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SHROPSHIEE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

CONTENTS of 2nd Series, Vol. I.

Page.

Some Account of the Family of Bromley of Eyton upon Severn.

By the Hon. and Rev. Canon Bridgeman ... ... 1

List of Works on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Palaeontology
of Shropshire. By W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., and
W. W. Watts, M.A., F.G.S 33

The Pipe Roll for the Second Year of King Henry II., 1156.

By R. Ll. Kenyon 63

Religious Census of Shropshire in 1676. By the Rev. Wm.

Geo. Dimock Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A. ... 75

History of Shrewsbury Hundred or Liberties. By the late
Rev. John Brickdale Blakeway, M.A. Edited by the
Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 93

Abrighton, or Adbrigliton ... page 95 Acton Reynold page 311

Abright Hussey „ 10 i Battlefield „ 321

Abrightlee, anciently Edbric- Berwick „ 351

teleg „ 113 Betton Stracge „ 380

Astley ,,118 Bicton „ 397

The Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327. Bradford Hundred.
With Introduction by the Rev. Wm. Geo. Dimock
Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 129

Notes on Shropshire Birds. By William E. Beckwith. 201

The Pipe Roll for the Third Year of King Henry II., 1157.

By R. Ll. Kenyon 217

The Pipe Roll for the Fourth Year of King Henry II., 1158.

By R. Ll. Kenyon 226

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Churchwardens' Accounts of the Town of Ludlow. Transcribed

by Llewellyn Jones 235

Personal Observations on the Natural History of the Forest

ofWyre. By the Rev. Josiah T. Lea, B.A. Ox. ... 285

Abstracts of the Grants and Charters contained in the Char-
tulary of Wombridge Priory, Co : Salop. By the late
Mr. George Morris, of Shrewsbury ... ... ... 294

A Letter of Sir Richard Newport Summoning the Trained
Soldiers of the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury,
A.D. 1624. With Introduction by Wm. Phillips, F.L.S. 407

The Obsolete Punishments of Shropshire. By S. Meeson

Morris 412

A Letter of the Second Earl of Pembroke, Lord President of
the Council of the Marches of Wales, A.D. 1586. With
Introduction by Wm. Phillips, F.L.S 431

ILLUSTRATIONS,

Albright Hussey facing page 111

Battlefield Church j? 32(5

Battlefield Church about 1750 and in 1792 ... „ 350

SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the members of this society was held at
the Shirehall, on December 1st, 18S8, Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart.,
presiding. There were also present — Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton,
Bart., Rev. T. Auden, Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, Rev. W. G. Dimock
Fletcher, Rev. J. G, Swaiuson, Mr. W. Phillips, Mr. W. Beacall, Mr.
T. Southam, Major Soucham, Mr. Adnitt, Mr. Oldrovd, Dr. Thurs-
field, Mr. W. M. Harding, Mr. R. LI. Kenyon, Mr. Griffith Davies,
Mr. J. Dovaston, Mr. E. J. Piper, Mr. W. Burson, Mr. Griffiths, Mr.
Beckwith, Mr. Sandford Corser, and Mr. F. Goyne (Secretary).

The Secretary read the report for the past year as follows : —
The Council of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
have the pleasure to lay before the members their annual report and statement
of accounts. It will be seen by the latter that the actual amount now owing
by the society is only £49 lis. Od., the debt having been gradually reduced
to this amount. This might easily be cleared off during the coming year if
the members would use their influence in obtaining the names of gentlemen
willing to belong to the society. As was mentioned in the hist report, the
Council have arranged to offer the few remaining complete sets of the
Society's Transaction* (now only about 20) to new members at a great reduc-
tion in price. When they are all disposed of, complete sets will be difficult
to procure. The Council exchange the Transactions of the Society with nearly
20 other societies. The volumes received in exchange are placed in the
Shrewsbury Free Reference Library, and form a considerable annual addition
to the valuable collection of books now open for reference. The Council are
anxious that many Shropshire MSS. in the British Museum, Bodleian
Library, &c., should be transcribed, so that they may become available for
the Transactions. It is needless to state that such MSS. would have special
and increased value when printed, but the Council regret that the funds at
their disposal will not admit of the necessary expense being incurred at
present. The Council again especially ask for contributions for the present
and future volumes of the Transaction*, which will be gladly received by the
Editorial Committee. It is proposed, as early as possible, to compile an
index for the first 10 volumes of the Society's Transactions ; promises of help
in this work would be welcome. The Council regret that the Transactions
have been issued during the past year somewhat later than usual ; this has
been caused by circumstances beyond their control. Every effort will be
made to issue the separate parts as regularly as possible.

The Chairman, who was received with applause, in moving the
adoption of the report and financial statement, said : It falls to me,
I believe, to move that the report and statement of accounts be
adopted, and 1 understand it is usual for the gentleman who has the
honour to preside on these occasions to say a few words upon the

Work of the society when making that proposition. I can promise
you that on the present occasion my words will be very few indeed —
partly for the physical reason, that owing to the recent weather I am
not sure that my voice will held out through many sentences, but
chiefly, perhaps, for the intellectual reason that I am very conscious
how small is my knowledge of archaeological matters, and how pro-
found is nry ignorance on matters respecting natural history. At
the same time I am glad to'be here to-day, and have this opportunity
of testifying my hearty appreciation of the great work of usefulness
which lies before this society in this county. (Hear, hear). I sup-
pose that there are few counties in England that offer the same field
for archaeological research as Shropshire — not only in respect to its
extent, but also in regard to the various nature of the objects of
interest lying within the boundaries of the county— (hear, hear), —
and I presume that no one with an archaeological turn of mind will
fail to find some hobby in the confines of the county, whatever that
hobby may be. (Hear, hear). I have not any particular hobby
myself, but if I had one at all, I think it would be in directing my
attention — and I should like to call the attention of the society to
the matter — to the very large number of ancient manor houses which
lie scattered about in secluded positions in this county. — (Hear,
hear). I don't mean the larger specimens, known to us through pen
and pencil sketches, such as Larden and Shipton, but those small
specimens to be found in every parish. I cannot help wishing we
knew more of them than we do. (Hear, hear). So far as my
experience goes, in the localities themselves, nothing or next to
nothing is known of them — who built them and lived in them — and
no doubt it would be very difficult to trace the history of these houses.
At the same time, 1 think a deal of information might be found in
the parish registers, and, when found, the facts so collected would
form a very interesting part of the parochial history of this county.
(Hear, hear). 1 should also like to mention another matter which
suggests itself to me, year after year, and that is the question of the
old Abbey pulpit. (Hear, hear). I have to pass that relic many
times, and each time I pass it seems to look at me in a very
reproachful manner, and I should be very glad if there was any
chance of its being put in order. I know it is not out of the mind
of the society, and I am sure when the time comes we shall do all we
can to remove it from its present state of degradation. (Applause).

The liev. T. Auden, in seconding the motion, said that he should
like to emphasise one or two paragraphs in the report. They would
observe the paragraph which spoke of the anxiety of the society to
have transcribed and put in the Transactions more of the valuable
manuscripts relating to Shropshire, which were really perfect, and
ready for printing, and which only needed transcription, and the
transcription really only needed money. (Hear, hear.) For instance,
there lay at the Bodleian Library at Oxford the Blakeway manuscripts,
which were in many respects quite perfect, and needed little or
nothing doing to them before they could be published, but the

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transcribing of those manuscripts was a matter which required money.
The society, however, had unfortunately got but very little money,
though it was gradually clearing off the debt which had hampered it
for some time, and which arose out of circumstances over which they
had no control, their liabilities having been now reduced to less than
£50, yet they would see that all they could do was to go on and keep
their heads above water. Now he felt that that ought not to be so.
(Hear, hear.) As the Chairman had said, if there was a county in
England which ought to have a flourishing archaeological society it
was Shropshire — (hear, hear) — than which he knew of no county in
England possessing more interest, both from an archaeological and
natural history point of view. (Applause.) He might venture to
say that this matter of transcription and publication of manuscripts
already in existence was a matter which did not require any archseo-
logical knowledge — it need not even require archaeological interest,
for all that was needed was that someone should kindly put their
hands into their pockets, like one of their members who had given £5
towards the copying of a certain amount of the Blakeway manuscripts
which would duly appear in the Transactions. (Hear, hear.) He
would like to see, as one result of that meeting, other members
coming forward and saying u When this amount of transcription is
made I will follow it up with sufficient money to copy another 50
pages," or whatever the amount might be that this sum would cover ;
and so the work would go on. (Applause.) The other paragraph in
the report to which he desired to call attention was the offer made
last year to supply the already published volumes of the Transactions
at half-price to new members joining the Society. A few of these
had already been disposed of, and as the report stated, there were
only 20 complete sets remaining, and it was absolutely necessary that
that offer should shortly close. It was, however, open still, and he
hoped that the matter would be taken into serious consideration by
any present who might not be members, and also by others outside.
(Hear, hear, and applause).

Mr. T. Southam, in proposing that the members of the Council
being eligible for re-election be re-elected for the ensuing year, said
he did so with great pleasure, because they must be cognisant of
their duties, and would be able to carry them out with a great deal
less trouble than fresh members could do. (Hear, hear). There
were one or twro points influencing him in hoping that the Council
would be re-elected, one being in regard to a question which he had
mentioned more than once, and which the Chairman had also referred
to, and that was the Abbey pulpit. (Applause). There was now a
better chance than ever of their being able to do something with it,
and he had every reason to believe that before this time next year,
the ground on which the pulpit stands would be in the hands of the
Shropshire Railways Company, but whether it was so or not, they
could find out from the company, with whom they should deal in
respect to it, the difficulty of the Society having always been that
they had no one to negotiate with in the matter. (Hear, hear).

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.When once they found out, however, he thought there would be no
lack of energy and determination to try and clear it. (Applause).
There was another point he mentioned a year or two ago — a matter
in which lie took very great interest — and it was in respect to the
large amount of interesting matter which was, he might say, spoiling
in the strong room of the building in which they were then assembled.
(Hear, hear). The Corporation Records were full of interesting mat-
ter, and related back for a very long period to the ancient history of
the town. (Hear, hearj. They were now in a very indifferent con-
dition ; after the fire they had to be replaced whilst some were damp,
and many were put back in a great hurry. He should like to see
some effort made to utilise them, but unless they did something in
the matter before very long, they would be past using or doing any-
thing with at all, which would be a source of great regret. (Hear,
hear.) They had discussed the question in the Town Council once
or twice, but the difficulty had always been that it would cost a
considerable sum of money to deal with it, and of course the Council
had no power to act unless they couid raise the sum by rate. It
was, however, a question as to whether they had sufficient power to
raise £100, £200, or £300 by a rate for the purpose, and if they had,
it was doubtful whether it would not be very unpopular with a
large number of the ratepayers. At any rate, he would like the
Council to see what could be done, and have an inspection
made so as to see what state the records were in. (Hear, hear).
He had a conversation the other day on the subject with the Rev.
Allport Leighton, who said if he were 20 years younger he would
undertake the whole task himself without charging a penny. ( Applause.)
He thought, too, that it could be done at less expense than they
anticipated. They had applied to London asking what would be the
cost, and they had been informed that the Government would send
proper people down to thoroughly inspect the records, and make
transcripts of them where it was desirable, but it would cost a
considerable sum of money. They also required that the whole
matter should be placed in a complete state of organisation, that the
documents should be put in chronological order, and so classified that
whoever they sent down would find all this done beforehand. That
could not be done without considerable outlay, as there was a large
quantity of documents, and it required someone with knowledge and
care to be able to arrange them. He, however, trusted that that
meeting and the Council would take the matter up seriously, and
that communications would be made with a view to ascertaining what
the Government would send someone down for, and whether by
subscriptions, or other means, they could not try to save these very
valuable records from absolutely perishing. (Applause).

Mr. Harding remarked that, having perfect confidence in every
member of the Council, he had much pleasure in seconding the motion.
The resolution having been unanimously agreed to,
Mr. IjKacall proposed a vote of thanks to the auditors— Mr.
Oldroyd and Dr. Calvert— observing that the Society was indebted

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to them for the services they had rendered, and adding that it would
afford the members much pleasure it they would allow themselves to
be re-elected. (Hear, hear).

Major Southam briefly seconded, and the resolution was at once
carried.

Mr. R. Ll. Kenyon asked how it was that an article from Wright's
History of Uriconium was reproduced in the last number of the
journal of the society, seeing that the work from which it was taken
was easily accessible to the public.

Mr. Adnitt replied that when they came to print the number of
the journal referred to, they were about three pages short, so they
used the article to fill up with.

Mr. Phillips further explained that one of the objects of the
publication of the Transactions was to gather together any articles
not easily accessible, and as long as the source was clearly indicated
they considered it part of their legitimate work to use it — {hear, hear;
— for of course they could not always obtain original articles. With
reference to the borough records, he believed they had been examined
by an expert who had pronounced them to be of great value. He,
however, said they were in a bad condition, and that before they
could be catalogued there was a lot of preliminary work to be done
in arranging them, and he believed Mr. Peele was making arrange-
ments for getting this carried out. (Applause).

The Rev. C. H. Drinkwater said he believed he was right in
saying that there was one book at all events in the record room at
the Shirehall which was easily accessible to students at the present
moment, containing a kind of calendar of historical events, and
in a condition to be transcribed and printed at once. Some of the
old records, however, were very difficult to read. The farther back
they went the more difficult they were to read, but when they came
down to the time of Elizabeth, James, and the Georges, they were
comparatively easy to make out. But the particular book he had
alluded to was not difficult to read, and might easily be transcribed
if the Corporation would give their consent, and might whet the
appetite of archaeologists generally to get a full meal out of the
records which had been so strangely neglected by the Corporation.
Mr. Southam had said he was afraid there would be a disinclination
on the part of some of the members of the Town Council to use any
portion of the rates for the publication or even the proper taking
care of these documents, but surely they were the property of the
Corporation and other property of the Corporation was looked after,
aud although some of the members might not take that interest in
the matter that they did, yet if the matter was properly represented
to them they might, he thought, vote a sum of money to be devoted
to this object. (Hear, hear.) They must have money, too, from
property, not from the rates, which might be used for the purpose,
and ho felt that if they made a stir in the matter something would be
done. (Applause.)

Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton remarked that he thought there

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would not be much difficulty in carrying out Mr. Southam's sugges-
tion on a much larger scale, for there were a great many other towns
in the county where valuable papers were stored away, and if the
society could collect these, in addition to those at Shrewsbury, it
would be a great and good work for it to take in hand, and would
unquestionably make the most valuable book for future students of
history that could possibly be compiled. (Hear, hear ) Personally,
he would be most happy to assist any scheme with such an object in
view. (Applause.) &•

Mr. T. Southam, in reply to the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, said the
subject had been brought before the Corporation, and there was no
indisposition on the part of the members to carry out the work in the
best manner practicable. The difficulty was that there were no funds
at their disposal for such a purpose, and they had no power to levy a
rate or raise funds for such an object ; therefore they were precluded
from doing anything in the matter. He thought the Archaeological
Society might inquire fully into the matter, and ascertain how things
really stood, and what could be done ; then the actual position could
be accurately reported upon, and he thought it would be quite pos-
sible by the aid of subscriptions — which he was sure they would
receive from a large number of gentry taking an interest in the sub-
ject— to do something in the matter. He would, therefore, be glad
if the gentlemen constituting the council of the society would, during
the ensuing year of office, try to make this a special point, so that at
their next meeting they might be in a position to consider the matter,
and he felt sure that no energy and determination would be lacking
on the part of the members generally to carry out any good recom-
mendation they might receive from them. (Applause.)

Mr. Adnitt was understood to say that the records were the
property of the Corporation, but they did not seem to take much
interest in their preservation, This he could not understand, because
some two hundred years ago the Corporation voted a sum of money
for this very purpose.

Mr. Beacall replied that it was wrong to say the Corporation did
not care about them, because they did, and he believed the best steps
were being taken to ascertain what the documents were, and the
best mode of arranging and tabulating them. (Hear, hear.) Mr.
Phillips had very kindly assisted the committee of the Council in the
matter, and he believed he was right in saying that the work had
progressed considerably. (Mr. Phillips — Yes.)

Mr. Adnitt observed that he did not say the Corporation had not
taken any steps in the matter, but he maintained that they had
the power to spend money on valuable property besides bricks and
stone. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. Beacall — The members of the Corporation have been pro-
ceeding all along as though they had the power.

Mr. Phillips said that Mr. Peele had been in communication with
an expert in the matter, who had been down and made suggestions
which, if carried out, would lead to the papers' being arranged at

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much less cost than would be the case if he had to do the work him-
self. They were at present covered with dust, but he believed steps
were being taken to form a committee of volunteers with a view to
thoroughly cleaning them and putting them into something like satis-
factory order. He was not in a position to say anything more definite
on the subject, but in justice to the Town Council he wished to add
that they did take an interest in the matter, and were doing all they could
to carry out the work as far as their funds would allow. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. Southam — Perhaps the newly-eJected council of this society
will consider this discussion, and see what they can do towards bring-
ing the matter to a satisfactory issue. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. R. LI. Kenyon, in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman,
said Sir Offley Wakeman took a very keen interest in the welfare of
the county, and, notwithstanding his disparaging remarks in his
opening speech, he knew as much, or more of the past history of the
county than most of them. (Hear, hear.) He came from the extreme
north of Yorkshire on purpose to attend that meeting, and it was to
be hoped that during his year of office a successful effort would be
made to clear the society from debt. (Applause.)

The Rev. W. G. D, Fletcher, in seconding the resolution, said
that a few months ago he went to the Bodleian Library at Oxford to
look over Blakeway's manuscripts relating to Shropshire. There
were sixty volumes of them — many of them consisting of the history
of parishes— which were in a state ready for publication. All that
was wanted was money for making the transcripts of them. One of
them was a very valuable manuscript, containing the parochial history
of Shrewsbury Hundred, the parishes including Albrighton, A.
Hussey, A. Lee, Astley, Acton Reynald, BattleBeld, Berwick, Betton
Strange, Bicton, Broughton, Clive, Crow Meole, Goose Hill, Edge-
bold, Grinshill, Hadnall, Han wood, Harlescote, Hencot, Leaton,
Longnor, Meole Brace, Onslow, Preston Montford, Pulley, Pimley,
Preston Gubalds, Up Rossall or The Isle, Rossall from Down
Rossall, Sutton. Sansaw, Shelton, Wolascot, Wellbach, "Woodcote,
and Hatton. He thought it was very desirable that the history
of these parishes should be printed in the Society's Transactions.
(Hear, hear ) They were brought down to Blakeway's time, and were
complete in themselves, being quite ready for the press, and the
question was as to whether any members of the society were willing,
in addition to their subscriptions, to contribute towards the cost of
publishing them. If a number of gentlemen would give a guinea or
half a guinea, or more, they would be able to get a deal of it printed,
but the total cost of getting the entire manuscript printed would, he
supposed, be about £20. Then again, in the Ashmolean collection
was the manuscript of " Shropshire Church Notes," by Ashmole,
which contained much information about the churches of the time,
and would be well worth printing. He, therefore, trusted that an
effort would be made to get both this and Blakeway's manuscripts
printed, and hoped that they would be able to make their Transactions,
if possible, more interesting in the future than in the past, one

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means of attaining this end being undoubtedly the publication of a
greater quantity of parochial history. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
The vote of thanks having been heartily accorded,
The Chairman acknowledged the compliment, and added that it was
exceedingly desirable to carry out Mr. Fletcher's suggestion. (Applause.)

At the close of the Meeting a Subscription List for this purpose
was opened, and the following subscriptions were received, viz. : —

,,. " ^ £ s. d.

Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart. ... ... ... ... 2 20

Sir Charles Rouse Boughton, Bart. ... ... ..220

G, Stanton, Esq. ... ... ... ... ...220

Right Hon. Earl of Powis ... ... ... ...2 2 0

Jno. Corbett, Esq., M.P. ... ... ... ...2 2 0

Right Hon. Earl of Bradford ... .. ...2 2 0

E. Wright, Esq. ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 0

Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher ... ... ... 220

Sir V. R. Corbet, Bart. ... ... .. ...200

R. Lloyd Kenyon, Esq. ... ... ... ... 1 1 0

T. Southam, Esq. ... ... ... .... 1 1 0

W. Phillips, Esq. ... ... ... ... 1 1 0

H. J. Oldroyd, Esq. ... ... ... . . 1 1 0

Jno. Dovaston, Esq. ... ... ... ... llo

A. Dovaston, Esq. ... .. ... ... 1 1 0

Rev. T. Auden ... ... ... .. ... 1 1 0

W. Beacall, Esq. ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 0

Rev. J. G. Swainson ... ... ... ... 1 1 0

Very Rev. Canon Allen ... ... ... ... 1 1 0

J. P. White, Esq. ... ... ... ...llo

Colonel Barnes ... ... ... ... ... llo

Humphrey Sandford, Esq. ... ... ... ... llo

R. H. Wood, Esq. ... ... ... ... 1 1 o

Ven. Archdeacon Lloyd ... ... ... ... llo

E. Calvert, Esq., LL.D. ... .. ... ... 1 1 0

Jas. Loxdale, Esq. ... ... ... ... llo

Mr. Sandford Corser ... ... ... ... llo

E. Woodall, Esq. . . . ... ... ... ...llo

C. B. Robinson, Esq. ... ... ... ...llo

W. W. Whitaker, Esq. ... ... ... ... I 1 0

F. W. Cosens, Esq. ... ... ... ...llo

Rev. A. T. Pelham ... ... ... ...llo

J. Calcott, Esq. ... ... ... ...llo

A. T. Jebb, Esq. ... . ... ... 0 10 6

Major Corfield ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 6

Rev. J. Cooper Wood ... ... ... ... 0 10 0

Geo. Griffiths, Esq. ... ... ... ... 0 10 6

S. C. Southam, Esq. ... ... ... ... 0 10 6

Rev. C. H. Drinkwater ... ... ... ... 0 10 o

Additional Subscriptions are earnestly solicited.

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ANNUAL EXCUESION.

The annual field day of this Society took place on Tuesday, July
16th, 1889, when members and friends assembled at Shrewsbury
Railway Station, travelling in a saloon carriage at 11 20 a.m. by
the Severn Valley train to Bridgnorth. The party numbered 35,
and included— Mr. W. Phillips, Rev. T. Auden, Rev. C. H. Drink-
water, Mr. J. E. Cranage, Mr. J. R. Humphreys and Miss Humphreys,
Rev. J. Allcock, Miss Millington, Miss Gough, Miss Hawkins, Mrs.
Withers, Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor, Mr. and Miss Barker, Mr. W.
Burson, Mr. G. S. Corser, Miss Corser, Mr. J. Dovaston, Mr.
Humphrey Sandford and Miss Sandford, Rev. A. T. Pelham, Mr. H.
Southam, Mr. Goyne (secretary), &c.

The district selected for the visit is one of the most picturesque
parts of South Shropshire, and the country traversed formed, in
ancient days, part of the great Forest of Morfe. Leaving the train
at Bridgnorth Station, where they were kindly met by Mr. Alderman
McMicbael, the party journeyed three and a half miles, in carriages,
to the pretty village of

WORFIELD,

whose tall church spire is a landmark well-known to travellers by the
high road from Bridgnorth to Shifnal or Wolverhampton, and to all
who have .driven along the wide sandy lanes within some miles of it.
It is the only object which marks where the village stands amid the
trees ; it marks, too, the spot where a Christian fane has stood from
Saxon days. Domesday records the existence here of a priest, which,
as Eyton says, naturally indicates a church ; at the time of that
survey the manor was held by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who would
scarcely leave it spiritually unprovided for. The living was a rectory
until 1320, but it is now a vicarage, which since 1S72 has been held
by the Rev. E. P. Nicholas, M.A., who kindly met the party, and
pointed out the features of interest in the church, which is dedicated
to St. Peter. The ancient edifice is built of red sandstone, in the
decorated or middle-pointed style ; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles,
south porch, and an embattled western tower with pinnacles and
spire. The total height of this imposing feature is 200 feet. There
are fourteen stained windows, including the five-light east window ;
in the south wall of the chancel are triple sedilia and piscina ; the
octagonal font is of the Decorated period. In a side chapel, separated
by a richly-carved screen, is an altar tomb with recumbent effigies of
Sir George Bromley and his lady, dated 1588 ; this tomb was erected,
as the inscription shows, by their two sons, Sir Edward, who had
succeeded to the patrimonial estates at Worfield, and Sir Thomas,
then Lord Chancellor of Queen Elizabeth. Under a canopy of beautiful
workmanship are other figures of Sir Edward Bromley, Knt., and his
wife, with the date 1G26. Costly mural monuments also perpetuate
the names of the Davenports, Broughtons, Vickers, Marindiris,
Fletchers, Masons, Johnsons, and others. Several of the vaults, in

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one of which Archdeacon Vicars lies entombed, are cut out of the
solid rock. The church was restored in 1862 at a cost of about
£2,000 ; and at the end of 1887 an elegant reredos was erected as a
memorial of the Queen's Jubilee. It is of richly-veined alabaster and
marble, divided into five panels, with carved canopies, supported by
marble columns ; the central panel shows the Ascension, and the
others contain statuettes of St. Chad, St. John, St. Peter, and the
Virgin Mary.

In the 13th century the advowson appears to have been in the
hands of the Crown ; King John twice gave incumbents to the church ;
whilst Henry III. ordered the constables of Brug to see that it received
tithes of Pondleston Mill, situated at the confluence of the Worfe
with the Severn. Edward II. gave, and Pope John XXI. confirmed,
the advowson to Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield. Among the
incumbents have been some famous men : Henry, Archdeacon of
Stafford, presented by King John, became Archbishop of Dublin in
1213; Walter de Cantilupe, also presented by John, was elected
Bishop of Worcester in 1236 ; William de Kilkenny, presented by
Henry III., was Lord Chancellor, and his successor at Worfield was
another Lord Chancellor, Henry de Wengham, who was also pre-
bendary of Alveley in the collegiate church of Bridgnorth.

The present chancel screen, which is old, and of a light and elegant
design, was removed from another part of the church ; this was duly
admired, as were also two curious old chests of oak. The tower con-
tains six bells, dated 1699. From an old list we learn that " the last
Romish vicar was Dominick, who conformed to the Protestant religion
during the first six years of Elizabeth. He died in 1564. To him
succeeded Barney, sen., who wTas vicar 44 years ; died in 1608. Next,
Barne}7, jun., was vicar 56 years, and died in 1664. Next, Han-
cocks, vicar 43 years, died in 1707. Adamson, vicar 56 years, died
1763." Here the Rev. T. Audeu asked as to the tradition that the pre-
Reformation plate of the church had been secreted in the tomb of the
last Romanist incumbent, but the Vicar had not heard of the legend.

Worfield has many, and some important charities : lands have
been left to provide schools and schoolmasters, as well as funds for
purchasing lands for the use of the poor, for distributing money,
bread, and Bibles ; in all amounting to ,£325 per annum. The patron
of the living is Edmund H. Davenport, Esq., of Davenport, whose
substantial brick mansion, built in 1727, is close at hand. This gen-
tleman is nineteenth in direct descent from Edward II., through the
families of Fitz-alan, Howard, and Talbot.

A not unwelcome interval for refreshments enabled those who de-
sired to get a bread and cheese lunch at the Davenport Arms, and
soon after two o'clock the carriages started for

CHESTERTON WALLS,
the remains of a Roman encampment, supposed to have been originally
a British camp. Near to this place passed a Roman road from Droit-
wich to Tong. Mr. Wright says that «' this is an enclosure of up-

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wards of twenty acres, on the summit of a hill, the sides of which
form, on every side but the north east, a perpendicular precipice of
the height of fifty or sixty paces, surrounded at the top by an en
trenchment. At the foot it is almost surrounded by a stream of
water. Like the hill itself, the form of the enclosure is irregular, and
it is rather remarkable that no antiquities are known to have been
found within it."

Journeying on, the party soon reached

LUDSTONE HALL,
the exterior of which they were enabled to inspect from the gardens
by the kind permission of the owner, J. R. Cartwright, Esq., J. P. This
picturesque mansion stands about a mile north east of the village of
Claverley, and nearly nine miles by road frem Bridgnorth. Two
Manor houses are said to have been erected there before the present
house, which was built early in the reign of Charles I. by a member
of the Whitmore family, in whose possession the property remained
until about twenty-seven years ago, when it was purchased with the
Apley estate by W. 0. Foster, Esq., from whom Ludstone was sub-
quently bought, nineteen years ago, by the present proprietor, Joseph
Round Cartwright, Esq. The Hall was then in a dilapidated condi-
tion, but it has been carefully restored by Mr. Cartwright in accord-
ance with the original design, and it now stands a splendid example
of the domestic architecture of the Jacobean time. It is somewhat
similar in appearance to Condover Hall and Whitehall, Shrewsbury ;
but it possesses an unique and interesting feature in the moat which
surrounds the mansion, its water flowing from the pool that extends
over a considerable area at the back of the house. This moat, still
in perfect condition, adds greatly to the quaint aspect of the structure,
which occupies an imposing site in the midst of one of the most
picturesque parts of South Shropshire. The Hall commands fine
views on every side, in fact, it may be said to have three fronts,
facing the east, south, and west respectively. It is approached from
the road by a trim avenue of choice evergreens, leading from the neat
lodge at the entrance gates to the south front. This lodge was built
by Mr. Cartwright, and is in excellent character with the mansion
itself. In front of the entrance gates, across the road, is another
pool, which lends an additional charm to the view obtained from the
hall door. This is one of many great improvements effected by the
present owner, who has expended considerable time and money in
renovating the house and placing the domain in first-class order.
From 1870 to 1872 various portions of the edifice were carefully
restored, and additional domestic offices built ; the saddle-room bears
date 1872, and the stables a year later. These are fitted with the
latest modern improvements, and a telegraph wire connects them
with the Hall. Some distance away is the Ice House, near to the
large pool, which is the haunt of wild ducks : and a rustic bridge over
the moat on the west side leads to the kitchen gardens, greenhouses,
and large vinery. After the exterior had been duly inspected, Mr.

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Cartwright courteously invited the party to go inside the house, where
he hospitably provided wine. The entrance hall attracted much
attention, as did also the large room on the upper floor. A vote of
thanks was accorded to Mr. Cartwright, and then, rejoining the
carriages, the party proceeded to

CLAVERLEY,

a village which " boasts fche nativity of Sir Robert Broke, or Brooke,
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Mary I. He
was the son of Thomas Brooke of this place, and having laid a foun-
dation of literature at Oxford, proceeded to the study of common law
in the Middle Temple, where he became the competent lawyer of his
age. He Avas chosen Summer Reader in that house in 1542, and
Double Reader in Lent 1550, and two years after was called by writ
to be Sergeant at Law, after which he was the next year judge, and
about the same time admitted to the degree of knighthood. He
wrote an abridgment of the Year-Books to Queen Mary's time ;
certain new cases abridged in King Henry VIII., King Edward, and
Queen Mary's reigns ; and his Reading upon the Statute of Limita-
tions. He died in 1558, and in his will several times remembers the
poor of Putney. He obtained a fair estate by his profession and
studies, which he left to his posterity, wThich still remain in this
county, and in one or two places in Suffolk." Here an inspection was
made of the church, which is dedicated to All Saints ; it is a red
sandstone structure of considerable antiquity, and consists of nave,
chancel, and aisles, with side chapels, and a lofty square tower at the
western end ; this is embattled, with pinnacles, and contains six bells
and a clock. Of the chancel chapels, two belong to the ancient
family of Gatacre, of Gatacre, and one to the Perry s, of Stourbridge ;
the south chapel contains an altar tomb, on which are three recum-
bent effigies of Lord Chief Justice Brooke, and his two wives. On
the sides of the tomb, which is dated 1558, are small figures, in bas-
relief of their eighteen children. There are also two incised slabs, to
the memory of members of the Gatacre family, who have also four
stained windows, one of which commemorates Colonel Gatacre, who
died in 1849, and another commemorates his wife Annabella, who died
in 1817. A handsome stained window was inserted in 1878 to the
memory of the late Mrs. Gatacre. The ancient stone font is beauti-
fully carved.

In the churchyard is an old stone cross, which was removed from
the middle of the village some years ago, as an obstruction to the
traffic. It is called the Processional Cross of Claverley, and is be-
lieved to have been erected in the 23rd year of the reign of Edward
III. to commemorate a terrible visitation of the plague which had de-
vastated the neighbourhood.

It may be here noted that the family of Gatacre above-mentioned
have held the manors of Gatacre and Sutton uninterruptedly since
the reign of Edward the Confessor, by whom they were granted for
military service.

Leaving Claverley, a six mile drive brought the company back to
Bridgnorth, where the Town Hall wras visited. The new stained glass
windows were greatly admired ; and here the courteous town clerk,
Mr. J. H. Coolssey, accompanied by Alderman McMichael, kindly dis-
played the

BRIDGNORTH CORPORATION REGALIA,

which consists of a very handsome pair of maces, the marshal staff,
and the Mayor's chain. The maces, which are very massive, are said
to be the finest pair in England, although there are some of a larger
size in boroughs possessing one mace only ; they bear date of 1676,
and were remodelled and enlarged in 1754. The upper portions are
made to remove so as to form drinking cups, and these are used on
the occasion of municipal banquets in the observance of the time-
honoured custom of passing around the " loving cup."

The marshal staff was acquired in 1824, and is of a very elegant
and appropriate design. The Mayor's chain is of more recent origin,
having been acquired as recently as 1880. The chain is in fine gold,
and is a splendid specimen of the work of the well-known firm, Messrs.
Bragg, of Birmingham. The central shield denotes, in rich enamel,
the date of the first charter granted to Bridgnorth, by Henry II., in
1157. This shield is supported by very perfect reproductions, in
miniature of the maces, and is surmounted by a very good represen-
tation of the head of the marshal staff. The whole chain is reversible;
and on the shields of which it is composed, and which are surmounted
by mural crowns, are the names of the Mayors, with dates of service.
The pendant from the centre of the chain is the Borough Arms, beauti-
fully executed in coloured enamel, above which appears the modern
name of the town, and below it the motto : Fidelitas Urbis Salus
Regis. This motto was adopted by the Corporation some years ago on
the suggestion of the late Rev. G. Bellett, author of the Antiquities
of Bridgnorth.

The old borough has had many privileges granted to it by Royal
Charter : as many as fourteen monarchs have thus recognised the old
place and its loyal inhabitants. Of the old Charters, however, the
only ones that escaped the burning of the town in 1646 were one
granted by James I. and another by Charles I. That of James I.,
however, very fully recites and confirms all previous Charters, com-
mencing with Henry II., and dated 1157. It is believed that
Bridgnorth received a charter from Henry I., but of this no evidence
exists. Prior to the Municipal Reform Act, the borough was governed
by two Bailiffs from time immemorial, but no mention is made of
them in any charter until the reign of Henry III. (1256). The
present Corporate Seal was presented to the borough in 1872, by
by Mr. Hubert Smith, its design being copied from an impression of
the old Seal, which was said to have been lost during the Civil Wars
of Charles I. The Seal of the Liberty of Bridgnorth differed from
the common seal of the borough itself, and is supposed to have been
cut about the 24th year of Henry VI., at which time the monarch

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granted a charter to the bailiffs and burgesses 'of the town ; this
charter granted several new privileges, and particularly recognised
the authority of the bailiffs. Illustrations of the two seals in use in
1623 are given in Archceologia, vol. xv., 1806, pages 380-384.

The day's programme was completed by a walk round the Castle,
and a visit to the fine old half-timbered house in which Thomas Percy,
Bishop of Dromore, and author of the Reliques of Ancient English
Poetry, was born in 1729'. Mr. McMichael kindly accompanied the
party to these places, and pointed out the various objects of interest.

At 6 15 dinner was provided, and duly enjoyed, at the Crown
Hotel, the Rev. T. Auden presiding, the vice-chairs being occupied by
Mr. Humphrey Sandford and Dr. Cranage ; and the visitors returned
home by the 7 52 train to Shrewsbury, having spent a very pleasant
and instructive day. The whole of the very satisfactory arrangements
for the comfort of the party were made by the secretary, Mr. F.
Goyne, whose efforts materially contributed to the day's enjoyment.
We may add that the day's itinerary was arranged by Mr. W. Phillips,
who had the advantage of Mr. McMichael's local knowledge ; and it was
admitted on all hands that the programme had been excellently fixed,
and had escaped that too common fault of field-day excursions of
including too many places in the plan.

LIST OF MEMBERS. 1889.

Adnitt, Mr. H. W., Shrewsbury
Allen, Very Rev. Canon, Shrewsbury
Auden, Rev. T., Shrewsbury

Bradford, Right Hon. Earl of, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

( President.)
BroWNLOW, Right Hon Earl. Belton, Grantham
Babington, C. C, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.S., 5, Brookside, Cambridge
Barker, John, Esq., Old Grammar School House, Shrewsbury
Barnes, Thos,, Esq., The Quinta, Chirk
Barnes, Col. J. R., Brookside, Chirk
Barton, Rev. J., Hadley Vicarage, Wellington, Salop
Beacall, W., Esq , Sunfield, Shrewsbury

Benthall, F., Esq., F.S.A., Ruthyn Cott., Silsoe, Ampthill, Bedford-
shire

Benthall, E., Esq., 30, Tregunter-road, South Kensington, London

Benthall, Colonel, Furzewell House, Torquay

Bcresford, Robert de la Poer, Esq., M.D., Oswestry

Bibby, J. J., Esq.. Hardwick Grange, Shrewsbury

Borough, J. C. Burton, Esq., Chetwynd Park, Newport, Salop

Boughton, Sir C. H. Rouse, Bart., Downton Hall, Ludlow

Boughton, Miss Rouse, Larden Hall, Wenlock

Bridgeman, the Hon. and Rev. Canon, The Hall, Wigan

Bridgeman, The Hon. and Rev. J., Weston-under-Lyziard, Shifnal

Broomhall, J., Esq., J. P., Surbiton, Surrey

Bryans, Rev. E. de V., Abbotts Bromley, Rugeley

Burd, Rev. J., M.A., Chirbury Vicarage, Salop

Burr, George, Esq., Oaklands, Shrewsbury

Bulkeley-Owen, Rev. T. M., Tedsmore Hall, West Felton

Burson, Mr. W., Whitehall Street, Shrewsbury

Burton, Rev. R. Lingen, Clifton, Ashburnc, Derbyshire

Cleveland, His Grace the Duke of, Raby Castle, Durham
Calcott, John, Esq., Oakley Street, Shrewsbury
Calvert, E., Esq., LL.D., Shrewsbury
Childe, Rev. Prebendary Baldwyn, Kyre Park, Tenbuiy
Cholmondeiey, Rev. R. H., Hodnet Rectory
Clark, G. T., Esq., F.S.A., Dowlais House, Dowlais
Clay, J. Cecil, Esq., Thistleberry, Newcastle, Staff.
Clayton, Rev, Prebendary, The Rectory, Ludlow

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Clowes, Rev. Albert, Clee S, Margaret, Bromfield, Salop
Cock, Alfred, Esq., Q.C., 8, Kensington Park Gardens, W.
Colville, H. K., Esq., Linley Hall, Broseley, Salop
Corbet, Sir. V. R., Bart., Acton Reynald, Shrewsbury
Corfield, Major F. Channer, Butterley Car, Alfreton, Derbyshire
Corser, G. Sandford, Esq., Shrewsbury
Cortissos, C, Esq., Shrewsbury

Cosens, F. W., Esq., F.S.A., 7, Melbury Road, Kensington, London, W.
Cranage, J. E., Esq., Ph. D., Wellington, Salop
Corbett, John, Esq., M.P., Impney, Droitwich

Darby, Mrs., Adcote, Shrewsbury
Davies, Mrs., Elm Lodge, Ludlow
Davies, G., Esq., Fire Office, Shrewsbury

Dovaston, Adolphus, Esq., Twyford, Sunnyside Road, Ealing,

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

Drinkwater, Rev. C. H., St. George's Vicarage, Shrewsbury
Duignan, W, H., Esq., Rushall Hall, Walsall

Egerton, Rev. Canon, Middle Rectory, Shrewsbury
Egerton, Rev. W. H., The Rectory, Whitchurch, Salop
Eyton, T. Slaney, Esq., Walford Hall, Baschurch

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

Foljambe, Cecil G. S., Esq., M.P., Cockglode, Ollerton, Newark
Fortey, Chas., Esq., Ludlow, Salop

George, Mr. E., Column Villa, Shrewsbury
Gleadowe, Rev. R. W., The Rectory, Frodesley, Salop
Gough, Miss, St. Wimfried's Cottage, Shrewsbury
Gregory, G. W., Esq., Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury
Griffin, Harcourt, Esq., Pell Wall, Market Drayton
Griffiths, George, Esq., Weston, Shifnal
Guildhall Library, London, E.C. — C. Welch, Esq.

Harlech, Right Hon, Lord, Brogyntyn, Oswestry
Hill, Right Hon. Viscount, Hawkstone, Salop
Harding, W. E., Esq., Shrewsbury
Harding, Mr. J. Millard, The Square, Shrewsbury
Hawkins, Miss, St, Mary's Court, Shrewsbury
Herbert, Hon. R. C, Orleton, Salop

Heywood-Lonsdale, A. P., Esq., Shavington, Market Drayton

Hignett, T. IL, Esq., Shrewsbury

Hodges, E., Esq., Edgmond, Newport, Salop

Hope, R. C, Esq., F.S.A., Albion Crescent, Scarborough

How, T. M., Esq., Shrewsbury

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Howells, T. Middleton, Esq., Highfield, Shrewsbury
Hudson, C. Donaldson, Esq., Cheswardine, Market Drayton
Humphreys, J. R., Esq., J. P., Shrewsbury

Jebb, Arthur Trevor, Esq., The Lyth, Ellesmere, Salop
Jones, Morris C, Esq., F.S.A., Hon. Sec. Powys-Land Club, Gungrog
Welshpool

Jones, H., Esq., 1, Church Court, Clement's Lane, London, E.C.
Jones, J. Parry, Esq., Beechfield, Oswestry
Juson, Mrs., Monklands, Shrewsbury

Kenyon, R. Lloyd, Esq., Pradoe, West Felton, Oswestry
King, Roff, Esq., Islington, Shrewsbury
Kynaston, Rev. W. C. E., Hardwicke, Ellesmere
Kittermaster, Rev. F. W., Bayston Hill Vicarage, Shrewsbury
Kynnersley, T. F., Esq., Leighton Hall, Ironbridge, Shropshire

Langley, Alfred F,, Esq., Golding, Peterston Super Ely. Cardiff
Laing, Mr. J., Shrewsbury

Leighton, Stanley, Esq., M.P., F.S.A., Sweeney Hall, Oswestry
Leslie, Henry, Esq., Bryntanat, Llansantftraid, R.S.O., Montgomery-
shire

Lewis, Mr. Henry, Oswald Road, Oswestry
Lewis, W. Aylmer, Esq., Oswestry
Lichfield, Very Rev. Dean of, the Deanery, Lichfield
Lloyd, Ven. Archdeacon, Newport, Salop
Loxdale, James, Esq., Castle Hill, Aberystwyth

Main waring, S. Kynaston, Esq., Oteley, Ellesmere
Minshall, Thomas, Esq., Castle View, Oswestry
More, R. Jasper, Esq., M.P., Linley Hall, Bishop's Castle
Morris, Mr. W. B., Shrewsbury
Morris, S. M., Esq., Swan Hill Court, Shrewsbury
Moss, Rev. H. W., The Schools, Shrewsbury
Myers, Rev. E., F.G.S., Claremont Hill, Shrewsbury
Myddleton-Millington, Miss, Ryton Fields, Dorrington

Xaunton, Mr. W. W., St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury
Norton, Rev. F. C, Ditchling Vicarage, Hurstpierpoint

Oldroyd, H. J., Esq., Shrewsbury
Oswell, A. E. Lloyd, Esq., Shrewsbury

Owen, A. C. Humphreys, Esq., Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire
Owen, Rev. R. Trevor, Llangedwyn, Oswestry

Powis, Right Hon. Earl of, Powis Castle, Welshpool
Parry, Rev. W., D.C.L., Fitz, Salop
Payne, VV. B., Esq., Shrewsbury
Peele, E. C, Esq., Kingsland, Shrewsbury

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Pelham, Rev. A. T., Cound Rectory, Shrewsbury
Phillips, W., Esq., F.L.S., Canonbury, Shrewsbury
Piper, E. J., Esq., Isca House, Shrewsbury
Pigott, Rev. E. V., Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent
Poole, T. Frank, Esq., Kingsland, Shrewsbury
Potts, E. B., Esq , Broseley
Purton, Rev. J. S., Chetton Rectory, Bridgnorth

Ralph, Rowland W., Esq., The Hawthorns, Shrewsbury

Randall, Mr. J., F.G.S., Madeley

Robinson, C. B., Esq., Frankton Grange, Shrewsbury

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

Robinson, Mr. J., Kingsland, Shrewsbury

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

Rocke, Rev. T. Owen, 10, Royal Crescent, Cheltenham

Sutherland, His Grace the Duke of, Lilleshall

Salt, G. M., Esq., Shrewsbury

Salwey, Alfred, Esq., Ludlow

Salwey, T. J., Esq., The Cliff, Ludlow

Sandford, Humphrey, Esq., The Isle, Shrewsbury

Sand ford, Folliott, Esq., Shrewsbury

Saxton, Rev. C. Waring, D.D., The Elms, Shrewsbury

Severn Valley Field Club — Rev. R. C. Wanstall, Condover Vicarage

Smith, Hubert, Esq., Belmont House, Bridgnorth

Smith, J. Onston, Esq., Dogpole Court, Shrewsbury

Smith, F. Rawdon, Esq., Spring Bank, Madeley, Salop

Southam, Hbt. R. H.,Esq., The Hollies, Shrewsbury

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

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

Southwell, C. J., Esq., 35, Douglas Road, Canonbury, London, N.

Southern, F. R., Esq., Ludlow, Salop

Sparrow, Arthur, Esq., F.S.A., Preen Manor, Shrewsbury

Spaull, W. 11., Esq., Oswestry

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

Stanton, George, Esq., Coton Hill, Shrewsbury

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

Tusker, Mr., St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury
Taylor, R., Esq., Abbey House, Shrewsbury
Thursfield, T. H., Esq., Barrow, Broseley
Trouncer, T. W., Esq., Astley, Shrewsbury

Vaughan, H. F. J., Esq., 30, Edwardes Square, Kensington, London
Venables, R. G., Esq., The Lodge, Ludlow.

Wakeman, Sir Offley, Bart., Cound

Walker, C. C, Esq., Lilleshall Old Hall, Salop

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Watson, J., Esq., M.P., Berwick House, Shrewsbury
Warner, Rev. Charles, Clun Vicarage
Webb, T., Esq., 30, Broadwater, Tunbridge Wells
White, J. P., Esq., Shrewsbury

Whitaker, W. Wilkinson, Esq., Cornbrook House, Manchester
Whitcombe, Robert H., Esq., Bewdley
Williams, Philip, Esq., Hinstock Hall, Market Drayton
Williams, Pryce, Esq., Moore, near Warrington
Williams, E , Esq., Broom Hall, Oswestry
Wilding, Mr. L., Castle Street, Shrewsbury
Wingfield, C. C, Esq., Onslow, Shrewsbury
Wood, Rev. J. Cooper, The Clive Vicarage, Shrewsbury
Wood, R. H., Esq., F.S.A., Penrhos House, Rugby.
Woods, Sir Albert W., Garter King of Arms, Queen Victoria Street,
London.

Woodall, Mr. E., Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer, Oswestry
Withers, Mrs., Swan Hill, Shrewsbury
Wright, Philip, Esq., Mellington Hall, Churchstoke
Whittingham, E., Esq., Newport, Salop

Members are requested to notify any change of residence to the
Secretary, Mr. F. Goyne, Dogpole, Shrewsbury.

SOCIETIES WHICH EXCHANGE
TRANSACTIONS.

Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological and Antiquarian

Society.
Essex Field Club.
Powys-Land Club.
Society of Antiquaries of London.
Surrey Archaeological Society.
Leicester Architectural and Archaeological Society.
Somerset Archaeological Society.

Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Sussex Archaeological Society.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.

Worcester Diocesan Archaeological Society.

Archaeological Section of Birmingham and Midland Institute.

Wm. Salt Society, Stafford.

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

British Museum.

Folk Lore Society.

Cambrian Archaeological Association.

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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF
BROMLEY OF EYTON UPON SEVERN
IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP.

The family of Bromley were remarkable for the many
eminent lawyers they produced during the reign of the
Tudor princes.

With the ascension of King Henry the Seventh to
the throne a change passed over the spirit of the times.
Younger sons could no longer expect to live by the sword
in their own country. They had either to seek their
fortunes as mercenaries in foreign service, or find fresh
fields for adventure in newly-discovered lands, or else to
fall back upon the cultivation of their intellects, in
order to make their way in the world. Many at this
period devoted themselves to trade and commerce ; but
the Bromleys, whose forefathers had distinguished them-
selves on the field of battle during the reign of the
Plantagenet kings, now took to the gown, and dis-
tinguished themselves as luminaries of the law. Several
of them rose to eminence in the legal profession, and
no less than three of them living at the same time
respectively attained high rank as Chief Justice of
Chester, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench.

The Bromleys took their name from the vill or
hamlet of Bromley (afterwards known as Gerard's
Bromley) in the parish of Eccleshall and county of
Stafford, which they held under the Bishops of
Coventry and Lichfield. They were also lords of the
vill or hamlet of Wilmington, in the parish of Muckle-
stone in the same county, which was held of the lords
of Knightley.

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The first indubitable ancestor1 of this family that I
meet with was

Sir BENEDICT de BROMLEY, Knight, who lived
in the time of King Henry III. This Benedict de
Bromley occurs as holding land in " Wunington " in
1221 ;2 and Sir Benedict de Bromley, with Geoffrey his
son, William, clerk of Chatculne, Gervase de Stun don,
Richard de Podemor, Nicholas de Derinton, John and
William sons of Robert Provost of Esseleg, and others,
occur as witnesses to a deed of Philip de Burewardeleg,
by which he grants to Richard le Rekene, of Podemor,
half a virgate in his vill of Esseleg (Ashley), with such
common rights as were enjoyed by his other men of
"Esseleg.3

Philip fltz Warin de Burwardesley, the grantor, was
Lord of Burwardesley (or Broseley) in Shropshire, and
Ashley in Staffordshire, and one of his nieces and coheirs
became the wife of Geoffrey de Bromley, who adopted
the arms of Burwardesley, which have ever since been
borne by his descendants.

GEOFFREY DE BROMLEY married Philippa, one
of the four daughters and coheirs of John Bagot, of
Blymhill in the county of Stafford, by his wife Margery,
third daughter of Warin de Burwardesley, and sister
and coheir of Philip and Roger de Burwardesley.
Philippa's father was dead in 1224, and I suppose her
to have been married to Geoffrey de Bromley within
about eight years of this date, for their eldest son
Robert was thirty-nine years of age and upwards in

1 The Walter de Bromley of the Heraldic Visitations, who usually
figures at the headof the pedigree 'with his wife, Alice, daughter of Warin
de Burwardesley, is an imaginary person, probably put in to account for
the co-heirship by the Bromleys of the lands of Fitz Warin of Burwar-
desley, whose arms, quarterly, per /esse indented or and gules, they
adopted as their own ; but this inheritance (as will be shewn here-
after) came to them in another way ; and Alice, daughter of Warin
de Burwardesley was, in fact, the wife of John de Eyton.

2 Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. IV., p. 221.

3 Charter at Willcy, quoted by Eyton, Ant. Shropshire, Vol, II.,
p. 15,

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April, 1273. 1 In 1255 Geoffrey de Bromley appears
as lord of a fourth part of the manor of Blymhill,2
which he held in right of his wife Philippa. Her mother,
Margery (Bagot) de Blumenhull, died about 1259. The
writ of aieni clausit extremum was dated 10 th May of that
year, and the inquisition was held at Stafford on Friday
in Whitsun week. She held one-third of Ascheley, by
payment to the King of half a mark whenever a scutage
was levied, and by payment of 7s. yearly to Sir Fulk
fitz Warin, the head of the family.3 Philippa was
Margery's heir in respect to three parts of her share of
Ashley, and John, son of William de Ipstones, was heir of
theother quarter. Philippa (orPhelipe) was then returned
as thirty years of age, and John twenty-six,1 but she was
in reality several years older. On the 12th of June
following, " the King received the homage of Geffrey de
Bromle, who married Phelippa, daughter and one of the
heirs of Margery de Blymenhull, and of John de Ipstones,
grandson and other heir of the said Margery, for all the
lands and tenements which the said Margery had held of
the King in capite." Philip de Legh was ordered to take
security from the said Geffrey, Phelippa, and John, for
their relief, and give them seizin. ' 1 And because the said
Margery had long before her death enfeoffed Phelippa
and John in the said lands, and they asserted themselves
to have been already ten years in possession, Philip de
Legh, if he finds this to be the case, shall restore to

1 Inq., 1 Edw. I., No. 7.

2 Mot. Hund. Vol. II., p. 114.

3 The Fitz Waiins of Broseley, and Ashley were a younger branch
of the baronial family of Fitz Warm, being descended from a younger
son of Warin de Mctz, temp. lien. I., and in 123G Fulk fitz Warin,
the head of the House, had established his right to a payment from
Philip de Burwardesley, and his heirs for his two carucates in Ashley,
which was then settled at a "sore hawk" or 20s., yearly. The Lady
Margery had inherited one-third of this estate.

4 Inq., 43, Hen. 111.. No. 12 b. The age of Philippa was much
understated at thisrinquisition, as was not untrequcntly the case when
the heir was of full age.

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them all receipts which he had taken off the said land
since they had been seized into the King's hands."1

In 51 Hen. III. (1266-7) Geoffrey de Broinley occurs
as holding land in Wonington.2 In 55 Hen. III., 1271,
he and .Robert de Cotes are in misericordia for a
transgression.3 Gedffrey de Bromley died within two
years afterwards. The inquisition was taken at Stafford
on the Wednesday next after the feast of St. John ante
portcm 1 Edward I. (May 10, 1273). He held of the
King in capite the third part of the vill of Asseleye,
with the appurtenances, rendering therefor to the King
the service due for the sixth part of a shield, whenever
a scutage runs, for all services, in which said vill he had
in demesne half a virgate of land worth 10s. yearly. He j
held also the moiety of a certain plot in the same vill, i
worth 12d. yearly; and the third part of one mill j
in the same vill which is worth 2s. yearly. There i
are also two tenants in the same vill, who hold at the will
of the lord each of them half a virgate of land, for |
which they each pay 3s. yearly. There are also two |
cotters in the same vill who each of them render 12d. |
yearly. There are also two free tenants in the same vill, j
who held of him two virgates of land, each of whom ren~
der 4s. yearly. The total of rents being 16s, He held
also the third part of a certain wood in the same vill, j
which is worth 2s. yearly ; and the pleas and perquisites I
are worth 2s. Sum total, 34s. [33s.?]. He held also of I
the Bishop of Chester the vill of Bromlegge in Soccage,
rendering therefor yearly to the same Bishop 10s. And
he owed suit at the court of the Bishop atEcclessale every

1 Rot. Fin., -13 Hen. 111. John Bagot and Margery his wife had
four daughters, namely, Alice, wife of William be lpstones, Margery,
wife of Ralph de Coven, Elizabeth, wife of Ralph de Pichford, and
Phelippa, wife of Geoffrey de Bromley. She divided the lands between
her children long before her death. The greater part of her share of
Broseley she gave to Margery the second daughter, and the greater
part of her share of Ashley, to Phelippa, the youngest. She seems
to have altogether disinherited Elizabeth de Pichford.

2 Inq. ad quod damnum, 51 Hen. lit., (Salt's MSS.)

3 Staff. Hist. Collections, Vol. VI., pt. 1, p. 50.

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three weeks. He held also in the same vill a capital
messuage, with a curtilage, and the herbage and fruit of
the garden, worth 2s. yearly ; and he had in demesne in
the same vill two virgates of land worth 20s. yearly ;
and one meadow in the same vill worth 16d. He
had in the same vill eight free tenants, each of them
holding half a virgate of land, and rendering 2s. yearly.
He had two mills in the same vill, which render yearly
one mark. The pleas and perquisites are worth 4s.
Sum total, 56s. 8d. He held also of Robert de Knichte-
legge the vill of Wonnitone in Soccage, rendering
therefor 10s. yearly ; he had there in demesne one
virgate of land worth 10s. yearly. He held also in the
same vill one plot of meadow worth 18d. yearly. And
he had in the same vill six tenants, each of whom holds
half a virgate, and renders yearly 8d., viz. at the feast
of St. Michael 4d., at Palm Sunday 4d. ; and each of
them renders at Christmas two hens worth 2d., and
bread worth Id. ; and at Easter each renders forty eggs
worth Id. Total 6s. Also he had one mill in the same
vill, which is worth yearly one mark. The pleas and
perquisites are worth 2s. yearly. Sum total, 32s. lOd,
He held also the fourth part of a knight's fee in
Blumenhulle (Blymhill) of the Baron of Stafford, doing
therefor the service of one fourth part of a knight's
fee. • In the same vill he had in demesne two virgates
of land worth 20s. yearly, and one plot worth 12d.
And he had in the same vill for pasture every year at
Christmas twenty hens worth 20d., and he had there the
fourth part of a mill worth 2s. [4s.?] yearly, and of pleas
and perquisites 2s. Total, 28s. 8d. Sum total of the
whole, £7 lis. 2d. The said Geoffrey died on Monday
next after the close of Easter 1 Edw. L (17 April, 1273),
and Robert his son is his next heir, and is 29 years of age.1
Besides Robert, Geoffrey de Bromley and Philippa
his wife had a younger son, Richard, of whom we shall

1 Inq. p.m. 1. Edw. I., No. 7. For a fuller account of the family
see Staff. Hist. Collections, Vol. II.

6 THE FAMILY OF. BROMLEY.

speak presently. On 20th May, 1 273, the King received
the homage of Robert, son and heir of Geoffrey de Brum-
lege, for all the lands and tenements which his father
held in capite, Robert de Bromley served in the Welsh
wars against Llewelyn, Prince of Wales. He died in
1307. In the inquisition post mortem it is stated that
the service by which he held his third of the manor of
Ashley in capite was one-sixth of a knight's fee, and
the finding of one armed, horseman and one horse
caparisoned for eight days in the. King's army so often
as there shall be war in Wales, and paying to the Lord 1
Fulkfitz Warm half a merk yearly at Michaelmas; and
the services by which he held the hamlet of Bromley of
the Bishop was a payment of 10s. yearly, suit at his
court of Eccleshale every three weeks, and finding four
men three times in the year to hunt in the Park of the
Bishop at Eccleshale for three days at a time.1 He left
a son and heir, John, and a younger son, Roger.

John, the son of Robert de Bromley, had an elder
son John, and a younger son Robert, whose issue even-
tually succeeded to the inheritance. John, the son of
John de Bromley, left issue, by Hillaria his wife, an only
surviving daughter, Alice, who married John de Frode-
sham, and proved her age at Blymhill in 1362. She
gave her fourth part of the manor of Blymhill to her j
mother, Hillaria, and her issue by her second marriage I
with Humphrey de Swinnerton ; and on her own death, |
without issue, the remainder of her estates at xlshley,
Bromley, &c, passed to her cousin -german, Thomas fitz
Robert de Bromley. Margaret, the granddaughter of
this Thomas, son of Robert, brought them in marriage
to her husband William Hextall, of Hextall, in the county
of Stafford, one of whose daughters and coheirs brought
the manor of Bromley, in marriage, to her husband Sir
John de Bromley, of Badington, in Cheshire.

RICHARD DE BROMLEY, younger son of Geoffrey
de Bromley and Philippa Bagot his wife, married the I

1 Inq. p.m. 1. Edw. II., No. 47.

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daughter and heiress of [Robert ?] de Knocton1 (of
Knocton or Knutton, in the county of Stafford), by
which marriage he acquired that estate.

At the assizes held at Northampton coram rege on
the morrow of the Epiphany, 50 Hen. III. (7 January,
1266), Adam de Arderne appeared against the Celerar
of Stanes, Gilbert le Mareschal, Robert son of Elias,
and Richard de Bromle, in a plea that while Adam was
in prison for the King and Edward his son, they had
come to his house at Cnolton and taken away his goods
and chattels, to the value of 30 marks, and still detained
them. The defendants did not appear ; and as regards
Gilbert le Mareschal and Richard de Bromle, the
Sheriff returned that they were not to be found, and
held nothing by which, &c.2

In the pleas of the Forest held at Lichfield on the
morrow of St. Michael, 55 Hen. III., 1271, before
Roger de Clifford, Mathew de Columbariis, and
Nicholas de Romaseye, the Justiciaries appointed to
hear and determine the said pleas, a presentment was
made against Robert cle Hasteng, Henry de Wy vereston,
John de Scheteford. Richard de Bromlegh, William de
London and Thomas de Pessale, who were all of the
company of the said Robert, for taking venison out of
the Kings Forest of Cannock, in 49 Hen. III. (1264-5),
and carrying it to the house of the said Robert at
Chebbeseye.3

In August, 1274, an assize is taken to try if Henry
de Enworden, Richard de Bromle, and Robert his

1 At the essoins de malo veniendo taken at Lichfield on the morrow
of Trinity, 56 Hen. III., 127*2, with respect to tenures by serjeantry,
the jury of the Pirehill Hundred presented that Peter de Arderne,
John de Uffeley, (Oflley,) and Hubert de K notion held the manor of
Knotton by the serjeantry of finding three horsemen, armed for the
custody of the castle of Newcastlc-undcr- Lyme for forty days, at their
own cost, and the serjeantry is now commuted at £4 Gs. Gd. (Staff.
Hid. Coll. Vol. IV., pt. 1., p. 213.) Knotton is a manor or township
hi the parish of Wolstanton.

2 Staff. Hist. Coll, Vol. IV, pt. 1., p. 1G0.

3 Staff llisi. Coll., Vol, IV., pt. 1., p. 213.

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brother, had unjustly disseised John de Swinnerton of
forty acres of land in Swinnerton ; when a verdict was j
recorded for John.1 j

In 4 Edw. 1, 1276, Thomas de Melewyz (Millwich)
sued Leon son of Leon de Remesley and Richard de
Bromley for imprisoning him vi et armis at Stafford, and
detaining him there till he had paid them 23 marks.2

In 10 Edw. I., 1282, the Master of the Knight
Templars in England sued Eichard de Bromleye for
depasturing cattle on the growing corn of the Knights
at Kel (Keel), and doing damage to the amount of j
100s.3

Kichard de Bromley was living in 23 Edw. I., as
appears by a deed dated at Knocton, on Tuesday, the |
feast of St. Gregory, (12 March, 1296-7), whereby he j
conveyed two places of meadow in Knocton to Peter de I
Arderne, to which Sir William de More, Sir Robert de
Staundon, and 5Sir Roger de Swinerton, Knights, were j
witnesses.4 He appears to have been succeeded by his j
son Ranulph, in the same year 1297.

RANULPH DE BROMLEY, calling himself son j
of Richard, gave to the church of Knocton two places j
of land in his waste of Knocton, dated on the vigil of i
St Lawrence, 23 Edw. I. (1297).5 Ranulph de Bromley !
had issue four sons, Richard, Sir Roger, who died s=p.,
John de Bromley , of whom presently, and Walter. Richard j
de Bromley, who bore the Bromley arms {quarterly git. j
and or.) without any difference, and was presumably j
the eldest son, appears in 5 Edw. II., 1311, as manu- j
captor of Nicholas de Rothewell, the burgess of parlia-
ment returned for Lichfield. G In a deed of 1 1 Edw. III.,

1 Ibid., p. 192.

2 Ibid,, Vol. VI., pt. 1., p. 76.

3 Ibid., p. 121.

4 Weston MS. Shropshire Pedigrees, penes Earl of Bradford, fol. 42.,
and Collins' Peerage, Article Bromley Lord Montfort.

b Collins' Peerage, from Vincent's MSS. in the College of Arms, and
Weston MSS.

6 Parliamentary Writs.

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in which he calls himself the son of Eanulph, he granted
to John de le Delves a third part of Burlemore within
the fee of Knocton.1

JOHN DE BROMLEY, presumably the third son
of Ranulph, was living in 1335, when he gave to Thomas,
son of Robert de Sonde the land next to the lands of
Thomas son of Richard de Sonde, and the land which
he had by dimission of his brother Walter de Bromley,
which William Fouleshurst released to him after the
death of Margaret, daughter of Henry Cholmondelegh,
and the land which he had of the gift of his brother,
Richard de Bromley, to which Adam le Parker, John
de Wren bury, Thomas de Harecourt, and Thomas son
of William de Sondes were witnesses.- John de Bromley
had issue three sons, Walter, William, and Roger, and
four daughters, Joan, wife of Hugh Lee of the county
of Chester, Matilda, Letitia, wife of Robert Marchumley,
and Milicent, wife of . . . . Searne.3 Walter de
Bromley, tjie eldest son, left issue a daughter and heir,
Letitia, married to John Cholmondelegh, of Chorley.
Roger de Bromley, the third son, married Letitia,
daughter and heiress of Hugh Cholmondelegh and
Isabella his, wife daughter and coheiress of Robert
Harecourt,4 and left issue a son, Richard de Bromley,
from whom the Bromleys of Barkesford and Chorley
in the county of Chester descended.5

WILLIAM DE BROMLEY, the second son, married
Amabilla (or Annabella), the daughter of Sir Mathew
de Chetelton, of Chetelton, co. Stafford, Knight, (by his
wife Joan, daughter and heiress of William Clifton, re-
married to John Griffin), and sister and sole heiress of
William de Chetelton, with whom he acquired the estates
of Badington and Bromhall in Cheshire.6 Her brother

1 Collins' Peerage, and Weston MSS.

2 Weston MSS.

3 Ibid.

4 Ormerod's Cheshire, Vol. 111., p. 208.

5 Weston MSS.

* Ormerod's Cheshire, Vol. III., pp. 194, 207.

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William, son of Mathew de Chetelton was living in 23
£dw. III., with Katherine his wife,1 but dead in 25 Edw.
III., when it was found that John Lasci or Lascy and
Amabilla his wife and Roger de Cradeshagh had unjustly
disseized Katherine who had been the wife of William
fitz Mathew de Chetelton of the manor of Chetelton,
of which the said Katherine recovered seizin.2 In 33
Edw. Ill,, Katherine the relict of William de Chetelton
was then married to a second husband, Ralph de
Wetenhale. John Lasci, the first husband of Amabilla,
was also dead at this time, and she was then the wife
of William, son of John de Bromley. In that year
William, son of John de Bromley, and Amabilla his wife,
make Walter de Bromley or John de Weggeston their
attorney against Ralph de Wetenhale and Katherine
his wife, in a plea of mort d' ancestor,3 and an assize
came to try whether William son of Mathew de Chetelton
brother of Amabilla, wife of William, son of John de
Bromley, was seized in his demesne as of fee of the manor
of Chetelton on the day of his death, which manor Ralph
de Wetenhale and Katherine his wife then held.4

William de Bromley probably acquired lands in Ireland
by this marriage, for in 35 Edw. III. (1361), by writ
tested at Westminster on 25th March, he was summoned
to be at Westminster within three weeks of Easter, to
attend Lionel, Earl of Ulster, the King's son, into
Ireland, who was appointed to proceed there with a
great army to oppose the incursions of the King's
enemies in that kingdom ; on which occasion all who
had any estates in that realm, and were resident in
England, were ordered to accompany the said Earl of
Ulster.5 This order appears to have met with but very
partial compliance, and by writ tested at Westminster
on the 10th day of February, in the following year,

1 Assize Roll of 23 Edw. Ill,

2 Ibid, 25 Edw. 111.

3 Assize Roll 33 to 39 Edw. ITT.
H Ibid.

Collins; Rymcr's Fcedera, Vol. 111., p, G10.

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William de Bromley and others were ordered, under
penalty of forfeiture, to be with the Earl of Ulster in
Ireland within a fortnight of Easter, and they were
summoned to attend a council at Westminster on Wed-
nesday in the second week in Lent, to make arrange-
ments for their departure to Ireland.1

William de Bromley fiad issue by Amabilla de Chetel-
ton his wife, who survived him, an elder son, Yv^illiam,
and probably a younger son, John, of whom we shall
speak presently. Amabilla had also a daughter
Amabilla by a former husband, John de Lascy, on whom
she settled the reversion of the manor of Cheteiton.

William de Bromley, the eldest son of William de
Bromley and Amabilla de Cheteiton, was father of
Richard de Bromley, who succeeded to Badington and
Bromhall, and increased his estate by marriage with
Ann, daughter and heiress of William Praers, Chamber-
lain of Chester, descended from a collateral line of
Praers of Baddiley, in Cheshire, by whom he had an
elder son, Sir John Bromley, of Badington, Knight, a
distinguished soldier in the French wars, who in 6 Hen.
V. (1418), was knighted on the field of battle, and
made Captain- General of the Castle of Dampfron, and
Seneschal and great Constable of Bosseville-le-Bosse
and the Marches.2 In 4 Hen. V. Sir John unsuccess-
fully claimed the manor of Cheteiton, as heir of Matthew
de Cheteiton, against William de Egerton and Ellen
his wife.3 Sir John Bromley died 4th September, 7
Hen. V., (1419), seized of the manors of Badington and
Bromhall, the manor of Cholmston and half the manor
of Alvaston, with lands in Alstanton, Wolstanwood,
Monks' Copenhall and Church Copenhall. By his wife
Margery, daughter of Sir John Massy, of Tatton, Knight,
he had several sons, of whom the survivor, William
Bromley, of Badington, Esq., was lather of Sir John

1 Rym. Feed., Vol. III., p. 637.

2 For a fuller account of Sir John Bromley, of Badington, see
Otmerod's Cheshire, Vol. III., p. 191.

3 Brit. Mus. Add. Ch. 6247.

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THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

Bromley, of Bading ton. The said Sir John married Joane,
daughter and co-heir of William Hextall and Margaret
his wife, the sister and heiress of John de Bromley, of
Bromley and Ashley, in the county of Stafford, by which
marriage he became possessed of the old estate of the
Bromleys, which passed through his daughter Margaret,
wife of Sir William Stanley, of Hooton, to her daughter
Margaret, wife of Peter Gerard, of Bryn, in the county
of Lancaster, Esq.

JOHN BROMLEY, the younger son, or possibly
grandson, of William de Bromley and Amabilla de
Ohetelton, married Agnes, daughter of John de Trent-
bam, and had issue a son, Walter.1

WALTER BROMLEY married Joan, daughter of
Richard de Delves,2 by whom he had a son Roger.

ROGER BROMLEY is stated to have been of Mitley,
in the county of Salop, in right of his wife, Jane,
daughter and heiress of Richard de Mitley by Ellen his
wife, daughter and heiress of Sir John de Hawkeston,3
They had issue two sons, namely, Roger, and Nicholas
Bromley, who married Agnes, daughter and heir of . . .
Hulse, of Norbury, by whom he had a son, Thomas,
whose posterity were of Hampton and Norbury in
Cheshire.4

1 Burke's Extinct Baronage, Collins' Peerage, Weston MSS., ifcc.

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 All the authorities I meet with concur in making the wife
of this Eoger de Bromley to have been the daughter of Richard Mitley
of Mitley, in Shropshire. I can find no place of that name in the
County of Salop ; but I suppose it to have been Mickley, a member of
the manor of Frees, and anciently written Mitneley and Mitteneley,
(Eyton's Shropshire, Vol. IX., p. 248). Richard de Mitley 's wife is
said to have been Ellen, daughter of Sir John Hawkeston, of Wrine-
ford or Wrinehill, in the county of Stafford, by Amabilla his wife. If,
as I suppose, this Ellen had been previously married, and had issue
by her first husband, her daughter Jane will probably not have in-
herited any of her mother's estates. There is no quartering given in
Sir Henry Bridgeman's shield of quarterings for either Mitley or
Hawkeston. The Hawkeston arms are elsewhere given as ermine, a
fesse gules frctty or, within a border engrailed or.

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EOGER BROMLEY, of Mitley, Esq., the elder son
of Roger Bromley and Jane his wife, was living in the
time of Edward IV. He married the daughter and
heiress of David Browe (Borrowe, Broe or Broc), of
Malpas, in the county of Chester, by his wife .
daughter of . . . Euthbone ;x by whom he had four
sons, 1, William; 2, John ; 3, Roger; and 4, Humphrey,
who was living in 7 Hen. VII. , but died without legiti-
mate issue. John Bromley, the second son, had issue
a daughter, Anne, who died without issue. William
Bromley, of Mitley, Esq., the eldest son, married
Beatrice, daughter of Humphrey Hill, of Blore and
Buntingsdale, in the county of Salop, and by her had
issue a son, George, and three daughters, namely,
Elizabeth, wife of Rowland Jennynges, Joan, wife of
Richard Sandf ord , and Dorothy wife of William Leighton .
George Bromley, son and heir of William, who was
seated at Hawkeston in the parish of Hodnet, in Shrop-
shire, was Sheriff of Shropshire in 15 22. 2 He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon. of Willey, in
the county of Salop, knight, by whom he had issue
1, Sir George Bromley, and 2, Sir Thomas.

Sir George Bromley, Knight, the elder son, was
attorney to Queen Elizabeth for the Duchy of Lancaster,
and afterwards Chief Justice from 22 to 31 Eliz , and
custos rotulorum of Shropshire.3 He acquired the estate
of Hallon or Hawn, in the parish of Worfield and county
of Salop, by marriage with Joan, the daughter and
heiress of John Waverton4 (or Waterton), gent.,
by whom he had four sons and three daughters. The
daughters were Margaret, wife of Francis Woolrich,

1 Weston M8S. On a shield of quartering^ drawn up for Sir Henry
Brklgcman, Bart., towards the close of the eighteenth century, there
is a coat of gules, on a chevron argent three mullets gules, (in the Weston
MS. it is roses, instead of mullets,) for Broc, which follows those of
Chctelton and Clifton.

2 Blake way's Sheriffs of Shropshire, p. 85.
8 Inq. 13 Eliz., part 2, No. 38.

4 Blakcway's Sheriffs ; Nash's Worcestershire, Vol. I., p. 595.

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THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

Mary, wife of George Cot con, of Combermere, and
Susanna, wife of Roger Puleston, of Emral, in co. Flint.
The (Sons were 1, Francis ; 2, Edward ; 3, George ; and
4, John. Francis Bromley, the eldest son, married
Joyce, daughter of Edward Leighton, of Wattlesborough
in co. Salop, by whom he had a son, Thomas, and a
daughter, Jane, living in 1646.1 Sir Edward Bromley, j
of Shifnal Grange, in the county of Salop, knight, the
second son, was made one of the Barons of the Ex- j
chequer in 7 Jac. 1 . His daughter and heiress, Jane,
conveyed the Hallon estate, by marriage, to William
Davenport, Esq.
. Thomas Bromley, the second son of George Bromley
and Elizabeth Lacon, and brother of Sir George
Bromley, of Hallon, became Lord High Chancellor of
England in 1579, in which post he died 12th April, 1587,
29 Elizabeth.2 He purchased Holt Castle in Worcester-
shire, and the direct male line of his family ended with
William Bromley, of Holt Castle, Esq., who died in 1707.
leaving a daughter, Mercy, eventually his sole heiress,
who married John Bromley, Esq., of Horseheath in the
county of Cambridge, and had a son, Henry Bromley
of Horseheath Hall and Holt Castle, who was raised to
the peerage as Baron Montfort in 1741.

ROGER BROMLEY, third son of Roger (son of
Roger Bromley and Jane Mitley), married Jane, daugh-
ter of Thomas Jennings, of Welli bourne, by whom he
had issue William, Thomas, Roger, and a daughter

who married Wolley, and left issue Thomas

Wolley, gent.3 William Bromley, of Stoke, the eldest
son, married Margaret, daughter of Francis Young, of
Caynton, in the county of Salop, and had issue two sons,
William and Thomas, who both died without issue.4
Roger Bromley, the third son, was of Broughton. He

1 Weston MSS.

2 Collins' Peerage.

3 Weston MS.

4 Ibid.

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married Jane, daughter of Sir Peter Newton, Knight,
but died without issue.

THOMAS BROMLEY, the second son of Roger and
Jane Jennings his wife, was entered at the Inner
Temple, where he was reader in the year 1532.1 He
was nominated again as reader in the autumn of 1539,
and again in Lent, 1540, but did not serve on either
occasion.2 In June, 1540, he was called to the degree
of the coif or made serjeant-at-law, and he must have
previously attained considerable eminence in his profes-
sion since he was appointed one of the King's Serjeants
on the 2nd of the following month of July.3 In little
more than four years he was raised to the bench, in which
he succeeded Sir John Spelman as a Judge of the King's
Bench.4 He was held in high favour by King Henry YI1J.,
who bequeathed him a legacy of X'300 and made him one
of the executors of his will.5 He thus became one of the
council of the regency on the accession of Edward VI., but
seems tohave avoided the political difficulties of that reign
till its close, when he was most unwillingly involved (to-
gether with chief justice Montague) in the project of
the Duke of Northumberland to place Lady Jane Grey
on the throne. Having submitted5 under the compul-
sion to which he was subjected, to settle the instrument,
it would seem that he was no longer called upon to
interfere, for his name does not appear among those
who witnessed the young King's will, and instead of
being sent to prison with the two chief justices, he was
raised by Queen Mary to the head of his own court on
4th October, in the place of Sir Roger Cholmley.6

Sir Thomas Bromley died the l"5th of May, 1555, and
was buried, with his wife, in the parish church of
Wroxeter, in Shropshire, where there is a large alabaster

1 Foss's Judges, Vol. v., p. 350.

2 Dugdale's Orig., p. 164.

3 Foss's Judges.

4 Ibid.

5 Testam. vetust.

6 Foss's Judges,

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monument to their memory placed against the north
wall of the Chancel. The recumbent figures on the j
tomb represent Sir Thomas in the robes of a Chief |
Justice, and Dame Isabel, his wife, in the dress of a j
lady of that period. Sir Thomas is habited in a scarlet
gawk, lined with light- green, having a robe over it also !
of a red colour. On his head is a black square cap, j
which rests upon an adorned pillow, by the side of
which is a pheasant, and at his feet there is a lion's jambe |
with the claws retracted. Hound the monument is the j
following legend : " Here lyethe Sr Thomas Bromley, \
Knyght, whyche dyed, beyng Lord Chyffe Justes of I
England, Also beyng on of the Executors to the Kynge \
of most famous memorye Henry the Eyght the whyche j
desesed the xv dey of May, anno d ni 1555, and dame j
Isabel hys wyfe the whyche desesed in the yere of our j
lord on whose sowles God av mer." j

The arms at the head and feet of the lady are ermine,
on a fesse sable 3 mullets arg. (for Lyster), impaling
quarterly, 1st and 4th arg. on a chief gules potent or,
2nd and 3rd gules, 3 lions rampant, two and one, or ; j
over all a bend sable, (for Fitzherbert) . There are no j
corresponding shields at the head and feet of the male \
figure. The arms at the head and foot of the monument I
are, quarterly per Jesse indented gules and or (lor
Bromley) with a crescent as a mark of cadency,
impaling Lyster (as before) ; surmounted by a crest, a
pheasant gules.

On the front of the monument, facing south, is the
figure of a lady in the centre compartment with this
legend : " Margaret, wyfe unto R. Newport, and daugh-
ter and heire unto the righte Worshypfull Knyght/'
In other compartments on the same side are two shields
of arms, the one bearing the arms of Bromley only, with
a crescent ; and the other having a coat of six
quarterings : 1. Sable, five bars between 4 points in chief
and A in-base argent. 2. Argent a chevron gules between
3 leopards1 faces sable langued of the second. 3. Gules,
a lion rampant or, 4. Quarterly per fesse indented gules

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and or, in the 1st and 4th quarters a lion statant argent.
5. Gules , a lion rampant or. 6. Gules, a /esse between 6
pears or ; the whole impaling Bromley with a crescent
as before.

I take this coat of six quartering^ to be that of Sir
Richard Newport, of High Ercall, Knight, who married
the heiress. The first quartering will have been the old
Newport (or Gech) arms. The second was probably an
atchievement. Sir Richard was a man of wealth and
position in the county of Salop, distinguished in the
wars of those times, and possessed of inherited property
in the town of Shrewsbury, where he met with an
honourable reception on his return from the wars, and
I conceive that these arms, which were the arms of
Shrewsbury, with a chevron for a difference, will have
been given to him as an atchievement, and that after this
the old coat was dropped by him and his descendants, and
only the leopards' faces with the chevron borne by them,
as they appear on his monument at Wroxeter. The
third will have been the arms of his great great grand-
father, Sir John Burgh, of Mawddwy, Knight,
who bore on his seal the lion rampant, the arms of
his mother, the heiress of the lords of Mawddwy,
instead of the usual Burgh arms. The fourth quar-
tering will have been that of Beysin of Billingsley,
which may have been assumed by his great great
grandmother's family, the Cloptons, as heirs of the
Beysins. The fifth quartering I suppose to have
been that of the princes of South Wales (though
later heralds usually give this coat witbin a border
indented), which in that case should have preceded
the arms of Beysin. The sixth and last quartering is
that of Besford, whose coheir was the wife of Sir William
Clopton, Knight, and mother of the wife of Sir John
de Burgh.

Isabel, the wife of Sir Thomas Bromley, was the
daughter of Richard Lyster, of Row ton, in the county
of Salop, Esq., by Agnes, the daughter and heiress of

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18 THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

of (John) Fitzherbert,1 Esq., who was also in the pro- I
fession of the law, he being attorney for Shrewsbury in I
the King s Exchequer in 5 Edw. IV. Sir Thomas is I
said by the Heralds to have had a former wife, Eliza-
beth, daughter of John Dod, of Cloverly, by whom he
had no issue, but I find no confirmation of this on the
tomb.

Sir Thomas Bromley acquired the estate of Eyton
upon Severn, with its members and appurtenances in
the county of Salop, at the dissolution of the Abbey of
Shrewsbury. Margaret, his only daughter and heiress,
brought these estates to her husband, Sir Eichard
Newport, of High Ercall, in the county of Salop, Knight,
who died on 12th of September, 1570, 2 being one of the
Queen's Majesty's counsell in the Marches of Wales.
He was buried at Wroxeter, where there is a handsome
monument to him on the South side of the chancel,
having upon it the recumbent figure of himself and
Dame Margaret his wife. The Newport quarterings are
given more fully here than they are on Sir Thomas
Bromley's monument, having a shield of eight quarter-
ings, as follows : —1. Argent a chevron gules between three
leopards1 faces sable (Newport). 2. Barry of six argent
and azure (Grey of Codnor). 3. Argent three bars
gemelles sable (Ercall). 4. Azure a chevron ermine
between three Jleurs de lys, argent (Burgh). 5. Gides
a lion rampant tvithin a border engrailed or (Mawddwy).
6. Or a raven proper (Corbet). 7. G ides a bend between
six pears erect or leaved vert (Clopton or Morehall).
8. Qaarterly per fessc indented gules and or, in first
quarter a lion passant argent (Beysin).

The same arms, with the additional quartering of

1 Blakeway (Sheriffs, of Shropshire, p. 144) conjectures this Fitz-
herbert to have been John, the youngest of seven sons of Nicholas
Fitzherbert son of Henry Fitzherbert, of Norbury, in the county of
Derby, Esq.

- lnq. p. ni. 13 Eliz. part 2, No. 38 ; and inscription on his monu-
ment at Wroxeter.

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19

Bromley, are repeated on the shields of all the sons
and daughters as they are there shewn ; and over the
monument is a tablet with the following legend : —

Hie equitis tumulus teget ossa Richardi

Newporti, portu navigat ille novo,
Navigat ille novo, superum jam sede receptus

Testis erat locuples anchora tuta fides.

Sir Kichard Newport's death is thus recorded in the
MS. Chronicle of Shrewsbury, which has lately been
transcribed by the Kev. W. A. Leighton, and published
in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological
and Natural History Society1 : — u This yeare and the
xijth of September one Syr Richard Newport a valiant
knyght of Shropshire and of a prynceiy personage dis-
ceassyd tor whose deathe there was mutche mone
made in Shrosberye." Dame Margaret, his wife, sur-
vived him many years, and her death is thus recorded
in the above mentioned Shrewsbury chronicle : — w This
yeare [1598] Lady Margaret Newport of Eytoon and
in the county oi Salop wydowe dep'tid this present
lyfe the xjth daye2 of August A° p'd' and was buried
at Rocksetter the next day followinge being hir will
so and the xxjxth day of August all the bells in Shrus-
burry dyd ringe in remembrance of hyr the whiche
towne she lovyd well and she was belovyd of the
inhabytants therein there was bestowyde uppon the
poore that day xxli. besyds many other placs in the
coontery verev amply. She was a verteous lady in all
hyr lyfe tyme and verey good to the poore in towne
and countrey."

Her grandson, Lord Herbert of Chirbury, (who was
born in her house at Eyton), in his memoirs, relates of
her that she, " surviving her husband, gave rare testi-

1 Vol. 111., p. 209.

2 In Blakcway's transcription of this passage ( Sheriffs of Shropshire,
p. 88), he gives the date of her death as the 10th, and her burial as
the following day. In the inq. post mortem (41 Eliz. part 1, No 7)
the day of her death is given as the 19th of August.

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monies of an incomparable piety to God and love to her
children, as being most assiduous and devout in her
daily both public and private prayers, and so careful
to provide for her posterity, that, though it were in her
power to give her estate (which was very great), to
whom she would, yet she continued still unmarried, and
so provident for them, that after she had bestowed all
her daughters with sufficient portions upon very good
neighbouring families, she delivered up her estate and
care of housekeeping to her eldest son Francis, when
now she had for many years kept hospitality with that
plenty and order as exceeded all others either of her
country or time ; for besides abundance of provision and
good cheer for guests, which her son Sir Francis Newport
continued, she used ever after dinner to distribute with
her own hands to the poor, who resorted to her in great
numbers, alms in money, to every one of them, more or
less, as she thought they needed it." By her husband,
Sir Richard Newport, she had a family of four sons and
four daughters, whose figures are depicted on their
tomb.

Of these children, the two of the sons whose figures
are given at the East end of the monument were
probably dead before the monument was erected. They
each have a crescent in their shield of arms, as having
been successively second sons ; the one, being given as
a baby, probably died in his infancy before the other
was bom, and the second, who is given as an esquire
in armour, I suppose to have been Edmund Newport
(the second surviving son at the time of his father's
death) who was living on 9th January, 1571, at Sybton,
in the county of Salop.1 He must have died without
issue, for his younger brother, Andrew, is described on
his own monument as the second son. Andrew New-
port was an utter Barrister at Law, Fellow of the Inner
Temple, and M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1588. He died j
unmarried in 1611, and was buried at Wroxeter. Sir

1 Inq. p.m. Sir Richard Newport.

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Francis Newport, the eldest son, who is represented,
as the first of the six figures on the front of the monu-
ment, in armour with gauntlets in his right hand,
was knighted by King James I. at Worksop Manor,
in Nottinghamshire, 2 1st April, 1603. His son, Sir
Richard, was raised to the Peerage by the title of
Baron Newport, of High Ercall, 14th October, 1642,
and is now repre-sented by Orlando G. C. Earl of
Bradford.

The daughters were (1) Mary, who was married to
William Gratewood, of Aclderley and Stoke upon Tern,
in the county of Salop, Esq., and after to Ralph Sneyd,
of Keel and Bradwell, in the county of Stafford, but
died without issue ; (2) Elizabeth, married first to
Frances Lawley, of Spoonbill, in the county of Salop,
Esq., by whom she had a son, Thomas, from whom the
present Lord Wenlock is descended, and secondly to
Sir Thomas Lawley, of Wenlock, Knight, by whom she
also had issue. 3, Isabel, married to Sir Charles Fox,
of Bromfield, in the county of Salop, Knight. 4,
Magdalen, married first to Richard Herbert, of
Blackball and Montgomery, Esq. (by whom she was
mother of Edward, Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, George
Herbert, the eminent divine, and other children), and
secondly to Sir John Dan vers, Knight, one of the judges
in the time of King Charles I.

The full quartering^ of Sir Thomas Bromley are as
follows : —

1. Bromley. Quarterly per fe^se indented gules and or,
with a crescent for a difference.

2. Bagot (of Blymhill). Ermine, three lozenges gales.1

3. Fitzwarin (of Broseley). Quarterly per f esse indented or
and gules.

4. Knocton or Knotton

5. Chetelton. A rgent, on a chevron gules 5 bezants, tuithin
a border of the 2nd.

1 This coat is taken from Genealogical Records of the Family of
Woodd, formerly of Shynewood and the White Abbey, in the county
of Salop, privately printed.

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6. Clifton. Argent, on a /esse between six fleur de lis gidcs
three fleur de lis or.1

7. Mitley

8. Hawkeston. Ermine, a fesse gvAes f retty or.

9. Broc (or Browe). Gules on a chevron argent three mul-
lets of the first.2 f . .

A.n account of the Bagots of Blymhill will be found
in the Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. I. ; and
an account of the Fitz warms of Broseley is given in
Ey ton's History of Shropshire, Vol. II., p. 2.

The Bromleys, of Badington, from which Sir Thomas j
Bromley, of Eyton upon Severn, derived his descent, j
were the representatives of the knightly family of I
Chetelton, of Chetelton, in the county of Stafford, and |
Badington, in the county of Chester, of which last j
family an account is here appended.

The Cheteltons were lords of that vill, now called !
Cheddleton, in the county of Stafford, which they
held under the Audlejs by the service of one knight's \
fee, as also of Badington and Bromhall in the
county of Chester, which was likewise held under the
Audleys.

An early pedigree of the family of Chetelton is given
in the Plea liolls of 18 Edw. L, in which year an assize
was taken of last presentation to the church of Chetel- |
ton, the advowson of which was claimed by Nicholas de
Audley, as custos of the land and heir of Richard, son j
of Henry [Hugh ?] de Chetelton, against the Abbot of |
Deulacres. Robert de Chetelton, ancestor of the heir,
had presented the last incumbent in the time of King
John, which last incumbent had now been dead ten
years. From Kobert the right had descended to William

1 This is so given in a coat of quartering^ drawn up for Sir Henry
Bridgeman, Baronet, towards the close of the 18th century. In the
quarterings of Legh, of ltushall, in the Staffordshire Visitation of
1583, it is thus given (after Bromley and Chetelton ) : — Arg. on a fesse
sable between six fleur de lis gules o crosses crosslet or, where it is called
Clayton (Staff. Hist. Collections, Vol. ILL, p. 103).

2 In Sir Henry Bridgeman's quarterings it is : — (Jules, on a chevron
argent S roses or.

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as his son and heir, and from William, who died without
issue, to Hugh, as his brother and heir, and from Hugh
to William, as his son and heir, and from William to
Robert, as his son and heir, and from Robert to Henry
[or Hugh], as his son , and heir, and from Henry [or
Hugh] to Richard, as his son and heir, who is now
under age. The guardian recovered the advowson for
the heir.1 From this Plea it appears that

ROBERT DE CHETELTON was lord of Chetelton
in the time of King John.

WILLIAM DE CHETELTON, son of Robert, died
without issue, and was succeeded by his brother

HUGH DE CHETELTON, which Hugh was dead
before 12 Hen. III. (1227), when his son

WILLIAM DE CHETELTON was summoned to
warrant Richard de Draicote eight bovates of land in
Cuneshale, for which he holds a charter of William de
Chetelton, the uncle of William whose heir he is.2

This William de Chetelton was witness to a deed of
William de Ipstones to Stephen. Abbot of Deulacres,
in 28 Hen. III.8 He was coroner for the county of
Stafford4 and occurs as juror at a great assize on the
morrow of Trinity, 56 Hen. HI. (1272) f in which year,
at the same assizes, (his brother) Adam son of Hugh
de Chetelton occurs as a defaulter, for which he is
tn mviscvicoTcLxo, ^

ROBERT DE CHETELTON (son of William) was
one of those commissioned to make enquiries on the
King's behalf concerning the Hundred of Totmonslow
in the county of Stafford, in 127 5. 7 In 6 Edw. L
(1277) he and several others were sued for a debt of

1 Plea Rolls 18 Edw. I m. 157.

2 Staffordshire Hist. Collections, Vol. IV., p. 49.

3 Sleigh's Hist. Lcel; p. 47.

4 Staff. Ili*t. Coll., Vol. IV., p. 208, and V., p. 121.
& Staf. J/ist. Coll., Vol IV., p. 201.

6 Ibid,, p. 210.

7 Ibid., Vol. V., pt. 1., p. 117.

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£10 by Magr. John de Vernay.1 He married Ha wise,
daughter of Henry de la forde son of Liufus de Hetone,
to whom her father gave in frank marriage his land of
la forde,2 and was dead in 9 Edw. I. (1280), leaving a
son and heir Hugh, or* Henry, and another son William,
called Shyrard, to whom his father gave the manor of
la forde. William Shyrard was dead in or before 33
Edw. I., leaving a widow, Petronilla, and a son, Henry
Shyrard, living in 33 Edw. I., two other younger sons,
Roger and John, and a son Nicholas Shyrard, of la forde
in 33 Edw. I. ; which Nicholas had a son Peter, who
gave his tenement in Stanlow to his brother Henry in
32 Edw. II. ; Henry Shyrard and Margaret his wife
were living in 6 Ria II., and had issue a son, Richard
Shyrard, lord of Stanlowe 2 Hen. V. and 20 Hen. VI. ,
who, by his wife Cecilia Alsop, living 20 Hen. VI., had
issue two sons, Thomas Shyrard, of Balyden, and
Robert Shyrard, of Ashbourne, both living in 13
Edw. IV., and both of whom died without issue, and
two daughters, Joan and Helen, of whom Helen, the
second sister, died without issue, and Joan, who became
heir to her brothers, married Richard Bulclogh, of
Perwych, living in 20 Hen. VI. and 21 Edw. IV., by
whom, she had issue who succeeded to the property at
Stanlowe.3

HUGH [or HENRY] DE CHETELTON (son and
heir of Robert) was living in 9 Edw, I., and probably
then lord of Chetelton when Robert de Scoresworth
and Cecilia his wife recovered a messuage and four
bovates of land against him bv his own default.4 And
in 16 Edw. I. Hugh de Chetelton was a recognitor in
the county of Stafford.5

1 IMH Vol. VI., p. 89.

2 Ibid., Vol. V., p. 65.

3 Vis. of Staff, in 1611- and 1663, article, Bulkeley of Stoke, co.
Salop. (Staff. Hist. Coll., Vol. V., pt. 2, p. 65.)

4 Staff. Hist. Coll., Vol. VI., pt. 1, p. 117.
& Ibid., p. 177.

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RICHARD DB CHETELTON, son and heir of
Hugh or Henry, was lord of Chetelton in 18 Edw. L,
and then a minor. Richard de Chetelton, together
with Nicholas de Audley, Robert de Staundon, Roger
de Swynnerton, and Roger Burgelhm, had letters
of protection to attend the King on military service,
dated from Sevenok, 5th August, 25 and 26 Edw. I.
(1297-8).1

WILLIAM DE CHETELTON, the next lord of
Chetelton, was probably either the son or brother of
Richard. This William de Chetelton, with James and
John the sons of William de Stafford, and a few more
Staffordshire tenants, were at Burton and Borough bridge
serving against the King in 15 Edw. II. (1321)." But in
1323 he was summoned, with other Staffordshire knights,
to serve against Robert Bruce, who invaded England
in that year.3 He was engaged in the grand quarrel
between William de Ipstones and Thomas de Brompton
concerning the advowson of Church Eaton in 1324, on
the Ipstones side. He is then described as William de
Chetelton, of Dray cote, and he and his brother Philip
were ordered to be arrested by the Sheriff of Stafford-
shire to answer for the part they had taken in the
said family feud, in which most of the great Stafford-
shire families were eno-aired.4 In 1335 he occurs in a
fine of Bichard, son of Richard de Wrennebury, con-
cerning lands in Badington and Broomhall.5 In 1336
he was a commissioner of array for the county of Staf-
ford, and again in 1339.° Sir William de Chetelton
seems to have married Isabell, daughter and heir of

1 Notes from Protection Roll of 25 and 2G Edw. I. (Staff. Hist.
Coll., Vol. VIII., p 18).

2 Staff, ffist. Coll., Vol. VI II., p. 43.

3 Ibid., p. 44.

4 Staff. Hist. Coll., Vol. IV., pp. 28, 29, 30.

6 Plea Roll, 8 and 9 Edw. 111., m. 7 (Helsby's Ormerod's Cheshire,
Vol. III., p. 369).

6 Staff. Hist. Coll., Vol. VII., p. 57.

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Ely de Flamstede,1 and was succeeded by his son
Matthew.

MATTHEW DE CHETELTON, lord of Chetelton,
Badington, and Bromhall, is said to have married Joan,
daughter and heiress of William de Clifton, (who was
also the wife of John' Griffin),2 by whom he had issue
a son, William, and a daughter, Amabilla, eventually
his heir.

WILLIAM DE CHETELTON, the last direct heir-
male of this family, was probably the same with William
Sherard de Chetelton, Esquire, who was summoned to
prepare himself with horse, and arms, by the feast of St.
Lawrence (10th August) 1345, to embark with the
King for his wars in France.3 William de, Chetelton
was living in 23 Edw. Ill (1349) . He married Katherine,
daughter of John Arden ; 4 and was dead in 25 Edw.
IIL, when John Lasty (or Lascy), and Amabilla, his
wife, and John Cradeshagh were found to have unjustly
disseised Katherine, who had been the wife of William,
son of Matthew de Chetelton, of the Manor of Chetelton,
with the appurtenances, &c, and Katherine accordingly
recovered seisin.6 In 33 Edw. HI. both these ladies

1 Helsby's Ormerod's Cheshire, Vol. III., p. 383. William de
Chetelton and Isabell bis wife, daughter and heir of Ely de Flam-
stede, gave to Ralph Vernon the land which she had of the gift of
her cousin Peter, lord of Edlaston (in the county of Chester), and it
was their inheritance till Richard, son of Peter de Edlaston, gave this
village, in 27 Edw. L, to Richard de Fouleshurst, unto which Richard,
in 10 Edw. If., Mably, widow of Richard de Edlaston, released her
dower.

2 Weston MSS. Shropshire Pedigrees. She is called in one
MS. (in Salt Lib., Stafford), de Erelstone [Edlaston?] It does not
appear whether John Griffin was her first or second husband,
probably the latter, but as she left no surviving issue male by
Matthew Chetelton, it is probable that her estates eventually passed
to the Griffins.

3 French Roll (Staff. Hist. Coll, Vol. VIII., p. 77).

4 Katherine, relict of William de Chetelton, was married secondly
to Ralph de Wetenhale, and thirdly to Henry Delves (Cains Coll. MS.
54G, last fob but, one.)

5 Assize Roll 25 Edward III,

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had married again, when William, son of John de
Bromley, and Amabilla, his wife, named Walter de
Bromley, or John de Weggeston, as their attorney
against .Ralph de Wetenhale, and Katherine, his wife,
in a plea of mart d' ancestor ; and an assize came to try
whether William, son of Matthew cle Chetelton, brother
of Amabilla, wife of William, son of John de Bromley,
was seized in his demesne as of fee of the Manor of
Chetelton with the appurtenances on the day of his
death, &c, which manor lialph de Wetenhale and
Katherine his wife then held.1

AMABILLA DE CHETELTON, sister and heiress
of William was first married to John de Lascy, and
afterwards, to William, son of John de Bromley. She
appears to have had issue by her first marriage a son,
John, and a daughter, Amabilla; for, in 37 Edw. III.,
William de Bromley, of Badington, and Amabil his wife
levied a fine of a moiety of the manors of Badington
and Bromhall to John de Lax or Lasci.- I presume that
this John de Lascy the younger died without issue, so
that the moiety of Badington and Bromhall reverted to
William and Amabilla, and afterwards devolved upon
their son, William de Bromley, as son and heir of Ama-
billa. But the manor of Chetelton was settled by
Amabilla on her daughter Amabilla de Lascy. This
younger Amabilla is said to have had three husbands,
namely John Marton or Martyn, Sir John de Hawkeston,
and Geoffrey Brereton by whom she is said to have had
a son John Brereton, but her issue by Sir John de
Hawkeston seem to have been her heirs.

I suppose these Hawkestons to have been related to a
family of the same name in Shropshire, of whom George
de Hawkeston was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1416, who
is said, by Blake way, to have been descended from

1 Assize Roll 31 to 33 Edw. III.

2 PI. Roll, 36 to 39 Edw. III., m. 16 (Hclsby's Ormcrods Cheshire,
Vol. HI., p. 369).

28 THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

Richard de Hawkeston, lord of Hawkeston, in the
county of Salop.1 He supposes him to have been the
father of Sir George Hawkeston, of Hawkeston and
Silvington, whose granddaughter and heir, Ankaret,
wife of William Twynyho, of Cayfred, in the county of
Somerset, Esquire, suffered death by the order of
George, Duke of Clarence, on a charge of poisoning his
duchess, but the judgment was reversed in parliament
in the year 1477.

Of these Cheshire Hawkestons, the first we meet with
in that county was Sir Thomas de Hawkeston, Knight,
Steward of the Queen's Household, who, in 24 Edw.
Ill, obtained from Adam de Drayton the manors of
Smallwood and Newbold-under-Lyne, in the county of
Chester, to himself and Ellen, his wife, to hold in tail
special, with remainder to his brother John de
Hawkeston. Soon afterwards he and Nicholas de
Hawkeston obtained various other grants in the county
of Chester, chiefly from the Audleys.'2

The Caius College MSS. beirin the Hawkeston
pedigree with Alayne (or Alexander) de Hawkeston,
who had issue, Sir Thomas, Sir John, and Nicholas de
Hawkeston.3

Sir Thomas de Hawkeston and Ellen his wife had
issue Thomas, who died without issue, and Felice,
married to William, son of David Lloyd 4 Ellen, the

1 Blake way 'a Sherifs, p. 63. His arms arc there given as : —
Ermine, a /esse gules fretty or witkm a border engrailed or. The same
arms are attributed to Sir John de Hawkeston in the Caius Coll. MS.,
No. 533 ; and Robson gives them, without the border, as those of
Hawkeston of the county of Chester, temp. Hen. IV.

2 Helsby's §rm'er6Ws "Cheshire, Vol. 111. p. 23, quoting the Plea and
Recognizance Kolls.

3 Erdeswick (pp. 90, 1)1.) calls Sir John de Hawkeston, of Wrine-
ford (or Wrinchill), Knight, the sou of Geoffrey, son of Hugh, of
Betteley, son of Alan de Hawkeston, but Erdeswick is very wild in
his descent of this family and their heirs, and is not to be trusted
here.

4 Caius College MSS., No. 533.

THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

29

widow of Sir Thomas died, seized of the manor of
Newbold, in 35 Edw. III.1 Thomas and Ellen seem to
have died without surviving issue ; and Nicholas de
Hawkeston, being afterwards seized, gave this manor of
Newbold to John de Hawkeston and Amabill his wife,2
who, in 8 Rfc. II., held the manors of Astbury Newbold
and Mykill Moreton, value £20, by the service of one
knight's fee.3

Sir John de Hawkeston, knight, who thus became
possessed of Newbold Astbury, and Small wood, in
Cheshire, was also lord of Wrineford, or Wrinehill, in
the parish of Madeley and county of Stafford. He was
one of the four esquires of James de Audley, Baron of
Helegh, to whose courage and conduct the famous
victory of Poictiers was mainly due. Lord Audley, as
stated by Froissart, had vowed that if he was engaged
in any battle where the King or his sons were "he
would be in the foremost of the attack, and the best
combatant on his side, or die in the attempt;" and,
accordingly, with the permission of the Black Prince,
he posted himself in front of the army, which had been
drawn up by bis advice, with only four esquires to guard
his person. In the hottest part of the fight, the efforts
of the battalion of the Marshals to penetrate that of
the Prince are stated to have been foiled by the Lord
Audley and his four esquires," who fought in front of
the battalion 't sword in hand, much before the rest,
performing wonders." Towards the close of the battle
he was carried to a hedge, dangerously wounded and
covered with blood, and disarmed by his esquires. For
this memorable action the Black Prince retained Lord
Audley in his service for life, and granted him 500
marks of his revenue in England, which he bestowed
upon his four esquires. The Prince thanked him for so
doing, gave him 600 marks per annum more, and in

1 Helsby's Ormerod, Vol. 111., p. 23.

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid, y from Williamson, Vill. Cest.

30

TflE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

remembrance of these signal services added part of the
Lord Audley's arms to his own.1

Sir John de Hawkeston married Amabill, the daugh-
ter of Amabill de Chetelton, by her first husband John
de Lascy, upon whom the manor of Uheteltou was
settled by her mother.' They were probably married
as early as the year 32 Edw. III., for Chetwynd gives
the following note of a deed taken from Erdeswick's
MSS.: — Indenture between John de Hawkeston, Knight
[of the one part | and John de Bromley, William son of
Walter de Bromley, Roger de Bromley, Walter de
Bromley and Amabill, daughter of Mathew de Ghetel-
ton, of the other part — 32 Edw. III.2

The manor of Chetelton, as well as those of Wrinehill,
Newbold, and Small wood, afterwards came to William,
son of Ralph Egerton, in right of his wife, Ellen, the
heiress of Sir John de Hawkeston, and Amabill, his wife.
This Ellen is generally assumed to have been the
daughter of Sir John de Hawkeston, but this was
certainly not the case. She was, doubtless, his grand-
daughter. In the inquisition taken after the death of
Sir John de Hawkeston, Knight, she is described as
his cousin and heir and by another inquisition of
17 Hen. VIII. (according to Mr. Helsby) it is shewn
that Elien the daughter of Sir John de Hawkeston was
her mother.

The last mentioned Ellen is said to have married
Aylmer, or Hamon, de Ives (or de Fienes), and their
daughter and heiress, Ellen, became the wife of William,
son of ftalph de Egerton, of Caldecote, who thus ac-
quired the manor of Chetelton. But they were not
left in undisputed possession, for in Trinity Term,

1 Ormeroirs Cheshire, Vol. Ill , p. 'JOG. The other three gallant
esquires of Lord Audley were Sir John Delves, of Doddington,
Sir Robert Fulleshurst, of Barthomley, and Sir Thomas Dutton, of
Dutton.

2 Chetwynd MS.

3 Helsby's Ormerod, Vol. 111., p. 23.

THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

31

4 Hen. V. (1416), John de Bromley (of Badington),
by Roger Wilnehale his attorney, sued William de
Egerton and Ellen bis wife, before Richard Norton and
bis associates the Justices of the King's Bench at
Westminster, for the manor of Chetelton, with the
appurtenances, which ' John Cook, chaplain, gave to
William de Chetelton for term of life, with remainder
to Matthew de Chetelton and his heirs begotten of the
body of Joan his wife, and which, after the death of the
said William de Chetelton, and Matthew, and Amabilla
the daughter of the said Matthew begotten of the body
of the aforesaid Joan, and William the son of the same
Amabilla, and Richard the son of the same William son
of Amabilla, should descend to the aforesaid John
Bromley son of the said Richard and kinsman and heir
of the aforesaid Matthew, by virtue of the said gift.
Whence he says that William de Chetelton was seized of
the said manor, &c, as of his demesne in fee by virtue of
the said gift in time of peace in the time of Edw. (Ill),
great grandfather of the King that now is, which William
died, after which the said Matthew entered, as in re-
mainder, and was similarly seized in the time of Edw.
III., and from the said Matthew the right descended
to Amabilla, as his daughter and heir, begotten of the
body of the aforesaid Joan, and from Amabilla to William
as her son and heir, and from William to Richard as his
son and heir, and from Richard to that John, who now
sues as son of the same Richard, and kinsman and heir of
the said Matthew. William Egerton, and Ellen, his wife,
appeared by their attorney, Thomas Hev'ster, and de-
fended their right, saying that the said John Cook did
not settle the manor, &c, in the manner the said John
Bromley by his brief and narration supposes ; upon which
they appeal to their country, and likewise John Bromley
the same ; and a day for the trial was fixed within
fifteen days of the feast of St. Martin. The result may
be inferred by the fact that Chetelton remained with
the descendants of William de Egerton and Ellen, his
wife.

32

THE FAMILY OF BROMLEY.

Ellen, daughter and heir of Sir John de Hawkeston,
and Amabilla, his wife, is also said to have married
Richard de Mitley, of Mitley, in Shropshire, and had
by him a daughter, Jane, wife of Roger Bromley, of
Mitley, jure uxoris ; but there is nothing to show that
any of Sir John de -Hawkeston's lands devolved upon
the Mitley s or their heirs.

33

LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY,
MINERALOGY, AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF
SHROPSHIRE.

1712—1873 By W. WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.S.
1873—1887 By W. W. WATTS, M.A., F.G.S.

1. Natural History and Scientific Societies.

Caradoo Field Club, Shrewsbury. Transactions 1868, and other

occasional publications.
Ludlow Natural History Society.

Oswestry and Welshpool Naturalists' Field Club. Transactions.
Severn Valley Naturalists' Field Club, (Bridgnorth). Transactions.
Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Shrews-
bury. Tfansactions 1878,

2. Museums.

Coalbrookdale — Literary and Scientific Institution. Founded 1858.
Ludlow — Museum of Natural History. Founded 1842.
Shrewsbury — Museum of Natural History. Founded 1885.
Wenlock — Museum, Corn Exchange Buildings. Founded 1840.

3. Geological Survey Publications.

The Authors have to thank Mr. Good child of the Geological Survey, for help
in this part of the List.

Sheets of Maps (scale, one inch to a mile).

(1) 55, N.E. part (Cleobury Mortimer, Forest of Wyre, part of
Tittcrstone Glee). By J. Phillips, W. T. Aveline, H. H\ Howell,
and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1853. Revisions in 1855.

(2) 55, N.W. part (Ludlow, part of Titterstone Clee). By W. T.
Aveline, W. W. Smyth, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1850. Revisions in
1855.

(3) 56, N.E. part (Clun). By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, W. T. Aveline,
and H. W. Bristow. 1850.

(4) 60, S.E. part (Bishop's Castle, Corndon, Chirbury). By W. T.
Aveline, H. W. Bristow, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1850.

(5) 60, N.E. part (Minsterlcy, Alberbury, Long Mountain). By
[Sir] A. C, Ramsay, W. T. Aveline, and % Hull. ^1850. Additions
in 1855.

Vol. XII, E

34 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(6) 61, S.W. (Church Stretton, Longmynd, Brown Clee). By W. !
T. Aveline, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1850. Revisions in 1855.

tfh 61, S E. (Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth, part of Forest of Wyre). |
By W. T. Aveline, E. Hull, and [Sir J A. C. Ramsay, 1852. Revisions j
in 1855.

(8) 61, N.W. (Shrewsbury, Pontesbury, Shineton). By D. !
Williams, W. T. Aveline, E. Hull, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1855.
Revisions in 1868.

(9) 61, N.E. (Wellington, Shifnal, Newport, the Wrekin). By D. H. !
Williams, W. W. Smyth, W. T. Aveline, E. Hull, and [Sir] A. C.
Ramsay. 1858.

(10) 62, N.W., very small part to W. (Keuper Marl). By J. B.
Jukes, E. Hull, H. H. Hoavell. 1852. Revisions by J. B. Jukes, i
E. Hull, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay to 1859.

(11) 73, S.E. part (Market Drayton, Newport). By Sir H. De la
Beche, A. R. Selwyn, and E. Hull. 1855.

(12) 73, N.E., small part to S.W. (Norton). By W. W. Smyth,
E. Hull, A. R. Selwyn, and [Sir] A. C. Ramsay. 1857.

(13) 73, S.W. (Wetri, Ellesmere, Grinshill). By Sir H. De La
Beche, A. R. Selwyn, and E. Hull. 1855.

(14) 73, N.W., part to S. (Whitchurch). By A. R, Selwyn. 1855.

(15) 74, S.E., part to E. (Oswestry, Llanvmynech, West Felton). i
By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, J. B. Jukes, W. T. Aveline, D. H. Williams,
E.Hull. 1850. Revisions in 1855.

(16) 74, N.E., small part to S.E. (Dudleston). By D. Williams.
J. B. Jukes, W. T. Aveline, E. Hull, and [Sir] A. C. Rams Ay. 1850.
Revisions in 1855.

Sheets of Index Map (scale, 4 miles to an inch).

(17) 15. (Includes one-inch sheets, 55, 56, 60, 61 ; Shrewsbury,
Wellington, Ludlow, Arc.) 1858.

(18) 20 (Includes one-inch sheets, 73, 74 ; Ellesmere, Wliitchurch,
Market Drayton, etc.) 1858.

Sheets of ' Horizontal Sections ' (scale, 6 inches to a mile).

(19) 30. Section across the Upper Silurian rocks and Old Red
Sandstone of dim Forest, Bucknall, Wigmore Valley, Orleton, &c, 1
near Ludlow. By H. W. Bristow and W\ T. Aveline. 1853.

(20) 33. Section from Corndon Hill and the Longniynds, to the ]
Coal Measures, Titterstone Clee Hill, Shropshire. General direction,
South-easterly. 1854. By [Sir] A C. Ramsay, A. R. Selwyn, and
VV. T. Aveline.

(21) 34. Section from the Vale of Severn, near Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire, to Corve Dale, Shropshire. By W. T. Aveline. Section
from the Old Red Sandstone, near Croft, across the Wigmore Valley
to the River Teme, near Downton Castle, Ludlow. By W. T. Aveline.
Section from the Lawlcy to the Wenlock Shale, under Wenlock Edge,
Shropshire ; joins Section 33 ; crosses Section 30. By AY, T. Aveline.
1854,

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

35

(22) 35. Section across the Breidden Hills, the Stiper Stones, Caer
Caradoc, Wenlock Edge, and the Brown Clee Hill. By J. B. Jukes
and W. T. Aveline. 1853. 19x<*4£3

(23) 36. In part a continuation of Sheet 35 ; the remaining portion
is a Section across the Brown and the Titterstone Clee Hills. By
W. T. Aveline. 1854.

(24) 38. Section 1. — From'Post Gwyn across Craig-y-Glyn to the
Carboniferous Limestone, near Oswestry. Continued in Horiz. Sects.
58. By J. B. Jukes and W. T. Aveline. 1855.

(25) 41. Section to North-east of Norton. By E. Hull and
A. H. Green. 1857.

(26) 45. No. 1 — Section across the Upper Silurian rocks, and Coal
Measures South of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire ; and to the East. By
D. H. Williams. No. 2 — Section from Preston Brockhurst, to
Hawkestone Park, Shropshire, through the New Red Sandstone and
Marl. By E. Hull. 1858.

(27) 50. Part of Section across Neen Sollers and to E.N.E. By
W. T, Aveline and H. H. Howell. 1858.

(28) 53. No. 1 — Section from Alberbury to Baschurch. Joins
Section 35. By E. Hull. No. 2 — Section from Stottesden eastwards
to Alvelejr. By E. Hull. No. 3 — Section from New England,
Salop, N.E., to Alveley and Coton. By E. Hull 1859.

(29) 54. No. 1 — From North- west to South-east, across the YVrekin,
Coalbrookdale Coalfield, Shropshire, and the New Red Sandstone of
Beckbury. By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, 1). H. Williams, and E. Hull.
No. 2 — From West to East, through Bridgnorth and Claverley,
Shropshire, through the Old Red Sandstone, Coal Measures, Permian,
and New Red Sandstone. By E. Hull. 1858.

(30) 58, No. 1.— From W. to E. from Pentre-Cefn by Drill, S. of
Oswestry, Twyford Cross, and Boreaton Park, Shropshire, crossing
the Carboniferous Limestone, the Coal Measures, and the New Red
Sandstone. (Continuation of Section I., Sheet 38.) By E. Hull.
No. 2 — From W. to E. From Cludley, near- Wellington, across the
Coalbrookdale Coalfield, the Permian Rocks, and the New Red
Sandstone, near Shifnal and Brewood. By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, D. H.
Williams, and E. Hull.

Sheets of 1 Vertical Sections ' (scale, one inch to 40 feet),

(31) 23. Illustrative of the Coal Measures in the vicinity of Coal-
brookdale, Shropshire. By D. H. Williams. No date.

(32) 24. Illustrative of the Coal Measures between Sweeney
Mountain, near Oswestry, Shropshire, and Brynibo, Denbighshire.
By D. H. Williams. No date.

Memoirs (8vo., London).

(33) Vol. iii. The Geology of North Wales, by [Sir] A. C. Ramsay,
Nvith an Appendix on the Fossils by .1. W. Salter. 1866. 2nd
edition ; appendix revised and added to by R. Etueiudge. 1881.

36 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(Shropshire, pp. 7, 13—19, 324—330, 333—337, 341, 350—355,
369—372, 37G— 383, 388—391, 406—416, 433—438, 441—446,
453—461, 463—470, 472—473, 475, 483—484, 490—491, 508,
510, 513, 516, 524, 526, 531, 537, 539, 543—545, 549—552, 555,
557, 561, 564).

(34) The Triassic and Permian Rocks of the Midland Counties of
England. By E. Hull. 1869. (Shropshire, pp. 7, 8, 10, 12—15,
19— 22, 28, 30—37, 44—48, 55, 64, 70—75, 99, 100, 105—108,
112, 122).

Decades.

(35) 2. Trilobites : Phacops, Illsenus, Asaphus, Ogygia, Calymene,
Olenus. By J. W. Salter. Ampyx. Bv E. Forbes. 1819. (Shrop
shire, PL I. 6. PI. V. 4. PL VI. 4. PL VIII. 4.)

(36) 7. Trilobites : Phacops, Cheirurus, Spluerexochus, Encrinurus,
Cyphaspis, Acidaspis, Trinucleus, Remopleurides, Cyphoniscus, Mg-
lina. By J. W. Salter. 1853, (Shropshire, PL I. 8. PL II. 8.
PI. VII. 4).

(37) 11. Trilobites : Agnostus, Stygina, Asaphus, /Eglina, Stauro-
eephalus, Angelina, Olenus, Phacops, Paradoxides. .By J. W. Salter.
Salteria. By [Sir] C. Wyville Thomson. 1864. (Shropshire, PL I.
7, 9. PL IV. 2).

Monographs.

(38) No. 1. On the Anatomy and Affinities of the Genus Ptery-
gotus. By Prof. T. H. Huxley and J. W. Salter. With 16 folio
plates. 4to. and 8vo. 1859, (Shropshire, pp. 53, 82, 88).

Catalogues.

(39) Catalogue of Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology,
illustrative of the Composition and Manufacture of British Pottery
and Porcelain, from the occupation of Britain by the Romans to the
present time. By [Sir] Henry T. De La Beche, and Trenham
Reeks. 8vo. 1 50 Woodcuts. Third Edition By Trenham Reeks,
F. W. Rudler, and G. Maw. 1876.

(40) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the Museum
of Practical Geology, with Explanatory Notices of their Nature and
Mode of Occurrence in place. By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, H. W. Bristow,
A. Geikie, H. Bauerman, and Frank Rutley.

(41) A Catalogue of the Mineral Collections in the Museum of
Practical Geology ; with Introductory and Explanatory Remarks.
By W. W. Smyth, T. Reeks, and F. W. Rudler. 1864.

(42) A Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils in the Museum of
Practical Geology, with an Explanatory Introduction. By T. II.
Huxley, and R. Etheridge. 1865.

(43) A Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian Fossils in the
Museum of Practical Geology. 1878. (Shropshire, pp. 7 — 9, 17 — 59,
62, 68-79, 86- 98, 101, 104—1 14).

AND PALEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

37

4. Books, Papers, &c, Chronologically Arranged.
1712.

(44) Hopton, R. A Letter giving an Account of the Eruption of
a Burning Spring at Broseley in Shropshire. Phil. Trans., vol. xxvii.,
no. 334, p. 475.^

* 1740.

(45) Short, Dr. T. An Essay Towards A Natural, Experimental,
and Medicinal History of the Principle Mineral Waters of ...
Shropshire, tfcc, 4to. Sheffield.

1747.

(46) Mason, Rev. [Prof.] Letter concerning ... a burning
Well at Broseley. Phil. Trans. , vol. xliv., part 2, no. 482. p. 370.

1757.

(47) Pennant, T. An Account of some Fungitaj and other curious
coralloid fossil Bodies [Coalbrookdale]. Phil. Trans,, vol. xlix., part
2, p. 513.

1758.

(48) Da Costa, E. M. An Account of the Impressions of Plants on
the Slates of Coals. Phil. Trans., vol. 1., p. 228.

1791.

(49) Beddoes, Dr, T. Observations on the Affinity between Basalts
and Granite. Phil. Trans., vol. lxxxi., p. 48.

1797.

(50) Aikin, A. Journal of a Tour through North Wales and part
of Shropshire, with Observations in Mineralogy and other branches of
Natural History. Svo., Lond,

. 1805.

(51) Evans, Dr. — . An Account of Sutton Spa, near Shrewsbury.
Phil. Mac/, vol. xxii, p. 61.

(52) Plymley, Rev. J. A brief Account of the Mineral Productions
of Shropshire. Ibid., vol. xx, pp. 201, 304.

1811.

(53) Aikin, A. Observations on the Wrekin, and on the great
Coal-field of Shropshire. Trans. Geol. Soc, vol. 1, p. 191.

1813.

(54) Anon? Analysis of Clay iron-stone from Colebrookdalc (? from
Ann. Chim., lxxxiv., p. 188 j. Ann. Phil., p. 238.

(55) Farey, J. Cursory Geological Observations lately made, in
Shropshire, Ac, &c. Phil. Mag., vol, xlii, p. 58.

1813, 14.

(56) Sowerby, J. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, vol.
1, pp. 76, 113. 8vo , Londo?i.

38 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY. MINERALOGY,

1816?

(57) Sowerbt, J. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, vol.
ii, (Shropshire, p. 77.) 8vo., London.

1817.

(58) At kin, A. Notice of some peculiarities observed in the Gravel
of Lichfield. Trans. Geol. Soc, vol. iv, p. 426.

(59) - — . Notice concerning the Shropshire Witherite. Ibid.,
p. 436.

1819.

(60) Aikin, A. Observations on the Vallies and Watercourses of
Shropshire and of part of the adjacent Counties, Trans. Geol. Soc,
vol. v., p. 73.

1827.

(61) Yates, Rev. J. Observations on the Structure of the Border
Country of Salop and North Wales ; and of some detached Groups of
Transition Rocks in the Midland Counties Trans. Geol. Soc, ser. 2,
vol. ii , part ii., p. 237,

1832.

(62) Scott, W. Stourbridge and its Vicinity Geology,

Mineralogy, .... 8vo., Stourbridge.

(63) Wright, J. R. On the Secondary Formations in the neigh-
bourhood of Ludlow. Proc Geol Soc., vol. i., no. 26, p. 387.

1833.

(64) Murchison, [Sir] R. I. On the sedimentary deposits which
occupy the western parts of Shropshire and Herefordshire, and are
prolonged from N.E. to S.W., through Radnor, Brecknock, and Caer-
marthenshire, with descriptions of the accompanying rocks of intrusive
or igneous characters. Proc. Geol. Soc, no. 31, p. 470.

• 1834.

(65) Conybeare, Rev. W. D. On the probable future Extension
of the Coal-fields at present worked. Phil. Mag., ser. 3, vol. v., p. 44.
(Shropshire, p. 46).

(66) England, Rev. T. Notes on the Forest of Wyre Coal-field.
Proc. Geol. Soc, vol. ii. no. 34, p. 20.

(67) Murchison, [Sir] R. I. On the Structure and Classification of
the Transition Rocks of Shropshire, Herefordshire and part of Wales,
and on the Lines of Disturbance which have affected that Series of
Deposits, &c. Ibid. p. 13.

(68) On the Gravel and Alluvial Deposits of those Parts of

the Counties of Hereford, Salop and Worcester which consist of Old
Red Sandstone ; with an Account of the Piiffstonc, or Travertin of
Spouthouse, and of the Southstone Rock near Tcnbury. Ibid.
no. 36, p. 77.

(69) On Certain Trap Rocks in the Counties of Salop,

and the Efiects Produced by them upon the Stratified

Deposits. Ibid. p. 85.

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

39

1835.

(70) Murchison, [Sir] R. t. On an outlying basin of Lias on the
borders of Salop and Cheshire, &c. Proc. Geol. Soc, vol. ii. no. 38,
p. 114.

(71) A general view of the new red sandstone series in

the counties of Salop, &c. Ibid. p. 115.

(72) On certain Coal Tracts in Salop, &c. Ibid., p. 119.

(73) On certain Lines of Elevation and Dislocation of the New

Red Sandstone of North Salop and Staffordshire, with an account of
Trap Dykes in that Formation at Acton Reynold?, near Shrewsbury.
Ibid. no. 41, p. 193.

(74) The Gravel and Alluvia of S. Wales and Siluria as

distinguished from a northern drift covering Lancashire, Cheshire,
N. Salop, <fec. Ibid. no. 43, p. 230.

(75) Trimmer, J. On the Occurrence near Shrewsbury of Marine
Shells of existing species in transported Gravel and Sand, resting
upon a peat bog which contains imbedded Trees. Ibid., no. 41,
p. 200,

(76) Wright, J. R. On the Basalt of the Titterstone Clee Hill,
Shropshire. Trans. Geol. Soc, ser. 2, vol. hi., part iii., p. 487.

1836.

(77) Blunt, T. On the Iron Mines and Works of Shropshire.
Analyst, vol. iv., p. 310.

(78) On the Natural History of Coal, with Remarks on the

Collieries of Shropshire. Analyst, vol v., p 298.

(79) Du Gard, Dr. [Paper in refutation of one by Mr, Trim-
mer, on the supposed remains of a forest underlying sea-sand, seven
miles from Shrewsbury]. Analyst, vol. iv., p. 313.

(80) Smith, T. The Miners' Guide, being a Description and
Illustration of a Chart of Sections of the Principal Mines of Coal
and Ironstone in the Counties of Stafford, Salop, &c. 8vo., Lond. and
Birmingham. ? Chart Folio.

1837.

(81) Anon, (W.) An Account of two New Crustacea from the
Transition and Carboniferous Strata. Analyst, vol. vi., p. 85.

(82) Tooke, A. W. The Mineral Topography of Great Britain.
(Shropshire, p. 49). Mining Review no. 9, p 39.

(83) Wright, [1 J.] R. Notes on the Geology of the Brown Clee
Hill in the County of Salop. Trans. Geol. Soc, ser. 2, vol. v., pt. 1.,
p. 125.

1838.

(84) Trimmer, J. On the Diluvial or Northern Drift of the
Eastern and Western Sides of the Cambrian Chain, and on its
Connexion with a similar Deposit on the Eastern Side of Ireland . . .
Jouni. Geol. Soc , Dublin, vol. i., pt. 4, pp. 286, 335.

40 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

1839.

(85) Murchison [Sir] R. I. The Silurian System, founded on

Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop with

Descriptions of the Coal-fields and overlying Formations. 2 vols.
4to., Bond,

' 1840.

(S6) Buckland, Rev. Prof. W. (On fossil impressions of rain,
and ripple marks .... and fossil footsteps of Cheirotherium
and other unknown animals recently discovered on strata of the new
red sandstone formation in the counties of Cheshire, Salop, and
Warwick.) Proc. Ashmolecm Sod. Oxon., no. xvi, p. 5. I

(87) Prestwich, [Prof.] J. On the Geology of Coalbrook Dale. ■
Trans. Geol. Soc, ser. 2, vol. v., pt. hi., p. 413.

(88) Ward, Dr. O. On the Foot-prints and Ripple-marks of the i
New Red Sandstone of Grinshill, Shropshire. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1839,
Sections, p. 75.

1841.

(89) Lyell, [Sir] C, Some remarks on the Silurian Strata between, !
Aymestry and Wenlock. Proc. Geol. Soc, vol. hi. no. 80., p. 403.

1842.

(90) Owen,' [Sir] R. Description of an Extinct Lacertilian Reptile, !
Rhyncosaurus articeps, Owen, of which the Bones and Foot-prints
characterize the Upper New Red Sandstone at Grinsill, near Shrews- !
bury. Trans. Cambridge Phil, Soc, vol, vii, p. 355.

1843.

(91) Buckland, Rev. Prof. W. On Recent and Fossil Semi-
circular Cavities caused by air-bubbles on the surface of soft clay, and J
resembling impressions of rain-drops. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1842, Sections, i
p. 57,

1845.

(92) Brodie, Rev. P. B. A History of Fossil Insects, etc. 8vo.,
Plates.

1847.

(93) Davidson, T. Observations on some of the Wenlock Lime- j
stone Brachiopoda, &c. Bond. Geol. Journ., p. 52.

1848.

(94) Davidson, T. Memoire sur les Brachiopodes du systeme !
siluricn supericur d'Angletcrre. Bull. Soc. geol. France, 2 ser., t. v.,
p. 309.

1850,

(95) M'Coy, Prof. F. On some new genera and species of Silurian
Radiata in the Collection of the University of Cambridge. Ann. Nat.
Uist.y ser. 2, vol. vi., p. 270,

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

41

1851.

(96) M'Coy, Prof.F. On some new Protozoic Annulata. Ann.
Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. vii., p. 394.

(97) On some new Cambro-Silurian Fossils. Ibid., Vol. viiil,

p. 387.

(98) Williamson, Prof. W. C. On the Structure and Affinities of
the Plants hitherto known as Sternbergise. Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc.,
Manchester, ser. 2, vol. ix., p, 340.

1852.

(99) M'Coy, Prof. F. Contributions to British Palaeontology.
Some new Lower Palaeozoic Mollusca. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. x„
p. 189.

(100) Milne Edwards, Prof. H., and J. Haime. A Monograph of

the British Fossil Corals. Third Part. Corals from the

Mountain Limestone. Palaeontograpk Soc.

(101) Sedgwick, Rev. Prof. A. On the Classification and Nomen-
clature of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of England and Wales. Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc., '\o\. viii., p. 136. (Shropshire, pp. 142 and 143.)

1853.

(102) Ramsay, [Sir,] A. C. On the Physical Structure and
Succession of some of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of North Wales and
part of Shropshire. With Notes on the Fossils by J. W. Salter.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. ix., p. 161.

(103) Sedgwick, Rev. Prof. A. On a Proposed Separation of the
so-called Caradoc Sandstone into two Distinct Groups. Ibid.,
pp. 228, 230.

1854.

(104) Davidson, Dr. T. Observations on the Chonetes comoides,
(Sowerby.) Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. x. p. 202.

(105) Murchison, Sir R. I. Siluria. The History of the Oldest
Known Rocks. 8vo., London., Ed 5, in 1872.

(106) Salter, J W., and W. T. Aveline. On the " Caradoc
Sandstone" of Shropshire. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol x.

(107) Sedgwick, Rev. Prof. A. On the May Hill Sandstone and
the Palaeozoic System of England. Phil. Mag., ser. 4, vol. viii.
pp. 301, 359, 472.

(108) On the Classification and Nomenclature of the older

Palaeozoic Rocks of Britain. Pep. Brit. Assoc., 1853, Sections, p. 54.

1855,

(109) Jones, [Prof.] T. R Notes on Palaeozoic Bivalved Entomo-
straca. No. 2. .Some British and Foreign Species of Beyrichia. Ann.
Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol xvi., p. 163.

(110) Milne-Edwards, Prof. H., and J. Haime. A Monograph of
the British Fossil Corals. Fifth Part. Corals from the Silurian

Vol. XII, f

42 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

Formation. (Shropshire, pp. 265, 268, 292, &c, 281, &c.) Palceon-
tograph. Soc.

(111) Ramsay, [Sir] A. C. On the Occurrence of Angular, Sub-
angular, Polished and Striated Fragments and Boulders in the
Permian P>reccia of Shropshire ; and on the Probable
Existence of Glaciers and Icebergs in the Permian Epoch. Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc., vol., xi, p. 185.

1856.

(112) Salter, j. W: On Fossil Remains in the Cambrian Rocks of
the Longmynd and North Wales. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol xii.,
p. 246, and, under different title, Rep, Brit. Assoc., 1855, Sections,
p 95.

1857.

(113) Egkrton, Sir P. de M. G. Palichthvologic Notes. No. 9.
On some Fish remains from the neighbourhood of Ludlow. W ith a
"Note on the Relative Position of the Strata near Ludlow, containing
the Mi thy elites." By Sir R. I. Murchison. Quart. Journ. Geol.
Soc, vol. xiii., p. 282.

(114) Forbes, P. On the Chemical Composition of the Silurian
and Cambrian Limestone ( ? Shropshire, p. 368). Phil. Mag., ser. 4,
vol. xiii., p. 365.

(115) MurCiiisox, Sir R. I. On the Bone Beds of the Upper I
Ludlow Rock, and base of the Old Red Sandstone. Rep, Brit. Assoc
1856, Sections, p. TO.

(116) Salter, J. W. On Annelide-burrows and Surface-markings
from the Cambrian Rocks of the Longmynd. Qaart. Journ: Geol. Soc,
vol. xiii., p 199.

(117) On two Silurian Species of Acidaspis from Shrop- ;

shire. Ibid, p 210.

(118) On some new Palaeozoic Starfishes. Ann Nat. Hist., 1

ser. 2., vol. xx., p. 321.

(119) Symonds, Rev, W. S. Stones of the Valley. 8vo., Bond, j

1858.

(120) Anon. Account of Meetings of the Warwickshire Natur-
alists' Field Club. Geologist, vol. 1., p. 530.

(121) Roberts, G. E On the Lower Carboniferous Beds of the !
Clee Hills. Ibid. p. 121.

(122) Vegetable Remains in the Permian of the South of

Shropshire, &c. Ibid. p. 253.

(123; A Ramble round Ludlow. Ibid. p. 336.

(124) Tanner, H. The Agriculture of Shropshire (with Geological
Map and Account of Soils). Journ. R. Agric Soc, vol. xix., p. 1.

1859.

(125) Harley, J. Description of two Species of Cephalaspis.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xv., p. 503.

AND PALEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

43

(126} Owen [Sir] R. Note on the Affinities of Rhynchosaurus.
Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. iv., p. 237.

(127) Salter, J. W. On some New Species of Euryptertts ; with
Notes on the Distribution of the Species. Quart. Journ. Geol. Son.,
vol. xv., p. 229.

(128) On the Occurrence of a Fish (Pteraspis) in the Lower

Ludlow Rock. Ann. Nat. Hist } ser. 3, vol. hi., pp. 44-48.

1860.

(129) Hull, [Prof.] E. On the New Subdivisions of the Triassic
Rocks of the Central Counties. Trans. Manchester Geol. Soc, vol. ii.,
part 3, pp. 22-34.

(130) Lightbody, R. Extract of a Letter (on Pedwardine Shales).
Geologist, vol. iii., pp. 462, 463.

(131) Roberts, G. E. Upper Silurian Corals. Ibid. p. 55.

(132) Salter, J. W. On new Fossil Crustacea from the Silurian
Rocks. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. v, p. 153. (Shropshire, pp.
157-159).

(133) White, W. All Round the Wrekin. London, (Shropshire
pp 133-137).

1861.

(134) Harlev, J. On the Ludlow Bone-bed and its Crustacean
Remains. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvii., p. 542.

( 1 35) Marston A. Geological Guide to the Onny Valley. Geologist,
vol. iv., p. 74.

(136) Fossils from the Old Red Sandstone at Whitbach.

Ibid. p. 118.

(137) Morton, G. H. On the Geology of the Neighbourhood of
Shelve, in Shropshire. Proc Liverpool Geol. Soc, sessions 1 and 2,
pp. 7, 8, and Geologist, vol. iv., p, 35.

(138) Roberts, G. E. On the Distribution of Cephalaspis and
Pteraspis in England, Geologist, vol. iv., pp. 102, 189. Remarks on
the above by R. Lightbody, p. 140, and figure, p. 141.

(139) Salter, J. W. On some of the Higher Crustacea from the
British Coal Measures. (Refers partly to Coalbrook Dale). Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvii., p. 528.

(140) Additional Notes on some new, Pala30zoic Star-fishes.

Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. viii., p. 484.

(141) Scott, W. M. T. On the Symon Fault" in the Coalbrook
Dale Coalfield. (Juart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvii., p. 457.

(142) Thomson, Prof. W. On a New Paheozoic Group of Echino-
dermata. Edin. New Phil. Journ., ser. 2, vol. xiii., p. 106.

1862.

(143) Morris, Prof. J., and G. E. Roberts. On the Carboniferous
Limestone of Oreton and Farlow, Clee Hills, Shropshire. — With a
Description of a New Species of Pterichthys, by Sir P. de M. G.
Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xviii., p. 94.

44 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY. MINERALOGY,

1863.

(144) Anon. [Note of Excursions to the Longmynd, &c.] Proc.
Warwichsh. Field Club for 1863, pp. 34—38.

(145) Curley, T. On the Gravels and other Superficial Deposits
of Ludlow, Hereford, and Skipton. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xix.,
p. 175.

(146) Morton, G. H. Report of the Excursion made by the
Society to Coalbrookdale. Proc. Liverpool Geol. Soc, session 3,
p. 2 ; and Geologist, vol. iv., p. 505 (1861).

(147) Roberts, G. E. On some Crustacean Tracks from the Old
Red Sandstone near Ludlow. Quart. Journ Geol. Soc, vol. xix., p. 233.

(148) Roberts, G. E., and J. Randall. On the Upper Silurian
Passage-beds at Linley, Salop. Ibid. p. 229.

(149) Salter, J. W. On some Tracks of Lower Silurian Crustacea.
Ibid. p. 92.

(150) On the Upper Old Red Sandstone and Upper Devonian

Rocks. Ibid. p. 474.

1864.

(151) JjSKRigge, R. A. On the Lias of Cheshire and Shropshire.
Trans. Manchester Geol. Soc, vol iv.. no. 14., pp. 318 — 331.

(152) Maw, G. Notice on the Drift-deposits of the Valley of the
Severn in the Neighbourhood of Coalbrookdale and Bridgnorth.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xx., p. 130.

(153) Pra?glacial and Glacial Drift. Geol. Mag., vol. i.,

p. 294.

(154) Morton, G. H. On the Lias Formation as developed in
Shropshire. Proc Liverpool Geol. Soc, session 5, p. 2.

(155) Percy, Dr. J. Metallurgy [vol. 2]. Iron and Steel. (Analyses
of Shropshire Ores, pp. 217, 218). 8vo., Lond.

(156) Salter, J. W. A Monograph of British Trilobites. Part 1.
Palaiontograph. Soc

(157) Woodward, [Dr.] H. On the Eurypteridao. (Brit. Assoc. 1
Geol. Mag., vol. i., p. 239.

1865.

(158) Anon. (Accounts of Excursions). Pep. Oswestry Field Club,
1857-64. (Lilleshall, Wroxeter, Breidden, Corndon, Ellesmere, Wen-
lock, Craven Arms, Arc).

(159) Brodie, Rev. P. B. Remarks on three outliers of Lias in
North Shropshire, .... and their correlation with the main range.
Proc. Wanvicksk. Field Club, p, 6.

(160) Davies, D. C. A Walk over the "Ash-bed" and "Bala
Limestones" near Oswestry. Geol. Mag., vol. ii., p. 343.

(161) Account of Excursion (Oswestry and Welshpool Field

Club). Ibid. pp. 373, 427, 511.

(162) On the Discovery of Fossils in the Millstone Grit near

Oswestry. Rep. Oswestry Field Club, 1857-64, p. 41.

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

45

(163) A Quarter of an Hour in an Old Oswestry Gravel Pit.

Ibid. p. 102.

(164) Jones, Prof. T. R., and Dr. H, B. Holl. Notes on the
Palaeozoic Bivalved Entomostraca. No. 6. Some Silurian Species
(Primitiaj. Ann. Nat. Hist, ser 3, vol. xvi., p. 414. (Shropshire,
pp. 417, 418, 420).

(165) Marston, A. A Snort Geological Guide, Ten Miles round
Ludlow ; in J. Evans's " Handbook to Ludlow," ed. 3, p. 143. 12mo.,
Ludlow.

(166) Meredith, [J.] The Geology of the District [Ellesmere].
Rep. Oswestry Field Club, 1857-61, p. 5.

(167) Prosser, W. The Fossiliferous Character of the Millstone
Grit at Sweeney, near Oswestry, Shropshire. Geol. Mag., vol. ii.,
p. 107.

(168) Purton, Rev. W. On the Geology of Coalbrookdale.
(Brit. Assoc.) Geol. Nat. Hist. Repertory, vol. i., p. 152; and Geol,
Mag., vol. ii., p. 514.

(169) Randall, J. The Burning Well at Broseley. Geol. Mag.,
vol. ii., p. 232.

(170) Roberts, G. E. Geological Notes and Queries. Ibid, p. 89.
• (171) Salter, J. W. A Monograph of British Trilobites. Part 2.
Palceontograph. Soc.

(172) Williams, S. W. Geology of the Corndon. Rep. Oswestry
Field Club, 1857-64, p. 43.

(173) Woodward, C. J. On a Deposit near Lilleshall, Salop,
containing Recent Marine Shells. ^Brit. Assoc.) Geol. Nat. Hist.
Repertory, vol. i., p. 157.

(174) Woodward, [Dr.] H. On a New Genus of Eurypterida from
the Lower Ludlow Rock of Leintwardine, Shropshire. Quart. Joum.
Geol. Soc., vol. xxi., p. 490.

1866.

(175) Anon. (G. M[aw]). Important Discovery (Shropshire Coal).
Geol. Mag., vol. iii , p. 479.

(176) Aveline, W. T. The Longmynd and its Valleys. Ibid.
p. 279.

(177) Davidson, T. A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda.
Part vii., no. I., pp. 1 — 88, pis. i-xii. The Silurian Brachiopoda.
with Observations on the Classification of the Silurian Rocks : by
Sir R. I. Murchison. Palceontograph. Soc.

(178) Jones, J. Notes on the Geology of the Midland Counties.
Pp. 24. 8vo., Bit mingham and Lond.

(179) La Touche, Rev. J. D. On the Nodules of Wenlock Lime-
stone. Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1865, Sections, p. 76.

(180) Mackintosh, D. The Sea against Rivers ; or the Origin of
Valleys. Geol. Mag., vol. iii., pp. 155, 235.

(181) Salter, J. W. A Monograph of British Trilobites. Part
iii., pp, 129-176, pis. xv— xxv. (Shropshire, pp. 136, 137, 149, <fcc.,
154 — 157). Palceontograph. Soc.

46 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

1867.

(182) Aitken, J. Brief Observations on the Bone Bed at Lyme
Regis, and the Fish Bed at Ludlow. Trans. Manchester GeoL Soc,
vol. vi., p. 107.

(183) Davidson, [Dr.] T. A Monograph of the British Fossil
Brachiopoda. Part vii., no. ii., pp. 89 — 168, pis. xiii-xxii, The Silurian
Brachiopoda. PalwontograpL Soc.

(184) Eyton, Miss C. On an Old Lake -basin in Shropshire. Geol.
Mag., vol. iv., p. 1.

(185) On the Glacio-marine Denudation of certain Districts.

Ibid., p. 545.

(186 > La Touche, Rev. J. D. A Ramble in West Shropshire.
Intellectual Observer, vol. xi., pp. 185, 348.

(187) Maw, G. The Drift Deposits of the Eastern Counties.
GeoL Mag., vol. iv., p. 276. (Shropshire, p. 279).

(188) Salter, J. W. A Monograph of British Trilobites. Part iv ,
containing pp. 177 — 216, pis. xxv";:-xxx. Palwontograpk. Soc.

(189) On the May Hill Sandstone. GeoL Mag., vol. iv.,

p. 201,

(190) Woodward, [Dr.] H. On some Points in the Structure of
the Xiphosura, having reference to their relationship with the
Eurypterida. Quart. Journ. GeoL Soc, vol. xxiii., p. 28.

(191) Wyatt Edgell, H. On the Arenig aud Llandeilo Groups.
GeoL Mag., vol. iv., pp. 113—117.

(191a) On the Genera of Trilobites Asaphus and Ogygia and

the Sab-genus Ptychopyge, GeoL Mag., vol. iv., pp. 11 — 16.

186'8.

(192) Bigsby, Dr. J. J. Thesaurus Siluricus. The Fauna and
Flora of the Silurian Period. 4to., London. (References in fossil
lists),

(193) Brodie, Rev. P. B. Excursion to Breidden Hills and Chir-
bury, Shelve and Stiperstones. Proc. Warwicksk. Nat. Field Club,
1867.

(194) Dixon, Rev. R. Upper Silurian Fossils. Trans. Woolhope
Field Club for 1867, p. 135.

(195) Lankester, [Prof.] E. R. A Monograph of the Fishes of the Old
Red Sandstone of Britain. Part 1. The Cephalaspidrc. Palteonto-
graph, Soc.

(196) Maw, G. On the Disposition of Iron in variegated Strata.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxiv., p. 351.

(197) Nicholson, Dr. H. A, On the Occurrence of the Genus
Ptilograpsus in Britain, with Notes on the Ludlow Graptolites. Ann.
Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. i., p. 238.

(198) Purton, T. Notes on the Shropshire Coalfield. 4 long folded
sections of strata. 4to.

(199) Purton, Rev. W. Geological Features of the District (Bury
Ditches) [with remarks by the Rev. J. D. La Touche]. Trans. Wool-
hope Field Club for 1867, p 61.

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE. 47

(200) Ricketts, Dr. C, The Succession of the Strata in the
Church Stretton District. Proc. Liverpool Geol. Soc, session 9, p. 49.

(201) Remarks on the Upper Silurian Formation Ibid.

p. 62.

(202) Woodward, Dr. H. On some new species of Crustacea from
the Upper Silurian Rocks of Lanarkshire, &c. (one specimen from
Shropshire). Quart. Journ: ' Geol. Soc, vol. xxiv., p. 289. t

1869.

(203) Davidson, [Dr.] T. A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachio-
poda. Part vii., no. iii. Containing pp. 169 — 248 ; pis. xxiii-xxxvii.
The Silurian Brachiopoda. PalatontograpL. Soc.

(204) Dawkixs, Prof. W. B. Notes on the Geology of Powys-Land.
Collections, Historical arid - Archaeological, relating to Montgomery-
shire and its Borders. Issued by the Powys-Land Club, vol. ii.

(205) Eyton, Miss C. Notes on the Geology of North Shropshire.
Lond.

(206) Hull [Prof. J K, On the Evidences of a Ridge of Lower
Carboniferous Rocks crossing the Plain of Cheshire beneath the Trias,
and forming the boundary between the Permian Rocks of the Lanca-
shire Type on the North, and those of the Salopian Type on the South.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxv., p 171.

(207 ) La Touche, Rev. J. D. (On the geology of the neighbourhood
of Buildwas Station). Trans. Caradoc Field Club for 1868, p. 8.

(20S) (Geological description of the structure of the country

around Corndon Hill). Hid. pp. 67, 68.

(209) Geological Address on the Top of Titterstone Clee

Hill. Trans. Woolhope Field Club for 1868, p. 102, and Trans.
Caradoc Field Club for 1868, pp. 37, 55.

(210) Lighteody, R, Notes on the Geology of Ludlow. Geol.
Mag., vol. vi., p. 353.

(211) Mackintosh, D. The Scenery of England and Wales, its
character and origin. 8vo., London. (Shropshire, pp. 70, 71, 145,
146, 205, 206, 229—231, 257, 362—380.)

(212) Morton, G. H. The Geology and Mineral Veins of the
country around Shelve, Shropshire, with a Notice of the Breidden
Hills. Proc. Liverpool Geol. Soc, session 10, (Printed as a separate
memoir at end, with separate paging).

(213) Randall, J. On Coalbrookdale. Trans. Caradoc Field
Club for 1868, p. 25.

(214) Salter, J. W. Notes on the Onnv River Section [or "On
the Onnv Section"]. Trans. Woolhope Field Club for 1868, p. 148,
and Traits. Caradoc Field Club for 186S, p. 39.

(215) On the Faults of the Stiperstones and Lcngmynd

District. 'Trans. Caradoc Field Club for 1868, p. 81.

1870.

(216) x\iteen, J. The Grit rocks of the Eastern Border of North
Wales [? refers to Shropshire]. Geol. Mag., vol. vii., p. 263,

4.8 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(217) Allport, S. On the Igneous Rocks of the Midland Coal-
fields. Proc. Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc, 1870, pp. 58 — 62.

(218) Beckett, H. Remarks on local pebble-beds (Wolverhamp-
ton, etc.) in the Inaugural Address). Trans. S. Midland Inst., Eng.,
vol. i., pp. 22, 25, 28, 41, etc.

(219) Davies, D. C. On the Millstone Grit of the North Wales
BQrder. Geol. Mag., vol. vii,, pp. G8, 122.

(220) Eyton, Miss C. On the Pleistocene Deposits of North
Shropshire, Ibid. p. 106.

(221) On the Age and Geological Position of the Blue Clay

of the Western Counties. Ibid. p. 545. Correction in vol. viii.,
p. 41, (1871).

(222) Griffiths, Dr. G. H. Notice of a New Species of Trilobite.
&cidaspis Ibex (Salter), from the Bala or Caradoc Sandstone at
Grelton, Shropshire. Proc Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc, wo. 1, p. 69.

(223) La Touche, Rev. J. D. Spheroidal Structure in Silurian
Rocks. Trans Woolhope Field Club for 1869, p. 88, and Rep. Brit
Assoc., 1869, Sections, p. 95.

(224) An Estimate of the quantity of Sedimentary Deposit

in the Onny. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1869, Sections, p. 93.

(225) Lloyd, T. G. B. On the Superficial Deposits of Portions of
the Avon and Severn Valleys and adjoining Districts. Quart. Journ'.
Geol Soc, vol. xxvi., p. 202.

(226) Maw, G. On the Occurrence of the Rhajtic Beds in North
Shropshire and Cheshire. Geol. Mag., vol. vii., p. 203.

(227) Randall, J, Evidences of Denudation in and around the
Shropshire Coal-field. Trans. S. Midland List. Eng., vol. i., pp. 52, 86.

(228) Denudation of the Shropshire and South Stafford-
shire Coal-fields. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1870, Sections, p. 100.

(229) Stoddart, W. W. On the Igneous Rocks of Shropshire.
Proc. Bristol Nat. Soc, vol. v., pt. 1, p 43.

(230) Tate, R. On the Palreontology of the Junction Beds of the
Lower and Middle Lias in Gloucestershire. [Refers to Shropshire].
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxvi., p. 394.

1871.

(231) Barrande, J. Trilobites. Svo,, Prague and Paris. Systeme
Cambrien en Angleterre, p. 246.

(232) Davidson, T. A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda.
Part vii., no iv., containing pp. 249 — 397, plates xxxviii-1. The
Silurian Brachiopoda. Paloeoniograph. Soc.

(233) Hen wood, W. J. Observations on Subterranean Tempera-
ture. (Shropshire, p. 750). Trans. R. Geol. Soc, Cornwall,
vol. viii., pt. 2.

(234) Jones, D. Denudation of the Coalbrook-Dale Coal-Field.
Geol. Mag., vol. viii., p. 200.

(235) On the Co-relation of the Carboniferous Deposits of

Cornbrook, Brown Clec, Harcott, aud Coalbrook-Dale. Ibid. p. 363,

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

49

(236) Denudation of the Shropshire Coal-field. Ibid.

p. 429.

(237) The Spirorbis Limestone in the Forest of Wyre Coal-
field. Trans. Manchester Geol. Soc., vol. x., no. 1, p. 37.

(238) La Touche, Rev. J. D. Report on the Sedimentary Deposits
of the River Onny. Rep. Brit.tA.ssoc, 1870, p. 11.

(239) - On the Geology of the Longmynd Hills. Trans.

Woothope Field Club for 1870, p. 121.

(240) Randall, J. Denudation of the Shropshire Coal-field.
Geol. Mag., vol. viii., p. 383.

(241) Woodward, [Dr.] H. On some new Phyllopodous Crus-
taceans from the Palaeozoic Rocks. Ibid. p. 104.

(242) On Necogrammarus Salweyi, an Amphipodous

Crustacean from the Lower Ludlow of Leintwardine. Trans Wool
hope Field Club for 1870, p. 271.

(243) Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the
several matters relating to Coal in the United Kingdom : —

S. Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire Coal-fields. By
J. Hartley. Vol. i., pp. 27 — 29.

Report of Committee D appointed to enquire into the Probability
of finding Coal under the Permian, New Red Sandstone, and other
superincumbent strata. By [Sir] A. C. Ramsay, J. Hartley, and
Prof. J. Phillips. Ibid, vol ii., Shropshire, pp. Proc. of Committe
D, pp. 118—136, 438, 463—478, 497 [D 26, 51, 60, 85].

1872.

(244) Hopkinson, J. On the Graptolites of the Arenig Rocks of
St. David's. Geol. Mag., vol. ix., p. 467, Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1872,
Sections, p. 107, and Proc, Liverpool Geol. Soc, vol. ii., p. 36.

(245) Ramsay, [Sir] A. C. On the River Courses of England and
Wales. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxviii., p. 148.

(246) Symonds, Rev. W. S. Records of the Rocks. 8vo., London.

(247) Woodward, [Dr.] H. A Monograph of the British Fossil
Crustacea belonging to the Order Merostomata. Part III. [Pterygotus
and Slimonia]. PaUeontograph Soc, 1871, pp. 71 — 120 (Shropshire,
pp.88 — 90, etc.) " Notes on Silurian Localities in the West of
England, where Fossil Crustacea belonging to the Order Merostomata
have been discovered." By Rev. W. S. Symonds, p. 92. Part IV,
Ibid. 1872 (Shropshire, pp. 153—159, 172—178) Paloeontograph. Soc.

(248) Notes on some British Palaeozoic Crustacea belonging

to the Order Merostomata. Geol. Mag., vol. ix., p. 433.

1873.

(249) Anon. Excursion to Ludlow and the Longmynds Proc.
Geol. Assoc*, vol. iii., no. 3, p. 124.

(250) - Discovery of Haematite Ore in Shropshire. Colliery

Guardian, vol. xxvi., p. 375.

(251) Beckett, H. Geology of the Minera District. Trans.
Severn Valley Field Club. 1865—1870, p. 85.

Vol. XII, G

50 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(252) Cooper, C. J. The New Red Sandstone. Ibid., p, 31.

(253) Davies, D. C. On the Overlapping of Several Geological.
Formations on the North Wales Border. Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol, ii.,
no. 8, p. 299.

(254) On the Coal Seams in the Permian, at If ton, Shrop-
shire. Ibid., vol. iii., no. 3, p, 138. Table of Sections.

(255) Hicks, [Dr.] H. On the Classification of the Cambrian and
Silurian Rocks, Ibid., p. 99 — 105. Table.

(256) Hopkinson, J. On Some Graptolites from the Upper Arenig
Rocks of Ramsey Island, St. David's. Geol, Mag., vol. x,, p, 518. Rep.
Brit. Assoc., 1873, Sections, p. 82.

(257) On the Occurrence of Numerous Species of Graptolites

in the Ludlow Rocks of Shropshire. Geol. Mag. , vol. x., p. 519. Rep.
Brit. Assoc., 1873, Sectio?is> p. 83.

(258) Houghton, Rev, W. The Wealdmoors. . . . Trans.
Severn Valley Field Club, 1865—1870, p. 108. (iii. Past Physical, etc.,
108—110).

(259) Hull, [Prof.] E. The Coal Fields of Great Britain, their
History, Structure, and Resources. Svo. London (pp. 131 — 148, Maps
and Sections). Ed. 4 in 1881.

(260) Jones, D. On the Carboniferous Deposits of Shropshire.
Trans. Severn Valley Field Club, 1865 — 1870, p. 61.

(261) * On the Coal Measures of the Clee Hills. (Severn

Valley Field Club, May 29). local Newspaper.

(262) Forest of Wyre Coal Field. Geol. Mag., vol. x.,

p. 138.

(263) On the Carboniferous Deposit of the Brown Clee Hill

and its Relation to Contiguous Coal-fields, Ibid., p. 348.

(264) Lightbody, R. The Geology of Ludlow. Trans. Severn
Valley Field Club, 1865—1870, p. 125.

(265) Mackintosh, D. Observations on the more remarkable
Boulders of the North AVcst of England and the Welsh Borders.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol, xxix., p. 351. (Shropshire, p. 358.)

(266) Randall, J. On the Lower Caradoc Shales of Cound Brook.
Trans. Severn Valley Field Club, 1865—1870, p. 113.

(267) On the Northerly Extension of the Old Red Sandstone

to Linlcy, and other Geological Features of the Valley of Linley
Brook. Geol. Mag., vol. x., p. 494.

(268) Woodward [Dr.] H. Report of the Committee . . for
. . continuing Researches on Fossil Crustacea. Rep. Brit. Assoc.,
1873, pp. 304—307.

1874.

(269) Allport, S. On the Microscopic Structure and Composition
of British Carboniferous Dolerites. Quart, Journ. Geol. Soc, vol.
xxx., pp. 529 — 567. (Shropshire, pp. 540, 550).

(270) Callaway [Dr.] C. On the Occurrence of a Tremadoc
Area near the Wrekin, in South Shropshire, with description of a new
Fauna. [Abstract]. Ibid., p. 196.

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

51

(271) Crosskey [Dr.] H. W. Report of the Committee . . .
on the Erratic Blocks and Boulders. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1873, p. 188
(Shropshire, p. 192).

(272) Davidson [Dr.] T. and Prof. W. King. On the Tri-merellidaj
a Palseozoic Family of the Palliobranchs or Brachiopoda. Quart.
Jaurn. Geol. Soc pp. 124 — 16$, 8 pi.

(273) Salwey, T. J. The Geology, History, and Natural Features
of the Neighbourhood of Ludlow, Richard's Castle, and Have Park.
Trans. Woolhope j\rat. Field Club, 1873, pp. 83 — 86.

(274) Steele. E. Y. Excursion to Clee Hills. Ibid, 1872, pp.
xi. and xii.

1875.

(275) Hicks [Dr.] H. On the Succession of the Ancient Rocks in
the vicinity of St. David's, Pembrokeshire, with special reference to
those of the Arenig and Llandeilo Groups, and their Fossil contents.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxi , pp. 169 — 193. (Shropshire, pp
181, 192),

(276) On the Occurrence of Phosphates in the Cambrian

Rocks, with an Appendix on the Chemical Analysis of the Rocks, by
W. H. Hudlkston. Ibid., pp. 368 — 383. (Shropshire, p. 368).

(277) Hopkinson, J. and Lapworth [Prof.] C. Descriptions of the
Graptolites of the Arenig and Llandeilo Rocks of St. David's. Quart.-
Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxi., pp. 631 — 672. (Shropshire, pp. 636,
637, 638).

1876.

(278) Beckett, H. The Geology of Enville, with Notes on the
probability of finding Coal beneath the Permians of that Locality.
Proc. Dudley Geol. Soc., vol. iii., p. 23.

(279) Brady, H. B. A Monograph of the Carboniferous and
Permian Foraminifera. Palmontograph. Soc, 1876, pp. 166.

(280) Da vies, D. C. On Some of the Causes which have helped to
shape the Land of the North Wales Border. Proc (leol. Assoc,
vol. iv., pp. 340—352.

(281) On the Drift of the North Wales Border. Ibid., pp.

423—439 (Shropshire pp. 428, 429, 438).

(282) De Lessert, A. Wyre Forest. Proc. Dudley Geol. Soc
vol. iii., p 22.

(283) Hicks, [Dr.] H. Some Considerations on the Probable
Conditions under which the Palieozoic Rocks were deposited over the
Northern Hemisphere. Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. iii., pp. 156, 215
(Shropshire, pp. 157, 159, 215).

(284) On some Areas where the Cambrian and Silurian Rocks

occur as a conformable series. Pep. Brit. Assoc., 1875, Sections p. 69.

(285) Hopkinson, J. On the Distribution of the Graptolites in
the Lower Ludlow Rocks near Ludlow. Ibid., pp. 69 — 70.

(286) Hughes, Prof. T. M'K. Notes on the Classification of the
Sedimentary Rocks. Ibid., pp. 70 — 73.

(287) Mackintosh, D. Results of Observations on the Eskors,

52 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

Lake-basins, and Post-glacial River-courses of Cheshire, Shropshire,
Derbyshire, and Flintshire ; with Remarks on the sequence of Glacial
Events in the North- west of England and Wales. (Chester J\Tat. Hist.
Soc.) Abstract in Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. hi,, pp. 272 — 274.

(288) Murchison, J. H, British Lead Mines ; with Maps of the
Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Cardiganshire, and Mont-
gomeryshire Lead Mining Districts, pp. 30, 3 maps, 8vo, London.

(289 ^ Ricketts, [Dr.] C. Remarks on the Country round the
Wrekin. Proc. Liverpool Geol, Soc, vol. iii., pt. 2, pp. 100 — 117.

(290) Woodward, [Dr."| H. On a remarkable fossil Orthopterous
Insect from the Coal Measures of Scotland. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc,
vol. xxxii., pp. 60 — 64, pi. 9.

1877.

(291) Allpoht, S. On Certain Ancient Devitrified Pitchstones
<*nd Perlites from the Lower Silurian District of Shropshire. Quart.
Joum. Geol, Soc, vol. xxxiii., pp. 449 — 460, pi. 20.

(292) Callaway [Dr.] C. On a New Area of Upper Cambrian
Rocks in South Shropshire, with a description of a new Fauna. Ibid.,
pp. 652—671, pi. 24.

(293) Longmynd Rocks. Nature, vol. xv., p. 313.

(294) Davies, D. C. On the Relation of the Upper Carboniferous
Strata of Shropshire and Denbighshire to Beds usually described as
Permian. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxiii, pp. 10 — 28, pi, 1.

(295) Dickinson, J. The Ifton Rhyn Coal-field, Shropshire.
Trans. Manchester Geol. Soc, vol. xiv., pp. 189, 190.

(296) Haughton, Rev. Prof. S. On the Elvanite or Whitestone
from Middleton Hill, Longnor Hall, Shrewsbury, Joum. Roy. Geol. >
Soc, Ireland, ser. ii., vol. iv., pt. 4, p. '2'26.

(297) Hull, Prof. E. On the Upper Limit of the essentially
Marine Beds of the Carboniferous Group of the British Isles and
adjoining Continental Districts, with Suggestions for a fresh Classifi-
cation of the Carboniferous Series. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc, vol.
xxxiii., p. 613. (Shropshire, pp. 629, 642, 643, 648).

(298) Madeley, W. The Breidden Hills, /'roc Dudley Geol. Soc
vol. iii., no. 3, pp. 50-53.

(299) Morton, G. H. On the Graptolites found in the Lower
Llandeilo Strata, near the Church, Shelve, Shropshire. lJroc Liver-
pool Geol. Soc, vol. iii., pp, 296 — 298.

(300) Pearce, H. Notes on the Geology of the Wrekin and sur-
rounding District. Pror. Dudley Geol. Soc, vol. iii., no. 3, pp. 93 — 96.

(301) Ramsay [Sir] A. C. The Existence of Coal beneath the New
Red and Permian Strata. Ibid, pp. 35 — 37.

(302) Randall, J. Geology of Linley Brook and neighbourhood.
Ibid., pp. 38 — 45.

(303) — 1 — Geology of Shropshire and S. Staffordshire. Colliery
Guardian, vol. xxxiv., p. 347.

(304) Ansted, D. T. Water and Water Supply ; chiefly in refer-
ence to the British Isles. 8vo. London. (Shropshire, 220, 224 — 231).

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

53

1878.

(305) Brodie, Rev. P. B. Excursion to Wrekin, Build was, and
Wenlock. Proc. Warwick Nat. Field Club, 1878.

(306) Callaway, Dr. C, On the Quartzites of Shropshire. Quart.
Joum. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxiv.. pp. 754 — 763.

(307) The Volcanic ' Rocks of Shropshire. Geo/. Mar/., dec.

2, vol. v., p. 96.

(308) On the Fauna and Age of the Shineton Shales. Ibid.,

p. 332.

(308a) Recent Discoveries in the Geology of Shropshire.

Part i., Midi. Nat., vol. i., pp. 205—209.

(309) Crosskey [Dr.] H. W. Fifth Report of the Committee
appointed for the purpose of recording the position ... of the
Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland. Rep. Brit Assoc.
1877, pp. 81 — 90. (Shropshire, pp. 84).

(310) De Rance, C.E. Third Report of the Committee appointed
for the purpose of investigating the circulation of the Underground
Waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permian Formation of
England, &c. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1877, pp. 56 — 81. (Shropshire p. 58).

(311) G., IvC B. The Midland Coal-field, Co'liery Guardian, vol.
xxxvii., pp. 141, 256.

(312) Grayston, F. A. The Correlation of the Leicestershire,
Warwickshire, S. Staffordshire, and Shropshire Coal-fields. Ibid.,
p. 112.

(313) Lapworth, [Prof.] C. The Moffat Series. Quart. Joum. Geol.
Soc, xxxiv., pp. 240—343, (Shropshire, pp. 338 — 340).

(314) Linnarsson G. On the Trilobites of the Shineton Shales.
Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. vi., p. 188.

(315) Shone, W. On the Glacial Deposits of West Cheshire,
together with Lists of the Fauna found in the Drift of Cheshire and
adjoining counties. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc , vol. xxxiv., pp. 383 —
395. (Shropshire, p. 394).

(316) Symonds, Rev. W. S. On the Geology of Church Stretton
and Ludlow. Trans. Shropsh. ArchaioL Nat. Hist. Soc , vol. i.,
pp. 395—429.

(317) Woodward, Dr. H. A Monograph of the British Fossil
Crustacea belonging to the Order Merostomata, part v. Pala>ontoqraph.
Soc, 1878, pp. 181—263. (Shropshire, pp. 237, 240, 244, 256, pi. 31).

1879.

(318) Bonne y, Rev. Prof. T. G. Notes on the Microscopic Struc-
ture of some Shropshire Rocks. Quart. Joum. (ieot. Soc, vol. xxxv.,
pp. 662—669.

(319) The Pre-Cambrian Rocks of Great Britain. Proc.

Birmingham Phil. Soc, vol. i., part iv., pp. 140—159 (Shropshire,
pp. 152-156).

(320) Callaway, Dr. C. The Pre-Cambrian Rocks of Shropshire.
Part i. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxv, pp. 643-662.

1

54 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(321) On Plagioclinal Mountains. Geol. Mag., dec. 2,

vol. vi., pp. 216 — 220.

(322) On the Origin of certain Granitoid Rocks. Nature,

vol. xx., pp. 229, 266.

(323) Recent Discoveries in the Geology of Shropshire. Part ii.

The Quartzites of Shropshire. f Midi. Nat., vol. ii., pp. 39 — 44.

(324) Recent Geological Investigations in Shropshire, frans.

Shro2)sh. Arch. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. ii, pp. 77 — 96.

(325) The Oldest Mountain in England ( Wrekin). Pop. Sci.

Review, vol. xviii., pp. 15 — 24.

(326) How the River Severn cut through Wenlock Edge.

Science for All, No. 7.

(327) Hicks, Dr. H. On the Classification of the British Pre-
Cambrian Rocks. Geol. Mag,, dec, 2, vol. vi., 433 — 436 (Shropshire
pp. 435, 436).

(328) La Touche, Rev. J. D. On the Measurement of the Sedi-
mentary Discharge of Rivers. Midi. Nat., vol. ii., pp. 218 — 220.

(329) Lapworth, Prof. C. On the Tripartite Classification of the
Lower Palaeozoic Rocks. Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. vi., pp. 1 — 15.

(330) On the Geological Distribution of the Rhabdophora.

Ann. Nat, Hist., ser. 5, vol. iii., pp. 245 — 257, pp. 449 — 455.
(Shropshire, p. 455,) and vol. iv., pp. 331 — 341. (Shropshire,
pp. 333, 335, 339).

(331) Molyneux, W. The Forest of Wyre Coal-field. Colliery
Guardian, vol. xxxviii., p. 773.

(332) Mackintosh, D. Results of a Systematic Survey, in 1878,
of the Directions and Limits of Dispersion, Mode of Occurrence, and
Relation to Drift-deposits, of the Erratic Blocks or Boulders of the
West of England and East of Wales, including a Revision of many
years' previous Observations. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxv.,
pp. 425—453, pi. 22. (Shropshire, pp. 437, 438, 442, 445, 448—457.)

(333) Nicholson, Prof. H. A. On the Structure and Affinities of
the Tabulate Coals of the Pakeozoic Period. 8vo, EdinLurgh and
London, pp. 342. (Shropshire, pp. 50, 59, 66, 74, 91, 106, 130, 138,
pi. 2, 3, 6, 7, 15).

(334) Phillips, W. Guide to the Botany, Ornithology, and
Geology of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity. The Geology by Dr. C.
Callaway. 8vo., S/ireicsbury.

(335) Randall, J. Broseley and its Surroundings. Madeley,
Salop, 8vo. (Shropshire,pp. 67—68,90—98,126—137,321,324—326).

(336) Sorby [Dr.] H. C. Anniversary Address to the Geological
Society. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxv. Proc, pp. 56 — 95.
(Shropshire, pp. 90—94). '

1880.

(337) Callaway, Dr. C. On a Second Pre-Cambrian Group in the
Malvern Hills. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxvi., pp. 536 — 539.
(Refers to Shropshire Rocks).

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

55

(338) Further Geological Discoveries in Shropshire. Trans.

Shropsh. Arch. & Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. hi., p. 379—386.

(339) Hinde, [Dr.] G. J. On Annelid Jaws from the Wenlockand
Ludlow F ormations of the West of England. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc,
vol. xxxvi., pp. 368—378. pi. 14.

(340) Lapworth, Prof. 0. On the Geological Distribution of the
Rhabdophora. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. v., pp. 45 — 62, 273 —
285, 358—369. (Shropshire pp. 46-48, 58, 59, 61, 274, 280, 358,
359, 368, 369), and ser. 5, vol. vi., pp. 16—29, 185—207. (Shrop-
shire pp. 201—205).

(341) New British Graptolites. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 5,

vol v., pp. 149—177. (Shropshire pp. 150, 152—153, 156, 159, 165).

(342) Mackintosh, D. On the Correlation of the Drift Deposits
of the North-west of England with those of the Midland and Eastern
Counties. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxiv., pp. 178 — 188.
(Shropshire pp. 178 — 180).

1881.

(343) Callaway, Dr. C. How to Work in the Archaean Rocks.
Proc. Birmingham Nat. Hist, and Micr. Soc, 1881, pp. 30 — 33.
Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. viii., pp. 348—353, 420—427. (Shropshire,
pp. 348, 351—353, 421.)

(344) Davidson [Dr.] T. On Genera and Species of Spiral-Bear-
ing Brachiopoda from Specimens Developed by the Rev. Norman
Glass ; with Notes on the Results obtained by Mr. George Maw
from Extensive Washings of the Wenlock and Ludlow Shales of
Shropshire. Ibid. pp. 1 — 13.

(345) Descriptions of New Upper Silurian Brachiopoda from

Shropshire. Ibid. pp. 145 — 156, pi. 5

(346) and G. Maw. Notes on the Physical Character and

Thickness of the Upper Silurian Rocks of Shropshire, with the
Brachiopoda they contain, grouped in Geological Horizons. Ibid.
pp. 100—109.

(347) Etheridge, R. Presidential Address to the Geological
Society. Quart. Joun. G*ol. Soc, vol, xxxvii., Proc. pp. 51 — 235.
(Shropshire, pp., 67, 85, 86, 102, 108, 127, 151, 158, 159, 169, 170,
173, 175).

(348) Hicks, Dr. H. On some recent Researches among the
Cambrian Rocks in the British Isles. Proc Geol. Assoc., vol. vii., pp.
59—87. (Shropshire, pp. 71, 72).

(349) Hicks, Dr. H. The Classification of the Eozoic and
Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of the British Isles: Pop. Sci. Rev., vol. xx.,
pp. 289—308. (Shropshire pp. 292—295, 303—307).

(350) Hull, Prof. E. The Coal-fields of Great Britain ; their
History, Structure, and Resources, 8vo., London, pp. 556. (Shrop-
shire, pp., 131—148).

(351) Jones, Prof. T. R. Notes on some Palaeozoic Bivalved
Entomostraca. Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. viii., pp. 337 — 347,
(Shropshire, pp. 338, 344, 345, pi. 10).

56 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(352) Lee, J. E. Note-book of an Amateur Geologist. 8vo.r
London, pp. 90, pi. 209. (Shropshire, pi., 56—58, 69—72).

(353) Miles, C. E. The Wrekin, Shropshire. Trans. Liverpool I
Geological Association, 1880—1881, p. 55.

(354) Phillips, J. A. On the Constitution and History of Grits and
Sandstones. Quart. Journ. GeoL Soc.,xo\. xxxvii., pp. 6 — 27, (7, 25).

(355*^ Ramsay [Sir] A. C! Presidential Address to British Associa-
tion. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1880, pp. 1 — 22. (Shropshire, pp. 7, 8, 19).

(356; Smith, J. Notes on a Collection of Bivalved Entomostraca
and other Microzoa from the Upper Silurian Shales of the Shropshire
District, with a provisional List of Species by Prof. T. R. Jones.
GeoL Man., dec. 2, vol. viii., pp. 70 — 75.

(357) Vine, G. R. Second Report of the Committee appointed for I
the purpose of reporting on Fossil Polyzoa. GeoL Mag., dec. 2, vol,
viii., pp. 471 — 477, and 509—51 9, and Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1 881, p. 161.

(358) Woodward, C. J. The Minerals of the Midlands. Midi.
Nat., vol. iv., pp. 87—90, 112, 162—165.

- 1882.

(359) Blake, Prof. J. F. A Monograph of the British Fossil
Cephalopoda, Pt. i., 4to., London, pp. 248. (Shropshire pp. 80, 85,
92, 97—101, 108, 111—117, 121—124, 129—138, 145, 148—159,
162—166, 168, 177—185, 192—201, 208—215, 220, 224, .229. I
pi. 3—18, 20 -24, 28, 31.)

(360) Bonney, Rev. Prof. T. G. Notes on some Specimens of
Shropshire Rocks. Quart. Journ. GeoL Soc, vol. xxxviii., pp. 124 — 125.

(361) Callaway, Dr. C. The Pre-Cambrian (Arclucan) Rocks of j
Shropshire, Pt. ii. Ibid. 119 - 123.

(362) Davidson, Dr. T. A Monograph of the British Fossil
Brachiopoda (Silurian Supplement), Palceontograph. Soc, 1882, pp.
1—134. Plates.

(363) De Rance, C.E. The Water Supply of England and Wales.
8vo, London, pp. 623. Shropshire, pp. 371 — 400.

(364) Duncan, Prof. P. M., and G. R. Vine. Second Report of
the Committee appointed for the purpose of reporting on Fossil
Polyzoa. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1881, pp. 161 — 172. (Shropshire, pp.
171, 172). Abstract in GeoL Mag., dec. 2, vol. viii., pp. 509 — 519.
(Shropshire 514-516).

(365) Flight, [Dr.] W. Report of an Examination of the Meteorites
. . . of Rowton, in Shropshire, etc. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc,
vol. 173, pp. 885—899. (Shropshire, pp. 894—896, pi. 53).

(366) Supplement to a Chapter in the History of Meteorites.

GeoL Mag., dec. 2, vol, ix., p. 164.

(367) Harrison, W. J. Geology of the Counties of England and
of North and South Wales. 8vo, London, pp. 346. (Shropshire,
pp. 221—227).

(368) Hicks, Dr. H, On Some Recent Researches among Lower
Palaeozoic Rocks in the British Isles. Proc. GeoL Assoc, vol. vii.r
pp. 281—297. (Shropshire, pp. 285, 292, 297).

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

(369) Hull, Prof. E. Contributions to the Physical History of
the British Isles. 8vo, London, pp. 143, pi. 14. (Shropshire, pp. 60,
70, 80, 87, 92).

(370) Vine, G. R. Notes on the Polyzoa of the Wenlock Shales,
Wenlock Limestone, and Shales over Wenlock Limestone. Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxviii., pp. 44 — 68.

(371) Notes on the Annelida Tubicolaof the Wenlock Shales,

from the Washings of Mr. George Maw. Ibid., pp. 377 — 393, pi. 15.

(372) Watts, W. W. The Pre-Cambrian Rocks of England and
Wales. Ann. Rep. North Staff. Nat. Field Club, 1882, p. 71.

(373) Woodward, C. J. The Minerals of the Midlands. Mid.
Nat., vol. v., pp. 12—13, 202—207. (Shropshire, pp. 203, 204).

(374) Museum Catalogue. Trans. Shropsh. xlrch. and Nat. Hist.
Soc, vol. 5, pp, 391—433. (Shropshire, pp. 391—394).

1883.

(375) Atkins, A. H. Geology of Wyre Forest. Midi. Nat., vol.
vi., pp. 31 — 33.

1,376) Bonney, Rev. Prof. T. G. Second Note on the Pebbles in
the Bunter Beds of Staffordshire. Geol. Mag., dec. 2, vol. x., pp.
199—205. (Shropshire, p. 203).

(377) Crosskey, Dr. H. W. Tenth Report on Erratic Blocks, &c.
Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1882, pp. 243—248. (Shropshire, pp. 247, 248).

(378) Davidson, Dr. T. A Monograph of the Fossil Brachiopoda
(Silurian Supplement). Falctontograph. Soc, 1883, pp. 135 — 242,
pi. 8— 17.

(379) Marr, J. E. The Classification of the Cambrian and Silurian
Rocks. 8vo., Cambridge, pp. 147. (Shropshire, pp. 42 — 47).

(380) Vine, G. R. Notes on the Corals and Bryozoans of the
Wenlock Shales (Mr. Maw s washings). [Abstract]. Quart. Journ.
Geol. Soc., vol- xxxix., Froc. pp. 69, 70.

(381) Watts, W. W. Geology of Lilleshail Hill and its Immediate
Vicinity. Ann. Rep. N. Staff. Field Club, 1888, p. 45.

(382) Woodward, C. G. On a Group of Minerals from Lilleshail,
Salop. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxix., pp. 466 — 468.

1884.

(383) Callaway, Dr. C. On a New Metamorphic Area in Shrop-
shire. Geol. Mag., dec. 3, vol. i , pp. 362 — 366.

(384) Crosskey, Dr H. YV\ Eleventh Report of the Committee
. , . on Erratic Blocks, itc. Rep. Brit. Assoc , 1883, pp. 136 — 146.
(Shropshire, pp. 140—141).

(385) De Range, C. E. Ninth Report of the Committee . .
on the Circulation of Underground Waters. Ibid. pp. 147—159.
(Shropshire, pp. 157 — 159).

(386) Duncan, Prof. P. M. On Strepteldsma Rwmeri, a new Coral
from the Wenlock Shale. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xl., pp,
167— 173, pi. 7.

(387) On CyathophyUum Fletcheri, from the Wenlock Shale,

with remarks on the Group to which it belongs. Ibid. pp. 174 — 177.

58 LIST OF WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY,

(388) Jones, Prof. T. R. Notes on the Paleozoic Bivalved Euto-
raostraca. Some Species of Ewtomididae. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 5
vol. xiv., pp. 391—403, pi. 15.

(389) La Touche, Rev. J. D. A Handbook of the Geology of
Shropshire, 4to., Shrewsbury and London, pp. 91, 22 pi.

(390) Nicholson, Prof. H. A. Notes on some Species of Monti-
culiporoid Corals from the Upper Silurian Rocks of Britain. Ann.
Nat. Hist.) ser. 5, vol. xiii., 117 — 127, pi. 7.

(391) Phillips, J, A. A Treatise on Ore Deposits. 8vo, London,
pp. G51. ^(Shropshire, pp. 50, 165, 174 — 177;.

(392) Phillips, W. The Breaking of the Shropshire Meres, Trans.
Shropsli. Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vii., pp. 277 — 300,
(Shropshire, p. 277).

(393) Reade, T. M. Ripple Marks in Drift in Shropshire and
Cheshire. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xi., pp. 267 — 268.

1885.

(394) Bonney, Rev. Prof . T. G. On the Archaean Rocks of Great Britain.
Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1884, pp. 529—551. (Shropshire, pp. 534- 535).

(395) Callaway, Dr. C. A Plea for Comparative Lithology. Geol.
Mag., dec. 3, vol. ii., pp. 258 — 264. (Shropshire, p. 260.)

(396) Cole, G. A. J. On Hollow Spherulites slnd their Occurrence
in Ancient British Lavas. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xfL, pp.
162—168. (Shropshire, p. H>7, pi. 4).

(397) Crosskey, Dr. H. W. Twelfth Report of the Committee
. . . . on Erratic Blocks and Boulders. Hep. Brit. Assoc , 1884,
pp. 219—221. (Shropshire, pp. 220—221).

(398) Davies, D. C. The North Wales and Shrewsbury Coalfields,
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xli., Proc. , pp. 107 — 108.

(398a) Harrison, W.J. Pre-Carboniferous Floor of the Midlands.
Midi. Nat.,\ol. viii.,p. 38. (Shropshire, pp.103— 104, 131—132, 166.) I

(399) Jones, Prof. T. R. Third Report of the Committee . . . j
on the Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palasozoic Rocks. Hep. Brit. Assoc.,
1885, pp. 325—361. (Shropshire, pp. 337 — 353).

(400) — — and Dr. H. Woodward. Notes on the British Species
of Ceratiocaris. Geol. Mag., dec 3, vol. ii., pp. 385 — 397, 46J — 467,
(Shropshire, 388—392, 462—467).

(401) and J. W. Kirkby. Notes on the Palaeozoic Bivalved

Entomostraca. Ann. Nat. Hist,, ser. 5, vol. xv., pp. 174 — 191.

(402) Judd, Prof. J. W. A Problem for Cheshire Geologists (Lias
at Wem). Proc. Chester Soc. Nat. Set., vol. iii., pp. 45—49.

(402a) La Touche, Rev. J. D. The Geological Structure of the
Titterstone Clce Hill. Midi. Nat., vol. viii., 220—223.

(403) Nicholson, Prof. H. A. (V Monograph of the British Stvoma-
toporoids, Parti. Palcvoutograph £oc., 1885, pp. 1 — 130. (PI. 1, 3, 5, 7).

(404) and A. H. Foord. On the Genus Fistulipora (M'Coy),

with Descriptions of several Species. Ann. Nat. Hist, ser. 5, vol. xvi.,
pp. 496—517. (Shropshire, pp. 506, 516, pl. 15, 18).

(405) Solly, R. H. Fine Crystals of Pale Lilac Calcite from

AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF SHROPSHIRE.

59

Tankerville Mine, near Shelve, Shropshire. Min. Mag , vol. vi., No.
29, pp. 121—124.

(406) Vine, G. R. Notes on Species of Phyllopora and Thamniscus,
from the Lower Silurian Rocks near Welshpool, Wales. Quart. Journ.
Geol Soc, vol. xli., pp. 108—113.

(407) Watts, W. W. On the Igneous and Associated Rocks of
the Breidden Hills in East Montgomeryshire and W. Shropshire.
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xli., pp. 532 — 546.

1886.

(408) Allport, S. Notes on the Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
of the Birmingham District. Handbook of Birmingham. Brit. Assoc.,
pp. 258-259.

(409) Callaway, Dr. C. The Wrekin Midland Union of Nat.
Hist.-;Soc. Shrewsbury Chronicle, June 25, 1886.

(410) On some derived Fragments in the Longmynd and

Newer Archa3an Rocks of Shropshire. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc,
vol. xlii., pp. 481 — 485.

(411) Cole, G. A. G. On the Alteration of Coarsely Spherulitic
Rocks. Hid., pp. 184— 185.

(412) Crosskey, Dr. H. W. Glacial and Post-Tertiary Deposits.
Handbook of Birmingham. Brit. Assoc. ? pp. 248 — 253.

(41 3 j Thirteenth Report of the Committee . . on Erratic

Blocks. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1885, pp. 322-325. (Shropshire, 322-323).

(414) Harrison, AV. J. The Triassic Rocks. Handbook of •
Birmingham. Brit. Assoc., pp. 237 — 244.

-*\(415) Hinde, Dr. G. J. Monograph of the British Fossil Sponges.
Pt. i., Palceontograpli. Soc, 1886, pp. 1 — 92. (Shropshire, pi 1 — 3).

(416) Holl, Dr. H. B. and Prof. T. R. Jones. Notes on the
Palaeozoic Bivalved Entomostraca. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 5.,
vol. xvii., pp. 337—363, 403 -414.

(417) Jones, Prof. T. R. Fourth Report of the Committee . .
on the Fossil Phyllopoda of the Pakeozoic Rocks, Rep. Brit. Assoc.,
1886, pp. 229— 231.

(418) La Touciie, Rev. J. D. Address to the Midland Union of
Nat. Hist. Societies, Shrewsbury Meeting. Shrewsbury Ch)o?iicle,
June 25, 1886, and Reprint.

<419) Lapworth, Prof. C. Geology and Physiography (Birming-
ham District) with Map, Handbook of Birmingham, Brit. Assoc.,
pp. 213—236.

(420) Excursion of Brit. Assoc. into Western Shropshire.

Birmingham Daily Post, Sept., 1886, and Excursion Handbook of
Brit. Assoc., 1886.

(421) Nicholson, Prof, H. A. On some New or Imperfectly
known species of Stromatoporoids. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol.
xvii., pp. 225 — 239. (Shropshire, p. 234, pi. 7), vol. xviii., pp. 8 — 22.
(Shropshire, pp. 5, 8, 9, pi. l),and vol. xix.,pp. i — 17 (Shropshire, p. 13).

(422) Rioketts, Dr. C. On Bitumen in the Pakeozoic Rocks of
Shropshire. Proc. Liverpool Geol. Soc, 1885 — 6.

60 WORKS ON THE GEOLOGY, &C, OF SHROPSHIRE.

(423) Watts, W. W. New Work in Shropshire. Caradoc Field
Club. Shrewsbury Newsptaper, Sept., 1886.

(424) Woodward, C. J. Minerals of the Birmingham District.
Handbook of Birmingham, Brit. Assoc., pp. 355 — 356.

1887.

(425) De Rance, C. E. Twelfth Report of the Committee . . .
on the Circulation of Underground Waters. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1886,
pp. 235—241. (Shropshire, p. 237.)

(426) Hinde, Dr. G. J. Monograph of the British Fossil Sponges,
pt. ii. Palosontograph. Soc, 1887, pp. 93, 188. (Shropshire, pp.
97, 112, 122, 123, 126, 129, 135, 182).

(427) Jones, Prof. T. R., and Dr. H. Woodward. Monograph of
the British Pakeozoic Phyllopoda, Pt. i., Ceratiocarida?. Ibid, pp.
1—12 (Shropshire, pp. 18—20, 24—35, 57—61, 64—66, 20—22.
PI. 1, 5, 7, 9, 11.)

(428) Notes on the Palaeozoic Bivalved Entomostvaca. Ann.

Nat Hist., ser. 5, vol. xix., pp. 177 — 195. PI. 4 — 7.

(429) Lapworth, Prof. C. The Ordovician System in Shropshire,
Rep. Brit. Assoc , 1886, pp. 661—663. Geol. Mag., dec. 3, vol. iv.,
pp. 78 — 80. Ludlow Newspaper , Sept.

(430) Nicholson, Dr. H. A. On Hemiphyllum Siluriense. Geol.
Mag., dec. 3, vol. iv., pp. 173— 174.

(431) Player, J. Hort. On an accurate and Rapid Method of
Estimating the Silica in an Igneous Rock (with analyses of some
Shropshire Rocks). Eep. Brit, Assoc., 1886, pp. 471 — 472.

(432) Tomes, R. T. On two Species of Palaeozoic Madreporaria
hitherto not regarded as British. Geol. Mag., dec. 3, vol. iv. pp.,
98—100.

(433) Watts, W. W Excursion of Caradoc Field Club to
Breidden Hills. Local Newspaper.

(434) The Corndon Laccolites. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1886,

pp. 670—671.

(435) Woodward, C. J. On the Mineral District of Western
Shropshire. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1886, pp. 665 — 666.

(436) Woodward, Dr. H. On some Spined Myriapods from the
Carboniferous Series of England. Geol. Mag., dec. 3, vol, iv.,
p. 1—12.

(437) Supplementary note on Euphoberia ferox ^Salter).

Ibid. pp. 116 — 117.

No Date.

(488) Anon (A Lady). The Rocks of the Wrekin, and what is
Written Upon Them. 8vo. Wellington and Lond.

(439) Curley, T. Map of Skipton, with section . . . ? 1860 or
earlier.

(440) Jones, D. The Spirorbis Limestone in the Forest of Wyre
Coal Field. (Printed for private circulation ). Hertford,

61

INDEX OF AUTHORS XI
OF THEIR

Aikin, A., 50, 53, 58, 59, 60

Aitken. J., 182, 216

Allport, S , 217, 269, 291, 408

Anon, 54, 81, 120, 144, 158, 175, 249,

250, 374, 438
Ansted, D. T., 304
Atkins, A. H., 375

Aveline, W. T , 1,2,3, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8. 9,
15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27,
106, 176,311

Barrande, J., 231
Bauerman, H., 40
Beckett, H., 218, 251, 278
Beddoes, Dr. T., 49
Blake, Prof. J. F., 359
Bigsby, Dr. J. J., 192
Blunt, T., 77, 78

Bonney, Rev. Prof. T. G., 318, 319, j

360, 376, 394
Brady, H. B., 279
Bristow, H. W„ 3, 4, 19, 40
Brodie, Rev. P B., 92, 159, 193, 305 I
Buckland, itev. Prof. W., 86, 91

Callaway, Dr. C, 270. 292, 293. 306,
307, 308, 308a, 320, 321. 322 323.
324, 325, 326, 334, 337. 338. 343,

361, 383. 395, 409, 410
Cole, G. A. J., 396. 411.
Conybearc, Rev. \V. D., 65
Cooper, C. J., 252

Crosskey, Rev. Dr H W., 271 309,

377, 384, 397, 412, 413
Curley, T., 145, 439

Da Costa, K. XT, 48
Davidson. Dr. T., 93, 94, 104, 177,
183, 203, 232 272, 344, 345, 346,

362, 37S

Davies. I). C, 160, 161, 162. 163, 219,

253, 254, 230, 281, 291, 398
Dawkins, Prof. W. B., 204
De la Beclu-, Sir II., 11, 13, 39
De Lessert, A., 282
De Kance, C. E , 310, 363, 385, 425
Dickinson, J., 295
Dixon, Rev. K., 194
Dii Uard, Dr., 79
Duncan, Prof. P, M., 364, 386, 387

OF THE NUMBERS

WORKS.

Egeiton. Sir P. de M G., 113, 143
England, Rev. T , 66
Eskrigire, R. A., 151
Etheridue, R., 33, 42, 347
Evans, Dr., 51

Eyton, Miss C, 184, 185, 205, 220,
221

Farcy, J., 55
Flight, Dr. W., 365, 366
Foord, A. H., 404
Forbes, D., 114
Forbes, E. , 35

Geikie, Prof. A., 40
Grayston, F. A., 312
Green, Prof. A. H., 25
Griffiths, Dr. G. H., 222

Hainic, J., 100, 110

Barley, J„ 125, 134

Harrison, W. J., 367, 398a, 414

Hartley, J., 243

Hau^htou, Rev. Piof. S., 296

Hen wood, W. J., 233

Hicks, Dr. H., 255. 275, 276, 283.

284, 327, 34S, 349, 368
Hinde. Dr. G. J., 339, 415, 426
Holl, Dr. H. B„ .164, 416
Hopkinson, J., 244, 256, 257, 277,

2S5

Hopton, R., 44

Houghton, Rev. W.. 258

Howell, H. H., 1, 10, 27

Hudleston, W. H., 279

Hughes Prof T. M'K., 2S6

Hull, Prof, E., 5. 7, 8, 9. 10, 12. 15,

16, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 129,

206, 259, 297, 350, 369
Huxley, Prof. T. H., 38, 42

Jones, D., 234, 235, 236, 237, 260,

261, 262, 263, 440
Jones, J., 178

Jones, Prof. T. K., 109, 164, 351. 356.
388. 399, 400, 401, 416, 117, 427,
428

Judd, Prof. 1. W.. 402

62

Jukes, J. B., 10, 15, 16, 22, 24
Kirkby, J. W., 401

|

Lankester, Prof. E. R., 195
Lapworth, Prof C, 277. 313, 329.

330, 340. 341, 419, 420. 429 '
La Touche, Rev. J IX, 179, 186, 207,

208, 209, 223, 224, 238, 239, 328, I

389, 402a, 418
Lee, J. E., 352

Lightbody, U., 130. 138, 210, 264
Linnarsson, G., 314
Lloyd, T. G. B., 225
Lyell, Sir C, 89

M'Coy, Prof. F., 95 96, 97, 99
Mackintosh, D., 180, 211, 265, 287,

332, 342
Maieley, W., 298
Marr, J. E., 379
Marston. A., 135, J 36, 165
Mason, Rev, Prof , 46
Maw, G., 39, 152, 153, [175 ?J 187, 196,

226, 346. 371
Meredith, [J.J 166
Miles, C. E., 353 '
Milne-Edwards, Prof. H., 100, 110
Molyneux, W., 331
Morris, Prof. J., 143
Morton, G. H., 137, 146, 154,212,209, j
Murchison, J. H.. 28S
Murchison. Sir P. 1., 64, 67,68, 69, 70, I

71,72,73.74, 85. 105,113.115, 177 |
Museum Catalogue, 374

Nicholson, Prof. H. A., 197, 333, 390, I
403, 404, 421, 430

Owen, Sir R., 90, 126

Pearce, H., 300

Pennant, T,, 47

Percy, Dr. J., 155

Phillips, Prof. J., 1, 243

Phillips, J. A., 354, 391

Phillips, W., 334, 392

Player, J. H., 431

Plyrnley, Rev. J., 52

Prestwich, Prof. J., 87

Piosser, W., 167

Purton, T., 198

Purton, Rev. W., 168, 199

Ramsay, Sir A. ( ,, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, !
8, 9, 10, 12. 15, 1G, 20, 29, 30, 33
40, 102, 111, 243, 245, 301, 355

Randall, J., 148, 169, 213, 227, 228
240, 266, 267, 302, 303 (?). 335

lieade, T. M. , 393

R*eks, Trenham, 39, 41

Ricketts, Dr. C, 200, 201, 289, 422
Roberts, G. E. , 121, 122. 123, 131, 13S.

143, 147, 148, 170
Rudler, F. 39, 41
Rutley, F., 40

Salter, J. AV., 33, 35, 36 37, 38, lu2,

106, 112, 116. 117, 118, 127, 12S.

132, 139, 140, 149, 150, 156. 171.

181. 188, 189, 214, 215
Salwey, T. J.. 273
Scott, W , 62
Scott, W. M. T. . 141
Sedgwick, Kev. Prof. A , 101, 103. 107.

108

Sclwyn, A. R., 12, 14, 20
Shone, W.. 315
Short, Dr. T , 45
Smith, J., 356
Smith, T., SO

Smyth. \Y. W., 2,9, 12, 41

Sollv, R. H., 405

Sorby, Dr. H. C. 336

Sowerbv, J., 56. 57

Steele, E. Y., 274

Stoddart. W. W., 229

Symonds, Rev. W. S., 119, 246. 316

Tanner. H., 124
Tate, 230

Thomson, Sir C. W., 37, 142
Tomes, K. T., 432
Tooke, A. W., S2
Trimmer, J., 75, 84

Vine, G. R., 357, 364, 370. 371, 380, 406

Ward, Dr. O., 88

Watts, W. W., 372, 381, 407, 423, 433.
434

White, W., 133

Williams. D. H., 8, 9. 15. 16, 26, 29.

30, 31, 32
Williams, S. W., 172
Williamson, Prof. W. C , 98
Woodward, C. J., 173, 358, 373, 382.

424, 435

Woodward, Dr. 11., 157, 174, 190,202,
241, 242, 247, 24S, 26S, 290, 317,
400, 427, 436, 437

Wright, J. K , 63, 76, 83

Wyatt-Edgell, H., 191, 191a

Yates, Rev. J., 61

ERRATA.

Pa-ie.

52 plftee (304) under 1878.
54 Trans)>ose (331) and (332;.
57 (382) for G. read J.
59 (411) for G. read J.

63

THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF
KING HENRY II., 1156.

By R. LL. KENYON.

The " Pipe Rolls " are the accounts rendered at the
Exchequer by the Sheriffs of the counties. The earliest
in existence is of the 31st year of Henry I., A.D. 1130,
but that does not contain any account for Shropshire.
Possibly no such account was then rendered. The
next is of the 2nd year of Henry II., and from that
time, with the exception of one or two years of John's
reign, the series is complete. I propose to give a
translation and explanation of the first four of these
Pipe Rolls for Shropshire, being the accounts of the
Sheriff William Fitz Alan.

At the time of which we are speaking, the Shrievalty
of a county was one of the greatest and most lucrative
offices in the gift of the Crown, and the Sheriff, who
generally had the custody of the royal castles, was the
most powerful man in his county. The office was
generally retained by the grantee for his life, unless he
happened to forfeit it by rebellion, and sometimes it
was hereditary. In Shropshire, it had been granted
on an hereditary tenure to Alan Fitz Flaald, father of
William Fitz Alan, by Henry I., within a few years
after the rebellion and forfeiture of Earl Robert de
Belesme in 1102, prior to which the Earl, having held
palatine jurisdiction in the county, would have appointed
the sheriff himself. Alan Fitz Flaald received, as
attached to the Shrievalty, lands in Staffordshire,
Warwickshire, and Sussex, and upwards of 70 manors
in various parts of Shropshire. He was a great man
before this. In 1101, a charter, which states that its

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64 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE SECOND

witnesses are " the illustrious of England, ecclesiastical
and secular/' is witnessed, among others, by Alan Fitz |
Flaald, and he was then owner of large estates in
Norfolk. Eyton gives reasons for thinking that his j
father, Flaald, was identical with Fleance, son of I
Banquo, and that Waiter Fitz Alan, Steward of
Scotland, and ancestor of the Royal House of Stuart, ]
was William Fitz Alan's younger brother.

Alan Fitz Flaald died probably about 1114, leaving ;
his son, William, only about 9 years old. The office of j
Sheriff was therefore given to another person, but the
estates appear to have been retained by William Fitz j
Alan, who, besides his lather's estates, inherited others i
from his mother in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The
first use we find him making of them after he came of
age is for the foundation of Haughmond Abbey. He
also confirmed a grant made by his father to Shrewsbury
Abbey. In 1 136, the acting Sheriff. Pagan Fitz John, !
incurred a forfeiture, and William probably entered i
upon his office. Certainly he had the custody of
Shrewsbury Castle. He had married a niece of Robert,
Earl of Gloucester, and first cousin to the wife of
Banulph, Earl of Chester, two of the most powerful
men of the time. In 1138, he followed their example
in declaring for the Empress, and held Shrewsbury
Castle against Stephen, who, however, took it by
assault. Fitz Alan escaped, and perhaps took refuge
with the Earl of Chester, under whom he held
two manors in Cheshire. He joined Henry II. in
his invasion of England in 1153, and in 1155, Henry,
having then succeeded to the throne, ousted Stephen's
partisan, Hugh de Mortimer, and restored Fitz Alan
to his estates, and to the Shrievalty of Shropshire.
About the same time his wife died, and he married
Isabel de Say, Baroness of Clun, so that he now held
the five Castles of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Clun,
Oswestry, and Ruthin. He was by far the greatest
man of his time in Shropshire, and was the ancestor of
the Duke of Norfolk. He died about Easter, 1160,

YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1156.

65

and was buried in Haughmond Abbey. The following
is a translation of his first extant account with the
King as Sheriff: —

William Fitz Alan renders account of the firm of Shropshire.

In the treasury £8 3s. 8d. by tale.
And in Alms newly granted to the Knights Templars one

marc of silver
And in fixed alms 12s.

And in payment vi. obsidum et boiis £9 2s. 6d.

And in payment of the Torter of Bridgnorth 30s/5d

And in payment of the Porter & Warder of Shrewsbury 60s/ 10d

And to the Sick of Shrewsbury ?0/s by- the Kings writ

And to Engelard Warden of .a Castle £-4 in Scra'ttun-

And in lands granted to Hu&fi de Piers £42

& to Cadwalladr £7 of the King's imprest

& to the Abbot of Hageman 7ls/4d

& to the Monks of Shrewsbury 68s/8d

& to Robert de Girros 35s/-

& to Hamo Extraneus £4

& to Wido Extraneus 110s

& to Earl Reginald 113s 4dd

& to Ivo Oisel 203

& to John Waliscus half a mark
And in restocking the royal Manors in the whole County

£145 .8.8
And in the Waste of the County £17 . 6 . 4
And he has a superplus of 18/8.

William Fitz Ulger renders- account of 10 marks of debt to the
King. In the treasury 5 marks. And in gift by the
Kings writ to Nicholas de Castello 5 marks. And he is
quit.

And the same Sheriff renders account of Danegeld. In the
treasury £80 28s G(l And in remissions bv the Kings writ
£24 . 16 . 3. And in Waste £6. And" he owes 113s/9d

And the same Sheriff of 40 marks of tallage (de dono) of the
County. He has paid it into the treasury & is quit.

And the same Sheriff renders account of 10 marks of tallage of
the town of Shrewsbury. He has paid it into the treasury
& is quit.

And the same Sheriff renders account of 1009 of Aid (de
Auxilio) of the same town. In the treasury 50/- & in the
Waste 50/- & is quit.

And the same Sheriff renders account of the land of Gerard of
Turnai. In the treasury £7 . 6 , 3 & is quit.

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And the same Sheriff renders account of 10s de Porcaria de I
Noriega. He has paid it into the treasury & is quit.

The " Firm " of Shropshire means the rent payable i
to the King by the Sheriff in respect of the King's
manors and other rights hell by himself as Sheriff.
The Sheriff let the lands, &c, at what rent he could
get, and retained for himself any surplus over the fixed
rent due to the King. In 1255 we find that the Manor I
of Ford paid =£12 to the King, but that the Sheriff let j
it at £60, pocketing the difference. But a hundred
years earlier the profits, though doubtless considerable, \
would not be as large as this. In 1156 the Firm of
Shropshire was <£264 14s., according to Eyton (iii., 64, j
vii., 185), and the items accounted for above come to i
one penny more than this sum.

£8 3s. 8d. was a pre- payment on account. The
Sheriffs were sometimes compelled to make their pay-
ments ad pensum, i.e., by weight, so as to throw upon
them the loss of any lightness in the money, a loss
which was reckoned on the average at 6d. in the £, i
and sometimes compounded for at that rate, in which
case the payment was said to be ad scalam.

Sometimes, also, the Sheriff's payments were tested !
as to fineness, to prevent their being made in debased j
money. Such payment was called Blanc, and had to
be compounded for, if at all, by an extra Is. in the
£. Fitz Alan, however, had no such extra payments
to make, his money being received numero, i.e., by
tale. (Madox, Exchequer, i., 274).

The Knights Templars had a charge on the King's
lands in almost every county of England, granted by
Henry II. at the beginning of his reign. In Shropshire |
this was one marc of silver — 13s. 4d. William Fitz
Alan had also himself given them land in the parish of
Cardington ; and Lydley, where they had their Shrop-
shire house, was granted to them by Herbert de
Castello, Lord of Castle Holgate, about the same time.
They had no other Shropshire possessions. {Eyton,
v., 122, vi., 238).

YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1156.

67

The " fixed alms" unexplained here, are explained
by the Pipe Roll of the following year.

The payment vi. Obsidum was, I presume, for the
maintenance of hostages given by some of Stephen's
followers for their good behaviour. What Boils means
I do not know. Possibly it may be an abbreviation for
" Bordariis," in which case it would mean a payment to
cotcagers for supplying food or attendance to these
hostages. fKelham's Domesday Book, Illustrated).

The Porters of Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury (which
were Ptoyal Castles under the control of the Sheriff) and
the Warder of Shrewsbury, got 30s. 5d., or Id. a day
each, out of the King's firm of the county. If there
was a Castellan over them, he was nominated by the
Sheriff, and paid, in some way or other, by him, and
there would probably be not more than four or five
other men kept in the Castles in time of peace, who must
have been paid also by the Sheriff. At all events, the
Porter and Warder are the only officers paid out of the
King's revenue. (Eytoni., 260 J.

The payment of 30s. " to the sick of Shrewsbury,"
was by virtue of a Charter of Henry II., and was
paid to the hospital of St. Giles, of which the present
Church of St. Giles in Shrewsbury formed part. The
hospital was outside the gates of the city, and was
founded probably in Hemy I/s time, principally for
lepers, as was St. Giles " in the fields," now in London ;
leprosy having then lately been introduced into England
by the Crusaders. Henry II. also, by another Charter,
gave to the lepers of St. Giles i( a handful of two hands
of every sack of corn, and a handful of one hand of
every sack of flour, exposed for sale in Shrewsbury
Market." The 30s. is still paid annually through the
Sheriff to the Earl of Tankerville, who is master of the
hospital, and nominates the four almsmen whom it
supports. But they get no handfuls of corn or meal in
the market. (Monasticon, vi., 640, Owen and Blake-
ways Shrewsbury , ii. , 171/ The King's writ author-
ising this payment was probably produced to the

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Justices of the Exchequer by the Sheriff at the time of
passing his account, and is therefore noted on the
account. (Madox, Exchequer, ii., 200/

Engelard was Warden of Stretton Castle, which
belonged to the King. He was appointed Warden in
the first year of Henry II., and retained the office till
1170. With the office he had as salary .£4, which was
the firm due to the King from the JRoyal Manor of
Stretton. He was the owner of Eyton, near Shifnal,
and younger brother of the owner of Pitchford. In j
1177 he was fined 10 marks and a destrier (a horse) for j
trespass on the Poyal Forests —a heavy fine — and j
■ceased, perhaps for the same offence, to be Warden of j
Stretton Castle. (Eyton, ii., 82).

The whole of the payments hitherto mentioned were I
made by the Sheriff out of money actually passing j
through his hands. Those which follow under the head i
of u Lands granted " never passed through his hands at j
all. When the King granted away a manor belonging ;
to him in Shropshire, the nominal " Firm " of the \
■county, payable by the Sheriff, was not diminished ; but j
that portion of the Firm which was charged on the j
alienated Manor was entered in the account under the j
head of " Lands granted," and was credited to the
Sheriff accordingly. The Sheriff no longer had anything j
to do with such a Manor, and of course lost any profit j
he had previously made by letting it at a higher rent j
than the Kind's " Firm." The following were the I
Shropshire grantees of Hoyal Manors at this time : —

Hugh de Periers, of Periers-sur-Audelle in Normandy,
received from Henry in the first year of his reign the
manors of Corf ham, Culmington. and Ditton, in Corve- j
dale, an extremely valuable grant, as the firm charged
on them was as much as £43 per annum. He held
lands also in Warwickshire. He died in 1175, having
given to Wenlock Priory one of his Manors, which
thenceforth bore, as it does now, the name of Ditton
Priors. (Eyton, hi., 330 j.

Cadwaladr was brother to Owen Gwynedd, Prince of

YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1156.

69

f North Wales, and had himself been Lord of Merioneth-
3 shire and part of Cardiganshire, and of the Castle of
Aberystwyth, bnt had quarrelled with his brother, and
been expelled by him from Wales in 1151. He had
married the sister of Gilbert, Earl of Clare, and coming
for refuge to England he was the principal instigator
of Henry's invasion of Wales in 1157. The invasion
was not very successful, but one of the terms of the
peace made between Henry and Owen was that
Cadwalladr should be restored to his possessions, and
to friendship with his brother. In 1159, he was again
leagued with the English against Rees, Prince of South
Wales, but in 1167, in conjunction with his brother,
and with the same Rees, he was in arms against the
English, and took from them and destroyed the castles
of Rhuddlan and Prestatyn. He died in 1172. (Lloyd's
Hist, of Cambria, 144, kc, Eyton, x., 257). The £7
which he received in 1156 was not a permanent grant,
but is expressed to be " de prestito Regis," " of the
King's imprest," that is, it was only advanced to him
for the King's service, and would have to be accounted
for by him to the King, though not through the
Sheriff. (Madox Exchequer, i., 387).

The Abbot of Haughmond s grant was of land and a
mill in Walcot, near Wellington, which were given to
the Abbey by the Empress in 1141, or thereabouts.
(Eyton vii., 287). At the same time she granted Aston,
near Wellington, to Shrewsbury Abbey. (Eyton x., 40).
The " firms'" of these were £3 1 Is. 4d- and £3 8s. 8d.
respectively. Haughmond was inhabited by Austin
Canons, Shrewsbury by Benedictine Monks ; hence the
difference in the form of the entries of the two grants.

Robert de Girros was given Broughton, in Claverley,
valued at 35s., by the King in 1155. He was also
tenant of Burwarton under the Barons of Castle
Holgate. He built a chapel at Broughton, which Ire
endowed with 3s. per annum, and died in 1190.
(Eyton iii., 31, 77).

Hamo Extraneus, or Le Strange. The land given

70 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE SECOND

to him by Henry II., the firm of which was £4, was
Cheswardine, which he held by service of half a knight's !
fee. Lord Stafford had previously held it as a whole
knight's fee, and as part of the County of Stafford, and
how it came into Shropshire and into the King's hands
does not appear. But Henry had given to Hamo Le
Strange land worth £7, in Wellington, during Stephen's !
reign, and on coming to the throne found it desirable
to resume this grant, and therefore gave him Cheswar-
dine in exchange. Hamo was younger brother of John
and Guy Le Strange, both hereafter mentioned, and
died in 1160, leaving his brother John his heir at law.
He held also part of Child's Ercall, and Osbaston, which
included Knockin, under William Fitz Alan himself,
and held part of Betton under Shrewsbury Abbey. He
made grants to Haughmond Abbey out of Betton and
Child's ErcalL (Eyton viii., 8, x., 23, 36b*.)

Guy Le Strange, brother of Hamo, was enfeoffed by
Henry II. of the Manor of Alveley, to hold by the
service of half a knight's fee, it being worth to the
King 110s. The original charter by which this gift
was made, with the Great Seal attached, is still in
existence in the British Museum. He was afterwards
given land m Warwickshire by William Fitz Alan, and
Weston-under-Beclcastle by the King, and on his
brother Hamo's death, Knockin and Osbaston came to
him. He is . said to have founded Knockin Castle.
Like his brother Hamo, he was a benefactor to Haugh-
mond Abbey, to which he gave three mills, one in
Warwickshire, one at Alveley, and one at Osbaston.
On William Fitz Alan's death, Guy Le Strange was
made Sheriff of Shropshire and Custodian of Fitz Alan's
estates during the minority of his son. He died in
1179. (Eyton hi., 122.)

Earl Reginald was Reginald de Dunstanville, illegiti-
mate son of Henry I, by Sybil Corbet, daughter of Robert
fitz Corbet, who is mentioned in Domesday as hold-
ing Woodcote,Longden, Wigmore, and Onslow. Reginald
took an active part in the war of the Empress against

YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1156.

71

Stephen, and afterwards on Henry's accession in re-
ducing the Castle of Bridgnorth, which Hugh de
Mortimer held against him. He also took for the King
the Castle of Leicester, which was held against him
during the rebellion of Prince Henry his son, in 1173.
Reginald acquired a great fief in Cornwall, by marriage
with the daughter and heiress of William fitz Richard,
in 1140, and in the same year was created Earl of
Cornwall by his half-sister the Empress. Henry on his
accession gave him the Manor of Ford, in Shropshire,
the firm of which was £5 13s. 4d., and he had estates
in eight other Counties. He also appears to have
had possession of the fief of his grandfather Robert
fitz Corbet after the death of the latter about 1141,
although his mother Sybil had married and had
legitimate decendants. Earl Reginald's Shropshire
estates however were only held by him for life. He
died in 1175, and though he left legitimate children.
Ford escheated to the Crown, and the Corbet estates
went back to the legitimate descendants of Robert fitz
Corbet's two daughters, who eventually became Barons
Fitz Herbert and Botreaux respectively. (Eyton, vii,
144, &c, 180.)

About Ivo Oisel I have not been able to find out any-
thing. His name does not occur again on the Pipe Rolls
for Shropshire. Tn Richard I and John's reign, Hugh
and Adam Oisel were great merchants, trading in
England and Flanders. Hugh paid King Richard 400
marks, for licence to trade and export his goods in all
the King's dominions ; and in the third and fifth years
of King John, he farmed the Exchange (the right of
buying and selling bullion, and exchanging English for
foreign coins) over all England, for which he paid the
King for one year JC454 9s. 4d., and in the same fifth
year of King John, he also offered 1,000 marks for the
right of farming the tax of one-fifteen on merchandise in
England, but it was declined. He had in that year a
gift of 200 marks from the King; and gave to the King
two robes of a good green colour, that the King might

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write on his behalf to the merchants of Flanders, with
whom he had some dispute. (Madox, Exchequer, j.,
468, 479, 771 ; ii. 133.)

John Waliscus may possibly be the same as one John
Wallensis (translated Walsh by EytonJ, who in 1195 :
claimed half a Knight's fee in Tetnesliull and Merebrook
(near the Titterstone Clee Hill), which was held by
Adam de Arundel under the Corbets of Caus, and by
them again under the Barons of Richard's Castle. His
suit wTas adjourned, and it does not appear what the j
decision was. His name does not occur again in the J
Shropshire Pipe Rolls. (Eyton, iv; 351.)

The disturbed state in which the County had been for J
years, and the recent sieges of Shrewsbury and Bridg-
north Castles, had resulted in the devastation of a great j
part of the County, and accordingly we find that the I
Sheriff had now to restock the whole of the King's j
Manors, at a cost of J£ll5 8s. 8d., and he returns as j
waste so much as ought to produce £17 6s. 4d. to the j
King's firm. These two items, added to his other pay-
ments and deductions, complete the account of the £264
14s. Od., due from the Sheriff for the firm of the County,
and leave him the King's creditor for 18s. 8d., which is
allowed him in the next year's account.

But besides his account of the firm of the King's
manors, which he has now completed, there are other-
matters which he has to append to it, namely all those
debts to the King within the County which it is his
business to collect, though he may not be personally
liable if he is unable to do so. These are —

1. A debt of 10 Marks (£6 13s, 4d.,) by William
Fitz Ulger. There is nothing to show what he owed
this for. He was hereditary Forester of Shropshire,
and as such held, by Grand Serjeantry, the Manors of
Great Bolas and Ironbridge, as well as some in Hereford-
shire. His descendants held both the office and the
manors at least as late as Edward TII.'s time. He is
entered on this roll as "quit," i.e., as having discharged
the debt by paying 5 marks into the Treasury, and 5

YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 115G.

73

marks, by virtue of a writ from the King, to Nicholas de
Castello, of whom nothing is known except that he was
a brother of the Lord of Castle Holgate, and that he
died without issue. (Eyton, viiL, 265, iv., 55.)

2. Danegeld. This was a tax of so much per hide,
and, as is the habit of taxes, it continued to be levied
long after the original object of its imposition, resistance
to the invasions of the Danes, had ceased to require it.
This second year of Henry II. was, however, the last in
which it was levied all over England, entries of it on
subsequent Pipe Rolls seeming to refer to arrears only.
The Kings, however, claimed the right to levy it, and
granted special exemptions from it in Charters, at least
as late as John's reign. It was levied on land in the
county only, not on the towns, which, however, were
made to pay an Aid or Tallage instead of it. It will be
noticed that in Shropshire more than a fifth part of the
whole was remitted by special exemptions under the
King's writ, and £6 was charged on lands now waste,
and was therefore irrecoverable. Why the sum paid
in on account of Danegeld by the Sheriff is stated at
£80 26s, 6d. instead of £81 6s. 6d., I do not know ;
possibly only to avoid an erasure after 80 had already
been written on the roll. fMadox Exchequer i., 690.)

3. Donum, or Tallage. This was raised only on the
King's Demesne lands. Occasionally a grantee of such
land received with it the right to "talliate" his tenants
for his own benefit, as often as the King " talliated "
his, but more often the right of tallage was reserved to
the King. It was exercised over all lands in the
King's hands, whether of ancient demesne, or escheats,
or wardships, and also over boroughs of which the
King was the Lord. We see, therefore, that Shrews-
bury paid a tallage this year, (Madox Exchequer i ,
694-751.)

4. Auxilium. or Aid. This was an additional impost
levied occasionally on the county at large, but more
generally on boroughs only, and this whether they paid
a tallage or not. Thus the Borough of Shrewsbury had

74 THE PIPE ROLL, KING HENRY II., 1156.

this year to pay both. But while its tallage is paid in
full, half the Aid is remitted on the ground that half
the town is waste, made so, no doubt, by its four weeks
siege by Stephen in 1138, and its subsequent capture
by Henry in 1153. (Madox Exchequer i., 602.;

5. The Land of Gerard de Turnai. Gerard de Turnai
was in 1085, when Domesday book was compiled, I
tenant in chief of seven manors in Odenet (now Bradford
North) Hundred, and of two in Baschurch Hundred. I
Of these, he gave Betton in Hales to Shrewsbury
Abbey, and being succeeded in his estates by his
daughter Sybil and her husband Hamo Peverel, they |
gave Woolerton to the same Abbey, The remainder of j
his estates escheated to the Crown on failure of his |
descendants, and therefore came into the custody of j
the Sheriff, who had to account to the King for their |
profits. These Manors were Ightfield, Longslow, Cold |
Hatton, Sandford, and Ellardine ; and Besford and
part of Preston Brockhurst, both in the Parish of j
Shawbury, in the Hundred of Baschurch. At the time j
when this Pipe Boll was written, 1167, Sandford was
held by Richard de Sandford, direct lineal ancestor of its j
present owner. He had been enfeoffed probably by Hamo
Peverel, and been therefore his tenant, but the escheat I
of Peverel's estate made Richard de Sandford a tenant

in capite of the King. (Eyton,ix., 197, 222 ; x., 173.)

6. Porcaria de Noriega. Porcaria means a " swine-
stall," or right of feeding swine in a particular wood.
Norley, or Nordley Regis, near Alveley, contained at the
time of Domesday a wood one-and-a-half leagues long
by half a league wide. It was in the hands of the
Earls Roger, Hugh, and Robert de Montgomery, and
was forfeited by the latter to the King. The wood was
a part of Morf Forest. The 10s. accounted for by the
Sheriff were probably the profits of the swine fed in this
wood. (See Eyton hi., 146, 214.)

This finishes the first extant account of the Sheriff
of Shropshire. The subsequent accounts of the same
Sheriff, for 1.158-1160, will be given in another number,

75

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE
IN 1676.

By The Rev. WM. GEO. DIMOCK FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.*

There is preserved in the William Salt Library at
Stafford, a valuable and unique Manuscript of great
interest, entitled " An Account of the Province of
Canterbury, 1676," which throws considerable light
upon the religious state of the larger portion of England
sixteen years after the Restoration of King Charles the
Second to the English Throne, and also upon the
population of the various places, It is a Survey of
the Southern Province, made in the year 1676, and
contains the number of all the " Conformists, Papists,
and Nonconformists," who were " Inhabitants above the
age of 16," in most of the towns and villages within
that Province, arranged under Dioceses, Counties, and
Deaneries, in regular order. A comparison of the
Deaneries and the places therein, with modern Diocesan
Calendars, shows considerable change to have taken
place in the last 200 years.

Why this return was made is not at present exactly
known. It seems to have emanated from Henry
Compton, the recently appointed Bishop of London ;
as in a note at the end of the return from the Bath
and Wells Diocese, the Bishop states that his return
was made H in pursuance of a Letter directed to me
from the Right Revd. Father in God Henery Lord

f For all the foot-notes I am indebted to Miss Auden. They are com-
piled from various sources, especially from Calamy's Nonconformists'
Memorial, and from the list, published in 1745, of those Roman
Catholics and Nonjurors who refused in 1715 to take the oath of
allegiance to King George I.

Vol. XII. I

76 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Bishop of London, to give an account of the number of
Inhabitants, Papists, and other Dissenters within my
Diocess." • Each Bishop seems to have directed the
Ministers, or the Ministers and Churchwardens, of the
several parishes, to send him the numbers of the
Conformists, Papists, and Nonconformists within their
respective parishes ; and these were duly arranged in
proper order by the Bishop, and sent to the Bishop of
London. A note at the end of the Bath and Wells
Diocese speaks of the returns as having been ' ' made by
the Ministers and Churchwardens of ye several Parishes
in the places above said, according to the most exact
computation whilst a note at the end of the Winton
Diocese calls them the " Returns of the Severall
Ministers." There are no special notes at the end of
the Lichfield, Hereford, or St. Asaph Dioceses.

The MS. sometime belonged to H.R,.H. the Duke of
Sussex, and has his Book-Plate inside the cover. It
afterwards was purchased by the late Mr. William Salt-
As a whole, it has never been printed, though some
local Archaeological Societies have printed the parts
relating to their districts.! It evidently is not a
complete return, many places seem to have been
omitted, the returns of which were not made by the
ministers, or were lost in their transit.

In Lichfield Diocese, we do not find the following
places : — Church Aston, Cockshot, Dudleston, Ches-
wardine, Boningale, Albrighton, Astley, Clive, Hadnal,
Edstaston, Newtown, Prees, Calverhall, Whixall,
Buildwas, Longdon-on-Tern, Rowton, Uppington-with-
Aston, Wombridge, Woodcote. In Hereford Diocese,
these places are omitted: — Edgton, Wistanstow, Hal-,
ford, Sibdon Carwood, Clee St. Margaret, Diddlebury,
Onibury, Richards' Castle, Longden, Sutton, Great
Woolaston, Minsterley, Alveley, Bridgnorth, Claverley,

f The return for the Diocese of Worcester is printed in the
Associated Architectural >Soeieti<s Heports and Papers, xviii. 69. That
for Leicestershire in the Leicestershire Archaeological Society's Tran-
sactions, vi. 29G.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 77

Quatford, Abdon, Church Preen, Monk Hopton, Acton
Round. In St. Asaph Diocese, Moreton, Aston and
Halston are not named ; that is to say, there are 45
parishes or chapelries in Salop from which there is no
return. In the case pi the chapelries, however, the
returns may be included under those from the mother
churches.

St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, is named, but no return is
given. In this case, the reason, doubtless, is that
St, Mary's was a royal peculiar, and not under episcopal
jurisdiction, but was visitable only by the King or his
commissioners.} St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, was
also a royal peculiar, and included Claverley and other
places in its jurisdiction, which accounts for their absence
from the return.

Everywhere we find the Conformists formed an
enormous majority of the inhabitants. The " Papists"
were strongest at Madeley, where there were 51 out of
a population of 450. Ellesmere follows with 30 ;
Shifnal with 24 ; Albrighton by Newport with 23 ;
Edgmond with 17. Of the other places, we find 12 at
Whitchurch ; 9 at Preston Gobalds ; 8 at Wem and
Bromfield ; and 7 at Holgate, Kinnerley, and Worfleld.
In Shrewsbury there were only 9. The comparatively
large number of u Papists " in some of these villages is
generally due to the local influence of the Roman
Catholic landlords, who had not conformed to the
Reformed religion. Altogether, there were in the
year 1676, 366 " Papists " in Shropshire enumerated
in this Survey.

The Protestant Nonconformists were, of course, more
numerous. But considering that only sixteen years
had elapsed since the Puritans were in power, and
comparing the Shropshire Survey with other counties,
it is evident that Nonconformity was not popular in
Shropshire. The county town heads the list with 72

} See Owen and BlaJceway's, Shrewsbury, ii. 301 — 310; Salopian
. Shreds and Patches, 30 Dec., 1887.

78 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Nonconformists ; Oswestry follows with 70 ; Wellington
had 40 ; Newport and Whitchurch 30 each ; Ludlow
and St. Martins 21 each ; and Ellesmere 20. There
were altogether 644 Nonconformists in Shropshire in
1676. The Conformists" numbered 55,913.

It will be found that in many places the number of
Nonconformists was due to the influence of the non-
episcopally ordained Ministers, who were ejected after
the passing of the Act of Uniformity on St. Bartholo-
mew's Day, 1662. The penal statutes against meetings
of Nonconformists, of course, helped to thin their
numbers. Only a few years before this Survey the
Conventicle Acts of 1664 and 1670 prevented more
than five people meeting together for religious worship,
and imposed a fine on the preachers. The Five Mile
Act of 1665 prevented any Nonconformist teaching a
school. On the 15th March, 1672, Charles II. issued
his Declaration of Toleration, suspending all penal
laws ; but within twelve months the House of Commons
declared this proceeding to be illegal. There were
attempts at comprehension in 1674-5, but these came
to nothing. We must bear in mind too that the Duke
of York (afterwards James II.) had quite recently
avowed his conversion to Romanism ; and that the
King's Declaration of Indulgence was issued on the
advice of Clifford and Ashley, the one a Romanist, and
the other an infidel, and it was justly regarded as
meant rather to injure the Church than to serve the
Nonconformists. It was under such circumstances as
these that the Survey of 1676 was made.

The return, so far as it relates to Shropshire, will be
found in the MS. under the Dioceses of Lichfield,
Hereford, St. Asaph, and Worcester. I have extracted
from these several Dioceses all the places that were at
that time in the County of Salop, 196 in number, whilst
no return of 45 places in the county is given in the
MS. In the foot-notes, an attempt has been made to
account for the "Papists" and "Nonconformists,"
where their number seemed large in any place.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS 01? SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 79

In the Public Record Office are to be found the
names of the preachers who were licensed under King
Charles's Declaration of Indulgence, 1672, and the
names of the persons who were licensed to have
preaching in their houses by regular ministers, and the
denomination. Whether the returns for Shropshire
have ever been extracted or not, I do not know.
Another list of the " Names of Popish Recusants convict
and Papists who have registered their estates," in the
year 1716, arranged under counties, is given in the
British Museum Additional MS. 15,629. This list
was first printed in the year 1745, and reprinted in
1 862. It relates not only to " Papists," but apparently
also to the Non-jurors who refused to take the oaths
to King George.

With this brief introduction, the Shropshire portion
of the MS. Survey is printed exactly as it is given in
the MS., the spelling of the place-names being retained.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROVINCE OF
CANTERBURY, 1676.

DIOCESSE OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTREY.
DEANERY OF SHREWSBURY.

Conformists. Papists. Noncon-
formists.

Acton Burnell, ... ... 142 ... 2

St. Alkmond, ... ... 587 4 10

DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY.
DEANERY OF SHREWSBURY.

St. Alkmond's. — In this parish, the Roman Catholics of the town
after the Reformation, first possessed a place of worship, — a room in
St. Alkmond's Square, in the house of a Mrs. dough, who was
probably a daughter of Thomas Berrington, of Moat Hall.

Richard Heath, M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge, Vicar of St.
Alkmond's, was among the ministers ejected in 16G2. He continued
in the town till the passing of the " Five-mile Act " in 1GGG, when he
retired to Wellington, where ho died the following year. He was
eminent for his knowledge of oriental languages.

80 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Conformists.

Papists.

Noncon-
formists.

Atcham,
Baschurch, ...
Battlefield, ...
Berrington, ...
Ccnd,

Condover, . . .
St. Cruce, Salop,
Eaton Constatine,
High Ercall,
Fitz,

238
600

54
175
300
516
575

75
304

76

2
1
1

1

1

3
4
16
4
7
8

9
7

Baschurch. — Rowland Hunt, Esq., of Boreatton, and Mr. Thomas
Hunt, merchant, were among the executors of Rich. Baxter's will in
1689. Thomas Hunt, of Boreatton, was son of Colonel Hunt of
Shrewsbury, a zealous Puritan, and is mentioned in 1700 in title
deeds referring to the chapel at Oswestry.

Berrington. — Calamy gives the name of "Mr. Bott" as minister j
here during the Commonwealth.

Cound, — Calamy mentions Samuel Smith, of St. Mary Hall, Oxford,
as the Puritan Minister of Cound and Cressage. He was born at
Dudley in 1588, and in 1615 was Vicar of Puttlewell, Essex.

Condover. — In 1715, Robert Underhill was among those who i
refused to take the oath of allegiance. He held an estate at
Dorrington, valued at £20, then in possession of John Brown. ;
Dorrington was then in the parish of Condover.

Eaton Constantine. — The home of Richard Baxter. Calamy !
speaks of George Moxon, the ejected minister of Radwinter, in
Essex, as living and dying in the house of his brother-in-law, Sheriff
Sute, at Eaton Constantine, but remarks that Richard Baxter, in his
Life, does not mention him.

High Ercall. —Calamy mentions Mr. Richard Hopkins as Puritan
Minister of Ercall Magna. He also speaks of Joshua Barnet, the
ejected minister of Wrockwardinc, as regularly attending the Church
of High Ercall after his ejectment ; preaching at home at noon, and
then taking his congregation to Church.

Holy Cross, Salop. — Joshua Richardson, afterwards ejected from
Middle, was vicar here 1615-17. Moses Leigh, ejected later from I
Norton in Hales, 1649-50; John Bryan, 1652-56. Calamy speaks of I
Moses Leigh as conforming after his ejectment. In 1707, Samuel I
Pearson, the Vicar of Holy Cross, excommunicated Hannah Tulit, for
contumacy and contempt of the mandate of the Court at Lichfield.

Fitz. — John Wood, M.A., an ejected Puritan, Fellow of Magdalene
College, Cambridge, is said, by Calamy, to have died at Mitton,
Shropshire, in 1692. A tablet to his memory is in the Church at

Fitz.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS

Frodsley,

Harley,

Hordley,

St. Julian s, Salop,

Kenley,

Lee-Bottwood,

Lee-Brockhurst,

Leighton,

Longnor,

Loppeington,

Middle,

Monford,

Moreton-Corbett,

St. Maries, Salou,

St. Chad, Salop, *

Petton,

Pitchford, ...

SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 81

Conformists. Papists. Noncon-
formists.

120
100

134 1

448 3 6

82

104 ... 1

40

152 5

91 ... 1

230

398 ... 10

204 ... 1

80

.. 1500 1 40

26

98 ... 2

Leighton. — Samuel Wills, the ejected minister of Birmingham,
whom Calamy calls " a sedate, quiet peaceable divine," passed his
last days with his son, the vicar of Leighton, and died there
in 1684.

St. Julian's Salop. — Captain Hunt of Shrewsbury, was, during
the Commonwealth, an energetic parishioner of St. Julian's, and his
name frequently occurs in the parish books. It was in the house of
his widow, (he died in 16G9), that the first regular Nonconformist
meetings were held.

Middle. — Joshua Richardson, M.A., the ejected Minister of Middle,
is mentioned in Cough's History as a good man, much respected.
After his ejectment he lived for some time at the Ditches, near
Wem, and afterwards moved to Alkington, near Whitchurch, where
he died.

Montford. — In 1715, William Herbert, "called Duke of Powis,"
then in France with the Pretender, refused the oath of allegiance.
Both Montford and Shrawardine now belong to the present Earl of
Powis.

St. Chad, Salop. — The Presbyterians under John Bryan and Francis
Tallents, and the Independents under Titus Thomas, the ejected
minister of Aston, near Oswestry, both held their meetings in St.
Chad's Parish. In 162-1, Anne, wife of Kichard Gibbons, and
daughter of Humphrey Sandford, of the Isle, was certified as a Popish
recusant. — (Owen & Blakeway's History of Shrewsbury, 1,407).

82 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Conformists. Papists. Noncon-
formists.

Preston-Gobballs, ... ... 133 9

Rodington, ... ... ... 12S ... 2

Ruiton, ... ... ... 240 2 2

Shawberry, ... .. 292

Sheinton, ... .... ... 95 4

Smethcott, ... ... ... 174 ... 4

Steppleton, ... ... ... 175

Stanton-upon-Hyncheat, ... 180 ... 4

Uffeington. ... ... 120 ... 6

Upton Magna, ... ... 235 ... 5

Weithington, ... ... 91

Wem, .. ... ... 1400 8 11

Peestqn-Gubballs. — Lee-Hall, under Pimhill, belonged to the
Lees of Langley, whose heiress carried the estates to the Smythes,

now at Acton Burnell. In 1680, Gleet on, of Lee- hall, is

mentioned in the "Act for disarming Papists." Gough, in his
History of Middle, p. 144, says: — "William Hall married a gentle-
woman who was servant to Mrs. Cleaton, of Lea Hall. She is a Papist. :>

Rodington. — Calamy mentions Andrew Barnet, of Trinity College,
Cambridge, as having been minister here. He was born at Upping-
ton, and was brother to Joshua Barnet, Rector of Wrockwnrdine.
After his ejectment he retired to Daventry.

Ruyton-xi-Towns. — Edward Lloyd, of Llanforda, writing 1660,
mentions among " malignants " near Oswestry, Thomas Kynaston, of
Ryton.

Sheinton. — In 1719 land was held here by a recusant, Thomas
Hassall, of High Onn, co. Stafford, and in 1715 William Hassal of
Shinton is on the list of those who refused to take the oath of
allegiance to King George I.

Stanton-upon-Hineheatii. — Rowland Nevett, ejected from Oswes-
try in 1662, wras for some years -1G35-45 — Vicar of "Stanton,
Shropshire," possibly this Stanton. Edward Lawrence, the noncon-
forming minister of Baschurch, was born at Moston, in this parish.

Wem. — This was a centre of Puritan opinions, and had been held
strongly on the side of the Parliament during the civil wars. The
minister here w?as ejected, apparently in spite of his known loyalty,
but the ejected minister of Edstaston, Samuel Taylor, of Magdalen
College, Cambridge, is said by Calamy to have lived in Wem
and preached there. He died in 1695. Andrew Parsons, M.A., the
Puritan Hector of Wem, was in 1661 tried at Shrewsbury for saying
the " King was like the Devil," for which alleged offence he was fined
and imprisoned. He removed to London, but kept his interest in
Wem, collecting money for the sufferers from a fire there in 1677.
He died in London 1684, aged 68.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 83

Conformists.

Papists.

Noncon-
formists.

West Felton,
Wrockerdine,
Wroxeter, . . .
Ellesmere,

432
506
286
1000

30

1

1

20

5

NEWPORT DEANERY.

Adder! ey, . . .
Albrighton. ...
Arcall parva,

196
267
250

23

2
1
4

West Felton. — Calamy speaks of Samuel Hildersham, B.D.,
Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge, as Rector of West Felton,
1628-1661. He was son of Arthur Hildersham, the Puritan Vicar
of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and uncle of the first wife of Francis Tallents.
He married a daughter of Sir Henry Goodyear, of Polesworth. After
his ejectment he lived at Erdington till his death in 1674, aged 80.

Wrockwardine. — Joshua Barnet, son of Humphrey Barnet, of
Uppiugton, and brother to Andrew Barnet, of Rodington, was
minister at Wrockwardine till 1662. Calamy tells us that after his
ejectment he attended High Ercall Church twice ever}?- Sunday, and
preached at home' at noon. He also preached at Astley and Hadnal.
In 1716, George Talbot, of Pepperhill, a recusant, possessed lands in
Wrockwardine.

Ellesmere. — In 1669, Roger Kynaston, son of Ralph Kynaston, of
Pant-y-bursle, near Dud lest on, was admitted a student of the Jesuit
College at Rome. Gough, in his History of Middle, p. 108, speaks of
a man removing to " Ellesmeare, where some papists lived nigh."
In 1723, James Bet ton, a recusant, held land at Hampton Wood, in
Ellesmere parish. Tn 1656, a dispute on Infant Baptism was held in
this Church between Mr. Porter, of Whitchurch, and Mr. Haggar, a
Baptist, Francis Tallents being appointed moderator. Cockshot,
near Ellesmere, was held in Puritan times by Francis Keeling, B.A.,
of King's College, Cambridge. After his ejectment in 1662, he re-
moved to Shrewsbury, and afterwards to Kingston-on-Thames, where
he died in 1690.

Albrtghton. — The Talbot family, the Carless, the Pendrell, and
others of the Roman Communion were connected with Albrighton.
In 1715, John Johnson, of Pepperhill, John Rogers, of Hubbald
Grange, Robert Collingwood, of Boscobel, Anthony Hill, of Pepperhill,
and several others from this neighbourhood refused the oath of
allegiance.

Child's Ekcall. — Philemon Hayes, a Puritan divine of some note,
was minister here. He died in 1677, and was buried in St. Julian's,
Shrewsburv.

NEWPORT DEANERY.

Vol. XII.

j

Conformists.

Pupists.

Noncon-

formists.

120

...

7

170

...

...

110

5

1

210

1

1156

...

...

607

17

9

87

...

110

...

146

8

90

110

426

2

0

77

6

1

544

8

84 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Bowlas magna,
Chetwind, ...
Donnington,

Dawley magna, ... f.,
Drayton in Hales,
Edgmond, ...
Eyton-super Wilmore,
Eightfield, ...
Hinstocke, ...
Kemberton,

Rinneesley [sic. Kinnersley],
Lilleshall, ... ...

Longford. ...

Hodnett,

Great Bolas. — Edward Bury, of Oxford University, born in
Worcester, 1616, was Puritan Vicar of Bolas. He stayed there after
his ejectment, and in 1681 was tried for preaching there. He died
in 1700, aged 84. (Calamy).

Donington. — Boscobel, now in Donington Parish, and White-
ladies, were connected with Roman Catholic families. The Pendrells
and Giffards were both connected with this parish. In 1715, Thomas
How, of Boscobel, and many of the Pendrell family, refused the oath
of allegiance. Calamy gives George Reves, afterwards at Talk, as
Puritan minister here.

Great Dawley. — Calamy gives the name of Mr. Rowley as the
Puritan minister ejected from Dawley, but he seems to have left no
following.

Edgmond. — Thomas Gilbert, B.D., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, son
of William Gilbert, of Prees, a celebrated Nonconformist divine, held
the living of Edgmond during the Commonwealth. Ho was minister
of Upper Winchington, Bucks, and of St. Lawrence, Reading. After
his ejectment, he retired to Oxford, where he continued to preach.
He died 1694, aged 89, and was buried at St. Aldate's, Oxford. (Calamy).
In 1715, Thomas Hill, of Edgmond, refused the oath of aliegiance.

Lilleshall. — In 1618, Lilleshall was held by Sir Walter Leveson,
a Roman Catholic.

Longford. — The Talbots, of Longford, were Roman Catholics.
Thomas Talbot, Esq., of Longford, is mentioned in the "Act for
disarming Papists," 1680 ; and in 1715, John Talbot, Esq., of Longford,
was among the most important persons who refused to take the oath
of allegiance. Apolonia Vate, of Longt'ord, also refused the same oath.

Hodnet. — Calamy mentions Samuel Compton, M.A., of Magdalene
College, Cambridge, as the Puritan minister ejected from Hodnet.
He died at Shrewsbury, 1680, aged 05.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 85

Noncon-
formists-

Moreton-Sea,

Newport, ... ... 706 9 30

Porton in Hales [sic. Norton],
Preston super Wilmore,
Ryton, ... ...

Shiffnall, ... ... ... 960 24 14

Stirchiey,

Stoke super Tearne, ... ... 250 3 30

Stockton,
Sutton Maddox,
Tonge,

Upton Parva,
Weston sub Red Castle,

Welch hampton, ... ... 196 1 7

Wellington, ... ..1500 4 40

Conformists.

Papists.

200

706

Q

130

...

65

...

8*5

960

•24

50

250

o

94

1

X

200

xo

80

143

196

1

1500

4

Newport. — John Maiden, the Puritan minister, was ejected from
Newport. Calamy calls him pastor of Cheswardine. If he were
there in 167G, possibly his objection to what he would consider
interference with liberty of conscience was the reason of no return
being made from Cheswardine. He died 1681, aged 60. In 1715,
Thomas King and Thomas Johnson, of Newport, both refused the
oath of allegiance.

Shifnal. — Edward Revell, of Shifnal, Gent., and William Ilevell,
Gent., occur in the list of Shropshire Roman Catholics, mentioned in
the "Act for disarming Papists;" and in 1715, Henry, Earl of
Stafford, of Idsal, alias Shiffnall, refused the oath of allegiance. His
estates there were valued at £1,055 7s. Sd. Samuel Beresford, the
ejected Vicar of St. Werburgh's, Derby, a native of St. Alkmond's
Parish, Shrewsbury, spent the latter part of his life at Shifnal, dying
in 1697, at Weston, the seat of Lady Wilbraham. John Bryan, of
St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, also retired here after his ejectment.

Tong. — William Carless, son of William Carless, Governor of Tong
Castle, was in 1654 admitted to the Jesuit College in Home.

Wellington. — Richard Heath, the Puritan Vicar of St. Alkmond'sj
Shrewsbury, on his ejectment retired to Wellington. Calamy says
that Humphry Burnet, of Uppington, father of the ejected ministers
of Wrockwardine and llodington, and Mr. Wright, of Wellington,
were accounted the first Puritans in Shropshire ; " for no other
reason than their sedulous preaching and pious lives."

In the 16th century (1592) Francis Forster, son of Edward
Forster, of Watling Street, near Wellington, was admitted a student
of the Jesuit College at Home,

86 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Conformists. Papists.

Whitchurch, ... ... 2000 12

Broughton, ... ... 63 1

Grinsell, ... ... ... 70

Nisse magna, ... ... 280 1

DEANERYES OF DARBY '& REPINTON.
Quat in ye County ol Salop, ... 140 ..- ^

Worfeild, ... ... ... 700 7

DIOCESS OF HEREFORD.

LUDLOW DEANRY.
Bromfield, ... ... 300 8

Hopton, ... ... ... 88

Ashford Bowdler, ... ... 60 1

Whitchurch. — Thomas Porter, sen., M.A. of Cambridge, was
minister of Whitchurch during the Commonwealth. He was born in
Northamptonshire, and was at one time minister of Hanmer, Flints.
At the restoration he gave way to Dr. Bernard, the chaplain and
biographer of Archbishop Usher. He died in Shrewsbury in 1667.
Zachariah Thomas, at one time curate to Dr. Bernard, is mentioned
by Calamy as ejected from Tilstock, for nonconforming. Dr. Tylston,
a well-known physician, who married a daughter of Philip Henry,
was born in Whitchurch, c. 1663, and practised there 1687-90, and
Edward Lawrence, the ejected minister of Baschurch, also lived in
Whitchurch for some years after his ejectment. During the
Commonwealth, Whitchurch was a great Puritan centre, and several
ministers received Presbyterian orders there, and in the neighbouring
parish of Prces.

Broughton. — Joshua Liichardson, the ejected minister of Middle,
was a brother of Captain Richardson, of Broughton, a man of some
importance, who remained a churchman in spite of the harsh treat-
ment his brother had met with.

Worfieli). — Calamy mentions a Mr. " Beebee " who had been
chaplain to Col. Knight's regiment in Gen. Monk's army, and after
the Restoration lived with a relation at Rowley Hall, in this parish,
and practised physic. He afterwards became minister of a congrega-
tion at Cirencester, and there died. In 1626, William Browne, born
at Worficld, Salop, was admitted a student of the Jesuit College at
Rome.

DIOCE3E OF HEREFORD.

LUDLOW DEANERY.

Ash ford Bowdler. — In 1715, Thomas Philips, and Katherine, his
wife, of Ashford Bowdler, are on the list of those who refused to take
the oath of allegiance. Their estate there was valued at £75 15s.,
and was in possession of Thomas Like.

Psoncon-
formists.

30

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 87

Ashford Carbonet,
Little Hereford
Bitterly,
Cainham,
Ludford
Stokesay,
Staunton Lacy,
Culmington,
Stoke Milborough,
Hope baggot,
Siluington,
Cold Weston,
Ludlow,

Conformists.

90
160
300
312
110
140
400
240
230
53
42
16
1350

Papists.

Noncon
formists

21

Alberbury,
Meole Brace,
Worthin,
Pontsbury, ..
Shrawardine,

PONTSBURY DEANRY.

908

197
600

707

87

11
3
1
6
1

Stanton Lacy. — William Pickering, of Stanton Lacy, gent., occurs
in the list of those mentioned in the " Act for the disarming of
Papists," 1680.

Ludlow. — Calamy gives Richard Sadler as Puritan Minister at
Ludlow. He was born in Worcester, and was at Whixall before he
came to Ludlow. After his ejectment he lived at Whixall, and died
there 1675, aged 55. Among those who refused, in 1715, to take
the oath of allegiance, are nine persons at Ludlow, four of them
named Smith.

PONTESBURY DEANERY.

Pontksrury.— Moat Hall in the 17th century, belonging to the
Roman Catholic family of the Barringtons, is in this parish. William
Berrington, Esq., of Moat Hall, was among those who refused to take
the oath of allegiance in 1715. Calamy mentions Mr. Warter, of
Pontesbury, as one of the ejected ministers who afterwards
conformed.

Shrawardine. — The church here was burnt down during the civil
wars and the village almost destroyed. Shrawardine belongs now
to the Earl of Powis, whose representative in the 1 7th century was a
noted Roman Catholic, William Herbert, Duke of Powis.

88 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Cherbury , . . .
Westbury , . . .
Ratlinghope,
Hanwood, ...
Pulverbach,
Foord, . ...
Woolston-mynd,
Cardeston,
Habbcrly, ...

Conformists.

529

817

128

32
259

88

47

71

50

STODESDON DEAN BY.

Papists

Noncon-
formists.

7

4
3

Oldbury, ...
Tasly,

56

75

Wheathill,

60

Stoddesdon,

697

2

4

Chelmarsh,

220

Burwarton,

38

Upton Cresset,

60

2

Higlev,

104

Chetton,

180

2

Middleten Scriven,

251

1

i

Chirbury. — In 1715, Elizabeth Clough, the holder of an annuity
of .£100 out of Wilmington, was among those who refused the oath
of allegiance.

Westbury. — Mr. John Berkley, of Westbury, is mentioned by
Calamy among the Puritan Ministers who conformed after their
ejectment.

Pulverbatch. — " Mr. Milward of Powdcrbatch " was among the
ministers who conformed after their ejectment.

STODDESDEN DEANERY.
Stottesden. — Calamy mentions Reginald Finlow,
College, Cambridge, as Puritan Minister of Stottesden.
storation he resigned to the former incumbent, T.

B.A., Jesus
At the Re-
Amias, but

preached afterwards occasionally. In 1719, Sir Edward Blount, ef
Mawley, held lands in Stottesden.

Upton Cresset. — Members of the Cresset family stayed in Rome
at various times in the 17th century, and were entertained at the
Jesuit College there.

Middleton Scriven. — In 1722, Francis Canning, a recusant, held
lands at Middleton, possibly here. Aldenham Hall, in this parish,
has for a considerable time been the seat of a Roman Catholic
family, but the present house was not built till 1697, twenty years
after this census.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 89

Morvield, ...
Aston Ayre,
Kinlet,

North Cleobury,

Billingsley, ... ... * ..

Sudbury, ...
Ditton Priors,
Neen Sauage,

Hasely and Dewxhill [Glazeley]
Aston Botterell,
Neenton,
Astly Abots,

Conformists.

Pspists

Noncon -

formists.

251

i

1

49

...

...

358

4

2

155

...

1

70

...

...

63

...

...

418

3

3

194

6

...

34

118

95

290

BURFORD DEANRY.

Milson,

62

Hopton Wafers,

96

Neen solers,

98

Dowies,

65

Cleobury Mortimer, ...

425

Preet [sic. Greet]

50

Corely,

120

Burford,

431

Kinlet. — The Laeons of Kinlet and Linley were Roman Catholic
for several generations. Three of the name were admittted to the
Jesuit College at Rome in 1629, 1635, and 1663, and several were
among those who in 1715 refused to take the oath of allegiance.

Cleobury North. — Calamy gives Charles Humphreys as Puritan
Minister of Cleobury North. Tie came there in 1653, and after the
Restoration went to London, where died. Possibly lie was the same
as the Mr. Charles Humphreys ejected from the lectureship of St.
John Zachary, London.

Ditton Priors. — In 1722, land was held here, and at Derrington,
in this parish, by Francis Cannings, a Roman Catholic, who was then
entered as a recusant, and, in 1715, Mary Audeley, of Priors Ditton,
is among those who refused the oath of allegiance. Her estate, then
in possession of William Smith, was valued at £4:73 3s. 4d. William
Hassington, of Derrington, gent:, also refused the oath that year.
BURFORD DEANERY.

Cleobury" Mortimer. — Richard Baxter lectured here occasionally •
he was here in 1661, when his congregation was dispersed by soldiers.
The Blounts of Mawley, in this parish, were Roman Catholics in
1719, and Sir Walter Blunt was cited as a Papist in the stir of the
Popish Plot in 1680.

90 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Conformists. Papists Noncon-
formists.

WENLOCK DEANRY.

Willey, ... 90

Broseley, 780 10 3

Eaton, ... 232 1

Much Wenlock, ... ... 500 1 4

Hughley, 80

Church Strotton, ... ... 431 1 2

Easthope, ... ... ... 50

Shipton, ... ... ... 90

Shelve, ... ... ... 29

Hope Bowdler, ... ... 80

Tugford, 100 ... 3

Madely, 400 51 0

Cardington, ... ... 240 ... 3

Munslow, ... ... ... 400 4

WENLOCK DEANERY.

Broseley. — In 1715, among those who refused to take the oath of
allegiance, is Ed\yard Purcell, the holder of an annuity of £150 out
of the manor of Broseley. The Lacons of Linley may also possibly
be included among the Roman Catholics here.

Eaton-under-Heywood. — Among the names of those in Shropshire,
who in 1715 refused to take the oath of allegiance, is Francis Smith,
of Aston, the owner of an estate at Upper Millichope, in this
parish, valued at £181 12s. 2d.

Much Wenlock. — In 1715, William Hickey, the owner of an
estate at Burton (probably Bourton in this parish) valued at £132 Is.
refused the oath of allegiance. In later years there was a Roman
Catholic Mission here, under the patronage of the Actons of Alden-
ham.

Church Stretton. — Calamy speaks of Henry Maurice, of Oxford
University, son of Mr. Griffith Maurice, of co. Carnarvon, as minister
here. He was at Stretton after 1662, but afterwards removed to
Shrewsbury, and thence to Abergavenny. He died in 1682.

Madeley. — The Brookes of Madeley were originally Roman
Catholics, and in 1715, sixteen persons connected with Madeley
(six of them of the name of Purcell), are among those who refused
to take the oath of allegiance.

Munslow. — In 1715, Francis Smith, Esq., of Aston, and Elizabeth
Smith, of Aston, refused the oath of allegiance. Francis Smith also
held land at Millichope, so this Aston may be the one in the Parish
of Munslow. As there ore thirteen Astons in Shropshire, the name
is not distinctive.

RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676. 91

Bentall,

Long Staunton,
Rushbury, . . .
Little Wenlock,
Beckbury, . . .
Holgate,
Badger,
Barrow,
Woolstaston,
Acton Scot,

Bishop's Castle,
Bucknell,
Lidbury North,
Chin,

Clungunford,
Moore,

Mains tone, ...

Stow,

Hopesay,

Llanuaire Waterdine,
Dounton,
Clunbury, ...

Conformists.

238
110
177

... , 174

24
80
45
120
65
72

CLUN DEANRY.

653
200
397
850
266
150
257
103
203
286
57
329

Papists.

3

Noncon-
formists.

12

15

8

Holgate. — Holgate belonged at this time to the Cresset family.
See note under Upton Cresset above. In 1719, among the
possessions of Sir Edward Blount, of Sodington and Mawley, are
mentioned the Blondon furnaces, in the Parish of Holgace.

Barrow. — The Brownes of Caughley in this parish, were Roman
Catholics apparently, judging from books once belonging to them,
now at Aldenham. Arch. Trans., iv. 295.

CLUN DEANERY.

Lydbury North. — Plowden, whose owners have always been
Roman Catholics, is in this parish, though, during the 17th century,
they lived chiefly at their house in Northamptonshire. In 1716,
Ceorge Talbot, of Pepperhill, a noted recusant, possessed the
advowson of Lydbury.

Clun. — In 1715, Mary Howard, of Clun, Widow, refused to take
the oath of allegiance. She then held property in Herefordshire,
valued at £62.

Clunbury. — In 1715, Anne Elliott, of Clunbury, refused the oath
of allegiance. Her estate was then in possession of William Jennings,
and was valued at £31.

•

92 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF SHROPSHIRE IN 1676.

Conformists. Papists.

Wentnor, ... ... ... 180 1

Leddam, ... ... ... 125

Mindtowne, ... ... 28

Norbury, ... ... , ... 125

Bettus, ... ... ... 144

Aston ... ... ... 55

Bedston ... ... ... 53

DIOCESSE OF ST. ASAPH.

Oswestry
Whittington
St. Martins ...
Knockin

Kinnerley ... ... ..

Llanymynech
Llanymblodwell
Melverley ...
Selattin

DIOCESS OF WORCESTER.

DECANAT' DE KIDDERMINSTER.

Halesowen ... ... ... 554 3

Noncon-
formists.

2293

2

70

563

1

2

563

4

21

65

590

i

250

2

316

1

132

1

393

3

DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH.
Oswestry. — Rowland Nevett, when ejected from the Vicarage,
formed a Nonconformist congregation at Sweeney, whose then
owner, Thomas Baker, was a staunch Puritan. Timothy Thomas,
the ejected minister of Moreton, near Oswestry, also ministered at
Sweeney. Edward Lloyd, of Llanforda, gives in 1660, a long list of
"rnalignants," some of whom he describes as Anabaptists, and in
1674, speaks of the conventicle as much frequented. Calamy
mentions Mr. Edwards, the ejected minister of Christie ton, Cheshire,
as afterwards settling in Oswestry. James Owen, the Nonconformist
minister at Sweeney and Oswestry in 1676, in 1700 removed to
Shrewsbury. He died in 1706, and was buried in St. Chad's.

St. Martin's. — In 1723, Thomas Davies, a recusant, is entered as
holding lands in St. Martin's, in which his wife, Dorotlvy, had a right
of dower.

Kinnerley. — In 1715, Samuel Davys, of Maesbrook Ucha, in this
parish, refused the oath of allegiance.

DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.
Halesowen. — Calamy says that Edward Paston, the Puritan
minister of Halesowen, continued to live there after his ejectment,
and preached not unfrcquently both in the churches and chapels of
the neighbourhood. In 1715, Augustine (Jiffard, of Halesowen,
refused the oath of allegiance.

93

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY HUNDRED OR
LIBERTIES.

By the late Rev. JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A.

Amongst the voluminous manuscript collections for
Shropshire, written or collected by the late Rev. J. B.
BJakeway, the historian of Shrewsbury, and now pre-
served in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, is a folio
volume in Mr. Blake way's handwriting, which contains
a history of Shrewsbury Hundred or Liberties, hitherto
unpublished.

It relates to the following places, — Abrighton,
Abright Husey, Abright Lee, Astley, Acton Reynold,
Battlefield, Berwick, Betton Strange, Bicton, Brough-
ton, Clive, Crowmeole and Gossehill, Edgebold, Grin-
sill, Hadnall, Han wood, Harlescote, Hencot, Leaton,
Longnor, Meole Brace. Onslow, Preston Monford,
Pulley. Pimley, Preston Gobalds, Up Rossall or The
Isle, Rossall formerly Down Rossall, Sutton, Sansau,
Shelton, Wolascot, Wellbach, Woodcote and Horton.

This manuscript history was apparently written
about the year 1809. The Editorial Committee having
decided that it shall be printed, it will be given by
instalments in the Transactions. An effort will be
made to bring the manorial history down to the present
time, and the additional matter will be inserted in
square brackets, to distinguish it from Mr. Blakeway's
own writing. The reference to this Manuscript in the
Bodleian Library is MS. Top. Salop, C. 6.

The list of incumbents at the end. of each parish is
taken from another of Mr. Blakeway's Salop MSS.,
entitled Shropshire Parochial Clergy, in two volumes ;

Vol. XII. k

94 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

the reference being MS. Top. Salop, C. 9. This is
added to make the parochial history more complete ;
and is, where possible, brought down to the present
time, the additional matter being given also in brackets.

In the original MS*:, at the end of many of the
parishes is inserted a printed paper of nine questions,
addressed by Mr Blake way doubtless to the incumbent
or some other principal resident in each parish, with
the answers written underneath. These questions are
printed in full under the account of Abbighton ; but
it is not deemed necessary to repeat them under other
parishes, though the answers to the questions, duly
numbered, are inserted.

Mr. Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire having been
published long since Mr. Blake way's history was
written, and much fresh matter acquired, and possibly
some errors having been cleared up, where any impor-
tant variation occurs it will be found in a foot-note,
with the reference to Eyton's most accurate work duly
noted.

Most of the places now in the Liberties of Shrews-
bury were in the Hundred of Baschurch at the Domes-
day survey. In the thirteenth century Baschurch
Hundred was represented by the Hundred of Pimhill ;
whilst now, in the nineteenth century, it is represented
mainly by the Hundred of Pimhill, but partly by the
Liberties of Shrewsbury. The Hundred Court was
anciently held at Baschurch ; but when Henry I.
became Lord of the Hundred it was afterwards held at
Pimhill, which gave name to the Hundred. Cf.
Eyton, x., 40-42.

W. G. DIMOCK FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

ABRIGHTON.

95

SHROPSHIRE MSS.
SHREWSBURY HUNDRED OR LIBERTIES,
HISTORY OF.

By the Rev. J. B. BLAKEWAY.

ABBIGHTON, OR ADBRIGHTON.

This is a chapel of ease to the church of St. Mary of
Shrewsbury, but though surrounded by the liberties of
that town, is itself in the Hundred of Pimhill ; its two
other townships, however, viz., Woollescot and Leaton,1
are in the liberties of Shrewsbury. Each of these three
townships has its separate constable.

From the name of this place and some contiguous
ones — Abright Hussey, Abrightlee, Abreywood — I pre-
sume the first Saxon that settled upon them was a
person of the name of Albert or Adbert ; but in the
time of the Confessor it was holden by one Seward.
It is written Abretone in Domesday, and was then
possessed under Earl Roger by Raynold the sheriff.
At the time of the imposition of the dane-geld it was
estimated at two hides, but they did not pay to that
tax ; for what reason does not appear. Its population
in Domesday comprises three villans, a radman, a
Frenchman, and four bordars. These occupied two
carucates and a half between them, so that the ad-
vancement of its cultivation in the space of near
fourscore years was but trifling.

If the manner or time in which this place became the
property of the Abbey of Shrewsbury appears upon the
charters of that religious foundation the circumstance

1 [Laaton in Albrighton was originally a member of the Domesday
Manor of Albrighton, and the lordship of this estate was in the monks
of Shrewsbury, who made an ancient feoffment of it to the Pantulfs.
Cf, Eyton, x., 211. There is some doubt whether Wollascott was a
momber of Albrighton. Ibid, 110.— Ed.]

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

has escaped my observation. Adbrictun is enumerated
among their demesnes — to the tithes of which they
were entitled — in the certificate of the Bishop of
Coventry of an uncertain year between 1168 and 1188 ;
and this is the first mention of it as their possession
which I recollect, though the Iter of Edward I. states
them to hold it by the feoffment of Earl Roger de
Belesmo, as it calls our first Norman earl.

Three manors of this name occur in Domesday, once
written Abretone, twice Etbretone ; all three holden by
Earl oger by Raynold the Sheriff ; in the Saxon times
two of them had been holden by a person of the name
of Seward. One of these did not pay to the dane-geld,
and as Abrighton was an ancient appendage to the
Church of St. Mary, I assign that manor thus exempted
and written Abretone to this parish.1 It was two
hides ; comprising three villains, a radman, a French-
man, and four bordars. They occupied between them
two carucates and a half, so that the advance of its
cultivation in the space of almost a century was but
trifling.

One of the manors of Etbritone had been holden by
a Saxon free man, named Gheri ; but Warin, the first
Norman sheriff, who held it under Earl Roger, had
granted it to one Alcher ; Rainold, however, held it in
Domesday. It was rated to the dane-geld at three
hides, but the cultivated land was double that quantity,

1 [Eyton's opinion differs from Blakcway here, Eyton assigns to
Albright Hussey the ungeldable manor of Abretone of two hides,
which Blakeway here assigns to Albrighton; and the manor of Etbre-
tone, also of two hides ; whilst to Albrighton Eyton assigns the manor
of Etbritone of three hides geldable, of which Domesday gives this
account: — "Alcher held Etbritone of Warin, who was aucestor of
Raiuald. Gheri held it and was a free man. There are three hides
geldable. There is land for six ploughs. In the demesne are two
ploughs, and four sorf's, and one Frenchman, and six villains, and one
bordar, with three ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was
worth twenty shillings, and afterwards fifteen shillings. It is "now
worth twenty-five shillings." Cf. Domesday, fo. 255, b. 1 ; Eyton x.,
80, 107.— Ed.]

ABRIGHTON.

97

being six carucates ; two of which were in the demesne
and occupied by four tenants, three more were occupied
by a Frenchman, six villans, and a bordar. Of the
other carucate no mention is made. I guess the de-
mesne land to have been granted by Hainold to the
Abbey of Shrewsbury, and to form the property which
afterwards came to the Irelands.1 Perhaps Wolescot,
a township of Abrighton chapelry, which is omitted in
Domesday, was the remaining four carucates.

The following transaction, which supposes the Abbey
in possession of this manor, took place early in the
thirteenth century :2 —

Stephen de Thorneh and Godelina. his wife, of whom
more may be seen under the article Berwick, with the
assent of their heirs, grant to God and St. Peter and
the monks of Salop, lor live marks and a half of silver,
Koger de Edbretona with all his land, and that neither
our heirs may not claim any right in the said Roger or
his issue (secta),3 we have delivered this present charter
to the said Roger and his issue. Teste Thoma de
Erdinton tunc vice-comite et toto comitatu. No. 133.
Erdinton was -sheriff to John.

This deed seems to place these religious men in the
amiable light of redeeming this villein and his posterity
at their own expense, but not for their own emolument,
as the charter of enfranchisement was delivered to the
villein himself in full county court; and therefore I

1 [Eyton points out that Alcher, the ancestor of Fitz Aer, had,
before Domesday, given Albrighton to Shrewsbury Abbey, but the
Domesday Commissioners did not find the gift so substantiated as to
warrant their registration of it, and therefore spoke of it in a
guarded manner. Earl Roger's charter to Shrewsbury Abbey says : —
"Aherius dedit Etburtonam cum suis appcndiciis." The confirma-
tions of Henry I., Henry IF., Stephen, and Henry III., duly record
Alcher's grant. Cf. Eyton x., 107-8.— Ed.]

2 [Eyton dates this quit-claim between 1204 and 1214, and gives,
as the reference, "Salop Chartulary, No. 33." Stephen de Turnham
was lord of Great Berwick, in right of Edclina, his wife. The quit-
claim was probably of some tenement, held in villeinage, and which
lay between Berwick and Albrighton. Cf. Eyton x., 108, n. 2. — Ed.]

3 [Not " or his issue," but " with all his suit." Ibid.— Ed.]

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

should hope that the remarks of Sir Thomas Smith, (as
quoted by Blackstone, Comm., b. ii., ch. 6,) that while
the monks and friars convinced the laity how dangerous
a practice it was for one Christian man to hold another
in bondage, they scrupled to empoverish and despoil
the church by manumitting such as were bound to them,
was not generally true.

The present deed belongs to King John's reign, from
the seventh year of which Erdinton stands on the pipe
rolls as custos of the county ; here he is termed sheriff,
a proof of the identity of those offices.

In 40 Henry III., the abbot and convent obtained
a grant of free warren in their manor of Edbriton.

En the perambulation of the forests of Shropshire, 28
Edward L, it is called Monkes Adbrighton, and half of
it is ordered to be deaffbrested, together with the
whole of Adbrighton Hese and Adbrightleigh,1

In 6 Hen. VI., it was called A^dbryghton Abbots.
See Battlefield.

In 26 Hen. VIII., the Abbey is found to have
£9 13s. 8d. in Adbrighton, and 6s= 8d. of the Church
there.

Upon the dissolution, Henry VIII., on the 31st of
October, in the 35th year of his reign, 1543, granted
inter alia the Manor of Abrighton, late belonging to
the Abbey of Shrewsbury, in the parish of St. Mary,
and all the appurtenances, lands, etc., wards, marriages,
etc., emoluments, hereditaments, etc., etc., etc., lying,
being, arising, growing, and renewing in the town,
fields, parish, or hamlet of the blessed Virgin Mary in
Salop and elsewhere in the said county belonging to
the said manor, with divers lands, tenements, and
hereditaments in Long have, etc. , with all tithes of the
demesne of the said Manor, now or late in the tenure
of the College of St. Mary aforesaid in the town of
Shrewsbury, to Thomas Ireland, gent., for the sum of

1 [In the Pirahill Hundred-Roll of 1255 it is termed " Adbrichton
Monachoruin," or Monks' Albrighton. Cf. Eyton x. 109. —Ed.]

ABRIGHTON.

99

£292 6s. 9d., who by licence of alienation, dated 18
June in the following year, conveyed the same to
Thomas Jennens and Edward Hosier, to the use of
himself the feoffor, and Johanna, his wife, and his
heirs, by the name o£ omnia ilia lesur terras & fcene-
menta in Longehays vocat' Priory Hill, Malbrych,
Bradweys, and Bright Abricke, in the parish of St.
Mary of Salop : and also the tithe of the demesne of
Abrighton, lately holden by the Dean and Chapter ot
St. Mary.

The family of Ireland originated, no doubt, in the
kingdom from which they derived their name, but the
first of them, in the Visitation of 1623, is called of the
county of Huntingdon, which, however, is a mistake, I
doubt not, of u Hunts" for " Hurst," of which (whether
the place of that name in the parish of West bury, or
some other, I cannot say), John Ireland (father of
Roger, who lived in 3 Hen. IV) is styled Lord in the
pedigree of Lloyd of Aston,

The family, from authentic deeds, was residing in
good figure at Oswestry through the whole of the 15th
century, where the elder branch terminated in females,
but the first, as I conceive, who settled at Shrewsbury
(though his father is styled of that town in the Visita-
tion), was David Ireland, whose admission into the
company of mercers, ironmongers, and goldsmiths, is
thus recorded in 6 Hen. VII. : — " Dauyd Irlande
servaunte unto Thomas Goldsmyth the x clay of Juyll
made hym Brodr & ifreman w* the combredyrne &
ffeloschippe of Mercers, Ironmongers, & Goldsmythes
for xxs & payde in hande." Three years later he was
admitted a burgess, prospered in trade, served the
office of bailiff several times between 1510 and 1528,
and married a woman of family, the daughter of the
heiress of Jay, who, after his decease, became the wife
of a younger brother of the baronial house of Dudley,
yet continued, such was the simplicity of that age, to
exercise her first husband's occupation of a dealer in
iron.

100 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

" Payd to Maysters Dudley for di5 C of Irenn & ijli.-
iiij.s. ijrf." Bailiffs Accounts, 1543. It appears that
then in Shrewsbury, as now in smaller market towns,
the same tradesman carried on two or more branches of
business, for Mr. Ireland' was certainly also a mercer,
and his son Thomas succeeded him as such.

It was Thomas Ireland, the eldest son of David, who
purchased Albrighton from the Crown. He, like his
father, was free of the mercers' company, and like him,
served the office of bailiff there between 1538 and 1550.
His death is thus recorded in the old Chronicle of
Shrewsbury, called Taylor s MS. : — " November 10th
1554, was buried Master Thomas Ireland of Salop
Mercer, a right protestant and dylygent favouror of
the woorde of God, and was also a verteous & charitable
man unto the poore, zealous and carefull in prouydinge
for them : and yf he had lyvyd. he wold have brought
hys mynd to , pas in the same for hys perpetuall
memory e."

The estate of Abrighton continued in the direct line
of his male descendants for nearly two centuries after
his decease (thus forming one of the many exceptions
to Spelman's remarks concerning the evil destiny
brought into families by the possession of the property
of the church),1 till on the decease of his seventh
descendant, Thomas Pershall Ireland, Esq., in 1792,
without lawful issue, it passed by his will, but much
diminished, I believe, in its original extent, to his
natural daughter, Mary Ireland. On her death under
age and unmarried, in 1796, it escheated to the Crown
for want of heirs ; but according to the unvariable usage
of his Majesty's advisers in the present days of

1 See Hearne's prelim, obs. to Br. Willis's View of the Mitred Allies,
Leland's Co//,, vi. 84, and Sir Henry Spelman's History of Sacrilege
there quoted ; also Gibson's Camden in Huntingdonshire, sub. init.,
and South's Sermons, v. 1, p. 267, cd. 1772, where is an account how
the Pope who permitted Wolscy to found Christ Church on the ruins
of forty Monasteries, Wolsey himself, and the five persons employed
by him in that business, all came to violent or unfortunate ends.

ABRIGHTON.

101

moderated prerogative, was soon after granted to
. . . . Ireland, nephew of Thomas Pershall Ireland
aforesaid, who in 1304 sold it to the Rev. Inio-o
William Jones, of . . . , now lord of the manor.

r [Mr. Inigo William Jones contracted to sell the Albrighton Manor,
advowson, and estate to Hugh Smith, but died in 1809, without
carrying this into effect, leaving Inigo William Jones his infant son
and heir at law. In March, 1830, Mr. Hugh Smith and Mr. Jones
(the son) conveyed it to William Spurrier, of Birmingham. He died
5 August, 1818, having devised this estate to certain uses in favour
of his daughter Mary, the wife of General Edward Mortlock Studd.
In December, 1853, General Studd conveyed it to William Hanbury
Sparrow, of Feiin, CO. Stafford. Mr. Sparrow died 20 January, 1867,
and was succeeded in his Albrighton estates by his son, William
Mander Sparrow, of Penn Court and Albrighton Hall, who was High
Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1873. At his decease s.p. 9 Feb., 1881,
he left extensive estates to his nephew William Arthur Brown (.son of
George Gwynne Brown and of his sister Louisa Sparrow), now of
Albrighton Hall, who has taken by Royal License the surname of
Sparrow, and is Lord of the Manor of Albrighton. — Ed.]

ALBRIGHTON.

I. — Of how many townships does the parish consist l

Albrighton is a chapel of ease to St. Mary's, Salop ; it con-
tains three townships — Albrighton, Woollascot, and Leighton.

II. — Does the constableivick contain any part, or the whole
of another township ?

There is a constable in each township,

III. — Please to name the several hamlets, mansion houses,
and other chief places under each township ?

At Albrighton is the antient mansion of the Ireland s.
The Rev. Inigo William Jones is now lord of the manor
(1809). _

At Leighton is a mansion house, where courts are h olden,
belonging to Mr. Lloyd of Domgay.

IV. — Does the parish lie in more hundreds than one?
The township of Albrighton is in Pirn hill hundred ; Woollas-

cott and Leighton are within the liberties of Shrewsbury.

V. — Do any of the townships extend into any other parish /
No.

VI. — Is any part of your parish, detached from the bodu of
it?

No.

Vol. XII. fc.

102 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

VII. — How many manors, or reputed manors, are there in
the parish? And over ivhich parts of the parish do such
manors respectively extend ?

Each township is said to be a distinct manor.

VIII. — Please to nam& the present lords of such manors ;
and also for which of them court leets are holden ?

Albrighton — [Mr. Royds, of Lancashire, erased.]
Leighton — Mr. Lloyd, of Domgay, for whom alone court
leets are holden.

Woollascot — Mr. Oare, of Woollascot.

IX. — The real or reputed number of acres in each parish.

Albrighton contains about 900 Acres. (800.)

Woollascott „ „ 400

Leighton „ „ 800 „ (500.)

Please to address your answer to —

ADBRIGHTON CHAPEL1 REGISTER begins 1649.

Mem. that R S. was buried Jan. 25th, 1669, who was the
first corpse that was interred, since it was licensed by our now
Bishop to be a common buriall place.

1708. Mr. Robt. Bulkeley = Martha Floyd of Bulkeley.

s. d.

1681. Nov. 13th— Collected for the relief of the

protestants in Lesser Poland 0 3 2

1682. Aug. 4 — Coll. towards the reliefe of the dis-

tressed Frenche protestants ... 0 5 5
1689. Jul. 1 — Coll. by a breefe for the maytaynane

of Irish protestants ... ... 0 8 9

1692. Jul, 5 — Coll. for the captives in Algears ... 0 2 0

I Mar. 21 Jac. I. Agg* y* if Mr Tho. Ireland do not performe
ye order made by ye C. in yc M. of Wales, at ye suit of Mr Edw.
Owen, for not castinge out of tyeth hay, then to proceede to
further suite for breache of v° order.

1 [The ancient existence of a Chapel here is probable, but the
evidence is not very distinct. There was a field called Churchfield
in the Vill ; and an Abbey llent-Roll abont 1490 mentions 6s. 8d. j
arising from the Glebe. The Font, which is the only piece of
antiquity in the present Church, probably belonged to the former
Chapel. Of. Eyton x. 109, 110. Ed.]

ABRIGHTON.

103

INCUMBENTS OF ALBRIGHTON.

(From MS. Top. Salop, C.9.)

^he old Register began 1563. It is lost. The first
burial here after it was licenced by the bishop to be a
burial ground was 23 Jan., 1669.

William Hughes, minister, 1664, 1667—1692.
Roger Eddowes, 1708—1727.
James Doughty, 1728.
Will. Gibbs, 1732.
1732. Mar. 1. John Francis Paschond2, a Swiss brought down
by bp. Cresset as curate of Cound.
1754. John Allen, ob. 20 Mar. 1778.
1778. Nov. 15. John Jones, ob. 11 Feb. 1793.

1793. Samuel Johnson. [Presented by] Mary
Ireland, spinster.
Henry Johnson, LL.B., 1810, ob. Feb. or
Mar., 1814.
1814. John Wilde.

[1833. Charles Bury, B.A., Wore. Coll. Oxford; vicar of

Tickhill, co. York, 1872.
1834. Benjamin Maddy,

1858. James Craig, M.A., Magd. Hall, Oxford.

1871. Martin Whish Brigstocke, M.A., Trim Coll. Dublin ;

resigned 1878; Curate 1867-1871 ; now resides

at Clifton.

1878. Frederic John Walker, M.A., Magd. Coll., Camb. ;
the present Incumbent. — Ed.]

[The new Church was opened May 30, 1841. Inscription on the
bell,— " William Jones & Thomas Malt, C. W. 1710." The oldest
chalice, a Porringer, was given by Thos. Oare, gent., to the chapel,
1790. The first entry in the Register is a Baptism 22 May, 1664 ;
the first Burial is that of Join) Scotton, Jan. 25, 1669. — Ed.]

1 [These names are placed in Biakeway's MS. under Adbrighton
Hussey, but they really belong to Albrighton.

For the names since 1814, I am indebted to the Rev. F. J. Walker,
the present Vicar of Albrighton. Mr Walker informs me that the
names of Roger Eddowes, James Doughty, William Gibbs, and Henry
Johnson, though given in Biakeway's MS., do not appear in the
Albrighton Registers. Probably they were non-resident. — Ed.]

2 [Pascough in the Register. — En.]

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104 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

ABRIGHT HUSSEY,

Anciently Adbrigliton Hose, is a farm in the Parish
of Battlefield (which was originally a part of it), in the
Liberties of Shrewsbury.

From the name of this place and some contiguous ones,
Abrighton, Abrightlee, and Abrey-wood, I presume the
first Saxon who settled upon them was a person of the
name of Albert or Adbert ; but in the time of the
Confessor, it was holden by one Seward. It is written
Etbretone in Domesday, and was then possessed, under
Earl Roger, by Rainold, the sheriff, and under him by
one Herbert. Seward held it in the Saxon times. At
the imposition of the Dane-geld, it had been estimated
at two hides ; one carucate is in the demesne. The
other1 was occupied by eight villans and four bordars,
so that its cultivation in the space of almost a century
had made no progress.2

The family of Hussey, anciently Hose, in Latin
Hosatus, derived their name from the hose or houce —
the military gaters (see Anstis on the Garter, v. 2,
p. 295), used by their progenitor, and in his manner of
wearing which, he had in some way or other made
himself remarkable enough to acquire it as a name, and
to bear them in his arms.

1 [It should be two. The eight villans and four bordars occupied
two ploughlands. The word which Blakeway has translated carucate,
is not carucata (carucate), but caruoa. (team). The Domesday hide
of Shropshire probably equalled something more than 240 statute
acres. Cf. Tranmctiom, i. 10G. — Ed.]

2 [Eyton assigns to Albright Hussey the above Manor, and also
the Manor of two hides ungcldable which Blakeway assigned to
Albrighton (see p. 96), of which Domesday gives this account : —
" The same Kainald holds Abretone. Seuuard held it. There are
two hides ungcldable. There are three villans, and one Radman, and
one Frenchman, with four bordars, and they have two ploughs and a
half. It is worth and was worth fifteen shillings." One of these
two Manors must, and both may, havo been represented by the Manor
afterwards known as Albright Hussey. In the 1 3th century, it
contained only two hides, and not four ; for two being ungcldable
might easily become obsolete in fiscal records. Cf. Eyton x. S04,— Ed.]

ABRIGHT HUSSEY.

105

The word is now synonymous with a common
stocking, but was anciently appropriated to the apparel
of a warrior. Matthew Paris, sub. ann. 1247, speaks
of certain minorite friars shod in a fashionable, yea,
rather in a prodigal manner, with military boots
commonly called Ileuses, which he couples with other
articles of secular finery, stately coursers, gilded
saddled, gaudy trappings, which these ecclesiastics
assumed on their visit to England to extort money
from the clergy for the use and behoof of the Pope.
The whole story is worth reading:

Whether the first Hose, possessor of Abright Hussey,
descended from the Herbert Norman who occupied
Etbretone under Painoldin 1086, we cannot ascertain1.
But we know that all the estates of Hainold devolved

1 [The Liber Niger gives Walter Hosatus (the first Hussey of whom
we have record), who was living in 1165, a knight's fee of new
feoffment in the Barony of Fitz Alan. This precludes all idea of the
Husse}^s being traceable to any Domesday origin. Cf Eyton x. 81. I
give here a short Pedigree of Hussey, Lords of Albright Hussey,
deduced from Eyton, only in tabular form ; it corrects that given in
the Visitation of Salop of 1623. — Ed.]

WALTER HUSSEY, of Albright Hussey, living 1165, ;=p
called Walter Hosatus in the Lihcr Niqer ; made a
grant to Lilleshull Abbey of Land in Harlascott.

I I

Kalph Hussey, probably a knight ; occurs^ William Hussey, = Let icia, dau.

1175 to 1204; a juror of Grand Assize probably a and h. of

1200 and 1203; a manucaptor of his | knight; a Gilbert do

son Walter, 1203-4. I juror of Grand Had nail;

I Assize 1203. widow of

| Nigel Bana-

Walter Hussey ; occurs 1211, 1235, 1240^ stre.

Thomas Hussev ; dead in 1255=p
" I

John Hussey, a minor in 1255 ; occurs 12S0— 1290=f

!

•John Hussey, occurs 1292—3, and 1323; named in Nomina Villarum 1316=
as Lord of Adbrihton Huse.

Hicbard Hussey, occurs 1333—1349.

106 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

to the family of Fitz Alan, that the family of Hose
were for centuries chief vassals of that potent house,
and that Walter Hose held a knight's fee of new
feoffment under WilliaimFitz Alan at the time of the
compilation of the Black Book of the Exchequer in
1167 ; and if he were, which I conceive to be the case,
the same Walter who held a fee of one muntator of
old feoffment under the same nobleman, he or his
ancestor must have been enfeoffed thereof in the time
of Henry I. He was, I suppose, the same who made a
grant to Lilleshull x\bbey for the health of his lord
William Fitz Alan, which will be found under the head
of Harlescot.

Ralph was the son and heir of Walter ; and he in
1173 u for the discharge of his conscience " granted an
yearly pension of 4s. to the Dean and Canons of St.
Marv for the term of one hundred years, to be paid to
them in their chapter house, in lieu of the tithes and
oblations due to them from his Chapel of Adbrighton
Hussey.

Omnibus, &c. ad quos presens scriptum indentaturn per-
venerit, Ranulphus Husey dominus de Adbrighton Husey
salutem. Noveritis me conscientia ducturn Decano et
concanonicis libere capelle regie beate Marie Salop dedisse et
concessissee ad terminum C. annorum proxime sequentium
annuam pensionem iv. sterlingorum solvend. apud capellam
predietam regiam in domo capitulari ejusdem capelle per me
et heredes meos ut pro decimis et oblac'o'ibz p'd'ce eccl'e
regie de jure accidentibus de capella mea de A. H. p'd'ca
. . . in exonerac'o'em conscientio mee. Ha bend, et tenend.
&c. Dat. ap. Adbrighton Husey 4 die mens. March A,D. 11.73.

God. Echuarcfs.

Whether this grant proceeded from Mr. Husey
holding some land in the neighbouring township, or
that both had been originally one, does not appear.
Walter Hose held land by tenure of Castle Ward at
Shrawardine in 12 John (Test. Ncvill), he witnesses a
deed of the Abbot of Salop in 1235, and another of
Abbot H. (Henry who presided from 1234 to 1244) of
land in Harlscot, and was probably son of .Ralph.

107

In another part of the 1'esta, he is said to hold half
a fee in Atbritton of the barony of J. Fitz Alan.

The next I meet with of this family is John, who
stands at the head of the pedigree in the Visitation,
and whom I suppose to be the son of the last Walter.1
The following deed, which I refer to the later years of
Henry III., represents him in full possession of this
lordship.

John Husee lord of Adbrighton grants to Symon Granegys
burgess of Salop, & his heirs or assigns, a messuage in the
town of A. & a curtilage with a virgate of land thereunto
belonging, and certain land called Shiotefeld, sometime holden
of me in ye sd town by Walter de Couley, & eleven se lions of
land adjoining reaching in length to the way called. in English
Harlescote lane, for 30 marks sterling & a half, To have & to
hold etc. with hous boote & hay boote etc. And that the
said Symon & his heirs or assigns may freely hold the
Shutefeild, " ita ut nullus secum commimicet in pastura illius
terra quamdiu velint earn tenere clausam." And that they
may have free pasture for all their cattle whatsoever through
out all my pastures, " saivis defensis rneis averiis meis propriis
et hoc tempore debit o." Rendering to me & my heirs 8s
sterling yearly for all service, etc., suit of court, relief, heriot,
ward, aid for making my eldest son a Knight, marrying my
eldest daughter, & for all things : and if the said Symon his
heirs or assigns transgress in anything against me or my heirs,
for which they ought to be amerced, they shall not pay
more than 12d. Witnessed by Sir John de Lee, Thomas
Boterell, knights ; Reyner de Lee, William Bannister,
William de Wollescott, Thomas de Wythigton & many others.
Chartul. Sal. Abb. No. 274.2

What follows is of a more certain date. It belongs
to the year 1286. It is a grant from the same person
to the canons of Lilleshull of common of pasture
throughout his fee of Abritton and Harlawescote for all
their cattle to wander where they list, after his hay and
corn are carried, in his fields and meadows, heaths and

1 [John Ilussey was son of Thomas (deceased in 1255), and grand-
son of the last Walter. Cf. Eyton x. 82. — Ed.]

2 [Evton gives as the reference to this grant, Leiger of Salop
Abbey , p. 239. Ibid. x. 83.— Ed.]

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

marleries, etc. Shropshire was then cultivated in open
common fields, as many parts of England are to this day.

In return the canons grant to him and the heirs of
his blood the like common for all his own cattle bred
in his " court'' of Atbritton through their whole fee of
Atbrittelegh and Hennecote, from Michaelmas to the
Feast of St. Martin.

Per presens scriptum pateat universis tarn presentibus quam
futuris quod ego Joh'es Hesey d'n's de Atbritton Hesey A° r. r.
Edw. fil. r. Henr. 14° a festum annunciac'o'is D'nice Concessi
pro ine & he'dibz meis &c. abb'ti de Lilleshull & ejusdem loci
conventui & eorum sucessoribz & o'ibz ho'ibz d eorum canoni-
corum de Atbrittelegh & de Hennecott liberam communiam
pasture per totum feodum meum de Atbritton & de Harlawes-
cote ad omnimoda anirnalia & averia sua quotquot habuerint
quocunque modo pererrare potuerint post bladum asportatum
& fenum levatum in omni tempore anni, non obstante aliquo
statute ; ut in boscis campis pratis pascuis, in moris mariscis,
in bruariis marlariis, in planis & densis, & omnibus aliis locis
quocunque modo dicta feoda seu tenementa tangent ibus,
excepta ilia placea quas se extendit a gardino meo de Atbritton
usque ad boscum meum proprium de eadem, qua? quidem
placea vocatur Qeulesmedue, & excepto bosco meo proprio de
Atbritton, a festo S. Michaelis usque ad festum S. Martini, & si
averia d'corum chanon' seu ho'i'um suorum in tempore excepto
dictum boscum seu Qeulsmedue intraverint sine warda facta
nou imperctuantur, set sine dampno aliquo seu molestia
aliqua vexatione seu redempc'o'e recipiantur. Habend. pacifice
libere & integre sine aliqua diminutione dictam communiam
pasture dictis chanonicis eor' successoribus & ho'ibz p'fatis in
forma p'no'i'ata imp'p'm sine aliqua contradic'o'e vel calumpnia
mei vel he'dum meorum seu assignat'. Concesserunt & d'ci
canonici pro se & successoribz suis michi & he'dibz meis de
sanguine meo legitime procreatis communiam pasture ad o'ia
averia n'ra p'p'ia in curia n'ra de Atbritton nutrita per totum
feodum suum de Atbrittelegh & de Hennecote excepto le
Leyfens & campo de Bradlegh cum toto bosco de Atbriton &
campo qui vocatur Haremor a f° S. Mich, usque ad fm S. Mart.
Pro hac autem concessione & presentis scripti coniirmac'o'e
dederunt michi d'ci Canonici 6 mascas pre manibz Ego vero
meinoratus Johes & heredes mei seu assignati &c. warrantiza-
bhnus &c. H. T. : d'no Robto. Corbet, d'no Joh'e filio Aeronis,
militibz, Tho. de Berewych, Wili'o Banaster, Petro de Petton,

ABRIGHT HUSSEY.

109

Ric'o de Frankton, Rob' to fil. Joh'is de Astlegh, Ric'o de Let'on,
WilFo Scrymeser, & aL . . (E. cartis J. Kynaston arvi.)

In 23 Ed. I., John, son of John Husey, lord of Adbritton,
grants housebote & haybote in his wood of Adbritton Hussey,
to Hugh Bernand, burgess t of Salop, by a deed copied in the
Visitation ; in the Iter of the following year, John Hussey holds
two hides in Adbrighton and Harlescott, of the fee of John
Fitz Alan, by the service of one montar in White Minster in
the time of war, and who by the name of John Huse appears
as lord of this place, then included within the hundred of
Pimhill, in the Nomina Villarum 9 Edw. II.

In 2 Edw. III.. Richard Husse was lord of this place, & granted
a place of waste ground near the churchyard of Adbrighton to
his brother John Hesee and Cecile his wife ; and by another
deed of the same year he granted to the same persons & Isabel
their daughter, seven royal acres of waste near his wood there.
This Richard was son of John. (See patrons of - the chapel.)

In 26 Edw. III., having enfeoffed William le Fitz, John de
Smethecote, & John de Asteleye, Chaplains, in his Manor of
Adbrighton Husse, & the advowson of the Chapel of the said
Manor, & all fents & services to the said Manor regardant,
they by their deed of the same year, in French, " Done a
Adbrighton huse le demeigne en la feste de 1'anunsiacon,"
regrant the same, " except the lands and tenements in Harles-
cote of which we were not enfeoffed," (but which I suppose it
was necessary to specify, lest they should otherwise be thought
to be included in the said Manor, or in the rents and services
to the same belonging,) to him & Isabel his wife in tail male,
remainder to his right heirs, with a proviso that in case she
survive her husband, & take another, her estate shall cease.
Witnessed by William Banistre, of Hardenhale, John de la
Lee, etc., & sealed with two seals, one a small oval one of the
Virgin, & another apparently a figure of St. John with two
niches, (e. coll W. Mytton.j

Done a Adbrighton huso, le demeigne en la feste de lanunsia-
c'on 26 E. III., Wm le Fitz John de Smethecote & John de
Asteleye, chaplains, grant to Richard Huse & Isabele his wife,
our Manor of Adbrighton Husse, & the advowson of yc Chapel
of ye sd Manor, all rents & services to ye sd Manor regardant,
wch we have of yc gift of sd Richard (except yc lands & tene-
ments in Haiiascote, of which we were not enfeoffed) to hold
to yc sd Richard & Isabel in tail male, (but if Isabel take
another husband after Richard's death, then her estate to
cease), remr to R.s right heirs. H. T. : . . . Wm Banastre
of Iladenhalc, J ohn de la Lee, etc.

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

im^mt^m^mi^u man.

A small oval seal of ye Virgin, and another, apparently a
figure of St. John, in 2 niches.

Richard Husee, grandson, as I conceive, of the last-
named, was lord of this place in 1403, when his estate
became the chief scene of the great battle between
Henry IV. and Henry Hotspur; and he was the person
who granted to Roger Ive, the incumbent of his Chapel
of Adbrighton Husee, the spot of ground on which the
Collegiate Church of Battlefield was erected in com-
memoration of that victory, so important to the king.
This establishment soon eclipsed its parent Chapel, and
the lordship itself became in process of time only a
member of the new parish which originally formed so
small a part of it.

Corbet of Lee deeds, Albright Hussey. [Lee erased.]

2 Hen. V., Richard Husee of Adbrighton grants to Roger
Yve elk, Richd Colfox elk, & William Sumpnour elk, all my
lands and tenements, rents and services, in ye vills of
Adbryghton, Harlascote, Salop, & Monkeferyate, in co. Salop,
wth ye advowsons of the Chapel of Adbrighton husee, & of yc
chantry of St. Mary Magdalen del batelfeld & Penkeriche in
co. Staff. H. T.: Robto Lee of Rodene, Tho.'Eyton of Wildemore,
John Lee of Smethecote, Wm Stuche, RobA Lee of Uffyngton.

In 3 Edw. VI., The King granted to John Cupper and
Richard Trevor the Chapel of Albrighton Hussey in the parish
of Battlefield, part of the possessions of the College of Battle-
field.1

30 April 1638, Robert Corbett Esq. of Humfreston, & Dame
Mary Hussey knt. late of Crigion in the County of Montgomery,
release to Peiham Corbet Esq. of Leigh, the Manor of Adbright
Hussey, otherwise Adbrighton Hussey, with all lands etc.
thereunto belonging, & the scite of the late dissolved College
of Battlefield.

1 [The date of this grant is 10 April 3 Edw. VI. (1549.) The
property is described as "totam illam rmper capellam de Albrighton
Hussey in parochia dc Battelfelde ac alibi ubicumque modo dissolutam
dicto nuper Collegio de Battelfelde dudum spectantem etc," Cf.
Patent Roll, 3 Edw. VI., p 6, m. 1. The grantees seem to have paid
£20 for the site of the Chapel and tithes, <fec, of Albright Hussey,
which were valued at 20s. per annum, being twenty years purchase,
Cf. Exch. Augm., Misc. Bks. vol. G7, fo. 293. Ed.]

T

ABRTGHT HUSSEY.

Ill

[The manor and estates of Albright Hussey continued in the
descendants of Pelham Corbet, in the direct male line, until the
decease of Dryden Robert Corbet, Esq., of Simdorne, in 1859 ; upon
whose death they came to his sister Annabella, second wife of Sir
Theodore Henry Lavington Brinckman, Bart. Lady Brinckraan died
s.p. 23 Jan, 1864, when the ^states passed (under the will of Andrew
William Corbet, Esq., elder brother of the said Dryden and Anna-
bella,) to their cousin, the Rev. John Dryden Pigott, now of Sundorne
Castle, who assumed the name and arms of Corbet, by royal licence,
28th March, 1865.

The eastern end of the Chapel of Albright Hussey, early in the
present century, formed a division between two barns. These have
been taken down • but only a fragment of the Chapel wall remains,
with some good 14th Century mouldings in the side of a window.
The old Manor House or Hall, partly half-timbered, and partly brick
and stone, is still in part standing, with exceptionally good wains-
coting internally, and its moat. It is figured in Mrs. Stackhouse
Acton's Castles and Old Mansions of Shropshire. — Ed. J

INCUMBENTS OF ALBRIGHT HUSSEY.

(From MS. Top Salop, C. 9).

ADBRIGHTON HUSSEY,

called in 1398 the free chapel of Adbrighton Husee.

James, chaplain s.d.
1 [Occurs early in thirteenth century.]

1300 Richard de Aston clerk instituted John Husee.
3 Id. Maii by the bishop of Lichfield to the
chapel of Atbrighton Husee.

Sequestration of the chapel of
A.H. nostre dioceseos, granted to
Richard do Lilleshull priest 5
Cal. Jan. 1311.

Thomas de Whittenton clerk. The same.

3 Cal. Feb. 1313 the bishop of
Lichfield commits the custody
of the chapel of A. H. to Sir
Richard de Lilleshull priest
during Whitenton's minority.

1 [Eyton gives precisely the same list of Incumbents. He apparently
seems to have copied it from Blakcway's MS. Ct\ Eyton x. 86. — Ed,]

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

1317
5 Non. Jul.

1338
2 Non. Sept.

1349
13Cal. Jim.

1389
Ap. 23.

1390
Ap, 23.

1398
Oct. 22.

1447
Apr. 14.

1454
May 26.

•1478
Nov. 17.

1535

Adam Husee clerk aged 17
admitted to this chapel not having
Resigned 1338.

The same.

the cure of souls.

Philip son of Richard Horde of Richard

Walieford instituted on Adam's son of

resignation. Ob. 1349 probably John Husee.
of the plague.

Thomas Husee clerk instituted to
the free chapel of Adbryghton on
the death of Horde the last rector.

Robert Montegomery priest inst.
to this free chap.

Resigned 1390 cans, permut.

then called custos capelle de A.

John Buley late rector of Mannavon
in dioc. St. Asaph.

Roger Yve of Leton priest. See
Fittes.

Philip Fortey nuper persona de
Adbrighton occurs in 16 R. 2.
Roger Yyg de Leeton rector 1 Hen.
V.Hotchk.I V.240. Resigned 1447.

Henry Bastard master in the f culty
of arts was admitted to the free
chapel of St. John Baptist of Ad-
brighton Husee & to the college or
perpetual chantry of Sl Mary
Magdalen of. Battlefeld thereto
annexed void by the resignation
of Yve. Bastard died in or before
1454.

Sir Roger Phelyps chaplain : died
in or before 1478 then written
Philippys.

Master Adam Grafton : also pre-
bendy of Welynton.

John Hussey — 1546.
Edvvd Sharde — incumbent 1553
(Willis) pension £5,

Richard
Husee.

Richd. Huse
Esqr.

Rich. Husee
of Adbryton.

Honestus
vir Ri. Husee
adm. d'n's
manu de A.
H. patron us
die tar urn
capelle &
cantarie.

Nob. vir Ri.
Husee adm.

Yen. vir.
R. H. a.

ABRIGHTLEE.

113

ABRIGHTLEE, anciently EDBRICTELEG.

A Township in the Parish of St. Alcmund.

From the name, it appears to have originally belonged
to the same Saxon settler, Albricht or Eadbert, who
also possessed the Abrightons ; as those, or one of
them, was his tun or fenced dwelling, so this was his
lea, or pasture for his cattle. Before the Norman
conquest, however, it had become the property of the
Collegiate Church of St. Alcmund, in Shrewsbury, to
which it also belonged at the time of Domesday. It is
there written Etbretelie. It is estimated at an hide,
but consisted, in fact, of two carucates,1 one of which
was in the demesne ; the other occupied by two villans
and a bordar.

There was also a lewede of wood properly belonging
to it ; but Earl Roger had deprived St. Alcmund of
that appendage. When the possessions of that church
were transferred to the foundation of LilleshuH Abbey,
this place was, of course, among the number. In 24
Edw. I., that Abbey is stated to hold Edbright Lee, a
member of the Church of St. Alcmund, and it continued
down to the time of the dissolution, in the same house,
but granted out, from time to time, to a succession of
lessees.

The first of these I meet with (if I understand the
purport of a record from the court of augmentations),
is Thomas Ottley, for in 13 Edw. IV., Thomas
Pontesbury, the same I conceive who was bailiff of
Shrewsbury three times between 1469 and 1480, had a
lease from the Abbot and convent of Lylleshull, who by
deed of Sept. 29, 13 Edw. IV., under their conventual
seal demise to Thomas Ponsbury the lordship or vill of
Adbryghley, (thus, without the f,) with all its rents,
tithes, etc., together with a wood late in the tenure of

1 [Not carucates, but teams (earner). Cf. Eyton viii. 246, where
much of the early history of Albright-Lee is given, which was appa-
rently unknown to Bhkewav. — Ed. |

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Roger Phillips, Rector of Battlefield, lying lengthwise
from the end of a pasture called Millerswood to a wood
late in the tenure of William Tyler, and breadthwise
from the fields of Adbryghley to the king's way, with
a wood called the Copie, and the feeding of the same,
and the trees in the outer wood there, To have and to
hold for the space of fourscore years at a rent of
£8 14s. 8d. after the decease of Thomas Ottley.

In 1533, before the expiration of the preceding term,
George Ponsbury, son of the aforesaid Thomas, took a
fresh lease of the premises from the Abbey of Lilleshull.
In this it is called the lordship farm or manor of
Adbryghley ; and the rent is increased to £10, after
the expiration of the remainder of the term fixed by the
former lease.

In the accounts of the bailiffs of Shrewsbury,
18 Edw. IV., is an entry of a payment of 38s. 10d.,
being the expenses of Thomas Hoord and Thomas
.... concerning a treaty and discourse between
the Abbot of Llyshyll and Thomas Pontesbury, and the
community of the town, when a dispute was moved
touching the enclosing of the wood of Adbryghtly.
The above sum was paid to the said Thomas Hoord and
Thomas . . . . lor their council four days.

28 Nov., 41 Eliz., Inspeximus (at the instance of
Tho. Pontesbury, Esq.), of the following records out or
ye court of augmentations : —

Cjcoi ins

Ponsbery habet ad firmam, per indentur' sub sig'
convent' niip' monast' de Lylleshull, clat' in f.° S. Mich' a.°
r.'r.' Edw. IV., 13mo, Lit in jure Thome Ponsbery patris d'c'i
G.' superviven' in ead' indentura Domin' sive villam de
Adbryghley cu' o'ibz reddit' dccim' &c. ac un boscu' nup' in
tenura Uog'i Phillips reetoris de Battelfield, quod quidem bosc'
jacet in long' a fine cujusd' pasture voc' Willerswoodd usque
quoddam boscum nap' in ten' Will'i Tyler, et inter fossatu' &
in latitud' a cainpis de Adbryghley usque regiam viam uno
bosco voc'^ le Copie & pastur' ejusdem ac arbores in ]e pwte
woodd ibid', Sect' cur' diet' a'bb'is & conv' de Hcncotte ac
heritt' except', Habcnd' kc. usque ad fincm iiijxx ann', Reddendo
inde per ann' £8 149. 8a. post deccssum d'c'i Thome Otley, Qui

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115

quidem Thomas Otley mort' est', & diet' GeorgVPonsbery
superviven' in possessionat' 66, & rem' adhuc 33 ann', Post
quern quidem term' prefat' Georg' per aliam indent' sub sigiH'
convent' predicti datam 27 Apr. 25 Hen. VIII. pro sum'a
£23 6s. 8d. nomine finis solut' abb'i & conventui habet ad
firm am dictum domin' firmam sive manerium de^Adbryghley
cu' oi'bz proficuis &c. except' dicto Abb'i & conv' &c.
onmimod' quercos & saplyns infra domin' predict' &c. et
similiter except' quodam solu' voc' le Copie cu' past' & bosc' in
ead' & sect' cur' Abb'is & Convent' de Hencote cum heriett' ac
omnibus quercis & saplyngs in le owte woodde,

Habend' &c ad finem termini dictor' iiixxxxix annor' usque
ad finem 63 ann' &c Reddendo per ami' £10. viz : pro predict'
33 annis adhuc remanent' de prima ind' £8 14s. 8d. per ann.
& pro predict' termino 63 ann' quando accident £10 per ann.
& die' onerat' hie quousque.

Also Inspeximus of a particular whereupon letters
patent were granted to James Leuson, 31 Hen. VIII.
ut sitpra.

The above deed must be incorrectly copied, for it is
unintelligible.

Depositions inter Rowland Barker and Edw.
Hussey, armiojeros, about the bounds of Albright Lee
and Albright Hussey.

Before Andrew Charlton and Tho. Mack worth,
commissioners appointed. Taken July 23 Eliz.

Richd. Sandbrocke of Battlefield, aged 3 score & 18 years or
thereabouts, Saith, that about 3 score years past he dothe
remember that the Abbott of Lyllyshull & one of the ancestors
of Mr. Hussey called Little Richard Hussey, mette together in
the Jane adjoyninge to this examinatts house, concerninge the
sale of wood growinge in yc sd lane to the number of 40 okes,
which were fallen by the appoyntment of ye sd Abbott .. . .
and at that tyme an oke which now groweth at a house
wherein Thos. Wotton dwelleth, northward between yc lands
of Albright Hussey lyinge within the townshipe of Battelfeld,
and the lands of the Abbott of Lyllshull lyinge in ye town-
shippe of Albright Lee was counted the uppermost meare.

Item that from that oke southwd unto a brooke called the
Hither brooke there lye two stones wch at yc meting of y°
Abbot of Lilleshull & yc Lord of Huseye were agreed upon to

116 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

be the meares between their said landes ; & from the Hither
brooke unto the Mydle brooke there are 3 stones & no we
remayn ; wch at ye sd tyme ye Abbot of Lilieshull & the Lord
of Hall dyd agree to be the meares betw ye sfi lands ; &
followinge the Mydle brooke untyll the Further brooke
adjoining all in one from thence directlye to the Sandye
path.

Item. To the 5th interrog. whether the late dissolved
colledge of the Battlefild of right had or claimed any parte of
the heath called the old heath, as the right of their colledsres,
he saith that he did never know that yc colledge of Battle-
fild ever claymed or had any common of pasture in or upon
ye sd old heath.

John Dudleston of ye p'sh of Ch. Stretton, of ye age of 3
score or thereabouts, saith : Imprimis. That walkinge in the
battelfild-lane with ye grandfa1" of Mr Edw. Hussey par tie to
these bookes. he this deponent being then tenant to Mr. Hussey,
desired at Mr Hussey's hands to have had one stone being in ye
lane over against the garden of one Lawrence, to have made him
an oven withall ; unto whom ye sd M* Hussey answered, No,
Duddleston, I can not give thee this stone, because this stone
is the meare, betw. my cosyn Pontesburye and me.

John Clarke, of ye age of 3 score & 4 years or thereabouts,
saith, Imp. That he beinge a boy, & goeinge to schoole to the
colledge of Battelfild, ab1 55 years past or thereabouts, hard by
ye report of one Sambrooke etc., ut supra.

Then followed the dissolution ; upon which, this
place, called the manor village and lordship of
Adbrightley, with a large proportion of all the posses-
sions of Lilieshull Abbey, were in 1539 granted to
James Leveson of Wolverhampton, merchant, (subject
to Ponsbery's term,) at a rent reserved to the Crown of
17s. 6d. Mr. Leveson s son, Sir Richard Leveson, of
Lilieshull, sold the premises, March 8th, 1552-3, for
£256 14s. 8d., to Sir Rowland Hill and James Barker
of Haughmond.

The reserved rent of L7s. 6d. was, on the 11th of
March, 7 Edw. VI., purchased of the Crown by Thomas
Leygh, citizen and alderman of London, who in the
same year sold them to Sir Rowland Hill, uncle of his
wife, and James Barker, of Haghmond, her brother.

ABRIGHTLEE.

117

This Mr. Leigh, who was afterwards knighted, and
was ancestor of the late Lord Leigh, had been factor
beyond sea for the eminent trader whose niece he
married. ,

The Pontesburys made Abrightlee their residence as
long as they continued as a family, and transmitted it
to their descendants, the Owens of Eaton Mascot, who
resided at this place to the termination of their lease
from Lilleshull Abbey. But all the while the reversion
in fee was vested in the Barkers ; and the lease to
Pontesbury ceasing just at the breaking out of the civil
wars, this place was ready to receive Mr. Barker when
his mansion at Haghmond Abbey was destroyed by fire.
He was thenceforth styled of Abrightlee. It passed
by marriage with his daughter and co-heiress to Edward
Kynaston, Esq., of Hordley, who also made Abrightlee
occasionally his residence. Corbet Kynaston, Esq.,
grandson of Edward, devised this, with his other
estates, to his relation John Corbet, Esq., of Abright
Hussey and Leigh, whose son John Corbet, Esq., of
Sundorn, now possesses this manor.

Quere. There is a plaister ceiling in the house
bearing the arms of Barker, with Anno Domini .
the date defaced, but looking like 1576.

[The Albright Hussey, Sundorne, and other extensive estates in
Shropshire, came to Andrew Corbet, Esq., of Leigh and Albright
Hussey, by the devise of his kinsman Corbet Kynaston, Esq., in 1740 ;
but dying s.p. 15 April, 1741, he was succeeded by his brother John
Corbet, Esq., who died in 1759, leaving issue by his second wife
Letitia, daughter of John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, a son and heir,
John. This John Corbet, of Sundorne, was M.P. for Shrewsbury,
and High Sheriff of Salop in 1793 ; by his second wife, Anne, daughter
of the Rev. William Pigott, of Edgmond, he had issue Andrew
William Corbet, Dryden Robert Corbet, and Annabella wife of Sir
Theodore Henry Lavington Brinckman, Bart, — who, after his death 19
May, 1817, all successively came into possession of his estates, but all
died s.p. In 1864, (as narrated under xVbrigiit Hussey, see p. Ill
supra,) the estates came to the Rev. John Dryden Pigott, now of
Sundorne Castle, who assumed the name and arms of Corbet by royal
licence 28th March, 18G5, and who is the present possessor of the
Manor of Albrightlec.— Ed,]

118 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

ASTLEY.

A parochial Chapelry, in the Parish of St. Mary,
Shrewsbury ; maintaining its own poor; but bound to
contribute to the repairs of the Mother Church.

It is in Domesday written Hesleie ; had belonged to
the Church of St. Mary in the Saxon times ; and
continued to do so at the time of that survey. It
consisted of three hides at the imposition of the Dane-
geld, and had made no progress in the interval between
that period and Domesday ; since in that record it is
rated only at three carucates,1 which were occupied by
a priest, nine villans, and two bordars : but it is added
that there was room for two additional carucates.1
There was a wood adequate to the fattening of fifty hogs.

The vicinity of Astley to the possessions of Haghmon
Abbey causes frequent and early mention of its
boundaries to occur in the chartulary of that religious
house,

Henry II. grants & confirms to the Church of Hagh- ';
mon & the Canons regular serving God there, the
site of the Abbey (ipsam sedem A bbatis) with all assarts
which they have assarted there, also the whole grove |
which they have by the gift of William Fiz Alan from
his Abbey towards Shawburia, by these bounds : viz., \
" from ye field of Sundern direct to Biakelake & to ye
white sicket towards Witheforde" ; likewise free com- j
mon of pasture for all the cattle & animals of themselves,
their tenants & men ot Offmton through all Astleya ;
rendering to the Chaplain of the Church of St. Mary
of SaJop 12d. yearly. Witnessed by Thomas Cant.
(I suppose Thos. Becket, his Chancellor from 1157
to 1162.)

The Dean and Chapter of St. Marys Church of Salop,
with the assent of the lord King Henry, ratify & con-
firm to y° Canons the above limits between the Canons'

1 [Not carucates, but teams. Sec note under Albright Hussey.
The Priest, resident at Astley, was probably a canon of St. Mary's.
Cf. Eyton x, 157.— En.]

ASTLEY.

119

wood of Hagmon & their (the dean's etc.,) wood of
Asteley ; but the grant of common is thus qualified,
viz., in the wood k untilled land, at all times of the
year, and in the tilled land after harvest.

In the Iter of Henry III. this place is seated to be
" of the fee of the kings chapel of Salop and in that
of 23 Edw. L, it is found that the Dean and Canons of
St. Mary hold it of the King in free alms, and the
men of the same hold it of the said Dean and canons in
free socage.

About a century after this settlement of boundaries,
this point was again in litigation between the two
ecclesiastical bodies. The dean and chapter, therefore,
of the Church of the Blessed Mary of Salop, a free
chapel of our lord the king of England, desiring that
" All the faithful of Christ, to whom these their present
letter shod come, might receive Salvation in the
embraces of the true Saviour," reciting the contiguity
of the Abbey lands and groves, to their (the college's)
grove of Astley, the probability of future contention,
and their own desire for peace with all men, particularly
those of the Church, declare that they had perused the
charters of founders of the Abbey, and had found the
bounds as above set forth, but with greater parti-
cularity which may be seen in the deed itself.

They also grant to Haghmon Abbey and its tenants
ol Offynton, com' on of pasture in their lordship of
Astley, reserving to themselves for that grant an
annual payment of 1 2 1 in silver.

Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presentes literc per-
venerint Decanus et capitulum ecclesie beate Marie Salop
libere capelle domini Regis Anglic salutem in veris amplexibus
Salvatoris. Cum religiosi viri abbas et conventus monas-
terii de Haughmon terras & nemora nemori nostro de Astelcyc
contigua habeant & vicinia. super quorum limitib' int' d'eos
relig' & nos posset oriri lis sen contcntio in futurum, sed
quia pacem <Ss tranquillitatem li'ere cu' o'ibz & p'eipue viris
eccl'iasticis arlectam' volentus p'eludere viam liti, no iidem
relig' per nos injustis exac'o'ib' quibuslibet sup' d'ear' t'rar'
& ncm' bundis sen fmib' rnolestcntnr ad instrucc'o'em & in-

120 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

formac'o'em plenam h'endam sup' jtir' d'cor' religiosor' Inspexi-
mus cartas fundatorum inonastii an'd'ci qui eis d'cas t'ras &
nemora inp'pet' elemosinam conferebant, in quib' cart' iid'
fundatores exprimunt & assignant limites infras'cptas ; viz., a
campo de Sunderne p' ill' semita' qe ducit p'pius boscu' de
Asteleye usque le Blakelake v's' Wythyford & sic descend'o
usque le Wytesiche & sic p' illud sichetu' usque t'ram de
Halgliton, Quos quid' fines & limites quantu' in nob' e' pro
nob' & succ' n'ris app'bamus ratificamus ac eis p' p'petuo
confirmamus. Concessimus etiarn eisd' abbi & conv' & eor'
succ' ac tenentib' & ho'ib' eor' de Offynton comunam pasture
ad o'ia pecora & av'ia sua ubicuque infra d'nium de Asteleye
p' qua concess'o'e iid' abb' & conv' solvent nobis annuatim 12di
argd ad fm S. Micli'is Arch'. In cuj' rei test' sigillum co'e
capit'li n'ri psentib' e' appens' Dat' Salop in ecclesia n'ra
p'd'ca 8V0 die Oct. a0 r. r. H. 41.

In the Iter of Henry III., this place is stated to be
of the fee of the king's chapel of Salop, and in that of
28 Edward I. it is found that the Dean and Canons of
St. Mary hold it of the King in free alms, and the
men of the same hold it of the said Dean and Canons
in free socage. In the same year, Astlegh, near Had-
well, is ordered to be cleafYorested.

In the tenth year of the next reign, 10 Edw. II.,
some of these men, viz., Roger Banester, John le
Palm ere of Asteley, and xvii " alii de eadem," quit
and release to Haghmon Abbey, all their claim in a
certain plot (placea) of Wood called Strifwode in the fee
of Upton, lying near their (the releasers') wood of
Asteley on the south side, according to perambulation
lately made, and as by the ditch made between our
wood, and the wood ol ye sd religious more fully appears;
together with that plot of waste or bruere at the head
of their (the canons') new assart at le Home, which is
called Hadley, and which reacheth to the old ditch
beween the said v/aste and i\steley wood, and so strait
descending by the new ditch to the Witesiche. This is
entitled in the Chartulary, " a release of the men of
Asteley for Strifwode k lladley at Home berne."

The name, strife- wood, seems to bespeak a very long
protracted litigation between the parties.

ASTLEY.

121

There is little else to be related concerning this place
but a few conveyances of land.

John le Skirmaser of Astley releases to Sir Nicholas
Abbot and the Convent of Haghmon, his right in a
royal acre of waste land in Asteley wood, lying near
the said Abbot's land at the Home. Dated 1 3 Edw. III.

Chart. Haghm. Abb.

From him descended, I suppose, William Skirmaston,
who, having enfeoffed William Skirmaston, had en-
feoffed Richard Hastour (in other writings he is called
Pastour), rector of great Hanwode, and Richard
Heynes, chaplain, in a messuage and half a virgate
of land1 in Asteley, near Hadenhale, and also in certain
lands and tenements, rents, services, wards, marriages,
reliefs, suits of courts, &c, in the towns and fields of
Asturley, near Cawes, and Eyton, near Alburbury ; —
the feoffees by deed dated at Asteley Thursday after
the exaltation of the cross, 21 Rich. II., re-settle the
premises upon the feoff er and his wife Alice, for their
lives, remainder to Thomas, son of the sd William
Skirnoreston (so it is written) in tail, remainder to W,n,
brother of Thomas in like tail, remainder to ye abbot
and convent of Haghmon and their successors for 70
years thence (i.e., I suppose from the death of William
the S on, s.p.; next following. This deed is witnessed
by John Mouth. Cart. Abb. Hugh.

Richard Pastour, chaplain and tenant to Roger
Lyneye, of Newport, was slain at the Parliament of
Leicester 2 Henry V., by Thomas Munde, servant to
Robert Corbet, Esq., for aiding his landlord in his
design of petitioning against the outrageous conduct of
Mr. Corbet. See the Parliament Rolls of 3 Henry V.

In 17 Richard II., Thomas Kyng, of Hadenhal, and
Julian his wife, grant to their son, Sir William Kyng,
Chaplain, all their lands and tenements in Hastley.

1 This messuage and land William Skirmaston (who in the same
-1st year calls himself the elder) had purchased from Thos. Bowyer
and Margaret his wife. — Cart, M. UM, barti.

Vol. XII. n

122 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Cart. R. Hill, barti. This is the only instance, except
Domesday, in which I have seen it written with an h.

John Stury1 (I suppose the same who is styled of
Rossal, in 15 Henry VII.) founded a Chantry in the
Collegiate Church of St." Mary, Salop, for two priests. j
Among the lands which he nested in certain feoffees for
this purpose, were the rent of a tenement in the town ]
and fields of Asteley, rented at the time of the Dissolu- j
tion at 16s' yearly, and then in the tenure of Richard j
Palmer, and another in the same town, rented at the
same time at 14s, and then held by John Dekyn. The
whole lands of the Chantry were on the 27th of July, ;
in 2 Edward VI., leased to Hobert Gyve, " oone of the
clerks of the checke with the King's Majestie/' for 21
years.

In 11 Eliz., lands in Astley. holden by Richard
Bannister, Lawrence Hussey, Robert Bromley (his
lands were formerly holden by Richard Burton) , Kobert
Bentley, Thomas Parker (his land was formerly
Russel's), and rents paid by John Browne, William
Maddocke, and William Vicars, the same lands and
rents being parcel of the possessions of the late College
of St. Mary, were demised by the Queen for twenty-
one years to Thomas Kelton.2 Two years later, her
Majesty granted the reversion of the above to the Cor-
poration of Salop for the benefit of the schools.

In 1729, Joseph Jones, of Salop, gent., by will
devised £1 10s. out of his lands in Astley to the Vicar
of St. Alkmund.3

In. 1730, Thomas Bright, of Salop, tanner, bequeathed
his lands here to pious and charitable uses.

ASTLEY.4

6 Edw. IV. Grant to Salop abbey of common in the
king's demesne of Astley.

1 [See Owen and Blakcway ii. 333.— Ed.]

2 Ibid, ii. 331, 311.— Ed.]

3 Ibid, ii. 286.— En.]

4 [The following items are somewhat disjointed, and are given in
Jllakeway's MS. in no proper chronological order. — Ed,

ASTLEY.

123

MR. EDWARD M ADDOX=pMrs Mary

Anne, Eowland. Thomas, Wiiliam,

b. 1694. b. 1696. b. 1700. n. 1701. "

Mr. Edw. M. April, 1729.

Mr. Edward Maddox, junr.=j=Mrs. Ellin

i

Mr. Francis, Mrs. Sa^ah, Rowland,

b. 1716. b 1720. b. 1723.

11 Jac. I. That ye controversy between ye inhab* of
Astley, and ye bailiffs and burgesses in ye right of y°
schole, touchinge the placinge a curate in Astley. shall
be referred.

Hamond Court, 18 Eliz., Astley. Yillata ib'm
present' quod Thomas Madox, &c , non attulerunt
grana & frumenta sua ad molendinum domini. — -Sun-
dorn Papers.

Astley Register begins 1880. In the title it is stated
that the first register then found, bears date May 13th,
1579 ; but Mr. E. Williams has no extract previous to
1692. No memorable entry.

John Huse, of Caturedok, a place of the situation of
which I am ignorant, had an estate at Astley. He was
dead in 1415, and his property had descended to John
Murydon, who in that year conveyed a moiety of it to
Roger Tve, warden of Battlefield, by the following deed:

Ista indentura facta testatur quod Joh'es Murydon senior
dedit concessit & hac p'senti charta fiofarnenti indentata con-
firmavit Rogero Yve de Leton magistro novi collegii beafce
Marie Magdalene juxta Salop dimid' omnium ten*' & tenement'
qua3 sibi descendebant jure hereditario post decessum Joh'is
Huse de Caturedok in villa de Astley. H. T. : Ricardo Huse,
Joh'e de Lee, Will'o Wolascote, Tlioma Botur' capellano $z
alliis. Dat. ap. Batelfeld juxta Salop in festo conversionis S'ci
Pauli apostoli a0 r. r. Henrici quinti post conquestum secundo.

The property must have been small, for this feoff-
ment was intended as a collateral security for the re-
payment of 13s 4d. Cart. E. HiU, barti.

The following deed refers to a period somewhat later.

1

124 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

John Adams, of Haston, son and heir of Sibilla,
relict of William Adams, father of ye sd John, releases
and quit claims to Puchard abbot and the convent of
Haghmon, a yearly rent of ld payable by Will. Sumpnor,
chaplain, his heirs and ' assigns for an acre and half of
land, lying between the fields of Astley called Rudwey-
felde on one side, and the common way between Astleye
field and Pladnalefield on the other. Witnessedby Richard
Corbet of Morton, and dated at Haston 25 Hen. VI.

Nov1" 1593. 1 Edw. Owen and Hum. Hughes write to
Mr. Braban, pastor of Asley, and to Robert Pawmer,
informing them "that God hath visited the town of
Bishop's Castle with his plague, wherebie their market
is withdrawn from their towne, neither may they goe
abroade to seeke reliefe, for feare of infectinge other
places;" that they are <f in great wante bothe of foode
and rayment, havinge spent (the poorer sortes) all they
had they add, " we have been both carefullie and
Christianlie exhorted by our preacher, Mr. Lauton, to
open the bowels of our harts towards the charitable
releavinge of them." The above-mentioned bailiffs
therefore request Mr. Brabant "to goe to every gent,
and woman, and other well-disposed persons within
your chardge," and collect their contributions, to
be transmitted to the " Pastor of Bishop's Castle."
Subjoined is a letter from Mr. Laughton to Brabant,
urging the same request, and desiring him to use
the help of Robert Pawmer, or some other of his
neighbours, with Mr. Brabant's reply, saying that
he had collected about 5 strikes in Asteley ; and at the
back is a list of "Persons within this towne aud
Liberties not free of any companye," among whom are —

The Ladie Leigh ton, 20s Rich. Barker, Esq. Edw. Oneslow, Esq.
Ric. Prince, Esq. Rog. Rope, Esq. Tho. Pureell, Esq.

Thos. Ottelcy, Esq. Tho. Harris, Esq. Tho. Stury, Esq.

1 [This document is inserted in Blakeway's MS. under Albright
Hussey ; but, as it refers to Astley, it is here given under this place.
—Ed.]

ASTLEY.

125

John Dawes, gent.
Edward Ireland, g
Tho. Lewis, sfent.

Roger Thornes, of Lacton, gent.
Roger Russell, of Sansawe.
Adam Colfoxe, Meriden.
Michael, ^ 13 , t . .
Lister, -ent. L Broughtoa and

Mm Ridley, j Yorton-
Wm Wicherley, Clive.
Humf. Powis.
Richd Nightingale.
John Corry, senr
and jun1

Myll
]
J

Tho. Manynge, Great, Barwicke.
Wm Mackworth, gent., Meole

Brace.
Tho. Lauton,
Tho. Frees,
Wm Roberts,
Andre we Dager.
Mr. Bennett, of fforiat, minister.
Mr. Brabant, of Asteley, preacher
Meole

Thomas of the
Richd Madoxe,
Rob1 Palmer,

Harlescott.

Astelev.

Preachers.

Nich. Gibbons, gent.
Edw. Purcell, gent.
Tho. Higgins, gent.
Rich. Waringe, gent.
Tho. Burton, gent.
John Kenricke. gent.
Philip Bannester, gent.
Edw. Hussey, Esq.
Rob1 Hussey, gent.
John Yonge, gent.
Tho. Ireland, gent.
Rich. Powell, junr, gent.
Rich. Otteley, gent.
Richd Evans, gent.
Rob. Luter, gent.
Walter Beche, gent.
Wm Wilks, gent.
J ohn Lante, gent.
Roger Evans, merch1
John Meighen, \

John Baker, ( Sclioole Mr. Sherer, viccare oi
Wm Baillie, f masters. Brace.
Raphe Jones, ) Mr. Viccar, of Church Han wood.

David Lloidap Roger, gent. Mrs. ELlenor Stanley at the still-
Humf Sandford, gent, yarde.
ap Rossall.

ASTLEY.

I. — One only. Astley.1

II. — No.

III. — None.

IV. — The whole is in the Parish of St. Mary, and Liberties
of the town of Shrewsbury.

V. — No.

VI. — The whole lies within a ring fence.

VII. — Not exactly known. Chief rents are paid to Mr.
Corbet, of Sundorn, and to the Free Schools, Shrewsbury.

VIII. — Corporation of Shrewsbury.

IX. — The Chapelry of Astley is supposed to contain up-
wards of one thousand acres.

1 [For the questions,
Albhighton, pp. 101-2.-

to which
-Ed.]

these are answers, see under

126 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

INCUMBENTS OF ASTLEY.1

(From MS. Top. Salop, C.9.)
ASTLEY.

Thomas Brabant, curate, 1578,
departed 1608.
1607, 8 George Adeney. • Elected by the

Inhabitants.
Joshua Barnet, see Wkockwardine.

Richard Allen, 1636 ; he removed
in 1654 ; and the inhabitants then
claimed to appoint, but Mr. Mask-
worth, Recorder, decided for the
Mayor and Headmaster.

William Hughes, 1080.
Robert Matthews, 1691.

Daniel Plumpton, curate, 1710.

Robert Tonge, 1711.

Leonard Hotchkis, curate, 1713.

[See under Battlefield. — Ed.1
Rowland Tench, 1714, 1728.

1728. Nov. 9. Samuel Butler, 1740. John Fownes, Esq.

Mayor.
Rob^Phillips^.D.
Head School-
master.

1762. May 22. James Atcherley, ob.

[March 3, 1804, bur. 6th at Bridgnorth.— Ed.]
1804. Dec. 14. John Atcherley, ob. Mayr, Aldermen,

[Be was of H. M.R.N. — Ed.] ana Assistants.
1816. Apr 9. James Matthews, M. A. Mayor, Aldermen,
[Curate of Astley, 1818—1816; Incumbent, and Assistants.
1816; buried at Astlev June 24, 1835. —
Ed.1

[1830. William Vaughan, signs as In
cumbent until i 850; Curate,
1827 ; resigned 1861. Of
Hinton Hall, near Pontes-
bury, of which rectory he
held one portion.

1 [Eyton points out that Astley being associated with a Royal
Peculiar, whose capitular muniments are lost, we have only incidental
notices. Diocesan Registers are silent as to the Incumbents, who
were presented and instituted by a secular power. Cf. Evton x.
159, 160.— Ed.]

ASTLEY.

127

John Wood,Curate,1851-— 1855.
J. P. Steel, Curate, 1855, until

Nov. 1858.
Benjamin Hill. Curate, 1859,

until March, 1860.
James Colfng, Curate, I860 —

1861. He is B.A. of St.

John's Coll., Oamb. ; Curate

of St. Chad's, Shrewsbury,

1861 ; Patron and Hector of

Stowe-Maries, Essex, 1868.
1861. June 2. John Robert Legh, until Trustees.

1883. He is M.A. of St.

John's ColL, Camb. ; Hector

of Moreton-Oprbet, 1883.
1883. June 15. Arthur George Brooke. Trustees.
For these additions I am indebted to the Hew A. U. Brooke. —En. j

[Owen and Blakeway refer to great disputes, in 1580 and previously,
between the parishioners of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, and the inhabi-
tants of Astley and the dive, both being ancient chapels of ease,
who were taking great, though ineffectual pains, to free themselves
from the burden of contributing to the repairs of the window in
Trinity aisle in the mother church. The parties appealed to the
Council of the Marches of Wales, who decided against the chapels of
ease. — Cf. vol. ii., 362.

The Astley estate became vested in Augustus Henry Minor, who
conveyed it with all manorial rights, 25 March, 1868, to Thomas Win.
Trouncer, now of Astley House, the present owner of the estate.

The patronage of the Vicarage is in Trustees. Shrewsbury Schools
have a portion of the tithes of Astley. — En.]

ADDITIONS TO ABRIGHTON.
(see p. 101 ante.)

[Since the note about the recent devolutions of the Manor of Albrightori, given
on page 101, teas set in type, Mr. W. A. Sparrow, the present Lord of the
Manor, has sent the following more detailed and reliable account, which is
accordingly here given. — Ed.]

ALBRIGI1TON HALL, SHREWSBURY.

Mr. Inigo William Jones died intestate as to his real estate, in
1809, leaving Inigo William Jones (baptized May 21st, 1806), his
eldest son and heir at law.

Inigo William Jones, the father, had entered into an arrangement
for the absolute sale, to Mr. Hugh Smith, of the Manor, Advowson,
and Estates at Albrighton, and certain payments were made in respect

128

HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

of the purchase money, but the purchase was not carried into effect
by Inigo William Jones, the father.

The minority of Inigo William Jones, the son, then interposed an
obstacle to the completion.

Meantime, Mr. Hugh Smith* contracted with Mr. William Spurrier,
an eminent and very wealthy Solicitor at Birmingham, for selling to
him the benefit of his (the said Hugh Smith's) contract, and,
accordingly by deeds dated in March, 1830, (after Mr. Inigo
William Jones, the son, had attained his majority), the Manor, &e.,
were conveyed to Mr. Spurrier, as the purchaser thereof.

Mr. Spurrier, by his will, dated in June, 1848, devised the Manor,
Advowson, and Estates, to Trustees, to certain uses in favour of his
daughter, Mary, the wife of Colonel (afterwards General) Edward
Mortlock Stndd, and her husband and children, and, after failure of
those and other limitations, Mr. Spurrier, by his will, gave his said
daughter a power to devise the said Manor, &c.

Mr. Spurrier died in August, 1848. Mrs. Studd had no issue,
and she died in August, 1853. In events which happened, General
Studd became absolute owner of the Manor, Advowson, and Estates
of Albrighton, and, in December, 1853, he conveyed them, on his
purchase thereof, to William Hanbury Sparrow, Esquire, an Iron-
master in South Staffordshire of great eminence. Mr. Sparrow, in
September, 1859, as a free gift, conveyed to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners a site for a new Parsonage and its Garden, etc., at
Albrighton, and he contributed largely to the carrying out of that
improvement.

Mr. Sparrow died on the 20th January, 1867, having, by his will
dated the 13th October, previously devised the Manor, Advowson,
and Estates, to his eldest son, William Mander Sparrow, Esquire,
who, shortly afterwards, removed from Penn Court (his;Staflbrdshire
residence), to Albrighton Hall. He was a man of considerable taste,
and he greatly improved the Mansion House, its grounds, and the
Parish Church. In 1873-4, he served the office of High Sheriff
for Staffordshire, of which county he was a Justice of the Peace and
Deputy Lieutenant,

He died on the 9th February, 1881, having, by his will, dated the
31st May, 1880, devised the said Manor, Advowson, and Estates
(together with other extensive Estates in the counties of Salop,
Stafford, Worcester, Hereford, and Monmouth), to his nephew,
William Arthur Brown, Esquire, who shortly afterwards, assumed, by
Royal Licence, the surname of Sparrow in lieu of that of Brown, and
became the occupier of the Mansion House at Albrighton.

129

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL
OF 1327.

WITH INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. \VM. GEO. DIMOCK
FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

Amongst the documents contained in the Public Record
Office, the Exchequer Subsidy Rolls are of the highest
value to the topographer and to the genealogist.
These Rolls are divided into two classes, the Clerical
and the Lay Subsidies, the latter being the more
important series. They contain the supplies to the
King from his tenants in capite, given to aid him in
his wars and emergencies. To the genealogist they
are of great, service, for they often contain the only
record of the existence of persons not of knightly or
gentle rank, and give the locality where they lived,
and shew the value of their property. To the topo-
grapher they are of great interest, for they shew the
relative importance of different places at various times,
and often afford an insight into the trades and occupa-
tions of the inhabitants. The student of surnames,
too, will find that they throw great light on the origin
of surnames.

The Lay Subsidy Rolls have been carefully calen-
dered and arranged in counties. Some begin as early
as the reign of Henry III., but most counties have
none before the middle of Edward I.'s reign. There is
none for Shropshire before the first year of Edward
III (1327). This Subsidy Roll is generally perfect for
most of the counties. At present, however, it has not
been printed in full for any county excepting Stafford-
shire, which is printed in the William Salt Archaeo-
logical Society's Historical Collections for Staffordshire,
vol. vii., pp. 195 — -255. That for a portion of Norfolk
is printed in Mr. Walter Rye s Rough Notes for a

Vol. XII. o

130

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

History of North Erpincjham, part ii. ; and that for ]
Leicestershire is in course of publication in the Asso-
dated Architectural Societies' Reports and Papers, \
vol. xix.

The return for the Poll Tax of 2 Richard II. (1379)
is also usually perfect for most counties ; and the
Hearth Tax Rolls, which commence in 14 Charles II.
and run on until 1 William and Mary (1663 to 1689)
are often very full and in good condition. There are
usually some two or three hundred Rolls for each
county, extending regularly from Edward III. or
earlier down to Charles II.

The earliest Shropshire Lay Subsidy Roll, which has
been transcribed at the cost of our Society by Miss F.
Hopper, is here given, the date of it being 1327, and
the reference " Exch. Lay Subs. This Subsidy was
granted by the First Parliament of King Edward III.
to meet the expenses of the Scotch War. The Statute
has been lost, but the King's Commission, dated 23
November, 1 Edward III., recites that the Earls,
"Barons, Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the King-
dom, had granted to him a twentieth part of all
moveable goods for the defence of the Kingdom against
the Scots.

The Collectors and • Taxers. for Shropshire were
Walter de Huggeford and Walter de Beycy'n. They
were directed to summon before them several loyal and
good men from each vill, to carry out the assessment.
These sub- taxers, as they are called in the Roll, were
usually two or three in number in each vill. They were
to be sworn to enquire what goods every man of the
vill possessed on Michaelmas Day 1 Edward III., and
to tax the same according to their true value. The
things to be excepted from the taxation were the
armour, riding horses, jewels and robes of knights and
gentlemen, and their silver and pewter plate ; and the
goods of all whose moveable property did not amount
to ten shillings. As no distinction is made between
freemen and others, it is probable that the villein

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327 .

131

tenants of every manor were taxed equally with the
freeholders.

It will be noticed that the upper classes paid no
tallage on their most valuable goods ; but it mast not
be overlooked that they mostly paid scutage, and were
bound to attend the King on his military expeditions,
when they were put to an enormous expense in the
equipment of themselves and their retinue. Those,
too, who held any office under the King claimed to be
exempt from taxation.1

In order to render the Subsidy Roll of more general
interest, and to prevent it being a mere record of bare
names, an effort has been made to identify as many as
possible of the persons named in the Roll, and to give
a few additional particulars about them. The modern
name of each town and hamlet has also been given, it
being often spelt very differently now from what it was
560 years ago. A brief account of the early history of
each place has also been added. This additional matter2
has been derived mainly from Eyton's Antiquities of
Shropshire, and is here given in square brackets im-
mediately after the name of each place.

It is believed that this earliest Shropshire Lay Sub-
sidy Roll will prove to be of great value and interest
to all students of the history of the county, as it con-
tains the earliest extant list of the inhabitants, and
throws light on the relative importance of each place
and on the origin of many Shropshire surnames.

The Collectors or Taxers for Shropshire were Walter
de Huggeford and Walter de Beycy'n. The following
particulars about them have been gleaned from Eyton,
and shew that they were, as we might naturally expect,

1 For the substance of the three last paragraphs I am much in-
debted to Major-General Wrottesley's Introduction to the Stafford-
shire Subsidy Roll of 1327, contained in the Wm. Salt Historical
Collections for Staffordshire, vii., 195 — 6.

2 This extra matter is entirely the work of Miss Auden. The iden-
tification of the places named in the Subsidy lloll is also wholly due
to her, and the particulars about the Collectors or Taxers,

132

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

persons of considerable standing and importance in the
county. .

Walter de Hugford was the fourth Walter of
the knightly family of 'Hugford of Hugford (Higford,
in the parish of Stockton), who were probably direct
descendants of Berner, the tenant of that manor at
Domesday, Walter was the son of Sir William de
Hugford, and first appears in 1301, as being sued by
Oliver de Lee for a right of common pasture over 200
acres at Hugford. In 1313, he had the King's Letters
of Protection, while he accompanied him to France in
the suite of the Earl of Pembroke. He sat as a Knight
of the Shire on the Parliament at Westminster in 1315,
and that at York in 1322, and his employments on
public business between the years 1308 and 1329 are
very numerous. He appears as a Collector of Taxes,
a Supervisor jof Array, a Leader of Levies, a Justice of
Assize, and in 1329 with Roger Corbet of Caus and
Koger Carles, a Keeper of the Peace in Shropshire,
which had then been of late much disturbed. He
appears frequently as a witness of important deeds, i n
company with other knights of distinction. The De
Hugfords held, beside Higford and its members, Apley
Norton, Astall, and Boningale, the manor of Middleton
Higford in the parish of Bitterley. (Eyton hi. 17.)

Walter de Beysin, the second of that Christian
name, was of the Shropshire family of that name, who
were lords of Broseley, Billingsley, Ashfield, and
Wrickton and Walkerslow in the parish of Stottesden.
He succeeded his brother Thomas de Beysin in 1318,
being then 27 years of age. In 1324, he was sum-
moned to a Great Council at Westminster, but he does
not appear frequently on public matters. He was the
son of Walter de Beysin, and Alice, daughter of Sir
Hugh Burnel. His son John was the last male heir of
the De Bey sins, and alter his death their estates
passed with his daughter Elizabeth to Sir Boger de
Cherleton, and on her death, & p., to the Morehalls, and
then to the Cloptons. Walter de Beysin died in 1344,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

133

when his son and heir was only 18, but had been
married two years to Margaret, daughter of Hugh
de Mortimer of Chelmarsh, a child of 12 years old.
(Eyton iv. 168.)

Bradford Hundred is the first of the Hundreds
named in this earliest Shropshire Subsidy Roll. In
modern times it has been subdivided into two, the
Hundreds of North Bradford and South Bradford,
with which it is almost if not quite coterminous. In
Domesday Book we find it called Ode net Hundred
and Kecordin Hundred ; but in the reign of Henry I.,
these two Hundreds were merged into one, and called
Bradford Hundred. North Bradford H undred , speaking
generally, may be said to represent the Odenet, and
South Bradford the Kecordin Hundreds of Domesday
Book, though they are by no means actually coterminous
with them.

Three places, now in one or other of the Bradford
Hundreds, are not named in the Subsidy Roll, viz.,
Longdon-on-Tern. Haughmond Demesne, and Worn-
bridge. These were all monastic lands, and therefore
were not taxable to the Lay Subsidies. Longdon-on-
Tern belonged to the Abbot of Lilleshall, Haughmond
Demesne to Haughmond Abbey, and Wombridge to
Wombridge Priory, or it may have been included in
the fee of Hadley.

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL
OF 1327.

(P.R.O., Exch. Lay Subs., $ 1 Edw. III., Salop.)

Taxac'o Vicesime D'no Regi Edwardo terc'o post con-
questum in Com' Salop' a laicis concesse, Anno Regni sui

PRIMO FACTA P' WALT'M DE HUGGEFORD ?T WaLT'M DE

Beycyn, Taxat' 't Coll'c'ore^ ejusd'm Vicesime.

134

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

HUNDR' DE BRADEFOKD.

grauenhonger:

[Gravenhunger,1 Parish of Woore. — This was held in the time of
Domesday, under Earl Roger, by William Malbanc, a great baron of
Cheshire. Hugh, the son of William, in 1134, founded Combermere
Abbey. In 1214, Gravenhunger became the property of the Audleys,
under whom it was held by various tenants; in 1255, by Roger de
Loskesford, and in 1285, by " Richard de Loskesford and his
Coparceners." Possibly this Richard is the Richard at the Castle of

the Subsidy Roll. ]

s d s d

Thoma de Haywode xxj Will'o Fabro ... xij

Joh'e Boydel ... ijs Ric'o atte Grene ... xviij

Ric'o at le Castell. .. xv Will'o Snow ... vij

Alic' de Sonde ... xiij Will'o le Shepcherde xviij

Rob'to fir Rosr'i ... ix Joli'e de Trees ... xv

o

Will'o fil' Joh'is ,.. xiij Thoma le- Coup'e ... xij

DEORINTONE.

[Dorrington,2 Parish of Woore. — William Malbanc also held
Dorrington, but at an early period it became the property of
Wenlock Abbey, and was held under the Monks by the Lords of
Willey, under whom it was held by various tenants, the chief of
whom took their name from the place, though they were in reality a
younger branch of the Chetwynds.

In 1270, Richard Cok, of Derynton, had a Writ of disseizin against
Richard de Waure for a tenement in Derynton, and between 1275 and
1284, Adam Coc, of Derynton,. had a dispute with Lucas, Abbot
of Lilleshall, concerning Cudelesford Mill, from which the Monks of
Lilleshall received 30s. a year.]

s d s d
Steph'o Breer ... xviij Cristiana de Deori-

Elya de Deoritone ... xiiij ton' xxj

Will'o Coyny ... xij Joh'e Cok' xvj

Adam fil' Donee ... xviij Ric'o de Actone ... xv

Thorn' Pecok' ... xviij

WOUER.

[Woore, 3 North Bradford Hundred. — This was held in Saxon
times and at Domesday by the owners of Dorrington ; before the
conquest by Leuuin and Edric, after it by William Malbanc. From

1 Eyton ix. 373.

2 Eyton ix. 379.

3 Eyton ix, 377.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

135

the Malbancs, it passed, like Gravenhunger, to the Audleys, under
whom it was held in 1255 by four Coparceners, Richard de War',
Robert fitz Meiler, Richard Thein, and William fitz Adam. In 1284,
these four were represented by Meyler de Waure, Alice, widow of
Robert Meyler, Richard fitz Richard, and Richard fitz William. In
1316 William Meyler is called 'Lord of Wouere.

In 1272, a suit of mort d'cmcestre concerning land at Gravenhunger
was concluded in favour of Robert de Ocle, and mention is frequently
made in earlier deeds of Stephen de Ocle, who took his name from
Oakley, in the parish of Mucklestone, and who was one of the tenants
of Shrewsbury Abbey in Norton-in-Hales.]

s d s d

Ph'o de Wouer' ... xviij Ric'o de Okhuil' ... xviij
Ric'o de Deorynton' ij Marger' le Smyth . . . virj

Ric'o Dobbe ... xii Will'o de Dodvnton

X1J

Joh'e fir ... ... xiij Ric'o Breer ... x

Adam fil' Dobbe . . xij Hug' le Frere ... ix

Ric'o Meyller ... xviij

}

Thorn' fil' Joh'anis xviij p'b' Sma ... xls j

BETTON' S'B LYME.

[Betton-under-Lyme1 (or Betton in Hales), Parish of Market
Drayton. — This was held at Domesday under Earl Roger, by Gerard
de Tournai, the holder of several manors in the Hundred of Odenet.
Between 1085 and 1094 Gerard de Tournai gave the vill of Betton
to Shrewsbury Abbey. In 125G, Henry III. granted the Abbot of
Salop license to hold a weekly Market on Thursdays at his Manor of
Betton subtus Lime, and a yearly fair of -1 days, viz., the Vigil, the
Day of, and the two days following the feast of St. Matthew the
Apostle (Sep. 20—23). In 127G a dispute between the Abbot of
Shrewsbury and the Abbot of Combermere, impropriator of the
Church of Drayton, about the tithes of newly-cultivated land in
Betton-subtus-Lime, in the Parish of Drayton, was settled by the
Abbot of Salop continuing to receive all tithes of lands in Betton,
Richwardine and Tunstall, and paying 2 merks yearly to the Abbot
of Combermere at the Church of Drayton.]

s d s d

Will'o Coly ... ij Will'o Robyn ... ix

Adam Fox ... ij ob' Hamone Fabro ... vij

Will'o Wyonn ... vj Walt'o Dorm ... xij

Adam le Colyare ... ij Rog' de Wolu'tone viij

Thorn' Vmfrey ... xx Ric'o Wyonn ... xxij

Rob'to Chapeleyn. .. vj Joh'e Bosse ... xx

4Eyton ix. 197,

136

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

TUNSTAL. ■: • -,-

[Tunstall,5 Parish of Hodnet. — This manor was granted to Shrews-
bury Abbey by Hamo Peverel about the year 1136. The chief
tenant under Hamo, Osmund de Tunstall, continued to hold it under
the Abbot. In 1240, Richard/sou of Ivo de Tunstall alienated part
of the manor to the Abbey of Oombermere ; and in succeeding years
he surrendered to Shrewsbury Abbey the rest of his estate, his son
becoming a mere tenant of the Abbeys, in the vill of Betton-sub-
Lime.

Philip de Tunstall frequently occurs as a witness of deeds from
1260 to 1294, but he can scarcely be the same as the chief tenant of
Tunstall in 1327.]

s d s d

Ph'o Tunstall .. ij jqu Ric'o fiT Ric'i ... vj

Will'o fiT Rob'ti ... xx Ric'o Weole ... x

Adam Herbert ... vij

FUA DRAYTON.

[Little Drayton.0 — In the time of Domesday, this was held by
Turolcl de Verlay, who then held 13 manors under Earl Roger. Be-
tween 1108 and 1120, Turold gave his manor of Little Drayton to
Shrewsbury Abbey. In 1285, the Barons of Wem were the Abbey
tenants of half the manor, and William de Drayton was their under-
tenant.]

s d s d

Hug' Colfox ... ix Hug' Wylymot ... vij

RUGWARDYN.

[Richwardine,7 Parish of Market Drayton.— This was part of the
Abbey of Shrewsbury's manor of Betton-under-Lyme.]

s d s d

Joh'e de Hyntone ix Joh'e fil' Ric'i de Lee vj

NORTON E.

[Norton in Hales, s North Bradford Hundred.— This was held at
Domesday by Helgoc, the Norman Baron, from whom Castle Holgate
takes its name. In the time of Henry I., Herbert, son of Hclgot gave
Norton-in-Hales to Shrewsbury Abbey, and from that time it was
considered as part of the Abbeys manor of Betton-in-Hales.

Richard de Deorynton has already appeared as holding land in
Woore, and William Snow as so doing in Gravcnhunger. Adam le

Eyton ix. 201. 6 Eyton ix. 370. 7Eyton ix. 204. sEytonix. 366,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

137

Hore of Norton, and Reginald Hore of Norton, about 1300, witness a
deed between the Abbot of Combermere and Alan, son of Adam
Smith, of Magna Drayton. In 1297, Ralph de Arraz,
witnesses a deed relating to land at Had nail, "j

Knight,

Adam de Arraz . . .
Adam le Hore
Regin' le Hore
Ric'o le Bret'
Joh'e Jargonn
Ric'o de Deorynton
Ric'o fil' Ranulph' ..
WiU'o Snow
Simone Bercar'
WiU'o deChirchvord

y

ii

xviij
xyj

IX
XV

viij

x

WiU'o le Palmer ..
Joh'e Sonnyge
WiU'o de Astone ...
Ric'o le Hore
Matill' de Beaston..
Rob' to de Longgef
WiU'o le Masonn . .
Adam fil' Hue' ...

d

viij
vlj

X1j

x

X

viij

p'b' Sma xlvs iijd ob' qu

DRAYTON' IX HALES.

[Drayton-ix-Hales,9 (or Market Drayton). — North Bradford
Hundred. — William Pantulf, Baron of Wem, held Drayton-in-Hales,
at the time of Domesday. William Pantulf's chief possessions in
Normandy lay at Noron, not far from Falaise. In 107.3, he gave to
the Abbey of St. Evroul the two churches of Noron with many
other gifts, both in land and money, and about 1100, he gave his
English manor of Drayton with its mill and church, to the Monks of
Noron, a cell of St. Evroul. The manager of the English estates of
St. Evroul was the Prior of Ware., in Hertfordshire. After the
foundation of Combermere Abbey in 1134, the monks there held
Drayton by a perpetual lease from the Prior of Ware. The
Combermere monks thus became Lords of Drayton, and in 1045, Henry
III. granted to Simon, Abbot of Combermere, the privilege of holding
a weekly market, on Tuesdays, at his manor of Drayton, and a yearly
fair on the eve, the day and the morrow of the Nativity of the Virgin
(Sep. 7, 8, 9).

Thomas de Stuclie, and William de Wottenhull occur again on the
Subsidy-Roll ; the former at Morton-Say, the latter, at Prees.]
s d s d

Ric'o Weg' ... ij j qu WiU'o Smalmon xix qu
WiU'o Timstall ij iij Ric'o fil' Galfri' xv

Ric'o do Lock Rog' Trugge ... xiij qu

oft* xviij o' q11 WiU'o de" Pet-

Will'o Styke- lyngge ... xij

wynd ... xvob'qu Ric'odeOldefeld xv

9Eyton m. 185,

Vol. XII. p

138

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

Thorn le Cou'pe
Alano Goberd...
Henr Mathew
Ric'o de Pulle...
Adam Strawe-

lone ...
Thorn' le Har-

pour

Thorn' Dauwe-

sone ...

d.

qu

■y in n'

All 1 *~»

4

ij iij o|

qu

xij o'

q

ix

xix

qu

Rog'deLonggefF
Will'oleHeuster'
Ric'o Taborel . . .
Will'o Lombard'
Thorn' de Stuche
Will'o deWoten-

huir

d.

xviij o'
ix ob'
xv ob'
ix

xob'

ix

qu

qu
q"

i

s'bt
ibid"

p'b' Sma xxviijs j(

qu

vnj

ADERDELEYE.

[ Addekley, 10 North Bradford Hundred. — This manor was among
the six in Odenet Hundred, held before the Conquest by Edrie,
probably Edric the Forester. At Domesday ii was held by Nigel,
Clerk, and Physician to Earl Roger. After the death of Nigel, his
Shropshire manors were escheated to Earl Hugh, and thence,
apparently, to King Henry I., who granted them to Alan de
Dunstanvill, Lord of Idsall. The direct line of the Dunstanvills
become extinct in 1270, on the death of the third Walter de
Dunstanvill, and in 1 309, their estates passed by purchase to
Bartholomew de Badlesmere.

In 1256 a William Cadygan was sued by the Abbot of Shrewsbury
for half-a-virgate of land at Richwardine.]

s d s d

iij .y.
xviij

Ric'i fil' Radulph'
Ric'o Bonenfaunt'
Ric'o le Cartar'...
Will'o le Parcar'
Will'o Marchal...
Adam de la Wode
Ric'o Wynd ...
Thorn' le Brcust'e
Will'o Wynd ...
Ric'o Whytlieued
Ric'o fil' Rog'i ...
Will'o Cadygan
Marger'lc Skymer
Ric'o fil' Regin'...
Will'o le Masonn
Rob'to Broun ...
Ric'o Bragod ...

Duns-

xiij
ix
xix
ix
xviij
xiiij
xviij
xiiij

xiJ
xvj

x»j
xvnj
xviij
xvj

Joh'e de
taniiill'
Joh'e le Rotour
Rog' le Mon
Joh'e de Tybrigh-
ton

Henr' fil' Radulph
Ric'o le Kyng' ...
Wliro Marcolf .
Will'o fil' Sibill'
Ric'o le Parker'...
Joh'e Bragod
Thorn' de Sliauyn-
ton

ix
xviij

vij ql

xij
ix
x
ix

vnj

p'b' Suma xxxiiij8 vjd ob'

10 Eyton x. 1.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327

139

WLOUKESLOWE.

[Longslow,11 Parish of Market Drayton. — Gerard de Tournai held
this manor at Domesday, and under him was one tenant paying a rent
of 40d. The Tenant of Longslow later, in 1255, was bound to provide
a horseman with breastplate, helmet, and lance, for 40 days in time
of war at the Castle of Shrawardine, <or of Shrewsbury. For six
generations the manor was thus held by members of a family taking
their name from the place, but in 1314 the last Hugh de Longslow
died leaving two daughters, his co-heiresses, the elder of whom was
married to Thomas de Styche, and the younger to Hugh de la Hull. J

s d

Will'o atte Grene
Stph'o de Norton
Ric'o de Burton
Regin' Sagge ...
Agn' vidua
Will'o deNony-
leye

s d

ob'

XIIJ

XV

ob'

xiij

Thorn' de Wat-

tenhull'
Adam M Rob'ti

Vllj

xiij ob1

p'b' Suma ixs xd o' qu

s'jbt'
ibid'm

MORTON ET BLOTH'.

[Morton Say and Kljstohlby,13 North Bradford Hundred. — At
Domesday Roger de Lacy held this manor under Earl Roger, and a
tenant named William under him. Probably between 1195 and
1222 it became held by a younger brother of Hclias de Say of
Stokesay, and continued to be held by members of that family.
Hugh de Say sat on a Wem Inquest in 1290, and occurs as Lord of
Morton in 1308 and 1310.

Bletchley was held under the elder branch of the Says by a family
taking their name from the place.' Early in the 13th century
.Nicholas de Bletchley gave the Mill of Bletchley to Lilleshall Abbey,
and about 1222 Helias de Say gave to Haughmond Abbey a rent of
12s, 4d. arising from land at Bletchley. The Corbets of Moreton
Corbet afterwards acquired this property of Haughmond Abbey, but
the monks of Lilleshall retained their estate here till the Dissolution.

Styche, another member of Moreton, contained two estates, the
one held by the Says, the other directly under the Lords of Stoke-
upon-Tern, by tenants generally bearing the name of De Stuche.

Thomas de Stuche, mentioned in the Subsidy Roll, married Isabel,
elder daughter of Hugh de Longslow, and Hugh de Hull, also men-
tioned under Moreton, was the husband of Eleanor, her sister.
Kichard de Pywelesdone (Pilson) in 1309, and 1310, was a man of
some importance, being a Commissioner of Levies in North Wales
and the Marches, and earlier, in 1256, a William de Pvvlesdon

n Eyton ix. 214.

140

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

was presented by the Sheriff of Staffordshire and Salop among those
who held 1,5 librates of land, and yet were not knights.

Henry de Parrok (Park, near Stoke-upon-Tern) was in 1317 juror
on an Inquest as to the Fees of Theobald de Verdon.J

s d

Hugone le Say ... ij

Thoma de Stuche ... xij Rob'to F le bien ... y

Will'o de Pyweles-
done

Thorn' de Hull' ...
Hug' de Hull'
Hug' de Hethe
Adam Mo lot
Ph'o de Stuche ...
Henr' de Parrok' ...

Hug' Dun

Thorn' Rabans

"J

xij

ij

xij

nJ

xviij

ij

vj

xvj

iij

Hug' le Sengle
Rob'to P' le bien
Thom' Jordan
Rob' iil' Isabell
Hug' Wylkesone
Rob'to m* Ric'i
Will'o le Budel
Hug' Sylion
Will'o Dugel
Thorn' le Hay ward

p'b' Suma xxxij5

d

xij

xii

xy

xij

xij

s'bt'

£}

ibid'ra

xjd

CALUERHAL.'

[Calverhall, or Cloverley.13 At Domesday, Calverhall, like
Adderley, was held by Nigel, the Physician, and atter his death passea
through several hands, to the De Dunstanvills. The chief tenants
took their name from the place, and were of considerable importance,
occurring frequently as witnesses of local deeds. In 1324, William
de Calverhale was returned by the Sheriff of Shropshire as a
Man at Arms, and was summoned to attend a Great Council at
Westminster. Laurence de Calverhalle occurs in 1332 as witness of
a deed relating to land at Sandford.l •

Laurenc' de Ca-

hierhar ... ij
Will'modeClo-

nerl'g . . . xviij

Will'o Fabro... x

Thorn' Greythe x

AdamFeysaunt ix

Thorn' fil' Ade x

Ric'o fir Walt'i xij

WW fil' Ric'i ix

Ric'o Heryng viij

Ric'o fil' Ade
Rob'to Ealle ...
Joh'e de Sond-

ford'
Will'o de Calu-
erhal'

de Legh'
de Gay-
wode

Hug
Hug

d

ix
xij

XV

xij
ix

ix

| s'bt'.
r ibid'rn

ob' qu p'b' Suma xiiij3 viijd o' qu

13 Eyton x. 10.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327* 141

IGHTEFELD.

[Ightfield, 14 North Bradford Hundred. — Ightfield was, at
Dom,esday, among the manors held by Gerard de Tournay. In 1211,
it was held by Walter Hose (Hussey), and Roger de Ychtefeld, on
condition of their providing one foot-soldier for the ward of the Castle
of Shrawardine. Roger de Ightfield, in 1240, was the sole tenant,
and 15 years later he exchanged Ightfield with Griffin de Warren,
probably a son of William de Warren, of Whitchurch. Griffin was
succeeded by his son John, who was a minor in 129.2. In 1310, this
John was returned as one of the Servientes (men-at-arms) to be prepared
at Tweedmouth, to discharge the military service due from Fulk Le
Strange, Lord of Whitchurch.]

s d s d

Joh'e de Warenne iii Regm' fil' Galfri' xiiij

Joh'e Kenwrek' ix Will'o le Tayllour xij

Ric'o Bercar' xx Hug' loveday viij

Gryffino fil' Ric'i xv Will'o de Wyllesby vij qu

SONDF.

["Sandford,15 Parish, of Prees. — This was another of Gerard de
Tournai's Manors. It was held at an early date, probably from the
reign of Henry I., by the De Sandfords, whose descendants still hold
the same estate. The Richard de Sandford of the Subsidy Roll may
be Richard de Sandford (II I.), who succeeded his Father Ralph in 180S,
and died in Feb. 1327, or his son Richard. At the death of the former,
he was stated to have held Sandford and Rnthall, by service of one man-
at-arms, with ah unbarbed horse, in guard of Montgomery Castle in
time of war, for 40 days, at his own cost. The Capital Messuage at
Sandford Avas then in a ruinous state, and two carucates, held in
demesne, were valued at only £2 14s. 4d., because the land was sandy.
The latter Richard (IV.) died in 1347, in foreign parts, serving under
the King in France.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Sondford ij Rogi' Bercar1 xij

Ric'o de Acheslcye ' xx Ric'o M Stph'i x { s'bt'

Ric'o de Wylastone xij Thorn' le Tayllour viij J ibid'm

Will'o Half-mark

7i

Rob' to de Achcsl'g xviij p'b' Suma xix8 iijd qu

PREES.

[Prees,16 North Bradford Hundred. — This was held from very early
times by the Bishop of Chester. He had there the privilege of Free

14 Eyton ix. 208.

15 Eyton ix. 221.

16 Eyton ix. 244.

142 The Shropshire Lay

Warren, by grant of Henry III., and the right of holding a weekly
market on Tuesdays, and an annual fair on the eve, the day, and the
morrow, of St. Chad, the Bishop (March 1, 2, 3). In 1285 the
Bishop is spoken of as holding this manor as a member of his Barony
of Eccleshall, and having there his free court and gallows.

William dc Wottenhull was amoog,.the chief tenants at Prees, and
his name constantly occurs as a witness of deeds from 1320 to 1350,
or even later. Thomas de Wottenhull also occurs as a witness at
about the same date. Other tenants of the Bishop took their name
from Prees. Philip de Prees and John de Prees both occur in deeds
of the latter half of the 13th century.]

s d s d

Will'o de Wottenhull' iiij . Rog' Breed ... ... vj

Thorn' de Wofctehuli' iij Joh'e Knotte xij

Will'o Snel vj Relict' Reg'm vj

•Toh'e de Prees ... xij

HETHE.

[The Heath, Wooliston, and Darliston, in the Parish of Prees,
were all members of the Bishop's Manor of Prees, and at each place
we find tenants taking their surname frem their home. The De
Wylastons occur frequently in local deeds, and were apparently
a numerous family. In 1327 a Sandford Inquest was attended by
John, Roger, and Richard de Wylaston ; and 20 years earlier Henry
de Wylaston was juror on a similar Inquest.

As early as 1221 mention occurs of Henry de Dorlaveston, and in
1327 Adam fitz William of Derlaston was a juror on a Sandford
Inquest. Richard and William de Mitteleye also took their name from
a hamlet in Prees parish, now called Mickley.]

s d s d

Will'o Gamel xij Radulph' de Hethe xviij

Ric'o fil' Nich'i xviij Rob' to de Hethe vj

WYLASTON.

s d s d

Ric'o Aleyn vij Henr' de Ead'm ... vj

Ph'o Godith' xviij Ric'o Godith' xij

Rog' de Wylaston' ... xvij Joh'e de Wylaston' ... xv

DERLASTON.

s d s d

Rico' de Mitteleye... xviij Thorn' p'po'ito ... xij j s>^t'

Will'o de Mitteleye vj Willo' Dry wery ... xv j ibid'm

Stph'o de Derlastone xij

Willo' fil' Will'i ... ij j p'b' Sum* xxxj*

Will'o Aleyn ... ij

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

143

WEMME.

[Wem,20 North Bradford Hundred. — This was at Domesday the
head of William Pantulf's Barony of Wem, which passed from
father to son till 1233, when William Pantulf (II.) died, leaving his
daughter Matilda his heir. Matilda Pantulf married Ralph le
Botyler, and Wem remained with their descendants till the death of
William le Botyler in 13G9, when his only daughter conveyed it to
her husband Robert de Ferrers. Their son Robert died in .1410,
leaving two daughters, co-heirs, Elizabeth, the wife of John, son of
Ralph, Baron Greystock ; and Mary, wife of Ralph, son of Ralph
Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland.

In 1281, the Manor of Wem possessed a Forialice, gardens, and two
parks, two water mills, and one windmill. It was held, with Hinstock
and Tirley, by the service of three knights in the army of Wales, for
40 days, at the cost of the lord. In 1277, these three knights serving
in the campaign against Llewellyn, were Ralph de Botyler himself,
William his son, and John de Brumpton.

The Alice de Montgomery of the Subsidy Roll was probably Alice,
the widow of William le Botyler's elder brother Gawen, who in 1292
held 30 libr ates of revenue in Wem.]

s d s d

Will'o le Botiler... x Alano de Hunte xvj'

Alic'de Monte } • • Alano Cl'ico ... ij

Gomery . . . j Joh'e Bercar' . . . xiiij o'qu

PW Brouncok' ... ix Thorn' Doule ... xvj

WOLUARDEL'G.

[Wolverley,'21 Parish of Wem. — This, with Horton, Lowe and
Ditches, Edstaston, Coton, Aston, Tilley, Beslow near Wroxeter,
Harcourt, and Alkington, near Whitchurch, belonged at Domesday to
William Pantulf.

Between the years 1225 and 1233, William Pantulf II. gave to
Lilleshall Abbey the mill of Wolverley, reserving a rent of 2s, to
himself.]

s d s d

Will'o fil' Joh'is iij j ob' Mareford nT Hug' ... ij
Thorn' fil' Joh'is ij ob' Will'o Armigero ... xj

Will'o fil' Hug' xix o'qu

HORTONE.

[Horton, 22 With Lowe and the Ditches, all in the parish of Wem,
were so completely absorbed by the Barony of Wem, as to apparently
have no separate history.]

20Eyton ix. 157.

21 Eyton ix. 182.

22 Eyton ix. 178.

144

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

S d i

Adam fil' Hugonis ij vj o'qu Alic' vidua

Wili'o fil' Rob'ti... vj Petro fil' Hug' ...

Rob'to fil' Juonis xvj ob'

LOWE, 'T PYCH\

s d s

Rob'to fil' Rob'ti ij iij ob' Hug' Cady ...

Wili'o fil' Henr' xiiij Ric'o le Wodeward

Henr' fil' Henr' xvij ob'

d

ix
xiij

d

xvj

EDESTANSTON.

[Edstaston, 24 once in the Parish of Wern, also has but little history.
Thomas son of William de Hopton, its chief tenant in 1327, may have
been, not improbably, some connection of Walter de Hopton, the second
husband of Matilda Pantulf, Baroness of Wem. This Walter died in
1305, some years after his wife, having, during her life time, held the
Barony of Wem in her right.]

Thorn' fil' Wili'i) ...

de Hopton' f UJ
Thorn' Vaghan
Thorn' le yomon iij

d

xij
J

Wili'o Wvldegos
Wili'o T-Any'...
Ric'o fil' Rog'i...

d

xiij
xv iij

o q1

COTENE.

[Coton and Aston 25 Parish of Wem. — These have neither of them
any histoiy apart from Wem. Aston was held in demesne by the
Pantulfs and Botylers, and the Agnes de Taunton of the Subsidy Roll
probably belonged to the former family, as Ivo de Pantulf, Hector of
Wem, c. 1250, is more than once called Ivo de Paunton.

Hugh Fitz Alan of Coton may have been a younger branch of the
Fitz Alans of Oswestry, with whom the Botylers were connected by
marriage. He occurs as witness of a deed about this .date.]

s d s

Hug' fil' Alani...
Henr' de Cruce

vij viij o' Thorn' fil' Edden-
vj euet . ..

Madoco Moyl ...

d

xij q»

Agn'. de Paunton ...
Rie'o Curtey's

ASTONE.
s d

iij iiij Ric'o Bote

Thorn' Body

d

ix ob'

?4 Eyton ix. 179

25 Eyton ix. 180,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

145

TY'LEWELEYE.

[Tilley, Parish of Wem. — This is only occasionally noticed, and
then in close connection with Wem. In 1290 it is mentioned as
paying 2s. 6d. to the Lord of Wem for pasture in the Olde Park.]

d ' s d

Thorn' de Dyches ... xix o' Joh'e de Hordeleye ij ob'
Adam Waryn ... xij Ric'o fil' Walt'i ... vj

STY'LE.

[Steele.28 Parish of Prees. — This, though in 1327 a member of
the Barony of Wem, was at Domesday held by Roger de Curcelle.
The tenant in 1327, Nicholas de Sandford, was son of Ralph Sandford
(II.) of Sandford. In 1324 be was summoned to attend the Great
Council at Westminster. William le Botyler granted to him, his
wife Alice, and his heirs, allowances of timber, (housebote £ haybote),
in his wood of Cotton.]

s d d
Nich'o de Sondf ... ij vj Henr' Sylion .. xij
Thorn' Sylion ... xviij

BESS E LOWE.

[Beslow,29 Parish of Wroxeter.— Almost from the time of Domes-
day this was held under the Barons of Wem, by a family taking
its name from the place. It remained their property for some
centuries, and then passed with an heiress into the family of Poyner.
Hugh de Beslow occurs on a local jury in 1298 and in 1315. Roger,
brother of the Abbot, would be a brother of the then Abbot of
Shrewsbury, whose country seat at Eyton-on-^evern is also in the
Parish of Wroxeter.

s d s d

Hug' de Besselowe ij x qu Rog' fr'e Alb'tis ... iij vj

HARPECOT'.

Harcourt, 30 Parish of Stanton-on Hine heath. — This was held
under the Barons of Wein by a family of de Harpcotes, who, however,
seem, in 1327, to have made way to William de Staunton, who may
have been a younger branch of the Stantons of Stanton on Hine
heath.

Will'o de Staunton' ... xviijd

28Eyton ix. 197. 29 Eyton viii. 40. 30 Eyton ix. 181.

Vol. XII. Q

146

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

DODYTONE.

[Dodington, 31 Parish of Whitchurch. — This member of the Barony
of Wem was one of the manors of Roger Curcelle at Domesday. It
was held by tenants immediately under the Barons of Wem, and in
1261, was part of the marriage portion of Ankaret, daughter of Griffin,
niece of James de Audley, and wife of Ralph le Botyler's son, William.
Ankaret was left a widow in 1283, and married Robert de Nevill
shortly after, but continued to hold Dodington, In 1327, William
le Botyler (II.) of Wem enfeoffed William Hereward, Parson of Weston
Turvill, in the Manor of Dodyngton, with remainder after the death
of William le Botyler, to John le Strange of Whitchurch, and Ankaret
his wife, daughter of William le Botyler, by his second wife, Ela,
daughter of Roger de Hardeburgh.:

s d s d

Radulph' Michel ... xv Adam Pistore ... xviij

Joh'e de Cruce ... ,ij Ric'o Outlawe ... xviij

ALKYNTONE.

[Alkington, 32 Parish of Whitchurch, — This, though like Dodington,
in the parish of Whitchurch, was one of the Domesday manors of
William Pantulf, and was afterwards held in demesne or villeinage by
the Barons of Wem. In 1299, however, we find John, son of Madoc,
of Alkinton fining half a mark for a writ of trespass, against some
person unnamed.]

s d s d

Joh'e fir Madoci ... ij Rog' de Stuche ... ix

Madoco fil' Dauid ... xij Ric'o Lyrith' ... ... xij

HETHE.

[Hethe.33— This is not mentioned in Domesday, and it is uncertain |
to what modern place it corresponds, unless it may be still marked by j
the Heath lane at Alkington. In 1304, William le Knyght of Hethe j
recognised the right of Richard, son of William le Knyght, to a house
and land at Alkington. Possibly this Richard is the Richard Spigernel j
of the Subsidy Roll. Richard de le Hethe also occurs in a deed
dated at Audley, about 1318.]

s d

Ric'o Spyg'nei v ij q"

EDESLE'YE.

[Edgeley, 54 Parish of Wem.— This was among Roger de Curcelle's
Manors at Domesday. It early passed to the Barons of Wem, and
was held under them by the Meverels, one of whom, Walter Meverel,

3> Eyton ix. 194. 32 Eyton ix< lg3 38 fi . lg3 27Q
M Eyton \z. 196.

SOBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

147

we find as early as 1 1 75 attesting charter s of Ivo Pantulf to Shrewsbury
and Haughmond Abbeys Ivo Meverel and Roger Meverel occur in
1226, Thomas Meverel, in 1236, Luke Meverel, in 1261 ; and in 1308,
Roger Meverel attended a Sandford Inquest.

• Randulph Hord occurs as witness of the deed between William le
Botyler and Nicholas de Sandford, already mentioned under Steele.

Thomas Fitz Alan may possibly have been a younger branch of the
great family of that name.]

s d s d

Rog' Meuerei .. xij Will'o Baronn ... xvj }

Radulph' Hord ... v Thorn' fiT Alani xiiij J

Will'o fir Thorn' ... viij

p'b' Sum* cxviij9 ixd ob'

SULTONE.

[Soulton, 35 Parish of Wem. — This was at Domesday the property
of the Church of St. Michael, within the castle of Shrewsbury. In
the thirteenth century, it was held under the Church by Robert Corbet
of Morton, but in 1310, Andrew de Kendal appears as lord of Soulton.
In 1321, he attended a parliament at Westminster, as Knight of the
shire for Salop. Thomas de la Hyde wa*, in 1294, Seneschal of the
Earl of Arundel, and in 1269, William de la Hyde appears for Robert
de Stapleton in a law-suit respecting Wistanstow.]

s d s d

Joh'e de la Hyde... ij Will'o Dart' ... xij

Ric'o Molendinar xij

LAKENE.

Lacon,36 Parish of Wem. — This was held at Domesday by Ranulf
Peverel. Later it became escheated to the Crown, and the King-
added it to the endowment of his chapel of St. Michael, Shrewsbury.
In 1271, it was held, under St. Michael's, by Robert Corbet of Morton,
with whom Richard de Sarr', then Parson of St, Michael's, had a
law-suit respecting the rent of a tenement. In 1284. we find mention
of William de Laken, as chief tenant under Robert Corbet, and from
that time there was for centuries a continuous succession of members
of that family. John de Laken was summoned in 1324, to attend the
great Council at Westminster.]

s d s d

Joh'e de Lakene ... ij Ric'o le Potter ... xij

Adam ppo'ito ... xij

p'b' Sum* viiij*

35 Eyton x. 13.

148

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

QUIX'HAL'.

[Whixall,37 North Bradford Hundred. — This was also a Manor of
Ranulf Peverel. It wa*, probably, with Weston under Red Castle, an
escheat in the hands of Henry II. in llti9, and in 1175 was granted
to Guy le Strange. In 1195, Ralph le Strange of Knokyn died,
leaving three sisters his co-heirs. One of these, Matilda, married
Griffin, son of Gervase Goch of Sutton (Maddock), and ia 122),
Radulph de Lindiscie had a law-suit against Griffin, for a tenement in
Wykeshull. Not improbably the large number of Welsh names
found in deeds relating to Whixall may be attributed to the influence
of Griffin, or of his son Madoc. We find later the Botylers of W em,
with many tenants under them, holding Whixall under the Audleys,
by service of a pair of spurs.

About 1310, John, son of Richard de Wykeshall, gave to William,
son of Sir Ralph de Sandford, all his lands and tenements at Whixall,
except a capital messuage, ifcc , between the lands of Hugh Fitz Alan
and John de Montecute. This deed was witnessed by Andrew de
Kendal, Lord of Soulton, William de Haddelee, John de Montacute,
Thomas de Calverhall, Thomas Fitz Hey 1 in, and others.]

s d s d

Thorn' de Caluerhal ij Joh'e Y'ouan . . . xviij

Joh'e de Mount Agit ij Ph'o fil' Madoci ... xij

Ric'o de Hadleye. .. ij Ric'o Youan ... xv

Joh'e fil' Heylyn ... ij Willo fil' Joh'is

Will'o Grym ... xij Youan ... ... xviij

Juone de Hadleye xij Ric'o fil' WiU'i

Dauid de Hadleye xij unior' (?) ... x

Joh'e Morgh' ... xij Adam Wronow ... x

Rog' fil' Stph'i ... xviij
Thorn' Heylyn ... xij Suma ... xxijs

ALBU' MONAST'IU'.

[Whitchurch,38 North Bradford Hundred. — This was at Domesday,
(there called Wcstune), the one Shropshire Manor of William de
Warren, who, under William Rufus, became Earl of Surrey. In
Saxon times, it had belonged to King Harold himself. The earliest-
known vassal of the Earls of Surrey at Whitchurch was a Cadet of
their house, William Fitz Ranulf, whose descendants, the De Warrens,
were Lords of Whitchurch till 1272, when John de Warren of
Wrhitchut'ch died, leaving four daughters, one of whom, Elianor, was
the wife of Robert le Strange. Fulk le Strange, son of Robert and
Elianor, became Lord of Whitchurch, partly by purchase, and partly
by inheritance. He held it of Earl Warren, " by service of taking the
venison throughout the Earl's lands in England, at the charges of the

97 Eyton ix. 348.

88 Eyton x. 14.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

149

Baid Earl." He died in 1324, and was succeeded by his son, John,
who married Ankaret, daughter of William le Botyler of Wem.

Richard Weykyn, of the Subsidy Roll, may be a certain Richard de
Leylonde, wrho in 1324, held for life a yearly rent of 6 marks, arising
from Whitchurch mill.]

s d s d

Joh'e Exune ... v Ric'o fiT Kanulph' xvj o'

Alic' le Heust'e ij Will'o fil' Plug'... xij

Will'o Deykyn xviij Will'o Fabro ... xv

Will'o de Marie- Henr'de Edesleye xij

put ... ... xiiij Hug' le Walsh .. . xiiij ob'q11

Sibil i' Magote ... xvj Hug' Body ... xviij

Henr*Molendinar' xviij o' Rob'to Gryn'r ... xij
Rob'to Dangemar' xij qu Ric'o Weykyn ... ij
Will'o Bissore . . . viij Henr' de Hynton' xviij

Hug' le Mercer xij Hug' le Lutle . . . xviij

Will'o de Rost-

wode ... ... xij

[The Lords of Whitchurch kept so exclusive a jurisdiction over their
under tenants, that history is silent as to all the members of the
Manor. The holdirigs seem to have been small, and the tenants of no
great note. In Little Ash, the John de Lee, of the Subsidy Roll,
may be John de Lee of Stanton-on-Hineheath, who occurs frequently
from 1307 to 1335, but the name is not uncommon.]

WORCH'AL'.

[It is not quite clear whether Worch'al is the place now called
Broughall, or whether it is Wirswall, in the parish of Whitchurch,
but in the county of Chester. As Marbury and Norbury, two other
Cheshire townships in the same parish, are not named in the Roll, it
is probably Broughall. Besides Wirswall is called W^ireswelle in
Domesday. See Ormerod's Cheshire, iii, 459. It may possibly be
Wichaugh, but that is in Malpas parish.]

s d y s d

Ric'o le Rede ... xiiijo'qu Ric'o de Marchion-
Joh'e de WottenhiuT xxj leye ... ... xij

Ric'o fil' p'po'ito ... xij Ric'o fil' Rog'i ... xvjqn

Thorn' de Batvndon xijob'q" Rog' fil' Thorn' xviij
Ric'o fil' WiU'i ... xij Ric'o Valk' ...xij

Will'o de Stvle ... xij
WODEIIOUS.
[Woodhouse, parish of Whitchurch.]

s d ad
Thorn' fil' Ade xiiijo' Rog' de Hanekestan xijo'q*

Adam de Hanekes- Thorn' de Lugh'ton xij

tan ... ... xij Hug' lc Swon ... xiijo'

I

150

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

Will'o Tanny
Thorn' le Hore
Willo' le Rebek'
Hug' le Hurcar'
Regm' le Hurcar'
Ric'o Fabro
Joh'e fir Griffini
Ric'o le P'kere ij
Will'o fil' Ade
Thorn' le Hurcar

ob'

d.

xyj
ix
viij
xvj
xnj

XIJ ,
vjoq"

V

xijo'q11
ESSH'

Ric'o de Leghton
Will'o de Lygge-

leye ... ' ...
Ric'o deLancastr' ij
Adam de Wyn-

keke

Ric'o le Cartar' iij
Hug' Molendinar' ij
Ric'o Tench' ij

MAIOR.

d

vijq11
xvjq

XV11J

vj
y

d
xiiii

[Ash Major, parish of Whitchurch,
s

Ric'o cle Rugwardyn
Rob'to Knokke-

doule
Thorn' Broun
Hug' del Wode ...
Thorn' Wyllesone...
Will'o Brounesone

x

vjo'qr

Rog' fil' Willi ...
Ric'o fil' Thorn'
Thorn' fil' WiU'i
Ric'o fil'Hamonis
Ro#' fil! Rob'ti . . .

d

yj

Vllj

ix

xvj
vi

o q1
ob'

Will'o de Hethe ij

vijo q
viij

ESSH' MINOR.
[Ash Minor, parish of Whitchurch. See note under Whitchurch.

S

"J

d
iij

Joh'e de Lee ...
Joh'e de Astone
Adam de Hethe . . . vnj
Will'o de Stuche . . . vj
Henr' de Bryddesmer' vj

TYLDESTOK
[Tilstock, parish of Whitchurch.]
s

Ric'o Colemon
Tybot' Relict' Hug'
Will'o Boys ...
Will'o le Herdemo'
Rob'to Tyrry

s

d

xj

viij
vj

Vllj

ob'

Will'o Glyger ...
Will'o Broun ...
Rog'fil'Ph'i ...
Madoco fil' Cado-

gan

Ric'o fil' WiiTi...
Rob'to Bercar ...
Ric'o Danggemar'
Will'mo de Brora-

leye

Joli'e deHetho...
Thorn* Glyger . . .

d
xiiij

viij
x

xij
xmj

Vllj

xviij

Joh'e Cadugan
Ric'o fil' Rog'i
Ric'o Kyng ...
Rog' fil' Ric'i
Will'o Eddesone
Will'o Cop'tore
Joh'e fil' Thorn'
Will'o fil' Rog'i
Rob'to fil' Hug'
Ric'o de Rylnill

d
viij

viij

m.i

X1j

x

X

viij

s'bt'
ibid'ra

p'b' Sma cxvs vd

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

151

WESTON' ET WYKESHULL'.

[Weston-under-Red-Castle, and Wixhill,39 Parish of Hodnet. —
These were both probably held at Domesday by Ranulf Peverel,
though Weston only is mentioned. Edric Salvage ( Wild Edric), round
whose Dame so many traditions have gathered, held it in Saxon times.
From the Peverels it passed through the hands of the King, to Guy
le Strange. In 1200, Robert Fitz Iwein, or Robert Bagard, as he
seems to have been indifferently called, laid claim to this Manor, and
was bought out by the three co-heiresses of Guy le Strange. In 1227,
Matilda le Strange, widow of Griffin Goch, sold the rock, called Red-
cliff, and two acres of land in Weston, to Henry de Audley, who at
once built himself a castle there. He soon afterwards acquired all
Matilda's property in Weston, by exchanging State way and Stone Acton
in Rushbury parish, with her son Madoc de Sutton. The De Audleys
had many tenants at Weston, some taking their name from the place.
In 1292, Robert, son of Thomas de Weston, was on a Bradford jury.]

s d s d

Thorn' de Westone... xij Ph'o p'po'ito... ... xij

Thorn' Wy chard ... xij Ric'o p'po'ito ... xviij

Will'o Bercar' ... xviij Joh'e Ball'o . .. ... xij

Adam Bercar' ... xij Ric'o Molendinar' ... xij

MARCH'ULEYE.

Mauchamley,40 Parish of Hodnet. — At Domesday this was held by
Rainald the Sheriff; part of it being held in demesne, and part by
an under tenant named Walter. In the 12th century we find tenants,
taking their name from the place, holding it under the Fitz Alans.
About 1190, John de Merchemesley gave to the Abbot of Ilaughmond
a certain part of his wood and right of common in the whole land of
Kentenesdene in augmentation of the grant he had already made of
land at Hopley. John de Marchamley died some ten years later, and
was succeeded by his two daughters, one of whom, Johanna, wife of
Richard de Essex, sold her right to Marchamley to Henry de Audley.
In 1256, James de Audley conceded to Alexander, Abbot of
Haughmond, a parcel of land in the heath of Hopley, and the right
to grind, toll-free, at the mill, called Le Bechemulne. In 1321, there
was a suit pending between Philip de Say, Rector of Hodnet, and
Geoffrey de Wolselegh, who, considering himself as Rector of the
Chapel of Marchamley, claimed the great tithes there.]

s d s d

Galfr'o de Wolseleye iij iiij Rog' Osbern ... xviij

Will'o Gery ... iij iiij Alano Clay .., xx

Will'o Dauy ... ij Thorn' Youan ... xviij

Agn' relict' Hug' ... ij vi Henr' fil* Ric'i ... • xvj

Henr' fil' Ph'i ... ij Will'o de Hawenygge ij

*9 Eyton ix. 341. 40 Eyton ix. 272.

152

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

COSKESFORD T HAUEKESTON.

iLosFORD,41 Parish of Hodnet. — Ten year? after Domesday this
was held under Rainald, by Hunald, who also held land at Preston
Boats, and about the year 1098, granted two-thirds of his demesne
tithes to the monks of Shrewsbury. * Later we find tha chief tenants
for some generations taking their name from the place. In 1220,
Bertram de Lochesforde gave to Haughmondxlbbey, his fourth part of
a meadow at Losford, called the Mill Meadow. The De Audleys
became lords of Losford towards the end of the 1 3th century, and it
became accounted as a member of lied- Castle.]

[Hawkstoxe,42 Parish of Hodnet. — This was probably originally a
member of Marchamley, but was in 1185, held independently of it, by
Roger de Hawkston. He was followed by his son Hugh, and the
manor passed on from father to son till about 1300. William de
Weston, Lord of Hawkeston occurs, as a frequent witness to deeds from
1290, and is probably the same as William de Hawkeston, who sat on
a Longslow Inquest in that year. Possibly Alan de Hawkeston of
the Subsidy Roll may be a son of the last John de Hawkeston, who
was a contemporary of William de Weston.]

s

WilFo de Westone" iiij
Thorn' le Sermoner
Alano de Hauekes-
ton

Jacobo de Podde-
nior'

Joh'e fir Joh'is ...
Hug' de Mutteleye ij
Rosf fil' Hug' ij
Will'o de Whytemor ij
Ric'o de Legh' ... ij
Joh'efil'Pli'i

LEGH'E SUB BROKHURSTE.

[Lee Brockhurst,43 In Domesday, this manor is probably inserted
by mistake in Condover Hundred. It was then held by Norman
Venator, who gave to Shrewsbury Abbey the land of Booley, an
outlying member of Lee Brockhurst. Both Lee and Preston Brock-
hurst took their names from a neighbouring tract of woodland, the
Brockhurst. The Domesday manors of Norman Venator descended
to the family of Pichford. It was held under them by the De Burghs.
In 1256,. Bertram de Burgh, was reported by the Sheriff of Staftbrd-

d s d

Joh'ede Whytemor' xiiij
xvj Will'o de Kenteles-

dene ... ... xvj

xij Ric'o Skey'l ... xviij

Jacobo de Podde-

xij mor .. ... xvj

xviij Thom' de Preston' xij ^ 8>J

Will'o le Reue ... x fibid

Thom' til' Ph'i ... x J

p'b' Sma lvj8 vjd

xvnj

41 Eyton ix. 277.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 153

shire as among those who held 15 librates of land, but had not taken
knighthood. In 12G2, Bertram de Burgo and his brother Thomas
were accused of habitually trespassing in the King's Forest, and
Bertram was committed to prison. He recovered his liberty, and
that of his brother and his men by a fine of 5 merks. In 1276, Sir
Bertram de Burgo appeared as a Knight on a Jury at Hales-Owen.

In 1299, Leye subtus Brockhurst was apparently reckoned among
the estates of Nicholas de Audley, and in 1316, Nicholas de Audley
(II) is called Lord of Lee Brockhurst. In 1331, James de Audley,
lord of " Lye subtus Brockhurste," had a dispute with the Abbot of
Haughmond, respecting the advowson of the Chapel of Lee Brockhurst,
but he eventually, in 1336, resigned to the Abbey his claim to the
Patronage, and to half a virgate of land.]

s d s d

Nieh'o Martyn ... ij vj Will'o Gebbe ... ij

Rob'to fil' Thorn' xv Ric'o fiT Ric'i ... xij

Regiif . . Gogh... xij q"

MOSTONE.

[Moston,44 Parish of Stanton-on-Hineheath. — This was held at
Domesday by Roger Venator, and passed like his other manors to the
Barony of Pulverbatch. * It was held under the Barons of Pulverbatch
by the Fitz Warins, and under them by some of the De Hodnet
family. In 1301, William de Hodnet settled Moston on his daughter
Matilda, and her husband, William de Ludlow. In 1316, the
Ludlows received 119s. 6d. rent from Moston, exclusive of its Water-
mill.]

s d s d

WilFo Coco ... xiiij Thorn' fil' Ric'i ... ix -j ^ ,
Ric'o de Boleye ... ij Joh'e de Wykeshull xij j ibidn

Reg'm Tassy ... xv 11

Hug' de Prestone . . . xviij p'b' Sma xvjs iijd qu
Ric'o Cl'ico ... x

HOD E NET'.

[Hodnet.45 — This was in Saxon times a royal manor, belonging to
King Edward. At Domesday, Earl Roger de Montgomery held it
himself, and gave the Church there to his newly-founded Abbey
at Shrewsbury. Hodnet afterwards passed into the hands of Henry L,
who endowed the Seneschalcy of Montgomery with the Manor and the
Vills of Peplow, Little Bolas, Preston-on-the-Weald-moors, Horton,
and part of Lawley. The hereditary seneschals of -Montgomery bore
the name of De Hodnet, and were originally a younger branch of the
fitz Warins. About 1196, Odo de Hodnet gave to Haughmond Abbey

44 Eyton ix. 856.
VOL. L, 2nd S.

45 Eyton ix. 327.

154

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

a meadow, called Olhmuhieshurste, near Cotton-upon-Tern. Odo de
Hodnet (II ), liis grandson was several times commissioned as a
Justice to try local causes. In the civil wars, c. 1260, he was on the
Royalist side in the following of Hamo le Strange : and in 1255 he,
or his attorney Alan de Hodnet, complained that during the late
troubles William Trnmwyn, Stephen de Ocle, and others had devas-
tated with fire and rapine his Manor of Hodnet.

On the death of Odo, in 1284, the duties of the Seneschal of
Montgomery were : that he should abide in the Bailiwick of Mont-
gomery Castle at the charges and the discretion of its lords, and
should have a house there sufficient for himself, his wife and one
damsel, and the rest of his following. If he tarried there for his own
pleasure, he was to pay his own charges. When on duty he might
have 5 horses, 4 greyhounds, and 6 brackets (setters) in his train.
His Manor of Hodnet, held by such service, possessed a messuage and
garden, 4 carucates of land, a park, and two mills. He also received
the profits of the Manor Court, and a weekly market. Odo's
successor, William de Hodnet, was in 1287 appointed one of the Con-
servators of the Peace in Shropshire. In 1297, he was summoned to
perform military service with horses and arms beyond the seas, but
later was appointed a Commissioner of Array for Salop and Stafford-
shire. In 1298, he was returned to the Parliament of York as Knight
of the Shire, and in 1301, he had a military summons to serve in the
war against the Scots.

He was succeeded by his son-in-law, William de Ludlow, of Stoke-
say, the husband of the Matilda de Hodnet, of the Subsidy Roll.
William de Ludlow was, in 1307, Knight of the Shire for Salop, and
later we find him as Assessor of Taxes for the county, as Conservator
of the Peace, and as Commissioner of Array. He was an adherent of
the Earl of Lancaster in the matter of Piers Gaveston, but obtained
a pardon. He died in 131G.. leaving a son, Lawrence de Ludlow.
His widow, Matilda, married William de Wynne as a second husband.

William de Sandford occurs with William de Weston of Hawk-
stone as a witness of a deed referring in 1320 to land at Sandford.]

s d s d

Matiir de Rodenet v WilFo de Parys xij

Alano fil' Joh'is . . . ij vj Hug' fil' Stph'i ... xviij

Ph'o de Parys ... ij Adam le Somter... xij

Will'o Nicol .. xxiij Hem*' fil' Alani ... xv

Henr' le Knyght... xxj Kic'o Gogh' .. xviij

Will'o de Sondford xviij

PEPPELOWE.

[Peplow,46 Parish of Hodnet. — This was held at Domesday by Ralph
de Mortimer, under Earl Roger, but was soon after forfeited by him,

46 Eyton viii. 254.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

155

and was then held in demesne by Earl Hugh de Montgomery, with
Hodnet, of which manor it became a member, and was thus held by the
De Hodnets.

In 1292, Richard de Hodnet was presented as holding half the vill
of Peplow. The legality of his tenure seems to have been called in
question, but matters were apparently smoothed by Richard de
Hodnet charging himself with a chief rent of 15s. to the Crown.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Hodenet xxij Joh'e til' Hug' ... ij

Ric'o Bercar . . . iij J oh'e Gallico ... ij

Ric'o Greg' ... ij vj Rob' to Wyrcok' ... ij

Joh'e fil' Edith ... ij Joh'e Bolt ... xij

Ric'o fil' Joh'is ... xvij Jng' de Wetenhai xviij

BOULWAS.

[Little Bolas,47 Parish of Hodnet, South Bradford Hundred. — This
was, probably, originally a member of Peplow, and was with it
annexed to Hodnet. It appears in the list of the manors or vills
belonging to the hereditary seneschalcy of Montgomery.]

s d s d .

WiU'o Broun ... iij Will'o de Boulwas ij ij

Ph'o Broun . . . ij Thorn' Louekyn ... xv

Hug' de Buleye ... xviij

LONGGEFORD,

[Longford, 4S Parish of Morton Say, South Bradford Hundred. —
It is uncertain whether this was at Domesday a member of Hodnet,
though it was at an early period considered as such. It was held
under the lords of Hodnet by tenants taking their name from the
place, one of whom, Robert de • Longford, at the beginning of the
1 3th century, gave half a virgate in Longford, together with his
body, to Combermere Abbey. The Abbey, about the year 1235,
conveyed this land to Ivo Meverel in exchange for all the land
which Ivo had between the land of Clive (Cliff Grange) and the land
of Sutton. Ivo paid to the Abbey a rent of 6d, for this half- virgate,
and this rent-charge on Longford remained with the Abbey till the
Dissolution.

Longford took its name from the Roman road, which still runs in a
straight line from Bletchley to Hinstock, crossing the Tern at Tern-
hill. In 1319, the Sheriff of Shropshire was ordered to ascertain
whether the Royal Road called Longeford, between Bletchley and
Newport, and the bridges and footpaths thereof, were so dilapidated
by the overflowing of the adjacent marshes as that no one could pass
thereby without peril of life. The inquiry was duly held at Drayton-

47 Eyton viii. 255, ix. 328, &c.

156

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

in-Hales by the Sheriff, Robert de Grendon. The bad state of the

road and the damage caused by floods, and the peril to passengers

were substantiated, and a levy of Pontage for a fixed term was
allowed towards the necessary repairs.]

s d s d

Will'o de Aula ... iij vj Ric'o le Herdemo' ij

Elya Sylion ... iij vj Wili'o Cozt ... xij

Henr' de Sutton ... iij Ric'o Rotar' ... ij

Rob'to Dauwesone ij Ric'o Cissore ... xij

Will'o Tunstall ... xviij Tybota Vidua ... vj

Thorn.' Feyrchild . . . xviij

PRESTONE.

[Preston on the Wealdmoors,49 South Bradford Hundred. —
This was among the Domesday manors of Ralph de Mortimer, and,
like Peplow, afterwards passed to the Seneschalcy of Montgomery.
For some generations there were here tenants of the name of De
Preston, one of whom, Pagan de Preston, left, four daughters, who,
about 1215, gave to the Canons of Lilleshall the right to make
a stank in Ilollebroc, in the moor of Horrebur\ near Lubstree Park.
In 1336, there were four co-parceners in Preston — Thomas de
Styvynton, Hugh de Heth, Richard de Horton, and Richard son of
William de Preston (probably the Richard son of William of the
Subsidy Roll).

Thomas Cabot occurs in local juries at the beginning of the 14th
century. Probably Hugh Cabot was his son, and succeeded him in
his tenancy under the lords of Hodnet. In 1338, the Abbot of
Haughmond granted a life-lease of a house in Hopton to Henry
Clark of Hodnet, and his wife Eleanor, and their daughter Elizabeth.]

s d s d

Hug' de Hetbe ... ij Hug' Cabot ... xij

Ric'o fil' Wili'i ... ' xij Will'o Page ... x ) s'bt \

Will'o fir Walt'i ... xij Henr' Ci'ico ... x f ibid'n

Ric'o Cissore ... xij
Will'o le Palmer ... xij p'b' Sma iiij]i iij

WOLUERTON'.

[Wollerton,50 Parish of Hodnet. — At Domesday this was held by
Gerard de Tournai, and afterwards passed to Hamo Peverel, who
gave the manor to Shrewsbury Abbey. At the beginning of the
13th century the Abbot of Combermerc paid a rent of 20d to
Shrewsbury Abbey for a meadow and a moor in Wollerton. This
rent the Abbot of Shrewsbury quit-claimed in 1212, on condition
that the Abbot of Combermerc would allow him to erect a stank for
his mill at Wollerton on the lattcr's land of Chcsthull. In 1534 the

40Eyton viii. 257.

60 Eytou ix. 205.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

157

Abbatial estate of Wollerton was valued at £14 5s. per annum, and
the Abbot of Combermere had a charge of 3s. 4d. on the mill there.

In the Subsidy Roll Christiana and Thomas Coly hold land here,
while William Coly is one of the chief tenants on the Abbot's manor
of Betton-in-Hales.l

Thorn' de Wykes-
hull

Thorn' fil' Ric'i ...

Cristiana Coly . . .

Henr' le Wode-
ward ...

Thorn' Coly

Walt'o fil' Joh'is

Will'o Hotard ...

d

vnj
xijob'

vjob'

X
X

ix

Ric'o Achesone...
Dyonis Jookyns
iiob'to Corf
Joh'e de Hattone
Joh'e Molendinar'
Thorn' fir Thorn'
Rob'to de Tyrleye

q11

s d

vjo'

1

VJ

q»

yj

qu

viij

xjd ob'

s'bt
ibid'i

HEYE RATTON'

[High Hatton,51 Parish of Stanton-on-Hine Heath. — Rainald the
Sheriff held this manor at Domesday. After his time it passed,
probably, by way of Hamo Peverel to Alan de Hadley, Hamo's grand-
son. Alan de Hadley left an only daughter, who married as her
second husband Baldwin de Hodnet, who held Hatton during her
lifetime. At his death it passed to his step-son Thomas Corbet, Lord
of Tasley. In 1255, Roger Corbet, his son, held High Hatton at the
service of providing a horseman, with horse, hauberk, lance, and
chapel -de-fer to serve at the Castle of Oswestry for 40 days at Roger
Corbet's cost. In 1300, Hatton possessed a capital messuage and
garden, 80 acres of arable land, half an acre of meadow, 10 acres of
bosc, and a mill. A portion of land here, called Hideslonde, be-
longed to Haughmond Abbey — one virgate having been granted to
the Canons by Richard de Linley, about 1179; the remaining part
by Odo de Hodnet, between 1260 and 1270. Simon, son of David
Chaplain of Weston, and William, son of Walter de Hideslonde also,
about the latter date quit-claimed to the Abbey their rights in the
land of Hideslonde.

Richard de Hopton may be the same as Richard Cocus of Hopton,
who, in 1310, bought half a virgate in Hopton from Robert, son of
Adam de Preston.]

Ric'o de Hopton
Will'o Grcgor*
Will'o fiil' Ric'i
Ric'o de Peppelowe
Joh'e Gresr'...

d

XV
XV

XllJ

Thorn' Bercar'
Ric'o de Pysleye
Thorn' Gresr' ... .

d
xiij
ix
viij

p'b' Sma viij* j

51Eyton ix. 287.

158

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

HOPTON' ESPLEYE.

[Hopton and Espley,52 Parish of Hoduet. — Half of Hopton and
the whole of Espley and Hopley were probably held at Domesday by
one Walter, under Rainald the Sheriff, Lord of Marchamley. About
1155, half a virgate in Hopton and the whole of Hopley passed to
Haughmond Abbey. The chief tenants in both Hopton and Espley
took their names from the place, but the De Hoptons were never of
great importance. In 1255 Roger, son of Thomas de Hopton, was
captured in James de Audley's Warren, and imprisoned in Red
Castle. In 1255 Robert de Espley held one-fourth of a knights-fee
in Hopton and Espley, under John fites Alan, by service of one
man at arms for three weeks in war-time at Oswestry Castle. About
1270, Robert ''Espeleg u gave a rent in Hopton to Haughmond Abbey,
and some ten years later John, son of Robert de Espeley, Lord of
Espeley, gave to the Infirmary of the Abbey another rent-charge
there. John de Espley, a little later, transferred his whole estate to
the De Hodnets, from whom it passed to the De Ludiows.J

s d s d

Rog' p'po'ito . . . vij o'qu J oh'e de Parys ... vij
Adam Grene ... xij Hug' Bertram ... xvj

Ric'o Wronovv ... ij Thorn' Reus ... x ) s'bt'

Wiirofil'Radulph ij v Rog' Grene ... viij J ^id'

Joh'e Gregor ... ij iij

Thorn' Wrunow... xxij p'b' Sma xv9

Joh'e fil' Rog' ... xvij qu

m

MORTON' CORBET.

[Morton Corbet,53 North Bradford Hundred. — This is remarkable
as being held at Domesday by the same owner as in Saxon times.
Hunnit and his brother Uluiet held it in the time of King Edward,
and continued to hold it under Turold de Verley, the over lord at
Domesday. Another Saxon, Torct, was a Shropshire landowner in the
reign of Edward the Confessor, and continued to be so after the
Conquest. He was living as late as 1110, and then held several
manors, which had previously been Hunnit's or Uluiet's, among
them Morton Toret, as it was once called. Bartholomew Fitz Toret,
was in 1215 one of the only seven Salopians adverse to the King in
the then existing civil Avar. For this King Joho ordered William,
Earl of Pembroke to u:ive his land and castle of Morton, to Engeram
de Pratellis to hold during the King's pleasure, but in 1217,
Bartholomew Toret returned to his fealty, and received back his
estates. His only daughter Joanna married Richard Corbet, of

52 Eyton ix, 282. 53 Eyton x. 181.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

159

Wattlcsborough, and their son Richard succeeded his grandfather at
Morton. His son Robert, grandfather of the Robert of the Subsidy
Roll, was Sheriff of Shropshire, 1288-9. Robert Corbet (II) was born
in 1304, and in 1326 was not yet knighted. Morton Corbet is still
held by the direct descendants of Roger, his youngest son.

Geoffrey Huchonn also occurs on the Subsidy Roll fcr Shawbury.]

s d

ij Thorn' le Kyng' ... xviij

ij Thorn' p'po'ito ... viij

viij o'

ix
viij

Rob'to Corbet
Gal r'o Huchoun ...

Rog' Wylli

Ric'o le Couherd ...
Isabell' de Besseford
Joh'e le Barbour . . .
Alic' Henny

xvj
xinj
x

Vllj

Thorn' le Kyng' ..
Thorn' p'po'ito
Regm' Broun
Thorn' de Acton ..
Henr' de Bykerton'

s'bt'
ibid'm

p'b' Sma xiip

iijd o'

SHAWEBUR'.

[Shawbury,54 North Bradford Hundred. — This was held at Domesday
by Gerard de Tournai, who was succeeded in this manor by Hamo
Peverel. It was held under the Peverels by tenants taking their
name from the place, one of whom, Robert Fitz Nigel de Saubery,
about the year 1155, granted the Church of Shawbury to Haughmond
Abbey. Guy de Shawbury, son of Robert, was, about the year 1200,
waylaid and murdered in the Forest of Haughmond, probably by
Walter, son of Ralph Hose of Albright Hussey.

In 1206, Shawbury was held by Thomas de Erdinton, who died in
1218, leaving his son Giles a minor. Giles de Erdinton in some way
gave over Shawbury to Henry de Audiey, but recovered his right to
it, in 1239. In 1241, the King gave him a grant of Free Warren, in
Shawbuiy and Besford, and the right to hold a weekly market on
Thursdays, in his manor of Wellington. In 12G6, Giles de Erdinton
charged James de Audiey with having carried off corn and hay from
Shawbuiy and Besford, having arrested Erdinton's servant and taken
him to Red Castle, and with breaking the fence of Shawbury Park,
and the stank of Besford Vivary. James de Audiey did not appear
to defend himself, and probably nothing came of the suit, owing to
the death of Giles de Erdinton in 126S-9. Henry de Erdinton, his
son, gave to the Church of Shawbury, in addition to a virgate of
land, already given by his father, a messuage and curtilage, which
Robert the Miller had formerly held under him, a meadow, and a
virgate of land, of which seven acres lay upon Crolvcforlonge, and
nine acres between the Abbot of Lillcshall's land at Cherleton, and
Crcssewal-broke.

54 Evton viii. 132.

160

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

In 1318, John de Withiford, and John de Peninton, and Philip his
brother are among the witnesses of a deed concerning land at
Hanghton. John de Withiford was the son of Robert de Stannton,
to whom Henry de Erdinton in the time of Edward II. conveyed a
considerable amount of property at Shawbury. Thomas Gery was
probably of the same family as Richafd Gery, one of the chief tenants
in Acton Reynold in 1326.]

Will'o le Fremon . .
Thorn' fir Amic'
Ric'o le Ferour
Alic' r'lict' Ric'i ..
Rob'to Kelyng' . .
Anna Vidua
Joh'e in le Lone . .
Joh'e de Wythiford
Joh'e Balle ...

xvnj
xix

xviij
ix

xv qu
viij ob'

xviij

xviij qu

Alio' Vidua...
Thorn' de Haghmo'
Adam Bercar'
Galfr'o Huchoun .,
Rog' de Wythif ..
Will'o Regnald' .
Thorn' Gerv

xij ob'
xviij

x
viij

s'bf j
bid'm

p'b' Suia xvijs iiijc

PENYNTON.

[Poynton,55 Parish of High Ercall.— Uluiet, the Saxon, held
Poynton both before and after the Conquest, with another vill called
in Domesday, Twiestan, but apparently neither passed to his descen-
dants. In the reign of Henry I, Poynton was annexed to the Honour
of Montgomery, and was held under the Lords of Montgomery by
tenants taking their name from the place. Tn 1255, Philip de
Pevinton, a minor in the custody of his mother, held Pevinton
(Poynton,) by the annual rent of. a pair of gilt spurs, pa}'able at
Easter, to William de Oantilupe, Lord of the Honour of Montgomery.
Between 1272 and 1284, Philip, Lord of Penynton, gave to Haughmond
Abbey two meadows, (Overemedewc and Nethermedewe), and five
seylions (of ploughland) in Penynton. In 1319, Geoffrey de Peninton
and his brothers John and Philip occur as witnesses of a deed
concerning a gift of land at Haughton, to Haughmond Abbey.]

s d

Joh'e de Penynton' ... xv

Ph'o de Penvnton' ... xij

Will'o Cok'.* ix

Ric'o fil' Tybote ... xij

Joh'e Cok' xj

Regm' de Weolynton'... ix

Ric'o de Longgenalr' ... xv

Will'o le Wodeward ... xiij

Joh'e de Penynton' ... ix

Thorn' de Hal sh ton' ... vj

Will'o Bryd ... ^

p'b' Sma x8 jd

f Evton ix. 1.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

161

MAGN' WYTHIF'.

[Great Withyford,56 Parish of Sluiwbury. — This was a three-fold
manor at Domesday, one share of which was held by William Pantnlf,
and the remaining two by Rainald the Sheriff. William Pantulfs
share was that virgate and a half in Withyford which, in 1255, was
held by John fitz Aer of the Barony of Wem by the service of two
foot-soldiers with bows and arrows for 15 days in time of war at Wem.
In 1313, Hugh fitz Aer was said to have held half Withyford under
Sir William le Botyler by service of one man with a lance at Wem,
for 20 days in time of war with Wales ; "and if the garrison should
go out of the Castle of Wem, the lancer was still to abide therein to
keep watch over the tire.'' The Fitz Aers held the other part of
Withyford under the Le Stranges of Knokyn by service of a man-at-
arms for 15 days at Knokyn. The Le Stranges held it under the
Fitz Alans. About 1230 Robert fitz Aer (III.) bequeathed the Mill of
With) ford to Haughmond Abbey, but his brother and heir, William,
settled the town and mill of Withyford as the dower of Robert's
widow, Amice, agreeing to pay an annuity of 20s. to the Abbot in its
stead. In 1327, the last Fitz Aer of Withyford was dead, and his
only child Margery still a minor. She was probably a ward of
Alan de Charlton of Apley, whose son, a second Alan, she afterwards
married, for in that year (1327), Alan de Charlton had leave from the
King to embattle his mansions at Apley and Withyford. Margery
was dead before 1319, when her husband died of the pestilence, and
their two young sons John and Thomas were left to the care of their
grandfather, who lived till 1360.

Roger Coke may be the same as Roger, son of Richard le Coke of
Hopton, who in 1333 sold all his lands in Hopton and Espley to John
le Walishe of Salop, who in 1338, gave them up to the Canons of
Haughmond. In 1315, the Abbot- of Haughmond demised a house
and land at Withiford to Johanna, wife of Roger de Smethcote, and
house and land to Philip Cok.]
s d

Will'o Rees ...
Hug' le Cartar
Adam Cav
WiU'o nl'Ph'i...
Will'o Sauage..
WiU'o Robocke
Will'o fiP Thorn*
Ph'oCok'
Joh'e de Burgh -

ton ...
Edith' Gech ...
Agn' Wyrcok' ...
Will'o leTr'uenter

ob!

xx
xviij
xv
xij
xij
ix
xvj

xix
xvj

Rico de la Hull
qu Rog' Coke
qu Rob'to WTade ...
Alic' de la Hull'
Ric'o Meyl ...
Rog'de Smeothe-
o'qu cote ...
qu Rog' Molendiuar'
WiU'o Wryde ...
qu Joh'e Mol

s d
xviij

xixq1
xql

xx
vj

X

ix

s'bt
ibid'i

p'b Sm* xxv8 xc

06Eyton it. 181, 309.
Vol. I. 2nd S.

P.

162

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

STOK' SUP* TYRNE.

[Stoke-upon-Tern,57 North Bradford Hundred. — Roger de Lacy
held this manor at Domesday. It was held under the De Lacys by
the De Says of Stokesay, the first of whom, Theodorie de Say, made
a grant of land near the Tern (now known as Stoke Grange), to
Shrewsbury Abbey. His son Helias de Say about 1150, gave half a
hide at Hopton, near Hodnet to the Canons of Haughmond. In 1199,
Stoke upon Tern and Stokesay are distinguished as North Stoke and
South Stoke, when North Stoke was assigned as the dower of Hugh
de Say's widow, Olympias. Between 1250 and 1255, Hugh de Say
exchanged Stoke upon-Tern with John de Verdon, for land in Ireland.
It was then held by the service of one knight in time of war at
Shrawurdine Castle, and another tenant, Hugh de Heton was bound
to provide one horseman for 40 days, at the same Castle. The De
Yerdons held it till 131G, when Theobald de Yerdon(II) died, leaving
four daughters, coheiresses. In 1328, it was apportioned to the
second daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Bartholemew de Burghersh, but in
1343, it was in possession of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby, |Ji2
husband of Isabel, the fourth daughter.

William de Heselshawe, (Helshaw, a vill of Stoke,) is mentioned in
1317, as holding half a knight's fee in Eaton-on Tern.

A Griffin de Lee occurs in 1334 as the attorney of Ancarett, wife
of John le Strange of Whitchurch, when she and her husband con-
ceded the right of Bartholomew de Berdefeld, Parson of Ightefeld,
to the Manor and Advowson of Whitehurche.

William de Wistaneswick appears in 1262 as witness of a deed
relating to land at Eaton-on-Tern, and on Jury Lists in 1274, 1300,
and 130G ; and Richard de Wistaneswick is witness of a deed c. 1330
relating to land at Frees.

A Hugh de Eton was in 1255 Lord of Eaton-on-Tern, and in 1262
one of the regarders of the Wrekin Forest ; but we find no further
mention of him after 1270. William Capsi may be the same as a
William Capci, mentioned in 1302, as formerly holding a burgage in
Newport.

Richard de Thorneby was, not improbably, some connection of
Geoffrey de Thyrneby, Rector of Stoke-upon-Tern from 1313 to 1357.

About 1292, William Knotte of Alvertone (Ollerton) gave to Elyas,
son of Robert le Wodeward of Alvertone, 6 seylions in the fields of

s

(1

d

Will'o de Hesel-
shawe

Will'o de Peches-
eye

Griffino de Lee... iiij yj

Will'o Norreys . . . xvij

Thorn' Crewe ... xiiij
Will'o Wormil ... iij

57 Eyton viii. 59.

I

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 132 ?.

163

Will'o de Leye ...
Ric'o de Yorchard
Ric'o de Pateshull'
Ric'o de Wystans-

wyk'

Rob'to Denston...
Ric'o Braas
Henr' le Gart-

wrighte
Joh'edeClouerley
Adam Brounnyg'
Will'o Godefrey
Rog'deStok' ...
Hug' de Eton . . .
Walt'o Dros
Rob'to Purcel ...
Will'o Cap'll'no...
Henr' de Wode-

hous ...
Will'o de Wode-

hous

Job'e de Dodde-

leye

d

xiiij

Xllj

xvj

ob'

y

xv ob'

XV

X

VJ

Rob'todeErcalewe
Ric'o Knotte
Rob' to Chay . . .
Thorn' fil' Rob' ti
Will'o Capsi ...
Ric'o de Thornnebv
Rob'to fir Thorn' "
Thorn' Fabro ...
Alano Lote
Alano fil' Pycke
Nich'o Lote
Ric'o Spryng' . . .
Joh'e de Horseleye
Henr Droos
Joh'e de Ware ...
Ric'o Wy chard . . .
Rob' to le Wode-

ward ...
Henr' de Eton' . . .

s

d

xviij

ij

XX

ii

J

xviij

xiij

xv

xvj

xviij

xiij

xiiij

xyij

xxiii
j

xj

XV

x

X

X

p'b' Sma lxxs

CHILDES ERG ALE WE.

[Child's Ercall,5S This was held at Domesday by Piainald the
Sheriff, and continued in the possession of his successors till the time
of William Fitz Alan (f), who, about the year 1138, granted Dodicote,
a member of this Manor, to Combermere Abbey. About 1155, Hamo
le Strange held Ercull under William Fitz Alan, and during his tenure,
granted Nagington, another member of the Manor, to Haughmond
Abbey. After Hanio's death, Little Ercall was held by his younger
brother Ralph, who made a grant of land there to Wombridge Priory.
Ralph le Strange was succeeded in his estates in Shropshire and
Norfolk, by his two daughters, Maud, wife of Fulk d'Oirri, and Emma,
wife of Philip de Burnham. The right of these two to the manor of
Little Ercall was disputed by their cousin John le Strange (II), and
the law-suit was decided in his favour in 1200. About 12G0, Johnle
Strange (III) made over to his son Koger, whatever he held in
Ercall." This Roger was a man of mark, being Lord of Ellcsmere
and Cheswardine, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Justice of the Forests
south of the Trent. In 1800, he joined in the letter of the Barons of

s'bt'
ibid'm

58 Eyton vni. 7.

164

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

England to Pope Boniface VIII. Roger died in 1311, leaving no
legitimate heirs, and his manor passed through several hands to John
de Leybourn, of Berwick, son of Lucia, sister of John le Strange

Roger de Pyvelesdon appears, c. 1220, as a witness of deeds between
Nicholas de Audley and the burgesses of Newport.]

Will'o fil' Elye ...
Will'o de Addeneye
Will'o le Yongge . . .
Rob' to Bysshop ...
Rog'de Pywelesdon'

d

xiij
viij
ix
xiiijq'

s d

Will'o de Kyneleye iij ql
Will'o Bysshop ... xij
Will'o Pyckesone... ij
Will'o de Addeney

xx

UJ

ATTON

[Hungry Hatton,59 Parish of Child's Ercall. — This was, with the
Lee and Goldstone, a member of Child's Ercall, and was held by
various tenants, under the Le Granges.

William de Leye occurs as a defaulter in respect of attendance at
the Assizes of 1292, and as on a Hinstock Jury, in 1306.]

Hug' le Rede . . . xiiij

Will'o le Budel ... x

Will'o de Leye ... xijob'

Walt'o de Leye ... xiiijq11

Hug' de Nakynton' xij

Walt'o le Wenche xxq"

Thorn' Calueser' ... viij
Galfr'ofil' Will'i ... ii

Will'o Lumbard ...
Joh'e de Strangelf
Will'o de Kyngton
Ric'o de Golstone
Will'o de Nakynton

X1J
viij

viij 6'

x

viij

p'b' Sm* xxixs ixc

s'bl
ibid:

COLDE HATTON'.

[Cold Hatton,60 Parish of Row ton. — This was held at Domesday
by Gerard de Tournai, and passed after his time to Hamo Pevcrel.
It was early held by the family of Wischard, one of whom, Baldwin,
about 1190, gave land at Polford to Shrewsburv Abbev. In 1255,
William Wischard held this manor by the service of 20 days' ward in
time of war, at the Castle of Shrewsbury, at his own cost, with horse,
hauberk, lance, and chapel-de-fer. Between 1260, and 12G5, William
Wischard gave Cold Hatton to Lilleshall Abbey, and the Abbot paid
the King, 2s. a year, in lieu of the ward at Shrewsbury Castle.

Richard de More, was probably a son of Richard de More, a tenant
of the Abbey, who died in 1.301, leaving a son in the wardship of the
Abbot.

50

Eyton viii. 14.

CO

Eyton ix. 218.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 1G5

An Adam Fitz Reginald occurs in 1272, as holding land at Acton,

possibly Acton Scott, though Atton is a not unusual form of Hatton
in old deeds. I

s d s d

Adam fil' Regm' ... ij Ric'o Haukyn ... xij

Will'o de Bouhvas xij Jueta de Boulwas xij

Ric'o de More ... xviij Rog' le Tayllour ... xij
Joh'e fiT Wiiri ... xij

LONGEFORD CHURSAL'.

[Longford and Cheswell.01-— The Manor of Longford belonged in
Saxon times to the Earls of Mercia. At Domesday it was held under
Earl Roger by Turold de Verley. Unlike the majority of TurolcVs
manors, it did not pass to the Chetwynds, but was possibly confis-
cated after Turold's partizanship in Robert de Belesme's rebellion, as
we find it in the hands of Henry 1. He granted it probably to
Hamo, Lord of Longford, one of whose daughters and co-heiresses,
Eva, carried it to her husband Robert de Brimpton, Lord of Brimp-
ton in Berkshire. This Robert gave the Church of Longford to
Shrewsbury Abbey, but afterwards quarrelled with them and took
from them the Church of Kinnersley. After his death his widow,
Eva, gave back Kinnersley on condition of the Abbot renouncing all
claim to Longford Church. The De Brimptons held land in Stafford-
shire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Shropshire. In 1274 Adam de
Brimpton (III.) held Longford by the service of providing a Guard
with a barbed horse for 40 days whenever the King in person
approached Wales. This Adam was, in 1287, a Conservator of the
Peace for Berkshire, and in 1300 sat in Parliament as Knight of
the Shire for that county. He died in 1315, and was succeeded by
his son, the John de " Brunton ?' of the Subsidy Roll. John de
Brimpton from 1319 to 1322, and again in 1327 and 1328, served as
Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire ; and in 1327 he was Knight of
the Shire for Berkshire. In 1315 the capital messuage and garden
at Longford were valued at 3s. 4d. per annum, and a water mill at
6s. 8d, Ches well was a grange of Lillcshall Abbey, and continued
with it till the Dissolution of Monasteries.]

s d s d

Joh'e de Brunton iij Ric'o de Poddeford xij I S Dt'

Gilb'to atte Brok' ij Will'o de Okynton vij J ibid'

Thorn' Blakcmon xviij

Joh'e de Chursal. . . ij

Will'o de Abbeton' xij Sma xx9 ixV

Walt'o atte Brok' xiiijo'

m

^Eyton viii. 101.

166

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

CHESEWARTHYN'. j-

[Cheswardine.62 — Domesday mentions this manor and Chipnall j
together in the Staffordshire Hundred of Pireholle. It was then
held under the King by Robert de Stafford, and under him by a
tenant Gislebert. In Saxon times it had been held by Lady Godiva,
who paid from Chipnall a rent-charge of 2s. to the "Church of St.
Chad," i.e., Lichfield Cathedral. About 1155 Henry II. granted
Cheswardine to Hamo le Strange, who died in 1159, and was succeeded
by his brother John. John, about 1170-1, gave the advowson of
Cheswardine to the barons of Haughmond. His son, John le Strange j
(II.), about 1209 confirmed this grant, and added a further gift of a
fourth part of the fill of Cheswardine, and the right of common
throughout his demesnes there ; and also the land of Norslepe, near
his Castle of Knokyn, which be had acquired from his cousins, the
heirs of Guy le Strange. This land at Norslepe was gained back
about 1240 by John le Strange (III.), who gave the Canons a virgate
at Cheswardine in exchange. This third John was succeeded at
Cheswardine by his younger son Roger le Strange, who, in 1304,
obtained a King's Charter for holding a weekly market at Ches-
wardine on. Mondays, and a yearly fair on the eve, the day, and the
morrow, of the Translation of St. Swithin — the Patron Saint of the
Church. Roger le Strange was succeeded by the John le Strange of
the Subsidy Roll. He was of illegitimate birth, but had sufficient
control over his estates to alienate Cheswardine from his sister
Lucia, and settle it on Hamo, a younger son of Fulk le Strange of
Blackmere, through whose heirs it later passed to the Talbots, Earls
of Shrewsbury. In 1330, occurs the first mention of a Castle at
Cheswardine, which was then reported to be a fortress of little strength.

Hugh le Rede occurs also on the list for Aston.]

s d s d

Joh'e Exaneo ... ij Regin' de Addeneye xij

Will'o de Mar ton ... ij vj Will'o le Walsh'mon xij

Hug' le Rede ... ij viij Ric'o de Martone ... xvj

Ric'o de Madeleye... ij Thorn' de Hull ... xviij

Will'o Cap'll'o ... xij Thorn' le Wodeward ij

Thorn' Cl'ico ... vj Rob'to Peny ... xij

Ric'o Molendinar'... ij Simone Heryng' ... x | ,

Thorn' Carpentar' .. . xviij Adam Botte ... x j ibid'm

Ric'o Eouche ... ij

Joh'e le Tynker' .. xxij —

Will'o le Palmer' ... ij Sma xxxs vjd

Hamone Bouche ... xii — —

62 Eyton x. 28.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

167

HYNSTOK'.

[Hinstock,63 — This was held at Domesday by William Pantulf, and
under him by a tenant, Sasfrid. It passed with the Barony of Wem,
from the Pantulfs to the Botylers. In 1306, William, grandson of
Ralph le Botyler and Matilda Pantulf, granted 60 acres of heath land
and the advowson of the Church of Hinstock to the Abbey of Alcester.
Hinstock remained with the Botylers till 1369, when, with the Barony
of Wem it passed with Elizabeth Botyler to her husband, Robert de
Ferrers. 1

s d s d

Rob' to le Spendr' . . . xviij Rog' le Spendr' . . . xvj
Will'mo le Spendr ij x Will'o Cl'ico ... xxob'
Emma le Spendr' ... iij Henr' de Pykeles-

Adam le Reue ... xiij leye ... ... viij

Rob'to le Tayllour... xiiij Rob'to de Pykeles-
Rob'to le Harpour... xv leye ... ... ix

Ric'o de Addeneve
TYBRIGHTON.

[Tibberton,04 —This was held at Domesday by Roger de Curcelle,
but passed afterwards to the Pantulfs' Barony of Wem. It was early
held by tenants of the name of De Condover, one of whom, Baldwin,
gave abide in Tibberton to Shrewsbury Abbey. Wombridge Priory
also held land here by gift of Ralph Pantulf (c. 1175), and of Alan
Pantulf ; these Pantulfs of Dawley being tenants of the Pantulfs of
Wem. In 1255, Tibberton was held by several tenants, four of whom
held three hides by service of ward, at the castle of Wem, with horse,
hauberk, lance, and chapef-de-fer , at their own cost, in time of war.
The other tenant, John de Hales, held one hide by service of ward at
Wem, for one month, with bows and arrows. About 1280, we find
Lilleshall Abbey with land at Tibberton, but apparently it retained
no estate here at the Dissolution. Adam, surnamed Garleck, to whom
the Abbot granted a virgate of land, may possibly be the Adam at
the Low, of the Subsidy Roll.

The Wombridge Cartulary mentions several tenants here, the De
Mestons being among them. In 1383, William de Meston's tenure
had descended to William Mille, possiblv a son of the Hamo of the
Subsidy Roll.]

Joh'e de Mestone
Th om! (1 e Lon ggc ford
Will'o Tuffe "
Joh'e fil' Rog'i
Hamone Mille

s d

s d

xviij

ii 3

Ric'o Bochard ...
Thorn' de Mestone

xiiij
xvob'

Will'o Pyttok' ....

viij

XX

Ric'o le Tranenter

ix

X

Adam atte Lowe...

Eyton viii, 20. 04 Eyton viii. 4G,

168 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

VPTONE'.

Waters Upton.65 — Roger de Lacy held this at Domesday, but it
afterwards passed to the Barony of Wem. It is not quite clear how
it came to the Pantulfs, as at the close of Henry I.'s reign Pagan fitz
John appears as giving land here to Gilbert de Condover, on Gilbert's
giving up some Prebendal lands to Sr. Alkmond's. About 1155,
Upton was apparently held under Ivo Pantulf by Walter fitz John,
from whom possibly it derived its name of Walter s, now Waters
Upton. His son, Sir William fitz Walter de Upton, c. 1220, gave a
meadow at Upton, called Longaye, to Haughmond Abbey, and the
tithe of all tolls taken at his mill" of Upton; and about 1240
Nicholas de Upton, his grandson, added to the meadow the grant of
a piece of ground five feet in width for the Canons to make a ditch
between their land and his. Nicholas also bequeathed to Shrews-
bury Abbey, together with his body, an annual rent of 5s. to be
applied to the use of the Convent Kitchen. After his death Upton
went to Coparceners, who, in 1292, were represented by William de
Upton and Agnes his wife, Richard de Upton and Dionysia his wife,
and Adam de Upton and Emma his wife.]

s d s d

Will'o de Garmes- Joh'e fil' Nieh'i ... xiij

ton' ... ... ij ix Emma relicta Rog'i xxj

Adam Bercar' ... xviijob' Ric'o de Upton' ... xxj
Rob'to Louote ... xviij

DALYLEYE.

[Dawley.00 — •This was held by Earl Roger at Domesday, and under
him by William Pantulf. It thus passed to the Barony of Wem, and
was held by a younger branch of the Pantulfs under the Barons of
Wem. The last of these Pantulfs died in 1210, leaving his estates to
coparceners. In 1255, these coparceners were represented by
William de Cavers wall, Richard le Irishe, Michael be Morton, and
John de Charnes. William de Cavers wall, c. 1258, sold his share of
Tibberton and Dawley to Michael de Morton, who was also a Stafford-
shire landowner. He was succeeded by his son, Michael, and he,
before 1316, by William de Morton, Clerk, who, in that year, received
royal permission to embattle his house at Dawley. John de Charnes
was followed by Reginald de Charnes, who also held land at Prees,
and at Charnes in Staffordshire. He held one-fourth of the vills of
Tibberton and Dawley, by services of rendering six arrows, barbed
and feathered with peacock's plumes, and of appearing twice yearly at
William le Botylers Great Courts at Hinstock. In 1310, he gave to
Buildwas Abbey, ten acres of woodland at Little Legh, a member of
Shifnal.

». Eyton viii. 52,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327. 169

In 1292, Richard le Yreis of Dawley gave to Johanna his wife, and
William their son, all his lands in Tibberton and Dawley. Probably
this would be the Johanna of the Subsidy Roll.

William de Drayton occurs in the latter half of the thirteenth
century as a witness of deeds relating to Uppington

The Abbot of Combermere, at this* date, held Market Drayton, a
manor that at Domesday belonged to William Pantulf, and it was
possibly by the gift of some other member of the same family that we
find him holding so important a place in the list for Dawley.]

s d s d

Joh'a ux' Mor' ... iiij qu Thorn' Molendinar' x

Hug' Shyuer . . . vij Rob'to le Mortimer xij

Joh'e Snow ... viij Alb'te de Comber-

Isabell' Snyuer ... viij mer' ... ... xij iij

Marg' de Drayton' ij Will'o Cok' ... x )

Will'o de Drayton' xviij Henr' Silyon . . . viij >

Joh'e fil' Marger' ix Will'o le Reue ... viij j

Regin' de Eerton' xxj —

Hug' Fenel ... xj Sma lxxiij3 ijdo'qu

Rog' Dros ... ix _

MAGNA BOULWAS.

[Great Bolas.67 — The first knowm lord of Bolas is Ulger Venator
the King's Forester, probably some relation of Roger Venator, Baron
of Pulverbatch, and of Norman Venator, Lord of Lee Brockhurst. He
occurs first at the Court of Earl Hugh de Montgomery, and during
the rebellion of Robert de Belesme, was placed in charge of Brag
Castle. He, however, soon surrendered to the King, and thus procured
his pardon. He was succeeded by his son, William fitz Ulger, and
he, by his son, Robert fitz William, who gave a rent of 4s. in
Boulewas, to Lillcshall Abbey. His son, Hugh fitz Robert appears in
1214, as having been excused 30 marks of a fine of 100, which he
owed " because at request of the King, he had taken to wife the niece
of John le Strange." Hugh Fitz Robert afterwards renounced his
fealty to King John, but returned to his allegiance under Henry III.
He died in 1249, and was succeeded by his son, John fitz Hugh,
whose estates at Isombridge, Bolas, and Bromfield, constituted a
Knight's fee. John was succeeded by his son, Hugh fitz John,
who died in 1292, and was succeeded by his brother Roger fitz
John, who demised his Manor of Boulewas to John de Ludlow for
10 years, when himself about to depart to the Holy Land. His son,
the John fitz Roger of the Subsidy Roll, was hardly 3 years old when
his father died in 1302. He lived till after 1360, and occurs not in-
frequently in the records of the time. In 1324 he was summoned as

s'bt'
ibidm

67 Eyton viii. 264,
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170

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

Lord of Bromfield, by the She

Council at Westminster, and in j
mentioned.]

s d

Joh'e fii' Rog'i ... xv

liic'o Calueser' ... vj

Ric'o fii* Pyck' ... >vj

Thorn' de Meston ... vj

ff of Herefordshire, to a Great
19 he and his wife Petronilla are

s d

Rog' Bercar' ... ... xij

Joh'e Serjant xij

Ric'o Payn ... ... xij

ESNEBRUGG'.

[Isombridge,63 Parish of High Ercall. — Ralph de Mortimer held
this at Domesday, but it soon after passed to Earl Roger, and from
the Earl to the Chief Forester of Shropshire, when Bolas was made
the head of the manor. Hugh fitz Robert, the fourth Forester
of Bolas, gave a small grant here to Lilleshall, and about 1230, one
of his tenants — Richard Crurder — gave, with his body, half a virgate
in Isombridge to Haughmond Abbey. At the death of Hugh fitz
Robert, in 1249, among the items he received from Isombridge,
beside the carucate he held in demesne, were rents 16s. 3d.; from
meadow land, 18s.; two salmon at Christmas, value 2d; one pound
of pepper at Christmas, and one poimd of cummin at Easter.

The Richard de Upton, Adam de Suggedone, and William de
Upton of the Subsidy Roll possibly represent the Richard, Adam, and
William who, in 1292, were co-parceners at Waters Upton.

Cecilia, the Chaplain's sister, would be probably sister of the Lord
of Bolas' priest at his private chapel of Isombridge.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Upton' ... ij Rog' de Upton . . . xij

Adam de Suggedone ij Joh'e Incok ... xij

Ric'o fii' Ric'i ... vj Cecil' Soror' Cap'll'i vj

J oh'e atto Water . . . xij Will'o de Upton' ... ix

CA'YNTON'.

[Caynton,00 Parish of Edgmond. — This was held under the Lords
of Bolas by a family taking its name from the place. At the close
of the 13th century William de Caynton held a'so land at Pixley,
near Chetwynd. In 1292 he held only two- thirds of Caynton,
William de Wilbryton, a minor, holding the remaining portion.]

s d s d

Hug' Pyeke ... ... xij Will'o Mancornoys ... vj

Alano de Ercalewe ... vj

68Eyton viii. 262. 69 Eyton viii, 373,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327-

171

CHER YN TON'.

[Cherrington.70— Gerard de Tournai held this at Domesday. It
passed later to Hamo Peverel, whose illegitimate daughter, Seburga,
probably carried a right to some portion of it to the De Hadleys, as
Alan de Hadley, her son and heir, gave a hide in Cherrington to
Wombridge Priory before 1180. Later it was held by a family of De
Cherriugton, one of whom, Thomas, Loid of Cherrington, before
1234, gave to Wombridge Priory his Fishery of Cherrington in the
river Mees, and a little meadow there. Geoffrey Griffin, in 1251, gave
also to Wombridge two earucates of land and 4^ acres of forest land •
— all his land, with buildings, rents, and men, within and without
the vill of Cherrington. Other tenants gave land here to Wom-
bridge— William, son of Adam de Cherrington, gave tv^o virgates \
John le Bret one virgate, and Thomas de Mere all his common
pasture in Cherrington that Geoffrey Griffin had held.]

s d s d

Hog' Payn xij Fiuiano deChetewynde xij

Thorn' de Uherynton... vj Thorn' fil' Will'i ... x>

Adam TufTe ix Wili'o Skyle viij [

Hug' Bercar' ix ' 1

Ric'o de Cherynton' ..: vj Sma xxij8 vjd

ROULTON'.

[Rowton.71 — This was held at Domesday by Earl Roger, and under
him by one Edith. It was afterwards escheated to the Crown,
and given by Henry II. to Gervase Goch, the Welsh Lord of Sutton
Madoc. Gervase's son Griffin married Matilda, sister and co-heiress
of Ralph le Strange of Knockyn ; and their son Madoc, in 1265,
held Rowton and Ellardine by service of conducting the King
in Wales in time of war. Between 1262 and 1265, however, when
Madoc de Sutton alienated his estates at Sutton, Rowton and
Ellardine to John le Strange (II L) of Ness and Cheswardine, he
is stated to have held them by a different service — that of providing
4 foot soldiers in ward of Montgomery Castle for 15 days, at his own
cost. From the Le Stranges Rowton and Ellardine went through
several hands till 1294, when they passed by purchase— the Le
Stranges, however, retaining a mesne right — to the De Ludlows of
Stokesay, in whose hands they remained for several generations.
The tithes of Rowton and Ellardine were very early given to
Wenlock Abbey. The Monks of hhrewsbury, however, as patrons
of High Ercall, of which Rowton was a chapelry, in 1234, agreed to
pay a perpetual ferm of 2 merks for them, and they were 10 years
later annexed to the building fund of the Monastery.

70Eyton viii. 195.

71Eyton ix. 289.

172

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

William Fraunceys occurs as a Juror in 1324, and Thomas
Fraunceys about 1310. Hamo Geffecok may possibly be the same as
Hamo de Ellardine, who occurs in the same capacity in 1293.]

Will'o Cl'ico

Thorn' le Blak' ...

Hug' de Etone

Rog' de Poddeforde. . .

Will'mo Fraunceys ..

Joh'eDolfvn

Sibill'q'fuit ux' Rog'i

d
xv
xviij

ixo'
x

IX

Ric'o Dolfyn
Will'o Dolfyn
Will'o de Boulwas
Adam Bercar'
Hamane Geffecok'
Ric'o Rastard

d
ix

x
ix

m
Yi

ELWARTHYN.

[Ellardine.72 Parish of High Ercall. — This was among Gerard de
Tournai's manors at Domesday. Its later history is the same as that
of Rowton, though in 1085 it was classed with another of Gerard's
manors, Cold Hatton.

Thomas Madoc was probably the son of Madoc de Ellardine, who
occurs from 1249 to 1278. William Cresset may possibly be the man
of that name, who, in 1292, was indicted for murder, and other evil
deeds, committed in Bradford Hundred.]

S d :!

Thorn' Madoc

Regin' Russel

Hug' Bysshop

Rog' de Poddeford ...

Rob' to othe Hull

Rog' le Fader

Will'o Cresset
Will'o Haukyn
Will'o de Hydeslond...

xv
viij
x

V.

X

xnj
vj

NEWEPORT'.

Joh'e Molen dinar'
Thorn' Haukyn
Will'o Mille ...
Will'o Russel...
Joh'e fil' Joh'is

d

ix
ix

yj

IX

viij

Sma xxj3 jdob'

s'bt'
ibid'n

[Newport.73 — This did not exist at Domesday, and is first
mentioned in the time of Henry I., by whose charter it was founded.
It possessed a Church almost from the first, as before 1148 we find
it in the possession of the Monks of Shrewsbury. In 1227, Henry
III. conferred Newport on Henry de Audley, who had already held
the royal manor of Edgniond for some ten years, and it remained with
the Audleys for many generations. The most important feature of
Newport, (or Newborough, as it was at first called), was a Vivary, or
fishery, and the burgesses held their liberties by the service of
conveying fish from it to the King's Court. The Abbot of Lilleshall,

7-2 Eytou ix. 239.

73 Eyton ix. 129.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 132?,

173

the Prior of Wombridge, the Abbot of Build was, and the Prior of
Ware, at various times held property in Newport. Lilleshall and
Buildwas retained an interest here till the Dissolution.

William Rondulph was a man of considerable importance, and
occurs frequently in matters refeiring to Newport and the neighbour-
hood. Very many of the names on the Subsidy Roll are mentioned in
the paper on the " Historical Records of Newport," in volume win, of
the Shropshire Archaeological Society's Transactions, from which it
appears that the burgesses had considerable public spirit, and managed
their affairs with energy.]

Will'mo Rondulph...
Jordan o Brond
Joh'e le Spycer
Will'o Dydan
Ric'o le March aid ...
Galfr'o Pynsorm
Will'o Dene
Henr' de Madeleye . . .
Will'oHaket

Ric'o Gech

Petro de Couene . . .
Jul' le Walcar'
Nich'o de Sal'op ...
Will'o de Chatewair
Will'o Spaynel
Will'o de Beodeford
Will'o Sweteblod ...
Will'o Molendinar' . . .
Will'o de Stone ...
Joh'e le T'nour ...
Henr' de Hem me . . .

V1J
mj

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y
y

mi
y
y
vj
y

uy
vj
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y

d
VJ

VJ

X1J
xlj

Rog'leCok'
Will'o le Coup'e ...
Will'o atte Lake ...
Joh'e Lumbard
Hug' le Cook'
Thorn' de Cune
Ric'o de Chetewynde
Ric'o le Shepeherde
Joh'e le Glouer'
Radulph' le Ckalun-
ner

Will'o le Herdemo'...
Ric'o lyghtfot
Adam Gillesone
Rob'to le leu'e
Adam Rondulf
Petru de Houle

mj1

iy(

xij Sms
iij yiij ____

WEOLYNTONE'.

Saxon times Earl Edwin held this, and at
de Montgomery had it in his own hands.

[Wellington.74 — In
Domesday, Earl Roger
In 1140 it was in Royal hands, when Walcot mill and 3 carucates of
land were given to Haimhmond Abbey by either King Stephen
or the Empress Maud. The latter also about the same date gave
Aston-under-thc-Wrekin to Shrewsbury Abbey. Wellington was
held under Henry II. by Simon iitz Simon, Custos of Stretton
Castle, who left the manor somewhat impoverished. Simons sods
had an interest for a short time here. Then in 1191, Wian, son
of Jonas de Powis, Lord of Overton in Flintshire held it till 1210
when Thomas de Erdington received a grant of it from King John

s'bt'
ibid'm

74 Eyton ix. 40.

174

THE SHROPSHIRE LAV

His son-and-heir. Giles de Erdington, in 1244, obtained leave to hold a
weekly market here on Thursdays, and a yearly fair. Sir Hugh
Burnel, his successor at Wellington, in 1283 obtained a renewal
of this charter, allowing him to hold two fairs — on the vigil, day and
morrow of St. Baruabas (June 10 — 12), and the vigil day and
morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist (August 28 — 30).
An Inquest of this date incidentally mentions that in the time
of King John, Arleston had 24 hearths, while Wellington had
only 14. Wellington remained with the Burnels for some genera-
tions.

John de Praers occurs frequently as a witness of deeds of the close
of the 13th century. In 1282 he purchased a messuage and 6
bovates in Apley, in addition to his own land at Dothill, granted
by Giles de Erdington to his father or grandfather— an earlier John
de Praers.]

s d s d

Rob'to le Barcar' ... iij Will'o de Kynardes-

Rog' Smert' ... xv eye ... •••iij iiii

Will'o Buny ... xv Adam fiT Matill' ... xij

Thorn' le Frene .. xiiij Ric'o fir Galfri' ... xij
Thorn' fil' Petri' ... xx J oh'e de Preers ... ij

Will'o Aye ... xviij Rog' Olkyn ... xiiij

Hug' fil' Thorn' ... xiiij Tkora' fil' p'po'iti ... xij
Rog' Piscatore ... xvj Joh'e de Laneleye... xiiij
Hug' le Bret' ... ij • Ric'o fil' Thorn' ... ij
Adam Flam bard ... xij Thorn' de Corstone... xiij

Ric'o Bercar' .. xviij Ric'o Prounce ... xvj
Thorn' fii' Ric'i ... ij _ Henr' Bryd ... xij

Thorn' Duffe ... xij Rog'deSywaldesdon' xij i s'bt'

Ric'o fil' Isabell' . . . viij Adam Dagonn ... xij J ibid'n

Adam le Stubber' . . . ij

Thorn' de Hemme... vj Sma xij8 jd

EGEMUNDONE.

Edgmond.75 — This was held at Domesday by Earl Roger, who
some ten years later, founded a church here, which he gave to
his Abbey of Shrewsbury. It afterwards came into the hands
of Henry II. as a manor of Royal -demesne, and the income from it
was used for various annuities and pensions. It continued with
the King till 1217, when Henry [II. granted it to Henry de Audley
at the rent of a mewed sparrow hawk, yearly paid to the King.
This rent included Newport, which had been built on land belonging
to the Manor of Edgmond.

John Knode, possibly a son of Hugh Knode of the Subsidy Roll,
Was vicar of Edgmond in 1378.]

7&Eyton ix. 1H.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

175

s

d

Hug' knode ... iiij Rog' Syward ... ij iij

Adam Rob' t ... ij iij Hob' to Adam ... xviijq11

Will'o Rolf ... xij Ric'o le Longge ij jo'q11

Ric'o fil' Si bill'... ij j Ric'o le Palmer xij

Ric'o knode ... xviijo' 'Rob'to Holewey xvqu

Adam de Adde- Cristiana Broun xiiij qu

ney xiiij Joh'e Bryd ... vjqu

ADDENEY.

[Adeney.76 Parish of Edgmond. — This was in 1206, granted by
King John to the Abbey of Croxden, (Staffordshire), in lieu of an
annuity of 100s., previously given to the Monks out of the Royal
Exchequer. In 1255, one of the Abbey's tenants, Clement de Audoney,
had given his land to the Knight Templars of Keele. In 1287, the
Monks of Croxden gave Adeney to Build was Abbey, receiving in
exchange the Grange of Caldon, in Staffordshire. The Monks of
Build was retained Adeney till the Dissolution.

William de la Grene occurs on an Edgmond Inquest in 1292. J

s d s d

Rob'to \Vylham ij Ric'o Rycok' ... xij

Adam Nichol ... ij Will'o Benete ... xij

Will'o de la Grene ... xiiij Will'o Benne ... xiiij

PYKSTOK'.

[Pickstock.77 Parish of Sambrook. — This township was partly in
Edgmond, and partly in Chetwynd parish, and it is only occasionally
mentioned in connection with the more important members of the
Manors, The Audleys held the. Edgmond part of Pickstock, the
Chetwynds, the other. The chief tenants took their name from the
place, and occur frequently on Edgmond Jury Lists. Roger Bercar
received a grant of land in Pickstock, between 1290 and 1300. In
the deed, mention is made of Roger-on-the-Grene, possibly the father
of Robert fitz Roger of the Subsidy Roll.]

s d s d

Rob'to de Pykstoke vj Rob'to fil' Rog'i ... iiij

Adam knotfe ... v Rog' Dawesone . . . xviij

Rog' Bercar' ... vj Marger' Benet .. ij

ASTON E.

[Ohuuch Aston.78 (and Chetwynd Aston). — In 1155, Henry If.
granted three virgates of land here to Robert Pinzun, by the service
of providing two trusses of hay for the King's chamber, whenever he

76 Eyton ix. 121. 77 Eyton ix. 125 ; and viii. 98. 78 Eyton ix. 122.

176 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

should sleep at Edginond. Robert Pinzun's grandson, Reginald, gave
two virgates of this land to Shrewsbury Abbey, binding himself to
still perform the service. Lilleshall Abbey also held a virgate here,
granted them between 1200 and ]225, by Roger de Badger. Both
Abbeys held property here ^at the Dissolution. The remainder of
Aston was in lay hands, being held under the De Audleys. In 1274,
it was held by Geoffrey de Thorp, by rent of a pair of white gloves,
value Id., payable at Christmas.

Geoffrey Rondulph was a son of William Rondulph, of Newport-
He had two brothers, Simon,_and Adam, both men of some importance,
holding considerable property in the county.")

Thorn' de Astone
Nich'o atte Walle
Will'ode Stoctone
Thorn' de Ethel-

arton'

Agn' vidua
. Rie'o de Suttone
Ric'o kay
Adam Bercar ...
Ric'o Wys

CHETO'WYNDE.

(Chetwynd.79— Turold de Yerley held this at Domesday. Before
the Conquest it had been he'd by the Countess Godiva. Ten of
Turold's 13 manors were aftersvards held under the Fitz Alans, by the
family of Chetwynd, who took their name from this, their chief
manor. Adam de Chetwynd, who occurs in 1180, is the first of the
name we find mentioned. In 1255, Chetwynd was held by service of
providing three men-at-arms at John Fitz Alan's Castle at
White -minster, (Oswestry). The Chetwynds were a numerous and
wealthy family, holding large estates in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
The John de Chetwynd (III.) of the Subsidy Roll was a man of
considerable importance. In 1314, he was included in a military
summons against the Scots : in 1322, his arms appear on the Roll of
the Battle of Boroughbddge ; in 1324, he was summoned to the Great
Council at Westminster, and in the two following years he occurs as
a Commissioner of Array in Cheshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire.
In 1326, the Bishop gave license of non-residence to Reginald de .
Chetwynd, Rector of Chetwynd, that he might be in personal
attendance on Sir John de Chetwynd, whom we find two months later
at Clun, with Edmund, Earl of Arundel. Sir John de Chetwynd lived
till after 1351, but his son Reginald died some time before, leaving

s d s d

ij Joh'eWylot' ,..^ij

ij Rob' to le Leu'e . . iij

ij ob5 Galfr'o Rondulph' ij

Will'ode Hales... xvo'

viij Jul'Bu'geys ... viij r

xiijo'qu Adam Syward ... xx I

ij iiij Will'ode Addeney xviij ' 5bi

ij viij

ij iiij Sma iiij11 iiij3 jd
ij

sT>t'
ibid'm

■W Eyton viii. 81.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

177

Joh'e de Chetewynd
Alio' le Locsrny'th...
Ric'o Bercar'
Will'o le Herdemon

s

"I

d
viij

an only daughter, Joan, who took the great property of the Chetwynds
to her husband, Sir Richard de Peshale.

William Clerk may be the same as William Clerk, of Newport, who
occurs c. 1300.]

d

Joh'e le Smyth' ...
Adam Srnaleinon ...
xviij Will'o Cl'ico
xij

STOCTONE.

[Stockton. s0Parish of Longford. — This, though in the parish of
Longford, was a member of Chetwynd, and in 1281, was partially
held in demesne by John de Chetwynd (II).]

s d s d

Nich'o p'po'ito ... iij Rob'to de Horselowe ij

Rob'to Aftmar' ... xviij Pet° le 1 inward ... xx

BEASTOXE.

[Bearstone.51 Parish of Woore. — This was held at Domesday by
Turold de Verley, and afterwards passed to the Chetwynds, who held
it in demesne. In 1281, John de Chetwynd's estate at Bearstone was
valued at £5 7s. 10^d. yearly, with four Cottages rented at 4s. 9d.,
and £5 16s. 8d. from Bearstone Mill.

John aud William de Staundon possibly took their name from
Staimdon, in Staffordshire, where the Chetwynds held property.]

s d

viij

y vj

Joh'e Molen dinar'...
Thorn' ffi Ric'i ...
Joh'e de Sondbache
Ric'o Cabel
Marg' vidua
Will'o fil' Ric'i ...
Ric'o Hycok'
St'ph'o Stobard ...

s d

xviij
xv
ix
xiiij
viij
xvj
xviij

ETHELARTON

Will'o atte Yate ...
St'ph'o le Breer ...
Will'o Thomasone...
Will'o Mareschal ...
Joh'e de Staundone
Will'o fil' Rog'i ..
Will'o de Staundone
Ro^' atte Holebrok'

xvnj

XX

xviij

[Ellertox,s2 Parish of Cheswardine. — This was, probably, at
Domesday, a member of Sambrook, and became associated with
Chetwynd with it. It was held under the De Chetwynds, by a family
who took their name from the place. One of them, Thomas de
Edelarton, was, in 12G2, a Regarder of the. Forest. Elyas de
Edelarton also occurs on a Jury in 1253. Possibly he would be the
father of William Elyas, of the Subsidy Roll.]

*° Eyton Yiii. 90.
Vol. I., 2nd S.

sl Eyton ix. 372. 53 Eyton viii. 33.

MS

178

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

S d S d

Will'o Bouche ... xvj Henr' Tyrry ... xx

Will'o Elyes ... ij Joh'e de knygh'ton xij

Adam Juggan ... ij Hog' Bouche . . . xiiij
PYWELESDON'.

[Pilson, Parish of Chetwynd. S3-*-This was at Domesday one of
Turold de Yerley's manors. In King Edward the Confessor's time it
was held by Earl Edwin, and was worth 8s. per annum. Turold
found it waste, and it still remained so in 1085. Later it was
considered as merely a member of Chetwynd : but its tenants —
the De Pivelesdons — were a family of distinction, who constantly
appear in the records of the county. Hamo de Pivelesdon occurs in
1191, and in 1241 Roger de Pivelesdon was Clerk of the County.
This Roger died before 1270; but another Roger de Pivelesdon,
a collector of tax in Wales for the French war, was, in 1293, hanged
and beheaded by the Welsh in the Insurrection of Madoc, The
Roger Jordan of the Subsidy Roll was Roger, son of Jordan de
Pivelsdon, who, in 1301, was an Assessor and Collector in Shropshire
of the tax of the fifteenth.]

s d s d

Rog' Jordan ... xiij Rog'Enote ... vj

Will'o de North'bur' xij Henr' Bros ... vj

BAM BROIL

[Sambrook.84 — Turold de Yerley held this at Domesday, and a
knight held it under him. Later, it was held under the Chetwynds,
by a family named Waldyng, one of whom, Roger Waldyng, was, in
1262, a Regard er of the Forest of Mount Gilbert. John Waldyn of
the Subsidy Roll, would be of this family. Thomas de Pykesley took
his name from the hamlet of Pixlev, half of which was a member of
Chetwynd.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Oldefeld ... xij Henr' Braas ... xij \

Thorn' de Eykeles- Joh'e Waldyn ... xij ( s'bt

leye ... ... xii Will'o de Beastone x f ihid'

HenV Timstall' ... xij

Joh'e de Nakynton' xviij Sma lxs jd
Will'o Eynkyn ... xiiij

WODECOT' LYNDON'.

[Woodcote and Ltnn.85 — This was held at Domesday by Robert
Fitz Tetbald, who hud here a Saxon tenant, Tochi. Later, Woodcote
passed with Robert's Sussex Honour of Pet worth, to Joseline de
Louvain, and so to the Percies. It was held by tenants named De
Woodcote, one of whom was living in 1170. They were probably

$3Eyton viii. 95. S4 Eyton viii. 93. ^ Eytou ix. 11.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

179

descendants of Tochi, the Domesday tenant, About 1220, Robert de
VVoodcotc (I.) made a grant of land in Sbakerley to Lilleshall Abbey.

In 1278, the third Robert de Wooclcote died, having held his lands
of Henry Percy, by rent of 10s. yearly. This Robert's son, Thomas
de Wooclcote alienated his estates to William Rondulf of Newport.
William's eldest son, the Geoffrey Rondulf of the Subsidy Roll was
among the chief burgesses of Shrewsbury. He was a Bailiff of the
town six times between 1290 and 1323, and was returned as a burgess
of Parliament nine times between 1295 and 1318. At the beginning
of the fourteenth century, Geoffrey Rondulf and Edmund de Morton
had a lawsuit respecting Woodcote, by which Edmund recovered
two-thirds of the manor. This Edmund was descended from Michael
de Morton, and a sister of Robert de Woodcote (III.) Adam de
Morton and Richard de Woodcote were probably younger branches of
the families of those names.]

s d s d

Gallr'o Rondulpli .. . xij Ric'o de Sake ... xij

Edmund' de Morton' xij Adam de Morton' ... xij

Joh'e Rondulf ... xij Walt'o de Lyndon' xij ^ S'bt!

Will'o Gamel ... iij vj Ric'o de Wodecote x j ibid

Gilb'to de Hynkeleye xij

Rob'to de Lyndon' ij iiij p'b' Sma xvjs ijd

Will'o Bosse ... ij vj

LYLLESHULL'.

[Lilleshall. S6 — This was at Domesday held by the Church of
St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury. It had belonged to it in Saxon times,
though, in 1085, Godebold, a Norman priest, seems to have had
almost entire control over it. In the early part of the 12th century,
Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, and Viceroy of Shropshire,
was Dean of St. Alkmund's. He was succeeded as Lord of Tong by
his nephew, Philip de Belmeis, and as Bishop of London, and Dean of
St. Alkmund's, after some interval, by a younger nephew, Richard de
Belmeis (II.) Philip de Belmeis, before 11-15, founded Lilleshall
Abbey. The Canons first settled at Lizard Grange, then moved to
Donnington Wood, and finally built their Abbey in the Wood of
Lilleshall. Richard de Belmeis (II.) transferred to this newly-founded
Abbey the greater part of the property of St. Alkmund's. which then
sank from the position of a collegiate Church to that of a scantily
endowed Vicarage. Lilleshall Abbey flourished and became possessed
of much property beside its original endowments, its income from all
sources being returned by Abbot Robert in 1535, at £32G 0s. lOd.
The Abbot had many tenants in Lilleshall, or Lillcston, as the village
was sometimes called, and traditiou speaks of the village as having
once been much larger than at present. Alan de Garmeston and
Roger le Harper occur about 1275 as witnesses of a deed between

86 Eyton viii. 210.

1 180

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

William de Hales, Abbot of Lilleshall, and Henry de Meryton.
William de Hull was left a minor at his father Robert de Hull's
death in 1284. He was in ward to the Abbot for five yen rs, till
William Clerk, of Newport, his stepfather, bought his wardship for iOs.

A Richard le Bere occurs in 1256, in a lawsuit concerning land at
Donuington Wood. His grandson, the Richard of the Subsidy Roll,
was in ward to the Abbot from 127(J to 1275, but was allowed by
request of John de Chcrlton to take his land when he was of age,
without being obliged to take a wife of the Abbot's choosing, he being
betrothed to Bulga, daughter of Master John do Cherleton. He
occurs as Richard Urse, i.e., Bear, as witness of the same deed as Alan
de Garmeston and Roger the Harper. The estate of the Beres lay at
Muxton in Lilleshall parish.]

s d s d

Ric'o le Beor' ... ij Joh'e Moys ... xiiij

Will'o in le Lone... xvj Thorn' Gylbert ... xv

Rog' le Harpour ... xiiij Henr' Russel ... xviij

WilTo le Wodeward xiiij Nich'o Bercar' . . xvj

Will'o le Reue ... xvjob' Ric'o Bysshop ... x

Gilb'to Clappes . . . xij Johanne le Shepe-

Job'e Elkyns ... xiiij herde ... ... xx

Joh'e le Smyth' ... , xiij J oh'e Dros ... ij

Will'o Heyne ... x Adam de Hales ... x j ^t

Joh'e le Breust'e .. . xij Will'mo de Hull'... viij j ibid'

Alanode Garmeston' xij

Ric'o Hamond ... xijo'

Joh'e Gylberd ... xiiij p'b' Sma xxvij3 xjd

Will'o Elkyns ... xvj ■

EYTONE.

[EiYTok ox-THE- Weald Moors. s7 — This was held at Domesday by
Williain Pantulf, and under him by Warin, who was, not improbably,
in some degree related to him. The Robert De Eyton, who in Henry
II. 's reign held the three manors Warin had held in 1085, was
probably his descendant and heir. About 1220, Peter de Eyton, the
son or grandson of Robert, allowed the Canons of Lilleshall to make a
stank in the Humber-brook, which divided the Abbot's Grange of
Honington from Peter's Manor of Horton, and Baldwin de Hodnet's
Manor of Preston. About the same date Peter de Eyton entered into
an agreement with the Abbot as to rights of woodland and moor in
the Wildemoor. About the year 1225, Peter ratified a grant of
his ancestor, Robert de Eyton, who had given Buttery, in the parish
of Edgmond, to Shrewsbury Abbey. Peter was succeeded by his son
William, who died before 1255, leaving his son Peter, a minor in ward
to Peter Pevercl. The Manor of Eyton was then held by service of

87 Eyton viii. 2G.

SUBSIDY BOLL OF 1327.

181

one Knight at Wem, for 40 days in time of war, at his own charges.
William's widow, Matilda, married Walter de Pedwardinc, a man of
some importance, who, in 12G7, was made Fermor for life of the
King's Hundred of Bradford. Peter de Eyton (III.) came of age
about 1272, and became a Knight, and a man of considerable note in
the county. He was Knight of the Shire for Salop at the Parliament
held at York, in 1298, and at tiiat of Lincoln in 1301. He was
succeeded by his son Peter (IV.), who frequently occurs as a witness
of Wombridge charters, and who, about 1320, granted to the Canons,
there a right of road through his land at Leonard s Lee. In 1325, he
was a Commissioner for the raising of Archers in Shropshire and
Staffordshire.

The John de Eyton of the Subsidy Roll was his son, and the
William de Eyton was probably of the same family, possibly a brother
or cousin. Richard de Legh may have been some relation of Roger
de Lye, who was rector of Eyton-super-Wyldmore, about this date,]

s d s d

Joh'ane do Eytone xviij Will'o de Eytone... viijqu

Will'o Roger ... xvij Ric'o de Legh' ... xiiij

Adam Page ... xvj

BROCTONE.

[Bratton,88 Parish of Wreck wardine. — This was held &tDo?nesday by
William Pantulf, and was held under him by Warin. Its after history
was identical with that of Eyton. In 1299, Sibil, late wife of Hugh
Burnel, (she probably was an Eyton), gave to her son William
Burnel all her tenement in Brocton pres de Welinton to hold for his
life, with remainder to his sisters, Alice, wife of Walter Beysin, and
Petronilla, wife of William de Ercalwe, and the heirs of William and
Petronilla.]

s d s d

Pet°uiU' de Ercalewe xviij Hug' le Wyse ... xvij
Will'o Malmesbur' ... xv

HORTON'.

[Horton,so Parish of Hadley. — William Pantulf also held Horton
at Domesday, and Warin held it under him. Like Eyton it descended
to the De Eytons, but it is later associated with Preston-on-the Weald
Moors, and the most important tenants bore the name of Do Preston.
About 1224, Roger de Preston, younger brother of Baldwin de Hodnct,
gave half a virgate in Horton to Lillcshall Abbey, and his nephew Odo
de Hodnet confirmed the grant. Sabina de Horton, daughter of Pagan
de Preston also gave to Lillcshall, a few years later, a messuage, croft,
and meadow in Horton.

88 Eyton viii. 36.

80 Eyton viii. 38.

182 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

Richard dc Horton occurs frequently on local juries from 1'264 to
1301, and as a witness of a deed of Luke, Abbot of Lilleshull,
concerning land at Horton.]

s d s d

Hic'o de Horton' ... xvij Rob'to Wyot ... xviij
Louekyn Eynon ... xv

HADLtfYE.

[Hauley.90 — Rainald the Sheriff held this at Domesday, and Goisfrid
held it under him. This Goisfrid within ten years after 1085 gave
half a hide here to Shrewsbury Abbey. He was succeeded here by
William de Hadley (I.), the husband of Seburga, daughter of Hamo
Peverel. William and Seburga, with Alan their son founded Worn-
bridge Priory in their wood of Hadley, and Alan later granted to it
land at High Hatton, and at Cherrington. Alan de Hadley died in
1194, leaving an only daughter and heiress, Cecilia, wife first of Roger
Corbet (I. j, and afterwards of Baldwin de Hodnet. Her descendants,
the Corbets of Hadley andTasley held this manor for many generations.
In 1255, Hadley was held of the fee of John fitz Alan, for one sparrow
hawk, payable at the feast of St, Peter ad Yincula, yearly, and by
service of a man-at-arms for 40 days in time of war at the Castle of
Oswestry, at the cost of Roger Corbet. This Roger (IT.) was succeeded
by his son Thomas Corbet (II.), a Knight and Ycrderer of the King's
Forests, who, in 1297, was summoned to attend muster at London, to
perform military duty with horse and arms in parts beyond the seas.
His son, the Roger Corbet of the Subsidy Roll, was in 1800, Sheriff of
Salop, and was returned to more than one Parliament. He was also
Commissioner of Array, and a Conservator of the Peace. In 1323, he
charged his manor of Hadley with an annual rent, wherewith the
Canons of Wombridge were to purchase wine for the celebration of
masses in their Church for ever. Sir Walter de Huggeford is one of
the witnesses of this deed.]

s d s d

Rog' Corbet ... iiij Joh'e fiT Marg' ... xij

Ric'o Aleyn ... viij Agn relict' Wii'i xij

Thorn' II' Joh'is .... x Ric'o sup la Greue xij ) s'bt5

Will'o de Hattone x WilPo atte Croce... x j ibid'i

Joh'e Serjaunt ... xij

Ric'o Rolf ... x(j p'b' Sma xxvij9 vdqu

Ric'o atte Cuene... x

LEGIT' COMBREY.

[Lee Gomeky,01 Parish of Wellington. — This was held at Domesday
by Rainald the Sheriff, under Earl Roger, and Toret, the original
Saxon land-holder, held it under him. Within 50 years after

90 Eyton vii. 352.

01 Eyton vii, 339.

SUBSIDY KOLL OF 1327.

183

Domesday, it was in possession of the De Cambrays, from whom it
took its earlier name. John de Cambrai, son of Alured, who was
lord of Lee in 1167, died before 1199, leaving his son Roger a minor.
In 1212, Baldwin de Hodnet paid 4 merks and "one good palfrey, to
have custody of the land of Roger, son of John de Cambrai, together
with the marriage of the said Roger." Roger died not long after
this, and his property apparently weilt to remotely collateral heirs, of
whom Thomas Tiichet was chief. In 1255, Robert, the son of Thomas
Tuchet was dead, and his heirs were in the custody of John Mansel,
Chancellor of England and Treasurer of York, reputed in his day to
be "the richest Clerk in the world." Lee Cumbray was then held of
the King by service of a man-at-arms with hauberk, helmet, and
lance, for 40 days at his own cost, in time of war with Wales.
Thomas Tuchet (II.), the son of Robert, about the year 1269, gave
the Canons of Wombridge permission to hew stone in his quarry at
Ketley, and to convey it away for their buildings and repairs, when-
ever necessary, on condition that they should yearly, on St. Valentine's
Day, perform solemn services for the souls' health of Robert Tuchet,
of Sir John Maunsell, and for the souls of the grantor and his wife,
Margery, whenever they should depart this life. Thomas Tuchet
was among those summoned for foreign service in 1297, and he
received military summons against the Scots in 1301 and 1314. He
held land in Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Rutlandshire, and was an
important man. He was succeeded in 1315, by his son Robert, who
was summoned against the Scots in 1316 and in 1322.]

s d s d

Adam fil' Will'o ... xx WiU'o de Preston' ... xj
Ric'o de Astone ... xv Joh'e William ... ix
Pet°uill de Legh' ... xx Adam de Eyton ... xix
Pet°niH' ux' Joh'is ... xvij

WHATINESHAL'.

[Wappenshall,9- Parish of Wellington. — This was a member of
the Manor of Lee Cumbray, and between 1187 and 1197, John de
Cambrai gave to the Canons of Wombridge a virgate of land here,
with 8 acres and a meadow in addition.]

s d s d

Adam Yinote ... xxj Thorn' Butes xv

Adam Hore... ... xviij

KETTELEYE.

[Ketley03. — This was also a member of Lee Cumbray, and has
little history apart from it. Probably Bartholomew and Benedict de
Leye were among the tenants at Malms Lee, another member of
Lee Cumbray.]

92 Eyton vii. 348. <* Evton vii. 348,

I

184

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

oh'e le Gateherd ... xx Bend'co de Leye ... ixqu

Vill'o Aye ... ... xij Will'o le Wrughte ... xiijqu

Vill'o le Hay ward ... xxj Agath' Wylotes ... xv

Vill'o fil' Ric'i ... ix Will'o de Dalileye xv

log' Wynehay . . . xx Thorn' Aleyn ... xij ) s'bt'

log' de le Wrekene ... xix Hug' Wylotes ... x J ibid'm

latiir le Bonde . . . xvij

krth'o de Leye ... ix p'b' Sma xxxs vjdob'

SLEPE. CRUGOLTON.

[Sleap and Crudgington,94 Parish of High Ercall. — These two
lembers of High Ercall early became the property of Shrewsbury
tbbey, by gift of Hamo Pevere), probably in 1136. They continued
rith the Abbey till the Dissolution.

Roger, son of Alan, may have been a son of Alan Rotarius, who
bout 1260 held land at Sleap, under Richard, son of Reginald de
Yankton.]

s d s d

Vill'o Lutecok ... xiij Will'o Wegges ... xiiij
Vill'o fil' Rog'i ... xiiij Dyonis' Wade ... xiiij
Laterina vidua ... xiij Will'o de Kynardeseye viij
tog' fil' Alani ... xv Ric'o Wade ... ... xv

]lya Wegges... ... viij Ric'o Newemon ... xiiij

log othe Grene ... vj Thorn' fil' Regin' ... xiiij
larg' vidua ... ... viij Joh'e fil' Rog'i ... vj

*y bot' Wylkyns . . . xiiij

KYNARDESEYE.

[Kinnersley.95 — This was at Domesday one of the manors of Gerard
3 Tournai, one of Earl Roger's followers, who probably took his name
om Tournai-sur-Dive, in the neighbourhood of the Earl's Norman
icomte. Hamo Pcverel married Sibil, a daughter of Gerard de
ournai, but on her death without children her estates were escheated
> the Crown. About 1135, Hamo and Sibil gave Kinncrsley to
brewsbury Abbey, and some ten years later, in a Charter passed at
Marlborough, William Peverel of Dover confirmed this his uncle's gift.
This manor continued with the Abbey till the Dissolution. linger, son
' Agnes, may be a son of Agnes, wife of Richard de Momerfeld, who,

1271, sold a noke of land at Kinncrsley to Shrewsbury Abbey, and
1 her share of land in the meadows and moors, which lay between
.e foss of Hunderhalc and the Severn. William the Clerk may possibly
! William de Baggesore, the rector of Kinncrsley from 1321 to 1343.]

9* Eyton ix. 102. 95 Eyton viii. 126.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

Rog' Yreppe ...
Rog' Simond ...
Rog' fil' Rob'ti
Rob'to de Slepe
Rog' fii' Agn' ...
Rog' Flemmyges
Isabel I' vidua...
Rob'to fil' Rob'ti
Will'o fir Rob'ti

s d

XX

xiij
vj
vj
xvj
xij

VJ

XX

... ij

Will'o Fremon
Adam de Boterey
Will'o Cl'ico ...
Will'o Aleyn ...
Ric'6 Aleyn . . .

185

s d
xvij

viy

x ) s'bt'
viij j ibid'm

xxxs vjd

WROCWARTHYN.

[Wrockwardine,96 South Bradford Hundred. — In Saxon times this
was a Royal Manor, and the head of the Hundred of Recordine. In
Norman times it passed to Earl Roger, and lately became, under
Henry II., a Manor of Royal Demesne. About 1175, the king-
assigned it to Roger de Povvis and Jonas his brother. The sons of
Roger continued to hold an interest in the manor till 1200, when it
was bestowed on Hamo le Strange, as an equivalent for the
Leicestershire Manor of Foston, previously granted him by King-
John, before his accession to the throne. In 1203, we find John le
Strange (II.), his elder brother, holding Wrockwardine at the king's
pleasure. In 1231, John le Strange obtained a grant from the king
to his son, John le Strange, Junior, of this manor, to be held in fee
and inheritance for a rent of £8. This John (III.) about this same
time ratified his father's gift to Wombridge Priory, of land at
Wrockwardine Wood, lying lengthways between Watling Street and
Rethegrene, bounded on the one side by the Grantor's wood, and on
/he other by a water course, running between Stamforde in Watling
Street and Hethegrene. Some 20 years later, he assigned the Manor
>f Wrockwardine to his son Hamo, who,, in 1170, accompanied Prince
Edward on the Crusade, and perished in the expedition. Hamo gave
tVrockwardine into the hands of his younger brother, Robert, who in
.275 obtained a grant of it from the king, and a quitclaim of all
ight in it, from his elder brother, John le Strange (IV.), of Knockin.
le died the following year, and was succeeded by his son John, who
vas for some years a minor in ward to the Bishop of St. Asaph. He died
n 1289, leaving his brother, Fulk le Strange, his heir, who was already
3rd of Sutton Maddock, and later of Corf bam and of Longnor. Fulk
ied in 1324, leaving his son, John le Strange, his heir, who, in 1333,
btained a grant of Free-Warren in his demesnes at Wrockwardine.
tdam Chapelyn may be the same as Adam de Hetheye, who in
341 was appointed first Vicar of Wrockwardine by the Abbot of
hrewsbury.]

9tJ Eyton ix. 18.
Vol. I, 2ud S.

3

186

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

s a s 4

Joh'e de Strangelf iij Adam le Spencer. . . xx

Ric'o fir Henr' ... xijo' AdamChapeleyn... xyob'

Adam Lochard ... xxi'jo' Ric'o Bercar' ... xix

Joh'e Pastey ... xij w ,

ADDEHUESTON.'

[Admaston,97 Parish of Wrockwardine. — This was a member of
Wrockwardine, and belonged mainly to the Le Stranges, though as
early as the 12th century, the Burnells possessed an interest here.
In 1292, Sibil Burnell, widow of Sir Hugh Burnell, and mother of
Philip Burnell, the nephew and heir of the Chancellor, held 100s.
rent in Admaston.]

s d " "-• s d

Will'o atte Rok' . . . xii j Will'o de Parys . . . xviij

Hug' Bolas xvj Adam Lecbemon . xvo'

Amyan fiT Gilberti xijob'

ALDESCOTE.

[Allscot,9S Parish of Wrockwardine. — This was also a member of
the Le Stranges' Manor of Wrockwardine. About 1176, when the
manor was in the hands of the king, Henry II. granted Allscot Mill
to Haughmond Abbey, to which the fishery of Isombridge already
belonged. About 1235, the Abbot of Haughmond gave to the
Church of Wrockwardine 4 acres belonging to Allscot Mill, and the
Hector in return allowed the Abbot to take turves and soil from
Gretholers Moor for the repairs of his stank at Allscot.]

s d s d

Job'e Am'yan ... xvo'qu Ric'o Gilbert ... xiiij
Rog' Cok' xxq11 Joh'eTubbe ... ixo'

LETONE.'

[Leaton,99 Parish of Wrockwardine. — This was another member of
Wrockwardine, witli little or no separate history. With another
hamlet, Ness, it belonged to the Le Stranges. Thomas de Leton
occurs in 1278 as fined half a merk for some judicial writ, but this
may not be the same, as the name De Leton was common to more
than one family.]

s d s d

Thorn' de Leton ..... xvq11 Will'o le Goos ... vjo'q11

Will'o fil' Walt; i ... xij Will'o Madoc

Adam fil' Tybot' ... xiijo

Ric'o Flee viij

Will'o de Ncsse ... vjo

vj

Adam fil' Tybot' ... xiijo' Will'o Bysshop ... vjob'
Ric'o Flee viij Will'o fif Ric'i ... vijq11

w Eyton ix. 38.

9S Eyton ix. 36.

99 Eyton ix. 2G.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

187

CLOTLEYE.

[Clottley,100 Parish of Wrockwardine, — This was held under the
Le Stranges by tenants who took their name from the place. Walter
de Clotley attests a deed relating to Tibberton between 1175 and
1180, and Henry de Clotley occurs in*1237. Ralph de Clotley held
Clottley under John le Strange in 1285, and was living in 1300.

In 1292, a Thomas de Walcot appears as the chief bailiff of the
Manor of Condover. Possibly he was the Thomas of the Subsidy Roll.]

s d s d

Thorn' de Walcote... ij Will'o fiT Gybbe ... x ) s'btax

Henr' de Clotleye ... vj Ric'o de Suggedon viij J ibid'm

Sm* xxxiijs vdob'qu

STYRCHLEYE.

[Stirchley,101 South Bradford Hundred. — This was an outlying
member of the Domesday Manor of Longford. The Fitz Torets
claimed to hold it under the lords of Longford, and about the year
1160, it was held by Peter fitz Toret under Robert de Brimpton, and
under him again, by a rent of 3 dwts. of gold, by Osbert de Stirchley.
Osbert granted a parcel of land here to Wombridge Priory, and
Richard, his successor, probably made a similar grant to Build was
Abbey, while a second Osbert, about 1250, granted a half-penny of
rent in Stirchley to Lilleshall Abbey. This latter Osbert sold the
Manor to Buildwas Abbey, including the capital messuage, and two
mills. The Abbot of Lilleshall, and the Priors of Wombridge and
Wenlock, however, both continued to hold some interest in Stirchley.

John de Trescote was probably the same as John, son and heir of
William de Perton, of Perton and Trescot, near Tettenhall, in
Staffordshire, who, in 1280, held a messuage and 59 acres in Stirchley
under the Abbot of Buildwas. In 1310, Walter de Perton, son of
John de Pertoa, was instituted Vicar of Stirchley, at the presentation
of the Prior and Convent of Wenlock.]

s d s d

Abb'te deBuklowas iiij Rog' le Sayar ... vj

Will'o le Sky 'ner... ij q11 Ric'o de Oulemor' ... X| H^t

Joli'e de Trescote xijo'qu Will'o Fabro ... viij ] ibid'm

Will'o de Sutton... xj

Adam Dode ... x . Sma xs xd

EYTON' ALB'TIS.

[Eyton-on-Slyern,102 Parish of Wroxeter. — This was held in Saxon
times by Earl Leofric, and after the Conquest was given by the

100 Eyton ix. 39. 101 Eyton viii. 114. 102 Eyton viii. 279.

188

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

Norman Earl Roger to his newly-founded Abbey of Shrewsbury, with
which it remained till the Dissolution. Dryton or Drayton, Rushton
and Donnington were all members of Eyton, The first named was
held for several generations by tenants taking their name from the
place.]

Joh'e de Dray tone...
Ric'o de Lyth'
Rog' Waryng'
Thorn' Madoc
Joh'e fil' Ade
Ric'o Wyons
St'ph'o Sharp
Ric'o Waryng'
Hug' fil' Cecil'
Joh'e fil' Ric'i
Will'o de Morton' . . .
Will'o de Garmeston'
WiiroAleyn
Ric'o Aleyn
Petro de Rushton'...
Will'o Pyckyn
Joh'e fil Pet'
Bened'co Pyckyn ...

X1J

IX

viij
x

XV

vjj

Vllj

viij

xlj

X

ix
viijo'

ix
viij

LEGH'TON.

Joh'e fil' Will ..
Joh'e Pyckyn
Joh'e de Cherleton'
Ric'o Garlek'
Adam Pyronn
Thoni'Alcok'
Joh'e de Pyrhull ...
Ric'o fil' St' ph'i ...
Will'o Wyot'
Nich'o Gerard
Ad'fil'Agn'
Joh'ane Greg'
Alano le Pocar' . . .
Henr' Waryng' ...

d

VII]

xvjob'
viij

ix
viij

vjob'

X

xiiij

vj

x

X

Sma xxvs iijdob'qu

[Leighton,103 South Bradford Hundred. — This was held at
Domesday by Rainald the Sheriff, who, probably, later had under him
as tenant the ancestor of the Leighton family, who for so long held
the manor. This Tihel de Leighton was dead in 1165, and was
succeeded by his son Richard. His son, a second Richard, about 1215,
gave to Buildwas Abbey the pasture of Ewewere, near the Severn.
His successor, Richard (III.) sided with the Barons in the time of
King John, but returned to his allegiance under Henry III. William
de Leighton, Constable of Oswestry, his eon, in 1255, held this
manor under John fitz Alan by service of a knight at Oswestry
Castle for 40 days in time of war, at the tenant's charges. Sir
William was succeeded by a son Richard (IV.), who in 1284, made
several small grants to Buildwas Abbey. His successor, the Richard
of the Subsidy Roll, came into collision with the ecclesiastical
authorities, and was for some time under sentence of excommunica-
tion. He was a man of some importance, a Knight, and Commissioner
of Levies in Shropshire. He was returned to five Parliaments
between 1313 and 1318, and was summoned to the great Council at
Westminster in 1324.

s'bt'
ibid'n

103 Eyton vii. 325.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

189

There were two contemporary Thomas Cressets, both of whom occur
in 1339 as -witnesses of a deed relating to land at Haughton, 'late
belonging to Richard de Leighton,' one being there described as of
Withiford, the other of Haughton. Thomas Cresset, of Leighton,
also occurs in 1347, when Edward Burton, of Longner, exchanged an
acre of land at Garmston with him'. The Mill of Leighton belonged
to the Monks of Build was by a gift of Robert de Wodecote, an under-
tenant of the lords of Leighton.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Legh'ton ... ij Joh'e Molendinar' ... xij

Thorn' Cresset ... xv

garmeston;

[Garmston,104 Parish of Leighton. — This was a member of Leighton,
and was held under the De Leightons by tenants taking their name
from the place. Henry de Garmston occurs on various juries from
1281 to 1304.]

s d s d

Henr' de Garmeston' xviij Adam Selk' ... xij

Will'o de Dounton' xiiij Will'o Selk' ... xij

ETONE.'

[Eton Constantine,105 South Bradford Hundred. — This was held
at Domesday by Rainald the Sheriff. From him, apparently, it passed
to the Fitz Alans, whose tenants here from an early date were the
De Constantines, from whom it derives its name. They were a family
of considerable importance, holding estates at Oldbury and Fulwar-
dine. Thomas de Constantino (I.) took the Barons' side in the
struggle with King John, but returned to his allegiance under
Henry III. He was a Knight, and one of the Verderers of the
King's Forests. His wife, Isabel, was sister and co-heir of Robert de
Girros, of Fitz. Their son, Thomas (If.) was also a knight, and one
of the four coroners of Shropshire. In 1255, he held Eton by service
of a Knight at Oswestry for 40 days in time of war, at his own cost.
Thomas de Constantine left an only daughter, married to Sir Adam
de Montgomery. The only son of Adam and Isabella died without
issue, and the manor of Eton passed through various hands to the
Thornbills. A younger branch of the Constantines, however,
continued to be under-tenants here.

William lc Dcspensor occurs on a Berwick jury in 1298, and
Richard his son had charge of the chapel of Eton from 1301 to 1349.
William de Harley is mentioned in 1346, as formerly holding land near
Garmston, adjoining an acre which Thomas Cresset exchanged with
Edward Burton of Longner.]

104 Eyton vii. 336.

Eyton viii. 1.

1

1

190 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

S d S (1

Will'o le Spencer ... xviij Ric'o Rotar' ... xiiij

Will'o de Harleye ... ij

FUA BULDEWAS.

[Little Buildwas,106 South Bradford Huudred — This was at
Domesday a member of Rainald the Sheriff's manor of Wroxeter. It
was given to Buildwas Abbey soon after its foundation by the first
William fitz Alan, and this gift was ratified and increased by his son,
a second William. It was held under the monks by a family of De
Buildwas, by the service of riding with the Abbot any where within the
four seas at the Abbot's charges. The last Alan de Buildwas left an
only daughter, Alice, wife of Edmund do Leynham, who, in 1303,
granted the manor fully to the Abbot and Convent of Buildwas for
ever. Sir Walter de Beysin is one of the witnesses of this deed. The
manor then contained a capital messuage, six cottages, 120 acres of
arable, and five acres of meadow land.

Waiter le Spencer occurs in 1331, 1336, and 1346, as a witness of
various deeds. He was probably a son of William le Spencer (or, more
correctly, Despenser) of Eton Oonstantine.]

s d s d

Emerico le Walcar' ... xij Ric'o fil' J oh'is ... x
Ric'o Mandepas ... ix Walt'o le Spencer ... viij

Joh'e de Chestershyr' ij iiij

) s'bt5
J ibid'i

Sma xixs ijd

W YTH YNTON '.

[Withington,107 South Bradford Hundred. — This was at Domesday
held under Earl Roger by Fulcuius, but apparently it was escheated
to the Crown soon after. Later, it was held in two moieties, the one,
under the Fitz Alans, the other, directly under the King. Both were
held by one tenant, one of the Haiightons of Cleobury North. Roger
fitz Henry, the first mentioned of this family, before 1172, gave
Withington mill to Haughmond Abbey. His son, Thomas fitz Roger
was succeeded b}7 a son, Robert, who in 1255, held Withington by the
service of conducting the Welsh embassies from Shrewsbury Castle to
Montford Bridge. Later, in 12S2, this service seems to have become
extinct, and the manor was held simply by the service of providing an
Esquire with a barbed horse at Oswestry for 40 days. A second Robert
de Haughton was summoned, in 1297, to perform military service in
parts beyond the seas. In 1300 and 1301 he was a Commissioner for
summoning the knights of Shropshire and Staffordshire against the
Scots. He died in 1301, leaving a son, Thomas de Haughton (III.)
his heir. He then held a messuage and half-virgate in Withington

106Eyton vii. 320.

107 Eyton viii. 75.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

191

under the heir of Richard fitz Alan, and four earucates there under
Philip Nugent. This Thomas de Haugbton was a minor at the time
of his father's death. He became a knight, and was a Commissioner
of levies in Staffordshire. In 1325, he was among those ordered to
accompany Earl Warren to Guienne.]

s d s d

Ric'o de Mutton' ... xiij Radulph'deHaghmon vj
Ric'odelaRee ... xij Agn' de Rodenhurst' xij
Joh'e de Leyes ... xviij Thorn' Molendinar' ... xij
Pet°Cort' ... ... vj Joh'e de Mer' ... vifj ) s'bt'

Will'o Godyer . . . viij Henr' le Reuesone . . . viij j ibid'm

VVilFo de la Hall ... xvj

Will'o Sauage ... viij Sma xjs xd
Henr' Rob't xv

VFFYNTON/

[Uffington,103 South Bradford Hundred. — At Domesday this was
held under Earl Roger by Helgot, who gave his name to another
Shropshire manor, Castle Holgate, Helgot gave a fishery here to
Shrewsbury Abbey, together with Monkmoor, which apparently was
then considered part of Uffington. The manor seems to have been
held under the lords of Castle Holgate by relations, one of whom,
Richard de la Mare, was the ancestor of the later Barons of Holgate.
This Richard, before 1172, gave to the monks of Haughmond, Pimley
mill, half avirgate and a noke in Uffington, and Ledelacre, which lay
between Uffington and Simdorn. Robert de la Mare, his son, died at
Benevento in 1192, whilst on a crusade. On his death-bed he
bequeathed the whole of Uffington to Haughmond Abbey. In spite
of disputes with Barons of Holgate, the Abbot continued to hold
Uffington, appearing twice a year at Castle Holgate, as tenant of the
manor. Wheu Holgate passed to the Knights-Templars, there was a
slight change in this service, and in 1292, apparently the Abbot obtained
permission to transfer his yearly ' appearances ' to the court of Bradford
Hundred. The Abbey retained its property here till the Dissolution.]

s d s d

Thorn' de Preston' ... xviij Ric'o Pepyngges ... xij

Will'o Pepyngges ... xx Joh'e de Hastan ... vj

Thorn' le Chatour ... vj Thorn' Launce ... xi.

Adam Bred aut Ale viij Ric'o de Muridon' ... xi-!

DOUNTONK' J

[Downton,109 Parish of Upton Magna. — This was at Domesday a
member of Rainald the Sheriff's manor of Upton Magna. Between
1135 and UGO it was conferred on one Marscot, a follower of the Fitz
Alans, of knightly degree, who not improbably was by birth of Scotch

J0S Eyton ix. 4. »« Eyton vii. 275.

192 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

descent, and associated with William fitz Alan (I.) through his brother
Walter, Seneschal of Scotland in the reign of Stephen, Marscot,
from whom his manor of Eton Mascot derived its name, between
1155 and 11 GO, gave Downton to Haughmond Abbey, and some 50
years later, William fitz Alan (II.) added to this gift other land at
Downton, and a wood there.

William Vaughan was a burgess of Salop, to whom, with Alice his
wife and William their son, the Abbot granted a life lease of land at
Downton, at a rent of 5s.]

s d s d

Will'o Vaghan ... vj Ph'on de Dounton' vj

Iby de Dounton' ... " xij Henr' de Offeleye ... vj

Joh'e God vj Adam de Pembeley vj

WALCOT.'

[Walcot, 110 This was originally a member of the royal manor of
Wellington, and was given to Haughmond Abbey by the Empress
Maud. It consisted of three carucates of land and a mill.]

s d s d

Benet de Walcot' ... x Walt'o Tolymer' ... xviij
Ric'o Rummeneye x Will'o Spychfat ... xviij

Ric'o Notesone x Will'o de Vffynton ... x) y'bt'

Joli'e le Reue x Nich'o de Wythyford viij j ibid'm

Henr' Molendinar' ... xiiij

Joh'e de Ree ix Sma xxvijs ixd

Emma de Wythynton' xiiij

RODYNTON.5

[Rodington, 111 South Bradford Hundred. — This was held at
Domesday by the Saxon Toret, under Rainald the Sheriff. Later we
find a Norman, Guomar le Rotur, the chief tenant, who, before 1200,
granted a meadow here to Haughmond Abbey. A contemporary of
his, Ranulf, son of Gilbert de Rodington, also made several grants to
the Canons. His father, Gilbert, was probably the Fitz Alan's Forester,
and the office seems to have descended to his grandson, Henry de
Rodington. In 1255, Rodington was held by Isabella de Rodington,
Richard de Flotebruc, John de Apley, and Ranulf de Rodington, by
service of ward at Oswestry for 30 days in time of war, with one
horse, a hauberk, helmet, and lance.

At the time of the Subsidy Roll, Isabella de Rodington was
represented by Philip Mavesin, of Berwick Mavesin ; Richard de
Flotebruc, by his grandson, Thomas, son of Jordan ; John de Apley,
by James the Tailor; and Ranulf de Rodington, probably, by Roger de
Rodington. Richard, parson of Rodington, was son of John de
Alberbury. He became Rector of this Church in 1299, though then
only a sub-deacon.]

110 Eyton ix. 61. *u Evton viii. 373,

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

193

xmj

s d s d

Ph'o de BeoreAvyke'... xx Jacobo le Tayllour . . . xij
Rog' de Rodynton' ... xij Will'o de Shettone ... xv

Thorn' fil' Jordani ... xviij Joh'e Holle xij

Ric'o p'sona de Rod- Ric'o Boleuych ... vj

ynton' ... ... ij

RODENE.

[Roden,112 Parish of High Ercall. — Roden was originally a member
of Rodington, but passing later to the Stantons, of Stanton-on-Hine-
heath, it was considered as part of the * Fee of Stanton.' The heiress
of the Stantons married Thomas de Lee, and in 1312 they entailed the
manor of Roden on their eldest son, John, the John de Lee of the
Subsidy Roll. He became a Knight and a Commissioner of Array for
Shropshire. He was Knight of the Shire at the Parliament of 1322,
and was summoned to a Great Council at Westminster in 1324. His
wife was Matilda, daughter of Henry de Erdinton. Adam le Heir
may have been the father of John le Heyr, Incumbent of Roden
Chapel in 1369.]

s d s d

Joh'e de Lee... ... xv Henr' le Trauenter ...

Alano de Rodene ... » xv Adam le Heir
Thorn' fil' Joh'is ... xiiij Joh'e fil' Thom' ... xij
Joh'e p'po'ito ... xij Ric'o fil' Thorn' ... xij

RODENHURST.'
[Rodenhukst,113 This also belonged to the Fee of Stanton, and has
little or no history apart from Roden. J

s d s d

Will'o Botte xij Hug' atte Water ... vj

Joh'e le Masonn ... xij

SUGGEDON.'

[Sugden,114 Parish of Rodington. — This was a member of the
Domesday manor of Rodington, and was held by Guomarde Rodington.
Later it was held by a family of De Sugden, probably his descendants.
A moiety of Sugden, however, was held by the hereditary foresters of
Bolas. In 1282, Richard de Sugden and Alice his wife gave a
messuage and carucate in Sugden to Hugh Burnel, and in 1287,
William Brid and Alice his wife granted to Henry de Tyrley a
messuage, 23 acres, and half a meadow there.]

s d s d

Henr' de Tyrleye ... xviij Gilb' to de Rodene ... x) s'bt'

Alic' de Suggedon' ... xiij Thorn' fil' Ric'i ... viij j ibid'm

Joh'e de Hon ton' ... vj —

Marg' le Walear' .... vj Sma xxv9 xd

»s Eyton M 386. ™ Eyton vii. 386. 114 Eyton vii. 382.
Yol. U 2nd S. F

194 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

VPTON.'

[Upton Magna,115 South Bradford Hundred. — This was one of the
most important of Earl Roger's manors, and was held under him at
Domesday by Rainald de Baileul, Sheriff of Shropshire. Rainald's
predecessor had been Warm the, Bald, who is said to have given the
tithes of Upton to the Eari's newly-founded Abbey of Shrewsbury.
He had probably died some years before 1085, as his widow Amieria,
niece of Karl Roger, was then married to Rainald, who held Warm's
Shrievalty. Rainald was a man of note among the Normans,
apparently a noted warrior from the part he took in the Crusade
against the Moors in Spain in 1118, and his haughty refusal to
surrender his Norman stronghold, Le Chateau Renouard, to Henry I.
Rainald was probably succeeded in his English Shrievalty by Hugh,
the son of "Warm and Amieria, who seems to have made way during
the reign of Henry I. to Alan fitz Flaad the ancestor of the Fitz Alans.
William fitz Alan (I.), his son was the founder of Haughmond Abbey,
which stood in his manor of Upton. In the wars of Stephen's reign
he was castellan of Shrewsbury, and held that castle against the king
for nearly a month. He was a benefactor to most of the religious
houses in Shropshire, especially to Shrewsbury Abbey, where he was
buried in 1160. He was succeeded by William fitz Alan (II.), his son
by his second wife" Isabel de Say, of Clun. This second William was
also a benefactor to Build was and Shrewsbury Abbey, and to Haugh-
mond, where he was buried in 1210. His son, a third William, died
at Clun in 1215, and was succeeded by his brother John fitz Alan (I.)
who suffered for the part he took against King John, by the burning
to the ground of his castle of Oswestry by the angry king. He died in
1240, and was succeeded by his son John (II.) who, by his will, dated at
Wroxetcr, in 1 267, gave to Haughmond Abbey, with his body, the mill of
Muleford and two carucatcs of land in Upton Magna. " The dower
of his widow, Matilda de Verdon, was also partly derived from Upton.
Their son, John fitz Alan (111.), died in the prime of life in 1272, and
was buried in Haughmond Abbey, where his tombstone, and that of
his wife, Isabel de Mortimer, still remain. Their son Richard became
Earl of Arundel, in addition to the dignities and estates already
possessed by his family in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire,
Cheshire, Wiltshire. Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire. He died in
1302, leaving a son, Edmund, Earl of Arundel, his heir, who died
upon the scaffold, in VSzGi and so, probably, was not buried in
Haughmond Abbey, as he had wished. In March, 1326, Walter de
Hibernia bound himself to Edmund, Earl of Arundel, to ' provide and
maintain 6 wax candles of 6 pounds weight each, at the tomb of the
said Earl Edmund, wherever in the Abbey of Haughmond he might
happen to be buried ; to be renewed every Easter, so that the candles
might burn in the vigils and masses in which the candles about the
tomb of Earl Richard were accustomed to be burned.' Walter de

115 Eyton vii. 202.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

195

Hibernia was of Upton, and the finding of these candles was a charge
upon his land there.]

s d s d

Henr' Ball'o xij Thorn' Fily viij

Hug' le Tallour ... x Hug' de Wythynton' viij

Rog' Botte ... ... viij 'Rob'to Piscator' ... xij

Alano Cay'm ... vj Ric'o Molendinar' ... vijqu

Rob' to Cay'm ... vj Will'o Scoff' xiiij

Thorn' de Aula ... vj Will'o Hyke xiij

Hug' Waldeyn ... viij

REE.

[Rea,116 Parish of Upton Magna. — This was a member of Upton
Magna, and was held, in 1155, under the Fitz Alans, by Robert fitz
Halufri, and under him by Roger fitz Hunald, his brother. Roger
before 1160, gave all his land of Acjuct (Rea) to Haughmond Abbey,
with which it remained.

In 1390, the Abbot of Haughmond had a suit against Henry de
Rea, concerning a tenement in Rea. Possibly this was a son of the
Henry of the Subsidy Roll. It can scarcely be the same person,
as Henry de Ree and Walter de Burton were both among those who
ill 1303 were called to give evidence as to the age of John Mauvesyn,
of Berwick. Walter de Burton was a frequent witness of deeds
between 1290 and 1326, and was a juror for Condover Hundred.]

s d s d

Henr' de Ree ... xij Walt'o de Burton' ... xij

HUNKYTON.'

[Hunkixgton,117 Parish of Upton Magna. — This was also a member
of Upton Magna, and was held under the Fitz Alans by the Lees, of
Lea, near Pimhill. The first we find of the name, Reyner de Lee, of
Alderton, was a knight and deputy sheriff of Shropshire under William
fitz Alan (1.) He held land at Lea, Alderton, Hunkington, and Weston
near Clun. Hunkington probably descended to his son John, who
married Petronilla de Draiton, and to their son John, who married
Alice Eotterel.]

s d s d

Will'o Pym xij Ph'o Gylberd ... viij

Ric'o fil' Hug' ... x Will'o le Fremon ... vj

Will'o Kempe ... vj Adam de Clone viij
Alic' vidua ix

wrokcestr;

[Wkoxeter,11s South Bradford Hundred. — This was one of Rainald
the Sheriffs manors at Domesday, and passed later to the Fitz Alans,

11(5 Evton vii. 271. 117 Eyton vii. 273. 118 Eyton vii. 309.

196

the Shropshire lay

by whom it was held in demesne. J ohn fitz Alan apparently died here
in 1267. Johu le Feynour would probably be an ancestor of the
family of Poyner so long associated with this neighbourhood.]

s d s d

Will'o fii' Sibill' ... xiij Will'o de la Grene .. . x
Ric'o de Broctone ... xv Hug' le Hare ... xyij
Joh'e le Pey'nour ... xvj Joh'e le Hare ... xix

OPYNTOXE.

[Uppington.119 South Bradford Hundred. — This was held at
Domesday by Gerard de Tournai. After the death of Hanio Peverel
and his wife, Sibil de Tournai, it was escheated to the crown, and was
granted by Henry II. to Roger Mussun, who had been employed by the
king- in conveying his horses over the sea. Roger gave the Church of
Uppington and a quantity of land there to Wombridge Priory. He
died about 1190, leaving a widow, Galiena de Mussun, and nine
daughters, among whom his estates were divided.

Richard de la Bury, father of the Richard of 1327, was the
representative of one of these ladies in 1292. He then held five
nocates of land by inheritance, and five by purchase. John Coly then
held five by purchase, while Richard Corbrond, (possibly the father of
the William of the Subsidy Roll) held five by inheritance. Later, in
1341, William Brid occurs as holding one nocate. Adam le Coc and
his wife Matilda, and John le Rider and his wife Isabella, both occur
in a deed of Richard de la Bury (III.) in 1323. Richard de Buvy's
interest in Uppington afterwards passed to Sir Roger Corbet, of
Hadley. The Canons of Wombridge gradually acquired, by small
grants and purchases, the greater part, if not the whole, of this manor,
and it remained with the Priory till the Dissolution.]

s d s d

Ric'o de le Bury ... xij Ric'o fiT Ric'i ... x ^
Adam le Coc ... xvj Hug' fil' Re^m ... x I *

Will'o Bryd ... ... xv Will'o Corbrond ... xij J lbld 111

Joh'e le Ridar' ... xiiij

Joh'eColy xviij $ma xxxiij3 ijdqu

ATYNCHAM.

[Atcham,1'20 South Bradford Hundred. — This manor belonged at
Domesday to St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury, having been part of" its
possessions in Saxon times. After the foundation of Lillcshall Abbey,
and the alieuation to it of the property of St. Alkmund's, this became
an estate of that Abbey. Atcham bridge was built by the Abbots of
Lilleshall between 1200 and 1222, and the}' received a toll of a penny
for every laden cart of Salop that passed over it, and a half-penny for

119 Eyton viii. 151. 120 Eyton viii. 239.

SUBSIDY ftOLL OF 1327.

197

every other cart. In 1 269, the Abbot of Lilleshall received permission
to hold a yearly fair at Atcham, on St. Giles' Day (September 1), and
in 1276, to hold one on St. Augustine's (May 26), and two following
days. The Canons of Lilleshall retained Atcham till the Dissolution. ]
s d s d

Ric'o Mabbesone . . . xvij 'Ric'o Fabro vj

Ric'o Coco ... ... xvj Rog' le Wyse x

Henr' le Trauent' ... xvij

OKYNTON'.

[Uckington,121 Parish of Atcham.— This was also a manor of St.
Alkmund's, and passed in the same way to Lilleshall Abbey. The
Canons had a mill at Duncot, a member of Uckington, and about
1200, they obtained a fishery here from Philip de Nugent. William
fitz Alan (II.) gave to the Abbey 30 acres in Elf&taneslmll, which was
probably in this neighbourhood. LTckington remained with the
Canons till the Dissolution.]

s d s d

Will'o le Frensh' ... xviij Will'o Pyck' ... xiij
Rob'to atte Lone ... xv Henr' fiT p'po'iti ... vijqu
Hug' Rosesone xv Joh'e de kynardes-

Joh'e Bryght xij eye viij

Rog' le Trauenter... ix Hug' le Masonn ... ix
Ric'o Baret ... xqu Rog' Fabro ... xij

Will'o Gylbert ... vijq" Ric'o GrHmtsonn... xij
Joh'e Bysshop ... viij Alano deBolynghal' xij
Hug' de Hennecot' ix Joh'e S'toup' ... xij
Alano de Hennecot' xij Ric'o Geffrey ... xqu
Thorn' le Trauenter xqu Ric'o Madoc ... vj

Thorn' le Kene ... xiiij Joh'e Michel ... xqu
Joh'e le kent: ... xviij Will'o Molendinar' ix

PRESTONE.

[Preston Boats,1*22 Parish of Upton Magna, — This member of Upton
Magna was held at Domesday by liainald the Sheriff, and after him
by the Fitz Alans, liainald had a tenant Eicardus, who possibly was
an ancestor of the De Stantons, of Stanton on Hmeheath, who
later held Preston under the Fitz Alans. The De Stanton tenant
here in the middle of the 13th century was Richard de Preston,
Clerk to the Abbot of Shrewsbury, and a man of importance
in the aflairs of the Abbey Foregatc. He gave, about 1210-1250, an
acre of land at Preston to Haughmond Abbey, that the Canons might
draw marl from there for the improvement of their land at Uthngton.
About the same time, William de Doniton, another tenant here, gave

121 Eyton viii. 237. 122 Eyton vii. 268.

198

THE SHROPSHIRE LAY

the Canons a piece of land that they might make a road to their fishery
(or weir) in the Severn. The estates of the Stantons passed to John
de Lee, husband of Petronilla de Stanton, find continued with their
descendants.

Hugh de Say seems to have been of Morton Say. A Hugh de Say
held land there in 1317,]

s d s d

Hug' le Say ij Will'o de la War' . . . xij

Will'o Godyer ... xiiij Walt'o Fox viij

Wili'o fu" Ric'i ... xij Joh'e de Suttone ... xx
Thorn' fil' Walt'i ... xij

BEOREWYK'.

[Berwick Mavison,123 Parish of Atchaim — This was another of
Rainald the Sheriff's manors. During Henry I s reign it was bestowed
on a feoffee, not improbabl}- on Henry Malvoisin, who occurs as a
witness of Shropshire deeds from 1175 to 1190. He was probably
connected with the Staffordshire family of Malvoisin, who held Malvesyn
Ridware under the Fitz Alans. He gave the tithes of his demesne of
Berwick to the Abbey of Lilleshall, in whose house he chose that he
and his wife Avelina, and his heirs should be buried. He was
succeeded by his son Herbert, a knight and one of the four Coroners
of Shropshire. He died in 1240, leaving a son, Alan, who survived
him scarcely two years, whose son Sacr Malvoisin, in 1255, held
the manor by service of a horseman with hauberk, helmet and
lance, at Oswestry Castle for 40 days in time of war at his own cost.
Saer seems to have been also lord of Cotes, near Stafford. He was a
regarder of the Forest of Mount Gilbert, but was presented at a Forest
Assizes for unlawfully taking a stag, and was, for a short time,
imprisoned at Shrewsbury. He died in 1283, leaving a son, Peter,
who was one of the Foresters of Shropshire. Peter died in 1299,
leaving his son John a minor, and a curious inquest was held in 1303,
to determine his exact age. John Malvoisin died in 1323, leaving a
son of the samfi name, the John son of John of the Subsidy Roll. In
his time the capital messuage at Berwick was described as being in a
ruinous state. Probably Johanna, widow of John, was his mother.

The Malvoisins of Berwick also held land at Mindtown.]

s d s d

Joh'e fil' Joh'is ^ .... xij Ric'o fil' Mabill' ... x

Joli'is relict' Joh'is .. . x Ric'o Donne xij'

Joh'e fil' Thorn' . . . xii Will'o Russel ... x t .,s.™

X1J

Thorn' le Frer' ... x Hug' de Preston' xij

Will'o Bernard ... x

Ric'o Cl'ico x Sma xlvijs ob'

Will'o Russel ... x

}

bid'm

123 Eyton vii. 887.

SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

199

MAGNA ERCALEWE.

[High Ercall,124 South Bradford Hundred. — This was held in
Saxon times by Earl Edwin, and after the Conquest by Earl Roger,
whose son, Earl Hugh, gave two-thirds of the tithes here to Shrews-
bury Abbey. In the reign of Henry I., Hamo Peverel was invested
in this manor, and after his death, in 2tboat 1136, it descended to his
nephew, William Peverel (II.) Between 1141 and 1148, William
Peverel, and Hamo's other co-heir, Walcheline Maminot, gave
Bradford Mill, in the Manor of Ercall, to the newly-founded Abbey
of Haughmond. William was a warm partisan of the Empress Maud,
and very useful to her cause. He was killed in the crusade of 1147,
leaving four sisters his co-heirs.

Ercall was at this time held under the Peverels by William
de Hadley (II.), the son of Hamo's illegitimate daughter, Seburga,
and William de Hadley (I.) He was the second son of William
and Seburga, and is frequently called William de Ercall. He
made several grants of tithes and land to Wombridge Priory.
He was succeeded by his son William de Ercall (II.), who became
the Abbot of Haughmond's tenant of Bradford Mill, and made
himself a mill in the stream between Ercall and Rowton. His
successor, a third William de Ercall (and fourth William de Hadley),
gave a ninth of the tithes, of Ercall to the White Nuns of Brewood, and
land near his Court of La More (Moortown) on which to make a weir.
His son, John de Ercall, was a knight, and a man of some importance.
In 1265, he had a grant of a weekly market at Ercall, and a yearly
fair to be held on the eve, day and morrow of the Nativity of the
Virgin (September 7, 8, and 9). During Sir John de Ercall's tenure
of this manor, the over-lordship passed from the co-heirs of Peverel to
Bishop Burncl. William de Ercall (IV.), his son and successor,
married Petronilla de Burnel, a niece of the Bishop, the Petronilla
de Ercalewe of the Subsidy Roll. In 1297 and in 1301, he
received military summons, in the former year for foreign service,
and in the latter for the war with Scotland. Between 1284 and
1300, he gave half a virgate of land and a garden in Ercall, for
the celebration of certain masses in the Church of St. Edward, of
Ercall. He died in 1304, and was succeeded by his son, William de
Ercall (V.), the William de Ercalewe of the Subsidy Roll. In 1323,
he was a Commissioner to levy archers in Salop and Staffordshire,
and was returned to Parliament in 1324, 1325, 1326, and 1327.
About 1334, he endowed the Chapel of All Saints, in the Cemetery
of High Ercall, with a messuage, 6 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow,
and rights of pasture in Ercall. William de Ercall (V.) died about
1345, and Ercall then passed to the De Caverswells, and from them
to the Newports.]

s d s (1

WiU'o de Ercalewe... ij Adam Cole ... ix

Pet°niH' de Ercalewe xij Hug' Lonecok' ... x

124 Eyton ix. 62.

200 THE SHROPSHIRE LAY SUBSIDY ROLL OF 1327.

S d S d

Joh'e fr'e p'sb'ri . . viij Thorn' le Hop'e . . . viij
Jota vidua ... ... xij Joh'e Lawe ... .. x

Joh'e de Dothull ... xij Hamone le Hay ward xij
Haraone le Bole ... xv Rob',to Houle ... xiij

Hug' le Scoriar' ... xv Hug' Bryd ix

Alano Bole ... ... xij Alano atte More ... xiij

Joh'e deTyne ... xiiijob' Will'o fil' Sibill' ... ix

Will'o Cubell' ... xij Rog' de Slepe ... vj

Will'o le Yungg' ... xiij Rob'to Cubell' ... x ^ s>bt>

Will'o Baldewyne ... xijo' Will'o Cubbell' ... viij j ibid'm

Thorn' de Mokelton xv

Adam Cu'bell' ... xij

Alano de Peppelowe ix Sina xxvjs xd

Rob'to le Hay ward... vj

STAUNTON' SUP HYNE HETH'.
[Stanton-on-Hine- Heath,125 North Bradford Hundred. — This was
held at Domesday by Rainald the Sheriff, and under him by Ricardus,
the probable ancestor of the De Stantons, who afterwards held this
manor, from which they took their name. William de Stanton, lord
of Stanton from 1221 to 1236, gave the advowson of the Church
there, with a messuage and 3 acres of land to Haughmond Abbey.
In 1255, Stephen de Stanton (III.) held the manor under the Fitz
Alans by service of a knight for 40 days at Oswestry, at his own cost.
Stephen de Stanton (III.) died before 1284, leaving an only daughter,
Petronilla, afterwards the wife of Thomas de Lee, and the Stanton
estates passed to their son. Sir John de Lee, ancestor of the Lees of
Langley. Thomas de Lee died in 1318, and apparently Hugh de Say
held Preston Boats and Stanton in 1327, under John de Lee, of Roden.
Possibly he married Thomas's widow, whom we know to have been
living as late as 1332. William de Titteleye, in 1331, was found to
have unjustly dis-seized John, grandson of Reyner de la Lee, of a
messuage, carucate, and 28 acres of meadow in Stanton.]

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NOTES ON SHROPSHIRE BIRDS

By WILLIAM E. BECK WITH, Eaton Constantine.
Continued from p. 402 of Vol. XI

WHEATEAR, Saxicola (Enanthe.

The Wheatear finds the flat surface of North Shropshire so little
suited to its taste, that, except on a few of the border hills about
Oswestry, Whixall .Moss, and one or two other localities, it must
be almost exclusively considered a spring and autumn migrant;
the few birds that remain to breed bearing but a small proportion
to the numbers that pass by at these seasons.
In the South, however, it is a common summer visitor to the
Clee hills, and the adjoining high ground, the Longmynds, the
Stiperstones, and all the hills and moorlands in the south west
of the county. Amongst the first of the birds of passage, a few
Wheatears arrive in March, and usually stay in enclosed districts
till the beginning of May, then they retire to their upland
breeding grounds, whence they return in July or August, and
remain a month or more before migrating. Although in the autumn
I have never observed this bird later than the 7th October,
in some parts of Englanl it occasionally remains through the
winter.

During its migration, the Wheatear is generally found about low
hills or in large fields, and nearly every year some are to be seen on
the banks of the Severn bet ween this village and Cressage. It has
.also a singular propensity for frequenting cemeteries, where,
perhaps, the numerous torn bstones remind it of the rocks among
which it is wont to dwell. In spring, I have often seen three or
four of these birds together, or scattered parties of nearly a
•dozen in one field, but in autumn they are usually alone.
On its first arrival, and during the early summer, the male
WhcUear, with his bluish grey back, black wings, white tail-
coverts, and fawn-coloured breast, is a handsome-looking bird ;
and not less attractive are his sprightly movements, as he flits
from clod to clod, or along a low hedge, almost always alighting
upon the topmost spray of a tree or bush. After the breeding

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season the gay dress is exchanged for one of reddish brown an<
in autumn the young and the old birds are not unlike h
plumage, but the pure 'white upper tail-coverts which form ;
white patch, and are very conspicuous when the bird is flying
serve at all times to identify it. On Whixall Moss, a larg-
tract of peat and heather adjoining, and partly within th«
county of Flint — a tract, which in Bagshaw's Gazetteer, 1851
•was computed to cover upwards of 5,000 acres, but which has o
late been much restricted by cultivation and planting — th<
Wheatear breeds in some numbers, building in ruined peat stacks
the broken sides of peat pits, and tufts of heather. Th<
birds thus adapting their habits to the locality, and differing in this
respect from their relatives who dwell upon hills, and wh<
•usually place their nests in rabbit-burrows, among loose rocks

• or under thick gorse bushes.

On Haughmond Hill, near Shrewsbury, one or two pairs oi
Wheatears nest annually ; and, as this hill is a breeding place oi
both Stonechats and YVinchats, all the three British species oi
Saxicolce are to be found together. The eggs of the Wheateai
can, however, always be distinguished from those of the twc
others ; as, not only are they larger, but they are almost
invariably of a spotless blue.

Professor Newton has pointed out that the old saying " No May
ivitliout a Wheatear" cannot apply to a bird which arrives in
this country in March ; but must refer to the early wheat-plant
•coming into ear. In the cold late summer of 1888, when the
apple was scarcely in bloom by the middle of May, I could nor
find any wheat in ear before the 12th June. In ordinary }Tears
it would be earlier, and in the South of England, if the old style
of reckoning be adhered to, the wheat is always out in May.

'GRASSHOPPER WARBLER, Sdlicaria locustetla.

In summer this Warbler is sparingly, but generally distributed
throughout the county, and is often to be heard — for it is seldom
seen — both in low-lying situations and in ravines running among
hills ; although owing to its shy half-nocturnal habits, it is so
•easily overlooked that it appears to be rare.
No place is too thick for this creeping mouse-like bird. It delights
in the coarse aquatic herbnge, growing by the sides of water-
courses and ditches that pass through fields of mowing-grass and
clover, or underneath the shade of some tangled hedge : it takes
up its abode on the banks of streams that, descending from high
ground, wind half-hidden among brakes of gorse and heather ; or
it frequents the vicinity of pools, where briars and sedges afford
it ample concealment. In haunts such as these a pair are usually
to be found, and nowhere more frequently than along the valley

• of the Severn ; but, except in the morning and evening, and until
long after dark, its peculiar creaking notes are seldom uttered.

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And the time of its singing, combined with its great powers of
ventriloquism, the notes appearing to be sometimes at a distance,,
then, close at hand, now on this side, now on that, renders the
finding of the bird no easy task, whilst it also gives the impression
that several individuals are answering each other.
If quietly approached, when trilling forth its reeling song, it may
be descried, perched on the outer spray of a bush, or clinging to
the stem of some plant. Here, if undisturbed, it continues
singing for a length of time, but on the slightest alarm, drops into
the cover below, from whence, when all is quiet, it again steals
forth, and, uttering a few short notes at intervals, climbs back
to an elevated position, before recommencing its song.
Some years ago, Mr. Pinches found Grasshopper Warblers
regularly among the gorse brakes and young plantations on
the sides, and at the foot of the hills round Church Stretton —
localities where Mr. Bodenham, in after years, often noticed them.
The nest of this Warbler is usually very difficult to find ; so
carefully is it concealed in the midst of a tuft of grass, or under
long rank herbage.

In Bull's Birds of Meref or d shire, the Rev. Clement Ley states
that he has 4 'found its nest in hedge-rows and ditches, but more
often in open clover fields,supported b}T the stems of the clover,as
the Reed Warbler's nest is supported by the stems of the reeds."
In Wales, this bird appears to be rare. Mr. E. Cambridge
Phillips, in a note to the Field, June 19th, 1886, records two
instances of its nest having been found in Breconshire, but
considers it scarce there ; and Mr. Thomas Ruddy, the very
intelligent gardener at Pale, near Corwen, who has paid great
attention to the Natural History of the district, informs me that
he has never heard it in that neighbourhood, though Mr. More
says it is thinly scattered through the Welsh counties. Eyton,
too, appears not to have noticed this bird, as there is no mention
made of it in his Fauna of Shropshire and North Wales.
The Grasshopper Warbler was first described as a British species-
by Pennant, from an example received out of Shropshire. For-
Gilbert White, who knew it well, pointed out to him, in a letter,,
dated April 18th, 17G8, that Ray's description, which had been,
sent him by Johnson, did not refer, as Pennant supposed, to this
bird, but to one of the veguii non cristati, doubtless, to the
Wood Wren.

SKDGE WARBLER, Salicaria phrarjmitis.

On its arrival in April, and for some time afterwards, the Sedge
Warbler is by no means restricted to watery places, but is
frequently to be heard in thickets and gardens on high ground,
these resorts being usually deserted for lower ones before the-
breeding season. I have several times, however, known its nest
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from water. Its favourite haunts are the sides of rivers, brooks,
pools, and ditches, no matter how small, provided there is a rank
growth of vegetation, among which it finds both concealment
and food. In June, 1883. for several successive evenings, I
noticed a pair of Sedge Warblers in a boggy place near Leighton ;
and on examining the sedges, found that they swarmed with a
small shelled mollusk (Succima amphibia), upon which the
birds were feeding.

This bird is less shy than many of the Warblers, and oftens begins
to sing vigorously when disturbed. At other times its song,
like that of the Grasshopper AVarbler, is first to be heard from
the bottom of some bush, increases as the bird climbs
upwards, and is babbled forth when it gains the top, or,
as it flies off to another retreat. It also sings at intervals
throughout the night. The Sedge and Reed Warblers are
frequently mistaken for each other ; but the latter is a much
more rare and local species, and differs from the common bird
both in plumage and in song. There is, too, a remarkable
difference in their mode of building ; and the nest of the present
bird is never suspended in any way between the twigs or stems
that support it. Sometimes it is built upon the ground, usually
among briars aixl tangled grass, and occasionally in a high bush.
One day in June, 1884; I found seven Sedge Warblers' nests by
the side of the small brook known as the Ranslett Brook, that
for some distance separates this pai ish from Wroxeter. Of these
one Avas built in a wild rose, more than six feet from the ground,
and the others low down among briars. The nests were
composed outwardly of fibrous roots, moss, and grass, and lined
with finer roots, hair, feathers, and the down off the catkins of
the willow ; some of them being much more strongly and neatly
built than others. They contained altogether thirty-four eggs,
six being the largest and three the smallest number in a nest. I
took a specimen from each, and, on comparing them, found that
they closely resembled each other ; for though the size and the
ground colour varied slightly, the black hair-like streaks were
present in all, and there was less difference between them than
is often seen in eggs frcm the same nest.

REED WARBLEB, Salicaria aritndmacea.

The Reed Warbler, though a plentiful species during summer in
favourite localities, is seldom found, except by meres and large
pools. In North Shropshire, it breeds in considerable numbers,
by Shrawardine pool, Fenncmere, Marton, the Berth, and other
pools near Baschurch ; by most of the meres round Ellesmere,
Osmere and Blackmere meres near Whitchurch ; and occasionally
in reed beds along the river Tern, and on the Wealdmoors about
Eyton and Kinncrsley. Mr R. Gawen also kindly informs
me that he has known it breed in osier beds, near Newport ; and

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205

in the summer of 1888, I heard several birds singing by the pools
at Tong.

In the south, owing to the scarcity of such haunts, it is com-
paratively rare, though it occurs by the pools in Oakley Park, and
at Walcott, Bome re pool, and Martoil pool near Chirbury. A
pair or two are also now and then to be found by some reed-bed,
mill pool, or sluggish stream, but I cannot agree with Ey ton's
statement that it is more common than the Sedge Warbler,
as its decided preference for places where the Reed (Arundo
Phragmitis) nourishes confines it to certain localities ; whilst
the Sedge Warbler is found throughout the county. This
appears to be equally the case in North Wales ; for Mr. Ruddy,
in a list of birds which he has kindly sent me, as observed by
him in Merionethshire, characterises the Sedge Warbler as
common, but 1ms not hitherto observed the Reed Warbler in
that district.

The nest of the Reed Warbler, which is generally suspended
between the culms of the reed, is a very beautiful structure.
Five now before me, taken from Almond and Berrington pools,
differ little in shape, three of them being hung between four,
and two, between three of the stems. They were outwardly
composed of fibrous roots, moss, and leaves of the reed, the lining
consisting entirely of the flower-stalks of that plant. Their
most remarkable feature is the great depth of the nests in
proportion to the width ; two of them being five inches deep and
only two and a half inches wide across the top, while the others
are a little deeper and wider. Thus each of them would afford
a safe cradle for both eggs and young ones, no matter how mi ch
the reeds might be bent by the wind ; and so firmly were they
woven round the supporting stems that they could scarcely be
separated. Indeed, Montagu states that he has seen the bird
sitting upon her eggs when every gust forced it almost to the
surface of the water. The nests above-mentioned, contained
18 eggs, slightly larger, and of a lighter brown than those
of the Sedge Warbler, with dark olive spots instead of black
streaks.

When first blown, they were suffused with a greenish yellow tinge,
not unlike that seen in the Whitethroat's eggs, but darker.
Although it is only by reed-surrounded pools that this bird is to
be looked for with certainty, it occasionally changes its habits in
a remarkable way, taking up its abode in gardens, sometimes
even at a distance from water, and building, like the last species,
among shrubs. Hewitson mentions nests that were sent to him
from Bath, which were built in evergreens near the river. And
in the Zoologist for 1801, p. 9100, Mr. Robert Mitford gives
the following account of finding its nests in gardens at Ilampstead,
Middlesex, which is extremely interesting as not only instancing

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its habit of building away from water, but also as showing that
this usually sh}r bird sometimes becomes tame and familiar : —
" This very pretty little Warbler," he says, "I had only associa-
ted vears ago with what I then thought its only haunts, such as
reed-beds in fens, marsh ditches, and river banks— in short,
wherever reeds were to be fount! ; but the last few years I have
become more intimately acquainted with it in quite another
aspect, namely, so near London as Hampstead, where I have a
garden, far away from water in any shape, and bordered on two
sides by a high road, yet bere for some years it has not failed to
appear about the middle of May, much later than the arrival of
our common warblers, and for the last three years a pair have
bred in the garden, the first year in a corcorus, the nest, as in
reeds, being firmly attached to three stems ; the last two seasons
in a lilac in the same manner. The lilac is close to my hall
door, and neither the nuise of children or dogs disturbed them
in their labours, and the male sang cheerily through the day,
invariably accompanying the female in her search for materials
for the nest, but never, that we could see, assisting her in
actually carrying such matters, or in constructing the nest itself.
They were so far from exhibiting any shyness in their habits,
that they rambled over the standard roses, and were constant
visitors to the balcony of a Venetian window, which was full of
plants, and near which some of us were usually sitting. These
nests were fastened and held together by any little bits of twine
and thread, or hair that they could pick up in the vicinity of
the house. Mr. Bond suggested the other day that we might
have two species of bird at present under this name, but the
- eggs were exactly similar to those taken from reeds, and at Bath,
where the River Avon is bordered by gardens, I have formerly
found their nests in shrubs near the water, but I confess I was
much astonished to find this bird entirely away from water, and
so near London,

I may add that last summer I found four pairs of this bird here
breeding in gardens under similar circumstauces. The young, I
observed, were very much fed on aphides taken from a sycamore,
the adjoining tree to that containing the nest. As soon as the
eggs were hatched, the male nearly discontinued his song, gave
up his idle life, and devoted himself to his parental duties."
NIGHTINGALE, Philomelo Imcinia.

The song of the Thrush, the Blackcap, and the Garden Warbler,
and even that of the Sedge and the Reed Warbler, all of which
sing after dusk, and some of them far into the night, is by so
many people mistaken for that of the Nightingale, that the task
of estimating the numbers of the sweetest songsters that visit
lis, or of tracing their distribution through the county, is an
extremely ditncult one.

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207

Year after year notices of the occurrence of the Nightingale
.appear in the various local newspapers ; but these, on investiga-
tion, almost invariably prove incorrect, while reliable evidence
shows it to be a rare and very local visitor.

At the same time there is no doubt that, occasionally in spring,
a bird which is still bent upon migrating, tarries for a while in
some one of our woods, from whence for a night or two it pours
forth its melody.

The only part of Shropshire which the Nightingale visits with
any degree of regularity, and where it remains to breed, is the
Valley of the Severn between Buildwas and Bridgnorth. And
-even in this favoured district its coming is very uncertain,
sometimes only two or three, and probably never more than
seven or eight pairs being found. Some few years ago Mr. R. E.
Anstice knew of three pairs near Madeley Wood, but, writing in
1888, he said they had not been heard there lately. In the
summer of 1 882, Mr. Bourne computed that there were at least
five pairs about Coalport, Apley Park, and Linley ; while in 1888,
the Rev. W. H. Wayne heard two or three birds singing
near Willey Rectory, where he had previously heard one in
1882.

'The Nightingale has also been heard in the upper parts of
Coalbrookdale.

With regard to other places, Bocke says, " there have been
instances of its appearance at Kingsland, and in the Quarry
Walk, in Shrewsbiuy.*' In 1807, one was undoubtedly heard at
Meole Brace, which was believed to be breeding there ; and others
have occasionally been known to frequent the rough ground
between that village and Hanwood.

Dovaston, in the Magazine of Natural History for 1832,
mentions having once or twice heard a Nightingale near West
Felton ; and the Rev. J. B. Meredith heard one at Nescliffe in
May, 1884, and another in his garden at Kinnerley, in May, 1888.
It occasionally occurs also on the borders of the county. Garner,
in his Natural History of the County of Stafford, published in
1844, states that it has been heard in Lord Bradford's park
at Weston, a locality where Colonel the Honourable F. C.
Bridgeman informs me a pair bred in the summer of 1871.
Eyton, writing of the Nightingale, says that it frequents during
summer the southern borders of the district, by which he
probably means the south of this county, but that he could not
trace it further northward than the Wrekin. And it is curious
that it appears to have scarcety ever been heard further north
than this in Shropshire, though it has been found in more
northern counties.

Walcott, in his Synopsis of British Birds, says that the Nightin-
gale "has been observed to be met with only where the cowslip
grows kindly," an assertion that Montagu partly approved,

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although it fails ill the case of Shropshire, where the cowslip
(Primula veris) is very common, the bird very rare.
In North Wales, the Nightingale appears to be almost unknown,
but in the Field for January 13th, 1883, the Rev. F. 0. Philpott
jecords that one was heard in a wood by the Severn, near
Abcrmule, in 1880; that in 1,881 he heard one there himself,
and that in 1882 he was informed, on good authority, that there
was one in the old spot, and another in the immediate neigh-
bourhood. I regret to say, however, (hat writing to me in 1888,
Mr. Philpott said he believed none had been heard there for the
last two or three years
BLACKCAP, Curruca atricapilla.

This bird is a common summer visitor, frequenting most of our
woods and copses, where there is thick underwood, but preferring
those where moisture produces rank vegetation, the sides of
streams where tangled masses of briars abound, clumps of
rhododendrons and evergreens in shrubberies, and more rarely,
brakes of gorse or hilly woods.

In such places, its notes towards the end of April, and in May
and June, may be heard at intervals throughout the day ; but it
is in the morning and the evening, and sometimes after night-fall,
that its beautiful song, almost rivalling that of the Nightingale,
is poured forth in its full sweetness.

Although it appears to have been always generally distributed in
this county, the Blackcap has, in recent years, increased in
numbers, and this has perhaps, been the case to even a greater
extent in the neighbouring counties of Wales. For, writing to
me in 1888, from Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire, the Rev. F. 0.
Philpott says, " certainly many of the smaller birds have spread
into Wales of late years. The Blackcap is fairly plentiful here
now, but was one of the birds I used to miss when I first came
from Worcestershire, fifteen years ago."

Mr. Ruddy, also, writing from Pale, near Corwen, says that it
is common in that district. The nest of the Blackcap is
usually built near the outside of a thick bush, or in evergreens.
Jt is loosely constructed of coarse grass and roots on the out-
side, and lined with liner grass and a few hairs. The eggs
are often so like those of some varieties of the Garden Warbler
that collectors should be very careful to identify the parents.
On the 4th of June, 1888, I found three Blackcaps' nests within
sixty yards of each other, in a small wood by the Severn. They
were all built in wild rose bushes,into which the hen birds crept, on
my approach, and then began to croak and scold. There were
five eggs in each of these nests.

The Blackcap was one of Gilbert White's favourite birds. Writing
of it to Pennant, he truly says that the cock " has in common a
full, sweet, deep, loud, and wild pipe; yet that strain is of short

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209

continuance and his motions are desultory; but when that bird
sits calmly and engages in song in earnest, he pours forth very
sweet, but inward melody, and expresses great variety of soft
and gentle modulations, superior, perhaps, to those of any of our
Warblers, the Nightingale excepted."

The Blackcap is said to be fond of garden-fruits, such as currants,
raspberries, and cherries. If this is the case, it does not, like
other species, stray far from its usual haunts in search of them ;
for in this garden, which lies in an open country, I have never
been able to detect one, either old or }Toung. It is particularly
fond of elder berries ; and when this fruit abounds, frequently
prolongs its stay far into October. Instances are also recorded of
its having occurred during the winter months ; but at this season
care should be taken not to confuse the Marsh Titmouse with the
male Blackcap, which, in plumage, it slightly resembles.

GARDEN WARBLER, Curruca hortmsis.

This bird, though by no means so common as the Blackcap, is
found in much the same localities. It is, however, more retiring
during the breeding season, and prefers those covers where there
are high trees, among the branches of which it delights to flit in
much the same manner as the Willow Wren, a bird for which
Rocke states he believes it is often mistaken. The Garden
Warbler is a lovely songster, its vocal powers almost equalling
those of the Blackcap. In warm weather, in May and June, it
sings at intervals throughout the night. Commencing with one
or two low notes, it suddenly pours forth a loud, deep, and
mellow song, which it continues for ten or fifteen minutes, fn
the numerous dingles at the foot of the Wrekin, in nearly all of
which there is an echo, this outburst of melody on a calm still
night is perfectly startling, and at first it is difficult to realize
that it proceeds from so small a bird.

The Garden Warbler is evenly distributed throughout Shrop-
shire, and Mr. Philpott finds it also on the borders of Mont-
gomeryshire, where he considers that of late years it has
increased in numbers. It docs not, however, proceed far into
Wales, as neither Yarrell nor More could obtain any evidence of
its occurence there; and so recently as the year 1888, Mr.
Ruddy informs me that he has never observed it in Merioneth-
shire.

After the breeding season, both old and young throw off all
shyness, and rove about the country, visiting gardens in search
of fruit. Here they do some damage by pecking currants,
gooseberries, raspberries, and cherries, but chiefly confine them-
selves to those which are over-ripe and ought to have been
gathered. They also do good by devouring the minute cater-
pillars that infest late crops of peas. Amongst wild fruits
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they eat elderberries, like the Blackcap, as well as black-
berries, and the berries of the mountain ash.

WHITETHROAT, Curruca cinerea.

Next to the Willow Wren, this is the most numerous of the small
sylvan birds, commonly called'' Warblers, that come from southern
climes in spring to spend the summer in this country. During
its stay here, there are few places where this amusing bird may
not be found ; as even on the higher hills it often frequents
brakes of gorse and briars. Its habit of constantly rising from
some bush or hedge for a few yards in the air, with a desultory
jerking flight, and singing a few short notes, renders it very
noticeable. The Whitethroat gives the impression of being a
busy, meddling bird, when, with throat puffed out, and the feathers
on its head erected into a semi-crest, it hurries about, threading
quickly through the bushes, and greeting an intruder with
numerous scolding croaks. Indeed, altogether, its self-important
airs and half-comic gestures give it a ludicrous appearance.
Though the nest of this bird is to be found in various situations,
it is rarely ever built more than two or three feet from the ground.
Occasionally it is partly suspended between the stalks of coarse
plants, but more, frequently it is hidden among briars, nettles, and
long grass. 1 have several times known it rear its young,
notwithstanding many dangers, in ditches by the sides of pubHc
roads, which seem indeed, to be rather a favourite site for its
nest. Unlike the next species, however, it seldom builds in
gardens or near houses, preferring to retire, during the breeding
season to woods, hedges, commons, and the margins of pools.
The eggs, which are usually live in number, have a peculiar
preenish yellow ground colouring, which, as well as their size,
distinguishes them from those of the Lesser Whitethroat. After
the young can fly, these birds visit gardens, to feed upon the
smaller kinds of fruit ; but, as even then they live principally
upon insects and caterpillars, they are more serviceable than
otherwise to the gardener.

LESSER WHITETHROAT, Curruca sylviella.

In Shropshire this pretty Whitethroat has of late years greatly
increased in numbers, and it is now a common summer visitor,
quite as often to be found breeding in gardens and shrubberies
as in woods and hedges. Its habits, indeed, are familiar, and
it is a tame confiding bird, creeping through bushes and along
hedges, singing at intervals, but rarely rising into the air.
The alarm note, too, is very unlike the Whitethrpat's ; for when
its nest or young are in peril, it utters a rapid series of angry
chats, somewhat resembling the noise made by knocking two
email stones together.

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211

I have frequently found its nest eight or nine feet from the
ground, and usually built in a low shrub, and not among
nettles.

The nest is a tiny frail structure, composed outwardly of grass
and the fine stalks of plants intermixed with lichens, and lined
with a few hairs. The eggs are much smaller than those of the
common Whitethroat,with the ground colour nearly white or stone
colour, and never suffused with greenish yellow.
In gardens, this bird docs a little, but inappreciable harm by
eating gooseberries, currants, and other fruit ; before the ripening
of which its food is entirely insectivorous.

Like the Garden Warbler it appears to be of rare occurrence in
Wales. Mr. Cambridge Phillips has never observed it in
Breconshire, though it is stated to have occurred in that county ;
and Mr. Ruddy has been equally unsuccessful in Merionethshire.

WOOD WREN, Sylvia sylvicola.

This and the two following species resemble each other in many
respects, yet in others, they exhibit remarkable differences of
habit. The Wood Wren, during the breeding season, is
found in open woods of some years' growth, or among clumps
of trees — preferring those where the oak, beech, ash, and
sycamore grow. The Willow Wren, on the contrary, frequents
woods and copses of all kinds, as well as hedges, the sides of
streams, and gardens ; and is, in fact, at home anywhere that it
can find bushes or even clumps of gorse and heather to play
amongst, while the Chiff-chaff hides in thicker woods and ever-
greens. And when, as is frequently the case, all three birds are
found inhabiting the same wood, and are to be heard almost at
the same time, their difference is very marked ; for whilst the
peculiar shivering notes of the Wood Wren are heard from the
tree tops, the sweet laughing song of the Willow Wren comes
from the bushes around, and the more retiring Chiff-chaff repeats
its name from the shelter of the denser covert. For seven years
in succession, I found a Wood Warbler's nest near the same spot
in a dingle, at the base of the Wrekin, the site chosen being a
sunny bunk, where the grass was rather short, at the foot of a
large tree. The nest was composed outwardly of coarse grass
a little moss, and lined with fine grassland occasionally a few hairs,
but without so much as a single feather. And this latter
feature forms apparently an invariable distinction between the
nests of this and the two next birds ; for though the outward
architecture is much the same, and all arc covered with an arched
roof or dome ; the Willow Wren and Chiff-chaff use feathers chiefly
in the lining of theirs, while the Wood Wren invariably rejects
them. The eggs in these seven nests — except on one occasion, when
there were only four — were six in number, with very dark or
purplish red spots on a white ground. One year, wishing to identify

BIRDS OF SHROPSHIRE^.

' ' them beyond doubt, I caught the hen bird in a light butterfly
net, in which I detained her for some time, and was pleased to
find, on subsequently visiting the nest, that she had not forsaken
it. Before migrating, Wood Wrens, especially the young birds,
visit gardens, where their food is generally insects, though they
occasionally take small fruit. This bird is generally distributed
throughout Shropshire, being plentiful in favourite localities ; in
Yarrell's British Birds it is stated that the Wood Wren breeds in
all the counties of England and Wales, but Mr. E. Cambridge
.- Phillips says it is very rare in Breconshire, and Mr. Ruddy has
not hitherto observed it in Merionethshire.

WILLOW WARBLER, Sylvia trochilus.

Of the migratory Warblers that spend the summer months here
the Willow Wren is by far the most numerous ; and its sweet
merry laughing notes are everywhere to be heard, even in the
ravines that run up the sides of many of our high hi] Is. In the
summer of 1880, I well remember finding several nests of
this bird in the glens on the Longmynds, one of which was
almost entirely, and very prettily, lined with bits of wool
instead of feathers. And this habit of building on hill-sides does
not appear to be unusual, for the late Robert Gray, in his Birds
of the West of Scotland, remarks, — " I have found the nest of the
Willow Warbler in Shemore Glen, Loch Lomond-side, at a con-
siderable elevation, and placed in the grass among tufts of
heather, the structure in these cases being lined with the feathers
of black game, grouse, and pheasants."

Still it is most appropriately styled the Willow Wren ; for no
bird delights more to dwell by the sides of streams, where it
plays and feeds among the various kinds of willows. I have
frequently found its nest by the side of public roads, in the grass
between the roadside and the ditch. The confiding " Peggy, '
as it is locally called, also bailds in flower-beds, among peas and
strawberries, and on lawns where the grass has been permitted
to grow ; and it will allow its nest to be almost pulled to pieces,
or even removed to a short distance, before deserting it.
A few years ago I wished to identify a scries of Willow Wren's
eggs, and accordingly captured the old birds upon their nests ;
but in no single instance did they forsake them.
The eggs are of nearly the same size as those of the Chiff-chaff,
but the spots are of a lighter red, in fact, almost rust-coloured.
Gardeners assert that the Willow Wren does great damage among
fruit, and that it also eats young peas, so destroy it and its nest
whenever they get an opportunity. I have never, however, been
able to detect it pecking into pea pods, though it is constantly
engaged in picking insects oil the plants.

When the Warblers take fruit, they prefer that which has long
been ripe, and is becoming worthless from incipient decay.

j&IIlbS Of SHROPSHIRE.

Currants, gooseberries, raspberries and cherries, are, in this
state, favourite delicacies with many of them, but if the remains
underneath the trees be examined, it is difficult to say what part
the bird has eaten. The fruit itself has been pecked to pieces
and scattered about, and the stones or seeds have also been left ;
so that it seems as if the sweet Juice only had been sucked out.
If this proves to be the case, these birds differ in taste from the
Thrushes, Tits, and others, which eat the fruit itself.

CHIFF-CHAFF, Sylvia rufa.

The Chiff-chaff, though not so plentiful as the Willow Wren, is
very common in woods, copses, and shrubberies, delighting in
those where the trees are of a moderate height and the under-
wood thick, or in clumps of laurels, rhododendrons, and other
evergreens.

The earliest of the small summer migrants to reach our shores,
this lively bird is frequently to be heard by the middle of March,
and is usually plentiful by the end of that month. It also stays
late in autumn, and is the only migrant that sings up to the
time of its departure, though the subdued notes we hear in
September and October are very unlike the cheerful ones uttered
in spring, and seem to say that the bright summertide has gone,
and that it is time to bid us farewell.

The Chiff-Chaff just as frequently builds in a low bush as upon
the ground, differing in this respect from both the Wood and
the Willow Wren. Another very usual place for its nest is the
top of one of the larger sedges that in marshy places form large
tufts. The materials employed are also rather different from
those used by the two birds just mentioned, and the outside is
chiefly composed of moss and dead leaves, so as to resemble the
nest of the Common Wren, or even a bunch of rubbish.
The adults of the present species closely resemble the Willow
Wren, but they are slightly smaller, with a more sober brown
plumage untinged with yellow. The legs and claws, too, are
dark brown, nearly black, and not pale brown. The young of
the two birds are very much alike, and can only be distinguished
by careful examination.

The Chiff-Chaff is the last of the family commonly called
Warblers that spend the summer months here, and enliven our
walks, whether in fields or groves, either by their lively actions
or their sweet song. The number of them, so far as Shropshire
is concerned, is not large, but others have occurred in Britain,
some of which may yet be added to our local avifauna — the
most likely seasons to look or listen for them being the periods
of their migration in spring and autumn. These birds arc not
an easy class for the beginner to study, as the foliage is
sufficiently expanded before their arrival to partly conceal them,
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plumage, makes their identification difficult, A good memory
for rural sounds is also indispensable to enable the observer to
recall his studies of former years, and several summers will have
elapsed before he can at a moment distinguish between the song
of the Sedge and the Reed^ Warbler, the Blackcap and the
Garden Warbler,— not mistaking either of them for the
Nightingale, — and assure himself that the reel of the Grass-
hopper Warbler does not proceed from a cricket. It is also
important to know the birds by sight as well as by their song —
no easy matter when they are usually concealed in a covert or
flitting among the branches of trees.

GOLDEN CRESTED REGULUS, Regulus cristatus.

A frequenter of woods and shrubberries where the various kinds
of yew and fir trees grow, this, the smallest of British birds,
luxuriates among the exotic firs that have of late years been
planted with such lavish hands.

In its restless habits and manner of searching after food it some-
times reminds one of the small Warblers, sometimes of the Tits,
in whose company it is often found ; and it appears to form a
natural link between the two families.

The Gold Crest, though common throughout the year, is much
more numerous in winter than at other times ; and, as large
numbers have been known to arrive on our coasts in autumn,
there is no doubt that this tiny bird crosses the German Ocean,
like the Fieldfare, Redwing, and other migrants. On this
interesting feature in its economy, Selby contributed a short
paper to the JIe?noirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society
for 1824. In this paper he records the satisfaction with which,
in the autumn of 1S22, he had witnessed the arrival upon the
coast of Northumberland, of a multitude of Gold Crests,
"fatigued and spent by their distant, and for so diminutive and
to appearance delicate a bird, almost incredible flight. This
happened after a severe gale, which commenced on the 24th
October, 1822, at North-east, and continued during the whole of
the 25th; but which, for some hours previous to its conclusion,
veered about to the East and South of East, On the morning of
the 26th, they were seen to arrive by hundreds upon the beach, so
fatigued and overcome by the unfavourable change of wind, the
length of their journey, or both combined, as to drop the moment
they reached land, unable to rise or escape their pursuers.
Some idea may be formed of the incredible numbers which came
over in this flight, furnished in all probability by the forests of
the northern parts of Europe, when I mention that 1 have
traced it to have extended from beyond Berwick, northwards
along the whole line of coast as far as Whitby, in Yorkshire ;
but how much further to the north or south of that point I have
not yet ascertained.

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215

With the same gale we received a great importation of Redwings,
and Fieldfares, and a very abundant flight of Woodcocks, all
known as emigrants from the northern parts of Europe ; but
none of these appear to have suffered from fatigue to the same
extent as their diminutive companions/' Mr. Cordeaux, in his
Birds of the Ilumher District, also says that on the coast of
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, the autumnal migration of this species
is as well established as that of the Woodcock, and that, from
its preceding thai bird by a few days, it is known as the Wood-
cock-pilot. He adds, further, that the North-sea fishermen
have told him that it often alights on their smacks, and in foggy
weather perishes by hundreds.

Wonderful instances these, of the power that migratory instinct
imparts to the tiniest of birds, compelling them to cross the sea
at one of the most stormy seasons of the year, and to lose many
of their innocent lives in their perilous passage.
The nest of the Gold Crest is one of the most beautiful and
elegant of the homes of our native birds. Very small in structure,
it is composed of lichens, fine moss, spiders' webs, hairs, and small
feathers firmly woven together, and usually, instead of being
built among the branches of a tree, it is so cleverly suspended
beneath them that they serve for an awning — a position that is
well represented in the vignette at the end of the article on this
species in Yarrell's British Bij^ds.

Occasionally, however, the nest is placed on the upper surface of
a branch or among the small twigs like that of other birds.
Gold Crests love to frequent shrubberies and gardens, where cedars
grow, and often build among them. Although so small, they are
of a very hardy nature, for in severe weather I have observed
small parties cheerily searching after food in trees high up on the
Wrekin. This species is plentiful in North Wales.

FIRE CRESTED REGULUS, Regulus iynicapillus.

Unlike the preceding species, the Fire Crest is rare in this
country, to which it is almost entirely a winter visitor ; for
though the first British example was caught by a cat, near
Cambridge, in August, 1S32, and Dr. Turnbull procured one in
East Lothian, in the summer of 1848, these are the only instances
of its occurence, except in winter.

The difference, however, between this bird and the Gold Crest is
so little known, and, except at a short distance, so difficult to
determine, that it is impossible to speak with any certainty of
the frequency of its appearance.

I have before noticed five examples found in Shropshire, and am
now able to add two more. The first, a very beautiful adult
male, belonging to Miss Clara Fisher, Bridgnorth, was killed at
Wheathill, a small village, near the Clce Hills, on the 21st
December, 1881 ; and the second, a young male of the year,

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BIRDS OF SHROPSHIRE.

which passed into the late Mr. John Shaw's possession, was
caught on the Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, on the morning of the
16th December, 1882.

It is somewhat singular that, of these seven specimens, three
should have been obtained in the town of Shrewsbury ; two
having been killed in a garden en Swan Hill, and the other, as
related above. Except in the year 1863, when one was killed in
Shrewsbury, and another at Hawkstone, all have occurred in
different years, the first being the year, 1854.
Mr. J. E. Harting, in his Birds of Middlesex, has clearly pointed
out the distinguishing characters by which this bird may be
known from the Gold Crest : — " It is erroneously supposed," he
says, " by many that the only difference between the Gold Crest
and the Fire Crest consists in the cresc of the latter being of a
more flaming yellow than that of the former. If this were so,
the difficulty in distinguishing the two species would be great.
A much clearer difference than this, however, exists. The Fire
Crest invariably has a white line both above and below the eye,
and a black line running through the eye ; hence Temminck
calls it Roitelet a triple handmu. These three lines are absent
in the Gold Crest."

As far as is known of its habits in this country, the Fire Crest
seems nearly allied to the Gold Crest in its ways, as well as in
plumage, being usually found either in company with it, or with
Titmice, and, like the latter, appearing fond of the vicinity of
houses. In Yarrell's British Birds, there are some notes on this
species from the pen of the late Mr. J. D. Hoy, one of which is
to the effect that " Its call-note can be readily distinguished
among a host of the common species, being shorter, not so shrill,
and pitched in a different key, so that it is easily discovered."

217

THE PIPE BOLL FOE THE THIRD YEAR OF
KING HENRY IL, 1157.

By R. LL. KENYON.

William Fitz Alan renders account of the firm, of
Shropshire.

1. — In the treasury £84 12s 6d.

2. — And in his own superplus 18/8.

3. — And in fixed alms to the Knights Templars 1 silver marc.

4. — And in fixed alms to the Canons of Brug 10/- and to the

Monks of Malvern 2/-.

5. — And to the Sick of Shrewsbury 30/-.

6. — And in payment of the Porter of Brug 30/5.

7. — And in payment of the Porter & Warder of Shrewsbury

CO/10.

8. — And in the custody of the Castle of Stratum £4.

9. — And in lands granted to Hugh de Piers £42.

10. — & to Cadwalladr £7 of the King's imprest.

11. — & to the Abbot of Haghmond 718/4d.

12. — & to the Monks of Shrewsbury 68/8.

13. — & to Robert de Girros 35/-.

14. — & to Hamo PEstrange £4. '

15 & to Wido l'Estrange HO3/-. ^

16. — & to Earl Reginald 113s/4d.

17. — And in payments psoitis) to William himself £93 6 8 by

the King's writ (per breve regis).

18. — And in gifts by the King's writ to Maddoch £8 10s.

19. — & to Gervett 40/-.

20. — & to Iiocl son of Joaf 40/-.

21. — And in payment of the King's Archers (liberatione

archiariorum Reg.) in the army 47/-.

22. — And he has of superplus £12 14s 9d.

23. — Richard de Bealmes owes 10 marks of silver for a law-

suit (loquela) between him & Alan de Uppedun.
Vol, I., 2nd S. 1

218 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

24. — Hugh de Dena gives account for 20/- of pleas (placitis) of

the Earl of Leicester. He has paid it into the treasury
& is quit.

25. — Engelard gives account of 20 marks for the wardship of

the land of his nephew.

26. — In payment for 30 bacon pigs and 86 loads of corn

(summis frumenti) paid to Geoffrey Monk £8 03. 4d.
And he owes 106s 4d.

27. — And the same Sheriff gives account of 1139 9d of Danegeld.

In the treasury £4 7s 6d.

28. — & in remissions (perdonis) by the King's writ to Walter

de Dunstanville 26s 3d. And is quit.

29. — And the same Sheriff gives account ot the firm of the

land of Girard de Turnai of £7 6 3. In the
treasury 66s/-.

30. — And to'Gerverd Coch £4 0 3 by the Chancellor & the

Earl of Leicester. And is quit.

I have numbered the Clauses in this Pipe Roll for
convenience of reference, and proceed to comment on
such of them as were not explained in connection with
tho Pipe Roll of the previous year.

t. — The sum paid into the treasury was a great
improvement on last year, when £8 3s. 8d. was all the
treasury got out of the Sheriff, the royal manors having
all had to be restocked in that year after the devastation
of the civil wars.

2. — His own "super plus" was the balance due to
him as shown by last year's accounts, 18s. 8d.

4. — The "fixed alms" to the Canons of Brug, i.e.,
Bridgnorth, and to the monks of Malvern, make up
the 12s. entered last year as " fixed alms," but without
the names of the grantees. The 10s. represented a
third part of the tithes of the parish of Morville, which
included Bridgnorth. Earl Roger de Montgomery, in
1086, had founded a Church, dedicated to St. Mary
Magdalene, for six Canons at Quatford, said to have
been built on the spot where he first met his (second)
wife, Adelais de Pusey ; and had granted to it these
and other tithes. The foundation was transferred to
Bridgnorth, either by Roger's son, Robert, who founded
the Castle and Borough of Bridgnorth, or by Henry I.,

telRD YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1157. 219

who obtained Earl Robert's fief by the forfeiture of the
latter in 1 102. This charge of 10s. was, in 1 176, made
payable by the Borough of Bridgnorth, instead of the
Sheriff of Shropshire. (E//toni.f 106, 321/

The 2s. to the Monks of Malvern was the royal firm
charged on Dowles, a parish in the extreme south east
of the county, close to Bewdley. Dowles itself had
been granted to Malvern Priory by Wydo, son of
Helgot the founder of Castle Holgate, and in 1127
Henry I. released to the Priory his firm of 2s. on their
land. (Eyton ill, 174). Malvern was a Benedictine
Priory, subject to Westminster Abbey.

17. — The writ for the payments to William himself
would be that called " Liberate " from its use of that
word, which means " pay " or " deliver." It was under
the great or privy seal, and was directed either to the
Chief Justiciar and Barons of the Exchequer, or more
usually to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the
Receipt. (Madox Exchequer i., 389/ This year,
1157, was that in which Henry invaded North Wales
from Chester, at the instigation of Cadwalladr, as was
mentioned under the Pipe Boll of last year ; and no
doubt this large payment of .£93 6s. 8d. to the Sheriff
was for the expenses of the King's soldiers passing
through, or starting from Shropshire. There is nothing
to show that Fitz Alan himself accompanied the King
on this expedition. Other payments on account of the
same war follow.

18. — To Maddoch, £§ 10s. These Pipe Bolls do not
trouble themselves much about ceremonious titles.
Madoc was the reigning Prince of the half of Powis
land, called Powys Vadog. According to Humphrey
Lhoyd, he was " ever the King of England's friend, and
was one that feared God and relieved the poor." He
had married a sister of Owen, Prince of North Wales,
but li envied at the libertie of North Wales, which
knewe no lord but one," and was, with Cadwalladr
whom we have already mentioned, the principal
instigator of Henry's invasion of North Wales in this

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tfHE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

year, 1157. He guided the King's navy to Anglesey,
where he landed some troops who were cut to pieces by
the inhabitants, a defeat which led to the precipitate
retreat of the fleet, and induced the King to make peace
with the Prince of North Wales. Madoc is also said by
Humphrey Lho}Td to have built the Castle of Oswestry
in 1148, and Leland writing in Henry VIII's time says
there was a tower there, called Madoc's Tower. Oswestry
was included in the old boundaries of Powys land, and
was nominally part of Powys Vadog ; but it had probably
not often been in the hands of the Welsh Princes since
the time of Offa. It was held by Edward the Confessor
and by Earl Roger de Montgomery, and a castle was
built there under the government of the Earl. It is not
improbable that the castle may have been taken by
Madoc in Stephen's reign, and that he may have
rebuilt or added to it, but in 1 1 60; when Madoc died,
Oswestry was in the hands of William Fitz Alan, to
whom it had probably been restored on his re-appoint-
ment to the Shrievalty of Shropshire by Henry II.
Madoc however held Brogyntyn, close to Oswestry,
and left it to his illegitimate son Owen, called thence
Owen Brogyntyn, whom we immediately find to be in
receipt of large sums of money from the King.
{Pennant's Tours in Wales i., 278.; Eyton x., 320 — 322 ;
xi., 44).

19. — Gervase, or Iorwerth Goch, was Madoc's brother,
and held Mochnant is Rayader under him. His name
occurs again at the end of this Pipe Roll, and his history
will be found in paragraph 30.

20. — Howel ap Joaf, ap Cadogan, ap Athlestan
Glodryth (?) is mentioned by Lhoyd as having, in 1162,
destroyed the Castle of Walwern in Cyvelioc, belonging
to Owen, Prince of North Wales, who was " wonder-
fully displeased thereat," and gathered his power, and
came to Llanthinam in Arustly of which. Howel was
the lord, and attacked and routed him at Severn side.
It appears from this entry that he had assisted King
Henry against Owen in 1157.

THIRD YEAR OF KING HENRY il., 1157.

221

21. — The payment to the King's Archers was, no
doubt, a payment od behalf of the treasury to the
archers raised in or passing through Shropshire for the
Welsh campaign.

22. — After all the payments, there was a balance in
the Sheriff's favour of £12 14s. 9d., to be credited to
him next year. The firm of the county was therefore
this year £265 5s.

23. — An entry in the Pipe Roll for 1160, excusing
payment of Richard de Bealmes's debt, calls his suit a
" plea of seizin," i.e., as to a right to possession of land.
Richard de Bealmes held Donington under his cousins
of the same name, who were Lords of Tong. The
latter established a grange at Ruckley for the Abbey
of Buildwas, and Richard granted to the same Abbey
3 acres of land and a right of common pasture in
Donington. Alan de Uppedun was Lord of Upton
Cressett, and the law-suit probably referred to land
in Meadowley, in which both litigants appear to have
had an interest. (Eyton i., 140, 150 ; ii. 175).

24. — I do not know who Hugh de Dena was. There
was a family de la Dene in Broseley throughout the
13th century. {Eyton i., 156 ; ii. 38). Robert, Earl
of Leicester, was Chief Justiciar of England from 1156
till his death in 1168 (Itin. of Hen. II, index ;
Dugdale's Chronica, 2). Hugh de Dena evidently had
had some law-suit before him, and his fees payable to
the Crown amounted to 20s.

25. — Engelard was the Castellan of Stretton Castle,
whose biography has been given under the Pipe Roll of
1156. His elder brother, Richard de Pichford, seems
to have died in 1157, leaving his son, another Richard,
a minor, and therefore, as a tenant in capite, a ward of
the Crown. Engelard evidently bought the wardship
from the King for 20 marks, i.e., £13 6s. 8d. ; that is
to say, he acquired the right to hold his nephew's lands
till his nephew became 21, without giving any account
of their profits, subject, however, to all burdens upon
them, and to providing for the maintenance and

222 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

education of the nephew himself. Pitchford itself was
not held by Richard in capite, but as mesne tenant,
and, therefore, Engelard would not get possession of it.
His tenures in capite were Little Brug, or Southbridge,
a suburb of Bridgnorth, which he held by the service
of finding dry wood for the King's chamber in Bridgnorth
Castle as often as the King should come there,
Albrighton, near Shifnal, Bishton (now part of Albrigh-
ton), Cantlop, near Pitchford, Lee Brockhurst, near
Wem, and Colmere, near Ellesmere. Richard's minority
lasted only a short time, for before 1172 he had granted
Pitchford Mill to Haughmond Abbey. He also in
some way acquired Cosford, near Albrighton, and made
a grant there to Bui Id was Abbey. He died about 1176.
His descendants held the property till 1300, or a year
or two before that, when they sold Albrighton, their
principal possession, to John, Lord Tregoz, from whom
it passed to his son-in-law, John de la Warre. In 1301,
they sold Pitchford to Walter de Langton, Bishop of
Lichfield, and the only possession of the family in
Shropshire after this was at Cantlop, where a Nicholas
de Pichford was tenant in capite in 1343. (JSyton,
passim).

26. — Out of the 20 marks due from him, Engelard
states that he has paid for 30 bacon pigs and 86 loads
of corn, delivered to Geoffrey Monk, MS 0s. 4d., leaving
only 106s. 4d. due from him. A seam (summa) of corn
contained eight bushels, and was supposed to be the
load of a horse, but t here were several different measures
called "seams." Geoffrey Monk (it seems to be his
name, not his profession) was one of the King's Marshals,
and often appears as receiving payments at Court, on
the King's behalf, from 1155 to 1166. ( Itinerary of
Henry II)

27. — The 113s. 9d. of Danegeld is the amount entered
in the Roll of last vear as still owing by the Sheriff,
who now completes his account of it.

28. — Walter de Danstanville inherited Shifnal, and
estates in Sussex, from his father Alan, to whom they

THIRD YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1157. 223

seem to have been granted by Henry L, and who died
about 1156. From his uncle Robert, Alan's elder
brother ( he inherited in 1168 about 27 manors in
Wiltshire, and some property in Surrey. He also
owned large estates in Normandy. His father and
uncle had both been partisans of the Empress, and his
uncle was constantly at court with Henry II. Their
father seems to have been one Reginald de Dunstanville,
who married Adeliza, daughter and heiress of Humphrey
de Lisle, who held the 27 manors in Wiltshire at the
time of Domesday, but this Reginald was dead before
1124, and what relation he was to Reginald de
Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall, illegitimate son of
Henry I., does not appear; but some manors in Wilt-
shire held by the Earl, which escheated to the Crown
on his death in 1175, were restored in 1190 to Walter
de Dunstanville, who was evidently some near relation.
Walter was with Prince John in 1192, and suffered
forfeiture, probably for taking part in his treason, in
1194, and died soon afterwards. He was not only
excused his Danegeld of 26s. 3d. in Shropshire in 1157,
but also that assessed on him at the same time in
Sussex ; and in 1158 he was excused a donum, and in
1162 another Danegeld, in both counties. He was a
great benefactor to Wombridge Priory, in this county,
and gave to it, among other gifts, his two mills of
Ideshall (i.e., Shifnal) and Patesford, in the manor of
Shifnal, and Lee, in the same manor, including 20 acres
oi wood, thenceforth and now called Prior's Lee. In
one of his charters to this Priory he expresses a wish to
be buried there, raid a monument which was removed
from Wombridge to the Abbey Church, Shrewsbury,
in 1825, of a knight in armour, is believed to be of him.
In spite of his forfeiture, Shifnal descended to his son
and grandson, and to that grandson's daughter and
heiress, who married Robert de Montfort, who died
about 1274. Their son, William de Montfort, sold it in
13C9-10. (Eyton ii., 268, &c.)

29, 30. — The land of Gerard de Turnai consisted not

224 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

only of the nine manors enumerated as his in my
explanation of the Pipe Roll of 1156, but of 18 al-
together in Shropshire, those not there mentioned being
Hatton near Shifnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock,
Buthall in Prior's Hitton, Cherrington, Chesthill
(which included Tern Hill), Kinnersley, Shawbury,
and Uppington. Of them all, Sutton was the largest
and most important, and was granted in this year,
1157, together with Ellardine now part of Child's
Ercall parish, to Gervase Goch, whose name occurs
earlier in this same Pipe Iioll as the recipient of a gift
of 40s. from the King. The firm of these two manors
was £4 0s. 3d., more than half of that charged on the
whole 18 manors of Gerard de Turnai. Gervase, or
Iorwerth, was a younger son of Meredyth ap Blethyn
ap Convyn, the last prince of all Powis. His brothers,
Madoc and GrufYyth, divided the Principality between
them, and Gervase held Mochnant is llayader under
Madoc. Of Madoc I have already spoken. Gervase,
like his brother, assisted Henry in his invasion of
North Wales, and captured and burnt the Castle of
Yale ; but the mention on the Pipe Poll that the
transfer of these manors to him was " by," i.e., by order
of the Chancellor (Becket), and the Earl of Leicester
(Chief Justiciar), looks as it they had given a decision
in his favour on some legal claim he had made out to
the property. It was granted to him, however, on the
singular tenure of being the King's Latimarius," or
Interpreter between England and Wales. He remained
faithful to Henry, and in 1166 was deprived by his
nephews, then Princes of Powis, of all his lands in the
Principality. He appears as selling 15 horses for
£14 6s. 8d. to the King in 1166, and in 1168 as
victualling the Castle of Chirk at the King's expense ;
and in that year he was granted the very high annual
salary of £91, which he received till the middle
of 1177, when he probably died. His English property
passed successively to his sons, Madoc and Griffith,
both of whom, like their neighbour at Shifnal, Walter

THIRD YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1157. 225

de DunstanviHe, were benefactors of Wombridge Priory,
to which Madoc gave the advowson of the Church of
Sutton, and Griffith gave several pieces of property in
Sutton and Brockton, including Sutton Mill and
Berdelay Wood. Both of them, also, in their deeds of gift
expressed a wish to be buried in that Priory. One of the
witnesses to Madoc's deed is Walter de Dunstanville,
Clerk, who is afterwardsdescribedas Parson of the Church
of Ideshal (Shifnal); one of Griffith's gifts is witnessed
by him, and one by his namesake the Knight, owner
of Shifnal, so that we may safely assume that these
gifts to Wombridge were greatly influenced by the
Dunstanvilles. Griffith married Matilda, a daughter
and co-heiress of Ralph le Strange, Lord of Knockyn,
and obtained with her 'the townships of Dovaston and
Kinaston. From tins marriage, the Kynastons of
Hardwicke claim to be descended, taking their name
from this township of Kinaston, which is now in the
parish of Knockyn. Griffith himself described himself
as w of Kinerton," i.e., Kinaston, in a charter of about
the year 1200. He held. Sutton on the same tenure as
his father did, that of being the King's Interpreter,
and was succeeded by his son Madoc, who owned it for
upwards of 40 years, and at last sold it to John le
Strange, Lord of Ness. It is, probably, from this
Madoc that the place got the name of Sutton Maddock,
Sutton referring, perhaps, to its position in the southern
quarter of the Saxon parish of Ideshale or Shifnal.
(Ei/ton ii., 103, &c.)

So ends the Pipe Roll of 1157.

Vol. I., 2nd s.

J

226

THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE FOURTH YEAR OF
KING HENRY II., 1158.

By R. LL. KENYON.

William Fitz Alan gives account of the firm of
Shropshire.

1 — In the treasury £129 8s by tale.

2. — And in his own superplu.s £12 14s 9d.

3. — And in alms newly-granted to the Knights Templars 1

mark of silver.

4. — And in alms granted to the Canons of Bridgnorth 10/- &

to the Monks of Malvern 2/-.

5. — And to the sick of Shrewsbury 30/-.

6. — And in payment of the Porter of Bridgnorth 30s/5d.

7. — And in payment of the Poiter & Warder of Shrewsbury

60s/10d.

8. — And in the custod}^ of the Castle of Stratton £4.

9. — And in payment Bertumii Arbalestarii (the Crossbow-man)

309/5a.

10. — And in lands granted to Hugh de Pirariis £42.

11. — & to John FEstrarige £7 10s of the King's

imprest by the King's writ.

12. — & to the Abbot of Haghmond 71/4.

13. — & to the Monks of Shrewsbury 68/8.

14. — & to Robert de Girros 35/-.

15. — & to Hamo l'Estrange £4.

16. — & to Wido l'Estrange 110/-.

17. — & to Earl Reginald 1 13/4.

18. — And in payment of Hoel son of Oen £4 IS3 by the King's

writ.

19. — And in the King's Court (in Camera Curia?) to Ralph fitz

Stephen 40 marks of silver by the King's writ.

20. — And to Maddock 40/- by the King's writ.

21. — And t^ Oen son of GrifRn 5 marks of silver by the

King's writ. And is quit.

1>IPE ROLL FOR FOURTH HENRY It

22. — Richard de Bealmes owes 10 marks of silver for a plea

of seisin.

23. — Engelard gives account of 106s/4d for wardship of the

land of his nephew. He has paid it into the treasury
and is quit. ,

24. — The same Sheriff gives account of 70 marks of silver of a

tallage on the County (de dono Comitat). In the
treasury £39 15s 2d,

25. — And in remission by the Kings writ to Nigel de Broc 5/-.

26. — & to Fulk fitz Warm 12d.

27. — & to the Monks of Billewas 48/2d.

28. — & to Earl Reginald 14/2.

29. — & to Walter de Dunstavill 16/-.

30. — & to Gilbert de Laci £4 4 9.

31. — & to William the King's brother 6/9.

32. — & to the Knight's Templars 2/7.

33. — & to the Abbot of Cumremara 6d.

34. — & to the Sheriff 3/2.

Total £6 18 2. And is quit.

9. — The first new item in this Roll is the pay of the
Crossbow-man, who gets Id. a day, the same as the
porters of Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury. He probably
had to keep in order the crossbows used in the Shrop-
shire garrisons, as we find another " Arblaster " engaged
to do in Shrewsbury, 100 years later, at a salary, for
some short period, of 14d. {Given and Blakeway i., 124 >.
The second Lateran Council had lately (1139) but
ineffectually promulgated the following decree, "We
prohibit, under anathema, the future use against
Christians and Catholics of that art, deadly and hateful
to God, of crossbowmen and archers."

Crossbows are said to have been introduced into
England by the Normans at the battle of Hastings,
and crossbow-men are often mentioned in Domesday.
The long bow superseded the crossbow in England in
the time of Edward II., but the latter was always the
favourite in France. Henry VIII. encouraged the long
bow, but absolutely prohibited the use of the crossbow.
(See Rees's C //eloped i a).

11.— John le Strange now takes theplaceoccupied the
last two years by Cadwalladr. John le Strange was

228 THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

brother of Guy and Hamo, mentioned in the Pipe Roll
of 1 156. Cadwalladr having been restored to his Welsh
possessions in 1157, it appears that the grant to him
was now transferred to ^ohn le Strange, and an entry
in a subsequent Roll further shows that the grant was
of land in Ness, the firm charged on it being increased
from Jb7 to £7 10s. John le Strange was the eldest of
the three brothers. Their father, Roland le Strange, ,
the first of the family of whom we have any mention,
held one Knight's fee at Hunstanton, in Norfolk, under
William fitz Alan, in the reign ol Henry I., and married
Matilda, daughter of Ralph fitz Herlewin, of Hunstan-
ton, who held five Knight's fees in Norfolk, under
William de Albini Pincerna. Matilda's two brothers
dying without issue, John le Strange inherited their
property in Norfolk as well as that of his father. He
was in Shropshire with William fitz Alan in 1155, and
at that time probably, and certainly shortly afterwards,
held under him the Shropshire manors of Middle,
Ruyton, Wykey (now part of Ruyton, but then
independent), Kynaston, Maesbrook, More ton, Melver-
ley and Acton Scott. Before 1172, he got in addition,
also under Fitz Alan, Glazeley, Abdon, Berrington, and
Longnor ; before 11 GO, he inherited from his brother
Hamo, Cheswardine, which he held in chief from the
Crown, and that part of Betton which took from them
and still retains the name of Betton Strange. This was
held under Shrewsbury Abbey, and the other part of
Betton, being retained in the hands of the Abbey, is
still called Abbots Betton. The grant to John le
Strange in this year of Ness, included the then
independent manor of Kinton. His tenure in Shropshire
under Fitz Alan was by the service of two Knights'
fees ; for Ness he owed one Knight's fee, and for
Cheswardine half a Knight's fee to the Crown. Pie
was continually with Fitz Alan, and with his brother
Guy who succeeded Fitz Alan as Sheriff of Shropshire,
and we find him in conjunction with Guy receiving, in
1168, a present of £70 from the King, and in 1171,

FOURTH YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1158. 229

j£20 for paying soldiers on the Welsh Marches. He
gave the Churches of Hunstanton and Cheswardine,
and a mill and some land in Middle, and the mill of
Ruyton, to Haughmond .Abbey, and some land in
Norfolk to Shrewsbury Abbey. He died in or just
before 1178, and was succeeded by a long line of
descendants. They held Ness, or Ness Strange, as it
came to be called, and Middle and Knockin, till the
reign of Edward IV., in the 17th year of whose reign,
John le Strange, Lord of Knockin, died, leaving an only
daughter and heiress, Joan, who married George
Stanley, son of the first Earl of Derby. John le
Strangers descendants, who acquired Knockin from the
daughters of his brother Guy, were regularly summoned
to Parliament as Lords Strange of Knockin, from 1299.
The Barony passed by inheritance to the Earls of
Derby, and is now in abeyance among the descendants
of the three daughters of the fifth Earl. (Eyton ;
Dukes ; and Nicolas Peerage).

The rest of the list of " lands granted " is the same
as last year.

18. — Howell was son of Owen Gwynedd, Prince of
North Wales, and nephew to the Cad walladr mentioned
in previous Pipe Rolls. This Howell t% for his prowesse
in the field, and his discretion in consultation, was
counted the floure of chivalrie, whose presence also was
thought onlie sufficient to overthrowe aniehold." He
distinguished himself chiefly in the domestic feuds of
Wales. In 1145 he and his brother Conan quarrelled
with their uncle Cad walladr, whereupon " they called
their strength unto them and entered the county of
Merioneth, where the people fled to the sanctuaries to
save their lives. These two young Lords made pro-
clamation that no man should hurt those that would
yield to them ; whereupon the people that had fled
returned to their houses without hurt. Then they
brought all the country in subjection to them, ond led
their army before the castle Cynvael, which Cadwalladr
had built and fortified, wherein was the Abbot of

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THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

Tuygwyn, or Whitehouse, to whom the Lord had
committed the defence of his castle. Then Howel and
Conan summoned the fort with great threatenings, but
they within defied them - whereupon Howel and Conan
promised the Abbot Mervyn great rewards, to let them
have the house. But he (like a faithful servant, whom
neither terrible menaces nor pleasant profers could move
to untruth, but as his lord trusted him so would he
continue still, and not deceive his expectations), denied
them of the same, choosing rather to die with honour
than to live with shame. With which answer the
young Lords were greatly offended, that a priest should
stay their prosperous proceedings, and thereupon
assaulted the castle so sore, that after they had beaten
down the walls they entered by force, and slew and
wounded all the garrison, saving the Abbot, who
escaped away privily by means of friends whom he had
in Howersarmy." In 1147 Howel captured Cadwalladr,
and kept him in prison till 1151, when he escaped and
conquered part of Anglesey, but was expelled by Prince
Owen, his brother, and fled to England. After the
peace between Owen and King Henry in 1157, the
latter seems to have taken Howel into his pay, at £36
a year, beginning six weeks before the end of the year
for which this Pipe Roll accounts, i.e., before Michael-
mas 1158. In 1159 the full salary was paid, and Howel
and Conan assisted the Earl of Bristol to raise the siege
of Carmarthen, which was being attacked by Pees, Prince
of South Wales ; but the salary was stopped in the
middle of the following year, 11 GO, though his father
seems to have been faithful to his alliance with Henry
till 1163 or 11 G4. His father died in 1 1G9, and Howel, who
wasillegitimate, claiminghisin heritance, wasdefeat edand
killed by his brother David. (Lhoyd s Hist, of Cambria.)

19. — The payment in the King's Court would be for
the expenses of a progress which the King seems to have
made through several counties in the summer of 1158.
llalph fitz Stephen was one of the King's chamberlains.
(Itinerary of Henry II, p. 36.)

FOURTH YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1158. 231

20. — -Of Madoe, Prince of Powis, an account is
given under last year's Pipe Roll, when he received
£8 10s. The pacification of Wales made it unnecessary
to continue the payment. »

21. — Oen, son of Griffin, was Owen Gwynedd him-
self, Prince of North Wales, as to whom much has
been said in the notices of his brother Cadwalladr and
his son Howel. He " was fortunate and victorious in
all his affairs ; he never took any enterprise in hand
but he achieved it." When Henry II. invaded. Wales
in 1165, Owen, with the Princes of South Wales and
Powis, watched him from the Berwyn mountains, and
<: kept the king so straitly, that neither forage nor
victual might come to his camp, neither durst any
soldier stir abroad. And to augment their miseries
there fell such rain that the king's men could scant
stand upon their feet upon those slippery hills. In the
end the king was compelled to return home without
his purpose, and that with great loss of men and
munition, besides his charges." Henry never again
attacked Owen, who proceeded to take and rase to the
ground several of the castles built by Henry in Wales,
including Ilhuddlan and Prestatyn. (Lhoyd's Hist, of
Cambria) .

This ends the account of the firm of the County, the
items of which come to £265 6s. Id.

24. — The tallage of 1156 had been 40 marks, and
there had been none in 1157. This one of 70 marks
was, therefore, a heavy imposition, but it was not all
paid, for several persons were excused their quota.

25. — Nothing is known of Nigel de Broc, except
that he released to llanulf de Broc some claim on land
at Angemar (probably in Normandy). He must have
been a relation of this Panulf, who in right of his wife
was tenant in capite of Great Berwick, near Shrews-
bury, and of Chetton, to whom Henry committed the
execution of the decree of banishment against Bccket's
kindred, who farmed the estates of the See of Canter-
bury during Becket/s banishment, and at whose Castle

232

THE PIPE ROLL FOR THE

of Saltwood Becket's four murderers slept on the night
before the murder. He remained in office and in favour
with the King for several years afterwards. (Eyton
i., 167). I. - _

26. — Fulk litz Warin at this time held land in
Gloucestershire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Hertford-
shire, and in this same year received a present of 40
marks from the King, and was excused 12s., his quota
of the donum of Essex and Hertfordshire. He appears
to have been tenant of Mostyn, Alderton near Middle,
and Alberbury. in Shropshire, but held none of them
in chief from the Crown, and would therefore pay no
tallage in respect of them. He, probably, also held
Whittington under William Peverel, who was certainly
his superior lord in Cambridgeshire, and whose estates
escheated to the King about this time, so that the
tenants of them might have been talliated ; but for
some reason he was soon dispossessed of Whittington,
which was in 11 GO in the Kind's own hands, and though
his son claimed it, and got judgment in his favour in
the Curia Regis, it was not till 1204 that, on payment
of a heavy fine, it was restored to his grandson. Fulk's
father, the first of the family of whom we know any-
thing, was Warin de Metz of Lorraine, who witnessed
a deed connected with Wenlock Priory at Castle
Holgate, about 1115, and was, perhaps, at that time
Lord of Broseley, which afterwards seems to have
passed to his younger son William and his descendants.
He was allied by marriage to the Peverels, and related
to the Le Stranges. [Eijton ii., 2 ; vii. 08 ; xi. 30).

27. — Build was Abbey appears to have been founded
by Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Chester (which then
included Lichfield), about 1135, for the Savigniac order
of monks, an order which branched off from the
Cistercians about 11 1,2, and was reunited with them in
1147. Their tirst house in England was Furness,
founded about 1 1-7, by Stephen de Blois. Combermere
was also theirs, founded in 1133, and perhaps the
accession of Stephen de Blois to the throne in 1135

FOURTH YEAR OF KING HENRY II., 1158. 233

may have been one of the Bishop's inducements to
found an Abbey for the order favoured by the new
King. The Bishop gave to it the town of Buildwas,
and one of the witnesses- to his Charter was William
fitz Alan, the Sheriff whose account we are now
considering. King Stephen confirmed the grant while
engaged in the siege of Shrewsbury in i 1 38, and added
an exemption from all taxes charged on the one hide of
land on which Buildwas stood. It is to this exemption
chat effect is given in this Pipe Roll, and in this and
the previous year the monks are also excused a
Danegeldand a donum assessed on Brockton, a property
in the Parish of Sheriff Hales, in Staffordshire, given to
them by a retainer of William fitz Alan's, and still
called, from having been one of their houses, Brockton
Grange. William fitz Alan himself gave them Little
Buildwas. (By ton vi., 3 17).

30. — Among the Norman Barons who fought at
Hastings was Walter de Lacy, who took his name from
Lassy in the diocese of Bayeux, and whose services
were rewarded by a fief in Herefordshire, Shropshire,
and elsewhere. In Shropshire he got Stanton, which
from him or his family got its present name of Stanton
Lacy, Ludlow, and other manors. He died in 1085
and was succeeded by his eldest son Roger, the builder,
probably, of Ludlow Castle, but rebelling against Will iam
Rufus, Roger was exiled, and succeeded by his brother
Hugh, who endowed Llanthony Abbey, and was a
benefactor to Gloucester Monastery; of which another
brother, Walter, was Abbot. Hugh left a sister, Emma,
whose son was the Gilbert de Lacy mentioned in this
Pipe Roll, but Henry I. ignored her claims, and took
possession of the Lacy estates in England. Gilbert was
then probably a child. In 1138 we find him in England,
fighting on the side of the Empress against Stephen,
but in 1146 he seems to have made his peace with
Stephen, and to have got possession, by favour of
Stephen, of part of the Lacy estates, in Herefordshire
He recovered Ludlow and Stanton, either in Stephen's

234 PIPE ROLL FOR FOURTH HENRY II.

reign or quite at the beginning of Henry IPs, and that
he was in favour with the latter monarch is proved by
his being excused his proportion of the donum this year,
1158, not only in Shropshire, but also in Herefordshire
and Gloucestershire. In 1160 he had become a Tem-
plar, and he died not long afterwards. The author of
the Gesta Stephani calls him a " prudent man, farsighted
and active in all military actions, brave and skilful."
Both Stanton and Ludlow remained with his descen-
dants, and eventually passed to an heiress who married
Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March, the murderer of
King Edward II. (Eyton v., 4, 233 ; Itinerary 49).

31. — What estate William the King's brother had
in Shropshire I do not know. He accompanied the
Kinof to England on his accession, and was constantly
with him both in England and France until his death
at Rouen, on Jan. 30, 1164, on which his lands in
Norfolkand Suffolk came into the King'shands. In 1155,
at a Great Council at Winchester, the King proposed
to conquer Ireland and give it to his brother William,
but the Empress opposed the project, and long before
Ireland wasactually invaded William had died. (Itinerary)

33. — The xVbbey of " Cumremara," or Combermere,
was founded, as already stated (see 27), in 1133.
Within a few years after its foundation, probably,
William fitz Alan gave to it Dodicote in Child's Ercall ;
and some time in the early part of Henry II. 7s reign Ivo
Pantulf, Lord of Weill, gave to the same Abbey
Bromhall, Shifford and Clive, which were all then con-
sidered to be in Shropshire, though the two former,
now called Broom Hall Grange and Stafford's Grange,
are in Staffordshire, while Cliff Grange is still part
of Sutton, in Shropshire. These three Granges,
however, may have been given later than 1158, and the
6d. donum remitted to the Abbey will have been the
charge on Dodicote. All these properties, as well as
some later acquired ones in Shropshire, were retained
by Combermere Abbey till the Dissolution. (Eyton
viii., 52, ix., 163, 193).

235

CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS OF THE
TOWN OF LUDLOW.

Transcribed by LLEWELLYN JONES.

Thes ben the Receytis that Ric' Thornton & John Merc'1
hav' receyved unto the use of the Church of Ludlowe.
fferst of the Stewards of the 2yeld tco kariag

of stones fro' hughley — & the to have

stones or what ye church may spare ... vjs. viijc?.

It. Rec' of the executors of John hosier

to ye same cariag ... ... ... vjs. viijd.

It. of Sir John hoper to ye same cariage ... iijs.

It. of J ohn hycokes for ij skelettis . . . xixcZ.

It. for stones in ye church yerd of John

sp'cheford3... ... ... ... xijc?.

It. of R'c Thornton barbor ... ... vjs. viijc?.

It. rec' of the executors of John hosier to

mende ye clokke & ye quer' dore ... iijs.

It. rec. of the same executors to paie ye

maist'4 mason for too weks wages ... vjs. viija7.

It. for bordis to make moldis hewyng &

planyng ... ... ... ... ij& iiijc?.

It. rec' of ye Wif of Ric' Gothale of Clon-

gonwas5 ,,. ... ... ... xijrf*

It. rec' of ye execut' of John hosier to

ftelton quarell6 ... ... ... xviijs.

It. rec. of maistrcs ffiegge in part of a mor7

sum' ... ... ... ... xxd.

It. rec' of Oldstretc & Galdeford by ye hand

of W. m'cer & W. hardwike ... ... xxxs.

It. rec' for a gown yl alson ludford bequest xvijs.

1 Morccr. 2 Guild. 3 Sparcheford. 4 Master. 5 Chmgunford.
6 Quarry. 7 Larger Sum.
Vol. I., 2nd S. K

236 churchwardens' accounts

It. rec' of Willam Shipston & Simon Chalon'1

for iij crafts2 to our lady Chaimsell iijs.
It. of Alsom' Shermon for a chike yt come

into hir house ... ... ... jdob

It. rec' of the p'son3 of Ludlowe to paie ye

laborers ... ... ... ... xls.

It. rec' of the executors of John hosier to
karieng of stonys fro ffelton by ye hand
of John Dale ... ... ... vjs. viijc?.

It. rec' of John Dodmor to help paie ye

new mason... ... ... ... vjcZ.

It. to ye same of Sir John hoper... ... vjcL

It. rec' of Joh' Dodmor of ye biquest of ye

vicar of didelbyry ... ... ... xxs.

It. rec' of Willam Grene for a pott ... iiijd'.

It. of a Worsshipfull man yfc Weddyd

. . by ye labor of Ric' Bowdeler .. ... xijcZ.

It. rec' for ye Estr Tapre ... ... iiijcZ.

It. rec' of Sir John hoper to paye Thomas

Rawlyns for v vodr4 ... ... ... xx<^.

It. rec' of Edward Bay ton ... ... iiijd.

It. rec' of John Dodmor bailly upon the
Jewell ... ... ... ... vli.

It. rec' of Willam Bowler' for his moder

in law pytte ... .. ... vjs. viijcZ,

It. rec' of Willam hoke for his moder in lawe

in full paieme't ... ... ... ijs.

It. rec' of Nicholas Dyer for ... ... iiijcL

It. rec' of John Dale to paie Th' Rawlyns

for v vodr ... ... ... ... xxcZ.

It. of John Dale to paie Thomas Raulyns... iiijs. ijd.

It. rec. of John hoper to y° quarriors hire ... xijd
It. rec' of John Adams bailly to help forth

ye qllarriers ... ... ... xxd.

It. rec' of Sir John hoper to paie Th'

Raulyns for xx vodr .. . ... ... vjs. viijd

It. ye Smyth of Chaddisley hath guantied

a nobell & hath paied ... ... xxd

It. rec' of Johan Colewale ... .. iiijs.

It. rec' of Wat' Cachepoll for part of a holy

lof ... ... ... ... iiijcZ.

1 Challoner. 2 Crests. 3 Parson.
4 5 Fother, i.e., 5 Waggon loads.

Otf THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 237

It. rec' of that was gadered to ye Gabell

w* Beawpe & John Crymes yefte1 ... Iijs. viijcZ.

It. rec' of the Orafte of the Corvesers2 ... iijs. iiijcZ.

It. rec' of my maist' beawpe for stonys . . . iijs. viijd

It. rec' of Isabell Dyer of P'share3 frely yeven xijd.

It. rec' of Marg'y Knyzton to paie for cariage viijs. iiijd
It. r' of Sir John hoper & Rob1 Barbor for

John fiietcher in p't of paiernent of ijs. ... xij</.

It. of Sir John hoper to paie for iij dosen

lyme ... ... ... ... iijs.

It. rec' of Wat' honybrigge for stonys ... ijs. ijcZ.

It, Wiliam Sutton ... ... ... iiijd.

It. rec' for hapron founde of Alson' Shermon vd.

It. rec' for ij pott sold to J ohn Wrothe . . . ijd
It. rec' of gaderyngs at div'se tymes w* ye

church box ... ... ... iijs.

It. rec' of ye bequest of Ric' kynston by ye

hand of Joh' Dale ... ... ... xvjs. viijd

It. rec' for a greyndyngston of hew lokier... ixd.

It. rec' for a vodr stones of W. Shipston ... vjd

Sma to1 xx — li iijs ixd ob.

F J. Wilkis & Johem Barbor

Recept' p' Custodes ecclie k festo sci mich'is Archi' a0 rr
Edwardi quarti nono usq' idm festu' extuc px' sequtr

fferst of thexecutors of John hosier ... xs,

It. for a gowne of John milward wif ... iiijs. jcZ.

It. rec' of the Erie of Pembroke ... ... xs.

It. rec' for a horsse of my lord of Glouc'yeffte iiijs. xd.
It. rec' of Wardeyn for ye pytte of Jenot

Collwall ... ... ... ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of ye Wardeyn for dette of ye seid

Jenott ... ... ... ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of ye yefte of ye Wardeyn ... vjs. viijdL
It. rec' of Ric' Sherman for iiij treen to him

sold ... ... ... ... xijs.

It. rec. of ye xecutors of John hosier ... xvjs. viijcZ.

It. rec' at Astern ... ... xliijs. xjd

It.^rec' of Jeffrey Sherman ... ... xijd

It.rec' of Amies Beaupie for iiij Asshelers ... xvjd

1 Gift. 2 Cordwainers. 3 Pershore.

23 8 CHURCHWARDENS* ACCOUNTS

It. rec' of ye Stewards of the Drap's1 ... vjs. viijd.

It. rec. of tbexecutors of John hosier ... xxvjs. viijd

It. rec' for iij treen sold to Ric' Sherman ... vijs.
It. rec' of Maude Bromwich for hir husbands

pitte ... ... ' ... ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of Ric' Barbor for his wifs pitte . . . vjs. vijjd.

It. rec' for ye pitte of John Stanb'ue ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of Simon Chalon' for Stones ... xd

It. rec' of ye drap's for ye taske of ye

ridyngs of quarell ... ... ... vjs. viijcZ.

It. rec' of ye Taillors for ye same ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of ye Smythes for ye same ... vjs. viijd

It. rec' of ye Diers & Barbors ... ... vjs. yiijcZ.

It. rec' of ye Bakers for ye same .. , ... vjs. iiij^.

It, rec' of ye Bochors for ye same ... iiijs. ijd.

It. rec' of John' Barbor for a f other stone... xij^.
It. rec' of Agnes Beaupie for a fother stones

atyequarell ... ... ... xvjd.

Rec' of John mil ward ... ... ... vjs. viijcZ.

It. rec' for a borde solde to Ric' Boudeler ... v']d.
It. rec' of ye Corvesers Crafte ... ... vjs. viij^.

Sma xj/i. xviijs. iiijd

It. de Elemosinis fact' p' div's'

p'sonas hoc a° xxxjs. ix^.ob'

Et h'ent in surplus iiijs. \\yi.

F J. Wilks & Johen Barbor

Expens' fact', p' Custod' eccl'ie a festo sci' mich'is archi' a°
rr' Edwardi quarti nono usq' id'm festu' extuc px' sequt'
In pr'mis paied for ladyng of \Vatr out of

ye quarell ... ... ... ... vs.

It' paied to Rog' Andre we for ij daies ... xd.
It' paied to Willia' yoppe &> his felowe

It' paied for ij seem Coles- ... ... yjd'

It' paied to Willia' yoppe & his felowe for

kev'yng of ye steple ... ... ... ixs.

It* paied for naill for helyng3 of yc steple ... xd.
It' paied to Willia' yoppe & his felawe for vj

daies & half ... ... ... ijs. ijd.

It' paied for a small corde ... ... vjtZ.

Drapers. 2 A seam or horse-load of coal. 3 Covering.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 239

It' paied for naill to dyzt the bell whelys ... ]d
It' paied for Roseyn & Waxtomakesynement ijc?
It' paied to Rog' Quarrior for vij daies &

half ... ... ... ... iijs. }d.

It' paied to a laborer w* him iij daies ... X1j^
It' paied for carriage of xx vij fotherston ... ixs.
It' paied to Rog' Andrew for v daies & half ijs. iijcZ.

It' paied to a laborer w* him for v daies &

half ... ... ... . . xxijcZ.

It' paied for Iren & makyng of iiij axes &

stele ... ... ... ... xxjdob'

It' paied for stele & stylyng of iij axes& j pike xvjcZ.
It' paied for helvyng of ye pike ... ... jd.

It' paied for ij bolles1 ... ... .. ijcZ.

It' paied for dieng of a chesepell2 & ye men-

dyng of or' ornaments ... ... ijs. vd.

It' paied for a quartie bokeram for the said

ornaments... ... ... ... ijcZ.

It' paied to Rog' Quarrior for v daies ... ijs. ]d.

It' paied to Ric' Davies for cariag' of v

fother ston' ... ... ... xxd.

It' paied to Rog' Quarrior for iij daies . . . xvd.
It' paied to John Davies for cariag of xxfci

foyer stone ... ... ... vjs. viij^/.

It' paied to Ric' Davies for iiij fother . . . xvj<^.
It' paied for mendyng of ye clokke ... iiij^/.
It' paied for mendyng of ye vestment ... iij^.
It' paied to ye Quarrior & his felowe for iiij

wikes werk ... ... ... ... xvjs. iiij^.

It' paied for mendyng of ye clokke ... ijd.
It' paied for wasshyng & mendyng of auter3

cloth ... ... ...

It' paied to ye Qurriorl and ij men for a wikes

werk ... ... ... ... vs. ]d.

It' paied to Ric Davies for cariage of xviij

fother ston' ... ... ... . . vjs.

It' paied to Campian for cariag of xx fother

ston' ... ... ... ... vjs. viijd

It' paied to Whitecote ii - cariag of v fother

ston' ... ... ... xxd.

It' paied for iiij seem Colis5 ... ... xijd

1 Bowls. 2 Chasuble. 3 Altar. 4 Quarrior. 6 Coals.

240 churchwardens' f accounts

It' paied to hue lokier inakyng of axes

sharping & stiling ... ... ... xxijdL

It' paied for the inakyng of ye paschall1 ... xviijV.
It' paied for meete & drink at the making

of the paschall ... , ... ... iijs. i\d.

It' paied to the dekyn2... ... ... vjcZ.

It* paied to J ohn lokier ... ... vjd.

It' paied for a seem wode3 ... ... ijcZ.

It' deliv'ed to the p'son for his duete viij lb

Wex ... ... ... ... vjs.

It' in Wast of Wex ij lb ... ... xviijd

It' paied to hue lokier for mendyng of pikes

& billes ... ... ... ... xxij^.

It' paied to Rog' Andre we & his felawe for

ye Estarn wike ... ... ... xxij^.ob'

It' paied to ye same Rog' & his felawe for a

hoole wike ... ... ... iiijs ]d.

It' paied to ye same Rog' & his felawe for a

nor' wike4 ... ... ... ... iiijs. \]d.

It.' paied to ye same Rog' & his felawe for iiij

daies ... . . ... ... iiijs.

It' paied for iiij seem Cole ... ... xij^.

It' paied to Rog' Andrewe for v daies & half

& for his two men ... ... ... vs. vd.

It' paied to the same for a whole wike ... vs. xjd.

It' paied to the same for iiij daies ... iiijs. yd.

It' paied to the same for a whole wike ... vs. xjd.

It' paied to the same for a whole wike ... vjs.
It' paied for cariag & squaryng of tymbre

fro' narbache ... .. ... vs. ijd.

It' paied for inakyng & mendyng of pykes v'ujd.
It' in expencs of mete & drinke to wayn men

carieng xx fother ston ... ... ijs.vjV.ob'

It' paied to Rog' Quarrior & his ij men for

iiij daies ... ... ... ... iiijs. iiij^.

It' paied to ye same Rog'fc a man for iiij daies iijs. iiij^.

It' paied for cariag' of xxiij fother stones viij*-
It' paied to a laborer at yequarell for iiij daies xvj<^.
It' paied to Andrewe & his felawe for v daies iijs. ixd.ob'

1The paschal taper, an immense candle or taper, which it was the
custom to light on Easter Eve in Romish churches, and keep burning
until Easter Day.

2 Deacon. 3 Wood. 4 Another week.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 241

It' paied to ye same for v daies ... ... iijs. ixd.ob

It' paied to ye same ladyng watr by vij daies vs. iij^.
It' paied to hue lokier for makyng, stylyng

& mendyng of axes ... ... ... viijV.

It' paied to John lokier for mendyng of ye

Clokke ... ... ... ... ijV.

It' paied for naill for ye belle whelis ... j^.ob'

It' paied for iij seem of Colys . . ... ixd.

It' paied to a laborer at ye quarell for ij daies viijd.

It' paied for makyng of this p'cell1 ... xij^.

It' paied for ye rydyng of ye quarrel to taske ihj7z.

It' paied lor a seem Colis ... ... iij^.

It' paied for a Capias for John milward iijd.

It' paied for ij seem of wode to ye plomer iiijV.

It' paied for a quart0 borde to ley und' ye lide ijd.

It' paied for hay© ... ... ... jV.

It' paied for half pounde tal'we for ye plom's ob'

Sma to1 xiij^i. xiiijs. iiijdob'

Ludlowe. Recept p' Johen Lane & Thoma' Tyron Custod'
eccl'ie ibra a festo ap'lo' Simonis et Jude a° rr

Edward' quart' xj'° usq.' idm f extuc p'x' sequ' sic p.' unu' annu'
integru'

fferst rec' of the wardeyn for John Colwall

pytte ... ... ... ... vjs. viijV.

Of Dd. Dylewe for his pytte ... ... vjs. viijV.

Of John Typpar for his sones pytte ... vjs, vinV.

Of Willia Bovvier for his deuzt's2 pytte ... vjs. viijd.

Of the gaderyng to the boxe at div'se tymes xvjs- ob'

Of the money at Estn ... ... ... xlvs. vij*/.

Of Wlllia' Bowier for his ij sones pittys . . . xiijs. iiyV.

Of Sir John Maunsell of London ... xxs.

Of Piers Beaupie for a stone ... ... xiiijV.

Of Ric' Sherman for a ston' ... ... iij^.

Of ye Wardeyns executors for his pytte vjs. vii]V.

Of ye wardeyns moder pytte ... ... vjs. viijV.

Of John Robt' for stones ... ... xiiijV.

Of \Villia' Grift' for stones ... ... xvjr/.

Of Ric Brown dicr for stones ... ... viijd?.

Sma xixs. vj^.ob'

Of Willia' Boudeler for his wifs pytte ... vjs. v'njd.

Parcel 1 i.e. account. 2 Daughters.

242 churchwardens' accounts

Of Rog' Colryk for his pytte ... ... vjs. viijV.

Of Ric' Sherman ... ... ... vs.

Sma. to1, rec' yij?i xvijs. xd.ob.

the metell y* ye chorche .wardens broz*
into ye place is ... ... ... cxvjZz.

ther of rey most content ye

of j hosyars ... ... ... xxxxiijli. Di.

Expens' Custod' anno p'dc'o'

fiferst paied for carieng of stones into the

church fro' the churchyard ... ... iijs. \]d.

It' paied to Nyztingale for takyng doun

ye belle & to have him up ayen ... ijs. viijd.

It' paied to ye same for makyng of the belle

whele ... ... ... ... xj<^.

It' paied to John Belman for half a daies werk ijV.
It' paied to the Brasyer for mendyng of the

Belle ... ... ... vijs.

It' in expens upon Robt. Kerver mason

seeng the werk of stepill .. ... \\\]d.

It' to the fforster'1 for ther reward ... m]d.

It' in expencs upon the mason of Gloucestre

& his man at a dyn'2 ... ... vjd.

It' paied to ye sam mason for his reward xxvjs. viij*/.
It' paied to John Peion to fetche home

Clement mason ... ... ... iijs. iiijrf7.

It' paied for a seem lyme ... ... mjd.

It' paied for expencs of the paschall . . . iijs.
It' paied for the makyng of the paschall ... ijs.
It' paied for wode & oyle ... ... vd.

It' paied to the Dekon ... ... iiij^.

It' paied to John Belman for his labour ... vjd.
It' paied to Jeffrey mason & his man for

poyntyng of stepyll ... ... vjV.

It' paied to Wheler for yerd & wyndyng of

the logge ... ... ... vjd.

It' paied to Sir Edmu'd White for mendyng

of ye organs ... ... ... ijs. \]d.

It' paied to the mason for pavyng in the

chirch ... ... ... ... xd.

It' paied for a seem lyme ... ... iiij^.

It' paied to John Barbo1" for a torche .. iijs. ijd.

1 Forester. 2 Dinner.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 243

It' paied for inendyng of the Clokke ... viij</.
It' paied for Wast of Wex of y° paschall and

to ye p'son x lb viijd ... ... vjs. viij^.

It' paied for mendyng of the vaulte ... iijd
It' paied to Nyztyngale for under-stayng

of ye Belhouse .. ... ... xijd

It* paied to Brasier for fetchyng of Clay . . . ijs.

It' paied to John hoper for a pec'1, of tymbre ijd

It' paied to J ariche for cariag' of Stone & the

Belle ... ... ... ... ixd

It' paied for Ale to laborers ... ... iiijd

It' paied to John Belman for rnakyng of Berys

for ye p'cession & or' labor ... ... viijcZ.

It' paied for Coles ... ... ... iirjd

It' in exp' upon laborers aboute the belle . . . iiijd

It' in flessh & Coise for the same ... i]d.

It' in metall ... ... ... ... xviijd

It' paied to the Brasier ... ... xld.

It' paied to Deftbrds Wif for brasse ... iijs. iiijd

It' paied to Willia Welens Wif for brasse ... ijs. ihjd

It' paied to Ric' Sherman for brasse ... iijs. vjd

It' paied to a Tyoker for brasse ... ... ijs. yd.

It' paied to Wat' Morton for brasse . . . ijs. xd.
It' paied to Nyztyngale for takyng doWn the

greet belle ... ... ... xvjd

It' paied to ye mason of Coventre ... vjs. viijd
It' in exp' for the same mason to bring him

to Beaudeley ... ... ... viijd

It' paied to the sam' mason ... ... vs.

It' paied to defford for fustian tartaryn &

bokeram2 ... ... ... ... ijs. yd.

It' paied for v pecs of llyband ... ... ijs. iiijd

It' paied to ye vestement-maker for rnakyng

& mendyng of vestemets ... ... xiiijs.

It'paied to hue lokier for rnakyng of the claper ijs. ixd.

It' paied to ye sam for Iren \Veggs ... * iijd
It' paied to Clement mason for dryvyng in

of ye seid Weggs in ye stepill ... ijd
It' in exp' apon the mason of Coventre by

Ric' Sherman ... ... ... xijd

It' paied to John lokier for his labour at ye

Castyng of ye belle ... ... ... iiijd

1 Piece. 2 Buckram.
Yol. I., 2nd S.

L

244

CHURCHWABDENS' ACCOUNTS

It' paied to ye sam John & a nor' Werkman

to clanse ye yeld halle ... ... vijcL

It* paied for cole ... ... ... iijd.

It* paied for threde ... ... ... iiijd

It' paied for Canvas... *■ ... ... xjd.

It' paied for bokera'... ... ... ]d.

It' paied to Jenot Goldsrnyth for Wasshyng

of ye church clothes ... ... vd.

It' paied for a ne We stole ... ... ijs. iijd

It' paied for ye makyng of ffanon1 ... vjcZ.
It' paied for a bukk skyn ... ... xiiijd.

It' paied to hue lokier for a Iren rodde... \i\]d.
It' paied for naill ... ... ... ob'

It' paied to John lokier for clensyng of

ye leds ... ... ... ... iijd

It' for makyng of our acompt. . . ... xijd.

Note. — The foregoing accounts appear to be the earliest Church-
wardens' Accounts in the present possession of the Corporation,
and although incomplete, have a very great interest attaching to
them, as the various items indicate the erection of a certain portion
at least of the Tower of our Parish Church. From the Will of
-Richard Dylowe, of Ludlow, made in the year 1453, it would appear
that at that time the present tower was in an unfinished condition,
for he there bequeaths to the building of the Campanile of the
Parish Church of Saint Lawrence ten marks sterling.

I consider the undated portion of these accounts to relate to the
same period as the other two.

From 1471 there is a hiatus in the Accounts until we reach the
year 1540 ; but as the late Mr. Thomas Wright, the Antiquarian,
transcribed the Accounts between 1540 and 1574, verbatim for the
Camden Society, I propose to commence at this latter date, and to
include the few items found in the Appendix to Mr. Wright's book.

I have set out the first year's accounts in full.

Villa de The accompte of Robrfc Wrighte and ....

Ludlow. Churchwardens of the seaied towne from the feaste
of Sy. and Jude anno dni. 1574 untill the end of one
hole yere then next ensuynge in the tyme of Richard
Rascoll & Thomas Dews then bailiffs of the saied
towne 1575

1 A sort of ornament, like a scarf, worn about the left arm of a
Mass-priest when he officiates.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

245

Money Receaved by the saied churchwardens
as followethe
Inprimis at Easter for the paschall &

token money ... ... ... xls. viijc/.

It'm for quartrige money ... *" ... vijli. xvs. vijcZ.
It'm for the grave of ... . the wief

of Richard heathe ... ... vjs. viijd.

It'm for the grave of Elizabeth the wief

of Thomas Candland ... ... vjs. viijd

It'm of harry cleberie for exchaunce of a

pew in the ladie Chauncell... ... xijcZ.

It'm of Thomas halton for a pew in the

said chauncell late in the tenure of

harrie cleberie ... ... ... vjs. viijd.

It'm of Willm alsapp for a pew in the

same chauncell ... ... ... vs.

It'm of Robert Wrighte for a pew on the

southe side of the churche late in the

tenure of J ohn Dalton ... ... vjs. viij d.

It'm for one pew surrendred by Allice

abellice next to the pew of dame Ales

townshend to Thomas Sackford Esquier

on the northe side of the churche ... xijcZ.
It'm of Richard child for half a pew wch

John Waties late surrendred by Robt9

Wrighte beneath the northe d ore ... vjd.
It'm receaved of the old Churchwardens xs.
Sma. totalis rec. est xi]li. ixd.

Money disbursed by the saied Churchwardens
as followeth &c.

Inprimis for a quarte of muscadell geaven

to Mr. Chauncellor by master bailiffs

appoinctment in respect of a suyte to

him ... ... ... ... xd.

It'm to John Mason for entringe oure

names in his booke to p'cure a citacon

by master bailiffs appointmt . . . iiijcZ.

It'm for a roppe to the organs ... ijd

It'm paied Richard halle for his wages

for Keapinge clene the churche ... vs. iiijV.

It'm for hollies to dresse the churche1 ... vjd

1 Thia item appears annually. >

246 churchwardens' accounts

It'm for ij li. of candles on Christmas daie

in the mornynge . . . ... ... vjd.

It'm to the deacon the 19 of december a

pound of Candles... ... ... . iij^.

It'm ij li. of greate candles' for the table

and the organs ... ... ... vjd.

It'm more to the deacon ij li. of candles vjd.
It'm ij platts of Candles ... ... vd.

It'm a pounde of sise candles... ... xijd

It'm ije ly neks ... ... xviij*/.

It'm to Thomas Season for his wages for

mendinge the glasse wyndowes . . . xxs.
It'm for spike Nailes to mend the bell

stock ... ... ... ... \d.

It'm for lathe nailes to mend the founte jd.
It'm for mendinge the fonte and the

stock of the second bell ... ... vhjV.

It'm to the deacon a pounde of Candles

the weeke after xpmas ... ... . iijV.

It'm the 16 of february ij li of Candles vi]d.
It'm half a pounde of Sise Candles the

same tyme ... ... ... vjd.

It'm for Wier to mend the chymes ... iijd.
It'm for Whipcord to drawe the curten

over the organs ... ... ... iiija?.

It'm to Thomas season for mendinge the

rynges of the curten of the organs to

make them runne ... ... vjd.

It'm paied burges for mendinge the

second bell ... ... ... vjd.

It'm for a deske in the pullpitt ... xijd.

It'm for a surples to John trewman at

Easter ... ... ... ... vjs. viijd.

It'm paied the deacon at Easter for daie

bell ... ... ... ... ijs.

It'm paied him for pecinge iije bell roppes xjd.
It'm for mendinge ijc baldricks ... xijd.

It'm to Stephen knighte for mendinge

a pece of Iron belonginge to the

chymes... ... ... ... ijd.

It'm at didleburie for the dynner of

thenquest at the visitacon ... ... ixs.

It'm for oure horse meate there ... iijd.

It'm to the Register for the coppie of

the booke of Articles ... xijd.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 247

It'm more to him for entringe oure names xijd
It'm paied at eleberie for oure dinner

when we deliv'ed up oure p'sentmt to

the bushoppe ... .. ... ijs. viijd.

It'm for oure horse meate there ... xijd

It'm for caiadge downe of a tonne of ieade

to Mr swansons for to be weied ... vjd
It'm for a cord to drawe the smale organs ijcL
It'm for a key for the store house ... iiijcL
It'm for a hock to the store house windowe jcZ.
It'm for nailes to the deacon ... ... jcZ.

It'm for a new locker for one of the bells ijd
It'm for a roppe for the greate bell . . . vjs.
It'm for xiju and a half of solder to the

plom'1 ... ... ... ... vjs. iijd

It'm in wood ... ... ... ijs.

It'm in coles ijd and in lyme viijd . . . xd.
It'm to him for his worcke ... ... xxvjs. viijcZ.

It'm for Nayles and rosen ... ... xijcZ,

It'm to the deacon for makynge cleane

the leades ... ... ... viijd

It'm to him the 27 of September a pounde

of Candles ... ... ... iijcZ.ob'

It'm to him the 8 of October a pound of

candles ... ... ... ... iijdob'

It'm for fagotts to caste leade ... iijd

It'm more a pounde of candles to the

deacon ... ... ... ... iijdob'

It'm the 10 of November a pounde of

candles ... ... ... ... iijdob'

It'm the 16 of November a pounde of

candles ... ... ... ... iijdob'

It'm to the deacons boies for helpinge the

plymer ... ... ... ... iiij^.

It'm to ringers the 17 of November ... vjs.
It'm to the deacon half a pounde of sise

candles... ... ... ... vjV.

It'm a pound of Candles ... ... iiij^.ob'

It'm to humtreis and John higges for

caryinge stones oute ot the churchyarde viijd
It'm to the deacon for mendinge the bible

& peacinge the bellroppes ... ... viijd

1 Plumber.

248 churchwardens' accounts

It'm for caryinge earthe from aboute the

churche... ... ... ... xd.

It'm for lyme & carriage thereof to poynte

the Churche Wyndowes ... ... v]d.

It'm to Thomas season for his quartrige

at oure ladie Daye ... ... vs.

It'm for vje barres of yron for the

Wyndowes over the Gallerye ... xxijd.

It'm to halle for the reast of his Wagis . . xvjd
It'm to humfreis tawardes his wagis ... xviijd.
It'm to higges for his quartrige the ffirste

of Apr ell ... ... ... xxvjs. viijd

It'm to Thomas Season for mydsomer

quarter ... ... ... ... vs.

It'm payed for receavinge oure present-
ment at the visitacon ... ... iiijd

It'm for a roppe for the third bell ... vs. viijd

It'm for a corde to drawe the organs . . . ijaf.
It'm to the deacon for his quartrige at

mydsomer ... ... xxvj.s. viijV.

It'm to humfreis for michaelmas quarter xviijd.
It'm for a booke of articles at the

visitacon ... ... ... vjd.

It'm to a clerck to helpe us to writte at

that tyme ... ... ... vjd.

It'm paied a messenger to goe to Clibery "

wth oure p'sentm*. . . ... ... xijct.

It'm at the delivery of the same ... viijcZ.
It'm for mendiDge the singinge bookes iijcL
It'm a corde for the organs ... ... ijcZ.

It'm for searchinge the foimdacon of the

Churche to Jorden for ij° daies & to

higges, humfreis & Careles, the same

tyme for the like .. . ... ... iiijs. iiijd.

It'm for one pounde of Candles the 23 of

September another the 9 of October

another the 22 of October and another

the 3 of November ... ... xiiijc?.

It'm for a bawdripp1 for oure ladye bell xviijcZ.
It'm to Thomas Season for michaellmas

quartrige ... ... ... vs.

It'm Thomas higges for the like ... xxvjs. viijd.

1 The baldric was the belt or thong by which the clapper of the
bell was suspended.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 249

It'm for pesinge twoe bell roppes ... iijcZ.
It'm to bigges for kepinge tbe Cbymes... vjs. viijc?.

It'm for Wyer to tbe Chymes ... ]d.

It'm to humfreis for the rest of his Wages xviijc?.
It'm for spike nayles to nayle on a locker

for the bells to goe vb. . " ... ... jc£.

It'm the 17 of November for ringinge by

Mr. Bailiffs appointm1 ... ... xiijs.

It'm for mendinge the bawdrippe of the
yeld1 bell ... ... ... xxd.

It'm for a buckle and claspe of yron for

the same bell ... ... ... yd.

It'm to burges for a dayes worck about

the second bell & for on to helpe him xxijd.
It'm for lycour2 for the bells .. . ... ijd.

It'm for Washinge the table clothes of

the (Jhurche at sundrye tymes ... vjd.
It'm a pounde of seyse Candles ... xd.

It'm for twoe pounde of Candles ... viijd.
It'm for caryinge movlde to fill up master

butlers grave ... ... ... vd.

It'm for caryinge stones <fc duste oute of
the Gallerye ... ... ... vjd

It'm paied the deacon for day bell at

easter ... ... ... ... ija.

It'm paied for brushinge the Chappells

& Walles of the Churche ... ... vs. \}d,

It'm for mendinge the Crosse Callens ... yjd.
It'm to Sir Robert for kepinge the book

of Christenynge Weddinge & buryinge ijs.
Suma paied is xu vjs xd

so remayneth to be paied by the Churchwardens xxxiij8 xjd
Wch they have paied & are thereof dischardged

Mr. Passie oweth this yere for Portman Medowe according
to the order taken by Mr. Justice vjs. viijd also Walter taylor
oughte this yere to paie for the breke closse viijs.

The Accounts from 1575 to 1576 have not been copied into the
book, a blank space being left for the purpose. '

1576 to 1577.

Churchwardens - Kichard Hopton & William Walle.

It'm receaved of Thomas hanky e gent, for
an olde alter stone ... ... ijs.

1 Guild, 2 Liquor, i.e., Oil.

250 churchwardens' accounts

It'm Graunted to Thomas hanky gent and

ales' his wief one Pewe late in the tenure

of John Bufton adioynynge to the

chauncell called St. margarett's chaun-

cell on the northe parte and paied for

the same ... ... ... vjs. viijc?.

It'm Graunted to Roger Gruffith and ales

his wief one peece of grounde on the

west parte of the churche to buylde a

pewe upon and paied for the same . . . ijs.
It'm Graunted to Robert Townshend

Esquier and Anne his wief one pewe at

St. J ohn Chauncell dore on the northe

side of the churche and paied for the

same .. ... ... ... xs.

Graunted to Willm Reck & his wief one

pewe behynde the weddinge churche

doore and paied for the same ... iijs. iiijd.

Graunted Phe Bradford one pewe late

surrendered by Will™ P'triche1 before

St. Katheryns Chauncell in the mydle

Rome for the some of ... ... xviijd.

Disbursements.

Inprimis paied for a drinckinge the 4 ol

december 1576 at the goinge oute of

the olde churchwardens by Mr Bailiffs

appoyntrat ... .. ... ijs.

It'm paied humfreis for pullinge downe

an aultar stone in the churche and for

trymynge the place where it stodd ... xijd
It'm for fetchinge a ladder from the castle

to the churche ... ... ... iijcZ.

It'm to Season for mendinge the Candle-

sticke ... ... ... ... vjcZ.

It'm to humfreis for whyte lymynge viije

windowes caryingeaway of certenston.es xijd
It'm for mendinge the poore man's boxe viijd
It'm for excusinge oure app'aunce at

Stretton before the Comissaries ... ijs.
It'm paied for a deske in the vestrye ... xxd.
It'm a corde for the Candlesticke ... jd.

1 Partrich,

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 251

It'm the 8 of January spent at Tenbury

forordynn' ... ... xijV.

It'm for liorsemeate the same tyme ... ixd
It'm to humfreis for dabbinge the Churche

house ... ... ... y)d.

It'm to humfreis for caryinge the earthe

from behynde the Churche house ... vjd.
It'm spent at leyntwardyn when I went

to the Corny ssary ... ... ... ixcZ.

It'm for Courte fees that tyme ... vjcL

It'm paled Giles Bruton for a ratts head

and a wonts1 ... ... ... }d.

It'm for or ap'paunce at Stretton & Courte

fees ... ... ... ... mm xij^.

It'm for a sill for the churche house2 ... ijs.
It'm for keapinge the chauncell doore on

Easter daie ... ... ... ijd

It'm at the visitacon to the archdeacons

man for fees ... ... ... iiij^.v

It'm to Mr ff'arr for a booke of Erasmus viijs.
It'm for makinge the p'sentm1 at the

visitacon ... ... ... v]d.

It'm that daie for wyne & sugar to Mr.

Deane ... ... ... ... ixd.

It'm to Gyles bruton for xxtie wonts

heades .. ... ... ... xd.

It'm for the vestry doore key... ... jd

It'm to ringers the 17 of November by

Mr. Bailiffs appoyntmt .... ... vjs. viijV.

It'm for iije rayles putt behynde the

church porch ... ... ... xvd.

It'm for half a strick of coales ... ij^.

1577 to 1578.
Churchwardens. Thomas hunte & Gruffithe Nalle.
Receipts.

It'm of Mr. Bailiffs at or entringe into office iii \li xiijs. iiijV.

1 Mole's.

2 The .accounts for this year contain several items for work done
at the Church House.

Vol. I., 2nd S.

M

252 churchwardens' accounts

Disbursements.

It'm paied the 18 of marche for the xije

mens dynner at Mounslowe at the

visitacon and the makinge a booke ... vijs. ^d.

Item paied for a pottell of sacke and a

pottell of clarett geaven to Mr. Yerion

by Mr. Baileffs appoinctmfc ... ... ijs. vjV.

It'm paied to W\W Blounte the 18 of

fTebruary for his paines to loke on the

standard of the weather cocke by Mr.

Bailieffs Comaundemente .... ... ijs. m]d.

It'm paied to John Roo the 21 of

fTebruary for takinge downe the pole

of the weather cocke ... ... iijs. iij^.

It'm paied to them that carried ladders

to take downe the powle of the weather-

cocke ... ... ... \]d.

It'm paied to Richard Evans for his

paynes aboute the Steple .., ... iiij^.

It'm Bread e and ale for the laborers at

the takinge downe of the powle ... vij^.
It'm paied to the sawyers that sawed the

tymber of the powle ... ... iijs. viijV.

It'm paied to Will'm hardinge of halton

lor the car rage of ij° loades of tymber iijs.
It'm paied to John Rawlings for his p'te

for the carraige home of the powle ... ijs.
It'm paied to Gilles of halton for the

carraige of ij° loades of tymber ... iijs.
It'm paied for Ale to make the carriers of

the tymber Drinck ... ... xd.

It'm paied to John Backhouse of j lode

of tymber ... ... ... xij^.

It'm in Ale carried to the woode at the

loadinge of the Towle ... ... yjd.

It'm paied for Ale for them that did helpe

to horse the tymber on the sawe pitt iiijV.
It'm in ale at the comynge home of

the Powle to the waynemen ... xd.

It'm for spicke nayles and Borde nayles

in the Steple ... ... ... jd.

It'm geaven to the riummer for his

paynes comynge heather from heref 1

1 Hereford.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 253

and Bestowed on him by Mr. Bailieffs

appoinctement ... ... ... xiiij<^.

It'm paied to a man to goo for Will™

Blounte to chetton to have sett up the

powle ... ... ... viijtf7.

It'm naied to hamond tor falling the

tree of the weathercocke and cuttinge

of the same in peeces ... ... iKd.

It'm paied for Ale at the castinge of the

leades and for a syve to sifte sand and

for tallowe ... ... ... vitfd.

It'm paied to John Roo the 19 of Auguste

for ij° kirffs cuttinge from the powle... vjV.
It'm paied more to him for ij° daies in

travalinge to sett sawyers on worcke

on the tree ... ... ... xija7.

It'm paied more to Roo for squaringe the

Powle when he came home in the

streate ... ... ... ... xijd

It'm paied for the makinge of the Iron

Crosse to Roger hill ... ... ijs. iiijV.

It'm for the carraige of the same crosse iinV.
It'm paied for a newe Gable ... ... xxs.

It'm paied to John Roo for sydinge the

Powle and helpinge to fall him ... iijs. iiijV/.

It'm paied for Ale when the Powle was

wyndinge up into the neather flore of

the steple .. ... ... xvj^7.

It'm spente more upon the laborers

when they had wounde him up at

Mr. Asbaches ... ... ... ixd.

It'm spent upon the worckemen in the

steple in ale at John Rogers ... iiij^.

It'm paied more the 2S of auguste

in Ale spente on them that wounde

downe tymber and leade oute of the

steple ... ... ... ... vjd.

It'm paied for caraige the 4 of September

of leade from the Churche to the Castell iiijV.
It'm paied for Ale the same daie to the

castinge of the leade and carage downe

of the same againe ... ... viij^.

It'm paied to Will™ Thomas for castinge

leade and coveringe the Powle . . . xxxs.
It'm paied for Ale and vittualls at

254 churchwardens' accounts

Richard Sherwods spent on the laborers

when the Powle was sett in his place... ijs. viij<^.

It'm paied to Richard Evans tor helpinge

the worckmen in the steple ... iijs.

It'm paied for carrage of leade and

tymber from the castell to the Churche v]d.
It'm paied to Will111 Burges for settinge

up the Powle ... ... ... xxvjs. \\\]d.

It'm paied to Thomas patchett for savinge

propps ... ... ... ... x]d.

It'm paied to Mr. Clea for pikes and barrs

for the Chauncell Dore ... ... iiijs. iiij^.

It'm to Willm Burges in rewarde over his

wages ... ... ... ... ijs. vjV.

It'm paied to lawrence wellyns for plates

and Nayles for the weathercocke . . . iijs.
It'm paied to \Villm Barges for settinge the

tymber and Bords under the leade on

the Steple ... .. ... iiijs. viij</.

It'm paied John d3ewlen for a ladder that

was broken takinge downe the Powle xijV.
It'm paied Richarde season for takinge

downe the weather cock and settinge

up the same ... ... ... ijs.

It'm paied Thomas higgs for peecinge

robes1 that weare broken hallinge up

the powle ... ... ... xvjd.

It'm for Ale .. ... ... ]d.

It'm paied to John Roo for his daies

worcke when he chose the powle for

the weather cocke2 ... ... xiyi

1578 to 1579.
Churchwardens. Edward Crowther and William Beck.

Receipts.

It'm for the buriall of J ohn Davyes one of

the Attorneys ... ... ... vs. vij^.

It'm for an olde instrument soulde ... xs.

1 1 Ropes.

2 A Memorandum at the foot of the account is as follows : — " nyne
shillings viijd is to be paied them by Mr Ric. Baily Mr Clcrck Gruthth
nallc and Thomas hunt for waste tymber wch they had of the p'ishes
at the settinge up the powle of the wethercoek."

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 255

Disbursements.

It'm payd Edward Humfries for his wages

for keepinge doggs oute of the (Jhurche vs.
Imprimis spent in the newe house at or

entringe into office in the Company of

Mr Bailiffs .. ... ... xijd.

It'm payd for a lanterne of Glasse ... vs.
It'm for carry inge the pooie of the steple

the laste yere ... ... ... ijs.

It'm payd for the drinckinge of the- In-

quisitory at the Archdeacon's visitacon xij<:7.
It'm payd Burges for takinge downe the

ije pynacles of the steple and bringinge

of them downe into the Churche and

Churchouse ... j ... ... xijs. vjd

Item to John Cooke iiijor quiers of pott

paper ... ... ... ... XY^t

It'm for a pynt of liquor for the belles at

the Binginge for the Queues Matie ... iijc7.
It'm for Ringinge the same tyme ... vjs. viijd

1579 to 1580.
Churchwardens. Roger Gruffithes & John Perckes.
Disbursements.

It'm for a corde to hange the glasse

lanterne ... ... ... xijcZ.

It'm for a booke of injunctions ... vjcZ.

It'm the 10 of May for ccrten singinge

bookes to one of Worcester by

thappoynctmt of Mj Bailiffs... ... vj^.

It'm for a Citacon againste suche as would

not paye theire Easter dueties ... x\jd.
It'm for p'cs2 from the counsaille by the

comaundm1 of }l[ Bailiffs againste j\Ir

Passye touchinge the dueties of the

churche... ... ... ... xxijrt

It'm for vc bookes of prycksonge . . . ij&
It'm to Burges for two juysts3 for the

scallyons ... ... ... vj*/.

It'm payd at the Sittinge of the deane of

dydlebury ... ^ ... ... gy^

1 This is an annual payment.

2 Process.

3 Joists.

256 churchwardens' accounts

It'm payd for the receavinge of the

verdict befor the Chauncellor ... viijd.

It'm payd for a horse to goe to Whitborne ijs.
It'm payd to the paritorye1 ,>„ ... vjcZ.

It'm payd unto Richard biggs for polinge

oute weedes out of the walles about the

Churche and making cleane the Leades xijd
It'm payd to Mr Spenser for ffees in a

mattr betwene John Passie & us in the

behalf of the p'ishe ... ... vs.

1580 to 1581.
Churchwardens. Philip Bradford & John Becke.

Disbursements.

It'm payd for a booke of iniuncons for mjd.

the Churche
It'm payd for puttinge the p'sentmt at the

Buyshops visitacon ... ... xijc?.

It'm spent upon the quest of the visitacon xijd.
It'm payd for one Statute Booke at the

apoynctment of Bayliffs ... ijs.

It'm payd the Sumner for his ffee for

s'vinge the sitacon to Whitbourne ... vjc/.
It'm puttinge in our p'sentmt at Whit-
borne ... ... ... ... iiijrf-

It'm our chardges to Whitborne ... ijs. iiijc£.

It'm one booke of comen prayar for the

Quenes holydaye ... ... ... iijrf.

It'm payd to Peter Smythe for two

Lyncks agaynst Christmas for the

Churche ... ... xviijd.

The following resolution accompanies the accounts for this
year : —

" fforasmuch as divers inhabitants of this
" p'ish have heretofore taken pues half
" pues & kneeling places of the church-
" wardens & many of them are sithence
"married into other p'ishcs & utterly
" departed this towne & p'ishe insomuch
"that there is noo lewne or churche

1 Apparitor.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

257

" duty or any thing to the poore con-
tributed by them or any of them
" nor have Surrendred theire pue half
" pue or kneeling place to some one or
" other inhabitante of this p'ishe By the
" consent of the churchwardens of the
" same p'ishe Insomuch that they albeit
" dwellinge in other p'ishes doe holde
" & claime a righte or title in the same
" pues half pues and kneeling places
" which, redowneth to the p'iudice1 and
" greate hinderance of the p'ishioners
" here resiant for that they soe departed
"must keepe the pues half pues &
" kneeling places and leave the burthen
" of lewnes & paymts upon the p'ishion-
"ers resiant It is therefore at this
" accounte by the bayliffs, church war-
" dens & p'ishioners ordered that who-
" soev' parishioner herafter shall happen
" to departe out of this p'ishe and settle
"theire abode or dwelling in any other
" p'ishe & there continewe for one whole
" yeare wthout surrendringe theire pue
" halfe pues and kneeling places & shall
"not pay all such lewne or church-
"dutyes as a p'ishioner of this p'ishe
" doth & must pay, for that yeare alsoe ;
"That then & thencefoorth it shall &
"may be lawfull for the churchwardens
"of this p'ishe for the tyme beinge into
" the pues halfe pues & kneeling places
"of all such or of any of them that
"shall so dep'te out of this p'ishe for
" one whole yeare and not surrender
" his or theire rights and titles & pay
" churchdutyes lewnes & other contri-
butions as aforesaid to Reenter and
" to set or graunte the same pues half
" pues or kneeling places to any other
" that shall be Resiant and dwellinge
"wthin the same parishe

Prejudice.

258

churchwardens' accounts

" Any Acte Graimte or record© of Grants
" in the "p'ishe booke of Churchwardens
" Accounpts hertofore made to the con-
" trary in any wise notwithstanding.

1581 to 1582.
Churchwardens. Thomas Bower and Thomas Becke.

Disbursements/
It'm spend e in Rydingc to Whittborne the

2 of IVFche1 and Regestringe our names
It'm payde to William Burges for a stay

for thende of the scallons ...
It'm spende in Ridinge to Whitborne th

Wedensday before Whitsonday
It'm spende in Ridinge to Whitborne the

Thursday before Whitsonday
It'm for amendinge the Leade ov' higgs

Chamber and for mendinge the Lawne-

terne

It'm to Thomas higgs for Riddinge Snowe

of the church and clansinge the gutters
It'm payde to William Burges for cuttinge

a poste and amendinge a pece of Iron

to make the chymes goe
It'm for nayles to amend the stayers in

the organ lofte
It'm payd to workemen for takinge down

the back of the Chauncell ...
It'm payd to Season for takinge downethe

glasse and settinge it up agayne in the

Weav's2 chauncell

1582 to 1583.
Churchwardens — John Crowther and Henrye Aumbler,

Receipts.

Graunted unto Mrs Elizabeth Poughnili
widow one pewe in the northe yle late
in her husbands hands who is deceassed
for herlyef wth condicon that upon her
deceasse or surrender the pewe shall

ijs. yjV.
iiij</.
xvjcZ.
xiiijcL

viij(7.

ip.
jd.

iijs. xjd
ijs. xd.

1 March, 2 Weavers.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 259

fall into the Bailiffs hands and their

Successors for ever to their uses duringe

the tyme of their office for wch we R ijs. vjd.

MA it is ordered that the two pewes wch was new buylded by
Mr Pynner and M> Clerke, next adioyninge to M1' Pewe, the
one be res'ved1 for W Bailiffs The other to be res'ved to Mr
Secretory fYoxe and Mr. Passie Provided that neyther of them
shall resigne.

It is also ordered that there shalbe noe more Surrenders of
any Pewes nor no graunts to be made before they faule.

Disbursements.

It'm payd for pavinge by the church

porche and for digginge the grounde iiijs. i]d.

It'm payde to Robte' Carrier for carryinge

xvijen Loade of Sande and stones for

the pavem1 above namede... ... iijs. vjcZ.

It'm payd for scowringe, dressinge &

amendinge the organ pipes and bellisses

the same day ... ... ... xxs.

It'm payd for pottle of wyne and a quart1"

of suger bestowed upon the archdeacon

in his visitacon ... ... ... xixcZ.

It'm for the pecinge of the 4 bell rope two

tymes and for pecinge the bell ropes

upon the Coronacon day and for a stay

to the same rope2... ... .. ix*/.

It'm payde Cornclyeus for turninge &

putting up of xiiije pillors before the

Organs ... ... ... ... vijs.

It'm payde Parton for tymber to make

iiijor of them and for sawinge of one

peece of tymber ... ^ ... ... xvj</.

It'm payd for Navies to fasten the pillors
It'm payd to Adlen for payntinge the said

Pillors & the defaced placs in the

chauncell ... ... ... iijs.

1583 to 1584

Churchwardens. \Villiam Bedoe and Roberte Saunders

Receaved of Mr Pynner and Mr Clerke
for inclosures of the Com'ons ... xiijs. iujd.

1 Reserved. 2 There are numerous items for mending Bell ropes.
Vol. I., 2nd S, N

260

churchwardens' accounts

Disbursements.

It'm payd to Roger kent for conveyinge

of a Lre'1 to my Lo. Buyshope . . . xij<£
It'm payd the ixth of Aprill for*eopyinge

and deliv'ie of a p'sentment at my Lo :

of Caunterbury's visitacon ... ... iijs. iiij^.

It'm payd to the Ryngers on the Quenes

holydaye2 ... ... .. vjs. viijV

It'm for fower sawed boords for the settles

in St. John Chauncell ... ... iijs.

It'm payd to S1* Richard .Peates clerke for

kepinge the Regester booke . . . ija.

It'm for a quiere of paper and glewe for

Mr Harrison ... ... ... vjd

It'm payd to Thomas James for the

conveyinge of the Certificat for the

Recusants ... ... ... v]d.

It'm payd for iiijor psalmes bookes ... iijs. iiijd.

It'm for a pottle of wyne sente to the

Chauncelo1' ... ... ... xd.

It'm payd for the Quests dynner at my

Lo. visitacon ... ... ... vijs. viij</.

It'm payd to Roger kente for the delyv'ie

of the p'sentmfc ... ... ... xij<£

It'm for a Cora nomina ... ... iiijs.

It'm for a pynte of goose liker to liker

the bells... ... ... ... iiij</.

Memorandum. That Mr Edward Crowther in consideracon
that we the said churchwardens were contented to spare to his
use the voyderoweme that we this yere were not occasioned to
use in the howse in the East p'te of the churche yarde
belonging to the churche & p'isho hathe acknowlaidged
that he hathe no interest to the said howse but by the curtesy©
of the churche wardens for the tyme bcinge & allthoughe he
hathe at all tymes During the same yere deliv'ed to us the said
churchwardens the use of the same howse at our pleasure yet
in consideracon of the voyde roweme thereof to him spared he
bathe payed to us as a rent for the same to the use of the
p'ishe iiijd

1 Letter.

3 This item appears in each year's payments.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW, 261

1584 to 1585.

Churchwardens. Thomas ap Robert and Thomas Evans.

It'm Receaved for the buryall of a gentle-
woman wch dyed in the Leadden porche vjs. viijV.

It'm Receaved for an olde Blewe Coape

beinge worne oute and full of holes ... ijs.

It'm Receved for a herclothe in leyngthe

aboute ihjor yards ... ... xvjcZ.

It'm Receaved for other old Coapes ... vs.

Disbursements.

It'm paied to a mason for hanginge up

the new bucketts on the walle in the

churche... ... ... ... ijs. V]d.

It'm paied the xxiijth (?) of Aprill for a

pottle of wyne to Mr Chauncelor . . . xijcZ.
It'm then bestowed upon the enqueaste iijs. iiij^.

It'm for recordinge of the verdicte ... iiij^.
It'm geven to the Ringers on St. Georges

day ... ... ... ... xijV.

It'm the xijUl of Aprill to the deacon

towards his breach faste ... ... ijs.

It'm geven to the Ringers when the Earle

of Essexe cam hither at the appoynt-

ment of Mr Bailiffs ... ... iiijs. iiij^.

It'm to Thomas ap Powell for ij° new

laddrs and stavinge of the old ... vs. iiij^.

It'm for ij° boords to sett ov' the Oallenge

for my Lorde ... ... . . xd.

It'm to James Richards for the settinge

up of ij° boords ov' the organs . . . viijd.

1585 to 15S6.

Churchwardens. John Bradford e and Charles Wigley.
It'm receved for the ould bible ... xiiijs.

It'm graunted to John Blewe and

katherin his wief one haulf pewe nowe

sep'ated and p'ted under the clocke in

the easte ende of the sowthe Isle &

have receved for the same ... iijs, vjV.

It'm graunted unto George heycoxe and

Anne his wief one little pewe und' the

stayer of the Clockhouse by the

surrendr of katherin Rosse for that

purpose and have receved for the same ijs. vj<£

262 CHURCH WARDENS* ACCOUNTS

Disbursements.

It'm a deske boorde at my Lord Seate... viij ^.

It'm for a newe byble and Carriadge ... xxxviijs.

It'm for a Sirples for Mr Parson ... xliijs. i\d.

It'm for the makinge of the same ... vs.

It'm for a Sirples for Thomas Higgs ... vnjs- viijV.

It'm for the makinge thereof... ... v]d.

It'm for newe sleevinge of Richard higgs

sirples ... ... ... ... vjd.

It'm for a newe sirples for Mr Harrisons

boy ... ... ... ... iiijs.

It'm the makinge therof ... ... vjd.

It'm for mendinge of two of the Queresters

Sirplesses ... ... ... yjd

It'm for ij° strawematts to kneele upon. . . vjtZ.
It'm a key for the singinge mens Coffer iiij^.
It'm for Lights for all the yere in the

Churche ... ... ... xiijs. ij^.ob.

It'm for ministringe the Articles and

puttinge in of the same ... ... ijs.

It'm for makinge of a towell of an old

taple cloth ... ... ... viijV.

It'm the xth of December rydinge to

Wistanstow my fellow & I and Mr

Thomas Evans for our dynners and

horsemeate ... ... ... ijs.

It'm paied for the record of the newe

bible at Wistanstowe and other books

and the p'itors ffees at that time ... xx^.
It'm for Clothe and Colloringe of harrisons

s'pies ... ... ... ... viij^.

It'm for xiiiju of leade for the Pynacle

and for the lyme and Coales ... ijs.

It'm for washinge of the Parsons newe

sirples ... ... ... ... iiij^.

It'm leadges and navies & mendinge of

the Cover of the fonte ... ... iiijrt7.

It'm to ringers at my lord buyshops

cominge ... ... ... vja7.

It'm for a booke of articles ... ... xd.

It'm for writing© of the p'sentment ... ijs.

It'm for the ent'ringe thereof... ... vjrZ.

It'm the xijth of September at the settinge

of Doctor J jevan to the Paritor . . . iii ]d.

It'm lor our oat lies ... ... ... xijd

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 263

It'm or dimission ... ... ... xd.

It'm a booke of prayer for the quene . . . iiij^.
It'm for drawinge the books at that tyme vijd

1586 to 1587.

Churchwardens. William Bowdler and Thomas Yearothe.

Disbursements.

It'm paied for Certyfyinge Mr Parsons

Sirples to the Chauncelor ... ... xijd.

It'm paied to Mr Chauncelor for entringe

a p'sentement for Colleccon for the

poore ... ... ... ... xijd.

It'm to a Straunger wch cam from Shrews-
bury to tryme &; tune the organs . . . ixs. ij<rZ.
It'm paied to havarde for makinge of a

newe pewe & for fyndinge p'te of the

stuffe to do it ... ... ... iijs. vjV.

It'm expencs by my fellow and fees paied

by him to the Chauncelor at Alortim's

Clibery ... ... ... ijs. viijd.

It'm paied to Mr Parson Buste for keep-

inge the Regester booke of weddings

Christnings and burialls ... ... ijs.

It'm payd to woodeward for mendinge

the scalen ov'1 agaynste the Colledge

wth a Rope vjd. ... ... ... vjcZ.

It'm paied to Burges for mendinge the

Church Scallens ... ... .... iiijd.

It'm paied by my feliowe for a quarte of

Sacke to the Churchdeacon . . . xij^.

It'm a quier of paper ... ... iiijd.

It'm paied to Richard higges for stoppinge

Choughes out of Churche ... ... iiija7.

It'm paied to Thomas Clerke for his

workmanshipp & fyndinge stutie to doe

it about the Church scallens & woorke

in the steeple about the fore be] 1 ... iijs. iiij^.

1587 to 1588.
Churchwardens. Edward Powes and William Glim.2

1 Over.

2 Gwilliam.

264

CHURCHWARDENS* ACCOUNTS

Receipts.

It'm Graunted to John Becke and Jane
his wief one pewe neere adioyninge to
the poore folks pewes in the southe yle
between the Churche doore late the
seate of Mrs. Heyton, and for the same
have rec' ... ... ... ija. vjd.

Disbursements.

It'm paied for extinguishinge of Certen

Writinges wch were on the Church

Walles by the Comaundemente of the

Chauncelor ... ... ... iiij^.

It'm for a pynte of Liquor for the bells

on the Quenes holly daies ... ... iiijd.

It'm payd for a prayer booke for the

Churche ... ... ... vjr7.

It'm payd to John Yoill for mendinge

the Grate at the Church Garrett . . . xd.

The following Inventory appears on the first page of the book.

A true Inventorye of all suche

of the p'ishes as remayneth in the Ch. .
Ludlow taken by Edward Powes and
Glim Churchwardens xxiiij0
die ... . Anno rr Eliz. &c. xxx°
1588

Inprimis one Newe Bible
It'm a Paraphrases of Erasmus
It'm iije Comunyon bookes
It'm x Pshalters

It'm one Homylie booke in p'chmente

wch Bradford deteyneth

It'm one of the Quenes Mats Iniunccons
It'm two Comunyon Cupps wth theire

Covers . . . the one is p'cell gilte
It'm fyve panics wherof one is blacke

velvctt

It'm two table Clothes of dyapur & one

dyapur Tow . . .
It'm iije Cuyshyns and a pewter bason
It'm ij° Chests and two Coffers
It'm fyve Ladders

It'm one Longe table Lyinge upon a frame

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 265

It'm one little square table upon a frame
It'm iiijor stand inge deskes

It'm iije quier desks v
It'm xxli smale pecesof the ouldtymbers

was taken out of the quier *
It'm vje kerved Crests of the same ould

tymb's

It'm iiijor peecs of Iron in the Church

house . . . the Custody of Mr Edward

Crowther
It'm fyve peecs of bellropes1
It' ij Brasen Trisells
It'm a new Comunion booke

1588 to 1589.

Churchwardens — Richarde Baldwyn and Richard Benson.

Receipts.

It'm Rcd of Mr Baily for a peece of an

old roppe ... ... ... xxcl

It'm graunted to Margarett the wife of

Andrewe Sonibancke one kneelinge

place in the pewe where her husband e

kneeleth and have receaved for it ... xvjd

Disbursements.
It'm for makinge the longe laddr and for

wood to make roonds for it ... xvjd.

It'm for the table of Consanguinitie and

for a frame to it . . .
It'm paied for a Coram nomina to the

Cliauncelors officer
It'm paied for ve ropes for the takinge up

of the bell ... ... ... xijs. xd,

It'm for Ale at the castinge & drawing up

of the bell ... ... ... xvd.

It'm paied in the Chauncelors Courte for

recordinge the table of consanguinitie

for or dissmission & p'itors fees ... xxijV.
It'm for our dismission for the sufficiencie

of the Church Callends ... ... - xijcZ.

1 This item has been subsequently erased.

266 CHURCHWARDENS ' ACCOUNTS

It'm paied to John Thomas the glasier
for mendinge the glase wyndowes . . . xlvs.

1589 to 1590.

Churchwardens. Richard Langford and Thomas Awbrey.
Disbursements.

It'm for ij° small Candlesticks for

queresters ... ... ... ijcZ.

It'm John hall for one day & a halfs

woorke in St. Johns Chauncell & for

layinge the brike stones there ... xiiijd
It'm pd to John Yoill for Lymber & iiijor

daies woorke on the little house nexte

M1*3 Poughnills ... .. ... ixs. xd.

It'm to Bowld for pavinge & bringinge

stones to the house next the Colledge x ij <r/.

It'm pd for iiijor bords of xvj fete longe

to Cov' the same house next the

Colledge ... ... ... iiijs. vjV/.

It'm to Ed ap Bo wen for a little bell ... vs.
It'm lor Ringinge at W Berries ap-

poinctmt0 the lirste of September ... xijd.
It'm for ringinge the vijth of September xvjV.
The Some of theire whole Receipts is .. xxjZi. xviijs. iirjd
Suma to]is disbursed is ... ... xvijZi. xvijs. }d.

So res te th due to the p'ishe ... iiij7i. xxiljd.
wch jjijii xxiijd there is disbursed to Mr

Will"1 langford for the Chardgs of suyts

in the Cyvell lawe ... ... xxijs. xjd

And to Mr Richard Bally, beinge arere

for the Castiuge of the bell... ... . xxxs.

And there was delived to Mr Blashefield

& W xM.organs then Bailitls wch was

delyv'ed unto them towardes the cast-

inge of ye Bell and was charged oppon

the accompt ... ... xxixs.

1590 to 1591.

Churchwardens. Saunder Willams and Willm Cooke.

Disbursements.

Item for mendingth e Pynnaele and for

Lymo and twoue plates & workmanship iiijs.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 267

Item to James the Paretor for his paines

to help to geather quartridge money... vjd

1591 to 1592.
Churchwardens Rice Thorn's and Thorn's Powle.

Disbursements.

Imprimis to Thorn's higg decon for his

yeres wages ... ... ... vli. vjs. viijd

Item pd to Jobbe for swepeing the Church

& for drawing the Organnes ... ... vs. iiijcZ.

Item one pynt of muscady ne ... ... vjd.

Item for bred & wyne at a gen'all Com-

m'ion comaunded to be had the ixth of

Aprill being xiiijtene daies aftr Easter ... iijs. ixcZ.

Ite' paied for ij new Belropes ... xs. vjcZ.

Item for mending the whele of the great

Bell ... ... ... ...

Ite' for hanging of the great Bell ... vjs. viijc?.

Ite' for ix whopes of Coles ... ... ixcZ.

Ite' spent goeing to the qrter Sessions for

Mr p'son & the Churchwardens &

goeing to Clun for the Articles &

writing of them ... ... ... xjs. iiijtif.

Ite' to James (season) for poynting the top

of ye church ... ... ... ijs. vitjcL

Ite' for a forme for the queresters to sitt

before the pulpitt ... ... v'}d.

Ite' tor fyve Ringes of lymo ... ... xxd.

1592 to 1593.

Churchwardens, Richard Scare and Richard Nightingall.

Imprmis receaved of Charles Clungunas
for one pewe in the North side the
middle Rowe grauntcd to him & his
wief upon the Surrender of Elizabeth
Bottfield ... ... ... ijs.

Disbursements.
Paied to John Clark for bynding &

Covering of one churche Booke called

the Phrases booke ... ... iijs.

Ite' for mending the Pinacles on the north

side ... ... ... ixd.

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268

CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS

Ite' pd for ije table stones to put under

the same Pinnacles ... ... ijd.

Ite'pd on the Quenes holyday for Ringing1 ijs. viijd

Ite' for the makeing of a ladder . . . yd.

Ite' for vj fete of newe glasse ... ... iijs.

Ite' for the makeing iiijer foote of or owne

glasse ... ... ... ... xyl-

ite' pd fou fo>ver score & thertene

quarreys at jd a quarell .. ... vijs ixd.

Ite' for bonds for the glasse windowes &

iijeli. oFleade ... ... ... \]d.

Ite' for a lock putt on Mr Bailieff's Pewe v\\]d.
Ite' for a lock put on the Churchyard gate \\\]d.
Ite'foriije locks sett out he poore mansBoxe ijs.
Item pd for iije Claspes of Iron in our lady

chauncell to fasten the wainscott there jcZ.

1593 to 1594.

Churchwardens. Will™ Henghes and Richard Edwards.
Receipts.

Imprimis receaved of Mr Robert Townes-

hend Esq1" for the brick close ... viijs.

Item granted to Mr9 Walter Widowe the

wholl Pewe wch was Mr Edmond Walters

lately deceased being in the middle

rowe of pewes on the south side nere

the Clockhouse for soelong as shee

shall remayne inhabito h .dwell in this

p'ish and rec' therefore to thuse of ye

P'ishe ... ... ... ... viijs.

Item graunted to Thorn's hackluit &

Elienor his wief the Pewe wch was

Margarett Cleberys dec' & rec' ... iijs.

Disbursements.
Item for ringing a peale for Will111 Norton

ol London2 at Mr Bailieffs appoyntment vjd

1 This item occurs annually ; there are also numberless entries for
ringing.

2 William Norton was a London stationer, and in March, 1592,
presented the town with a print of the whole of the Statutes. These
books are now in the possession of the present Corporation ; a remark-
able fact in connection with them being that they were hidden away
in a disused cupboard in the Market Hall, where they were discovered
when the building was being pulled down last autumn.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 269

Item to Thorn's Higgs for keping the

Chymes for ye hole yere ... ... vjs. v'njd.

Item for Ringing the Day bell at Easter ijs.
Item for ijc bellropes the xxth of June for

the p'ishe .. ... ... xs. ii]d.

Item pdfor a newe tableof Olunsahguinity1

for the p'ish ... ... vjcZ.

Item paid to John knight the last of

March for iiijcr pounds of Iron and tor

a brasing for one of the bells ... xxijrf.

Ite' pd for yje new lockers for the Belles viijcZ.
Item to the ordinary the tenth of August

for the receving the p'sent of the Side-
men & Church wardens of the l\ ecusants xvjrZ.
Ite' for deliv'ing the prntmt for the Recu-
sants wthin our p'ishe the xixth of ffeb

to the Chancellor... ... iiijcZ.

Item the same day for a litle book of

Prayer for the Churche paid to thor-

dinary ... ... ... ... iiijd

Item where Mr Bailieffs appoynted Thorns

Roe to kepe dogs out of the churche

for one yere from the xxiiijth february

1593 for vs. wages wee have paid him

towards the same wags ... ... iijs.

Item for washing the table cloth at Easter

to the Deacon ... ... ... ijd

Item paid to a strainger that came to see

work about the Churche by Mr Bailieffs

appoyntm1 ... ... ... vjc?.

Item for a booke of adv'tisemts & a booke

of Articles ... ... ... viijd,

Ite' to the Jury of the visitacon in bred

& drink as it hath bene accostomed ... xiM
Item for a Corde to drawe the dore of the

church next unto the Colledge ... ijrf.
Item for copieing out the Register booke

for weddings chris tilings burialls &

for deliv'th the same into ye cort .. ijs.
Ite' for our charge for Riding to Tenbury

to thordinary's Cort in the behalf of

the p'ishe for horss & our selves . . . ijs.

Consanguinity.

270

churchwardens' accounts

Item for a newe (lore for the churchyard
for the boords led£s Barres nailes hin^s
& workmen's hier ... ... vjs. j<x.

1594 to 1595.

Churchwardens. Willm Pbwes and Richard Wilson.1
Receipts.

Item, graunted to Richard Benson licence

to enlarg his Pewe & receaved of him

for that grounde ... ... ... x\jd.

Item graunted by the p'ish to Willm

Powes & Margery his wief & to Eliz

wilson widow thothr Churchwardens

wief in respect of their paines the

ground wheron they have builded a

pewe in the midie He on the south side

the church & have paid ... ... iijs. iiijc/.

Item granted to Roger Cot ten & his wief

half a pewe wtb Andrewe Sonibanck &

receaved therefore ... ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Disbursements.
Item pd for deliv'ing upp a p^entm1 of

the Recusants at Wigmor the viijtb of

Marche ... ... ... ... xvjd

Item for paveing before the Quier dore

& lyme & stone ... ... ... vd.

Item pd to havard for work on the

Queristvs pewe and the Cover of the front iiijs.
Item for nailes to mend the great ladder jd
Item for a staple & great nailes for the

lady Bell ... ... ... iijcZ.

Item pd for xxijtie foote & a half of

glasse p'vjd le foote ... .. xjs.

Item for lyme to dresse the windowes ... vjd.
Item pd for ije ffoote of glasse ... xviija.

Item tor setting upp of vij en foote & a

half of old glasse ... ' ... ... xxijd

Item for vhj1 foote & a half of new glasse iiijs. iijc?.

Item for on bushel! of lyme for the

windowes ... ... ... iiijcZ.

Item for setting upp ije foote of old glasse vjd.

Died during his year of office.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 27

Ite' for xltie quarrells more of glasse ... iijs. iiijcZ.

Item more for mending of xlijtie holes in

div's placs ... ... ... xxd.

Item pd for xxxtie bands of lead to fasten

the windoes ... ... ... ijs. vjc?.

Ite' for bynding & setting upp* ije panes

of glasse in the steple windoes in galley iiijjil
Item paid for Tyrnber for the Rootfe of

the deacons chamb' over the churche

porche ... ... ... ... iijs.

Item pd for ccxxvj li of lead for the

Schollers Chauncell ... ... xxxjs. iiijrf,

Ite' for more lead of Ed. ap Owen viz

half a hundred & ten pounds ... vjs. xr7.

Item for casting viijc of lead into shets

wrof CCCCG was ye p'ishe lead ... xvjs.

1595 to 1596.
Churchwardens. Andrew Sonibanck and John Blewe.
Disbursements.

Item paied to the glasier for xiiijtene daies

work ... ... ... ... xiiijs. iiijrf.

Item pd to Crumpe for Carrieing tymber

that fell downe & shingles over the

Churche kallends... ... ... iijci

Item to Thoms Clark for work done in

the Steeple on the windowes & bells .. vs. viijci

Ite' to John Knight for Clets of Iron &

nailes & othr work don in the steple... xijd.
ItempaidforthemendingofBellstokeysell ijs. v\d.

Item paid to John Smithe for settmge

the Chymes ... ... ... xls.

Item for boords to borde the steple

windowes ... ... ... vs.

159G to 1597.
Churchwardens. Symon Cupper and Roger Bebbe.
Disbursements.
Item paid for a Cirples for y° p'son cont'
viijfc ells & half at 4s le ell ... ... xxxvs. vjcZ.

Item for making the same ... .., vijs.

Item paid to my Lo Buishops man for a
p'sentm* for refrayning of Suppers
Wednesdaies & frydaies ... ...

272

churchwardens' accounts

Item for deliv'eing the prsentment at the

visitacon ... ... .. vjc?.

Item the sending of the same to the Arch

Deacon ... ... ... iiijrf.

Item for the second p'sentm1 for fasts

Wednesdaies & fry dales ... viijc7.

Item to keizellfor hanging the second tenor ijs. vjci

Item to keyzell for hanging ij other bells &

fastening the Godgines1 of the great Bell vjs.
Item laid out at hereff to answr Mr Powes

for the debt of the p'ishe due to him

in arreraye ... ... ... riijs.

Item for rydding the Churche kalendes yjd.
Item pd to John Yoill for ijc barres for

thescallions andfor amending of theolde vjcZ.

1597 to 1598.
Churchwardens. Will"1 Gregory and John Deyos.
Receipts.

It'm graunted to Harry Pierce one Pewe

next the belfree in the midle North

range whereof his wief had a graunte

before & have receaved for the same2 ijs. vj<i.

It'm graunted to Richard Whitcott and

his wife for p'te of a kneelinge wth

William Powis and receaved for thesame ijs.

Disbursements.
It' payed for a Commyon boke viijs.
It' for grene kersey and ffrynge for a

Quysshyon for the pulpy tt... ... vjs.

It' for the stutiynge and makinge ... yjcZ.
Item for twoe Bell Ropes the one for the

great bell and the other for the ....

bell weyinge xlvij1' at iij'1 a pownd soe

iijd bated " ... ... ... xjs, YjA

Item to Thomas Beavan Smith formake-

inge of the frame for the hower classe3 xx^.

1 The Gudgeon was the large pivot of the axis of the wheel.

2 In this year there are LV> grants of pews.

3 The hour-glass, the frame of which was usually attached to the
pulpit or to the wall close by it. Mr. Wright was of opinion that the
use of the hour-glass in churches could not be traced to a more
remote period than this.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

273

Item to William Glover for oylinge and

coloringe yt ... ... ... ijc?.

Item to Halle the mason and his laborer

for the makeing of a walle ... ... xxd

fforeasmuch as cliv'se of the inhabitaunts

whoe were ceased to paie duties for the

repracons of the church have not paid

the same, but some are all unpaid and

some in parte. It is no we agreed that

Mr Bailieffs Mr home with the church-
wardens that no we be and the last

churchwardens shall consider of the

last Ceasment and to take a note of

soe manie as they shall thinck fitt that

they are unpaid and take a Course to

Leavie the same at the cost of the parish.

1599 to 1600.2
Churchwardens. Charles Amyas and James Greene.

Receipts.

Item graunted to David lloyd and Joane

his wief and to James Greene and

Margarett his wief a some to builde a

pewe in the midle southlle adioyininge

to the arche one the North side where

the poore man's boxe standeth and

receaved from the same ... ... iijs. iijcZ.

Item graunted to Edward Colbache and

Marie his wief to Jo11 Brasier & Eiienor

his wief a soome for a pewe in the

midle southe He adioyninge to the

arche where the poore man's boxe

standeth and receaved for the same ijs. \jd.

Disbursements.

Item for yevy ... ... ... vjd.

Item paied to Thomas higgs for keepinge

the Clock and Chimes ... ... vj$. viijcZ.

Item paied to Thomas higgs for a day

bell at Easter ... ... ... ijs.

2 The accounts for 159$ to 1599 have not been entered in the book.

274 CHURCn^YARDEN8, ACCOUNTS

Item paied to Jon wathoe Smith for

makenge a newe Clapper and mendinge

three others in the hoole ... ... xxxjs. iiijrZ.

Item payed to Season for s\yeepinge

downe the dust and spiders webbs and

for mendinge the glasse wyndowes ... viijs. v]d.

Item payed to the ordinary at the deliv'y

upp of Regester book ... ... xij<^.

Item paied to Wm Crumps for Copeinge of

the Regester booke ... ... ijs.

Item payed at the visitac11 for the

articles for prsentment and for Copeinge

of them... ... ... ... iiijs.

Item paied for lickor for the belribbe*&

bellstock ... ... ... iujd.

Item paied for washinge the table Clothe

against Easter ... ... ... iij<^.

Item paied the fees at the deliveringe

upp of the prsentments ... ... xxd.

Item payed to Mr Jenkes for regestringe

of thie accompts ... ... ... iijs. iiijd.

Item payed Mf Wm Lane for lights for

the hoale yere ... ... ... xviijs.

Item paied to Henry Chield for bread and

wyne for the Communion for the yere xiijs. v§0.

Item payed to James brateford the Joyner

for waynescDtting my lordys pewe xs.
vzt half a q'ter of flaunders bayes xijs. xjcZ.

a yard of grene bayes at ... ijs. iijc?.

a yard of Canvas ... ... xjd.

Item paied to Mr Idwynge for findinge of

naylcs and fioxesand hisworckmanship

in nayleinge the bayes about the pewe iiijs. \]d.

Item for a newe matte and for makeinge

cleane the pewe ... ... ... vjt?.

The whole of the disbursements for the year amount to
£15 Is. 3d.

1600 to 1601.

Churchwardens. Richard Whitcott and Samuel Parker.
Receipts.

Imprimis receaved for token money at

Easter ... ... ... ... xxxixs.

Item receaved of the parishon's for

cjuarfceridge money ... . , . vijM. vijs. viijrf.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

275

Item receaved from Mrs katheryn hook

deceased bequeathed by hir towards

the reparyeinge of the church ... vs.
Item graunted to Richard Cane and

katheryne his wief and to marie Blash-

field a pewe in the midie sowthf yle late

thepewe of Richard Blashfield deceased

wich pewe the said Richd Blashfield in

his lief tyme surrendered to his sonne

Simon whoe hath lost the same by his

discontinuaunce and for not payeinge

such duties as belonge to the towne

Church and receaved for the same

during his inhabitauncy and payeinge

Church Duties ... ... ... vs.

The receipts amount to £13 5s. 8d.

The Disbursements for this year have not been entered.

1601 to 1602.
Churchwardens. Roger Cotton and Thomas Hill.
Receipts.

Item Graunted unto Thomas Hill and Anne

his wyf a litle pue in the midle south

yle by theffonte late the pue of MrsPiner

deceased and receaved for the same .. . iijs. iiijcZ.

Disbursements.
Item payd for glasinge and mendinge

the windows for the whole yeare ... xxvjs. viij<i.

Item payed for mendinge the beire ... " ijcZ.

Item payed for two bower glasses ... xxd.
Item payd for nailinge the bayes to my

Ladies pewe xixth deeember 1001 ... ijs. vjd.

Item payed frees when wee were Called

before Chaunceler for not havinge the

Register booke in parchmte ... xixd.

Item payed Mr Gwillarn for ij p'clamacons

about bushells ... ... ... yjs. vijj#!

It' paid for p'chm1 for the Register booke

and bindinge for the same .. . .... xs.

Item payd for writ inge pl of yt ... xs.

It' payd for beesoms and rubbing the

pewes in the Church ... ... i'njd.

It* payed Thomas Season for Ockringe

the Church ... ... ... ijs.

Vol. I., 2nd 3. p

276

churchwardens' accounts

Item payed Thomas Clarke for altringe

the way into Mr Justices pewe ... iii^ cZ.

1602 to 1603.
Churchwardens. George Barnes and Thomas Woode.
Receipts.

Receaved of the Right Worle Robert

Towneshend Esq. for the Brick Closse1 vh>.

Graunted to John Powis and Margery his
wief a smale Pewe next above the pas-
sage to the pulpit Srrendred by his
mother as by her note app'eth for that
purpose and pd therefore ... ... y&

Disbursements.
Item to Jobbe for Christmas vj 1. of light s
whereof there were spared for vj daies
after to the same use ... ... xxjcZ.

Item more payd for the Burninge of iij
lights at the srmon beinge Before Mr
Bailiffs u pon Sim on and J udes day and
we Rd the Rest agayne ... ... iij<&

Item payed the last of January 1603 to
the Clerke of Iron my lies for makinge
a Clapp' for the treble and allowed him
the ould Clapp' ...
lt'm payd for the Chardge in Carryinge
the same to the mills and Back agayne
from the same ... ... ... viijd

Item payed to ffrauncs hynton for
makinge the axeltree of the pullie that
the gable rope Runneth in and for
makinge newe the hooks that hangeth
the pulley ... ... ... xxd.

lt'm payd the said ffrauncs for three
plats to fasten the whcele of the
Chymes in the myddle Roame of the
Steeple... ... ... ... vjeZ.

lt'm Paide him for makinge newe the
Clapp' of the third bell and he to war-
rant him for a yeare ... ... iijs. viijcL

lt'm paide him more for fyve Cramps of
Iron weyinge xv li. at 2d a li. wch was for
the north east Pynacle of the Steeple ijs. vjc/,

1 In 1549 this close was let at 4s. perjinnum.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 277

It'm for xxiiij li. of lead to fasten the

same Crampes ... ... ... iiijs.

It'm to Season for his dayes worke and
to Hall the mason and a booy to s've

them ... ... ... „ ijs. viijd

It'm for Coales ... ... ... ij<£

It'm paid for two horse loade of Lyme.. xvjcZ.
It'm payd the day of the king's p'clama-

con for Kinginge . . . ... ... ijs. vj<&

It'm payd Thorn9 Season for Repayringe
the wyndowes for the yeare and leavinge
them in suffycyent order ... ... xiijs. iiijc?.

It'm payd Wm Blashfild for wry tinge lty
leaves of Christenings and Buryings
and wedings ... ... ... viijs.

Item paid Rog' Bailie for a Bason for

the Comunion gatherings ... ... ijs. \]d.

It'm payd John Clarke the Bookebynder
for xlty leaves of p'chmt put in the
Christeninge &c booke and for byndinge
the same ... ... vijs.

It'm paid him (Hinton) for Gudgynnes for

three bells ... ... ... xd.

It'm paid John Prees for makinge Cleane
the Churchyard the xviijth of June,
1603 ... ... ... ... vjd

It'm payd John ffoxe for mendinge the

Chymes the xijth of July, 1603 . . . ijs.
It'm payd Wm Jewyn for mendienge two

Balleribbs1 ... ... xxcZ.

It'm paid for Ringinge upon the Corona-
tion day .. ... ... vjs. viijd

It'm paid to the Register at the

Reeeavinge of the p'sentm13 ... xxd

It'm paid for flees to the Chaunclor for

not havinge ij homylie Books . . . xixcZ.

It'm paid Thorns Seace for digginge ij
loads of stone to make the stayers at
the p'sonadge gate .. ... iiijc?.

It'm payd for the Cariadge of ij loade of

stone & a loade of sande ... ... xiiijd

1 Baldric, Baudric, or Balleribs means a bolt or girdle, and it is said
to have been the name given to the bolt or thong by which the
clapper of the bell was suspended.

278

churchwardens' accounts

It'm payd Wm Ponton & his man for

theire dayes worke of the staires . . . xxc?.
It'm payd Thomas Season for fower dayes

worke upo' the leads ... . . iiijs.

It'm a boy wth him fower dayes ... xiiijr/.

It'm paid to hall the mason for xviije

Daies worke in the Schollers Chauncell

the Bellfree the Ladie Chauncell the

poyntinge and Repayringe of the

Church Wall & poynting the stowks

neere the North Dore takinge up the

stones from under Pewes and layinge

the same agayne ... ... ... xviijs.

It'm payd to the said halles man for xiiije

daies worke # him ... ... vijs.

It'm payd to Caddr Benwyn for iiijr Daies

worke wth him ... ... ... ijs. viijrZ.

It'm payd to Crompe & his sonne for

helpinge to move pewes and for help-
ing to take up stones ... ... xviijcZ.

It'm payd Wm Idwyn for mending the

xije Bucketts1 ... ... ... ijs. vjd.

It'm paid for x matts to s've at the Com-
munion for my L'ds gent' and others... iijs. iiijc?.
It'm payd Thorn3 Clark for a boorde ij°

payre of hings Nailes and his worke for a

seate for the s'vints or for MrBailiffsmen xd.
The disbursements for the year amount

to £17 17s. Od.
The Receipts for the year amount to

£15 12s. 2d.

1603 to 1604.
Churchwardens. Edward Haries and .....
Receipts.

It'm Rec' of Jo' Clee for the graunt of a

place for his wief to kneele in where she

nowe kneeleth in the myddle south He

beneath the fonte... ... ... xij<i

It'm Rec' for the graunt of half a pewe to

Mr J ohn Waties and his wief upon the

Surrendr of J ohn Blashiield lyinge in

the myddle North He neare to the fonte ijs.

1 Most probably those presented to the Church in 1584.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. 279

It'm Rec' for the graunt of a kneelinge to
John Wall in a pewe late in the tenure
of widow heyton neere the clockhowse ijs.

It'm Rec' of Richard Benson and Symon
Cupp' Bailieffs for the graunte, :.of a pewe
successively to the Bailieffes wives in
p'petuytie forever lyiuge in the middle
North ile ... ... ... ijs.

The Receipts amount to £17 14s. 8d.

Disbursements.

It'm for a pounde of wax lightes ... xxd.
It'm for makinge and settinge up the

kings armes ... ... ... ixs. vd.

It'm for Ringers upon the kings daie of

triumphe ... „,.j ... iijs. iiijd.

It'm to the Ringers the xxiiijth of M'che vjs. viijd

It'm for a corde to drawe the organs ... ijd.
It'm for two shirplices for two of the

queresters ... ... ... xs.

It'm pd for makinge the said s'plices ... xiiijd
It'm to the chauncelo1' for his fee for not

havinge the two volumes of homylies xvd.
It'm in August for twTo loads of lyme to

washe the church ... ... xvjd

It' to Tho' Tiler for poyn tinge and wash-

inge the Church walls ... ... xxiijs.

It' for oile to licor the bells & two pottell

of beere to the Ringers on S* James' day vii)d.
It'm to Rich. Adams for workmanship &

varnishe aboute the pilpit .., ijs. viijcZ.

It'm for 3 mats in my Lo : pewe and in

the pulpit ... ... ... xv]d.

It'm for two planks to make benches in

thaldermens pewe ... .. iijs. viijcZ.

Item the mat ot the said pewe ... vs. ijcZ.

It'm pd for the booke of Cannons of the

church ... ... ... ... xvd.

It'm pd for workmanship & tacks to

mend the greenecloth of my Lo. pewe iiijd.
It'm to Crompe for keepinge the clocke

& chimes for the yeare ... ... vjs. viijd

It'm to him for s weeping e the steeple &

leads & for peecingc bellropes ... vs.
The Disbursements amount to £20 4s. Id.

churchwardens' accounts

These Disbursements are followed by
" An Inventorie of the Church goods
taken the vth daie of Januarie, 1604? "

" A newe booke of Comon praier a bible
"a booke of homilies iiijr oulde Com-
" union books sixe psalter bookes a
"little booke for the rogacon weeke twoo
" psalme books Erasmus paraphrase two
"velvet pawles twoo silke pawles iiij
" koshipes whereof one of velvet & one
"of greene twoo Comunion silver
"Cuppes wthCov's & twoo pewter basenes
" iij diap' table clothes & a silke Cov'
" for the Comunion table a little newe
" booke of praieres reges teres booke a
"booke of Cannones ix surpleses a . . . .
"table and a little side table. XA paper
"booke to en(ter?) every stranger prechers
"name wch precheth here v chests & iiij0
"desks

This survey was taken the xvjth of

by the side men 1605 a pottle pewter
. . . It'm ij old praier books Itm
other litle praiere books,

1604 to 1605.
Churchwardens. Richard Shermon and . . . .
Receipts.

It'm Graunted to Wm Aston and . . .
his wief half the pewe wch was Mr.
Oliver haclets and lirauncs his wief for
that they are gone furth of the p'ishe
and Receaved therefore

Condiconallie that if Mr haclet doe paie
to the newe Church W. vzt Mf Walter
Langford and Richard Prichard all
such Church Duties as are now behinde
and unpaid for his pewe wch Mr Edw.
Crowther hath undertaken to see paid

vjs. viijd

These items have been added subsequently.

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

yf Mr. Haclett agree thereunto then this
graunt to be void and of none effect,
and Mr Aston to have repaid him his
said vjs. viijd by the said nowe Church-
wardens. w

It'm Graunted to Joyce wief of Edmond
Larkin gent a peece of a voide grownd
lyinge in the myddle ile neere the
pulpit, togcthr wth a kneelinge place wth
Mrs Devawe and have Receavecl for the
same ijs and that Mr Larkin shall paie
to Mrs Devawe the Chardge wch she hath
disbursed for the newe buyldinge of
the fore p'te of the said Pewe.

Disbursements.

It'm for payntinge the Lo: praier the x
Commaundemts and the Creede in the
Church ...

It'm for ije yards and a half of Diaper
Cloth for the Com'mon table

It'm pd for a pot for wyne for the
Comunion table ...

It' for three bellropes

It'm to hinton the smith for mendinge a
bellClapp'

It'm for makinge a springe for one of the
hamm's of the Chymes

It'm for three Iron pynnes for the Barrell
of the Chymes

It'm for mendinge of the locke and a
newe key for the great Chest

It'm for mendinge the locke of the
weddinge Church dore

It'm for makinge of ij° laches and two
Catches and mendinge the hinges at
the Church Callends

It'm for a latch and a Catch to the
Colledge Church Dore

It'm for two ropes for the Colledge Dore

It'm for two keyes for the poore mans
boxe and mendinge y° Clock

It'm for a paper booke to write the names
of strange preachers in

It'm to the Register of the Chauncelors
Court for fees

282

churchwardens' accounts

It'm to Wm Blashfield for tlie Copyinge

of the Register Booke of xpinings1

Weddings and Burialls ... ... ijs.

It'm to Thomas James Parator2 for the

Booke of articles ... ... ... vjd

It'm to Bond for glasinge of the Church

wyndowes ... ... ... vijs.

It'm for two locks to the Chest which

keepeth the Reg'st1* booke .. . xijd
It'm to the register at the visitacon for the

oath of the Churchwardens and Sidemen xviij^.
It'm to Wm Luston for mendinge the

Church wall . ... ... ^ ... vjcZ.

It'm to the Sidemen at the visitacon

towards theire chardgs ... ... ijs.

It'm to Bond for repayringe of the leads

ov' Sfc Jones3 Chauncell ... ... iijs. viija.

It'm to the register for receavinge the

last presentmt ... ... ... xd.

It'm to Thomas Clarke Carpenter for

mendinge the fore Bell and the second

tenor and for nailes to mend the same xd.
It'm for mendinge theDore in the Church-
yard next the almes house and for

bourds and nailes to mend the same... 'ixcZ.
It'm for nailes to mende the Dore next

the Colledge and mendinge thereof. . . viijci
It'm for mendinge the greate gate next

thalmeshowse the second tyme and for

ledges and nayles to doe the same ... . . . .

It'm for mendinge the locke of the north

Church Dore ... ... ... iiijcZ.

It'm for nayles and one Catch for the

hither Church dore ... ... ijd

1605 to 1606.

(Churchwardens names not given.)

Disbursements.

It'm payd to him (Thomas Higgs) for
keepinge of the Ciocke & Chymes ... vjs. viijd

1 Christenings. 2 The Apparitor. 3 S. John's.

I

OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

283

It'm payd for a breckefeaste for the

1JS.

It'm payd for the sideme3 breackefeast

at the visitacon ... ... ... ijs.

It'm payd for the mendinge of the glasse

windowes aboute the Churche ... XVJS- X(^-

It'm payd for fower Coards for the
turninge Dores at the Collidge & a
staple wtu leade to hould the same and
a newe locke nayles & workemanship ijs.

It'm payd for twoo prayer bookes ... xx<l.

It'm payd to the mason for layinge stones

neere the south Church Dore ... vjd.

It'm payd for layinge stones in the

Church ... ... ... ... xijd.

It'm payd for a Corde for the organs ... ijc?.

It'm payd for makinge the pewe for the
twoo widowe lloyds & addinge to the
nexte pewe buyldings for nayle &
mendinge the beere & other workeman-
ship ... ... ... ... vjs. xd

It'm payd for a matte for the lady

lewknors pewe ... ... .. vjcZ.

1606 to 1607.

Churchwardens. Walter Langford and Richard Prichard.

Receipts.

It'm of Willy am Crompe the guyste of

Thorns higgs ... ... ... vjs. viij^/.

It'm of John James tyler the guyste of

Wm Andrewes to the Reparacon of the

Church ... ... ... ... vs.

It'm of Anne Buston vid. the guyste of

John Buston ... ... ... iijs. iu]d.

It'm of Roger Bay lie for waste lead beinge

three score pounde weighte ... vs.

Receaved of fYrancs hinton for an ould

clapper of the greate Bel .. ... vs.

Graunted to Sr Edwarde lloxe knighte «fe

his ladie one pewe that was the pewe

of Edward lloyd baker & widow lloyd

of Galford Receaved for the same ... iiijs.

284 CHUftCHWARDENs' ACCOUNTS OF LUDLOW.

Disbursements.

It'm payd to Mr Benson for an howre

glasse ... ... ... ... xvjd

It'm payd for a liewe Clapper Joy the

greate bell & workemanshipfor the same xxvjs.
It'm payd to the Ringers the vth day of

November 1605 ... ... ... ijs. vjd.

It'm payd for a barre for the scallance and

a trapper for the Baylieifs wives pewe viijcZ.
It'm payed for the mending of the

letherne Jacks ... ... ... xijcZ.

It'm payed for the scouringe of the xij

Jacks ... ... ... ... vjd

It'm payd to Thomas Tourneur Esqr

towne clarke for Ingrossinge of this

accompte ... ... ... iijs. iiijcZ.

(To be continued.)

285

PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE
FOREST OF WYRE,

IN THE COUNTIES OF WORCESTER AND SALOP, DURING
35 YEARS RESIDENCE AT F.4R FOREST VICARAGE.
(From the Year 1854 to 1889.)

By The Rev. JOSIAH T. LEA, B.A., Ox.

" Wyre Forest" is mentioned in Domesday Book}
How far it extended at that time it is impossible to
say, but in these days there remains a large extent of
woodland, equalling many thousands of acres, partly in
Worcestershire, anciently known as Vigorn ; the majority
in Shropshire. There is a brook called Dowles brook
that divides the counties, and in that brook are found
Cray -fish ; it runs Irom west to east. I should say
that the acreage of the forest in Worcestershire would be
about 2,000 acres, and in Shropshire about 3,000. But
where does it begin, and where does it end ? If you
begin at the river Severn below Ribbesford (nearBewdley)
and only make allowances for the woodland being inter-
sected by roads, (highways and byeways), you would
have in toto about 5,000 acres, as set down above. The
nature of the soil naturally varies. In some places it is

1 " Domesday tells us nothing of these Forest-lands, neither of
their state in Saxon times nor of their assignment under the Normans."
—Eyhm Antuj. IV., 276.

"Bewdley Forest, under its more ancient appellation of Wyre,
was a district so vast as that a whole county got its name therefrom ;
for Wyre-ceastre, (Worcester), was a Roman station in this Forest,
and becoming the chief city of the district, that district was called
Worcestershire."— Ibid.

Vol. I. /.2nd S. q

286 PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL

clay, in others stony, but very little loam in any
part. It also varies in the aspect of the country, hill
and dale being the general rule ; in some parts there is
an amount of level ground. There are many small
rivulets or rills, chiefly running into Dowles brook, or
into the Severn. The forest cannot boast of " many
fine trees, but consists mainly of poles, varying from
eighteen to forty years' growth, and saplings. Most of
these go into the " Black" country for props in coal pits,
and the smaller into the "Potteries" for 11 crate" wood.
That fine oak trees have existed, and would grow, is
shown by the very few large oaks that were standing
until lately. Tradition has it that when iron smelting
furnaces existed on Dowles Brook at u Furnace
Mill," about 1640, wood was used instead of coal
(which was hardly procurable then), and all the large
oak trees were cut down for that purpose while the
iron smelting lasted, and subsequently all successive
large trees, in their generations, were cut down for bark
and timber. Until 1870 there were about 1,400 acres
of woodland belonging to the Crown, but in that year all
the Crown Lands which lay in Worcestershire were sold
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, amounting
in toto to about 3,000 acres, and were bought by various
individuals. The Crown had no lands or woods adjoining
thereto in Shropshire.

To those who are unacquainted with this locality,
I would say, take train from Bewdley to Cleobury
Mortimer, passing by Wyre Forest Station, and then
they would have a very good idea of what the Forest
of Wyre is like.

The Hawk Tribe. — I have never known but one in-
stance where the Merlin bred in this neighbourhood. I
was fishing in the brook with my brother, when we
found the body of a male merlin severed from the
head, which we never found, and which must have been
cut clean oft by the telegraph wires ; and the impetus of
the flight of the bird must have carried it onwards
to where I found it, a distance of over sixty yards. There

HISTORY OF THE FOREST OF WYRE

287

was no external mark on the body of the bird having been
shot or otherwise injured. I know of many instances of
woodcocks having been killed in the same way. The
hawk tribe, consisting here chiefly of the Sparrow hawk
and Kestrel, are fast disappearing. One anecdote
connected with the female sparrow hawk deserves
particular notice. In November, 1871,1 was returning
home through the middleof the Forest with my old friend,
Mr. R. Kennet Dawson ; we were in a low "fall," it being
dusk, when two birds flew close over his head, and settled
on the ground. He called to the man who was carrying
his gun to give it him ; he then fired on the ground
where he thought he had seen the birds alight. No
sooner had he fired than up flew a bird, but, being dusk,
he was obliged to let it get well into the air, when he
again fired and killed it. This bird proved to be a
female sparrow hawk ; the other, shot on the ground,
turned out to be a woodcock. The fact of a hawk
seeking after its prey at dusk is by no means common,
yet has been occasionally noticed. The hawk I now
have in my possession. The Hawfinch,1 though common
in some parts of England, I have only seen in three out
of thirty-five winters. It is an exceedingly handsome
bird. The birds that chiefly exist in these regions
are common to most parts of the country, certainly
the Midland Counties, therefore they need not be
particularized. Two anecdotes about birds' nesting : —
In 1878, my son, with a servant, went birds' nesting.
About ten feet up in a haw- thorn tree, they saw
what at first they imagined to be a squirrel, and as
soon as the animal saw them, it went into a nest
which was in the tree, about a foot above it, and sup-
posed to be a squirrel's nest. They then shook the tree,
out came the animal, and descended the tree, where-

1 The HAWFINCH, (Coccothraustes vulgaris), now breeds freely
in most parts of Shropshire. A young bird that had only recently
left the nest was killed a few summers ago, in the garden at Neen
Savage Rectory near Cleobury Mortimer. — Note by Mr. W. E. Beck-
with. [Ed.]

288 PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON TEE NATURAL

upon my son, perceiving that it was not a squirrel, fired
at it, and brought it down. It proved to be a large
male stoat. The first time I ever knew the stoat as a
tree climber. In 1878, I fqund a blackbirds' nest with
five eggs, on the ground, under a small bush of gorse,
in a little coppice, by no means a common thing.

Pheasants. — That they will eat very small adders or
blind worms has been proved by the craws of certain
pheasants containing them when dissected. I have in
my possession the male and female hybrid, between the
black game and the pheasant, both shot in the
Forest. The male bird was shot by an old friend.
Specimens of the male bird may be seen in the
South Kensington Museum, and in a few private
collections ; but I have not yet seen, save in a case in
my own possession, an instance of the male and female
hybrid.1 The hen hybrid has the feathers on the breast
like those of the female pheasant. This bird I killed
myself.

Wood Ants. — One day I noticed, in walking through
the woods, an unusually large ant-hill, with thousands
of little busy-bodies around. I spied a large caterpillar
not far off , in my cruelty I took it up, and placed it
about five feet or so from their camp. I retired some
distance, placed my back against a tree, lighted a pipe,
and determined to watch the result. After about ten
minutes had elapsed, some two score ants approached,
but not close to it. They retired, and in a few minutes
there came a stronger relay. These also took stock of
it and they retired. Then came a stronger number ;
these again came closer than the two previous lots, but
they also returned to their camp. Then, alter several
minutes, came a host of them. Numbers appeared to

1 In YARRELL S British Birds', Vol. II., p. 357, there is a fio-ure
of a female hybrid, between the Cock Pheasant and Gray Hen, which
was killed at Merrington, near Shrewsbury, and passed into the
possession of the late T. C. Eyton, of Eytcn. — Note by Mr. W. E.
Beckwith. [Ed.]

HISTORY OF THE FOREST OF WYRE. 289

increase their boldness, and they at once attacked the
caterpillar, literally covering it. The poor thing, after
about five minutes, began to feel the effect of their
stings, and twisted over and over, and must have
suffered intense pain. This went on for half an hour,
when it was quite dead. What now, thought I,
will happen ? A lot of them returned, and brought
back a second host ; partly to relieve the wearied and
tired, and partly to haul the caterpillar to their camp.
They then set to work, and slowly and surely dragged
it little by little to their camp, and then I left them.
Here is more than mere instinct, for evidently there
was a scouting party, then relays, until they felt power-
ful enough to commence an attack, and secure a victory.
What better generalship ? Who shall define the
boundary line between instinct and reason. These
observations lasted for three hours. I will bring forward
another anecdote bearing upon this latter point of
instinct and reason. In a deer park in this neighbour-
hood, 1 was told by a son of the proprietor that in the
severe winter of 1880 and 1881 all the deer slept on
the ice of the river, which was covered with snow,
instead of on the ground, which was also covered with
snow. Now, however strange it may seem, did not
their instinct teach them that it was really drier on the
hard ice covered with snow than on the ground as it
then was ?

Adders. — -For thirty-five years I have endeavoured
to determine whether the dark grey and the copper-
coloured adder were male and female or distinct species.
Year after j^ear I have examined many in order to
solve this problem. I dissected about fifty specimens
in 1888 of the respective colours, with the same result,
namely, that invariably in the copper-coloured ones I
have found eggs in the spring ; some larger, some
smaller, and young ones later on. In no instance that I
can remember have any eggs or young been found inside
the dark grey, and we must remember that the adder
is ovoviviparous. Perhaps it may not be out of place

290 PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL

to mention a few anecdotes connected with this reptile.
Years ago, in an apple tree, in an open field, was a bird's
nest, about ten feet from the ground. A boy climbed
up to examine the nest for eggs, but when about to put
his hand into the nest he fancied he heard a hissing
noise, and caught sight of an adder's head peeping out.
He came down, got some clay, and stopped up the hole
where the nest was, leaving the adder to its fate.
What is the effect of an adder's bite upon dogs and
other animals ? This depends in a measure upon the
state of the weather, and where they are bitten, as the
hotter it is the greater the amount of virus injected.
On one occasion, on August 20th, years ago, I was
with a friend in search of black game. I came to an
old coal-hearth, where charcoal had been burnt ; a
young woodcock came by me, when I fired. On putting
the stock of my gun on the ground to re-load (breech-
loaders not being then invented), I saw five adders in
different directions. The report of my gun brought up
two pointer dogs ; one passed close by a large adder,
which bit it in the leer. In five minutes the dog's
leg had become so swollen that it could not walk,
but had to be carried home. The doo- did not
recover until six weeks had elapsed, the remedy used
on that occasion being ash-buds with skim-milk. In
1870, a man at Kingswood, on the borders of the Forest,
lost a cow in the spring of two consecutive years. The
tongue of each animal was very much inflamed. They
could not eat, and died in a short time. These cows,
while grazing on the hedge-bank, had doubtless been
bitten in the tongue by an adder, or adders, which was
the cause of their death. In the following spring, on
the same bank, there were four adders killed in one
spot, coiled up together. Do adders swallow their
young 1 I have never been able yet to ascertain a well-
authenticated case of it. I see not why, up to a certain
size, they should not do so, seeing that the young are
born inside them. In the case of one copper-coloured
adder being examined some few years ago, there were

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found fourteen young ones inside her, about seven inches
in length, which had the appearance of having been out,
and in again ; if so, they could only have managed this
through the mouth. I myself believe that it is not
impossible. The length of adders varies; the dark grey
ones measure equally as much as the copper-coloured
ones. Among the many adders that I have preserved
in large bottles I have some with their sloughs on, and
others after they have cast them. The colour of both,
after their great coat is off, is brilliant. The average
length of 500 adders would be about twenty- two inches.
The largest one in my possession is 30^ inches ; the
largest ever seen or known. In dissecting the poison-
bag at the root of the fang, it will be found that there
are about four drops of virus there, which fills up
by degrees, after any of the poison has been emitted
through the hollow7 part that lies inside the fangs.

Flowers. — People may remember the celebrated
" Witty pear-tree (Pyrus domestica). I saw it some
years before it was burnt down. It had the bark of
a pear tree, the leaves of the mountain ash, the fruit,
between the medlar and common " Haw " berry. It
was burnt down from pure mischief about IS 60. A
graft from the original tree is now growing in the garden
of Arley Castle. Efforts have been made to propagate
it from seed, but it invariably reverts to the common
mountain ash (Sorbus auc uparia). Who can explain
this in a satisfactory manner? The word " witty " is
a corruption of " witchen," or " wicken," or " wiggen,"
which words bear allusion to the power it was once
supposed to possess of counteracting witchcraft. The
flowers that exist in the Forest of Wyre are too
numerous to mention, but I think the two rarest
specimens are Geranium Sanguineum and Pyrola
Media. In one bog "cotton grass " (Erioplwrum)
exists, and also the " bog pimpernel" ( Anagallis
tenellaj. Three varieties of the Polygala — blue, pink,
and white exist. Among the orchids, there is only
one that is sweet-scented to be found in the woods,

292 PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL

which is Gymnadenia Conopsea ; it is very fragrant,
and the spur is slender. Of shrubs we have the " buck
thorn" (Rhamnus), and the " dog wood" or the wild
cornel " f Comas) and one solitary instance of the white
beam (Pyrus Aria). Of 'Ferns there are only the com-
mon sorts. There are a few spots where the lilies of
the valley grow wild.

I cannot end these matters, which to me are
very interesting, without mentioning the following
particulars : — At a place called Kingswood, on the
borders of the Forest, in Shropshire, there are the re-
mains of an extensive moat, where, I presume, there
must have been a castle of considerable size in
those early days, when border warfare was carried on
to a very great extent, as the Severn was originally
the boundary between England and Wales.1 When
and bij whom it was destroyed, we have no means of
ascertaining ; whether in earlier days than the Civil
Wars, we cannot tell, but both before and after the
battle of AVorcester there was a continual passing and
re- passing of troops of both parties between Worcester
and Shrewsbury, and so there may have taken place
many a slight, or still more important siege and battle,
unrecorded by any historian. Some twenty years ago,
I was repairing a house in a small strath in the Forest
about one mile from Kingswood, belonging to me,
when we discovered two bullets in the mortar of the
old chimney. How did they get there 1 Did they tell
their own tale or did they not? I have always con-
sidered that that chimney belonged to a house, pillaged
and burnt in those sad times, and the bullets themselves
had that history attached to them. I have in my
possession several silver pennies that were coined in
the reigns of the three Edwards ; they were discovered
in the following manner : — A. small coppice on the
borders of the Forest was cut down, stocked up, and

1 The river Severn ceased to be the boundary in King Offa's
time. [Ed.]

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293

then ploughed. The plough share in one spot struck
against an old jar, which contained a great number of
the said silver pennies. Evidently they had been
buried there for safety's (,sake in those troublous times.
In the time of Elizabeth, the Forest of Wyre is men-
tioned in the Survey : — l< Burgess', freeholders, etc. of
Cleobury ought to have 1 commoning ; in the Heath of
' Wyre ' & ' Strike ; (from ' streiken J to ramble) in the
Forest : & to have hog & swine fed in the Forest of
* Wyre/ & to pay 2/- a hog." 11 Tempera mutantur et
nos mutamur ab illis." Some few years ago, a man
wrote an article in Macmillaris Magazine, asserting
that there were the remains of an old Roman villa in
the Forest of Wyre, mentioning the particular locality,
which was adjoining the spot where the old " Witty "
Pear-tree once grew. I tried, and tried, but in vain,
to find any such remains, and on writing to the Editor
for the name of the individual who wrote the article,
and on subsequently corresponding with him, I bad the
unsatisfactory reply that the source from whence "he
derived his information was unfortunately lost or burnt ;
so it existed, I am afraid, only in the imagination.
My favourite quotation, after anything I have attempted
to say or write (howsoever imperfect), is the following :
— <{ Si quid novisti rectius istis, Candidas impSrti"

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294

ABSTEACTS OF THE GRANTS & CHARTERS
CONTAINED IN THE CHARTULARY OF
WOMBRIDGE PRIORY, Co : SALOP.

By The Late Mr. GEORGE MORRIS, of Shrewsbury.

{Continued from p. 24.8 of Vol XL)

DE BROCTON ET SUTTONE MADOKE.

327 j Pateat vniu'sis &c nos p'or Kenilleworth

Coll'tor de'cie p' s'cssium' p'rem D'um
Joh'em diuina p'uiclencia ppam xxij d'no
n'ro reg' mgY illust1 ad releuand' suor' ou'a
debitor et t're s'ce negociu* p' mouend' p'
vnu' Annu' concesse in archid' Couentr'
& salop' deputat' recipim' de p'or de
Womb, p' ecclia5 sua de sutton Madok 4
solid' 8 denar' et p' temp'ialib' suis 4 solid'
& 1 denar' p' p'mo t'ci'o salut' decie' sup'-
d'cis. In cujus ko. DatCouent. die Jou' af.
f. Assump. bl. Mary 1318.

328 ij Sciant &cego Ric'sfiliusYuonis de Broc-

ton dedi&c Rob'to Bodi de Stocton fchawis
vx' eius (h'rs & ass.) totam t'ra' q'm hui'
Nov. ao.1280. ito Yina Brocton cumvno mesuag' p' 7
marc' st'lingor.' H'end. &c. Reddendo,
(sei'iiices thereto belonging.)
H. T. Rob' Chop de Haul ton Thorn' de
Brocton Rog' Brusebon de eade' & m. a.
Dat. Brocton Sund. in f. S' Edmund res'
18th E. 1.

329 iij Sciant &c ego Will's Du'nig de Brocton

dedi iLc Yuoni de Brocton & Matild' vxori
sue (h'rs & ass.) 4 acrasterre mee in camp'
de Brocton : scil. I J in campo de Berdley :
scil. ilia' que iacet int' Berdley e et mora
et dimid' acra extendit se contra collem qui

GRANTS AND CHARTERS, WOM BRIDGE PRIORY. 295

vocatur habinhull 2 acre jacent in campo
de Brelesuere & dim' vna v° acra extendit
se in D'unedale cont' mo-lend' de Sutton.
Alie vero acra de duob' seilonib' jacet in
quad'm area que vocatur Bromscroft
dimid' v° acra jacet in ead'rn area int'
steph'i Gide & t'ram Rob'ti de Sechinhaur'.
H'end. &c. Redd, vnu' obolu' arg'nti &c : p'
hac aute concessione &c dederint m' p'dcis
yuo & matilda vxor sua 2 marc' arg'.
H. T. Alano de Kembriton Thomas Broc-
ton Ric' le Knolle Henr' fil Nicol' Hug.
Pym & a.

330 iiij Sciant &c ego Joh'es de Ythel de Broc-

ton dedi &c \Tuoni de Brocton p' homagio
&c 3 acris t're mee cu' pt'm in campis de
Brocton (vicl. 2 in Brailmerefeld, of ivhich
1 lies in Maine jiirliinc, the other in
Middlefiivlimc) & t'cia jacet in crofta mea
in Longlee p'pe Domu' domir' Rob'ti de
langelee. H'ndas &c in feodo &c. Redd. 2
denar.' HUT. Rich' cap'llno de Sutton
Hug' de Hadinton Rogo' Beeg Ric' Pym
Stepho fil' Wili'i de Brocton Thoina' Rus-
sel et m.a.

331 v Sciant &c ego Rog'us Donnhug de Broc-

ton dedi &c Matilda de Brocton (h'rs &
ass.) 3 ac9 t're mee in campo de Breelemer- Jiatud • de
felde occ. Menu &c imp p m. Kedd. vnu Thomo de
denar'. II.T. Thome de Brocton Will'o -^niT pym
Chi[On^ref0r' de ^nag' Hie' Cnolle Steph'o deChedlieleg f^***""'

Brodmedevre & m.a.

332 vj Sciant &c ego Will'o D'unig dedi &c

Will'o de Sontfort (h'rs & ass.) 3 ac3 t're
mee in campis de Brocton : scil' 1 ac. que
extendit in Du'nedal conta Molend' de
Sue tun J ac. sup Middilfurlu'g jux' t'ra
Steph'i Code J ac. jux' Kembrehamem'e
et £ ac. que extendit apud salteresweie et
£ ac. que tendit apud staindelf. Tend' &c
in feodo &c. Redd, vnu' obolu'.
H. T. Yuone de Brocton Rog' Beg Ric'
oysulor & ra.a.

296 ABSTRACTS OF THE Gil ANTS AND CHARTERS,

333 vij Sciant &c Joli'es le Wryghte de Broc-

ton dedi &c Joh'i filio Radulphi de Horton
om'ia t'ras et tenem' cu' p'tin' que heo'
infra feodu' et 'tritoriu> de Brocton que
mip' hui' ex dono et fieoffamento Rog'
Wickyes de Brocton. H'end.&c decap'd'no
feodi imp'p'm. II. T. Joh'e Jenkyns de
Brocton Rog'o Cadygan Joh'e Ouleuior'
& a.m. Dat Brokton Sund. bef. f. ap. Philip
& James. 50 E. 3.

334 viij Sciant &c ego Joh'es fil* Will'i Gybbe

de Kembrkditon dedi &c Rocfo fil' Nich'i
Pym de Brocton tota' ilia' t'ram cum orto
& crofto et prat' adjac. q'm hui' hereditar
in Brocton &c. Ii'end. de cap' d'no feodi
imp'p'm. H.T. Ric'o d'no de Sontford Joh'e
nT Thome de Brocton Joh'e fil' eiusde'
Jolvis Ric'o le fouler vweyn & a. Dat.
Brocton Sund. af. f. Sfc Valentine. 10 E. 3.

335 ix Sciant &c ego Sibilla de Brocton relicta

Will'i Gybbe de Kembryghton dedi &c
Nov. 23, isle. Wiil'o le Henir' & Marger' (sic) eius de
Brocton vna' plac' ex p'te curtilag mei q'
hui' ex Hereditat' p'ris mei {cont. in long
150 feet & at one end 50 ft. in the middle
2Jf ft. other end 1 ft.) Et duos Bottos t're
jacentes in vuned'en jux. terra Roberti de
Ruo' et Matild' oid et vnu' bot' t're juxta
Kemberhemwey et extendit se a Southam-
haystewe vsq' ad t'ra abbot' de Lilishull.
H'end' &c imp'p'm de cap' d'nis feodi.
H. T. Ric de Sontforde Rog'o Bmsebon'
Ric' Wenlar Robt' Derug' & a.m. Dat.
apud Brocton die' S' Clement' pape 10 E. 2.

336 x Sciant Szc ego Radulphus de Sontford

dedi &c Ricardo fil' Rog'i p' homagio &c et
])' 30 sol. sterl. vna' virgat' t're in Brocton
q'm p'ris suis tenuit in \Vodecroftc et tota
ilia' t're q'm Ricard' de Grene tenuit. Ii'end
&c. Reddendo U solid'. H.T. D'noGryf-
fino de Sutton et her' suis D'no Rog'o de
Beggesour' et her' suis Mancello de Petle-

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sbull et her' suis Hug' do Bekbur' et Her'
suis Kic' de Ruton et her' suis Will'o de
Begcresour' et Her' suis & m.a.

337 xj Omnib' &c Alicia q'nda' vxor Rog'i Don-

nig de Brocton fec,2\Tou'it me concessisse
fee quousq' vita m'e durabit Joh'i de Broc-
ton Cli'co (ass.) vna' acram dua' selionu'
terre jac. in \Vinnedon &c q'm habui
racone' dot' mee fee : pro hac. concess. &c
dedit michi. p'dcus Joh'es 2 solid'.
H.T.Roq'o Brusebon Roofo extaneo Nicho-

o o

las Pym Henrico Sweyn fe m.a,

338 xij Sciant fee ego RicardusOsilur de Brocton

dedi fee Ricardo til Kic' Pym de Brocton p'te
mea de prato quod vocatur Brademedewe
&cp' sex solid'. H'end' fee. Reddendo vnu'
par'albar'cirotecar'1 &c. H.T.D'no Nicholas
vicar' de Sutton Yuone de Brocton Thorn'
de eade' Rog'o Shag' Hug' Pym fe m.a.

339 xiij Sciat&cegoD'us Madocusde Sutton con-

cessi fee Joh'i c'lico de Brocton commima'
in bosco meo de Sutton ad xxfci porcos &
ad vnu' aprum sine pannogio p' vna dim'
ma qa ide' Joh'es nV dedit p' manib.' H'end'
fee. Reddendo vnu' obolu.' II. T. D'no
Nich'o vicario de Sutton Iuone de Brocton
Rog' Bege Thomas de Brocton & m.a.

340 xiiij Sciant fee ego Rog.'us Brusebon dedi &c

Ric' Molendenario de Brocton duas Rodas
fe dimid' & decc' pedes in longitudine et
latitudine v'na rod am & dimid' & quatuor-
decim pedes de t'ra meo in Brocton, int'
t'ra Joh'is de Grenhull et Thome de
Brocton fee. Tend fee (if sold again Roger
to have it for 12 denar less than anyone
else) Reddendo 4 denar'. Saluo he'to p'
ope' vnis Doms de sex furcis de xxli pedib'
fe memm' int' furcas xiiij pedes & q'd ilia
dom' f ca sis p' diem pasche A. r. r. E. xij
de omib' op'ib'. H. T. Joh'e cl'ico de
Brocton Thoma de ead' Henrico Eu'he
Nic'llo Pym fe a,

1 Gloves.

298 ABSTRACT OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS,

341 xv Sciant &c ego Philippus filius Wyd' de

Farnlovve dedi &c Steph'o fil' Willi'ni
Keede de Brocton p' homagio &c & p' 20
solid' argenti quos dedit m' de Introitu
v'na dimid' v'gata' r t're cu' p'tin' suis in
Brocton que michi jur' hereditario des-
cendebat de Ysonda m're mea &c. H'nda
&c in feodo &c. Reddendo 7 solid' & 6
denar'. H. T. Ada' de Dod'itun Yvone de
Brocton Rog'o Beeg Ric' Beg Thoma
Russel Ric' Pyrn & m,a.

342 xvj Omnib' &c Isabella relicta Will'i le * c-

Heuer de Brocton &c nou'itis me remis-
isse &c sibili' filie eiusde' Will'i totiT jus
&c rac'o'e dot' in omib' terr' & tenemet'
quas & que q'd'rn fuer'nt p'd'co Will'o in
ead'm vill' de Brocton. H. T. Thome de
Brocton Ric'o le foulere Rob'to de Ruge
& a. Dat apud Brocton die lune in f.
S' Peter ad vincula. 8 Ed. 3.

343 xvij Hec est con'ueco f'ta int Rogeru' D'umg'

ex vna' p'te & Helia' de Brocton c'licum.
P'd'cus Rog' t'didit &c d'ce Helie 3 acs
t'rem ca'pis de Brocton q' una' est in
Wynnegu' 1 duar' sellionu' quar' vna' jacet
juxta virida' & alt'a ultra Madobroc &
tercium acm dua' seilionu' quar' una jac'
in Habru juxa t'ra' Will'i Kede & alia sup'
Habru juxa t'ram Thome vsq' ad t'minu'
sex annor'&c p' 10 solid'. T'mino incipiente
a coronac'one R. Edw. anno sexto &c.
H'nd &c. Reddendo vnu' denar'.
H. T. Thoma' de Bekkebur* Thoma de
Honne Joh'e de Grenhul & a.

34>4 xviij Sciant tec ego Isabella q'da vxor Ric'i* *si^Qs^ quore
Corbrand in mea viduitate remisi &c in
tota' uita mea Hamoni de Aldrescote
(Hr's & ass.) tota' t'ciam p'te' mea' nr1
contingente do 3^ ac8 t'ro qs ide' Ham'
emit de marito meo Regin' imp'p'm &
q'dd'a p'tu' p' tres annos i' longo p'to t'io
incipiante ad f. S* Peter ad vincula A. r. r.
Henrici fil Joh'is reg. 27. &c p' 3 solid'.

WOMBRTDGE PllIORY, CO. SALOP. 299

Reddendo vnu' obolu' H. T. Rob'o de
Cherleton Wili'o de Bruges Will'o de
Eyton & m.a.

345 xix Sciant &c ego Symon fiT Willi de

Hengelond dedi &c Nic'llo Gosefod de
Brocton £ ac. t're rnee in le rniddelfeld et
extendit se vsq' Brelemerlesihc int' t'ra
D'ni For de Womb, et D'ni Radulphi de
Montford1 p' 8 solid'. H'end' &c. Reddendo
vnu' denar'. H. T. D'no Willmo' Cap'llo' de
Sutton Thorria de Brocton Joh'e cli'co de
eade' nic'llo Pym & m.a.

346 xx Sciant &c ego Ro'gus Brusebon de

Brocton concessi &c Thome nT Joh'is de
Grenhull (K'rs. & ass.) vna' selione terr' in
campo de Brocton qui vocat' Habenhul-
juiy24, i3is. fe}t qUe jacet int' terra' Ricarcl' Heweyn

et t'ram' d'ci Rog'i Brusebon &c : cujus
vnu' cap' abuttat sup' t'ra' d'ni Abbot' de
Lilleshull k, aliud cap' sup' t'ra' prior' de
Womb. H'end' &c. Dat Brocton in vigil' Sl
James apos. 12 Ed. 2. H. T. D'no Ricardo
de Sontford Joh'e Thomas Richard Ric'
Heweyn Ric'o le fowler & m.a.

347 xxi Sciant &c ego Auicia fit' Ade sup'

Grenam de Brocton dedi &c Thome de
Grenhull vnu' mesuagiu' edificatu' & tota'
t'ram mea' q'm m* accidebat Hereditar'
de p'dco Adam p're meo in villa de Broc-
ton &c. H'end &c de cap' d'no feodi &c
impp'm. Reddendo inde annuati' p'iori de
Wombr' &c 22 denar' & obolu' &c. Et si
contingat nos heredes non haber' int' nos
legitime p'creatos d'cm (sic) mesuagiu' cu'
tota t'ra integ' post decessu d'ci Thome
m' ul' her' meis sine vlla contradicone'
reu'tatur. II. T. Ricardo de Sontford
Joh'e Thomas de Brocton Ric'o le
granger' de Kembriton Rog' Brusebon
Ric'o Fowler & m.a.

348 xxij Sciant fee ego Ric's fil' Hem' deWud'hull

dedi &c Hugoni de Brocton vnu' messua-

I Quaere Sontford.

300 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS,

giu' cu' edificiis in eod'm situ' in villa de
Welinton q'd &c bui5 jur' hereditar' p'
discessu' Agnei' le Smethes sororis patris
mei. H'end. &c de cap d'no feod. imp'p'm.
Reddend' s'uicia debita, H. T. Joh'e de
Eyton Joh'e le Frees Joh'e Forster Henr'
Couley & m.a. Dat. ap. Welinton Sund.
in f. tii Barnabas. 19 Edw. 3.

349 xxiij Sciant &c Ego Sibilla nT Willi' le

Heuer de Brocton dedi kc Rogo' fir
Nichi' Pym de ead'm & Joh'e vx ei' totu'
mesuagiu' meu' cum orto & crofto k cu'
tota t'ra adjacent' q'd hui' in villa p'd'ca
de Brocton. H'end kc de cap' d'nisfeoai kc.
H. T. Joh'e Thomas Joh'ne fiT euisde'
Rico' le fowler Thoma Bage Rico' Vweyn'
& a. Dat, B. Sund. in i transl. Sfc Thof
Martyr. 10 E. 3.

350 xxiiij Sciant kc ego John's Ichel de Brocton

dedi kc Willo' Cocco de Brocton vna acam
terr' de trib' selionib' &c jux. Kembichais-
m'e que extendit se super moniswey &c p'
homagii kc k pro 6 solid'. Tend' kc. Red-
dend' villi' denar' &c, H. T. Madaco de
Sutton Hug' de Hadi'ton Ric'o de Gren-
hull k m.a.

351 xxv Sciant kc ego Rog' Bmsebon' dedi kc

Joh'i cl'ico de Brocton (h'rs k ass.) duas
acras t're me de Brocton qua' vna jacet
exta villa de B. p'ximora Will' Bag & alio
in' campo q' voc1* le flemme. H'end' &c.
Redd'. 1 denar. H. T. P'ho de Beckebur'
Raduiplio de Grenhull Ric'o Kede k m.a.

352 xxvj Sciant kc ego Jordanus filius Galfridi

assensu &c Willi' de Beggesoure d'ni mei
dedi kc Ric'o filio Jordani de Broctona p'
homagio kc ct p' 31 solid' 8h acst're quas
tenui de p'd'co Willo' de Bcggesour in
eade' villa. H'cndas &c impp'm. Red-
dendo 2 denar' kc. 11. T. Willi' de Beg-
gesoure Priore de Wombrugge Henr' Ex-
t'ueo Willmo' Russell k m.a,"

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353 xxvij Sciant &c ego Madocus de Sutton dedi

&c Simoni de Bond' cli'co omne jus &c * c-
vna cum redditu duo' solido' in festo
s'ci michael reddend' d'co symoni de vna
virgata t're cu' suis p'tin' in Brocton q'm
Elyas cocus quondam tenuit. Habend' &c.
H. T. Petro de neuton Willo' de Ercalew
Thoma' de Costentin militibz' Masfro'
Thoma de Codeshall et m.a.

354 xxviij Hec est conuenco' fta int' p'ore & con-

uentu de Wombvng^e ex vna parte et
Eth'ida filia'Rob' de Trillewardine de Broc-
ton ex alt'a ad f'tm' s'ci' mich' Anno d'ni M°
Cc° sexagesirno nono et anno r. r. Hen. fil.
Joh'is 53 : vid1 q'd d'ca Editha tradidit he
to Womb. Priory tota t'ra sua' infra villa?
de Brocton &: extra cu'omnib'prat'ad d'eam
t'ra' spectantib' (fori? yrs) saluo s' domo
in qua d'ea Editha inh'itat cu' orto int'
g'ngia' et d'em domu' cu' q'oda gardin' in
quo crescunt pomeria. lta vid' q' d'ei p.
& con. tota' d'eam t'ra cu' crofto infra
gardinu' d'ee Edithe Incluso sup'tib' p'p'is
colent seminab'nt c'culabt' & metent & in
campis admiabt & in tres p'tes p' eq'lib'
porconib'diuident. Et d'ca Editha t'cia p'te
omimodi bladi sup' d'eam t'ra crescent' in
campis recipiet & vbicumque volui't
cariabit salua decima et saluo toto' feno -
ad opus d'eor p. & con. P'tcrca si d'ei p. &
con. d'em croftu' ad 0})iis pastur' incultu'
p'mitt'e volusint singulis annis infra d'em
t'minu' soluent d'ee Edithe vnu' q'r sib'
noie' p'tis sue illi' croft i &k
H.T. Joh'e de Stcuinton Joh'e de Grenhull
Mag'ro Konulp'deColha' cli'co Ada Pollard
de Leg' Rob' fil ei' Wait' coca de eade'fc m.a.

355 xxix Sciant Sec ego Rogu's Donny'g de Brocton

dedi kc Will'mo Morton (hr's & ass.) 4 acr.
t're mee in campis de Brocton 1 in Wode-
felde que extend' se in latid' a' q°da' p:lto q'
vocatur Bobbemer' vsq' ad via' regia' u'sus
Madeleg £ ae. sup' Willestanforlong ko HusoniaPy:
vna' in g'uus croft' red in campo de Belle-

Vol. I., 2nd S.

302 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS,

mer' £ ac. jacet in g'uunjs crof vna acra
in campo de Habinhul int' mora' & villa'
de Brocton' &c. Habend' &c. Reddendo
vnu' denar. H. T. Joh'e de Steuinton
Herbert de Wyk Joh'e Cli'co & m.a.

35G xxx Oranib' tc Rog'o fil' Nieh' Brusebon'
de Monte Gom'i rnanens in Brocton "jux'
Soutton Madok &c no'uit me relaxasse
&c (to Wombridge Priory) vnu' denar'
annui reddit' cu' omibus suis p't'in in villa
de Brocton q'dJoh'isd'cus clencusde Broc-
ton <fc assign' sui m' redden' consueu'unt
p' 2 ac' t're quas de habuerunt in villa de
Brocton &c.

H. T. Joh'e de Bekebur' Joh'e de Everens
Joh'e de Steuinton VYiU'mo pat'nost'
Will'o Hode Will'o de vises Rob'to Chop
de HaluGfthone et a.

357 xxxj Sciant Szc ego Joh'is de Brocton Cli'cus
dedi Szc (to lYombridge Priory) p' salute

c { ilSo a*e mee (anc-c^ succ-) totam t'ram mea'q'm
hui Szc in Brocton jux' Sutton & extra cum
omib' ediiiciis in eade' sitis & cu' croftis
gardinis homag' &c. H'nd'a Szc imp'p'm.
Keddendo Sz D'no Rad' de Sontford & her'
suis G denar' p' 2^ ac' t're quas hui' do
t'ra Rog'i D'umg Sz Rog'o Brusebon & her'
suis vnu' denar' p' 2 ac' t're quas de eode'
hui' in campis de Brocton.
H. T. D'nis Will'o de Huggeforde Thoma'
Corbet Rad' cle Sontford'Petro de Eyton
militibz' Rob'to Bodi de Stocton Ph'o de
Bekkebu'r Ranulf de Grenhull Thorn' de
Brocton Ro^'o Brusebon & a.

35Sxxxij Sciant de Will's fil' et heres Roi>-'i Bee:
do Brocton p salute aie' mee (pat. & anc.)
dedi &c (to Wombridge Priory) 2 ac' t're
harabill in campodellabbenhullquejacent
p'p'inq'ores G ac' d'cis p'oris v'sus Ruham-
stret Szc. H'ndas Szc imp'p'm.
II. T. Ric'o le Volelar' de Brocton Ric' til'
Editlia de cade' Joh'e de Grenhull Joh'e
de Stiuinton Herberto de YYyke Adam
Bollard de lega Rob'to fil' eius"& m.a.

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859xxxiij Omnib' &e Will's Beg de Brocton
no'uit me dedisse (to Wombridge
Priori/) irap'p'm 5 ac. t're in campis
de Brocton in esscambiu' p; alia t'ra in
campis de Brocton dt3 terra p'ore de quib'
qninq' ac' : vn' acra jacet in campo de
Breillesmere Sec ultra colle' Habbenhull
2 in midilforlong subi' Berdley 1 in North-
forlong 1 jux. t'ra' p'or.' H'end' &c p'p'm.
H. T. Joh'e de Stiuinton Herb'to de Wyke
Walt' de Morf Hugon' Pym Rob'o Pscon'
& a.

3G0 xxxiiij Hec est conuenco' facta int' Wombridge |f£ Ancup-0**
Priory & Will'm Eude & Isabella vx' ei' : w. Bag.
d'ei p'or et Convent, concesserunt &c d'eo Hug!pim.em
Will'o & Isabcll 10J ac' t're in campis de
Brocton :vid. 2 in HabinlmJH ac.in Swerte-
forlong I que extendit vsq' ad berdelee I
ac. in midelforlong 1 cap. ac. in nortfor-
long 1 in Breylemere 1 ac. jux. t'ra W.
Bag i ac jux t'ram Uog fll' Iuen' 1
in Wodefeld 1 jux t'ra W. Bag de
sup' ponte' Ecc'ie 1 que se extendit
acapite d'ee ac' v'sus cam pit' de Sutton: Ric- Ancur,is
in Escambiu pro Sj acras 'tcr' d'ei Will'i
End' et Isabell vx' ejus in p'dcis campis
jacentibus: vid. H in campo de Habenhull
i ac. sup' Habenhull extendens a v'ticc
montis vsq' ad Bruera de Grenhull 1> ac. Rob"tdc AngHru
in code' forlong k in cod' camp. jux. Bil-
hamestret -A- ac. in Breilemere &e frc.
H.T. Joh'e Cli'co de Brocton Nich'o fre'
ejus Henr' hT Xich. Will'o Bag & a.

361 xxxv Uniu'sis &c Grifiinus filiits Geruasii
Goch Szo no'uit me pro salute aie' mee (anc.
& succ.) dedisse &c (to Wombridge Priory)
curtilagiu' filic falconis scil'. Sibilla &
Emma tenuerunt in Suton cu omib' p't'in'
suis de quo p'dci cano'ici xij denar' annu-
ati' de dono mco reccper nt tend' & xij d.
de Rob. Coco & de her' suis de redditu
t're q'm d'eus Kobertus tenet in Brocton
]>' escambiD michi facto cuid' asserti qd'
tint Tho' Pistor sup' Colle sabrine p' q'

304 ABSTRACTS OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS,

asserto d'ci Cano'ici de Wombridge re-
ceper'nt xxli Gallinas & q'tuor Gallos ac
condic'one si' apud Wombridge re'pisse
uim' q'm tot gallos & tot gallinos p'or
ejusde' loci darct in scrtar'm uini similit'.
Habendos in p. & p. elcm. H. T. Hug'de
Bekkebur' Wait'o de Stirclilee Had' de
Sontford Henr' ext'neo WilFo Russello &
m.a,

362 xxxvj Sciant &c ego Kog'us Beg de Brocton

p' salute a'ie mee et anc. dedi &c (to Wom-
bridge Priori/) medietate' toci' crofti mei
quod jaeet inter Domum mea' & boscum q'
vocatur Cherlewode. Concessi &c tota ilia'
t'ra q'm Kic' filius Edithe de Brocton de
me tenuit infra villa de Brocton cu' edif.
& curtilag5 et crofto incluso & cu' pratis
infra crofiu' : vid.' 15 acr' infra campos
p't'in' ad villa de Brocton. Concessi
3 ac' que se extendit in longit' int' t'ram
q'm Thorn' de Brocton tenet de feudd
meo &j Berdeleg. Concessi ingress' et
egress' in medietate d'ci crofti. Ii'nd'
& tend imp'p'm. H. T. D'no Wait'o
de Dunstanuill D'no J oli'e ill' Hug' Joli'e
de Ercalcwe Joh'e de Stiuinton Herberto
de Wyke Joli'e D'no de Sutton Joh'e de
Grenliull Iuone de Brocton Kic'o le Wou-
eller Kic'o Burnel Adam Pollard de lege
Oliu'o de Knolle & m.a.

363 xxxvij Sciant Szc ego Joh'es Idtliel de Brocton

dedi Szc (to Wombridge Priori/) v'na' acra'
t're de trib' seilonib' jux' Kembrichaism'
que se extendit in por'moneswye'. Tend
<&c ip'n'm. H. T. D'no Madaco de Sutton
Nicholas Cap'Uno de Sutton Hugone de
Hadinton Joli'e D'no Grenlml' & a.

364? xxxviij Hec est conuenco' facta int' Womb, ex
vim' parte et Nicholau' Pirn de Brocton.
D'cus Nicholaus dedit (to Wombridge
Priory) in eseambiu 7 ac' t're ill cam pis
do Brocton quar' duejaccnt sup' Haben-
hull 2 in cainpo de Breymar 2 in campo TLomo Russy11
bosci et alia in WUlstan. Iiabendas kc im-

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p'p'm. Pro quibVd'cs P.&Con.concesser'nt
d'co N icholas et her' 2 ac.in campo de Haben-
hull 2 ac. of 4 seilon. qs' tres seilon' simul
jacent et extend'nt se a capitali ac' prior'
vsq' ad forera' ancnpis et alia seyio' jacet
int' t'ra Joh'is Cli'ci et extendit se a Le-
brodescorde vsq' ad marler'2 ac.in Breyine' JJlter
quar' vna' vocat' le Daleaker alia ultra le g^arWalt i
wermgrene et in lewfeld 2 acres. H'end
&c imp'p'm. H. T. Joh'e de Brocton Cli'co
Walt'o de cade' Ro^'o Brusebon Thorn' de
eade' Hear' Weyn & m:a.

365 xxxix Sciant &c ego Will's Kussel p' salute ai'e
mee (anc. & sue.) dedi &c (to Womb ridge
Priory) vna' acra' t're in villa de Brocton
que jacet in Bromcroft q'm Hcnricus
Ywein tenuit de rne. H'end. &c imp'p'm.
H. T. D no Madaco de Sutton Ric' de
Santford Ro^'o de Be^'resour Henr'
Ywein Elya Coco Willo Coco & a.

3G6 xl Sciant &c ego Ricardus til' Edithe de
Brocton p' salute aie'mee & parentormeoV
dedi &c [to Wombridge Priory) | ac. t're ThomeRusse11
harabit in q'ota p'tinente ad yillam de
Brocton quod vocatur campus de liaben-
hul et extendit se de Habbenhull de
maresco subt' Hab'l vsq' ad Euneham-
stret int t'ra' Eogl Begg & t'ra' q'm
Thomas de Brocton tenet de monialib' de
Brewodo. H'end' &c imp'p'm. II. T. Joh'e de
Stiuniton Herb' de Wik Yuone de Broc-
ton Adam Pollard de lega Alano de
Halchton & a.m.

367 xli Sciant &c ego Ric'us til Edithe de Broc-
tou p' salute aie' mee et anc. dedi &c
{to Wombridrje) ol3 ac. t're harabil in trib'
campis p'tinet' ad villa' de Brocton viz. 1
in YYodel'clde 2 in Brailmerlde et 2 A- in
Habbenhull. Dedi etiam eisde' canon' infra
villa de Brocton vnu' mesuasr' cu' curtila^'.
Jriend. cyc.

H. T. Willo Bag de Brocton Joh'e de
Stiuinton Herberto de Wyk Joh'e de
Grcnhul Adam Pollard de lega Alano do
Haleton & ni.a.

306 ABSTRACT OF THE GRANTS AND CHARTERS,

368 xlij Sciant &c ego Willi'mus cocus de Broc-

ton dedi ko. (to Wombridge Priory) p'
No' salute aie' mee et ane. h Virg. t're q'm
tenui in Brocton & quodda' mesuagui' et
vnu' croftu' Ci\' omib'-p'tin' suis. H'end".
8cc. imppm. Dedi &c. vna' acram t're q'
emi de Joh'e Yetliell in Brocton cum om-
nib'p'tin': tend &c. Concessi cSic 6 denar' an-
nuati' p'cipiendos de He'dib' Radii lphi de
Sontford quos p'no'inatus Radulph' et
ejus he'des m[ an'uatim p'solu'e co'sueu-
ernt p' vna dim' virgata t're q' de me ten-
uerunt in villa de Brocton.
H. T. D no Walt'o de Dastanuill Walt'e
de Huggeford Madaco de Sutton Odone
de Hodenct Walt'o de Kembriton Herb' to
de Ydeshal Hugo de Hedinton Hug' de
Bolinchal Joh'e de Grenhul Oliu'o de
Knoll Yuone de Brocton & m.a.

369 xliij Sciant &@ ego Rog' Donnyg de Brocton

dedi &c (to WovibridgePriory) illud mesu-
ag' cu' toto crofto et curtilagio q' Leticia
q'nda' vxor AVillmi Dunig' tenuit in villa de
Brocton noie' dot' cum 14 ac.*in campo de
Breyleme' d% ac. cu' p'tis adjacentib' & in
campo q' d'r le Wodefekle 3 ac' cu' p'tis
en la Hokes & cu' p'to p'tis vniq' frondelli
in Hachesmedcwe. H'end' imp'pm'.
H. T. Willo' do Brocton Joh'e de Grenhul
Joh'e de Stivinton. Herb' to de Wykese
Will' Beg Joh'e cl'ico Hug'Pim de Brocton
Walt' de Brocton & a.

370 xliiij Sciant &c ego Rog' Du'nig de Brocton

dedi &c (to Wombridge Priori/) illud mes'
& croftu' k curtilagiu' cu' p'tta' suis que
Leticia q'nda' vxor Willi' Du'nig' tenuit
noie Dot' in villa de Brocton cu' i 1 ac' t're
cu' p'tin' in campis de Brocton cum toto
p'to de la Hokes & cu' p'to p'tis vniq' fron-
delli cu' p'tin' in prato de Achesmcdewe.
H'end. &c Imp'pm. H. T. Willi' de Ruton
Pho' de Beckebur' Joh'e de Grenhul Joh'e
de Stiuinton H'berto do Wykes Willi

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Beg' Joh'e cl'ico Waitfo de Morf Hug'
Piin & m.a,

371 xlv Ano ab incarnac'one D'ni M.CCC. deci-

mo die ven'is (next after f annunc.) be'
marie i Ita co'vent int' Ric' de lega qui
|Ianhi3i'o3 manet m villa de Brocton Madok et Ma-
tilde vxore' sua' ex vna p'te & ( Wombridge
Priory :) vid'ip'dcus Ric5 & matild' vxor ejus
tradiderunt &c (to sd Convent) orn'ia
p'cella sua jacencia ad capita t're sue
arabil' inr/ churchbrug,ge & Bradmedewe
ex vtraq' p'te ducelli de Madebrok in
campis de Brocton. li'end &c (for 12 years)
p' qtiadm' su'ma pecunie &c. (For the
faithful perform™ Piclod binds himself in
40/-) H. T. Joh'e de Bekeburi Radulph
de Grenhull Joh'e fiT Thome de Brocton
Rog'o Brusebon Thorn' Halpeni & m.a.

372 iiiil Anno regni reg' Edwardi vicesimo. Ita

conuen' int' d'ri'm Joh'm p'or ede Wom-
bridge Szc et Ric' Carpentaria de Brocton
jux' Sutton Madoke. P'dca Prior & Conv'
deder'nt &c p'dco' Ric' Carpentariu' &c
tota ilia' p'te prati crofti palmerii cu' edi-
iiciis in eade' sitis q'm fuerunt de
Fnlconc cxtraneo d'no de Sutton. H'nd'
Reddendo 2 solid' argeti Sec. Pro p'dcis'
v' omib' p'des' Ric' Carpentar' dedit &c
in excambiu' p'dco' P'or & Con' impp'm
totum illud messuag' cu' suis p'tin ornnib'
q'd p5us tenuit de p'dco p'or & Con' in
villa de Brocton. H'end' kc imp'p'm.
H. T. Joh'e de Stiuinton Pho' de Becke-
buri Ranulf de CJrenhul Thorn' de Brocton
Rog' cxtraneo de eade' Elia de Brocton
Walt'o Bercar cS: m.a.

373 iiil Sciant Sec ego Iienricus Ywein p' salute

aie' mee (anc. et succ.) dedi &c (to Wom-
bridge Priory) vna' acram t're in villa de
Brocton : soil, ilia q'm luu in Bromcroft.
H'end. Sec imp'p'm. II. T. D'no Madaco
de Sutton Ric' de Sontford Rog' de
Begesour Willo' Rusell Willo' Cocp & m.a.

308 ABSTRACTS OF THE G BANTS AND CHARTERS,

374 iil Orari-ib' &c Matild' fil1 Henr' Carpentar'

de Brocton &c nou'it me concessisse &c q- c-

om'ejus &c (to Wombridge Priory) vnius

acr' t're q'm Walt'lts Bercar alio, tenuit q'm _ ^f1-/6,

. I T l± -ITT 7'7 MonfOICl.

Alicia soror mea declit (to Wombridge
Priory)m excambiu vniq'acre t'rejacentis
int' churchebrug et le fenngrene &c. (Mm
tiida binds herself & heirs in penalty of
W solidi if she orthey infringe the Agree-
ment. H. T. Thorn' de Brocton Joh'e
cl'ico Rog'o Brusebon de eadem Joh'e ex-
traneo " 2 eadem & m.a.

375 il Sciant &c ego Will's Russell p' salute a'ie

mee (anc. & succ.) dedi &c (to Wombridge
Priory)^ ac' t're in villa deBroctomscilicet
duas ac' supra collem Habenhul 1 sup'
eunde' colle' de Habenhul &e et aliud in
bromeroft. H'end &c imp'p'm.
H. T. D'no Madaco de Sutton Ric' de
Sontford Ric' Grenhul Roq-' de Be^ofesour
Henr' Ywein Will'o Coco et m.a.

376 1 Hec est conu'eco' facta int' Rog'Brosebon

de Brocton et Wombridge Priory: d'es vsq' ?;uV^1e ?

-it -rt ' ' i ■ j > > liioro

dedit to rnory m escambiu vna acra tre Brocton.
in villa de Brocton que jacet juxta ortum
Gaudi le Kola &c et 4 seilon' t're in le
Wodefeld quar 2 jac. ad Martinespol. 1
Aohesmodewe jnt' t'ra Wilfi End et t'ram Joh'is de
Grenhull & 1 int' t'ra p'or' & t'ra' Rog' fil'
Yuonis. Et dimid' Nocate t're p' quib' v'
d'es p'or <fc conuct' concesserunt d'eo Rog'
Bresbon t'ras subscriptas: vid' vna' acra'
intcgra' quese extendita Havode Sutton
vsq' ad t'ram Ric' de la Knoll & vna' ac'm
de duab' seylon' que jacct in Longeforlong
que se extendit a Ruhamstret vsq' ad
toreram Ric' ancupis. H. T. Joh'e de Broc-
ton cli'co Nicholas fr'e suo Will'o Bag
Ric' de la Knolle Walt' de Brocton m.a.

377 Ij Sciant &c ego Joh'is de Brocton cli'cus

dedi &c (to Wombridge Priory) p' sal',
aie'mce (anc. 'St succ.) totumjus kc in vna'
virgata t're cum ediliciis »S:c imp'p'm q' de

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p'dcis Canonicis tenui in villa de Broc-
ton : saluo Nich'o fre' meo & her' suis
vno mesuagio & curtilagio cum G ac'
t're que eicle' dedi in eade' villa de
Brocton & solue* inde anuati'vnu' denar'
(to sd Priory). H. T. d'nis Will'o de
Huggeford Thorn' Corbet Petro de Eyton
Had' de Santforde militz Rob'to Bodi
Thorn' de Brocton Eocf.de Brocton & ra.a.

378 lij Hec est conuenco' facta int' Wombridge

Priory & Nicholai Pym de Brocton : d'cs
Nicholaus dedit &c (to Priory) in cocambiu'
7 acres in Brocton kc. H'endas imp'p'm :
pro quib' v' dci' P'or et conv'. concessevnt
d'co Nicho' & her' 2 acres in Habenhul :
1 que extend', se a le brodeford nsq' ad
maeter' & 2 ac. in campo de Breym'e & 2
ac. que extend, so a via regia vsq' ad
Bobbemer.' Hend'as imp'p'm.
H. T. Joh'e de Brocton ciico Walto' de
eadem Eogo' Brosebon Thorn' de eaclem
Henr' Weyn & a.

379 liij Ano' incarnac'one d'ni M.CC. nonogesimo

p'mo Reg' in Eegis Edw. 19 int' d'ii'm'
Pk'ni Burnel et Wombridge Priory : d'cs
Pli'o p' salute aie' sue (unc. & sue.) dedit kc
(to Priory) 15 solid' a'nui reddit' in villa de
Brocton. H'end &c imp'p'm p'dci v' (Priory)
dederint &c p'dco' d'no Pho' tota' terra' k
redd kc q'm habuer'nt in villa de Norton
jux Conedou' tend' kc imp'p'm.
H. T. D'no Bob'o' Bathon k Welle' ep'o
D'no Eog'o Sprinchase D'no WillV de
Huggeford D'no Had' Sprinchose D'no
Thorn a de Eussell fc m.a.

380 liij Omnib kc Bogerus Bruscbon de Brocton
i?obbcmcrc kc uo'uit mo dedissc (to Wombridge Priory) gjyc Jfj?1^;
ciusK10 dudi dimidias acras t're in le Wodefcld in ^ronhuiuohn
Lo»ig©fin»ong cxcambiu' p' vna ac' tkira scilon' et di'a cik uogr

acra t're: tend ^-c imp'p'm. H. T. Thorn' de ^ccoit!"
Brocton Joh'e de eade' cli'co Eic' le fouler,
Nich' pimm & m.a.

381 lv Sciaut kc ego Bog' Brusebon filius Nichi

Brosebon dedi tec to ( Womb ridge, Pi iory) 8

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GRANTS AND CHARTERS, WOMBRIDGE PRIOR V.

ac't'recu' p't'inint'itoriodeBrocton: quar' fj'f^^

2 sup'Habinhul 1 subtus Berdlee 1 in cam- jY^Thom"

po de Breilisrnere 1 citra Breylismere 1 Brocton Wm.

ad lau'mgreno 1 juxta t'ra Joh'is Cleric' Kede

H. T. Pho' de Bekb,ur' Joh'e de Grenhul

1 sup' Willistamssong. H'end' &c imp'p'm.

Will 6 de Ruton Joh'e de Stminton Her-

berto de Wyke OJi'uo de Kembriton Joh'e

de Brocton Cli'ci Will'o Bage de eade' &

m.a.

382 lvj Omnib' &c Ric' fil Bic'i Carpentar de q- c-

Brocton juxta Sutton Madok &c No'uit'
Dec i4, isle. .me concessisse imp'p'm (to Wombridge PhoPr'
Prtory) p'quodam sum'a pecunie,totu' jus
meu'fcc in ilia p'te crofti palmer' cum edifi-
ciis in eadem q'm huf in escambiu' de d'eis
(Priory) in Brokton cum tota t'ra q'm
tenui in eadem villa &c.
H. T. Rico de Santford Joh'e hi Thome de
Brocton Ric' le Fouler de eade' Rog'o
Brusebon et a. Dat. ap'd Brocton. Tu.
af. f. S' Ambrose Bp. 10. Ed. 2.

383 lvij Omnib' &c Amicia quonda' vx Rici' de

Nagintfton fil3 et her' Job' le clerc de Broc-

DO"-.'.

ton & Ahcie vx' sue &c nou'it mo in pura
viduitate &c p' salute aie' nice do' (to
Wombridge Priory) dedisse&c ilia' virgata'
t're in brocton cu' editic' croft' &c q' p'dci
Joh' Pr meus & Alicia vx' ejus mat' mea
(to Wombridge, Priory) dederunt.
H, T. D'no Walt'o de Huggeford D'no
Rogo' Corbet D'no Joh' de lelton militz
Dat Wombridge Valentines day. 10 Ed. 2.

384 lviij Sciant kc ego Ric' le Yeyelare de Broc-

ton p! salute aie'mee (par. et om. fid. def.)
dedi vxc (to Wombr idrje P r iory) tota' p'te'
prati que m' contingit in Bradmedewe.
Jure hereditario dedi etiam vna' acram t're
arabil in q'da' campo p'tinenente ad villa
de Brocton q' voeatur &q habenhull. H'end
fccimp'pm. 11 T. Joh'e de Stiuinton ller-
bto' de Wyk Vuone de Brocton Rogo' Bag
de ead' Ada' pollard de leya Robto' iil' eius
& m.a.

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY HUNDRED OR
LIBERTIES.

By the late Rev. JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A.

{Continued from 2Kl9e 128).

ACTON REYNOLD,

Anciently Acton Grinsill and Acton Reyner, in the
Liberties of Shrewsbury, though a township of the
Parish of Shawbuiy, in the Hundred of North Bradford.

This manor was held in the Saxon times by Seward,
a free man, and one of the largest landed proprietors of
Shropshire in that period. At the time of Domesday
it was hoi den under the earl, by his sheriff Retinoid,
who had underlet it to one Richard. It was rated to
the Danegeld at three hides, but the land consisted of
five carucates.1 Two soldiers held one carucate,1 but
whether this was a sixth, or one of the other five, does
not appear. There was wood enough to fatten thirty
hogs. In the reign of the Confessor the manor had
been valued at £A} but in the survey of Domes da}7 it
had fallen as low as 10s.

The family of Fitz Alan succeeded to all the property
of Raiiiold ; and in the Liber Niger, 1167, among the
vassals of William fitz Alan, Reiner Brelecton holds the
fee of half a muntator. As this was of " the old feoff-
ment," which refers to the reign of Henry I., I conjec-
ture this tenant to be the dei cendant of the Ricardus
of Domesday, and himself ancestor of the line who gave
their name to the place.2

1 Waruca (team), not carucata, (carucate.) — Ed ]

2 [Blake way is in error here. Richard of Domesday, whose real
name was Richard fitz Halufri, was probably ancestor of the Stantons,
who were Scipieural Lords of Stanton-upon-Hineheath and Acton
Reynold till the extinction of their male line in the reign of Edward
I. The Actons, who took their name from the place, held under the
Stantons. Cf. Eyton ix. 293, x. 61. — En.]

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312 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

The practice of giving a declinable form to the names
of places in conveyances of land, did not, I think, con-
tinue later than towards the close of the twelfth,
century. Hence I suppose the grantor in the following
deeds1 to be son of the Reyner just mentioned.

Robert, son of Reiner de Actona, grants to the
church of Haghmon, common pasture in all vhis heath
ground (brueriam) of Acton for 300 sheep of the great
hundred2 (per Majorem centanariam), and for all their
cattle (averia) of Herdewik, except in his wood of Acte,
and in his corn grounds (segetibus) and meadows before
the hay is carried off ; and if by chance their cattle
shall get into his said wood, (per escapturam intra-
verint, this word is not in the glossaries,) they shall be
let out without impounding or forfeiture, Witnessed
by Robert Gyros, Vivian de Rosale, Thomas his son,
Will de Staunton, Ralph de Sanforde, William
Banestre, Walter Huse, and Wido de Heddenhale.
Cartul. Abb. ffaghmond.

The same Robert grants to the same canons pasture
of Acton for 500 sheep, and for all their other cattle of
of Grileshill, through his whole fee of Acton, except
corn grounds and meadows, at a rent of 12d., to his
heirs after his death ; if the said rent be unpaid within
the octave of St. Michael, it shall not be doubled, but
in that case the grantor or his heirs shall be at liberty
to assart at their pleasure in the wood or bruery with-
out any disturbance from the convent. Nevertheless,
as soon as the corn or hay are off the ground, the
herbage shall be common to all the other cattle of
Grinsill there, and wheresoever his own cattle feed,
saving to himself and his heirs possession of his grove
until Martinmas. Witnessed by Gyrros, Sanford, and
Vivian de Rossal. Ibid,

1 [The date of these Deeds is probably between 1224 and 1230.
Cf Eyton x. Gl.— Ed.]

2 [Eyton translates it " reckoned by the long hundred," majus
centum. Cf Eyton X. G2. — Ed. J

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John, son of Richard, son of Edric de Girleshall,
grants to the said canons certain land in the bruer of
Actona, " inter veteram fossatam & ductum de Herde-
wike," and certain land which is about the ditch on the
other side of the way. Ibid.

The consideration appears somewhat different in the
following deed, which must have been executed very
nearly about the time of the others.

Robert de Actona grants to Haghmon Abbey pas-
ture for 500 sheep, and for all their cattle of Grineleshull,
through his whole fee of Acton, except corn and
meadows, in consideration of a corredy (so it is written)
of one canon, 1 'tarn in pane quam in cervisia et in
generali," for his life : after which the same corredy
shall remain quit to the canons without any claim of
his heirs, to whom the religious shall pay 12d. rent.
Witnessed b}7 Sir Robt de Girros, Vivian de Ptossale,
Ralph de Sanford, Alande Buriton, Win. Banastre,' Wido
de Hadenhale,and Tho. Cresset. Cartul. Abb. Haghmond.

To this Robert, who was a liberal benefactor to the
Church, since by the name of Robert, son of Reiner de
Acton, he grants to Salop Abbey all his right in ye
tenement which Gamell de Rumaldesham held of him
in Salop, {Cartul. Abb. Salop, No. 412), succeeded
Reyner de Acton, who, in the Testa de Nevill of
the reign of Henry III., is stated to hold of the
Barony of J. Fitz-Alan half a knight's-fee in Acton
Grineleslml, as, not having yet renewed the designation
of its possessors, this place was then called, to distin-
guish it from the other places of the same name in the
County. Yet in the Iter of the same reign, Thomas
Boterel holds three hides in Acton Reyner, of the fee
of John Fitz-Alan, by half a knight's-fee and service of
Forty days at Whiteminster.1

Reyner was lord here for 1288. This appears from a
deed in the Haghman Chartulary, which presents the
following particulars.

1 [Album Monasterium, i.e., Oswestry. — Ed.]

314 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

There was a chapel at Acton Reynold, which, with a
virgate of land, the usual endowment of such benefices,
the ancestors of Sir Reyner, knight, lord of Acton
Reyner, had given to the church of Shawbury. This
chapel, or rather a chantry therein, and the said virgate,
with the tithes of another virgate in the same Acton,
had become the subject of a dispute between that
knight on the one hand, and the religious of Haghmon
rectors of Shawbury, and the Vicar of that church on
the other, which was at length adjusted by a deed (in
modum cirographi divisa) in the Haghmon Chartulary
dated at that Abbey on ye 2nd of June in the year of
grace 1288, the IGth of K. Edward son of K. Henry,
whereby Reyner " acknowledges & grants to the said
chapel of Acton to have been & to be a chapel of the
mother church of Shawbury, subject and dependent
thereunto, & himself & all the dwellers in Acton to
have been & to be parishioners of the said mother
church, & that they have paid & owe to pay all manner
of tithes thereunto ; he also acknowledges & confirms
the grant made by his ancestors of the said virgate to
the said church, with the said chapel ; saving to the
said Reyner and his heirs, & to the said chapel, the
ancient service accustomed & due from the said mother
church and its rectors and vicars, — viz : the service of
one chaplain celebrating divine service in the chapel,
three days in every week, viz. : Sundays, Wednes-
days, & Fridays, which service the said convent
& vicar covenant to sustain & perform after the
death of the said R,ey ner. — Cart id. Abb. Hagh-
rnond.

In 1298, 26 Edw. I., Reyner de Acton appears in
the list of those, who, holding land to the yearly value
of £20 in Shropshire, were summoned to attend the
the king on his expedition into Flanders, but he must
have died shortly after.

Since in the feodarium of the hundred of Pimhill,
28 Edw. I., Roger de Acton is stated to hold the town
of Acton of the fee of Staunton, by the service of a

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horseman 1 at Whiteminster (Oswestry) for the term
of forty days in the time of war. Staunton was a fee
of Fitz Alan, & Oswestry was one of his castles ; & the
whole entry strongly corroborates the identity of this
with the Iieyner Brelecton of the Liber Ni(jer.

I see no more of the Actons. The next authority,
the Nomina Villarum, 9 Edw. II. 1316, gives William
de Cocalance lord of Acton Iieyner Grenchull : an error
of the clerk, I presume for Ercalewe, the name of an
ancient and opulent family seated at High^Ercall, and
lords of Staunton, and other places under the Fitz
Alans ; but I am unable to say how they became
possessed of this manor, or when they ceased to enjoy
it. I have stated under Grinsill some reason for
supposing that the family of Burnell were its lords at
one time.'2 It is certain that Francis, Viscount Lovel,
the heir general of that family, was owner of the
manor, as upon his forfeiture 1 Hen. VII. it was granted
to . . . Dudley. John Dudley and John Aiscoughe
had diverse lands here in 17 Eliz., but in the 31st of that
queen the manor was granted to Coppinger and Butler.

In 1G37, Sir Andrew Corbet, knight, died, seised of
the manor of Acton Iieyner, otherwise Acton Heynolde,
and the manor of Grinshall, otherwise Grinshull, both
holden of the kino; in socage as of the manor of East
Greenwich. As I cannot find that this manor appears
in the inquisitions after the deaths of any of his ances-
tors, I presume that it was purchased by him, and
that, despairing of being able to complete the noble
edifice commenced at Morton Corbet by his uncle, he
determined to seat himself here, in a situation every
way more eligible, on an healthy eminence, commanding

1 Montarius. Sec the note on Mimtator in the Liber Niger.

2 [In 1292, Reylier de Acton alienated the. manor of Acton Reyner
and a fourth part of the manor of Grineleshull, after his decease, which
occurred before 1308, to Philip Burnell. These estates went with
Petronilla, sister of Philip Burnell, to William de Ercall ; and their
son, William de Ercalewe, stands in the Nomiyia Villarum of 1316 as
Lord of the Vill of Acton Reyner and Grinehull. Cf. Eyton x. 634 ;
ix. 87.- Ed.]

316 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

a noble view to the very extremity of the county, even
to the distant Clees, though much obstructed by an
unsightly village, and, according to the custom of that
age, by lofty garden walls^

Sir Andrew Corbet was an eminent personage in his
day; " A grave and prudent knight/' he is styled by
Mr. Studley, in his Looking Glass of Schism, p. 1 ] 6; lord
lieutenant of the county, and a gentleman of cultivated
understanding ; his epitaph upon Mr Burton, the pro-
testant confessor, at Longnor, evincing a fair portion of
poetical talent. His wife, too, Elizabeth Boothby, was
a pattern of piety and orthodoxy in the worst of times.
In the interesting narrative preserved by Walker, in
his Sufferings of the Clergy, of the persecutions endured
by Mr Orpe on account of his loyalty, we read that a
good lady, the relict of Sir Andrew Corbet, presented
him to the vicarage of Staunton, from which, however,
he was soon removed by the Puritan Committee for not
being a soul-saving minister, nor belonging to the
election of grace.

The house erected at Acton Reynold by Sir Andrew
was well befitting his rank. A stately edifice of Grin-
sill stone, with lofty gables and transome windows. It
has lately been extended and greatly improved, with
due attention to its original style, by his descendant,
the present baronet. When I first saw it, it was a mere
farm house, but retained many traces of its ancient
grandeur. Over the door was the family device —

PEUS PASCIT
CORVOS. L V C . 12.

CORBET.

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317

In the hall a few family portraits. One inscribed
" Andrew Corbet, Esq., Born in Merionethshire, and
Captain in the service of King Charles the I., slain in the
storming and taking of Lichfield Close." This was, I
presume, Andrew, a nephew of the builder of Acton
Reynold, son of his brother Robert, by Bridget Price,
ot Ynysymaengwyn. Sir Vincent Corbet, the first
baronet* His son. Sir Vincent, 1678. Two other
gentlemen in buff, and one in armour. The hall was
decorated with some shields, bearing the arms of
Thornes impaling Corbet, Francis Thornes of Shelvock
having married one of Sir Andrew's daughters. And
the following inscriptions : —

Memorare novissiraa hie & in externum non peccabis.
Remember thy ende continewally, thou shalt not synne
eternally.

Qui cupit pie beateque vivere : hanc prosequatur viam qua

perveniet ad id quod velit.
He that desireth richly to live conte'ted & with ioye, by this

way ought he for to passe to live without anoie.

Cogitatio The Thought Diviiia Pavida Pia Heavenly Tearfall

Serino The Speech Modieus Honestus Verus Devoute

Opera & the rest Utilia Pia San eta & the rest

Mores in English. Graves Benigni Alacres in English.

Voluntas Pinna Subjecta Matura

Vestitus Honestus Mundus Decens

Somnus Moderacus Placitus Opportune

Oratio Brevis Pia Frequens

Joci Liberales Breves Rato

Memoria Mortis pena? gloria?

Thus did our wiser forefathers furnish the willing
mind with matter for serious meditation, in their apart-
ments of social intercourse.

On the first floor was a noble apartment— the great
chamber — a necessary part of every considerable man-
sion ot that period, and alluded to by Shakespeare in
his " Midsummers Nights Dream," where Bottom's
expedient for representing the morn in his interlude is,
u to leave a casement of the great chamber window open,
that the moon may shine in at the casement/' Im-
mediately beneath the cornice of this chamber were
depicted the intermarriages of females of the Corbet

318 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

family : the arms of females with whom Corbets had
matched were perhaps represented elsewhere.

Nor must the cellars be omitted. These were fitted
up with fire places, and were ten feet in height, so that
when upon the late reparation, the apartments on the
ground floor were found not sufficiently lofty for modern
ideas, they were heightened, without stirring the upper
floor, by lowering the ground floor into the cellars.
The reason of this is founded on the practice then very
common, of adjourning to those subterraneous apart-
ments for the purposes of conviviality. It is related of
the facetious Bishop Corbet, whose love of humour, it
must be owned, sometimes outstepped our conception
of episcopal decorum, that he would sometimes take the
key of the wine-cellar, and he and his chaplains would
go and lock themselves in, and be merry ; then first
he layes down his episcopal hood, " there layes the
doctor :" then he putts off his gowne, "there layes the
bishop :" then 'twas " here's to thee, Corbet, here's to
thee, Lushington.''1 Half a century later, in the reign
of Charles II. , Roger North, describing the Duke of
Beaufort's housekeeping at Badminton, which he con-
sidered as showing a princely way of living, above any
other, except crowned heads, in Europe, says, they did
not sit at a table after dinner, with tobacco and healths,
as the usage is, but if the gentlemen chose a glass of
wine, the civil oilers were made to go down into the
vaults,2 which were very large and sumptuous, and a
remnant of this custom was preserved, as I remember,
at Chirk Castle, till that great family was broken up
by the death of the male heir.

Ludlow, relating the manner in which Sir Phelim
O'Neal surprised Lord Cawfield, says he came to him
under the pretence of friendship, with about half a

1 Aubrey MS. in MSS. Ashmole. I am far from giving credit to
all which that latter relates, but his story at least proves the custom,
which unless the cellars were furnished with grates and chinmies, as
at Acton Reynold, was no very comfortable one.

? Life of Lord Keeper Guildford p. 134.

ACTON REYNOLD.

319

dozen friends, to his Castle of Charlemont, where, being
received, he and those that were with him were carried
to drink in the cellar by the Lord Cawfield, both of them
being too much addicted to that which the world calls
good fellowship. After some time Sir Phelim fires a
pistol, &c. Memoirs, vol. ii., p. 445.

The Manor of Acton Reynold and the other great
estates of that family descended ultimately to Corbet
Kynaston, Esq., who devised them to his kinsman,
Andrew Corbet, Esq. , of Abryght Hussey ; but as Mr.
Kynaston died greatly in debt (to the amount of
upwards of £70,000) many of the estates were obliged
to be sold. This was among the number. The Act
empowering it was passed 21 George II. I believe it
was bought by Mr. Mytton.1

1 [Blakeway seems to be in error here. Mr. Mytton did not
purchase Acton Reynald. The origin of the tale probably is, that
General Mytton, who commanded under Cromwell, took and burned
Moreton Corbet Castle. The family were fined a large sum for being
Royalists, and a farm near Acton Reynald, and one the other side
the river Roden, were sold to pay the fine. The first-mentioned farm
was afterwards re-purchased from the Wing-fields of Onslow. The
family estates really came to Richard Corbet, esq., of Shawbury, in
1688, on the death of his great-nephew, Sir Vincent Corbet, 3rd Bart,
of the first creation. This Baronetcy expired in 1688. Richard
Corbet, of Shawbury, and afterwards of Moreton Corbet, died in 1690.
He was lineal ancestor of Sir Andrew Corbet, of Moreton Corbet,
created a Baronet in 1S08, who was grandfather of Sir Vincent
Rowland Corbet, 3rd bart., High Sherilf of Shropshire in 1862, the
present Lord of the Manor of Acton Reynald. For this information
I am indebted to Sir Vincent R. Corbet. — Ed.]

[The descent of the manor and estate of Acton Reynold will be
more clearly seen, if reference be made to the excellent Pedigree of
Corbet given in the Society's Transactions, vol. iv., pp. 81-86. The
Parish Registers of Moreton Corbet, printed in the same volume,
pp. 53-80, contain many entries relating to this family. Reference
should also be made to vol. v., pp. 191-193, for notes of several
Royal Descents of the Corbets of Moreton Corbet, &c, from the
Plantagcnet K ings. These Arms, — Or a raven sable, — were confirmed
by the heralds, with 21 quarterings, to Sir Andrew Corbet of Morton,
at the Visitation of Salop in 1623.

Vol. I., 2nd S. U

320 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

In the Cartulary of Haghmon Abbey, abstracted in vol i. of the
Transactio?is, is a deed1 by which Richard, Bishop of Coventry,
appropriates to the Abbey the Church of Shawbury, with all its
chapels, viz., Acton, Grinshill, Morton, Wideford, and all the portions
of the Church of Condowre, the chapel of Lee-in-Bottewode, and of
Bechecote, with all tithes to the, same belonging; and the Bishop
directs that the same shall be served by a Canon of Haghmon or a
secular chaplain, and that in the chapel of Lee there shall be for ever
baptism and burial.

By another deed,2 preserved in the same Cartulary, Roger, Bishop
Chester, confirms to the Abbey certain cemeteries or chapels, which
had been made at Acton, Morton, and Withiforde, to the mother
Church of Shawbury.

By one of the Salop Subsidy Rolls, amongst the Shrewsbury
Corporation Records, it appears that in 1639 Acton Reynolde contri-
buted 9s. 3d. to the " Provision money for his Mats howsehowlde due
for the said yeare."

In 1668, the following are named as being then inhabitants of
Acton Reynold, in the Corporation Court Book for that year : — Sir
Vincent Corbett, Bart., John Leighton, Esq., John Wolf, John Holies,
Humfrey Smith, Robert Pemberton, Arthur Mousle}7, John Booth,
William Simmons, John Lewis, Edward Onslow, William Onslow,
Samuel Chidley, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Maddox, Thomas Pickin,
Richard Cowe, John Richards, William Gouge, David Evans, William
Lloyd, Powell Vaughan, William Kerne. This Court Book contains
the names of the inhabitants of the Town and Liberties, arranged
under Wards, Streets, and Parishes.

A Common Recovery was suffered May 1st, 10 Anne, 1711, in
which Thomas Grant, Henry Jencks, Allan Freeman, and Edward
Child, gentlemen, were demandants, John Waring and Thomas
Freeman, tenants, and John Smith- and Elizabeth his wife, and John
Smith junior, son and heir apparent of the said John Smith senior,
vouchees, "de uno mcssnagio uno gardino uno pomario quinquaginta
acris terre triginta acris prati triginta acris pasture viginti acris
jampnorum et bruere comnumia pasture pro omnibus averiis et
communia turbarie cum pertinentiis in Acton Reynold infra libcrtates
ville Salopie." The pnecipe is dated the 7th April preceding. — Ed.]

1 [This is Bishop Richard Peehe's second charter to the Abbey; and hemade it
probably in the last ten years of his episcopate, which extended from 1 1(31 to
1182. Altogether he executed tour charters to the Abbey- He was son of
Robert, a former Bishop ot Coventry, 1 1*21-0, M ho, being a married man, was
called by the monks l'eeeaUim, or JVehe. Cf. Eyton, vi. 28, 24(5, viii. 1-18 •
Dioc. Hist. Lich. 57, 7i.~ l'i>.J

2 [This deed was in Bishop Clinton's episcopate, 1130-11 IS. Cf. Eyton
viii. HO, — En.] * J

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BATTLEFIELD.
A parish within the liberty of Shrewsbury, consisting
of a single township, comprising the farms of Battle-
field, Abright Hussey, and HufHey. It was formerly
a part of Abright Hussey chapelry, and in the parish
of St. Mary, of which the best account we have been
able to collect is given in our history of Shrewsbury.
At the important engagement wThich took place here,
and from which the parish takes its name, the king's
life was at one time in the most imminent danger.
Hotspur and Douglas, with a personal animosity which
exasperates the horrors of war, directed their attacks
against the royal person, and were very near effecting
their purpose. Whether it was on the very spot on
which he w^as rescued from peril that Henry chose to
erect his college ; whether it was here that the brave
Earl of Stafford fell ; or whether there was any other
motive to direct his choice, we are not told. As little
do we know why so long an interval elapsed before the
accomplishment of the king's intention to consecrate
the scene of his victory by a religious foundation. This
battle which fixed him in the throne befell in the
summer of 1403 ; yet it was not till three years after,
viz., in the 8th of iiis reign, that Richard Husse, Esq.,
obtained the royal license to grant two acres in Ad-
brighton Huse lying in a field called Haytelefield,1

1 I long thought this was an original error of the clerk who engrossed
the license, on which the subsequent proceedings were founded, for
Baytelefield. The original Inspeximus by Henry V., 7 June, lmo
regni, of his father's charter of 11 Henry IV., is now before me, by
the kindness of Mr. Moultrie, and the word is distinctly Hateleyfeld ;
but in an Inspeximus 17 Nov., -i Henry VI., of which I have also seen
the original, it is as plainly " in campo qui vocat' Bateleyfeld.'' I find
however, that the field round the chapel is still called liateleyficld.

Inspeximus by Henry VL, 17 Nov., 4 regni, of an Inspeximus b}T
Henry V., 7 June, 1 regni, of Henry lV's original charter "27 Mar.,
11 regni, to ye College of Battelfyld. In this Inspeximus yc lield in
which y° battle was fought is plainly written Bateleyfeld, — "in campo
qui vocat' iSatdcrjfeld in quo campo bellum inter nos cfc Henricuni
Percy defunctum — so that I suppose at this time the clerk
conceived there was an error in writing it Hateley ; — for in Henry V.'s

322 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

" in quo bellum extitit inter dom. Regern et Henricum
Percy," to Roger Yve, rector of the chapel of St. John
Baptist of Adbrygton Husee ; and it took three more
years (during which, however, the building was, I
conceive, all the while going on) actually to complete
the legal part of the foundation by the royal charter.
Did the grant proceed from the spontaneous liberality
of Mr. Husse, from his zeal for the house of Lancaster,
or from his desire of making his court to the sovereign?
This we cannot tell, but there is something out of the
ordinary course in the whole transaction. In 8 Henry
IV., Husse has license to grant the two acres to Ive
and his successors, rectors ot the chapel of St. John of
Adbrighton, to build thereon a chapel of St. Mary
Magdalen, of which chapel lie and his successors, rectors
as aforesaid, shall be masters or wardens, and shall for
ever nominate the other five chaplains : which chaplains
shall daily celebrate divine offices for the good estate of
the king during his life, and after his death for the souls
of himself and his progenitors, and for the ancestors of
the said Richard Husee and Isolda his wife, and their
heirs, and for the souls of those who were slain in that
battle and lye buried there1, and for the souls of all
faithful deceased.

At some subsequent date which is not specified, Ive
granted the said two acres to the king, his heirs and
assigns, kings of England, for ever ; and Henry, by
his charter of March 27, llmo regni (1410), regrants
them2 to Ive with the buildings thereon erected, and

Inspeximus, the original of which is now before me, it is Jifateleyfeld.
24 Oct., 8. Elizabeth, Inspeximus by her, at ye request of Richd.
Moreton junior gent. & Tho. Jobber gent., of an Inspeximus by Henry
VI L 29 June, 1 regni, of ye above Inspeximus of Henry VI.

1 I hope the king had no hostility to the soul of his enemy ; but
Hotspur was not buried at Battlefield.

2 Thus descrihed, — a plat of ground enclosed by a ditch, containing
in length and breadth two acres • with two exits and entrances, each
twenty royal feet wide, the one reaching from Hadcnhalleslone strait
upon the land of Richard Husee, lord of Adbrighton Husee, and the
other reaching from Harlescotclone strait upon the said II usee's land.

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323

then proceeds to found the said chapel, and to erect
it with a perpetual chantry of six chaplains, of which
the rectors of St. John Baptist of Adbrighton for the
time being are to be masters.

Upon the face of this' transaction, it rather looks
as if Henry at first wished to give it the air of a
tribute of loyal affection to his person and title from
one of his zealous subjects; and considering the way
in which he came by the crown, it was not unimpor-
tant for him to give it this appearance. At least I
cannot otherwise account for this needlessly circuitous
mode of conveyance. Why he found it afterwards
expedient to proceed in a more direct course, and
become himself the immediate founder, does not
appear. But it is certain that, by the charter just
mentioned, after reciting the grant from Husee to
I ve, and from I ve to himself, he f founds, erects, and
establishes a certain chapel, made, built, and con-
structed in the place aforesaid, in the honour of
St. Mary Magdalen " (where we may collect that
the church was now actually completed), " into
a certain perpetual chantry of six chaplains, to
be appointed by the master or warden for the time
being, who is always to be the rector of the
Chapel of St. John aforesaid/' to which he annexes
his new foundation, of which he constitutes Husee
and his heirs perpetual patrons. He erects the
master into a corporation sole, capable of purchasing
and receiving lands and tenements ; and grants unto
him and his successors the advowsons of the parishes
churches of Michaeliskircke, in the county of Lancaster
and diocese of York, parcel of his dutchy of Lancaster,
and St. Andrew of Ideshale, and of the Royal Chapel
of St. Michael, in Shrewsbury Castle, with the Chapel
of St. Julian thereto belonging, to be by him. appro-
priated to the use of the said chantry, making however
sufficient endowments for the vicarages of the same
churches, and reserving certain competent sums of money
for the poor parishioners.

324 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

His Majesty further grants them full exemption from
all aids and subsidies ecclesiastical and temporal, and
an annual fair on the feast of St. Mary Magdalen. This
grant had been made a year before. "Henry p la grace de
dieu Roy d'engleterre a touz ceux, &c. Sachez q' nos chs %
au dieu Hog' Ive de leeton mestre de la chaunterie
de Sainte Marie Mandeleyn," &c. It is a grant of ye
advowson of Michaelleskircke co. Lancaster, parcel of
our heritage of Lancaster, so that a vicar be competently
endowed : u Don' souz n're gret seal de n're contee
palatyn de Lancastre 28 Mai x regni." (e cart J.
Moultrie arm.)

[Seal of Duchy of Lancaster is here tricl-ed.~]

These grants were confirmed by papal authority.
The following extract of a bull of Pope John XXIII. is
taken by Dodsworth from the register of Hen. Bowet
Abp. of Fork, fo. 2G8. (Dodsiv. MSS., vol. 28.)

" Capella de Batelfeld juxta Salop, prius dicta capella S.
Johannnis Baptiste de Adbrighton Husee in com' Salop,
Lychefieldensis dioceseos, contigua placee terre vulgariter
Haytelefeld nuncupate, in qua dudum Rex rebelles sibi
potenter subjugavit, quam quidem placeam Roger us Yve de
Leeton rector dicte capelle habet de pia largicione nobilis
viri Ricardi Husee domini loci de Aldbrighton Husee eamque
postea Regi predicto imperpetuum dedisset ad hoc quod in ilia
quedam capella in honorem Beate Marie .Magdalene con-
strueretur. Hex construxit quoddam collegium in dicto campo,
& in eodem fundabat cantariam sex capellanorurn in dicta
capella et constituit quod dictns Kicardus & heredes sui
ejusdem collegii sive cantarie patroni imperpetuum existent ;
Et preterea concessit dicto Rogero & successoribus suis, ut de
ecclesia de Michaclliskirk, parcella sue hereditatis Lancastrie
existente, necnon S'ci Andree lddesale, parochialium ecclesia-
rum, & capelle S'ce Juliane de Salop advocationes, ut eas appro-
priatas tenerent kc„ Dat. Bononiei Kal. Jan. lmo Pontificatus."
[The 1st year of John 23 is 1411.]

" Appropriatio viearic ecclesie de Michaelliskirke cum por-
tione vicarii. Dat. apud Haytelcfeld in festo Sci Andree, 141 Vibid.

Mr. Plaxton (MS.) says that Mr. Jobber of Aston
hath an original bull from the council of Basil for the
foundation of Battlefield College, and other charters of it.

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In 3 Hen. VI., 5 Oct., a general pardon passed the
great seal for Roger Yve, master or custos, &e. " Teste
Johanne duce Bedford, custode Anglie."

5 Oct. 3t0 Henrici 6. Pardon to Roger Yve Master
or custos of the chantry, of St. Mary Magdalene near
Salop of all transgressions rapes murders &c. &c. &c. &c.
committed before 8th Dec. last. Teste Johe duce Bed.
custode Anglie.

The college of Battlefield was unable to maintain its
immunity from taxation under the princes of the house
of Tudor. In 1519, is a receipt of Thomas, prior of
Bromfelde secunda deputy collector of the tenth granted
to the king in the archdeaconry of Salop, in the diocese
of Hereford of a payment due last Michaelmas from the
chapel of Forde. Writings of Andrew Corbet, Esq., of
Albright Hussey, 1736, among the Mytton collections :
and in the same MSS. is the following notice : —

Battellfilde. Benefiiciariis & stipendiaries ejusdem parochie
& aliis quorum interest omnibus & singulis.

Vos, tenore presencium monemus & mandamus quatinus
decimam partem & subsid' per quemlibet vestrum respective
debit' domino nostro Regi hoc xxxvt0 anno regni sui secundum
formam statutorum editorum, nobis personaliter xviijt0 die
mensis Januarii prox' in publico Hospicio vocat' the George
infra villam Salop, in hujusmodi solucione non deficien' sub
pena juris.

per Jo. Apharry Coliectorem."

Ult. Sept. 22 Henry VIII. Humphrey Thomas
master or custos of the church or chapel of Batelfyld &
ye combrethren of the same place demise to farm to
Robert Forster & Catherine his wife two messuages in
A.ston near Shyffenhall, & two parts of all their lands
& meadows of the said township, now divided, into four
parts, with all the tithe of sheaf & hay of ye same lands
so demised, for 94 years, at a rent of 30s. — (E cart is Tho.
Jobber.)

Mr. Ive, whose wardenship wTas of long duration paid
a very vigilant attention to the interests of the Society
over which he presided. The Abbey of Salop had, as
long ago as 3 Edw. II., purchased three messuages and

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three virgates of land in Albrighton Huse and
Harlascote, from Robert Bakenhale and Cecile his wife.
(Earl MSS. 744.J

These premises lay very convenient for the College of
Battlefield : accordingly, by deed dated Saturday before
the /east of St. George 6 Hen. VI., John " by the
Grace of God, Abbot of Salop, and the convent thereof,
demised to Ptoger Yve, first master of the College of
St. Mary Magdalen de campo belli, near Salop, and the
combrethren of the same," all their lands, tenements,
and rents, in the towns and fields of Harlascote and
Adbryghton Husee, with all wards, marriages, &c, to
hold tor the term of ninety-nine years, by the service of
40s yearly rent, and making an appearance annually at
the court of t he manor of Adbryghton Abbots. — ( E cart.
J. Moultrie or.)

The royal founder of this College had, as we have
seen, exempted it from the payment of taxes, and this
grant is couched in as large words as ingenuity could
frame,— ' 1 that the said Roger Yve and his successors,
masters or wardens of the said chantry/' for ever should
be quit of tenths, fifteenths, subsidies, tillages, contri-
butions, quotas (quotis), and other burdens whatsoever,
to us or our heirs, by the clergy or commonalty of our
realm of England, in future to be granted, as well in
respect of their spiritual goods as of their lands, tene-
ments, rents, temporal goods and chattels whatsoever.

But this liberal community, worthy of the important
victory which the foundation designed to commomorate,
was regarded with an evil eye by the ministers of
Henry VI. They even endeavoured to extort from the
College arrears of upwards of thirty years standing ;
and in 22 Hen. VI. the Sherifi of Shropshire, Thomas
Corbett, acting under an order of the Court of
Exchequer, actually distrained upon the possessions of
this little community for divers tenths granted
by the clergy to the crown, in the 3rd, 7th, and 9th
years of Henry V., and in the 9th year of the present
king. Though the sum may not appear very large to a

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modern reader, amounting in the whole only to £9 1 6s. , it
was more considerable than it now appears, and it was
at any rate fitting that any illegal demand should be
resisted, and that an illegal precedent should not be
established. ,

Accordingly, in the Michaelmas term of 1443, Mr. Ive
sued the sheriff in the Court of Exchequer, stating his
seisin of the churches granted to his college by Henry
IV., the king's grandfather, producing a Charter of his
father, as well as another of his own, issued in the 19th
year of his reign, exempting the society from such
payments, and demanding judgment. The court
appears to have very strictly examined the charters and
bulls under which the college held these impropriations,
which were in effect nearly the whole of their substance,
and at length gave judgment in favour of the exemption,
and the warden took care to have an exemplification of
the record, which bears date July 13th 23 Hen. VI. It
will be seen, however, in the benevolence roll of 7
Henry VII. in our general history1 that the college was
unable to evade that monarch's well disciplined
collectors.

Having conducted this thorny affair, which depended
six years (for it was on a charge in the great roll of
17 Henry VI. that the sheriff's distress was founded) to
the eve of a successful conclusion, Mr. Ive proceeded, by
testamentary disposition, to settle the affairs of the
college over which he had presided so long and with
such exemplary fidelity and prudence. His will was
drawn upon great consideration, and is very long ; but
its provisions contain so many curious particulars, and
furnish so lively a picture of the mode of life adopted in
these collegiate establishments, that an abstract of the
whole must be laid before the reader. It is printed in
the Monasticon.

It is dated Oct. 30, 1443, only two days before the
decision of the barons of the exchequer in his favour.

1 [See Owen k Blakcway, i, 239, 258, where the original roll is said
to be in the possession of William Hamper, Esq. Ed.]

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After bequeathing his soul, in the usual terms, to the
Almighty, the blessed virgin, and St. Mary Magdalene,
he directs himself to be buried in a tomb of stone near
the high altar of his college. He gives to the five
chaplains then of the foundation (for though six were
appointed by the charter, the number seems never to
have been full) and their successors, the following
articles : —

Three chalices silver gilt.

A pax brede of the same. [A Pax is " a little gilded
or painted table," to use the words of Jos. Mede, disc,
on Luke ii, 13, " with a crucifix or some saints' picture
thereon to be kissed of everyone in the church, before
they receive the holy bread." A substitute for the kiss
anciently given before the eucharist, It is sometimes
called an oscillatory.]

Two silver crewets (fiolos.)

Three bells of brass hanging in the belfrey. [This was
not the present bell-tower, which, as we shall see, was
not then built.]

Two portiphories ad usum Sarum otherwise called
Lyggers. [The portiphorium or portiforium is a book of
the Romish service, the same (according to Lindewood,
as quoted by Burn) which is sometimes called the ordinal,
because it was the book which ordered the manner of
performing divine service. From an authority cited by
Du Cange in v. it was plainly synonymous with the
breviary, which received its name, I suppose, from its
being a compendium of the usual ministrations. That
learned glossarist derives its name of portifory,
which the French converted intoPortez vous (see Brit.
Crit. July, 1802, p. 12.), and analagous to a Vade
Mecum, and the English into Portues,1 from its

1 " When Esdras . . . purposed to restore the sacrifices of God, lie
sent not to Rome, although perad venture he had heard that there
were Numa Pompilius' manuals or jrortvesses, containing the service of
their Gods." Jewel Apol. Pt. 6. eh, 17. '-The book of Common
Prayer is patched out of the Pope's porhu'sc, says the puritanical
author of the Admonition to the Parliament, See Stri/pes Annals
Ref, v. 2. app, pp. 36, 527, Gutch Collect. Curios, v. i. p. 173.

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being easily carried about, quod for as portari potuit;
a notion very consistent with that of a Breviary,
but not so well reconcileable with that o{ a lyggar or
leiger, which denotes its , being fit to lie on a table
or desk.]

Two crosses of brass gilt | de Auricalco : — See Bp.
Watson's Essay on Oricalchum in the 4th vol.
of his Chymical Essays. That it was brass is clear
from the old French name for that metal — archal.]

Two new Missals. Two new graduals. [The gradual or
grail was the book containing the choral service at
High Mass. Burn, from Lindwood.] Three old Missals;
one of them covered with red leather. An old porti-
phory. A processionel. An executor of the office. A
collectuary. Four books of Placebo and Dirige. A
psalter. A pair of vestments of red velvet. A cope
of red velvet, with two velvet dalmaticas. [Deacon's
vestments.] A pair of silk vestments. A white silk
cope, with two dalmaticas. Four pairs of other vest-
ments. An yearly Manual. [The Manual seems, says
Burn, to be the same with the ritual ; and contains all
things belonging to the ministration of the Sacraments,
also the blessing of fonts, and other things which require
blessing, and the whole service used at processions.]

He also devises to the chaplains and their successors,
a manse now erected, a buttery (promptuarium), and a
kitchen in common, with other buildings and ease-
ments prepared for them ; and the following articles : —
A long dining table, with two benches. Three table
cloths. A basin and ewer. Three brass kettles. Two
iron spites and rakkes. A cobard (cupboard). A spit
with iron wheels and weights to turn and roast meat.

Hence the name was extended to compendinms, or catalogues in other
branches of knowledge.

The Porteous of Nobleness was a Scottish work on armouries in the
lGth century. It even became the name of a family ; and the book
in the arms of the late venerable Bishop of London is not, as might
have been supposed, anil as with great propriety it might have been,
a bible, but, in allusion to his name, a Portcus or rortifory.

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A Chaufour of laton. [Laton, Latten is brass. Watson
ut supr. iv, 70. This chafer was, I suppose, a chafing
dish to hold charcoal, for the purpose of warming their
common hall. Fire places and chimneys were scarcely
known at that time.] Twenty pieces of pewter vessels,
great and small.

He also leaves them his two silver-gilt girdles and
his dagger or bastard hemes, to buy them a silver-
gilt chalice for the celebration of divine service.
[Harness is armour, defensive furniture of war : a
churchman had no use for such, but he might, and
we see did, wear a dagger, and this might be called
a kind of bastard harness. If this is not the true
explanation, I have nothing better to offer.]

A gilt Mazer cup (murrain), with silver. [I believe
the Mazer or drinking cup was so called, because it was
made of maslin or mixed metal.

Sire Thopas, in chames, drank
the swete win,
And made eke in a maselin.

That it could not have been of the maple (as Somner
supposes, because the Dutch name of that tree is maezer),
is plain from various passages cited by Du Cange in v.
Mazer. A cup of precious mazer, scyphus pretiosi
Mazeris, evidently denotes something more valuable
than one of the cheapest of woods. How the mazer
cups came also to be called murrse, does not appear.
The murrhine vases of the ancients were made of some
kind of semi-transparent stone, of the onyx or agate
kind, and it appears probable that glass cups received
the same name in later times, from some affinity they
bore to the others. Glass will, as is well known, take
a coat of gilding, but whether such was the cup in
question, it is impossible to decide. See Cyphus de
Mazero in the taxation of Salop, 4 Edward II.

Dr. Drake (Eboracum p. 439,) describes a mazeur
bowl," edged about with silver, and lined with silver,
given by Archbishop Scrope to the Shoemaker's
Company at York. He adopts the etymology of mazer

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from maple, but does not state the material of which
this cup is made.]

Six silver spoons. A sawcer, or saltseller (salserium)
ofpewtre. Three hand towels.

He orders that the master or warden shall have for
his support, and for the repairs of the college, and the
other expenses belonging to it, the tithes and profits of
the Church of Idesale and Chapel of Dadele (Dawley),
the township and grange of Aston, and profits of St.
Julian in Shrewsbury.

He directs that the alms collected by virtue of the
indulgences granted to the College, and the offerings
made therein, be applied to the building and work of
the bell- tower (campanilisj, and after that is finished be
given to the poor who for the time being shall be in the
college, and for the keeping up and repairing of their
alms-house.

The Chaplains are to common together at dinner
and supper in the college hall with the master, and not
in their own chambers, or in other secret or out ward places,
and to pay for their board and chamber four marks
each by the year. They are restricted from going out
of college by day or night, without the master s special
leave, under a pain of 3s 4d for every offence. Each of
them is to swear regular obedience to the master at his
first entrance (into other collegiate places) : according to
the custom in other collegiate places.

It appears that ten marks [See Archcccl. xx. 531]
had been originally assigned as the annual stipend of
each chaplain, but that by the express order of Mr.
lve, in whom the royal founder seems to have reposed
an unlimited confidence of which he was very worthy,
no more than eight marks had ever been paid them.
He now however, by his will, directs that they shall in
future receive their full salary of ten marks, provided
that each of them daily say a prayer (Incline, Domine
aurem, &c., Incline thine, ear, O Lord, to our prayers,
whereby we beseech Thee, that the soul of thy servant
Roger lve, etc.), with a secret and post communion,

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and every year solemnize his anniversary at night on
the eve of St. Mary Magdalen, with Placebo and Dirige
by note, and a mass of Requiem on the morrow by note,
with wax lights, toiling of bells, and other dependencies,
orisons, and collects, ordained for the exequies of the
defunct, praying for the souls of Henry IV. and V. ,
their founders, Richd. Husee, senior, their first patron,
and Isolda his wife, John Husee, Richard Husee the
father, Richd. Husee now living, and Thos. Husee
deceased, and for the souls of me, Roger Ive, and my
kinsfolk, and for the souls of Will. Howyk,of Pountfret,
and Sir Tho. Kyrkeby, chaplain, deceased, and for the
souls of all faithful slain in the field of Bataylfield and
there interred.

The Chaplains are moreover to say after noon with-
out note in the choir, Placebo and Dirige, with suffrages
for the deceased aforesaid, except on days when by the
ordinal of Sarum they may not be said : and he particu-
larly specifies, that the Chaplains shall on this occasion
sit in the choir, some on the south side, and some on the
north. Every day on which nine lessons are read, they
shall say the Mattins of the day in the choir by note,
and a Mass of St. Mary by note, and another high Mass
of the day by note : also vespers after noon by note :
and whenever they say mattins and vespers without
note, they shall sit apart on each side of the choir, and
not together on one side He also assigns to the
Chaplains the appropriation of the chapel of Ford, pro-
vided that once a -week, find if it may be on the
Monday, they say Mass of Requiem, with Placebo and
Dirige, and nine lessons by note, lauds and commen-
dations without note, for the souls aforesaid, and for
this he assigns them 4cL a week each out of Ford and
St. Michael of Wyre. In case of their neglect, the same
to go to the hospital of the poor.

Thus then the whole income which a Chaplain of
Battlefield could enjoy as such, under the will of his
founder, was <£7 5s. 4d. per annum, even if he bestowed
an uninterrupted attendance upon this burdensome

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ceremonial. Deducting four marks (£2 13s. 4d.) for his
board and lodging, it leaves him £4- 12s. for wearing
apparel, and every other incidental charge. Surely
this, which no calculation can raise beyond £40 of
modern currency, will not be deemed an extravagant
remuneration for the unremitted services of a man of
education for every day of the year, and almost every
hour of the day and night : and whatever we may think
of the utility of their employment, the members of this
establishment did not eat the bread of idleness. If, as
there is reason to believe, they devoted their leisure to
the study of letters, and the instruction of youth,1
the insatiate and unprincipled ministers of a virtuous
young monarch might have respected the poverty of an
establishment whose spoils could bring- so trifling an
addition to their coffers. But nothing was too low for
the avarice of Somerset. The dissolution of Edward
VI. was the disgrace of the Reformation of the English
Church ; and it is well if it prove not its ruin.

Much injury had arisen to the testator and his
college in time past, from the forgery of the college seal
and from neglect in keeping it, he therefore orders a
new one, which he thus describes : In the middle is
the image of the Holy Trinity, with the figure of St.
Mary Magdalen on the right, and St. John Baptist on
the left, at the feet himself on his knees, and this legend
in the circumference, & co'e. d'ni rog'i ive p'mi mag'ri

ET SUCC. SVOR. COLLEGII b'e MARIE MAGDAL. IUX? SALOP.

The same to be kept under three keys, in the custody
respectively of the Master, Richd. Husee and his heirs,
and a chaplain of the college, the most discreet and
proper.

Lastly he strictly forbids any of the Chaplains from
keeping any woman or concubine within the college or
elsewhere, on pain of perpetual expulsion ; and

1 In 15S0, a person of the age of Gl years, speaks of going to
school at the college of Battletield about 55 years ago : i.e. in 1525.
See Depositions in Abrightlee. [See p. 116 ante.]

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constitutes Richard Husee, Esq., Sir William Michall,
Sir Richard Jowett, and Sir John Ive, Chaplains, his
executors.

This will, evidently the result of much reflexion, was
not made when the testator was in extremis, since he
appeared personally in the court of Chancery on the first
day of February, 1445-6, and acknowledged it as his
own : it was therefore by his exertions that the college
obtained a charter in the December preceding, granting
them exemption from all intervention of the officers of
the crown and the exclusive execution of warrants,
levying of flues, amercements, &c. within the precinct
and territory of the chantry, and the manors of
Adbryghton Hussey and the vill of Harlescote, being
within the said territory and precinct, and their other
manors, lands, and fees. Indeed I apprehend that Mr.
Ive continued in office throughout the whole of this
reign. I do not find any mention of a successor to him1
before 1461, when Sir Roger Phillippis occurs in the
situation of master, and obtained from the new King
Edward IV. a brief, enabling him to collect charitable
contributions for the aid of his college. He added to
the possessions of the college by purchasing two parcels
of land, one parcel lying in the venel (or lane) called
Kings Way over against before the gates of the college,
and the other in the field near the gates of the college ;
on each of these pieces of land he built three chambers,
six in the whole, which he settled upon the combrethren
(so he styles them) and other chaplains in the church of
the college, on condition that they shall always celebrate
his anniversary on the Saturday after St. Martin in
hieme. They are to pay a rent of 8d. yearly for the
preirises to Richard Husey, Esq. and his heirs. His
deed to the ©Sect above, bears date Oct. 2,19 Edw. IV.,
and is witnessed by Richard Hussey, Esq., senior,
Richard his son and heir, Thomas Sugdon apostolical
and imperial nothary, William Banastur, esq., William

1 [These words, ' from " Indeed " to "him," have subsequently
been erased. Ed.]

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Wollascot Esq., Thomas Perkys, and William Atkys.
(e cart. J. Moultrie.)

Mr. Ive resigned the wardenship early in the year
1447, for on the 14th of April Henry Bastard, master
in the faculty of arts, was admitted by the diocesan to
Adbryghton Huse chapel and this college thereto
annexed. He had previously agreed to allow his
predecessor an annual pension of £10 for his life, out of
the revenues of the college, and this compact was
sanctioned on the day of Mr. Bastards admission, by
Thomas Chesterfield, canon residentiary of Lichfield and
bachelor of decrees, who was at that time guardian of
the spiritualities of the see of Lichfield.

5 Dec. 24 H. 6. " Henricus dei gr'a etc' Sciatis quod cum
cantaria be. M. Magd. in campo vocat' Batailfeld jux' vhT n'ram
de Salop de meo custode sive magistro & drversis capellanis
ceterisque ministris ecciesiasticis apud altissimum pro animabus
nonnuliarum personarum que in quodam bello in campo
predicto inter carissim' dominum H. avum nostrum nuper
regem Anglie quarturn & Henricum Percy habito interfecte
fuerunt & quarum corpora circa tria miliaria & ultra in eodem
campo et circiter eundem campum jacent humata, per eundem
avum nostrum fundata creata erecta sit & in honore be. M. M.
ex causa p'd'ca dedicata &e." (cart. J. Moultrie.)

The next warden of Battlefield was a very distinguished
ecclesiastick of the period in which he lived. In the
language of his epitaph he was the most worshypful
priest lyvyng in hys days. This was master Adam
Grafton, of [an ancient family of Shrewsbury burgesses ;
besides the rectory ot Withington, deanery of St.
Mary's, archdeaconry of Stafford, and wardenship of this
college, all which he held, he had the honour of filling
the office of chaplain, and perhaps of preceptor, to two
young princes, each of them resident at the castle of
Ludlow, in this county, and each of them cut off from
the enjoyment of a crown by the cruel stroke of death, —
the unfortunate Edward V., who filled the throne for
only twelve weeks, and Arthur, Prince of Wales, the
eldest son of Henry VII. In Mr. Grafton's time the
elegant tower of this collegiate church, left unfinished
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by its first master, seems to have been brought to a
conclusion, and his name is carved on the east side
of the ornamented string course that surrounds the top.

In 1506, on the accounts of the bailiffs of Salop, is a
payment of 4d., being the„expenses of Nicholas Waring
and Thomas Couppere riding to Withington to discourse
with the Abbott of Haghman and the Archdeacon of
Salop. This must have been Adam Grafton, with whom
I suppose the Abbott was upon a visit at his parsonage
house of Withington.

Mr. Grafton must have resigned this mastership long
before his death, which did not take place till 1530,
since on the last day of March 16 Hen. VIII. , and after
in 17 Hen. VIII., I find another person in possession of
the office, viz. Humphrey Thomas, bachelor of decrees.
By an instrument of this last date, whereby the king,
reciting the poverty of the college, or rather os it should
seem, of the mastership, empowers him to collect the
alms of the well-disposed for his benefit. As an early
instance of what we now call a brief, it is worth while
to set down the substance of it : —

" Henric. octav. rex &q omnibus & singulis Archiep'is &c. ac
aliis officiariis & minis tris . . . nostris . . . salutem. Ex
parte clif c'i in Xpo Humfii Thomas in decretis bacalarii mag'ri
sive custodis collegii regii be. M. M. de Battlcfeld iux. Salop
nobis est conquerendo monstratum quod cum proventus &
revenc'o'es coliegio p'd'c'o pertinentes ad sustentaco'em dicti
magistri sive custodis & ad supportaco'em alior' on'um eidem
coliegio indies incumbencium sufficere nequiant."

It is a brief to enable his procurators, Humphrey
Wood, Henry Pykemore and John Prein to collect
alms . . . " Dat. ap. Hampton Court xi die Oct. r. n.
17." (Cart. J. Moultrie.)

The windows of this church had been originally filled
with painted glass, much of which was destroyed when
Dugdale visited this county. But some was then
remaining in eleven out of the thirteen windows. He
visited^ this church 1 9 March, 1G62-3. The windows
were divided into three panes each by two mullions.

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In the middle of the East window, says he, is parte
of the picture of King Henry IV. (from the neck to the
knees) in armour, having a surcoate of his amies over
his brest, and holding a pole-axe in his left hand, but
his head and leggs are broken off.

SOUTH WINDOWS.

1st window, or that next the east window.
At the bottom of this window is painted a man in
armour kneeling, having upon him a surcoate of arms,
quarterly 1 and 4. (Sr., two lions passant. A. 2 and 3.
O. across engrailed S. (Strange and MohunJ. At the
top of this window these arms in square. (See the plate

2nd Window.

At the bottom the badge (fig. b being a white horse
courant under an oak tree with a scarf of the arms of
Fitz Alan, beino- the bado-e of that house. See Gouo4i\s
Sepulchr. Moil, vol 2., pi. xxii. and Hist. Pleshtj,
appendix p. 16.) with the words . . . fcomtnt miitvaurrs.

In the middle of this window is the picture of St.
George on foot in armour standing upon a Dragon.

At the top the arms (fig. c.)

4th Window.

Arms (fig. d.)

5th Window.

These fragments ©Uicu^1 hec arma diu . . . . x milia
amioru' indulgen' .... A man in white and shorne,
kneeling out of his mouth dHlt dei miserere mei : and
under Him Hoocvt i>uc priini Mag'ri hujus collegii et . .

Under him a woman, kneeling ; her upper garment
red, and under garment blue, and beneath her p*cnt»
suor' ac o'iu' quor' corp'a hc requiesc ....

6th Window.

These fragments. Under a man kneeling in a red
robe and shorne bead. Ovate p' a'i'abus Adam balle
Johanne .... Will'mi .... Tho'e Sondeford. In
this window are the pictures of St. Nicholas and St.
Cedda.

338 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHAPEL.

2nd Window towards the East.
The story of the beheading of St. John Baptist.
3rd Windoiu.

In the left hand pane of the said window. At the
bottom is a man kneeling in armour, whereon is a
surcoate of armes having this coate ffig. e) out of his
mouth. Sc'e Cedda ora p5 a'i'a Rici Son ford : &

under his feete Orate p' animabus Eoberti

At the top of the said pane is Sandfovd's coate. In the
mid-pane of the said window, a man in armour, kneeling,
his surcoat broken away, as also the coat of armes set
over his head : & out of his mouth a scrowle with these
words. S'ce Joh'es Bap11 ora pro a'i'a Rici Husee.

In the pane on the right hand, a man kneeling with
a surcoate having this coat of armour thereon (fig. f.)
This coate is also set in the top of this pane on the
man's head, & out of his mouth, S'ce George ora pro a'i'a

Roberti Inglefield, & under his feete [Orate

pro animab' Robert Inglefield Rici] l$Mt & Richardi
Sondford.

4 th Window.

Coat (fig. g.)

5th Window.

Under this coate (fig. h.) is the picture of St. Winifred.
6th Window.

The coates (i.k.l.) [The design of these windows
seems to have been the patron saints of each individual.]

Written about the upper edge of the pulpit : —

Richard, son of Sir Richard Russey, knight, was borne
,he 13th day of Oct,, 1614, & was christened the 23rd
lay of Oct., 1614.

Painted on the pulpit (fig. rn.)

BATTLEFIELD.

I. — Of how many townships does the parish consist 1
One.

BATTLEFIELD. 3 3D

II. — Does the constablewick contain any part, or the ivhole of
another township ?

No.

III. — Please to name the several hamlets, mansion houses
and other chief places under each township ?■

Battlefield, Adbrighton Hussey (or Hall Hussey), and Huffley.

IV. — Does the parish lie in more hundreds than one f
The whole parish is in the Liberties of Shrewsbury.

V. — Do any of the townships extend into any other parish?
No.

VI. — Is any part of your parish detached from the bod.y of it ?
No. ' " '

VII. — How many manors, or reputed manors, are there in
the parish ? And over which parts of the parish do such
manors respectively extend?

There is only one manor in this parish , which is co-extensive
with it.

VIII. — Please to name the present lords of such manors;
and also for which of them courts leets are holden ?

John Corbet, of Sundorn, Esq., is the present lord of the
manor of Battlefield ; he holds only a courtbaron;the Corporation
of Shrewsbury have the court leet.

IX. — The real or reputed number of acres in each parish.
About 680.

Please to add.ress your answer to —
CORBET=f. . . .

Robt. s.p. Roger=f=

William Corbet, of Wattesburgh^

Corbet of Cans. Corbet of \Vattesburgh=f=

I I

i n i i i

Corbet of^ Corbet of Hope. Corbet of Cans. Corbt. of-T= Corbet of=f=
Acley. I s.p. Leigh. I Morton. I

Corbet of Acley. Corbet of Longnor. Corbet of Leigh.=p

Corbet of Glazely. Corbet of Ficlistow. Corbet of Newton.

orbet of Morton. Corbet of Ynismorgan. Hawardine. Stoke.

340 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

From a book of Mr. Corbet's of Sundorn,
containing drawings of ye painted windows of
Battlefield Church, done by Bowen.
In 1738 yc date of 1524,.was over ye door of ye porch
of 4dbrighton-Hussey Hall, as also over ye or building
that runs parallel with it, cut in wood, with the leg
under it.

At ye same time this inscription, made by me edward
hvse, 1601, was cut upon ye wainscot over one of ye
chamber doors.

Upon the picture of Pelham Corbet was written
aetatis 31, 1G34.

In ye hall window these coats were painted in glass :
Arg. a man's leg couped in the middle of the thigh sab.,
impaling, Or. a raven p'p'.

On ye seal of Battlefield was written : Sigillum co'e
rogeri Ive primi magistri & successorum suorum collegii
beate Marie Magdalene juxta Salop.

In ye 1st south window a man kneeling in armour,
on wch is quaitered 1 & 4, 2 lions passant, 2 & 3, or a
cross engrailed sab. Strange & Mohun. Over him on
a square escutcheon 1 k 4, gul. 2 lions passant arg. 2 &
3, on a cross engrailed sab., impaling, or 6 bars gemels
arg. over all a lion rampant sab.

In ye 2nd south window 1 & 4, Gul. a lion ramp* or 2
& 3, sab. a fret or.

Also ye same coat, empaling 1 & 4 grand quarters 1
& 4, arg. 3 lozenges or in fess., 2 & 3, or an eagle displayed
arg., 2 & 3 grand quarters, or a saltire arg. a label of 3
points, each point charged with 3

A white horse running, to his neck a scarf is suspen-
ded, on wch are y° golden lion and y° fret, behind him a
tree.

Another escutcheon with the black leg.

AVE GRACIA PLENA EOR CAp'lLI WILLI EOR . . .A PRO.

In ye 5th window on y° south side : quicu'q' hec arma
dni n .... rogeri yve primi m'gri huius colleg' p'emV:
suor' ac omT qvor' corpa far requiesc'.

From Dugdale.

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341

In a north window: — Orate pro animab* Robert
Inglefield Rici Husee & Richardi Sondford, a man in
armour kneel",' w* a label See Cedda ora pro an'a Rici
Sondford, over him [these arms tricked : — Per fess in-
dented erm. & az., impaling, Erm. on a chief indented
azure a mullet argent.] A man in armour toncelP w* a
label See Johe ora pro a'na Rici Hvsee. Over him ar. a
leg sab.

Anor man in arm kneell w* a label See Georg' ora
pro a'i'a Rob'ti Inglefield. Over him S. a fess or betw
6 martlets or.

Battlefield Register begins 1663.
Eliz. Eo-erton, wid. s. 1671.

Mr. Tho. Cumberford of Dothill in p'sh Wellington &
Mrs. Mary Pierce of St. Mary's Sal. m. 1697.

Mr. John Jervise of the parish of Stone in the co. of
Stafford & Uw. Grace Ward of St. Chads p'sh Salop md
30Aug\ 1720. \ Qu, an ancestor of Earl St. Vincent.]

26 H. 8. John Husey mar or custos of Batelfylcl.

A gen1 pardon for Roger Yve mr or custos of Battlefd
Teste Johe cluce Bed. custode Angl. 5 Oct, 3 Hen. [VI.]

18 Oct. 1535. Sir John Hussey chaplain aclm. to ye
mastership or custody of ye collegiate church of Battelfield
vacant by ye death of Sir Humphrey Thomas last
master, on ye present' on of mar Richd Hussey, Esq.

10 Apr. 30 Hi 8. Sir John Hussey clerke master of
the college of Mary Magd. of ye BatelMld nere Shrews-
bury & ye brethren of ye same demise to Thos. Jewks of
Salop corviser all their tvth belonoino- to Golham . . .
in ye p'sh of St. Jul van's, for 90 years, rent 23s. 4d.
(Cart. J. M.)

14 Jun. 1706. Ordered y1 yc recorder & T. Clk wait
upon cap1 Corbett of Abriglit Hussey touching the
deodand taken by him in the Battelfield, that if lie do
not give yc rec. T. C. satisfaction as to his right thereto,
that hee be forthwith sued &c. for ye same.

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

The college of Battlefield had a peculiar jurisdiction
[n the probate of wills, and all other things pertaining
to ecclesiastical law. I have not discovered when this
authority was granted to them, but its existence is
undoubted.

In 1535, Henry VIII. , having conceived the design of
dissolving- the monasteries and reforming the state of
his clergy, appointed Cromwell vicegerent, vicar
general, and official principal of his realm1, for tho
purpose of a general visitation of all the clergy
in virtue of his newly assumed supremacy. It is from
this visitation that we learn the fact of the peculiar
jurisdiction of Battlefield. For the new vicar general
being prevented by other affairs from immediately
attending to this visitation, a commission issued from

1 Burnet states that the first act of the king's supremacy was his
naming Cromwell vicar general and general visitor to all the
Monasteries, and other privilcdged places. "This," says he, "is commonly
confounded with his following dignity of Lord Vice-Gerent in
ecclesiastical matters : but they were two different places, and held
by different commissions. By the one he had no authority over the
bishops, nor had he any precedence ; but the other gave him the
precedence next the royal family, and clothed him with a compleat
delegation of the king's whole power in ecclesiastical affairs. For
two years he was only vicar general." Hist. lief., Book 3, vol. 1,
n. 181. As neither of these commissions are on the enrolls, having been
most probably taken from thence in the days of Queen Mary, the
bishop is not to be blamed for having omitted the dates of them. But
he seems to have supposed that the former of them issued in 1535,
and if so, the comniis.sion appointing Cromwell vicar general must
have issued in 1 .337, yet we see him bearing that title the year before.

As to the dignity of Lord Vice-Gerent, I do not find it. The
stat. 31 lien. VI 11., 1530, chap. 10, which gives him precedence next
to the king, only calls him "the King's vice-gcrent for good and due
ministration of justice to be had in all causes and cases touching the
ecclesiastical jurisdiction and for the godly reformation and redress of
all errors, heresies, and abuses in the said church," and it should seem
as if the ollice expressed in this long title had been but newly conferred.

The fact appears to be that this ill-starred politician was first in
1535 constituted vice gerent, vicar-general, and official principal, etc.,
as stated in the text, and then about three years after, in 1538 or
1539, King's vice gerent, etc., for good and due, etc., as stated in the
act of parliament just qriot&l Confer Burnet U.K., v, 1, app.,
p. 184. In the rolls of Salop he is called Lord Visitor.

BATTLEFIELD.

343

the King, 31 June, 1536, permitting the college to con-
tinue its old jurisdiction in the premises during pleasure.

As the preamble to this Commission states the
grounds on which Henry assumed the title of Head of
the Church, which is a matter that has been much
misunderstood, I shall subjoin it, ' ' Whereas all j udicial
power, authority, and jurisdiction, both ecclesiastical and
secular, originally flowed from the Royal power, as
from the supreme head and fountain of all magistrates
within our realm, — for this cause, although We,
intending to visit the whole clergy, and beginning such
a visitation, have inhibited all Arch-bishops, Bishops,
Archdeacons, and others enjoying ecclesiastical jurisdic-
tion in our realm, from attempting to exercise such
jurisdiction within their territories respectively, pending
our visitation, Yet because, etc."

In 1546 the college had recovered its peculiar jurisdic-
tion, for we then find John Hussey the warden consti-
tuting an official for the exercise of it, within the limits
of the royal Chapel of St. Julian. Indeed I am not
sure that the warden of Battlefield had any other
peculiar jurisdiction than that which resulted from the
annexation of that chapel to his college. The authorities
I have been able to consult do not enable me to settle
this question. It seems, however, little likely that he
should have a separate official for St. Julian's, and there
is no mention of any jurisdiction out of that parish in
the appointment subjoined.

Scarcely a twelvemonth after the date of this instru-
ment, the first parliament of Edward VI. assembled, in
which the act for granting collegiate chantries to the

o o o

king was passed. On this event the possessions of this
society were granted out to various individuals. The
house and site of the college, all houses, etc., thereto
belonging, except a chamber called the curate's lodging,
occupied by Edward Shorde curate, were in 3 Edward
VI. granted to John Cupper and Ptichard Trevor in
socage. They had also a grant of all those cottages or
booths built upon the lands of Richard Hussey next the
Vol. I., 2nd s. X

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site of the said college and all those fairs and markets
in Battlefield. (MSS. in Mus. Brit 4702.)

These persons were, I find, large dealers in the spoils
of this Dissolution. They probably sold this property
to Mr. Hussey, from whose -ancestors it originally pro-
ceeded ; for it has ever since followed the destination of
Abright Hussey. The site of the college was included
in the sale of 1G38 from the ITusseys to Mr. Pelham
Corbet, and is now the property of John Corbet, Esq.,
of Sundorn, lord of the manor of Abright Hussey, and
who also grants a deputation for the manor of Battlefield.

" Johannes Hussey clericus raagister sive custos ecclesie
collegiate beate Marie Magdalene necnon regie capelle Juliane
sancte ville de Salop de Battlefild delecto nobis in Christo
Edwardo Stevens clerico artium professori Salutem in domino
sempiternam ad corrigend' puniend' & debit' reformand' crimine
fcdefectus qnorumLCimq' nostrorivm utriusque sexus subditorum
tarn clericorum quam laicorum in et per tot' nostram jurisdic-
tionern infra limites nostre regie ac capelle S'ce Juliane ville
p'd'c'e delinquencium quorum eorrectio & reformatio ad nos . .
. . . dinoscitur pertinere necnon ad cognoscend' & procedend'
in omnibus & singulis causis instancionat' tarn ex officio meo
p'unat' quam ad alicujus partis instanciam etiam defamacionu'
testamentarior' probac'o'es fideiq' lesionis & piurii purgac'o'es
inducend' & recipiend' necnon testament' quorumcuq' deceden-
tiu' infra eand' approband' ac ab intestat' decedenciu' bonorum
administrac'o'em in forma juris committend' compotq' eorund'
bonor' recipiend' ac corum inventorium admittend' & recipiend'
necnon in aliis causis quibuscunq' ad forsan ecclesiasticum &
n'ram jurisdic'o'em . . . pcrtinen' . . . Tibi de cujus sic
circumspexionis in dii stria plurimum in d'no confidimus tenore
presentium concedimus facultatem &c. officialem nostrum
constituimus &c. per spacium xxi annor' . . Dat. v Octob. a0
d'ni 1546 & regni illustrissimi &c. Hen. 8 dei gr'a &c. & in terris
eccl'e anglicane &c. supremi capitis 38.

per me Ric. Husey pateron of ye same
per me Joliem Husey magister sine custos ejusdem
p' me Edwardum Sbord (?) oonof ye brothers off the same.
The church appears to have been built, as we have
seen, between the years 1407 and 1409, but the tower
was scarcely begun in 1443, and was certainly not
completed before the close of that century, or the
commencement of the next.

Battlefield. 345

The windows of the church were filled with beautiful
stained glass, which, when perfect, must have had a most
brilliant effect. Though sadly mutilated, when Dugdale
saw them in March. 1662 — 3, enough was left to show
that they were designed to represent the connexions of
the family of Hussey, their superior lord, Fitz Alan, of
whom the estate was holden, Strange of Knokin, a
kinsman of that great house, and the Engiefields,
Sandfords, Banestres, &c, all allied by consanguinity or
neighbourhood with the line of Abright Hussey.

We are able to fix the period when these windows
were painted to some year between 1434 and
1445, for William Fitz Alan, whose arms, impaled
with those of his wife Joan Nevile,1 were seen
in one of them, did not succeed to the earldom
of Arundel till the first of those years, and Richard
Sandford, who was drawn with a surcoat of Lacon, in
allusion, I suppose, to his marriage with Maud Banastre,
the heiress of Lacon, died in the last of them. The
other persons whose names or arms occur, were all
living at a period consistent with these dates:

Richard Lord Strange, who succeeded his father in
1403, died himself in 1448, as his first wife Constance,2
whose arms I suppose they are, which are empaled with
his own, died in 1438.

Robert Englefeld succeeded his father in 1428, and
died in 1473 ; and I find Thomas Sandford alive in 1425,
and dead in 1470. We may therefore fairly ascribe
these costly decorations to the exertions and taste of
warden Ive.

A skilful herald may perhaps fix the date still more
precisely.

1 It is observable that her paternal bearing of Nevile gives place to
her mother's coat of Montacute, which occupies the first quarter of
this empalemcnt.

2 Her famil}- name is not known. A M.S. of Ashmole's gives the
same coat With a slight variance of tincture, an/cnt, three bars voided
sable, over all a lion rampant gules for the arms of Ad. de Mohant

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Very few fragments are now remaining, though enough
to show the loss sustained by their removal.

[The following is from a printed Newspaper or
Magazine slip. Ed.] *

BATTLEFIELD CHUECH.

Last week, a splendid Monument, to the memory of
the late John Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne, was erected in
Battlefield Church, near this town, against the east end
of the north wall.

The basement, which rests on the floor, is after the
model of an ancient altar tomb, and is divided into four
compartments by small panelled butresses ; within each
compartment are two shields, under trefoil headed arches,
surmounted by small panels, similarly ornamented ; on
these lie the ledger, moulded and charged with roses.
From this altar tomb rise five panelled buttresses with
mouldings, supporting the canopy, which consists of
four pointed ogee arches with trefoil heads, crocketed
and crowned with elegant finials, which also terminate
under the cornice ; the buttresses run up between these
arches, and each finishes under the cornice with a rich
crocketed pinnacle placed angularly with the buttresses,
the spandrils being filled with narrow trefoil headed
panels. On the canopy is a rich moulded cornice with
roses, &c. surmounted by elaborately carved strawberry
leaves resting on reversed trefoil headed arches pierced
through. In the centre of the cornice are the arms of
the deceased, — Or, two ravens in pale proper, impaling
those of his two wives, — Quarterly per fesse indented Or
and Gules for Leighton, and Ermine 3 fusils in fesse Sa.
for Pigott ; his crest, an elephant proper with a tower on
his back.

At the angles are small octagonal turrets springing
from the step and terminating with a carved cornice and
projecting battlements.

The ends, from the turrets to the wall of the church,
are occupied by small trefoil headed panels, resting on
a moulded plinth, and terminating under a cornice

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347

carved similar to that in front. The interior represents
in miniature the aisle of a cathedral or cloister with its
richly groined and ribbed vault, at each division are
small archivolts springing from richly carved corbels,
^d the intersections of the ribs are covered with rich
foiiu ed bosses. On the back is the following inscription
in a mixture of old English text and Longobardic
characters : —

Sacred to the merrtorv of
JOHN CORBET Esquire of SUNDORNE,
who departed this life the 19 day of May 1817,
aged 65 years.

He was in the twenty first degree of lineal descent from
CORBET a nobleman of NORMANDY
who accompanied WILLIAM THE FIRST
to the conquest of ENGLAND :
and received an ample donation of lands & manors
in the County of SALOP during the reign of that monarch.

In the same vault
are deposited the remains of his first wife

emma Elizabeth

daughter of Sir CHARLTON LEIGHTON Baronet of LOTON
who died the 19 day of September 1797.

And of their only son
JOHN KYN ASTON CORBET
who died the 23 day of April 1806,
aged 15 years.

This monument is erected by his second wife ANNE daughter
of the Reverend WILLIAM PIGOTT, M.A. Rector of EDG-
MOND and CHETVYVND, as a tribute of gratitude and
affection to the best of husbands, the remembrance of whose
virtues is deeply engraven on her heart.

This magnificent memorial was designed by the Rev.
Archdeacon Owen, and most admirably executed by the
Messrs. Carline, of this town, in a beautiful fine grained
free stone from the Grinshill quarries in this neighbour-
hood, the warm yet mild tinge of which adds greatly to
the harmony and elegance of the work : and whether
we consider the design, the execution, or the munificence
that raised it, it is alike creditable to the individual, the
antiquary, and the artist. It is of that era in which the

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style denominated the florid Gothic prevailed, a period
when sculpture and architecture had attained the zenith
of splendid ornament, and of elaborate and minute
detail, with great precision and care in finishing.
(January 2, .1822).

INCUMBENTS OF BATTLEFIELD.

(From MS. Top. Salop, C. 9, fibs. 45-6).

Roger Philips, rector, 13 Edw. IV.

4 Mar 1560. Thos. bp. Coy. & Lick, certified that he had
examined the register of tloland Lee his predecessor ;
wherein it was contained y' at Salop IS Oct. 1535 Sir
John Hussey chap1 was admitted to ye mastership of
Battellfyeld void by ye death of Sir Humfr. Thomas, on
ye presentation of Master Richd Hussey Esqr. patron.
(Cart J. M.)

Thomas Orpe, who had been ejected from Stanton
Hine Heath, when Mr. Pelham Corbet gave this small
benefice to him it was only worth five marks per anDiun.
Mr. Corbet advanced it to five pounds for Mr. Orpe.

Roger Eddowes, curate 1694, sep. 1 May 1728. [He
mar. Elizabeth Young, 21 Jan, 1716 ; and had a son
William, bapt, 8 Nov. 17 17. His widow, then "of
Smethcott," *as buried 12 Apr. 1731.]

1749. Sept. 28. Leonard Hotchkiss; ob. 12 Nov. 1771. [He
was M.A. of St. John's Coll., Camb., and for upwards of
19 years Head-Master of Shrewsbury. He died, aged
80, and was bur. at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. He was
licensed to Uffington 18 Oct, 1734 ; and was the first
Incumbent who held Uffington and Battlefield. His
portrait is at the Shrewsbury School-House. Sarah, his
wife, died in 1759, aged 81.]

1772. Jan. 10. Beaumont Dixie. See Uffington. He was
also minister of St. Peter's, Derby ; ob. 1786. [He was
licensed to Uffington also, 10 Jan., 1772. He died at
Dalbury, co. Derby, 10 May, 1786. He was son of the
Rev. Beaumont Dixie, rector of Market Bos worth, by
Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Corbet, of Shrewsbury, and
grandson of Sir Wolstan Dixie, 3rd Bart. He mar.
Margaret, dau. of Richard Shewin, of Strady, co. Car-
marthen, and by her was father of the 6th, 7th, and 9th
Baronets.]

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1786. Sept, 25. Edward Williams, M.A., fellow of All Souls,
[Oxford, until 1818; licensed also to Uffington, 25 Sept.,
1786 ; rector of Chelsfield, Kent, 1817 ; died 3, and bur.
at Battlefield 10 Jan., 1833, aged 70. He was son of
Edward Williams, of Eaton Mascot, by his wife Barbara
Letitia, dau. of John Mytton, of Halston, and widow of
J ohn Corbet, of Sundorti. He compiled some Shropshire
Topographical Collections in MS.]

[1833. John Oliver Hopkins, M.A., Magd. Coll. Camb.; Incum-
bent of Battlefield and Uffington until 1851 ; Yicar of
St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1851 ; died 1 Aug., 1853 ; bur.
at St. Mary's Churchyard. He married in Oct., 1845,
Beatrice J ulia, dau. of Eo-erton Lei eft, of High Leicj'h and
Jodrell Hall, Cheshire; she rem. in 1859 to the Rev.
Robert Lingen Burton, Yicar of Holy Cross and St.
Giles, Shrewsbury.

1852. Arthur James Pigott, B.A., and Postmaster of Merton
Coll., Oxford ; Incumbent of Battlefield and Uffington
until 1872 ; during his incumbency Battlefield Church
was restored in 1862 ; died unm. 19 July, 1881, aged 64;
bur. at Ufnnglon. He was 3rd son of the Rev. John
Dryden Pigott, rector of Edgmond.

1872. Thomas Bainbridge, B.A., St. John's Coll., Camb. ; In-
cumbent also of Uffington 1872 to 1875, when the
vicarages were divided. The present Incumbent of
Battlefield.]

[All the foregoing additions relating to the Incumbents, in
parentheses, are my own. Ed.]

[The estate of Battlefield came to the present owner, the Rev.
John Dryden Corbet, in the same way as the estates of Abright
Hussey and Abrightlee, as narrated at pp. Ill and 117 ante. Mr.
Blake way speaks of the " Manor of Battlefield " (see pp. 339, 344) ;
but,'strictly speaking, there can be no such manor, for every manor
is of a date prior to the statute of Quia emptorcs, 18 Edward I., cap.
1, a.d. 1290, which put an end to subinfeudation, and "Battlefield"
as a place did not come into existence until 120 years after that
statute. The Battlefield estate really is parcel of the manor of
Albright Hussey, and has gone with it since the year 1638.

The coats of arms, which formerly were in the windows of the
church, and are referred to at pp. 33G-8, (fig .a to fig. m), are tricked
in the Ashmolc MS. 854, and copied by Blakeway in his MS. History.
They are not here engraved, on account of the expense.

The old stained glass was taken down about the year 1749, and
entrusted to the care of a neighbouring farmer, who suilered his
children and servants to destroy and displace it, so that, when it was

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to be replaced, a few fragments only could be found, which were then
fixed in the east window of the church, without much attempt at
arrangement. These fragments contained two crowned heads, a male
and a female, a human head in a dish with the point of a scimitar,
the chalice and wafer, and some escutcheons of arms with quartering^,

also an inscription, M Orate pro animabus Rogeri hujusce

capellani." This old glass was, unfortunately, carried away from
this church in 1861, and placed in a window in the north aisle of
Prees Church ! New glass was inserted in the east window, repre-
senting scenes in the history of St. Mary Magdalene ; and some old
glass from France placed in the windows of the new vestry.

Probably little was done to the church from the time of the dis-
solution of the college down to about 1749, and it was allowed to fall
into a bad state of repair. About this year considerable reparations
were effected. The church was newly roofed, though the pitch of the
roof was, probably, somewhat lowered ; the buttresses were capped
with heads or gurgoyles ; the tower was bound together with iron
bars, nuts, and screws ; a new font was made, and a new bell placed
in the tower. This work was not permanent ; in a few years' time
the roof of the nave fell in, four ugly Doric pillars were introduced
into the chancel to support it, and a brick wall built to sepnrate the
nave from the chancel. The nave was suffered to fall into decay.

In 1861, the church was thoroughly restored, at the cost chiefly of
Lady Brinckman, from plans prepared by Mr. S. Poimtney Smith.
The tower was completely renovated, the disused and ruinous nave
repaired, the Doric pillars in the chancel removed, the church was
new-roofed, and the whole of the edifice put into a thorough state of
repair. The foundations having been sapped by the wet, the whole
of the walls and buttresses had to be underbuilt. The broken
summit of the nave walls were found to be nearly nine feet below
their original height, and covered with grass and shrubs ; and the
tower had sunk a foot out of the perpendicular, and had lost its floors,
bells, and roof, all of which necessitated a vast amount of labour and
expense. A new mortuary chapel for the Corbet family, or vestry,
was built on the north side of the chancel. A new hammer-beam
roof was placed in the church, the points of the hammer bearing-
shields of arms of illustrious warriors who fought on the celebrated
field of battle. The original area of the churchyard was enclosed,
and a lych-gate erected. A Vicarage House was also built on the
west side of the church.

In tlie chancel is acuriousold figure of "Our Lady of Pity," the Blessed
Virgin with the dead Christ in her lap. It is 3 ft. 9 in. high, and carved
out of a solid block of oak, and is probably of 14th century work

The plates represent (1) Battlefield Church as it is now, south
prospect: an ink photograph ; and (2) the same Church about 1750,
north view, from an engraving by Fras. Parry after a drawing by
James Bowen ; also as it appeared in 1792, with its ruinous nave, south
view. For these we are indebted to the proprietors of Eddowcs1
Sh re ivst) u ry Jo urnal. — E l>. ]

BATTLEFIELD CHURCH ABOUT 1750.

BATTLEFIELD CHUROH IN 1782.

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BERWICK.

351

BERWICK.

Berwick is, I conceive, here ivick, the barley village, or
hamlet devoted to the cultivation of that species of
grain, though Du Gauge will have Berwick to mean
" a manor, or rather a member of a manor detached
from the body of it, a small village, a hamlet of a
manor, a manor pertaining to a greater manor, as if it
were bericr-vicy Saxon for manerii-vicus." But I cannot
accede to this etymology. We read in Domesday of as
many as seven berewicks, ten, and even twenty bere-
wicks belonging to one manor, which it is scarcely
possible to understand of so many subordinate manors,
nor, indeed, do I know how berier can bear the signifi-
cation here given it. It is much easier to understand
them of barley farms, from the Saxon here, barley, and
wick j a village. We have no reason from that ancient
survey to believe that the place now before us ever
belonged to any other manor.

In the Saxon times it was a part of the possessions
of the celebrated Edric, nephew of the more celebrated
and treacherous Duke of Mercia of the same name, and
was then valued at 30s. Our Edric, from his pertina-
cious resistance to the Norman conquest, which drove
him, with his followers, into woods and caves, acquired
the appellation of Guilda, the Wild, or Salvage, by
which last he is known in Domesday. He is said to
have been the ancestor of the family of Weld.

When that record was compiled, Berewic, as it is
there written, was one of the manors which Earl Iloger
retained in his own occupation. It was rated to the
dane-geld at one hide and a half. But so greatly had
the cultivation of it increased since the assessment of
that tax, that there were two carucates1 in the demesne,
and five more were held by four servants, one female
servant, and eleven villans, and the whole was then
valued at nine pounds.

1 [Not carucates, but teams. — Ed.]
Vol. I., 2nd S.

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352 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Seven carucates are equal to 940 acres. The town-
ship of Berwick, including Almond Park, now contains
upwards of Ij260 acres.

By the forfeiture of the third Norman earl of this
county, Berwick, with' his other estates, became, of
course, the property of the crown ; and I conceive that
Henry I. granted it to one Ranulf de Broc,1 for he
appears in the Liber Niger, which was compiled in
1167, as one of the land holders of old feoffment (i.e.,
of lands whereof the party or his ancestor was enfeoffed
in the reign of Henry T.) He held under William
Fitz Alan.

Ranulph married one Damietta or Dunetta de
Gorum, an heiress, and had issue three daughters,
Adelina (written also Edelina, Odelina, and Godelina),
Sibilla, and dementia or Clementina. The eldest of
these ladies married Stephen de Turnham,2 Seneschall
of Anjou in 33 Hen. II., 1186, and sheriff of Wiltshire
in the 9th and 10th of Rich. I., to w7hom and his wife
by the name of his faithful (fldeli viro) Ste. de Thorn-
ham and Adelina his wife, Kin^ John in the sixth
year of his reign, ]204, commands the sheriff oi Salop
to deliver without delay full seisin of the manors of
Chedington, Euden, and Berewic {Rot. Claus. 6 John
m. 19, ap. Dodsw. vol. 103), and I rather suppose

1 [Ranulf de Broc, son of Oyn Porcell, was Usher and Marescall to
Henry II., with whom he stood in high favour. He farmed the
vacant see of Canterbury during the exile of Abp. Becket, against
whom he took a strong part, He probably died about 1187. — Cf.
Eyton I., 166-171. Ed.]

2 Stephen de Turnham was son of Robert de Turnham, founder of
the priory of Cumbwell in Kent, temp. Henry II., and brother of
Robert de Turnham, a great favourite of Richard I. Stephen was
himself Seneschal of Anjou in 33 Henry II., Sheriff of Wilts
9 Rich. I., and of Lincolnshire 1 John. He was dead 16 John,
without male issue by Edilino his wife, who, in right of her mother
Damietta, was lady of the manor of Feallebury, co. Hants. (Dugd.
Baron.) But Roger de Leyburue married one of his daughters.
Qu. — Did the Leiburnes get Berwick in that way? Certainly; see
Chetton.

BERWICK.

353

these manors had been holden in dower by Adeline's
mother, because the king on the 8th of August in the
same year commands the sheriffs of Southampton to
deliver to them in like manner full seisin of the manor
of Frelleberi,1 which belonged to Dunetta, mother of the
said Adeline, which mother is dead, and whose heir
she is [Rot. Claus. 6 J oh. m, 19, in Dugd, MSS. v. 2).
But E>anulf, her father, must have been dead as long
ago as the 2nd of Richard L, 1190, for in that year the
sheriff of Salop on the Pipe Rolls renders an account
of three marks which Sibilla de Brocton (as she is there
called) gave for licence to marry herself, — pro licentia
maritandi se, — so minute were the exactions of our
ancient monarchs, and so petty, oftentimes, the produce
of this vexatious branch of the prerogative.

Stephen was probably a brother of that Robert de
Turnham recorded as beino; so instrumental in securing
the throne for John, on the death of his brother Richard,
by putting him into possession of the town of Saumur
and the Castle of Chinon, in which was deposited the
treasure of the deceased monarch. He (Stephen) is
enumerated among the ancient barons by tenure, in
Dugdale's Baronage, and he was evidently a person of
distinction, both from the terms and from the effect of
the writs quoted above, for in them no notice is taken
of the joint claim of his sisters-in-law to the inheritance
of their parents, but he appears to have usurped the
whole to himself. One of these sisters, however, did
not aquiesce in the injustice. Sibilla sued her brother-
in-law and brought him to terms ; for in Michaelmas
term, 9 John, Edeline, the wife of Stephen de Thurnham,
confirmed the agreement which her lord made with her
sister (concordiam quam dominus suus fecit cum sorore

1 [Damictta was daughter of William de Goram, an imigrant from
Maine, in the time of Henry L, by whose gift he had Chetton and
Berwick. She did not own Frelleberi, which was held by the service
of scrjcanty of being Usher to the King, but probably had it as her
dower out of the lands of Ranulf de Broc. Cf. Fi/ton, x., 213 4 j
i., 170, note. Ed.]

354 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

sua). Dodsw. vol. 126. But this settlement was, no
doubt, sufficiently favourable to Turnham, since upon
his death, which happened in or before the 16th of John,1
when his widow, Edeline, gave 60 marks and a palfrey
to marry as she pleased, Sibil endeavoured to set it
aside ; for among the pleas of land at Westminster,
Michaelmas 3 and 4 Hen. III., is one, rotulo 20, in
which Edelina de Broc impleads Sibilla de Broc, that
she keep a fine made at Winton in the time of King
John, between her the sd Sibil on one jd* and Stephen
de Turnham and ye sd Edeline of the purparty, &c,
wch she claims against Stephen and Edeline of ye
inheritance of Banulph del Broc, father of y° sd Sibil
and Edelina, as also of the purparty of Sibil, which she
claims against Stephen and Adeline of the whole
inheritance of Damata de Gorum, mother of ye sd Edeline
and Sibil. Sibil makes default. (Dodsworth, vol. 42.)

Sibilla lived to a great age, and died possessed of
the manor of Chebton,2 which was, I presume, secured
to her by the fine above mentioned. But Berwick
descended to the heirs of Turnham.3 One of these was
Eleanor, the wife of Roger de Leiburne, whom I take
to have been his daughter, for I find that in 9 Bich. I.

1 [In March, 1214, Stephen de Turnham was dead; and then or
soon after, Eodelina, his widow, gave to Lilleshall Abbey the Church
of Chetton, the Chupel of Berwick, and all her right in Haremore.
Cf. Lilleshall Cart. fo. 62 ; Eylon i. 215.— Ed.]

2 [Stephen and Edeline conceded to Sibil the manor of Chetton, of
the inheritance of Damietta. Cf. Plea Rolls, Mich. Term 3 Hen. III.,
m 14 dorso, and llil. Term 7 Hen. III., m. 12dorso; Eyton'i. 171. — Ed.]

3 [Stephen de Turnham and Edelina had five daughters and coheirs,
viz., Eleanor wife of Roger de Leyburn, Clemence wife of William
de Tatelinton, Sibil, Lucy, and Felicia wife of William Hareng. At
the Salop Assizes, in November, 1221, William de Tatelinton and
Clemence, with Sibil, sued Roger de Leyburn for their Manor of
Berwick, whereof Damata, their mother, was seised in the time of
King Richard. This suit lasted 16 years, and Roger de Leyburn's
position was apparently unshaken. Eleanor was dead before
November, 1221. Cf. Salop Assizes, 6 Hen, III., m. 1 dorso; Plac.
ap. Westm,, Hil. Term 7 Hen. III.; Eylon i. 171-3.— Ed.]

BERWICK.

355

he gave 300 marks for the wardship and marriage of
the heir of Robert de Leiburn ; this was the Roger
above mentioned, whom it is reasonable to conclude he
married to his daughter.

The Leybournes were a family of distinction in Kent,
and this Roger, who acted a conspicuous part in the
times in which he lived, was warden of the cinque ports
in 1263. {Col. Rot. Pat. 48 Hen. HI.) In the 29th
of that reign I find him holding: Berwick.

Roger de Lebtjrne's Grant of Berwick Chapel
and of a Warren at Haremor to
Lilleshall Abbey.1

Copied from the original, Ap. 13, 1824.

Om'ib' S'ce Matris Eccl'ie filiis p'sentem paginam Inspecturis
Rogerus de leburne et'nam In d'n'o Salt' j Nou'itis me diuine
precatis Intuitu 't p' salute a'i'e mee 't om'i' an'cessor' meor'
concessisse 't hac p'senti Mea j carta confirmasse deo 't ecc'lie
beate marie de Lillesbull 't canonicis ibidem deo servientib' ■
Capellam de Berewich cu' omib' p'tinenciis suis 't viuarium q'd
dicit' Haremor cu' redundatione • aque s'c'd'm illam altitudine'
Stagni sui qua' habuerunt illo die quo concordat! fuimus apud ■
Salopesbur' In aduentu d'rii Regis cu' solito cursu aquaru' que
i' illam maram cecideriht '• h'h'da 't tenenda libere 't quiete 't
pacifice absq om'i vexatione mei u'l heredum meor' in lib'am j
puram 't p'petuam elemosinam yfc igit' h' mea concessio 't con-
firm atiofuturis tcmporib' rata \ 't stabilis pmaneat earn p'senti
scripto % sigilli mei sup's'sone corroboram Hiis Testib' Mag'ro \
Had' de meidenestan' archid' Cest rie, Mag'ro alexaudro arch id'
Salopesbur', viuiauo de Rossale \ Will'o pant', Norman' Pant'
fr'e euis, Herebert maluesin, Stephano de pibbeleia, Galfrido \
clerico, Rob'to de Cotes, Walto' abelot cl'ico de Salop.2

inches by oh seal gone.

1 [This Deed is probably dated in 122G. Cf. Ft/ ton x. 216.— Ed.]

2 G. Morris most respectfully informs the Rev. J. B. Blakeway
that he has examined the annexed with the original word by word, to
see that it is accurate ; the abbreviations are marked wherever they
occur, and the capitals and long s's are placed as in the grant, a
waved line j denotes the conclusion of a line in the original.

April 13, 1824.

356 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Sciant presentes & futuri quod ego Rogerus de Lejdiurn1
dedi &c d'no Galfr' Dispencer to turn manerium meum de
Berewik in com' Salop cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, scil'
quicquid habui in eodem manerio in dominicis serviciis libero-
rum horoinum, villenagiis villanis & eorum sequelis pratis Szc
et omnibus aliis rebus libertatibus, liberis consuetudinibus
quiet' de seetis curiar' comitatuum &; hundred' ad idem maner'
pertinentibus. . . . Habend. &c eidem Galfrido & her' suis
vel assignatis suis & eor' her' imp'p' de me & her' meis

Reddendo hide sing'lis annis unum par albar'

cyrotecar' vel unu' den' ap' Berewyk die natal' D'ni, & facierido
d'no Regi M her' suis totum servicium eis debitum de p'd'c'o
manerio, Scilicet inveniendo eidem d'n'o Regi & her' suis
unum servientem equitem cum lancia k haubergello & trus-
santem unam pernam, commorantem in servicio ipsius d'ni
Regis & he'd' suor' quamdin p'd'ca perna sibi & liomini suo
duraverit in Norwall cum corpora d'ni Regis & he'd' suor' si
presentes fuerint, & si absentes fuerint nullum servicium fiet
eidem d'n'o Regi vel he'dib' suis in Wall'; & cum p'd'ca perna
comedatur p'cl'cus serviens rcpatriabit, nisi d'n's Rex & he'des
sui ulterius ipsum velint retinere in servicio suo ad stipendia
sua. Et preterea Reddendo sing'lis annis he'dib us Stephani
de Turneham unam libram cimini pro me Rogero & he'dib'
meis Ita tamen quod nec ego Rog' nec he'des mei aliquid
clamare vel exigere poterimus in custodia vel maritagio
he'd'um ipsuis Gaifridi nec etiam relevium vel excaetum
occasione servicii quod idem Galf & he'des sui mihi & he'dib'
meis faciet de p'd'co tenemento. Set d'n's Rex &; he'des sui
habeant custodiam & maritagium he'dum, &c. Clause of
warranty contra omnes homines tarn Christianos quam Judseos.
Et pro hac donac'o'e &c, Galfr'us dedit mihi quadringent'
marcas argenti. II. T. : D'n'o Wil'lo' de Ebor' Preposito Beverl,'
Paulino Peyner', Wil'lo' de S'co Edmundo, Rob'to deNotingha',
Mag'ro Rob'o de Shardelawe, Ric'o de Clitford, Anketill Malore,
Egidiode Cliftord, Will'o fil. Herberti, Simone de Nor\vic,&al.

This is confirmed by Henry III., 29mo regni. Cart,
ist. anni, m, 3.

1 [This Charter is of the year 1245 ; and was made by Roger de
Leiburne (II.) Of. Etjton, x., 217. Roger de Leyburn, who married
Alianorc de Turnham, was dead in 1244 ; as also was John de
Leyburn, who succeeded him. See pedigree in Eyton, x., 220-1.
Roger 11, succeeded John — Ed.]

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BERWICK.

357

From the Patent Rolls of the 36th year of that reign,
it appears that he had slain Sir Ernald de Munteinai
in a tournament (apud tabnlam rotundam). Matthew
Paris (sub aim.), who writes the name Lemburne,
informs us that this mishap befel at Walden. He says
that none of the knights present bewailed the loss of
the deceased so much as the author of his death, who
immediately assumed the cross of pilgrimage for the
repose of his soul, (qui confestim, pro liberatione anima3
ejus, cruce se signavit peregrinaturus), a design which
does not seem to have been carried into effect. The
historian would have his readers believe that Leiburne
was in fact actuated by revenge for a broken leg, which
the other had occasioned him in a former rencontre.
But the monk of St. Albans, though a most valuable
writer, was a warm partizan of the rebellious Earl of
Leicester ; and our Ptoger is enumerated by him among
the knights of Shropshire, who in 1255 took up arms
in behalf of his sovereign. This offence was ao-oravated
in the mind of the historian by the recollection of
Leybourne's former adherence to the opposite party,
which he, with others, had deserted, " being seduced by
bribes, — muneribus excoecati " (id. p. 992, sub. ann.
'1263), or, as it had been fairer to have said, from a
conviction, however tardy, of the treasonable views of
that factious nobleman. Roger de Leybourne1 died
in 1272 ; having married secondly Eleanor, daughter of
William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, and relict of William
de Vaux and of Roger de Quienci, Earl of Winton ;
but by this lady he appears to have had no issue.

The next possessor of Berwick was Simon de Ley-
bourne, of whom presently, and whom 1 take to have
been the eldest son of Roger by Eleanor Turnham.

1 [This Roger de Leybum (IT.) bad a grant, 26 Oct., 1265, of the
lands of John le Dcspeneer and others, which seems to have worked
to him an immediate reversion of the fee-simple of Berwick, previously
eonveyed by him ro Geotlrey Despencer in 12-15. Of. Eytoti, x., 219.
See the Pedigree of Gorran, Turnham, and Leybourn, given in Eyton
x. 220-1.— Ed.]

358 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

But William,1 who is stated in the Baronages to have
succeeded his father Hoger in his estates, and who had
summons to Parliament as a baron of the realm from
1298 to his death in 1309, must have been the offspring
of another marriage, since upon the death of his grand-
daughter, Julian de Leybourne, Countess of Hunting-
don and Lady of Abergavenny (called from her great
estates, the infanta of Kent) in 1366, her lands escheated
to the Crown for want of an heir, which they could not
have done if Simon and William had been brothers of
the whole blood.

The Feodary of the Hundred of Pemeul in the 7th
of Edward I. states that Simund de Leyburne held the
manor of Berwyke of the king in capite, by one of
those singular services which appear to have formed one
the rude amusements of our ancient sovereigns, and
which in the present instance was perhaps devised by
Henry I. when he granted the manor to Banulf de Broc.

Simon then held it by the service of one man riding
with a greyhound, and one man carrying a gammon of
bacon (i.e., a ham), when the King passes into Wales
in time of war, who shall follow the King until that
gammon be expended ; and if he continue longer with
the King, it shall be upon the King's cost.

It should seem that the whole of the land held by
Earl Roger had not been granted to Broc, for the jury
find only one hide of land. " Also the said Symon hath
there two carucates of land" (i.e., of arable land)
M worth .£4 yearly ; also the meadows of the Lord are
worth 20s yearly. He hath also there a wood of 6
acres, worth 4s yearly, and two pools worth one mark."

1 William de Leyburne is stated to have free warren at Berewicke,
in the Iter of Hen. III. (Hotchkiss MSS., vol. 3). A person of these
names is called the King's sea admiral (admirallus maris Regis) in a
convention at Bruges, 12SG. Spelman Glossa.r. The same, no doubt,
whom Edw. I., after the conquest of Wales, made constable of
Crickeath Castle.

[Eyton states that William was heir of Roger de Ley burn (II.),
being his son by a former marriage, and takes Simon to be a younger
brother of this Roger. Of. Eyton x. 219.— Ed.]

BERWICK. 359

^ Madoc de Berewyke holds half a virgate ot land in
villenage ; Roger Russell, the widow Alice, the widow
Agnes, John Russell, Gilford clerk, and Thomas Berenard
are mentioned as tenants of Symon ; the pleas and
perquisites of all the manor are estimated at 20s.

In upper Berewike, Stephen baker of Salop, ye widow
Alice, Rich, de Preston, Gaifrid de Berewyke, Rich.
Travnell, and several others, are mentioned as holding
under Simon.

In Neuton, Rich, de Hennecote and others hold under
him.

In Aldemare, Rich. Tranell, John de Aldemare, and
Madin de Aldemar hold of ye said Simon.

The jury find that Philip de Broc, a former holder of
ye manor of Berewyke of ye King in chief, was the
giver of the church of Berewyke, and gave it to the
abbot of Lylleshull, in proprios usus, which abbot now
holds it.

Notwithstanding this finding of the jury, the Char-
tulary of the Abbey itself, as quoted by Dodsworth in
one of his MSS. (vol. 109), states that Edeline, relict of
Sir Stephen de Turneham, granted the church of
Chetinton and chapel of Berewick, together with all
her right in Haremore to that monastery ; nor do I find
in any other record mention of a Philip de Broc, which
I therefore conceive to be a mistake of the jurors, who
were probably no great antiquaries, for Ranulf. His
daughter Edeline may, as usual, have confirmed his
donation. Further information on this head would
doubtless be derived from the Chartulary itself, if that
valuable MS. were now accessible.

Simon is stated in the Feodary of the Hundred of
Pymhill, in the 28th of Edw. I., to hold the said manor
with its members of the king by the same service ; and
if he was, as I suppose, father of John de Leyburne,
whom I find possessed of this manor in the 9th year of
the following reign, when the record called Nomina
Villarum was compiled, and when Berwick was still
included within the hundred of Pimhill, he must have
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360

HISTOHY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

married Lucy,1 the sister and heir of John le Strange
ot Cheswardine ; for, upon the death of this John le
Strange, in the 4th of Edw. III., John le Leyburne was
found to be his nephew and heir, viz , son of his sister
Lucy, and thirty years of age.

John de Leybourne of Berwick was born therefore in
the year 1300, and according to the usages of that
period was early trained to deeds of arms. But in
those sportive images of war, which were designed for
the education of the young nobility, he was as unhappy
as his ancestor had been, for in the eighteenth year of
his age, he unfortunately slew in a tournament at
Worcester John de Mortimer, second son of Edmund de
Mortimer of Wigmore, a youth of his own age, whom he
pierced in the belly, not being able, for want of strength,
says the old chronicle f Monasticon, art. Wigmore) proper-
ly to direct his lance. So fatal, not unfrequently, was the
result of this boisterous species of amusement in hands
not accustomed to wield the weapons of death ! At how
early a period of their lives the grea,t were invested with
the habiliments of war, appears from an inventory of cer-
tain armoury belonging to Henry VI. ( Archceologia, vol.
16, p. 124) from which we learn that the king had "lityll
cote armurs " made for him when he was but seven
years of age, and that before he was fifteen the Earl of
Warwick, his governor, 11 the father of courtesy" as he
was styled, caused to be made for his royal pupil u a
lytyl barneys, [a complete suit of armour,] garnysshed
with gold, or that he went over the see," i.e., when,
upon the death of the Duke of Bedford, regent of
France, he was appointed lieutenant-general of that
kingdom, May 19, 1436.

John de Leyburn appears among the knights of
Shropshire returned into Chancery by Henry de Bis-
shebury the sheriff in 17 Edw. II, ( Cotton Claud. , c. 11).

1 Sir Roger le Strange, who seems to have been lord of Cheswar-
dine about the 25th of Hen. 111., is stated to have left an only
daughter habel> wife of Simon de Leybourne,

BERWICK.

361

He appears on the rolls of Gascony in the following
year, and on those of Scotland in the 9th1 year of the
next reign, when he, together with John le Strange of
Whitchurch, obtain the king's license to absent them-
selves from the wars of that kingdom " for various
causes. ' '

Two years later he received summons to parliament
among the barons of the realm, and continued to do so
to the time of his death ; and it is in this capacity, I
apprehend, that he is called a banneret of the county of
Salop in the rolls of France, 19 Edw. III. For the
learned Selden teaches us that this title was not con-
fined to knights created in the field, and in the presence
of the king under his royal standard displayed, but was
also given to some temporal barons, as a name synony-
mous thereunto. (Tit. Hon,, Ft. II. , ch. 5, sec. 25.)
Though this assertion of the great antiquary is some-
what too broadly laid down, for there was manifestly
some slight difference (what the distinction was is not
exactly apparent,) between a baron and a banneret.
This last title, and that of baronet (in its ancient par-
liamentary sense) was precisely synonymous ; for the
Statute of Richard II. quoted by Selden, which
in the old translation has baronet, has on the roll
banneret.

In the 12th of Edw. III., John de Ley bourn was
assigned, together with Ralph de Stafford and John le
Strange, to provide the king's wool in Shropshire and
Staffordshire, and send them to the ports. (Rotid.
Alemann. istius anni, p. 2, m. 8.)

This refers to a common mode of supply to the crown

1 In the 7th of Edw. III., he had a charter of free warren in his
demesne lands of Caux, Withim (i.e., Worthen), Yokethull, Minsterley,
Shelve, Wentmorc, Bynweston (these must have been the dower of
his wife, Lady Corbet), Aldermare, Berwj/ke, and Child's Ercalwe, Co.
Salop, Angreham, Co. Northumberland, and Silfreton, Hurbreton,
Brixham, and Marton, Co. Devon, which last mentioned places must
lave been the inheritance of his said wife.

362 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

in those days, and I think then first introduced, whereby
parliament granted, sometimes the half, sometimes the
whole, of ail the wool in the kingdom, which was
exported to the low countries, and there sold for the
king's benefit : a curious picture of the agriculture and
commerce of those clays.

He died in the 22nd of Edw. III., 1348, leaving no
issue by his wife Beatrice, daughter,1 as I conceive, of
Sir John de Beauchamp, of Hache, co. Somerset, and
relict of Peter Corbet, baron of Caus,2 on whose right
heirs, says Dugdale, he settled the ultimate reversion
of his estates, a proof, as it should seem, that he had
no heirs of his own.

1 She is called daughter of Beauchamp of Silverton, Co. Devon.
Silverton was the seat of Sir Humphrey Beauchamp, a younger son
of Robert Beauchamp of Hache, but, I suppose, reverted to the
Hache family by failure of his issue. Peter Corbet, Knt., the first
husband of Beatrice, died seised of Silpherton 15 Edw. II. conjointly
with his wife. Inq. p. m.

2 There is some difficulty about this. Beatrice, the wife of Peter
Corbet, is called in the pedigrees daughter "of Edmund Fitz Alan, Earl
of Arundel. She was certainly sister to Eleanor, the wife of the fifth
Fulke Fitz Warin, of Whittington, for in an abstract of the Fitz
Warin evidences (Sloane 1301) is an extract from her will, in
which she is written Elanor garyn, and leaves a legacy to "hir sister
Beautrys Corbett, lady of Caux." Eleanor, likewise, is called a
daughter of Edmund Fitz Alan in the pedigrees. Nevertheless, by
other authorities, Beatrice Corbet is called daughter of John de
Beauchamp, of Hache, in Somersetshire, and in a pedigree by Henry
St. George, Eleanor Fitz Warin is called daughter of William Beau-
champ, of Somersetshire, by Cicely, coheir of William, Earl Marescall.
So that here is authority for making both these ladies Beauchamps,
though there is still some diversity in the Christian name of their
father. It is certain that John de Beauchamp, of Somersetshire,
married Cicely, daughter of Maud de Kymc, daughter of Sibil,
Countess of Derby, sister and coheir of William, Richard, etc., Earls
of Pembroke and Earls of Marescall. I find John de Beauchamp in
the above-named MS. granting the constableship of Whittington
Castle in 3 Edw. II., which supports the notion of a connection
between the families: and notice of the will of Sir John Leyborn, Knt.,
to which Thomas of Leyborn, Thomas of Aren, &c, were executors,
which could have hardly been found among the Fitz Warin deeds, if
Leyborn and Fitz Warin had not been connected by marriage.

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363

On her death, John de Beauchamp of Somersetshire
was found to be her heir, and he died without
issue in 1361. In 1369 the manor of Berwick was
holden in capite by Roger de Trumpington, of Moger-
hanger, in the parish of Blunham, co. Bedford. I
have not been able to find how he became possessed
of Berwick.

It is not impossible, however, that he might be of
kin to, and the devisee of, Lady Ley bur ne, for wre have
seen that she was maternally descended from the family
of Pembroke-Marescall, and Blonham, in which parish
the residence of Trumpington was situated, had been
the property of her relatives, the Valences, Earls of
Pembroke. In 1390, John Malyns, of Blonham, senior,
is styled lord of the manor of Aldmere and Berwick,
and conveyed it to Roger de Trumpynton,1 son of Sir
Roger. Malyns was probably only a feoffee. Trump-
ington, to whom he conveyed this manor, was himself
a knight, for in the escheats of 3 Hen. V., he is found,
by the name of Roger Tmmpeton Ghivaler, to have
holden jointly with Margaret his wife, on the day that
he died, the Manor of Aldemere, to them and the heirs
of the said Roger, of the king in chief, by the service of
one knight's fee, and that Walter was his son and heir.
(MS. Dodson). Lady Trumpington continued in pos-
session thirty -eight years, and by the escheats of 32
Hen. VI. was found to have died seised of the manor
of Aldmere for term of her life, the reversion thereof
belonging to Walter Trumxpincrton, son and heir of the
said Roger her husband, and his (Walter's) heirs (MS.
Mns. Brit. 4702). He occurs four years later, 1457,
by the name of Sir Walter Trumpington, Knight, lord
of the Manor of Berwick, when he obtained a license to
sell it to Matilda, relict of John Endirby, Esq.

1 Mogerhanger, in the Parish of Blunham, was held by Roger de
Trumpington as early as 8 Edw. I., and by Edmund de Trompington
as early as 8 Edw. II.

364 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES

JOHN ENDEKBY, Esq., of Stratton, in=y=Matilda, dau'r of . .
Biggleswade, co. Bedford.

Sir Richard Euderby, =f AJianor, dau'r of=^Edmund Lucy, Esq., of Stratton ,=p Ann

Knt,

jure ux.; aftw. Sir Edmund
ob. 27 Dec, 1515.

John Euderby, Esq., =j=Catharine. George Lucy, of Sutton,=pJaue, relict of

of Stratton, ob.
1509.

co. Bedf., Esq., born
about June, 1514, ob.
1 Nov., 1558,

Peter Harringe
gent.

Eleanor, date, and heir, md. Francis Sir Edmund Lucy, Knt., born=f=.
Pygott, Esq., of Stratton. about Nov., 1555, living 1619. I

Henry Lucy, iving 1619.=Anne.

John Enderby, Esq., the grandson of Matilda, sold
this manor to Balknop and others, for the term of her
life, in 1496, under covenants that they should not
damage the manor house, or fell any large timber
without his consent. Afterwards, viz., 6 May, 1507,
he sold it finally to his stepfather, Sir Edmund Lucy,
Knight, who in the same year obtained a licence to
aliene the Manor of Aldemer, otherwise Berwick, and
lands in Great and Little Berwick and Aldmere, to
Bradnall and others. {Rot. Pat. 23 Hen. VII., pt. 3,
in MS. Mus. Brit. 4702), But this appears to have
been nothing more than a family settlement, for by the
Inquisition taken at Wellington on the 26th of October,
9 Hen. VII. , after Sir Edmund's death, he is found to
have died on the 27th of December, 7 Hen. VIII.,
seised of the manor of Aldemere, otherwise Berwick,
valued at j£20, and holden of the king by knights
service, leaving George, his son and heir, aged one year
and a half (Cole's Escheats), who, on his coming of age,
had general livery of the Manor of Berwick granted
him, June 1st, 1536. By the Inquisition taken at
Bridgenorth, April 2nd, in the first year of Elizabeth,
in which he is called George Lucye, Esq., of Sutton,
Co. Bedford, he is found to iiave died the 1st day of
November last past, seized of the Manor of Aimer, etc. ,

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365

valued at <£20, and divers messuages, lands, etc., there
and elsewhere, holden in capite by the service of half a
knight's fee, leaving Edmund, his son and heir, an infant
of the age of three years and upwards. {Coles Esch.)

He was found to be of full age April lGth, 157G, and
had then livery of the Manor of Almere with the
appurtenances. He was living in 1619, and then a
knight, when he joined with Henry, his son and heir,
and Anne, his son's wife, to sell the Manor of Almere,
with its appurtenances, to Isaac Jones, Esq., for the
sum of £4,400.

Mr. Jones was a mei chant of London, fourth son of
William Jones, gent., Alderman and draper of Shrews-
bury, and was uncle of Sir Thomas Jones, Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas.

ISAAC JONES, Esq., lord of the manor*
of Berwick, merchant of London [son
of Wm. Jones of Shrewsbury by Elinor
Owen.]1

Elizabeth, dau'r. of Richard Prince,
Esq., of the Abbey Forgate ; bap.
29 Sept., 1591 ; md. 14 Jan., 1608.

Sir William— [Susan] dau. of Mary, dau'r. of Peter=Sir Samuel-

Jones, Knt.
lord of the
manor of
Berwick.

[ E d w a r d ]
Cotton [of
London, Esq.]
and reliei of
[George] Ben-
nett [ofWel by,
co. Leic]

Tryon of Harrin^
worth, co. N. Hants ;
md. 2ndly Chas.
Bertie, Esq., of Uf-
fington, co. Lincoln.

Jones, lord
of [the ma-
nor of Ber-
wick, & of
Courtenhall,
co. N. Hants.

^Margaret, d.
Timothy
Middehon,
Esq., of Stan-
stead.

Tsaac
Jones

Edward5
Jones.

:Anne (or Mary),
w. of the hon'ble
George Pierre-
pont, youngest
son of Hubert
first Earl of
Kingston.

Dorothy, w. of
Edward Long,
of [Rude As-
ton], co. Wilts.

Susan-
Jones.

Sir Drew
Drury, of
[Kiddles-
worth, co.
Norfolk.

William Jones,
Lincolns Inn.

of Sir William Wake [third];
hart, of Clevedon, co.
Somerset.

:Diana Drury [dau. aud event,
heir.]

Samuel Wake Jones, Esq., lord of the manor of Berwick, and of Courtenhall
[5th son].

i lTho«e addifons in brackets are taken chiefly from tho pedigree of Jones entered at the
Heralds' Vis. of London in 1633, piibl. by Harleian Society. The Aims, as allowed at this
Vis., were quarterly 1 and 4, argent a lion rampant vert, vulnoii in the hi east gules, 2 and 3,
gules a bond or ; Crest : a sun in splendour or. See also tho Via. Salop, 1623.— Ed. J

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

William occurs as son and heir of Isaac in 1639, and
then settled Berwick on his nephew, William Jones, of
Lincoln's Inn ; but in 1643, being then a knight, he
revoked this settlement (having reserved to himself a
power to that effect) and in consideration of the sum of
£3,000, settled the Manor of Berwick on his own
brother, Samuel Jones, Merchant, afterwards himself a
knight, and the founder of the almshouses. By his
will, dated 11 June, 1672, this Sir Samuel devised this
manor, his estate in Northamptonshire, and also, says
Wooten [Baronetage, art. Wake), a fair estate at
Waltham Abbey, to his great-nephew, Samuel Wake,
who took the name of Jones.

This gentleman sold Berwick in 1699, under the
authority of an Act of Parliament, for the sum of
£8,028 to Richard Hosier, Esq.

The following account of the descent of the Manor of
Berwick is compiled from notes taken by Mr. Bowen in
1770 from the original deeds.

John Malyns, of Blonham,1 senior, lord of the Manor
of Aldemar and Berwick, sold it in 1390 to Roger de
Trumpington (son of Sir Roger) ; from him it descended
to Sir Walter Trumpington. Knt. , who occurs as lord
of the Manor of Berwick in 1457, when he obtained a
licence to sell it to Matilda, relict of John Endirby, Esq.
Her son, Sir Richard Enderby, Knt., by Alianor (who,
after his death, became the wife of Edmund Lucy, Esq.,
of Stratton, in Co. Bedford), had issue, John Enderby,2
Esq., of Stratton, aforesaid.

This gentleman, in 1496 (at which time his mother
was married to her second husband), sold the manor to
Belknop and others for term of her life, under covenants
that they should not damage the manor house, or fell
any large timber without his consent. Afterwards,
viz., 6th May, 1507, he sold it finally to his stepfather,
now become a knight.

1 Probably in Bedfordshire.

2 This John had a wife, Catherine.

1

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367

On the decease of this Sir Edmund Lucy, his son
and heir, George, had general livery granted him, June
1st, 1536, of the Manor of Berwick. He (George) died
Nov. 1st, 1558, leaving issue by Jane his wife (who
appears [but this must be a mistake] to be living in
1637), a son Edmund, then a minor, who was found to
be of full age April 16, 1576, and had then livery of
of the Manor of Aim ere with the appurtenances. This
person, by the style of Sir Edmund Lucy, Knight, with
Henry, his son and heir, and Anne, wife of the said
Henry, joined in 1619 to sell y° Manor of Almere with
its appurtenances, for the sum of £4,400, to Isaac Jones.
Esq. William Jones, Esq., occurs in 1639 as son and
hair of Isaac, and then settled Berwick on William
Jones, of Lincoln's Inn, son and heir of his brother
Edward, but reserved to himself a power of revocation,
which he afterwards, in 1643, being then a knight,
exercised, settling the Manor of Berwick on his own
brother, Samuel Jones, merchant, in consideration of
the sum of £3,000.

This Sir Samuel (for he, too, became a knight), the
founder of the almshouses, and lord of the Manor of
Berwick, left that estate, by will dated 11 June, 1672,
to Samuel Wake, son of his niece, Lady Diana AVake ;
and this gentleman, who assumed the name of Jones,
sold it in 1699, under the authority of an Act of
Parliament, for JC8,028, to Richard Hosier, Esq., whose
son, Edward, sold it on ye 26th February, 1728, for
£10,050 to Thomas Powys, Esq.

BERWICK.

Indenture of 20 Mar. 28 Eliz. between the Queen on one
part & Richd Prynce Esqr of .M onks Formate of the other. He
bargains & sells to ye Queen certain lands & tenements in
Shrewsbury, Monks Fereatc, Cotton & Little Berwieke near
Shrewsbury of which Kichd Capper late alderman of Shrewsbury
& John C. his son deceased were seised. To have & to hold
until lie shall pay or oiler to pay to the general receiver of her
revenues for y° Co. of Salop or his deputy to the use of her
Vol. I., 2nd S, AA

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

majesty her heirs & successors the sum of 40s in one whole &
entire payment.

Rot. Scotice 9 E. 3. m. #.

Rex &c. supplicaverunt nobis dilecti &c. Joh'es de Leyburne
& Joh'es le Strange de White churche quod cum nuper per
literas nostras &c. mandaverimus quod ad nos &c. in partibus
Scotiae ad certum diem jam preteritum cum equis h armis
venient ad proficiscendum nobiscum &c. contra Scotorum . . .
aggressus .... iidemque Joh'es & Joh'es ob varias causas

prepediti fuerint . . . Nos .... de non adventu suo

tenemus excusatos &c. T. R. . . . 1 Apr.

Dugd. MSS. B. 1.

In Rot. Franc. 19 E. 3, John de Leyburne is called a ban-
narett of ye Co. Salop, as are John le Strange & Roger Corbet.

28 H. 3. Fine betw. Matthew de Mara & Florence his wife
demandants & Roger de Lei burn tenant of N. Berewick.
Florence claims it as dower, being the land of John Leiburn
her former husbsnd. Jus Rogeri.

Carte 1. 783.

Rob1 de Turnham gave John possession of his brother Rich's
treasures at Chinon 1199 Guy litz Holgod. Nadi, ii. 122 n.

[Thomas Powys, Esq., of Brindrinoke, in the parish of Clun, the
purchaser of Berwick in 1728, erected the mansion house there ;
and in 1735 repaired and ornamented the chapel ; he was 7th
in descent from Thomas Powys, of Meifod, in Powys-land ; he
married in 1 703 Bridget, daughter and heiress of Francis Baldwyn,
of Shrewsbury, and dying 21 Aug., 1744, was succeeded by his eldest
son,

John Powys, of Berwick, who died 7 June, 1753 ; by Jane his wife,
daughter of Thomas Lyster, of Rowton, he had issue a son,

Thomas Powys, of Berwick, High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1762.
He married in 1756 Mary, daughter of German Pole, of Radborne,
co. Derby, hut dying in 1774, aged 41, was succeeded by his cousin,

Thomas Jelf Powys, of Berwick, and Moreton Hall, Cheshire, High
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1776. He was son of Edward Powys, by
Catherine, daughter and heiress of John Jelf of Bristol, and grandson
of the first-named Thomas Powys, the purchaser of Berwick in 1728.
He died 28th January, 1805, aged 61, leaving his widow, Mrs. Lissey
Ann Powys (nee Cooper) surviving. She had the Berwick estate during
her widowhood, and died 1 1th July, 1832. They had issue a son,
who died unmarried, and three daughters.

The eldest daughter, Ann Catherine, succeeded to the Berwick estate.
She married 26th April, 1791, William Robert Basil, Viscount Feilding
(eldest son of the 6th Karl of Denbigh), who (Jied in v.p. 8th August,

BERWICK.

369

1799, Viscountess Feilding died 1st January, 1852. They had issue,
with three daughters, three sons, the eldest of whom, William
Basil Percy, became in 1800 the 7th Earl of Denbigh, and in 1819
gave an organ to Berwick Chapel.

The second son, the Hon. Henry Wentworth Feilding, who was born
31st July, 1798, succeeded to* the Berwick estates, and in 1832 assumed,
by Royal License, the surname and arms of Powys. He died unmarried
14th March, 1875, when his estates devolved on his nephew,
Rudolph William Basil, 8th Earl of Denbigh, who shortly after-
wards sold Berwick to James Watson, Esq., of Warley Hall, co.
Warwick. Lord Denbigh reserved the magnificent wrought iron
gates, known as " Berwick Gates,'' which he removed to his
estate at Newnham Pacldox.

James Watson, Esq., of Berwick House, J. P., M.P. for Shrews-
bury since 1885, the present lord of Berwick, is a son of James
Watson, of Edgbaston, and was born in 1817. He has almost
entirely re-built Berwick House. He married in 1856 Jane, daughter
of Leonard Willan, Esq., of Silverdale, co. Lancaster, and has issue
an only surviving daughter, Florence Mary. — Ed.]

INCUMBENTS OF BERWICK.

(From MS. Top. Salop, C. 9.)

Philip Wingfield, M.A., 1691, ob. [July 1720; bur. at Holy
Cross, Shrewsbury, 26th ; he was of Pembroke
College, Oxford, and was also Incumbent of St.
Julian's, Shrewsbury, 1703-1720.]

1720, Dec. 15. Alexander Hatton, M.A.

[1721. Samuel Jones; Mr. Hatton's election having been
declared void.]

1763, Jun. 24 John Tombes Wingfield, M.A., ob. [Sept.,
1791; bur. in St. Julian's, Shrewsbury, 15th. He
was son of John Wingfield, M.D., and was born at
Shrewsbury in 1727 ; of Trinity and All Souls'
College, Oxford ; Vicar of Atcham ; Vicar of St.
Julian's, Shrewsbury, 1756-1791.]

1791, Ssp. 21. Hugh Owen, B.A., res. 25 April, 1800.

[M.A. of St. John's College, Camb. ; Archdeacon of
Salop, Prebendary of Lichfield and of Sarum, por-
tionist of Bampton; Vicar of St Julian's, Shrewsbury,
1791-1827; Vicar of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, from
March, 1826, until his death ; he died 23 December,
1827, and was bur. in St. Julian's. Joint author of
History of Shrewsbury, &c]

1800, Apr. 25. Charles Wingfield, M.A., res. 20 Jul., 1801.

1801, Oct. 23. Samuel Butler, M.A., res. 7 Ap. 1815 ; [D.D.

and Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge ; F.R.S.;

£70 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Head Master of Shrewsbury Free School, 1798-1836 ;
Vicar of Kenilworth, 1802-36; prebendary of Lichfield,
1807 ; Archdeacon of Derby, 1821-1836 ; Bishop of
Lichfield, 1836-1839 ; son of William Butler of Kenil-
worth, born there 30 Jan., 1774, died 4 Dec, 1839 ;
bur. in St. Mary's Churchyard, Shrewsbury. He
married in 1798, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. East
Apthorp, B.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's, Hector of
St. Mary-le-Bow, and Vicar of Croydon, and had issue
a son and two daughters. Author of sEschylus, in
12 vols., and many educational works.]

1815, Oct. 21. Evan Griffith, B.D., res. 29 Dec. 1820.

1822, Oct. 26. George Moultrie, [M.A. of Trin. Coll., Camb. ;

Curate of St. Julian's, Shrewsbury, 1818-1820 ; Vicar
of Cleobury Mortimer, 1800-1845 ; died in London,
May, 1845, aged 73 ; bur, in the chancel at Cleobury
Mortimer. He was father of the Rev. John Moultrie,
rector of Rugby, thepoet. He resigned Berwickin 1832.]

[1832, July 6. Uriah Bidmead.

1845, Oct. 23. John Mort Wakefield, M. A., Under-Master of the

Shrewsbury Free Schools.
18 . . William Bur bury, M.A., Second Master of the Shrews-
bury Free Schools.
1853, Thomas George Mortimer Luckock, M.A. of St.
John's Coll., Cambridge ; resigned 1874 ; Rector of
Christ Church with St, Ewens, Bristol, 1873 ; died
12 Nov., 1880 ; bur. at Westbury-on-Trym.

1876, Aug. Thomas Bucknall Lloyd, M.A., St. John's Coll.,

Camb. ; Vicar of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1854-1888 ;
Rector of Edgmond 1888*; Archdeacon of Salop 1886 ;
resigned Berwick, Aug., 1877.

1877. James Neil, M.A., of COG, Cambridge; author of

Palestine Repeopled, Rays from the Realms of
Nature, Palestine Explored, &c; resigned 1879 ; now
of Vermont House, Margate.

1879. Henry Charles Mil ward, M.A. of Ch. Coll., Cam-
bridge ; until 1884; vicar of Redditch, 1884.

1884. Alfred Clayton Thiselton, K.C.L., author of Medita-
tions on Job, Church and Home Lessons from Rosea,
With (he Prophets Joel, Amos, and Jonah, Home-
let ical Commentary on Micah, &c. ; the present
Chaplain of Benvick.]

[For the foregoing additions to the Incumbents, in parentheses, I
am indebted to the Yen. Archdeacon Lloyd, the Rev. A. C. Thiselton,
and others. — Ed.]

BERWICK.

371

BERWICK CHAPEL AND ALMSHOUSES.

[There was a chapel in Berwick in the 13th century. About
1214, Eodelina, widow of Stephen de Turnham, gave it to Lilies-
hall Abbe}'. This grant was not opposed by the Dean and
Chapter of St. Mary's ; but was confirmed by a Papal Bull, probably
of Honorius II. (1216-1227), and in 1226 was again granted to
the Abbey by Roger de Leburne. A rent-roll of Lilleshall Abbey
gives 6s. 8d. as the annual profits of Berwick. In the Valor of
1535 it is classed with St. Alkmunds, both churches being set
down as together worth £6. Great and Little Berwick have always
been within the parish of St, Mary, Shrewsbury. (See Eyton x.,
223-4.)

The present chapel is of 17th century construction. It was con-
secrated in 1680 by the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of Lichfield
being at that time under suspension. On the wall in the vestry,
which was formerly the south porch, is the date 1680. An inscription
over the entrance-gate of the almshouses states that : —

These Almshouses and Chappel were Given,
and Endow'd by Sr Samuel Jones, Knight
Anno Domini 1672.
A tablet on the north wall of the Chapel has this inscription : —

This

Chapel was rapaired
and ornamented by
Thos Powys, Esqr. 1735.
The Organ was given by the
Rt. Honble. William Basil
Earl of Denbigh
1819.

In the windows of the chapel are these coats of arms : —

Royal Arms " G R. III."

Powys and four quarterings.

Powys impaling Baldwin 1728.

Powys and Lyster 1 744.

Powj-s and Poole 1753.

Powys and Jelf 1754.

Powys and Cooper 1774.
There are also six hatchments of the Powys family.
The following monuments are in the Chapel.
On the north wall : —

(1) Lissey Ann Powys, widow of Thomas Jelf Powys, Esq., of
Berwick House, died July 14, 1832, aged 78.

(2) Hon. Henry Wentworth Powys, 2nd son of William Robert
Viscount Feilding, and of Catherine his wife, daughter of Thomas
Jelf Powys of Berwick House, born July 31, 1798, died March 14, 1875,

On the south wall : —

(3) Thomas Jelf Powys, Esq., of Berwick House, died Jan. 28,
1805, aged 61.

37 2 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

(4) Lady Catherine Frances Feilding died 21 Feb., 1818, aged 24.
Lady Mary Anne Fielding died 13 Feb., 1814, aged 18.

A fine tablet, two kneeling figures, by Chan trey, R.A.

(5) Anne-Catherine, Viscountess Feilding, widow of Viscount
Feilding, and dau. of Thomas Jelf Powys, Esq., of Berwick House,
born Nov. 30, 1771, died Jan. 1, 1852.

In the chapel-yard is a tablet, against the wall, to "William
Moltox, an honest and good man, died April ye 8th 1803, in the
100th year of his age.''

The chapel consists of nave, chancel, and tower with one bell.
The east window is blocked up. At the east end of the chancel is a
large wooden reredos, ornamented with cherubs, &c, and over it is a
mural painting. No separate Parish Registers are kept ; all entries
of baptisms, etc., are annually sent to be entered in the Registers of
St. Mary's, Shrewsbury.

The Almshouses owe their origin to the liberality of Sir Samuel
Jones, Knt., who by his Will,1 dated 25 Dec, 1672, and proved
P.C.C., directed that a building of brick, containing 16 rooms, should
be erected on his land, near the chapel in Little Berwick, to cost
£1,000 at least, and he bequeathed .£300 to be bestowed in repairing
the said chapel in Little Berwick ; and he gave towards repairing the
chapel and almshouses £20 yearly ; for the maintenance of a minister
to preach and pray every Sabbath day £40 yearly ; and for the
maintenance of the almspeople £80 yearly, out of which sum £24
yearly should be laid out in buying 16 gowns, 30s. for each gown,
such gowns to be given to the almspeople every Michaelmas Day, and
£56 should be paid to the 16 almspeople, £3 10s. each, by quarterly
payments. And he directed that the minister and almspeople should
be chosen by Thomas Jones, serjeant-at-law, and Philip Prince, Esq.,
and their heirs, and the owners for the time being of Little Berwick ;
such of his own kindred who should be willing to be almspeople to be
elected before any others, and the rest of the 16 almspeople to be
chosen out of the inhabitants of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury ; and in case
of the default of the electors, the Mayor of Shrewsbury to elect.
And he charged all his lands in Great and Little Berwick with the
respective sums of £20, £40, aad £80

About 1709, a Suit was commenced in Chancery against Richard
Hosier (who had purchased the estate in 1699) for non-payment of
the annuity of £20 bequeathed for the repairs of the chapel and
almshouses; and by an Order made 7 Nov., 1709, it was directed
that the £20 per annum for repairing the premises should be fully
answered for the fnture, and the arrears (which the Master, by his
Report dated 25 Nov., 1714, certified amounted to £670) paid; and
any money saved out of the gowns might be given to the almspeople

1 [See the. Charity Commissioners' xxiv. Report, pp. 2S6-9 (442-5), Salop. Sir
Samuel Jones is described by Owen and Blakewa}, vol. ii., p. 394, as "of Courten-
hall, in co. Northampton, Knt." — Ed.]

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in coals, <fcc. By further Order, made 10 March, 1715, the balance
of this £670 was to be put out at interest, and applied in augmenting
the annual allowance of the almspeople and minister.

A Suit was afterwards brought by Joseph Jones, agent, and Thomas
Lloyd, the heir of Sir Thomas Jones, against Edward Hosier, com-
plaining of the election of certain almspeople by him without the
concurrence of the heirs of Philip Prince or Sir Thomas Jones ; and
by an Order made 21 March, 1720, it was declared that such
appointments were void. This Order1, which throws great light upon
the history of the chapel and almshouses, is as follows : —

A Decree ah* Berwick Alrneshouse.

Georgius Dei gratia Magne Britannie Francie & Hibernie
Rex fidei Defensor &c, Edvardo Hosier arm' Salutem. Cum
quidem Ordo coram nobis in Cur' Cane' n'r'a fact' & reddit'
extiterit in bee verba : Martis 21° die Martij an0 Regni Georgij
Regis 7° inter Attorn' General' ex Relatione Josephi Jones
Gen' & al' Quer' Edv'm Hosier Arm' & al' Dcff'es. Whereas
the said Relator Joseph Jones & Thos Lloyd Esq. ye Heir at
Law of Sr Tho3 Jones preferd their Petition to ye Rl Hon10 ye
Ld High Chancellr of Great Brit" ye one & twentyeth day of
Feb. last thereby setting forth y* Sr Samuel! Jones by his will
dated ye 10th of March 1670 directed there shd be built a brick
building of 16 Rooms on his Lands as near the Chappell in
Little Berwick as it cd wth conveniency be placed & for ye
building thereof he devised £1,000 at least & ye further
sum of £300 for repairing of ye sd Chappell & gave
towards repairing the sd Chappell and Almeshouses £20 per
ami. for ever. And for ye maintenance of a Minister £40 per
ann. to be paid quarterly to him his successors for ever.
And for ye maintenance of ye Almes-people £80 per ann. for
ever viz. £24 per ann. for 16 gowns, and £56 per ann. to be
equally divided amongst y3 16 Almes-people by quarterly
payments. And willed y* ye Minister & Almes-people shd from
time to time be chosen & placed in ye sd Almes-houses by ye
sd Sr Tho9 Jones & Philip Prince Esq. & their Heirs & such
Person as shd from time to time be owner of his Ldship or
Lands in Little Berwick & for their Direct" in such choice he
willd y* if any of his kindred either by his Father's or Mother's
side siid be willing to be Almes-people such of his sd kindred
shd be from time to time elected before any others, & in case
there shd not be so many of his kindred as shd from time to

1 [This Order of '21 March, 7 George I., is extracted from a folio MS. volume
in the possession of Mr. H. W. Aduitt, which 1 take to bo one of Mr. Leonard
llotchkiss1 MSS. If bo, where are his other Tographical MSS ? — Ed.]

374 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

time make up eight poor antient couple then his Will was yfc
ye sd Sr Tho3 Jones & others ye electors & their heirs shd chuse
ye rest of ye sd poor Almes-people so as y1 ye sd number of
sixteen might be still supplyed & filld up out of ye Inhabitants
of S* Mary's Parish in Shrewsbury. And m case ye sd electors
shd fail to elect ye sd poor people then on their default he willd
yt ye Mayor of Shrewsbury for ye time being shd elect & place
ye sd poor people in ye sd Almes-houses. And for ye better
payment of ye sd sums of £20, £40. and £80 per ann. his Will
was y* all his Mannors & Lands in Great Berwick and Little
Berwick & els where in ye County of Salop shd be charged wth
ye sd summes ; & in case any part thereof shd be behind 21
days after ye same was payable, then ye sd Testator willd' yf ye
sd Sr Thos Jones & Philip Prince & their heirs, or in default ye
Mayor of Shrewsbury for ye time being shd from time to time
distraine upon ye premises or use any other legal way to recover
ye same wth damage for ye forbearance thereof. THAT soon
after ye death of ye sd Testator ye sd Almeshouses were built, &
y* sd Chapell repaird, and a Minister and 1G Almes-people
elected & placed there according to y° directions of ye sd Will
And yl these were for many years as Vacancies h append
without any dispute filled up by ye electors nominated by ya
sd Will THAT ye Defend1 Hosier having purchased y* sd Estate
charge! wth ye payment of ye sd Charity moneys, & not having
paid ye £20 per ann. for repairing ye sd Chapell & Almes-houses
for severall years, ye Bill in this Cause was brought up for an
Ace1 & for ye direction of y* Court touching ye future managem1
of yc sd Charity, & upon ye hearing of this Cause an Account
was directed to be taken by Mr Holford one of ye Masters of
this Court of what was due & in arreare of ye sd £20 per ann.,
& ye sd Master having made his Report thereby certified the
arreares of ye sd £20 per ann. to Mich'as 1714 amounted to
£670, & ye Defend1 Hosier haying brought ye sd sum before
ye sd Master upon ye hearing of this Cause upon ye sd Master's
Report ye 10th day of March 1715, It was order' d yl after pay-
ment of Costs to ye Prosecutors & putting ye sd Premises in
good repair, if there shd be any broken sum rem aining of less
than £100 and more than £20, ye same shd be It id by in cash
<fo kept for the future repairs or rebuilding of ye Almeshouses
& Chap pell as there shd be occasion AND yl y £20 per ann.
by ye Will appointed for repairs shd be added to such cash, fa
yt ye even hundred pounds \vch shod be remaining in ye sd
Master's hands of y° six hundred & seventy pounds shod be by
him put out at Interest till a purchase of Lands cod be found
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sum yfc shod be remaining of ye £670 less than £20, shod be
proportionably applied in augmentation of ye sd Charity except
as to repaires there being £20 per ann. already appointed by
ye Testator's Will for y* purpose, wch Augmentation was to be
an increase of ye several ,annuall Allowances to ye sd poor
people & to ye Minister, & not to add to ye number of y° poor
THAT a vacancy happaning by ye death of George France,
one of ye Almes people, Elizabeth France his daughter a very
poor lame woman & a great object of charity was appointed to
succeed her father by Owen Meyrick Esq. Guardian to y9
petitioner Thomas Lloyd then an Infant & by Sir Charles
Lloyd Bart, then Mayor of Shrewsbury, no person having
appeared or made out that he was heir at law to ye sd Prince,
soon alter which Mr Philip Wingfield Clerk took upon him to
joyn with Edward Hosier Esq. the present owner of ye Lordship
& Lands in Little Berwick & son & heir of ye Defendant Richd
Hosier now deceased h did place in ye room of ye sd Elizabeth
France one Edward Humphrison, a middle aged lusty health-
full man, a smith b}' trade, no object of charity, & a person of
no good reputation, but ye sd Elizabeth France was afterwards
restored, yet ye sd Mr Hosier will not permit her to receive any
part of ye Charity THAT there were lately 3 vacancies, one
whereof hath been a year, & each of ye other several months,
& no persons elected to fill up these vacancies till the 27th of
January last, when Robert Wood of Shrewsbury Apothecary &
his brother John Wood, together with a servant of Mr Hosier,
undertook to place in three* persons in ye sd vacancies, viz.
Ralph Hudson, Widow Pinch, & Hester Jones, & ye money
wch shod have been paid to y poor people if ye sd vacancies had
been filled up in proper time remains now in ye sd Mr Hosier's
hands THAT ye sd Mr Wingheld Minister of ye sd Chapell is
lately dead, and ye Petitioner Thomas Lloyd hath nominated
Mr Samuel Jones Clerk, of ye name & family, & also a near
Relation to Sir Samuel Jones ye Founder to succeed ye sd Mr
Wingfield, but y° sd Mr Hosier & Sir John Astley Bart, & his
Lady who pretends to be Heir to yc sd Philip Prince have
nominated Mr Alexander Hatton Clerk to succeed Mr Wing-
field, So yl it remains undetermined who shall have ye sd place.
THAT by ye Will of y° Founder if, there was any arrear of
yc Charity moneys due, Sir Thomas Jones & Philip Prince &
their heirs, & on their default ye Mayor of Shrewsbury, had
power to des train, & by y Decree ye same persons appointed
Electors are likewise made Governors, who, or any two of them,
are at liberty to destrain or to apply to this Court, & y* there
is at present an Arrear due to ye sd Charity, & Mr Hosier will
*Vq1. I., 2nd S. BB

376 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

not joyn to destrain upon himself, nor will Sir John Astley,
who is a friend of Mr Hosier's, as is conceived, joyn with Mr
Lloyd to do it, & ye present Mayor of Shrewsbury is unwilling
to act therein without an Order for yl purpose by wch means
ye Charity Money remains unpaid, & y* poor people are much
distressed for want thereof. THAT Sir John Astley & his
Lady & Mr Hosier sometime since preferred a Petition to his
Lordship, thereby (inter alia) praying y* ye sd Elizabeth France
might be displaced, but have not brought on ye matter of their
Petition to be heard, whereby ye sd Petitioner Joseph Jones
hath been put to charge & expence. THAT the Cover &
Windows of ye sd Chapell, & ye Windows of ye sd Almshouses
are out of Repair, & ye s(1 Mr Wingfield did for some time
receive ye £20 per ann. left for ye Repairs thereof, but how
y° same was apply ed by him is not known, & there is now an
Arrear of ye sd £20, per ann., wch ought in y6 first place to be
applyed towards repairing of ye sd Chappell & Almeshouses.
It was therefore prayed y* ye Election of y8 Minister & poor
people might be ascertained, & y* ye Election of ye sd Elizabeth
France might be established, and ye Election of ye sd three
persons without Thomas Lloyd's knowledge might be
declared void, & a new Election be made, & yt it
may be explained who shall have Power to destraine
for y* Arrears of ye Charity Money, & }rt for ye better
management of ye sd Charity some other Persons might be
added to ye present Governors who live in or near Shrewsbury,
and y* ye sd Chappell & Almes houses might be forthwith
repaired, & )rt all Arreares might be forthwith paid by ye sd
Mr Hosier & applyed as ye Court shall direct, & y* a Receiver
in* be appointed of ye Charity Moneys, & to pay ye same
pursuant to y° s(l Will & Decree," & y* ye sd Sir John Astley &
Mr Hosier might pay ye petitioner Joseph Jones his costs in
respect of their not bringing on their sd Petition. WHERE-
UPON it was ordered yt all Parries shod attend his Lordship
touching ye matters of ye sd Petition, And Councell for ye
Petitioners Joseph Jones & Thomas Lloyd & for y° sd Sir John
Astley & his Lady and Mr Hosier & Samuel Jones & severall
Affidavitts being read, his Lordship hereupon, & upon hearing
what was alledged by Councell on either side, declared That
as y° Decree in this Cause now stands ye sd Elizabeth France
is well elected to be one of ye Almes house people in ye sd
Almeshouses & doth therefore think fit $z, so order yfc ye sd
Elizabeth France be confirmed & continued therein, <fe y* y° sd
Edward Ilumphrison be removed from yc sd Almes-houses, &
yl ye sd Elizabeth France be paid by ye sd Hosier all ye Arreares

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of what is become due to her as one of ye Almes-people since
ye time she was first elected ; & as to Election made of ye sd
Ralph Hudson & Widow Pinch & Hester Jones to fill up ye 3
vacancies y1 were then in ye sd Almes-house, his Lordship
declared yl ye sd Election is .void, & doth therefore order y*
ye persons mentioned in ye Order of ye 10th of March 1715 do
forthwith proceed to fill up ye sd 3 vacancies, & Lady Astley
having now made it appear yl she is heir at law of ye sd Philip
Prince, his Lordship doth order yl she be at liberty to joyn in
ye sd Election & all future Elections y* shall be made according
to ye sd Order; & forasmuch there is no time limited for
ye filling up any vacancy or vacancies yt shall happen in ye sd
Almes-house, his Lordship doth order y* when any such
vacancy or vacancies shall happen for ye future the persons
mentioned in ye aforesaid Order do within 3 months after such
vacancy or vacancies do happen fill up ye same, & in default
thereof y* yc Mayor of Shrewsbury for ye time being do according
to ye sd Will fill up the sd vacancies ; But as to yc addition now
prayed to be made of other Persons to ye present Governors
for ye better management of ye sd Charity, his Lordship doth
not now think fit to make any Order touching ye same AND
it is further Ordered yl Mr Samuel Jones Clerk, who is of
ye name k family of ye Founder, <fe was elected by y° Petitioner
Thomas Lloyd, with the approbation of yc present Mayor of
Shrewsbury, be confirmed & allowed ye Minister of ye sd
Chapell, in ye Room of Mr Wingfield deceased ye former
Minister, & y* ye sd Hosier do pay ye sd Mr Samuel Jones
y° quarterly payment due at Christmas last. And it is further
ordered y} ye sd Chappell & Almes-house be forthwith repaired,
& yt yc charges thereof be paid out of ye £20 per ann. given by
ye sd Will for y* purpose. And y* ye sd Hosier do account
before ye sd Master for ye Arreares of ye sd £20 per ann., & yl
he do bring ye same before ye sd Master to be applyed according
to yc sd order of ye 10th of March 1715. And y* he do also
forthwith pay ye Arreares of y° sd Charities to ye severall
Persons now in being, And continue ye future payments
thereof to them, & to yL other Persons yfc shall be elected to fill
up ye aforesaid vacancyes according to ye Allowances & at
ye respective times mentioned in y° sd Will for yfc purpose.
And in case there shall be occasion to distraine at any time
for nonpayment of y° sd Charity moires, his Lordship declared
yl such distress or distresses ought to be made in ye names of
y° sd Sir Thomas Jones & Philip Prince, & in their delimit
yc Mayor of Shrewsbury for ye time being is from time to time
to bo at liberty to distraine for y° same according to y° s'1 Will,

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but as to what is now prayed by ye Petitioners for a Receiver
to collect ye sd Charity Money, his Lordship doth not now
think fit to make any Order concerning ye same. And in
regard ye present Governors of ye sd Charity do live remote
from yc sd Ahnes-houses, his Lordship doth order that ye
Minister of ye sd Chapell for ye time being do from time to time
look after ye Repairs of y9 sd Chapeli & Almes-hoases &
yfe Cloathing of ye poor people, & in case ye same be not done
yfc he do give notice thereof to ye Governors in order for their
taking care therein & applying to this Court touching ye same
as there shall be occasion. And there having been a consider-
able sum of money placed out at Interest for ye Improvement
of ye sd Charity, according to ye directions of ye sd Order of
y6 10th of March 1715, It is further ordered yfc ye sd Master do
take an Account, & see what is due lor yc Interest of yc Money
so placed out, & yfc ye same & also ye future Interest be by him
from time to time paid to ye Minister of ye sd Chapell for
ye time being, to be applyed in augmentation of ye Charity,
according to ye directions of y sd Order. And it is further
Ordered yl it be referred to ye sd Master to examine how long
y° aforesaid 3 Places in ye s'1 Almeshouse were vacant, & what
ye Allowances wch shod have been paid to ye poor people if
ye sd vacancies had been filled up do amount unto, and what
ye sd Master shall find to be due in respect thereof ye sd Mr
Hosier is to bring y'; same before ye sd Master to be added as a
fund to y° money already put out, & ye Interest thereof is to
go & be applyed in augmentation of ye Charity in such manner
as y° Money already out at Interest is directed to be applyed.
AND it is further ordered jf ye sd Mr Hosier do pay the
sd Petitioners Joseph Jones & Thomas Lloyd their Costs of
this application, to be taxed by ye sd Master in case ye parties
differ about ye same. But as to ye Costs prayed in respect of
ye Petition exhibited by Sir John Astley & his Lady & Mr
Hosier touching ye displacing y° sd Elizabeth France from
y" sd Almes-house, his Lordship doth not think fit to grant
ye same. Tibi igitur prefato Edro Hosier Arm. lirmiter injung-
end' precipimus quod omnia et singula in Ordine predicto
content' specificat' quantum seu quoad te in aliquo tangunt vel
concernunt facias perimpleas & exequaris cum effectu secun-
dum tenorem vcramque intentionem Ordinis predicti et hoc
suo periculo incumben' nullatenus omittas quovis modo.
TESTE me ipso apud Westm' 6° Die Junii anno Regni nostri
septimo.

Jekull Heiive.

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The money paid by Mr. Hosier as arrears seems to have been
invested in the purchase of 2 closes in Castle Foregate containing 9
acres; and of £245 18s. 3d. old South Sea Annuities. In 1805, the
almshouses were put in a complete state of repair by Mrs. Powys, at
the cost of £209 18s. Besides the 16 almshouses, there is another
small house, for the use of the chaplain, called the " Priest's House."
Dr. Butler held this himself, and used to study there. Some of the
chaplains have occasionally occupied it.

In 1760, a Petition for an Account of the annual payment of <£20,
and the arrears thereof, seems to have been filed by the Earl and
Alicia Countess of Tankerville, Sir Francis Vincent, Bart, and Lady
Arabella his wife, Edward Daniel, Esq. and Henrietta his wife, James
Odonald Esq. and Frances his wife, and Anne Astley spinster (the
heirs at law of Philip Prince), and John Griffiths of Cevenamwlch,
co. Carnarvon (the heir of Sir Thomas Jones), an infant under the
age of 21 by Watkin Winn his guardian, and John Tombes Wing-field,
Clerk, Minister of Little Berwick chapel, against Thomas Powys, Esq.,
the owner of the estate, in Chancery.

The Earl of Tankerville, Mr. Wynne, and James Watson, Esq., are
now the representatives of the three original Trustees, and as such
are patrons of the chapel and almshouses.

Little Berwick was a Perpetual Curacy without cure of souls ; but
in 1852 a district with cure of souls was assigned, and published in
the Ga-ette. It position at the present time is doubtful. Until Mr.
Burbury's appointment, the chaplains were always admitted to the
office by the Ordinary of St. Mary's ; but since 18-16, when the
Bishop of Lichfield obtained concurrent jurisdiction, they have been
licensed by him.

The late Rev. W. A. Leighton speaks of "the small but picturesque
Chapel, erected in 1672, on the site of an ancient ruinous structure."
(Guide through Slirewshv.rv, p. 5S).

Berwick is in the parish of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, and consists of
the townships of Great Berwick and Little Berwick, and the
hamlets of Almond Park, Newton, and Hose Hill.

The house at Great Berwick, formerly the mansion of the Bettons,
but sold by them to the owners of the Little Berwick estate, is
usually considered to stand on the site of the house where Hotspur
slept on the eve of the Battle of Shrewsbury. (See Fletcher's
Battlefield Church, p. 4.)

Edward VI., in 1553, granted (inter alia) the tithes of Almon Park,
lately belonging to the dissolved College of St. Mary in Shrewsbury,
to the bailiffs and burgesses, for the support of the Free School. In
1830, nothing was received in respect of the tithes of Almond Park,
Berwick, and Newton ; and it seemed doubtful whether the governors
could substantiate their title thereto. (See Charity Commrs. xxiv
Report, Salop, pp. 213, 220.)— Ed.]

380 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

BETTON STRANGE.

Betune, in the hundred of Conodovre, belonged to the
see of Lichfield in the reign of the Confessor, and at
the time of Domesday : it was rated to the Danegeld at
2 hides, but consisted of 4 carucates1 of 480 acres of
arable, whereof 1 carucate1 and a half, or 180 acres,
were in the demesne or immediate occupation of the
lord, and the remaining 2 carucates1 and a half, or 300
acres, were occupied by 4 villans and 3 servants. It
was valued in the Confessor's days at 15s., but at the
time of Domesday at 16s.

I conceive this description to refer to both the
Bettons, as well this before us, as the contiguous manor
of the same name in the Parish of Berrington : but I
can give no account when Betton Strange became
included within the Liberties of Shrewsbury, or when
it ceased to be part of the possessions of the see of
Lichfield.2

When Henry II. arrived from the Continent to take
possession of the English throne, he brought with him
in his retinue a nobleman, who is said to have been a
son of the Duke of Bretagne, and a kinsman of the
young monarch. However this may be, it is certain
that on this Guy, or at least on his three sons, John,

1 [Not carucates, but ox-teams (carucre). Servi is better translated
serfs, than servants. — Ed.]

2 [Eyton believes that Betton was the Bishop of Lichfield's (Robert
de Limesey, 1086-1121,) contribution to the Abbey of Shrewsbury.
That Abbey possessed it temp. Henry I., and the monks gave a life-
lease of the manor to Richard de Belmeis, who was Bishop of London
and Sheriff of Shropshire. Bishop Belmeis died 1G Jan., 1127, and
on his death-bed restored Betton to the Abbey, though his nephew
and heir, Philip de Belmeis (son of Philip) contested this. Subse-
quently, about 1 15 1-00, Ranulf de Belmeis (also nephew of the Bishop,
and brother and heir of Philip de Belmeis), surrendered Betton to
Shrewsbury Abbey. (See Salop Cartulary, nos. 22, 23, 56, 294 ;
Eyton ii. 200-1). In 1220, Roger le Zouche, as nephew of Philip de
Belmeis, sued the Abbot of Shrewsbury for Betton; but, after a five
years' suit, was apparently unsuccessful. See Eyton vi. 184-5. See
Pedigree of Belmeis and la Zouche in Eyton ii. 208-9.— Ed.]

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Guy, and Hamo, who, from their foreign origin, received
the appellation of Extranei. Strangers, or Le Strange,1
Henry II. bestowed solid marks of his bounty in various
parts of England, particularly in this county. To J ohn,
the eldest son, he gave Nesse and Cheswardine, which
he is found to hold in 1167 (Liber Niger), and I think
it also probable that he received Betfcon likewise from
the grant of his sovereign, but for this last particular I
have seen no authority.2

In the 23rd year of Edward I., 1295, it had been
long enough possessed by this family to have acquired
the distinctive appellation it still retains of Betton
Strange. For thus it is written in the book of fees in
the Exchequer on the Treasurers side (Ashmol. MSS.,
vol. 859). " Bogo de Knovill & Eleanora uxor ejus

1 Mr. Blomefield thinks they were so called from a place in France
of this name, but if this had been the case, they would certainly have
been termed De Estrange, and not L'Estrange : the respective prefixes
of de and le accurately marking the distinction between personal and
local appellations. The Latin Extraneus, too, evidently refers to a
person and not a place. Besides, Blomefield himself gives an abstract
of a deed, without date, wherein John cognomento Le Strange (so he
styles himself) grants land to the monks of Binham for the souls of
Henry the younger (i.e., as I conceive, the son of Henry II.), and
Alianore the queen (wife of Henry II.), and of William, Earl of
Arundel, and Queen Adelicia his wife (relict of Henry I.) In this
deed the grantor calls himself right heir of Reginald le Brun, who
was his wife's brother. Mr. Blomefield makes Guy the eldest son,
but "John Strange, ivith his L2 brothers Wido and Hamo" is the style
in the attestation to a deed of William fitz Alan,— "Johanne Straunge
cum duobus fratribus ejus Widonc et Hamone," which marks, I think,
the seniority of John.

2 [About 1160, Hamo le Strange made a grant in the Manor of
Betton to Haughmond Abbe}'. Probably the monks of Shrewsbury
had alienated to him that part of Betton, which was thenceforth
called Betton Strange ; the part which they retained being called
Abbot's Betton. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Abbot's Betton was
called Little Betton, to distinguish it from Great-Betton-in-Hales,
near Market Drayton, which also belonged to the Abbey. It is now
called Great or Abbot's Betton, to distinguish it from Little Betton
or Betton Strange. See Eyton vi. 181-5.

Hamo le Strange was succeeded by John le Strange, his elder
brother. — Ed.]

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tenent Betton Estranei de Johanne Extraneo et idem
Johannes de rege in capite." Bogo de Knovill and
Eleanor his wife hold Stranges Betton of John Le Strange
and the same John of the. King in chief. This Eleanor
(the daughter and co-heir of William de Blancminster,
or Whitchurch), was relict of Robert le Strange, Lord
in her rio-ht of Blackinere, who died in 1276. She is
called in the pedigrees relict of Bogo de Knovill ; but
it is manifest that he was her second husband. Betton
Strange was then part of her dower, and held by her
and her husband of the inheritance of John, her eldest
son by her first husband. In 17 Edward III., the said
John was in possession of it, having then a grant of
free warren in his lands of Whitchurch, Corf ham, Wroc-
wardyn, Sutton Baeton, Longnolre, and Cheswarthyn.
Among the Lonomer deeds is one of 10 Edward III., in
which John de Tronwell, chaplain, grants to Sir Hamond
le Strange, Knight, and Margaret his wife, in tail, his
Manor of Betton Strange, which he had of ye fleoffment
of ye said Sir Hamond, to hold of ye chief lords of yc fee.

The next entry I find in the records concerning this
manor is from the Fines of 47 Edward III. in the Tower,
m. 14. (Dodsworth MSS., vol. 32). " Bex commisit
Johanni lilio Johannis Lestrange, junioris, custodiam
manerorium de Cheswardyn & Straunge Betton cum
pertinentiisquefueruntMargarete que fuit uxor Hamonis
Lestrange defunctas, & que per mortem ipsius Margarete,
& rationis minoris a3tatis predicti Job's filii Joh'n's
(filii) Job s consanguine] k hreredis predicti Hamonis in
raanu nostra existunt ; habendum & tenendum ad lici-
tam a3tatem predicti Job's filii Job's. 10 December/'
From this extract it appears that Betton Strange had
been the property of Sir Hamo le Strange of Ches-
wardine, a younger son of Fulke le Strange of Black-
mere, who was the brother and heir of John mentioned
above as being seized of the reversion of it in 1295 ;
that on the death of the said Sir Hamo, it devolved to
Margaret his widow, for her life, that on her death it
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husband's great nephew and heir, who being then a
minor, it was seised into the king's hands, and that his
majesty now granted it to him for his maintenance
during his minority. Before all this, however, it had
belonged to Fulke, another younger son of Fulke le
Strange of Blackmere above mentioned, who is expressly
styled of Betton. He left only daughters, in conse-
quence of which this manor passed to his brother Sir
Hamo, to whom John de Tromwell granted it, 11
Edward III.

John le Strange, the minor, deceasing two years after
the above fiiie, viz., in WT 5, without attaining full age, and
leaving a daughter (who also died an infant), the manor
reverted to the three daughters of Fulke le Strange of
Betton : Johanna wife of John Carles, Eleanor wife of
Edward de Acton, and Margaret le Strange, a nun of
Lingbrooke, who the same year, 1375, 49 Edward III,,
released her right in the manors of Longenorle and
Betton to her sisters and their husbands, and accord-
ingly, on Sunday before the Feast of St. Catherine, in
the following year, 50 Edward III., we find John Carles
and Johan his wife, the eldest of those daughters,
granting certain messuages and half a virgabe of land
in the town and fields of Betton Lestrange, which
Gilbert son of Annote formerly held, to John son of
Thomas Gilbertes of the same (apparently a descendant
of the former) and Alice his wife, (e cartis Rev. Jos.
Corbett de Longu. archidiaconi de Salop).

From this time, the Manor of Betton Strange con-
tinued in the same hands, with that of Longnor, in the
hundred of Condover ; the family of Corbett, in right
of their descent from that of Careles (as may be seen
under the article Loxgxoii), holding one half of it, and
the family of Acton the other.

Among the deeds of the Rev. Jos. Corbett is a grant
of Thomas Hord and Thomas Rugge to Thomas Acton
and Mary his wife, in fee tail, of all the lands and
tenements, rents and services, which they have in the
vills of Longnore and Betton Strange, which they lately

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had of the gift of the said Thomas Acton, remainder to
the right heirs of the said Thos. Acton. Witnessed by
Fulke Sprencheaux, Robert Scryven, and Edwd.
Leghton, and dated at Stepulton, Tuesday after
Michaelmas 27 Henry VI.

In the families the manor continued till John Mack-
worth purchased one moiety of it from Thomas Oorbett
of Longnor, by deed dated 16 May, 36 Henry VIII. ,
1544; and on the 3rd day of the same month of the
following year, he bought the other moiety from
William Acton of Audenham, gent.

Queen Elizabeth granted the tithes of Betton to Sir
Christopher Hatton in 25rao regni. In 1650, Thos.
Owen, Esq., & Rowland Watson, gent., were seised of
them, and in 1659 conveyed them to Geo. Prowde,
who, in 1700, conveyed them to Jonathan Scott. (From
the Title Deeds of Scott of Betton).

On the 31 Jan., 10 Jac, Thomas Edwards of Shrews-
bury, Esq., sells to Richd. Prowde of the same, draper,
the whole tithes, great and small, of Betton Strange
and Altmeare, and also a close of ground near the
Cleypittes in ye suburbes of Shrewsbury, now in the
tenure of Hellen Prowde widow, mother of the grantee,
which premises were conveyed to EdwTards in fee by
Lewis Prowde of Lincoln's Inn, Esq.

A property in Betton Strange belonged to a family
taking their name from the place. Of this family was
John Betton, of Shrewsbury, whose son, Sir John
Betton, vicar of Oswestry, on the 3rd of March, 1453,
appointed William Otteley his attorney to deliver
seisin of a messuage and its appurtenances in the town
and fields of Altemer,1 near Strange Betton, to Edwd.
Betton of Strange Betton, son of Rich. Betton of
Strange Betton.

1 In 11 Richard IT., Peter de Cares welle, lord of Ercalwe, by
consent of Mary his w ife, grants to William son of Adam de Laken,
for his service, their Manor of Alcentmere, near Strange Betton.
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John Betton, the last heir male, who in a deed of
1485 has the addition of Frankeleyn, left an only
daughter Elinor, wife first of Robert Wicherly of
Wicherley, and second of .... Kinaston ; she is
probably the same as Helen, wife of Thomas Kinaston
of Shotton. On the 16th October, 1519, by the name
of Elinor Kinaston, daughter and heir of John Betton
of Rossall, she grants to Thomas Kinaston and Thomas
Hanmer, Knights, and David Hanmer and Edward
Powes, gentlemen, all her lands, etc., in Rossall, Bicton,
and Betton, to the use of Rich. Wicherley her heir (he
was her son) and Eleanor Hanmer (she was his wife),
and to the heirs of their two bodies jointly begotten.
This deed is witnessed by Richard Betton of Berwick,
gent., which seems to impute a relationship between
the two families. The Wicherleys ended in a daughter
Margaret (third in descent from Elinor Kinaston) , who
married Rich. Onslow of Onslow, who, by the name of
Rich. Onslow of Wicherley, gent., covenants, together
with his said wife Margaret, on April 13th, 1585, that
before the 17th of November next, they will convey all
that tenement or messuage in Betton Strange, now in
the holding of one Edw. Betton, to Rich. Heynes of
Betton Strange in fee for £270.

On Dec. 22nd, 158S, Richard Betton of Altmere,
yeoman, sells 2 parcels of land and wood called Pows-
hill, otherwise Powysefen, otherwise The Bouche, in or
near Betton Strange, to John Kenwick of Langley,
yeoman, who, on the 28th Sep., 1590, by the name of
John Kenwick, gent, of Sutton within the Liberties of
Shrewsbury, conveys them to Rich. Heynes mentioned
above. Mr. Heynes also, on Sept. 9, 1591, obtained
from the same Richard Betton, Edw. Betton of Betton
Strange, yeoman, and Elizabeth, relict of Edw. Betton,
late of Betton Strange, a release of all their rights and
titles to all lands, messuages, rents and services, &c, in
Betton Strange, late belonging to the deceased Edward
Betton, and also of all their title to all messuages,
lands, &c, in Betton Strange, late of Rich. Wicherley,

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gent. , deceased, except a parcel of wood called Powshill.

Mr. Hey nes had two sons, Edward and Walter, to
whom his brother Edward, on July 20, 1604, conveyed
lands in Newbolde or Nobolde. Edward was probably
father of Rich. Hey nes of Betton Strange, who was
dead without wife or issue June 2, 1650, when adminis-
tration of his effects was granted to Edw. Powis and
Mary his wife, and Rich. Higgins and Sarah his wife,
sisters of the said Richard Hey nes.

On March 15, 1666-7 , Edward Powis of Betton
Strange, gent., and Mary his wife, mortgage their
pur party or share of the tenement or messuage in
Betton Strange, wherein they now dwell, together with
lands there and in Alkmere, called the Bore's Den, the
Bore's Den Dingle, &c, to Rich. Heynes, citizen and
skinner of London, who was probably son of Walter
above mentioned. The money borrowed upon this
mortgage not being repaid, the fee became vested in
Rich. Heynes or his son's heir, Edw. Heynes, gent.,
which last, on June 22, 1676, conveyed it, for the sum
of .£470, to Jonathan Scott, of Shrewsbury, gent.,
ancestor of the present possessor.

It is now known by the name of Little Betton or
Betton Strange, and is esteemed to be within the
Manor of Abbot's Betton, but this does not seem to
have been formerly the case. Tbe following particulars
relating to it are taken from the Mackworth MS.
referred to under the article of Brace Meole.

"The Manner of Betton Strange is held of the Countess
of Arundell by fealty only : and noe rent ever paid by
my selfe or ancestors to King or any person for the
same. No court baron or leete in the mannour ever
kept by any of my ancestors, as I ever heard ; but we
appeare to the great court leete of Shrewsbury, and
the town hath all waifes, estrayes, &c, to that leete.
But there is a quit rent of 34s yearly issuing out of a
tenement in Betton, late in the possession of Mr,

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Heynes, my kinsman, whose 2 daughters are marry ed
to one Powys and Hoggyns : and they and their wifes'
ancestors have constantly paid to me and mine this
yearly rent, and releifes after the deceases of each
tenant. After the decease of old Heynes' son and
heire, who dyed without issue, my fathers servant
distrained cosen Powys for a releife after the discease
of his brother, who then paid the same : and young
Heynes before did pay unto old Tho. Lea of Alkemone
a releife for my father's use, due upon his (i.e. Heynes')
father's decease.

" It is seated within the Parish of St. Chad's, in
Shrewsbury, and hath now a seate in the Church,
which was formerly my cosen Stuiye's of Possall, next
below my cosen Cole's, in the middle isle, which was
in the yeare 1602 granted unto mee and my wife by a
grant from the Chancellor of Coventry Diocess, and
after confirmed by the churchwardens of that parish,
who claime a right of disposing all seates in the church
upon vacancy by custome. Possession of cosen Sturye's
pue, being by cosen Waring assigned to the church-
wardens, was delivered to me 18th Dec. in that yeare.
All the demesne lands used to the hall of Betton are
within the Liberties of Shrewsbury and Parish of
St. Chad ; and the tithes thereof are impropriate, and
are now the inheritance of my cosen Billeing's of
Shrewsbury, his wife, the daughter of my old cosen
Prowd of Shrewsbury. But Betton wood or copye
lyes in Abbot's Betton, though used long with the
demesne : it being part of one of that towne fields
called Doddesmere field, and formerly belonging to
Calcottes and Ryders tenement in Great Betton, who
had from my ancestors other lands in exchange."

[Jonathan Scott, Esq., of Betton, the purchaser of Betton Strange
in 1G76, was 4th in descent from Richard Scott, the first of the
family who settled in Shropshire ^Richard was born in 1544, and died
in Shrewsbury in 1628). Jle was Maydr of Shrewsbury in 1689, and
married Elizabeth Stone, but dying without issue in 17 1G, was
succeeded by his nephew,

Jonathan Scott, of Betton (son of Richard Scott, and Susannah

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dau. and co-heir of John Gardner). He married Ann Farmer, and
had with a son Jonathan, who died unm. in vita patris, 3 daus. and
co-heirs, Elizabeth, Susan, and Anne. He died in 1746, and was
succeeded by his eldest dau.,

Elizabeth Scott, who had , married in 1728 her second cousin,
Captain Richard Scott. He was born in 1695, and died in 1767.
Their eldest son, Richard Scott, of Betton, inherited the Betton
estates. He died in 1770, leaving by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of the
Rev. Thomas Gough, rector of Cardeston, a son,

The Rev. George Scott, of Betton. He was born in 1756, and died
19 Oct., 1799. He married in 1778, Lucretia, dau. of Capt. Charles
Cockburn, of Brentwood ; and was succeeded by his son,

George John Scott, of Betton. He married in 1802 Anne, dau. of
William Morse, of Drayton House, Ealing, and dying 29 May, 1811,
was succeeded by his eldest son, the late

George Jonathan Scott, Esq., of Betton Strange, and of Peniarthuca,
co. Merioneth, J. P., High Sheriff of Merioneth in 1834. He was
born 23 April, 1807, and died in 1875. He married 28 April, 1840,
Augusta Frances, dau. of William Wynne, Esq., of Peniarth, co.
Merioneth, (who now resides at Betton Strange), and had issue two
daus., (1) Augusta Margaret Anne, who died 30 Jan., 1854, and (2)
Louisa Sidney, who married 25 Feb., 1868, Major William Edington
Stuart, late of the 15th Hussars, and has issue Marie and George
John.

The Arms of Scott are, Argent three catherine-wheels sable, two
and one, within a bordure engrailed gules. Crest : A demi-griffin
segreant sable membered gules. See Pedigree of Scott of Betton in
Burke's Commoners and Landed Gentry.

The Township of Betton Strange is called the Township of Betton
and Alkmere ; the whole or part of the Manor of Betton Strange
seems to have been at one time known as Alvithele or Alvy there,
i.e. Alkmere. See Eyton vi. 185-6,

Betton does not occur amongst the Liberties of Shrewsbury in the
Court Rolls temp. Richard II. In the Corporation Court Book of
1668, amongst the Liberties of the Stone Ward, the following
inhabitants of " Betton and Alkmere " are named: — Thomas Mack-
worth, ar., Edward Powis, gen., Richard Hoggins, gen., John Jennings,
Leonall Gould, William Luter, Robert Weston, and Richard Hussey.

The CHURCH was erected in the year 1858, by the late Mr.
George Jonathan Scott, in memory of his daughter Amelia Margaret
Ann Scott (born 1841, died 1854). It consists of nave and chancel,
and is in the Early English style, In the Church are these monu-
mental brasses : —

(1) George Jonathan Scott, of Betton Strange and Peniarthucha,

born 24 April, 1807, died 13 August, 1875. " Hanc
/Edem edificavit et locupctavit A.D. MDCCCLVIII."

(2) William Scott, born at Betton Strange 4 Jan., 1811, died in

London 19 Oct., 1877.

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(3) Louisa Anne Walford, dau. of Francis Walford, of Cronkhill,

born 12 August, 1817, died 12 Nov., 1864.

(4) William Edington Stuart, J. P. & D.L., Major 15th Hussars,

died 5 Aug., 1887, aged 59, buried in vault beneath
Chancel.

(5) Mrs Anne Thomas, 42 years servant in the Scott family, died

at Towyn 29 Nov. 1883.
There is also a hatchment of G. J. Scott over the Chancel arch.

INCUMBENTS OF BETTON STRANGE.1

1858. Henry Fletcher, M.A. of B. N. C. Oxford ; son of Thomas
Fletcher, of Handsworth ; born 18 April, 1821 ; died
14 June, 1885 ; married Mary Anne Letitia, dau. and
heir of William David Field, of Ulceby Grange, J. P.
and D.L., and had issue ; Vicar of Holy Trinity,
Shrewsbury, 1862 to 1882;' and of Thornton Curtis
1882, until his death. See Pedigree and Arms in
Burke's Landed Gentry and Leicestershire Pedigrees
and Royal Descents. He resigned Betton in 1862,

1862 James Coling, B.A., of St. John's Coll,, Cambridge ; Rector
of Chillendon 1S67-S; and of Stowe-maries since 1868.
See under ASTLEY, page 127 ante. Resigned 1866.

1866 William Tipton, B. A, of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford ; son of
Edward Blakeway Tipton ; born at Shrewsbury, 1829;
died 17 June, 1874. Resigned 1870.

1870. Robert William Dayrell, M.A., of Magd. Coll., Camb. ;

Vicar of Monk-Hopton 1841-1870. Resigned 1876.
Now of Ley Grange, Ox on.

1876. Charles Parker; Vicar of Ford 1863-1870. Resigned
18S3. Now of Quarry Place, Shrewsbury.

1883. Alexander Walter Annand, M.A, of Trinity Coll., Cam-
bridge ; Vicar of Roade 1866-1878. Chaplain of
Millington's Hospital, Shrewsbury, 1889. He mar-
ried Katharine Mary, dau. of Col. Thomas Rose, of
Northampton, and has issue. The present Incumbent.

The patronage of the living is in the Scott family ; but the gross
value of the benefice is only £30 per annum.

Owen and Blakeway, vol. ii., pp. 241-4, mention several monuments
to the Mack worth and Scott families, of Betton, in St. Chad's Church,
Shrewsbury :

Thomas Mackworth, of Betton Strange, d. 1G9G, aged 70.

Sarah, his widow, d. 1 698, a^ed GO.

Jonathan Scott, of Betton, Ksq., d. 174G, aged 69.

1 [For the list of Incumbents, and many of the church notes, I am
indebted to the Rev. A. W. Annand. — Ed.],

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Elizabeth, his wife, dau. of Rd. Scott, Esq., d. 1752, aged 58.
Richard Scott, Esq., (son of BeDjainin Scott, of Eltham), d. 1767,
aged 72.

Elizabeth Scott, only surviving dau. of R. and E. Scott, died
1797, aged 69.

There is an altar tombstone to' the Scotts, in old St. Chad's Church-
yard, on the north side of the remaining fragment of the old church.
—Ed.]

PEDIGREE OF MACKWORTH.

[The following Pedigree of Mackworth of Bettou Strange, Meole
Brace, Shrewsbury, <fcc, is given in the Blake way MS. in tabular
form, but for convenience is here printed in narrative form. — Ed.].

J John Mackworth, a younger son of the house of
Mackworth of Mackworth, co. Derby, and supposed to
be descended from the esquire of Lord Audeley.

I. Thomas Mackworth, of Mackworth, (brother of

John Mackworth; LL.D., Dean of Lincoln), mar-
ried Alice, dau. of , Sir John de Baysinges, of
Empingham, co. Rutland, and had issue a son,

II. Henry Mackworth, Esq., of Mackworth, co.

Derby, and Empingham, co. Rutland, living
12 Hen. VI., and 21 Edward IV., left issue,

(1) Richard, 4 Hen. VII.

(2) Walter, 4 Hen. VII.

(3) John Mackworth, of Empingham, co. Rutland, son and heir,

21 Edw. IV., dead 4 Hen. VII.

(4) Thomas, of whom next.

III. Thomas Mackworth, groom of the chamber to

Henry VII., of Brace Meole 22 Henry VII.,
married Anne, a cousin to the Lord Zouch, and
had issue four sons,

(1) IV. Arthur Mackworth, of Meole Brace, gent., godson to
Prince Arthur, living 1583 ul videtur ; Lord Zouch con-
veyed the manor of Meole Brace to him. He married
Mary Barker, and had issue 6 children,
[1] V. Thomas Mackworth, of Monks' Forgate ; by his
father's (?; fraud after his decease had his issue dis-
inherited ; he was a mercer, and admitted a burgess
1508; by Eleanor, his wife, he had issue a son,
VI. Thomas Mackworth, gent., of the Dryhouse,
parish of Meole Brace; dead in 1631 ; his son,

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VII. John Mackworth of Salop, dyer, admitted a
burgess in 1631, married twice: first, Mary?, who
was buried in 1628, at St. Julian's, by whom he had
issue, — (a) Sarah, bapt. 15 Apr. 1627, at St.
Julian's, and , (b) John Mackworth, of Salop,
draper, born 1628, admitted a burgess 1648, and
bur. June 1664, at St. Chad's. He married
secondly, Cicely, by whom he hud a son (c) Arthur
Mackworth, of Shrewsbury, draper, bapt. 1630 at
St. Julian's, who married Grisell, who died in 1661
at St. Julian's.

[2] V. Richard Mackworth, m. Mary Bridgeman, and had
issue a son,

VI. Thomas Mackworth, who married Eleanor
Benion, and by her had issue, Arthur and John.
Joan, married to William Prowd.
Dorothy, married to Richard Powell.
V. William Mackworth, of Salop, gent ; admitted a
burgess 1588; mortgaged Meole Brace to Harris;
married Elizabeth, dan. of Nicholas Grosvenor, and
had issue nine children, — Mary, b, 1574 ; Arthur, b.
1575; Eleanor, b. 1576 ; Martha, b. 1578; Cicely,
b. 1581 ; Jane, b: 1582; Ursula; Edward; and
Richard.

1 6] Winifred, married to Richard Gardner.

(2) John, of whom next.

(3) William Mackworth, citizen and clothworker of London ;

Will proved 25 July, 1534; he married Agnes, sister of
Robert Meredyth, and left issue a dau. Elizabeth.

(4) Robert Mackworth, living 1534.

IV. John Mackworth, of Betton Strange, In 1519,

11 Henry VIII., he was servant of Alderman
Thomas Hosier, and then admitted burgess.
He purchased Betton in 1544, 36 Henry VIII.
He was Bailiff in 1540, 1548, and 1557. He
married Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hosier, of
Salop ; by this match the Sextry and other
houses in Salop came to him ; by her he had
issue two sons and two daus.,

(1) Thomas, of whom next.

(2) Captain Humphry Mackworth, killed in Ireland in 1582.

(3) Elinor, mar. to Thomas Sturv, Esq., of Rossall.

(4) Catherine, mar. to Richard Ottley, Esq., of Pitchford.

V. Thomas Mackworth, of Betton Strange ; Inq.

p. m. 3 Oct., 29 Elizabeth ; married Dorothy,

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dau. of Richard Lee, of Langley, Esq., (marriage
articles 25 July, 8 Eliz.), and by her (qu. did
she marry secondly, Richard Purcell, Esq., M.P.
for Salop ?) had issue two sons and four dans. ,

(1) Richard, of whom next.

(2) Thomas Mackworth, s. p. ; M.P. for Ludlow 1646.

(3) Elizabeth, mar. to — Dickinson

(4) Elinor, mar. to — Corbett, of Hope.

(5) Catherine, mar. to Edward Purslow, of Hockstow.

(6) Margaret.

VI. Richard Mackworth, of Betton Strange ; bur.

1617 at St. Chad's; mar. Dorothy, dau. of
Lawrence Cranage, of Keele, co. Stafford, (mar-
riage articles 29 Oct., 1600), and by her (who
mar. secondly, Adam Ottley, of London ; and
thirdly, John Gorton, gent.), had issue,

(1) Humphrey, of whom next.

(2) Margaret, bapt, at Stapleton, 1 July, 1615; mar. at Acton

Burnell 1631 to William Juckes, of Buttington, Salop,
gent,

(3) Agnes, mar. first to — Watts, of Herefordshire ; and secondly

to William Crowne, gent.

VII. Humphrey Mackworth, of Betton Strange,

Esq., Recorder of Bridgnorth ; a colonel and
councellor to Oliver Cromwell ; bur. in Henry
YII/s chapel, 26 Dec, 1654, with great state ;
livery granted to him 18 April, 22 Jac, ; he
married twice, first (before 28 May, 1624),
Anne, dau. of Thomas Wallen, of Beconsfield,
co. Bucks, Esq., and by her, who was bur. at
St. Chad's, J 636, he had issue,

(1) Thomas of whom next.

(2) William, bapt. 10 Sept , 1629, and bur. 2 Mav, 1631, at

St, Chad's.

(3) Humphrey Mackworth, bapt. 31 May, 1G31, at St. Chads;

a colonel, and M.P. for Salop, 1654, 1656 ; admitted to
Salop School 1G3S.

(4) Anne, bapt. 1632, at St. Chad's, second wife to Sir Thomas

Mackworth, of Xormanton, co. Rutland.

(5) .Elizabeth, bapt. 17 Aug., 1634, at St, Chad's,

(6) Dorothy, wife of Thomas Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, Recorder

of Salop.

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Humphrey, married secondly, Mary, dan. of Thomas
Venables, Baron of Kinderton, (marriage articles
12 July, 1638), and by her, who died Aug. or
June, 1679, had issue,

(7) Peter, bapt. 3 Oct., 1639, at St. Chad's, died young.

(8) Mary, born 1641, died Dec., 1671,

VIII. Thomas Mackworth, of Betton, Esq. ; born
1627 ; died 12 Nov. 1696, set. 70 ; admitted to
Salop School, 1638 ; married twice, first, Anne,
dau. and heiress of Richard Bulkeley, of Bun-
tingsdale, Esq., and by her, who was bur. at St.
Chad's 27 April, 1666, had issue,

(1) Bulkeley Mackworth, Esq., born 14 Dec, 1653, at St. Chad's;

bur, 22 Feb., 1730-1, at Drayton ; admitted to Magd.
Coll., 1671 ; of the Inner Temple, 1684 ; unmarried.

(2) Anne, born 30 April, 1656 ; mar. at St. Chad's 17 Sept.,

1680, to Edward Minshull, of Stoke, co. Chester, (qu.
was he brother to the last Mrs. Milton ?).

(3) Sir Humphrey, of whom next.

Thomas, married secondly, at St. Chad's, Sarah, dau.
of Thomas Mitton, Esq., the general, and by
her, who died 28 Aug., 1698, had issue, a dau.,

(4) Dorothy, bapt. 12 July, 1677, at St. Chad's, mar. William

Tay!eure, Esq , of Rodington ; died 1753.

IX. Sir Humphrey Mackworth, senior ; born Jan.

1657 ; admitted to Magd. Coll., Oxon, 1674,
knighted 1682 ; died Aug., 1 727 ; by his interest
at Court, he got a fine of his wife's estate taken
in 1687, when she was only 18 years of age,
(Vernon's Reports) ; he married Mary, dau.
and heiress of Sir Herbert Evans, of Neath, co.
Glamorgan, knt. (she was born circa 1669, see
Vernon s Reports), and by her had issue,

(1) Herbert, of whom next,

(2) Kingsmill Evans Mackworth, born 2 Oct., 1688, at Neath ;

mar. Gertrude Coad, of co. Cornwall.

(3) Anne, b. 15 May, 1690.

(4) Mary, born 1691.

(5) X. William Morgan Mackworth, married twice, viz., in 1715

to Anne, dau. and heiress of Robert Slaney, Esq. (she
was born 1697) ; snd also to Martha, dau. and heiress of

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John Praed, of Trewathen, co. Cornwall, by whom he
had issue,

[lj XL Humphrey Mack worth Praed, Esq., of Trewathen,
M.P. for St. Ives ; married 174G, . . . , dau. of
William Forester, Esq., and relict of Sir Bryan
Broughton Delves, and had issue, — (a) WTilliam
Praed, Esq., of Tyringham, co. Bucks, M.P. for
St. Ives ; (b) Herbert, oh. cacl. ; (c) Mary, mar. to
Rev. William Sandys, of St. Miniver, Cornwall ; (d)
Catherine ; and (e) Arabella Juliana.

[2] XL Bulkeley Mackworth Praed, married a dau. of
. . . . Turner, and died s. p.

[3] XI. William Mackworth Praed, mar. Susan Stokes, and
had issue six children, viz., — (a) William Mackworth
Praed, serjeant-at-law, married Elizabeth, dau. of

Winthrop, and had issue, Elizabeth,

Susan, Mackworth, Bulkeley, Winthrop ; (b)
Catherine, died unm. ; (c) Phineas, died unm. ;
(d) Juliana, mar. Thomas William Shore ; (e) Susan,
mar. T. Smith \ and (f) Arabella, mar. to John,
Earl of Mayo.

[4] Arabella, died unm.

[5 J Juliana Bridget, died unm.

X. Herbert Mackworth, Esq., M.P, for Cardiff ;
born 7 Sept., 1687, died 1765 ; mar. 25 April,
1729-30, Juliana, dau: of William, Lord Digby,
and by her had issue,

(1) Frances, born 28 July, 1731, died 3 March, 1814, aged 83 ;

married first, Alexander Falconer, Lord Halkerton, and
secondly, 1 July, 17G5, Anthony, Viscount Montague.

(2) Juliana, born 11 Feb., 1732-3, dead.

(3) Jane, bom 17 July, 1734, died 13 Jan., 1822.

(4) Catherine, born at Drayton 24 Oct., 1735; died 27 Feb.,

1782, set. 47; mar. to the Rev. James Stillingfleet,
prebendary of Worcester.
^5) Sir Herbert Mackworth, Bart., of whom next.

(6) Susan, born 25 July, 1738, mar. the Right Rev. John

Hotham, D.D., Bishop of Clogher.

(7) Mary, born Jan. 1744-5, dead.

(8) Judith.

XL Sir Herbert Mackworth, Bart., of Croft Castle,
Glamorgan ; born 1 Jan., 1736 ; created a
Baronet 14 August, 1776 ; died 25 Oct., 1791 ;
married Eliza, only dau. of Robert Trefusis,
Esq., of Trefusis, co. Cornwall, and by her had
issue,

BETTON STRANGE.

395

(1) Henry Herbert Mackworth, died young.

(2) Eliza.

(3) Sir Robert Humphrey Mackworth, second Bart, mar. in

1791, Molly Anne Miers, of Richmond, but died s./>. ;
his widow remarried Hanbury Tracy.

(4) Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., of whom next.

(5) Frances.

(6) Eliza Anne, mar. in 1795, to Francis Drake, Esq.

XII. Sir Digby Mackworth, 3rd Bart.; born 14
May, 1766 ; m. 1788, Jane, dau. and heiress of
the Rev. Matthew Deare, and by her had issue,

(1) Sir Digby Mackworth, 4th Bart.

(2) Eliza Anne.

(3) Frances Juliana [died 26 June, 1861.]

(4) Herbert [Lieut. R. N. ; b. 1791; d. 1848; mar. Jessie

Anderson, and had issue.]

(5) Eiiza Anne.

(6) Caroline Jane.

(7) Charlotte Harriet.

(8) Mary [mar. in 1819 to Rev. William Cleaver.]

(9) Augusta.

(10) Henry [died in 1800.]

(11) Susan.

(12) Anne Maria

(13) Georgina, died at Cavendish, Suffolk, Feb. 1824, ret. 20.

(14) Arthur Francis John [Capt. in army ; born 1804 ; died 1835 ;

mar. Augusta Mary Gilbert, and had issue.]

(15) Martha Jane, died 12 May, 1814, ret. 9.

(16) William Harcourt Isham [born 1806 ; died 18 . . ; mar.

Frances, dau. and coh. of William Somerset Dolben, Esq.,
and had issue.]

[XIII. Sir Digby Mackworth, 4th Bart., succeeded
on the death of his father 2 May, 1838 ; born
13 June, 1789 ; was a colonel in the army, and
Knight of the Gulphic order; died 23 Sept.,
1852; he married twice, first, 16 Sept., 1816,
Marie Alexandrine Ignatie Julie, dau. of General
and the Baroness de Kichepance, by whom (who
died 1818) he had a son,

(1) Sir Digby Francis Mackworth, 5th Bart.

Sir Digby married secondly, 3 April, 1823, Sophia Noel,
dau. of James Mann, Esq., of Linton, and had
issue,

(2) Horace Eugene, born 8 May, 1829.

(3) Sophia Jane, died 1820.

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

(4) Julia Henrietta, mar. Herbert Francis Mackworth.

(5) Emily Louisa, died June, 1828.

XIV. Sir Digby Francis Mackworth, 5th Bart; born

7 July, 1817 ; died 8 Sept., 1857 ; married in
1840 Mathilde Eleanor Eliza, 2nd dan. of Lieut. -
Col. Peddie, K.H., and had issue,

(1) Sir Arthui William Mackworth, 6th Bart.

(2) William, born 10 Jan., 1816.

(3) Rowland, born 20 March, 1848.

(4) Louisa Juliana, mar. William Cubitt, Esq.

(5) Sophia Julia, mar. Charles Edward Whitting, Esq., M.P.

XV. Sir Arthur William Mackworth, 6th Bart.,

Lieut.-Col. RE., J. P. and D.L. ; of Glen Uske,
Co. Monmouth; born 5 Oct., 1842; married
18 Oct., 1865, Alice Kate, dau. of Joseph Cubitt,
Esq., C.E., of Park Street, Westminster, and
has issue,

(1) Gyneth, born 2 An-, 1866.

(2) Digby, born 20 May, 1868.

(3) Helen, born 15 Feb., 1870.

(4) Humphrey, born 11 July, 1871.

(5) Mary Josephine, born 25 Oct., 1872.

(6) Beryl Kathcrine, born 2 Feb., 1875.

(7) Francis Julian Audley, born 15 Sept., 1876.

(8) Henry Llewellyn, born 17 March, 1878.

(9) Geoffrey, born 20 June, 1879.
(10) Dorothy.

Arms : — Per pale indented sable and ermine, on a chevron gules, five
crosses patee or.

Crest : A cock proper. Motto : Gwell angau na cywilydd. — Ed.]
PEDIGREE OF KINASTON.

Thomas Kynaston, Edward Kina.storj,=p(qu.) Susan, dau. of . . . . Gethin,
s. p. of Melverley. I of Maesbrook.

Thomas Kinaston, =p.(qu.) Elizabeth, dau. of William Kinaston,
of Macsbury | of Maesbury.

Roger. Mary, wife of ... . Thomas, of=(qu.) Margaret, dau. of
Vaughan, Bart. Maesbury. Robert Hill.

[Other sketch pedigrees of Kinaston are on the same page, but
since crossed out, — Ed.].

BICTON.

397

BICTON.

Bichetone was part of the ancient possessions of St.
Chad in the Saxon times, nor did the Norman Conquest
disturb the Church in jthe enjoyment of this manor.
At the time of Domesday it was included within the
hundred of Bascherche, and was holden by a person of
the name of Wiger, under the church, perhaps the same
whose house in Shrewsbury Castle belonged to the
Abbey there ; if so, he was a priest. At the time of
the imposition of the Danegeld, 2 hides were in tillage ;
but in the interval which elapsed between that period
and the general survey, a third had been reduced to
the purposes of agriculture, for it was then found to
consist of 3 carucates,1 one of which was in the demesne
and cultivated by 4 villans, and kept, as I conceive, by
the Dean of St. Chad's in his own hands, while the
other 2 were holden by a free man, whom I apprehend
to be the Wiger mentioned above. This, however, is
only a conjecture, nor have I been able to ascertain, to
my own satisfaction, the degree of dominion exercised
by lay possessors in those ages over the church property
of which they were the occupants ; since I find many
instances, and this is one of them, in which such lay
possessor is styled the lord of a place, of which it is yet
certain that the church was all the while in possession
of the fee. Most commonly, I believe, these lay tenants
continued gradually to accroach to themselves the fee-
simple of the lands to which they could originally have
no greater title than that of lessee.

In the Iter of Henry III., it is found that the heirs
of William de Bikedone2 held 3 hides in Bikedon in

1 [Not carucates, but ox-teams. — Ed.]

2 [William de Bictou was, says Eyton, " possibly a descendant of
Wiger, the Domesday tenant /' There are notices oi' him in the years
1174, 1199, 1203, and 1209. Blakeway is in error as to the heirs of
William de Bicton ; these were his two daughters, Isabella who
became the wife of Thomas son of Richard Gourd in, and Margery.
Richard Gourdin probably had the war.lship of Isabella, and married
her to his own son. William de Bykedon was tenant of Oaks, under
Robert de Girros, and this came to his said two daughters and co-
heirs. Cf. Eyton vi., 1G7-8 • x., 1G4-5.— Ed.]

398 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

the hundred of Pimhill, of the fee of St. Chad. This
William was surely the representative, though perhaps
hardly the descendant, of the Wiger mentioned above.

His heir, referred to in the last Iter, was, I conceive,
Thomas de Bykedone,1 who occurs about that period
among the provosts, the earliest magistrates of Shrews-
bury. Thomas, son of William le Seyward was lord of
at least a moiety of Bicton in the middle of the 13th
century, and he was probably the same person with the
last-named Thomas de Bykedon, surnames being in
that age little stationary, but the same individual often
bearing different ones at several periods of his life.
Thomas le Seyward conveyed the moiety above men-
tioned to Geoffrey Randolph,2 of Newport, a wealthy
burgess, and occasionally provost of Shrewsbury. This
conveyance must have taken place previous to 1288,
for in that year Randolph granted to Buildwas Abbey
a capital messuage, and fold, and half the lordship of
the town of Bvkedone, savins to the Dean of St. Chad
the service accustomedly due to him for half the
town.

Whether Seyward held the whole lordship under the
church, and therefore still continued lord of one moiety
after he had parted with the other, and transmitted it
to a son, I cannot say ; but in the Iter of 24 Edward I.
(129G) it is written, " Willielmus, quondam dominus

1 [Thomas son of William de Bikedon was enfeoffed of land at
Bicton, before 1*27 '2, by Margery one of the co-heirs of William de
Bykedon. This Thomas apparently conveyed a moiety to GeolYrey
Randolf ; and soon after 1279 he gives to Buildwas Abbey his land
in the Yill of Bikedone. Cf. Eyton vi. 168 ; x. 1G5-6. Thomas de
Bikedon was Bailiff of Shrewsbury twelve times between 1273 and
1319.— Kn.]

- [A moiety of the Soigneury of Bicton was in the hands of CeorTrey
Randolf, a thriving Butgess of Shrewsbury, and son of William of
Newport. ucoffrey was Bailiff of Shrewsbury six times between 1290
ami 1323. In 1291 the jury found that Geoll'rey Randolf held Bicton
under Buildwas Abbey, and the Abbey held under St. Chad's. C/\
Inquis, 19 Edw. 1, no. 54 ; Eyton x. 16G. — Ed.]

r

BICTON. 399

de Bicton, tenet1 Bicton de feodo Sancti Cedde." The
pedigree of Waring of Woodcote mentions William
Leton alias Taylor of Bycdon, and also Thomas Leton son
of William de Bycdon, about the same time : whether
they belong to the family of this lord of Bicton, I
cannot ascertain. In the Nonmia Villarum 9, Edward II.
all the lay possessors disappear, and the Dean of St.
Chad's is set down as sole lord of the town of Beekedon.

All I find concerning Bicton in the rental of the
prebends of St. Chad, 1326, is this : — Under the head
of tl Tithes belonging to the Dean," it is said. " He
shall receive from the town of Bykedon all the tithe
excepting the demesne, and 16s yearly rent of the same
town ;" under the head of Tithes belonging to Master
Rese, ff he shall receive 2 parts of all manner of tithes
of the demesne of Bykdone, and of the of
Caldehote with the mortuaries." Master John de
Wyndesovre was to receive the other third part of the
tithe of the said demesne : but no mention is made of
the lordship, Dart of which was certainly yet in lay
hands, notwithstanding the authority of the Nomina
Villarum, for by deed, dated on Thursday after the
feast of St. Dunstan the bishop, 13 Edward III., 1339,
Julian, widow of William Hawlich, of Bykedon, grants
for life to Thomas, son of Rich, de Scheteplace of Salop,
20 acres of land in Bykedon, and all her lordship in
the same vill. Witnessed by Reginald de Bykedon,
Philip Wyn of Rosale, and Robert Waringe of Ondes-
lowe. The terms of this deed do not import what part
of the lordship of Bicton was vested in this lady, but
that she really was lady (under the church) of a moiety
of it may be inferred from a re-grant of the same year
b}^ Sheteplace to John son of William de Hawlich, of
the 20 acres aforesaid, and half of the lordship of Bicton,
but it is not improbable that she may have been the
Julian daughter of William de Bigdon, who, two years

1 [Eyton reads tenuil, and calls this Iter of 24 Edw. I. the
" Pimhill Tenure Roll of 1279." Cf. Eyton x., 1G5. — Ed.]

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400 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

before, 1 1 Edward III., joined with Thomas de Hampton,
her husband, in granting to their daughter Agnes a
messuage and virgate in Ondeslowe, by a deed to which
is appendant a seal bearing a shield impressed with a
cross, though in this case she must have buried or lost
two husbands in the space of two years.

At the Dissolution the property of Buildwas Abbey1
here was granted by Henry VIII. , in his 29th year, to
Edward Grey, Lord Powys, by the name of the manor
or grange of Bilton, otherwise Bikton. His natural
son, Edward Grey, conveyed it, in March 22 Elizabeth,
by the same name, to Edward Foxe, gent. : and in
Easter term of the same year a recovery was suffered
of it, Edward Leighton, Esq., and Edward Foxe, gent.,
demandants, Edmund Foxe, gent., and Edward
Hughes, tenants. By indenture of 26 Jan., 25 Elizabeth,
Charles Foxe, Esq. (brother of Edward and Edmund)
enfeoffed Thomas Leighton, gent, (two of whose sisters
were wives of himself and of his brother Edward), and
others, in this manor to divers uses ; and it was holden
by the said feoffees in 36 Elizabeth. According to
notes of the late Mr. Waring of the Hayes, entered on
the copy of the Visitation of 1623 given by him to the
School Library, his ancestor, Simon Waryng of Schelton,
levied fines of land in Bykdon in 17, 18, and 19 Henry L
But I presume we have no fines of lands on record of a
date so early as this by many years, nor do I find any
Simon Waring in his pedigree, before the grandson of
that Boo;er Waring who married the daughter of Leton
of Bicton. Richard Waring, who died in 1683, sold
his property in this place.

In 18 Henry VI. (ut videtur) John Paternoster, John
Onneslowe, Edw. Leghton of M'sch, Wm. Bawdewyn,

1 [In 1535, Buildwas Abbey bad £4 3s. 4d. assized rents from
Bicton. In 1517, St. Chad's College had only the tithes of Bicton
and Calcot, which furnished £1 l is. towards the endowment of one
Prebend of St. Chad's, and 12s. towards the endowment of another,
Cf. Eyton x., 1G8.— Ed.]

401

are on a jury between Simon Waryng of Shelton and
Roger Pullerbache, c'lk, of lands in Bykedon. (Waring
Deeds).

Richard Knight, Esq., of Shrewsbury, whose im-
mediate ancestors filled the office of bailiff of that town
in various years for nearly a century, died 24 Nov., 17
or 19 Henry VIII. (for my authorities differ), seised of
a tenement, 30 acres of arable, 10 of pasture, as many
of meadow, &c, in Bickton, holden of the Dean of
St. Chad, and leaving Ralph, his son, aged 1C years.

In 3 Edward VI., land in Bikton was holden by
Hugh Edwardes and William Knighte.

On 12 March, 1694 (7 Will.) Anne and Elizabeth
Payne of London, spinsters, daughters of Vincent Payne,
late of Shrewsbury, corviser, sell to Arthur Tonge, also
of Shrewsbury, gent., for £275, a messuage or tenement
in Bicton, with various lands of arable and pasture.
This estate passed by marriage into the family of
Muckleston, and thence by the same means into that
of J enkins, which now holds it.

BICTON.1

I. — Bicton and Calcot, Onslow within the parish of St. Chach

Rossall up, Rossall down.2

II. — No.

III. — Hamlets: Onslow, Bicton, Oxon, Udlington, Rossall, Isle

and Weston,3 Calcott, Upper and Lower, The Grange,
the right side of road at Montford Bridge, which is
called the Bridge.

Onslow, the seat of Rowland Wingfield, Esq.
Rossall, the seat of Cecil Forester, Esq.
Isle, the scat of Foliot Sandford, Esq.
Oxon, the seat of John Spearman, Esq.
Udlington,

Bicton, the seat of — Jenkins,4 Esq., Hy. Hanmers.Esq.

1 [For the questions, to which these are answers, see undor
Albhighton, pp. 101-2. — Ed.]

2 [This answer is incomplete. Crowmeol, Shelton and Oxon,
Woodcote and Morton, should have been added. — Ed.]

3 \Qu. Preston. There is no hamlet of Weston. — Ed.]

4 [Richard Jenkins, Esq. — Ed. )

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

IV. — The chapelry lies all within the liberties of Shrewsbury.

V. — No.

VI. — No.

VII. — The reputed manors are Bicton, Rossall. Isle and Weston

and Onslow. ,..

VIII. — R. Wingfield, Lord of the Manor of Onslow, — Mytton1

of Bicton, Cecil Forester of Rossall, Foliot Sandford
of the Isle. These reputed lords held no courts, the
inhabitants are summoned yearly to attend the Court
at Shrewsbury, which therefore seems as if the Mayor
and CorpDration were lords of the said Manors or of
the whole Chapelry.

Boweii MSS.

PEDIGREE OF KNIGHT
JENKIW KNIGHT, of Salop=p

I

R<wer K. of S. =f=

Thomas K. of Ba8churcli:

John K. of Salop, bailiff 1433, 1447, 1160-rAlice d. & h. of Ri. Forster.

Robert K.=pEHz., d. & h. Roger K, of Salop, =f Jane, d. \\ m. Adam.

of Sir Row-

land Jay, of

Jay.

bailiff 1465, 1470,
1477, 1484, 148S.

Jane, m, Raimlph
Rowlet.

I

Kath : m, David
Ireland and Robt.
Dudley, Esqs.

AHtton
AVeston.

of

Henry K.=
elk. of
the
signet.

John K.

Henry. Thomas K. of S.=f Elizth : d.
bailiff 1501,1505, Nich.
1509, 1513, 1517. t'onsbury.

1 III
Beuedicta, Alice, Anne, Edmund,
w. John w. . w. Ben.
Acton. Fitz- Griffith,
herbert.

I I I

Jaue.
Kath :
Ellen.
Joyce.
Alice.

I I

I I I

Roger. Rich : K. of S.=fE1iz : d. Sir Win. K. of

Esq., ob.

24

Rich : Vase,

Enborne

Nov. 17 oi

19

Knt.

co. Bucks

Hen, 8.

Ralph, ret. 10 in 17 or
19 lien. S.

I

Thos.

Eliz. w. Rich:
Hainar.

Jane, d. Wm.
Langborn of
Oxfordsh.

1 [John Mytton, Esq.— Ed.]

BICTON. 403

a\

Kichd. Rott. K. of Nicholas. Jane, w. ... Eliz. w. John
Hook, co. Dor?. Tenrother. Bayley.

Mrs. Esther Knight, of Shrewsbury, s. at Pontesbury, 1654.

[Arms tricked : Argent, three pales gules, within a bordure engrailed azure,
on a canton of the second a spur or ; and three quarterings].

[Richard Jenkins, Esq. (son of Thomas Jenkins, of the Abbey
Foregate, High Sheriff of Salop in 1729, and grandson of Richard
Jenkins, of Blandford), came into the Bicton Hall estate by his
marriage with Letitia, daughter and heiress of John Muckleston, Esq., of
Bicton. His son, John Jenkins, succeeded to the property, and
married his cousin Emma, daughter of Thomas Jenkins, of Shrewsbury.
On his death, 28 June, 1771, he was succeeded by his eldest son,
Richard Jenkins, who married Harriet Oonstantia, daughter of George
Ravenscroft, of Wrexham. Richard died at Bicton, 3 Nov., 1797,
when his eldest son, Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B., F.R.S., D.C.L.,
came into possession of the Bicton Hall estate. Sir Richard was M.P.
for Shrewsbury 1830-1841 ; he married Elizabeth Helen, daughter of
Hugh Spottiswoode, Esq., and died 30 Dec, 1853.

On Sir Richard Jenkins's death, the Bicton Hall estate was
purchased, in 1854, by John Wing-field, Esq., of Onslow, Lieut-Col.
4th Dragoons, and High Sheriff in 1814. He died 31 Aug., 1862 ;
and by his Will left it to his nephews, the Rev. William Wingfield
and Anthony Wingfield, who, in 1873, sold it to their elder brother,
Col. Charles George Wingfield, of Onslow, J. P. and D.L., and
High Sheriff in 1873, the present owner of the Bicton Hall estate.
Colonel Wingfield is son of the late Rev. Charles Wingfield, M.A., of
the Gro, by Emma his wife, sister of the before-named Sir Richard
Jenkins, G.C.B.

Charles John Morris, Esq., of Wood Eaton Manor and Oxon, owns
a considerable part of the land lying within the parish of Bicton.
It came into the Morris family at various times. The Bicton House
estate, which was purchased from the Hanmers, came to Mr. Morris
under the will of Mrs. Crawford, who before her marriage was a
Miss Morris. The Udlington estate was purchased by the late Mr.
Edward Morris from Viscount Boyne ; and upon his decease it came
to his nephew, the said C. J. Morris, Esq., who served the office of
High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1884. The property near Calcott lane,
formerly belonged to the Myttons. — Ed.]

INCUMBENTS OF BICTON.

From MS. Top. Salop, C. 9.
Bradshaw, ob. 1659.

Alexander Hatton. An acknowledgment, October 20th, 1735,
from him in the St. Chad's Register, that he has no

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

right to marry, baptize, or bury within the chapelry, or

to any surplice fees, and that he is obliged to assist the

Minister of St. Chad's, if he require it. [He was M.A. ;

4th Master of Shrewsbury Free School 1715-1754, and

3rd Master 1754-5.]
Charles Newling. [M.A. and Fellow of St. John's Coll., Camb.;

Head Master of Shrewsbury Free School, 1754-1770,

when he resigned.]
Edward Blakeway.

Henry Cay Adams. [M.A. o^ Pemb. Coll. and Ch. Ch., Oxford ;
son of John Adams, of Shrewsbury, born there in 1763.]

Henry Campbell, M.A. [qw. of Ch. Ch., Oxon ; son of Henry
Campbell; born at Marylebone in 1774.]

[Humphrey Sandford, M.A., of Magcl. Coll., Camb. ; of the Isle
of Rossall ; b. 12 Dec, 1782; mar. Frances, dau. and
heiress of the Rev. George Holland, M.A., Rector of
Hanwood ; died 13 Sept., 1856 ; Incumbent 1816-1851.

Edward Sandford, formerly a Solicitor, subsequently of St. Bees;
Vicar of Denford and Ringstead; 4th son of the previous
Incumbent; born 10 Ap., 1818; mar. Mary, dau. of
Joseph Armitage, Esq., of Milnsbridge House, J. P. and
D.L.; died 18 Dec, 1879; Incumbent 1851-1853.

William Sandford, M.A., of St. John's Coll., Camb.; 7th son
of the said Rev. Humphrey Sandford ; born 3 Feb., 1827;
mar. Emma, dau. of Thomas Calrow, Esq., of Bury ;
Incumbent 1853-1875. In 1855, he became the first
Vicar of Bictoa

George Newton Lloyd, M.A., of Durham Univ. ; Rector of
Killesk, Waterford, 1860-1875 ; born 19 July, 1831,
died 24 April, 1888 ; Incumbent 1875-1888.

Frederic Stephen Edwards, of Lichfield Coll. ; formerly a
Solicitor ; Incumbent since 1888. The present Vicar
of Bicton.]

THE CHURCH.

[The patronage of the Vicarage belongs to the Vicar of St, Chad's,
Shrewsbury. The old Church is said to have been erected in the
reign of Edward VI., but has been altered, and had several additions
made thereto. It consists of nave, with western gallery, and two side
chapels on the north side. In 1751, the north-western chapel was
added, under which are the vaults belonging to the respective owners
of the Up Rossall and Down Rossall estates. In the former are in-
terred : Humphrey Sandford, Esq., High Sheriff of Shropshire 1787,

!

BICTON.

405

who was born 1718, and died 1791; Humphrey, his eldest son,
who was bora 1747, and died unm. in 1777 ; also Humphrey, his
eldest grandson, born 1782, died 1856, and Frances his wife, born
1791, died 1843 ; and several other members of the Sandford family.
In the latter are interred Colonel Cecil Forester, and Anne his wife,
dau. and coheir of Robert Towrisbend, Esq. ; Catherine Stewart, nee
Forester, wife of Major Stewart, and their children ; and the children
of Dr. Forester. In 1788, when the old parish church of St. Chad
fell, the beautiful wooden altar-piece was removed to Bicton, where it
is still to be seen ; and to make room for it, the east end of the
church was extended, by adding to the nave the portion now com-
prising the communion table and the pews on each side of it. In
1832, pursuant to a resolution passed at a Vestry meeting held Dec.
27th at St. Chad's Church, a faculty was obtained from the Bishop
of Lichfield, for adding the north-eastern chapel to Bicton Church,
which was shortly afterwards erected at the sole expense of the late
Col. Wingfield, for the accommodation of himself and his tenants. In
1858, the Vestry and Porch were added by the late Col. Wingfield,
and the present Humphrey Sandford, Esq., of the Isle, who from ] 857 to
1869 was Senior Churchwarden of St. Chad's parish. In the Church
are 6 Hatchments of the Jenkins, Sandford, and Forester families :
and also the following Monuments :

On the North Wall :

(1) Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B., F.R.S., D.C.L., of Bicton Hall,
jate M.P. for Shrewsbury, died December 30, 1853, aged 68.

On the Floor of the Nave :

(2) John Jenkins, Esq., died June 28, 1771, aged 30.
Richard Jenkins, Esq., died November 3, 1797, aged 37.
Constantia Harriet Jenkins, his wife, died April 14, 1832

aged 73.

Sir Richard Jenkins, C.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., and D.L., Salop,

eldest son of the above Richard Jenkins and Constantia Harriet,
died December 30, 1853, aged 68.

On the East Wall of the Chapel :

(3) Rev. Charles Wingfield, Vicar of Llanllwchaiarn, co. Mont-
gomery, 2nd son of Rowland Wingfield, of the White Hall, Shrewsbury,
born August 24, 1770, died at Preston Montford, May 1, 1851,
aged 80.

Letitia Emma Sally, wife of the Rev. Chas. Wingfield, and youngest
daughter of Richard Jenkins, Esq., of Bicton, born May 31, 1792,
died at Preston Montford, December 19, 1863, aged 72.

On the West Wall of the Chapel:

(4) John Wingfield, Esq,, of Onslow, late Lieut-Col. 4th Dragoons,
eldest son of Rowland Wingfield, Esq., of the White Hall, Shrewsbury,
bom July IS, 1769, died August 31, 1862, aged 93.

Mary Jane, his wife, and daughter of John Rocke, Esq., of Clun.
gunford, born Oct. 28, 1787, died May 2, 1859, aged 71,

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HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY LIBERTIES.

Also a Board, which states that Mr. Gabriel Rogers gave to St.
Chads Parish £100, in trust to pay 20s. to the poor of Bicton, to be
distributed in bread by the person enjoying his estate at Bicton, and
the rest to the Minister of Bicton • and that Mr. Morris possesses the
estate, and the annual payment is made out of the rent of the Old
Workhouse in Shrewsbury.

In the Churchyard of the Old Church there are, amongst others,
the following Monuments :

(1) Frances Mary Gertrude Jenkins, 3rd dau. of Richard Jenkins,
Esq,, of Bicton, born 1787, died Jan. \% 1867.

(2) Sophia Cotes, born at Woodcote, Aug. 18, 1802, died at Bicton,
Jan. 25, 1885. Charlotte Cotes, born Dec. 14, 1784, at Woodcote,
died Nov. 19, 1859, at Bicton.

(3) Frederick William, eldest son of Rev. William Sandford, Vicar
of Bicton, died Feb. 7, 1871, aged 8.

(4) Elizabeth Sandford, eldest dau. of Folliott Sandford, Esq., of
The Isle, died July 14, 1863, in her 79th year.

(5) John Spearman, of Oxon, died Dec. 7, 1824, aged 60.

Rev. Richard Spearman, of Oxon, Rector of Preston, and of
Haddenham, co. Camb., died June 4, 1826, aged 58.

(6) Louisa Frances, 2nd dau. of Richard and Sophie Jenkins,
born Nov. 9, 1856, died Jan. 31, 1859.

(7) Philip Rowlands, died Sept, 16, 1S53, aged 88.
Ann, his relict, died May 22, 1854, aged 85.

(8) Benjamin Bather, died March 11, 1794.

There are also Tombstones to the families of Peters, Bowen,
and Jones, all former tenants of Bicton Grove, and Vaughan of
Onslow.

The Old Church being deemed too small for the wants of the parish,
and inconvenient, and dilapidated, a new Church has been erected.
The foundation stone was laid b}^ Bishop Bromby on 6th
August, 1885, and the building consecrated by the Bishop of Lich-
field on 16 Sept., 1887. It consists of nave and chancel, with
Vestries and Or.oan-chamber, and a Tower with four bells ; and was
erected at a cost of £3,400, on a site given by Colonel Wingfield.
The Vicarage House stands near the new Church. Adjoining the
Church is the new Burial-ground, in which are the following monu-
ments :

(1) Emma, wife of the Rev. Charles Wingfield, and dau. of Richard
Jenkins, of Bicton, born May 31, 1792, died Dec. 19, 1863, aged 71.

(2) George Newton Lloyd, M.A., Vicar of this parish, born July
19, 1831, died April 24, 1888.

(3) Rev. John Breeze, 34 years Rector of Hauwood, died Nov. 21,
1886, in his 84th year.

(4) John Harley,' born April 7, 1792, died June 30, 1883.

The Parish Register of Bicton dates from 1855, when Bicton was
made a separate ecclesiastical district church. Previously it was only
a Chapel of Ease to St. Chad, with Divine Service on Sunday, and no
further parochial duty or clerical liability thereto belonging. — Ed.]

407

A LETTER OF SIR RICHARD NEWPORT
SUMMONING THE TRAINED SOLDIERS

OF THE

TOWN AND LIBERTIES OF SHREWSBURY,
A.D. 1624.

With Introduction by WM. PHILLIPS, F.L.S.

The following letter exists among the Records of the
Borough of Shrewsbury, and is interesting as throwing
some light on the history of the period at which it wTas
written. The year 1G24 was that in which James I.
made such strenuous efforts to recover the Palatinate.
June 10th, Count Mansfield came to England, and
obtained a promise of twenty thousand pounds per
month, and a reinforcment of twelve thousand English-
men, to his French and German mercenaries. From
Dover, where their excesses could only be checked by
summary executions, these recruits sailed to Calais, and
thence to the island of Zetland, but five thousand of
them died in the course of a few weeks owing to the
crowded state of the transports, the inclemency of the
season, and the want of provisions and accommodation
on shore. Mansfield, though he continued to advance
in defiance of every obstacle, found his army when he
reached the Rhine so weakened by sickness and the
casualties of his march, that he was compelled to
remain on the defensive.1

The summons in this letter to assemble the trained
soldiers on the first day of July was with a view of
selecting the contingent from the town and liberties of
Shrewsbury for this unfortunate expedition. What

1 Lingard's History of England, viii., p. 272, ed. 1883.
Vol. 1., 2nd S.

408 A LETTER OF SIR RICHARD NEWPORT, 1624.

number it consisted of may, possibly, be yet discovered
among the large collection of muster rolls and other
military documents, extending over many years, lying
among the Records of the Corporation.

The writer of the letter, Richard Newport, would be
Sir Richard Newport, Knight, of High Ercall, Shrop-
shire. He was knighted by King James I. at Theobald's,
on June 2nd, 1615. He represented Shrewsbury in
Parliament from January, 1621, to February, 1624 ; he
afterwards sat as one of the Knights of the Shire ; and
in October, 1642, was created Lord Newport, of High
Ercall. " Being stedfastiy attached to his Royal
Master, King Charles I., Lord Newport was a heavy
sufferer for his loyalty, for he was himself fined in the
sum of £3,287 6s. 8d. by the triumphant party, and
his son in the sum of £170, to the puritanical clergy ;
indeed, so much were the rebels exasperated at his zeal
for the Royal cause, that in 1644 they had ordered his
estates to be sold outright. Being then full of years,
he was compelled to seek for repose in voluntary exile,
and, retiring to France, he ended his days at Moulins,
in the Bourbonnois, on the 5th of February, 1650, in
the 80th year of his age."1

Of Richard ffoxe, whose name follows that of Sir
Richard Newport, I am not able to say anything. He
probably held some office in connection with the Council
of the Welsh Marches, but his name does not appear in
" Documents connected with the History of Ludlow
and the Lords Marchers."

(Endorsement.)

To the wor,J our very Lovinge trends, the Bayliffs of the
Towne and Liberties of Shrewsbury

these . ./

After our very harty Coraendacons &c. By vertue of letteres
lately received from the right hon'able the Karl of Northampton,
Lord President of his Mats Couneeil in the Marches of Wales,

Bridgoman's History of the Princes of South Wales.

A LETTER OF SIR RICHARD NEWPORT, 1624. 409

and Lord Lieuten'nt of this Countie of Salop, together with the
Copie of letteres from the Lordes of his ifats most hoble privy
Counceli, to his Lonlsp enclosed, These are to pray and require
you, that forthwith upon receipt hereof, you give in chardge to
all trie trayned Soldiers within the towne and Liberties of
Shrewsbury, and alsoe to all and every of their Mayntaynors
and finders, that they and every of them bee and porsonally
appeare before us, at the Towne of Shrewsbury, upon Thursday,
the first day of July next, by eight of the (Jlocke in the fore-
noone of the same day, straightly requiringe all the said
Maynteynors to bee there, and to bring with them the xlrmes
wherewith they stand sevcrally chardged, well furnished, and
in good and serviceable manner./ And, forasmuch as many
of the said Soldiers may bee decayed sithence the last view of
them, Wee, for the better supplie herein, doe require you to
bringe Ten able men before us then, fitt for the service, that
is, men of the better quality, to witt, fireeholders, Mariners,
owners of landes, or housholders, the names of whichpersons yo11
are to present unto us in writinge, together alsoe with perfect
notes in writinge, conteyninge the name and surname of
every Soldier within yo1' towne and liberties formerly chardged,
and of the Maynteynors of every of them. And soe wee bidd
you hartely farewell, this xijth day of June Anno domini 1624.

Yor very lovinge frendes,

RI: NEWPORT.
RIC: FFOXE.

You are alsoe to chardge all those of the CTergie
within the said Towne and Liberties that they and
every of them doe bringe and shew before us then
all the Armes wherewith they stand severally
chardged well and compleatly furnished
together with sufficient men for the usinofe of them.

You are likewise to give notice unto those whose
names are hereunder written that they send
unto us to the said Towne the said day &
time the horses wherewith they stand severally
chardged well furnished for his Mat3 service
to thend wee may take view of the same.

Sr Richard Hussey, Knight.
Richard Prince, Esq1".
Sr Tho : Harris ) Thomas Ireland, Esqr.
Baronett J Richard Rocke, Esqr,
Roger Pope, Esqr.
Edward Hat ton, Esqr.

410 A LETTETt OF SIR RICHARD NEWPORT, 1624.

The seal of the letter bears a wax impression of the
Newport Arms — Arg. a chevron G. between three
leopards' faces 2 and 1 S.

" Our very Lovinge frends, the Bayliffs oftheTowne
and Liberties of Shrewsbury, " were at this time John
Studley and Thomas Matthews.

" The Earl of Northampton, while Sir William
Compton, was appointed by King James I., President
of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 12th Novem-
ber I G 17. On the second of August, 1618, he was
created Earl of Northampton, in the Bishop's Palace
at Salisbury. He died 2nd July, 1630. His arms
were amongst those in the Council Chamber of Ludlow

CD

Castle, and afterwards removed to the Bull Inn,
Ludlow.

The gentlemen to whom notice is to be given to send
" the horses wherewith they stand severally charged,
well furnished for his Mate service," appear to be as
follows : —

Sir Richard Hussey, seated at Albright Hussey,
who married, August 27th, 1612, Mary, daughter of
Sir Vincent Corbet, of Moreton Corbet.1

Richard Prince, Esq., was the second son of Richard
Prince who built the White Hall, Shrewsbury. Like
his father he occupied a prominent position in the town :
he was knighted by Charles I. at Greenwich, 23 May,
1632, served the office of Mayor in 1662, and died in
1665, aged 76.

Thomas Ireland, Esq., was of Albrighton, in the
parish of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, and served as High
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1632. 2

Richard Rocke, Esq., was probably son of Richard
Rocke of the Abbey Forgate, Shrewsbury, High
Sheriff in 1620. The father having died before his
year of office expired, the son fulfilled, by appointment,

1 S<t!uj>i<ai Shreds and Patches, May 2, 1888.

2 Sluiceway s Sheriff*, pp. 21, 112. "

A LETTER OF SlR RICHARD NEWPORT, 1624. 411.

his father's term. He was horn in 1594, was at
Shrewsbury School in 1607, and married Eleanor,
daughter of Richard Prowde, of Shrewsbury, draper.
John Rocke, Esq., of Olungunford, High Sheriff in
1869, was a descendant of the above.1

Roger Pope, Esq., was appointed Justice of the
Peace in 1628, by the Aldermen and Councillors of
Shrewsbury, who had borne the office of Bailiwick of
the town, a power held by them according to a Charter
of II. Elizabeth.

Edward Hatton, Esq., was of the Abbey Forgate,
Shrewsbury. He married Ann, daughter of Thomas
Rocke of the same town. In the Heralds' Visitation of
Shropshire, in 1623, the pedigree of Hatton was
entered.

Sir Thomas Harris, Baronett, of Boreatton, Shrop-
shire, created a Baronet in 1622. He was a son of
Roger Harris, draper, Shrewsbury, who was a sou of
William Harris, yeoman, Wheathill, in the parish of
Condover. It is said that Capt. Simon Leeke im-
pleaded him in the Court of Chivalry, as unworthy of
that distinction, but without success.2

Sheriffs of Shropshire^ continued by Hughes, p. 62.
Blakeway's Sheriffs of Shropshire, p. 106.

412

THE OBSOLETE. PUNISHMENTS OF
SHROPSHIRE.

By S. M EES ON MORRIS.

(Continued from p. 381 of Vol. XI., 1st Series.)

EXECUTION OF TRAITORS.

The full punishment of a traitor, down to the year
1870, was of a horrible nature, if judged according to
the more humane ideas and customs which now obtain,
but, in times earlier than 1814, when the offence of
treason was not uncommon, and when, possibly, the
unsettled and turbulent state of society rendered it
absolutely essential to the safety and preservation of
his Majesty's person and government, that treasonable
and seditious practices should be stamped out, traitors
were executed in a way far more barbarous and horrible
than that which was allowed, but seldom adopted,
during the period between 1814 and 1870. In every
case of high treason, except the offence of coining,
committed by a man, judgment was passed ; that the
offender be led to the gaol from whence he came, and
from thence be drawn to the gallows and there hanged
by the neck ; that being alive, he be then cut down
and his entrails taken out and burned ; that his head
be cut off and his body divided into four quarters, the
head and quarters to be at the disposal of the Crown.
In the thirteenth and two following centuries, this
frightful sentence was frequently carried out at many
of the principal cities and towns in the Kingdom. In
the early days of the punishment, the offender was even
denied the privilege of employing some contrivance for

THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS OF SH ROPSHIRE. 413

protecting his body from injury while being drawn on
the ground to the gallows, but at length, by connivance,
a slight modification, which humanity gradually ripened
into law, was introduced, whereby a sledge or hurdle
was allowed to preservcthe offender from the extreme
torment of being dragged on the ground or pavement.

At Shrewsbury, several persons of high degree,
whose executions have been recorded by historians, as
constituting important epochs in the history of England,
were among those who suffered the full horrors of the
judgment, while the death of many another distinguished
traitor at some other town, was considered to be of
sufficient local interest and significance, to warrant the
transmission of a quarter of his body to the bailiffs of
Shrewsbury for exhibition at their gates. The head of
a traitor was commonly sent to the neighbourhood in
which the treason had been committed, and there were
few towns so little favoured as not to receive ever and
anon the ghastly present of a quarter, wherewithal to
decorate their walls or their gates.

The sufferings of the punishment were not wholly
confined to the traitor ; the fatherless and the widow,
if claiming kinship with the King, or if able to obtain
the aid of some influential favourite at Court, might
sometimes gain possession of the mutilated remains of
father or husband, after a few days' exposure to the
jeers of the mob, but those who were less fortunate
suffered, in addition to their bereavement, the pangs of
reflecting that the features which were most dear to
them, were to be impaled as an exhibition during the
King's pleasure, which was, in fact, the pleasure of
sunshine and storm and natural decay.

Before the reign of Edward III., when a statute1 wras
passed declaring what oflences should, for the future,
constitute treason, there was no well-understood
definition of the crime ; by the common law great
latitude was allowed to the judges in determining what

i 25 Edward III., Stat. 5, C. 2.

414

THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS

was treason, and offences, which never were suspected
to be such, were by the forced and arbitrary interpre-
tations placed upon them by the creatures of tyrannical
princes, held to be constructive treasons. With the
total absence of anything approaching defmiteness in
the offence, it is almost unnecessary to remark, that,
before the passing of the Statute of Treasons, traitors
were punished in different ways, according to some ill-
defined custom, but, when the statute ventured to
attempt an accurate classification of the offence, fixity
and precision were given to the vague maxims on the
subject of punishment which had previously existed,
and the full sentence for treason was thenceforth
universally adopted. In the case of Prince David, who
was executed at Shrewsbury in the reign of Edward I.,
and in other cases before the Statute of Treasons, all
the various parts of the sentence were carried into
effect, bub according to the custom of those days, the
criminal was arraigned for several crimes, and the
judgment for treason was passed, not in its entirety, as
was the rule in later times, but in its several parts as a
distinct punishment for each crime. This was un-
doubtedly the practice, but it was evidently not
invariably followed, and some cases may be found,
notably that of Amdrew Harcla, Earl of Carlisle, in
which, even before the passing of the Statute of
Treasons, the full punishment for treason was ordered
as a whole.

The grounds upon which a portion, in some respects
the most horrible portion, of the penalty was justified,
are to be found in the words of the judgment
passed in the early days of the punishment, when,
though persons accused of treason could scarcely ever
obtain a fair hearing at the bar, indeed were often
denied the opportunity of making any answer to the
accusation, the reasons for disembowelling were clearly
stated in the judgment of the Court, as apparently
affording some justification for the revolting nature of
this part of the punishment. The sentence passed upon

OF SHROPSHIRE.

415

Andrew Harcla, Earl of Carlisle, in the reign of
Edward If., is an instance in point, and is of special
local interest, because Shrewsbury was one of the towns
so highly favoured as to receive a quarter of the
unfortunate victim. The' Court, sitting under a special
commission, delivered judgment at some length and
concluded : — " The award of the Court is, that for your
treason, you be drawn, and hanged, and beheaded, that
your heart, and bowels, and entrails, ivhence came your
traitorous thoughts, be torn out, and burnt to ashes, and
that the ashes be scattered to the winds, that your
body be cut into four quarters, and that one of them
be hanged upon the Tower of Carlisle, another upon
the Tower of Newcastle, a third upon the Bridge of
York, and the fourth at Shrewsbury ; and that your
head be set upon London Bridge, for an example to
others that they may never presume to be guilty of
such treasons as yours against their liege Lord.?'1

The reason why Shrewsbury was selected as one of
the towns at which so dreadful a spectacle of vengeance-
was to be exhibited, was clearly because of the loyalty
of its inhabitants to the Sovereign in the conflict in
which he had then recently been employed. In 1322,
Edward II. was engaged in vigorous efforts to effect a
restoration of the royal authority, and in the month of
January of that year visited Shrewsbury, where he was
honourably received by the Burgesses, who went out
to meet him, clad in armour, and so conveyed him into
the town, which was strongly fenced. His reception
at Shrewsbury denotes the loyalty of its inhabitants in
the crisis, and when Harcla, (whose recent services in
the cause of the King had been rewarded with an
Earldom) was executed on March 3rd, 1325, for a
treasonable correspondence with Scotland, Shrewsbury
was one of the towns which was noticed in a way
characteiistic of the barbarity of the age ; his quarters

1 Coram Rege Roll (Queen's Bench, Crown side) 18 Edward II.
Hilary, Rex, m. 34, d.

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416

THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS

having been directed to be set up in four of the principal
towns of the realm, Shrewsbury was one of those which
received that barbarous distinction.1 This quarter
continued in the town till August 10th in the second
year of the following reign, when by a writ directed
from York, the Bailiffs of Salop were commanded to
deliver the same quarter to •* our well-beloved " Sarra,
widow of Koger de Leybourne, and sister of Harcla, in
order that she mio;ht collect the bones of her brother
and deliver them for burial to whatever church she
pleased.2 This writ, when read with four others of the
same date and identical in terms, which were addressed
to the chief authorities of the other towns, at which
the remaining parts of the body had been impaled,
appropriately illustrates the manner in which heads
and quarters were distributed, and afterwards some-
times collected by influential relatives, who were for-
tunate enouofh to secure the assistance of the Kino:.
At the date of these writs, the mutilated remains of
Harcla had been exposed to public view for upwards of
three years,3 as a warning to all who might lack the
skill to be on the right side in any future commotions,
and nature had left nothing to be collected and buried
save the bones of the once powerful and honoured Earl.

The town of Shrewsbury was, in the reign of Edward
I., the scene of the trial and ignominious death of the
unfortunate Prince David, who, having been seized and
surrendered into the hands of the King, was tried by a
Parliament, summoned to meet at Shrewsbury, on
September 30th, 1*283, and condemned to be executed
within its walls. As a traitor to the King, David was
to be drawn to the place of execution ; as the murderer
of certain Knights in Hawarden Castle, he was to be
hanged ; having sacrilegiously committed these crimes
on Palm Sunday, lie was to be disembowelled ; and

1 Walsingham, 11^.
• 2 Rymer's Foedora, vol. iv., p. 364.
3 From March 3, 1325, to August 10, 1328.

OF SHROPSHIRE.

417

having conspired the death of the King in various
places, he was to be quartered.1 This sentence, deli-
berately passed, was carried into effect ; a prince of
royal descent, once a favourite among the nobles of the
English Court, was drao-o-ed through the streets and
lanes of Shrewsbury, without, probably, the alleviation
of a sledge or hurdle to save him from the ground, was
taken to the High Pavement in the town, and there
hung up for a short time, then cut down while yet
alive, his heart and bowels torn out and burned before
his face ; and, when at length beheaded and released
from his misery, his body was divided into four parts,
the quarters fixed up at York, Bristol, Northampton,
and Winchester, while his head was conveyed to
London, to accompany that of his brother Llewelin.
Many have been- the exclamations expressive of execra-
tion and horror at this punishment, and Edward has
been condemned for permitting such a sentence to be
passed and carried out. If considered according to the
customs and practices of this enlightened age, such an
act was undoubtedly cruel and vindictive, but if im-
partial justice is to be done to Edward, he must be
judged, not by the ideas or usages of these times, but
by those of the age in which he was brought up, and
in which he lived. No one who has read the history of
the ten or twelve succeeding reigns, can doubt that such
an offender as this David would at any time, in the
fourteenth or fifteenth centuries, have been quickly
taken before some convenient tribunal and sent to the
scaffold. He was an English subject; he had accepted
wealth and honour at Edward's hands, and had then
requited his benefactor by raising a rebellion and causing
a civil war. At no period of our history, even in the
present reign, could such acts have escaped the highest
degree of punishment. In justice to the people of
Shrewsbury, who permitted such a scene to be enacted
within their walls, the words of a learned writer may

1 Trivet, p. 259.

THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS

be quoted : — " Seldom," says Mr. Pearson, " has a
shameful and violent death been better merited, than
by a double-dyed tiaitor like David, false by turns to
his country and his King ; nor could justice be better
honoured than by making the last penalty of rebellion
fall upon the guilty prince rather than on his followers/'1
The body of Hotspur being found among the slain,
after the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, was delivered
to Lord Furnival to be buried, but was afterwards, by
the King's command, token up again, and placed
between two mill-stones in Shrewsbury, after which it
was there also beheaded and quartered, and the quarters
fixed upon the gates in Shrewsbury and other places. -
In 1408, Shrewsbury was presented by the King with
a quarter of one of the confederates of the Percies. The
Earl of Northumberland and Lord Bard olf were defeated
at Bramham Moor,3 where the Earl being slain, and
Bardolf surviving only a few days, their bodies were
treated with the indignity customary in cases of treason,
and one of the quarters of the latter nobleman was sent
to Shrewsbury, to be hung up in a conspicuous part of
the town, as a token of the King's final success in the
suppression of the formidable rebellion of that period.
In 1421, Bees ap Doe, a Welsh Esquire, was hanged
and quartered at Shrewsbury, for treason.4 In 1521,
a Welshman named Griffith ap J. ap David, otherwise
Griffith Mikewyne, a cruel and notorious rebel and out-
law, was captured and brought to Shrewsbury for trial.
The poor man would appear to have been more an object
for pity than censure, and to have been driven to insanity
by the losses he had sustained at the hands of thieves
and rogues. It is related that he was an honest man
and a good farmer, but after a number of cattle had
been stolen from his farm in Wales, he was so distressed

1 History of England, vol. ii., p. 330.

2 Anglia Sacra, vol. ii., p 806.

3 )Yahinghami 377.

4 I'hitd'jis's History of Shrewsbury , p. 205.

OF SHROPSHIRE.

419

at the bleating and pitiful cries of their calves, that he
wilfully drove them all into deep water and drowned
them ; and thereupon took a desperate oath that he
would never be contented before he had wreaked his
vengeance upon the people who had taken his cattle.
He gave himself up to a life of outlawry, and committed
many wicked deeds, among which was a shocking mur-
der, which grieved him greatly at the last ; he met a
woman with child, related to those who had stolen his
cattle, and having slain her, ripped the child out of her
belly, and tossed it upon his spear-head, where it slowly
died. lie was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and
quartered, and was executed accordingly in Wales,
while his head was brought to Shrewsbury, and fised,
at the expense of the town, upon a post, over the town-
gate towards Wales, " to the terror and example of
other the like felons and rebels/'1 It will be observed
that the head of this unfortunate traitor was exhibited
at the town-go te towards Wales ; it was not unusual
to set up the head with the face turned towards the
locality in which the treason had been committed, and,
doubtless, the head of this man was directed to be
exposed at this particular gate, with the object of
calling the attention of persons entering the town from
the Welch borders, to the fact that he had suffered the
extreme penalty of the law. From this and other cases
it is clear, that in Shrewsbury, the town-gates were the
spots usually chosen for these exhibitions.

1 Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc, vol. iii., p. 253.

The following interesting entry appears in the accounts of the
Bailiffs of Shrewsbury, for 1521 : —

" Sol' pro fixione & hnposic'oe " Paid for fixing and putting the
capitis cujnsdam felonis & rebellis head of a certain felon and rebel
d'ni K'vocit' G'fi' a]) Jewtn ap of our Lord the King, called
David als d'ei G'fF Mikewyne fixi Griffith ap J. ap David, otherwise
super postern super portani ville Grifiith Mikewyne, upon a post
Salop versus Walliam in terrorem over the town-gate towards Wales,
& exemplum alior' c'osilnr felonu' to the terror and example of other
k rebelliu'." the like felons and rebels, 5d."

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THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS

The King might, and often did, discharge all the
punishment for treason, except beheading, especially
when any of noble blood were attainted. In 1400, Sir
Thomas Pierce was beheaded at Shrewsbury,1 and, after
the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, Sir Richard Vernon,
Sir Theobald Trussel, and the Earl of Worcester, were
beheaded at Shrewsbury, and the head of the latter
was, by the King's order, set up over London Bridge.2

The offence of coining, being a treason of a different
complexion, was visited with a lighter penalty than the
rest ; male offenders were drawn to the place of execu-
tion and there hanged by the neck till dead ; in 1520,
Griffith Wickham, and in 1532, John Goldsmith, were
drawn through the streets of Shrewsbury, and after-
wards hanged, for coining money;3 on Saturday,
March 24th, 1582, one John Capper, clerk at the Abbey
Church, Shrewsbury, was drawn through the streets of
the towui, and afterwards hanged at Kingsland for
treason ;4 he was apprehended by Mr. Prince, of
Shrewsbury, upon suspicion of being implicated in a
scheme to rob the house of that gentleman, and, upon
his examination, confessed that he had been connected
with another in the manufacture of counterfeit coins,
dated in the year 1575 ; it is recorded that he died
without any fear of death.

A case may be mentioned in which a person con-
nected with Shrewsbury, but concerning whose parent-
age and life there is little information, was found guilty of
treason, by jury, according to the ordinary course : —
Roger Acton, of Shrewsbury, Knight,5 was, in the first
year of the reign of Henry V., indicted, with others, for
treason, and was sentenced to be drawn through London,
and hanged at the new gallows in St. Giles's Fields.

1 Phi/tips's History of Shrewsbury, p. 205.
- P hi tiipss Hist or ij of Shrewsbury, p. 3S.

3 Phillips s History of Shrewsbury, p. 20G.

4 TranA Shrop Arch. Soc., Vol. TIL, p. 289.

5 It is pretty clear that he was the Sir Roger Acton who was
Shcriil of Shropshire in 1110.

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The practice of quartering traitors of noble birth
died out about the end of the fifteenth century,
though the sentence was passed upon them as before,
and persons of inferior birth suffered the full horrors
of the punishment. Kt length the humanity of the
English nation authorised, by a tacit consent, a mitiga-
tion of some parts of the judgment, and those portions
of the sentence which ordered quartering and the
burning of the bowels were, with the knowledge of the
judges themselves, never strictly enforced. In the
case of Beardmore, the undersheriff, who, in 1758, was
accused of indulging Shebbeare by remitting part of
the sentence of the pillory passed upon him, it was
argued on behalf of the undersheriff, that the sentence
of quartering and burning the bowels of traitors was in-
variably omitted to be carried into effect, and doubt-
less a rigid adherence to the strictness of punishment
in this respect, had been violated with impunity for
many years past.

The mode of inflicting capital punishment on a traitor
was sufficiently frightful down to 1814. if fully carried
out, a statute1 passed in that year enacting that he
should be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution,
and there hanged by the neck till he was dead ; and
that, afterwards, his head should be severed from his
body, and his body, divided into four quarters, should
be disposed of as his Majesty and his successors should
think tit, but the sovereign might remit the drawing,
change the whole sentence into beheading, and order
how the body, head, and quarters of the deceased
traitor should be disposed of. Thus was the savage
part of a traitor's doom, the disembowelling of the
victim, discontinued, but it was not till 1870, fifty-
six years later, that those parts of the sentence which
included the drawing on a hurdle, the severing of the
head from the body, and the dividing of the body into
four quarters, were entirely repealed.2

1 54 Geo. 111., c. 146. ~
* 33 and 34 Vic, c. 23, s. 31.

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A traitress is now subject to the common punishment
of hanging, but formerly, for every kind of treason, she
was sentenced to be drawn upon a hurdle to the place
of execution, and there burned to death.1

In these days, the thought of setting up a gory head,
or of exposing a bleeding quarter to public view, would
horrify all men, but when the last rebellion was sup-
pressed in England, little more than a century ago, the
government of that period beheaded men on Kenning-
ton Comiron, and sent their heads to Carlisle, to be set
up over the Castle gates. Johnson and Goldsmith.
Cowper and Whitfield, were accustomed to see human
heads on Temple Bar, as they passed up and down
Fleet Street. The mutilation of the criminal's body is
another feature of the case which shocks our modern
notions, but it was a prevalent custom in past centuries,
and wras not confined to criminal cases only : — Sir
Henry Sidney, like many others, was embowelled
after his death ; his entrails were buried in the Dean's
Chapel in the Cathedral Church at Worcester, and his
heart was brought to Ludlow, and deposited in the
same tomb with his dearly-beloved daughter, Ambrosia,
within the little Oratory, which he had made in the
Church of St. Laurence.

Even friendly sports occasionally ended in slaughter
in " the good old days," and generally, the habits and
modes of feeling were such as to banish any tender-
ness for the lives of men, and to render sanguinary
exhibitions, quite ordinary incidents of life.

The sentence passed upon persons convicted of
treason, then, was merely conformable to the customs
of the times in which, it obtained, and would no more
strike the people of those days as cruel, than like
sentences inflicted on the adherents of the Stuarts
seemed cruel to the Kings and statesmen of the last
century.

i See Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc. Vol, XL, p. 877.

OF SHROPSHIRE. 423

TOKTURE.

Torture, was the extortion of confessions from a
suspected person, or of discoveries from a condemned
criminal. The term torture, although improperly, is
sometimes also employed to signify the torments to
which condemned criminals were sentenced, as a part
of their punishment, and not for the mere purpose of
obtaining confessions or discoveries. The practice has
been found in its simplest form, as a means of compul-
sion, employed by the strong against the weak, in most
barbarous nations ; in its more refined state, as an
instrument for obtaining judicial truth, expressly
recognised and allowed by law, it has prevailed until
within the present century, among civilized nations.
It existed in Macedonia, Rhodes, and Athens, and
though, in the earlier history of Roman law, there is no
mention of torture as an existing usage, yet, it appears
to have been introduced in a restricted form soon after
the destruction of the Republic, and from the Civil law
the practice was adopted by the procedure of most
European countries into which the jurisprudence of
Rome was transfused, and in many of them continued
as a portion of their judicial system, until modern times.

It has been affirmed that, in England, torture never
was practised1 ; but this idea is erroneous ; for, though
it is true that the law never expressly recognized the
use of torture, yet there were many instances of its
employment anterior to the Commonwealth, when it
was used at the mere discretion of the King and the

1 In Rushworttis Collections, vol. i., p. 638, is an account of the
proposal of the Privy Council to put Felton to the rack for the
assassination of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in 1628. The Judges
were consulted, and declared that " he ought not by the law to be
tortured by the rack, for no suck punishment is hnoivn or allowed by
ovr law." The distinction between prerogative and law, which,
though obscure in these days of comparative liberty, was sufficiently
plain and obvious two and a half centuries ago, affords the only
intelligible explanation of this resolution of the Judges.

Vol. I., 2nd S. HII

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Privy Council, and uncontrolled by any law besides the
prerogative of the Sovereign.

The slight local references to this power of inflicting
torture at pleasure, which will be mentioned presently,
appear to afford remarkable evidence of the existence
in former times of a power above the law, controlling
and subverting the law, and thus rendering its practical
application altogether inconsistent with its theoretical
excellence.

The instruments of torture were very various ;
human ingenuity seems to have been exhausted in
inventing the means of inflicting the most exquisite
and prolonged sufferings : — The rack, a contrivance by
which the sufferer was gradually stretched till the bones
started from the sockets, is said to have been introduced
into England by the Duke of Exeter, under Henry VI.
The " Scavenger's Daughter," so called after its inventor
Sir William Skevington, a lieutenant of the Tower, wTas
an engine of torture for producing most excruciating
agonies by compression. The prison in the Tower
known as " Little Ease," manacles, thumb-screws, and
other minor instruments of torture, were also used, and
some of them still exist to bear evidence to their former
application.

There are several slight but interesting local references
to the subject of torture : — About the year 1575, Mr.
Gerard, a member of the Council of the Marches, was
accused of remissness in the prosecution of papists, and
wilful connivance at practices dangerous to the state.
He was charged with having befriended two pedlars,
and it is recorded that, after an unsatisfactory examin-
ation of some of the parties supposed to be implicated,
at Shrewsbury, before Sir Andrew Corbett and Mr.
Bromley, the latter declared that " no thinge would be
had of them but by tovtov, for they had their lessons
taught them before."1 In a new set of instructions

1 Owen and Blakeway's History of Shrewsbury, vol. i., p. 364,

OP SHROPSHIRE.

425

addressed to Sir Henry Sidney, Lord President, and
the Council of the Marches at Ludlow, in 1574, it was
directed that the Lord President and Council, or three
of thern at the least, whereof the Lord President or
Vice-President should be" one, upon sufficient ground,
should, in their discretions, put any accused person
known or suspected of treason, murder, or felony, to
tortures, when they should think convenient, and as
occasion should require.1

In 1579, a commission was sent to Sir Henry Sidney
at Ludlow, the Bishop of Worcester, and others, to
search out and try Catholic recusants, and they even
were authorised, in certain cases, to use torture in
order to force them to confession. 2

The foregoing references to the subject are of great
historical value, and furnish strong confirmatory proof
of the opinion expressed by several eminent authorities,
that torture in England was, so to speak, an offspring
of prerogative, totally repugnant to the fundamental
principles of English law, but which, nevertheless, was
frequently used in strict conformity with legal pi^actice.
Until recent years there was a thumb-screw in the police
station at Ludlow, and another in the county gaol at
Shrewsbury, while a third example was formerly to be
seen in one of the rooms in the tower of the Abbey
Church at Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, these three
interesting specimens have all disappeared.

It is most probable that it was not a regular practice
in England to torture females.

The last instance of the actual infliction of torture in
this country occurred in the year 1640, 3 but even so

1 Documents connected with the History of Ludlow and the Lords
Marchers, p. 318.

2 Wright's History of Ludlow, p. 414.

3 In the case of John A relief, who was supposed to have been
concerned in the tumultuous attack upon Archbishop Laud's palace at
Lambeth. Additional MSS, in the British Museum, No. 1107
p. 115.

426

THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS

late as 1662, Mr. Pepys in his Diary1 speaks of a person
being " so far thought guilty as that they intend to put
him to the wracke, or some other torture." At the present
day the practice of torture has wholly disappeared from
the criminal procedure bf every European nation, but
it was only abolished in the Grand Duchy of Baden in
1831. 2

MUTILATION.

Mutilation, or dismembering, was introduced as a
punishment into the early laws of England. The forms
of mutilation were many ; the hands, the feet, the ears,
the nose, and the upper lip were cut off ; the eyes, and
the tongue were plucked out ; and sometimes atrocities
of a far more horrible and barbarous nature, were
practised.

It is clear that, in ancient times, the punishment was,
as a rule, only used for the correction of trivial offences
committed by the churl or the slave, but, under the
Conqueror, mutilation in its various modes was sub-
stituted for the penalty of death.

In 1203, at the Salop Assizes,3 Alice Crithecreche
and others were accused of murdering a woman at
Lilleshall. Alice, immediately after the murder, had
fled into Staffordshire with certain chattels of the
murdered woman in her possession, and had been there
arrested, and brought back into Shropshire. Her
defence before the Curia Comitates of Salop was at
least ingenious : — She alleged that on hearing a noise

1 Vol. i., p. 173.

2 Mittermaiers Deutsche Strafverfahrtn, vol. i., p.p. 344 and
345.

3 The Justices, Simon Pateshull, William Cantilupe, and others,
were at Shrewsbury about Michaelmas.

OF SHROPSHIRE.

427

at night in the murdered woman's house, she went and
peeped through a chink in the door ; that she saw four
men within, who presently coming out, seized, and
threatened to murder her if she made any alarm, but
on her keeping silence, gave her the stolen goods found
upon her when arrested. On being brought before the
Justices-in-Eyre at the above Assizes, Alice Crithe-
creche no longer adhered to this defence, and she was
adjudged to deserve death, but the penalty was com-
muted for one hardly less terrible. It was ordered
that both her eyes should be plucked out.1

In 1234, Peter de Kivallis, whose connection with
Shropshire has previously been mentioned,2 was required
to render account of all his treasury business, the King
swearing that had it not been for his clerical office, he
would have ordered his eyes to be put out.3 Richard
Reynolds, of Bagley, when placed in the Shrewsbury
pillory in 1588, lost both his ears at the hands of
Richard Stubbs, the executioner appointed by the bailiffs
for the purpose.4

A cruel form of mutilation was a custom whereby the
ears of an offender were sometimes nailed to the pillory,
in such, a manner that by the motion of his body he was
forced gradually to tear them off. In a letter bearing
date in the month of February, 1537, written by Bishop
Lee, Lord President of Wales and the Marches at
Ludlow, reference is made to this practice. The Bishop
had been present at Gloucester Assizes, and in reporting
what he had seen there, incidentally said : — " and two
others for sedytyous words agaynste the Kynges hignes
were sett of the pillorye, and had theire yeares nayled to
the same."5 James Lloyd, when placed upon the pillory

1 Scd per dispensacionem cvuantur ei oculi, v,Tas the sentence. Select
Pleas of the Crown, (Selden Society), vol. i., p. 34.

2 Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc, vol xi., p. 371.
3Eyton's Antiquities of Shrojishire, vol. i., p. 332.

4 Phillips's History of Shrewsbury, p. 209.

5 Wright's History of Ludlow, p. 888.

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in the Shrewsbury market place on April 20, 1583, had
one of his ears nailed to the boards,1 and was whipped. !
The sufferings of this unfortunate man, as with his ear
affixed to the pillory, he writhed under the lash, and
probably endured a severe pelting at the hands of a
rough mob, may be readily understood.

In the churchwardens' accounts of the Parish of
Cardington for the year 1735 is an entry of Is. given
to two persons, who came by with a pass as their
tongues were cut out.2

The punishment was as familar to the English as any
institution they possessed ; it was considered necessary
for the public weal that malefactors should not suffer
death, in order that they might, as cripples, serve for a
perpetual warning to the ill-disposed. This was the
principle upon which such cruelty was attempted to be
justified, but it was gradually perceived that the effect it
had upon the native mind was brutalising rather than
terrorising, and after being reserved for occasions in
which it seemed expedient to execute a more than
ordinarily impressive sentence, it became almost extinct
as a punishment about the end of the sixteenth century.3
An excellent indication of the severity of the punish-
ment may be seen in the proposals made for the
correction of Edward Floyde or Lloyde, a Shropshire
Esquire, in 1621 — " cut out his tongue, chop off his
ears, and slit his nose," were among the chief sugges-
tions.4

1 Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc, vol. iii., p. 293.

2 Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc, vol. iv., p. 323. It is difficult to
explain this entry ; it certainly appears to be a case of mutilation,
but is much later in date than the discontinuance of the punish-
ment.

3 Mutilation, as a punishment, was but rarely applied, except to the
ears of an oftender, for centuries before the reign of Henry VIII., but
by the Statute 33 Henry VIII., 0. 12, the penalty for striking in the
King's court or house was declared to be the loss of the right
hand.

4 Londiana, by E. W. Bray ley, vol. iii., p. 189.

OF SHROPSHIRE. 429

TRANSPORTATION.

Transportation, the banishing or sending away a
criminal into another country, for a term varying in
duration, according to the magnitude of the offence,
was a punishment formerly in general vogue in Britain,
and was for many years an effectual device for ridding
the country of law-breakers.

Banishment was introduced as a punishment in the
thirty-ninth year of Elizabeth.1 and though, once only
a commutation of capital punishment, grew more and
more into favour, until it became the ordinary sentence
upon conviction of those offences, which, even in the
earlier part of the nineteenth century, were, nominally
at least, punishable by death.

Persons to whom this punishment was awarded, were
at first bound to transport themselves, under penalty of
hanging if they failed to do so, but, in consequence of
the uncertainty of identifying those criminals who
preferred rather to remain in England and to risk
detection, than to leave the country, it was soon found
necessary to contract with some person to carry off the
offenders, the contractor being remunerated by acquir-
ing a right to the labour of the criminals for the
duration of their sentences. It was thought that by
this scheme few of the transported criminals would
return to trouble the repose of English society, but it
has been said that some contractors, who shipped the
convicts at Bristol, landed them at Lundy Island, in
the Bristol Channel, and thus transported them cheaply,
if not efficaciously.

Many references to the transportation of persons, for
offences committed in Shropshire, may still be found.
Two specimens have been selected as examples : — A
county newspaper2 for April 16, 1739, mentions that
at the Assizes then recently held at Shrewsbury,

1 By the Statute 39 Eliz., C, 4.

2 The Shropshire Journal with, the History of the Holy Bible.

430 THE OBSOLETE PUNISHMENTS OF SHROPSHIRE.

" three were cast for transportation;" and another local
newspaper1 for August 5, 1835, in a report of the
Shrewsbury Summer Assizes of that year, records that
two men for burglary, and another man for stealing
£40, were ordered to*be transported for life.

This punishment has been superseded by penal
servitude, by Statutes of the present reign.2

1 The Salopian Journal.

2 16 and 17 Vic, C. 99 (1853), and 20 aud 21 Vic, C. 3 (1857).

431

A LETTER OF THE SECOND EARL OF

PEMBROKE,
LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF
THE MARCHES OF WALES.
A.D. 1586.
With Introduction by WM. PHILLIPS, F.L.S.

When Sir Henry Sidney, who had held the powerful
and responsible appointment of Lord President of the
Council of the Welsh Marches from the first year of
Queen Elizabeth, died at Ludlow, May 5th, 1586, he
was succeeded in the office by Henry Herbert, second
Earl of Pembroke, wTho wrote the letter given below
in the following March.

The Earl took a prominent part in public affairs
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was one oi
the peers who sat on the trial of the Duke of Norfolk,
(1572), and also on that of Mary Queen of Scots. He
was son-in-law of his predecessor, Sir Henry Sidney,
having married the good, beautiful, and accomplished
Mary Sidne}^ sister of Sir Philip Sidney, who wrote
for her pleasure his u Arcadia." The Countess herself
wrote several religious books, some poetical pieces, and
translated from the French Philip de Mor nay's
V Discourses of Life and Death." She survived the
Earl 20 years, and Ben Jonson wrote her epitaph : —

Underneath this sable hearse
Lies the subject of all verse,
Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother :
Death I ere thou hast slain another,
Fair and wise and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.

The Earl was Lord President till his death, which
occurred January 19th, 1601, having served the office

432

A LETTER OF THE SECOND

14 years. He died at Wilton House, and was buried
in Salisbury Cathedral.

To Her Lovinge frends the
Shireffe & her mats Justies
Of peace within the County
Of Salop.

"Wheras I have receved her mats Comyssion of lewetenn'tyo
wthin the principality & domynions of Sowth Wales and
North Wales the marches thertmto adioyninge & the severale
Counties of Worcester Monnmouth Hereford, Salop
and all Corporat & prevelydged places within the same
\vth full power & aucthority to levey gether & call
together all her Heighnes subiects of what degree
soever within the same, and to cause them to bee-
armed and weaponed, and to take the musters
of them, as by the same comysson amongest dyv's other
things more at lardge appeareth Theis are by
vertue of the said Comysson to will & requyre
you and every of you in her mat9 name, that presentlie
uppon sight hereof you call before you wthin yor
sevrall dy visons all such pcrsons as you shall thinke
hable men and sufficient to fynd & pl0vyde furnyture
for her mats service, and that you doe assigne
& appoynt them prcsenlie to provide Lawnces
lieght horses armore weapons & other furnyture
. & municon iitt for the warre as by ther severall
habylities & sufliciencye in Landes Livinge or
welth you shall thinke them fy'tt and met
accordinge to the subsidy & vvthall yt you
make choyce of able men for tlie usinge &
• excersinsin.o-e of the said weapons munycon and
furnyture, and doe take musters of them
furthwth wthout delay from tyme to tyme
as by your good discrescons glial be thought
requysite yt they may be ready uppon x dayes
warninge whcnsoever I shall requyre the
same, or any other by my appoyntmonfc and of
yor proceedingcs herein to Certii'ye me \vth all
speed wherof iayle you not as yo11 and every
of yo" tender her mats service tS: will answero
the contrary at yor uttermost pcrille &; soe fare
yo" ha'tely well. Saroome,1 the vii of
March 15S6. Yr Lovinge frend,

H. PEM BROOKE.

1 Salisbury.

EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1586.

433

It may be well to append the account of the Earl's
visit and the muster of the forces, which took place in
the April following, written by a contemporary :—
"This yeare the Earle of Pembrooke and lorde President
of the Marches of Wales cam into Shreusberie the 26
daye of Aprell and the 27 day following, musterid in
Styrrys Close all the countrey bothe of horseme' and
footmen and the 28 day of Ap'll his honor musterid the
townes men bothe of horsemen footemen and the 29
daye of Ap'll dep'tyd and before his dep'ture his honor
dyd tacke order for the agreement of the Aldermen
and counsellors of thesaicletowne of Shreusberie amongst
whom was greate controv'sie and mutche money speant
and beinge so agreid they displacid serten Aldermen
and counsellars that were not inhabitants wthin the said
towne and placyd others in theire rowmes that were
continuall resiants accordinge to their booke upon wcn
agrem'et for ioye therof there was bothe bancketinge
and ringing of bells to the greate reioysinge of the
commons/'1

The Bailiffs' accounts about this date are also in-
teresting, as they show that the loyal reception given
to this nobleman did not consist of complimentary
language merely, but of a liberal expenditure of money.
I give the words without abbreviation, and in modern
spelling : —

" 9th April, 29th Elizabeth. Agreed, that there
shall be disbursed the sum of .£40 for the entertainment
of my Lord President's coming to this town the 26th
of this month, for the mustering of the Town and
Liberties. "

Seventeen days later they appear to have considered
that this sum was not sufficient, and the following
entry appears : —

" 26 April. Agreed that there shall be bestowed on
the Lord President, now at his comeing to town, this

Taylor's Manuscript, Trans. Shrop. Arch. Soc. vol. iii., p. 310.

434- A LETTER OF THE EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1586.

day £50 ; viz., £20 in gold to be given to my Lord,
and the residue to be employed in charges, for the
entertainment of his honour."1

This was the town's share of the expenses ; but the
county forces, as well ' as those of the Town and
Liberties, were mustered, and it is not improbable that
the county, through the Lord Lieutenant, Francis
Newport, Esquire, of High Ercall (afterwards Sir
Francis), may also have contributed something to the
cost of the entertainment, but of this we have no
information.

Oweu and Blakeway's History of Shreivsbury i., p. 389.

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