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TRANSACTIONS.

OF THE

SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL

AND

NAT PR A L HISTORY SOCIETY.

ESTABLISHED 1877.

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VOL. VII., 18 95

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P HINTED FOU THE SOCIETY

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WOODALL, M IN SHALL, AND CO.
PRINTERS, ETC.,
OSWESTRY AND WREXHAM.

SHROPSHIRE ARCHiEOLOGIAL AND
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY,

CONTENTS of 2nd Series, Vol. VII.

Page.

The Members of Parliament for Ludlow. By Henry T.

Weyman 1

Whitchurch in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. By The

Rev. H. B. Finch, M.A, Vicar of Ash 55

Shropshire Topographical and Genealogical Manuscripts pre-
served in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. By the Rev.

W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A., and Miss Auden... 79
Shropshire Topographical and Genealogical Manuscripts in

the William Salt Library at Stafford. By the Rev. W.

G. D. Fletcher, M.A.r F.S.A 94

An Inventory taken at Park Hall in 1761, with a Notice of

the Families of Powell, Charlton, and Kinchant. By

Stanley Leiqhton, M.P., F.S.A. 97

Notes on the Church, Castle, and Parish of Shra war dine. By

the Rev. John Ernest Auden, M.A., Curate of Shrawar-

dinc 120

The Registers of Shrawardine, 1G45 to 1812. Transcribed

by the Rev. John Ernest Auden, M.A ♦ 162

The Berrington Love Feast. By the Rev. A. Tiiursby-

Pelham, M.A 203

Selattyn : A History of the Parish — The Rectors (continued)

By the lion. Mrs. Bulkeley-Owen ... ... ... 207

Parish of High Ercall. Churchwardens' Accounts. By the

Hon. and Rev. Gilbert H. F. Vane, M.A., Vicar of

High Ercall 235

Postscript to the Paper entitled An Inventory taken at Park

Hall in 1701. By Stanley Leighton, M P., F.S.A. ... 239
The Ottley • Papers relating to the Civil War. Edited by

William Phillips, F.L.S. ... ... ... ... 241

The Family of Ottley of Pitchford. By the Right Hon.

Lord Hawkesbury —

Pedigree of Ottley ... 361

Extracts from the Parish Registers of Pitchford ... 369
Monuments in Pitchford Church ... ... ... 375

Monumental Brasses in Shropshire. By Mill Stephenson.

B.A., F.S.A ... 381

The History of Myddlc. By the Rev. Canon Egerton, M.A. vii,

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SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AN I)
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual General Meeting of the members of this Society was held
at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, February 23rd, 1895.
The Rev. G. H. Egcrton, M.A , Hector of Mjddle, and Prebendary of
Lichfield, presided, and there were also present Sir OfHey Wakeman,
Bart., the Rev. T. Audcn, E.S.A. (Chairman of the Council), Rev. W. II.
Egerton, Rev C. H. Drink water Rev, I). 1). Bennett, Rev. W. G. D.
Fletcher, F.S.A., Mrs. G. H. Egerton, Miss Audcn, Messrs. W. Beacall,
G. S. Corser, H. W. Adnitt, W. Burson, W. Bowdlcr, and F. Goyne
(secretary).

ANNUAL REPORT.

The Secretary read the Annual Report of the Council, as follows: —

The chief event of the pasb year was the visit to Shrewsbury, in July, of
the Royal Archaeological Institute, on the invitation of this Society. The
members of the Institute, under the presidency of Sir Henry Howarth, were
welcomed to the town by his Worship the Mayor, and. during the week of
their visit, excursions were made to the principal objects of archaeological
interest in tho county. At the sectional meetings also, papers of great local
interest were read, both by members of the institute and those of our own
Society. These will be preserved permanently in the Journal of the
Institute and our own Transactions. It is pleasing to record that our
visitors were unanimous in their expressions of gratification with the arrange-
ments made on their behalf by our Society, and the cordial welcome they
received in the town and county generally. The Council wish to take the
opportunity of this report to express their indebtedness to Messrs. Clement
and Herbert Southam, who organised a lecture in April last, for the purpose
of raising funds for the illustrations of the Transactions. A sum of more
than £15 was secured by this means, and members of the Society will be
pleased to think that the first important draft upon it will be made to illustrate
the able and exhaustive paper on " Shropshire Monumental Brasses," which
was read in July last by Mr. Mill Stephenson, the Hon. Secretary of the
Archaeological Institute. The Council believe that tho "Transactions"
during the past year have maintained their character, and have not been
wanting either in general or local interest, but it is still a matter of regret
that the roll of members of the Society falls far short of what might reasonably
be expected in such a county as our own — Signed, Thomas Auden, F.S.A.,
Chairman of the Council.

The General Balance Sheet showed that the balance in the Bank was
£4 10s. 7d ; arrears of subscriptions, £49 7s., which the Secretary estimates,
to produce i. 25 4s., making a deficiency of £27 18s. 4d., as compared with a
deficiency last year of £50 Ds. 7d.

The Chairman moved that the Report and Statement of Accounts
be received and adopted, lie said he was very glad to lind that the

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amount of the debt owing by tbe Society had been reduced nearly
one-half.

Rev. T. Auden, in seconding the motion, said he was very pleased
to see ladies present at the meeting. It was an innovation that began
last year, and he hoped it would go on and increase. (Hear, hear.)
The report of the Council allucjed to the great event of the past year,
namely, the visit of the Archaeological Institute. He believed that
the members thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and were very much
interested in what they saw in Shropshire j and he was quite sure
that some of them went home greatly impressed with the enormous
amount of archaeological interest there was in the county. (Hear,
hear.) He thought the visit not only gave pleasure to the members
themselves, but he hoped it also secured for tlicm some archaeological
information which they did not possess before. The visit of the
Institute, as might be expected, bad had a good effect upon themselves
as members of the local society. He might mention one matter
which lately came under his notice. A very interesting paper on
" The Brasses of Shropshire " was read by Mr. Stephenson, the lion,
secretary of the Institute, who took an immense amount of pains with
his subject, and he (Mr Auden) had a letter from him two or three
days ago, in which he stated that a clergyman in the county had
succeeded since the visit of the Institute in getting possession of one
of the lost brasses, which had gone into private hands. It had now
been recovered, and no doubt would be taken great care of. Mr.
Stephenson would deal with it in his paper, which would be published
not only in the Journal of the Institute, but in the Transactions of
the Shropshire Society, and it would ultimately, he hoped, be restored
to its original place in the church to which it belonged. (Hear, hear.)
He desired to express his satisfaction that the finances of the Society
presented a better appearance than they did this time last year.
They were gradually getting into a better position than they were in
previously ; but while he said that they were improving from a
financial point of view, he could not help calling attention to the
paragraph in the report which stated that the number of members of
the Society was still very far from what he thought it ought to be.
He sincerely hoped that, as a result of that meeting, there would be
an increased interest awakened on the part of those who lived in the
county, and who, he knew, were interested in these matters, but who
somehow never got quite to the point of becoming members of the
Society. (Hear, hear.)

The Report was unanimously adopted.

THE COUNCIL.

Sir Offley Wakeman moved the re-election of the retiring members
of the Council. He remarked that many of these gentlemen had
served in that capacity for some time, and he was sure that all present
appreciated the work they had done for the Society. (Hear, hear.)
No year had been more important than the one which had passed for
archioologists, for the reasons stated in the report. fie wished to

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/ reiterate very strongly what had been said about the lack of interest
shown by the inhabitants of the county in the Society. The list of
members, he was quite sure, did not at all adequately represent the
number of persons who ought to belong to such a Society, and who
would belong to it if they could only bring its claims before them in
a sufficiently forcible manner. (Hear, hear). No doubt the Council
j had done all they could in this direction, but if the Council itself, or
j some individual members of it, could think out a scheme for bringing
i the claims of the Society more before the public, he thought many
i gentlemen in the county would join. (Hear, hear.)

The Rev. W. H. Egerton seconded the motion, which was carried.

ELECTION OP AUDITOR.

Mr. Beacall moved " That the best thanks of the meeting be given
to the Auditor, Dr Calvert, for his services in the past, and that he
j be again appointed for the current year." He remarked that Dr.
' Calvert most kindly undertook the duty, and the members of the
Society were very much indebted to him for his services.
Mr. Corser seconded the motion, which was carried.

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THE niSTORY OF MYDDLE.

The Chairman then read the following interesting paper on this
subject : —

I am surprised at finding myself in my present position, for I am learned
neither in Arclueolo^y nor in Natural History, but I value both sciences
greatly, and have been a member of this Society almost, I believe, if not
quite from its commencement. When your Council, therefore, did me the
honour, through their Chairman, of asking me to discharge the duties of
Chairman at your Annual Meeting, I felt that, notwithstanding my unfitness
for the post, it would be ungracious of me to refuse, and that I ought to try
and do what little I could in the interests of the Society.

In making known to mo the request of the Council, Mr. Auden suggested
I that I should have no difficulty in writing a suitable paper, as there were
t many objects of interest in my own parish of Myddle. I have taken the hint,
f and have simply set down what those objects arc, with a few remarks upon
each. At the same time, I feel that I can tell most of you nothing with
which you are not already familiar. As our parish history, at least up to
j about 200 years ago has been written, and of late years published, I cannot
do better than begin with a few words respecting that very remarkable work,
I Cough's History of Myddle, to which I am indebted for much of that I am
going to lay before you.

Mr. Richard Gough was born in the middle of the 17th century, and. lived
I on his own estate at Newton-on-the Hill, in the Parish of Myddle. He wrote
the History of the Parish in the year 1701, and after describing the parish
\ itself, with its boundaries, streams, meres, its Church, and Castle, and so
forth, he writes the history of the chief families in the parish, in a way which
k is paid to be quite unique. He gives a plan of the Parish Church, with every
) pew marked on it, and numbered, and then proceeds to take each pew in
j order, and to write a genealogical history of those who sat in it. In these
days he most certainly would have found himself involved in not a few actions
j for slander. He, however, takes the bull by the horns, and thus quaintly
I defends himself, "If any man shall blame me for that I have declared the
various lives or actions of their ancestors, let him take care to avoid such evil
f courses, that ho leaves not a blemish on his name when ho is dead ; and let

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him know that I have written nothing out of malice." The original manu-
script is in possession of Mrs. Biokerton, now living at Harmer Hill, and I
can certify to the correctness of the copy that was printed by Messrs. Adnitt
and Naunton in 1875, having myself compared every proof sheet with the
original, and having carefully traced the title pages and plans from those of
the manuscript. Sir Thomas Phillips in the year 1834, printed this work for
private circulation only. It was, however, a very imperfect copy, and could
not have been taken from the original manuscript.

In proceeding to speak of Myddlo itself, I will say first that I shall feel
greatly obliged for any cluo to the origin of the name. I have taken pains
to ascertain the various ways in which the word has been spelt. Previous to
Domesday Book it was " Mutla ;" in Domesday Book it is Mulleht. Query,
Millhcad? No mill mentioned in Domesday. But in 1172, John le Strange
is recorded in a Bull of Pope Alexander III. to have given to Haughmond
Abbey the Mill of Mudle. There is now no stream strong enough to turn a
mill, though possibly thero might have been before Harmere Moss was
drained. Then Malde and Madia till near the end of the 12th century, it
became Mudle ; then Medle, and in the Va'or Ecclesiasticus in 1535, Medell.
When I came to Middle, it was always spelt with an w i," as many spell it
now, but I have done my best to substitute a " y," which is the way in
which it is mostly spelt in Gough's Manuscript. I have found the common
way of spelling it with an W at times to cause confusion, giving strangers the
idea that Middle Rectory, Shrewsbury, meant a Rectory attached to one of
the churches in Shrewsbury. If, as there used to be at Malpas, for instance,
an upper rectory and a lower, why should there not also be in Shrewsbury a
Middle Rectory as well. Only the other day I received a letter addressed to
me at Middle St. Peter's, Shrewsbury, and a few years ago, a clergyman who
had been my guost, writing afterwards, addressed his letter to me at
" Inside Rectory ." 1

Passing from the name to the Church itself, the structure has nothing very
ancient about it, the body having been built at the worst of all periods of
Church architecture, the middle of the 18th century, 1744. Gough tells
us that the tower was built in his father's time, about the year 1634, and
that its predecessor was only of stone as high as the wall plate of the Church,
and upwards from that it was built of timber. It became very ruinous in
Mr. Kynaston's time, who was Rector of Myddle at the close of the 16th
century (1596 to 1629). He offered to rebuild it from the foundations to his
own height above the ground, at his own cost, if the parishioners would do
the rest ; but they refused, and soon after his death it fell down. This
Mr. Kynaston was buried in the chancel, where there is a brass plate bearing
the following inscription : — "Here lyeth the Body of Ralph Kinaston, M.A.,
Prebend of St. Asaph, Chaplino to King James, Parson of Myddle ; where
after 33 years he had carefully and religiously performed his calling his soule
went unto his Maker to give an account thereof Nov. 8th A.D. 1629. A0 iEtat
69." The mason who rebuilt it was one John Dod, who received £5 for every
yard in height from tho bottom of the foundation to the top of the battle-
ments. That this John Dod must have had other masons to holp him is
evident by the number and variety of the masons' marks still to be seen on
the stones. Within the tower we have only three bells, but one of them bears

l Since the above was written, tlio following letter lias been placed in my hands:—
" Tho name ' My.ldle' must have undergone ever so many changes in spelling, consequently
it is very difficult to find out its etymology, But I am of opinion that wo can rely upon
tho form given in Domesday as much as anything, viz., ' Mulleht '—Gael, Mull = M call— any
rising ground of a spherical shape, Probably the Welsh Aloel and the English Hill are of
the same origin, because according to Grimm's Law, m and li interchange. The termina-
tion eht, or, as I fancy, eth is of less importonce, because evidently the weight of its import
lies in 1 Mull;' and as an Englishman is generally perplexed at the pronunciation of the
Welsh or British '^."particularly in old times, when learning was likely backward,
naturally the aspirated 1 11' had to bo pronounced i die, ; hence M uddle ! and Myddle ! I

More than this, if thero bo an elevation of ground there, or near, an old Uritish Eortlll-
cation might be formerly on the top, which may be another reason for willing it ' Mulleht '

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' an inscription, which I have never heard of anywhere else. It runs thus : —
" Coeteros voco ipse non intro" ("I summon others, but I enter not myself ").
I have no doubt that the author of this legend was our friend the historian,
for the name of Richard Gough is on the bell as Churchwarden, the date
(1GG8) proving that of the eight Richard Goughs of which he tells us, it could
only have been himself who at that date would have been 34 years old.
Moreover, he was specially proud of his scholarship, his History being full of
Latin quotations, and this was just the kind of quaint conceit in which, to
judge from his book, he would much delight. With respect to the other two
bells, there is nothing specially worthy of notice, beyond the fact that one of
them is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, whereas we have always under-
stood that the Church is dedicated to St. Peter alone. The legend on the
bell runs thus : — " Petrus Apostolus et Paulus Doctor Gentium." I can find
no date on it.

Entering the Church itself, the object most worthy of interest is a some-
what remarkable brass to the memory of Arthur dhambre of Petton, and
Patron of Myddlo. The brass is in vory good preservation, and consists of
offigics of himself, his wife, and two children, with his coat of arms at tho
head and tho inscription below. It runs thus " Hero lyeth buried in tho
mercy of Jhesus Christ, ye bodye of Arthur Chambro Gentleman trewe
Patron of this Parish Church of Myddle, and Margarett his Wife. By her he
had issue one sonno and one daughter, whiche Arthur deceased 19 August in
tho yore of our Lord God 1564, whoso bodye and Soul God grant a joyful
insurrection. Amon." *

Haines in his list of Brasses, published in 1861 , gives us credit for having
two other Brasses in our Church, which he thus describes : — I. "A man in
armour, c. M90, peculiar (i.e., by a local or Warwickshire artist) inscription
lost." II. "A Fragment Seven Sons (Corbet Family ?) circa 1530." I can
only say I have never seen a vestige of these Brasses, and when we restored
the Church many years ago, I took the greatest care that nothing of interest
should be lost. I received a letter only yesterday about these missing Brasses
from Mr. Mill Stephenson, who has of late been hunting up the Shropshire
Brasses. He tells mo he has been to tho British Museum and endeavoured
in vain to discover any traces of them. They do not appear among the
drawings of the Salop Brasses taken by the Rev. E. Williams, who visited
Myddje in 1706, nor are they mentioned by a Mr. Parke, who also visited
Myddle at a later period ; nor does Gough mention them, and therefore he
concludes, and I think rightly, that Mr. Haines was mistaken, and attributed
to Myddle Church Brasses that belonged elsewhere.

Throe of the old chained books still remain in tho Church, tho actual chains
are gone, but the links remain on tho books. They are : — 1. Paraphrase of
Erasmus, black letter, 1522. 2. Jewel's Apology, 1560. 3. Whitgift's
Defence, 1574. The only other objei t of any archaeological interest in the
Church is the old Chest, which I believe to be the one that existed not only
in Gough's time, but long before, for in the plan that he gives of the Church,
not as it was in his own time, but " anticntly," a chest is drawn, which from
its shape and its three locks, that are specially marked, appears to have been
a rude representation of our present chest. In tho same plan also a chancel
screen is drawn, not a vestigo of which now remains.

We come next to our Registors, which are very old, going back to the time
of Henry VIII , tho first entry being dated Dec. 8, 1541, which will bo within
three years of their first introduction. The oldest is, however, a copy, but
every page is signed and certified by the Rector and Churchwardens, the
former being a Mr. Ralph Kinaston, the same who offered to rebuild the
tower to his own .height. From the year 1598 the Register is genuine. In
the year 1553 thero is the following entry : — "Tho Regester wanteth for all
tho Raino of Quoeno Mario, being 5 years." Tho second Register, which is
hardly in such good preservation' as the other, bogins in 1617, and ends in
1645, from which time thero are no entries to bo found till tho year 1681.

Leaving the Church, the next object of interest is the Castlo, which stands
yory near it. Tho staircase turret is all that now remains of tho building

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itself, but the moat round it is still perfect, as is also a great part of the wall
within the moat, which supported the Court yard, and two sets of stone steps
leading down to the moat side. The exact date of the first building that was
erected on this spot is unknown ; but Gough in giving a curious account of
the hostility which in early times existed between the Welsh and the English,
seems to suggest the origin of the Castle in the following traditions. He
says: — "There was such enmity between the Britons and Saxons that the
Welshmen accounted all for a lawful prize which they stole from the English,
and wee have a tradition that the inhabitants of the neighbouring Townes
(townships) had in every towne a piece of ground adjoining to their homes,
which was mooted about with a large ditch, and fenced with a strong fence
and pole, wherein they kept their cattell every night, with persons to watch
them ; and that there was a light horseman maintained in every towne with
a good horse sword and spear who was always ready upon the least notice to
ride straight to Piatt Bridge there to meet his companions, and if they found
any Welshman on this side the Piatt Bridge and the river of Perry, if they
could apprehend him he was sure to be put to death. The place of execution
or gallows in this lordship was on Myddle Hill, in that field formerly called
the Callow tree field, now the Hill field. I have often heard that stile on
Myddle Hill called the Gallow tree stile. Richard Wolph of Myddle, a very
old man who died in my time, would promise to show the very place where
the gallows stood." To return to the Castle, there is a Patent of the time of
King Edward II., dated April 1st, 1308, allowing John Le Strange to
" fortify and crenellate his Mansion of Mcdle with a wall of Stone and Lime."
Gough tells us that the Lords Strange were owners of the Manor of Myddle
about 420 years, and during the reign of 18 Kings, and then it passed into
the Stanley Family, and then into that of the Egertons, Earls of Bridgewater.
After their time Sir Humphrey Kinaston was by commission made Castle
Keeper both of Myddle and lvnockin Castle His son Humphrey — who for
his dissolute and riotous living was called Wild Humphrey, was for some time
tenant of this Castle, and then being outlawed for debt he went and sheltered
himself in a cave at Ness Cliff which is still called by his name. Gough gives
the following account of Wild Humphrey's leap over the Severn. "On a
time when he was got over M on ford Bridge and was on that side Severn
which is next Shrewsbury, and must needs return over the Bridge, the Under
Sheriff came with a considerable company of men to the Bridge (which then
was made with Stone Pillars and wooden Planks) and having taken up several
planks and made such a Trench as they thought no horse was able to leap
over, they laid themselves in ambush — and when Wild Humphrey returned
and was about to enter upon the Bridge, they rose up to apprehend him,
which he perceiving put spur to his horse and riding full speed, leaped
cleverly over the breach. The measure of this leap was afterwards marked
out upon Knocki n Heath upon a green plot by the wayside that leads from
Knockin towards Nesscliff with an H and a K cut in the ground at the end of
the leap. The letters were about an ell long, and a spade graft broad and a
spade graft deep. ''These letters," adds Gough, "were usually repaired
yearly by Mr. Kinastone of Ruyton. I confess I have seen the letters but did
not take the measure of the distance." After Wild Humphrey's time the
Castle of Myddle was never inhabited but went utterly to ruin. Of the one
Turret that remains at the present time, Gough says : — Part of the top of
this Tower fell down in an earthquake, about the year 1688." When I first
came to Myddle in 1847 the appearance of the top of the turret corresponded
with Gough's account, but when the late Lord Alford visited Myddle a short
time after, he gave his agent orders to preserve the Tower from getting any
worse. The agent did so and at the same time crenellated the top in the
manner in which it now is. There was also at that time a stone in the wall
by the moat with a Coat of Arms on it in good preservation. A Lion passant,
which I imagine was that of the Lords Strange. One day on taking some
friends to see it, to my horror I found it had disappeared, nor for a long time
could 1 discover what had become of it, till I heard it had been takon by the
Agent to Ellesmoi'o to beautify his own Rockery. His successor kindly

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restored it and it is now placed on the side of the Tower, where it can be
easily seen but not easily removed.

One other little object of interest I may mention and then I have done.
Some 20 years ago the Gamekeeper and. his son were ferreting rabbits on the
Moss Fptfm, when after digging out a ferret the boy saw something glitter
in the hole and putting his hand in lie pulled out a gold ring, which I will
show you presently. It got into my hands and proves to be of some interest
and value. I am told by the British Museum Authorities, to whom I have
shown it, that it is what is called a Serjeant's Ring, and it has on it the
following appr opriate inscription — " Thenk on Mercie and- Latbe right." 1
sent it to the Lord of the Manor, but he kindly gave it up to me. Of much
less interest and value is a gold Seal which a man dug up when cleaning out
a ditch only a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the spade has struck the Seal
itself and damaged it considerably. It is quite time now that I came to an
end. I will only say therefore, in conclusion, that if any of you should think
it worth your while to pay a visit to Myddleyou will be most welcome. And
"I think I can guarantee that if you will entrust yourself to my guidance — In
Medio tutissimus ibis.

The Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher moved a vote of thanks to Canon
Egerton for his paper, lie remarked that it was one of those popular
papers, some of which had appeared in the Transactions lately, and
which proved most interesting to the majority of their readers.
(Hear, hear.) It had been said that day that they wanted a few
more members for the Society, and lie might state that the Council
had tried every method to get those members. They sent circulars
round to nearly every gentleman in the county, containing a full
description of the Society and a full account of the papers which it
published, but that did not seem to have been very successful in its
results, and. he was of opinion that there was only one way of
attaining the object in view, and that was by personal effort. (Hear,
hear.) If they could only get 30 or 40 members they would be in a
solvent state, and able to carry on without getting into debt at all.
To get that number ought not to be a diflicult thing in a county like
Shropshire. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that the Transactions
were altogether devoid of interest. They had tried lately to have as
many interesting papers as possible, and had had a good many papers
of Mr. Blakeway's put in, and there would be a good many more.
If each member would do his utmost to speak about the Society
among his friends, he felt sure that the membership would bo
increased and the Society put in a nourishing condition. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. Adnitt seconded the vote of thanks, remarking that it was
more than 20 years since his firm printed Cough's History of Middle,
and that this edition Canon Egerton compared word by word with the
original MS., a very formidable work, for winch Shropshire is deeply
indebted, the original printed edition of Sir Thomas Phillipps's being
thoroughly inaccurate and incomplete.

The vote was unanimously accorded, and suitably acknowledged.

The Rev. C. H Duinkwater observed that the Society required
just such papers as the one read that day. It necessitated a good
deal of work perhaps to prepare such a paper, but it was valuable
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others, and lie hoped it would go forth to the public that they
wanted locally interesting papers. (Hear, hear.)

PARISH DOCUMENTS.

Sir Offley Wakeman called the attention of those present who
came from rural parishes to the' opportunity which would arise for
looking into the ancient manuscripts connected with those parishes.
As they probably knew, all manuscripts had now to be divided
between the secular authorities of parishes and the ecclesiastical, and
as they would have to be gone through, it would be a good oppor-
tunity for seeing whether they contained anything of importance.

THE FORTHCOMING VISIT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CONVENTION.

Mr. Burson said reference had been made to the visit of the
Archaeological Institute last year, and he wished to state that there
would be an equally important gathering in July next, when the
Photographic Convention of Great Britain and Ireland would come
to Shrewsbury ; and he desired to enlist the sympathies of gentlemen
belonging to the Archaeological Society on the occasion. The
photographers would exceed the archaeologists four or live times in
point of numbers, and they would be glad to receive any hints or
suggestions as to objects of interest in the county. (Hear, hear.)

THE PROPERTY OF THE SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEO-
LOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
TRANSFERRED TO THE CORPORATION.

A special general meeting of members of the above-named Society
was held at Messrs. Adnitt and Naunton's Rooms, Shrewsbury, on
Friday, March 29th, 1895. The Rev. T. Auden presided, and there
were also present— the Revs. C. H. Drinkwater, W. G. D Fletcher,
E. Myers, Canon Allen, Dr. Calvert, Messrs. H. W. Adnitt, H. R. H.
Southam, Clement Southam, W. Burson, Sandford Corser, W.
Beacall, Dovaston, aud Mr. F. Goyne (secretary) — The Chairman
explained the object of the meeting, which was to consider the
desirability of transferring the whole of the contents of the Museum,
together with all printed and written books, the property of the
Society in the Reference Library, to the Shrewsbury Corporation, as
absolute owners for the use of the public. He said most of those
present were awrare how that matter had arisen. There had been
various delinquencies committed at the Museum lately and valuable
articles lost, and the Free Library Committee very naturally felt a
heavy responsibility laid upon them. It was, therefore, thought
desirable to make arrangements for the better custody of the articles
in the Museum. The Council of the Archaeological Society, after
discussing the question of the guardianship of the Museum, felt that

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the desirable step to take was that which he had already referred to.
When the Museum was transferred from the Society to the
Corporation, certain trustees were appointed, in whom the property
was vested for the time being. When the} were empowered to treat
with the Corporation, the trustees reserved to themselves — or the
Society reserved for them — the power to take charge of the articles
in the Museum if the Corporation did not properly care for them.
They never for a moment thought that would occur, and it had not
occurred, for the Corporation were most anxious to look after the
articles in the Museum. It had, however, been felt for some little
time by the members of the Council and the Free Library Committee
that this sort of dual ruling of the Museum was not altogether a
desirable thing, inasmuch as, like all other dual management, it did
not work absolutely well. So at the last meeting of the Council of
the Society they arrived at a unanimous resolution that it was
desirable, in the interests of the Museum and the interests of the
public, to transfer absolutely to the Corporation the property of the
Society, it being understood, of course, that it was for the use of the
public. He therefore proposed the following resolution : — "That the
whole of the contents of the Museum, together with all printed and
written books, the property of the Society now in the Reference
Library, be transferred to the Corporation as absolute owners for the
use of the public." — This was seconded by Mr. Dovaston. — Mr.
Myers : I suppose there is no question that the Town Council will
accept them ? — The Chairman : No ; practically they are theirs
now. — The resolution was carried unanimously.

THE ANNUAL EXCURSION.

Turn Annual Excursion bf thq Shropshire Archaeological and Natural
IIIM.Mv N«HJi*M\Y ioult hitlVO on TluuMday, August 8 th, 1805. The
\m% Ui Iho oouulv ohosou fur invowl tgut ion this year was the district
lying oust of Ludlow, and the members who joined the excursion met
at (hat station nt 11 6 on Mio morning in question, the majority
having travelled from Shrewsbury by the train then due. Anions
the party were the Rev. T. Audeii, F.S.A. (Chairman of the Council)^
who acted as guide, Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, Rev. 0. M. Fcilden, Rev.
J. Neale, Mr J. Dovaston and Miss Dovaston, Mr. H. H. Hughes and
Miss Hughes, Mr. Folliott Sandford and Mrs. Sandford, Miss Hutton,
(Cape Town), Miss Corser, Miss Hawkins and Miss E. Hawkins, Mr!
Clement Southam, Mr. C. Fortey, and the Secretary, Mr. F. Coyne.
From Ludlow Station, where carriages awaited them, the party pro-
ceeded to Bitterley Court, where the hospitable owner, Rev. John
Walcot, was awaiting them with a party of friends. The first visit
was made to the church, of which the salient points were explained
by Rev. — Burton. Bitterley is one of the wido parishes of the
county whose history goes back to Saxon times, the Domesday Survey

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bearing witness to the existence of a church and priest before the
Norman conquest. The present edifice has possibly incorporated in
its walls fragments of early work, and the font (engraved in Ey ton's
Antiquities of Shropshire) is a fine specimen of the tub shape, of which
so many exist in the county, and date back to Saxon or Early Norman
times. The church, however, has been added to and partly rebuilt
in modern days, so that it is difficult to judge of the original period
of erection. It contains the upper part of a fine oak screen of 15th
century workmanship and an oak chest of early type. The tower is
of characteristic Shropshire form, and contains three bells which are
said to belong to the reign of King Edward I. From the church the
party proceeded to the churchyard, where the cross still stands in its
completeness. It is of decorated design with very elegant details,
and on the whole is perhaps one of the most perfect in England. The
treasures of Bitterley Court itself next engaged the attention of the visi-
tors, and these are of the greatest possible interest, as well as extremely
numerous. Among them are original pedigrees of the Walcot family
dating from the Heralds' visitations, a christening robe of 16th century
work, valuable letters and other MSS. mainly relating to the period
of the Civil War in which Humphrey Walcot played a conspicuous
part, but including a letter of Judge Jeffreys and others of later date,
and one relic which is in some respects the most interesting of all,
namely, half of the cloak worn by Charles I. on the scaffold, and given
with bloodstains still upon it to William Walcot, who attended him in
his last hours as page. These and other objects received in turn the
attention of those present, and the time was all too short to examine
them, or to discuss the refreshments for the body which Mr. Walcot
had added to these refreshments for the mind. The feelings of the
whole party were expressed to him in a few wrords of hearty thanks
from Mr. Auden, and the brakes being re-entered members made their
way to Whitton Court. Here a similar wrelcome awaited them from
Miss Mills and her sister, who, with the assistance of Mr. S. C
Whitefoord, spared no pains to show them whatever was of interest
both inside and outside. The house presents some architectural
problems difficult to solve. One side of the inner court yard is half
timbered, and is a rather elaborate specimen of such work, probably
dating from about the middle of the lGth century. A solitary
fragment of oak on the opposite side shows that it was originally
similar ; but it is difficult to assign a date to the wall of the house
which connects these two sides. Perhaps the safest conjecture is that
the stonework of which it is composed is part of an older edifice
incorporated, and partly remodelled, when the present front of the
house was added. This took place, as appears from dates upon it, in
the years which followed 1630, and is an extremely good type of the
brick work of the period. Covered as it now largely is with creepeis,
its quaint gables, its elaborate chimneys and its mullioned windows
are a picture to delight the heart of the photographer as well as interest
the antiquarian. The wainscoting which ornaments almost every
room of tho interior is of various dates, the bulk of it contemporary

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with the front of the house, but some of it considerably earlier. There
is also a very elaborate plaster ceiling of the early part of the 17th
century, and the room in which this occurs contains some fine tapestry
of apparently the same date. When these and other objects had
received due attention, the party gathered in the old hall of the house
to partake of the tea to which they had been kindly invited. In
dispensing this very refreshing and acceptable meal, the hostess was
assisted by her nieces, the Misses Whitefoord, who by their diligent
attention to the wants of their guests made it doubly pleasant, and
they were fittingly included in the expression of thanks with which
the visit was brought to a close.

After a short glance in passing at Whitton Church, of which the
lower part of the tower and some of the windows show Norman work-
manship, the party made their way to Burford, Mr. S. C. Whitefoord
kindly accompanying them. At the church they were met by the
Rector, Rev. E. C. L McLaughlin, who explained to them the objects
of interest in it. The church itself has been so elaborately restored
that it can hardly be described any longer as an old church at all, and
though the monuments have to some extent been subjected to the same
process, they are of very .great interest. They include a recumbent
elhgy of stone to the memory of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of John
of Gaunt, who married Sir John Cornwall, and died 1426, and one of
wood to another member of the Cornwall family, besides a brass of
14th century date, and an incised slab of lead or some similar metal
used instead of brass, but the most interesting memorial is a large
triptych to the memory of Edmund Cornwall, Baron of Burford, who
was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1580. The triptych bears the signature
of the painter, Melchior Salaboss, with the date 1588, and is one of
the very few ancient specimens remaining in England.

It had been planned for the party to pay a visit on the way home to
CaynhamCamp, but by the time that Burford Church had been in-
spected it was not only too late to attempt this, but the clouds which
had been gathering for some time past burst into a heavy shower,
which lasted the rest of the afternoon. Ludlow Station was reached
about 5-45, and in spite of the drawback of the rain on the return
drive, it was universally agreed that the expedition had been one of
the most interesting and successful excursions made by the Society
in recent years.

XVI,

LIST OF MEMBERS, 1895,

Adnitt, Mr. H. W., Shrewsbury

Allen, Vory Rev. Canon, Belmont, Shrewsbury

Auclon, Rev. T., M,A., F S.A., Condover Vicarage, Shrewsbury

Bradford, Right Hon. Earl of, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire
{President)

Brownlow, Right Hon. Earl, Belton, Grantham
Barnard, Right Hon. Lord, Raby Castle, Durham
Baldwyn-Childe, Rev Prebendary, M.A., J. P., Kyre Park, Tenbury
Barnes, Thomas, Esq., The Quinta, Chirk
Barnes, Colonel J. R., J. P., Brookside, Chirk
Beaeall, W., Esq., J. P., Sunfield, Shrewsbury
Benthall, E., Esq , Glantwreh, Ystalyfcra, Swansea Valo
Beresford, Robert de la Poer, Esq., M.D., Oswestry
Bowdler, W., Esq., Penybont, Sutton Lane, Shrewsbury
Bridgeman, The Hon. and Rev. Canon, M.A , J. P., The Hall, Wigan
Bridgeman, The Hon. and Rev. J., M.A., J. P., Weston-undcr-Lizard,
Shifnal

Browne, W. Lyon, Esq, J. P., Ashley House, Shrewsbury
Burd, Rev. Prebendary, M.A , Chirbury Vicarage, Salop
Bulkcley-Owen, Rev. T. M., B.A., J.P., Tedsmore Hall, West Fclton
Burson, Mr. W., Whitehall Street, Shrewsbury

Burton, Rev. R. Lingon, Little Aston Vicarage, Sutton Coldiield,
Birmingham

Burton, G. R. Lingen, Esq., Whitton Hall, Westbury
Calvert, E., Esq., LL.D., Shrewsbury

Cavan, James, Esq., M.A., Eaton Mascott Hall, Shrewsbury

Chance, A. F., Esq., M.A., The Schools, Kingsland

Cholmondeley, Rev. R. H., M.A., Hodnet Rectory

Churchill, Rev. C. J. S., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury

Clark, G. T., Esq., F.S.A., Talygarn, Llantrissant, Pontyclown, R.S.O.

Clarke, Rev. J. H. Courtney, M.A., Tong Vicarage, Shifnal

Clay, J. Cecil, Esq., Market Drayton

Clayton, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., The Rectory, Ludlow

Clowes, Rev. Albert, M.A , Clec S. Margaret, Bromfield, Salop

Cock, Alfred, Esq., Q.C., 8, Kensington Park Gardens, W.

Cock, James, Esq., Kingsland, Shrewsbury

Colville, H. K., Esq., Bellaport, Market Drayton

Corbet, Sir W, 0., Bart.,. Acton Reynald, Shrewsbury

Corficld, Liont.-Col. F. Channcr, J.P., Ormondo Fields, Codnor, Derby-

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Corser, G. Sandford, Esq., Shrewsbury-
Cranage, D. H. S., Esq., M.A., Wellington, Salop
Corbett, John, Esq., M.P., Impney, Droitwich

Davis, Rev. J,, The College, Cleobury Mortimer

Dovaston, Adolphus, Esq., Twyford, Sunnysido Road, Ealing-

London, W.
Dovaston, J., Esq., West Felton

Drinkwater, Rev. C. H., M.A., St. George's Vicarage, Shrewsbury
Duignan, W. H., Esq., St. Ronans, Walsall

Egerton, Rev. Canon, M.A., Middle Rectory, Shrewsbury
Egerton, Rev. W. H., M.A., The Rectory, Whitchurch, Salop
Eyton, T. Slaney, Esq., D.L., J. P., Walford Hall, Baschurch

Feilden, Rev. 0. M., M.A., Frankton Rectory, Oswestry
Fletcher, Rev. W. G. Dimock, M.A., F.S.A., St. Michael's Vicarage
Shrewsbury

Foley, P. H., Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Prestwood, Stourbridge, Worcester
shire

Fortey, Charles, Esq , Ludlow, Salop

Fisher, Ed., Esq., F.S.A. Scot., Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot

George, A. Brooke, Esq., Dodington, Whitchurch, Salop
Gill, Arthur, Esq., Preston Street, Shrewsbury

Gough, Fred. H., Esq., Chilton Moor Vicarage, Fence Houses, Durham

Greene, H. D., Esq., Q.C., M.P., The Grove, Craven Arms

Gregory, G. W., Esq., Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury

Griffin, Harcourt, Esq., J. P., Pell Wall, Market Drayton

Griffiths, George, Esq., Weston, Shifnal

Guildhall Library, London, E C. — C. Welch, Esq.

Greensill, Frank, Esq., 4, Windsor Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man

Harlech, Right Hon. Lord, Brogyntyn, Oswestry

Hawkesbury, Right Hon. Lord, F.S.A., Cocklode, Ollerton, Newark

Hall, Rev. G. T., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury

Harding, W. E., Esq., Shrewsbury

Hawkins, Miss, St. Mary's Court, Shrewsbury

Herbert, Hon. R. C, M.A., D.L., J.P., Orleton, Wellington, Salop

Heywood-Lonsdale, A. P., Esq., B.A., D.L., J. P., Shavington, Market

Drayton
Hignett, T. H., Esq., Oswestry
Hodges, E., Esq Edgmond, Newport, Salop
How, T. M., Esq., Near well, Shrewsbury
Howells, T. Middleton, Esq., Highfield, Shrewsbury
Hughes, Edward, Esq., 37, Wrexham Fcchan, Wrexham
Hughes, W. If., Esq., G, Telford Avenue, Strcatham Hill, London,,

S.W.

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Humphreys-Owen, A. C, Esq., M.A., M.P., J.P., D.L., Garthmyl, Mont
gomeryshire

Jones, Miss Edith A., Shelton House, Shrewsbury

Jones, H., Esq., 1, Church Court, Clement's Lane, London, E.C.

Jones, J. Parry, Esq., Beechfield, Oswestry

Juson, Mrs , Monklands, Shrewsbury

Kenyon, Right Hon. Lord, Gredington, Whitchurch, Salop
Kenyon, R. Lloyd, Esq., M.A., J. P., Pradoe, West Felton, Oswestry
King, Roff, Esq., Islington, Shrewsbury

Kittermaster, Rev. F. W., M.A., Bayston Hill Vicarage, Shrewsbury

Lichfield, Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of, The Palace, Lichfield
Lane, Cecil N., Esq., C.M.G., J.P., Winston Hall, Albrighton, Wolver-
hampton

Langley, Alfred F., Esq., Golding, Peterston Super Ely, Cardiff
Leighton, Stanley, Esq., M.A., M.P., F.S.A., Sweeney Hall, Oswestry
Leslie, Henry, Esq., J. P., Bryntanat, LlansantlTraid, R.S.O., Mont-
gomeryshire
Lewis, Mr. Henry, Oswald Road, Oswestry
Lloyd, Ven. Archdeacon, M.A., Edgmond, Newport, Salop

Mainwaring, S. Kynaston, Esq., D.L., J. P., Otcley, Ellesmcre

McMichael, J. W., Esq., Bridgnorth

Minshall, Philip H., Esq., J. P., Bronwylfa, Oswestry

Morris, S. M., Esq., Swan Hill Court, Shrewsbury

Moss, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury

Myers, Rev. E., F.G.S., The Parsonage, Shrewsbury

Naunton, Mr. W. W., Shrewsbury

Newman, H. F., Esq., High Street, Shrewsbury

Norton, Rev. F. C, Ditchling Vicarage, Sussex

Oswell, A. E. LLoyd, Esq., Shrewsbury
•Oswestry Free Library

Powis, Right Hon. Earl of, Powis Castle, Welshpool
Peele, E. C , Esq , Kingsland, Shrewsbury
Pelham, Rev. A. Thursby, M.A., Cound Rectory, Shrewsbury
Phillips, Richard, Esq., Bradford Street, Shrewsbury
Phillips, W., Esq., F.L.S., J.P., Canonbury, Shrewsbury
Pickering, T. E., Esq,, M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury
Poole, T. Frank, Esq., Kingsland, Shrewsbury
Potts, E. B , Esq., Broseley

Purton, Rev. Ralph C, B.A., Wcthorham, St. Tudy, R.S 0., Cornwall

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Robinson, Brooke, Esq., M.P., Barford House, Warwick

Rogers, Henry Exell, Esq., Shrewsbury

Rowland, G. J., Esq., 14, Parkdale, Wolverhampton

Rouse-Boughton, Sir C. H., Bart., D.L , J.P., Downton Hall, Ludlow

Sutherland, His Grace the Duke of, Lilleshall
Salt, G. M., Esq., Shrewsbury
Salter, J. B., Esq., Castle Street, Shrewsbury
Salwey, T. J., Esq., The Cliff, Ludlow

Sandford, Humphrey, Esq., M.A., J.P., The Isle, Shrewsbury
Sandford, Folliott, Esq , Belmont, Shrewsbury
Sec. Science and Art Department, London S.W.
Severn Valley Field Club

Shrewsbury, Right Rev. The Bishop of, Quarry House, Shrewsbury

Sitwell, Willoughby Hurt, Esq., Ferney Hall, Craven Aims

Smith, H. Percy, Esq., Tong Priory, near Shifnal

Smith, F. Rawdon, Esq., Eastfield, Ironbridge

Southam, Herbert R. H. Esq., Sutton Lane, St. Giles, Shrewsbury

Southam, S. C, Esq., Elmhurst, Shrewsbury

Southam, T., Esq., J. P., The Hollies, Shrewsbury

Sparrow, Arthur, Esq., F.S.A., D.L., J.P., Preen Manor, Shrewsbury

Spaull, W. H., Esq., J. P., Oswestry

Stanier, F,, Esq , J. P., Peplow Hall, Market Drayton

Stokes, Rev. Hudlestone, M.A., Stapleton Rectory, Salop

Swainson, Rev. J. G, M.A., Wistanstow Rectory, Craven Arms

Taylor, R., Esq., J. P., Abbey House, Shrewsbury
Thursfield, T. H., Esq., J. P., Barrow, Broseley
Timmis, Percy Freeman, Esq., Dry ton, Wroxeter

Vaughan, H. F. J., Esq., B.A., 30, Edwardes Square, Kensington,
London

Vane, Hon. and Rev. Gilbert H. F., M.A., The Rectory, Wem
Venables, R. G., Esq., B.A., J.P., The Lodge, Ludlow

Wakeman, Sir Omey, Bart., M.A., D.L., J.P., Yeaton-Peverey
Walker, C. C, Esq., J.P., Lilleshall Old Hall, Salop
Walton, F. R. B., Esq., 19, Crescent Place, Shrewsbury
Wateridge, F, W., Esq., Belmont, Shrewsbury

Watts, W. W., Esq., M.A., F.G.S., 28, Jermyn Street, London, S.W.
Weyman, H. T., Esq., Ludlow, Salop
Whitcombe, Robert H., Esq., Bewdley

Williams, Philip, Esq,, J. P., Hinstock Hall, Market Drayton
Williams-Freeman, Captain, Ivy House, Meole Brace
Williams- Vaughan, E., Esq., Broom Hall, Oswestry
Woods, Sir Albert W., C.B., F.S.A., Garter King of Arms, Queen
Victoria Street, London

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Woodall, Mr. E., Oswestry and Border Cowities Advertizer, Oswestry
Wright, Philip, Esq., J.P., Mellington Hall, Churchstoko
Whittingham, E., Esq., Newport, Salop

HONORARY MEMBER.
Randall, Mr. J , F.G.S., Madeley, Salop

Members are requested to notify any change of residence, or error
of description, to the Secrotary, Mr. F. Goyne, "Dogpole, Shrewsbury.

SOCIETIES IN COMMUNICATION WITH
THIS SOCIETY.

Archaeological Section of Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Cambrian Archaeological Association.

Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society

Derbyshire Archaeological Society.

East Riding Antiquarian Society, Yorkshire.

Essex Field Club.

Folk-Lore Society.

Glasgow Archaeological Society.

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

Kent Archaeological Society.

Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society.
Powys-Land Club, Montgomeryshire.

Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

Society of Antiquaries of London.

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Somerset Archaeological Society.

Surrey Archaeological Society.

Sussex Archaeological Society.

Worcester Diocesan Archaeological Society.

William Salt Archaeological Society, Stafford.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.

Bodleian Library.
British Museum.

Natural History Department of British Museum.

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THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR
LUDLOW.

By HENRY T. WEYMAN.

The Parliamentary representation of the Borough of
Ludlow appears to have escaped the notice of those
who have handed down to us so much that is interesting
and instructive in its past history.

The list of the Bailiffs of the town appears in Wrights
History, that of the Rectors in Mr. Olive's, but nowhere
do we find a record of those who have, in the four
hundred years during which Ludlow has returned
Members to Parliament, represented her in the chief
Council of the kingdom.

The list of such members appears, however, to be well
worthy of record, containing as it does the names of
many men who in their day and generation have won
their way to the front in many of the departments of
the State.

Ludlow in the latter part of the 15th and in the
16th and 17th centuries was the seat of the Council of
the Marches of Wales, and the residence of the Lord
President of that Council, as well as of the Prince of
Wales, so that it is natural to find amongst its Parlia-
mentary representatives the names of many eminent
men connected with the Council, and of high legal
luminaries.

Ludlow, among other representatives scarcely less
noticeable, has sent to Parliament a Speaker of the
House of Commons (Sir Job Charlton), two Lord Chief
Justices of the King's Bench (Sir Edward Herbert and
Sir Robert Raymond), a Commissioner of the Great
Seal in Lord Raymond, at least five Chief Justices of

Vol. VII., 2nd S. A

2 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR LUDLOW

Chester (whose jurisdiction included the district covered
by the Court of the Marches), seven Judges of the High
Court of Justice, two such prominent citizens as Sir
Josiah Child and Colonel Silas Titus, and distinguished
soldiers in the 2nd Marquis of Northampton, who fell
while gallantly leading the Royal troops in Staffordshire
in 1642, Edward, Lord Clive, who received the thanks
of both Houses of Parliament for his services in the
Mahratta war at the commencement of this century,
and his descendant, General Sir Percy Egerton Herbert.

It is not proposed to enter at all on the general
history of Ludlow, or to trespass on ground which has
been appropriated by -far abler chroniclers, but an effort
will be made to confine this paper strictly to the Par-
liamentary representation of the borough, and those
who have been from time to time returned as her
members.

Ludlow first appeared as a Borough in 29 Edward I.,
1300 (Merre wether's Boroughs), but did not return
members to Parliament until Edward the Fourth's
reign.

In the Wars of the Roses, Ludlow supported the
cause of Picharcl, Duke of York (who was the then
owner of Ludlow Castle) , and after his death gave great
assistance to his son, Edward Mortimer, Earl of March,
who was residing at his Castle of Wigmore. When
Edward, Earl of March, ascended the throne of England
after the battle of Mortimer's Cross as Edward IV., he
was not slow to acknowledge the assistance he had
received from his own town, and in 1461 he granted to
Ludlow its first Charter of Incorporation, in which he
recited as the motives for this mark of Ins royal favour,
"The good and faithful services which the well beloved
faithful and liege burgesses of the Town of Ludlow had
done in aid of recovering the right of the Crown in the
gre^it hazard of their lives, and of (he rapines, plunders,
oppression and g'ri^vanc^s they had suflfepd, &e.M By
this charter, dated 1,461, the privilege of returning two
members to Parliament was granted to the town, but.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR LUDLOW. 3

for some unexplained reason no writ1 was issued for the
return of members, and none were returned until the
year 1472, from which date until the year 1885, when
Ludlow as a Parliamentary Borough ceased to exist,
there was a continual representation in the House of
Commons.

It is not certain who were the persons who in the
earliest period of Ludlow's Parliamentary representation
returned the members or exercised the franchise.

The Charter of Edward IV. states that " The Bur-
gesses of the Town of Ludlow and their successors for
ever shall and may elect from among themselves or
others two Burgesses for the Borough aforesaid to come
to the Parliament of us and of our heirs, &c, &c, &c."

How this was at first interpreted is doubtful, but it
is clear from the Corporation Minute Books, which from
the year 1590 still exist, that between the years 1G0O
and 1678 " Burgesses of the Parliament" were elected
solely by the Corporation, or as they were then styled,
" the 12 and 25." The records of these elections can
be found in such Minute Books. In 1614 the Corpora-
tion went even further and resolved,

" It is at this day ordered with the full assent of this
Company that from henceforth the 2 Burgesses of the
Parliament shall be elected out of the number of the 12
and 25 Councillors and Capital Burgesses of this town
and none other persons to be employed in that service
at any time hereafter, which said order is made per-
manent and perpetual according to the liberties and
statutes of this realm in that case made and provided."

The resolution does not, however, appear to have
been acted upon very consistently, as in May, 1614,
only a few months after it was passed, we find the
record of the election u as burgess of the Parliament/'
of Bobert Lloyd, Esquire, Gentleman, Sewer to the

1 Since this was written one entry has been discovered in the
Ludlow Accounts for 1467-8, from which it would appear that a writ
for the eloction of members was received in that year, but no members
soom to liavo been electod in obedience to the writ.

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Queen's Most Excellent Majestie," who was not one of
the select twelve and twenty-five.

11th May, 161Jh
At this day Robert Lloyd, Esq., Gent., Sewer to the Queen's
Most Excellent Majesty, for good causes this Company moving
is elected Burgess to the Parliament for this town in the place
of Mr. Bailiff Berry, by virtue of his Majesty's Writ to the
Sheriff of the County directed and by virtue of a Mandate from
the said Sheriff to the Bailiffs adwarded the said Robert Lloyd
is therefore this day ordered by this Company to give his
attendance for this Town with Sir Henry Townshend, Knight,
the other Burgess for the same Town, for his Majesty's service
in his High Court of Parliament now holden without any
allowance for the same, any former order heretofore made to
the contrary notwithstanding for this time and Parliament only.

In 1661 there was a petition against the election of
Serjeant Timothy Littleton on the ground that the
choice of Parliamentary representatives lay with the
select number of 12 Aldermen and 25 Common Coun-
sellors only, when it was resolved " that the right of
election was in the Common Burgesses resiant," as well
as in the 12 and 25, and that Sergeant Littleton was
duly elected.

In 1689 the right of election was thoroughly threshed
out upon a petition by the defeated candidates Fitton
Gerard and Francis Lloyd, against the return of Thomas
Hammer and William Gower, which petition alleged
that " Lord Chancellor JefTrys had extorted from the
town the surrender of the Charter of Edward IV. and
of the powers of electing Burgesses, &c, whereupon
James II. re-incorporated the said town, but conferred
the election of Members of Parliament on the 12 and 25,
and that Francis Charlton assumed Mayorship, and by
combination with the Sheriff proceeded to the election
of members by the new Corporation men and about 28
new Burgesses, and had returned his own brother-in-
law, Thomas ITanmer and William Gower, though the
petitioners were on the same day fairly chosen by the
unanimous consent of those qualified under the old
charter.' '

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This petition was, as usual, referred to a Committee,
and eventually in 1690 it was resolved that the Charter
of James II. was illegal and void, and Messrs. Hanmer
and Gower were unseated.

This decision made it clear that the right of election
still lay with the Common Burgesses resident within
the Borough. It was then laid down that the sons of
burgesses and those that married the daughters of
burgesses had a right to be made burgesses, but must
demand it by petition.

Apparently from the said year 1690 the right of
election was exercised by the resident Common Burges-
ses, who at first appear to have been numerous, as in 1727
upwards of 700 actually voted. However, the numbers
gradually dwindled down, and at the commencement of
the present century the electors were very few, as we
learn from Felton's Ladlow, 1811, u Above 65 burgesses
are resident here, by whom the members are returned,"
and from his larger edition of 1821, " Here are nearly
300 male housekeepers, whose houses are valued at JU0
a year and upwards, who have no vote in the election
of Members of Parliament. " In a Parliamentary report
for 1832 it was stated that the greatest number of
electors who had polled within the then last 30 years
was 16.

So it remained until the Reform Act of 1832, when
the old close boroughs and ancient elections by " free
burgesses" only were abolished, and an uniform franchise
was fixed for all boroughs alike.

It is curious to note that payment of Parliamentary
representatives, which is a tenet of modern Radicalism,
is no new doctrine, but is rather a return to old customs.

The Records of Ludlow^ contain many allusions to the
payment of the members in the 16th and 17th centuries,
the rate of allowance being the uniform one of two
shillings per day for the time occupied in Parliamentary
duties. The same rate prevailed in the City of Here-
ford, and a somewhat larger one in Shrewsbury.
Occasionally, sometimes at the instance of the members

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR LUDLOW.

themselves, sometimes as a condition of election, the
borough was freed from any claim for expenses. This
is specially shown in the case of Mr. Aston, M.P., in
1654 and 1656 ; in the first year he was allowed 2s. a
day, in the last he was elected "to go at his own
expense," and it is curious to note in the Church-
wardens' Accounts that on this occasion the Church
bells were rung.

It is worthy of note that (as will be seen from the
subjoined list) at least five of Ludlow's members, viz.,
William Foxe and his sons Charles Foxe and Edmund
Foxe, John Bradshaw and Sir John Pryce, all obtained
considerable properties from the dissolution of the
Monasteries.

The list, unfortunately, is not complete, the Members
of the Parliament between 1495 and 1515 being omitted,
most of the constituencies throughout the country being
in the same position. Ilesort has been had to the
Records of the House of Commons, the Hecord Office,
the British Museum, and the Borough Records, but
without success. Thanks to the Ludlow Bailiffs'
Accounts, Minute Books, and other local documents,
several names have been filled in which are blank in the
Plouse of Commons returns ; but it is a source of un-
availing regret to the compiler of the list that he has
been unable to present a complete record from Edward
IVs first writ to the extinction of the borough as a
Parliamentary unit in 1885,

An effort has been made to trace something of the
personality of each member, and though in this respect
mistakes may unwittingly have been made, no effort
has been spared to make the notes as well as the list a
true and faithful record of those who for upwards of
four centuries have represented the Parliamentary
Borough of Ludlow in the Council of the nation.

The writer draws largely upon the information con-
tained in various Shropshire and Ludlow books,especially
Wright's History of Ludlow, Mr. Clive's Documents of
the Lords Marchers, and the Transactions of the Shrop-

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shire Archaeological Society, as well as Mr. Foster's
Oxoniensis Alumni, and other like works. He has
received kindly help from the Recorder of Ludlow (Mr.
Greene, Q.C., M.P.), and others, but he especially
desires to acknowledge the invaluable assistance he has
received from Mr. W. Duncomb Pink, to whom the
public are indebted for the discovery of the members
of the lost Parliament of 1491, and without whose help
the following list would never have been made so
complete.

LUDLOW M.P.'S.

1472-5. (1) PETRUS BEAUPIE and (2) JOHANNES
SPARCHEFORD.

Elected 17 Sept., 1472.

(1) Petrus, i.e., Piers Beaupie, was Cofferer to King Edward IV.,
an office in those days of considerable importance. In the Act of
Resumption, 1464, it was provided that nothing therein should pre-
judice "any grant by us under our letters patent of the Earldom of
March to our servant Piers Beaupie, Esquire." Mr. Beaupie was a
Barrister-at-Law, and was probably the first Recorder, as well as the
first M.P. for Ludlow. He was certainly Recorder 14G6-1474, and in
that capacity received a salary of £1 Gs. 8d. per annum. He
founded a Chantry at the altar of St. Mary and St. Gabriel the Arch-
angel in the nave of Ludlow Church, and was buried there, but all
trace of his tomb has long since disappeared. In the deed of settle-
ment of Hosyer's Charity, dated 8 December, 1486, we find a direction
inserted that "Six of the best voiced singing children on every
Sunday and other Festival day immediately after the Mass of our
Lady done shall go in their surplices unto the tomb of Piers Beaupie
Esquire, in the said Church, and there say for the souls of the said
Piers Beaupie and Agnes his wife certain Psalms and Collects."

The endowment of Beaupie's Chantry was in 1535 valued at
£7 16s. Od. per annum, arising from lands and tenements.

Churchyard, the Shropshire poet, whose grandfather lived in Ludlow,
and was buried in Ludlow Church, calls Beaupie "a great ritch and
verteous man, he made another Chantrie," and says : —

Yet Beaupy must be named, good reason why,
For he bestowed great charge before he dyde
To keep poore men & now his bones doth lye
Full near the Fonte upon the foremoste side
Thus in those days the poore was looked unto
The rich was glad to fling their wealth away
So that their ;dmefe the poore some good might do
In poore mens boxe who doth his treasure lay
Shall Undo agaitio tenfold for one ho leaves
Or elso my hope and knowledgo me deceives.

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Piers Beaupie'fi will was proved in the prerogative Court of Canter-
bury in 1480.

(2) John Sparcheford was Bailiff of Ludlow 1466. He and the
succeeding member, Richard Sherma'n, are both mentioned in a deed
dated 20 Edward IV., which was a lease for 300 years of Portman
Meadow (lying between the Corvo and Fishmore Brook) from the
Palmers' Guild to John Sparcheford.

1477-8. (3) RICARDUS SHERMAN (Armiger) and (4)
THOMAS STEVENES.

Elected 1 January., 1477-8.

(3) Richard Sherman was one of the executors of John Hosyer,
and a party to the deed of 1486, in which the tomb of the
first member, Piers Beaupie, is mentioned. As first trustee of
Hosyer's Almshouse he has great claims on the kindly remembrance
of Ludlow. He was Custos of the Palmers' Guild 1487, 1488, and
1489. It may be of interest to know that he lived in the corner
houso in Dinliam (occupied so long by the Rev. Robert Meyricke),
opposite the Chapel of St. Thomas of Canterbury. He died in 1495.
His grand-daughter married Richard Vaughan, who was "Solicitor"
of Queen Elizabeth in the Marches of Wales.

(4) Thomas Stevenes was Bailiff in 1465 and in 1476. In the
latter year he was the successor of John Hosyer, the well-known
founder of the much appreciated Hosyer's Almshouse at Ludlow,
of whom his fellow member, Richard Sherman, was one of the executors.

1482-1487. There are no returns for these years in the House
of Commons or the Record Office. A search in Ludlow Record
Room has also been fruitless.

1491. (a) RICHARD LYTTLETON and THOMAS

PRATTE.

(a) Richard Lyttleton was the second son of Sir Thomas Lyttle
ton, who was Judgo of the Court of Common Pleas 1466, Knight of
the Bath 1475, a celebrated logal author, and died 1481.

Richard Lyttleton himself was a barrister, and ancestor of the
present Lord Hatherton. Richard Lyttleton's mother was Joan
widow of Sir Philip Chctwynd, and daughter of Sir William Burley,
of Broncroft Castle, Shropshire, and Speaker of the House of Commons.

Ho inherited extensive estates, including, doubtless, Broncroft Castle
from his mother, and hence his connection with Ludlow.

1495-1515. No records for these years exist.

1523, April. It would appear from an entry in the Ludlow
Bail ills' Accounts that William Foxo and John Cother (5 and
G below) wore members for Ludlow in this short Parliament,
but it is open to doubt,

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1529-36. (5) WILLIAM FOXE and (6) JOHN COTTIER.

(5) William Foxe was the founder of one of the most important
and influential families of his own and several succeeding generations
in tho neighbourhood of Ludlow. Ho i"s described as "de St. John's
Ludlow." Two of his sons were M.IVs for Ludlow. His son Charles
was Secretary of the Council of the Marches and Sheriff of Shropshire;
two grandsons and one great-grandson were knighted, and were
members of the Council of the Marches. The following among other
estates appear to have belonged to this family at the end of the 16th
and early part of the 17th centuries, viz., Bromfield (including Oakly
Park), Caynham, Stoke, Whitton, Greet, Ludford, Steventon, Whitch-
cote, Gwernoga (Montgomeryshire), Adforton, Pedwardine, besides
considerable property in tho town of Ludlow.

They also acquired St. Giles' Hospital, Ludford, St. John's
Hospital, St. Leonard's, and tho White Friars in Ludlow, and
Bromfield Priory, so that they must have possessed enormous wealth
and influence.

In the north aislo of Ludford Church is a tomb of the member,
William Foxe, as having " founded this aisle and re-edified the alms-
house of St. Giles, being decayed." He was descended from John Foxe
of Knighton, who was slain in the war with Owen Glyndwr.

William Foxe married Jane, daughter of Richard Downe of Ludlow.
He became Alderman of Ludlow 1525, and was certainly M.P. up to
1534, for there aro entries in tho Bailiffs' Accounts of that year, "To
Mr. Foxe at his going to Parliament a bottel of Muscatel," and again,
" Item more paid to William Foxe of this sum when he went to the
Parliament Anno 26 Hen. VIII. by Mr. Rogers 40 shillings."

He died in 1551, was buried in Ludford Church, and his will was
proved in the same year.

J (6) John Cotuuji was Bailiff of Ludlow 1511 and 1521. He bore
a name of frequent occurrence in tho Ludlow Records and papers of
jthose days.

1536. WILLIAM FOXE and JOHN COTHER.

There is no return for this year in either the Record Office
or the House of Commons, but various entries in the
^accounts of the Eailiffs of Ludlow for the year 1538 leave no
doubt that Messrs. Foxe and Cotber were the members for
Ludlow in this Parliament. No Christian names are, however,
given, and as there were several of both names in Ludlow,
there is no way of defining them with certainty, but there is
little doubt that they were either William Foxe and John
Cother, the same representatives as in the previous Parliament,
or possibly William Foxe and a Thomas Cother, who was Bailiff
in 1537.

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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOll LUDLOW;

1539-1540. (7) CHARLES FOXE and (8) THOMAS

WHEELER.

Here again there is no return in either the House of
Commons or the Record Office, but on' referring to the Bailiffs'
Accounts for 1540 there is no difficulty in ascertaining that
the above were the members. The following entries appear : —
'Paid to Mr. Wheeler on his first going to London to the
Parliament 53/4." " Item more paid to Mr. Wheeler in part
of £3 10s. Od. for the house is in debt for the Burgesses
expenses." " Item paid to Mr. Charles Foxe for the last pro-
rogation of Parliament 13/4."

(7) Charles Foxe was the second son of William Foxe (No. 5 above).
He purchased the Priory of Hromfickl, and is described in the Register
there as " Right Worshipful. n He attained great power and estate, but
appears from the various incidents which have been handed down, to
have been of a somewhat troublesome nature. In 1537 a grant was
made to him and his brother and afterwards fellow M.P. Edmund
Foxe " in survivorship of the reversion of the office of Clerk of the
"Council in the Marches of Wales, now held by Thomas Hakluyt in
"as full manner as Thomas Hakluyt or Henry Knight, or any other
" held the office, and of the reversion of the office of Clerk of the Signet
" now held by John Russell; in as full manner as the said John Russell
"and Peter Newton and Henry Knight have held it."

In 1510 he was summoned to appear before the Privy Council by
John A. Price for breach of covenant, which was evidently in con-
nection with the above offices, as shortly afterwards the Privy Council
decided that John A. Price should have the office of Secretary of the
Council with fees of 20 marks a year, and that Charles Foxe should
have the office of Clerk of the Signet, according to the patent to hirri,
and his brother Edmund, and an order was made that "all suca
matters of variance as were depending between Price and Foxe shouldl
be ended." Matters apparently, however, did not go smoothly, as in
February, 1512, Charles Foxe and his brother Edmund were charged
before the Privy Council with having made malicious allegations
against the President of the Council of the Marches, and were ordered
to be committed, to the Fleet prison; but being Burgesses of Parliarj"
ment, and claiming the privilege of the House, were not imprisoned,'
but were bound in recognizances to appear once a week before?
the Privy Council during Parliament, and afterwards from time
to time until they should have licence to depart. In this
manner they were kept from Ludlow and the Council, and in
their absence an order was made by the Privy Council that
some person should be appointed to do their work, and the
fees should be sequestered. In the following June they were
ordered " to appear before tho Privy Council every Sunday." Charles
Foxe was a member of the Council of the Marches, but does not seem

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to have obtained the actual Secretaryship until 1574, and he never
seems to have obtained the Clerkship to the Signet, as in 1581 he
was defeated for that office (said to have been worth .£2000 a year) by
Sir Philip Sydney's schoolfellow and friend, Sir Fulke Creville, after-
wards Lord Brooke. Mr. Foxe was M.P. for Much Wcnlock 15G3-7,
and Sheriff of Shropshire in 1583, and his eldest son, Sir Charles Foxe,
who was also a member of the Council of the Marches, was Sheriff in
1598, while his third son also held both offices, being Sheriff in 1G08.
In 1582 Charles Foxe was defendant in a Commission as to the
Church and tithes of Cleobury Mortimer, " late parcel of the Abbey
of Wigmore," and in 1581 his son Charles Foxe, jun. (afterwards
Sir Charles Foxe), was joined with him as a defendant in that suit.

Charles Foxe was Steward of Holdgate 1551, and was Recorder of
Ludlow 157G-7. In 1588 he contributed £100 towards the defence
of the country from the Spanish Armada.

In 1511 he obtained a lease of Bromfield and the Rectory thereof,
and of all kinds of tenths thereunto belonging, and this was after-
wards merged into a freehold. Bromfield and Oakley Park passed
from him to his son, Sir Charles Foxe, whose daughter married
Matthew Herbert, and through her the property descended to her son,
Francis Herbert, the ancestor of the Earls of Powis, and (through the
female line) of the present owner, Lord Windsor.

Shortly before his death he purchased St. Leonard's Chapel, Ludlow,
and the adjoining land, and began to erect almshouses. He died
before they were completed, but by his will, dated 1500, October
12th, ho directed them to be finished and endowed, out of the
fund so constituted. St. Leonard's Chapel has been rebuilt and
Foxe's Almshouse has been endowed (having now an income of about
.£250 a year), so that his name still is and long will be gratefully remem-
bered in Ludlow. He was buried at Bromfield on 21st December, 1590.

There was formerly in the recess on the south side of the chancel
in the ruins of the Priory adjoining Bromfield Church a stone, pro-
bably marking the entrance to a vault and bearing the initials C. F.
and E. F., these being, no doubt, the initials of Charles Foxe and his
first wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Milo Crosby of Suffolk. This is
now in the chancel of the Church.

(8) Mr. Wheeler was Bailiff of Ludlow 1538, 1542, 1554, 1565.
He was again M.P. 1511-1517, and 1552-1551. Ho was a member of
an old Ludlow family, which is mentioned in Shro2)shire Visitation,
1583. He married Anna, daughter of William Foxo (No. 5 above),
and sister of his eolleague Charles Foxe. Mr. Wheeler was Seneschal
of the Palmers' Guild in 1534. Ho was buried at Ludlow 1574,
July 15.

1542-44. (9) CHARLES FOXE and (10) EDMUND FOXE.
Elected 21 Dec, 1541.

(9) Also M.P. 1539-1.542, and 1547-1553. (See 7 abovo).

(10) Edmund Foxic of laid ford was eldest son of William Foxo of '

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St. John's (No. 5 above), and brother of Charles Foxe. He married
the widow of Richard Hackluit, from whose family Hackluyt's Close
at Ludford is named, and who was, no doubt, a relative of Thomas
Hackluit, who was then Clerk of the Council of the Marches. He
died 1569, and his will was proved in' the prerogative Court of
Canterbury.

In Eyton it is recorded that the Master and Brethren of St. John's
Hospital conveyed it with all its possessions to Edmund Foxe, by a
lease dated the 20th September, 1535. Is it not quite likely that
this Edmund Foxe was identical with our M.P., the son of " William
Foxe de St. John's," rather than (as stated by Duke) Edward Foxe,
Bishop of Hereford (born at Dursley, who seems to have had no
connection with Ludlow, and who was not consecrated Bishop of
Hereford till 26 September, 1535)? In any case the entire interest
in St. John's Hospital was granted to Edmund Foxe and his father,
William Foxe, by grant dated 1537, October.

Edmund Foxe, with his younger brother and fellow member,
Charles Foxe, obtained the grant of the reversion of the offices of
Clerk of the Council of the Marches and Clerk of the Signet, as
stated in the notice of Charles Foxe (No. 7), and with him got into
trouble with the Privy Council, as also there stated. It is worthy of
notice that in 1536, the year before the grant of these offices, one
Edmund Foxe was servant to Thomas Cromwell (Henry VIII. 's Prime
Minister), and this may explain the grants of these offices and the
power and influence which the Foxe family obtained, but we have
nothing beyond supposition that this was the same man as the M.P.
for Ludlow.

1545-7. (11) JOHN BRADSHAW and (12) THOMAS

WHEELER.

(11) Joiitf Bradshaw was Bailiff of Ludlow 1531, 1535, 1541.
He was clearly a person of considerable importance, as the Bailiffs'
Accounts for 1538 contain payments for Sack and Claret" at the
coming of my Lord President's Kinswoman through Ludlow to be
married to. John Bradshaw." Rowland Lee, Bishop of Coventry, was
then Lord President.

He benefited greatly by the dissolution of the Monasteries, as .we
find that Bilbury, near Richard's Castle (formerly attached to Wigmore
Abbey), was granted to him by Henry VIII. , and in the book of the
Court of Augmentations for 1536 is a lease to him of St. Dogmael's
Abbey, in the Diocese of St. David's, with the Manor of Fystyngard
and Rectories there. He also obtained about tho same time a grant
of the tithes of Walton, near Wenlock.

In 1546 his pew in Ludlow Church was granted to the Bailiffs in
consequence of his absence. Mr. Bradshaw was High Sheriff of
Radnorshire in 154-6, and again in 1556 and 1558.

(12) Also M.P. 1539-1542, and 1552-1554. See No. 8 above.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR LUDLOW.

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1547-1552. (13) CHARLES FOXE and (13a) ROBERT

BLOUNT.

These names are inserted through the kindness of Mr*
Dancorab Pink, and are taken from a MS. list at Hatfield-
Mr. Blount's name is far more likely to be correct than that of
Edmund Molineux given by Brown Willis in his Notitia Par-
liamentaria.

(13a) Robert Blount was the third son (out of 20 children) of
Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet, in the County of Salop, who was Sheriff
of the county in 1480. Mr. Robert Blount is described as "Ante
ambulo " in the Visitation, the note being "Ante ambulo means
Serjeant-at-Macc, and is sometimes used for Gentleman Usher," so
that, doubtless, Mr. Blount held office in the Court of the Marches.

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Croft, and died in 1580.

1517-1552. Return as given by Brown Willis, but probably

in error.

(13) CHARLES FOXE and (14) EDMUND MOLINEUX

(13) See No. 7 above, also M.P. 1539, 1544, and 1552-3.

(14) There is considerable doubt as to this member, as there is no
return in the House of Commons Blue Book, and a query is added in
Willis. If he was member, lie was almost certainly the Edmund
Molineux who was King's Sergeant (corresponding to the modern
Attornoy-Ccncral) in 1543, aftorwards became a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas, 1550, and was knighted. He was one of the then
newly established "Council in the North." He died in 1562. It is
very doubtful, however, whether he ever was M.P. for Ludlow. If so,
he was possibly succeeded by Robert Blount upon his elevation to the
Bench in 1550.

1552-3, March 1st to 31st, CHARLES FOXE and
(15) THOMAS WHEELER.

Elected 3 January, 1552-3.

(15) See No. 7 and 8 above.

1553, Oct. to Dec. (16) JOHN PASSIE and THOMAS
WHEELER (re-elected).

Elected 26 Sept., 1553.

(16) Bailiff of Ludlow 1529, 1546, 1557.

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1554. (17) SIR JOHN PRICE, Knight, and (18) THOMAS
BLASHFIELD.

Elected 18 March, 1553-4.

(17) Sir John Price was of Broadgate's Hall, Oxford. He
was Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, 1523, Knighted 1546-7, March
2, B.C.L. 1525, Chancellor of Diocese of St. Asaph 1559, Canon
of St. Asaph 15G0, M.P. County of Brecon 1547-52, Hereford
1553, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1553, and Secretary of the Marches
of Wales. His Arms were in Ludlow Castle. He married Joane,
daughter of John Williams, alias Cromwell, of London, and appears
to have been seated at Porteham, County of Hereford.

This is, doubtless, the John A. Price with whom Charles Foxe had
the differences which came before the Privy Council in 1540, when
the Secretaryship was awarded to Price, and the Clerkship of the
Signet to Charles Foxe.

Sir John Price appears to have benefited greatly by the dissolution
of the monasteries, for we find that St. Guthlac's Priory, with its
extensive and valuable possessions in the County of Hereford, was
granted to him about 1540. Doubtless, this arose from his connection
by marriage with the great Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, whose
nephew, Richard Cromwell, and his descendants styled themselves
" Cromwell alias Williams," and it is possiblo that Sir John Price's
wifo Joano was a niece of the great " Mauler of Monasteries." (See
Carlyle's Cromwell). Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, was of
the same family.

(18) Thomas Blasiifield was Bailiff of Ludlow 154G, 1551, 1559,
and was Sergeant-at-Arms to the Council of the Marches. He was
buried at Ludlow on 15 March, 1573-4. His daughter married John
Weaver of Stapleton, who was High Sheriff of Radnorshire 1588.

1554-5. (19) JAMES WARNCOMBE and (20) JOHN ALSOP.
Elected 26 Oct., 1554.

(19) James Warncombe was one of the Warncombes of Ivington,
near Leominster. Ho was M.P. for Leominster 1535, County of
Hereford 15G3-7, and Hereford City 1571-1583. As standing Counsel
to Leominster he was intimately connected with that borough, and
was Mayor of Hereford 1571. His daughter and heiress married one
of the Harley family. He was Recorder of Ludlow from 1550 to 1561.

(20) John Alsop was Bailiff of Ludlow in 1543, 1552, 15G2. He
is • mentioned as paying 40s. to tlio repairs of Mill Street Mills
which then belonged to the Crown, and about which a law sui
afterwards involved the town in great expense. Mr. Alsop was Tow
Clerk of Ludlow for many years, and was Recorder of the town. I
was buried at Ludlow on 29th June, 15G9, when ho was described
the Rogistor as " Recorder of this Towno."

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1555, October to December. (21) WILLIAM HEATH and
(22) THOMAS CROFT.

Elected 28 Sept., 1555.

(21) William Heath was, doubtless, a' relative of Nicholas Heath*
Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York, who was then Lord
President of the Marches, and who was Lord Chancellor under Queen
Mary, but refusing to crown Queen Elizabeth was imprisoned for a
short time. Tho present member probably married a daughter of
Thomas Blount of Sodington.

(22) There is nothing actually proving that Thomas Croft was one
of the great family of Croft of Croft Castle, but he is described as
Esquire in the return, and there is little or no doubt on the subject.
Sir James Croft, the Controller of the Household to Queen Elizabeth,
one of the Privy Council, and a foremost statesman of that day, had
a younger brother, Thomas Croft, born about 1520, who was, doubt-
less, the member for Ludlow. Thomas Croft married the daughter of
Sir Philip Paris. Sir Herbert Croft is now the representative of the
family.

1558, January to November. (23) RICHARD PRYNCE AND
(24) ROBERT MASON.

Elected 8 January, 1557-8.

(23) Richard Prynce was a celebrated lawyer of Shrewsbury, who
built Whitohall there. He was styled " Counsel at the Barre in the
Court of the Marches." He married the daughter of William Leighton
of Plash, Salop. Two of his sons were knighted, and one was Sheriff
of Shropshire. He was M.P. for Bridgnorth in 1559. He is described
in Owen and Blakeway as " Literatus M when admitted as a Burgess
of Shrewsbury in 1551, which title it is there said was probably in-
tended to denote his destination to the study of the law. In 1569 he
was Fcodary of Shropshire, who is described in the History of Shrews
hurt/ as the officer to attend on tho Inquisitions after the death of
tenants in Chivalry under the feudal system, and to watch over the'
Crown dues. Richard Prynce was buried 5 October, 1598.

(24) Robert Mason is described in a subsequent return as a
" Tanner." He was one of the Masons of Diddlebury and Minton,
then a well-known family. He was Bailiff of Ludlow 1555, 1563, and
Churchwarden 1551, and was buried at Ludlow, 13th November, 1591.
In 1552 a lease was granted to him of the "Town Ditch from Broad
St. Cute to Old St. Catc, with the Fish Pool in the same."

1558-9. (25) WILLIAM PO UGH NILE and ROBERT
MASON re-elected.

Elected 16 January, 1558-9.

(25) William Pol/gunill was Bailiff of Ludlow 1561, 1570, 1575,
1582, IJe was, doubtless, the member from whom the name was

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given to Poughnill, now the residence of Mr. Charlton, and once the
great printing press of the neighbourhood, where the works of Mrs.
Chapone and other authors were printed by Mr. Nicholson. Church-
warden of Ludlow 1570. He died 1583.

1562-1567. WILLIAM POUGHNILL and (26) RICHARD

LANGFORD.
Elected about December, 1562.

(26) Richard Lanoford was Bailiff 1544, 1549, and was probably
the father of Charles Langford, Dean of Hereford, who by his will in
1607 founded the Langfordian Scholarships at Ludlow Grammar
School for four boys " out of such poor and towardlie for learning as
are born in the said town," which scholarships are still existing, and
have recently been remodelled.

1571, April to May. WILLIAM POUGHNILL and ROBERT
MASON re-elected.

1572-1583. Do. and Do.
Re-elected 20 April, 1572.

1584-5. (28) ROBERT BERRIE and (29) RICHARD

FFARR.
Elected 8 November, 1584.

(28) Robert Berrie was admitted a Burgess of Ludlow 1579, when
he was described as a gentleman, and was Bailiff of Ludlow 1589,
1592, 1601, 1611. His son was Supervisor of Herefordshire and
Shropshire 1623. In the State papers we find him as Bailiff of Ludlow
reporting to the Privy Council that Jane Shelley had by will left
money to the Papists, and he goes on " Having £3000 a year and
living sparingly.''

He seems to have held the office of porter of Ludlow Castle, for in
the State Papers under the date of 1597, May 31, we find the follow-
ing entries : — " Grant to Robert Hartgell of the portership of Ludlow
Castle and the Tennis play there on the surrender of Robert Berry.
Fee £4 a year."

Mr. Berrie was, probably, appointed porter in 1589-90, when in the
Churchwardens' Accounts of Ludlow there is an entry, "Paid for the
ringing at Mr. Berries appointment the 1st Septemberl2d." Robert
Berrie died 1618, May 26, and was buried in Ludlow Church.

(29) Richard Ffarr was Bailiff 1568, 1578. He seems from his
admission as a Burgess in 1551, and from a lease of 1552, to hav^
been a Mercer in Ludlow.

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1586-87. ROBERT BERRIE and (30) THOMAS
CANDLAND.

Elected 5 Oct, 1586.

(30) Thomas Candland was Bailiff 1576, 1584, 1591, 1606,
Churchwarden 1571. He was founder of one of the minor charities
of Ludlow, which still exists, 20s. a year being charged on premises
at the head of Pepper Lane (now in the occupation of Mr. Mickle-
wright), which the founder directed should pass to the Corporation of
Ludlow if the 20s. yearly be not paid.

Thomas Candland as Bailiff signed tho instrument of association
for the protection of Queen Elizabeth in 1584.

There was a monument to his memory in the South Chapel of
Ludlow Church, which bore this inscription — " Here lieth the body
of Thomas Canlande, Gent., who died 12 Sept., 1617, then eldest
, Alderman of Ludlow, and five times one of the Burgesses of Parlia-
^ ment of the same town."

1588-9. ROBERT BERRIE and THOMAS CANDLAND.
Elected 29 Oct., 1588.

1592-3, DITTO and DITTO.
Elected Jan., 1592-3,

1597-8. (31) HUGH SANFORD (Esq.), and DITTO.
\ Elected 7 Oct., 1597.

(31) Hugh Sanford is possibly an error for " Humphrey," as, so far
tas oan be ascertained, no " Hugh " Sanford then existed in Shropshire,
\and if the name were abbreviated " Hu," tho mistake is easily intelli-
gible. The member was certainly a man of consequence, as in the return
jhe is styled " Esquire," a title not so frequently used in the 16th century
'as now. Humphrey Sanford (born 1543) was the son of Richard
^Sanford and his wife Margaret, daughter of Humphrey Plowden of
(Plowden, and sister of the famous lawyer, Edmund Plowden. He
appears to have been implicated in the conspiracies in favour of Mary
Queen of Scots, for in 1580 a pardon for treason was granted to him
.under the Great Seal. He died in 1G11, and was buried at Lydbury
iNorth. There was, however, a Hugh Sanford who was M.P. for
'Wilton in the next two Parliaments of 1601 and 1604 until his
Vlecease in 1607, who may have been the member for Ludlow.

( This return is taken from the Official Blue Book. Browno Willis
;names as tho Ludlow members in this Parliament tho old mombers,
Robert Berrie and Thomas Candland, but adds a query.

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16C\ (32) ROBERT BERRIE and (33) THOMAS
CANDLAND.

Elected 5 Oct., 1601.
(32) See 28 above. (33) See 30 above.

1603-11. DITTO and (34) RICHARD BENSON.
Elected 1st March, 1603-4.

(34) Richard Benson was Bailiff of Ludlow 1596, 1603, Church-
warden 1588-9 ; died 1609.

1609. (35) RICHARD FISHER vice RICHARD BENSON,

deceased.
Elected 7 Dec, 1609.

(35) Richard Fisher was son of John Fisher of Worcester, and
was an Alderman of Ludlow and Bailiff 1604, 1609, 1618. He is \
mentioned as Alderman in the curious tract published by Mr. Clive,
" The Lovo of Wales to their Soueraigno Prynce," and as the com-
poser of the English verses read in 1616 at the Pageant in Ludlow or
the occasion of the proclamation of Charles (afterwards Charles I.) as,:'
Prince of Wales. In 1561 ho was a pupil at Shrewsbury School,
whoro, no doubt, lie acquired his scholarship, and is entered in tho
Register as " alienus." Mr. Fisher was in 1627 mado the first.
Capital Master of Ludlow.

There is a curious document in the State papers with regard to>
this election, in the form of a letter from the Corporation of Ludlow
to the Earl of Salisbury, in which they decline to elect (as requested^)
John Leveson as Burgess in place of Richard Benson, deceased, a/s
they can elect "none but a Resident, and have refused Lord Eure's:
request for his brother, Sir Francis Eure."

This Lord Salisbury was Robert Cecil (son of Queen Elizabeth's ;
favourite minister), who was Lord Treasurer and Prime Minister until 1
his death in 1612, and the ancestor of the present Marquis of Salisbury .

1614. (36) ROBERT BERRIE and (37) HENRY
TOWNSHEND.

Elected March, 1614. I

This return is taken from the original Minute Book of tho
Corporation, and is undoubtedly correct. There is said to b o
no entry in any Record Office of the members of this Parlia ,-
ment. Willis's Parliamentaria Notitia gives Will. Walter,
Knt., and Robert Berry as members for Ludlow, but adds a
query, and this, so far as Sir Will. Walter is concerned, i*s
clearly a mistake. Richard Tomlyns was a candidate for Pa/r-

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liamentary honours at this election, but was rejected on the
gi Aind that he was not a sworn Burgess of the Borough.

(36) Mr. Berrie had been member from 1584, but on this occasion
his election was declared invalid, on the ground that he was Bailiff of
Ludlow, and as such returned himself* (See No. 28 above).

(37) Sir Henry Townsiiend was the third son of Sir Robert Towns-
hend, Chief Justice of Chester, whose monument is still in Ludlow
Church. Henry Townshcnd married the daughter of Sir Rowland
Hay ward of Cound. He was M.P. for Bridgnorth 1571-83, Justice of
Chester 1579, Steward of Shrewsbury 1597, Burgess of Ludlow 1584,
Recorder of Ludlow 1577-1G21, one of the Council of the Marches of
Wales 1586, Knighted 1604, first Recorder of Oswestry 1617, Recorder
of Leominster 1590. He presented two silver gilded spoons to the
Ludlow Corporation, who appear to have entertained him frequently.
In the Bailiff's Accounts 1616-17 we find payments for " 1 quart of
burnt sack given to him," and also for " 1 dozen of fine cakes, 4 pounds
of cherries, a gallon of white and claret wine, three quarters of a
.pound of fine sugar, rose water and lemon, mackerons half a pound,
confeytes a pound and half, all is 8/8 a gift to the Lady Townshend."
) This is a curious commentary on the manners of the time. The

k like seems to have been done for Sir Henry when he visited Leo-
1 minster. He died in 1621, and was buried at Cound.
{ Sir Henry occupied when in Ludlow " a faire house in St. Austen's
Snce a Friarie."

h614. (38) ROBERT LLOYD in place of ROBERT BERRIE
J, unseated.

\ Elected 11 May, 1614.

* This return is taken from the Minute Book of the Corpora-
ti'on, and is undoubtedly correct, though it appears nowhere
j else. This entry is not given in the only known list of members
lof this Parliament, viz., that found among the Kimbolton MSS.,
tand late the property of the Duke of Manchester.

J (38) Robert Lloyd is recorded as Burgess of the Parliament in the
pblace of Mr. Berrie, whose election was invalidated as having been
V Bailiff returning himself." In the entry in the Minute Book Mr.
iLloyd is described as " Robert Lloyd, Esquire, Sewer to the Queen's
(Most Excellent Majestie." The full entry has been transcribed on
(page 4 above. He seems to have been high in favour with Anne of
iDenmark (James I.'s Queen), and from the following curious and
{interesting extracts from the State papers, he rose to be an admiral
and to be knighted (1616, July 19).

i 1616, March 25. — Grant to Lord Knyvctt and Robert Lloyd,
Admiral to the Queen, of £12,000, moiety of old debts due to the
(prown in lieu of a similar grant to Ralph Ewens, the Queen's late
Auditor, frustrated by his decease.

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1617 y March 13. — Sir Robert Lloyd, Admiral to the Queen, was
appointed with another a collector of Customs on Northern Cloth
for 21 years.

1618, Feb. 14, \ The Queen is justly implacable against Sir Robert
London. / Lloyd (Floyd), who got,, from her a lease of the
Royalties of all her lands. Those about her feed her anger, for Lloyd
had slandered them all to her when he was highest in her favours.
He rose from a serving man to an estate of £800 a year, and is likely
to fall as suddenly.

Sir Robert Lloyd was evidently disgraced, for in the " Court and
Times of James I." we find that Sir George Reynolds and another
were discharged tho Queen's service for having visited Sir Robert in
his disgrace. Ho appears, however, to have recovered to some extent ,
his position, as the following will show : — (

1620. Grant to Sir Robert Lloyd of the office of engrossing wills t
and Inventories for life. (

In 1621 he was returned as M.P. for Minehead, when he again got \
into disgrace. The Committee of Grievances reported to tho House (
of Commons on 21 March, 1621, that the patent for wills was tho 1
worst grievance of all, and that Sir R. Lloyd had the solo ingrossing of
all Wills and Inventories. After a debate Sir Robert was ordered to /
be removed out of the House for being a projector and maintainer of f
the Patent. He was then called to the Bar, and directed by the
Speaker to be expelled, and his name was removed from the list of
members. L;

Leominster in James I.'s reign was vested in his Queen, Anno of
Denmark, as part of her jointure, which may possibly account for Sii '
Robert Lloyd's presence in these parts. y

1620-22. (39) HENRY SPENCER, LORD COMPTOnI
and (40) RICHARD TOMLYNS. ( f

Elected 2 January, 1G20-1. \ j

(39) Henry Spencer, Lord Compton, was the eldest son of the first
Marquis of Northampton, K.G., who was Lord President of the,/
Marches of Wales 1617 to 1630. |,
Our member, Lord Compton, became second Marquis of North-
ampton on his father's death in 1630. He was firmly attached to tin')
royal party in tho Civil Wars, was a very gallant soldier, fought a(;
Edgehill, and was slain in March, 16*12-3, when fighting victoriously
at the head of his troops at Hopton Heath, in the moorlands of :
Staffordshire. He was offered his life, but refused to take it, sayings
that he " scorned to take quarter from such base rogues and rebel1?)',
as they were." He was ono of the Council of tho Marches of Waley
in his father's presidency, 1627. Ho accompanied Charles I. whem
Prince of Wales to Madrid, as Master of tho Robes, and though hih
life was passed in tho luxury of tho Court, ho is said to have bee-a
1 Sans reprocho " as ho was " Sans pour." His mother was thjo

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daughter of Sir John Spenser, Alderman and Clothworker, of London,
one of the richest heiresses of the day, and the story runs that
Lorl William Compton carried her off in the disguise of a baker's
man.

(40) Richard Tomlyns was a native of Ludlow, who seems to have
gone to reside at Richmond and Westminster, and was a cousin of
Richard Tomlyns, a Baron of the Exchequer, with whom he must not
be confounded. Richard Tomlyns in 1649 gave a rent-charge of
£33 6s. 8d. (which sum is still paid) for the education and benefit of
the poor of Ludlow. He afterwards appeared to revoke this gift under
a power reserved in tho original deed, and litigation ensued. Thanks,
■•lowevcr, to the good offices of Baron Tomlyns, the town did not lose
the member's benefaction, as it was confirmed by a deed dated in
1652, aDd given in trust for the "good, benefit and relief of the poor
of Ludlow." The rent is at present applied to the National Schools.
> Tho following letters written by Mr. Tomlyns, &c., with reference
to his representation of Ludlow may be of interest as illustrative of
he times of Charles I.

* Worshipful Mr. Bailiffs and the rest, I doubt not but that you
have received his Majesty's proclamation for the Parliament wherein
you are to choose your burgesses, I did offer my service to have been
one of them the last Parliament, but because I was not then sworn,
exceptions were taken against it, as there was just cause. Since, as
' ome of you know, I have been admitted and sworn, whereby I am
( pw incorporated as well by birth as by order and record. Now I
i^vo thought good to renew my suit unto you, that if you shall think
* i, >e worthy, I may be chosen one of your burgesses for this Parlia-
ment. I assure myself you will be importuned by letters from
greater persons, but I hope you will be constant to hold your ancient
and laudable custom, namely to choose none but your native and
sworn burgesses. I do confess that I distrust my ability as not
worthy to be a member of that honorable, learned, and grave assembly,
but being confident in myself to be a true hearted Englishman, to
\\ove my country and commonwealth, as becometh every good subject,
^ am encouraged to bear suit in this behalf, in which, if it shall
]blcase you to accept my services, I shall do my uttermost and best
endeavour, according to that power of judgment and reason which
pod hath enabled mo with, and because my residence for the most
part is here at Westminster, I will acquit you from all charge and
bear it myself concerning this service. Besides, it is not unknown
unto some of my near friends among you that long since I had a
purpose out of my poor estate to do some good for the town. It may
be in part while I live, but sure after my decease, if it please God,
and so leaving this my request unto your mature consideration, I
commend my best wishes and hearty commendations unto you all
from my lodgings in Westminster this 22nd of tho November, 1620.

" Your affectionate loving friond and always to command,

"Richard Tomlyns."

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" Mr. Bailiffs, I have nothing else to write of, only my being your
burgess of the last Parliament cost me dear, for in the late benevolenco
my name was found in the roll of burgesses, by reason whereof I was
sent for unto -the Council table before the Lords, and there between
fair persuasions and otherwise I was brought to give thirty pounds,
which I paid, whereas many with great estates, and lands and office
gave little more, and I have neither lands nor office, thus much by
the way that is in my mind.

" Westminster this 20th of June, 1622,

" Your very loving friend,

"Richard Tomlyns."

" Right Worshipful. Whereas I do heartily wish for good reasons"
that you are pleased to elect Mr. Tomlins, ono of the Burgesses of
the Parliament for your town, and do hear that there is some suspicior'
or objection that he is inclinable to Popery, and will (if he be chosen)
expect or sue for his charges of attendance in Parliament according-
to the statute from the Corporation. I assure you both the one and*
the other is injurious to the gent., for I assure you he is as sincere
and dovoted to the Church of England and common weal hereof as*
any man I know, and do so undertake to you and your Corporation
horcby that ho shall never demand or suo for his said charges, and so
I commend and commit him to your confidence, and love and rest
always your loving friend to command, ;

"George Holland.

"Bromfield, 27 January, 1623 (4).

"To the Right Worshipful the Bailiffs of the Town of Ludlol
give these." v

" Mr. Bailiffs and the rest, the breach of the last Parliament at
Oxford being the first of King Charles and the no great good success
of Parliaments in tho latter times of King James, in all which, with
your loves and good opinions I have been chosen, thongh unworthy,,
to be one of your burgesses, hath almost disheartened and discouraged
me to desire to be of any more Parliaments ; nevertheless, we musi
not be faint and wearied in our minds, but hope and pour out om:
continual and hearty prayers that Almighty God will inspire the King
to enquire and do that which shall be for the glory of his great name;
the honour and safety of this state, and the welfare of this Church
and Commonwealth, and that our good and gracious God would aver't
his judgments which yet hang over this kingdom. The late grievou's
and dovouring pestilence is yet fresh in memory, though now almost
extinguished through God's extraordinary a] id abundant mercy, yet
the sword is more than threatened after this long peace, the purchase
whereof I am afraid will cost us dear. We hear of no good success
of our groat navy, some four of the ships are come homo, and we
must pray God to send the rest in safety. It is resolved his Majesty
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the writ for choice of your burgesses is already come to your hands,
wherein if you shall be pleased to elect me for one, I shall give my
attendance and do my utmost endeavours to do my country and you
serv.ee, and if you shall think upon any other choice more able and
worthy, whereof I am assured there are many, I shall not take it in
ill part, only let me advise that in your election you do choose suoh
as are approved and known sound religious honest men, who respect
I the good of the republic more than any man's favour or private ends,
'^and surely I am of opinion (if ever) this Parliament will require such
'persons to be of the house, and so I shall pray with other true hearted
/subjects that Almighty God will pour down his blessings thereupon
that the beginning and end thereof may bo happy and profitable both
ffor tho King and subject, and so with my best wishes and hearty
commendations unto all your brethren and associates, I shall ever
i bmain your assured and affectionate loving friend to command,

®' " Richard Tomlyns.

v/ "London, 30th Dec, 1625."

j "P.S. — I wrote unto my cousin Cupper that 40s. should be given
lout of my rent unto your poor, which I pray you be careful to dis-
tribute to such persons as stand in most need, especially old men or
.women."

( " Good Mr. Bailiffs, it hath pleased the King now at last to call a
^Parliament, when there was little hope of any. I understand the
writs of summons arc gone unto Wales, but unto the English shires
; one have as yet, which causeth some doubt whether it will hold or
hfe, but I hope it will be without all doubt. I have served for your
borough with your good allowance now four Parliaments past, of
which threo of them hayo been broke and fruitless, to the great
grievance of all good subjects, and the unspeakable hindrance and
damage of the commonwealth, whereof the whole kingdom suffers in
a great measure. I had resolvod with myself, being now grown into
years and sickly, not to have been in any more Parliaments, never-
theless, some gentlemen of worth and others my familiar friends have
^,')rsuadcd mo onco moro to bo of this Parliament, in hope of better
success, which God grant ; that tho King and his people may accord to
the glory of tho Almighty and tho public good and welfare of the
commonwealth, wherefore if it shall please you to make choice of me
to serve in this Parliament as heretofore, I shall give my attendance
and do my best endeavours. If otherwise in your discretions you
shall think of any other more able and worthy, as there aro many, I
shall be well contented therewith, and so leaving it wholly to your
consideration, I shall in this or any other service for the good of the
Corporation be right glad to do my best endeavours. With my right
hearty commendations, prayers, and well wishes for the welfare and
prosperity of the whole society, I shall ever remain your assured
loving friend and brother, " Rio. Tomlyns.

" Westminster, 8th February, 1027 (8)."

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Extract from letter from Bailiffs with regard to alleged revocation
by Mr. Tomlyns, deceased, of the rent-oharge granted by him to the
town.

" We received a letter of the 14th present, by which you demand
£15 of this Corporation by virtue of a deed from Mr. Tomlyns our
good friend deoeased, which being so contrary, not only to his
professed affection and engagement to this his native place, which had.
honored him so often with a burgess place in Parliament, when
persons of honour were to its prejudice denied, and to his often
promises thereupon, and that of late years too, but also to his own
deliberate act contrived by advice of a learned and able counsel as y e
land could afford, to ye end it might remain inviolable, and of which
being done he presently gave ample signification unto this Corporation
to keep by them as a real assurance of his love and gratitude that
cannot imagino he should unless in weakness act anything in p>) >
judice thereof. Now if any praotisc hath been made upon him in fcMt
condition (a thing often attempted by some) as we well know, it will
prove invalid.

"Deoember, 1650." j

1623-5. (41) RALPH GOODWIN and RICHARD
TOMLYNS.

Elected about January, 1623-4.

(41) Ralph Goodwin is described in the return of 1625 as of Ludlow
Castle. He was the son of Ralph Goodwin (probably of Bristol), agd
he is described in the Borough Records when admitted as a Burglss
of Ludlow as Ralph Goodwin, junior. He was probably B.A. Cambridge
1611, and M.A. Oxford 1615. Either he, or possibly his father, was
Muster Master at Ludlow, as we find an order from the President of
the Marches, Lord Northampton, in 1621 to levy money to pay him.
He was deputy both to Sir Adam Newton and Lord Goring as
Secretary and Clerk of the Council in the Marches of Wales, to which
office he was admitted on October 28, 1628. j

In connection with his services under Lord Goring wo ascertah^a
good many facts about him, for in 1646 his lordship laid an informa-
tion that moneys were owing to him from Ralph Goodwin as deputy
Clerk of the Signet. Mr. Goodwin stated in reply : — " I was
deputy Secretary 16 years, and had to attend the President and the
Committee, write letters and certificates, but not to interfere with
money matters. I had a salary from his lordship. I received none
of the profits, but others did."

In answer to this, is an interesting statement " that Ralph Goodwin
was an M.P., but deserted his trust, and became Secretary to Prince
Rupert. When he came out of Bristol he had 1,500 gold pieces, his
lands were worth ,£300 a year, and his personalty <£6,000 to .£8,000.
He had lately had £3,000 by marriage with his wife." The "coming
out of Bristol " may have referred to tho siege of Bristol whon it was

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ti urrendered by Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary forces in Septem-
>r, 1645, for we find Mr. Goodwin forwarding from Bristol in May,
^ j45, intercepted letters. Nothing seems to have resulted from the
proceedings against Mr. Goodwin. ,

He belonged to the King's party in the Civil Wars, and in February,
J 643-4, was "disabled from the service of the House for desertion,
Icing of the King's party." He was mentioned in Prince Rupert's
Commission " To the Loyal Men of Shropshire."

In 1646 he compounded for delinquency for "being in Ludlow
whilst it was a garrison for the King, which he could not avoid," and
was fined £412 10s. 0d., which sum was paid, and a lease of his property
by the County Committee, was declared void, and he was allowed to
take possession.

When a candidate for Parliament in 1639 it is said of him in a letter
of that date, after speaking of Mr. Baldwyn, his afterwards colleague,
"Mr. Goodwyn appears no less earnest, and with his Xmas Cheare
hath feasted the Burgesses, and endeavours by their bellies to gain
tlien tongues, but it is thought the Burgesses are not well affected
towards him." He married Dorothy, youngest daughter of Sir Walter
Long of Wraxall, M.P. for Wiltshire, and thus became connected with
the Fox family, as his wife's sister married Sir Edward Fox, grandson
of Charles Fox (No. 7), and her mother married in sccondes noces
Sir Edward Fox himself.

In 1616 ho was with Henry Townscnd and others in the garrison
of Worcester at its surrender.

In 1625 ho obtained the office of Examiner of the Court of the
Marches, which is stated in 1660 to be vacant by the death of
Ralph Goodwin and Samuel Eure, but to be "of small yearly value."

Ralph Goodwin is said by Aubrey to have been an author of learn-
ing and an excellent poet. His wife Dorothy died in 1643, and he
was evidently married a second time, for when in 1658 he died in-
testate letters of administration were on 23rd August 1658, granted
to his relict, Elizabeth Goodwin. He was buried in the high chancel
of Ludlow Church, where there was a monument with this simple
inscription : " Here lieth the body of Ralph Goodwin, Esq., who died
1st May, 1658." He left no issue, as we find that Somerset Fox, M.P.
for Ludlow in 1669, petitions for the grant of tho reversion of certain
estates in Cowarne Magna Herefordshire, "now in tho Crown for want
of issue of Ralph Goodwin."

1635. RALPH GOODWIN and RICHARD TOMLYNS.
Elected 3 May, 1625.

1625-6. DITTO and DITTO.

Elected Jan., 1625-6.

Upon this, as on several other occasions, the gentlemen
elected undertook to relieve the town from the sums usually
paid to tho members.

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1627-8. RALPH GOODWIN and RICHARD TOMLYN^
Elected March, 1627-8. -

1640. Ditto and (42) Charles Baldwyn.

Elected March, 1639-40.

Sir Robert Knepper (Napier), who was son-in-law of the
Earl of Bridgwater, the Lord President of the Marches, was aa
unsuccessful candidate at this election. Further in a letter
from Ludlow Castle under date 1639-40, January, it is stated
that " Mr. Solicitor (Timothy Turneur, Solicitor of the Court of
the Marches) has received an answer from his townsmen not
answerable to his expectations, declines the desire of his being
a Burgess, and recommends his friends to vote for Mr.
Baldwyn."

In this year the members again remitted the usual members'
allowances.

(42) Charles Baldwyn was one of the family of Baldwyns of
Elsich, and the first of four generations of that family who represen-
ted Ludlow. He was a man of considerable estate. He was "dis-
abled" from the service of the House for desertion, being "of the
King's party," in February, 1643-4. He was born 1593, married
Mary, daughter of Francis Holland of Burwarton ; died 16tli Feb-
ruary, 1674, and was buried at Diddlebury.

In the Calendar of Proceedings for the advance of money 1642-1046
Mr. Baldwyn was on 28th July, 1644, assessed at £1,000, and on 30th
October, 1646, at £400, and in March, 1647, was allowed 14 days to
produce acquittances. In 1646 he compounded for his "delinquency"
in living in " the King's quarters ard signing warrants for advancing
money for his Majesty's service, and was comprised within the articles
of Ludlow, being a Burgess thereof." He was fined £880, which, was
reduced in September, 1646, to £586 13s. 4d. When candidate for
Parliamentary honours in 1639 he is said in a letter of that day "to
importunately labour with his friends and purse with the Burgesses,"
so that between him and his fellow member, Mr. Goodwin, the
Burgesses must have had high festivities.

The following extract from a letter from Mr. Baldwyn to 'he
Bailiffs of Ludlow may be of interest : —

"Mr. Bailiffs,

"On Monday last the Knights and Burgesses of Shropshire
attended at Court touching the Composition for provision money for
that county, wherein little is yet done, only an offer made to the
honourable persons of the green cloth that the said county will give
£150 composition for his Majesty's provision out of that county,
which offer tho next wcelco will bo resolved on, and not before.

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"News, little determined yet in Parliament. The trial of the Earl
of Strafford hinders proceeding this week. Agreement is with the
Scotts for one month's treaty longer at the former rate of £25,000
I the month, wluch ends the 16 April next, by which time I hope all
I that treaty will happily end. Bishops arc voted in our House of
^Commons not to have legislative or judicial power in the Lords
Mouse in Parliament, nor they or any clergymen to have any power
]jn Star Chamber, nor to be on Commission of the Peace, or in any
civil Court to have any authoritie, and order given that a bill be
presently drawn to take all this power from them. A bill is read
t jiat no minister have but one benefice, and to rcsigne the other
hefore the 1st day of February next. I intend, God willing, to get
lejave to come down in the beginning of April at furthest. I then
in tend, God willing, to waite on you at Ludlow, in the interim I shall
bo ready to do what I am able for your Corporation, and so with my
b est respects to you and all the rest of my good friends in Ludlow
remembered, I rest and remain ever ready to serve you,

" C. Baldwyn.

i "London, 13 March, 1640 (1)."

/ " The Earl of StrajFprd will come to trial the next wceke.'

1640, Long Parliament. RALPH GOODWIN and CHARLES
I BALDWYN.

Elected 10 Oct., 1640.

\ 1646. (43) THOMAS MACK WORTH and (44) THOMAS
I MOOR.

. Elected 8 August, 1646.

\ 43 and 44. These were two Parliamentarians returned in
obedience to the writ of Thomas Mytton, who was Sheriff for
tlje Parliament (Sir F. Ottley being Sheriff for the King) in
p|ace of Ralph Goodwin and Charles Baldwyn, " disabled."
B'pth were removed from being Burgesses of Ludlow after the
Restoration.

,(43) Thomas Mackwortit, according to Mr. Blakeway, the Shrop-
shire historian, was son of Thomas Mackworth of Bctton Strange,
aiAd uncle of Humphrey Mackworth, the well-known Governor
of Shrewsbury, and prominent Parliamentarian, who was justice of
the County Palatine, Recorder of Bridgnorth, and one of Cromwell's
Council of State.

[Though it is the height of presumption to differ from him, the writer
ventures in this instance to doubt whether Mr. Blakeway is correct. It
would seem far more likely that the Ludlow M.P. was Thomas Mack-
worth (the son oi" Col. Humphrey Mackworth, the Governor of
Sh!rewrsbury), who was born 1627. It is true that he would be only
19l^at the date of the election, but this was no insuperable objection in

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the case of the son of so powerful a father. The identity of our
rncmbor is proved by the following interesting letter from Humphrey
Mackworth, which has been found among the Ludlow Records : —

" Mr. Bail yes, j

" 1 acknowledge it as a special respect from you that you were/
pleased to ingagc yourselves for the election of my sonne to be a!
Burgcsse for your Towno. I have now sent him over to waite upon,
you and the rest of your house, when if you please to prepare him1;
the better to lit him to receive your courtesy by making him ex
Burgesse, I shall rest then the better satisfyed of the reality of your
intentions. And though he be younge, yet I assure you he has beem
so well seasoned with the breeding bestowed upon him that I am
content the disgrace light upon me if he prove not fit for the employ-
ment I desire he may now be entrusted withal. I have ever dedi-
cated him in my thoughts to the service of the Commonwealth, and
shall be glad he may grow up therein, which if it happen, as I hope
it will, by your sending of him out I know not only the firstfruits1,
but the continued current of his endeavours will be spent and irri-
ployed in obtaining the welfare and prosperity of your town, which
also shall be seconded by setting a work the best counsels and friends}
I have for the same purpose, reckoning myself in as great a measure;
to be ingaged for you by your courtesy to my son as if you had^
bestowed it upon myself. I have not been wanting already to prevent
what detriment or damage I could from your town, and I know yo;u
have not fared the worse for my care of you. I intrcat you to think 'it
is not done only until my own turne be served, but believe you shall
always find the like .espects from /

Your assured loving friend to serve you

" H. Mackworth.'

ff Salop, 22 June, 1646. j

11 To the right worshipful his much respected friends the Bailiffs, of
Ludlow these." ■ -

Thomas Mackworth was M.P. for Shropshire in the Parliaments of
165G and 1659, Sheriff of Shropshire 1GG9, and Farmer of the Excise
in Lancashire. Tie married first, Anne, daughter of Richard Bulkclcy;
and secondly, Sarah, daughter of General Thomas Mytton of Halston.
He was fined £100 for non-attendance by the Rump on September
30,1659. He died in 1696, aged 70. '

(44) Thomas Moor or More was a brother of Samuel More, the
prominent Parliamentarian officer, famous for his defence of HopJton
Castle, the massacre of whoso defenders after their surrender is one
of the most painful and indefensible events in the Civil Wars. J

The presumption that the M.P. for Ludlow was a brother of
Colonel Samuel More arises partly from the fact that he was certainly
a Parliamentarian, and partly from a letter written by Colonel Afore
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as one of the members for that borough in 1G45 "my brother, Mr.
Thomas More, whom you know, but for him I say no more, for I know
he will serve you the best he can."

He was, however, not elected for Bishop's Castle, but the Ludlow
election took place a few months afterwards, and he was, no doubt,
) elected for our borough. Mr. Robert Jasper More, M.P. for the
Ludlow Division, is the present representative of the family, which is
one of the oldest Shropshire families.

Thomas More was one of the secluded members of 1648, whose
return was enforced by Monk. In " The Mystery of a good old Cause"
iie is described as " Officer of the Custom House, whose brother was
Governor of Ludlow Castle." He was a Commissioner of Taxes 1649

1653, Little or Barebones Parliament, to which no writ was
issued to any Borough.

( (45) JOHN ASTON \

(45) Mn. Aston was a Barrister, and perhaps had another business?
was an Alderman of the Borough, BaililF 1649, 1652, and of course, a
Parliamentarian. In 1662 he was removed from being Alderman and
Burgess. He is mentioned in a letter which appears in the Bridg-
water Manuscripts, and which runs : —

" Here in Ludlowe hath been some sturre this last wceke by means
of a letter sent by post on Wcnsday at night last directed for his
Majesties special service to Mr. John Astone at Ludlow and in his
absence to Richard Griffiths who has taken his shoppe Look well to
yure Townc for the papeists are said to have a bloody designe."

The following extract from a letter written by John Aston, M.P.,
from Westminster, dated 1654, February 7, and addressed to the
Bailitis of Ludlow, will be of general interest : —

"And now I shall givo you an accompt of my single agitation
(because I hearc it is gone abroad and taken notice of) with the
Protector about ye jurisdiction of the Marches. I had access to His
Highness 3 times whilst ye Parliament sate, who relished it well, but
since ye Parliament rose I have attended almost 20 times and cannot
speak with him, save only that himself putt meo into a roome pro-
mising to speak with mce presently, but he came not, though I at-
tended till 9 at night, and at another time he opened the doore and
spake to mec, telling meo he would gladly speak with mee, but ho
could not then. The business is so great, what with the Plot and
other seriouse affairs since ye dissolving of ye House that ye attend-
ance is exceeding great, for I waite sometimes from morning till night
and most times from noone till night. This I assure you is true
although i desire you will kcepc it as privato as yon can, takeing no
noyco you have heard any such thing, and that for special reasons

Only one member returned.

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When the Terme is ended, I purpose to come down (God willing) if
you order not the contrary, so with tender of my deere respects and
service to you and the rest of the Corporation I remaine

" Your faithfull servant,

"Jo. Aston."

The Plot alluded to in this letter was, doubtless, the Gerard and :
Vowell Plot, for participation in which Somerset Foxe, a Ludlow man, V
and afterwards M.P. for the Borough, was condemned to death, but
reprieved.

1659. (46) JOB CHARLTON and (47) SAMUEL BALD W YN.

Elected January, 1658-9.

There is no return in the official lists but this is taken from
the local records.

(46) Sir Job Charlton (born 1614) was a son of Eobert Charlton of
Whitton, a prominent goldsmith of London, who suflered much for
his loyalty to Charles I. Job Charlton was a most distinguished
man. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1632, aged 17 ; ben
came B.A. 1632, was a barrister 1633, became Serjeant-at-law 166C,
Chief Justice of Chester 1662, knighted 1662, and was elected Speaker
of the House of Commons 1673, with a pension of <£1,000 a year. In
1680 he was induced to resign the Chief Justiceship of Chester to
make way for the notorious Judge Jeffreys (also a Burgess of
Ludlow) when he was made a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
In 1686 he was removed from the Bench for giving judgment agains;
the dispensing power of the king, but was afterwards re-appointed
Chief Justice of the Court of the Marches, and had a patent to wear
a judge's robe. He was created a baronet in 1686, and in 1687 enter-
tained King James II. at his residence, Ludford House. Sir Job Charl-
ton re-founded the Ludford Hospital. He was Recorder 1675 to 1692,
and was an Alderman of Ludlow. He was a descendant of Sir John
Charlton, Chief Justice in the reign of Edward I., and an ancestor of the
Charltons who held Ludford down to 1854, when it passed to the
Lechmeres, their kinsfolk, and subsequently to other kinsfolk, the
Parkinsons, the present owners. In 1667 he purchased Ludford
House, which had formed a part of the Hospital of St. John, founded
by a Burgess of Ludlow in the 13th century. He and Sir Thomas
Walcot (No. 53 below) were the trustees of Lane's Charity in Ludlow,
and built the first Workhouso there out of their trust funds. In
1662 he (Sir J. Charlton) received a grant of £3,700 for services
rendered to Charles I. He was married in Ludlow Church to Dorothy
Blunden on 31st March, 1645. He died 24 May, 1697, aged 83, and
his monument is still in Ludford Church.

(47) Sru Samuefj Ualdwyn (born 1618, and baptised at Burwarton),
was til© son of Char Ids lialdwyn (No. 42 above). Ho was a very
distinguished lawyer. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, 1634,
was admitted to Inner Temple 1646, Bencher 1662, Serjeant-at-law

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1670, King's Serjeant (corresponding to Attorney-General) 1672. He
was knighted 1G72-3, February. Ho married Elizabctli Walcott 1648.
During the Civil Wars he held Stokesay Castle, which was garrisoned
for the King. He died 15 July, 1683,, and was buried in the Temple
I Church, where there is a tablet to his memory, on which he is
^described as of Stoke Castle. This he held on a long lease from
jLord Craven. His son was member for Ludlow 1681 and 1688 (No.
<p4 below).

1660. (48) SIR JOB CHARLTON and (49) TIMOTHY
\ LITTLETON.

i Elected 13 April, 1660, and remitted their fees,

I (48) See 46 above.

f (49) Serjeant Timothy Littleton was son of Sir Edward Littleton of
jjlenley, near Ludlow, and his wife Mary, daughter of Edmand Walter
C*f Ludlow, and grandson of a judge in the reign of Edward IV.

The member's brother, Edward Littleton, was Lord Keeper of the
(Urcat Seal in Charles I.'s reign, and was created Baron Munslow.
Tjimothy Littleton was admitted to Inner Temple 1626, called to the
Bar 1635, made a Bencher 1640, was Recorder of Ludlow 1656-1675,
arid was made a Baron of the Court of Exchequer in 1670. He died
in; 1679, and was buried like his predecessor in the Temple Church,
Ljondon. His arms are painted in the London Guildhall. He was
slvorn one of the Council of the Marches of Wales 15th November,
l|344.

1§61-1C73. JOB CHARLTON and TIMOTHY LITTLETON.
\ Elected April, 1661.

/The following interesting and amusing entries with regard
to' this election have been found amongst the Ludlow Records: —
{ . 25 April, 1661.

This day Serjeant Littleton by the greater number of the Burgesses
and Serjeant Charlton are elected Burgesses for the next Parliament,
butj before the Common Burgesses came, who did not hear the writ
rea'd, Mr. Charlton and Mr. Baldwyn were published to be the men.

Tfhcso Common Burgesses being about 25 with the Recorder and
Mri Ketelby after the election past in the Chamber, did seek to break
the! door in, quiring a poll, and not being summoned or hearing the
writ read, and so tho Bailiffs took their scats and certified accordingly.

X he numbers appear to have been as follows : —
Without the Common Burgesses — Charlton, 25 ; Baldwyn,

21 i Littleton, 14.

Will the Common Burgesses— -Charlton, 45; Littleton, 40;

Baldw/n, 34.

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There was a petition against the validity of the election of
Serjeant Littleton by Samuel Baldwyn (No. 47 above), but it
was unsuccessful.

1669-70. (50) COLONEL SOMERSET FOX in place of f
SERJEANT LITTLETON, made Baron of the Exchequer.

Elected 24 Feb., 1669-70.

(50) Colonel Somerset Fox of Caynham, Ludlow, was grandson of
Sir Edward Fox of Gwernoga, High Sheriff of Shropshire 1608, ancj
great-grandson of Charles Fox (No. 7 above). He was sworn one of
the King's Presence Chamber as early as 1639.

He apparently espoused the side of the king in the Civil Wars, an d
was with Prince Rupert when he landed in England in 1642. Hj3
was present at the defence of Bristol against the Parliamentarian^,
was one of the Colonels in command there, and was present at tli,e
Council of War (which was said to have been composed of the mos;t
daring and gallant men that the war had spared) when the capitula-
tion of Bristol was resolved on. He with Lord Hawloy, Col. Joh;n
Russell, Sir Matthew Apployard, and others signed the manifesto rm
justification of Prince Rupert's surrender of the city. Col. Fox after-
wards accompanied Princes Rupert and Maurice and Lords Hawloy
and Gerard to the king at Newark. j

In 1663 he petitioned Charles II. "for the reversion now in thie
Crown for want of issue of Ralph Goodwin, of certain properties j[n
Cowarno Magna Herefordshire, sold to Goodwin by himself and his
father "to supply the wants of the late King." . .

We do not know whether he was successful in this petition, but ^iio
had on April 11th, 1662, obtained a pension of £300 a year, and: in
1666 he again petitioned for payment of 2 J years' arrears of t'his
annuity granted for his losses "in the service of the late King alnd
for a transfer to his intended wife, being in treaty for a marriajge
that may repair his fortunes." He fortunately obtained his warrant
for payment of the arrears, but nothing further is said as to jbhe
transfer or the marriage. He docs not appear to have been thoroughly
deserving of this pension, if we may judge from the following signifi-
cant extract from the Records of the House of Lords : —

" 1647, July 1. Draft ordinance for pardoning the delinquency of
Somerset Fox, pursuant to an engagement made by Col. John Birch
(the Parliamentary Commander, to whom Ludlow Castle surrendered).

" Certificate from Col. Birch that when engaged in reducing Ludlow
he received private instructions from the Committee of both kingdoms
that in order to the speedy reduction of the town and Castle he mifght
promise pardon of their delinquency to two persons, and that haying
been much assisted by Col. Somerset Fox, he made such promis<jj to
him, and that this promise was confirmed by tho House of Commo/ns."

In 1654 Somerset Fox was tried and found guilty with his cojisin
John Gerard and one Vowell of high treason in conspiring tho asjsas- ■

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filiation of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, on his way to Hampton
C-ourt. Col. Fox " confessed for his life," and was pardoned, but the
others were executed.

In the curious tract, " Flagellum ParUamentarium, 1672," Col.
Fcx is described as " a Privy Chamber man and a Court Cully,"
which latter expression is interpreted as meaning " a man deceived or
'imposed upon as by sharpers or a strumpet."

JJe became a member of the Ludlow Corporation in 1G71, and was
in 1 380 elected Town Clerk, but for some reason the election was not
ratilied by the king. In the same year he presented a silver tankard
to the Corporation. In 1G77 the Corporation voted that — "Mr.
Bailie's present Sir Job Charlton and Mr. Somerset Fox with such a
present at Xmas as they shall think fit."

Col. Fox died in 1689, and was buried at Ludlow, 1689, October
11th. He left neither widow nor children, and by his will, proved in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1689, November 26th, he gave his
estates to be divided between his four sisters.

By this will ho left 20s. yearly to the six poor people of the
Hospital of St. Leonard in Ludlow, such hospital having been in fact
(though lie docs not 'mention it) founded by his ancestor, Charles
Fox, M.P. for Ludlow 1512 ; and he also left 20s. yearly to the
■ preacher of Ludlow for preaching three sermons in St. Leonard's
Chapel, being the Chapel which also belonged to his ancestor,
Charles Fox.

167^-9, (51 COL. SOMERSET FOX and (52) FRANCIS

CHARLTON.

Elected 12 February, 1678-9.

(51 ) See 50 above.

(52!) Sir Francis Charlton of The Bower and Ludford, was son of
Sir Job Charlton of Ludford (No. 46), and Dorothy, daughter of
AYilhiun Blunden, M.P. for Bishop's Castle. Sir F. Charlton was
born 27 June, 1651, was M.P. for Bishop's Castle 1685-7, and Sheriff
of Shropshire 1699. Ho was a barrister-at-law. He was specially
charged by his father's will "to take care of the Hospital at
Ludford." He was a common Councillor of Ludlow 1680, Mayor 1689,
and Sheriff of Herefordshire 1708. He died 1729. A Francis'Charlton
was one of the fifteen Salopian gentlemen whom Charles II. proposed
to m ike Knights of the Royal Oak, an intention which he abandoned.
Mr. Charlton's estate was then returned of the value of £2,000 per
annuin, but this was more likely to be Mr. Francis Charlton of Apley.

1679-1681. (53) SIR THOMAS WALCOT and FRANCIS

CHARLTON.
Elected September, 1679.
(53]) Sir Thomas Walcot of Bitterley Court was a member of the old
Shropshire family of the Walcots of Walcot. He was born in 1629,
Yol.l YII., 2nd S. ' V

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was Recorder of Bewdley 1671, was Knighted 1681, was made Chief
Justice of North Wales and one of the Council of the Marches of Wales
1683, and Judge of the Court of King's Bench 1683. His arms were
in Ludlow Castle. The Rev. John Walcot of Bitterley is now the re-
presentative of this family. Sir Thomas was with Sir Job Charlton
one of the trustees of the will of Thomas Lane (dated in 1674), and hi
conjunction with him repaired a house of Mr. Lane's (now Lake's
Asylum) and converted it into a Workhouse for employing the Ludlow
poor in making serges and woollen cloths, and spent large sum] in
carrying on the manufacture. He died intestate and insolvent in 1685.

1681. (54) CHARLES BALDWYN And (55) FRANCIS

CHARLTON.
Elected February, 1680-1.

(54) Charles Baldwyn was son of Sir Samuel Baldwyn of Elsich
and Stoke Castle, who was M.P. for Ludlow in 1659. Charles
Baldwyn was born 1651, and matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford
1667. He was a Barrister of the Inner Temple, Common Councillor
of the Borough- 1681, Sheriff of Herefordshire 1690, and Recorder of
Ludlow 1701-1706. lie married Elizabeth Acton of Bockleton, and
died 4th January, 1707, aged 55. He was the donor of a ^ilver
tankard to the Corporation.

(55) See 52 above.

1685-7. (56) SIR EDWARD HERBERT and (57) WILLIAM

CHARLTON.

Elected 15 April, 1685.

(56) Edward Herbert was another man known in history. He was
the third son of the Lord Keeper Herbert, was born 164-5, bellow
of New Coll., Oxford, 1665, at age of 19, B.A. 1669, Barrister at-law
1675, was knighted in 1683, and succeeded the notorious Judge
Jeffreys as Chief Justice of Chester in the same year. He also
succeeded Judge Jeffreys as Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench in 1685, from which office he was removed by Jeffreys before
the trial of the seven Bishops, and replaced by the Lord Chancellor's
creature, Sir Robert Wright. Sir Edward Herbert remained faithful
to James II. after his dethronement, was his Lord Chancellor in exile,
and was created Earl of Portland. He died at St. Germains, Novem-
ber, 1698.

(57) William Charlton was the son of Sir Job Charlton, and
brother of Sir Francis Charlton, M.P. 1678-1685. He was a Barrister-
at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1674, a member of the Common Council of the
Borough 1676, Town Clerk in 1678, and Steward of the Court Leet
1685. He was "put out" of being Town Clerk in 1680, 3ut the
election of neither of those chosen to succeed him (Mr Smalln&ao and
Col. Som. Fox) was ratified by the king, and Mr. Charlton was re-
placed, He died 18 April, 1685, and was buried in Ludford (^hurcfr.

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1685. (58) SIR JOSIAH CHILD in place of WILLIAM
CHARLTON, deceased.

Elected 6 June, 1685. 1895139

(58) Sir Josiah Child was in the fore-front of the history of his day,
and one of the most powerful men of the time, fie commenced life
as an apprentice, sweeping a city Counting house, but his ability and
energy rapidly raised him to opulence, power, and fame. He became
a member of the East India Company, and rose to the position
of Chairman and Dictator of that wealthy and powerful Corporation.
He was created a Baronet, and his daughter Avas married to the
Marquis of Worcester, the eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort, who
was Lord President of the Court of the Marches, and who in 1684
had made the State visit to Ludlow, described in Dineley's " Duke of
Beaufort's Tour through Wales," during some of which Lord and
Lady Worcester accompanied him. Sir Josiah Child paid down with
his daughter £50,000 (an enormous sum in those days), and was also
rich enough to make a present of 10,000 guineas to King Charles II.,
and also a like sum to James II. Sir Josiah became by bribery and
other means almost omnipotent at Court and in the State, and even
when his patron, King James II. fell, he was sufficiently powerful to
set the Parliament at defiance for years. He died in 1699. Evelyn
says that his fortune in 1683 amounted to £200,000. His son, Sir
Richard Child, became Viscount Castlemain in 1718, and Earl of
Tylney in 1731. Sir Josiah was M.P. for Petersfield 1659, and
Dartmouth 1673-78.

1685, (59) SIR EDWARD LUTWYCHE in place of SIR
ED WARD HERBERT, made Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench.

(59) Sir Edward Lutwyciie was son and heir of William Lutwyche
of Lutwyche, one of an old Shropshire family. He was born 1634,
w B educated at Shrewsbury School, was called to the Bar in 1661,
cr\t0ed Serjeant 1683, King's Serjeant and Knighted 1684, one of
thi udges of the Court of Common Pleas 1686, taking the place of
Sir Job Charlton (No. 46 above). In 1685 he was made Chief Justice
of Chester, in succession to Sir Edward Herbert (No. 56). He fell with
his Sovereign, James II., and was excepted out of the Act of In-
demnity. In 1693 he was fined at York Assizes for refusing to take
the oaths, but he continued to practise at the Bar until 1704. He
died in 1709, and was buried at St. Bridget's, London.

1688-90. (60) FRANCIS HERBERT and (61) CHARLES

BALDWYN.
Elected 15 January,lG8 -9.

(60) Francis Herbert was son of Richard Herbert of Dolliog and
Oakley Park, and of Florentia, the grand-daughter and heiress of the

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celebrated Lord Herbert of Chirbury His son was Henry Arthur
Herbert, M.P. 1727, who became Earl of Powis. Francis Herbert
died in February, 1718-19.
(61) See 54 above.

1690-1695. (62) THOMAS' HANMER and (63) WILLIAM

GOWER.

Elected 11 March, 1689-90.

The election of Messrs. Hanmer and Gower was contested
by Hon. Fitton Gerard and Francis Lloyd, who were defeated,
but were successful in a petition against their victors on the
ground that the Charter of James II., under which they were
elected, was illegal and void. The House so found and declared
the election invalid.

(02) Thomas Hanmer was son of William Hanmer of Fens, in the
County of Flint. Ho was born 1648, matriculated at Christ Church,
Oxford, 1666. He married a sister of Mr. Charlton (No. 57 above),
then Mayor of Ludlow, and of Sir Francis Charlton (No. 52) ; hence,
no doubt, Mr. Hanmer's connection with the borough. He died 1701.
He was of the samo family as the late Lord Hanmer. Mr. Hanmer
was one of the executors of the will of Sir Job Charlton (No. 46
above).

(63) Willtam Gower was son of Richard Gower of Monkland,
Herefordshire. He was born 1646, matriculated at Brasenose College,
Oxford, 1664-5, and was Bailiff of Ludlow 1710. In the high chancel
of Ludlow Church was a monument to his wife with the following
inscription : — " Here lieth the body of Sarah, wife of William Gower,
daughter to Thomas Lambe, Alderman of London, who died 15
December, 1686."

1690-1695. (04) FRANCIS LLOYD and (65) SILAS TITUS.

Elected January, 1690-1. uso
This election was questioned by Thomas Hanmer^nd
William Gower, the defeated candidates, on the grouncf°that
22 or 23 of those who voted for Lloyd and Titus were made
freemen (and therefore obtained their title to vote) after the
1 issue of the Writ. The election of Messrs. Lloyd and Titus
was, howover, upheld. The disputed polls were : —

Poll as contended for by
Poll as Upheld. Petitioners.
Lloyd 57 Hanmer 41 Hanmer 41 Lloyd 32
Titus 49 Gower . 39 Gower 39 Titus 25

(64) Francis Lloyd was the defeated candidate in the previous
year. He was "Record or of tho Borough from 1692 to 1704. Mr.

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Lloyd was son of Marmaduke Lloyd of Crickadarn, Brecknockshire.
Born 1655, matric. St. Edmund Hall 1 67 1, called to the Bar at the Inner
Temple 1678. He died March, 1703-4, and was buried in the Temple
Church. Within the inner rails oi the chancel of Ludlow Church was
a monument to Mr. Lloyd's wife with the following inscription : —
"Here lieth the body of Anne, the wife of Francis Lloyd, Esq., eldest
daughter of Sir Francis Rewse of Headstone, Middlesex, who died 14
March, 1685."

(65) Col. Stlas Titus was one of the principal men of his day. He
was born at Bushey in 1622, went to Christ Church, Oxford, 1638,
was a Captain under the Parliament, but after the execution of King
Charles 1. he threw up his commission. He then attended Charles II.
to Scotland, and was present with him at the battle of Worcester.
After the restoration he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, and
was one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to King Charles II. He
was one of the managers of Strafford's impeachment. Though he
was a Presbyterian, he was sworn of the Privy Council under James II.,
but afterwards deserted him. He was the author of several political
tracts, the principal directed against Cromwell, being entitled
" Killing no Murder," but Carlyle says this was written by Saxby,
though claimed by Titus. Carlyle calls Titus " an adroit King's
Flunkey." He obtained for. Ludlow the privilege of having separate
Commissioners of Land Tax. He was M.P. for Ludgershall 1660,
Lostwithiel 1670-8, Hertfordshire 1678-9, and Huntingdonshire 1679-
81. He died 1704.

11695-8. (66) HON. THOMAS NEWPORT and (67)
CHARLES BALDWYN.

Elected 1st November, 1695.

This election was disputed by the defeated candidate, Francis
Lloyd, but the petition was withdrawn.

In the Harley MSS. it is stated in August, 1695, that Lord
Bradford had a grant of Ludlow Castle, but that it was believed
to be only temporary, to countenance his son's election.

(66) Hon. Thomas Newport was the son of the Earl of Bradford,
matriculated Christ Church 1672, was called to the Bar Inner Temple
1078, M.A. 1661, M.P. for Winchelsea 1700, and for Much Wenlock
1715; was created Lord Torrington June, 1716 ; died, May, 1719.

• (67) See 54 above.

1698-1700. (68) FRANCIS HERBERT and (69) WILLIAM

GOWER.

Elected July, 1698. <^

There was a petition against the return of William Gower
by Hon. Thomas Newpoi, on the ground of the rejection of

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34 voters who had properly demanded to be made burgesses.
The Committee of the House of Commons reported that Mr.
Gower was duly elected, but this was disagreed to by the
House, who resolved that the Hon. Thomas Newport was duly
elected. The poll was —

Herbert (not given) ; Gower 89 ; Newport 82.
(68) Sec No. 60 above. (69) See 63 above.

1699. (70) HON. THOMAS NEWPORT vice WILLIAM
GOWER, unseated.

1 March, 1698-9.

(70) See 66 above.

1700-1. (71) SIR THOMAS POWYS, Knight, and
(72) WILLIAM GOWER.

Elected January, 1700-1.

(71) Thomas Powys was the second son of Thomas Powys, Serjeant-
at-law, of Henley, near Ludlow. He was a scholar of Shrewsbury
School 1663, matric. Queen's Coll., Oxford, 1664, Barrister-at-law
Lincoln's Inn 1673, Treasurer 1687, was made Solicitor-General 1685,
Knighted 1686, and became Attorney-General 1687, in which capacity
he conducted the prosecution of the seven Bishops. Historians differ
widely as to his merits, for while Macaulay says of him that he was
" an obscure barrister who had no qualification for high employment,
except servility," Prior say3 that "nothing equalled his knowledge
except his eloquence ; nothing excelled both except his justice, and
whether he was greater as an advocate or a judge is the only ca,use
he left undecided." He was made Queen's Serjeant 1702, and was
Recorder of Ludlow 1707-1719. He was appointed Judge of the
Court of Queen's Bench, 1713, but was superseded by George I. in
1714. He died 4th April, 1719, aged 70. His descendant was m^ide
Lord Lilford, taking his title from property purchased by Sir Thomas
Powys.

(72) See 63 above.

1701- 2. (73) SIR THOMAS POWYS and (74) FRANCIS

HERBERT.

Elected December, 1701.
There was a petition by William Gower against the return
of Francis Herbert on the ground of bribery and corruption,
on which no decision was given.

(73) See No. 71. (74) See No. 60.

1702- 3. SIR THOMAS POWYS and FRANCIS HERBERT,

Elected 22 July, 1702. I •

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1705-8. SIR THOMAS POWYS and (75) ACTON

BALDWYN.

Elected 16 May, 1705.

Poll: Powys, 244; Baldwyn, 212; Gower, 147.

(75) Acton Baldwyn was the second son of Charles Baldwyn of
Stoke Castle (No. 54 above), and was the fourth of successive genera-
tions of the same family to represent Ludlow. He matriculated at
Balliol College, Oxford, 1698, entered as student of Inner Temple
1701, and married Elinor, daughter of Sir Charles Skrymcher of Nor-
bury, Salop. He died in January, 172G-7, without issue. Captain
Childe of Kinlet, and the Rev. Edward Baldwyn Childe of Kyre Park,
are the present representatives of this ancient family.

1708-10. (70) SIR THOMASPOWYS and (77) ACTON

BALDWYN,

Elected 7 May, 1708.

(76) See 71 above. (77) See 75 above.

1710-13. DITTO. DITTO.

Elected G Oct., 1710.
Poll: Powys, 219; Baldwyn, 208; Humphrey Walcot, 9,

1713, June 8. A new Writ was issued in place of Sir T.
Powys made a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, but it
being the end of the Parliament, no return was made.

1713-14. (78) ACTON BALDWYN and (79) HUMPHREY

WALCOT.

Elected 2 Sept, 1713.
Poll: Walcot, 289; Baldwyn, 265; Fras. Herbert, 181.

(78) Sec 75 above.

(79) Humphrey Walcot was son of Thomas Walcot of Bitterley
Court, near Ludlow, who was second son of Humphrey Walcot of
Walcot, Receiver of Salop, and High Sheriff of the county. The
present member died 1743, The Rev. John Walcot of Bitterley, is
the present representative of this family.

1715-1722. (80) FRANCIS HERBERT and HUMPHREY

WALCOT.

Elected 1 Feb., 1714-15.
Poll: Herbert, 183; Walcot, 171; Baldwyn, 81.

There was a petition by Acton Baldwyn on the ground <of
bribery, but it was withdrawn.

(80) See GO above.

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1718. (81) SIR ROBERT RAYMOND in place of FRANCIS
HERBERT, deceased.

2G March, 1719.

(81) Sir Robert Raymond was the only son of Sir Thomas Raymond,
a Judge in the reign of Charles II. Sir Robert was born in 1673. He was
admitted to Gray's Inn when only 9 years old, called to the Bar 1697,
was knighted 1710, and was the author of the celebrated Law Reports.
Sir Robert Raymond was M.P. for Bishop's Castle 1710 and 1714, Lud-
low 1718, Helston 1722, Attorney-General 1720, Judge of King's Bench
1724, one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal 1725, Lord Chief
Justice of the King's Bench, and was created a peer as Lord Raymond
1731. He died 1733.

1720. (82) SIR ROBERT RAYMOND, re-elected on being
made Attorney-General.

21 May, 1720.

(82) See 81 above.

1722-27. (83) ABEL KETELBY and (84) ACTON

BALDWYN.
Elected 28 March, 1722.
Poll: Ketelby, 325; Baldwyn, 305; Walcot, 200.

. (83) Abel Ketelby was the son of Edward Ketelby of Ludlow and
of Bolton, Worcestershire, a member of an old Shrewsbury family going
back to 1241. Mr. Abel Ketelby was born in 1676 (probably at Bitter-
ley), matriculated Ball. Coll., Oxford, 1691, aged 15, was called to the
Bar at the Middle Temple 1699, was made Burgess of Ludlow 1704.
He was appointed Lent Reader of the Middle Temple 1726, and in
1734-5 was made Treasurer, the office of the highest honour that the
Inn of Court can give, being practically President for the year. 'His
name frequently appears in the Law Reports of the period, and he
evidently had an extensive practice, especially in Crown Law. He
was made a Landgrave of Carolina by Queen Anne. He succeeded
Sir Thomas Powis in 1719 as Recorder of Ludlow, an office which he
held till his death on 5 December, 1744. His name was sent down
to future generations as Recorder of Ludlow 1732 on the seventh bell
in the Church Tower. Whilst M.P. for Ludlow he served on the
Committee of the House of Commons, which tried the petition lodged
by Mr. Charles Mason against the return of Mr. Bowater Vernon for
Bishop's Castle in 1722. It appeared that 52 voters polled for Mr.
Vernon, 16 only for Mr. Mason ; but it was proved before the Com-
mittee that out of the 52 who had voted for the successful candidate,
no less than 51 had been bribed with sums varying from £6 to ,£50,
and it is neediess to add that Mr. Vernon was unseated and Mr
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Crown in the long litigation between the Crown and Lord Coningsby
as to the right of presentation to the Vicarage of Leominster, which
lasted seven years, and in the course of which Lord Coningsby was
sent to the Tower for his violent language to Lord Chancellor
Harcourt, who was himself a Burgess of Ludlow, and through whose
influence (according to Lord Coningsby) Mr. Ketelby " was confirmed
in the Recordership of Ludlow."

(84) See 75 above.

1727. (85) RICHARD HERBERT vice ACTON BALDWYN,

deceased.

Elected 11 February, 172G-7.

(85) Col. Richard Herbert was brother to the next member,
Henry Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Powis. He voted against
the Convention with the King of Spain, by which that monarch agreed
to give £95,000 as compensation for atrocities to the crews of English
merchant vessels. The convention was rejected and war declared.
Richard Herbert died 1754.

1727-1733. (86) RICHARD HERBERT and (87) HENRY
ARTHUR HERBERT.

Elected 1st September, 1727.

These members were opposed by William Hall and Edmund
Pitts. The election lasted five days. 710 voted, and it was
the last contested election for at all events 50 years. The poll
was as follows : —

Henry Arthur Herbert 440 William Hall 29 G
Richard Herbert 438 Edmund Pitts 233.

(8G) See 85 above,

(87) Henry Arthur Herbert, the heir male of the Chirbury
family of Herbert, was created Lord Herbert of Chirbury in 1743,
and Earl of Powis in 1748. He was Bailiff of Ludlow 1728, M.P. for
Bletchingley 1724-7, Recorder of Ludlow 1745-1772, and Recorder of
Shrewsbury 1749. He voted for the Spanish Convention, his brother
and fellow member voting against it. In 1764 he presented the
organ to Ludlow Church at a cost of £1,000

1734-1741. (88) RICHARD HERBERT and (89) HENRY
ARTHUR HERBERT.

Elected April, 1734, )

(88) and (89) see 86 and 87 abovo.

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1741-1747. (90) SIR WILLIAM CORBETT and HENRY
ARTHUR HERBERT.

Elected 4 May, 1741.

(90) Sir William Corbett was son of Sir Robert Corbett of
Adderley and Stoke, whe was Sheriff of Shropshire 1701, and M.P.
for the county 1705-14. Sir William, who was M.P. for Montgomery
1727-1741, married Henrietta, sister of the great Earl of Chatham
He was Clerk of the Pipe 1748, and died the same year.

1743. (91) RICHARD HERBERT vice HENRY ARTHUR
HERBERT, created Lord Herbert of Chirbury.

30 December, 1743.

(91) See 85 above.

1745. DITTO 30 Oct., 1745, re-elected on being made a
Lieutenant-Colonel.

1747-54. DITTO and (92) SIR WILLIAM CORBETT.
29 June, 1747.

(92) See 90 above.

1748, May 21. SIR WILLIAM CORBETT re-elected on

being made Clerk of the Pipe.

1748. (93) HENRy BRIDGEMAN vice SIR WILLIAM
CORBETT, deceased.

Elected 7 December, 1748.

(93) Henry Bridgeman was the eldest son of Sir Orlando Bridgman
Baronet, of Castle Bromwieh, and his wife Anne (third daughter, but
ultimate heiress of Richard Newport, second Earl of Bradford), who
brought the Weston and other estates to her descendants. Henry
Bridgeman was M.P. for Ludlow 1748-1768, and for Mueh Wenlock
1768-1794. He was LL.D. Cambridge 1769, and was created Lord
Bradford 1794. He died June 5th, 1800.

1754-1761. (94) HENRY BRIDGEMAN and (95) RICHARD

HERBERT.

Elected 1C April, 1754.

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1754. (96) EDWARD HERBERT in place of RICHARD
HERBERT, deceased.

10 Dec, 1754.

(96) Edward Herbert of Muckrosa, County Kerry, Ireland. This
is the senior branch of the Herbert family (Earl of Powis) and is
descended from Herbert of Kilruagh, who went to Ireland with Lord
Herbert of Chirbury, 1656. Edward Herbert (described as of Muck-
ross and Highgate) married a daughter of Lord Kenmare. He died
1770.

1761-1768. (97) EDWARD HERBERT and (98) HENRY
BRIDGE MAN.
Elected 28 March, 1761.

(97) See 96 above. (98) See 93 above.

1768-1774. EDWARD HERBERT and (99) WILLIAM

FELLOWS.

Elected 18 March, 1768.

(99) William Fellows of Nacton, Norfolk, and Ramsey Abbey,
Huntingdon, son of Coulson Fellows of the same place, who in 1725
married Urania, daughter of Francis Herbert of Oakley Park, Ludlow,
and sister of Henry Arthur Herbert, Earl of Powis (No. 87 above).
Hence, no doubt, Mr. Fellows' connection with the Borough. He
was also M.P. for Sudbury and Andover, and died 1804.

In this uncontested election the expenses were .£231 8s. Id., and
included the following items : —

£

s.

d.

75 Half-crown Tickets on canvassing

.. 9

7

6

Dinner on day of canvassing . . .

.. 54

5

6

57 Crown Tickets at the election ...

14

5

0

Election Dinner at Neve's

.. 80

9

0

To the Poor

.. 5

5

0

To the Ringers both days

o

2

0

To the Musick ... ...

to*

2

0

To carrying the Chairs

.. 4

4

0

1770, Nov. 3. (100) THOMAS HERBERT in place of
EDWARD HERBERT, deceased.

(100) Thomas Herbert was son of El ward Herbert (whom he
succeeded) of Muckross, County Kerry. He married the daughter of
John Martin of Overbury, Worcestershire.

1774-1780. (101) EDWARD, LORD CLIVE (Tory), and
(102) GEORGE, VISCOUNT VILLIERS (Tory).

Elected 8 Oct., 1774.

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(101) Edward, Lord -Olive, born 1754, was the son of Robert
Clivc, the great Lord Clive, and founder of the Indian Empire.
Edward, Lord Clive, was Bailiff of Ludlow 1781, Recorder of Ludlow
1801, arid of Shrewsbury 1775, a Privy Councillor 1805, Lord-
Lieutenant of Shropshire 1775, and of Montgomeryshire 1804. He was
Governor of Fort St. George, Madras,'! 7 97-1 803, and received the thanks
of both Houses of Parliament for his services during the Mahratta
war. He married a daughter of Henry Arthur Herbert, and the
sister to the last Lord Powis of the Herbert family. He was created
Lord Clive in the Peerage of England 1794, and Earl of Powis in
1804 Jn 1805 he was nominated Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, but
owing to the death of Mr. Pitt, the appointment was not carried
into effect. In 1811 he bought Ludlow Castle for £1,500 from the
Crown. Lord Clive died in 1839.

(102) George, Viscount Villiers was the only son of the Countess
of Grandison, in Ireland. He afterwards became Earl of Grandison,
but died in 1800 without issue, when the title became extinct.

1780-1784. EDWARD, LORD CLIVE (Tory), and (103)
FREDERICK WALKER CORNEWALL (Tory).

Elected 15 Sept., 1780.

This election was contested by Mr. Beale, but the numbers
are not known.

(103) Frederick Walker Cornewall, a descendant of the old
distinguished family of the Cornewalls, Barons of Burford, was son of
Captain. Cornewall, R.N., and Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of
Oakley Park. He was BailifFof Ludlow 1780, M.P. Leominster 1776-
80, and died without issue in 1783. The member's brother was
successively Bishop of Bristol, Hereford, and Worcester.

1783, May 9. (104) SOMERSET DAVIES, Junior (Tory), in
place of F. W. CORNEWALL, deceased.

(104) Somerset Davies, who was born in 1754, was the son of
Somerset Davies, who was a Mercer in Ludlow, an Alderman of the
Borough from 1749 to 1787, and was Receiver General of the County
of Salop. The member was also elected an Alderman of Ludlow on
his father's death in 1787. He was of Wigmoro and Croft Castle,
which he purchased from Col. Johncs (the translator of Froissart's
Chronicles), who had married a daughter of Mr. Knight of Downton.
Mr. Somerset Davies was the maternal grandfather of the Rev. W. T.
Kevill Davies, the present owner of Croft Castle.

1784-1790. (105) EDWARD, LORD CLIVE (Tory), and (106)
RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT (Whig).
Elected 1784, April 2,

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The following letter, which relates to this election, is
amusing : —

Sir,

I am greatly flattered and oblige/} by your letter with the offer
of your interest to return me one of the representatives of the Borough
of Ludlow. I do assure you, Sir, if my circumstances were in a
flourishing way I should be extremely happy to stand forth the
asserter of the just rights of the Burgesses of Ludlow. But am sorry
to say (though far from young) 1 am at this timo as dependent a man
as lives. I have a father and uncle whom I must strive to oblige.
To stand a contest would cost more money than I. can possibly raise.
I would have shown your letter to my father had there not been a
mention of £2,000, which would have alarmed him. If you and the
gentlemen can procure my uncle's approbation, I would gladly attend
you at Ludlow, as I have not a doubt of gaining my father's.

I remain, Sir,

Your most humble servant,

N. Lechmere.

Hanley Castle,

March 23, 1781,
To James Kinnersley, Esq.

The writer of this letter aftorwards assumed the name of
Charlton on coming into the Ludford estates, and was the
father of Mr. Edmund Lechmere Charlton, M.P. for Ludlow
1835.

1790-179G. LORD CLIVE and RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT.
Elected 1790, June.

(105) See 101 above.

(106) Richard Payne Knight was the famous scholar, critic, and
virtuoso who built Downton Castle and laid out the grounds so widely
known for their beauty. He was born 1750, October 31st, and was
M.P. for Leominster 1780. Mr. Knight was a member of the Society
of Antiquaries, and was considered the best Greek scholar of his day.
He was one of the trustees of the British Museum, to which, at his
death in 1824, he left a magnificent collection of antiquities, valued
at £50,000. He was great-unclo of Mr. A. J. Rouse Boughton Knight,
tho present owner of Downton Castle.

1794, Oct. 10. (107) ROBERT CLIVE (Tory), vice EDWARD,
LORD CLIVE, made a Peer.

(107) Robert Clive (a Major in the army) was the only brother of
Edward, Lord Clive (No. 101 above), whom he succeeded asi member.

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1796-1802. (108) ROBERT OLIVE and (109) RICHARD
PAYNE KNIGHT.

Elected 1796, May 31st.

1802-1806. DITTO and DITTO.

Elected 1802, July 5.

(108) Sco 107 above. (109) See 106 above.

The dinner at this election only cost the very moderate sum of
£20 9s., including 114 gentlemen's dinners and 26 bottles of wine.

1806- 7. (110) ROBERT CLIVE (Tory) and (111) EDWARD

HERBERT, VISCOUNT CLIVE (Tory).

Elected 1806, Nov, 1st.

(110) See 107 above.

(111) Edward Herbert, Lord Clive, born 1785, was the eldest son
of the first Earl of Powis (No. 101 above), and afterwards became
himself the second Earl of Powis of the present creation. He was
Bailiff of Ludlow 1807, Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire 1839.
In 1847 he was nominated for the Chancellorship of tho Cambridge
University, when he was opposed and beaten by a narrow majority by
the late Prince Consort, the numbers being, Prince Albert, 953, Lord
Powis, 837. Upon this contest see Punch, vol. xii., 98. He was
afterwards made a Knight of the Garter. He took the surname and
arms of Herbert in lieu of Clive by Royal License in March, 1807.
He married Lady Lucy Graham, daughter of the Duke of Montrose.

1807- 1812. (112) HENRY CLIVE and EDWARD HERBERT,

LORD CLIVE.

Elected 8 May, 1807.

1812-1818. DITTO and DITTO.

Elected 8 Oct., 1812.

(112) Henry Clive was another of the Clive family, being a descend-
ant of the grandfather of the first Lord Clive. He was the brother of
the late Mr. Edward Bolton Clive of Whitfield, Herefordshire, and a
son of Mr. George Clive of Wormbriclge, who married the daughter of
Mr. Thcophilus Bolton of Louth, Ireland. Mr. Henry Clive was a
Barrister of Lincolns Inn, M.P. for Montgomery 1818-1832, and was
U ndre-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1818-1822.

1818-1820. (113) EDWARD HERBERT, LORD CLIVE,
and (114) HON. ROBERT HENRY CLIVE (Tory).

Elected 17 June, 1818.

(113) Soo 111 abovo,

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(114) Hon. Robert Henry Clive of Oakley Park, was the second
son of the first Earl of Powis of the Clive branch, brother of his
fellow member, and grandson of the great Lord Clive of Plassy. He
married in 1810 Lady Harriet Archer, one of the co-heiresses of the
Earldom of Plymouth and Barony of Windsor. The abeyance of the
barony was terminated in her favour in 1855, when she became
Baroness Windsor. Mr. Clive was M.P. for South Shropshire 1832-
1854. His oldest son was M.P. for Ludlow 1852-1854, and another
son, Col. George Windsor Clive, was the last M.P. for the borough.
His grandson is now Lord Windsor. Mr. Clive was born 1789, and
died in 1854.

1820-26. EDWARD HERBERT, LORD CLIVE, and HON.
ROBERT HENRY CLIVE.

Elected 1820, March 8.

1826-30. DITTO and DITTO.

Elected 1826, Juno 9.
In this election Lord Clive and Mr. R. H. Clive were opposed
by Mr. Edmund Lechmere Charlton of Ludford (No. 119, below).
The poll was as follows : —

Lord Cltve, T. 14

Hon. R. H. Clive, T 14

Mit. E. L, Charlton, T 2

Poll lasted one hour ; 16 voted. Mr. Charlton lodged a peti-
tion against the return, but the Special Committee of the
House of Commons decided in favour of the sitting members.
(8 May, 1827).

1830- 1. (115) EDWARD, LORD CLIVE and (116) HON.

ROBERT HENRY CLIVE.

Elected 1830, July 31st.

(115) See 111 above. (116) See No. 114 above.

Mr. Charlton again was a candidate, but withdrew, under
circumstances mentioned below.

1831- 2. DITTO and DITTO.

Elected 29 April, 1831.

1832- 4. LORD CLIVE and (117) EDWARD ROMILLY

(Whig).

Elected 13 Dec, 183?,

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The poll in this election, the first after the Reform Act, was
as follows : —

Edward, Lord Clive, Tory 198 \

Edward Romilly, Whig 185 1 359 voters registered.
Hon. R. Ii. Clive, Tory 169 f 339 voted.
William Davies, Whig 115 J

In this year the Corporation of Ludlow paid the whole of
the election expenses, and no part of it was charged to the
candidates.

(117) Edward Romilly was the third son of Sir Samuel Romilly.
He was of Porth Kerry, Glamorganshire, was Chairman of the Board
of Audit, and died 1870. His older brother, John Romilly, who was
Recorder of Ludlow 1836-1839, was afterwards Master of the Rolls
and raised to the Peerage as Lord Romilly.

1835-7. (118) EDWARD, LORD CLIVE and (119) EDMUND
LECH ME RE CHARLTON.

The poll (8 Jan., 1835), in this year was very close. Tho
numbers were : —

Lord Clive, Tory ... 234 )
Charlton, Tory ... 159 | 332 voted.
Romilly, Whig 154 j

(118) See 111 above.

(119) Mr. Edmund Lechmere Charlton of Ludford Park, who was
born 1789, was a most conspicuous figure in the Ludlow history of
his time. He was a Barrister-at-Law, was High Bailiff" (1833), and an
Alderman of Ludlow, and the most troublous spirit of the day. His
grandmother Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Lechmere, of Hanley Castle,
Worcestershire, was grand-daughter of Sir Francis Charlton, Sheriff of
Shropshire 1G99, M.P. Ludlow (52 above), and a son of the great Sir Job
Charlton (No. 46 above). In 182G and in 1830 Mr. E. L. Charlton
was a bitter opponent of the Clive family, and of tho then close
Corporation of Ludlow; but in 1830, through the mediation of Mr.
Charles Greville (Clerk of the Privy Council), and of Mr. Charles
Wynn, the dispute between the Clives and Mr. Charlton as to Ludlow
matters was for the time settled, the latter agreeing to withdraw from
the Parliamentary election in which he was a candidate, and also from
a Corporation contest, and the Clives consenting to pay him £1,125
towards his costs, and not to oppose a petition for the purpose of
settling the disputed questions of the right to vote. When elected in
1835, Mr. Charlton, speaking at a Quarter Sessions dinner, said that
he was not elected as a protege of Lord Clive but as the nominee of
the Ludlow Corporation, and would therefore oppose the threatened
reform of the Municipal Corporations. Perhaps tho miost notable
event in Mr. Charlton's life occurred in 1837, when being M.P. for

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Ludlow, he was also Counsel in an application for the appointment
of trustees of the Ludlow Municipal Charities. In the course of these
proceedings he was so injudicious as to write a threatening letter to
Master Brougham, and subsequently to /use very insolent language to
Lord Chancellor Cottenham himself. Disregarding a summons to
appear before the Lord Chancellor to answer for his contempt, he was
on 25 November, 1836, ordered by Lord Cottenham to be committed
to the Fleet. Mr. Charlton was not arrested until Feb. 3, 1837, and
is said meanwhile to have hidden himself in Whitcliffe woods. After
his arrest he wrote complaining that his imprisonment was a breach
of the privileges of the House of Commons, before whom the matter
was formally brought, but a committee appointed to enquire into the
matter reported that no privilege attached to an imprisonment for
contempt of Court, thus establishing a precedent, which has been
followed in all similar cases. Mr. Charlton remained three weeks in
durance vile, and was only released after two petitions to the Lord
Chancellor. Mr. Charlton, who is reputed to have fought one of the
last duels in England, and was a great patron of sport and the prize
ring, died unmarried in 1845.

•1837-41. LOUD OLIVE and (120) COL. HENRY" SAL WE Y

There was again a poll on the 2S July, 1837, the numbers
being : —

or according to Col. Salvvey

Lord Olive, T. ... 193 Salwey 197

Salwey, W 188 Loud Olive... ... 192

Thomas Alcock, W, 158 Alcock 1G6

351 voted.

At this election Mr. E. L. Charlton was again a candidate
but retired almost at the last moment, under circumstances
which excited bitter feeling in the Tory party.

(120) In Col. Salwisy wc have again a member of a very old family
much mixed up in the history of the neighbourhood. Col. Salwey
lived at ilunnymede Park, Eghani. He was born 1794, was Lieut. -
Col. dn the Coldstream Guards, married the daughter of J. H. Holder
of Stanton Lacy, Salop, and died 1874.

1839, June 6. (121) THOMAS ALCOCK vice LORD OLIVE
become a Peer.

Poll numbers i —

Alcock, Whig 186

Henry Olive, Tory 182

At this election there were counter-petitions on the ground
of bribery and treating'. Mr. Alcock was unseated on the
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ground of bribery by his agents, but Mr. Clive being also found
guilty of bribery, the election was declared void. The commit-
tee of the House of Commons reported that a general system
of treating had prevailed previously to and at the election, and
Ludlow on this occasion narrowly escaped being disfranchised
for corrupt practices.

Mr. Charlton on this occasion supported Mr. Alcock, in-
fluenced perhaps by the fact that Mr. Alcock relieved him from
some embarrassments by paying off the mortgages on the
Ludford estates and taking such mortgages into his own hands.

(121) Thomas Alcock (the unsuccessful candidate in 1837) was the
son of Mr. Joseph Alcock of Roehampton, and himself lived at Kings-
wood Warren, Surrey. He served in the 1st Dragoon Guards, and
was a distinguished oriental traveller. lie was M.P. for Newton
(Lancashire), 1820-1830, and for East Surrey from 1847-18G5. He
died 1806.

1840, May 23. (122) BERT AH BOTFIELD vice THOMAS
ALCOCK, unseated.

The poll was :—

Botfield, Tory 194

George G. de H. Larpent, Whig ... ICO

(122) Berjaii Botfield of Hopton Court and Decker Hill, was born
at Earls Ditton in 1807, was Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1831, Presi-
dent of the British Archaeological Association 18G0, and was the
author of several works, of which the best known is " Notes on the
Cathedral Libraries of England " He took great interest in local
matters, amongst others the discovery of the remains of Austin Priory,
of which he wrote the account. He was F.R.S. and E.S.A., Chevalier
of several foreign orders, and died in 1863.

Mr. Charlton once again supported the Tory candidate.

1841-7. (123) BERIAIT BOTFIELD and (124) JAMES

ACKERS.

Elected 1841, July 3.

They were opposed by Col. Henry Salwey, the numbers
being : —

Botfield, Tory 222

Ackers, Tory 219

Salwey, Whig 15G

(123) See 122 above.

(124) Jambs Ackers of Heath House, Shropshire, c^id Pritiknash
Park, Gloucestershire, assumed the name of Ackers in lieu of that of

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'Coops in 1832. He was born in 1811, was at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, and was a J. P. Herefordshire. He died in 1868.

1847-52. (125) HENRY BAILEY C£IVE and (126) HENRY

SALWEY.

The poll in this year was : —

Henry Bailey Olive, T 207

Col. Henry Salwey, W 206

Beriah Botfield, T 183

(125) Henry Bailey Clive was born in 1800, and died in 1870. He
was son of William Clive of Styche, who was the younger brother of
the great Lord Clive.

(126) See 120 above. .

1852-7. (127) ROBERT CLIYE (Cotis.) and (128) LORD
WILLIAM JOHN FREDERICK POWLETT (Lib. Con.).

The poll resulted as follows (9 July, 1852) :—

Clive, T. ... 250

Powlett, Lib. Con 214

Col. Salavey, W 157

(127) Mr. Robert Clive was son of Mr. R. H. Clive (No. 114), who
was the second son of the first Earl of Powis of the Clive branch. He
was brother of Col. Clive, M.P. 1860-85, and of Hon. Mrs. Clayton,
wife of the Rector of Ludlow. He was born 1824, married Lady Mary
Bridgeman, daughter of second Earl of Bradford, and died 1859.

(128) Lord W. J. P. Powlett, son of the first Duke of Cleveland,
was born 1792. Ho was M.P. for Winchelsea 1812-15, Durham
County 1815, St. Ives 1846-52, became himself third Duke of Clevc
land 1864, and died iir^the same year. Lord William Powlett was a
distinguished patron of the turf, a member of the Jockey Club, and
the owner of many good horses, the best of which were probably,
" Tim Whiiller" and " Promised Land."

1854, Feb. 7. (129) PERCY EGERTON HERBERT (Cons.),
unopposed, vice CLIYE (become M.P. for County),

(129) General Percy Egerton Herbert was the son of the second
Earl of Powis, and brother of third Earl of Powis. He was born in
1822, was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, entered the 43rd Regi-
ment in 1840, Captain 1846, served in the Kaffir war 1851-3, and
in the Orange River Expedition, obtained the rank of Major in 1853,
and of Colonel in 1854, was Quarter-Master General of the Forces in
the Crimea, was present at the battles of the Alma (wh&e he was
severely wounded), and of Inkerman, and at the siege and fall of

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Sevastopol. General Herbert greatly distinguished himself in the
Crimea, especially at Inkcrman, of which, in the words of Mr. King-
lf "ke, " No living man can know more from actual personal observation
than Sir Percy Herbert." He commanded the district of Cawnpore
till 1859. He was made K.C.B., Lieut.-General in the Army, Aide
de Camp to the Queen, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and a
Privy Councillor. General Herbert afterwards became treasurer to
Her Majesty's Household. Ludlow presented him with a sword of
Honour on his return from the Crimea. Pie was M.P. for South
Shropshire from 18G0 until his death in 187G. His son is now fourth
Karl of Powis.

1857-9. PERCY EGERTON HERBERT (Cons.), and (130)
BERIAH BOTF1ELD (Cons.)

Elected 1857, March 27

(130) See 122 above.

1859-65. DITTO (Cons). and DITTO (Cons).
Elected 1859, April 29.

18G0, Sept, 4. (131) GEORGE HERBERT WINDSOR
CLIVE (Cons.), vice P. E. HERBERT (M.P. for County).

(131) Col. Clive, the last M.P. for Ludlow, is well known. He is
the second son of Hon. R. H. Clive, the second son of the first Earl of
Powis of the Clive blood. He was Captain and Lieut.-Col. in the
Coldstream Guards, but retired from the army 1870. He served in
India during the Mutiny, and was present at the siege and capture of
Delhi. He holds the Indian Mutiny medal and clasp. He represented
Ludlow for 25 years, 1860-1885, and presented as a memento a hand-
some gold Mayoral chain to the town.

1863, Aug. 28. (132) SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ERASER
(Cons.), vice BOTEIELD, deceased.

(132) Sir W. A. Fraser was born 1826, succeeded to the Baronetcy
1854, was M.P. for Barnstaple 1852-7, Captain in the 1st Life Guards
one of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, and M.P. for Kidder-
minster 1874. He is still living.

1865-8, (133) G. H. WINDSOR CLIVE (Cons.), and (134)
JOHN EDMUND SEVERNE (Cons).

Elected 1865, July 1.2.

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The poll was : —

Clive, C 236

Severne, C 209

Sir Wm. Yardley, L. u. ... 137

(133) See 131 above.

(134) Mr. J. E. Severne was born 1826.. He was a Captain in the
16th Lancers, and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1861. He is J. P.
for Montgomeryshire, and J. P. and D.L. Northamptonshire and
Shropshire. He was also M.P. for South Shropshire 1876-1885.

The representation of Ludlow was reduced to one member
by the Reform Act of 18G7.

1868-1874. (135) G. H. WINDSOR CLIVE (Cons).
Poll :—

Cuve 428

Yardley „. 170

Elected 18 Nov., 1868,

(135) See 131 above.

1874-80. G. H. WINDSOR CLIVE. (1874, January 31).

1880-5. DITTO. (1880, April 3).

Poll :—

Clive, C 525

Glyn, Lib 343

In 1885 Ludlow ceased as a Borough to return a Member of
Parliament, and is now merged in the Ludlow Division of the
County of Salop, for which Mr. Robert Jasper More is the
representative.

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INDEX TO MEMBERS.

Page Page

Ackers, James, 1841-7 50 Hanmer, Thomas, 1689, 1701-5,

Alcock, Thomas, 1839-40 50 1715-18 36

Alsop, John. 1554-5 14 Heath, William, 1555 15

Aston, John, 1654-8 29 Herbert, Sir Edward, 1685 34

Baldwyn, Acton, 1705-14, 1722-27 3S Herbert, Edward, 1754-1770 43

Baldwin, Charles, 1639-1644 26 Herbert, Francis, 1688-90,1698-

Baldwyn, Charles, 1681, 1688-90, 1700 35

1695-8 34 Herbert, Henry Arthur, 1727-

Baldwyn, Samuel, 1659 30 1743 41

Beaupie, Piers, 1472-5 7 Herbert, Percy Egerton, 1854-

Benson, Richard, 1603-9 18 I860 51

Berrie, Robert, 1584-93, 1601- Herbert, Richard, 1727-41, and

1614 16 1743-1754 41

Blashfield, Thomas, 1554 14 Herbert, Thomas, 1770-4 43

Blount, Robert, 1547-1552 13 Ketelby, Abel, 1722-27 40

Botfield, Beriah, 1840-7, 1857 to Knight, Rich. Payne, 1784-1806 45

1863 50 Langford, Richard, 1562-7 16

, Bradshaw, John, 1545-7 12 Littleton, Timothy, 1660-9 31

Bridgeman, Henry, 1748-1768 42 Lyttleton, Richard, 1491-5 8

Candland, Thomas, 1586-1601 17 Llovd, Francis, 1690-5 36

Charlton, Edmund L., 1835-7 48 Lloyd, Robert, 1614 19

Charlton, Francis, 1678-1681 33 Lutwyche, Sir Edw., 1685-7 35

Charlton, Job Sir, 1659-1678 30 Mackworth, Thomas, 1616 27

Charlton, William, 1685 34 Mason, Robert, 1558-9, 1571-1583 15

Child, Josiah Sir, 1685-7 35 Molineux, Edmund (?) 1547-52 13

Clive, Edw., Clive Lord, 1774- More, Thomas, 1646 27

1794 44 Newport, Hon. Thos., 1695-8,

Clive, Edw., Herbert Lord II. 1699-1700 37

1806-1839 46 Passey, John, 1553 13

Clive, George H. W. W., 1860-85 52 Poughnill, William, 1558-1583 15

Clive, Henry, 1807-1818 46 Powlett, Lord Wm. J. F., 1852-7 51

Clive, Henry Bailey, 1847-1852 51 Powys, Sir Thos., 1700-1713 38

Clive, Robert, 1794-1807 45 Pratto, Thomas, 1491-5 8

Clive, Robert, 1852-4 51 Price, Sir John, 1554 14

Clive, Rob. Henry, 1818-1832 46 Prynco, Richard, 1558" . 15

Compton, Lord, 1620-2 20 Raymond.Sir Robert, 1718-1722 40

Corbett, Wra. Sir. 1741-8 42 Rorailly, Edward, 1832-34 48

Cornewall, F. W., 1780-3 44 Salwey, Col. Henry, 1837-41,

Cother, John, 1529-1539 9 1847-52 49

Croft, Thomas, 1555 15 Sanford, Hugh, 1597 17

Davies, Somerset, 1783-4 44 Severne, J. E., 1865-8. 63 '

Fellows, William, 1768-1774 43 Sherman, Richard, 1477-8 8

Ffarr, Richard, 1584-5 16 Sparchford, John, 1472-5 7

Fisher, Richard, 1609-1611 18 Stevens, Thomas, 1477-8 8

Foxe, Charles, 1539-44, 1547- Tomlyns, Richard. 1620-29 21

1553 10 Townshend, Sir Henry, 1614 19

Foxe, Edmund, 1542-4 11 Titus, Silas, 1690-5 37

Fox, Somerset, 1669-79 32 Villiers, Viscount, 1774-80 44

Foxe, Wm., 1529-36 9 Walcot, Humphrey, 1713-22 39

Fraser, Sir W. A., 1863-5 54 Walcot, Sir Thos., 1679-81 33

Goodwin, Ralph, 1623-44, 24 Warncombe, Jas., 1554-5 14

Gower, Wm., 1689 and 1698, and Wheeler, Thomas, 1539-40,1545-7

1700-1 36 1552-3 11

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WHITCHURCH IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH.

Bv H. B. FINCH, M.A., Vioar op Ash,

A short time ago my attention was drawn by Mr. John
Martin, of the High Street, Whitchurch, to two parch-
ment rollr relating to the Transactions of the Court of
the Manor of Whitchurch for the 40th and 42nd years
of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. They were found by
Mr. Martin in a hand-cart in Whitchurch, among a lot
of mortar and other rubbish which was on the point of
being wheeled away and " shot " into some convenient
place. This happened in the year 1877, when the
ground floor of the Old Town Hall was being converted
into Bank premises. The Rolls are respectively about
39 and 37 inches long by 12 J inches wide, and they are
written in Latin. The longer manuscript, with the
single exception of a disputed claim, relates solely to
the transfer from one person to another of houses and
lands in Whitchurch and Tilstock. The other is more
interesting. It records the transactions of the Great
Court of the Manor of Whitchurch, which sat on the
last day of March, 1601. It gives tho names — and it
is interesting to know that many Whitchurch names,
well known at the present day, existed in the town
nearly 300 years ago — it gives the names of 92 persons
who were excused from attending the Court, and the
names of 52 others who owed service to the Court, and
were fined Gd. each for not attending. It gives the
names of the 15 jurymen; and we shall find that in
those days the Baronial Court was a living reality, and
that it dealt with many various offences which had
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been committed within the limits of the Manor. A.t
the present day the Police Court and Quarter Sessions
and County Court have quite superseded the old Court
Baron ; and if the Court Baron sits at all, its sitting,
so far as criminal offences are concerned, is a mere
formality. The 'most important part of the proceedings
is the dinner which usually follows.

J will briefly describe the proceedings of a Court
Baron at the present day. I allude to the Court of the
Manor of Bothal, in Northumberland, of which the Duke
of Portland is Lord. I was present thereat 12 or 14
years ago. The Court sat in a small room in the
remains of Bothal Castle. The names of those who
owed service to the Lord were called over, and most of
those who were not present sent one penny in lieu of
attendance, A jury was then empanelled for the
purpose of dealing with any matters that might be
brought before them ; but there was nothing to be
done, and therefore the Steward merely congratulated
them on the orderly and peaceable state of the Manor,
and told them that there was no business to be trans-
acted. We then adjourned to the neighbouring school
and had dinner. When dinner was over, the Sub-
Steward rose from his seat, took a long white willow
wand in his hand, and went round the tables, searching
for strangers among the guests. When he came to me,
he put the wand round my chest and arms, so as to
make a prisoner of me, and asked me in rather a rough
tone, u What brings you here ? " The Steward, who
sat at the head of the table, explained that I was his
guest, and I was at once released without penalty ;
but there were present two or three other strangers
who had not been invited by the Steward, and they
were each fined half-a-crown. The Sub-Steward then
enquired whether any tenant of the Manor had got
married since the last sitting" without the leave of the
Court. This question was received, with a good deal of
merriment, for there was ono shy young man present,
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was evidently a culprit, for he sheepishly put his hand
into his pocket, and pulled out his half-crown. We
then went outside the school, and the penny fines that
had been sent in were spent on nuts and oranges, which
were scrambled for by the children, while the half-
crowns, augmented by donations from the Steward and
others who were present, were given as prizes for foot-
races among lads and men of various ages and various
standing. The whole proceedings from beginning to
end were a combination of formality and joke.

But when we come back to our subject, we find that
the duties of the jury named in the parchment Roll
were no formality and no joke. On the contrary, they
transacted a large amount of business of very varied
kind. In addition to fining the 52 absentees, they
made presentments concerning 33 cases of assault, 37
offences against the laws as to the sale of bread and
ale, 7 defective hedges, and. one case of forestalling.
They appointed 13 officers to collect the chief-rents of
the Lord in the various townships ; in several cases they
decided who was the next-of-kin to a deceased tenant
of the Manor, and they dealt with a number of other
cases which need not here be mentioned in detail, as
the Roll is given at length in Appendix I.

Now in dealing with the matters that are suggested
by these documents, I will, in the first place refer to
the name of H The Green End." There is a well-known
tradition, that in the year 1665 the Plague raged in
Whitchurch with great virulence, and swept off the
inhabitants in such numbers that the town and neigh-
bourhood were depopulated to so great an extent that
the streets were positively green with grass, and that
the Green End received its name at that time and from,
that circumstance. That was in 1665. But if we turn
to one of these Rolls, we find that between sixty and
seventy years before the plague, Thomas Gabbett sur-
rendered into the hands of the Lord of the Manor the
half of one burgage lying " in le Grene Ende in Whit-
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the street was not first so called from its greenness
after the plague of 1665.

I will suggest another derivation. Persons who are
competent to form an opinion on the subject tell us
that in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the population of
the whole of this country was about four millions j1
that no town except London had more than 30,000
inhabitants, and that there were only four towns with
more than 10,000, namely Bristol, Norwich, Plymouth,
and York.2

What is more natural than to suppose that at a time
when this country was so thinly populated, there was,
at the point where the three main streets of Whitchurch
meet, an open space, which, without any ofience to the
town of Whitchurch, I may call a Village Green ?

If there was such a Green, and you took your stand
in the middle of it, you would see a road running north,
which, from the fact of being the main street of the
town, had earned the name of "The High Street you
would have a road going south, which, from a visible
natural object — namely, from a mill-pond behind the
old u Penny Bank," and from an open stream of water
running across the road — had received the name of
" Watergate fl and you would have a road going east,
with houses perhaps on either side, but without any
special feature to give it a name. These houses, stand-
ing at the end of the Green furthest from the High
Street, might naturally be spoken of as the houses at
the Green End.

We find further evidence of the existence of such an
open space in the name of "The Bull Bung," which
marks the spot where there existed a ring of iron let
into a large stone or block of wood, sunk to the level of
the ground, and used for the purposes of bull-baiting.
Bull-baiting was from early times a great national
sport in this country, and its object was, not to torture

See E.-S. Becsly's Queen Elizabeth, chap, in., p. 18.
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the bull, but for the sake of the sport, to find out whose
mastiff or bull-dog had the most cunning and the most
courage ; in fact, it was similar in its object to badger-
drawing, coursing, racing, and cock-fighting. In the
12th century the baiting of bulls and bears was a
favourite holiday pastime with the people of London ;
and although bull- baiting is included in a proclamation
of Edward III. among "dishonest, trivial and useless
games," the sport continued to increase in popularity
among all classes. When Queen Mary visited her sister
Elizabeth during her detention at Hatfield House, the
royal ladies were entertained with a grand baiting of
bulls and bears, with which they declared themselves
"right well contented." At Chesterfield a bye-law of
the borough enacted that every butcher who killed a
bull in the shambles must either bait the animal pre-
viously or pay a fine of 3s. 4d. in default. Although
Queen Elizabeth was a great patroness of the drama,
we learn that in 1591 an order was issued by the Privy
Council forbidding plays to be acted on Thursdays,
because bull-baiting and such pastimes were usually
practised on that day. This Order was followed by an
injunction of the Lord Mayor of London to the same
effect, in which he complains that (l in divers places
players do use recite their plays to the great hurt and
destruction of bearbaiting and such-like pastimes,
which are maintained for Her Majesty's pleasure." —
An accident at the Paris Garden1 in 1583 afforded the
Puritans an opportunity for declaring the popular sport
to be under the special ban of heaven ; but we find
that persons who were fond of such amusements made
use of a similar argument ; for if we turn to the Dia-
logue of Sir Thomas More we read: " At Beverley
late, much of the people being at a bear-baiting, the
Church fell down suddenly at evening-time, and over-
whelmed some that were in it. A good fellow that

1 A famous beargarden on the banks of the Thames, so called
from Robert de Paris who kept it in the reign of Richard II.

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after heard the tale told, ' So,' quoth he, ' now you
see what it is to be at evening prayers, when you
should be at the bear-baiting.' "

A French advocate, Missdn by name, who lived in
this country in the reign of William III., has left a
graphic description of the manner of these bull-
baitings, " which," he says, " are so much talked
about. " He tells us that the bull was fastened to the
ring by a rope 15 feet long attached to the root of his
horns, so that he had the scope of a space 80 feet in
diameter.1

It is evident then that bull-baiting would be im-
possible at our Bull Ring in its present condition.
Bull -baiting and a Bull Ring imply a large open space
where a considerable number of persons can assemble
without interfering materially with the traffic, Such
an open space would be found on a Village Green ;
and such a Green may well have given its name to
"The Green End."

Not far from Green End we find " Watergate."
There are in Whitchurch four names of that kind —
Watergate, Highgate, Biuegates, and Bargates. Now
it does not appear that Whitchurch was at any time a
fortified town. Of course, it was protected by a castle,
but there is no evidence that it was ever surrounded
by a wall. And if there was no wall, there would not
be much use in protecting the town with gates. If we
may judge from similar names in other localities, Water-
gate means nothing more or less than (t Water Road."
We find the word " gate " used over and over again in
the sense of a " road " or " lane." Take for example,
the town of Morpeth, in Northumberland. There we
find a castle on an eminence about one-third of a mile
out of the town, and although the archives of the Cor-
poration go back to between the years 1100 and 1200,
and make mention of many buildings in the town, there
is no allusion to any walls or any gates. There is no

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doubt that it never was a walled town, and yet we find
there Oldgate, Newgate, and Pethgate. Oldgate is
the Old Road, Newgate is the New Iload. Or take
again the town of Gateshead, opposite to Newcastle-
on-Tyne. Newcastle was called in Roman times Pons
JElii, or The Bridge of JEliiis, from a bridge built across
the river ; but when that bridge had been destroyed,
and travellers journeying from the south arrived at the
'bank of the Tyne, to what had they come ? They had
come to the gates head, the head or end of the road,
and they were compelled to cross the river by a ferry.
Yockin's Gate1 is nothing but Yockin's Lane. Between
Whitchurch and Hinton there is Clap-gate ; at Ash
there is Clap lane. The two names are identical. In
the city of York no less than twenty of the streets are
called gate — Micklegate, Fishergate, Marygate, Stone-
gate, &c.2

Therefore as there are in Whitchurch three other
"gates" — Bargates, Blnegates, and Highgate — which
have no known historical connection with the ponderous
gates of a town, and as the word gate is often used in
the sense of a road or lane, we may reasonably believe
that Watergate means Water Road. Hiodigate is the
High road, the road up the hill ; Bargates may be the
road to Barmere ; as to the first syllable of Bluegates
I have no derivation to offer.

While on this subject, I will venture on a suggestion
as to the origin of the name of " The Newtown." The
Castle3 of Whitchurch, which must have stood on
Castle Hill, would probably consist not merely of habit-*
able buildings and stabling for horses, but almost in
the nature of things, it would have an open space

1 Near the town of Whitchurch.

2 On the various uses of "gate " in composition, see Isaac Taylor's
Words and Places, chap, x., p. 168, 5th edition.

3 "Part of the wall of the Castle of Whitchurch was standing in
1700, on the Castle I J ill, on the side next the mill, just above the
brook that now runs under what is called the Lock-up-house." —
Nightingale's History of the County, published 1813.

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enclosed within its walls ; and so the area within the
walls would be somewhat considerable. "When the
castle had been demolished, we may well suppose that
a number of new houses gradually sprung up on the
vacant site, and that this block of buildings, standing
where there never had been ordinary dwellings before,
received the name of the New Town.

The land adjoining the Rectory, now called " The
Crofts,'* seems to have been called in 1601 "The
Parson's Crofte," for we find that in that vear Elizabeth
Morhall and Ralph - Morhall conveyed to George
Ewgreave one burgage lying between the Parsons
Crofte on the one part, and the lane leading from
Whitchurch to Chester on the other part. The pre-
mises here alluded to probably stood on the site of the
house in Bargates, so long occupied by Mr. John Brom-
fleld. No house in any other position could be described
as standing between the Crofts and Chester Road.

In Tilstock three fields are mentioned by the name
of " Jacke Birche," " Sondy Crofte," and " the Crofte
joyninge to the Orchard;" a meadow called " Bridge
Field" is let with a house in Green End ; in Ash Parva,
land is spoken of as "The Wood End;" at Chinnell,
there is a field called " Gulleyes' Crofte ;" and certain
land near Whitchurch is referred to as " The Little
Park." Possibly some of these names exist to this
day.

It is interesting to notice how names stick to
individual fields. Mr. Richard Hughes, of Ash Wood,
has in his possession the original deed, dated 1556, by
which one of his ancestors acquired certain property at
Ash Wood — property which has been handed down
ever since from father to son, or from uncle to nephew,
without diminution or loss. From this deed we learn
that there was among this property 11 unnm croftum
vocation le Ferny Lees " one meadow called the
Ferny Lees ;" and there it is to this day commonly
spoken of, in the Shropshire dialect, as "The Fyarny
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The Latin word used to express what we now call
" Chester Road" is venella, which means a narrow lane,
or a passage between two rows of houses. This suggests
the remark that roads in the reign of Elizabeth were
very different from our highways under the modern
County Council. Probably in those days they were no
better than tracks across the open country. Some light
is thrown upon this subject by a Bill that was brought
before the House of Lords in 1601. It was read the
first time on the 5th of November, but thrown out on
its second reading two days after. It was entitled
" An Act to restrain the excessive and superfluous use
of coaches^dthin this Realm of England." 1 It recites
that in consequence of the great use of coaches, the
saddlers' trade is likely to be ruined ; and not only so,
but evil-disposed persons, who dare not show themselves
openly for fear of correction, shadow and convey them-
selves in coaches, and cannot be discerned from persons
of honour, besides which the roads are cloyed and "pes-
tered and horses lamed. In future, no one under the
degree of a knight, or a Privy Councillor, Queen's
Council, &c, or paying £50 to the subsidy assessment,
shall ride or travel in coaches, under a penalty of £5
for every offence ; and no person shall let coach or coach
horses to any besides those hereby authorised to use
them, under pain of forfeiting the same.2
***-•*•**-*

Let us now turn to the Roll which records the
business that was brought before the jury. The Lord
of the Manor, named at the head of the Roll, was the
most noble Thomas Egerton,3 Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal of England ; the Steward was Henry Townshend,

1 See Appendix, 4th Report, Hist. MSS. Comm., p. 116.

2 Coaches are said to have been first introduced into this country
from Hungary, by the Karl of Arundel in 1580.

a Thomas Egerton, created Baron of Ellcsmero July 17, 1003, and
Viscount Brackley, of Braekley, Co. Northampton, Nov. 7, 161$;
Lord High Chancellor 1.590 J ob. 1G16.

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Esquire ; and the date, as I have said, was the 31st of
March, 1601. The first entry on the Boll consists of
the names of 92 persons who were excused from attend-
ance at the Court. They were Hugh Cholmondeley,
Knight, &c.

[As a translation of the Boll is given in full at the
end as Appendix L, names here and elsewhere
are omitted to avoid needless repetition.]

Then come the names of the jury of 15 (see Appendix).
The first business of the jury is to present 52 persons
who owed service to the Court and have made default.
They are fined 6d. each.

Then come a number of cases of assault. In the first
we learn that Handle Harding has committed an assault
on Thomas Telor, and he is fined 20 pence. . But the
jury evidently thought that the parties were equally to
blame, because the next entry is to the effect that the
aforesaid Thomas Telor has committed an assault on
the aforesaid Handle Harding, and he is also fined 20
pence. In several cases both parties to the assault
are fined. One case is rather interesting : " Also the
jury present that Henry Turner has assaulted Randle
Wever and drawn blood from him and for this draw-
ing of blood he is fined double, namely 3s. 4d. But in
the next entry we read that Handle Wever has assaulted
Henry Turner, and as he is only fined 20d., we come to
the conclusion that in this quarrel Turner had the best
of it.

"Also they present that Thomas Barrowe, &c, are
small dealers (tipulatores) in bread and beer and have
broken the assise ; therefore each of them is fined xijcL"

This opens out a very interesting subject. Just as
we have at the present day in certain large towns
Assay Offices, where articles of gold and silver are
tested, and " hall-marked" according to the proportion
of pure metal they contain, so there was in the Middle
Ages throughout the kingdom an Assay or Assise of
bread, beer, and other articles ; and by this Assise the
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The various qualities of bread were obtained by
means of the bullellum, or bolting sieve, by which flour
and bran were separated. Of course, the quality of the
bread depended to some extent on the quality of the
grain itself. In order to understand exactly what the
Assise of bread was, let us imagine that we have before
us a row of loaves (each loaf of different quality), vary-
ing gradually from the finest bread at one end of the
row to the coarsest and commonest at the other. In
the middle of the row we have what we may call our
standard loaf— a loaf made of whole meal, that is, of
meal from which neither flour nor bran has been
extracted. On one side of this middle loaf we have
loaves getting better and better in quality, from which
more and more bran has been removed, until you come
to the outermost, which consists of nothing but the
finest flour ; on the other side we have loaves getting
poorer and poorer, until we come to the outside one,
which is not much better than bran.

Each quality of loaf had its own special name. The
best was called Panis de Siminello or Simnell Bread ;
then came Wastell Bread ; then Cocket Bread ; then
our loaf of whole meal. The poorer sorts were called
Tourte or Twisted Bread — the form apparently being
an indication of the quality — Bread of Trete, and what
was called "All sorts" or " Common kind."

One or two extracts from the A ssisa panis et cervisice1
— "the Assise of Bread and Beer" — will make the matter
sufficiently clear. " When a quarter of wheat is sold
for 12 pence, then a farthing loaf of Wastel) bread shall
weigh 6 lbs. 16 shill. [20 shillings of money making one
pound weight]. The farthing loaf of Cocket shall
weigh 2 shill. more than Wastell ; Simnell bread shall
weigh 2 shill. less than Wastell, ' quia bis coctus est,'
because it has been twice cooked [from bis coctus comes,
through the French, our English word * biscuit '] ;
bread of whole meal shall weigh half as much again as

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Cocket. Bread of Trete shall weigh twice as much as
Wastell ; and Bread of All-sorts twice as much as
Cocket."

Then follow the regulations - as to the weight of bread
when wheat is at Is. 6d., 2s., 2s. 6d., and so on, up to
20s. a quarter. At the latter price, the farthing loaf
of Wastell Bread weighed only 6 shill. and 2 groats.

I must here mention that if we turn to Holinshed's
Chronicles we find that by the time of Elizabeth the
names had changed. " The first and most excellent is
the manchet, which is commonly called white bread. The
second is the cheat or wheaten bread, so called because
the colour thereof resembleth the grey or yellowish
wheat." He also mentions " the ravelled, which re-
taineth more of the gross and less of the pure substance
of the wheat then brown bread of two qualities; and
lastly " miscelin,1 i.e., bread made of mingled corn —
rye and wheat."

But to come back to the M Assise of Bread " — " And
be it known that the baker is allowed to make, on each
quarter of corn, a profit of four pence, and the bran,
and two loaves at the oven. For three serving-men he
may charge lid.; for two lads id. Also ^d. for salt,
^d. for kneading, ^d. for candle, 2d. for wood, and 1 Jd.
* in bultello habendo,1 for keeping the bolting-sieve in
repair."

Then come the regulations as to the price of beer.
H When a quarter of wheat is sold for 3s. or 40d., and
barley for 20d. or 2s., and a quarter of oats for 15d.,
then brewers are well able to sell in cities 2 gallons of
beer for a penny, and outside a city 3 gallons for a
penny. And when in a town 3 gallons are sold for a
penny, outside the town 4 gallons ought to be sold.

" And be it known that if a baker or breweress have
been convicted of not keeping to the aforesaid assise,

1 This was called until recently, perhaps to the present day, in tho
East and West Ridings, ".mascelin" or " mashelton bread." Its
Shropshire name was "Muncorn." See Miss Jackson's Shropshire
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they shall be fined for the first, second, and third
offence, according to the extent of their short-coming ;
and as often as a baker is short in the weight of his
farthing loaf to the extent of less than 2 skill, weight,
he shall be fined as aforesaid ; but if he exceed 2 shilL,
he shall undergo the penalty of the pillory without the
option of a fine.

"In the same way be it done, if he make default
more than three times, he shall suffer punishment of
his body, that is to say, the pillory ( cellist rigium) even
if his farthing loaf be less than 2 shill. light. In the
same way a breweress shall undergo the tumbrell or
cucking-stool (trebuchetum vel castigatorium) , if she
make default more than three times and is unwilling to
be punished."

Before taking leave of this part of our subject, I may
mention that in the Middle Ages brewing was very
much in the hands of women — a fact which is recorded
/"in a phrase with which we are familiar to this day.
Just as " spinster " means properly a female spinner,
and " Baxter V a female baker, and i( Si mister " a female
seamer or tailor, so "brewster" is properly a female
brewer ; and the " Brewster Sessions " are literally the
Sessions which deal with women who brew.

* k * * * *

" Also they present that David Pilston f mercatum
forstallavit emendo pisces ' has forestalled the market in
buying fish." Forestalling is an obsolete offence ; and
according to modern notions of political economy, the
old methods of restricting trade seem very absurd. To
forestall was to buy an article of commerce before it
was placed on the stall of the market. It was unlawful
to buy or contract for any merchandise or victual coming
the way to market, or to dissuade persons from bringing
their goods there, or to persuade them to enhance the
price of them. It was also unlawful to buy in any
market, and to sell again in the same market or within
four miles of the same place. il For," says Blackstone,

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"this enhances the price of provisions, as each successive
seller must have a successive profit." Does not such a
law as this point clearly to a time when England was
not, as now, a vast workshop, busy mart, warehouse,
and dock for the whole world, but was still pre-
eminently rural, with a stationary agricultural and pas-
toral population, and no urban population to speak of? 1

" Also they present that Margaret Symcocke, a tenant
of the Manor aforesaid, has died since the last Court,
and two heriots are due to the Lord, valued at [blank]"
A heriot was a fine due to the Lord of the Manor on
the death of a tenant of copyhold property, and paid by
the succeeding tenant. These, under the name of
"Reliefs," were the source of much extortion. In
earlier times, when the feudal tenant died, the Lord of
the Manor, taking advantage of his own strength and
the confusion of the family, would under some pretext
seize the estate into his own hands, and the heir would
in general have no recourse but a compromise. This
formed one of the great abuses of the feudal system.
By Magna Charta reliefs were fixed at about one-fourth
of the yearly value of the fief ; but in more settled times
they became greatly reduced. In the Records of the
Manor of Newhall, Co. Cheshire, under date 31 Oct.,
1731, we read, M The customary tenants which have
estates of Inheritance by Copy of Court Roll according
to the custom of ye said mannour do pay their best
Beast for a herriot, and if he have no beast to be found
within a year after the Death, Then ye Lord is to have
the best Chattel or other thing to be found upon ye
land." This represents the more modern usage.

* * * ¥ * *

I will now say a word or two on the subject of the
Christian Names which we find in these Rolls. Names,

1 Tho Statutes as to forestalling and similar oflbneos wore not
ropcaled until 7 and 8 Vict.

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like many other things, have been subject to the caprice
of fashion. For example, in the first place, we do not
find here a single example of a double Christian name.
There are no William Johns or Mary Janes; these did
not come into general use until a later date.1 Then
again, in the present century "John" and "Mary"
have been the most popular; but in the 14th century,
" Mary " was absolutely unknown in London, and
" Johanna," or " Joan " was most commonly met with,
and continued most in favour until the middle of the
1.5th century, when its popularity began to wane. In
these Ixolls Mary occurs only once among 29 female
names. Margaret is the most popular, and occurs nine
times; next come Joan and Ann, each five times;
Elizabeth four times; Margery, Mary, Sophia, Jane
' (Janet), and Katherine each once. We also find one
instance of Parnell as a female Christian name ; it is a
shortened form of Petronilla, a feminine diminutive of
Peter.

Among 312 names of men, "Thomas" and "John"
occur each 62 times. The frequency of "Thomas" was,
no doubt, due to the fame of S. Thomas of Canterbury,
more commonly known in history as Thomas a Becket.
"William" occurs 35 times, " Pichard * 31, " George"
28, "Palph " 15, "Robert" 9, "Ranulphus" orRandle
8 times. Among the 312 names " Henry " occurs
only 5 times. I suppose that people had not forgotten
Henry VIII.

I cannot conclude without expressing my obligation
/ to Mr. Martin for having drawn my attention to these
Polls. It is solely owing to his intelligence that they
have been preserved. And it would be a culpable

1 " But two Christian names arc rare in England, and I only
remember now his Majesty, who was called Charles James, as the
Prince, his son,. Henry Frederic; and among private men, Thomas
Maria Wingfield, and Sir Thomas Posthumus Hobby." — Camden's
Jiemains conctrnhiy Britain, anno 1 037,

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omission if I were to leave unmentioned the great
kindness of the Rev. T. W. Norwood, Vicar of Wren-
bury, who is an eminent authority on matters archaeo-
logical. He has been good enough to supply me with
a considerable amount of information, and he has put
himself to no li ttle trouble in doing so.

APPENDIX I.

Translation of Presentment Roll, Manor of Whitchurch,
81 March, 1601.

Whitchurche — View of ffrank Pledge and Court Baron of
the most noble Thomas Egerton, Knight, Lord Keeper of the
Great Seal of England, Lord of the Manor aforesaid, holden
there on the last day of March, in the forty second year of the
reign of our Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of England
ffrance and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Eaith &c. Before
Henry Townshend, Esquire, Steward of the Manor aforesaid.

Essoins1 — Hugh Cholrnondeley, Knight ; William Hanmer,
Esquire; Richard Dod, Esquire; Richard Wright, Esquire;
George Bostocke, Gentleman; Elizabeth ffrannce, widow;
Thomas Unton, gentleman ; Ralph Telor, junr.; William Cotton,
gentleman ; William Wickstede, Hugh Willaston, gentleman ;
Elizabeth Melyn, widow; Richard Couper ; Thomas Penelston;
Owen Griffith; William Constantine, gentleman; William
Jackson ; John Dodd of Egerton ; Alan Bradeley ; Ralph Gyll ;
Anna Humphreson, widow; Alan Mericke ; Anthony Spratt of
London; Margaret Burghall;2 Thomas Nickson ; William
Higginson ; Arthur Worrall ; Edward Hornebie ; John Hughes
of Ashe ; George Cley ; John Penckston ; Joan Watson, widow ;
Anna Blanterne, widow ; Thomas Evanson ; Elizabeth Ley,
widow ; John Thorneton ; Thomas Richardson, of Tilstocke ;
John Harper ; Thomas Ratcliffe ; William Burghall ; Margery
Bellingam, widow ; Elizabeth Donne, widow ; Michael Ridley ;
William Tasker ; Margaret Lee, widow ; George Ewgreave ;
Griffin ap Owen; Randle Allen; George Bullas; John Rodes;
Thomas Palyn ; Leonard Micklewright ; Thomas Beddowe ;
Roger Thomas; George Blannterne ; William Povey ; George
Whiteheade; William Williamson; George Howell; Christopher

1 Essoin. — " He who is excused for non-appearance in Court at tha
day appointed." — Nuttall's Dictionary.

2 Now spelt Ri'oughall

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Lee ; William Simson ; Henry Reade ; Richard Bentley ;
Humphrey Hare ; Thomas Burrowes ; Robert Jervis ; William
Mericke; Thomas Eison ; Roger Madeley; Richard Madeley ;
John Hooper; William Burghall ; Richard Wright; Richard
Burghall ; John Burghall; Hugh Tomlinson ; Richard Lien,
junr. ; John Bate; John Evanson of Ash; Richard Holden ;
Richard Lea; William Telor; Peter Somner; Richard Somner ;
John Ilollins ; Thomas CMe ; William Jenkinson ; Richard
Davison; Richard Cureton ; John Sadler, senr. ; Thomas
Mickeley and John Mountforde of Burghall are essoined by
John Doe.

Names of Jurors to make enquiry on behalf of our Lady the
Queen and the said Lord of the Manor aforesaid.
John ffiges, junr. } Richard Nickson \

Hugh Wickstede, gent. > jurors Ralph Welshe > jurors
John Bemon j John Webbe j

Robert Jackson, junr. \ Ralph Davye S

John Leeche of Ashe >jurors Roger Hawkesheade >■ jurors
John Cliffe J John Lien j

John Evanson ^
Thomas Hopkyn > jurors.
William Hopkyn J

Names of the Five1 (Qtiinariorum) — George Burghall ;
Edward Probyn ; Edward Evans; William Jenkyn, alias Davies;
and Richard Williamson, jurors.

In the first place the aforesaid jurors present upon their oath
that George Mainwaringe, Knight; Robert Needham, Esquire;
Robert Eaton, Esquire; Thomas Lawley, Esquire; George
Holforde, Esquire; lfrancis Newton, Esquire; Hugh Hulse,
Esquire ; Alan Swanwicko, gentleman ; Richard Phillips,
gentleman; Richard Wickstede; Thomas Hodson of Chalmeston;
Thomas Aldersey of Horton ; John Hoore ; George Stobbes;
Thomas Colefox ; Margaret Pullett, widow ; Margaret Kettle,
widow; William Hals'; Randlc Telor, senr. ; Thomas William-
son; William Col lye ; Margaret Bradeley, widow; Thomas
Wickstede of Marbury ; Joan Hickson, widow ; John Hickson;
Anna Willaston, widow ; John James; Thomas Lien of Til-
stocke; Thomas Alston ; Margery Davenporte, widow; William
Rannshall ; David Corbet; Owin ap Jermun ; Richard Croxon ;
William Evanson; William Hollowayc ; John Cloy; John
Davison, senr. ; Thomas Gittins ; Roger Eddowe ; Thomas
Hoore ; William Donne, junr. ; Edward Williams ; William
Elcocke ; George Towers ; William Grindeley, senr. ; Thomas

1 Probably the " Presenters/
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Grind eley ; John Axon ; John Heathe ; Griff Heathe ; Humph-
rey Griffith, and Thomas Rannshawe owe service to this Court
and have made default ; Therefore each of them is
fined ... ... ... ... ... vicZ

Also they present that Randle Hardinge has made an assault
on Thomas Telor, and he was bailed by John Golborne ;
Therefore he is fined ... ... ... xxd^

Also that the aforesaid Thomas Telor has made an assault
on the aforesaid Randle Hardinge ; and he was bailed by
Humphrey Aspeley ; fined ... ... ... xxd.

Also that Thomas Lien of Tilstocke has made an assault on
Thomas Colliare ; bailed by Ralph Evan ; fined xxd.

Also that Thomas Colliare has made an assault on Thomas
Lien; bailed by Thomas Golborne ; fined ... xxd.

Also that George Burghall has assaulted Philip Bythewaye ;
bailed by Edward Probyn ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that Philip Bythewaye has assaulted George Burghall;
bailed by Ralph Morhall ; finod ... ... xxd.

Also that Henry Turner has assaulted Handle Wever and
drawn blood from him; bailed by John Painter and John
Bland; fined ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Also that Randle Wever has assaulted Henry Turner; bailed
by Thomas Painter; fined . . ... ... xxd.

Also that Thomas Longeley has assaulted Richard Turner ;
bailed by Richard Allen ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that Richard Turner has assaulted Thomas Longeley ;
bailed by George Downes ; fined ... ... xxd

. Also that William Doddelston has assaulted William
Davides; bailed by Thomas Kettle; fined ... xxd.

Also that William ] hivides has assaulted William Doddelston ;
bailed by John Worrall ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that George Wisome has assaulted Thomas Telor ; bailed
by George Dias ; fined ... ... ... xx<i.

Also tl.at Thomas Tolor has made an assault on George
Wisome; bailed by John Painter; fined ... xxd.

Also that Thomas Whore has assaulted George Bulks and
drawn blood from him; bailed by Ralph Evan; fined iijs. mid.

Also that Arthur Hurleston has assaulted Thomas Sadler
and drawn blood from him ; bailed by Bartholomew Collyo ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijd

Also that Thomas Sadler has assaulted Arthur Hurleston,
and drawn blood from him; bailed by Thomas Palyn ;
. fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. hijcZ.

Also tiiat Thomas Longeley has assaulted Richard Turner ;
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Also that Richard Turner has assaulted Thomas Longeley ;
bailed by Thomas Lien ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that Richard Turner has assaulted William Kettell ;
bailed by Thomas Lien ; fined .. ... xxd.

Also that William Kettell has assaulted Richard Turner ;
bailed by Thomas Kettell ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that George Downes has assaulted Thomas Longeley ;
bailed by George Higson ; fined ... ... xxd.

Also that Thomas Longeley has assaulted George Downes,
and drawn blood from him ; bailed by Richard Bridde ;
fined ... ... ... ... .. iijs. iiijcZ.

Also that Ralph Morhall has assaulted John Blanterne ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... xxd

Also that Thomas Ilickson has assaulted Thomas Sadler,
and drawn blood from him ; bailed by Ralph Morhall ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijd

Also that Thomas Sadler has assaulted John Monnefielde,
and drawn blood from him; bailed by Ralph Jennun ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. iujd.

Also that George Whiteheade has assaulted John Higgins;
bailed by [blank] ; fined ... ... ... xxd.

Also that John Higgins has assaulted George Whiteheade;
bail jd by Robert Davidson ; fined ... ... xxd

Also that John ffiges has assaulted William Jackson, and
drawn blood from him; bailed by John Nickson; fined iij.s iuyl.

Also that George Tytley has assaulted William Jackson
and drawn blood from him; bailed by John Nickson;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijtiL

Also that Thomas Burrowes has not built up the end of the
house adjoining the house of John Nevitt, and also has not
removed [blank] according to the penalty of the last Court ;
Therefore he is fined ... ... . .. xxs.

Also that Edward Warren, John Rodes, George Burghall,
Margaret, Burghall, widow; John Boland, John Evanson are
hostlers (hosjntatores peregrinorurn) and have broken the
assise of bread and beer. Therefore each of them is fined xijd.

Also that Thomas Barrow, Maria Ashton, John Davison,
George Bullas, Edward Probyn, John Dyas, Robert Richardson,
Bartholemew Collys, Thomas Hoore, Richard Lewis, Leonard
Mickle wright, Richard Turner, William Davies, Richard Mill*
ner, John Golborne, Thomas Lidgeley, Humphrey Aspeley,
Henry Turner, Lewis Cornewell, William Wilkinson, Nicholas
Tarboy, Alan Mericke, and Thomas Sadler are small dealers
(tipulatores) in bread and beer, and have broken the assise;
Therefore each of them is fined ... ... xxd.

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Also that Thomas Hopkyn, butcher, Ranclle [blank], joyner,
David Dawes, Thomas Banghe, Edward Litherland, Thomas
Hey ward e, Robert Davyson, David Pilston, Richard Birde,
Owen Davies, Thomas Kettle, and Richard Glazier have not
been bound according to custom ; Therefore each of them is
fined ... ... ... ... ... ijs.

Also Thomas Penelston, Roger Thomas, and Jenkyn Hough-
ton [not bound] according to custom ; each fined xijdL

Also that David Pilston has forestalled the market in buying
fish; Therefore he is fined ... ... ... iijs. iiijti

Also they present Richard Gibbons and John Walker [not
bound] according to custom ; each fined ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Also they present that Joan Mainwaringe, widow, and
Humphrey Aspeley have not kept their fences between them
and Alan Mericke according to the penalty previously imposed ;
Therefore each of them is fined ... ... iijs. iiijd

Also that Margaret Burghall, widow, has not repaired the
fence between her and [blank] Button, widow, according to the
penalty previously imposed ; fined ... ... iijs, iiijd

Also that Thomas Gittins has not repaired the fence between
him and Thomas Banghe according to the penalty previously
imposed; fined ... ... ... ... iijs. iiija.

Tylstocke. — Also that John Jenyns, Thomas Wright, and
Richard Newbrooke, junr., are small dealers in bread and beer,
and have broken the assise; each fined ... xijcZ.

Also that Margaret Symcocke, one of the tenants of the
Manor aforesaid, died since the last Court; whence two
herriotts are due to the Lord, valued at ... [blank]

Hollhurste and Chynnell. — Also that John Sadler, baker,
is a small dealer in bread and beer, and has broken the assise ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... xijd

Also that Parnell Towers . . . has died since the last Court;
whonco a herriott is due . . . valued at ... [blank]

Burghall. — Also that [blank] Burghall, widow, has died
since the last Court ; whence a herriott . . , valued at [blank]

Also that George Davies has assaulted Samuel Tawres and
drawn blood from him; bailed by George Davies, senr. ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Also that Samuel Tawres has made an assault on George
Davies and drawn blood from him ; bailed by George Tawres ;
fined ... ... ... ... ... iijs. m]d.

Newewoodhowses. — Also that Robert Davyson is a small
dealer in bread and beer and has broken the assise ; Therefore
he is fined ... ... ... ... x\]d.

Also that Anna Hopkyn, widow , . . has died since the last

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Court, whence a herriott is due to the Lord, valued at [blank]
Also that Thomas IIuls has assaulted Ralph Whittingham ;
fined ... ... ... . . ... xxd.

Ashe Magna. — Also that William Cooke . . . has died since
the last Court; whence a herriott is due to the Lord,
valued at ... ... ... ... [blank]

and that Anna Cooke and Joan Cooke are his daughters and
next heirs.

Also that Thomas Adlington .... has died since the last
Court, whence a herriott is due to the Lord, valued at [blank]

Ashe Parva. — Also that William Cooke . . . held from the
Lord two pastures of land in Ashe Parva within the Manor
aforesaid by copy of the Rolls, and has died since the last
Court, and that Anna Cooke and Joan Cooke are his daughters
and next heirs.

Also that Thomas Sympoll .... has died since the last
Court, whence a herriott is due to the Lord, valued at [blank]

Also that Aicub (Jacob) James and Henry Hurleston have
carried away " scspites, Anglice the gorst " of John Robinson,
from the Wood End ; each fined ... ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Hinton. — Also that the inhabitants of the township of
Hinton have not made their presentments to tho jury, accord-
ing to the custom of tho Manor ; Therefore they are lined xxs.

Also they elected to the office of Collectors of the Rents of
the Lord

In Tylstocke, John Webbe and Philip Telor.
In Iiolhurst and Chinnell, John Sadler, junr.
In BurghalJ, Ralph Davies and Roger Iiawkesheade.
In Newewoodhowses, Thomas Burges and Richard Hopkyn.
In Oldwoodhousos, Roger Hopkyn and Robert Hawkes,
senr.

In Ashe Magna, George Bemon and John ClifTe.
In Ashe Parva, John Leeche and J ohn Cooke.

Penalties imposed at that same Court.

In the first place it is ordained by the Jury that Thomas
Banghe is a small dealer in beer, and his bod is close to the
fire to the dangerous hurt of his neighbours, and he shall
remove the same bed before the next Court under a penalty.

Also that [blank] Ralph Beste, William Pedler, Randle Prior,
John Griffith, and Alan Burghall in the Newetowne shall
remove [blank] now in danger, under penalty of forfeit to the
Lord.

Also that all the tenants within the town of Whitchurche
shall clear out their premises (clarefaeient jimum) and re-

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move the refuse to the ploughed fields every Saturday from
time to time under a penalty.

Also that no one within the Manor shall receive Thomas
Leighe within their houses after,the 1st of May next, under a
penalty of ... ... ... .. xs.

Also that Kalph Morhall shall make good his fence between
the Little Parke, now in his tenure, and the land of John
Blanterne, before the Feast of S. Philip and S. James [May 1].

Whitchurcue.1 — Also the jury present on their oath that
John Evanson ought and is accustomed to have a road from
the*town of Whitchurch to a Croft in Chynell called "Gulleye's
Crofte," through the land of Lewis Cornewell, which road the
said Lewis has lately stopped up (nuper obstupavit).

Also that Thomas Payne has mado a manure-heap in the
High Street; Therefore he is fined ... ... xijd.

Also that John Gryffith has not repaired the fence between
his land and the land of Eandle Prior; Therefore he is
fined ... ... ... ... 'xijcZ.

Also that Ralph Johnson has not scoured out (escuravit)
a watercourse between his land and the lanol of George Bromley ;
Therefore he is fined ... ... ... ijs.

Also that Jane (Jana) Whitfield, Richard Jones and
Katherine Bradeley are small dealers in beer, not bound
according to the form of the statute ; Therefore each of them
is fined ... ... ... ... ... xij<i.

Also that Ralph Murhall (who held from the Lord the half
of one burgage with the appurtenances in Chester-lane, lying
between the land of the said Lord on the one part, and the
burgage of William Huls on the other part, and now in the
tenure of John Bentley), died before this Court, and that Peter
Murhall is the son and next heir of the said Ralph,

[TmVlast entry, concerning Kalph Murhall-and Peter
his son, is repeated in almost identical terms on the
back of the Roll].

APPENDIX II.

Summary of Surrender Roll, Manor of Whitchurch,
31 March, 1601.
Wiiitchurche.— View of ffrank Pledge and Court Baron of
the most noble Thomas Egerton, Knight, Lord Keeper of, the
Great Seal of England, Lord of the Manor aforesaid, holden

1 Under the word " Whitchurche " there are in the margin the
wordu vacat, quia irr\otulatur\ ad uU[imam] cur[iam\.

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thereat on the last day of March in the forty second year of
the reign of our Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God of
England, (France, and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
before Henry Towneshend, Esquire, ^Steward of tho Manor
aforesaid.

1. Thomas Gabbett, by Ralph Morhall and Richard Nickson
his attorneys, conveys to his son Henry Gabbett the half of
one burgage lying " in le Grene Ende in Whitchurche," and
two pastures called the Bridge Field.

2. Henry Gabbett conveys the same property to Peter
Morhall.

3. Peter Morhall leases the same property to Margaret
Burghall for 16 years at a rent of 30 shillings. The chief rent
is 4s. 6d.

4. Thomas Hopkyn, " bocher" (butcher) ,by John Wicksted
and_Edward Waren his attorneys, conveys to Peter Brereton,
Esquire, a burgage in Whitchurche, now in the tenure of
Matilda Hopkyn, widow, lying between the burgage of William
Jackson and that of Thomas Aldcrsoy of Ilorton.

5. James Harper and Ann his wife convoy to Thomas
Chilterton two messuages and lands in Tylstocke.

0. Thomas Chilterton,by Richard Warde and John Webbehis
attorneys,conveys the same property to Roger Brereton,Esquire.

7. Roger Brereton leases the same property to James
Harper, Ann his wife, and Elizabeth, daughter of John Hynton,
or the last survivor of them, at an annual rent of 3s. 4d., and
two hens at Christmas.

8. William Hanmer, Esquire, by William Turner his attor-
ney, leases to George Ewgreave, Alice his wife, and Griffin his
son, or the last survivor of them, one burgage in Whitchurche,
between the land of the heirs of George Bromley, Knight,
deceased, anc1 the Common School (communem scholam), and
now in the tenure of Thomas Ban-owe, junr., at an annual rent
of 10s.

9. Thomas Wright and Margaret his wife, by George Benyon
and George Davy their attorneys, lease to Thomas Modye for
life a messuage in Tylstocke, a pasture called " Jaeke Birche,"
another called " Sondy Croft©," and a third called " tho Crofto
joyningo to the orcharde," now in the tenure of Hugh Browne.

10. Ralph Evans and Margery his wife, by Edward Waren
their attorney, convey to Arthur Lucas one burgage in the
Newetowne lying between the burgage of Richard Cowper
and that of John ffiges.

11. Elizabeth Morhall, widow, and Ralph Morhall, by John
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Ewgreave one burgage in Whitchurche, lying between the Par-
son's Crofte and Chester lane, now in the tenure of Evan Griffith.

12. George Ewgreave and Alice his wife, become joint
owners of the above, with remainder to their son Griffin.

13. Peter Morhall and Ellen his wife, convey to John
Barrowe one burgage lying in the Grene Ende in Whitchurche,
between the burgage of William Nevett, tanner, and that of
Margaret Huls.

14. Elizabeth Morhall, widow, gives to her son George,
H after her death," one cottage and one pasture in Burghall
and two parts of one messuage, &c, in Tylstocke, which is
divided into six parts, and of which the said Elizabeth owns
four parts.

15. The same gives to her son John, "after her death," her two
remaining shares of the above-mentioned property in Tylstocke.

16. At another time, that is to say, to the View of ffrank
Pledge and Great and Small Court of Edward Talbot,1 Esquire,
second son of the most noble George, late Earl of Shrewsbury, -
late Earl Marshal of England, deceased [in 1590] holden the
20th day of April, the 40th year of Queen Elizabeth, before
Edward "Bromley, Esquire, Sub-steward, came John Sharratt
and gave to the said Edward Talbot 2 shillings to have 12
honest. and lawful men to enquire upon their oath whether he
or John Cotton have the better claim to certain houses and a
parcel of land in Whitchurch. On 31. March, Eliz. 42, the
following jury was empannelled, namely John Clyffe, Robert
Jackson, junr.,' John Chester, John Moody, John Leech of
Drayton, Thomas Spycer, Richard Newbrooke, Hugh Roo,
Thomas ffiges, Ralph Davye, Thomas Wright, and Thomas
Jenkyn ; and they decided that John Cotton had the better
title to the property, and that John Sharratt be fined for
making a false claim.

17. At the Court held on the 16th of May, Eliz. 42, before
Lawrence Wright, gentleman, Sub-steward, Humphrey Aspeley,
by John Wicksted and William Nevitt his attorneys, leases to
George Whitehead for 19 years a shop in Whitchurche, part
of one burgage of Thomas Wicksted of Marbarye, at an annual
rent of 10 shillings.

1 This entry is of special interest as forming a connecting link
between the Talbots and Egertons as Lords of the Manor of Whit-
church. This entry begins by reciting that John Sharratt had come
on the 20th of April, 40 Eliz., to the Court of Edward Talbot, Lord
of the Manor, and asked to have a jury to enquire into his claim.
The case was heard on the 31st of March, 42 Eliz., by which time the"
Manor had passed into the hands of the Lord Chancellor, Thomas
E^erton.

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LOGICAL MANUSCRIPTS PRESERVED IN
THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD.

The principal Topographical Manuscripts relating to
Shropshire, preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford,
are contained in the Ashmole, Blake way, Bo wen, Dodes-
worth, Douce, Dugdale, Gough, Laud, Leland, Malone,
Rawlinson, and Tanner, and in the General Collections
in that Library. The following list of Shropshire MSS.
is partly the work of Miss Auden, and partly of the
Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher. It is probably not a complete
list of the local MSS., as the MSS. in the Bodleian
Library are not all at present indexed, and some may
have been overlooked. To ensure a perfect Catalogue,
every local personal and place name must be looked
out in every Index. But it is here given, in the hope
that, so far as it extends, it may be useful to persons
interested in Shropshire Topography.

ASHMOLE MSS.

799. Charters of Shrewsbury Abbey. Baronies and Fees.
Tenants in Chief of King John.

836. Funerals. Letters, &c., from Robert Owen, 1619 to 1G22.

Relate to Humfrcy Owen, John Berker and Roger
Blakeney, John Blakwey, Thomas Moore and
Richard YVynn,Sir Henry To wnsend, Richard Fowler
and John Prince, George Hosier, Walter Fowler, &c.

845. Fragments of a rent book of lands in Salop, temp.
Edward I,

853. Ashmole's Sepulchral Inscriptions, vol. i., Staffordshire.

854. Ashmole's Sepulchral Inscriptions, vol. ii., Derbyshire,

Notts, Shropshire, Denbighshire, and Cheshire.
(Shropshire occupies pp. 169-234).
Vol, VII., 2nd S. I,

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Church Notes made 1662-3.

Battaile Chapel, near Shrewsbury, 4 pp., many sketches
of arms.

Wellington Church, 2 pp., many sketches of arms.
Arms in the hall window of Mr. Forster's house at Wat-

linge streete, near Wellington,
Chelmarsh Church, 1 p.

Atchievement in parlour roof of Sir William Child's
house at Kinlet,

Clebury Mortimer Church, 4 coats of arms.

Ricard.s Castle Church, 2 coats of arms.

Wigmore Church, 5 coats of arms.

Ludlow Church, 8 pp., many sketches.

Arms in Mr. Berrye's hall window, Ludlow ; Do. at the
Crowne, Ludlow.

Arms in Mr. Baldwin's dyning roome window at Stoke-
say Castle.

Bishop's Castle Church, 1 p.

Sketch of Caer-Caradock, and notes on three other for-
tified hills, viz., Longley, Burwan, Caradoc, and
Bishop's Mote.

St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, 14 pp. St. Mary's, Shrewsbury.

St, Julian's, Shrewsbury, Tromwyn slab, and 2 coats of
. arms. ^

Arms in the windows of the Exchequer Chamber,
Shrewsbury (5).

Arms in the house where Henry VII. lodged.

Holy Cross, 2 pp. 2 coats of arms in greate chamber
window at the Abbey.

St. Alkmund's, 7 pp., Drawing of monuments of knights
in religious habit.

Oswestry. Notes on Old Oswestry. Arms in the window
of the Three Tuns.

Whittington Church, l£p. Many coats.

Worn Church, 2 coats. Whitchurch, 4 pp.

Tonge Church, 6 pp., several coats.

Claverley Church, 3 pp., 11 coats, very well sketched.

Newport, 1 p., 4 coats.

Longford Church, 2 inscriptions.

Donnington Church, 2 coats of arms.

857. Disclaimers of Gentility at Visitation, 1663.

858. Arms. The following are given : —

William Langley. William Fox, of Beerston, 1663.
John Barnard and Henry Barnard, of Bridgnorth.
Henry Mitton, of Shipton, 1623.

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John More, of Eudon Burnell.

Sir John Weld, of Willey, 1663.

Henry Pigot, of Priors Lee, 1663.

Grant to Francis Wolfe, of Madely, 2 July, 13 Car. II.

Richard Ridley, of Abbots Askey, 1663,

.Richard Baldwin, of Diddlebury, 1580.

Andrew Charlton of Teano, 1663.

Henry Powell, of Worthyn, 1663.

Sir Francis Edwards, Bart., 1623 and 1663.

Thomas Billing, of Shrewsbury.

Henry Briggs, of Faintre.

Richard Roeke, of Shrewsbury.

William Whitcombe, of Berwick.

Richard Price, of Abbey Forgatt, 1584 and 1663.

Berington, of Mat© Hall, 15S5. Jevon of Sedgley, 1651.

Edward Bradeley, of Hampton, 1663.

Arthur Chambre, of Petton, 1663.

Thomas Baker, of Swaney, High Sheriff', Confirmation
14 Oct., 1469.

Grant to Edward Owen, of Shrewsbury, 1582.

Pedigree of Robert Cleve, of Stiche.
859. Baronies and Fees.
864. Domesday Book.
866. Baronies and Fees.

1112. St. George's Feast kept at Shrewsbury, 1581.

1138. Impressions of Seals of Corporate Towns in Shropshire,

Other Seals taken in Ashmole's Yisitation, 1663.
1527. Lands of the Church at Lichfield.
1825. Letter from Edward Llwyd to the Committee on com-
pounding for estates.

Letters relating to Oswestry, 1647-1653.

BLAKEWAY MSS.
In twenty-six volumes, as follows : —

1. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, b. 3). Shropshire Miscellanea.
This volume contains : —

Yillare Salopiense. Rivers. Inquests of the Ninth, County
of Salop. Escheators. State of religion in Shrews-
bury. Shrewsbury Castle. Drapers' Company. Stoke-
say Castle. Longnor. Leintwardine. Mortimers.
Donnington R. Book of Tenths, Hereford. Tong.
Freeholders, 1695. Cause Castle. Forests and Chaces.

2. (Formerly MS. Top, Salop, b. 1). Shropshire Parochial

Notices, vol. i., Abdon to Longdon.

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3. (Formerly MS. Top, Salop, b. 2). Shropshire Parochial

Notices, vol. ii., Longford to Wenlock.

4. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, b. 4), Shrewsbury Civil

History, &c.
This volume contains : —

(1) An account of the various streets, mentioning the old
houses, and giving extracts from many deeds.
[Interesting and capable of being further worked up].

(2) An account of the Schools ; many interleaved notices
of Masters, &c, and statement of the Income in 1638.
1745. Printed account of a suit between the Mayor
and Corporation of Salop and the University of Cam-
bridge, respecting the Schools. Account of celebrated
men educated there.

[Very good skeleton for a complete history of the
Schools].

5. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, b. 5). Shropshire Pedigrees,

vol. i., Acton to Hussey.

6. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, b. 6). Shropshire Pedigrees,

vol. ii., Hyde to Young.

7. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 5). Shropshire Domesday,

with notes.

8. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c, 4). Shropshire County

History.

-9. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 6). History of Shrewsbury
Hundred or Liberties. This MS. relates to the follow-
ing places : — Abrighton, Abright Husey, Abright Lee,
Astley, Acton Reynold, Battlefield, Berwick, Betton
Strange, Bicton, Broughton, Clive, Crowmeole and
Goosehill, Edgebold, Grinshill, Hadnall, Hanwood,
Harlescote, Hencot, Leaton, Longner, Meole Brace,
Onslow, Preston Montford, Pulley, Pimley, Preston
Gobalds, Up Rossall or The Isle, Rossall formerly
Down Rossall, Sutton, Sansaw, Shelton, Wolascot,
Wellbach, Woodcote and Horton. It is now being
printed in the Shropshire Archaeological Transactions,
Second Series, vol. i., et seq.
10. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 1). Blakeway's Parochial
Histories, vol. i. (A to G).

This volume contains the following : —

Albrighton, Brimstree hundred. General Account of the
parish. Pedigrees of Talbot of Albrighton, also of
Hill, Parsons, Southall, and Harrington. Some
account from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1794 (from
the Mytton MSS.). Some account of its various
hamlets and farms. 116 pp.

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Atcham. General Account. Copy of grant by Edw. VI.

of the Manor of Hemes to Beinold Corbett of Hills,

John Grate wood of Wollerton, and John Mackworth

of Salop. 14 pp.
Berwick Maveson. General account. Short pedigree of

Maveson. 7 pp.
Aston Bottorell. Slight Account. 3 pp.
The Bold (Aston Boterel). 2 pp.

Beckbury, 2 pp. Badger, 5 pp. Baschurch, 16 pp. Bil-
lingsley, 4 pp. Bitterley, 3 pp. Henley, 4 pp. Bon-
ningale, 2 small pp. Brom field, 8 pp. Broughton,
paitly done.

Build was. Latin deed, dated at Citeaux, 1301. Other

Latin documents. 5 pp.
Burford. Pedigree of Mortimer and Cornwall, 26 pp.
Burwarton, 3 pp. Cainham, 4 pp. Pedigree of Adams

of Cleeton. Chetton, 4 pp. Holicote, 8 pp. Eudon

Burnell, 1 p. Coat of arms of More. Eudon George,

1 p. Faintree, 3 pp.
Chelmarsh, 8 pp. Pedigree of Strangeways of Melbury

Sampford. Cleobury North, 9 pp. Gun, 17 pp.,

many various notes. Clungunford, 5 pp. Some

account of the Cheyney family,
Condover, 16 pp. Cound and Cressage, 30 small pp.
■Deuxhill, 4 pp. Short pedigree of Hassold.
Dowles. Inscription in Church. Arms of Skey, 7 "pp.
Ellesmere, 13 pp. Many inserted notes. 2 Latin

deeds.

Donnington, 6 pp., small.

Ercall Magna, 22 pp. Short pedigree of Peverel, also of
Caverswell and Norton. Extract from Lord Bradford's
Household Book, 1687.

Eton Constantine, 6 pp. Fitz, 8 pp. Glaseley, 3 pp.
Greet, 3 pp.

11. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 2). Blakeway's Parochial
Histories, vol. ii, (H to N).

This volume contains the following: —

Haughmond, 82 pp. List of places where the property
of the Abbey lay. Pedigree of Barker. " The Haugh-
mond doe." Many insertions.

Hodnet, 6 pp.

Higley, 10 pp. Inscriptions on the bells — 1, " Sancta
Barbara ora pro nobis;" 2, "Virginis egregie vocor
cam pana Marie ;" 3, " Sancta Katharina ;" 4, "John
Matthew, John Bate, 1674." 10 pp. print. Old Latin,

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referring to the Litleton family. Rough sketch of

arms on mantel in Bore Mill house.
Holgate, 23 pp., made up of many scraps and notes.

Account of the vicars.
Hopton Castle, 6 pp. Hopton Wafre, 5 pp. Pedigree

of Hale.

Knockin, 12 pp. Lee Gomery, 3 pp.

Marches of Wales, Old English deed, and many extracts,

50pp., intermixed,
The Sheet, by Ludlow, 3 pp.

Ludlow, 23 pp. Pedigrees of Lacy and of Mortimer. List

of Hectors of Ludlow.
Milston, 3 pp. Neen Solers, 6 pp.

Great Ness, 8 pp. Newport, 70 pp. 8 pp. Act of Parlia-
ment for enclosure oi the marsh, Long account
clearly written out, and several notes.
12. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 3). Blakeway's Parochial
Histories, vol. iii. (0 to VV).

This volume contains the following : —

Oldbury, 11 pp. Old document referring to Whitting-
slow.

Pitchford, 9 pp. Pontesbury, 7 pp. Pulverbatch, 15 pp.

Extract from Henry VIII. 's grant of land, formerly

belonging to Haghmon. Pedigree of Botyler. Many

extracts from deeds.
Rucklcy, 5 pp. Shifnal, 14 small pp. and scraps.
Sidbury, 3 pp. Hawkwood (Sidbury) 1 p.
Silvington, 4 pp. Pedigree of Hill. (View of St. Chad's

the morning it fell).
Stapleton, 9 pp. Pedigree of Stapleton. Netley, 2 pp.

(scraps).

Church Strctton, 18 pp. Account of law-suit 21 Car. II.
Copy of Decree in Chancery, setting forth the customs
of Strctton.

Uffington, 8 pp. Extracts from the Churchwardens'

Accounts. Upton Cresset, 6 pp.
Wenlock, 60 pp. Many extracts from deeds, etc., from

Court Roll 3 Rich. II., from Register of Thos. Botelar ,

from Gough Bibl. BodL
Westbury, 5 pp. Caus, 22 pp. Account of Castle.
Whitchurch, 8 pp. Many scraps.

Whittington, 35 pp. Varied material from various sources.
The Wcaldmoors, 7 pp. Wrockwardine, 6 pp.
Wroxeter, 20 pp. Notes on Uriconium and on Eyton-
on-Scvern.

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13. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 7). Shropshire Extracts

from the Episcopal Registers of Lichfield and Hereford.

14. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, c. 9),, Shropshire Parochial

Clergy, vol, i., A to L.

15. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop c. 10). Shropshire Parochial

Clergy, vol. if., M to W.
[These volumes contain lists of the Incumbents of the
various parishes in the county, extracted from the
Episcopal Registers, &c.].

16. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d, 1). History of Shrewsbury,

by T. Phillips, 1779, interleaved with MS. notes by
the Rev. J. B. Blake way.

17. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d. 2). Shropshire Miscellanea,

This volume contains the Roman period, Life of St.
Wenefreda, Sir Gilbert Talbot, Will of E. Lloyd,
Bridgwater deeds, &c.

18. Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d. 4). Bridgnorth Parochial

History.

19. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d. G). Gough's History of

Middle, with MS. notes by the Rev. J. B. Blakeway.
29. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d. 5). Stottesden Parochial
History.

21. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, d. 7). Garbct's History of

Wem, with MS. notes by the Rev J. B. Blakeway.

22. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, e. 4). History of Kinlet,

Cleobury Mortimer, Neen Savage, Stepple, and Detton.
Chronicle of the Mortimers, translated from Dugdale.

23. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, e. 3). Extracts from Domes-

day, with explanation of places,

24. Formerly MS. Top. Salop, e. 2).v Extracts from the

Newport family deeds.
2.5. (Formerly MS: Top. Salop, e. 1). Glossary of Shropshire
local words, and other Miscellanea.

20. (Formerly MS. Top. Salop, f. 1). Some account of Shrews-

bury, 1808. by Archdeacon Owen, with MS. notes by
Rev. J. B. Blakeway.

BOWEN MSS.
(Gough's additions).

Collections toward a History of the County, by James Eowen,
late Painter, of Shrewsbury, in 9 volumes folio, and 8
quarto, viz. : —

1. Charters of Shrewsbury, Ludlow, and Wenlock, folio.

2. Pedigrees of Shropshire, folio,

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3. Charters of Shrewsbury, in the Exchequer there, 1769,folio.
Charters of Salop, abstracted and indexed.

Extracts from the Companies' Book, 1772.
A Copye of a Decree out of Chancery betwene the Lord
of the Mannor of Foorde and the tenants there.

4. These Transcripts and Extracts from Originals, with the

other Fragments of Antiquity here putt together,
have been collected and done at the difference of 30
years ; the earliest as well as the latest intended to
assist in compleating the design begun by Edw.
Lloyd, Esq., and after greatly farthered by Mr. Wm.
Mytton, of publishing the Antiquities of the County
of Salop. Both these Collections are at present
dormant.

James Bowen, 17G8, folio.

5. Registers, with some Terriers, with other Antiquities of

Shropshire, folio. An index of parishes at the
beginning.

6. Antiquities of Shrewsbury from originals in the Exchequer

there, taken Anno 1747 and 1769, by authority of
Parliament, upon petitions to the House complaining
of undue elections. Folio.

7. J Antiquities of Shropshire, with the present state of that

8. ( county down to the present year, 17 — . Folio.

9. Assessacio Inhabitancium Libertatis Yille Salop, circa

Expensa Burgensium ad Parliamentum Domini Regis
Henrici Octavi, etc., 1530. Folio.
The Chamberlain's Account of Shrewsbury from 1766 to
1769.

10. Survey of the Manor of Idsall, alias Shiffnal, in Shrop-

shire. Folio.

11. " These Fragments here putt together were collected and

had at the difference of thirty years ; all intended to
assist in making out the History and Antiquities of
the County of Salop. James Bowen, Anno 1768," 4to.

12. Extracts from Charters, Deeds, and other papers deposited

in the Exchequer at Shrewsbury. 4to.

13. ( Antiquities of Shropshire, 1758, from Records, original
to < Deeds, antient Monuments, and other Authorities;
.17. x by James Bowen. 5 vols, 4to.

[The third volume contains : —

Extracts from the Register of Sir Thos. Botelar of Wenlock.
Copy of the Endowment Deed of Alberbury Vicarage.
Copy of the Will of Sir Samuel Jones founding Berwick
Almshouses,

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87

Copy of deed given apud Clivam 1113.

Extracts from deeds relating to the Austin Friars.

Grant of VVm. le Boteler to Combermere Abbey of Brom-

hall Grange.
Inscriptions in Wroxeter Church.
Terrier of Wroxeter, 1759].

18. Antiquities and Memoyres of the Parish of Myddle,

written by Richard Gough. Anno setat. siue 60, A.D.
1700 ; copied by J. Bowen.

19. A Book of the Freeholders, Leaseholders, etc., qualified to

serve on juries in the County of Salop, 1773. 4to.

20. Miscellaneous Collections, chiefly relating to this county.

4to.

DODES WORTH MSS.

Vol. iii., fo. 139. Grant to the Abbey of Salop.
4152, vol. x., ffos. 56-111, Cart. Fund. Mori, de Salop. Short
notes on the foundation of the Abbey of Salop,
fo. 140. Haghmond.
4167, vol. xxv., fo. 125. Charter of Henry III. to the Bur-
presses of Salop.

4170, vol. xxviii., fos. 185-210. Register of Henry Bowet,

Archbishop of York.
4177, vol. xxxv., fo. 110. Arms, &c, temp. Edward II. Ces

sunt les armes & baneres de Engleterre ....

Salop, &c.

4189, vol. xlvii., fo. 20. Knights' fees, 12 Henry II.

fo. 66. Scutage, Richard I.
fo. 75. Scutage, Norman, Richard I.
fo. 88. Scutage, 2-12 John,
fo. 115. Tenants in capite.
fo. 154. Inquisitio de honoribus eschetis, &c,
temp. John.

5030, vol, lxxxix., fo. 13. Nomina tenentium in capite et
feoda militum, 12 Henry II. Ex libro rubro
Scaccarii.

5051, vol, ex., fo. 23. Cart, de fund. Abb. do Bildewas.
fo. 24. Cartte mon. de Salop,
fo. 26. Carta fund. S. John Bapt. de Ludlowe.
fo. 52. Ex cartis Abb. S, Petri de Salop,
fo. 113. Ex registro do Lilleshall in com Salop,
fo. 122. De Abb. de Bildewas.
fo. 139, Excerpta de MS. libro cartarum do
Haghmond.

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5076, vol. cxxxv., fo. 91. Ex libro Abbatice de Salop. Extracts
from the Cartulary.

DOUCE 'MSS.

cxxxix. Memb. 4to, ff. 190, secc. xiii. and xiv.

3. Catalogus episcoporum Licbfeldensium, Cestrensium
et Coventrensium.
15. Statute of Acton Burnell.
ccclvii. Chart, folio, ff. 162, sec. xvii.

28. " Part of prophesy, which is said to have been in MS,
in my Lord Powis his family about 60 years/' Fol. 116.
ccclxviii. Memb. folio majori, ff. 83, sec. xii.

2. Tabula genealogia regum Merciorum a Penda ad regem

ultimum.

3. Vita S. Kenelmi.
ccclxxxi.

2. Fragment of a poem [the legend of St. Julienne],
in French.

cccxciii.

32. Letters from Richard Neyle, Archbishop of York, to
Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and Alathea his wife, to
return an Inventory of the goods of Mary, Dowager
Countess of Shrewsbury, who had died intestate,
lx. Codex chartaceus, in 4to, ff. 231, sec. xvi.,
The Festival book. See also MS. Cotton, Claud. A. 11, in
which, at the end of the book, is a colophon. " by
John, Canon of Lilleshull."
2. A poem on the duties of a parish priest, translated from
the Latin by Johannes Mircus, apparently founded
upon the Manuale Sacerdotis of Johannes Lilleshul-
lensis. Cat. p. 9.
xeviii. Membranaceus in 4to, ff. 399, sec. xiv.

33. Statuta do mercatoribus edita apud Acton Burnel.

34. Addicio super statutum de Acton Burnel, fol. 65.

ciii. Chartaceus, in 4to, ff. 164, sec. xvi., pluribus constans
fragrnentis,

10. A poem upon the duties of a parish priest, translated by
John Mirk, Canon of Lilleshull.

DUG DALE MSS.

6491, fo. 35. Collections from Domesday and Inquisitions.

Domesday Scrobberiensi.
6527, fo. <S9. Fundatio Monasterii Salop.

IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY.

89

GOUGH MSS.
(Gough Additions).

18. Richard Gough's Antiquities of Myddle.

19. Book of Freeholders, Leaseholders, &c, qualified to serve

on juries, 1773.

20. Miscellaneous Collections for Shropshire.
See also under Bo WEN MSS.

Gough's Prints and Drawings.
St. Mary in the Battlefield, Engraving from Tanner's Notitia

of this Church, Bo wen del. Perry sc. G. B.
MS. Top. Salop, c. 1, 2 (formerly c. 11, 12). Extra volume to

Duke's History.

MS. Top. Salop, c. 3 (formerly c. 8). Autograph letters, papers,
handbills, &c, relating to elections for the Borough
of Shrewsbury. (Bought 30 March, 1865),

MS. Top. Salop, d. 1 (formerly d. 3). Miscellaneous Shropshire
Collections, lettered " Collectanea."
[This volume contains copies of inscriptions, extracts from,

the Gent. Mag, and other printed books. On the fly-leaf is

written : —

" I intend this book for my friend the Rev. John Brickdale
Blakeway of Shrewsbury, and I desire my executor to cause it
to be delivered to him, as a token of the regard I entertain for
him.

Wm. Parsons,

"Bewdley, 2nd April, 1816."

And it appears to have passed into Blakeway's hands, for at
folio 34 is in his autograph : —

Paradisus Amissus
Liber tertius
Latinis versibus tentatus,

extending over just beyond 12 pages. And commencing from
the other end of the book reversed, Blakeway has written on
pages numbered 2G1-347 extracts mostly from printed books,
but not of Salopian interest.

The volume was purchased for the Bodleian Library in 1881,
from Messrs. Phillips and Son of Newtown, North Wales,
having apparently come from the Library of Mr. E. R. Morris
of Homestay, Newtown].

MS. Top. Salop, b. 1-6 ; c. 1-7, 9, 10 ; d, 1, 2, 4-7 ; e. 1-4 ; f. 1.

The Rev. John Brickdale Blakeway's Shropshire Col-
lections, in 26 volumes. See under Blakeway MSS.

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GOUGH NICHOLS MSS.
8. Gough's Tour in Salop.

LAUD MSS.
748. Notse de bello Salopian, seu de Schrobbisbery.

LELAND MSS.

5102. Collectanea, Tom. I., p. 39, Batelisfleld in com. Salop.

p. 44, Hales Owen, Salop.
5110. Vol. iv„ fo. 45, Shropshire. Cans Castle, &c.
5112. Vol. vii., fo. 32, Market Towns and Castles, Abbeys,
Rivers, &c, of Shropshire.
The MS. of the Itinerary, Shropshire portion, is in MSS.
5110 and 5112.

M ALONE MSS.

Quarto, iv. A life of Sir Phillip Sidney by G. W., from an
early edition.

„ 14. Epitaph on Mr. Hildersam (? of Ashby de la Zouch).

Anthony a Wood, MSS.
„ 8518. Notes concerning Schools, Shrewsbury.
„ 8567. Names of Archdeacons (since 1500) Hereford;
Salop, Shrewsbury.

RAWLINSON MSS.

A 46, fo. 217. Report by referees on petition from John
Llewellin to the Protector as to his estates in
Salop, 1656.

A 290, fo 1. Recovery to Richard Fowler from Hugh Stepul-
ton of lands, &c, in Addencote, Loyley, Okes,
Hotalys, Rokley, Myriton, Whyttyngeswood,
and Overstretton, 1474.

fo. 2. Recovery to Thomas Forster from Richard Forster
of lands, &c, in Hynyngton and Ryton, 1511.

fo. 3. Lease from Richard Forster of Ivelithe to
GryfTythe ap Price, of a messuage in Shiffnall,
1577.

fo. 10. Appointment by the Earl of Pembroke, guardian
of Charles Forster, of a receiver over his Shrop-
shire estates, 1642.
B 88, fo. 52. Notes from Grants to Shrewsbury Abbey.

IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY.

91

B 102, fo. 55. Charter of Richard I, exempting Buildwas

Abbey from taxes.
B 103, fo. 248. Arms of families.

B 129, fo. 8. The coates in Mr. Fisher's book of Salop,
blazoned.

B 249, fo. 102. Lists of towns, villages, &c., and descriptive

notices. 16th or 17th century.
B 252, fo. 45. Certificates of Knights' Fees, 12 Henry II.
fo. 101. Arms of families,
fo. 102. Notes of family seats.
B 309, fos. 145-149b. Grants and transfers of land, 17th
century.

B 347. Inquisitiones post mortem in Shropshire.

B 410, fo. 26. Charter of Edward III. to the Abbey of Salop,

20 March, 1346.
B 411. Catalogue of Bailiffs of Shrewsbury, 1377 to 1634, and

their arms, by Robert Owen. 16th century.
B 464, fos. ] 52-155. Oswestry Parish Notes, by Edward Liwyd.

17th century.

B 495, fos. 101, 111-113. Varia de Abb. Danbrothy, Wexford,
et de cessione patronatus per conventum de
Buildewas, anno 1182 facta.

C 100, fo. 163. Libellus Tho. Bromley de S. Alkmundo Salop,
exhibitus coram decano cap. S. Marie contra
Johannam Cleobury, de matrimonio.

C 920, fo. 15. Druidical Stones at Lhech y Wydham, in the
parish of Oswestry,
fo. 16. Hen Ddinas, the British Camp near Oswestry.

Drawings of Monuments in Churches in
Shropshire,! 7th century (Bishop's Castle,&c.)

D 1225. Martyrologium.

[An extremely interesting volume, The text is of the

eleventh century. To this is prefixed a fourteenth century

calendar, with a large number of obits of various dates inserted,

of which very many also are scattered through the volume.

At the end are some hymns with music, and a list, at the

beginning, of relics in the shrine of St. Chad, in Latin and

English].

The reference A, B, C, or D to the following six Rawlinson
MSS. is by mistake omitted.

140. " The hap pie reduction of Wales to the lawes and govern-
ment of England." Written in the time of James I.

144. A list of the names of all the Nonconformists in England
and Wales that were ejected by Act of Parliament
1662.

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191. Miscellaneous notes of conversations, &c, mainly on
education, mentioning Dr. Whichcot, Dr. Hammond,
&c, 1669, Oct. 15.

211. Pars vitae StL Romaldi fundatoris ordinis Camaldu-
lensis, f. 125.

214. Common-place book of Wm. Edmundson, St. John's,

Cambridge, 1G9C.
096. Catalogue of the nobility of England, and a collection of

his Majesties Courts of Record, the Counsell of the

North of Wales and of tho Marches, the admiralte,

armorio, &c., 10 10.

TANNER MSS.

32, fo. 58. Letter from Dr. W. Lloyd, Bishop of St. Asaph,
to Archbishop Sancroft, concerning the poverty of
the Vicarage of Oswestry.

51, fo. 142. Letter from Lenthall to Major Edmund Waring,
conveying the authority of Parliament for the defence
of Shrewsbury, and appointing him governor of the
town and castle, 13 August, 1659.

60, fo. 11. The Committee of Salop to Lenthall, 26 March,
1645 ; Colonel Humphrey Mack worth appointed
governor of Shrewsbury ; progress of the Parliament's
army in the county,
fo. 52. The Committee of Salop to Lenthall, 3 April,

1645, want money and ammunition,
fos. 444, 461, 463. Letters between Lenthall and the
Committee of Salop, 1645-6, about Colonel Thomas
Mytton encouraging the garrison of Oswestry, &c, to
resist the commands of the Committee.
104, fo. 245 Letter of T. Burton to the Bishop ol Lichfield,
refusing to institute one Butler to the Vicarage of
Atcham.

121, fo. 82. Returns of the trained bands in Shropshire, 1620.
129, fo. 2. Paper in the writing of Archbishop Sancroft, as

to an increase of maintenance of the Churches of

Shrewsbury, 1637.
131, fo. 142. Petition of Richard Walinsley to be restored to

the office of registrar to the Archdeacon of Salop,
fo, 218. Notes of the Hospitals in the Archdeaconry of

Salop, by Archdeacon Griffith Vaughan.
268, fo. 49. Codices MSS. in bibl. Salop et Newport.

fo. 107. Codices MSS. in bibl. Henrici Langley de Amies

props Bridgnorth. ,

IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY.

93

BODLEIAN MSS.

7064. Seals of Gentry in Shropshire. „[Ashmole MS.]
7203. The names of those who disclaimed the title of esquire
in Salop.

SHROPSHIRE CHARTERS.

There is a printed Calendar of the Charters, Rolls, &c., in
the Bodleian Library. The Shropshire Charters are contained
at pp. 385-397, and 663. They relate to the following places
in the county : —

Acton Scott, Adbrighton Husee, Alderton, Allscote or Adles-
cote near Wyke, Alveley, Ardaston, Arlscot, Bridgnorth,
Broseley, Burwardsley, Caldon, Clottley, Evelith or Ivelith,
Haghmon, Halesowen, Hinton, Horeburne, Hunkington and
Upton under Haghmond, Grotington, Weston, Stowe, and
Kenley, Icleshale, Lilleshull Abbey, Moreley under Haghmond,
Mounslow Hundred, Newburgh, Morley, Norley, Apley, and
Alveley, Rowton, Shrewsbury, Upton, Wellington, Wolkene-
stede, Wrickton, and Walplowe.

IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE LIBRARY.
MS. 117. Collections from the Visitation of Salop, Arms, &c.

W. G. D. F.

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SHROPSHIRE TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GENEA-
LOGICAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE
WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY AT STAFFORD.

Roman Station of Uriconium, Camps, Fortresses, Encaustic
Tiles, and other Antiquities in the County of Salop.
[Contains Plans, Drawings, &c. ; also Encaustic Tiles at
Shrewsbury and in the County, Roman Camps in the
County, &c. The volume has Book-plate of T. F. Dukes].
52. Records relating to the Invasion of Britain by the
Romans, the defeat of the British Chief Caractacus,
the establishment and plan of the City of Uriconium
(now called Wroxeter), with details of a portion of its
discovered relics, as also of the Roman Stations, the
Horizon from the Wrekin mountain, and ancient
Castles, with illustrations and plans of the Relics,
Stations, Localities, the Watling Street Road, Offa's
Dyke, the courses of the Rivers Severne, Tern, Roden,
Worfe, Mees, Virniew, Perry, and Stratford Brook,
Salop.

226. Seal Book for Wills, Administrations, Marriage Licenses,

&c, in Co. Salop, &c. Diocese of Lichfield and

Coventry, 1734 to 1743. .
256. Newling's MSS. Two volumes in folio, and five in covers,

of Canon Newling's Collections relating to Salop, &c;

Arms, Pedigrees, Charities, Stretton Manor Court

Rolls, &c.

261. Twenty-three large parcels of pedigrees/ Salop and other

counties, alphabetically arranged.
267. A large bundle of Heraldic Miscellanea, comprising a

copy of the Visitation of Salop, &c.
279. Collections for the family of Hull or Hill, of Co. Salop.
285 and 286. Pedigrees of Pigott, and Arms ; four paper rolls.
287. Pedigrees of Shropshire and Staffordshire families, Arms,

&c, by John Bowen, 1820. Folio.

IN THE WILLIAM SALT LlBEAHY.

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288. Pedigrees of Benbow, Bentall, Trevor, Taylor, Berington,

Craven, Crompton, Cresset, Crowther, Leighton, Com-
berford,Cbarleton, Onslow, Bawdewin Walcott, Pigott,
Oliver, Plowden, Gibbons, Langley, &c., with extracts
from the Parish Registers of Wroxeter, Whittington,
Bromfield, St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, Adbrighton, Fitz,
Berrington, St. Chad's, St. J Lilian's, and St. Alkmund's,
Shrewsbury; also Drawings of Arms, &c. 17th and
18th centuries ; folio. [E Coll. John Bowen; ex libris
Franc. Brown, 1711],

289. Pedigrees of Leighton, Tyrwhitt, Jones, Mytton, Powys,

Lloyd, and many other Shropshire families, extracted
from Visitations, Leiger Books, &c-, with Arms by
John Bowen, to 1830. Folio.

290. Pedigrees of Co. Salop, &c, large folio.
[Includes Sandford, Rocke, and many others].

293. Pedigrees of Salop and Wales.

297. Pedigree of Talbot family of Salop, &c, to 1830. Three
large sheets.

300. Pedigrees of cos. Salop, &c. Folio.

301. Pedigrees from the Kynaston MSS. of Salop, &c. Folio.

304. Sir John Pesh all's Account of his own family. 18th

century.

305, 306. Pigott family evidences and pedigree. 19th century.
320. Extracts from the Episcopal Registers of Coventry and

Lichfield, 1298 to 1302.
3*5. Shrewsbury Charities, Grants, and Deeds, 1154-1685.
[Purchased at Lord Berwick's sale for 17 guineas].

346. Shrewsbury Municipal matters, &c. 18th ceniury, 8vo.

[This MS. belonged to T. F. Dukes].

347. Shropshire occurrences and events, 1633-1734.

349. A Compendium of co. Salop, by T. F. Dukes, 1848. Folio.

350. Salop, Transcripts relating to Charities, Free School,

Charters, &c. 4to.

351. Salop. Collectanea, Tolls, Charities, Free School, &c. 4to.
35i£. Customs relating to Copyhold and Customary Manors in

co. Salop. 4to.

353. Cuttings and Miscellanea relating to co. Salop. Folio.

354. Topographical Collections, Epitaphs, Monuments, &c,

relating to co. Salop. 8vo.

355. The Heralds' Visitation of Shropshire 1623, together with

the former Visitation of 1584 (from books remaining
in the lleralds' Office 1637). This book collected,
written, and drawn by Isaac Richardson, Painter,
Deputy to the King of Arms, Anno 1705,

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[Some of the Pedigrees are continued to 1750 ; Sandford
to 1820; Powys of Berwick, very full, to 1774;
Farmer of Berrington,rto H42 ; Muckleston to 17 . .].

356. Heralds' Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 and 1584. Large

folio. Arms emblazoned. [Qu. by Canon Newling].

357. Topographical and Historical Account of Bridgnorth,

taken from papers of the Rev. R. Cornes, with some
remarkable occurrences, &c., by Dr. Congreve, 1739.
Modern transcript. Folio.
Marriage Licenses at Lichfield, 17th century.

W. G. D. F.

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AN INVENTORY TAKEN AT PARK HALL IN
1761, WITH A NOTICE OF THE FAMILIES OF
POWELL, CHARLTON, AND KINCHANT.

By STANLEY LEfGHTON, M.R, F.S.A.

The Inventory of the contents of a country gentleman's
house in the 18th century is not without interest. This
Inventory, which is published in full, was taken at
Park on the death of Mr. Job Charlton in 1761. By
way of preface some account of the place, its surround-
ings, and its owners may be given.

Park, as its name implies, was the park land attached
to Whittington Castle, the ancient residence of the
feudal family of Fit z warren, one of whom was a "Magna
Charta" Baron. In later days Whittington and its
appurtenances passed to the great Shropshire family of
Fitzalan. In 15G3, the Earl of Arundel, last of the
Fitzalan surname, joined with his son-in-law, Lord
Lumley, and his daughter Jane, Lady Lumley, in
selling Park to Thomas Powell of Whittington, Esq.

In 1571, William Albany, citizen and merchant tailor,
of London, who speculated largely in the purchase of
the Fitzalan Shropshire estates, conveyed other lands
in the immediate neighbourhood to the same Thomas
Powell and Mary his wife.

It was on the property thus acquired that Thomas
Powell built himself the picturesque house which is
still called Park Hall, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Blakeway gives a Welsh ancestry to the Powells,
deriving their name from Ap Howell ; but the first with
whom we are concerned, as the purchaser of Park, had
already anglicised his name, and is described in the
conveyance as Thomas Powell, Esquire. In the Civil
Wars, Robert Powell of Park adhered to the Parlia-

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mentary side, and was Sheriff of the county in 1647.
His son was another Robert, and he is thus described
in parochial papers at Whittmgton : —

" 1653. Robert Powell of Park Hall, Doctor in
Divinity, Chancellor of St. Asaph ; Canon of the same ;
Rector of Whittington and Parson of Hodnett; married
in 1670 Mary, daughter of Tiros. Jones, Esq., of Shrews-
bury, serjeant-at-law, and one of His Majesty's Chief
Justices of North Wales."

Blake way says he was also Archdeacon of Salop, one
of the King's Chaplains, and was written down
" Esquire " in the Whittington Register. If such was
the case, this combination of clerical and lay titles
represented the idea vulgarly expressed by the cant
term 11 squarson." Another rector of Whittington, the
Rev. John Robert Lloyd, who died in 1803, approached,
but did not excel this eminent pluralist in the varied
character of his preferments. He was rector of the two
rich family livings of Selattyn and Whittington, and
owner of the family estates of Aston. It was probably
in the latter capacity that he served the office of Mayor
of Oswestry in 1795, and kept a pack of harriers.

In Elizabethan times and earlier the clergy were
usually addressed as if they were knights with the
prefix of "Sir." An instance of this custom occurs in
the Park papers. In the will of " Edward ap David ap
William of Selattyn, yoman," in 1594 a bequest is
made of £3 for the reparation of the Church and 2
shillings to " Sir Morris Williams the curate."

The son of the Rev. Robert Powell, Esquire, D.D.,
was the last of the family who lived at Park Hall. He
sold the estate about 1717 to Sir Francis Charlton of
Ludford, Bt. Mr. Powell, was Mayor of Oswestry in
1690, and Sheriff of Shropshire in 1717. He was also
Recorder of Oswestry, and the following entry in the
books of the Corporation shows how he performed his
duties :— -

Att a house held ye 2nd day November 1724, whereas
Thomas Powell Esq. was olect'd Recorder of the sayd Town

AT JPAItK HALL IN 1761.

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and Borough and offict'd as such for severall years/but for
five years last passed and upwards has neglected'to attend the
sayd Corporation to actt as Recorder of the sayd Town, by
means whereof ye Corporation has suffered very much. Neither
hath he at any time appointed a p'son Duely Quallified to be
his Deputy to actt in his absence. It is therefore this day
order'd and Declared that the sayd Thomas Powell be dis
charged from his Rccordership by the consent of the Mayor
Aldermen and com'on Counsel of the s'd Town.

The following letter throws a shady light on his
conduct in the domestic circle. It is written to Sir
Francis Charlton by Charles Knipe, who had married
one of Powell's daughters. It is sent from Park, and
relates to the proposed sale. After reciting how his
father-in-law had used for his own purposes the fortunes
settled on his daughters, and intimating that the
daughters had a claim of £4,000 upon the Park estate,
the letter proceeds : —

The rest of our good mother's estate stood subject to the
originall settlement at her death, which happed about the time
that her eldest daughter was five years old. Pity it was for
them, who had no friends to acquaint them, what they had to
trust to, when she was gone. For it so happed that their
father still wanting money, made several mortgages of that
estate, nay, some he sold outright to the great injury of his
daughters, no doubt. However, the conclusion of the chiefest
purchase was reserved till they were come of age, though most
of the money had been paid before ; and the easier to effect
this purpose, he had frequently told them before, if they by
chanco expressed any dislike of his management, that they
wore entirely at his mercy, that there novor had been any
settlement made upon them, but that he could dispose both of
his own and of their mother's estate in what manner and to
whom he pleased. Judge, Sir, what such expressions from a
father, who had always overawed his children, must make upon
innocent young women, who were utter strangers to any pro-
vision made for them. The consequence of which was that
one evening a stranger, whom they had never seen before,
came to Park ; their father immediately sent for them, and
privately told them that he was a person who had brought
some writings for them to sign, with relation to the sale of his
estate in Derbyshire, not that they had any right or pretence

100

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

tu it, but that the purchaser was a scrupulous silly fellow, and
insisted upon a punctilio which would not in the least strengthen
his security or title. That if they would consent freely, he
would upon his word, and by several other promises he made
them, settle his whole estate of Park upon them. With these
arguments and many threats, if they did not comply, he soon
prevailed. The gentleman was called in, the writings im-
mediately clapped on the table, and they in a manner forced
to sign them, without hearing the least line of them read, or
suffered to peruse them one minute. Thus were they betrayed,
for it was no better, out of an inheritance, which nothing else
could have taken from them

Charles Knife.

Park, Dec. 27th,

(circa 1717).

Notwithstanding the threatened Chancery suit, Sir
Francis Charlton completed the purchase of Park for
,£10,500, as he states in his will, but the daughters'
claims seem to have been upheld, for in 1725 he gives
a power of attorney for raising £3,000 in order to pay
of! Powells mortgages, and he endorses the paper with
these words : —

" My nomination to the workhouse."

Some information as to the estate which he bought
is to be found in a loose memorandum, which estimates
the rental of the property altogether at .£540 16s. 0d.,
including .£58 for land in hand, and £69 for the im-
proved rents of " Berghill and ye houses in Oswestry,"
and the memorandum goes on : —

There will be found upon a survey near £500 worth of timber
(this I am sure is false) upon the whole estate. The house,
garden, with the yards, orchards, outhouses, etc., take up about
12 acres, which, were there nothing upon it, would be worth
£400, besides there is a large sheep walk for 1000 sheep, with
the sheppard's house upon it, which we dispose of as we please.
Upon the whole at a very low rate, the estate is justly worth
£12,000 and nothing of that will be abated ; the Desmeanes
consists of above 500 acres of land, is well provided with canals
of several sorts and full of fish (this is false).

Whatever may have been the disparagements of the
intending purchaser or the puffings of the intending

AT PAUK HALL IN 1761.

101

seller, there is no doubt that, although the estate was
not large, the house and its surroundings formed a very-
perfect example of a country gentleman's residence.

The * black and white" facade is artistically designed
with gables and gablets, and ornamental woodwork.
There is a chapel in one wing ; a long hall occupies the
entire centre ; quaint Latin texts and mottoes are to
be seen on most of the available spaces — a not uncom-
mon Elizabethan form of sentimental decoration. Among
them may be noticed —

Quod Tibi fieri non vis
Alteri non feceris.

Murus aheneus
Sana conscientia.

Over the Chapel door, which is of stone—
Petra et Ostium Christus est.

One at least of the rooms, as the date on the mantel-
piece records, was reconstructed in 1630, and there is
characteristic plaster work on the ceiling. Armorial
bearings display alliances of the Powells with the
Corbets and the Needhams.

In the garden there was a summer house and a raised
terrace ; and there was a sun-dial, on the back of which
the following Latin lines were inscribed, forming a
system of twelve adonic verses : —

Prseterit Mim The Cycle is passing

Noc remorante The ages no more

Lapsa recedunt Return in their courses

Ssecula cursu. The same as before,

Ut fugit setas As passes the Cycle

Utque citatus As sure and as fast

Turbinis instar Is-rolled by the year

Volvitur annus. As the breath of the blast.

Sic quoque nostra And so too my own life

Precipitanter Grows less unto me t

Vita recedit As the tide wave MtuEm/

Ocyor undis To the depths of trie sea:-

102

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

The terrace and the sun-dial are gone, so have the
pigeon-house and the gate-house, and most of the timber,
which, if not worth quite £500 in 1717, doubtless
existed in picturesque and 'ancient groups in the
park.

Such was the estate which Sir Francis Charlton
bought, and with it endowed Job, his eldest son by his
second wife, Mary Cam, daughter of a London
merchant, and heir to property in Huntingdonshire and
Middlesex.

Sir Francis seems not to have been altogether free
from domestic troubles, and shortly before his death he
executed the following singular affidavit : —

Whereas it has been reported by or with ye privity or know-
ledge of my son Blunden Charlton, being my only child by
Dame Dorothy Charlton, my late deceased wife, or some other
on behalf of him or of some of his or his wife's family, that in
case Sir Francis Charlton of Ludford, in the co'y of Hereford,
Bart., should happon to depart this life, that he my sd son
Blunden, his wife, or some of his or his sd wife's family would
be entitled to all or some of my household goods and personall
estate ; Now I the sd Sir Francis Charlton do make oath that
there is not any foundation or ground for such report ; and I
doe further in confirmation thereof positively make oath, that
I have never done, declared, or executed any act, deed or
declaration that I would give or grant all or any part of my
sd goods or personall estate to or to ye use of my sd son or his
wife, or either-of them, or his or their or either of their familys,
and further this deponent saith that over and above what he
this deponent gave and promised to give to and with his sd
son on his marriage and soon after, and which this deponent
hath performed except what will come to his sd son by virtue
of his marriage settlement, he this deponent has not intended
nor does intend to give or grant any further or other part of
his estate reall or personall to or for the use of his said son
Blunden and his wife and family or either of them, but has
given it to his present wife Dame Mary and his children by
her, as does appear in my last will and testament, and this
deponent further declares that he will never give any of his
reall or personall estate whatsoever or wheresoever from the
said \Datae' Mary his wife and her issue by me. And this
Deponent doth further declare that if any writings should ever

AT PARK HALL IN 1761.

103

be produced after my decease, or living evidence, I declare
them forged and false.

' Ffrancis Charlton.

Jur' apud villam Ludford
in com' Hereford Decimo tertio
die Martii anno Reg' Dom' Georgii
Dei gratia Magn' Brittan' Regis
Octavo, annoque Dom' 1726

coram Thoma' Edwardes un' magist' in cancell' extr'.

A word shall now be said of the family history of the
new-comers to Park. Exit the family of Powell ;
enter the family of Charlton.

Robert Charlton, the second son of Robert Charlton
of Tern, a branch of the ancient family of Apley Castle,
was, towards the close of the reign of Elizabeth, a gold-
smith in London, and married the sister of another
goldsmith, Sir Job Harby, of Adston, co. Northampton.
Goldsmiths at that period were bankers as well as
workers in the precious metals, and Blakeway quotes a
letter which shows that Mr. Charlton and Sir Job
Harby were employed in raising money on King
Charles's jewels during the civil wars. The successful
goldsmith bought Whitton Court, near Ludlow, and
rebuilt the front in 1610. His son was Job, who
became eminent in another line. He was a politician
and a lawyer. He sat for Ludlow, of which town he
was Recorder, from 1658 to 1678. He was made
King's Serjeant and Chief Justice of Chester. In
1672 he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons.
He was a Judge of the Common Pleas, having been
removed from his Chester Chief Justiceship to make
room for Jeffreys, who desired that office. Subse-
quently, about 1686, he was transferred again to
Chester, and also appointed Chief Justice of the Court
of the Marches of Wales. He was the last who held
that office, for the Court was abolished in the beginning
of the reign of William and Mary. He was a Knight
and a Baronet.

104

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

By his first wife, daughter and heir of Mr. Blunden
of Bishop's Castle, he had, besides Sir Francis his
successor, Mary, who married Thomas Hanmer of the
Fens, from whom descend the Hanmers of Bettisfield ;
and Dorothy, who married Edward Leigh ton of
Wattlesborough, from whom descend the Leightons
of Loton. By his second wife, a daughter of Walter
"Waring of Uldbury, he had, besides a son Gilbert, who
became seated at Staunton in Nottinghamshire, a
daughter, who married the Right Rev. Dr. Robinson,
Bishop of London.

His successor, Sir Francis, seems to have done nothing
particular. He represented Ludlow in 1678, and he
was Sheriff of the county in 1G99. His income from
rents amounted in 1702 to £1,7 48, as appears from his
account book. He left, as we have seen already, all
his " money, plate, jewels, books, coaches, farm stock "
to his second wife and her issue. Thus all the personal
belongings of Sir Job, which were in the possession of
his son, were transferred from Ludford to Park.

Sir Francis died in 1729. His eldest son, Sir
Blunden, married a sister of the first Lord Foley, and
left an only son, another Sir Francis, upon whose death
in 1784 the Ludford estate passed to his sister, who
married a Lechmere of Severn End, co. Worcester.
The son of this marriage assumed the name of Charlton
on succeeding to Ludford.

In the meantime the issue of the second marriage of
Sir Francis had also become extinct in the male line in
1761. The two sons, Job and Francis, died unmarried,
but the daughter, Emma; made up for the celibacy of
her nearest relations by marrying three times — first,
John Lloyd of Aston; secondly, Richard Jenkins of
Bicton ; and thirdly, John Kinchant, who in her right
became seated at Park.

Job Charlton, who died in 1761, was Sheriff of
Shropshire in 1748.

AT PARK If ALL IN 17(51.

105

An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Job Charlton, late
of Park, in the County of Salop, Esq., Deceased, taken and
appraised the 2nd and 3rd Dayes o£ April, 1701.

1 BEST STAIRCASE.

14 Pictures in oil

1 15

0

Two small portraits in

oil and one larger do.

0 5

0

A Laiidskip and 2 small

pieces in oil

0 3

0

16 small pictures,

several sorts

0 1

0

Five small pictures ...

0 2

0

2 room,

A bedstead wth red.
hanging's <& window
curtail i ... ... 2 2 0

A feather bed and

bolster 1 15 0

Four blankets and a

Quiit 0 15 0

An old Japand Dres-
sing table ami glass 10 0

A Japand stand ... 0 1 0

Two black cane chairs
and 2 arm Do. with
3 cusheons ... 0 7 0

Two stools ..T ... 0 3 0

Fire shovel, tongs and

fender ..." ... 0 2 G

3 GREEN CHAMBER.

A bedstead wth old

green Mohair hang-
ings Lin'd 3 10 0

A feather bed, bolster

and pillow ... I 15 0

Three blankets and a

white Sattin Quilt 15 0
A pair of green window

curtains ... ... 0 5 0

An olive chest of

Drawers ,., ... 0 18 0
A dressing table ... 0 10 0
A hanging glass ... 2 0 0

Vol. VII., 2nd S.

Four chairs with stuff
seats ... ; ...
A bason stand
An old Dutch table ...
Fire shovel, tongs,
fioker and fonder . . .
A chimney glass

0 10

0 5
0

GALLERY

A walnut Reaurow ...
Two old black card

tables

Four arm chairs with

cusheens ...
Three stools with stuff

seats

Ten portraits in oil ...
13 Do. in all creons

blaek framed and

glassed
A clock and case
Three Do. in sqr. gilt

frames and two oval

glassed
Two Pair of glass

sconces
22 Prints of several

bOrts and 4 Chinese

Pictures, 5 small Do.

1 1 small pictures,

one old picture and

a coat of amies

1 10
0 10

0 8

10

12

5 JMr. KfNCHANT'S
CHAMBER.

A bedstead with brown

hangings Lined ... 2
A feather bed, bolster

and 2 pillows ... 2
Four blankets and a

white Quilt ... 1
Four chairs stuffed and

2 arm chairs

0 G 0

0 10
O

10G

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

and stand ...

A
U

a
o

A
U

A dressing glass with

drawers and round

dressing box ...

il ]H. OI \ L1JU n \\ 111V.ILMY

A
U

1 9

A

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curtains

n
u

<\
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a

v)

An olive chest oi

< 1 l*f( WIMN

UUUl LID • - . • • •

1

1

o

A corner table

A
U

Q
0

A
U

A hanging glass

1

I

0

A
\J

A corner cupboard wth

glass door...

1

5

0

A glass o'er ye chimney

1

10

0

Fire shovel, tongs and

fender

0

G

6 CLOSETT.

A chair bedstead with
feather bed and
bolster

An old blanket and
Quilt

A green window curtain

A chair ...

A small Japanned table

Eight small pictures

An umbrella...

A tin lanthorne

A. close stool...

7 WAINSCOAT CHAMBER.

3

10

0

0

4

6

0

2

0

0

1

G

0

2

G

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

8

0

2

G

A bedstead with green

hangings ...
A feather bed, bolster

and 2 pillows
Four blankets and a

quilt

Two pair green window

curtains ...
A hanging glass
A dressing table and

stand .
Six chairs, stulVd
A wallnutt cabinet ,..

2

0

0

1

15

0

0

18

0

0

5~

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

0

9

0

1

0

0

8 KITCHEN CHAMBER.

A half-tester bed-
stead with brown
hangings ... ... 0 18

A feather bed, bolster

and two pillows ... 1 10

Four blankets and a

quilt 0 1G

An old window curtain 0 1

Three old cane chairs

and 2 arm chairs...

0

G

A

u

A painted dressing

tabic with dressing

glass broko

0

3

0

A hanging glass with

black frame

0

7

a
\j

A stand

0

1

0

9 0 ER LOMMOJN

PAR-

T ATTT)

LO U R.

A bedstead with pled

hangings ...

2

2

0

A feather bed, bolster,

and mattress

1

10

0

A bedstead ...

0

4

0

Four feather beds, 3

bolsters, and 2 pil-

lows

7

0

0

A screw tore ...

<■>

0

0

A Tress

0

12

0

A hanging glass

0

18

0

A close stool...

0

3

0

A small table

0

1

0

An old stand...

0

0

4

An oval table

0

3

G

Two old black arm

chairs ...

0

3

0

A Compass Chair

0

2

G

A reading stand

0

0

G

A leather trunk

1

1

0

A pair of bellows

0

1

0

A small wire fender...

0

1

6

A map of ye Park ...

0

1

G

A chair and two cases

for repeaters ...

0

4

0

An old chair in ye

closet

0

1

G

AT PARK HALL IN 17G1.

107

10

CHINA CLOSET

Six china plates and a
Dish, Eleven blew
and white plates,
Two coloured fruit
Plates, Twoblewand
white dishes, Two
coloured dishes and
a Parcel of old odd

china, several sorts

3

0

0

Glass ware ...

0

15

0

A coffer

0

3

0

An old trunk...

0

o

G

A japand box

0

2

0

11 LINNEN CLOSETT.

1 wo pair ot fine sheets

full woven ...

1
1

A

u

A
U

vjue pan or iiisti uo...

o

o

Eight pair flaxen do.

1

1

A

<±

o

Seven pair hempen do.

1
1

1

o

Three pair Herdcrn

sheets, new

A

u

1 0
1 a

A

u

Four pair hempen do.

1

1

A

i

n

Seven pair herdern,

very old ...

0

10

a
0

Six kitchen hempen

table cloths, new ...

0

15

u

Six wheel towels

0

9

A

u

Two dresser cloths ...

0

3

o

Vy

Fourteen old hempen

towels

0

2

A

Five diaper napkins,

several sorts

0

11

3

Ten diaper table cloths

0

15

0

Six small cloth table

cloths

0

j 4-

0

Five Huckabag table

cloths and one small

do....

0

9

0

One large diaper table

cloth

0

4

G

One do. for tho Hall...

0

6

0

Three plain table cloths

0

\

G

Two diaper breakfast

table cloths

0

2

0

Nine huckabag large

table cloths

0

13

6

Nine diaper napkins

0

0

3

Th rce „dia] )cr towels . . .

0

0

9

'. L1 h r e c h u c k a b a g t o w e 1 s

0

0

G

Four diaper towels ...

0

1

0

Seven diaper napkins

0

2

Six damask napkins...

0

3

0

Fourteen pillow cases

0

7

0

Two hoi land pillow

cases

0

<■)

0

Five old course tea

towels

0

0

1 A

10

A piece of cloth 11

yds. at 6d. p. yd. ...

0

5

/•»
0

One Do. 31 yds. at 8d.

p- yd

1

0

8

One Do. 43 yds. at 12d.

p- yd

2

3

0

2 presses and a chest

of Drawers

1

5

0

Two arm chairs

0

2

0

A bottle crane

0

1

G

An old table ...

0

1

0

12 LINNEN GAURETT.

One pr. of line shcetts 1 0

5 pr.and one odd flaxen

shcetts ... ... 1 5

Ten Huckabag table
cloths

Fi\c largo diaper table
cloths, four small do.

Five large and two
small damask do....

Four do. damask nap-
kins, several sorts...

Three doz.and G diaper
napkins, several sorts

Five pillow eases

Foux pillows...

Three chests...

A settee

Three glasses ... 3

Mi'. Charlton's furni-
ture ... ... 1

Serv'ts do. ... ... 0

1 12

0 17

0 2
0 8
I ! 15
0 10

1 0 0

1 12 0

2 2 0
0

6

G
0
0
G
0

0
0

10
15

108

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

Gilt Leather...

0

10

0

Old curtains...

u

/

u

Eight y'ds of cloth at

8d. per y'd.

0

5

4

A Hammer cloth and

two cushions

1

0

0

13 CHAP PELL BOOM.

Two Blunderbusses

and 2 pistols

0

12

0

Steps...

0

2

u

Two chairs ...

0

4

0

An old Dutch table ..

0

3

u

Two large and two

small bowls

0

1

4

14 MENS GARRETTS.

An old bedstead

0

3

6

A feather bed and

bolster

1

0

0

Two old blankets and

a Quilt

0

5

0

A bedstead and hang-

ings

0

1G

0

A feather bed & bolster

1

5

0

Two blanketts and an

old Quilt ...

0

o

6

0

An old square table...

0

1

0

A chair

0

0

G

An old bedstead with

half-testers & green

hangings ...

0

G

0

A feather bed and

bolster ...

1

0

0

An old Quilt

0

1

G

A bedstead with old

purple hangings ...

0

4

0

A feather bed and

bolster

0

IG

0

One green and one old

rUg |(%,,y f* ...

0

4

0

An old close stool ...

0

1

0

An old white Quilt ...

0

1

G

An old pled curtain

and an old rug

0

2

0

An old chair... .

0

0

4

A bell ... 1 ...

0

1

0

An old turn up bed-
stead, fcatlier bed,
and bolster ... 0 15

15

MAIDS ROOM.

Two half-tester bed-
steads with red

hangings ... ... 0 15 0

A feather bed and

bolster 1 5 0

Two old blankets and

an old rug ... 0 3 6

A feather bed and

bolster ... ...15 0

Two old blankets and

an old Quilt, and an

old rug
Two square tables ...
A dressing glass
A bedstead ...
A feather bed and

bolster
Three old blankets ...
An old window curtain
Lumber in the several

garrets

IG BACK STAIRCASE.

Six small painted

flower pieces ... 0 3 0

Eight prints and 2
small painted pic-
tures 0 3 0

17 BEST PARLOUR.

0

5

0

0

3

0

0

G

0

0

3

0

1

0

0

0

*?
.)

0

0

1

0

2

0

0

A mahogany card tabic

1

1

0

A Japand Cabinet with

ornamental China

4

4

0

Twelve old chairs with

stulT seats

1

•1

0

Three prs. window cur-

tains and rods

0

18

0

A large glass

4

0

0

Two glass sconces ...
An old Japand tea table

0

12

0

0

1

6

Three family portraits

1

11

(i

AT PARK HALL IN 1761. 109

Brass lire shovel, %6i\m

and fender

0

5

0

A hearth Brush

0

0

-1

is mmm parlour

A marline slab & frame

o

o

o

A glass

3

10

o

A chimney glass

1

o

An oval table

0

G

Eight chairs ...

1

o

o

A pair of sconces

U

o

jjukci tii l ci icnuoi ...

A

c

3

G

•Jo\ lu mmiiv poiciaiL/S

1

1

15

0

12 Small 'nni'tviiits 111

oval frames glass'd

o

18

0

All old liO'ivfh "hvnvli

o

0

3

Pif'f 1 ivp^ nVr <Tm fliim-

o

7

6

1 fJ IT A T l

Four chairs ...

0

o

A round table

0

2

o

A bench

0

I

o

A long table ...

o

o

Ten jMctures in oil ...

0

18

o

Two prints ...

0

o

A <>'laxs 1 jii nl homo

o

3

a

A p'r of scales and

200 weight of lead

weights

1

7

o

A weather glass

0

7

G

Two saddles and

bridles

1

i

u

An old saddle

0

A sett of chair Har-

ness

1

0

0

Two nctts

1

o

o

20 SERVANTS HALL

Lucks horns ..

0

2

0

A long table.

0

15

0

Six prints

0

0

3

Two painted Pictures

and 2 small do. ...

0

3

G

A Lanfhorne...

0

. 1

0

A Bell

0

3

G

21 BUTLER'S PANT 1 1 Y.

A square table
A small standing maid
A Napkin press
A cupboard ...
An old chest...
Six spitting tubs
A small table
A Pillar table
A wig block and stand
A powder box
A knife basket
A knife box ...
Six ivory knives and
forks

Two plate Baskets ...
A stand for jugs, etc.
Four odd knives and
forks

Five small knives and
forks

Four agate small

knives
Five old odd forks . . .
An old cloak bag

22 PASSAGE TO COMMON

PAULO UU.

An oak table ... 0 G 0

A corner cupboard ... 0 4 0

Four pictures in oil . . . 0 3 G

A coal box 0 0 8

23 COMMON PARLOUR.

0

1

()

0

0

G

0

•1

0

0

-1

()

0

1.

0

0

1

G

0

0

8

0

1

G

0

1

G

0

0

10

0

0

8

0

1

G

0

3

G

0

1

0

0

1

G

0

1

0

0

1

G

0

1

G

0

0

G

0

o
t)

0

Eight chairs and

2 arm

chairs with leather

seats

1

1G

0

A large mal

ogany

Dining table

0

o

0

A small mahogany Do.

1

7

0

A mahogany

pillar

table

0

12

0

A large glass

4

0

0

A weather glass

0

7

G

A marble slal

) and

frame

2

0

0

110 AN" INVENTORY TAKEN

15
7

Q

G
1
5
1
1

1
7

10

21 HOUSE KEEPER'S
I'ANTUY.

A safo

A cupboard ...
A table
Stops...

A glass

An old tea board

A. coffee mill

A sercn and sive

A pair of scales and
weights

A crowit stand

A tea chest ...

Two old tin candle
boxes ...

A flour tub and cover

A small table

Four blew and white
china cups and
saucers ... ...

A teapot and slop basin

Six chocolate cups ...

Nine coffee cups

Six cups and saucers,
a teapot a slop bowl,
a sugar dish, a plate,
and a plate for yo
tea pot and an old
broken coloured plate

0 12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0 2

t) 2

0 2

0 2

Two pr. of window

curtains ... ... 0 1!

A. mahogany beauffett

A Bookcase ...

Nine family portraits

A p'r of Bellows and

Brush 0 2 0

Fire shovel, tongs, fen-
der and Pitt grate ... 0

A standing plate ... 0

A pair of glass sconces 0

A gun ... ... 1

A copper cistern ... 1

A p'r snuffers and brass
stand ... ... 0

An old carper (?) ... 0

A clock and case ... 2

0 10 ,0

Four blew and white

China plates ... 0 1 0
Four blew and white

sauce plates ... 0 2 0
Six cups and saucers,

odd China slop bowl

and stand for teapot 0 10
A japand tea kettle

and lamp and a large

japand Iron waiter

and one small Do. 0 14 0

PLATE.

A sett of casters and
frame

Two waiters ...

Two Tumblers

Four salts and shovels

T wo Decanters

Two Pints and two half
pints

A Tobacco box

Two pair of Candle-
sticks

Two hand Candlesticks
One doz. knives and

forks and spoons ...
12 large spoons
A soup spoon ... J- 80 0 0
A marrow spoon
A pair of snuffers and

stand
A chocolate pot
A cover for a pint . . .
Eight tea spoons, tongs

strainer and cream

jug v-Vu
A spectacle case

Two silver watches ..

Two pr. of silver

buckles
Twopr. of knee buckles
A snuff' box and cork

screw

Two large waiters, one
cross, and a decanter
trench plate ... 2 0 0

AT PARK HALL IN 176 1.

Ill

25 KITCHEN.

A fire grate and wings

lb

A
U

A pitt grate ...
A fender

A

A

a
U

i
1

b

A p'r of Racks

A
U

A

u

1 wo pig plates

A

A

b

A , „

A crow

A

1

1

A

lure shovel and tongs

A

(y

A

u

Six Hat irons and three

box irons ...

A

1 O
1 U

I)

A gridiron ...

A

0

A

1

4

A hanging plate

A
I)

A
U

1 A

A standing plate ...

A

u

A
U

u

A small fender

A
U

A
U

o
O

Iron skewers and hook

A
U

A

4

Iron dripping pan, an

old hanging plate...

A
U

A

u

A Jack with lead

weights

A
U

J J

A

Six spits

A
U

I)

0

Two plate warmers . . .

A
U

7

A

hive iron candlesticks

A

^

A

A llcsh iork and toast-

mg iork ...

A

a
(J

b

n i ■ ' _ j. ,i c _ . _

lwo stands tor ye

stoves ...

0

A

b

I wo stands ior irons

0

A

Q

Ironing stove

A

4

A
0

A ~1 - V ,1 ' 1

A chahn dish

A

A
(J

An iron pot and hooks

A

u

Q

o

A

A cleaver

A

A
U

,4

4

Three brass candle-

sticks and stand for

snuflers &> a broken

candlestick

a

0

n

0

A

mi ii ii

Two hand brass candle-

sticks

0

1

A

0

Two brass hooks

A

u

A
U

b

A 1 1 •

A brass skimmer

0

0

rti ^ i . i. . ~ i

1 wo brass mortars and

pestils

0

5

0

A brass plate warmer

0

1

G

A small brass skellet

0

0

10

A brass kettle

0

Q
O

G

A brass pot and cover

0

G

0

A largo brass skellet

0

o

0

One Do. and cover ...

0

0

A small brass skellet

and cover ...

1

b

A brass saucepan

A

u

A

b

jx uiciss spoon ...

u

u

a
o

A copper baster

A

u

A

A

A copper saucepan . . .

A

Q
.)

b

Une Do.

A

u

a

A

Onn T>a

wiie jl/o. ... ...

A
V)

1
1

0

A copper pot with

brass cover

A
U

1U

A

A /J 1. ...111 1

A risla kettle with brass

cover

A
U

l J

A

A. copper frying pan

A

u

.)

A
U

A copper preserving pan

A

u

'.)

( )

A copper tossing pan

A

u

0

0

One Do. and cover ...

A

0

4

0

A copper coffee pot . . .

A

i
I

b

A copper chocolate pot

A

o

A
U

A small old copper can

A

u

A

u

An old warming pan

A

n

A

An old tea kettle

A

u

()

A

A Brass Boiler door

and barrs ...

A

u

1 K
1 J

A
\ i

A large copper can . . .

A

Q

o

A
U

A tin cullindcr

A

i

()

iv Lin uionei .. ...

u

A
U

o

A tin cover ...

A

u

A

A tin grater and

dredger

A

A

4

An apple roaster

0

0

6

Two tin pastry pans . . .

A

0

1

b

A tin carver...

A

u

A
'J

K

A tin toaster...

0

0

4

A large tin cover

A

A

u

D

A tin tun dish

A

(J

A

n

A tin tinder box

A

u

A
U

Thirty three pewter

dishes ... ...

Q

o

1 A

A

Three Doz plates with

coat of amies

1

7

A

Twelve soup plates ...

A

1 A
1 U

A

Two doz and t wo plates

0

17

0

I wo water plates

A

5

A

A plate ring...

0

0

G

An old clock...

0

14

0

A cupboard ...

0

3

G

A clothes maid w'th

3 folds

0

3

G

112

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

A table

0

3

0

Four ash chairs

0

2

0

Three chairs...

0

3

0

Two cheese boards and

3 bowls ... ...

0

2

0

Two coal boxes

0

0

(>

An old plate IUck ...

0

0

0

An old salt box

0

0

4

20 SCULLERY,

J wo pails

0

rt

0

Six piggin.s and 1 1

trenchers

0

1

~)

A chopping knife

0

0

4

A srnaJl bucket

0

(.)

•')

%} LARbKli.

A bowl

0

0

0

A marble mortar

0

G

0

A small brass pot

0

2

0

A chopping block ...

0

C

8

An old table...

0

1

0

An old press...

0

1

G

An old coffer

0

3

0

An old ehirn and peel

0

I)

0

A standing clothes maid

0

0

10

Three coslrils

0

2

()

A table

0

2

o

Earthenware ..

0

28 SALTINO CELLAR

Three salting tubs and

covers

0

10

0

An old cask ...

0

1

o

20 SMALL IVEEJR CELLA1

Six standing Barrels

1

10

0

An old Hogshead and

Barrel ...

0

13

0

A Dropper ...

0

0

10

Two Still ens

0

10

0

A tilter and two bowls

0

1

0

30 ALE CELLAR.
Six standing half b ir*

rcls 1 10 0

Three hal f barrel s ...

0

12

0

A tub

0

2

0

Throe stillens

0

5

0

31 WINE CELLAR.

Four standing half

Barrels ... ...

1

4

0

Six half barrels

1

1

0

Four stillens...

0

5

0

Three tilters...

0

0

G

Two copper pans

A. j barrel and Lead

0

12

0

f» »r tobacco

0

0

0

32 B&EWHOUSE

A large copper furnace
door and bars

5

10

0

One barrel 1 furnace,

door and barrs

3

10

0

Three mashing tubs ..

0

15

f)

A Ealing tub (?)
Two coolers ...

0

0

0

16

0
0

A kneading tub

0

0

6

A flour tub ...

0

1

0

Four tubs

0

G

0

Two tun dishes and

two buckets

0

0

G

A standing half barrels

0

0

0

An old tub . .

0

1

0

7V firkin ...

0

1

0

An old water tub

0

2

0

Five old tubs

0

3

0

Two pails

0

2

0

A lading gawn

0

0

8

An iron peel ...

0

1

0

Seven stillens

0

1 1

0

A wort ladder

0

0

4

A Rindage (?) & 2 old

tubs on 3rc stairs in

the house ...

0

1 0

()

On old oak tab

0

1

n

0

33 LIBRARY.

An old long table ...

0

G

0

An old oval Do.

0

5

0

Three chairs <k 2 arm

chairs

0

5

0

AT PARK HALL IN 17G 1.

113

Four presses,.. ... 112 0
A cleeehing net a lun-

neling net & 4

trammel nets ... 3 0 0

GATEHOUSE.

A bottle rack

0

£3

o

35 SUMMER ROUS li

Two chairs & a table

0

1:

o

3G STABLE,

An old saddle & 2

bridles

0

0

a
\j

An old saddle

0

0

-J

0

A male piHoon

0

1

0

(Jeering lor 3 horses

& a cart saddle

0

1 iJ

n

u

A cart rope ...

0

2

G

A cutting knife

0

i
j

l)

Two Hillock Lakes ..

0

0

b'

A coffer

0

3

0

A pitchfork ...

0

1

0

37 COACH HOUSE.

An old Berlin, an old

horse chair and a

chair

7

0

0

38 IN Tiff: FOLD.

Two carts and a or. of

v*pi>Un

G

0

0

Hovwitl wheel Larrows

0

12

0

Two foddering cratches

0

7

0

Muck

5

0

0

A water part...

0

7

6

A bench

0

1

0

Five ladders ...

0

11

0

39 GARDEN.

Two watering pans and
a small rake, two
i Toughs and cutting
imn -and a line with

iron reel ..

0

G

0

Four rolling atones ...

0

14

0

17 hand glasses differ-

ent sizes and 3

glasses for hot beds

1

11

0

A garden rake and

small Hough

0

0

8

A pr. of old sheers ...

0

0

o
(J

40 Cheese! close.

Two stacks of hay ...

r>o

0

0

Hay in ye old paddock

l

0

0

Twostacksin ye pigeon
house Held and part

of another...

33

0

0

41 Four oxen

24

0

0

One old horse Black-

bird

5

0

0

One Do. Lion

1

0

0

Diamond

4:

10

0

Old Buck ...

I

0

0

Chair mare ...

(1

0

0

Fanny

<;

0

0

Mugs ... . ...

1

0

0

A|)raiy,'d p Kdwd. Pearce

-; x£ ■ s. (T.

The catalogue has been given in full, for different

items will interest dillerent people. A few remarks
only shall bo made.

Vol. VII., 2nd S. l>

114

AN" INVENTORY TAKEN

There appears a total absence of books, not even a
Bible or Prayer Book ! In Sir Francis Charlton's will
"Books" are specially mentioned, and Sir Job, the
Speaker and Judge, must have had some books of
reference at least ; but by the time his grandson died
all the literature had vanished. It is true that there
is mention of an " old Book case," and one room is
called 11 The Library," but there seem to have been no
books in the case, and the meagre contents of the
libraiy include a cleeching net, a lunneling net, and
two trammel nets.

But while the house was bare of books, its walls were
covered with pictures. They were hung on the stair-
case, the passages, and even in the servants' hall, as
well as in the best rooms. There were no less than
104 pictures and prints, and 79 portraits besides ! The
value put upon them was extremely small.

Amongst the ornamental furniture " A japand cabinet
with ornamental China" ranks highest at £4 4s. Od.
A large glass is put at £4, a clock and case at £2 10. Od.

In the hall a " long table " is valued at £2 2s. Od.
Perhaps this is the very remarkable table still standing
in the hall at Park, formed of a single oak plank 2 J
inches thick, 4 ft. wide, and 21 ft. long. In the hall
there are also " a pair of scales and 200 weight of lead
weights," and " 2 saddles and bridles," which seems to
point to a custom of putting the saddle on and off at
the hall door.

A tinder box, six spitting tubs (othorwise spittoons),
a wig block and stand, a powder box, are to be found
in the pantry.

The bedstead hangings, quilts, feather beds, and
window curtains are the most valuable contents of the
bedrooms.

The * Chap pel Boom" (the chapel is said to have
been consecrated by Archbishop Parker) is made the
receptacle for " 2 Blunderbusses, 2 pistols, an old
Dutch table, 2 chairs, and 2 large and 2 small
bowls"!

AT PAEK HALL IN 17 61.

115

The plate is valued at £$2 ; the pewter includes
3 dozen dishes with the coat of arms, at) £{ 7s. Od.,
and 30 pewter dishes at £3 10s. Od.

An old Berlin, a male pilleon, 'an old horse chair, a
chair (probably a sedan chair), and a hammer cloth are
catalogued in the stables.

Four oxen are valued at JC24, and seven horses at
JC30 10s.

There is no mention of any carpets.

The rooms are the following : — Three parlours,
library, hall, gallery, chapel, 5 best bedrooms, men's
garret with five beds, maids' garret, kitchen, pantry,
housekeeper's room, servants' hall, closets for linen and
china ; wine, ale, and beer cellars ; brewhouse, larder,
salting callar, stable, summer house, and gatehouse.
There is no mention of a dining room.

The Deeds do not find a place in the Inventory, but
they deserve a passing notice.

There are three of an early date relating to Hebbe-
land in Lydam near Bishop's Castle, now the property
of Mr. Oakeley of Oakeley, and they probably came to
the Charltons with the Blunden heiress. One is
undated, two belong respectively to the years 1320 and
1325. Two others relating to the same property
passed in the years 1426 and 14G5.

The conveyance of Park in 1563 to Thomas Powell
of Whittington bears the seal and signature of Henry
Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. The cognizance on the seal
is the galloping horse, one of the Fitzalan crests,
described heraldically " on a mount vert a horse
passant arg. holding in the mouth a slip of oak fructed
ppr." It also has the seals of Lord and Lady Lumley,
the son-in-law and daughter of the Earl.

There are other deeds, which indicate the Welsh
character of the neighbourhood — one of 1571 from
John ap Meredith; another of 1587 from Hugh ap
John Wyn of Porkington, both relating to conveyances
of land.

There are several farm agreements which illustrate

116

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

the old-fashioned methods ot letting land. In 1704
Thomas Powell leases Berghill farm to Thomas Studley
of Elismere for a term of 3 Jives. The fine or capital
sum paid down at the commencement is not mentioned,
but the tenant contracts to pay £5 a year rent, and one
fat turkey and two capons at Christmastide ; to provide
2 days reaping at harvest and the carriage of coals ; to
grind his corn at Park Mill, and at every falling in of
a life to pay a 40s. her riot or to surrender a beast at
the choice of the lessor, and to pay the rates and
taxes.

On Job Charlton's death, as has been already said,
his sister Emma carried the estate into the family of
her third husband, John Quinchant, who afterwards
spelt his name with a K instead of a Q. The Kinchants
belonged to a Huguenot family, and on the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. escaped with
difficulty the persecutions of the French Government.
The father of John Kin chant fell at the battle of
Eontenoy in 1745, fighting for the land of his adoption
against the land of his birth. His son was a captain
in the 32nd Regiment, and was enrolled a burgess of
Shrewsbury in 1752. The son of the marriage, John
Charlton Kinchant, was sheriff of Shropshire in 1775,
and died without issue in 1832. His nephew, Francis
Charlton Kinchant, who would have succeeded had he
lived, was killed at Waterloo in 1815. Blakeway thus
relates the dramatic story of his death : — " The
circumstances attending the death of Francis Kinchant,
a gallant young officer, son of the He v. Francis
Kinchant and nephew of the present (1775) Sheriff,
though; lamentable in themselves are highly honourable
to his memory, and deserve to be recorded. It was
between 10 and 11 o'clock on the morning of the
memorable 18th of June, J 815, that the Scots Greys
(those - superbes cheveaux gris ' whom Bounaparte is
said to have regarded with the compassion of a tiger)
were ordered to charge. The troop in which Mr.
Kinchant was a cornet was led, as I understand is the

AT PARK HALL IN 1761

117

usage, by the sergeant — Ewart — who so nobly
distinguished himself on that day, and seized one of
the French eagles. As he advanced, he was attacked
by a French officer,, whom he disarmed' of his sword,
and was going to cut down, when Mr. Kinchant, who
was immediately behind him, called out 1 Sergeant,
spare his life.' Ewart obeyed, observing, however,
that this was no time to take prisoners ; he sent the
officer to the rear, and was putting his horse again
to the charge, when the report of a pistol behind
struck his ear. His heart misgave him, and looking
back he saw his brave young cornet falling over his
horse's crupper, and the Frenchman putting up the
pistol, which he had just discharged. To cleave his
skull in twain was the work of a moment, but, alas,
Kinchant was gone for ever. If he had lived, Mr.
Ewart says, he promised to have been one of the most
distinguished officers in the service." (Blake way's
Sheriffs of Shropshire, p. 207.)

By the premature death of the youthful cornet of
the Scots Greys his sister became heir to the personalty
at Park on the death of her uncle. She married the
Ilev. John Langley, and, dying without issue, these
papers came into the possession of her husband, and on
his death they passed to his daughter by another
marriage. That daughter, Miss Langley of Walling-
ford, gave them in 1875 to the writer of this paper.

Park and the real estate passed to Richard Henry
Kinchant, who was sheriff of Shropshire in 1846, and
died in 1864. His eldest son is said to have been
drowned accidentally in Australia.

One of his daughters married E. Venables, a son of
L. J. Venables of VVoodhill, in the E.I.G.'s service,
and she died in a coolie ship in the Indian Ocean.

The estate was sold L,o its present owner, Mrs.
Wynne Corrie, about 1870, by the mortgagees.

So in three hundred years Park has passed three
times by purchase, and once by marriage, into the
hands of four different families.

118

AN INVENTORY TAKEN

PEDIGREE OF THE CHARLTONS OF WHITTON, LUDFORD,
AND PARK.

Robert Charlton, descended from Charltons=j=Emma, d. of Thos. Harby, and
of Apley and Tern, Goldsmith, purchased sister of Sir Job Harby, gold-
smith, of Adston, co. North-

Whitton, and in 1(510 rebuilt front.

ampton.

(1) Dorothy, d. and coh.=f Sir Job Charlton, Kt. and=p(2) Lettice, d. of Walter

of W. Blunden of
Bishop's Castle.

Bt., Speaker of H. of
Co., Ch. Jus. of Chester,
etc., etc.

Waring of Owlbury.

Emma=f Sir H. Bernard Elizabeth=Serle Catherine— Cooke

She was grandmother of Duke of

Chandos, Earl Tilney, Ld. Middleton.

(1) Dorothy, d. and coh.=f=Sir Francisrp(2) Mary, d. of Cam of London,
of E. Bromwiche.

Jane=pThos Hanmer. Dorothy=f Ed. Leighton.

Hanmers of Bettiafield. Leightons of Loton.

Gilbert=p Ann, d. and h. of Staunton Emma— (1) Cornwallis.

of Staunton, co. Notts. (2) Robinson, Bishop

of London.

Sir Blunden^sister of 1st Job of Park Francis Emma=(l) John Lloyd of

Ld. Foley.

d.s.p.
1761.

d.s.p
1748.

1

Sir Francis,
d.s. p.
1784.

Elizabeth'

Edm. Lechmere of
Severn End, co.
Wore

Aston, d.s.p.
= (2) Rich. Jenkins
of Bicton
[a dau.=- Arch-
deacon Browne
of Ross, Ire-
land].
-(3) John Quin-
chant.

AT PARK HALL IN 1761

119

PEDIGREE OF KINCHANTS OF PARK.

John Quinchant, Cn.pt. in Gen. Harry Pulteney's=f Elizabeth, d. of_Benj. Scott
Reg. of Foot 1745, killed at Fontenoy. " i of Eltham.

John Kinchant, b. 1721, d. 1789.=p Emma, d. of Sir Francis Charlton, Bt.,and
1752, Burgess of Shrewsbury, relict of Rich. Jenkins. She was heir to
Capt. in 32nd Rog. her brother, Job. Charlton of Park, who

d. 1761.

Job Charlton Kinchant — Jane, d. of Fowler Rev. Francis=f Mary, d. and

1775, Sheriff, 1832, relict of Stukeley
d. s.p.

h. of Sam.
Patshall.

Francis Charlton, 1815, killed Mary Emma=Rev. J. Langley=f
at Waterloo, s.p. (I s.p. |

a dau by his first marriage, [
who gave these papers to
Stanley Leigh ton in 1S75.

Richard =pMyra C. Anne, d of John Wilkinson, Recorder of Bombay.
Rich. Henry, b. i804,=f Elissa Maria, d. Rev. J R. Nathaniel,=f Maria, d. of

d. 1861, 1846 Sheriff.

of Rev. R. B. rector of Llanvair- j R. Phayre,
Caton. Waterdine. y E.I.C.S.

I I I I I

Charlton d. s p. Job Henry R. Caton Eliza— E. Venables Myra

120

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE, AND
PARISH OF S LIRA W ARDIN E.

By the Rev. JOHN ERNEST A'UBEN, M.A.,

CuRATli OF SlIUAWARDlXE.

The name Shrawardine is derived from Shire-reeve-
weorden, the " Castle of the Shire-reeve or Sheriff," it
having been the residence of the Saxon sheriffs before
the Conquest, and of the Norman ones after it.1
"Wherever the word weorden or warden occurs, it
indicates the former existence of a protected Saxon
settlement, in which dwelt the setheling, or his reeve,
and around which clustered for protection the rest of
the tribe, forming a free township. The noble, or
setbeling, was a wardian or weardman accountable to
the Hundred-moot for the security of the land acquired
from the Britons along the Western border of Mercia
(i.e., men of the March or Border). Hence we find the
word warden prevails along the borderland of Cheshire,
Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire, and
nowhere else. At nearly all the places where the
name has warden in combination with a descriptive
prefix, there will be found an ancient defensive
position. Shrawardine; for example, is an instance of
a fortified commanding position guarding an important
ford over the Severn, a position so well chosen that the
Normans seized upon it, and there built a castle of
their own.2 Just over the river in Little Shrawardine,
a township now in the parish of Alberbury, is a very
perfect Saxon " mound/ ' &ll that is left of the strong-

1 Of. Owun and WaUcway's Hist, of SJirewslmry, voi. J.i. p. 70.

2 " Saxon " in Notes and Queries, vol. ii;., pt. 1, p. 27.

CHURCH, CASTLE, AND PARISH OF SHIt A.WARDINE. 121

hold which prohably gave its name to the village ; for
the Normans built their castle on, the Eastern side of
the Severn in Great Shrawardine, as this parish was
formerly called.

1 The first mention of Shrawardine is in 1086, when
Domesday Book tells us it belonged to Hainald, the
Norman Sheriff of Shropshire. "The same Hainald,
holds Saleurdine, G^li held it in King Edward's time.
Here ii hides. In demesne are ii oxteams, and iiii
neat-herds, iii villains and iiii boors with ii teams and
a half. It was and is worth 40B" (per annum).

The next we hear of it is that Hainald Vicecomes
and Hugh, son of Warin Vicecomes, concurred in
giving the tithe of Seraordina to Shrewsbury Abbey.
Henry II. confirmed in 1155 the gift of Fulco Pincerna
of half a tract of untilled ground in the wood of
Seraordina. It is not known who this Fulco was, nor
that the Abbey in after years possessed land in
Shrawardine.2

Shrawardine Castle must have been built before
1165, for in that year Philip Helgot, acknowledging
his service of Castle-guard as returnable at Shrawardine,
says it was 11 the same as his antecessors had been used
to render/' In the July of that year King Henry II.
encamped at Oswestry, intending an attack on North
Wales, and in the following Michaelmas the Sheriff of
Shropshire, Geoffrey de Vere (who had succeeded Guy
le Strange the year before), charges the Crown with
the sum of .£6, which he had paid to 50 men called up
for service at Suewardin. Again, between Michaelmas,
1165, and April 23, 1166, the Sheriff paid the sum of
£62 Is. 4d. to the 100 men in the service of the King
at Shrawardine and the March.

Lying in the rear of the Castles of Oswestry, Knockin,
Carreghova, and Whit ting ton, those advanced posts of

1 Most of what follows up to 1386 is transcribed verbatim ct litera-
tim from Eyton's Sliropshire, x. 94-101.

2 The first four Norman Sheriffs of Shropshire were Warin, Reginald
Hugh, and (1098) Fulco.

Vol. VII., 2nd S, Q

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NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

border-warfare, Shrawardine, with Ellesmere and Ruy-
ton Castles, formed an interior, line of defence in ancient
times against Welsh aggression. Although founded in
Fitz- Alan's fief, it would appear that it was originally
built and garrisoned by the Crown. The Pipe Roll of
1171 tells us that the Sheriff in obedience to a king's
writ had expended £10 18s. 4d. on the works of the
Castle of Schrawurdi. A similar charge of e£8 lis. 8d.
is made in 1172. At Michaelmas, 1187, we have an
infallible proof of Royal occupation, for the Sheriff
charges 19s. Id. for repairing the King's house in
Srwardin Castle.

Once in King Richard's reign (1195) the Sheriff
charges the Crown with 50s. expended in the repairs
of Shrawardine Castle by order of Archbishop Hubert
of Canterbury, then Justiciar of England. Similar
repairs are charged against King John in 1204, 1205,
and 1207. In. the years 1211-1212 we hear of no less
than ten feudal tenants of the Crown who held their
land by service returnable at Shrawardine Castle.
These estates were at places in the East of Shropshire
or in Staffordshire. Subsequent records show that at
least five other places owed service of castle-guard at
the same castle.

In 1212 and 1214 we again find the Sheriff of Shrop-
shire charging the Crown with repairs at Shrawardine
Castle.1

William Fitz-Alan IT. died in 1 210, leaving a son,
who was a minor. King John therefore took charge of
his lands till he should come of a^e ; and from the fact
that he appointed Robert de Cerne Rector of Shrawar-
dine on Nov. lOth, 1218, we know that there was a
church here. The appointment, however, could not
have been of much benefit to the parishioners, for John

1 In 1214 John, nephew of William MareshaH, Karl of Pembroke
lic&g Guardian of the Marches of Wales, was at the same time eon
atitutcd Governor of the Castles of BJaneminster and Shrawardon, in
com. Salop. (Phillips, p. 235).

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123

had offended the Pope by seizing on the revenues of
the See of Canterbury and driving the monks from
their Abbeys. This conduct drew upon the country
the terrors of an interdict. For the six years, from
1208 to 1214, there was no worship in the land; the
churches were closed : the bells hung- silent in their
towers ; the dead were buried like dogs without a word
of prayer ; the ministrations of the clergy were for-
bidden. This edict had hardly been removed from
England by the King's submission to the Pope, backed
by a large French army, before Shrawardine suffered
severely, for in 1215 Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, led a
large army against Shrewsbury, and gained possession
of the town and castle without any resistance.1 In this
march the Welsh razed the Royal Castle of Shrawar-
dine.2 The King, declining to re-build it, deprived it of
all its feudal accessories, and abandoned it to its here-
ditary lords, the Fitz- Alans. They re-built it, and we
find the Castle again standing on the death of John
Fitz-Alan in 1240.3 The Plmhill Hundred Roll of
1255 shows that Shrawardine had lost a quarter of its
Domesday property. " John Fitz-Alan. holds in Schre-
wardin 1£ hides not geldable ; and he holds in capite

1 Phillips, p. 31.

2 The state of the country around Shrawardine was dangerous, not
only because of the " Wild Welsh," but also from wolves ravaging
the country in large packs. In 1281, according to Rymcr's Foedera,
a commission was given to one Peter Corbet to destroy all the wolves
he could find, and by offering money for all heads brought to Shrews-
bury, he in a, short time considerably reduced their numbers.
(Phillips, p. 33).

3 On February 7th, 1220, King Henry IIP directed the . men
of Staffordshire to help Henry de Audlcy in fortifying or rebuilding
Srewardin Castle ; and a writ of the same king dated May 4th, 1221,
makes it clear that Shrewurthin Castle was no longer a Royal fortress.
For by it the services before rendered there by the Crown tenants*
were ordered to bo discontinued. On the death of John Fitz-Alan in
1240, John Le Strange bad a grant of the custody of the lands of
John Fitz-Alan, his son, then in his minority, with an allowance of
300 marks per ami. for guarding Scrawarthiu, Plancmiustcr, and
Clun. (Cf. Phillips's History and Antiquities of Shreivsbur?/, p. 235).

124

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

of the Lord King as parcel of bis Barony of Oswestry,
and lie affirms himself to have a franchise and free
warren."

The manor of Serewardin was allotted on June 25,
1272, on the death of John Fitz-Alan JIL, as the
dower of his widow, Isabel de Mortimer, and the
Pimhijl tenure roll of 1279 states — "Isabella de
Mortimer holds the manor of Schrawardine with its
members of the King in capite, in the name of dower,
and it pertains to the barony of Oswestry and is
geldable. '

From whom the Castle obtained the name of
f.i Castle Isabel" is hard to say. William Fitz-Alan
married Isabel de Say ; his grandson John, who re-built
it, Isabel de Albini ; and John, son of that John,
Isabel de Mortimer j1 and the name may have been
derived from any one of these ladies.

Shrawardine was the one parish of this district to
enclose which the diocese of Hereford passed its
natural and ordinary boundary, the Severn. The
reason of this arrangement is too old even for
antiquarian speculation. Domesday, as we have seen,
mentions neither Church nor Priest. But though the
district belonged to the mother Church of Alberbury,
there was an independent Church here when King
John appointed a rector. On November 27th, 1288,
Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford, when visiting his diocese
for the second time, crossed the Hiver Severn at the
Ford of Schrewardyn, and preached in Shrawardine
Church, and returned to Alberbury on the same day.2

The taxation of 1291 places the " Church of
Schrewurdyn " in the Diocese of Hereford, the
Archdeaconry of Salop, and the Deanery of Pontesbury.
Its value was £5 per annum.

1 Owen and Blakeway, vol. i., p. 70.

2 The ford by which ho crossed was regularly used till some thirty
years ago, when the cart road leading to it was done away with, the
hedges on each side being removed. The old stone V horseblock "
is, however, still left.

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125

An inquest taken at Shrawardine on May 19, 1302,
after the death of "Richard, Earl of Arundel, states the
inanor to have been held in capite for a Knight's fee.
The Castle was not deemed of any annual value. The
late Earl's demesnes consisted of 80 acres of arable
land, 6 acres of meadow, and 40 of woodland, The
free tenants paid M& 10s. 7d. rents; the villeins
<£5 16s. Id., the cottars 4s. 4d., and the tenements of
half a virgate ench were let for £4. In this inquest
both Ensdon and Forton are accounted members of
Shrawardine. The former constituted part of the
dower of Hawise, widow of the first John Eitz-Alan,
in 1240; but in 1272, when Shrawardine generally
was assigned in dower to Isabel, widow of the third
John Fitz-Alan, the rents of M Edeneston a member of
Shrawardine " are excepted, and allotted to the King
as guardian of young Richard Fitz-Alan. They
amounted to M6 7s. 9§di • while later in 1302 the
specific rent of Edeneston, a member of Shrawardine,
was £4.

Edmund Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, who succeeded
to the title and estates in 1301, was one of the Lords
Ordainers in 1310, and in 1318 was ordered to raise
200 foot men from among his tenants for the Scotch
war. During the reign of Edward II he was carrying
on a private feud with Fulk Fitzwarine ; but when the
King openly declared war against some of his barons,
and in January, 1322, took Bridgnorth and came to
Shrewsbury, Fitz-Alan came to his Castle of Shrawar-
dine to join him. Victory for a time crowned their
arms, and Fitz-Alan was left with scarcel ya rival in
tho Welsh Marches; but the tide turned. In 1326,
llw/vr Mortimer <J WigMora urA Qus&n Isabel hrAetl
in England in rebellion against Edward. The Earl , of
Arundel summoned his tenants and men at arms to
Oswestry, with the intention of seizing Shrewsbury for
the King, but he was taken prisoner by the burgesses
of Shrewsbury under Sir John Charlton, near the town,
and beheaded at Hereford on Nov. 17, 13 iO, by order

126

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

of Mortimer ; and the goods and chattels found on him
and his followers were granted to the burgesses for their
trouble in arresting him.1 His landed estates were
made over to Mortimer, who was*created Earl of Marc!) ;
but neither land or title was his for long, since in
1331 he was hanged, and the estates reverted to Earl
Edmund's son Ptichard.

In 134G a Koyal writ directed Richard Fitz-alan to
raise 200 men for the French wars ; and on Aug. 26,
he and his men had a share in winning the victory of
Crecy.

Three years afterwards the pestilence of 1349 devas-
tated England, and Shropshire suffered severely, so
many persons dying from it that a great part of the
land was thrown out of cultivation for want of labourers.
Earl Richard died in 1375, and was succeeded by his
son Richard, who having risen in opposition to the
King, was beheaded in 1393, and his estates granted
to Le Scroope, Earl of Wiltshire.2

In 1341 the assessors of the 9th rated the parish of
Shrawarthin at £2 ; so much less than the £5 of the
Church taxation of 1291, because the Earl of Arundel
had enclosed 3 carucates3 in his park, and because 3
carucates more lay waste from the insufficient means of
the tenantry. Moreover, a vast quantity of growing
wheat had been destroyed by a flood of the Severn.

In 138G an inquest found Shrawardine Chapel to be
" free and without any cure of souls, and that this was
by ancient custom, because the cure of the said Chapelry
belonged to the Vicar of Alberbury. The benefice was
then worth £5 per arm."4

1 Gf; Phillips, i>. 35.

2 CI. 1'aper on " Borough of Ituyton" by K. LI. Kenyon, Esq.,
S. A. S. Trans., 1891.

;i A cariicate (from old French word came, a plough) was about
50 acres of arable land.

4 Libera et. sine eura, et sic ab antiqua usitate, quia ciira illius
capcllio pertinet Vi carlo ccclcsiio do Alberbury. Yalet per ami. 100s.

AND PARISH OF SHEA WARDINE.

127

In 1381 Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, being
commissioned by King Richard LI. to end certain local
disputes among the Burgesses of Shrewsbury, summoned
them to appear before him at his Castle Isabel on the
Severn, near the said town. After having heard their
complaints, he ordered that for the good government
of the town they should elect twelve persons among
themselves to arrange such disputes for the future ;
and these twelve may be considered the first Aldermen
of Shrewsbury.1

Though Le Scroope did not possess the Arundel
estates for long, his tenure was marked by, one event
of importance to Shropshire, for in 1397 Richard II.
adjourned the meeting of Parliament from Westminster
to Shrewsbury, on account, as he said, of the great love
he bore to the inhabitants of these parts, where he had
many friends. Speed calls this Parliament the "Great
Parliament," from the large number of nobles who at-
tended with their retinues.2 By it was passed the Act
annexing all the Arundel estates in Shropshire and the
adjoining counties to the Principality of Chester, and
the instrument that effected this transfer mentions the
Castles of Lyons (i.e., Holt, near Wrexham), Chirk,
Oswaldestre, Daliley, Clone, and Isabelle. The King
constituted himself Prince of this new Principality, but
very soon afterwards he was deposed, Le Scroope
executed, and his estates were restored to Thomas, Earl
of Arundel. This revolution was, however, followed
almost immediately by a Welsh insurrection under
Owen Glendower, who in 1400 burnt Oswestry and
seized and held all Powys-land for several years. If
Glendower in 1403 marched with his troops from
Oswestry to Shelton, where he, as tradition says, used
the old oak as a watch-tower to see how the battle of
Shrewsbury was going, he would pass through part of
Shrawardine on his way to Montford Bridge. The year

1 •■'Phillips, p. 159 ; Owen and Bl^koway, vol. i., p. 79.

2 or. Phillips, p. 35.

128

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

after the battle Glendower ravaged all the country
round"' Shrewsbury, burning the villages on the out-
skirts of the town ; and he seems to have repeated his
raids several times before his death in 1415. The
district round Shrawardine would therefore, doubtless,
suffer severely, though we do not know whether the
Earl of Arundel lost possession of his castle there as he
did at Oswestry. In 1415 Thomas, Earl of Arundel
died, and his estates passed to a distant relation, John,
Lord Maltravers.1

For many years after this Shrawardine is not men-
tioned, nor did anything remarkable happen in the
immediate neighbourhood till 1485. In the August of
that year Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry
VII. , landed at Milford Haven, and without delay
hastened on through Hereford towards Shrewsbury.
Having made himself master of Forton, and secured
Montford Bridge, his army encamped upon Forton
Heath. From here Henry despatched messengers to
summon the town to surrender, but Thomas Mytton,
the chief magistrate, refused to open the gates. Henry
therefore returned to Forton, and passed the night at
the house of Hugh de Forton, who derived his name
from the village. The next day the negotiations were
renewed, with the result that the Earl was admitted.
The following is the account of the proceedings from
the Manuscript of Dr. Taylor : —

Thys Yearc, in the montho of August 1485, Henry Earlo of
Uychmoond, came out of Bryttane, towards England, wyth a
small companye, and landyd at Mylford Haven in Wales, nygh
Penbrooke, the 7th daye of August, having help Inoughe in
England, and so marchynge forward, beinge stayed at no place,
untyll he came to the town of Shrosbcrie, where the gates
were shutt against hym, and the pullys let downe; so the
Earle's messengers came to the gate, to say, the Welsh gate,
eommandynge them to open the gates to theyrc right Kynge ;
and Maister Myttoon made answere, being head bayley, and a
stoute royste gentilman, sayinge that he knew no Kynge, but

1 CT " Borough of Ituytou," 3. A. S. Tram,, 1891.

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDIXE.

129

only Kynge Richard, whose lyffetenants he and hys fellows
were, and before he should entir there, he should go over hys
belly; meaninge thereby that he would be slayne to the
grounde, and so to roon over hym before he entird, and that
he protested vehementlye uppon the Othe he had tacken ; so
the sayd Erie returnyd wyth hys companye, backe a^ayne to a
vylledgo callyd Forton, 3 Myles and halfe from Shrosberie,
where lie lay that night; and in the mornynge followynge,
there caine Embassadors to speake with the JJaylyff, requesting
to passe quyetlye, and that the Erie theyre master, dyd not
meane to hurt the towne, nor none therein, but to goe to trye
hys right, and that he prornysed further, that he would save
his othe, and hym and hys fellows harmles ; uppon thys they
entered, and the sayd Myttoon laye alonge the grounde, and
hys belly uppwardes, and soo the sayd Erie stepped over hym,
and saved hys othe ; and so passing forthe and marching for-
warde, he came to Bosworth, where the Battel was fought
betwyxt hym and Kynge Richard, in which Kynge Richard
was slayne.1

Among the wills proved in the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury, 1383 — 1558, we find that of Fooke Eiton,
Esquier, of Schrawarclyne, under the date 1454, and
that of Richard Pole or Poole of Shrawarclen under
1500. In 1491 a Richard Pole, father of the famous
Cardinal Pole, was sent by Henry VII. into the
Marches with offers of the King's pardon to all sus-
pected of treason. He was alive, however, in 1501,
for in that year he was one of the Council of Prince
Arthur in the Marches of Wales.

In 1528 we hear of the " capella, sacellum, seu
ecclesia de Cherathdon als Shrewardyn and in 1535
the Valor gives .CIO as the income of David Egerley,
Hector of Scrawardyn, out of which he paid Cs. 8d. for
procurations and Is. for synodals.

In the reign of Edward VI. , 1552-3, an Inventory of
Church goods was ordered to be made throughout
England, and Shraden is mentioned in the list that was
sent to the King's Commissioners.

1 Owen and Blnkcway's Uktory of Shrewsbury, pp. 215, 246 :
Phillip*, p 41, 1 1

Vol. VI 1., 2nd S U

130

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

John Leland, in his Itinerary, on which he started
in 1538, and on which he spent several years of travel,
mentions Shrawardine Castle as two miles from Mont-
ford Bridge; and also, in big account of Haiighmond
Abbey, says, "William Fitz-Allyn and his Wyffe with
Richard Fit z- Allen and otbar are tber buried, and
"Richard Fitz-Alan a child, whiche child fell, as is sayde,
by the Neclygence of his Norice out of hit Armes
from the Batlements of the Castle of Shravvardig."

In 1583 Sir Thomas Bromley, who, after passing
through the offices of Recorder of London and Solicitor-
General, was in 1577 appointed Lord High Chancellor
of England, purchased Shrawardine Castle, the ancient
seat of the Fitz* Alans, from the Earl of Arundel, the
last of the line. His son, Sir Henry Bromley, who
married a daughter of Sir William Pelham of Lincoln-
si lire, made it his principal residence.

The Shrewsbury " bayliffs* " accounts contain many
proofs of the respect borne by the Corporation to the
great Chancellor, cjj. : —

lpSOt Gcvcn and bestowyd upon Henry Bromley, my lord
Ohaneeler's Son and sir \Villm Pellam, Knyght at
Shrawerdyn by Mr Bay lefts.
A lofte of soger of iiii. lb. at xviiir/. a pound Cs.

2 dossen of i'yne cackes 4s.

3 gallons of wyne G8 8d.

1585. Bestowed upon W- Edward Lakin that is servant to the

right lionbIc lorde Chaunsler I potell of sacke lid, ;

1 ditto of clarett Sd. ; 1 li. an quarter of shuger 20(1
Bestowed upon Mr Harry Bromlo, the lord Chauncel-

lor's sonne,
2 loves of sugar weinge 22 li. 28s Gd.
Six pound 1 oz. of qui nee manual ato 0s.
three dozen cakkes 8s.
ippoerisse 2 gallons lGa.

Sum £3 V T\

The same accounts contain a reference to another
Shrawardine worthy.

IG13. Bestowed upon M* Edmonds, one of the Clarks of the
Privy Councell 8s 1 lcl,

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131

This gentleman — Clement Edmonds — was a nati ve
of Shrawardine, being born there about 1564. His
parentage is unknown ; but in the register of matricu-
lations at Oxford he is described 'as the "son of a
commoner " (pleb. Alius). In July, 1586, he entered
All Souls' College, Oxford ; took his B. A. in November,
1589 ; and became a Fellow of All Souls' in .1590. On
Feb, 15, 1597-8, he married Mary, the daughter of
Robert Clerk, Esq., of Grafton, Northants. On July
1st, 1600, he was the bearer of despatches from Sir
Francis Vere in Belgium, with news of the battle of
Nieuport. In 1601 he was appointed Assistant
Remembrancer of the City of London, and in 1605
Remembrancer in Chief. As the official mouthpiece of
the City, he was in constant communication with the
Court, and obtained by these means the appointment
of Clerk to the Privy Council. In 1614 he was sent to
Holland as Commissioner, to treat with the United
Provinces in connection with a disturbance about the
East India trade and the Greenland fisheries. On
Sept. 29th, 1614, he was knighted by James I. at
Hampton Court; was elected M.P. for the University
of Oxford in January, 1620 ; was subsequently pro-
moted to the office of Secretary of State, but died on
October 13th, 1622, aged 58. He was buried in the
Parish Church of Preston, near Northampton, and a
monument was erected to his memory with the
following inscription : — " Here lieth Sir Clement
Edmondes, Knt.,, one of the clerks of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council. His dextrous pen
made him most worthily esteemed in his own vocation;
and in the art military, by Caesar's confession, an
understanding soldier. He lived faithfully industrious
in his place and religiously constant in the belief of the
resurrection." Anthony a Wood says, " He was a
learned person, was generously skill'd in all arts and
sciences, and famous as well for military as for politic
affairs, and therefore esteemed by all as an ornament to
his degree and profession." lie had three children,

132 NOTES. ON TOE CHXJKCU, CASTLE,

Charles, Elizabeth, and Mary, who all survived him.
He published (1) 3 vols, of (i Observations on Caesar's
Commentaries (2) " Observations on the landing of
forces designed for an Invasion of a Country, with
animadversions by Sir Walter Raleigh and (3)
" Manner of our modern Training, or Tactiek Practice."1
Sir Thomas Bromley, afterwards Lord Chancellor,
was born in 157)0, and educated at Oxfoixl and the
Inner Temple, where he was appointed Header in 15C0.
In 1509, after holding the oUice of .Recorder of London,
he was made Solicitor-General, and took part in the
trial of the Duke of Norfolk for high treason in 157:1
In 1574 Mr. Bromley was made Treasurer of the Inner
Temple; in April, 1579, was advanced to the high
position of Lord Chancellor of England; and in 15SG
was President at the trial of Mary Queen of Scois at
.Fotheringay. In the 25th of Elizabeth (1583) he pur-
chased Shrawardine Castle estate, and died on April 12,
1587, aged 58. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Adrian Fortescue, Kt., and had four sons and four
daughters, Of his daughters, Elizabeth was the first
wife of Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchinbrook Castle,
Huntingdon, uncle and godfather of the Protector ;
Anne married Richard Corbet, son of Reynold Corbet,
J ustice of Common Pleas ; Muriel married John Lyttle- f
ton of Frankley ; and Joan married Sir Edward Greville
of Milcote.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Henry
Bromley, Kt., who made Shrawardine Castle his prin-
cipal residence. He married as his first wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir William Pelham, of Lincolnshire, the
great military commander, and had by her a son
- Thomas, who succeeded him ; for his second wife,
Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Verney, Esq., of Somerset;
and for his third, Ann; daughter of William Beswick,

1 Sir Clement was not above taking' bribes, for the Mayor of
Exeter, in l.GtfO, sent him "two pieees of 44s. to hasten a matter
before the Council." In 1GI7 and 1618 he was a benefactor of books
to the library of Shrewsbury School.

AND PAItfSH OF SHRAWARDINE.

133

Esq., of London. Sir Henry died in 1615, and was

succeeded by his son,

Sir Thomas Bromley, Kt.,1 who married Ann,
daughter of Richard Walsh, and, dying in 1641, was
succeeded by his son Henry,

Henry Bromley, Esq., of Shrawardine Castle, married
Beatrice, daughter of Sir Richard Newport, Kt., of
High Ercal (afterwards first Lord Newport). He was
High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1642-3, and was instru-
mental in convening the principal gentry of the county
to meet King Charles at Shrewsbury on Sept. 28th,
1642. He was also one of the King's Commissioners
of Array for Shropshire. His residence, Shrawardine
Castle, was garrisoned for the King, and totally
destroyed by the Parliament troops in 1645. He died
in 1652, and was succeeded by his son Henry.

Henry Bromley died in 1670, and was succeeded
by his son, William Bromley, M.P. for the county of
Worcestershire, who died in 1707, leaving two
daughters, Mercy and Dorothy.

Dorothy married John Jennings, of Hayes, co.
Middlesex, and died without issue.

Mercy married on Aug. 20, 1704, John Bromley of
Horseheath, co. Cambridge (who claimed to be of the
same family). He died in 1718, leaving an only son,
Henry.

Henry Bromley, born 20th, Aug., 1705, was M. P.
for the county of Cambridge, and was created first
Lord Montfort in May, 1741. He married Frances,
daughter of Thomas Wyndham. His wife died 11th
Feb., 1783. His issue were (1) a daughter, Frances,
who married Charles, first Earl Cadogan, and died
May, 1768 (Earl Cadogan died 1807) ; and

(2) An only son, Thomas, born 11th Feb., 1733, who
succeeded him as second Lord, on his death on

1 In the Peerage lie is called Sir Henry Bromley, but in the
Heralds' Visitation of 1623 he is entered as Sir Thomas, and the
latter name must be the right one, for he was alive and head of the
family when that Visitation was made.

134

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Jan. 1st, 1755. Thomas, second Lord Montfort, married
on Feb. 29th, 1772, Mary Anne, daughter of Sir
Patrick Blake, Bart. He sold his Shrawardine property
to Robert Lord Clive, and died 24th October, 1799,
being succeeded by his only son,

Henry, third Lord Mont fort, who was born 14th
May, 1773, and married on 5th September, 1793 to
Elizabeth Watts. He died without issue, and the
title became extinct.

V E 1) I G REE 0 F T H E B ROML E Y F A M I L Y ,
formerly Lords of the Manor of Shrawardine.
Lord Chancellor Bromley^Elizabeth, d. of Sir Adrian Fortescue.

i I l

Sir .Ilenr}' [ Elizabeth, (I. of Sir William I'elham Elizabeth Ann

M uriel Joan Thomas George

Sir Thomas^pAnn, d. of Honry Walsh.
lIenry=fBeatrix, d. of Sir Richard Newport.

Henry=p

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William-f=

Merey=pJohn Bromley Dorothys John Jennings

Henry, Lord Montfort=f Frances, d. of Thomas Wyndbam.

Franccs=Charlc3, 1st Earl Thomas 2nd Lord^Mary Ann, d. of Sir
Cadogan. Montfort I Patrick Blake, Bt.

Henry, 3rd Lord Montfort=Elizabeth Watts.

During the Civil War there must have been exciting"
times in the little village. On the 25th of August,-
1G42, King Charles I, unfurled his royal standard at

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135

Nottingham, and then came on without delay to Wel-
lington. He arrived there on September 19th, and
proceeded to Shrewsbury the following day. Here he
mustered an army, many of the gentlemen of Shropshire
and the adjacent counties joining him. Among them
were Thomas Lyster of Row ton, who presented the
King with a purse of gold, and was knighted ; Sir
Richard Newport of High Ercall, who gave his Majesty
£600, and was advanced to the dignity of Lord New-
port l and Henry Bromley of Shrawardine Castle, Sir
Richard's son-in-law. Mr. Bromley, who was High
Sheriff of Shropshire, and had taken the lead in
summoning the gentlemen of the county to meet their
King, was one of the King's Commission of Artillery,
which sat in the Library of Shrewsbury School daily in
April, 1G43. Shrawardine Castle would therefore be
one of the first places fortified and garrisoned by the
Royalists, but we hear nothing of it in the earlier part
of the war.1 On February 22nd, 1644, however, the
town and Castle of Shrewsbury were lost to the King
by treachery, and the soldiers at Shrawardine at once
began to look to their defences. On February 24th
the chancel of the church was pulled down, in order
that it might not afford shelter for the Parliamentarian
sharpshooters in the event of the Castle being attacked.
A little later, on September 28th, the Church Register
tells us W Shrawardine Castle was made a garrison for
the King before this, it had probably been held by the
retainers and friends of its owner, Mr. Henry Bromley.
Colonel Sir William Vaughan, who had raised a regi-

1 On March IS, 1G4-2-3, the Corporation of Shrewsbury agreed to
bo at half the charge of fortifying Montford Bridge with "turn pikes"
(i.e., turnstiles armed with pikes to prevent the entrance of horse) at
the ends of the bridge. And in Maurice's Diary we find this entry
May 3rd, 1G43 : — " 100 new pressed soldiers from Denbighshire weare
taken nearc Moiintlibrd brige as they were going to Shrewsbury."
As Maurice was on the Parliament side, and Shrewsbury was held by
the Royalists, these men were probably some of the King's troops
sent to reinforce the garrison of Shrewsbury Castle.

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NOTES ON THE GHtJRCH, CASTLE,

ment for the King in Ireland, was made Governor, and
this castle was the head-quarters of all his forces.1
There must have been many skirmishes in the im-
mediate neighbourhood, of which we hear nothing, In
the Perfect Occurrences of Parliament in October, 1644,
however, we read — " Thursday, Oct. 24th. There came
this day letters from Wem, which certify that the
valiant Col. Mytton hearing intelligence of Sir William
Vaughan, and a party of the enemies commanders to be
forth of the garrison, renowned Col. Mytton losing no
opportunity, marched himself with a party and sur-
prised Sir William Vaughan himself and 12 Captains,
Lieutenants, and other officers, and brought them before
Shrawardine Castle, whereof Sir William Vaughan was
Governor, and summoned the Castle, who upon capitu-
lation seemed willing to surrender; but Sir William
slipping in drew up the bridge and returned a denial

1 In the Mercurius Milieus dated Feb. 1st, 1644, it is stated, "Sir
Thoiiuis Myddelton is extreme melancholic since his last entertainment
at his house at Chirk Castle, where his prcticms engineer's brain was
clashed out by a stone from the Castle, which the rebels ever since call
the Welsh grenadocs. This engineer's death hath so damp'd the
factions thereabout that a lady sent this form of prayer to one Mr.
Lloyd (a sufficient brother) : — ' 0 heave us, heare us Good Lord :
how long art thou dcafe % Why didst thou suffer thy servant Tobias
to perish % Curse them, 0 Lord, and cursed be that creature which
was the cause of Tobias' death. Why didst thou suffer that castle
which was the seat of holiness to be possessed with profaneness and
popery? 0 curse with a heavy curse that great devil of Shrawardcn
(Sir William Vaughan) which doth torment thy children ; and let all
the righteous and holy say Amen. 0 Lord, bless Sir Thomas thy
holy servant, grant him that strength that he may overcome his
enemies and obtain his castle with honour.' " (Of. Parry's Royal
Vixits and Pr&gi esses through Wales, p. 3GG).

Sir Thomas iMiddleton joined the Parliament, but his Castle was
garrisoned for the King, and- he had to besiege his own home. It is
very difficult to make all the various dates fit ; since this prayer
seems to say Sir William was at Shrawardine before the Church
Register! sa}rs he was put in command of the Castle there. This post
was " nobly defended by Sir William Vaughan, who for the spirited
and successful sallies he made out of the Castle was called the Devil
of Slirawardine." (Ihilbcrf ii. 2:10).

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137

(so little trust is there in their words), but Col. Mitton
carried away the other 12 Commanders prisoners."

Gough, too, in his History of Middle, gives a very
vivid picture of the behaviour of the garrison troops.1

There happened noe considerable act of hostility in this
parish dureing the time of the warres, save onely one small
skirmage in Myddle/; part of which I saw, while I was a
schoole boy at Myddle, under Mr. Richard Rodericke, who
commanded rus boys to come into the Church, soe wee could
not see the whoale action but it was thus. There was one
Cornett Collins, an Irishman, who was a garrison soldier for
the King at Shrawerdine Castle. This Collins made his
excursions very often into this parish, and took awaye Catle,
provisions, and bedding and what hee pleased. On the day
before this ''conflict, hee had been att Myddle takeing away
bedding and when Margaret the wife of Allen Glial oner the
smith had brought out and shewed him her best bedd, hee
thinking 'it too course, cast it into the lake before the doore,
and troad it under his horses feet. This Cornett on the day
that this^ contest happened came to Myddle, and seaven
soldiers with him, and his horse having cast a shooe hee
alighted att Allen Chaloner's shop to have a new one putt
one. There was one Richard Maning a Garrison soldier att
Murton Corbett for the Parliament. This Maning was brought
up as a servant under Thomas Jukes of Newton witli whom
hee lived many years, and finding that Nat. Owen did trouble
this neighbourhood lie had a grudge against him and came
with seaven more soldiers with him hoping toe find Owen at
Myddle with his wife. This Maning and his Companions
came into Mydle at the gate by Mr. Gittins house at What
time the Cornetts horse was ashoeing. The Cornet hearing
the gate clasp, looked by the end of the shop and saw the
soldiers comeing and thereupon hee and his men mounted
theire horses ; and as the Cornett came at the end of the
Shop a brisk young fellow shot him through the body with a
carbine shott, and hee fell down in the lake att Allen
Challoner's doore. His men (led, two were taken, and as
Maning was pursueing them in Myddle Wood Fcild, which

1 "About Nov. 27, 1614, tlio DolgoHe drapers were robbed by Sir
William Vaughan and the King's men of Shrawardmc Castle to the
value of .€110 in money, besides eoininoditien." ((Quoted in Parry's
liui/al Visits and Pfogre&ses, p. 356). (

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NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

was then uninclosed, Mailing having the best horse overtook
them, while his partners were favre behindo, but one of the
Cornet's men shot Mailing's horse, which foil down dead under
him, and Maning had been taken prisoner had not some of
his men come to rescue him. Hee tooke the sadle under his
arme and the bridle in his band and went the next day to

Wem which was then a garrison for the Parliament

The Cornet t was carried into Allen Chaloner's house and laid
on the floore ; he desired to have a bed laid under him, butt
Margaret told him she had none but that which lice saw
yesterday ; hee prayed, her to forgive him and lay that under
him which shee did. Mr. Rodericke was sent for to pray with
him. I went with him and saw the Cornet lying on the bedd,
and much blood running along the floore. In the night
following, a Troop of horse came from Shrawardine and prest
a teame in Myddle, and soo took the Cornett to Shrawardine,
where hee dyed the next day. Those two soldiers that were
taken were Irishmen, and when they came to Wem were
both hangd — for the Parliament had made an ordinance that
all native Irish found in the King's Army, when taken in
England should bee handed.

Prince Rupert, hearing of the execution of these two
men, vowed that the next 13 prisoners of Cromwell's
men that he took should suffer death. In the next
summer (1644) the Prince took a troop of horse of
Colonel Mytton's prisoners, and executed twelve of
them, chosen by lot; the thirteenth was begged off by
Sir Vincent Corbet. After this no more Irish prisoners
were executed by the Parliament forces.

In the "Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army
daring the Civil War/' kept by Richard Symonds, a
Captain in the Royal Army, we are told : — " An. D'ni
1644, Sir William Vaughan was General of Shropshire;
in the winter he made the garrison Shraydon Castle,
commanded by Sir Wm. his brother, a parson, to
quarter his own regiment." Sir Will nun Vaughan did
not himself stay at the Castle long, for in an undated
letter from the Committee at Shrewsbury to Sir William
B re ret oil, the Parliamentary General, it is stated, "Sir
William Vaughan is p-one with bawe and. bag&age from

o d no ro o

Shrawardine Castle, march b away yesterday morning

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139

with his coach and six horses, his wife, and other
women, all with their portmanteaux furnished for a
toner march, and hath taken his leave of Shrawardine
Castle lor the summer at least/' Symonds giving in
bis Diary a list, of the ^amsdns in Shropshire in May,
1045, says c< Shraydon (Jastle, an. Irishman under Sir
W. Ball1 (commands it/' hut this probably refers only
to the [fish soldiers of the garrison,2 for according to
the Perfect Occurrences oj Parliament, already quoted,
'''On Thursday, June 6th, 1645, we marched to
S lira war dejrr, went close under the works, took from
them 24 good horses which was the greatest part of
Doctor Charles Vaughan (the Governor) his troop.
We expected them also to sally out but the Doctor,
though he had forgotten his preaching since he has
turned Cavalier yet remembered his grammar rule
Optimum est alieni sui iusania, for being warned by
the folly and harm as a Churchman, he was content to
sleep in a whole skin, and Suffer us to march away
with his prize without any of their lots, or the least
disturbance. This we did without the loss or hurt of
any one man of ours. We ascribe the praise and
memory of that work to God who hath hitherto
crowned our endeavours with success." This audacity
on the part of the Roundheads roused the garrison to
greater alertness, for a couple of days later, on June
8th, the day before Whitsunday, they pulled down the
greater part of the walls of the Church. The danger
increasing, and their fears perhaps roused by news of
the total defeat of the King on June 15th at Naseby,
and, more certainly, by a peril nearer home, the siege

1 This may, however, he a mistake for Sir W. Vaughan.

2 'Some of these Irishmen remained at Shrawardine after the end
of the Civil War, for the name of ".Steven Lynaker ah Irish gent"
is mentioned in the Register several times between 1 G 17 and 1 G59, when
he died ; and in 1849 we read of the burial of " Patrick Jlamans the
sou of Patrick Mamans an Irishman, forsaken by his father and left
to the parish to keep."

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NOSES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

of Cavves Castle near Westbury,1 on June 2 1st and
22nd, " the outbuildings of the Castle, the parsonage
house with all the edifices thereunto belonging, and the
greatest, fairest and best part of the Town were burnt
for the safety (as it was pretended) of the garrison."
This destruction, however, did not save them. On
June 24th the siege began, but it was not a long one
After holding out for five days, " the garrison was
cowardly surrendered up to the Parliament forces
under the command of Colonel Hunt, Colonel Lloyd,
and Mr. Charlton," In the ''Account of the Civil
Wars in North Wales from William Maurice's Diary,"2
the story of these days is as follows : —

1645. 23° Junii. Oavyes Castle was yealded up to the
Parliament upon composition the defendants should depart
with bagge ana" baggage. 29° Junii. Shraden Castle was
surrendered upon the like composition. These two castles
were taken in a fortnight's space. After this the Shrewsbury
forces sate before Hiercol,3 and the next morning after their
coming thither they were routed by Co]l. Vaughan. And in
their retreat the Pari1 forces burnt Ptouton and Shraden Castles.

Mr. Francis Browne, Hector of Shra warden, says,
" Within less than a fortnight after [the capitulation],
all the timber works of the Castle and much goods that
were in it, were consumed with fire upon a sudden

1 " J>y letters from Shropshire of the 23 of June, wee were certified
that the strong Castle of Cause after 7 dayes siege, was taken by the
forces of Shropshire, the Officers and souldiers marched out with their
single amies without any baggage, all the Horse arc delivered up to
the Committees, for the service of the publick. It is a place of great
concernment and stands upon a rock not mineable : by this the
country is cleared on that side Severn to Ludlow, and quite up to
Montgomery, the country in good condition, and will bee very speedily
put into a brave posture. The forces (as one of credit reports, that
came thence since the taking of Cause) are now before Shrawardine
Castle." (Vicars, quoted in iiulbert, Hist, of Shropshire ,vol, ii., p. 293).

2 S. A. S. Trans., vol. iv., p. 98 (1881).

3 " High Arcall a howse belonging to the Lord Newport : made a
garrison nboiit liallowmas 1644 by my Lord himselfe. 200 men in
it. Capt. Nicholas Armer is ;i governor." (Richard Symonds'Diary).

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141

report that Sir William Vaughan was coming to
surprise it." Afterwards the stone work was taken
down, and carried to Shrewsbury, to repair the Castle
there, and to build the u Rousal wall standing on the
Severn side "1

Such was the end ot Shrawardine Castle. The Civil
War was nearly over. In October, 1645, King Charles
when at Newark, just before he surrendered to the
Scots, made Sir William Vauo-han " General of the
horse " within the counties of Shropshire, Hereford-
shire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, and South and
North Wales, bat he could do nothing for the Royal
cause, and was shortly after !; slayn at Tredagh."2

After the destruction of the Castle,3 there is very
little history to record, for Shrawardine became a small
unimportant village, having nothing to connect it with
the world of action. The Church remained in ruins for
some five years. The state of the country was too
anxious for money to be collected from outside,
and the parishioners were too impoverished by the
burning of their houses to be able to afford it them-

1 According to a plan in the Shrewsbury Free Library, this wall
ran from the Cripple-lode (at the AVelsh Bridge) to Gilbert's Tower
(where the Smithfield gates now are). "Oliver Cromwell ordered
the destruction of Shrawardine Castle at the period he dismantled
and destroyed so many of the ancient Baronial fortresses." (Hutbert,
ii., p. 23G).

2 Dr. Chaloner's MSS. Notes.

In the Garrisons oj Shropshire, we read that Sir W, Vaughan " was
sentenced to death for loyalty by the Parliament."

3 It is impossible now to form any idea from the . existing ruins of
the extent or area, of the Castle. Till within the memory of man it
was a convenient stone quarry for the villagers. The late Lord
Powis undertook the excavating of part of what is now called the
" Castle Bank " but the stone work then laid bare is insufficient to
give any data as to the size or form of the Castle buildings. Hulbert
(ii., 230) speaks of "some vestiges, and the scite of Another Castle"
at Shrawardine, " of which he has not any particulars," He may
refer to the Moated Mound at Little Shrawardine. or that at Little
Ness, for there are no traces of another Castle in the parish, and no
tradition or legend about one.

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NOTES ON TITE CHURCH, CASTLE,

selves. On January 30th, 1649, Charles I. was
executed at Whitehall, and under Parliamentary
Government England became more settled. So in tins
year " a Voluntary e Collection through the Countrie "
was made for the rebuilding of Shrawardine Church,
the parish having for the five years since its destruction
" assembled for the public worship of God in the Castle
Stable." However, only the nave was rebuilt, for in
1G55 the Hector, Francis Browne, complains that
V Thomas Shelvock, Thomas Dyos, and John Typton
of their own accord, without asking my leave, pulled
down part of the Chancel and therewith repaired their
part of die Church wall,,,a

The repairing of the Churchyard wall seems to have
been a source of trouble to the parish, for in the
Register there is a long list of the different persons who
were responsible for keeping the wall in order, and the
length of wall which belonged to each.

1676, The Division of ye North & East [ ]

of yo Churchyard of Shrawardine into ye severall
Partitions hereunder named & at whose charge ye
s'1 Partitions are from time to time to be repaired.
Beginning at ye West Entrance Stile wch leadeth into
ye sd Churchyard going up ye North side to ye Gate
and thence to ye South East Corner of ye said Hence.

The stile belongs to ye Boat-house & Richd Pennell equally
between ym.

From ye stile upwards Roger Howell repairs six yards.
Next widow ililley repairs six yards,
next John Criflies repairs Two yards & one Quarter,
next widow Clinch loe repairs one yard & a Hallo,
next Henry Shelvock repairs Three yards & Three Quarters,
next George Griffies for ye house he dwells in Two yards & a
Quarter.

1 The services in the newly huilt church would he after the
Presbyterian form, for from August 2 .'3rd, 1G15, to May 10th, 1GG0,
the use of the Hook of Common Prayer was interdicted, not only in
Churches but even in private houses. A fine of <£5 was inflicted for
the first offence, of £l0 for the second, and lor the third " one whole
year's imprison men t without bail or mainprizc." (cl'. Macau I ay's
History <>/ ttiHjlaMl, Library Edition, vol. i., p. I GO.)

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143

next George Griffies for Olarks Liveing one yard & a halfe.
next John Glass repairs one yard & a halfe.
next Widow Tristram repairs Three yards,
next ye Parish repairs ffifteen yards' in wh & of wh ye Gate
is part.

next Mr James repairs flour }^ards & a halfe.

next Humphrey San key repairs Three yards.

next ye Custle repairs ffifteen yards,

next Mr Whitakers repairs one yard & a halfe.

next George Griffies for Linakers Liveing Three yards.

next Richard Typton repairs one yard & a halfe.

next Anthony Russell repairs Three quarters of a yard.

next ye Parish repairs six yards & a halfe of wch & in wch ye

Ra[iis] at ye South East Corner of ye sd Churchyard

are a part.

The South side ffence is 34 yards measuring from ye South-
East Corner down to ye South West Corner of ye sd
churchyard & ye repair of yfc belongs wholly to ye
Rector or Parson.

The Partitions & proportions in ye above recited Method
were agreed upon & consented unto at a Survey of
ye sd ffence upon Notice given of a Parish-Meeting
held ye ffourth day of [ .... ] 1076 at woh meeting
were present

John Lathum for ye Lady of ye Man'or

Richd Typton of ye Holly Church warden

Mrs Elizabeth James

John Typton for Mr Whitakers

Wm Russell for Humphrey Sankey

George Griffies

Adam Lea for Widow Tristram
Anthony Russell
John Glass

John Purcell for Widow Chnchloo
Widow Hilley

In the same year (1H76) a Religious Census was
taken of the Churchmen, Nonconformists, and Roman
Catholics in the Province of Canterbury, by order of
the Archhishop. A return was made by the Minister
and Churchwardens of each parish of all the parishioners
above the aoje of 16. In Shrawardine there -were 87
Conformists, i.e., Church-people, no Roman Catholics,
and only one Nonconformist. The population, there-

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NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

fore, would be much the same as at the present time,
for in 1891 the number of inhabitants was 1G6.

In 1G93 the following survey of the property belong-
ing to the Rectory was taken : —

A true terrier of the Land, Globe, Tythes, and Offerings
belonging to ye Parsonage of Shrawardine in ye county of
Salop taken September 29, 1693, by ye Recto1", Churchwarden,
and other Inhabitants of ye sd Parish whose names are
subjoined.

Imprimis. One parcell of Ground where ye Parsonage
house wth ye outhouses thereunto belonging formerely stood
including a Garden belonging to ye same. Bounded on ye
North \vtb ye Churchyard : on ye East wth ye Highway : on ye
South wth a yard in ye Possession of John Typton : and on ye
West with a yard belonging to a Tenem* of George Griffiths.

Item. The Glebe consisting of about eighteen strike :
Bounded on ye North and East \vth lands belonging to ye
Township of Ensden ; on ye South with a ffield belonging to
a Tenement of Margaret Punch : and on ye West wth a way
Leading to some Neighbouring grounds.1

Item. All manner of Tythes and Offerings within ye
Parish of Shrawarden (excepting yl no more than ye sum of
one shilling is to be paid yearly for all of ye Park wch is within
ye bounds of ye sd Parish).

John Lathum. Robert Adams Rector,

ye marks Anthony Russell. Adam Manwaring Churchwarden.

of George Griffiths.

Henry Shelvock.

Thomas Griffiths, Sidesman.

The Lords of the Manor evidently thought that they
were not called upon to contribute much towards the
stipend of the Rector they appointed. Having
appointed him their part was clone, the tenants must
support him.

1 From this we see that the two fields, now called the " Glihcs,"
gain their name ['rem having been formerly the Cleho land belonging
to the Rector ; and were at .some subsequent time exchanged for the
" Parson's latches," which are his now. As far as acreage goes, the
exchange was not to the parson's advantage.

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145

A few years later the Churchyard wall again causes
trouble, and a meeting is called of the parishioners to
apportion the remaining side.

1702. The west side of ye ffencing belonging to ye Church-
yard of Shrawardine from ye stile first above men-
tioned going Southward to ye corner of ye Parsonage
yard.

ffrom ye stile Adam Manwareing hath flour yards & a Quarter.

next ye Widow Hilley hath ffour yards.

next belongs to ye ffolley one yard three Quarters.

next George Griffies for ye house he dwells in Two yards.

next John Griffies of Calcott Two yards.

next Biehd Humphreys for late Chrichloe's one yard Three

Quarters,
next ye Castle Twelve yards.

next \V1U Russell for Joshua Sankey Two yards Three Quarters,
next Thomas Typton for ye house he dwells in one yard & a
Halfe.

next Thomas Wilson for his Wives Tenem1 Three yards & a
halfe.

next John Glass one yard & a halfe.

next Thomas Wilson for late Shelvocks Three yards.

next Thomas Griffies for Widow Tristram Two yards.

next Widow Shelvock for late Clarks Tenem* one yard & a halfe.

next Thomas Typton for Linakers ffour yards.

next Elizabeth Davies for Clarks Tenem11 one yard & a halfe.

Present at this settlement
John Lathum Gent, for ye Lord of ye Manor.
Thomas Wilson in right of his wife & himself.
George Griffies.

John Typton for Mr Whitakers.
Thomas Griffies for Mrs Tristram.
John Glass.

Sarah Evans for Mra Wingfield widow.
Wra Speak Churchwarden.

(Nota bene) Whoeuer of ye Parties concerned in ye sd ffence
if yn absent hath no room for complaint of this settlement by
reason yt Publication by ye Clarke of ye Parish in ye name of
ye Churchwarden was made upon Sunday October 11th 1702

desiring all Persons [ ] in any of ye ffences belonging

to ye Churchyard to meet in ye Churchyard on ye morrow
(being Monday, October 12th, 1702), ye severall persons above
mentioned to bo present were all agreed to this settlement.

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NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

A note at the end of this copy in the Register states —

The original of this is from Mr Jones, and is designed to be
[kept] in ye Church Chest wth ye Terrier, a copy of wh is on ye
first [page].

There are no such papers now to be found in the
chest. With regard to this Mr. Jones, the board in
the Church porch describing the Bromley Charity says,
" A legacy of £30 was given by the Family of the
Bromleys of Holt Castle in the county of Gloucester.1
The interest whereof (viz.) <£l 10s. Od. to buy the poor
of Shrawardine yearly coals at Christmas. The said
^30 was intrusted to Mr. Joseph Jones of Shrewsbury,
who charged his Tenement, Houses, and Lands in
Astley, Shrewsbury, and Coleham with the Payment
of the same." The will of Joseph Jones is dated 30th
September, 1729, and the will of his widow, Elizabeth
Jones, 19th September, 1733.

Up to 1720 Shrawardine Church had consisted of a
nave only. Though this part had been rebuilt in 1649,
we know that the chancel was in ruins in 1655, for in
that year stones were taken from it to repair the
Churchyard wall. But in 1720 a " Brief," or
Collection throughout the country, was made for the
<f repairs of Shrawardine Church and Parsonage
House," the estimated cost being put at £1,609.
These repairs consisted in the rebuilding of the
chancel and the Rectory house. This latter had not
been rebuilt since its destruction in 1645, for in
October, 1654, the Bector speaks of his 11 house at
Monford," though he was not Vicar of that place, and
the Terrier of September, 1693, describes the u parcell
of Ground where ye Parsonage house with ye outhouses
thereunto belonging formerly stood." A stone in the
Chancel wall above the East window gives the date of
its building as 1722, and it seems to have been placed
exactly on the foundations of the destroyed church,

A mistake for Worcester.

1 1

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147

for the old work and the new can be easily dis-
tinguished in the wall.

There is very little more to «ay, except with regard
to the restorations which the Church has undergone.

Of the original Church there is very little left. A
fine Norman font, a pre-Heformation bell with the
inscription " Ave Maria/' a portion of the north wall,
apparently of early English masonry, in which are two
windows, one of which in its lower part may be also
early English, and the other of decorated times, are all
that the destroyers of 1645 spared to be utilised in the
Church of 1649.

Some 65 years ago the Church underwent alterations,
and many most interesting relics were swept away.
Before that time there were several u funeral garlands"
still hanging in it,1 which were believed by the children
to be the work of giants ;2 and a heart-shaped piece of
black tin, on which was inscribed in gold letters, "D. N.
died 1753, aged 15," was to be seen suspended over the
window on the south side of the nave, and fastened to
it a pair of white gloves. " Dolly Newcombe " had
ridden a cart horse to the river that it might drink,
but was thrown off its back and drowned, and this
memorial was erected to her memory. Ail these, how-
ever, were swept away, together with a curious reredos.
The woodwork on each side the east window, on which
the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments were painted
was continued till it joined overhead, and in the centre,
above the window, was a picture of a large eye, and on
either side the eye the words "Lord" and "God" in
Hebrew characters. A new pathway was also made on
the south side of the Church, and the gateway moved

1 " These garlands were composed of hoops connected by strips of
wood; in the middle hung papers cut in the shape of hands, flowers, &c,
and ribbons were attached to the frames. They were, according to
an old English custom, carried to Church when a village maiden was
buried, and after the funeral were suspended there." (Bye-Gones,
1875, p. 325).

2 Shropshire Folk-Lore, pp. 6 and 310.

148

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

some ten yards further south from the spot where it
stood in 1676.

Fifty years ago the north sjde of the Churchyard
was the village playground, as the old superstitious
dread of burial there, once so prevalent, had not yet
died away.

The next restoration was the following, which is thus
described in a note made by Mr. Lloyd at the end of
the Baptismal Register Book : —

1861, September 15th to December 15th Shrawardine Church
was closed for sundry repairs ennumeratcd below. Contract
with the parish £73. The nave and porch were new roofed
with Llangynog slates. The old oak principals were left, but
cased with deal, the old oak spars were replaced by red deal.
The white ceiling was removed at the expense of the Earl of
Powis, and boarded roof substituted. The whole of the nave
was new coloured. An entirely new roof was put on the
chancel at the expense of the rector, George Arthur Clive.
Bangor slates were used. The altar rails were fixed across the
chancel ; a stained glass east window with stone mullions was
presented by the Earl of Powis; the north and south chancel
windows were restored with stone mullions by the Rector;
cocoanut matting for the chancel floor was supplied by the
Rector. The ground all round the chancel was removed and
drains made.

G, A. Clive, Rector; G. N. Lloyd, Curate ; Henry Plimley,
Churchwarden; John Treasure of Newport, Builder.

The other alterations were the removal of the font
from its old position in the chancel to its present place
near the door, and the taking away of the " Old Men's
Pew " to make room for it.

From July 10th to November 11th, 1892, the
Church was again closed for restoration. The old oak
panelling round the Church, made some time or other
out of old pews, had become quite rotten, and the pews
themselves were hardly safe to sit in ; in fact there was
need of restoration everywhere. A new chancel arch
was built in place of the oak beam and transomes ; the
old square pews were replaced by new seats made out
of the oak of the former ones ; the chancel door was

AND PARISH OF SHUAWARDINE.

149

blocked up ; the beam over the gallery was taken
away, and the west window opened oat ; the chancel
and nave were repaved ; and a cjiancel screen was made
from some of the carved oak of the old panelling.
It was intended to scrape and repoint the walls inside,
but it was discovered that with the exception of the
north and west walls of the nave the whole church was
lined with brick. Very few traces of the old church,,
destroyed in the Civil Wars, were discovered. A stone
with traces of carving built into the wall above the
small north window, the base of a small pillar, and a
few tiles in situ about eight inches below the present
level of the chancel, were all. The stones, however, may
have been brought from the Castle. A great deal of the
woodwork used in the old pews had evidently been
adapted from some former use, for though out of sight
much of it was moulded. An inscription at one time
on the front of the reading desk, has been for some
reason or other, completely gouged out, and is utterly
illegible.

The whole of the restoration was carried out from
the designs and directions of Mr. P. H. Currey,
architect, of Derby, by Mr. Richard Price of Coleham,
Shrewsbury

FIELD NAMES, &C. , IN SE RAW All DINE PAIUSII.

The Saxon ending (t ley " found in the three farms
Buckley, Hilley, and Folley, and m the fields Kiteley,
Woodley, and Bradeley, meaning a meadow in a wood-
land, carries us back to the time when the parish was
covered by forest, with a clearing made here and
there for a Saxon homestead. Hilley was important
enough to give its name to its possessors, as the numerous
references in the Register to the Hilieys of Hilley show.
Buckley, too, was a manor house, the owners of which
had the right to a pew in the chancel of Shrawardine
Church. The fields called the "Big Camp " and "Long
Camp" (the highest land in the parish) were the camp-

150

NOTES ON THE CHUItCU, CASTLE,

ing or exercise ground for the Castle garrison. The
" Gib-yard'' was most likely the place where the gibbet
or gallows stood for the execution of offenders within
the bounds of the March.1 The " Snocl " bore its name
250 years ago (vide Register). The " Parks," " Parke
side/' and " Matthew's Park/' are the remains of the
old deer park belonging to tbe Castle. In 165 L and
1654, " Abram Callier, by birth a Frenchman, brought
out of France by Sir Thomas Bromley, and by him
made Keeper of the Park," is mentioned. The park is
also referred to in the Terrier of 1693. This park was
apparently existing in 1730, for in a description of the
Montford Glebe taken that year, several fields are
described as " bounding tbe Park." The " Glibes "
were the old Rectory glebe-lands. Lastly, " Peggy's
Croft " retains the name of "Margaret Punch," who
died in 1695 (vide Register).

The meeting of the three roads at the turn to Shraw-
ardine station is still called " Aaron Potham's Grave,"
because a man of that name, who committed suicide,
was buried there. Local tradition says he was a travel-
ling pedlar, who drowned himself in the Severn. His
bones were dug up some hundred years ago,2 but when
he was buried is unknown, for there is no entry of such
a burial in the Church Register, nor the mention of
anyone of the name of Potham (or Pothern, as it is
sometimes pronounced).

Old English sports and customs seem to have lingered
on in small out of the way villages like Shrawardine

1 The Marches of Wales being exempt from the criminal and civil
jurisdiction of the King's Judges of Assize, and subject only to that
of the Lord Marcher, Shrawardine Castle, as his residence, would be
the scene of the trial and execution of many a criminal. This judicial
power belonged to the Lord Marchers till 1535 when a statute trans-
ferred to the Assize Judges the jurisdiction of all murders and felonies
committed in the Welsh Marches, and a second in the next year, that
of all oftences, of whatever kind.

2 Mary Parton (afterwards Mary Braync), who was born in 1776
and died in 18-15, could remember being carried as a child on some-
one's back to see the bones that had been dug up

AND rAIUSII OF SHUAWARDINE

151

later than in other places. The old custom of " Heav-
ing " at Easter, a popular form of commemorating the
Resurrection, was very general in it less than half a
century ago. On Easter Monclay it was the privilege
of the men to lift the women whom they met three
times above their heads in the air, and on the following
day the women claimed and exercised a similar privilege
with regard to the men.1 On the evening of All Souls
Day (Oct. 31st) the boys used to go u Souling," i.e.,
collecting seed cakes called " Soul cakes," or anything
else they could get. St. Thomas' Day (Dec. 21st) was
called " Begging Day." Women and children used to
go round to the houses begging corn. At most farm-
houses a sack was put ready, and each woman and child
had a small measure full given them when they came ;
at other houses they received money or- bread and
cheese. All these old customs have died out now, as
has also " Wake Sunday," which was for Shrawardine
Sept. 19th, if a Sunday, or the first Sunday after ;
an instance of the Wake Sunday not being on the
same clay as the festival of the Saint to whom the
Church is dedicated, St. Mary the Virgin being the
dedication of Shrawardine.2

It is still, however, considered unlucky for a woman
to be the first to cross the threshold into a house on
New Year's Day.

And the Sermon Bell is still rung at 8 a.m. every
Sunday, a memorial, perhaps, of the time when there
were only sermons at long intervals, often dependent
upon the occasional visits of some preaching friar, and
when the Church bell was sounded to tell the villagers
that there would be a sermon in English as well as the
reading of the Prayers in Latin.3

1 Agnes Strickland, in her Lives of the Queens of England, tells us
that King Edward I. was heaved by the Ladies of Queen Eleanora
and paid <£14.

2 This may bo one of the numerous eases of the Normans finding
a British Church in existence at the Conquest, and altering its dedi-
cation from that of some old British Saint to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

3 (Cf. Stones of the Temj>(e, by W. Field, pp. 184, 185).

Vol. VII., 2nd S. U

152

NOTES ON TEE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Copy of a Paper in the Church Chest describing the
Communion Plate and Registers of Shrawardine Church.

List of Books in the Chest taken this 16 day of Feb. 1852.^
Communion Plate, consisting of a pewter plate and silver

Tankard.1
Register Book of Banns of Marriage.

Register Book of Baptisms and Burials from 16642 to 1812.

Register Book of Burials commencing 1813.

Register Book of Baptism commencing 1813.

Register Book of Marriages commencing 1813.

Two Register Books of Marriages commencing Nov. 14, 1837.

Register Book of Marriages commencing 1755 and ending 1812.

A Book of Records for the parish of Great Shrawardine begun

the 15th day of Dec, 1705, and ending 1S12.8
The above books and plate were found in the Parish Chest by

the undersigned, examined and placed there again by them.

John Hinton Bluck, Curate of Shrawardine.

Henry Plimtay, Churchwarden of Shrawardine.

James Crane, Parmer of Shrawardine.

dated Feb. 1G, 1S52.
To be added to the above list the Tithe Commutation papers.

J. H. B.

Also this list answers to the contents of the Chest, excepting
the Tithe Commutation map, &c. March 25, 1858.
As witness my hand

George Newton Lloyd.
I hereby certify that 1 leave the whole of the above contents
(excepting the tithe commutation map, &c, which I have
never seen) in the iron Chest as I found them.
As witness my hand this 25th day of April, 18G9.

George Newton Lloyd.

LORDS OF THE MANOR AND PATRONS OF THE LIVING OF
SHRAWARDINE.

Richard Clive, of Styche, Market Drayton, M.P. for Mont-
gomery, married Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel Gaskell
of Manchester, and had besides five sons and three
daughters who died young.

(1) Robert, b. 29 Sept., 1725, first Lord Clive.

1 The Rev. (J. A. dive subsequently gave a silver Chalice and
Paten to Shiuwardine Clhuroh.

2 1G6 I is a mistake for 1645.

3 1812 is a mistake for 1751,

AND PARISH OF Sil RAW AUDI XE.

153

(2) Rebecca, b, 18 Oct., 1730, m. her first cousin Robert Olive,

Rector of Moreton and Oanon of Westminster, and died
1825, aged 95.

(3) Sarah, b. 20 April, 1732, m. Sir John Markharn, Bart

(4) Judith, b. 1 Dec, 1733, m. Thomas Wolley, Esq., of

Shrewsbury.

(5) Frances, b. 12 Feb., 1734, m. Matthew Wilson, Esq., of

Easton, co. York.

(6) William, b. 1745, d. June 15, 1825, father of the Rev.William

Olive, Rector of Shrawardine 1834-1842, and of the Rev.
George Arthur Olive, Rector of Shrawardine 1842-1881.

Robert Oiive, writer in H. E. I. 0. 1743; Ensign II. E. 1. 0.
army 1746; Captain 1750; M.P. St. Michael's, Oorn wall,
but unseated 1752; Lieut.-Colonel, and Governor of Fort
St. David, 1755; M.P. Shrewsbury 1761-74; Baron Clivo
of Plassey, co. Glare, Ireland, 1702; Governor and Com-
mander-ia-Ohief of British Possessions in Bengal, 1765-
1767; Recorder of Shrewsbury 1771-74; created a Knight
of the Bath. Married 15 March, 1752, to Margaret, dau.
of Edmund Maskelyne of Purton, Wilts. Died Nov. 22,
1774, aged 49, leaving two sons, Edward, who succeeded
him, and Robert, a Lieut.-Colonel, b. Aug. 30, 1769, and
two daughters, Rebecca and Margaret. On his return
from India in 1760, Lord Olive "set himself to cultivate
Parliamentary interest. Bis purchases of land seem to
have been made in a great measure with that view, and
after the general election of 1761 he found himself in the
House of Commons at the head of a body of dependents,
whose support must have been important to any adminis-
tration " (Macaulay " Lord Clive"). It was at this time
that he bought the " Lordship " of Shrawardine and Mont-
ford from the 2nd Lord Montfort.

Edward Olive (2nd Baron), b. 7 March, 1754, Governor of Fort
St. George, Madras. Received on 3rd May, 1804, the
thanks of both Houses ot Parliament for the important
services he rendered during the Mahratta war. Created
Baron Clive of Walcot, co. Salop ; Baron Powis of Powis
Castle, and Earl of Powis, 14 May, 1804; Recorder of
Shrewsbury 1775. Married Henrietta Antonia, daughter
of the 1st Earl of Powis (created 1748), and heiress of her
brother, the 2nd Earl (who died in 1801). About 1825
he began to build the present Shrawardine Castle for a
residence at Shrawardine, but never finished it, the build-
ing now standing being, it is said, intended only for the
servants' quarters. He died in 1839, leaving two sons,
Edward, who succeeded him, and Robert Henry,

154

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Edward (2nd Earl), b. 22 March, 1785 ; Knight of the Garter ;
M.P. Ludlow; Lord-Lieut, of co. Montgomery; Colonel
South Salopian Yeomanry 18^.8-1848; assumed in 1807
the surname and arms of Herbert by royal licence.
Married in 1818 to Lucy Graham, daughter of the 3rd
Duke of Montrose, and died 1848, leaving five sons and
two daughters.

(1) Edward James, b. 181 S, who succeeded him.

(2) Charlotte Elizabeth, b. 1821, married 1846 to Hugh Mont-

gomery, Esq.

(3) Percy Egerton, b. 1823, P.C. ; K.C.R ; ALP. for South

Shropshire; General in army; d. 1876,

(4) George, b. 1825 ; Dean of Hereford 18G7 ; d. 1894.

(5) Robert Charles, b. 1827, Chancellor of the Diocese of

Lichfield.

(6) Lucy, married Thomas Calvert, Esq.

(7) William Henry, b. 1834, Major-General 1885-90; formerly

Cob of 4th VVest Indian Regiment.

Edward James (3rd Earl) was IVPP. for North Shropshire 1843-
48; Colonel of the South Salopian Yeomanry 1848-72;
and Lord-Lieut, of Montgomeryshire. Died 1891, and
was succeeded by his nephew George Charles.

Georgo Charles (4th Earl), b. 24 June, 1862, is the second and
only surviving son of the late General the Right Hon. Sir
Percy Egerton Herbert, P.C; K.C.B. ; M.P. ; younger
brother of the 3rd Earl. Ho married in 1890 the Hon.
Violet Ida Eveline Lane-Fox, daughter of the 12th Baron
Conyers, and has issue, Percy Robert, Viscount Olive,
b. Dec. 2nd, 1892.

Richard Olive

.1 ! :l ... "... I I !

Robert Rebecca Sarah Judith Frances William

Edward (2nd. Lord) Robert Rebecca Margaret William George Arthur

Edward (2nd Earl) Robert Henry

Edward James Charlotte Percy Egerton George Robert William
(3rd Earl). Elizabeth J Charles Henry

Henry Edward (died 1865). George Charles (4th Earl).

i ; "

Peroy Robert (Viscount Olive).

AND PARISH OF S II RAW A RDINE.

155

Sovereign of
Country.

John

Henry III.
Edward I.

RECTORS OF SIIltAWARDiNE.1

Bate of
Institution.

Nov. 10, 1213.

.land 20, 1230.
March 1)3, 1305.

Edward II. Doc. 12, 1325.

Edward II.
Edward III.

»> > >

Kiohard 1 1

Henry IV.
Henry VI.

Dec. 30, 1325.

? ?
July 19, 1352.
May G, 1351.
Dec. 16, 1355.
Am,'. 14, 1358.
Oct. 11, 1359.
Mar. 21, 1380.

May 22, 1388.
April 18, 1393,

July 21, 1408.
Feb., 1427-8.

Edward IV. Mar. 21, 1464-5.

> » »j
Henry VII.
Henry VIII.

April 7, 1477.

9 9

Doc. 21, 1501.
Sept. 4, 1528.

Name,of Rector.
Robert de Cferne.

Herbcrt.Clork of the Marslialsea

Hugh de Biryton in lucted to
the Church of Shrcwardyn..
Resigned tho Church- of
Castle Isabel 3 325.

Sir John de StreLton. Resigned
the Church of Castle Isabel
Dec. 30th for the Rectory of
Kin fare.

Robert do Northwich, late
Rector of Kinfaro.

Hugh . . . [Rector here on 30th
Jan., 1331].-

Sir William de Wolvcrton. Re-
signed.

Sir William de Warden. Re-
signed.

Sir Hugh de Zoflcge. Resigned
1358.

Sir Adam do Ertham. Resigned
1359.

Sir William de Drayton. Died
1380.

Robert Pebelle\ve(or Pobellowe)

instituted to the free Chapel

of St. Mary of Shrawardine.

Resigned 1388.
Richard Clopp, instituted to

this free Chapel.
Thomas Harlyng, instituted to

Chapel of CreatSchrewardyn.

Resigned 1408.
Thomas WiHrner, instituted to

this free Chapel. Died 1427.
John Homo, instituted to the

free Chapel. Resigned 1464.

Patron
King, the Earl
of Arundel
being a minor
. King,
.giving.

Edmund, Earl
of. Arundel.

feamo.

Richard, Earl
of Arundel.
Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Richard, Earl
of Arundel.

Same.
Same.

William Dudley. Resigned on
his consecration to the Bishop-
ricof Durham 1477. Died 1485.

Sir John Essyng, Chaplain.

John Phileppis. Died 1504.

Sir Matthew David, Chaplain.
Died ] 528.

Sir David ap Llewelyn.

Thomas, Earl
of Arundel.
King, because
John, Earl of
Arundel a
minor.
William, Earl
of Arundel.

Same. .

Thomas, Earl
of Arundel.

Helisous David,
grantee of

Thomas, Earl of

Arundel for this

time.

i The earlier part of this list is from tho Blivkeway MS. in the Bodleian.

- On .Jan. ;JD, 1331, Thomas Choiiton, Bishop of Ifotoford, censures tho Archdeacon
severely for having appointed ono Williiun, linii.her of llu^li, llorfor of Shrawardinu, an
his coadjutor, tliUM- rioLtin^' at naught tho Bishop'ti purafffnunt authority'. Tim Bi.dmp
anthorisoH his commissary to act in tho affair.

156

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Sovereign of Date of

Country. Institution, Name of Rector. Patron.

Henry VIII. ? ? David Edgerley. Uierc in 1535].

Elizabeth July 2, 15G2. John Corbet. Also Rector of BIshopofHere-

Wistanstow, and of Car- ford by lapse,
cleston.

} 1592. Richard Harrison, M. A., Fellow Sir Henry

of Queen's College, Oxford. Bromley.
Buried at Shrawardine, 15
September, 1G38, aged 86.
Charles I. Nov. 26, 1638. Francis Browne, M.A., Lincoln Henry Brom-

College, Oxford. Born at ley.
Newport, Salop, 1608. Son of
Henry Browne. Vicar of
Montford 1632-38. Buried
Dec. 3rd, 1664, at Shrawar-
dine.

Charles II. March 20,1664-5. Robert Adams, M. A., Magdalen Henry Brom-

College.Cambridge. Published ley.
" A Caution against Surety-
ship,'3 in 1688. Buried 16
Oct., 1710, at Shrawardine.

Anne. October, 1710. Edmund James, B.A. Buried John Bromley.

18 June, 1747, at Shrawar-
dine. " A good and con-
stant Preacher, an allectionate
Parent, a sincere Friend, and
courteous and alfable to all
men." (Parish Register).

George II. Dec. 5, 1747. Adam Newling, M.A., late Henry, 1st

Rector of Fitz. He was also Lord Mont-
Vicar of Montford 1714-58. fort.1
Born 29th May, 1690. Buried
2nd March, 1758, at Shrawar-
dine

George II. March 25, 1758. John Foster, M.A., Fellow of Thomas. 2nd

King's Collego, Cambridge. Lord Mont-
Inducted the same day to the fort.
Vicarage of Montford. Author
of "Essay on the different
Nature of Accent and Quan-
tity," pub. in 1763. Died 1774.

GcorgoIIL 1775. Ncyil Maskelyno, D.D., F.R.S., Edward, 2nd

Fellow of Trinity College, Lord Clive,
Cambridge, B.A. 1754, Astro- 1st Earl of
nomer Royal. Llesigned 1782. Powis.
Died 1811, aged 79.-

i For this spoiling of his name ef. tho entry made by the Rev A. Newling in tho Mont*
ford Rogistor under May, 1741. Memorandum : in the beginning of this month UU
Majesty was pleas'd to create Henry Uromloy, ISsq., Lord of this Mannar, a Peer of Great
Britain by tho stile and Title of Lord Montfort, Baron of Jlorseheath, in the County of
Cambridge ; and my Lord, at that time, by word of Mouth gave me Orders to alter the
name of the Parish in the Register according to his Title."

- Nevil Maskelyno, Astronomer Royal, was the third son of Edmund Maskelyne, of
Purton, in Wilts, by bis wife Elizabeth Booth, und was horn in London, Oct. (!, 17.'!-.
Educated at' Westminster, in 1.7'lJl lie entered Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, but soon
migrated to Trinity, and graduated in 1751 as 7th Wrangler. In 1707 he was elected Fellow
of Trinity, and. in 1758 a Follow of the I loyal Society. He took his M.A, in 1757 ; his H.P.
in 1708 ; and his l),I>. in 1777. Ordained to Iherumcy of Unmet, Herts, in 1755, lie was
presented by Ids nephew to tho living of Shmwumlhio in 1775, but vacated it in 1782, by the
acceptance of the Rectory of North Runcton, Norfolk, Tho solar eclipse of July 25th, 1718,

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE. 157

Sovereign of

Country.
George I [I.

Date of
Institution.

1782.

William IV. Feb. 5, 1833.

Victoria.

1842.

Victoria.

1882

Victoria.

1887.

Name of Rectoi*. Patron.
Isaac Frowd, M.A., Fellow of Edward, 1st
Exefcer College, Oxford. Vicar Earl of Powis.
of Bishop's Castle 1777-1834,
and for jaaany years of Clim-
burv. Inducted to Bishop's
Castle, Oct., 11th, 17/7, but
did not come into residence
at once, being- at Madras with
Lord Olive as Chaplain. Born
at Brinton Deverell, Wilts,
1754 ; son of Edward Frowd,
gent. E lucated at Win-
chester. For a short time a
private tutor at Eton. Died
5 Dec, 1834, aged SI.
William Clive M.A., St. John's Edwar.l, 1st
Collude, Cambridge; ord. 1818; Fail of Powis.
Vicar of Welshpool 1819-05 ;
Chaplain to the Duke of New-
castle 1824; Vicar of Mont-^
fort 1831-35 ; Archdeacon of"
Montgomery 1841-01 ; Hon.
Canon of St. Asaph 1849 ;

Residentiary Canon 1854, re-
signed 18$ 1 j Rector of Blym-
hi 11 1805-83. Died 1883.
(Icorge Arthur Olive, M.A., St.
John's College, Cambridge,

B. A. 1827 ; Vicar of Clunbury

1828-42; Bishop's Castle 1835-

42; of iMontford 1835-81.
Born July 20, 1803. Died

Nov. 8, 1881, aged 78.
Charles Henry Bromby, D.D ,

St John's,College;Cambridge;

ord. 1838 ; Vicar of St. Paul's,

Cheltenham, and Principal of

Cheltenham Training College

1843-04 ; Bishop of Tasmania

1804-82 • Master of St. John's

Hospital, Lichfield, 1887-92;

Coadjutor to Bishop of Bath

and Wells 1892.
John Edward Hill, Y .A., Christ El ward James

Church, Oxford ; ord. 1848 ; 3rd Earl of

Curate of Welsh pool 1850-05; Powis.

Vicar 1805-87; Proctor inCon-

vocation for Diocese of St.

Asaph 1880-92 ; Born at Dart-

inglon, Devon, 1825. Son of

Lieut. -Col. John Humphrey

Hill, C.B., 23rd Royal Welsh

Fusiliers. The present Rec-
tor of Shrawardine.

Edward, 2nd
Earl of Powis.

Edward James
3rd Earl of
Powis.

matte an astronomer of him. Astronomer ltoyal, 17(55 I" 1802 he was elected one of eigth
Foreign Member* of the French Institute, and he died in his Observatory on the 9th of
February, 1811, aged 7'-'. His writings and controversies are too numerous to mention, but
among them was the establishment of the Nautical Almanac, His sister Margaret, Lady
(Jlive, survived till LS17. (Diet, of Nat. Biog.),

158

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

In the time of the Rev. G. A. Clive the llectory of
Shrawardine was joined to the Vicarage of Montford
for ecclesiastical purposes. In all civil affairs, however,
the parishes are still as distinct and separate as they were
before. When the union was made about 1860, Shra-
wardine was transferred to the Diocese of Lichfield from
that of Hereford, The present Church at Montford
was opened on March 5, 1737, the foundation stone
being laid on March 19, 173G. " Mr. Edmund James,
Hector of Shrawarden, and Mr, Henry Withington,
Steward of Shrawardine Manor, were two of the
trustees/' The dates on the three bells, which were
removed in 1891, were 1050, 1070, and 1717.

CURATES OF SLIHAWARDINE.

1758. Thomas Ilnnmer. Born 1731. Curate of Montford
1758-75; Vicar of Montford 1775-89. Died Dec.
1789, aged 5S. Buried at Montford.

1790. John Parry.

1800. John Wingfiekl. Vicar of Montford 1790-1830. Resided
at Shrewsbury under a dispensation from the Bishop
of Lichfield, Montford Vicarage not being in a suffi-
cient state of repair for his habitation. Born Aug.
11, 1755; died Sept., 1830, aged 75. Buried at
Montford.

1814. Owen Williams. Lived at Oswestry, riding over for
• Sunday duty. [Mr. Williams had a wooden leg, and
his way of riding much impressed his parishioners].
1821. Charles Crisp. Lived at lluyton-xi-Towns.
1820. Benjamin Maddy.

1827. John Connor. Hector of Sudhornc with Orford,
Suffolk, Dec. 1828.

1829. John Norgrave Baker, B. A., St. John's College, Cam-
bridge ; ord. 1829; first resident clergyman in Shra-
wardine since death of Mr. Newiing in 1758.
Educated at Shrewsbury School. Rector of How-
Caple, Ross, 1851-84. Died 1884.

1851. Richard Perrian Thursfield, M.A., St. John's College,
Cambridge; Bell's University scholar 1816; B.A.
1819 ; Rector of Sidbury, Bridgnorth, 1851 ; educated
at Shrewsbury School,

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

159

1851. John Hinton Bluck, B.A„ St. John's College, Cam-
bridge ; ord. 1847 ; Vicar of Ampney-Crucis, Ciren-
cester 1883.

1858. George Newton Lloyd, M.A., Hatfield Hall, Durham;

ord. 1855 ; Rector of Killesk, Waterford, 1869-75 ;

Vicar of Bicton, Salop, 1875-88. Born July 19, 1831 ;

educated at Rossall School; died April 24, 1888.

Son of the Rev. George Newton Kynaston Lloyd,

Rector of Selattyn. (See S. A. Trans., 2nd Series,

iik, 308). Buried at Bicton.
1809. John Eddy, M.A., Trinity College, Oxford; B.A. 1824;

Rector of Elworthy, Somerset, 1844-69. Born at

Toddington, Gloucester. 1802. Son of Rev. John

Eddy, M.A. Died Sept. 1st, 1870, aged 68; buried

at Shrawardine.

1870. Arthur George Brooke, St. Bees, 1858 ; ord. 1862 ; Vicar
of Astley, Salop, 1883 ; formerly Lieut. II. M.
Lincolnshire (10th) Reg.

1883. Charles Egerton Fiennes Stafford, M.A, New College,

Oxford ford. 1866. Born at Dinton, Wilts, 1843.
Son of the Rev. James, Charles Stafford, B:D.

1884. John Philip Dal ton, St Mary's College, Oscott ; ord.

1876; Vicar of Withington, Salop, ^1889; of Alber-
bury 1894 ; formerly Professor of English Literature
at St. Mary's College, Oscott.
1889. John Ernest Auden, M.A., Lincoln College, Oxford;

ord. 1883. Born at Silverdale. co. Stafford, 1860.
Son of the Rev. John Auden, M.A. Educated at
Shrewsbury School.

PARISH CLERKS MENTIONED IN REGISTER.

1647, May 2S. " Richard Whittakers, the Parish Clerk, an

aged honest man was buried."
1647, Sept. 27. A daughter of <l Richard Pe'nel Parish Clerk,"

was baptized.

1667, July 25. A son of " Richard Pennell Clerk," was buried.
1796, Feb. 20, "was buri'd Edward Humphreys Clerk of the
Parish."

1856, Nov. 14. "John Edwards for 60 years Parish Clerk of
Shrawardine," aged 82 years and 11 months, was
buried.

1892, Jan. 1st, died Samuel Edwards, son of the last, after 35
years service as Parish Clerk, aged 79 years and 9
months.

Vol. VII. 2nd y. V

160

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

CHURCHWARDENS,

1649. Richard Typton the elder,
yeoman; buried 1659.

1654. Richard Typton the
younger, yeoman ; buried. 1683.,

1655. John Griffiths, yeoman;
buried 1664.

1656. William Hussey, "boatman
at Shrawardcn Ferry buried
1704.

1657. John Clark, yeoman; buried
1675.

1658.1 John Clark, yeoman ;
buried 1675.

1659. Henry Hilley of Hillcy ;
yeoman ; buried 1662.

1660. Henry Hilley of Hilley;
yeoman ; buried 1662 ("Volun-
taiyc Church warden ").

1661. Foulk Davies, butcher;
buried 1689.

1662. Edward Smout, yeoman;
formerly carpenter; buried
1674.

1663. Anthony Russell, husband-
man ; buried 1697.

1664. Thomas Dyos, yeoman ;
buried 1671.

1665. Thomas James, gentleman;
buried 1685.

1666. Andrew Wesson.

1667. George Griffiths, yeoman;
buried 1726.

1668. John Tipton, yeoman ;
buried 1713, aged 102.

1669. Nicholas Manscll, husband-
man.

1670. George Griffiths (also 1667,
1670, 1675, 1687, 1690, 1706).

1671. Thomas llowells ; buried
1682.

167;2. Richard Humphreys, hus-
bandman ; buried 1720.

1673. John Glass; buried 1737 (?)

1674. William Hussey (also 1656,
1678, 1697).

1675. George Griffiths (also 1667,
1670, 1687, 1690, 1706).

1676. Richard Typton of ye ffolly
(also 1654).

1677. John Typton (also 1668
and 1694).

1678. William Hussey (also 1656,
1674, 1697).

1679. Henry Shclvock, yeoman.
16S0. Foulk Davies]

1681. Foulk Davies Ulso 1661.

1682. Foulk Davies J

1683. Anthony Russell (also
1663).

1684. William Russell, farmer,
formerly tailor; buried 1702.

.1685. Henry Rogers.

1686. Rees Price (also spelled
" Recce p' Reece " and " Reece
Preece " in the Register Book).

1687. George Griffiths (also 1667,
1670, 1675, 1690, 1706).

1688. Jonathan Tristram.

1689. Richard Morris, blacksmith;
buried 1705.

1690. George Griffiths (also 1667,
1670, 1675, 1687, and 1706).

1691. Adam Man waring, gentle-
man ; buried 1725.

1692. Adam Man waring, gentle-
man.

1693. Adam Man waring, gentle-
man.

1694. John Typton (also 1668,
1677, and 1696).

1 1658. " Thin year we had neither Church warden nor Constable, Rowland
Owen, a soldier.; in the Countie Troop, being chosen to both offices, but refus-
ing to serve as a piivilcdg'd person. John Clark remained in his office of
Churchwarden, but did nothing, being removed out of the parish to Calcott,
in the Townshipp of Bicton." (Note in tho Register).

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

161

1695. Edward Evans, farmer;
buried 1699.

1696. John Typton (also 1668,
1677, 169-1).

1697. Wiiliam Ifusscy.

J 698. Henry Shclvock (also 1679)

1699. William Mordlcy of Hilley
Farm, yeoman ; buried 1752.

1700. Thomas Gough.

1701. John Watkis, fanner ;
buried 1719.

1702. William Speak.

1703. Edward rarton ; buried
1730.

1701 Thomas Wilson ; buried
1739.

1705. Richard Humphreys (also
1672).

1 706. George Griffiths (also 1667,
1670, 1675, 1687, 1690).

1747. Gideon Bevan, labourer;
buried 1755.

1748. Samuel Gittins ; buried
1775.

1749. Henry Grifhths, carpenter;
buried 1772.

1750. Samuel Ward, wheel-
wright; buried 1807.

1751. Mr. Henry Withington,
steward to the Lord of the
Manor; buried 1752.

1752. Edward Jones, of the Farm;
buried 1753.

1753. John Gittins.

1751. Richard Humphreys; buried
1790.

1762.1 George Griffiths; buried
1773.

1830. 2 John Dansey, the Folley,
died 1838, aged 41.

1831. John Plimley, Hilley, died
1867, aged 84

1832. Thomas Clemson, Buckley.

1833. ' Thomas Clemson (also
1832, 1838, 1843).

1831. James Crane, Drurv Lane
Farm,3 died 1871, aged 67.

1835. John Dansey (also 1830).

1836. Richard Gittins,4 the Cas|i] e,
died May 4, 1845, aged 49;
buried ;it Montford.

1837. John Plimley (also 1831,
1843).

1838. Thpmas Clemson (also 1832,
33, 43).

1839. James Crane (also 1834,
1 1, 47, 63).

1810. John Nightingale Astcrley,

the Folley.
184 I. Richard Gittins (also 1836)
1812. John Plimley (also 1831,

1837).

1843. Thomas Clemson (also

1832, 33, 38).
1814. James Crane (also 1834,

39, 47, 63),

1845. John Nightingale Asterley
(also 1810 and 49).

1846. Henry Plimley, Hillev (after
1864, the Folley), died 1891,
aged 65.

1847. James Crane (also 1834,
39, 44, 63).

1848. Thomas Bowen, the Castle,
died 1852, aged 64.

1849. John Nightingale Asterley
(also 1810 and 45).

1850. Henry Plimley (also 1846,

cVC.).

1851. Henry Plimley.

1 From an entry in the old Church Bible, whioh was purchased that year.

2 The only existing Churchwarden's Book begins this year. John Dansey
was the youngest son of Richard Dansey of Easton Court, Herefordshire.

3 The Drury Lane has now disappeared, though thero are still traces lefb;
It ran at the bottom of the Rectory garden, parallel to the road past the
Church and Rectory.

4 Richard Gittins was the originator of the breed of Shropshire sheep as it
exists at prcsont, tho first Shropshire^ being bred by him on Shrawardine
Castle Farm. '

1(52

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

185-2. Henry Plindcy.

1853. Henry Plimley.

1854. Pryce William Bowen,1 the
Castle, died 18G8, aged .38.

1855. Pryce William Bowen.
185C. Pryce William Bowen.

1857. Pryce William Iiov.cn.

1858. Pryce William Bowen.
1850. Henry Astcrley, the Folley.
18G0 Jlenry Astcrley.

1861.2 Henry Plimiey.

18G2. Henry Plimley,

1 8G3. James Crane.

18G1. James Crane.

18G5, Robert Grindley Jones, Hil-

ley ; died March, 1893, aged

5G. '

18GG. Robert Gr. Jones.
1807. Pryce William Bowen.
18G8. Pryce William Uowen.
18G0. Henry Plimley, the Folley,
formerly Ililley, (also 1846,&C )

1870. Henry Plimley.

1871. Heury Plimley.

1872. Henry Plimley.

1873. Robert Edward Lingcn
Burton3; the Castle, died in
Texas, 1883.

1824. llobert E. L. Burton.

1875.

(876. „

1877. „

1878. Robert G. Jones.
1 870. Robert C Jones.

1880. Alfred Tanner, Drury Lane
Farm

1881. Alfred Tanner.

1883. ,,

1884. Robert G. Jones.
L885. Alfred Tanner.

1 886. William Ward, the Castle.
3887. „
1888. „
1880. „

1800. „

1801. Alfred Tanner.
1802 4

1803. „ . „
1801

THE KEGISTEKS OF S H RAW A RDI N E , 1645 — 1812.

The New Rcgestcr bookc of the parish of Shrawurdine in
the Countie of Salop, and in the Diocesse of Hereford, tran-
scribed out of a former, which was too litle, and insulHcient
for this use.

March 26, 10G4. Francis Urowne, Rector,

Anthonye Russell Churchwarden.

JG01

Thero ia a custom in Una parish for the payment of Mortuarys according
to yo Statute,15

1 A window has been placed in the Church to the memory of Mr. Pryce Bowen
"by his neighbours and a few of his friends, as a memento of their respect
and esteem for his many good qualities."
• 8 1861 Church restored.

3 Mr. Burton (Eton and Christ Chureh, B.A. 1805) rowed 4 in the Oxford
crew of 1SG2, and afterwards did a little in the steepleehasing line, riding his
own horses, under the pseudonym of Mr. " Den."

4 1892, Church restored.

c This entry is in the handwriting of Robert Adams, who -was inducted into the Rectory
n March 20th, IG64-5. Francis Browne died December 1st, having lived only nine months
niter tratlHCribltog the old Registers. Mortuaries were fees paid "upon the death of the-
head of the family."

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

163

Shrawardine, March 28, 1004— In the tyme of our late Unnatural, Unciuil and
Unhappy vvarrs that were between the King and Parliament, Shrawar-
dine Castle was made a Garrison for the King Sept 28, 1014. S«- William
Vaughan, Colonel, was made the Gouernour of it. This Castle was the
head Quarters of al his forces. / While this Garrison Continued, the
Church & Chancell were puld downe ; the Outbuildings of the Castle, the
parsonage house wich al Edifices thereunto belonging, and the greatest,
fairest, <fe best part of the Town, were burnt for the safetye (as it was
piUtendcd) of the sayd Garrisou. In this fyring the Regester book, among
many books of the Minister was burned.

Now here followeth a Regester of al such weddings, christnings and
Burials as have been sine that tyme : only by the way, some things are to
be noted & remembered.

Shrawardine Chancel was thrown down on Sl Matthias day, Feb. 24, 1644.

The Church was puld down on Whitsunday Eve, June 8, 1(345.

The Town was burnt on Midsum'er Eve & Midsumer day, 1045

The Garrison was cowardlye s'urrendred up to the Parliament forces under the
Command of Colonel Hunt,1 Colonel Lloyd, and M< Charlton- after 5 days
scige. And within less than a fortnight after al the timber works of the
Castle and much Goods yl were in it, were al consumed with tire, upon
a sudden report, yl Sr Willia' Vaughan was Coming to surprize it. After-
wards the Stone work was puld down, & carried to Shrewsburye, for the
repayring of the Castle there ; & the making up of Rousal wal standing
on the Seuern side

The Church was rebuilt by a Voluntarye Collection through theCountrie in the
year 1049. Al the mean- while the parish assembled for the publick
worship of god in the Castle Stable. Richard Typton the Elder was a
diligent careful Churchwarden, when the Church was builcled

One, Mr. Edgerlye is sayd to havo been parson here for aboue the space of
40 years'

After him succeeded Mr Corbet Recto1' of Westonstow, & also parson of this
parish ; He is reported to have lived to a very great age, he inioyed this
place for aboue 50 years

Richard Harrison a Cumberland man? Mr of Arts & fellow of Queens Colledg
in Oxford was chosen parson of this parish by S* Henry Bromley ; He
enioyed this place 40 years, & then dyed being aged 86 years, he was
buried Septr 15, 10138

Francis Browne born in Newport, Mr of Arts of Lincoln Colledg in Oxford, was
Vicar of Monford 7 years, and after the death of M* Harrison (by the free
donation of Henry Bromley, Esq., Lord of this Man'our, & patron of the
Rectorye) was lemoned from Monford to be parson of this parish : He was
inducted into this Rectorye by Mr Clark, parson of Fittz, Vicar of
Alberburye & the Rural Dean of Pontesburye, Nour 20, 1GQ8. The
Sunday following he read openly in the Church the book of Articles

Francis Browne being Vicar of Monford, Marryed Priseilla Morris the daughter
of Rowland Morris [of Endsdon3], yeoman, & Bayliff of this Lordshipp [of
Shrawardine^], July 25, 1037

Isaac Browne the son of Francis Browne Vicar of Monford and of Priseilla
Browne his wife was baptized May 7, 1638

The sayd Isaac Browne, being prentise to Cap1-. Price, Merchant and Mr of a
Ship, dyed at the Bay of Bengala in the East Indies, and was buried in
May, 1058

Joha'na Browne daughter of Francis Browne, Rector of this parish, and of
Priseilla Browne his wife was baptized the 20 day of April 1640

1 Colonel Thomas Hunt had been removed from the Town Council of Shrewsbury in 1042
for having " taken upon himself to be captain of the Militia," and for having been active
against the King, but in 1015 was restored to the oflice of Alderman, in 105-4 was Governor
of Shrewsbury Castle, and in 1057 was .Mayor of Shrewsbury, ife was also M.P. for Shrews*
bury in 101)5. On the l.'e.storation in 1000 ho was deprived of the Governorship. Col, Hunt
was admitted to Shrewsbury School in lliOl), and died 1.(501).

* Mr. Kobort. Charlton of A ploy Castle, near Wellington, had raised SSO.'J Militia for the
Parliament, (cf. Garrisons of Shropshire.)

'•i The words " Ktidsdou " and " Slnawardinu " havo been lightly crossed out, but aro
still perfectly legible.

164

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

The saycl Joha'na Browne, was marryed to William Haw .... Chandler and
Alderman of Newport Apr. 30, 1003. They had a license and were
marryed at Shawbnrye1
Henry Browne the son of Francis Browne, & of Friscilla Browne his wife was

baptized the twentie & sixt day of June 1041
Susa'na Browne the daughter of Francis Browne & of Friscilla Browne his

wife was baptized the tenth day of Way 1044
Priscilla Browne the daughter of Francis Browne & of Priscilla Browne his

wife was baptized the twelfth day of June 1048
Martha Browne the daughter of Francis Browne & of Priscilla Browne his wife

was baptized the thirteenth day of November 1050
1045— Oct. 10 Katherine Pen'el the daughter of Richard Pen'el and of Isabel
Pen'el his wife was baptized
Jan. 2.8. A child of Edward Smouts Carpenter was baptized by

Mr Heyling- Jan. 2. and buried Jan. 8
March 19. Margaret Wall the daughter of Richard Wal Baker, and of
Joan Wall his wife was baptized
March 25th 1010

Apr 14 Henry Punch Cobler was marryed to Mary Morris

June 8 Anne Farmer daughter of William Farmer Taylor & of Elizabeth

Farmer his wife was baptized
July 28 Sara Churm the daughter of William Churm Labourer and of

Anne Churm his wife was baptized
Nou. 10 William Hussey the son of William Hussey Boatman and of Anne

Hussey his wife waj baptized
Jan. 1 Richard Elks the son of Roger Elks husbandman and of Jane Elks
his wife was baptized
March 25. 1047

March 25 Mary Parks widdow was buried

i There is no entry of this marriage in the Shawbury Kegisler. The rest of the bride-
groom's name is completely lost.

3 Probably one of the IleyHns of AMurton. The following is the latter part of their
Pedigree in the Heralds' Visitation of lb'2:{ : —

Grilh'th Heylin of Alderton=f- Beatrix, daughter of David Kynaston

John1=T=Calewbrid, da. of John Tannat of Abertannat

Richard=pJane, da. of John Forstcr of Watlihg Struct

.John2=j=Margaret, da. of Thomas Charlston of Cristins ( 1st wife)

Jane (b. 1021)) Colibm

1 John and Galowbrid Heylin had 11 ether children— ^1) Thomas, who married Margarot
Kynaston of Ryton ; (2) Ann, who married Richard Cooper of Oswestry ; (3) William, who
married Margaret Cogho of Oswestry ; (1, twins) Robert, who married a Miss Phillipes, &
Elizabeth, who married George Griffith of Shewerden ; v.(j) Johanna, died unmarried ; (7)
Emma, who married Roger Thomas of Kynton ; (Si Eleanor, who married William Genow
of London; (9) .Margaret, who married John Hilley of llilley ; (KJj Jane, who married
Robert Lloyd of Day well ; (11) John, died unmarried.

2 " Mr. John Heylin of Alderton in Shrawardine parish . . . was descended of a good
but yot decayed family. Hue was a very strong man; and 1 have hoard it reported that
bee would take a threepenny horse shoe and with his two hands would draw it stray t. Ho
was a captain in tho army of King Charles the first, He had a daughter n lined Colibra.
She was servant to a lady in the West of England This lady was blindo, and by her
maid's persuasion, she came to live in Shrewsbury for the wholesomnos.s of tho ayre. Att
that time Mr. Heylin was an officer in Shrewsbury Castle (temp. Car. I.) Heo came often
to visit this bady, and would sitt by her discoursing half a day. Att last shoe gave him
Ids table, and afterward w u m irrynd to him, and then hoj boulCO her to her owild country
agon." (Cough's UUt vf My<ldt<-, \). W).

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARD1NE.

165

Apr 2 John Howels yeoman, was buried

May 21 Leonard Smout the son of Edward Smont Carpenter & of Anne

Srnout his wife was baptized
May 28 Richard Whittakers the Parish Clark an aged honest man was

buried

Sept1- 9 Joau Edmunds the daughter of Edmund Edmunds1 a Cornet of
Dragoons & of Elizabeth Edmunds his wife Mas baptized
12 Rose Bickly Single woman was buried

27 Blanch Pen'el the daughter of Richard Pen'el Parish Clark and of
Isabel Penel his wife was baptized
Oct. 1 The sayd Blanch Pen'el was buried

5 John Dauis the son of John Dauis Labourer and of Eleanor Dauis
his wife was baptized
Nov. 30 Margery Griffiths the daughter of Richard Griffiths labourer and

of Mary Griffiths his wife was baptized
Feb. 3 Henry Wilson labourer was ma-rryed to Margery Taylor

25 Thomas Hussey che son of William Hussey Boatman and of Anne
Hussey his wife was baptized
March 4 Steuen Lynaker the son of Steuen Lynaker gent, and of Cicelye
Lynaker his wife was baptized
12 The sayd Steuen. Lynaker was buried
March 25. 1G-IS

June 1 Margaret Clark widdow was buried

Sept 22 Thomas Griffiths labourer was buried

Oct 4 A bastard child at Willia' Farmers was buried

25 Cicely Lynakers the wife of Steuen Linakers was buried
Noli: 25 Jane Gregorye an aged poor woman was buried
Jan: 8 William Hussey the son of William Hussey boatman & of Anne
Hussey his wife was buried
14 Thomas Wal the Son of Richard Wall Baker, & of Joan Wall his
wife was baptized

Feb. 7 Joan Edmunds the daugther of Edmund Edmunds Cornet & of
Elizabeth Edmunds his wife was buried

9 A man seruant of Richard Typtons was buried
March 25. 1049

April 22 Patrick Hamans, the son of Patrick Hamans an Irishman,

forsaken by his father & left to the parish to keep, was buried

30 Richard Morris the son of Thomas Morris husbandman & of

Blanch Morris his wife was baptized
Oct. 23 John Typton the son of John Typton husbandman & of Elizabeth

Typton his wife was baptized
Nou: 4 Thomas Farmer the son of William Farmer Taylor & of Elizabeth

Farmer his wife was baptized
20 Thomas Hussey the son of William Hussey Boatman & of Anne

Hussey his wife was baptized
29 Margaret Churm the daughter of William Churm labourer & of

Anno Churm his wife was baptized
Jan: 22 Steuen Punch the son of John Punch Butcher, & of Katherine

Punch his wife was baptized
Feb: 10 Anne Tyler the daughter of Richard Tyler Serving-man & of

Beatrice Tyler his wife was baptized

25 Margaret Griffiths the daughter of Richard Griffiths Labourer &
of Mary Griffiths his wife was baptized
March 25th 1050

Apr. 5 Anno Dyos the daughter of Thomas Dyos yeoman & of Jane Dyos
his wife was buried

10 William Smout the son of Edward Smout Carpenter & of
Anne Smout his wife was baptized

23 Elizabeth Pen'el the daughter of Richard Pen'el parish-Clark & of
Isabel Pen'el his wife was baptized
J.uly. 8 Joan Edmunds the daughter of Edmund Edmunds & of Elizabeth
Edmunds his wife was baptized

l Possibly a nephew of Sir Clement Edmonds of Shrawardino, Clerk to the Privy Council;
who died in MW2, aged 5H. The Klizabeth IMwunds who died in 1G55 aged over 80 may
have been Sir Clement's sister-in-law. '

166

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Nou: 12 Mary Liaaker the daughter of Steuen Lynaker gent & of Sarah

Lynaker his wife was baptized
Jan: 15 Richard Hilley yeoman was buried
March 25. 1651 *

Apr 4 Elianor Leyth the daughter of William Winford gent and wife of
Thomas Leyth yeoman was buried
25 John Wall the son of Richard Wall baker & of Joan Wall his wife
was baptized

June 28 William Winford of Endson gent, an honest upright & iust person
was buried

Oct: 30 Martha Lynaker the daughter of Steuen Lynaker gent, & of

Sarah Lynaker his wife was baptized
Nou: 25 Samuel Sheluock1 the son of Henry Sheluock yeoman & of Marye

Sheluock his wife was baptized
Dec: 29 Klizaheth Wim, an aged Single woman was buried
Jan: 7 Alice Callier the wifo of Abram Callier keeper of the park- & by

birth a Frenchman, was buried
18 Thomas Dauts the son of Richard Dauis Carpenter of the Pentry3

was baptized

21 John Husscy the son of William Hussey Boatman, and of Anne
Hussey his wife was baptized

Feb. 6 Thomas Howels a young man, who dyed of a strong feuer was
buried

10 Elianor Griffiths the daughter of Richard Griffiths Labourer & of

Mary Griffiths his wife was baptized
15 Cicelye Punch the daughter of Johu Punch Butcher & of

Katherine Punch his wifo was baptized

22 Jane Parmer the daughter of William Farmer taylor, and of
Elizabeth Farmer his wife was baptized

1G52

Apr 11 Thomas Prichard yeoman was buried

Aug: 1 John Lee a child at nurse, the son of Richard Lee of Shrewsburye
Butcher was buried

Jan: 28 Arthur Price a child at nurse, the son of Arthur Price of Shrews-
burye Vintner was buried

Feb. 11 Richard Pen'el the son of Richard Pen'el parish Clark was
baptized

24. Thomas Edmunds the son of Edmund Edmunds, and of Elizabeth
Edmunds his wife was baptized
March 20. Richard Mathews Mason, an honest & religious young man,
having been here at Church, & going ouer the Seuern at the Snod
meddow^in a high water, & tempestuous wether was drowned with
three others March 13, and buried here the 20 of the same moneth,
there was neuer a greater congregation seen here than wa3 at his
buriall ; the Church could not contain the Companye, but the
Minister standing in a chayr preach'tto the Assembly
20 Joan Tyler the daughter of Kichard Tyler Serving ma' & of
Bo a trice Tyler hfc wife was baptized
March: 25. 1653

May 29 Anne Smout the daughter of Edward Smout Carpenter & of
Anne Smout his wifo was baptized
81 Marye Husscy the daughter of William Hussey Boatman, & of
Anno Hussey his wife was baptized
June 2 John Churm & Anne Churm Twins, the children of William
Churm Labourer & of Anne Churm his wife were baptized
8 Edmund Edmunds (going as it was supposed to bath himself in the
Seuern) was drowned the eight day of June, & buried the next day

1 ? of Shelvock, near Baschureh

2 cf. 1054, Sept. 9th.

3 At the Pe litre is growing an ash tree, which stands in the Manors of Kinnerley,
Shrawardino, and Great Ness; in the Townships of Ituytoh, Shrawardino, and lidgerley ;
in tho Hundreds of Phnhill and Oswestry ; in the Diocesoa of Lichfield and St. Asaph, and
till 35 years ago, of Hereford; and in the Parishes of Shrawardino, Great Ness, and
Kinnerley. '

1 There is a Held near tho river still called the " Snod."

AND PARISH OF SHRAWAPDINE.

1G7

10 Anne Ohutfm the wife of William Churm labourer, dying in child-

bcd was buried

23 Steuen Lynaker the son of Steuen Lyuaker an Irish gent, was
baptized

July: 15 John Chiirm the sou of William Clmrm labourer was buried
Aug: 11 John Hilley the son of Henry Hilley yeoman, who dyed of a

strong feuer was buried
Noli: 3 Jane Wall the daughter of Richard Wall, Baker & of Joan Wall

his wife was baptized
Jan 15 Elizabeth Gridiths the daughter of Richard Griffiths Labourer &

of Mary Griliiths his wife was baptized
March 7 Henry Sheluock the son of Henry Sheluock yeoman & of Marye

Sheluock his wife was baptized
March 25. 1054

June 7 Henry Wilson Labourer who dyed of a strong feuer was buried
25 Joan Punch the daughter of John Punch Butcher, & of Katheriue

Punch was baptized
Sept. 9 Abraham Callier, by birth a French-man brought out cf France by

S* Thomas Bromley,1 & by him made Keeper of the Park, who

dyed of the third h'tfc of a palsie, was buried
Oct: 19 John Dax of Foord Smith, & Margerye Dauis of Ouslow-hill were

marryed at my house at M on ford
Nou: 1 Judith Winne the wife of John Winne Labourer, was buried
Oct: 11 Georg Griffiths the yonger yeoman & Dorothy Littlehales were

marryed att Pontesburyo
Nou: 22 Joan Wall the wife of Richard Wall, baker (who dyed of a sore

in her throat that had troubled & payned her aboue 12 months, &

could haue noe cure for it) was buried
Dec. 10 Judith Huinphreyes the daughter of Richard Humphreyes

husbandman and of Anne Huinphreyes his wife was baptized

VA The sayd Judith was buried
Feb: 12 Edward Farmer the son of William Farmer taylor and of Eliza-
beth Farmer his wife (who dyed of a plurisie) was buried
20 Richard Sheluock the sou of Richard Sheluock yeoman, & of

Margerye Sheluock his wife was baptized
March 10 Owen Euans an old man, & a good Thatcher was buried
March: 18 William Farmer Taylor-, who dyed of a rjluresie, was buried
18 Thomas Bowker the son of Gregorye Bowker yeoman, & of

Elizabeth Bowker his wife brought, fro Endsdon was baptized
Richard Typton the yonger Church Warde. Francis Browne Rector.
March: 25. 1055

Apr. 5 Sarah Lynacer the daughter of Steuen Lynaccr, & of Sarah Lyacer

(sir;) Ilia wife was baptized
5 Richard Sheluock the son of Richard Sheluock yeoman, & of

Margerye Sheluock, was buried the same day
June 13 Thomas James gent, maryed Elizabeth- Edmunds widdow. They

were marryed at Monford
80 Joyce Prichard, an aged widdow, was buried
July 3 Thomas Sheluock, Thomas Dyos & John Typton of their own

accord, wUlout asking my leave, pulled down part of the Chancel &

therewith repay red their part of the Church-wall
IS Marye Euans widdow a moythering old woman was buried
Sept 30 Martha Hussey the daughter of William Hussey Boatman, & of

Anne Hussey his wife was baptized
Oct. 16 Thomas Dax the son of John Dax Smith & of Margerye Dax his

wife was baptized

Nou: 14 John Dauis, the son of Richard Dauis Carpenter, & of Joan
Dauis his wife brought from the Pcntry, was buried

1 Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, purchased the Shrawardine Estate
in 158!], and died in 1587. Hi* grandson, Sir Thomas Bromley, was owner of Shrawardine
1615-1641, ami it is probably the latter who i.s mentioned here.

2 In 1660, Richard; Farmer, son of William Farmer of Shrawardine, tailor, deed., was
apprenticed to Thomas Diniford of Battlefield, There is the following entry in the
Roii'lngtiui ItoglsUvr relating to Hie family/: " 16111 Itichard Farmer of the Pariah of
Whrawardino, died at Ualcutt at the house of Ids brother Thomas Farmer, bur. 15th May."

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168

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Dec 1 Elizabeth Edmunds, an aged widdow of abouB eightie years of
Age, was buried

2 Marye Griffiths the daughter of Richard Griffiths labourer, & of
Marye Griffiths his wife was baptized
Jan 24 Roger Frances of the parish of Baschurch yeoman, marryed
Margaret Grilfiths of this parish the daughter of Georg Griffiths.
I marryed them at Shrewsburye
Feb 3 Thomas Typton the son of John Typton husbandman, & of
Elizabeth Typton his wife was baptized
7 John Brain of Shrewsburye Batcher marryed Elizabeth Ambler
widdow. Marryed at Monford
Francis Browne Rector. John Griffiths Churchwarden.
March 25. 1050

March 30 Richard Humphreyes the son of Richard Humphreyes husband-
man, & of Anne Humphreyes his wife was baptized
30 John the son of a poor wandring man was baptized the same day
May 11 Margaret Fortune a good harmles old woman, aged aboue four-
score years, & unmarryed, was buried
25 Edwurd Smout the son of Edward Smout Carpenter, a lustio
propr yong man, who dyed of a strong feuer was buried
June 8 John Punch Butcher a I us tie yong man being in the prime of his
age dyed of a violent feuer and was buryed
13 Dauid Prichard yeoman, of a middle age, who dyed of a Con-
sumption was buried
Sept. G Jane Sheluock the daughter of Richard Sheluock and of Margerye
Sheluock his wife was baptized
10 .John Punch of Endsdon wcuer marryed Elizabeth Lloyd of this
parish

Oct: 23 Elianor Punch the daughter of John Punch (lately deceased) and

of Katherine Punch his wife was baptized
Nov: 9 Georg Griffiths the son of George Griffiths the yonger and of

Dorothye Griffiths his wife w as baptized
Dec. 20 Margaret Bithaiah, the daughter of John Forrar .Inkeeper at the

Bel in ICndsdon1 and of Ann Mary Ferrar his wife was baptized
Jan: 1 Sarah Betton the daughter of Robert Betton of Shrewsburye
gent, and of Margaret Betton his wife was baptized by me at
Wifcott at bis house. It was an cxtream cold day
March 3 Elizabeth Edwards, widdow, was buried

5 Elizabeth LyuaUer, the daughter of Steuen Lynaker gent: & of
Sarah Lynaker his wife was baptized '
William Hussey, churchwarden. Francis Browne Rector.
March 25. 1057

Apr: 1!) Anno Griffiths, the wife of John Griffiths, yeoman was buried
20 John Grilfiths of Calcott, yeoman, of the parish of S' Chadds,
who dyed of a plurisio, was buried hero
May 19 Elizabeth Lynaker tho daughter of Sarah Lynaker widdow, was
buried

Aug. 23 Hugh Tyler, the son of Richard Tyler, & of Beatrice Tyler his
wife, was buried

Nov. 7 Rowland Owen2 of Shrewsbury, Maltster was marryed to Anne

Prichard of this parish, widdow
25 Ralph Hood husbandman of the Town & parish of Ryton was

marryed by me at Shrewsbury to Beatrice Griffiths, the daughter

of Georg Griffiths of this parish
Dec. 30 Sarah Grafton, the daughter of Richard Grafton, labourer & of

Margerye Grafton his wife was baptized

] The only memorial of this inn is a field opposite Ensdon House, called the "Bell-yard "
in 1730, and now the "Bell Meadow," though it is currently reported that Ensdon House
wan once an old coaching inn. (Of. 1(5(50, Nov. 27). A man named Charles Paddock, who
worked there, used to declare he had seen a coach and four drive past him in the night,
while others were positive they heard tho noise of wheels drive by the house on many
occasions, when none was stirring about, and long after coaches had ceased to be used.
Bones and a pair of shoo buckles were found when making an engine tank in one of the
building* some years ago. i

1 A Kowland Owen, was admit ted to the Schools in 1620, and also in 1(53:}.

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169

Jan. 14 This Sarah Grafton was buried
Febr. 2 Roger Elks, husbandman was buried

15 Joan Griffiths an aged widdow brought fro' Calcott in the Town-
shipp of Bicton, was buried here1"
March 20 Roger Wil'son an honest yong man, being a Maltster in Shrews-
bury but born in this parish, was buried here

Francis Browne Rector
John Clark, Churchwarden

Mar cli 25. 1G58

March 27 Richard Wall, baker, a lustie man in the midst of his age, went
well to bed, but was found dead in it in the morning, was buried

Apr: 24 The child of a wand ring woman was buried

28 John Vaughan of Wilcott, yeoman, but brought from Carston,
where he dyed, was according to his will buried hero

June 6 Upon the Sixth day of June we had a Collection for the poore

Poland, distressed Protestants in Poland, at which cyme was gathered
towards their relief the sum of fifteen shillings & nine penc

Piemont1. About 3 years before, we had a Collection for the persecuted
Protestants in Piemont, & for them we gathered ten shillings

Sept. 14 John Purcell, the son of John Purccl, vveuer, & of Elizabeth
Purcell his wife was baptized

Oct. 3 A stil' born child of Richard DauLs of the Pentry, carpenter, & of
Joan Dauis, his wife was buried
8 Henry Hilley, yeoman, an aged honest man, who dyed of a Con-
sumption was buried

Dec. 17 Henry Jordan of the Pentry, an old man & a vveuer was buried

Jan 1 We collected here towards the repayre of Ercall- church in the
Countie of Salop, the sum' of 14H 8'1. And the Hobi0 Beatrice
Bromley, Ladye of this Man'or gave 20' to the same use

March b' Thomas Russell, the son of William Russell, Taylor, & of Elianor
Russell his wife was baptized
15 A stil born child of Richard Humphreys, husbandman, & of
Anne Humphreys his wife was buried

38 Joan Griffiths, widdow, the late wife of John Gri friths, a
moythering Woman brought from Calcott, was buried
Not'9 This year we had neither Churchwarden nor Constable, Rowland
Owen, a Soldier in the Countie Troop being chosen to both olliees,
but refusing to serve as a priveledg'd person. He was lined in
hftio shillings, for his Obstinacy. Thomas James gent: was
Constable for part of the year, and John Clark remained in his
ollice of churchwarden, but did nothing, being remoued out of the
Parish to Calcott in the Townshipp of Bicton

Francis Browne Rector

March 25. 1659

The former year was a tyme of great sickness & distrases in these parts
& generally all the land ouer, for the Ceasing of which, we had a
day of humiliation, & after that through the mercye of god, the
sickness abated in all places

Apr. 1 Margaret Griffiths, the wife of Georg Griffiths, senior, who dyed of
a feuer occasioned by a cold, was buried

i Piemont In 1050 the Duke of Savoy determined to make his reformed subjects in
Piedmont return to the Roman Church. All who refused compliance were massacred.
Those who escaped, and concealed themselves in their mountain fastnesses, sent to
Cromwell for relief. Milton wrote his beautiful sonnet "On the late Massacre in
Piedmont," and Cromwell commanded a general last, and a national contribution for the
relief of the sufferers. £40,000 was collected. Jlo then wrote to t he Duke, and so great
was the terror of the English name that the persecution was stopped, anil the surviving
inhabitants were .restored to their homes and to freedom of worship.

- .Jan, 1. High 10 real I was garrisoned for the King by Sir Richard Newport, who gave
£0001) towards the Ltoyal cause, and was therefore advanced to the dignity of a Baton, of ling-
land by the title of Lord Newport of High lOreall in September, 1012. The Hon. Beatrice
Bromley was a daughter of Sir Richard Newport, and widow of Henry Bromley, who died
1052, hence her liberality. On the outside wall of Ercall Church may still be seen marks
caused by cannon balls, when the adjacent Hall was besieged by the Parliamentarians,
and taken 0y them after a stubborn resistance. I n their " Weekly Account," under April
Nth, 1015, they said they had "made a great breach into High lOrcall Church."

170

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Apr: 4 Henry Hilley took on him the ollice of churchwarden, and Row-
land Owen that of a constable
Note. Roger Elks was the first single Constable, after him Steuen
Lynaker, then Richard Shclupek, then Mr James, & after him
Rowland Owen. Before the Town had two constables
15 Richard Danis, the son of Eouk Dauis, butcher, & of Katherine ■

Dauis his wife was baptized
18 This Richard Dauis was buried

21 June Elks, a decrepit, aged widdow was buried

May 11 Thomas Russel, the son of William Russel, Taylor, & of Elianor

Russel his wife, being an infant, was buried
17 Eliano1' Jacks, a very aged widdow was buried
June 8 Richard Typton, yeoman' aged about fourscore, an honest man &

a louing Neighbour was buried
July 15 Anne Owen, the wife of Rowland Owen, yeoma', who dyed of a

languishing pain occasioned by a sore lepg was buried
July 10 There was collected in this parish, July 16, lu7>9, the sum of 21* 4'1

towards the rebuilding of the Church of Oswestrie, wh : in the late

warrs was dcmolisht & layd even with the ground1
Oct. 10 Richard k Edward Griffiths, Twins, the sons of Georg Griffiths

yu yonger. & of Dorothye Griffiths his wife were baptised
'JO Thomas Wilson, the sou of Richard Wilson, labourer, & of Martha

Wilson his wife was baptized
Dec. 17,22 Richard & Edward Griffiths, Twins, the sons of Georg Griffiths*

were buried the one the 17th, the other the two & twentieth day of

December.

Eeb. 7 Elizabeth Typton, the daughter of John Typton, husbandman, & of
Elizabeth Typton his wife was baptized
14 John Winne, labourer, a decrepit aged man was buried

22 Thomas Russell, yeonia', aged about 84, who dyed of a lingering
sickness, was buried

March 20 William Punch, the son of Henry Punch, Colder, & of Mary
Punch his wife was baptized

1 Henry Hilley Churchwarden / \ Anthony Russell, Overseer of y° poor j
March 2o. 1GG0

Apr: 11 Joan Dauis, the wife of Richard Dauis of the Pentry, Carpenter,
who dyed of a consumption was buried

29 May His gracious mati8 our dread soveign, king Charles the second,
came to London the 2iJUl of this Moneth, attended w'h the greatest
part of the Nobilitie & Gentrye of the land, where with all de-
monstrations of ioy, he was welcomed and received. Neuer was
more cordial love, & hono1' shewed to any kin;; than was to this
exiled prince, at his reception into the kingdom in all places.

J une 9 William tttallord of the Pentry, wener, was marryed to Gwcn
Evans, a mayd servant of Mr Wingfcilds-

' " Memorandum, that lhor.o was collected in Mnploduirliain, in tits County of Oxon, the
sum of Twelve Shilling* of Lawful Money of Kujdand, towards Hit! building of II iu Church
of Oswestree in thi! County of Salop, by virtue of Oliver Lord Protector his Jotters patent
for that purpose, 25 March, 1(2)9.."— Extract from the Register of St. Margaret's Church,
Mupledurhnni, Heading,

When Oswestry Castle was garrisoned for the ]£iug the Steeple of Oswestry Church was
taken down to prevent its being used as a point from which to molest the Castle, in tho
event of the town falling into the hands of tho PnrjiavnontmianH, On Juno 22ml, 1 (> 1 1 ,
OmwohI ry surrendered to COncral My t ton,

- " John WliiKUold, gent., of Aklurttm," who on Juno HI h In I Ids .year (KiliO) availed him-
self of King Charles II. otlor of pardon by a public declaration at Shrewsbury that ho
would henceforth lie a loyal subject. Tho house at Aldertoii bears the date IHUl, Thomas
WingHeld (WJijawwas iriacle a Ihirgess of Shrewsbury in 1009, and after being an Alderman,
was elected S^lilf in 1017 and 102:1, ami Mayor in Kill)) sided with the Parliament. He
married a cousin of Colonel Thomas Hunt, who commanded the troops that captured
Shrawardino Castle, and had two sons, Sanniol (who bought tho estate of Preston Brock-
hurst, when Sir Vincent Corbet of Mareton Corbet, had to sell part of his property to pay
the tine levied on him by 'tho Parliament), and .John, (who purchased Aldorton from
John lloylin also a su Merer for royalty), from whom the Jtev. John Wingtleld, Vicar of
Montford 1790 ls;in, and curate of Shrawardino ISOO-lSl-l, was fourth iu descent, (Plakeway's
Slien()'n of Shi'mmhitv, p. 150). Samuel Wingtleld was admitted to Shrewsbury School in
Ki2M, and John in 1 15:51.

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171

10 Lodowick Dauis, the son of Fouk Dauis, Butcher, & of Katherine

Dauis his wife was baptised.
July 22 Judith Humphreyes, the daughter of Richard Hnmphreyes,

husbandman, & of Anne Humphreyes his wife waa baptized.
Aug. 21 Henry Thomas, the son of Jo1m Thomas, labourer, brought fro*

Knibhearh, was baptized.
Sep. 13 Thomas Cleuerlye the son of Thomas Cleuerlye gent • & Steward

to Ml'B Bromley Lady of the Manor, & of Marye Cleuerlye his wife

was baptized

Oct. 23 Peter Vashon, the son of Peter Vashon, a Frenchman, & Dr of
Phisick, & of Marye Vashon, his wife was baptized by me at
Shrewsbury

Nov. 27 Humphrey Ward,1 the son of Thomas Ward, of Endsdon, Iukeeper

at the Bel,- & of Jane Ward his wife was baptized
Jan. 0 William Lloyd, the son of Thomas Lloyd, labourer, & of Mary
Lloyd his wife was baptized
22 Marye Russel, the wife of Anchonye Russel, husbandman, was
buried. She was of a middle age, & dyed of a lingering sickness.
Feb. 11 William Punch of Monford bridg, Butcher, was marryed to Alice
Whittaker of this parish
14 Roger Clark, the son of John Clark, husbandman, & of Anne
Clark his wife was baptized by me at Calcott
i Francis Browne Rector ) f John Typton, Constable

(.Henry Hilley, Voluntarye Churchwarden J j William Hussey, Overseer of

I y° poor

March 25. 1661

March ?A Joan Griffiths, the daughter of Richard Griffiths, labourer, & of

Mary Griffiths his wife was baptized
May23Maryo Griffiths, the daughter of the forcsayd Richard Griffiths

was buried

June 16 Anne Farmer, the daughter of Elizabeth Farmer, wid: & one of

our poor, who dyed of the M easels was buried
Jan. 19 Anno Edwards, the daughter of John Edwards, Labourer, & of

Joan Kdwards his wife, brought out of FoQfdfi parish was baptized

20 The sayd Anno Edwards was buried the day following

. Feb. 215 Katherino Weston the daughter of Andrew Weston, husbandman,
and of Elizabeth Weston his wife was baptized

{Mr James constable for J oh: Griffiths
Tenement
Andrew Weston for Typtons, overseer of the
poor

March 25. 1662

Apr. 1 Anthony Russell, husbandman, was marryed to Elizabeth Downes

of Meluerley. The Banns were thrice asked before marriage
17 Elizabeth Griffiths, the daughter of Georg Grilliths Junr yeoma', &

of Dorothye Griffiths his wife was baptized
26 Henry Hilley, yeoman, & batchlo1', an honest religious yong man,

who dyed of the Smalpox, was buried'
May 19 John Ducket, husbandman, of the parish of Great Ness, marryed

Jane Smout of this parish
June 22 Mary Cleuely the daughter of Thomas Cleucly, gent: & of Mary

Cleuelcy his wife was baptised

21 Elizabeth Mathevves, a religious mayd, brought from Foord, was
buried

July 13 Henry Wilson, the son of Richard Wilson, labourer, & of Martha

Wilson his wife was baptized
21 Richard Hilley, Batchlo1', who dyed of the smalpox was buried
Aug. 10 Mary Lloyd, the daughter of Thomas Lloyd, labourer & of Marye

Lloyd his wife was baptized
Dec. 7 Ludowick Dauis, the son of Pouk Dauis, Butcher, & of Katherine

Dauis his wife, an infant, was buried

i In the Shrewsbury Free Library is an " Exemplification of Recovery, Mich. Term,
28 Chas. 2, 107fi, liumpli. Ward, Demandant, Thos, Sholvocke, Tenant, Kdw.. Toiikis and
Mm ry his wife, Voni'lu'-os of an Instate at Orafton, Co. Salop."

s et. !><:<:. 86(1*1, l$6ff.

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

March 16 William Dauis, the son of the foresayd Fouk Dauis, &
Kathcrine was baptized

22 James Bromley, a poor decrepit Labourer was buried

f Will: Htttssey, constable for SheluocUs^
Francis Browne Rector I J living I

Edward Smout, churchwarden J | And: YVoston, ouersecr of the poor tor f

I Mr Cruckleyes living J

March 25. 1603

Apr: 20 Georg Russel, the son of Anthonye Russel, husbandman, & of

Elizabeth Russel Ins wife, was baptized
June 11 The sayd George Russel being ou'layd at Nurse was buried
Aug. 15 Jane Typton, widdow (who was taken wh a dead Palsie, &

departed days afterwards) was buried
Sep. 10 Richard Russel, the son of William Russel, Taylor & of Elianor

Russel, his wife was baptized
Oct. 15 Richard Hosier, the son of Edward Hosier gent:1 & of Anne Hosier

Ins wife was baptized
Nov. 22 Elizabeth Clark, the base daughter of Margaret Clark, single

woman, & of one Robert Brookfeild, the pretended father, was

baptized

Dec. 10 The sayd Elizabeth Clark was buried

Feb. 2 Anne Grilliths the daughter of Richard Griffiths, Labourer, & of

Mary Griffiths his wife was baptized
23 Mary Weston, the daughter of Andrew Weston, husbandman, & of

Elizabeth Weston his wife was baptized
25 Andrew Weston, a little youth, the son of the foresayd Andrew &

Elizabeth, who dyed of the worms <fc a flux was buried

{Ceo. Griffiths, constable for Clark's^
lining f
John Typton, overseer of the poor for f
Mr Edmund's liuiug )

March 25. 1664

Apr: 12 Anne Mansel, the daughter of Nicholas Mansel, husbandman, &

of Margaret Mansel his wife was buried
18 Alice Callier, a mayd of a middle age, brought fro' Kinton, who

dyed of a long lingring, stupifying sickness, was buried
May 26 Richard Davis, a child ye sonn of Richard Davis of ye Ren try

carpenter, & of Mary Davis his wife was buried
July 31 Joyse Russell, ye daughter of Anthony Russell, Husbandman &

of Elizabeth Russell his wife was baptized
Aug. 14 Ann Evans the daughter of Edward Evans, Labourer & of

U'ranees Evans his wife was bantized
Nov. 1 Richard Typton ye sonn of John Typton yeoman & of Elizabeth

Typton his wife was baptized
Dec. 3 ff'raneis Browne-, Parson of this Parish deceased December 1. after

yl hee had enjoyed this parsonage, 156 years & flour days, & was

buried

Jan. 17 Mary Hilly ye daughter of Elianor Hilly widow was buried

17 John Grilliths ye sonn of John Griffiths & of Ann Grilliths his
wife was baptized
Jan 29 Margery Grilliths, widow was buried

Feb. 15 John Griffiths ye sonn of John & of Ann Griffiths his wife was
buried

March 17 John Griffiths yeoman, an old man was buried

19 Richard Clarke illegitimate, ye son of Margaret Clarke was
baptized

1 After the Restoration in 1G60, Charles IT. made Captain Richard Hosier, eldest son of
Colonel Richard Hosier of Crnckton, governor of Shrewsbury Castle, and this " Edward
Hosier gent." was most likely his brother, (of Phillips' Jiist,, p 140.)

2 Francis Browne must have been another " Vicar of Bray," for though he was seemingly
a strong Loyalist (cf his note on lG'u'O), yet the Puritans appear to have left him alone, and
not ejected him from Ins belief) eo, as they did Soothill, Vicar of Montlord. Sootliill was a
great sufferer for his loyalty, and, "after his death, some of his Family Were at length
necessitated to seek relief from the Corporation for ministers' widows." (Walker's
Suffering* of the Clei'ijy, p. 'M% '

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173

r u i leinaied o r nomas uyas, ^nitron waruen

lis this f moles 4 Pichard Typton, overseer of poor

Twobeing< P*l . a Q Anthony Russell, constable for John

igners 7 (temalcs 6 Griffiths liveing

20 Robert Adams1 (Master of Arts of Magdalen Colledy in
Cambridg) the sonn of William Adams of Longdon Esq, was
inducted into this Rectory Mar ch 20 by M r Timothy Hammonds,
Parson of one of ye portions in too Parish of Pontesbury & Vicar
of Sf' Gyles or holy cross in ye Abby fforcgate of Shrewsbury 1G6-1
Christenings this ( males 3 Robert Adams Rector

year G ( female3 3 Thomas Dyas, Churchwarden

Buryalls this fm»i-»a 4 Richard Typton, overseer of poor
year'""
Foreigners
March 25, 1GG5.

May 21 Abygall Cleavely ye daughter of Thomas Cleavely & of Mary his
wife was baptized

June 12 Catherine Davis ye Daughter of fFoulke Davis & of Catherine his
wife was baptized

Aug 1 William Evans & Elizabeth Richards were marrycd in this Parish
Church

Aug. 3 Elizabeth Wilson yc Daughter of Richard Wilson & of Martha his
wife was baptized

June 5 Jonathan Langley y° sonn of Henry Langley of y° Abbey in y°
parish of holy Cross, gent : & of Jane his w ife was baptized -

Nov. 22 William Winford, y° soun of Henry Winford of Enson was buried
in this Parish

Febru 8 Stephen Punch ye sonn of Catherine Davis wife to fl'oulke Davis
was buried

March 15 Johanna Davis, ye Daughter of Rhhard Davis of the Pen try,

carpenter, was buried
March 20 Maiyarett Griffiths ye Daughter of John Griffith? & of Ann his

wife was baptized

1 March 20. The words, " Master of Arts of Magdalen Colledg in Cambridg," have at
some .subsequent date been crossed out, hut art) still <|uito legible. Mr. Timothy Hammond
waa Vicar of the second portion of Poiitesbiiry in lliSO In l(5(Jo he became Vicar of the
Abbey, which lie held with the first portion of Pontesbury till his death in 1071.

- Thus entered in the Abbey Church Register, "liilio, June 5, Jonathan the grandchild of
Jonathan Langley, Esqce., and son of Henry Langley, gent., and Jane his wife, bap. at
Shrawardine by me Tim'y Hammond, Vicar of Holy Gross." These Lang-leys were
descended from William Langley, who bought the site of the Shrewsbury Abbey in 1510.
John Langley of Shrewsbury Abbey married Kleanor, daughter of Sir Henry Bromley of
Shrawardine Castle (she died Aug, 20th, 1623). Their son Jonathan (born 1(505), married
Margaret, (laughter of Sirllugli VVrotosIey of Wrotesloy in Staffordshire, and had a son
Henry, who was a knight in t ( >i >7 . Henry's son Jonathan, christened at Shrawardine, waa
Sheriff of Shropshire in KiSf), and had an only daughter, who married Thomas Thorhes of
Shelvock ( Jilakeway's Sheriffs of Shropshire),

The following Pedigree shews the connection of the Langley's with Shrawardine: —

Sir Henry Bi/omley-r-Pli/.aboth da. of Sir William Pelham.

I .1 I

Sir Thomas, Elizabeth-— Col. Sir 'lhonins Scriveti TOloanor^John Langley,

d. 1641. =f= d. Alio. b. 157!), (1. dan. 1643-4. d. Aug. b. 1577, d.

1612. 1623, ! 1664.

Henry, d. 1652, |
and whose widow was Lady of Jonath4j.n,-f Margaret Wrotesley.
the Manor of Shrawardine b. 1005. I
in 1G05, I

. I.

Sir Henrys Jane ....

Jonathan,
b. 1005, d. 1701,

174

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Christenings this year, erne { Males 1 Robert Adams Rector
being a foreigner 5 . I Females 4 Thomas JamcsChurchwarden

Burialls this year, two ( Males 2 George Griffiths Overseer of
bcitig foreigners 3 ( Females 1 the poor For Lynegar's

liveing

Anthony Russell, constable
for his one liveing

March 25. 1666

Aprill 22 Mary Griffiths ye Daughter of Richard Griffiths & of Mary his
wife was baptized

October 7 Joanna Edmonds daughter to Elizabeth now wife to Thomas
James gent: was buried

Dec. 10 Isabell Pennell wife to Richard Peunell was buried
Robert Adams Rector. Andrew Wesson, Churchwarden. John Griffiths overseer
March 2.7 1667

July 15 Margaret Mansell, ye Daughter of Nicholas & Margaret his wife
was baptized

July 25 Richard Penuell, the son of Richard Pen n el Clerk was buried
Oct. 13 Isabel Griffiths the daughter of John Griffiths & Ann his wife was
baptized

Feb 11 Ann Davis ye Daughter of tlbulk Davis was baptised Febru 11 &
buryed Feb. 18

Mar. 13 Margaret Wilson ye Daughter of Richard Wilson was baptized
Mar 15 Alice Davis ye wife of Richard Davis was buried
Mar. 23 tl'rancis Pennell ye Sou of Lodwick Pennell & Eliauor his wife
was baptized

Elianor the daughter of William Russell & Eliauor his wife was baptized
in January this year cither upon ye 5 or (I day
Robert Adams Rector. Georg Griffiths, churchwarden* ll'oulk Davis Overseer
March 25. 1068

May 1 William Peply ye Son of William Pcply & of Margaret Peply his
wife was baptized

May 12 Isabell Russell ye Daughter of Anthony Russell & of Elizabeth

his wife was baptized
June 5 Mary Hilly ye daughter of Thomas Hilly & of Margaret his wife

was baptized

August 17 Isabell Russell the daughter of Anthony Russell & of Elizabeth

his wife was buried
Y° same day A Strang woman who was an Harvest Labourer was buried

hero

Sep. 27 Ann Griffiths ye Daughter of John Griffiths was buried
Oct. 0 Elianor Cross ye daughter of William Cross & Ann his wife was
baptized

Nov. 22 J uhn Griffiths, ye sou of John Griffiths & of Ann his wife was
baptized

Robert Adama Rector
John Tipton Churchwarden
March 25. 1669 Will: Husscy Owerscer

June 6 Sarah Davis ye daughter of flbulk Davis & Catherine was wife was
baptized

Jan. 27 George Griffiths ye elder was buryed

Robert Adams Rector. Nicholas Mansel), churchwarden. John Clerk,
overseer.
March 25. 1670

June 5 Richard Pennell ye son of Richard Pennell & Joane his wife was
baptized

Sep. 18 Thomas Precso ye son of Richard Prcese and Ann his wife was
baptized

Dec. 28 Elizabeth Glass ye daughter of John Glass & Ann his wife was
baptized

Jan. 8 Elianor Russell ye daughter of Anthony Russell & Elizabeth his
wife Was baptized'
Robert Adams Rector. Georg Griffiths, churchwarden.
March 25. 1(571

June 12 Thomas Hilly che son of Thomas Hilly & Margaret his wife was
baptized

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

175

Sep. 7 William Cherm of this Parish was buryed •
,, 17 Thomas Dias of this Parish was buryed

Oct. 12 John Speake ye son of William Speake & Sisly his wife was bap-
tized

,, 12 Margaret Davis ye daughter of floulk Davis & Catherine his wife

was baptized

Feb. 11 Mary Wilson the daughter of Richard Wilson & Martha his wife

was baptized

Robert Adams Rector. Thomas Howells, churchwarden
March 25. 1G72

May 26 Roger the son of Roger Purcell & Joane his wife was baptized
June 24 Marget Willson a poore widow of this Parish was bury'd
August 17 Joane Howells widow was bury'd

,, 22 Margaret Davis the daughter of floulk Davis and Catherine his
wife was bury'd

Oct. 12 Mary Wilson the daughter of Richard Wilson & Martha his wife
was bury'd

Nov. 15 Mr Henry Crichlovy of Edgerley, deceased in ye parish of

Kinnerlcy was buried in this Parish Chwrch
Dec. 15 Hannah Speake the daughter of William Speake & Sisly his wife

was baptized

Jan 19 Bridget the daughter of Lodvvick Pennell & Elianor his wife was
baptized

Feb. 21 Elizabeth a bastard daughter of Catherine Pennell was buried
Mar. 13 Thomas Clark a bastard child of Margaret Clark was baptized
Robert Adams Rector. Richard Humphrys Churchwarden
March 25. J 073 '

March 25 Sarah the wife of Martin Spoako was buried
Aprill 3 Hannah the daughter of William Speake & Sisly his wife was
buried

14 Edward Jeukes the Smith of this Pariah was buried
Oct. 5 John Glass of this Parish was marrie,d to Eleanor Jones of the
pariah of Montford after the banns were thrice published in both
parishes

Jan. 8 Roger Wilson & Richard Wilson twin sons of Richard Wilson &
Martha his wife were baptized
,, 14 Both were buryed
March 9 Mary the Daughter of Roger Purcell & Joane his wife was bap-
tized

Robert Adams Rector. John Glass Churchwarden.
March 25, 1674

Aug. 13 Edward Smout of this Parish yeoman was buryed
,, 30 Richarfl Glass the son of John Glass & Eleanor his wife was bap-
tized 1

Robert Adams, Rector. William Hussey Churchwarden.
March 25. 1075

Aprill 13 John Clarke yeoman was bury'd
Jan. 10 Mary Morris the wife of Richard Morris Was buryed
,, 23 William Wilson, the son of .Richard Wilson & Martha his wife
was baptized
Feb. 1 Elizabeth Pain widow was bury'd

,, 23 Thomas Hilly of Hilly yeoman was bury'd
Mar. 10 Richard Young of fMton-butler2 was bury'd
March 21 Joane Pennell the wife of Richard Pennell was bury'd
Robert Adams Rector. Georg Griffiths Churchwarden

i Aug 30. cf. Entry in Montford Register, 1674— " Ellinor ye wife of John Glasse of ye
Psh. of Shvaden was buryed September ye lOtli."

- Domesday thus speaks of Folton-butler. " Isdem Helgotus tenet Feltone, Aluric
.'Eluuavd etAlchen tcnuornnt pro iii Manoriis et liberi homines fuerunt. Ibi iii virgat;e
terra) geldibiles Terra est v carrucis In dominio est una earruca et iii servi et iii villain
cum una, earruca Bornardus tenet do Helgoto. T. It. E. valebat xiiii solidos. Mode valet
xv solidos "

In 1165 Felton belonged to Ilamo Qtz-Butelor, from whom it probably derived its present
name. (Cf. Eyton x , 202). <

Vol. VIT. 2nd S. X

176 NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

March 25, 1670

May 4 Jane the daughter of "Roger Purcell & Joane his wife wa3 baptized
Nov. 23 Jane Bromley widow one of the poor of y° Pariah aged 94 was
bury'd

Mar. 18 Isabell the daughter of Lodwick Pennell & Elianor his wife was
baptized

Robert Adams Rector. Richard Tipton Churchwarden.1
March 25, 1677

June 24 Elizabeth Purcell, the wife of John Purcell was bury'd

July 5 Richard Brayne son in law to floulk Davis, a stranger come from

London was bury'd
Jan. 17 Joane the Daughter of Roger Purcell & Joane his wife was baptis'd
Robert Adams, Rector. John Tipton Churchwarden.
March 25, 1678

June 9th Thomas Edmonds the son of Thomas Edmonds & Mary his wife
was baptized

June 23rd Thomas Leigh the sou of Daniel Leigh & Sarah his wife was
baptized

July 3ul Thomas Leigh the son of Daniel Leigh and Sarah his wife was
buryed

July 7th Mary Glass the Daughter of John Class & [. . . his wife was
baptized

Jan. 24 Elizabeth the wife of Antony Russell was bury'd

Robert Adams Rector. William Hussey Churchwarden
March 25, 1679.

June 9Ul Sarah the daughter of Daniel Leigh &. Sarah his wife wasbaptiz'd
June 19th Richard the son of William Russell & Elianor his wife was
bury'd

July 28th John the son of John Glass & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
Nov. 10Ul Elizabeth the Daughter of Lodwick Fennel & Elianor his wife
was baptiz'd

Feb. 8Ul William the son of Thomas Edmonds and Mary his .wife was
baptiz'd

March 7Ul William the son of Roger Purcell & Joane his wife was baptiz'd
Robert Adams, Rector. Henry Shelvock, Churchwarden
March 25, 1680

June 15th Jane Humphreys, Sister of Richard Humphreys the Elder, was
bury'd

June 24th Edward the son of Daniel Leigh & Sarah his wife was baptiz'd ^
July 4<h Richard the son of Richard Humphreys the younger & Jane his
wife was baptiz'd

Jan. 23 Edward the son of Leonard S input & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
Jan. 30 Jane the Daughter of John Postern & Mary his wifo was baptiz'd
Robert Adams. Rector. Eoulk Da-vies, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1681.

Sept. 11 Martha the daughter of John Lloyd & Alice his wife was baptiz'd
Jan. 22 Richard the son of Thomas Edmonds & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
March 12 Jane the daughter of Richard Humphreys ye younger & Jano
his wifo was baptiz'd
Robert Adams, Rector. Foulk Davies, Churchwarden
March 25, 1682

May 21 Mary Davies of the Pen try in the parish of Kinnerley, widow was

buried in ye parish of Shrawarden.
August 13 Sarah the Daughter of Robert Prichard & Margaret his wife

was baptiz'd

Jan. 21 William the son of Thomas Finch & Jane his wifo was baptiz'd
Feb. 19 Thomas the Son of Roger Howells & Mary his wife wum buried
Feb. 25 Margaret the Daughter of Roger Purcell & Joane his wife waa
baptiz'd

Robert Adams, Rector. Foulk Davies, Churchwarden

1 Cf. "Richard Typton of yo fFolly Churchwarden " in entry of the Divisions of the
Churchyard wall.

2 There is a blank in thn Register. Cf. entries on July 2Slh, 1070 ; Aug. 3ntli, 1(574 ; Doc.
28th, Ki7<>, which seem to nay thoroworO liiroo poisons of the name of John UlftH.s in the
parish, Mio names of whoso wives were severally Alary, lOleanor, and Aim.

AND PARISH OF SHUAWARDiNE.

177

March 25, 1683

May 20 Hannah the daughter of Joane Tristram was marry'd to Robert

Goddert of Shrewsbury, Gentleman.
June Gtli Margaret Crutchleyof this parish widow was marry'd to

William Punch of ye parish of Monford widower.
Aug 5 Mary the daughter of Lodwick Pennel & Elianor his wife was

baptiz'd

Sept. 22 Richard Tipton 1 yeoman was buried.

Nov. 20 Robert Adams Rector of Shrawarden was marryed to Elizabeth
the Daughter of Samuel Powell of Stannedg in the County of
Radnor Est]10

Dec. 9th Evan the son of Johu Lloyd & Alice his wife was baptiz'd
Feb. 17 Mary the daughter of Robert Prichard & Margaret his wife was
baptiz'd

Robert Adams, Rector. Anthony Russell, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1084

May 2 Thomas Edmonds the son of Elizabeth ye wife of Mr Thomas

James was buryed.
July 9 Ann the wife of William Hussey was buryed.
Nov. 5 Thomas the son of Thomas Finch & Jane his wife was baptized.
Dec. 20 Richard the son of 2 Adam Manwaring & Mary his wife was baptized
Jan. 0 Samuel the son of Robert Adams Rector of Shrawarden & Elizabeth

his wife was baptiz'd
Jau. 13 Thomas ye son of Thomas Finch & Jane his wife was bury'd.
Robert Adams, Rector. William Russell, Churchwarden.
March 25, 10S5

April 1 Ann Crichloo the daughter of Margaret Punch widow was buried.
Aug. 2 Elizabeth Farmer widow was buried.

Nov. 27 Mary ye daughter of Lodwick Peunell & Elianor his wife was
buryed.

Dec. 7 Bridget ye Daughter of Lodwick Pcnnell & Elianor his wife was
buryed

Dec. 13 John the son of Thomas Finch & Jane his wife was baptized
fleb. 23 Mr Thomas James was bury'd

Robert Adams Rector. Henry Rogers Churchwarden
March 25, 1030

April 5 Richard Davies of ye parish of Kinerley was bury'd in Shrawarden
June 8 Dorothy ye Daughter of Adam Manwaring L Mary his wife was
baptized

July 18 Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thomas Wilson & Mary his wife was
baptiz'd

July 25 Mary ye Daughter of John Lloyd & Alice his wife was baptiz'd
Aug. 17 George ye Son of Robert Adams, Rector of Shrawarden & Eliza-
beth his wife was baptized
Oct. 24 Mary the Daughter of Lodwick Pcnnell & Elianor his wife was
baptized

Robert Adams Rector. Rees Price Churchwarden
March 25, 1087

Jan 21 Meredeth ap Edwards was buried

Feb. 23 Mary the Daughter of Leonard Smout & Ann his wife was bap.
March 4 Mary the Daughter of Leonard Smout & Ann his wife was buryed
Robert Adams Rector. Georg Griffiths Churchwarden
March 25, 1088

May 0 Henry the son of Georg Grittiths & Ann his wife was baptized
May 7 Elizabeth the daughter of Jonathan Tristram & Sarah his wife was
baptized

May 19 Ann Tipton widow was buried
May 20 Ann Smout widow was buried

Robert Adams Rector. Jonathan Tristrum Churchwarden.
March 25, 1089

Mar. 28 Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Wilson & Mary his wife was
buried

1 A Richard Tipton was admitted to Shrewsbury School, in May, 102(1.
* Cf, " lt>77 Mar. i>, Adam Manwaring of ye parish of Wellinton & Mary ^Volfo of y«
parish of Littelnosso mar." [St. Julian's Church Kegiste

178

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

June 9 Foulk Davies was buried

June 23 Mary Davies widow of ye parish of Kiunerly was buried

Aug. 21 Sarah the Daughter of Georg Griffiths and Ann his wife, was

baptized. P
Oct. 2 Elianor Hilly widow was buried

Oct. 13 Mary the Daughter of Thomas Gough & Catherine his wife was
baptiz'd

Nov. 13 Sarah ye Daughter of George Griffiths & Ann his wife was buryed.
Dec. 1 Elizabeth Griffiths was marry'd to Philip Bowdelcr of Shrewsbury
Jan. 15 Richard Morris was buryed.

Mar. 10 William ye son of Richard Corbet and Jane his wife was baptiz'd
Robert Adams, Rector. Richard Morris, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1090

April 13, Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Wilson & Mary hit wife was
bap.

April 22 David Shelvock was buryed.

July 14 William the son of Richard Corbet & Jane his wife was buryed.
Sept. 19 Mary the Daughter of Thomas Gough and Catherine his wife was
buried

Sept. 21 George the son of George Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptized.
Feb. 1 Elizabeth the Daughter of Richard Morris & Margaret his wife
was baptiz'd

Feb. 22 Samuel the son of William Sauuders & Hannah his wife was
Baptiz'd

Mar. 3 Jane the daughter of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was baptized
Robert Adams, Rector. Georg Griffiths, Churchwarden
March 25, 1091

April 15 Georg the son of Georg Griffiths and Ann his wife was buryed.
June 21 Roger Clark & Margaret Crutchloo were marryed.
Aug. 17 Elianor ye wife of John Davies one of ye poor of ye parish was
buryed

Oct. 28 1 Dorothy the wife of Georg Griffiths ye elder was buried
Jan. 18 Ann ye wife of Richard Humphreys was buried

Robert Adams Rector. Adam Manwariug Churchwarden.
March 25, 1092

April 27 John ye son of Roger Clark & Margaret his wife was bapf.iz'd
May 27 J®hu the son of Georg Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptized
July 10 Elizabeth James widow was buryed
July 25 Margaret Clark was buryed

Oct. 6 Elianor the Daughter of Alexander Glass & Margaret his wife was
baptiz'd

Dec. 11 Thomas Hilly of Hilley was buried

Jan. 24 John ye son of William Speak & Sisley his wife was buried
Jan. 31 Mra Priscilla Brown the Relict of Francis Brown Rector of ye
parish of Shrawarden was buried
Robert Adams Rector. Adam Mauwaring, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1093

April 19 Catherine Davies widow was buried

Aug. 5 Joan Purcel Junior the daughter of Roger Purcell & Joan his wife
was buried

Oct. 22 Richard ye son of Georg Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptiz'd #
Nov. 26 John the son of Richard Morris & Margaret his wife was baptiz'd
Nov. 27 Richard Humphreys was marry'd to Elizabeth Typton'after thrice

publishing of ye Banns of Matrimony
Dec. 26 Mary the daughter of Thomas Wilson & Mary his wife was

baptized

Dec. 30 Mary the daughter of Roger Purcell & Joan his wife was buried
Feb 2 Mary ye daughter of Roger Clark & Margaret his wife was baptiz'd
Feb. 2 Georg ye son of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was baptiz'd
March 4 Joseph the son of Thomas Finch & Jane his wife was baptiz'd
March 7 Richard Wilson was buried

Robert Adams Rector. Adam Manwariug Churchwarden

* Oct. 28, 1091. The oldest stone with a legible inscription in tho Churchyard is to this
Dorothy Griffiths.

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

179

March 25, 169-4

Oct. 14 Mary ye daughter of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth his wife was
baptiz'd

Dec. 1 William Hordley of ye parish of *Fitz in ye county of Salop was
married to Mary Hilly of ye pariah of Slirawardeu in yo county
afores;'1 in ye parish Church of Shra warden afores'1 after ye Banns
of Marriage had been thrice published in ye Churches of both
parishes ufores'1

Dec. 10 Julian ye daughter of Richard Davies & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
Robert Adams Rector. John Tipton Churchwarden.
March 25, 1005

May 18 Jane ye daughter of Roger Purcell & Joan his wife was buried
June 20 Ann ye daughter of Georg Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptiz'd
Dec. 18 Rogor Clark Farmer was buried

Dec. 27 Richard the son of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth his wife was baptized
Jan. 3 Margaret Clark widow was buri'd

Jan. 5 Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Gough & Catherine his wife was
baptiz'd

Jan. 24 Margaret Punch1 widow was buried

Robert Adams, Rector. Edward Evans, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1006

April 12 Mary ye daughter of William Etorley & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
May 19 Alice ye daughter of William Russell & Elianor his wife was buried
July 5 Margery the daughter of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was
baptiz'd.

July 12 Julian the Daughter of Richard Davies and Mary his wife was
buried

Aug. 0 John Clark an orphan was buried
Oct. 1 Elizabeth Pennel was buryed.

Robert Adams, Rector. John Tipton, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1G97

Dec. 5 Julian ye Daughter of Richard Davies & Mary his wife was baptized
Jan. 11 Anthony Russel yeoman was buried

Robert Adams, Rector. William Hussey, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1693

July 20 Margaret ye Daughter of William Horlcy & Mary his wife was
baptized

Aug. 20 Richard Griffiths a true labourer, who left his wife Mary Griffiths

his executrix, was buried
March 12 Martha the Daughter of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth his wife was

baptiz'd

Robert Adams, Rector. Henry Shelvock, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1699

May ,30 Georg the son of Georg Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptiz'd
Dec. 4 Richard the son of Thomas Gough & Catherine his wife was
baptiz'd

Jan. 12 Edward Evans Farmer was buried

Feb. 14 Alice the Daughter of John Gardener & Elianor his wife was
baptiz'd

March 15 Sarah the Daughter of Hugh Hughes & Elizabeth his wife was
baptized

Robert Adams, Rector. William Hordley, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1700

April 12 William the son of Thomas Wilson & Mary his wife was baptized
April 21 Arthur ye son of Richard Davies & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
May 28 John Gardiner, son in law to William Rusyol farmer was buried.
July 8, Elizabeth the wife of John Tipton farmer was lun ted.
July 9 John Watkis of ye Parish of Montgomery and ! ': vv.v Lyth of the

Parish of Shrawarden were married upon a license' granted to ym

JulyS, 1700.

i Tho naiuo of Margaret Punch lias not yot passed out of romoinbranco, for in the Torrior
of Iti'.Kl the globo la Mated to l>o " bounded on yo south with a Hiold belonging 'to a Tene-
ment of Margaret Punch,'' and a Hold eallod "/Peggy's Croft" ntill " bounds on yo south "a
Held now called the " CUibo."

180

NOTES ON TIT ft CHURCH, CASTLE,

July 17 Mary ye daughter of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was baptized
Dec. 8 Mary the daughter of Thomas Gough & Catherine his wife was

baptized r
Dee. 13 Sarah Davies, pauper was buried

Feb. 14 Edward the son of Thomas Lyth & Elianor his wife was buried.
Robert Adams, Rector. Thomas Gough, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1701

April 17 William the son of William Hordley and Mary his wife was
baptized

April 22 Ann the daughter of John Watkis & Elianor his wife was baptized
Dec. 7 Sarah the daughter of George Griffiths & Ann his wife was baptiz'd
Dec. 28 Samuel the son of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was baptiz'd
Robert Adams, Rector. John Watkis, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1702

May 3 William Evans of the Parish of Shrawarden in the County of Salop
was married to Margaret Wilson of the Parhh afores'1 in the Parish
Church of Shrawarden afores'1 after the Banns of Marriage were
thrice publish'd in the Parish Church afores'd

May 10 Sarah the daughter of Thomas Tipton & Sarah his wife was
baptiz'd

Sept. 4 Ann the daughter of John Watkis & Elianor his wife was buried
Sept. 29 Elizabeth the daughter of Reece Prsece & Ann his wife was
baptiz'd

Dec. 5 Martha Wilson widow was buried

Dec. 20 John the son of John Watkis & Elianor his'wife was baptiz'd
Jan. 30 William Russel yeoman was buried

Feb. 18 Richard the son of Henry Wilson & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
March 14 Martha the Daughter of William Evans & Margaret his wife
was baptiz'd

March 17 Martha the Daughter of William Evans & Margaret his wile
was buried

Robert Adans, Rector. William Speak, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1703

May G Hanna the Daughter of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth his wife was
baptiz'd

May 6 Edward Parton of ye parish of Baschurch & Elianor Gardener
widow of ye parish of Shrawarden were marryed in the parish
Church of Shrawarden aforesd after ye Banns of Marriage were
thrice published in both ye parish Churches afores'^
May 9 Anne the Daughter of Richard Davies & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
May 14 Elizabeth Daughter of Reece Prcece & Anne his wife was buried
Sept. 20 William Purcell & Thomas Purcell Twins the Sons of William

Purcell & Rachel his wife was baptiz'd
Oct. 11 Elianor the wife of Thomas Lyth was buried
Oct. 20 Sarah the wife of Thomas Tipton was buried
Nov. 20 William the son of Reece Preece & Anne his wife was baptiz'd
Jan. 1G Faith Russell pauper was buried

March 5 Sarah the Dangler (sic) of William Hordley & Mary his wife was
baptiz'd

March 21 Thomas the son of William Purcell & Rachel his wife was buried
Robert Adams Rector. Edward Parton Churchwarden
March 25, 1704

March 26 Elizabeth the Daughter of William Evans & Margaret his wife

was baptiz'd
May 7 Roger Purcell yeoman was buried

July 13 William Huasey Boatman ai Shrawarden Ferry was buried
J uly 31 William the son of Edward Parton & Elianor his wifo was baptiz'd
Jan. 29 Elizabeth the Daughter of Reece Preece & Anne his wife was
baptiz'd

Feb. 27 Elianor the Daughter of John Watkis & Elianor his wife was
baptiz'd

Robert Adams, Rector. Thomas Wilson, Churchwarden.
March 25, 1705

March 29 Henry the son of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was baptiz'd
April 10 Richard Morris blacksmith was buried
April 19 Margaret Hilly of Hilly widow was buried

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

181

April 27 Anne Shelvock widow was buried

May 11 Sarah the Daughter of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth'.his wife was
baptized

July 23 Sarah the Daughter of Samuel Jones & Elizabeth his wife was
buried

Oct. 28 Thoma9 the son of Henry Wilson & Mary his wife was baptiz'd
Nov. 23 Richard the son of Thomas Griffiths & Jane his wife was buried
aDec. 15 Ishmael the son of John Powell & Elinor his wife was baptized
Dec. 23 Richard the son of Richard Nunneley & Margaret his wife was
baptiz'd

Jan. 24 Jane Morris Widow one of the poor of ye parish of, Shrawarden
was buried

Feb 10 Robert the son of William Purcell & Rachell his wife was baptized
Feb. 13 Elinor the wife of Edward Parton was buried
March 3 Richard the Bastard Child of Ann Griffies Spinster and of
Thomas Evans the reputed Father (sonn of the Widow Evans of
Shrawarden) was baptized
Robert Adams, Rector. Richard Humphreys, Churchwarden
March 25, 1706

March 30 William the [Eldest] sonn of Thomas Finch & Jane his wife was
buried

April 7 Thomas Evans and Ann Griffies [both of the Parish of Shrawarden]
were married after the banns had been thrice publish'd.

April 30 Sara the Daughter of Satnuell Jones & Elizabeth his wife was
baptized

May 23 Richard the sonn of Thomas Typton & Martha his wife was
baptised

June 20 Richard the Ron of Thomas Typton & Martha his wife was buried
June 30 Hannah the Daughter of William Hordley & Mary his wife was
baptized

July 14 Mary the Daughter of William Evans & Margaret his wife was
baptized

August 7 Joyce Russell [Spinster] was buried

Sept. 15 Thomas the Sonn of Thomas Gough & Katherine his wife was
baptized

Nov. 1 John the Sonn of Reece p' Reece & Ann his wife was baptized
Nov. 1 Ann the Wife of Reece p' Reece was buried
Dec. 1 Elianor Russell Widow was buried

Dee. 8 Richard the Sonn of John Watkis & Elinor his Wife was baptized
March 4 [5th] Cisley the wife of William Speak was buried
Robert Adams Rector. Georg Griffiths Churchwarden
March 25th 1707

Aug. 3 Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Typton & Martha his wife was
baptized

Nov. 23 Edward the Sonn of Thomas Evans & Ann his wife was baptized
Feb. 18 Mary Griffiths widow was buried
March 25, 1708

May 20 [19] Dorothy Wolfe widowlwas buried

June 6 Thomas the Sonn of Richard Nunneley & Margaret his wife was
baptized

June 24 Edward the sonn of Edward Parton & Jane [Anne] his wife
was baptized

June 27 Thomas the sonn of William Purcell & Rachell his wife was

baptized

Aug. 8 Mai tha the daughter of William Evana & Margaret his wife was
baptized

Aug. 29 Richard the Sonn of Thomas GrifHes !k. Jane 1 1 i ^ wife was baptized
Sept. 1 [2] Elizabeth the Daughter of Samuell Jones & Elizabeth his
wife was baptized

1 Doe 15.— At tin's datb begins a parchment book entitled "A Rook of Records, or
Register, for the Parish of Groat Shrawarden begun the \f)ih J)ay of December, 1705." It
is, however, but a duplicate copy of the oi lier Register book, both being written for the
most pari:, if not wholly, by the .same handy. The only dill'eronco is that the entries in this
" Hook of Records" are in one or two instances slightly more full, ami when ho *jh©y have
been incorporated into (his copy, but enclosed in brackets [ J. Its last entry is Juno 9, 1751.

182

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Oct. 21 John the son of Thomas Tipton & Martha his wife was baptized

Oct. 24 Mary Davies one of the poor of the Parish was buried

Nov. 18 Mr John Lathum1 a faithful Steward to the Lord of the Manor

of Shrawarden was buried «.
Feb. 10 Jane the Daughter of William Speak & Anu his wife was baptized
March 2 Elizabeth the wife of Richard Humphreys Senior was buried
March 6 Ann the daughter of John Watkis & elianor his wife was baptized
March 15 Lodwick Fennel was buried
March 25, 1709

July 30 Samuel the son of Robert Adams, '.Rector of Shrawardien &

Elizabeth his wifo was buried.
Sept. 1 John the son of Thomas Tipton & Martha his wifo was buried
Oct. 1 Thomas the son of Thomas Edmonds & Sarah his wife was buried
Oct. 4 Mary the Daughter of Thomas Tipton [& Martha his wife was

baptized

Nov. 17 Richard the son of Richard Gittins & Martha his wife was baptized
Dec. 21 Thomas Lytli was buried

Febru. 7 Georg the son of Robert Adams Rector [of this Parish] of Shra-
warden & Elizabeth his wife was buried.
March 25, 1710

May 30 Mary the daughter of John Powell & Elianor his wife was baptized
July 21 Mary the daughter of Thomas Tipton & Martha his wife was
buried

July 30 Richard the son of -Reynold Evans & Martha his wife was baptized
-Aug. 9 Priscilla the Daughter of William Hordley & Mary his wife was
baptized

3Oct. 10 Robert Adams late Rector of this parish was Buried

Nov. 5 Ann & Mary ye daughters of Edward Par ton & of Ann his wife

[Twins] were Baptized
Jan. 4 John Bithell [one of ye poore of ye parish] was Buried.
March 8 John ye son of Thomas & Martha Typton [Tipping] was Baptized
March 11 Priscilla ye [infant] daughter of William Hordley & Mary his

wife was Buried

March 13 Thomas ye son of Richard Gittins & Martha his wifo was
Baptized

March 18 Mary ye daughter of Richard Nunnilley & Margaret his wife
was Baptized

1711

April 2 Margret ye son (sic) of John Watkis Elinor his wife was Baptized
Aug. 24 [20] Mary ye daughter of John & Mary Davies was Baptised
Aug. 25 Martha Husscy was buried

Sept. 13 Martha ye daughter of Thomas & Sarah Ward was Baptized

Oct. 21 Martha ye daughter of Richard & Mary Davies was Baptized

Dec. 3 Priscilla ye daughter of WUliant & Maty Hordley was Baptized

Dec. 19 John yo son of John Watkis was Buried

Dec. 19 Anne yo daughter of John Watkis was Buried

Dec. 20 Elinor ye daughter of John Watkis was Buried

Dec. 21 [24] Richard ye son of John Watkis was Buried

Jan 17 ['11 Hichard Grafton was Buried

March 25 [IE] Anne Parton, Infant was Buried

1712

March 28 Richard Humphreys Scnr was Buried
April 10 [18] Elizabeth James was Buried

1 In. 1687 " Mr. John Latham of Shrawarden in this county," was a benefactor to the
Library of Shrewsbury School. His son, the Rev. John Latham, was Vicar of the Abbey
Church', Shrewsbury, 1728-50, the year of his death. Shortly after his induction to the
living, he presented a petition to the Bishop of Lichfield praying that a picture representing
Our Lord upon the Cross, which had been placed in tho chancel by his predecessor, might
be removed. A counter-petition was presented by the Churchwardens and parishioners,
and the Bishop decided in favour of the Vicar. It eventually camo into the possession of
the great grand-daughter of the original giver, who presented it again to the Church in
1820, and it is now in the vestry.

2 In 1621 a Reignold Evans held lands in Coleham, Shrewsbury, and this may be a
descendant.

a Aug. nth.— This is tho last entry in tho handwriting of Robert Adams; and tho noxt
(Oct, 16) the first in that of Kdmund .lames. '

AND PARISH OF S H R AAV AR DINE.

183

1713

1714

1715

171C

1717
1718

1719

June 13 Elizabeth Morris was buried

Oct. 5 William ye sou of Reynold & Martha Evans was Baptized
Nov. 2 John ye son of William & RacliAel Purcell was Baptized
Nov. 11 Samuel yo son of Richard & Martha Gittins was Baptized

*' '

April 3 Anne & Edward ye son & daughter of Edward & Anno Parton
were Baptized

April 17 Thomas ye son of Thomas & Sarah Ward was Baptized
May 20 Mary ye daughter of Thomas & Martha Typton was Baptized
Sept. I John ye son of John & Eleanor Powell was Baptized
Sept. 7 Edward Parton, Infant was Buried

Sept. 22 Eleanor ye daughter of John & Eleanor Watkis was Baptized
Oct. 17 John Typton aged about 102 was Buried
Jan. 2 Anne Parton, Infant was Buried

Jan. 21 Anne ye daughter of Edward & Mary Morris was Bap.

April 11 Samuel ye son of Rich'1 & Margaret Nonely was Baptized
Sept. 8 Mary ye wife of Thomas Wilson was Buried
Oct. 15 Jane ye daughter of Edward & Anne Parton was Bap.
March 20 Sarah ye daughter of Reynold & Martha Evans was Baptized

April 20 William ye son of Richard & Martha Gittins was Baptized
May 13 Abel ye son of Abel & Anne Richards was [Born &] Baptized
May 15 Abel ye son of Abel & Anne Richards was Buried

April 22 Jane ye daughter of Richard & Mary Davies was Baptized
April 21 Alice ye daughter of Thomas & Susan Lyth was Baptized
June 24 Eleanor ye daughter of John & Eleanor Powell was Baptized
July 15 John ye son of Abel & Anne Richards was Baptized
June 12 [August I2| John Powell, Boteman [(ferryman] was Buried
Sept. 22 Robert Davies a traveller born in Anglcsca was Buried
Nov. 3 Esther Hughes, Infant was Buried

Nov. 11 Edward ye son of Edward Sc Mary Morris was Baptized
Nov. 11 William Purcell At Rob1 Purcell his son were Buried
Nov. 21. William Purcell Jim1 was Buried
Nov. 24 Elianor Powell, Infant was Buried
Dec. IS William yo son of Thomas Sc Sarah Ward was Baptized
Dec. 18 Sarah yo Wife of Thomas Ward was Buried
Jan. 2 Martha ye daughter of Richard & Margaret Nonely was Bapt.
Jan. 4 M1'" Elizabeth Adams [ Relict of M1' Rob* Adams Rectr] was Buried
Jan. 4 Mary Nonely [ Infant] ye daughter of RichJ Nonely was Buried
Jan. 13 Martha Nonely Infant was Buried

April 22 William ye son of Gideon & Mary Bevan was Bap.
Oct. 13 Mary ye daughter of William & Anne Bevan was Baptized

March 18 Mary ye daughter of Thomas Lyth was Buried

April 10 William ye son of Rich1' & Margaret Nonely was Baptized

June 3 Jane flinch was Buried

June 3 Mary ye daughter of Thomas & Susan Lyth was Baptized
Sept. 30 Mary ye daughter of Richard & Martha Gittins was Baptized
Dec. 20 Mary ye daughter of Abel & Anne Richards was Bap.
Jan. 9 John Morris of Ensdon was Buried
ffeb. 12 Sarah Evans Widow was Buried

March 21 Elizabeth & Henry ye daughter and son of Edw' and Anne
Parton were Bap.

April 19 Samuel ye son of Thomas & Eleanor Ward was Baptized
June 18 Mary ye daughter of John & Elizabeth Davies was Baptized
July 21 Elizabeth Davies was Buried
Oct. 10 Hom y Parton Infant was Buried

Doe. 17 Anne ye daughter of Joseph & Martha Hughs was Baptized
Jan. 7 Richard ye son of Mary Go ugh & his reputed Bather John Glass
was Bap.

Jan. 8 Robert ye son of William fe Anne Bevan was Baptized
Jan. 10 Thomas ye son of Richard <& Mary Jones was Baptized

Vol. VII., 2nd S, V

184

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

(feb. 9 Jane ye daughter of Thomas & Jane ffinch was Baptized
March 23 Thomas ye son of Richard & Elizabeth Morris was Baptized

1720

May C Judith ye wife of Thomas Downes was Buried
May 'A) Margaret Morris widow was Buried.
May 29 [28] Richard Humphreys ye Elder was Buried
June 16 Richard ye sou of M' Richard & Mra Anne Glover was Baptized
July 24 Elizabeth ye daughter of Thomas & Margaret Hughs, Travellers,
was Baptized

Aug. 21 Thomas ye son of Gideon & Mary Bevan was Baptized
March 8 Thomas Norton was Buried

1721

April 12 John ye son of Thomas Sc Anne Emry was Baptized
April 26 Mary ye daughter of Thomas [& Susan] Lyth was Buried
May 7 Richard ye son of Richard & Elizabeth Morris was Baptized
May 15 William Hordley ye younger aged 20 was Buried
June 17 Margaret Hordley was Buried
July 0 Jane Griffiths was Buried

July 22 George & Margaret Parton eon & daughter of Edward & Anne

Par ton were Baptized
Oct. 8 Joshua ye son of Thomas & Eleanor Ward was Baptized
Nov. 19 Anne ye daughter of Abel & Anne Richards was Baptized
Dec. 25 Anne ye daughter of Rich'1 and Margaret Nonely was Bap.
Jan. 21 Richard ye son of Gideon <fc Mary Bovon was Baptized
Jan. 30 Gideon ye son of Will"1 <fc Anne Be von was Baptized
O'cb. 11 Richard ye son of Gideon Be von was Buried

1722

June 24 Richard ye son of Edw'1 and Anne Birch was Baptized

July 15 Elizabeth ye daughter of Timothy & Elizabeth Hews was Baptized

Sept. 23 Elizabeth Hughs Infant was Buried

Dec. 4 Mary ye daughter of Richard & Mary Jones was Baptized

Dee. 28 George Barton Infant was Buried

Jan. 14 Samuel ye son of Hannah Barrow & his reputed ilather John

Bullock was Baptized
Jan. 25 Samuel ye son of Hannah Barrow & his reputed flather John

Bullock was Buried

1723

Aug. 20 William ye son of Christabel alias Christicn Glass1 & his sworn

reputed Bather Morris Roberts alias John Evans was Bap.
Aug. 29 Mary ye daughter of John & Mary Humphreys was Baptized
Sept. 7 John ye son of Timothy ft Elizabeth Hughs was Baptized
Sept. .13 Oharles Evans was Buried
Oct. 15 Martha Jones was Buried

Oct. 19 John ye son of John & Elizabeth Griffiths was Baptized
Dec. 30 Elizabeth ye daughter of John & Mary Jelleryes of Ensden was
Baptized-

1724

April 10 Ann ye daughter of William & Ann Bevon Wis Baptized

May 7 Mary ye daughter of Martha Hughs & her reputed sworn ffather

Sam1 Griffiths Bap.
June 30 William Jones was Buried

Jan. 1 Sarah ye daughter of Gideon & Mary Bevon was Baptized
Jan. 6 Edward ye son of Timothy & Elizabeth Hughs was Baptized
Jan. 17 Sarah ye daughter of Edw. & Anne Barton was Baptized
(l'eb. 7 Sarah ye daughter of John & Mary Humphreys was Baptized
Hub. 14 Sarah ye daughter of Richard <fc Elizabeth Morris was Baptized
ffe.b. Bi Eleanor Downes Widow was Buried
ileb. 20 John ye son of Thomas & Jane flinch was Baptized

i Probably her real name was Christabolla, for in the Register of f.t, Julian's Church
Shrewsbury, under tlio year 1702 there occurs the following entry:*-" Aug 2 Christabella
(1 of Itieh'i Class labourer and Anne his W. bap."

* Entered as follows in Mont ford Register :—" Pee. :i<) i RapHz'ata in Kcclos. do
Shvawardon Klmbofcha Villa Johani ot Mavue Jdrfferla do Enstfon Nat. Nov. 2so"

AND PARISH OF SHRAWA11DINE.

185

1725

March 30 Martha yc daughter of Richard & Mary Jones was Baptized
March 30 Mary ye daughter of Richard & Margaret Nonely was Baptized
May 24 Mary JJavies of ye Pen tree [Riunerly Parish] Widow was Buried
June 18 [M>] Adam Man waring was Buried
Jan. 1 John ye son of John & Hannah G asset t was Baptized

1726

May 1;6 Thomas ye son of William & Anne Bevon was Baptized
June 17 Joseph ye son of Timothy & Elizabeth Hughs was Baptized
Sept. 10 Thomas Richards Infant was Buried

Sept. 10 M- John Watkin of Montgomery [gent.] and Mis Anne Glover of
Shrawardine [gentlewon] were married in Sbrawaidine Church,
&c. cum Lieentia

Sept. 4 Mary Norton widow was Buried

Oct. 11 Richard Littlehales [of ye Parish of Sfc Cedd in Salop, Singleman]
& Sarah Griffiths [of this Parish Singlewoman] were married
Lieentia

Nov. 80 Thomas Lyth was Buried
Dec. 8 George Griffiths Sen1 was Buried

Dec. 8 Mary ye daughter of John & Hannah Gassett was Baptized.
Dec. 11 Martha ye daughter of Abraham & Julian Powell was Baptized
Dec. 13 Mary Gassett Infant was Buried

Dec. 18 Anne ye daughter of George & Isabel! Griffiths was Baptized
fl'eb. 2. John _ Humphreys &. Elizabeth Williams both of this parish were
married by Licence
1727 ...

April 10 Sarah ye daughter of Gideon & Mary Bevon was Buried
May 24 William Wilson (both these of ye small Pox) was Buried
June 3 Jane Humphreys Widow was Buried
June 4 Thomas Downes was Buried
July 15 Elizabeth Sandford was Buried

Aug. 0 Susanna ye daughter of Timothy & Elizabeth Hughs was Baptized
Oct. 5 John ye son of John & Elizabeth Humphreys was Baptized
Oct. 29 Mary ye daughter of John & Anne Gittins was Baptized
Dec. 19 Mary ye daughter of John & Hannah Gassett was Baptized
Dec. 19 Margaret Evans was Buried

Dec. 20 Timothy ye son of Elizabeth Dyas & his Sworn & reputed (lather

Richard Gittins Junr was Baptized
Jan. 7 Elizabeth ye daughter of George & Anne Purcell was Baptized
Jan. 29 William Evans was Buried
fleb. 20 Edward Poyner was Buried.

1728

March 29 Mary Man waring widow was Buried

April 19 Thomas Bevon Infant was Buried

June 19 John Lloyd of Condover Paupr was Buried

June 30 George ye son of George & Isabell Griffiths was Baptized.

August 2 Anne Barber from ye Ahby Parish Salop was Buried

August 2 Susanna Lyth Junr was Buried

August 10 [8| Susanna Lyth widow was Buried

August 11 Richard ye son of Gideon & Mary Bevon was Baptized

Aug. 18 Alice ye daughter of Richard & Mary Jones was Baptized

Dec. 21 Mary Glass was Buried

U'eb. 4 Elizabeth Morris was Buried.

1729

April 11 John Bowers was Buried
May 22 Eleanor Downes was Buried
June 12 John Calcott Infant was Buried
July 12 Anne Watkin was Buried

Aug. 3 Sarah ye daughter of William & Anne Bevon was Baptized
Sept. 30 Thomas Finch was Buried
Oct. 19 William Wilson was Buried
Nov. 29 Edward Norton was Buried

Dec. 28 Elizabeth ye daughter of John & Anne Gittins was Baptized
Dee. 30 Richard ye son of John & Elizabeth Humphreys was Baptized
Jan. 7 Anne Davies Widow was Buried
Jan. 21 George Griffiths Infant was Buried

186

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Jan. 31 Edward All-Cocks Infant was Buried
(Feb. '20 Sarah Typton was Buried
March 2 Abel Richards was Buried p

March 24 Elizabeth ye daughter of John 8c Hannah Gassett was Baptized

17.SU

May 10 Margaret Poyner was Buried
May 29 Margaret Norton was Buried

Aug. 14 John ye son of Abraham & Julian Powell was Baptized
Aug. 28 Robert ye son of Gideon & Mary Be von was Baptized
Sept. 11 Edward Parton was Buried

Nov. 0 Arthur Davies & Mary Lloyd were Married Publica'. Ban'.

1731

May 9 Edward ye son of 'Ihonias & Mary Norton was Baptized
May 16 .Sarah ve daughter of William & Mary Parton was Baptized
May 2,3 Robert Michell [Mitchell] & Mary Griffiths were Married Pub'.
Ban'

June 8 Mary ye daughter of Arthur 8c Mary Davies was Baptized
June 14 Edward- Norton Infant was Buried

June 27 Mary ye daughter of Rowland & Sarah Davies was Baptized
July 26 John ye son of John 8c Dorothy Evans of Monford was Baptized
July 20 Elizabeth Typton pauper was Buried
Aug. 14 Sarah Bevon Infant was Buried

Oct. .14 Edward Evans & Sarah Thomas were Married Pub. Ban'.
Oct. 28 Elizabeth Jones was Buried.

]Nov. 28 Sarah ye daughter of William & Anne Bevon was Baptized
Dec. 20 John ye son of John & Anne (littins was Baptized

1732

April 10 Thomas ye son of John k Elizabeth Humphreys was Baptized
April 20 Sarah Parton Infant was Buried

April 27 Thomas Ward J urn 8c Anne Barber were Married Pub: Ban:
-July 10 Edward ye son of Edward 8c Sarah Evans was Baptized
Aug. 13 Mary ye daughter of Thomas & Mary Norton was Baptized
Sept. 13 Martha yc daughter of Arthur & Mary Davies was Baptized
Oct. 20 Sarah ye daughter of Gideon k Mary Bevon was Baptized
Jan. 16 Philip ye son of Elizabeth Butler & his Sworn Fathers Tho:

Bevon & Will. Davies was Baptized
fl'eb. 9 Henry ye son of William & Mary Parton was Baptized
March 11 Sarah ye daughter of Thomas & Anne Ward was Baptized

1733

July 2G William ye son of John & Mary Ethelstone was Baptized
Nov. 12 Anne Grillilhs Widow was Buried

1734

April 9 William Jones Infant ye son of William & Mary Jones of Bicton

was buried [in William llordley's Burying place]
April 21 John Powell uged 20 Wnfc Buried

May ID Mary ye daughter of John & Margaret Edwards of llord was

Baptized.
May 30 Joseph Lyth wus Buried

July 0 John. ye son of Arthur &. Mary Davies was Baptized.
July 28 John ye son of Robert 8c Mary Mitchell was Baptized
Oct. 13 William ye son of John & Elizabeth Humphreys was Bap.
Nov. 3 Edward Millart & Martha Williams were Married Ban. Pub.
Dec. 1 Elizabeth ye daughter of Edward & Sarah Evans was Rap.
Dec. 8 Anne ye daughter of Rowland & Sarah Davies was Bap,
Jan. 30 Thomas ye son of Thomas & Jane Pinch was Baptized
Feb. 12 Samuel Jones was Buried.

Feb. 19 Jane ye daughter of Thomas Ward Jum & Anne his wife was Bap.
March 19 Thomas ye son of Thomas & Mary Norton was Baptized.

1735

March 30 Elizabeth ye daughter ot William & Anne Bevon was Baptized
June 1 Richard ye son of Richard & Mary Jones was Baptized
July 13 William ye son of William 8c Mary Parton was Baptized
Oct. 19 Katherino ye daughter of William 8c Jane Moody was Bap.
Jan. I Thomas (Jittins and Mary Powell were Married. Pub. Bans.
Jan. lf> Mary ye daughter of John'& Anno Bovington was Bap.
ITebr. 21 Thomas Bovington, Infant was Buried

AND PARISH OF SIIIiAWARDINK.

187

April 4 Elizabeth ye Daughter of John & Mary Wildblood was Baptized
May 28 Henry ye Son of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Baptized
June G John ye Son of David & Mary Trice was Baptized
June 15 William ye Son of Arthur & Mary Davies was Baptized
Oct. 2 Edmund & Richard Sons of John & Anne Gittins Baptized
Oct. 3 Richard Gittins Infant Buried

March 13 Samuel ye son of John & Elizabeth Humphreys Baptized

1737

May 18 Thomas Norton Infant was Buried

May ;>() Mary ye Daughter of Robert & Mary Mitchell was Baptized
July 14 John Glass was Buried

Sept. 18 William ye Son of Richard k Elizabeth Nonely Baptized
Oct. 18 Mary Mitchell Infant was Buried

Oct. 25 Richard ye Son of Thomas & Mary Norton was Baptized
Nov. 13 Thomas ye Son of Edward & Sarah Evans was Baptized
Jan. 8 Thomas Griffiths was Buried

ll'eb. 2 Mary ye Daughter of William & Mary Barton was Baptized
fteb. 4 Richard Pearee & Abigail Davies were Married, Bans of matri-
mony bein^ Thrice Published
lleb. 13 John ye Son of Henry & Margaret Griffiths Bapt'zed
March 8 Mary Par ton Infant was Buried

J 738

March 31 Margaret Nonely was Buried

April 9 William ye Son of William & Jane Moody was Baptized
May 1 Thomas Jones & Elizabeth Pearee were Married Ban: Publish.
July 6 Mary ye Daughter of Samuel & Martha Cittins was Baptized
Sept. 1 1 .lane ye Daughter of Arthur tt Mary Davies was Baptized
Sept. 12 Richard Norton Infant was Buried
Sept. 15 Elizabeth ap Evans Infant was Buried

Jan. 22 Elizabeth ye Daughter of William & Anne ap Evans was Baptized
ll'eb. 18 Mary ye Daughter of Robert & Mary Mitchell was Bapt.

I7#J

Aug. 28 Mary Lawley Infant was Buried. She was Daughter of Katherine

Lawley, a poor traveller
Sept. 2 Richard ye Son of John & Anne Gittins was Baptized
Sept. 14 Margaret ye Daughter of Thomas & Mary Norton was Baptized
Sept. 23 William Barton Infant was buried

Oct. 25 Elizabeth ye Daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Nonely was Bap-
tized

Nov. 5 Edward ye Son of John & Elizabeth Humphreys was Baptized
Jan. 18 Mary Wilson was Buried
ll'eb. 7 Thomas Wilson was Buried

March 5 Richard ye Sou of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Baptized
March 22 Robert ye Son of Edward & Sarah Evans was Baptized

1740

April 4 William son of William & Mary Barton was Baptized

April 14 Martha ye Daughter of Thomas & Mary Downes was Baptized

June 10 Mary Riehards was Buried

July 8 Elizabeth Daughter of David & Dorothy Jones was Buried
Aug. 5 Riehard ye Son of Samuel & Martha Gittins was Baptized
Sept. 13 William Bugh & Margery Edwards were Married Ban: Mat:
Bubli:

Sept. 23 Ann Turner was Buried
Oct. 5 Elizabeth Ap Evans was Buried

Nov. '-'4 William Salter an Infant was Buried. He was son of Richard <fc

Anne Salter of Little Ness.
Dec. 7 Henry Griffiths was Buried
March 1 Henry Wilson was Buried
March 8 Sarah Daughter of Arthur & Mary Davies Bap:

June 2G Martha Daughter of Rich'1 Jones. Dyed of ye Small Pox

Aug. 31 Henry son of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Buried)

Aug. 31 John son of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Buried > Small Pox

Aug. 31 Richard sondfHeni*y& Margaret (Jrilliths was Buried j

Oct. 23 Sarah Davies Infant was Buried. Small Box.

188

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Dec. 25 Hannah Daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Nonely was Baptized
Jan. 18 Jane Da vies Infant was Buried
March 19 Robert ap Evans was Buried

1742

April 8 Anne Griffiths Daughter of George & Isabell Grifliths was Buried

April 9 Elizabeth Harris Maid Serv1 was Buried

May 2 Margaret Daughter of Jho: & Mary Norton was Buried

May 23 Margaret Daughter of Edward & Martha Miller was Baptized

May 23 Surah Evans was Buried

May 25 Richard Is'onely Sen1 was Buried

June 23 Mary Hordley was Buried

July 17 Eleanor Daughter of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Baptized

Aug. 29 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Elizabeth Humphreys Bap:

Oct. 8 Samuel ye Son of Arthur <& Mary Davits Baptized

Nov. 22 Dorothy wife of David Jones, Salop, was Buried

Jan. 3 Samuel Son of Samuel & Martha Gittins Baptized

Jan. 6 Edward Lewis & Anne Wynu both of this Parish were married.

Bans of Marriage Thrice Published
March 19 Mary Baker Widow was Buried

1743

March 27 Edward son of Thomas & Mary Norton M as Baptized.

May 30 Anne Barton, Widow, was Buried

July 5 Sarah Barton, Daughter, was Buried

July 15 Richard sou of Richard & Eleanor Judson was Bap.

Aug. 14 Edward son of William & Mary Barton was Baptized

1744

May 9 Mary Daughter of Edward & Jane Evans was Baptized
June 30 Anne ap Evans Juiu was Buried

Sept. 13 Mary Daughter of Aaron & Margaret Grifliths was Baptized
Sept. 16 John Ethelstone was Buried

Oct. 8 Robert Morris of Llansanfraid in Montgomeryshire & Elizabeth
Morris of Shrawarden were Married. I bans of Matrimony first
Publis.]

ffeb. 4 Richard Davies pauper was Buried

ll'eb. 8 John ye Son of Samuel & Martha Gittins was Baptized

tl'eb. 10 John ye Son of Thomas & Mary Parcel was Baptized

1745

May 8 Elizabeth Daughter of Martha Baiues and her sworn Bather John

Cower was Baptized.
May 2G Samuel Ward & Eleanor Watkin were Married. Banns of

Marriage.

May 20 Joseph Son of Edward & Martha Miller I was Baptized
July 25 Susanna James1 was Buried

July 31 Sarah ye Daughter of Arthur & Mary Davies Baptized

Aug. 18 Henry son of Henry & Margaret Griffiths was Baptized

Oct. 14 Mary Daughter of William & Mary Barton was Baptized

Oct. 25 Thomas Dowries was Buried

Dec. 29 Mary Davies Widow pauper was Buried

ffeb. 11 John ye Son mi Samuel & Eleanor Ward was Baptized

1746

April 2 John Blower1 & Jane Williams were Married. Bans Matri. Bub.

July 1 Elizabeth Daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth Nonely was Baptized

Sept. 5 Elizabeth Evans Widow was Buried

Sept. 6 Susanna Thomas- Widow was Buried

Oct. 12 John ye Son of Edw1' & Jane Evans was Baptized

Oct. 14 John flinch was Buried

Oct. 31 Anne Evans Iufant from Nibb-heath was Buried
Nov. 3 Martha Hughes Pauper Widow was Buried.

1747

March 2G3 Elizabeth daughter of Samuel & Martha Gittins Baptized

i Wife of Hid Rov Kdmund James, lloctor 17K'-1747.

- Daughter of the Rev. Kdinuud James, Hector 17KM7I7, & relict of Mr William Thomas
of Kinton.

<■ March 2b" last'entry in handwriting of Edmund James ; June 18 first in that of Adam
Newlfng, ,

AND PARISH OF SHRA WA LID IN E.

180

1748

June 18 The Rev'1 M* Edmund James, B.A., late Rector, was buried. A
good & constant Preacher, an affectionate Parent, a sincere Friend,
& court'eos & a liable to all Men.

July 13 Edward Rogers, Weaver of G* Ness, & Jane Finch Spinster of
this Parish, married by Banns »•

Dec. 5 Adam Newling M.A. late Rector of Fitz was inducted into this
Rectory by the KevJ Mr Parry Vicar of Gl Ness, and Coadjutor to
the Rev11 AD Dale Rector of ye 2J Portion of Pontesbury, &
Ml Henry Withington Steward to the Lord of the Mannor ; &
read the Articles, Declaration, & Subscription, the Day following.1

Jan. 31 Margaret, Daughter of Henry & Margaret Grilliths, Carpenter
baptized

Feb. 29 Edmund Glass, Serv*, (who died of small Pox) buried

Gideon Bevau C1'. Warden

Ap1 3 Richard Morris, WhiteSmith, buried

Ap1 9 Mary, natural Daughter of Mary Edgerton by Owen Edwards
ServtM baptized

May 6 Thomas Emery of Alberbury & Eli/. Cruckstone of this Parish

Servta married by Banns
June 20 Elizabeth Daughter of Arthur & Mary Davis, Laborer baptized
July 31 diehard Sou of ICdward & Jane Evans Laborer bapt'1
Sept- 9 Edward Son of Edward & Jane Rogers, Weaver of Gt Ness Parish,

baptized

Sept. 11 Sarah Daughter of Sam1 & Eliz. .Nonely Carpentr baptJ
Nov. 10 Mary Humphreys, Widow, buried

i The Rev. Adam No'wBnjg waa fehoBon of William Kowlingf Architect, Alderman and
Mayor of UatnUrfclgu, and friend of sir G'hriMtOfrtier Wroh. Ifo graduated K A. from Josuh
Collo&e, Cambvid^e, and Uwvk his M..\ from Kind's Uolhjge, where h'e was for a -short limo
Ghapliiin. Tiro " Lord of the Mannor " and patron of thn living was Lord Mmitfort of
I lorsdieath, Cambridgeshire.

William Newling, of Cambri(lge,=pElizabeth Combe, of London.

I

I

Adam^Elizabeth Clark, of Downton, Salop.

Charles, Headmaster^! ary, d. of John Richard Richard=jFMartha Pofcte-
of Shrewsbury School I Newling, J. P., died vylo, his

Vicar of Bieton, &c. of Cambridge, young, cousin.

William, b. 17(35, died at Shrewsbury, 1837.

Ill |
William, oi (ho John, d Shrews- Ann, b. I7.'*7, lived Martha, b. 1710,
Folluy,d. 1&14. bury and Shraw- at the Folloy, and d. 1702.
dine, died 1780. died there 1798.

i i i i

Elizabeth, born 1755, Ann, born 1757 Edward, b. 1758, John, b. 1700,
died at Ford, 1838. died 1701. d. at Berwick, d. J 761.

Salop, J790. |

Join, b. 170-2 ;- Vicar of Ford ; Chaplain to 1st, 2nd, Mary, b. 1703, d. at
and 3rd Lord Sydney :% Rsctor of Ritchhi^ham ; J.P. Westbury, 178;i
Salop and Stafford; Vicar of Chirbury ; Canon of
Licliliold. Dior] IS3S.

190

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Feb. 8 Priscilla, Daughter of Thomas & Anne Ward, Wheelwright, from
S* AlUmond's Parish, buried .

A. Newling Rector. Sam1 Gittins C'Wardeu.

1749

June 4 Eleanor, Daughter of Samuel & Eleanor Ward, Wheelwright,
baptized

Sept. 15 Sarah, Daughter of Sam1 & Martha Gittins, baptized
Oct. IS Richard Sou of Rich'1 & Mary Jones Laborer, was buried
Oct. 22 Eleanor Daught1' of Gideon & Mary Bevan, Laborer, was bapt'1
Nov. 5 Margaret Daughf of Edw1 & Jane Evans, Laborer, baptized
Jan. '21 Mary Daughter of John & Eliz. Griffiths Labourer, baptized
Jan. 30 John Watkis an old & decayed Farmer was buried at his own
Son's cost

March 2 Richard, Son of William & Elizabeth Gittins baptized

Henry Griffiths C'1 Warden

May 4 William Payne of Montfort, & Margaret Evans, of this Parish,

Servants, married by Banns
May Q William Leigh Shoemaker, & Sarah Francis Servf' both of this

Parish married by Banns
Aug. 10 Arthur Sou of Arthur & Mary Davis Labr bapt'1
Sept. 10 George Davis, of the Parish of Melverley, & Mary Candlin of

this Parish, Servants, married by Banns
Dec. 4 John James & Elizabeth Morris, both Serv*8 in ye Parish, married

hy Banns

March 10 Mat y, Daughter of Sam1 & Eliz: Nonely Carpenter, baptized

Sam1 Ward C1' Warden

1751 N.S.1

May 29 William, son oiEdwd & Jane Evans Labr bapt'1
June 0 John son of John & Eliz: Griffiths Lab1 bapt'1

-Oct. 15 Edward son of Owen & Elizabeth Edwards of ye Folly, Labr bapt'1

M* Henry Withington Church Warden

1752

Feb. 2 Elizabeth Daughter of Samuel & Eleanor Ward, Wheelwright,
baptized

April 10 Anne Daughter of Gideon and Mary Bcvan Laborer, baptized

May 24 Martha Daught1' of Sam1 and Martha Gittins was baptized

June 28 William Reynolds Shoemaker, of Ellesmere, & Sarah Be van

Serv1 of this Parish married by Banns.
July 22 Mary Daughter of Edward & Hannah Gittins of Down Rossal

buried

Oct. 28 Mr Henry Withington, a worthy Steward, as I suppose, to the

Lord of the Manor & his Tenants, buried.
Oct. 28 William Hordley of Hilly Farm buried
Edward Jones of tin; Farm Church Warden

1753

Feb. 11 Edward Jones of the Farm buried

July 25 Evan Jones of Montfort, & Sarah Bevon of this Parish ServtN
married by Banns

Aug. 29 Dorothy,3 Daughter of Josiah & Martha Newcome (drowned in
ye River Severn) was buried.

1 io "New Style.*' In the Moutford Register Mr Newling made a longer note
" I J ere according to an Act of Parliament passed in ye 24** year of his Majesty's Reign, »fe
in the year of ()<" Lord 1754, the Old Computation of the year, by wcl» it began March 25, is
not to be made use of , but every year for the future to begin on Jan ye 1, instead of
March 25."

- There is this entry in the Moutford Register :— " 1751 Dec. 9, James Speke, servt f'»
Shrawardine, snd Pox, buried."

3 Formerly a heart-shaped piece of black tin on which was inscribed in gold letters
"D.N died 1753 aged 10," was to be seen hanging over the window on the S. side of the
nave ife underneath were suspended a pair of white gloves, but the whole of the monument
was removed when the Church was renovated in 1840. " Dolly Newcome" had ridden a
cart horse to the river to drink but was thrown oh its back and drowned.

Query? Was the Nowcoiobo who with a companion was condemned to death at the
assizes held at Shrewsbury in March J.7tH, <fe afterwards executed, for robbing the house
of Samuel Cri flit lis, listp, of Dinthill of a large quantity of plate, Ac, a relation of the
Shrawardine Ncweombes ? [Phillips's History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury, p, 214.]

AND PARISH OF S H R A WAR DINE.

191

Nov. 11 Mary Daughter of Evan & Sarah J ones Labr bapd
Dec. G Sarah, late Wife of Win Reynolds, buried.
John Gittias Church Warden.

1754

Jan. 1 Sarah Dr of EdwJ & Martha Cartwright, Labr bap4
Jan. 2 Margaret Daughtr of Sun' & Eliz> Nonely baptd
Jan. 0 John, Son of Owen & Eliz. Edwards, bapa

April 12 Eliz: & Martha, Twin Daughters of John & Elizab: Griffiths

baptized

June 21 Sarah & Samuel, Twins of Samuel & Eleanor Ward, baptized
Sept. 9 Richard Peirce, a Strauger, belonging to Sl Chad's Parish in Salop,
buried

Oct. G Rich'1, Son of Gideon & Mary Bevon bapu

Rich'1 Humphreys Church Warden for M s Dowuea

1755

Jan. 4 Gideon Bevon Senr, buried

April 15 Thomas Son of Sam1 & Martha Gittins bapd

June 3 Owen Owen and Mary Frances Davis, Servants in this Parish

were married by Banns
June 22 William, Son of John & Eliz. Griffiths bapta
July 14 Thomas Ward the old Boat Man, buried
Sept. 4 Thomas Son of Tho: & Eliz. Morris Wheelwright, baptized
Sept. 'J Jane tho Wife of W*» Bevon buried
Oct. 24 Mary tho Wife of W,u Jones ot Bickton buried
^ec. lHt Samuel Barber and Mary Rider both Servants in this Parish

were married by Licence

1756

March 7 Thomas F*on of Owen and Elizabeth Edwards baptized

March 18 Abraham Powell Basket Maker buried

May 23 Martha Daughter of Edward & Martha Cartwright baptized

July 17 Mary the Wife of Rich'1 Jones Labr buried

July 23 Tho3 Son of Sami & Eliz. Nonely baptized

Oct. 3 Ann the Daughter of Evan & Sarah Jones baptized!

Nov. 5 William Sou of Samuel 6c Martha Gittins baptized

1757

Feb. 19 Rob. Son of Gideon 8c Mary Bevan Baptized
March 29 Thomas Finch buried

Aug. 22 Ann the Wife of Will™ Bevan Labr was buried

Out. 8 Rob. Bevan was buried

Nov. 29 Jn° Son of Tho8 & Eliz. Edwards Baptized

1758

March 2 The Rev'1 Mr Adam Newling Rector of Shrawardine & Vicar of
Mo'ntfort2 buried at the End of the Chancel

March 253 The Revd John Foster, M.A., Fellow of King's College in
Cambridge was inducted into the Rectory of Shrawardine, & the
next day read the Declaration, Subscription, and Articles.

June 18 Anne, Daughter of Edward & Martha Cartwright baptized

July 23 Joseph Son of Samuel & Martha Gittins baptized

Oct. 84 Owen son of Owen & Eliz: Edwards baptized.

Nov. 22 Mary Daughter of William & Martha Bevan baptized.

1 Dec 1st last entry in the handwriting of Adam Newling.

2 The Rev. Adam Newling. was a Cambridgeshire man, and was appointed Vicar of Mont-
ford in 1714, by John Bromley of Horseheath, Co. Cambridge, who had obtained by
marriage the Shrawardine and Montford estates.

3 He was also inducted into tho Vicarage of Montford the same day, but does not appear
to have ever taken duty in either Church, at least his name is never again mentioned, nor
is his handwriting to be found in their Registers. Mr. Foster was a benefactor to the
Library of Shrewsbury School in 17-r>S, and died in 177-1.

4 Oct. 8 first <mi i rv in tho handwriting of " Thomas TTanmer, curate." He was also
Curate of Montford from 17,>S to 1775, when he was appointed Vicar by Lorddive, but con-
tinue'! to serve as Curat" of Shrawardine till his death in 17S9 lie was buried in Mont-
ford Churchyard December 23rd, 1789. (C f. Monitor I Register "1731 Nov. 25. Bapf
Thorn is Fil' Hen. .et Marg' Kanraer de Montord, nat Oct 29o Jos, Muckleston, Hen.
Withingtou et El Newling, Sponsores"). He also held tho farm near Montford Church.now
in tho occupation of Mr. T. S. Minton.

Vol. VII., 2nd S. , Z

192

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

1759

Jan. 30 Tho8 son of Gideon & Mary Be von bap'1

April 7 Robert son of Edward & Jane Evans was buried

May 27 John son of Tho" & Mary Jones Imp'1

Dec. 19 Tho" Finch Batchelor & Sarah Sides spinster both of this Parish

were married by Banns ,
Dec. 27 Jane Daug; of Will: & Martha Bevon bapd

17G0

Jan. 8 Jane natural Dau: of Eliz. Higgs bapd
.'an. 18 Eleanor Ward buried

Feb. 22 William son of Edward &' Martha Cartwright bapd

April 12 John Powell Batchelor & Elizabeth Thorns Spinster both of this

Par ish were married by Banns.
June 16 Thomas Leake Batchelor & Elizabeth Davis Spinster both of this

Parish were married by Banns
Aug. 3 Tho" son of Tho" & Eleanor Edwards bapd
Aug. 8 Will. Thorns buried

Sept. 21 Mal tha Dau: of Samuel & Elizabeth Monnerly bap.

Sep. 23 Jane Dang, of .John & Jane liumphris bapd

Oct. 3 Julian Powell buried

Oct. 21 Eliz. Dau. of Thos & Sarah Finch bap'1

1761

Jan. 27 Arthur Davies buried
Feb. 8 Martha DauK: of John & Eliz: Powell bap.
Mar. 21 Ann1 Dang: of ye Revd Mr Charles <fe Mary Newling buried
March 30 vVill: HnmphYis Batchelor of ye Parish of Great Ness & Eliza-
beth Ford Spinster of this Parish married by Banns
May 3 Gideon son of Gideon & Mary Bevon bapd
Juno '28 A mad in e Daugatnf Edward &, Ainudine Jones bapd
J uly (2 Edmund3 sun of John & Ann (i it tins buried
Sept. 20 John Sou of ye Revd Charles & Mary Newling buried3
Nov. 2 Mary Pearco was buried

1762

Jan 1 Tho" son of Tho' & Sarah Finch bapd
March 21 Mary Da: of Tho* & Mary Paine bapd
March '28 Ann Da: of John & Eliz: Htimphris bapd
May 23 Mary Da: of John & Mary Brown bapd

June 28 Tho" Williams Batchelor & Elizabeth Tydder Spiuster, both of

this Parish married by Banns
Aug. 5 Martha1 Da: of ye Rev'1 Mr Adam Newling late Rector &Eliz: his
wife buried

Oct. 3 (5) Humphry natural son of Ann Millard bapd
Dec. 14 Will"1 Bevon buried

1763

Feb. 8 Elizabeth Da: of John & Mary Brown buried
Mar. 7 Jane Da of William & Martha Bevan buried
Mar. 21 El1 Son of ye Widow Jones of yo Farm buried
Apr 8 Mary Da of William k Martha Bevan buried
Sept. 27 Edward son of John & Eliz: Humphries bapd
Nov. 28 Mary Daughter of Tho" & Sarah Pinch bap1'

Dec. 18 William Roger's of the Parish of Sl Julians Batchelor and Eleanor
Grillith of the Parish of Shrawardine Spinster were married by
Licence

1764

March 23 Eliz \ Daughter of William & Elizabeth Humphris was baptizd
April 30 Joseph Wall B i tola el or of this Par ish and Eliz : Humphria
Spiuster of this Par ish were marr ied by Banna

1 March 21. Ann Newling was born 1757,

2 Grandson of the Rev. Edmund James, Rector 1710—1747, and son of Mr. John Gittins
of Ensdon.

3 Sep. 20, John Newling was born 176°.

4 Martha Newling, the youngest daughter of the late Rector of Shrawardine, was born at
Fitz, 1740.

ts There h this entry in t ho M.mtfonl Register 17G2 Oct. 17 Martha Gittins, wife of
Rich, Gittins of Shrawardine was buried."

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

103

July 1 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Mary Pain was baptizd
Aug 6 William son of William Jones of Bieton was buried
Sept. 16 Mary Daughter of William & Eleanor Rogers was baptizd
Nov. 9 Elizabeth Daughter of Joseph &? Elizabeth Wall was baptiz'd
1765 .
Jan. 4 Edward Son of William & Mary Parton was buried
March 17 John sou of Tho8 & Sarah Finch was bapd
Oct. 19 Isabel wife of George Griffith buried
Nov. 17 buried a Foundling

1766

April 20 Eleanor Daughter of William & Eleanor Rogers baptiz'd
June 19 Mary Daughter of Evan & Sarah Jones bap'd.
Aug. 4 Robert Michael of Shrawardine was buried
Sept. 8 Jane Finch of Shrawardmc was buried
Sept. 13 Mi" Je Series Widow of Ensdon was buried

Sept. 29 George Letherland Batchelor of the Parish of Se Chad's & Sarah

Davies of this Parish were married by Banns
Nov. 1 buried ye Widow Jones of Buckly Farm
Nov. 14 John Plimly was buried

Dec. 5 William Son of Ed & Susannah Gittins of Rosshall was buried

1767

Jan. 6 Josiah Son of Rich : & Mary Newcomb was buried

April 5 Elizabeth Daughter of VVilliani & Eliz : Humphris was baptized

June 7 Ann Daughter of Tho" & Surah Finch was bap'1

July 5 .Sarah Daug : of Tho. & Mary Payne Was bapa

July 30 Francis Ellis was buried

Oct. 11 Tho8 Nunnely was buried

Nov. 4 Eliz : Wife of John Humphris was buried

Dec. 20 Samuel Son of Edward & Rebecka Moody bap'd

1768

Jan. 4 Joseph Jones of Buckley Farm was buried

March 23 Samuel Gittins of this Parish Batchclor and Penelope Brough

Spinster of this parish were married by Licence
April 7 Edward Sankcy was buried
April 10 Mary wife of Arthur Davies was buried
April 25 Thomas Son of Samuel & Penelope Gittins was baptiz'd
May 8 Margaret Daughter of William & Eleanor Rogers was baptiz'd
June 17 Peter Fox of ye Parish of Atcham Batchelor & Martha Jones of

this Parish Spinster were Married by Banns
June 23 Thomas Sou of Samuel & Penelope Gittins was buried
Sept. 17 Mary Be van Widow was buried

Sept. 29 Richd Davies of the Parish of Sl Chadd's Batchelor and Martha
Downes of the Parish of Shrawardine Spinster were Married by
Licence

Oct. 2 Samuel Son of Thos & Mary Walton was bapd

1769

Jan. 22 Richard Son of Tho8 & Sarah Finch was bap'd
Jan. 30 William Jones of Bicton was buried

March 27 Mary Daughter of Samuel & Penelope Gittins was baptiz'd
Sept. 27 Sarah Daug : of William & Eliz : Humphris was bapd
Oct. 6 Sarah wife of Thomas Gittins was buried

1770

May 13 William Parton Batchelor of ye Parish of Montfort and Jane Price
Spinster of this Parish were Married by Banns

Aug. 14 John Son of Tho8 & Eleanor Edwards & William Smoakum (both
being drowned), were buried

Sept. 23 John Son of Edward & Rebecca Moody was bapd

1771

Jan. 17 John Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Wall was baptiz'd

Jan. 20 Elizabeth wife of Joseph Wall was buried

Jan. 27 Joseph son of Thu3 & Sarah Finch was baptiz'd

Feb. 24 Elizabeth Daughter of Samuel & Penelope Gittins was baptiz'd

Mar. 8 Henry Son of Henry & Margaret Griffith was buried

Mar. 10 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Eleanor Webster was baptiz'd

June 6 Ed Evans was buried ,

June 16 Rd a natural son of Margaret Griffith was baptiz'd

194

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

Aug. 4 Thos Lloyd of the Parish of Alberbury, Batchelor & Elizabeth
Jones Spinster of this Parish were married by Licence

1772

Feb. 25 Edward Son of William & Jane Parton was baptiz'd
April 20 John Son of William & Elizabeth Hampbria was baptiz'd
June 14 Charloie natural Daugr of a Daug? of Josuha Ward was baptiz'd
Nov. 2G Henry Griffith was buried

Dec. 27 Rich*1 natural son of Margaret Griffith was buried

1773

Jan. 17 Sarah Daughter of Tho9 & Sarah Finch was baptized
Jan. 24 Martha Daughtr of Samuel & Penelope Gittius was baptized
Feb. 2 George Griffith was buried
April 5 Hannah Lunnon was buried

July 9 Priscilla Moody Daughter of Edward & Rebecca Moody was
baptized

July 2 William Gittius Batchelor of this parish & Mary Bate Spiuster of

this parish were married by Banns
Nov. 7 John Humphris Jun1 was buried

Nov. 23 Eliz. Daughter of Benjamin & Eliz: Lem was baptized
Dec. 26 Edward son of Edward & Mary Paddock of Hilly was baptized

1774

Jan. 9 Ann Daughter of W111 & Elizabeth Gittins baptized
Feb. 11 Mr3 Sankey Widow was buried
Feb. 17 Mary Wife of f> Norton was buried

March 25 Hannah natural Daughter of Sarah Ward was baptized

May 10 John Evans Batchelor of this Parish & Elizabeth Bevau Spinster

ot this Parish were married by Banns
May 20 Richard son of Edward & Mary Paddock was baptized
July 10 John son ot* Robert & Mary Evans was baptized
Aug. 19 Mary Daugr 0f Thomas & Margaret Bennyon was baptized
Oct. 20 Martha Wife of Josiah Newcornb was buried

1775

Feb. 20 Elizabeth daughter of Edward & Rebecca Moody was baptized

Feb. 28 William son of Samuel & Penelope Gittins was baptized

March 18 John son of Edward & Rebecca Moody was buried

April 20 Richard Jones was buried

April 28 Samuel Gittins Senr was buried1

May 8 John son of John & Mary Evans was baptized

May 28 Martha Daur of William & Elizabeth Humphreys was bapd

June 25 John son of John & Mary Williams bay)'1

July 10 Sarah natural l)augr of Mary Owen was baptized

August 8 Margaret l)augr of Margaret Griffith was buried

Sept. 17 Richard Son of Richard <t Elizabeth Edwards was baptized

Sept. 25 William Parton was buried

Nov. 19 Mary Daugr of Benjamin & Elizabeth Lem was baptized
Nov. 24 Mary wife of W Parton was buried

1776

Jan 1 Mary Daugr of Edward & Mary Paddock of Hilly was bap'1

Jan. 28 Robert son of Robert & Mary Evans was bap'1

Feb. 2 John son of Rich1' & Martha Da vies of Bickton was buried

Feb. 23 Elizabeth Jones was buried

March 10 ThoH Finch was buried

March 17 Martha Daugr of William & Eleanor Rogers was baptized
March 17 Sarah natural Daugr of Sarah Ward was bapd
March 24 Samuel Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Nuneley was bapd
April 12- Elizabeth Wife of ye Rev'1 M1' Newling late Rector of Shrawar-
dine was buried

i He was apparently buried at Montford, for cf. this entry in that register :— " 1775 April
28, Samuel Gittins of Shtawarden was buried."

Montford Register, 17-0. " May 25o Matrim' Solem' inter Adam Newling hujusca
Eeclesioe Vic', Mat 29o May 1690, et Elizabethan] Clarke de Down ton in Paroch' Upton
Magna, Nat. 11" Dec 1702, in Eccle' Uflington pr Licontiam." Iier brother William Clarke,
born 1G!)H, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, Rector of Rucksted Sussex, and
Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral, was a distinguished antiquary, and died 1771.
Elizabeth Newling died at the Folley, tbo residence of hereon, William Newling.

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARD1NE.

195

April 21 Mary Daugr of William & Jane Parton was bapfl
May 2 Thos Gittins Senr was buried

May 12 Samuel Jones of this Parish Batchelor & Eliz: Nuneley of this

Parish Spinster were married by Banns
August 4 Josiah Son of Richard & Mat y Newcomb was baptized
Aug. 22 Martha Daug'- 0f William & Elizabeth Humphreys was buried
Dec. 2o' Sarah Daugh1' of Samuel & Eliz : iNunely waz buried

1777

Feb. 10 Thomas Norton was buried
March 28 Ann Daugr of Widow Finch was buried
April I ThoH Son of Thomas & Margaret Pryce was buried
Aug. 17 Edward son of John Williams bap'1
Kept, 21 John Son of David & Mary Bowyer was baptized
Dec. 1 William Bowker of Montfort Parish Batchelor & Margaret Evans
of this Parish of Shrawardine Spinster were married by Banns

1778

Jan. 13 Edward Evans of this Parish Batchelor & Ann Bevan of this

Par ish Spinster were married hy Banns
Jan. 24 Jane Evans Widow was buried

Feb. 18 Hannah Daugr of John <v, Eliz : Evans was baptized
March 1 Sarah Daug1' of Samuel & Elizabeth Jones was baptized
April 5 John Son of William & Margaret Bowker was baptized
April 8 William Son of William and Eleanor Rogers was baptized
June G Elizabeth Daugh1' of William & Elizabeth Evans was baptized
June 8 Martha Daugr 0f Richard & Mary Newcomb was baptized
June 13 Elizabeth Lewis from Shrewsbury was buried
June 26 Martha wife of Richard Davies was buried
July 5 Elizabeth Daugr of Richard Davies was buried
Aug. 7 John Humphries was buried

Sept. 1 Joseph son of William and Elizabeth Gregory was baptized

Oct. 13 Richard Gittins of this Parish Batchelor & Elizabeth Brough of

this Parish Spinster were married by Licence
Oct. 31 Hugh Williams of ye Parish of Alberbury Batchelor & Eleanor

Ward of ye Parish of Shrawardine Spinster were married by Banns
Nov. G Mary1 wife of Thomas Gittins was buried

Nov. 11 John Lewis & Mary Parton both of this Parish were married
by Banns

Nov. 22 John Son of Samuel & Eliza : Nuneley was baptized
Dec. 31 John Jones & Mary Edwards both of this Parish were married
by Banns

1779

Jan. 3 John son of Ellis & Mary Ellis of Hilley was, baptized
March 10 Elizabeth Daugr 0f John & Mary Jones was baptized
Sept. 2G Mary Daughter of Edward & Ann Evans was baptized
Oct. 31 Jane Humphries Widow was buried
Oct. 31 Martha Daughter of Richard Davies was buried

1780

Jan. 6 Mary Daugr of William & Margaret Bowker was bap'1

Feb. 3 Elizabeth wife of William Humphries was buried

Feb. 7 -Ann Gittins widow was buried

March 4 Lydia Daug : of Wm & Eliz : Evans was buried

May 28 Mary Daug1 of John & Mary Plimley of Hilley was baptized

July 5 Sarah Daughter of David & Martha Bowyer was baptized

Nov. G Thomas son of John & Eleanor- Jones of Buckley farm was bap'1

Nov. 23 Jane Daugh* of Hugh & Eleanor Williams was baptiz'd

Dec. 13 Joseph son of John & Eliz. Evans was bapiiz'd

1781

Jan. 2G John Jones of this Parish Batchelor & Mary Lloyd of this Parish

Spinster were married by Banns
Feb. 13 Martha Boltevyle3 widow was buried

1 Granddaughter of Lho Itov. Edmund James, lato Rector,

2 Daughter or the Itov Edmund James, lato Hector, and relict of John Gittins of Ensdon.

3 She was sister-in-law to Adam Newling, the lato Rector; Cf Montford Register 1726,
" I'Vh. '2 > M;it mm' Soioiiui' inu Richard inn Botovyle su Ceddfo Par. Salop, it Martham
Clarke, de DowaLun, I'ar. Upton Magna, Lieuiitiain ." There in a Brass to her .memory
in Bnrawardino Church. She died (fob, lJJth, aged 80 I lor daughter Martha married
Richard, sun of tho Rev. Adam Nuwling.

196

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

May 20 Martha Daughter of John & Mary Jones baptiz'd

July 8 Ann Davies was buried

Aug. 24 Mary Dowries Widow was buried

Sept. 30 Thomas son of John and Mary Plimley was buried

Oct. 10 John Lewis of this Parish Batehelor & Sarah Hickey of this

Parish Widow were married by Banns
Nov. 8 Jane Daughter of William & Margaret Bowker was baptized
Dec. 19 Hannah Wife of Edward Gittius of Rosshall was buried

1782

Jan. 6 Mary Daughter of John & Sarah Lewis was baptized
.Jan. 20 Hannah Daughter of Edward & Ann Evans was baptized
June 4 Edward Thomas was buried

Sept. 29 John Son of John & Mary Williams was baptized

1783

Jan. 12 John son of John & Mary Plimley of Hilley was baptized
Feb. 19 John son of ye Widow Thomas was buried

May 18 John Ellis ot the Parish of Sfc Alkmond's Batehelor & Eleanor

Howcls of this Parish Spinster were married by Banns
June'29 John natural son of Ann Blower was baptized
June 29 Edward son of David & Martha Bowyer was bap'1
Aug. 24 Thomas Morris was buried

Sept. 14 Mary1 Daughter of ye Rev1 Charles & Mary Newling was buried

Here begins ye Stamp Act.
Oct. 19 John Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Jones, pauper, was baptiz'd
Nov. 30 Tho8 Asterley of the Parish of Sfc Ohadd, Batehelor & Sarah

Gittins of this Parish Spinster were married by Licence
Nov. 30 John natural sou of Ann Blower was buried

1784

Jan. 18 Ann Daughter of ThoH & Ann Tomkis was baptiz'd
Jan. 21 Ann Daughter of Thomas & Ann Tomkis was buried
Feb. 17 Edward son of .lohn & Eliz Evans was baptiz'd
March 5 Mary Withington was buried
March 28 Ann Blower, Pauper, was buried
April 9 Rebecca Wife of Edward Moody, Pauper was buried
May 23 Ann Daughter of Johu & Sarah Lewis was baptiz'd
Sept. 19 Ann daughter of John & Mary Hughes (Paupers) was bapd
Sept. 19 John & Thomas, Twins ot John & Mary Jones paupers were bapd
Oct. 3 Elizabeth Daughter of William & Elizabeth Bevan was bap*. F.
Wynn Dy Colh

1785

Jan. 23 Ann natural Daughter of Sarah Beddow pauper was bapd

March 26 William Goodwin Widower of ye Parish of Madeley & Ann

Humphryes of this Parish Spinster were married by Licence
April 17 Samuel Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Jones was baptiz11
May .7 Joseph Wilkes of this Parish Batehelor & Mary Autling of this

Parish Spinster were married by Banns
June 20 Thomas sou of Johu & Mary Plimley was baptiz'd
Aug. 30 Samuel son of Samuel & Elizabeth Jones was buried
Oct. 30 William Phillips of the Parish of Madeley, Batehelor & Mary

Rogers Spinster of this Parish were married by Licence
Nov. 14 Thomas Gittins of this Parish Widower & Mary Wild of the

Parish of Montfort, Spinster were married by Licence
Nov. 14 Richard Wild blood of the Parish of Withington, Batehelor &
Susannah Humphreys of this Parish Spinster were married by

Licence

Nov. 27 William eon of John & Mary Williams was baptiz'd
Dec. 4 Elizabeth wife of Samuel Jones, pauper, was buried
Dec. 11 Edward son of Edward & Ann Evans wu,s baptiz'd. F. Wynn
Dy Coll*

1786

Jan. 28 Priscilla wife of John Gittins was buried
May 11 Richard Edwards (a pauper) was buried
July 30 John son of John & Mary Hughes, paupers, was baptiz'd

1 fcllio (Hod at Woslbury, Hcjit, 5th, in ho* fcwonty-UTrtfc year.

AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE. 197

Sept. 28 Thomas Oittins was buried
Oct. 31 Uohn New ling was buried
Nov. 10 Josiah Newcomb was buried

Nov. 12 Martha Daughter of William & Elizabeth Bevan was bap"5.
F. VVyuu

1787

March 4 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Elfz : Evans bapd
Match 21 The Reverend Mr Charles Newling2 was buried
May G Martha Daughter of John & Mary Jones was bapJ
Nov. 1 Samuel Nunnelcy was buried

Nov. 24 Elizabeth Daughter of William Humphries was buried

1788

Jan. 1 Richard son of John & Sarah Lewis (pauper) was bap''

Jan. 12 Samuel son of John & Mary Williams was baptiz'd

April 27 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Mary Hughes was bapJ

May 12 Richard Oittins formerly of Coracovar,3 was buried

July 14 Thomas Rogers of yo Parish of Llanfylliu Bat'jhelor & Mary

Reynaldes of this Parish Spinster were Married by Banns
Nov. 9 Mary Daughter of Thomas & Mary Morris baptiz'd
Dec. 28 Joseph son & Elizabeth Daughter of John & Elizabeth Lewis,

Paupers, were buried

1789

Jan. 20 Elizabeth wife of John Hughes (a pauper) was buried
Jan. 31 Kdward son of William & Jane Barton was buried
Feb. 14 Elizabeth. Daughter of John Hughes, pauper, was buried
May 26 Robert Son of Robert & Fliz. Boltiver was buried
June 21 Martha Mvans (pauper, from Shrewsbury) was buried
Sept. 20 John Son of John & Sarah Lewis was baptiz'd

1790

Jan. 291 Funer. Richardus Hnmphreis

Febv 21 Kvardus Oulielmus, Filius Tho1 & Janre Williams baptizatus est
Feby 21 Funer. Edvardus Newling5
Feby 26 Funer. Edvardus Evans

May 23 Bap!. Edvardus Lloyd, Filius Edvardi et Elizabethan Lloyd
Se|>t. 19 Bapt. Oulielmus & Maria, Filius & Filia Johannia & M arise Jones
Sept. 19 Bapt. Richardus Barry, Filius Richardi & Elizabethan Parry
Dec. 14 Funer. Thoma Tunkis

1791

Jany 10 Samuelus Plimley Filius Johannis & Marian Plimley Bapt.

Feb. 28 Robert Asterley of the Parish of Sc Chadd's Bachelor & Elizabeth

Oittins of this Parish married by Licence
April 3 Bapt, Oulielmus, b'ilius Edvardi & Annan Evans
May 5 Funer. Edvardus Evans
May 29 Funer. Elizabetha Evans

1 Cf. Montford Register: "1732, Oct. 10, Nat. et Bapt. Gulielmus et Johannes Gemelli
Fil. A. and E. Newling." The Itev. Edmund James and Mr Henry Withington were
among the six sponsors. John Newling lived at Shrewsbury first, and afterwards at
Shrawardine, where he died. William lived at the Folley Farm, and died there Aug. 14.
1814, aged 81.

2 The Rev. Charles Ncwling, eldest son of the late Rector of Shrawardine, was born in
1727. "(April 7oBapt. Carolus Fil. Adami Newling Vic. et Elizabeths Uxoris, Nat 220
Mart. Revdi ttdin. James do Shrawardon, et Joha' Fieldhou.se do Shawbury et Jane Tongo
vid Predece.ssoris Fidejussorea." Montford Register). Was educated at Shrewsbury
School, entering in 17!!!), and St. John's College, Cambridge (B A. 1747), of which he became
a Fellow. From 1754-70 he was Headmaster of Shrewsbury School; 1701-69 Rector of
Pontesbury 2nd Portion ; 1770-87 Rector of St. Phillip's, Birmingham, and Prebendary and
Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral; and 1772-87 Vicar of Westbwy. He was also for some
time Vicar of Bicton and Official and Ordinary of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. He died at
Westbury, March 17th, in the 0'ith year of his a!?e. From his daughter's tombstone in the
Churchyard we see, too, that he was " Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hun. George, Lord
Femurs do Chartley, and a magi.-trate for the Counties of Warwick and Salop."

3 Probably Carreghofa, near Llanymynoch

* First entry in the handwriting of John Parry, who was curate of both Montford and
Shrawardine for about ten years.

5 He was tho eldest son of the Rev. Charles Newling, M.A., and died at Berwick, near
Shrewsbury, Fob. 15th, in the 32nd year of his age.

198

NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

July 24 Bapt. Thoma, Filius Thomas & Maria; Morris
Oct. ISFuner. Gideon Bevan

Nov. 2 Mary the Daughter of William & Elizth Bevan was baptized

1792

May 28 John Charles of the Parish of Kinnerly & Hannah Davis of this

Parish were married by Banns ,
Sept. 28 Henry Barton was buried
1793 ^ ^uun Daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Barry was baptized

March 17 Hannah Daugr of John and Lewis was baptiz'd

Whitsunday Sarah the Daughr of Willi" and Elizabeth Lloyd was baptized
May 26 William Peacock of Parish of Welst Felton & Elizabeth Rogers

of the Parish of Shrawardine were married by Licence
June 2'.i Richard the son of John & Mary Jones was baptizd
June 23 Eleanor Ward was buried

July 21 John the son of ThoB and Mary Morris was baptized

.1794

June — Sarah Bolifer was Buried

June let William son of Will. & Eliz. Beavan was baptiz'd
Oct. 2 William Clemstone was bap'1
Dec. 7 Richard son of Edward & Sarah Long was bapd
Dec. — Richard Long was buried

1795

Feb. 1 Alice Jones was buried

Feb. 15 William son of Wil,a & Eliz"1 Beavan was buried
July 4 Mary Holifer was buried

Oct. 25 Margaret Daughter of Robert & Ann Beavan was baptizd
Deo. 11 Mary the Daughter of Edward & Sarah Long was buried
Dec. 18 Joseph Nunnerley was buried

1796

Feb. 20 was buriJ Edwavd Humphreys Clerk of the Parish
March 28 Edward eon of John and Alary Jones was baptized
April 10 Sarah the Daughter of William & Elizabeth Bevan was Baptized
Same Day Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas & Margaret Barrow was
baptized

April 15 Margaret Griffiths was buried

May 8 Richard Edward son of Thoa & Mary Morris was baptizd
July 10 Richard Tomkis of Ford was buried
July 10 John son of William & Elizabeth Lloyd was baptized
Sept. 25 Martha Daughter of Edward & Sarah Long was baptized

1797

May 12 William Rogers was buried
May 19 Jane Beavan was buried
June 1 Miiry Aster-ley was buried

June 11 Martha Daugh1 of Samuel and Elizabtu Nunnerley was bapd
June 26 Thos Beavan was burled

July 2 Maria Rogers the Base Child of Jane Rogers was bapd
July 9 Mary Windsor base Child of Mary Windsor was bapd
Oct. 8 Elizabeth Git tins was buried

1798

Jan. 4 Elizabeth Hicks was buried
Jan. 9 Ann Parr y was buried
March 25 ThoH Edwards was buried

April 29 Tryphena the Daughter of William & Sarah Clcmson was baptized
May 5 ft leaner Rogers was buried

May 6 Elizabeth, Daughter of William and Susanna Weston was baptized
July 2.'1 Ann Newling was buried1

Aug. 1.2 jane the Daughter of William & Elizabeth Beavan was baptized
Oct. 11 I. van jones was buried

1799

Feb. 24 Edward the bob of Edward & Mary Brayn was baptized
March o Tho" the Son of Edward k Sarah Long was baptized

i Ann Newling was a. daughter of tin; Rev. A. Newling, Hoc to* of Shrawardine ; was horn
17117 ; ami kopt housu for her brother William at llio Pulley Farm, whore she died.

AND PARISH OF SBRAWARDIN E.

199

May 8 Thomas Brooks1 of the Parish of Great Ness & Elizabeth Morris of

this parish were married by Banns
Oct, 20 Hannah the Daughter of W1" & Elizabetli Evans baptiz'1
Oct, 27 Samuel the son of TW& Mary Morris was baptized
Oct. 31 Hannah Long was buried '

Nov. 17 Shusauah the Daughter of John & Shusanah Bigford was baptized
Nov. 19 Robert Asterley of Shrewsbury was Buried

1800

May 1 Rich'1 Weston au infant buried

May 4 Mary daughter of William & Sarah Clemson baptized
May 7 VVilliam Webster buried

May 11 Thomas Goodall'- & Sarah Reynolds both of this parish married
by Banns

May 18 Mary Weston an infant buried

Aug. 24 Susannah daughter of William & Susannah \Ve3ton baptized
Sept. 26 Johu Corbet buried

Oct. 12 Joseph a base child of Hannah Evans baptized

Oct. 19 Sarah daughter of John & Jane Humphreys baptized

J. Wingu" eld3 Curate

1801

Feb. 1 Elizabeth daughter of Edw(i & Jane Long baptized

April 30 John Lloyd of Moutford Batcheior & Martha Gittins of this

parish Spinster married by Licence
May 24 William son of Will™ & Mary Rogers baptized
May 31 Joseph son of John & Mary Jones baptized
May 27 Elizabeth Gittins buried
June 16 Thomas Long buried
June 21 Thomas Gittins buried

June 21 Mary daughter of Tho" & Sarah Goodall baptized
July 5 Ann daughter of Will"1 & Eliz : Be van baptized.

J. WingQeld, Curate

1802

Jan. 24 Mary daughter of Tho8 & Mary Morris baptized

Feb. 14 Mary Morris an infant buried

June 13 Martha a base child of Eliz : Evans baptized

Oct. 4 John son of Edw'1 & Mary Brayne baptized

Dec. 19 William sou of John & Susanna Onions4 baptized

Dec. 20 Marg1 Price buried

Dec. 26 William son of Will & Susanna Weston baptized
Dec. 28 Rich11 Morris buried

J. Wingfield, Curate.

1803

Jan. 24 Eliz. Nunnerly buried
Feb. 28 Martha Lloyd buried

March 20 Thomas son, & Mary daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Parry
baptized

April 8 Will'" son of Thos & Mary Morris baptized

May 20 Samuel Brayne of the parish of Ryton in this County & Mary

Parton of this parish were married by Banns.
[No date] Ann Thomas buried

Sept. 4 Sarah daughter of Tho* & Sarah Goodall baptized
Sept. 29 Ann Hughes buried

Oct. 5 Edward Evans of Moutford & Elizabeth Jones of this parish were
married by Banns

J. Wingfield, Curate.

Last entry in handwriting of " John Parry, Curate."

2 Thomas Goodall lived in the Rectory, where he kept the village shop, and farmed the
glehe, entertaining the clergy on Sundays when they came over to take the single service
of the day On the appointment in ]82'.Jof a resident curate at Shrawardii.o he had to
leave, as the house was wanted for its proper use.

3 John Wingfield, whose handwriting first appears this year (May 1st), was born Aug.
11th, 1755, was Vicar of Moutford from 178(J to his death on Sept. 8th, 18:50, and curate of
Shrawarcline for the greater part of that time.

* Onions. In the Moutford Register, in tho 17th Century, this namo is spelt " Vunions."

Vol. VII., 2nd S. AA

200 NOTES ON THE CHURCH, CASTLE,

1804

Jan. 1 Mary a base child of Lydia Evans baptized
Jau. 2 Mary Ann Williams Finch a base child baptized
Jan. 2 Penelope Gittins buried

Feb. 12 Jane Daughter of Sam1 & Mixty Brayne baptized
Feb. 20 William son of Edwd & Eliz : Williams baptized
April 3 Mary daughter of Willm & Eliz : Bevan baptized
April 8 Mary Ann Williams Finch1 an infant buried

June 21 John Gardner of Pontesbury & Martha Newcomb of this parish

married by Licence
July 1 Sarah daughter of Willm & Eliz : Bevan baptized
Oct. 7 Mary daughter of Willm & Susannah Weston baptized

J. Wingfield, Curate.

1805

March 24 Sarah Daughter of Edward & Elizth Evans baptized
April 1 Martha Newling- buried

May 8 Edward Edwards & Sarah Edwards boath of this Parish married by
Banns.

May 12 Jane Base Child of Mary Benbow baptized

July 29 Hannah Maria Daughter of William & Sarah Clemson baptized
Aug. 10 Mary Bevan buried

Aug. 26 William sou <uf Richd & Elizabeth Parry baptized
Sept. 20 Richard Parry buried

Nov. 11 Maria Daughter of Edward & Elizth Williams baptized

Dec. 8 Thomas Base Child of Mary France baptized

Dec. 15 Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Goodall baptized

J. Wingfield.

1806

Feb. 17 Thomas'. Wall3 & Mary Gittins both of this Parish married by
Licetace

April 6 Sarah Daughter of Edward & Sarah Edwards baptized
April G William Weston buried

Sept. 10 John son of John & Shusanah Onions baptized
Oct. 0 Martha Daughter of Samuel & Mary Brayn

Dec. 25 John Edwards1 & Hannah Evans both of this Parish married by
Banns.

J. Wingfield.

1807

Jan. 11 Thomas2 son of Tho" & Mary Wall baptized
Feb. 22 Tho" son of Edward & Elizabeth Williams baptized
April D Samuel Ward buried
April 15 John l-rayn buried

April 26 Tho" son of John & Hannah Edwards baptized

April L?6 Sarah Base Child of Ann Evans baptized

May 3 Thomas son of Will"1 & Eliz: Bevan baptized

May 'A Sarah Daughter of Will™ & Shusanna Weston baptized

May 8 Sarah Evans buried

July 20 Benjamin Jones of Montford & Jane Owen of this Parish married
by Banns

Aug. 30 Will"' son of Rich'1 & Eliz11' Parry baptized

1 On the tombstone in tho Churchyard is tho inscription :— " In memory of Mary Ann
Williams, (laughter of Sarah Finch, died March lilst, J8U3, aged 9 weeks, Farewell sweet
innocence "

- April 1. She was the Widow of the Rev. 'Charles Newling, ami died at Ford, where
her son John was Vicar, -March '2'.], in her 8-iul year She was a daughter of John Newling,
J, P., of Cambridge, and married the Kev. C. Newling in 1751. Her name, however, is
entered wroimly here, for it was Mary not Martha

a Thomas Wall was a very strong man. lie could lift a \ cwt. up on his little finger, and
holding it there at arm's length could write his name on a wall. His son Thomas stood
0ft. :hn. Thomas Wall, sen? , died 1840, aged 81.

4 John Edwards was Parish Clerk of Slirawardine from 170li to 185(i, and for many years
Village .School master, lie died Nov., 1850,, aged 82 years and 11 months.

AND PARISH OF SHRAWA RDINE.

201

Sept. 6 Thomas Base Child of Lidia Evans baptized
Sept. 13 William Base Child of Bridgit Williams baptized
Oct. 4 Thomas Evans buried
Nov. 13 Joseph Wall buried

Nov. 15 Martha Daughter of Edward & "Sarah Edwards baptized
Dec. 29 John Evans & Sarah Breathin boath of this Parish married by
Banns

1808 J. Wingfield Curate

Feb. 6 Rich'1 son of Tho8 & Mary Wall baptized

May 10 William Davies of Great Ness & Mary Cartwright of this Parish

married by Banns
Sept. 24 William son of Tho8 & Mary Morris baptized
Sept. 24 Ann Daughter of Tho8 & Sarah Goodall baptized
Sept. 26 Eleanor Edwards buried
Oct. 14 Mary Wall buried

Oct. 30 Elizabeth Daughter of John & Sarah Evans baptized

Nov. 13 Klizth Daughter of Edward & Elizth Williams baptized

Nov. 23 William Humphreys buried

Nov. 29 Martha Base Child of Eleanor Edwards baptized

Dec, 4 Martha Edwards an Infant buried

Dec. 8 Mary Jennins buried

J. Wingfield, Curate

1809

Feb. 16 Thomas Gittins buried
Feb. 17 Elizabeth Evans buried

March 5 Henry son of Sami & Mary Brayne baptized

May 3 Edward Evans & Elizabeth Jones both of this Parish married by

Banns

July 2 Emma daughter of Edwd & Sarah Edwards baptized
Sept. 24 John sou of John & Hannah Edwards baptized
Oct. 15 Willm son of Will" & Susannah Weston baptized
Got. 28 Sarah Jones buried
Dec. 7 Edward Moody buried

J. Wingfield, Curate

1810

March 4 Margaret Daughter of Will & Elizth Be van, baptized
April 10 Samuel France buried
April 23 Mary Smyth buried

June 21 Edward son of Edward & Elizth Williams baptized

June 25 John Plimley & Elizabeth Ward both of this Parish married by

Licence
July 11 Ann Spoonley buried

Aug. 5 Tho8 Son of VVilliam & Hannah Lloyd baptized
Nov. 6 Tho" Son of .John % Shusanah Onions baptized
Nov. 6 William Lee & Elizabeth Egerton both of this Parish married by
Banns

Dec. 16 Shusanah Daughter of John & Ilanah Edwards baptized
Dec. 29 Tho8 son of William & Sarah Clemson baptized

1811

Feb 10 Edward son of Edward & Sarah Edwards baptized
April 14 Martha Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Goodall baptized
April 14 Ann Daughter of Edward & Sarah Evans baptized
July 4 William Prise buried
July 4 VVilliam Reeves buried
July 11 Sarah Reeves buried
Nov. 17 Thomas Morris buried

Dec. 31 George Matthews of Melverley & Elizabeth Edwards of this
Parish married by Banns

1812

Feb, 23 John son of John & Elizth Plimley baptized
March 27 Elizabeth Evans buried

April 5 Samuel1 son of John & Hannah Edwards baptized

i Parish Clerk, 187) -IS,)'. Died January 1st, 18)2, aged 7!). His father, John Edwards
was Clerk, 1790— 185(5.

202 CHUROH, CASTLE, AND PARISH OF SHRAWARDINE.

April 12 John Hughes buried

May 17 Eliza Daughter of Edward & Elizth Williams baptized
Aug. 2 Edward Moody buried

Aug. 1G Thomas son of Thomas & Sarah Goodall baptized
Nov. 10 Francis Jones & Lidia Evans both of this Parish married b
Banns

Dec. 27 Shusanah Daughter of Francis & Lydia Jones baptized

203

THE BERRINGTON LOVE FEAST.

By the Rev. A. THURSBY-PELHAM, M.A.

Seal Robert by Gods divyne providence Lord Bushopp
defaced. of Coven' and Lichfield To all whom theis

presents may concerne greetinge fforasmuch as
Uob. CorLikel. there hath beene, tynie oat of mynd, an auntient

customo used w%iia the parishe of Berington in
our diocese of Coventry and Lichfield that the parson of the
said parish for the tyme beinge hath yearely upon Easter day
feasted all the parishioners and Land-houlders w^iin that
parishe wth a love-feast, the solempnyty of wch feast was ever
yet performed in the Church (a thinge noe-lesse profane then
irreligious) And whereas allso the said parishioners for the
perpetuall establishment and better confirmac'on of their said
custome have peticoned Sr Richard Lea Barronet patron of the
said Rectorie that they the said parishioners may yearely and
without molestac'on of him or the succeedinge incumbent
freely enioy the liberty thereof, he the said Sr Richard Lea
hath condiscended to their request. Now the said parishioners
doe humbly desire, that although we by our letter have pro-
hibited the said Custome, to be maynetayned or observed in
the Church (as beinge a thinge altogeather unfitt to be per-
formed in soe holy a place) yet, that by our confirmac'on
under seale, wee would ratify and continue the same for
posterity unto them, Wee therefore at their humble petico'n
doe by these presents pronounce the said custome to have
beene, and to be due from the parson of Berington for the
tyme beinge, to the said parishioners yearely And doe 'decree
that the same be yearely tendred unto them by the said
parson upon Munday in Easter weeke to be celebrated in any
place convenyent for the same (the church only excepted), in
as good and ample manner as at any tyme heretofore it hath
beene usually celebrated, In witnes and confirmac'on of wch
custome wee have hereunto put our hande and seale Epis-
copall: Geven at Newport this xxijfch day of August An'o
d'ni 1639 iuxta &c. and in the seaventh yeare of our
translac'on.

Endorsed : —
" An Order about the Love Feast. Dated 1639."

204

THE BERRINGTON LOVE FEAST.

This curious document is preserved in the parish chest
in Berrington Church. It is given under the hand and
seal of Robert (Wright), Bishop of Coventry and Lich-
field, dated at Newport, August 22, 1639. It quotes
an ancient custom of the parish, which had been
suppressed. From time immemorial it had been the
custom that the Rector of Berrington should upon
Easter Day feast all the parishioners and land-holders
with a Love-feast within the church. We may suppose
that the cheer had been too good, and the Love- feast
was abolished by Episcopal authority. We should
have imagined that, under these circumstances, the
feast would have gone for ever. It was not so, how-
ever. The Church-people in Berrington did not see
why abuse should sweep away use. Accordingly, through
their powerful patron and local magnate, Sir Richard
Lea, they petitioned the Bishop for the restoration of
the Love-feast. We presume that the Rector con-
curred. The Bishop consents to Sir Richard s request,
and confirms the custom, for posterity. The Feast for
the future must not be held in the church, " but is to
be tendered to the parishioners by the Parson upon
the Monday in Easter Week in any place convenient
(the church only excepted) in so good and ample a
manner as at any time heretofore it hath been usually
celebrated."

The Feast was no doubt originally the Dedication
Festival. Dedication Festivals were as a rule kept on
a Sunday. The good people at Berrington may have
selected the greatest of all Sundays for their parochial
festival.

Mr. Bourne in his edition of Brand's Antiquities of
the - Common People, says, "In the southern parts of
this nation, the most of country villages are wont to
observe some Sunday in a more particular manner
than the other common Sundays of the year, viz,, the
Sunday after the day of dedication. Then the
inhabitants deck themselves in their gaudiest clothes,
and have open doors, and Splendid entertainments, for

THE BERRJNGTON LOVE FEAST.

205

the reception and treating of their relations and friends,
who visit them on that occasion, from each neighbour-
ing town. The morning is spent for the most part in
church. The remainder of the day is spent in eating
and drinking, together with all sorts of rural pastimes
and exercises, such as dancing on the green, wrestling,
cudgelling, etc."

St, Gregory the Great gives an order to Mellitus,
the Abbot, who accompanied Augustine to England in
590 a.d. " On the day of dedication, or the birthday
of holy Martyrs, whose relics are there placed, let the
people make to themselves booths of the boughs of
trees, round about those very churches, which had
been the temples of idols, and in a religious way to
observe a feast ; that beasts may no longer be
slaughtered by way of sacrifice to the devil, but for
their own eating, and the glory of God ; and that when
they are full and satisfied, they may return Him thanks
who is the giver of all good things."

In the 28th Canon given under King Edgar,
" Decent behaviour is enjoined at these Church Wakes.
The people are commanded to pray devoutly at them,
and not to betake themselves to drinking and
debauchery."

Speght, in his glossary to Chaucer, says, " It was
the manner in times past upon festival evens for
parishioners to meet in their Church-houses, or Church-
yards, and there to have a drinking-fit for the time.
Here they used to end many quarrels between neigh-
bour and neighbour. Hither came the wives in comely
manner, and they which were of the better sort had
their mantles carried with them, as well for show as to
keep them from cold at the table. These mantles also
did many use in the church at and other times.'7

When the order was made in 1627 and 1631, at
Exeter and in Somersetshire, for the suppression of
these dedication feasts, both ministers and people
desired their continuance, not only for preserving the
memorial of the dedication' of their several churches,

206

THE BEB KINGTON LOVE FEAST.

but for civilizing their parishioners, composing differ-
ences by the mediation and meeting of friends,
increasing of love and unity by these feasts of charity,
and for the relief and comfort of the poor. The people
at Berrington, doubtless, were of the same mind as the
people at Exeter and in Somerset. Their parishioners
needed civilizing, differences had to be composed, love
and unity needed to be increased, and the poor needed
relief.

As it was then, so is it now. History repeats itself.
Some forty years ago, the Love-feast having dis-
appeared, Harvest Homes were originated in Shrop-
shire. In a way they took the place of the ancient
dedication feast. People are beginning to find the
need of Parish Booms. In old days they were
called Church-houses. The Love-feast was held in
them, and they were practically parish rooms. In
America, as a rule, each Church has its Church-house
and rooms for various parochial objects attached to it.
Guild-feasts are held there. Such social gatherings
in well regulated parishes still play their part in build-
ing up the spiritual life.

The Leas were lords of Berrington from the latter
part of the 13th to the end of the 17th century.
They came from Lee, near Pimhill, and were after-
wards lords of Langley and Acton Burn ell. The
recumbent wooden effigy of a man habited in plate
armour in the chancel of Berrington Church is probably
a Lee. It belongs to the early part of the 15th
century. The timber Manor House of the Lees' is on
the south side of the church. Sir Richard Lea, the
patron of the benefice m 1639, was the second Baronet.
He suffered much in the cause of Charles I., and died
just a month before the Restoration.

Is it not reasonable to suppose that the Love-feast
came to an end during the Commonwealth, and was
never again restored ?

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SELATTYN: A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.
My WW Hon. Mrs. 13ULK ISLE V-0 WEN.

Continued from 2nd Series, Vol. VI., p. 326.

Note.1

In the Blakeway MSS. we are told that there was a
Suit before the Court of Marches concerning the
Rectory of Selattyn, on August 0th, 1554.

It states that Robert Staney was deprived by Eccle-
siastical law, and that Robert Ireland was instituted
and inducted in his room by the order of the Court.

Robert Staney did not appear in obedience to the
order, and he refused to quit, whereupon a further
order was made to eject him, and he was committed to
the Porters custody.

The cause of offence is stated as " heretical pravity."

It is added that probably the order was not acted
on, it may, however, explain why Robert Staney
resigned the living.

1556. — J. Thomas. Is said to have been Rector,
but we have no mention of him in any contemporary
document, nor any other authority than the statement
of Browne Willis. He was probably only Curate to
Robert Ireland, who, as we have seen, resided at
Denbigh.

1557. — Rohert up ' Howell. We do not know the
exact date of his appointment, but we know it must
have been before March, 1557, the date at which he-
began the first Parish Register of Selattyn.

His name does not occur in the First Fruits Composi-
tion records.

1 I urn indebted for this note to Heijjry Weyman, Esq., of Ludlow.
Vol. VIE, 2nd S. , m

208 SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

He was probably of the same family as the Powells
of Park1, Thomas Powell, Esq., being nominated over-
seer to his will. *

In the early part of Selattyn Register occur several
named ap Howell, they are as follows. It is impossible
to state their relationship, if any, to the Eector, but
their godparents were of the chief families of the parish,
and one of them, Gwenhwyvar lloicl, is named in his
will.

David ap Howell, alias harbor, bur. 30 April, 1557. ~-

DaVid ap Howell ap John, bur. 19 Aug., 1559. =f
■ . I

I I
Hugh ap David . . John ap David ap Howell^ Elnor vorch John, widow,
ap Howell. I ' bur. 0 May, 1597.

John ap Hugh Ale* v. Hugh ap Mkrgi'ett v. John ap Elnor v. John ap

ap David ap David ap How oil David ap Howell, David ap How ell

Howell chris. chris. 20 Oct., chris. 25 Sep., 1560. chris. 4 Eeb.,1562

7 Feb., 1501. 1558. Ciossipps, Hugh ap Gosaipps, Thomas

(io.ssipps,Johu David up Howell, Laken , jElnor Han-

Lak oi i, J oh nap Ermine Trevor,' and mer, & Elizabeth

David ap Howell, and Mwonhwyvar lloid. ' v. Richard.
Cwonhwyvar lloid.

Katherine v. Roger ap Howell buried 29 Dec., 1G0G

Robert Llanddyn=p

I i
3 Howell ap Robert Llanddyn=j= John ap Robert Llanddyn=f=.
bur. 9 January, 1568.

David ap Howell ap Elnor v. Howell ap Robert Ales v. Howell ap Robert
Robert Llanddyn, bur. 25 Aug., 1559.4 bur. (the same day) 25

bur. 1 Aug., 1559. Aug., 1559.

I

Llewky v. John ap Robert Llanddyn=^John ap Llewelyn
mar. 10 June, 1-500.

i See Chap. IV.

Ermine was daughter of John Trevor of Plas lOinion, son of Edward Trover, Constable
of Whittington, who died 1W. She married Richard ap Richard of Selattyn. Her sister
Jane Trevor married Robert L'oyd of Troflach, (See Powis Fartoc/, vol. iv.).

'■i Howell ap Robert and Gwenhwyvar lloid were gossipps to Gwenhwyvar V. Hughe an
Weredyth, 21 Oct., 15til.

'l John ap Howell ap Madoelco and Gwenhwyvar v. Howell were buried 2U Aug., 1551), at
Oswest ry. This entry is in irked in Oswestry Register as amongst those who are supposed
to have died of the plague between July and January, 15,1:). We have no information that
the plague reached Selattyn but it is a strange coincidence that these four deaths took
place in two days.

SELATTYN : A HISTORY Of THE PARISH.

209

In the Oswestry Corporation Records " Hugh Edd,
ap Ho'll of Porkington " was sworn burgess for himself
and his children on 8th and. 9th June, 1582.

Howell is not an uncommon Welsh name, neither is
Gwenhwy var, but there is mention of both in the will
of 11 David ap fevan, ap David ap Yellen David of St.
AJartyns." Proved in London 2 Sep., 1553. After
bequeathing his body to the Parish Church and 2s. to
the " high aulter" of St. Marty ns, he leaves the rest
of his 11 goodes & cattels " to his wife Gwenhwyar verch
Howell, and his son John ap David. " Overseer,
Edward ap Gr. Witnesses, Sir Hugh, Lewis Howell
ap Thomas, David ap Richard with others/'1

It is quite possible that this lady may be the cousin
referred to in Robert ap Howell's will, and that Robert
Lloyd, of Trellech may have been her second husband.

The Register tells us that " Robert ap Powell clerk,
Parson of Silatton was buried the 8th day of April,
1578, at Oswestrie."

There is no record at Oswestry of his burial, there
being no entries from the end of January, 1569, when
" There endeth Sir Hughe Goughe's Register," and
" there wanteth the register for eight yeares & fyve
months," until 25 June, 1578, when " a true & perfect
Register [was] made by Sir William Muckleston2 Clerke,
Curate of the Parish Church of Oswestre."

There must, I think, be an error in the date of the
copy of Robert ap Howell's Will, it having been proved
ten days before his burial. The original Will is
lost.

The Will of " Sir Robert ap Howell, Clerke, parson
of Silattin," 13th January, 1577, bequeaths

1 Will, Somerset House (Tashe 17).

2 He was probably of Sweeney, near Oswestry, " Robert Mucklc-
ton of Sweeney was buried G Nov. 1G11, at Oswestry." dough
peaks of the Miieklesfcons as " of an antient famyly, who had a fairc
ousc & an estate of about £120 per annum at a place called Pen-y"
an, near Oswestrec." (I/ist. of MyddU, p. 127).

210 SELATTVN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

my bodie to be buried in Saint Mychel's Chaunccll1, as ney
as maie be to the vestrie doore

. . . . to the reparacyon of the Churche of Sillattin
aforesayd 5s/ . . . . to the poore men's box there 10/ to
be distributed by myne executor .... to the reparacion of the
heywaie from Sillattine to Oswestrie 5/ .... to paye
for my funeralls & to be distributed to poore fowlkes at my
buringe in money & money's worth five pounds.

. . . . To my cosine Hugh ap .Richard two bullockes, a
cowe, a coverlette partlie red and ywlowe, a bonlster, two
sheetes, a little combe, a little (?) & a coffer, & to either of his
children twoo sheepe.

Item, to my cosine Gwenhwifer weif to Robert lloid a cowe
& to either of her children fowre sheepe.

Item to .Robert Powell 20 shellinges & to Elizabeth Powell
20s to Katherine Powell 20s & 12 sheepe.

Item to Elin Trevor a heifer of a yeare owld and (?) sheepe.

Item. I do forgive to John ap Jenn of Sigiton (sic) all
debtcs, arrerages & demaundes.

Item. To my cosin Elnor wife to the said John a Cowe &
to Gwenhwifar his doughter a white covelette withe flowres &
to bis sonne the yonger John my godsone fowre sheepe.

Item. I bequeathe to the said John ap Jenn G bushell of
woatts.

Item To the aforesaid Robert lloid of Trefleche two bush ells
of woatts.

Item to Alice verche Thorn ap Jenn a cowe, calf & fowre
sheepe.

Item to John Trevor of Sylattin all the come sowe in the
glebe lande, the residue of all my goodes above not bequeathed.

I do give to the direction of the said John Trevor whom I
do make &; ordaine to be my true & lawfull executor that he,
havinge God before his eies to ordaine the same as he
thinckethe beste & moste conveniene to the pleasure of God
& the welthe of my soule ande as this is my last will I do
ordaine & make overseer Thomas ap Powell Esquier that this

1 We should gather from the wording of the will that " S.
Mychel's Ohauncell" was in Selattyn Church, did not Selattyn Register
state that lie was buried at Oswestry. The Chantry Certificates
(Salop Rolls, 40, 41) mention in Oswestry Church "The Service of
Saynt Mychcll. founded off one prest to celebrate at the aulter of S.
Michcll. Richard Evance Stipendiary, aged xxxvij. xviij8 iiijd."
Shrop. Arch. Trans., vol. iii., p. 17,9.

S1SLATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 211

my will may be performed accordinglee & to have for his paines
40'

^Datcd 13 Jan'* 1577.

Witnesses — David ap Richard prist. Hugh ap Richard,
John ap lehn. John Vaughan Gierke. 1

Debts due upon the testator. Imprimis Sir John Armetr, 2
Chapplin to Mr. Doctor Wotton 3 or to his executors for Sir
Morice Gruffithe late of Powles the sum of 13s 4d

Item to Elnor Price late Weif to Hugh Johnes of Oswestrie 2s

Item to the heer of John ap David ap Pees 2s

Item to the heer of David Staney 4 2s 4'1

Item to the heer of Richard Draper 12d

. .. . debtes upon credytors Lewis Wynne & Edward ap
Atha5 his snretie as it appearithe by theire bille foure poundes.

Angnes verch — wed to David ap J ohn ap Gittine 40a

Thomas ap David ap Rees 403

Edward ap Atha 42s

Edward ap David ap William 40s Sd

William ap lenn 38s 4,!

Edward ap lenn 59 8d

Proved S. Asaph, 28 March 1578.

Letters of Admon. granted to Sir John Trevor sole executor.

During the incumbency of Robert ap Howell there
is no mention of a curate in the Register, though. I
think "Sir John Trevor" probably acted in that
capacity.

Possibly earlier curates during the time of Robert
ap Howell may be found in the nominations of John
Laken.

1 Vicar of St. Martins, 1575.

2 Probably Armentcrs. The- name of John de Armcnters occurs in
a Will of Ct. of U listing, 1299. His own Will dated 20 July, 130G,
bequeaths " GO marks sterling for the maintenance of a Chantry at
the altar of S. Nicholas in the Church of All Hallows upon the Cellar,"
and bequests to three sons, Uobcrt, Stephen, arid Richard.

3 The Wottons were a civic family. William Wotton, Merchant,
bequeaths tenements in three city parishes lo Margaret his wife, with
remainder to Nieholas his son, 24 Aug., 1391. Her Will is dated
5 Feb., 1401. Chrystopher Wotton "merchant taylor " bequeathes
his lands and tenements in the city of London to loan his wife
20 Dec, 1571. (See Calendar of Ct. of Husting).

4 John Wyn Staney, his nephew.
r> Probably Adda. i.e. Adam.

212 SELATTYN ! A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

1561. Thomas Edwarde scolaris Assaphen dioc' ad titulu'
Joins Laken de SulaUon in com Salop gn'si, ad sacer ordin.
diaconat est admissus.

Exarninat J. Powell:

1562. Will, ap Rob1 ap John . . ad titulu' John Lake
do porkynton in co. Salop .... diaconat,

1564. Ordines speeiaies celebrat. in oratorio Udi pr's d'ni
Thomas St. Asaph. Epis. iiij die Sptis An. J)om. 1504. Will,
ap Robert Presbyter .... ad titulu' John Laken1.

It is interesting to know the fees paid by the
Deacons at St. Asaph in 1561 : —

fees payd by evry scolcr
Item primis, for entry ing of ov'y name yn the boke iiijd
Item, to the apparitor deus upon evry scolcr iiijd
Item, toward the repac'on of the Cain. Churche of ev'y one

iiijtl |« wbl '-' -'l " '

'.Item, to the Clarke of the Church for ev'y albe & syrples
iiijd

Item, for evry of the letters of orders to the rogester xijd
Item for the m ape (sic) of evry letter of orders iiijd
Item, for the barbore, fee of evry scoler iiij4

1578.— Richard Price. His name is entered in
Selattyn Register as" clerk p[ar]son there Jane 1578."
In the First Fruits Composition Book2 we find : —

30th June. Salatyn. Richard ap Rice Clerk
1578. Composition for first-fruits for}

Rectory £12 . 9 . C V £11 ,4.7

24s 11 d remaining j

Sureties for Richard, Robert Aston of the parish of Sfc Michel

in Riola3 merchant tailor & Thomas Pearson of the parish of

All Saints ad fenum4 Salter.

1 MS. in Bishop's JPalace, St. Asaph. From the same MS. wo
learn that Henry Earl of Arundell appoints Henry Powell to he his
domestic chaplain, " Cappella'n domesticus," I. Eliz., 2nd June.

2 Vol. ix.

3 S. Michael's, called Paternoster Church in the Royal, in College
Hill, Thames Street. (Stow's Survey) Bk. iii., pp. 3, 13).

1 All Hallows the Croat in Thames Street, called "ad foenum,"
"because Hay was sold near thereunto at Hay Wharf," (Ibid, Bk,
p. 205).

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

213

We know nothing certain of Richard Price, excspt
that he was deprived and imprisoned, and that he died
" at his coming from prison." / What his offence was is
unrecorded. Was he suspected of favouring recusants
or rebels ?

A few years before John Price, the Vicar of Oswestry,
was said to have concealed one " Hugh Owen, a rebel,"
and the interrogatories for his examination on 17 Oct.,
1575,1 are still in existence. It is quite possible that
the Rector of Selattyn may have been some relation
of his, and may have been concerned in some later
plot.

His name occurs in an Oswestry Will dated 1580
in conjunction with that of John Price, Vicar of
Oswestry.

This Will also supplies us with the name of the
"Curate of Silattin," William Edwards.
The following extracts are interesting : —

Thomas Lewis of Oswestrie Sherman. 2

My bodie to bo buried within the Church of Oswestrie ....

Bequests to Sir Wm Edwards, Curatt of Oswestry ij . . . .

Whereas I had a graunt of John Price, Gierke to make a
kneeling place benethe John Price the yonger of Whittington
is sett, within Oswestry Church, from that I geve 6s Sd out of
the xxij3 dewe unto me of the arrerages bestowed on the
Churche, beingc Warden & in Lowans thereof doe keepe the
Com'imion Cup, the reste beingc aboute xvis viijd 1 geve to
the reparacon of the saide Churche of Oswestry .....

I bequeathe the said kneeling place to Janet Lloid my wieff
. . . after her decease to Janet verch. Kicluird Lewis my
brother his daughter, & in default to Owen verch Richard her
sister.

] Calendar of Slate Papers, Domestic, KHz, 1547-1580. Ho died at
S. Asaph,! 15 March, and way bur. at Oswestry, '20 March, 1582.
Robert Price, senior, was bur. Oswestry, 7 Dec, 1590, and Sir
IhunlYey Price, Clerk, 3 May, 151)!).

a i.e., Shearer of the nan of cloth*

21.4 SELATTVN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

. . . lease to rae graunted, to David Stanney1 ... a barne
& croft. ..... ■

. . . my graunte to Mr Richard Lloid of Llwynymacn 2
to Ionet rny wieff. . . *

Debts due upon Mr Richard Owen of Salop draper3 iii11 ... to
Richard ap Ieu'n . . . M* Richard Lloid of Aston xl. . . M>
Richard Price, Clerke, Parsona of Sillattin xxiv3 ivd
Sole executrix, Jonet Lloid my weddid wief.
Overseers — My loving ffrends

John Price. Clerk Vicar of Oswestrie
John Price of Whittington the yonger
Edward ap William Lloid
Witnesses — John Price. Clarke, Vicar of Oswestrie. Edwarde
Lloide. Wia Edwards, Curate of Silattin, Graffith Kyflin, 1
Robert Price of bousley." (Bausley ?)

Proved at S. Asaph, 23 Sep., 1580. Admon. granted to
Joneca Lloid relict.

Tu which of the South wark Prisons, the Marshalsea,
tlie Kind's Bench, or tlie Clink, Richard Trice was
confined we do not know.

If he was guilty of an ecclesiastical offence, he was
probably in the Marshalsea.

The state of the Prisons at that time is too well
known to need .my description here ; it is not sur-
prising that his incarceration caused his death ; gaol
fever was rife Stowe tells us how, in 1579, the Lords
of the Privy Council were petitioned " to take some
order for the enlarging of the rooms for the preserva-
tion of the Prisoners lives ,; in the King's Bench.

1 David Stanney, Gent., was bur, at Oswestry 29 May, 1G0G.

2 Bur. Oswestry 2 March, 1601. He was son of Edward Lloyd of
Llwynymaen, Constable of Oswestry Castle, whose Will was proved
10 Dec., 1544. Richard Lloyd's brother, John Lloyd of Drenewydd,
Wliittington, mar. Eleanor, d. of John Pryse, Vicar of Oswestry.
(See Hist. Powis Fa do <j, and Llyfr Silin, Arch. Cavil , Series V. Vol. V.,
p. 117). She was bur. at Wliittington 4 May, 16 1G.

3 An accident to " a poore kariar commyngc from Oswestrie with
Wei she Clothe of Miy lly chard Owen, draper," 2G Nov., 1574, is
related in Shrop. Arch. Trans., Vol. 111., p. 274. He was bailiff of
Shrewsbury, 1570 and 1585.

4 Grifiith Kyllin was bailiff of Oswestry 27 Elizth., 1584-5, and on
30 January, 1092. (See Bycyoncs, 1877, Oswes. Corp. lied.)

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PA11ISH. 215

His death is thus entered in Selattyn Register : —

Richard Pryce, Gierke, parson of Silatton died at South werk
in London at his corning from prison & was buried on the 8th
daye February, 1587.

His will is as follows : —

In the name of God Amen. I Richard Price now resident
in Southwarke Gierke late of Selatin in the Countie of Salop
this sixt daie ffebruarie a thousand five hundredthe eightie
seaven, in perfect mynde of remembrance, by Gode gifte
visited withe sicknes of body doethe make this my last will &
testament, & I bequest ray sowle to Almightie God,

And I doe make Thomas Pearson Gitizen & Salter of
London my sole executor of this my will, And I doe give unto
him all the goodes, debtes & dutie that I ought to have in my
lifetime to my said executor, & all my apparell & other house-
howld stuffe whearsoever they are, dor wittnes whereof I have
sette my hand & scale to this my will & testament the said
daie &; yeare.

The marke of Richard Price sealed & delivered in the
presence of us hero named Teste Thomas Andre wes & per me
Thomam Tharkweario rtorem de Langham. John Leveson,
Nicholas Pal lard, Richard Baker, David Ye vans, the marke of
Thomas Heathen by me John Gierke, Richard Greene, Ralfe.
Williarns.1

Proved London P.G.G. 17 Feb. 1587, by Thomas Pearson,
Executor.

Lie makes no bequests to any relations, and it will
be remembered that his executor, Thomas Pearson,
Salter, was one of his sureties in the First Fruits
Composition Book.

1587. — William Ilorton. He compounded for the
first fruits of <c Salatyn " Rectory on 14 July, 1587.
(29th Elizth.)

£12 9 6

paying ... .. ... 11 4 6 J

remaining to be paid ... ... %4f lldj

Sureties for William, Radulphus Massie, parish of Sl Sepul-
chre's London gent. & Thomas liethcrston, parish of S. Brigid,
London, silkweave. . -

* Somerset House (Will. Rutland M).

- lCxcheq. First Fruits Composition Book, vol. \i,

Vol. VII., 2nd S.

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Browne Willis was mistaken in putting William
Hor ton's institution by the Queen after that of the
succeeding Hector, Thomas Torporley, and in stating
that it was upon the latters deprivation. We have no
record of his ever having been depri ved. The mistake
probably originated in a clerical error in a MS. book
at St. Asaph Palace, the entry in which is as follows —

Tho. Torperly M.A. May 1588 on ye Pres. of Fr Albany tW
Will Horton had got institution on ye Queen title by lapse
Aug. 1586 on Tovperleys deprivation.

It should, of course, have been on Richard Prices's
deprivation.

If the date (Aug. 1586) was correct, the living of
Selattyn was vacant for nearly a year, and Richard
Price was imprisoned for a year and a half.

We have no information concerning William Horton,
except that Browne Willis states he was Vicar of Oswes-
try in .1587. His name does not occur either in the
Registers of Oswestry or of Selattyn, and we have no
record of his death. A few years later the name
occurs in Shrewsbury Registers. That of St. Mary's
states : —

Mr Richard Horton bur. 21 July 1G08.1

T\lrs Mary Morton & M» Edward Bangh mar. 29 May 1695.

And S. Julian's has

Mr Fras, Horton & Mr9 Mary Bannister mar. 14 Aprv :-S6

William Horton more probably came from Ghe.
like Peter Brereton, the Vicar of Oswestry 50 ye,
before.

We know from " Inquis. p. m., 4 Hen. VI. " that
Roger de Horton held land in Coole, Co. Chester, and
that he had a son and heir William.

Also that a licence was granted. 21 Henry VII. to
Sir Roger Horton to enter on the Barony of Mai pas.

1 " Rychard Horton Hotelier " was chosen " sargient to the Baylyfe "
in 1585 and in 1591. (Shrop. Arch, Trans., vol Hi., pp. 304, 323.
The etchers (i.e., Arrow makers} Coopers and Bowycrs Company of
.Shrewsbury dates 27 Hon. Vt, 1 1-19, Ibid, vol. vi., p. 180.

SELATTYN: A HTSTORY OF THE PARISH.

217

John Hortori held Coole. His Inquis. p. m., dated
21 Henry VIIL, states that he died 9th December,
leaving Roger Horton his son and heir.

op t T".

Ralph Horton held Coole, his Inquis. p. m. is dated
24 EHz. He leaves Richard Horton his son and heir.

Richard Horton holds Coole, his Inquis. p.m. is
dated 6 Jac I., and he leaves Ralph son and heir1.

The fact that one of William Horton's sureties in
the Composition Book bears the Cheshire name of
Massie seems to point to his connection with that
county.

1588. — Thomas Tarporley. Oppidan of Shrewsbury
School (in Class 5) 15G2; Student of Ch. Ch., Oxford;
B.A. 19 Feb., 1573-4; M.A. 27 June, 1577; Rector of
Didcot, Berks, 1581 ; of Selattyn 1588; of Liddington,
Wilts, 1590; and of Great Stambridge, Essex, 159 1.2

We learn from the public records that "Thomas
Torpor] ey Clerk " was admitted to the Rectory of
Selattyn, then vacant, " 8th May, 1588."3 He was
presented to the living by the patron, Francis Albany.
On the

15 June, 1588, . ( Thomas Torporley, Clerk, compounded for
30th Elizth. 4 the firstfruits extending to 121 93 6d a tenth
Asaph Salatine R. ( part of which 24s 12^d remaining to be paid.

Sureties. Richard Procter, of the Parish of Sl Mary Mag-
dalene, Milke Streete, London, Merchaunt tailor, & Gilbert
Ramsden, of the parish of Sfc Alban in Wood streete, London,
Silk weaver.4

Not entirely as a stranger did Thomas Torporley
enter on his duties at Selattyn ; he was, as we have
seen, a schoolfellow, and in the same class as Richard
Hanmer of Pentrepant. There is only one entry in

1 Ormerod's Hist of Cheshire, vol. iii., r 202.

2 Foster's Alumni, Oxon.

3 "Bishop's Certificates, St. Asaph," Public Record Office.

4 Excheq. Firstfruits Composition Booh, vol. xi.

218 SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

Selattyn Register of the family. " William Dickin1
and Margarett Torporley, late of the Parish of White-
church, were married the 27th daye April, 1589, in the
Churche of Silatton." *■

This probably alludes to the Parish, of Whitchurch,
in Shropshire, the Registers of which, unfortunately,
only date from 1634. Whitchurch, the ancient Parish
Church of Denbigh, was only so called in comparatively
modern times ; it was then known as Llanfarchell. Its
Registers are also of more recent date.

Thomas Torporley, being a native of Shrewsbury,
the guilds doubtless supply us with his fathers name.
G Eliz. (15G3-4) : —

Gcorgio Torporlo of the townc of Salop glover, now occiipy-
ingo the occnpacon trad k mystery of silk buttons makynge
wth in tho towne of Salop by his humble and fcniwles suit
sondry tymes, made freeman for xxxvj8 viii(1 in Forme follow-
inge that he may lawfully occupye the making & selling of
silk buttons, silk lases, gold wire and thrid as John Eeynyon
of tho same, but not to deal in any other wares or
merchaundisc."

Mr. Thomas Asheton, the first Master of Shrewsbury
Grammar School, was his surety.

George Torporley was one of the Bailiffs of Shrews-
bury who set his seal to the articles and rules rtf ihe
Glovers' Co., 1st August, 6th Elizabeth.3

It would be interesting to know if Nathan,;;'
Torporley, Astronomer, who is described by Sir
Edward Sherburne in his appendix to his translation ot
Manilius on the Sphere, as " Nathaniel Torporley, an
Englishman born in Shropshire ... sometime
Amanuensis to the famous Vieta," was a relation to
our Rector. They were contemporaries. Nathaniel

1 Possibly of Loppington, Co. Salop. The Registers of that parish,
which begin 1G50, record tlio death of "William Dicken of English
Frankton, 1G April, 1GG7," and of members of the family from. 1650.

2 Shrop. Arch, Traits., vol. viii., p. 317.

3 Ibid., vol. vii.j p. 433.

selattyn: a history of the parish. 219

was born 1563 ; entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1579 ;
and died 1632. He wrote a treatise entitled " Diclides
Crelo Metrics seu Valvas Astronomicae Universales,"
and was paid a pension for -several years by Henry
Percy, Earl of Northumberland.

He bequeathed a clock and his valuable library of
books to Sion College ; the former has disappeared,
and there is no account of his life there.

His will, which is nuncupative, is dated 14th
April, 1632. 2

Item. I give all my mathematicall bookes & others &
Astronomical! instruments, notes & mapps & my brasse Clocke
to the use of my fellow servante in the Library of Sion Colled g,
I give the (?) of Mris Danbrooke to her daughter Sarah, & the
Cabonet boxe, excepting the things in it.

1 give the three hundred pounds which I paid to John
Brothers for an Annuity of fortie pounds, which Annuity I
never recd, & is now in suite, when it is recovered 1 give to be
equally divided betwixt these five, namely my sister Tasker &
her daughter, as also to Martha Clay my neece, & the three
youngest children of M.ria Danbrooke deceased, namely Sarah,
Mary, & John Danbrooke, my desire is that my nurse fli-ost,
who hath carefully attended me maie by all meanes be remem-
bered.

Witness hereof John Downes, John Slater, John Spencer.
On 7 June 1G32, Admon. was granted to Elizabeth Paine
niece, & subsequently on 6 J any. 1G33 to Susanna Tasker.

We shall see in the life of the next Eector, Rowland
Tasker, that these two ladies were his wife and
daughter.

Selattyn Register tells us that —

Thomas Torporley Clerk late p'son of Silatton died the 23rd
daye of August, 1592, in a parish called [ ] in Essex &

buried about that tyme.

Great Stambridge was the name of the parish. Its
register has —

Buried 1592. August 29th Thomas Torporley.

1 Somerset House (Will, Awdlcy 65).

220 SELATTYN : A HISTOKY OF THE PARISH.

He appears to have resigned the living of Selattyn
upon going to Essex, and probably had some tiling to
do with the recommendation of Uis successor.

1592. Rowland Thasker, Clerk, admitted to the
Rectory of Selattyn 30th March, 1592. 1 He was
presented to the living by Francis Albany.

Asaph. Salatyn R. Rowland Thaskar clerk compounds for the
15 April 1592. firstfruits in the aforesaid year to the

34 Etizth. value of 121 99 Gd )

the tenth part of 24s ll£d Vll1 48 6Jd
remaining to he paid. j
Sureties. Robert Banckeworthe, of the parish of All Saints
in Bread streetc, London Scrivenor & William Payne, parish of
Sfc Marie Magdalene in Mylke streate London, Haberdasher.2

Rowland Thasker is mentioned in the Register of
Munslow, Go. Salop, as Minister in 1570 and 1573, and
on 6 th January, 1572, Pitchford Register informs us
that he was inducted as Rector there, tie seems to
have resided mostly at Pitchford, his five children
having been baptized there.

Rowland Thasker=FSusanna

Adam bap. 11 Thomas bap. 24 Rowland bap. 5

Dec. Wl. Oct., 1582. March, 1588.

Elizabeth bap. 25 March, 1580,=John Payne. Sara bap. 12 March, 15. .
mar. Selattyn, 30 Jan., 1596.

There is also the entry of the burial at Pitchford 01
"Edward Tasker at 96 or thereabouts, bur. 12 Oct.,
1597." This was probably his father.

The arms of Tasker are given in the Heralds' Visita-
tion of Shropshire * Or a fesse behveen 3 lions ramp, sable.
It will be noted that in the record of the burial of
Edward Tasker his name is spelt without the h ; they

1 Bishop's Certificates. S. Asaph, Public Record Oflicc.

2 Exclieq. Comj)osition Itecords, vol. xi.

3 Vol. i., pp. 12, 13, "Adams of Longdon and Adams alias Tasker. ,J

SHLATTYN : A HISTORY Of THE PARISH.

221

are therefore probably of the family given in the Visita-
tion, which may account for the Rector's eldest son
being baptized Adam.

The Visitation states that Thomas Adams, second
son of John Adams of Pontesbury, Co. Salop, married
Alice, d. of John Forster, and heir to her mother, Alice
Tasker of Warr. The descendants of Thomas Adams
were called Adams alias Tasker, and his great-grandsons
Thomas and .Roger Adams, alias Tasker, are described
as of London.

We find that—

The Re^ester Booke of all weddings christenings & Burialls
of the aforesaide Parishe [of Pitchford] from ye beginning of
the Queenes Maties raigne unto the 17 day of November A.D.
1598 was made & written on parchment agreeing with the
oldo paper book1, at the only cost of the Parishcns of the
forsaid Parishe according to an ecclesiastical 1 constitution in
ye case provided & set furth having the title.

De registris in ecclesiis salva3 custodian committendis Ao.
1597. Aunoq. 39. Kegine Elizabethan

Parson of ye forsaid Parishe
Adam Browne. Thomas Madocks Churchwardens there.

The marriage of Elizabeth Thasker to John Payne in
1596 proves that her father occasionally visited
Selattyn. We do not know who her husband was, or
if he was related to William Payne, haberdasher, of
London, her father's surety in the Composition Booh.

Nor do we know what became of Rowland Thasker's
sons. Probably it was his second son, Thomas Thasker,
who was buried 19th September, lG.r>4, at Clungunford,
Co. Salop, and whose daughter, " Margaret, daughter
of Thomas k Elizabeth) Tasker," was baptized there
14th December, 1645.

1 The original- paper Register whs 1 544 — 1 579. The first entry in
tlio Parchment Register is 9tli April, 1558. See copies of Salop
Registers, Museum Library, >SlirewsUury.

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SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

The same Register tells us " Margaret Tasker of
Rowton widow " was buried 11 July, 1G46.

The only other Shropshire entries of the family that
I have found are —

1640. John Tasker parson of Abdon & Joane d, of Adam
Millichopp were married 19 Septr.

He only survived his marriage five months, for

1640. John Tasker bur. 26 Feb

In Shrewsbury School Register we find —

Rowland Thasker entered 7 August 1601.

He could hardly have been the Rector of Selattyn's
son, as his admission fee being 2s. he was not a native
of Shropshire. Thomas and John Thasker entered in
1594, and were natives of the county, their fees being-
Is. each.1

Selattyn Register tells us that —

Rowland Thasker CJerke, parson of Silattin died the last
daye of January & and was buried the lat day of February at
Pitchford, 1599.

And the Pitchford Register corroborates that fact.
Unfortunately his will is not to be found.

1600. — Henry Johns, M.A. June 1st.2 Browne
Willis tells us that he was presented to the Rectory of
Selattyn by Sarah Albany. She was the widow of
Francis Albany, Sheriff of Shropshire 1595, who was
buried at Whittington, 15 Nov., 1597.

From the bequests in the will of Henry Johns to the
Church and poor of Llanrwst, ho was probably a native
of that parish, but 1 have not been able to find that
any relationship existed between him and his namesake
Dr. Henry Jones, sinecure Rector of Llanrwst 1573-
1591. The will of the latter, proved by his nephew
Edward Griffiths 6 Feb., 1591, 3 makes bequests to

1 For this information I beg to thank E. Calvert, Esq., M.D., F.S.A.

2 Bishop's Certif., St. Asaph, Pub. lice Office.
:t Will, Harrington Mo. i), Somerset House.

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 223

divers relatives, but to none bearing the name of Johns
or Jones.

I think we may conclude that Henry Johns, Rector
of Selattyn, belonged to the family of Johnes of Llyfnant,
in the parish of Llannefydd, Co. Denbigh,1 from the
fact that William Anwyl (one of his executors) was his
cousin.

Jane Johnes of Llyfnant married William Anwyl
towards the end of the 16th century.

The arms of Johnes of Llyfnant are Vert a stag
trippant arg. attired and lang. gules. This family
descend from Llywelyn ap Sissyllt, King of Wales
1032-1064.

The Register of Oxford University tells us that
" Henry Johnes Co. Denbigh pleb. f." matriculated as
a member of Brasenose2 on 10 August, 1582, aged 20,
and that lie was " Scholaris Dr. Harvey." It also states
that one Henry Jones of Jesus College was admitted to
the B.A. degree 12 Feb., 1585-6. These may be the
same men, and probably refer to our Rector.

He married Elin, daughter of Thomas Loker of the
Marsh, near Wenlock. Her mother was Katherine,
daughter of Thomas or Edward Smalman of Wilder-
hope, Co. Salop.3

Her brothers Francis and William Loker, and her
brother-in-law, Hugh Morris of Oswestry, were execu-
tors of her husband's will. The Parish Register of
Much Wenlock tells us that Francis Loker " was a
Bayliff peere, and when he was first Bayliff, did sett
up Morning Prayer in this Church at Six of the Clock
evry morning."4

1 Her. Visit Waks, vol. ii., 335, rind Hist. Ponds Fadog, vol. iv.,
325.

2 The Register of Brasenose does not mention Henry J olnies, and
that of Jesns College only goes back to the latter half of the 16th
century.

3 Her. Visit. Shrop.\ p. 339.

4 Shrop. Arch. Trans:, vol. xi., p. 29,

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224 SELATTYN » A HISTORY OF THE PAETSH.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Johns disappears
from Selattyn Register, and we know nothing further
of her or her children.

Will of Henry Johns.1

In the Name of God Amen. I, Henrie Jones, Rector of
Sillatin, sicke in bodye, but in perfect sense & memorie,
thanks be to God for it, doe make this my last will & testa-
ment, uppon the sixeth daie of Januarie 1G09 in manner &
forme followinge,

ffirst I bequeathe my soule unto my omnipotent God my
Creator & unto Jesus Christe my only Redeemer & Saviour in
whom & through whome only I unfaynedlye believe to
receive lief everlastinge unto my soule by meanes of the Holy
Ghoste working all cleanesses in me & acknowledge theis
three persons & one God only, & noe other ; fa my bodye to
be buried in Xtian buriall in the Chauncell of Sillatin.

Ttem. I give & bequeathe to Henrie Jones my sonne the
some of ffiftie poundes for a porc'on to be sett forward e for his
use. Item. I give & bequeathe to my sister Lowrie tenn
poundes, Item. I give & bequeathe to my sister Agnes ffive
poundes. Item. I give & bequeathe unto my brother David
ffive pounds. Item. I give & bequeathe unto my brother Morris
ffourtie shillings. Item. I give & bequeathe unto my brother
Thomas ffburtio shillings. Item. I give & bequeathe unto my
cossin Anwili fortye shillings to buy him a ringe. Item. I
give & bequeathe unto Sir Morris my Curate of Sillatin
ffourtie shillings. Item. I give to the poore of Sillatin
parische flourtie shillings. Item, to Hugh my man three
pounds. Item, to Thomas ap Pughe my sorvante thirteene
shillings, fourpence, Item. I give & bequeathe the boye in
house six shillings cighte pence. Item. I give & bequeathe
unto Marye my maydeservante ffive shillings. Item, to Ellinor
verch Hughe my maydeservante ffive shillings.

All the rest of ray goodes, cattells & chattells moveable &
immoveable I give & bequeathe unto my faith full & well be-
loved wedded wief Ellin Jones. And of this my last Will &
testament I doe constitute & ordaine my well beioved Brother
in iawe ffrauncys Loker to be my true & law full executor.
Also I doe constitute & ordaine my well beloved Brother in
lawe Hughe Morris to be another of my executors And in
like sorte doe constitute cv, ordaine my well beloved Brother in

* Will, Wingfic-ld, 93, Somerset House.

SELATTYN I A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 225

lawe William Loker to be my executor, & also my well beloved
cosyn William AnwiVl to be another of my executors.

In wittnes hereof I have putt to, my hande and seal the daye
& yeare above written in the presence of thes
William Anwill, Robert Jones, William Loker.

Henri Jones.

A Codocill,

My Will is that my Studdye of Bookes be carefullie preserved
by my executor William Loker to the use of Henrie Jones my
sonne if he prove to be a Scholler or els to the use of any sonne
of myne wch shall prove to be a scholler. And if noe sonne of
myno shall soe prove to be a scholler then my will is that they
shalbe sould & the monye to be putt to what use my executors
shall think best.

Item. I give & bequeathe to lny saide sonne Henrio Jones
the sum of ffiftie poundes over & above the some of ffittie
poundes by me to him formerlie bequeathed

Item.

shillings & towards the reparac'on of the Parische Churche of
Llanwroost the some of sixe shillings eightpence.

Item. Whereas my wief is now with childe, my will' is & I
doe hereby give & bequeathe unto the childe (be it sonne or
daughter) the some of li'ourtie poundes.

Proved London P.C.C. 27 Novr 1610.

The death and burial of Henry Johns are thus re-
corded in Selattyn Register : —

Henry Johns Clerk, Mr of Arte, p'son of Silatton, died on
Sunday, being the 7th daye of January, buried on the 15th daye
of the same month, 1609."

JOHNS.

William Loker, Bailiff Much Wen-=j=
lock 1498. 1 (Arms : Az. a lion
ramp. arg. collared m. yarn, or.)

I give to the Poore of the Parish of Llanwroost fourtie

Thomas Loker=pAnna, cl. Ralph Poy-
ncr of Bcslow, Co.
Salop.

David Morris Th

I

Thomas Loker=pKatherine,d. Thomas

Lowrie Agnes
' I lor. Vi.ill. Slimy., p. \W.

bur. Wenloek,
2b" July, 1603.

or Edward Smalman
of Wilderhope, bur.
Wenloek, 9 May,
1G10.

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SELATTYN ! A HISTORY OF THE JPAR1SH

« I fc]

Henry Johns, M. A., Rector Selattyn=pElin Francis Loker=pAnna, d. John
Juno 1, 1000-1609, bur. Selattyn, Bailiff Much | 2nd son of John

15 Jan. , 1609. Will dated G Jan. , WenloCk 1622, bur. J, Yonge, of
1609. Prov. 27 Nov., 1610, P.C.C. there 15 Feb., 1635. Y Oharnes.

Samuel, chris. Selattyn, Henry, chris. Selat- Katherine, chris. Selattyn,
3 Oct., 1604, bur. there tyn, 16 Jan., 1608. 21 Dec, 1606, bur. there
18 Jan., 1605. 2 May, 1607.

William Loker, bur. Wenlock, . . . .=ipHugh Morris of Oswestry.

30 Oct., 1024. I

Frances, " died at the Marsh," bur. Wenlock, 30 March, 1598.

1610.— James Wilding. Bom Nov., 1577. Christ's
College Cambridge; B.A., 1000— 1 ; M.A„ 1004. 1

The Bishops Certificates, St. Asaph, tell us u 3rd
July, 1010, James Wilding, M.A., admitted to the
Rectory of Selattyn." 2

The Register has the following entry 1610 : — " Under
me James Wilding, Clerk, Mr of Arte, p'son there j£90.
16th of June, aforesaid, entered possession, etc."

He was presented to the Living by Francis Albany, Lord
of the Manor, the second who bore the name of Francis.

James Wilding was doubtless the son of a Freeman
of the Merchant Guilds of Chester, for we find that in
9, James I. [1011-12] "James Wildinge preacher",
took up his freedom at Chester. This he could not
have done unless he had been the son of a Freeman.

Richard Wildinge (Wright) is the earliest of the
family who is recorded as having taken up his freedom
in 1538. The next Wildinge who became a freeman
was Robert (Mercer), 7 Elizabeth [K04-5,] followed
by Alexander3 (Shoemaker) 9 Eliz., William (Glover),
and John (Innkeeper), 15 Eliz., Richard (Shoemaker)

1 Foster's Index Ecclcsiasticus, M.S., for which we are indebted to
W. Duncombe Pink, Esq.

2 Public Record Oilice.

3 The Will Of Alexander Wilding, of Much Hoolo, dated 1G02, is at
Chester.

SELATTYN ) A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 227

37 Eliz. John' (Tailor), 41 Eliz., William1 (Hatmaker)
43 Eliz. I give these names as showing that the family
of Wilding were represented in* most of the Chester
Guilds.2

In 1G69 we find one Robert Wilding, a rich merchant
of London, son of John Wilding of Chester, making
bequests to his cousins, the widow and son of the
Rector James Wilding, but of this later on.

The above is, I think, conclusive proof that James
Wilding was a native of Chester. He was probably-
educated at the King's School there ; his name does
not appear in the Admission Book, but between the
years 1582-85 there is a gap in the School Entries,

We cannot trace any relationship between the
Wildings of Chester and those of Shrewsbury. The
first who appears in the guilds of the latter town is
" William Wildinge sonne to Richard Wyldinge of
Bechecot, Co. Salop, husbanclma' made freeman for xxxvjs
viijd"3 1 Eliz. [1558], followed by Richard4 son of Homfre
Wylding of Salop, Corvesar, who was apprentice in
1509-70 and freeman of the Mercers Co, in 1578. His
son Edward5 was apprentice 1618, and freeman
1G26.

The Shropshire Wildings appear all to have come
from Betchcote, an annex of the manor of Condover ; in
u 1598 Edward Wyldynge sonne of Thomas Wyldinge
of Bechcote, Co. Salop, yoman, comfet maker, made
freeman as a forryner xxxvj3 viijd " G

The family ha Ye continued in Shrewsbury down to
the present century ; a tablet in St. Chad's records their
deaths as late as 1849. Many of them were in Holy

1 The inventory of William Wilding of Chester's Will is there,
date 1610. There are many Wilding of Lancashire Wills in the
Probate Ct. of Chester.

2 This information is from Mr. Caim Iiughes'slist of Chester Freemen.

3 Shrop. Arch. Trans., vol. viii, p 313.

4 Ibid, pp. 335, 320.

5 Ibid, pp. 339, 355.

6 Ibid, p. 319.

228 SELA.TTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

Orders, but as they do not concern the Rectors of
Selattyn we cannot follow up their history.

We must return to "James Wilding, preacher."
This description proves him to have been a man of some
ability. It will be remembered that Queen Elizabetli
issued proclamations in 1558 and 1577 by which she
commanded the Bishops that "no persons be suffered
to preach or teach . . , but such as are licensed . . .
and where the incumbents were under qualified for
preaching, the reading of the Homilies, pursuant to the
Injunctions, should be enjoined on them."1

King James issued a similar order in 1622, bidding
" the Archbishops & Bishops ... be more wary &
choice in their licensing of preachers," and ordering
" that no parson, vicar, curate or lecturer shall preach
any sermon hereafter upon Sundays or holydays in the
afternoon . . . but upon some part of the Creed, 10
Commandments, or the Lord's Prayer (funeral sermons
only excepted), and that those preachers be most en-
couraged and approved of who spend the afternoon's
exercise in the examination of the children in their
Catechism." Disobedience to these directions was
punished by suspension for a year and a day.2

James Wilding probably married Prudence Dennar
shortly after his appointment to Selattyn, for the
Register records the birth of Anne, the eldest of his
ten children, on 13 Sept., 1612. We learn the maiden
name of his wife from the following entry in Selattyn
Register: — " 1631, Barbara Dennar, a mayd, sister to
Mrs. Wilding was buried the xxivtu daye of Aprill."

He held the living for 48 years ; his name occurs, to
his eternal, disgrace, amongst the few in St. Asaph
Diocese, who subscribed to the Solemn League and
Covenant in the time of the Commonwealth, and were
therefore not ejected from their Livings.

1 Oollior Ch. Hist,, bk. vi, p. 581.
' lUl, bk, viii, |), 125!

SELATTYN A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 229

It has been stated that he sat amongst the West-
minster Assembly of Divines in 1644, but that is an
error, for his name is not in the list.1 He, however,
conformed to its decrees, which substituted the Direc-
tory for the Book of Common Prayer, on 3 January, 1644.

What direct part James Wilding took inthe Revolu-
tion, we do not know, but he was the tutor of the Par-
liamentary General, Thomas Mytton of Halston. An
account in MS. of Halston2 says M Mr. Wilding, rector
of Selattyn, was a great friend to the father of our hero
[Thomas Mytton] and made frequent visits to Halston.
He soon became much attached to the son, and at the
request of his parents, undertook the care of his
education."

The principles of the Rector must have been a sore
trouble to the loyal squires of Porkington and
Pentrepant.

We owe to him, however, the thanks of all succeeding
generations for the accuracy with which the Parish
Registers were kept, at a time when so many are
missing.

The silver Chalice still in use was presented to the
Church in 1621, during his incumbency.

The entry of his death, which occurred two years before
the Restoration is thus described in the Register : — •

February, 1G58. James Wilding Mr of Arte of Christ's Coll.
Cambridge having lived in actuall possession of the Rectory of
this parish fourty and eight yeares eight months & 15 dayes
& being of the age of fourscore yeares, three months & eight
dayes died peacably in the Lord the eleventh daye & was
buried the fifteenth.

His Will is not to be found. Prudence Wilding his
wife (who survived him for 16 years), and his eldest

1 List of the Minutes of the Sessions of the Westminster Assembly
of Divines, 1644. Published 1874 from Transcripts of the Originals.

2 By Rev. 0. A. Lloyd, see By -Gouts, January, 1874. Thomas son
of Richard Mytton of Halston, by Margaret, dan. of Thomas Owen of
Condover, Justice of Common Pleas, was born 1G08, died 165G.

230 SELATPYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH.

son Thomas and his children, received bequests under
the Will dated 1 January, 1669, of

Roberti Wildyng of Hackney, Co. Middlesex, ffreeman of the
City of London, & of the Company of Haberdashers ... to be
buried in the vault of my deare and loving wyves, Martha &
Katherin Wilding in Hackney Church.

Item. I gyve & bequeath & my desire is that I would not
have expended on my imnerall above the sume of six hundred
pounds. . . I give & bequeath my house & two tenements to
my wyfe Ann. . . I gyve and bequeath unto my Cosen
Prudence Wilding of Serlattin & to her sonn Thomas Wilding
& his wife, the sume of Twenty Shillings a yere to buy them
Kings to weare in remembrance of mee, or soo many of them
as are then lyving & to what children the said Thomas Wilding
shall have at the tyme of my decease, whether sonnes or
daughters, I give & bequeath to them the sume of Twenty
Pounde a yere to be paid them when they shall attaine to the
age of Twenty one yeares or day of marriage which shall first
happen.

To my father in law, Sir John Travor 1 ... to my father in
law John Robinson Esq. & Mrs. Bridget his wife ... to my
father in law Mr. George Holgate . . . 408 [each] for Rings. . .
To my brother in law Sir John Travor & his lady ... to my
sister Massam 2 ... to Sir Francis Compton's lady3 ... to
my brother Dr. Travor4 ... to the widow of Alexander
Wilding, dyer, 51 ... to the poor of Hackney Parish I51 . . .
to the poore of St. Peter's Parish in Chester Iff ... to the
poor of St. John's Parish in Chester o1 ... to the poor of St,
Mary's Parish in Chester 51 . , .

Item. I gyve & bequeathe unto Twenty poore ministers
widdowes whose husbonds through tendernesse of conscience
could not conforme, the sum of forty shillings a yere, & in case
Twenty be not found, unto some othor honest ministers
widdowes. I gyve & bequeath unto twenty poor nonconform-
ing ministers 51 a piece. Item. To the Worshipful Co. of

1 Sir John Trevor of Trevalyn, Co. Denbigh, Kt ., mar. Margaret d.
of . Hugh Trcvamiion, Esq., oi' Cornwall, he died 1673, (Burke's
Extinct Peerage, sec Hampden.)

2 Elizabeth, mar. William Masham eld. son of Sir William Masliam
of High Level1, Essex, Bfc.

3 Jane, mar. Sir Francis Conipton, 5th son of Spencer, Earl of
Northampton.

4 Richard Trevor, M.I).

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISH. 231

Haberdashers 1001 to be given towards rebuilding of the Hall
in money also part in plate & the rest in money at the discretion
of my executrix or overseers. Item. To the Governors of
Bridewell, and Hethlem 50l . . . to Samuel Burko of Chester &
his wife 408 a yecre to buy them Rings.
Proved P.C.C. 25th August, 1G73. 1
Robert Wilding's pedigree is as follows : —

John Wilding2 of Chester, gent. =f Margaret, d. of — "Parker of Lyme,

I Co. Chester.

Robert Wilding of Haekney=(l) Martha, probably d. of Mr. George Holgate.
Co. Middlesex. =('2) Katharine, d. of John Robinson of Graves-

end, Co. Kent, Esq.
~(3) Anne, d. of Sir John Trevor of Trevalyn,
Co. Denbigh, Kt.

The Hackney Pedigree gives the Arms as " Arg, a
cinquefoil gules, on a chief gu. a demilionramp. issuant,
Arg. a mullet for difference. Crest : a dragon s head
erased, Vert!' But it adds that there is no proof of them.

Robert Wilding though a Puritan like the rest of his
family, assisted at the Restoration of King Charles II,
and was at that time Col. of the Regiment of Tower
Hamlets. 4 His brother in law Sir John Trevor had
married Ruth, daughter of John Hampden of Great
Hampden, Co. Bucks, great niece of Oliver Cromwell,
and he was Secretary of State, and a member of the
Privy Council of Charles II.

Thomas Wilding, cliris. Selattyn, G June, 1G15 ;
admit. Christ's Coll., Camb., 2G" April, 1G32 ; B.A.

1 Will, 107 Pye, Somerset House.

2 Robinson's Ht<t. of Hackney, vol. i., p. 301. The Register of St.
Peter's, Chester, gives the marriage of "Mr. John Wilding &
Elizabeth Partington, 12th April, 1632."

3 Robinson's Hist, gives Martha as d. of Sir Thos. Craves of Had ley,
Co. Hertford, Kt., as 1st wife.

* Ibid, i*

b Signature as Canon in the Chapter Book of St. Asaph Cathedral.
Vol. VII., 2i>d s. ( , g$

232

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PARISB.

1635; M.A. 1G39; Nonconformist Rector Selattyn.
1659 ; ordained priest 1666 (?) ; Canon St. Asaph 1672.

The following entry from the books of Christ's Coll.,
Cambridge, tells us that Coventry was the place where
Tlios. Wilding received his primary education.

1(332, Apr. 26.

Thomas Wilding, Jacobi filius, naUis Sillatenac in agro
Salopiensi, liter is institutis Coventriae a Mro White, anno astatis
10° ad missus est pensionarius sub Mro Fenwicke.1

Selattyn liegister tells us that three months after his
father's death,

Thomas Wilding, Master of Arts of Christ's College in
Cambridge was admitted and had possession given him of the
Rectory of Selattyn in ye County of Salop by Thomas Lloyd
Escp Lord of the Manner of Whittington, the xxxth daye of
May, 1659.

Mr. Richard Wilson, Minister of the Gospel.

Richard ap Thomas and Roger liussey, Churchwardens,
and David ap Robert, Sexton of this parish and others being
witnesses.

Browne Willis states that Thomas Wilding was
ordained by Bishop Griffith in 1666. The accuracy of
this date seems extremely improbable. Thomas Wilding
must have been well known to the Bishop, who had
been Rector of the neighbouring parish of Llanymynech
since 1633, and Who after his eviction from the Rectory
by the Puritans had continued to resido in the parish
u disputing with Itinerants, and keeping up the Offices
and Ceremonials of the Church."2 It is most unlikely
that the Bishop would have allowed a man who was
not in Holy Orders to have charge of Selattyn Parish
until the year of his (Bishop Griffith's) death.

On the 26th February, 1662, Thomas Wilding and
Sarah Gardiner, of St, Chad's Parish in Shrewsbury,
were married at Selattyn.

The Gardiners are said in the Heralds' Visitation of
tSIuvpsJiire to have originally come from Lancashire.

1 This information was kindly given by the Master of Christ's Coll.

2 Walker's Suj)'<rin<j$ of the (Jleryp.

SELATTYN : A HISTORY OF THE PAltlSIT.

233

One Richard Gardner appears in the Merchant Guilds
of Shrewsbury as " dyer & free of the Draper's Co." as
early as 1570. He was an active member of the
Corporation, seeking to bring a good supply of fresh
water to the town, and to furnish it with (t a greate
store of see cole." 1 In 1603 he wrote a treatise
entitled " Profitable Instructions for the Manuring,
Sowing and Planting of Kitchen Gardens." 2

The father of Thomas Wilding's wife bore also the
name of Richard, he was a Dyer and Cloth Worker, and
brother to John Gardner of Sansow, He died in 1646.

The Arms of Gardiner are " Per fess arg. & sa, a pale
counter -changed & 3 Gryphons heads erased of the 2nd J1 3

The Rev. Thomas Wilding was evidently fond of
farming, for not content with the Glebe Lands, we find
he had a lease of the farm of Llwyn y Coppa, belonging
to Dr. Powell of Park, for 21 years, from 25 March,

1671. 4

His six children were all christened at Selattyn ; the
eldest son James, took Holy Orders and became Hector
of Penegos, Co. Montgomery, in 1696. The future of
the other five I do not know.

Thomas Wilding was made Canon of St. xlsaph in

1672, he died the 4th and was buried the 6th April,
1678, at Selattyn. His Will is not in existence, but
there is at St. Asaph the letter of administration te it
by " Sarah Wildinge widow of Thomas Wilding, Cleric,
decd." dated 17 Nov. 1679.

Richard Gardner, :
Dyer and Cloth-
work e r , o f S h r e w s -
bury, died 1646.

I

John
Gardner,

of

Sansaw.

James Wilding, :
born Nov. 1578.
Christ. Coll.,
Camb.,B.A. 1600,
M.A. 1604,Roetor
Selattyn, 1010—
1058, diet! ' ' Feb.
bur. 15 Fob. ,1658,
at Selattyn.

:Prudens
Dennar,
bur. at
Selattyn,
23 Jan.,
1674.

Barbara

Dennar,
bur. Se-
lattyn, 24

April,
1031,

unmar.

1 Shrop. Arch. I'rdns., vol. iii., pp. 269, 271.

2 Ibid, 2nd series, vol. iv., p. 241.

3 Herald Visit Shrop., p. I %.
* See chap, iv., Old port, etc.

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SELATTYN ; A HISTORY OF THE PARISH,

Sarah'Gardiner
chris. S. Mary's
parish, Shrews-
bury, 24 Aug.,
1638.

•Thomas, chris. Selattyn,
6 June, 1615, Christ Coll,
Camb. , admit 20 April,
1632, B.A. 1035, M.A.
1039, Minister of Selat-
tyn 30 May, 1659, or-
dained Priest 1666 ? Canon
1672, mar. 26 Feb., 1662,
died 4 April, bur. at Selat-
tyn 6 April, 1678. Admon.
of Will granted to "Sarah Wildinge,
widow," 17 Nov., 1679 [S. Asaph Registry],

Edward, chris.
Selattyn 18
Aug., 1616.

William, bur.
Selattyn, 26
Jan., 1620.

I

Frances [a son]
chris. Selattyn,
6 Oct., 1618.

James, chris.
Selattyn, 22
April, 1621.

Eaven, bur. Selattyn, Anne, chris. Selattyn, 13 Sept.,— Philip ap
10 March, 1638. 1612, mar. there 17 Dec, 1644, Edward

bur. there 27 July, 1646.

Sara, Chris. Selattyn, 19
Jan., 1613, bur. thero
14 Feb., 1601.

Barbara, chris. Selat-
tyn, 24 Aug., 1617.

Elizabeth, chris. Selat-
tyn, 25 Nov., 1630.

John, chris. Selattyn,
30 April, 1665.

James, chris. Selattyn, 15 Dec,
1663, matric. S. Mary's Hall,
Oxford, 4 July, 1682, aged 18,
B. A. from Morton Coll. 23 Feb. ,
1686, M.A. 16S9, Rector of

Penegoes, or Llangadfarch, near Machynlleth,1 1696.

Thomas, chris.
Selattyn, 3 Nov.,
1669.

Elizabeth, chris. Selattyn,
11 June, 1668.

Prudens, chris. Selattyn,
13 Oct., 1672.

Sarah, chris. Selattyn,
9 June, 1674.

i This Deanery was in tho Diocese of St. Asaph until 185'.), when it was exchanged with
Bangui- Diocese for that of Ruthin.

235

PARISH OF HIGH ERCALL. CHURCH-
WARDENS' ACCOUNTS.

PROVISION OF THE SACRAMENTAL ELEMENTS.

By the Hon. and Rev. GILBERT H. F. VANE, M.A.,
Vicar of High Ercall.

"Bull, Sherlock, Beveridge, and other Anglican divines,
who belong more to the seventeenth than to the
eighteenth century, had expressed much concern at the
unfrequency of celebrations of the Eucharist as com-
pared with a former age."1 The Celebrations at High
Ercall were, however, a little more often than quarterly
at the time at which the Churchwardens' Accounts
open, for charges for bread and wine for Communions
at Christmas, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Day,
"Whitsuntide, and Michaelmas are usually found in them
from 1687 onwards, together with the Churchwardens'
charges for the expenses of fetching the wine from
Shrewsbury. In 1687 the whole expense was £2 lis.
lid. ; in 1701, £2 12s. 8d. ; in 1704, £3 4s. lOd. ; in
1726 and 1727, £6 17s. 2d.

The following are among some of the more interesting -
entries on this subject : —

1707. pel. for a pint of wine ... ... 00 . 01 . 02

pd. for white bread ... ... 00.00.02

1718. for Bread and two bottles of wine for

the Sacrament... ... ... 00 .. 0-i . 0G

1719. for a pint of Tent wine ... ... 00 . 01 . 00

Abbey and Overton, Church History in the Seventeenth Century. '

23 G PARIS [I OF HIGH EROALL.

In 1716 Low Sunday and Trinity Sunday are added
to the list of days when the Holy Communion was
celebrated. In 1735 appears the following <4 Memo-
rand ome "1

It is agreed on by ye parishioners . . . that Every Quantity
of Wine yt is delivered at the Church for ye use of ye Sacra-
ment shall be put Down in the Weekly Booke & the Church-
wardens Accounts to be answerable to that.

And foil owing' this is this curious record, for the
years 1735, 173b' :—

Wine at Whitsuntide 5 bottles.
Wine at Michaelmas 5 bottles.
Wine at Christmas 10 bottles.

Brought by Charles Dixon.
Wine at Easter 13 bottles.

Wine at Whitsuntide 5 bottles.

baught' by W. Rodenhurst.

And in 1747 :—

pd towards the year's wine to Mr Wolley, > ng n. no
being 3 Doz. & 3 quts j UZ ' ^ ' Uo

As the other Churchwarden paid for wine in this
same year £2 3s. 6d., and as there were eight Celebra-
tions, the wine must have cost two shillings and three
pence per quart, having advanced slightly in price since
1707 and 1719 (vid. sup.). Very nearly five quarts,
too, must have been used at each Celebration, at a cost
to the parish each time of almost exactly eleven shillings,
So also in 1758 " bread for eight Sacrem'ts " cost two
shillings, wine for the year £3 19s. 9d., and "for going
to Salop to pay for the wine" twice, two shillings. To
these expenses, already sufficiently large, we must add
that in 1761 " 6 Loves of Bred for 2 Sacrements " cost
sixpence.

Now, as the parish contains at this day about 1,700
souls, very widely scattered over an area of nearly
12,000 acres, and is never likely to have contained
more, it is obvious that in the middle of the last century

churchwardens' accounts.

237

either the parishioners presented themselves at the
altar in exceedingly large numbers, or else that both
bread and wine were disposed of in some illegitimate
manner. The latter, we fear, was the case ; because,
although the odious sacramental test was yet to survive
for many a long year, and though during the period of
the Reformation, and for some time after, stated at-
tendance at the Holy Communion was regarded not
only as a religious duty, but as an ordinary sign of
membership of the National Church, old inhabitants of
High Ercall have preserved the tradition that it was
customary until about 1826 that at each Celebration
the clergyman, the two Churchwardens, and the clerk,
each "had to their own use" a bottle of wine, in
addition to which a loaf or two of bread was given away
as a perquisite to those who furnished this element.
In 1756 appears this note : —

It was agreed that the Churchwardens for the time to come
should have at their choice either the Bottles or Four Shillings
Each Year for Bringing the Wine for the Sacrements to the
Church ... & not to make any other Charge to the Parish.

Bottles were apparently worth something more in
those days than they are now; for in 1766 Mr. Flint
was paid " for wine and Bottles " £4 &s. 3 Jd. However,
the Churchwardens seem to have preferred their four
shillings a year, which was not long before it increased
to five, while in 1813 "5 Journeys for wine" were
charged ten shillings, and in 1618, twelve journeys
twenty-four shillings. In 1838 wine cost almost exactly
double what it had done in 1747, being now four
shillings and fourpence halfpenny per quart. Bread,
too, has varied much in price, for while a loaf in 1761
cost a penny, in 1780 " a strike of Flower for W in. Allen
in distress/' cost six shillings. I have not noted, how-
ever, any entry of expenditure on bread between 1768,
when, the cost for one year was one shilling and nine-
pence, and 18 16, when " Bread for two Sacraments"
cost two shillings, so that the cost of bread at Hiffh

238 HIGH ERCALL. CH URCHWAKD ENS' ACCOUNTS.

Ercall at the beginning of the century, when wheat
was at the famine price of JL'5 19s. 6(1. per quarter, is
unrecorded by the wardens. Entries in the Overseers'
books, however, show that those officers in 1800 spent
on flour for the poor over ^186, that a strike of flour
cost then as much as Mi and even more, or a sack
X4 10s. 0d., and that loaves were sixpence, ninepence,
and a shilling apiece. These prices contrast strangely
with those attained in the markets in the week ending
October 20, 1894, when the average of English wheat
sank to its minimum recorded, viz., seventeen and six-
pence per quarter of 480 lbs.

POSTSCRIPT TO THE PAPER ENTITLED AN
INVENTORY TAKEN AT PARK HALL
IN 1761.

By STANLEY LEIGHTON, M.P., F.S.A.

Since writing the paper which appeared in the last
Part1 of these Transactions, the following allusion to
the Gatehouse at Park, which no longer exists, has
been brought to my notice. It is an extract from the
Mytton MSS., copied by Mrs. Childe of Kvre Park, in
1886.

In Evelyn's Forest Trees (Evelyn and Hunter, Book
III., p. 196, ed. 1812), occurs the following : —

There is somewhere in Wales an inscription cut in tho wood
of an old beam, thus : —

Sexaginta pedes fuerant in stipite nostro
Excepta coma, qute speciosa fuit.
This must needs have been a noble tree, but not without
later parallels.

I now give the extract from the Mytton MSS. : —

The Welsh Beame here mentioned by Mr. Evelyn (Evelyn's
Forest Trees, p. 82-163) is in ye gatehouse of Thomas Powell
of ye Parke in ye co' of Salop Esq, and serves for ye out Basis
or ceiling of the 2"d storey thereof, along which the following
verses wore neatly carved, but some of ye letters are
now defaced by time and weather (being 136 years since ye
building was erected) however with ye assistance of ye sd Mr
Powell I have faithfully transcribed them from the original

1 Soe pp. 97-119, ante.

240 POSTSCRIPT TO THE INVENTORY AT PAliK HALL.

piece of timber and are inserted here. This ..... day of
September A.D. 1708, per me Martyn Baldwyn.

En ego que firmis steterani Uadicibus oliin

Silyariim Dominus fertnlitate mea.
Ictibus lieu erebris cecidi puleherrima qucrcus

rneumbo saxis pondere pressa domus.
Sexaginta pedes fuerant in stipite nostro

Exeepta coma que speciosa fait.
Noil faeies forinosa potest producere vitam,

Non genus egregium cum fera fata vocant.
Quare no rebus nirnium tu lide seeundis

Felix quisquis agis tempore euncta ruunt.

The change from the feminine to the masculine
gender, and the apparent false quantity will be noticed.
Whether the fault lay in the author of the verses or in
the transcriber of the defaced letters I cannot say. I
will only give a paraphrase of the Latin : —

Lo I who once stood deeply rooted in the land,

The Lord of all the Forest trees, 1 trow,
A mighty oak, have fallen by the woodman's hand,

And I'm the stringcourse of a Gatehouse now.
Sixty feet in length my measure,

Undecayed by time or storm,
But my crown of leafy treasure

Was the glory of my form.
The fairest face will not the cruel fates beguile,

Nor pride of ancient birth prolong life's ycara.
Then do not trust too much to fortune's favouring smile,

Her iickle smile will one day turn to tears.

I cannot suppose that the frontage of the Gatehouse
extended the length of 60 feet, but possibly this " noble
tree " was sawn into two beams of 20 feet for the front
and rear of the building, and two of 10 feet for the
sides. 1 am not aware of the exact situation of the
Gatehouse, but i presume that it stood near the front
of the present hall.

241

THE OTTLEY PAPERS RELATING TO
THE CIVIL WAR.

Edited by WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S.

(Jontimii-.d from '2nd Series, Vol. VI., p. 78.

My original design was to print these papers in their
proper chronological order, but owing to a misplaced
packet containing some interesting documents having
come into my possession after those in Vol. VI. were
printed, it is found necessary to interpolate here a few
belonging to an earlier date, a course, I think, prefer-
able to forming an appendix.

These earlier papers afiord an opportunity of intro-
ducing matter from other sources, which will aid us in
forming a more complete conception of the incidents
connected with the King's visit to Shrewsbury on the
20th of August.

in the first of these we are taken back to the 8th of
August, 1642, fourteen days before the King erected
his Standard at Nottingham, and are introduced to the
loyal men of Shropshire who signed the " Declaration
and Protestation, " which carried so much weight with
it as to hasten that hostile and momentous manifesto,

I, XV. DECLARATION AND PROTESTATION OF Till!:
OENTLEMEN OF SALOP.

1G42.

The dcclaracon and protcstaeon agreed upon by the Graund
Jury at the Assizes1 held for the County of Salop the Eighth

1 It is stated .that Judge Ilendon sat at these Assizes, and that his
impartiality was seriously impugned by a contemporary journalist in
Special Passages Aug ), who refers to "the pact grand jury,

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daye of August 1642, and assented unto by the high Sherriffo
and diverse of the Justices of the peace gent, and ffreehqulders
of the said County then present,

Whereas our honorable and worthy neighbours of the County
of Worcester have made a loyall declaracon of the confidence
in our Soveraigne Lord the Kings government over us accord-
ing to our knowne lawes And since our ffaith goeth hand in
hand with theirs wee will not soe much as alter their wordes
But wee alsoe doe with all thankfullnes and unanimously
acknowledge our selves sensible of the good lawes which
through his maiesties goodnes hath ben enacted, this parlia-
ment And wee doe much reioyce in his ma'ties pious and
tender care expressed by his ma'ties declaracons and expres-
sions in print And lastly by his highnes letter read unto us
publickly this Assizes in open Court to defend and mayntayne
the true protestant religion by the lawe established against
Popish Recusants Anabaptists and other Separatists And that
the lawes of the land shalbe the rule of his maiesties gover-
ment wherby the subjects liberty and Property is defended
And that his maietie will preserve the freedome and iust privi-
leges of Parliament with all which expressions wee were
abundantly satisfied That wee doe not any way distrust his
maiesties constancy in these resolucons And wee doe declare
that wee wilbee ready to attend and obey his maiestie in all.
lawfull wayes ffor the putting of the Coimtrey in a posture of
Armes for the defence of his maiestie and the peace of this
Kingdom e And doe resolve according to our oathes of Supre-
macye and allegiance late protestacons to adventure our lives
and fortunes in the defence of his Royall and sacred person
and honor the true protestant religion The iust Priviledges of
Parliament and the knowne lawes and liberties of the subiects
That thereby the distractions and disturbances of his maiesties
kingdome may bee reduced to his loyall government.

John Welde, high Sherriffe The names of the Grand Jury.

Sir William Whitmore, Knight Sir Paul Harries, Knight and

Tymothy Tournour Esqr Re- Baronett

corder of the towne of Sir Thomas Wolridgc, Knight

Shrewsbury. and Baronett

and asserts that the judge "after the sheriff had returned a list of
gentlemen to serve, put in and put out, as he thought would advan-
tage the design," and the writer imputes it as a crime to this jury-
that "they have verbatim presented the same declaration that was
agreed on by the pact Grand Jury iia Worcestershire." (Owen and
Blake way, i. 117).

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAf?

240

Edward Dod, Esca'etor Com.
Salop.

William Blackerlay high Con-
stable
Thomas mirmer
Richard ffarmer
George ('farmer
John Horton
Nicklos N. Coxe
Rich. Cox
William Yorke
Thomas Blakway
Thomas Norton
Andrew x Church
Thomas Late ward
Thomas x ffarmer
Rich. Meyre
Steven Philips
Edward Langley
Richard Hoggines
Robert Morris
ffrancis Sanfford
William Johnson
Thomas Dod
Thomas x Bennot
ffrancis x Garland
Thomas Wellins
Robert x Mathewes
Edward Yate
John Peers
John x Milliard
John I E Eves
ffrancis Harris
William VV Mullard, Junr
Richard Stuarchley
John ap Richard
Richard Walker
Richard Lodge
Isaac Browne
Thomas Rowley
William x Mullard
John Robertes
J am os liar wood
Edmond x Clenchyard
Humphry x Newell

Sir Vincent Corbett, Knight

and Baronett
Sir William Owen, Knight
Thomas Ey ton, Esquire
Thomas Screven, Esquire
Edward Cressett, Esquire
Walter Piggott, Esquire
ffrancis Ottley, Esquire
Roger Kynaston, Esquire
ffrancis Thornes, Esquire
Richard Lloyd, Esquire
Edward Baldwyn, Esquire
ffrancis Billingsley, Esquire
Edward Stanley, Esquire

John Clarke
Richard Wem
John Bowdler
Humphrey Madox
Richard ffarmar
Edward x Huxley
Tho. Latward
Tho. Mathewes
George Hollis
Tho. Younge
William Holland
Edward Williams
Richard Milliard
Ric. Phillips
Samuell Dawes

Thomas Dodd
John Bennett
George Downton
John ffarmer
H o 1 j q > 1 1 r ( ' y Hoggins
John Sucker
Thomas Bullock
Richard 1 Iaries
Thomas Hood
John Phi pes
Thomas Phillipes

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T.H E OTTLEY PATERS

Heugh Jones Thomas Juckes

Thomas Grainger We all assent herein except

John x James by way of the Commission

John Harris of array.

[Names on second copy of the Declaration.]

Richard Hosier Robert Cleaton

Thomas fforster ffrancis Alleine

Thomas Woodcock John Clybery

Thomas Harper Robert Bathowe

Roger Roe Ric x Bowier
Thomas Wright

N.B. — Those with a x or capital letter between their
Christian and surnames were illiterate.

It by no means follows that we have here the whole
of the names of those who signed ; these only have
been preserved.

LXVI. RESOLUTION OF THE CLERGY OF SALOP.

1642.

August 24th, 1642.

The resolucon of the Clergy of ye County of Salop to associate
ye high Sheril'fe, the Comissioners for yc Array the
Gentry, ffreeholders & others of the said County Respon-
sive to theire resolution.1
Whereas you have declared yourselves to be ready and
assistant with your lives and estates to defend ye Kings royall
person, the Established protestant religion in the Church of
England, the due rights of parliament, the Lawes of ye Land
& liberties of ye subject, Wee who have all-ready subscribed to
ye premises & whose names are underwritten, doe in ye name
of Almighty God (whose Messengers & Ministers wee are)
declare and protest with our lives and fortunes, prcachinge,
prayer, & what elce may conduce to ye honor & safety of his
Ma'ties royall person, the true Protestant religion, the due
rights of parlyment, the allowed lawes of ye land & libertyes
of ye Subiect. Unanimously to associate & incorporate our
selves with you ; expecting & nothing doubting of ye like
Corespondency from yon,

1 It can hardly be supposed that the seventeen names appended
to this paper were all that appeared to the original "Resolution;"
but they are all that have been preserved to us amongst the Ottley
papers.

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR,

245

Nich: Page, T. P. Rector de
Wera.

Laurent' Seddon, Th.B,, Rector

de Worth en.
Wili'm Ramsden, Rector of

Edgmund.
Ri: Awnsham, Rector de

Hopesey.
James ffleetwood,Vic: of Prees.
Ed'nd Wolley, Rector of

Adderley.
Ger: Needham, Vicar of Bis:

Castle.

Rich: Waring, Cur: of Halston.
Walter Williams, Vicar of St.
Martins.

Jo: Arnway, Archdeacon of
Salop & Parson of Iiodnett.

Willm. Higgins, Archdeacon
of Derbie & Rector of Stoke.

Humphrey Wynn, Vicar of
Oswestry.

Geo: Griffiths, T. P., Rector of
Llanymonagh.

Edw: Willins,cRector de Whit-
ting ton.

Ja: Wilding, Rector de Syllat-
ton.

John Price, Rector, Knockin.
John Smalman, Vicar of
Kynerley,

The influence which these loyal Declarations exercised
on the King's affairs is well known. He immediately
afterwards dispatched a Commission to Mr. Ottley to
embody a force of 200 foot to secure Shrewsbury, which
step in its turn influenced the wavering Corporation so
far as to lead them to pass an order on the 15 th Sep-
tember, " That if the King's majesty come to this town,
He shall have free access into it, and the town will
make the best enterteynment these troublesome times
aforde." On Monday the 19th, Charles was so far on
his way that he delivered the following speech at
Wellington at the head of his army, having previously
made his well-known Protestation.

His Ma'ts Speech before His Protestacon in the head of His
Army after the reading His Orders for Marshall Discipline,
on Monday the 3 9th of September [1642].

Gentlemen,

You have heard these Orders read. Tis your part in
your several places to observe them exactly. The tyme cannot
.be long before Wee come to Action, therefore you have the
more reason to bee carefull, and I must tell you I shall bee
very seveare in the punishing of those of what Condition so-
ever, who transgress these Instructions, I cannot suspect
your Courage and Resolution ; your Conscience and Loyalty

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hat li brought you hither, to fight for your Religion, your King,
and the Lawes of the Land. You shall rneete with noo
Enemies but Tray tors, most of them Rrownists, Anabaptists,
and Atheists, such who desire to destroy both Church and
State, and those who have already condemned you to mine for
being Loyall to Us. That you may see what use I mcane to
make of your labour, if itt please God to bless itt with Success,
1 have thought fitt to publish my Resolution to you in a
Protestation, which when you have heard me make you will
believe you cannot fight in a better quarrell, in which I promise
to live and dye with you.

The next day he entered Shrewsbury, and took up
his abode at the Council House. We owe the most
graphic account of his entry to Sir Edward Nicholas,
who was an eye-witness of the scene, in a letter to Sir
William Bosweil, resident at the Hague.

His Majesty arrived "here yester-night ; the High Sheriff
Sir John Weiid [Weld] attending him from Wellington with a
train of thirty-four liveries. He was received near this town
by three fair foot companies of the trained bands, and a
hundred horse; afterwards by the Mayor, Aldermen, and
liveries, all ranked in a very comely manner; they and all the
people shouting with great joy throughout the whole town to
the Court gates. After his Majesty there entered the Banner
Royal at the head of the Lord General's regiment, then the
cannon, munition, and six foot regiments more, which are
quartered about the town.1

On the 23rd the King went to Chester, returning on
the 27th to Shrewsbury, and on the following day met
a large concourse of people who had been summoned by
the High Sheriff to attend him. A contemporary who
was present gives us the following account : —

On Tuesday last, at night, his Majesty came safe to Shrews-
bury from Chester. And upon warrant, granted out the
Friday before, most part of the gentry, clergy, freeholders, and
substantial inhabitants of the county, appeared before him last
Wednesday at Shrewsbury, in a meadow called the Gay, where

1 Bouverie's MSS., Hist. MSS. Com. 10th Report; Appendix pt.
vi., 8G.

RELATING TO TPIE CIVIL WAR.

247

his Majesty and the Prince came in person, and made a short
speech, which, the crowd being great, I could hear little of,
but the substance of that he intended to speak was put in
writing and was read to the people, *which was to this effect :
That such was the insolences of a rebellious and malignant
party against him, who had robbed and spoiled him of his
goods, and kept his revenues from him, and had now set forth
an army marching against him, that now he was enforced to
desire the aid and relief of his good subjects to supply him in
this necessity for the defence and safety of his person, the
preservation of the true religion and maintenance of our laws
and liberties, hoping they would be as liberal to their abilities
in supplying him as others that were grown wanton with
plenty had been bountiful to maintain the war against him;
but yet rather than he would put too heavy pressure upon his
good subjects he would melt down his own plate and sell and
mortgage his land to maintain his just rights and ours. There
was no money or plate parted with that I did see, for his
Majesty referred it to his, High Sheriff and other Commisioners
to use the time and method they thought fit. and so we should
be called again to express our affections to them. The Lord
grant us faith and constancy to undergo all troubles that lie
upon us, and send a happy and speedy reconciliation betwixt
Prince and people to God's glory and our comfort.1

On the 12th of October, the King left Shrewsbury
for Bridgnorth, on his way to Oxford ; but before dis-
missing this memorable visit I must reproduce a letter
from Mr. Basil Waring, a native of Shrewsbury, which
contains some interesting facts in relation to it : —

Sir,

My respects to you, I give you many thanks for your
good remembrance of me. 1 could not write to you an answer
by the same carrier, because they did not come of the latest
unto me, an<£ 1 was mighitily employed about the King's
business, I being an officer of the Mayor's. The King did go
from hence on Wednesday last to Bridgnorth, and some of his
foot soldiers did march yesterday to Stourbridge, in Wor-
cestershire.

1 Some late Occurences in Shropshire, etc., London, printed for H.
Blunden. Oct. 5th, 1*642 (King's Papers, Prit. Mus. 77-4. See
Phillips's Civil War vol. ii., p. 18);

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The King is about 16000 strong of foot, besides horse, and
every day more and more come to him, by reason (as we are
informed about us) the Parliament forces do so plunder as
they go. And the King hath commanded that no plundering
shall be at all, for he did cause Sir Robert Heath, who is now
made Lord Chief Justice of England, to sit with a Commission
of Oyer and Terminer, in our town, where si* of the King's
soldiers were cast for plundering and stealing.

The Mint is come to our town, and one Master Bushell doth
coin every day ; for abundance of plate is sent into the King
from the several counties about us, and a great deal of plate
comes daily out of Wales and Cornwall to be coined here.
Also the press for printing is come to this town, and this day
they arc setting of it up in some vacant rooms in my house.

Sir Richard Newport is made a. Lord; he hath given the
King 10,000 [it was 0,000] pounds. The King would have
knighted the Mayor, but he refused it.

The last Sunday the King took a protestation, and the
Sacrament Upon it, in ♦'St. Mary's Church, in our town, to
defend the true Protestant religion, established by Queen
Elizabeth and his Royal father.

We hear his Majesty on Tuesday last, with his army, were
at Birmingham, Prince Rupert demanding 2,000 pounds, or ho
would plunder the town ; but most of the inhabitants were
[before] fled to Coventry. Upon Thursday he marched to
Meriden, three miles off Coventry, and intends (as we are
informed by divers reports) to march towards Banbury, and so
to Oxford; for his resolution it is thought, is to march to
London or to Windsor, or thereabouts. God of his mercy
turn all to good and peace of this Kingdom, and deliver us
from the misery of Civil War. Thus with love to all our
friends I rest,

Yours to his power
Shrewsbury, Oct. 18, 1042. Basil Waring.1

While the King was at Shrewsbury the followers of
his army were not unoccupied. Taking advantage of
the concentration of all the forces at the capital of the
county, they are making raids on the innocent inhabi-
tants in the outlying districts, as will- be seen in the
next letter.

1 King's Papers, Brit. Mum., 80 15, printed in Phillips's IlisL

Civil War, ii., 30, from which .1 quote,

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249

LXVIT. JOHN WEAVER TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1G42.

fftir the Right worshi'll Sr firauncis Ottley, Knight.

May yt please y'r wor'ppe to bee advertized, that clivers
p'sons have had there houses plundered by some northen
p'sons (as is conceyved that followe the campe)and especyallie
the house of John Weever dwellinge in the p'ishe of Drayton
in Hales in the Countye of Saloppe who is his ma'ties most
obedyent and dutyfull subject whose house the sayd p'sons
Intended to have plundered uppon Monday night last and
this last night beinge Tewsedaye they endeavored to plunder
yt but were p' vented by reason hee did suspecte them then
cominge thyther, and that same night they did hurte and did
much vyolenco to a poore man & to two of his sonnes that had
lyttle or nothinge to loose, whereof his ma'ties most obedyent
& faythfiill subjects humblye ])ray Red rcsse in that behalfe,

At y'r worships service to bee
v commanded
September the xxviijth Jo : Weever.

1042.

Divers other p'sons have Receyved
the lykc revenge in these parts
that are noe Roundhcades but
moste duitefull subjects to his ma'tie.

As a small detail in the military arrangements
during the Kind's visit the following should have a
place : —

PROCLAMATION.

All gentlemen and Souldiers within the towne & liberties or
thereabouts for the preservation of his majesties sacred person,
The true protectant Religion, the liberty of the subject the
lawful! Privi ledges of the honourable houses of Parliament
lett them be ready for the peace of this towne and County at
the lawful! warning of Captain hrancis Ottley his Drome
[Drum] against all sedition tumults or rebellious force accord-
ing to his majesties late proclamation.

God save the Kiriff.

There is an abstract among- the Ottley papers of
several orders made by the Corporation from the
King's coming hither in 1642, to the taking of the

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town in 1G44 by the Parliamentary Forces, from which
it will be seen how heavily the town was burdened by
this royal visit and other demands.

Tuesday, Sept, 20th [1642] King Charles came to Salop.
Ordered that the Chamberlain pay £17 to the King's Princes
and Dukes, Footmen and Trumpeters.

That a petition be preferred to shew the weak Estate of the
Town, and to desire a week longer to raise the money for his
Majesty's Necessity.

Agreed to confer with the Commissioners of the Artillery to
know whether they will accept of the Carts, spades, and other
Materials in kind, or the price of them in money.

That of the Money collected within the Town & Liberties,
all be given to his Majesty, except £100 to the Prince, and a
100 Marks to the Duke of York.

A Committee appointed to treat with Captain Ottley con-
cerning the 200 men to be raised by him within the Town and
Liberties, how money shall be raised, and what Part of them
the Corporation is to maintain.

Ordered that £200 according to the King's special command
be raised by Assessment on Burgesses and Inhabitants for
repair of the Castle and the Walls.

Forty men ordered to watch every night, at such places as
Mr Mayor and Sir Francis Ottley shall appoint.

The town was possessed of two Pieces of Ordnance given
them by his Majesty.

Ordered that the Mayor, Sir Francis Ottley, and others do
raise 50 Dragooners or more, for Defence of the King's Person,
and of this Town and County.

An Assessment of £200 ordered for providing two pieces of
Ordnance, Tuns apiece, and other stores.

The Corporation agreed to be at half the charge of fortifying
Montford's Bridge; and that the other Bridges should be for-
tified, and have turnpikes erected on them.

That a Tun weight of Bullets be provided, and a Gunpowder
work be sot on Foot.

A Difference arose between the Corporation and Sir Francis
Ottley the Governor about his Laying a Tax on the Inhabitants
of the Town without the consent of the Corporation.

An Assessment of £500 ordered for his Majesty's Service.

Another for ;i Month's pay for 120 Soldiers for Garrison in
the Town, which to be aisb~Monthly.

AnoLher for £140 for fortifications.

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR.

251

That the Assessors raise with all speed the Assessment of
£800.

Another Assessment of £1,000 ordered for making Fortifica-
tions, and buying 6 pieces of Ordnance.1

The inundation of fervent loyalty backed up by
such an overwhelming military force made Shrewsbury
an undesirable residence for those who wished to steer
a middle course, or who held altogether with the Par-
liament, and many who were able to do so left the
town, while those who remained were closely watched.
There are several lists of delinquents among the Ottley
Papers.

The names of the delinquents within the

towne and liberties of Shrewsbury,
Thomas Mytton, Esq*. Humphrey Mackworth, Esqr. Thomas
Niccolls, Esq1'. Thomas Hunt, Esqr. Thomas Gardiner, Gent.
The daughter of Andrew Studley, deceased, being now in
London. Abraham Puller, Clark. John Baker, Gent. John
Bromley, maulster. George Williams, mercer. William
Rowley. Frank Jones, Alderman of London, hath lands in
Berwick.

Another list is as follows : —

[Delinquents.]
William Rowley beare brewer
Owen George
Jhon Prowde, Draper
qucrie what came of the monies collected.
Jhon Loyde, Draper

John Jeffreys Draper Collector for the subsidie.

Jhon Atcherly.

Adam Webb.

Jhon Lowe Draper.

Thomas Clarke, Butcher;

William But trey Trumpeter.

Richard Chesheire.

Jhon Hopton. that did carrie the mase before the Commis-
sioners of the Parliament.
Jhon Mackworth, Dior.

1 I have given these extracts because they were copied from a
" Book of Orders of the Corporation," which, as far as T know, is no
now to bo. found among the .Borough archives.

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That these be Committed to the Sherriffe his Costodie
untill Humfrey Mackworth Tho. Nicolls Tho: Hunt & the rest
be recalled home, & that this towne & Countie be freed from
the danger of these in viting of the Ilebells force.

[On the back,]

Joseph Raines

Edmund Howells

Thomas Peate ")

i? i i h, - - mercers.

Edward Phips j

The next paper, although anonymous, appears to be
of an official character, and expresses the mind of the
triumphant party on what is necessary to be done. It
was probably in consequence of this communication
that the King issued a Proclamation immediately on
his arrival in Bridgnorth, "For the better peace and
quiet of our County of Salop," in which he accuses
li some persons of good quality " of uttering or dispers-
ing scandalous and seditious speeches, of purpose to
alienate the affections of his subjects and to slander his
person and government ; and of contributing to the
maintenance of the forces traitorously and rebelliously
raised against him under the Earl of Essex ; and com-
mands them to be apprehended, as persons charged by
him with high treason. Thomas Nichols and Humphrey
Mackworth, Esqs., of Shrewsbury, and Thomas Hunt,
Esq., are mentioned by name. In consequence of this
and a letter which accompanied it, the Corporation
" Agreed that the aldermen and assistants of this town
mentioned in his Majesty's letter, viz., T. Nichols, IT.
Mackworth, T. Hunt, John Betton, Thomas Wingfield,
William Rowley, Owen George, John Prowde, John
Lloyd, John Lowe, John Mackworth, Richard Cheshire,
and George Williams, as persons disaffected to his
Majesty's person and government, shall bee sequestered
from the several meetings till they have cleared them-
selves ; and if they do not, then new ones to be chosen
in their stead." (0; and B. Hut. SL9 i., 430).

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LXVIIl. TO THE EARL OF BRISTOL.
1042.

Right floNORAiixE

1 have made bould to send these propositions to your
honor for to furnish us with armes for our number for garison ;
first

1 That Henry Binney. Clarke to the Bande of Thomas Hunt,

who did assume the name of Captaine to the militia of
Shrewsburie, doe goe alonge with some eminent officer,
to demando all theire armes, powther match & bullet,
of every man that was inlisted, or lett them be im-
prisoned untill they bring them in.

2 What number of souldiers are thought fitt to be raised by

the towne & liberties, besydes the Cuntrie forces, & how
the Commanders & souldiers maye be payd.

3 That these men hereafter mentioned, be to attende his

maistie to London, or Special Caution be given for there
non invitation of the Pebbles' forces, William llowley,
bear brewer, Owen George, mercer, John Prowde, Draper,
John Lloyde, Draper, John Lowe, Draper, Thomas
Clarke, Butcher, Richard Chesheare, Draper, John
Mack worth, Dier.

4 That Joseph Lloyde, John Winckfield, Nathanyell Prowde,

all Drapers, be sent for, & on oath to deliver in what
. Plate they did packe for London ; whose it was, & to
what use it was sent ; & who to there knowledge hath
sent horse man & monies to the Parliament forces.

5 That an Ingeneire & an experienced Chyurgion be left here.

6 That six hundred Dragones of Sir Robert Howard's regi-

ment, if it might be spared, be for the defences of this
Countie, assisted by the Charge of the North. Wales
Counties, with Chester, For the Trayned bands at this
season being there [they] will be much Troubled, & I
feare the service by them will be by them most slenderly
performed, some of there minds being soe variously
possessed.

7 That all the gunsmiths in this Countie maye be Com-

manded to worke in Shrewsburie, or thereabouts, that
none shall have muskites or pistolls, but what shall be
made for the King's use.

8 That all the g on trio, of what qualitie soever, that have

shewed themselves disaffected, or neutrall, maye give in
Caution, that if any enimy come they maye find noe
partio to assist them.

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9 That North Wales, Chessheare, & Lancasheare, since
Shropsheare is there guarcle from any force from the
Parliament, & now are constrained to draw up a
thousand or at least six hundred dragoners, it is desyred
that they should Contribute somewhat to our Charge
through these whole Counties, soe, that as long as we
are able, to defend ourselves or our owne stringth that
is now to be raised, & our trayned bands.

ffor the Right Honorable
the Earl of Bristoll

These present. [No signature].

On the 23rd of October took place the Battle of
Edge Hill, which, although an undecided event, left
both sides much exhausted ; hence we find Shropshire
in the following December recruiting its strength.

LXIX. INGAGEMENT AND. RESOLUTION OF THE GENTLEMEN OF

SALOP.

[1642.]

The Ingagement and Resolution of the Principall Gentlemen
of the County of Salop, for the Raising and Maintayning
of .Forces at their own Charge, for the Defence of His
Majestic, their Countrey, and more particularly the
Fortunes, Persons, and Estates of the Subscribers under-
named.

We whose names are under-written, do hereby ingago our-
selves each to other, and promise upon the Faith and Word of
a Gentleman, that we will do our uttermost endeavours, both
by our selves and friends, to raise, as well for defence of our
King and Countrey, as our own particular safeties, one entire
regiment of Dragoneers, and witli our lives to defend those
men's Fortunes and Families that shall be Contributors
herein, to their abilities. And for the more speedy expedition
of the said service, as also for prevention of being surprized
and plundered by our Enemies, we have thought lit to intreat
Sir Vincent Gorbett formerly Captain of the Horse for this
County, to be our Chief Commander over the aforesaid Regi-
ment; And likewise we have appointed the day of our
appearance for bringing in of every man's proportion of his
Horse or Money, according to the subscription of his under-
taking, to be the Twentieth day of December, all in JtqUlefield,

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Henry Bromley

Robert Viscount Killmorrey.

Robert Howard.

Richard Leveson Knight of

the Bath.
Richard Herbert Esquire.
Richard Lee Baronet.
Paul Harris.
Thomas Wolrych.
Vincent Corbett.

Kniijhts and Baronet?.

William Owen.
Richard Prince.
Robert Eyton.
John Weld sen.
Francis Ottley.
Thomas Screven.
Thomas Eyton.
Thomas Lister.

Knights.

John Corbett.

Rowland Lacon.

Roger Owen.

Edward Kinaston.

Francis Herbert.

Robert Corbet of Iiumfreston,

John Bromley.

Thomas Corbett,

Pelham Corbett.

Roger Kinaston.

Carew Stewry.

William Fowler.

Edward Acton.

Walter Pigot.

Thomas Ireland.

William Cotton.

Edward Cresset.

William Barker.

Francis Thornes.

Arthur Sand ford.

Ralph Goodwin.

Tho. Whitmore.

William Blunden.

Esquire, Sheriffe.

Richard Okeley.
Harbert Jencks.
Francis Billingsley.
Robert Matthews.
Richard Church.
Rees Tan n at.
Thomas Phillips.
John Leigh ton.
Lawrence Rental].
George Ludlow,
John Dawes.
Thomas Barkley.
Edward Stanley,
Henry Powell.
Francis Burton.
Fulk Crumpton.
John Pay.
Pontesbury Owen.
Thomas Owen.
John Newton.
Edward Baldwin.
Charles Baldwin.
Thomas Edwards.
AValter War in sr.

Esquires.
Creswell Taylor.
Thomas Holland.
Andrew Charleton.
Edward Owen.
George Holland.
Edmund Bullock.
John Huxley.
John Wilkocks.
Thomas Lokier.
Audley Bowdler.
Edward Astley.
Richard Hosier.
John Wibumbury.
Francis Chambers.
Francis Smith.
Henry Keynes.
Francis Morris. .

Gentlemen.

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These who have subscribed, are those which were at the first
and second meeting. The rest of the Gentry which are far
remote, and well affected, we humbly desire may bo added to
this our Association.

John Studley Esqr Major of the Town of Shrewsbury, and
the rest of the Inhabitants within the said Town and Liberties
thereof, do, with a full and general 1 consent, engage themselves
to finde and furnish one Troop of Dragoneers consisting of
sixtie, at the charge of the said Town and Liberties; as also
two hundred foot Souldiers at their charges. Likewise under
the command of Sir Francis Ottley, Knight, Captain for the
said Town, for the defence of the Kings Majesties Royall
Person, The known Laws of the Land, The Liberty and
Property of the Subjects, And the Safety of the said Town and
Liberties.

May it please Your Majestie

Wee the Clergy of this County, are (with the Noble
Gentry) sensible of Your Majesties Wrongs, and our Countries
Danger; And therefore with them offer up our Abilities (with
all humilitie) an hundred Horse, to be under the Command of
Sir Vincent Corbett, according to Your Majesties Commission :
That so Your Loyall Subjects may here live in Peace, and be
serviceable to Your Majestie.

This " Ingagement " is printed on a broad-sheet,
probably at the Shrewsbury Press, and is a good
specimen of typography.

LXX. SIR THOMAS SCRIVEN TO THE PURSLOW HUNDRED..

1642-3.

Whereas there hath bine diverse warrants sent unto y'u by
his ma'tics' cornand requiring yo to Collect the payment for ye
trained souldiers by ye severall Allotments which never ye
lesse is not donne ; whether out of neglect of your duty or dis-
like of ye way of d being it. These are therefore to will and
require you to give speed}?" notice to all yo souldiers of ye
hundred that they bee before mee at Ludlow upon tuesday
next 17th of this month by nine in the morning with there
Armes Com pleat And that you alsoe give notice to yo gentle-
men and inhabitants of ye hundred (as well of the Clergie as
others) who are contributors in the maintenance of ye Souldiers
that they bee there alsoe to see them well furnished, and
satislie mee and others why there money wero not sent in

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257

according to warrants and farther to consult and conferre with
us how the Arrerages shalbe payd and ye Souldiers payd here-
after in the easiest way and best for ye Country, hereof fayle
not to give speedy notice of there Apparrance and bee there
your selfe to give accompt of your service donne and money
receaved by you.

Trio. Scriven.1

fiat, 10th Ja: 1C42.

[A note at foot says, " The originall writt with his
owne hand."]

LXXI. — WARRANT FOR JOHN BURCH'S APPREHENSION.

1642-3.

To all Maiors, Sheriffs, Bayliffes, Constables, and all other his
ma'ts Ministers officers and Lovingo subjects whatsoever,
and especially to John Wesgato, Thomas Hopton, and
Edward Evans gent' and to all and overy of them
grco tinge. *
Whereas by true inforuiacon made to me Sir ftrancis Ottley
Knight how that one J ohn Burch late of Kanke in the County
of Stafford gent hath taken up Armes and is a disaffected
p'son to our Sov'aigne Lord the Kinge and doth still persist
therein as a traytor to his Royail person : These are therefore
in his ma'ts name straightly to Charge and comaunde you
and every of you ymcdiatly upon sight hereof you make
diligent search and enquirye for the body of the said John
Burch, and him to apprehend and attach, and upon his

1 Sir Thomas Scriven, Knt., of Frodesley, Salop, was the son of
Edward Scriven of the same place, by Anne, daughter of William
BottereJl, of Aston Botterell, Co. Salop. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Henry Bromley of Shrawardine Castle, Salop, by
whom he had no family. He married for his second wife Margaret,
daughter of Sir Vincent Corbet, and relict of Thomas Corbet of
Stanwardine, Co. Salop, by whom he had two sons and three daughters.
His name appears in the list of the Grand Jury of the Assizes held in
Shrewsbury, August 8, 1642. Ho took up the royal cause with great
earnestness, was knighted in consideration of a handsome gift by
Charles I. on the occasion of his visit to Shrewsbury 29th of Septem-
ber of the same year, became Colonel of a regiment of foot, and was
appointed Governor of Whitchurch. He served under Lord Capol in
the fruitless attack upon Worn, Oct. 18th, 101.3, where ho was
mortally wounded ; died the 21st of the following January, and was
buried in Condover Church, where there is a monument to his memory.

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apprelicncon you forthwith bringe him before mo to answere
to all such Matters as shal.be objected against him on his
mat's behalf e as a Tray tor. And hereof faile you not as you
or any of you will answer the coptrary at yo'r uttermost p'ills.
Given under my hand and scale at Salop the 19th day of j any:
Anno K. R. Caroli nunc Anglic &c xviij. 1G42.1

1 Wo have in these papers a now chapter brought to light in the
career of that remarkable man, Colonel John Birch, who played such
a conspicuous part in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire during tho
Civil War. The editors of his Life, published by the Camden Society,
although they had access to the Ottley Papers, appear to have been
quite ignorant of Letters No. xxxix. and xliv. (ante), which bring him
before us as a Bristol Wine-Merchant, desirous of figuring as anything
rather than a Roundhead, and especially anxious to promoto " free
trado " between Shrewsbury and Bristol. Burnet was clearly justified
in speaking of him as a carrier, though a somewhat misleading
designation, inasmuch as he was certainly not a common carrier
conveying other people's goods in his own cart or on his own pack-
horses. Many of the wealthy merchants of the city of Bristol were
also more or less engaged in conveying up and clown the river Severn
both foreign and home produce, whom no one would dream of calling
carriers except in derision. According to the Calendar of the Spring
Assizes of 1642-3 (No. lxxxi., post), he was committed the 4th day of
January, by four of the leading Justices of the Peace of Shropshire
" charged with suspicion of High Treason," but whether he was
actually seized and sent to Shrewsbury Castle we are unable to learn.
If so, he must have made his escape shortly afterwards, no unlikely
feat for a man who showed such resources and audacity in his
subsequent career, for on the 18th of the same month Sir Francis
Ottley issued the above warrant for his apprehension. According to
a letter dated the day after, from Bridgnorth, (No. xxxix. ante) he
was at that time transacting important business with Sir Thomas
Wolrych and others, who offer to become bail for him, for it so
happened this warrant was served on him while he was in their
company. Eight days later he writes to Sir Francis Ottley from
Brist ol (letter xliv. ante) in which he figures as an innocent merchant.
Whether he surrendered himself at the Assizes to answer the charge
laid against him we have no means of learning. In the warrant he
is called "John Burch, late of Kanke [no doubt Canke or Cannock]
in the county of Stafford, gent., who hath taken up arms and is a
disaffected person to our Sov'aigne Lord the King, and doth still

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LXXII. THOMAS ED WARD ES TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1642-3.

Noble Brother,

This day I did moete Mr Baldwyns to hasten the Kings
horoild for raysing of dragoons in those p'ts, and I understand

persist therein as a traytor to His Royal person." The inscription on
his tombstone in Weobley church, Herefordshire, for which borough
he sat in parliament for a time, informs us he came of a worthy
Lancashire family ; the Revd. Canon Phillott in a paper on Weobley
contributed to the "Transactions of the AVoolhope Field Club," says
he came of a Cheshire family. From these contradictory statements
it is evident that nothing is certainly known of his origin. The
Revd. W. G D. Fletcher has, however, kindly furnished the following
satisfactory account of him, which sets the question at rest : —

He entered his pedigree, at Sir William Dugdale's Visitation of
Lancashire in 1664-5, at Manchester on the 9th of September, 16G4.1
From this pedigree it appears that he was the only child of Samue[
Birch, of Ardwick, co. Lancaster; who was third son of Ambrose
Birch of Openshaw in the same county. He is described as "of
Arc! wick e aforesaid, and of Whitborne, co. Hereford, esq., and now in
commission of the peace for the county of Hereford, eet. 47 in 1664."
His wife was Alice, widow of Thomas Selfe of Bristol, grocer, and
daughter of Thomas JDeane of Bristol ; and by her ho had two sons,
John and Samuel, and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. From his
monument in the chancel of Weobley Church, Herefordshire, it appears
that he was born on the 7th of Sept., 1616, and died on the 10th of
May, 1691, being M P. for Weobley at the time of his death.

There was another well-known old. family of Birch, seated at
Leacroft in the pasish of Kanke or Cannock ; and it would seem that
Sir Francis Ottley supposed (erroneously, of course), that John Birch
was a membor of this Cannock family, whose pedigree is recorded in
the Vis., Staffs., 1663-4 — W. G, D. F.

If we may hazard an opinion to explain the presence of John Birch
in Shropshire at this particular time, it is that he was seeking recruits
for his company of Volunteers, in Bristol, of which he was to bo the
captain. " From the beginning of October many of the youths of the
place [Bristol] under tho Parliamentary plea of acting for the King,
were already expert in arms."2 Owing to his connection with the
traffic of the Severn, Birch would be well known to the trowmen, a
rough and hardy race, who plied between Shrewsbury and Bristol,
from among whom he may have hoped to secure recruits, and that a
spy had informed Sir Francis Ottley of the fact.

1 Dugdale's Via.. Lanes.. 1664-5. pub. bv the Cheetham Soc., vol. lxxxiv.,
p.,,34..

2 Lift of Cut. fiireh, Camden Soc., p. 38.

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by them that many l'res came to Ludlow which being opened
may discover Intelligence to & fro' London. They are both
forward & ready to serve theire Kinge & Countrey ; and if you
will send them a deputation under hand & seal to authorise
them & theire deputies they will presently undergoe the
service and informe you of what is discovered in those parts.
They do consider that you have a Comission from his ma' tie
for what you doe this way and if they may receive your depu-
tation by Wcnsday next they will beginne upon Thursday
next to execute theire plan ; Mr Edward Baudewyne (our
Captayne) dothe intreate you to assist him with an officer to
exercise these dragoons if you know of one fitto for the
service. Thus with my loving respects to you and my good
Sister & Cousins 1 rest

Yor assured brother
Ffeb. 3: 1642. Tho: Edwardes1

To the right wor'll

Sr ffrancis Ottley 4

Kn't, these present.

LXXIII. WILLIAM PRICHARD TO HIS PARENTS.

1642-3.

Deare ffather & Mother my Humbille dutie Remembred
unto you, not for gettinge my love to my Brother and sister
and all the Rest of our good frindes in gonarall ; the Cause of
this my Rightingo to you att this time is that I would in
Treete you to Pardon mec in Regard of my slothful hies in

1 Thomas Edwardes, of the College, Shrewsbury, and of Greet, co.
Salop, a zealous Loyalist, whose name appears to the " Tngagement
and Resolution " before alluded to, was for his services in the Royal
cause created a Itanmet by Charles 1., March 21st, 101 .4-5. It lias,
however, been doubled whether the patent, owing to the unsettled
state of the times, was or was not taken out. I t is clear that the
warrant for the appointment received the Royal sign manual, and, I
apprehend, the patent was completed, for in a letter addressed
Aug. Gth, 1645, hereinafter inserted, he is addressed as Sir Thomas
Edwards. He had to compound for his loyalty by payment of
c£2,0G0. In Drury's Catalogue ho is only entitled " Esq./' but so
also is Sir Edward Acton, Baronet. lie died 1G60. — CM. Me
served tho office of High Shorilf in I G i l, and was brother-in-law to
Sir Erancis Ottley, the latter having married his sister Lucy, widow
of Roger Pope, Kn<|.

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wrightinge to you, the Reson is that the times Bee so
dangrous that I was feerefull to wright to you By the Reson
that the Letters bee brocke open verey ofl'ten. I here no good
newes to Right to you att all, Bat that I ame Perswadcd that
you all Heerd of, that is, that one of the Uper House of Parle-
nient Plis Cominge sudenly in our Countree with Sr John
Corbett, wich was made Shereef By the Parlement, and thee
Lord Brookes comes with ane Armie of 15 thousand
Dragoiicrs, and Mr Hunte of Shrosberey is Cominge with
hinic, and Mr Winfield, and God knowes what will Bee Come
of you all, for I doe much feere that our Cuntree will be
punished shoordley [? sorely], and Herefordsheore and Woster-
sheere, and Stafordsheere, for Hoe doth intend to Bringe all
theese Cimtreyes in subjescon, for I amesarttaine of yfc for one;
Hall [all] that [were] in Shrosberey wich Have Bine plundreed
are all Cominge downe with them, and one Hall, Called
Bluwett Hall, & hath lent poundes for the Rasinge of
Dragoonners, and this Lord Brooches is to Bee the Generall of
them. J would I)esicre my Brother not soo to with stand
them for ! due much fer [fear] all those that doe will loose
theere lives, for lie is a verey Rcligous lord, and I ame
Parswcded that Hee will doe as Littill Hurtt as can, for ho is
verey well beloved : wee have noe newes of pece as yett, Butt
wee Heere that the Erie of Northumberland, the Erie of Pen-
broocke, and the Erie of Sallsbercy, and the Erie of Holland,
doe goe to the Kinge, doe goo 8 Lords and a grete meney of
the House of Comans to the Kinge, to see, if soe Bee, that
thay can macke pece ; if soe Be thay doe not I thinke wee
shall all Come to Rewign [ruin] ; as for my part, my day
Prayers shall Be to god that he may Unight Bothe the Kinge
and His Parlement together, and that ther might not Bee one
Drop of Blod spilt more in this Civil war. But that we may
live pesebley to the glory of god, Hopinge that you all will say
Amen.

ffather, I have hard that you doe Here that I was gone for
a souldier in the Parlemente's armie, Butt I did never goe not
as y't [yet], Butt I doe traine once a wceke as duly as the
wecko Comes with my Mr [master] Harries, and our Compeney
his 500 soulders in the Band, and wee doe keepe a foott By
Mr Day oses, and work once a wicke, day and night, in Sniff
[shifts] if soe Be that theere Bee not pece we must all goe for
shouldres, and for mine owne Partt I Avill freely loose my
life in yt [it], for I doe thincke that theere will Be noe
Tradinge in a littell while ; my unckell and Ant are well, and
my Brother and Sister are well, and Rememb^i^theere dutie

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to you and the love to my Brothers and sisters. I pray
Ren i [ember] my love to my imkell Richard Tipton and His
wife, and to Thomas tipton, and tell [them] that Elizabeth is
in good rielth, and my love to my an-nt Margeritt Clarckc,
and. tell Her that her sone John is in well for his Captaine,
and his Troope, His [ho is] in London, and John Rcm[embers]
His dutic to His mother, and is verey gahmt, and Hopes tliat
His mother will not Be ofend[ed] soe with Him, for lie doth
not faight a gainst His Kinge, But for you all, if soe Be that
you Rightley Consider, and, I am perswaded, that you shall in
a shortt time see. Mary Wilson his well, and Thomas Rusell,
and Richard, are all well, for I was with them one shroftuesday.
I would Intreatt my Sister Ann for to send me a payre of
Stockines, for god Knowes whether I shall ever triibell you
Aney more; and I pray lett not my Brother David goo from
home, for I doe much feere that there will Bee a greate faight
when this lord Comes downe, wich God graunt there might
not. Soe with my Dayley Prayers to God for you all I Rest,

Your Obedient Sonne Till Death,

William Puichakd.

ffebrery the 18 day.

Brother David I pray lett me Have once a Letter frome you
more, for I doe much wonder that you for gett me soe
sudenley.

To his Lovingc ffather Thomas Prichard
Dwelling in Shraweden
Leve this letter att Mr Ronald Shelvocke
a Barber surguine in Shrosboroy d.d.

LXXrV. PROCLAMATION OF THE JiKV. GEORGE BAXTER.

1G42-3.

Salop, ff To all highe Constables pettie Constables, and all
other his ma'ts ministers officers and lovinge subjects
within this County of Salop & especially to the Constables
of Little Wenlockc greeting.
Whereas 1 am informed that one George Baxter1 of yo'r said

1 George Baxter, a native of Montgomeryshire, became Rector of
Little Wenlock, Salop, in I 608. lie was admitted of Balliol College,
Oxford, 8th December, 1598, graduated B.A. 3rd July, 1G02, and
M.A. 6th July, 1605,. He is mentioned in the Life of the Rev.
Richard Baxter as " the old, holy and reverend pastor at Littlo
Wenlock, who lived there till about eighty six years of age, in con-

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towne of Wenlocke clerke whoe by reason of his disaffection
to bis ma'tio hath longc tyme absented him self e from his Cure
and habitacon is now in a private manner returned home.
These are therefore in his ma'ts name to charge and comaundo
you, or any of you, forthwith upon sight hereof to repayre to
thehowse of the said George Baxter or any other suspected house
thereabouts or elswhere and make diligent search & enquirye
for the said George Baxter, and apprehend and attach his
bodye and ymediatcly upon his apprencon bringc or cause him
to be brought before me to answere to all such matters as
shalbe objected against him on his ma'ties behalfe. And
hereof faife not as you or any of you will answere the con-
trary at yo'r uttermost p'ills. Given under my hand and seale
at Salop the xviij day of ffebruary 1642.

FFRANCIS OTTLEY +

LXXV. JONATHAN LANGLEY TO THE HIGH SHERIFF AND SIR
FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1042-3.

From Birmingham

ffe: 22.

Right Worthy Sirs,

I take so much boldness on me to write my mind unto
you, I have left my Father my Wife and Children, with what
Mind there's one above knows, and how much I desire to
return you shall see by this, I never had an Intention, nor yet
have of taking up Arms of neither side, my Reasons this my
protestation already taken, binds me both to King and to
pliam* I am not so senseless [i.e., dull to perceive] (though it
were almost to be wished I were) that there are two Armies

8 taut faithful preaching and practising of the Gospel." His son
Benjamin was educated at Shrewsbury School, became Rector of
Uptou-upon-Severn, and was ejected in 16G2, lie is said to have
been " a preacher of extraordinary skill, who lived uprightly, and
Buffered much by his ejection." Stephen Baxter, another son, was
also educated at the same School, entered New Inn Hall, Oxford, took
his B.A. 22nd October, 1639, and his M.A. 15th June, 1612, and
became Rector of Harrington, co. Worcester, from which ho was
ejected for nonconformity, and afterwards practised physic. Baxter
calls him most humble and. blameless. ( A lumni Oxoniaises ; Hist, of
Shrew. School.)

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each seeking to destroy the other, and by oath bound to
preserve both, each Chalenging the Protestant religion for
their Standard, yet the one takes the Papists the other
the sismatikes for their AdehcrcnWs, and (for my part)
my conscience tells me they both intend the Protestant
Religion, what reason have I therefore to fall out with cither
— now if you'll be pleased to shelter me by your power, to live
at Home is my earnest desire, beseeching you that .no more
protestations be Urged upon me, for I find in my own
Conscience I have sufficiently enough of this, nor be compelled
to bear Arms, nor clapt up as disaffected to his Matie, which
very word I abhor from my heart. Thus wishing God to deal
with me as I wish to you or either of you, I rest yours to be
Commanded,

Jonathan Langley1

To the Right Worhs Henry Bromley Esqr

high Sheriff of Shropshire, Sir Francis Oatley Knight

Govornour of the Towne of Shrewsbury present these

LXXVI. W. W ATKINS TO THE MAYOR OF SHREWSBURY, &C.

1642-3.

To the right wor'll the Mayor of Shrewsbury; sir (Frances
Wottley, Knight ; &c.

These are to let yo'u understand that wheras Richard
Cotton of Haston & myselfe were charged with horse & armes
for a dragone & Richard Trevor of Smethcott for the souldier,
yet notwithstandinge both the sayd p'ties have hitherto
refused to doe any p'te of the sayd service through Avhose
neglect, yet 1 have p'formcd the service, to my great charge
this bearer hath bin the Souldier which hath served hitherto
but whether he will goe on you please to question him Richard
Cotton conceiveth Thomas Hughes his land to be uncharged
T conceavo my self to be verie greatly Charged I pay with the
allotment for the. trayncd bond, when his Majestic & four
dragoners, fiftie nyne horse for two dayes, flftene men liftene

1 Jonathan Langley, of the Abbey and of Burcot, Esq., was a
descendant of William Langley, tailor, who purchased the Abbey in
15$6j and father of Sir Henry Langley, Knight, of the same place ;
he was horn in 16.05, served the oflieo of Mayor of Shrewsbury lo'63,
and died 1G7L The neutral position which he, with many other
honest men, desired to assume, was an impossible one at the time he
wrote.

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2G5

horso all the tymo after, & nothinge payed, tlio p'mises con-
sidered my humble disire is, you wilbe pleased by this bearer
to the several! constables of Haston, & Sine the ott, to sumon
the severall p'ties to appeare in the service ; soe with my dutie
to yo'r worships Ireste

Tout's to Comand,
Shotten, March 2. W. Watkins.1

We here resume the letters in the order of their
date, broken off at No. lxiv., March 2nd, 1643, the
day on which Lord Brooke received his death wound
while directing the siege of Lichfield. Before the end
of the preceding month of February, the following
places were in the hands of the King : — Newark,
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lichfield (surrendered shortly after-
wards), Stafford, Stratford-on-Avon, Chester, Shrews-
bury, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, besides many small garrisons
in Shropshire and other parts of the Welsh Border.

LXXVII. MRS. LETITIA CORRETT TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEV.

1642-3.

Noble Sir,

: I have formerly sent two trunks to Shrewsbury for
security, but now my Mother, is going homewards, and I do

1 William Watkins, son of Francis Watkins, purchased Shotton,
according to Cough (Hist. Middle), from the Kynastons ; the same
author says of him that he was Under-Sheriff of Shropshire, a person
well educated, and fit for greater employment than that of a husband-
man; that ho very much improved his farm, overgrown with thorns,
briars, and rubbish, when he bought it, by the free employment of
labour, and added largely to the house and buildings. Ho was a
cheerful, merry gentleman, and kept a plentiful table for his own
family and strangers. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress
of Robert Lee of Chester, a provident and prudent gentlewoman, a
very good house keeper, and in all things suitable for such a husband.
His eldest son Francis held a commission of Captain in the Parlia-
mentary army, and afterwards inherited his father's lands, and also
his art of good husbandry. (Cough's History of 31 iddle ; Shrop.
Archseol. Transactions, vol. iv., n. 8, p. 362).

Shotton, the residence of Mr. Watkins, was within the ancient
Liberties of Shrewsbury, and therefore liable to all the assessments
of tlio town.

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desire to have tliem back before the Lod Brooke's forces1 stop
her things from her, soe desiring that you will do me the
favor to let me have yul speedily I rest

Your frcind and servant

Childs Arcall Lattice CoaBisTT.2

Ye 3* of March 1642

For Sr Francis Oatley at Shrewsbury.

PROCLAMATION.

Sir ffrancis Ottley, Knight, and Govenor of this towne of
Shrewsbury Doth in his ma'ts name and upon paine of
ymprisonment for three dayes, straightly charge and comande
Ail Dragooneers w'thin this towne and subarbs of Shrewsbury
w'th all theire mantayners to be in a readines on foote with
their Drumes compleate under the Cornemarkett, this after-
noon, betwixt the howres of two & fyve of the clocke to be
ymployed in his ma'ts spctiall service for the Defence of this
towne, theire owne lyves & estates from the Danger of the
Robells, who have cntrcd the confines of this County at the
towne of Newport, And those that have but onely dragoone
pceces must provide and bringe w'th them at the tyme &
place aforesaid sufficient muskctts for the service aforesaid
under the Comande of Leiuten'nt John Allen gent.

God save the King.

1 Robert, Lord Brook, a man of strong Puritanical views, an
adopted son of Sir Fulke Greville, sat before Lichfield, his troops
rendering insecure the surrounding district. Warburton says that
his fanatical spirit was strongly moved at the sight of the noble
cathedral, and with all the prelatie associations and sacerdotal
attributes that it conjured up." It is probable that the undated
Proclamation issued in Shrewsbury, and found amongst the Ottley
papers, belongs to this period, for all the Royalist garrisons in these
parts must have spared what forces they could to relieve so important
a place.

2 Letitia Corbet was the wife of John Corbet, of Child's Arcall, Esq.,
son of Sir John Corbet, of Stoke and Addcrley, both of whom I shall
have occasion to refer to hereafter. She Mas the daughter of Sir
Francis Knollys, cousin of Queen Elizabeth. Mary Bolcyrio, sister of
Anne Boleyne, was his grandmother. (1 am indebted for these and
other particulars of the family to the kindness of the Rev. R. W.
Corbet, Rector of Stoke, Salop.)

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LXXVIII. F. BELL TO HIS WIFE MARTHA.

1G42-3.

DlOAUK,

I am in good health I hi esse jjbd, am sorry to here Bro.
Griffithes is in ^Prison, and many more of our fronds, ] had
notice that there is a purpose to Tendav a protestation that .1
have scene in printo to women, but I hope god will keep yon
and the rest of frendes from takeing it, Cor if it should ho
Tendarcd to me I should choose death rather, and I hope in
god so will you I pray ; acquainte Aunte Bell that her sonn is
in good health, & in a way, if god spare him life, to be a kelp
to her, but in regard of his extrcame want of clothes & all
things necessary I would not (having so good & incouragemcnt
as I had) but pay him 40s of which I have received 20s ; and
20s more I question not but shoe will pay to you ; I pray
present my love to her ; and my cosscn ; 1 had hoped to sec
you this tyme, but now the lord above only knows when ; it is
my prayars our mighting [meeting] may be comfortable ; &
that in the meane tyme you & our frends me [may] be pre-
served from dangar ; I pray let me here from you so soone as
can, whether you are in good health ; I suppose the tyme is
neare, I pray god make it happy : & thus with my clearo
affection to you & all frends I for this tyme rest.

Yor F. B.

March 3, 1642.

lo: Br: is dead 1
To his deare wife Martha Bell

hast
in Sallop.

LXXIX. ED WARD BROWNE TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1G42-3.

Right Worshipful} Sire ffrances my servis remembred:
my Dcsir is that you will bee pleased with pacicne to reed
those fewc lynes. 1, a poor neighbour of yours and anc
inhabiter of the towno of Shrewsbury, who att all times was
plyablo to every scsment and law full taxsacion, and was con-

1 Lord Brook was shot in the eye by Dam Dj7ott, a deaf and dumb
man, while directing the attack of the Parliamentary troops on Lich-
field Cathedral, March 2nd, 1642-3, of which wound he died, tty a
strange coincidence he received his death wound on the festival of St.
Chad, the patron saint of the Cathedral, and by a bullet made of the
lead from the roof of that building.

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stantly resident in towno, upon tucsday being the last clay of
the month, Sire Panic Harris sent for my Brother1 before him,
and from thence too prison and hade not soe much time too
returnc too his wiffe and seven sm ale Children : therupon, I
bceing in towno enmc forth the same day to the place where I
was borne to certifie his wi fe of what had befallen my Brother,
and having some privit oeacious of my owne becyond. I stayd
thcre-about till fryday. Worthy Sire, T cam forth openly
through the gate about teun of the cloke and withall I never
saw any messenger nor warrand from your worshipp, which if
] had I would have biimc redy to obayc, nevertheless upon
fryday night last five of your worships soldcci's, whether with
your worshipps warrand or without 1 cannot tell, came to my
brothers house where I hade binil the day before and entered
the house in a most unhuman manner with thayr sowords
drawne too the terrifiing of the poore woman and seven small
children, and made ane oulcl inane of forescore years of age
arise out of belle and thretned too cl eve his brains ; and withall
rifled all the house with many bloddy oaths and other vile
expressions, as if fhay had binu. sarching for some malifacctter,
ore, or thife, or murthcrer, and tookc away, by the report of
the maids, one iiactson shert, one on bands of the onld man's,
and withall, a coate and a rappure of mine. As for the rappur
I have not any ocaciou, but my desicr is that you Avilbc plescd
to take my cote into your costitie that it bee not wornc by
those neightbours, wherby too agravat the great grifc of my
wife: worthy Sire I ame loath too complainc of my neight-
bours but in a word they doe much abuse the clcmence,
mercy, and good nature, that remains in your worshipe in
giveing out great threats of cruelty, and saying thay have your
worshipps warrand, for my parte I was never acuscd befor
your worship, nor any other, for any disloyclty, and godwilling,
when I have ended some small busnes that concerneth my
pre'nf ocaciou I will refurne in the same manor T went forth:
soe with my eontintiall prayors too god in your worshipos
bchalfo, I rest

Little ncsse. Yours too Command

this 4th of march.

To the Right worshippfull Edewaud Browne.

Sire ffranees Otley, Knight

and Governor of the townc

of Shrosbury, give this 1. pray youe.

1 For the charge against Iris, brother see No. 10 in the Calendar of
the Assizes, LXXXI, in nole.

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269

LXXX. SIR NICHOLAS IVY RON TO THE SAME.

Bit

I am sorye my occasions weave snche as 1 could not
attend my Lord poiyis eomeingc, but I have lately reeeaved
some letters from hU lienor yl gives me hopes J shall see him
shortly at Chester I am airayde yo1' raysinge of monyes wh
onght in ye first place to be thought on, mooves very slowly,
tor y° ray&tag 6f men w''ont yl will but distrcs yor seall'es Sz yor
trends, & give noe assistance to eyther, for yc present we arc
in ill eondieion hcarc, for whilst wc expect other troopes of
hors1 & those heare are uppon theare departure, fclteare is
littell to be don till busincs be setlcd in an orderly waye, wch I
shall to y° utmost of my power endeavour in an orderly waye,
I am

Your servant,
Chester the 4 March 1G42. N. Byron.1

For my honored frend Sr
Francis Pttlye governor of
Shrowsbery tliese.

LXXXI. A CALENDAR OF PRISONERS AT THE SFRING ASSIZES.

1G42-3.

Salop. A Kalinder of all the prisoners which are now in
the charge of the Right Wor'll Henrey Bromley, Esq1*

1 Sir Nicholas Byron was uncle of the seven brave and loyal
brothers of this family who rendered good service to the King, one of
whom, Sir John Byron, K.B., M.P. for the town of Nottingham, was
created a Baron of the realm by the title of Lord Byron of Rochdale
in co. Palatine of Lancaster. Sir Nicholas was appointed Governor of
Chester by the King, and according to Clarendon was "a soldier of
very good command, with a commission to be Colonel-General of
Cheshire and Shrophire, who, being a person of great affability and
dexterity, as well as martial knowledge, gave great life to the designs
of the well affected there; and with the encouragement of some,
gentlemen of North Wales in a short time raised such a power of
horse and foot as made often skirmishes with, tha eneciv : sotLctimis

t'rig-uc .c i i x : a: Eige Eilu in wtMh fL^-r—^' he $m ^unled.
'On the l'2th January, loii. when eseoniag arm- ana ammni:l:i:ii
from Shrewsbury for the siege of Narit^ich, he was surprised by
night in his quarters at EUesmere Ly Colonel Mytton, and, together
with Sir Richard "Willis, Serjeant Major-General of the Horse, and
t wo hundred men, was made prisoner.

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high Sheriff of the county aforesaid, with there cansses for
fellony or any other crime as followeth.1

1, William Webb, charged with speacking of ill and
malyticus speeches against the Kings Matio tending to the
dishonor of his Matic & disturbance of the comonwealth.
Comitted the 24 day of October, 1642.

P. Eobart Eyton, Knight.2

2. Samnell Swanwiok/3 comitted until! his Ma'tics Pleasure
Be further signified concerninge him unto me. Comitted the
xiiij day of December 1642.

Balled P. Sir Paul Harris1

1 The Judge before whom these cases were tried was probably Sir
Robert Heath, Lord Chief Justice of .England, for I find in the
borough accounts of Bridgnorth the following entry, the 24 February,
1642-3 : — " Frances Onyons, widdow, for loss in taking again '2 hogs-
hcades of strong becre, 1 hogshead of table beere, and 2 barrelles of
ale, which were lately had of her and lay'd into the College, upon a
generall speech of an assize to be kept in this town before Sir Robert
Heath, Lord Chief Justice of England, but afterwards staied and put
of, in respect of the civill warrs in this Kingdom when judges cold
not goe their cheilites, 10s,, and for carryingc in and out of the Paid
beere and ale, 4s 2d." Shrewsbury being a stronger garrison than
Bridgnorth would not be exposed to the same risk. (Re-print of the
Hist. MSS. Com. in Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc, vol. x., p. 126). Ten
criminal cases in the first part of the Calendar arc here omitted as
being of no interest.

2 Probably of Duddleston, in the parish of Ellesmerc, on the
extreme north-west border of the county. Sir Robert Eyton married
Jocosa, daughter and heiress of Francis Lloyd, of Hardwick, Salop
(Vide Vis. Salop, 1G23)

8 Gough. (Hut, of Middle) says, "There were sevcrall Gentlemen
in our neighbourhood that were forced to fly from their houses in the
warrcs, and to shelter themselves in Garrisons ; and because they
could have but little benefit from their lands towards maintaining
them, therefore the)' had commissions to be captains, to the end they
might receive a captain's pay to maintain them. Of this number
was Captainc Whiteomb of Hardwickc, Captain Richardson of
Rroughton, Captain Ilea of Wicherley, Captainc Swamvicke, and
others."

4 Sir Paul Harris, of Boreatton, Knight and Baronet, Sheriff of
Shropshire 1637, son of Sir Thomas, Sheriff in 1619, whom he
succeeded in 1629, and died in 1644. Cough, the historian, of
Middle, says, " He sent out "warrants requiring and commanding all
men, both householders with their sons and servants, and sojourners
and others, within the Hundred of Pimhill, that were between the
age of 16 and 60. to appear, on a certain day, upon Middle Hill. 1

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P. Henrey Bromley,1 Esq' vie.

Knight & barronet.

3. Robert Corbett,2 Esq1' charged for speeking certain words
tending to treason which is provid upon oath. Comittcd the
xvth day of Decern. 1642.

Balled by Richard P. Paull Harris, Knight & baronet

lord Newport &
Tymothy Tournor, Esq1'

4. John Burch,3 gent, charged with suspicion of high
Treason. Comitted the 4 day of January, 1642.

P. Rieherd Lee, Knight & Baronet.
Paul Harris, Knight & Baronet.
William Owen, Knight,
ffrancis Ottlcy, Knight & Capt.

5. Andrew Mills late of Newport, Taylor, charged to havo
solissited & laboured ernistly to have gayncd one Thomas
Higgins, a souldier of Captain Robert Corbett to Lave left his

was then about eight or nine years old, and went to see this great
show, and there I saw a multitude of men, and upon the highest
bank of the hill I saw one Robert More standing with a paper in -his
hand, and. three or four soldiers' pikes stuck upright in the ground
by him, and there he made proclamation, that if any person would
serve the King as a soldier in the wais he should have 14 groats a
week for his pay. Sir Paul was a person not well beloved by the
ancient gentry of this county, for being, as they termed him, but a
buck of the second, head ; yet being a baronet, and a proud imperious
person, he took [dace of those of ancient knight's degree ; neither was
lie beloved by the common people." Sir Paul was succeeded by his
son Sir Thomas Harris, a very distinguished loyalist, who, with
" Dame Ann, the widow of Sir Paul Harris, deceased, delinquants,
had to pay a composition of £ 1 542."

1 Henry Bromley, of Shrawardine Castle, in this county, and also
of Holt Castle, in Worcestershire; was great grandson of .Sir Thomas
liromley, Lord Chancellor of Kngland, son of George Bromley, Sheriff
in 15'J2. lie was the High Sheriff of this year. ( Vide Blakeway's
Sheriffs).

2 Robert Corbet, of Stanwardine, Esq., the friend of Gough the
historian of Middle, who was Justice of the Peace for Salop, Custos
Rotulorum, and Master in Chancery, was living at this time, but I
know of no suilicient reason to conclude that lie was the person named
above. From the character of his two sureties the accused must have
been a man of good position.

3 Colonel John Birch already mentioned. No. Lxxr., ante,

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captain, & to have gone alonge with him to serve Sir William
Brcaerton, comitted the 21 January 1642.

$. Walter Pigott, Esqr

6. Thomas Blackmere, late of Overton,1 charged with
speaking of words tending to high tresson. Comitted the 28
of January, 1642.

P. Tho: Wolrych, Knight & Baronet
Edward Acton ) -™ i>g
Edward Cresset J ^SC11S*

7. Richard Phillips, charged with speaking scandelous words
against his Ma'tio & wishing the death of the prince, & other
the Comissioners of Aray, which hath bin proved upon oath.
Comitted the 28 of January 1642.

Balled by Paul Harris P. Paul Harris, Knight & Baronet
Knight & Baronet

8. Thomas Harris, gent, charged for his wilfull refusal! in
Joyning with the power of your County for the Preservacon of
the peace thereof, beinge legally somened therunto. As allso
his Manifold expresion of his disafection to his Ma'tie &
maintayning the rebellion by the Earle of Essex, & other his
adherance in taking up of Amies against his Ma'tie: com' the
13 day of fobruary 1642.

P. Paul Harris, Knight and baronet
Ifrancis Thornes, Esqr

9. Lawrence Alinson, comitted for expressinge him selfe to
be a Parsson justley suspected to be disafected in not houlding
the Earl, of Essex, & those that take his part, to be Bcbells, &
houldinge other Tresonable opinions. Com' the 22 day of
february 1642.

P. Plenry Bromley, vie'.

10. John Browne2 of litle nese, comitted for that he hath
absolutly re fussed to joyne with the power of the County, &

1 Overton, two miles south-west of Stottesdeu.

2 That the charges against John Brown were proved, and that he
suffered imprisonment, is probable, although we have no proof ; but
I learn from Cough's History of Middle (p. 98) that this John Browne,
of Little Ness, was, at the time of the Commonwealth, chosen by the
Protector, together with Thomas Baker, of Sweeney, M to bee a
Parliament man, ;; i.e., a Knight of the Shire. The same authority
calls him "a selfe conceited, confident person, butt one that Mr.
Baker had a great respect for, because hce favoured the Independent
Party. rJ 'his Parliament," he proceeds to say, " was picked by the
Protector through the whoale Kingdom, and not chosen by the free-

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273

refussed to pay the taxacion logaly impossed upon him
tuchinge the same, And for that also he hath Manifestly
expressed him selfe to be disatectod in denyingc the Earlo of
Essex, & those that tooko his part at Edge hill against the
Kinge to be Reblcs, <fc in sayingc that it is eonccvecl that tho
power of tho ICinge is in the two housscs of Parlyament.
Comitted the 27 day of febmary 16-i2.

P Paid Harris, Knight & baronett.

LXXXII. BUSHELL'S CONTItACr FOR CLOTHING.

1G42-3.

March the 6th 1642.

Mr Bushed made his proposition thus that he would procure
for the Kind's Souldiers Cassocks, Breeches, Stockings &
Capps at reasonable rates to be delivered at Oxford, and at the
delivery to receyve readye money, or a bid of exchange to be
payd at London, the choyce to be left to them who provide
the clothes. And when one Loade of Clothes is brought, or
in bringing, to go on with providing of a second Loade, and so
from time to time till the Kings Army be all provided for, and
payd for in such manner as before.

Ro: Heath.1 RL Spencer.2 Ni. Crisp.3 Geo. Strode.4

holders, as usuall. Itt was thought that the Protector chose this
Parliament on purpose thatt they might make him King ; butt this
Parliament was too wise to do that, although the Protector, when he
turned them out, called them a Parliament of fools. '; It was through
the families of the Bakers and the Brownes that the Sweeney estate
descended to the present owner. See the letter from John Browne's
brother complaining of the rough treatment of the soldiers when
apprehending their prisoner.

1 Probably Sir Robert Heath, Lord Chief Justice, already men-
tioned.

2 (?) of Whitton, in tho Parish of Westbury, Salop.

3 Sir Nicholas Crisp, knighted in 1641, received a commission from
the King in July of this year (1643) to raise a regiment of five
hundred horse, but before it was complete it was surprised in his
absence at Cirencester by Essex and captured to a man. The disaster
appears to have entailed on him no discredit hi the opinion. of the
King, who, in the November following, commissioned him to raise a
regiment of fifteen hundred foot, but it would appear he did not
carry out the design. (Diet. Nat. Biog.) He erected a mansion at
Hammersmith, was created a Baronet in 1665, in which year ho died.
His son, Ellis Crispe, married a daughter of Sir Ceorgo Strode.

4 Sir George Strode belonged to an old Somersetshire family. Ho
resided in London, and afterwards i\t Westerham, CO. Kent. Ho

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LXXXIII. WALTER JAMES TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.
1642-3.

Worthy Sir servis unto you.

I am fearfull least you should be Offended for not
acquainting you from our Litchfield.1 I sent a Townsman
upon Fryday thither and is not com home yett. and what I
shall do I know not, and goe I dare not. Collonell Hasting
entered one Street as it is reported upon Sunday Afternoon —
this mans not Comming doth extrcmly trouble me and his
wife doth almost make me Mad, I pray you send mo word
what I shall do in this case, so in hast I rest

Your Servant to be Commanded

Newport March 6th - • Wa: James

To my honnored Sir Francis Ottley Knt
and Barronett Governor of Shrewsbury

present these.

LXXXIV. T. HANMER TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Sir,

I have sent my Servants with some Carts to fetch away
my Goods which I left in my House in Shrewsbury, I shall
desire they may have your Ticket to pass the Gate without
interuption, I am by tho Kings command to stay some time in
Chester, where I shall be ready to serve you as,

Yor Friend & Servant
Chester March 7th 1642. T. Hanmer

Mr Bridgman I know will tell you all the News of or parts
To the Honora. Sr Francis Oteley.
at Shrewsbury.

married Rebecca, daughter of Nicholas Crispe, Citizen and Skinner of
London, and dying 20 May, 1GG3, was buried at All Hallows,
Lombard Street. By his will, which was proved P.C.O. 3 June, 1GG3,
he left £1.U0 to his friend, Sir Orlando Bridgeman.

1 Lichfield surrendered to the Parliamentary forces under John Cell,
on March 4th. It appears that the writer had not heard of this at
the time of writing.

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275

LXXXV. THO: BUSHELL TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

honor'd Sr

* ■

I have here in Closed sent you the Kings Letter and
the undertaking of your Servant upon Confidence that I
should find your best furtherance, wich shall as much redowne
to your honor as anything that ever you appeared in, therefor
be active in your Assistance and perswation to those I have
writt to, the letter they will shew you and for news I refer you
[to] the in Closed letter and pamphlets, for am slepy, soe rest

March the 8th Your Servant

1642. Thomas Bushell1

for his honord Frend

Sr Francis Ottley

Governor of Shrewsbury

lxxxvi. w'. smith to the same.
1642-3.

Noble Sr

I lately writt unto you by a servant of mine ; since
when I presented you and your vertuous Lady with my service
by yor Brother, & I do hereby prosecute the same Offering to
you all. I suppose by this my servant you will receive some
Order about your troublesome Townsmen2 to your future ease,
& quiet in your Goverment ; wherein I shall not fail to assist
yor desires to Mr. Secretarie, and make you as good returns as
I am Able, I have now no News to Salute you withall; only
P. Rupert is abroad, & as I am informed he is this night at

1 The numerous letters written by Thomas Bushell to Sir Francis
Ottley, and the interest he takes in his friend's welfare, point to a
very cordial relationship between them, lie was a Worcestershire
man, engaged in working royal mines in Wales and elsewhere, and
was Warden and Master-worker of the royal mint Having the ear
of the King he did not fail to do all in his power to maintain the
good understanding between Sir Frances and the King. For further
particulars of him see 0. & B. Hist, of Shrtwahuri/, vol. i., p. 423.

2 This allusion of William Smith, the Provost Marshall, is probably
to the men whose names arc given in tho warrant (No. xcr. 2^ost) of
Sir Francis Ottley.

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Sadbury ten miles short of Bristoll ;! we dayly expect some
good News from him as comfortable as that of the L. Brook's
Death. Sr I will give you no farther trouble but rest
Oxford March 8th 1G42. YoMiumble Servant

W. Smith.

Mr. Secretary expects something under

your own hand about yor prisoners & then you will soon find
his care of you & yor Affairs.

To my honobIe Friend Sr Francis Oately Knight
at Shrewsberie

present this.

LXXXVII. WALTER JAMES TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Noble Sir

Having such an Opportune Messenger I am bound to
make you acquainted with this present news concerning
Litchfield ; it is reported that my Lord of Northampton his
forces are upon the towne. They report prince Maurice is by
Coventry. Their force at Litchfield is but fifteen Hundred,
from the Mouth of Sir Edward Bearing that was in our towne
this Day, & Sr John Skevington continue at Weston att Sr W
Bruerton's. a great part of Staffordshire hath received
Warrants now presently to rise for his Majestie, which if they
will not Appeare they shall fall upon their Estates and them-
selves for delinquents : Sir Thomas Wolrich came to our
towne last night with his band, and the post of Birmingham
coming to our towne the packetts were stopt, and brought
unto Sir Thomas Wolrich, foure letters 1 sent unto your
perusall that were for Namptwich, I sent a letter unto you
this week, and I desired that you would be pleased to give me
som directions concerning som business, but I had non ; I
shall have tomorrow absolute intelligence from Coventry, and
then you shall have perfect intelligence from thence.
Mar: 10th So in hast I rest

Your humble Servant
Wa: J A:

1 Prince Rupert had marched towards Bristol with 0,000 horse.
Some of the loading merchants of that city had promised to. open the
gate to him in the night, hut the plot Mas discovered (March 7th),
and by the prompt action of Colonel llireh, the leaders were captured,
two of whom, Ye'omans and Bourchier, wore afterwards executed.
Kupert returned t o Oxford as hastily as lie had come, and Essex made
no attempt to follow him. (Gardiner, and Life of Birch).

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277

here is a good report : Sir Will.

Hrnerton is either slain or dangerously shotfc at Delamere,
if it's not so I would it were.

To my M ost Honnored Sr Francis Ottley Govern, of Shrewsbury

present.

LXXXVIII. RIC: LLOYD TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Sr

Upon Monday, when Sir Nicholas Byron intends to be
at Shrewsbury, I shall be able to give you an account touching
the muskets — in the meane[time] I will bespeake all the
muskets the gunners can make. ... I am most heartily,
Wrexham, this Yr Affectionate humble Servant,

10th of March, 1G42. Ric, Lloyd1

for my most honoured
Sr ffrancis Otteley, Knt,
at Shrewsbury, these.

LXXXIX. THOMAS SPENCER TO THE SAME.

1G42-3 [?],

Maie it please you Sir

Seei.nge the necessitie of all meancs of defence to be
such as yt is And that we can not bo furnished with such
Armes as we showld It were goode we provide such as wee
can, therefore I meane to have yt propounded to the Justices
at theire meeting at Wesbury on Monday next, That a compe-
tent number of such Staves as I saw in your hall with fower
Crosse pickes towards the upper end, maie be raised within

1 To the first letter of Richard Lloyd in this series (No. xxvi.) I
appended a note suggesting it might have been written by Richard
Lloyd of Llwynymaen, but this is a mistake. There is little doubt
that the frequent correspondent of Sir Francis Ottley was Sir Richard
Lloyd of Kcclnsham, near Wrexham, at whoso house the King staid
on Ins way from Shrewsbury to Chester in September, 1G42, and
again on his return from that city, on which occasion he knighted
him. According to the authority of the Dictionary of National
Biograpliy, he was the eldest son of IVtamus Lloyd, of Marrington,
Shropshire, entered the Inner Temple 163 1 ; and attended Charles I. into
North Wales in 1G39. In a commission of Prince Rupert preserved
in the muniments of Shavington, Shropshire, he is styled "Atturriey
Generall of Wales and the Marehcs." In 1645 ho was made Governor
of Holt Castle, Denbigh, and treated with the Parliament for its
capitulation, Dec. 1646. He died 1676, and was buried in Wrexham
Church.

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our hundreds, by such as shall be thought meete: which will
be the like to take effect, because the ch&rdg will be little
though the- use maie be greate and necessarie. My request
therfore for this purpose is That you would be pleased to lend
me one of yours for a patterne for the Srnithe for the making
of the heads, which being once taken I will notfaile to returne
yt back whithin fewe daies. Sir hoping you will botheaprove
and further our purpose herein I rest.

Your Wor'ps to be comaunded

To the right wor'p'll Tho : Spencer. 1

Sr ffrancis Otley
p. my Sf

XC. THO: SAUNDERS TO HIS BROTHER.

1642-3.

Deare Brother

My Lo: Capell is coming to you to rayse horse & foot,
and Comand them in Cheife. I intend to follow, and take
some imployment under him, I stay here yett upon the Kings
especiall comand (& cannot gett loose) & can have almost
what I will of him. Good Sr as I know you serve the King
w'tli all your heart, & love mee, deale w'th all your acquaint-
ance & freinds (my unkle Burton imprimis) to send into him
all the foot- & dragoons voluntiers you can they shalbee lysted
& payd ; And I shall have the comand of them, you know
my condition, I love a man, shall incourage & use them well
that am no Merchant of Armes or men. God quite all your
love to mee and mine. My Jove to you my deare sister &
yours in hast I am &c

Oxford 15° Martii 1642. Your ever lo: Brother

Jacks duty to you Tito: Saunders

noe news worth writing.
To my dearo Brother
Tho: Fowler2 at his howso
in Shrewsbury or els where
speed mee.

1 Of Whittow, in the parish of Westbury, sou of Thomas Sponsor
of the same place, and Margaret his wife; baptr/eel at Westbury,
June 8th, 1508, entered Shrewsbury School 1580, described as. gen.
fil. et heres in the Register. Margaret Spenser appears in the list of
benefactors to the poor of the parish of Westbury for the sum of
£6 13s. id., hut whether this be the lady above mentioned, or not, I
cannot say.

'2 His family was seated at llarnage Grange, near Shrewsbury,
(See Letter iv. and note).

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279

XCI. Sill

FRANCIS OTTLEYS ORDER TO
DISLOYAL PERSONS.

APPREHEND 43

lb'42-3,

/■• '

Salop. To Reginald Shelvocke, Stephen Davis and Andrew
Gibbons, Gent, the three sergants of my band, especially
to Thomas Culcopp, Josias Lloyde, Humfrey Davis,
fforasmuch as the p'sons whose names are subscribed have
not upon severall proclamacons made within this towne app'ed
(with such Arms & weapons as they had) to Shewe therie love
and loyalltie to his ma'ts service for the defence and preser-
vacon of this towne, but have bene backward & slacke therein
and rather shewed theire obydience to the Militia against his
majestie as formerly they did or durst doe and are negligent
& doe sleight the same service to the greate & highe contempt
of his majests person and power. These are therefore in his
majesties name to charge and comaunde you or any of you
ymediatly upon receipt hereof you apprehend the said severall
persons, and bringe or cause them to be brought to the
custody of the ProvosE Martiall of this towne there to remayne
till such tyme as his majests pleasure in that behalfe" be
further knowne : Given under my hand and Seale at Salop
the xviju' dav of March, 1642.

Walter Bentley
John Harries
Andrew Harris
Edward Glye
Rich: flarryan
Jonathan Rowley
Henry Stone
Danyell Pughe
Richard Hotchkiss
Tho: J encks
Danyell Jencks
Tho: Phillipps, Drap.
John Wright
Walter Grincell
William Mason
Tho: Oram
Rich: Baggott
Ed: Cheshire, tan'
Tho: Ltuellin
Rich: Mill ward
Will: Dax
Tho. Clarke

Tho: Birchwood
Rich. Everall, Gors'r
Ja: Whittacres
Edward Phipps
John Hopton
Row: Prees
John Tompkis
John Wallthali
Alex: Gleaton
Tho: Luckman
Henry Hill
J ohn Glough
Ed: Browne
John Jones
Geo. Cowper
William Lloyde
Edward Hanmer
Rich: Fawkuer
John Ottmoore
Robert Grene
Sam: Mall

FFRANC IS OTTLEY Go,

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XCII. JOHN JEFFREYS TO MR. ROWLY.

1642-3.

Mr Rowly,

I sent a letter a fortnight since, to desire you to deliver
the 2 trunkes of S* Willrn Howard's (whicli I left at yo'r
house) to one Marke Rooke, servant to Mr, Comptroler ; if you
have not delivered them pray take care that they be sent by
the next convoy with Mr Bushell's goods, or otherwise sany, I
entreat you to acquainte the governor of the towne hearewith,
and send them as soon as you can, and you will very much
oblige,

17 March. Yo'r very loving friend

1642. Jo Jeffs1

Pray write to mee by whom you send them, woe ly at one
noilums nere Christ Church in Oxford,
ffor his loveng friends Mr
Jonathan2 or Benjamin
Kowly at Shrewsbury, these.

The sense of insecurity expressed in tM foUowing
letter arose, doubtless, from a very sev^ r%$0WB sus-
tained by the King's troops under F'trXh&mh§ Aston,
at Middlewich, six days previously (E^&rA 11-th), The
account given by Phillips in his G ef/l War in Wi\l& ;s
as follows : — " The largest force wnich had yet isg&m
out of Chester came to Middlewich. They were ex-
ceedingly strong in foot soldiers, most of whom wei
Welshmen, under the command of Col. Ellis and Majoi

1 Probably John Jeffreys, Esq., a Councillor of the Court of the
Marches, and Justice of North Wales.

2 Jonathan Rowley was the son of William Rowley of Shrewsbury,
draper, by his wife Alice, daughter of John King of Birmingham.
The father was an intimate friend of the celebrated Nonconformist
minister, Richard Baxter, and the son appears to have embraced the
same religious principles, hence he was no friend of the royal cause.
His name will be found in the preceding list of those whom the
Governor had ordered to be apprehended and brought before him on
the charge of not having- shown their loyalty to his Majesty's service.
It is probable that Jonathan Rowley found means to escape from the
town and await a .more favourable turn of events, which in due
course arrived, for during the Commonwealth he was elected (1653)
Mayor of Shrewsbury..

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281

Gilmore. Sir Thomas Aston commanded the horse.
The next day was Sunday. Partial as was the Puritan
to a strict observance of the Sabbath, even in his view
there were times when work and not repose was to be.
And it was so now, the urgency of the occasion did not
admit of delay, and Sir William Brereton occupied him-
self the whole day in preparing for the morrow, when
an attack was a certainty, and in annoying the enemy
by frequent alarms. Sir William was then at North-
wich superintending the fortifications going on there.
The body of his forces was at Nantwich. Messages
were sent thither ordering them to join with the
Nantwich forces on Monday morning. The battle,
however, had been raging for some hours before these
appeared. When they did come they brought victory
with them. The royalists could not stand the attack
of the reinforcements, and were driven back from the
streets into the church, where they were ' wedged up
like billets in a wood-pile, no man at his arms.' All in
the church were captured. No less than five hundred
prisoners were made ; among them were Col. Ellis,
Major Gilmore, some eleven captains, and a number of
other officers. Horses, arms, and ammunition in great
quantity fell into the hands of the Parliamentarians.
The Royalists were utterly routed. Sir Thomas Aston
gives a graphic picture of the entire want of discipline,
if not even the cowardice, of the men engaged."
(Phillips, i., 144).

XCIII. SIR VINCENT CORBETT AND OTIIERS TO SIR
FRANCIS OttLEY.

1G42-3.

Noble Sir

In regard of the presente daunger wee daylie coneeave
our solves to bee in, and the want of flield Officers to com-
mande us under our Collonell, the enemie Daylie threatning
or approachinge, doe request that favoure from you for the
reasons above s(1 that you will be pleased to afford us the
assistance of Captain© Haiusford - with all possible [speede for
Vol. VII., 2nd S. hh

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his Mati03 servis, we and your selves being soe much concerned
in it, and you will ever ingadge us to bee reallie,

YoT ffaithfull Kinsmen to serve you

Whitchurch March: friday
1642 j the 17th

For our Noble worthy ffriend
& Kinsman Sl* Francis Ottely
Governour of the Towne of
Shrewsbury

these presente.

XCIV. FRANCIS SMYTH TO THE SAME,

1042-3,

Noble Sr

This bearer my most speciall frend, and I assure you a
reall man for the Kinge, hath desired me to write unto you in
the behalf of one Mr Wicherloy a frend of his who being a
welthy man is much threatned and terrified by some unruly
souldiers passing towards Whitchurch, he assures me that
the man is right which I know he would not doe if it were

1 Edward Kynaston, of Oteley, co. Salop, Esq., son of Sir Francis
Kinaston, mentioned in Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting as Regent of
the Academy for the line arts established by the King (to whom he
was Esquire of the body) in 163G, under the name of Museum
Minerva, the members of which held their meetings at his house in
Govent Garden, l ie was the translator of the Troilus and ^ressida
of Chaucer into Latin verse, published at Oxford in 4t0 1635, and
died soon after the commencement of the civil war. His son Edward
appears among those who signed the " Ingagement and llesolution
of the principal i Centlenian of the countie of Salop" before noticed,
was among those taken prisoners at the capture of Shrewsbury,
Feb. 22nd, 1644-5, compounded for his estate by payment of £1,500,
with £50 per annum settled, and was buried at Ellesmero April 21st,
1G56.—G.M.

- Thos. Pigott of Stafford and Chester, younger son of f hos.
Pigott of Chetwend, co. Salop, and brother of Walter Pigott of the
latter place, whose name also appears to the "Ingagement" just
mentioned, as do those of Sir Kowland Lee, Sir Vincent Corbett, Sir
John Wild, Sir Thomas Eytou, and Sir Francis Otley before men-
tioned. —CM.

:; I Iocs Tanat, of Abertanat, co. Salop, who compounded, for his
estates by payment of £tf'5. lie died HHil.-- G.M,

V. Corbett
Edw: Kinaston1
Tho: Pigott2
Rees Tanat3

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR.

283

otherwise. My humble suite unto* you is that you will be
pleased to grannte him a proteccon under your hand which I
doubt not will quiet the busines, and will give my good frend
greate satisf'accon and binde me in a further obligacon of
service unto you whoe ever will be

Your wor'ps humble servant
Barton 17 M'tii to be comaunded

1642. ffra: Smyth.1

To the right wor'll my
most honoured frend Sil*
ffrauncis Otley, Knight
govenour of Shrewsbury

these pr'sent.

XCV. M. GR1FITH TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Sr Frances Otelye,

All thouge I have not the honer to be knowne to you
ye relation off y'r meritts have given me an ambition of your
aquaintance, and a confidence that you will oblige me soe
mutche as to satisfie me whether anic newso conserning my
father have com to you, or noe ; it has been reported hear that
at Shrewsbcury thar is much sartainetie off sutch acedents be
falne him, which have mutch prejeuduced him in y'e lose off

1 Burton is two miles south-west of Wenlock, and within tlio
parish, the register of which has several records of the Smyth family.
IVancis Smith, gent., was displaced from the Offices of Common Clerk,
and Clerk of the Peace of the Borough of Wenlock, in consequence of
his being adjudged a delinquent by ordinance of Parliament, Septem-
ber 19th, 1646, and his name is amongst the compounders for the
sum of £28. Who the " special friend," the bearer of the letter, was,
we have no means of learning, but we shall be probably correct if
we assume the " wealthy Mr. Wicherley" to be Richard Wicherley of
Ybrtoil, of whom Gough, in his History of Middle, writes that " his
father was a welthy man, very provident and spareing, or as some
would say covetous " ; and that tlie son, llichard, " was. foeire to his
father's patrimony and parsimony. I never heard that he was com-
mended cither for his charity to the poore, his hospitality to his
neighbours, nor his plentiful) housekeeping to his servants, flee
was troubled in the time of the wars (temp. Car. I.) with the out-
rages and plundering^ of soldiers on both parties (as all rich men
were) and seeing his goods and horses taken away, and his money
consumed in paying taxes, bee tooke an extrccme greife and dyed."

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his Ma'sties faver, which. I am. sumthing hardly perswaded to
boleeve upon vullgar relation, tharfore desire this faver from
you, & shall with impatience expecte ye returne of this
mesinger : hoping from you to reseave ye trewth which, how ill
soe ever, is mutch more aceptable from sntch a relater than it
can be from anie other ; I pray your Sr let it be ye hole, as you
have reseved it, & ye honer you doe me shall make me hapy
in anie opertunitie wherein I may expres my selfe,

S'r y'r servante,

Sr francs Wortley M. Griffith e.

vv'ch was at Shrewsbeury
is he inquire [d] after.

For Sr Francis Otelic

Kt. Captane off Shrewesbeurie,

XCVI. ISAAC SCOTT TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Noble Sir,

My sonne came up to London upon occasions of mine,
I hope it is noe offence, I pray you if it be doe me that favor
as pase it bye, it was his dutie & respects to me which I
kindlie take from him ; lickwise, 1 doe intreate you use him
in these distracted times with what favour you can. A base
fellow hath cast an aspercion upon me, which hath caused
much trouble to me, but was glad to take the winges of the
morninge, for what he unjustlie charged hee durst not stey to
make good, neither could. I pray you, good Sir, to excuse me
in my bouldnes, but I beche you be kind to mye sone, & I
shall ever rest,

Yours Isaac Scott1

I conceived my busnes would have bene dispachod before this,
but hee is to come up in the ester weecke to doe some busnes

1 Isaac Scott, of Shrewsbury, was the son of Richard Scott, who
came from Kent and settled in Shrewsbury, by his wife Mary (nee
Wett'enhall). He married Elizabeth Stephens, by whom he had a
son Richard Scott, a very zealous royalist, whose absence from
Shrewsbury appears to have subjected him to a false charge touching
his loyalty. Richard married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of
Isaac Scott of Betton Strange, 11 Dec, 1G37, son of Anthony Scott of
the same place.

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR.

285

for me, which I pray you let him not ho stayd in, & you will
doe me a great Curteseye ; and you will ever hind me yours,

Isaac Scott.

To his hono'red & much
estemed frend Sr francis Otely,
Govenor of Shrewsbury,

. XCV1I. JOHN COOK TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Right Worp'll, I humbly thanke you for the assurance
which you have given mee, that my returne into Shrewsbury
shalbe without danger ; which I have reason the rather to bo
confident of because I knowe not any thing by my selfe,
wherein I have otherwise behaved myselfe, then oecometh a
good & Loyall subject to his Ma' tie. But so it is, that for the
present my occasions are such as detayne mee awhile, but
assoone as my busines is finished, I shall (god willing) returne
to my house, presuming that myne innocency, by your
worships favour, will free me from any trouble. And, there-
fore, I beseech you to make noe ill construction of my absence.
And soe with my service presented to your worship, I humbly
take leave, resting,

Your wo'ps to be comanded

To the flight worp'll John Cook1

Sr iirancis Oteley
Knight pr'sent these.

CXVIII. FRANCES FOXE TO THE SAME.

1C42-3.

Sr

I am entreated to move yu in the behalfe of my Cosen
John Clough,2 and to give yu an account of the causes of his
being absent on Munday at the Generall Muster, which he

1 Jolm Cooke, of Shrewsbury, dyer, was son of Thomas Cooke, of
Wellington, Salop, tanner ; he was admitted a burgess of Shrews-
bury in 1616, and served the office of Mayor in the time of the Com-
monwealth, 1654, Humphrey Maek worth being then Governor of
the town. His vindication of his loyalty is much discounted by his
after life.

2 John ('lough and his wife Joan resided in St. .Julian's parish,
Shrewsbury ; he served the oiliee of Church-warden in 1610, being
designated in the Church books gent. His name is in tho list^no.
xct. ante) of those who did not answer to the proclamation made

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vows was not out of any disaffection to the caues, but by resun
that he dares not goe abraud ther being some bisnes against
hira for surtishep, he says he hath ever bin redy upon all
occations to show his fidelity to the King, he toke the Pro-
testation before the Mare, and will not refus any Servis, in
case he were free to goe without dainger ; his humbel petision
is that you will be pleased to pardon his absence tel he can
free himselfo of the travel he is in, or otherwise he must be
forst to leve the Tow no ; T presume the rather t o beage [beg]
favour for him, because I veryly beleve him to be A man no
way affected to the Puritan fatction, bat most vement against
them, according to his Judgement, he is one not likely to doe
much hurt of ether sid ; Thus, hoping you will be pleased
to show favour to this poor man, for which I shall be ever
thankful!, and rest,

Your poor Sister and Servant
March the 19. [1642] Fra : FoxfJ

I beseech to have my humble Servis presented, to yo'r Lady,
and my respects to my Cosens.
To my most Honored Brother,
Sr Francis Ottley,

present these wth my service

XCIX. W. BLUNDEN TO THE SAME.

1G42-3.

Sm

I have this day sent a letter to our high Sheriffe to
know his pleasure what [is] to be done concerning my . . .
Company of dragoones, I desire you to do me that favour to
have an answer by this bearer from the Sherife of his resolu-
tions what [is] to bo done, if that the Sherife be not in
towne I desire you to open the letter, and to have your
Resolution what is to be done, J. pray you to Aford your best
Advise and furtherance what is to bo done, and you shall
Command him, whom is yr Servant,

March, the 19th 1G42. VV: Blunden.

within the town to appear with "anus and weapons, " and were con-
sequently ordered by the Governor to be apprehended. There was a
family of this name seated at lYLmsterley and Hogstow in 1623, who
bore arms : — Gules three pine apples, two and one, argent, leaved
and stalked proper; John Clough was probably of this family.

1 This was the eldest sister of Sir Francis Ottley, who married
Edward Fox, Esqr., of the Hurst, Salop, son and heir qf Henry Fox,
psqr., of the same place.

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287

I have not as yet received my Cullers from our Coronell1 ; I
pray you to Com'and.

To the Right Woo11 his truly Affected Cosen Sir
Franceis Ottley Knight Gov'ncr of Sallop this be
presented.

C. W. BLUNDEN TO HENRY BROMLEY, ESQ., HIGH SHERIFF.

JG42-3.

Noble Sir,

This day I have a warent from you to oure high
Constables of Slepe hundereds for the someninge of all from
16: t0 60. yeares to be at Bridgnorth one Wensday next which
hath put me to a pussell therein, for I was resollved with what
forse I had to have come to Sallop the 20 day, beinge
to morrow, therfore, I desire to have your comaund whether I
shall come for Sallope, or else for Bridgnorth, forthwith. We
are altogether destitute of powther, bulletes, & match ; if I
goe for Bridgnorth you must have a care to have all things
there, otherwise we shalbe all together unfurnished ; soe with
my respectes to you, desireing a speedy answer by this bearer,
I shall ever rest,

Bishops Castell Af. yo'r freind

March 19, 1642. W Blunden.

To the Eight Woo'll his truly honored ffreind
Henry Bromley Esqr high Sherife of this County

this be presented.

This was a critical time, and there was probably
some confusion arising from orders and counter- orders.
On the 4th inst. Lichfield had been taken by the Par-
liamentary forces under Gell ; Prince Rupert had been
repulsed in his attempt on Bristol on the 7th ; and on
the 11th the Royalists were defeated at Middlewich.
Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth had been denuded of
troops, and here was a "force" without ammunition,
without regimental colours, and its commander puzzled
with conflicting orders !

1 lie was a Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Sir Robert Howard;
Sec letters vi. and xv.

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CI. WALTER JAMES TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1642-3.

Noble Sir

p ■

I have sent unto you many times and cannot hear one
word from you, this last night hath binn a most sharp battle
fought at Stafford1 many killed of both sides, the least of ours
and more considerable, the Lord of Northampton is slain they
say and another gallant Collonoll it is reported for want of
Foot [lost their] Ordnance and all their amunition,for all that
we took 5 or 6 of their Drakes, and five for one they say we
have killed, Mr high Sherrif will certifie you of my pains and
caro to do you both honnor and servis, so in hast I rest

Newport March 20th Yours to be Commanded

To my Honnored Sir Wa: James

Francis Ottley Governor of Salop

present.

OIL ORLANDO I3RIDGEMAN TO STR RICHARD LLOYD.

1642-3.

Sir

I understand this Mathias Gervise hath at Layton2
beyond Shrewsbury one tunne of battery shott and a Tonne of
Granadoes. the battery Shott was intended by Colonell
Ellis3 for Chester, for the peices here and the Granadoes for

1 This was the battle of llopton Heath, fought on the 19th
March. The Earl of Northampton had been despatched from Ban-
bury to retake Lichfield, when he met Cell's forces about two miles
from Stafford. " After a short conflict he drove the enenvy before him ;
but in the moment of victory, as he was charging too far in advance,
his horse was killed under him, and his helmet struck from his head.
The Parliamentary soldiers who surrounded him offered him quarter,
' 1 scorn,' was the disdainful reply, 1 to take quarter from such base
rogues as you are.' Irritated by this contemptuous rejoinder, a
soldier dashed at him with a, halbcrt and silenced him for ever."
(Gardiner.) Brereton, arriving on the field, enabled his beaten
comrades to hold the ground. Both sides claimed the victory.

2 Leighton near Coalbrookdale Iron Works. — G.M.

:1 Colonel Robert Ellis, of Gwesnewydd, near Wrexham, was the
officer to whom the King assigned the duty of seizing Chirk Castle,
January, 1G42-3, in the absence of its owner, Sir Thomas Myddleten,
•which lie faithfully carried out with the aid of about a hundred
soldiers, and Sir John Watts was made Governor. In the March
following he was taken prisoner at the battlo of Middlcwieh, will}

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Court. There is due for the battery shott to the Masters of
the Works 32 : 16 : 0 and to Jervase for the battery shott
2Ib -8:0 and for the Granadoes 96lb. I have wished him to
go on till I hear further from Court and have ordered him 20lb
towards his pay. Some present course must bee taken
that the bullets and Granadoes bee brought to Shrewsbury
the rather for that 4 pieces must be instantly sent thither
and for that purpose course must bee taken wth the Mrs
of the Iron works for the Money due to them, What must
bee done in it I know not. it is not safe letting them to stay
where they are. and I wish the granadoes (except some few
of them wch I would have here) were sent for forthwith to
Oxford. I am so turmoyled here that I scarce know what to
write or what to doe. as for the battery shott wee have
no need of it here, only I wish that there be such a p'portion
left at Shrewsbury as may serve for the 4 peices (which I am
sending there) wch may bee about 100 bullets a peice of each.

I am sending my man for 2 coach mares of Col.11 Hastings
wch he gave mee in exchange for 2 stone horses. Sl* Gerard
Eyton1 stayed them as suspecting the man, they are now
at Mr Bakers the post masters. 1 pray let them be delivered
to my servant prsently. and I pray yu write to Sr ffrancis
Oatley to take some present course about the bullets, for that
this night, or to-morrow morning early, I intend to send away
the canon, and doe not send bullets with them in respect, I
conceive, there is bullets enough at the furnace by Shrewsbury,
good Sir write to him about it. In great hast, and out of all
patience, I write this, who am, yr most faithfull Servant.2

Sergeant-Major Cilmore, Sir Edward Moseley, and many others, and
according to Pennant (Tour in Wales) he continued in custody until
the following September ; on his release he was placed by Lord Capcl
chief in command in the counties of Denbigh and Flint, where he
raised a force of 1,200 men. He was engaged in the defence of Apley
Castle in connection with Sir William Vaughan, but being besieged
by the Parliamentary forces they were compelled to capitulate, as
will be seen further on by the Articles agreed upon, to which their
names are attached, bearing date March 2ith, 1043-4.

1 Of Eyton, near Rhuabon, Co Denbigh ; a distinct family from
the Eytons of Eyton, Co. Salop, He and his son Kendrick Eyton,
afterwards knighted, Chief Justice of Wales, and one of the Council
in the Marches, were zealous loyalists, and paid for their composition
£157 10s.— G.^J.

2 The signature to this letter is omitted, hut iHo writing is that of
Orlando liridgeman. — CM.

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Col11 Hastings hath taken and killed 100 at the Hey wood
going towards Stafford to beseigo it.

post the enclosed to Sr tt'rancis Oatloy and desire him to
take especiall care of Convoy of them' to Colonel! Hastings.
To my ever honoured friend Sir Richard Lloyd
at Wrexham.

CIII. RIQHAED MILLIARD'S COMMISSON TO BE ENSIGN BEAKER.

1643.

Whereas I have receaved a Comission from the Kinges most
Excellent Matie unto me directed under his Signet! Manoall
for Governor of this his good Towne of Shrewsbury, and for
the Raisinge of fibrces both of horse and ffote within the said
Towne and liberties for the defence and securitye of the same,
and for the snppressinge of all fiorces raised or to be raised
against' his Matio or contrary to his authoritye and comaand,
as likewise for the defence and safetie of his Royal! p'son the
protestant Rele'gion the Lawes of the Land the liberties of the
subiect and priviledges of Parliment And for the nominatinge
and appoyntinge for the service aforesaid all officers of
Comaund as Captaines Lievten'nts Ensignes and other officers.
I doe therefore by vertue and power of the said Comission
constitute and appoynte you Richard Millward gent, to be
Ensigne bearor to the foote company raised under the
comaunde of Captaine Richard Ottley1 And for the Exercisinge
Trayninge, and disiplyinge of thesouldiers undr the comaunde
aforesaid. And comaunde all inferior officers and souldiers
You to obey as theire Ensigne bearor accordinge to this
Comission hereby given you And you to observe and followe
all such orders and direeions, as you from tyme to tymc shall
receave from your Captaine or from me yor superior olficer
and Governor accordinge to occasion and the discipline of
warre. And in all things to Governe yor selfe as unto your
dutye and place of an Ensigne bearer, to one foote company
doth of right appertayne and belonge. Given under my hand
and Seal at Salop the nyne & Twenteth day of March in the
nynetenth yeare of his mat8 Raigne of England &c 1643.

[Signed] FFRANCis Ottley Gor

1 Captain Richard Ottley was the brother of Sir Francis Ottley,
bom at Rosnu.1I, Shrewsbury, 2nd March, 1002; lie was the second
son of Thoa. Ottley.

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CIV. RICHARD LLOYD TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1642-3.

Noble Sr

The inclosed1 will manifest flic occasion of my writing.
A course must be taken wUl the bullets and (Jranadoes
mentioned in the letters otherwise they may fall into the
Enemies power. Mr Bridgmans Confidence is in yor care soo
as the nature and importance of the Service for the King
being such, It forbids me further to trouble you but to
professe that I [am] in heart,

Yor most humble &
Wrexham this 20th of faithfull Servant

March 1642, Ri: Lloyd.

The course that is taken must be proceeded in to morrow,
lf'or my ever honoured and noble freind Sr
ffrancis Otteley at Shrewsbury These.

CV. SIR BARNABAS SCUDAMORE TO THE SAME.
1042-3:

Sr FFHAN OtLEY,

The provision2 you pleased to spare me was very
welcome to Stafford; for the perticuler relation of our battel! '
this messenger will relate, and you may see at the SherrifFs,
my busines will not permit me to write at large unto you at
this time, but you shall ever find me
ffrom Stafford this Your humble servant

21 Martii 16*2. R Scudamore.

CVI. ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN TO THE SAME.
1642-3.

Sir this Tuesday morning I send and hope will bee at
Wrexham this night, 3 peices of Ordinance, 2 of brass, ono of
Iron. I beseech you take present care for their convoy from
Orton3 bridge, and for that purpose I desire to hear from you

1 Tlio preceding letter Oil]

2 Jf this relates to the ammunition referred to in the two previous
letters, Sir Francis must have acted with great promptitude in
despatching the materials. The distance from Loighton to Stafford
is little less than ;>0 miles.

3 Overton Bridge, between Wrexham and Ellesmero. — CAT.

The circuitous route by which these arms were scut was chosen as
the : only safe one, owing to the north part of Shropshire Leing ex-
posed to B re re ton's incursions.

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forthwith. I cannot send many bullets from hence but as
many as I can spare I shall send, desiring you to hasten Jer-
vasse to hasten his bullets at Layton, that there bee in all one
hundred of Eighteen pound weight a peice, and two hundred
of twelve pound weight, to bee 'ready to go along with the
Carriages from Shrewsbury, and, I beseech you, send instantly
Post to Colonel Hastings1 about it. I have written a letter to

him here inclosed wich 1 herewith send with yours

these peices are to bee for the present use of Colonell Hastings
and of such forces as come to hirn fro Oxford wich I hope will
this week be a great many. and, therefore, I beseech you sir
let present word be sent to him and his directions received
therein. I pray God send us good news

I am Sir

Chester Tuesday morning Y1' very Affectionate Servant

March 21, 1642, Orl: Bridgeman.

Sr Tho : Astons Regim1 march this day towards
Staffordshire, so that I hope they and the Whit-
church forces [will be] in the way betwixt the
Enemy and the Canon, the Govenor ree'd your
letter and gives you great thanks for it the
messinger is in haste, he will send to you shortly.

To my much honoured friend Sir llrancis Oatley at Shrewsbury
hast these to be conveyed with all speed by the post at
Wrexham. ■ N. Byron.

CVll. Sill BARNABAS SCUD AM ORE TO TiJE SAME.

1G42-3.

S5" FFRANCIS OTLYE

I have reccaved a letter that their wil be att Shrow-
bury tomorrow night 3 brass peeccs for which cause I am
come to Newport this night in expectation of their comming :
I pray you send me word that I may give them the meeting
to morrow morning by the way or what time they will com for

1 Colonel Hustings had joined Lord Northampton with tho view of
retaking Lichfield. Prince Kupert laid siege to the Close and
Cathedral, April 10th ; it surrendered to him on the 21st.

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293

heare I shall waite their comming. rny servis to your Lady &
your self I drink your health being your affectionate

servant

*" B. SCUDAMORE.1

7 a Clock Wednesday To my honnored ftrend

night. Sr fiVancis Otley

Wa: Jam. Governor of Sallop.

CVIl I. RICHARD LLOYD TO THE SAME.

1642-8.

HONOURED W.

1 am to reccomend to yo1' favour and especial I care for
their Accomodation twoe Noble gentlemen and my especiall
freinds who are now in their passage from the farthest part of
La cash ire to his Mati0 at Oxford Theire names Mr. Morgan and
Mr. Preston if it fall in yor waye to doe them a Courtesie Yor
servant will stand obliged to Acknowledge and requite if it
lye in the power of

Yor Already obliged

Wrexham this 21 of March Hi: Lloyd.

1G42.

To my Ever honoured ffreirid

Sr ftVancis Otteley Knt Governor of

Shrewsbury.

C1X. ORLANDO BllIDGEMAN TO THE SAME.

1642-3.

Sir

these Gentleman Spaniards came hither reccommended

1 Sir Barnabas Scudamore was serving under Col. Hastings at
Stafford, for whom the three brass pieces mentioned in Orlando
Bridgman's letter were intended. Sir Barnabas was a younger
brother of the noble house of Holme Laccy, Herefordshire. He was
appointed Governor of Hereford by Prince Rupert, which city he
successfully held for six weeks against the Scotch forces under the
Marl of Leven, who besieged it in August, 1645; but on its surprise
by Col. Birch in December of the same year he with difficulty pseaped
across the frozen river Wye, and fled Lo Ludlow, from, thence to
Worcester, intending to ride to Oxford and exculpate himself at the
feet of the King. At Worcester, however, lie was seized and
imprisoned for seven months, and having fruitlessly endeavoured to
obtain his trial by a court of wa)', he published his defence. {Lift of
Col. Birch, Cam. Soc.) He compounded for his estate by payment
of £100.

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from the Countess of Darby1 and are going now to Court I
beseech yu, Sir, let them have the favour from yu \vch is due to
all strangers, and that you will please to provide them of
lodgeing and horses for their money v

This, sir, is the desire of Yr Affectionate Servant,

Chester March 22, 1648: Oiil : Bridgeman

To ray Noble ffricnd Sir Francis Oateley
at Shrewsbury.

I pray help the bearer who goes to Covt wth good post horses,
or other horses, from yu to Worcester.

More forces are come this day to Namptwich for the enemy.

GX. SIU NICHOLAS BYRON TO THE SAME,
1642-3.

Noble Sr

I thank you for your good inteligence & in requitall
sonde you the assured taking of preston in Lacashire by my
Lord of Darby2 with ye cannon & amunition soe that all will
be well where [were] you rightly setled, for which cause I am
ready to wayte on you at an bower's warninge when I shall
receave suin'ns from you or your Sherife, I pray you wryte to
the Baylife of Bridgenorth, or get these packets conveyde by
water3 beinge of Extraordinary concernment to the King at

1 "This illustrious lady was the third daughter of Claude, Duke of
Thenars, Prince of Palmont, and a Peer of France, by Charlotte,
daughter of William first Prince of Orange, whose wife was of the
Royal House of Montpensier. She was married when very young to
James Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby, with whom she lived in
peaceful happiness till civil strife called him to the defence of the
Isle of Man, leaving to his countess the management of all his English
affairs." How gallantly she acquitted herself of this trust may be
learned from Warburton's Prince Rupert, from which work is taken
the above extract (Vol. i., 302).

2 James Stanley, seventh Karl ol* Derby, already noticed (Letter
KMX., note, ante), raised three regiments of foot ;md three troops of
horse, clothed and armed them at his own expense, and defeated the
Roundheads at Houghton Common, and took Preston by storm.

3 The value of the river Severn to the Royalists at this time can
bo hardly realised by us to its full extent, By Shrewsbury, Bridg-
north, Worcester, Gloucester, and Bristol a long line of communica-
tion was kept open, destined suon to be limited by the activity of
Wn^ar in the capture of Gloucester and Bristol. Several certificates

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Oxford & yr care will oblige me Particular

Chester the 22nd of Yor humble Servt

March 1G42. Is. Byron.

To his honored ffrend Sr ffrancis Otley
Governor of Shrewsbery
Chester 22 of March rec'd att 4 in the Afternoon

Wm Owen.

Recd this packett after 7 of y° Clock in yo afternoon Wrexham

Thomas Baker.

Rec: this after 9 of the clocke in the afternoon J. Higginson,
Ellesm.

CXI. SIR BARNABAS SCUDAMORE TO THE SAME.

1642-3

Sr Ffran : Otley

I receaved your Ire this morning & shall advance with
the troopes to you this night at Wellington. I have sent
Capt. Bagott purposely to attend the March of the Canon fc I
shall desire you to hasten them as soon as you can for I only
waite their coming, I know you will not slack tyme in any
thing, therefore I shall in treate you to present my service to
Sr Kob1 Wolseey1, & desire him to deliver the amunition to

to trowmcn are present among these papers, and warrants to impress
bargemen for special service, of which two examples may be given : —

Ville To John Prychard & Abraham Gyles.

Salop. I require yo to ymprcsse Two able Bardgmen to convey by
Bardge downe by water to Bridgnorth divers of his Ma'ties
souldyers & Amunition x\nd this shall hoc yo'r warrant.
Salop the xjth day of Octoher, 1G42.

John Studley,

These are to sertify that this bearor Ahram Gycls a barge mane of
Shroesbury being pressed with his barge for the Kingcs servis for
transporting the Company of Capt. Bolle from Shrosbury to Bridg-
North hath honestly Carried him self & desired this not [note] from
mee to sertify that he hath reseaved no mony.

John Bolle.

1 Sir Robert Welseley, 1st Baronet, Clerk of the King's Letters.
Patent. He died September 4th, 164G, aged 59.— G.M.

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you wich my Lo : Aston1 tould mee of this day & let it come
aLong with the canon : Satisfaction shall be given for all,
therefore I pray you neglect nothing. So with my best affec-
tion to yonr Selfe & my Service to my Lady I rest,

Your faithful! friend
Newport, Mar. 23. to serve you

1(542. B. Scudamore.

To my honoured ffriend

S1' ffrancis Ottley

Gov'nour of Shrewsbury.

CXll. THOMAS JUCKES TO I1 HE SAME.
1042-3.

Buttington 23th March, 1G42.

Noble Syr

My service and devoted respects remembered. I have
made bould to write these fewe lines in the bearer his behalfo
Edwarde Wileocks who is tenante to my brother at the yle of
Kassoll, whoe I Conceive to be a man well affected; and Cordial!
to his Majesty, and (as hee aseevereth to mee) hath taken the
last prestation, w'ch no good subject will denye), butt howso-
ever, rny Cosyn Stirry, whoe had a greate deale of money of
my brother for to passe an estate of the lande the bearer
howldeth as tenante to my brotlier, or some frinde of his, doth
tearme the bearer a rounde head, and hee is threatened every
day to be plundered, and stripped by disolute p'sons of all hee
hath and my Cosyn Stirry would have the bearers turne
tenant, and pay the rent to hym, and would enter of his landes
agayne, and have the lease forfeted, and disanulled ; because
hee aledgeth my brother hath declared hym selfe a disaffected
p'sonn to his Majesty, and is in the parlement army as hee
heareth, which 1 hope is not true, for I will assure you I never
heard of any such news and 1 should bee sorry and much
abased to hearo of yl to be true. but I hcare by my sonnin-
lawe Walter Baygott, and another w'thin the weeke, that they
saw hym well in Llondon w'thin -this fortnighte, soe that I
hope yt bee not true, thoirfore (Worthy Cosyn) I would
intrcate your l'avourc in the behalfo of the bearer that you
would be pleased to speake a worde to my Cosyn Stirry to
forbeare to terrific the bearer with his entrie and wronging
his poore freind, and that you would be pleased to p'tecte hym

1 This must, refer to Sir Thomas Aston, HarL, before noticed, there
b'cinfsj no I ,onl Ast on. — ( \:M.,

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from plundering by your power; soe I rest your Cosen to

serve you, Tho : Juckes.1

To the right wo1 his ever approved and

much Honored Cosyn Syr ffrancis O'ttley,

knight, Cheofo Govenor of his Majesties

good tovvne of Shrewsbury,

Present these.

CXIII. JOHN CO H LETT TO THE SAME.

Worthy S1'

I am certainly informed that there is a Soldier of mine
one Sylvanus Floyd who rami away from me about three
weeks since with Ms Horse and Arms, now in Shrewsbury, if
you will do me the favour to make enquiry after the man and
clopp him up till such time as I can take further Order with
him, you shall add to the engagements of

Yor Friend & Servant

from my quarters at John CORBETT2

1 Thomas Juckes of Buttington, Esq., was t he son of George Juckes,
by Mary, daughter of George Kerry of Binweston, Esq. He was
grandson of Thomas Juckes of Buttington, Sheriff of Montgomeryshire
in 1580, 1602, and 1621. The consulship between Thomas Juckes
and Sir Francis Ottley arose from an aunt of the latter, Anne Ottley,
daughter of Adam Ottley, having married George Kerry of Binweston.

2 John Corbett, Esq., of Child's Arcall, already mentioned as the
husband of Lettice Corbett (Paper lxxvji.), was the son of Sir John
Corbett, of Stoke and Aclderley, Bart. Unlike his father he sided
with the King, and signed the " Ingagement and Reolution of the
Gentlemen of Salop." He was posted at Dunnington, which I take
to be a place of this name, though now spelt Donniugton, in the
parish of Wroxeter. It stands at the foot of Charlton Hill, midway
between the high road to Stafford and the river Severn, both of
which it would be of great importance to guard. From the summit
of the above-named hill, which is about five hundred feet above the
sea level, an extensive view of the surrounding country is obtained.
There was a shot foundry at Leighton, not more than three miles
away on the south-east, in full working order at the time, and much
traffic on the Severn, hence the importance of the position. On the
death of his father, in 1662, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and had
to compound by the payment of £10,000, according to the Dictionary
of National Biography ; but, according to the late George Morris, it
was as John Corbet of St. James's, Middlesex, Esq., that lie com-
pounded, and in the sum of £1,000.

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Dunnington1 To his Honored Friend Sir

March the 25th Anno 1643. Francis Oteley in Shrewsbury

these pr'sent

CXIV. THOMAS OWEN TO THE SAME.
1643 [?].

Sir Francis

I presume by Proxie being imprisoned in Person, onely
desiring to p'ticipate of some part of the fruits our Lady Day
hath produced, sickness hath seised me, and to my enlarge-
ment I am forced to call two of Job's freinds, who though
they may ease me one way, they punish me fort, I mean a
Physitian with an Appendant Apothycary, but Sir, to be plain
! beseech you would helpt) me to the £5 you knowe is behind
I vovve I am brought lowe, pray suddenly releeve yr Souldier.
1 would borrow, but how can I Imagine the Towne can spare,
if the Governor want. Sr I rest ,

Your Servant and Kinsman

Thomas Owen1

cxv. copy of an ordelt made by sir francis ottley.

1643.

Whereas William Browne of Boden in this County of Salop
gent, hath lent and disbursed in the xijth yeare of his mats
Ilaigne last past the some of £300 to Humfrey Mackworth,
Esqr. upon certen of his Lands at Betton Strange, by one
Indenture of Mortgage thereof made by the said Humfrey
Mackworth2 to the said William Browne payinge threescore

1 Whether this is the Town Clerk of Shrewsbury, or Licut.-Colonel
Thomas Owen of Whitley, near Shrewsbury, it is not possible to say.
As the subject is Unit ot. money it is probably the latter, for had it
been the former application would have been made to the Corporation.
The Governor, as we shall see hereafter, was unable to obtain payment
for his officers and men, until Prince Rupert came into these parts
and insisted upon their being paid. Both the Town Clerk and the
Lieut.-Colonel were among the prisoners taken at the capture of the
town.

2 Humphrey Mackworth, of Betton Strange, in the parish of St.
('had, Shrewsbury, the eldest son of Richard Mackworth of the same
place, was a burgess and alderman of Shrewsbury, named in the
Charter of Charles 1. (1638) ; he declared for the Parliament at the
outbreak of the war, and was denounced by the King immediately
after his departure to Bridgnorth as one of those " persons of good

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powndes p arm. out of the said Lands at Betton Strange to the
said Wm Browne his Executors adm'rs or assignes, w'ch Lands,
together with all the rest of the state of the said Humfrey
Mackworth is sequestred into his mat's hands, and to me and
others directed as Sequestors thereof. Now knowe ye that in.
regard the said William Browne, is a loyall & true subiect to »
his matie, and that the Mortgage was soe longe since made
before the Sequestracon, and that the said William Browne
may quietly enioy the remaynder of yeres w'thout losse &
detriment 1 Sir lTrancis Ottley Knight, and the Sequestor, for
the considcracon aforesaid am content and doe give license
and free libcrtie to the said William Browne his Executors,
administrators' & assignes to take and receave the rents yssues
and profftt of the said Lands, by vertue and power, and
accordinge to the contents of the said Mortgage, w'thout lett
or interrupcon of any p'son or p'sons whatsoever. In con-
firmacon whereof I have hereunto putt my hand the
day of 1G43.

This next letter is the first intimation, of an official
nature, received by the Governor of Shrewsbury of
Lord Cupel's appointment M under the Prince his
Highness " (the Prince of Wales) to the post of

quality " who were guilty of " uttering or dispersing scandalous and
seditious speeches, of purpose to alienate the affections of bis subjects ,
and to slander his person and government " (See note preceding
Letter lxviii., ante). In 1647 he was Governor of Shrewsbury, and in-
1651 was summoned to surrender the town by Charles 11, when
that Prince entered Shropshire in the nominal command of the'
Scottish Covenanters ; but he politely and firmly declined. He died
December, 1654, and. having been one of Cromwell's Privy Council,
was buried in King Henry VII.'s Chapel, in Westminster Abbey, on
the 26th, with a very magnificent funeral, His house at Betton
Strange has long since disappeared, the only thing remaining being
the old brick wall that enclosed the garden.

In his hurry to leave the town on the coming of the King the
following things were found : —

A note of Mr. Humfrey Mackworth his goodes that arc left at
the signe of the bell in Coleham.

Imprimis five Curtens and one paire of Vallians

Three feather Beds and four Boulsters

Two yellow Ruggs and one Orrenge Blankett

five yellow Blanketts and one hide Covcrlctt

six Pillowes and one Carpett

Thirteen Cushiones and eight Empty Baggs.

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'"Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces in the
counties of Worcester, Salop, and Chester, and the six
northern counties of Wales." It was rumoured in the
middle of March, as will have appeared in letter xe.
from Oxford. The letter of Lord Capel is unfortunately
undated, but it was certainly before April 1st, for in
the minutes of a Council of War, held on the 3rd,
reference is made to a previous order of Council held on
the 1st. The historians of Shrewsbury, Owen and
Blake way, consider his appointment arose from the
necessity of some authority more efficient than that of
Sir Francis Ottley ; whereas Phillips {Hist. Civil War
I. , 159) considered he was sent " to try and repair the
messes into which the ill-starred Sir Thomas Aston had
■brought the country/' The latter reason appears to
me the far more probable one. Warburton in his
" Memoirs of Prince Rupert " (il., 158) refers to a letter
from Lord Capel to that Prince dated from Shrewsbury,
the 4th of April, telling him that Sir William Brereton
is " master ol the field " in Cheshire, with the exception
of so much ground as the garrison of Chester can com-
mand. Sir William quarters at Whitchurch, and Lord
Capel conjures the Prince "to come and take
it from him." Tt is therefore somewhat unfair to
place the blame on Sir Francis Ottley. The task he
had to perform was undoubtedly a difficult one, but he
strove manfully to accomplish it, and up to this period
had done so successfully.

Lord Capel was created Baron Capel of Pladham, co.
Herts, August 6th, 1641. He sat in the Long Par-
liament for Hadham, and was beheaded in 1G48, by
direction of Generals, and Parliamentary leaders, for
his zealous attachment to his royal master, having
previously escaped from prison, but been retaken.

CXVI. LORD CAP ELL TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Sr

It is his j\Jatlus pleasure to Command my Service in the
County of Salop & divers Other adjacent Counties with whieh

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I shall more p'ticularly acquaint your self and other honour-
able p'sons and Gentlemen of the county at my coming to you.
In the meane time I thought it necessary to acquaintyou that
his Ma,ie, out of Speciall regard to' the safety of those parts,
hath sent Twenty barrells of powder, and a proportionable
quantity of Match & bullett ; on f rid ay I Intend they shall be
at Shrewsbury, I will send my owne troop to guard it downe,
and therefore I desire that you will take care that, lined iately
after it comes:, it may be safely layed upp untill my coming
thither ; Sr I have nothing further at this time to acquaint
you with & therefore I rest,

Yor very Loving freind.
I have likewise written to the Mayor of Shrewsbury that care
be taken for laying upp of the powder and Match. Sr Michael
Woodhouse is appointed Serjeant Major generall of the foote
of all those parts where I comand. I shall therefore desire
you if there shall be occasion that you would assist him in the
performance of such commands & directions as he shall receive
from Sr Nicholas Biton whoe is Colonell Generall of those
parts.

[From Lord Capell, To the ri^ht worshipfull mv very

see the seal — G.M.] Loving friend Sr Francis Ottley

governour of Shrewsbury these.

CXVII. FRANCIS PAULE TO THE SAME,

1643.

Sir

1 make bould to send you hereinclosed the copy of an
Informacon given uppon oath, agl an Alderman of yo'r towne of
Bridgnorth and his wife who in deed as the Informant tould
me was most bitter in this business agHhe Informer by giving
him many evill speeches if he did undertake the service, she
is the sister to Mrs Lewis and allied to Mr Hercules
Kinnersley1, I need to say noe more, the Bayliffs of Bridgnorth,
after this Informacon taken, putt of the busines till Saterday
intending to speake with Mr Cressitt, one of the Com' of
Array, but he not cominge yesterday I asked Mr Bailiffe
Dudley what they intended to doe in the busines, he tould me
to send to Air Tho: Talbott of Bottrells Aston to knowe if he

1 Of Cleobury North, co. Salop, son of Edward Kynnardesley of
the same place, by Jane, daughter of Richard Johnson of the city of
Chester. lie married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Smallman of
Newton, co. Salop. His name is at tho foot of the pedigree of his
family in the Heralds' Visitation of Salop, 1623.

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would prosecute, why sayd I, doe you intend to bayle him (yes
sayd he) I conceive, sayd I, that you ought to send him to the
Com' of Array that he may be secured for doeinge of more
mischeife, he beinge soe notoriously-knowne to be ill affected
to his matie I thought it my duty to acquaint you with this
busines, I being his ma'ts servant and loyail subject (with this
Informacon) that we have to many of this faction in Bridg-
north whoe dayly send and goe betwixt Coventy and our
towne, soe that if some speedy course be not taken for the
securinge of them we shall be all undone : the Bailiffs are
fearefull and remiss I told Mr Bayliffe Dudley I would
inform e the Com. of Array today by letters, this bearer Mr
Robfc Prichards can Inform e you more p'ticulars to whom I
desire yon to impart what you thinke fitt to be done for our
releefe, he is true to his ma'tie : I would he might have con-
tinued Bailiffe this yeare, never such need of Couragious
Magistrates, I need to say no more (verbum sapienti) I am
your humble servant and shall dayly pray for encrease of such
loyail subjects to his Ma'tie as you are, for there was never
more need, I humbly take my leave and rest

Taseley1 this 27.th Yo'r servant & Beadsman

of March, 1642. FFR: Paule.2

To his ever honourrd
freind Sir ffrances Ottley Knl
these present.

CXVIII. DOROTHY GORTON TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.
1643.

Sir,

I understand in ye strictnes of proceeding you have
seazed upon my sonn Mackworth his estate and Landes as a
supposed malignant to ye king. I trust you accoumpt mee
noe such, therefore I mako bould to acquainte you yt Sutton
is my Joynture alltho in respect of my remote inhabiting I gave
way to my sonn to Live upon itt and I hope as you are

1 Tasley is one and a half miles north-west of Bridgnorth.

2 He belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and is probably the
same Francis Paule who made a pilgrimage to home in 1609, as was
customary with many of the sons of Roman Catholics at that time,
and remained there eight days (Trans., Shrop. Arch. Soe, vii., 346).
A. B. Pawle was godfather to Francis Ottley, fourth son of Richard
and Catharine Ottley, born at the Hay, 20th May, 1575, but what
the connexion between the present writer and the Ottleys was I have
not been able to learn.

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303

a kinsman you will not lett mee suffer for my sonns esteemed
fault ; my request to you is, yt you will bee pleas'd to afford
mee yt Just right and privilidge of a subjecte, which is to
Injoy my owne, I desire soe much favour, as yt I may know
whether you will admite such as I shall imploy to dispose of
itt, and to receive ye rents for my use, with all due respects to
yuur self and my Lady I rest

Sutton Coldfield Your respective Aunt

Ye 31of March 1643. Dor ^Gorton1

A Councell of Warre houlden at the Towne of
Shrewsbury upon the third day of April 1643 by
Arthur Lord Capell Lieutenant Generall under ye
Prince his highness of his Maties ff'orces in the
County of Worcester Salop & Chester and the six
Northern Counties of Wales And ye Councell p.sent.
Lord Lieutenant Generall

Sr John Mennes Lieut: Coll.4

1 This was the mother of Humphrey Mack worth, a daughter of
Lawrence Cranage, .Esqr., of Keele, co. Staffrod, whom Richard
Mack worth, the father of Humphrey, married 1G00, and by her had
one son and two daughters. Richard Mack worth died 1617, and his
widow Dorothy married Adam Ottley, of London, after whose death
she married John Gorton, Esqr.

2 Already noticed.

3 Afterwards appointed Governor of Ludlow,

4 Also styled " General of the Ordinance to the Prince of Wales."
He had previously served in the navy as Captain of the Swallow,
which vessel he again commanded for Prince Charles in 1648. His
humorous verses on Sir John Suckling's "Campaigne" represent him
advantageously as an inditer of light poetry. — G.M.

He was of a family long settled at Sandwich, a grandson of the
Mayor of that town, knighted at Dover, 1612, and "in 1641 made
Governor of North Wales, apparently on the appointment of Prince
Kupert," says his biographer in the Diet, of Nat. Biog. The same
authority says : — " Mennes's verses, chiefly vers de societe, seem to
have caught the fancy of the age, and have been since described as
the ideal of wit and mirth, hut most of the pieces are coarse."

6 Edward Cressett, of Upton Cressctt [already noticed], head of
an ancient family now extinct. He was slain on the king's side,
at Bridgnorth. — G.M.

CXIX. MINUTE OF A COUNCIL OF WAR.

1643.

Henrie Bromly h. Shff.2
Sr ffra : Oateley Governr
Serg* Major Gen11 Woodhouse3

Sr Rich : Lee
Sr John Weld
Edwd Cressett, Esq.5

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Sr ffrancis Oateley Governr of Shrewsbury is desired to
take upon him ye care of the Magazine for those Arms \vch shall
be brought in, Whether out of the Towne of Shrewsbury, or
Countie of Salop, and to see to their disposal & ordering
according to the former Order of Councell of the first of April.
1643.

Order for ye Eus : Andrews.1

Gunsmyths. Secretarye.

CXX. RICHARD SWAYNE's PRESENTMENT OF THE PROFITS OF
u THE MOOT HILL NEERE THE CASTLE."

[164-3.]

flight HobI° Lord, & Right Honble Governor, yours in
all duty at Commaund, Richard Swayne, doth heare
in humble duty & manner present the vallew of the
yearley rent & profit ts w'ch did yearly arise accrue &
growe from A peice of ground Commonly Called &
knowno by the name of the Moott Hill2 neere tho
Castle.

Imprimis, for five yeares together I did receave of John Trevor
& Thomas Beech fowre powndes six shilling and fowrepence
p. Annum.

The last yeare I took yt into my owne handes & did sowe yt
wth wheate, & made above Twentie nobles p'ffitt of the sayd
peece of ground, all Cost & Charges borne.
So that I doe vallew this yeares Cropp, & the purchase, to
Theire [three] score powndes, but doe humblie referr my selfe
to my Hobli3 Disposinge, & soe humblie take my leave, & rest,
at Yor Lo^s Comuand,

Richard Swayne.

1 Eusebius Andrews was a barrister, and Secretary to Lord Capell.
On the surrender of Worcester to the Parliament in 1645, he retired
to the practice of his profession, but did not cease to work secretly
for the king's cause. He was at length committed to the Tower on
a charge of treason, being condemned on his own evidence, and
executed on Tower Hill 22nd Aug., 1G50.

2 The only instance of a place bearing this name in Shrewsbury
which has occurred to me, and I am curious to know the exact spot
where it stood. That such a place existed during the Saxon period of
the town's history might have been assumed, but any actual reference
to it is not to be found in our local histories, which makes the
present reference the more interesting.

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CXXL PETITION OF RICHARD SWAYNE TOUCHING THE
MOOT HILL.

1643.

To the Right Wor'll John Studley Mayor & to the
Right Wor'pp'll Sir ffrancis Ottley Knight & governer
of the Towne & liberties of Shrewsbury.
The humble peticon of Richard Swayne, & Marie his
wife, of the Castle fforiet, one of the subburbes of
the Towne of Shrewsbury.

Most humbly Sheweth,

To your good Wor'pps that yor peticoners did hould A
peece of ground Commanly Called & knowne by the name of
the Moot hill & which peece of ground was your peticonor's
wiefe's J ountere, And in regard of his Ma'tis present servis yo'r
peticonors weere intreated to sell theire title & estate of the
sayd peece of ground, w'ch [was] vallewed to threescore poundes
as by a former note doth appear, And yo'r peticonors doe
hould Certayne Landes of the Mittones to the yearely vallew
of xxlb p. Ann.

May it please yo'r good Wor'pps, in regard yo'r
peticoneors have not sent money to pay the said rent,
to be pleased to stopp or to satisfie the same untill
the said some of threescore pounds be payed which
was promised.

And yo'r peticonors, as they are bound in
duty, will ever pray for your Wor'pp .

CXXII. LORD CAPELL TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

To the Right Honble Arthur Lord Capell Lord Lieut nt
Generall, And SrFrauncis Wortloy Governor of Shrewsbury.

Wee, the Yeomen Ushers, and Yeomen, of his Ma'ts
great Chamber whose names are subscribed in the
absence of the Gierke of the Chequer, Doe humbly
certifie that this Bearer Edward Midwinter is one of
our ffellowes in ordinary, and hath given his due
attendance on his Mats service, and for any thing wee
have either heard or knowne hath allwaies demeaned
himselfe as a loyall & faithfull Servant and Subject.
Dated at Oxford this third day of April! 1643.

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THE OTTLEY PAPEftS

My Lord

I am confident these yeomen John Herringmam
of ye guard have certified James Montely I y'chers
the" truth to your Lordship Edward Hill _ j
Your Lopp3 humble Servt Robert Hawkins J

John Ashburnham.

Richard Williames
John Tea^g
Will : Harison
Nicholas Home
Richard Hargrave
Henry Garrett.

Sr francis Ottely I thinke that Edward Midwinter's cattell be
released, and that you keep this certificate

CXXIII. CHARLES LUCAS TO THE CONSTABLE OF MADELEY

& OTHERS.

1643.

This is to give yee to understand that ther is one Ivans Jones
sonne in law unto Brookes1 called the trowe man who has
latly run away from his troupe and Colours, and has stolne a
horse out of Charles Lucas his troupe being now actualy in his
Maiestyes. service this is thereforde to charge and require you
and every on of you in the king's name as yee will answer the
contrary at your utmost perili forthwith with all Dilligence
and speed possible to search for aprhend and atatche the body
of this sayed Ivan Jones, as also to seaize upon the horse w'ch
he has stolen, and forthwith with all possible dilligence and
care to have him brought with sufficient gaurde unto my
Quarters att a village called Wale nere unto Lichefield; or not
finding us ther unto any other part : wher you shall have
intelligence that this part of his Maiestyes Army w'ch lies now
before Lichefield shall be quartered & ther to find out my
troupe and to deliver him unto my handes, or in my absence,

1 Sir Basil Brooke was the owner of Madelcy Court, and was dis-
tinguished for his loyalty ; one of the same family, Thomas Brooke,
took the other side, and was one of the persons employed to sell
the estates of loyalists for the use of the Navy in 165G. Ivans Jones
might have boon the son in law of the latter.

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307

unto any of my Officers. This I say againe : You are not to
fayle in all your outmost perill on your Alegiance

Charles Lucas.

To the Constable of Madelie *
and all other his Maiestyes
Offwnira whom 1,1mm nwiy ronrorno
Given Utttloi' my hand this 4<,h day
of April! 1043, from my quarters
at Wale.

CXXIV. LOUD CAPELL TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEV.

1643.

Arthur Lo Capell.

To Sr ffrancis Oateley Kn* Governor
of the Towne of Shrewsburie, and to all
Comanders Officers & Souldiers under
my Com'and.

Whereas Sr Rich: Wilbraham1 of Woodhay in the County
palatine of Chester Knl & Baronet is lately deceased at the
Towne of Shrewsbury and by his own direccon before his
death & the desires of his sonnes & ftreinds is to be carryed
from hence to the Towne of Acton, in the County Palatine
aforesaid, to be in the Church there interred with his
Ancesters which, upon suite to me made, I hold to be very
reasonable and fitting, I hereby signifie & declare to you. the
said Governor, that I have condecendcd that the body of the
said Sr Richard Wilbraham be by you delivered out of yor
posts or Guards ; And I doe hereby charge & comand all
Com'anders, Officers, & Souldiers, under my Comand quietlie
to p'mit & suffer the Body of the said Sr Ric. Wilbraham, with
his sonnes, Kindred, & Servants, to the Number of thirtie
p'sons, and their horses, to passe the Guards from the Towne
of Shrewsburie to Whitchurch, and soe in the direct way to
Acton aforesaid, without any their let stay hindrance or
molestation, The said Company behaving & demeaning them-
selves as becometh Travellers. And hereof you & they are
not to fayle. Given und my hand & seale at Armes this 7th
day of Aprill6*3.
Vera Copia Examinat

P Eus: Andrews. ffor Sr ffra Oateley.

Sec note to Letter No xux ante

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CXXV. RICHARD OTTLEY TO II IS MOTHER.
1643.

Deare Mother,

My brother and I doe remember our humbel dutye to
you &c. I intreate you to pardon my boldnesse in w righting
to you, my grandfather will not letfc us come home till
Munday, for there be noe horses : for they come to Shrews-
bury to show their amies, (according to the warrant wich
came hither to day) but on munday god willing we will come,
wee trust in god that you and my father and my sister be in
good health and all the rest, yesterday there came very good
newes about my cousins wich weare at Burmicham1, the
Almighty god wich is the protector of all of his, (praised be
his name) did miraculously deliver them, my cousen Francis
was sieke in bed, my cousen Roger was sitting within a yard
of him and Mr. Barton was sitting on the bedsteade, and a
cannon bullet came throw the chamber and the bullet was
betwixt vi or viii pounds waight, and as it came it drove a
brick© before it which stroke out Mr Barton's teeth and hurt
my cousin Rogers arme a litell but my cousin Francis is well,
and will be at dudmaston on Munday ; I made bould to wright
these rude lines, knowing that this newes will be acceptabell
to you, thus humbly beseeching you to pardon my over bould-
nesse I rest

Your dutifull sonne ever

Rich: Ottley2

My lady Wolryche remembers her best respects to you and
my father and desires that my cousen John may be excused,
as this Saturday but the next he shall come, my cousen Marget

1 Birmingham. Prince Rupert, on his way to Lichfield to
" complete the work which had been interrupted by Northampton's
death, reached Birmingham April 3rd, but the town refused to allow
him to pass, and fired on the troopers. After a brave resistance they
were driven back, and the Royalists gained possession of the town,
In spite of Rupert's order to spare the beaten foe, the place was
sacked and many of the houses were set on fho. Twenty thousand
pounds, it was said, would be insufficient to repair the damages.
The Earl of Denbigh, the honest squire who had risen to fame as
Buckingham's brother-in-law, and was now fighting in the Royalist
ranks, was slain in the attack." (Oard., vol. i., p. 107.)

2 The son of Sir hVancis Ottley, now between 10 and 17 years of
age. (Baptized Sept. 1 7th, IG2G.)

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and rest of my cousins doe remember theire services to you
and my father and my sister, we desire to be remembered to
my sister and Mrs. Harries, and especially crave yours and
my fathers blessings which is the best thing as a child can
have. Pitchford April 7th 1643,
To my Deare Mother the Lady
Ottley at the Colledge in
Shrowsbury this d d d.

CXXVI. THOMAS HIGGONS TO ANDREW BARKER.

1643.

Good Uncle

You vvrotte to me by my Aunt Hunts man to send you
a Brace of Pistol Is, & a Dagger, & to speake to my Cousin
Hunt for your money: & acquaint him of the Death of Mr
Price. I doubt not but Thomas hath returned you his Answer
as effectually as I could have writt it. There is no expectation
to be had of any*mony from him as farre as I can learne,
now he is plundered, & his Rents are sequestred. There were
no Pistolls of that size you desire, ready made, & I have
deferred bespeaking any since every one persuades me, & I
conceave myself e, it will be very hazardous to send them.
However if you please adventure them, upon the first
notice I will provide them for you. Thus with my service to
you & all my Cousens at Haughmond I leave you
Mid' temp. Yor Dutifull Nephew

Apr. 11, 1643.
To my very good Uncle
Mr. Andrew Barker at
Haughmond, these.

1 Thomas Higgons, D.D., Chaplain to King James, and Rector of
Westbury (sinister part) married for his- second wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard Barker of Haughmond Abbey, Barrister at Law,
Judge of North Wales, and Recorder of Shrewsbury. By this lady
Dr. Higgons had a son Thomas, the writer of the above letter, who
was bom in 1 024, afterwards knighted, and appointed ambassador to
Venice. In 1658 ho became M.P. for Malmesbury, Wiltshire, and for
New Windsor, Berkshire, in 1661. Andrew Barker was the brother
of his mother.

Yd. vii., 2nd a rv

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CXXVIT. SIR RICHARD LLOYD TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Noble Sr

The bearer hereof Mr Worthington is going for the
King's Armie to do him service there,1 I pray you that he may
not be interrupted in his passage. My Lord Capell dyned w*h
me Yesterday and returned to Whitchurch last night,
somthing they are in hand to doe but very slow in the under-
taking. Nantwich2 hath but slender forces: and 1 fear the
prisoners will be removed. I shall call upon you sometime
this weeke in my way to Oxford where I shall be glad to serve
you. wch to doe I shall Ever remaine

[Wrexham] Yor most assured and humble Servant

10th of Aprill Bt Lloyd

1643 ffor my much honoured fTreind

S1' ffrancis Otteley Governor of Shrewsbury

these,

CXXVIII, SIR JOHN MENNES TO THE SAME.

1G43.

Sr ffrancis this Gent: was taken upon Suspicion off an espie by
the Baylies of Bridgenorth and sent hither, I have advertised
my Lord of what is objected against him, & I believe I shall
sudainly receive order for his discharge, in tho meane time I
pray, lett him, whilst you secure his person, be used like a Gent.

Your Servant
John Mennes.

cxxix. thomas eyton to the same.
1G43.

Seigniori Mio

Lot me intreat you to send a Messenger with some
Match & those Bullets to my lieutenant Littloton at Whit-
church, and. you shall command

Eyton 12 April Your Servant

1(^3. Thom : Eyton

To Sr Francis Otteley Knfc
at Salop d,d.

1 Prince Rupert Hat down before Lichfield Close and Cathedral on
the 10th of April, the date of this letter, and they were surrendered
to him on the 21st of the same month.

2 Still occupied by the Parliamentary forces.

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311

CXXX. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.
1643.

Arthur Lo Capell Lieutenant Generall
und the Prince* his highness of his Mat8
fforces in the Countyes of Worcester Salop
& Chester and the six Northern Countys
of Wales.

To Sr ffrancis Oateley En* Govern'
of the Towne of Shrewsburie

Whereas divers p'sons in the Towne & Liberties of Shrews-
burye did heretofore undertake to rayse a Troope of
Dragooners for his Mats servico, and did likewise undcrtako
lor mayntenancc by proportion. Now, for that it is com-
playned to me by Capt Roger Owen1, who hath the com'and
of that Troope, that divers of the Dragooners lysted, &
hitherto Maynteyned in that Troop, do forbeare to repayre to
their Colours, now they are required for his MatlGS service, and
that divers the Maynteyners doe not pay, nor have not paid,
their Mayntenance undertaken, nor sent in their Souldiers,
whose names will be informed to you by Catalogue herewth
sent you under the hand of Cap*1 Owen, I give you hereby full
power and Authoritie to summon in all those persons
Maynteyners who have not performed according to their
Undertaking ; and to require & take their respective arreares,
and them Comand forthwith to send in their Souldiers, with
their constant Mayntenance, according to their Qndertakeing;
and likewise to apprehend, take, &d imprison, all those who
have beene lysted & Mayntened & refuse to repaire to their
Colours, untill you shall receive further Order. Given, under
my hand & seal of Arms, this 12 day of April, 1643.

Arthur Capell.

cxxxi. sir vincent corbett to the same,
1643.

Soe it is that we are upon continuall Service and some
of our men are dayly hurt, and cannot avoid much prejudice
without a Surgent to apply present remedyes, In regard
whereof I pray you do me the favour to send young Shelvocke,2

1 Son and heir of Sir William Owen of Condovcr, Knt.

2 John Shelvoek, of Shrewsbury, Barber-Surgeon, was made a
burgess Aug. 22nd, 1662, a sou of Rcginal Shelvoek of Shrewsbury,
Barber-Surgeon, son of John Shelvoek of Great Shrawardine
yeoman. — G.M.

312 THE OTTLEY PAPERS

1

j or some other good Surgent whom you will recomend mee,
withall speede to Malpas, where I and my regiment are now
quartered ; and lett him bring with him his Implements, & all
maner of necessaryes, and he shall have a remuneracon to his
content ; Sir, if he will not come upon your entreatye I pray
you to comand him :

And I shall rest, Your kinsman to serve you,

Malpas 13th April. V. Corbett.

1643 To his honoured kinsman

Sr fYrancis Ottley Governour of Shrewsbury

theese.

CXXXII. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.
1043.

I desire you to call to you Mr Arthur Trevor1 and
together to consult & make a Catalogue of the Names of those
sufficient Burgers & Inhabitants of the Towne, Sububs, &
Libertyes of Shrewsbury, who are able & fitt to advance
Money for his Mats present' service ; and that you deliver, as
from me, a Transcript there of to the Mayor, in such Con-
venient time as that he may Warne in to appeare before me, at
my Lodgeings at Shrewsbury, upon Saturday next by tenne
of the Clock, according to my direccion to him by L're in that
behalf given, so not doubting your care in this, as in all other
his MatB affaires, I rest,

Whytchurch,2 Yor Affectionate ffreind,

13 April, 1643. Arthur Capell.

1 Arthur Trevor, son of Sir Edward Trevor, of Brynkynalt, Knt.
He was of the Inner Temple, and had to pay £40 only. He was sub-
sequently elevated to the Bench. — G.M.

He was a great friend of Prince Rupert, whose agent he was at the
Royal headquarters. He was also a voluminous and an especially
interesting correspondent of the Marquis of Ormond, who mentions
him as " my good friend Mr. Trevor."

2 This town must have been occupied by the King's forces from
an early period of tho war, though no exact date can he fixed. The
King and the Prince of Wales dined hero on their way from Shrews-
bury to Chester, Sept. 23, 1642 ; but we can hardly suppose that
any kind of protective works were in existence then At a later date,
when Sir Thomas Scriven was appointed Governor here, his first act
would be to throw a trench round it, but of this we have no record.
Being on the direct road from Shrewsbury to Chester its occupation
became a military necessity, and in January, 1613, Orlando Bridgman
urges Sir Francis Ottley to hasten his forces to Whitchurch in view

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I pray take care for the speedie makeing of a thousand
weight or more of Musquett Bullet.

To my Worthy ffreind Sr
ffrancis Oateley Kn*,

Governor of the Towne of
Shrewsbury,

these.

CXXXIII. SIR MICHAEL WOODIIOUSE TO THE SAME.

1643.

Noble Sr

I have understood by Sr Thomas Corbett1 that you

of an attack on Brcreton at Nantwich. That attack was a serious
failure. The Royalist troops, under Sir Thomas Aston, sustained
a very severe defeat. A large number of the wounded lay here, and
we find Sir Vincent Corbet writing to Sir Francis Ottloy to send with
all speed " all ye Churgieons you can possibly provide, for we are in
great want of them." From that time it continued a Royal garrison,
from which Lord Capel dates several of his letters to the Governor
of Shrewsbury, while his Lordship remained in command of these parts.

1 I cannot correctly identify who this Sir Thomas Corbet was.
There was a Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprouston, co. Norfolk, whose
loyalty had to be compounded for by payment of £1277 17s. 8d.,
but he had no immediate connexion with the county. Thomas
Corbet of Longnor was a zealous supporter of the king, and his name
appears to the " Ingagcment and Resolution of the Principal! Gentle-
men of the Countie of Salop," before mentioned, but with the addition
of Esqr.; he may be the person intended, but I am not aware lie was
ever knighted, nor docs the monumental inscription at Lecbotwood
where lie was buried describe him as such. His son Ed ward had been
previously (J une 20, 1642) created a baronet by King Charles. — G.M.

From an interesting narrative written by H. Puckering, an officer
who served under Lord Capel in Shropshire, to the Duchess of
Beaufort, the daughter of that nobleman, by her request, we learn
that Sir Thomas Corbet held a command under his Lordship, and was
very near being captured by My t ton, who surprised the royal forces
at Ellesmere, when Sir Nicholas Byron and Sir Richard Willis were
made prisoners. After Lord Capel was recalled from these parts, the
writer states that he and Sir Thomas Corbet, by the, persuasion of
his lordship, remained with the regiment as Hold oflicors under Mark
Trevor, afterwards made Lord Dungaunon, and marched that cam-
paign with Prince Rupert, after whose return from the battle of York
to Chester, and from thence to the King in the West, "Sir Thomas
and I" also left the regiment in Denbighshire, and came to wait on
my Lord and Lady Caprll at Bristol. Duke of Beaufort's MSS,,
Mist. MSS. Cmn., 12 Itept., A pp. 38i

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have gotten two Serjeants for me in which you have done me
a very great favor, I pray be pleased that the Soldiers be
put into there care. I hope there will be 60 more put to
them Sr Thomas Salisbury Offered to my Lord, and that they
should be delivered to my Major, he fieing out of the waye I
have sent this bearer with a letter frome my Lord unto him
and desire you to oblige me soe much as to let him know he is
sent to receive the men; if he should be gone and that the
letter might overtake him at bridgenorth I pray let an exprese
be sent to him, if he should be further let the letter rest wth
you Sr I hope in a day or 2 to come and give you thanks for yr
favors, in the meantime I rest

Whitchurch Yor most faithfull frend and

16 of April Servant

1643. MlCHAELL WOODHOUSE1

1 Sir Michael Woodhouse, Sergeant Major General of foot of all
those parts which were at this time under the Command of Lord
Capel, who writes to Sir Francis Ottley requesting him to assist Sir
Michael Woodhouse in fehl performance of such commands and
directions as he shall receive from Sir Nicholas Byron. He sat in the
Council of War held in Shrewsbury, April 3rd, 1643 (letter cxix), and
for a time he was stationed at Whitchurch, Salop, from which place
he writes the above letter. According to Puekering's account (already
mentioned) Sir Michael was left in charge of Whitchurch while Lord
Capel was manoeuvering against Brereton, who managed to slip by
him and plundered the town, taking £2,000 left by Lord Capel in his
wagon at his quarters. Sir Michael was afterwards with his regiment
ordered to the first fight at Newbury, not returning for some months
with his regiment reduced in strength by the loss of 300 men, which,
says Puckering, gave the enemy, who kept all their forces entire, the con-
fidence to plant a garrison at Wem, "which my Lord [Capel j for
want of his foot could not prevent." Puekering's memory plays him
false in stating that the weakening of Sir Michael's regiment gave the
enemy confidence to garrison Wem, that event having taken place before
the first battle of Ne\vrbury. He was afterwards appointed Governor
of Ludlow. He conducted the siege of Hop ton Castle, February 18th,
1644, and on its surrender is stated by Richard More, who Avas in
command, to have acted with great cruelty to the garrison after its
capture. In the following April he renewed the siege of Brampton
Bryan Castle, which Sir . William Vavasour had abandoned in the
previous August, and by the aid of his heavy ordnance soon rendered
it untenable. In September some of the forces under his com-
mand were aiding in the siege of Montgomery Castle. He held the
Governorship of Ludlow up to the time of its capture by the Par-
liamentary forces under Colonel Birch, in May 1646, that place being
the last in Shropshire held by the Royalists.

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315

My service to Mr Trevor, desire him to provide money for
these men, and to excuse me I gave him not a line, I am in hast.

To my honored ffrend Sr ffrancis Ottley Knt Govenor
of Shrewsbury these.

CXXIV. SIR BARNABAS SCUDAMORE TO THE SAME.

. 1643.

S'

I have sent this servant a purpose to see yu wth an
Assurance that what eiver I intreat of yu may be granted,
the first request is to take into yor care theis three Geldings,
and so divide them amonghstyor frends and mine that in June
next I may Keseve them fatt and fare, and honestly Restored
againe : my next request is that if y11 have any very fine cloth
(shutable to my waring) in yor towne yu would be pleased to
send me as much as will make me a shute and long smock
coate ; and what that shall cost presently after the reseat of
yor noatt I will returne the mony for it to Captayn Lane
Governar of Stafford who will forth with send it to yu : yu will
expect to have som news from hence but I can send. yu none
other then this, that there defiengo flago beinge come over to
us by the help of the wind, blowes now defiance in their one
faces, and I doubt not but that it may be replanted agayne
before eight and fortie owers after the Writinge hereof pray let
my humble servis be presented to yor Lady and my excusable
services to my Lady Corbett, and likewise to Sr John
Welde with the rest of my frends always Asshuringe yourselfe
that you have no frend in the world is more desierous to serve
you then

Litchfeild 18th1 Yor most Affectionatt Lovinge

April 1643. Servant,

Honest Collonell Owen is yor Servant B, Scudamore.

To my Noble frend Sr Francis
Ottley En* Governar of Shrewsbury this prest

1 Tho Parliamentary garrison loft by Goll in possession of Lichfield
surrendered it to Prince Rupert on the 21st April, being allowed to
march out with all the honours of war, " colours flying, trumpets
sounding, and matches lighted Prince Rupert, " who was always
ready to forget hostility towards an enemy in admiration of his
gallantry, heartily complimented Colonel Itussol on the courage he
displayed. " (Warburton'a Prince Ritpert ii., 1CD.)

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CXXXV. THE KING TO THE SAME.

1643.

Charles R

Trusty & welbeloved weo greet you well. Whereas our
Aflairs here doe require a farr greater proporc'on of Match
then all the Tow Flax & Iiempe to be had in these parts will
be able to make ; and understanding that our service may bee
plentifully supplied wth those Material Is from our County of
Salop and y° parts Adjoining Wee doe therefore hereby will
and require yo11 to use yor best endeavo1* in yr speedy buying
and taking up such quantities of Flax Iiempe and Tow1 as
that our County and ye bordering parts will Afford, and as
soon as any good quantity shall be gotten together yo11 are
from time to time to send the same to Worcester by Water &
cause it to be delivired over to our Governor there, who hath
Order from us as well to satisfy all disbursements and charges
made by you & to send tjie same to our Magazine here. Wee
shall forbeare to presse yor dilligence herein, well knowing yor
Zeale & good inclinac'ons to our Service will take all occasions
to advance ye same. Given at or Court at Oxford ye 20th day
of A prill 1043,

To Our trusty & welbeloved
Sr Francis Oatley Kn* Governor
of Our Towne of Shrewsbury

CXXXVl. WARRANT TO THE CONSTABLES OF DOWN TON TO
CAUSE THE INHABITANTS TO SWEAR TO MAINTAIN THE ARMY
OF THE PARLIAMENT.

1643.

To the Petty Constables of the p'ish of down-ton & to
ev'ie of them.

1 The cultivation of hemp was formerly much practised in Shrop-
shire, almost every farmer and cottager having a portion of his land
devoted to this purpose. Hence it is that we so frequently find in
schedules of property the hemp-but, hemp-yard, or nog-furlong men-
tioned ; the word nog denoting the coarser and less valuable part of
the hemp fibre used for cordage and canvas. The plant from which
it was produced is Canahis Saiivt, The stems being stripped of
their leaves were tied in bundles, soaked for a certain time in water,
spread out to dry, and then broken into fibre by a simple machine
called a tewter. It was then put into the hands' of the tow-dresser or
nog-man, who prepared it for spinning and weaving.

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317

Til PRESTATION

I A : B. doe sweare in the p'sence of Almighty God,
that I will defend with my lief & estate the kinges Matius p'son
and both houses of Parliment sitfinge at Westminster, and to
the uttermost of my power mayntaine & assist the Army raysed
by Authority of both houses of Parlyment under the Comaunde
of the Earle of Essex & will to the hazard of my lief & fortune
oppose all forces raysed or to be raysed without the Consent of
both houses of Parlim1 Soe help me god.
By virtue of a warrant from Sr Wm Waller K* Chieff Generall
of the Army nowe drawne into this County for Settlingo
of peace & for establishinge of true Religion, & blessed uniting
of kinge & Parlyment, Thoese are therefore straightly to
Charge and Comaund yow to repairo to the minister of yor
pish, whoe is the next Saboth to cause the p'ishioners prsent
at divine service to take This prestation hce readinge, & they
repeatinge it after, & that he certifie foorth with whoe beinge
prsent take it, & who refused it, and whoe are not pl'sont hee
is to repaire to their houses to doe the same, & that both
minister & Constable to Certifie as afforesaid by Munday night
next, And, in case the minister shall refuse or be negligent to
execute, according to these directions, that yow the petty
Constables are to certifie his name unto the Chieffo Genorall
at the Citty of Herefford the day afforesaid, And hereof vow
are not to faile at yor extreeme p'ille.
dated the 6th day of May 1643.

Pr la ffrend

\Vm RlCKARDE

Sir William Waller captured Hereford April 25th
taking prisoners Lord Scudarnore, his son, and many
other officers and soldiers.

Letters from Hereford to the Parliament reporting
events between the Gth and 1Kb of May, refer to c< Sir
William Waller's prosperous success in these parts ;"
and state " that since the taking of Hereford, he hath
also taken Leominster, and placed a garrison there, and
is now advanced to Ludlow, and laid siege against that
Castle, which is strongly fortified on purpose for the
king to retreat unto in case things prove unsuccessful
at Oxford ; but Sir William lies before it with a strong
force and doubts not to be master of it within a few

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days, only some delay bath been occasioned by the
rumours of Prince Maurice's approach thither wayes,
whom Sir William made preparations to encounter
with, but the Prince for all his fWce advance from Ox-
ford, made not so much haste as was expected, but
conceived he might possibly obtaine a larr braver
victory by delaying his march to surprize the handfull
of Northamptonshire men, which accordingly fell out
according to his unhappy wish," The above warrant
was about to be enforced on this occasion, but Waller
appears soon to have retired southward.

CXXXVII. It. LEUESON TO Silt FRANCIS OTTLE Y.

1643.

Sir

Since the unhappy surprise of Stafford by the rebells,
the place where I am is, not safe, cither for ray self or my
goods ; and therefore I have sent two waggons loaded with
some household staff, which I desire with your dispensacons,
may bee receaved into your towne of Shrewesbury unto a
roome which I have longe retained in mine owne hands for
this purpose against a tyme of neede, and that to this elfecte
you will please to give orders unto your watch for free passage
to and fro, whereby you will oblige moe more and more to
remayne

Your affectionate frende

Lilleshall Lodge R. Leueson1

16 May, 1643.

To my much respected frende, Sir Franc's
Oteley, Knt. Governor of Shrewesburye,

hast these.

1 Sir Bichai'd Leueson, K !>., of Lilleshall, eo. Salop, and
Trcntham, eo. Stafford, at whieli latter place lie chiefly resided,
though, during the Civil War, lie was gtuicmUy at (lie former, Ho
married Katharine, daughter and co-heir (<> Sir llobeil !>u<llrv, Kiit.,
natural son of Robert, ISarl of Leicester, but had no issue. He was
a zealous supporter of Monarchy, had to pay for his composition
£6,000, besides £300 per annum settled) and died 1 00 1, when his
estates devolved upon Frances, wife of Sir Thomas Gower; of
SiUenham, co. York, Laronet, ancestor of the present (1838) Duke
of Sutherland, who now enjoys them. — CJ. iM .

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CXXXVTII. MARY PEERS TO SIR FFvANClS OTTLEY.
1(513.

Sir

Wo have received Intelligence that my husband hath
bin a long time sick of an ague in his Ma'tios army, and there-
fore I am sending a messinger unto him, I desire you would
be pleased to Shew me that favour as to graunt me a tickctt
for his quiett passe through those townes off garrison as are
betwixt this & Oxford, &; you shall engage me to be your verie
thankfull Cosin

Plealey, 9 May

1643. Mary Peers (?)

The messengers names be
Richard Peerse (?)
Richard Webb.

To the right wor11 Sir ffrancis Otley governour of the towne of
Shrewsbury, these present.

CXXX1X. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.

1643.

I have written to S1* John Mennes and have desired
him to shew you the Letter; I shall desire you to take
E'speciall care of it, you may, having timely notice, discover
it by Scouts, which you must send out. I would have you to
send out many least some might fayle, if any such be there
designe it must be by some treachery, & therefore, if by your
Scouts you shall hear of any forces moving that way, secure
the most suspected persons, & if I can heare of there moving
that way Pie be in there reare, for I have ordered all things to
be in readyness. I rest,

Your most Affectionate freind,

1G May Arthur Capell.

Whitchurch. To my honerd freinde

[1643. Ed.] Francis Ottley Governor of Shrewsbury p'sent

these.

There can be little doubt there was a large portion of
the inhabitants of Shrewsbury, besides those who had
gone away, which had no sympathy with the dominant
party, and would have gladly welcomed the Parliament-
ary troops in the hope oi being relieved from the

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oppressive exactions made upon them. Lord Capel
Lad probably received private information which in-
duced him to take the precautions he mentions. A
large influx of people to the May Fair from the sur-
rounding country bringing cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
cheese, linen and woollen fabrics afforded a favourable
opportunity for treachery or plunder. Lady Brilliana
Barley anticipated with alarm the effect of the great
horse fair at Brampton Brian, this spring. A Royalist
party of Col. Price's regiment is said to have gone to
Brecknock. July, 1G45, witli the intention to plunder
the fair, but were anticipated by a party of Parliament-
ary soldiers who beat them back with loss, slew and
took many prisoners. (Perfect Diurnal, July 28, 1G45.)
The letter which Lord Capel entrusted to Sir John
Mennes does not appear amongst those preserved by
Sir Francis Ottley.

CXL. LORD C A PELL TO THE SAME.

1643.

Sir,

You have done exceedingly well in the expression
of yor care of your Towne of Shrewsbury on the fayre day,
I pray continue a strict regard ofitt and the passingers thither
arid thence, my appearing before Nantwych that day hath
brought the forces fro Stafford, as I am in formed, part to
Nantwych, the motion of the rest is uncertain. iNoe more at
present but that I am Yr Affectionate freind

Whychurch Arthur Capell.

19 May 1643. To >s Francis Oateley Knr GoviuV of the

Towne of Shrewsbury

these

CXLI. SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL TO THE SAME
1C43.

I have sent by this berer Richard Davis flower Barrells of
powder and two hundred waight of Mattch which I shall in
treat yo" to rocivc to the use of my Lord Capell, itt having
pleased his Lordship to leave it with mo for the then present

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321

necessity of this Towno untill I should have the eonveniency
to restore itt, which I have now done, and rem am e

CXLII. LOUD C A PELL TO THE SAME AND OTHERS.

1G43.

Arthur Lord Capell, Lieute'nt Generall to his Highness the
Prince of Wales of the severall Counties of Worcester, Salop,
Chester, the Cittes of Chester, and Worcester, & the six
Counties of North Wales.

To Sr Francis Oateley, Knt, Govunor of the Towne
of Salop; Sr John Mennes, Kn\ Generall of
the Ordinance to his Highness ; and to Sir Thomas
Screven, Knt, Coll. of one Regim1 of foote of the
Trayned bands of the County of Salop, aforesaid,
and Governor of Whytchurch, in the same County.2
Whereas the Safety and safe guarding of the said Towne of
Salop is of great concerning & consequence, for the security
of the said Countye ot Salop, and the fortifying, and Vic-
tualling thereof, is of very great and p'sent necessitye and
Importe to his Mal9 service, By virtue of divers powers and
Authorities granted unto me, by his said Highness the Prince
of Wales, and confirmed by the King's most excellent Maty,
under his greate Seal of England, for the Rayscing, and Con-
ducting, of all such Forces as are or shalbe raysed within the
said Countyes and Cittyes, and for the secureing of Ins Mats
Subjects from any Invasion of Enemyes, Insurrections, or
Rebellions that shall happen to be made or Committed, as
well within the said Towne of Salop as in all other parts and
places within any the said Countyes Aforesaid, I do hereby
require and Authorize you, the said Sr Francis Oateley, Sr
John Mennes, and Sr Thomas Screven, and every of you, and

1 Worcester, of which city Sir William was Governor.

2 The great pressure of work on the shoulder of the Governor of
Shrewsbury is so apparent in his varied correspondence that if.
accounts for Lord (lapel associating with him Sir John Mennes and
Sir Thomas Seriven. It was done probably at tlie request of Sir
lYancis himself.

Wore'1 May the
25th 1G43.

Yor humble Servant
Will Russell.

To his honorble ffreind

Sr ffrancis Oateley Govmer ot

Shrewsbury these present

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any two of you. in the Absence of the Other, to take dilligent
View of the said Towae of Salop, and of the Castle Walls,
Portes, Passes, Bridges of, and Avenewes to the same, and of
all other places of advantage within or neere the said Towne,
lor the defence thereof, and that you forthwith cause such
works to be made and cast upp, and such Alterations,
Erections, or demolishments, to be be made in any the
Workes already made, or in any walls, Houses, or other
Building, in or near the said Towne of Salop, as shall be found
necessary in yor Judgemts for the defence, safety, and safe
guarding thereof. And to the end that the said Towne being
so fortified may the better be held, and made good for his
Mat9 Service ; that yo11 do likewise forthwith consider of a
way and means for the speedy Victualling thereof, as well by
causing the severall Inhabitants to p'vide for their respective
famylies for some competent tyme, as by p'viding and laying
in of provisions into the publique Magazine, or Storehouse, of
the said Towne, for the support of the Garrison, which now is,
or shall be hereafter, put into the said Towne, for and during
the space of six Monthes at the least ; and that for such pre-
parations of Works and Victuals so to be layed in will rather
Arme and furnish an Enemy, unless there be great and con-
stant care hadd of the Guards, Watches, Centinells, and other
Officers and souldiers, in habiting, and Quartered within the
said Towne, and appoynted to passe upon their Duties within
the same to p'vent the said Towne being surprised or taken, the
care and Trouble of which cannot, with any reasonable conven-
ience, be wholly undergone and discharged by one single man,
I doe, therefore, hereby require you the said, Sr John Mennes,
and Sr Thomas Screven, to be Aiding and Assisting, as well by
your Councells as otherwise, unto the said Sr Francis Oateley,
the Governor of the said Towne in giving such Advise for the
setting of Guards and Watches, and in takeing to Custody, or
otherwise secureing each p'son, as upon good in formation
shall be made known to you to be disaffected to his Mt3 Ser-
vice, and in doing all other Acts that may in the least sort, and
manner conduce to the safety and safeguarding of the said
Towne, and the keeping of the Souldiers in Garrison there in
their due obedience to the Comands of their Superior Officers,
and upon their several dutyes as you, with him, shall think
best for his Mat3 service. And that you the said Sr Francis
Oateley, Sr John Mennes, and Sr Thomas Screven, take speciall
care to have y° Results and Effects wch Stand agreed upon at
yor severall meetings and debates, pursuod with strict execu-
tion & p'formance, and that such Orders, and Rules for order,

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323

as shall bo upon such Councells and Advises from time to
time Conceived, & thought fitt to bo Issued out and published,
be Issued forth in the name of the said Slr Francis Oatley as
Govern1", and under his hand only f and I do hereby require you,
the said Sir Francis Oatoley, that in the manage of his Matys
service concerning the Defence, fortifying, Victualling,
Guarding, and Watching, of the said Towne of Salop, and in
all other Materiall Actions and Circumstances conduceing to
the same, you at all times and upon all occasions, consult, and
advise, with the said Sr John Mennes, and Sr Thomas Screven,
and pursue such resolutions as shall be between you at yor
several] consultations taken, concerning the same. And
furthermore, because all the particulars of soe greate a worke
cannot be p'cisely in all the parts thereof expressed, and
expressly directed, I doe hereby require and Authorize you,
the said Sir Francis Oateley, Sir John Mennes, and Sir Thomas
Screven, to p'eced in the p'mises in any poyntes wherein this
my Com'ission may or shall fall short, for want of nameing
such p'ticular things according to yor best Judgem18 &
directions, and for the best Advantage of his Mats Service as
Occasion and Opportunity shall be Offered you ; the said Sr
Francis Oateley, Sir John Mennes, and Sir Thomas Screven,
giving me therof, as well as of all other y1' dealings and
Actions in this behalf, a constant Accompt by yor Expresses
unto me wheresoever I shall happen to be or reside ; and for
the better settleing of his Mats peace within the said Towne
and p'ervation thereof. I do give unto you the said Sr Francis
Oateley, Sr John Mennes, and Sir Thomas Screven, full power
and Authoritye to regulate, Order, Correct, and punish, such
Inhabitants, Officers, and Souldiers, within the said Towne of
Salop, in such sort as shall best conduce to the p'servation
thereof. And do require all Officers, Souldiers, and all other
his Mat3 Loving subjects, to be Ayding, and Assisting, to you,
the said Sr Francis Oateley, Sr John Mennes, and Sir Thomas
Screven, in all things for the best advancem* of the said
Service. Given under my hand and Scale at Armes this six
and twenteth day of May, 1G43.

Arthur Capell.

cxlitt. deposition of francis longford as to richard
gould's delinquency.

1C43

Salop ff. . 27th of May 1G43

Thexaminacon of liraunces Longford of Cardington in the-
County afforesaid Corviser taken the day above written

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before Sir ffrauncis Ottley Knight & gov'nor of the towne
of Shrewsbury.

1 This deponent sayeth that Richard Gould of Cardington

tayler did abouts fTebruary lastrpast Come to this dopfc
and desired him to mend his Bootes and this depfc asked
him whither he went and tould this dep1 he was to goe to
oxford for writts for some of his neighbours and said that
he had sixteene or seventeene pound to delivr to some of
the p'lia'mt forces and hoped to make it up twenty
pounds when he receaved his horse as he said was to be
receaved by him from Mr Steevens of ascott.

2 This dep* further depose th that the said Gould did reporto

that he had 1'rcs in his pockott or abouts him would free
him, and a lVresh horse at ev'y ten or twelve myles end
and to have his Lodginge free w'hout pay, and his
horsmeat and tould this dep1 lie was to bee out nyne or
ten dayes wch he was and tould this dep1 further that it
he could gefct up money twenty or thirty pounds to
furnish Mr Steevens w'hall the sd Steevens would help
him to a tene'mt of the Lord Cravens that he should not
neede to follow his trade any more neither did he care
whether he did a dayes worke while he lived.

Signed ffrauncis jv Longford.

CXLIV. WILLIAM CROSS TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Noble Sir

My humble services remembered &c. Whereas there
this daye (two as they reported) were for his ma* tie and were
to goe to there captine with speed, but so yt is that they did
rid from ale house to alehouse soefarr as they fell in Company
with one ffoortune Vickers whoe was a souilder in his ma'tis
Armey but ho we he hath absented him sclfe thence I doe not
knowe but ever sythence for the space of ix [daies] last past
he hath lived like a drunken fellow, and this dayo he did
enformo the said parties that John Harries was a round head
and did wishe them to lett him goe out of the towne and then
to take his horse. I hearing of this 1 reprehended this
Vickers for doeinge soe where upon he replied and said lie
will be oven with me within three dayes followinge wherein
Noble Sir J doe live in feare of such runagat fellowes in this

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dangerous tymes • which I leave unto your wise descretion ;
and ever remayne your servant at Command,

William Crosse.1

ftord the 29th of mayo
1643.

CXLV. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.
1643.

You are desired with all speed to use all possible means
to drawe into the Towne of Shrewsbury all p'sons well affected
to the ayde of the Towne; I stay only to receive notice how
my troopes are disposed, and, that once known, I will bee
with you forthwith : let your Guards be good and strict, and
secure the persons of those you know, or have good Cause to
suspect, to be disaffected, in your Towne, I am,

Yor Affectionate friend,
Chester 29 May Arthur Capell.

1643

ffbr Sr fir; Oateley, Governr
of Shrewsbury, these

Arthur Capell.

CXLVI. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.

1643.

Sr francis Otteley — I pray you find out with all expedi-
tion a Convenient Quarter for Mr Arthur Trevor,2 one servant,
and two Horses. & this so soon as you can for the dispatch of
his Matid busynos, & as neere mee as you can for my
Conveniency,

Your Loving frend,

Arthur Capell.

cxlvi. lord capell to the same.
1643.

Sr

upon the intelligence of Warringtons3 being besieged
and considering the consequenco of the taking thereof, to look

1 William Cross of Ford, son of Thomas Cross of Ford, defunct,
was admitted a burgess of Shrewsbury in 1611.

2 See note to letter oxxxii.

3 "A detachment of the Parliamentary forces from Manchester
laid siege to Warrington in May, on which occasion the Royalists

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upon those parts under my Charge & Com'and I drew fro'
Wliytchurch, & Chester a considerable number of Horse &
foote with feild peeces & ammunition to relieve the Towne, &;
on Sunday evening and monday morning marcht to flrodsham
Bridge & made up the passage there formerly broken downe,
and past over to Rock Savage parke under Haughton toure, &
there sent out a strong partye for intelligence, thenewes being
a little whyspered that the Towno was surrendred before our
comeing, and about two of the clock in the Afternoone there
was brought certaine intelligence that it had beene in the
Bebells hands since nine of Sunday morning, and, thereupon,
having supplyed Haughton Castle (which will be likely their
next attempt) with some powder, I made my retreat, and
brought of with me six or seven of the Rebells' Scouts; the
Rebells had stolen some Dragooners through a wooddy ground
to lye neere our way to inarch coveretly, and at the going off
of the peices fyred upon us, but were, with a partye of Horse
attending them, repulsed by our welch without any loss to us,
or them, for ought we come to knowe ; After wee had passed
the Bridge, and wero Xakeing up the passage, some scouts
came and rayied att us, & shewed themselves in a dareing
fashion in a medowe neere the Bridge, and two Gent.
Voluntiers, impatient of that Game, without Comand, with
full speed charged them and put them to fiyght, after which
they made no further appearance : you will encouter reports
of men drowned in passing. a foard butt believe it not: I am,

Yf Affectionate frend A.RTHUR Cap ELL.

Chester 29 May 1643.

ffor his MatL'3 especiall service

To my much esteemed freind Sir

lira: Oateley Kfc Govervn1" of Shrewsbury these.

Haste Haste ryj

Post Haste J 4 J I * 1

under Col. Norris, the Governor, took refuge in the chureh, and
fortifying that edifice obstinately resisted their attacks for five days;
but the enemy having erected a battery, which they brought to bear
upon it, the Royalists were compelled to surrender. Their number
was one thousand six hundred, of whom three hundred were taken
prisoners, and ten pieces of ordnance, with a large quantity of arms
and ammunition fell into the hands of the enemy. The Royalists
seem, however, to have soon regained possession of the town, for in
less than three months it was again attacked by the Parliamentarians,
who carried it by storm, when the former lost six hundred men and
ciglit pieces of cannon." (Lewis's Topographical Dictionary,)

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327

Haste for Life Arthur Capell

Wrexham near one clock this 30th May in the. Afternoon

Tho: Baker

Elsmr halfe past 2 in the afternoone.
pro Deo & Carolo liege

CXLVII. THOMAS FISHER TO THE SAME.

1043.

Noble Sir

I doubt not but before these you have heard from
Worcester; it is here confirmed that the Rebels is retreated
with luss and Shame to Tewkesbury, Mr Walker, quarter
master to Coll: Crow, came but Yesterday from Worcester, &
Affirms ISO of the Enemy to be slain, & I could wish that all
the Enemys of my Lord the King were as they ; the Lord be
with us, & my prayers shall be for you as,

Yours to Command to my
Ludlow May 31 Power,
1643. For his Maties special affairs. Thomas Fisher.
For the Honored Sir Francis Oattley Knight
Governor of Shrewsbury these present
Hast Hast Post Hast Ludlow May 31 6 of the Clock morning

Thomas Fisher1

CXLVIII. SIR NICHOLAS BYRON TO THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON
IN LUDLOW CASTLE.

1G43.

Whereas George Dodding, Esqr, Ralphe Arderne, Esqr
firancis ffittz Hugh, George Tolson, and Robert Bradshawe,
have been committed to the Castle of Beaumorries for Levying
of Warr ag* his Maty, which place, in respect to the Scituation
thereof, is Subject to dainger, and it is therefore thought fitt
that they bee removed from thence ; These are therefore in
his Mat3 name to require you to receive the said prisoners into
your Custody in the Castle of Ludlow, & them there to retayne
till you have received furthr ordrs or that they shall be
delivered according to Lawe, Chester Pat, 5° Junii 1G43
To the Keeper of the prison N. Byron.

in Ludlow Castle.

1 Thomas Fisher, Governor of Ludlow. The following entry
appears in the Churchwardens' Accounts of that town for the year
1613, the precise date not given : — " Paid fFor Ringinge at to [two]
sevcrall Daycs by ye appointment of Mr Fisher then Governor,
3" 4d." {Trans., Shrop. Arch. Soc, ivM 2nd scr., p. 144).

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CXLIX. JOHN BUTCHER TO RICHARD BETTON.
1643.

Cardiff the 4th of June 1643
Mr Betton1, my love rembred with desire of your good
health ; Sir, I know you cannot cheuse but heare how the
state stands with a great manie of honest men in Bristoll, &
how thay suffer; the cause of my wrighting unto you att
p'sent is to intreate you to doe mee a Curtisie which is this,
ffinnes, when hee came in to Bristoll, tooke away from mee
fouer score butes of spannysh wines, and I understand that
the ... & trowemen hath brought many of them to
your towne, & other places in those partes ; my request unto
you is, that you will bee pleased to stay such as shall com to
your towne, unlese they can give accompt of whom thay
bought them. I am credably informed that manie of myne
came to your towne, I shall intreat you to doe mee this lawfull
favoure, & you shall ingage me to bee yours to comm'fand],
soe seconding my Love unto your selfe, & unto my Contrie-
woman, your wife, I take leve, and will ever rest,

Yo" to Comd

To his loving freind John Butcher.

Mr Richard Betton
these d d d with trust
in Schrosbrie.

CL. RICHARD LLOYD TO THE CONSTABLE OF LUDLOW CASTLE

AND OTHERS.

1643.

Whereas George Dodding, Esqr, Ralphe Arderne, Esqr,
ffrancis flits Hugh, George Tolson, and Robert Bradshawe,
taken in actuall rebellion against his Matio and conveyed to
this Citty of Chester, and thence, for thcire more safe Custody,
to the Castle of Beumarris, in the Countio of Anglesey, whore
theire being in Custody is not holden secure, in respect of
forces of the Enemie at Sea, upon which Consideration Sr
Nicholas Byron Knight, Governor of Chester, and Colonel
Generall of his Matle9 forces in the Countie of Salop, and the
adjacent Counties, hath, by the warrant annext,2 com'anded
the removeall of the said prisoners to his Matioa Goale at

1 Mayor of Shrewsbury, styled Robert Betton, junior.

2 See (jxlviii.

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329

Lucllowe, having acquainted me therewith on his Mati,B behalf;
and required my concurrence there in : these are, therefore, in
his Maties name, to will and require you, and your deputie, or
deputies, to receve the said prisoners to yr said Custodie, and
them safely to detayne, untill they be thence delivered by due
Course of Lawe ; whereof fayle .you not as you shall answer
the Contrarie at yor perill : dated the tenth of June, 1643.
[Wrexham] Ri: Lloyd.

To the Constable of the Castle of Ludlow
and the Porter of the Lodge and Keeper
of the Goale there and to Every of them.

CLI. THOMAS WOLRYCHE AND OTHERS TO LORD CAP ELL.

1G43.

Right Hoble

Wee have founde Richard Underbill, one of the
Constables of Hales Owen, soe negligent in doeing his office
for the service concerningo the 4500u, & the first levye of
12H 103, the second of Gu 5s, and the third of 12H 10s, and this
p'sent service of summoninge 10 able men in that alotment,
that wee might choose six thereout for the Prince his life
guard, according to yor Lop9 order, which he hath wholy
sleigh ted, & not returned one man unto us for that service,
That we conceave his remissness therein ought to be corrected,
and therefore wee have made bold to comend him herewthall
unto yor Lo'ps pleasure to be dealt with as in your wisdome
you shall thinke convenient ; and humbly remayne,
At yor further Comaunds,

Bridgnorth Tho: Wolryche.

13 Junn 1G43. Morton Brigges.1

Edward Acton.

Edward Cressett.

To the right hoble Arthur Lord Capell
Lieutennt General! of the Prince his
forces in the Counties of Worster Salop & Chester
& The six N or t heme County es of Wales.

humbly prsent these.

1 The family of Brigges was of Norfolk origin, of Salle in that
county, one of whom purchased Erncstry Park, in the parish of
Diddlesbury, co. Salop, from George Talbot, Gth Earl of Shrewsbury
(about 15G5), who had inherited it from the Le Stranges. Humphrey
Brigges, of Erncstry Park and Haughton, near Shilfnal, married a

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CLII. RICHARD LLOYD TO SIR THOMAS MIUVAUD, KNT.

1643.

Sr There being five prisoners in, Beu morris Castle, which
five shipps of War nowc upon the coast of Anglesey had a
desiime to rescue, and therefore of necessitie a coarse hath
been taken to remove them to Ludlow, to the Porter's Lodge
there, a place wllicl\ by reason of the Comisson of Oyer and
Terminer in all the Counties of Wales, hath heretofore been a
prison for traytors, and other enormous delinquents, In regard
of the defective directions of Sr Nicholas Byron, I have
written a Warrant1 (how valid I insist not). But untill his
Matie be made acquainted with them and their adherents,
And for that some prisoners of ours may have theire inlarge-
rnent by theire means. I hope the Councell will direct theire
safe Custodie. well will Occasion both, the kings allowance to
the house, and a permission for guard of towne and Castle :
The Messenger calling upon me in hast I humbly take leave,
and remaine,

Yor humble servant & kinsman,
Wrexham this Ri: Lloyd.

14 of June, 1643.

To the Eight Wor11^ Sr
Thomas Milward, Knt,
Cheife Justice of Chester,
at Ludlow Castle these.

co-heiress of Robert Moreton, of Houghton, Sheriff of Shropshire in
1605. We find Sir Moreton Brigges (created a Baronet Aug. 12th,
1G41), named as one of the Committee appointed by an Ordinance of
Parliament for the Association of Warwick, Stafford, and Salop,
April 10th, 1 G43, that is, just two months before the above letter
was written, for which reason we could hardly suppose his name
would appear in connection with such unmistakable Royalists as
those whose names are affixed to it. A year later we find him giving
the Governor of Bridgnorth, Sir Lewis Kirke, some trouble, who
writes to Prince Rupert, August 21st, 1644, for advice, and states : —
" That according to an order from his Hignes for levying contribu-
tions, I sent a party to Tong Castle, and Shi final, on Sunday to
demand the arrears of the three last months. The Lieutenant in
command hearing of it, escaped from them, he then took the Con-
stables, and was carrying them off, when Sir Moreton Brigges
encouraged the parishioners to resist ; and a ccuflle ensued, in which
most of the soldiers were wounded, and disarmed, .and called Popish
Dogs. They were kept prisoners for live or six hours • I wish to
know his Bignesses pleasure/
1 See Letter (JXi/viii, ante.

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331

CLIII. LETITIA CORBETT TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLtiY.

164%

Sir,

My Mother hath some ^business to sende Robert
Scofeild to London, and I hav# adventured to send for some
grocery, provisions, and some other things to be directed as to
her, wherefore, I do intreat you to send me a pass for him,
and what carriage for (my Mother) the Lady Knollys, he
brings with him by any Carrier from London hither, not that
I care who Seircheth them, but that 1 wou'd not have them
taken away from me, who am,
Childes Arcall the Sir,
14th June. [1643] Yor Servant,

My Mother and my Service to Lettice Corbett.

yor Lady. I do desire that it may not be known that I doe
expect any vallewable Carriage from London, least ye Par-
liament force fetch it too near home.
For Sir Francis Oatley
Governer of Shrewsbury.

CLIV. RICHARD CRESSETT TO THE SAME.

1043.

Sir Francis Oteley

This bearer, Ar'ld : Jones, is going upon business for
me to my Unkle Vaiiglian, of Pantglas, in Carnarvonshire, I
desire your Pass for his Journey thither and back again : So
having no more at present, but my Service to yourself and my
Lady, I rest,

Upton Cressett Your Kinsman to serve you

June 15: 1043. Iiic: Cressett.

CLV. MARY STQRY TO THE SAME.

1G43. [?]

Noble Sr

Mr Stury is extremely called one [on] by the maior for
£6, and we payed £5 but a fortnight agoe, and 20s must this
day be payed to the Traiue soulders, and you knowe our
weake estate, therefore I beseech you, if it be possible, git
something mittigated, and for that [inasmuch] as we must
pay, I pray doe me that favour as it may be paide in hay, for
we shall have some redy to Carrie this next weeke, or else I
will sell it and thay or you shall have the mony, for I have

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noe other way to make it so spedily, I have paide Mr Harris
sence alhollowtide £8 for use [us] soe at this Time thare is noe
more due. This with the presentment of my humble Service
to your good Lady and your selfe I rest

Your most loving Kinswoman

To the Right wor '11 Maby Stury.1

Sr francis Oteley present

these.

CLVI. LORD CAPELLS KEQUISITrON FOR HORSES, MEN,
AND ARMS.

1643.

Whereas divers the Gentlemen of best Quality and Estate
in this County of Salop, out of their loyall and ready affec-
tions to His Majesties Service, and Care of their Countrey's
preservation, have freely and readily undertaken and sent in
Horses, and Men, Armed in Proportion to their Estates, for
the defence of the Coimtrey, at this time in imminent Danger,2
by reason of the gathering of the Kebells in the severall
adjacent Counties in great numbers; And have also in
Councell with myself concluded, That you, amongst many
others, who have not sent in any Horses for this Service, are
fit to send in 2 Horses, Men, and Horse-Arms, to be imployed
for His Majestie's present Service, and this Countie's Safety.
I therefore require you, That you send in such said Horses,
Men, and Arms, to the Town of Shretusbury, by Monday,
which will be the 19 day of this instant June, to the Red-
Lion there, where they shall be received and listed. Assuring
you that as your readiness herein will be acceptable to His
Majesty, and beneficiall to your self, So the refusall will
render you incapable of the Generall Protection, which, by
Gods blessing upon the Forces now raised, and in raising,

1 1 of Rossall, near Shrewsbury. Water Sturry was god-father to
Water Ottley, a younger brother of Sir Francis ; but what relation-
ship existed between the families I have not been able to learn.

2 Sir William Waller was in the neighbourhood of Worcester,
Brereton was harassing the Cheshire district, and Sir Thomas
Myddleton had about this time been appointed by the Parliament
Serjeant-Major General of the Forces in North Wales. The exact
date of Sir Thomas Myddlcton's Commission is 12th June, 1G43, the
full text of which is printed in Phillips's Civil War in Wales, ii., 71.

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333

I shall be able to give to His Majesties Loyall and good
Subjects of this County,

Shrewsbury 13 Yor affectionate ffriende,

June 1643. < Arthur Cap ell.

The above is a printed form filled in, and signed
in MS,

CLV1I. LOUD CAPELL TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1043.

The Gentlemen of this Country this day meeting me about
his Majestyes affaires, and the unseasonableness of the Weather
for travay'ie, will deteine mee here longer then my resolution.
In my absence, if ought happen of importance concerning your
towne, I desire to be advertised of itt from you, and shall apply
my care, & power to your Assistance, I rest,

Your affectionate freind,

Wrexham 15 Junii t Arthur Capell.

1643.

CLVIII. LORD CAPELL TO THE SAME.

1643.

Sr FFRA: OTTLEY,

I desire you to take into your Custody the persons of
Gov: Dodding, Ardune ffitzhugh, toulson, and Bradshawo, and
them together- wth the warrant wch will bee given you to convoy
to the Castle att Ludlow, and there to deliver them by the
hand of such convoy as you shall think fitt : I rest

^our Affectionate freind

Wrexham 15° Arthur Capell.

Junii 1643.

clix. Sir Paul Harris to the same.
1643.

Sr

I sent some of my goods & Arms to one of my tenants
howses at Onslow for the better safety against the parliament
forces, and I am informed that yor Soldiers have been there
this day, and have taken away my Arms, & offered to break
open my trunks, the cause hereof I know not, nor by what
authority it is don, therefore, I desire to bo satisfyed by you,.
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and to know whether I may have my goods restored without
further complaint, and rest,

JBoare Acton,1 Yor Loving frend,

17 June 1043. Paul Harris.2

CLX. FRANCIS FITZHUGH TO WILLIAM FLESHER.

1643.

Worthy S*f

I know not whether it bee any strange thing to you to
heare that I am a prisoner, and so have bin this three Months,
being taken in Lancashire by the Earle of darbies forces, in all
which tyme I have not received one penny to releave mee,
neither from Manchester, nor Lancaster, where my Garrison
was, being sent thither with the Commaund of one hundred
foote in the Companie of Sarg* Major Burche, who comanded
fifty horse, by Sr John Seton his Comaund, at wch tyme wee
tooke in the towne and Castle of Jjancaster, I having received
a Comission by Sr John his Consent, from Mr Richard
■Shut tie worth (and others deputy Leiuetenants) to be Cap1
under Colonell dodding His regiment, wherein report may tell
you I have performed the dutio of a Souldier, having never
bin idle till this forced occation : although I am not rewarded
accordingly, having writt divers letters to the Gent : in Man-
chester concerning my Exchange, they having five for one in
their Custody, and yet no Answere returned. Now Sr, my
desire is that you would value my sufferings so much as to
endeavour my releasement, Least my Necessity compells mee
to steere another Course, which I seriously protest none is
more freely offered if I will disert the Cause, and take
Comaund with them, which may bee such as I my self may
Like when I please, but, so long as their is hopes, I shall
continue my integrity ; yet to live in misery without pitty is
so miserable a Condition, and to bee Losed from one prison to
another so Lamentable, since my acquaintance in these parts
are as small as my fortune, for when I was first taken in Lan-
cashire I was conveyed to Jjathum the Earl his house, where I

1 Originally Acton, afterwards Boar Acton, andnow Boreatton.— O.M.

2 In a note to the Calendar of the Spring Ahhizoh (No. i/NXXf., ante)
a quotation m given IVom (lough'N I/wtori/ of liluhffc, which mIiowm
that Sir Vim) Harris way an unpopular man liotli with his ctjiials and
his inferiors, which may account for the conduct, though it docs not
excuse it, of the sold id's fiom the Shrewsbury garrison. Sir Francis
Ottley disregarded his complaint, and Sir Paul made, his complaint
known to the Chief Secretary, Edward Nicholas, who wrote to Sir
Francis on .the suhject t he next month. (See Fetter No. GLXXVl; post).

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335

remained fowro daies, from thence I was sent to Chester to
the Comon Gaole, where I lay two Nights,- paying for my fees,
besides diet, from there I went to Chester Castle, where I lay
nine wcekes, paying besides fees, and dictt, a groato a night
for my lodgeing,. lying in such sheets that 1 am sure horse
hath had better, from thence, wee were sent to Bcwmawriee
in Wales, in the County of Anglicy, where wee stayed fowre
weekes, being 42 miles from Chester, and from thence to Chirk
Castle, where wee lay two nights, and from thence to Shrows-
berry, where wee yet remaine. Being too saddo a progresse
for a discontented Mind, and wanting purse, Therefore, Sr, bee
pleased speedily to consider my Estate (having not received
any Money since I came from London, but what I have
borrowed), and not see mee Shipwrack'd, when so easy to bee
saved ; if there bee no worth in mee, the greater wilbe your
owne glory that you lent a Charitable hand, where you had no
Cause : although you shall never have Cause to make that
Complaint, It is not my Misery makes me thus humble, but a
willing desire I have to keepe my selfe in your estceme, that
you may never Chide your selfe, for being my freind. Sr I
desire you will send mee answere by this poste, and direct
your letter to one Mr. Samuell phillipps's, a mercer here in
Shrowsburie, who is a very honest Man, and one that knowes
you, for which favour I will alwaies acknowledge my selfe,

Shrowsbury, this Yor most affectionate freind and

of June 1643, servant,

FEAN. FFITZ HUGH.1

Be pleased to remember my service to yor wife,

to Sargt. Maior Leigh, and my good freind Mr. Ince,

To my very worthy freind

Mr. William filesher at the

signc of the Bell in Sl Lawrence

Lane give these.

CLXI. THOMAS EDWARDS TO Sill FRANCIS OTTLEY.
1043.

Sir

1 received both your letters together wherein your
tender care & singular affeccon to your poore kinsman is
sufficiently expressed, & that you may knowe my innocencie
to the splenative suggestions : I was ornestlie solicited before
Easter iast by Sir Bo : Eyton &, others to goo procure the

1 He being a prisoner, this letter was interseptcd, and remained
with Sir Franeia Ottley.

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libertie of severall Prissoners in INamptwich, I having Sir
Nicholas Byron's warrant for that purpose : on Good ffriday I
was theire, & used meanes to the utmost of my endeavors,
accord ing to the trust reposed in mee, many poore Welshmen
I got discharged, $& prevayled for an exchange for Captayno
Eyton for one Eyton, a minister in Chirke Castle, but Sir
Robert could not obtaync this exchange on our side, soe hee
desired mee to use other meanes, & procured my Lord Capcll's
warrant for me to goe thither, but I was never able since to
get on a bootc, nor was not heire, but writt my letters which
Sir Robert sawe, & had two other exchanges ofred, eyther for
my brother Aldersey, or one Arden ; but Sir Robert could
prevayle on the king's side for neither. Then Sir Robert's
man was taken prissoner, & Sir Robert repayred to Sir frrancis
Otley to labor for one Harris, a prissoner to be exchanged for
his sone, & I writt a letter for his exchange, & likewise to get
out Capfc Eyton's leifetcnant, one Jennings, & Sir Robert's
man : but the Colonell was not at home and therefore the
exchange of Harris tooke noe effect, yet Jennings & Sir Robert's
servaunt came out for a very small matter, & this is all that
ever I did or sayd or had to doe with any, & yf I must bee
sensured for doing service for my Countrey its a hard matter,
& hereafter they shall imploye somebody else. Sir Robert
labord mee for to goe onst more, & hath assured mee to cleare
their Jealiousies hee knowing my integritie, & is sensible I am
over-charged in the horse & Loane, and other of my neighbors
in the same case wiibe this day in Towne ; I pray be pleased
to assist Sir Robert to excuse mee in one or both, for 1 liavo
fWiUlur rnflll nor . fK# know itOt whiMVO to have any;

neither will my estate, being in debt, tollerate lliis burthen.
Yet I submitt to what the rest of my neighbors of my estate
doe, having had more prejudice by Soldyers then any of them.
Soe in hast present my owne, wives, & litle boyes, due respects
to your selfe, & service to the good Lady Otley, to whome I
am much bound for hir care of mee.
I take leave, & ever Remayne,
your obliged kinsman, & faithful servaunt
to dispose of,

19th June Tno Edwardes.1

1G43. Kilehendrey.2

1 He was of an ancient family long seated at KillieiKlrc, from
which the Edwardes of the College, Shrewsbury, and of Greet, were
a younger branch.

- About a quarter of a mile from Dudleston Church " on the brow
of a hill overlooking a beautiful valley richly wooded is Kilhendre,

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337

CLXII. R. HERBERT TO THE SAME.
1643.

Sr

When you have accepted of my service & best respects,
Take I pray you into your Consideration the Request of this
poorc man.

It is not in your power, I beeleeve, but by waye of p'swasion,
to gratifie him, And I knowe non that I presume I have anye
Interest in Lyklyer In that waye to prevayle then your self.

His case is this, -when out of these parts there were sent on
Thursday last a certayne number of men that G might be
Chosen out of every allottment, for his Majestes service : it
happened this bearer's Aprentice was one who stands engaged
by covenante for certayne years yett to come ; now his suit is
upon that Reason & for that hee is [? a poor man] that thorough
your good favor his Apirentice may be restored to his service.
Iff you please to make use of your interest In my Lord Capeli's
Officers on this bearers behalf, who mayntaynes a great family
by his Labour & trade, & without that [apprentice] will be but
in an ill Condition to [maintain his family, you will] merritt
his prayers for all [time]

to remayne

Bromfield IS Junii Your faythfull kinesfman]

1G43. & Servant R. Herbert.1

To my much. Honored Cosen
Sr Francis Oatley Knight, &
Governor of the Towne of Shrewsburye,

present these.

On the site of the present hon.se, about fifty years ago (written in
1851), stood a very ancient mansion of chequered timber and brick
work, the residence of the Edwards, who had been settled there for
upwards of six centuries, and possessed considerable estates, in
Dnddleston, St. Martin's, and the neighbouring townships. . . In
the centre of the house was a chamber, into which you descended by
steps, and the passages to which were hidden by tapestry, evidently
intended as a place of concealment in cases of sudden danger. The
rooms were low, gloomy, and inconvenient, and a large hall occupied
half the house." (Bagshaw's Gazetteer, 1851.)

1 I conceive this to be the son of Francis Herbert, of Oakley Park,
in the parish of Bromfield, Salop, whose funeral sermon was preached,
March 25th, 1G7G, hy John Sladc, M.A. (of Mcrton College, Oxford)'
vicar of Bromrield. Blakeway, in his Sheriffs of Shropshire, gives a
lengthy extract from this sermon, from which we learn that Mr.
Richard Herbert was a man distinguished for his piety and general

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CLXIII, WI: YOUNG TO THE SAME.

1G43.

Sir

I am bould to crave your favoure concerninge a horse
and armes wherewith my Lo, Capell wrott to have mee sende
in to Sallopp. This day I have att tins present horse and
armes now in S' Vincent Corbetts troupe, and I know his
Quarter Master Ambrose Kinaston will testify soe much. I
had on other horse & armes being a dragooner, under Captayn
Tho : Piggott which weare taken away att Drayton when theire
Comaunder was in bed, and I protest before God I have not
any more arms left®, but only a bircling-peece to kill auckes-
meat ; neyther doe I know how to come by any, therefore I
pray, sweet Brother, excuse mee in this matter what }^ou can ;
and if you may have armes in Shrewsbury or elswhere for my
mony that I may know of, I will provide a man an horse to
bee in readiness. Soe presenting my services unto your good
selfe and lady I am,

Your ever affectionate kinsman
Caynton,1 and servaunt,

19th June, ld43. Wi: Yonge.

CLXIV, LOUD capell to the same.
1643.

Sr

I desire you, if it may be, that we might have further
Intelligence whether Sr John Corbett2 bee certaynly before

excellence of eharacter. He married Florentia, grand-da ugh tcr of
the celebrated Lord 1 1 crbcrt ; and had issue, Francis (father of the
first Earl of Powis) and George Herbert, who, in 1693, married
Martha, daughter of John Newton, of Heightley. His kind inter-
vention on behalf of His humble neighbour, the hearer of the letter
to Sir Francis Ottley, tends to confirm the eulogistic language
employed by the Vicar of Bromfield in his funeral sermon.

1 Caynton House, near Shi final, Salop.

2 Sir John Corbet of Stoke and Adderley, Knight and Baronet, the
eldest son of Richard Corbet, by his wife Anne, daughter of Thomas
Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, and grandson of Reginald
Corbel, one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, was baptised at Stoke-upon-Tern, Shropshire, on
the 20th of May, 1594; married Anne, daughter of Sir Ceorge
Mainwaring of Ightficld, by whom he had twenty children, ten of
them sons. He was created Baronet 19th September, 1627, and
according to Blakeway {Sheriffs of Shropshire), "was one of those

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tarn worth or not, or whether hee be advanced further this way;

I pray send to Lichfeld for further notice that I may know by

II of the clock to morrow, it will be very greate consequence
to this Gountrie to know the certaynety of these particulars :
Sr I rest, Your very Affectionate freind,

5 of the Clock this morn'g

24 June. Arthur Capell.

To my much esteemed freind Sr Francis Ottley,
governor of Shrewsbury.

CLXV. AMBROSE JENNENS TO THE SAME.

1643.

My Much Honor']) Friend

I never am plauged but still I flee to you for soccour, I
was forced to send my Horse to you : pray Sir if he be recovered
of his lameness send him to me, I going upon a party met
with Wild Cattle in Staffordshire, my request is that if you
know anybody that will buy part or the whole let them bo
sold if not that you would command Grass for them till I come
to Shrewsbury, and I will pay for it with thanks : there are
many sharers in them : the best of them I would have kept,

illustrious patriots, worthy of the eternal gratitude of their country,
who opposed the foreed loan in the same year — a most illegal
measure of Charles I. while under the sway of Buckingham ; which,
if it had succeeded, would have turned this limited monarchy into a
Turkish despotism. He served the office of Sheriff of Shropshire in
1629 ; and on the 10th of June, 1G35, he was imprisoned in the
Fleet, on an information against him in the Star Chamber, and in
October he petitioned the King for his release, stating that he had
remained for months a prisoner, to the great affliction of his lady and
his sixteen children, the eldest not above sixteen years of ago. In
the following month he was released, on giving a bond for £2,000 for
his appearance. In 1640 he was returned as one of the knights of
the county of Shropshire, which he continued to represent throughout
the Long Parliament. On the 30th November he was chosen one of
the twelve gentlemen who were deputed by the Parliament to present
the petition and remonstrance to the King; and on the 10th of
April, 1G43, he was appointed head of the Committee of the Parlia-
ment for Shropshire, and Colonel-General of the forces to be raised
there, Thomas Mytton also being associated with him. He died in
1'6'Gf, aged OS years, and was buried in the parish church of Market
Drayton. (Blakeway's 'Sheriffs of Shropshire; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Phillips's Civil War.) From the tone of the above letter, Lord Capel
evidently dreaded his influence "in this Countrie " (».«., Shropshire).

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that when I see you I may treat you with a chine : & Marrow
bones, Sir I am your real faithful! Servant to be commanded.

Newport 28th of June Ambrose Jennens.1

1643. Little Eyrdall their is 50.

For my much honored Friend

Sr Francis Oatley Knight Governor of Salop these.'

CLXVI. JOHN EDWARDS TO THE SAME.

1643.

Oxford

28th June 1643.

Noble Sir

I must intreat you to excuse me if I come not according
to my promise and your expectation, my Father being the
cause who detains me until his coming which I hope we shall
be ready to set forth on Monday next, for by that time I shall
dispatch all my Business: for News, Gollonel Hurry at great
Wickham fell on the Enemy in their Quarters Saterday night
last, killed 70 or 80 of them, took 100 Horses completely
Arm'd, plundered the Town, and so returned the last night,
and at this Instant is brought into Town between a hundred
and six score of Prisoners taken this Morning in their Quarters
by Iselip, where Prince Rupert's men was going to Quarter ;
thus in hast with my humble service to your self and good
Lady, desiring you would be pleased to write me pr first [post]
how the Affairs stand with you. I rest

Your humble servant

My Service to Sergeant Major John Edwards.

my Brother Needham, Pont: Owen
Jack Brickdale, and all the rest
of my Friends

Vale.

To the Right Worp11 Sir
Francis Ottiey Knfc and
Governor of Shrewsbury,

these p'sent.

1 A family of this name was seated at WaUiborne. near Pontes-
bury, Shropshire, the pedigree of which is in the Visitation of 1G23,
but the name of Ambrose is not mentioned in it ; and there was a
lioutenant Jennens, in the company of Captain Eyton, taken prisoner,
for whom Thomas Edwards of Kilhendre endeavoured to effcet an
exchange, but I am unable to conueet the writer with either the
family or the lieutenant.

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CLXVII. TIMOTHY TOURNEUR TO THE SAME.
1G43.

Noble Sir

I saw you yesterday at 'the Councell of War but had
noe fit opportunitie to speake with you then. I am within 5
or 6 dayes next to goe upon ymployment of ymportance in my
circute for his mat's speciall service & by his speciall command
signified to me by. Letter to that purpose & upon this occacon
I must needs take with me the best strength I can raise, &
therefore can leave noe servant man at home. And efoiner
upon this service am verie unwilling to Leave a trouble at
home of enterteynemcnt of strangers. The present you sent
me I acknowledge hath carried him selfe with respect &d wish
I had bin able to have assured him a suitable entertainment,
yet now I being (as also my wiefe) to be take us to the country
for awhile have determined to leave my house to the dispose
of Sr Richard Lee till my returne ; and doe pray you to provide
for Scrgt. Major Broughton in another place. My wief on
Sonday last had" moved my Lady, your bedfellow, to this
purpose, who sent hir word hir request was granted, & now 1
thought good to put you in mind of it here. Having noe
further to write I take leave, and rest

Yours, Sir, most ready to
Shrewsbury this honor & serve you

28th of Jane 1643, Tym: Tourneur.1

.To my much honoured
ffrend Sir ffraunces
Ottley Kt Governour of
Shrewsbury, these present.

1 " This gentleman was born July II, 1585, and became a barrister
of Gray's Inn, as his father Thomas appears to have been before
him. His early practice was much in the Council of the Marches, in
consequence of which he bequeathed a legacy to young tradesmen of
Ludlow, that town having, 'by God'a provideneo, been to him a
special place of his practice and thriving in the world.' lie must
have been established as a provincial counsel in this town as early as
the beginning of 1638, when he was chosen Recorder and appears to
have been then, and perhaps a few years earlier, Chief Justiee of
South Wales. As a distinguished Loyalist, ho was removed from all
his olliees during the Itebollion, and probably retired to his patrimony
at the Hold, near Aston Boterel ; for he is entitled of that place in
the lint of the lords, knights, and gentlemen who compounded .for

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CLXVIII. THOMAS CIIEDLEY AND OTHERS TO THE SHERIFFS, &C,
OF COS. CARNARVON, DENBIGH, AND SALOP.

1643,

To the Sheiriffes, Comissions of array and Justices of the
peace, and all other his mata officers and lovinge subiects
within the sev'all counti'es of Caerna'von, Denbigh and
Sallopp and to all others whome it may concerne.
Theise are in his mat9 behalf e to desire yovve and evrie of yowe
to be aydinge and asistinge, to the bearers hereof Willim'

their estates. His composition was very large — £692 : besides an
annual payment of £30. It was late before he received any reward
for his sufferings : for it was not till 1670 that lie was appointed
King's Serjeant, having been called to the degree of the coif in the
preceding year. Indeed, as he was already seventy-five years old
when the King returned, he was, most likely, disqualified by his
years from any active situation. Sir Timothy was thrice married,
and had a large family by his two last wives. His eldest son, of his
own name, sided with the Parliament, formed one of the garrison of
Wem, and received a severe wound in an attack upon Lillcshall
House. He was probably disinherited, for the judge was succeeded
at the Bold by his sou Thomas, a barrister of the same inn with his
father, who wrote a very forcible and able representation of the
cruelty and folly of that abominable measure the shutting of the
Exchequer, under the title of the f Case of the Bankers and their
Creditors, by a true lover of his King and Country, and a sufferer
for his loyalty,' -4- to. 1G74- : in this he speaks of having 'sacrificed his
person and fortunes in the late rebellion, and being neglected and
despised after his Majesty's happy restauration, as many of far
greater merit than myself likewise were.'"

" Abigail, a daughter of Judge Turner, married Sir Robert Yeman
Bart., of lledland Court, co. Gloucester, son of the loyal Sheriff of the
same names, who was hanged, 1G43, for endeavouring to secure
Bristol for Charles I."

A disappointed suitor wrote the following epigram—

"In T. T. judiccm corruptissimum, 1635.

Ex re norn.cn habes judex nequissimc, Turner !

Scilicet in damnum verteris usque meum

which may be thus rendered —

'Vile judge! thou'rt fitly Turner '-named, who still
Dost turn and twist the laws to do me ill."

(Owen and Blakcway's Hut, of Shrewsbury, ii., 88G.)

Sir Timothy Turner was buried in St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury
January 17th, 1G7G,

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Hughes, Richard David, Richard parry, Thomas Impey,
Richard owon, and Edward Jones, for the salfe conductinge,
griardinge, and conveyinge, of George doddinge, esquier,
Ralph Ardeirne, esquier, ffrancis ffittz-hugh, George Toleson,
and Robert Broadshaw, prisoners' no we remayninge in Bew-
rnares Castle, to Ludlowe Castle, accordinge to the directions
of S: nicholas Byron, Knight, Lis rnts Governour of the City of
Chester, his warrant in that behalfe, wch shalbe aceptable
service to his matie, and agreeable with his hicdmes comaunde
in that behalfe ; Dated under our hands nono die Junii Anno
Rg. Caroli &c Decimo nono, 1643.

Yor Lovinge friends

TjiO : ClIEDLEY1 Vic.
TJIO : BlJLKELEY2

H : Owen3
0 : Win [?]

CLXIX. LORD CAPELL TO Sill FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Sir Francis Ottley

I desire you would continue M Robert Kilvert Cornett
to Sir Thomas Corbett under the same manner of restrainte
that hee formerly was, which is to continue in the house where
he is and a centary att the doore to guard him. I rest

4 July Your Affectionate freind

Shrewsbury Arthur Capell.

To my much esteemed
freind Sr Francis Ottley
Governor of Shrewsbury

present these.

CLXX. LORD CAPEL TO THE SAME.

1643.

sr

Att Wolverhampton (where we now are) the news of

1 Thomas Chcdley, of Beaumaris, High SherifT of Anglesey,

2 Of Batoii Hill, Anglesey, ereatcd Viscount Bulkeloy this samo
year.

3 Of Mosoglan, lligli Slierilf in 1052,

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her Maties advance to Ashby,1 and that of the success in the
North is confirmed : Att Oxford the Princo hath beaten the
Rebells : Conditions are proposed by [the Parliament] wdl are
considered by his Matio, and returned, what they are, or how
farre accepted is not knowne : Eccleshall Castle is yett
besieged, but the Rebell party there will find other business
(I believe) upon the next motion of his Matics Armye, and of
theis wth . . I rest

Yr Affectionate freind

Wolverhampton Arthur Capell.

5t0 Julii: 1643.

The least of our Strength here is 1000 horse 1000

foote.

Ffor my worthy frend S1 lira :

Ottley Kfc Govern' of Shrewsbury these

CLXXI. Bl: RY, TO THE SAME:

1643.

My Noble Friend,

A thousand thanks for the great favour which you
vouchsafe me in employing some time to let me see under
your Hand that you remember your old Servant; but for the
accusation, you know the Old proverb to call whore first : Yet,
if any fault be, you shall find me tractable to Amend it. I
spoke this day with your Lieutenant Collonel, who told me of
a Rumour of some endeavours to place a new Governor in
your Room. I have caused the report to be examined, to
see what ground there is for it, but find none ; if there bo
anything you need here, give me notice, and, God Willing,
you shall find me very ready to serve you : there is a com-

1 Queen Henrietta was on her way to Oxford to join the King
with her army raised in York, her route being via Newark and
Ashby -d e-la-Zouch. She had with her three thousand foot, thirty
companies of horse and dragoons, six pieces of cannon, and two
mortars ; Harry Jermyn commander-in-chief, Sir Alexander Lesley
commanding the foot, Sir John Garrard the horse, and Robin Legge
the Artillery ; the Queen being "She Majesty Generallissima " over
all, as she was pleased to call herself. Secretary Nicholas, writing to
Prince Rupert (8th .July), reports: — "My Lord Gapel is before this
joined with the Quecu, with one thousand horse and as many foot
"from about Shrewsbury," adds the biographer of the Prince.
(Warburton's Prince Rupert, ii., 225.)

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345

plaint here that your Press is Idle, and doth the King no
servis ; that the Parliament Diurnals and Pamphlets are in
every Body's hands, but no country work on the King's side
to antidote their Poison. If it shall please you to have an
Eye upon the Press, and to see* our Diurnals reprinted there,
you would do the King and his Cause good Service and
Secretary Nicholas shall thank you. what News we have
from the North, and what good success at Buckingham1 on
Sunday last, I leave to this gentleman to impart unto you :
Your old Sweet Heart Besse Bangre (?) is Dead, I was at her
Funeral last week. Good Sr Francis, be pleased to remember
my servis to your good Lady, Your Brother Dick, Mr. Gibbons
and my honest Land lord, and his good Wife, and pray tell

him I know not where Mr. is, I have not seen him

since the Battle of Brentford in November last, I sent him a
letter from Sir. Tench, but never heard of any Answer, While
I stay hero if there be any thing in which I may be useful
unto you, pray Sr command the service of

July 5th, 1643, Your Friend and Servant,

To the Right Wor" his Worthy good Br. Bv.2

Friend, S1* Francis Otcley Knight,
Governor of the Town of Shrewsbury

pr'sent these.

CLXXII. LORD C A PELL TO THE SAME .
1643.

Sir

I am yett att woolverhampton attending y° Queens
Com'ands, the fforces of her Guard have Yesterday taken

1 " Prince Rupert proceeded on the 1st of July to Buckingham,
where lie took up his quarters for that night, his intention evidently
being to keep himself between Essex and the Queen. On the second
an incident is recorded in his Higlmess's journal, which scarcely
comports with what is called the gravity of history. Early in the
morning, 'as he was shaving,' intelligence was brought that the
enemy was approaching YVhitebridge, lie threw himself into his
saddle half-shaved, rode off to meet, charge, and rout the enemy, and
then returned to finish his toilette." The allusion in the letter is
probably to this successful skirmish.

2 This letter is, in part only, printed in Owen and Blakeway's
History of Shrewsbury (p. 137) ; they attribute it, with some degree
of doubt, to Mr. Rushell, hut they offer no reason for their opinion. .

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Burton upon Trent,1 where there was hott service, a greate
parte of the towne burnt, and a part of the Church blowne up
by the rebells themselves; many prisoners taken, the Governour
and others: Leeds is undobtediy taken,, and Hailifax also: the
towne of Hull have sent up Hotham and his sonne prisoners
to the Parliament, and have become Neutralls till they shall
see the event of this warre : Brereton is runne from Stafford
to his ould Burrow Nantwych, and hath left Stafford very
slenderlye Guarded, and hath withdrawne his forces from
Eccleshall Castle: Sr, the Queen's safe comeing soc farre as
she is advanced, wth those successes wch attend her, and are
happened by God's goodness to his Matie in these parts, deserve
a publique Solemnety. I shall therefore desire you to give
com'and that the BelJs be rung in every Church in ye Towne
of Shrewsbury this night, and that Bonfires be made in every
Street in the Towne, and that you signify these occurances to
the Gentlemen with you : I rest

Woolverhampton, Your very Affectionate

7° Julii 1C43. freind, Arthur Capell.

I pray communicate to Sr Jo : Mennes.
To my much esteemed freind Sr
ffrancis Ottley Kfc, Governour of the
Towne of Shrewsbury

these.

S1' I pray take care to send away the letters to Chest : and
poole : that to Chest1' post, the other by Messinger, who my
Lod powys will pay, on his defawlt I will.

Yr'sEsfc[?]

CLXXIII, THOMAS BUSHELL TO THE SAME.
1043.

d. Sr

Weare you an eye witnes of my present occasions I am
Confident you woud excuse the omision of my writing, and

1 Secretary Nicholas to Prince Rupert, Oxon, 8th July, 1G43,
writes: — "His Majesty having even now received fresh advertise-
ments by an express from the Queen, hath commanded me to give
your Highness this account; Her Majesty's letter bears date, 6th
July, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which confirms all the good news from
the North of the taking of Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford; the Lord
Fairfax and his son having escaped only with five men, the son having
most valiantly left his wife to be taken; they both charging in one
troop." . . . " The Queen's forces, in her passage, have taken
Biirton-upon-Trent."

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347

Jack Edwards of his stay, but iff you please to send me your
Commition1 1 will returne itt seald with the broad sealo, other
wise it is a double Charge. I shall hasten with the mint
iff our good Clubers will procure st^ore of worke in the intrem,
for I longe to see them; wich, god willing, shall be so soone
as the furnises be made up wich I have sent men on purpose
to dispatch : presenting my servis, with all the newes I could
deliver by verball expressions to the memorie of Jack
Edwards' relation, and a health in conseight to the [? Governor]
that covets to heare the occurances of the times, and soe I
remayne,

Your obliged frend to
July 7th 1643. serve you,

Thomas Bushell.

for his honored frend,

Sr francis Ottley, governor of
Shrewsbury, present these.

CLXXIV. THOMAS WOLHYCHE TO THE SAME.

1643.

Sir

I am bould to trouble you, but it shall not bee much
this incloased which I desire againe from you will certifie you.
I pray you if you can helpe the bearer hereof to the two horses
and Colts herein mentioned shee saieth shee haith one of the
Coults againe. T cease further to be troublesome, and remaine
Your assured lovinge Brother-in-law

Bridgnorth

To Sr flrancis Ottley C>V^c/
Knight Governour of
the Towno of Shrcwsburie.

CLXXV. GILBERT WARLEV TO SIR THOMAS WOLRYCH.

1043.

Right worthy Sr,

In all respective manner I doe remember my best love
unto you, with your wyfe and all your children & good fronds,

1 What this com mission was there is nothing to show.
. 2 He married Ursula Ottley, the youngest sister of Sir Francis
Ottley.

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hereby I letting you understand that I have becne extra-
ordinarily vexed with sicklies, and am not as yett Recovered,
else I had beene with you my self long ere this, as also at this
present to have soe sollicitted you on the behalf of this bearer's
husband, an honest poore man, & my good neighbore, and a
good subiect of his maties, and one that hath contineually
payed all dewes to his matie from tyme to tyme, butt never
one thinge to the Parliam't. neither did hee ev' take upp
Amies against his matie, yett, notwithstanding, uppon Tuesday
last in the afternoone certayne souldiers, either under the
comand of the lord Caple, or Cornell Willy es, came by &
serched his house & barnes for horsses &c, & would have
plundered his house if hee had not given them money, & at
that instant they tooke by vyolenc out of his grownde two
horsses & two Colts, butt would not redeliver the same agayne
albeit hee followed them to dyvers places, for the same horsses
being the strength of his teame whereby hee gott his liveing
to mayntayne himself his wyfe & Eight children. I do there-
fore earnestly entreatq, you (noble cosen) to doe yor best
endeavour to helpe this bearer to the horsses agayne, yf she
can mete with them in anie place within your Comand or
jurisdiccon, soe shall my said neighbour have iust cause to
pray for your long life, & everlasting welfare. And what
courtesie you shall doe him in the p'misses, I will studdie to
Requite, with my best wishes and prayers lykewyse to god
for youre safe p'teccon & dcliv'ce out of the hands of all your
enemyes, And will evr Rest

Yor evr assured loveing frend
Ilorborne the <fo Kynsman

15th of July 1643. Gilberts Warley.

To the Right wor" worthy good
frend & Kynsman Sr Thomas
Wolrich Knight and Raronett
att his house att Dudmaston or clswhcro
bee these dd.

CLXXVI. EDWARD NICHOLAS TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Sir.

This Gent, Sr Paul Harris,1 complaynes that his Amies
hath becne taken away out of his house within the liberties

See letter olix. mite.

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;i49

of Shrewsberry : which, in my cofidontc advice of your
respects to mo, as of your free carriage to all that are (as he
is) well affected to y° King, I have undertaken that you will
upon my Ire cause to be restored to, him ; Whereupon ho hath
not complayned of it to any other. Yr constant aftecon to y°
Kings Service and to ail that are soo, makes mo rely soo farre
upon yu as to engage myself for ye restitusion of these Arms
to this Gent, wch I shall take as a favour done to, 'Sr, Yr
Affectionate freind and Servant

Oxun 22 July Edw. Nicholas/

1043. To my much honoured freind S*

Ffrancis Ottley K> Governr of Shrewsberry

these.

OLXXVII. AN INFORMER TO THE SAME.

1643.

Noble S1

One Richard Pomer ye younger of Hinton neere Ponts-
bury, whoe scrvcth in ye trayned Band, and one Tho: Gittins
of ye same towne whoe scrveth in ye same band for Rowland
Gittins his master, did this 8 July in the morninge at Pontes-
bury openly declare unto diverse persons, that they servinge
on ye last nights watch did heare that the Lo : Capell with all
his forces [? horses] (or men) were taken by ye enimy, without
fighting; and all lost & ruyned, or to such or the like effecte.
You may please to take notice of this false relation, so dis-
couraging to ye K's good subjects, examinge ye ymedeato
authors of whome theis men heard yt, and it is like you shall
fynde within 3 or 4 assendent relators, the author of that
Round headed Lye.

To ye r't wor 11 Sr ffra :

Otley Kl Gov'nor of ye [no signature].

Towne of Salopp, present these.

CLXXVIII. RICHARD HEYLYN TO RICHARD OTTLEY.

1G43.

Capteine Richard,

I am informed, that our old acquaintance Mr. Samuell
Barkeley1 the Minister of Clungunnis (is uppon some

1 Rev. Samuel Barkeley (or Berkley) was tho sou and heir of
William Barkeley, of Chiugimford, Salop, by his wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard Day of llatton ; he was entered of Shrewsbury.

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information made against him by some of his parish) imprisoned
by virtue of a Warrant granted by the Lord Capell. I suppose
he was not unknowne to you whiiest he lived in Brasenose,
where (to my knowledge) he had tile generall repute, of an
honest and an able Man ; & I could never hear of any man,
that could justly taxe him for having lessened his Esteeme, in
either of these kinds, since he came to reside in these partes,
yet some unhappy differences have arisen betwixt him & some
of the parish, concorninge an Easter drinking, used (in that
and some other parishes) to be kept in ye very church &
chancell, whereby those holy places were (through the irreverent
carriadge of some), profaned. This custome was, by ye care &
endeavour of him & some other godly & religious Ministers,
questioned, & (by ye Command of Authority), suppressed.
Their prevalency therin, hath so much distasted some of his
malicious neighbours yt they have ever since watched an
advantage against him, which they have now taken, but uppon
what Groundes I know not, for I have not yet learned what,
& how just his Accusations are. Certainly I cannot conceive
that a man of that honesty & integrity that he hath ever
beene esteemed, should be guilty of any fowle offence. Yet if
the ncernes of his habitation to that Rebellious castle of
Brompton Bryan,1 hath caused him out of feare of injuries,
and for ye avoidinge immient danger, to much to close to
keepe faire with that Rebellious party, & to be to cold & calme
in ye expression of his forwardnes in ye Kings servise, I am
hartily sorry for him. yet I shall ever have this charitable

School June 12, 1 GIG, during the heaclmastership of John Meighen,
matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, 2 November, 1621, aged
18, graduated B. A. 7 July, 1623 ; M..A. from New College, 17 May,
1-626, and became rector of Cluhgiinford, Salop, 1030, and Canon of
Hereford in 1632. (Calvert's Skr. Sch, Reg. \ Foster's Alum. Ox).

1 The seat of Sir Robert Barley, Knight, in the north-west border
of Herefordshire, within half a mile of the Shropshire boundary, was
at an early period of the Civil War made a Parliamentary garrison,
anil was at the date of this letter besieged by the royal troops under
Sir William Vavasour. The letters of Brilliana Harlcy to her son,
form some of the most interesting reading of the period to which
they, relate, presenting a vivid and life-like picture of the miseries, of
this terrible war. The siege was raised on the 6th of September
following, and no attempt appeal's to have been made to reduce it
till the early part of 1011, when Sir Michael Woodhousc, who had
just taken Hopton Castle, attacked it with his heavy guns, and in a
short time compelled the small garrison to surrender.

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351

Opinion that he hath offended rather out of feare, then fashion.
Whatever his Errors have been, I shall hartily desire, ye
utmost of your Endeavours in his behalf e, both by your selfe
and freinds, as farre or fairly & lawfully you may. So shall
you continue ye obligence of *

Your affectionate frend to serve you

Ludlow Castle Richard Heylyn.1

July xxx ist' 1G43.

To his much honoured freind Mr. Richard Oteley
att Mr. Buttry his house neere to Sfc Julia's Church
in Shrewsbury, present these.

CLXXIX. SAMUEL WINGFIELD TO SIR FRANCIS OTTLEY.

1643.

Noble Sr

That infinite thankfulness which my silent Pen lett
ran in arrear, makes mo see myself very much unable to
recount, but more unworthy to receive your multiplied
favours ; Yet that bounty as cou'd so freely confer, can favour-
ably pardon this confessed Crime; which as an Addition to
that immense heap of Curteseys shall not pass unacknowledged,
I am an Object so pity full that your goodness can Elsewhere
not better deserve : I vvou'd have many times by Mouth thought
those times had been too few. begunn the greatefull reciteall
of them ; but unhappy prevention did still intervene, now I
hope shortly to 13 well with you, then may your benignity be
better confessed. Neither had I left the town if I could have
[been] satisfied their not ccaseing excessive Assosments, were I

1 The Rev. Richard Heylyn, D.D , son of John Heylyn, of
Aldcrton, in the parish of Gre;it Ness, Salop, by Galewbrid, daughter
of John Tannat, of Abcitannat, received his early education at
Shrewsbury School under John Meighcn, which he entered July 7th,
1611. At the age of 16 he was sent to Christ Church, Oxford,
April 19, 1616 ; took his B.A. degree July, 1619 ; his M.A. 11 May,
1622; B.D. 6 December, 1633, was licensed to preach 26 May,
1638, and received his .D.D. 7 December, 1661. He was appointed
vicar of Wootton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, which lie resigned in
16f)2. In 1662 lie became rector of Whitchurch, Salop, and died
1669. He married Jane, daughter of John Eorster [Forester] of
Wattling Street, Salop. (Calvert's Shr. gah. Reg. > Foster's Alum,
Ox, ; Visitation of Salop, 1G23).

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ascest'd but as my Estate for enjoyment in present is and as
those of the like were, with all my soul I would have paid it :
I am as firm for the King and this his warr as any be you
have about you : receive this upon no Bond or Otheir for-
feiture then life, what Affection my brother is of, that I know
not for I never heard but once by Word, of Mouth from him
since his departure ; which also I knew not of, neither when I
wrote immediately After in dislike thereof was I worthy an
Answer, I would he were more firm for the king then he is
but what he may or doth do to the Contrary is Contrary I'll
swear to my Approbation, Sr I have more back friends in
Shrewsbury, perhaps for my Father's sake he is gone and I
trust well,1 I would not hear him Abused, but upon good
Usage will live in Salop, I wou'd not be Assessed more then
those of 400 to the purse Anually as I have been but as my
Estate is Accordingly, in the mean time I rest

Holland August 2 : 1643 The King's and Your

faithfull Friend

Sam: Wingfield.2

To his very much honored Friend

Sir Francis Otelcy Governour of Shrewsbury

these present.

CLXXX. IUCHARD HOSIER TO THE SAME.

1643 [?].

Sir

The Cunstables of Wellington have attached one
Podmore, the fellow hath been a Soldier under several

1 Thomas Wingfield, the father oi" the writer, died in 1612, and
was buried in St. Chad's Churchyard.

2 Samuel Wingfield was the eldest sou of Thomas Wingfield, of
Shrewsbury, draper, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Hunt,
uncle of Col. Thomas Hunt. He received his early education at
Shrewsbury School, and entered Mag. College, Oxford, in 1G33, and
Cray's Inn, 1037. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard
Prince, of the Ahbcy Foregate, by whom he had seven children ; died
in 1072, and was huried at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, Feb. 4. His
brother, of whom he speaks, was John Wingfield, draper, of Alderton,
in the parish of Great Ness, Salop, who was a strong Parliamentarian,
and had probably left the neighbourhood to escape the consequences.
His name is in the list of those who accepted the King's pardon at
the Restoration ; he was buried at St. Chad's, Aug. 8, 1681. Vide
Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc. ii., New S., p. 157).

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR.

353

Captains and hath Abused them all, to be short, he hath been
a Soldier for the Parliament this 12 weeks and I will send
him sufficiently guarded upon Saturday next, hee came
from Stafford 2 clays since and being born at Wellington hath
scared the neighbourhood.

Wellington Ric : Hosier.1

7 Aug.

Be sure to lay him fast for you little think what a fellow he is
To the Right Wor11 Sir Francis
Ottley Govr of Shrewsbury or in
his absence to Sergeant Major Owen

these.

CLXXXI. ROGER TYDDER TO THE SAME.
1G43.

Worthy Sir

I am bould to trouble you in the behalf of my good
friend Mr. Charles More, he hath a farme at littlo Barwick,
where I here you have impioyed men to cut turfe for your
mud wallet who threaten aho to cut downe his wood, my

1 .Son and heir of George Hosier, of Cructon, near Shrewsbury, by
Juilith, daughter of Thomas Forstor of Rodlngton, co. Salop; was
born 1605, educated at Shrewsbury School, and married Mary,
daughter and coheiress of Francis Brooke, of Cotton. He held a
command in the Royal Army. Captain George Hosier, his son, was
Governor of Shrewsbury Castle in 1663, 1670, and J 673. (0. and B.,
i., p. 481 note).

2 The extensive repairs of the Castle and walls of the town com-
menced at the latter end of 1641, and continued for several years,
appear to have been supplemented by ramparts of earth with the
view of protecting the suburbs. A memorandum amongst the Ottley
papers, without date, but probably ordered to be done by Lord Capel,
describes these works as follows : —

" A trench to be made from over against Mr. King's house in
Colcham to Thomas Heynes his barne & from hence over Carnecooh
mead owe to the litle water lane by ye Cowpers house in ye Abby
forriate & soc all alonge the horse fayre into Sir Richard Prince his
gey clowne to siverne side, 6 foot broade & 6 foote deepe.

" Allsoe to cause draggs to bringe greate stones & lumpes from the
Castle &, other places to stopp up two posterne gates in the wall
beyond Mr. Knight's howse, & in the wall towarde the Quarrye.

" A trench from the windmill banke at the further end of ffranck-
well, over the backesides to the Pinfold and soe downe to Seavcrne
side."

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THIS OTTLEY 1?APE&S

humble request unto you is that you would bo pleased to
spare him yf it may bo. Thus (my service first remcm bored
to you and my good Jadio) in haste I end, resting ever

Yours at comand

p ■

Roger Tydder.

Munslow 11 Aug.
104:j.

To the right worp'll and worthy Sir ffrancis
Ottley Knight, these p'sent.

CLXXX1I. MARGARET SCREIVEN TO THE' SAME (?).

1643.

Sir

The experience of your Noble disposition encourrageth
me to trouble you with the importunity of a suite, it is not
unreasonable, but proffers a fitt subject for you to exercise
your wonted Clemency, the party 1 sue for, is your Solddr
Parr by name, his offence' was great, your goodness will be the
more apparent in pardoning so great an Offender, though his
delinquency hath deservedly the loss of his Liberty, which is
groivious unto him, and your displeasure for a time which
most afflicts him, yet I hope that your kind nature will accept
of his humble and Submiss Confession (wherein he will not be
Wanting) for satisfaction, and at my entreaty restore him to
his former Freedom, then will he through real servic endeavour
to regain Your good opinion of him, and I shall rest engaged
to requite this curtesy, who rests as I really am

Your Affectionate Cosen

Frodgsley Margaret Screiven.1

Aug*1 14, 1G43.

[no direction].

1 Margaret, wife of Sir Thomas Scrivcn, Knt., of Frodesley, Co.
Salop, was a daughter of Sir Vincent Corbet, of Morton Corbet, Co.
Salop, Knt., having previously been married to Thomas Corbet, of
Stanwardinc, Esq. Cough says (Hist, of Middle) :— " She lived to a
good old age, and J have seen her read a letter without spectacles
when she was above eighty years old."

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR

CLXXXIII. RALPH HOPTON TO THE SAME

Sr

Being informed that there are in the hands of Richard
Betton of Shrewsbury Vintener three Butt of Spanish Wine,
which of right belong to Capt. Thomas Gay of Bristoll and
were violently taken from him by the Rebelles lately p'domi-
nating in Bristol 1 in the tyme of his absence from that Citty
in his Masts Service, I desire that you be pleased to assist this
bearer %l* ffabiaii Hill his Agent in the recovery thereof, and
Order the said Betton to deliver the said Wines to the said
Gap* Gay or his order, or else to cause him to give satisfaction
for the same unto him or his agent, Desireing your further
Assistance to the said Hill in the recovering any other of the
said Capt. Gay bis goods which shal be found within yor
Jurisdiction which I shall esteeme a favour and endeavor to
requite, and so with my hearty affectione I Rest.

att yo1' Comaund

Bristoll 1G: Aug: Ralpe Hopton.1

1043.

To the Honoble Sir ffraneis
Oateley K> Goverho1' of Shrowsbury
these p'sent in

Shrowsbury.

CLXXXIV. LOUD C A TELL TO THE SAME.
1C43.

I am sollicited by the gentlemen of Staffordshire for
Dragoones wch are att Shrewsbury comandcd by Gap1

1 Sir Ralph Hopton, K.B., created September 4th this year for his
loyalty and eminent services, Baron Hopton of Hopton, Co. Cornwall,
the place where he obtained a complete victory over the Parliamentary
forces commanded by the Earl of Stamford. — G. M.

See also note to Letter xx., ante.

2 On the 10th of this month the Nantwioh garrison was largely
reinforced by Sir Thomas Myddleton who had returned home from
London, whore he had been increasing his forces, and in spite of
Lord Capel's watchfulness, ho arrived safely with seven pieces of
large ordnance, four cases of drakes, and about forty carriages of
ammunition. A party was sent out to besiege Eccleshall Castle
which was occupied by the royalists, and the object of Lord Capel is
now to collect a sufficient force to raise the siege. With what strength

355

those

I

356

THE OTTLEY PAPERS ,

Allen ; I suppose them to be those raysed by the Towno and
libertyes, and formerly Oomanded by Captain e Owen, I desire
from you to bee Informed of their number, & Condition for
Armes, & Horses, and as I shall receive information from you,
I shall give further order : the Strength about Stafford is nott
soe great butt that a reasonable partye may relieve the Castle
att Eccleshall,2 and if the Gentlemen performe the number of
Horse wch they have made overture to rayse, to accompany
such party as may be spared from Shrewsbury, I believe itt
will be effected : As you receive intelligence from any of the
Bordering parts, please to impart it with all Speed to

Wrexham 17° Y1 very Affectionate freind,

Aug 1643. Arthur Capell.

Sir I desire further to be informed by you how the mounting
of Coll : Crow's Dragoones is proceeded in, & what I may
expect to be done therein, & by what tyme, And that itt may
be done speedily.

To my much Esteemed freind, Sr ffrancis
Oateley Knt, Governr of the Towne of Shrewsbury.

these.

CLXXXV. LANCELOT LEU TO THE SAME.

1043.

Most HoNcd S1'

Be pleased to understand that I with many Others a
quarter of a year since were required to lend £10 untell £4500
was collected, wch should not be for above one Month, then it
pleased Mr. Sherriffe to discharge me in regard of a Sequestra-
tion lie formerly sent against me upon what ground I know
not, so that 1 have not my rents paid me, notwithstanding I
have made Shift for money to pay him part of the £4500 wth
all manner of paymts else my humble suit therefore unto you

he could get together he joined Colonel Hastings, and the Stafford-
shire troops, who releivcd the Castle ; but they had scarcely accom-
plished it before the enemy, much reinforced, drove them away in
such haste that they left behind them the body of the Bishop of
Lichfield, who had just died there. The Parliamentary Commander,
after effecting a breach in the waif, summoned the garrison to
surrender, which after a parley they did, and all the provisions just
brought in, forty barrels of beer, much plate, and other wealth to
the value of £10,000 fell into their hands.

RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR,

357

is that you wilbe pleased to acquaint Mr high Sherriffe wth this
that I may be spared till such times that I may be freed, of
the Sequestration, which I hope you with the rest of my
Friends will bo a means to ease mo of, and I shalbe very
much obliged to you, thus with my humble service to you my
Lady and my good Cossens I rest

S1 Your poore kinsman
Alveley 2nd Sept. 1643; to Command

Lancellott Lee.1

To the Worfu11 his Most hond Cosen Sir
Francis Ottley Knt at his house in Shrewsbury
these humbly present.

CLXXXVI. SIB WILLIAM RUSSELL TO THE SAME.

1043.

Sr

I thought fitfc to acquaint you that the Earle of Essex
is marched away from his quarters att Tewxbury,2 and his
MatiQ \vth his Armie is purshuing of him, I hope you will

1 The Lees of Coton, in the parish of Alveley, Shropshire, were a
younger branch of the* Lees of Langley, one of the oldest families in
the county, "ascending by undoubted evidence to within a few years
of the Norman Conquest." The writer of this letter was a Parlia-
mentarian, and one of the committee appointed by an Ordinance of
Parliament for the Association of the counties of Warwick, Stafford,
and Salop, 10th April, 1613. Thomas Lee, one of this family,
married Sir Francis Ottley's sister Dorothy, perhaps a brother of
Lancclott.

2 The Earl of Essex, after reviewing his troops on Hunslow Heath,
Aug. 24th, marched for the west, arriving at Brackley Heath, 1st
September, then proceeded to Bicester, Chipping Norton, and Stow-
in-thc-Wold. On the 5th of September he appeared on the Presbury
Hills, where he signified his arrival to the besieged city of Gloucester
by four guns. Being short of provisions, however, he was obliged to
move on to Cheltenham, whence on the 8th he triumphantly entered
Gloucester. Here lie rested three days, and then retired unmolested
by the royal army, supposed to be in pursuit of him, to Tewkesbury.
Thence he unexpectedly moved to the south and surprised Cirencester,
with a great store of ammunition and provision. A few days after
was fought the first battle of Newbury, which proved a most fatal
day for the King. (See Warburton's Prince Rupert, ii., p. 285, et seq.) .

Vol. VII., 2nd S, , VV

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THE OTTLEY PAPERS

suddenly heare his Matie hath overtaken him and had a
Glorious Victory.

S'

Worster 15 Sept: 1643. Your most humble Servant

Will: Russell.1

To the honoble Sr ffrancis

Oattley of Shrewsbury these present.

for his Matles Servis Will : Russell.

CLXXXVII. JOHN HOLLAND TO THE SAME.
1643 [?].

Sir

Being informed by the Inhabytance adjoyning to tonge
Castell2 that the Parliamfc forces do intend suddenly to place a
garrison there which will very much Anoy and prejudice that
side of the Country I have made bould to give you noatis of it
desireing you to move my Lord Capell that there may be some

1 The Governor of Worcester.

2 Tong Castle at this time belonged to the Hon. William Pierpoint,
second son of Robert Pierpoint, who was created Earl of Kingston
[upon-IIull] July 25, 1628. Ho obtained it hy marrying with the heiress
of Sir Thomas Harries, who had purchased it from Sir Edward Stanley.
William Pierpoint had the reputation of being an exceedingly prudent
man, which obtained for him the appellation of Wise William, and
led to his appointment by the Parliament, 10th of April, 1 G 13, as
one of the Committee for the Association of the counties of Warwick,
Stafford, and Salop. He was also selected by the House, together
with the Earl of Northumberland, the Lord Say, Sir William Armyn,
Sir John Holland, and Mr. Whitlock, to treat with the King for a
cessation of arms in February, 1043 ; and again in the following year
to negociatc the Treaty of Uxbridge. Clarendon couples him with
Crew, another of the Commissioners, of whom he says, '"they were
both men of great fortunes, and had always been of the greatest
moderation in the Counsels, and most solicitous upon all opportuni-
ties for peace," but "appeared now to have contracted more bitterness
and sourness than formerly."

Of the fate of Tong Castle Symonds states : — M First the King had
it, and then the rebel Is gofct it ; Then Prince Rupert took it, and put
in a garrison, who afterwards burnt it when he drew out the battails
of York." [Diary of the Civil War). Warburton says it was taken
by Col. Tillier April 5, 1G44.

DELATING TO THE CIVIL WAft.

359

means used to prevent them and if my Colonell shall Approve
of it I do conceive it a conveinent garrison for our men till the
regiment be compleatfor the exercising of them, notwithstand-
ing I leave it to your Judgement and rest

Your Humble Servant

John Holland.

For my much honored
Frend Sr Francis Ottley Governer
These present at Salop.

CLXXXVIII. THE KING TO SHI FRANCIS OTTLEY.
1643.

Charles R.

Trusty and welbeloved wee greet you well. Under-
standing that some of our late proclamations, much importing
our service and ye publique Weale of our good Subjects, have
been scarce heard of in some parts of our Kingdome, and
when they have been tendered to some Cheife Officers, whose
duty it is to cause them to be published, they have either
absolutely refused or else excused the doing thereof wtLout a
Writt ; though it be y° regular & orderly way, yet, in a time
of soe generall disorder and distrac'on, wee hold it very fit to
dispence wth such formality. Wherefore, we have thought
good hereby to require and comand you, that upon ye receipt
of any of our proclamac'ons from either of our Secretaries, or
otherwise, you do imediately take Effectuall Order for
publishing and proclayming the same in the Markett, or
other place or places, in that our Towne,1 most convenient for
ye purpose ; And that there upon the same be Affixed against
some posts or walls where it may be publiquely seene, To
th'end that all men who shall p'tend ignorance to our Com-
mandes may bee less excuscable, and timely notice may bee
taken of our pleasure therein declared. Hereof you are to

1 The following are two entries copied from the Shrewsbury
Borough accounts, out of many others, which show that Proclama-
tions reached the town.

"October 18th 1643. Paid Edward Woodrooftc, Messenger, for 4
bundle of p'clamations."

K "November 27th Paid Edward Woodroofle, a messenger, for
bringing twelve bundles of p'clamations."

3 GO THE OTTLEY PAPERS

bee carefull as you tender ye good of our Service, And for soe
doing this shalbce yor' Warrant. Given at our Court at
Oxford, y« 2Gth day of Decemr, 1043.

By Lis Mats Command

Edw. Nicholas.

To our trusty and Welbeloved our
Govern1- of or Towne & Garrison of
Shrewsbury, or to his Deputy.

Governor of Shrewsbury.

( To he Continued ).

ERRATUM.

Page 289, in Foot-note to Letter No. ctt., five lines from top,
read : — " Tie was engaged in the siege of Apl'cy Castle in connection
with Sir William vanghaii, when the Parliamentary forces were
compelled to capitulate," &c, &c.

361

THE FAMILY OF OTTLEY OF
PITCHFORD.

By the Right Hon. LORD HAWKESBURY.

PEDIGREE OF OTTLEY.

WILLIAM 1)1 OTELEY, in the time of Edw. 1/
was present ;it the sicgo of Carlavcrock in
Scotland. In the guard of Priftee Edward,
being the 4th guard before the Assault.
Arms : argt. on a bend az. 3 oat-sheaves or.

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Johd Oteley, of Oteley, Esq.f=f=Mald dau. to Balfe Ban ester, of Loton,

| by . . . dau. & heir of . . . Hussey.
i Arms : sable a cross moline argt.

William Otley,
of Otley, Esq.

:. . . .vilau. of Henaud,
Lord of Marton and
Wifisbury, co. Salop.

Arms : Or a fesse gu.
Within a borduro sable.

Eleanor, sister of William Otley,
of Otley, mar. Richard Upton,
of Upton, Esq.

Arms : Sa. a cross-crosslet argt.

Richard Otley r
of Otley, Esq.

=. . . . dau. of Tho : Whord,

Lord of Waford.
Arms : Ermine, a chevron
gules.

Dau. mar. .....

Arms : Argent a lion rt
sa. , a chief or.

George Otley, of Otley, Esq.=p Anne, dau. of Robert Corbet, of Leigh.

Arms : Or two ravens sa.

Philip Otley, of Otley, Esq. =f Anne dau. of Lacon of Willey.

Otley, in the co. of Salop,
a subordinate in the
Lordship of Ellesmere.

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Richard Otely,^=. . . dau. of
of Oteley, co. Newton.
Salop, son and
heir.

William Oteley

Arms : Quarterly, per fesse indented
ermine and azure.

Elizabeth, dau. and heir, mar. Hugh
Kynaston in her right Lord of
Otley, in Salop.

Kynaston Argent, a lion rampt. sa.

John Oteley, of Shrewsbury, 2nd son
1487, 1495.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS
OF PITCHFORD, SHROPSHIRE.

1558. Elizabeth Ottley daughter of Adam Ottley and Marie

his wief was baptized y° 12 day of August© 1558.

1559. Jane Main waring was buried the 3 day of Aprill 1559.

1559. Will'm Whord was baptized the 15 day of June and

was buried the 27 of October 1559.
15G0. Dorothie Ottley the daughter of Adam Ottley and
Marye his wief was baptized the 27 of Julye 1560.

1560. Anne Ottley the daughter of Wm Ottley & Jane his

wief was baptized the 3 day of November 1560.

1561. Tho. Crompton and Marie Ottley were maried the 3 of

ffebruarie 1561.

1567. Elinor Ottley daughter of Richard Ottley and Katherine
his wief was baptized the 4th day of december 1567.

1569. Dorothie >Ottley the daughter of Richard Ottley and

Katherine his wief was baptised the 8 day of ffebruarie
1569.

1570. Anne Ottley the daughter of Richard Ottley and

Katherine his wief was baptised the 14 of June 1570.

1572. Mem. that upon the 6 day of Januarie in this year 1572

Rowland Thasker Clerk was inducted parson of this
forsaid Rectorie.

1573. Ricd Crompton & Marie Ottley were maried the 9 of

ffebruarie 1573.

1574. Richard Crompton the sonne of Richard Crompton &;

Mary his wief was baptized the 17 of November 1574.
1574-5. Edward Ottley gent, was buried the 15 of Marche.
1576. Thomas heynes and Joane Ottley were maried the 16

day of August 1576.
1576. John Gouldston and Dorothie Ottley were maried the

22d of October 1576.
1578.- Adam Ottley Esqr was buried the 17 day of October

1578.

1575. Sara Ottley was baptised the 7 day of Januarie 1578.
1580. Richard Gouldston the sonne of John Gouldston and

Dorothie his wieffwas baptized the 14 of August 1580.

1585. Robart purslowe and Anne Ottley were maried the 31

of Marche 1585.

1586. Katherine Ottley the wife of Richard Ottley Esq. was

buried the 21 day of November, 1586.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH

158G. Arthur Ottley was buried the 5 day of ffebruarie 158G.
1587. Richard purslowe, the sonne of llobart Purslowe &
Anne his wief was baptised 21 day of December 1587.

1589. Tho: Lee gent, and DorotMe. .Ottley were rnaried the

2 day of September 1589.

1590. Elinor Lee; the daughter of Tho. Lee & Dorothie his

wief was baptized the iiijth day of October 1590,

1591. ffrauncys Ottley theidr was buried at Kinlet the 18

day of October 1591.

1592. Elizabeth Ottley the daughter of Richard Ottley ar.

was buried the 25 day of June 1592.
1592. Mary Ottley Vid, was buried the 18 day of September
1592.

1594. Thomas Drax of Walton in the com'' of Salop gent, and

Marie Ottley were rnaried the 5th day of Januarie
1594.

1595. Jane Drax was baptized the 25 day of September &

was buried the 10 day of Januarie 1595.
1597. Richard Blunden gent, & Jane Ottley were rnaried the

... of September 1597.

N.B.— Robfc Tydder Rector 1603.
1G03. Richard Ottley Esq. and Mr9 Katherin Lake were

rnaried the 8 day of March 1G03.
1603. Mr Richard Corbett and M.rs Martha Ottley were rnaried

the 9 May 1603.
1603. Mra Katherin Ottley was buried ye 28 of September 1603.
1604 Sarah the daughter of Thomas Edwards and ff'rances

his wyff was baptized the 27 day of decern ber 1604.
1606. Mr Richard Ottley Esqr was buried the 20 of Aprill 1606.

1606. Walter the sonne of Mr Thomas Ottley was baptized
* the 20 day of July 1606.

1607. Ursula the daughter of Mr Thomas Ottley was baptized

the 9 day of August 1607.
1609. Mr William Ottloy was buried the 7 day of July 1609.
1612. Dorothy the daughter of Mr Thomas Ottley was buried

the 17 day of decern : 1612.
1614. Margarett Ottley the daughter of Mr Thomas Ottley

Esq. was buried the 11 day of Decembr 1614.
1620. Thomas the sonne of Mr Thomas Ottley was baptized

yc 4 of June 1620.

Note. — This entry conies between one dated August, 1G20, and
one in Sept., 1G20.

1622. Mr Thomas Ottley o\vnr of foord was buried tho 1 day
of March 1622.

REGISTERS OF PITCTTFORD.

371

1G25. Mrs Sarah the (laughter of Mr Thomas Ottley was buried

the 30 day of March (1625-6).
1626. Richard the soune of M* ffrancis Ottley and Lucy his

wyff was baptized the 1$ day of September 1626.
1628. Adam the sonne of Mr ffrancis Ottley was baptisted

the 26 day of October.
1630. Mary the daughter of Mr ffrancis Ottley was baptised

the 30 day of March.
1642. Mary the wife of Thomas Ottley Esq. was buried the

23 of October.

1642-3. Thomas the sonne of Thomas & Mary Ottley was

buryed the 24 day of March.
1648. Mary ye daughter of Sr ffrancis Ottly, and Luce his

wife was buried ye 18 day of August 1648.

1652. Richard the sonne of Mr Richard Ottley & the Lady
- Lettice his wife was baptized the 6 day ot July.

1653. Richard the sonne of Mr Richard Ottley & the Lady

Lcttice his wife was buryed the 30th day of March.
1654-5. Adam the -sonne of M* Richard Ottley & the Lady
Lettice his wife was baptized the 5th day of January
.1654-5.

1655. Robert the sonne of Richard Ottley Esqr and Dame

Lettice his wife was baptized, the 20th of July 1655.

1656. Lucy the daughter of Richard Ottley Esqr and Dame

Lettice his wife was baptized Feb. 28 : 1656.
1660. Francis the sonne of Sr Richard Ottley Kn* & Dame

Lettice his wife was baptized June 2d 1660.
1668. John Wilkes A.M. was inducted rectr of Pitchford Aug.

21st An0 1668.

1 66S. Dame Lottie© Ottley wife of S1' Rich : Ottley Kn* buried

March 8th An0 1668.
1678. Mrs Mary Ottley the daughter of Thomas Ottley Esqr

by Elizabeth ids wife was baptized Jun. 14th An° Dni

1678.

1680. Dame Lucy Ottley was buried. May 19th 1680.

1 680. Richard (lie sonne of Thomas Ottley Esqr by Elizabeth

his wife was baptized Nov. 14th An° Dum 1680.

1681. M> Richard Ottley was buried May 29th An0 Domnl 1681.

1682. Mr Thomas Ottley the sonne of Thomas Ottley Esq1 by

MrS Elizabeth his wife was baptized Nov: 19th An0
Domni 1682.

1682. Mr Thomas Ottley was buried .(fob: 7th An0 Domni 1682..
1685. Mr Adam Ottley the sonne of Thomas Ottley Esqr by

M18 Elizabeth' his wife was baptized Aug: 23th An0

Domni 1685.

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EPTRACTS FROM THE PARISH

1687-8. Mad" Lucy Ottloy was buried Doc: 30th An0 Domni
1687-8.

1603. S' Adam Ottley was buried Octob: 28t!l A Dom^ 1693.
1695. Thomas Ottley Esq[r was buried May 11th Ail0 Domni
1695. m

1712. John Wilkes Rectr of Pitchford & Frodesley was buried
Aug. 29th An0 Dom* 1712.
Mem : that Mr Thomas Wilkes was inducted Rectr of
Pitchford.

1716. Thomas the son and First-born of Adam Ottley Esqr
and M,s Bridgett his Wife was Born the seventeenth
day of January and Baptized the Twenty fourth of
the same.

1719. Adam the son of Adam Ottley Esq1' and M'B Bridgett
his Wife wets born yc twenty seventh day of October
and Baptized the fifth day of November.

1719. Wm Roe signs as rector.

1719. Whereas with the Consent of the Right Rev John late

Ld Bishop of this Diocese and the Revd William Roo
Ar: M: the Present Rector of this Church, Adam
Ottley Esq1' has at his own cost and charges pull'd
down & rebuilt the Gabel End of this Chancel, we
whose names are underwritten to testifie that the
same was done by the free and voluntary gift of the
sd Adam Ottley he being in no respect liable to any
repairs in the sd Chancell Wittness our hands this
Twentyfirst day of March Anno DomJ 1719.
sd

William Roe Rector

Abmham Jandroll J church Woldena

Thomas Stalham Tho : Russell
Tho : Daxon Rich : Cound

Richard Kinlet.

1720. The Reverend John Davies Doctr of Divinity and

MrB Mary Ottlev were married March the 30th.
1720. Anne Ottley the" Wife of the Right Revd Fathr in God
Adam Lord Bishop of Sfc Davids was Buried Aprill

ye 14th

17.21. Bridgett the Daughter of Adam Ottley Esqr and Mrs
Bridgett his Wife was born Aprill yc 6th and Baptized
April! yu 15Ul.

1725. M,a Elizabeth Ottley widow was Buried Aprill tho 5th.
1.737. M Bridgett Ottley wife of Adam Ottley Esq1' Dyed
June 23d and was Buried June 25 ,

REGISTERS 01?' PlfCHFOBD.

373

1741. The Rcvd William Roe Hector of Pitcliforcl and Frodcs-

ley was Buried July y« 17th 1741.
1741-2. The Reverend John I) avios Dock, of Divinity Rector

of Pitchford was Buried March y° 2(l 1741 (viz. 1741-2).
1743. M" Bridgett Ottley daughter of Adam Ottley Esquire

and Bridgett his wife was buried May 10. 1743.
1744 Mrs Mary Davis the wife of the Reverend Dochter Davis

late Rector of Pitchford was buried August 3. 1744.

1746. Febv 14th 1746 Adam Ottley A.M. Rector inducted.

1747. Decr 14"' M1'9 Elizabeth Ottley was buried.
1752. June 1st Adam Ottley Esq" was buried.

1757. William Scott Serv* to Sr Robert Jenkinsons was buried
Jan: 16Ul 1757.

1792,

Decr22. MrB Catherine Ottley Wife of Thomas Ottley Esqru
was buried.

1798,

July 28th The Revd M' Adam Ottley A.M. Fellow of All Souls
Coll : Oxford, & Rector of Pitchford was Buried.

1800.

August 13 admitted into the Church, George Ottley
son of George Smythe Esq" by Elizabeth his wife who
was born October y° 17th & privately baptised October
25, 1799 in the parish of Woodchurch m the County
Palatine of Chester by Bryan King Rector of the said
Paiish, as appears by Certificate under his hand dated
Aug: 6, 1800, which certificate also states that the
said private baptism is not registered in that parish,
it being the custom there not to register children till
admitted into the Church,
by Joseph Plymley Archdeacon of Salop &g.
August 16th Mem: That the foregoing entry of the Baptism of
George Ottley Smythe was made by the Revd Arch-
deacon Plymley by whom he was received into the
Church during my necessary absence from the Parish.
The Lady of the Revd Sir John Edwards, Robert
Corbett Esqr & Thomas Ottley Esq. being Sponsors.

Chas. Walcot Rector.

Memorandum

The Burial of Tho8 & Adam Ottley Esq13 not being
found in tho Register, the following entry is copied
from a memorandum made by Sir John Edwardes
Bart.

"Thomas Ottley Esq' died January 22m] 1807, and was
buried January 28th aged 91.
Vol. VII,, 2nd S. ' XX

374 EXTRACTS FROM PITCHFORD PARISH REGISTERS.

"Adam Ottlcy Esq1' died February 10 1807, and was
buried February 28th aged 61.

1808. Richard Williams Died June f 1th 1808 aged

Many years Butler to Tho8 Ottley Esq/.
1814. Julia Evelyn Medley Jenkinson of Pitchford Hall buried
No. 6. April 24th 1814 aged 24 R : Corfield Rector.
1819. Pitchford Church commneced repairing &c. June 28th
completed Octr 9th.
The roof entirely ceiled, with a Cornice added, the

west end with new open seats placed underneath.
The Pulpit and Desk removed back. The Pews all
repaired & varnished & numbered. The Communion
rail reduced, floor new laid. Alabaster stones relat-
ing to the Ottley Family placed upright. Wainscot
at the back of the Communion Table & 1 lancet
window in Chancel opened the whole Aisle laid a new.
A Vestry built.' Chancel Door on North Side opened
& 3 lancet Windows. A new Window under Gallery
on the North Side underneath which a new font
placed. New Doors at both Entrances, an entire
new Seat for Family at the Hall with other repairs
and alterations at an Expense of £2G3 10a Hdl & all
most liberally defrayed by the Honble C. Jenkinson.
The large old Saxon window of the Chancel removed
and replaced by the present Gothic one (designed by
Revd H. Owen & W. G. Rowland executed by W
Carline Stone Mason & Mr Lee Glazier) at an expense
after deducting old materials of £40 138 3d defrayed
by Revd R. Corfield Rector.
Augst 21st The Coffin of Mra Jenkinson removed from
the temporary brick Grave inside tho Church into
the new Family Vault built on North side of Church-
yard by tho lion : C : Jenkinson.

1874, June 14. — Lilian Frances, daughter of Orlando John
George Bridgeman and Catherine Maria Bridgeman-
Simpson was baptized.

N.B.— The first birth at Pitchford Hall for over 150 years.

" R : Corfield, Curate,

" March lltk 1810."

A new Gallery at the

Baptism.

1 Mem. The above sum of £263 10s. lid does not include
Mr, Jeukinson's new Pew not- the new Vault.

375

MONUMENTS IN PITCHFORD CHURCH.

The oldest monument in the church is the tomb of
Sir John cle Pitchford, born circa 1237, who died 1285,
and married Margaret, daughter of William Devereux.
It is a low altar tomb, with an oaken recumbent cross-
legged effigy of the knight upon it, clad in chain mail,
his hand on his sword hilt, and his feet on a wild boar,
the point of the sword being in the boar's mouth. This
tomb is on the north side of the chancel and against
the wall. Below the effigy are seven shields of arms : —

1. Pitchford. 2. Devereux (his wife). 3. Pitchford
(his grandfather). 4. Baskerville (his grandmother).
5. A frette. G. A lion rampant. 7. Five barrulets.

The next in date are four incised slabs of alabaster,
formerly laid in the floor of the chancel, but now placed
upright against the chancel walls.

No. 1 (so numbered in pedigree) is upright against the
east wall on the north side of the altar. It has figures
of William Ottley, Esq., in armour, who died 1529, and
Margery his wife. Under his feet are eight sons, and
under her feet are twelve daughters. Over his head is
a shield of Arms : Quarterly, 1 and 4. Ottley, Argent
on a bend azure three oat sheaves or. (with a mullet
gules for difference, the mullet being rough incised like
a cinquefoil). 2. Azure a cinquefoil within an orle of
crosses crosslet or, Pitchford. 3. Argent guttie de
sang a lion ramp, sable, Scryven. Over her head is a
shield of Arms : Quarterly, 1. Argent an eagle displayed
sable charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lis or, Bruyn.

2. Azure 3 mullets or. 2. 1. Haye, or de la Have.

3. Leighton1 (?). 4. Hillary2 (?). Round the edge of
the stone is this inscrrption : —

1 This quartering seems to be, Quarterly per fess indented or and
gules, Leighton. But why here 1 The pigment is nearly worn off,
but does not seem to be azure and ermine, viz., Sandford.

2 The fourth quartering is six crosses crosslet fi tehee, rather like
Hillary. But why is it here quartered ?

370 MONUMENTS IN PITCH FORD CHURCH.

g:jk jarit alliUm's 0tle| armig. 't ithug'ia \\x cj. fflia 't hcves

Joins bvianc aniug't q. qhn \
cfttillm's obiit bixesi'.o sexto Sic <Scpte'bri<5 anna |
b'ni mill' a qutngcntcsi'o biccst'x) noua 't^'bict. Jftarg'ia obiit

hit me's anno i)'ni |

mocca quor ai'a ppcictr i0 amen. |

No. 2 (in pedigree) is upright against the east wall on
the south side of the altar. It has figures of Thomas
Ottley, Esq., in armour, who died 1 5 3 4 ; and Katharine
his wife. Between them are a son and a daughter.
Over their heads is a shield of Arms : Otley with
cinquefoil for difference and Bruyn quarterly dimidiated,
impaling .... a raven ppr. Corbet. Hound the edge
of the stone is this inscription : —

'f&crni cmpom^kotvit (D t c I c n nmn gier 'i ^J&t'itu axcti* I
qb',e thomas obiit xxlmj bie |

ntc'<5 bece'bus a'o h'nx mocrr.ee0 xxxiiij° 't p'bet J'lat'ina obiit

bic m'cs a0 but |

m0crrce° quoc' a'ia ppcietu b6 amen. |

No. 3 (in pedigree) is upright against the south wall
of the chancel, near the Vestry door. It has figures of
Adam Ottley, Esq., in armour, who died 1578, and Mary
his wife. Under his feet are eight sons, and under her
feet are eight daughters. Over their heads is a shield
of Arms : Quarterly, 1 and 4. Ottley, 2 and 3. Bruyn,
impaling Quarterly, 1 and 4. Mainwaring, two bars
(with a crescent for difference), 2 and 3. Warren.
Underneath is this inscription in an oblong scroll : —

JJIC IACENT CORPORA ADA MI OTTLEY AR-
MlGERl KT MARIE UXOR IS EJUS QVJ 0 VI DEM
ADA MVS OBIit DEC f MO SEXTO DIE OC-
TOBRIS ANNO DOMINI. 1578 :

ET PR EDICT A MARIA OBIIT

DIE ANNO DOMINI ....

DRAVN AND GRAVEN BY I01JN TAR BOOK [ 1 ] BEVDLY CARVER
ANNO 1587.

1 The atone in broken away at this point.

MONUMENTS IN PITCH FORD CHURCH.

377

No. 4 (in pedigree) is upright against the north wall
of the chancel. It has figures of Iii chard Ottley, Esq.,
in armour, and Katherine his wife, who died 1586.
Under his feet are six sons, and under her feet are nine
daughters. Over their heads is a shield of arms :
Quarterly, 1 and 4. Ottley, 2 and 3. Bruyn, impaling
Mackworth of Betton Strange. Underneath his feet is
a panel with this inscription : —

Mm IACET CORPVS
RICARDI OTTLE1
ARMIGERI QVI OBIIT
MORTEM . . . . DIE

....... ANNO

DOMINI ,

Underneath her is a panel with this inscription : —

IHC IACET CORPVS
KATHERINE OTTLEI
VXORLS RICARDI OTTLI
QUE OBIIT MORTEM 20
DIE NOVEMBRIS ANNO
DOMINI 1586:

And in the right hand corner the carver's initials and
date: I. T. 1587.

It will be noticed that in each of these four Ottley
inscriptions, the spaces for the date of death of one of
the persons commemorated have been left blank, and
were never filled in.

On a marble monument fixed to the north wall, near
the family pew, is the following inscription : —

To the Memory of
•Thomas Ottley Khc\v
Who died 22lul Jan*. 1807,
Aged 91.

378 MONUMENTS IN PITCHFORD CHURCH.

Likewise of
Adam Ottley Esqr. his only Son,
Who died 16th Feb*. 1807,
aged 61.

Underneath this inscription are the Arms of Ottley.

On a Brass mounted on black marble fixed to the
north wall, near the family pew, is this inscription : —

In memory of JULIA wife of CIP* CECIL COPE 3D and
last EARL of LIVERPOOL | (who before succeeding
his Elder Brother, inherited this and other | estates
in Cos Salop and Montgom* from his Cousin the last
MR OTTLEY in | 1807.) She died 8 april 1814 aged 23.
Also of SELINA VISCOUNTESS MILTON | 2D (but

ELDEST LEAVING ISSUE) OF THEIR 3 DaU9 AND COHEIRS, WHO
DIED 24 SEPR J 1883 AGED 71 AND WHOSE ELDEST SON CECIL

G: S: FOLJAMBE erects this brass.

On this Brass are six shields of Arms, as follows.
The middle lower one with nine quart e rings is for
Otley, giving the quarterings of Ottley and Bruyn, as
shown on the monument of William ( )ttley and Margery
his wife 1529, viz., 1. Ottley; 2. Pitehford; 3. Scryven;
4. Bruyn ; 5. Llaye ; 6. Leighton (?) ; 7. Hillary (?) ;
and also the two last, viz., 8. Jenkinson ; and 9.
Tomlins of Bromley, co. Middlesex (Argent a chevron
azure between three vine leaves slipped vert), brought
in by the last Mrs. Ottley, mother of Adam Ottley,
who died in 1807.

The middle shield at the top is for Cecil George
Savile Foljambe, now Lord ITawkesbury, impaling the
arms of his first and second wives, Louisa Blanche
Howard and Susan Louisa Cavendish. It has eight
quarterings, viz., 1. Foljambe ; Thornhagh ; 3. Savile ;
4. Earl of Liverpool; 5. Ottley; G. Shuckburgh ; 7.
Evelyn ; 8. Medley, impaling on the dexter side
Howard, and on the sinister side Cavendish. The Arms

MONUMENTS IN PITCH FORD CHURCH.

379

of Lord Hawkesbury's wives are at either top corner,
viz., on the dexter side, Howard, with the quarterings
of Brotherton, Warren, Mowbray, Dacre, and Grey-
stoke; and on the sinister side, Cavendish, with the
quarterings of Hard wick, Boyle, Clifford, Savile, and
Compton. Below each are the Arms of their respective
parents, viz., Howard impaling Cavendish, and Caven-
dish impaling Lambton.

There is one other monument in the church, a tablet
on the south side of the church, to Arthur Charles
Corfield, second son of the Be v. Richard Corfield, M. A..
Rector of Pitchford, who died 14 June, 1824, in his
19th year. Also Frederick Edward Corfield, fifth son
of the above, died aged 27, Lieut. -Adjutant G2nd Foot.
Susan Edith, his wife, died on their passage home from
Madeira, on the 5th and 23rd August, 1838, respec-
tively. Humphrey Jervis, Lt. 62nd Foot, son-in-law
of the Rev. Richard Corfield, died at Moulmein, East
Indies, 14 April, 1835, aged 27.

The east window is a triple lancet, with the centre
light larger than the other two. The subject is the
Ascension. Above is the emblem of the Trinity ; below
is the pelican. At the four corners are emblems of the
four Evangelists. Beneath is this inscription, in brass,
on the sill, in old English characters : —

In IMcmoriatn optimi -Patris C'aroli Cccilii Copo -comitiH tie Liverpool

Ilanc Fcneatram communi-consilio ponendatu curavorunt Filias-amantissimrc a.d, MDcccliii

In the tracery of a two-light south window, near the
pulpit, are the Arms of Ottley quartering Bruyn,
impaling Argent a saltire sable, Baldwyn. These are for
Thomas' Ottley of Pitchford, born 1G50, died IG95, who
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Samuel Baldwyn.
Above, over a helm mantelled argent doubled gules, on
a wreath of the colours is the Crest of Ottley.1 Under-
neath is the motto, obliere ne doy. On the sinister

1 The Crest of Ottley is, An oat garb or, banded vert. In this
window the garb is wrongly banded or and azure, like the wreath.

380

MONUMENTS IN PITOIJFORD CHURCH.

side is a shield of the arms of his mother, Lady Lettice
Ridgway, Sable a pair of wings conjoined argent. The
shield on the dexter side is intended for the Arms of
his grandmother, Lucy Edward'es, though the colours
are wrongly painted. The coat should be Gules a
chevron engrailed between three griffins' heads erased
argent ; whereas here the field is painted argent, and
the chevron and griffins' heads gules.

There are five Hatchments in the church : —

1. Mrs. Cecil Jenkinson, died 1814. Jenkinson, and
on an escutcheon of pretence, Quarterly 1. 4. Evelyn, 2.
3. Shuckburgh. Motto : — Pareo non servio.

2. A very small one, Ottley, with Jenkinson on an
escutcheon of pretence, for Mrs. Ottley, who died 1792,
sister and heir of Sir Bankes Jenkinson, 6th Bart.

3. Charles Cecil Cope, third Earl of Liverpool, died
1851. Arms and supporters, &c. Motto : — Palma non
sine pulvere.

4. Ottley, for the last Mr. Ottley, died 1807.

5. Cotes, with escutcheon of pretence quarterly.
1. Jenkinson; 2. Shuckburgh; 3. Evelyn; 4. Medley,
for John Cotes, Esq., who died 1874.

381

MONUMENTAL BRASSES IN SHROPSHIRE.1

By MILL STEPHENSON, B.A., F.S.A.

Shropshire, although large in area, does not contain
many examples of this class of monument. Twenty
brasses with effigies and one inscription with devices
have been noticed, but others may still be found,
especially in the remoter districts.

The brasses of the county as at present known, may
be roughly divided as follows : —

Armed figures alone ...

/with ladies
Civilians alone ...

,, with Indies ...
Ecclesiastics
Ladies alone
Miscellaneous ...

21

Inscriptions only are not included ; some few are given,
but the list is not complete.

The effigies at Harley, Tong (Ralph Elcok, 1510),
and Withington exhibit marked peculiarities and are
probably the work of some local artists, possibly of a
school of metal-workers established at Coventry in the
adjoining county of Warwick during the latter half of
the fifteenth century. Much of their work may be
found in the counties of Northampton, Stafford, and
Warwick. The fine brass at Acton Burnell may possibly
belong to this class, but in this case a northern origin
must be looked for, and in all probability it may be
attributed to the earlier provincial school established

1 Read at. the Shrewsbury Meeting of the Royal Archaeological
Institute, July 25th, 1894

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382

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

either in Lincolnshire or Yorkshire, more probably the
latter, at the close of the fourteenth century. Nothing
is known of the history of these local engravers except
in the case of Norwich, where some trace of a family
named Brazier, bellfounders and braziers, has come
down to us. At Upton Cressett on a late brass, \ 640,
there occurs a maker's name, " R. Grigs, sculpsit," but
this is the only instance which has been noticed in the
county.

The finest military figures are those at Acton Burnell
to Sir Nicholas Burnell, 1382, and at Tong to Sir
William Vernon, Constable of England, 1467. The
later examples at ITarley, c. 1475, and Withington,
1512, belong to the local school. At Adderley is a
very late example of date 1560.

The earliest figure of a civilian is that of William
Maynwaryng, 1497/at Ight field ; all the other seven
examples belong to the last half of the sixteenth
century, and present no points of interest.

Of ecclesiastics there are four examples, but one,
unidentified, either an abbot or a bishop, c. 1390, at
Adderley, is of great interest. The mitred head and
the inscription are unfortunately lost, the vestments
are the amice, albe, dalmatic, maniple, and chasuble,
but neither the tunic, stole, sandals, nor gloves appear-
In the right hand is a crozier, and in the left a book.
All attempts at identification have so far failed. At
Tong is a small figure to Ralph Elcok, 1510, a brother
of the college, in cassock, surplice, and almuco. This
brass is of local origin, and the inscription is somewhat
blundered. In the same church is a fine figure to
Sir Arthur Vernon, warden of the college and rector of
Whitchurch, 1517, representing him in the dress of a
Master of Arts of the University of Cambridge. Above
the figure is a pretty little chalice with a rayed vvafei
inscribed with the letters " Ilia" The last of the series
is a figure in cassock, surplice, almuce, and cope, to
Adam GrafYton, " the most worshipful priest living in
his days," but somewhat of a pluralist, according to the

IN SHllOPSBIkK.

383

inscription. Amongst his many preferments he was
parson of Withington, and was there buried in 1530.

Of ladies alone there are two fine examples, one, at
Bnrford, unfortunately mutilated, to Dame Elizabeth
Cornewaylle, c. 1370, and one at Ightfield to Dame
Margery Calveley, widow of Philip Egerton ; she died
in 1509, but the brass was engraved in her lifetime, c.
1495, after her marriage with her third husband, Sir
Hugh Calveley. This brass has a fine triple canopy
with a curious figure of St. John the Baptist on the
centre finial.

Of ladies accompanying their husbands the fine figure
of Lady Vernon at Tong is a good example of a widow's
costume. At Harley is an example of the butterfly
head-dress, but the rest of the series calls for no special
comment. At Edgmond is a curious brass to Francis
Yonge, 1533, representing him in a shroud, whilst his
wife Anne, who predeceased him, is in ordinary attire.

At Clun is an inscription, on a quadrangular plate, to
Sir Robert Howard, K.B., 1G53, with a running pattern
of flowers and leaves with various devices in the angles.

Of canopies there are but two examples, at Acton
Burnell, 1382, and at Ightfield, c. 1495 ; the former is
a single canopy of the cinquefoiled ogee shape, and is an
early example of the use of groining, the head of the
figure being carried into the midst of the groining. The
latter is triple, but of debased character with much
ornament and heavy crockets.

Heraldry is well represented on the Vernon brasses
at Tong ; early examples of shields also occur at Burford,
and at Edgmond there was until recently a shield bear-
ing the emblems of the Passion. The arms of the city
of Coventry appear on the Onley brass at Withington.

An account of the brasses in the destroyed church of
St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, is attempted, principally
drawn from Owen and Blake way's History of Slirews-
hurij) and from a manuscript in the British Museum,
viz., Add. MSS, 21, 236-37. Drawings of Monuments
and Inscriptions from char dies and chapels in Shrop-

MON UMENTA L URASSKtt

shire, executed by the Rev. Edward Williams, 1792-
1803, with indexes, 2 vols., paper, folio.

The writer is indebted to the Rev. T. Auden, F.S.A.,
Chairman of the Council of the 'Shropshire Archaeolo-
gical Society, to Mrs. and Miss Auden, the Rev. J. E.
Field, the Rev. 11. M. Serjeantson, and to other friends
for the loan of rubbings and for much kind assistance
in the preparation of this paper.

ACTON BURNELL.
L

Sir Nicholas Burnell, 1382.

Full length effigy in complete armour of theucamail"
period ; the bascinet is acutely pointed and to it
attached by laces the earn ail, the hawberk also of mail
is covered by the jupon, whilst the shoulders are
defended by epaulieres composed of overlapping plates,
the arms by brassarts and vam braces, the elbows by
coutes, and the hands by gauntlets. The thighs, knees,
and legs are protected by plate alone, the sollerets are
extremely pointed and have rowel spurs buckled over
the instep. At the feet is a very fine lion, the sword
is suspended diagonally behind the body from a richly
ornamented bawdric, and to it. on the right hand side,
in front of the body, is fastened the misericorde or
dagger.

A good single canopy of the cinquefoiled ogee shape
surrounds the figure , it has, for this early date, the
unusual feature of groining, and the head of the figure
is carried into the centre of this groining. The bases
of the pinnacles are ornamented with wolves' heads and
the base of the canopy itself, with large qua trefoils
filled with foliage.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

385

The inscription, in three lines black letter, is at the
head of the canopy, and not as usual under the effigy.
It reads : —

gjic iaret bn£ Jtuhits $nnuU mih& tins
5).c holcjot' qui obxxt xxxa bte Jf nnuarii JVnno
jtet £Xma €(OTmo JDxxxii0 QLxxx ppixut' Is am.

Two shields of arms and parts of the finials of the canopy
are lost.

The brass lies on a high tomb in the north transept.
The figure is 46 inches in height, and the size of the
whole composition is 6 feet 6 inches by 2 feet. It has
been engraved in The Archaeological Journal , vol. ii.,
p. 329 ; BoutelVs Monumental Brasses and Slabs, p. 54 ;
The Oxford Manual of Brasses, p. 70 ; and Haines'
Manual, Introd., p. 138.

Maud Burnell, the heiress of the Burn ell estates,
married for her second, husband John de Handlo, who
died in 1346, leaving one son, Sir Nicholas, who assumed
his mother's name, and eventually succeeded to the
estates. For an account of Sir Nicholas' controversy
with Robert de Moriey concerning his right to bear the
Burnell arms, see The Archaeological Journal, vol. ii.,
p. 330.

II.

Elisa Whitney, c. 1650.
Inscription only. Size of plate 21 by 7 inches.
Eesvkgam.

Filia Doctoris Bright, whitney chara marita
.Donnil Flisa solo corpore, mente polo
Lucida nubae viae, patriae splendore refidget
Candoris plenam vestit et alba stola.

Now mural. Chancel.

386 MONUMENTAL BRASSES

III.

Margaret Smyte, 1655.
Inscription only. Size of plate 13J by 6^ inches.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MARGARET
SMYTH THE WIFE OF THOMAS SMYTH
OE RVCKLEY GEN: BEING THE ELDEST
DAUGHTER OF THOMAS UNTON OF

DREYTON ESQ: SHE DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE 5th OF FEBRUARY
1655 BEINGE 54 YEARES OF AGE.
She had one son 13 years of age the 22th of February, 1(155.

Now mural. Chancel.

IV. •

Martha. Trovell, 1660.

Inscription only. Size of plate 15 by 6^ inches.
I : am : SVRE : that : my : redeemer : liveth : and :
u e :shal : stand : tu e : last : on :the :earth : a nd : ti i o vgh :

AFTER : MY : SKINNE : WORMES : DISTROY : THIS : BODY I

yet : shal : i ; see : god : in : my : flesh : whom : i : my-

SELFE : SHALL I SEE I AND :M Y : EYES ' SHALL : BE : HOLD : AND:
NO I OTHER : FOR j ME : THOVGH : MY : REINS : ARE !

CONSVMED : WITH : IN : ME : MARTHA : TROVELL :
Virgo: i oure : score: and; neinji : w: age: in: March: last: KiGO.

Now mural. Chancel.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

387

ACTON SCOTT.
Thomas Mytton, and wife Elsabeth, 1571.

Effigies kneeling at prayer desks on which lie open
books, and on the side panel of each desk is a lozenge
enclosing a skull. Thomas Mytton, " a gentle by race"
is in civil costume and behind him are the kneeling
figures of his nine sons. His wife Elsabeth, a daughter
of Sir Edward Gryvell, " a Warvvykeshere knight,"
wears the " Paris Hede," a small ruff and an overgown
with turned back collar and short sleeves puffed at the
shoulders, the gown is confined round the waist by a
girdle,' Behind her are the kneeling figures of her two
daughters in similar dresses.

Below . the figures is a black letter inscription in
eleven lines : —

gjcue I nc tlx enlombcb in clauc the earca0c
ot (Islsabetlt Jftuttou U)hcr late ton* tlte Lupffc
of Thomas Jftgttoit a (Senile br> race
lunth issue alcben gob blctfscb their Inffe
^hen Jfoncb together anb liffc lebfo aright
bescenbeb ot CSentrnc, anb bought0 site fajjts
oi §»x QEbtuavb Ojknbell a (Maetunketfherc knight
3hc nclbeb her breath anb enbeeb her race
I he alcbenth oC march anb ne iieve ot grace
a thousand tube linnbreb acbentpc anb one
ta tuhome gob grant a Joufnll resurrection.

The male effigy measures 11| inches in height and the
female 10} inches. The size of the whole composition
is about 20 by 21 inches. It is now mounted on an
oak panel and hangs in the chance}.

388

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

ADDERLEY.

i

An Ecclesiastic (Abbot or Bishop), c. 1390.

Full length effigy (head with mitre lost), in amice,
albe, dalmatic, maniple and chasuble, holding in the
right hand a crozier (head lost) encircled with the
vexillum, and in the left a clasped book. Neither the
tunic, stole, sandals, nor gloves are represented.

The inscription, the head of the figure and the head
of the crozier are lost.

This figure presents an early instance of an ecclesiastic
holding a book. Later examples may be found at Bee-
ford, Yorks., 1472, and at Carlisle Cathedral, 1496.
After the Reformation the practice becomes common.

In its present condition the figure measures 41 inches
in height and lies on the chancel floor.

All attempts at identification have so far failed. The
brass is not mentioned by the Rev, Edward Williams
although he visited the church on September 1, 1794
(Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21, 2.36, fol. 176). Handle Holme
also visited the church at a much earlier period but
only notices some shields in glass (Harl. MS. 2, 129,
fol. 154a).

II.

Sir Robekt Nedeham, and wife Agnes, 1560.

Full length effigies turned sideways. Sir Robert is
represented bare-headed in armour, his hands are
without gauntlets and frills appear at the neck and
wrists. The figure is badly proportioned and very
clumsy, the armour is of the usual type oJ this period
and calls for no comment. , His wife wears the " Paris
hede" together with the usual over and under o;own
accompanying this style of head-dress.

d 1

AN ECCLESIASTIC.
O. 1000.
ADOERLEY, SALOP.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

389

Below the figures is a five line inscription in black
letter ~

3) ere Xtctlt burucb uiibcr this stauc JJIte babes 0C §ue Jlobart
<|teb chant knight <mb bame Jlgnes his touffe biutglttcr of Jtfitn
JttmmUnirtitg of ptber esquire tnltich snpb Jlatmrt beccasseb the
iiii bane of June Jlnna bomim 1556 anb the saub digues
beceasseb the ri bane of mane JUno bomini 1560.

Below the inscription are the smaller effigies of seven
sons in civil attire and two daughters in similar costume
to their mother.

The male effigy measures 19 inches in height and the
female 18 inches. The size of the whole composition is
3 feet 6 inches bv 2Jeet, and it lies in the chancel.

Sir Robert Nedeham married Agnes, a daughter of
John Maynwaring, Esq., of Pever or Peover, Cheshire.

III.

JOITM PoDMORE, RECTOR, 1673.

Inscription only. Size of plate 9 by 1\ inches.

SUB SPE RESURRECTI-
ON IS HIC SITUS EST 10-
HANNES PODMORE QU-
ONDAM IIUIUS RECTOR
ECCLESIiE OBI IT ANNO M%
ATIS SV7E LXXIII ANNO

QUE DOM TNI 16 73.

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390

MONUMENTAL BRASSES.

ALVELEY.

John Grove, 1G16.

Fall length effigy turned sideways and wearing ruff
doublet and gown with long false sleeves.
Inscription in Roman capitals : —

HERE LYETH BVRTED THE BODY OF IOHN GROVE
GENTLEMAN AND A FREEMAN OF THE RIGHT WORSLL
COMPANY OF GROCERS OF LONDON, WHO WAS BORNE
IN THIS PARISH OF ALVELEY AND HATH GVIEN FOR
A MEMORIALL OF HIM X POVNDES YEARLEY FOR
EVER TO A SCHOOL MASTER TO TEACHE SCHOL-
LERS WITH IN TUB SAID PARISH OF ALVELEY AND
OTHER X POVNDES TO FIVE POORE AGED &
IMPOTENT WHO HAVE BIN LABORING MEN OF HONEST

CONVERSATION AND HAVE BIN DECAIED THROVGH
AGE OR INFIRMITY HEE DYED THE XI DAY OF DECEM-
BER ANNO DNI 16 1G BEING OF THE AGE OF FIFTY
SIX YEARES.

Above the figure are two shields of arms : — -
(Dexter) — (Erm.) on a chevron engrailed (gu.) three
escallops (arg.)/m chief a crescent .... for difference.

GROVE.

(Sinister) — Arg., a chevron gu. between nine cloves 6
and 3 sa. company of grocers.

This brass was formerly in the chancel, but is now on
the south side of the nave.

John Grove, gentleman and freeman of the Grocers'
Company of London, founded the school at Alveley and
was likewise a benefactor to the parish, as stated in the
inscription.

892^

MOKUMENTA L BllASSES

BUEFOKD.

Dame Elizabeth de Cornewaylle, c. 1370.

Large full length effigy, head resting on embroid-
ered cushion, lower part of figure restored in recent
times,

Dame Elizabeth, wife of Mons. Esmon de Corne-
waylle, wears a close cap with its front edges
] Waited, carried straight across the forehead and down
the sides ot the face. Over this is a veil or kerchief
falling on the back and shoulders. The tight fitting
sleeves of the kirtle are seen at the wrists ; the
close fitting overgown has also tight sleeves and cur-
ious slits or pocket holes in front through which may
be seen the plain girdle of the kirtle. Over all is
worn a long mantle fastened across the breasts by a
short cord.

Of the marginal inscription only a few words remain;
it is in French in thick black letter : —

^Jfry gist Amme (!£It£rtb^ dBsmon ii* (EornetoaiUJe
q montst .

Two shields of arms above the head are lost, two
others, one on each side of the neck bear : —

(Sinister) — A rg. , a lion rampant gu , armed and lancjued
az<, ducally crowned or, ivithin a bordure engrailed sa.
hezantee. cornewaylle impaling . . . two lions
passant in pale. , .

(Dexter) . . . . . . two lions passant in pale

perhaps eiidington — or, two lions passant.

in pale az.

The effigy now measures 66 inches in height, the
restored part being 9 inches. It lies on the chancel
floor.

An engraving of this brass may be found in Haines'
Manual of Brasses, Introd., p. 167.

SIR ROBERT HOWARD, K.B.
1653.
CLUN, SALOP.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

393

CLUN.

Sir Robert Howard, KB., 1653.

A quadrangular plate measuring 22 by 15^ inches.
In an oval in the centre is the inscription with four
shields of arms, one at the top, one at the bottom, and
one on each side. In the four corners are a skull, a
skeleton holding a dart, an hour glass and a pair of
crossed thigh bones. The remainder of the plate is
entirely covered with a running pattern of flowers and
leaves enclosed within a border of leaves.

The inscription reads : —

Here lyeth the
Body of Sr. Robert
Howard Knight of the
Bath (Fifth Son of Thomas

Earle of Suffolk Lord
High Treasurer of England)
Who deceased April th22
A0 Dni. 1G53 He married
Katiierine Nevill Daughter
of Henry Lord Aoergaveney
By whom he had Issue
Henry Edward and
Egbert.

At the bottom of the plate under the lowermost
shield is : —

mtat — Suje G3,

The .upper and two side shields bear the Howard
arms with crest and mantling, viz. — Quarterly. I. Gu.t

394

MON U M ENT A L BRA SSES

on a "bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argt, an
escutcheon or, charged with a defni-lion rampant pierced
through the mouth with an arroiv, within a double tressure
flory counter -jlory of the first! Howard. II. Gu.,
three lions passant guardant in pah or, in chief a label of
three points arg. broteerton. III. Chequy or and az.
warren ne. IV. Gu. , a lion rampant arg., armed and
langued az. mowbray. Over all a crescent. . . for
difference.

Crest :— On a chapjeau gu. turned up erm., a lion
statant cuarclant crowned and ducally gorged or.

The lower shield bears Howard as above impaling
Nevill, Lord Abergavenny — Quarterly of six. I. Gu.,
on a saltire a,rg. a rose of the first, seeded, or, barbed vert.
nevill, lord Abergavenny. II. Or, fretty gu., on a
canton per pah erm, and of the first a ship with sails
furled sa, nevill of Bulmer. III. Chequy or. and az.
warrenne. IV. Or, three chevrons gu. clare. V.
Quaiierly arg. and gu., in the second and third quarters
a fret or, over all a bend sa. le despencer. VI. Gu.,
a /ess between six crosses crosslet or, the fess charged with
a crescent . . . for difference, beauchamp.

Crest as above.

This plate was formerly attached to a handsome
marble monument on the south wail of the chancel,
but is now fastened to the east wall of the north aisle
of the church. A lithograph facsimile has recently been
published,

Sir Robert Howard, K.B., was the fifth son of Thomas
Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Lord High Treasurer of
England. He married Katherine, daughter of Henry
Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, by whom he had three sons,
Henry, Edward, and Robert. Sir Robert died on the
22nd of April, 1653.

The Rector of Clun — the Rev. Prebendary Warner —
has very kindly searched the registers for entries relat-
ing to the Howard family, but as the earlier register is
missing the search proved fruitless.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

395

DIDDLEBURY.
T.

Richard Bawdewin 1G23, and wife Margery, 1614,
Inscription and shields of arms.

qvi mare qvi ferrvm dyr.'e qvi vincvla tvrris
qvondam transivit nunc in gens atrofos occa
nomen si qv^eras soboles qvot qv^ fyit vxor

occvbvit qvando qvze svbsvnt riec tibi mostra
Thomas frimogenitvs Richardi Bawdewin de

DlDLEBVRIE ET MaRGIRIzE VXORIS EIUS FILIvE LAW-
RENCII LyDLOWE DE MOREHOWSE DVX1T IN VXORE

G ertrydam filiam Roberti Corbet de Stand -

WARDINE DE QVA GENYIT TRES FILIOS EdWARDVM

lohannem et rlchardym et dvas filias doro-

theam et sljzanna et yaledictt mvndo f 0biit
Anno Dni 1614 zLtatis w.m lxviii (

Arms :

(1) . Quarterly I. A rg., a scdtire set. Baldwin. II.
Barry of six az. and arg. a chief erm. wigley. III.
Gu., a chevron erm. between three eaglets close arg.
childe. IV. Per pale gu. and or, a jleur-de-lys
counter changed, a ciieley.

Crest : — On a mound vert a cockatrice with wings
addorsed arg., beaked, combed, ducally gorged and
lined or. Baldwin.

(2) . Baldwin impaling or, a lion rampant sa,

LUDLOW.

Mural. North wall of chancel.

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39G

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

II.

Charles Baldwyn, Esq., 1674,

Small quadrangular plate with' inscription and shield
of arms.

M, JS.

Carolus Baldwyn de JSlsich

Armiyer Hie situs est
Ohiit 14 Die Februarii

Anno D/li 1674.

Arms :

Quarterly I. baldwyn. II. wigley. Ill, childe.
IV. acheley, with a crescent for difference in the
centre.

Crest — baldwyn, with helmet and mantling.
Mural. North wall of chancel. Engraved in Miscel-
lanea Genealogica el Ileraldica, 2 S., vol. iii., p. 13G.

DRAYTON.

Rowland Corbet, c. 1580.

Quadrangular -plate, 24 inches by 18 inches, with
small kneeling effigy of Rowland Corbet in civil dress
with a scroll from his mouth inscribed : —
Jftbmre mti fcntg.

He wears a long gown, open down the front, and
fastened round the waist by a cord, the sleeves are close
fitting, and from the shoulders hang long false sleeves.

Below is a black letter inscription in eight elegiac
verses : —

Jlimilanbus pains (fTorbcti inbiris hercg
glrntom? 0tttfcii£ innp.ora la>ta ternts
fectbtt in morbum snbitcr bitaq^ migranit
JUshtnens chixxx oxxlcxn boia pains
ijotibus hunc baviis uatuua b:nigna tccauit
£&QX$ nulti parents ixxxiihwm tulit
£ixxnc frailer QEhrista cdtzti <$zbt rcccptns
|Jreccsjsit brcniter nosqz $tqxxmxxx nun.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

3D 7

On the upper part of the plate are two shields of
arms : — ■

(Dexter) — Quarterly of seven— I. Or, a raven ppr,
corbet. II. Az.,six lioncels* rampant 3, 2 and 1 within
a bordure engrailed or. leybourne. III. Gu, semee
of Grosses crosslet a lion rampant or. iiopton. IV.
Gu., semee of crosses crosslet three hides hauriant 2 and
1 or. lucy. V. Arg., three chevr-onells sa. arch-
deacon. VI. Gil, two bars vair. saye. VIL Barry
of six sa. and or, on a chief of the second t wo pallets of
the first, an escutcheon of pretence erm. charged with
three bars gu. burley. Over all a mullet ....
for difference.

(Sinister) — Az., two bars arg., on a canton sa., a
chevron between three plieons of the second, charged
with a wolfs head erased between two mullets gu. hill.
These arms were allowed to Alice Corbet by William
Hervey, Clarencieux, in 1562. (See Trans. Shropshire
Arch. Soc, vol. vL, p. 440).

Below the inscription are the two shields impaled.

The whole is enclosed within an ornamental border,
and is fixed on the east wall of the chancel.

.Rowland Corbet was son and heir of Reginald Corbet,
a judge of the Common Pleas, 1559-66, by his wife
Alice, a daughter of John Gratewood, by Jane, sister of
Sir Rowland Hill, Knt., Lord Mayor of London,

EDGMGND.

Francis Yonge, Esq., 1533, and wife Anne.

A curious brass originally consisting of two figures, an
inscription, two groups of children, a shield with the
emblems of the Passion and two scrolls, two shields of
arms, and the symbols of the Evangelists. The inscrip-
tion, the shield of the Passion, one scroll, and one
daughter now lost.

The effigies are turned sideways. Francis Yonge in
a shroud open at the top and bottom to show the bust

Vol. VIL, 2nd S, aa 1

398

MONUMENTAL BRASSES,

and feet, and gathered up under the right arm ; his hair
is long and curly.

Anne his wife is represented in ordinary attire; she
wears the kennel shaped head-dress, an undergown
with tight slashed sleeves with frills at the wrists, an
overgown cat low at the neck, and having short, wide
sleeves. This gown is looped up in front, trimmed with
fur, and fastened round the waist by a girdle with an
ornamented buckle, from which hangs a chain termina-
ting in a pomander box. A rosary is also suspended
from the girdle.

Below the figures was the following inscription, now
lost, but here given from "Randle Holme's transcript in the
British Museum, Hail. MS. 2,129, fol. 194b (or 145) :—

"<®f r>r jchariti) x)t shall prai) to g, soulls of ffntnris Jjouge
sometimes of Cagnterto (£sq? spxxz <& hem of WHikl Vom}c $ ;
& hxmz mnxtft his iuifc b&h of ffixch : (Iftoit fotp iucij Francis
bcpteb this luorlb i)c last ban ot march r>e uearc of our |£o: $1°
®$m<&$£$3$$* & for g« 0pX of jtii date toife to frauds ban :
of %xt\x ehorlton of Jippleij (£sqj & (BHsabctJiis ioile boucjhter to
^Tarinioarnng of IghtMb iocij Jtne bzczsszo xxtiij bap,
of August j)e gcarc of our |£orb Jft.(!Lb bij on iuhos souls Hut haue
mmji Jtuten."

Below the inscription and under the man is a group
of nine sons in civil dress. Note the curious position of
their heads. Under the lady is a group of five
daughters, the fifth unfortunately lost ; the first, third,
and fourth have long flowing hair with close fitting
gowns with fur cuffs and edging. The second has a
somewhat similar dress, with the addition of an over-
gown with large turned back collar, her hair is confined
in a sort of cap., These figures are rather worn.

Between the heads of the principal figures was a
shield bearing the emblems of the Passion. This has
disappeared within recent years. Above the shield
were two scrolls, but one only remains on the dexter
side. It bears the following inscription : —

djutnqj ® itinera bet sunt
incbirina JVic mcc.

v

IN SHROPSHIRE.

399

The sinister was lost before 1793, but is given by
Handle Holme as bearing : —

'.' (Dra pvo inc sctc
Johannes Jkipttafa."

Above the figures are two shields of arms, that over
the man bears : —

Quarterly I. Or, three roses 2 and 1 gu. yonge. II.
Arc/., seven to&enges conjoined each e/iarged with an
ermine spot. UELSTOW. III. Arc/., a pale nebuly sec.
caynton. IV. Or, a Jess between three lions rampant
gu. benarton. impaling Quarterly I. and IV. Or,
a fret az. eyton. II. and III. Gu., two bars erm.

PANTULF.

That over the lady bears: — Quarterly I. and IV.
Or, a lion rampant gu., debruised by. a bendlet, arg.
charlton. II. and III. Gu., ten bezants, 4, 3, 2, and
1. zouch. impaling Quarterly I. and IV. Arg., tivo
bars gu. maynwaryng. II. and III. Chequy arg.
and sa. warren.

At four corners of the stone are the symbols of the
Evangelists, St. Mark in the upper dexter, St. Matthew
in the upper sinister, St. John in the lower dexter, and
St. Luke in the lower sinister corner.

The effigies are 30 inches in height, and the size of
the whole composition is 7 feet by 3 feet G inches. It
is on the nave floor.

Handle Holme gives a sketch of the brass perfect,
and notes "this gravestone in the middle ile over
against the pulpit."

Francis Yonge, Esq., of Caynton, was the son and
heir of Sir William Yonge, Knt., sheriff of Shropshire
in 1492, by Dame Margaret his wife, a daughter of
Nicholas Eyton, Esq., of Eyton. Francis Yonge married
Anne, a daughter of Richard Charlton, Esq., of Appley,
by his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of William Mayn-
waryng, Esq., of IghtHeld. Francis died in 1533, and
Anne in 1507. The Visitation of Shropshire, 162.3,

400

MONUMENTAL BRA SSES

gives the names of their children, viz., Cecilia, Anne,
Elizabeth, Margaret, William, Roger, Richard, John,
Thomas, John, George, Anthony, Adam. The sixth
son, John, succeeded his father, the rest seem to have
died early or childless. All the daughters were married.

The heraldry on this monument is somewhat singular,
for in each case there is the impaled shield of the father
and mother of the persons commemorated, but there is
no shield showing the alliance between husband and
wife.

The brass is also curious from the fact that the sur-
vivor is represented in a shroud. The wife, who died
in 1507, is here shown in the ordinary costume worn at
the date of her husband's death. There does not seem
to be any record of a second wife who survived him,
and the heraldry points conclusively to his wife Anne
Charlton. Had there been a second and surviving w7ife,
she would either have added her own figure with her
shield of arms properly displayed, or have caused the
first wife to be represented like her husband in a shroud.
Figures of husband and wife in shrouds are not un-
common, but in the case of one surviving the other it is
more usual to find the survivor represented in ordinary
attire.

GLAZELEY.

Thomas Wyli>e, Esq., J5(J9, and wife Elizabeth,

Full length effigies turned sideways. Thomas Wylde
in doublet, ruff, trunk hose and cloak, with long sword
suspended from a narrow belL. His wife Elizabeth,
daughter and heiress of Richard Cooke, Esq., wears the
" Paris hede," a large ruff, a long peaked stomacher, an
embroidered petticoat, and an upper or overgown with
a large farthingale extending the dress from the hips.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

401

Below the figures is an inscription in five lines :

HERE L YET PI BVRYED THE BOD YE OF THOMAS WYLDE
ESQ. DECEASSEI), WHO MARRYED WTn ELIZABETH THE

DAVGIITER & HEIRE OF RICHARD COOKE ESQ. BY WHOM
HE HAD ISSVE 4 SONNES & 2 DAVGHTERS, AND ENDED

THIS MORTALL LIFE THE XX DAY OF IVNE A0. DNI. 1599.

On plates below the inscription are the effigies of the
four sons and two daughters. The two elder sons are
in doublet, trunk hose and cloaks, the two younger in
long tunics alone ; the elder daughter, a larger figure
than any of the children, wears a costume similar zo
that of her mother, with the addition of a high-crowned
hat ; the younger daughter, a very much smaller figure,
is in a similar costume with the exception of the hat,
but much plainer in detail.

Above the figures are three coats of arms. The centre
one on a square plate with helmet, crest and mantling
bears — Quarterly I. and IV. any., a chevron, sa., on a
chief gu. three martlets of the first, wylde. II. and
III. ... a cross . . . charged with a crescent for
difference. Crest. A lion passant gu. resting the
dexter paw on an- escutcheon arg. wylde.

The shield on the dexter side bears — Quarterly.

I. . . a chevron between three beasts' heads erased .
. . cooke. II. Erm., on a chevron .... three
escallops or. III. .... a fess between three birds
heads erased . . . IV. (sa.), three goats passant (arg ),
within a bordure ( or) pellety. stanfield.

The shield on the sinister side bears wylde impaling

COOKE.

The effigies measure 28 inches in height, and the
brass is now placed on the chancel wall.

402

MON U M ENT A L BRA SSfiS

HARLEY.

A MAN IN ARMOUR (OF THE L.ACON FAMILY ?) AND
WIFE, C. 1475*

A curious brass, evidently the work of some local
school of engravers, most probably from Coventry. The
male effigy is in complete plate armour, bare headed
with head resting on tilting helmet. Hound the neck
is a chain composed of plain links. The shoulder pieces
are of a curious shape, and have upright ridges, The
elbow pieces are small ; the gauntlets have overlapping
plates and large peaked cuffs. The skirt of faces is
composed of two layers only, but has fair sized tuilles
strapped to the lower-most layer on the sides of the
thigh. The knee pieces have plates above and below,
and larger plates spreading out behind. The sollerets
are long and pointed with unguarded rowel spurs. At
the feet is a greyhound The sword is suspended from
a narrow belt crossing the taces diagonally, and a small
dagger is suspended on the right side.

The lady wears the butterfly or wired head-dress,
which necessitated the figure being turned sideways in
order to show it to advantage. Her overgo wn is cut
low at the neck, and has fur edging and cuffs, the long
skirt is gathered up and hangs over the left arm.

Below the figures are eight Latin verses in black
letter, four under each figure : —

|jniriim lapsa raro rosnmit9 lit fun9 agro
(tone at Hixio hzD ni$n\ ttkzxz chxo
(j£t mi pvbzxtxn pmiat9 mxhz rrputsa
(Elia znzxn sit lamina stmxy nvxxxhtt.

(fjuis fims cvi<5 £itiHm0icri0 ota p lege pioxn
§11 quo'h txfas £ucva_t|B qiuxb C0 p me pyror ora
0[&X8 Uita inactat aiam xps qz rcuibat
^crra t9ra tccjat spirit us alta petal

which may be expanded thus : —

Putrida lapsa caro consumitur ut fimus agro
Carnem cum flato deus erigat ethere elaro

v

A MAN IN ARMOUR (OF THE LACON FAMILY?) AND WIFE.

k; ■ C. 1470.

HARLI Y, :;ai op. '

>

IN SHROPSHIRE.

403

Et sui prie dextra ponatur sorde repulsa
Gloria connexa sit laerima seaiper avulsa,

Quis quis eris qui transieris sfca periege plora
Sum quod eris f ue ram que quod es pro me precor ora
Mors vitam raactat animam Cristusque revivat
Terram terra tegat spiritus alta petat.

Of this the Kev. J. E. Field has kindly made the
following translation : —

o

" Rotting and wasting away is my flesh like dung in the furrow :
That flesh upon heaven's bright way may God's Breath upraise on
the morrow ;

Set it at His right hand, and from all pollution deliver,
Where is the glory attained, and the tear is banished for ever."

1 Who so thou art that passest this part, stay and read with
eontrition :

I am what thou shalt be and I once was like thee : bid for me thy
petition.

Though my life by death's hand bo slain, yet my soul may Christ
quicken again :

Though my dust in the dust may lie, let my spirit bo wafted on
high."

Below the inscription are the smaller effigies of eight
sons (the heads of three lost) in civil dress, and of five
daughters (the head of one lost),

One shield only remains, now above the man's head,
it bears — Quarterly per f ess indented (erm.) and (az.),
in the first quarter a bird . . . lacon. impaling
. . . three bends . . . , again impaling . . .
on a chief . . . a bird .

Three other shields and, according to the Shropshire
Transactions, a double canopy above the figures, are
lost.

The male effigy measures 26 J inches in height, and
the female 25 inches.

The brass was formerly in the north aisle, but at the
restoration was moved into the tower. It is engraved
in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological
Society, vol. vi., p. 329.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, FROM THE BRASS TO
DAME MARGERY OALVELEV, (J, 14Q5.
UlUTL'JEED, SJlROrSJURE.

■h linear.

DAME MARGERY CALVELEY.
0, 14 05.
IQMTFIi-L.O, «ALOI\

IN SHROPSHIRE.

405,

TGHTFIELD.
I.

Dame Margery Calveley, widow of Philip Eger-
ton, deo. 1500, but brass eg raved, c. 1495.

Large full length effigy under good triple canopy,
with marginal inscription. The figure turned slightly
to the right, is represented wearing the kennel-shaped
head-dress with long ornamented lappets, a plain close
fitting gown, cut square at the neck and having large
fur cuffs at the wrists. Round the hips is an ornamented
girdle clasped by three rosettes, from which hang a long
chain terminating in a bell-shaped ornament. On the
right, at the feet of the figure, are the small effigies of
four sons in civil dress. On the left are four daughters
in kennel-shaped head-dresses and close fitting gowns.
From the mouth of the figure of Dame Margery proceeds
a scroll inscribed : —

§cc Jokues baptisht (!>ea pro me.

Above the figure is a triple canopy of a debased
character, highly decorative, but heavy in its detail ; in
the centre pediment is a quatrefoil enclosing a shield,
on which is the initial P. M. E. for Philip and Margery
Eg'erton. The centre fmial terminates in a small figure

o ....

of St. John the Baptist holding in his left hand a book,
whereon is- the Holy Lamb and banner. A curious
feature in St. John's raiment is the representation of
the camel's neck and head forming a pendant to his
skin robe. Some of the smaller finials of the canopy
are lost.

A marginal inscription in black letter encloses the
whole :—

|f)ete Igeth bame Jttageraj (Mb el eg boto (jitter <\Eo SLlliam
4ttnimtu;tnmij Me of jghtMb <Sitti>mc tnnf \\wio JJItUtpp dfgcrton
late of OiSgertoit equina* bi> the toltidt }Jhilipp ehe Itab.tlttsc QThilbven
the luhich Jlecc^nb the h\v of the were of otore I orb

jltCCM on tuhos oou Ic ihu Katie nvcg amc.
" Vol. VII., 2nd S. AB 2

40G

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

At the four corners in -the place of the usual symbols
of the Evangelists are four shields, all apparently bear-
ing chequy (arg.) and (sa.J, for warren, of Ightfield.

The effigy measures 42 inches in height, and the size
of the whole composition is 7 ft. 6 ins. by 3 ft. G ins.
It lies at the west end of the north aisle.

Dame Margery, a daughter of William Maynwaryng,
of Ightfield, was thrice married; firstly to Philip Egerton,
Eso. , of Egerton, who was aged 2G years in 38 Hen. VI.,
and died 13 Edw. IV. (Inquis. post mort). Of their
children, John, the eldest son, was 15 years of age at
the time of his fathers death, and died 1 Ric, III.
(Inquis. p, m.)'. The second son, Sir Ralph, was chief
ranger of Delamere Forest, and standard bearer of
England. The other two may have died young. The
daughters were Anne, Katherine, Ellen, and Elizabeth,
all subsequently married. Dame Margery's second
husband was Thomas Hurleton, of whom no details are
known; her third, Sir Hugh Calveley, Knt., of Lee,
who was aged 12 years in 11 Hen. VI., and died 10
Hen. VII. (Inquis p.m.). Dame Margery died 1 Hen.
VIII. (Inquis p.m.).

The brass was laid down in her lifetime and after her
third marriage, but the date of death has never been
filled in.

II.

Wjlltam Maynwaryng, 1497.

Full length effigy, head lost, wearing a long tunic
lined with fur, the sleeves full, of uniform breadth, and
edged with fur. The close fitting sleeves of an under-
dress appear at the wrists. The tunic is confined round
the waist by a girdle, to which are attached a rosary,
one end of which is secured by a tassel and the other
by a hook, from which Hangs a signet ring, a gypcidre
or pouch, and a long and&ee with a small knife, called
the il bastardecbu;" placed beside the hilt. This is a
late example of the use of the anelace ; the same method
of carrying the knife may be seen on a stone effigy of a

0 20"

"THE GOOD" WILLIAM MAYNWAR YNG.
1407.

IQHTI 11 LD, SAI OF.

Miitir.

TIIK 0001>" WILLIAM MA YN WAKING, 1497.
AS .RESTORED IN 1895.
KillTl'lELI), SALOP,

JN BBBOPSBJKK.

407

knight at Yatton, Somerset, and on the effigy of
William Canyngs, at St. Mary Redclifle, Bristol. The
shoes are broad with round toes.

Below the figure is a black letter inscription in four
linos : —

%)zxz igeilt Ihc C5oob OHilliam Jtlmmluanrng ihz §zZQ\\b gxnic of

HJatofctm ^In^iUnarnng:
z ffiwjpixtU ki&.k$$ iumahicr z life of (Gxitff^n SLlarcn s $rti)rj

of 3£Qhtcf.cltrc iuhklu
®illktn tons JispcciaU bnfartor lo this (!lluu\chc anb he fofj&aeagi)

the (Siixt hw of

JtTardic Jirmo but ijtjRQfi? ;^$<t# |?J;JJ$11# on tuho* gtotole*
gob ahntjghltj habc vitzcy Qmtn,

The figure in its present condition measures 39 inches
in height and 14 inches from elbow to elbow. The
inscription plate measures 28 inches by 5 inches. The
head was lost previously to 1793.

"The good " William Maynwaryng was the second
son of Hawkyn Maynwaryng by his wife Margaret,
daughter and heiress of Gryffin Warren and Lady of
Ightfield. He was also a special benefactor to the church.

For many years this brass has been missing from the
church. It disappeared during a restoration, in fact,
passed as a builder's perquisite, probably because it
wanted a head. However, within the last few months,
it has been fortunately recovered, and is now in the
possession of the Be v. J. Cooper Wood, The Clive
Vicarage, Shrewsbury, to whom the writer is indebted
for facilities for taking the rubbing from which the
illustration is reproduced. Mr. Wood proposes to re-
place the brass in its original place.1 Of its identifica-

1 Since the above was written, the brass has been placed in the
hands of Mr. A. P. Heywood-Lonsdalc, patron of the living of Ightfield,
who has canned it to be placed in a new marble slab at the west end
of the nave. A new head has also been added to the figure and the
following inscription let into the lower part of the slab. — "this bkass

WAS KEPLACED IN THE C1IUHCII AND A NEW HEAD ADDED TO THE EFFIGY,
A.D.j MDCCCXCV."

408

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

tion there can be no doubt, in the British Museum,
Add. MSS. 21,230, fob 206, is a sketch of the brass
made in Ightfield Church on August 28th, 1793. It
is also mentioned in Haines' Manual under Ightfield.

MYDDLE.

Haines, in his List of Brasses, under Middle mentions
the existence of (J) A man in armour, c. 1490, peculiar
(i.e., fey a local or Warwickshire artist) ; (2) A fragment,
seven sons (Corbet family ?), c. 1530.

Of these two brasses there is no record. No mention
of them occurs in Cough's History of Myddle, nor is
anything to be found in the various manuscript collec-
tions of Shropshire Church Notes in the British Museum.
The present rector, who has held office for nearly fifty
years, has never seen any trace of them. Most probably
there has been a confusion with No. I. at Withington.

I.

Arthur Chambre, 1504, and wife Margaret.

Full length effigies turned sideways. Arthur Chambre
in ruff, doublet, trunk hose, and fur-lined gown, with
long false sleeves. His wife wears the " Paris hede,"
ruff, overgown with turned back collar and puffed and
slashed sleeves, from the waist the overgown is open,
showing the undergo wn, and from a long cord hangs an
ornament, perhaps a pomander-box.

Below the figures is a black letter inscription in six
lines : —

gjere Indh bni-peb in the merra of cElusus OThrisd \}z botyje oi JUtittt
re Chambre giiujhna Ireloe jjalrone ostitis pisshe rhttfxhc of ^lli'b-
Mc ani) $tnx%xxdi k\& lunfe bn hit- he hati pdxu one zonuc nub
one oouQhicr toJridie JVilhure hcrcii£>$i)b MX ban ot JUp*t
in the yere $i our lovb gob a 4tl(!i(£(£(£(I^J:iiij U)ho.*0 bobue %
mxxii (!5ob grannie a Jo]>c£ull xtzmmu$pn Jtmen.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

409

Below the figures are the email effigies of a son and
a daughter on a single plate.

Above the figures is a shield of arms : —
Arg., a fess company or and az. betiveen three lions'
heads erased sa.} within a bordure gu. charged with,
eight escallops of the first. chambre. impaling,
Quarterly I. and IV. Or, a lion rampant gu. Charlton.
II. and III. gu. ten bezants 4*. 3. 2. and 1. zouch.

The effigies measure 21 inches in height, and the
brass lies on the chancel floor. It has been relaid.

Arthur Chambres, <!de Petton," married Margaret,
daughter of Francis Charlton, of Appley, Salop.

II.

Raphe Ktnaston, M.A., parson, 1G29.
Inscription only. Size of plate 17 i by 10^ inches.
Here lyeth yk body of Eaphe Kinaston
MR of Arts, Prebend of St Asaph, Chap-
laind to King Iames, Parson of Middle
wife a. re after 33 yea res he had care-

FULY AND ReLIGIOVSLY PERFORMED HIS

Calling, his sovle went vnto his
maker to give accovmpt theereof
November the 8 ; Anno : Dni 1629
Anno ; ^Etat : 69

Chancel.

111.

Sarah, wife of Joshua Richardson, 1651.
Inscription only. Size of plate 26 by 11 \ inches. ,
Ueere lieth interred the body of Sarah the
wife of ioshva elchardson of 13rovgh.to gen1

BY WHOME HEE HAD TENNE SONS, & SIX DAVGHTERS

shee Departed this life the xitu day of May. An9

0

410 MONUMENTAL BRASSES

Dni : 1651 Anoqz JEtatis sum sexagesima.

Thy gaine my losse my greife I must svppresse
Least I shovld seeme to grvdge thy happiness

My stare is sett on earth jn heaven to shine
Rise sovle embrace the svn- thy losse is gaine
Chancel.

ONIBURY.

Dorothy Pytt, 1657.

Inscription only.

In abttum hmolht pj)tt
jchamafaw \\x0ri2 <&. $3.

HERE LIES DIVORCED FROM HER IIVSBANDS SIDE
ONE THAT BY DEATH IS MADE HER SAVIOVR's BRIDE
FOR ON GOOD FRIDAY HE DID HER BETROTH
VNTO HIMSELF FOR EVER WHERE HE GOTH
AND TIJVS VNITED SHE A GVEST BECAME
VNTO THE MARRIAGE SVPPER OF THE LAMBE
LEAVING HER EARTHLY MATE GRTEFE TO SVSTAINE
TILL DEATH BY ST KICKING HIM WEDDS HER AGAINE
OLI LANGVISH THEN MY SOVLE VNTJLL I SEE
MY DEAREST WIFE IN HER FELICITIE.
1G57.

South wall of chancel .

IN SHROPSHIRE.

411

SHIPTON.

Inscription only.

%\xx$ dbiuitceU tuns? recbtffcb ititfo bttUfc&b
of netoe from the fourumrion; nxi§ $&zzb
at the &kmh§0 of John |£utU)trh youngest
0omu of gltdxarl) IJtittoiek of JCttttoiche
m the xxxt %mm of the (Sraxious
retcpre of ijfcgmt ©luabrth 1589.

North wall of chancel.

.SHREWSBURY, ST. ALKMUND.

LOST BRASSES.

u At the hasty and most shameful destruction of the
church of St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, about the close of
the last century, 1 no care was taken to preserve the
numerous gravestones, brasses, tombs, and other ancient
memorials with which the aisles and chapels abounded.
They were involved with very few exceptions, in the
general havoc, the brasses were sold by weight, and the
gravestones dispersed and converted to common uses.' "
Haines' Manual^ Introd, p. 258 quoting Owen and Blake-
way's Hist, of Shrewsbury, It. p. 299.

" In 1794 a gentleman went to copy the inscriptions
on the brasses at St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury, and found
that they had been sold by order of the churchwardens
to a neighbouring brazier." Gent. Mag., 1794, pt. EL,
p. 1,087.

" Some of the Shrewsbury brasses are probably in the
possession of a gentleman in the neighbourhood."
Haines , Introd. p. 258.

The gentleman referred to was Mr. ■ Smith, of

Radbrook, near Shrewsbury, in whose possession were
the following : — t. A civilian, c. 1520. II. A civilian, c.
1520. III. A lady, c. 1520. IV. A civilian and wife,

I

412

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

c. 1530, Haines, Private Possession, &c, p. 235. See
also Notes and Queries, I S, vol. xi, p. 499. Mr. Smith
has been dead for many years and all trace of these
brasses is now lost.

In the British Museum, Add. MSS. 21, 236-37, are
two volumes entitled — Drawings of Monuments and
Inscriptions from Churches and CJiapelsin Shropshire ^
executed by the Rev. Edward Williams, 1792-1803,
with indexes to each volume. Paper Folio, Some of
the St. Alkmund brasses are drawn in 21, 236, fol. 71,
et. sejj., under date May 24th, 1793. Others are
figured in Owen and Blake way's History of Shrewsbury ,
vol. ii., p. 286, principally taken from Mr. Mytton's
MSS.

The volume containing Mr. Mytton's drawing is not
with his other collections now in the British Museum.
A MS. of Dugd ale's also referred to by the Shrewsbury
Historian is not now to be found.

From the above and other minor sources the following
account is drawn.

I.

Simon Walshe and wife Joan c. 1370.

Owen and Ittakeway, vol. ii, p. 288, give a rough
engraving of this brass and the following account : —

"A rich brass, in the middle aisle, of a man and woman under two
rich inches. Ho in a coat bo his knees, and short cloak, with a beast
at his Feet, and this inscription on a plate of brass fixed on a large
marble * : —

" hie |n;cent §imou SEalshe & Jehamt uxor ejua quorum animabu0
p9nineluv imprccou hzm."

The Rev. Edward Williams' drawing in Add. MS.
21, 23G, fol. 74, taken May '24th, 1793, makes the brass
small but set in a very large stone. The indent of the
inscription plate is shown as long and narrow. The
brass was then "in the middle of the nave on a grey
marble slab/' Unfortunately neither Blakeway nor

A CIVILIAN.

0, 1400.

From drawing* in Brit. Mus.f Add. MS, 2tt2B0,feUt 71 8$.

Ijl

IN SHROPSHIRE.

413

Williams give the dimensions of the slab or the size of
the brass.

This brass must have been a very curious one, and
may have been of foreign origin, but neither of the
drawings are satisfactory, and leave much to be desired.
The general design showed the figures of a civilian and
wife, c, 1370, under a double canopy. Below was a
narrow inscription plate. The man was represented
with long hair and beard, and wore the short tight
fitting cotehardie with cape and hood ; from under the
cape hang the long liripipes or streamers of the hood.
Round the hips was an ornamented belt, and the legs
were clothed in tight hose. At his feet was a <c beast,"
but whether lion, dog, or what, it is impossible to say.

The lady apparently wore some sort of head-dress
with a veil, and according to Blakeway's engraving a
tight fitting kirtle, but Williams' drawing gives . in
addition long liripipes hanging from the shoulders.

The canopy consisted of two arches with cusping in
the heads, the shafts ornamented with quatrefoils car-
ried ;round the heads. The outer buttresses divided
into niches with small figures (saints or weepers ?)
therein two on each side, and finished with pinnacles.
Over the main arches was a mass of tabernacle and finial
work.

The design of the .canopy is somewhat similar to that
of the Flemish, example at North Mimms, Middlesex c.
1360. As regards size, if Mr. Williams' drawing is to
be relied upon, the small Flemish brass at Aveley, Essex,
may be compared with this example.

II.

A MAN IN ARMOUR AND WIFE, C. 1380.

Add. MS. 21, 230, hi 82, gives only the figure of the
lady together with tho canopy, but the engraving in
Owen and Blaktway shows the lower portion of the
man. When the llev. Edward Williams made his

Vol. V1L, 2nd a, AC 3

414

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

drawing on May 24th, 1793, the brass was "under
north wall of chancel on- west side of north transept."

The figures had their right hands joined, the left
hand of the man grasped his sword belt, whilst his wife
held the cord of her mantle. Judging from Blakeway's
engraving the man seems to have worn the bascinet and
camail with a tight fitting jupon over his body armour.
A rich bawdric supported his sword, on the centre boss
was the letter The legs were protected by cuisses,
large genouillieres, and jambs of plate. The feet were
then wanting.

The lady wore the nebule head-dress with the hair
falling to the shoulders, a close-fitting kirtle buttoned
down the front, the sleeves tight and buttoned under-
neath, the cuffs large and reaching to the knuckles.

Over all was a mantle fastened across the breast by a
short cord. From her left hand hung a short chain,
terminating in a small ornament. At her feet was a
small dog with a collar of bells.

Over each figure was a triple canopy with an entab-
lature above, and according to the drawings the canopy
was groined. There appears also to have been a
marginal inscription.

Nothing is known of the persons represented on this
brass. Owen and Blakeway give an illustration, vol. ii.,
p. 28G, and the following account : —

" An extremely rich brass, representing a warrior and lady band in
hand, under two most elaborate Gothick canopies : at her feet a
little dog. This is unnoticed by Dngdale : and the upper half of the
man was stripped off before Mr. W. Mytton saw it. It was let into a
very large slab of granite, 8 feet by 3 feet 7 inches ; but without
either arms or legend to indicate the persons intended. The stone,
however, had been subsequently employed to record the interment of
another person by the following inscription, which ran along the
ledge —

MARY DAUGHTER TO IHON OTTELEY GENT. AND WYEE TO
RICHARD OWEN MERCER GENT. DECESSED AN'O D'NI 1568.

The fourth word of this legend must, we conceive, be the remains of
Thom. : for Mary, the daughter and co-heir of Thomas Ottley, of
Shrewsbury, did marry Richard Owen of the same town, and we can

IN SHROPSHIRE.

415

find, no other family of the names in which so many particulars
concur. The time agrees as well as the names, for the articles of the
marriage hear date, Oct. 9, 23 Hen. VIII., 1531, and from this union
sprung the learned judge Thomas Owen."

III.

A Civilian, c. 1400.

In Oiven and Blakeway, vol. ii., p. 288, is a rude
engraving of a brass, u supposed Barker's," showing the
figure of a civilian, with mantle and anelace, under a
single canopy, the side shafts then existing but the
upper part lost, and shown in outline only. The indents
of two shields above the canopy are also shown, one on
the sinister, apparently a merchant mark, as the cross
and streamers appear above the shield proper. The
following account is also given : —

" On a stone 7 feet 8 inches by within the rails of the

communion table towards the south, a brass of a man in a gown,
with a dagger by his side, standing under a rich canopy. In
Mr. Mytton's time this was ' supposed to be one of the Barkers of
llaghmond ' : but that family did not settle there till after the
Dissolution, and this brass seems much more ancient. If the dagger
did not oppose the notion, we should call the figure an ecclesiastick.'5

The Rev. Edward Williams' drawing in Add. MS. 21,
236, fol. 83, dated May 24th, 1793, represents the figure
alone, and is apparently reversed ; his drawing may
perhaps have been copied from an impression taken by
means of printers ink, and the fact that he was drawing
from a reversed drawing overlooked. That Mr. Williams
occasionally made such impressions is proved by a copy
of the Pontesbury inscription taken at this date, and
now bound into his collections.

The figure represented a civilian with close cropped
hair and forked beard. The closely buttoned tight-
fitting sleeves of an under-dress appeared at the wrists,
over this was a tunic with close fitting sleeves, and over
all an ample mantle buttoned on the right shoulder and
gathered up under the left arm. From an ornamented
belt passing over the left shoulder hung an anelace.

MON V iM ENTA L BRA SSES

The shoes were long and pointed. To the mantle was
attached a hood. Similar figures exist at Northleach,
c. 1400, and at Chipping Campden, 1401, both in
Gloucestershire, and engraved in Boutells Scries of
M ori aim entai Brasses.

IV.

Thomas Corbet, Esq., 1436, and wife Ancaret.

Owen and Blakeway > vol. ii.,p. 287, give an engraving
of this brass and the following account : —

" A large slab, 10 feet 7 inches by 4 feet 9 inches in the south
aisle, thereon brasses of a warrior and lady : he is helmetcd and in
plate armour, lis face disclosed, his hands joined in prayer, by his
side a sword and dagger ; his feet resting on a lion. The lady in a
flat but highly-adorned head-dress, her veil thrown back : robed in
a long open mantle; at her feet two small dogs. Four shields
decorated this tomb : three of which had disappeared in Mr Mytton's
time : but when Dugdale visited the church, that over the man's
head bore the single raven of Corbet, and the fourth, under the lady's
feet, bore the same coat, impaling three pallets surmounted of Barry
of seven : intended no doubt for the arms of Barrc. There was no
inscription remaining, but 'Mr. Mytton describes the stone as re-
maining in the Talbot's chancel, and said to be of that family : and
he afterwards found in a book of William Salisbury's of Rug, the
great genealogist, the following Inscription, which proves the correct-
ness of the tradition."

" gijtc jar cut Thomas Olovbct fie Jttorton anmger jet Jtnachoreta
uxor ejus fflia Wiomae $au'e militia junior & una; JUicia; uxoris
c'f 0oror9 Jlohis bni Talbot qui .quibcm Thomas obiit Jtl €(M€~
J: J; <& phm Jin hard a obi it oic anno."

The Rev. Edward Williams gives a very careful
drawing of this brass in Add. MS. 21, 236, fol. 71,
under date May 24th, 1793, and notes that it was then
in the " South Chancel."

The brass consisted of two effigies, four shields of
arms on large quatrefoils, and a marginal inscription
with, probably, the symbols of the Evangelists at the
corners. Thomas Corbet was represented in complete
plate armour, wearing the slightly pointed bascinet,

i

JOHN HERVY , JOHN H U M FR ESTO N , AND THEIR WIFE MARGERY.

o. moo,

:ililU WliUUHY, ST. AUKMUND.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

417

plate gorget, epaulieres composed of overlapping plates,
coutes slightly heart shaped, gauntlets with large
peaked curls, breastplate with pallets to defend the
armpits. A long skirt of taces with two small tuilles
buckled on the bottom, cuisses, genouillieres, and jambs
protect the legs, the feet being encased in pointed
sollerets with rowel spurs. ^The sword was suspended
from a narrow ornamented belt crossing the skirt of
taces diagonally. At the left side was fastened the
misericorcle. Under the feet was a lion.

His wife Ancaret, wore the horned head-dress with
flowing veil, tight fitting kirtle and mantle. At her
feet were two small do£s with collars of bells.

The lower sinister quatrefoil, the only one remaining
in 1793, bore a shield charged with — Or, a raven sa.
corbet, impaling Paly arg% and sa. four bars gu.

BARRE.

Thomas Corbet, Esq., of Morton, married Ancaret, a
daughter of Sir Thomas Barre, Knt., by his wife Alice,
sister of John, Lord Talbot. Thomas Corbet died in
143G without issue. His widow is said to have after-
wards married Jenkin Hanmer, Esq., of Hanmer

John IIervy, 14 70, John IItjmfreston 1497, and
their wife Margery.

Brass engraved c. 1500.

Owen and Blalzeway give no illustration, but supply
the following account in vol. ii, p. 288 : —

"A marble G feet 11 inches by 2 feet 11^ inches, towards the
ascent to the altar, with the brass of a woman between two men in
long gowns edged with fur : under the man on the left hand three
daughters and a son : under the other man six sons and as many
daughters. At the two left hand corners, i.e., over and under Hum-
frcston, a shield of his arms : an eagle displayed, debruised by
a chevron charged with three roses : at the upper right hand corner
a tradesman's mark."

418 MONUMENTAL BRASSES

The Rev. Edward Williams under date May 24, 1793,
gives a sketch of this brass in Add. MS. 21, 23G, fol.
73, and notes it was then " On the north side of the
chancel betw ye seats & the steps leading to ye com-
munion table." The figures of the children were then
lost.

From Owen and Blake way's account, and from Mr.
Williams' drawing, a full account of the brass is obtain-
able.

In the centre was the figure of the wife turned side-
ways, so as to be looking towards her second husband,
John Humfreston, whose figure was on her right hand,
on her left was the figure of John Hervy. Both the
husbands wore represented full face, and wore nimilar
dresses, viz., long fur-lined gowns with wide sleeves,
also lined with fur. Both had long hair and broad
round toed shoes. Attached to their girdles were
gypcieres or pouches.

Their wife Margery wore the kennel shaped head-
dress and the close fitting gown, with fur edging and
cuffs usually associated with this head-dress. Hound
the hips was a broad ornamented belt with a long
pendent end, terminating in ornamented metal work
Below the figures was a black letter inscription in five
lines :—

gic jncent |folu0 Jkvbn ci Johc0 g)trmfrc0tou gUivgcusce; tulle
galopic ct Jtepritf uxor coi*5

ct fold0 Jolus gjccun obiit Jt° imi millio QXgQmZ&gtX ct paid9
Johc0 gjumfrretmt obiit ultimo

oje ufeV mmix Jl° out mil Ho nomijjesrmo bn nc etiam

JVtnvQedn uxor plurtor9 obi.it

oicincti0i0 Jluuo oui uullio qiuugcutcsimo quov9

JUuuab* op kid9 o.c9 ante

Below the inscription were the groups of children.
Under Humfreston three daughters and one son in two

IN SHROPSHIRE.

419

groups ; under Hervy six sons and six daughters also
in two groups.

At the four corners were shields, the upper and lower
dexter charged with the arms of humfreston : — Arg.,
an eagle displayed sa., over' all a chevron gu.9 charged
with three roses of the first; — the upper sinister bore
the merchant mark of Johri Hervy, the lower sinister
was lost In 1793, but probably contained a similar mark.

Owen and Blakeway state that " John Humfreston
was a vintner in Shrewsbury, and a son of William
Humfreston, of Humfreston. He was admitted a
burgess of Shrewsbury in 15 Edw. IV."

Margery survived her second husband, and caused
the brass to be made about the year 1500, leaving a
blank for the date of her own death. This blank, as
usual, had never been filled in.

Thomas Pontisbuuy, 1514, and avife Elizabeth.
Mentioned in Owen and Blaheway, vol. ii., p. 288.

" The earliest memorial with a date was the following, noticed by
Dugdalo. On another plate of brass let into marble " :

',c$\t jamit Thomas llonticbtun quondam mercaloT slapnle

(•Talicic qui obiit 20 bic JltrtviiB mu but 1514 d (B\izwbd\h\ uxor.

ejus que o biit uouo ^ie §cplciubtis a° 1513."

" The person lierc recorded was bailiff of tho Town three times
between 1469 and 1489. lie w;is not the first of the name interred
in this church : for our MS. Chronicle, under 1 1-00, says, ' this yearo
Wm. Ponsbury died, and lyetho in St. Alkmoond's,' and another
William Pontysbury, tho same, no doubt, who was bailiff in 1493, in
his will, the probate of which bears date 15 March, 1510, and in
which he mentions Elizabeth his wife, and Helyne and Dorothy his
daughters, tho former of thorn then married to Thomas Buryton,
orders himself to be buried in this church."

There is no mention of this brass in the Rev. Edward
Williams' collections.

420

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

VI.

George Pontesbuuy, 1550, and wife Jane, 1553.
With additions in 1636.

In Add. MS. 21, 236, fol. 83, is an unfinished drawing
of the armed figure of George Pontes bury. At fol. 88,
is an impression taken with printer's ink, " from a brass
plate lying in the closet on the north side of St.
Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury, originally fixed in a
marble monument in the chancel of that church; Oct. 4,
1793/'

This was the inscription below the figures.

In Owen and Blake way, vol. ii, p. 289, is an engraving
of the brass, here reproduced, and the following
account : —

C A marble inlaid with brass. The inscriptions are given thus by
Dugdale, somewhat more fully than in the engraving."

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scambnm boluntatem pntm ftenferit ftlxm ejus JJontesbui-n naiu
maximus JV" Jft. €<M€€$$3W"

" On a plate at the feet of their portraitures" :

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late of JUI bright t|| luc!J bneb the tenth ban at (Detohee hm
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422 "v. MONUMENTAL BRASSES

The fourth shield, now a blank, bore in Dugdale's time, tho arms
ofOttley." ■

** The inscription as engraved, and also as it exists in Dngdale's
transcript, presents an insurmountable difficulty, making tho stone
to have been laid down in 153G to the memory of persons, all of
whom, except one, died many years after that date. But Mr. W.
Mytton'w drawing supplies the deficient century by adding a sixth C :
and the inscription was assuredly cut in 1G36. There is exactly the
same mistake of a century in tha date of the second Thomas
Pontesbury who certainly died in 1G05, as is proved by the parish
register and here also Mr. Mytton supplies a sixth C."

A short pedigree will better show the relationship of
the persons mentioned in the inscription :

Thomas Pontesbury, of Adbi iglitlec,=pElizabeth, dan. of

Merchant of tho Staple of Calais, dec.
20 March, 1514.

Richard Grafton
dec. 9 Sept., 1513.

• I

George Pontesbury, of Adbrightlee^ Jane, dau. of Sir Richard
dec. 10 Oct. 1550 Lacon, knt., dec, 30

June, 1553.

Thomas ? : ,j - Dorothy^Edward Owen, of

dec. 17 March, dec. 7 April, bur. 27 Oct ,
1005. 1589. - 1593.

Salop.

Edward Owen, of Adbrightlee,=^=Sarah, dau. of Rich-
living in 1023. aid Oteley, of

I Pitchford.

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Thomas Owen, Pontesbury Owen, Margaret,

mt 0 in 1023. films ot lucres, ajt. 12 in 1623.

set. 10 in 1623,
bur. 21 April,
1652.

The brass consisted of two effigies, an inscription
below, six shields of arms, four scrolls and a marginal
inscription. Two scrolls and one shield were lost at the
time the drawing was made.

The figure of George Pontesbury was in armour with
a mantle over it. His wile wore the " Paris head "
with depressed centre, an oversown and apparently a
ruff.

Of the shields the upper dexter and two centre bore
arms of pontesbury — Sa., on a fess between three

IN SHROPSHIRE.

423

martlets or as many jleur-de-lys az, The upper sinister
lacon — Quarterly of six I and VI. Quarterly per f ess
indented erm. and az. lacon II. ... a cross engretiled
. . . . III. Or, a bend cotised sa. harles IV. Az.,
three round buckles or, remevill. V. . . . two
chevrons within a bordure engrailed . . . The lower
dexter, QWJJN; — Or, a lion rampant git, The lower
sinister according to Dugdale, otley — Arg.} on a bend
az., three oat garbs or.

The marginal inscription states that Pontesbury Owen
caused the monument to be placed in 1636, but the
costume of the figures agrees more with the date of the
deaths of George and Jane Pontesbury. Most probably
Pontesbury Owen added the marginal inscription and
the various shields to the two figures and inscription
already on the stone.

VII.

PiICHARD PitOWBE, 1608, AND WIFE ALICE.

Mentioned by Owen and, Bla/x'way, vol. ii., p. 290 :

( In the south aisle. On a plate of brass, having the figures of a
man and woman, the man in a gown, and under them this inscrip-
tion ' :

"HERE LYETH THE BODY OP RICHARD PROWDE DRAPER, HUSBAND
OP ALICE PROWDE, DECEASSED THE 25 DAY OP AUGUST 1608, AND
HAD YSSUE 2 SONS RICHARD & JAMES & SIX DAUGHTERS, ANNE,
MARY DECEASED, ELIANOR, MARY, SARAH, MARGARET."

SHREWSBURY, ST. MARY.

John Gardiner, 1628.

Inscription with shield of arms. Size of plate 22 by 7

inches.

In memo imam spectattssemi viri dominj

JOHANNLS GARDINERI

424 MONUMENTAL BRASSES

GRATIA sancta DEI tibi fvlsit chare JOH ANNES

EX HE NOMEN HABES HOC TVA VITA PROBAT

ITORTI CVLTOR eras tibi cvra soloq poloq

PLANTAS EGREGIAS ADD ERE SVMA FVIT
RESVRGENTTS LyETITIA
TUNC SVRCO PROPERAT MEDIATOR IN AERE CI1RLSTVS
OUVIVS ILVIC RAPIOR SEMPER EROQ COMES I 628.

In the lower sinister corner is a shield charged with
the arms of Gardiner — per Jess arg. rend sa. a 'pale
counter changed and (lure griffins heads erased of the
second.

Mural. North Transept.

TONG.
I.

Sir William Vernon, J and widow Margaret.

Full length effigies of 8$ 'William Vernon in armour,
and Dame Margaret in widow's attire, seven sons, five
daughters (two lost), eight shields of arms and marginal
inscription.

For good workmanship, general effect, and wealth of
heraldry this is the finest example in the county.

Sir William is represented in armour, bare-headed,
his head resting on a tilting helmet having the Vernon
crest — a hoar's head. — and rich mantling. His armour
consists of a collar of mail with vandycked edge, breast-
plate with demi-placcates, pauldrons or shoulder pieces,
differing in shape, that on the left arm being further
strengthened by a serrated ridge, the coutes or elbow
pieces are of an extravagant size, the gauntlets are
shell backed, with long peaked cuffs, the fingers defended
by small overlapping plates, the skirt of taces is long,
and terminates in a mail fringe, over which are buckled
two large and heavy tuiles, the genouillieres have plates

SIR WILLIAM VERNON, KnT„ AND WIDOW MARGARET.

I »C7.
TONU, '1AL01'.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

425

behind, and the sollerets are long and pointed with
unguarded rowel spurs. The sword is suspended
diagonally in front of the body, from a plain narrow
belt, whilst the misericord e is attached to the taces on
the left side. Above the figure is a scroll inscribed : —

$cnebktus fceu'B in bonis snis.

Dame Margaret is represented in widow's attire. She
wears the veil head-dress, a barbe covering the shoulders
like a cape, a gown with tight sleeves and a sideless
cotehardie ; over all is a mantle lined with ermine and
fastened by a cord and tassels. At her feet is a curious
representation of an elephant, and from her mouth
proceeds a scroll bearing : —

Elm ffli banib miserere nob9

Below the effigies are the small figures separately
inlaid — except in the case of the two youngest sons and
the two eldest and two youngest daughters — of seven
sons and five daughters. The sons are all in civil cos-
tume ; from the mouth of the eldest proceeds a scroll
inscribed : —

(Sjfnui in imcr d zupht me.

From the mouth of the second son : —

fftti ftei numenttf met.
From the mouth of the fourth the scroll is lost,
From the mouth of the fifth : —

Jlue Icuani aiam men te.

The third, sixth, and seventh sons have no scrolls.

The daughters — originally five in number but the
figures of the two youngest are now lost — wear a modi-
lied type of the butterfly head-dress and close fitting
gowns cut low at the neck ; the figure of the third
daughter is somewhat larger than the others, her gown
is trimmed with fur, and from her mouth proceeds a
scroll inscribed : —

fhu ftli9 marie pietat9 miserere nobis.

426 MONUMENTAL BRASSES

There are eight shields of arms inlaid in the slab,
three at the top, three at the bottom, and two in the
centre between the figures.

Top row : —

(Dexter), "Az., three bars or. Pembruge
(Centre], Az , cruzily two pipes or. Pype.
(Sinister). Sa., a fess chequy az, and or, between
six escallops arg. Due TABS all.

Centre : —

(Upper). A) (j. fretty sa. Vernon.
(Lower). Arg,, a lion rampant g% collared and
crowned or. Staupole.

Bottom row :

(Dexter). Az., three lions passant in pale arg.
Camville.

(Centre). Vernon impaling Pyre.

(Sinister). Arg. , a haul engrailed git. (?) Tream-

TON (?)

The last coat occurs amongst the Vernon quarterings
on the tomb of Sir George Vernon, " the king of the
Peak/' 1567, in Bakewell Church, Derbyshire. (See
Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, by J. Charles Cox,
vol. ii, p. 22).

A marginal inscription inlaid in the chamfered edge
of the tomb surrounds the whole : —

^ |§k lucent H# ©Ulilhns Dcvnon (ijuonbm Jttile*

ronslabulanno Jtnglic flutes ct lures but %\i carbi Dent cm Jfliliti*
qui qucmbm erat ^heoaurarius (tfalcsic qui qutbcm bus SJiUmg
jobiit ultimo bic 0znz\8 fmm Qn\w]Bommx ^Xxllxmo
g# 111 <Bt irTarrjareta uxor hui Wtitlx fttta £t hewtotnv9 bin
JPtoberti ifepis <2Et §foixnotz8 irTUitts que quibcm ^Tarcmreta
•obiit bujta&ig Qnno *§axnim 0x\imw (MCMo
.quorum JUimabus $zopkchtm gleus jy$€|l.

The figures measure 3 feet in height and the size of

[K SHROPSHIRE.

427

the whole composition is 7 feet by 3 feet. It rests on
a hififh tomb in the nave.

Engravings of this brass may be found in Waller's
Series, pt. xi, and in Griffiths' History of Tong, p. 42.

Mr. Waller gives the following account of the persons
commemorated by this brass : —

"Sir William Vernon, of Tpng, Shropshire, also of Haddon, Derby-
shire, and Harlaston, in the county of Stafford, was son of Sir Richard
Vernon, Speaker of the Parliament held at Leicester in. 142G, and
Treasurer of Calais 1445-51, by Benedieta, daughter of Sir John
Ludlow, widow of Sir Fnlk de Pembinge. Sir William held the
appointment of Knight Constable of England, at what date does not
appear., but probably as successor to Sir Sampson Meverill, who held
it from, and in the lifetime of, John, Duke of Bedford. The Knight
Constable was deputy of the Lord Higlf' Constable of England, and
kept the Constable Court. A statute passed 13 Hie. II., 1389, c. ii.,
declares the jurisdiction of the Constable of England, and the power
of the court in the pleas which might be held in it. ' To the
constable/ says the Act, 'it pertaineth to have cognizance of contracts
touching deeds of arms and of war out of the realm, and also of
things that touch war within the realm, which cannot be determined
nor discussed by the common law.' Sir William Vernon inherited
from his father large possessions, ehielly in the counties of Derby,
Leicester, Salop, and Stafford, and became interested by marriage in
other estates to which his wife was heiress. By his will, made on
Sunday before the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 1 1G7, two days before
his decease, Sir William Vernon, ' myghty of mynde,' desired to be
buried in the Church of St. Bartholomew at Tong, where a tomb was
to be made after his own 'devyse,'and a priest to sing thereat for
three years. He leaves to his wife Margaret the lordship of Marpvd
or 'Tong for life, in lieu of her jointure, which she had given up to
their sou Henry and his wife; to his four daughters Elizabeth,
Margaret, Bepett, and Alice, a marriage portion of 500 marks each,
provided they dispose themselves according to the wishes of their
mother; to his son William an annuity of twenty marks; to Richard
the manor of Hasflbach for life ; to Ralph the manor of Beworth in
fee, and all the testator's purchased lands for life; and he appointed
Margaret his wife executrix with William Curnberforth and John
Bcnyston, priest, The testator died on the 30th of June, 1467, and
the will, still preserved at Somerset House, was proved at Lambeth,
27th of June, 1468, chaplain Bcnyston renouncing the executorship."

"Margaret, wife of Sir William Vernon, only daughter and heiress,
as it appears, of Sir William Swynfen, of Bipe Rid ware, Stafl'ordshire,
by .locosa or Joyce, youngei daughter ami co-heir of Sir William
jiurvassal, alias Spernorc, senior, is described upon the brass as

daughter and heir of Sir Robert Bype and Spernorc,' an error which

428

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

at one time caused much perplexity to genealogists, who found the
addition at variance with authentic records. In a deed dated 13
Hen. IV., 1435-6, quoted by Shaw in his History of Staffordshire,
from a manuscript in the Harleian collection, John de la Hay, rector,
grants to Richard Whitehill for life a moiety of certain lands in
Rushale and Wallesal, co. Stafford, remainder to Margaret, wife of
William de Vernon, daughter and heir of Jocosa, late wife of William
Siuynfen, Esq., and to her heirs for ever. William Swynfen, who
inherited the Pype estate from his mother Agnes, sister of Sir Robert
Pypc, styled himself in 1415 William de Pype, and Lady Vernon as
heir to her father was sometimes called Margaret de Pype, being, in
fact, not daughter, but grandniece to Sir Robert. The Spernore lands
she inherited from her mother Jococa, so that the style 1 Sir Robert
Pype and Spernore ' is altogether a misnomer. The original, clause of
the inscription, before its obscuration by the scribe or engraver, was
perhaps not very different from the following : — Et Margareta uxor
dici Will'i filia d'?ii Wild Pypis cl Uereditar' dhi Roberti Pypis et
dn'i Will'i Spernores Militis, &c." {Waller, Mori. Brasses).

"In Dr. Ducarel's Anglo-Norman Antiquities considered in a tour
through Normandy, London, fol. 1767, this brass and tomb are
described as being in the Church of Vernon, in Normandy. Whether
a duplicate memorial to Sir William and Lady Vernon ever was
erected there cannot now perhaps be ascertained, and is in fact very
unlikely, but the engraving which illustrates the author's text is an
undoubted, though somewhat inaccurate, reduction of the monument
at Tong." {Ibid).

II.

Ralph Elcok, 1510.

Fall length effigy, 25 inches in height, wearing cassock,
surplice, and almuce.

Black letter inscription :

gjic iacct glauulph9 Ckcrfc ttlht "cofrat9 isti5 colcgii
qui ualus fuit in Uilla MopCocuic infra comitnttt
Centric qui abut in tz&io see liaicviue birflinis
ct matter JUno b?3 mUIma (IlC^Ca ksima.

A peculiaL' figure evidently the work of a provincial
artist, possibly made at Coventry. The word following
the surname may be intended for a contraction of
** cellerarius " buo it is not at all clear.

% trt tfaUji Mot to ffitSMsifm
Hm aatnffftor m iitUa ftopfin&ic infra rotmtot

i ■ • ' ■ 1 - • '- : . ' ■ ■ " - ' '-I

RALPH l-ZLCOK.
1510.
TOtm. SALOP.

rONO, SALOP

IN SHROPSHIRE.

429

The figure is a good deal worn especially in the upper
part. It is now mural in the South Aisle, and is en-
graved in Griffiths' History of Tony, p. 96.

Mr. Challoner Smith of the Probate Registry, Somer-
set House, has kindly pointed out that " Stopford " is
the old name of Stockport. This form is frequently
used in old wills. The will of a Nicholas Elkok, 1536,
occurs in P. C. C. Hogetii fol. 40. He is therein
described as of " Stopporte," Cheshire.

III.

Sir Arthur Vernon, m.a., 1517.

Full length effigy in the dress of a master of arts ot
the University of Cambridge, viz., cassock, surplice,
tippet and hood. Above the head of the figure is a
chalice (7 inches in height) with conical bowl, open work
knop and spreading base with small knops at the points
of the feet. Above this is the wafer with a rayed edge
and inscribed in the centre with "lire."

Below the effigy is a black letter inscription in three
lines : —

ODnttc aperialeter pro ni;t bin JUtltuti 'ftcvueut
In Jirtibus lnagrt bail)9 sitatis rantibricuVe qui obiit
x\m bie Jtttgttfti jy° but KM° xbij0 ciuD m $pxchiD be5

At the corners of the stone are shields of arms : —

I. (Upper dexter) — Arg., fretty sa. Vernon.

II. (Upper sinister) — Quarterly of six, I. vernon.

II, Az., three lions passant in pale arc/, camville.

III. Arg., a lion rampant gu., collared and crowned
or. stack pole. IV. Barry of six or and az. pem-
bruge. V. vernon with a canton g<u. VI. Az,,
crusily two pipes or. pypis.

III. (Lower dexter) as No. II.

IV. (Lower sinister) as No. I.

The effigy measures 42 inches in height and the size
of the whole composition is 8 feet 6 inches by 4 feet.

Vol. VII., 2nd S, AE 5

430

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

It is on the floor of the Vernon Ghantry where it was
found during the restoration in 1892. Cole, the Cam-
bridge antiquary, noted the figure on the occasion of his
visit in 1757, but there is no notice of it in the llev.

FIIOM THIS BRASS TO SIR A71T1IUII
VEUNON, 1517.
TONd, SALOP.

Edward Williams' Collections (Add. MSS. 21, 236-37),
taken between 3 792- 1803, so that it was probably
floored over sometime between 1757-1803.

The brass is engraved in Griffiths' History of Tong,
p. 55.

IN SHROPSHIRE. 431

Arthur Vernon was the fifth son of Sir Henry Vernon
by his wife Anne, daughter of John Talbot, second
Earl of Shrewsbury. He was a master of arts of the
University of Cambridge, rector of Whitchurch and
warden of the college of Tong. He died 15 August,
1517, and must have been one of the first persons
buried in the chapel erected by his father and only
completed in 1515. By will dated the last day of
September, 8 Hen. VIII., he desires his body to be
buried "in the same parish church where I die" and
to have a stone " what myn executors thinke best for
me and my picture drawen therupon and for the making
of my stone I bequeth xxxs\" (P. C. C, Holder, fol.
35v.)

In the west wall of the same chantry is a curious
stone half effigy under a canopy with shields of arms
to the same Arthur Vernon.

IV.

Dame Elizabeth Daunsey, 1549,

Inscription with shield of arms. Size of plate 17£ by

10 \ inches.

|§m bnMx lytm mimtb the bo"bie of Jlame (Elizabeth
Jlaunset) iusrcnbeb of the house z famili) of ^leches
#rst mttxh^ to <Sir John <8kcuTnQtou kntghte
mmtimz (Sheriff z oi gfrntfoxr z after mavricb
to §x John Jlaunsaj) Imight*. (Dbiit Jl° hm 1549.

^houghe tetues rare Mb in this fcuightc ab-ounbe
Jtnib xodthe at xmll this tuortlue labie bib foresee
fjkt nothing in jmbe lux praise bib more x^sounbe
then faithe fax Jesus (Christ iuith sabtx goblines
Jin m to blj>no a l$m to lame she luas
pooxx a frenb (f)f ktmne in xchz beg re
§oth honoured z bclouet) toa Jo* this bothe uirtu pas
^o fl®w app0inteb hi) the lorbe tohcre blesseb yt shal be.

432

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

Below this plate is a smaller one measuring 9 J by
H inches with the initials J. R, G. S., J.T., in a
lozenge between the words

"$osucrunt fetalis ^ttnnumcntum.''

Above the inscription is a shield bearing the Sk effing-
ton quartering^ impaling Pecke or Peehe— Or, three
vayles displayed mz..} the upper dexter one chetrged on
the breast with a crescent for difference.

For the Skeffington quarterings see No. V.

Mural. Chancel. Engraved in Griffith's History of
Tony, p 80.

V;

William Skeffington, Esq., 1550.

Inscription with arms, crest, helmet and mantling.
Size of plate 17 1 by 9| inches.

gjeve unbcv lueth interred the bobuc of <S»li Ilium §kgf-
ftncjton late of the <LSIhitc g/abiea dtsrjuive snnne anb
hcirc of (Sir John cShetTmcjton mmtiynm of
gConFo Imightc. (Dbiit J\no bin. 1550

Jin csquicv he luas rujlvte harbue to the fealbe
JVnb failhfull to his Jkgiici xtt quiet tome ot yea.ee
ghit luhcn hi$ course on cadhe he hab Cullftlbc
W&z IjTorbe of umrlblu tuocs bib him release
JVnb to his luncjbome then his smile bib rail
||f$ bobuc to bust returned from whence came
Stlhich ranse acjanne he mill to Jon cclcsliall
cllhcvc bobuc anb soule shall cvjcv prausc his name.

Below is a smaller plate similar in all respects to the
one on No. IV.

IN SHROPSHIRE.

433

iVbove is a square plate rounded at the top, bearing
the arms, crest, &c,, of Skeffington.

Quarterly of six, I. Arg,, three bulls' heads erased sa.
skeffj ngton. IT. . . . a bend, between two cotises
and six mullets . . . III. . . tl tree birds . . .

IV. . . a Jess daneett ee between, three crescents . . .

V. Jirm., a bend. . . . VJ. E'vm., on a chief in-
dented . . . three escallop, shells . . . In the
fess point a crescent * . . for diffidence.

Crest : — A mermaid with eomb and mirror, all proper.
Mural. Chancel. Engraved in Griffith's History of
Tony, p. 84,

UPTON CRESSETT.
Richard Cressett, Esq., and wife Jane, 1640.

A quadrangular plate measuring 23 by 20£ inches.
In the centre are the effigies of Richard Cressett and
his wife Jane kneeling at a prayer desk on which lie
open books. Richard Cressett wears a doublet with
square turned-back collar, trunk hose, high boots and
long cloak. Two sons in similar costume kneel behind
him. His wife wears a close-fitting hood with lace
edging, a gown with large turned-back collar also edged
with lace, the sleeves puffed at the shoulders, slashed
on the fore arms and terminating in short lace-edged
cuffs. Three daughters in similar attire kneel behind
their mother. All kneel on cushions on a chess-board
pattern floor and are enclosed by a flat-topped arch,
from the centre of which hangs a shield bearing the
arms of Cressett — az., a cross engrailed within a
bordure also engrailed or — impaling Huxley of
Edmonton— 67 w., on a bend cotised gu. three cres-
cents or.

484

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

Below is an inscription in Roman capitals
P. M. S.

Reqviescit svb hoc cespite Depositvm Jamo crefcsett
Rfchafdo cresseti A nktdfijto M a kjtat/E Georgio Hurley
et Catharinse vxori de Wyrehall in pAKETf/E ED-
MVNTON a g r j MID DLESEXESII (sed hjjs Cestria

ORIVNDO) PROGNAT^E. Qv^E POST DuODJECENNIVM
CONIVGJALE OCTONAQ PVEKPERIA SVPERSTITIBVS QUINQ

liberis Roberto et Richardo Mascvlis, Cathanna
ElizaBetha et Alisia f^emellis. Rebvs hvmanis

EXCEDENS PLACIDE OBDORMIYIT.

)Ne quod mnemosynvm desit mar-
morq$ dolorqj Coniugis aeterno neg-
tare Nomen asunt Pignoraq* in-
geniis et matrissantia form is Tot
stant Historic tot Monumenta tibi.

R. GRIGS Scvlpsit,

This seems to be the only plate in the county upon
which a maker's name appears. Instances of the
maker's or engraver's names are scarce. Two inscrip-
tions dated 1654 and 1656 at Darley, Derbyshire, were
made by " Robert Thorpe in Sheffield the carver" ; an
inscription dated 1629 at Nunkeeling, East Yorkshire,
ends 'rGab. Uornbie Sculp." ; at Rudston and Low-
thorpe, both in the same Riding, are inscriptions bear-
ing " Tho. Mann Eboraci sculp." They are dated
1665 and 1677. Another inscription at Ormskirk,
Lancashire, 1661, reads ''Richard Mosok Sculpsitt."

The Cressett brass is on the wall of a chapel on the
south side of the chancel. This chapel is said to have
been a mortuary chapel belonging to the Cressett
family, but is now used as a vestry.

IN SHROPSHIRE. 435

* ,

Richard Cressett, Esq., married Jane, a daughter of
George and Catherine Huxley, of Edmonton, Middle-
sex. She died on the 6th of September, 1640, aged 29,
leaving issue two sons, Robert and Richard, and three
daughters, Catherine, Elizabeth and Alice.

WEN-LOCK, MUCH.
Richard Ridley, 1592, and wife Eleanor.

Small effigies kneeling on cushions at a table where-
upon lie open books. Richard Ridley wears the usual
civilian dress of the period. His wife has the " Paris
hede," ruff and overgrown. *

Below is a black letter inscription in ten lines.

|tcer tmto this place Ineth burico the bobn of glicharb Jlibleji,
sonne

Jtnb heijre of fiaimolb Xiublcp of %mhu (Sent' % of Qlxtz
Brighton fct*

Mtgh, fgs»te mauieb to Thomas ^tobmsloe of QTnucjh I cn ^(B£L%,
tin tuhoinc she hab

Issus one sonne % b banghters. %\\z m^b gUchavb libcb in goob
name z

gleport z bras Uinjse Jbnlti of this totunc of Siilcnlock z nc (Tran-
ches es

thereoC. l).e manieb (Stcanor Jlanghlcr of John ^ljbenham of
(iThilujovlhij in \

(Ho. Somerset z hab no fokite. gje benarteb cut of thistransttoni
h)fe the iii

of January 1*592 z the sanb (lleanor his tonfc surbibing him
causcb this

^ftonumcnt to be sett up for a perpetual! token of her singular z
obebient

loue totuarb hi
Above the figures are three shields of arms :
Dexter — Arg. oil a m&whd vert a bull stdtdnt gu.,

armed or. Ridley of Lynley.

Centre — Ridley impaling Sydenham as in the

sinister shield.

43G

M ON DM ENTA L BRASS ES

Sinister — Quarterly of six — I and VI. Arg,9 three
rams 2?assant 2 and 1, sot. Sydenham, of Combe, co.
Somerset. II. aiy. a bend family sa. KlTSFORD.
III. arg.9 a cross engrailed gu., in the dexter ch ief a
mullet. IV. Bafi'fj of six erm. and gu, V. sa., a
bend or bet ween six fountains ppr. Stourton.

The effigies are 9| inches in height and the size of the
whole composition is 19 by 20 inches. It is on the
north wall of the chancel.

Richard Ridley, son and heir of Raynold Ridley, of
Lynley, by his wife Alice Leighton, widow of Thomas
Mownslowe of Caughley, by whom she had one son and
five daughters, was twice JBayley of Wenlock and
married Eleanor, daughter of John Sydenham, of Chil-
worthy, Somersetshire, by whom he had no issue. He
died 3rd January, 1592, and his widow erected the
monument to his memory.

II.

Robert Thorne, 1645.

Inscription and three shields of arms on a small quad-
rangular plate on the north wall of the chancel.

NERE VNTO THIS SCVLPTVRE LYETH INTERRED YE BODY
OF ROBERT TUORNE GENT. LATE Of SPOONBILL WHO

SEVER ALL TYMES WITH PRVDENCE FIDELITY ANDJVSTICE
DISCHARGED THE OFFICE OF BAYLIFFE IN THIS ANCIENT
CORPORATION OF WENLOCK HE LIVED A LOYAL SVBJECT
TO HIS KINGE A LOVING SERVANT TO HIS COVNTRY AND
JN ALL ENDEAVOVRS MANIFESTED HIMSELF A TRVE HO-
NOVRER OF THE NOBLE FAMILY OF THE LAWLEYS THVS
HE LIVED THEN DIED THE 18 DAY OF MARCH AO 1G45

AGED 70 YE A RES FOR WHOSE PIOVS MEMORIE HIS MOVRN-
FULL KINSMAN EDWARD THORNE II AT II FOR SVRVIVING
AGES LEET THIS TESTIMONY OF HIS LOVE AND GRIEFE

IN SHROPSHIRE,

437

Arms on the dexter and sinister .... three
lozenges in fern .... thorne.

In the centre — thorne impaling . , . . a chevron
between three leopards1 faces ....

WHITCHURCH.
I.

Matthew Fowler, M.B., 1677.

Inscription with shield of arms, crest, helmet and
mantling. The whole enclosed in an ornamented
border. In the upper part are a candlestick, hour-glass
and skull and crossbones.

Size of plate 24 by 24| inches.

M. S.

Mattimci Fow ler Gen9' : et in med :

BACC : QVI LVTETIxE Parisiorvm variolis extinctvs,
Peregrination! svm mvndan^e finem tosvit et in
c^elesti pa tbi a sedem f1xit perpetvam vltimo
Die Janvarh A.D. 1G778 Anno JStatis sym 24t0

QfTlMM SPEI JlJVENIS, GORPORE FORM OS VS :
#

Dot i bus animje insignior, pietatis erga :

DfSVM, ET PARENTIS, VfiRAOITATIS, PlU/DENTI/E,
C'asTITA'I IS, CoJVllTA'US. MOltUM BENlqJ HONOR VM
OmNIVM LAVDABILE EXEMPLAR, EXTERIS ET

Ignotls gratvs, Amigis carts* Parentvm dvm
vlxit solativm non mediocre et post
mortem lvctvs extrem vs ;

Qui Filia Unica hac Quale euitufi Monumentum nc
Inutilia Uixisse Uideatur, Maesli Posuerunt.

438

MONUMENTAL BRASSES

Arms: — Az., on a chevron arg. between three lions
passant guardant or as many crosses pattee sa., a
mullet in cliiej for difference. Fowler.

Crest : — An oivl arg. , ducatty gorged or.

Mural. North Aisle.

II.

James Egerton, 1735.

Inscription with skull and crossbones. Size of plate
13 by 9 inches.

Here lyeih the Lody of
James Egerton son of the Honble
And Right Bevrd Henry Lord
Bishop of Hereford and the
Right llonhl° Elizabeth his Wife
Who Departed this life
The (jlh of Aug1., 1735
In the 4th year of his age.

Chancel.

WITHINGTON.
John Onley, 1512, and wife Joan.

John Onley, son and heir of Sir Robert Onley, of th.Q
city of Coventry, is represented bare-headed with long
hair, his armour consists of a plate gorget, a breast-plate
strengthened with demi-placcates, pauldrons of a curious
shape, small coutes, gauntlets with shell backs and
peaked cuffs, short skirt of taces with mail fringe, over
which are strapped the tuiles, large knee pieces with
plates behind, jambs and. round- toed sabbatons with
rowel spurs. The sword is suspended diagonally in
front of the body from a narrow belt once inlaid with
colour. There is no misericorde. The left arm of the
figure is broken away.

L

JOHN ONLEY AND WIFE JOAN.
1512.

WITHINGTON, SALOP.

ix siiuopse-iiris. 439

His wife Joan is represented slightly turned to the
right, she wears the kennel-shaped head-dress with
plain lappets, a close-fitting overgown cut square at the
neck, showing the finely plaited partlet and undergown
below, the cuffs are large and edged with fur, whilst the
long skirt is gathered up under the left arm.

Below the figures is a three-line black letter inscrip-
tion :

$)\c taut Johe# .on ley ftliue et here* but roberti cmlcn

mi lit9 ribitat9 cobente qui obiit JBiJBmo bie mens9 Junii 2Vo &ni

mllms QLQLQL^dL^lI et iolimn ux9 ei9 qxxox0 nmbz jnuciet9 be' zte

Below the inscription there were on the original slab
a group of seven sons in civil dress under the father
(these still remain) ; and under £he mother the indent
of a group of three or four daughters (the latter were
lost before 1795).

At the four corners of the slab were originally shields
of arms (the upper dexter was lost before 1795) ; the
upper sinister (now placed under the brass of Adam
Graff ton) bears — -

Quarterly 1. and IV. or, three piles gu.} on a canton
of the second a pierced mullet of the first, onley. II,
and III. • . • three stirrups 2 and 1. . . . The
lower dexter bears the arms of the CITY or Coventry
— Per pale gu and. cert an elephant, on his back a
tower triple lowered or The lower sinister (now lost)
bore — -a a (mud between six bi rds.

In the British Museum (Add MSB. 21 236, fob 109
is a sketch of this brass taken Juno 0, 1794, showing it
in its original slab then in the nave. Some years ago
the Church was rebuilt, the brass taken from its slab ;
this disappeared and the brass itself was for some time
in the custody of a neighbouring rector. It is now nailed
on the north wall of the tower in a somewhat irregular
fashion.

The figures are 22 1 inches in height.
This brass possesses considerable interest in that it
is the work of a "local" or Warwickshire school of

440

M ON U M EN T A L BRA SS ES

engravers, most probably settled in the city of Coventry
Compare the figure at Barley.

ARMS OF THE CITY OK COVENTRY.
| linear.

II.

Adam Grafton, Parson, 1530.

Full length effigy in cassock, surplice, almuce and cope.
Black letter inscription in live lines : —

Jjcve Imih burgcfe fluster JDnm (felfion live niosi toovshipfull
pieot

lijlnmg in Iujs bays sumtnmc drapleime to the ffamotos jmurp
Injng

Oluarb the \llh =- pnnuc ^vlluirc nviiuuccon of s I, i ff 5 (HI avb en
of the bailell "

ffcllb Jleani of oeijnt J&ntg Qlollcge Stt -Salop 3 -pson of than?
l!£h« rrltc

feohnch oereacrsno r>e xxuij ban of jfnti JVo bui JHDc<J£jy£ tohoa
soul gob v(cot)

ADAM GRAFFTON,

1 5SO.

WITHI NGTON, SALOP

«

V

IN SHROPSHIRE.

441

A shield of arms belonging to the Onley brass is now
inaccurately fixed below this inscription.

The figure measures 29 \ inches in height and
formerly lay in the nave, it is now fastened to the
south wall of the tower. The original stone is lost.

Master Adam GrafTton, LL.B., was not only " the
most worshipful prest lyving in his days" but also
warden of Battlefield College, to which post he was
admitted 17 November, 1478 ; chaplain to Edward V.
and Prince Arthur ; vicar of St. AlkmuncFs, Shrews-
bury, 1473-1489 ; rector of Upton with Withington.
1494; canon of St. Chad's, 1494 ; prebendary of Lich-
field, 1497; archdeacon of Salop, 1504-1514; arch-
deacon of Stafford and dean of St. Mary's, Salop. He
erected or completed the tower of Battlefield Church
in 1503. See Battlefield Church, by the Rev. W, G.
Dimoek Fletcher, F.S.A.

Chronological List of Brasses "-with Effigies.

c. 1370. Burford. Dame Elizabeth . Corrtewaylle.

1382. Acton Burnell. Sir Nicholas JBurnell.

c. 1390. Adderley. An ecclesiastic- (abbot or bishop).

1467. Tong. Sir William Vernon and wife Margaret,

c. 1475. Harley. A man in armour and wife,

c. 1495. Igutfield, Dame Margery Calvcley.

1497. Igutfield. William Maynwaryng.

1510. Tong. Ralph Elcok, priest.

1512. Withington. John Onley and wife Joan.

1517. Tong. Sir Arthur Vernon, M.A., priest.

1530. Withington. Adam Graft'ton, priest.

1533. Edomond. Francis Yonge and wife Anne.

15G0. Adderley. Sir Robert Nedeham and wife Agnes.

1564 Middle. Arthur Cbambre and wife Margaret.

1571. Acton Scott. Thomas Mytton and wife Elsabeth.

c. 1580. Drayton. Rowland Corbet.

1592. Much Wenlock. Richard Ridley and wife Eleanor.

1599. Glazeley. Thomas Wylde and wife Elizabeth.

1G1G. Alveley. John Grove.

1G40. Upton Cressett. Richard Cressett and wife Jane.

1653. Clun. Sir Robert Howard, K.B. (inscription with de-
vices).

442

MONUMENTAL BttASSUS

LIST OF BRASSES ACCORDING TO COSTUME.

Armed Figures ; —

(a) alone : ^-

Acton Burnell, Sir Nicholas Burnell, 1382.

(b) with ladies :

Tong. Sir William Vernon and wife Margaret, 1467.
Harley. A man in armour and wife, e 147*^.
Withington. John Onley and wife Joan, 1512.
Adderley, Sir Robert Nedeham and wife Agnes, 1500.

Civilians :

(a) alone :

Ightfield. William Maynwaryng, 1497.
Drayton Rowland Corbet, c. 1580.
Alveley. John Grove, 16 16.
(/;) with ladies :

Middle. Arthur Chambre and wife Margaret, 1564.
Acton Scott. Thomas Mytton and wife Elsabeth, ] 571.
Much Wenlock. Richard Ridley and wife Elianor, 1592.
Glazeley. Thomas Wylde and wife Elizabeth, 1599.
Upton Cressett. Richard Cressett and wife Jane, 1640,

Ecclesiastics :

Adderley. An abbot or bishop, c. 1390.
Tong. Ralph Elcok, 1510.

Sir Arthur Vernon, M A., 1517.
Withington. Adam Graifton, 1530.

Ladies :

Burford. Dame Elizabeth Cornewaylle, c 1370.

Ightfield. Dame Margery Calveley, c. 1495.

Miscellaneous :

Edgmond. Francis Yonge (in shroud) and wife Anne, 1533.

Clun. Sir Robert Howard, K.B., 1653 (inscription with de-
vices).

INDEX

OF

ARCH/EOLOCxICAL PAPERS

PUBLISHED

IN

1894

[iJEING THE FOURTH ISSUE OF THE SERIES AND COMPLETING THE

index foe 'inE period 1891-9-i]

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CONGRESS OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES IN UNION WITH THE
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

1805

CONTENTS.

{Those Transactions marked loith an asterisk * in the following list are now for the
first time included in the index, the others are continuations from the indexes
of 1891-93. Transactions included for the first time arc indexed from 1891
onwards.']

Anthropological Institute, Journal, vol. xxiii, pts. 3 and 4, vol. xxiv, pts. 1 and 2.
Antiquaries, London, Proceedings of the Society, 2nd sdr., vol. xv, pts. 2, 3

and 4, vol. xvi, pt. 1. K
Antiquaries, Ireland, Proceedings of Royal Society of, 5th ser., vol. iv.
Antiquaries, Scotland, Proceedings of the Society, vol. xxvii and xxviii.
Archaeologia, vol. liv, pt. 1, #
Archaeologia Canibrensis, 5th ser., vol. x and xi.
Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. xxi.
Archaeological Journal, vol. li.

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Proceedings, vol. xx.

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Transactions, vol. xviii, pt. 1.

British Archaeological Association, Journal, vol. 1.

British Architects, Koyal Institute of, Journal, 3rd ser., vol. i.

Bucks, Becords of, vol. vii, pt. 2.

Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Transactions, vol. viii, pt. 2.
*Chester and North Wales, Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Society,
Transactions, vol. v, pts. 1 and 2.

Cornwall, Boyal Institution of, Transactions, vol. xii.

Derbyshire Archaeological Society, Transactions, vol. xvi.

Devonshire Association, Transactions, vol. xxvi.
#Durham and Northumberland, Archaeological and Architectural Society, Transac-
tions, vol. iv, pt. 1.

Essex Archaeological Socioty, Transactions, New Scries, vol. v, pt. 1.

Kolkloro, Proceedings of the Folklore Society, vol. v.

Hellenic Society, Journal, vol. xiii, pt. 4 and vol. xiv.
*Kildare Archaeological Society, Journal, vol. i, pts. 1-5..

Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, vol. xi.

* Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society, Transactions, vol. vii, viii and ix.

iv

CONTENTS.

Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, Transactions, vol. viii,
Pt- I-

*Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. xxv, xxvi, xxvii and xxriii.
Numismatic Chronicle, 3rd ser., vol. xiv.
Oxford Archaeological Society, Transactions, No. xxx,
Royal Irish Academy, Transactions, 3rd ser., vol. iii, pts. 1-3.
St. Paul's Ecclesiologieal Society, Transactions, vol. iii, pt. 4.

Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Transactions, 2nd ser.,
vol. vi.

Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Transaction?, vol. xl.

[New Series, vol. xx.J
Surrey Archaeological Society, Collections, vol. xii.
*Tlioresby Society, Miscellany, vol. iv, pts. 1 and 2.
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, vol. xxvi, pt. 4, xxvii,

pts. 3 and -J, xxviii, pt. L
Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, vol. xiii,

NOTE.

The value of this Index to archaeologists is now recognised. Every effort is
made to keep its contents up to date and continuous, but it is obvious that the
difficulties are great unless the assistance of the societies is obtained. If for any
reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to -which they properly
belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers
of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed
from the year 1891.

By this means it "will be. seen that the year 1891 is treated as the commencing
year /or the Index and that all transactions published in and since that year will
fincl their place in the series. §

To make this work complete an index of the transactions from the beginning of
archaeological societies down to the year 1890 needs to be published. This Index is
already completed in MS. form and it will be printed as soon as arrangements can
l)e made.

Societies will greatly* oblige by communicating any omissions or suggestions to

The Editor op the Arceleologtcal Index,

Society of Antiquaries,

'.Burlington House, London, W.

Single copies of the yearly Index may bo obtained. Many of the societies in union
with the Society of Antiquaries take a .sufficient number of copies to issue with
t heir transactions to each, of their members. The more this plan is extended the
less will be the cost of the Index to each society. For particulars of this and
other works now being carried on by tho societies in union application should
be made to the Honorary Secretary

Kalimi Neviel, F.S.A.,

J 15, Addison Crescent,

Kensington, \\r.

INDEX OF ARCMOLOGICAL PAPERS PUBLISHED

II 189-1,

Abeecromby (Hon. J.)- Note on a tanged dagger or spear head from

Crawford Priory, Fife. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 219-225.
Ac land (Rev. C. L.). The antiquities of the immediate past. Proc.

Cambridge Antiq. Soc. viii. 314-317.
Ajlsa (Marquis of). Notes on the excavation of a mound called

Shanter Knowe, near Kirkoswald, Ayrshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq.

Scot, xxvii. 413-416.
Allen (J. Romjlly). A sculptured Norman capital from Lewes

Priory, Sussex, now in the British Museum. Proc. Soc. Antiq.

2nd S. xv. 199-208.
— Fonts of the Winchester type. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc.

I. 17-27.

Celtic art in Wales and Ireland compared. Arch. Cambren-

siS) 5th S. x. 17-24.
- — — Iolo Morgan wg's readings of the inscriptions on the crosses

at Llantwit Major. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. x. 326-331.
The cross of Eiudon, Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire.

Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. x. 48-55.
: — Suggestions for an . archaeological survey of Wales. Arch.

Cambrensis, 5th S. X. 56-61.
■ The early Christian monuments of Lancashire and

Cheshire. Trans. Lane, and Chesh, Jlist. Soc. N.S. ix. 1-32,

31 -32a ; Jour. Archil. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of Chester and North

Wales, v. 133-171,
— Report on the photographs of the sculptured stones earlier

than A.D. 1300 in the district of Scotland, north of the river Dee.

Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 150-177.
Allen (Mrs. Thomas). List of effigies in south Wales. Arch. Gam-'

hrensis, 5th S. k, 243-251.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPEES.

Amery (P. F. S.), Twelfth, report of the Committee on Devonshire

Folklore. Trails. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 79-85.
Anderson (Jose™). Notes on two Highland targets from Dunoliie

Castle, near Oban, Argyleshire* Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 34-

37.

' Notice of a bronze sword with handle plates of horn found

at Aird in the island of Lewis. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii.
38-41.

— Notice; of Dun Stron Duin, Ferncra, Barm Head: with

plans. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 341-346.
Notes on two chisels or punches of brouze-like metal from

Sutherlandshirc and Dumfries. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii.

207-213.

Andre (J. Lewis). Convpton Church. Coll. Surrey Arch. Soc. xii.
1-19.

Notes on an ancient lock at Beddington Dark. Coll. Surrey

Arch. Soc.-xii. 27-28.
An! c II KOi'1 (PiiOE. Eucwone). St. Nicolas and Artemis. Folklore, v.

108-120.

AttcnyELOGiA. A fifteenth century treatise on gardening. Arclicvologia,
liv. 157-172.

Aij.mitage (Mrs.). General Pitt-Rivers' excavations in Cranborne

Chase. Yorks. Arch. Soc. xiii. 35-43.
Arnold (G. M.). Filborough farmhouse, Fast Chalk, Gravesend.

Arch. Cant. xxi. 1G1-169.
Ashcom'be (Rt.-Hon. Lord). Mural monuments in Dorking Church.

Coll. Surrey Arch. Soc. xii. 20-24.
Aston (W. G., G.M.G.). Japanese Onomatopes and the origin of

Language. Jour. Anlhro'p, hint, xxiii. 332 3(!2.
ATKINSON (A.). On a broir/o spearhead and two bronze celts found

in -Lincolnshire. Proc. Soc. Autiq. 2nd 8. xv. 138-140.
Atkinson (Robert, LL.D;). On South Coptic texts: a criticism on

M. Bourianf's Floges du Martyr Victor, (i!s do Romanus'. Proc.

Boy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 225-284.
On Professor Rossi's publication of South Coptic texts.

Proc. Boy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 24-99.
A velinc (S. T .), Rochester Inns. Arch. Cant. xxi. 315-32G.
Axon (William F. A.). The library of Richard Brereton of Ley

1557. Trans. Lane, and Chesh. Autiq. Soc. xi. 103-112. -
Aylmer (II. H.). The Aylmer family. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.

295-307.

INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

9

Baildon (W. P.). On the original roll of accounts of the reeve of
the manor of Appleby, Leicestershire, for the year 1367-8. . Froc.
Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 309-322.

Yorkshire Star Chamber proceedings. YorJcs. Arch. Soc.

xiii. 312-315.

Baker (Arthur). History of St. Silin Church, Llansilin, Mont-
gomeryshire. Arch. Camhreusis, 5th S. xi. 108—121.

BAKER (Harold). Notes on the Avon Valley from Pcrshore to
Tewkesbury. Birm. and Mid. Inst. xx. 10-28.

Ball (V., C.B.). On the volcanoes and hot springs of Iidia and the
folklore connected therewith. Froc. Foy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii.
151-109.

Description of two large spinel rubies with Persian

characters engraved upon them. Froc. Hoy. Irish Acad. 3rd S.
iii. 380-399.

Barrett (C. R. B.). Hippo-sandals. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1.
254-256.

Bates (Rev. E. H.). Notes on a pamphlet of the Restoration period.

Leicest. Archil. Soc. vi-ii. 30-33.
Notes on a recently recovered register of Claybrooke.

Leiccst. Archit. Soc. viii. 34-39.
BATHER (A. G.). The bronzo fragments of the Acropolis. Jour.

llell. Studies, xiii. 232-271.
The development of the plan of the Thersilion. Jour.

Hell Studies, xiii. 328-337.
.-— — The problem of the Bacclne. Jour. J Jell. Studies, xiv.

244-263.

. sind V. W. Voitk'K. Excavations on the probable sites of

Basilis and Bathos. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiii. 227-231.
Batten (M. CntsnoLM). Burton Pynsent. Somerset Arch, and Nat.

Hist. Soc. xl. 155-170.
Batten (John). Stoke under Hamdon in connection with Sir

Matthew de Gournay, Kt. and the Duchy of Cornwall. Somerset

Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. xl. 236-271.
Beaumont (G. P.). Layer Harney earthwork. Trans. 'Essex Arch.

Soc, N.S. v. 100.

Bell (A. M.). Remarks on the flint implements from the chalk
plateau of Kent. Juur. Authrop. lust, xxiii. 266-284.

Bell (Mdwin Weston). Notes on the British Port on Castle Paw at
Porgandeuny, Perthshire, partially excavated during 1892.
Froc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 14-22.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Bellairs (Col. C. C). Discovery of one of the main sewers of
Roman Leicester. Leicest. Archil. Soc, viii. 40-40.

Benson (E. P.). The Tliersilion aj* Megalopolis. Jour. Hell. Studies,
xiii. 319-327.

Berry (H. F.). The manor of Mallow in the thirteenth century.
Jour. Roy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 14-24.

Bevan (Rev. Canon). Extracts from the statute-book of St. David's
Cathedral. Arch. Oambrmsis, 5th S. x. 218-225.

Bic knell (A. S.). A forgotten Chancellor and Canon [Dr. Biconyll]
Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. xl. 179-226.

Black (G. P.). Report on the antiquitici found in Scotland and pre-
served in the British Aluseum, Ac, and in tlie Museum of
Science and Art, Edinburgh. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii.
347-368.

Scottish charms and amulets. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii.

433-52(5.

Notice of a charm bead from Craignish. Proc. Soc. Antiq.

Scot, xxviii. 230^233.
Descriptive cataloguo of loan collections of prehistoric and

other antiquities from the shires of Berwick, Roxburgh, and

Selkirk. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 321.-342.
B ia k 10 WAY (Rev. J. I}.). History of Shrewsbury hundred or liberties.

Trans. Shropshire A. and N. If. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 373-414.
Bodger (J. W.). Roman objects discovered at Peterborough. Jour.

Brit. Arch. Assoc. i. 57-59, 64-5.
BODINGTON (N.). Pampocalia [near the village of Bardsey].

Thorcshy Soc. Misc. iv. 60-64.
Note on a Roman altar preserved in the museum of the

Leeds Philosophical Society. Thorcshy Soc. Misc. iv. 79-80.
Boodle (Rev. J. A.). Bough-ton under the Blean. Arch. Cant. xxi.

327-336.

Bos till E Deeds, forks. Arch. Soc, xiii. 219-225.

Bowes (11.). On the first and other early Cambridge newspapers.
Proc. Cambridge Antiq. Soc. viii. 347-358.

Bi tAKSPEAR (Harold). Notes on encaustic tiles at Heytesbury House.
Wilts. Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mag. xxvii. 241-244.

Brigg (William). Testament a Leodiensia, extracted from the Pro-
bate Registry at York. Thoresly Soc. Misc. iv. 1-16, 139-147.

Beock (E. P. Loetus). The Saxon church at Whiteneld, near Dover,
Arch. Cant. xxi. 301-307.

Brook (Alex and vm J. S.). Notice of the sword belt of the sword of state

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INDEX OF AItCIM-:OLOGICAL PAPERS.

11

of Scotland restored in 1892 to the Scottish regalia by the Rev.

Samuel Ogilvy Baker. Proc. Sue. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 279-298.
Brook (Alexander J. S.). x\.n account -of the archery medals belong-
ing to the university of St. Andrews aud the grammar school

of Aberdeen. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 343-469.
Brooke (John). Manchester Cathedral. Trans. Lane, and Ghesh.

Antiq. Soc.xi. 21-2(3.
Browne (Rev, Canon G. F.). Sculptured stone found on site of

chapel by the cloister in the burial ground of "Wells Cathedral

Church. Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. xl. 275.
Browne (Charles R). The ethnography of Inishbofin and Inisli-

shark, co. Gal Way. Proc. Hoy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 3.17-370.
Brqwnlow (Bishop). Clerical and social life in Devon m 1287.

Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 209-229.
Brushfield (T. N., M.D.). The rows of Chester. Jour. Archit.

Arch, and Hist. Soc. Chester and North Wales, v. 207-238.
The Church of All, Saints, East Budleigh. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 237-295.'
■ The churchwardens accounts of East Budleigh. Trans.

Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 335-400.
Buckle (Edmund). On the Lady Chapel by the cloister of Wells

Cathedral and the adjacent buildings. Somerset Arch, and Nat.

Hist. Soc. xl 32-63.
BuiCK (Rev. G. R.). The crannog of Moylarg. Jour. Hoy. Soc.

Antiq. .Ireland, 5th S. iv. 315-331.
Bulkeley-Owen (TIox. Mrs.). Selattyn: a history of the parish.

Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 79-98, 291-326.
Bulleid (Arthur). The Lake village near Glastonbury. Somerset

Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. xl. 141-151.
BuRD (Rev. J.). An ancient bronze matrix found at Chirbury.

Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 174-176.
Burnard (Rohekt). Exploration of the hut circles in Broadun

Ring and Broadun. Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxvi. 185-196.
Bu rne (Miss). Guy Eawkes on the South Coast. Polhlore, v. 38—

40.

Bhrson (W.). The Kynaston Family. Trans. {Shropshire A, and
. N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 209-222.

C. (E. K.). A brawl in Kirkgate [Leeds] 13 Edward II. Thoresby
Soc. Misc. iv. 125-138.

Calvert (E.). . Extracts from a fifteenth century MS. Trans. Shrop-
shire A. and N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 99-106.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Gauge (W. D.). Church furniture. Jour. B.LB.A. 3rd S. i.
423-429.

Garpemteij (H. J.) Furse of Moreshcad, a family record of the
sixteenth century. Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 168-184. 1

CARRICK (Rev. J. C). Some notes on Archbishop Leighton and his
connection with Newbattle. Broc. Soc. Antiq. Soc. xxvii. 23-33.

Carrixgton (W. A.). Selections from the Steward's accounts pre-
served at Iiaddon Hall for the years 1549 and 1504. ' Derbyshire
Arcli. Soc. xvi. 01-85.

■ List of recusants in the Peak of Derbyshire, 1010 ; list of

bucks killed at Hadclon 1009 ; names of Derbyshire gentlemen
charged for the lev}r of three horsemen, [1001] etc. Derhysh.
Arch. Soc. xvi. 140-150.

CARROLL (F. M.). Some notes on the abbey and cross of Moone and
other places in the Valley of the Griese. Jour. Kildare Arch. i.
280-294.

Carroll (Rev. J.), Remains in Atli3r and neighbourhood. Jour.

Kildare Arch. Soc.'L 102-112.
Carter (H. B.). Iigafea Dliiarmada agus Grainne, IJunnamore,

Kildrcss, co. Tyrone. Jour, lloy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv.

280-287.

Cave-Brown i: (Rev. J.). In and about Leeds and Bromtield parishes,

Kent. Jour. Brit. Arcli. Assoc. 1. 93-104.
'■ > An ancient record concerning St. Augustine's Abbey,

Canterbury. Juur. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 295-302.
• • Knights of the shire for Kent, from a.d. 1275 to a.d. 1831,

Arch. Cant. xxi. 198-213.
Chamjseelain (B. H.). Two funeral urns from Loochoo. Jour.

Antltrop. List. xxiv. 58-59.
Chancellor (F.). Lecz Priory. Trans, fflssex Arch. Soc. .. N.S. v.

44-48.

CliUiSTISON (Dr. D.) The prehistoric fortresses of Trcceiri, Carnar-
von and Fiildon, Roxburgh. Bruc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 100-
119

■ On the geographical distribution of certain place-names

in Scotland. Broc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 255-280.

■ — The prehistoric forts, etc., of Ayrshire. Broc. Soc. Antiq.

Scot, xxvii. 381-405.

Church (Rev. C. M.). The rise and growth of the Chapter of Wells
from 12 12- 1333. drcMwalogia,\iv. 1-40. '

— : Documents bearing upon late excavations on the south.

INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

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side of Cathedral church of Wells. Somerset Arch, and Nat.

Hist. Soc. xl. 19-31.
CH0ECHSTOKE Ruoisthrs. Montg ornery sjrire Coll. xxv. 3G.
Clark (G. T.) The signory of Grower. Arch. Gambrensis, 5 tli S. x.

1-16, 292-308 ; xi. 122-130.
CiiAKK (T. Wl). Or ancient libraries. Proc. ■ Cambridge Antig. Soc.

viii. 359-388.

Ci.ahk (Soiii«:i:s). The devastation of Nubia,. Arch. Jour. li. 268-282.
■ On the revised scheme for damming the Nile at Philae.

Proc. Soc. Antig. 2nd S. xv. 282-284-.
Ghklti (J. 0.). and Rev. J. Fergusson. Notice of an urn found at

Noranside, parish of Fern, Forfarshire, and notices of stone cists

found at . different times within the parish. Proc. Soc. Antig.

Scot, xxvii. 60-69.
CluttkkisijCK (Ri:v. Jl. H.j. The Black Book of Southampton.

Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 125-130.
■ The story of the quit rent at Andover. Jour. Brit. Arch.

Assoc. 1. 257-2G0. *
Cobb (J. R.). The tower of St. Mary's Church, Brecon. Arch.

Gambrensis, 5th S. xi. 320-321.
Codelxgtox (O.). Oriental coins. Num. Chrou. 3rd S. xiv.
88. '

Note on a gold coin of Taghlak Shah. Num. Citron. 3rd

S. xiv. 185-180.

CoDUlNGTOK (Rev. \l. II., D.l).,). A family connection of the Codring-

ton family in the 17th century. Trans. Bristol and Glouc. Arcli.

Soc. xviii. 13-1-141.
Coffey (G.). The origins of prehistoric ornament in Ireland. Jour.

Boy. Soc. Antig. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 349-379.
. Notes on the classification of spearheads of the bi'Oir/o

age found in Ireland. Proc. Hoy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. in. 486-510.
Coleman (Rev. \Vr. A.). Some place and hold names of the parish of

Staveley. Derby shire Arcli. Soc. xvi. 190-197.
Coles (Fred R.). The motes, forts, and doons in the eau and west

divisions of the stcwartry of Kircudbright. Proc. Soc. Antig.

Scot, xxvii. 92-182.
The stone circle at Holy wood, Dumfriesshire. Pros. Soc.

Aniig. Scot, xxviii. 84-90.
Notice of the discovery of a small cup-shaped urn of a

variety hitherto unknown in Scotland. Proc. Soc. Antig. Scot.

xxviii. 204-206.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Collier (W, F.). Dartmoor for Devonshire. Trans. Devon. Assoc.
xxvi. 199-208,

Collins Q?.): The bounder of ye Lordshippe of Spofford written this
first of April! anno reg. Regine Elizabethe 19. Yorks. Arch. Soc.
xiii. 318-320.

Comerford (Most Rev. Dr.). The Ford of AE ; some historical notes

on the town of Athy. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i. 57-70.
Comber (J. 1ST.). Practical considerations on the Gothic or English

altar and certain dependent ornaments. St. Paul's JEcclesiohgi-

cal Soc. iii. 195-224.
Comi'TON (C. 11.). Kirkham Priory and Ward on Abbey. Jour.

Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 283-294.
Cook (A. B.). Animal worship in the Mycenaean. Journ. Hell.

Studies, xiv. 81-1 fi9.
Cooper (Rev. T. S.). The church plate of Surrey. Coll. Surrey

Arch. Soc. xii. 52-82.
Corhett-Windeu, of Vaynor Park, pedigree. Montgomeryshire Coll.

xxvi. 229-254. •
Cowter (II. S.). Two bronze celts found at Stainton-in-Furness and

a stone celt from Plumbland. Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 238-

239.

Cox (EL W.). Chester Castle. Jour. Arch.it. Arch. and Hist. Soc.

Chester and North Wales, v. 239-27G.
— : The oL'igin and date of Chester rows. Jour. Archil. Arch.

and Hist. Soc. Chester and North Wales, v. 299-303.
Notes on the sculptures of the Roman monuments recently

found in Chester. Trans. Lane, and Gh&sh. Hist. Soc. JST. S. vii.

and viii. 9U-102.

The ancient Pi Iking ton Manor house, called Stand or

Whifefiehl Hall, near Pilkinglon. Trans. Lane, and C/tesh. Hist.

Soc. N.S. ix. 215-21G.
Oberchurch and its runic stone. Trans. Lane, and Chesh.

Hist. Soc. N.S. vii. and viii. 305-320.
Are the marks in certain Wirral churches guides to

measurements ? Trans. Lane, and Chesh. Hist. Soc. N.S. vii. and

viii. 326.

Cox (Rev. J. C). On the discovery of a Roman pig of lead found
on Matlock Moor, Derbyshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 185-
187.

Criits (W. J.). Old church plate and how to describe it. Bristol
and Clone. Arch. Soc. xviii. 75-81.

INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

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Crisp (J. A.). Surrey Wills. Coll. Surrey Arch, Soc. xii. 83-107.
Crosse (Col. T. $L). Schedule of deeds and documents, the property

of, preserved in the muniment room at Shaw Hill, Chorley.

Trans. Lane, and Chesli. Hist. Soc. N.S. vii. and viii. 330-352; ix.

221-240.

CrOssman (Rev. C. D.). Adrian Schaell's memoir of High. Ham
church and rectory a.d. 1598. Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc
xl. 113-122.

Cuming (R. Syer). Merchants' Marks. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1.
40-4-1.

Cunningham (A.). Later Indo- Scythians. Num. Chron. 3rd S. xiv.
243-293.

Cunningham (D. J.), and C. Ii. Brown e. On some osseous remains

found at Old Connau^ht, Bray, co. Dublin. Proc. Roy. Irish

Acad. 3rd S. Hi. 421-427.
Cunnlngton (B. H.). Notes on the discovery of Romano-British

kilns and pottery at Broomsgrove, Milton, Pevvsey. Wilts Arch.

and Nat. His/. Ma<j. xxvii. 294-301.
Cunnington (W.). Notes on food vessels from Oldbury Hill. Wilts

Arch, and Nat. Hist. May. xxvii. 291-293.
A comparison of two remarkable urns in the Stonrhead

collection, at Devizos. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. May. xxvi.

317-319.

CuilREY (J. E.). St. Bridget's Church, Brit way parish, co. Cork.

Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 129-131.
Currey (H. E.). Notes on the almshouse of Elizabeth, Countess of

Shrewsbury. Derbyshire Arch. Soc. xvi. 1-13.
Cust (L.). Notice of the life and works of Lucas D'Heere. Archcao-

logia, liv. 59-80.

Dagg (G. A. Be M. E.). The old church of Aghalurcher, county
Fermanagh. Jour. Roy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 264-
270.

Dartnell (G. E.) and Rev. E. H. Godda rd. Contributions towards
a Wiltshire glossary. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. May. xxvi.
293-314; xxvii. 124-159.

Darwin (Prok.). On monuments to Cambridge men at the Univer-
sity of Padua. Proc. Cambridge Antiq. Soc. viii. 337-347.

Davenport (C). On English royal book. bindings. Proc. Soc. Antiq.
2nd S. xv. 345-348.

Da vi ICS (Edwai;i>). Who was Rebecca? Montgomeryshire Coll, xxvii i.
142-144.

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INDEX OF APCILEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Davis (*(Dkcil T.). Monumental brass m the old or west clmrcli,

Aberdeen. Arch. Jour. li. 76-80.
.Hawkins (Puck. Boyd). On the relation of the Pakeolithic to the

Neolithic Period. Jour. Anthrop. Inst, xxiii. 24-2-257.
Dean (John). Cardinal Langley's work at Middleton Chureh.

Trans. Lane, and Ghesh. Antiq. Hoc. xi. 57-81.
Deane (Sip. Thomas Newenham). A report on ancient monuments in

co. Kerry. Proc.Voy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 100-107.
De Burgi'i ( Ven. A iicii deacon). St. David's chiirch, Naas. Jour,

Kildare Arch. Hoc. i. U-12.
De Pi'KGii (T. J.). Ancient Naas. Jour. Kiklare Arch. Hoc. i. 184—

201, 265-280, 318-83G.
Devitt (Rev. M.). The grave of Buan, near Claue. Jour. Kildarc

Arch. Hoc. i. 310-31C.
Dixon (Ret. Robert). Notes on a sun-dial from the monastery of

Ivy Chiirch, Alderbury, near Salisbury. Wilts Arch, and Nat.

Hist. Mag. xxvii. 236-241.
Doe (CI. Mark). The blowing- up of Great Torrington Church,

February 10th, 1645. Trans. Devon. j\ssoc. xxvi. 313-321.
Dolan (Dom Gilbert, O.S.B.). Notes on the ancient religious houses

of the county of Lancaster. Trans. Lane, and Ghesh. Hist. Soc.

BT.S; vii. and viii. 201-232.
Down en (Right Rev. John, Bishop of Edinburgh). Notes on the

MS. Liturg. f. 5 (Queen Margaret's Gospel book) in the Bodleian

Library. Vroc. Hoc. Autiq. Scot, xxviii. 244-253.
_ Notes on the true date of fcliq October festival of St. Regulus

of St. Andrews as bearing on the suggested idcntilication of St.

Regulus and the Irisb St. Riaghail. Vroc. Hoc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii.

247-254.

Duink WATER (Rev. C. H.). Petition of the Cordwaincrs of the town

of Salop in A.D. 1323-4. Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II. Hoc.

2nd S. vi. 284-290.
• The Abbot of Shrewsbuiy versus the Burgesses thereof in

the matter of the Mills. Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II. Soc.

2nd S. vi. 341-357.
Duckworth (W. L. H.). A critical study of the collection of

crania of aboriginal Australians in the Cambridge University

Museum. Jour. Anthrop. Inst, xxiii. 284-314.
Duignan (W. II.). On some Shropshire place-names. Trans.

Shropshire A. and N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi.

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DuiGNAX (W. II.). On some Midland place-names. Birm, and Mid.
Inst. xx. 45-59.

Duncan (L. L.). The Rectory of Cowden.* Arch. Cant. xxi. 87^94.

Further notes from eo. Leitrim. Folklore., v. 177-210.

Duns (Professor). On some .stone implements. Vroc. Soc. Autiq.

Scot, xxvii. 50-57.

— Antiquarian notes. Troc. Sue. Autiq. Scot, xxviii. 126-136.

Dwnn (Lewis). Pedigrees of Montgomeryshire families selected

about the year 1711-2 from Lewis Dwnn's Original Visitation

by the celebrated Welsh poet and grammarian John Rhydderoh.

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii. 1-167*.
Earlh (T. Algernon), and R. D. Eadclieee. The child-marriage of

Richard, second Viscount Molyneux, with some notices of his

life from contemporary documents. Trans. Lane, and Chesh.

J list. Soc. W.&. vii. ami viii. 245-278.
KlilH.EWUTTK (ErnmsT Arthur). Flintshire genealogical notes. Arch.

Vambrenm*, 5th S. x. 109-119, 252-200 ; xi. 7-18, 297-307.
Cheshire names. Jour. Arc hit. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of Cluster

and North Wales, v. 58-05.
Eddsui* (Rev. Canon B> P.). Burials in woollen. Wilis Arch, and

Nat. Hist. Mag. xxviii. 13-10.
Eisteddfod, engraving of the, in 1824, in the Powys-land Museum.

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 351-352.
Ellis (A. »S.). Yorkshire deeds. Tories. Arch. Soc. xiii. 44-83.
Ely (Talfourd). Athena and Enkelados as represented on a Gi'eck

vase. Arch. Jour. li. 07-75.
Etiieridgis (R., Jun.). On an unusual imm of rush basket from the

northern territory of South Australia. Jour. Anlltrop. lust.

xxiii. 3 15-31 0.

■ On a modification of the Australian aboriginal weapon,

termed the Lconilo, hanged, Bcndi, or Buccan, etc. Jour.

Aulhrop. Inst, xxiii.. 317-320.
An Australian aboriginal musical instrument. Jour.

Anlhrop. Inst, xxiii. 320-324.
Evans (Arthur J.). Contributions to Sicilian numismatics. Num.

Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 189-242.
• ■ A Mykemeant reasure from yEgina. Jour. Hell. Studies,

xiii. 195-220.

Primitive pictographs and a Pne-Phoenician script from

Crete and the Peloponnese. Jour. J fell. Studies, xiv. 270-372.
Evans (Sir John, K.C.B,), On some iron tools and other articles

J5

V

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INDEX OF ARC1L1SOLOGICAL PAPERS,

formed of iron found at Silchcster in the year 1890. Archceologia,
liv. 139-156.

Evans (Sir John, K.C.B.). On a small hoard of Saxon Sceattas found
near Cambridge. Num. Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 18-28.

On the reckoning of the Church of England. Proc. Soe.

Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 26S-2G9.

F^ans (Thomas). Quern found in Llandyssilio Parish, Pembroke-
shire. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. xi. 319-320.

Fai KUANK (F. It., M.D.). York versus Canterbury. Yorks. Arcli. Soe.
xiii. 85-98.

The Carmelites of Doncaster. Yorls. Arch. Soc. xiii.

262-270.

Falk i'] N fill ( ). The Grecian House as described by Vitruvius.

Jonr. ll.I.B.A: 3rd S. i. 29-46.
I'awoktt (I?.). On some of the earliest existing races of the plains of

South India. Folklore, v. 18-38.
Ferguson (Chancellor R. S.). On the Chap-Boots in the library of

tlic Society of Antiquaries. Proc. Soc. Autiq. 2nd S. xv.

338-345.

On. the dignify of a mayor, or municipal insignia of office.

Trans. Lane, and Clw.sh. Antiq. Sue. xi. 1 20.
Ferguson (C'iiAUiiic« .).). The growth of architecture. Arch. Jour.

li. 325-336.

F Kirn, nits TO JJ iiaugii (A. J.). The true story of fclie two chiefs of

Dnnboy: an episode in Irish History. Jour. Roy. Soc. Antiq.

Ireland, 5th S, iv. 35-43, 139-149.
1^1 NO LAY (John). Notes on a collection of worked Hints from the

neighbourhood of Luxor, Egypt. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii.

226-230.

Fisher (Rev. J.). Montgomeryshire Saints. Montgomeryshire Coll.

xxv. 133-147, 235-252.
FlSHWlCK (Col.). An ancient stone font at Rochdale. Trans. Lane.

and Chesh. Antiq, Soc. xi. 134-136.
Fitzgerald (Lord Walter). The round towers of the county

Kildare, their origin and use. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.

71-94.

— — - The ancient territories out of which the present county

Kildare was formed, and their septs. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.
159-168.

The Fitzgeralds of Lackagh. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.

245-264.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

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Fletcher (Rev. W. G. D.). The municipal records of Shrewsbury.

Arch. Jour. li. 283-292.
Forbes (J. Russell). The stadium on'' the palatine. Jour. Brit.

Arch. Assoc. 1. 34-S&
Fortnum (C. D. E.). On an Italo- Greek tcrra-cotta lamp, the antique

original from the Las-relief of which one of the half figures of the

Martelli mirror ascribed to Donatello, has been derived. Arch.

Jour. li. 99-103.

Fowler (Rev. J. T.). On a monumental brass at Hampsthwaite,
Yorkshire. Proc. Hoc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 324-326.

■ On an effigy of a deacon in Rippingdale Church, Lincoln-
shire. Proc. Hoc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 328-

Mural paintings in Pittingtoh Church. Trans. Durham and

Northumb. Arcliit. and Arch. Hoc. iv. 1-4.

■ Inventory of the vestments, books, etc., of the Priory of

Finchalc a.t>. 1481, with translation notes and glossary. Trans.
Durham and, Northumb. Arcliit. and Arch. Hoc. iv. 134-152.

Fox (0. E ) Silchester. Arch. Jour. li. 337-359.

• and \V~. H. St. John HOPE. Excavations on the site of

the Roman city at Silchester, Hants, in 1893. Archceolorjia, liv.
199-238.

Pranks (Sir A. W.). Early heraldic book-plates and heraldic
engravings. Proc. Hoc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 214-221.

FlUZER (J. G.). The Pre-Persian temple of the Acropolis. Jour.
Hell. Studies, xiii. 153-187.

Frazer (Wjlijam). Notes on incised sculpturings on stones in the
cairns of Sliabh-na-calliaghe, near Louglicrew, county ]\feath,
Ireland, with illustrations from a series of ground plans and
water colour sketches by the late G. V. Du Noyer. Proc. Hoc.
Antiq. Hcot. xxvii. 294-340.

The Shamrock ; its history. Jour. Pay. Hoc. Antiq. Ireland,

5th S. iv. 132-135.

Early pavement tiles in Ireland, part II: tiles displaying

shamrocks and tleurs do lis. Jour. Hoy. Hoc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th
S. iv. 13,0-138.

Freshfield (E. H.). Sword-stands in the churches of the City of

London. Archwologia, liv. 41-58.
Fry (K. A.). r£hp .autobiography of the Rev. Elins Robotier, Rccfcor'of

Ax bridge [.1.705 J. Somerset Arch, and Nat. J list. Hoc. xl. 91-112.
Fryer (Dr. A. C). A belfry foundry. Jour. Brit, Arch. Assoc. 1.

00-61.

i)2

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

If.RY.KlS (Dfi A. C). Notes on American tnmuli. Juur. Brit. 'Arch.
Assoc. I 232-234.

Interesting discoveries/jjRoman] near Cardiff. Jour. Brit.

Arch. Assoc. 1. 32G-327.
Puller (Rev. E. A.). Cirencester Guild Merchant. Trans. Bristol

and Clone. Arch. Soc. xviii. 32-74.
Fynmork (R. J.,) and W. Jj. Rutton. A list (imperfect) of the

captains and lieutenants of Sandgate Castle. Arch. Cant. xxi.

253-259.

Gardinkr (Rev. B. P.). On some iron monumental plates in Wad-
hurst Church, Sussex. Proc. Soc. Autiq. 2nd S. xv. 307-309.

Gardner (P. A.). A Licythns from Pretria with the death of Priam.
Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv. 170-1 8.").

A re 1 iino logy in Greece 1803-4. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv.

224-232.

The paintings by Panaonus on the throne of the Olympian

Zens. Jour. Hall. Studies, xiv. 233-241.
Gardner (Percy). The chariot-group of the Mausoleum. Jour,

Hell. Studies, xiii. 18S-194.
Qerish (W. P.). Valentine's Bay custom at Northrcpps. Folklore,

v. 3.

OlBSON (J. Harris). The religious sect of Sandemanians in Liverpool.

Trans. Lane, and Cheslt. Hist. Soc. N.S. vii. and viii. 321-323.
GlRAUD (P. P.). The service of shipping of the Barons of Paversham.

Arch. Cant. xxi. 273-282.
G lynne (Sir Stephen, Bart.). Notes on Yorkshire churches. Yaks.

Arch. Soc. xiii. 1-34, 271-280.
Godi>ai;d (Rev. P. H.). Notes on the church plate of Wilts. WiUs

Arch, and Nat. Hist. Hag. xxvi. 327-334.
— ■ Notes on Roman remains at Pox. Wills Arch, and Nat.

Hist. Ma<j. xxvi. 405-109.
Notes on the opening of a tumulus on Cold Kitchen Hill,

1893. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mat/, xxvii. 279-291.
. Notes on the Corporation plate and insignia of Wiltshire.

Wills Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mag. xxviii. 28-62.
Goudie (Giliseet). A Norwegian mortgage or deed of pawn of land,

Shetland, 1597. Proc. Soc. Autiq. Scot, xxvii. 235-242.
Commission by King Christian the Fourth of Denmark to

Magnus Sinclair, Captain of tho ship " Lcoparden," 1G27. Proc.

Soc. Autiq. Scut, xxviii. 198-204.
GOUGH (II.) Olney Church. Records of Bucks, vii. 197-201.

INDEX OF AKCII/EOLOGICAL PAPERS.

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GoL'LD (I- C.j. Essex in. Drayton's Poly-Olbion. Trans. Essex Soc.
SF.S. v. ($-64.

■ — Notes upon an earthwork near Harlow Railway Station.

Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. KS. v. 95-98.
Could (Rev. S. Baring). Hut circles at Tavy Cleave. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 19G-198.
Graves (Right Rev. Charles, Bishop of Limerick). On the Lignum

Coutensionis. Proc. Hon. Irish Acad. Sfcd S. iii. 20-23.
■ On an Ogam monument; recently found in county Kerry.

Proc. Boy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 374-379.
Gray (Alexander). Notice of the discovery of a cinerary urn of tlie

bronze aire and of worked Hints underneath it at Dalaruan ; also

of an old ilint working place- in flie 30-foot raised beach at Mill-

knowe, Campbeltown. iVoc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 2(53-274.
Gray (A.). On some twelfth century charters of the Priory of S.

Radegund, Cambridge. Proc. Cambridge A ntiq. Sue. viii. 304-313.
Gray (J. M.). Additional notes on the heraldic glass at Stobhall,

and in. the Magdalen Chapel, Cowgatc. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.

xxviii. 9-13.

GRAY (W.). Kotes on some county Down soutcrrains. Jour. Boy.
Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 45-46.

Grazerrook (George). The Earl Marshal's court in England ; com-
prising visitations and the penalties incurred by their neglect.
Trans. Lane, and Chesh. Hist. Soc. N.S. ix. 99-140.

Green (Emanuel). The beginnings of lithography. Arch. Jour. li.
109-119.

Green (EveraRd). Westminster Tournament roll of loll. Proc. Soc.

Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 212 -214.
GreenwelL (G. C.) On Roman bridges. Trans. Durh. and 2s 'orthumb.

Arch it. and A rch. Soc. iv. 5-18.
Greknu'Eu, (Rev. AV"., Canon). Antiquities of the bronze age found

in the Heathery Burn cave', county Durham. Archteohxjia, iiv.

87-114.

An account of the heads of four memorial crosses found in

the foundation of the Chapter House, Durham. Trans. lJurh.

and Northurub. Archil, and Arch. Soc. iv. 123-133.
Griffith (F. Ll.). On a number of Saxon antiquities found at

Croydon. Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 328-334.
G KIMS POUND, exploration of. Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 101-121.
Gruereji (If. A.). A find of Anglo-Saxon coins. Num. Chron.

3rd S. xiv. 29-7G.

INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Grubber (H. A.). An unpublished medal of Henrietta Maria, Queen
of Charles I. Num. Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 188.

II. (G.). Cowper and Newton. ^Records of Bucks, vii. 196.

Haddon (Prop. A. C.). Studies in Irish eraniology : ii. Inishbofin,
county Galway. Proc. Hoy. Irish. Acad. 3rd S. iii. 311-316.

■ Legends from the woodlarks, British rJew Guinea. Folk-

lore, v. 316-320.

Haknon (T. J.).' St. John's Friary, Atliy. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc.
i. 113-114

Harris (Key. S. G.). Churston Ferrers and Brixham records of
briefs, 1722-1827 and 170G-1 766. Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi.
230-236.

Harrison (William). Archaeological finds in Lancashire. Trans.

Lane, and Chesh. Anliq. Soc. xi. 184^186.
Hart .(Charles J.). Old chests. Blnn. and Midland Inst. xx.

60-94

Hartland (K.S.). The Whitsuntide rite at St. Briavel's. Trans-.

Bristol and Glouc. Arch. Hoc. xviii. 82-93.
Hartsjiorne (A.). Notes on a recumbent monumental effigy in the

churchyard of Tiniolin, co. Kildare. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc.

i. 131-134

On a helmet at Hopton Hall, Derbyshire. Proc. Soc.

Ant hp 2nd S. xv. 365-372.
Hasse" (Rev. L.). Objects from the sandhills at D und rum and their

antiquity. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. if. 1—13.
Haveekield (F. J.). On the inscription on the pig of lead found on

Matlock Moor, Derbyshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xvt

188-189. "
The origin of Dova. Jour. Archil. Arch. und Hist. Soc. of

Chester and North Wales, v. 99-103.
Hay ( G.) . The carved bosses of wood now attached to the old oak

screen in the Priory church, Brecon. Arch. Camhreusis, 5th S.

xi. 321-323.

Hayden (W.). Some pre-historic flint implements found on the
South downs near Chichester. Jour. Brit. Arch,. Assoc. 1. 131-138.

Hesseling (I). C.). On waxen tablets with fables of Babrius.
(Tabula) Cerat;n Assendelftiana^). Jour. Hell. Studies, xiii. 293-
314.

Hewiso.n (Hey. J. K.). On the pre-historic forts of the island of Bute.

Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 281-293.
Hewitt (John). The rows of Chester, an attempt to discover their

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

origin. Jour. Arcliit. Arch, and Wist. Soc. Chester and North Wale's,
v. 277-298.

Hewson (Gr. J.). Report of the Honorary Seeretary for county
Limerick. Jour. tioy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5(h S. iv. 181-

184. . ■ ' •••(..' .

HlBliR'f (F. A wan). The Gild history of Chester. Jour. Archit.

Arch, and Mist. Soc. of Chester and North Wales, v. 1-15.
Hicks (E. L). Inscription from Telmissos. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv.

,'377-380.

Hickson (M.). Ancient Thomond, the O'Neills and O'Cormells in

Clare. Jour. Jimj. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 187-189.
Hickson (Miss). Old place names and surnames. Jour. lloy. Soc.

Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. i\r. 25G-203.
Hi G gins (Alfred). On the work of Florentine sculptors in England

in the early part of the IGth century with special reference to

the tombs of Cardinal YVolsey and King Henry VIII. Arch.

Jour. li. 120-220, 367-370.
Hill (W. E.). Discovery of Roman coins at Simonswood in the

parish of Kirk by, Lancashire. Trans. Lane, and CJiesh. Hist. Soc.

N.S. vii. and viii. 324-5.
Hoblyn (R. A.). An unpublished .English, copper coin. Num.Chron.

3rd S. xiv. 84-85.
Hodges- (Charles C). The Bras Cenotaph at Guisbrough. Yorks.

Arch. Sac. xiii. 226-261,
Hodgson (Canon J. I).). Entries in a parish, register Collingbourne

Duds. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. Man. xxvi. 320-337.
Hodgson (Rev. J. F.). Raby. Trans. Burh. and Northumb. Archit.

and Arch. Soc. iv. 49-122.
Holgatr (Clifford W,). A proposed bibliography of Wiltshire.

Wilts Arch, mat Nat. Hist. Mag. xxvi. 221-241.
Holm ks (Richard). Dodsworth Yorkshire notes : the wapentake of

Osgold cross. Yorks. Arch. Soc. xiii. 99-153.
The manors of Osgoldeross in Domesday. Yorks. Arch. Sue.

xiii. 271-311.

Hooppell (Rev. R. E., LL.D.). A new keltic goddess; interesting

discovery at Lunches ter. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 105-109.
Hope ( W. II. St. John.). On some remarkable ecclesiastical figures

in the cathedral chnrch of Wdls. Arclueolofjia, liv. 81-80.
«- On a remarkable series of wooden busts, surmounting the

stall canopies in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Archceologia, liv.

115-118.

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INDEX 0? AltCILKOLOGICAL FAFEF.S.

HOPK (W. II. St. John). Inventory of jewels and plate at All Souls'

College, Oxford, 1448. Arch. Jour, li. 120-122.
On the armorial ensigns* of ihe University and Colleges of

Cambridge and of the live Regius Professors. Arch. Jour. li.

299-324.

■ On the matrix of the seal of Berden Priory, Essex. Proc. Soc.

Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 278-279.

■ On a mediaeval ehaliee and paten and a mediaeval cruet.-

Pwc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 335-338.

IIOWAln'M (O. II.). On the rock inscriptions of Sinaloa (West Coast
of Mexico). Jour. Auihroji. Just, xxiii. 225-232.

Howokth (Snt Hicxuv H.j K.C.I.E.). The methods of archaeological
research. Arch. Jour. li. 22.1-250.

IiuGif.E| (Harold). The architecture of Llanbeblig Church, Carnar-
vonshire. Arch. OumbrenstSi 5th S. xi. 85— O^i

Aralle Crucis A 'obey. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. xi. 1G9-185,

257-275.

■ St. Eilian's Chapel, Llaneilian, Anglesey. Arch. Camhreusis,

5th S. xi. L,,.)L>-29t;.
Plus Mawr, Conway. Jour. Archil. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of

CJtesUr and North, Wales, v. 89-98.
-Hugiifs (T. Caxx). The mhericordes in Chester Cathedral. Jour.

Arcltit. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of Chester and Nortlt, Wales, v. 46-57.
■ Notes of a ramble in East Anglia. Jour, licit. Arch. Assoc.

1.223-231.

Hughes (Pkof.). On some ancient ditches and mediaeval remains
found in the course of recent, excavations near the Pitt Press,
Cambridge. J'roc. Cambridge Antiq. Soc. viii. 255-283.

Hughes (Pkof.) and Pj&gf. Macalisteii. On a newly-discovered dyke
at Cherry Hinfoii. Proc. Cambridge Soc. Antiq. viii. 317-330.

HuTCllESON (•AeKXANHEU), Motiec of the bell and other antiquities at

the Church of Kettins, Forfarshire. Proc. Soc. Autiq. Scot. -xxviii.
90-100.

Hutchinson (Rev. T. N.). A sketch of the history of the parish of

Broad Chalke. Witts Arch, and Nat. Hist. May, xxvi. 213-220.
IIut'J'ON (Cait. A.). On an early silver-mounted small sword. Proc.

Soc. Antiq, 2nd S. xv. 297-298.
Hye'J'T (P. A.). The civil war in the Forest of Dean, 1643-1645.

Trans. Bristol and Clone. Arch. Soc. xviii. 04—106.
Irvink (J. T.). Account of the discovery, of part of the Saxon abbey

church of Peterborough, jour. lint. Arch. Assoc. 1. -15 54.

INDEX OF AltCII^EOLOGICAL PAPERS.

25

IrLyiNi: (J. rl\). Plans of discoveries lately made in the nave of Repton
Church, Derbyshire. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, I. 248-250.

IRVINE (Wm. Fergusson). Place names in" the Hundred of Wirral.
Trans. Lane, and (mesh. Hist. See. N.S. vii. and viii. 279-
304.

Notes on the ancient parish of Bidston. Trans. Lane, and

Chesh. Hist. Sue. N.S. ix. 33-80.
. Two Cheshire deeds. Trans. Lane, and Chesh. Mist. Sue.

N.S. ix. 219-220.

Notes on the Domesday survey so far as it relates to the

Hundred of Wirral. Jour. Ar chit. Arch, and Hist. Sue. of Chester
and North Wales, v. 72-84.

J. (M. C). A badge of the House of Herbert. Montgomeryshire
Colt. xxv. 148.

Excavations on ilie site of Strata Marcella Abbey. Mont-

gomeryshire Coll xxv. 1 49-190.

IjThe "Jubilee Twig." US I on t<j ornery shire Coll. xxv. 325-32G.

Celtic bolls from Llangystenyn, Llangwynodl, Carnarvon-
shire!, Lla.nddeusant in Anglesey, Llanrhyddlfid Church, bell of
St.- Fillan, from Strath fi Han, bell of St. Eonan, M lush on the
Spey, near Kingussie, St. I'inan's bell, bell from Little Dunkcld.
Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 327-348.

J.j (T. S.), LlansantiTraid-Yn.J\lecliain, finding of fragment of
stone coffin. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi. 2,5^-250.

JACKSON (C. J.). On a wooden standing-cup and cover, Hroc. Soc.
Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 288 -291.

Jackson (W.). History and description of Leicester Abbey. Jour.
11. T.J J. A. 3rd S. i. 120-134, 100-170.

Jacob (W. H.). Some notes on the plague in Winchester. Jour.
. ]j rit. Arch. Assoe. 1. 2G7-27G.

Jacoiss (.").). 44)0 problem of diffusion of folktales.. Fulklore, v.
129-140.

Jaoo (Hey. \Vr.). Notes on Uuloe circular enclosure. Jour. Hoy.
■ Inst, of Cornwall, xii. 90-10(5.

Inscribed stones of Cornwall. Jour.. Roy. Inst, of Cornwall,

xii. 109-114.

Java, Bronze bell from. Monty ornery shire Coll. xxv. 349-350
Jbx-BlA'KK (Vi:i:v KiiV. J. T., D.D.). Historical notices of Robert

Siillington, Chancellor of England, Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Somerset Arch, and Xat. Hist. Soc. xi. 1-18.
Jon ics, of GarthmiU, pedigree. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 297-318.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Jones (H. S.). The chest of Kypselos. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv.
30-80.

Kay (Thomas). Further remarks,. ,on an obscure funeral custom.

Trans. Lane, and Chesh. Antiq. Soc. xi. 27-33.
Kenyon (11. Lloyd). Committee for the sequestration of the estates

of Shropshire delinquents. Trans. Shropshire A. and. N. II. Soc.

2nd S. vi. 19-26.

Shelvock. Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi.

327-340.

Keb (Prof. W. P.). Tlie roman Van Walewein (Gawain). Folklore,
v. 121-127.

Kerr (It. J.) Notes on tlie borough and manor of Newnham. Trans.
Bristol and. Glouc. Arch. Soc. xviii. 142-174.

Kerry (Rev. C). Derley Abbey charters preserved at Belvoir.
Derbyshire Arch. Soc. xvi. 14-43.

Derbyshire tapestry. Derbyshire Arch. Soc. xvi. 86-139.

■ Early charters of Bread sail with some notes on the condi-

tion of the villani in the thirteenth century. Derbyshire Arch.
Soc. xvi. 157-182.

Kershaw (JS. Vi.). The manor of Lambeth. Coll. Surrey Arch. Soc.
xii. 29-51.

Winchester and tho Channel Islands. Jour. Brit. Arch,

Assoc. 1. 28-33.

Keyser (C. I1].). On a panel painting of the Doom discovered in
1892 in Wenhaston Church, Suffolk. ArcJiceoloyia, liv. 119—
119.

On some mural paintings recently discovered in the

eh arches of Little Horwood and Padbury, Buckinghamshire.

Records of Bucks, vii. 215-228.
Kin A] [AN (G. H.). Cursing-stones in Counties Fermanagh, Cavan,,

etc. Folklore, v. 3-4.
Kii'LiNd (J. L.). The classical influence in the architecture of the

Indus Region, and Afghanistan. Jour. II. III. A. 3rd S. i. 134—

138.

KlRKER (S. K.). Points of resemblance between some recent dis-
coveries in Greece and ancient remains in Ireland. Jour. Roy.
Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 271-278.

KiTCiiiN (Very Rev. G. W.). The burial, place of the Slavonians in
North Stoneham Church, Hants. Archceologia, liv. 131-138.

Kkowlls (W. J.). Prehistoric pottery from the sandhills and its
antiquity. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland. 5th S. iv. 243-255.

INDEX OF AltCII^SOLOGIOAL PAPERS.

27

Knowles (W. J.). Irish flint saws. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland,

5 th S. iv. 341-348.
L. (W. T.). Some notes on the early history" of Arthiugton. Thoresby

Soc. Misc. iv. 148-162.
Ll. (W. V.). Some early incumbents of Montgomeryshire and

Border parishes. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii. 390-398.
Langdon (Arthur C!.). Tlie Chi-Rho monogram upon early

Christian monuments in Cornwall. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th Si x.

97-108.

« The inscribed and ornamental cross shaft at Biscovey, St.

Blazey, Cornwall, xxreh. Cambrentsis, 5th S. xi. 308-315.
On a rubbing of an Ogam inscribed stone found at

Lewannick, Cornwall. I'roc. Sqq. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 279-282.
Last (J. T.). Notes on some African struetures. Jour. II. LB. A. 3rd

S. i. 635-641.

Latimer (W. T.). Sweat-house, near Eglish, county Tyrone. Jour.

Hoy. Soc. Autiq. Ireland^ 5th S-. iv. 180.
Lav Kit (II.)- The roads of Dengie Hundred. Trans. Essex Arch.

K S. v. 33-40.

The King bequests. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. V. G5-

08.

Lee (F. G.. D.D.). Concerning certain Buckinghamshire churches,.

etc. Eecords of Bucks, vii. 109-188.
'Legg (J. Wickltam). The sacring of the English kings. Arch Jour.
li. 28-42.

■ Notes on the . marriage service in the Book of Common

Prayer of IHQ. St. Paul's Eccl. Soc. iii. 105-185.

Leigiiton, Extracts from deeds relating to property in. Montgomery-
shire Coll. xxvi. 299-330.

Leigiiton (Stanley). Address to the antiquarian section at the-
Shrewsbury meeting. Arch. Jour. li. 300-300. .

Leinstrr (Duku ov). Maynooth .Castle. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.
223-239.

Letts (TU.v. Ernest F.). Burial tumuli in county Louth, Ireland.

Trans. lane, and Chesh. Antiq. Soc. xi. 52-50.
; The family of Mosley and their brasses in Manchester

Cathedral . Trans. Lane, and (Jhesh. Antiq. Soc. xi. 82-102.
Leveson-GqW-ER ((.}.). Monuments in Edenbridge Church, etc. Arch,

, Cant. xxi. 98-102.
: — Notes on three ancient houses in the parish of Cowderi.

Arch. Cant. xxi. 103-108.

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Luvi:son-Gowku (G.). Not-s on Ectenbridge. Arch. Cant, xxi. 109-114.

Inventory of church goods at IMenbridge, Arch. Cant. xxi.

115-117.

Churchwardens' accounts, Edenbridge. Arch. Cant. 118—

125.

Extracts from the parish registers of Edenbridge. Arch.

Cant. xxi. 283-300.
Further notes on Cowden Church, Kent. Ar.cli. Cant. xxi.

83-80.

Lewis (Bu.nxf.i.i.). The antiquities of Vienne. Arch. Jour. li. 251-
. 207, 371-101.

Lewis (Rev. G. B.). Amalgamated fonts- at Toller Porcorum

(Great Toller), Dorset, jour. Brit Arch. Assoc. 1. 329 -331.
EivKiT (Rkv. G.M.). Mediaeval Rochester. Arch. Cant. xxi. 17-72.
■ Early Norman churches in and near the Med way valley.

Arch Omit. xxi. 200-272.
Llanwtidyn. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 115-132, xxvii. 27-5-1.
Lloyd of Dolobran. ^Montgomery shire ColL xxvi. 117-120.
Li.ovi) (The Ykx. Alien deacon). Architectural history of S. Mary's

Church, Shrewsbury. Trans. Shropshire A. and N. If. Hoc. 2nd

8* vi. 358-371.

Lloyd (11. VV.). Abstracts of ancient deeds, etc., relating to Meiford
and elsewhere, Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 85-104, 253-290.

Lloyd (B. Duita). Origin of the parish church buildings and
institutions in Britain in the 7th century. Jour. Brit Arch.
Assoc. 1. 235-247.

Lloyd (He v. W. V.). Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, catalogue of,
authenticated by reference to and illustrated by extracts from
the Public Records. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii. 135-214,
331-370.

■ A. genealogical "Crux" and solution. Montgomeryshire

Coll. xxv. 291-295.
Lock ii a in* (Bey. William, D.D.). Notice of a, deed of the 13 th

century, settling a controversy in connection with St. Leonard's

Hospital, I'Minburgh, Proc. Soc. Anlig. Scot, xxviii. 254-

203.

LONGMAN (C. J.)- The bows of the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians.

Jour. Anllrrop. Just. xxiv. 49-57.
Lokinc • (W.). The theatre at Megalopolis. Jour. Hull. Studies, xiii.

35(5-358.

Lowr: (Ri;v. QkouOW) and JoshTJl AndeksON. Notice of a cemetery

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20

of graves and cinerary urns of the bronze a^e discovered at
Kirkpark, Musselburgh. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot', xxviii. 62-

Ijvn'.vm (C). jNotof oil the font and brasses in Adderloy Church,

Salop. Jour. Uril. Arch. Assoc. I. 303-*305.
Lynch (P. J.). Discovery of an ogham stone in county Kerry. Jour.

Boy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 201-202.
Lyon (Walter P.). Notes on the structural remains of the priory of

Pittenweem : with plans. Proc. Hoc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 70-85.
!£., (A. S.). The descent of the manor of Stockton. Witts Arch.

and Nat. Inst. Mag. xxvi. 270-277.
M. (E. II.). Mont .joinery si lire men who matriculated at Oxford

University 1571-1622. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 81-84.

Trewern Hall. Montgo mery shire Coll. xxvi. 831-336.

■ Kerry and Plough trey wills at Hereford probate office.

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii. 233-268.
MAcDon-ALD (James, LL.I).). Notes on the Roman roads of the one-
inch ordnance map (A Scotland, with two maps. .Proc. Soc.

Anlig. Scot, xxvii. 417-432. xxviii. 20-57, '208-320.
M.AK3KAY (A*]. J. G.). Notice of a portrait group of Margaret Tudor,

the Regent Albany and a third figure; the property of the

Marquis of Bute at Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire. Proc. Soc.

Antiq. Scot xxvii. 18G-205.
Mac kay (yE J. G.), and Alexander Caumiciiael. Notes on a pair of

Pampooties or shoes of raw hide from Aran More, Gal way Bay;

and on Cuaran and other varieties of shoes used in the highlands

and islands of Scotland. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 130-150.
MACK INLAY (J. ivl.).' Some notes on St. Baldred's country. Proc.

Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 78—83.
Maclean (Sii: John). The course of Offa's Dyke in Gloucestershire.

Trans. Pristel and QIqug. Arch. Soc. xviii. 10-31.
M'Leod (John N. of Saddell), .Remarks on the supposed site of

Delgon or Cindelgen, the seat of Con'all, king of Dalriada, A.D.

5G3. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii. 13-18.
M^CNAUCiiTON (Allan, M..D.). Notes on further excavations of the

South I<\)rf, Ln-ing, . Argyllshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii.

375-380.

MACRAE (P.). Notice of a dish of bog-butter (?) found at Midton,
Inverasdale, Pootewc, Ross-shire in May, 1803. Proc. Soc. A ut-iq.
Scot, xxviii. 18-10.

Math. and (J. T.). John Newton of Gluey and his wife; the removal

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and re-interment of tlieir remains, 1893. Records of Bucks, vii.
180-195.

MlttlH (Dr. Collky). Oh the date of Dun Acngus. Proc. Soc.

Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 224-228.
Jlencliiig the wolf's jaw. Trans. Lane, and Ghesh. Antiq. Soc.

xi. 113-117.

Ancient Irish art. Trans. Lane, and- Ghesli. Antiq. Soc. xi.

125-130.

Makkham (0. A.). On a 14th century silver-gilt paten from

\V id ford, Nortliunts, and an Elizabethan coeoanut cup. Proc.

Soc. Antiq. 2nd B. xv. 249-250.
MARSHALL (Rev. E.). An inventory of the church plate in the

Deanery of Woodstock. Trans. Oxfords. Arch. Soc. JSro. xxx.
M'AitSKALft (Thomas). Chartoe Leodinenses with notes on the llcamc

family and the Leeds Chantries of the B.V.M. Thoresby Soc.

Misc. iv. G5-7H

Mayo (Fai;i. ok). Thomas Hibcraicus who flourished a.d. 12G9 in the
reign of Henry 111. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i. 308-309.

• Kilteel Castle. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i. 34-37.

Ali'.'AKiN (J. M. B.). The Morocco Berbers. Jour. Antlirop. Inst. xxiv.
1-14.

Mkykr (Kuno). The Irish Mirabilia in the Norse "Speculum

Ileg.de." folklore, v. 299-31G.
Micklkthwaitk (J. T.). Farther notes on the Abbey buildings at

Westminster. Arch. Jour. li. 1-27.
On a Flemish bell in Whalley Church, Lancashire. Proc.

Sor. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 334-335.
Milhoukt; (T.). The Milboiiraes of E.ssex and the King's Otter

Hounds, 1385-1439. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc, N.S. v. 87-

94.

MlLLEti (P.)- Notes on the derivation and meaning of the place-
name of Falkirk as ascertained from charters and other historical
documents. Proc, Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 58-05.

Supplementary notes on John Knox's House, Edinburgh.

Proc Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 406-411.

Mills (J.). The Norman settlement in Leinster ; the Cantrcds near
Dublin. Jour. Roy. Soc, Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 1C0-175.

Money (W.). The civil war in Berkshire 1642-4G. Jour. Brit. Arch.
Assoc. I 110-124.

Montagu (H.)- Unpublished gold coins of James I. Num. Chron.
\m S. xiv. 344.

INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPEUS.

31

Montgomeryshire. An ancient painting on leather in the Powys-

land Museum. Moi i tg ornery s hire Goll, xxv. 358.
■ An Elizabethan Lease. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi.

129-132.

A Geographical playing-card. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi.

227-22S.

■ Montgomeryshire wills at Somerset House to 1640, Index'

of. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi. 1—48, 171-226; xxviii. 129-136.

■ Montgomeryshire administrations 1653-1654 at Somerset

House. Mont go) aery shire Coll. xxviii. 137-141.

MOORE (A. W.). Water and well worship in Man. Folklore, v.
212-229.

Moore (J. H.). Notes on the history of Navan. Jour. Hoy. Sue.

Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 47-53.
Morehouse (11. J.). The township of Nether-Thong, itorhs. Arch,

Soc. xiii. 193-212.
•Mo no an (Coii. W. L.). Discovery of a megalith ic sepulchral chamber

on the Penmaen Burrows, Cower, Glamorganshire. Arch. Camb-

rensis, 5th S. xi. 1.-6.
MoRLAND (John). On some Roman remains at Long Sutton. Somer-
set Ar.oh and tiut. Hist. Hoc. xl. 272-274.
Morris ( Rupert H). A Romano- British shield. Jour. Archil. Arch.

and Hist. Soc. of Chester and North Wales, v. 60-71.
Munro (Robert, M.D.). Notes on erannogs or lake dwellings recently

discovered in Argyleshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq-. Scot, xxvii. 205-

222.

Notes on ancient bone skates. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxviii.

1S5-197.

The structural features of lake dwellings. Jour. Hoy. Soc.

Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 105-114, 209-221.
Murphy (Rev. Denis). On two monastic seals (hat have lately come

into the possession of (he Academy. J 'rue Hoy. Irish Acad. 3rd

S.ni. 371-373..

Killashee Church. Jam. Kildare Arch. Soc. i. 13-18.

The Eustaces of co. Kildare. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.

115-130.

; -—St. Brigid of Kildare. Jour. Kildore Arch. Soc. \. 169-176.

um"| 'j\ J Wkstkoim*. Notes on the antiquities of Tara.

Journ. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 232-242.
Muru-vy (A. S.). Terra-cotta autofix from Lanuvium. Jour. Hell.

Studies, xiii. 315-318.

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Murray- Ayxslcy (Mrs.). Masock; a game played by Cinghale.se

fisher-boys. Folklore, v. 40—42.
My res (John L.). Or some bronze coins from Crete. Num. Citron.

3rd S. Mi. 89-100.
On some pre-historic polychrome pottery from Kamarais,

tn Crete. Vroc. Nor,. Antiq . 2nd S. xv. 351-350.
Nayille (Monsieur E.), The threatened destruction of Philae, a

protest. Jour. R.I.B.A. 3rd S. i. (505-000.
H'EVILL (&). Notes on Pilborough farmhouse. Arch. Cant. xxi.

1G9-171.

No Tic LI FEE (Ri:v. C. B.). The Pawson inventory and pedigree.

Thorcsby Sac. Misc. iv. 163—168.
Xorkis (Hugh). The battle of Langport, July 1.0th, 1045. Somerset

Arch, and Xat. Hist. Sue. xl. 123-140.
KORTHTiPvOOK (EARL OF). Inaugural address at Winchester. Jour.

Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 1-5.
Nun (A.). The problem of diffusion of folktales. Folklore, v. 14'J-149.
Okii.l (J). Pewholdcrs in Child Wall Church, 1009. Trans. Lane, and

Clush. Hist. Sac. N.S. vii. and viti. 327-328.
Oldlx (Rev. T.). On the Consortia of the first order of Irish Saints.

Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 41.5-420.
Oliver (W.). Ecclesiastical antiquities. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc.

1. G1-G2.

b'ljOONEif (Brtan). On an Irish MS., found in co. Clare. Proc. Roy.
Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 218-222.

Oman (C. W. C.) Half and quarter obols of [Alexander the Great.
Nu m. Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 186-187.

O'Reilly (Prof. J. P.). Remarks on certain passages in Capt.
Cuellar's narrative of h is adventures in Ireland after the wreck
of the Spanish Armada in 1.588-89, followed by a literal trans-
lation of that narrative. Proc. Pay. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 175-
217.

Or PEN (Goddaed H.). Ptolemy's map of Ireland. Jour. Roy. Soc.

Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 115-128.
Owen (D. C. Ll.). The old Quaker burial ground at Dolearadog.

Montgomtrysh ire Coll. xxv. 353-357.
History of the parish of Darowen. Montgomeryshire Coll.

xxvi. 121-128.

Owen (Edward). A contribution to the history of the Proemonstra-
tensian Abbey of Talley. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. x. 29-47,
120-128, 226-237, 309-325; xi. 34-50, 92-107, 196-213.

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Owen (Edward). Notes on the Norfchop effigies. Arch. Oambrensis,

5fch S. xi. 1 50-101.
Owi:\ (.Rev. Elias). The use of church bolls. Arch. Cambrensis,

5th S, xi. 180-195.
• Parish terriers — Parsons' Pay. Montgomery shirt' Coll. xxv.

197-20 k " \
. Callings from old Welsh almanacks. Montgomeryshire

Coll. xx vi. 133-130.
The holy wells of Moi'th Wales; Montgomeryshire Coll.

xxvii. 209-288.

Montgomeryshire folklore. Montyomt ryshire poll, xxviii.

325.

-The abodes of neolithic man in North Wales. Trans. Lane.

and Chesh. Hist. Soe. N.S. ix. 81-98.
Owfik (ffi-i S.). Arthur Blayney and feis home, Gregynog Hall.

Montg omeryslvire Coll. xxv. 105-114.
PAGE ( William). Tabic of pontifical years of the Bishops of Durham.

Trans. JJurh. and NorMiumb. Archil, mid Arch. Stic. iv. 19-

48. J k t&S&^jixi *; Mm iii vvy-v

PAGET (Lady). Notes on sepulchral crosses and slabs in Shetland.

Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 300-307.
Parry-.Joxes (J.). The story of Oswestry Castle. Trans. Shropshire

A, and N. II. S<>c. 2nd S. vi. 107-173.
Paton (W. II.) and J. L. Myri;s. Three Karian sites: Telmissos,

Karyanda, Taramptos. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv. 373-377.
Paul (W. Pond). The church of Langport Eastover. Som-rsct Arch.

find Nat. J list. Soe. xl. 61-09.
Payne (Gr.)i Notes on Anglo-Saxon remains found at Dover. Proc.

Soc, Autiq. 2nd S. xv. 178-183.
Note on some Anglo-Saxon ornaments found near Teyn-

hatu, Kent. Proc. Soc. Anti[. 2nd S. xv. 184.
Discovery of a chamber built with blocks of chalk, at

Purham, Kent. Proc. Soc. Auliq. 2nd S. xv.. 181-185.

— Reman Rochester. Arch. Cant. xxi. 1-16.

rpi10 [YOn industry of the weald. Arch. Cant. xxi. 308-314.

Peacock (Edwar d). On immuring nuns who had broken their vows.

Arch. Jonr. li. 49-58.
Pearson (Frank S.). The manor of North field and Weoley in the

reign of Henry VI. Birm. and Mid. Inst. xx. 29-44.
Pearson (Rev. J. P., D.D.). The assessments of Cambridgeshire,

1291-1889. Proc. Cambridge Autiq. Soc. viii. 283-291.

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Penruddocke (C). Mistress Jane Lane. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist,
Mag. xxvi. 278-289.

PjfiRRY (J. T.). Tlie influence of the Ilanseatic League on the archi-
tecture of Northern Europe Jour. ll.I.L.A. 3rd S. i. 473-494.

Damme, a city of Netherlands. Jour. li.I.L.A. 3rd S. i.

609-614.

Phillips (W.). The Ottley papers relating- to the Civil War.

Trans. Hhropsliire A. and N. IT. Hoc. 2nd S. vi. 27-78.
Pilkington (Lieut. -Col. John). The early history of the Lancashire

family of Pilkington and its branches from 1000 to 1000.

Trans. Lane, and Clicsh. Hist. Soc. N.S. ix. 159-214.
Pitt-Riveus (Likut.-Gex.). Excavations in Wansdyke, 1889-91.

Wilts Arch, and Nat. Mst May. xxvi. 335-342.
; Excavations of the South Lodge Camp, Rushmore-park.

Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist, Mag. xxvii. 200-222.
Pollock (Sin Ff&DERICK). Early English freeholders. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 25-40.
Poxtino (C. E.). Notefi on churches in the neighbourhood of War-

minsrer. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mag. xxvii. 2-15-279.
> The Church of All Saints, Martin, Wilts. Wilts Arch, and

Nat. Hist. Mag. xxviii. 17-21.
POTTEU (CJifARLES). Agricultural and mechanical instruments found

on Meols Shore. Trans. Lane, and Clash. Hist. Hoc. N.S. vi i. and

viii. 233-241.

Powkll (J. C). Mosaic : its materials and methods. Jour. H.I.B.A.
3rd S. i. 248-254.

Powhll (E. York). Saga-growth, folklore, v. 97-100.

Price (E. GK Hilton)- On an ancient Egyptian bronze incense
holder. I 'roc. Hoe. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 29cS-304.

PniT'i: (W. C. Asiiuv). An account of Wallasey, based en that of
Mr. Rob ijh-Boif, schoolmaster there 1720; with, notes on the parish
and extracts from the Registers. Trans. Lane, and Ghesh. Hist.
Hoc. N.S. vii. and viii. 1-02.

PnOWSK (Arthur B,). Index of Risdon's "Survey of Devon " : Per-
gonal Names. Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 419-450.

Puoii OE Doleor, pedigree. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi. 337-370.

Purton (Ret. R. C). Some aceounl of the manor of Chetton.
Trans. Shropshire A. and N. II Hoe, 2nd S. vi. 177-195.

— : Some account of the manors of Eudon Burnell and Endon

George. Trans. Shropshire A, and N. 11. Hoc. 2nd S. vi. 190-
202.

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Raadt (I. Tn. de). The fleur-de-lis of the ancient French monarchy.

Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 318-323.
Radcliffe (K, \).). An old racing- stable at Wallasey in Wirral.

Trans. Lane, and Ghesh, Hist. Soc. N.S. ix. 14 L— 1 58.
RawLE (B. J.). Filial perambulation of Exmoor Forest. Somerset

Arch, and Nat. Hist. Hoc. xl. 171-178.
Ray (S. H.J. The languages of British- New Guinea. Jour. Anthrop..

Inst. xxiv. 15-39.

Ricad (C. IT.). On the tumulus on Parliament Hill, Hampstead.

Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd 8. x v. 240-215.
On the exploration of a Saxon grave at Proomheld.

Essex. Vroc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd 8. xv. 250-255.
On a fine example of a nocturnal of the year 1572. Proc.

Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 291-205.
Reichel (Ri-:v. Oswald J.). Some suggestions to aid in identifying

the place names in the Devonshire Domesday. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 133-167.
The leuea or lug of Domesday. Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi.

308-312.

The hundred of llartland and the geldroll. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 4] 0-418.
Reid (R. w), M.D.). Exhibition and description of the skull of a

microcephalic Hindu. Jour. AnUiroq). Just. xxiv. 105-108.
BfiHAUD ( I/* rank, M.D.). Memorial brasses of Sir Edward Fittou

and Dean Robert; Sutton in St. Patrick's, Dublin. Trans. Lane.

and Chesti. Antiq. Soc. xi. 34-51.
Rhys (Prof. J.). The inscriptions and language of the northern

Piets : addenda and corrigenda. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. xKvii.

411-412.

— Notes on some early inscribed stones in south Wales.

Arch. Gavibrensts, 5th S. x. 285-291.
Richards (G-. C). Newly discovered fragments of the balustrade o I

Athena Nike. Jour*. iMl. Studies, xiii. 272-292.
Selected vast) fragments from the acropolis of Alliens

Jour. Hell. S/iulics, xiv. ISC) 197, 381-387.
Riciia rdson (Adam l>.). Notice of recent limbs of coins in Scotland.

.1'i-oc. Soc. Ant iq. Scot, xxviii. 275—278.
Rivington School, Register of. Trans. Lane, and Clicsh. Hist. Soc...

N.S. ix. 217-218.

Robertson (Canon Scott). Preston Church, ncxt-Fayersham. Arch
Cant. xxi. 120.

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Robertson (Canon Scott). Rectors and Vicars of . Freston-by-

Faversham. Arch. Cant. xxi. 135-156.
ROBINSON (Gr. E.). Antiquities near Bridgend. Arch. Gambtensis, 5tli

S. xi. 337-338.

Robinson (Sii: J. C). On an unique portrait medallion of Federigo,

Duke of Urbino, supposed to refer to the Order of the Garter.

Tror. Soc, Antig. 2nd S. xv. 101-100.
Roth ki; am (E. C). On some caves in the Slievre Na Cailliagh

district, county Meath. Broc. Boy. Irish Acad. 3rd S. iii. 305-

310.

Round (J. II.). The introduction of armorial hearings into England.

Arch. Jour. li. 43—18.

Fleshy. Travs. Essex Arch. Soc. 3fJ. v. 83-86.

— - Rayleigh Blount. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. V. 41-43.

Rousk (W. II. I).). Religious tableaux in Italian churches, with some

notes on votive offerings. -Folklore, v. 4—13.
EotffFiKDGE (IU:v. C. F.). The hones of Archbishop Backet. Arch.

Cant. xxi. 73-80.

The baptism of King Ethelbert. Arch. Cant. xxi. 157-160.

Rowiiotiiam, (GL H.). Notes on crosses. Trans. Lane, and Chesh.

Antiq. Soc xi. 3 L8-124
ROWE (J. lilt OO KING). Eighteenth report of the committee on scientific

memoranda,: i. anthropological, iv. nnmismatical, v. archaeological.

Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 51-53, 65-60.
— - Sixth report of the Committee on Devonshire Records.

Trans. Devon. Assoc. xxvi. 86-100.
Rowley-Mokk'IS (Agnus). Newcastle papers [correspondence of

Duke of Newcastle, temp. Geo. 1]. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii.

377-389.

Ro\vley-M ORRIS (E.). History of the parish of Kerry. Montgomery-
shire Coll. xxv. 9-35, 363-304; xxvi. 83-110,-257-298; xxvii.
77-133.

Miscellanea historica, or the public officers of Montgomery-
shire, extracted from the sheriffs' tiles. Montgomeryshire Coll.
xxvii. 289-330.

Russkll (Miss). The vitrified forts of the north of Scotland and.
the theories as to their history. Jour. Brit* Arch. Assoc. 1.
205-222.

The classical and mcdia3val use of fortification of branches.

Jour. Brit. Arch, Assoc. 1. 308-317.
Rutton {W. L.). Sandgate Castle. Arch. Cant. xxi. 244-253.

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Rylands (J. Paul). Disclaimers at tlie Herald's visitations. Trans.
Lane, and Chesh, Hid. Hoc. N.S/vii and viii. 63-90.

Ry LANDS (W. JIakky). Masons' tn arks at Burscongh Priory, Ormskirk
Church, Birkenhead Priory, <atid some other marks from buildings
in the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, together with notes
on the general history of masons' marks. Trans. Lane, and Ghesh.
Hist. Hoc. N.S. vii. aud viii. 123-200.

S. (G.). Powpiana. Mipilipyiwyshim C<>11, xxv. 399-402.

Salmon (John). The Shamrock. Jour. Jloy. Soc. Autiq. Ireland, 5th
S, iv. 290-291.

Salytati (G.). Mosaic in gener.nl, and the late Dr. Salviati's work.

Jour.MJ.ti. A. 3rd S, i. 25[-2<;0.
SANbPOK'O (lvi;v. (!.). AValsh ol Llaudewi, Uadnorsh ire (Lord

Ormathwaite). Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 73-SO.
• — The Right Hon. Ldward James, third Uarl of Powis. Montr

(j<>incri/s/,ir<' (.'oil. xxvi. 137—142.
The Lords of Ma wddwy -and their descendants the Earls of

Bradford. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxviii. 1-16.
Tin; Mortimers and their fort resses in Powyslaud aud its

borders. Montgomeryshire Cull, xxviii. 293-o05.
SaNFORI) (W. A..). The hones of an animal resembling (he Megalo-

saur found in the Rhcetie formation at Wedmore. Somerset

Arch, and Nat. J 1 1st. Hoc. xl. 227-234.
Sankey (Rey. E'iawab.d H.)* Wragby .Registers, Look No. ii. "forks:

Arch. Hoc, xiii. 213-2X8.
SaROEAIJNT (J.). Leez Priory. Trans. Essex Arch. Hoc' "N-.S. v.

49-52.

Sen lj f/iz (II. Wkik). "Tommy on the Tub's Grave." Folklore, Y-
290-292.

Scott (J. 0.) Oovvden Church, JCetat. Arch. Cant. xxi. 81-83.

Ldenbridge Church. Arch. Cant. xxi. 95-98.

Sellers (Eugenie). Greek head in the possession of T. Humphry

Ward, Esq, Jour, Bell. Htudics, xiv. 198-205.
SeW'ELL (13.). South Indian murder trials. Folklore, v. 14-

S.HERLOCK (Rev. Canon). Notes archaeological and historical on the
parish of Clnne. Jour. 'Jvildare Arch, Hoc. i. 25-33.

SllRUBSOLE (0. A.). On tlint implements of a primitive type from"
old (pre-glac.jal) hill-gravels in Berkshire. Jour. Antlirop. lust.
xxiv. 41-49.

SjTuuiiSGLH (George W.). On the Roman earthenware waterpipes in

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the Grosvcnor Museum. Jour, Archil. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of

Chester and North Wales, v. 28-34
JhiRUBSOLE (George W.). The locality of Great Boughton in the time

of the Romans. Jour. Archil. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of Chester

and North Wales, v. 35— 15.
Gloverstone, Chester. Jour. Archit. Arch, and Hist. Soc. of

Chester and North Wales, v. 175-20G.
Suii'SON (W. R. J.). The classical influence in the architecture of

the Indus Region, and Afghanistan. Jour. jR.l.B.A. 3rd S. i,

03-11-2.

Six (J. P.). Monnaios Grecqucs, inedites et irieertaines. Num. Chron-

3rd S. xiv. 297-338.
Smith (Rev. A. C). Memoir of Mr. John Legg of Market Laving-

ton, Wilts, an advanced ornithologist of tile LBfch century.

Wilts Arch, and Nat. llist. Mag. xxviii. 5-13.
Smith (A. 11.). Two Greek reliefs.. Jour. Hell. Studies, xlv. 207-

269.

The Parthenon frieze terra-cottas. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv.

204-260.

Smith (Cecil). Polled ram ware. Jour, Hell. Studies, xiv. 20:6-
223.

.Smith (G. G. M.). On a MS. kept by John Duckworth, of St.
John's College, about 1670. Proa. Gamlridfje Antiq. Soc. viii.
333-337.

Smith (Rev. W. Kerr). Armour. Thoreshy S<>c. Misc. iv. 117-124.
Smith (Worthing ton G .). Perforated human skull at Valle Crucis

Abbey. Arch. Ca nibrensis, 5th. S. xi. 318-319.
Some rville (Lieut. Boyle T.). Etliiiologieal notes on New Hebrides.

Jour. Anthrop. lust, xxiii. 363-303.
Spenc.e (T. W. L.). Notes on an unpublished MS. preserved among

the Privy Council documents in the General Register House with

reference to certain charges against Niniau Ncvon, of Windhou.se,

Shetland. J 'roc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xxvii. 222-235.
Sperling (0. F. I).). Some notes on the parish registers of ITal stead.

Trans. flssex Arch. Soc. N.S..V, 53-62.
Spuiuiell (P. C. «).). On remedies in the Sloane collections and on

alchemical symbols. Arch. Jour. li. 81—98.
SQUIRES (11. L.). Montgomeryshire administrations at St. Asaph

Registry. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxviii. 107-128.
Steimienso.n (Mill). On ;i monumental brass at llampstliwaite,

Yorkshire. Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 327-328.

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Stephenson (Mill.). Monumental brasses in Surrey. St. Paul's

Ecclesiulugical Soc. i ii 186-194.

Stevens (Canon). A relic from Stratford Langtliorno Abbey. Tram.

Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. v. 101-102. "
Stevens (Joseph). Discovery of a Saxon burial place near Reading.

Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 150-157.
Stokes (Miss M.). Funeral custom in tlic Baronies of Bargy and

Forth, County Wexford. Jour. Roy. Soc. Anliq. Ireland, 5th S. iv.

380-385.

Celtic crosses at Castledermot. Jour. Kildare Arch. Soc. i.

281-285.

Stort (Prof. Ji. H., D.D.). Notes on some relics of Principal Car-
stares. Proc. Soc. Anliq. Scot, xxvii. 73-78.

^TtJBB'S (Rev. J.). J.luish opiscopi. Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist.
Soc. xl. 70-90.

Summers (W. H.). Parly paper-mills in Buckinghamshire. Records
of Backs, vii. 202-2 11.

Swan (.PP.). The Justices of fch^ £eaeo for the county of Wexford.
Jour. Roij, Soc. Autiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. G5-72.

Talbot (C. 11.). A plea for the further investigation of the archi-
tectural history of Longlcnt. Wilts Arch, and Nat. Hist. Mag.

xxvii. 223-235.

Taylor (Rey. C. S.). The Benedictine revival in the Huiccian
Monasteries. Trans. Bristol and Clone. Arch. Soc. xviii. 107-
133.

Taylor (Henry). The Chester Cify Companies, Jour. Archil. Arch.

and Hist. Soc. of Chester and North Wales, v. 16-27. -
Sir Nicholas Hauberk; Knight, constable of Flint Castle

1390-1407. Jour. Archil. Arclt. and Hist. Soc. of Chester and

North Wales, \. 85-88.
Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625. Jour, Archil. Arch.

and J list. Soc. of Chrsterand North Wales, v. 304-310.
Thomas (Ven. Abcjuxeacon). The portrait brass in Bettws Church.

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 1-4.

Meiford Parish Notes. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. 5-8.

. History of the parish of Llandrinio. Montgomeryshire Coll.

xxviii. 17-80, 177-292.

Note's on I he sculptured stone and church at Llandrinio,

Montgomeryshire. Arch. Oantbreusis, 5th S. x. 25-2S.

— The Norwich Taxation AJ>. 1253: the Diocese of Bangor.

Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S. xi. 25-33.

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THOMPSON (E. M., C.B.). The revision of the statutes of the Order
of the Garter by King Edward V.I. Archccologia, liv. 173-198.

Thoreskv Society. Return of the hearth tax for the Wapentake of
Sky rack a.i>.. 1G72. Thorcsby 'Soc Misc. iv.. 17-30.

The possessions of Kirks tall Abbey in Leeds. Thorcsby Soc.

Misc. iv. 37-41.

■ ■ Charters relating to possessions of Kirkstall Abbey in

Allerton. Thorcsby Soc. Misc. iv. 42-50, 81-116.

TiEBNHY (II. C). Unexplored ecclesiastical ruins in Carmarthen -
shirc. Arch. Chmhrenkis, 5th S. xi. 19-21.

T i m in i ns (Sam.)- William Miirdock. Birm. and Mid, last. xx. 1-9.

Townskni> (C. JL). Mosaic and Fresco. Jour. R.I.Ji.A. 3rd S. i.
245-218.

Trench (T. C). Notes on Irish ribbon work in ornamentation.

Jour. Kildarc Arch. Soc. i. 240-214.
Troup (Francks B.). The Eevprend Matthew Mund^. Trans. Devon,

Assoc. xxvi. 322-334.
'Tern Kit ( Tjimowllvx). "Discovery of Roman' remains at Carnarvon.

Arch. Vambremis, 5th S. xi. 75-77.
Va:s'K (II ON". A\'i> EEV. G. II. F.)> The Churchwarden's accounts:

of the parish of High Ercall. Trans. Shropshire A. and N. If

Hoc. 2nd S: vi. 203-208.
Vauuuan (II. Y. J). 1'owys-land history and genealogy compared.

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvii. 1-26.
W'enlock Corporation ltoconls. Trans. Shropshire A. and

N. II. Soc. 2nd S. vi. 223-283.
Verrai.l (A. W.). The hymn to Apollo, an essay on the Homeric

question. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiv. 1-29.
Vicahs (Arthur). Jigginstown Castle. Jour. Kildarc Arch. Soc. i.

19-21.

VIGORS (Con. I'm i,n> D.). Extracts from the books of the old Cor-
poration of [loss, county Wexford. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland,
5th S.. iv. 170-170.

■ Holes on two recently discovered iron sword-dirks from

county Carlo W. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. IV.
190-192.

— : ■ Rath'nageeragh Castle. Jour. Hoy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland.

5th S. iv. 280-281.
Iron fetters and manacles found near E a th n age era gh

Castle, County Carlow. Jour. Hoy, Soc. Antiq-. Ireland. 5th

S. iv. 281-282.

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Vjnycomb (John). On the art treatment of the heraldic raottp-

escroll. Jour. Kildare Arch. Hoc. i. 135—140.
: — The heraldry of old signs, Huns, hostel ries, places of

business and public resort. Jour. Kildare Arch. Hoc. i. 177—

183.

Virtue ( Uioiit Kkv. Bishop). On an earl y 14th century psalter of
JWnglish work supposed to have once belonged io the Church o|
Orpington, Kent. 1'roc. Soc. Antiq. '2nd IS. xv. 364-305.

W. (II.). Place-names in and around Montgomery. . ft Contg ornery shire
Coll. xxv. 221-234.

■ Pedigree of Bishop Lloyd of St. Asaph. Montgomeryshire

Coll xxv. 37-40.

■ Ludovick or Ludowiclt, Lloyd's " Pilgrimage of Princes."

Montgomeryshire Coll. xxvi. 79-82.
W. (G. D. ¥..). Grant by Henry VIII to Edward Higgjns of the

Deanery of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1513. Trans. Shopshire A.

and N." J[. So,: 2n4S. vi. 372.
VVa'DDK Lh (Sijko.-Maj. L. A.). The Tibetan houre-denion. Jour.

Aulhrop. lust, xxiv. 3B-41.
Some ancient Indian charms from the Tibetan.' Jour.

Anthrop. Inst, xxiv. 41 --PL
■ Note on the poisoned arrows of the Akas. Jour. Anthrop.

Just. xxiv. 5,7.

Wake MAN (W. P.). On a recently discovered Pagan sepulchral
mound in the grounds of Old Connaught, near Bray, county
Dublin. Jour. Hoy. Soc, Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 54-04.

Walmouse (M. J.). Ghostly Lights. Folklaw, v. 293-299.

Walker (J. \Vr.)„ Notes on a seventeenth century gold chalice.
Vroc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 147-148.

Sandal Castle. Yorlis. Arch. Hoc. xiii. 154-188.

WA 1, 1,12 It (W. (J.). An old church-chest, being notes of the contents
of that at Theydou-Garuon, lOssex. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S.
v. 1-32.

Ward (John). .Romano-British objects from Deepdale. JDerhyskire

Arch. Hoc. xvi. 185-189.
Watts (Augustine). Court rolls of the manor of Little Crosby, a.d.

1628 and 1634. Trans. Lane, and Clicsh. Hist. Hoc. N.S. vii. and

viii. 103 1 22.

Wayi.kn (J.). The Mslon o daybook [temp. CllARLES I]. Wilts

. Arch. and. Nut. J list. Mag. xxvi. 343-391.
Notes from the diary of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper,

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first Earl of Shaftesbury. 1621-1683. Wilts Arclt. and Nat. Mist.

Mag. xxviii. 22-28.
Weaver (Rev. J1. W.). The geyron Chantry, All Saints Church,

Langport. Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. xl. 70-75.
Weber (F. P.). On an antique phiale of terra-cotta. Proc. Soc,--

Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 1305-307.
Note on the arms of Richard Earl of Cornwall.. Num.

Ckroii, 3rd 8. xi v. 85-87.
A modal of Lieutenant-Colonel (afterwards Major-General)

Sir Patrick Ross and the canal of Santa Maura, 1819. Num.

Chrou. 3rd S. xiv. 87.
Medals and medallions of the 19th century relating to

England by foreign artists. Num. Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 101-178.
Welch (C.J. On a gold finger- ring with a merchant's mark. Proc.

Soc. Antiq. 2nd 8. xv. 239-210.
Weei.on (A. A.). Sketch of Grangcmellon and the s<ory of St.

Lpger's castle. Jour. Kildarc Arch. Soc. i. 95-401.
WrsLliS (Stkwakt P.). Notes on a Roman Hippo-sandal. ife.tr, Brit.

Arch. Assoc. 1. 251-253.
Westropi' (T. J.). Churches with round towers in Northern Clare.

Jour. Boy, Soc, Anify. Ireland, 5th 8. iv. 25-3 150 159,

332-310.

The churches of Dunsany and Skreen, county Meath. Jour.

Pwy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland, 5th S. iv. 223-231.
■ Report on Northern Clare. Jour. Poy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland,

5th 8. iv. 287-289.
WHITE (W.). On objects of antiquarian interest dug up in Trinity

College. Proc. Cambridge Antiq. Soc. viii. 292-301.
WniTEiiousE (C). Nile reservoirs : the Payoum and Raiyan-

Moeris. Jour. EJ.B.A. 3rd S. i. 573-5S2.
WlHTLEY (If. M.). On a discovery at St. John's Vicarage, East-
bourne. Proc, Soc. Antiq. 2nd S. xv. 275-276.
Williams (R.). Montgomeryshire nonconformity ; - extracts from

gaol files with notes. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv. -11-72; xxvi.

49-78 : xxvii. 55-70 ; xxviii. 81-100.
Montgomeryshire worthies. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv.

205-220. " .

■ Vavasor Powell's Welsh Bible. Montgomeryshire Coll. xxv.

29(3.

■ Parly documents relating to Dolforwyn Castle, Newtown,

etc. .Montgomeryshire Coll, xxviii. 115-104.

INDEX OK ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

43

Williams (Stephen W.). Lists and index of monumental effigies
illustrated and described in the Archaiologia Cambrensis from
1846-92. Arch. Qamhrensis, 5 th S. it. 238-2-17, 271-274.

Willis (F. M.). Wiltshire trade tokens of the 17th century. Wilts
Arch,, and Kat. Hist. Mag. xxvi. 391-40-1.

Willis-Bund (J. W.). The Teilo churches. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th
S. x. 193-217.

• Some characteristics of Welsh and Irish saints. Arch.

Cambrensis, 5th S. xi. 270-291.
Wilson (T. J.). The tomb of St, Hugh at Lincoln. Arch. Jour.

li. 104-108.

Wi ltsii [R'K : records of finds not mentioned elsewhere. Wilts Arch.

ami Nat. Mist. Mag. xxvi. 410-117
Winchester (Very Rev. the Dean ok). The history of the cathedral

font, Winchester. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 6-16.
Wjnstonu (1>., M.D.). Two pre-historic weapons recently found in

Essex. Jour. Brit. Ar§h. Assoc. 1. 158-108.
Win wood (Rev. H. H.) On a number of ornaments, sickles, and

weapons of the bronze age found in St. Catherine's valley, at

MonkswoOd, near Hath. J'ruc. Sue. Antiq, 2nd S. XV. 358—360.
.Wood (G. W.). On the classification of proverbs and sayings of the

Isle of Man. Folklore, v. 229-271.
VTOOWIOHSI (W. J.). MtoMdn inscriptions. Jour. Hell. Studies, xiii.

338-355,

W OODitUFE (Rev. G. 10.), Letters relating to flic condition of the

church in Ivenl during" the primacy of Archbishop Sancroft

[1678-1090]. Arch. Cant. xxi. 172-197.
Worth (R. N.). The rude stone' monuments of Cornwall. Jour.

Boy. lust, of Cornwall, xii. 7G-95.
: — — — Early days in South Molton. Trans. Do-on. Assoc. xxvi.

122-132.

The stone rows of Dartmoor. Trans. Devon, Assoc. xxvi.

296-307.

.Residents in the ''Three Towns" in 1522-3. Trans. Devon.

Assoc. xxvi. 401—115.

WliOTH (Warwick). Greek coins acquired by the British Museum in
1893. Num. Chron. 3rd S. xiv. 1-17.

Wvon (Allan). Notes on some new seals of the King's Great Ses-
sions of Wales. Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1. 67-69.

— — : Additional notes upon the great seals of England. Jour.

Brit. Arch. Assoc. 1 139-119.

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INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS.

Yates (Pakdok). The Wilton carpet industry. Wilts Arch, and An/.

JIM Mag. xxvi. 242-257.
Yeat.man (J. Fra). Bas'kanoV church notes : a forgotten fact of

Derbyshire history. Derbyshire Arcli. Soc. xvi. 52-60.
Young (H. W.). Notes on farther excavations at Burghead. Proc.

Hoc. A ul Scot, xxvii. 8G-JI.

45

INDEX.

Aberdeen: Brook, Da vis .

Accounts (MS.) : Carrington. See

Church wardens.
Adderley : Lynam.
Aghalurcher (Fermanagh) : Duffy.
Allerton : Thoresbif.
A-ii-do ver : ( 'httterhueh.
Appleby : Baililon.
Archery : Brook, LwiffMmi.
Architeel'ural antiquities : Ferguson,

J'f '■)'!' If. #

African • Lasl.

Almshouses : Cnrret/.

Domestic: Arnold, Aveliuff, Cox,

Valke&eVi Leveson-G ower, Sevill,

Talbot.

Ecclesiastical: Hughes, Lloyd. See

Churches,
Indus and Afghanistan : Kipling,

Simpson.

Arms and Armour, A nderson, Hike ridge,
Jlttrlsltarnc, Million, Morris, Smith,
I 'igors.

Art: March. See Ornamental ion,

Paintings, Sculptured Antiquities.
Arthingum: L ( W. T.)
Assyrians : .Longman .
Athy : Carroll, Comer ford, Ha niton.
■Avon Valley : Baker.
Ax bridge ; Fry.
Ayhuer family : A ylmer.

Parh am : Payne,.

Barra Head (Scotland) : Anderson.

Beddington (Surrey) : Andre.

Pells: Fryer, Hutcheson, I. {M.C.),

Java, Micklethioaite, Given.
Berden ; Hope.

Berkshire : Money, Shrubsole. See

Beading, Windsor.
Bettws : Thomas.

Bibliography (books and MS.) Atkinson,
Axon, Bales, Bevan, Bowes, Clark,

Cast, Davenport , Doivden, Fergu-
son, Fowler, Franks, Gould, Hol-
cjate, (SLooneij, W(li.) Williams.

Biconyll (Dr.) : Buknell.

Bidslon : Irvine.

Biscovey : Langdon.

Bosville : Bosville.

Boughton : Boodle.

Box (Wilts) : Goddanl.

Bray : Cunningham.

Bread sail : Kerru.

Brecon: Cobb, J! ay.

Uridgeiul : Robinson.

Brit way : Citrreif.

Brixhalm : Harris.

Broad un : Barnard,

Broad Chalke: Hutchinson.

Brondield : Cave-Browne.

Bronze period ; G reenwell.

Implements : Abereromby, Anderson,
A I kaison , Jhird, CoJ/'ey, Cowper,
)V in wood.
Urns : .Lowe.

Broom/lcld : Bead.

Broomsgrove : Cunni ngton.

Bucks: H. (G), Lee, Summers. See
Olney. Little II or wood, Padbury.

Budleigli (East) : Brushjield.

Bui'ghead : Young.

Burials in woollen : Fddsup,

Burton Py risen t f Batten.

Bute : Hewison.

Cambridge : Bowes, Darwin, Fvans,
Q-ray, Hope, Hughes, While.

Cambridgeshire : Pearson. See Cherry
Ilinton.

Campbeltown : Gray.

Canterbury : Cave-Browne.

Cardiff : Fryer.

Carnarvon : Turner.

Castio DermOt : Stokes.

Castles: Cox, Leiusler I'icars, 1'igors,
Walker, Weldou, Williams.

46

INDEX.

Coif ic period :

Art: Allen (J.U.), Stores, Trench.
Mythology : Hoop pell.
Chiuinel islands: Kershaw.
Cherry Hinton : Hughes.
Cheshire, Allen, Irvine, R gland. See
Bidston, Chester, Grlo vers tone,
Great Boughton, Raby, Wallasey,
Wirrall.

Che.-lcr: BrnshjUhl, Co*, geieitt, Hit-

bert, Hughes, Taylor.
GheSts : II art .
Chetton : Purion.
Chichester: Hay don.
ChildwaU : Ok ill.
Chirbury : Burd.
Cliorley : Crosse.

Christian monuments:' Allen (J.JL).
See Monument s.

Church festivals: Doimlen.

Church plate: Co<jp<r, Cripps, God-
dard, MarMtam, Marshall, Waller,

Churches: Andre, Baker, Brock,
Brooke, Brotom, Brushfield,
Buckle, Carroll, Church, Cohb,
Campion , (.'us, U rossnai n, Cnrreg,
1)<(<]<i, Dkris, Dean, De /iurgh,
Dixon, Doe, fJufan, Fowler, Glgnne,
droit ah, Ilughes, Ilnleheson, Irvine,
I (M.C.), Jackson, Kitchen, Lee,
Letts, juetesdn-Gower, Lioelt,
L/ogd, Lynam, Li/on, Df/ckle-
thtvaite, Murphy, Okilt, Owen,
Paul, Pouting, Robertson, tier-
ge.aurd, Scot I. Stevens, Thomas,
Tieruei/, Wostropp, W ill is- Band,
Woodruff, Yeatincm,

Churchstokc : Ckurchstoke.

Church wardens' accounts : B rushjleld,
Leresou- Gower, Vane.

Churston Ferrers : //arris.

(Mane: De.rilt, Sherlock.

Claybrooko : Hairs.

Cod rin^fon i'aniily : Cud rinyton,

Colliii^ljourne Duoi* : Hodgson.

Compton (Surrey) : Andre.

Coptic : Atkinson.

Corbet t Winder faiitfly : Corbetl-Win-

der.

Cornwall: J a go, Lanydon, Worth. Sec

Duloe, Biscovey, Lcwanniek.
Cowden : Duncan, J^eceson- Gower,

Scott.

Craignish : Black.
Cranborne Chase: Armifage.
Craniotomy.: Duckworth, Jtaddon, Jieid,
Smith.

Cranno^s : Buick, B idle id, Gray,
Ma nro.

Crawford (Fife) : Abercrombg.
Crete : Mgres.

Crosses : Allen, Carroll, G reenwellT
Langdoii, Paget, Roiobotham,
Stokes.

Croydon : Griffith.

Cumberland: See Plumbland, Staintou-
in-Furne;s. . '

Dalaman ■ G rag.
Darowen; Owen.
Dartmoor: Collier, Worth.
Bean, Forest, of : If get t.
Deepdale: Ward.
D'Ueero (Lucas) : Oust.
Dolgon : lil'Leod.

Derbyshire ; Carringion, Kerry, Yeaf-
man. See Beard sail, Derby, Deep-
dale, J [addon, Matlock, Kept on.

Der ley : Kerrg.

Devonshire: Brownlow, G rimspouncl.,
Drowse, Reichel, Howe, See Brix-
hani, Broaclun, Budleigh, Churston
Ferrers, Dartmoor, South Molton,
Tavey Cleave, Torringtoo.

Dinhvt : Dartnell.

Dolc&radog : Owen.

Dolfdrwyn : Williams.

Domesday : Irvine, Reichel.

Doncaster : Fairbank.

DorklEHg : A shcombe.

Dorsetshire. See Cranbornc, Ilushmore,

Toller.
Dover : Payne.
Dublin : Reuaud.
-Duloc : dago.
Dunnamore : Carter.
Dunollie : Anderson.

Durham, G rrenwrtl . See Lanchestcr,
i'il lingl.on.

Earthworks and mounds : Ailsa, Beau-
mont, Bell, Fryer, Gould, Grims-
pound, Hughes, J ago, Maclean,
Macnauyhlon , Pitt- Rivers, Wake-
man. See Tumuli.

Eastbourne : Whitley.

Ecclesiastical antiquities : Be ran, Caroe,
Comper, Cooper, Dowden, Brans,
Dai rbank, Freshjield , Gardiner,
Gibson. Hay, Hope, Hughes,
I. ( 7'. S ), dackstju, Lang don, Lege,
Lcreson- G ower, JMarkham, Olive)-,

INDEX.

47

Page, Taylor, Virtue, Walker. See
Bells, Church-plate, Churches,
Crosses, Fonts.

Edenbridge : Levesoii-Gower.

Edinburgh : Lockhart, Miller.

Eglish (co. Tyrone) : Latimer.

Egypt ian antiquities : Findlag , Longman,
Naville, Price, IVhilehuuse.

Eindon (Carmarthenshire) : Allen.

Eld on (Roxburghshire) : Christison.

Essex •. Gould, Laver, Winslone. See.
Borden, BroorauVld, Hal stead,
Harlow, Layer Marncy, Leez,
Pleshy, Rayleigl.i Mount, Stratford,
Langthorne, Tbeydon Gram on.

Ethnography : Browne, JPaiocett.

Eudon Burnell: Purton.

Eudon George : Burton.

Eustace family : Murphy,

Exmoor : Rawle.

Eailcirli : Miller.
J^alstono : IVaylen.
Favershani : (J i rand.
Pern (Forfarshire) : Clazey.
Eilborough : Arnold, Nevill.
Finehale: Fowler.

Folklore : Amen/, Anichkof, Lull,
Bather, Black, JBurue, Cook, Dun-
cm. Ferguson, Fisher, Frazer,
Gerish, ILarlland, Ifesselinrj, lloop-
pell, Jacobs, Kay, Kcr, Kinahan,
Legg, March, Meyer, Moore, Mur-
ray-Ay nsley, Owen, Powell, llou.se,
Salmon, Schultz, Seivell, Spurrell,
Stokes, Wadded, lValhou.se, Wood.

.Fonts : Allen {J. P.), Fishwick, Leiois,
Ly/iam , Winch ester,

Forgcndenny (Perthshire) : Bell.

Fiirse family : Carpenter.

Gai'dening : A rchaologia.

Garter order of: Thompson.

Genealogies and family history; Aylmer,
Bursoit, Carpenter, Codriugton,
Corbett-W inder, jDwnn, Farle,
Lb die while,. Fitzgerald, Jones,
Letts, Lloijd, Ma ill and, Marshall,
MUbqurn,' Norclijfe, Phillips, Pit-
Kington, Pugh, Sandford, Vaughan,
W.(R.)

G'.?..;:.:.v:bv«r\ : Hi^'.lA.:.

Gloui-Crlei-pliire : Mai lt u,i; «St£ Beatt.
jS'ewnham.

Gloveratonc : Shrubsoie.

Gower : Clark, Morgan.

Grangomellon : Weldon.

Gravesend : Arnold.

Great Bo ugh ton : Shrubsoie.

Greek 'antiquities : Bather, Benson,.
Cook, Lly, Leans, Falkener, Fort-
niem, Frazer, Gardner, Hicks,
Jones, Kirker, Loring, Murray,
Baton, Richards, Sellers, Smithy
Verrull, Woodhouse.

Guisbrough : Hodges.

Haddon Hull : Carrington.
rial'stead : Sperling.

Hampshire: see Andover, Sil Chester,,
Soutliarapton, Stoneham, Winches-
tor.

Hampsthwaite : Fowler, Stephenson.
I farlow : Gould .

Heraldry : Franks, Gray, G razebrookT
Mope, Pound, Btjlands, Vinycomb,
Weber.

Herbert family : I.(M.C)
Heytesbury House: Brakspear
High Krcall : Vane.
High Hum : Grossman.
Holy wood : Coles.
Hopton Hall : Hartshorne.
Huish Episcopi : Stubbs.
Hut circles : Btimard, Gould.

Inscriptions : J ago. "

Grosses : Allen, Lanrjdon.
Greek : melts,
Roman : Cox, Haverjield.
Rock (African) : lloioartk.
Wales ; Rhys.
See Ogbani, Runic,
i Insignia : Brook, Ferguson, G oddard.
| I restitutions :
| Parish : Lloyd.

See Manor, Municipal.
Ireland : Allen, Browne, Buick, Coffey,.
Leane, Fet herslonhaugh, Fitz-
gerald, Frazer, Grares, Gray,
Haddon, Jlasse, llickson, Ivinahan,.
Kirker, Knowles, Letts, Lunch,.
March, Mills, Murphy, Olden,
O'Looney, O'Reilly, Oryen,
Rolheram, Salmon, Stokes, Swan.,
Trench, Was troop, Willis- Band.

A •"•Jil'.'-.TvLf r A".':."''. Bt'.iust
Bray, Gust It aYrmut, Clane, Dublin,
Hunnamoiv, English, Grangc-
i mellun, Jigginstovvn, Killashee,

43

INDEX.

Kill eel, Limerick, Loughcrew,
Mallow, Maynooth, Moone, Naas,
IVavan, Old CoumiUght, Itathna-
geeragh, Loss, Tara, Timolitl.
Ivy Church (Wilts) : Dixon.

Japan : Avion.
jigginst^wn : Viear.n.
JoilC'6 of Garthmill : Jones.

Kent : Hell, Care - Browne, Livett,
Payne, Woodruff. See Bar ham,
Jioughton, I] roin field, Canterbury,
Cowden, |)ovor, ICdenbridge, Ifavcr-
aham, L^i thorough, Gravcsond,
Leeds, Orpington, Preston, Roches-
ter, Sandgrtte.Teynham, VYhitefield.

Kerry (parish of) : Ro wl.ey- Morris.

Kettin's (Forfarshire) : llulcheson.

Kirk by : Hill,

ICirkeudbright : Cole*.

Kirkhatn : ( 'amp/on.

Killasheo : Mufphy.

Kilteel : Mayo.

Kirkoswftid (Ayrshire), Ails*.

Kirkstull : Thoreshy.

Kynaston family : Burs&n.

Lambeth : Kershaw,

Lancashire : Allen, Dal an, Harrison,
Jtylands. (See Childwall, Chorley,
Kirkby, Little Crosby, Liverpool,
Manchester, Meols Shore, Middle-
ton, IHlkington, Kivington, Koch-
dale, Whallcy.

Lanchestcr : Ilooppell.

transport Eastover : Paul.

Langport : Norn's, Weaver.

Language : Aston, May, Rhys.

Layer Marnev : Beaumont.

Leeds (Lent) : Care- Browne.

Leeds (Yorks) : Brigg, C. (F. JQ,
Marshall, Thoreshy.

Lee/, : Chancellor, Sergeaunt.

Leicester: Bellairs, Jackson.

Leicestershire Se-e Appleby, Clay*
brooke,' Leicester.

Leigh to n : Leiyhlon.

Leigluon (Archbishop) : Car rich.

Lewannick : Langdon.

Lewes, Sussex) • A Hen.

Lewis (Island) : Anderson.

Limerick : Hewson.

Lincoln : M 'ilson.

Lincolnshire : Atkinson. See Lincoln,

Kippingdale.
Lithography : Green.
Little Crosby : Waits.
Little Norwood : Keyser.
Liverpool : Gibson.
Llanbeblig : Hughes.
Llandi'inio : Thomas.
Llandyshilio : Keavs.
Llaneilian : Hughes.
Llansantffraid : 1. (T. S.)
Llansilin : Baker.
Llantwit Major: Allen.
Llanwddyn • Llanwdclyn.
Lloyd family : Lloyd.
Locks : Andre.

London : Freshjield, Green, Mickleth-

tea He, Bead.
Long Sutton :• Morlahd.
Longleat : Talhol.
Lougltcrew : Frazer.
Luing : Macnauyhton.

Mallow : Berry.
Man : Moore, Wood.

Maneliester : "Brooke, Belts.

Manorial history: Baildon, Berry
Jlohnes, Kerr, Kershaw, M. (A.s),
Pearson, Pollock, Burton, Watts.

Margaret Tudor, portrait : Mackay.

Martin (Wilts) : Bonling.

Masons' marks.: Jtylands.

Matlock Moor: Co.r, Marerfuld.

Maynooth : Leinsfer.

Mciford : Lloyd, Thomas.

Meols Shore :' Poller.

Merchants' marks: Cuming, Welch.

Middle! on : Dean.

Midton : Macrae.

Milbourne family : IfMbaurn.

Modern period, antiquities of: Aeland.
See Chests, Locks, Masons' Marks,
Men-hunts' Marks, Sandals, Targets,
Tiles.

Molyneux. (Richard 2nd Viset.) : Parle.

Monkswood (Somersetshire,) : Win wood.

Monuments, effigies am! tombs: Allen,
Ashcondje. Davis, Fowhr, Gardi-
ner, ltarlshome, Hope, Lei Is, Leee-
son-Gower, Ly-nam, Owen, Remind,
Stephenson, Thomas, Williams,
Wi'ion.

Moone : Carroll.

Morocco : Meak.'n.

Mosley family : Letts.

Municipal history: Clulterbuck, Drink-
water, Ferguson, Ft teller, Fuller,

INDEX.

49

Gilso.n, Goddard, Hibberl, Kerr
Taglur, i'aughan, Vigors,

Musical instruments : fflheridge.

Musselburgh : jLowe.

Nans : He Burgh.

Navan : Moore.

Nether-thong : Morehouse.

Newbattle : Car rick.

Newnbam : Kerr.

Norman period ■ Allen, Levitt.

Northamptonshire. See Peterborough,

Wellofd.
Northfiekl : Pearson.
Nortliop : Owen.
Nubia : Clark.
Numismatics :

Alexander : Oman.

Crete : 31 g res:

.English : Jlobh/n.

Greek : Six, Worth.

Henrietta Maria : Grueber.

James I : Mdntagn'.

Medals: fVeber.

Oriental : Cod rintjlon , Cunningham.

Roman : Will.

Saxon : Fvans, Grueber.

Scot land : Richardson.

Sicilian ; Fvans.

Trade tokens : Willis.

Oberehurch : Cox.

Ogham inscriptions : Graves, Langdon,
I j U n eh.

Old Connaught : WaTceman.
Oldbury Hill : Cunning ton.
Olney : Goitgh.
Ornament :

Prehistoric : Coffeg.

Irish : Trench.
Orpington: Virtue.
Osgoldeross : Holmes.
Oswestry : Par rg-J ones.
Oxford : Hope.
Oxfordshire See Woodstock.

Padbury : Kegser. ■ .

Paintings : Kegser, Mackag, Mont-

gom e.rgsh ire, Robinson .
Pampocalia : Boding ton.
Pawson family : Norel '///!-.
Persian antiquities : Ball.
Peterborough : Bodger, Irvine.
Pilkington : Cox.
Pilkington family : Pilkington.

Pittenweem 1 Lgon.
Pittington \ Foivler.

Place-names: Christ ison, Coleman,
Duignan, Fbblewhile, Hicksou,
Irvine, Miller, Reichel, W.(M.).

Plas Mawr : Hughes.

Plcshy : Round.

Plumbland : Coivper.

Prehistoric antiquities : Black, Chris ti-
son, Clazeg, Coffeg, Coles, Hawkins,
Heane, Heunsun, Knoicles, Morgan,
Mgres, Mother ham, Sauford, Win-
stone, Worth. See Pronze age,
Crannogs, Hut Circles, Mounds,
Ornaments, Stone age.

Preston : Robertson.

Raby : Hodgson.

Rathnageeragh : Vigors.

Rayleigh Mount: Round.

Reading : Stevens.

Reame family: Marshall.

Registers, Bates, Churchstoke, Hodgson,

Levesoa - Goicer, Pritt, Sunken,

Sperling.
Repton : Irvine.
Pippingdale : Fowler.
Rivington : Riri ngton.
Roads : Laser, Mac Donald.
Rochdale : Fishicick.
Rochester : Ave.ling , Livelt , Pagne.
Roman antiquities : Bodg&r, Frger,

Goddard, G reeu well , Morland ,

Morris, Shrubsule, Turner, Ward,
Altai's : Bodingt on .
Coins : Hill.

Kilns and pottery : Cunninglon.

Monuments : Cox.

Pig of lead : Cox, Haverjield .

Roads : MacDonald.

Sandals: Wells.

Sewers: Bel lairs.

Sites: Fox, Haverjield.

Tools (iron) : Evans.

"Waterpipcs \ Shrubsole.
Rome : Forbes.
Ross : Vigors.

Round Towers : Fitzgerald, Weslropp.
Runic monuments : Cox.
Rushmore : Pitt-Rivers.

St. Andrews : Urook.
Sandal (Yorks) : Walker.
Sandals : Barrett, Wells.
Sandgatc : Fgmnore, Button

0

50

INDEX.

Saxon antiquities : Brock, Griffith,

Irvine, Bayne, Read , Stevens.
Scotland: Alien, Anderson, Blade,
Brook, Christ ison, Coles, Dans,
Goadie, Gray, Macdonald, Mae-
Kay, Ma el~ in la i/, McLeod, Mu.nro,
Rhys, Russell. See Aberdeen,
Burghead, Bute, Campbeltown,
Craignish, Crawford, Dalaruan.
•Delgon, Dunollie, Edinburgh,
El don, Falkirk, Fern, Forgan-
denny, Holywood, Kettins,
K irkeudbrigl 1 1, Kirkoswald, Lewis,
Luing, Midton, Musselburgh,
Newbattle, Pittcnweem, St.
Andrews, Shetland.
Sculptured antiquities: Allen, Browne,

Frazer, Biggins, Thomas.
Seals: lloge, M uryti ij, Wyon.
Selatfeyn (Shropshire) : Bulkcley-Owen.
Shamrock : Frazer, Salmon.
Shelvock : Kenyan.
Shetland : Goadie.
Shoes (raw-hide) : MackMy.
Shrewsbury: Blaketvai/, Drinkwater,

Fletcher, Lloyd, IV. (G. D. F.)
Shropshire : Calvert, Duly nan, Kenyan.
See Chef ton, Chirbury, High Er-
eull, Oswestry, Selattyn, Shelvock,
Shrewsbury, Wcnlock.
Silchesfcor: "Evans, Fox.
Somersetshire. See Axbridge, Burton
Pynsent, Exmoor, Glastonbury,
High Ham, Kuish Episcopi, Lang-
port, Langport Eastover, Long
Sutton, Stoke-underr] Caindon, Wed-
more, Wells.
South Molton : Worth.
Southampton : Clutterbuck.
Spofford : Collins.
Stainton-in-Fitrness : Gowper.
Stillington (Bishop) : Jex-Blake.
Stockton : M. (A. S.)
Stoke-under- Ilamdon : Batten.
Stone Age: Bell, Diw/vins, Dims,
Findlay, Gray, JTayden, Knowles,
Given, Sh i-itbsole.
Stoneham (North) : Kitchen.
Strata Marcel la : J. {M. C.)
Stratford Langthorne : Stevens.
Sussex : See Chichester, Eastbourne,

Lewes, Wadhurst.
Surrey : Cooper, Crisp, Stevenson. See
Beddington, Compton, Croydon,
Dorking, Lambeth.
Suffolk : See 'Wenhaston.
Sweathouse : Latimer.

Talley: Owen.
Tara : Murphy.
Targets : Anderson.
■* Tavey Cleave : Goidd.
Teilo.: Willis-Bund.
Teynham : Payne.
Theydon Garnon : Waller.
Tiles : Bralcspear, Frazer.
Timolin : llartshorne.
Toller (Great) : Lewis.
Torr-ington (Great) : Foe.
Tournaments: Green.
Treeeiri (Carnarvonshire) : Christ ison.
Trewern Kail: M. (E.R.).
Tumuli : Fryer, Goddard, Letts, Read.

Urns (funeral) : Chamberlain, Clazey,
Coles, Cunninglon, Gray, Lowe.

Valle Crucis : Hughes, Smith.

Wadhurst. : Gardiner.
Wales : Allen, Allen {Mrs. T.), Davies,
Divnn, Eisteddfod, Fisher, LI.
(W.V.), Lloyd, M. (F.R.),
Mont f/oineri/shire, Owen, Tlhys,
Rowley-Morris, S. (G.) Taylor,
Thomas, Tierne//. I'axujhan, W.(R.),
Williams, Willis-Bund, Wyon.
See Eettws, Breeon, Bridgend,
Cardiff, Churchstoke, Darowen,
Dolearadog, Dolfprwyn, Eindon,
G-ower, Kerry, Leighton, Llan-
beblig, Liandrinio, Llaridysillio,
Llant'ilian. Llantwit Major, Llan-
wddyn, Meiford, Northop, Plaa
Mawr, Strata Marcelia, Talley,
Treeeiri, Teilo, Valle Crucis.

Wallasey : Brill, Eadclife.

Wanadyke : Bill-Rivers.

Warden : Compton.

Warminster : Banting.

Welford : Markham.

Wells : Browne, Buckle, Church, Hope,
Moore, Owen.

Wedmore : San/'ord.

Wenhaston : Keyser.

Wenlock : Vaiiyhan.

Whalloy (Lancashire) : Micllelhwaite.

Whitefiold (Kent.) : Brack.

Wills : Uriyy, Crisp, M.{F. R.), Mont-
gomeryshire,

Wilton: Yates.

INDEX.

51

Wilts : Dartnell, Goddard, Margate,
Willis, Wiltshire. See Box, Broad-
chalke, Broomsgrove, Collmgbourne
Ducis, Falstone, Heytesbui'y, Ivy
Church, Longleafc, Martin, Oldbury
Hill, Stockton, Warminster,
Wilton.

Winchester : Jacob, Kershaw, Win-
chester.
Windsor: Hope.
Wirrall : Cox, If vine.

Woodstock : Marshall.
Worcestershire: See Northfiekl.
Wragby : Sankeg.

Yorkshire: Bail don, Ellis, Glt/mie,
Thorcsby. See Arlhington, Bos-
viile, Dcneaster, (xiiisbrough,
Ilampsllnvaite, Jfirkstall, Leeds,
Nctherthong, Osgoldcross, Pampo-
calia, Sandal, SpofTord, Wragby.

REPORT

OX THE

TRANSCRIPTION

AND

PUBLICATION

* op

PARISH REGISTERS, &c.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OP THE CONGRESS OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES IN UNION WlTH THE
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

1892

Report on the Transcription and Publica-
tion of Parish Registers, etc.

The Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society
of Antiquaries desires to call the attention of the. public and especially
of those interested in antiquarian research, to the extreme importance
of duly preserving and rendering accessible the Registers and other
.Parish Records of the United Kingdom.

These contain matter of the greatest value not only to the
genealogist, but also to the student of local history, and through these
to the general historian ; it is to be regretted that sufficient care has
not been taken in the past of these documents, which have too often
been thoughtlessly destroyed.

Many Registers have already been copied and published, and every
year adds to the list, and the Congress is in hope that these suggestions
may lead to a still greater number being undertaken.

As the older writings are in a different character from that used at
the present time, they are not easily deciphered, and require careful
examination, even from experts. It is extremely desirable therefore
that they should be transcribed, not only to guard against possible loss
or injury, but in order to render them more easily and generally
accessible to the student.

The Committee appointed by the Congress of 1889 for the purpose
of considering the best means of assisting the transcription and
publication of .Parish Registers and Records was constituted as follows :

Edwin Fkesiil-ield, LL.D., V.P.S.A., Chairman.

Tho Rov. Canon Hi nuam, R.D.,

F.S.A.
It. S. Faiieu, M.A.

(Hon. Sec. Jlugucnot Society.)
\V. J. Hardy, F.S.A.
J. J. IIowarp, LL.D., F.S.A.

( Malt) 'ctvei 's Jim 'aid. )

(L \V. Marshall, LL.D., F.S.A.

(Jtouge Croix.)

(1. J I. OVEKENI), F.S.A. '

(Public Record Office.)
Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, D.D.,
F.S.A. (St. 'Pant* Cathedral).
Mill Stephenson, R.A., F.S.A.
(lion. Sec. Surreij Archaio. Soc.)

Ralph Nevill, F.S.A. (Hon. Sec.)

Tho Congress trust that the following paper of Suggestions drawn
up by the Committee may prove useful to those anxious to assist in the
preservation, transcription and, where possible, publication of the
documents referred to.

Suggestions as to Transcription.

k

LIMITS OF DATE.

It is evident that there is most reason for transcribing tho oldest
Registers, but those of later date are also of great value, and it is
suggested that 1812, the date of the Act of 52 Geo. Ill, cap. 146,
is a suitable point to which copies may be taken*

CHARACTER OP WRITING.

In transcribing; great care must be used to avoid mistakes from the
confusion of certain letters with modern letters of similar form.

An alphabet is adjoined giving some of the ordinary characters,
but Registers vary, and the manner in which tho capital letters are
formed is of infinite variety. It may be noted that capital W resembles
two small ff's, but there is no reason whatever for printing it in the
latter way; G is a dillicult letter running into G and T; K and R are
formed exactly alike, except that the direction of the top loop is always
reversed ; \V is formed as two U's or two Vs.

Great help in deciphering- names may be gained from a study of
existing local names. It must, however, be borne in mind that the
same name may be continually spelt in different ways, and may undergo
considerable changes in the course of time or from the hands of
different scribes.

In copying dates it must be remembered that down to 1752, the
year began on tho 25th of March and not on the 1st of January.

METHOD 0F TRANSCRIPTION,

There can be no doubt that a verbatim ct literatim transcription is
of far more value than any other form; it is otherwise impossible to be
sure that some point of interest and importance has not been over-
looked ; the extra trouble of making a complete transcript is small,
and the result much more satisfactory. In any case the names should
be given literatim and all remarks carefully copied, with some indi-
cation, where possible, as to the date of the remark. Other records,

such as Churchwardens' Accounts, should certainly not bo transcribed
and printed otherwise than in full. It is far better in both cases to do
a portion thoroughly than the whole imperfectly.

REVISION AND COLLATION OF COPIES.

The decipherment of old Registers is, as already pointed out, a
work, of considerable difficulty, and it is therefore strongly recom-
mended that in cases where the transcribers have no great previous
experience, they should obtain the help of some competent reader to
collate the transcript with the original.

It should be remembered that in many cases transcripts are pre-
served in the Bishops' Registries and a reference to these will often
fill up a void, clear up a difficulty or supply an omission. It occasionally
happens that the original Registers are preserved as well as later
Transcripts; in such cases; the two should be collated and all variations
noted.

PUBLICATION.

With regard to the publication of Registers, the Committee have
carefully considered the question of printing' in abbreviated or index
form and have come to the conclusion to strongly recommend that the
publication should be in full, not only for the reasons given for
transcription, but because the extra trouble and expense is so small
and the value so very much greater.

There seems, however, no objection, in either case, to the use of
contractions of formal words of constant recurrence. A list of some of
these is adjoined :

Bap. : baptized. Bac. : bachelor.

Mar. : married. Spin. : spinster.

Bur. : buried. \Vrid. : widow or widowrer.

Dau. : daughter.

With regard to entries of marriage after Lord Hardwicke's Act of
1752, it is suggested that the form of entry may be simplified by the
omission of formal phrases, but care should be taken not to omit any
record of fact, however apparently unimportant, such for instance as
the names of witnesses, ministers, occupation, etc.

It is essential in all cases that an Index should be given and that
the Christian names should be given with the surnames.

It is believed that many Registers remain imprinted owing to an
exaggerated idea of the cost of printing and binding. Reasonable
estimates for these might, probably, of! en be obtained from local
presses which would be interested in the publication.

No absolute rule as to size and type can be laid down, but on this
and other questions the Standing Committee will always be glad to
give advice. It is probable that demy octavo or foolscap quarto will
be found the most convenient sizes.

•

4

A Standing Committee has been appointed by the Congress for the
purpose of giving advice and distributing to the various Societies in
Union such information and lists as may be of common value to all.

Societies in Union are^strongly urged to form their own Committees
to take steps to secure the prjkting of the many Transcripts that
already exist unpublished, and to promote further Transcription.

By permission of G. W. Marshall, Esq., LL.D. (Rouge Croix, College of
Arms), the accompanying list of Printed Registers has been prepared
from the Calendar privately printed by him in 1891. A revised and
augmented edition of this Calendar is in progress, and will contain full
references to all known printed Registers, Transcripts and Collections,
whether complete or consisting of extracts.

The Committee also issue a list of MS. Transcripts and propose to
prepare and issue further lists from time to time. They therefore ask
that information may be sent to them, or to the Secretaries of County
Societies, of any Transcripts in private hands. The inclusive dates of
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials should be given, and any complete
Transcript will be calendared, although extending over a short period
only, but Extracts will not be admissible.

The Committee suggest that lists of existing Transcripts, with full
particulars of the location of the Transcript, should be kept by the
County Societies, and where possible, in order to avoid risk of loss, it
is very desirable that such Transcripts should be deposited, either
temporarily or permanently, in the Libraries of the Societies.

It is believed that the publication of a series of Registers, supple-
mental and extra to their Transactions, would add to the attractiveness
and useful nose of the Societies without being a serious burden to their
funds. By combination and organization a considerable body of out-
side subscribers may. probably bo secured for such a series, and the
cost of distribution of circulars, etc., may be materially reduced by
such a plan as tiie issue, by tho Central Committee, of an annual
circular containing lists of Registers in course of publication. Such a
circular might be distributed by the local Societies and published in
their Transactions and elsewhere.

The Standing Committee wiil bo very glad to receive suggestions
from Local Committees and others.

5

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

List No. 1. — Parish Registers printed as separate works.

„ No. 2. — Parish Registers printed in other works.

„ No. 3. — Original Registers and Bishops' Transcripts
in the British Museum Library.

,., No. 4. — Registers of other Churches in all classes.

„ No. 5. — Parish Registers transcribed in MS.

No. 1,— A List of Parish Registers that have been
printed as separate works,

Extracted by permission from u Parish Registers" privately printed by
Geo. W. Marshall, Esq., LL.D., 1891, and continued to date,

Note. — Thoso printed at Middle Hill for Sir Thomas Phillips aro very raro,
and many others, such as thoao by Mr. Crisp, were privately printed and aro scarco.

BEDS. . Haynes, 1596-1812, Win. Briggs, M.A., pr.

BERKS. Reading, St. Mary, 1538-1812, Rov. G. P. Crawfurd,
2 vols.

Welford, Bap. 1562, Mar. 1603, Bur. 1559-1812, Mrs.
Batson Olney, 1892, 4to

BUCKS. Great Hampden, 1557-1812, E. A. Ebblewhite 1888, fol.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Abington Pigotts, 1653-1812, Rev. W. G. P.

Pigott Norwich, 1890, 4to

CHESHIRE. Eastham, 1598-1700, F. Sanders Loncl. 1891, 8vo

Leyland, 1653-1710, B.T. 1622-1641, W. S. White, 1892,
Piiestbury, 1560-1686, J. Crostou 1881, 8vo

CORNWALL. Madron, Bap, 1592-1726, Mar. 1577-1678, Bur. 1577-
1681 G. B. Millett, Penzance, 1877, 4to

St. Columb Major, 1539-1780, A. J. Jevvers 1881, 8vo

DENBIGHSHIRE. Kegidog alias St. George, 1694-1749, F. A. Crisp

1890, fol.

DERBYSHIRE. West IIallam, Rev. C. W. Kerry 1887, 8vo

DORSET. Asiimore, 1651-1820, E. W. Walsin 1891, 4to

North Wooton, Bap. 1539-1785, Mar. 1542-1760, Bur.
1698-1785, Rev. C. H. Ma#o. pr. 1887, 8vo

DURHAM. Denton, 1586-1602, J. R. Walbran Ripon, 1842, 8vo
D uit ii am, St. Oswald, 1538-1751, A. W. Headlam

Durham, 1891, 8vo

Gaineord, Index, Bap. 1560-1784, Mar. 1569-17G1, Bur.
1509-1781, J. R. Walbran, 3 parts Loud. 1889, 8vo

ESSEX. BotoBifcGWOimi, Bap.' 1559-1782, Mar. 1559-1753, Bur.

1558-1785, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1884, fol.

Colchester, St. Leonard, 1070-71, F.A.Crisp, 1885, fol.
Greensted, 1558-1812, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1892, fol.

Lambourne, 1582-1709, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1890, fol.

Moueton, 1558-1759, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1801, fol.

Ongak, 1558-1750, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1880, fol.

Sol'tii Weald, 1539-1573, U. Hovendeu, F.S.A. 1889, 8vo
Stapleford Tawnkv, 1558-1752, F. A. Crisp 1892, fol.
Stikeord, 1508-1783, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1885, fol.

Stock Harvard, 1503-1700, E. P. Gibson 1881, 8vo

GLAMORGAN. Llantritiiyd, 1571-1810, II. S. Hughes

1888, 8vo

Loud. 8vo
1887, fol.

8vo
1880, 8vo

GLO'STER. Bretforton, Mar. 1538-1752, Sir T. Phillips
Kempsford, 1G53-1700, F. A. Crisp, pr.
Mi cke eton, 1591-1730, Sir T. Phillips, pr.

HANTS. Colmek, 1563-1 812, Rev. T. Hervey
Priors' Dean, 1538-1812, see Colmer.

IRELAND. Cork, Christ Church, 1013-1008, R. Cauifield 1887, 8vo

KENT. Canterbury Cathedral, 1504-1878, R. Hovendeu,
Plarleian Soc. vol. 2. 1878, 4to

Canterbury, St. Peter, .1500-1800, J. M. Cowper,

Canterbury, 1888 8vo
St. Alphege, 1558-1800, J. M. Cowper, 1889
St. Dunstan, 1 559-1800, J. M. Cowper, 1890
St. George, 1538-1800, J. M. Cowper, 1891
St. Mary Magdalene, 1559-1 800.

J. M. Cowper, 1890
St. Paul, 1502-1800, J. M. Cowper 1892
Cms let, 1538-1751, R. Hovendeu, F.S.A. Loud. 1887, 8vo
Elmstone, 1552-1812, Rev. 0. II. Wilkie 1891, 8vo
King stone, 1558-1812, Rev. 0. If. Wilkie 1892, 8vo
Lee, 1559-1754, Duncan and Barron Lee, 1888, 8vo
Lewisham, 1558-1750, L. L. Duncan Loud, 1891, 8vo
Maidstone, Mar. 1542-1 G20, Rev. J. Cave-Browne

Loud. 1890, 8vo

Rochester Cathedral, 1 057-1837, T. Shindler M.A.

to be pub. 8vo

LANCASHIRE. Colton-in-Furness, 1622-1812, Rev. A. Williams
and J. P. Burns Loud. 1891

Leigh, 1559-1624, J. II. Stanning Leigh, 1882, 8vo
Rochdale, 1582-1041, H. Fishwiek, 2 vols. 1888-9, 8v<>
Saddleworth, 1613-1751, J. Radcliffe 1887, 8vo

Ulverston, 1515 -1812, Bardsloy and Avre 1S86, 4to.

LEICESTERSHIRE. Newton Lin ford. 1677-1679, I. A. Crisp 1884, Pol
LINCOLNSHIRE. Great Grimsby, 1538-1812, G. S. Stephenson, M.D.'

Great Grirnabv, 1889, 8vo
Hoencastle, 1559-1 G39, Rev. J. 0, Hudson 1892, 4to
Irby-upon-Humber, '1558-1785, F. A. Crisp 1890, fol.
Stubton, 1577-1028, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1883, fol.

LONDON. All Hallows, London Wall, 1559-1675, Jupp and

Ho vend en Load. 1878, 4 to

Gray's Inn Chapel, Marriages, Jos. Foster, Coll : Geueal.
St. Antiiolin, 1538-1754, Harl. Soc. vol. viii.
St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, 1558-1753, A. W. C. Hallen,

2 vols. v 1886, 8vo

St. Ciiiustopher-le-Stocks, 1558-1781

E. Freshfield, 1882, 4to
St. Dionis BAokciiurcji, 1538 -1754, Harl. Soc. vol. iii.
St. Edmund the Kino (Lombard Street), Wm. Briggs, pr.
Sr. George, Hanover Square, Mar. 1725-1809, Harl. Soc.

.vols. xi. xii. and xv.
St. James, Clerkenwell, Bap. and Mar. 1551-1751. Harl.

Sue. vols. ix. x. xiii.
St. John Baptist, on Walbrook, Bap. 1682-1754, Bur.

1686-1 7#4, Harl. vol. viii. 1890
St. Mary Abbots, Kensington. 1539-1675, Harl. Soc.

vol. xvi.

St. Mar v Aldeumary, 1 558-1754, Harl. Soc. vol. v.
St. Mary Woolciiurch Haw. See St. Mary Woolnotb.
St. Mary Woolnoth, 1538-1760, Brooke and Hallen

1886, 8vo

St. Michael, Cornhill, 1546-1754, Harl. Soc. vol. vii.
St. Nicholas Acon, 1539-1812, W. Briggs Leeds, 1890
St. Peter, Cornhill, Bap. and Bur. 1538-1774, Mar,

1538-1751, Harl. Soc. i. and iv.
St.-Thomas -the -Apostle, Bap. and Bur. 1558-1754, Mar.

1558-1672, Harl. Soc. vol. vi.
Somerset House Chapel, 1714-1776, J. Coleman

1862, 8vo

Westminster Abbey, 1606-1875, Harl. Soc. vol. x.

MIDDLESEX. StAines, 1661-1694, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1887, fol.

MONTGOM EEYSIIIBE. Tref Eolwys, 1695-G, Sir T. Phillips, pr. 12mo

NORFOLK. Birchaw Newton, 1562-1743, R. Hewlett 1888, 8vo
Burgh, 1563-1810, Rev. E. T Yates 8vo
Marsham, 1538-1836, A. T. Michell, Norwich, 1889, 8vo
North Elm-ham, 1536-1631, Rev. A. C. Legge 1888, 8vo

NOTTS. Carburton, 1528-1812, G. W. Marshall, LL.D. 1888, fol.

Edvvinstowe, 1634-1758, G. W. Marshall 1891, 8vo
Peelethorpe, 1528-1812, G. W. Marshall 1887, fol.

OXFORDSHIRE. Duckling ton /In dox , 1550-1880, Rev. W. I). Macra/

Oxford, 1881, 8vo

SALOP. Buoseley, 1570-1750, A. F. 0. 0. Langley, 2 vols.

Loud. 1889-1)0, 8vo

SCOTLAND. Mutiiill, 1697-1817, A. W. 0. Hallen 1887, 8vo

SOMERSET. Wedmore, 1561-^Bap. 1812, Mar. 1839, Bur. 18G0.

Wellow, Index, 1570-1887, G. W. Empson 1889, 8vo
Wilton, 1558-1837',* J. II. Spencer Taunton, 1890, 8vu
STAFFORDSHIRE. Walsall, 1 570-1049, b\ W. Willmore, 1890, 8vo

SUFFOLK. Bkundisii, Bap. 15G2-1765, Mar. 1563-1749, Bur. 1563-
1785, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1885, fol.

Carlton, 1538-1885, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1886, fol.

Ciiilleseord, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1886, fol.

Cul'pho, 1721-1886, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1886, fol.

Ellough, 1540-1812, F. A. Crisp, pr. .1886, 8 vo

Frostenden, 1538-1791, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1887, fol.

Kelsale, 1538-1812, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1887, fol.

. Pakeniiam, 1564-1766, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1888, fol.

Tannington, 1539-1714, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1884, fol.

TiiORiNGTON, 1561-1881, T. S. Hill Lond. 1884, 8vo
SURREY. Wandsworth, 1603-1787, J. T. Squire 1889,. 8vo

Windlesiiam, Bap, 1077-1783, Mar. 1695-1753, Bur.
1695-1783, W. W. Glanville-Richards 1881, 8vo

SUSSEX. &DBURTON, 1558-1673, Rev. C. H. Wilkie 1884, 8vo
,, „ Index, F. A. Crisp, pr. 1887, 8vo

WARWICKSHIRE. Birmingham, St. Martin, 1554-1 653 1889- 8vo
Leek Wotton, 1685-1742, Sir T. Phillipps 8vo
,, „ Index to ditto, F. A. Crisp 1887, 8vo

WILTS. Broad Ciialke, 1538-1780, Rev. 0. G. Moore 1880, 8vo
Durnford, 1574-1650, Sir T. Phillips 1823, 8vo

Stoueton, 1570-1800, J. H. Ellis, Harl. Soc. vol. xii.

WORCESTERSHIRE. Broadway, Bap. and Bur. 1680-1771, Sir T.
Phillips.

YORKS. Calverlev, 1574-1720, S. Margerison, 3 vols.,1880-9,8vo
EccLESKiELD, Bap. 1599-1619, Mar. 1558-1621, Bur.

1558-1603, A. S. Gatty, F.S.A. Lond. 1878, 4to
JIawnby, 1653-1722, Miss Thoyts Olney, 1890, 4to
Hull, God's Hospital Chapel, from 1695, SirT. Phillips
Ingleby Gkeeniiow, 1539-1 800, J. Blacklmrno 1889, 8vo
Kirkbuuton, 1541-1654, F. A. Collins, Exeter, 1887, 8vo
Morley, see Topcliffo.

Roos, R. 15. Modioli, Hull, 1888, 8vo

Ron i mi: 1 1 am, 1542-1563, J. Gnus!, 4to
Toi'OLiFi'E and Morley, I3ap, 1651- 1830, Bur. 1654-
1888, W. Smith Lond. 1888, 8vo

9

No. 2.— Parish Registers printed in books and
periodicals.

CHESHIRE. Macclesfield, 1512-1 620, Par. Mag", from 1886 4to

DERBYSHIRE. Croxall, 1586-1812, R. Ussher, Hist, of Croxall.
West Hallam, Rev. C. W. Kerry,

Jour. Derby Arch. Soc. 1887

ESSEX.' Tiieydon Mount, 1564-1815, J. J. Howard, LL.D. &
II. F." Burke, Theydou Mount and its Lords, &c.

GLO'STERSHIRE. Hampnett, Mar. 1737-1754, Glouc. Notes and

Queries, vols. i. and ii.
Maisemore, Bap., 1600-1663, Mar. 1557-1590, Bur.

1538-1599, Glouc. N & Q., vol. iv.
Pebwortii, Mar. 1595-1700, Glouc. N & Q., vol. iv.

HEREFORDSHIRE. Upton Bishop, Mar. 1571-1883, Rev. F. T.
Havergal, Records of Upton Bishop.

LANCASHIRE. Bolton, 1573-1712. Bolton Weekly Journal.

Oldham, 1558-1658, Local Notes and Gleanings.

Oldham, 1887, 8vo

Preston, 1611-1031, Tom C. Smith, Records of Par. Ch.
of Preston Preston, 1892, 4to

LEICESTERSHIRE. Shackerston, 1558-1030, Leie. Architec. Soc,
vol. v.

Somerby, 1601-1715, Lefc. Architec. Soc, vol. v.

LINCOLNSHIRE. Horncastle, from 1689, J. C. Hudson (see also
No. Hist), Par. Mag., 1892.

LONDON. Bermondsey, from 1598, Genealogist, New Ser.

St. Mary-le-Strand, Mar. 1605-1625, Genealogist, New
Ser. iv. and v.

NORFOLK. Burg if, 1563-1810, see No. 1 list and Norf. Archasol. Soc.
Proc.

NOTTS. Carlton in Lindrick, from 1539, Par. Mag. 1886-8.

OXFORDSHIRE. Ducklington, Index 1550-1880, N. Oxford Arch a3oI.

Soc. (see List 1) 1880
Oxford, Ciiristciiurcii, 1633-1884, Misc. Geneal. et
Herald : 2nd Ser., vol. i.

STAFFORDSHIRE. West Bromwicji, Bap. and Bur. 1608-1616, Par.

Mag. 1879

WARWICKSHIRE. Birmingham, St. Martin; 1554-1653, Midland

Antiquary, vol. iii. (see also List 1).
YORKS. . Allerston, see Ebberston.

Ackworth, 1558-1599, Yorks. Notes and Queries, vol. i.

Bradford, from 1596, Bradford Antiquary (in progress).

] 0

YOKKS. Burns ALL, 1558-1740, Re.v. W. J. Stavert, Par. Mag-.
(continued) (in progress).

Dewsbury, 1538-1599, S. J. Chadwick, Par. Mag. 1892.
Ebberston (and Allerston), Par. Mag. from 1887 4to
Halifax, 1538-1541, W. J. Walker, Registers of Halifax
• « 1885, 4to

Rotjieriiam, 1542-1563, J. Guest, Hist. Notices of
Rotherham.

Staveley, Bapi 1582-1G53, Mar. 1584-1652,

Bur. 1582-1638 Par. Mag. 1885

York Minster, Bur. 1034-1836, York Archeeol. Jour.,
vol. ')., Mar. 1681-1762, vol. ii., Bap. 1G8G-1804,
vol. vi.

No. 3.-Original Registers and Bishops' Transcripts
in the British Museum Library.

ORIGINAL REGISTERS.
BERKS. Steventon, 155G-1599, Had. MS. 2395.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE Pafwoutji Everard, 15.65-1692, Add. MS.
31854.

LEICESTERSHJ RE. Somerby, 1G0M715, Add. MS. 24802 (see No. I
List).

MIDDLESEX. Staines, Bap. and Bur. 1653-1001, Mar. 1653-1660,

Egerton MS. 2004
WILTS. Alderbury, 1606-1669, Add. MS. 27441.

BISHOPS' TRANSCRIPTS.

ESSEX. Avkley, 1030-1813, Add. MS. 28737.
Barling, 1708, Add MS. 32344.

KENT. Boxley, 1585-0, 1599-1000, Add. MS. 32344.

Brookland, 1015, Add. MS. 32344.
Eavlksijam, 1730-1731, Add. MS. 32344.
Ring would, 1030, Add. MS. 32344.
UrciiuRcn, 1012, 100!, Add. MS. 32344.

LANCASHIRE. Ciiildwall, 1070, Add. MS. 32344. .
SHROPSHIRE.. High Ercall, 1030, 1032-4, 1030, 1603-4,
Add: MS. 32344.

STAEEORDSIIIRE. Bobbington, 1662-1812, Add. MS. 28738.
Utioxetek, 1702-1700, Add. MS. 32311.

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No. 4.— Registers of other Churches.

Printed Registers.

ROMAN CATHOLIC.

BERKS. Ueton Cqtfe, 1741-1828, F. Crisp, pr. 1889, fol.

BUCKS. Weston Underwood, 1710-1785, F. Crisp, pr. 1887, fol.
SURREY. Woburn Lodge, Weybridge, 1750-1874, F. Crisp, pr.

1888, fol.

WORCESTERSHIRE. Worcester, Bap. 1685-1837, F. Crisp, 1887, fol.

NONCONFORMIST.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Wisbech, Reg. Geii. Baptist Ob., W. Winkley

1860, 8 vo

YORKSHIRE. Coley, see Northowram.

DoncasteR, Friends, Mar. 1704-1865, C. H. Hatfield,

Hist. Not. of Done. Scries 2.
Keigiiley, Friends, Yorkshire Notes and Queries, vol. ii.
N4mwQwa5AM, Noneon. 1644-1752, J. II. Turner, 1881,8vo

• FOREIGN CHURCHES.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Tiiorney, French Colony, 1654-1727, Rev. R.

H. AVarner, Hist, of Thorney Abbey.
HANTS. Southampton, Walloon Church, 1567-1779,

Huguenot Soc, vol iv., 4to
IRELAND. Dublin, Huguenot Church, Hug. Soc, vol. vii., in press
KENT. Canterbury, French Church, Hug. Soc, vol. v., part i.,

1891, part ii., in press
Dover, French Church, F. A. Crisp 1888, fol.

LONDON. Austin • Friars, Dutch Church, 1571-1874, W. J. C.

Moens, F.S.A. Lymington, 1884, 4to

NORFOLK. Norwich, Walloon Church, 1595-1611, Hug. Soc, vol. i.,

part ii. Lymington, 1888, 4to

YORKSHIRE. Sandtokt, French Frot. Church, 1612-1685, Yorks

Archeol. Jour., vol. vii.

MS. Transcripts.

ESSEX. Colchester, Dutch Church. Bap. 3 645-1726, W. J. C.
Moens, F.S.A.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Rodborougii, Diss. Frol,, Bap. 1762-1837,
Rev. R. II. Clutlerbuck, F.S.A.

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Buniiill Fields, Bur. 1713-1826, Chester MSS.

Cai'el, Friends (Pleystowe Reg.) Births 1651-1819, Mar.

1666-1676, Bur. 1664-1849, A. Ridley Bax.
Reigate, Friends, Births 1667-1675, Mar. 1665-1676
Bar. 1664-1677, A. R. Bax.

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. — A Digest of the Registers of Births, Mar-
riages, Deaths and Burials of Members (principally) of
the Society of Friends in England and Wales, from the
rise of the Society, circa 1650 to 1837, arranged in geo-
graphical areas called Quarterly Meetings, the entries for
each Quarterly Meeting . being also arranged alpha*
betically and chronologically.

Central Offices, Devonshire House, E.C.

No. 5.— A List of MS. Transcripts.

This List is for general information, to prevent the duplication of
transcription and facilitate publication ; many of the owners of the
transcripts wish it to be understood that they will not undertake to
make searches, give extracts, or enter into correspondence. The names
given are those of the present owners; the Chester MSS. are at tho
College of Arms.

BEDFORDSHIRE. Milton Ernest, 1538-1678, Chester MSS.

BERKS. BeenhaKt, from 1561.

Burgiifield, Bap. 1562-1643, Mar. 1559-1643, Bur.

1559-1635, the Rector.
DenciiwqrtiIj from 1538 (old), Miss Thoyts.
Engleeielp, 1561-1889, A. A. Harrison.
Fribsiiam, Bap. 1711-1768, Mar. 1711-1720, Bur. 1721-

1768, Index, Miss Thoyts.
Purley (old), Miss Thoyts.
Str.ea.tly, from 1079, the Rector.
Suui.msTKAi) AnnoTs, 1603-1810, Miss E. Thoyts.
Sulii am stead Banister, 1660-1787, Miss E. Thoyts.
Ueton, 1636-1736, the Rector (by Miss Thoyts).

CHESHIRE. Brereton-cum-Smetiiavick, 1538-1620, C. J. Bradshaw
Chester, St. Bridgit, Bap. 1560-1638, Mar. 1560-1637,

Bur. 1560-1666, Brit. Mus., Harl. MS. 2177.
Chester, St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Bap. 1547-1572, Mar.
1547-1551, Bur. 1517-1553, Harl. MS. 2177.

LONDON.
SURREY.

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CHESHIRE. Chester, St. Olave, Bap., Mar. and Bur. 1611-1644, and
Bur. 1654-1673, Harl. MS. 2177.
Chester, Trinity, 1598-1653, Harl. MS. 2177,

DEVON. Alwington, Bap. and Mar. 1550-1716, Bur. 1550-1775,

Chester MSS. '
Bradford, 1559-1812, Chester MSS.
Hautland, Bap. 1557-1812, Mar. 1557-1837, Bur. 1577-

1866, Chester MSS.
Hollacombe, 1638-1738. Chester MSS.
Littleham, 1538-1812, Chester MSS.
Mamiieai), 1549, Rev. VV. C. Plenderleith.
- Newton, St. Petrock, 1578-1812, Chester MSS.
Parkiiam, 1537-1812, Chester, MSS.
Siiaugii Prior, 1565-1887, MS. Coll. Arms.
Siiebbear, 1576-1812, Chester MSS.

DORSET. Halstock, Bap. 1698, Mar. 1701, Bur. 1698-1812,
Rev. R. F. Meredith (Indexed).

DURHAM. Denton, Bap. 1673-1714, Mar. 1673-1715, Bur. 1673-1717,
Rev. J. Edleston (earlier Register printed).

Gainford, Bap. 1784-1841, Mar. 1754-1837, Bur. 1784-
1852, Rev. J. Edleston (earlier Register printed).

Whorlton. Bap. 1626-1724, Mar. 1713-1724, Bur. 1669-
1724, Rev. J. Edleston (Indexed).

ESSEX. Deb i) FN, 1557-1777, Chester MSS.

Stanstfd Montficiiet, 1558-3 760 (per J. J. Green), Brit.
Mu>s.

GLO'STERSHIRE. King Stanley, Bap. 1573-1812, Mar. 1573-1813,
Bur. 1573-1881, Rev. R. II. Clutterbuek, F.S.A.
Leonard Stanley, Bap. 1575-1 600, Mar. 1570-1613, Bur.
1571-1664, and 1773-1812, Rev. R. II Clutter-
buek, F.S.A.

HANTS. Ashe, Bap. 1607, Mar. 1606, Bur. 1618-1720), Rev. F. W.
Thoyts.

Dunmer, 1540-1889, S. Andrews (Index in progress.)
Eastror, 1750-1888, S. Andrews (Indexod). .
Knights Enham, Bap. 1683-1812, Mar. 1697-1805, Bur.

1758-1812, Rev. 11 II. Clutterbuek, F.S.A.
Steventon, 1604-1888, S. Andrews.
Upton Grey, 1558-1837, Miss G, T. Martin.

HERTS. St. Alban's Abbey, 1558-1689, Chester MSS.

Weston, Bap. and Bur. 1539-1760, Mar. 1539-1757,
M. R. Pryor.

KENT. Beckenham, 1538-1716, A. O. Barron.

Beokenham, Bap. 1717-1784, Mar. 1717-1790, Bur.

1717-1785, L. L. Duncan, F.S.A.
(/iJiSLuuuRST, 1558-1760, L. L. Duncan, F.S.A.

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KENT. Dayington, Index 1549-180^2, 11 M. Add. MS. 28837.

(continued) Maidstone, 1542-1740, Rev. J. Cave-Browne (part pub.).
Harden, Canon Benham.

Margate, Canon Benham.

Orpington, 1560-1754, H. C. Kirby.
Preston (Faversham)v 1559-1812, Rev. J. Russell Cooke.
TiiANKT, St. Peter, 1582-1777, Soc. of Antiq. MS. (by

Canon Benham).
Thanington, Mar. 1558-1737, J. M. Cowpcr.

LANCASHIRE. Oldham, Bap. 1558-1611. MS. Coll. Arms.

Warrington, 1st Register Warrington Museum.

LON DON. All Hallows, Lombard Street, 1550-1867, Chester MSS.
Bunhill Fields, Bnr. 1713-1826, Chester MSS.
Charterhouse Chapel, Bap. 1696-1812, Mar. 1671-1754,

Bur. 1695-1812, Dr. F. Collins.
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, 1701-1867, Chester MSS.
Chelsea, Mar. .1559-1751, Chester MSS.
Mercers' Chapel, 1641-1833, Chester MSS.
Rolls' Chapel, 1736-1826, Chester MSS.
St. Benet, Gracechurch, 1558-1866, Chester MSS.
St. Leonard, Eastcheap, 1538-1812, Chester MSS.
Temple Church, complete, Chester MSS.
Westminster, St. Margaret, complete. Chester MSS.

MIDDLESEX. Erring, 1538-1750, W. C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. (indexed to
1667).

NORFOLK. Anting ham, 1679-1812, Rev. F. Procter.

Bacton, 1558-1812, Rev. F. Procter.

Braoiueld, 1725-1812, Rev. F. Procter.

Bi'NSTEAD, 1561-1812, Rev. F. Procter.

Castle Acre, Bap. 1695-1699, Alar. 1710-1718, Bur.

1695-1698, Rev. J. IL Bloom.
Garveston, 1539-1812, Chester MSS.
Horsey, Bap. and Bur. 1559-181 2, Mar. 1571-1677, Rev.

F. Procter.

Ingham, Bap. and Bur. 1800-1812, Mar. 1800-1838 (the

register burnt), Rev. F. Procter.
M.UNDESLEY, 1724-1711, and 1756-1812, Rev. F. Protcer.
Palling, 1779-1812 (Register lost), Rev. F. Procter,
Swakield, 1660-1812, Rev. F. Procter.
T h o r p e mar ket, 1537-1739, Rev. F. Procter.
Thuxton, complete, Chester MSS.
Waxiiam, 1780-1812 (Kegister lost), Rev. F. Procter.
West Somerton, 1736-1812, Rev. F. Procter.
Westwick, Bap. and Bur. 1642-1812, Mar. 1642-1836,

Rev, F. Procter.
Winterton, with E. Somerton, 1717-1812 (after lire),

Rev. F. Procter.

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NORTHANTS. Lilford, 1561-1777, Chester MSS.

Wadeniioe, complete, Chester MSS.

NOTTS. Carlton-in-Lindric k, Mar. 1559-1754, Bap. and Bur.

1559-1678, G. W. Marshall LL.D., Coll. Arms.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 1397-1773, Rev. E. F. Taylor.
Sutton, St. Ann, 15G0-1759, Rev. E. F. Taylor.

OXFORD. Oxford, All Saints, 1559-1866, Chester MSS.

Oxford, St. Giles, Mar. 1559-1754', Bap. 157C-1769, Bnr.

1605-1768, Chester MSS.
Oxford, St. Mary Magdalen, 1600-1726, Chester MSS.
Oxford, St. Mary the Virgin, 1599-1866, Chester MSS.
Oxford, St. Peter-in-the-East, 1559-1866, Chester MSS.

RUTLAND. Edith Weston, Rap. 1585, Mar. and Bur. 158G-1830,
Rev. A. Troll ope.
ft ambl E don. Bap. and Bur. I55S-1812, Mar. 1558-1816,

Rev. Geo. Gibb.
Luffenham (North), Bap. 1572-1748, Alar, and Bur.

1565-1749, Rev. P. G. Dennis.
Lyndon, Hap. and Bur. 1580-1813, Mar. 1580-1837,
Rev. T. K. B« Ne vinson. ;
» Tin stl eton, Rev. M. A. Thomson.

SHROPSHIRE. Quatfprd, 1636-1811, Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 28740.

SOMERSET. Banwell, 1568-1797, Chester MSS.

STAFFORDSHIRE. Clent, 1562-1812, J. Amphlett.

Ingestre, 1691-1733 (per C. J. Bradshaw).

SURREY. Banstead, Bap. and Mar. 1517-1750, Bur. 1547-1789,

F. A. II. Lambert, F.S.A.
Beddington, Mar. 1538-1754, R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A.
Coulsdon, Mar. 1655-1753, R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A.
Parleigii, Bap. and Bur. 1678-1812, Mar. 1679-1810,

R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A.
Godalming, Bap. 1582-1625, Mar. and Bur. 1583-1625,

Ralph Nevill, F.S.A. -
fiORLEY, Bap. 1630-1700, Mar. 1630-1753. Bur. 1599-

1700, A. R. Bax.
Mitciiam, 1563-1678, Chester, MSS.
Richmond, 1583-1812, J, Chnllenor Smit h.
VVoedinguam, Bap. 1766-1812, Mar. 1769-1810, Bur.

1765-181 I, ]£. G. Rico.

SUSSEX. Ardingly, 1558-1724 (by Rev. J. II. L. Booker), The

Rector, Indexed and annotated.
Balcombe, Bap. J 554, Mar. 1539, Bur. 1540-1746 (by

Rev, J. II. L. Booker), The Rector.
Crawley, Mar. 1688-1750, R. Garraway Rice.
Ditciiling, Bap. 1557 and Mar. and Bur. .1556-1750,

Oapt. Mlree, R.E. Indexed.

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SUSSEX. East Gtitnstead, Bap. 1558-1760, Mar. 1559-1760, Bur.

1574-1700, R. Payne Crawfurd.
Edbuuton, 1558-1073, Sussex Arch. Soc. (see No. 1 List).
Horsham, Bap. and Bur. 1510-1701, Mar. 1541-1753,

R. Garraway Rice.
Itciiingfield, Mar. 17(50-1812, R. Garraway Rice.
Nutiiurst, Mar. 1G53— 1754 , R. Garraway Rice.
Nutiiukst, Bap. and Bur. 1030, B. M. Ayscoug-h, MS. 1077
WiVELS vi eld, Bap. and Bur. 1559-1780, Mar. 1559-1753,

Capt. Attree, R.E.

WARWICKSHIRE. Fillongley, 1538-1053, Rev. A. B. Stevenson.

Lillington, Bap. 1510-1573, Mar. 1541-1573, Bur.
1539-1575, Rev. J. Edleston.

WILTS. Ciieriiill, 1090-1891, Rev. W. C. Plenderleith.

East Knoyle, 1538-1892, Rev. R. N. Milford (indexed).
Seagiiy, Bap. and Bur. 1G10-1811, Mar. 1611-1753, (old
Trans.), D. Ilipwell.

WORCESTERSHIRE. Hagley, 1538-1889. Parish and W. Wickham
King-, Indexed.
Hagley, 1538-1831, (Copy of J. Noakes), J. Amphlett.
Old-Swinkoild, 1002-1 G50, W. W. King,
- Pedmoke, 1539-1880, Parish and W. W. King-.

YORKSHIRE. Bat key, Bap. and* Bur. 1559-1812, Mai;. 1559-1803,

Mich. Sheard.
Egton, Mar. 1622-1761, Bap. and Bur. 1622-1770.
FaIiniiam, 1570— -Bap. and Mar. 1721, Bi.r. 1720, Dr.

F. Collins.

Hemswoutii. 1553-1688, Rev. J. II. Bloom, M.A.
Kikby Fleetiiam, 1591-1718, Chester, MSS.
Kikkdale, 1580-1702, Chester, MSS.
Knakesbouougii, 1501 — Bap. 1707, Mar. 1751, Bur. 1764,

Dr. F. Collins.
Miriteld, 1559-1606, Par. Church.
Sheffield, Bap. 1559-1603, Rev. C. V. Collier.
Sheffield, Bap. by Rev. Jollie, 1681-1704, Brit, Mils.

Add. MS. 24486.
Wintkingiiam, 1558-1700, Chester, MSS.
Wkagley, 1538- Rov. E. Sankey.
Yonic, St. Martin cum Gregory, 1540-1780, Indexed to

1740, Rev. E. Buhner.

iluiTisou & Solid, Prlntera in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Eaue.

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Forms of Schedule prepared hy a Committee of the British Association
for (lie Advancement of Science, appointed to Organise an Ethno-
graphical Survey of the United Kingdom.

» Members of the Committee.

Francis Galton, F.R.S., J. B. Garson, M.B, and E. W. Brabrook,
F.S.A. (Chairman), representing the Anthropological Institute.

Edward Clodd, G. L. Gornme, F.S.A,, and Joseph Jacobs, M.A., re-
presenting the Folklore Society.

G. W. G. Leveson Gower, V.P.S.A., George Payne, F.S.A., and
General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S., representing the Society of Antiquaries of
London.

Sir C. M. Kennedy, C.B., K.C.M.G., and E. G. Ravenstein, repre-
senting the Royal Statistical Society.

A Member representing the Dialect Society.

Dr. J. Beddoe, F.R.S. ; Arthur J. Evans, F.S.A. ; Sir H. H. Howorth,
F.R.S. ; Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S.

John Rhys, M.A., Jesus Professor of Celtic in the University of
Oxford, and also Professor Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., E. S. Hartland, F.S.A., ,
Edward Laws, the Ven. Archdeacon Thomas, F.S.A., S. W. Williams,
F.S.A., and J. Romilly Allen, F.S.A. Scot. (Secretary), representing the
Cambrian Archaeological Society, and forming a Sub-Committee for Wales.

Joseph Anderson, LL.D., Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland.

Professor D. J. Cunningham, F.R.S., C. R. Browne, M..D., and Pro-
fessor A. C. Haddon, M.A., representing the Royal Irish Academy, and
forming a Sub-Committee for Ireland (Prof. Haddon, Secretary).

E. Sidney Hartland, F.S.A., Secretary.

This Committee has already made two preliminary reports to the
Association, in which the names of 367 villages or places in various parts
of the United Kingdom have been indicated as especially to deserve
ethnographic study. The list, large as it is, is not exhaustive. For
these and such other villages and places as may appear to be suitable,
the Committee propose to record —

(1) Physical types of the inhabitants ;

(2) Current traditions and beliefs ;

(3) Peculiarities of dialect ;

(4) Monuments and other remains of ancient culture ; and

(5) Historical evidence as to continuity of race.

All communications should be addressed to ' The Secretary of
the Ethnographic Survey, British Association, Burlington House,
London, W.'

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The most generally convenient method of organising a simultaneous
inquiry under these five heads appears to be the appointment of a sub-
committee in each place, one or more members of which would be prepared
to undertake each head of the inquiry. For the ancient remains advan-
tage should be taken of the work of the Archaeological Survey where it
is in operation. The general plan of the Committee is discussed in an
article, On the Organisation of local Anthropological Research, in the
' Journal of the Anthropological Institute ' of February 1893.

For the use of inquirers copies on foolscap paper of the Forms of
Schedule have been prepared, giving a separate page or pages of foolscap
for each head of 11 le inquiries, on which are the questions and hints pre-
pared by the Committee, the lower portion of each page, to which should
be added as many separate sheets of foolscap as may be. required, being
left for answers ; ami, with regard to the physical observations, a single
page of foolscap has been set aside for the measurements of each in-
dividual to be observed. The requisite number of copies of the foolscap
edition of the schedules and of extra copies of the form for the persons
to be photographed and measured will be supplied on application.

Communications should all be written on foolscap paper, and the
writing should be on one side only of the page, and a. margin of about one
inch on the left-hand side of the page should be left, with a view to
future binding.

Directions for Measurement.

Instrument required for these measurements : — The ' Traveller's
Anthropometer,' manufactured by Aston & Mander, 25 Old Compton
Street, London, W.G. ; price M. 3si complete ; without 2-metre steel
measuring tape and box footpiece, 21. 10s. With this instrument all the
measurements can be taken. In a permanent laboratory it will be found
convenient to have a. fixed graduated standard for measuring the height,
or a scale affixed to a wall. For field work a tape measure may be tem-
porarily suspended to a rigid vertical support, with the zero just touching
the ground or floor.

A 2-metre tape, a pair of folding callipers, a folding square, all of
which are graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be ob-
tained from Aston & Mander for 1/. 6s. : with this small equipment all
the necessary measurements can be taken.

Height Kt mutiny. - -The subject should stand perfectly upright, with
his back to the standard or fixed tape, and his eyes directed horizontally
forwards. Care should be taken that the standard or support for the tape
is vertical. The stature may be measured by placing the person with his
back against a wall to which a inetre scale has been affixed. The height
is determined by placing a -carpenter's square or a large set-square against
the support in sucli a, in. inner that the lower edge is at right angles to the
scale ; the square should be placed well above the head, and then brought
down till its lower edge feels the resistance of the top of the head. The
observe)- should be caref ul that the height is taken in the middle line of the
head. If the subject should object to take off his boots, measure the
thickness of the boot-heel, and deduct it from stature indicated in boots.

Height Sitting.- For this the subject should be seated on a low stool
or bench, having behind it- a graduated rod or tape with its zero level with
the seat ; he should sit perfectly erect, with his back well in against the
scale. Then proceed as in measuring the height standing. The square
should be employed here also if the tape against a wall is used,

Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers f rom the most prominent
part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant
point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken
to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there
with the lingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum
projection of the head behind.

Breadth of Cranium. -The maximum' ''breadth of head, which is usually
about the level of the top of the ears, is measured at right angles to the
length. Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points
arc exactly on the same horizontal level.

Face Length. — This is measured from the slight furrow which marks
the root of the nose, and which is about the level of a line drawn from the
centre of the pupil of one eye to that of the other, to the under part of the
chin. Should there be two furrows, as is often the case, measure from
between them.

Upper Face Length. — From root of nose to the interval between the two
central front teeth at their roots.

Face Breadth. — Maximum breadth of face between the bony projections
in front of the ears.

Inter -ocular llrcadlli. — Width between the internal angles of the eyes.
While this is being measured the subject should shut his eyes.

Bigofiial Breadth.— Breadth of face at the outer surface of the angles
of the lower jaw below the ears. .

Nose Length. — From the furrow at root of nose to the angle between
the nose and the upper lip in the middle line.

Breadth of Nose. — Measured horizontally across the nostrils at the
widest part, but without compressing the nostrils.

Height of J Fad. -The head should be so held that the eyes look straight
forward to a point at the same level as themselves — i.e., the plane of vision
should be exactly horizontal. The rod of the Anthropometer should be
held vertically in front of tho face of the subject, and the upper straight
arm should be extended as far as possible and placed along the middle
line of the head ; the shorter lower arm should be pushed up to the lower
surface of the chin. When measured with the square the depending bar
must be held vertically in front of the face (with the assistance of the
spirit-level or plumb-line), and the small set-square passed up this arm
-from below in such a manner that its horizontal upper edge will come into
contact with the lower contour of the chin. The distance between the
lower edge of the horizontal bar of the square and the upper edge of the
set-square can be read oil", and this will be the maximum height of the
head.

Height of Cranium. — The head being held in precisely the same manner
as in measuring the height of the head, the instrument is rotated to the
left side of the head, its upper bar still resting on the crown, and the
recording arm (or the set-square) is pointed to the centre of the line of
attachment of the small projecting cartilage in front of the ear-hole.

Note. — It is essential that these rules should be strictly followed in
order to secure accuracy. All measurements must be made in millimetres.
If possible, the subject's weight should be obtained, and recorded in the
place set apart for remarks. Tho observer is recommended to procure
' Notes and Queries on Anthropology,' 2nd edition, from the Anthropo-
logical Institute. 3 Hanover Square, London, W. ; net price, $8. ()d.

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Physical Types of the Inhabitants — (continued).

Photographic Portraits.

Facial characteristics are conveniently recorded by means of photo-
graphs, taken in the three ways explained below. Amateurs in photo-
graphy are now so numerous that it is hoped the desired materials may
be abundantly supplied. At least twelve more or less beardless male
•adults and twelve female adults should be photographed. It will add
much to the value of the portrait if these same persons have also been
measured. The photographs should be mounted on cards, each card
bearing the name of the district, and a letter or number to distinguish the
individual portraits ; the cards to be secured together by a thread passing
loosely through a hole in each of their upper left-hand corners. Three
sorts of portrait are wanted, as follows : —

(a) A few portraits of such persons as may, in the opinion of the
person who sends them, best convey the peculiar characteristics of the
race. These may be taken in whatever aspect shall best display those
characteristics, and should be accompanied by a note directing attention
to them.

(b) At least twelve portraits of the left side of the face of as many
different adults of the same sex. These must show in each case the exact
profile, and the hair should be so arranged as fully to show the ear. All
the persons should occupy in turn the same chair (with movable blocks
on the seat, to raise the sitters' heads to a uniform height), the camera
being fixed throughout in the same place. The portraits to be on such a
scale that the distance between the top of the head and the bottom of
the chin shall in no case be less than 1^ inch. Smaller portraits can
hardly be utilised in any way. If the incidence of the light be not the
same in all cases they cannot be used to make composite portraits. By
attending to the following hints the successive sitters may be made to
occupy so nearly the samo position that the camera need hardly be re-
focussed. In regulating the height of the head, it is tedious and clumsy
to arrange the proper blocks on the seat by trial. The simpler plan is to
make the sitter first take his place on a separate seat with its back to the
wall, having previously marked on the wall, at heights corresponding to
those of the various heights of head, the numbers of the blocks that
should be used in each case. The appropriate number for the sitter is
noted, and the proper blocks are placed on the chair with the assurance
that what was wanted has been correctly done. The distance of the
sitter from the camera can be adjusted with much precision by fixing a
looking-glass, in the wall (say five feet from his chair), so that he can see
the reflection of his face in it. The backward or forward position of the
sitter is easily controlled by the operator, if lie looks at the sitter's head
over the middle of the camera, against a mark on the wall beyond. It
would be a considerable aid in making measurements of the features of
the portrait, and preventing the possibility of mistaking the district of
which the sitter is a representative, if a board, be fixed above his head in
the plane of his profile , on which a scale of inches is very legibly marked,
and the name of the district written. This board should be so placed as
just to fall within the photographic plate. The background should be of
a medium tint (say a sheet of light brown paper pinned against the wall

beyond), very dark and very light tints being both unsuitable for eom-
posite photography.

(c) The same persons who were taken in side-nice should be subse-
quently photographed in strictly full face. They should occupy a different
chair, the place of camera being changed in accordance. Time will be
greatly saved if all the side-faces arc,- taken first,' and then all the full
faces ; unless, indeed, there happen to be two operators, each with his
own camera, ready to take the same persons in turn. The remarks just
made in respect to ~(b) .are, in principle, more or less applicable to the
present case; but the previous method of insuring'a uniform distance
between the sitter and the camera ceases to be appropriate.

It is proposed that composites of some of these groups shall be taken
by Mr. Galton, so far as his time allows.

Place Name of Obsercer

2. Current Traditions and Beliefs.
Folklore.

Every item of folklore should be collected, consisting of customs,
traditions, superstitions, sayings of the people, games, and any supersti-
tions connected with special days, marriages, births, deaths, cultivation of
the land, election of local officers, or other events. Each item should
be written legibly on a separate piece of paper, and the name, occupa-
tion, and age of the person from whom the information is obtained
should in all eases be carefully recorded. If a custom or tradition relates
to a particular place or object, especially if it relates to a curious natural
feature of the district, or to an ancient monument or camp, some infor-
mation should be given about such place or monument. .Sometimes a
custom, tradition, or superstition may relate to a particular family or
group of persons, and not generally to the whole population; and in
this case care should be exercised in giving necessary particulars. Any
objects which are used for local ceremonies, such as masks, ribbons,
coloured dresses, etc., should be described accurately, and, if possible,
photographed ; or might be forwarded to London, either for permanent
location, or lo be drawn or photographed. Any superstitions that are
believed at one place and professedly disbelieved at another, or the exact
opposite believed, should be most carefully noted.

The. following questions are examples of the kind and direction of the
inquiries to be made, a.ud, are not 'intended to confine the inquirer to the
special subjects referred' to in them, or to limit the rejilics to categorical
answers. The numbers within brackets refer to the corresponding articles
in the 'Handbook of Folklore ' (published by Nutt, 270 Strand, London),
which may be consulted for advice as to the mode of collecting and the
cautions to be observed.

(4) Relate .any tradition as to the origin of mountains or as to
♦ giants being entombed therein.

Are there any traditions about giants or dwarfs in the district ?
Relate them.

Is there a story about a Blinded Giant like that of Polyphemus?

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(13) Describe any ceremonies performed at certain times in connec-
tion with mountains.

(10) Relate any traditions or beliefs about caves.

(19) Are any customs performed on islands not usually inhabited ?
Are they used as burial places ?

(25) Describe any practices of leaving small objects, articles of dress,
&c, at wells.

(29) Are there spirits of rivers or streams ? Give their names.

(32) Describe any practices of casting small objects, articles of dress,

&c, into the rivers.

(33) Are running waters supposed not to allow criminals or evil

spirits to cross them ?
(39) Describe any customs at the choosing of a site for building,
and relate any traditions as to the site or erection of any
building.

(42) Is there a practice of sprinkling foundations with the blood of

animals, a bull, or a cock ?

(43) Does the building of a house cause the death of the builder?
(48, 49, 50) Relate any traditions of the sun, moon, stars.

(02) Describe the customs of fishermen at launching their boats.

(03) Give any omens believed in by fishermen.
(00) Is it unlucky to assist a drowning person ?

(84) What ceremonies are performed when trees are felled ?

(85) Describe any custom of placing rags and other small objects

upon bushes or trees.
(80) Describe any maypole customs and dances.
(87) Describe any customs of wassailing of fruit trees.
(90) Are split trees used in divination or for the cure of disease ?
(98) Describe any ceremonies used for love divination with plants or
trees.

(105) Describe the garlands made and used at ceremonies.
(110) What animals are considered lucky and what unlucky to moot,
come in contact with, or kill ?

(132) Describe any customs in which animals arc sacritieed, or driven

away from house or village.

(133) Describe customs in which men dress up as animals.

(137) Give the names of the local demons, fairies, pixies, ghosts, &c.
Have any of them personal proper names p

(139) Their habits, whether gregarious or solitary. Do they use

Special implements ?

(140) Form and appearance, if beautiful or hideous, small in stature,

different at different times.

(144) Character, if merry, mischievous, sulky, spiteful, industrious,

stupid, easily outwitted.

(145) Occupations, music, dancing, helping mankind, carrying on

mining, agricultural work.
(14(5) Haunts or habitations, if human dwellings, mounds, barrows,
mines, forests, boggy moorlands, waters, the underworld,
dolmens, stone circles.

(190) G fvc the details of any practices connected with the worship of

the local saint.

(191) Are sacrifices or offerings miwie to tho local saint; on what days;

and when p

(192) What is the shrine of the local saint ?

(210) Witchcraft. Describe minutely the ceremonies performed by
the witch. What preliminary ceremony took place to pro-
tect the witch ?

(294) Are charms used to find evil spirits and prevent their moving

away ? f. .

(295) Are amulets, talismans, written bits of paper, gestures, &c, used

to avert evil or to ensure good ? If so, how ; when ; where ?

(297) Are skulls of animals, or horses, or other objects hung up in

trees to avert the evil eye and other malign influence:/?

(298) What methods are employed for divining future events ? What

omens are believed in ?
(853) What superstitions are attached to women's work as such ?
(35G) Are women ever excluded from any occupation, ceremonies, or

places ?

(358) What superstitions are attached to the status of widowhood ?
(300) Are particular parts of any town or village, or particular

sections of any community, entirely occupied in one trade or

occupation ?

(368) Have they customs and superstitions peculiar to their occupation ?

(309) Do they intermarry among themselves, and keep aloof from
other people ?

(373) Have they any processions or festivals ?

(422) What parts of the body are superstitiously regarded ?

(432) Are bonus, nails, hair, the subject of particular customs or
superstitions ) and is anything done with bones when acci-
dentally discovered ?

(436) Is dressing ever considered as a special ceremonial; are
omens drawn from accidents in dressing ?

(452) Are any parts of the house considered sacred ?

(453) Is the threshold the object of any ceremony ; is it adorned

with garlands ; is it guarded by a horseshoe or other object ?

(454) Are any ceremonies performed at the hearth ; are the ashes

used for divination; is the fire ever kept burning for any
continuous period ?
(456) Is it unlucky to give fire from the hearth to strangers always,
or when ?

(467) Is there any ceremony on leaving a house, or on first occupying
a house ?

(509) What are the chief festivals, and what the lesser festivals
observed ?

(515) Explain the popular beliof in the object of each festival.

(516) Describe the customs and observances appertaining to each

festival.

(540) When does the new year popularly begin?

State the superstitions or legends known to attach to —

(a) Hallowe'en. \

(b) May Eve.

(c) Midsummer Day, and St. John's Eve. I Both old and new
• (d) Lammas, or August 1. ' styles.

(e) New Year's Day.
(/) Christmas.

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Is there any superstition as to tlie first person who enters a
house in the New Year ? Is stress laid upon the colour of
complexion and hair ?

(507) What are the customs observed at the birth of children ?
(588) Describe the ceremonies practised at courtship and marriage.
(623) Describe tlie ceremonies at death and burial.
(069) Describe any games of ball or any games with string, or other
games.

(674) Describe all nursery games of children.

(086) Is there any special rule of succession to property ?

(703) Is any stone or group of stones, or any ancient monument or
ancient tree connected with local customs ?

(706) Are any special parts of the village or town the subject of
particular rights, privileges, or disabilities ; do these parts
bear any particular names ?

(711) Describe special local modes of punishment or of lynch law.

(71$) Describe special customs observed at ploughing, harrowing,
sowing, manuring, haymaking, apple-gathering, corn-harvest,
hemp-harvest, flax-harvest, potato-gathering, threshing, flax-
picking, and hemp-picking.

The collections under this head will be digested by Professor Rhys
and the representatives of the Folklore Society.

Place Name of Olserver

3. Peculiarities of Dialect.
Directions to Collectors of Dialect Tests.

1. Do not, if it can be helped, let your informant know the nature of
your observations. The true dialect-speaker will not speak his dialect
freely or truly unless he is unaware that his utterance is watched. In
some cases persons of the middle class can afford correct information, and
there is less risk in allowing them to know your purpose.

2. Observe the use of consonants. Note, for example, if v and z are
used where the standard pronunciation has/ and s. This is common in
the south.

o. Observe very carefully the nature of the vowels. This requires
practice in uttering and appreciating vowel sounds, some knowledge of
phonetics, and a good ear.

4. Record all observations in the same standard phonetic alphabet,
viz., that given in Sweet's 'Primer of Phonetics.' A few modifications
in this may be made, viz., ng for Sweet's symbol for the sound of ng in
thing ; sJl for his symbol for the sh in she ; cli for his symbol for the ch in
choose ; th for the ih in thin ; clh for the th in then. If these modifications
are used, say so. But the symbol j must only be used for the y in you,
viz., as in German. If the sound of j in just is meant, Sweet's symbol
should be used. On the whole it is far better to use no modifications at
all. Sweet's symbols are no more difficult to use than any others after
a very brief practice, such as every observer of phonetics must necessarily
go through.

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5. If you find that you are unable to record sounds according to tliO
above scheme it is better to make no return at all. Incorrect returns arc
misleading in the highest degree, most of all such as are recorded in the
ordinary spelling- of literary English.

6. The chief vowel-sounds to be tested are those which occur in the
following words of English origin, viz.;r man, hard, 'name, ludp, went (spelt
with ea), green (spelt with ee),hill, wine, fire, soft, hole, oak (spelt with on),
cuol, sun, liouse, day, law, or words involving similar sounds. Also words
of French origin, such us just, master (a before s), grant (a before n), try,
value, measure, bacon, pay, chair, {journey, pit \j, beef, clear, profit, bit, roast
porlc, false, butcher, fruit, blue, pure, poor, or words involving similar
sounds.

The best account of these sounds as tested for a Yorkshire dialect, is
to be found in Wright's ' Dialect of Windfall ' (English Dialect Society,
1892), published by Kegan Paul at 12*'. 6d. Sweet's symbols arc here
employed throughout.

Sweet's ' Primer of Phonetics' is published by the Oxford Press at
3.-. Gd.

A list of test words (of English origin) is given at p. 42 of Skeat's
' Primer of English Etymolog}',' published by the Oxford Press at Is. Gd.

7. The task of collecting words which seem to be peculiarly dialectal
(as to form or meaning, or both) has been performed so thoroughly that
it is useless to record what has been often already recorded. See, for
example, Halli well's (or Wright's) ' Provincial Glossary' and the publi-
cations of the English Dialect Society. In many cases, however, the
pronunciation of such words has not been noted, and may be carefully set
down with great advantage.

The Rev. Professor Skeat has been kind enough to draw up the fore-
going directions, and the collections under this head will be submitted
to him.

. Place Name of Observer (

4. Monuments and other Remains of Ancient Culture.

Plot on a map, describe, furnish photographs on sketches, and state
the measurements and names (if any) of these, according to the following
classification : — -

Drift implements. Caves aud their contents.
Stone circles. Monoliths. Lake dwellings.
Camps. Enclosures. Collections of hut circles.
Cromlechs. Cairns. Sepulchral chambers.

Barrows, describing the form, and distinguishing those which have
not been opened.
Inscribed stones.
Figured stones. Stone crosses.
Castra (walled). Earthen camps.
Foundations of Roman buildings.
Cemeteries (what modes of sopultriro).
Burials, inhumation or cremation.
Detailed contents of graves.

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Types of fibula? and other ornaments.

Coins. Implements and weapons, stone, bronze, or iron.

Other antiquities.

A list of place-names within the area. No modern names required.

Special note should be made of British, Roman, and Saxon interments
occurring in the same field, and other signs of successive occupation.

Reference should be made to the article ' Archaeology ' in ' Notes and
Queries on Anthropology,' p. 170.

These relate to England only. The sub-committees for other parts of
the United Kingdom will prepare modiGed lists.

The collections under this head will be digested by Mr. Payne.

Place Name of Observer

5. Historical Evidence as to Continuity of Iiace.

Mention any historical events connected with the place, especially
such as relate to early settlements in it or more recent incursions of alien
immigrants.

State the nature of the pursuits and occupations of the inhabitants.

State if any precautions have been taken by the people to keep them-
selves to themselves ; if the old village tenures of land have been pre-
served.

Has any particular form of religious belief been maintained ?

Are the people constitutionally averse to change ?

What are the dates of the churches and monastic or other ancient
buildings or existing remains of former buildings ?

Do existing buildings stand on the sites of older ones ?

How far back can particular families or family names be traced?

Can any evidence of this be obtained from the manor rolls; from
the parish registers ; from the tythingmen's returns ; from guild or
• corporation records ?

Are particular family names common ?

In what county or local history is the best description of the place to
be found ?

Evidences of historical continuity of customs, dress, dwellings, im
foments, &c., should bo noted.

The collections under this head will be digested by Mr. Jirabrook.

'Ifdtes Explanatory of the Schedules.
By E. Sidney Hahtland, F.S.A., Secretary of the Committee.

The object of the Committee is to obtain a collection of authentic
information relative to the population of the British Islands, with a view
to determine as far as possible the racial elements of which it is composed.
The high interest of the inquiry for all archaeologists need not be here
insisted on. A satisfactory solution of the problems involved will 'mean
the re- writing of much of our early history ; and even if we can only gain
a partial insight into the real facts it will enable us to correct or to con-
firm many of the guesses in which historians have indulged upon data of
a very meagre and, of ten delusive character.

The methods it is proposed to adopt have regard to the physical
peculiarities of the inhabitants, their mental idiosyncrasies, the material
remains of their ancient culture, and their external history. In modern
times great movements of population have taken place, the developments
of industry and commerce have brought together into large centres
natives of all parts of the country, and even foreigners, and thereby
caused the mingling of many elements previously disparate. These have
enormously complicated the difficulties of the inquiry. They have
rendered many districts unsuitable for every purpose except the record of
material remains. Scattered up and down the eountiy, however, there
are hamlets and retired places where the population has remained
stationary and affected " but little by the currents that have obliterated
their neighbours' landmarks. To such districts as these it is proposed to
direct attention. Where families have dwelt in the same village from
father to son as far back as their ancestry can be traced, where the modes
of life have diverged the least from those of ancient days, where pastoral
and agricultural occupations have been the mainstay of a scanty folk
from time immemorial, where custom and prejudice and superstition have
held men bound in chains which all the restlessness of the nineteenth
century has not yet completely severed, there we hope still to find sure
traces of the past.

The photographic survey, which has been carried out so well at
Birmingham and elsewhere, and has been initiated in our own country,
will prove a most valuable aid to the wider work of the Ethnographical
Survey. Photographs of the material remains of ancient culture are
explicitly asked for in the schedule. In addition to them, photographs of
typical inhabitants are urgently desired. Some judgment will, of course,
require to be exercised in the selection of types, and a considerable
amount of tact in inducing the subjects to allow themselves to be taken.
It has been found effective for this purpose, as well as for that of
measuring the people, that two persons should go out together, and
setting tip the camera in the village, or wherever they find a convenient
spot, coram populo, they should then proceed gravely to measure and
photograph one another. This will foe found to interest the villagers,
and some of them will gradually be persuaded to submit to the operation.
A little geniality, and sometimes a mere tangible gratification of a trifling
character, will hardly ever fail in accomplishing the object. The expe-
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extremely fascinating work as the collection increases and the results are
compared. 1

Tins comparison, if the subjects have been selected with judgment,
and accurately measured and photographed, should enable us to determine
in what proportions the blood of the various races which have from time
to time invaded and occupied our soil has been transmitted to the present
population of different parts of the United Kingdom. From the ancient
remains in barrows and other sepulchral monuments, and from the study
of the living peoples of Western Europe, the characteristics of the races
in question- are known with more or less certainty, and every y^ar adds
to our information concerning them. A much more complex problem,
and one wherein archaeologists have a more direct interest, is how far the
culture of the races in question lias descended to us, and how far it has
been affected by intruding arts, faiths, and inventions. To solve this,
appeal is made first to the historic and prehistoric monuments and other
material remains, and secondly to the traditions of many kinds that
linger among the peasantry. Here the first business, and that with
which the practical work of the survey is immediately concerned, is the
work of collection. To photography sketch, and accurately describe the
material remains ; to note and report the descriptions and drawings
already made, and where they are preserved ; to gather and put into
handy form the folklore of each country already printed ; and to collect
from the surviving depositaries of tradition that which may still be
found namely, tales, sayings, customs, medical prescriptions, songs,
games, riddles, superstitions, and all those scraps of traditional lore stored
in rustic memories, impervious and strange to the newer lore of to-day —
these are the necessary preliminaries to the study of the civilisation of our
ancestors.

Archa'ologists have paid too exclusive attention to the material
remains. They have forgotten to inquire what light may be thrown
upon them by tradition. J>y the term tradition I do not mean simply
what the people say about the monuments. Antiquaries soon found out
that that was always inaccurate, and often utterly false and misleading.
Hence thay have been too much inclined to despise all traditions. But
t radition, in the wide sense of the whole body of the lore of the uneducated,
their customs as well as their beliefs, their doings as well as their sayings,
has proved, when scientifically studied, of the greatest value for the
explanation of much that we must fail to understand in the material
remains of antiquity. To take a very simple instance : when we find in
Gloucestershire barrows, cups, or bowls of rough pottery buried with the
dead, we call them food- vessels, because we know that it is the custom
among savage and barbarous nations to bury food with the dead and to
make offerings at the tomb, and that this custom rests on a persuasion
that the dead continue to need food and that they will be propitiated by
gifts ; and we further infer that the races who buried food-vessels with
their dead in this country held a similar opinion. Or, to take another
burial custom : General Pitt-Rivers reported last year to the British As-

' The Ethnographical Survey Committee has a few sets of instruments for taking
the measurements, which can be placed temporarily at the disposal of the local
committee. Perhaps 1 may here also express the opinion that if the personal
photographs and measurements called for expenditure beyond what couhl be met by
local enthusiasm, the Committee Blight not be indisposed to contribute by way of a
small payment lor each photograph and set of measurements.

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sociation that lie had found in excavations at Cranborne Qhaso bodies
buried without the head. If we were ignorant of the practices of other
races we should be at a loss to account for such interments. As it is, we
ask ourselves whether these bodies are those of strangers whose heads have
been sent back to their own land, or their own tribe, in order to be united
in one general cemetery with their own people; or whether the heads
were cut oil' and preserved by their immediate relatives and brought into
the circle at their festive gatherings to share the periodical solemnities of
the clan. Both these are savage modes of dealing with the dead, one of
which, indeed, left traces in Roman civilisation at its highest development.
The knowledge of them puts us upon inquiry as to other burials of the
prehistoric inhabitants of this country, which may help us in reconstruct-
ing their worship and their creed. I for one do not despair of recovering,
by careful comparison of the relics preserved to us in the ancient monu-
ments with the folklore of the existing peasantry and of races in other
parts of the earth, at least the outlines of the beliefs of our remote
predecessors.

Any such conclusions, however, must be founded on the essential unity
that science has, during the last thirty years, unveiled to us in human
thought and human institutions. This unity has disguised itself in forms
as diverse as the nationalities of men. And when we have succeeded in
piecing together the skeleton of our predecessors' civilisation, material and
intellectual, we an; confronted by the further inquiries : What were the
specific distinctions of their culture ? and liow was it influenced by those
•of their neighbours or of their conquerors? This is a question only to be
determined, if at all, by the examination of the folklore of the country.
T7e may assume that the physical measurements, descriptions, and por-
traits of the present inhabitants will establish our relationship to some of
the peoples whose remains we find beneath our feet. And it will be
reasonable. to believe that, though there has been a communication from
•other peoples of their traditions, yet that the broad foundation of our folk-
lore is derived from our forefathers and predecessors in our own land. In
(.Gloucestershire itself we have strong evidence of the persistence of tradi-
tion. Bisley Church is said to have been originally intended to be built
several miles oil', ' but the Devil every night removed the stones, and the
architect was obliged at last to build it where it now stands.' This is, of
eourse, a common tradition. The peculiarity of the case is that at Bisley
its meaning has been discovered. The spot where, we are told, 'the
church ought to have been built was occupied formerly by a Roman villa ; '
and when the church was restored some years ago ' portions of the mate-
rials of that villa were found embedded, in the church walls, including the
altars of the Penates, which are now, however, removed to the British
^Museum.' 1 Here, as Sir John Dorington said, addressing this Society
some years ago at Stroud, is a tradition which lias been handed down for
lifteen or sixteen hundred years. This is in our own country, and it may
be thought hard to beat such a record. But at Mold, in Flintshire, there
is evidence of a tradition which must have been handed down from tin;
prehistoric iron age- that is to say, for more than two thousand years.
A cairn stood there, called the Bryw-yr-Eilyllou, the J Till of the Fairies.
It was believed to be haunted ; a spectre clad in golden armour had been

1 OloitceUcnidve iV. $ Q. vol. i. p. :i!K) quoting an article in the Building ffeirs.
See also Sir John Dorington'^ Presidential Address, Tram. 11. <)'• (1. Arch. tSws, vol. v.
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seei? to enter it. That this story was current before the mound was
opened is a fact beyond dispute. In 1832 the cairn: was explored. Three
hundred cartloads of stones were removed, and beneath them was found a
skeleton 'laid at full length, wearing a corslet of beautifully wrought
gold, which had been placed on a lining of bronze.5 The corslet in ques-
tion is of Etruscan workmanship, and is now, 1 believe, fcp be seen in the
British Museum.1

Examples like these — and they stand by no means alone — inspire con-
fidence in the permanence of what seems so fleeting and evanescent. Folk-
lore is, in fact, like peatery, the most delicate, the most fragile of human
productions : yet it is precisely these productions which prove more dur-
able than solid and substantial fabrics, and outlast the wreck of empires,
a witness to the latest posterity of the culture of earlier and ruder times.

But if these traditions have thus been preserved for centuries and even
millenniums, they have been "modified — nay, transformed — in the process.
It is not the bare fact which has been, transmitted from generation to
generation, but the fact seen through the distorting medium of the popu-
lar imagination. This is a characteristic of all merely oral records of an
' actual event ; and this it is which everywhere renders tradition, taken
literally, so untrustworthy, so misleading a witness to fact. The same
law, however, does not apply to every species of tradition. Some species
fall within the lines of the popular imagination ; and it is then not a dis-
torting but a conservative force. The essential identity of so many stories,
customs and superstitions throughout the world is a sufficient proof of thisr
on which I have no space to dwell. But their essential identity is over-
laid with external differences due to local surroundings, racial peculiari-
ties, higher or lower' planes of civilisation. There is. a charming story tol'1
in South Wales of a lady who came out of a lake at the foot of one of the
Carmarthenshire mountains and married a youth in the neighbourhood.,
and who afterwards, ollended with her husband, quitted his dwelling for
ever and returned to her watery abode. In the Shetland Islands the tale
is told of a seal which cast its skin and appeared as a woman. A man of
the Isle of Unst possessed himself of the seal-skin and thus captured and
married her. She lived with him until one day she recovered the skin,
resumed her seal- shape and plunged into (lie sea, nevermore to return.
In Croatia the damsel is a wolf whose wolf-skin a soldier steals. In the
Arabian. Nights she is a jinn wearing the feather-plumage of a bird, appa-
rently assumed simply for the purpose of Right. In all these cases the
variations are produced by causes easily assigned.

The specific distinctions of a nation's culture are not necessarily limited
to changes- of traditions which it may have borrowed from its neighbours
or inherited from a common stock. It may conceivably develop traditions
peculiar to itself. This is a subject hardly yet investigated by students
of folklore. Their labours have hitherto been chiefly confined to estab-
lishing the identity underlying divergent forms of tradition and explaining
the meaning of practices and beliefs by comparison of the folklore of dis-
tant races at different stages of evolution. But there are not wanting
those who are turning their attention to a province as yet unconquerecl.
and indeed almost undiscovered. .Even if they only succeed in establish-
ing a negative, if they show that all traditions supposed to be peculiar

1 l5oyd Dawkins, luarly Mkn in, fir i fain, p. IIU, citing Arvhrolofjla and Arch.
Cmnkrensis.

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have counterparts elsewhere, they will have rendered & signal service to
science, and produced incontrovertible testimony of the unity of the lunirin
mind and the unintermittent force of the laws which govern it.

Alike for the purpose of ascertaining the specific distinctions of culture
and the influences of neighbouring nations and neighbouring civilisations,
an accumulation of facts is the prime requisite. If we have reason to
believe in the persistence of tradition, we shall have confidence that relics
will foe discovered in our midst of the faith and institutions of our remoter
ancestors ; and, in accordance as we venerate antiquity or desire to pre-
serve what remains of the past, we shall hasten to collect them. Nor can
we be too quick in so doing. The blood of our forefathers is a permanent
inheritance, which it would take many generations and a large interming-
ling of foreigners seriously to dilute, much less to destroy. But tradition
is rapidly dying. It is dwindling away before the influences of modern
civilisation. Formerly, when the rural districts were isolated, when news
travelled slowly and nobody thought of leaving his home save to go to the
nearest market, and that not too often, when education did not exist for
the peasantry ami the landowners had scarcely more than a bowing ac-
- quaintance with it, the talk by the fireside on winter evenings was of the
business of the day -the tilling, the crops, the kine. Or it was the gossip
and small scandals interesting to such a community, or reminiscences by
the elders of the past. Thence it would easily glide into tales and super-
stitions. And we know that these tales and superstitions were, in fact,
the staple of conversation among our fathers and generally throughout the
West of Europe, to go no further afield, down to a very recent period ;
and they still are in many districts. In England, however, railways,
newspapers, elementary education, politics, and the industrial movements
which have, developed during the present century have changed the ancient
modes of life ; and the old traditions are fading out of memory. The
generation that held them is fast passing away. The younger generation
/has never cared to learn them ; though, of course, many of the minor
superstitions and sayings have still a considerable measure of power, espe-
cially in the shape; of folk-medicine and prescriptions for luck. We must
make haste, therefore, if we desire to add to the scanty information on
record concerning English folklore.

As a starting-point for the collection of Gloucestershire folklore I put
together, a year or two ago, the folklore in Atkyns, Rudder, and the lirst
four volumes of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries ; and it was printed by
the Folklore Society and issued as a pamphlet.1 Other works remain to
be searched ; and it is probable that a good deal more may be found already
in print, if some who are interested in the antiquities of the country will
undertake the not very arduous, but very necessary, labour of collection.
When all is gathered, however, it will only be a small part of what must
have existed at no distant date if not of what still exists, awaiting dili-
gent inquiry among living men and women. J Tow to set about the in-
quiry is a question that must be left very much to the individual inquirer
to answer. Valuable practical hints are given in the Handbook of Folklore,
a small volume that may be bought for half-a-crown and carried in the
pocket. Confidence between the collector and those from whom he is
seeking information is the prime necessity. Keep your notebook far in

) County Folklore. Prvided Extracts — No. 1, Gloucestershire. London : D. Nutt,
1892. U,

the background, and beware of letting the peasant know the object
of your curiosity, or even of allowing him to see that you arc? curious.
Above all, avoid leading questions. If you are looking for tales, tell a tale
yourself. Do anything to establish a feeling of friendly sympathy. Never
laugh at your friend's superstitions — not even if he laugh at them himself ;
for he will not open his heart to you if he suspect you of despising them.

There is one other division of the schedule to which T have not yet
referred. The Dialect is perishing as rapidly as the folklore ; it is being
overwhelmed by the same foes. Peculiarities of dialect arc duo partly to
physical, partly to mental, causes. From either point of view they are of
interest to the investigator of antiquities. Hence their inclusion among
the subjects of the Ethnographical Survey. Nobody who has once under-
stood how much of history is often wrapped up in a single word can fail
to perceive the importance of a study of dialect, or how largely it may
contribute to the determination of the origin of a given population. The
reduction of dialect into writing requires accuracy to distinguish the nice-
ties of pronunciation, and some practice to set them down; but a little
experience will overcome most difficulties, which, after all, are not great.
m It is believed that most of the words — as distinguished from their pronun-
ciation— in use have been recorded in the publications of the English
Dialect Society or elsewhere. I>ut it is better to record them again than
to leave them unrecorded. Nor should it be forgotten in this connection
that a word often bears a different shade of meaning in one place from what
it bears in another. In recording any words, care should therefore be take])
to seize not only the exact sound, but the exact signification, if it be desired
to make a real contribution towards the history of the country, or the
history of the language. Of the method of collection and transcription it
is needless to add to the directions in the schedule.

REPORT

OK THE

SUBCOMMITTEE

ON A

PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY

Ob1

ENGLAND AJND WALES.

PUBLISHED UNDEll THE DIRECTION OP THE CONGRESS OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES IN UNION WITH THE
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

1805

CONGRESS OF ARCH/EOLOGICAL SOCIETIES,

18 9 4.

Keport of the Sub-Committee on the
Photographic Survey of England and
Wales.

The Sub-Committee has considered the subject referred to it by
the Congress, as to the best method of promoting* a general Photographic
* .Record of the Country on the lines adopted by the Society for the
Photographic Survey of the County of W arwick.

The Sub-Committee is of opinion that the establishment of such a
geijeral Photographic Record of all works of antiquity is of the
highest importance, and that the Societies in Union should use their
best efforts to establish, for their particular counties, associations on
the basis of that so successfully initiated by the Warwickshire Society,
and followed by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.

* It may be expected that Societies organized on these lines, besides
being of the greatest value to antiquaries, will be readily supported by
the many interested in photography, who will be glad to feel that their
efforts are incorporated and preserved for ever in what will eventually
become a national collection. A more intelligent interest will be
created in what is often at present a desultory and useless amusement,
and the Arclueological Societies will doubtless be strengthened by the
addition of many intelligent members.

The following Regulations are suggested for adoption : —

1. That all photographs be as large as possible, whole
plate being preferred, but in no case less than J plate.

2. That they be printed in permanent process.

3. That while artistic effect is a valuable addition to a
picture, it should not be achieved at the sacrifice of the work
illustrated, but the point of view should be chosen to show as
clearly as possible the details of the subject.

This is especially important in the caso of tombs, effigies, and various
architectural details, where it will often ho impossible to combine
picturesque effect and valuable record. While, therefore, it will be
necessary to keep up a certain standard of artistic skill, plates should be
preferred which elcarfy show archil ecturul or other facts that can only be
adequately recorded by the" deliberate sacrifice of picturesque effect.

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4. That some arrangement should be made to supply a
scale in all illustrations, since without this many are practically
valueless.

Particulars of size can be added in the accompanying description, but
it is far bettor that an actual scale should bo given by the inclusion in the
picture of a graduated staff or a 3 ft. rod or walking stick, which may
generally be unobtrusively introduced. In a series of photographs of
Roman masonry now in preparation for the Society of Antiquaries a
graduated scale,# marked clearly with English and French measures, is in
all cases included. The scale must, of course, be placed in the same plane
a3 the object to be photographed.

The Congress most strongly recommends the adoption of the double
scale, which, will render the photographs of European value, and materially
assist English scholars in the work of comparison.

5. That a description in all cases accompany the photo-
graph, giving the size, general condition, and as many particulars
as possible of the object illustrated.

6. That all particulars as to history, date, etc., be carefully
edited by competent authorities, as otherwise much false and
often ridiculous information may be spread and perpetuated.

7. That the copies of the photographs for the collection
be mounted by the curator on stout cards, uniform with those of
the Warwickshire Survey, and the descriptive particulars legibly
written or printed on the back, and the title on the front.

The plan adopted in Warwickshire of selecting a Hundred for the
work of each year, and committing one square of the 6-inch Ordnance
Map to individual or associated workers, provides for a systematic and
exhaustive record that will be much more valuable than desultory or
haphazard contributions. The jealousies that might arise in the selection
of examples of prominent interest will also be avoided.

Where a county is divided amongst several Photographic Societies,
the' number of localities to be illustrated can be increased accordingly.

The following Rules are copied from those of the Warwickshire
Survey Section of the Birmingham Photographic Society :

M That the 6-inch Ordnance Map be adopted as the basis of the
Survey.

u That the work be conducted, as far as may be convenient, on the
lines of the Hundreds.

* Printed copies of this scale (Prico fid., post freo, or 5s. per dozen), can be
obtained on application to the Assistant-Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries,
Burlington House, London, W.

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" That in order to systematise the work it is desirable that members
shall confine their work, as far as possible, to the Hundred selected
for the ensuing year.

" That each square of the Ordnance Map (containing, roughly, six
square miles) shall be considered a distinct field for work, and that any
member may have allotted to him such square as he may select, unless
such square has been previously allotted."

Another and perhaps better way, which has been adopted by the
Guildford Society, is to divide the 6-inch Ordnance Map into distinct
blocks, with natural boundaries, and. to furnish the members to whom
a block is allotted with a corresponding plan cut from the 1-inch
Ordnance Map, and mounted on card.

To facilitate access to objects to be illustrated, cards of introduction
should be provided, and issued to those avIio undertake work. It is
suggested that the cards be made to run for one year only, and be not
re- ssued except to those who are doing satisfactory work.

It is desirable that a Committee should prepare a schedule of the
principal objects of which it is desired to obtain records, but such a list
should not be regarded as in any way exhaustive, and may be supple-
mented by individual observation.

The photographing of portraits, already begun by the Warwickshire
Society, is also of great value where it can be effected.

Besides objects of archaeological interest, photographs should be
welcomed that give types of natives and groups of school children,
These will be of the highest value to ethnological students. The
ethnological photographs should, if possible, be taken in accordance
with the directions laid down by Mr. Francis Galton. These may bo
obtained from the British Association, at Burlington House.

Photographs of objects of natural history, and of landscapes or
geological features, should be encouraged and- accepted, as they may
be ultimately gathered into a separate collection.

Many of the County Societies are for the study of natural history
as well as of archaeology, and where this is not the case proper
custodians can eventually be found for the various collections.

It is desirable, to avoid risk of loss by fire, that at least three
sets- of Prints should be preserved by way of record : one by the County
Society ; a second by the British Museum ; and a third, of :irclueological
plates, by the Society of Antiquaries. The third prints from those
plates which illustrate science might be deposited with the societies
representing the various subjects, such as the Anthropological Institute
or the Geological and Linmean Societies.

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It is thought that, pending- the general adoption of County
Museums, the various County Arch geological Societies would be the best
custodians of the collections ; but it will probably be more acceptable
to those who photograph that it should be clearly understood that
the custody is temporary and may be withdrawn at any time.

It will constantly be the case that photographs of a neigh-
bourhood will be taken by strangers, but it is thought that the general
adoption throughout England of such a scheme as that proposed will
be sufficiently widely known to induce such photographers to com-
municate their work to the various centres, although they may not be
personally interested in such centres.

The Sub-Committee suggests that the various Archaeological
Societies should take the initiative in founding local associations for the
preparation of the Photographic Record.

These associations should have their own executive, and the
County Society should suggest the names of certain competent archae-
ologists to serve on the councils. Where Photographic Societies
ali oady exist, efforts should be directed to bringing these into uuion and
supplying the necessary information.

Sir J. B. Stone, who had so much to do with initiating the
Birmingham scheme, strongly urges that a national society should be
formed for the purpose of promoting the Photographic Record, and the
Committee are of opinion that a strong central body would be of the
greatest service, and they recommend the Congress to do their best to
assist such a scheme, should it be put forward under good auspices.

The Sub-Committee wishes to point out that it is not necessary
and, perhaps, not altogether desirable, that the County Archaeological
Societies should add to their work, already arduous enough, this
of the Photographic Record.

It will bo sufficient that they should promote local Photographic
Societies, form a medium of union, and supply skilled advice on the
subject of archaeology.

RALPH NEVILL,
GEORGE E. POX,
W. IT. ST. JOHN HOPE.

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