elizabeth , 2nd wife, Buried at Si, St. Chad's, 4tb Jan., 1648. Thomas Tonge, ob. inf. Buried at St. Chad's, 2nd .\ugust, 1620. Edward Tonge, of Shrews- bury, attorney. Admitted of the Mercers' Company, Shrewsbury, 28th 1 u n e , 104 1, li a p t 1 s e d at St. Chad's, 3fd M:irch, 1O21. Buried at St. Alkmund's, 10th March, 1677. ^Elizabeth. Alkmund's, 1697. Buried at St. 23rd Feb., THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. 121 a I Arthur Tonge, of Shrcws-= buty, attorney. Admitted a F reeman of the Mercers' Company, loth June, 1667. .•Mso admitted a Freeman of the Weavers' Company in 1674. Sworn Burf[ess .nnd Assistant in the Cor- poration, 31st August, 1677. Mayor in 1693. Baptised at St. Chad's, 22nd June, 1047. -Elizabeth, 1695. Thomas Tongc. Baptised at St. Chad's, 13th January, 1640-1. Buried there 27th June, 1650. Mary, baptised at St. Chad's, loth October, 1652. Married alSt. Alkmund's, 29th July, 1679, Samuel M^iri- gold. Martha, baptised at St. Chad's, 3rd June, 1655. I Hannah. baptised at St. Chad's, 1 4th Dec, 1656. John Tonge, Esq,,=pMartha Thomas Tonga, b.ipt. at St. Alk- bapt. at St. Alk- mund's, 22 March, I mund's, lo Jan., 1675, prior to i677, bur. there 2 Feb., 1720-I. I 29 July, 1686. 1 Rev, Robert Tonge=pJane of Moniiord, Co. Salop, bapt. at St. | Alkmund's, 31 Oct., j 1678, died prior to j 24 Nov., 1729. I Edward Tonge, bapt. at St. Chad's, 10 June,=-pElizabeth, bapt. 1712. Of Shrewsbury, grocer. Appren- | at St. Chad's, ticed in the Mercers' Co., 24 Nov., 1729 Admitted of that Co. 25 Nov., 1736. Sworn a Burgess 10 Oct., 1774. 3 June, 1707. Arthur Tonge, bur. at Middle, 15 Oct., 1673. Edward Tonge, bapt. at St. Alk-=j=Jane mund's. 4 April, 1671. Admitted of the Mercers' Co., 3 June, 1690. Was an Attorney in Shrewsbury. Buried at St. Alkmund's in 1712, aged 42, Buried at St. Alk- muna's, 2 Nov., 1695. Ann, bapt. 28 Aug., 1695, married John Muckleston ot Bicton and Pcnylan, Esq. Atth\ir Tongc— Martha Lacon '^T^t. at St. at St. Chad's, Chaa's, 2b '"ne, 1701, Aiimitted of • le Mercers' Co 9 Oct., 1724. 23 June, 1724. i I John Tonge. Appven- Elizabetn ticed in the Mcrcrrs' died un- Co , Salop, 2 Feb., married. 1720-1. Admitted of Buried at that Co. 5 Feb., 1727-8. St. A\k- Bapt. at St. Alkmur.d s, inund in 10 Dec, 1705. 17^7. aged 8S. I Martha | married ! Charier i Bolas of Shrews- bury. Attorney a 122 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. I Edward Tonge. Appren- ticed to his father 22 May, 1758. Afterwards of Shrewsbury, yeoman. Sworn a Burgess 10 Oct., 1774. 1 Robert longe, Grocer. Apprenticed tohisfathcr 22 May, 1758. Admitted of the Mercers' Co. 2 June, 1766. liuried at St. Alkmund's 1773, aged 32. John Hiijginson Tonf^c. of WellinQton, Gent. Sworn a iJurgess 25 Mav, i7C)6. (Then o: Pride Hill, Shrews- bury). [p. 3935] Anno) Samuel Adderton. — Was a draper in Shrewsbury, 1694. J and was thus connected with the Franchise. Arms : Argent, 2 bends and a border sable. Nicholas Adderton of Lichfield, corvjsor=y= Robert Adderton of Shrewsbury, Corvlsor, Admitted a Lurgess 20 Dec, 1528. William Adderton of Abbey Foregate,^ Shrewsbury, Glover. Buried at the Abbey, II May, 1576. Edward Adderton, of Abbey Foregate, Smith. =p I Thomas Adderton, of Shrewsbury, Smith. ^Elizabeth With his sons Edward and John Adderton admitted Burgesses 26 Aug., 15S6. Church 1576. Rogers. ^L'lrried at Pulverbatch, 13 Oct., Edward Adderton, aged 4 years on 26 Aug., 1586. Was then admit- ted a Burgess, but not sworn by reason of his infancy. Was ap- prenticed in the NN'eavers' Co. 1602. John Adderton, aged i year George=p on 26 Aug., 1586, was also Adderton, | admitted a Burgess on that oi Shrews- I day, but not sworn by bury, j reason of his infancy. Glover. 1 1 Isaac Adderton, appren- ticed in the Corvisors' Co., Salop, 24 June, 1622. I Samuel Adderton, bapt. at St. Alk- mund's in 1612. Apprenticed in the Weavers and Clothiers' Buried at the Abbey, 30 Co. 1630. 1675- -Mary . . , . Buried at the Abbey, Shrewsbury, 30 Aug., 1693 I I George Samuel /\dderlon, of Shrews-^Eleannr Adderton, bury, Draper, and of Preston I . . . . Buried at Montford. Adn^itted of the | Buried the Drapers' Co. In 1O69 ; had I at the Abbey, 23 been apprenticed to his father | .Abbey, Sep., 1664. in the Clothiers' Co., 1O60. I 7 Dec, Mayor of Shrewsbury 1694. | 171 1. Buried at the .\bbey, Shrews- I bury, 24 May, 1707, aged fii. I Was Sherifl of Montgomery- I shire in 1700. Martha mar. Robert j\or- gtave at St. Chad's, S Feb., 16S3. I Nathaniel Adderton Bur.ai the Abbey, 29 Oct., 1669. THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. 123 Marlha, bapt. at the Eleanor. Ixipt. at the William Adclerlon, bapt. at the Abbey, 20 June, Abbey, 14 March, Abbey, gth Sept., 1679. Buricri 1670. Buried there 16S8. Married Owen there 14 May, 171 1. lie was 30 Jan., 171 1. Blodwell of Shrews- apprenticed to his father as a bury, Mercer. draper in 1696. Samuel Addcrton of Preston=^Rcbecca. dau. of Hannaii, mar. tst, IIumi)hrey Montford, Esq. Admitted | Rcfbert iiill, of Davenport, of The Hayes, of the Drapers' Co. 170S. 1 Shrewsbury, and Gent.; 2nd, Richard \\'arin_q, Buried at tlie Abbey 1727, I of Ternhiil. Bur. Esq., of Woodcote. (B^pt.at aged 41. at the Abbey in the Abbey, 22 Aui;., 1682). I 1770, aged Si. Jiannah, dau. of Francis Newton, =^Hill Adderton, bur. Mary, mar, 27 I\fay, Gent. Settlement before mar- nt the Abbey in 1735, at St. Chad's, riage dated 22 and 23 July, 1756. 1740, aged 36. l\al})h Vernon, Est]. Samuel Addcrton, buried at the Hannah, mar. John Robert Adderton, buried Abbey in 1731, 27 Aug., from Chambre, of Petton, at the Abbey, lo June, London. Esq. 1718. [P- 3936]. Anno "j Simon Hanmer. — Was a mercer in Shrewsbury, 1695. 3 and was admitted of the Mercers' Company ist July, 1672. He was admitted a Burgess on the i;th February, 1676, and was son of James Hanmer, of Ddw yfrwd in Maesbrook, co. Salop, to which estate, with that of Kenwick and other family property, he eventually succeeded. This family were a branch of the great famil}- of Hanmer, of Hanmer, and his descent will be found at page 7S2 of this collection. [Arms : Argent, 2 lions azure, statant guardant in pale, a crescent for difference. — O. and B.]. 1696. John Kynaston. — Was of Hordley, Esq., and was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1690. He resided much in Shrews- bury, where he was born, and represented the borough in several of the Parliaments held during the reign of William HI. and Anne. P^e subsequently represented the county of Salop in Parliament, and v as buried at Hordley on the 15th September, 1733. His grandson, John Kynaston, having succeeded to the estates of liis relative, Jolm Powell, of \\ orthen, Esq., assumed the name of Po^^•ell, and was created a Baronet on the 8th December, ibib. l-or further details 124 THE MAYORS OF SHRP:WSBURY. as to this ancient and distinguished famil)^ see my copy of the Sheriffs of Shropshire, and their pedigree at page 932 of this collection. [Arms : Argent, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules. — O. and B.]. 1697. Robert Siieppherd. — Was a mercer in Shrews- bury, and was thus connected. Arms : Sable on a chevron 'engrailed Or, between 3 lleurs de lys Argent, as many estoilcs of 6 points, gules. James Sheppherd, of DowiUon, co. Salop, Vcoman=T= Robert Sheppherd, of Shrewsbury, Mercer, admitted=pMary, dau. of Abel Kelly, of the Mercers' Co., i6 Jan., 1665-6. Admitted [ of Bristol, Merchant, a BurgcES 19 Sept., 1670, x\fayor ot Shrewsbury | Buried at St. Chad's in 1697, Buried at St, Chad's in 1719, aged S2. | 1714, aged 61. I Mary, br.pt. at St. Chad's 5 Oct., 1676 I , I Abel Sheppherd, apprenticed Thomas to his farher 16 May. 1690. Sheppherd, Admitted of the Mercers' Co. . Bay)t. at St. 19 Feb., 1697-S. Sworn Chad's, 31 Burgess and Assistant 1703. Dec, 1683. William Shepherd, of London, Sworn a Burgess 28 March, 1721-2. [P- 3937.] Anno) Andrew Johnson. — Was a dyer in Shrewsbury, 1698. ) and son of Thomas Johnson, of Long-upon-Tcrn. yeoman. He was admitted a Burgess on the 2Sth of August, 1G61. Arms : Sable, on a bend Or, between 2 shackles Argent, 3 pheons gules. i6gg. Moses Reynolds. — Was an attorney in Shrews- bury, and was thus connected. Arms : Sable, 3 nags' heads erased at the neck, argent. .Moses Reynolds of par.=f=F'lizabcth, dau. of Wflliam and Elizabeth Bhkeway, Condover. 1 Married at Berrington, i6 June, 1612. Richard Reynolds, of Little Lyth, co. Salop, yeoman. = Frances~MosCS Reynolds, of=pMa (2nd Shicw.shury, Attorney, wife), Admitted a Burgess 1695. 7 Oct., 1657. Mayor in 1699. Died in his year of oflice, 1700. (i..t wite) Thomas Reynolds, of=^Mary Grinsell, Shrewsbury, Orapcr. Married at St. Admitted a Burgess Chad's, 1st in 1090. o.s.p. niasc. March, 1684.1 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. I25 ^ I I I I Tohn Reynolds, a^jed Richard Reynolds, aged Moses Reynolds, bapt. at St. | 4 years in 16S7. 2 years in 16S7. Chad s, 15 Jan., 1688-9. Mary, aged 8 years Martha, aged 7 years Elizabeth, aged 3 years Ann in 16S7. in 1687. in 1687. 1700. Richard Presland. — W as a draper in Shrewsbury, and was elected Mayor on nth May, 1700, to complete the year of his deceased predecessor. Mr. Presland was of a very ancient family, originally seated in Cheshire, and of the same stock as the famih^ of Bulkeley, of Bulkeley, in that county. He was admitted a Burgess in iGSg. See his descent at page 482 of this collection. [Arms : Sable, a lion rampant argent, debruised by a bend counter conpony, Or and Azure. — O. and B.]. 1700. John Kynastox. — Was a draper in Shrewsbury, and one of the younger sons of Edward Kynaston, Esq., of Lee, in the parish of Loppington, co. Salop. His descent will be seen at page 935 of this collection. [Arms : Argent, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, a mullet for difference. — O. and B.]. [p. 3938 ] Anno"! Robert Phillips. — Was a draper in Shrewsbury, i/Oi.j and brother of Ambrose Phillips, the poet. His family were originally of Bonninghall, and afterwards of Penkridge, co. Stafford, but his father had settled in Shrews- bury as a draper. Their pedigree will be found at pages 134S and 1350 of this collection. [Arms : Ermine, a chevron between 3 falcons argent. — O. and B.]. 1702. Rowland Bright. — Was a glover in Shrewsbury, and was thus connected. (He died while in office.) Arms : Azure, a fess wavv Ermine, in chief 3 crescents argent. Rowland Bright, of Shrewsbury, Glover=j= 1 nomas lirii^'ht, of .Shre Asbiiry, Glover. Adiuillcd^I.ucy. I'uried 15th Feb., " liur^jcbs 19th June, 1654. Buried 41b April, j lu^y, at St. Chad s. lOSj, at St. Chad's. 1 a 126 THE MAYORS CF SHREWSBURY. a I Rowland Bri«;ht, of Shrewsbury, Glover. Baptised=pElizabeth, daughter of at St. Chad's 14th March, 1638-9. Was 15 years old in 1654, and was admitted a Buro;ess wiih his father, apprenticed to his father ist December, 1653. Died March 1702-3, while in oHlce as Mayor of Shrewsbury. Buried at St. Chad's 13th March, 1703. Riciiard Earmer, ot Cantlop, mar. at Eer- rington 29th Septem- ber, 1665. Buried at St. Chad's 1 6th Aug., 1712. Thomas Bright, of Shrewsbury, Tanner. =pCatherine Apprenticed in the Glovers' Co., 29th j September, i6qo. Sworn a Burgess | 27th November, 1721, o.s.p. By his ; Will dated 2nd April, 1730, Mr. Bright left his estate at Astley, near Shrewsbury, in trust to pay annually £20 to the Minister of Astley, £3 to repair Astley Chapel, the residue of the rent to be laid out in bread to be j>iven to the poor of St. Chad's, etc. Will proved in Diocese of Lichheld 30th April, 1730. I Rowland Bright, buried at St. Chad's 8th October, 16S5. Ann, buried at St. | Chad's, 13th Dec, | Joseph Bright. Baptised at St. Chad's, 28th Nov., T669. Ap- prenticed to his lather 20th Oct., 16S3, VVns of Shrews- bury, Glover. Sworn a Burgess 5th December, 1721. i Lucy Bright. Baptised at St. Chad's gth July, 166X. D'ed unmar- ried. Buried at St. Chad's 20th July, 1708. Hannah. Buried at St. Chad's 5th October, 1679. [P- 3939.] Anno'l Thomas Harwood. — Was the second son of John 1702./ Harwood, who was Mayor in i6So. He was admitted of the Drapers' Company, Shrewsbury, 16S4, and married Margaret, sister of Rowland Hill, of Hawkestone, Esquire, and of the Rt. Hon. Richard Hill, the celebrated " Protestant Envoy." Mr. Harwood purchased the Tern (now called the Attingham) estate, and his descendants, having taken the name of Hill are now represented in chief by the Rt. Hon. Lord Berwick. See their pedigree at page 2,155 collection. [Arms : Argent, a chevron between 3 bucks' heads, cabossed gules. — O. and B.]. 1703, Willia.m Bowdeer. — Was a tanner in Shrewsbury, a son of Thomas Bowdler, tanner, who was admitted a Burgess on the 29th September, 1643. The famil\- is of great anti(]iiity in Shropshire, and their pedigree will be foiuid at [)ages 116, etc., of this collection. [Ak.ms : Argent, 2 Cornish doughs pro[)er. — O. and B.]. THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. 127 1704. William Leighton. — He was a mercer in Shrew s- bury, apprenticed in that company on the ist January, 1670, and admitted of the same on the 3rd June, 1678. He was one of the ten younger sons of Robert Leighton, of Wattles- borough, Esq., who represented Shrewsbury in Parliament in 1661, and was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1688. He is the first of this ancient family that I find so connected with the municipality of Shrewsbury. Mr. Leighton Avas buried at St. Chad's on the 2Sth January, 1727, aged 75. His descent will be found in the pedigree of his distinguished family at page 975 of this collection. [Arms : Per fesse indented, Or and gules. — O. and B.]. 1705. Thomas Bowdler. — Was a draper in Shrewsbur\', and younger brother of William Bowdler, who was Mayor in 1703. Mr. Thomas Bowdler founded and endowed the Charity School in Beeches Lane, Shrewsbury, and was buried at St. Julian's on the 12th of July, 1724. [He was baptized at St. Julian's, 3 September, 1655.] [p- 3940.1 Anno^JOHN Twiss. — W^as a clothier in Shrewsbury, and 1706.) of a family long connected with the Town and Liberties, as under stated. [He was buried at St. Julian's, 19 August, 1729, being then an alderman.] [Arms : Argent, a vine sprig slipped vert, fruited Or.] Richard Twiss, of Hadnal, in the ancient Liberties of Shrewsbury 1525. =,= ^ I I Alan Twiss, of lladnall, 1566.=^ Richard Twiss, of Hadnal, 1587.^ William Twiss, of Abbey Foreoate,=p Died prior to 5th Sept., 1620 Shrewsbury, Car})entcr. Died prior to 44ih Kli/abeih. 1 hoinas Twiss, of^Klizabeth Jones =p Richard Twiss, =j^=Kleanor . .. Shrewsbury, tan- Married at St. Twiss apprenticctl in j was a widow iicr. Admitted a 1 Chad's, 24 Feb. , | . tiic Mercers'Co. j prior to iStii I'Ur'^css 5th Sept., | i()20. Bur. there I 44 KHz. Admit- ' May, 1022, 1620. Hur. at -"-t. I 31 .Au^j., I (So. | ted of the same | as i-v Coi^k (triad's, i^ih June, i | l6o«). Admitted ! of Wcaveis' I :i llurqess 17111 | Company. I I Sept.,' 16 iS. I I .1 Vol. U., 4th Sf lies, 128 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. Elizabeth died unmar- ried. Buried at St. Chad's, 30jan.,i7i2. Nehemiah Twiss Bapt.atSl.Chad, 12 Jan., 1642. Robert=f=Ellen, dau. of Richard Twiss, of j Cotton, of Hasten, Hadnal, | Gent. Mar. in 1662. Gent. I Bur. at Middle, 3 I Dec, 1722, Ann,==pRichard Tuiss, of Frankwcll, Salop,— Abif::;ail, 2nd buriedatSt. tanner. Voted in 1676 for Sir Richard wife. Buried Chad's, 25 Oct., 1673. Corbett, Bart. Bapt. a{ St. Chad's, at St. Chad's, 7 April, 1639. Buried there 17 Jan., 29 Feb., 1719. 1715. Richard Twiss 1707. Rowland Twiss, of Frank- well, Shrewsbury, Tanner. I Samuel Twiss, bapt. at St. Chad s, 6 Feb., 1669. Bur. there 15 Dec, 1683. I i Elizabeth, buried at Thomas Twiss, bapt. at St. Chad's, 19 Sep., St. Chad's, 9 June, 1665. 1637. Bur there 15 Mar., 1^73. 1 Richard Twiss, bapt. at St, Chad's, 21 April, 1671. Buried there 17 Sept., 1688. John Twiss, aged 2 years in 1618. Apprenticed to Nicholas Chcihirc for 7 yCcvrs in Weavers' Co. in 1626 ; turned over to John Cotton 3 Dec, 1629. Richard Twiss, clothier, =pSarah Warier. Born subsccjuent to 17 \ Married at St. Sept., 161S. Apprcn- | Chad's, 15 ticcd to Richard Cotton I June, 1647. in the Weavers' Co, for | Buried at St. 7 years in 1634; turned ' Julian's 1704. over to Samuel Adderton | in 1638. I Mary, ac^ed 5 years in 161S. PniscillanrJo^'n Twiss, of Shrewsbury, clothier. Bapt. at^pMary (ist wife) Buried at St. Jul- ian's in 16S8. St. Cliad's, 31 May, 1657. Was apprenticed to his father in 1667, but his father dyinp; he was turned over to Rof]:er Warter 9 Jan., 1670-1. Admitted of the Weavers' Co. 4 Jan. 1675-6, Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1706. Resided on the Wyle Cop. (2nd wife). Mary 1695'. Richard Twiss, Buried at St. Julian's, 1686. ob. inf. James Twiss Mary^Rev.Malachi Pointer, BuriedatSt. Twiss I M. A., of Alkerton, Julian's, 1687 | co. Oxford, ob. inf. i Priscilla, mar- ried Rev. Wil- liam Painter, Vicar of Card- ington, at Brace Meole, 28 Nov., 1709. Jonathan Twiis, Gent. Sarah Bradburne, o.s.p. 5 Sep. ,=Thomas Mason, of ^ March, 1766. 1816, aged 71. Shrewsbury, Esq. I Eleanor=f»John Bradburne, of Chesterton, co, Derby, Gent Pointer " tHE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. 129 « I John Tuiss, Jun.,=?=Anp.e, d^u. Edward T\viss=pMary, dau. Ann, Mary of Shicwsbury, of Jonathan of Shrewsbury, | of Roger bapl. Margaret Gent. Sworn a | Cook, of at St. Elizab'th Burgess 29 Ksq. iMar- Nov., 172 1, ried at the Mayor in 1740. Abbey, 14 Bapt. at St. Sept., 1731 Julian's, 27 Feb., 1697-S. Buried there 3 Oct , 1741. draper, sworn a Scott, of Burgess 29 Nov., Betton, 2721. Bapt. at St. Julian s, 30 June, 1656. Appren- ticed in the Drap- ers' Co, in 1712, to John Travers of Wrexham, a freeman of the Drapers' Co, Shrews- bury. [P- 3941.] Whitchurch Jul- co. Salop, ian's, 17 Mercer. June, 1C95. I John Twiss, was appren- ticed to Mr. i\obcrt Lath- rop, apothe- cary, Shrews- oury, I July, 1750. I Richard Twiss, =p Anne, only dr. of of the H.E.I. Matthew 1 ravers, Co. Civil Ser- of Beeston and vice. Born in Brasscy Green, par, 1740. Married ( Bunbury, co. Ches- in 1771. Died ter, and grand- in i8io. neice of John Tra- vers, Esq., of Hose- ley and Trevelyn, CO. Denbigh. I Edward Twiss (po?thumus son). Bapt. at St. Julian's 21 April, 1742. Was ap- prenticed to Mr. Samuel Bcnyon, grocer, Shrews- bury, 1st August, 1759- Travers Twiss o.s.p. I Edward Twiss o.s.p. Richard Twiss o.s.p. Rev. Robert Twiss, LL. D. ,^Eanny, only surviving of Hoscley End of Parkside, j child of Thomas and Alington. Born 24 | ^Valkcr, Esq., of May, 1779. I Barkhampstead St. I Peters, co. Herts. I Travers Twiss,D.C. L. Fellow of Univ. Coll., Oxford, Born 19 Mar., 1S09. Chancellor of the Diocese of London 1S58. Richard Twiss, Born 1 Sept., 1814. Edward Robert Twiss, Clerk, M.A., Born 7 Jan., iSi8. Died in 1847. I Letitia, mar. Henry Rose Clarke, of Liverpool, Esq. Robert T\\ iss=j=Ellen Cotton of Hadn^il, 16 | 96 Anne, mar. George Marsdon, of Liverpool, Esq. Richard Thomas Twiss Twiss Robert Twiss 111 II. Mary Jane Elizabeth Dorothy Alice IP 3942.] Anno) John Felton.— Was a brazier in Shrewsbury, and 17^7' f died while in office. He was thus connected. Ak.ms : Gules, 2 lions passant Ermine, crowned Or. 130 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY, Thomas Felton, of Shrewsbury, Brazier. 31st July, 1671. Died prior to=f=Gwen, John Fclton, of Shrewsbury, brazier. Bapt. at=f=Elcanor. St. Chad's 21 March, 1647. Admitted a Burgess 31 July, 1671. Was Mayor of shrews- bury in 1707, and died while in office. Will, dated 20 Feb., 1707, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury i May, 170S. 169 = Thomas Felton, of Oswestry, Brazier. Thomas Felton. Chad's 2 May, young. Bapt. 167 at St. Died Eleanor,married Uichaid I'rice. James Telton, of=pEli^abeth, Oswestry, Brazier | with his 6 sons, | as undcrnien- | tinned, were ad- j mittcd Burgcssesof Shrews- ' bury 19 July, 1702. Buried | at Oswestry, 25 May, 17 17. I Sarah, ob. inf. Mary, aged 20 years in 1702. Martha, ob inf. I Anne, aged 12 years in 1702. I Elizabeth, aged 14 years in 1702. I Rebecca, aged 2 years in X702. Bapt. at Os- westry,3 1 May, 1700. I James 1' elton, aged 16 in 1702, was of Shrewsuury, I'ew- terer. Buried at St. chad's, 23 Dec, 17 10. Jeremiah Felton, aged II in 170^, bajjt. at (Jowestry, 12 Feb., 1691, 1 Thomas Felton, aged S in 1702. Sworn a Burgess 5 Jan., 172 [-2; then of Oswestry, Pew- terer. Bapt. at Oswes- try, 2 Nov., 1693. John Felton, of Oswestry, aged 7 in 1702, Svvorn a Burgess ^ Jan., 1721-2. Bapt. at Oswestry, 11 Nov., 1694. Samuel Felton, of Whitchurch, Grocer, aged 5 in 1702. Sworn a Burgess 5 Jan., 1721-2. Buried at Oswestry, 13 Jan., 1731-2. I Philip Felton, aged 3 years in 1702. Bapt. at Oswestry, 17 Feb., 1699. [P- 3943-] Anno^^WiLLiAM Smith. — Was elected to complete the 1707. j year of office of his predecessor. He was an eminent and ver\' successful apothecary in Shrewsbury, and was son of John Smith, of Shiffnal, baker. He was admitted of the Mercers and Apothecaries' Company in Shrewsbury on the 30th of June, 1679, and was sworn a Burgess and Assistant in the Corporation on the 30th of August, i6Sg. He married at St. Mary's, 2nd April, i6(jj, Mary Meyrick ; and their daughter, Elizabeth, was ba|)tiscd at St. Chad's, 2ist June, 1694; which daughter, with a brother, Thomas Smith, were living in 1696. . . . Arms : Sable, a bend between G martlets, Argent. THl- MAYORS ('!• SIIKKWSIU-RV. 1708. Samukl Cooke. — ^^'a5 a draper in Shrewsbury, and great-grandson of John Cooke, who was Maxor in 1654. Sec page 39i7- ': 1709. William Clemson. — Was a barber in Shrewsbury, and although that is a trade not much in account in these da\'S, it was, in Mr. Clemson's time, when wigs were looked upon as marks of gentility and station, a business of considerable im})ortance. The family of Clemson were once numerous in Shrewsbury/ and their common ancestor was admitted a Burgess on the 2nd October, 157^^, viz. : — Arms : Argent, a fess dancette in chief 3 crescents, gules. p 3944. John Clemson, of Rid^jje, co. Salop, yeoai;in.=p William Clemson, of Shrewsbury, cutler. Admitted- a Burgess 2nd October, 1578. William Clemson, of- Shrcwrsbury, cutler. I Richard Clemson, of Shrewsbury, = barber, died prior to 10 Dec, 1645. Adam^T- Cleirson 1 I. . I Daniel Clemson, a Bur-^G\Tcn, buried Robert Clemson, =^ J( {;css in 1646, was of Kiln Lane, cutler. Buried st St. Chad's. at St. Chad's, cutler, died prior I 26 July, 1676. to 6 July, 1675. i Clem- -on William Clemson, of Shrewsbury, barber. =Flane Robert Clemson, 'ij Mayor in I709. Bapt. at St. Chad's, I prenticeci in Lor- j 6 Dec, 1639, Bur. there 1 1 Mu)-, 1717. j visors' Co., 6 July, 1675. } I 1 i James Clemson, h:\pt. Benjamin Clemson, Thomas ^^lemson, of at St. Chad's. 16 bant, at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, ba!l;er. June, 1676. 29 Nov., 16S3. Sworn a Buri^ess 30 Nov., 1721. iSapt. at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, 2 Feb., 1674. oaniut l Clenison, of Shrewsbury, Jo.seph Daniel pi .li/.abetii barber. Sworn a Huri'ess 9 Dec, Clemson Clemson ^721. 1695. Nathaniel Clemson of Sluew-sbury sadiiU-r. Sworn a Burgess 4 Sept. Daniel Clemson, sworn Burt^ess and Assistant 31 Mirch, i74^>- /. 1 THK MAYORS OF SHKi:WSP,URY. KobcrP Clcmson, of Castle 1 orci;ate mason. Richard Clemson, of Slucws-^^ bury, corvisor. Voted for Sir j l\iclul. Corbett in 1676. A]> | prenticcd to the Corvisors' I Co. fo Dec, 1645. ' I John Clemson,^ of Wvle Cop, 1 smith, " son of | Adam." | Thomas Clemson, ofCastleForegate, | Corvisor. Voted j for Sir Richard | Corbett in 1676. 1 Sworn a Burf^ess | 2 Dec, 1721. I I William Clcmson, - of Castle Forcgate brickmakcr. \'otcd for Sir Richard Corbett in 1676. I Richard; Clemson, of Shrews- bury, cor- visor. Sworn a Burgess in 1721. I I John= Clemson, of Bris- tol Thc)mas=;= Clcmson, of \Vyle I Cop, smith. I I ! P Thomas I Clemson, I appren- j ticed in the I Glovers' Co. Salcp, 29 SoDt., 1686. I Thomas Clemson, tailor, of Wellington. Sworn a Burgess in 1721. I I Robert Clemson, of William Clemson, of Shrewsbury, corvisor. London, printer. Sworn Sworn a Burgess 10 a Burgess 22 March, April, 1754. ^ 1721-2.' Richard Clcmson, of | " Shrewsbury, corvisor, John Clemson, of^ Sworn a Burgess in Bishop's Castle, 1721. tailor. Sworn a Burgess 29 Dec, 1721. John Clcmson, of Bishop's Castle, corvisor.^ Sworn a Burgess 25th August, 1749. I William Clemson, of Bishop's Castle, corvisor: Sworn a burgess 29 Dec, 1721. -Susannah Griffiths, married at Bishop's Castle, 13 June, 1762. John Clemson, bapt. at Bishop's Castle, 18 Dec, 1764 Sworn a Burgess 26 April, 1796. ^33 HISTORY OF SEVERAL FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH DIDDLEBURY. I.— THE BALDWYNS. By EVELYN H. MARTIN (nee Swinnerton-Dyer). The family of Baldwyn of Diddlebury, including Elsich, Aston, Middlehope, Tiiongland, Stretton, Munslow, Cul- mington, Stokesay, Ludlow, Eaton-under-Heywood, Shrews- bury, Bitterley, Easthope, Coreley, Ludford, Caynham, in the county of Salop, Kinlet, co. Salop, Bockleton and Kyre, co. Worcester, and Aqualate, co. Stafford. PAR r I. , Baldwyn of Diddlebury. Arms : i. Argent, a saltire sable. 2 and 3 for and Orgrave. 4. Vairee argent and sable, a canton gules. (Staunton.) 5. Blank. ^ 6. Barry of 6, azure and argent, a chief ermine. (Wigle}\) 7. Gules, a chevron between three eagles close argent. (Childe.) S. Per pale Or and gules, a fleur de lis counter-changed. (Acheley.) 9. Gules, a saltire argent. (Wentworth.) 10. Ermine on a canton sable, a Nag's head, erased argent, lan-ucd gules. (P>roxton.) 11. Blank. 12. Or, two ravens in pale ppr. within a bordure, gules, be^'antee. (Corbet.) 13. Quarterly per fesse, indented Or and gules. (Lcighton.) i-l- Gules, a chevron between three leopards' faces, 2 and I Or. (Parker.) Vol. II., aldwyn.) t' BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. On the fall of Earl Robert de Belcsme, in 1102, King Henry I. granted the Chatellany of Montgomery to Baldwin do Boilers, in marriage with Sibil de Faleise. Through him the Welsh called the place Tre Valdwin., i.e. the Town of Baldwin (Eyton xi. 120). Burke, in his History oj the Commoners, says this family de- rive their descent from Bawdewyn, who occurs on the Roil of Battle Abbey, and who was castellan of Montgomery. The Arms of William, son of Baldwyn, of Montgomery, were, a sheep's head issuing from the sinister side of the shield, shown on a seal to a deed. Temp. Henry 11. — Baldwyn, Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeded Archbishop Richard in J1S5. There is a parchment document at the Heralds' Office of the Baldwyn family of Salop, which was copied 21st March, 18S3, by John Baldwyn, of Stokesay, and is as follows: — Crest : A Heron close Coronette. Baldwyn de Freville. Flourished 1186. Died 12 10. Bar Dexter. Bar Sinister. Claimed to represent the Champion of England at the Coronation of Richard I. 1200. John de Freville. 1 2 10. Baldv.'in Fitz Baldwin. Hugh Baldwin. John Baldwin (alias Proles). Henry. John. Maud. Henry. Nub: Simon Percival. 1306. Piers. James, Earl Ferrars. Freville Baldwin. Alexander. Hugh. John (1310). Hardres Praelium Cressy (1346). Jacques. Sigismond (1400) William. Ralph. Henry (ali proles). - - 1 homas. 13^ BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBUkY. 1510. Vere. 1540. James. 1570. Philip. John. Shrewsbury Paving and other Accounts, 54 Henry III.^ 1269-70. {Transactions, 3rd Ser., Vol. 7). Gregorio fratre Balclwyni pro meremio ad xx"^ Baldwyno de mardefole pro super .... Walteri fossatoris per totuni .... mintatem ... iij' De porta Sancti Georgii per manus Baldwyni de Mardefol et Warini Lenten ij» vj*^ Salop Lay Subsidy Roll, 1327, under Nordley : " Roger Baldewyne xij"^." Burke, in his History of the Commoners, vol. iii., p. 196, states that Bawdewin, of Bridgnorth, was one of the early ancestors of the family, whose son, George Fitz Bawdewin, was Steward of Montgomery Castle, and owned lands in Hope Bowdler and Smethcote, co. Salop. That Roger Baldwyn, the grand- son of George ¥'\iz Bawdewin, is, as far as is yet known, to be the first owner of l^iddlebury. He died about 1398, having married Jane, the daughter and heiress of William de Wigley by Alice le Childe, whose great-grandfather, John L'Enfant, married Emblema, the daughter and heiress of Richard Acheley the younger. John L'Enfant, or Childe, was one of the earliest Provosts of Shrewsbury in the time of King John (1199 — 1216). He is witness to a deed at Haughmond Abbey. In the Testa dc Nevill, Henry III. (1216 — 1272), William Achilla holds a tenth part of a Knight's fee in Dodelebur of Walter de Clifford. Family of Wigley. Notes from Mr. Henry T. Weyman, F.S.A., in his account of this family in the Transactions, vol. vii., 3rd Ser., He says: — The Wigleys owned a Manor House in Ludlow. The first mention of the name is in the 14 Henry HL (1229), when under a writ of Moit d'ancestrc, Ra][)h de Clun remitted and BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. 130 quit-claimed to Thomas Wigley and Margery his wife, tenants of half a virgate of land in Stanton Lacy, shewing that Thomas de Wigley was settled at Stanton Lacy. Thomas and Margery Wigley had a son, Roger, living about 1250. In 1284 John de Wigley was on a Ludlow inquest. At the assizes, 1292, Roger de Wigley was juror for Stanton Lacy. Palmers' Guild, Ludlow, grants. — Adam, senior of Wigley, is mentioned as owner of a house in Galdeford ; Richard de Wigley as owner of a house above Corve Gate. 1307-27. Dominus Richard de Wigley pays 2d. for a house in Corve Street ; and the heir of Sybil de Wigley 6d. for a house in Broad Street. Subsidy Roll, 1327, mentions William de Wigley, of Ludlow, and Alice de Wigley, of Stanton Lacy. This Alice (called Jane by Burke), was the daughter and heiress of William de Wigley. She married William Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, and their grandson was living in 1357. But Blakeway says Roger Baldwyn, who died in 1398, married Jane, the heiress of William de Wigley by Alice le Childe. The Wigley Arms are borne by the Baldwyn family. The head branch of the family ended with an heiress, but there were others who appear both at Stanton Lacy and Diddlebury. In August, 1345, Roger de Wygeleye, of Ludlow, is mentioned. In 1407 William, of Wigley, appears. In 1451 a fine is levied upon a sale by John Bykeley, of Salop, Chaplain, and Richard Tavener, of Salop, to Nicholas Stafford and Katherine, his wife, property in Ludlow, Oakley, Wigley, and Corve Meadow (probably in the Diddlebury parish). The family of Passey were closely connected with the Wigley family, and the name still appears in the parish of Diddlebury. In Rev. Edward Williams' M.SS. (Shrewsbury Free Library) is a short account of the family — Bawdewin occurs Ml the Roll of Battle Abbey, and the family till very recently BALDWVX OF DIDDLEBURY. were seated at Diddlebury. From Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, or from Baldwin de Brugge, or Bridgnorth, the famil}^ descend. His son, George Fitz Bawdewin, held tlie Manor of King's Mead in count}^ York." The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, and the Kinlet pedigree begins the pedigree of Baldwyn with John Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, who married Ann, daughter and heir of Richard L' Enfant. A John Baldwyn, Bailiff of Shrewsbury, was witness to a Shrewsbury deed, 17 Edward II., 1324. He again signs a deed in 1325. His son, Thomas Baldiiyn, of Diddlebury, married . . . . and had issue. William Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, married Alice, daughter and heir of William Wigley. In the Williams' M.SS. 11., folio 114, " King Edward III., on the 6th of Feb., in the 12th year of his reign, 1 333, bouglit the Manors of Kynnerton, Ryton, etc., of William Baldwyn for the sum of 13s. 4d." William Bald\vyn had issue. Thomas Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, who married .... and left issue. George Baldwyn, of Diddlebury and Bridgnorth, who was living 31 Edward III., 1358, and married Cicely, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas de Bruxton. Burke describes him as grandfather or father of Roger. Williams' M.SS. states he was the grandfather of Roger Baldwyn. 32 Edward III., 135S: "Grant from Thomas Vaughan, Knt., to Richard de Weston, of Salop, all the land lying between the held of Dervald and the bank of the Severn, together with a piece of land containing 5 acres which lies between a road leading towards Dervald and the land formerly belonging to John Baldwyn." Roger Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, living 135S, married Elinor, daughter of Clinton. He owned lands in Munslow, CO. Salop. Williams' M.SS. sa\-s he was the grandson of George Baldwyn and was the hrst owner of Diddlebury, and that his wife was Jane, the daughter and heir of William de W^igley. Williams' M.SS. II., 350: "20 Edward III., p. 3, 23 dorso, 28 Sc[)t., 1347. Patent Rolls. We have recei\-e(l a comjUainl for Roger Inddwyn, that Roger de Astelexe and ■I i I i i i BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. Thomas his son, etc., and Thomas son of John Henris of Alvedeleye, and certain other malefactors." In the WilHams' xM.SS. II., foho 193 : " Roger Baldwyn, w ho married ye heir of William de Wigley, dated 21 Richard II., 1399." He died about 1398, leaving issue. William Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, aged about 40 or more in 1458. (Williams' M.SS.) Burke states him to be grandson of Roger Baldwyn, his father, Roger, leaving him his lands in Munslow, which he left to his son when past middle age. Williams' M.SS. II., folio 127 : " 11 Henry VI., 1433. A deed of Richard Sutton, of Abbeton. One of the witnesses is William Baldwyn, of Mounslowe." Folio 193 : " 36 Henry VI., 1443. William Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, gave his lands in Munslow, late the lands of one William Wilks, to John Baldwyn, his son, and Elizabeth, his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies." The Visitation of Shropshire says he married Matilda, daughter of ... . Corbett, of Longnor, co. Salop, who bore for Arms Or, two ravens in pale proper, within a border engrailed gules bezantee. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, married ]\Iary, daughter of John Leighton, of Stretton and Wattlesborough, co. Salop, whose Arms are Quarterly per fesse, indented Or and gules. She died in 1459, leaving issue : 1. John Baldwyn. 2. Richard Baldwyn, of Aston-Munslow. (See later.) 3. Joane Baldwyn. Williams' M.SS. and Burke say that John Baldwyn married Elizabeth and that William, his father, bestowed his lands in Munslow on his son John Baldwyn and Elizabeth, his wife. 3- Joane Baldwyn married John Walker, alias Leigh, of Stretton, whose son, Thomas Walker, alias Leigh, of Stretton, had issue, Ann, who married Richard Hopton. This Richard Hopton is probabl\- a descendant of Elizabeth Hurley, the heiress of Bromcrolt, the wife of Sir John Hopton, Kt. 142 BALDWYN OF DIDDLE BURY. I. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, the eldest son of J^hn Baldwyn and Mary Leighton. He married between 1461-65 Augustine, the daughter of . . . Parker, of Norton Lee?, county Derby, who was Hving 146 1 to 1483. John Baldw\ n is mentioned in the Shropshire Benevolence Roll in 1491. He had issue : 1. John Baldwyn. 2. Alice Baldwyn, ^vho married John Walker, of Stretton, CO. Salop. I. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebury. He held the position of Yeoman of the Crown, and was living 1497. He married Alice, daughter of John Boterell, of Aston Boterell, who was living 1479, by his wife, Mary, daughter of ... . Corbet, of Longnor. Alice Baldwyn was living 22 Henry VH., 1509. Her brother-in-law, John Boterell, was living 1509. In the Churchwardens' Accounts of Ludlow {Shropshire Arch. Trans., 2 Ser., 148), there is a grant of a pew in Ludlow Church, 25 ^lay, 1649, to Captain William Boterell, Governor of Ludlow Castle. Anne Boterell, his daughter, married Thomas Jenkes, of Aston Munslow. John Baldwyn had issue : 1. William Baldwyn. 2. Richard Baldwyn. 3. John Baldwyn. 4. Francis Baldwyn. 5. John Baldwyn, of Stretton. (See later.) 6. Jane Baldwyn, who married Thomas Mason, of Diddle- bury. (See later account of this family.) 7. Joane Baldwyn married W^illiam Burfeld, of Hertford. 8. Eli;:abeth Baldwyn, who married first .... Williams, and, secondly, Thomas Crowther, who was buried at Diddle- bury 8 June, 1590, and is described as of Spargfordc (Sparchford). She was buried at Diddlebury 14 Aug., 1584. She had a son, Arthur Crowther. In 1681 John Crowther was churchwarden of Diddlebury. Bromfield Registers. 1592, Feb. 23. Thomas Morice, servant of Mr. TZdward Crowther, bur. BALDWYN OF DIDDLE BURY. 1612, Aug. 25. Thomas Taylor and Margaret Crowther, mar. 1637, Jan. 28. William, son of Thomas Crowther and Patience, bapt. 1639, Mar. 30. William, son of John Crowther and Jane, bapt. 1641, Sept. g. Oliver, son of John Crowther and Jane, bapt. 1720, June 12. Edward Blucke and Elizabeth Crowther, widow, mar. 1730, May 20. Edmund Lockier andMary Crowther, both of Halford, mar. 1736, Nov. 22. Richard Crowther, of Brampton Brian and Mar)^ Jones, of Bucknell, mar. by lie. I. William Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, through his father's situation about the Royal person, during the reign of Queen Mary, was appointed to the confidential office of Cupbearer to Her Majesty. He was living in 1576, when Sir Henry Compton, Knt., granted to him, under the name of " William Baldewine, of Diddlebury, gentleman,'' the Manor and Advowson of Kyre Wyard, in co. Worcester. He married M daughter of Richard Jenkes, and died without issue, leaving his brother, Richard Baldwyn, his heir. There is a marriage of Joyce, the daughter and heir of John Baldwyn, of Under Heyton, in the parish of Stanton Lacy, and Thomas Jenkes, of Wolverton, who was the son of John Jenkes, of Wolverton, by his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward Leighton, of Cotes. Their grandson, Herbert Jenkes, sold the Manor of Eaton-under-Heywood to Edward Baldwyn in 1630. Inq. Post Mortem, Exchequer, 8625. 35 Henry VHL, 1544. Inquisition held at Shrewsbury 17 Sept., after the death of William Baldwyn, gentleman. He had a capital niessuage, 4 tenements, 2 water mills, 200 acres of land, 30 acres of meadows, 50 acres of pasture, with the appurtenances in Diddlebury, and 2 messuages, 6u acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, in Lower Heyton in his own cemeyse as of fee. According to a Charter, dated 20 May, 23 Henry VIH., 1532, under the name of WiUiam Baldwyn, son and heir of John Baldwyn, gentleman, he granted and 144 BALbWYN OF DIDDLRBURY. I confirmed to Thomas Bottrell, of Aston Bottrell, gentlenmn Thomas Mason, of Diddlebury, Thomas Walker, of Strcttcn and Richard Normecott, clerk, all the aforesaid messuages, i lands, tenements, with appurtenances in the town and field? of Diddlebury : also 2 mills and the holding which he had in ] Le Bache mille. These were to be held by the devisees for i the use of the said William Baldwyn and the heirs of his ] body, and if he had no chiid then to Richard Baldwyn, his I brother, and his heirs ; and if he die without heirs, then to j John Baldwyn, his brother, and his heirs; and if he die | without issue, then to John Wellinge, the son of Elizabeth. i the sister to the said William Baldwyn, and the heirs of his \ body ; and if he die without issue, then to the right heirs of I William Baldwyn. \ After the death of W^illiam Baldwyn the property went to j Richard Baldwyn, his brother, who, at the time of taking this i inquisition, was 34 and more. | Further, they say that William Baldwyn died at West- j minster, co. Middlesex, on the ist May last. j He held his property in Diddlebury of Francis, Earl of j Shrewsbury, as of his Castle of Corfham, by fealty of 7s. '] yearly rent to the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary. 3. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebur}^ married Ancharetta. daughter of Edward Marston, of Afcote (see later account of this family), whose " Arms were: Sable, a fesse dancettee j ermine. He had issue : 1. Richard Baldwyn, d.s.p. 2. John Baldwyn, of Pomfret, co. York. 4. Francis Baldwyn, Vicar of Wistanstow, co. Salop. Will of Francis Baldwyn. Bundle 11. flereford P.C. 20 Oct., 1546. 1, Francis Baldwyn, Gierke, Parson of Wistantow. To the Cathedral of Hereford, xij^. To Richard Baldwyn, my brother, my silver goblet, and at his discrcssion to remaine to his eldest son, Thomas Baldwyn. To my brother-in-law, William Burghill (Burfield), my best gold ring. To my sister Joan, his wife, a mare. To my sister, Elizabeth Crowthcr, a white amblinge colte. To John feALbWYN OF DIDDLE BURY. Baldwyn, of Acton Scote, a bay mare and a coltc. To Richard Marston, my servant, a white mare and a colte. To William Marston, my servant, and to Charles Greenway, a cowe. To Sybylley Davis, a heifer. To William Edwards, my best clothe gowne, etc. To my brother, John Baldwyn, the lease I have of the burry (burying) ground, 6 oxen, 6 cayne (kine), and all the corne in the barne. To Elizabeth Mason, my sister's daughter, a pot and panne and 6 sylver spoons, and To John Baldwyn, my brother's son, a sylvar spone with a cut end. To Anne Mason, my god- daughter, a sylvar spone. Residue, after the payinges of my debtes and funeral expenses, to be divided equally among my brothernes and sisterenes children. Witnesses : William Edwards, clerk ; Thomas Davies, W'illiam Marston, John Baldwyn, Richard Marston, my executors, Thomas Burfeld, my brother-in-law, and Thomas Crowther, of Sparchforde, and my brother, Richard Baldwyn, my overseer. Interroga- tion to be put on the part of Richard Baldwyne, Knight, for Ancrete Baldwyn, as to proving the will of Francis Baldwyne : 1. How long has she known Francis Baldwyne ? 2. W'hat relation is she to him ? 3. Does she know anything about a unccaled will of Francis Baldwyne ? 4. Did the testator say if I have made my testament before to his tyme, I will alter iiit, and hit shall be of no force ? 5. What were the legacies ? 6. Who summonded the witnesses and paid their expenses ? Witnesses examined — Thomas Davies, of Tybyngeham Rosse. He had known Francis Baldwyne, and Ancharette 13aldwyne for 20 years from her infancy. The said Francis Baldwyne made his will 8 years ago, and made Vis brother- in-lawe, Henry Hill, and his brother-in-lawe, Thomas Crowther, his executors. Witness, Nicholas Davycs, is a serving man. Answer to the third question : About 8 years ago, about the springe of the yeare, Sir Francis Baldwyne sent for him, and this deforcicnt coming on to him sittynge in a chayre in a chamber over the parlour did say and rcdde this tcstcment to hini. I46 KALDWYN OF DIDDLEYURV. Answer to the 4th question : There were present Si: ' William Edwardes, Richard Marston, Elizabeth Marston, this deforcient and more. He remembers, without anv instruction, most part of the legacies, also he was requested by Ancherette Baldwyne to come ; he has had nothing for j his expenses. | Witness, William Marston. He has lived 22 years at | Wistanstow, and is aged 36 years, and is of free condition and 1 is a kinsman of Ancherette Baldwyne in the third degree of I consanquinity, or about. He has known Ancherette j Baldwyne about 30 years, Francis Baldwyne about 22 years, | William Burghill (Burfeld) about 16 years, and Thomas | Crowther about 10 years. Francis Baldwyne said that he miade | his will about eight years ago, and he recites the will. He say? j the name written Thomas ought to be William Burghill j (Burfeld), and the others present say the same. That he is a j carpenter, and he does not know who wrote the will, but he i heard the will read. He was sent for by Ancherette Baldwyne j and he has had nothing for his expenses. | W^itness, Richard Marston, of Stretton le Dale, says he is j 33 years old and is of free birth, and the brother of Ancherette j Baldwyne, and he has known Ancherette Baldwyne from j infancy. Sir Francis Baldwyne he has known for 24 years, j William Burghill (Burfeld) for 14 years, and Thom.as Crowther for 16 years, and he recites the will. Witness, Thomas Movcley, of Dyddlebury, says he has lived at Dyddlebury for 11 years, and before that he lived at Rossc, and is 27 years of age and is of free condition, and that he has known Ancherette Baldwyne for 20 years and Sir Francis Baldwyne for 20 } ears, and he is a husbandman. He says | Sir Francis Baldwyne declared his will to him by mouth, he ! being sent for to help him in his sickness. He says Sir j Francis Baldwyne had written his will with his own hand. | He came at the request of Ancherette Baldwyne, and she is j to pay his expenses, and he does not know of any later will. j Witness, Johjt Baldwyne. That he heard the will read \ while Sir Francis Baldwyn was sitting in his chayre in his chamber over the parlor in Wistanstowe. That Ancherette j Baldwyn is willing to pay his expenses, that he docs not j know of any other will ; that he, John Baldwyn, of Acton BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. Scott, where he had lived for 11 years, is 40 years of age and of free condition. He says he is a kinsman of Ancherette Baldwyn, who was married to his half-brother, and is a kinsman of Burghill (Burfeld) and Crowther, viz., that the said Burghill (Burfeld) and Crowther hath married two of his half-sisters, and that he is an illegitimate brother to Sir Francis Baldwyne, clerk, and that he hath known Ancherette Baldwyn for 20 years. [Note. — In the Vhiiation the name is Burfeld, but through- out this will the name is spelt Burghill.] 2. Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, who is described in the Inquisition Post Mortem, 35 Henry \'ni., 1544. as then aged 34 and more, succeeded his brother, William Baldw} n, in his estates, and probably built the Manor House of Elsich. He was married at Shipton the 7 Nov., 1545, to Margaret Ludlow, who was the daughter of Lawrence Ludlow, of the Morehouse, Corvedale, by Anne, his wife, the daughter of Thomas Cressett, of Upton Cressett, near Bridgnorth. Lawrence Ludlow was the great-grandson of Sir Richard Ludlow, Knt., whose Arms were Or, a lion rampant sable, all over gules, which family owned Stokesay Castle for many generations. He had issue — 1. Thomas Baldwyn. 2. William Baldwyn. 3. Henry Baldwyn. 4. Elizabeth Baldwyn. 5. Dorothy Baldwyn. 6. Mary Baldwyn. In the Diddlebury Registers is the burial, on the 9 Dec, ^585, of Richard Haldwx'n, of Diddlebury, gentleman. Richard ]5aldwyn de Dudleburie generosus sepuitus nono die mensis et anno ut supra Aprillis 1586. (Par. Reg.) Williams' M.SS., v., 72 : — " A grant of a Coate by Robert Cooke unto Richard Baldwin of Diddlebury gentleman viz I'pon a Healm on a wreath silver and sable on a mount vert, a cockatrice courant also with a crowne about ye necke, and a chaine beaked." This coat bears date ye i6th of June, 1580. in the Subsidy Roll, 167-41 of 13 Elizabeth, 1570, under I'elhampton, Downe, Marshe, Alcaston, Afcote, Strefoid, and 148 BALDWYN OF DIDDLHBURY. Orneysgrove, Charles Baldwyn (who apparently was the brother of Thomas Baldwyn, of Diddlebury), is rated at £4, and pays tax 6s. 8d. In 1592 a Charles Baldwyn has goods worth £4 and pays tax 6s. 8d. (167-86). Charles Baldwyn was buried at Diddlebury, 8 April, 1586. In the Parish Registers is the following note : — 1585. Carolus Baldwyni sepeliebatur octavo die mensis ut supra." Will of Maiigarht Baldwyn. Will dated i Oct., 1611. Margeret Baldwyn of Diddlebury, widow (daughter of Lawrence Ludlow). To my sons Henry, Edward, John and Richard Baldwyn, ^30 each. To my daughters, Dorothy and Susan Baldwyn, 20s. each. To my grandchildren, Charles Baldwyn, Thomas Baldwyn, Anne and Cecilie Higgins, 20S. To Anne Ludlow, my niece, 20s. I give to Edward Baldwyn (son of Thomas Baldwyn, who died 1614), my silver salte. To Charles Baldwyn my silver cuppe. To George Mason, my son-in-law, 4 oxen. To Mary Mason, my daughter, his wife, 4 oxen. To Davy Powell, my servant, 6s. 8d. To Cecelie Mason one bed. William Baldwyn, my son, executor. Witnesses : Lawrence Peerce, Jane Baldwyn, Catherine Griffiths, I^Iargery Harper, and Richard Buckley, clerke. Will proved at Hereford, 20 Oct., g James L, 1611. 2. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, Diddlebury [second son of Richard and Margeret]. He resided at Elsich, in the chapelry of Corfton. The family name had been written indiscriminately, but from this point the spelling differs. He married Barbara, daughter of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch, CO. Southampton, whose will was proved P.C.C. in 1594 (43 Dixey.) William Baldwyn served in the Earl of Worcester's Regiment in 1605, also his son, Charles Baldwyn. He had issue : I, Charles Baldwyn, of Elsich, and later of Stokesay, and Thomas, although Thomas Baldwyn is said to have died young. It is possible that this is a mistake. William Baldwyn evidently married, secondly, Jane . . . . The Visitation gives his wife's name as Barbara, but in his will he speaks of Jane, his wife, BALDWYN OF DIDDLERI' KV. 149 Sir John Dntinctt, Knt., of W^esthope, in his will, dated 29 Jan., 1606-7, and proved 30 April, 1607, P.C.C. 28 Huddle- stone, leaves " To my Iriend, Mr. William Baldwyn, gentleman, a gold ring." In his Inquisiiion Post Mortem, 5 James I., 1608, 2 pars, vol. 300, No. 174, an Indenture is mentioned, dated 7 Jan., 42 Ehzabeth, iboo, between Sir John Dannett, Knt., of Danet Hall, co. Leicester, and William Baldwyn, of Ludlow, gentleman, " and that Sir John Dannett, on the 18 January, ''2 James I., 1605, give to William Baldwyn, one of the feoffees, a piece of gold of the value of 5s., before divers witnesses." Lady Agnes Dannett, in her will, dated 9 August, 1626, and proved 20 November, 1626, P.C.C. 122 Hele., gives to Margaret, the daughter of William Jenkes, £^ and two silver spoons. Will of Willl\m Baldwyn. 10 Dec, II James I., 1614. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, in the parish of Diddlebury, gentleman. All my lands in Llanbester to be ali'end and conve\'ed away for the best sum possible. The residue to Charles Baldwyn, my son ; to him ail my messuages and lands. My wife Jane, Charles, my son, executor, and Henry Baldwyn, my brother, supervisor, Henry to be guardian to my son. Witness : John Layfield, Thomas Ldrick, Hugh Gwiltin, Elizabeth Whprwood, Anthony Rogers. Proved P.C.C. 23 Ap., 1616, by oath of Charles Baldwyn, executor. (36 Copes.) In the Ludlow Registers is the baptisni of Charles, son of William Baldwyn, 26 Nov., 159S. Inqiiisitioji Post Morton, 3I0/IS4: 25 Jan., 11 James I., i(n.\. Held at Shrewsbury. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, m Diddlebury, was seised in his own demesne as of fee in 9 messuages, 5 cottages, and lands, etc., in Corfton, and property in j3owlden, Acton, and St. Margaret Clce. On Jan. 23, 9 James I., 16 12, a fine was levied. Ho owned property at Long Stanton, and Charles Baldwyn is his son and heir. The next two wills, of William Baldwyn and Jane l>aldwyn, I a:n unable to conn-sn. Vol. II., 4U1 Scries. P.ALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY Will oi- \Villl-\m 1^)Awldewvxnp:. Bundle III., H.P.C., 20 March, 1565. In the Name of God. Amen. The 20t]i daye of Marche, in the yeare of O- Lord God, 1565. I, WilHam Bawldewyne, of Sparchforde, in ye parishe of Duddleburie, in ye Countie of Saloppe, sicke in bodie neverthelesse butte of perfecte mynde and memorie, thankes bie unto God, doe ordeyne, and institute, and make my last will and testement in ye mannour and terme follow- inge. That is to saye, I gyve and bequeathe my sowl unto the Allmightie God, trustinge to the merites of His Son Christe's Passion and mercyfull Bludde sheadinge, to be saved, and my bodie to be buryed in the parishe Churche of Duddleburie. Also, I give and bequeathe to the parishe Churche of Duddleburie foreseyde the some of xxv^ iiij'^ eternyly, to hd fore the parishioneres there, distributed towarde the mayntenance of the Grammaire Schcole there, and towardes the reparacions of the foreseyde parish Church. The residue and debts to be payde to Joane, my wyffe, whiche sayd Joane I ordeyne and make my sole executrix, reservinge the use and distribution of the sam.e to and amongste my childerene, and on suche charitable deedes as to her gode discretion shall secure most conveniente and meteste these. Witnesses : Thomas Tylar, Edward Tastas, and others. (No Act; endorsed Diddlebury.) Will of Jane Bawdewvne. Bundle VI. 8 June, 1577. In the Name of God. Amen. I, Jane Bawdewyne, of Diddlebury, sicke in body but sound in mvnde and of perfect memorie. To be buried in the parish church of Diddlebury. To the reparacons of the sayde churche xx^ To Charles Bawdewyne, my son, one cowe, four acres of cornc in the frehe (parke). Halve my householde stuffe. Halve the dctte which Thomas Posterne, of Sutton, doth owe unto me. Halve the monie which Minton doth owe mc, Charles Bawdewyne to be at halve the char^^es in the suite of lawe for the same, and unto the said Charles all my implementes. To my three daughters, Elizabeth, Johane and Dorothy, to every of them xx\ To John Habcrlie clerke, iij^ iiij^. To Katheren Glace iij^ iiij^ To Arthur fiALbWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. Haldwyn one weaned cawlfe. To my sonne Charles's wyffe my flaxe, and she for the same to give a fine Kercheve for to cover the communion cuppe of the parish of Diddlcbury. The rest of my goods to my son, John Baldewyne, and he to be executor. Witnesses : John Habberlie, clerke, Thomas Tvler and Thomas BerJe. Debts owing unto me from Thomas Posterne /xix vij' ; William Ausope, of Ludlow, £{']'] ; Thomas Norton, of Culmington, 6s. Sd. 3. Henry Baldwyn, of Diddlcbury (mentioned in the will of his brother, William Baldwyn, 1614). 4. Elizabeth Baldwyn, Married Richard (son of George Higgins by his wife, E/izabeth Farmer, of Shrewsbury). Their daughter, Elizabeth Higgins, married John Powell, of Sutton-in-DidJlebury. ^See later account of this familw'i The will of Richard Higgins, of Pontesburv, co. Salop, was proved 1598 P. CO., 52 Lewyn. There is a marriage of Thomas, son of William Hu,c:he5, alias Higgins, of Stretton, and , daughter of . . . Baldwyn, of Diddlcbury, and another marriage of Thomas, son of John Higgins, of Stretton, and a daughter of Baldwyn, of Diddlcbury. Their grandson was living temp. Henry VIL, 1509 — 1547. The grandson of Hugh, son of John Higgins, of Stretton, also married the daughter of Baldwyn, of Diddlcbury. In the Licences granted by the Vicar-General of Canter- bury is : " Baldwyn Higgins, of. St. Andrew, Holborn, London, Esquire, widower, about 30, and Dame Mary May, of Raymare, co. Sussex, widow, about 31. At the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, 17 June, 1679.'' From the Diddlcbury Registers and Churchwardens* .Accounts are the following referring to the family : — 1584. Feb. 28, Frances, dau. of Richard Higgins and Elizabeth, bapt. 1590- Sept. 23, Francis, son of Richard Higgins and Elizabeth, baptized. (These are, evidenth', the children of Elizabeth Baldw\ n.) I597« l^G^. II, Adam Higgins and Sylia Churchman mar. 1 686. William Higgins, of Boston, Churchwarden. 169S. William Higgins, of Lawton, overseer for the High- ways. / BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBUnV. Oct. I'l, William Higgins and Anne Downes married. July 20, Elizabeth, dau. of William Higgins and Ann, bapt. William Higgins, of Middlehope, Churchwarder.. (In 1707 he was overseer, and in 1723.) Ap. 20, Ann, daughter of William Higgins and Ann, bapt. Ap. 29, Ann Higgiiip buried. (In 1730 and 1734 William Higgins, of Westhopc. was overseer, and churchwarden in 1733. In 1731 William Higgins, junior, of Wcsthope, was overseer- In 1740 Edward Higgins was churchwarden.) Dec. 10, W^illiam Higgins, of Middlehope, was buried, and in 1747 William Higgins, of Middlehope, was overseer. In 1762 Edward Higgins, of Peaton, was overseer. Ap. 8, Thomas Higgins and Susan Evans were mar- ried by licence at Corfton Chapel, in the parish. 1802101813. Thomas Higgins, of Gt. Sutton and Poston. was overseer. 5. Dorothy Baldwyn married Walter Beck, and his will was proved 159S, in P.C.C. (S3 Lewyn.) 6. Mary Baldwyn married George Mason, of Diddlebury, and their children were baptised there, George on the 8 Ma}". 1589, William the i Sept., 1590, and buried 5 Nov., 1590. I. Thomas Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, eldest son, was born in 1546. Williauh-^^ M.SS. says : He spent many years within the Circuit of the Court as the agent to the Earl of Shrews- bury, who was then engaged on the dangerous office of guarding the Queen of Scots."' There are letters extant from Thomas Baldwyn, dated 1st July, 15S0, to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and one from him in reference to Queen Mary, another directed to Mr. Thomas Bawldewine at Could Harbour, in London, dated April, 1581. He was imprisoned for some time in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London, and on its walls is depicted a drawing in stone of a pair of scales, with a Death's head, with the inscription, Thomas Bawdewin Juli. As vertuc maketh life So sin causcth dcaih." 15^ 1703- 1704. 1704. 1710. 1710. 1748. 1769. BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. His epitaph at Diddlebury records he who escaped the sea, the sword, and the chains of the cruel Tower.'' The State Papers of Sir Ralph Sadlier records, Thomas Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, Esquire, by the Privie Counsell of Queen Elizabeth appointed as (blank) for the affairs of Her Majesty the Queen of Scots, and George, Earl of Shrewsbury, after three years imprisonment in the Tower, married Gertrude, the daughter of Robert Gorbet, of Standwardine, and adopted the motto, ' By the help of my God do I leap over the wall.''' He was said to have been imprisoned for counterfeiting the Queen's coin, but WilliiDns thinks tiiis imprisonment would not have been mentioned if it had such a disgraceful cause. Records shovr nothing to account for his imprisonment, or w hether he was re-appointed the Earl of Shrewsbury's agent on his release, and on enquiry at the Tow cr of London the writer was unable to find anv further information, as the authorities possess no record of his imprisonment or release, but he returned to Diddlcburv, where he died at the age of 68. His w'lie was the heiress of Robert Gorbet by the daughter and co-heir of Thomas Kynaston. (Although search has been made at vShrewsbury, Hereford, Lichfield, and London the will of Thomas Baldwyn cannot be found.) In the interesting book, "The Tower of London,'' by Richard Dancy, published in 1910, is an account of the Goldharbour Tower. It was not, as stated by Lord de Ros, a cell somewhere in the vaults of the White Tower," but a separate tower, or gateway, standing at the south-west corner of the White Tower, and in a line with the Wardrobe Tow er consisting of two round towers, with battlements and Hat roofs, both slightly lower than the Wardrobe Tower. Between these two towers, linking them together, w as a gate- way over which was a cell with battlements, which sheltered tiiat unfortunate visionary Elizabeth Ijarton, "'the Maid of Kent," during her incarceration in 1534 Here, too, in '553>the Lords .Ambrose and Henry Dudley were interred for their share in the conspiracy to place Lad\' Jane Grey on tbe 1 lirone. In Elizabeth'.^ lime the C\)Klharbi)ur was ummI 'ts a prison. In 1572 Her Majesty reprimanded Sir Owen 154 BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURV. Hopton, Lieutenant of the Tower, for permitting his prisoner.^ to walk and talk on " the leades of Cole Harbour/' and that Lord Southampton had been seen leaping upon the Cc]< Harbour Tower." A warrant from the Commissioners of the Tower to th(^ Officers of Ordnance, dated 15 November, 1660, askin:: permission to demolish " some houses about the White Tower." Another warratit to the Commissioners of Ordnance dated 24 April, 1667, whereby m addition to the alteration, ordered in the Tower," order Wcis given to demolish an.l rebuild the old buildings called Coldharbour," etc. On an alabaster tablet in the north v/all of Diddlebur\- Church is the following epitaph : — Thomas primogenitus Richardi Bawdewin de Diddleburic et MargiritfT uxoris ejus filia Laurencii Ludlowe de Morehouse duxit in uxore' Gertrudam filiam Roberti Corbet de Stand- wardine de qua genuit tres filios Edwardum, Johannem et Richardum et duas hlias Dorotheam et Suzanna et valedicit mundo Anno D'ni 16 14 ^Etatis suae LXVIII et obiit 4 Aprilis. 1623. Qui mare qui ferrum durse qui vincula turris Quondam transivit nunc ingens Atropos oc . . . . Nomen si qu^eras soboles quot quae fuit uxor Occubuit quando qux subsunt haec tibi monstra. Arms : On centre shield argent, a saltire sable (Baldw\-n). On dexter shield. Or, a raven proper. (Corbet). On sinister shield. Or, a lion rampant sable, vulned all over gules (Ludlow, of Morehouse). Williauiss M.SS., vii., 23, in Diddlebur}- Church : — " He who without yielding has passed the sea, and steel, and the chains of the Tower, is now seized by a great wasting. If you ask his name, his family, who his wife was, when he died, the inscription below will tell you : " Born at Diddlebury, Thomas Bawdewin, eldest son of Richard iKiwdewin and Margeria, his wife, daughter of Laurence Ludlow, of Morehouse, married Gertrude, daughter of Robert Corbet, of Stanwardine, by whom he had 3 sons, Edward, John and Richard, and 2 daugliters, Dorothea and Susanna, and departed to rest. He bade farewell to the world on the y{\\ day of October, a.d. 1614, in the 68th year of his age." BAI.DWYX OF DIDDLEP.l'RY. Gertrude Bald\v\-n is mentioned in the Terrier of Diddle- Iniry in 1637. Was living in 1639. He left issue : J. Edward Baldwyn, of Diddlebury. 2. John Baldwyn, of Middlehope. 3. Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlebury. 4. Dorothy Baldwyn. 5. Susan Baldwyn. I. Edward Baldwyn, of Elsich and Diddlebury. Owing to the Registers of Diddlebury from 1599 to 1660 being lost, and as there are no Transcripts at Hereford, I am unable to find his baptism, but he was probably baptised there. The Vhiiation of Salop, 1623, states that Edward Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, married Mary daughter of Edward Lutwich, of Lutwich. He signed his pedigree at the Visitation. His issue are not given. The Arms of his wife were : Or, a tiger passant, gules. Shropshire Notes and Queries savs Elsich was the property of Edward Baldwyn in 15S4, but I think this refers to the Edward Baldwyn of Stokesay. In the Diddle- bury Terrier, 1637, under Diddleburv : — To the T}-the Hay upon the Meadows and Grounds of Edward Baldwyn, Esquire, in the Tenure of Edward Baldwyn and others, and the Meadows and grounds of Gertrude Baldwyn " (his mother). Williams's M.SS., 306 and 135. In the catalogue of gentlemen who have comj)ounded for their estates is Edward I'aldwyn, of Diddlebury, Esquire, /245. He is mentioned as entitled to bear Arms. Names of Officers in co. Salop [W illian^s^s M.SS.. 2, 57. i(>05'/ : " Gaptain Edward Baldwyn, of the Regiment of Sir \'incent Gorbet, Rnt. Edward Baldwyn and Charles Baldwyn, belonging to the Troop under the command of Sir Richard Ottley, Knt." I rom researches at Shrewsbur\- are foimd the names of his children : 1. Thomas Baldwyn. 2. (lertrude l>ald\\\n. Living 1636. Married Robert Leighton, of Wattesborough. 3- Susan BaKlwyn. Li\ing ^C) ]G. Married Thomas Kerr\-, of l^n Weston. ^5^ BAIJ)\VV\ OF DIDDLEBURV. 4. l^^i/aboth l);iKl\\yn. Lis ing 16 ',6. Married Rich.i' i Sniitli, of lUirton, In the Diddlcl)ury Registers is the burial of one Ed\var>; Baldwyn, gentleman, 28 July, 1664. I. Thomas Baldwin, of Diddlebur\' and Shrewsbury. ! In the Williains's M.SS., 2, 24S, under the " Bur^::esses o: Shrewsbury " : " Thomas Baldwyn, of Shrewsbury, Esqun-r . the son of Edward Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, Esquire. \vas admitted Burgess, and Jias issue: — Richard Baldwyn, aged 9 years. Hugh Baldwyn, aged S years. Edward Baldwyn, aged 6 years. Charles Baldwyn, aged 4 years. Thomas Baldwyn, aged 2 years. Leighton Baldwyn, aged half-a-\'ear. Marv Baldw vn, aged 9 years. Anne Baldwyn, aged 4 years. Dated 17 July, 1660." Arms of Thomas Baldwyn, Sheriff of Shrewsburs-. 16S0 : 1 .-Vrgent, a sallire sable. The same as on a monument in the Abbey Church, Shrewsbury. Thomas Baldwyn, of Shrewsbury, armiger. In 1664, under \ Guilds of Shrewsbury : Paid to Mr. Thomas Baldwyn for Councell 5s." On 2 Jan., 1676 (WilliiDnss M.SS., II., 251^, under Cor- poration Orders Exchequer : " Saloi^ Agreed and hayc elected j Thomas Baldwyn, Esquire, to be Recorder ot Shrewsbury to I succeed Sir Timothy Townshend, Knt., deceased." Under the list of Mayors of Shrewsbury, 6 Feb., 16S5. occurs the name of '* Thomas Baldwyn, lisquire, barrister." In the Shrewsbury Corporation Rental for 16S6. uuJer }>ooth Hall, Ve Corne Market and Kill Lane," Thomas Rjaldws n, lCs(}uire, was taxed for his " Stone Torch and Stairs 6d." Williamss M.S>^., II., 309: Mayors of Shrewsbur\'. i6S(», " Thomas Baldwyn, Esquire." Williamss M.SS., II.: "251'^ James II., i Jan., 16S7-S. Whereas we haye receiyed of the Earl of Shrewsbury from being Recorder of Shrewsbury ; Robert Pryce, gentleman, from being Steward ; Thomas ]KiKiw\'n, l^-aldwyn, Ixatholomew Lutley ' J£s(j., and Edward Pullc\', gentleman. My f>on William Minton and daugtiter Elizabeth Mintou executors. Witness; baldWyn of diddle bury. 159 Charles Bawdenin, Law. Langlcy, Mat. Morgon. Proved at Ludlow, 25 Nov., 1679. In the Ludford Registers is the marriage on 2 Nov., 1699, of John Baldwyn (who was buried there 27 Dec, 1701), and Ann Bony, spinster. Will of Thomas Minton. Hereford Register 5, folio 233. Will of Thomas Minton of Diddlebury, 3-eoman. Dated II April, 1680. To Thomas Bawdewin, son of Thomas Bawdewin of Shrewsbury, Esquire, a good mourning ringe of 10/-. To Margaret Bony 20/-. All the rest of my goods to William Minton, my eldest brother, he executor. Witness; Richard Tyler, Edward Eosbrooke, William Eosbrooke. Proved at Ludlow, 27 April, 1680. Thomas Baldwyn of Munslow, gentleman, married Sarah, daughter of Anne Minton oi Diddlebury. His Will is dated 5 Jan., 1705, and proved i Eeb., 170S. He left issue — 1. Edward Baldwyn. 2. John Baldw} n. 3. Thomazine Baldwyn, mentioned in the Will of Anne Minton, 1679, married 6 June, 1681, at Ludlow, John Giles. 4. Susan Baldwyn married Rowland Powell. Mentioned in the Will of Thomas PoNvell. 5. Gertrude Baldw}'n married . . . Stedman. 6. Margery Baldwyn baptized at Munslow, 25 April, 1658; married at Ludlow, 3 April, i6gi, John Sible. She is described as of Munslow. 7. Sarah Baldwyn married . . . Shepherd. 8. Dorothy Baldwyn baptized 7 Dec, 1661, at Munslow. 9. Joyce 13aUlwyn baptized i May, 1664, at Munslow. One of these (Dorothy or Joyce) married Thomas Foster. Thomas Baldwyn had a lease of Boston, in Diddlebury, winch he gave to his son, Edward Baldwyn. In the Registers of Sheriff Hales, 1693, May 16, is the marriage of Mr. Thomas Baldwyn and Mrs. Sarah Cotes. Mr. Thomas Baldwyn was buried i Oct., 1719, at W'oodcote i6o BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. Will of Thomas Baldwyn. Hereford Register 16, folio 219. Will of Thomas Baldwyn of Munslow, gentleman, 5 Jar,.. 1705. To be decently buried in Christian burial. To mv wife Sarah the bed we lie on. The \-early rent of ti.c tenement in Burwood (parish of Diddiebury) wherein Bridu-ct Owens now dwelleth for life then if the lease last so long to my grandson Thomas Kaldwyn. My wife to have 20/- | i-i annum paid her by my son Edward, and also the chamber we now lie in with liberty of coming to the fire at her pleasure, and also sufficient nieat and drink if m}- lease ai Boston shall so long continue. If my wife leave, my son Edward he to pay her 40/- per annum, and my son John to be governour of my said wife. To my daughters Thomasnic Giles 5/- to Susan Powell 5/- to Gertrude Stedman 5/- to ^^argary Sible 5/- to Sarah Shepherd 5/-. To my son John 5/- to my son-in-law Thomas ftauster 5/-. All my other estate to my son Edward, he executor. \\'itness : Vincent Howells, Mark of Richard Dixon, Rowland Powell. Proved at Ludlow, I Feb., 1708. I. Edward Baldwyn of Munslow and Boston. He aj-)- parently lived at Poston, as he is called Edward Baldwyn of Boston in the Munslow Registers, and 1 think it is he whom William Baldwyn of Upper Hey ton, in Stanton Lacy, refers to in his will, proved ig Jan., 1702, as Edward, son of Thomas Baldwyn of Diddiebury, executor. Edward Baldv. x n was Churchwarden of Munslow, 171 1 — lyib. He married 1st Elizabeth . . . . , and secondly Anne . . . . , who was living in 1730. His will is dated 14 Dec, 1730, and proved 14 Dec, 173T. He was buried at Munslow, 17 Dec, 1730. He had issue — 1. Edward Baldwyn (son of Anne). 2. Wilham Baldwyn (son of Elizabeth). 3. Richard Baldw}-n (son of Anne). 4. Thomas Baldwyn. 5. Mary Baldwyn. 6. Elizabeth lialdwyn (dau. of Elizabeth). 7. Anne P)ak]wyn baptized 2.\ Aug., i/O-j. S. Catherine lialdwy n baptized 22 Sept., 171 1. BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURY. l6l 9. Barbara Baldwyn, baptized 10 June, 1713. 10. Theodora Baldwyn, baptized S Jan., 1715-16. Children of Elizabeth. Will of Edward Baldwyn. Hereford 27. 353. Will of Edward Baldwyn of Munslow. Dated 14 Dec., 1730. To my wife Anne Baldwyn, £7 13 0 per annum for her life out of my freehold. l^Iy estate in tlie Thonglands. To my son William Baldw} n ^^30 at 21. To my son Richard Baldw\ n £^0 at 21. To my daughter Mary Baldwyn £20 at 21. To m\' daughter Elizabeth Bald\v\-n £20 at 21. To my beloved son Edward 13aldwyn all that freehold estate of Thonglands when he comes to the age of 21 years, on condition that he pays all m\- debts and legacies. My \Mfe Anne and m}' son Edward., my executrix and executor, to them all m\ goods and chattels. Witness: Mary Hammond, William Hainmond, Samuel Amies. Proved at Ludlow, 14 Dec, 1731. 1. Edward Baldwyn, of Munslow, who was baptised iS Aug., 1720, and inherited the estates at Thongland froni his father. 2. \\'illiam Baldwyn, baptised 14 Dec, 1724. 3. Richard Baldwyn, baptised 18 June, 1730. 3. Thomas Baldwyn, twin with Richard, baptised 18 June. 1730. Buried 23 June, 1730. 5. Mary Baldwyn. 4. Elizabeth Baldwyn. T. Richard Baldwyn, eldest son of Thomas and Dorothy, was baptised at St. Chad's, 17 April, 1651. In the Williaiiiss -U.5S., II., 248D, under the Burgess of Shrewsbury, dated 1676: Richard Baldwyn, gentleman, son of Thomas Baldwyn, Recorder of Shrewsbury, has no children.'" He married at St. diary's, Shrewsbury, 23 Jan., 167S, Mrs. (Catherine Devereux, the daughter of George Devereux by Bridget, his wife, the daughter and heir of Arthur Price, of \*aynor, and great-niece of Walter, first Earl of Essex and ^econd Viscount Hereford. Mrs. Baldwyn was buried at I.">iddlebury 4 Sept., 1725. and Richard Baldwyn was buried there 23 Sept., 1729, and is described "as of Diddlebury." l62 BALDWVN OF DIDDLEBURV. 1. George Baldwyn. 2. Thomas Baldwyn. 3. Edward J>aldw) n. 4. Dorothy Baldwyn, baptised at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. 18 June, 1681, and buried there 29 December, 16S1. 5. Bridget Baldwyn, twin with Dorothy, baptised at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, iS June, 16S1. Died the same year. 1. George Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at St. Mary's. Shrewsbury, 27 March; 1680. He married, 2S Feb., 1719, at St. Mary's, Elizabeth Green. The following may be the will of George Baldwyn :— Will of George Baldwyn. Shrewsbury P.O. Will of George Baldwyn, of Shrewsbury. Beeches maker. To my sons-in-law, David Jones and Thomas Davies, is. each. As to the rest of my goods, I give them to James Evans, of the same town, watchmaker, and Joseph Houldstoii, skinner, in trust during the life of my wife, Martha, she to receive all profit arising therefroni if she remains my widow, but if she marry again she to have half of all my goods, plate, chattels, stock-in-hand, and the other half to be equally divided between my two daughters, Margaret, the wife of David Jones, and Meiissant, wife of Thomas Davies. Wife executor. 15 Jan., 1755. Witness: Mark of John Williams, William Whiston, James Briarly. Proved 4 April, 1755. 2. Thomas Lalaivyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at St. islary's, Shrewsbury, 7 Oct-, 16S2. Buried 12 March, 1683, at St. Mary's. 3. Edward Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, was baptised at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 10 Aug., 1683. He married Elizabeth , who was buried at Diddlebur\-, 7 Sept., 1739. Edward Baldwyn was churchwarden of Diddlebury 1723 and overseer 1723 — 1724. In the latter year he was sidesman. In 1725 he was again appointed churchwarden. In the Churchwardens' Accounts it is stated he was appointed : *' In order to ye completeting of ye repairs of ye Church and ye Stcple and ye receiving in of ye monies of ye same"' note by William Fosbrooke, vicar, signed by E. jxildwin, JTa; PALDWYN OF DIDDLEl^.URY. 163 Tipton, Hen: Jones. He was buried at Diddlebury, 27 luly, 1733- Edward Baldwyn, of Shrewsbury, bore the same Arms as Edward Baldwyn of Diddlebury, 1663. He had issue: 1. Richard Baldwyn. 2. Thomas Baldw\-n. 3. ]^2dward Baldwyn. 4. ICdward Baldwyn. 5. Sacheverali Baldwyn. 6. Thomas Baldwyn. 7. Devereuse Baldwyn. 8. William Baldwyn. 9. John Baldwyn. 10. Anne Baldwyn. 11. Joane Baldwyn. 12. Catherine Baldwyn. 13. Elizabeth Baldwyn. 1. Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddlebury, 15 Aug., 1708. I think it probable that he sold the Diddlebury estate in 1752. 2. TJiomas Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddlebury. 6 Jan., 170S. 3. Edward Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, baptised 23 Aug., 1705, buried 30 Aug., 1705, at Diddlebury. 4. Edward IkiUiwyji, Esquire, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddlebury 6 May, 17 10. Married Mar\- . . . . , and had issue : 1. Edward Baldwyn, baptised 2 May, 1752. ^^atriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 28 Jan., 179b; aged 18. B.A., 1799. 2. Sarah Baldwyn, baptised 13 Sept., 1749, and buried n l^ec., 1749. 3. George Devereux, son of Edward Ixildwx'n, of Eudlo\\. 4. William Devereux Baldw\ n. clerk. 5. SjcJtcvfrcll B.ildwyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddle- bury, 21 June, 17 II. Buried at Diddlebury. 4 Aug., 1772. BALDWVN OF DIDDLEIUIRV. 6. Thomas DaLlivyii, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddiebui'\ , 31 Dec, 1713. 7. Dcvcrense Daldiuyn, of Diddlebury, baptised at Diddle- bury, 6 Sept., 17 16. 8. William Baldi^yu, of Diddlebury, baptised there 10 Jan., 17 iS. Married by licence, at Corfton Chapel, by the Revd. Thomas Baxter, curate, 12 March, 1764, Sarah Wali, William r3ald\vyn witness to a marriage 10 June, 1774. 9. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebur}', baptised there 28 Feb.. 1719. 10. Anne Baldicyn, baptised at Diddlebury, 22 June, 171.Z. Buried at Diddlebury, 25 May, 1742. 11. Joane Baldwyn, baptised at Diddlebury, 15 June, 1715. Married there 9 Sept., 173S. by licence, Launcelot Baucrh. 12. Caiherine Baldwyn, baptised at Diddlebury, 14 Jul\-. 1706. 13. Elizaheth Baldwyji, baptised at Diddlebury, 8 June, 1707. Married at Diddlebury, 13 Aug., 1720, Mr. W'iiiiam Hammond. In the Diddlebury Registers is the baptism. 16 March, 171 7, of " Richard, son of Richard Baldwvn. of Diddlebury. and Sarah, his wife," who was buried 29 March, 17 IQ. 2 foJm Baldwyn, of Middlehope. He was servant to Edward Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, son of Earl George, in whose service his father had been. In 1616 he was esquire, or agent, to Earl Edward. In the Stafford Letter he is described as John Bawdewin my man." In the Diddle- bury Terrier, 1637, he was owning Middlehope and land in Diddlebury. On the fourth bell in the church of Diddlebury is : " John Bawdewin, of Middlehope, gentleman, and Edward Pulley, of Pccdle, gentleman. C.^^^, 1670." In 1663 John l)aldwyn was Commissioner of Taxes for Shrop- shire. From 1666 to 1O70 he was Churchwarden of Diddle- bury. At Hereford was found the Administration of the goods of John Baldwyn of Middlehope, in tlie parish of Diddlebury, dated 3 Oct.. 1671. To Thomas IjaldwN u, his next of kin. Inventory M52 2S. Sd. (Book II., 1669-72). He was buried at Diddlebury, 11 Aug., 1671. lie married Mary .... BALDWYN OF DIDELEBURY. On a cast iron slab in the lloor of tliC chancel of Diddlc- bury is this inscription : — Here lieth the Body of Mary the 'wife of John Baw dewin of Midlehop gen who died Nov ember 1659. , Arms: Quarterly of 11. i. Argent, a saltire sable, a crescent for difference ( Baldwyn). 2. Barry of six azure and argent, a chief ermine (Wigley). 3. Gules a chevron ermine between 3 eagles' heads couped argent (Childe). 4. Per pale Or, and gules a lieur-de-lys counter-changed (Acheley). 5. Ermine a saltire argent (Wentworth). 6. Gules a chevron between 3 leopards' faces 2 and i Or (Parker). 7. Per fess indented Or and gules (Leighton). 8. Or a lion rampant Sable (Lodelowe). 9. Argent a lion rampant vSable (Boterell). 10. Or, a raven ppr. 'Corbet), ir. Blank. Crest : A Cockatrice, wings expanded argent. On the sides the letters LB. {Yol. IX. Shropshire Arch. Trans.). The family of Pulley of Peedle appear in the early Stanton Lacy Registers by the marriage of Edward Pulley and Elizabeth Heynes in 1585, who are connected with the Baldwyns by marriage. The Diddlebury Registers give the baptisms of two of Edward Pulley's children by his wife Priscilla : 1665, 14 Aug., Alathea, who was buried 25 Feb., 1666, and Abigail, baptized 5 Sept., 1665, and in the church is a stone slab, " Here lyeth the Body of Edward Pulley of Peedle, in the County of Salop, Gentleman, who departed this life the 2 day of J ... An° Dom' 1696 74." 3. Richard Baldwyn of Diddlebury married Anne, daughter of . . . Rickards, and sister of John Rickards. His Will, dated 11 July, 1639, and proved 25 July, 1639, rnentions his mother (Gertrude) as living. He was buried at Diddlebury, 1639, and left issue — 1. Thomas I>aldwyn. 2. Ciertrude l^)aldwyn. 3. Mary Baldw\ n. ^595» Jiiii<^ Sunday. Mr. John Blayncy of Over Kingesham in Radnor and Mr. Richard Ikildwyn of Duddlc- Vol. 11., ^ih Scnes. W BALDWYN OF DIDDLIUiURY. bury in Shropshire visited me at ^^ortlak. (From the Diary of Dr. John Dee, Warden of Manchester 1595 — 1608. Will OF Richard Bawldewvx. In the Name of God, Amen. I Richard Bawldewyn of Diddlebiiry sicke in body, but of perfect mind and under- standing, do make my will. My body to be buried in christian burial in the ^chancel of the parish church of Diddlebury. My wife to pay to my son Thomas Bawldewyn £20. to be set out to his advantage by my wife, my mother, and my brother Edward Bawldewvn. My wife to pay to Gertrude my daughter £20, to be set out to her advantage by my wife, and my brother in law John Rickards. My wife to pay to Mary my daughter, £20. My wife and brother John Bawldewyn to set it out. Residue to my wife, she executrix. Dated 11 July, 1639. Witnesses: Gertrude Bawldewyn, John Bawldewyn. Proved at Hereford, 25 July, 1639, by Anne Bawldewyn, the widow. Mrs. Baldwyn-Childe says : — " The Diddlebury Hall and estate was sold in 1752 by Richard Baldwyn, who was the fifth in descent from Thomas Baldwyn, who died in 1614, to Captain Frederick Cornwall. The panelled rooms at the back of the house are the only part left of the house the Baldwyns occupied, the house as it now stands being built by Captain Cornewall. Many Baldwyn monuments are in Diddlebury Church, most, if not all, removed from their original position in the restoration of the church. The only representatives of the Baldwyns of Diddlebury in the male line that I know of are the Baldwyns of Kinlet." Will of Anne Bawdewyn. Hereford P.C. (i. Bundle 157S (157, Scott). 16 Oct. 1577. I '^^'e Bawdewyn of Diddlebury sicke in body. To be buried in christian burial To the repairs of parish church of Diddlebury 6 8 To the poor of the parish of Diddlebury 13/4 To Charles Baldwyn my brother 40,- and to his son one colt. To John Baldwyn my brother one cowc and 40/- and haulfo my pcason (pension}. Residue to Joane my mother for her life and afior her decease to be equally divided between my brothers Charles and John BALDWYN OF DIDDLEBURV. 16; except my bedding w hich my brother John is to have My mother to be sole executrix Witnesses: Thomas Crowther, Charles Bawdewyn and others. Hereford, 22 Jan., 1606. Nuncupative will of John l^aldwyn of Sparchford in the parish of Diddlebury. 1 leave all my goods to Johane Duppar wife to Thomas Duppar of Lentwardine and I appoint Mary the w ife of Edward Morrys of Marlow Hereford my executor. Proved at Hereford, 28 April, 1607. Inq. Post Mort., Chancer)- Inq., 223, gi. 31 Elizabeth. 1589. Richard Baldwyn of Sutton. Thomas Baldw}n is son and heir, and is 30 years of age. (This Inquisition is in bad condition and unreadable). Appendix to Baldwyn of Diddlebury. The following is the continuation of the pedigree given on page 137 :— John, Henry, Joan (ali proles). John (Bencher of the Temple 1682). Ralph (Bencher 1710). Samuel (N. 1700, Bencher 1738). William Baldwin, of Wistan- Robert, Samuel, Mary, null tow, Salop. proles. N. 1737. William Baldwin, sons, Burr\- Mill, Wistantow. Buried Samuel Baldwin, Crow Lea- Stokesay. sow. Buried Bitterley 1824. William Baldwin '( ^^^^^ John Baldwin, Craven Arms, Thomas Baldwin j ^ 1897. Buried Manchester. John Baldwin, 33, Greame Street, Manchester, 1897. Page /.?/.- "r>ALDWYN OF StOKESAY. Samuel Baldwyn farmed at Bitterlcy, at Crow Leasow. He mairicd the