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FOURTH S E R IKS,
JL2L V O LUME III., iji 3.

(volume XXXVI.)

PRINTED FOR T H Ii S O C I E T V .

S II R E W S 15 U R V :
ADNITT AND NAUNTON, Til E S Q U A R E

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WG0DA1.L, M IKS HALL, THOMAS AND CO..
PRINTERS, E'JC. OSWESTRY AND WRi XH AM.

SHROPSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

CONTENTS of 4th Series. Volume III.

Page,

Oswestry Tenures, 17th century. Transcribed, with Introduc-
tion and Notes by the Rev. R. C. Purton, M.A. ... 1

The Mayors of Shrewsbury, 17 10 to 1736. By the late Joseph

Morris ... ... ... 11

Coston. By Henry T. Wevmax, F.S A. .. 31

Early Deeds relating to Lands on Claremont, Shrewsbury.

Edited by the Rev. \V. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S. A.... 43

The Devolution of the Manor of Edgmond in the Fourteenth
and following centuries. By Charles G. O BridgemaXj
Barrister-at-Law ... ... ... ... ... ... 57

Some Account of Sidbury. By the Rev. R. C. Purton, M.A. 109

A Shrewsbury Divine of the 1 8th Century. By the Rev.

Prebendary T. Auden. M.A, F.S. A. ... ... ... 125

The Earliest Book of the Drapers' Company, Shrewsbury.

Transcribed by Irene Mary Rope 135

The Walters at Ludlow. An Elizabethan Plan. By Henry

T. Weyman. F.S.A. , .. 263

Wattlesborough Castle. By the late Stanley Leighton,
" M.P., F.S.A 283

History of Several Families connected with Diddlebury. By
Evelyn H. Martin (nee Swinnerton-Dyer)

II. The Comewalls .. .. ... ... ... 291

III. The Littletons ... ... 302

A Few Notes on the Inscriptions of the S. Bernard Windows
in S. Mary's. Shrewsbury By the Rev. Canon
Mori art v, D.D. 333

The Family of Hoggins, of Great Bolas. By the Kcv.

W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A 351

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Notes on the Rural Deanery of Stottesdon, A.l). 1275 to
'375- By the Rev Prebendary James Payton, M.A.,
Rural Dean... ... ... ... .. ... ... 379

MISCELLANEA.

I. Shrewsbury Mint of Henry III. ... ... ... i

II. Welsh Silver Coins ... ... ... ... ... i

III. Members of Parliament for Ludlow ... ... ... Hi

IV. The Parish Book of St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, 1722 to

1785. Part IV iv

V. Motto 011 Ceiling at Wilderhope . . ... • •■ xiii

VI. Grant of Arms to Mrs. Anne Eld red, daughter of

John Biaikway of Isombridge, 6 December, 1652 xiv

VII. Hanwood Monumental Inscriptions ... ... ... xv I

VIII. A Volume of Psalms and Hymns printed at Shrews-
bury, 1792 ... ... ... ... xxxiv

General Index to Volume II I. ... ... ... ... .. xxxv

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait ot the Rev. Job Orton... ... ... ... ... 125

A Plan of Bringwood Chase, c\rc, 1577 ... 263

Wattlesborough Castle, &c 2S3

Portrait of Sarah, Countess of Exeter, 1773-1797 ... ... 351

Great Bolas Church and Old Rectory House... ... ... 354

The Council regret the long delay in the issue
of Part L of the " Transactions " for the current
year, for which the Printing Office is responsible.
They propose to publish two larger Parts during
the present year, instead of the usual three, and
they will endeavour to have the second Part ready
for issue to Members before Christmas.

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SHRO PS 1 1 1 RE A RC H /EO LOG I C A L AN D
N ATU RA L H I STORY SOC IETY.

A NNU A L MEE T I N G .

The Annual Meeting of the Shropshire Archaeological and
Natural History Society was held ;n the Front Room of the Music
Hall, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, October 8th, 19 13, under the
presidency of the Right Hon. Lord Barnard, the President of the
Society. There was a veiy large attendance, in view of the story
unfolded by Mr. J. P. Bushe-Fox of the further excavations at
Uriconium, and illustrated by a large number of Lantern Slides,
which were thrown on the screen by Mr. J. W. Heath as lan tern ist.
There was also an exhibition of some of the pottery, coins, and
other articles found during the last twelve months.

Amongst those present were the Rev. Prebendary T. Auden, F. S.A.
(Chairman of the Council), and the Misses Auden, Mr. Beville
Stanier, M.P., and Mrs. Stanier, Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart,, and
Lady Wakeman, the Hon. Mrs. Bulkeley-Owen, the Hon. Henrietta
Windsor Give, Miss Rouse-Boughton, Miss Hope-Edwardes, Mr. J.
Cecil Clay, Dr. Burd, Dr. Gepp, General Corbet, Colonel Twemlow,
the Rev. C- H. Drinkwater, the Rev. E. H. Gilchrist de Castro and
Mrs. de Castro, the Rev. R. [owett Burton, the Rev. W. S. Daw,
the Rev. Wr, G. D. Fletcher, F S A., and Mrs. Fletcher, the Rev.
Canon Moriarty, D.D., the Rev. F. A. Homer, the Rev. J. W. Lee
and Mrs. Lee, the Rev. S. A Woolward, the Rev. Herbert Bain-
bridge, the Rev. R. Steavenson, Messrs. W. M. How, J. T. Homer,
W, Medlicott, R. E. Davies, R. A. Craig, T. E. Pickering, H. F.
Harries, John Nurse, J. W. Heath, W, E. Hill, T. P. Blunt. H. E.
Forrest, F. G. Morris, T. A. Morris, R. G. Craig, G. Bateson, and
H. T. Beddows, Mrs. William Auden, Miss Downward, Misses A.
and M. B Lloyd, Miss Flow, Miss Rope, Miss Worsley, and
Mr. A. E. Cooper (assistant secretary), &c.

Lord Barnard, at the outset, said he recognised that they had
come there in such large numbers to hear the latest news of the
most recent excavations at Uriconium. But first he would call
upon Prebendary Auden to present the Accounts of the Society.

STATEMENT OK ACCOUNTS.

The Rev. Prebendary Aunr.N presented the Statement of
Accounts, which showed that, including £7 os. 2d., the income,
including Members' subscriptions of ^162 14s., amounted lo
^'183 17s. 1 id., and at the end of the year there was a balance in

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hand of ^£15 14s. 8d. That looked comparatively prosperous,
and he was glad to say that they were a little more prosperous
than on the last occasion, but, taking into consideration outstanding
liabilities, they still had an adverse balance. He hoped and
thought the work done at Wroxeter would not only be looked at
favourably in itself, but that it would give a stimulus to the work of
the Archaeological Society generally.

ELECTION OF THE COUNCIL

Mr. Beville Stanier, M.P., proposed that the Council be re-
elected. He said they were ladies and gentlemen with great
knowledge of the work, who carried out their duties with much
enthusiasm, and he certainly thought they should be re-elected to
continue the work they had done so very we'll in the past.
(Hear, hear).

Mr. W. M. How seconded the motion, which was carried.

The Council consists of the Rev. Prebendary T. Auden, M.A.,
F.S.A., Church Stretton (Chairman); Miss Auden, F.R.Hist.S.,
Church Stretton; the Rev. Prebendary J. R. Burton. B. A.,
Bitterley ; the Rev. R. Jowett Burton, M.A , Eaton Constantino;
the Rev. W. G. Clark-Maxwell. M.A . F S.A., Bridgnorth ; the Rev.
D. H. S. Cranage, D.Litt., F.S.A , Cambridge ; Mr. R. E. Davies,
Shrewsbury; the Rev. E 1*1. Gilchrist de Castro, M.A.: Halford ;
the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M A., Shrewsbury; the Rev. W. G. I).
Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A.-, Oxqn ; Miss Hope-Edwards, Netley Hail;
the Rev. Canon Moriarty, D.I)., Shrewsbury; Mr. S. Meeson
"Morris, Shrewsbury; Mr. T. E. Pickering, M A., Shrewsbury; and
Mr. Henry T. Weyman, F.S.A., Ludlow.

ELECTION OF AUDITOR S.

On the motion of Mr. J, Cecil Clay, seconded by the Rev. S.
A. Woolward, Mr. W. \V. Naunton was re-appointed Auditor.

THE ANNUAL REPORT.

The Annual Report of t tie Council was read by the Rev. Pre-
bendary Auden, as follows : —

Since the last Annual Meeting the Council regret to record the loss of several
Members who can ill he spired. From their list of Vice- Presidents two have
been calied away — the Duke of Sutherland and the Lord Bishon of Lichfield.
The latter always took a keen interest in matters archaeological, and was wnrmly
interested in the two Societies in his diocese formed to print Parish Registers,
lie also helped on an effort that was made to print the very important Kpiscon il
Registers of the diocese. Mr. John Beacall had long lived in Italy, but had
made large collections relating to the families of Shropshire, gleaned from the
various depositories of records, and from time to time communicated some ol his
gleanings to the Transactions. The Council desire to congratulate one ol their
number, the Kev. D. II. S Cranage, on having the Debtee ol Doctor of Letters
conferred upon him by tiie University of Cambridge foi ids great work " I he
Churches ot Shropshire*" During the past year the most important work that
has occupied the attention ot the Council has been the excavations at Uriconium,

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itnderlakcn in conjunction with the Society of Antiquaries, Mr. J. I5. Bushe-
Koxe, the superuiteiicleiU of these excavations, will piesently describe the work
th.it has been accomplished during the past summer, so it is needless to allude
to it further in this Report. Suffice it to say that increased funds are urgently
Denied to carry on the work, so that more labour ma\ be employed and a larger
area excavated, and the wol k more speedily accomj lished. The area ol the
buried city is a very Large one, and at the present rate of progress many years
must elapse belore the work can be brought to a close, Large or small regular
annual subscriptions lor a period of \eais aie asked from those who do not at
present subscribe to the excavation land, and any such promises of support may
be given to the Cluiirman ol the Council at the close of this meeting, or sub-
scriptions may be paid in to the Capital and Counties Bank. '1 he question is
repeatedly asked, Why are the excavations liiied in again before the approach
of winter, and not permanently left open ? ': The answer is not difficult. '1 he
land is valuable agricultural iand, ana is required tor agricultural purposes. So
large and valuable a site, consisting, perhaps, of 170 acres, could not possibly
be kept as an open museum, and it is obv ious that the cost of fencing in and
annually maintaining any such large space would be enormous. More than this,
it is found that Roman remains, when left exposed to the damp of our English
winters, are disintegrated and speedily suffer damage. It is agreed tnat such
remains are far better preserved when they aie buried under the soil. Every
building that has been excavated is most carefully drawn to scale and mapped ;
so that it will be possible at any future time to uncover any particular building,
should it be deemed necessary to do so. It is hoped that in time arrangements
will be made for a .Museum in trie town of Shrewsbury to contain the many
objects of interest that have been brought to light during the progress of the
work. The Council tender their grateful thanks to their President for the keen
interest and haupy co-operation that fie has displayed throughout in the matter
of the excavations, and welcome Ins presence amongst them as Chairman of this
Annual Meeting. — Thomas Auden, Chairman.

Lord Barnard said : Although after the rather laudatory remarks
at the end of the Report it might seem a little out of place, he
would like to have the honour of proposing the adoption of the
Report and Statement of Accounts. The amount received in
individual subscriptions — ,£162 15s. — though fairly large, was not,
lie ventured to think, anything like what it ought to be, but he was
glad to see the sale of the guide to Uriconium had produced a sum
of nearly £14, becatise that showed that very great interest was
taken in the work which was being carried on in that Romano-
British city. Willi regard to the Report, he regretted very much,
as he was sure they all did, the loss of two such eminent men as
the Duke of Sutherland and the late Bishop of Lichfield, He had
been very much interested to hear of the work done by Mr. Beacall,
and he could not help thinking there was a considerate number
of other people who either were interested in that kind of work or
might be brought to take an interest in it, and he would suggest
that everybody who had an inclination that way 'should communi-
cate with a recognised authority, such as Rrebendary Auden or
some other member of the Council. Dr. Cranage was very well
known to all of them in connection with his great work on the
Churches of Shropshire. No words could express adequately the
indebtedness of that county and that town to Dr. Cranage for the
extraordinarily comprehensive scheme in which he carried out that
work, as well as the minute attention to details which he had given

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to ev6ry church in the county. Unfortunately, Dr. Cranage, as
some of them knew, had suffered a very serious pecuniary loss by
the transaction. Nearly two years ago it seemed to some of them
when they fust heard that Dr. Cranage Was likely to be a loser by
the proceeding, that they might take some steps to try, if possible,
to mitigate that loss, while at the same time showing their apprecia-
tion of the work which he had done for the benefit of the county.
With the help of Sir Ofiley Wakeman a circular was issued, and the
amount raised up to now was rather more than ^100. He (Lord
Barnard) thought, however, they ought to make it something more
than that, and small subscriptions would be welcomed. When
Dr. Cranage's travelling expenses were added to the loss by publi-
cation, the sum would far exceed anything which in his opinion it
was possible for them to collect.

With regard to Uriconium, he would like to make one remark on
the subject of leaving the excavations open. He would not touch
upon the question ns to whether the remains deteriorated in the
British climate or not, but he merely stated that he would not feel
justified in the public interest, as a matter of public policy, in with-
drawing this land from cultivation at the present day, when it was
deemed necessary that every available rood of land should be cul-
tivated, and he might tell them frankly he would not entertain such
a proposal for one moment unless the estate — which was a settled
estatt — were adequately remunerated for the loss it would suffer
by being deprived of the rent of the land ; and he entertained very
little doubt that the purchase price of that land, which was valuable
would far exceed anything the public were likely to subscribe, unless
perhaps they could persuade the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
vote them a sum in the House of Commons. He would not say
the idea of keeping the site open was a preposterous one, but it was
entirely out of the question, and could not be considered for one
moment.

Another question alluded to in the Report was the question of a
Museum. He had had that question in his mind for a good many
years past. There was already in the Shrewsbury Public Library
a very considerable number of archreological remains which came
from the estate in the days of his predecessors. At some later stage
he could not help thinking that that collection should be amalgam-
ated with any finds which now came to light, and he would very
much like, if it were practicable to do so, that they should be
arranged in some building which was more or less connected with
or belonged to the estate. The present Museum and Free Library
had, he thought, already become rather full, and he would imagine
the town would not be sorry to have some of the articles removed.

With regard to the finance of the question it had already been
pointed out that the cost was very great. In July a letter was pub
fished in the "Times" with the signature of the President of the
Society of Antiquaries, and himself, as President of that Society,
and others, appealing for contributions toward the excavations.

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He could have hoped that some wealthy person, of whom wr had
many in this country, might perhaps have come forward and under-
taken, say, to pay the whole of the expense for one year, or some-
thing of that kind ; but, perhaps, archnco'ogists of that type were
more familiarly represented by the gentleman from beyond the sea,
who wished to denude our cashes to carry their treasures away to
another land. Me did not think any of them would be willing to
make a bargain of that kind. What they found in Shropshire they
kept in Shropshire. (Hear, hear). But at the same time it was
quite clear that if they wished that work to go on they must support
it financially, and while he did not suggest that it was necessary for
any persons of moderate means to deprive themselves of the necess-
aries of life to do that, he thought many subscribers might come
forward, and in addition might persuade others who were interested
in that subject to assist.

There was undoubtedly at present a growing increase of interest
in all archseolog.cal matters. The passing of the Ancient Monu-
ments Act liad altered the position of the public very largely
towards those ancient buildings of which there were so many outside
those walls, and towards other monuments, of which Uriconium
itself was an instance, and he was not at all sure whether it would
not be a right and proper thing to take advantage of the powers
conferred on him by that Act to transfer that part of the site which
was excavated some years ago and left uncovered, and which was
now rented by that Society, to some public authority. He did not
know whether the County of Salop would undertake it— perhaps
they would not— but at any rate the Government had power under
the Act to take control, and he sincerely hoped that some day they
would do so, and save those interesting remains for the nation at
large for all time. (Hear, hear, and applause). The President
concluded with an appeal for increased support of the Society.

The Rev. Prebendary Auden, in seconding the motion, said he
thought they might be interested to know something about what
sums had been subscribed and spent so far in connection with
Uriconium. They began the local fund with a balance on deposit
of between £100 and £"150. Then the amount subscribed last
year in various sums was £172, and they sent to London the sum
of £200. With regard to this year they had not received as much
as he hoped they might have done — the amount being about £150,
and the moral of it was that they wanted some more money to
continue the excavations, and as local treasurer he would be very
glad indeed to receive any sums of money for the purpose.

The motion was carried.

THE EXCAVATIONS AT URICONIUM.

Mr. J. I1- Bushe-Fo\\ in the course of an interesting address
with lantern illustrations, said that last year he had the honour of
giving them a short account of the work done up to the end of

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September, and that to-day he intended to give them a more
detailed account of last year's work, and also a short account of
this season's excavations. Work was begun on the 23rd of June,
and was still in progress, about 1 } acres having been uncovered
with most satisfactory results. Mr. Mayter had been with him the
whole season, and had rendered him most valuable assistance.
The excavations had been largely used as a school of archeology.
Students from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London and
Birmingham had stayed on the site, and taken part in the work.
There had been a large increase in the number of visitors, upwards
of £50 being taken in entrance money. Although all the buildings
found last year differed considerably, they had many poims in
common. The general plan of the houses, with their large, open
fronts, suggested that they were shops. They all appeared to have
had some form of verandah or portico either of wood or stone in
front of them. Under these a continuous pathway ran parallel to
the street. In the back part each building had a series of :00ms,
with opus sigmnum floors. In these the owners might have lived,
but it was curious that not a single room was fitted with a hypo-
caust. The scarcity of window glass — only three or four fragments
being found — suggested that the windows were unglazed. Later
in the occupation an alteration in the general plan appealed to
have taken place, but very little of this period remained owing to
its proximity to the surface. The front of site IV. was brought up
to the edge of the street, and something of the same kind seemed
to have taken place in Site II. It was possible that these late
frontages had been some form of booths or stalls. _ In the last
periods of Site IV. the front part appeared to have been an open
space or garden, with a well. A pathway ran by the side of this
from the Walling Streeet to a house at the back. The soil behind
the buildings contained only a few a 1 ticks belonging to the Roman
occupation. Here and there a rubbish pit was met with, but none
of them had been sunk more than a few yards into the undisturbed
soil. This year a temple covering an area of about 95 feet by 55
feet had been uncovered. The entrance into the courtyard of the
tenple was under a portico of six columns. The podium which
stood at the back of the courtyard measured about 25 feet by 31
feet. Its walls were composed of massive blocks of red sandstone,
the spaces inside being packed with stones and clay to support the
raised cella above. There was an ambulatory at the back and side
of the podium. Carved architectural fragments, portions of several
statues;and the head of a horse were discovered in clearing the site.
The top of a well-carved altar was also found, but, unfortunately, the
part bearing the inscription w;b missing, and there was no evidence
to show to whom the temple was dedicated. To the north of this
a large building was now being cleared, It had a frontage of 115
feet and a depth of over 200. There were many rooms, most of
them floored with opus signinum. One had a rough mosaic pave
merit, Another had a floor of line, white, red and blue tesserae.

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Unfortunately, this has been entirely broken up. Four of the rooms
were furnished with hypoeausts. In a small courtyard was a rect-
angular well, built up of large slabs of stone. It was filled with
building rubbish, and a large quantity of animal bones, including
some line antlers. There were also a few human bones. The
front of the building had been furnished with a spacious portico,
and the massive blocks of stone to support the uprights were still
in position. In front of this, along the edge of the road, was a
well-made drain, constructed of stones and tiles, with a solid bot-
tom of large slabs of stone. Two burials were found inside the
house. One grave contained a practically complete skeleton of a
tail, middle-aged man. There were only a few bones left of the
other, but there were sufficient to show that three feet were repre-
sented, so it seemed probable that the grave contained two persons.
Both burials were orientated east and west, and in making one
grave the foundations of a wail had been cut through. This
pointed to a post-Roman date, but unfortunately, nothing was
found with them to indicate definitely to what period they belonged.
This year the coins had been more plentiful, over 400 having come
to light. The earliest coins were two Republican ones, the first
emperor represented being Claudius. Seven of his coins had been
found. The last coins were two of Theodosius I. Among the
small finds perhaps the most important were an amethyst gem en-
graved with a figure of Venus, a small cameo of a woman's head, a
clasp knife carved in the form of a tiger, a sea horse carved in bone,
and several good fibula?, and many bone-pins with ornamental
heads of different descriptions. With our present limited know-
ledge, it seemed probable that the destruction of Yiroco'nium must
have taken place, about the close of the 4th century, but how or by
whom it was not yet possible to say. Only by work of the spade
could they hope to solve that and many other questions still un-
answered in connection with Roman Britain.

THF. COIN'S.

Mr A. Hayter gave a detailed description of the coins found,
some of which were on view in the room. Up to October 7th. 418
coins had been found this year, that was 173 in excess of the total
number found in 1912 (245). But the number of different rulers
represented in either collection was almost identical — 45 in 1913,
and 39 in 1012. Tnis year's collection included 18 denarii 13
plated silver ( " Antoniniani ;") double denarii, all ^between 244 and
267 A.I)., and one siliqua (plated silver denarius of the late 4th
century). The rest, 3S2 in number, were copper, and some few be-
longing to the Constantine period, showed traces ol a silver wash.
If one might draw any conclusions as to the dating of the site from
the coins alone, a late 1st century occupation certainly seemed
suggested, not merely by the eight coins of Claudius, but especially
by the 34 specimens of the tiree Flavian Emperors (09 - 96 A. P.)

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Trajan had produced 19 coins, but it was curious that there were
only 15 coins for the 75 years from Hadrian to the end of the
Antonine rule (1 1 7 — 192 A.I.).). The r 30 years from 260 — 390 A.I),
was obviously the time when the occupation was most intense, as
quite 300 coins, that was 70 per cent or the total found, belonged
to that period. Moreover, there was no falling off in the latter
half of the 4th century, for there were 57 issued between 364 —
392 A.I). The discovery of two coins of Theodosius I., dateable
to 388 — 392 A I), prolonged the known period of the life of the
town for from five to nine years

On the motion of Prebendary Auden, a cordial vote of thanks
was given to the President and the other speakers, and also to Mr.
J, W. Heath, who gave his services as lanternist.

Tea was afterwards served.

ANNUAL EXCURSION.

The Shropshire Archreological and Natural History Society made
their Annua) Excursion on Friday, July 11th, 1 9 1 3. The party
included the Rev. W. G. and Mrs, Clark-Maxwell, the Rev. C. H.
Drinkwater, the Rev. J. G. F. Holmes, the Rev. E. PI. G. de Castro,
the Rev. R. Jowett Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Wood Acton, Mr. and
Mrs. G. Bateson. the Misses Hope-Edwardes, the Misses Auden,
Mrs. and Miss Chitty, Miss M. B. Lloyd, Mrs. Wale, Messrs. F. G.
Morris, S. Heighway, and R. E. Davies, Dr. Gepp, and Mr. A. E.
Cooper, Assistant Secretary.

A start was made from Shrewsbury station yard, soon after ten
o'clock, the party driving in motor cars provided by Mr. Mark
Davies.

ALBRIGHT HUSSEY.

The first halt was at Albright Hussey, where the members were
welcomed by Mrs. Downes, who most kindly showed them over the
interesting house. The estate of Albright Hussey was held in 10S6
by Rainald the Sheriff, but within a century of that date Walter
Hussey held a knight's fee of new enfeoffment here. About ij6o
Walter gave land at Harlescott to Lilleshall Abbey, and his des-
cendants remained at Albright Hussey till the 17th century, when
it passed to the Corbet s, who lived here till they succeeded in 1700
to the Sundome estate.

The chapel of Albright Hussey was dedicated to St. John the
Baptist. It had the right of burial, though it was in the parish of
St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. On the foundation in 1410 of the church
of Battlefield, the chapel was annexed to that church, and seems to
have fallen into disuse. Only a corner 01 its masonry remains, and
it has been conjectured that the stonework of its windows was used
up in Battlefield, as fch: nave windows there seem to be of a slightly
earlier style than those of the chancel, but Dr. Cranage has shown

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that this is unlikely. The house is of various dotes. The oldest
part possibly goes back to about 1500. It is known to have been
added to in 1560, and the stone part with its mullioned windows is
of 1 60 1 , when it was built by Edward Hussey, the last Hussey to
live there, apparently, as his two sons li\ed one at Coton, near
Ruyton, and the other at Criggion, beyond Alberbury. The house
was'fortified in 1642 for the King, as a protection from the raids of
the Parliament garrison at Weill, and Richard Gough in his fflsto?y
of Middle tells the story of its defence by Sergeant Preece, known
as Scoggan. Gough says the garrison was withdrawn by request of
Mr. Pelham Corbet, who feared the destruction of his buildings.

From Albright Hussey the drive was continued past Preston
Gobalds, which Uikes its name from Godebald the priest, who was
here in 1086. It belonged to the Saxon church of St. Alkmund in
Shrewsbury, and later was held by the Abbey of Lilleshall. The
church has been rebuilt, with the exception of the east end of the
south aisle, which is the chancel of the original church. It is
possibly of 12th century date and contains a curious monumental
slab, with an effigy, apparently of an ecclesiastic. There is also a
very massive slab, which may once have been laid on a stone coffm,
but seems too large for that purpose. The sundial, which bears the
date of 1638, stands under a yew tree, on what looks like the base
of the mediaeval churchyard cross.

LEA HALL

Lea Hall, the next stopping place, was in 1T90 the property of
Reyner de Lee, the ancestor of the numerous branches of that
family in Shropshire and elsewhere. The Lees remained here for
many generations, but on marrying the heiress of the Burnells they
moved to Acton Burnell and then to Langley. Sir Richard Lee,
who died in 15.9 1, and whose stately alabaster tomb is in Acton
Burnell church, seems to have be^n the builder of the present
Lea Hall. The family, about 1660, ended in two heiresses, one of
whom, Mary, married Edward Smythe, the ancestor of the present
holder of Acton Burnell, and the other, Rachel, married Ralph
Cleaton, son of Ralph Cleaton of Oneley. Her grandson, Richard
Cleaton, left two daughters, one of whom married Watkin Wynne of
Voelas, and left two daughters, the husband of one of whom sold
Lea Hall to Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones. The house was garrisoned
in the Civil War, and seems to have sustained considerable damage.
It was then the property of Sir Richard Lee, who suffered greatly
for the Royal cause. Mr. and Miss Oakeley'very kindly showed
the party the various points of interest, including rhe 1 6th century
dovecote, with iis revolving ladder. We learn from dough's Middle
that Lea Hall once possessed a windmill and a miller. 'I he present
house is said to have been built in 1585, on the site of an earlier
house, and traees have been found of extensive buildings, The
sunny garden and wide view are strikingly pleasant.

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MYDDLE.

From Lea Mall the drive was continued to Myddle, where the
members were met by the Rector, the Rev. S. A. Woohvard, who
kindly acted as guide to the church and the remains of the castle,
associated with Wild Humphrey Kynaston of Shropshire legends.
The church was mainly rebuilt in 1744, and its fittings are almost
wholly modern. The tower dates from i6}8, and there is a fine
old chest that must have stood in the earlier church. There is a
brass with the effigy of .Arthur Chambre of Petton, patron of
Myddle, who died in 1564, and one with an inscription in memory
of Ralph Kinaston, rector of Myddle, and chaplain to King James I.,
who died in 1629. The Manor of Myddle was held at Domesday
by Rainald the Sheriff, but before 1165 it was in the hands of the
first John le Strange, eight of whose name were in succession lords
of the manor. In the time of Henry VII. it passed by marriage to
Sir George Stanley. The Stanleys, Earls of Derbv, held it rather
more than a century, and then sold it to the Lord Keeper Egerton.
The castle was a fortified manor house, usually held by a constable,
or castle keeper. It seems to have been built by John le Strange
(V.), who received in 1308 the license to crenellate it. It was a
square two storied building, with an inner court, but only a staircase
turret now remains.

LOITINGTOX.

After an interval for lunch, the party left Myddle for Loppington,
where they were met by the Vicar, the Rev. J. Ollerhead, and by
Miss Vaughan of Burlton. The manor of Loppington belonged in
Saxon days to Wild Edric, whose bold stand against the Norman
invader has caused him to be regarded as a national hero. It
passed from his hands to those of Earl Roger de Montgomery. It
was a large and valuable manor of five hides, including Burlton.
In 1 190 it was held under the king by Alexander de Loppington,
who gave the advowson ot the Church to the Canons of Wombridge.
Apparently the vicar was left poorly paid, for in 1574 Bishop Robert
de Stretton of Lichfield ordained carefully what tithes he should
receive, and what were the duties of the canons as rectors. Possibly
a good deal of rebuilding of the church took place at this date, as
a great part of the fabric is of 14th century work, rather an unusual
date among Shropshire parish churches. The church was fortified
for the Parliament in 1643 and stormed and taken by the Royalists.
Probably it suffered considerably, for the roofs seem to be of 17th
century date, and the porch was built in 1656, The house adjoin-
ing the churchyard is interesting, as having been dated 1628, but
the figures are now indecipherable.

ELLESM C RE AND STA& WARDINE-1N-TH E WOOD.

From Loppington the cars found their way by various roads
through the Shropshire lake country to Eliesmere church, where
they were met by the Vicar, the Rev. K. G. Ellerton, who gave a

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very full and interesting account of the stately building. Thence
the party drove through Cockshutt to the beautiful old house of
Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, over which they were shown by kind
permission of Mr. Hichens. 'J'hc moated site of the older house
of the Hords and Kynastons lies below the present house, which
was built about 1560 by Robert Corbet, who had married the
heiress of the Kynastons. The Hords bought the manor in 1307
horn the De Stanwardines, who had held it under the Fitz Alans
since the end of the 12th century. The Corbels in turn, about
i;oo, sold the estate to the Wynns of Wynnstay, and it now belongs
10 Mrs. Cunliffe of Petton. The house shows signs of having been
altered and added to in the 17th century, but it remains one of the
most picturesque old mansions in the county.

PETTON.

The last halt of the day was at Petton, where the members were
most kindly received and entertained to tea by Mrs. Cunliffe. They
visited the moated site of the old house, where Sir Peter Newton,
the builder of the Council House, Shrewsbury, at one time lived.
The church possesses two fine oak pillars, once in the Council
House, which were found by Mrs. Cunliffe stored away, and for-
gotten. The fabric dates mainly from 1727, but it contains a very
fine pulpit, once in Wrexham church, dated 1635. The modern
stained glass windows are unusually beautiful, both in colouring and
design. After tea, Mrs, Cunliffe kindly showed the knight-templar's
ring, found some years ago, and gave the party the benefit of some
of her local knowledge. A whole afternoon might well have been
spent in looking at the interesting pictures and china and other
things in the house, or in wandering round the pleasant gardens,
but time did not allow of more than a hasty glance at the rose
garden, now in its full beauty. Several members had trains to
catch in Shrewsbury, and the party regretfully rejoined the cars,
which, took them homeward after a full and interesting day.

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MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY COUNCIL
MEETINGS.

Nov. 13, 1912— Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A ., in the Chair.

A letter from Mr. R. E. Davi.es was read, stating that he had
visited Sutton Church, and found it in a much better condition
than on his previous visit.

The thanks of the Council were given to Mr. Davies for his
Report, and he was requested to ask Mr. Dease if he would kindly
see to one or two small matters at the Church that still required
attention.

The Rev. E. H, Gilchrist de Castro and the Rev. R, Jowett
Burton were requested to inspect and report on a section ot Wat-
ling Street near the Grove, Craven Arms, that was threatened with
destruction in connection with the building of a new railway bridge.

December 11, 1912— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in
the Chair.

Some discussion took place as to the suggested sale of the Cup
belonging to Tong Parish, and letters were rend from some absent
members of the Council. The following memorandum was eventu-
ally agreed upon and was carried unanimously :—

"The Council are of opinion that, as a matter of general
principle, any vessel given to a Church and used for sacred
purposes should nut be alienated Circumstances may
however occur when such a course is justifiable. In the
Case of the so-called chalice belonging to Tong Parish
there appear to be the following exceptional circum-
stances:— (i) The vessel was not originally intended For
sacred purposes (for which it is not adapted), but was
almost certainly a secular drinking cup/ (2) It lias never
been in general use as a sacred vessel It is at present
useless to the Parish, being kept tor safety in a strong
room elsewhere. (3) An unexpected opportunity has
occurred of disposing of it for a large sum, with a promise
of an exact replica. ( t) The Parish is in great need ol
help both for improving the income of the Clergyman, and
lor the maintenance ol the Chinch fabric and Services

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On the other hand the Council cannot contemplate with satis-
faction the selling of the vessel in question to an unknown
collector, without conditions is to its future destination
and use.

The Council are also of opinion that if the Living is increased
by this means the Patronage should pass out of private
into public hands.

January S, 191 3— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the
Chair.

A letter from Mr. H. D. Greene was read, as to a tumulus on
his estate.

February 12, 1913 — The Rev. C. H. Dvinkwater, M.A., in the
Chair.

There was no business of general interest.

March 12, 1913— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S. A., in the
Chair.

The question of asking gentlemen in various parts of the County
to act as Local Secretaries was discussed and approved.

The Assistant-Secretary was instructed to convey the hearty con-
gratulations of the Council to the Rev, D. H. S. Cranage, upon the
degree of Doctor of Letters being conferred upon him by the
University of Cambridge.

April 9, 1913 -The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S. A., in the
Chair.

Miss Chitty, of Han wood Rectory, Shrewsbury, was elected a
member of the Society.

It was decided to hold the Annual Excursion in the first fortnight
of July in the Lllesmere district. The Chairman, the Rev. E. H.
Gilchrist de Castro, and Mr. R. E. Davies were appointed a Sub-
Committee to arrange details.

May 14, 19/3— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S. A., in the
Chair.

The Rev. Robert Catterall of the Rectory, Church Stretton, was
elected a member of the Society.

It was decided to issue the Volume of Transactions for the cur-
rent year in two thicker parts, instead of the usual number ol three.

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June 11, WIS — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A., in the
Chair.

The Chairman and the Rev. E. H. Gilchrist de Castro were
appointed Delegates to the Congress of Arc.ueological Societies,

September 10, 1913— The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A. in the
Chair.

The Rev. E H. Gilchrist de Castro reported that he had atten-
ded the Congress of Archaeological Societies in June last, and gave a
short account of the proceedings.

Mr. Clive Phillips-Wolley, F.R.C.S., of Somenos, B.C., Canada,
was elected a member of the Society.

A letter was read from Mr. H. E. Forrest, asking for the loan of
two or three blocks to illustrate his new hook on the "Old Houses
of Wenlock." The application was granted, but Mr. Forrest was
to be asked to lend some of his blocks in return, if they should be
required to illustrate the Transactions.

The Rev. W- G. D. Fletcher reported that the Hon. Mrs. Feild-
ing had kindly offered to index the current Volume of Transactions
without any fee, Miss Macleod being ill and unable to do the work
this year.

The Annual General Meeting was fixed for Wednesday, October
8th, in the Music Hall. The Chairman stated that Lord Barnard
had promised to preside.

November 12, 1013 — The Rev. Prebendary Auden, F.S.A. , in
the Chair.

500 Copies of the Gu:de to Uriconium were ordered to be
printed.

W. E. Gough, Esq., of Glenmore House, Dawley, and Isaac
Marshall, Esq., of Sarnesfield Court, Weobley, Herefordshire, were
elected memoers of the Society.

The question of the printing of the Transactions was discussed,
and dissatisfaction was expressed at the delay in. printing the first
Part of the current Volume.

S H RO PS H I R E

A R C H Al OLOGICAL

AND

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1913.

{fresftcnt :
The Right Hon. Lord Barnard.

' Buc-jJrtsi bents :

The Right Hon. The Earl Brownlow I The Right Hon. Lord Forester

The Rt. Hon. The Ear 1 of Bradford Sir Qffley Wakfman, Bart.

J he Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of R. Lloyd Kenyon, Esq.

Lichfield Rev. Prebendary H. W. Moss, M A

The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of | \V, H. Foster, Esq.

Hereford ; Beville Stanier, Esq., M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Ken yon

Council :

Rev. Prebendary T. Auden, M.A., F.S.A,] R. E. Davie?, Esq., Shrewsbury

Church St ret ton (Chairman)
Miss Auden, F. R.Hist.S., Church

Stretton

Rev. Prebendary I. R. Burton, B.A.

Rev. E. H. Gilchrist de Castro. M.A.,
Halford

Rev. C H. Drinkwater, M.A., Shrews-
bury

Bitterley j Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A ,

Rev. R. Jowett Burton, M.A,, Eaton Oxon

Constantine. I Miss Hope-Edwardes. Netley Hall

Rev. \V, G. Clark-Maxwell, M.A., | Rev. Canon Moriartv. D.D., Shrewsbury

F.S.A., Bridcenortli
Rev. ]). H. S. Cranage, D.Litt , F.S.A.,
Cambridge

S. Meeson Morris, Esq., Shrewsbury
T. E. Pickering, Esq., M.A., Shrewsbury
Henry T. Weyman, Esq., F.S.A., Ludlow

editorial Committee :
Rev. Prebendary Auden, M.A, F.S.A. Rev. W. G. I). Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A.
Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A.

S)on. Secretary :
Mr. H. W. Adnitt. The Square, Shrewsbury.

Jissistant §ccictiu*t) :
Mr. A. E. Cooper, St. John's Chambers, St. John's 1 1 ill, Shrewsbury.

5Uibitoi- :
Mr. W. \V. Naunton.

ALveaouif 10 :

The Capital and Counties Bank, Limited.

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LIST OF MEMBERS, 1913

Adnitt, H. W., Esq., Shrewsbury.

Alington, Rev. C. A., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury.
Auden, Miss, K.R Hist.S., Alderdene, Church Stretton,
Auden, Rev. Prebendary, M.A.. F.S.A., Alderdene, Church
Stretton.

Bradford, Right Hon. Earl of, Weston, Shirnal.

Bkownlow. Right Hon, Earl, Helton, Grantham.

Barnard, Right Hon. Lord, Raby Castle, Darlington (President)

Berwick, Rijiht Hon. Lord, Attingham Hall, Shrewsbury.

Baldwyn-Chiide. Mrs., Kyre Park, Tenbury.

Barnes. Mrs., Brookside, Weston Rhyn, Oswescry.

Bartleet, Rev. E. B., B.D., The Vicarage, Much Weniock.

Bates^n, Gordon, Esq., Brookfield. Church Stretton.

Beddoes, W F., Esq., J. P., Minton, Church Stretton.

Benthali, E., Esq., Glantwrch, Vstaiyfera, R.S.O., Glanmorganshire

Bereoford, Robert de la Poer, Esq , M.J)., Oswestry.

Bibby, F., Esq., J).L, J. P., Hardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury.

Birmingham Central Free Library (Reference Department), Ratr.liff

Place, Birmingham.
Board of Education, South Kensington, S.W.
Bowdler, W,, Esq., Penybont, Sutton Lane, Shrewsbury.
Bowen-Jones Sir J. Bowen, Bart., Council House Court,

Shrewsbury.

Brewster, Rev. W., B.A , Fitz Rectory, Shrewsbury.
Bridgeman, Rev. E. R. O., M.A., Biyrnhitl Rectory, Shifnal.
Burd, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., Cla wdd-y-dre, Montgomery.
Burd, E«. Esq., M.D., J. P., Newport Hons?, Shrewsbury.
Bulkeley-Owen, The Hon. Mrs., The Limes. Shrewsbury.
Burton, Rev., Prebendary J. R., B.A., Bitterley Rectory, Ludlow.
Burton, Rev. R. Jowett, M.A., The Rectory, Eaton Constant ine,
Shrewsbury.

Burton, E. R. Lingen, Es(j , Rose Cottage, Halfway House,
Shrewsbury.

Catterall, Rev. Robert, The Rectory, Church Stretton.
Chance, A. F., Esq., M.A,, The Schools, Shrewsbury,
Chitty, Miss, Hanwood Rectory, Shrewsbury.

Clark-Maxwell, Rev. \V. G , M.A., F.S.A., St. Leonards Rectory,
Bridgnorth.

Clay, J. Cecil, Esq., 1 )onnerville, Wellington, Salop.

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Colleft, Rev. Edward, M. A . Retford, Notts.

CVvillc, H. K , Eeq , J. P., Bellaport, Market Drayton.

Cranage. Rev. 1). II . S., D.Litt, F.S.A., 8. Park Terrace, Cambridge.

Crowte, Frederick, P2sq., Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

Da vies, R. E., Esq., 23, Oak Street Shrewsbury,
de Castro, Rev. E. H. Gilchrist, M.A., Halford Vicarage, Craven
Arms.

Dovaston, Adolphus, Esq., 14, Madeley Road, Ealing. Eondon, W.
Dovaston, \V. D., Esq., The Nursery, ^Vest Felton, Oswestry:
Downward, Miss A'ic-% The Castle, Shrewsbury.
Drinkwater, Rev. C. H., M.A., St. George's Vicarage, Shrewsbury

Eckersley, N. ffarington, Esq.. J. P., Tiench, YVem.
Eldred, G. H., Esq , Mardol, Shrewsbury.

Forester, Right Hon. Eord, Willey Park, Broseley.

Feilden, Rev. O. M., M.A.. Plankton Rectory, Oswestry.

Fielden, E. EL, Esq., J. P., Condover Hall, Shrewsbury.

Fletcher, Rev. VV. G. D., F. S.A., Oxon Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

Fortey, Chnries, Esq., Belgrave Road, Clifton, Bristol.

Foster, \V, H., P^sq., D.L., J. P.. Apley Park, Bridgnorth.

Gepp, Maurice, Esq., D.P.H., Thorneycroft House, Shrewsbury.
Gough, Fred. H., Esq., M.A., Merefield House, Crewkerne,

Somersetshire.
Gough, VY. E., Esq., Glenmore House; Dawley.
Guildhall Library, London, E.C.

Hereford, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of, the Palace.
Hereford.

Harding. W. PL., Esq., Acton House, Shrewsbury.
Harley, John, Esq., M.D., Beedings, Pulborough, Sussex.
Harries, H. F, Esq., Tregwynt, Kingsland, Shrewsbury.
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., c/o Messrs. E. G.

Allen & Son, 14, Grape Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.
Hawkins, Miss, St. Mary's Court, Shrewsbury.
Heath, J. W., Esq., Pride Hill, Shrewsbury.
Heighway, S., Plsq., Claremont Buildings. Shrewsbury.
Hrrbert, Colonel, C.B., J.P., Orleton, Wellington, Salop.
Ueywood, Gerald G.P., Esq., Tickwood Hall, Much Wenlock.
Hill, W. E., Esq , F.S.S., 11, Holywell Terrace,^ Shrewsburv.
Hobson, Htigli, Esq., Orchard House, Admaston, Wellington,

Salop.

Holmes, Rev. J. G. F., M.A.. St. Michael's Vicarage. Shrewsbury.

Homer, J. T., Esq., J. P., Dormston, Sedgley, Staffs

Hope- Edwards, Miss, Netley Hall, Salop.

NoweUs, T. Middleton, Esq., Highfield, Shrewsbury.

Humphreys, Henry, l^sq,, Bovvbrook House, Shrewsbury.

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Humphreys, Miss, Swan Hill Court House, Shrewsbury.
Hunt, Captain, Ruyton Park, Ruyton \i-Towns.

James, R. R., Esq., F. R.C.S., 6, Lowei Berkeley Street, Portman
Square, \V.

Jones, Daniel, Esq., J.P., F.G S., The Blue House, A'brighton,

near Wolverhampton,
Jones, Heighway. Esq,, J. P., Earlsdale, Pontesford, Salop.
Jones, J. Parry, Esq., New Hall, Glyn, Ruabon.

Ken YON, Right Hon. Lord, Gredington. Whitchurch. Salop.
Kenyon, Rev. A. E. Lloyd, M.A., '1 he Rectory, Ludlow.
Ken yon, R. Lloyd, Esq, M.A., D.L., J. P., Pradoe, West Felton,
Oswestry.

La Touche, Rev. W. M. 1)., M A., Wistanstow Rectory, Craven
Arms.

Lee, Mrs. J, \V., dressage, Shrewsbury,
Leslie, Mrs., Bryntanat, Llansantffraid, Oswestry.
Library of Congress, Washington, c/o Messrs. E. G. Allen and
Son, 14, Grape Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.
Lincoln's Inn Library, London, W.C.

Lloyd, Major-General Sir Francis C.V.O., K.C.D., D.S.O,, J P.,

Aston Hall, Oswestrv.
Lloyd, J. B.. Esq., B.A , J. P., Dorrington Grove, Salop.
Lloyd, Miss Mary B., Dogpole, Shrewsbury.

Marchamley, Right Hon. Lord, Hawkestone Park, Salop.
MacLeod, Miss F. A., Radb*"ook, Shrewsbu? v.
Maepherson, Donald, Esq., Radbrook House, Shrewsbury.
Manchester Free Reference Library.

Marshall, Isaac, Esq , M A., SameshVd Court. Weobley, R.S.O ,

Herefordshire.
Mars ton, Charles, Esq., Highfield, Wolverhampton.
Martin, Mrs.. The Cottage. Westhope, Craven Arms.
Maude, Ven. Archdeacon, M A., Swan Hill, Shrewsbury.
Medlicott, W., Esq.. Wilmcote, Craven Arms.
Melvill, J. Cosmo, Esq., M.A., LLI)., F.L.S. F.X.S., The Hal',

Meole Brace.
Minshall, Philip H.. Esq., Beechrleld, Oswestry.'
Moriarty, Rev. Canon, I). IX, 11, Belmont, Shrewsbury.
Morris, F. G., Esq., High Street. Shrewsbury.
Morris, J. A., Esq., The Priory, Severn Hill, Shrewsbury.
Morris, S. M., Esq., College Hill, Shrewsbury.
Moser, E. B., Esq.:, M A , Branthwaite, Kingsland, Shrewsbury.
Moss, Rev. Prebendary, M.A., liightield, near Oxford.

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Nmmton, W. \VM Esq., Shrewsbury.

Newberry Library, Chicago, c o Messrs. Stevens and Brown,

4. Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.
New York Public Library, c o Messrs. Stevens and Brown,

4, Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.
Nurse, John, Esq., 37, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury.

Oldham, Veri. Archdeacon, D.D., The Elms, Shrewsbury.
Oldham, J. Basil, Esq., The Schools, Shrewsbury.
Oawell, A. E. LLoyd, Esq., A.R.I.B.A , Shrewsbury.
Oswestry Free Library.

Parrv, Lieut-Colonel G. S, 17, Ashley Mansions, Vauxhall Bridge

Road, S.W.
Patchett, Miss, A lit Fawr, Barmouth.

Patchett, Colonel Jimes, V. D , J. P., Oakworth, Trench, Wellington.
Pennsylvania Historical Society, c/o Messrs. Stevens and Brown,

4. Trafalgar Squnre, London, W.C.
Phillips-Wolley, Give, Esq., F.R.G.S., The Grange, Somenos,

British Columbia.
Pickering, T. E., Esq., M.A., The Schools, Shrewsbury.
Pool, Robert, Esq., Mytton Oak, Copthorne, Shrewsbury.
Poole, T, Frank, Esq., Seaton, Canterbury Road, Heme Bay.
Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London.
Purton, Rev. Ralph C, M.A., Hessenford Vicarage, St. Germans

R.S.O., Cornwall.

Rickards, A. Middleton, Esq., 29, Howitt Road, Belsize Park,
London, W.

Rogers, Henry Exell, Esq., J. P., Oakley Manor, Shrewsbuiy.
Rowland, G. j., E?q., 14, Parkdale, Wolverhampton,

Shawcross, James, Esq., The Stallage, Wellington.

Shrewsbury School Library, Shrewsbury.

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

Southam, L. A. C , Esq., Rodney House, Malvern Link.

Southwell, Evelyn L. H , Esq., Shrewsbury School.

Southwell, W. L., Esq., J.P., Fairfield, Bridgnorth.

Starrier, Beville. Esq., J. P., M.P., Peplow Hall, Market Drayton.

Stawell, Mrs., Castle House, Shrewsbury.

Steavenson, Rev. R., B.A., Quarry Place, Shrewsbuiy.

Talbot, Rev. Prebendary A. H., II. A., Edgmond Rectory, Newport,
Salop.

Tayleur, J., Esq., D.L., J.P, Buntingdale, Market Drayton.
Taylor, Rev. Ed. J., L.Th., F.S.A., W est Pelton Vicarage. Beamish,
R.S.O., co. Durham.

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Thompson, E. P., Esq., Pauls Moss, Dodington, Whitchurch.
Twemlow, Colonel Francis R., D.S.O., J. P., Peatswood, Market
Drayton.

Urwick, R. H., Esq., M.D., Council Ho ase Court, Shrewsbury.

Vaughan, H. F. J., Esq., B.A., S.C.L., The Rosery, near Ashburton,
Devon.

Variables, R. G., Esq, B A, J. P., Oakhurst, Oswestry. v

Wakeman, Sir Offley, Bart , M.A., D.L., J. P., Yeaton Peverey.
Watts, Professor W. W., D.Sc, M.Sc, F.R.S., F.G.S., Hillside,

Langley Park, Sutton, Surrey.
Weyman, H. T., Esq., F.S. A., Ludlow, Salon.
Whitaker, W. H., Esq., D.L., J. P., Totterton, Lydbury North.
White, Professor E. W., M.D, Betley House, near Shrewsbury.
Wood-Acton, Mrs., Acton Scott, Church Stretton.
Woodall, E., Esq, 3, Maple Road, Bourneville, Birmingham
Woolwaru, Rev. S. A,, M.A., Myddie Rectory, Shrewsbury.
Wright, Miss Lucy S., The Woodlands, Shrewsbury.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

The Mayor of Shrewsbury ) , . , . „

The High Sheriff of Shropshire} during thelr year of office.

Members are requested to notify any change of residence, or
error of descriptor, to the Assistant Secretary, Mr. A. E. Cooper,
42, St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury.

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SOCIETIES IN COMMUNICATION WITH THIS

SOCIETY.

Archaeological Society, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Bir-
mingham.

Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society. Rev. W. Bazeley,
Eastgate Library, Gloucester.

Cambrian Archaeological Association. Rev. Canon Mori is, 4,
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OSWESTRY TENURES, i;th CENTURY.

Transcribed, with Introduction and Notes by the
Rev. R. C. PURTON, M.A.

The foF.owirig transcript is taken from one of Blake-
way's MSS. in the Bodleian (MS. 3 fol. 67b.) The list is of
interest including many important estates 111 Shropshire,
.tn. 1 will be of some value to those who endeavour to trace
i he ownership of land in that county at the beginning of the
seventeenth century.

Most of the Manors here mentioned were held at the time
nf Domesday by Rainald the Sheriff. His lands lay in
in.. st of the Hundreds, more especially in that of "Mersete,"
I ur filths of which was in his hands, including its "caput"
Maesbury, where he built the Castle afterwards known as
< Kwestry Castle. By grant of Henry I. these vast estates
Acre transferred to Alan, ancestor of the great house of Fitz-
al'an. Philip. Earl of Arundel, territorial lord of Oswestry,
died in the Tower in 1595, and in 1603 James I- granted the
1 ordship, Manor and Castle of Oswestry to Philip's hall
brother, Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who in 1(324,
»old "all that Lordship, Manor and Castle of Oswestrie" to
Dame Elizabeth Craven.

The date therefore of this list cannot be earlier than 1 603

later than 1624; but John Cole therein mentioned died
161 P5, so that it may presumably be placed before that
sear. Roughly it is 300 years old.

A few notes relative to the manors and their respective
holders are added by way of elucidation, and for conveni-
ence the paragraphs are numbered.

A note of tenures belonging to Oswestre and to the
Earle of Suffolk, from Carte's MSS. 111 bibl. Bodl.
1 Roger Hawton ar. the manor of Becbery per dimid.
leod. mil.

Vol, III.. 4th Series, A

OSWESTRY TENURES, i;TH CENTURY.

errye ar. \

} Rossal, TaQflon and Henton
gen. J ->

Gray ar

Roger Hawlen gt. Ryton juxta Beckbury per dim id
food. mil.

2. Bonnham Norton ar. Aston Dotterel] per I f. m.

3. — heirs of Detton and Inp;re. . . . per dim. f. m.

4. Andrew Charlton and Bridgema-ri; Aston Ayre, alias

Wheateon Aston per 1 f. m.

5. Edw. Cressett ar. Upton Cressett per dim. fc"od. mil.

6. Edmund Wilde mil. Ewden Burnele per dim. f. m.

7. Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury Tassey per dim. f. m. M.

Criddon dim.

8. Walt. Acton ar. Adberry per dim. f. m. Upton dim

9. Robt. Purslowe mil. Fullswarden per 4 part f. m.

10. Ed. Kinaston mil. Hund. de Bradford.

11. Walter St en-
John Cole
per 1 f. in. M. de Berwick ] f.

12. Rie. Hussey mil. AF.br ighton Hussey per dim. f. m.

13. — Bannaster Hadnale and Harestoai per dim f. m.

14. Vincent Corbet mil. Hopton per 4 pt. 1 f. m.

15. Rob. Vernon Mardiumley per 4 p f. m.
Rob. Vernon mil. Aspley per 4 p. f. m.

16. Humph. Lea ar. Staunton Rod en and Preston per di.

f. m.

17. Will. Whitmore ar. Higford Apley Norton per 4 pt.

f. m.

18. Ed. Littleton } v ■

^ , T - Tongf land per dim. 1. 111

Ed. J. aeon J & 1

19. Heires of Morris Ludlowe ar. Brocton per di f. m.

20. Thos. Lord EHesmere Mudley per 3 f m.

21. Th. Piggott ar. Chetwynd cum membris per. 2 f. m.

viz. Stocton, Peuelsdon and Nelurton Sambroke
Bcardston Halle and Parkstay.

22. John Barker ar. Rodingtoii per 8 pt. f. m.

23. Hen. Wallopp mil. Eaton Constantino per 1 f. m.

24. Robert Hussey and) ar. Leighton and Garmeston per
Rich. Leighton j 1 f. m.

2^. Ed. Scriven ar. Frbdsley per 4 pt. f. m.

26. Roger and John Earmer. Eaton Mascot t per dim. f. ni.

27. Humphrey Brugges, Kemberton per dm. f. in.

OSWESTRY TENURES, 17TH CENTURY.

3

H) Heires oJ Morns Ludlow, Estopp per dun. f. m.
;S. Vincent Corbel mil. Heyhatten per dun. f. m.
»»] [ohn Barker. Withington per di. f. m.

Vincent Corbel mil. With ford per dim. f. m.
15] Rob. Vernon mil. Rowton and El war dine per di. f. m.
2ij. John Lewson mil Shyriffhall and Burlaton or Burley

Acton per 1 f. m.
;<». Th. Corbett ar. Stanwarden per 4 pt. f. in.
;i. Heires of Rich. Thornes ar. Shelfalke Wbllaston and
Wicke and — Younge ar. xVcton and Webston per di.
f. m.

jj. Heires of Rich. Thornes ar. Berington per di. f. m.
Humph. Lea ar.

; Edw. Luttwich ar Lutwich per dim. f. rii.

; j. E!iz. Foster \ id. Harlescott i messuag.

55. h'hn Hayward mi!. .Aston Pigot p. 1 f. m.

5(1. Ed. Jones ar. Son ford and Osselston dim. f. m. Ed.
Jones ar. Aston Wod'rtoh Twyford and Bromehurst
1 f. in.. I
John Cotes ar. Woodcote and Lyndon di. f. m.

5S. The L<>rd Elesmere Morton per 4 pt. f. m. Knock in,
Xorthslepc, Dovaston, Masbroke, Kynaston. Osbas-
lon, Morton. 2 f. in. Hampton and Colcniere- 1 f. m.

NOTES.

Roger Haughton was the son of John Haughton, who
pit ft based Beckbury in l 578 from his kinsman John
(ire)*, whose ancestor Robert Grey (son of Reginald
Lord Grey of Ruthin) married Eleanor, daughter and
heir of Humphrey Lowe of Enville and Beckbury,
descended from Petronella- daughter and heir oi
John de Beckbury. Beckbury subsequently passed
into the possession of Sir Richard Astley of Pat-
shull. Duke's "Antiquities of Salop" states that 111
3;, Ed. 111., Mary, wife of John le Strange of Whit-
church, died seized of Beckbury. and that in 31 Hen-
VI., it was held by John Talbot, first Earl of Shrews
bury.

4 OSWESTRY TENURES, I7TH CENTURY.

(2.) Aston was held from a remote period by the family
which gave it its distinctive title. The senior line
ended in an heiress, Agnes, wife of Thomas Striven
of Frodcslcy. Botercll Scriven was baptized and
buried at Aston Botterell in 1582, and William Bot-
terelh Esq., was buried there in 1585. The Estate
must have passed shortly after to Bonham Norton,
the King's Printer (1565 — 1625). who purchased
several estates in the neighbourhood. He married
Jalnc, daughter of Judge Thomas Owen of Con-
dover, and seems to have had a house at
Church Strctton.

(3.) Detton (ancient)' Dodington), in the parish of Neen
Savage, was held by the Dettons from very eardy
times. In the Proceedings of the Committee for
Compounding we have the petition of Susan, widow
of George Detton. reciting that Thomas Emerson
and others had in 1627 and 1634 granted to her late
husband and to her children, Thomas and Anne, for
£250, an annuity of ^20 on Detton Manor, pur-
chased by Henry Englefield- who was sequestrated.
Detton \was subsequently purchased by Humphrey
Greenowes of Sutton Maddock. whose daughter was
wife of John Congreve and mother of William Con-
greve, M.D., of Detton.

(4.) Andrew Charlton of Apley, was descended from Sir
Alan de Charlton, whose wife was Margery, daug-
tcr and co-heir of Hugh Fitzaer of Aston
Andrew's elder brother, William, left a daughter and
heir, Elizabeth, married to Edward Bridgeman. who.
with his wife, was suspected of recusancy in 1591.

(5.) Edward Cressett was baptized at Stanton Lacy 111
1586, being son of Francis Cressett of that place.
He succeeded to the Upton estate on the death of
his kinsman, Richard Cressett, in 1 60 1. He was
descended from Constance, daughter and heir of
John dc Upton.

(6.) Sir Edmund Wylde was the son of Thomas Wylde of
Gla/oley (oh. r 599), whose half-brother, Robert, was
of The Commander)', Worcester. On the att. under

OSWESTRY TENURES, I7TH CENTURY. 5

of Francis. Lord Lovel, Eudon Burncll was granted
to Sir John Savage. Another Sir John Savage was
Lord of Ludon in 1595. but Thomas Wylde must
have acquired the Manor very soon after. Sir Ed-
mund Wylde was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1620,
and died while in office, being buried at Kempsey
in that count}', where he held the Rectory Manor
under the Dean and Chapter. His only surviving
son, Edmund, died without issue in 1695. when his
Shropshire estates passed to his distant relations,
the Wyldcs of The Commandcry.

(7.) Tasley was not one of Rainald's Manors, being parcel
of the Manor of Morville, but the ovcrlordship was
later vested in the Fitzalans. Crfddon, in Chetton
parish, estimated a manor- had before 1687 passed
to the Cressetts of Upton- According to Duke's
Antiquities the Earl of Arundel held a Knight's fee
in Tasley in 22. Rich. II. (1398), and in 21, Hen. VI.
(1442), Richard Lege! leased all his right and title
in the manor to Sir John Talbot. Knt, son of John.
Earl of Shrewsbury.

(8.) Walter Aston of Aldenham (ob. 1630), must have quite
recently acquired the Manor of "Adberry," which 1
take to be Oldbury, near Bridgnorth, for Arthm
Robsart (who bought it in 1566 from John Walpole ol
Houghton), sold it to Robert Greene in 1578. Old
bury is stifl in the possession of the Actons. 1 do
not know which "Upton" is here intended.

(9.) Sir Robert Purslowe was Sheriff of Shropshire in [609,
his 'principal seat being at Sidbury, adjoining which
was the small Manor of Fulwardine.

(10.) Sir Edmund Kynaston seems to have succeeded the
Ferrers family, who, for some generations, were
hereditary bailiffs of the Hundred of Bradford.

(11.) "Up" Rossall was one of Rainald's Manors, but the
Stury family were seated at "Down" Rossall, winch
they held under St. Chad's till the dissolution. Wal-
ter Stury died in 1C23, and his son, Carew Stury,
left co-heiresses, who sold Rossall in 1O50. John
Cole of Rossall, was connected with the Isle. lb-
died in 1614-5. Vakedon (or Jagdoli) in the [Kirisli

6 OSWESTRY TENURES, I/TH OENTURY.

of Fit/, was anciently held by the Rossals under the
Earl of Arundel. Thomas Cole of Yagdon Fane.
Esq., was buried at Fit/, in 1O48, and is probably the
Thomas Cole of Fen ton, gent,, whose daughter,
Elizabeth- was baptized at Fit/ in 1O0O. Berwick
is apparently Berwick Mavesin, one of Rainald's
manors; but 1 have not traced its connection with the
above families, beyond the fact that Blanche, daugh-
ter of John Stury of RossalL married William
YYhitcombe of Berwick. Henton, according to Mr.
Eyton, is Welsh Hampton, near Ellesmere, and also
once the property of the De Rossall family.

(12.) The Hussey family were of Albright Piussey as early
as 1 165. Sir Richard was dead in 1638. when Dame
Mary, his widow, sold the manor to Pclham Corbet.
A branch of the family remained at Upper Berwick.

(13.) Philip Banaster, Esq., of Hadnall, was buried
at Middle in 1605, and. if he is here referee! to (and
he appears to have been the last of the Banasters
there), it has some bearing on the date of the list of
tenures- Richard Go ugh, c- 1700. in his history of
Myddlc, refers to the "honorable family" of
Banaster of Hadnall.

(14.) Hopton Castle was not one of Rainald's manors, but
was later held under the Barony of Chin. Hopton
came to the Corbets through the heiress of the Flop-
tons. Sir Vincent died in 1622. J do not, however,
understand his connection with Hopton here, in view
of the fact that his elder brother, Andrew, had left a
daughter and heir, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henrv
Wallop (ob. 1O24), who was of Hopton. and whose son,
Robert, sold it in 1655 to Bartholomew Beale- There
is a hamlet called Hopton, near Hodnet; and another
of the same name near Xcss.

(15.) Marchamley, with its member, Espley. was one of
Rainald's manors. John de Espley transferred his
estates to the Hodnets, through whom they passed
to the Fudlows, and so to the Venions. Sir Robert
died in 1025.

(K'i.) Stanton on the Mine Heath. Rodcn (in High Frcall ,
and Preston Boats (in Upton Magna), all came to the

OSWESTRY TENURES. i;TH CENTURY.

Lea family by the marriage of Petronella, daugh-
ter and heir of Stephen de Stanton, with Thomas do
la Lec. ancestor of the Lees of Langley. Hum-
phrey Lee was created a Baronet in 1620. His son,
Sir Richard, left two daughters, his co-heirs, one of
whom took the Acton Burnell and Langley estates
to the. Smythes, while her sister took Lea Hall, in
the parish of Preston GubbaMs to the Cleaton
family.

(17.) William Whitmore purchased the Apley estate and
died in 1648. Higford, Apley and Norton are all in
Stockton parish.

(18.) Thonglands (in Munsfow), came to the Littletons
through foan, daughter and co-heir of Sir John
Burlev. wife of Sir Thomas Littleton, whose third son,
Thomas Littleton of Spetchley, was father of John
Littleton, Rector of Munslow, who devised lands in
Thonglands to his second son, Edward (afterwards
of Henley), father of the Lord Keeper. Edward
Lacon of Thonglands. died 1637. The family re-
mained there for many generations.

(19.) Morris Ludlow (buried at Shipton in 1 595)^ vva5 the
second son of Lawrence Ludlow of Moor House, and
heir to his elder brother, Thomas. He was lord of
Holgate in right of his wife, Mary, widow of Henry
Cresset. He left no issue, being succeeded at Moor
House by his nephew Thomas (son of Rowland',
whose son George (ob. 1670"), married Katherme.
daughter of Robert Powell of the Park, and had
several children, of whom the eldest son, George
Ludlow of Moor House (1626-1677), by Hester,
daughter of Sir Adam Littleton, left four daughters
Brockton is in Stanton Long.

(20.) Mudley, i.e., Middle, was held by Le Strange till the
reign of Henry VII.. when it passed by marriage to
Stanley, who sold it to Egerton (Lord EHesmere.
(-].) Chetwynd was held by Turold at Domesday, but ten
of his fifteen manors afterwards came to the Kit/
alans. The Pigott family became possessed of Chet-
vvyr.d, through the heiress of Peshall (representing
the Chetwynds), and they continued here till Robert

s

OSWESTRY TENURES, 17TH CENTURY.

Pigott sold the estate in 1779. Thomas Pigott died
in 1 620. Nelurton is Ellerton (in Cheswardine), a
member of Sambrook and with it of Chetwynd.
Stockton is in Longford, Bearstone in Woore.
Pulestone (Pevelsdon) in Ghetwyncl
(22.) The Canons of Haughmond had an interest in Rod-
ington, and John Barker is. I suppose, the eldest sou
of Rowland Barker of Haughmond. He died hi
161 S, and was succeeded by his brother Walter.
(23-)Eyton states that the Fitz-Alans were mesne lords of
the major part of the estates of the De Constantines.
Eaton was held in 1474 by Sir Robert Corbet of
Moreton. Sir Henry Wallop married a Corbet
heiress, and lived at Poynton, near High Ercall.
(24.) Robert Hussev of Leightpn, was the son of Edward
Hussey of Albright Hussev- by his third wife.
Isabella Poyncr. Richard Leighton of Leigh tqn, died
in 1632. His grandson. Richard, left co-heiresses,
of whom Sarah was the wife of Thomas Kinnerslev.
(25.) Frodesley was held by a Saxon owner at Domesday,
but later the HunoMs held it under Fitzalan. The
heiress of Hunold carried the manor to the Scrivens
Edward Scriven (1549-1631), was father of Thomas
Scriven (1594-1043", whose son Richard left a daug-
ter and heir Margaret, wife of Roger Whitley of
Peover.

(26.) Both Roger and John Farmer of Eaton Mascott, "dis-
claimed" in 1623. There are many entries relating
to this family in the Berrington Registers, and John
Farmer appears to have been buried there in 1 03 3 .
and Roger in 1637.
(27.) Humphrey Briggs of Ernestry. married Anne, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Robert Moreton of Haughton, near
which place is Kemberton. He was created a
Baronet. He was buried at Shifnarin 1026.
(28.) High Hatton, in the parish of Stanton on Hine
Heath, was a manor of the Corbets of Tasley. Roger
Corbet in !2^s held it by service of an armed horse
man for jo days at Oswestry Castle.
(2 0 Withington was not one of Rainald's manors, but a.
moiety of it was afterwards held by die Fit /alms

OSWESTRY TENURES, i;TH CENTURY.

0

Haughmond Abbe)' had an interest here, which pre
sumahly accounts for the tenure of of John Barker,
already mentioned.

[28.) Little Withiford was pail of Shawbury, one ol
Corbet's manors; but Great Withiford was Ramald's
manor, and at tin's period belonged to the Charltons.
15.) Rowtori and Ellerdine, in High Ercall. passed by pur-
chase from Le Strange to Ludlow (1294), and so bv
inheritance to the Vernohs, 1 cannot, however, trace
the connection of these manors with Fitzalan.

(29.) Shcrift hales was in early days held by the Trussells,
whose line ended with Elizabeth, wife of John de
Yere. Earl of Oxford, whose son sold his manor to
James Leveson. who also purchased Burlaughton,
part of the possessions of Lille shall Abbey.

(30.) Thomas Corbet of Stanwardine, was the son of Robert
Corbet (son of Roger of Moreton) by Jane, daug ti-
ter and co-heir of Thomas Kynaston of Walford and
Stanwardine.

(31.) Shelvock appears to have been originally a berewick
of Wykey Manor, but afterwards was the more im-
port place. Tt w^as not one of Rainald's posr
sessions. but passed to Fitzalan in 1102. The
Thornes family were here in \\/(). In 1599 Richard
Thornes purchased a third part of the manor of
Ruyton from George Younge, Esq., heir of Thomas,
Archbishop of York, who had bought it from the
Earl of Arundel in 1567.

(32.) There is evidently a mistake in the next entry. The
"heirs of Richard Thornes" (plainly written twice
over in error) had no connection with Berrington,
while the Lee family possessed it from early times

(33.) Edward Lutwvche of Lutwyche, died in 16 14.

(34.) Elizabeth Moreton of Haughton, sister of Anne, wife
of Humphrey Briggs, married George Forster or
Foster. She may possibly be this Elizabeth foster,
widow7.

(35.) Sir Rowland Hayward in 1500 bought land at Cound
from Henry, Earl of Arundel. Acton Pigott in
Cound parish owned the Lit/ Alans as overlords,
Aston Pigot. near \Vorthen, was held under the Cot*

OSWESTRY TENURES. l/TH CENTURY.

bets of Cans, and after them under the Lord Stafford
Sir John Hayward, son of Sir Rowland, sold his
Cound estate in 1622.

On the attainder of Sir William Stanley in 1494, the
manors of San ford (Sand ford) and Osselston (Wool-
ston) in West Felton, were forfeited to the Crown
In 16 1 3 James [. granted them to Edward [ones, son
of William Jones, alderman of Salop. This seems
to fix the date of the List of Tenures at 1 614. Ed-
ward Jones died in 1648. His connection with Aston
and Twyford dates from iOoi.

John Cotes of Woodcote and Lynn, was Sheriff in 1O14,
and entered his pedigree at the visitation of 1623. He
died jo December. 1625. He was sixth in descent
from Humphrey Cotes, who acquired the manor of
Woodcote and Lynn earl}- in the fifteenth century.
Woodcote was held at Domesday by Robert fitz Tet-
bald, who had a Saxon tenant Tochi. It was early held
by a family named de Woodcote. In the fourteenth
century William Rondulf of Newport purchased the
estate; but as the result of a lawsuit one Edmund de
Morton recovered two-thirds of the manor. The Mor-
tons and Rondulf s probably alienated to Humphrey
Cotes. The manor is still part of the possessions of
the Cotes family.

In 43 Eliz. 1600) Sir Thomas Egerton, afterwards
Baron Ellesmerc, bought the manor of Colemere,
Hampton. Ellesmerc, and other property ol the Le
Strange family in that neighbourhood.

II

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

By the Late JOSEPH MORRIS.

(Continued from 4th Scries, Volume II., page 132.)

[p. 3946.3

Anno (Walter Pateshull was a draper in Shrewsbury,

1 710. (and son of Thomas Pateshull of Weston, co.
Stafford. He was admitted of the Drapers' Company in
1691.

Arms : Azure, on a chevron argent, between 3 hearts Or,
as many escallop shells Gules.

1711. WillUM Turner was a draper in Shrewsbury,
and was thus connected : —

[Arms : Ermines on a cross argent quarter-pierced of the
field, 4 fer de moulins sable. — O. and 13.]

William Turner of Wellington, tanner.—

I

\\ illiam Turner of Shrewsbury, droper. Appren-^IIannah, sister and coheir of
liced in the Drapers' Co. in 16SS. Admitted a Francis Blithe of Allesley,
Burgess 9th Feb., 1703-4, Mayor in 17 1 1. co. Warwick. Buried at St.
Buried at St. Chad's in 1743, aged 70, Chad's in 176S, aged S4.

John Turner, aged 4 Ann, mar. Ralph Browne of Bent- Margaret, Hannah, j

months 9th Feb., hall, Esq., who died s. p. 9th May, bur. at St. bur. at 1

1703-4. Buried at St. 1763, and left the Benthall Es- Chad's in S.Chad's!

C nad's in 1723, aged tate to his widow. She died 19th 1726, in 1764, j

*9- March, 1767, aged 62, and left \ aged 12. aged 51.

the Benthall Estate to her brother

Francis

Wdl

iam Turner, junr., of Shrewsbury, draper. =f Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of

Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1 742 (youngest son)
Apprenticed to his father in 1726.

Vol. 111.. 41 \\ Series,

Thomas Robinson ot Ches-
ter, Goldsmith.

12

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Lucia, ciau. ofy-Francis Turner. Apprenticed k-— -Martha, sister of Brooke
Thomas Hasle- I his father in 1725, afterwards Forester of Willey, Esq.
wood of Wick, I Francis Turner Blithe of Shrews* (2nd wife), married igtii
near Pershore. | hury, draper, alter of Whitley, March, 1759.
j Mar. 1st Noy., \ near Shrewsbury, Esq Sheriff—Jane Elizabeth Crawley of
1746 (1st wife), j of Shropshire in 1755. Sworn a Bath (3rd wife). Married
I Burgess and Assistant 27th
I June, 1732, Mayor in 17^4.

in 1767. She re-married
in Any., 1770, William
Yelverton Davenport, Esq,

Francis Turner
1st husband.

Lucia Tinner, heir=pRev. Edward Harries, M.A., of
to her father. Mar. j Cruckton. Rector of Hanwood,
to Mr. Harries at ! and Vicar of Cleobury Mor-
St. Chad s, 1st Oct-. 1771. | timer. 2nd husband.

Francis
Blithe
Turner,
o.s.p.

See the Pedigree of Harries of Cruckton at page 634.

[P- 3947-]

Anno (Jonathan Scott,— Nephew of Jonathan Scott,

1712. \who was Mayor in 16S9. See page 3932.

[Arms : Gules 3 Catharine wheels or 2 and r,— O. and B."

1713. Edward Jones — Was an ironmonger in Shrews-
bury, and was thus connected : —

Arms : Gules 3 chevronels Argent.

Ellis Jones of Nannau, co. Merioneth, Gent.,-^
in the Parish of Llanvachreth. |

Edward Jones of Shrewsbury, ironmonger.-
Admitted of the Mercers, etc. Co. 14th
Oct., 1618. Admitted a Burgess 8th
Sept., 1620. Buried at St. Chad's, 22nd
March, 1666.

I

Griffith Jones of the Parish of.—
Llanvachreth, co. Merioneth,
veoman.

Samuel Jones, only son.
Admitted of the Mercers'
Co., 5th June, 1648.
Buried at St. Chad's, 16th
Oct , 1656.

I

Hugh Jones of Shrewsbury, iron-=j=Mary. Buried
monger. Admitted (with his son) ' at St. Chad's,
a Burgees 2*;th Sept. . 5674 Bur. I 28th Oot.,i( o5.
at St. Chad's, j 7 1 li Sept., 1695. I

j

Edward Jones of ShrtWhbiuv. iron-^
monger, aged 5 years on 25th Sept. !
1674. Was apprenticed to his |
father 1st June, 1679. Sworn Bur- !
gess and Assistant in 1697, Mayor |
in 171.V Died 5th April, 1744,
aged 75.

«

: Barbara.
Died 5th
Dec,
1724.

Thomas Jones
Bapt. at St.
Chad's, loth
Fek, 107 1.
Buried there
iSth Aug., i6;2,

Mary (aged 9
months 25th
Sept , 1674).
Bapt. at St.
Chad's. I2lh
Dec, if>7?.

13

a !

Hugh Jones of Shrewsbury, ironmonger. =pElizabeth, dan. and heir of Michael

Admitted of the Mercers' Co , 29th
May, 1 7 1 9. Sworn a Burgess in 172L
Bapt. at St. Chad's, 14th July, 1697.
Died 9th June, 1740, aged 43. Buried
at The Abbey, Shrewsbury, 12th June,
1740. .

Myddelton, Gent , of the Parish .of
Chirbury (See Pedigree page 1 133).
Married at The Abbey, 8th Dec.,
1720. Died 24th May, 1 74 1 , aged
44. Buried at The Abbey.

I

Elizabeth Jones, born 17th Nov.. 1724. ^Humphrey Sandford of The Isle, Esq.
Died 27th Nov.. 1702. Buried at St. j Sheriff of Shropshire in 1752.
Mary's, Shrewsbury. (Sole heir).

See Pedigree of Sandford at page 1490.

[p. 394S];

Anno [ James Blake way was. there is no doubt, of the
1 714. 1 same stock as John Blakeway who was Bailiff in

1 0 1 5. Mr. Blakeway was a Mercer in Shrewsbury, and his

connections are hereunder stated : —

(See page 3894 and see History of Shrewsbury, Vol. II..

P- 384).

[Arms : Argent on a bend engrailed 3 besants. — O. and B.^

Kirhard Blakeway of Cronkhill, sherman, was admitted a Burgess^
of Shrewsbury 22nd February. 1507. , j

Ko^er Blakeway of Cronkhill, gent.^ Joan mar. William Jones of Chilton.

■ j

, ' ' ~ I I

Richard Blakeway=f Joan mar. Roger Jukes Rose mar. George Ridley
of Cronkhill. of Downton, gent. of Broughton, gent.

Richard Blakeway of Berrington, William Blakeway of Berrington,
1602. i gent.

p ! I I

Robert Thomas Blakeway, =f= Robert Blakeway of Berrington, gent,
blakeway. 1623. j Admitted a Burgess 4th Oct., 1662.

I ,|

1 nomas Blakeway of Withington, ^-Margaret, daw. of James Blakeway of-p

Co. Salon, rent . had been nre- Robert Allestree of Preston Boats. |

Uppington, gent.

She married 2ndly |

the Rev. Oswald Samuel Blakeway.

Smyth, M.A. Apprenticed in the
Drapers' Co. in

Salop, gent., had been pre-
viously of Cronkhill. Buried at
Wi thing ton, 28th April, 1679.

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

a I

James Blakeway of Shrewsbury, mercer. Bapt. at Withington,=j=Mary.
5th Jan., 1669-70. Admitted a Burgess 2gth Sept., 1694.
Admitted of the Mercers' Co nth April, i6gj. Mayor in 1714.

James Blake way
at St. Chad's
SeDt., 1702.

Bapt.
20th

I

Mary, bapt. at St. Chad s,
15th Aug., 1697. Buried
at St. Chad's in 1777,
aged 80.

Henry Blakeway of Shrewsbury, mercer, Bapt.
at St. Chad's, 15th Oct., 1694. Sworn a
Burgess 29th Nov., 1721, Butied at St. Chad's
in 1765, aged 70.

Margaret, bapt. at St
12th Sept., 1699.

I

Chad s, Abigail, md.
Jefson, buried at St.
Chad's in 1791, aged
87, Bapt. there 6th July, 1704.

Edward Blakeway op
Withington, yeoman.
Bapt. there 17th April,
1665. Admitted a
Burgess 9th May,
1702.

Eleancr.dau.
of Richard
Brown of
Lawlcy,
dent.

I

Rev. Richard Blakeway, =\
M.A., student of Christ j
Ch., Vicar of High Ercall, 1
and Official of St. Mary's, j
Shrewsbury (second son), |
Died in 17 17. Bapt. at j
Withington, 19th Feb.,
1666-7.

of

Mary, mar
Humphre)
Waring
Mytton,
gent. She
died in
July, 1739-

I

Ann, mar, Rev.
Lawrence Gard-
ner.

Edward Blake way^f
of Broseley, gent
*775-

Rev. Ricnard=f= Hannah Rycroft.
Blakeway of j Married at St.

Cotwall, par.
High Ercall.

Chad's, 5th May,
1720.

j Richard Blakeway, M.D., of Broseley,
i Fellow of St. John's Coll , Cambridge.

Died in 17S1. Will dated 25th Feb.,

1775-

Edward Blakeway-pSarah. dau, of
of Shrewsbury, I Thomas Leeof
draper. Mayor in | Wroxetcr.gcnt.
1 755, afterwards of ! Married in
Broseley. Appren- 1749.
ticcd to the Drapers' Co. in 1737,

Catherine, mar. Joseph Prestwich,

I

Richard Blakeway ot Broseley,
marble mason, 1S14.

I

Ann, born
and died
in 1697.

I

Martha,
born in
1704,
died un-
married.

Thomas Blakeway,
ob. infans 1726.
Bur. at St. Mary's.

Thomas Blakeway of Shrewsbury ,^=Ann, dau. of Ralph
gent. Bapt, at Withington, 6th [ Adams of Shrews-
July, 1693, Sworn a Burgess 30th j bury. She died
Nov., 17 2 1 (an Attorney). Buried I Feb., 1766, and had
at St. Mary's in 1748, aged 55. | been wite first of

I Edward Mucklc-
I ~~ " " ston, gent.

Thomas Blakeway. —Ann, dau. of
Bur. at St. Mary's, Rowland Morris.
1766, aged 37. Buried at St. Mary's
Will dated 28th in 17S9.
April, 1766.

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

1 a

Richard Blakcway of-
Liverpool, bom in
1695.'

I

James Blakcway of
Preston-upon-the-
Boats. Sworn a Bur-
gess 2 1 st March,
1721-2.

Eleoner mar.
Richard Mor-
gan.

i

Mary mar.

Rowland

Morris.

Edward Blakcway went to America. Peter Blakeway.

1 I I

Ann, married Edward Blakeway=pElizabeth Cartvvright Susanna, marnea

Robert Bleaze of Withington, I of Withington. Mar- Joseph Gardner,
gent. I ried Sept., 1729.

I.' . . J J

Eleanor Richard Blakeway of \\ ithington.=r Esther Thomas Edward

Born in 1730. Sworn a Burgess } Gittins died un- died un-

10th Aug., 1753. Afterwards of married. married.

Shrewsbury,

I

Edward Blakeway of Shrewsbury, Mercer,
Sworn a Burgess 27th July, 178 1. Bur. at
St. Chad's in 17S4, aged 28. Died unmar
ried.

IT

Mary married Edward Tipton of
Shrewsbury, grocer, at St.
Julian's. 28th Aug., 17S7.

Vryphena (youngest
dan.) Died 6th Jan.,
1809, aged 94.

Peter Blakcway of Shrewsbury.==Dorothy, only daughter

surgeon. Born in 1707. Sworn
a Burgess 6th Oct-, 1774- P*ied
12th June, 1794, aged 87.

of Joshua Johnson, who
was one of the Masters
of the Free School,
died in 1792.

Rev. Edward Blakeway, M, A. —Mercy, eldest
Born 5th Feb., 1736-7 (Mayer dau. of John
of Shrewsbury 1793. Sworn a
Burgess Cth (Jet. , 1774. Minis-
ter of St. Mary's. Died 17th
Feb., 1793. (Sec History of
Shrewsbury, Vol. II., p. 384).

Brickdale of
Knowle, co.
Somerset.
Married Sept.
3, 1764. Died
13th August,
1808.

Joshua Blakeway-
of Shrewsbury,
draper, appren-
ticed in the Dra- 1
pers' Co. 1756. I
Sworn Burgess & I
Assistant 31st j
Aug, 1770. Mayor I
in 17S0. Died 17th j

pElizabeth,
j 2nd dau.
I of John

Brickd ale

01 Knowle.

Died 26th

April.

1708.

Dec, 1806, aged 66.

I

Joshua Blake-
way was ap-
prenticed to
his father in
the Drapers'
Co. in 17S7.

3950

Am

Rev. John Brickdale Blakeway,
NLA., li The Historian of
Shrewsbury." Minister of St.
Mary's. Sworn a Burgess 30th
March, 1796, aged 60, s.p. Had
been apprenticed in the Drapers
Co. to his father on 17th Jan.,
17S1.

-Mary Elizabeth,
dau. of Thomas
Wilkiesen, Esq.,
of Amsterdam.

Mar. in 1797 (7tn
Dec.) Died at
Leamington, 15th
May, 1852, agc.l
80. Buried at St. Mary's,
Shrewsbury.

Dorothy
married
Edward

Burton of

Shrews*

bury,

Escp

Died 10th
Mar., 1820

Vnno |T

HQ mas Phillips was an Attorney in Shrewsbury,
1 ml brother of Robert Phillips, who was Mayor in

r6

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

1701, and of Ambrose Phillips " the Poet." See page 3938.

[Arms: Azure, a chevron between 3 falcons close argent.
O. and B. ]

1716. Joseph Muckleston was a grocer in Shrewsbury,
and son of Richard Muckleston, who was Mayor in 1688.
See page 3931.

[Arms : Vert, on a fesse between 3 greyhounds' heads
erased at the neck argent, as mail}' crosses patee gules.—
O. and B.]

1 71 7. William Kyxastox was of R 113- ton, co. Salop.
Esq. Me was Recorder of Shrewsbury in 1733, a Master in
Chancery, and M.P. for Shrewsbury from 1734 until his
death, which took place on the 24th of January, 1749.
See Pedigree, page 934.]

Arms : Argent, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued
gules. — O, and B.]

1718. Sir Charles Lloyd, Bart., was of Garth, co.
Montgomery, but being resident in Shrewsbury, was sworn
a Burgess, and Assistant in the Corporation on the 5th
October, 1716. He was a Gentleman of a very ancient
family; and I have annexed his Pedigree, as the descent
given in the Baronetages is not correct : —

Arms: Sable. 3 nags' heads erased Argent.

[p. 395I-]

Ca'dwgan Wcnwys (descended from Prochwel Vscithrog, Princ: of Powii)—
was witness to a deed relating to Alberbury Priory in 1270.

Madoc^-

Ririd Madoc= Jevan ap Madoc, 2nd son,^

Griffith ap Jevan-T- • ..

!

Sir Griffith Vyc'ian was Knighted ^-Margaret, dau. Madoc. of Hope,
at Agincourt. | 2nd vyifs,

David Lloyd=f Ellen, dau. of Jenkin Kynaston, 2nd wife,

.1

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY. 17

Humphrey Lloyd of Llai.co. Montgomery, =pG\venliian, dau. of Thomas ap Rys,

Esq. Was the first Sheriff of Mont-
gomeryshire.

of Newtown, Esq.

Oliver Lloyd, Esq., of Llai^Blanch, dau. and coheir of Sir Charles Herbert, of
(5th son). j Troy, Knt.

Charles Lloyd, Esq., of Llai.=pAnne. dau. to Edward Herbert,
J ot Montgomery, Esq.

Prochwel Lloyd of Llai, Esq. -pllonora, dau. and coheir Oliver Edward

(''a Captain famous in the
Low Countries.1*)

of Sir Stephen Procter, Lloyd Lloyd j
01 Winterbury, co. the elder. |

York, Knt. 1

II II II

Richard Matthew Arthur Charles Herbert Edward Lloyd the
Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd younger.

I I < , I . Ml

1 Elizabeth, mar. Gilbert Mary, mar. 1st Nicholas Pursell, Blanch

Roberts. 2nd, Charles Lloyd of Hem. Sarah

I Hester

•ir Charles Lloyd, Bart., so created=r Elizabeth, dau. of John Eowater, Esq.,
1 Oth May, 1661. Biuied at St. j of Whitley, co. Warwick. Buried at
Chad's, Shrewsbury, 12th Jan., I St. Chad's. 14th September, 1690.
1677-S. j

i II III

Jolin Lloyd Godfrey Charles Lloyd Thomas Brochwel Edward
Lloyd the younger. Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd

I 'III
William Lloyd Susan Ann Jane Blanch

Sir Charles Lloyd, 2nd "Catherine, dau. or John Edward— dau. of

Huxley, Esq., of W ire- Lloyd John Penrhyn
hall, co. Middiesex. of Deuddwr,

Ha-t. Will dated 4th
April, 1 69 1

John Lloyd, Elizabeth Susanna, buried at St. Hester, a bene fact 01 to

° s-p. Chad's, Shrewsbury, St. Chad's Parish.
3rd .November, i6"3«

<»

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

I

Victoria, dm, of— Sir Charles Lloyd, 3rd~=Jar.e, dau. of Sir Edward Leighton
Sir Richard Cor- Rait. Sworn Burgess J of Wattlcsborough, Bart., 2nd

bettjof Longnof
Rait. Mar. at St,
Julian's, 151I1
Oct., 1694,

o.s.p. 1705.

and Assistant 1716.
Mayor of Shrewsbury
in 1 7 1 S, Died Nov.,
1743. Buried at St. !
Chad's, 9th Nov.. 1743, ,'
aged 76

wife. She was the widow of
Thomas Jones, Esq., and was
marrieu to Sir Charles Lloyd at
St. Alkmond's, in 171S.

Catherine

Anne

Elisabeth

Charles Thomas Lloyd. Rapt. Victoria. Bapt. at St. Alkmond's. 23rd Sept. ,
at St. Alkmond's, 14111 Au^.; 1719, married Edward Kynaston. Esq., of
1 72 1, died young. Ilordley. Died s.p, 4th Jan., 17S7.

[Page 3952-J

Anno J Henry Jenks was an attorney in Shrewsbury, and

1719. (to his exertions and taste the town of Shrewsbury
is indebted for its great ornamental and useful attractions —
The Quarry, that beautiful public walk, having been first
laid out and planted under his personal direction while
Mayor. He was son of Henry Jenks of Shrewsbury, gold-
smith, who was admitted a Burgess on the 20th February,
1676. His descent will be seen at page 836 .ot this col-
lection.

[Arms : Argent 3 boars' heads couped at the neck, and a
chief indented sable. — O. and B.]

1720. Thomas Morhall was a mercer in Shrewsbury,
and father of Richard Morhall, Esq., who purchased the
Onslow estate, and whose son, also named Richard, was
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1770. See their descent at page
3176 ot this collection.

[Arms: Argent on a fesse embattled gules, between 6
ravens proper, 3 palm branches of the field. — O. and B.]

1 72 1 . Michael Bkickdalk was a family long connected
with the tow n and trade of Shrewsbury, as will be seen by
the following Pedigree. See also page 3864, Richard
Brickdale (son of jenkin Brickdale of Conway)? who was
Bailiff in 1530, was, there is no doubt, of the same family as
the present Mayor, w hose descendants claim to be descended
from Ralph Brickdale and Thomas Brickdale, the two first
Governors of Conway, temp. Edward I. deriving from the

THE MAYORS OF SH REWSBU RY.

*9

family of Brickdale, of Brickdale, co. Lancaster: and they
hear the Arms granted by King Edward the Second to
[enkin Brickdale of Conw ay, for his military services, viz. : —
'• Azure, a chevron between 3 sheaves of rive arrows Or-
(lighted and pheoned Argent, pointed and banded Gules."

Crests: i. A sheaf of arrows, as in the Arms — granted
to John Brickdale, Esq., in 1765.
2. Out of a ducal coronet Or. a demi-Kon ram-
pant supporting a spear proper, thereon a
standard Azure, fringed and tasselled Or.
charged with a sheaf of live arrows, as in the
Arms — granted to Matthew Brickdale, Esq.,
17th May, 176S.

Motto : " Fide et fortitudine. n

P- 3953-J

Charles Brickdale of Ruabon, yeoman. -r-

John Brickdale of Ruabon,
co. Denbigh.

Martin Brickdale of Shrewsbury, corvisor.
Admitted a Burgess 3rd August, 1596.

lid ward Brickdale of Shrewsbury, chandler, — Elizabeth. Buried at St.
resided in MardoL Admitted a Burgess I Chad's, 20th March,

2nd Oct., 1615. One of the Assistants of |
the Corporation named in the Charter of
163S. Buried at St. Chad's, April, 1655.

i6;6.

John Brickdale, aged 7 years in i6l5.=fAles. Buried at
Afterwards of Shrewsbury, draper. 1 St. Chad's, 21st
.Admitted a Burgess 4th Sept., 1638. | July, 165 1 (a
Apprenticed in the Drapers' Co., in j widow,)
162S. Buried at St Chad's.

Jane, a^ed 5 in
16 15. mar. at
St. Chad's, 15th
Jap., 1 65 1 ,
Richard Ryder.

... 1

••'eanor, mar. at St.
Chad's, l3Feb,, 1654,
Henry Hughes.

Mary, bant, at St. Chad's, 17th
Feb., 1649. Died unmarried.
Buried at St. Chad's, 3rd
October, 1 676.

Margaret, bapt. at
St. Chad's, 6th
September, 1642.

John Brickdale, b .pt.
at St. Chad's, 20th
September, 1639.

Vol. III., 4th S,

Edward Brickdale,
bapt. at St. Chad's,
3rd May, 1041.

Elizabeth, bapt.
at St Chad's,
Oth May, 104 4 .

1

Jane, buried
at St. Cmui's,

14th Nov.,

164S.

h

20

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Richard
Brickdale,

aged 5

years in
1596.

Satah Genno,=
Married at St.
Chad's, 1 5th
May, ic"2i. I
Buried there j
15th June, j
1623.

I

John Brickdale, bapt. at
St. Chad's, 17th January,
1622. Buried there iSth
Sept , 1623.

Ann
Margei

-Daniel Brickdale, aged^Dorothy Parton.
9 months 3rd August, | Married at St.
1596, afterwards ol j Chad's, 7th Feb.
Shrewsbury, chandler 1624. Bur. at St.
Was admitted a Bur- j Chad's, 2 1st
gess nth Oct., 1621. j Dec, 1685.
An Alderman named |
in the Charter of 1664. j
Buried at St. Chad's, Thomas, bapt. at St
30th Aug., 1666. Chad's, 10th Sept., 1026

Buried 4th June, 1639.

Nathaniel, bapt. at
St. Chad's, 23rd
Oct., 1636. Buried
24th June, 1643.

Henry, bapt. at St. Chai's,
23rd Dec, 1639, Rector of
Pulverbatch in 1 674, Vicar
of Condover in 1705. Bur.
there May 9th, 1705.

Sarah, bapt. Eli/abech.
1 2th Oct., bapt 17th
1623. Oct, 1630.

! I

Ann, bapt. Dorothy, bapt 16th
1st July, Nov. and bur. at St.
1641. Chad's, 18th Nov.,

died 1643.

I

Edward Brickdale, apprenticed-~Joyce
in the Co. of Mercers, 4th Feb.,
1640. Bapt. at St. Chad's,
1 8th Feb , 162;.

Thomas Brickdale, bapt.
at St. Chad's, 23rd Dec,
1651.

James Brickdale, bapt.
at St. Chad's, 23rd
Dec, l6s2.

John Brickdale, bapt.
at St. Chad's, 8th

July, 1654.

Mary, bapt. at St. Chad's, 27th
Feb., 1657. Euried there 20th
November, 1658,

Dorothy, buried at St.
Chad's, 20th March,
165S.

I

Ann, bapt. at St.
Chad's, 27th Feb.
1659.

I I
John Brickdale of Shrews-=pSarah, dau. of Michael Brick-
bury, chandler, 1667. An 1 Richard Sand- dale, bapt. at
Alderman in 1685. Bapt. I ford of The St. Chad's, 17th
at St. Chad's, 29th July, Isle, Salop. Nov., 1653.
1645. Died in 1689, aged Esq. Buried at
45. Buried at St. Chad's, St. Chad's, 6th
19th June, 16S3. June, 1694.

I

Mary, mar. at
St. Mary's,
3rd March,
I(^73» William
Lloyd, mercer.
She was bapt. at St.
Chad's, 1st Jan. 1632.

.1

Michael Brickdale of Shrewsbury,=f Elizabeth
plateworker. Sworn Burgess I
and Assistant 9th January, 1707. !
Mayor of Shrewsbuiy in 1721. I
was admitted of the
Saddlers, Tinpt.iteworkers, etc.
Co., 5th June, iyo2, Bapt. at
St. Chad's, 1 ^th Dec, 1678.

Sarah Brickdale. bapt. at St
Chad's, 6th March, 16S0
Buried at St. Chad's, 31st
December, ifoi.

I \
Ann. baut. at St. Chad s, 25th August,
16S9. Married at St. Chad's, 21st
July, 1 73 1, Robert Morgan.

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

21

Sarah, died un-
married,

, . i :

Elizabeth, died
unmarried,

I

Humphrey Brickdale, buried at
St. Chad's, 30th Aug., 17 16.

Mary, buried at John Brickdale, bapt. at
St. Lhad's, 30th St. Chad s, 14th Nov.,
Aug., 1716. 1714

March, 1702, was a
widow 6th May, 1731.

Richard Brickdale was appren-npjoanna 1 1 inc. Marriage
ticed in the Mercers' Co., settlement dated 4th
Shrewsbury, to his father, [
John Brickdale, on the 1st j
March, 1684.-5. Admitted of |
that Company 10th December |
1697. bapt. at St. Chad's, j
6th August, 1674, Was ot j
Bristol, woollen draper.

Martha, man ied at
St. Chad's, 10th
November, 1712,
Richard Morgan.

Elizabeth Brickdale buried at St Alk-
mona's, 6th April, 1760, aged 83.

Edward Brickdale,
bapt. at St. Chad's,
I 75th Nov., 1675.
Buried there 18th
December, 1686.

I

Jane, married at The
Abbey, Shrewsbury,
2 1st Oct. 1707, John
Calcot. Bapt. at St.
Chad's. 25th Dec,
1685.

I

Mary, mar at St. Chad s.
201 h May, 1711, Edward
Jones. Bapt. at St. Chad's
22nd July, 1688, with her
twin sister Martha.

Dorothy, mar. at Battlefield.
28th Sept., 1707, Joshui
Johnson, 4th Master of
Shrewsbury School. Bapt.
at St. Chad's, 20th Oct. 1678.

John Brickdale, bapt. =p
at St, Chad's, 22nd
July, 1677.

Ann, bapt. at
St-.Chad's, 20th
July, 1684.
Bur. there 1 Sth
Dec, 1686.

I

John Preke Brickdale

I

John Brickdale of Rnowle, co -
Somerset, and of Filton, county
Gloucester, Esq. Sworn a Bur-
gess of Shrewsbury 23rd Sept.,
1760. Died 31st Oct., 1765.

Elizabeth, d. and coheir of Sarah, bur,

Robert Bound. Esq., Mayor at St. Chad's

of Bristol. Marriage settle- Sth Decent

ment dated 6th May, 173:. ber, 1763.
Died 8th Aug., 1779, *t
Bristol.

John Brickdale.,

ned and settled in Spain
*h«re several of his des-
cendants now reside.''

Matthew Brickdale of-
Filton, co. Gloucester,
etc., etc., Esq. M.P.
for Bristol in several
Parliaments."'

EiizabetiT, dau. of Thomas
Smith, Esq., of Clifton, co i
Gloucester, by Lucy, dau.
of Thomas Carcw of Carew
Castle, co. Pembroke, etc..
Esq. Died 27th February,
1801, at Bath.

b

22

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

! Mercy, mar. Kev. Edward Blake way, M.A.,
Minister of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 3rd
Sept., 176.1. Died 13th Aug., iSoS,

I aged 75.

! I
Elizabeth, mar. Joshua Mary
Blakeway of Shrews-
bury, draper.

fohn Brickdale, Esq., a=f=Ande Inglett,
magistrate and Deputy i youngest dau.
Lieutenant for Somerset- | of Richard
shire and Devonshire, j Inglett Fortes-
Married Feb., 17S7. I cue, Esq., of
I Spridlestone,
etc., Devon.

.... mar. George
Crossman, D.D.,
Rector of Monckton,
cc. Somerset. 8th
June, 17S4. Died
12th Jan., 1805.

Anna Maria,
died at Bris-
tol, 24th Oct.

1857, ag<"i ;S

John 1'ortescu; Biickdale, of— Catherine-, dau. of ( hailes

Birchamp House, co. Glouces-
ter Bo'rn :7 th Feb., 17S8.
Married 7th July, 1S13.

Gregorie. Esq., by Cather-
ine Sophia, dau. and heir
of George Macaulcy, M.D.

Matthew
Brickdale.
died in 181

Matthew Inglett
Brickdale of
Christ Church,
Oxford, and of
the Middle
Temple.

Charles
John

Brickdale.
Lieut. R.N.

Jonn r oitescuc
Brickdale,
Lieut. 6 1 st Foot

Anne Calhcrinc-Soph.a Mary
Married in 1840.
Edward Owen Jones,
Esq,, eldest surviving son
of Rev. Edward Jones of
Hay Hili, etc., co. Gloucester.

Will of Richard Brickdale, who was Bailiff of Shrewsbury
in 1530. See page 3S64.

19 Feb. 34 H. 8, A.D. 1542.

Richard Bryckedale of ye pishe of St. Chaddes within
Salop Burges & Alderman of ye Towne of Shrewsbury maketh
his Testam1 & last Will. He bequetheth his body to be
buried \vlhin St. Chadds Chh before ye picture & ymage of
ye Lady of Pitie c\:c. He bequetheth to Master Henry
Hollande his kinsman his best foxe furred gowne. Itm unto
his brother Thomas Brickdale vjs vij" unto Rollande Bryck-
dalc his brother Nicholas sonne vj5 vij**- Itm to his Bro4
John Brykdale vjs vijd. Itm unto Humfrey Brickdale vjs
viijd &c. He makes Mr. John Poyner, Mr. Roger Pope,
Adam Waryng, his landlord, and Sir Wm Lloyd prest, his
Executors. Witnesses Mr. Poyner, Mr. Pope. Sir W™ Lloyd.
John Veu'ns, John Heath with many others. (Proved the
13th November 1543. at London.) (From the Waring
Evidences).

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

23

On a brass plate on the wall of the Chancel of the Old
Church of Llanrwst is the following inscription : —

Underneath the Communion Table was interred 15th
October 1690 William Brickdale of Pen toy 11 Clerk. He was
Vicar of Llanrwst, Precentor of Bangor, Canon of St. Asaph,
Rector of Llanbedr, and Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Asaph.

[p. 395^-]

Anno {Edward Gregory was a furrier in Shrewsbury

1722. (and son of Edmund Gregory of Gloucester, furrier.
He was admitted a Burgess on the 21st April, 1702.

Arms : — Or, 2 bars, in chief, a lion passant, Azure.

1723. Matthew Travers was a grocer in Shrewsbury,
and thus connected : —

Arms : — Sable, a chevron between 3 boars' heads, Argent
tusked and langued, Gules.

Matthew Travels of Beeston. co. Chester, " Yeoman,^ Mary, a "widow Sih
styled £ent. in the entry of 10S7-S. Died prior to Oct , 16S7 ''
that date.

John Travers, apuren-
ticed in the Drapers'
Co., Salop in 1692. A
1'reeman of that Cc. in
1 7 1 2, and then resi-
dent at Wrexham.

jane . . . 1095
then living with
her brother
Matthew.

Matthew Travers of
Shrewsbury, grocer.
Admitted a Burgess
19th Oct., 1697,
Mayorin 1723. Died
prior to 8th August,
1729.

-Ann. dan. of \
IsaacGilesot !
Lyth Hall.
Mar. at St.
Chad's, 9th
July, 1697.
Bur. there 3rd
I May, 1705.

onn Travers of Shrewsbury, grocer. Bapt. at St. Chad's, 4th June, 170.1.
Sworn a Burgess 29th Aug.. 1727. Admitted of the Mercers' Co. Stli
August, 1729. Apprenticed to his uncle. John Travers of Whexham, as
a Draper in 1719.

I

Samuel Travers. apprenticed in the Mercers' Co., ^Esther Seymour, dau. ot
Salop, 9th Feb., 16S7-8, to Timothy Seymour. Timothy Seymour. Married
Buried at St. Chad's, 19th May, 1690, also at St. Julian's, 7th May,
apprenticed in the Drapers' Co. in 1 6S7-S- 16S7.

1724. Thomas Lindop was a maltster in Shrewsbury,
and was thus related : —

Arms : — Argent on a saltire Azure 5 roses of the field.

Henry Lindop of Darrcton, co. Chester, husbandman--^

I

, 1 ~ ;

George Lindop, of Frankwell, Shrewsbury, maltster. Admitted (with his-
two sons) :i Burgess 17th Oct., 1074' Buried at St. Chad's. 30th
December, I70S. <r

24 THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Thomas Lindop, of Shrewsbury, maltster^Ann George Lindop, aged i year
aged 4 years in 1674, sworn Burgess and I in 1674, was apprenticed to
Assistant in 170*". Buried at St. Chad's | Collins VVoolrich, apothe-
in 1739. Mayor of Shrewsbury 1724. cary, in 1690, and admitted of
I the Mercers' Co. in Dec, 1697.

George Lindop, buried at S:. Chad's, 17 19— Elizabeth, bur. at St. Chad's 1736.
[p. 395/ •]

Anno (Samuel Elisha w as an attorney in Shrewsbnrv,
1 725.^ and was thus related : —

[Arms : — Gules, 3 bull's heads' argent armed or. — O. & B.]

Evan Elisha. of Shrewsbury, maltster. Buried at^Ann Griftitlies. married at
St. Cnaci's, nth March, 1685. • I St. Chad's, 2nd Oct., 1663.

Samuel Elisha. of Shrewsbury, attorney admitted a Burgess^-Rebecca, a widow
51st Jan, 1707, Mayor in 1725 j in 1746.

1 ! I i i

Edward Eiisha, of Shrewsbury, attorney, was Anne Mary, Rebecca,
steward of the Corporation of Shrewsbury Jane living 'living in
and a diligent collector of materials tending in 1776. 1776.

to elucidate the History of Shrewsbury. He
was 4 years old in 1707, and was admitted a Burgess on the
2nd Sept., 1727, and was Mayor in 1743. Bapt. at St.
Julian's, 28th June, 1703, o.s.p. idth April, 1773.

1726. John Adams was an ironmonger in Shrewsbury,
and was admitted of the Company of Mercers, Ironmongers,
etc., on the 3rd June, 1698. He was admitted a Burgess on
the 19th June, 1706, and his connections will be found
detailed in }he following Pedigree : —

Robert Adams, of Great Chatwall, 26th November, iib$.-~

1

. f " ~~7 . ,•,

William Adams, of Great Chatwall, in the parish ot Gnosall, co. Stallord.-p
and of Iladlcy, co. Salop. Will dated 2nd February, 1696.

Robert John Adams, oi Shrewsbury, ^Elizabeth- dau. of Edward Thomas

Adams, ironmonger. Born in 1675, Jorden of Priors Lee, co. Adams

of Great married in 1705. Mayor of Salop, Esq. (whose son

Chatwall. Shrewsbury in 1726. Died in was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1720.)

1752. Mar. at St. Chad's, 13th June, 1705.
I

i 1 T \ " 1 ~'T

Elizabeth died Catherine married Mary married George Sarah married

unmarried. Rev. Rowland Jorden, Esq., of Tin- . . . Woodford

Bapt, at St. Hunt, D.D, tern co. Monmouth. Esq. Bapt. at 1

Chad's, 1 2th St. Chad's, Mh 1

Jan., 170S. July. 1700. n \

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

25

Rev. William Adams,
D. D., Master of Pern-
broke Coll., Oxford,
Archdeacon of Llan-
d.U'l, Prebendarv of
Gloucester, liapt. at I
St Chad's, Shrews- |
bury, 3rd Sept, 1706. I
Hied 13th Jan., 1789, I
Buried at Gloucester I
Cathedral.

of Thomas Shrewsbury

=FSarah. dau. John Adams of=FGracc, Henry=f Susanna,

lau of Adams I s'ster of
John of I Rev.
Cay, Shrews- I Crispus
Esq., bury, i Green of
Judge Mayor I Colches-
of the in 1 761 , | ter. Died
Mar- I Nov. 29,

shalsea, *798.

Hunt of
Boreatton,
co. Salop,
q. Mar.

E

at St.

Chad's,
1 2th Tuly,
1742;

ironmonger,
admitted of the
Mercers' Co.
1st Feb., 1 73 1,
Mayor of
Shrewsbury in I

1750. Died iSth
June, 1777. J
Buried at St. |
Aikmunds.

Thomas Sarah, born 2Sth March, 1746, married
Adams, 10th July, 178S, Benjamin Hyett, Esq.
ob. infans of Painswick House, Co. Gloucester, i
who died s.p. in 1S10, and devised his I
estates to William Henry Adams, Esq j
Married at Pembroke College Chapel, Oxford.

Margaret Catherine mar.

married
Richard
Harries,
Esq.

Rev. Thomas

Stedman.

Vicar of St.
Chad's, Shrews-
bury, at St.
Chad's, 14th
Dec, 17S5.

Rev. Henry Cay Adams of Shrews-
bury, A.M. of Christ Church, Ox-
ford. Died at Painswick, 28th
November, 180S.

:Frances, dau. of Richard Marston, Esq.. j
of Willenhall, co. Stafford. Died at j
Painswick House, 2nd January, 1828, |
need 61.

I

Rev. William Adams. D. D. , Frances Pigot.

of Pembroke Coll., Oxford, eldest dau, of unmarried Was of Pembroke

I I

Mary died John Adams o.s. p.

I Married 14th Jan , 1796,

Henry Boult
Cay, Esq,

William Henry Adams, Esq., afterward
William Henry Hyett, Esq., of Pains
wick House, Gloucester,
September, 1795.

Anne Jane, dau. of Joseph Seymour j
Biscoe, Esq., married 25th Octo- 1
born 2nd j ber, 1821.

I I
Rev. John Adams, Sarah married
o.s. p. J. W. Walters,

Esq.

Mary Clementina married Samuel M.
Barrett, Esq., Carlton Hall, co.
York, M.P. for Richmond.

William Henry Adams Hyett,
born utn December, 1825.

I

Frances Stephana

Josephine

Mary Clementina Annie Grace Sarah Jane Stephana Inglis

Arms: — Quarterly rst and 4th, Argent a lion rampant
Azure on a chief damcette, sable [2 roses Argent, for Hyettt
2nd and 3rd Ermine 3 cats passant in pale Azure for Adams\

20

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Crests : — 1st, A castle proper charged with 4 pellets,
issuing therefrom a lion's head, in the mouth a rose, slipped
Gules for Hyett\ 2nd, A greyhound's head erased Ermine,
for A dams.
[p. 3960.]

Anno (Joseph Jones was an attorney in Shrewsbury.

i/2/. (and was descended from William Jones of Chilton,
near Shrewsbury, who was admitted a Burgess on the 25th
of January, 1556-7. being then first cousin of William Jones,
draper, whose son Thomas was six times Bailiff, and the
rirst Mayor of Shrewsbury ^see page 3878). See also the
descent, etc., of Mr. Joseph Jones at page 823 of this
collection.

[Arms : — Argent a lion rampant vert.— O. and B.]
1728. John Fownes was a Barrister-at- Law, and thus
related : —

Arms: — •Azure in chief two eagles displayed, in base in
mullet Argent.

John Fownes, of Stoke Prior, =p
co. Worcester, sent.

Gilbert Fownes, Gent., was
steward to the Corwen
Family in 3 Car. I., 1627.

John Fownes, of Onslow, co. Salop, Esq.^Jane, dau. aud heir of Thomas

Barrister-at-Law. Admitted a Burgess of
Shrewsbury, 9th November, 1699. After-
wards Steward of the Corporation of
Shrewsbury. Died in 1 7 1 3 .

Harper, Esq., of Onslow-

I

John Fownes, of Shrewsbury, =f=Mary
" Esq., aged 17 in 1699. Admitted

a Burgess 28th July, 1 7 13, Mayor

in 1728. Barrister-at-Law.

Elizabeth, aged 14 in 1690. Married
John Skrymsher, Esq., Clerk of the
Peace for the County of Salop
She died in 1 7 16, aged 31, and
was buried at St. Chad's.

II .1 I 1

Jane, aged 6 John Fownes, aged 3 Elizabeth, bapt. at Mary, bapt. at St.

in 1 7 1 3. in 1713, ob. infans. St. Chad's, 31st Chad's, 19th Nov.

Dec, 1 71 1. 1712.

Harriot, bapt.
at St. Mary's,
1 6th April,
I719-

I I

Arabella, Thomas Fownes, of Shrews-=f-Elizabeth, dau. of

Buried at bury. Esq., bapt. at St. Charles Rigby, of |

St. Chan's Chad's, 26th Jan., 1713-14

179 — aged Sworn a Burgess 30th Sept.,
67. 174S, Mayor in 1749. Died

nth Jan., 17S0. Buried at
St. Chad's, 17th Januarv,
17S0.

o

Lancaster, Esq.,
and relict of Ver-
non Vonge, of
Chames, Esq,
Died tCjth August
17S4, aged 86.

b

THE MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

27

I John Fowncs. bapt, at. George Fowncs, bapt. at William Fownes, bapt.
I St. Mary's, 27th Mar.. St. Mary's, 8th Decern- at St. Chad's, 21st
1714-15. ber. 1 7 1 6. April. 1720.

I /

Thomas Fownes, of Shrewsbury, Esq. ^Susannah, sister of Robert Evans, Esq.
Sworn a Burqess 6th October, 1774. and last surviving daughter of John
Died 1st May. 1704. a^ed 46. at Evans, Esq., of Cefnhenva, co. M.ont-
Ksrth, s.p. joinery. Died 4th Oct.. 18:7. aged Si.

I p. 3961. 1

Anno if Godolphin Howards was a gentleman of very

1729. (ancient family, and collected much information as
to the History, etc.. of Shrewsbury. He was admitted a
Burgess of Shrewsbury on the 30th of Maw 1729. a few-
months previous to his being elected Mayor. His father.
Samuel Edwards, Esq.. was son of John Edwards of Pentre.
co. Montgomery, Esq., and their descent will be found at
page 31 12 of this collection.

[Arms : Gules a falcon proper preying on a martlet
Argent, a border engrailed Or. — O. and B. —

1730. Richard Wollaston was a mercer in Shrewsbury,
and son of Richard Wollaston of Bishop's Castle, mercer.
He was admitted a Burgess on the 31st of July, 171*3.

[He was of Stvche, co. Salop, and was receiver of taxes
for Salop. He married Ann. daughter of Robert Clive of
Stvche, aunt of the first Lord Clive. and died s.p. January,
17S4. See Ins pedigree in Burke's Colonial Gentry \\\ 570. —
Editors.]

1731. Abraham Da vies was a tin plat eworker in Shrews-
bury, and was thus related :— -

lohn Davies, of Ellesmere, co. Salop, chapman^

I

T

Isaac Davies, of Shrewsbury, chapman. Admitted a Burgess5?2
2 1st September, 1646.

I I

John Davies Nathaniel Abraham Davie-, ot Shrewsbury, Unplate=pMan
aged 5 years Davies, worker. Sworn Burgess and Assistant 160;
in 1646. aqeb r year 28th Sent., 1002. Admitted of the Sad-
in id \6. lers' Tinplute W orkers, etc. C. » Jth
July, 1077.

a h

Vol. Ill,, srd Series. c

Till-: MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Jacob Davies, of Ludlow, tinplateworker.
Sworn a Burgess iotli January, 1722-3.

Catherine, aged 4 years
in 1646.

John Davies, of Shrews-
bury, maltster. Sworn
Burgess and Assistant
2nd October, 17 19.

Abraham Davies. of Shrewsbury Edward
tinplateworker. Admitted of the Davies,
Saildlers. etc.. Co , 16th June. 1695.
1704. Was Mayor in 1731.
(Sworn Burgess 10th Jan., 1722-3).

Elizabeth,
1695.

[p. 3962.]

Anno (Richard Lloyd was a draper in Shrewsbury, and
1 732.I was admitted of that Company in 1709. having
served his apprenticeship with Mr. Thomas Dowdier, the
founder of the school in Beeches Lane. He was admitted a
Burgess on the 25th July, 17 13, and was descended of a
family that had possessed an estate at Houlston, in the
parish of Middle, co. Salop, for a long period. He was thus
related : —

Richard Lloyd, of Houlston, co. Salop, and of Emstrey.=p

Tnomas Lloyd, of
Houlston (had a
lease of a farm at
Emstrey, where
h: resided.

Ralph, appren-
ticed in the
Drapers' Co .
Salop, in 1630.

I

Roger Lloyd, of Houlston, =p
residetl there as tenant to I
his brother, and was ;1a
rich man."

tf

Sarah, mar-
ried Stephen
Hatchett of
Lee,

I

Tnomas Lloyd, of Emstrey
afterwards of Houlsion.

near Shrewsbury, =f
1

I

Susan Lloyd, only child,
married Michael Brayne.

I

Rev. Richard Lloyd. — Elizabeth I nomas Lloyd

Rector of Ratten, co. Dormer, of The Eye

Salop. Buried at Buried at Farm, in the

Middle, 29th Aug., Middle, parishof Leigh-

1720. Admitted a 3rd Aug.. ton, co. Salop,

Burgess of Snrews- 1730. Gent., was liv-

bury, iStli September, ing there in

1703, o.s.p. 17:2.

Alargaret, dau.
of Til 0 mas
freeman, of
Matton. Mar.
at Middle, 2ist
April. 1 686.
Bur. there 7th
June, 1712.

Elizabeth,
the dau. of
Thomas
L 16yd.
Married
William
Vaughan,
of Kinton.

I

Richard Lloyd, of Shrewsbury, draper. Apprenticed in the Drapers' Co.
in 1702. Bapt. at Middle, 2nd August, 16S7. Mayor of Shrewsbury
in 173-'.

THli MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

29

[P« $963 ]

Anno I JOHN Lacon was Clerk of the Peace for the County

1733. (of Salop, and w as admitted a Burgess of Shrews-
bury on the 27th of June, 1730. His father, Francis Lacon
of Ivington, co. Hereford, Esq., was the second son of Sir
Francis Lacon of Kinlet. Knt, (who was Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1612), by Ann his second wife. For his descent see page
958 of this collection, and for further details, see the Pedigree
there at large, and refer also to The Sheriffs of Shropshire for
other particulars of this ancient and distinguished family.

[Arms: Quarterly, per fess indented ermine and azure.]

1734. John Rogers was a bookseller in Shrewsbury, and
was son of Reginald Rogers of London, grocer, who was. I
believe, a son of Edward Rogers of W ilmington, parish
of Alberbury. Mary, only child of John Rogers by Elizabeth
his wife, married Corbet Edwards, son of Robert, and grand-
son of John Edwards of Great Ness, Esq. See page 3070
of this collection.

1735. Sir Richard Corbett, Bart, was of Longnor,
near Shrewsbury, and the last Baronet resident there of that
family. He died unmarried 25th September, 1774. His
younger brother, Edward Corbett, Esq.. who pre-deceased
him, served the office of Mayor in 1738. For further* details
sec the Baronetage, and their Pedigree at page 370 of this
collection. See also The SJierif/s 0/ Shropshire, pages 125-6.

Arms: Or, two ravens in pale proper, within a border
engrailed sable, bezanty.— Ed. J

1736. Charles Bolas was an attorney in Shrewsbury,
and thus connected :—

Roger Bolas, ol Burlton, —Catherine, dau. of Arthur Chambre,
co. Salop, Gent. I of Burlton, Gent.

Charles bolas, of Shrewsbury, -f-M artha, dau. of John Tongc ol I homas
attorney. Admitted a Burgess I Shrewsbury, Escj. Buried at Bolus.
24th November, 1 73 x , Mayor j St. Alknmuu's in 1745- a<j<.d
in 1736. Buried at St. A'k- j 45-
mund's in 1 75S, aged 59. Died |
Oct. 29, 1758.

Vrthui Bolas, 01 Kuyton, co. Salop
(Jciit. Admitted a Burgess ol
Shrewsbury, 24111 Sept., 1737,

Roger Mary married
bolas . . . Tillesley
a

Jane married I'hilip .
Vaughan of Burl-
ton, Gent.

rHK MAYORS OF SHREWSBURY.

Charles Kolas, of Shrewsbury, =f=Catherine, dau. of Edward I.etitia, buried at

Gent. Mayor in 1765. Was I Tipton, of Shrewsbury. St. Alkmund's in

also of Burlton. Married at I Born 1st May, 1731, died 1777, aged 44.
St- Chad's, 6th July, 1759- | !9th August, 1S16.

William Charles, Bolas Esq., Barrister-at- Law, o.s.p, 1789, a^ed 27.
Buried at St, Giles, Shrewsbury.

3i

COS T O N .
Bv HENRY T. WEYMAN, F.S.A.

■■■

Coston is in the parish of Clunbury and in the Hundred of
Purslow in the County of Salop, on the bank of the river
Chin. It is now a private residence, but until recently it
has been occupied as a farm. The house itself has no
extreme appearance of antiquity, but the outbuildings give
some indications of a past history.

Coston (or Cozotune as it is there called), appears in
Domesday Book (1086) as the head of a Manor, and is thus
described : —

" Picot holds Cozetune. Swein held it, and was a free
man. There is one hide paying geld " (i.e. tax). " It is land
of 3 ox teams. In the demesne is one ox team and 2 villeins
and one Bordarius with one ox team. In the time of King
Edward it was worth twenty shillings, now the same.*'

Swein, who held Coston before the Norman Conquest, and
before the division by William I. of the lands amongst his
supporters, was evidently a great Saxon landowner, as he
also owned Clunbury, Kempton, Sibdon,and Edgton. Picot,
who obtained the grant of Clun and immense estates in
Shropshire, including Coston, was Picot or Robert de Say, in
whose descendants they remained until, by the marriage of
Isabella de Say the last direct descendant and heiress of the
family, it passed to the Fit/. Alans.

A word or two of explanation of the entry in Domesday
Book may be neoessarv. The hide of land paying Danegold
or land tax comprised 120 acres,1 but the whole area seems
to have been 360 acres — 3 caruca; or ox teams representing
120 acres each —of which 120 acres (1 caruca) was in the
pad's demesne, i.e., his own holding, and the rest in the
holding of his copyhold tenants (villeins) and his cotter
• bordarius).

Rounds J-\i, an/ Engitimii p. 3S.

HI.. 4th Series, »:

32

COSTON.

It will be noticed, that the land was of the same value at
the Domesday Survey as it had been in Edward the
Confessor's time, but much of the surrounding land, Purslow,
Hopton, etc.. had become waste, possibly because they were
more exposed to the incursions of the Welsh. The 360
acres mentioned in Domesday probably represents approx-
imately the area of the Manor to-dav.

In 1255 we have another mention of Coston in the Purslow
Hundred Roll, which says that Walter de Hopton holds 2
knights' fees in Hopton, Broadward and Coston. The
services by which he held the estate were to provide one
soldier resident throughout the year, and one for 40 days at
war time, at Clun Castle, and to do suit to the FitzAlan the
chief lord of whom he held.1

The next appearance of Coston is in the Inquisition which
was held in 1272 on the death of John Fitzalan the then
Lord of Clun. The record runs thus : —

" There is there a hundred of Purslow which John son of
Alan (FitzAlan) held in chief from the King at a fee farm of
20/- per annum. The Lord William de Hopton holds
Hopton, Shelderton, Bradeford (i.e. Broadwaid) Coston,
Tattel and Huggre (Titterell and Hagley ) of YValcheria in
chief from the Castle of Clun by the service of 2 knight's
fees and he owes suit every 3 weeks."'

The words " de Walcheria " are difficult to explain, but
they probablv mean " bv the custom then prevailing in the
Welsh Marches."

There was therefore in 1271 a mesne lord, holding Coston
under the Fitz Alans, in William de Hopton, who also held
other manors but was not resident at Coston, the family
being seated then and for generations later at Hopton Castle.

About this time however, we have a mention of a family
who took their name from Coston and were then resident
there. It is probable that they had held Coston, and resided
there from a much earlier date, and it is certain that they
continued to live there for some 300 years later. It will be
more interesting to follow as far as possible the future of this
family of Coston or " de Coston." w ho were so intimately
associated with the history of the place.

1 J I y t o n ' s Sh ' op v k/te, x i . 2^7.

COSTON.

33

In the Purslow Jury lists at the Assizes of 1256 and 1272
Stephen de Coston was one of the jurors, and he was also a
witness to a deed of about the same date, while in an Inquest
of July 12S3 Stephen de Coston stands as 2nd juror.1

In the Fine Roll of 10 Edward II. (1317) there is an order
that " because John de Coston who held from the heir of
Walter de Hopton who held from the King in chief, being
below age and in the King's custody, has closed his1 last day
as the King has learned, " the King's Escheator shall take
into the King's hands the lands of the said John Coston.
Following this, there was an inquisition concerning the lands
of which John de Coston was possessed at his death, which
was held before the Escheator at End low on the 12 August
131 7, and it was then found that John de Coston held, from
the heir of Walter de Hopton by the service of one quarter
of a knight's fee, property in the Township of Coston, as
follows : —

" There is a capital Messuage with curtilage worth iSd.
per annum, and there are 30 acres of arable land which are
worth 5/-, value of each acre 2d., and there is there a certain
wood and moor worth gd. per annum, and there is there a
piece of Meadow worth per annum i8d., and there is there a
separate pasture which is worth per annum 6d. And the
Jurors say that William son of the aforesaid John de Coston
is his next heir and will be of the age of 13 years at the feast
of St. Michael next."

For some reason a further Inquest was held in March
E)3i> when the Jurors found that the aforesaid John de
Coston held in his demesne as of fee at Coston in the County
of Salop a messuage and 40 acres of land from Walter de
Hopton, and that the latter held from the Earl of Arundel
(Fitzalan). The jurors then found that the messuage was
worth 2/6 per annum and the 40 acres of land 6/8 per annum
and no more " because the land is worth nothing to cultivate."

In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327 the names of William de
Coston and Philip de Coston appear in the parish of
Clungunford, the former being one of the sub-taxers for the
parish.

I'.yton's Shropshire, \i. 2601

COSTOK.

During the next two hundred years the records are silent
as to Coston. and probably during these two centuries it had
an uneventful history. When it aga;n reappears it is found
still in the hands of one of the family of Coston, and it had
doubtless remained in the family during the interval.

The Shropshire Visitation of 1623 starts the family of
Coston of Coston, whose arms were " argent a saltire vert on
a chief gules a lion passant of the first," with a Thomas
Coston of Coston, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Leighton of Le Cotes, but this Visitation also shows, that in
the previous century there was a Richard Coston of Coston,
whose daughter Eleanor married William Acton of Acton
Scott, so that the Costons were allied w ith some of the old
Shropshire families.

In the Muster Roll for the Hundred of Purslow taken in
the 30th year of the reign of Henry VIII. (1538) Thomas
Coston, with whom the pedigree starts, and who was the
son of William Coston, is entered as possessing in the way
of warlike equipment " a cote and a horse," while William
of Coston had a pair of splents (i.e. steel plates sewn to some
material and protecting the arms), and Thomas Coston of
Kempt on., probably another member of the family, is also
mentioned.

In the Lay Subsidy Roll for 155S it was stated that
Thomas Coston was in possession of lands in Coston of the
value of 68/-, and the same entry appears in 1571 (there being
no other holder of lands in Coston mentioned), while in 1593
the land is put at £4, the tax 16/-, the owner then being
John Coston. Thomas Coston died in October 1576, and
was buried at Clunbury, his wife Eleanor having been buried
there on April 19th, 1575. He left two sons, John Coston
(his heir) and Thomas Coston, and one daughter Anna, w ho
married John Wigmore, and probably another daughter
Elizabeth, who married John ap Richard.

This John Coston, who is described as " Gent." had an
important litigation with a member of his family, one
Thomas Coston described as a Yeoman, and it is to some of
the records of this litigation that we are indebted for our
know -ledge of some of the most interesting facts in connection
w ith Coston.

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In the year 150,9 proceedings were taken by this Thomas
Coston against the then heod of his family, John Coston of
Coston and others, to determine whether a messuage and
land in Coston, of which apparently John Coston had
possession, belonged to Thomas Coston. or in the alternative
whether they were not part of the property of the late Priory
of St. John of Jerusalem in England. The property, which
was in dispute, was not the principal mansion house at
Coston, but another house also in the township, together
with " an orchard and close adjoining and one leasow upon
the river of Clun and one meadow inclosed at a place called
The Bridge and one parcel lying in Coston meadow." The
property in dispute was said to adjoin to John Coston's
demesne lands and to be in the Manor of Coston, of which
" the said John Coston at the present, and his ancestors for
very many descents, had been accounted the true inheritors
and owners." The property in question had apparently
been let in 155J (the first year of Queen Mary) by John
Coston's father, Thomas Coston, to his relative Thomas
Coston (described for distinction as husbandman) and his
wife Elizabeth (who had been servant to Thomas Coston,
Gent.) for 41 years at yearly rents of 20/- and a couple of
capons. The rent seems to have been paid and the couple
of capons duly delivered up to the expiration of the lease in
1 594 , when Thomas Coston (the plaintiff in the pro-
ceedings, and the son of Thomas Coston, husbandman,
who had died), and his mother Elizabeth were in pos-
session of this Naboth's vineyard. These latter seem to
have applied to the owner John Coston, gent., for a renewal
<>f the lease, which he refused, and then ias the owner
asserted) they sought revenge for the refusal by alleging and
informing the authorities, that the land in question belonged
to neither of the parties to the dispute, but to the Queen's
Majesty, as being part of the possessions of the dissolved
Prior}- of St. John of Jerusalem. The allegation was that
upon the suppression of the Religious Houses this property
had been "concealed," and had not been disclosed to the
( pmmissioner;s, who had been sent into every county to make
enquiries as to the property of these dissolved Houses. It
will be seen that the "oldest inhabitants" then, as now.

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were witnesses, and very old some of them were, two, Henry
Maiden of Abcott and John Corne of Shelderton giving their
ages as 90; another 86, and the like. It will be best now to
let John Corne, the old man of 90, and some of the other
witnesses, tell their own tales in the quaint words of the
depositions which they made in October 1599. at Purslow
b^fore the Commissioners from the High Court of Exchequer,
who were appointed to try the case. It will be seen that
thev raise very interesting questions as to the sign of the
Religious House and the right of Sanctuary, which will be
dealt with later.

" John Corne of Shelderton co. Salop, Yeoman aged 90
doth know the messuage orchyarde and close adjoini nge to
the said orchard and one meadowe uppon the Ryver of Chin
and one meadow inclosed at a place called the Bridge and
one parcel of meadow ground, lying in Costone meadowe
belonging to the sd messuage and situate in Coston and hath
knowne the same for 70 years. . .

The sd messuage was called by the name of St. John
Howld. One Cubbler was the friar clerk and as this
deponent hathe by the common reporte of the country
credibly heard the said Cubbley did collect and 'receive the
yearly Rents of the said messuage and premises for and to
the use of the Prior of St. John's and saithe that he hathe
seen the said Cubbley divers tymes repaycr and rcsortc to
the howse of the said messuage before the dissolution of
Religious bowses and being demaunded the rcasonc of this
knowledge he saithe that one William Coston deceased
grandfather to the plaintiff was the occupant of the said
messuage and was aiso Godfather to this deponent which
William Coston towld this deponent that the sd messuage &c.
did belonge to the Pryorie of St. John's, the yearly rent was
about 12s. . .

The howse of the messuage and premisses aforesaid had
uppon it a Crosse and deponent had seen the said Crosse
stand uppon the said howse and had heard it reported that
priviledges of sanctuarye for ccrtayne dayes weare to be had
at the howse of the said messuage if any man did claymc the
same. William Coston grandfather of complainant held the
messuage before such time that Thomas Coston. gentleman,

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father to the defendant John Coston, gentleman had any-
thinge to doe therewith or made any claim thereto, and he
hath heard and thinketh that the same he'd under the Prior.

The sd William Coston, the grandfather, was a very owld
man, and did inhabit all or most part of his lyffe tyme uppon
the said messuage and there dyed."

George Holland of Shelderton co Salop, yeoman, aged. 70,
did knowe Thomas Coston. gent., and Elizabeth his wife.
About the time of the suppression of religious houses he
heard it reported that the sd. messuage and lands did belong-
to the Priory of St. John's. He did see a cross, as he thinketh
made of wood, uppon the sd messuage standing uppon the
louver of the said bowse in such sort as other louvers of
bowses had not the like as he did see. In those days he
demaunced of his father what that crosse meant uppon the
said howse whoe towld hym that yt was sett there to make
yt knowne to be a howse of St. John's. Yt was theare
reported to be a howse of sanctuary for eertayne dayes. He
saith alsoe that he did see William Coston, grandfather to
the plaintiff dwelling in the sd messuage many years.

Geffrey Harries of Abcott, Salop, yeoman aged 86. saith
that about 60 years ago he saw a crosse stand uppon the sd.
howse which was then accounted to be a place of sanctuary
or a vowry place and it was then called St. John's howld,
and about two yeares ago, uppon conference had with one
George Macklen lately deceased ( whoe was a man of above
one hundred veares of age dwelling neere to the lands in
variance) touching the same premisses the sd. George
Macklen did declare to me that the sd. tenement and lands
weare parcell of St. John's howld and that a man having
olfended in those dayes might take sanctuary there for a
certen space, and saithe that he did know one Cubbiev who
'as this deponent hath heard reported many yeares sithens <
'lid gather the rent yssuing out of the said tenement and he
doth know that the said Cubbleye was a friary cierke before
ihe dissolution of religious bowses. About 60 years ago he
did heare that the said crosse uppon the said howse did
betaken the sd howse to be a place of sanctuary. Deponent
did heare in owld tyme that one Okeley having killed a man
did take sanctuarv att the said howse whoe there cxKitynued

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for a spaceancl afterwards escaped thence. William Coston the
grandfather was a very aged man att the tyme of his decease.

Henry Birde of Clunbury, aged 93, saith that above 60
years ago, before the dissolution of priories twoe yonge men
bothe of them surnamed Okeley cam unto Clunbury where
this deponent hath dwelled by all his lyffe tyme, beinge
abowte one myle distant from Coston, in which town of
Clunbury the then vicar or curate there (being of kyndred to
the said Okeleys) was resydent, at which time and place the
said Okeleys did discover unto the sd. vicar that they stood
in doubte that they had kyiled a man, or words to thaj
effect, and requested the sayd vicar's ayde to have some place
of sanctuarye; whereuppon the saide vicar and the said
Okeleys went ymediately towords the bowse in varyance in
Coston being a place then reputed of sanctuary and saithe
that on the morrowe after yt was towld this deponent that
the said Okeleys at the howse of the said sanctuarye stayed
and tooke sanctuarye, but the tyme of there contynuance
there this deponent cannot declare."

It will be noticed that the witnesses depose to the existence
of a Cross " standing upon the louver of the house in such
sort as other louvers of houses had not the like,** as being a
token that the house belonged to the Knights Hospitallers
of St. John of Jerusalem, or, as it was called here, The
Priory of St. John. It is worthy of note that a double
armed cross is still to be seen on the gable of the Hospital
of St. John at Northampton, where it is considered to be a
unique architectural feature.

With regard to the right of Sanctuary which was said to
have existed at Coston. it may be well to sav a few words in
explanation of the general right of Sanctuary. At a time
when the terrible severity of punishment under the criminal
law was widely felt, various expedients were sought to
mitigate its rigour, and one of these was Sanctuary. Any
person accused of a crime, except treason and sacrilege, who
succeeded in escaping into one of these favoured places,
generally a Church, had privilege of Sanctuary., that is, was
immune from arrest for forty days: and if he abjured the
realm before the coroner, he was allowed without molest-
ation to leave the kingdom.

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As a rule it was a Church only which hud this right of
Sanctuary, and as it was a privilege capable of much abuse,
^reat care was ordinarily taken that no pi ice, which was not
strictly entitled to it, had the privilege accorded to it, The
Knights Templars, however, *'• of ancient time claimed that 3
felpn plight take to their houses haying their Crosses for his
safety.,. as well as to any Church,*'1 and the right seenrs to
have been allowed to that formidable military Order. When
the Order of the Templars was suppressed in the reign of
Edward lh their houses and possessions, and no doubt their
privileges, were granted by Act of Parliament in 1324 to the
Knights Hospitallers.2 It is fairly certain that this appanage
of the Priory of St. fohn had passed to that house from the
Templars, as being part of the property of the Preceptory of
Dinmore. Herefordshire, which formerly was a Preceptory
of the Knights Templars.

These facts attach more than ordinary interest to Coston,
and thev accord with the appearance even to-day of some of
the outlying buildings.

Tiie result of this litigation, which has thrown an interest-
ing light on Coston, is not quite clear. There is a record
that the house and lands in dispute were held to be part of
the possessions concealed, or unjustly detained, from the
Oueen. and that a lease for 21 years without line was to be
granted to Thomas Coston because " he had brought them
to her Majesty's possession by his, trouble and charge," in
other words, that he succeeded in his efforts to deprive John
Coston of the land and had secured a lease for himself.
Tnere is also extant a lease, signed by Queen Elizabeth's
great Counsellor, Lord Burleigh himself, of the property to
Thomas Coston, which seems to clench the matter, but as
the lease is dated the 24th July 159S, and the proceedings at
Purslow did not take place until October 1599. it is probable
that the litigation was the result of the certificate and lease,
and not the lease the outcome of the dispute.

However this may be John Coston remained in possession
of the Manor of Coston and the main part of the estate. He

1 Medueval Hospitals by R. M. Clay, 251.

V.ascjuel' s Henry I'J/f, a>u{ English Monaslt t i<'s. vol. i , p. 45.
Vol. HI.. 4 1 H Scries,

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married Dorothy, daughter of Roger Kynaston of Shotton
and he may have been married a second time.

John Coston was evidently a man of means and of con-
sequence in his day, as we find him in 1590 a contributor of
fzo (a much larger sum in those days than now) towards the
Loan to Ouecn Elizabeth ; two other contributors of the same
amount being two Members of Parliament for Ludlow.
Robert Berrie and Thomas Gandland. John Coston had
one child only, a daughter Alice (called in the Visitation
Elizabeth), who was baptized at Ciunbury on the 28th July
15S2, and to whom his estates descended. There is no
record in the Ciunbury Registers of John Coston's death.
He was churchwarden of Ciunbury in 1604, and probably
died shortly afterwards; as his son-in-law Richard Lawley is
entered as owner of Coston in 1605-6. though Mr. Cos ton is
said in 1613 to be " lately deceased.""

Aiice Coston. to whom the estate descended, was married
twice: first to Thomas Cludde of Orleton. who is said to
have served with distinction in Ireland, and to have been
offered the honour of knighthood ; and secondly to Richard
Lawley of Spoonbill, Wenlock. The first husband Thomas
Cludde died before 1613, leaving one daughter Beatrice, who
was baptized at Wrockwardine on March 13, 159S-9.

In 1 6 1 3 a petition was presented to Lord Ellesmere (the
Lord Chancellor) by Richard Lawley and Alice his wife, and
the latter's daughter Beatrice Cludde against Edward Cludde
the father of Alice's first husband, complaining that he had
not carried out an arrangement, that, on his son's marriage,
he would settle on him and his wife the Manor of Hinton
and other property. It is interesting as giving us some
particulars of Coston. .Mice is there described as " only
daughter and heir of John Coston Esquire and inheritrix to
his Lordship Manor and township of Coston and also of
certain wood grounds and pasture called Gotlade1 within the
parish of Clungonnas and aUo of divers other Messuages in
Ciunbury, ccc", and it was said that the Manor of Coston
was of the value of £200 a year. Mr. Cludde in his defence
stated that his son was not " advanced," as the petitioners

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claimed, by the marriage but rather the contrary, and that he
had maintained with meat, drink, appanrel and other neces-
saries, both his son Thomas, and his wife, and their child
Beatrice, as well as a man servant, and a maid servant, for 9
or 10 years until Mrs. Cludde's marriage to Richard Lawley,
iu\d that on that happening. Alice was furnished " with
several suits of good and costly apparel and rings, jewels and
ornaments, all which, together with the entertaining of the
friends of Alice, was to the defendant's charge 1000 marks at
least. "

11 The second husband Richard Lawley died without issue
in 1623. and Alice Lawley (nee Coston) herself died about
the 23rd February 1634-5. and w as buried at Clunbury, being-
described in the Register as "Alice Lawley generosa."

Beatrice Cludde, the grand-daughter of John Coston was
married to Coningsby Freeman of Neen Sollars and of
Wenlode, Worcestershire, who was admitted to the Inner
Temple in 161 1, and carried to him the Coston estate, of
which he is described as owner in the Subsidy Roll of 1625.
He died at sometime before 1641, as in the Subsidy Roll of
1641 Beatrice Freeman, Widow, is entered as owner of the
lands in Coston and Shelderton.

Beatrice Freeman seems to have had a daughter Eleanor,
to whom Coston probably descended, as the Clunbury
Registers contains an entry of the marriage on the 16th April
1650, of "John Lawrence, Esquire and Eleanor Freeman."

In 1S0S the Coston estate was still held by a Lawrence,
being then sold by William Lawrence of Cowbey in the
County of Gloucester, to Edward Turner ot Peaton. It
remained the property of the Turner family until the death
oi the purchaser's son Edward Turner, who died in 1SC7.
It was sold in 1S68 to the present owner.

The present house does not stand on the site of the old
manor house of the Costons of Coston, though some portion
of the outbuildings may have formed a part of St. fohn's
Mould, that old Sanctuary House, " with a cross standing
upon the louvers in such sort as other louvers of houses had
not the like." There is an arch of uncertain date in an
outbuilding, and some masonry, which may well go back to
the 16th century. Between the present house, which is of

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no crrcat antiquity, and the river Clun are the clearest
indications of a moat, which is cut into two parts by the
Central Wales Railway. Upon the site inclosed by this
moat, doubtless, stood the old manor house which had seen
so many generations of the Coston family. Unless this spot
were excavated it is impossible to say whether any masonrv
remains there, or whether any foundations of the house can
be discovered, but it is quite possible that the mansion was
built of wood and that nothing but the moat remains. Sic
transit gloria do mi.

43

EARLY DEEDS RELATING TO LANDS ON
CLARE MONT, SHREWSBURY.

Edited .by the Rev. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

Tun nineteen early Charters w hich follow relate to messuages
and lands on Claremont, Shrewsbury ; but which property
to-day corresponds to the lands contained in these Charters,
it is of course impossible to decide. The deeds belonged to
the late Rev. John Yardley, Vicar of St. Chad's, from whom
they passed to Ins grandson Captain f. H. R. Yardley, In'
whose permission thev are now given in the Transactions.
The first Charter is translated in full: the remaining ones
are abstracts only, but all salient points have been recorded,
as the full descriptions of grantors and grantees, the names
of the witnesses, and full details of the property conveyed.
It will be noticed that the provosts or bailiffs of Shrewsburv
witnessed all these Charters, and it is thought that they were
prepared in the office of the Town Clerk. Five or six other
inhabitants also witnessed each Charter.

Of the nineteen Charters, ten are witnessed by propositi or
provosts, and the remaining nine by bailiffs. This shows
their early date. Erom the year 1199 until about the year
1290 the town was governed by ' two provosts, who were
elected annually by the burgesses: but in the middle of
Edward I.'s reign that title was changed to bailiff. The1
bulk of these deeds are therefore prior lo 1290. Nos. I and
II probably belong to the reign of King John: Nos. Ill to
NI to the reign of Henry III : Nos. Nil to XIV to the reign
of Edward I ; Nos. XV and XVI to the reign of Edward II :
No. XVII to that of Edward III : and Nos. XVH1 and NIX
to the reign of Edward IV. Only the last six of these deeds
are dated, the earliest being No. XIV, 21 Edward I. Indeed
until towards the (dose of Edward Es reign it was not t lie
custom to date deeds. The approximate dates of the earlier
deeds can only be ascertained from a careful comparison of
the names of attesting witnesses.

Vol. III., mh Series. (l

l.ARI.V DEEPS RELATING TO LAN PS

The lists of the known Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury
are given in Owen and Blakeway s History of Shrewsbury, I.

— 11. 528—530, and in Joseph Morris's "Provosts
and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury " printed in the Transactions, 3rd
Series, Volume I. and subsequent volumes.

The Charters before us give the names of two sets of
Provosts, whose names are not recorded in either of the
above lists, but who must have held office early in the reign
of Henry HI, namely —

Roger Pride and John ie Yylein.

Alan son of Gamel and Hugh le Vilein.
They also give these Bailiffs who are not named by Owen
and Blakeway —

21 Edw I. (1292) John Villane and Roger de Stantone.

7 Edw. II. (1313) Hugh le Donfowe and Nicholas le Spicer.
And it should be noted that No. XVII. gives the bailiffs in
44 Edward III. (1370; as John Stury and John Schetton,
whereas Owen and Blakeway state that these men held office
in 1367.

There are excellent seals in very good condition attached
to most of the Charters. The legends are given wherever
they are decipherable; but in three or four eases the seals
are broken, or the legend is indistinct, and the seal to one
deed is missing.

It will be noticed that the rent reserved, either a rose or a
few pence, is payable in six cases at the Nativity of St. John
the Baptist (June 24), and four times at ,; Hoke Day" (spelt
in the Charters Hoketisdey or Hokedey). Hoke Day is the
Tuesday following the second Sunday after Easter, and is
said to have been kept in memory of the overthrow of the
Danes by Ethelred in the year 1002. Hoketyde is the week
following the second Sunday after Easter. According to
Blount the rent reserved in early leases was sometimes made
payable at le Hokeday and the feast of St. Michael. In one
of these Charters the rent is payable at the feast of St. Peter
ad vincula (August 1st), an unusual date; and in two of the
later ones it is made payable at the feasts of St. Michael the
Archangel and the Annunciation of B. V. Mary, the two
usual terms in later leases.

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45

The following is a list of the Provosts and Bailiffs as they
arc recorded in Captain Yardley's deeds : —

PROVOSTS.

[ohri Villane $ John Lauh'.

Luke son of Walter & Walam son of John.

Roger Pride & John le Vvlein.

Alan son of Gamel & Hugh le \'ilcin.

Richard Shitte & Luke son of Walter.

Peter son of Clement & Roger son of Revner.

Reginald Porchet and Hugh le Yilein.

Henry P>orrcy c\: Roger le Paum'.

John son of Ivo ec John son of Roger Palmer.

Robert Pride & William son of Nicholas.

BAILIFFS.

Henry Borrey cv. John de Lodelawe.
Richard Pride & Simon Grawegos.

John Villane & Roger de Stantone. (2) (21 Edward I.)
Hugh le Dunfowe & Nicholas le Spicer. (7 Edward II.)
Thomas de Bikedon & John Reyner. (13 Edward II.)
John Stury & John Schetton. (44 Edward III.)
Thomas Stone, "one of the bailiffs. " (2 Edward IV.)
William Oteley & Thomas Ponsbury (10 Edward IV.)

So far as it has been possible to do so, the Charters are
arranged in Chronological order.

I.

HUGH SON OF ADAM K FT EL TO ALAN GAMEL.

Know men present and to come that I Hugh son of Adam
Retel have given and granted and by this my present charter
have confirmed to Alan Gamel of Salop one part of my
garden upon Clcremund which contains in breadth thirty
ieet and in length from land of Roger le Justice up to land of
Thomas Parsone son of Peter for six shillings of silver which
he gave to me in hand in my urgent necessity. To have nnd
to hold of me and my heirs to him and his heirs or his assigns
and their heirs whomsoever by hereditary right for ever.
Rendering therefore to me and my heirs at the Nativity of
St. John the Baptist one rose for all service exaction and

T> EARLY DEEDS RELATING TO LANDS

demand and for all things. And I the said Hugh and my
heirs will warrant defend and acquit to the said Alan and his
heirs the said part of my garden against all men and women.
And because I wish that this my gift and grant shah remajn
firm and stable I have piaced my seal to the present charter.
These being witnesses: John Yillane and John Lauhe then
provosts of Salop. Adam Pangi, Thomas son of Peter. Roger
le Justice. Roger de Astley. Poeter Knotte.

Seal— s" hvgonis fil' ade ketil
(a round seal of green wax.)

[Endorsed : A garden on Clerimond.]

II.

ADAM SOX OF ROGER PRIDE TO ALAN' SOX OF
GAM EL DE RUMALDISHAM.

Grant from Adam son of Ro^er Pride to Alan son of
Gamel de Rumaldisham, for his service and for five marks of
silver, a certain part of a certain curtilage in Cleremunt.
which part contains in length nine times twenty feet and ten
feet [Xovies viginti pedes et decern pedes], and in the upper
part contains twenty four feet and four feet in breadth, and
in the lower part contains in breadth twenty five feet. To
hold to said Alan his heirs and assigns. Rendering annually
at the term of Hoketis-dey one penny for all service. Usual
clause of warranty. Witnesses: Luke son of Walter and
Walam son of John, then provosts of Salop, William Talpeny
and Nicholas clerks, Gamel de Rumaldisham. John Cord he,
Clement son of Peter, Berteram de Mardevall, Alan son of
William, William and Richard sons of Eustace, Adam de
Cardox, William Rulkin, and many others.

Seal — A horse to the sinister, s' ade fil. rogeri pride.
(a round seal of green wax).

[Endorsed: Of ye place of Clirimownt.]

IK.

HUGH SOX OF WILLIAM PARIL TO ALAN SOX OF GAMEL.

Grant from Hugh son of William Baril to Alan son of
Gamel, of two parts of a certain corner house, which house is
situate near the way which is called Cleremund on one side,
and land of the said Alan Gamel on the Other, To hold to

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him his heirs and assigns. Rendering annually one ro.se at
the feast of St. John the Baptist. Usual clause of warranty.
Witnesses: Roger Pride and John le Vyiein, then provosts
of Salop, Alan Pride. Richard son of the said Alan. Alan
Reymund. Adam Pangy. Roger de Astirlcv, and many others.

Seal — -[qu. a barrel sideways] s* fivgonis . Fit/ wn n baril-
(a round seal of green wax'*.
[Endorsed : Clerymond.]

IV.

AVE LIXA COX TO A LAX SOX OF GAM EL DE RUMALDISHAM.

Grant and Quitclaim from Avelina Cox, relict of William
Cox, in her lawful widowhood and full health, to Alan son of
Gamel dc Rumaldisham and his heirs, of a certain Curtilage
with its appurtenances in Cleremund. that namely which
Henry Wildegos her father gave with her to William Cox in
free marriage, and which Curtilage lies near land which
belonged to Robert Shitthe. To hold to said Alan and his
heirs or assigns by hereditary right. Rendering annually to
the Provosts of Salop at the term oi Hoketisdey five farthings
tor all service. For which sale and quitclaim the said Alan
gave her three marks of silver. Usual clause of Warrant}-.
Witnesses: Alan son of Gamel and Hugh le Yilein. then
provosts of Salop, Nicholas son of Ivon, Richard Pride,
Robert spn of John. William Choc, Robert Pride, Roger
Pungh. Adam Cox, John C horde, and many others.

Seal h s' AVE LINE . CHOX.

(an oval seal of green wax).
[Endorsed : Clerymond.]

V.

PETER SON OF ADAM TO PETER SOX OF JOHN MERCER.

Sale and Quit Claim from Peter son of Adam to Peter son
of John Mercer and his heirs, of a certain Curtilage with all
its appurtenances in Cleremund, that namely which is nearest
to the Grange which belonged to John Simbel. Rendering
annuallv at the feast of St. Peter ad vincula to William son
of c;

iervase of Sotcplachc two pence for all service &c; For
which sale and quitclaim the said Peter gave to him [the-
Kraft for] twenty shillings of silver. Wittie&SQS : Richard

EARLY DEEDS RELATING TO LANDS

Sitte and Luke son of Walter, then provosts of Salop.
William Talpeny, clerk, Andrew son of Hubert, Alan son of
Hercbert. Richard Pride, Richard hi: son, Nicholas son of
I von, Thomas Borcy, Robert Hagwas, and many others.

Seal — petri

(a round seal of white wax, legend indistinct).
[Endorsed : Cleremond.]

VI.

THOMAS SON OE ROGER LE BRETON TO ALAN SON OF
GAMEL DE ROMALLESHAM. [124I-52.]

Sale and Quitclaim from Thomas son of Roger le Breton
to Alan son of Gamel dc Romaldesham and his heirs of All
that moiety of a certain messuage in the street of Cleremund.
with a rent of ten pence, that moiety namely which lies
between land formerly of William le Cleremund and land
formerly of Warin ffondhet, for eight shillings of silver.
Usual clause of Warrant}': Witnesses : Peter son of Clement
and Roger son of Reiner, then provosts of Salop, Nicholas son
of I von, Robert Poncer, Richard Pride, Robert his brother,
Gamel de Romaldesham, Roger son of Warin, Peter son of
Adely, Thomas Infantis, and others.

Seal — a bird winged, + s' tome fili rogeri bretvn
(a round seal of green wax).
[Endorsed : Clerymond.]

VII.

PETER SON OF JOHN CNOTTE TO ALAN SON OF
GAMEL DE ROMALDASIIAM.

Sale and Quit Claim from Peter son of John Cnotte to
Alan son of Gamel dc Romaldesham, for twenty shillings of
silver, of an Annual rent of two shillings, which he [Peter]
was wont to receive from the said Alan annually from a
certain messuage on Cleremunt which is called Strenchhus.
And he also quitclaimed to the said Alan and his heirs all the
right which he had in that messuage with its appurtenances.
To hold to the said Alan and his heirs. Rendering therefore
to the provosts of our Lord the King of Salop in the term of
Hokedey four pence for all service. Witnesses: Reyn'er
Porchet and Hugh le Vilevn, then provosts of Salop. John
Borrcy chaplain, William Gangelanl. Adam Ketcl, Laurence

ON CLARE MONT, SHREWSBURY.

49

son of Hunegyth, Adam Pang}-, Alano son of John Corde,
Peter Pangy, and many others.
Seal— OCTE.

[The rest is broken off. The Rev. W. A. Leighton read it

as S* . ETR .... IOIIIS NOCTE.l

(a rorind seal of green wax. )
r Endorsed: Glerembut.]

VIII.

ALDITHA CORY. RELICT OF RADJTLPH LE KENT TO
ALAN GAM VL.

Grant from Aid it ha Cory relict of Radnlph le Kent in her
widowhood and full health, to Alan Camyl of Salop, of a
certain plot [placeam] of land with the appurtenances in the
name of a partition made between her and her sisters of a
certain garden lying upon Clermond, which plot lies between
land of Alan Pride on one side and land of William de
Harleye on the other (side), for four shillings of silver. To
hold of her and her heirs to him and his heirs. Rendering
annually at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist one rose for
all service. Usual clause of Warranty. Witnesses : Henry
Borrey and Roger le Paumer, then Provosts of Salop, Richard
Gamyl, Alan Wyl, Adam Pangy, Thomas son of Peter, Peter
le Justis, and many others.

Seal— -[?] a wheatsheaf, s' aldit' relict' radvlfi l" rent.
(an oval seal of red \vax\

IX.

JOHN SON OF ROBERT PRIDE TO RICHARD SON OF
ALAN GAM EL.

Grant from John son of Robert Pride, to Richard son of
Alan Gamel, for four marks of silver, which he gave me in
hand for my urgent need, of a certain Curtilage upon Clere-
mont, which is situate between land of Alan Gamel and land
which was formerly of John le Wylcn. and extends in length
from a garden of Galfrid Snech up to the road [viam] which
is called Glereraaont. To hold to him and his heirs. Render-
ing annually a rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist for
all service. Usual clause of Warranty. Witnesses: Henry
Bonvy and John de Lodelawe, then bailiffs of Salon. Alan

5°

EARLY DEEPS RELATING TO LANDS

G&mel, William son of the same, John son of the same Alan.
Adam Pangy. Laurence son of Laurence Edwyn, Robert
Wycart, Laurence son of Bernard, ana many others,

Seal — [?] a post between two birds, s' ihohannis pride.
(a round seal of green wax, broken at the bottom).
[Endorsed : Of ye place of Clyrymold.
Ric ve sone of Al. Gamell bought of Rob. P'de.]

X.

ADAM SON OF ROGER PRIDE TO ALAN SON OF CAMEL.

Sale and Quit Claim by Adam son of Roger Pride, to Alan
son of Gamel and his heirs A certain land with all its
appurtenances in the street of Cleremund, which lies between
land of Alice Baldwin and the hill [montem] of Claremund
on one side and Curtejages of Schoteplace and land which
was of John Cnocte namely in length and in breadth ; and a
certain plot [placeam] of land with its appurtenances which
lies between my own land and land which was formerly of
John Cnocte, being in breadth xii feet, and contains in breadth
from the said land up to the high road [regalem viam] of
Claremonte. And the said Adam and his heirs are bound to
pay annually the rent [firmam] of the said land' to the chief
lords of the fee at the appointed term of the year. For which
the said Alan gave six marks of silver. Usual clause of
Warranty. Witnesses: John son of Ivon and John son of
Roger Palmer, then provosts of Salop, Nicholas son of Ivon
Richard Pride, Edmund Cox, Robert son of Job, Robert
Pride, Peter son of Clement, Thomas Borrey, and others.
Seal — a horse to the sinister, s' ade. itl'i rogeri pride.

fa round seal of green wax).
[Endorsed : ffrp ye h.yll of Clyrynolbtit to ye Romaldsham

hill. 4.]

XL

ADAM SON OF CHRISTIAN DE CHETEWYN TO ALAN SON OF
GAMEL AND PETER AOUATOK.

Sale and Quit Claim by Adam son of Christian [Chrisiiane]
de Chetewyn, to Alan son of Camel and Peter Aqua tori and
their heirs. All the moiety of that messuage with ail its
appurtenances in Cleremund which was of William Godmon
in the Borough of Salop, with ail right and claim which the

OX CI.ASF.MONT, SH RKWSIU'RY.

51

said Adam or his heirs had. Rendering annually to the
Bailiffs of our lord the King of Salop at the term of Hoketis-
dey [blank] of silver for all service &c. For which Alan and
Peter gave him two marks of silver. Usual clause of
Warranty. Witnesses: Robert Pride and William son of
Nicholas, then provosts of Salop. Nicholas son of I von.
Richard Pride, Robert son of John, Richard Crawe, Hugh le
Vileyn, William Ghoc, and many others.

Seal h s" ape. i n. 11. cristi.wi

(a round seal of green wax.)

[ Endorsed : Clerembiit.]

XII.

ALAN' SON OF ADAM PPIPF TO ALAN SOX OF GAM EL DF.
ROMALDESHAM [T27O — J 2C)-|. ]

Grant from Alan son of Adam Pride of Salop to Alan son
of Gamel de Romaldesham and his heirs, of two plots
[placias] of land with their appurtenances in the street of
Cleremont, one of which lies as to its upper part [superius]
towards the wall of our lord the Ring, between land of the
said Alan on both sides opposite a certain curtilage and two
parcels [particularum] of land which the same Alan Gamel
gave me in exchange. And the other plot of land lies between
land of the same Alan on both sides opposite his house, and
formerly belonged to Adam my father aforesaid. To hold of
me and my heirs to the said Alan Gamel and his heirs-
Rendering yearly to the chief lord of the same fee the due
rent, and to me and my heirs at the feast of the Nativity of
St. John the Baptist one rose for all service &,c. Usual
clause of Warranty. Witnesses : Richard Pride and Symon
Grawegos. then bailiffs of Salop, Roger Pride, Richard Borrey,
Baldwin de Mardefole, William Gamel, Thomas Kylot. and
many others.

Seal — a horse with head reversed, s' ALAN I pripf.
(a small round seal of green wax.)

[Endorsed: Carta gardinorum in Cleremont q [oh'es Pride
nuper tenuit ad terminum vite cS;c. Clervmond.]
Vol. 111.. 4th Series. II

52

EARLY DEEDS RELATING TO LANDS

XIII.

RICH A K 1 > SOX OF JOHN LLC VYLEYN TO JOHN SON OF
ALAN LE GLOVE K [1292.]

Grant from Richard son of John le Vyleyn of Mardefol, to
John son of .Man Lc Glover under the W vie, in free marriage
with Juliana my sister, of one Curtilage with its appurtenances
upon Cleremund which lies between land of William Gamel
on one side and land of Alan de Ardulffton on the other side
And extends in length from the highway [Regia via] to land
of the said Alan de Ardulffton. To hold to the said John and
his heirs in fee and in heirship for ever. Rendering to me
and my heirs a rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist for
ail service. Usual clause of \Yarranty. Witnesses : John
Villane and Roger de Statitone then bailiffs of Salop, Richard
Pryde, William Gamel, Alan Pride, John Gamel, Roger son
of Alan Pryde, clerk, and many others.

Seal— a lion rampant, s' vill ED portis [qu.]
(a small round seal of green wax.)

XIV.

ALAN SON OF ALAN DE PAR VA ROSS, ALE TO WILLIAM GAMEL.

21 November 1292.

Grant from Alan son of Alan de Parva Rossale, to William
Gamel of Salop and his heirs, of a certain annual rent of four
shillings which he was wont to receive annually from a certain
messuage situate in the street of Cleremund between 'land of
the said William on one side and land of Juliana daughter of
Alan Gamel on the other (side), and extends from land of the
said William in length up to the high road [ regale m viam] of
Cleremound, which tenement the said Alan de Rossale parva
my father gave up [tradidit] to Alan Gamel and his heirs at
fee farm for the said annual rent of tour shillings. To hold
to said William Garnet and his heirs. For which grant the
said William Gamel gave to the said Alan son of Alan of
Parva Rossale twenty shillings of silver, and one messuage in
Monks Foliate Salop. Usual clause of warranty. Witnesses;
John Villane and Roger de Staunton, then bailiffs of the tow n
of Salop, John de Lodelewe. Richard Prid, John Gamel, Alan

ON CLARE MONT, SHREWSBURY.

53

i'ryd, Simon Raymond, John son of I von, and others. Dated
Friday on the morrow of St. Edmund King and Martyr 21
Edward.

Seal — a dog pursuing a hare uoiun .... woy . .

(a small round seal of green wax.)

XV.

RADULPH DE KYRKEBY AND ISABELLA HIS WIFE TO ROGER

son of alan pride. 23 November 1313.
Grant from Radulph de Kyrkeby of Salop and Isabella his
wife, formerly the wife of Alan de Ardeston. to Roger son of
Alan Pride of Salop clerk, for a certain sum of money, a
certain part of a certain Curtilage with its appurtenances,
which lies upon Clcremont, between land of the said Roger
on one side and a Curtilage formerly of the said Alan de
Ardeston on the other side, and contains in breadth in the
lower part of the same garden near the town wall fifty three
feet, and in the middle forty feet, and in the part nearer to
the garden of the said Roger thirty eight feet, and extends in
length from the garden of the said Roger up to the road near
the walls of our lord the King of Salop. To hold to said
Roger and his heirs of the chief lords of that fee. Rendering
annually to the chief lords of that fee the due and accustomed
rent. Usual clause of warrant}-. W ltnesses : Hugh le
Dunfowe and Nicholas ie Spicer, then Bailiffs of Salop,
Nicholas Ivc, William de Upton, Thomas Vaghan, Thomas
Gam el, Simon Colic, John Reiner. Robert de Frees, and others.
Dated at Salop Friday the least of St. Clement Pope, 7
Edward son of King Edward.

Seals (1) — S' ALAN I DE ARDESTON.

(2) — A bird, s' issabell * clemehn
(2 round seals of green wax.)

[Endorsed : Clerymond.]

XVI.

ALICE AM) fiSABEL, DAUGHTERS OF JOHN LE GLOVER To
thomas camel, i March I^I<)-20.

Quit Claim by Alice, daughter of John lc Glover of Salop,
and Isabella sister of the said Alice, to Thomas Game! of

KART.Y DEED? RELATINC TO LANDS

Salo}) his heirs and assigns, for a certain sum of money, of all
their right and claim in a certain Cnrt;lage with its appur-
tenances in Salop, which lies on Cleremount, between a
Curtilage formerly of William Gamel which Mabilla who was
the wife of the same William holds in dower on one side, and
a Curtilage formerly of Alan de Ardeston on the other (side);
and extends in length from the street of Cleremonnt up to the
said Curtilage formerly of the said Alan de Ardeston. Usual
clause of Warranty. Witnesses: Thomas de Bykedon and
John Reyner, then Bailiffs of Salop, William de Upton,
Robert de Prces. Alan de Wenloke, Roger atte Yate. Simon
de Wenloke. and others. Dated at Salop I March 13 Edward
son of King Edward.

Seals— (1 ) s" a nc ie fie. joh. le glover

12) S' ISAUEEEE FIL. JOH. T.F. CLOVER

(both oval seals of white wax.)
[Endorsed: ij Curfylages upon Clerymond, dated Ao — 17,20.]

XVII.

JOHN' SOX OF THOMAS CAMEL TO JOH X SOX OF
ROGER PRYDE. 8 April 1 37 1.

Grant and lease to fee farm from John son of Thomas
Gamel of Salop, to John son of Roger Pryde of Salop clerk,
of one plot [placea] of land in the town of Salop upon
Cleremond lying in length from the house of the said John
Pride up to the house of the said John Gamel which Henry
de Schalen holds af him [the grantor], and extends in breadth
from the high road [via regia] up to the garden of the Blake
halle To hold to the said John his heirs and assigns at fee
farm of the chief lords of that fee by the services therefore
due and accustomed. Rendering to the said John Gamel his
heirs and assigns each year after two years from the date of
these presents, at the feasts of St. Michael and the Annunci-
ation of Blessed Mary, twelve pence of silver by equal
portions. Usual clause of Warranty. Witnesses: John
Stury and John Schetton, then bailiffs of the town of Salop,
Hugh de Withiford, Robert de Lye, Thomas de Frees, John
Rondulf, John Blake, William HaUleve, and others. Hated

ON CLARE MONT, SHREWSBURY.

55

at Slaop on Tuesday next after the feast of Easier 44
Howard III.

The seal is missing.

[Endorsed: A place upon Clerymond, dated Ao. dni. 1370.]

A XVIII.

JOHN WAVEN AN D AGNES HIS WIFE AND OTHERS TO
THOMAS WYM1ES AND SIBIL HIS WIFE. I August I463.

Grant and lease to fee farm indented, from John Waven
and Agnes his wife an 1 R )bert Brian and EUsabct his wife,
the daughters and coheiresses of John Gamel late of Salon
deceased, to Thomas Wymies and Sibilla his wile, of one void
plot of land as it lies in a certain lane leading towards
Cleremount near the high way [viam regiam]. betw een land of
Hugh Kynton on one side and land of the said John Gamel
lately in the tenure of the said Thomas Wynnes on the other
side, and extends from the high way up to land of the said
John Gamsl latelv in the tenure of Roger Tilliley. To hold
to the said Thomas and Sibiila and their heirs of the chief
lords of that fee by the services therefore due &c. Rendering
annually to the grantors four shillings of silver at the feasst
of St. Michael the archangel and the Annunciation of Blessed
Mary the Virgin by equal portions. Power of distress if the
rent is one month in arrear ; and of re-entry if unpaid lor one
year. Usual clause of Warrant}'. Witnesses : Thomas Stone?
then one of the bailiffs of the town of Salop, Richard Stum
Roger Evton, Thomas Byriton, John Grafton, and many
others. Dated at Salop on Sunday the feast of St. Peter ad
vincula i Edward IV.

Two Seals — no Arms or Inscriptions. The second is [qu.]
a tree inverted.

[Endorsed: Clercmbut. Clerymond.]

XIX.

THOMAS WOLRYCH TO DEGORY WATUR. 20 July 1471.

Quit Claim from Thomas Wolryche of Dudmaston son and
heir of Andrew Wolryche to Degory Watur of Salop his heirs
and assigns of all his right and interest in all those five

56 DEEDS RELATING TO LANDS ON CLAREMONT, SHRE\VR1U'RY.

gardens in Salon, lying near Clerymond, which William
Wolryche formerly had of the gift and grant of William
Taylor otherwise called William London of Wcnlok and
Katerine his wife, also of and in all other gardens and lands
lying upon Clerymond or elsewhere within the liberties of the
town of Salop. Witnesses : William Oteley and Thomas
Ponshury. Bailiffs of the town of Salop. John Hord, Thomas
Thorny s, Thomas Bury ton, esquires, and many others. Dated
at Salon on the feast of St. Margaret the Vigin 10 Edward IV.

Seal — [?] a tree, no Inscription, with some string inter-
twined round.

[Endorsed : Cleremont, dated Ao. dni. 1470. C. no. 6.1

57

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF
EDGMQND IN THE FOURTEENTH AND
< FOLLOWING CENTURIES.

By CHARLES G. O. BRIDGE.MAN, Barrister-at-Law.

The early history of the Manor of Edgmond, which was
granted together w ith the vill of Newport to Henry de Audley
by King Henry III. in 1227. has l)een exhaustively treated
by the Historian of Shropshire (Eytoh's Antiquities of Shrop-
shire, lx. 114 — 129, and cf. vii. 183 — 190), and it would be
superfluous to repeat it here in detail. But Eyton of course
deals only with the early histon*, which he does not carry
much beyond the beginning of the fourteenth century : and
from that time onwards the only historical account of this
manor to be found in print (so far as I am aware1) consists
of the extremely meagre and by no means always accurate
notices collected in Lloyd and Duke's History of Shropshire
(p. 166), the brief account given by Miss Auden in her
Prefaces to the Edgmond and Tibberton Registers published
by the Shropshire Parish Register Society (Vol. XIII., Parts
I. and II.), and the summary recently communicated to the
same Society by the Rev. Ernest Bridgeman and printed at
the end of the Edgmond Registers (Vol. XIII., Part II..
p. 234). It has been thought that a more complete and
succinct account of the devolution of this manor from the
date when Eyton leaves off down to modern times, compiled
in the main from authoritative records at the Public Record

1 Since this paper was written I have come across the articles in the is: Series
of the Shropshire Archceological Society's Transactions by the late Mr. Edward
Jones on the Historical Recouls of Newport, the early history ot which is
intimately connected with the Manor of Edgmond ; and the account there given
is so full and complete that a considerable part ot what I have written here
seems almost superfluous, lint I have thought it best to leave it as it stood
with an occasional reference in the footnotes to Mr. Jones's aiticies. It is .a
any rate satisfactory to find that with a tew tritlin£ exceptions we seem to have
arrived independently at the same results. (See S. A. S. Trans., ist Ser., vii.
;,4<) -3S2 : viij. 229— 20S; ix. 1 1 7 — 1 70 ; and x. o/j — I 2 3 , but especially the
lust of these aiticies )

Vol. III., .ph Series. 1

5<S THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMONI).

Office, might be of sonic use for County historical purposes
and of sufficient interest to find a pi ice in the Shropshire
Archaeological Society's Transactions. For this, down to the
end of the reign of Richard III., and to a lesser extent to
the end of the reign of Charles I., we must rely chiefly on
inquisitions post mortem ; but from the reign of Edw ard IV.,
when "common recoveries" first came into vogue as a means
of defeating estates tail, valuable information may sometimes
be derived from the records of Recoveries and Fines, whilst,
the Manor of Edgmond being held of the Crown in capite,
licences of alienation and pardons for alienation without
licence on the Patent Rolls and Originalia Rolls (to the
latter of which there is unfortunately no calendar in existence
for this period) often supply a missing link in tracing the
devolution of the title.

It may be convenient to preface the following account In-
stating that in Saxon times there were six bcrewicks1 belong-
ing to the Manor of Edgmond and referred to (without how-
ever their names being given) in the Domesday Survey.
Evton takes five of these to have been Adeney, Field Aston,
Church Aston, Pickstock, and Little Hales.2 He does not
expressly identify the sixth, but there can belittle doubt that
the sixth is (and was recognised by Eyton to be) Newport,
which is not separately mentioned in Domesday, and which
owed its status as a free borough, and probably also its name,
to Norman times; for Eyton says that it was founded in or
before Henry I's reign "within the Royal Manor of Edgmond''
afterwards granted by Henry III. to Henry de Audley,3 and
he also cites the Tenure Roll of Bradford Hundred, taken
about 1285, where the vill of Newport is mentioned, together
with Adeney, Great Aston, Little Aston, Little Hales, and
Pickstock, as one of the members of the Manor of Edgmond
and as being then held by the Burgesses of Newport of

J A berewick is a village or hamlet belonging to a manor, generally as a
member but sometimes as a subinfeudation thereof : it is a word that occurs
requently in the Domesday Survey.

- Kyton, Ant- oj Shropshire i\. 114.

s /A., ix. 129. The mill mentioned in the Domesday Survey under Edgmond
would doubtless be tire mill occupied in connection with the celebrated Newport
Vivary. (S.A.S. 7>ans.t 1st Ser., vii. 349, 353).

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 59

Nicholas de Audley as a free borough.1 Of these six bere-
wicks or members I propose to say a few words at the end
of this paper, but I may here state shortly that Adeney was
granted to Croxden Abbey in frank almoig.11 by King John in
1206, and afterwards in 12S7 exchanged for land elsewhere
with Buildwas Abbey r that of Great (or Field) Aston three
virgates were granted to Robert Pinzun in sergeantry by
Henry II. in 1155, and subsequently made over by the
Pinzuns, as to two virgates to Shrewsbury Abbey and as to
one virgate to Lilleshall Abbey, in frank almoign, that
another virgate was in 1255 held of the Audleys by one
Edith a widow of Newport, and that the rest of the hamlet had
before 1255 been subinfeudated by Sir James de Audley to
Geoffrey de Thorp;3 that Little Hales had been subin-
feudated to John de Hales;4 that Little (or Church) Aston
and Pickstock were retained in the hands of the lords of the
Manor of Edgmond as members thereof until the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, whilst the seignory of Newport (usually
described as a separate manor) remained in the possession of
the lords of the Manor of Edgmond till the death of the last
Audlev in the direct male line in 1 39.1. 5 The advowson of
Edgmond Church had long before the grant of the manor to
the Audleys been bestowed by Earl Roger de Montgomery
upon Shrewsbury Abbey as part of their original foundation,
and never belonged to the Audleys.0

The Manor of Edgmond, with the vill of Newport, passed
on the death of Sir Henry de Audley of Heleigh in 1246 to
his son Sir James de Audley, who was Justiciary of Ireland
from 1270 to 1272 and died in 1272. 7 He married in 1244
Ela, daughter of William Longespec Earl of Salisbury by
whom he had four sons, viz : James, Henry, William, and
Nicholas, who all in turn succeeded to the family estates,
and a fifth son Hugh, upon whom his mother bestowed her
manor of Stratton co. Oxford, and who was summoned to

1 Eyton, Ix. 119, 120.

5 lb., ix. 121.

5 /6., ix. 122 — 125.
4 /A„ ix. 126.

s i\. 1 29—135.

6 /<>., is, 126—128 ; Xfon. An<;7. iii., 513.

' lnqM 56 lien. II I., No. 8. ( Sew Calendar of Inquisitions, vol. iM No» 788),

6o THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

Parliament in 132 1 as a Baron. Ela de Audley died in or
before 1299.1 Cockayne in his Complete Peerage, following
the account given in Beltz's Memorials of the Garter- and an
article in the Herald and Genealogists makes out the first four
sons of Sir James dc And ley to be his sons by a first wife
(name unknown), and his youngest son Hugh only to be the
son bv Ela Longespee.4 This hypothesis is based on his
undoubted fact that after her husband's death Ela made
over to or settled on her son Hugh the manor of Strattom
which had been given to her husband and herself in frank
marriage. Bcltz contends that under a settlement in frank
marriage, which involves an entail upon the heirs of the
two bodies of the donees, it would be legally impossible
for her to make it over to a younger son to the prejudice
of her eldest son. Mr. Josiah Wedgwood, M.P., in his valu-
able article on the Parentage of James de Audley, K.G.. in
the William Salt Society's Staffordshire Historical Collections,'0
has shewn conclusively that Ela was married to Sir jamcs
de Audley of Heleigh and the settlement on them in frank
marriage made in 1244.0 and that all the sons w ere born after
that date, so that (whether legally impossible or not) it was
undoubtedly her youngest and not her eldest soii to whom
after her husband's death she made over the manor of
Stratton. I venture to think that the explanation is a very
simple one and the legal difficulty purely imaginary. The
settlement haying been made in 1244, long before the passing
of the Statute of Westminster the second usually known as
De donis Condiiionalibus (13 Ed. I.), the estate thereby created
was not an estate in tail special but a fee simple conditional
on the birth of a child ; and I can see no reason w hatever

1 Pat. Rolls 2S lid. I., m. 33. The i iquisition of 1325-6. referred tc in both
editions of the Complete Peerage, is that taken on the death of her grand-
daughter, Ela the wife of Sir James de l'crcrs. Cf.' Stall. Hist, GW/./N.S.,
ix. 204.

2 Uelt/'s Memorials of the Gaffer, pp. 75-S4, as p. 82."
5 Herald and Genealogist , v. 05.

4 I find tiiat in the new edition of the Complete Peerage', "by the Hon. Vicary
Gibbs, this mistake (with several others occurring in the hrtt edition to which I
have referred in this paper) lias been corrected, but I was not acquainted with
the new edition when this paper was prepared. Although the mistake of fact is
corrected, no explanation is there given of the supposed legal difficulty.

•'• Stajf, Hist. Coll.. N.S., ix. 24s — 268, at p. 251,

,; /*., iv. 102.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 6l

why in the year 1272, thirteen years before the passing of
the statute, Ela de Audley (after issue born and the death
of her husband) should not have alienate ! the manor even
to a stranger, if she had thought lit so to do. 1

PEDIGREE of AUDLEY.

/

Sir Henry de Audley, b. c. 1 1 75, succ. a/j/e-rBertrcd, dau. of Ralph Main waring,
1211, Sheriff of Salop and Stalls. 12 16, I Seneschal of Chester, living
1221, 1223-32, grantee of Ldgmond 1249.
1 227, d. 1246. I

i

Sir James de Audley, b.c 1220, Sheriff -fLla, dan. of .William Longe?pee, Eail

of Salop and Staffs. 1261-9, Justiciary
of Ireland 1270— 1272, d. June ; 272.

of Salisbury, rel. 1272, living 1283
ind 1293, «• 1299-

James dc Audley, — Matilda, rel. 1273.
h. 1250, d. s.p. 22 m. 1274 John Dei
Nov. 1273. villa Lord Dcivill.

d. 1276.

Henry de Audley, =Lucy, rel. 1276,
b. 125 1, d :s.p. ante m. ante 1281,
22 April 1276. Sir Wm. Uithre.

Lord Rithre, liv-
ing 1283 and 1303.

I. ..I
Sir William de Audley, Nicholas de Audley, -7-Katherine, dau. and coh. of

b. 1253, d. s.p. unmar.
ante 28 Dec. 1 2S2.

b. ante 125S, succ.
12S2, d. ante 28
Aug. 1299.

Thomas de Audley— Eva, dau, of Sir John
b. 12SS, d. s.p. Clavering, 2nd Lord
under age 1307, Clavering, m. (2) Sir
Thomas Ufford, Sir
James Audley (?), and (4) Sir
Robert Benhales, d. 1369.

John Giffard, Baron of
Brimsfield and Matilda his
wife (dau. and heir ol
Walter Lord Clifford and
widow of William Longes-
pee Earl of Salisbury), liv-
ing 1322, then a nun at
Ledbury.

Nicholas de Audley, Lord Audley,
sum. to Parliament as a Baron
1313, b. 11 Nov. 1289, d. Dec.
1 ; 1 6.

Joan. dau. of Sir William Maitin of Kcmeys
co. Pembroke, 1st Lord Martin, and
coh. of her brother William, 2nd Lord
Maitin, and widow of Henry Lacy, Karl
of Lincoln, rri. 13 12, d. ante Aug. 1322.

Joan, dau. of Roger Mortimer, =pjames de Audley, =f=Isabcl, qu. dau. of Rogci

Earl of March, m. in or ante
June 1330, living 1337, def.
135 1 (1st wife).

Lord Audley, b.
8 Jan. 1313, d. 1
Ap. 1386.

Lord Strange, m ante
Dec. 1351. living 136 i
and (?) 1366 (2nd wi;e).

*r 1

1 Blackstonu's Commentaries, ii. 93*95 ; Littleton, sec. 13; Coke upon
Littleton, 19a, and note.

62 TH1-: DEVOLUTION OF THK MANOR OF EDGMOND.

a I

Nicholas de Audley,— Elizabeth, dau.
Lord Audley, b, c. of Henry Lord
132S, d. Is p. 22 July Beaumont, m.
1391. c 1 331, d. 27

Oct. 1400.

I , !

Joan, m. Sir John Margaret, m.

Tuuchet of Mark ante 1353 Sir

Ealon, co. Derby, Roger Hillary,

def. 1391. d. s./>. 1 4 1 1 .

! 1 I U

Sir James dc Sir! homas dc Roland cie Oliver de Audley. Margaret (or

Audley, d.s.p. Audley, living Audley, liv- living 1360, def. Blanche), m.

c. 13/0. 1350, </r/. 1385 iug 1370, 13705./). Fuik Lord

s.p.

def. 138:
sp.

Fitzwariric,
def. 1391.

Hugh de Audley. the elder, of Stratton--Isolda, dau. of Sir Edmund dc Mor-

timer of Wigm-ore, and widow ot
Sir Walter 'dc Halun of Much
Marcle, co. Hereford, m ante 1293.

Audley, co. Oxon, b. c. 1260, sum. to I
Parliament as Hugh de Audley pernor j
132F, d. 1325-5'. j

j . I

Sir James de=Eva, dau. of Sir Hugh dc Audley, thc^Margaret, d. and coh.
Audlev, ) John Clavering, younger, b. c. 1289, j of Gilbert de Clare,
■ sum. to Pari, as Hugh 1 Eml cf Gloucester,
Audley junior 13 17, I and widow of Tiers
cr Earl of Gloucester j Gaveston, m. 1 3 1 7 , d.

King's Squire* and widow of
I3i2,d. 1334-? Thomas de

Audley and of
Sir Jas. UlVord
(who d. 1314),
\ & 1369.

1337. d. 10 Nov. 1347. I 1342

Sir Peter de Audley,

d. s.p. 1359.

Sir James de Audley,
K.G.. b. c. 1322, hero
of Poitiers 1 356,
d. s.p. 1369.

Margaret, =pRalph Baron Stafford
b. 1317, I cr. Earl of Stafford
T349- I 1353-

Earls of Stafford and
Dukes of B ckingham.

James, the eldest son of Sir James de Audley of Heleigh,
died without issue in 1273 shortly after his father, leaving a
widow Matilda, who had dower assigned to her.1 Henry, the
second son, died without issue in 127G, leaving a widow-
Lucy.2 William, the third son, died unmarried in 1282."
Nicholas, the fourth sou, died in 1299,* having married
Kathcrine daughter and coheir of John Giffard Baron of
Brimsiield, w ho survived him and took the veil. By her he

1 Ihq. 2 Ed. I., No>. 30 and 00. (Cal. Inq. IT, No. Q7).

2 Inq. 4 Ed. 1 . No. 50 ; 6 Ed. I., No. 46. (Cal. In.). IT. Nos. 197, 2S3)

3 Inq. 11 Ed. T, No. 34. (Cal. I n c | IT, No 476).
* Inq. 27 Ed. T. No. 46; (Cal. Inq. III., No. 530*.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOK OF EPGMONI). 63

hail two son?, who in turn succeeded to his estates,1 viz.
Thomas and Nicholas. Thomas married Eva, daughter and
heir of Sir John Clavering, but died without issue in 1307 :-
his widow married (secondly) Sir Thomas Ufford, who died
iu 1314. (thirdly) Sir James Audley of Stratton, her first
husband's cousin, by whom she was the mother of the cele-
brated Sir jamcs Audley, K.G.. the hero of Poitiers.3 and
(fourthly) Sir Robert Benhales : she died in 13^9. Nicholas
de Audley, the second son of Nicholas and brother of Thomas,
was summoned to Parliament as a Baron by writ dated
S January, 1313, being the first of the family who was so
summoned, unless indeed the summons to his father in 1296
should be considered as a summons to Parliament.4 He
married Joan, daughter and in her issue eventually sole heir
of Sir William Martin Lord Martin, and widow of Henry
Lascy (or Lacy) Karl of Lincoln, and died in 131 7, leaving a
son James then only three years of age.-'

From this point onwards no further information is to be
derived from Evton, and it is therefore necessary to proceed
with more caution and in somewhat further detail. But
before doing so it may perhaps be convenient here to give
the particulars of the Manor of Edgmond as they are set out
in an extent included in the inquisition taken on the death
of this Nicholas de Audley in 1391. It purports to be an
extent of Edgmond with its members and the vill of Newport,
held of the King by the service of one sparrowhawk and
4s. 4d. rent : the Newport part is given by Evton under that

1 See Cockayne's Complete Peerage, sub nom., and the article by Mr. Josiah
Wedgwood in Staff, Hist. Coll., N. S. ix. 245— 26S, q.v. for an excellent
pedigree of the Audleys. Cockayne appears to have thought that Thomas de
Audley died before his father, and does not put him down as one of the barons
by tenure; but there can be no doubt that Eyton and Mr, Wedgwood are
correct in stating that his father died in 1209 and he in 1307. This mistake is
now corrected in the new edition of the Complete Peerage.

2 Inq., 1 lul. II., No. 63. (Cdl. Inq. IV.,' No. 6:).

3 Mr. Wedgwood advances strong reasons lor concluding that Sir lames
Audley, K.G , was illegitimate, and npparertly doubts the met of the marriage
between his parents. It is possible that his mother's previous marriage with
his father's first cousin Thomas de Audley mav allord some explanation of the
illegitimacy of their children, for they could not contr?ct a legrl marriage
without a papal dispensation.

* Mr. Wedgwood apparently did so con.-ider it, but see the article on Audley
of Helcigh in the new edition of the Complete Peerage^ which was written with
Mr. Wedgwood's help, and the preface to that edition, pp. \xiii and wiv.

s Inq., 10 Ed. II., \o 73. (C.nl. Inq. VI., No. 56).

64 THK DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOXf).

heading,1 but I cannot find there any summary of the rest of
Edgmond. The jurors find that there are there a capital
messuage in annual value worth 2S., one carucate of arable
land containing 60 acres worth 20s., each acre being worth
4d.. 10 acres of meadow worth 20s., each acre bring worth 2s..
rents of assize of socmen worth £8 13s. old., rents o'f assize
of new land appropriated 100s., that there is at Pickstock.
which is a member of Edgmond. 32s. akl. of rent of assize
of socmen, and at Aston [i.e. Little Aston], which is a
member of Edgmond, 40s. 2hd. of rent of assize of socmen, and
that there are pleas and profits of Court there worth 40s.
Total £21 gs. ojd., or deducting the rent resolute £21 4s. S^d.-

Jamcs de Audley, who succeeded on his father's death as
second Baron Audley, was twice married. His first wife was
Joan, daughter of his guardian, Roger Mortimer Earl of
March, by whom he had two sons. Nicholas and Roger, and
two daughters, Joan and Margaret. His second wife was
Isabel, daughter of Roger Lord Strange,3 to whom he was
married before April. 1353. and by whom he had four sons,
James, Thomas. Roland and Oliver, and one daughter4
Margaret, sometimes called Blanch."' He died 1 April. 1386,
but in the inquisition taken on his death there is no mention
of the Manor of Edgmond, though Newport is mentioned :
this is doubtless because Edgmond had in 135S, some time
before his death, been made over to his son Nicholas.

Nicholas de Audley, third Baron Audley, who succeeded
to that title on his father's death in 13S6, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont and of Alice suo jure
Countess of Buchan. He died w ithout issue 22 July, 1301 :"
his wife survived him and died 27 October, 1400." From
the inquisitions taken on their respective deaths it appears

1 E) ton's . In/. ofShrup., ix. 135.

8 Inq. 10 Kd. II., No. 73 (now File 56(3 ) ).

3 Cockayne in the Complete Peerage calls her Isabel, daughter and coheir t f
Wi liam Malbank, Baron of Wich Malbank, But as to this see the new edition
by the Hon. Vicary Gil-bs; and cf. S/aft. Hist. Co//., M.S., ix. 266; Geneaio
gtst,i iv. 69-75, vi. 16-19 '» ar,d Cooke's Additions to Duncotnb'S Herefordshire,
ni. 10 and iv. 1 32.

4 Stafr. Hist. Co//., xi., igo. and xv. 6.
8 Inq., 9 K'C 1 1., No. r.

(; Inq., 15 Rich. I !.. No. r.
7 Inq., 2 lien. 1 V., NY, 56.

r

THE DEVOLUTION' OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 65

that the Manor of Edgmond had been settled upon Nicholas
and Elizabeth and the heirs of their two bodies, with re-
mainder to the heirs of the body of Nicholas, remainder to
the right heirs of his father James Lord Audley, whilst the
manors of Fordesham and Newport had been settled upon
Nicholas and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, with
remainder to the right heirs of Xicholas.

Roger, the own brother of Nicholas, and his four half-
brothers had all died without issue before Nicholas himself :
his sister Joan had married Sir John Touchet of Markeaton,
co. Derby, and was dead leaving' issue : his sister .Margaret
had married Sir Roger Hillary and was still living ; while his
half-sister Margaret (or Blanch) had married Fulk Lord
Fit/warine, and had died leaving issue. Consequently, on
the death of Elizabeth the widow of Nicholas Lord Audley
in 1400, the remainders in the two settlements took effect,
as to the manors of Fordesham and Newport in favour of
his great-nephew John Touchet (the grandson of Joan) and
his sister Margaret Hillary, as the right heirs of Nicholas,
and as to the Manor of Edgmond in favour of his great-
nephew John Touchet, his sister Margaret Hillary, and his
great-nephew Fulk Lord Fitzwarine, the grandson, of his
half-sister Margaret (or Blanch), as the right heirs of his
lather James Lord Audley, between whom the Barony of
Audley, created by writ, had also fallen into abeyance. This
accounts for the otherwise rather puzzling fact that from
that time forward the Manor of Edgmond devolved in third
shares, whilst that of Newport was held in two equal
moieties.

It will be necessarv to trace the title to these three shares
of Edgmond separately, and it may perhaps be convenient to
deal first with Margaret Hillary's share, because the title to
the other two shares afterwards became reunited.

Margaret Hillary's husband, Sir Roger Hillary, was the
son of the person of the same name who was Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas 1 341-^ and 1354-7. He himself
appears to have been a sergcant-atdaw in 1 30b and knighted
in or before 1304; he died in or about 1402 ; 1 his w ife

1 Inq., .} Hen. IV., No. 30.
Vol. III., 4th Seiies.

66 T.H.K DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

Margaret survived him and died without issue in 141 1.1 But
some years previously they had joined together in selling her
reversionary interest in one moiety of Fordesham and
New port and in one-third of Edgmond to Hugh de Holes,
reserving only an interest for her life, which was secured to
her bv a lease for 40 years from 14 February 2 Henry IV.
( 1 401) terminable on her death. Her heir was found tobe
her great-great-nephew James Touchet or Audlev.2

PEDIGREE of HOLES, TROUTBECK, and TALBOT.

Hugh e'e Holes, purchased share of=pMargery, dau. and coh. of John de
Edgmond from Roger and Margaret Dumville, lord of Oxton and Bruns-
Hillary c, 1401, d. June t 4 t 5 . tath, co. Chester.

Thomas de Holes of Albrighton, co. Salop, =f Alice, dau. of m. (2) in

b. c. 1391, d. March, 1420. j 1422 John Stretely.

Sir John Troutbeck of Dunham, co. Chester. ^Margery de Hole?, b. r. 14 18,
d. June 1458. I d. 11 Nov. 1456.

Sir William Troutbeck, b. c, 1432/7= Margaret, dau. of Thomas Lord Stanley
d. 23 Sept. 1459, fell at Blore- m. (2) Sir John Butier of Bcwsev,
heath

Sir William Troutbeck, b. c. Adam Troutbeck, of Mob-— Margaret, dau. of Si 1
1450, d. s.p. 10 Nov. 1510. berley. co. Chester, d. j John Butier 01 Lew-

ante 1510. sey.

I

Margaret Troutbeck, b. c. 1492, =pSir John Talbot of Grafton,=f=Elizabeth, dau. of
living 1521 (1st wife). | co. Worcester, d, 10 Sept. Walter Wrottes-

| 1549- I ley, Esq. (2nd

1 wife)

Sir Tonn Talbot, of Grafton=p Frances, dau. of Sir lohn Earls Talbot and 18th

and Albi ighton, tel. 30
1549, d. June, 1555.

Clittai d of Chillington, co. and later Maris of
Stalls., (i. Dec. 1574. Shrewsbury.

Catherine, dau ofSir-pJohn Talbot, Esq., of Grafton~Margaret, dau. of Edward

William 1'etre (1st
w>'e).

and Albrighton, d. 29 Jan. Lord Windsor, d. s.f>.
161 1. 1 1020 (2nd wife).

. I I

George I albot, Esq., 01 Grafton and lohn Talbot, Ksq.,^ Eleanor, dau, and

Albrighton, b.ante 1565, succ. l6iS of Longford, living coh. ofSil Ihomai

ins cousin as 9th Earl of Sinews- 161 \, d. anlc 10.50. Baskerville,
bury, d. umnar. 1630.

1 Inq., 12 Hen. IV., No. 36,

2 Inq- 12 Hen. IV., No. 36.

THE INVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 67

Miry, dau. of Sir Frmcis~John Talbot, Esq, of Longford,
Fortescue of Sudden Hall, I b, ante 1601, succ, his uncle as
co. BUCKS, K.B., d. 1635 | 10th Eatl of Shrewsbury 1630,
(j st wife). I d. 8 Feb. 1654 .

Frances, dau. of
Thomas Lord
Arundell of VVard-
our, d. 1052 (2nd
wife).

I

Thomas Talbot, Esq.. of Long-^pAnne, dau. ot Sir John Bruno Talbot,

lord, d 30 June x 6^6, bur. at
Longford.

John Yate, living Talbot, Chan.ofExch.
1692, d. 30 Dec. d. s.p, in Ireland,
1706. d. s.p.

John Talbot. Esq , of Longford, ==Cathcrine, dau. o( John Lord Bc'asysc,
d.s.p. June 1743. m. March 1692.

(leorge Talbot, m. Mary, dau. Franc's Talbot, nth— =Anna Maria, dau. of |
of Percy Herbert, 2nd Lord Earl of Shrewsbury, I Robert Ear! of Car- j
Po>vis, d...vi. pa. s.p. d. 1667. digan (2nd wife).

! I

Charles Talbot, inh Earl of Shrewsbury, cr. Duke John Talbot, d. unm.
of Shrewsbury, b. 1660, d. s.p 17)8.

Edward Talbot,
d. 1644.

Gilbert Talbot^-pjane, dau. of
of Cooksey. j

. Flats'oury.

I i I

John Talbot, Right Rev. Gilbert Talbot, 13th George=f-M an', dau. of

d. ante 1 7 1 S Earl of Shrewsbury, R.C. priest, Talbot, I Thomas, Yisct.

s.p, d. unm. 1743, Bishop of Bertha d. 12 Fitzwilliarn, m.

In Italy. Dec. 1733 ' 1719, d. 1752.

I ~ f ~ ! ~

George Talbot, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, Charles—Mary, dau. of Sir Tierce

b. 17 19, m. 1753 Elizabeth, dau. of Talbot Martyn of Talacre, c<
Hon. John Dormer, d. s.p. July 1787. Flint (2nd wife).

Charles Talbot, 15th
Fail of Shrewsbury,
b. 1754, m. 1792
Elizabeth, dau. of Jas.
Holy of Dublin, d. 6
April 1S27, s.p.

Harriet Anne
dau. of Rev.
Bacon Bed-
inqfield of Ditchinghnm Hall, co.
Norfolk, by whom he left issue male,
who all died before 1852.

John Joscph-f-Cathcnne, dau. of
'Talbot, b. ! Thomas Clifton, Talbot
1765, d. 8 I Esq., of Lytham, of Wit
Aug. 18 15. co. Lans. (1st ham Place,
He mar. (2) j wife). co. Essex, b.

1727, d.
181-?.

Francis^Margaret
France?,
dau. (. j f
William
Sheldon
of Wes-
ton, CO.
Warwick

John Talbot, 16th Eail of Shrewsbury,
b. 1 791 , m. 1S14 Marie Theresa, dau.
of William Talbot of Castle Talbot,
co. Wexford, .d. s.p.m. 9 Nov. 1852.

I

Charles Thomas Taloot
b. 17S2, Lieut. -Colonel,
d. 30 April 183S.

Julia, dau. of
Sir Henry
Tichborne,
i in. 1830.

Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Farl ol Shrewsbury, b. 1832, d. unm. 10 Aug. 1850

6S THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MAN OK OF EDGMOND.

Hugh de Holes (or Hulse), the purchaser of the Hillary
share, who belonged to an old Cheshire* family and had
married Margery daughter and coheir of John de Dumvillc.
lord of Oxton and prunstath, co. Chester, was made a Judge
of the King's Bench in 1389; he died in June 1415, seised of
one half of the manors of Fordesham and Newport angTone-
third of the manor of Edgmond, leaving Thomas de'j Holes
his son and heir aged 24. 1 Thomas de Holes died in March
1420, seised of the same shares, leaving an only daughter
Margery then aged 2 his heir.2

Margery de Holes proved her age (i.e. the attaining of her
fifteenth year) in 1433,3 and married Sir John Troufbeck of
Dunham, co. Chester. In the inquisition taken on her death
in 1456 the jurors find that she held at her death in fee tail
jointly with her husband the same shares as before of
Fordesham, Newport and Edgmond by virtue of a line levied
by them, and that William Troutbeck their son and heir was
aged 24. 4 Similar findings occur in the inquisition taken on
the death of her husband, who died two years later/'
William Troutbeck, who succeeded his parents in 145S, was
slain at the battle of Bloreheath with his leader Eord Audley
in 1459, dying seised of the same shares, and leaving a son and
heir William Troutbeck then aged ten.6 William Troutbeck
the younger died without issue in 1510. seised ofj one half of
Newport and one-third of Edgmond. his heir being his niece
Margaret, the daughter of his brother Adam Troutbeck. and
the wife of John Talbot, then aged 1S,7 w ho thus brought the
Hillary share of Edgmond to the Talbot family. Good
pedigrees of the families of Troutbeck and Holes are given
in Ormerod's History of Cheshire.8 and further information as
to them will be found in the History of Albrighton, published
in the Shropshire Archaeological Society's Tj-ansnctious.9

1 fnq., 3 Hen. V., No 41.

^ Inq., 8 Hen. V., No. qx. t/.v. for an extent of these shares.

3 Inq., 11 Hen. VI.., No. 50,

4 Inq., 35 Hen. VI., No. 8.

? Inq., 37 Hen. VI., No. 21.

,; Inq., 38 and 39 Hen. VI., No. 47.

7 Cli. Inq., 3 Hen. VIII., Ser. II., Vol. 26 (90),

8 Second ed. (by Ilclsby), ii. 4?. and 433. The dates there £iven of
the. deaths of Sir John and Sir William Troutbeck-, the husband and son ot
Margery de Holes, are not quite correct.

n Second Series, xi. 25; ct. Third Series, ix. 31.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMONlV. 6q

In Michaelmas Term 152 1 a fine was levied between John
More, knight, one of the Justices of the King's Bench, and
others, plaintiffs, and John Talbot, knight, and Margaret his
wife, deforciants, of lands in several counties, including a
moiety of the manor of Newport and a third part of the
manor of Edgmond, co. Salop, and a settlement w as made to
the use of John Talbot and Margaret his wife for their lives,
with remainder to John Talbot their son and heir apparent
in tail, remainder to John and Margaret in tail special-
remainder to Margaret in tail, and an ultimate remainder to
the right heirs of Margaret.1

John Talbot, the husband of Margaret Troutbeck, was Sir
John Talbot of Albrighton. co. Salop, the son of Sir Gilbert
Talbot of Grafton, co. Worcester, by his second w ife, Audrey
daughter of Sir John Cotton of Landwade, co. Cambridge,
and widow of Sir Richard Gardiner Lord Mayor of London :
Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton himself being the third son ot
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. Shortly before his
death (on the extinction of the issue male of Sir Gilbert
Talbot by his first wife) Sir John Talbot had succeeded also
to the Grafton estates. By his wife, Margaret Troutbeck.
he was ancestor of the 9th and subsequent Earls of Shrews-
bury, whose line did not become extinct until the death ot
the 17th Karl in 1856. By his second wife. Elizabeth
daughter of Walter Wrotteslcy of Wrotteslcy Esquire, he
was ancestor of the Earls Talbot, from whom the present
Rector of Edgmond is descended, and also of the iSth and
subsequent Earls of Shrewsbury. He died 10 September
15^9. and was succeeded by a son (by his first marriage) of
the same name, who married Eranccs daughter of Sir John
GifFord of Chillington.2 This second Sir John Talbot died
in June, 1555. leaving his wife surviving him and a son also
called John, to whom his estates passed on his death subject
to the interest of his widow: the only inquisition taken on
his death now extant is a Worcestershire one."

A few years later, in 1565, a deed of partition of the manot
of Edgmond was made between the Talbots and Robert

1 Fines (l)ivets Counties), Mich.. i$ Men. VIII,, v.n.

- Ch. Ini|.. t, Ed, VI., Sc.--. II., Vol. 89 (ibo), ami CI). hujM 1 Klic, S«r, II-
Vol. 124 (180).'

- Ch. Inq., 2 and 3 Ph. and M., SScr. II., Vol. 160 (oz).

70 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMON1).

Barnneld, the then owner of the other two-thirds of the
manor, a summary of which is given in a Survey and Rental,
dated 1681 — 169 i,1 from which the following extract is taken :
"The mannor of Edgemond and the man nor of Aston were
heretofore but one mannor, whereof Dame Frances Talbott
(Relict of Sr John Talbot kl) and John Talbott Esq. her
sonne poss'ed one Third part, and one Robert Barnefield of
Edgmond Gent, poss'ed the other two Parts. 23 May ;r'
E«iz. The said Dame Frances and John Talbott of the one
part and the said Robert Barnneld of the otiier part Agree,
and by Deed of Partition Devide, the Rents and Lands of
the same mannor. The Talbotts to have Aston, and Barnfield
to have Edgemond. But the Royaltie and Court Leetts to
bee used and kept as before the particon. Alsoe the said
Mr Barnfield agrees to pay five pounds p' ann' out of Lands
in Edgem9 called the Anslowes to the said Dame Frances
and John Talbott and the heyres of the said John for ev' to
make up a proportionable third part \vch fell short in Aston.
Mr Barneheld's two parts are since come to a family of the
Corbitts and the said rent is pd By Andrew Corbitt Esq. (a
quitt Rent) out of the Anslows li 5.'" As wid presently be
seen, the accuracy of the account of the partition given in
this Survey is proved by the findings of the juries in the
inquisitions taken on the deaths of John Talbot and Robert
Barnfield, and it explains why it is that in the subsequent
dealings with the Talbot interest there Edgmond is never, or
hardly ever, described as a manor, whilst the manor of Little
Aston is always spcciucaliv mentioned.

John Talbot Esquire of Grafton and Albrighton. the third
of that name who owned the Grafton and Albrighton estates
and the grandson of Margaret Troutbeck, was twice married ;
first to Catherine daughter of Sir William Petre. by whom he
left issue, and secondly to Margaret daughter of Edward
Lord Windsor, who survived him and died without issue in
1620. He himself died 29 January 1611, and w as buried the
next day at Albrighton, where his burial is recorded in the
Parish Register under the name of " John Talbot Esquire 01

1 This interesting MS, is now in the possession of Col. Ralph I ecke « t
Lon<;fotd and Church. Aston, who has kindly allowed mc to quoit fivm :t.

TOE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 71

Pcppcrh ill."" The inquisition1 taken on his death is a very
long and in some respects a curious ore. The jurors find
that long before his death he was seised of (among other
lands) the manors of Albrighton, Fordesham and Little
Aston, the fair and market in Albrighton. Pepperhill Park, a
moiety of the manor of Newport, and one-third (in severalty
and divided from the other two-thirds) of the manor of
Edgmond, and one-third of the view of frankpledge and
profits there, etc., that by deed dated 26 September 20
Elizabeth (1578) and by fine levied in conformity therewith
he had alienated one pasture and one meadow called Ans-
lowes alias Anneslowes parcel of the said third part5 of the
manor of Edgmond to William Yonge in fee reserving the
annual rent of £5, and had also alienated ten selions of land
lying in Morefield also parcel of the said third part of the
same manor to Richard Darnficid in fee. and that by deed
dated 10 October 4 James (1606) he had covenanted with
Edward Smith and others to levy a fine of certain annual
rents, one issuing out of one moiety of Newport and the other
out of Little Aston and one-third of Edgmond. and also of
his manors of Albrighton, Fordesham. Little Aston, one
moiety of Newport, and one-third of Edgmond. in favour of
Edward Smith and certain other trustees, who were to stand
seised thereof, as to the manor of Little Aston, the moiety of
the manor or vill of Newport, and the third of the demesne
lands of Edgmond and the third of the view of frankpledge
there, to the use of John Talbot himself lor his life, with
remainder to his second son John Talbot and his heirs, and
as to the manors of Albrighton and Fordesham, Pepperhill
Park, and the other lands before mentioned, to the use of
himself for life, with remainder to his second son John Talbot
for life, remainder to his grandson John (son and heir
apparent of his son John) in tail male, and divers remainders
over, until his own eldest son George should come to the
house of his father at Grafton and openly claim the4 lands,
upon which they should go over to his son George for his
life, with remainder to his first and other sons (bom or
naturalized in this country during their father's life) in tail

; ("h. Iik)., 12 Jac. I,, Ser. II., Vol. 345 (146).

- Other paits 01 the Anslowes were includtd in the lands ^allotted to the
Barnfields on the partition of 1505. as already noticed.

J 2 THK DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDO MO N D.

male, in priority to the above mentioned limitations in favour
of his second son John and Ins issue. The jurors then rind
that, although John Talbot had duly levied a fine of the two
rents on n October 4 James (1606), he had never levied a
fine or suffered a recovery of the other lands, but that by
virtue of the Statute of Uses on the death of John Talbot
the manor of Little Aston, the moiety of New port, and the
third of Edgmond had devolved upon his son John in fee
simple, and the rest of the lands had devolved upon his son
John for life, with remainders over as in the deed of 10
October 1606 mentioned, that the moiety of Newport was
held of the King in socage and was worth 10s. per ann., and
the third of Edgmond was also held of the King in socage
and was worth £3 per annum. The only other findings
material to be set out here are that John Talbot died 29
January S fames (16 it), and that George Talbot was his son
and heir aged 43 and more.1 From these findings it may be
inferred that the manors and lands above mentioned had
been held by John Talbot in fee simple, and that con-
sequently his default in levying the line did not affect the
devolution of them under the provisions of the deed, the
result being that on his death as regards the Talbot interest
in the manor of Edgmond under the deed of partition of
1565, i.e. the manor of Little Aston and a third of the
Edgmond demesne lands and of the view of frankpledge
there, as well as the Talbot share of Newport, his second son
John became entitled to them in fee simple. The eldest son
George Talbot at the time when the deed ot 10 October 1606
was executed was probably out of the country. lie must
however have come to Grafton and made his claim after his
father's death. For he certainly succeeded to the manors of
Albrighton and Fordesham as well as to the Grafton estates;"
and subsequently in 1617 on the death of his cousin Edward
8th Earl of Shrewsbury he succeeded also to that title as
9th Earl. He died unmarried and was buried at Albrighton
in the year 1630,3 when his titles and estates passed to his
nephew John Talbot, eldest son of his brother John by

1 CI). Inq., 12 Jac. I.. Ser. 1 1. , Vol. 345 (146).
- Ch. Intl., 6 Car. I,, Ser, II , Vol. 500 (kqi.
3 lb.

T1I!? DEVOLUTION OK THE MANOR OF EDRMONn. 73

Eleanor daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Baskerville (the
grandson mentioned in the inquisition cf 1614), who had
already succeeded his father John Talbot of Longford as
owner of the shares of Edgmond (including the manor of
Little Aston )]an'd Newport as well as the manor of Longford.1
From this time onwards we do not find on the dealings
with the Talbot interest any mention of Edgmond as a manor
but only of the manor of Little Aston and lands etc. in
Edgmond, whilst (as we shall see later) the owners of the
other two shares of Edgmond describe their interest as the
manor (and not two-thirds of the manor) of Edgmond: and
we now know that outside the hamlet of Little Aston and the
one-third of the demesne lands of Edgmond all the manorial
rights, except the view of frankpledge, etc., had become
solely vested in them under the partition. However, it seems
proper to trace shortly the devolution of the subsequent title
to the Talbot interest in Edgmond, by whatever name it
was called.

John Talbot, ioth Earl of Shrewsbury, was twice married.
By his first wife, Mary daughter of Sir Francis Fortescue K.B.
of Salden Hall, co. Bucks, he had amongst other issue an
eldest son George, who died in his father's lifetime withou
issue, a second son Francis, afterwards nth Earl and fathe>
of Charles 12th Earl and only Duke of Shrewsbury, and a
fourth son Gilbert, ancestor of the 13th to the 16th Earls of
Shrewsbury (both inclusive). By his second wife, Frances
daughter of Thomas Lord Arundel of \Yardour, he had a son
Thomas, who succeeded to the Longford and Little Aston
estates, a son John, who died young, and a third son Bruno,
afterwards Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, who also
died without issue.

In Hillary term, 14 Charles L (1639!), a recovery was
suffered by George Talbot, son and heir apparent of John
Earl of Salop, of the manors of Albrighton and Fordesham
and a third share of several other Shropshire manors.2 These
would be estates which had devolved upon his father John

1 It is stated in Mardwick's MS. Collections for a History of Shropshie'
(now in the possession of the Rev. lirnest Bridgeman, Rector o; Blymhill, co*
Staff.-'.) that the manor of Longford was purchased by John lalbot h.scj.>
second son of Sir John Talbot of Grafton, about the yea I 1575.

- Recoveries, Hill., 1^ Car. 1. (Salop).

Vol. 111.. 4th Series. 1

74 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDCMOND.

ioth Earl as tenant for life under the will of George Qth Earl.1
In the same term John Eortescuc Kt. and Thomas Revell Kt.
recovered against Thomas Smith Gent, and Roland Draper
Gent, the manors of Longford and Little Aston and 20
messuages, 3 mills, 1 dovehouse, 20 gardens. 200 acres of land.
40 of meadow, 200 of pasture, to of wood and 100 of heath
and furze, and 40s. rent in Longford, Brockton, Cheusall and
Little Aston, and the advowson of Longford, also a moiety of
the manor of Newport and 20 messuages. 1 mill, 30 gardens.
20 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 10 of pasture and 1 of wood,
and a moietv of the tolls and fairs in Newport and Ldgmond,
and John Earl of Salop was called to warranty by the
deforciants.'2 This recovery I believe to have been suffered
on the occasion of the second marriage of John Earl of
Shrewsbury, and to have been in favour of his second wife
and his issue by her; for we find that some two years later,
in Easter term 17 Charles I. (1641), John Earl of Salop and
Frances his wife levied a line in favour of William Yonge
Esquire and Francis Watson Gent, of certain messuages and
lands in Longford, Brockton and Cheusall. :j

John ioth Earl of Shrewsbury died 8 February 1654. and
was succeeded in the possession of the Longford estates by
his son Thomas, the eldest son by his second marriage.
Whether Thomas Talbot succeeded at the same time to the
manor of Little Aston is not quite clear. Hardwick, in his
MS. Collections for a History of Shropshire, under the
heading of " Church Aston,*' says that the manor as well as
the old mansion house belonged to an old Roman Catholic
family of the name of Watson, that the mansion house had
many hiding places within its walls, and that Francis
Watson Esq. the night after the battle of Worcester secreted
there the illustrious nobleman James Earl of Derby, who the
following morning was taken prisoner by Cromwell's force
on the northern side of Newport and carried off jo Bolton in
Lancashire, where he was put to death. He says also that
Francis Watson died possessed of this manor 19 March
1654, leaving one surviving daughter and heir, Meriel the

1 Ch. lnq., 6 C.ir. I., Ser, II., Vol. 506 (u'o).
"-' Recoveries, Hill., 14 Ctr, i. (Salop),
a Imiv. s, Easter, 17 Car. I. (Salop),

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 75

wife of Sir Robert Leycester Bart, of Nether Tabley co.
Chester, and that prior to 16S6 they disposed of the manor
with a capital messuage or mansion house and farm at
Church Aston called Bridgene alias Bruggendale, Mr.
Woodcock's house, and other lands and tenements in
Church Aston alias Little Aston, Edgmond, Newport, Chet-
wynd Aston and Whitchurch, co. Salop, to Thomas Taibot of
Longford his heirs and assigns. Now this purchase from
the Lcyccsters must have taken place between June I667,
when Meriel Watson was married to Sir Robert Levcester,
and July 16S_{, when Sir Robert Leycester died. If Hard-
wick is correct in saying that the manor of Church or Little
Aston was included in the purchase by Thomas Talbot, it
must have been a repurchase by him, for we have already
seen that this manor was in the possession of his father,
John 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, in or shortly before 1639.
But a search at the Public Record Office among the records
of fines and recoveries, though it confirms Hardwick's state-
ment as to the purchase of the houses and lands, has not
disclosed any dealing with the manor, and a married lady's
interest could not have been disposed of without a fine being
levied. In Trinity term 166S Robert Leycester Esq. and
Meriel his wife, Francis Pigott Esq. and Elizabeth his wife,
and John Taylor and Mary his wife levied a fine in favour of
Thomas Talbot Esq. of 2 messuages, 3 cottages, 2 barns,

1 dovehouse, 5 gardens, 4 orchards, 41 acres of land, 33 of
meadow, 6S of pasture, 2 of wood, 10 of furze and heath, and

2 of land covered with water, and common of pasture for ail
their cattle in Bridgend, Whitchurch, Church Aston alias
Little Aston, Chetwin Aston alias Great Aston, Edgmond
alias Edgmondon, and Newport. The deforciants acknow-
ledged the right of Thomas Talbot and his heirs, and gave
warranties against the acts of themselves and their respective
wives and the heirs of such wives respectively, for which they
received £160. 1 No mention is made of the manor, and I
think we ma)' conclude that John 10th Earl of Shrewsbury
had never parted w ith it, but that it passed on his death in
1654 to his son Thomas Talbot under the settlement of 1639.

1 Fines (Salop), 20 Car. II.

76 THE DEVOLUTION Ol- THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

Thomas Talbot of Longford, the son of John ioth Earl of
Shrewsbury, died in July 16S6. leaving by his wife Anne,
daughter of Sir John Yate, a son and successor John. He
was buried at Longford, where there is a monument to his
memory and to that of his wife. In March 1692, on his
marriage with Catherine daughter of John Lord Belasysc,
John Talbot settled the manors of Longford and Little or
Church Aston, with the estates acquired by his father from
the Leycesters and other estates elsewhere, to the use of
himself for life, with remainder to the first and other sons of
the marriage in tail male, remainder to himself in tail male,
remainder to his uncle Bruno Talbot in tail male, remainder
to his cousin Charles then Earl of Shrewsbury in tail male,
remainder to his half-uncle Gilbert Talbot, one of the sons
of John late Earl of Shrewsbury, in tail male, remainder, to
himself in fee simple.1

John Talbot died without issue in June 1743." On his
death the above-mentioned estates, including I presume all
the Talbot interest in Edgmond, passed to the then Earl of
Shrewsbury, who would be either Gilbert 13th Earl (who
was a Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Bertha in Italy,
and died unmarried the same year) or his nephew George
14th Earl (who died w ithout issue in 17S7, and was succeeded
by his nephew Charles). In or about the year 17S7 the
the manors and estates of Longford and Church Aston w ere
purchased from the Earl of Shrewsbury (whom I take to be
Charles 15th Earl) by Ralph Leeke Esquire, second son of
Thomas Leeke Esquire of the Vineyard near Wellington/'
It was this Ralph Leeke who built the present mansion at
Church Aston upon the site of the ancient half-timbered
house formerly belonging to the Watsons, where the Earl of
Derby is said to have been secreted after the battle ol
Worcester. 1 Brom Ralph Leeke these manors and estates
descended through his son Thomas Leeke and grandson
Ralph Merrick Leeke to Colonel Ralph Leeke, the present
squire of Longford and Church Aston.

1 Hard wick's MS. Collections, under the headings of *i Longford " and
Chinch Aston."

2 Nash's U'orcfstci s/i ire, i. 15S,

3 Burke,'s Landed Gentry, sub nom. Leeke.

* Hardwick s MS. Collections, under heading " Church Aston. '

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 7;

We have now traced the devolution of the share of
Margaret Hillary, sister and one of the coheirs of Nicholas
uc Audley last Baron Audley in the direct male line: she
died in 141 1 after alienating her interest to Hugh de Holes,
in whose descendants, bearing the names first of Holes, next
of Troutbeck, and then of Talbot, it remained until the sale
by the Earl of Shrewsbury to Ralph Leeke in or about 17S7.
Let us turn next to the Touchet share.

John Touchet. grandson of Sir John Touchet of Markeaton
and Joan de Audley. the senior coheir of Nicholas last Baron
Audley, was at the time of his great-uncle's death in 1391
aged 20. 1 Under a settlement made by Margaret Hillary he
succeeded to her share also in the bulk of the Audley estates. -
and in 1405 the barony was taken out of abeyance in his
favour and he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Audley.
He and his descendents assumed the surname of Audley,
which the}- generally used, although that of Touchet appears
to have been still used occasionally. He died 19 December
140S, leaving by his wife Isabel (or Elizabeth 3 >. who survived
him for many years, a son James who succeeded him as
Baron Audley." James Lord Audley proved his age of 21
years in 1420/' He was twice married. By his first wife,
Margaret daughter of William Lord Eoos, he had an eldest
son John who succeeded him ; by his second wife, Eleanor
illegitimate daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, he
left several children, one of whom was Edmund Audley,
Bishop of Rochester 14.S2.of Hereford 1492. and of Salisbury
1502 to 1524. He himself was killed at the battle of Blore
Heath on 23 September 1459. in command of the Lan-
castrian force fighting against Richard Nevill Earl of Salis-
bury, then in arms on behalf of the house oi York.6

1 InM- 15 Kic. 11., No. I.
- Staff. Hist. Coll., xi. 20g.

3 These two names were often used interchangeably, Isabel being merely an
abbreviated form of Elizibella.
A In<|., 10 lien. IV'., No. 47.
•' Inq., S Hen. V., No. 1 iS.

6 For an admirable account ot tins battle see " Battle of Dlore Heath " by
Col. F. R. Twemlow, D.S.O., F.S.A., of Peetswood. The tradition is thai
Audley was slain by Roger Kynaston o! Hordley, co. Salop, who assumed Ins
aims (ermine, a chevron, gules), ever since quartered by his family, lie « .is
afterwards knighted and was Shcnll of Salop 14UI and 1470. (Vis. of Shrop..
1623, Waii. !Soc. Pub., vol. jo, p. 205).

yS THE DEVOLUTION OE THE MANOR OE EDGMOND.

PEDIGREE of TOUCHET, LORD AUDLEY.

Sir John Touchet, of Markeaton co. Derby, ^Joan, dau. of James de Audley,
d. 1370. I Lord Audley, d. ante 1391.

Sir John Touchet, d. ante 1391

John Touchet, coheir ol Nicholas Lord Audley 1391 .--Isabel (or Elizabeth)

ihen cvt. 20, summ. to Parliament as Lord Audley
J405 to 140S, d. Dec. 1408.

Margatet. dau. of-
William Lord Roos
( 1st wife).

J ^incs Touchet or de Audley=f Eleanor, illegit. dau. of
Lord Audley, at, 10 in 1408, I Edmund Holland Ear
proved age 1.120, d. 23 Sept. | of Kent, living 143 1, and
1459 (slain at battle of Blore- I then married to Lord
heath). |

Audit y (2nd wife).

John Touchet 01-
de Audley Lord
Audley, Lord
Treasurer 1484,
d. 1491.

-Anne, dau. and cob, of
Sir Thos. Echingham of
Echingham, co. Suffolk
and widow of John
Rogers of Bryan-stone,
d. 149S.

Sir Humphrey
Audley, slain at
Tewkesbuiy
f47i.

Edmund Audley,
Bp. of Rochester
14S0, of Herefoid
1492, oi Salisbury
1502, d. 1524.

Margaret, dau. and heir of Sii=y
Richard Dareli, Kt., of Pal-
ton, co. Hants. (2nd son of j
William Darell of Littlecott I
co. Wilts) by Margaret Coun- |
tess Dow. of Stafford, dau. j
and coh, of Edmund Beau- J
forf, Duke ol Somerset, living j

14S5, def
wife).

ante. 14'

(1st

louchet or de Audley
Lord Audley. rr/. 25 in 1 491,
joined in Cornish insurrec-
tion, beheaded 28 June,
1497, attainted 1504, re-
stored in blood 1512.

^Joan, dau. of S'r
! Wm', Bouchiei
j fureuxoris'L.ord
j Fitzwarine, m.
I in or ante 1487,
j living and a lun-
| atic 1516, d. 3
j March I533(2ml
I wife).

John Touchet or de Audley, b. c. 1485, living 1491
d. young.

John Touchet or de Aud'ey, Lord Audley, b. c I493,-
houours restored 1512, sold estates (including only
Red-Castle in co. Salop) to King Henry Vill. Sale
continued by Act of Parliament in 1536, d. in or
ante 1558.

Mary, dau. of John
Griffin of Bray-
brooke.

Cieoige Touchet 01 de Audley. Settlement of^pEli/.abeth dau. of Sit Brian
Staffordshire manois upon him and his wife I Tuke, living 1536, d. ante
for life with remainder to their issue con- | 1560.
firmed by Act of Parliament 1536, d. 15( 0.

Lords Audley and Earls of Castlehaven.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THK MANOR OF EDGMOND.

79

I I

John Audley of London, Thomas Audley, of co. Hereford, -rKatherine, dau.

attainted with hisbrother succeeded to share of Edgmor.d of

1504, restored 1 5 1 4 . under his father's will, d. 1507. Dec.

George Twvneho, of r
C ay ford, co. S )tner- I
set, h. c. 1471, d. 3 I
March 1525 ( 1st hus- |
hand).

I

Ynne Audley, m. c. 1507, livings
1526 and 1 55 1 , when share cf
Edgmond was sold by Richard
Inkepen and Anns his wife to
Thos. Lodge.

Richard Inkepen. in.
ante t 55 1 (2nd hus-
band).

I !

Edward Twvneho of— Edith, dau. of Christopher I\vyneho=Edith. dau. and

Cayford, «p/, it in I .Sir William
1525. living 1 5=59, ! Uvedale, living
levied fine of share of 1 1545.
Edgtiiond 1550.

of Turnworth, m. (?}• j con, of William
Marie dau. of Sir | BamphVd of
Thos. Trenchard of | Turnworth,
Litchet.

A/

1 1

Thomas Twyneho Ann J

Twynehos of Turnw orth
co. Dorset.

John Lord Audley married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas
Etchingham of Etchingham, co. Suffolk and widow of John
Rogers of Bryanstone, who survived him and died in the
year 1498. He died 22 September 1491, and from the
Shropshire inquisition taken on his death it appears that he
had settled the manor of Great- Aston and a moiety of the
manor of Fordesham upon his eldest son and successor
James Audley Kt. and Joan (Bourchier) his wife in tail, with
remainder to his own right heirs, and that the rest of his
Shropshire estates, including one-third of Edgmond and a
moiety of Newport, had been conveyed by a common recovery
to trustees to the uses of his will.1 What were the precise
limitations declared by his will I cannot say, but from the
subsequent history it may safely be assumed that as regards
the shares of Edgmond and Newport these uses were in
favour of his voumrer son Thomas and his issue. -

1 Ch. Inq., 6 Hen. VII., Ser. II., Vol 6 (13).

- From the inquisition taken on the de.vh of I horn as Audley (rc 'erred to in
the late Mr. Edward Jones's article on the Historical Records of Newport,
S. A. S., 1st Ser., VII. 374), which I had not seen when this paper was
written, it appears that the limitations were to the use of Janus Loid Audlev
for life, witli remainder to Thomas Audlev and the heirs of his body (Ch In.i'
23 Hen. VII., Ser. II., Vol. 21 (31) ). A similar Settlement was made of a
moiety of the manor of Norton on the Moots co. Stafford (See Ch Inq
Hen. VIII., Set. II, Vol. 30 (70) ), taken on the death of his widow Katheiine
Audley.

So THE HF.VOI UTfON OF THK MANOR OF KttGMOXD.

His eldest son and successor, James Lord Audley, was
twice married ; first to Margaret daughter and (in her issue)
heir of Sir Richard Darell knight of Palton, co. Hants, and
secondly to Joan Bourchier, daughter of Sir William
Bourchfer, Lord Eitzwarine in right of his wife Thomasine
Hankford. In Cockayne's Complete Peerage, sub nam. Audley,
loan Bourchier is given as the first wife and Margaret
daughter of Sir Richard Darell knight of Lillingstone
Darell co. Bucks" as the second.1 But there can I think be
no doubt that this is a mistake, for Joan Audley (nee
Bourchier) survived her husband, who was attainted for
rebellion and beheaded in 1497: she was still living and of
unsound mind in 15 16, and did not die till 1533, 2 while in the
inquisition taken on the death of Sir Richard Darell of
Palton co. Hants in 1491 it is found that his heir was his
grandson John Audley, son of his daughter Margaret and
James Audley Kt., then aged 6 and no more.3 This son by
the first wife must have died young, for it is clear that James
Lord Audley's successor was a son by his second wife, also
named John, who (if his age is correctly stated in the inqui-
sition taken after his mother's death) must have been born
about 1493. 4

In an inquisition taken on the death of one John Griffith
in 1494 the jurors find that he died seised of a messuage and
lands within the lordship of Newport held of Thomas Audley
brother of the Lord Audley.'^ In Michaelmas term 1506
John Woderof clerk and others recovered various lands,
including a moiety of Newport and one-third of Edgmond,
against Edmund Bishop of Salisbury and others, who called

1 This mistake is corrected in the new edition of the Complete Peerage by
the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, but Sir Richard Daiell is still described as of Lilting-
stone Darell. According to the pedigree of Darell ol Lillingstone Darell
given in Lipscomb = 's Ruckinghani shite there was in fact no Sir ;Richard
Darell ol Lillirigstore Darell at that date. And in the Genealogists N,S.
xiii. i«So, a pedigree is given in which this Sir Richard DareU s name appears
as a younger son of W illiam Darell of Littlecott, co. Wilis.
. - Ch. Inq. S Hen. VIII, Ser II.. Vol. 78 (121) (Salop); Ch. Lit]., 25
Fen. VIII., Ser. II.. Vol. Si (296) ( Hereford shke).

* Ch. Inq., o Hen. VII., Ser. II.. Vol. 0 (59).

* Ch. Irtcj., 25 Hen. VI 11., Ser. II., Vol. &t (200).

5 Ch. Inq., to Hen. VII., Ser. 11. Vol. 10(40). If this finding is correct.
James Lord Audley must have surrendered Ids life interest under his father's
will in the manor of Newport in favour ot his brother Thomas, the next
remainderman in tail.

THE lU-VOI.UTIOX OF THE M AX OR OF EDGMOND. Si

to warranty Thomas Audley Esquire and Katherinc his
wife.1 This Edmund Bishop of Salisbury was the uncle of
Thomas Audley, a half-brother of his father John Lord
Audley. Thomas Audley seems to have also owned lands in
Herefordshire, but the account given in Duncomb's History
of Herefordshire'2 of his title to the manor of Monyngton in
that county and of his parentage is not quite accurate, for it
is clear that his father was John (not James) Lord Audlev.
w ho certainly held that manor and settled it upon his eldest
son James and his wife Joan in 1487. 3 Thomas Audley died
before his wife:4 she died 10 December 15 14, and in the
inquisition taken on her death it was found that John
Wodrofie clerk and the other plaintiffs in the recovery of 1506
were lately seised in fee of a moiety of the manor of Newport
and a third part of the manor of Edgmond and a messuage
and lands in Little Hales, and that the)' by deed granted the
same to Thomas Audley and Katherine his wife for their
lives and the life of the survivor of them, with remainder to
George Twyneho of Cay ford in the county of Somerset and
Anne his wife, daughter and heir of the said Thomas, and
the heirs of their bodies, that afterwards Thomas died leaving
Katherine surviving him, and that Katherine died 10
December last past, George and Anne being still alive.
There is a further finding that the shares of Newport and
Edgmond were held oi the King in eapite, and the messuage
and lands in Little Hales of John Lord Eitzwarine and the
heirs of William Troutbeck.5 It will be remembered that
Little Hales was originally a member and afterwards a sub-
infeudation of the manor of Edgmond, and of course the
Audley s and Twynehos as tenants of a messuage and lands
at Little Hales could not hold of themselves, although they
also were entitled to a share of the manor of Edgmond.

1 Banco Roll, Mich., 22 Hen, VII., in. 5.^2^.

- Duncomb's Herefordshire (Additions by Cooke), iv. 32.

:: Ch. Inq., 6 Hen. VII , Ser. II., Vol. 6 (10).

4 The exact date of his death was 1 he Thursday after the Feast of Corpus
Christi 1507. Sec Ch. Inq., 2} Hen. VII, Ser. II., Vol. 21 131), which contains
similar Undines to those in the inquisition taken on the death of his w ife
Katherine, but also sets out the eai her title, His heir was found to be his
daughter Anne Twyneho then aged 17.

•' Ch. Inq., 7 Hen. VIII., Ser. II , Vol. jo (76) (Salop).

Vol. Hi., 4th Series. M

82 TUT DEVOLUTION OF THK MANOR OF EDGMOND.

George Twyneho died 3 March 1525, leaving his wife,Anne
surviving him. The inquisition taken on his death refers to
the seisin of Thomas Audley and Katherine his wife of the
shares of the manors of Newport and Edgmond, the grant to
Edmund Bishop of Salisbury and others., the recovery by
Thomas Wodroffe and others, the Settlement upon Thomas
Audley and Katherine for their lives, with remainder to
George Twyneho and Anne his wife and the heirs of their
bodies, remainder to the right heirs of Anne, the deaths of
Thomas and Katherine Audley, and the death of George
Twyneho on 3 March 16 Henry VIII. (1525). and the jurors
find that Edward Twyneho is his son and heir aged ir years
and 11 months and more.1 A useful pedigree of the
Twyneho family is to be found in Hutchins' History of
Dorsetshire,- where however the name of George Twyneho's
wife is erroneously given as Katherine instead of Anne.

So far as I am aware,3 no further dealing with the above
mentioned shares of Newport and Edgmond took place
until the year 155 1, when a licence dated 26 October was
given by the King to Richard Inkepen Esquire and Anne,
his wife, as well by fine in the King's Court before the
Justices of the Bench as otherwise, to alienate to Thomas
Lodge and his heirs the manors [sic] of Newport and
Edgmond and various lands in Newport and Edgmond co.
Salop as well as the manor of Norton on the Moors co.
Stafford.4 This licence of alienation was followed by a fine
levied in Michaelmas term of the same year by Richard
Inkepen Esq. and Anne his wife in favour of Thomas Lodge
and his heirs, which included (besides the above-mentioned
manors) the manor of Luntley co. Hereford and lands etc.
there and the advowson of the Church of Luntley, and the

I Ch. Inq , iS Hen. VIII., Ser II., Vol. 45 (14).
- Hutchins' Dorsetshire, 3rd ed., ri, 468.

3 See however the late Mr. Edward Jones' article on the Hist ric-il Records
of Newport in S.A.8., 1st Series, VII. 349, in which it is stated (pp. 356. 374)
that Edward Twyneho disposed of the moiety of Newport by fine in 1550 to
S r Thomas Lodge. I ha.e referred to tins tine at the Public Record Office,
and find that Mr. Jones's statement is quite correct. 1 his hue included also
the moiety of Edgmond manor and lands in Newport and 1 d^mond, The
reference is hines (Salop), Hit., 4 and 5 Ed. VI.

1 Pat. Roll,, 5 Ed. VI., Pait 7, m. 22.

• THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 83

deforciants gave a warranty for themselves and the heirs of
Anne.'

I know of no direct authority for the Statement that this
Anne I nke pen was the same person as Anne the widow of
George Twyneho. but nevertheless it may safely be concluded
that such was the fact for the following amongst other
reasons. I have not succeeded in finding on the Patent
Rolls or the records of Fines and Recoveries a trace of any
dealings with these shares of Newport and Edgmond
between the death of George Twyneho in 1525 and the
alienation by the Inkepens in 1551.2 Anne Twyneho, being
on the death of her husband George Twyneho sole tenant in
tail special with remainder to her own right heirs, could
alienate and make a good title by fine without suffering a
recovery, which no subsequent tenant in tail could have
done ; for a tenant in tail, though he could bar his own
issue in tail and of course his own right heirs by levying a
line, could not defeat the right of the other issue in tail of
the original donee in tail, or the remainder expectant on the
determination of the estate tail, except by suffering a recover}-.
Besides, there is no inquisition extant on the death of Anne
Twyneho ; and Edward Twyneho, who would have been
after her the next tenant in tail if the estate tail had not been
barred, appears to have been still living in 1559. Finally, if
any further evidence were required, I think it is to be found
in the fact that the alienation by the Inkepens included also
the manor of Norton in the Moors in Staffordshire (one of
the Audley manors) and the manor of Luntley in Hereford-
shire, the township of Luntley being situate within the
parish of Dilwyn (another of the Audley manors, inherited
by them through Katherine GifTord from the Cliffords), and
both of these manors had been settled on Thomas Audley
and were recovered against his trustees by Thomas Wodroff
and others in 1506/'

J Fints (Divers Counties), Mich. 5 Ed. VI.

- See however my last note but two as to the line levied by lid ward Twyneho
in 1550.

1 tsanci Roll. Mich 22 lien. VII., mm. 310 and 502*/, The line levied by
lidward Twyneho in 1550 is further confirmation oi the identity of Anne
Inkepefn with Anne Twyneho, It may well be that she had made over hci
interest t&her son Edward on her second marriage, but it w as evidently dis
Covered that he could not by himseli make a <;ood title by the line winch Ik-

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

The title to the Touchet share having now been traced to
the purchase by Thomas Lodge in 1551, it will be convenient
here to go back to the remaining third share (the Fitzwarinc
share) of Edgmond which was also purchased by Thomas
Lodge in the following year (1552).

The third coheir who succeeded to a share of Edgmond on
the death in 1391 of Nicholas de Audley, last Baron Audlcy
in the direct male line, subject to the life interest of his
widow, was his great-nephew Fulk Lord Fitzwarinc, grand-
son of the Fulk Lord Fitzwarine w ho married Margaret (or
Blanch) dc Audley and died in the year 1372, and he was
then onlv two years of age.1 In Cockayne's Complete Peerage
(sub nom. Fitzwarine). following Dugd'ale's Baronage of
England, after the Fulk Lord Fitzwarinc who married the
Audley coheir a succession is given of four other Lords
Fitzwarine of the name of Fulk, the first of these being a
Fulk Lord Fitzwarine who is stated to have died in 1577.
A similar statement is incorporated in the pedigree given
by Chetwynd in his History of the Pirehill Hundred of Stafford-
shire* the origin of the supposed date 1377 being doubtless
an inquisition and extent of the Castle and Manor of
Whittington taken in that year." But reference to this
inquisition will show that it refers to the death of the previous
Fulk Lord Fitzwarine more than three years before, and
there are several other inquisitions,4 besides that on the
death of Nicholas de Audley, which show conclusively that
the Fulk w ho is supposed to have died in 1377 ^s a purely
imaginary person., there being really only three successive
Fulks Lords Fitzwarinc (after the Fulk who died in 1372).
the first of whom died in 1391 just before his uncle Nicholas
dc Audley, the second in 1407, and the third in 1420.
Dugdalc seems to have been misled by the finding in the
inquisition of 6 Richard II., that the son and heir of the

had levied, and the title was therefore made good the following year by his
mother and her second husband joining in levying another line in favour of
the purchaser. If she was 17 years old at her father's death, she would be
only 61 in the year 155 1.

1 Inq., 15 Ric. II.," No, r.

- S/oJ/. Mist. Co/Li N.S., xii. 228.

3 luq., 1 Rich. II., No. 93, cf. Fine Roll, 1 Ric. II.. part j, m. 12.
i Inq., 6 Ric. II., No. 375 15 I tig. II., No. 2 } ; 17 Ric. 11., No. 103; 1.5
Ric, II., No. 23; 9 Hen. IV., No. 20: S Hen. V., No. 10O.

THE DEVOLUTION OK THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. $5

Fulk Lord Fitzwarine who died in 46 Edward III. (1372)
was then aged 21 and more, which he t .mst have erroneously
supposed to refer to the time of his father s death, whereas it
really refers to the time of the taking of the inquisition.

PEDIGREE of FITZWARINE", LORD 1TTZWARIN E. -

Fulk Fitzwarinc, Lord Fi!zvvarine,=p\Iargaret (or Blanch), dau. of James de

I Audley, Lord Audioy, d. ante 1391.

I

Fulk Fitzwarinc, Lord Fitzwarine,, =pElizabeth, dan. of Sir John Cogan of Breun-
proved age 13S3, inlierited estate I ton. co. Devon, and heir of her brother
of Tawstock, co. Devon, from Ids | John Cogan, m. (2) Sir Hugh uc Courtcncy
uncle Thomas Audley, d. S Aug., | of Ilaccomb, d. 1 Nov. 1397.
L59I- I

I

Fulk Fitzwarine, Lord Fitzwarine, ^-pAnne. dau. of William Lord Botreaux,
b. c. 13SS, d. Oct. 1407. in. (2) William Lord Ciinton.

Fulk Fitzwarine,"— Anne . .
Lord Fitzwarinc, dower ;as-
b. 1406, d. s.p. signed 141
21 Sept. 1420.

had

Sir Richatd Hankfoid.-
m. (2) Anne. dau. of

: Wm. Montacute, Earl of
Salisbury, by whom he

dau., Anne, d. Feb., 143 1.

Elizabeth l itzwaiine,
sua jure Lady fitz-
warine, b. c. 1403. d.
ante 1420.

Sir William Bourchier, 3rd son of-p-Thomasine Hankfoid, b.

William Lord Uourchier and Earl r. 1421, suo jure Lady

of Eu, b. c. 1416, sum. to Pari. Fitzwarine, u. ante 1467.
jure uxoris as Lord Fitzwarine when her husband was

1449, m. (2) Catherine, widow of married to ids 2nd wife.

.... St ukely, d. c. 1 47 1 .

!

Fulk Bourchier. Lord:
Fitzwarine, d. 18
Sept., 1479.

Elizabeth Hank-
ford, b. r. 1423,
d. 1 3 Oct. 1433.

Elizabeth, sister and coh. Joan Bourchier, m. James Lord
of John Lord Dinham, Audley, living and a lunatic
living 1516. 151b, d. 3 March, 1533,

John Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarine,-r-Cicely. dau. of Giles Lord Daubcny ai d
b. c. 1470, cr. Earl of Bath 1530, I sister of Henry Daubeny Earl ot Bridge-
d. 30 April, 1539. I water, d. before her husband (1st wife).

I

John Uourchier, Lcrd Fitzwarine, 2nel=f Eleanor Manner.-.

Earl uf Bath, b. c. 1499, succeeded his sUter of Thomas

cousin as Count of Eu 1530, and his Fail of Rutland,

maternal uncle as Lord Daubcny 1548, H, before hei hus-

joined with ids son in selling sfiarc ol band (2ml witc^.
Edgmond to Thomas Lodge in 1552.
d. 10 Feb. 1561,

Label. or Elizabeth,:
dau. of Sir Walter
H u rigor ford, d.
s.p.m. (ist wife).

86 THE DEVOLUTION7 OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

a_\

(ohn r>ourcIiicr, styled Lord Fitzwarine,=f^Frances, $ru. ot Sir Thomas Kitsonol
I). 1529. joined with his father in sale j He n grave, m, Dec. 1548. She m. (2)
of share of F.dgmond to Thomas Lod^e | William Harneby of Great Saxham,
1552, d vi. pa. 28 Feb. 1557. F co. Suffolk, d. April, 1586.

Lords Fitzwarine and Earls of Bath.

Fulk Fitzwarine Lord Fitzwarine, the third coheir of the
manor of Edgmond, was the son of Fulk Lord Fitzwarine
(who died in 13911) by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
John Cogan and sister and heir of John Cogan Esq., who
after her first husband's death became the wife of Sir Hugh
de Courteney.'-' He married Anne, daughter of William
Lord Botreaux, who survived him and was afterwards
married to Wiiiiam Lord Clinton ; he died while still a minor
on Monday in the Vigil of All Saints 9 Henry IV. (.1407)
seised of (among other manors) a third part of the manor of
Edgmond. leaving a son and heir Fulk then only a year old.'"
His widow had dow er assigned to her, which appears to have
included the hamlets (or lands within the hamlets) of
Pvckstock and Little Hales in the manor of Edgmond. 4

His successor, Fulk Lord Fitzwarine, also married a wife of
the name of Anne, and he also died under age. but without
issue, on 21 September 8 Henry Y. ( 1420), seised of one-third
of Edgmond, and leaving his sister Elizabeth, the wile of
Richard Hankford Esquire, his heir then aged 17. :" The
dower assigned to his widow included the share of Edgmond.0

On the death ot this Fulk Lord Fitzwarine. the last lord
in the direct male line, the right to the Barony of Fitzwarine
passed to Elizabeth Hankford. She died before her husband,
who was knighted and, after marrying as his second wife
Anne daughter of \\ 'illiam Montacute Earl of Salisbury,
died in February 1431, leaving (by his first wife) two
daughters only, Thomasine and Elizabeth, then aged 8 and
6 respectively, as well as a daughter Anne (by his second

1 Inq., 1 5 Kic. 1 1, , No. 23.

- Inq., -'i Hie. IF, No. 23.

3 lnq , 9 Hen. IV., No 30.

4 Inq., 1 Hen. V., Apr*. No. 51 (now numbered 6 1), which however is almost
illegible.

s Inq.. S lien. V., No. 100.

Inq., 1 Hen. VI., No. 2.

THK m- IVOI.l'TTON OF THE MAKOT? OF FDGMOKf). 87

wife) then only a few weeks old. The estates of which he
was seised in right of his first wife included one-third of the
manor of Edgmond.1

Elizabeth Hankford, who succeeded to a moiety of this
share, died unmarried 13 October 12 Henry VI. (1433),
leaving her sister Thomasine her heir.- Thomasine Hank-
ford, who thus on her sister's death became entitled to the
whole third share of Edgmond and to the sole right of
representation to the Barony of Fitzw arine, married Sir
William Bourchier, third son of William Lord Bourchier
and Count of En in Normandy. Sir William Bourchier was
summoned to Parliament as Lord Fitzwarine jure uxoris from
1449 to T469. By his wife Thomasine, who pre-deceased
him, he left a son Fulk, his successor, as well as a daughter
Joan, already noticed as having married James Touch et
Lord Audley. He afterwards married a second wife Catherine
Stukcley, and died circa 147 1.

Fulk Bourchier Lord Fitzwarine married Elizabeth, sister
and coheir of John Lord Dinham, and died 1.8 September
1479, seised of (amongst other manors) one-third of the
manor of Edgmond and leaving a son and heir John then
aged 9."

John Bourchier Lord Fitzwarine married Cicely, daughter
of Giles Lord Daubeny and sister of Henry Daubeny Earl of
Bridgewater : he was in the year 1536 created Earl of Bath,
and died 30 April 1539. leaving an only son John aged 40
at his death.4 There is no Shropshire inquisition on his
death now extant.

John Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarine and 2nd Earl of Bath,
who shortly after his father's death succeeded his cousin as
Count of En and subsequently his maternal uncle as Lord
Daubeny, married (first) Isabel or Elizabeth daughter of
Sir Walter Hungerford, by whom he had no male issue, and
(secondly) Eleanor Manners, sister of Thomas Earl of
Rutland, by whom he had a son john. by courtesy styled
Lord Fitzwarine, the ancestor of the subsequent Earls of

1 Inq„ 9 Hen. VI,, No. 54.
- fnq;, 1 2 Hen V I , No. 40.

3 Inq.. ig Ed. IV , No. 71 ; and 20 Ed. IV., No. f.5.
* Cockayne's Complete Peerage, sua num.

88 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF FDOMOXD.

Rath of that creation. In May 1552 John (Bourchier) 2nd
Earl of Bath joined with his son John Lord Eitzwarinc in
selling their share of the manor of Edgmond to Thomas
Lodge.1

The Touchrt and Fitewariite shares of the manor of
Edgmond have both now been traced to Thomas Lodge,
who purchased the former together with a moiety of the
manor of Newport from Richard and Anne Inkepen in 1551''
and the latter from the Earl of Bath and his son in 1552.
From that time forward these two third shares of Edgmond
never again became severed from one another.

Thomas Lodge, the purchaser of these shares, is described
in the documents as grocer and citizen of London ; he was
afterwards knighted and became Lord Mayor of London in
1562. In the Shropshire Visitation of i623;: he is stated to
have been a descendant in the male line of the Littletons of
Frankley, co. Worcester, his father William Lictleton alias
Lodge of Cresset [Cressage ?] being the second son of
William Littleton of Frankley. No such person however is
mentioned in the pedigree of the Littletons given in Nash's
History of Worcestersh ire * and there is no resemblance between
the armorial bearings of Sir Thomas Lodge aud those of the
Littletons. A full account of Sir Thomas Lodge will be
found in the Dictionary of National Biography. On S May
1553 Thomas Lodge obtained licence from the King to
alienate two-thirds of the manor of Edgmond and a moiety
of the manor of Newport to Robert Catlyn and John Macheil,
who were to stand seised thereof to the use of Thomas
Lodge and Anne his wife and the heirs of Thomas/ And
on 28 October 1557 licence was given to him to alienate his
shares of the same manors to Robert Barn held."

On a previous page reference has been made to the
partition effected in 1565 of the manor of Edgmond between
Robert Barn field and the Talbots, the owners of the remain -

1 Tat. Roll, 6 Ed. VI., part 8 ; Close Roll. 6 Ed. VI.. patt 7, mm. 13, 14

- The same shares were (as noticed in a previous note) purchased from
Edward Twyneho, Amie s son. the year before.

3. Hail. Soc. Pub., vol. 20, p. 2S4 sub no)//. Kenrick,

4 Nash's Worcestershire^ i, 405.

& Fat. Roll, 7 lid. VI., part 12 ; Ori<> Roll, 7 Ed. VI., pan ). rot 57.

u Pat. Roll, 4 and 5 Ph. and M ., part 15.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMONP. 89

ing third share, under which the Talbots took as their share
the hamlet (thereafter described as the manor) of Little
Aston w ith a third (held in severalty and divided from the other
two-thirds) of the demesne lands of Edgmond and a third of
the royalty and view of frankpledge there, whilst the rest
(thereafter described as the manor of Edgmond) fell to the
share of Robert Barnheld.

Robert Barnfield, the purchaser of these shares of Edgmond
and Newport, who came of a Devonshire family then settled
at Newport, married Eleanor Taylor, by whom he had two
sons, Richard and Robert, and seven daughters. In the
inquisition on his death, taken 8 November 10 Elizabeth
(1568), it is found that he died seised of the manors of
Edgmond, Church Pulverbache, and Wyndersley and a
moiety of the manor of Newport. A very elaborate and
minute extent is given of the manor of Edgmond, with the
names and holdings of the various tenants in Edgmond and
Pickstock, one tenant of a messuage in Great Aston, and one
tenant of a pasture divided into three in Little Aston, and
mentioning also a moiety [qu. should be two-thirds] of the
view of frankpledge in Edgmond. The will of Robert
Barnfield, dated 7 September 1568, is then set out, by which
he devised " all my xchole manor of Edgmond and also
Pykstock a member of the same " and all lands etc. within
the lordship of Edgmond to Richard Barnfield his eldest son
and heir in tail, with remainder to his son Robert in tail,
successive remainders in tail to his seven daughters, and an
ultimate remainder to his own right heirs ; and the jurors
find that he died at Newport 8 September last past, and that
Richard Barnfield is his son and of full age.1

Richard Barnfield, who succeeded his father at Edgmond,
married Mary, daughter of John Skrym shire of Norbury co.
Stafford, by whom he had three sons, Richard, Robert and
John. The eldest son was the celebrated Richard Barnfield
the poet, afterwards of Dorlcstone, Stone, co. Stafford, who
was born 1574 and died 1627. The second son Robert
married Milburg, daughter of John Brooke Esquire of
Mauelcy.2 I cannot find any inquisition taken on the death

1 Ch. Inq., 10 Bliss., Ssr. II., Vol. [48 (jS).
• Vis. of Shropshire 162 Hail. Sac, Pub., <o\ ?S, p. 34
Vol. III., 4th Scries, N

00 THE I)KYQL.UTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

of Richard Darn field (the father), nor am I aware w hen he
died. In the Visitation Pedigree of 1623 his son Richard is
described as ''son and heir 1604"; but this may possiblv
only mean " heir apparent," though in that case I do not
know why any date should be specified.

PEDIGREE of BARN FIELD of EDGMOND. v

Robert Parilfield, purchased two-thirds Edgmona-fEleanor. dan. of ... .
1557, d, S Sept. 156s. j Taylor.

Richard Karnlltld, or-f-Mary, dau. of John Robert Rarnfield.^F.llen, dan. of

full a^e 1565 [qu. d. j Skrymshire of Nor-
1604.] j bury, co. Staffs., d

r. iqSo.

of Newport, d.
r6i6.

Thurstan
Woodcock, re!.
1616.

Richard Barnfield Robeit Barnheld,~-M ilburg, Robert Barnfield, =pAlice, dau.

(the Poet), b. 1574, of Edgmond,

of Dorle^tone, joined in seliin;

Stone, co. Staffs , Edgmond in

d. 1627, joined in 1607 to Peter I

selling Edgmond Corbet. ;
1607 to Peter

Corbet. |~

Anne Barnfield.

dau. of
John
Brooke
of Madely

of Newport,
fun ior, u. vi. pa.
1610.

of Francis
Chewnall
of Gnosall,
m. 1606,
tel. 1616

Thomas Barnfield, cet. 5 in 1615.

In Trinity term 5 James I. (1607) Peter Corbet Esquire
suffered a recovery of the manor of Edgmond and various
lands etc. in Edgmond, Pickstock, Aston Magna, Aston
Parva, Chetwynd, Chetwynd End,. Pykston and Hynstock in
favoiir of Richard Felton clerk and Richard Blakely, and
Richard Barnfield and Robert Barnfield were called to
warranty.1 And in the following year Robert Barnfield and
Mil burg his wife sold (or confirmed the sale of) the manor to
Peter Corbet and his heirs.*2 Whether the Richard Barnfield
who was one of the vouchees on the common recovery of
1607 was the father or the son is not clear, but I take it to
have been in all probability the son.

Peter Corbet, who thus acquired the manor of Edgmond
by purchase from the Barn fields in 1607-?, was the second
son of Sir Reginald Corbet of Stoke co. Salop, one of the
Justices of the King's Bench, who was himself the third son
of Sir Robert Corbet knieht of Moreton Corbet.3 He

1 Kecoveiies. Tiin. 5 Jac. I. (Salop).

-; Pat. Roll, 6 Jac. 1, part 16; Orig. Rod, 6 Jac. I., patt ?, rot, 210.
3 Vis. of Shropshire 1O23, Hail. S >c. Pub., vol. 2$, p. 13S.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. QI

married in 1 5c) 4 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pigott of
Chetwynd,1 and died in 1642;^ but some lime before his death,
and probably by virtue of a settlement iradc in 16 16, when
Peter Corbet made an alienation of the manor in favour of
William Smyth gent, and Edward Pears gent, and the heirs
of William Smyth,3 either the manor of Edgmond itself or a
considerable quantity of lands there must have been made
over to, or at any rate settled upon, his son Robert- For in
the year 1620 a line was levied by Robert Corbet and Frances
his wife of 70 acres of pasture in Edgmond in favour of
Richard Barnfleld and his heirs,4 and there were also subse-
quent alienations of land there by Robert Corbet and Frances
his wife in the years 1627, 1630, 1632 and 163S.5

PEDIGREE of CORBET of EDGMOND.

Sir Robert Corbet, of Morcton Corbet, -=pElizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Vernon
Sheriff of Salop 1507, d. 15 13. j of Haddon, co Derby, Kt.

Ro^er Corbet, -f-Ann, dau. of
of Moreton Andrew Lord
Corbet, Sheriff j Windsor
of Salop 1530, i

Corbets of
Morcton Corbet.

d. 1538.

I

Richard
Corbet,
Sheriff of
Salop
1561.

1

ir Reginald C6'rbct,=p Alice, dau. of

of Stoke, co. Salop
Justice of King'
Bench.

Richard Corbet,
of Stoke.

= Anne, dau. of Sir
j Thos. Bromley, Kt.

Chancellor of Em
land.

I John Grat-
I woud, cousin
I and coheir of
j Sir Roland
! I1H1, Knt ,

Lord Mayor of

London.

Corbets of Stoke.

I'cter Corbet, purchased the=. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomss I igott

manor of Edgmond 1607
m. 1594, d. 164.

of Chetwynd, co. Salop, m. 1594,
d. 16:

I ! I

Roland
Robert
Francis
Andrew

1 Mytton MS. Extracts from Chetwynd'.Pa ish Registers (in the possesion 01
the Kev. Ernest Br-idgeman),
- Cal. to Lichlleld Wills.

5 Pat. Roll 1 j Jac. I., part 13, n. 15 : Ori;,r. Roll, 13 Jac 1., part 2, rot 80.

mes (b.\!op), Easter, iS Jac. I. ; and cf. Recoveries (Salop). Tiin., iS
Lastcr, 3 Car. I.; Trin., 6 Car. I.; Hill , 7 Car. I.; and

Jac. I.

5 Bines (Salop)
Mich., 14 Car. I.

9-2 1 HE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

Robert Corbet, of — Frances, dau. and heir of Robert

Edgmond, m
1614, d. 1645.

Spencer of NTansllcld in Slier
wood and of Lincoln's Inn,
m. 16 1 4.

Richard Corbet, Reginald
b. and d. 1607. Corbet,
d. 1642.

Peter Corbet, Andrew Corbet, of Edgmond, —Mary, dau. of . . . Hampton.

b. 1 6 ig, d.
1620 vi. pa.

b after 1623, d. Oct. 1659.

citizen of London.

Peter Corbet, d. vi. fin^ Andrew Corbet, of Edgmond, b. 15 Scut. 165 1, Mary I
1659. cct. 11 in Aug. 1663, sold Edgmond in 1694

to Robert Pigctt ol Chetwynd.

! • I I I

Elizabeth, b. 162;, Mary, b. 1622, Frances, b. after i 623, Alice, b. alter

m. Sir Francis in m Skinner, a 1623, m. . . .

Butler. Wilbams. merchant of London, Teddur, P.p.

Robert Corbet married in 1614 Frances, daughter and heir
of Robert Spencer of Mansfield in Sherwood and of Lincoln's
Inn, and died in 1645. 1 By her he had four daughters and
one surviving son, Andrew, who with two of the daughters
was born after the Visitation of 1623. - Andrew Corbet, who
succeeded on his father's death to Edgmond, died in October
1659, having married Alary, daughter of one Hampton, a
citizen of London, by whom he left an only son Andrew, who
was born 15 September 1651 ;3 there seems to have been
another son called Peter, who died at Newport in 1659,
apparently in his father's lifetime, and was buried at
Edgmond ;4 he is not mentioned in the Visitation pedigree.

Andrew Corbet (the son) was the last of his family who
owned the manor of Edgmond. In the year 1694 he was
called to warranty on a recovery suffered by Brynach (?)
Briden gent, of the manor of Edgmond and 12 messuages,
12 gardens, 200 acres of land, 70 acres of meadow, 250 acres
of pasture, 1000 acres of heath and furze, and the view of
frankpledge in Edgmond in favour of Robert. Pigott Esquire;-"*

1 Mytton MS. Extracts from Edgmond Parish Registers,
3 Vis. of Shropshire 1623, Hail, Soc. Pub., vol. 2S, p. 1 3 ; Vis. of Shropshire
1663-4, fo. 6ia (at College of Aims).

3 Mytton MS. I'xtracts from Edgmond Parish Registers:.

4 lb. from New p> it Parish Registers.

* Eecovfiies, Trin. 6 Will, anil Mary, tot . lyo.

r

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDCMOXT). 93

and thus this manor came by purchase to the Pigott family,
in whose possession it remained for three generations.1

The Pigotts however were no stranger - at Edgmond ; they
had owned property there long before they acquired tho
manor, and retained an interest there after they had parted
with the manor. Thomas Pigott of Chetwynd, the great-
great-grandfather of Robert Pigott, who was Sheriff of Salop
in 1615 and died in 1620, acquired the advowson of the
Rectory of Edgmond from Sir Walter Leveson of Liileshuii
in 1599 without licence from the Crown, for which he
obtained the King's pardon in 1620, and his son Walter
Pigott, did fealty for it after his father's death.2 In the
inquisition taken on the death of Thomas Pigott the jurors
find that in addition to the manor of Chetwynd and the
advowson of Edgmond he held also lands in Newport of
George Earl of Salop and Lady Christian Leveson as of the
manor of Newport, lands in Drayton in Hales of John
Corbet Esquire as of the manor of Drayton, and lands in
Aston of the annual value of 3s. 44. of George Earl of Salop
and Peter Corbet Esquire as of the manor of Edgmond. :j
Whether the findings as to the lords of the manors of
Newport and Edgmond at that time are quite correct may
perhaps be open to question. If the shifting use in tho
settlement made by John Talbot in 1G06. and referred to on
a previous page, applied to his shares of these manors as well
as to the manors of Albrighton and Eordcsham and the other
lands settled therewith, the finding as to George Earl of
Salop might be correct: but I do not so understand the effect
of the deed, nor do I find any mention of Newport or
Edgmond or Little Aston in the inquisition taken on the
death of George 9th Earl, though the manors of Albrighton
and Fordesham and the mansion house and park at Pepper-
hill are expressly named. Thomas Pigott, who married a
daughter (described in the Visitation Pedigree of 1623 as

1 For a detailed account of the Pigott family see the article bj the Rev. W.
ti. 1). Fletcher, F,S.A.,OD the Sequestration Papers of Thomas Pigott el
Chetwynd (S.A.S. Trans.. 3rd Ser., VI. 67), to which I am indebted fur many
particulars incorporated in the pedigree which accompanies this paper.

: Orig. Roll, 18 Jac. part 4, rot. ioS ; 20 Jac, I., put .j, 1 ot. 42.
''h. I n * 1 . , 19 Jac. 1., Sef. II., vol *8q (10S).

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MAN Oft OF EDGMOND.

" fdui noiha "*) of Thomas Eyton Esquire of Eyton co. Salop,
was succeeded on his death in 1620 by his son Walter
Pigott then 40 years of age. Walter Pigott was Sheriff o;"
Salop in 1624 ; he married Catherine daughter (also described
in the same Visitation Pedigree as "ftlia nothci"2) of Sir
Walter Leveson knight of Lilleshall, and died in 1655. Some
time after i6t6 and before October 1635 he had acquired also
the manor of Adene.y (which in Saxon times had been one of
the berewicks or members of the manor of Edgmond, but
had been granted to Croxden Abbey before the grant of
Edgmond to Henry de Audley in 122;, and having been
exchanged for other lands with Buildwas Abbey had passed
to the Crown on the Dissolution of Monasteries by Henry
VIII.) together with lands at Edgmond: and these were ail
included with the manor of Chctwynd and the advowsons ot
the churches of Edgmond and Chetwynd in a settlement
made by him in October 1635, the trustees being Sir Robert
Vernon, Sir Andrew Corbet, Sir Philip Eyton and Walter
Chetwynd Esquire.3 His son and heir Thomas Pigott, who
was born in 1599, married Anne, daughter of Ralph Sneyd
Esquire of Keele co. Stafford, and dying in 1665 was succeeded
by his son Walter. Walter Pigott of Chctwynd was born in
1635 I nc was twice married, first to Mary daughter of John
Danvers of Shakerston co. Leicester,4 who died in iG63''
leaving a daughter Mary, and secondly to Anne, daughter of
Sir John Dryden of Canon Ashby, co. Northants, who
survived him, and by whom he had a son and heir Robert :
he died in 1669.

Robert Pigott of Chetwynd, who purchased the manor of
Edgmond from Andrew Corbet in 1694, was born in 1664,*
and was Sheriff of Salop in 1697 ; he married Eranccs,
daughter of William Ward of Willingsworth, co. Stafford, and
niece of Edward Lord Dudley and Ward, by whom he had
a son and successor, Robert, born 1G99.

1 Vis. ol .Shiopshire 1623, Hail. Soc. Pub., vol. 29, p. 401 \ cf. Vis of
Shropshire 1063-.} (at College Arms), fo. 61b, where there is a note to the
effect tint Thomas Pigott (then ol" Chetwynd) refused to certify the marriages
of his father anil grandfather because both ol their wives were illegitimate.

- 16.

3 Fines (Divers Counties), Mich,, 1 1 Car. 1-
* Vis. ol Shropshiie 1003-4, 1° 0I^-

•' Mytton MS. Extiaets from Chetwynd Parish Registers.
0 Jb%

THE HI- VOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 95

PEDIGKEE of PIGOTT of EDGMOND and CHETWYND.

Richard Pigott (3rd son of John Pigott.-Jovce, dau. an 1 coh. of Sir Richard de
of Butley, co. Chester), d. May, 1439. ! Peshale, Kt., of Chetwynd.

John Pigott, b. 1434. — I .llen, dau. of Robert de Legh of Adlington, co. Chester.

i .

Robert Pigott. Sheriff — Margaret, dau. of Sir John Rlount of Kinlet,

of Salop 15 17.

co. Salop.

Thomas Pigott=Elizabeth Onley (or Ottley).

, I '

I

Robert Pigott =pElizabeth, dau. of William Gatacre.

Will dated 1584.

Will dated 1586.

.1 ' ! i i

1 nomas 1'igott, of C'net- — Dorothy, illegit. dau Richard George William

wynd, Sheriff of Salop I of Thomas Eyton of Pigott, of Pigott, of

1605, acquired advowson | Eyton, d. 161S. Newport, Gerry, Francis

of Fdgmond 1599, d j m. Margt. m, [oan

1620. Steventon. Wedfired. Edward

Walter Pigott, of Chetwynd, cel. 40—Catherine, iliegit. dau. of Sir Richard

in 1625, Sheriff of Salop 1624.
d, 1655.

Walter Leveson of Lillesha
d. Oct. 1624.

Pigott.

Thomas Pigott, d. 1602. William Pigott. Elizabeth, m. Peter Corbet

1594, d. 1632.

Thomas Pigott, of Chetwynd, — Anne, dau. of Ralph Sneyd Francis Pigott*

b. 1590, Royalist oliicer, d.

of Keele, co. Staffs., d, Feb. living 100:
165S.

I III
Mary, dau. ofj=Walter Pigott ;f= Anne, dau. pi Sir Robert Thomas Pigott,

John Danversof
Shalcerston, co
Leicester, d
1603 (itt wife)

of Chetwynd,
b. 1635, d.
1699.

M

ary Pigott, b. 1663.

John Dryden of Pigott, b. b. 1645, d. 1695,

Canons Ashby, 164 1, d. m. ( 1 ) Mary Lor:,

co. Northants, 104S. (2) Maty Eyton,

living 17 10, (fit. (3) Mary Vcn-

d. 1722 (2nd wile) William abies.

Pigott, j

d. 16.15. W'alter Pigott.

Robert Pigott. ot Chetwynd. b. 1664,^"= Frances, dau. of William Ward of
purchased manor of Fdgmond 1004, | W'iliingsworth, co. Stalls., brother ol
Sheriff of Salop io;>;. 1 Edward Lord Dudley and Ward.

« l

f)f) THE INVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

Anne, dau. and coll. -Robert Pigott, of Chetwynd — Anne, dau. of . . . Peers
of Richard Rocke of and Edgmond, b. 21 Nov. j of Criggion, co. Mont-
Shrewsbury, d. s.p. 1699, d. May 1770. gomery (2nd wile.)
(1st wile.) j

Robert Pigott, of Chetwynd and Edg-= Rev. William— Arabella, dau.

mono, Sheriff of Salop 1774, sold j Pigott, Rector

Chetwynd estates and manor of | of Chetwynd

Edgmond 1779. d. July 1794, s.p. j and Edgmond,

surv. ; d. 181 1.

...

a sop, d . s.p. vi. pa.

of John M ytton
of Halston, co.
Salon.

I . !

William Pigott, Capt. Rev. John Dryden Pigott, of— V ranees, dau. of Henry

82nd Regt., d. s.p. vi. Edgmond, Rector of Edg- I Bevan of Shrewsbury.

pa. 1795- mond, d. 1 846. I m. 3 Feb. 1806.

: ' - - - 1 ~ I " r

Rev. John Dryden Pigott, of Edgmond, Rector of William Arthur |

Edgmond, b. 18 April, iSoS, succeeded to Mindorne Henry James 1

Castle estates ana assumed name of Corbet 1S66, Pigott, Pigott, j

d. tin friar. 25 Oct. 1S89. d. s.p. d. s.p. 1

Leighton Rev. Charles Franc's Corbet=Catherine, dau. of Charier. Wren- |

Price Pigott, Rector of Edgmond Moskyns, M.P.,or Horewood, |

Pigot, and Canon of Lichfield, b. co, Hereford, m 1873.

d.'s.p. rSio, d Jan. 1S88, s.p.

Frederick Rev. George Win. Piiott, Rector of Upton — Ellen, dau. of Rev
Pigott, Magna, Co. Salop, assumed name of I Percival Spearman
d. s.p. Corbet on succeeding his brother in Sun- J Wilkinson, m. 16 Sept.
dome Castle estates, d. 4 March, 1906. I 1S71.

Hugh Dryden Corbet, of Sundorne— Kathleen, dau. of John Spencer Phillips,
Castle, b. 3 June, 1873. ^ of The Mount, Shrewsbury, m. 1903.

Robert Pigott (the son) of Chetwynd and Edgmond was
twice married. His first wife, by whom he left no issue, was
Anne, daughter and coheir of Richard Rocke of Shrewsbury;
his second wife was Ann Peers of Criggion co. Montgomery,
and by her he left two sons, Robert and YViiliam. He died
in May T7.70.1

His eldest son and successor, Robert Pigott of Chetwynd
and Edgmond (the third in succession of that name), who

1 Burke's Landed Gentrv sub now.

THE DEVOLUTION OE THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

was Sheriff of Salop in 1774, sold most of his family estates
in Shropshire, including the Chetwynd estate and the manor
of Edgmond, with which he parted in the year 1779. But
the sale does not appear to have included quite all of his
Edgmond property ; for his brother the Rev. William Pigott,
Rector of Chetwynd and Edgmond, came into the possession
of certain land there and also of the Edgmond advowson,
which remained in the possession of his descendants until
quite recently. Robert Pigott lived much abroad and died
there, without leaving any issue surviving him, in 179 4. 1

Hard wick, in his MS. Collections for a History of Shrop-
shire, says that the purchaser of the manor of Edgmond as
well as the manor of Chetwynd was Thomas Lloyd of Gray's
Inn, London, who took up his residence at Chetwynd manor
house and in 1S03 disposed of both manors to Thomas
Borrow or Borough of Castlefield, co. Derby, the lord of the
manor at the time he wrote (circa 1835). However it seems
fairly clear from the court rolls of the manor of Edgmond
that the purchaser from Robert Pigott was William Waller,"
and that Thomas Lloyd purchased it from him. The last
court baron at which Robert Pigott's name appears as lord
of the manor was held on 12 October 1778, and the first at
which that of Thomas Lloyd appears as lord on 23 October
1781 ; between these dates there were courts held on 29
November 1779 and 30 October 17S0 in the name of William
Waller. Thomas Lloyd's last court was held on 4 May
1S03, and on 10 October of that year the name of Thomas
Borrow appears on the court rolls as lord of the manor.3

'1 nomas Borrow or Borough, who purchased the manors
of Chetwynd and Edgmond in 1803, was the son of Thomas
Borrow of Castlefield, Recorder of Derby, and Anne his wife,
daughter and heir of John Alt of Loughborough, co. Leices-
ter, and the grandson of Isaac Borrow of Hulland, co. Derby,

1 Burke's Landed Gentry sub nam.

- This is confirmed by the article by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, F.S.A..
in the Sequestration Tapers of Thomas Pi«;ott of Chetwynd (S. A S. Trans-
actions, 3rd Ser., VI. 67, at p. So), where it is stated that the Chetwynd estate,
with the Edgmond estate, was sold by Robert Pigott to William Waller for
£50, 500 on 4 Sept. 1779.

•! Ex inf. Rev. Ernest Bridgeman, from court rolls of the manor in the
custody of Mr. R. Liddlc pf Newport, the present steward of the manor.

Vol. III,. 3rd Series; 0

gS THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

by his second wife Honora, sister and heir of Robert Burton:
he married in 178S Jane, only daughter of William Smithson
of Ledstone Park, Ferrybridge, co. York, and came to reside
at Chetwynd Park in 1S03. On his death these estates
passed to his son John Charles Burton-Borough, who was
born in 1S10 and married in 1848 Elizabeth Charlotte,
daughter of Rear-Admiral Roberts Gawen ; he died in 1894^
when the estates devolved upon his son John Sidney Burton-
Borough, the present owner.1

But the purchase by Thomas Borough from Thomas Lloyd
did not include the whole of the old manorial estates.
Tradition assigns the old half-timbered house (now two
cottages) near the church at Edgmond as the ancient manor
house of the Barnfields, but there is a difficulty about this
which should be mentioned. The house is now freehold, and
it forms part of the glebe, having been added to it by the
representatives of the Rev. C. F. C. Pigott, Rector of
Edgmond, to whom it was made over by the Rev. John
Dryden Pigott in 1874 ^fter he had succeeded to the Sundorne
estate and assumed the name of Corbet.2 But in the convev-
ance of 1S74 *t is described as being then of copyhold tenure,
and in 1808 it appears to have been the property of William
Rose.3 If it really was the ancient manor house of the
Barnfields, it had probably ceased to be occupied as such
»vhen the manor was acquired by the Pigotts, if not before.
The following extract is taken from Hardwick's MS. Collec-
tions for a History of Shropshire (written circa 1S35), and may
be of some interest in this connection : —

" The manor or tow nship of Edgmond contains 1 76 1 acres
2 roods and 34 perches of land, in which lies the hamlet of
the same name widely spread upon a gentle ascent. On the
west side stands the beautiful and interesting church upon
the highest ground, and a little below to the south is the very
antiquated and modern [sic] rectory house, a large structure
the residence of the Rcw. John Dryden Pigott the present
Rector, who is proprietor of lands here independent of his
glebe. On the east side is an endowed school from various

1 Burke's Landed Gentry, sub now.
8 Ex inf. Rev. Finest Bi jiigeman,
1 4b.

TflE DEVOLUTION1 OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

benefactors with an annual subscription for the education of
the youth in this parish conducted by Joseph Pritchard.
Here are eight farms. One with the modern manor house and
demesne lands belongs to John Hill gent., the stepson of the
late John Bayley of this place, who purchased it from
Thomas Lloyd Esquire of Chetwynd the then lord of this
manor. Another estate here is the property of [ ]
Borough Esquire of Chetwynd, the present lord of this
manor, and occupied by himself, John Blackmore and
Thomas Bayley. Another is held by its proprietor this
Thomas Bayley, whose ancestors were resident here shortly
after the restoration. Another is the family estate of its
occupier Mary Alcock, which she inherits from her brother
John Freeman gent, late of this place. Another lately
belonged to Miss Freeman, but is now the property of her
nephew John Alcock gent, of this place, and held by John
Sillitoe. Another, called Ancellor House and Flat, is occupied
by its proprietor Thomas Adams gent., whose progenitors
were living here during the Protectorate. Another is the
estate of its occupier John Fieldhouse Moore, and another
belonged to the ancient family of Bayley of Stanford Hall
afterwards to their descendant John Marsh Esquire of the
Lyde par. Penne [co.] Stafford and near to Wolverhampton,
but now to his son Richard Bayley Marsh's widow, at present
the wife of the celebrated extemporary preacher the Rev.
William Dalton of the Lyde, and held by Thomas Sillitoe." 1

From a Survey of Edgmond township made in 1S0S- it
appears that the New Manor house was then in the posses-
sion and ownership of Richard Bayley (being identified in
pencil as that subsequently belonging to Hill), and in
Hardwick's Extracts from the Edgmond Parish Registers is
an entry of the burial on 4 Sept. 1808 of " Sarah Bayley
widow of the New House aged 78."

The earliest court rolls of the manor of. Edgmond now-
extant date from at least as far back as the year 1598, when
Richard Barnlield was lord of the manor, but they are not

1 Hardwick's MS. Collections, under" Edgmond.'' The punctuation here is
mine, there heing no stops in the MS.

-' Ex inf. Rev. Ernest Bridgeman, from Survey in the possession ot Mr.
George Hammonds of Newport, Salop.

100 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

quite continuous. Soon after Thomas Borough's purchase
there was a view of frankpledge with a court baron held in
his name on I November iSoj, at which separate constables
were presented for the different townships, two being pre-
sented for Edgmond, one for Church Aston, one for Pick-
stock, and one for Chetwynd Aston.1 To this I may add
that the Survey and Rental of Little Aston etc. in 1681 —
1 691, referred to on a previous page for its summary of the
provisions in the deed of partition of 1565. contains also a
customary of the manor of Edgmond, as set out in Articles
of Agreement dated 13 March 2 James I. (1605) between
Robert Barnfield of Edgmond gent, of the one part and
Giles Yonge gent, and others his copyholders of the same
town of the other part " declaring' the customs of the said
manor of Edgcmond aforesaid there used out of time of
minde." These customs are declared with much minuteness
of detail as to heriots and fines, course of descent, widows'
rights, powers of alienation and of cutting of timber by
tenants, court fees. etc. ; the custom of descent was to the
youngest son by the first wife or husband (if more than one),
or in default of sons to the voungest daughter (somewhat
similar to, though not identical with, the well known custom
of borough English), and the widow was entitled to the
whole land, but only during her widowhood. John Talbot
was not a party to these Articles of Agreement, but it is
evident that the same customs were applicable to his manor
of Little Aston.

The devolution of the manor of Edgmond has now been
traced, brieily from the time of the grant to Henry de Audley
in 1227, and more fully from the beginning of the fourteenth
century, first as an entire manor belonging to the Audleys,
then from the beginning of the fifteenth century in undivided
third shares. Of these shares one was immediately sold by
Margaret Miliary to Hugh de Holes, and remained in the
possession of his descendants, the Holes's, the Troutbecks
and the Talbots, till the partition in 1505, and afterwards
(under the name of the manor of Little Aston) in the Talbot
family until the sale in 17S7 to Ralph Leeke, the great-

Kx int. Rev. Ernest Bridgenian, fiom court roll?.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MAN Ok OF EDGMOXD. IOT

grandfather of the present owner. Another share devolved
upon the Touchet Audleys, and was s< Id by Anne Audley*
who married first a Twyneho and then an Inkepen, to Thomas
Lodge in 1551. The remaining share devolved upon the
Fitzwarines and their descendants, the Hankfords and
Bourchiers, till the sale to Thomas Lodge in 1552. These
last two shares were shortly afterwards sold to the Barnfields,
and from that family after the partition they passed (under
the name of the manor of Edgmond) by purchase first to the
Corbets, a century later to the Pigotts, and after the lapse of
nearly another century through William Waller and Thomas
Lloyd to Thomas Borrow or Borough, the grandfather of
Mr. Burton Borough the present lord of the manor.

In conclusion something should be said about each of the
six berewicks or members, which in Saxon times belonged to
the manor of Edgmond, and which in 12S5 were either parcel
of or held of that manor, although the systematic tracing of
the title to them is outside the scope of this paper. These
were (as already stated) Adeney, Field or Great Aston,
Church or Little Aston, Little Hales, Pickstock, and Newport-

The early history of Adeney will be found in Eyton's
Antiquities of SJiropshire,1 and it is shortly as follows: — It
was granted by King John in 1206 to the Abbot and Monks
of Croxden, and was exchanged by them in 12S7 for other
lands elsewhere with the Abbot and Monks of Buildwas. in
whose possession it, or the seignory of it (for there was
probably a further subinfeudation), remained until the Dis-
solution of Monasteries by Henry VIII. After this time it
came again into lay hands under some grant from the Crown,
the date and particulars of which I cannot give. In 1614 a
recovery was suffered by Nicholas Carter and Origen Buck
in favour of Thomas Harper and another of the manors of
of Adriey and Stirchley (?) and lands in Stirchley (?), Edg-
mond, and Adney, Francis Rogers being called to warranty.5
Two years later a recovery was suffered by Nicholas Baynton
and William Haynes in favour of Richard Lawrence and
Thomas Stephens of the manor ol Adney and lands in Adncy

1 Kytoivs Ant. of Shropshire^ ix. 121.
J Recoveries (Salop), Mich., 12 Jac. 1.

IC2 THE DEVOLUTION OE THE MANOR OE EDGMOND.

and Edgmond, Francis Rogers being again vouchee.1 In
1635 we find the manor of Adney included with the manor of
Chetwynd in a settlement of the estates of Walter Pigott.
These are the only notices I have come across of Adenev,
and of its subsequent history I have nothing to say, except
that an-' estate there, which included the whole township
except two cottages, was purchased in 1S76 by Ralph Merrick
Leekc Esq., the father of Colonel Ralph Leeke the present
owner, from Sir Henry Tyrwhitt Bart., and that the two
cottages have since been purchased by Colonel Leeke from
the representatives of Richard Asterley, formerly a tenant of
one of the Adeney farms.3

The history of Field or Great Aston is more complicated.
Eyton has show n that before the grant of Edgmond to Henry
de Audley three virgates in Great Aston had been granted by
Henry II. to Robert Pinzun in 1155, and that of these three
virgates two were subsequently bestowed by Pinzun upon
Shrewsbury Abbey, while another virgate (probably the third
of Pinzun's virgates) was given to Lilleshall Abbey : the rest
of the hamlet of Great Aston was included in the grant to
the Audlevs in 1227, and (with the exception of one virgate
held in 1255 by Edith the widow of Newport) subinfeudated
before 1255 by James de Audley to Geoffrey de Thorp at
the rent of a pair of white gloves.4 The holding of Geoffrey
de Thorp is described in a suit in 1273 by Ela, widow of
James de Audley, in respect of dower as " ten librates of land
in Ashton co. Salop." 5 In 1285 the hamlet of Great Aston
appears to have been in the possession of William Esseby,
whose position there Eyton was unable to account for : in
1296 John Rondulf's name appears as the lord of Aston ;
John Rondulf also held lands there in 1304, but Edmund son
of Geoffrey de Thorp seems to have been the real owner of
the inheritance.6 One possible explanation might be that
cither William Esseby or John Rondulf, or possibly each ot

1 Recoveri s (Salop), Easter, 14 Jac. I.

- Fines (Diver (jjunties), Mich., 11 C ir. I. Of. Pat. Roll, 11 Car. [.. pift
33' No- S3-

i Kx inf. Col. Ralnh Leeke.

4 By toil's Ant. of Shropshire, ix. I -4 , 125.

s E^nce Poll, liaster, 1 lid. I., m. 4 {Staff, Hist L:>tt. vi., rart 1,5)!.

HE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 103

them in turn, married the widow of Geoffrey dc Thorp and
became lord of Aston in right of his wife. So far Eyton-
The next notice of a lord of Aston that I im aware of is in a
deed in the possession of John Tayleur Esq. of Buntingsdale,
dated the Thursday after the feast of St. Mark 10 Edward II.
(April 1323), under which Thomas le Gomeiy took from the
lord Thomas de Aston, to him his heirs and assigns for ever,
one messuage and half a virgate of land with meadows and
appurtenances, which land John [West ?] formerly held, in
the vill of Aston, and on entering he gave to the lord ten
marks of silver.1 Who this Thomas de Aston was I cannot
say, but I suppose him to have succeeded in some way to the
interest of the Thorps. In the inquisition taken on the
death of Nicholas de Audley in 1391 there is a separate
mention (not included under Edgmond) of nine marcates
of rent in Muchel Aston ;'2 and again in that taken on the
death of his widow in 1401 there is a similar separate mention
of various tenements in Mickelaston, stated to be held of the
King in capite as of (or as a member of) the manor of
Edgmond, but the words are difficult to decipher.3 I think
it probable that these tenements represent the Thorp fee,
and that it had by that time been acquired agaiii by the
overlord. I do not find any mention of Great Aston in any
of the earlier Audlev inquisitions, but the rent of a pair of
white gloves is entered under rents of assize of freemen in the
inquisition taken on the death of William de Audley in 1282. 4
A century later the inquisition on the death of John Touchet
Lord Audley, the representative of the senior coheir of the
Audlcys, in 1490 shows that he had a few years before his
death settled the manor of Mickle, Much or Great Aston with
a moiety of the manor of Eordesham upon his son James de
Audley knight, afterwards Lord Audley, and Joan his wife in
tail, with remainder to his own right heirs."' As already
noticed, James Lord Audley was attainted and put to death

1 Ex inf. Co!. F. K. Twemlow of Peatswood, to whom I am indebted for all
the infounation here given which is based upon deeds and other documents at
Buntingsdale.

- lnq., 1 5 hie. II., No. i.

3 Inq., 2 Hen. IV., No. 56.

* Inq.; 1 1 Ed. I., No. ^4,

:> Ch, Inij., 0 Hen. VII., §er, II., vol. 6 (13)

104 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

in 1497, but his widow lived on in a state of unsound mind
until 1533. Their son John Touchet or dc Audlev was
restored in blood and honours in 151 1-2, but he squander^ d
away most of his great estates, selling a great many manor-
in various counties (but including only Red Castle in
Shropshire) to the King in 1 535-6. 1 It was probably about
this time that he disposed of the manor of Great' Aston,
which in 1540 we find in the possession of the Chetwvnd
family. This branch of the Chetwynds owned lands in
Great Aston before they acquired the manor. By a Buntings,
dale deed, dated 16 Henry VII. (1500-1), the Ryesuch meadow
in Aston was granted by William Colwvch and William
Xedeham to John Chetwvnd and Margaret his wife and the
heirs of their bodies, with remainder to William Chetwvnd
Esquire, father of John Chetwvnd :~ and a few years later,
by deed dated 28 October 19 Henry VII. (1503), William
Chetwvnd Esquire granted and confirmed to Robert Moreton,
Richard Haghton, Michael Salmon, and Philip Chetwynd
all his lands and tenements, rents etc. in Aston and else-
where in Shropshire, to hold to them their heirs and assigns
for ever of the chief lords of that fee by the services thence-
forth due and of right accustomed.3 So far t'here is no
mention of the manor, but in 1540 Humphrey Chetwynd of
Aston made a settlement of the manor of Aston,4 and in 154S
John Chetwynd held a court there, and granted a house and
five selions of land in the field of Aston to Robert Barnfield
at a quit rent of 12s. 4d.5 It was probably about this time
and from the name of its then owner that Great Aston
acquired the name of Chetwynd Aston, by which it after-
wards became more generally known. On 20 June 13
James I. (161 5) Sir Walter Chetwynd of Ingestrie, knight,
agreed to sell the manor of Great Aston and other property
to Thomas Skrymshcr, Esquire, of Aqualate, and the purchase
was completed on 24 September of the following year/'
Sir Walter Chetwynd of Ingestrie (the vendor) would be the
grandfather of Walter Chetwynd, the well-known Stafford-
shire antiquary and author of the " History of the Pirehill

1 Stat., 3 Hen. VIII, c. 17 ; 27 Hen. VIII., c, 31.
2, 4, 8 and " Ex. inf. Co). F, K. Twemlow, ut sup

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 105

Hundred," the first part of which has recently been edited
by the Rev. V. Parker, rector of Colton, and printed in the
William Salt Society's Staffordshire Historical Collections.
The Chetwynd pedigree there given1 includes the Aston
branch of that family, which apparently came to an end with
Robert Chetwynd (the son of John and grandson of
Humphrey) in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when- their
Aston estates probably devolved upon the senior line then
established at Ingcstrie. A pedigree of Skrymshire of
Aqualatc will be found in the Staffordshire Visitation of
1663-4 edited for the same Society,2 from which it will be
seen that Thomas Skrymshire was succeeded by his son
Gerard, who had an only son, Edwin, and two daughters,
Mary and Letitia, then living. The Buntingsdale papers
show that Gerard Skrymshire was lord of Aston in 1651 and
1658, and Edwin Skrymshire in 1674 and 1684 ; and the
latter must have afterwards died without issue, for his estates
were eventuallv divided between his two sisters, the manor
of Great Aston falling to the share of the younger sister
Letitia, who in 1661 was married to John Tayleur, Esquire,
of Rodington, en. Salop, the direct lineal ancestor of the
present owner of Buntingsdale and Great or Chetwynd
Aston.3 Besides this manor there was, as noticed in a
previous part of this paper, some land at Aston, which at the
death in 1620 of Thomas Pigott (the purchaser of the
advowson of Edgmond church from Sir Walter Leveson in
I599) wa5 stated to be of the annual value of 3s. 46., and to
have been held bv Thomas Pigott of the lords of the manor
of Edgmond.4 Possibly this may represent the virgate of
land held in 1255 Dy Edith the Widow of Newport, but this
is pure conjecture. I should like to express my thanks to
Colonel Twerrilow, the author of the " Battle of Bloreheath 1
for the valuable notes sent me by him of the Buntingsdale
deeds, which have led me to give a much fuller account of

Staff, /list. Col/., N.S.. xii. 152-3.
\ S/aJ. Hist, Coil., v., rt. 2. 207.
" Ex int. CoK F. K. Twemiow, ut su/>.
* Cb. In q., iq Jac. I., Ser. II., vol. 389(108).

5 Of this work, which is published by Messrs, Whitehead Bros, of Wolver-
hampton, a notice in the Antiquary says " the little book can be commended
as a model of how such a footnote to history should be written*"

Vol. III., 4th Scries. P

*

106 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

the manor of Great Aston than I should otherwise have
thought of doing.

Little Hales was subinfeudated hy the Audleys, and was
held in 1285 by John de Hales.1 Of its subsequent history I
know nothing, except that in 1514 Katherine Audley, the
widow of Thomas Audley, died seised of a messuage and
lands there held of John Lord Fitzwarine and the heirs of
William Troutbcck," i.e. the other lords at the time of the
manor of Edgmond. It lies in the parish, or partly in the
parish, of Sheriff Hales, and was probably quite small.

Little Aston, or Church Aston (as I suppose it was called
because it included the site of the Church, for it never was
Church property ), remained a member of the manor of
Edgmond until the partition in 1565. In the inquisition
taken on the death of Nicholas de Audley in 1316-7 there is
an extent of the manor of Edgmond, w hich states that "there
is at Aston, which is a member of Edgmond, 40s. 2 id. of
rent of assize of socmen.''3 The devolution of Little Aston
has already been traced at some length in treating of the
Talbot share of Edgmond.

Pickstock also remained throughout in the hands of the
lords as parcel of the manor of Edgmond, and was never
granted away by subinfeudation. In the extent of Edgmond
just referred to the jurors say that " there is at Pickstock,
which is a member of Edgmond, 32s. g Jd. of rent of assi/e
of socmen." 4 On the partition in 1565 it fell to the share of
Robert Barnfield, and a considerable number of tenancies
there are mentioned in the inquisition taken on the death of
Robert Barnfield in 1568.5 Most of the land at Pickstock
still belongs to the lord of the manor of Edgmond.

Lastly we come to the vill of New Borough, or Newport*

1 Eyton's Ant. of Shrop., ix, 1 26.

2 Oh. tnqv, 7 Hen. VIII., Ser. II., Vol. 30 (76) (Salop). See also Ch. Inq,,
23 Hen. VII., S-er, II., Vol. 21 (31), taken on the death of her husband
Thomas Audley.

1 Inq. 10 Ed. II., No. 73, now File 56 (3).
* lb.

'° Ch. Inq., 10 Eliz., Ser. II., Vol. 148 138).

c For a full account of Newport see the articles by the late Mr. Edward
Jones referred to at the beginning Of this paper. I have left my summary .is it
stoad, as it calls attention to the reason why the l< it/.warine* did not succeed
to any share of this manor.

THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND. 10J

which was of such importance that it was separately
mentioned in the grant to Henry de Audley in 1227, and was
held of the manor of Edgmond by the burgesses of Newport
as a free borough in 1285. The seignory of this vill, which
is constantly described as a manor, on the death of Nicholas de
Audley in 1391 devolved on his sister Margaret Hillary and his
great nephew John Touchet, the grandson of his sister Joan,
as his coheirs in equal moieties, the grandson of his half-sister
Margaret Fitzwarine for the reasons already noticed not
taking any share in this manor as he did in that of Edgmond.
The Hillary moiety was sold by Margaret Hillary and her
husband, together with the Hillary third of Edgmond, and
with it passed through the families of Holes and Troutbeck
to the Talbots, and again with it was settled upon the junior
branch of the Talbot family seated at Longford. It was
purchased in the year 1829 from the Earl of Shrewsbury by
the Duke of Sutherland, and is now the property of the
present Duke. The Touchet moiety passed, with the Touchet
third of Edgmond, through Thomas Audley to his daughter
Anne Twyneho, who with her second husband Richard
Inkepen sold them both to Thomas Lodge in 1551. In 1557
it was sold by Thomas Lodge, with two-thirds of Edgmond.
to Robert Barnfield, whose son Richard on 20 April 17
Elizabeth (1575) conveyed it to Walter L,eveson of LilleshaJl.
On the death without issue of his son Sir Richard Levoson
(the Yice-Admiral) in 1605 it passed with the Lilleshali estate?
to Sir John Leveson of Haling, whose widow Christian was
as regards this moiety the lady of the manor in 1620. It
still remains in the possession of their descendant, the present
Duke of Sutherland, who is now sole lord of the manor.1

There were also other manors or vills lying within ^or
partly within) the parish of Edgmond, e.g. Caynton and
Calvington, for many years the property of the Yonges and
held of the manor of Great Bolas, and also Buttery, Tibberton
and Caerrington. But, as none of these had any connection
with the manor of Edgmond. no attempt has been made to
trace the title to any of them.

1 Ex inf. Rev. Ernest Bridgeman, on the authority of Mi. W. K. Stamei ol
hiileshall I.oci^c, the Duke's agent.

I 08 THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF EDGMOND.

1 have only to add that I wish to acknowledge my indebted-
ness to my brother, the Rev. Ernest Bridgeman, at whose
instance my researches were undertaken, not only for much
valuable local information, but also for his criticism and help
throughout the preparation of this paper. The pedigrees,
which I have appended to it, do not profess to be exhaustive,
but it is hoped that they are accurate so far as they go, and
that they will be found helpful in illustrating and explaining
the text in case of any ambiguity.

Supplementary Note.

The view expressed above (p. 103) as to the devolution of the Thorp fee in
Great Aston upon the Audley overlords is confirmed by two suits on the De
Benco Rolls, Easter 12 Kic. II m. 56 and Mich. 17 Ric. II m. 2S1 dorso,
transcribed in the William Salt Society's Staffordshire Historical Collections,
vol. xv., pp. 13, 59. From tnese suits it appears that William, son of William
Chetwynd, had levied a tine in favour of Nicholas de Audiey of a messuage, two
carucates of land, twenty acres of meadow, a hundred acres of pasture, ten acres
of wood, and nine marks of rent in Muche Aston, together with the services of
the tenants, in consideration of 200 maiks. Joan, the widow of William de
Chetwynd (the father) and the defendant in the fust suit, and John Chetwynd,
the plaintiff in the second suit, plead a grant by James de Audley to Geoffrey de
Thorp and Alice his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and a descent is given
from Geoffrey and Alice de Thoip through their son Edmund, their grandson
Thomas, and their great-grandson William (the husband of Joan), to William de
Chetwynd (who levied the fine) and his brother lohn (the plaintiff in the second
suit). The Audleys deny the entail, but the result of the suits does not appear.
These pleadings also establish the identity of Thomas, lord of Aston in 1323,
as the grandson of Geoffrey de Thorp.

iog

SOME ACCOUNT OF SIDBURY.
By the Rev. R. C. PURTON, M.A.

SlDBURY, or Sudbury, signifies the South "Burgh" or fortified
inclosure of Saxon times, wherein the Community lived with
their over-lord together, — as contrasted with the later Nor-
man "castle," where the over-lord dwelt in isolation. "South"
perhaps with reference to Chetton, with Middleton lying be-
tween. Before the Conquest one Wiga, a free man, held it;
after that event it was included in the possessions of Earl
Roger. At the time of the Survey Sudberie (with Eudon
George, Chelmarsh and Burwarton) formed a detached por-
tion of the Hundred of Baschurch. but soon afterwards these
five manors became part of the newly constituted Hundred of
Stottesden. The Domesday Record states that Ralph (that
is Ralph de Mortimer) held Sidbury under Earl Roger, and
that there was one hide which paid geld; that there were two
ploughs in desmesne and six serfs, also six villeins and three
bordars with two ploughs, with room for two more. In time
of King Edward it was worth 20s., afterwards waste, and
now worth 1 8s.

The Mortimers were not involved in the forfeiture of Rob-
ert de Belesme, and retained possession of their Shropshire
estates. Younger sons were enfeoffed at Sidbury on more
than one occasion — William son of Ralph de Mortimer and
Hugh son of Hugh de Mortimer being lords of the manor —
but the over-lordship remained with the senior branch of the
family until the Earldom of March became invested in the
Crown in 1424.

In 1203 S'r Hugh de Sudberi accused Robert de Girros,
lord of Burwarton, of unjust'1)' seizing his hounds, but with-
drew the cause. Before 1240 Sidbury was held under Morti-
mer by the family of de Arras or Darras, and they remained
here for many generations. In the Testa de Neville Ralph
de Arras is found to hold two fees in Sodbur' and Nenton
(Neenton) of the Barony of Mortimer; and in the Nomina
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SOME ACCOUNT OF SIDBURY.

Villarum (9 Ed. II.) Ralph de Arraz appears as lord of Sul-
bury. Adam dc Arraz was assessed to subsidy in 1327 for
lands here, and occurs again with his wife Audrea in 1348.
Blakeway quotes an entry in the Liber Niger of Wigmore,
wherein John D arras certifies that he did homage at Wigge-
more to his most honoured lord, "Monsieur Esmon de Morti-
mer," Earl of March and lord of Wigmore, for his manors of
Sudbury and Neinton, with the appurtenances in the county
of Salop, and further that he holds the same of the said Earl
by homage, fealty, and two knights' fees and suit at the court
of Wigmore every three weeks. John de Arras was Sheriff
of Shropshire in 1402. In the Calendar of Knights' Fees Ete
of Edmund Earl of March (who died in 138,1) dated 141 4,
Robert Durus is stated to hold the above Knights' Fees,
which were extended to the yearly value of £10. Blakeway,
commenting on this, says, "I conceive this Calendar to have
been made out after an old list, in which some names, and
that of Darras among the rest, were inserted after they had
ceased to hold the property which they are stated to possess"
(MS. Bodl. 12). The Inquisition on the death of Edmund,
last Earl of Mortimer (3 Hen. VI.), states that he held "two
Knights' fees in Sudberie and Neynton, which w'ere hold en
by Robert Darras"; but Sidbury was not then held by Darras.
for as early as 1408 there was a dispute between Henry St.
George with his wife Burgia and John Talbot, lord of Furni-
vall and Sidbury, as to the Advowson; and next year John
Talbot, lord of Sidbury, presents. A few years later. 13 Hen.
IV. (141 2), John lord Talbot levied a fine of the manors and
advowson of Sidbury and Neenton — "Int' Joh'cm Talbot
dnm de Furnivall quer. et Hen. St. George et Burgiam ux'em
def. Maner 'de Nienton et Suddclbury et advoc' ccclesiar' jur.
Joh'is {Pedes Finiuni). John, second Earl of Salop, died
14G0 seized of the Manor; but, though the interest in the ad-
vowson remained with the Earldom till modern limes, the
manor appears to have passed to other hands be lore 5 Edw.
IV, In 9 Hen. VII. (1494) we have the Inquisition on the
death of Sir Humphrey Talbot, 1 wherein it is slated that he
had enfeoffed John Row don and Thomas Boothe, with

1 Secorul son of the first Eat) by his second wile. His next heir was declared
to be George Talbot, Larl of Salop, son of John, son of John, his brother,

SOME ACCOUNT OF SIDBURY.

Ill

others, of the manors {inter, alia) of Wheathill and Neenton,
held of the Earl of March by fealty, and dso "of 40 acres of
land in Hokkyswoode and Sudbury, worth 10s., held of the
Prior of Wenlock by fealty only." The Manor of Sidbury is
not here mentioned, and it may be inferred that it had passed
to others— presumably to the Purslowes, who were here as
early as 1469. But there are no Inquisitions till 7 Elizabeth.

One would suppose that the Purslowes derived their sur-
name from Purslow, a hamlet in Clunbury Parish. The
earliest recorded form of the name, however, appears to be
Pusselowe. William de Pusselowe wa3 assessed to subsidy
for lands in Shrawardine in 1327, while John Pusslowe with
William his son occur 14 Rich. II. About the latter date
Eleanor, daughter and coheir of John Eyton of Marsh, mar-
ried one of the name of Purslowe, but his Christian name is
uncertain. In the Purslowe pedigree (Harl. MS. 1396) he
appears as "Thomas alibi William," but the pedigree of
Gough of the Marsh gives "John Purslow." This marriage
probably accounts for the family settling in the neighbour-
hood of Wrestbury, but their earliest recorded connection
with Sidbury is in 9 Ed. IV- (1469), when Robert Pusselowe
of Sudbury appears as joint witness to a Deed with Hum-
phrey Blount, Esq. According to the "Gentleman's Maga-
zine" (1853 Pt. I. 510) the King m 1544 granted the manor of
Stottesden, with the Manor of Walton (in the same parish)
to Richard Purslowe, Esq., and Walton was later in the pos-
session of John Purslow of Sidbury. Neither Robert nor
Richard occur in the Visitation pedigrees, but the earlier des-
cents there given seem very uncertain. According to the
Visitation the above-mentioned Thomas (or William) Purs-
lowe had a son John, who was father of Thomas, with whom
we reach firmer ground, for this Thomas Purslowe was
assessed to Subsidy for lands in Sidbury 16 Hen. VIII—
"Thomas Purslowe 111 lands iii 1." By Lora, daughter of Wil-
liam ap David, he had a daughter" -Anne, wife of John Wall of
Faintrce, and three sons -Robert of Sidbury, John the an-
cestor of the Hockstow branch (of whom more hereafter),
and George, who is probably the George Purslowe who was
buried at Worthen in 1580.

Robert Purslowe of Sidbury died 14 Eli/. (Inquis. p. mort.)
and was buried there in I 571. His will is dated Feb, I2th|

112

SOME ACCOUNT OF SIDBURV.

15/0, but was not proved til! July 22nd, 1 589 (P-C.C. "63
Leicester"). In it he leaves bequests to the Churches of Sid-
bur)' and Stottesden, the overseers being Sir George Blount,
Kt, and Edward Corbett of Glazeley. Robert Purslowe
married Margaret, daughter and heir of William Sparke, who
was buried at Sidbury in 1592, by whom he had three sons
and five daughters : —

(i) Nicholas Purslowe, the eldest son, of the Inner
Temple and of Billingsley, married Margaret; daugh-
ter of Thomas Williams of Willaston, but died during
his father's life-time in 1 563, leaving no issue. (Inquis.
p. mort. 7 Eliz. 142. 79.)

(ii) John succeeded his father at Sidbury.

(iii) Francis Purslowe, with his wife Barbara and children,

John and William, is mentioned in his father's will.

(iv) Mary married firstly ..... Newport of Rushock (co.
Wore.), and secondly (at Sidbury in 1562) Francis
Brace, who with his wife is mentioned in her father's
will.

(v) Elizabeth married John Erpe of London, but is not
mentioned in her father's will.

(vi) Joyce married (at Sidbury in 1 561) William Nash of
Hanbury, and is mentioned with "her children" in her
father's will.

(vii) Anne married (at Sidbury in 1 567) John Wheeler of
Droitwich. Both are mentioned in her father's will,
and he was joint executor with the above-mentioned
Barbara.

(viii) Eleanor married Humphrey Jennetts, and is men-
tioned with "her children" in her father's will. Two of
these children were baptized at Sidbury.

John Purslowe succeeded his father at Sidbury, but is not
mentioned in his will. His name occurs as one of the Collec-
tors of the Subsidy of 1 3 Elizabeth. He was twice married.
His first wife was Constance, daughter of Richard Newport
of Honingham (co. Warw.). married at Sidbury in 1 566 and
buried there 111 1575. By whom he had three sons and two
daughters : —

(i) Robert, who succeeded him.

(ii) Thomas Purslowe. baptized at Sidbury in 1 569, styled

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113

"ccelebs ct Scncscallus liospicii Comilis Devon" in

1623-

(iii) Walter, baptized in 1574. died an infant.

(iv) Anne, baptized in 1570.

(v) Ursula, baptized and buried in 1573.

John Purslowe married secondly (at Sidbury in 1576) Dor-
othy, daughter and heir of Sir George Blount of Kinlet, and
it was this match which is said to have been the cause of her
being disinherited by her father- who devised Kinlet to the
Lacons. (See Transactions, 3rd Ser., Vol. viii., p. 125). By
this lady John Purslowe had a son Rowland (of whom more
hereafter), and a daughter Kathcrine (baptized at Sidbury in
1582) wife of Richard Hill of Bickley.

John Purslowe died seized of "the manor of Sudbury with
the appurtenances there and 111 Fulswardine, Screvens
Middleton and Thongland, holden of the Queen as of her
earldom of March by the service of half a Knight's fee."
(Inquis. p. mort. 38 Eliz.) He was buried at Sidbury in 1503-
4. His widow Dorothy married Edward Bullock of Bradeley.

Robert (afterwards Sir Robert) Purslowe, son and heir of
John, was baptized at Sidbury 1567-8. He appears- to have
lived at Stottesden during his father's lifetime. He was
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1609. He was thrice married. By
his first wife, Anne, daughter of Richard Oteley of Pitchford
(married there in 1585 and buried at Sidbury in 1593), he had
five children : —

(i) Richard Purslowe, baptized at Pitchford in 15S7, died
before his father, being buried at Sidbury in 1613. He
married Anne, daughter of William Huband of lppes-
lcy (co. Warw.), by whom he had two daughters, Eliza-
beth and Anne, living in 1630.

(ii) Dorothy, baptized at Stottesden in 1589 and buried at
Sidbury in 1 619.

(iii) Thomas, baptized at Stottesden in 1590, died an in-
fant.

(iv) Jane, baptized at Stottesden in 1592.

(v) Thomas, baptized at Stottesden in 1593.

Robert Purslowe married secondly Jane, daughter oi Ar-
thur Salwey of Stanford, buried at Sidbury in 1003, by whom
he had four children : —

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SOME ACCOUNT OF SID BURY.

(vi) Mary, baptized at Sidbury in 159;, wife of Rowland
Lacon of Kinlet.

(vii) Margaret, baptized at Sidbury in [598, died an infant.

(viii) Arthur, who succeeded his father.

(ix) Anne, baptized at Sidbury in J 602, wife of . . . Forster.
Sir Robert Purslowe's third wife was Letitia, daughter of

Humphrey Clarke, of Kent, and widow of Martin Culpeper
of New College, Oxford. Sir Robert was assessed to Sub-
sidy for Lands in Sidbury 4 Chas. I— "Sir Robert Purslowe,
Kt., in terris iiii 1. — xvi s." — but he was dead before May
1st of the following year, though there appears to be no In-
quisition on his death. There is a long gap in the Sidbury
Registers from 1623 to J 6 5 S .

Arthur Purslowe, who succeeded his father, was baptized at
Sidbury in 1 60 1. Pie married (at St. Alkmund's in 1625)
Elizabeth, daughter of .Sir Thomas Harris, by whom he had a
daughter Sarah, born in 162S, and a son Arthur, baptized at
Ludlow in 1 630-1, when the father was dead.

The Inquisition on the death of Arthur Purslowe is a very
long document, full of legal technicalities. It is dated Oct.
7th 6 Chas. I., and states that Sir Robert Purslowe his father
was seized of the Manors of Sudbury and Pickthorne, and
of all those capital messuages, etc., called or known by the
several names of Heath, Longdcn alias Longmore, Fuls-
wardyne and Lowe, and of a messuage, etc., in Hoxwood,
now or lately in the tenure of Richard Walker, and of all the
messuages, etc., therto belonging in the several parishes of
Sudbury, Scrivens Middieton, Beddesdon, Chelmarshe and
Kempton, and of a certain portion of the tithes of grain in
Pickthorne. It further cites a Fine, dated the Octave of St.
Michael 9 Jas. I., between Walter Savage and Thomas Ott-
ley, Esquires, plaintiffs, and Robert Purslowe and Letitia his
wife, deforciants, for certain uses, viz: — of the Manor of
Pickthorne, with the aforesaid tithes and lands in le Heath
and Fulswardyne, etc., to the ire of Richard Purslowe, son
and heir of Robert, for his life, and after his decease to the
use of Anne Huband whom the said Richard afterwards
married, for her life, as part of her jointure. Of the manor
or capita1 messuage of Sudbury, to the use of Robert Purs-
lowe, son and heir of Robert, for his life, and after his de-
cease, to the use of Anne Huband, whom the said Richard

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afterwards married, for her life, as part of her jointure. Of
the manor or capital messuage of Sudbury, to the use of Rob-
ert Purslowe for his life, remainder to Richard Purslowe for
his life, and after the death of Richard to the use of Robert
for his life, and after the deaths of Robert and Richard then
to the use of Anne Huband, for the life of Letitia, wife of
Robert, as another part of her jointure, and after the several
deaths of Robert, Letitia and Richard, then the capital mes-
suage called the. Manor House, with the garden, orchard,
etc., and all those lands, etc., in Sudbury called Hoxwood, le
New tyrninge Greene, Accorne Meadow, Withy leasow,
Brierly Middlcton's, Hedge crosse leasow, le Woodhill,
Calves close, le little close, le Head, Olleymere, the pasture,
Buttyate, le Fegg, le downes Stade, Horsepitt, the Meadow
below the downes Stade, le Meadow, Barcroft, Huskett's
yarde and Bodes house close, parcel of the said premises — to
the use of Anne Huband for her life in full satisfaction of
the residue of her jointure. And after the death of Robert-
Richard and Anne respectively, then of all the aforesaid
premises, to the use of the heirs male of Richard, and for
want of such issue to the use of his surviving daughters
(should there be more than one) for the term of 31 years, un-
less a sum of £1,200 (or £600 if there only one daughter)
be raised from the rents, etc., by their executors or adminis-
trators, or be paid by the heir male of Robert Purslowe or of
John Purslowe his late father, in the meanwhile. And after-
wards to the use of Arthur Purslowe and his heirs, remainder
to the right heirs of Richard. Further, that Richard Purs-
lowe had issue Anne and Elizabeth, then living at Sudbury;
and that on May 1st 5 Chas. I., Robert Purslowe and Letitia
his wife, and Richard Purslowe and Anne his wile, were
dead without heirs male of Richard. The Inquisition then
gives a "Common Recovery," with the usual technicalities.
It states further that by Indentures bearing date Feb. 13th 5
Chas. I. between Arthur Purslowe, of the one "part, and Hum-
phrey Salway, Esq., John Smith, Esq., Roland Purslowe,
Esq., and George Hill, of the other part, the said Arthur, for
the payment of his debts and for a portion lor his daughter
Sarah, grants to the said 1 [umphrcy, etc., all and singular the
said Manors, etc., to have and to hold for certain uses, viz :
to the use of .Arthur and his hen s male, and for want of such

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issue to the : aid trustees for a term of So years, for the pay-
ment of his debts and for the aforesaid portion, and after-
wards to the use of Roland Purslowe, junior, son of the afore-
said Roland, and his heirs male, remainder to Roland Purs-
lowe, senior, remainder to Sarah, daughter of Arthur, re-
mainder in two moieties to Mary, wife of Roland Lacon and
to Anne Forster, sisters of Arthur, and to their heirs forever.
Further, that the said Arthur Purslowe died on May 14th last
without male issue, and that the manor, etc., of Sudbury was
held of the King- as of his earldom of March by military ser-
vice, to wit of one Knight's fee, worth £4. annually beyond
reprisals; and that the manor of Pickthorne and Longden
alias Longmore, and other premises in Pickthorne, were held
of the King by fealty and a rent of 6s. 8d. for all services, and
are worth £7 annually beyond reprisals; and that the tithes
of grain in the Vill of Pickthorne were held of the King as of
his manor of East Greenwich by free and common socage,
and are worth 5s. annually beyond reprisals; and that the
messuage, etc., in Hoxwood was held of Dame Eleanor Eger-
ton, widow, as of her manor of Hoxwood for an annual rent
of 4s. and other services, but by what service was not known
— and is worth 6d. annually beyond reprisals; and 'that tlie
farm of Lowe was held of the King in capite, by the hund-
redth part of a Knight's fee, and is worth 20s. annually.
Further, that Sarah Purslowe was the daughter and next
heir, and aged two years on Aug. 10th last.

The Jurors were : —Hercules Kynnersley, Richard Hyde,
William Holland, John Birch, Charles Nashe, Thomas Ham-
ond, Thomas Pardoe, Edward Smalman, John Crowe, Wil-
liam Greenhouse, William Brooke. John Cheshire, John Par-
rocke. (Inqu. p. mort 6 Chas. I., Vol. 462, No. 145; See also
Court of Wards, Vol. 79, No. 211.)

Subsequently to this Inquisition, however, a posthumous
son was born to Arthur, as already mentioned; but he must
have died young, for Sidbury passed to Rowland Purslowe.

Rowland Purslowe, the elder, was son of John Purslowe by
his second wife Dorothy Blount, and was baptized at Sid-
bury in 1581. He married Anne> daughter of William Hill
of Bicklcy (co. Wore-), who survived him, by w hom he had a
daughter, Dorothy, and a son, Rowland. Administration ol
his estate was granted (P-CC) in 1050.

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Rowland Purslowe, the younger, who succeeded to the Sid-
bury estate, was dead in 1655, his wife Sarah having pre-
deceased him in 1650. He left no issue and was the last of
his line. By his will dated Nov. 16th, 1654 (P.C.C. "Aylelt
324") he devised all his manors, etc., to his mother, Mrs.
Anne Purslowe, for her life, and after her death to his sister,
Mrs. Anne Lea, and in default of her issue to Anthony
Browne, eldest son of John Browne of Sidbury, gent. The
will mentions his cousin, Thomas Hill, of Bickhe (co. Wore.)
gent., his aunt, Mrs. Katherme Hill, his cousin, Mary
Browne, sister of Anthony, his aunt, Mrs. Winwood,
his friend, Mr. John Synge, of Bridgnorth, mercer, and
his cousin, Rowland Hill, gent. Proved by his mother, May
22nd, 1655.

Anne Lea- half-sister and devisee of Rowland Purslowe, is
described as daughter of George Lea of Lea (co. Heref.),
and must therefore have been a daughter of Rowland's
mother by a former husband, unless she was the sister of his
wife, whose parentage I have not discovered. She was born
in 162 1, and on the death of her mother (who was buried at
Sidbury in 1677), became possessed of the Sidbury estate.
She married in 1657 Richard Cresswell of Bamhurst (co.
Staff.) and was buried at Sidbury in 1 705-6.

There was another branch of the Purslowe family living at
Sidbury, but their connection with the principal branch does
not appear. Thus in the Sidbury Register occur the following-
entries : —

1 561. Joyce, d. of Edward Purslowe bap.

1564. John, s. of Edward Purslowe bap.

1565. Thomas Streford and Margaret P mar-

1566. Constance, d. of Edward Purslowe bap.

1567. Mary, d. of Edward Purslowe bap.

1570. Richard, s. of Edward Purslowe bap.

1572-3. Edward Purslowe bur.

1573. Edward, s. of Edward Purslowe ... uap.

1591. William James and Joyce P n'ar-

1593. John, s. of Edward Purslowe bur.

1599. Margaret, d. of Richard Purslowe bap.

1G02. Edward, s. of Richard Purslowe Lap.

1604. Isaac, s. of Richard Purslowe bap.

1G05. Walter, s. of Richard Purhlowe lap

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In the Subsidy Roll for Sidbury in 1544 we have "Edward
Porslowe in bonis vi 1. — xiid. " Again in that of 162S is en-
tered "Richard Purslowe in terris xxs. — ivs." Richard Purs-
lowe was Churchwarden of Sidbury in 1604. The Harleian
MS. 1241 adds some descents to the Purslowe Pedigree,
which, however, throw no light on these entries.

In order to make the account of this family more complete,
some particulars relating to the Hockstow branch may be
added here. John Purslowe, (younger son of Thomas Purs-
lowe and Lora ap David married Anne, daughter of Thomas
Boterel of Aston Boterel, by whom he had, with two sons,
Robert and Henry, who died without issue, a son Thomas
Purslowe of Hockstow, who was buried at Habberley in 161 8.
He married Ursula, daughter of Edward Cholmeley of
Copenhall, who was buried at Habberley in 1604. By whom
he had three daughters — Blanche, Dorothy, and Scolastica,
wife of William Boterel, buried at Aston Boterell in 1602;
and three sons — Edward, Henry and Thomas.

(i) Edward Purslowe, the eldest son, married Katherine,
daughter of Thomas Mackworth of Betton. Their son
John was baptized at Habberley in 161 6, and I suppose
another son to have been Edward Purslowe, of Worthen,
who had a daughter Sarah, baptized at Worthen m 1636,
and a son Henry, baptized there in 1639. This Henry
Purslowe (or a son of the same name) married at Meole
(1690) Anne Corbet, both being described as "of Worth-
en/' and they had a daughter Margaret, who died in in-
fancy.

(ii) Henry Purslowe, the second son. was of Pontesbury.
He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Higgins
(buried at Pontesbury in 1606-7), by whom he had a son
Thomas, and four other children, all baptized at Pontes-
bury, viz: — Penelope (bapt. 1596). Ursula (bapt. 1599),
Arthur (bapt. 1601 and bur. 1610), and Richard (bapt.
1604 and bur. 1613). The second wife of Henry Purs-
lowe was Ursula, daughter of James Xorris.

(iii) Thomas Purslowe, the third son, was of Minsterley.
Edward Lord Stafford sold Minsterley to Sir Rowland
Haywardywho settled it on his daughter Jane, wifeof Sir
John Thymic, who in 1011 granted a lease to Purslowe
for three lives, which did not expire till l606> Thomas

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Purslowe of Minsterlcy married Anne, daughter of Wil-
liam Noblet, by whom he had a daughter Ursula (bap-
tized at Habberley in 1614) wife of John Griffiths of
Minsterley, and a son John, baptized at Habberley in
161 8, who entered his Pedigree at the Visitation of 1663.
He married Anne, daughter of Richard Mason of New-
ton, by whom he had two sons — William, aged 15 in
1663, and John; and three daughters — -Anne, Sarah
and Alary, the latter of whom I suppose to be the Mary
Purslowe who married at Hanwood in 1684 Benjamin
Tipton of Hope, younger son of Florus Tipton of Mins-
terley. The eldest son is probably the William Purs-
lowe who by his wife Martha had several children bap-
tized at West bury j of whom Florus Purslowe is styled
"agricola" in the Worthen Register. The name of Purs-
lowe is still known in the neighbourhood.
The Arms of Purslowe are— "Argent, a cross flory en-
grailed sable, within a bordure engrailed gules bezanty." Th?
family entered their pedigree in 1584, though not, I believe,
in the official return of the Visitation of 1623 (Coll. Arms G.
20); but Vincent's copy of this Visitation gives the descents
printed by the Harleian Society (MS. 1396). This accounts
for the arms of the Minsterley branch being respited for
proof in 1663 (Coll. Arms C. 35), where, however, a note by a
later hand refers to Vincent.

Two crests are given : — 1st, a hare sejant ermine; 2nd, a
purse gules drawn tight and tasseUed or. The latter is ob-
viously "canting" heraldry, and one may perhaps see in the
former a canting allusion to "puss" (i.e., a hare) with refer-
ence to the ancient form of the name Pusselowe.

The Cresswells were of Barnhurst, in the parish of Tcttcn-
ha!l (co. Staff.), of which manor they had been tenants pre-
vious to its purchase from the Levesons early in the reign of
Elizabeth. For more of them see J. P. Jones' "History of
Tettenhall" (p. 84).

Richard Cresswell, by his wife Anne Lea abovementioned,
had three sons, — Purslowe, baptized at Sidbury in 1 659, and
buried there in 1682; Richard, who succeeded his father; and
Thomas, baptized at Sidbury in 1 663, anil buried there in
1689. Richard Cresswell, the father, was buried at Sidbury
in 1707. He was a zealous Royalist and served as Sheriff oi
Shropshire in 1670.

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Richard Cresswell, the eldest surviving son, was baptized
at Sidbury in 1662. He was M. P. for Bridgnorth 17 10 and
Sheriff the following year. By his wile Margaret, daughter
of Edward Morcton of Moreton, he had a daughter Eliza-
beth, married (at Sidbury 1710) to Gervase Scrope of Cocker-
ington (co. Line), and a son and heir, Richard Cresswell,
who sold the Barnhurst estate in 1786, and went to reside at
Pinkney Court (Wilts.), on succeeding to that estate through
his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Est-
court His younger son Richard Cresswell was baptized at
Sidbury in 1710, and left a daughter Mary, wife of William
Long of Bainton (Wilts). "Mrs. Long" is stated by Blake-
way's informant to have been Lady of the Manor of Sidbury
in his time, but it returned to the Cresswells, of whom the
subsequent descents may be found in Burke's "Landed
Gentry."

The arms of Cresswell are — "Gules, three plates, each
charged with a squirrell of the field, cracking a nut or." The
Family entered their Pedigree in 1663.

HAWKESWOOD.

This is a small manor (or estimated as such) of 160 acres,
extending over the Southern portion of the parish. Gregory
de Hokeswode and William de Hokeswode occur in the Lay
Subsidy Roll of 132; for Sidbury. The Priory of Wenlock
had an interest here, for (as already recorded) Sir Humphrey
Talbot had before his death (9 Hen. VII.) enfeoffed John
Rowdon and others of lands in Hokkyswoode, held of the
Prior by fealty only.

Blakeway writes as follows: — "I have seen no mention of
this manor before 36 Elizabeth, when Jane Bromley, widow,
was lady of the manor of Hockeswood. She was relict of
Sir George Bromley, Knight, Chief Justice of Chester —
brother, and I conceive elder brother, of. Sir Thomas the
Lord Chancellor- -and daughter and heir of John Wanner-
ton, Esq., of Wanncrton. In that year John Purslowe, Esq.,
is found to die seized of pasture in Hockeswood holden of
the said Jane as of her manor of Hockeswood by the rent of
3s. Her grandson Thomas Bromley, Esq., called ot Bridg-
north, in the inquisition after his death, is found to have died
7 Jac. without issue, seized inter alia of the manor of
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by the thirtieth part of a Knight's fee. Jane, his sister and
heir, married William Davenport, Esq., of Chorley, co.
Cest.. whose descendant, William Yelverton Davenport,
Esq., is now lord of this manor." (Bodl. MS. 12).

In 1630 (as noticed above) Dame Eleanor Egerton was lady
of the manor, she being widow of Thomas Bromley and
widow a third time of Sir Richard Egerton.

The principal family seated here in the 17th century was
that of Hotchkiss, whose Pedigree was entered at the Visita-
tion of 1663. The name of Hotchkiss (spelt in a variety of
ways) is widely distributed in Shropshire, as a reference to
various Registers will show.

William Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood (before 1600) married
Jane, daughter of John Northwood of Northwood, and had a
son Richard Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood, who died about
1645. He married Cecilie, daughter of Thomas Littleton,
of Stoke St. Milburgh, by whom he had three sons and four
daughters — Elizabeth, Jane, Frances and Anne. John, the
second son, was of North Ockenden (the home of Audrey,
wife of Sir Adam Littleton, his uncle) in Essex; his son Tho-
mas Hotchkis, of North Ockenden, was father of James
Hotchkis of North Ockenden and of Hawkeswood, who
married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cleghorn of Edin-
burgh, and had a large family. This James sold the Hawkes-
wood estate, and moved to Scotland, where his descendants
are still living. William, the third son, was of Dittori Priors;
his son Thomas was Rector of Munslow, and married there
(1703) Mary, daughter of Vincent Owen, his predecessor, by
whom he had a son, Vincent, and several daughters. Thomas
Hotchkis was buried at Munslow 1748-9, and "William
Hotchkis, gent." (perhaps his father) was buried there in
171 5. William Hotchkis, gent., also presented to Wheathill
in 1684-5.

George Hotchkis, the eldest son, aged 38 in 1663, married
Jane, daughter and heir of Thomas Talbot, of Aston
Boterell, by whom he had four daughters— Ellen, married at
Sidbury (1687-S) to John Vaughan, gent., Elizabeth, Jane
and Anne; and a son Thomas, aged 8, in 1663, as second son
George, baptized at Sidbury in 1662, another son Richard,
baptized there 1667. Later in the Register oceans Edward
Hotchkis who, by Jane his wi fe, had three children Sarah
(Bp. 1695), Richard (Bp. 169;), Edward (ob. inf.).

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The Arms of Hotchkis arc given as— "Party per pale gules
and azure, a chevron engrailed or between three lions rain-
pant argent." These were not allowed in 1663, being, in fact,
the Arms of Hoskins.

RECTORS OF SIDBURY.

[The earlier part of this list is taken from Blakeway's MS.
Bodl. 15.]

1 291. 7 Id. Apr. Ralph de Elmebrug, deacon.

Presented by Ralph de Arraz, lord of Sidbury.

1294. 4 Cal. Nov. John, son of Sir Adam de Almerugge.

"Same day commendam of Suthbur' granted
to Sir Will, de Grene, Vicar of Stottesden,
secundam formam concilii Lugdunensis."

13 1 5. 15 Id. Mar. Thomas de Glaseleye, acolite.

Presented by Ralph de Arraz.

1 34 1. Feb. 23. Sir Richard Judas.

1342. June 13. Richard de Bradeford.
1354. Apr. 10. Sir John Martyn, priest.

Presented by Andrew de Arraz.

1369. 4 Kal. Nov. Hugh Ace, Chaplain.

Sir Hugh, Rector of Sidbury, resigned in 1385.

1385. May 3. Sir Philip Kenles.

Late perpetual Chaplain of the Chantry of
St. Catharine in Hereford Cathedral, which
he resigned for this. Sir Philip de Kenentles
died in 1392.

Presented by John Darras, lord of Sidbury.
1392. Apr. 7. Sir John de Addemor (here in 1398).

Presented by "nobilis vir" John Darras.

1408. In this year Sir William Wallebache, Chaplain, was

presented (July 6th) by Henry Seynt Ueorge
and Burga his wife; and Sir Walter Laurens.
Chaplain, by John Talbot, lord of F urn i vail
and Sidbury (Aug. 6th), the presentation being
contested.

1409. Ap. ;th. William W hitehead, Clerk.

He resigned the same year.

Presented br the Bishop, jure devoi*
1409. Aug. 14. Walter Laurence. Chaplain.

Presented by John Talbot, lord of Sidbury.
1417. Apr. 20. Sir Thomas Wol 1 , priest.

Presented 1))' the same.

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1441-2. Feb.;. Sir John Chirbury, chaplain.

Presented by the same.
1443. May 26. Sir David Gwyneth, chaplain.
Resigned in 1445.
Presented by "Honorandus vir Joh'es Comes Salop.''
1445. May 26. Sir Thomas Lathwayte.

Sir Thomas "Latewite" here in 14.77.
Presented by the Bishop jure devoL
Richard Charmoke (Val. Hen. viii).
Died in 1542.
1542. July 3. Sir John Holt.

He was first presented by John Smith, Esq.,
Baron of the Exchequer, but that presentation
was resisted.

Presented by Francis, Earl of Salop.

1554. June 10. Sir Hugh Ley, clerk.

Resigned in 1556.
Presented by the same.

1556. Aug. 3. Sir John Hamond- clerk.

Presented by the same.
[? 1562. Nov. 5. John Warynton].

1 5/8-9- Jan. 28. Sir Thomas Baile.

Presented by Thomas Bawdewyn, gent.,
grantee of George, Earl of Salop.

1580. June 20. John Piper (here in 1621).

Presented by the Earl of Salop.

1630-1. Feb. 2. Ralph Hyde, M. A.

Presented by John, Earl of Salop.
Previously Rector of Billingsley, where his
son Thomas was baptized (in 1636), who be-
came Librarian of the Bodleian. According to
Blakeway he was ejected for loyalty and res-
tored in 1660. In the Certificates of Induc-
tions (Transactions^ 4th Ser. ii. 58), William
Madestard, B.A., was admitted to the Rectory
of Sidebury, Aug. 5th, 1639) but this appears
to be an error for Oldbury, to which Rectory
Madestard was presented that year. Ralph
Hyde seems certainly to have been sequest-
rated. (See Transactions* 3rd Ser. vii. 258).

1648. William Marl in was Presbyterian Minister here, and
signed the Declaration against toleration.

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1662. Aug. 1. John Bursley or Bursey.

Presented by Francis, Earl of Salop.
Buried at Sidbury in 1608.

1668. Nov. 19. William Broughton, S.T.P., Resigned-
Presented by Charles, Earl of Salop.

1689-' Nov. 11. Ralph Woolley. Died 1/39, aged 82. ,
Presented by the same.

1740. Dec. 31. John Jandrell, M.A.

Presented by the University of Cambridge.

1 753. Mar. 26. William Hale.

Presented, on the death of J. Jandrell, by Ed-
ward Hale of Bewdley, Grocer. Buried at
Ribbesford in 1758, aged 33.

1758. May 12. William Hale, M.A.

Presented by Edward Hale of Bewdley,
Merchant.

1770. John Purcell.

Son of Rev. John Purcell, Patron this time, by
his wife, Sarah Monnox (m. at Billingsley,
1743), and grandson of Henry Purcell, whose
grandfather, Richard, was son of Thomas
Purcell of Salop, by his second wife, Ellinor
Kerry.

1 819. Robert Maddocks, B.A.

Presented by Thomas Wood.
Son of Robert Maddocks of Ruyton-xi-
Towns, and Gwen, his wife — baptized there
in 1774; Matric. (Pemb. Coll. Oxon.) 1792.
Died in 185 1.

1 85 1 . Richard Periam Thursficld.

Presented by Walter Stubbs.

1872. George Edison Morris, M.A. (Wore. Coll. Oxon).

Eldest son of Rev. George Morris of Penz-
ance; afterwards Rector of Middleton Scriven.
By an Order in Council dated Dec 12th, 1874, the
Benefices of Sidbury and Billingsley were united.

1875. William Lewis Jones, B.A. (Jesus Coll. Oxon.)

Presented by the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Son of Rev. David [ones of Aberyskir. Pied

1894.

1 894. John Lewis Williams. L. Th. Durh,
Present Rector.

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A SHREWSBURY DIVINE OF THE 18TIT CENTURY.
By the Rev. Prebendary T. AUDEN, M.A., F.S.A

AMONG the memorial Tablets to be found in the remaining
fragment of Old St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, are two
which commemorate Rev. Job Orton. The first is as fol-
lows:— "Near this place lie the remains of the Rev. Job
Orton, Y.D.M.d who died igth July, I/83, aged 66." The
second says : "The remains of Job Orton, Y.D.M., the friend
and biographer of Doddridge, were interred at his own re-
quest in the grave of John Bryan, ALA., formerly Minister of
this Parish"; the remainder of the inscription being taken up
with a statement as to the exact position of the grave in
question. The two inscriptions are interesting inasmuch as
they remind readers of practically the whole history of Puri-
tanism— its supremacy during the Commonwealth, followed
by its suppression at the Restoration, and then its develop-
ment as nonconformity and the passing of Presbyterianism
in a large proportion of instances into Unitarianism. The
memorials, however, have their more personal interest as re-
gards Orton himself, apart from the historical allusions
which they suggest. They are the record of a good man's
life and work, largely bound up with Shrewsbury; and as
such it may be worth while to recall some of its incidents.
Sixty or seventy years ago everyone who had grown up in the
religious atmosphere then prevailing — which was Puritan 111
character whether within the Church of England or outside —
was familiar with Doddridge's, Family Expositor as*, leading
commentary on the New Testament, just as he was taught to
regard Cowper's Task as the highe st type of English verse.
Things are greatly changed now. Cowper, indeed, to a cer-
tain extent, still holds his own, but to most people Doddridge
is only remembered by one or two familiar hymns, and his
biographer and the editor of his Expositor is almost entirely
forgotten.

1 It may be explained tlint V.tt.M. is Verbi Dei Minister.
Vol. III., 4th Series

126 A SHREWSBURY DIVINE OF THE iStII CENTURY.

Job Orton — the editor in question — came of a Puritan
stock, the first of the name to settle in Shrewsbury being
his grandfather, whose original home was in Leicester-
shire, in an appendix to a volume of his letters he gives
some particulars oi this grandfather, whose business was
that of a grocer. After speaking of his high personal char-
acter, he goes on : "II is house was the place to which the dis-
senting ministers, who visited the town, resorted, where they
were most hospitably retained and lodged. He was also much
esteemed by several pious clergymen of the Church of Eng-
land, especially Mr. Jenks of Harley (author of the Book of
Prayers and other devotional pieces), who made his house his
home whenever he came to Shrewsbury." To this may be
added words which he left in manuscript at his death for the
information of his nephews. "They will find no lords and
knights, no persons of distinguished rank, wealth or station
among their progenitors. But they will learn that there is no
one, either male or female, in the line of their direct ances-
tors for many generations, but hath been truly serious- pious,
and filled up some useful station in society with honour."
These are words which echo the lines of his contemporary,
Cowper : —

"My boast is not that I deduce my birth
From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth;
But higher far my proud pretensions rise —
The son of parents passed into the skies."
Job Orton himself seems to have had many points in com-
mon with his grandfather, showing in his more public
position not only the same personal piety but the same Large-
heartedness and toleration towards all who shared the com-
mon hope of Christianity.

He was born at Shrewsbury Sept. 4th, I/I/, apparently at a
house in the High Street, and was the eldest of a family of
seven.1 In due time he was sent to Shrewsbury School, but
there appears to be no extant Register containing his name
and showing the exact date of his entering or leaving. As,
however, he speaks of spending ten years there in the acqui

1 Miss Burne 'Shropshire Folk Lon\ p. 50O, quote* his f.uher .is so renowned
for his attention to business that he originated the proverb, "AS sure as Job
Orton is in his shop."

A SHREWSBURY 1)1 VINE OF THE l8TH CENTURY. 12;

sitiofl of classical knowledge, he must have gone while only a
littte boy. This is confirmed by the fact that the account'of
his grandfather's death, which took place ii 1735, shows that
he had then left the School and was at the Academy kept by
Dr. Doddridge at Northampton. Ashe was then only 18. he
must have gone to the School at about 8.

The Academy alluded to was one of a number which had
their origin in the Puritan period when the old universities
were closed to Nonconformists. Richard Baxter had sug-
gested the founding of a Puritan University at Shrewsbury,
but the idea was not taken up on the scale he suggested. In-
stead of this, Academics, as they were called, were established
in various places, one of the earliest rinding a home at Sheriff-
hales, and among those which flourished at a later period one
of the best known was that presided over by Doddridge.
Their work was largely the preparation of candidates for the
Nonconformist ministry, and they answered very much to the
Theological Colleges of modern days, though the curriculum
embraced other subjects as well as theology.

Job Orton- as we have seen, went to Northampton not later
than the beginning of 1735. and there he proved such a satis-
factory student that 111 175c) Doddridge chose him to-be his
assistant. lie continued to hold that position till 1 741, and
he retained through life the highest regard for his tutor; so
much so that when Deddridge died it was he who undertook
the work of writing his biography.

The occasion which called him away from Northampton
brought him back to Shrewsbury. At the period in question
the Chapel in High Street had for some twenty years been in
charge of Rev. Charles Berry, but 111 1 ;_| 1 a vacancy occurred
by his death. The previous history of the chapel in question
is of considerable interest in connection with the history of
Nonconformitv in the town. Its first ministers were John
Bryan and Francis Tallents, the Presbyterian Vicars of St.
Chad's and St. Mary's respectively, and after their ejection
from those cures the chapel in question was built (in the
words of Tallents) "not for a faction or a party, but to pro
mote repentance and faith in communion w ith .ill those who
love our Lord lesus Christ in sincerity." In the troubled
tune which followed the accession of George 1. the chape1
had been demolished during a riot, but by the aid of a eontri

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bution from Government it was rebuilt, and its work was
pcacablv eontinucd till the time when Charles Berry died. In
looking round for a successor to take his place, the Presby-
terian congregation bethought them of the promising young
man who was their fellow townsman, and who was assisting
Doddridge at Northampton. Negotiations were accordingly
opened up, with the result that Orton accepted the invitation
sent to him and moved to Shrewsbury.

Existing circumstances in connection with local Noncon-
formity formed an additional appeal to him, and probably
helped him to arrive at his decision. There existed at the
time a small congregation of Independents who worshipped
in the King's Head Shut, now known as Golden Cross Pas-
sage. Its members were few in number — not much excedmg
20 — but Job Orton was interested in it from the fact that it
included his father. Me showed on this occasion that desire
for unit\r which characterized him all through life. Within a
few weeks of his accepting the charge of the High Street
congregation that of the King's Head Shut united with them,
and they accepted his ministry together. This was in
November, 1741, but though he had been licensed to preach
for some years- he did not receive formal Presbyterian ordi-
nation to the charge till 1 745. ,

It was a time of theological unrest, which affected the
Church of England, and. still more, the Nonconformist
bodies. There was a revolt from the Calvinism which had
prevailed in the early Puritan period, and old doctrines were
one after another thrown into the melting pot. In particu-
lar, controversy waxed hot on the doctrine of the Trinity.
Many congregations, especially of the Presbyterians, in the
absence of fixed standards of belief drifted away from rigid
orthodoxy and became Unitarian. This tendency to do
away with distinctive marks had shown itself in connection
with the Chapel in High Street. When the Independent
congregation was amalgamated with the Presbyterian, it had
been agreed to drop the tw o distinguishing appellations, and
use only the name Christian instead. This of ttscli was
natural, but it was nevertheless a sign of the tunes; and ( hr-
lon, as well as his friend and master, Doddridge, did not
wholly escape the charge of heterodoxy from seme oi the
older adherents of the faith, llis appointment, however,

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met with general acceptance, and he entered on good and
useful work. lie declined several invitations to move else-
where. In 1746 he was invited to Birmn gham: in 1752 he
was asked to succeed Doddridge at Northampton, an offer
which was especiajy attractive to him — and about the same
time he was invited to take charge of a congregation at West-
minster. In every case, however, he declined the invitation,
preferring to continue his work in his native town.

His work as a preacher was not, however, of very long con-
tinuance. T lis health, which appears never to have been
strong-, soon showed signs of giving way, and lie required the
help of an assistant within little more than a vcar of his
appointment. This condition of things went on till 1 765, by
which time his health had so entirely broken down Jiat he
determined to resign. In September of that year he occupied
the pulpit for the last time, and the next year witnessed his
formal resignation. The question then arose where he should
make his future home. His first intention seems to have
turned in the direction of Birmingham; but circumstances led
to his settling at Kidderminster. How it came about was
this : there was at the time practising in that town a medical
man of some note, James Johnstone by name. -During a
casual visit Orton had consulted him. and his treatment was
so successful that he declared he had saved his life. This
experience decided his movements and he settled in Kidder-
minster permanent])', in order to be within reach of his skill.
This professional acquaintance ripened into warm friend-
ship, and when the preacher died it was the physician's pen
that told other friends of the parting scene.

When he retired to Kidderminster, Ortdn's work in the
pulpit came to an end. but the most valuable work of his hie
on1}- began. If he could not preach he could write, and his
books secured for him an influence wider and more lasting
than his sermons ever attained. There was truth in words
addressed to him by Dr. Adams, the friend? of Dr. Johnson,
who was Vicar of St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, from 1732 to
1775: "You have perhaps done more good of the best sort
under the necessity of retirement, than you could have done
m better health-" His writings embraced "Discourses on
Christian Worship," "Sacramental Meditations," "Expo
sitionson the Old Testament." "Discourses to the Aged." ami

130 A SHREWSBURY DIVINE OF THE iS'FH CENTURY.

other similar works, which were much thought of at the time
they were published. The then Dean of Gloucester. Dr.
Tucker, for example-, wrote to a mutual friend : "I do not
know that 1 ever found such warm Christian piety, and so
much of the cool reasonableness of religion mixed and
blended together in any writings as Mr. Orton's." This high
opinion was shared by one not yet wholly forgotten, who -at
that time stood at the head of religious literature in England,
namely, Hannah More. It is not easy to decide exact1.}" what
amount of intimacy existed between her and Orton. but it is
clear from letters of both addressed to mutual friends that
the)" were well acquainted with each other's writings, and
thought highly of each other personally.

Among the mutual friends just alluded to should be men-
tioned two. One was Rev. Sir James Stonhouse, Bart., who
had a somewhat interesting career. Belonging to a ] Berk-
shire family, in one branch of which w as a Baronetcy, he fust
adopted medicine as his profession, and practiced at Xoith-
ampton, where he became the founder of the Northampton
Infirmary, and was acquainted with Doddridge, and through
him, with Orton. After some 20 years, however, his health
showed signs of giving way, and he decided to take Holy Or-
ders. He was accordingly ordained by the Bishop of Bristol.
It was in the days of Pluralities, and his letters arc a goo 1
illustration of the light in which that system appeared to a
good and conscientious man. He held the Livings of Great
and Little Chcverel in Wiltshire, and also a Lectureship a.t
Bristol, where he became a well-known and popular preacher.
He had a curate who looked after his two country livings foL"
most of the year, but he made a point of residing there him-
self for some months. When he was quite an old man he in-
herited the Baronetcy. The other friend just alluded to was
Rev. Thomas Stedman, who, afterwards became Vicar oi
St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, and published two volumes oi letters
contributed!))' Job Orton and Dr. Stonhouse. He was a
native of Bridgnorth, where he was born in 171 5. He spent
most of his earlier clerical life at C'heverel as Curate to
Dr. Stonhouse, between whom ami himself there appear
to have always existed the most kindly relations. From
Cheverel he moved to Wormington in Gloucestershire,
and in 1783 was appointed Vicar of St. Chad's, where In-

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died in 1825. He was the author of numerous tracts and
sermons, including a "I .otter to the Inhi hitaiits of St. Chad's
Parish on the iall oJ their Church, 1788." ile seems to have
been an able man, and when Dr. Stonhouse wished to bestow-
on him high praise he could find no more fitting method than
to compare him to Orton : "You resemble Mr. Orton so -much
iu your manner of writing that if 1 had not seen your name to
it, I should have immediately pronounced it his -so sen-
tentious, concise- and expressive."

Orton continued his quiet life at Kidderminster till 1783.
his health gradually becoming more and more feeble. In the
fitly of that year the end came, as related in the accompany-
ing extract, from a letter of Dr. Stonhouse to Orton's friend
and medical attendant, Dr. Johnstone : "The melancholy in-
telligence your letter communicated of the death of so very
dear, worth}- and intimate a friend, could not but very much
affect me. But the concern of all his friends must be allevi-
ated By his late seizure, which rendered him incapable of any
enjoyment of life or usefulness. It is a great satisfaction to
find that his dismission was so easy; and to reflect that no
man could be more fit for so great a change. He was indeed
a very eminent Christian and exceeded by very few. if any.
in the solid endowments of the mind, in rational piety, and
in heartfelt desires to promote the glory of Cod and the sal-
vation of his fellow creatures."

There must have been good reason for this strong regard in
which Orton was held by his friends, and for the influence
which he exercised by his writings. The secret seems to
have been not only the moderation of his own personal
opinions, but the moderation with which he expressed them
He was clearly one of those useful men who can see both
sides of a question, and can hold their ow n opinion without
thinking* everyone else is in the w rong. Such men are not
the material of which enthusiasts or great leaders are made,
but more, perhaps, than any Oth( r set of men they do the work
of life quietly and steadily, and exercise an influence not
fully estimated till they are gone. Suffice it that letters which
he himself wrote, and letters which others wrote about him
testify to the general esteem in which he w as held by Dis-
senters and Churchmen alike. In the year 1 ne niU^ rC"
ceived from the College of New Jersey the oiler of the D D

132 A SHREWSBURY DIVINE OF THE iSTH CENTURY.

degree, but he appears only to have used it on one occasion,
and that vvas'wlreii in lr/S) lie presented <_> Shrewsbury School
Library a copy of Kemiicott's Hebrew bible. In a Latin in-
scription it is said to be the gift of Job Orton, S.T.P. (Sacra1
Theologfia^ Professor, the Latin equivalent of D.D.A The
same letters ate often found appended to his engraved por-
trails. In person he is reported to have been spare in figure,
tall, and erect in carriage. He was never married.

His published letters are for the most part on Reli-
gious subjects, some containing wise advice as to the
object and aims of the Christian ministry, others al-
luding to the prevalent theological views of the time,
but the writer of this paper has in his possession the
original autograph manuscript of a letter of Job Orton
of a more purely secular character. The manuscript is
not quite complete, but sufficiently so to give the key to
the circumstances which cailed it forth, and it is interest-
ing from an antiquarian point of view for the light, it throws
on Shrewsbury in the middle of the eighteenth century. Its
contents are as follows: — "If you are under an absolute
necessity of leaving Northampton I should think London
would be the most comfortable and useful situation for you —
except, perhaps. Bath — but could you not live comfortably at
Northampton on your Income and Practice, reducing y* latter
so as not [to] be so fatiguing. Should I hear of a blouse likely
to suit you in these parts you shall know. This was formerly
a cheaper place to live in than almost any large town in
England, but now things are considcrablv advanced by the
number of o-Cntlemcn who have taken houses in the town for
the sake of cheapness, or to retrench, and yet for want of
good economy suffer their servants to give any price for what
they want, by which our Markets are considerably raised.
You may guess of our present state by following particu-
lars : —Beef and Pork, 2;}d. p. lb. ; Veal - 2td. ; Mutton. 3d;
Butter (from 18 to 20 ounces od. p. lb.; good Welsh Butler,
4s. ful. per do/... only 16 ounces to lb*; a Goose, iSd.; 2 1 owl.
1 2d or I4d; 2 Ducks. ijM. or iGd," a Turkey, iSd. or jod.; a
Mare, is. (>d. ; Cheese of L/SQ, iSs. for uolbs.. of i;^S 22S.;
Coals, 10s. p. ton; Malt. 25. QcJ, per Busho1; Wheat. 2B. lod
36 Quarts; Oats, 20d. or 22d. p. Bushel, containing 6 pecks;
Hay, best, 32s. 6d. p. Ton; Hcadmaids' wages. £3; Under-

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maids, 50s. I should be very glad to have you in this neigh-
bourhood, and if I hear of any place likely to be agreeable I
will enquire. 1 bless God I am as well as usual, but am
forced to spare myself more than I would choose. Mrs. Hart
and her Faultily are well. She joins with me in respectful
components to Airs. Stonhouse. I am, Dear, Sir,
Your affectionate and obliged

Friend and humble Serv1.,
Oct. 15, 1/59- J. ORTOX.

You mention living in the Country. I query whether it
would not be cheaper to live in a Town. House Rent and
Housekeeping would be dearer, but perhaps almost all kind
of Provisions would be had at a cheaper Rate in a Town, on
account of the greater difficulty of procuring them and fetch-
ing them from a Town, and whatever company you keep
would be cheaper entertained in a Town — and how would you
like the Confmem't of y° Country and its Solitariness in Win-
ter ! "

It will be seen that this letter was written while he wTas still
Minister of the High Street Chapel, Shrewsbury, but after
his health had begun to show signs of giving way,
and was addressed to Dr. Stonhouse at the time
when the latter had decided to give up the
practice of medicine at Northampton and seek
a home elsewhere. I am unable to identify Mrs. Hart, who
sends her compliments to Mrs. Stonhouse, but there was liv-
ing in Shrewsbury at the time a Dr. Cheney Hart, who was
buried in St. Giles's Churchyard in 1784 after practising in
the town 33 years. The long Latin inscription to his memory
speaks of him'as married and having a family. He is re-
ported to have been a wealth)' man who had made a consider-
able collection of works of Art, and to have lived in a good
house at the top of Barker Street. As the letter is addressed
to a medical man, the lady in question may well have been
the wife of a brother practitioner. The special interest, ot the
letter, however, lies 111 what it says about Shrewsbury. The
reader smiles when he reads Orton's description of life in the
country— of which he knew little or nothing and m view oi
the growth of modern populations in Lancashire and else-

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where, he smiles again when he finds Shrewsbury described
as a large town, but it will be with a sigh of regret that the
housekeeper of these days con templates the change in the
prices of various domestic articles. Indeed, we arc compelled
to realize that times are truly changed — and that there are
few of the customs and relations of life that still remain as
they were in Orton's day. As we contemplate his very por-
trait, surmounted by a wig and furnished with gown and
bands, we feel that he belongs to a generation long since
passed away, but we are permitted to remember that the
truths which he proclaimed are eternal, and the virtues which
adorned his character cannot fade.

"The Towers must share the builder's doom;
Ruins are theirs, and his the tomb !
But better boon benignant Heaven
To Faith and Charity has given,
And bids the Christian Hope sublime
Transcend the bounds of Fate and Time."

Scott, Rokeby . CcdiIo. j.

[Among the authorities consulted in writing the above
paper are : —

Letters from the Rev. Mr. Job Orton, and the Rev. Sir
James Stonhouse, Bart., M.D., to the Rev. Thomas Stedman.

Midland Churches by George Eyre Evans, sometime
Minister at Whitchurch, Salop.

The Dictionary of National Biography.

Owen and Blakeway's History of Shrewsbury.]

135

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE DRAPERS'
COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

Transcribed by IRENE MARY ROPE.

The transcript that follows is of a M.S. volume belonging
to the Drapers' Company, and is the earliest of their records.
It begins in the year 1461, the date of their foundation
charter, and is continued with some omissions down to the
year 160S. A number of leaves are however out of place,
owing probably to carelessness in reminding. The late Mr.
William Phillips, with the help of the very Reyd. Canon
Moriarty was at work upon the transcription of this volume
at the time of his death. The Revd. \Y. G. D. Eletcher
continued it, and handed it over to me to finish. Two
extracts from it have alreadv appeared in the Transactions,1
one of which, the will of Katherine Bonel, is a translation,
which I give in its original form. Abbreviated words have
also been extended and some marginal notes have been copied
notwithstanding the lateness of their dates, but they, in many
cases, are merely inaccurate repetitions or summaries of the
text. Where this is plainly the case I have omitted them.
The M.S. is rather long, and extends to some four hundred
pages. The later pages may prove to be more discursive,
and better furnished with details. The earlier ones, a few
excepted, are chiefly concerned with receipts and disburse-
ments, administration of land and house property, admissions
of brethren, and election of officers, with some trade
regulations. These entries are curt and Concise, not entering
into details or methods. A descriptive list of deeds. \c.
relating to real property is given under the year 1557. It
would be interesting to know whether any of these are still
extant.

In common with many of the Shrewsbury Gilds the
Drapers obtained their charter from Edward IV.. whose

1 Transact ions 1 3rd Scries, Vol. v.. Miscellanea iV., and \\l VI
Vol in,. 3,d s

r

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reign is rather noteworthy for a return to a restrictive com.
mercial policy as contrasted with the comparative liberalism
and freedom of trade inaugurated by Edward III.: but such
restrictive powers as were granted to the craft gilds were less
absolute than those of the old merchant gilds, and were kept
more firmly under national control, in order that there might
be no further complaints to Parliament about sundry "little
reasonable ordinances."1 The charter itself, which provided
legal incorporation to the Gild of the Holy Trinity and
Fraternity of Drapers has already been printed with a trans-
lation by the Rev'1. C. H. Drink water. 2 From the M.S. it
appears that Degory Watur, founder of the Almshouses,
was the emissary who journeyed to London to obtain it. The
fact that his expenditure on this occasion amounted to over
40 marks suggests that the astute Edward was graciously
pleased to accept an offering in recognition of his generous
adoption of the :itle of'' Founder of the Gild" which, to use
his own words, had alreadv existed for " no inconsiderable
time past." The Gild of the Blessed Trinity was a con-
secration of the nascent authority of the Drapers' craft as
newly differentiated from the Gild Merchant of. the town,
and this religious character of the fraternity, emphasized in
the charter, may be regarded as the predominating feature
in its pre-reformation history.

The Corpus Christi procession in which all the Gilds took
part was then reckoned as by far the most important event
of the year. Of this, a description may be found in Mr.
Pidgeon papers (Transactions, 1st Series, Vol. VI., p. 183).

Unfortunately the M.S. affords no account beyond what
can be gathered from the details of expenditure.

The Drapers and Mercers alone never took part in thai
parody of the old Corpus Christi procession, which later
became the " Shrewsbury Show." Another great occasion
for the Drapers was a dinner at Easter-tide probably on the
Thursday in Faster week, when the election of officers took
place in every other year. Alone among the Gilds oi the town,
as far as 1 kno\V, thev elected a Master in addition to the four

1 Act of 1.5 Hen. VI , cap. 0.

'-' This charter was published in tin- 7Vr?N.?iK*/tc»M$, 2nd Scries Vol, Yill..
p. 176.

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

*37

Wardens and the two Stewards who with the assistance of
six Corn-brethren completed the usual staff of officials.

The M.S. may possibly throw a little light on the question
of the connexion of the Drapers with the Trinity Chapel in
St. Mary's. The Rev'1. D. H. S. Cranage has demonstrated
that the building is considerably anterior to 1461, and there-
fore cannot be attributed to the Company of Drapers as
being of their sole inception. Neither is it probable that it
can be the work of the Gild of the Blessed Trinity before its
legal incorporation, since Degory Watur in his will speaks of
it as the Leybourne Chapel.1. Under the years 1499 — 15CO
and 1501 — 1502 there are various entries in this M.S.
relative to the " makynge of the Aulter " with masonry and
ironwork, the making of the Tabernacle, the " pyntyng of
the Autur Clothe "' and again the purchase and repair of
vestments. Is it not, may I suggest, probable that the
Drapers took over the charge of the Leybourne Chapel2 at
this date, and erected there a new altar dedicated to the
Blessed Trinity ?

The Act of 37 Hen. VIII., was a mortal blow to the Giids
in their character as religious and social fraternities. With
the confiscation of their Chapels and Chantries the main
spring of their common life was broken. Henceforward the
spirit of selfishness, already existent, has a free hand, and the
companies became gradually more mercantile and self-seeking
from the absorption of all trade by an exclusive circle for
personal interest. By the Act 5 Eliz., cap. 14, Parliament
considerably restricted the autonomy ol the Gilds by
relegating certain important functions to its own delegate.-.
The determination of conditions of labour was also {-laced
in the hands of justices of the peace or town officials, and
must have caused some annoyance. The Drapers, peiha; s
owing to their unique position among the town Gilds as a
land-owning corporation, do not seem to have suffered much
in their prestige by these regulatipns, and two Acts of the
same reign, arc concerned directly with their affairs, The
Act 8 Eliz., cap. 7, forbids that anyone inhabiting Shrews-

1 Transactions, 3rd Scries. Vol, VI., p. 30.
" Transaction*, 3rd Scries, Vol. VI,, p. &6.

THE, EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

bury should occupy the trade of buying Welsh woollens
unless he be free of the Company of the Drapers. This
was repealed six years later (14 Eliz. cip. 12) ostensibly at
the request of the very persons at whose instance it had been
passed. In 1605, the Company obtained a new charter of
incorporation from James L, and armed with this proceeded
to wage sundry trade-wars in order to obtain exclusive
possession of the Wcish-cloth Market. In 1619 the Drapers
of Shrewsbury and Oswestry petitioned the Council against
certain London merchants, notably one Thomas Davies who,
notwithstanding their Lordships' order to the contrary, had
"deceitfully obtained admission to the freedom of Oswestry
and buys Welsh cottons, which he sells privately, and not at
Blackwell Hall."'1 This jealous spirit misliked greatly the
Londoners, who sent a counter-petition through their Mayor
and Aldermen, complaining of the infringement of their
ancient privileges by this order " obtained by the misrepre-
sentation of the Drapers of those towns (Shrewsbury and
Oswestry) who wish to engross the trade, which order is
already revoked on behalf of all other cities and towns."-

At the same time the Drapers were threatened in another
direction, namely by the interference of French merchants,
and in 162 1 they petitioned that whereas these Frenchmen
profiting by " the late proclamation for free trade in Welsh
Cloths" were enabled to buy directly from Welsh loomes,
the Council would remove its embargo placed upon the
exportation by the native merchants since they had a large
stock in their hands and feared ruin.0

The most important struggle was still that w ith Oswestry,
which had long been the rival of the Shrewsbury Drapers in
the Welsh market. As early as 1609 the latter received a
letter from the overlord of Oswestry. Thomas Howard. Earl
of Suffolk, ordering them to abstain from their attempts to
rob his town of its trade. They replied, deprecating the
insinuation that "they went! abowte by underarte and
merieeses to withdraw your market oi W elsh Clothe from
your townc of OswestciV'4 but making no promise to desist.

1 Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Oct. ?, 1019.

2 Ibid) Jan. ?, 1620.

3 Cal. State Papers, Domestic, 1621.

4 F. A. Hibbert, Influence and Development ol English Gilds, 1893,

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

In 1618 the Earl of Suffolk was disgraced from the treasurer-
ship, and three years later they dared to resolve :i that they
will not buy cloth at Oswestry or else vhere than Salop ''
with the consequence that the years 1621-22 resound with
petitions to the Council from Oswestry and the North Weish
clothiers, who declare that their ruin is imminent unless the
staple be restored to Oswestry. In 1622 there is a b'itter
complaint to Sir George Calvert that in spite of the order of
the Council confirmed by the President and Chief Justice of
the Marches the Drapers of Shrewsbury stiil try to draw ail
the trade thither and declare they will buy there in spite of
all orders to the contrary, they request the exemplary
punishment of the chief offenders.1 In the teeth of govern-
ment mandates, and the keenest local opposition, the
Shrewsbury men carried their point and gradually absorbed
the whole of the Welsh trade into their own hands. By
1633 *he market at Oswestry was practically non-existent,
and the Welshmen with loaded pack-ponies streamed into
Shrewsbury for the weekly market for some 150 years, until
the monopoly of the town was at last successfully broken.2

Irene M. Rope.

[fo. 1.] Henry 8°. 14 yeare.

Memorandum that the rhastur and the wardens of the
drapers hath a greyd with Roger Hodstm Humffrye Wazhan
and with Thomas ap davit to go to the kyngs warys foi the
fellyshep of the sayd drapers at that tym and gcvyn them a
groot a peyse for the yernyst. The Yin. day of Septembur in
the XIIIL yer of kyng Hary the VIII.

Henry 8°. 33 yeare.
XX0 die Septembris Anno R Regis H. VI 1 1., XXXII 1 100.
Memorandum that it is ordeyned this day by the mastur
wardeyns and fellysship of the drapers of Salop beyng all
assembled in theirc commen hall fforasmoch as ceiten of
the company and fellysship of Shermen of the said towne
have usyd tiowe of late at dyuers tymes to bye clothe and

1 Cal. State Papers, Domestic, Nov, ?, 162a.

3 F. A. llibbcrt, Influence and Development ol English Gilds, p. 96,

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dresse the same within theire howses to the gret hyndraunce
of the said drapers. Therfore it is nove ordeyned that
certen of the said drapers whose names be underwritten
shall from hensforth use and sett up in the craft of Shermen
and to dresse cloth within theire owne howses untill suche
tyme as a full determynacion be had betwene the said crafts
Concernyng the premises upon pcyne that every oon
makyng defaute for every weke after the fest the Translacion
of Seynt Edward now next comyng viB. viii°.

Roger Pope J°hn Gardyner Thomas Adderly

Edward hosyer Robert Alen Elizabeth dei gratia

Thomas lloyd Ricardus Clerk anglie ffrauncie et
Richard dawes John Bruer hibernie fidei defenser

John Ry eland per me Thomam
lutter.

[Here follows the abstract of the foundation charter which
will be found in the Transactions, Series 3, Vol. V., Misc. iv.~\

The name of the corp'acon granted b\' King Edward the
1111th :

Videlicet Magister et gardiahi ac f rat res et sorores
fraternitatis sive gilde sancte Trinitatis de hominibus mistcric
pannariorum Ville nostre Salopie.

[fo. 3.] Edward 4th. 1461.

[A translation of the following Will appears in Transactions.
3rd Series, Vol- VI., p. 25.]

Memorandum quod Katerina Bonel per suum tcstamcntum
dedit et legavit Gilde sancte Trinitatis art is pannariorum
salopie de fnndacione illustrissimi domini Edwardi quarti
Regis Anglic certa terras et tencmcnta in Salopie prout in
ipsius Katerine testamcnto plenius liquet cuius quidam
testament] tenor sequitur in hiis verbis.

In Dei nomine Amen Terek) decimo die mensis maii Anno
domini millesimo ccccmo Ex"1" primo.

Ego Katerina Bonell relicta nuper Thome Lowe dc
Salopia compos mentis et bone mcmorie condo test amentum
meum in hunc modum. In primis lego animaiu meam Deo
Patri Omnipotent beate Marie Virgini gloriosc et omnibus
sanetis corpustjue meum sepelicndum in Cimiterio eccl
collegiate sancti ( 'edde Salopie. Itrm volo quod tOtUS chorus

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ejusdem ccclcsie intersit exequiis meis et quod remunera-
cioncm habeat secundum laudabilem consuetudinem in
dicta villa preusitatam. Item do & lego Degorio Watur de
Salopia predicta draper Gardiano sive custodi domus
elemosinarie de fundacione illustrissimi principis Edwardi
nuper Comitis March nunc dei gracia Regis Anglie et ffrancie
situate infra limites sive preeincta Cimiterii iibere Capelle
Regie beate Marie in dicta villa Salopie. Johanni Perle et
Johanne uxori sue Thorns Grentham et cccilie consorti sue
Johanni de la snede et Godithe uxori sue et aliis in dicta
domo elemosinarie modo habitantibus eteorum successoribus
quamdam annuitatem sive quemdam annualem redditum
quinque marcarum provenientium de sex tenementis simul
situatis in Salopie predicte super le Wile Coppe inter
tenementum pertinens Caritarie beate Marie in ecclesia beati
Alkemundi Salopie ex parte occidente et tenementum Thome
Mytton ex parte orientale. Et quamdam annuitatem decern
solidorum provenientem de quatuor tenementis in Salopia
predicta situatis in vico vocato le Shop-lache modo in tenura
Edwardi leche Et quamdam Annuitatem decern quinque
solidorum provenientem [sic] provenientem de quadam
parcella terre jacente in Campo de Colneham modo in
tenura Ricardi yong draper Et quamdam annualem red-
ditum duorum solidorum provenientem de quadam parcella
terre jacente in Campo de Meol nuper dimisse Wil-
lelmo meighen habendas tenendas et percipiendas om»ies
et singulas annuitates sive redditus annuales predictos
prefato Degorio gardiano sive custodi predicto et suis
successoribus Johanni Perle et Johanne uxori sue Thome
Cecilie Johanni Godithe et aliis in dicta domo elemosinarie
modo cohabitantibus et eorum successoribus in eadem domo
cohabitaturis ad ipsius domus elemosinarie et pa u pern m
predictorum in eadem ut pivdicitur cohabitancium
sustentacionem imperpetuum et ad exhibendum et
inveniendum Capellanum ydoneum ad orandum specialiter
pro bono statu Regis predict i tundatoris eiusdem domus
progenitorum et successorum suorum Ac pro animabus
[fo. 4.] Edw. 40. 1461.

Rogeri Boneli Eve consort is sue Johannis Bonell W'illelmi
Honell Ricardi Bonell et KateHne uxori s sue parentum

142

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meorum proanirna mea anirtiabus consanguineorum amicorum
benefactor um meorum ac omnium ndelium defunctoruni
Item volo quod omnia iila tenementa cum gardinis
adiacientibus et omnibus suis pertinencies que habeo
in Salopie predicte in vico de Mardevale piout se extendunt
a tenemento Johannis Baxster usque ad vicum vocatum
le Knokynslane et per eundem vicum australiter usque ad
tenementum abbatis et cnnventus monasterii beati Petri
Salopie simul cum quodam annuali redditu septem solidorum
provenienti de uno tenemento cum pertinenciis in dicto vico
de Mardevale situate inter tenementum modo Nicholai
Waryngs ex parte vna et tenementum in quo Johannes
Harbor nuper inhabitavit ex parte altera simul eciam cum
quodam gardino in le Casteil foriate juxta gardinum nuper
Johannis Beget necnon omnia alia terras et tenementa cum
suis pertinenciis que habeo aut de jure habere potero vel
debeo habere in dicto vico de Mardevale integre remaneant
prefato Degorio juxta vim formam et effectum cuiusdam
carte feoffamenti Edwardo Regi predicto et ipsi degorio per
me superinde confecte Et eciam volo si Ahcia uxor Johannis
Knight de Salopie predicte solver it fideliter prefato Degorio
vel executoribus suis Octodecim libras iegalis monete Anglie
citra festum sancti Petri quod dicitur advincula proximum
futurum post Datam presentis testamenti quod tunc dicta
Alicia habeat et possideat tolum illud tenementum cum
suis pertinenciis in frankevile id quo laurencius Barker modo
inhabitat habendum et tenendum sibi et assignatis suis de
capit(alibus) dominis feodi illius per servicia inde debita et de
jure consueta imperpetuum. Et si ante dictum festum sai
Petri me contingat decedere et dicta Alicia in solucione dicta-
rum Octodecim iibrarum dictum festum sive diem solucionis
rion servaverit tunc volo omnino quod dictus degofius Watur
Gardianus sive custos antedictus et successores sui habeant
et annuatim percipiant octodecim solidos annui redditus
provenientis de eodem tenemento quos eciam octodecim
solidos simul cum omnibus aliis annuitatibus sive annuls
redditibus predictis do et lego ad dictam domutn elemosin-
ariam et paupcres in eadem modo cohabitantes et imposterum
cohabitaturos ac ad Capellanum ydonciim at predictam est
imperpetuum sustentandum. Residuum vcro omnium bono-
rum meorum non legatum volo quod dividatur et disponatur

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prout executor mens subscriptus noverit voluntalem meam de
huiusmodi residuo lieri Huius vero testament! mei facio
ordiho et constituo dictum Degorium vnicuiu execut-
orem et magistrum henricum Smyth Capellanum parocb.
ialem ecclesie sancti Cedde predicte superyisorem In
cuius rei testimonium huic presenti testamento meo
sigillum meum apposui hiis testibus magistro henrico Smyth
predicto et domino Johanne Bykkeley Capellanis Adam
Golesmyth Willelmo Wotton Ricardo Marchall Willelmo
Lyster Thoma Goldsmyth Reginaldo Baker Willelmo
Attyngeham.Clerico et multis aliis Datum die loco et anno
Domini supradictis.

[fo. 5] Edw. if-

■ Memorandum quod Willelmus fforton de dray ton filius
Katerine lilie Jacobi Callerall alias dictus Jacobus dver
quondam de Salopie verus heres et ultimus de tall' ad quern
omnia ilia terre tenementa redditus et servicia cum omnibus
suis pertinenciis que nuper fuerunt dicti Jacobi jure
hereditario descenderunt dedit et concessit fraternitati siye
gilde sancte Trinitatis artis pannariorum in Salopie omnia
ilia terre et tenementa situata in dicte ville Salopie inter
tenementum Johannis knyght et portam vocatam le
Walssheyate ac unum croftum cum columbario in frankevile
jacentem inter viam regiam et pratum vocatum sylkesmedow
Et unum croftum et vnum Stiew jacentem inter Colleorchar 1
et Aquam de Syvarn simul cum omnibus suis tenementis
situatis inter Scaccarium et vicum vocatum kylle lane infra
le cornemarket ad ora.nd.uhi pro anima sua ct animabus
prefati Jacobi et [space left] uxoris sue et pro animabus
Johannis Hugonis Kicholai et Willelmi filiorum dicti jacobi
ac pro anima Katerine filie eiusdem Jacobi matris prp-
nominati Willelmi fforton necnon pro animabus omnium
consanguineorum amicorum et bencfactorum suorum et
omnium fidelium defunctorum.

Memorandum quod Rogerus Webbe wa ns heres Nicholai
Gerard concessit et comiinr.ivit di<Uo iratcriu'tati SlVe Glide
omnia ilia terre et tenementa redd'Hi- et servicia cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis que quondam fuerunt prefati
Nicholai infra libertatem ville Salopie in fforKltta C\
Vol. III., 4th Scries. I

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Coinhatti et fforietta monachorum ad orandum pro animabus
dicti Nicholai ac Richardi filii Thome Russell ac pro anima
ipsius Rogeri Webbe cum ab hac luce migraverit e:
specialiter pro animabus parentum consanguineorum
amicorum benefactorum suorum et omnium fidelium
defunctorum.

Hugh dyer left severall landes.

Nicholas Gerrard.

xxvi?

X111S.

viiid.
iiiid.

Edw. 4. Annus Regis E. quarti xvin"s. the iS yeare. 1 477.
Wardens elected.

Aceounte e
Johannes dun Johannes Guttyns 1 Gardiani in anno
WillelmusWylymsWillelmusSugdon ) proximo precedente
Ouiquidam supradicti gardiani responderunt communitati
artis pannarinun de anno ultimo elapso.
In primis De Johanne an Jevan Tayllour

pro hue eius
Item De Willelmo ffoord in plenam

persolucionem debiti sui -
De Johanne Clone clerico in plenam

persolucionem -
Item De Willelmo Barbor in plenam

persolucionem finis sui de
Item Reserved of Richard Coiet in full

payment of xxvis. viiid. of his ffyne
Item Rese\'\ed of William ffelypps for

Tymbur sold to hym by Thomas

Severn and hue hosyer -
Item Reseyved by the hands of John

Guttyns for the arrears of John

Cartwright
Item Reseyved of Edward hosyer
Item Reseyved of laurence draper

Summa.

There of paved to William Phelypps vis, iiid. that the
sevd William payed to Richard Harbor for makynge ol Wax
whereof iiiis. iiiid. thcrof there was paid for SU|€ wiii.i.

Item payed to the Stuwards \s. witli vs. deiyvei cd to for
tyme.

xms. una.

xxvis. viiid.

xms. mid

x\s.

Xlll!

iiis.
is.

iiiid.
vid.

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Item payed to William Attyncham for a

lettur fro the Kinge - - iiis. iiiid.

Item payed for the attachement of John
Boerton for the rekonere of the date
of John Cartwright - - xiid.

Item payed to John Scryven for William

heyllyn - - - viiis.

[fo. 7] Edward 4"

The seyd wardens have reseyved arftur the seyd accompts
parcells underwriten.

De Ricardo Edge pro line eius - - xxvis. viiid.

Item reseyed of John Guttyns for Old e
tymbur to hym sold - - iis.

[fo. 9] Henry 8°. 1515.

The Coppy of the Indenture made by the Kyng's com-
mysshyoners wiche indenture Remaynyth in or trcsser.

Yancnce Be- p>e ^ knowen to ail men to whom thvs present
twene drauers . in 1 " 1

& bhermen in wrytmgs snail come that upon varyance and

jn^es ^out dyscorde betwene the Wardens and the hole craft

& sheering of of Drapers of the towne of Shrewsbury upon the

cl0t,hfb,0ilsht one partv John Barton, Rvchard Pope. Georqius
ol VV elshmen. . . , 1

Rylond, and Nicholas Ad'ms, shermen upon the

, .. iide part. And the Wardens and the residue of the
1 hey referre it tr -
io the Bishop craft of Sherme' upon the uj-de part {for the bvinge

ofCoventre sellinge and shearinge of Welshe cloth, and lor
&c.,Deingpie- D 0

sident of the the determ ynacyon of the same varyauncc The
marches I to saide parties have put them selffs to the ordur and
Charles Both rule of Geffrey by the g'ce of gode Bysshope
\ViUira Vve- of Coventre and Lychefcld president of the Kings
dale, Knight Counsaill in the marches of Waies Charies

Piers Newton . , . . , , ,•

& George botne, Gierke, \\ lllim L veaalc, Knygat, piera
Bromley hs(|s. Xcwton and Georgius Bromlev, Stuiiers, (Tyve ol

&c. all DCing . L, ° 1

Shrewsbury * the kyngs Counsailloura and I omyssoners in the

tint ordcrea sciclc marches of Wales nowe beyinge at Shrowes-

bury, whereupon the same Gounsuiliours and

i. " Barton, (Aoim ssoners upon pat fu examinacion of the saidc
Richard Pope, - 1 . '

j&c, and all varyauncc and discord^ order and rule '1 hat the

others Shcr- j j 1 h bartOU, Kvchard eope, gCOrglUS Rvlotld
men then J • 1 1

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Vseing ta bye aild nicholas Adams and all the other Shermen
cloth shalbe that nowe use to buy any Waishe Clothe shalbc
made free pay- Bret hern of the seide crafte of drapers paying
nere fine And thcrfore as other forrens do. And also that the
that the sayd seiJe John Barton, Richard pope, georgius
while they buy Rylond and Nicholas Adams and other shermen
j iTk! e^eon ^urmSe tne lvmc that they or any of them use to
premise *or by anny suche Welshe cloth to Shere and to make
journeyman gaje therof shall have oon prentes or jornevmon

lesser tnan . A A, "

other 5-her- lesse m nowmber then the saide other Shermen

m,en* . have bv ther Composicion. In wvtncs wherof the
Shermen to be . ... 1 „ . -.

made free. saide Counsaillours and Commissioners Jiave sub-
Subscribed ibvd ther hands the xxxth dav off Marche A

the 30th VI area " ... .

the 6" of lien, regis H. viii". vi°.
S".

[to. 11. J Henry 8°. 1515- vith year.

a0 vit0 Reg. H. viii.
. . Md. that the mastr and Wardens w* all the

No ciotn to

be put to any Holle Company of drapers be condesended and

Sherman m agrcrreved that no inon \v'*in the Companv shall

Shrewsbury r i *

&c. paine the ffrom henseforth delyver no mancr of Cloth to

forth *& a Cotton to no shermon w'in this town and

nobie. ffranches under the payne of fforfetture of the

cloth, and vi5. viij'1. of money to theusse of the

ffraternytc of the Trinyte as or names heraftur

ffolowyth.

The Master

The Comp. Rvc rnvtton Rvc pursell Thomas hossyer
a^ee^ncnt Rondvll Beyston John Waturs Thomas
subscribed. Whithiford Jhon Uoid Willm Jenyns Rychard
dycher Robert Wotton John Daily Rye
scrvven Roger PhelippS Rychard Nycholas
Willm. guttyns Roger don. WilllTK Clerk
Edward bent Hugh Blanyey morris draper
Willm. hoggeks Willm. Bayly Thomas Uoid
Mathew ap Owen david ap Owen Olyver
Yoghan.

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[fa 13] 4°- 3 year. 1463.

Money p;tyd Memorandn of diverse pafeelles of money
vvaters^ffi P^yed by the handys of Degorv Watur of hys
owne goods to owne propur qodes for the reparacions of the
!nPCorne Mar- bowse that Jenkyne ynce dwellytlie ynne in the
ket. .corne market Anno R.R. Edwardi quarti post

conquest um tercio.

ffvrst to geffrey Wryght and Wylnale

nvs

man for x dayes ... ... ... ... vij\ xjd.

Item forsawyng of a Rode sav.e iii fotc ... v\ ixd.
Item payde for a tre and ij standarts ... . xix'1.

Item for Smale tren ... ... ... .. 9k^.

Item for 5 pecys tymbre
Item for the sawyng of xij score fote ...
Item for a pece of tymbur for burdys [boards]

and for othnr tymbre
Item for ii Wryghtys hyrd by an hole vveke ...
Item for gaddys spykyngs bordnayle and

latnayle

Item for the sayd ij wryghts iij dayes and an

halfe... .. "... ... "

Item for spykyngs

Item for a tre so gysts ...
Item for xxxij clamstaves 1
Item for an hundrethe of chaff lattys. ..
Item for ii lodes of cley

Item for an hundrethe and a halfe of chaff
lattes

Item for ij hundrethe of latt nayle

Item for spykyngs

Item for xiij hordes for dores ...

Item for gaddes

Item for vj hundrethe and an halfe of latte
nayle...

Item for spykyngs

Item for ij hundred of Chaff latte

Item for xxiiij clamstaves

Item for the sayd ij Wryghtes v dayes

1 Wattles, cp. "clam-stave *' an daub- wattle? tnd claj . [Wri^hl, /.//^. />/«.'.
Diet.) Dutch, Klatnp, a liuUI 1.1,1.

XV11U.

Vld.

if-
iiij\

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ixd.

vj' .ob.

viijd.

ij-
tu.

iiij0.

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iiii'1.

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Item for Werkeman hyre makyng the flourc

a day
Item for spykyngs
Item for arere doos in the Kechyn
Item for iiij lode lyme ... ...

Item iij lokes

Summa total" iiij1'. xvd.

Item for the same Wryghtes iii dayes

ij5-

iiij '.o

Item for x hordes for dores and Wynd vovves

xijd

Item for sawyng of barres for dorres and

wyndwowes ..

Y]°.

Item A payre gymelles1 & ij peyre hynges & hokes

XV'1.

Item, for bordenayle and spykyings

.vj,:.

Item for latt nayle

ljd.

Item for Wryghtes hyre vij dayes

U*

ix'J.

Item for clamstaves

ljd.

Item for iiij hordes to wyndowes

iiij1"-.

Item for bordnayle

vijH.

Item for spykyngs

mjd.

Item for latt nayle

vd.

Item for gaddes-...

id

Item for a Wryghtes hyre ij dayes

- ,i

IX.

Item for viij hordes

vijd.

Item for spykyngs

iiijd.

Item for gaddes ...

j"

Item for an hundred ston lattes

vjd.

Item for wattur to temperyng of clcy ...

iiij1'.

Item for lattenayle

iiijd.

Item for ij lodes of cley...

iiij1'

Item for dawbyng of the wolles

iijs.

iiij"'.

Item for makyng of an astour3

iiij'1

iiij''.ob.

xijd
xij1'.

Reparacions of the same hows made and paved

of the comon

More payd fot
the same re- ,

payre out of by the hande 01 \\ yllyam bugdon

iheCompanies oroclgg, *
Goods. b

Fyrst for a pece of tymbu

XIIId.

1 Gimm.ii. Gimblet, otherwise Wi mbir. a pier ccr orau$er. M.L., wimW\
cj. Pan- vimmci, a boring tool to make holes tor wooden pins.

- Gad naiis. Lar<;e nails used chicllv foi fas telling posts ami rails. (Wrig
K. /). /).)

•! Astre (A.«-tcr, Aister, etc ) 1 he back ol a chimney or <*t.«te. (Wright,
E P. DA

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Item for takyng dovvne and brekyng of wolls v(i.
[fo. 15.] i-{r>4 Kd. 40 1464 i46_

^ J the J. ^ • veare

I D ) *

Item payed to Richard Tauernere for alfe an

hundred of iron ... ... ... ... iis viijd

Item Robart Mynton Smythe for makyng of an

iron for the heme ... ... ... ... xiiijd

Item For tymbre for bord payed to Wyllyam

Wan re ... ... ... ... ... ... \'f

Item For ij tymbre tren ... ... ... ... iij? yiijd

Item For Wryghtys hyre iiii dayes . . ,.. iijs« ijd

Summa xiiijs ijd
Item Degory Watur askythe allowans of xiiij8 spent uppon the

almes Foike whyche he receyvyd of Wyllyam Sugdon.
Item of xxvj5 viijd payed to Wyllyam Forton for the iidc yere

of the reygne of Kynge E.
Item of xxs payed to Harry Sotell the Kvngys attorney
Item of iiijs ixd payed to Ric. Wryter and hys man for a wek
Item of iijs ijd payed to the sayd Rychard and his man for

iiij dayes of another vveke
Item of \-s vjd payed to the same Richard and hys man the

thryd weke and a man ij dayes
Item of ivs viijd payed to the same Richard and hys man for

vj dayes

Item of vs vii jd payed to Roger Sawyer for sawyng of tymbre
also of xiij* iiijd payed to Wyllyam Umfreston for the
comon hall

Item of xiij'1 paved for wyne there dronkon at the makyng of
the barge n

Item vjs viijJ payed to Wyllyam forton for a quarter that
wes fro mychelmas to cry st mas.

A° rr F. iiij'1 quarto
Edw. 40 8 yeare Anno S •
Tlies byn the Parcellis of cloths that I De^ori Watur have
delivird to the pore pepull Anno r. r. \ .. octavo, in the
first to Makell Canowey ij ellyn and a halfe of grey
russet to a cote price the hole \\d
hem To the lynyng ij ellyn and a quartur price w foi the
makyng VJ

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Item To Jane Talbot ij wards and a quartur of biakc to a

cote iiij^ vj

Item to lyynng ij ellyn and iij quarters ... ... xvii

Item for the makyng... ... ... ... ... vj'

Item for ij ellyn and dim. [dimidium] of Welsche

russet price the hole ... ... ... ... xxd

Item to lynyng ij ellyn and a quarter of iincey

price xv!

for the makyng ... ... ... ... ... yJ

Item for schon (shoon) iiijli a cappe v'J a smoke x'1

[fo. 1 6.] Edw. 4" 8 yeare.

A kerche iiijd, a barmetur1 iiijd that Y have yeve to hur in
Onowre of our gild, and hur bind whvche Y woli not
reherse and money bysyde.

Item To Larans in the hall place ii yards of russet price xxij ;
to lining ij yards of whyte price xvjd the makyng vd

Item to Richard Browne a gowne of myne nowne werying
price vjs & viijd a peyre hosyn of russet iijd a peyr shon
vjd a dowblet a cap of russet yjd a blake hat vjd the
mendyng of a cote iiijd

Item To Catrine a folyys wenche in the hall place ij ellyn of
Welshe russet xvjd, a ellyn and iij quarturs of whyte to
lynvng xd the makyng iiij'1. To Dog us w* on ey ij ellyn
save a quartur of Welshe russet xiijdob. to lynyng an
ellvn and a halfe of whyte ix. the maS'kyng iiijd a peyre
of shon iijd a kerche iiij'' a smoke vijd

To Rawlyn Seympyr. for mendyng of a cote iiij1'

to pernell ij ellyn yards of Welshe Russet to a cote xviiid

Item lynyng an ellyn and iij quarturs of Welshe whyte \
the makyyng vd a kerche iiij 1 to Gyftyn Couper for iij
ellvn and iii quarturs of Welshe russcu to a gowne \\i,; to
theiyning iij ellyn and an halfe a .-tyke of Welshe whyte
xijdob. the makyng xijd.

Item iij sk\-nnes to a coti^ xijli i; st\-ks & a quartur of lining
viijd the makyng iiii'1

Item To Richard Sholtage ij ellyrt ami iij quarturs to a goune
xxid iij ellyn (S: halfe a styke oi Welshe whyte to lynyng
xijdob. the makyng Vd

1 liurm-cloih ? An apron or bosom cl6lh. (Wright).

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Item iij skynnes to a cote xijd and ij stykks & a quartur of

lynyng viijd the makyng iiiid
Item to Jhon Fox a goune of Lundon russet price the goune

iijjs

Item to DD [David] Barker iij skynnes to a cote xijd and ij
. styks cS: a quartur of lynyng viijd the makyng iiijd

Summa Liiis ixdob.

[fo. 17] Edw. 4. 1468. 8 yeare.

Inprimis When I went to Lundon to persu. for our licens
and Graunt hyt cost me xl marke and more

Item To Wyllyam forton of Drayton syster sonne to Hew
and Wyllyam Dier and last eneritour in the tayle xx
marke yjs viijd

Item to Richard Mascot and Roger Web othurwyse cald
Roger Bulkley Dyer to Nycolas Gerald R. Russell
xiiii1' xiijs iiijd

Item Jankyn Knygt had xiiH xv3

Item to make up owre xxH ye had xiijH. Item to wage men

ate the last jorney vu
Item payed for Katrine Bunellis dett vjH vjs viijd
Item Hur buryng hur dirge with bred wyne and ale chese

wax hur dole and xij garments the iyeng and somring

iij1 vijs viijd

Item when I rod to londun by thavyce of my felyshyp to
speke w* the erle of shrousbury I rod w'th v horse and
taryed ther vj wykkys cost me vj1' xiijs iiijd

Item when I wes send fore by a suppena to onswere Mezhcn
I rod w* ij horsys awes ther iij wykkys my horse hyre
and ther coste and mynowne cost the same tyme xls

Item Wyllyam dier had of me wittnes Mathew Peyntur
xxxvis

Item Nicolas dier that gave me the endenturse xxvjs viijd
Item I have gevyn Harry Sotyll the Kyngs attourney Axs,
(arrears?) by yere vjs viijd ther of he ys payed XLvjs viijd
Item Jhon Couper had of us won yere vj" viijd
Item Lanky dc Wcnlock had won yere vj9 viijd
Item Yren [iron] bound cofur \x\js viijd
Item A cofur in our1 parlour vi;js

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152

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

8 yeare

The? byne the parcells of Tymbur that Y Degory Watur
have boughtc to the reparacon of the Hovvse in Colham
Ao rr E. quarty post conquestum octavo

Item of Jhon Bot of Condor vij tren that were made postys
price of won xvjd

Item v sylpesys1 precium of won xvijd

Item for iiij tren of the whyche were made walplatys the
price of on' xv'1

A howse in Item for on tre of the vvhiche vves made ii louveries2
repayrcd. & nu lacys3 price the hole iis ixd

[fo. iS.] Edw. 40 1468 8 yeare

Item for A tre of the whyche wos made burdys

[boards] price the hole ... ... ... xxvjd

Item of Jhon Hulston of the moncke foryed vij

tren price the hole ... ... ... ... vs iiijd

Item for vj tren ... ... ... ... ... ijs

Item of Sher' of mele for planckys and forkys

Raffterys price of the hole ... ... ... xijs iiij':

Item to Ry chard Wod for caryng of the same

tymbur ... xijd

Item of Jhon Westley for ix tren ... ... ... xs

Item of for vj forckys price the hole .. ... xs

Summa iii1' vjs & vjd

These byn the expensys that Degory Watur hath spend <S:c.

In prim is to barton for vj dayes ... ... ... ijs

Item to Jhon semmer for won day ... ... iiijli

to Jhon tyler for tylyng the houce ... xd

to Jhon barton for won day ... ... iiijd

to barton for iiij dayes ... ... ... xvjd

to Roger Fox for iiij xxli stone ... ... xijd

for xiiij lodes of lyme ... ... ... hjs iij'1

to the Gynour [Joyner] for lattes ... ... ij* iiij1

1 Silt-pieces. Beams or rafters. The Sile was one of the principal tafieis of
a building. (Wright, E. D. D.)

3 Louvre ('Louver, etc.) An opening in the rool to let out smoke or a ohiowcy,
cf>. Lufter or Luvver boards, sloping overlapping boards ol an open wiudow,
especially of a tannery, (Wright, Engl. Dial, /'./.)

' Tiebeams or braces. Murray, Xew Eng. Oitf.

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

153

for won lode of cley ... ... ... ... ijd

to Rychard for iiij dayes ... ... ... xxd

to barton for v daes [sic] ... ... ... xxd

to Wyllyam Yaure for caryng stone ... vijd
to Wyllyam tydurs wyfe for watur and syft-

yng lyme ... ... ... ... ... viijd

for won lode of cley ... ... ... ... ijd

for caryng of vi lode of stop to seymper ... xviijd

for xvi lode of Gravey ... ... ... xvjd

for xvi lode of lyme ... ... ... ... iiis ixd

for to Wyllyam Tyler for xxi lode of gravell xxjd

to Barton for iiij dayes ... ... ... xvjd

Item for won tre ... ... ... ... ... xixd

Item for won tre ... ... ... ... ... xvijd

[fo. 19.] Edw. 4 1468

Item For won tre
Item for won tre
Item for won tre...
Item for won tre...
Item for won tre...
to David Seda' and on othur mon for sawyng
to Richard Wryght for vi dayes & halfe
to hys man for a xj dayes
Item for ij lodes lyme ...
to barton for iiij daes
Item for nayll
Item to the mason
Item for won moche tre
Item for ij bordes
Item for spykyng and Gaddes
to Ric. Wryght for iij daes
to Jhon hys mon for vj daes
for iij booshell of lyme ...
to barton for iij daes

for candull

for thre burthun of yardys

to Richard Wryght and hys men

to Gylbard dauber for white lymyngthe house
to the pavier for pavyng the fold

8 yeare
xxd
xviijd
vjd
xvd
iiijd

ny

x 1 1 j s
iis

jdob.
jdob.

xvjd
iiijd
iiijd

j"

xiiij'1

XV"

xij"
vjd

vjdob
xvid
xvid

THE EARLIEST BOOK OE THE

to Gylbard and barton for castyng the erthe viijd

to Kobart Mynton Smythe for iij lockes and
iiij peyre Gymmols for wyckets & haspes
& Ringes & plates for dorres & calkhes &
lathes ... ... ... ... ... iiijs jd

for iij wyndows to the seller ... ... ... iijs

p. 20

ffor iiij planckes A bowe the cupbord ... ... ijs iiijd

for viij clove burdus to dorres & cupburds ... xvjd
To Wyllyam Tyler for xij lode of ston ... iijs
Summa huius partis ixs viiid

[fo. 22.] Edw. 40 Annus xviij Regis Ed. iiij1' xiiij0 die Aprilis

1477. 18 yeare
A prohibition Hit ys assented and aggreed by thassent &
any strangers concent of all the ffeleship of drapers that ffrom
thys tyme forth that no persone of the sayd ffele-
ship shall not go with no fforeyn persone to no loveale wlin
the town or ffrannchise nor w*out the toun nor go \vl no
Strangers in no chyrche in the Toun nor w* no nothre place
w*in the Toun to desire any Almes or to be releved by any
other meane in his owne persone nor by no nother meane
contrary to thys ordynnaunce to forfet at every defaut so
duly profed & found iij5 iiijd

[fo. 23.] Edw. 40 Annus xviijus Regis E. quar'ti. 1477 iS yeare

Thes be the ordinaunces that the right honorable lords of
my lord princes concell have made for the good Rule &
governaunces of the Towne of Shrouysbury.

Rules and Md. that the xth dav of apprill the xviij vere of

ordinances . r . , T, ,

made in the regno ol oure sovereign lord kvnge Edward
Shrewsbury tile jjjjth T]le right reverent ffadur in God Tohn

by the Conn- ^ J . TTy° r J,

sell of the Hyshop ol Woucestor prccidcnt ol my lord
Marches lor princes concell And the ryght noble lord Antonv

the well 1 , . " 0 *

governing of Erie Ryvieres uncle & governour to the seyd prince
companies by and otilcr 0f hvs n\r]U honcrabvll concell beynge

the Baylitfs ot 0 • '

the Towne. in the Town hall of Shrouysbury lor the w<

Rest & tranquilite of the same town and for good
rule to be kept by the officers mynestres & the
inhabitants there ol bythassent & agyrcment of

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

155

the seyd officers amongs theym within the sayd
Towne ffromhensforth ffyrst that the baylliffs for
the time beynge Justly truly k. indifferently
execute they re office accordynge to their liberies
& laudable custumes without any corrupcon
favour or parcyalite and that they see yef any
/ persone come into the Town there abydynge ii
daaes suspecyously without any lawful erand or
occupacon thatt then the iii daye be put in
pryson there to remayne till he have found
seuerite of hys good oberynge or ells to avoyd the
Town, and yef any be corny tted to ward by the
Wardens of any of the crafts That he so comyt-
ted to ward be not delyvered without thassent &
agyrement of the same wardens and thes peynes
to be kept upon peyne of Dn the oon half thereof
to the use of the Kynge our sovereyn lord, and the
other half to the use of the Towne of the goods
& catels of the baylliffs or bayllif that the ordin-
aunces breketh.

Item, that the wardens of every craft in all
goodly hast make an ordynaunce wcin theym selfs
AH that will that no man of theyre craft jurneyman nor othre
not be ruled ^e attcndaunt nor at the callvnge of any Jentilman

by there War- , , 1 , 1

denstobedis- nor to no nother man nor persone othurwyse then
franchessed ]aue ji but oonlv the wardens of theyre craft.

At banished J ' . ,1

the towne &c. for the good rule of the same and assistynge the
for'et'fo'r10 baylliffs for kepynge of the peas and for the good
neglect?' rule of the Toun undur certeyne payne to be
lymytted of vjs viijd by the sayd wardens. And
also that even crafts man be thereunto straytly
charged & comaunded & suorn, and that all
suche as be mysruled & woolnot obbey theyre
wardens be put out of theyre craft & banyshed
the Town, or els put in ward cv not delyvered till
the wardens of the Craft be thereunto agyreed.
And yef any of the seyd wardens be neglygent &
wyll not observe thes poyntes that he forfete \xh.
the oon half ther of to the use of the Kynge our
Sovereign lord & the other half to the wele of the
sayd Town.

THE EARLIEST HOOK OF THE

An oath for
keepeinp the
ordinances
List before
men coned.

[fo. 24] Edward 4 1477 18 yeare

Juramentum pro conservacione precepti domini principis.

Ye shalbe true to the King of England and to his
heyres And ye shall well and truly observe and
kepe all poyntes and articles in the Iniuncion of
ordinance now late made by the right honerabiil
conncell of my lord prince that ys to wyte that ye
shalbe true to the kyng of Engelond that nowe ys & to his
heyres and obbey the Bayllifs of this town and the wardens
of drapers of the same in all thynges lawfull and to be
assistent unto the seyd bayllifs and theyre Successours for the
tyme beyng for the conservacion of the peas and from this
tyme forth not to be at the attendaunce and callyng of any
Jentilman or any other persone other wyse then lawe wyll
so help me God and holydome.

Names of the free men.

Nomina illorum

qui Jurati sunt.

Joh'es Trent ham

Joh'es Aldescote

+

Robertus ap Eign'

Will's ffoord

+

Hugo Hosyer

Will's heyllyn .

Joh'es Baxter

+

morgan hosyer

+

Joh'es- dun

+

Guy Grene

Joh'es Gutt\rns Senr

huge Walker

Will'mus Sugdon

Will's Prowd

Ric'us Watur

+ .

Edward hosyer

+

Will' mas Wyllyms

Ric Tylleley

+

Joh'es Otteley

Joh'es Scryven

Joh'es leche

Joh'es ffysher

+

Robert's Yvory

+

Rog'us Wyrall senr

+

Laurencius draper

+

Ric'us Chambur

+

Rog'us Baret

Rog'us wyrall ]unr

+

Rog'us heyllyn

+

Will'ms Bastard

Thomas Wall

+

Ric'us Golet

Will'ms Harbor

Joh'es Ballesley

+

Robertus Spyney

+

Roger us fforstcr

Joh'es lloyt draper

+

Nicholaus lucas

Joh'es hagur

Ric'us Edge

+

Joh'es Chapman

Will'mus Phelyppa

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

Joh'cs Shctton
4- Oliverus Bariestur
+ D'd ffryser

Robert us Wootton

mauricius hosyer
+ Will's Grcsseford

Joh'cs fforstcr

Ric'us Crump

Thomas mynsterlcy
+ William longdon

Roger doon

William wyrall
+ Walter wotnall
+ Ch : lyngdon (?)

John Coly

William hochckvs

Ric. mytton
Thomas fenyght
Ric. lister
John longford
Hugh walker hosier
Robard meylis
Rich holgate
William Hosier
Dd. gittyns
Dd. gogh [?] taylour
William Chyrcherd
Thomas Schermon
Thomas Seymper
J. Baxter Jim.
R. phelypps
Ron dull Bvston

1477

[fo. 25.] Edw. 4

veare

in1

1475

1475 i6\
1477 18 1

N.B.— This Memorandum that accounte was made with Roger
pageiscrossed hevllyn for ii° veres last passed for the rent of

tnroughinthe i n 1 • r 1 t- 1

MS. myghellmas the xvi yere 01 kynge fc,. the mie

un to the xx" daye of Octobre the xviii yere of
the seyd Kynge then next ensuyinge at the whiche accompt all
thynges accompted that owed to be accompted and allowed
that owed to be alio we (d ) the seyd Roger now in det clercly
to the seyd wardens of the seyd accompte
+ ffyrst to John dun ...
+ Item to William Sugdon...
+ Item to the Wardens

Item for the rent of david bent...
+ Item for the rent of Jenet Elcok
+ Item for the service of Seynt Kateritte1 vis viiid (crossed out)
Summa (left blank)"

Memorandum that there ys owynge to the wardens &c.

+ Ricardus hunt iiiis

+ Agnes ffryser ... xis

1 The offering made by the Drapers' Gild towards the support of that Canon
whose special office it w.is to say Mass in St. Catherine s Chapel, </>. fa, 50 o(
MS. - our f.adv rent ; also fos. J2t 85, &c,

X11US
Xs
xiiis

Vs

ii8

iis

xf

VI

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+ Roger heyllyn for the rent of the seyd annes xii*1
f Item for the rent of skyrinston .. ... iiiH
* Item for the rent of the garden of William

harbour . . ... ... ... ... xd

of the whiche charges the seyd Roger hath payed for a dyner

to the Stuwards of ludlowe in ? John Smyth „ iiiJ

*475 1477
[fo.27.] Edw.4 \%l *}yeare

This parcell Mem. that accompte was made with Rogei
and diarced3 heyllyn for iic yeres last passed for the Rentes

of Mighelmas the xvi yere of Kynge E. the
un to the xxth daye of Octobre the xviii yere of the seyd
Kynge. and so all thynge accompted that owed to be ac-
compted and allowed (that owed; to be allowed the seyd Roger
now in det clere and due xxiii3 vid

Juramentum Magistri.
N.B. — The above is crossed through.

27 The Mast' and the Wardens and the hoit
Drapers to use kowneseil w1 ail the holle brethvrne of the fra-

the traae of . r . . \ . ,

the Shermen ternite oi drapers are conaesendyd and agreyd
todressccis that everv brothvr wlin the ffelaschvppe that is

owne clotn. * - , • r 1

dvssposyd to sette up snermonis cratte wt m ns
Howse from Mecheilmas now for to dresse hs
owne clothe to do

It is agreed

that Ed w. jt js con(]e5Cended the wardens and the brodurs

Hosier it . , .

others to that edward nosyer Warden Rog Levis and
Ludiowe to t hn Lvriord schall zo to Ludlow tofore the

the Kir.j: s J J . 0 .

Commission- Kvnges commissoneres for nesseceric bvsoncs
Pertcnyng to the brodurhood.

the Brother-
hood.

[fo. 30.]

J u ra men t u m Sen esca i 1 oru m .
StnardsO&th Ye shall be fcithfull and trew unto this ftYatetniu
and duclv obbeyc t he master and wardevns
therof. And at vevcrv tvme and all tyniCS whan ye or any 01

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

159

yow is commaunded by the master or Wardeyns ye shall
somon your felaschip to be rcdy at suche tvme and place as
shalbe to theym assigned uppon peyn of xi 1 for y every de-
ffaute in you fownden. And ye schall truly gedr alle maner
of money forfetts & dutys to the seid ffraternite due w* all
peynys therto belongyng as ye schalbe chargyd by the master
and wardeyns for the tyme being And ye schall veld & make
a due & true rekynyng and just accompt to them when ye
schalbe callid apon of all maner money duties arrerages peynis
& forfetts by you receyved & deliver the money therof to there
bonds. And forthermore ye & eidir of you schall truly kepe
& observe all & synguler acts ordinances & articles in oure
composicion comprehendid. And also alle good rulys afore
tyme had & used ye shall kepe & better yef ye can or may so
help you God & holly dome & by this booke

Juramentum ffratrum, etc.
Freeman's Ye shalbe ffeythfull and true unto this ffraternte of
the Trynyte and brodirhood of drapers and
duely obbey the master and wardens thereof
and at yevery tyme & altymus when ye shalbe sumned by the
Stuard or Stuards at the commaundment of the master &
wardens for the tyme being to be redy at suche tyme & place
as shalbe to yow assigned And truely doe & pay all dutes tS:
fforfetts to the seid ffraternite & brodirhood by yowr fforfctt
or due to the same as shalbe lawfully alleggid or chargid uppon
you by the same master & wardens for the tyme being &
truly obey & assist them in executing there offices to your
powere And fforthermore ye shall truely kepe & observe all
& singler good & laudable acts ordinaunces & articles in our
Composicion comprehendid, & all gud & laufull rulis afore-
tyme had 6c used or to be made or eusid, so help you god &
halidome & by this booke.

Juramentum Magistri.
nn „ , This here ve Wardens and nil the ffeleshype of

l he Masters , _ , . . . , , . " .

Oath bretheren of the holy tryniteyelde within the

college chirche of our lady in Shrouisbury by
our Sovereign lord Kyng Edward the iiijlh graunted & that ye
schalbe true Maistur to the sevd veld and also SUSteyne help

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and socoure the seyd geld in all thyng rightfully to your
powere and none obregement make to the hurt of the sevd
geld, by mcanes of ffraude collycyon or ymaginacion nor bv
purvey colour or deceyt in any thyng that pretendeth or
perteyneth to the hurt of the lyvelode of the seyd veld, that
nowe ys or in tyme comyng shalbe, or of any other thyng
that of right nowe ys perteynynge, or in tyme corny ng shall
to the same perteyne, or to the brotherhood of the same
gelde, or to the craft of drapers to the seyd veld perteynyng
and belongyng and that ye shall truly kepe mayntene and
Sustene all maner acts articles lawfully made, or in tyme
comynge shalbe made, for the commynwele of the brother-
hood of drapers so help you God & holydome & by thys
book,
[fo. 31.]

Juramentum Gardianorum.
Wardens' This here ye maystur and all the ffeleshyppe of
Ooath bretheren of the Trynite gelde in Shrouysbury

by Kyng Edward the iiijth graunted and that
ye shalbe true Wardens to the sayd geld and brotherhood
of drapers and also true accompte make, of all maner
thyngs that of right ye owe to accompt for, or that
longeth to the office of Wardenship of the seyd brother-
hood, and also ye shall susteyne help ec socoui the seyd
gelde & brotherhood of drapers in all thyngs rightfull
to your powere ye shall none obbrcgement make to the hurt
of the seyd geld & brotherhood by meanes of ffraude colluc-
yon covyne or deceyt in any thyng that shuld perteyne to
the hurt of the lyvelode of the seyd geld & brotherhood that
nowe ys or in tyme comynge shalbe perteynynge to the same
gelde & brotherhood of the craft of drapers And that ye
shal truly kepe susteyne and mayntene all maner poyntes and
articles nowe lawfully made, or in tyme comynge shalbe
made for the comyn wele of the seyd brotherhood of drapers
so help you God. &c.

[fc. 32.] Ed. 40 1479. 190 yeare

Annus xix Regis E. quart i.
Md the xij Dave of Apprill the \i\° of Kyng
Edward the iiij° A just Accompte now mi

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. l6l

Thcaceounts betwyn John dun, Will'm Sudden, John Guttyns
ward/iisfor 2 & Will'm Wyllyms Wardens of the fraternite of
yeares & drapers of Shrouysbury on tha oon partye &
Kojer Heylin Roger heyllyn bayllife of the seyd ffraternite on
BaylifTe that other part Wytnesseth that all thyngs ac-
. compted that by the seyd Roger owed to be
accompted & allowed as for ij vers & half late
passed the seyd Roger now in det to the seyd
wardens cs vd

and over that the seyd wardens have delyvered
to. the brethern of the seyd fraternite clerly in
tresory to the honds of the maystur & Wardens
for the yere next ensuvnge ... xv1' vjs viijd

Item in honds of hue Walker & John Balles-

Jey nowe beynge stuwardes ... ... cs

It'm ij° Gurdell for the det of John Aldescote

for the sume of ... ... ... ... xxs

Item apeyre sheres of Thomas Madox for ... vjs

Summa in tresory xxvj1' xiijs id
Md that thes be the detts owynge besydes the sume above
wry ten

John Chapman ... ... ... ... iijn

It. John Aldescote besydes the plegges above

seyd ...
It. Will'm Chyrcheyord

It. morys hosyer xviij5 iiijd whereof ... ...']

Recd by the hands of Will'm Bastard xd rest J
It'm morgan hosyer

It. Will'm Skyrinston at Candelmas last passd

Edward Esthop

Jeffrey Tayllour xs viij'

xiif

iiijd

XXVs

xiijs

iiijd

xvijs

xiijs

iiij'1

LXXVS

iiijs

[fo. 33.] Edw. 40 1479 19 yeare

Thomas Madox to be payed quarterly iiis iiiM Summa xlis
Edward Gogh to be payed at myghelmas In die sollucionis

iiis iiiid
John Trent ham iis

Summa of dettes xiiii1' x1 xd
Summa totalis xl i!i iiis xid

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

20" owing the
preist for a
quarter of a
yeare

Master &
Wardens
chosen

Memorandum that of thys sume there ys ow-
ynge clerly to the preest for a quarter the whiche
the nue wardens be charged with xxs that schulde
have be payed at mydlenton

Memorandum that uppon Thursdaye in the
Estur wyke the xixd yere of the regn ofvkyng
Edward the iiiid by the assent of the brethern of
the seyd ffraternite there ys elect & chasen officers
for the yere next folowynge

Edward Esthop maystur

Robart Ap Eign'

Stewards

Richard Watur
John ffysher
John Scryven
Hugo Walker

Wardens

Johannes ballesley/

>Stuwards

[fo. 34.] Edw. 40 Annus xxmus 148 20 yeare

Memorandum thath (sic) uppon ffrydaye the xv
daye of decembre the xxth yere of kynge Edward
the iiiith by thassent and concent of all bretheren
of the Gyld of ffraternite of drapers the have elect
& chosen John Colle Squyer to be maystur of the
seyd ffraternite aftur the forme and effect of the
graunte by oure sovereigne to the seyd fraternite
grunted

John Colle maystur Jur(atus)

A Master
chosen in
December in
the 20 yeare

Here was
some conten-
tion

yeare

14S0 {20

[fo. 35.] Edw. 40 Annus xxi 14S1 (21

Memorandum that the xiith daye of Apprill in the xxitb
yere of kyng Edward the iiiith aftur the Conquest etc. a just
acompte was made betwyn Robart ap Eign' Richard Watur
John Scryven and John ffysher Wardens of the ffraternite of
drapers of Shrouysbury on that con part, and Roger heyllyn
bayllif of the seyd fraternite on that other pari wytnesseth
that all thyngs acompted and allowed as tor ii'1 yores last
passed the seyd Roger now in det to the seyd Wardens &
hys arreragis ls parcell of the arrerages of hys accomptes 01
c5 vd & so oweth ls. Item the seyd Roger oweth sdii" iiiid

PRATERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

1C3

that he hath receyved of Edward Gogh Item the seyd
Roger

oweth viii1, iiii'

that he hath receyved of the rent.
Item the seyd Roger oweth xxiii5 that he borowed of the
place and so the seyd Roger oweth clerly all thyngs allowed
that oweth to be allowed... ... . . ... xiiH vs viiid

/ ff Summa ... xii1 vs viiid
Memorandum that thes be the parcell that the seyd warden's

have receyved the ii° last yeres passed
ffyrst receyved for makyng of nue Bretheren cxiiis
Item rec. for makyng of old bretheren
Item rec. of Roger heyllyn of hys arrerages

of cs vd

Item rec. for the offeryng of ii° Trynyte

Sondayes
Item rec. of John scryven for afyne
Item rec. of John Trentham for old det ...
Item rec. of Thomas madox of old det
Item rec. of Jeffrey Tayllour of old det
Item rec. of John Chapman of old det
Item rec. of William Skyrinston for old det

in plege ... ... ... ... ... iii1

Item rec. of Roger heyllyn of ii° yeres rent xiiii1
Item rec. of ii° Stuwards
Item rec. of John aldescote of old det
Item rec. of John dun for a forfet vi quarters
of blanket

cxiiis
xxviiis

111s
iiis
iis
iiis
viiis
vi5

in3
cs
iiis

ixl
iiiic

mi'

IX4

mr

ff Summa

vr 1111

[fo. 36.] Edw. 4

Of the whiche summs to fore writen there
ys payed to the preest for ii° yeres and
a quarter

Item for dyvers rcparacions of dyvers tene-
ments ... ...

Item for reparacion of the Torches

Item for the ffees of John Brown for ii°
yeres ... ... ... ••• •••

Item for dyvers costs made in the hall in
the seyd ii yeres

20)

> yeare

21) J

IX1

111

Lviii* iiii1'

xiiiis va

xiii* iiiia

\iiis iir1

164

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item delivered to the ii° stu wards ...
Item payed to hue Walker of old det
Item paved to Marget Woliey for old det
Item in Expences made uppon maystur

hiawt John Brown and at the season

taking of Richard Boerley
Item payed to the pore peopill uppon Crys-

tenmasse daye ...
Item payed to John otteley of old det
Item in Expences at the Eytyng of the

veneson ...

ff Summa

xxm
x1

and so they be in det xh vid
Of the vvhiche sum me the seyd Wardens

have delivere in mone ...
Item a salt Saler of selver for William

Skyrinston for ...

ff Summa ... xxxiii1' xiis vd

and so they be in superplus vis id

Memorandum that thes be the dett owying

of old det for John Chapman ...
Item John aldescote of old det
Item William Chyrcheyard
Item morys hosyer ...
Item morgan hosyer
Item Edward Esthop
Item Jeffrey Tayllor ... ...

Item Thomas madox

cs
iis

XIIIs

VI 11"

viii'!

11s

vis

vi!

vnr

xnis nr

xxxnr

lll1

vi vnr

XXIs

xiiis
xiis

Xs

iiiis
iis

xxxvi*

vi 11

rid

Vlll

[fo. 37-]

Memorandum that there ys under the cofur xlvi Torches
Item there ys in the preests bonds ii° Torches Item there
ys vi Tapurs of Wax.

Memorandum that there ys in the cofur . . .
Torchys

Anno regis
Ed ward i
quart!

vicencimo Item there is in the chyrche iiii tapurs and i
tapur in the eofur in the hall also the torche

in the chyrche with the prist

tercio

DRAPERS' COMPANY. SHREWSBURY.

[fo. 38.] Edw. 4. 14S3 23 yeare

Die Jovis in Ebdomado pasche anno reg:s Ed\vardi quarti

xxiiici0

Johannes dun juratus \

hugo hosver juratus

, t t n • " Y\\ ardens

hugo Walker juratus

laurencius draper J

Willelmus prowd \

„,.,. , tj 1 -btuwards uirati

Willelmus Barbour J J

[fo. 39-] Edw 40 14S2 22}

14S3 23Jy€are
The accounts Memorandum that the xiith daye of April in the
wardens xxiii*' yere of the regne of kyng E. the iiiith

John Otteley Richard Tilleley and Edward
hosyer Wardens of the fraternite of drapers
of the Town of Shrouisbury a just accompte
was made by the seid Wardens of all thyngs
allowed that owed to be ailowed be twyn
Roger heyllyn ballif and the seid wardens
for ii° yeres last passed at the whiche
accompts to give John Cole then beyng
maystur of the seyd fraternyte the seid Roger
was found in arreragiis of the old arrerages

Rent of Assize Memorandum that the Rent of the ii° yeres last

pastis**™ passeth cometh to clerely ... xlvii11 xii*

47 12 o

Summa hx,J xvns vm(l
Very much There of the seyd Roger hath payed in mone to
spenHn" tne seV^ Wardens as appereth by a bill

repayreing examined Xlli XVl1

howses

Item in feod payed for the seyd II0 yeres yrst to

Clerkeslec, John PhclyppS ... XX\i* VliH

Item to the scvd Roger for his feods ... xl4

Summa in1' vi8 vii'1

Money wood Item allowed to the seyd Roger tor mone payed

lo^Loore to the pore peopill ill money wood and com

i*1 9* 4d & and also repnrneion uppon dyvers places

for reparacons

i66

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item allowed to the seyd Roger for dyvers
decayes for the terme of :i° yeres last passed

viih xxiia

ff Sum ma Omnium expencorum xxxiii11 ixs Ld

And so the seyd Roger oweth .. xxvi" viii8 viid
Item rec. of Roger heyllyn of the seyd arrer-
ages ... ... ... ... ... xxs

And so he oweth just ... ... xxv1' viiis viid

[fo. 40.]

Memorandum that thes be the parcells that the Wardens to
fore specyfyed have receyved of last ii yeres passed

ffyrst receyved of new bretheren as hit ys wryten
of record in a book there of made by the seyd
wardens ... ... ... ... vi] xs

Item receyved of the old bretheren in lyke wyse

xliii8 iid

Item rec. of Roger heyllyn parcell of the offeryng
of Trinyte Sondaye ... ... ... xiid

Item rec. for the offeryng of ii° Trynyte Sondays

iiis

Item rec. a fyne of Berthelemewe Byrchyhshawe

A book
wherein
money was
made
receaved
lost

Preist
2 yeares.

Item rec. of Roger heyllyn of ii yeres Rent

Item rec. of Roger heyllyn of Roger heyllyn xxs
Item rec. of Roger adys in party of payment of a

... vis viiid

salt saler for old det
Summa of the rcccyts xx;i vis

ixl

[fo. 41.] Edw. 4

}ycc

care

1482 22

1483 23

Of the whiche summis to fore written there ys
payed to the preest for ii° yeres last passed

viii"

Item payed to John Brown for his fees vis viii'1
Item paycn for wood to the pore peopill ... iif ip
Item payed to Agnes Stone for the putehes of
dyvers londs in monk (Toryyate . . . Iwi' viii'1
Item payed in monc to the pore peopill ... x* iin1

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. 167

Item payed for pale and boords to the howses
Nycolas mascot and John lonkeslowe ... xvid
howse at Item payed for making of the chympney and
fachyng of the mason to the hous at the
walsh yate ... ... ... xviis

repaires at ^ Item for dyvers costs and expenses don in the
hall in the sevd ii-> yeres dyvers tvmes

welsh gate

drapers hail

Item paid to Sowdeers1 goyng to Scotland

xxxixs xa

Item for Tymbur to the pale above vvfyten ... xxG
Item in dyvers expenses made and expended
upon Annes Stone at the possessyon takyng

iiis iid

ff summa of the expenses xix11 xis xd

and so they owe ... xiiii3 xid

Where of thys a maser of howell melewern

for vis viiid

And mone ix? and so they be in superplus.
Memorandum that there ys payed to Agnes Stone owt of the
Tresory in full payment of x marc lxvis viiid

[fo. 42.] Edw. 40 1483 23'yeare
Rich. 30 1485 2 yeare

Memorandum that uppon Thursdaye the xiith daye of April
the xxiii yere of king Edward the iiiith there were chosen
wardens

hue hosyer \
Wardens & John dun [ William prowd }stU\vards

cho^n* hue Walker William Barbour]

laurence draper
Keyes to the Memorandum that there ys delyvered the keys of
Wardens tresorv Cofur iii keys to John Colle maystur

to John dun a key of the sevd cofur &
another of the cofur in the parlour Item to
hue hoSVer a ke\ ot the cofur in the parlour
Item to hue Walker & laurence draper eyther
of thevm a key of the tresory cofut

> The Kxpedition of Richard Duke of Gloucester, and ihc ,;r,ie,uhr Mcx»l del
Duke of Albany, which .csulua m tl.e restitttlioiJ ol Berwick to hnda.u:.

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THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Omnis redd it us duorum annorum xlviii1' iiiis viiid
A r re rage ... xxvH

Memorandum that the xiith daj a of Aprill in the
secimdc yere of the regne of kyng Richard
the thryd hue hosyer john dun hue Walker
& laurence draper Wardens of the fraternyte
of drapers of the town of Shrouysbury Roger
heyllyn bayliff of the sevd ffraternyte hath
accompted to the sevd Wardens of all parcel:
of rents and all other receyts by him
receyved and ail expenses as well in repar-
acions as all other expenses uppon the pore
peopyll with decayes of all londs tenements
for ii° yeres last passed unto the seyd xiitb
daye yere efore sevd the whiche accompts
was made to fore Wylliam Sugdon then
beyng moystur of the seyd ffraternyte uppon
the whiche accompts all thyngs allowed that
owed to be allowed the seyd Roger was fond
in arrerages with the arrerages of the
(erasion) so he seyd Roger oweth .clerly

xxvh xviii5 id

Summa total arrerages xxv1' xvis id ob

[fo. 43.] Richard 30 14S5 14S5

2° yeare

Of the whiche expenses the seyd Roger

hath payed in mone to the seyd

Wardens ... ... ... ...

xiiili

xixs

Item allowed in the seyd accompts for fees

of un yeres afore seyd

iii"

vi* viiid

Item allowed for mone payed to the peopyll

viM

XVs

Item for corne to the pore pepill ...

xixs vii1

Item in wood to the pore peopill ...

xxs vjiif

Item for chyf rents ...

xs ii'1

Item allowed for William Skyrinston dot

ix«

XV*

Item allowed for dyvers decayes ...

vii"

xi3

Item for dyvers expenses for the commen

whole of the seyd fraternite as hit

appercth of the seyd Roger ...

Nviii* iii'o'n

Rich. 3

2 yeare 14 £5

Wardens
accounted

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

iGg

Item for dyners reparacions in the seyd 110

yeres lixs ixd

ff summa xlvii1' xvs i(1ob.

[fo. 44.] Richard 3 14S5 2 yeare

Memorandum that the xiith daye of April in the secund
yere of kyng Richard the thryd hue hosyer John dun hue
Walker and laurence draper Wardens of the fraternyte of
drapers of Shrouysbury have fully accompted for ii° last
yeres passed of all receyts by them receyved.
ffyrst receyved of mone of dyners brethren viiH xxd
Item of Roger heyllyn in mone ... ... xiii.M xvs viid

Item receyved of Wylliam Skyrinston

for old rent ... ... ... ... xls

Item rec. of John Coll late maystur ... vis viiid

Item rec. of offeryng of 1 1° trynyte sondayes iiis iiiid

Item of John Chapman for old det ... xis viiid

Item rec. of John Thomys for old det ... hi5 iiiid

Where of they have payed to

makeino a the PreC5t vi»"

new hall Item for maky.ng of nue hall ... ixh XVs iiid
Item payed maystur Brown for

hys fee 1 iu yeres ... ... xiiis iiiid

Item payed for costs in the hall above the

comyns for n° years ... iii1' xixs ix<l

Item payed to Wyiliam Phelypps for old

det ... ... ... ... ... vis iiiid

Item payed for Tymbur that ys laft

vnspend... ... ... ... ... iiiis

ff summa xxii1' xvs viiid.
and so they be in det xxvi8 viiid.
the whiche ys payed to the tresory.

Memorandum that the seyd Wardens hath receyved of
howell melewcrn for a maser .. ... vi" viiia.

Item receyved of Roger Adys for a salt

salef- . f.. vi»

The whyche ys delyvered ami payed in to

the Tresory to fore the maystur and

Wardens nowe bevng and so the seyd

I/O THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Wardens have delyvered in mone

to the Tresory clere ... ... ... xxiiii1

as hit appereth by by 11 endented.

nir

[fo. 45.] Rich. 3 1485 2 yeare

Henr. 7 1487 2 yeare

Memorandum that uppon thursdaye in the Estur Wyke
the xiith daye of Aprill in the secunde yere of the regne of
kyng Richard the Thrydde have chosen Wardens for ii°
yeres next ensuyng in maner followvng

Jurati

John Baxter

Richard Watur I ^ T ; ^. j John hagur ) Stu-

•11

John Scry ven IS JuratM Thomas Wall) wards.
John lloyt J ^
Item delivered to them liiii torchys and ii gret taperys a
kethe1 of grene wax in the cofur in the hall.

Keys of the Tresory.
Memorandum that there ys delyvered to the maystur a key
to John Baxter a key John lloyt a key to Richard Watur a
key.

Keys of Cofur.
Richard Watur a key Item John Scry ven a key.

Henry 70 second yeare 1487.
ff Memorandum that the xiith daye of Appril in secund
yere of regne of kyng henri the viith John Baxter Richard
Watur John Scryven John lloyt Wardens of the ffraternite
of drapers of the Town of Shrouysbury have accompted of
all rents issues & profyts pertevnyng & belongyng to the seyd
ffraternyte the whichc accompts was made as well with
William Bastard beyng bayllyf for a yere & a half as w ith
Thomas Wall beyng baylliff for an half yere the
accompts was taken from even of the annuncyacion
of oure lady in the secund yere of the regne of kyng
Richard the iiitle un to the e\-cn of the annuncyacion ol
oure lady in the yere of the reyne of kyng henry the viitb the
secund the whiche accompts now made to fore William
Sugdon then beyng maystur of the seyd ffraternyte uppon
the which accompts all thyngS accompted that owed to be

1 Ketch. A tub or barrel. (Wright, Stiff* Dial. DM.)

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

171

accompted and allowed that owed to be allowed as well
uppon the part of the seyd William as uppon the part of the
seyd Thomas Bayllyfs the seyd William Bastard was found
in arrerages xxvs vii''ob. And the seyd Thomas was in
superpl usage that there should be owyng to hvm over his
charge li.\s il,ob.

The summeofthe rent of assise for ii° yere) Summa totalis

cometh to

yere |

[fo. 46.] Henry 70 14S7 2 yeare

The charge of the seyd William Bastard for the yere & an
half yere cometh to xxxii1' xviiis iiid.

Of the whyche he ys allowed in dyvers decayes of dyvers

tenements as hit appereth in dyvers parcells undur wryten

Atenement in the tenure of Sir John Clone xiiis vid

Item atenement of William leton... ... xviii*

Item atenement John kyngeley ... ... vis

Item atenement of Margery Coryour ... vi8

Item atenement of John Coryour... ... vis

Item for the tenements uppon the Wyle

cop ... xxxviii8

Item the tenement of Robert ap Eign' ... xxx3

Item the tenement of lewys lye x3 vid

divers lar.d in Item dvvers londs in harlescote vif vid

Item atenement of John Coton xxs

Item atenement of John Chapman ... vs

Item tenement of Thomas ffetheler ... V*
ff summa viii1' vs vid.

Item the seyd William hath allouance of dyvers payments
etc. as vndur wryten.

payed to the preest ... "ii'1

Item a payed to Richard wantenor in

partv of x marcs ... ••• ••• xx"

Item paved to maystur Talbot , xxs
Item payed to mavstur Talbot of

the rent of Nycholas jftecher Vl" viiia
Item to maystur Talbot of the

rent of Thomas whytfyld V
payd Mr. jtcnl to M. Talbot of the rent

T*lbot of Richard Watur ... ... V« vJ<

i;2

THE EARLIEST BOOK OE THE

Item to M. Talbot of the rent

of harry hoplev
Item to M Talbot of the rent f
Thomas Wyche
Item to William Tyler for Tyler ...
Item to William longdon in party of pay-
ment of vis viiid...

ff sum ma viiili vs xid.

Ill" VI

XVlll

XX'

nr ix

[fo. 47.] Henry 7

1487.

Payments to dyvers persones for ffces
ffyrst allowed to the seyd William for hys
fees

Item to John Brow n in party of payment

his fee ...
Item to John phelypps for his flee

ff summa iii1' ii\
To the Pore peopyll.
In money payed to the pore peopyll by the

honds of the seyd William ...
Item ffor fflesh to the pore peopyll
Item in wood boght to the pore peopyll ...
Item payed for Ruy to the pore peopyll ...
,ltem Roger heyllyn hath re-
ceyved of the rent of
Thomas Otteley ir vid
for the rents of William ffryser
iisviiidof John Ennesdon xd
With in the accompt of the seyd
William summa

ff summa xlv8 ii 'ok
Item paved to William Umfreston forchyf
rent

Item payed to sir Thomas Orhander

ff Summa xi- vid.

Item payed for dyvers lvpararions and
dyvers costs necessary
as hit appareth in his paupers

Un-

payed

vii"

2 yeare

in"

XX9

XXVs vnd
viis ivd
iiiis iii 'ob
iis

vr

x"

XVlll

DRAPERS COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

*73

Payments to the wardens.

Item payed to the Wardens in money

Summa ixh iis vidob.
Summa Ommium expensorum
Et debet de claro ...

xliif

xif

mi

[fo. 48.3

parceiis that
Richard
Watur hath
receyved.

W

Parcells receyved by the Wardens.

Henry 70 1487 2 yeare

fyrst receyved of howell Melewcrn for a maser
- ... ... ... ... ... ... vi8 viiid

ffyrst receyved of Richard dycher to be brother of
the fraternyte ... ... xxvi8 viiid

Item rec. in the tyme of William Bastard xxxs viii1
Item received in mone of Thomas wall ix8
Item rec. the offeryngs of ii° Trynyte Sundayes

iis iiiid

Item receyved of William holgote in ful payment
of his fyne ... ... ... ... xxd

Item receyved of Robart Melys in full payment
of his ffyne ... ... .. ... vi* viiid

Item receyved of hue >valker in full payment of
hys ffyne ... iiis iiid

Item rec. of Kateryne Clotley parcell of rent of

Robt. ap Eign' hows

111s 1111

Item rec. of Robart Bushbury in party of payment

ur 1111

of hys fyne

Summa iiii,! iiis viiid<
ff Where of the Wardens most be allowed of dyvers
parcells vndur writen

ffyrst payed to the pore pepyll for iii Son-

days ... ..

Item for vii lodes wood

Item for the reparacion of the hows of

John Chapman...
Item to Roger Webbe
Item Maystur Brown at ii tymes for hys foe
Item for Wyne to maystur Brown
Item payed to Robart Thorncs lor Wyne

to T. Thornes ...

nr

LV1

ii*

xid

vi"

Yd

vi*

viii'1

xiK

iiii"1

iiii1'

viii1'

^ u'

*74

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item payed for Wyne horsmetc & horshyre

to Wcnlc/k .. .. ... ... iis x

Item payed for a galon of Tyre to theabbot x\ i

Item payed for Wyne to hassall ... ... xxd

Item payed areward to hassall ... ... lii" iiii

Item payed to Margery Vmpreston at ii°

tymes ... ... ... ... ... "xxi'1

Item payed to the servant of hassail ... xii'-

Item payed to William Sugdon for Wyne xd
Item to Robart yvory for hys costs to

Whitchyrche ... ... ... ... xviii'1

Item payed for Wyne at the makyng of

the obligacion ... ... ... ... xixd

Item payed for a C of quartur boords ... x^

[fo. 49.] Henry 70 1487 2 yeare

Item paved to John hagur at hys goyng to

London vi8 viii'1

Item payed to John Salter for iii termes... Vs
Item payed for salt & otemele ... ... xvid

Mr. Talbot Item payed to maystur Talbot
nioney part of the C marc ... *iii8

ff Summa iiii1' iiii5 vd.
and so the plase oweth iiii'1.
Compt of Thomas Wall for a half yere.
Memorandum that the xiith daye of Apryl in the

Wardens seCund vere of kvng henrv the vii;h with John
Account J .0 ir

Baxter Richard Watur John Scryven & John
lloyt Wardens of the ffVaternyte of drapers of Shrouysbury
have accompted with Thomas Wall then beyng bayllyf from
the feest of the anunciacion our oure lady un to the fecst oi
seynt myghell then next folow\ ng

The Rent of assise x1' xixs vd.

1111

Decayes
ffor a tenement of John Clone

Item a tenement of William Bard ... vj"

Item a tenement of William Bard ... ii"

Item a tenement of William laborer ... li"

Item a tenement of R. yrysh ... ... ii'

Item a tenement of Nycolas ffurboiir ... i>' ^i,

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

1/5

Item ii gardens be hynd the wall ...
Item a tenement of William Bochour
Item for dyvers londs in harlescote
Item a tenement of John Coton ...
Item a tenement of John leche
Item a tenement of lewys lye
Item a tenement uppon the Wyle Cop
ff Summa iiiu xiii8 iic

v5
iiii*
vis

x8
viis

XIXs

xxc

viir

[fo. 50.] Henry 70 1487 2 yeare

Item the seyd Thomas ys allowed for

dyvers reparacions ... ... ... xix"ob

Item allowed to the same Thomas for the
reparacion of the tenements uppon
the Wyle Cop ... ... ... ... iiiu viii5

Item paydd sir John Clone ... ... hi1'

Summa ... viiH viis vd ob
Payments

Payed to Richard Wantenor in part of
payment of x marcs ...

Payed to Richard Watur in party of pay-
ment of a more summe

Item payed to William longden in full
payment of vis viiid ...

Item to Roger Wyrall in part of payment

of xB ... .. ... ... ... iiii* viii

Item to Edward hosyer in part of payment
of XVs

Item allowed to the seyd Thomas for hys

ffee *

ff Ls iiiid

Item allowed for dyvers reparacions of
dyvers tenements

ff Summa of all expenses xiii1' xii« xid ob
And so there ys owyng to the seid Thomas Liii" vid ob

[fo. 51.] Henry 70 1487 2 yeare

The names Memorandum that thes be names of dyvers

U^sommes personcs that have land dyvers SUmmeS of

of money to monc for the souientacion v.y payment 01

llie Company

Vol. III., 4th Series *

nr

mN

Xs

iis

iiii1'

i ;6

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

payd Sir
Golbcrt
Talbot for
lands that
were some-
time Hugh
Dyers

Some gave
money

c marcs payed to Sir Gylbard Talbot for the
lands sum tyme hue dyers
ffvrst William Sudden land — ::viiH iiis iiiid there

of payed viiiH xiii3 iiiid and so there resteth-

XVs

Richard Watur
& vis viii
Skvrinston rest

xiB nr v
d of an obligacion of iii
x* iis

Vlil" Xs

there of payed
of William

viH xiii5 iiiid thereof payed xis

iiiid quyt

\s of gyft
-xxs payed xxs quyt
vE of gyft

Richard Wantenor

rest iii i1* xiii" '
John Guttyns

Hue Walker ... iii'
hue hosyer...
Laurence draper ... ... ... xx5 quyt

John dun ... xls therof paied in stoonys xfob
Edward hosyer — xl5 payed iii- iiii1 rest xxxiii' iiii1

quyt xiii5 iiiid
Item Edward hosier hath receyved of Edward

heyllyn xs & so quyt
Sir John Clone ... ... ... ... xls

John Baylly
Richard Eton ...
Wiiliam longdon

Roger Wyrall

vr

vr vin

vr vin

Olyver Banastur
Tohn Lloyt
Robert Melys..

Wall quyt
John fforster .

Wall quyt
William Bastard
Roger Sadyllcr
Memorandum that for the
chosen Wardens

John Otteley
John Guttyns
Thomas Trentham
Richard Tylleley J

John Baylly

Roger fforster diaper

x5

:5 payed by Thomas Wall
vis viii'- payed vf viii
payed iiiis viiid rest v5 iiii1
id payed by Thomas Wall

payed vr
paved vi1

VI"
viiid

vnr

viiid of gyft
Thomas

DV

bv Thomas

vi vm

veres next

Warden

payed vis \iii-i
iii* iiii'1 of gyft
folowvnc there \s

I St u wards

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

177

53-] Henry 7 1489 4 yeare

Memorandum that the xiilh daye of Apryll in iiiith vere o.'
kyng harry the vith John Otteley John Guttyns Thomas
Trentham & Richard Tyllely Wardens of the craft of
drapers of Shrouysburv have accompted of all maner
rents Issues reseyt of bretheren perteynyng & belongyng
to the fraternyte of drapers of the seyd craft of drapers
the whiche accompt ys made as well for the seyd
Wardens as for Thomas Wall then beyng bayllyf of
the seyd ffraternyte for ii° yeres last passed un to the
feast of the annunciacioh of oure (lady) nowe last
passed in the iiiith yere of the kyng afore seyd the
whyche accompt was made to fore William Sugdon
then beyng maystnr of the seyd ffraternyte
The accompt of Thomas Wall for the seyd ii° yeres last
passed

The rent of assyse of the seyd ii° yeres last passed cometh to
( ) where of there ys allowed in dyvers decayes
reparacions ffees and other necessary expenses as evv-
dently apperet here folowyng and duly examined by the
seyd maystur & wardens

Decay of mydlentonrent
ffyrst for the rent of the hows at Walsh

yate vis viiid

Item for the chamber of Sir John Clone .. iiiis vi(1

Item for the hows on Sheplache ... iis
Item for the hows by Nycholas ffurbour ... xviiid
Item ii° gardens behynd the Wallus ... xxd
Item for the hows in the Castyll fforiate... viR
Item for the hows lewys lye ... ... vn"

Harlscott item for the land in harlescotc iiis vid

land

Item for the scole of Sir John Plevlev ... vid

how«°P Item for lllC llOW5 uPP°n tllc W-vl° C0P ••• X'
Knuckin j f how5 m t]lc knokvnst rctc ... xx'1
streete bowse

ff Summa ... xlv"

Decayes of myghelmas rent next folwvng.
Weishgatca item the hows at Walshyale vis viiiJ

i;S THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item for the Chambur of Sir John Clone1 iiir

[fo. 54.] Henry 7 14S9

Item ii° cotages in Shepiache...
Item the hows by Nycholas ffurbour...
Item ii° gardens behvnd the wall

2 Cottages in
Shoplach

2 gardens
behince the
walles

The land in
Harlscct
Wildcop
howse

JSchoole of 5i;
John Pieley

Repayre of

Doglane

howse

Wilecop

howse

Shoplach

2 cottages

knuckin

street howse

Weishgate

howse

Castle

forhead

howse

Chambre of

Sir Tohn

Pieley

Garden

behinde wall-

Nicholas
furber howse

Michalmas

Shoplach
howse

Item for an hows in the Castyllforyate
Item for the hows of lewvs lve
Item for the londs in harlescote
Item for the hows uppon VVyle Cop...
Item for the scole of Sir John Pleyley

Summa liiii5 iiiid
Decayes of mydlenton next ensuyng
Item for an hows in dog lene...
Item for the hows uppon the Wyle cop
Item for ii° Cotages in Shepiache
Item for an hows in the knokynstrete
Item the hows at the Walsh yate

Item the hows in the Castyil foryate

Item for the Chambur of Sir John

Pleyley

Item for a gardyn be hynd the wallus
Item for the chambur of Sir John
Clone

Item for the hows by Nycholas
ffurbour

Summa ... xxxvi* vid
Myghelmas

Item the bowses in Shepiache

4 yeare
iiii5

iis via
-xx°

V?

vff -
vis vid
xvs

vil

xu1
iiiis

xx
iiis iiii1
iis

x\

xl

1111* vr

xvi ir

1 I suggest that the Drapers' chaplain may possibly have lodged in the
chamber over the South Porch of St. Mary's Church. Ihe Rev. IX II, S.
Cranage bas shown that the masonry of the fttairaray and of various alteration!
in the chamber is of perpendicular date. Possibly the Gild took over the up-
keep of the Leybourne Chapel and ot the priest's chambei at the same ti" e.
The mention on io. 37 of tiiis MS. tf t ' torche in the chytcfe with the prist
supports the theory.

K nuckin

street howse

VVelshgate

house

Castle

forherui

house

Chambre of

Sii John

I'leley

Nich furber

howse

Doglane

a howse

Wilecop

howse

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

Item the hows in the knokynstrete ..
Item the hows at Walshyate

Item the hows in the Castyll foriate. .

Item the Chambur of Sir John Pleyle\

Item the Chambur of Sir John Clont
Item the hows by Nycholas ffurbour. .
Item an hows on doglene
Item the Wyle cop

Summa ... xv8 viii*
Summa totalis of the above ...

179

xx(

nr mi1

ll8

XX

1111

xvnr

v9

XVs

[fo. 55.] Henry 70

1489

Vlll" XVIs vr

yeare

Reparacons of mydlenton & myghelmas Anno ii° Regis

H. viim

ffyrst for the reparacion of the hows

of John leche ... ... ... xB

Item for mendyng of the howses

uppon the Wyle Cop ... ... xxxvi6

\Z^La Item for wyh to Richard huse at

in"

Wilecop
house

W

at setting land
In Harlscott
to Rich.
Ilussey

land

m

the settyng of the
harlescote
Item for mendyng of lokes & keyes
in dvvers howses

xxir

xv*

Summa

xlix"

vr

Mydlenton

ffyrst payed to Wylliam Tyler for the hows

of lewys lye
Item for makyng a sege & an ofur in the

hows of Thomas mynton

Item for mendyng an hows in the Castyll

foryate ...
Item lor mendyng of the Mines hows
Item for mendyng of the hows of John

leche

Item for mendyng the hows of howell
mclewcrn

x\s

xvir

xrVI

ISO THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item for closyng the gardens be hynde the

Wall us ... ... ... ... .. xvid

Sum ma ... xxxixs i.\Job

Mychelmas

Item for reparacion of the hows of John

leche ... ... ... ... ... xiid

Item for reparacion of the hows of Roger

hey ward... .., ... ... ... xxvis vd

Item for reparacion of the Almys hows for

xv lodes of wood ... ... ... vi3 ixd

Item for the reparacion of the hows in the

Abbey foryate ... ... ... ... xvis id

Item for mendyng the hows Rees Tavllour xixd
Item for mendyng the hows of howeil

melewern ... ... ... ... iisob

Item for mendyng the howses of Xvcholas

Mascot & John lenkenslowe & Isabell

Spinster... ... ... ... ... vi5 iiid

Item for mendyng the hows of Jenet Sader iiiis vaob

Summa... ... iii1' iiii5 viid

ff summa totalis ... viiH xviiis id
house in Item the seyd Thomas ys allowe of the decaye of
forhead an hows in the Abbey foryate

[fo. 56.] Henry 70 1489 4 yeare

Payments payed by Thomas Wall for ii° yeres

Giiheit ffvrst paved for wvn expend

Talbot wine ' " ' ^ ^^ " ^ >~n -\

spent on him uppon sir Gylbard Talbot

xxi*

ix'1

Item payed to Richard Wantenor in party

of payment of hys lone

iiii'1 iiii"

vid

Item payed to Richard Watur of hys lone

XL* Item ii"

\iii"'

Item payed to Edward hosyer of hys lone

xiii"

iiiH

Item payed to Roger Wyrall in full pay-

ment of hys lone

quyt x*

quyt

Item payed to John fforster in full pay-

ment of hys lone

vi«

viiid

Item payed to John hoord for chyf rent ..

i\"

viiid

iiiLl

XV8

XXVIs

viiid

xxxvii6

iiiid

xiiis

iiiid

Xs

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. l8l

Item paved to Sir Thomas Orhander for

our lady rent1 ... ... ... ... H8

Item payed for Town rent to the commen
sargeaunt

Item to the seyd Thomas for hys ffee

Item payed to John Phslypps for hys ffee

Item payed to William Sugdon of hys lone

Item payed to hue Walker of hys lone ...

Item payed to Richard Eton in full pay-
ment of hys lone

Item payed to sir John Clone for hys sal-
ary of ii° yeres ... ... ... ... viii1'

Item payed to Robert meles in full pay-
ment of hys lone ... ... ... viR viiid

Summa ... xxiiii11 iis iid

Item the seyd Thomas hath payed for wyn dyvers tymes
expend ... viiis

Abbey for- Item the said Thomas payed for the reparacion of

head house ,11 A 1 1 r

the howse in Abbey foryate xns
Summa ... xxs
And so the seyd Thomas oweth ... xxxi5 iii(lob.
Memorandum that the wardens have delyvered nowe to the
wardens cs for the stuwards

[fo. 57.] Henry y° 14§9 4 yeare

Memorandum that this ys reparacion made uppon the hows
in the Corne market late in the tenure of lewys lye tS: the
seyd reparacion do by William Sugdon in the iiiith yere
of kyng h the viith payed for Tymbur xiii8 iiii1' Item
xiic ston latts vis viiid Item ixt: chaf latts iiis vmU <S:
dim' ston nayle vs vid hi""1 chaf latts iis vi'1 bord nayll
clowt nayle tS: spykyngs x.v' led x* vid for sawyng
viis iiiid for cariage of Tymbur viiid iii lode sond vid
xviii bushell lyme iiis for Turnyng & leyng vmi1 vie
shyngull xxii5 iiii1' xiiu pyche reson & talowe xviir1
wryghts huyre ii vvryghts tfv dayes sxxis viiid lor fylyng

1 Or rent of Our Lady's service. The Gild's ofTcrtnj* on behali <>t \hc Canon
specially deputed to say Mass at Our Lady's attar, r/>, fo, "thr itivkl «t
Scynt Kateryn"; r/>. also at Wenlock, 7Vrt»M?f/l*0NJ| 1st >eiu>,VI., p. 109.

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

viiis iiiid Item for caryage of ston viii'1 Item x lode
Cley xxd for\vatur xii<l for lyter viiid horsehuyre viiid
for boords for crests xd for dawbyng xvs vid
ff Summa ... vi11 xix8 vid

Item for iii yards & an half to Alen Stury ... xxs
Summa ... viiu xixp vid

Memorandum that there ys payed by the honds of Thomas
Wall of the seyd summe of viiH xixs vid xxxi* iiidob
& so there ys due to William Sugdon viu viiis iid & so the
seyd Thomas ys quyt

Memorandum that here the (incomplete)

[fo. 58.] Henry 7 1^89 4 yeare

parcells receyvyd of dyvers bretheren
frcemans j)e j0hanne Baxter in full pavment... xiii* iiiid

money J . 1

De Ricardo Gutty ns in full payment xxvia viii '
De Ed vardo heyllyn in full payment xiiis iiiid
De Roberto ap howell in full payment xiii8 iii I*2
De Willelmo Wyrall in full payment xiiis iiiid
De david Gogh Tayllour in full payment xxvi8 viiid
De Thoma pontesbury the yongur in full pay-
ment ... ... ... ... xxvi* viiid

De Willelmo Sugdon for Tymbur sold to Thoma?

Rolf ... iii* iiii"

De offryngs of ii° Trynyte Sondayes by the honds
of Sir John Clone xx'1 <S: Sir Thomas Or-
hander xxd ... ... ... iii* iiiid

Item rec. of ii° oblygacion of William Skyrinston

\o\ ' vili

Summa ... xiii1'
Memorandum that there ys due to Wylliam Sugdon of hys

lone of xvii'1 iii" iiiid there rest due i.\s iiiid
flaxon sheetcs Memorandum that the Wardens of the last ii°
the okTvvard- ycrcs passed have delyvered to the Wardens
ens to their for the ii° yeres next comyng a payre of (flaxen

successors, ae- . .

counting one shetcs a peyre ot canvas snetes a maser a
paire course canvas shetc of the goods of the fratemvtc

sheetrs a can-

vise shectc of Item a rem pnau n 1 ol sruce kcrsy' colour o!

1 Kersey. A kind of coarse narrow cloth woven from long ,,n,i UStta ly

ribbed. The name may derive from the village ol Kersey in Suffolk) hut no
evidence can be adduced in proof. (Murray, fV#W Stiffs Diet*)

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

I83

the -cods of tawny of W llliam phelypps for a forfet of hys

the; company * ... srtrr r

A remnant of COmvns Xlllld & IIIs HHd of forfetS

kcrsy

[fo. 59.] Henry 7 1489 1489 iiii ycare

A Comptes.

4 Wardens Memorandum that uppon Thursdaye in the Est nr.

wyke in the iiiith yere of kyng harry the viith
the iiiith by the assent of the bretheren of the
seyd ffraternyte they have chosen hue hosyer hue Walker
laurence hosyer and Edward hosyer Wardens of the seyd
fraternyte for the terme of ii° yeres next folowyng vnto the
feest of the Annunciation of oure Lady the vi yere of the seyd
kyng that ys to sey ffrom the Even of the Annuncyacion of
oure Lady un to the Even of the seyd feest in anno vi*°
eiusdem Regis per duos annos integros

Redditus Assise ... XLvii1' viis viiid
The Accounte Memorandum that Thomas Wall then beyng
bayllyf of the seyd ffraternyte hath accompted
to fore the maystur and us the seyd wardens
for ii° yeres afore passed ffyrst the seyd
Thomas hath accompted for the rent of Assyse
Summa ... XLvii1' xvii5 viiid
Allowed for Qf the whyche the seyd Thomas ys allowed in
decayes for the fyrst terme of the Annuncia-
cion of our lady
Castle forhead ffyrst a tenement in thecastyll fforyatc late in
a tenement tenure of William Vaure ' ... ... iiii"

Chambr Item for the chambur of sir John Clone iiii \;:
Shopiach a item a tenement in Sheplache ... ... \iii

teneu ent

Dogiane a item for a tenement in doglene V

tenement

KnucUin Item for an hows in the knokynstrete ... x.v1

street house

Wclshgate Item for a tenement at the Walsh vale ... XX"

.1 tenement ..

Item an hows by Nvcholas ffurbour ... w in'
Wile Qop Item for the tenement uppon the Wyle

house ^ vi«

Cop • Xl

ff Summa ... nnnvs iiii'1
myghclmas next folowyng
ffor the chambur of Sir John Clone ... iiiis VI1
Vol. III., -jth Series

xvnr

veare

184 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

tcnemefnthead Item f°r ^tenement in the castyll foryate 11*
3 cottages *tem *"or 111 cotages in Sheplache ... vi8

Knuckin
strcete

Item atenement in the knokvn strete

Upon the

Wile Cop Item uppon the Wyle Cop ... .. xi*

tenement

Item atenement by nycholas furbour
Welsh j;ate Item at the Walsh yate
Doglane Item an hows in doglene ...

ff Summa ... xxixs iiiid

4

[fo. 60.] Henry 70 1489 6

Decayes

Decayes Item the clecayes of Mydlcnton next folowyn;
Wile Cop Item uppo the Wyle Cop ... ... ... xxs

wTelshgate Item at the Walshyate ... . . .. xxd

Sheplach Item in Sheplache 11 1111

Knockinstreet item in the knok}nstrete ... .. ... Sisiiiid

Doglane item in doglene ... ... xiid

Castleforhead item in the castyll foryate it8

Item atenement by Nycholas ffurbour ... ii" vi'1
Chamber Item the Chambur of Sir John Clone ... iiiis vi'1

Under the J

merits 'fate in ^em n° tenements under the Wyle late in

the tenure of the tenure of the Shermen ... ... iir ixd

the Shermen
Under the

Wile 2 tene- Item allowed for Thomas Cowper .. viiis

ments

of tbe whyche ys payed to Thomas Wall viiid
Item ii° tenements undur the Wyle for a

yeres rent ... ... ... ... viis vid

ff Summa ... viii8 iii'1

Myghelmas tcrmc in Anno sexto Regis Henrici septimi
On Wile Copi> Vppon the Wyle Cop xvi"

Castleforhead Item }n t]ie Castyll foryate if

Chambrc item the Chambur of sir John Clone ... iiir m1
St. Maryes item a tenement in Seviitmary Chvrche-

Churchyard ., . - ■ „ ,

tenement yord late in the tenure 01 LnomasEdge 11"

Welshgate item at the Walshyate w<

Under tlit

Wile 2 tene- item vndur the Wyle iib tenements ... iii" \
n»ents

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. 185

Item a tenement by Xvcholas ffurbour

11

^tenements Item m tenements in Sheplache vis

Doglane Item in doglene

Knuckin
streete
Cornmarket

Xll'

Item in the knokynstrete iiis iiiid

Item in the Cornmarket for a quarter rent vs
Chamber item for the Chambur of Sir John Pleyley xxd
ff Summa ... xLixs v(l
ff summa totalis of decayes ... viii1' xiis iiiid

[fo. 61.] Henry y° 14S9 4 yeare

Reparacion

noPLirCe °n Memorandum that thes be the reparacions allowed
howsc 10 thomas Wall for ii° veres

ffyrst payed for cccc of Tyle to the hows in dog-
lene ... ... ... ... ... iis viii"

Item for crests to the same hows ... vid

Item for lyme cS: sond iiii'1 Item to ii° tylers for
iiii dayes ... ... ... ... iiis iiii'1

Item for lattes navies hynches hokes iis iid Item
a lok lattes nayles & lyme ixd

Item for tymbur Goteres t\ le crests the tyler wave
(sic) xix(1 for makyng of tymbur werk for
adornment ii° lodes of cley & clamstfes &
watur xd
Summa ... xiis iirt

To John Crother ii dayes ... ... xd

Item for a pype of led to the same hows viis x'1

Item for makyng an hole that the plymer

brake ... ... vii*

Item for an hynche an hook nayles latts & Tyle
and werkmonshyp to make the lowp1 xvid

Item for cley ii<l Town rent i'1 Summa \v xd
Summa ... xxiir

Rcpaires on Reparacion uppon the hows in the Conn-

Cornc Market r • , / 1 _ . , ,

house Market lattes na\ les cley « letur

ii* to a laborer ii° days viii'1 latts
nayles cS: clamstals viii'1 boords lyme
spykyngs & latts iis iid to John

Loop or Lowp. The hinge oi a dooi «>i R»te« (Wright) /•".<•/. DM, Diet )

1 86

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

harres iiii° dayes xxii*1 to a laborere
for day & an half vf to John

Crother ii° dayes xd viii9 viiid

Item for caryage of cley mendyng of lokes
vid for a durre & a window xvd latts
nayles iiid gylam iiii dayes & an
half xxiid to John crother for iii
dayes xvd to hue Walkerfor a durr
xvid Item John Crowther a daye vd
Item nayles hokes & watur iiidob to
mend a wyket hynche to the same
ixd to the plymmer to sowdur the
Gutter xxd Item of an hole for
asege viiid Item for ii° pypes xvid
for ii° lokes & ii stapulls ixd ... xiis iiidob
ffor clansyng the seler & the court xiiid
for makyng an hows over the sege
with latts nayles & clamstafes xviiid
for tyle to the same viii'1 to atyler ii°
dayes xd Item latts & nayles vd
rrynches to the seler durr vr4 ... v9 id
Sum ma ... xxvis id
Item for a webbe1 of leed to the hows of howell melewern
conteynyng in wyght cc lakkyng iii1' xiii" i'1

ff Summa ... iii1' ii* iid

[fo. 62.] Henry 70 4 yeare

Rcparacions
Item for the castyng of c & xx1' iis viii* Item
for boords xviiid aides : lyme & sond xiiid a
wryght a dayc vd atyler & hys mon xiiii'1
for makyng achympne at the Walshyate
xxvis viiid Item for makyng a wall uppon
the wyle cop iiii'1 for makyng awyndovvc to
the shop of Thomas mynton xiiiidob to mend
odur vyyndow viiid to make asteyre in morys
coyds hows xiiid latts navies clamstafes &

1 The "web" is an indefinite measure, doubtless varying considerably!
according to local custom. Wright notes web used in the sense til " tlv \vl
lot or collection."

J Awls.

DRAPERS COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

187

lyme to mend wall xifl to the wryght ihfl to
Thomas Goldesmyth cccc Shyngull xix'1 for
leying viiic shynguls iii" iiii'1 ii° sparres vrt
latts naylesxid iiiic moe Shyngull iiis ii'1 ... xlvii8 iiiirtob
Item for mendyng the sylles of the hows of Sysly
Orhander vii<lob to the hows of Richard pope
xid Item a wyndow to Richard catour(?)
hows vd for makyng an astur to lewys sawer
iis ixd for makyng a wall to wat Bulleley
viidob ... ... ... ... ... ... w iiiid

fibr agat to the hall viid for mendyng wyndows of
the almeshows iiiidob. to rnynd the hall
durre id for mendyng a frensh wall at hows
of Sysly orhander iiiid for a plank to the
Almeshows & takyng a syler vid iiii'1 ... xxiidob
Reparation of Memorandum in reperacion of the
rhe°\viic cop hows uppon the Wyle Cop in

divers tene- dyvers tenements in wryghts

^tenemeM huyre & other costs iiiis vd. Item

castle lorhead [n reperacion uppon atenement
uie |ymCe&tS in the castcll foryate late in the

heyer. castle tenure of William bawre in staf
& Workmanshyp iiis vid. Item
for crests tyle lyme & huyre to
the Tyler is iiii'1. Item for a
durre to the hows in clercmont
ixd. Item more payed for the
hows in the castyll foryate
viiidob. Item for a basket & a
beg to the Ainu shows iiii'1 ... xiis oh.
Item for makyng pale uppon the wyle cop &
mendyng of the prison hows xiii'1 for a myt1
the mendyng of aboltyttg which- \<l Item in
reparacion lor shyngull of viic hewyng &
leyng iiii" vid uppon the1 ho\ S of Roger
heyward Item crests to the same hows xvid vii" K*

1 Myt 01 mit. A tub or similar vessel.

'-' A winch of a bolting machine? The bolting machine is nn npparatui »or
sifting mral, r/». bvdtin^s -the coarse meal separated from tin- ime flour by Um
pioccss of bolting or sifting. (Murray, 'AVu hngl* />>./.)

iSS

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item for reparacion of the howses of Sir John
Clone John lonkeslowe Nycholas mascot
sysly orhander besydes the chympney in
dyvers stuf and werkmonshyp & huyre xvis
as hit appereth in dyvers bylls made by
Thomas Wall to fore the maystur duly
examined Item payed to the pore pepyll
for colys & wood at our feyrst comyng in to
offyce iiis vid Item another web of led con-
teynyng cc saf iii1' xiiis i<l to the hows of
howell melewern ... ... ... ...xxxiis viid

ff Summa cviisob.
ff Summa totalis of reparacions viliM ixs iidob.

[fo. 63.] Henry 7. 1489. 4 yeare.

Payments.

Dyvers parcells of dyvers payments payed by Thomas Wall
ffyrst to pore ffolks payed uppon Aster daye last passed & so
un to the annunciacion daye of our lady Anno sexto Rc^is
henrici Septimi for l Wykes of the whyche Thomas Wall
payed lvis for xlii wykes & maystur Sugdon payed for viii
wykes ixs ixd the whiche Thomas Wall hath payed to William
Sugdon ayeyn.

ff Summa iii1' vs ixd.
Item payed to Sir John Clone for ii° veres viii1'
Item payed John phelypps for hys ffee xxvi8 viii-
Item payed to Thomas Wall for hys fee xla

Payd by way

of almes at jt payecj by wey of Almes at the desvre of my

the uesire ol r - - -

my lord Powys lord of powys to the Chvrche werk of the

to the Church

workeofthe pole1 ... ... ... ... ... XX"

pole 2oy.

Item payed to hue hosyer for hys costs to london
at the Sute of Bate .... x\\x

Item to Laurence hosy t for hys costs of the sute
of Bate XX"

1 Possibly this refers to some building operations at St. lulians. The

front of the' old church must have abutted on Dogpoic. I he kc\. 1>. H. s
Cranage shows that the two upper stories o! the to wet ue ol late perpendicdlei
date, though he attributes the work to the 11 early ptrtol the l6th century

rather than the latter part ol the 15th. " [CMltrckes of Shtofthu r. Vol II*
p. 920.)

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. 189

Payd jrhn Item payed to John hoord for Chvf rent1

hoord C hcife J "...

rent 12' S'1. xiis viiid

Item payed to Edward hosyer of rent in full

payment of hys lone xiir iiiifl

Item payed to Laurence hosyer in full payment of
hys lone ... ... ... ... xxs

Item allowed to Richard Wanentor in full pav:
ment of hys lone ... ... ... viiis xd

Humfreson*1" Item Pa}'ed to William Vmfreston for chvf rent
™£fe rcnt vis viiid

fhe^nthplny Item Pa>'ed t0 the k>:nS for the tenth penv

for Harlscott f0r harlescote2 viiid

Item payed to the kyng for the land in the
Abbeyfforyate ... ... ... xiiiirt

Item for the colys to the pore pepyll xviid

Item payed to Richard Watur in partye of pay-
ment of hys lone ... ... ... 1" iiiifl

And so there rest un payed to the seyd Richard

cs ixs

(N.B. — Part of the following is crossed through in the M.S.)
Repaires of Item payed to William Suedon for the reparacion

the howse r , i i ~ i i • i

in Come ot the hows in the Corn market late m the

market tenure of lewys lye by iin oblygacions of

William Skyrinston vi1' cV so there rest vii8 ii'1
Item payed to the seyd William in full pament
of the reparacion of the seyd hows vii" iid
afore sevd Item in full payment of hys lone
ixs iiii(1 And so the seyd Wylliam oweth for
the rent of the over plus of the hows of
William Baylly and agarden uppon the Wyle
xxviis vid

1 Chief rent— pi obably that paid directly to the ultimate owner of the land
(sub rege) without the intervention of a mesne tord.

3 Before 1300 " Herlascote" was within the jurisdiction of the royal forest of
Mount Gilbert (the Wrckin) but was tree.i from tli.u jurisdiction as nffortstcd
since the coronation of " Henry Fit* Fmpress" and contrary to the Chattel <i
Forest (of 1217) (Kyton's Antiquities^ X. Si.) Howevert he ku^ teems to have
retained some rights of talla«inp it. Possibly this land and that p( the next
Ctiity were Ancient Demesne ol the a ow n.

100 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

howse & item paved to William Sugdon in party of pav-

garden in f ,

Come market mcnt ot the reparacion of the hows in the
Corne market for an hows & a garden for ii
yeres ... ... ... ... .. xuiir

ff Summa be sydes cixs of Richard Watur xxvi1' xviii1
Item more payed in party of payment of the reparacion of
the hows in the Corne market by the bonds of Jolwi
henky to Wylliam Sugdon vis

Summa ... xxviH viis vid

ffn fi i 1 T~Tpnrv i t i<Sn

4

Payments with other pa\'ments.

Pd tor Hock- item paved for hocmull rent1 for n°

mall

yeres

iis

Ti- j r t rij

Item payed for the rent of lady servyse

iis

Item ior wood to the pore pepyll ... ...\

iiis

Item for a lode wood to the hall...

...

yiiid

Item for makyng or Cotes to kat(enne?)

• A

vr

t, r 1 i i j i 1 ii

Item for alowk to the hall

' 'A \

irob.

Item payed for ii° bushell ruy

xviiidob

Item payed for in0 bushell ruy to the hall

us

, .Id
XI

Item payed for clansyng of an hows in the fforyate

iid

Item payed for alode wood

viidob

Item for alode wood

viiidob

Item for abushell of corn & dimidium ...

xxd

Item for abushell barly ...

xd

Item alode wood ...

yiid

Item payod for ii" bushell ruy and barly

iis

Item alode wood

ixd

Item payed for wyne at Estur to T pontesbury

iis

xd

Item payed for ii bushell ruy

xvii*ob

Item payed for wyne to Thomas Pontesbury ...

iif

vd

Item payed for wyne gef to grotemore in William

pontesbury ... ... ... ... . ...

\iiid

1 Hocmull, holcmall or hoketidefep. German ahendmal-eventide). Themonday
and tuesday after Low Sunday. Hock Tuesday was formerly an important rent«
collecting day, the counterpart ol Michaelmas : also .m ooc.isi.ui (or the
collection of money for church purposes with various fostnc customs (M in }
New ling. Diet.) ep. Ueg. Salop Abbey < '. i-5° '79 {<Q*ot% Mutrav) Unmn
denarium coquinae pracnotmnati conventu* die < j u i vulgatitei rjicitui liokctytda)
persolvere. cp. foi 72 ol this M.is.

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. ICji

Item payed for wyne in the Sextre1

.. iis

iiid

Item payed for the Town rent

id

Item for aboshell ruy

xid

Item payed for alode wood

xid

Item payed for xv lode wood

.. vii8

Item payed for vi lode wood to the hall...

.. iis

ixd

Item ii° bushell corn

xviidob.'

Item payed to the Wardens in money ...

. ixs

Item payed to Thomas Pontesburv for wyn

xiid

Item payed to the Wardens in money ...

xxix8

iiid

Item payed

ff sum of the charge of the rents of Assis2 XLvi

i1: xvii

s viidob.

Sum total of payments decayes & repar-

acions ... ... .. ... xLvii1' xviisviiid

And so the seyd Thomas un to the feest of the Annunciation

of oure lady last passed all thyngs allowed that owed
to be allowed the seyd Thomas ys ruyt and noght oweth

[fo. 65] Henry 7 14S9 4 yeare

Memorandum that thys ys the Accompt of the Wardens for

ii° yeres last passed of there receyts & payments duryng

the tyme of there offyce
ffyrst receyved of nue bretheren of William hodchekes

xiiis iiiid & xd for wyne
Item receyved of Roger dun... ... xiii8 iiiid cS: xd for wyne

Item receyved of Richard upton of Old det ... via viii4
Item receyved for ii° Trynyte sondayes ... ... iiiis

Item receyved of William hosver ... xiii" iiiid cS: xd for wyne
Itmn receyved of Thomas Wall baylly ... xx.wiii* iii'1
Item receyved of William Sugdon for the rest of ii° oblyg-

acions of William Skyrinstotl xxxir vi*

Item receyved of Richard dycher Olyvcr Banastur huge

Walker for nown apparenseof thcyre sumunes Xli-
ff Sum of receyts ... vii: iiir xi'1

Memorandum that thes be the payments that the Wardens
have payed

1 Golden Cross Shut.

3 Kixcd rents due IrOEfl free, as uistinct from copyhold tcn.u tl [EpU* At
tic$t Glossary.)

Vol. HI., 4th Scries A A

192

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

ffyrst payed to the Stuwards for ii° Estur dayes & ii° Corpus
Christi dayes above the comyns that was gedered

iii1' xx ii'1

Item more payed to the mynstrell in reward for

hys processyon iiis iiii'1

Item payed to Wylliam Tyler in party
Cisley of payment of achympnev that

°rhandie he made in the hows of Sysly

Orhander .. XXvis viiid

Item payed to sir John Clone in party
payd spent in of payment of hvs lone ... xixs

Thmne" & Ch' Item Payed for wyn that was spend
Grotcmore at uppon Roger Thornes & grote-
forSthedWoV- more at Estur dayes for the
ship of the worshyp of the ffeleshyp & Cor-

flellowship. /~m_ ■ i • tp j •., —

1 pus Christi lyde ... ... xis 1111

Summa of the expenses ... vi1' iis iid
and so they be in debet iis ixd

Of the whiche debet there ys expended uppon hue hosyer at
laurence hosyer at theyre comyng from london ix'1 & so
they be in debet clere iis payed to the maystur
Memorandum that there ys payed to William Sugdon by ii -
oblygaeions of William Skyrinston in full payment of
the reparacion of the hows in the Come market

ii?1 xviiis iid

more pa)-ed to hym of the seyd obligacions in

full payment of hys lone ... ... ... i\s iiiid

Item the seyd William hath payed to the Wardens \x\ir vid
of the rest of thes oblygaeions afore seyd And so he ys
quyt

Memorandum that there ys delyvered to Richard Watur ii°
obl)-gacions of vi1' in full payme nt of hys lone for the
rest of v1' ixs & the over plus of xf he to paye to sir John
Clone in full payment of hys lone & SO quyt with hem
bothc

[fo. 66.] Henry 7 14&9 -I yeare

Memorandum that Sysly Orhander thai hath lond \\ foi
the makyng of the Chympney in the hows thai slice dwell-
ethin of \Uv whj'che xx" shce hath payed to Sir |ohn Clone

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193

in party of payment of hys lone xs Item stlee hath payed to
WVlliam Tyler xs in full payment of the rriaky c>f the sevd
Chympney ffor the whyche shee most have the sevd hows
yerly for iiiis unto the tyme the sevd summe of xxs be fully
satvsfyed & payed provyded allwey that vef the said Svslv
dissesse & dye or the full summe of the sevd xxs be paved that
the rest there of remeyne to the use of the fraternyte Memor-
andum that schez entird in to the howse aforeseid at the
ffest of seynt michaell the archangell In the vith vere ofkvng
harry the viith of the whyche xx' schez is allowed of yiiis by
John doon Richard Watur Richard Egge & William barbour
Wardens at the departing of there office & so resteth on paied
at days comyng xiU

Memorandum that the wardens of the last ii° yeres passed
have delyverd to the wardens of the ii yeres foloing thes
parcels Enprimus money ii9 Item i peyre iiaxin schetes a
maser1 a Canvas schete of the gudes of the fratcrnite Item
aremnand of sprjee kernesi for divers forfetts to the fratcrnite
of iiiia vid Item ii peuter pott? Item ii chargers Item vii
kovers Item ii candilstikks & ii towels Item abaner
Memorandum delivrd also v1' in money called steuards
money Item ii kres-setts Item a barell & bond of yryn

1 491 Gfyeare
[fo. 67] Henry 7 1492 7\yeare

Memorandum that uppon thursday in the Ester Weeke in
the vith yere of kyng Harry the viith by the assent & concent
of all the brethiren of the seid fraternyte thei have chosyn
Wardeyns John doon Richard Watur Richard Egge &
William barbour Wardeyns of the same fraternite for the
termc of ii yeres next foloing that is to wytte from" the ffest
of the Annunciacion of cure Lady in the vere of Our Lord God
mccccLxxxxi vnto the yevyn & vigil) of the Annunciacion of
Our Lady that sch a 1 be in the yere of Our Lord mccCCLXXXxiii
that is to sey for ii whole yeres &c.

Memorandum that in the seid day by the assent & consent
of all the brethiren of the seid fraternite as hit hath byn of

1 "A howl, or goblet, without .\ foot, originally made of inster (? manic)
*ood, often richly carved ci ornamented and mounted with $\Uc\ ind n<> .1 «t
other metal.'' (Murray, <V, A. />■), cfi. iv. SS

194

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

old tyme accostomed thei chose Richard dycher & Roger
Wyrall Steunrds of the same during the seid terme which
seid Stuards dissobeyd & vvolriot observe & occupie the 51
office ffor the which thei were put to the fine of iif iiii
or eythir of them for their dissobevsaunse according to an
article of the Composicion After the which by the assent &
concent of all the hole brethiren there was chosvn for
Steuards for the same ii yeres foloing John baxter the yonger
& Richard hagur &c,

lands in Memorandum that uppon the Schowyng of

Colham . . " ,

meerine & in

onn more the whiche had occupied certevn lond^
Meoje feild Gf the seid fraternite in Colham: Enprimus in

Inprimis in .... , . . . ,

dauid Gittins david gittyns fild 111 11 or 1 lands in ieynkith
feild 32 & 1 stretching after the lene from the Stile along after

lands in

length &c. the hedge, i or ii lands be twyn the hedge & them
& the hallond?1 as brod as the vends next the stile
Item iii schorte buttes2 alone bi the Cornell5 of the
same fild

Memorandum there is alond4 in John hoord is
fild next to the same lying by the high wey at vid
of rent

2 lands next Memorandum there is ii londs in poynter is
orgallovsTtree fild next the ware tre hill & ii londs in leynkyth
niU. out of the Cornell from the crap trees.5

9 lands & 4

fidtTparterf1* Memorandum ix londs & iii butts in mclc fild

them aboutc parte of them abowte the galoes &c.

the gallowes

fee.

Consider the last line which saith g lands & 4 buttes in meole feild if that
be not a feild a parte from the other where the land before mentioned lyes,

1 Headland? The word is blotted in the MS. but this is the most probable
reading. The headland is the strip left (or convenience m turning the plough,
serving also as a boundary. (Murray, X. E. O,)

2 Hutt. As indefinite as most of the old land terms. It is cither the ridge
between two parallel furrows (also railed a land), or a measure el land I
variable. (Murray, A\ K. I). )

3 Cornel or corner, v. Jackson, Shropshire Word-hook*

4 Lond of land (('/>. butt.) a measure of land of local determination* or in

inter furrow. Strip (Muiray.)

B I'rohably merely cr.il> trees ; but " the crap " is thieves' cant for the RfcUoWt

(Muiray), and in view of the next entry this interpretation is just possible

DRAPERS* COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

195

[fo. 68] Henry 7. i493. 8 yeare.

Memorandum that I John leche owethe unto the gilde and
the fraternite of the draperus dew unto the seyd fraternite in
feest of seynt mychele the arcangell in the yere Reynyng of
kyng harre the vii the viii yere of his Rayne xvia
John Leeehe the whiche xvis I bynde me by this my honde
&°oathbto writvng and svvoryn upon aboke to pay and con-
paye 1 6s. tent to the mastur and wardens of the seyd
fraternyte and ther suxsesoris at suche seeson as
the mastur and wardens of the seide fraternite for the tyme
being shall thynke that I am abull of goodis to payede and I
to avoid the howus ayeynis the feest of the concepcion of owr
Lady next ensuyng the date therof and also that I nor my
wyf nor no nother person shall to breeke perishe or carry away
any nessessery thyng longing to the howse and yef I forffet in
any of this to stond as is agreide.

Memorandum that where John leche draper occupied a howse
perteynyng to the fraternite was not of abilite tow pay the
rent thereof and hild hit by dede and by cause to have hym
dischargid thereof & to have the dede of the same in to the
possescion of the seid fraternite the seid dede being in pleche
to harry hopley for xviii8 of old dett belonging to the
seyd fraternyte the master & wardeyns for the tyme being
have content & paied the seid xviii" for the same harry
hopley to Thomas Wall bailly of the seyd fraternyte and the
seyd John leche by his frewill hath deliverd & surrenderd up
the same his dede in to the bonds of the master and wardens.

1491 6

'yeare

T

[fo. 69] Henry 7 1492 7\)

Acompts

Memorandum that apon thursday In the Estur weeke In
vith yere of the Reign of kyng Harry viith by the assent of the
brethiren of the seid (fraternite have chosen warden- as In the
leve be fore is playnly expressed 8tc

per duos.annos integros Redditus Assise xlvii1' xvir viii4

Summa vt pro duobus Annis xlvii11 xvir viii4

Memorandum that Thomas Wall then being Bailiff 61 the

seid ffraternile hath aCCOmpted to fdffi the master the Seid
wardens for ii yores fully passed In the vigill of the Annuii-

ig6

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

ciacion of our ladv the Virgvn In the viii vere of kvncr harrv

the

flirst the seid Thomas hath accompted for the rent

of Assise of xlvii1' xvii'
Sum ma

vm

xlvii1' xvii9 viii'1

accayes

Castle fathead
tenement

Under the
Wile

Of the vvhiche the said Thomas is allowed in de-
cays for the ffirst terme of the Annunciacion
of Our lady thes parcels foloing

Item the old hall rent by the half yerc

Item Sir John Clonnvs chambre

Item Sysly Norhander is bowse

Item Sir John pleyley is chambre

Item atenement in the Castill foriet

Item a tenement undre the Wyle late

In the hold of the schermen
Item the tenements uppon the wyle cop
Item atenement in the hold of Nicholas

furbour

VI

. iiii*
iis

. iiir

iir

XVs

XX

1X<

Knuckin
street
tenement

Shoplach
tenement

Item atenement in the knokyn strete

Item a tenement at the walshe gate .
Item atenement in the Corn margett.
Item atenement In scheplache
Summa ... lvs iiid
The second half yere
Item the old hall

[fo. 70] Henry 7 1491

1492

The second half yeres decayes
Item Sir John pleyley is scole

Item Sir John Clon is Chambre

Item Sir John pleyleys chambre
Item Sisly Xorhander is bowse
' Iu'm atonement in the
Item atenement at the
Shoplach Item atenement at SoheplagC ...
Item atenement*In the Corn market t
Item atenement in Nicholas furbour is hond
wiie cop item the tenements apon the W yle cb|

ur

1111

xvin

1111

xx'
viii'

VI

vf vm

6] yea re
7 Jyearcs

knokvnstrete
Walschciate

Item a tenement undre
schermens honds

the Wyle late m the

1111"

iis
iii5

iiii"
iiiv

in"

1111
xx

VI"

iiir
x*

IX

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

197

Item atonement in the Castill foriet in chilton
Summa ... Liiis ixd
The iiide half yeres decays
Item Sir John clonnys chambre
Item Sir John pleyley is chambre
Item Sir John pleyley s scole
Item Sysly Norhander house
Item the old hall
Item atenement late in the hold of the schermen
Item the tenements apon the Wyle cop
Item Nicholas ferbour is tenement ...
Shoplach Item atenement in scheplach

Item atenement in the corn market
Item atenement in the knokvn strcte
Item atenement in the Castill foriett
Item atenement at the Walsch gate
Item a garden in the abbey forict

ff Summa

hold

1111s VI4
XX*

Knuckin
Slreete

Garden in
Abbey forhead

11

vi8
iiis
vis

iiiis
iir
iiis
iis
iiiis

vr

viir

IX"

VI*

iiii'

1111

vi

XLlll

[fo. 71] Henry 7

I yea re

xiiis

iiiid

iiis

iiiid

iiiis

vi*

to

X"

iiis

1491
1492

The decays of the iiiith half yere.
Item ii tenements at the walsche gate ..
Item atenement in the knokyn strete
Item atenement in scheplach
Item atenement in the corn market allowid

the reparacion ...
Item ntenement undre the Wyle ...
Item atenement upon the Wyle Cop
Item Sir John pleyleys scole

Item the old hall

Item Sir John clonys chambre
Item Sysley Norhander howse
Item Sir John pleyleys Chambre ...
Item atenement in the castill forict in chilton is

hold ... ... ... ... ii'

Item atenement in Nicholas Furbour is h ind ...

ff Summa iiiir xd
ff Summa totalis of the decays x1' vir vii*'.
Memorandum that thes parcels foloing b\ n ftllowc
reparacions to Thomas Wall fbi ii yCfes &c.

vi

iiii1
ii1

xxr

v{4

XX'

foi

igS

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

o!i7he0rC ffirst payed for the reParacions of the ynne apon
Wile Copp the Wyle cop lyke as the parcels therof more

playnly doon appere by a bill therof made

iiii1' xvs viiidob.
Item paied for abarell & odre necesserys to the

same belongyng for the scowring of mayle for

the ffeleschip ... ... ... ... ... ii* viii*

Item paied for ii cressetts for midsomer wetche1... iiii" iiiid
Item for i poll rosen talo & pitche & caridch of

them that night ... ... "... ... ... sin'1

Item for odre reparacions in divers places as apperith

by bill ... ... xis xidob.

1491 6/
[fo.72] Henry 7 1492 7()eaic

Payments &c.

In primis paied to pore folke for ii yeres passed In the
vigil of the Annunciacion of Or Lady In the viii yere of kyng
harry the viilh ... ... ... ... ... viu v" ixd

ff Summa ... vi" vK ixd
Paied to Sir John Clonne for ii yeres ... ... viii'1' •

Paied to John Phelipps for his fee ... ... X8

Paied to John hoord of brugenorth for chif rent

for ii yeres ... ... ... ... ... xiis viii1

Paied to William humfreston for chiff rent of

ii yeres ... .. ... ... ... vid viii-

piydThe Paied forhoknall rent to the Abbey of
Abbot Schrouesbury for ii yeres... ... ... if

Paied to Our Lady Serves of seynt

marys for chif rent ... ... iis

Paied to ye kyng for the x,h of harliscot ... ... viii''

1 Stow in his Survey p. 112 gives nn account or the Midsummer Watch in
London. It was a great civic festival, the predecessor cf the lord mayor's
show, and cerebrated with elaborate processions tiid pageantry. uOn the vl
St. John the Baptist and on St. Peter and Paul the ApostW s. every mans door being
shadowed with green birch, long fennel, St. John s wort, orpin, white lillics
and such like . . . had also l imps of glass without burning in them all trie
night . . . Then bad ye besides tlic stanoing walchet all in bright
harness ... a marching watch that passed through the principal <is
." In mail and gay attire, bearing lighted ere tacts. M [lien wen

divers pageants, morris dancers. Constables* . (QttOt. /'V (fr^fl

Companies of London by George Unwin, p, 268— 9).

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109

Paied to ye kyng for the Xth of the Abbey foriet xiiiid
Paied to John barbour for dressing & casting of

XLtorchis xxxis iiiid

Paied for the town rent of the schermens howse
vndur the wyle cop iid by yere & for William
bailly is howse in the corn market i'1 by
yere Sum ma ... ... ... ... ...

Paied for wyne drongyn in the golet by the hole

company at Corpus Christi day ... ... via* iiii*

Paied for ale to wax berers at Corpus Christitide xxid
Paied for wood for pore people for ii yeres ... xii* ixflob.
Paied for wood to the hall place for ii yeres ... xii" ix'1
Paied for corn to the pore people for ii yeres ... xvii* viid
Paied for the costs & rewards for the veneson &

eting therof ... ... ... ... ... xxi* ob.

Paied for abrekfast to the ffeleschip at the casting

of the horsseyre iii" iid

Paied to William tiler for makvng of Sysly
Nerhander chymney the which John leche
shuld have paied cS: yet standeth in det thereof

to the ffeleschip xviii"

Paied to the minstrell for ii yeres precession ... iiii"
Paied to the mvnstrell for midsomer wetge ...
Paied for the waxbering & baner at the first

Corpus Christi day iiiis ii'1

Paied for chese to the wax berers bred & ale ... xv
Paied for the wax bering the second yere Kr
Paicd for the key to the tresour coohr ... iiid

ff Sum ma xvi1' xvis xid.

vcarc

1491

[fo. 73J Henry 7 149^

Memorandum that Thomas Wall askvth allowars of xvf for
John lechisrentthe whichc the s;imc Thomas is allowed
of And the scid John is sworyn apon booke a? his pow er is
to piiy hit & so hit rcstith apon the same John ... nm'

Item paicd for wyne at the sextre in the t\mr of the wecch
at midsomec ... ... ... • ••• • • W*i

Item for the liaylys ffee for ii yeres N< v

Yol. 11!., 4th Seiic*

200

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item for the half writing of hulstyn & John lloit In-

denturs ... ... ... ... ... ... viii1

ff Summa ... iii1' viii,J
ff Summa totalis xLii1' vis viiid And so Thomas Wall is ii
arrerage to the ffeleschip all things allowed & dissoiov.

vu iis

Memorandum that this is the accompts of the Wardens for

ii yeres last passed of their reseyts & payments during

the tyme of there office
ffirst Recevid of a New brother of Water Wotnall xiiis iiii1
Item Recevid for ii Trinite Sonda\ s ... ... iis v:

Item Recevid of Richard dicher for his fine for that

he dishobeyed the office of Stuard Schip of the

ffraternite ... ... ... ... ... ... iiis iiii*

Item Recevid of Roger Wyrall for his disobeysauns

in lyke case ... ... ... ... ... iii" iiiid

Item Recevid of Richard hulstyn for new inkrese-

ment of rent for a half yere ... ... ... iiiiJ

Item Recevid of John lloit of fine towards the losse

of John leche to have his howse after his takvng iii" iiii :
Item Recevid in redy money of the last wardens to

fore , r-., lujf'ftci "

Item of Water Wotnall for his wyne ... ... xd

ff Summa xxviii" xiH.
Summa totalis xxviirxid whereof the seid wardens have paied
for wyne viii'1 Item paied John doon of old dett xx" Item paied
to the steuards above there gcdering for the diner in the day
of eleccion xxis iiid And so the seid wardens be in supplageol
xiiis the whiche xiii" the seid wardens have recevid of Thomas
Wall And so the seid Thomas is in clire dctt to the ffraternite
of iiii1' xviiis And the said Thomas most be allow ed therof for
david yrelond is old dett iii" And so the clire rest is that
Thomas Wall is in arrerage iii i11 xv' John doon is allowtd ot
Xs in full payment of old dett for \ yeres rent of his Pel
[N.B.- fo. 74 :> blank. 1

[fo. 75] Henry 70 1493 8 \ra:c

i.p) j () vcat e

Memorandum that uppon Thursday in the Esttr Wrrkc in
fhc viii yere of kjng Harry the vii,h by the assent ami Cofli

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201

cent of the brethiren of the ffraternyte and craft of drapers
have chosyn wardens of the seid ffraternyte John Gittyns
John Otteley John Bayly & Roger WyralJ for the terme
of ii yeres next foloing vnto the ffest of the Annunciacion of
our lady the Xth yere of kyng harry the viith that is to sey
from the yevyn of the Annunciacion of our Lady be fore seid
by ii yeres wholly fulfilled And over that have chosyn for
Stuards during the seid tyme. Thomas mynsterley &
Wyllyam hosyer which byn swhoryn to the office &c.

by ii yeres
' The rent of Assise xlvii1' xviis viiid.
Summa for ii yerys xlvii11 xviis viiid.
Memorandum that Thomas Wall then being Baylyff of
the seyd ffraternyte hath aecomptid to fore the master &
wardens for ii yeres fully passed In the vigill of th annun-
ciation of our Lady the Virgyn In the Xth yere of kyng
Harry the viith ffirst the seid Thomas hath accompted for

the rent of Assise of ... xLvii ' xviis viiid

Item of viiid of yerly rent of a parcel of grownd in the
Abbey foriet late at xiid by yere & set to fie ferm1 to Richard
hulstyn for xxd by yere Summa for ii yeres xvid Item of xiid of
yerly rent of aparcell grownd set to John doon from Robard
ap Egn' is ho »vse in the Corn market Summa for ii yeres iia
Summa totalis for ii yeres with the arrerage of his last

accomptc of iii1' xvs... LliJ' Xvi*

Of the w)che the seid Thomas is allow ed in deceives for the
ffirst half yere of thannunciacion of our Lady thes
parcells foloing

Item the old hall rent by yere xiiis iiiid theruf in decay vi5 viiid

(crossed through in M.S.)
Item ii tenements undur the VVyle ayenst Robard barkers

at viis vid decay 'xli

more on that odirc side

[fo. 76.] Henry 70 1494 9 I '

Wild cop item the tenements uppon tin- Wyie Cop

tenements , •••i: >« -m j . ijii^

at 111' vi vui decay ••• Nn 1111

Fee Farm— A free tenure at a fixed money compoiition,

202 THE EARLIEST BOOK OE THE

Item a tenement next Nicholas furbour
at v9 by yere set to Nicholas furbour
in fee ferm & he to bere the repar-
acion for XLd by vere decav ... xd

Item Sisly Norhander is howse at iiii5

allowed hir for det ... ... .. iis *

Item Sir John Clonnys chambre at ixs

by yere decay ... ... ... iiii5 vid

Chamber over item Sir John Pleyleys chambre over

the Armyshowse at xLd decay ... xxd
Item Sir John pleyleys scole at xiiJ ... viJ

the Alms
house cntre

in decay ... ... ... ... vis viiid

Item the tenement in the Corn market
late in Robard ap eign' hands at xxs
set to William Sugdon he bering the
reparacion for xs ... ... ... vs

3 houses in Item iii howse in Scheplage at xiis by
i2s°Pperh at yei"e ayenst Nicholas Waring garden

Annum wan decay vis

Knuckin Item ii tenements in the knokyn strete
2l tenements Roger heywards the barker at vis viiid

decay ... ... ... ... ... iiis iiiic

Castell foryate Item atenement in the castill foriet at

xiis decay ... ... ... ... iis

Welshgate Item ii tenements at the walsch gate at

xxvis viiid decay ... ... ... xiii* iiii'

Item a garden late in John chapmon

hands... ... ... ... ... x

Item a garden late in Robard myntons

hands at xvid decay ... ... .. viii

Item atonement late in John lech is

hands at viii* ... ... ... ... iik^

Snmnui ... iii1' ii5 vJ-

Thc second half \ ere
\\iia cop Item the tenements vndir the Wyle

ayenst Robard barken ... ... iii* ix

uppon the Item the tenements uppotl the Wyle
WilcCopp COp decay ... v" n

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Shcplach

Item the tenement of Nicholas furbour
Item Sisly Xorhander is howse aLowed

of hir det ... ... ... ... iis

Item Sir John clonnys chambre iiii3
Item Sir John pleyleys chambre

Item the old hall vis

Item the howsen in sheplage ... ... iiii5

more on that odir side

xxc

vr

1493
1494

81

9/ }

[fo. 77.] Henry 7C

strcete1" Item the howsen in knokynstrete

Castle foryate item chiltons howse in the castill foriet

Welsh grate

eare

111

1111'

Wild cop
Wild cop

Shophch
3 houses

IX'

iiii1

Item the ii tenements at the .valsch gate viiis iiiiJ
Summa XLiiis vd

The iiide half yere decayes
Item ii tenements avenst Robard barker

vndur the Wyle ... ... ... iiis

Item the howsing uppon the Wyle Cop viis

Item the old hall vf8

Item Sir John clonnys chambre ... iiii"

Item Sisly Norhander ... iis

Item Sir John pleyleys chambyr

Item iii howsen in scheplage vis

Item atenement in howell melwerns

hands... *.
Item ii tenements in the knokyn strcte
Item ii tenements at the Walsche gate
Item atenement in the corn market in

John licit is hands ...
Item atenement in the Castill foriet ...
Item atenement in William Sugdons

hands...

Item atenement in Nicholas forbour is

hands .v

Item atenement in the corn market late

in Richard waturs hands ... .. vi'
Summa ... iii" 1ST

XI V

iii"

iiii1

Xs

X'1

Vs

iiii'1

iis

Vs

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The iiiith half yere decays

wile Item ii tenements vndur the w\ le ... iir ixd

O^ntheWile j^em tne nowsmg Uppon the wyll cop vs iiiid

Item the old hall ... ... ... vis viiid

Item Sir John clonnys Chambre ... iiiis vi'1
more on that odre side

veare

[fo. 78.] Henry 70 1493

1494

decays

Item Sisly Norhandere howse for hir det allowed iis
Item Sir John pleyleys chambre ... ... ... xxd

Item iii howsen in Scheplage ... ... .. iif

Item ii tenements in knokynstrete decay ... ... iir iiiid

Item ii tenements at the Walsch gate ... ... xiir iiii*

Item John lloit wever howse in cornmarket ... iiN
Item atenement in William Sugdons hands ... Vs
Item atenement in the Abbey foriet at xxxs by yere

decay xxd

Item Nicholas furbonr howse ... ... ... • xd

Item chiltons howse in the castill foriet ... ... iiiis

Item howell melwerns howse ... ... ... xii(l

Item a tenement late in Richard Waturs honds ... vid
Summa Lviii8 viid
ff Summa totalis of the decays ... xi1' vs ii'1

Reparacions

Memorandum that thes parcels foloing byn allowed to

Thomas \\Tall for reparacions for ii yeres *N:c.
The Boare ffirst paied for reparacion of the

ynne of the borre as it apperith

by abill of parcels therof made viili xviiiv \'\A

Shoplach Item paied for reparacions
Welshgate . f, , , , , ,

S«dierow& 111 Scheplage Walsche gate
oilier places Saddlerrow & odil* places as it

apperith by parcel is in abill

therof made ... ... ... iii1' xiir \iiiJ

Item paied to the poore people lor

v score weeks & iiii ... ... viM iiii* iiiiJ

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Item paied for wood & corn for ii

yeres to the poore people ... iiiis vii4

Sum ma ... xixu xi? vif

1493 8 I

[fo. 79-] Henry 7° 1494 9 3 }ear6

Memorandum paied to Sir John Clonne for

ii yeres ... ... ... ... ... viiiH

Item paied to John hoord for ii yeres chif rent xiis viiid
Item paied to William humfreston for ii yeres

chif rent ... ... ... ... ... visviiid

Item paiedjto the Abbey for hokmall rent for

ii yeres ... ... ... ... ... iis

Our Ladies . , .

Service in St. Item paied to our lady of seynt

Maries yearely Maris for ii yeres rent ... ii5

rent I2rt

Item paied for the town rent of John lloit

wever schop ii yeres .. ... ... iid

Item paied for costs at Corpus Christi fest

for wax bering the first yere ... ... iiis iiiid

Item for wyne bred ale & chese at that season xi9 id

Item in rewards paied to the mynstrell for ii

yeres ... ... ... ... ... visviiid

Item paied for wyne to my lord straunge1 &

costs to Ellismer ... ..." ... ... viis

Item paied for costs the first Estir ... ... xxi" viid

Item paied for costs at Corpus Christi day

the latire wax bering ... ... ... hi5 viii'1

J tern paied for wyne ale & chese at that season y9 xrob.

Item paied to John harbour for dressing the

wax ... ... ... ... ... xiiii* xd

Item spend uppon akerier {courier ?) in the

golet ... xix4

Item paied for ii peyre trestils to the hall ... viii*1

1 George Stanley, lord Strancc of Knockin by t i ^ h t of marriage with the
heiress of that barony : son to IhoiARS, 1st Earl of Ik-rby, who hail afterwards
married Margaret o( Richmond, mother of Henry VI 1, As hostage fol his
father's loyalty lord Strange had narrowly escaped execution at the hands of
Richard III. Prince Arthur was in Shrewsbury during this \t r. and rmh
were flying between the town and the Stanleys, who seem to have been unable
to attend the prince in person (v. Bailiff* Accounts, \c, Owen and Blukcway
I. 261.)

206

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Item for ii yeres fee to Thomas Wall &

Richard Egge ... ... ... ,,.

Item paied to the Wardens in redy money... ls

Summa ... xviii1' ixs xdob.
Summa totalis XLix11 vis viHob And so the seid Thomas is

in arrerage to the seid ffraternite iii1' ixs vHob.

1493 8)
[fo. 80.] Henry 70 1494 9/ >'eare

Memorandum that this is the accomptes of the Wardens for
ii yeres last passed with in writtyn of their reseyts &
payments during the tyme of their office

Recevid of Roger phelips for his fyne to be made

brodir as aprentes ... ... ... ... xiiis iiii1'

Item of the same Roger for his vvyne ... ... viiid

Recevid of Richard purser for his fine to be made

brother as not prentes ... ... ... xxvis viii'1

Item for his vvyne ... ... ... ... ... xvi'1

Recevid of Richard Clibery for his fine to be made

brother as prentes ... ... ... ... xiiis iiii''

Item for his wyne ... ... ... .... ... viiid

Recevid of Thomas Wall of the rent for parcell

of his charge ... ... ... ... ... ls

Recevid in offering for ii Trinyte Sondays ... xiiiid
Summa ... vH viis iid

Summa totalis vh viis iid Wherof is paied by the seid wardens
for iiii gallons wyne to the Neu brethiren ii5 viiid Item
paied to the Stuards for costs by them doon above their
Receytes at Corpus day the first yerc above Thomas
Wall is payment vs viid & for Estur diner to fore tli.it
iiis iiiid Item for Estur diner xxiis iiia Item paied to
William hosier for a drinkvnqat the settyngof the

Setting of the , P , , •• .

house cald the howse ol the borre 113 Vd

boare so the seid Wardens be

xs xid whiche iii1' x8 xid is deliverd by divers parceles unto

the Wardens for the yere foloing

1493 veare
[io. 81.] Henry 7. 1496 *U

Memorandum that uppon thursday in the Estyr Wceke in
the xth yerc of kyng Hairy the vii,h by the as. em & Concent

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207

of all the brethircn of the seid ffraternyte they have chosyn
Wardens Thomas Trcntham La wrens hosier John Gittyns
the yonger and Richard dicher wardens of the same ffratern-
yte for the terme of ii yeres next foloing that is to vvitte from
the ffest of thannunciacion of our Lady In the xlh yere of
kyng Harry the viith that is to sey from the yevyn of than-
nunciacion of our lady be fore seid by ii yeres fully to be
fulfillid And over this have chosyn for Stuards during the
seid tyme Roger doon and Wylliam Wyswall & whiche
Wardens & Stuards byn swhoryn to there offices &c And
deliverd to Thomas Trentham and Richard dicher ii keys for
the coofir of the hall Item deliverd to Law rens hosier i key
of the tresourhowse And to John Gittyns the yonger ii keys
for the Tresourehowse with master Sugdon a great key & iiii
small keys

Memorandum deliverd the seid Wardens i baner i peyre
llaxen shetes Item a maser with aband of siiver over gilt
Item agirdill corlour blew harneschid with silver of William
phelips in pleche for iiiis vid Item ii peuter potts Item ii
chargers Item vii kovers Item ii kandilstikks Item ii
towels Item ii kressets Item abarell & a bond of yryn And
ii obligacions uppon the wold stuards of v1' callid stuards
money

By ii yeres
The rent of Assise ... . xLvii1' xviis viiid
Summa totalis for ii yeres XLvii1' xviis viiid

1495 10 I veare

[fo, 82.] Henry 7. 1496 12/ •

jMemorandum that Thomas Wall then being Baillife of
the seid ffraternite hath accomptid to for the master &
wardens for ii yeres fully passed In the Vigill of thannunci-
acion of our lady the Virgyn In the xii"1 yere of kyng henry
the vii,h ffirste the seid Thomas hath accompted tor the rent
of Assise of xLvii1' xvii5 viiid Item of viiid of yerly renl 01 a
parcell of grownd in the Abbey fforiete late at xii"' by
and setto feferm to Richard hulstyn for x.\1' by yere Summa
for ii yeres xvi'1 Item of xii'1 of yerly rent of aparccll grow nd
setto John doon from Robard ap eignyon is howse in the
Corn market Summa for ii yeres ii"

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Arrerage of the iiyeres last to fore this accompte iii1' ixs vdob.

Surrima totalis Li11 xs vdob.
The same Thomas Wall askyth allowans of thes parcel?
„ .. m., foloing in decavs for the ffirst halfe vere the

On the Wile ° J

Copp tenements uppon the Wyle Cop at vis viii '

Under the
Wile

In decay therof
Item atenement undir the Wylecop at
viis vid decay

Item the olid hall at xiiis

uir

bv vere.

Shoplach iii
tenements

Knuckin
street ii
tenements

Item Sir John Clvnnys chambre at ixs
decay ...

Item Sisly Norhander in hir allow ans of

hir rent paied aforhand
Item Sir John pleyley is chambre at xiid

by yere decay
Item iii tenements in Scheplage at xiis

by yere decay
Item ii tenements in the knokvn strete

the Walsche gate

Abbey for-
head tenement

Item ii tenements at

at xxvis viiid decay ...
Item atenement in the corn market at

xxs setto John lloit wever decay ...
Item atenement late in Kobard ap eign'

is hands at xx8 decay
Item atenement at xis in the corn market

and setto Elyn Watur for xs decay
Item atenement in howell melwern is

hands at xiis decay ...
Item atenement in the Abbe}- foriet at

xxxs decay ...
Item atenement of Nicholas forbour at

vs cS: set for XLd decay
Item atenement in the castill foriet at

xiis decay ... ... ...

Summa

as ix"

vs vin'

111s

vis

iiiis

11s

10

IX1

vr

nr

111s mi1

xiiis mi1.

xn'

x\'

vearc

1495

[fo. 83.] Henry 70 1496 n J

The same Thomas askyth allowans oj decayes for migh^tlmas
tcrme

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

20g

The Second halfe vere

Item for atenement vndur the Wyle at \iis vid
decaye ...

Item for the tenements uppon the Wyle cop at
iiiH vis viiid decay

Item the old hall at xiiis iiiid decay...

Item Sir John Clonnys chambre

Item the tenements at the Walsche gate decay ...

Item for Sislv Xorhander's howse for hir

allowans of hir loone to the makyng of

full
the

chymney of hir howse ...
Item for Sir John pleyleys skooie decay ...
Item for iii howsen in Scheplache decay ...
Item for John lloit wevers howse at xxa decay
Item Robard ap eign' is howse in the Corn market
Item for the tenements in knokyn strete decave
Item for Elyn Watur is tenement decay ...
Item for howell meiwern is tenement decay
Item for atenement that pyper dwellyth in In the

Abbey foriet
Item for Nicholas forbour is tenement decay
Castle forhead Item for chiltons tenement in the Castill

foriet decay ...
Item for Sir John pleyieys chambre decay

in5

IXs

iiiis
iii5

iiiis
iis

Vs

iiis

ix<

vnr

•d

Sum ma

vr

Vid

vid

1111°
x'ud

XX'1

1111*

The same Thomas as
terme

... . ls xid
allowans of dccaves for mvdlenton

The iii(,r halfe vere

Item for atenement Vndur the Wyle decay
Item for the tenement uppon the Wyle cop decay
Item for Nicholas furbours tenement decay ,
Item pypcrs tenement decay
Item the old hall decay
Item Sir John Clonnys chambre decay
Item Sir John Tkwlevs chambre decay
hem Chiltons howse in the castill foriet
hem Robard ap eign' is howse in the come market

111

XX"
XX'1

vr
1111

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1495 10 )

[fo. S4.] Henry 7* 1456 11 / >earc

Item Elyn Waters tenement in the Corn market

decay .. ... 1 .\\a-J*"ttP^ ... " ... vid
Item for John lloit wevers tenement in the corn

market ... ... ... ... ... ... iis ~

Item for the howsyng in in Scheplache decay ... iiii* vid
Item for howell melwern tenement decav ..." .. xii
Item for atonement in the knokvn strete decay ... iii5 iiii
Item for the tenements at the Walsche gate decaye iii5 iiii*1

Summa ... xLiii- vd
The same Thomas askyth allowans of decays of mighalmas

rent &c.

The iiiith halfe yere
Item for pipers howse in the Abbey foriet decay ... xxd
Item for the tenement undur the Wvle decay ... iiis ix
Item for the tenements uppon the Wyle cop decay vii5
Item for the old hall decay ... ... ... ... xx-

Item for Sir John Cionnys chambre .. ... iiii5 viJ

Item for Sir John pieyleys chambre decay ... iiii"

Item for a tenement in the castill foriet late in the

hold of Chiltons ... ... ... ... ... iis

Item for Nicholas fforbour tenement decay ... x'1
Item for howell melwern tenement decay ... ... xii

Item for iii tenements in Scheplache decay ... iiii8 vi
Item for the tenements in knokvn Strete decay ... iii5 iiii"
Item for the tenement at the Walsche gate decay iii* iiii0
Item for Richard Wantenor place decay ... ... xx*

Item for Robard ap eign' place in the bonds of

William Sugdon decay ... ... ... ... v*

Item for John lloit wcver tenement decay.., ... ii*
Item for Elyn Waturs tenement in the corn market

decay ... ... ... ... ... ... VT

Summa ... iii1' xvii'1
Summa totalis in dccayes for ii yeies x1' xiQ vi'1

*495 I01
[fo. 85.] Henry 7- 1496 11 I ^

Memorandum that the same ThQirtas askyth allow an- fol
reparacions doon the same ii ycfesupon divers tenements

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. 211

belongyng to the same ffraternite and payments to pore
people

Item for the reparacions doon
uppon Richard Walis tene-
ment at the Walshe gate ... v8 vidob.
Casileforhead Item reparacions nppon the

doglane . rJ ,

tenements in Castill foriet

& doglane ... ... ... ii8 xid

hicdisoner- Item for reparacions doon nppon

atur quia alibi . . _ 11

tnetenements in Scheplache x" vid

(Crossed iJirougJi in MS.)
Item for reparacions doon uppon
the old hall & John lloit is
howse ... ... ... xvs iii''ob.

Shoplach Item for reparacions doon uppon

iiii tenements in scheplache viiis ii'1
Item for reparacions doon uppon
Thomas sporiours howse &
mascot ... ... ... xvi iid

wile Copp Item for mascotts howse & the

tenement , — . , ,

wyle cop ... ... ... 1111s • rob.

Item for reparacions doon uppon

Richard Wantenor place ... xxvii* v'ob.
Item for reparacions doon uppon
, . Roger heywards tenement

The Inn of .

the boare etc- pipers tenement the ynnc ot

the borre ... ... ... XXVIs iiiHob.

Item for reparacions doon at

divers tyrtius uppon divers

tenements V* iii'1

Item for reparacions of wood <S:

corn to poorc people ... xxiiiic viii'ob.
Item paied the poorc people in

rcd\- money for a c weeks

& iiii vi1' vis K\*

Item paied for wood to the

poorc people ... ... \iiis ixd

Summa totalis in reparacions for ii yeres &
payments to poorc people ... xiii1' if

212 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Memorandum that the same Thomas askyth allowans of the?

paiments foloing cS:c.
Item paied to Sir John Cloon prist ... ... viii1'

Iiem paied to John hoord for ii yeres rent for

pypers howse xiis viii'

Item paied to William humfrestori for ii yeres

rent for the old hall... ... ... ... vis viii1

Item to the Abbey of Salop for hokmall for

pipers howse & Richard hulstyn for ii yeres ii5 iiii'

Item to Our Lady serves of seynt maris for the

Neu hall iis

Item for the Town rent for John lloit wever

schoppe ... ... ... ... ... ir

Item paied for wax bering for ii yeres at Corpus

Christi fest iis xi'

1495 iol
[fo 86.] Henry 7° 1496 11 1"

Item paied for Corpus Christi ffest oon yere

above the receyte of brediren ... ... xiiis iiii'1

Item paied for the mynstrels rewards for ii

yeres... ... ... ... ... ... vi8 viii'*

Item paied for Ester ffest above the receyte

of brediren ... ... ... ... xix8 vi''

Item paied for Corpus Christi ffest the Second

yere ... ... ... , ... ... ... viiis

Item paied for ii bred boords & aforme to the

drapers hall... ... ... ... ... iiii*

Item paied for scaling wax pak lined & mend-
ing of vessels & oyle to almus bowse ... ixa

Item paied to wardens in redy money ... vi1'

Item dcli\Terd to the wardens adistres oi Nich-
olas iletchcr for vi viii'1 of rent that is to
wit an Almery1 & a Yakke3 covird with
blake ffustian & resting in the hall prysed
to ... ... ... ... ... ... vi1 viii'1

Item for the bayly and Clerks fifee for ii yeres iii1'

1 A cupboard 01 che^t (l'r. Armoire) </>. fo. 88,

5 Hlack Jack Cp* fo. 88,

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Item paied for bred ale & chese to wax berers

for ii yeres ... ... ... ... ... iiiiR

Item paied for costs at the accompte .. .. xiiii''

Item paied for reparacions doon uppon tene-
ments in Scheplage ... ... ... iiiiB

Summa ... xxiH xiiiis xd

Summa totalis xlv1' viiis iiii'1 And soe the same Thomas
restith in arrerages to the ffraternite of the sum of
Six1' iis idob.

1495 10 1 yeare

[fo. 87.] Henry 70 1496 11 ( yeare

Memorandum that this is the accomptes of the afore named
wardens for ii yeres last passed uppon the aforseid
accompte of Thomas Wall of there receyts & payments
during tyme of there office &c
The same Wardens charge them selfe with
the arrerage of John Gittyns John Otteley
John bayly & Roger Wyrrall late wardens
to the same ffraternytc sum therof is ... iii1, xR xi'"1
a forrener D Thomas knyght in there yere
a forener made brodir and paied
ffor his ffyne ... ... ... xxvi8 viiid

A forrener D Richard mitton as aforener made

brodir cS: paied to fyne ... xxvi" viiid

A forrener jj Richard lister as aforener made

brodir & paied to fyne ... xxvi5 \ i i i 1

D The same Thomas Richard & Richard for

six gallons of wync ... iiiis

The same wardens for offer yng uppon ii Trin-

yte Sundays iii" id

The same wardens for money recevid of
Thomas Wall bayly to the same ffrater-

nyte VI™

D Richard mitton Thomas knyght & John
Schctton for afine as h appcrith in the let"
next foloing ... ... ••• ... x"

Tlic same wardens charge them silfc with the
stuaids money of ... ... ... V™

Summa ... JLIX™ viii*

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Summa totalis for ii yeres xixh viiis wherof is paied for Ester
diner above the Commons of viii9 iiiid xxxiiii8 xdob. k
xviiid for parcell of the firste Ester dii er And soe the
seid wardens levyn in tresory to the said ffraternyte in
redy money pleges & dettes of the receyte & charge of
their office xxiii1' xiiis ixd as in parcels foloing it apperith
Item in Thomas Wall is arrerage as in the sutte of his
accompte vi1' iis i''ob Item in iiii yards &a halfe tauny
clothe with an owche1 of gold of John baxter the yongur
for xvis viii'1 Item too obligacions of the Stuards money
vH Item an obligacion uppon William hocheks & oliver
banaster of xls & therof rest xxs on paied Item in the
hands of Roger mongomery & John baker smertie for
Richard hagur for ls Item in William Sugdon is hands
agage of xxs for Richard Lister Item in redy money
vua xixdob. Item apes kendall2 of William hockekys
for iiis iiiid whiche iiis iiiid is paied & soe the sum of redy
money is vii" iiiis xic1ob.

Memorandum that uppon thursday In the Ester weeke In
the xiith yere of kyng henry the viith by the assent & concent
of all the brethiren of the seyd ffraternyte thev have chosyn
Wardens Richard mitton Thomas knyght William wyllyms
& John Schetton wardens of the same ffraternyte of ii yeres
then next foloing that is to wyttc from the ffest of thannun-
ciacion of our lady in the aforeceyd xiith yere of the afforceyd
kyng that is to scy to the yevyn of the Annunciacion of our
lady be fore seyd by ii yeres fully to be fulfillid And for
be cause the afforseid Richard Thomas and John have not to
fore this eleccion occupied in the office of Stuards they have
paied in hand of ffyne to the seyd ffraternyte according to the
woordes of the composieion in that case ordeyned ye\eiy oi
theym iiis iiii1'1 Summa x* And ovyre this have chosyn
Stuards duryng the seid tyme Thomas pontcsbury the yongei

1 Owclic or ouch a clasp, bucklei fibuixi n brouchi (Muri iy, \ /■.'. /). )
• A species of green wool Inn cloth unfiled aftei kendal in \\i>:m> nl.n d, tl
place ol manufacture. (Murray, A. A". /).)

1497
149S

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( veare

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and William hochekys Whiche wardens & stuards byn
svvoryn to there offices.

6 men chosen Memorandum by the assent & c< ncent of all the
to audite the brethiren is named & chosen sixmen brethiren of

account ,

the same ffraternyte to here the accompte of the
affore named old wardens that is to wyt John Gittyns the
eldir Richard lyster John doon John Skryven Richard
Nicholas & Richard Vpton which six men & Neu Wardens
have there warnyng opynly in the hall tappere at the seid
hall at the our of viii in the friday then next ensuyng whiche
vi men apperid in the hall of the seid ffraternyte in the
Sotirsday in the viii day of April! And there laft in tresory as
in money stres & dettes as parcels apperyth in the lef to fore

xxiii11 xiiis ixd

Memorandum that the same day was deliverd to William
Willyms & John Schetton ii keys for the coofyr in the hall
Item to master Sugdon agret key & iiii small keys for the
Tresorhowse Item to Richard fnytton ii keys of the Tre?or-
howse Item to Thomas knyght oon key of the Tresor howse
& the key of the tresor howse durre Item to William
Wylyms i key for the tresour coofir

Memorandum that the same Wardens have recevid in the
coofir in the hall thes parcels foloing Item a baner Item a
maser with a bond of silver ovyr gilt Item a girdill harnest
with silver of William phelipps for iiir vi'1 Item ii peuter
pottes Item ii chargers of peuter Item vii covirs & ii
candilstikks Item a peyre flaxen schctes & ii towels Item
ii cressetts Item a scowring barell & a bond of yryn Item
acubbord & a blake Jakkc Item ii boords & a forme in the
hall

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Memorandum that in the vigil of our lady in the adi1* 3
of kyng henry viith at a commin hall Thomas knyght is be
comyn dettour to the ffraternyte of L" si Krr (or Richard
hagur John baker & Roger mongomery truly to content it at
his accomple going out ol his oMicr

Item resting in his hands of his own fine w to be pai< 1
the same day

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Memorandum to be delivered to Thomas wall an obligacion
uppon William Wyrall of the sum of ls Item an obligacion
of Aiys banaster is dett of xxs

Memorandum resting in Richard iister is hands of his fvnc
xxs to pay ye very quarter vis viiid till it be paied
+ Memorandum deliverd to the hands of Richard mitton
[ John baxter is distress for xvis viiid

Memorandum deliverd a girdill to William Phelipps late
to pleche to the ffeleschip for iiiis vid and rccevid of the same
William ablue harnest girdill for the same monev conteynvng
a bokle pendant & viii stidds and if it be not sufficient for the
money the seid William hath promyst uppon his feyth with
the telling of the seid wardens a sufficient distres for there
discharge &c

In the end of this booke is a Easement made in
the 130 yeare of Henry 70 149S

Memorandum that Thomas Wall then being Bailif of the
seid ffraternyte hath accomptid to fore the master cS: wardens
for ii yeres fully passed In the vigill of the annunciacion of our
Ladi the virgyn in the xiiiith yere of kyng henry the viilh
. ffirste the seid Thomas hath accompted for the rent of
Assize of XLvii1' xviis viii'1 Item of viii'1 of yeriy rent of aparcell
of grownde in the Abbey fforict late at xiid by yere & setto
ferm to Richard hulstyn for xxd by yere Summa for ii yeres
xvid Item of xiid of yerly rent of aparcell grownd setto John
doon from Robard ap eignion is howse in the Corn market
Summa iis for ii yeres Item of xii4 of yerly

verte folium
1497 I2\

vcare

[fo. 90.] Henry j° 1498 13 J ■

rent of Nicholas mascots howse setto Annyng mascot by
writing Summa iis Item of vis vi'1 of cncivsment of rent oi
Richard wantenor place for the last half yere Summa vi" vi-
Summa totalis for ii yeres XLviii11 i\s vi''

The rent of Assi/e with the increseinenta ... xi.viii'1 i\s \ i'1
Arreragc of the laste ii yeres to fore this

accompte vi1' ii" i*ob

Summa totalis ... Uti'1 xi^ vii4ob

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The same Thomas Wall askyth Allowans of divers
decays as it apperith in billis of divers parcels
for iiii half yeres ... ... ... ... ... xi1' xiiis

Summa ... xi11 xiiis

The same Thomas askyth allowans for divers rc-
paracions doon nppon divers howsis for ii
yeres last to fore this accompte as it apperith
by parcels in diverse billis summa ... ... vi1' xi' vd

Summa ... vi" xis vd

The same Thomas askyth allowans of divers payments paied
to divers places by the wardens assignement as in par-
cels foloing it apperith etc

Item paied to sir John Clune prist for hys serves ... viH

Item paied to Sir Thomas burghton prist for his

serves ... ... .. ... ... ... xxs

Summa ... vii1'

1497 la I

[fo. 91.] Henry 7 148S (error j or 1/,9S) 13 I

veare

Item paied to Thomas hoord & his heyres for

the chif rent of serten londs of the place In

the Abbey foriet for ii veres ... ... xii" viiid

Item to William Umfreston & his heyres for ii

yeres ... ... ... ... ... ... vis viii*

Item to the Abbot of Schrouesbury for hoknall

for pipers howse & Richard hulstytl for ii

yeres ... ... ... ... ... ... ii" iiiid

Item to our lady serves of Seynt Maris for the

Neu hall for ii yeres ... ... ... ii"

Item to the Town rent for the Cornell howse in

the corn market for ii yeres ... ... ii'1

Item paied for wax bering for ii yeres at Corpus

Christi fest ... ... ... ... .... viia iiii'1

Item paied for the mynsterell reward for ii yeres vi" viir1

Item paied for bred ale & chese l< Waxberers

in tyme of ii yeres procession ... ... in* iiii'1

Item paied for abrckfaste to the Neu Wardens

i\: old & odre of cowncell for acommpn well ir \'1

Item paied for wyne in tyme 01 procession to

Thomas pontesbury tor 11 yeres ... ... \*

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Item paied for acapias1 c\r scrveng therof uppon

John baker siuertie for Richard hagur ... viii'1

Item paied for ii keys to the tresour howse

dune & cofir.ii ... ... ... ... iiiid

Item paied for wood to the poore people aftura

lood yevery howse in the yere for ii yeres xiiis via •

Item paied for corn to the poore people after a

buschell the monyth for ii yeres ... ... xiir viii,!

Item paied in redy money to the poore people
for ii yeres that is to wit for a ciiii weeks
yevery howse occupied id ... ... viH xis xid

Item paied for costs to Elsmer ... ... viii(l

Item for wyne at the agrement atwyxt atenant
of the place & Thomas Skryveners ser-
vaunte ... ... ... ... ... viiid

Summa ... x1' xis vd

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Item paied for wyne gevyn to mastur Straunge ... x'1
Item paied for acapias & sealing uppon Roger wyrall

& hugh bent siuerties for stuards money ... iiii'1
Item for the baylis ffee for ii yeres ... ... ... xls

Item for Richard Egge ffee for ii yeres ... ... xxs

Summa ... iii1' xiiiid

Summa totalis for ii yeres xxxviii1' xvii5 And so the same
Thomas restith in arrerage of xv1' ,xiiiis vir'ob. of the
whichc is paied at this accompte to the Wardens hands
in money iiii1' In distresses Amascr asilver & harncs
girdill colour sangwen of William ffalkes Xs ixd Item
a bras pot of Thomas palmer at xxix1' wyght for iiii*
Item a bras pot of howell mehverley in wyght xxix1' & a
half & a coote of mayle for xs Item abras pot in wvght

3 maslin iii masklyrr basons of Thomas marchall for

vii" vid Summa paied as apperith be fore in money

1 A writ of Capias commanding tin officer lo arrest the body of the person
named therein. (Murray, .V. S. /).)

- Masklvn or Maslin, from the A-S. A/tCSltH or A/.rs fVrN, btOM ^ I latti n, l>v
derivation signifying a mixed metal.

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& distresses v" xiis iiid And soe the same Thomas
restith in arrerage as yet to the sevd ffraternyte in
xH iis iiiidob.

Memorandum that yevery of xiiii Aumise howsis most
have yevery yere i lood wood

And the gret hail of the same i buschell corn for yeverv
monyth in the yere

Memorandum that the gret hall of the Aumis howse most
have yevery yere xii loods wood

veare

IX"

ilir
viii'

1497 12)
[fo. 93.] Henry 70 1498 13/

Memorandum that this is the accomptes of the afornamed

Wardens for ii yeres last passed uppon the aforeseid

accompte of Thomas Wall of there receyts & pavments

during tyme of their offices &e
The same wardens charge them self with

the arrerage of Thomas trentham lar-

ans hosier John gittynsthe yongur &

Richard dicher late wardens of the

same ffraternyte sum therof is ... xxiii'1 xiiis
John hopton as aprentes in there yere made

brodir & paied for his fine ... ... xiii-

Item for his wyne ...

A whole William gittvns as a forener is

brother made , , " , , , . ,

paying 26s 8a made whole brodre cc paied
to fyne
Item for his wyne
Rorcdle buyston as aprentes is
made whole brodre & paied
to fyne

Item for wyne ... ... ... viii1'

hugh Eyton as aforcner is made

brodir c\: paied to fyne ... x\iiiis Niii'1

Thomas Seymper is made a
whole brodre as aforener
paied to fyne ... ... XXVI1 viii-1

Item for his wyne ... ... xvi1

Roger Sadler for his fyne in disobcyhg the
ser\-es of StUttl'dschip alter tyine ol llis
eleccion .. ... ... ••• ••• xlj

as forrener

xxvr vur
xvi'

xiir 1111.1

A fiurencr
niacie free

A forrenner
free

220

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Richard lister for his fyne for lakke of ser-
ves of stuardschip to for the office of
warden ...

Recevid by the hands of Thomas Wall in
silver

Summa ... xxxiii1' ixs id
*497

[fo. 94.] Henry 70 1498

Item the within named Wardens have re-
cevid for ii Trynyte Sondays offering

Item recevid of Stuards money by William
hochks ...

Summa totalis of the Wardens charge is xxxiii1' xix* i'!

Summa totalis for ii yeres xxxiii1' xix8 id wherpf is paied for
the ffirst Ester]diner above the Commonis xxs iiiid Item for the
second Estur diner xxs id above the Commonis Item for
wyne of v neu brediren iis txd Item for wood to the poore
people for one ye re xiii* Item paied to Sowders by the k}rngs
Command to blak heth & cornevell1 vH xiiii8 And see the
seid wardens levvn to the seid ffraternite in tresory as in redy
money pleges cS: dettes as in parcels foloith and be syde'the
same iii bills of severall dettes of the both hall- owing to the
ffraternyte xxiii1' Thomas Wall is arrerage as in the ssut of
his accompte x1' iis iiiil,ob Item iiii yards & a half tawny
cloth with an owche of goold of John baxter the yongur for
xvi8 viiid Item Roger Sadler is in det of his fyne hi" iiiid
Item in the hands of Thomas knyght xxs for his own fyne
Item in the same Thomas hand for John baker — La Item
in William worals hand recoverd in the courte uppon
Roger vvorall & hugh bent L" Item in John gittyns the
vongur hand

1497 12)

[fo. 95-] Henry 7* I3J y

uppon the rest of an obligacion for olyver banastci
Item in William hocheks hand of the rest of his Stuards

1 "Coat ami conduct/' money for the local levies sent against Perkin VVai
beck and the Cornish insurgents.

- Hie hall of the Gild Merchant of the town as distinct from tin- various differ
e minted fraternities. Actually the Gild Merchant absorbed the town government
in most localities and the Booth Hall became the Town Hall. ( />. the Vo III
of Edinburgh*

XLd

iiii11

y yeare

iis viid
vii8 vd

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money xxii8 viid Item in Roger doon is hand of his Stuards
money xviii8 ixd And soe restith in the bag sealid in redy
money with Thomas Seymper fyne Richard lister xxfi and
ir iiiid recevid of Thomas Wall parcell of his arrerage
summa ixh vi8 viiid The whole Sum remaynyng as in redy
money & detcs as here to fore doth appere and due to the
ffraternyte comyth with distresses as in the sut of the Daily-
is accompte to Xxxi" iiidob.

Memorandum resting in the place asangwen harnest girdill
with silver of William phelips for iiii8 vid

Memorandum resting in the place ii grene harnest girdils
with silver of John baretts with xi stidds for

Memorandum the iii bills of the boothe hall is det with
thes girdils lys by syde the forseid summa of xxxi15 iir ob.

Memorandum resting in the place a maser with bond of
silver over gilt of

1499

veare

[fo. 96.] Henry 7 1500 15J J

Memorandum that uppon thursday In the Estur weeke In
the xiiiith yere of kyng henry the viith by the assent and
concent of all the brediren of the seyd ffraternyte they have
chosyn Wardens John gittyns the eldur John doon Richard
lister & William harbour as Wardens of the same ffraternyte
for ii yeres then next foloing that is to witte from the ffest of
thAnnunciacion of our lady In the aforseid xiiiith yere of the
aforseid kyng that is to sey to the yevyn of the Annunciacion
of our lady be for seid by ii yeres fully to be fulfil lid And for
by cawse that Richard lister hath not served the office of
Stuard schip he hath paied his fyne in hand xLd according
to the woords of the composicion in that case ordevnyd And
over this they have chosyn for stuards during the seid tymc
Roger sadlcr & phelip overtoil whiche Roger denyed the
serves thcrof & was put to his fyne of XLd, which ii fynys
restith in the old wardens charge And Richard Nicholas is
elect stuard And as well Wardens as stuards byn swhoryn to
there offices

Memorandum by the assent & concent of all the bred ire II
is named & chosyn six men to here the withinnamnl ac-
compte that is to witte hugh walker Edward hostel Richard

222

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upton Roger doon William hosier & Richard purser which
Six men & Neu Wardens append in the hall of the seid
ffraternyte in the ffriday next to fore the ffest of Seyrit George
And there laft in Tresory as money distresses & dettes as
parcels appcrith in the sut of the withinnamed accompte

Memorandum that hugh Eyton was made brodir & is on

Memorandum that Thomas Seymper was made brodir
undur condicion he schuld stond as whole brodir & kepe
procession on Corpus Cristi day & nevyr to occupie Schermen
crafte if he doe contrary to stand as no brodre

Memorandum that Thomas Seymper is fyrie is abatid of
the wold wardens charge & restith & is to be charged uppon
the new wardens summa therof to be abatid & by this entre
the wold wardens to be dischargid & is ... ... xxvis viiid

Memorandum that the New wardens have recevid of the
dett of Thomas knyght for John baker & Richard hagur
xxvs And day is granted to Thomas knyght to pay Vs yevery
quarter till the full sum of xxvs be paied the seid payment to
be gyn uppon midsomer day next ... ... ... xxvs

Memorandum that Thomas Wall hath receved iiis iiii'1 of
suche money as was delyvcred to the forseid wardens iii" iiii'1

Item there remayneth of sory money receved of oold
wardens... ... ... ... ... ... ... vs viiid

Memorandum the xxv day of April was delyvcred to
master Sugdon i grett key and iii small keys of the tresour
house to John Gyttyns oon key of the tresour dorre to Richard
lyster ii keys of the tresour eofur to John don i key of the
cofur yn the hall to William Barbour ii keys oon of the cofur
yn the hall & another of a Cofur yn the tresory

M99 14) vcarc

[fo. 98.] Henry 70 1500 15 J

Memorandum that Thomas Wall thru beyng Baylyfof the
seid ffraternyte hathe accomptcd to fore the mastyr & war-
dens for ii yeres fully pn st yn the \ i;:il bf tin- Annuhciacion ol
our blessed lad)- virgyn In the xvi"' yerc of kyng Hairy the vir 1

[fo. 97.] Henry 70

1499
1500

swhoryn & on paied of his fyne

iiis iiii'1

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ffyrst the scid Thomas hathe accomptcd for the Rent of
assize for ii yeres as to fore specyfied — xLvii1' xvii5 viiid
Item of vim1 of encrece of an yerely rent goving owt of an
house lyeing yn the Abbey fforiette & setto ferm to Richard
hulston by Indentur Summa ii yeres — xvia Item of xiiJ of
encrece of an yerely rent of a parceil grownd setto John don
from Robert ap Eignon house yn the corn market t Summa
ii yeres — ii5

Item of xiid of encrece of yerely rent of Nicholas mascotts
house setto Annyng mascott by wrytyng summa — ii5 Item
of vi5 vid of encresement of Rent of Richard Went nor place
Summa ii yeres — xiiis Summa totalis for ii yeres xL\iiih xvi8
The Rent of Assise with the Encresements — xLviii1' xvis
Arrerage of the last ii yeres to fore this Accompte — xu ob

Summa totalis ... Lviii'" xvr ob
The same Thomas asketh allowance of dyvers
decayes as hit appereth by byllys of dyvers
parcelles for iiii halfe yeres Summa ... xii1' i Ii iiiid
Summa ... xiih iiiis iiiid
The same Thomas asketh allowance for dyvers
reparacions don apon dyvers houses for the
seid ii yeres past to fore this Accompte as
appereth by bylls & dyvers parcelles ... xLvhr v'1

Summa . . xLviii5 vd

1 yeare

1499 141
[fo. 99.] Henry 70 1500 15

ff The seid Thomas asketh allowance of dyvers payments

payd to dyvers places by the wardens assignement as

appereth yn dyvers parcelles toloyng
Item payd to sir Thomas Burgh ton for his

servvces for ii yeres past ... ... viiih

Item pavd to Thomas hords heyres for chief

rent of ccrtayn lands yn the Abbey ffor-

iet for ii yeres past xii" viiid

Item to William Umfrcston c\ his heyrcs

for ii yeres vi» viii**

Abbpisreit Item to the Abbey of Schrous-
bury for hokmall for py per
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howse & Richard hulstyn

bowse for ii yere ... ... ii5 iiiid

Item to our Lady servys of seynt marys

for the newe hall for ii yere ... ... iis

(Crossed through in ^f.S.J
Item for the Town rent of the Cornell house

yn the corn markett for ii yeres ... ii'1
Item payd for wax beryng for ii yeres at

Corpus Christ! feest ... ... ... viis iid

Item payd for bred ale & cheese to wax-

berers for ii yeres ... ... ... iiis Lxd

Item payd for wyn yn tym of procession

for ii yeres ... ... ... ... vi*

Item payd to a straunge mynstrell for

Reward ... .. ... ... ... xiid

Item payd for the mynstrell Reward for

ii yeres ... ... .. ... ... vis viiid

Item payd to Richard Barbour & to John

Barbour for the toppyng of certen

torchees... ... ... ... ... vs ixd

Item payd for the reparacion of tapyrs to

our servyces ... ... ... ... vid

Item payd for colys when the wardens ass-
embled to gedur ... ... ... iiiid

Item payd ffor papyer to write apon ... i'1
Item payd for corn to the pore pepyll that

ys to witte xxiiii bushell for ii yere ... xir i\dob

Item yn wood to the pore pepyll aftur xiiii

lode the yere & ix lode to the hall a

yere summa for ii yeres ... ... xxixs xd

Item payd in money to the pore ffolke for

i yere <S: v wykcs ... ... ... lxx* \iid

Item payd for a Schetc & to the baryeng

of Kate ... ... ... ... ..." xiiiid

Summa ... xvi'1 ix* vdob

1409 14)

r r -1 t t „ r VCWC

[to. 100. J rlenry 7 ^500 15 1 -

Item payd to Ric hard furbour for the at rers

of sir John Clou hyiv ... ... ... iir iiii'1

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Item payd for the town rent under the

wyle & att the Walsh yate for ii vere iiiid
Item delyvered to Richard Nicholas vn

money ... ... ... ... ... Hi* vid

Item delvvered to phelypp Seryven' yn

money xxxiii5 iiiid

Item delvvered to the Stuards in monev

for there fTyrst Estur dyner ... ... XXs

Item pavd at dyvers metyngs by twixt the

mastur the wardens & dvvers of the

feleship Walter Bryan as welJ for

mete & drynk & wyn Rewards to our
vacat quia daves men horsse hvre, expences

Lostea . . *

to nampton with a Reward to
mastur wylkes of wylnall (crossed
through in MS.) ... ... ... xxxiii" viidob

Item delyvered to the masiur at his furst
goyng to london for Bryans mater
for his costs ... ... ... .. xLvf viiid

Item delvvered to the mastur & wardens at
dyvers tvmes in redy money for the
bysynesse of ther werkes ... ... viii' xviii8

Item for my fee for ii yeres every yere xv

Summa ... ... ... ... ... xl*

Sum ma ... xvii1' x\ iii" ix'ob
Summa totalis for ii yeres xlix xiid And so the seid Thomas
resteth yn arrerage of ix,: xvsob of the which ys delyvered
yn distresses a clothe stayned hangyng yn the hall price
iiis vid Summa paied yn distresse iii4 vi ' And so the seid
Thomas resteth in arrerage as yett to the seid ffhtternyte
Summa ... ix1' xis vidob
ff Memorandum that this ys the Accomptes of the forsetd
Wardens for ii yeres past Anon the forscid accompte of
Thomas wall of there Receytes & payments duryng the
tymc of there Offices etc.

M99 Mi vcarc

[fo. 101.] Henry f° I50p l$r
The same Wardens charge them sclffe with the arrerage of
Richard mitton Thomas koyehfl Will yam WyllyitlS &

226 THE EARLIEST ROOK OF THE

John Schetton late Wardens of the seid ffraternyte with

the Smnma of ... ... ... ... xxx1' xix* ii 'oh.

Item recevid for Thomas Seym per ffvn vvh« n

he was made brother ... ... ... xxvis viir-

Item of harry Gyttyns ffvne as a prentice ... xiiis iiii'1

Item of Laurance Bromley ffyne as a prentyce xiiis iiii ■

Item of William hochykys in full payment of

Stuard money ... ... ... ... xxiis viid

Item of the dette of Richard hagyr by the

handes of T knyght ... ... ... xxvs

Item of the seid dette of Richard hagvr by his

own hand ... ... ... ... ... vs

Item of the dette of William Worall by the

hands of Roger Worall ... ... ... xiiis iiii1

Item of the seid dette by the handes of hughe

bents wyfe ... ... ... ... ... xxs

Item of the bayly Thomas Wall at dyvers tymes viii1' xviii5
Item of the plegge of William ffalke for a maser

& a gyrdyll xB ixd

Item for the plegge of Thomas palmer a bras

pott .,, ... ... ... ... ... iiii8

Item for the plegge of william ffclypps a

Gyrdyll ... ° ... xiirt

cuttout l0aUe Sum ma totalis of there charge ys xLvii1' xiis iidob.

Summa totalis for ii yeres ... xLvii" xiia iidob.
AiikS n 6 Yyherof ys content & paid for the makynge of the
hrwkinRstone Aulter vi1 xiiis vid Item for the brekvng of ston

& caras: & on

werkinen & Cariage of the same Ironwerk & to the masons

o°:4aunS xiiii8 xid Item paid far the makyng of the taber-

making nacle iiii'1 viis Item paid Water Brvan vn monev

tabernacle 1 ...

40700 onward xx marcs v1' vi" viii'1 Item yn expences to
hampton c\: reward to mastur wylkes for his councell vir \:
Item delyvered to the Stuard yn redy money in1' iir Item
delyvered the mastur yn money for his expences to london &
for the costes of laurance hosyer LV* ii'1 Item paid for
wrytyng dyvers tymes for the hysyncsse by twixt the feleship
painted cloth & water brvan Item paid for a pevuted doth

in the hall yn ^e |ia]j jjp v[»i [tcm paid for wvin- at the i*
Estvr dyncrs above the wyne ol the newe brethren uvneii

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And so the seid Wardens leven in tresorv to the seid ffeieship
As yn redy money xiiii* iid Item in plegges & dettes as in
parcells foloyng Thomas \\'all arrerage i: ' xi? vidob. as
appereth in the ?soot of his Accompte Item in Richard
Nicholas

1499 I4l
[fo. 102.] Henry 70 1500 15/ >"eare -

handes to phelypp Scryven of ther Stuards money v1'
Item in the hands of John Hoyt for the dett of

Olyver banastur... ... ... ... ... xxs

Item Thomas knyght owith for his ffyn unpayed xxs
Item Thomas knyght owitfi for Richard hagur un-
payed ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... XXs

Item Roger Wyrall & hughe bents wyfe owen for
the suerte of William Worall of his stuards
money unpayed ... ... ... ... ... xvis viiid

Item Roger Don owith of parcell of his Stuards

money ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii* ixd

Item Richard Lyster owith for parcell of his ffvne

unpaid ... ... ... ... ... ... xxs

Item ther remayneth yn the tresorv the plegge of
John Baxter a remenent of clothe a noche of

gold for xvi" viiia

Item resteth in the place the plegges of Thomas

marshall viis vi*'

Item resteth the plegges of howell melvern for ... xv
Item a peynted clothe of Richard egges plegge for iir vid
Item Roger Sadler ys yn dett for his ffync yn that
he wold nott serve the office of Stuardship

Summa Ill* iiiid

Item resteth yn the place an Almery of R. llccher vi* viii*
ff And so the wholl Sum remayneth as yn redy money dettes
& plegges with the arrcrage of the bavlys Accompte due
to the fftaternytc as to fore appereth xxiii1' viii" ix*ob.
Summa ... xx\ft% VMl" lVob.

Memorandum that Thomas Wall hathc payd for the fytsi
Estur dvner above the commens & above \\ which he
was allowed vn his accompte ii 1 vi ' Item the tetd

Thomas hathc payed lor the Second Estur dyner Above

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the Commens xxiis iiiid Item payd for a brekefast at
the accompte of the Wardens xiid ... ... xxvii5 xd

And so every thyng allowed the seid Thomas vs in detted to
the ffraternyte viii1' iiis viiidob Item ther remayneth to
the feleshipp yn dettes & plegges as to fore wryten xhr
xviis iiid Summa totalis ... xxiili xidob

Summa de claro ... xxii1' xidob

1501 16) yeare

[fo. 103.] Henry 70 1502 17J yeare

Memorandum that uppon the thursday yn the Estur
Wykke yn the xvith yere of kyng harre the viith by the assent
& consent of all the bretheren of the ffraternyte they have
chosen wardens hughe Walker John lloyt Robert Wooton &
Wyllyam hosyer for terme of ii yeres next ffoloying And
finis iiiMi i'1 for by cause that Robert Wooton hath not served
the office of stuardship he bathe payd his ffyne
in hand iiis iiiid And ovvr this they have chosen stuards for
the seid terme Richard pureed Roger phelypps And as well
Wardens as stuards weren [?] sworn &c

Item by the assent & consent of the seid ffraternyte ben
chosen six men to here the within named accompte that ys
to wytte Richard mytton Thomas knyght Richard Dichcr
John Schetton Roger Don William hosyer which six men
appered yn the hall with the newe wardens And there lafte
yn tresory as appcrcth in the ssutt of the seid accompte &C
Memorandum the Xcwe Wardens have reccved the seid tym
iii bylls of the bothc hall dett Summa xxxi1' iiidob

Item the seid wardens receved the band prynt & plates
of a maser of sylver & gyltte vveyng — v unces & a quarter.

Item they receved the harnesses of ii Gyrdylls weyng vi
u nces

Memorandum the last day of triarchy the xvii"' yere of the
rayne of kyng harry the viith Thomas hosyer w as made brodur
as aprentes & payd lor hys fyne in bond ... xiii" iiii '
and for hys wyne... .... ... ... ... viii'1

Also the same day John bayly that was dwellyng in the
polle was made brodur as aforyner & payd for hys fyne in
bond ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvi" viii'1

and for hvs wyne ... ... ... ... xvi'1

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Also that same day was made for to be mastur Rychard
atnvtton <Sr sworn

Memorandum on fryday next eftur Corpys Crestv day in
the same yere edward knygth was made brodur as aforyner
and payde for hys fyne ... ... ... ... xxyi5 viiid

also for hys wyne ... ... ... ... ... xvid

Also the same day Thomas Wetheford was made Brodur
as a foryner & payd for hys fyne ... ... xxvis viiid

also for hys Wyne ... ... ... ... xvi'1

1501 16)
[fo. 104]. Henry 70 1502 i;/>eaie

Memorandum that Thomas Wall then beyng Baylyf of the
seyd ffraternite hathe accompted to fore the mastyr &
wardens ffor ii yeres fully past in the vigil] of the Annunci-
ation of our Blessed lady Virgyn in the xviiith yere of the
rayne of kyng harry the viith ffyrst the savd Thomas hathe
accompted for the rent of assise ffor ii yeres as to fore
specified xLvii1' xviis viiid Item yiiid of encrece off an yerly
rent grovng owt of an house lyeng in the Abbey foriett &
setto ferm unto Rychard hulston by Indentur summa ii yeres
— xvid

Item xiid of encrece of an yerely rent of

necholas Maskotts house setto Annyng

maskotts By wrytyng Summa ii yeres iis
Item vi8 vid of encrece oi Richard Wentnor

place Summa ii yeres ... ... xiii'

Item viii" of an encrece of an ycrely

rent of an house in the cokcschotc

Setto John hordelay by wrytyng summa

viii' Summa totalis for ii yeres ... xLix1' ir
The Rent of Assise with the encresements xLix1 ii'
Aneage of the last ii yeres to lore this

accompte ... ... .viii1' iir viii*6b

Summa totalis Lvii1' s viii''ob.
The same Thomas asketh allowance of

dvvcrs decays as hilt appureth by

In lK s bfdyvcrs paroeiles for i ami haJffu

yeres Summa KIM1' \iir \*

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The same Thomas asketh allowance for
dyvers reparacions don apon dyvers
houses for the sayde ii ye res past to
fore this accompte as appereth by byll
tS: dyvers parcellcs

XXXIIIs

xdob

Sum ma xxxiii8 xdob.

[fo. 105.] Henry 70

1501
1502

veare

The sayd Thomas asketh allowance of dyvers payments pavd
to dyvers places by the wardens assigment as appereth
in dyvers parcelles foloyng
Item payde Sir Richard furtune for vii cjuarters vii1'
Item payd Thomas hords heyrys for chief rent
of certayne lands on the Abbey foriett for
ii yeres past ... ... ... ... ... xiis viiid

Item payd William Vmfreston for ii yeres ... vis viiid

Item payd to the abbey for hokmall for pyper

house and Rychard hulston howse for ii yere ii9 iiii(I'

Item payde our lady servyce for ii yeres ... iis
Item payd for town rent of the Cornell howse
yii the corn marked for ii yeres with odur
houses ... ... ... ... ... viiid

Item payd for wax beryng for ii yeres at Corpus

Christi fest vis xd

Item payd for bred ale & chese for ii yeres to
Waxberers ...

Item payd the mynstreli for ii yeres ... ... vis viir

Item payde yeryn barbur for topyng of xx"

torches ... vi"

Item payd John barbur for toppyng of x torches iiii' vid
Item payd John Colon barbur for x torches

toppyng ... ... ... ... ... iiis iiii-

Item payd the pore pcpull in money & wood iV

corn for the space of ii yeres as appereth

by bylls vii1' xiii* i'1

Item payd for wyne at dyvers tymys when

master goldsmyth \svith odui inourbecenes iiii
Item payd Thomas Cowper for Wi \ t\ ng ii ded< s viiid
Item for wyne the same day payd ... ... w

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Item payd for vyyne when master Rychard

amyttyn was made master .., ... ... xiiii*

Item payd for pyntyng of the Autur clothe &
wyre cS: hokes & redylles1 & spynd apon
mastures knyght that tyme byng masturcs
Sogdon ... ... ... ... ... vs ixf

Item payd for makyng of the wax for ii yere to

our autur ... ... ... ... ... vi'

Item payd for loke & key to the coffur at our

Autur... ... ... ... ... ... vi(

' Summa ... xvii!j xix8 viiid

1501 16;
[fo. 106.] Henry 70 1502 ly] yeare5

Item unto the Wardyn William hosyer in
monay when he rode to london apon the
matur by tyx Waltur bryan & ous ... iii1'

Item payde for wyne the Sonday next eftur

Corpus Christi day the ferst yere of our offys iiiis iiii'

Item payd on Corpus Christi day last past for
wyne and waffurys and apulls bred & ale
Summa ... iiiis' vi'

Item payd the Sonday next eftur yn the Sex-

turry ffor wyne waffurys & apulls... ... iiii* ii'

Item spynd apon master Syr Gylbart talbott yn
wyne dattes & comffets with the spenses
apon hys syrvands at evenyng cS: mornyng
Summa ... ... ... ... ... IX1 viii'

Item payd for Wyne & bred at etyng of the
Vennesson that master talbot Send at ii
tymys Summa ... ... ... ... xK iiii

Item payde for a new aube2 & ii amyyses & for
rcparacion of ii Ycstemcnts & taylurs hyre
Summa ... xxiii5

Item payd for newe sieves unto an auhc &

wessyng & sowyng ... ... ... ... VII

Item payd for wessyng all the yere of autur

clotheys with aubys & sowyng then agnnc viii

1 Riddels or curtains. Here obviously Alt u curtains,

a A new aU> ami two amice..

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Item payd for paper . iiii'1

Item payd at the hoffryng at the queries mass^1
Item payd John crower for dressyng of the gret

candylstekes ... ... ... ... ... „ vid

Item payd John bayly marchiond for that the

place was yn dett unto hym Summa ... xs
Item payd ffor a reward to them that browth

the Yenesson ... ... ... ... ii"

Item payd ffor past to the same Yenesson ... i'v
Summa ... vi1' xir! vd

I 501 16I
[fo. 107]. Henry 7- 1502 i7j>"eare

Item payd for a tabull in the hail ... ... ... iis

Item payd the Stuards at ii Estures in monay ... xl-
Item pavd for tyle that hath be spynd in dyvers

places ... ... ... ... ... ... iiis

Item spynd on Corpus Christi day at brekfast .. ii'J
Item payd Robard Wootton for ail the fyrst

Estur dener ... ... .. ... ... vi*

Item hyt was agreyd to be allowyd for John

henks and for John longyslow by a'l the

phellesepe (sic !) Summa ... ... ... xxiiR

Item payd for bakyng of venyson... ... ... viii1

Item payd for bred & chese to the scheldyryn ... xiid
Item for ii keys ... ... ... ... ... iiiid

Item for my flee for ii yere even- yere x.\s Summa nl5

Item Thomas Wall hath payd above the to Estur

dynerys ... ... ... . x\xis iiiid

be syde the xls above wryt\ n in bred & ale & schesse to the
schelduryn at Corpus Christi.
Summa totalis KLviii1' v" v.iiiJob.
Summa totalis for ii yeiys xi.viii1' vs viiia ob. and so the
savd Thomas resteth yn arrerage of ix'1 of the which ys
delyverd yn distreses of a womanys gon viii*,

Summa payd yn distresses vtii" And so the sayd Thotmts
resteth yn arrerage as yett to to the sayd Hraturnyte viii1, xii\
The summa of Thomas Wails arrerage ys viii1' .\ir.

1 The Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul ol Elizabeth, rjmcn of licrm
VII., who ciicvt culy in 15^3 in hi I 37th year.

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Memorandum that this vs the Accomptes of the fprseyd
Wardens for ii yeres past apon the forseyd accomptes of
Thomas Wall of ther Recevtes <x payments duryng the tyme
of ther office etc.

Item Receyved per me William hosyer the vii day of may
anno xvim? xi ounces brokyn selver parte gyld & parte whyt.

1501 16)
[fo. 10S]. Henry 70. 1502 i7Jyeare

The same Wardens charge them selffe with the arrerage of
John Gyttyns the eldur John don Ry chard lystur William
13arbur late wardens off the sayd ffraternete with the Summa
of xxii-1 xid ob.

Item Recevyd of Thomas hosyer ffyn when he

was made Brodyr ... ... ... ... xiiis iiid

f Item of John bayle of the poile ... xxvi8 viiid
forrenners - Item of Edward knyght xxvis viii,!

v. Item of Thomas Wegeford ... xxvi' viiid
Item of the dette of John 1 let t ... ... ... xx8

Item of the dette of Rye hard lestur ... ... xxs

Item of ihe dette of Rye-hard hagur ... ... vs

Item of the baylyff Thomas Wall ... ... iii1'

Summa totailis xxxii1' v6 iiid ob.

Item Recevyd of edward knyght & Thomas

whegeford for ther Wyne ii' viiid

Item of edward knyght for that he was never

stuard for hys fyne ... ... iiis iiii1'

Summa totalis for ii yeres xxxii1' v" iii'1 ob. wherof ys con-
tent ec payed unto master bavlvffvs by the bonds ol robard
Wootton when they wento london By tyx my lord Abbot &
the tone In money iii1' Item payd Waltur bryan 1>\ thehands
of William hosyer & for the rekenere of the vvhryth of ryght1
with paymynts unto men of law mycostysand Waltur bryan
as appereth by byll The Summa vii1' xiir iir1 Item thesayd
wardens leven yn trcssure yn good nionay The Summa xvur
iiii*-1 Item in sory monay iiii" i'1 Item yn plegges & dette as

1 The Writ of Right) better known .is tlx- wiit 11 Praecipe," the OpWllrtf
wotd of the form which it took when iHrcCted to i to\.»l ... iHttiBCt iiiin .1

sei^noml court. It waa the necessary commencement si .» proprietary sctU n
toi the recovery ol lands,

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parcells folyng Thomas Wall arerage viii1' xii8 Item a blew
gowne for a woman in plcgge for viii8 Summa viii*.
Item payd the fferst estur dener above the brethren xxxs viiid
Item pay for the ii estur dener above the bretheren xl" xi

1501 i6\
[fo. 109.] Henry 70 1502 17/ -eare

Item in the hands of Richard pursell &

Roger phellepys ffor ther stuards monav \h
Reseyvyd of Roger Phelyppus La on sonday

after mehellmas day...
Item Thomas knyght oweth for hys ffyne

un payd ... ... ... ... ... xxs

Item Thomas knyght for Richard hagur... xvs
Item Roger Woswall for that he was surte

for hys Brodur William Woswall on

payd Summa ... ... ... xvis viiid

Item Roger don owith of parcells of his

stuards monay ... ... ... ... xviiis

Item remayneth yn the tresory the plege

of John Baxtur a remnant of clothe

a noche of gold for ... ... ... xxvi5 viii**

Item resteth yn the place the plcgges of

Thomas marschall ... ... ... vii8 via

Item a plegge of howell melvern for ... x6
Item a pyntyd clothe yn the hall ... ... hi* vid

Item Roger Sadeler ys yn dett for his fvne

yn that he wold nott serve the office of

stuardschep iiis iiiiJ

Item resteth yn the place an almcry of

Rychard flecher ... .. ... \is viiid

Item yn Robard Wooton bonds yn monay xii1 viii'1

Item yn the bonds of William hosycr ... \s iiii*

And so the wholl Summa remayneth yn redy monay dettt s

and plcgges with arrerage of the baylys adcomptes that

)-s to wytt hys accomp \s yn anvragc of and

the rest yn dettes as yn the bonds of mastvrs the bavh (Ts

del\ verd by the hands of Robard Wootton iii1' with odlU

deetes cV plcggesdnc- to the ifi.it u in \ to as to fore appcrcth

The Summa of xxiiii1' x\ u

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1503 i8|

[fo. tic] Henry 7 1504 19J >"eare

Memorandum that the thursday yn the estur Wekke yn
the xviiith yere of kyng harry the viith by the assent & consent
of all the bretheren of the ffraternyte they have chosen ward-
ens edward hosyer edward knyght Rychard tyllay Rychard
necculls for terme of ii yeres next ffolyng and for by cause
that edward knyght hath nott served the office of stuardship
he hath payd hys ffyn yn hand iiis iiiid and ovyr this they
have chosen stuards ffor the seyd terme John Colle & hew
Walkur the yongur and as well wardens & stewards wern
sworn

Item by the assent & consent of the seyd ffraternyte ben
chosen six men to here the with yn named Accomptes that
ys to Wytte Thomas trentam John Schetton Rychard egge
William barbur John bayly John forstur \\ nich six men
appered yn the hall with the newe 'Wardens and ther lafte yn
tresory as appereth yn ssutt of the seyd accomptes

Item the Newe Wardens have receved the Seyd tyme in
bylls of the bothe hall dett Summa ... xxxi1' iiidob

Memorandum ther was delyverd unto the hands of our
mastur Rychard amyttyn the xi day of may anno xvm0 iii°
i g(r)ette key & ii small keyys of the grett coffur yn the
tressurhowse Item yn bonds of master edward hosyer then
beyng wardyn that tyme iii keyys Item yn the hondes ot
edward knygh iii small keyys Item yn the bonds of Rychard
tellay & Rychard necullas ii small keyys of the coffur yn
the hall

18]

[fo. in.] Henry y° 1503 19 J yen re

1504 20J

Compotum Memorandum that yn the vigill of the annunci-
acion of our blessed lady the xx,h yere of tin: reign
of kyng harry the yiith Thomas than beyng Bayiy
to the said ffraternyte bathe accomptcd by fore
Edward hosyer Edward knyght Richard tylley &
Richard Nicholas for the termes o( 11 yereS fully
by fore past i\c.

Arrcra<-es fi'yrsl the seal Thomas most answar to the

mastyr the wardens and to the said ffraternyte for

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Redditus
Assise duo
bus annis

Allocatum

suche arrerages as he was endetted at his last
accompte as appereth yn the ssutte of his said
accompte Anno xviii° rregis henrici septimi

viii!' xir

Item the said Thomas Wail most accompte for
a mannys gowne which was delyvered to hyin for.
a distress Summa... ... ... ... viii"

ft Summa of the arrerages ... ix1'

Item the said Thomas Wall than Bayly hathe
accompted by fore the said Wardens for the Rent
of assise of ii yeres fully past as to fore specyfied
with the encresements of the same xLviii1' xvis
ff Summa of the rent of assise for ii

yeres with the arrerages ... ... Lvii1' xvi*

W7herof the said Bayly asketh his allowance for
divers payments paid as well to the hands of the
pore peple in redy money for Corne and Wodde as
they vsually have receved of the said accompt and
as for payments made by hym tor dyvers Repar-
acions and for dyvers decayes of dyvers tenements
to the said fraternyte be longyng for the termes of
ii yeres aforesaidc as particulari foloweth and
ensueth

1503 18I

[fo. 112.] Henry 70 1504 19J

Payments the furst halffe yere

Payments for ffurst the said Thomas asketh allow-
chief rents r , , . ,
ance lor suche money as he paide

to the prist for his yere stipend

& wages ... iihh

Item paid to the hcires of Thomas

horde

Item paid to William humfreston for

chief rent
Item for hokmall rent at the Abbey

fforictt

Item to our lady servyce
Item paid for town Kent

ff Summa ... fcii" ii'1

Item paide for papour

veare

vr lin

111 Mil

Mill

xi i*

1111

Costys

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Item to John Barbour for toppvngof

x torches... ... ... ... jiiiK

Item for beryng the light & Baner

on Corpus Christi ... ... iiiis iifl

Item for Bredde ale & Chese to

' childyrn the same day ... ... ir xid

Item to the mynstrcll to goo on pro-
cession ... ... ... ... iiis iih'1

Item for wyne on Corpus Christi day

to the ffeleshipp ... ... ... iiis viiid

Item for Waffours the said day .. iiiif1
Item for a matt to the hall ... ... iid

Item for pakthred ... ... ... id

Item for attachement of the hewster1 iii'1
Item the said Thomas askethe for

his yeres ffee ... ... ... xxf

Item for the Expences of wyne abawt

the bysyness of the wardens ... viii*1
ff Summa ... xxxixs viiirt
Payments Item paid for xii Stryke2 Corn to
pore pepie the hall ... ... ... ... vis ixdob

Item for xii lodys of woode to the

said hall ... ... ... ... viih vii*ob

Item for xiiii lode of woode to the

Rewe ... ... ... ... viiis iirt

Item paid in money to the pore folke

for xxvi wykes ... ... .. xxxii8 v*ob

Summa ... Lva iif1ob
Summa totalis Above Writen ... ix'1 vii" ob

1503 lS\

[fo. 113] Ileury 70 150 ,| 19/

Dckaycs Tn primis for the ooldc hall which ys in
dekay ... ... ... ... - ...

Item for the Scole howsc

care

1 Hewster— dyer or colourei (Murray, .Y./-\A) The feminine suffix — tier
would have lost all specific import by this date. The entry cannot refer to a

legal ' attachment ' since the *xp< lulu in c is so small. Lu: hum rccu.l | kuni ol

retaining fee given to the dyer employed l>\ the fraternity*
a StiiUc. A measure (of com etc.) locally lynenytnoua with bushel. (V,

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Item for the howse late yn the tenure of

Isabel cater ... ... ... ... iir

Item for John Lonkeslowes house ... iiir
Item for the prists chambre ... ... iiir \

Item for Sir John plevles chambre ... x
Item for ii howses vndour the wvle copp iir
Item for ii howses apon the wylecopp... vir viii*1
Item Nicholas ffurbour house ... ... xri

Item the Colver house & the Croft .. xiid
Item ii tenements next the Walsh yate xiii" iiir1
Item a tenement some tyme yn the hold

of Thomas Marshall ... ... vir vid

Item iii tenements over this Syde

marshall place ... .. ... iiir vid

Item for a tenement that hoell melffourn

hyld vi9

Item the tenement next to hit ... ... ii"

Item for Clyburys Grownde ... ... iii" iiii'1

Item the grett howse yn the Corn

markett ... ... ... ... xs

Item the Cornell house in the Corn

markett ... ... ... ... ixs

Item a tenement yn the Knokyn strete xx"

ff Summa ... iiii1' x9 viiid
Reparacions in primis for a just to a wall by twixt

Sporyour & the borre ... ... viiid

Item for a Standarte & ii cntcrdcsscs1

to the same ... ... ... ... v*

Item paid for vi l>oadcs ... ... .. ii" iid

Item paid for clamstaffes & bordenayle iiii'1
Item for Spykyng and lathe nayle ... vii*
Item paid for lathes ... ... ... vitd

Item to a Carpenter cS; to his man for ii

dayes ... ... ... ... ... lix*

ff Summa ... vi" iiii1'

1 Intcrticc 01 Kntcnlcsc. Krotll IfttC I. tttteTttnfelt, win net EnttMtenftC Col
ruptcil into Kntcuicsc etc. A UorizoiU.il puce ol tinibor ci nnectinn two vcit,. a
pieces— an fn(ct tie. (Munny, \. /■/>.) Stand^tte here timely refett to am o(
the uprightSt

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1503 1$}

[fo. 114]. Henry 70 1504 igpGare

Reparacions the furst halffe yere

Item for fcakyng down tyle & ledde

undour the wyle ... ... ... viid

Item paid for a lok with a key to the

said house ... ... ... ... iiiid

Item paid for lathes & navies to William

Strynger house ... ... ... iii'1

Item for naylyng dorres & windowes

with bords in Schepiache ... ... iii*

Item paid for a lok with a key to a tene-
ment in the Barkerstret ... ... iiiid

Item paid for makyng of a wall to the

said tenement ... ... ... hd

Item for dyvers reparacions of the sign

of the Boorre iiB vid

Item for mendyng a steyre & dorres yn

the church yorde ... ... ... iiid

ff Summa iiis ixd.

2nd halffe yere
payments to ^n primis paid to the pore peple in
the pore peple money for xxvi Wykys for the

halffe yere xxxif \A oh

ff Summa xxxiis vd ob.

Dekayes Jn primis for the oold hall vifl viiid

Item for the tenement next to the oold hall iiis
Item for John lonkeslowes house ... iiii8
Item for the prists Chambyr .. ... iiii" vi

Item for the lytyll house withvn the

churchyarde ... ... ... ... 11s

Item for Sir John pleyles chambre ... **d
Item for ii tenements undyr the Wyle iii' \ i'1
Item for ii tenements upon the Wyle

coppc vii" vm*

Item for Nicholas furbour house ... x'1
Item for the Colvyr house croffe ... xir'
Item for ii houses next the VValshe vatc xii' Vld

Item for the pl.uc that marshal] held... vii" \\A
Item iii tenements on this syde maxschal) iiii" ^ 1 1

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vr
iii;

18)

i9P'eare

iis
iii"

111

Item lor hoell melvyrley tenement
Item for Clyburys grownde

1503

[fo. 115] Henry 70 1504

Item for the great house yn the Corn Market

Item for the Cornell house yn the same

Item for a tenement withyn the knockyn strete
ff Summa iiii1' iiiis iiiid.

Summa totalis of payments dekayes & Re-
paracions of the ii fyrst halffe yeres
amontethe Summa ... ... ... xx!

ff the Seconde yere.

In primis paide to the prist for his Stipend... iiii!

Item paid to William humfreston foi chief
rent

Item paid to Thomas hord heires for chief
rent

Item paid for hokmall rent
Item paid to our lady servyse of chief rent...
Item for pakthred

Item for Beryng the light & the baner on

Corpus Christi day
Item to a mynstrel] the said day

Item to a nothcr mynstrell the same day ... ii"

Item spend in wvne & vitalls the said day ...

Item paid to my lord of Schrousbury mynstrell iii"

Item spend on hym the said day

Item for openyng the coffyr yn the hall

Item paid to John Coly for Bredd & ale

Item for my ffee ... ... ... ... x\'

Item for Chesc to the Chyldyrn
Item paid for the Tow n Rent . .

Item spend at Brckefast when Seiche was
made for Kvydcncc of the Cokshutt

nu'

1111'

iiii'

1111

iiuu

xii

1118 Yin

111

111"
iiiid
viii4

iir
iiii*

15^3 lol
[fo. 1 16] Henry 70 1 504 iq\

The Second yere
Payments Item paid for malmesy to present my
lady Straunee

\ e.n t

\ ir

DRAPERS' COMPANY, SHREWSBURY.

Payments
to the
pore peplc

Reparacions

xvn'

1111 ■

in

Item spende yn horse mete at Ellesmer
Item paid for a Soper the same night ... ii
Item paid for horse hyre
Item paid for malmesy to mydyll to the

said lady Straunge ... ... ...

Item spend at midyll the said day
Item paid for a horsse hyre to midyll ...
Item paid to master Sugdon Executors lv

ff Summa ... ix1' ixs vd
In primis to the pore peple for

lu wykes ... ... ... iiiK iiii

Item for xii lode to the hall of

woode... efmmt .•<f.*©ifiS v"s x*

Item for xi buschell Rye to the

said hall vis ix,!

Item paid to the Rewe for xiiii

lodes woodd viii8 hi'1

Summa ... iiii1' viis i'1

In primis for the Rcparacion of the
New hall as appereth parcell
mall by a Byll

Item for the Reparacion apon the
Cornell howse yn the Corn
markett as appereth

Item for the Reparacion at the Sign
of the Borre as appereth by a
Bill of Thomas wall xvfi

Item for the Reparacion of William
Stryngcr tenement as appereth
yn lykc mancr by a byll ... ir

Item for the Reparacion of the Ten-
ement late yn the tenure of
Richard Wentnore ii*

LXX^

xn

iir'ob

in1

ir'ob

ff Summa

car vnr

[fa. 117] Henry 70 150 .}

the iiia halff yere

dekayes [n primis for the oolde hall

I'll

vcai c

vr vnr

242 the earliest book of the

Item for the Tenement next to the said

1 11

hall

iir

Item lor John lonkeslowes tenement ...

Item for the prists chambre

iiii5

Item for the lytyll house withyn the

churcheyard ...

iis

Item for sir John pleyles chambre

xxd'

Item tor 11 tenements undur the \\ vie ...

iii5

•A

Vld

Item for ii tenements apon the Wyle

copp ...

viis

vi ii

Item for the Colverhouse crofte

xnd

Item tor Nicholas furbour tenement ...

Item tor 11 tenements next the \\ alsne

gate

xs

1

Xd

Item for the tenement that Marshall held

V 11

. -d
\ 1

Item for ii tenements this (syde)

Marshall

iiiis

Item for hoell myllverley tenement

vis

Item for Clybury Grownde

iiis

iiii'1

Item for the grett howse in the Corn

markett xs

Item for the Cornell house in the said

market iis iiiid

Item for a tenement in the knokyn strete iiis iiii'1
ff Summa ... iiii1' iip viiid

The iiii* halffe yere
. Dekayes \n primis for Colvyr house Crofte ... xiid
Item ii tenements at the Walshe gate... x* xd
Item for the tenement that marshall held vii* vid
Item for a tenement lyeng in the knokyn

strete iiis iii4

Item for iii tenements on this syd

marshall iiii5 vid

Item for hoell milverleys house ... vi1

15^3

[fo. 118.3 Henry 70 *5°4 *9) ^

Dekayes Item for Clyburys Grownde ... ... iii1 iiiid

Item for the Cornell tenement yn the

Corn markett ii" iiii'1

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Item for the gret house yn the Corn

markett .. xs

Item for Nicholas ffurbour tenement .. xd
Item for ii tenements apon the Wyle Copp viis viiid
Item for ii tenements undur the Wyle ... vid

Item for the oold hall vis viii^

Item for a tenement next to the said hail iiis
Item for John lonkeslowes tenement ... iiiis
Item for the prists chambur ... ... iiii5 vid

Item for the lytyll (house) yn the churche-
•.yard ... ... ... ... ... ii5

Item for Sir John pleyles chambre ... xxd
Item for the house yn the castell foriette iiii5
ff Summa ... iiii1* vis viiid
ff Summa totalis of the ii halffe yeres of the
Second yeres as of payments dekayes with
Reparacions ... ... ... ... ... xxvii1' xs vid

ff Summa totalis of payments dekayes & Repar-
acions for the ii yeres which Thomas Wall
ys allowed of by the said Wardens ... xLvii1' xvi" id
Arr(eragium) And so the seid Thomas Wall Bayly to the forsaid
ffraternyte resteth in arrerage and yet Re-
mayneth yn dette to them ... ix" xixs xr

ff Summa ... ix1' xixs xid

1503 lSl veare

[fo. 119.] Henry y° 1504 19) -

Memorandum that this ys the accomptes of the forseid
wardens for ii yeres past apon the accompte of the for-
seid Thomas Wall of there Rcccittes and payments
duryng the tym of there Office

The seid Wardens charge them selffe with
the arrerage of hughe Walker John ilovt
Robert Wootton & William hosyer late
Wardens of the seid ffraternyte With the
Summa xxiiii1' xviis vid xxiiii1' xvii* vi*

Item the seid wardens Receved of Edward
mynsturley for to be ad my t ted as a

Brothel- & nottO folo the procession ... xl f

244

THE EARLIEST BOOK OE THE

Item of Rauff Walker to be admytted as a

prentys ... xiii5 iiiid

Item of John Baxter for his plegge ... ... xs

Item Resseved of Thomas Seymper for a ffyn vis viiid

Item Resseved for wyn of E mvnsturley &

Rauf Walker xvi'1

Summa totalis of the wardens charge for ii yeres xx11 viii£ xJ
Wherof ys payd for the furst and the iid Estur dyner
above the Recept as appereth by a bill xiJx3 viiiJ Item
payd for wyne the same dyners iiii5 Item paid for
Toppyng of the Torches to J harbour Th Barbour lS: to
J Cotton vis iid Item for the mynstrells dyner to John
Colly xvid Item spend dyvers tymes drynkyng with the
mastur & ffeleship ii- iiiid

Summa payd ... iii1 iir vi^

And so the seid Wardens charge clerely for ii yeres ys

xxv1' vs iiii,!

Summa ... ... ... xxvH vs iiiid

Wherof Resteth in the hands of Rondull Byston

of Stuards money ... ... ... ... ls

[fo. 120] Henry 70 1503 19 Vyeare

1504 20 J

Item in the hands of Thomas Knyght for his ffyn

XXs

Item of the seid Thomas for plege of Richard

hagur ... ...

XVs

Item in the hands of Roger Worrall sucrtc of

William Worall

xvi*

viii*

Item in the hands of Thomas marschall a plege

viis

vi>

Item in the hands of Roger don of his Stuards

money ...

xviiis

ix1

Item a plege of hoell melverley a jakke ...

Xs

Item an almcry of Richard fflecher plege for

vi9

y'u'v

Item in the hands of William hosver

Vs

ini

Item in the hands of Robert Woton

xii^

viii

Item in the hands of Roger Sadler for hi< ffyn

of stuardship ...

iii*

mi

Item an Obligacion of John Coly for bis stu

money

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245

Item in the hand of John II tt for a Bill of

debentur ... ... ... .,, ... lx3

Item in the hands of John Baxter ... ... xvis viiid

Item in Redy money as well of iiiis vid part therof

sory money ... ... ... ... ... xiis xd

ff And so the holl summa Remayneth in dettes c\: plegges &
Redy money with ix" xixs xid of the arrerage of Thomas
Wall late Bayly which ys due to the seid ffraternyte

xxv1' vs iiiid
ff Summa Rem(ayneth) ... xxvH vs iiiid

Henry 70 20 yeare

Memorandum the thursday in the Estur wyke Anno xxmo of
kyng harry viith by the assent of the mastur & Bretheren
of the said ffraternyte they have chosen wardens Thomas
Trentham Thomas Wythyford Thomas knyght & Rich-
ard lyster for terme of ii yeres next ffolloyng & Thomas
hosyer & Water Wetnall stuards And as well Wardens
as the stuards ben sworn cSrc

ff Item the seid day was delyvered to the mastur Richard
mitton i grett key & ii small keys of the koffyr in the
Tresour house Item to Thomas Wytheford iii keys
Item to Th Trentham & to Richard lyster ii keys of the
koffur in the hall Item to Thomas knyght

1505 20)

r V c a 1* e

[fo. 121] Henry 70 1506 21/ -

Compositio Memorandum that John fforster Bayley to the
seid ffraternyte for the term of OOI1 at the
annunciacion of our lady Anno xxi° hathc
accompted by fore the mastur & the wardens
and the seid John fforster accompted for the
rent of assise for the seid with the Encres< -
ment of the Newe rent... ... xxiiii11 viiid

Rent of Assise Summa Redditus Assise ... ... xxiiii1' viir

Allocatum Wher of the seid John asketh allowance for
dyvers payments which hv hath payd duryng
the seid yere as hereafter particulari flbloweth
Payments ffyrst the seid Bayly payd to sir
l0thcprist ^ ffortuneChapekwntotheseid

id

246 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

ffraternyle for his holl yere
servyce for that yere past ... iiii11
pore peple Item he payd to the pouer peple
that yere past that ys to wytt
every wyk xv(l Summa for
the hooli yere ... ... in1' vs

Item more payd for xv lode of

wood to the seid pouer peple viis vi

Item delyvered to Chylton in

woodd the foreseid yere ... Vs iiii

Item for xii Stryke Rye delyvered
to the seid Chylton the seid
yere ... ... ... ... viR ix

Summa ... viiiH iiii viid

Item payd for Beryng Torches on Corpus Christi

day... ... ... ... ... ... ... iii?

Item for Beryng of the Baner the seid day
Item spend in Bred & ale to the wax herers ... xviid
Item for makyng tapurs to the aulter of the trynyte iin
Item for Topping torches ... ... ... ... Vs vin

Item to the mynstrell on Corpus Christi day ... iiis iii':

Summa ... xiiiis Vd

Redditus Item payd to the hcres of Thomas horde

rcSolutUS r 1 • r i '»

for chief Rent \T vin

Item to William Vmfreston for chief

Rent by yere iii9 iiii1

Item to Commen Sergeant for chief Kent

to the town iiiid

Item to the Abbott of Salop for hokmall

rent xiiiid

Summa ... xis via

1505 2o|
* * vcaro
[fo. 122.] Henry 70 1506 2 1 I •

Reparacions Hem the seid Bayly hathc matl(^ dyvcrs

reparacions this yere ... ... ... ix* H

Item for paper that he spe nd this yere ... 1
Summa ... i\H iid

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247

YESus"8 Item the 5eiJ Ba-vl-v desjreth allowance for serten

tenements which be sett to a snaller Rent

then they have be
In primis a tenement in dogiane in the

hold of Richard leche some tyme at
/ xiiiis by yere & nowe at Xs ... ... iiiis

Item the lands in harlescott some tyme

at xviis nowe xiir iiiia ... ... i i i - viiid

Item a tenement in the Castell fforriett

at xxs and nowe viir .. ... ... xir

Item John Banestur tenement at xiiis iiiid

Receved xs ... ... ... ... iiis iiiid

John lloyt wever tenement at xiiis iiii,!

Receved xs ... ... ... ... iiis iiiid

Nycholas ffurbour tenement at vr \iii<l

Receved iii3 iiiid ... ... ... iiis iiii'1

Item the newe tenement in the Corn

market at xxs Receved Xs ... ... x6

Item a parcell of Grownd by the seid

place: John don nihil ... ... xiia

Item a tenement with Gardens of William

phelipps at x* Receved viii5 ... ... ir

Item a Tenement of Jone hopley at viii"

Receved viis ... ... ... ... xiia

Summa ... xL.iiis yiiid
Dckay of \n primis the old hall some tyme at ... xiir iiii*
Item a Tenement next the hall some tyme viir
Item the prists Chambur some tyme ... ixs
Item a tenement next the prists Cham-
bur some tyme ... ... ... viir

Item Sir John pleyley chambyr ovyr the

hall of the almeshouse ... ... iii" iiii''

Item ii tenements undyr the Wyle ... vir
Item a tenement In seynt Mary Churcbeord iiii"
Item the tenement next the Hone ... viir viii''
Item iii Cotages next Scheplache ... xir
Item iiii Gardens by hynde the vvalles

quondam ad vi" viii'1 ... ... ... V1 x''

Item the howse of hoell melvern ... xvir

Item iii Cotages next to hit ... ... xir

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Item ii Cotages in the Knockyn Strete ... vi9 viiid

Item ii Tenements next the Walshe Gate xiii iiii

Item atenement on the Wyle Copp ... vir
Sum ma ... vi1' xvs iifl

[fo. 123] Henry j°

1506

20
21

veare

Rent not
payd

deb i turn
Ballivi

ffeodui

arreragium
nihil

Item the seid Bayly askcth allowance ot

Rent of Richard mitton
Item in the hands of John Gyttyns
Item of Edward KnygHt Rent un payed
Item of Richard dycher Rent not payd
Item of Water Wettnall Rent not payd iiii5 viii'J
Item of Clebury Grownd
Item of Richard Ponsbury of Calys

Item of William Otteley

Item of William Phelypps
Item in the hands of Thomas Wryght
Item in the hands of Robert meyles ,
Item in the hands of Richard Edge
Item in the hands of John Schetton .

xvi viir
vs viiid

Xs

xvid

vr vi n
iiii1"

Vr viii'
viiis
viii8
viiiL

iii8

Item in the hands of Mafgett marschall

vr

Summa ... iiii1' ixs vid
And so the said John fforster resteth in dett to the
seid ffraternyte for this yere xx8
Summa ... . xxH
Wherof he askcth to be allowed for his yere? ffee

xx" *W
and so the seid John owith clere nihil
Summa ... viiis vid
Composicions item the vigill of the annunciacion of our lady
Anno xxii° llenrici Septhni Rogerdon D li \ '. ■
to the said ffraternyte acconipted to fore the
master <S: wardens (ov thr ii" yere afore
specified

Item the said Bayly most accompte for Rent ol

Kent of

assise

assise that yere ... xxiur viii
Summa ... txiiil" viii"
Wherof the seid Bayly askcth allowance ol dyvers paynv nf -
which he hathe payd as pal t iculai s heixaftei shall follows

DRAPERS COMPANY, SHREWSBURY. 2jg
1505 20)

[fo. 124] Henry 7 1506 21/ ^eare

Payments to ffurst the seid Bayly hath payd to
tie pnbt the prist ffor his stipend of this

yere past ... ... ... iii1' xvis vid

Payments to 'Item payd to the pore peple in

the pore . . , ....

peplc money every sonday r ... XL viii

Item to the seid pore peple x lodes

of woode ... ... ... v8

Item to Chilton xiii lodes wodd .. vis
Item to the seid Chilton xii Bushell

Rye ... ... ... ... vs iid

Summa ... vi1' xiiis iiiid
Item payd to the Berers of the wax on Corpus

Christi day ... ... ... ... ... iiis iiiid

Item to the baner berer the same daye ... ... iiii'1

Item to the mynstrell the seid day
Item for pakthrcd & Erbys (herbs) the seid day

Summa ... vir id
Owte Rents Item payd to heyrcs of Thomas hord
for chief Rent
Item to William Umfreston heires for

chief rent ... ... ... ... iii' iiii"

Item to Com men Sergeant for Town

Rent iiiid

Item to the Abbot tS: Bayly for hok-

mall Rent ... Xlilid

Reparacions Item payd to Thomns Tawne for viiiml
& ix° schynguls ...
Item payd for the hewing & leyng of

them ...

Item payd for a pece of Tymbre ... iiis
Item for a pece of Tymbre of Richard

Egge ... xxd

Item iii peces tymbre of Nicholas

waryng & [ohn fforster ... ... ii1 ir

Item for a m' lathes ... ... ... iiiv iiii'1

Item payd for dyvcrs Reparacions

apon serten tenements ... ... 1 \i* \iii''v^b

Summa ... vili X> in Iiirob

250

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Mynyshyng Item the seid Roger asketh allewance for dvven

of Rents . . . „

tenements which were at more Kent at tymes

past & nowe at lasser Rent
In primis a tenement in the castell ffor-

iett at xxs & nowe at ... ... x'

Item a tenement of Kateryn sewster at
. . viis & now iiir .. ... ... iii"

Item Nicholas furbour payeth iiis iiiid

some tyme vis viiid ... ... ... iii5 iiii;

item Richard leche Wright tenement

at xiiir & now paith xs ... ... iiir

Item a tenement of Jone ffrvser at viii6

& nowe at iiir ... ... ... iiir

veare

1505 20)
[fo. 125] Henry 70 1506 21 f

Item the Gobler tenement some tyme at

viiis & paythe ... ... ... iiir

Item a tenement with Gardens of Will-
iam phelips at xa. Receved ... ... viii" iid

Item the newe place in the Corn market

at xx? Receyved ... ... ... xv

Item a parcell of voyd Grownd bysyde

the newe place nihil ... ... xiid

Item dyvens lands in harlescot some

tyme xvir Reccyvcd xiir iiii'1 .. iii8 viii-
Item Jone hoplcy tenement at viii"

Recevd vii" ... ... ... ... xir

Sum ma ... stLvi*
Dekayes ln primis the old hall this ycre... ... xiii* iiii1

Item Sir Richard fortune chambrc ... ix"
Item Sir John pleyleS chambrc over the

hall of the almeshouse ... ... iii" iiii'1

Item ii tenements under the \V\ le ... vii"

Item tenement next the Borre ... . . viii* viii4

Item iii tenements in Scluplachc ... xir
Item hoell melvern' tenement ... scvii"
Item iii C otnges n( xt tot i 1 « s< id tenement xir
Item ii Cotages in the knokyn Stretc ... \r viii4
Item a tenement at the Wrtlschc VatC .. \i" vnr

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251

Kent not
payd

Arrerace

Item a Crofte in Sutton lane for halff

a yere... ... ... ... ... iis

Item the Colvyrhouse crofte for halffe

yere iiii*

Summa ... vh xxd
In the hands of Richar'd mitton this yere xvis viiid
Item in the hands of John Gyttyns ... iii" viiid
Item in the hands of Edward knyght ... xs
Item Cleburys Grownd ... ... .. vis viiid

Item Richard ponsbury of Calys for his

place ... ... ... ... ... iiii5

Summa ... xLi"
Item the seid Bayly asketh for his ffee

this yere ... ... ... ... xxs

Item the seid Bayly payd for a Breke-

fast at the Borre xixd

Summa ... xxs Item xixd
And so every parceil allowed to the seid Bayly

clere

Summa arreragiorum

nihil

veare

Accompte of
the Wardens

20l

[fo. 126] Henry 70 1506 21 J

Memorandum that this ys the accompte of
Thomas Trentham Thomas Knyght Thomas
Wythyfford & Richard lyster wardens for ii
yeres past apon the accompte of John fforster
Roger don of theyr Recent s & payments
durvng the tymc of ther OiTice
The seid wardens charge them selffe with the ar-
rerage of Edward hosyei Edward knyght
Richard Tylleley & Richard nycholas late
wardens of the seid firatcinyte with the

Charge of
the apreiac;c
of the old
Wardens

Summa of

Item the seid wardens charge them selffe with dyvers ReccptS
of money that they have reccved of dyvers perrons and
also for the ft'ync of newc Bretheren which hen admitted
of the flelcschip as here aftur folowith

charK.sof in prints Reccved of William Janyna

thcKcceptcs for hj. ffyne tQ W aJmyttcd a

252

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XXVIs Vllld

XVI

XXVI V

XVI'

xxvr v

XVI

XXVI" VI 11

Brother of the ffraternyte & to

ffolo the procession
Item Receved of the seid William the

day of eleccion for vvyne ...
Item Receved of Edward Bent for lyk

ffyne to be admitted Brother & to

ffolo the procession on Corpus

Christi day
Item receved of the seid Edward Bent

for wyne ...
Item receved of William Watur for his

ffyne to be admytted a Brother &

to ffolo the procession on Corpus

Christi day
Item receved for his wyne the day of

eleccion

Item Receved of William Barbour
Clerk for his ffyne to be admytted
a Brother & to ffolo the procession
Item Receved of hym for his wyne the

day of eleccion
Item Receved of Richard ScryveiV for
his ffyne to be admitted a Brother
& to ffolo the procession
Item for ii Galons of Wyne the day

of eleccion...
Item Receved of Olyver Vaghan for
his ffyne & as prentes to be ad-
mytted a Brother & to ffolo the
procession...
Item Receved of the seid Olyver for ;i

Galon Wyne
Item Receved of Rondull Byston for

stuards money ... ... "... L1

Item of John Coly oi his Obligacion

for his stuard money ... ... xxxvr viii

Item of John Gyttyns for Thomas

Wall dett a sylver pece ... ... \\F

xvi1

xxvr viii

w

Xllr iiu

Vllr

Memorandum .

parccii oi iii" item receveU ;i Bill oi uebentcr tin
paid to the Summa

liaylys

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253

And so the seid wardens stand charged

for ii veres in ther tyme with .vxxix1* vis
Summa of the holl charge ... xxxix vi5

1505 20 -1

[10. 127,] Henry ;= 1506 21 J -eare

Memorandum the said Wardens discharge them of parcel! of
there hooil Charge for dvvers payments whiche thev have
paid to dvvers persons as particuiari folowiih here attur

In primis in Redy money to the ii Stuards C£

Item land to the Commens & Baylyfts of
the town in redy money xl5 and by a
Byllxx5... ".. ... ' ... iiiK

Item paid for the ffurst Estur dyner above

the Recepte ... ... ... ... xxxviii5

Item for wyne the same day ... ... viis iiiid

Item paid for the iid dyner above the Re-
cepte of bretheren ... ... ... Ls

Item for Wyne the same dyner ... ... vis iiid

Item paid in money to sir Richard ffortune
for his wages which Thomas Wail was
allowed of in his accompre ... ... xlvis vuid

Item paid at dvvers tymes for Wyne for

the mastur & Wardens ... ... iiii* iiiid

Summa of payments ... xv: xiis viid

And so as yett the said Wardens ben charged

in arrerage ... ... ... ... xxiii1' xiii'" vd

Summa ... xxiii1, xiii5 vd

Off the whiche Somma John Uojt hathe in
his hands that Edward hosyer & Ed-
ward knyght land to the hall in1'

Item in the hands of the Baylyfls of the
town for monev land to the hall & to
the Comyns iii1'

Item in the hands of Thomas Wall n.\e-

cutours viii1' xi\* xi1

Item in the hands of Watrr Watt nail for

his Stuards money ... ... ... L*

Item in the hands of the said Water for

money del vvcred to hyai iiii*

254 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item in the hands of the Executours of
Thomas Wall for such money that he
schold have paid to Sir Richard ffor-
tune for his wages ... ... ... xLvi3 viiid

Item in the hands of Thomas knyght un-
paid for his ffyne ... ... ... xxs

Item in the hands of the seid Thomas

knyght for Richard hagur ... ... xv?

Item in the hands of Roger Worall Exe-
cutours for his Brother William fyne xvis viiid

Item remayneth in the place a Jakkc of

hoell mylvenr for plegge ... ... xs

Item Roger don owith fcr Stuard money

unpayd ... ... .. ... ... xviii5 iii1

Item remayneth an almery of Nicholas

fflecher price ... ... ... ... vi* viiid

fyeare

1507 23'
[fo. 12S] Henry 70 150S 24

Item Roger Sadler owith for his fyne of Stuard-

schip ... ... ... ... ... ... iii' iiiid

Item remayneth in the place a peynted clothe for

price ... ... ... ... ... . . iiis \'\d

Item William hosyer executours owe to the place Vs iiiiJ
Item Robert Wotton owith to the place... ... xiis viiiJ

Item John Col\ owith for Stuards money ... xiii' iiir
Item in the hands of E knyght & Edward Bent

for John Baxter ... ... ... ... vi* viii*1

Item in the kepyng of Richard lyster a pece of

John Gyttyns price ... nf

which was Receved lor Thomas Wail debt
Item ther Resteth in the kepyng of Richard lyster

in sory money ... ... ... .. ... iiii* vd

Item in money latt in the pursse which Richard

lyster most answer ... ... ... ... xxvi*

Item in the place a furncss of ledd1 plcge of Th

marschall ... ... ... ... ... vi* via

1 Obviously not a. furnace in the ordinary sense of the term. The word is
used in the 15th century to denote .1 boiler or other such vessel, and even a soft
of primitive incubator (v. Murr.«y, X. K. D. fH0iS*)

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255

Item ther ys owyng by Richard mytton Edward knyght
John Gyttyns and by other tenants of the ffraternyte as
appereth to fore in the accomptes of John fforster &

Roger Don parcell mall ... vi1' xs vid

Sum ma ... vi!i xs vid
ff Summa totalis due to the ffraternyte yn plegges dettes of
Bretheren & tenants at this tyme unpaid xxxvi1, xviid
Memorandum the thursdav in the Estur Wyke Anno xxiii0
of kyng harry the viith by the assent of the mastur &
Bretheren of the said ffraternyte they have chosen
Wardens Richard Dycher John Bayly Richard Purcell
and Rondull Byston for tefme of ii yeres next foloyng <5c
William Clerk & Edward heyleri Stuards & so sworn
Compositio Memorandum that Roger Don Baylyff to the seid
iUnnos361" ffraternyte ffor the terme of ii yer endyng at

the ffest Annunciacion of our lady last past
anno xvcvii & anno xvcviii hathe accompted
by fore the mastur & wardens & accompteth
Redditus ffor the Rent of assise with the Encresement

Assise r , —

of the newe Rent ... ... ... xLvin11 xvis

Summa ... xLviii1' xvi5

231
J \ veare

24) '

[fo. 129] Henry 70 1508

Whereof the seid Bayly asketh allowance for dyvers pay-
ments whiche he hathe payd duryng the terms of the
seid ii yeres as by parcell hereaftur ffolowyth

Solucio in primis paid to sir Richard ffor-

capellani , , , . . . c .....

tune lor hisstipend tor u yeres vin"
Item paid to the pore peple for

the seid ii yere ... ... iiii'1 xv* iiii<1

Item paid for wood to the seid

pouer nun for ther ffuel ... xiv
Pore peple item delyvercd in Rye to tlu

maynteinyng of the hall place xiii1 V*ob«
Item paid for wood to the hall

place for ii yeic ... ... xii"

Summa ... xiiii1' ii'ob.
(;ori,ns Item Beryngwaxon Corpus Christi day

Christ) day r

for 11 yeres ... ... vr \ ill "

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Redditus
Resolutus

xir

in

XI

vr

256 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item to a man for beryng the Baner ii
yeres & at the tryumphe ...

Item paid to the mynstrell for his Re-
ward for ii yere ... ... ... vis

Item for pakthred & herbes for ii veres

Item paid for Bred & ale & chese for
berers of the lyght ii yeres with the
expences don s.pon the mynstrell
dyner & for kakes ... ... ... vis

Item paid for wyne drank in the Tavern
on Corpus Christi day for ii yere &
also at the Tryumphe by the mastur
& the company ... ... ...xxii'

Item for Saffuron kakes ^ Chese at the

seid Tryumphe1 ... ... ...xviid

Item for toppyng of Torches for ii yere

& for castyng i torch newe... ... xif

Item for makyng wax ageynst the ftest
of the Trynyte

Summa ... Lviif iiii'j
Item paid to the Commen Sergeand for

ii yeres Rent... ... ... ... viiid

Item for chieff Rent paid to Th horde

for ii yeres Rent ... ... ... xif viiiJ

Item paid for chieff Rent to William

Umffreston for ii yeres ... ... vis viiid

Item to the abbots Bayly of monkfToryett

for hokmall Rent ... ... ... 11s Uiid

Summa ... xxii5 iiii'1
Expences Item paid by the said Bayly in parte
of payment of fche dyner at Estur
for oon (yere) ... ... ... xx"

Item paid for a Brekcfast to the mas-
tur & others of the company to
see the Reparacions at the Boorre ir iid
Item ])aid for fftatiridurs tyle oyle $

paper for thes ii yere ... ... iiir'ob.

Summa ... xxii vi^ob.

vur

1 Doubtless the MUlsOmmei \V«tch.

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?57

[fo. 130.] Henry 70 150S 24J yeare

Reparacions item the seid Bayly asketh allowaum e for money

for ii yeres . . . "

that he hat he payd lor dyvers Reparacions
don at the Boorre and in other places as
y particular appereth by his Bvli xi1' viis iiiidob.
mynyshment Item the seid Bavlv asketh allowance for ii veres

of Tenements , . ~ " " . . , r

01 dyvers 1 enements vyhiche were afore tvme
at more Rent and nowe be at lesse Rentes

Item of a Tenement late in the hold of
Richard leche Wryght at xiiii5
some tyme by yere ec nowe at xs
So dec(rece) ii yere ... ... viii6

Item a Tenement in the tenure of
William Benteley some tyme at
vis viii*1 by yere & now at vs so dec-
(rece) ii yere ... ... ... iiis iiii'1

Item a Tenement in the ho'.d of kateryn
Sewster some tyme at viiB cS: nowe
at iiii8 by yere So dec(rece) for ii
yere ... ... ... ... ... vis

Item the land in harlescott some tyme
at xviis by yere & nowe at xiii* iiii'5
by yere & so dec(rece) for ii yere vis iiiid

Item a Tenement some tyme in the
holdyng of William Sugdon at xn'
by vcre and nowe sett for x*1 by
yere & so dec(rece) ... ... xxs

Item a Tenement in the castell fforiett
that John Robyn holdeth some
tyme at x.\- by yere & nowe at x8
dec(rece) ii yere ... ... xx*

Item a Tenement in Scheplage in the
hold of marge t laschcford some
tyme at xvii* & nowe sett for \ iif
so dec(rece) ii yere ... ... xviii*

Item a Tenement & serten Gardens at
Cleremont in thetakyng of Thomas
WStanes heireS tofbre lytne feett for
xs Recevved viN" • •• ... iiii8

258 THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Item a Tenement that Jane hopley

holdeth at viiis Receved viis ... ir

Item a Tenement next the oold hall at

viii" Receved iiiis ... ... .. viii9

Item a Crofte with a duff (dove) house

in frankwyle at viii* Receved iiiis viii5

f

Summa ... vH iiiis viiid

Decayes Item the seid Bayly asketh allowance for serten

decayes for thes ii yere
In primis the oold hall at xiii8 iiiid by

yere... ... ... ... ... xxvis viii'1

Item for lonkeslowe Tenement at viii5

by yere ... ... ... ... xvi8

Item Sir John pleyley Chambyr at

iiis iiiid by yere ... ... ... vi'viii-

Item Sir Richard ffortune Chambyr at

ixs by yere ... ... ... ... xyiii8

Item ii Tenements vndur the Wyle at

viis by yere ... ... ... ... xiiii9

Item a tenement next the borre that

John Bebb (? Bell) hyld at viii8 iiii>! xvi8viiid
Item iii Tenements in Schoplage at

iiii8 every of them ... ... ... xxiiii*

1507 23 \ -care

[fo. 131] Henry 7" 150S 24] >calG

Item ii Tenements in the knokyn strete iii" iiii'1

by yere ... ... ... ... ... ... xiii* iiii'1

Item a Tenement at the Walsche gate at vi" viii'1

by )'ere ... ... ... ... ... ... xiiis iiii"'

Item a parcell of Grounde withyn the takyng of

Wylliam Sugdon & the grounde of John Don ir
Item a Tenement late in the hold o( Nicholas

ffurbour at ... ... ... ... ... vis viii*'

Summa ... viii1' iiii" vi'1

Rents not Thes pircalla ben iri tha tenants hands & Kit-hud
' v mittons unreceved for ii vera

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259

In primis in the hands of Richard

mitton for ii yere... ... ... xxxia5 iiii4

Item in the hands of Edward Knygnt

for ii yere ... ... ... ... xxs

Item for Clybury Grounde yh the

tenure of Th Wythyfford & his
x wyf for ii yere ... ... ... xiiis iiiid

Item in the hands of Richard pont-

ysbury of calys ii yere ... ... viif

Summa ... iii:i xiiii5 yiiid

ftees Item the seid Bayly askyth allowance

for ii yeres ffe ... ... ... xl*

Item for money paid by him to the Stu-

ards at the Wardens commaundment xs
Rent not Item the seid Bayly asketh allowance
pa)d for ii yeres Rent of the Borre which

the wardens commaunded the baylv
to lefie in the hands of Richard
Bulghe for the reparacion o: his
house... ... ... ... ... Liii? iiiid

Item in the hands of John Gyttyns for

the rent in meiefeld ... ... iii5 hii*

Summa ... v1' vis viiid

Summa of all payments & allowance to the

seid Baylv for ii vere.- ... ... ...Eiii1' xiii8 iiidob.

ff And so the said wardens ben detted to the

seid Bayly ffor this ii yere as appereth

evvdentlv in the seid accomptc... ... iiii'' xviis iii 'ob.

150; 231
[fo. 132] Henry 70 I5'vs ^4 I

vcaic

Accomptc of Memorandum that this ys the accomptc of Rich-
t,L A ' ' an(j Dycher John Bayly Richard purcel) and

Rondull BystOll wardens for ii yeres past

apon the accompt of Roger Don of ther

Kecepts and payments dnryng the tyme ol
ther omce

260

THE EARLIEST BOOK OF THE

Charge of the The seid wardens charge them seiff with the ar-
the'oid rerage of Thomas Trentham Thomas Knyght

Wardens Thomas Wythyfford and Richard iyster late

Wardens of the seid ffraternyte with the
summa of ... ... ... xxxvi1' xviid

Recepts Item the said wardens charge them with dvvers
Recepts of money that they have Receved of
dvvers persons as here aftur ffolowith
In primis Receved of Watur Wetnall dett ls
Item Receved of money land to the Bay-

llvs and the Comvnalte of the town... iii;i

Summa

Whereof the said Wardens have paid to dvvers persons as
particular folowith and therof aske aiio-.vaunce and to be
discharged

ffurst the seid wardens have land in Redy money to Roger
Thornes & Thomas knyght late Baylys of the town of
Schrousbury at the instance of all the Commens ... iii:'

Item the seid Wardens have land to William mitton & to
Thomas Whythifford late Bayllys as appereth by a byll

XXs

Item the said Wardens discharge them selff for

money paid to the ii stuards yn there tyme ... xx*

Item paid to Richard purcell v5 xd Canvas for

Schetes to pore folkc ... ... ... ... vs xd

Item paid to William Janyns in money ... ... iiii9 ii'1

Summa ... \h xs

And so the seid wardens for there tyme there payments
allowed be discharged and acquyt and the a r re rage of
the wardens to fore them due to the ffraternyte schall
apper parcelly here aftur foloyng

I5<>7 *3 !

[fo. 133-1 Henry 7" 1508 24 J *****

In primis John lloyt hatiie \ n his hands thai
Edward hosyerand Edwmrd knyght land
to the hall ili1

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201

In the hands of Thomas Wall Executours ... viii1'

xixB

xid

Item in the hands of Water wetnall Execut-

ours

iiiis

In the hands of Thomas knyght for his ffvne

XXs

Item the seid Thomas owitb for Richard

hagur money vnpaid

XVs

Item yn the hands of Roger Wyrall Execut-

our for his brother

xvis

viiid

Item Roger Don owith for his Stuards money

xviii5

in*

Item Robert Wotton owith to the place

xitf

viiid

Item William hosyer Executour owe to the

place

Vs

iiii*

Item John Coly owith for his Stuards money

xiii8

iiii'1

Item Edward knyght and Edward Bent owe

for John Baxter ...

vip

viiid

Item Roger Sadler owith for Stuards money

iiis

iiiid

Item Richard lyster owith to the place

xxvi8

Item the said Richard most answar for a pece

of John Gyttyns whiche ys in plegge with

sir William lynyall for viii" iiiid of

Thomas Wall dett

xx"

Item remaneth yn place a peynted cloth price

iiis

Item a ffurnesse of ledd of Thomas marschall

P^gge ...

vii"

Item an almery of Nicholas fllecher plege ...

vi'

viii4

Item a Byll of debentur of money land to

the town ...

XXs

Item in the hands of Thomas Wall execut-

ours for money that he was allowed yn

his lyff ... ...

xLvi*

viii1

Item in the hands of Richard mytton for hys

yeres Rent yn the tyme of John ffbrster

was Bayly ...

xvi1

Vllr

Item in the hands of John Gyttyns for avcrc

Rent yn the tyme of John fforster when

he was Bayly

yl

viii*1

Item Edward knyght ys owyng for the sayd

yere

X"

Item Richard dycher the seid yere for Rent

unpayd

.... J A

262 THE EARLIEST BOOK OE THE DRAPERS' CO.

Item of Water Wetnall Rent unpaid the said

yere ... ... ... ... ... iiiiK viiid

Item margct marschall owith for Kent un-
paid that }'ere ... ... ... ... vis

Item William Otteley for Rent unpaid that

yere^ ... ... ... ... ... vis viiid *

1577.

263

THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

' AN ELIZABETHAN PLAN.

By HENRY T. WEYMAN, F.S.A.

THE plan, which accompanies this paper, is probably the
earliest plan extant, of Ludlow and its immediate neighbour-
hood. It is taken from the Domestic Papers of the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, and the original is now deposited in the
Public Record Office (S.P. dom : Eliz. Case H.j. There is an
endorsement on the plan which gives the date as 1577 and
it is described as " a platte of parte of the Chase of Bringe-
wood and of certayne groundes adjoining leased to Mr.
Walter of Ludlowe." It is curious that the earliest Map of
Shropshire, that of Saxton, bears upon its face the same
date, 1577.

The plan is roughly executed and the original is in colours,
which cannot, be given. It. is however very interesting, not
only on account of its early date, but also for the information
which it gives us of the surroundings of Ludlow in the far
off days of Queen Elizabeth.

The plan, it will be seen, purports to show the lands which
were leased at its date to Mr. Walter of Ludlow. This was
Edmund Walter, Chief Justice of South Wales, who lived
at Mary Vale " that fair house by the gate of the making of
Mr. Justice Walter," which is spoken of by Churchyard in
1587 in his stately poem " The Worthiness of Wales." Mr.
Walter was a man distinguished above his fellows in days
when there were giants in Ludlow. Sir Henry Sidney,
K.G., was resident in Ludlow Castle as Lord President ol
the Marches of Wales in Walter's tune; his great son, Sir
Philip Sidney, was M.P. for Ludlow (1581); Charles Foxe,
the Secretary of the Court of the Marches, " lived in a fayre

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THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

house there that he did bestowe great charges on," Fulkc
Greville (Lord Brooke) " Servant of Queen Elizabeth
Counsellor of King James and friend of Sir Philip Sidney"
was clerk to the Signet in the Court of the Marches here;
Sir Robert Townshend, Chief Justice of Chester, and his son
Sir Henry, Justice of Chester, lived " in a faire house in St.
Austen's, once a Friary"; Sir John Throckmorton, Master '
of Requests to the Queen, was the Borough Recorder;
Thomas Sack ford, also a Master of Requests, and Robert
Berrie, M.P. for Ludlow (who also had office in the Court
of the Marches) were living in Castile Street, and these were
only a few of the prominent men who might have been seen
in the streets of Ludlow in the latter half of the 16th
century.

Edmund Walter himself held no inconsiderable place in
this distinguished company. He is said to have been a
Staffordshire man, who became a student of the Inner Temple
in 1552, a Bencher of the Inn in 1568, and was Treasurer
(its highest honour) in 1582. He practised in the Court of
the Marches, and was, so successful that when in 1576 it was
desired to make him one of the Council, it was said of him
that he was "very meet to be of the Council but so great
a gainer at the barre as willinghe will not be drawn from
it." Mr. Walter seems however to have become one of the
Council of the Marches about this time, and he probably
owed his appointment to the following letter from Sir Henry
Sidney to Sir Francis Walsingham, one of Queen Elizabeth's
principal Secretaries of State.

Sir, for that it is given me to understand ili.il some
ill disposed persons that rather of malice ami devise
then of substaunee and truthe have geven foorthe some
undecent and slaunderous reportes of Mr. Walter where-
by to bringe his fame and credit t in suspect, the
rather to further their owne intentions and practises ;
I have therefore thought convenient (at the request ol
his nophewc) to testifve unto you my knowledge of the
man which for that it hath bene ol theise xvi yearcs
contynuence that he hath lived in place wlicre 1 have
had government and hath bene a principale [deader at
the Barre before me and reddie at all tymcs and all

AN ELIZABETHAN PLAN.

265

seasons without any shewe of alteration or distemper-
aunce to doe any thinge that apperieined to his
profession. And besides hath maney tymes supplied
the place of Deputie Justice in the severale circates as
well of South Wales as North Wales and never touched
with those fawltes either of to hoote impatience or over
large excesse in diet (for any thinge that I either have
seen or at any tyme have hard reported of hym). Their
fowlt therefore is the more (in myne opinion) that by
soch untrewe reportes seeke to bringe his name m
question to prevent hym of that good torne, which
perhappes other waves might light upon hym. But as
you are to discernc both of the man and matter. I
referre the same to youer advised judgement with this
report of Mr. Walter that I thinke hym a man both
verye sufficient and woorthie to receave a good torne for
in his callinge he will well deserve it. And even so I
take my leave ffrom the Oueenes castell at Dublin the
xvth. of June 1576.

Your assured lovinge
ffreinde
H. Sydney.

(State Papers. Dom : Elizabeth, vol.108. X0.44).

This letter puts beyond doubt the high opinion which Sir
Henry Sidney held of Mr. Walter, whose success had no
doubt caused jealous}- and enmity amongst his competitors.

In 1579 Mr. Walter was appointed second Justice of the
Radnor, Brecknock, and Glamorgan Circuit, and in I «;8l he
was promoted to the position of Chief Justice of South
Wales, an office which he retained till his death. Mr. Walter
obtained in 1 57S a lease of Ludlow Castle, and he W«L» no
doubt a man of wealth and great possessions. He wa>
Recorder of Ludlow in 1505 and 1570, and he seems tc
have often participated in the civic feasts which were so
freely gi\ en by the Corporation of LucT.ow to its distinguished
residents and visitors.

Edmund Walter was twice married, first to Wary, daughter
of Thomas Ilackluyt <>f Eyton, by whom he had three sons
and two daughters, and secondly to Mary Ottley [the widow

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THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

of Richard Crompton of Acton Burnell\ by whom he had
one daughter, Jane. He made his will dated 4th January
1593 — 4, by which he left £5 to the "poor people of the
Town of Ludlow " and directed that his estates should
descend to his eldest son James Walter for his life and
after his death they were entailed upon his second son John
and his heirs. A legacy of £300 was left to the widow and
a further legacy of £300 to his daughter Jane on her
attaining 18 years of age. Mr. Walter died in January
1594, and was buried in the Chancel of Ludlow Church,
where there is still a stately monument to his memory upon
which are the recumbent effigies of himself, and his first
wife. It is curious that the date of the burial of Edmund
Walter is erroneously given on this monument as the 29th
January 1592, instead of the correct date 1594. Upon the
sides of the monument are depicted his five children, amongst
whom his son John is represented as wearing a Judge's gown-
but as John Walter was only twenty-eight years of age at
his father's death and was not appointed a Judge until thirty
years later, namely in 1625, a doubt was at once raised as
to the time at which the monument was erected. This
doubt was fully justified, but the question is set at rest by
a provision in the will of James Walter, the eldest son, dated
February 1625. He directed as follows: "My will is to
have erected over my father and mother some fitting
remembrance or monument within the Church of Ludlow
where they lie buried and where my intent is to be buried
myself if the same be not performed in my lifetime, the
charge whereof 1 leave to my brother. Sir John Walter,
Knight."

James Walter died very shortly after the date of his will
and the monument was doubtless erected by Sir John. Tills
delay explains the mistake in the date of his lather's burial,
and Will also account for the fact that only his own father
and mother, and her children, are represented on the OlOlHi
ment, the second wife and net daughter being entirely
ignored. It should be noted lh.it the figures of James
Waller and his sister Mary have at some tune been
transposed on the monument, as he appears under the name

Mary, while she is under the name J. lines.

AN ELIZABETHAN PLAN. 267

I

Edmund Walter, as lias been seen, left three sons, the
eldest of whom James Walter matriculated at Brasenose
College, Oxford, on the 20th March 1579, at which date
he is stated to have been fifteen years of age, and then
proceeded to the Inner Temple, to which he was admitted
in 1 58 1. He represented the Radnor Boroughs in the
Parliament of 1588-9; probably through the influence of his
father, who was then Chief Justice of South Wales. James
Walter, who was never married, seems to have lived in Broad
Street in Ludlow; as in the lease of the Chase of Bringe-
wood, dated in 1601 (to which further allusion will be made),
the rent is made payable "at the capital messuage of James
Walter in Ludlow m a street there called Broad Street."
Mr. Walter died on the 24th June 1625 and was buried
in Ludlow Church. Ludlow still has cause to remember
him, as by his Will to which allusion has already been made,
he charged his estates at Richard's Castle with the annual
sum of £20, of which £10 was to be distributed amongst
the inmates of Hosyer's Almshouse and the other £10
divided between the Rector and Preacher of Ludlow. The
£20 is still paid by the owner of the Moor Park Estates,
of which a part formerly belonged to James W alter, and
the money is still divided in accordance with the terms of
his will amongst the recipients named in it. It will be seen
that the Moor appears on the plan amongst Mr. Walter's
estates.

It has already been stated that Edmund Walter's estates
passed to his eldest son Janu s, and as the names ol James
and his more eminent brother John do not appear in the
Shrewsbury School Registers, it may safely be assumed that
they both received their early education .it the Ludlow
Grammar School, and in the present buildings, to which the
School had then lately been moved.

Edmund Walter's second son John Became a very
distinguished man He was baptised at Ludlow on the 1st
May 1-5(55, and took his degree at Brasenose College, Oxford.
He followed his father's profession, being described by a
contemporary " as a profoundly learned man q| great
integrity and courage." [ollll Waller became Attoinex
General to the Prince of Wales and was knighted on the

268

THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

lSth May 1619. In May 1625 Sir John was appointed Chief
Baton of the Exchequer, an office which he held until his
death on the 18th November 1630. He was buried at
Wolvercote near Oxford, where there is a fine monument
to his memory.

There does not appear to have been the usual Inquisition
on the deaths of Edmund Walter or his eldest son James
(at least none can now be found), neither was there an
Inquisition post mortem in the case of Sir John Walter in
Shropshire or Herefordshire, but the Inquisition held in
Oxfordshire is forthcoming, and refers to his estates in
Lud'ow and the neighbourhood.

For some reason the Oxfordshire Enquiry was not held
until August 1653, three years after Sir John's death.

After dealing with the Oxfordshire property, the
Inquisition thus proceeds :

Further the jurors say on their oath that the said
John Walter knight long before his death was seized
of and in a capital messuage and a garden in Ludlow,
co. Salop, lately in the tenure or occupation of Edward
Watties Esquire or his assignees and of another
messuage and a close of land adjoining the same
messuage lying in Ludlow lately in the tenure or
occupation of Edward Watties Esquire or his assignees
and of another messuage and a close of land adjoining
to the same messuage in a certain street there (-ailed
Corve street and three messuages and divers lands,
meadows and pastures in Ludlow. Staunton Lacye,
Moore, Overton and Bachecott in co. Salop in the tenure
of William Littleton esquire, Valentine Dawes, gent..
Evan Powell, Francis King and Richard Price- messuage
in Hyopp, and other lands in Radnorshire a house,
and (\\ acres of land etc. in Leighton. co. Hereford,
and of 2 messuages. 28 acres of land etc. in Ludford,
Richard's Castle and Elton in Co. Hereford,
The Inquisition concluded with the finding that Sir John's
eldest son William Walter was his heir and was then twenty-
five years of age. lie. Sir John, also left a widow
(described as Lady Anne), another son, David (then 21) an^
three daughters* Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret

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It will be observed that the Inquisition deals with the
property at Moor, Overton, Richard's Castle, and Elton, all
of which are shewn on the plan.

Edward Waties1 who was Sir John's tenant at Ludlow
was one of the Council of the Marches and Recorder of
Ludlow., His monument in Ludlow Church is just opposite
to that of Edmund Walter. William Littleton- the tenant -
of the Moor, was also Recorder of Ludlow.

The Particulars remain, dated a year earlier than tne
lease (22nd March 1 575-6) upon which the accompanying
plan was based, and the lease to, Mr. Walter was subsequently
granted for 21 years. They are as follows :

Parcell of the possessions called Wigmore and
Wigmores lands lately of the Earl of March in the
said county.

Perm of a pasture called Fen nail in Boringwood
parcel of the Forest of Boringwood, so demised to
Edward Hopton, paying therefor per annum ;s. Sd.

New rent of a parcel of land called Shuttes alias
Overeis within the aforesaid forest so demised to Edward
Hopton- paying therefor per annum 2s. viiid.

The premysses are parcell of the saved fforest of
Boringwood and the rentes charged before me within
the same fforest are of the yearly value of xxxiins. vid.
with these parcells. And this particular is made for a
lease thereof to be graunted.

Examined by Robert Hodgeson, Auditor,
xxii March 1575

Edmunde Walter
The fyne iii yercs rent.

The clearc ycrclic value of the premises xs. iiitd.
The ffyne rated at 3 yercs rent amount eth to xxxis. to
be paid in hand.

Make a 1 .ease of the premises to Edmunde Walter
for lei me <. f xx tie yercs y elding to the Queen's
Ma jest\' the yerelie rent aforesaid and payinge to her
highness the [fyne above mencioned

1 Shrop. Arch. Trans , Ser. 2, Vof. XI., p. jaa.

2 J>. 3M-

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The Lease to have commencement from the feast of
the Annunciation of our ladie last past.

The excepcons covenauntes and condicens to be such
as in like cases are appointed.

W. Burgrrley
, Wm. Mildmay.

These particulars shew that the plan comprised far more
than the lands actually then leased to Mr. Walter. It will
be seen at the first glance that Ludlow itself has a very
small place m the accompanying plan, but that little gives
rise to a question of the greatest interest. What is the
church which is shown in the corner of the plan and bears
the name Ludlow? Is it a mere conventional design, or is
it intended for one of the Ludlow Churches of the iGth
century ? It clearly cannot have been intended for the stately
Parish Church of St. Lawrence, as not only in its very rough
drawing- does it not bear the slightest resemblance to it in
any particular, but it seems to have a spire, which the Parish
Church certainly never had. It seems to the writer that the
Church and surrounding buildings are more probably
intended to represent " that Hospital of the Holy Trinity,
the Blessed Mary and St. John the Baptist, which Peter
Undergod founded and built close to (juxta) the bridge of
Teme of Ludlow"; these words being taken from Walter
de Lacy's confirmation of the founder's grant. If this
suggestion is correct, it gives additional interest to the plan,
as being the only representation of St. John's Hospital and
Church which has been handed down to us. These buildings
undoubtedly occupied the site shewn in the plan, the land
now known as St. John's Close, and it corresponds exactly
with the description in the deed of confirmation. The
Hospital was situate just outside the Town Walls, and it
seems probable that if Ludlow ( lunch had been intended,
the walls round the town would have appeared m the plan,
There was unquestionably a Church attached to the Hospital
and we have frequent mentions of it in the eatly documents;

thus William de Pyrefeld by his will dated in 13 |S. gave ;s
to the work of the Hospital of Si. |<>hu btnxl IbS. to the
Brothers of the Hospital for Masses; and /Vnttcia Pfcrroi who

d&ed in 1. 1 15 directed that her body should bo buried in the

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Church of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist of Ludlow,
and gave a legacy for the " sustentation of the Church of
the Hospital by reason of my burial there." At .1 later date
(1513) William Russell of Ludlow directed that the Prior
and Brethren of St. John's should be at his dirige and mass,
and Piers Beaupie (M.P. for Ludlow), who died in 1480, gave
a legacy for the fabric of the Church of St. John.

At the time of the Suppression of the smaller Monastic
houses, in 1536, Edward Leighton, the then Prior of St.
John's and the brethren of the house, granted the House and
Hospital to William Foxe and his son Edmund, and they
seem to have gone to reside there. In 1546 an Enquiry
was held, the result of which is stated in a paper in the
Augmentation Office, when it was found that the revenues
of the Hospital were then £27 12s. od. and there is the
following interesting note : " The said hospital is no parish
Church founded within any Parish Church but the Warden
and- brethren ought to discharge the cure and say divine
service of and in the King's Chapel of St. Peter within the
Castle of Ludlow," the Chapel of St. Peter being in the
outer ward, and few remains of it now existing.

It maybe said that the Church of St. John ceased to exist
at the Suppression of the Monasteries, but there is clear
proof that this was not the case. Jane Foxe, the widow of
William Foxe (one of the grantees in 1536) made a will dated
the 20th January 1564-5 (only 12 years before the date of
our plan), and in this will she directed that her son ^Edward
"any time he shall inhabit at St. John's " and after him her
husband's heirs "should have the use and custody of my
Chalice, ornaments and Chapel staff now used in the Chapel
of St. John's for divine service there to be ministered, the
same then to remain in their hands during divine service
and if the administration of the Sacraments shall bo there
decayed the said Chalice and ornaments to go for the Chapel
of Ludford." This shows quite plainly that, shortly before
the date of the plan of Edmund Walter's land, the ('lunch
of St. John was still being used for divine service, and as
a matter of fact the Church was standing lor many years
a f tea-wards. There is an entry in the account ol the Bailiffs

of Ludlow as lato as l(>j(> which shews the dato of the
Vol. 111., 4th s>tics. 1 1

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destruction of the edifice, or what was left of it, "taking
down the stone of the Church at St. John'? and making up
the churchyard wall with it." It is therefore fairly certain
that in 15;; the Church was still standing-, and it is at ail
events within the range of probability, from its position on
the plan and its proximity to the river and the Bridge, that
it is the Church which is delineated on the plan.

Leland, who wrote somewhere between 1538 and 1^50,
visited Ludlow and he noticed St. John's Church in these
words: "There is on the north side of the Teme bridge in
ripa sinistra Teme a church of St. John standing without
Broad Gate, sometime a College with a Dean and Fellows,"
so that, though the Colleg-e or Hospital had then passed
away, the Church remained.

These hospital foundations were really .Alms houses for the
old and infirm and lodging houses for travellers, rather than
Hospitals in the modern acceptation of the term, but
invariably they had a church or chapel attached to them.

Ludford Bridge with its three arches is shewn on the plan
and from thence the road runs to Leominster, not of course
in the present line, but the old way which went at the back ol
Hucks Barn and then to Overton. This place, which is
called in the old deeds and records, "the Town" of
Overton and was a place of some importance, is shewn
properly on the left of the road which diverges then to the
Moor. Jt is clear from the Inquisition quoted above thai
the Moor, which is shewn on the plan, belonged to Mr.
Walter. William Littleton. Recorder of Ludlow 1637 — 53
and Chief Justice of the North Wales Circuit in the time ol
the Commonwealth, who was Sir John Walter's tenant, was
living at the Moor up to his (death. He was a grandson ol
Edmund Walter, being a son of his eldest daughter Mary,
who married Sir Edward Littleton of Henley near Ludlow,
also Chief Justice of North Wales. Amongst Edmund
Walter's other grandchildren were Lord Littleton ot
Munslow, Lord Chancellor of England under Charles 1., and
Sir Timothy Littleton, M L- lor Ludlow and a Baron of the
Exchequer,

The fine castle " Riccard's Castle" shewn on the plan was
probably to some extent an effort oi the imagination of the

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artist. Even in Leland's time forty years earlier, the Castle
was described as going to ruin, though the Keep, the walls,
and the Towers were then standing. Richard's Castle too,
did not belong to the Walters, nor was it ever leased to them.

Though the particulars before quoted shew the land
leased to Mr. Walter, it is not easy to say what part of the
other lands and woods shewn on the map were his property.
The old common of Whitcliffe, given to the Burgesses and
Men of Ludlow by Jordan of Ludford and the Abbot of
Gloucester in the 13th century, though delineated on the map,
certainly did not belong to him. It is interesting however
to note that the road to Bringewood, though not quite in the
same line, seemed to run over Whitcliffe as it does now.

Between this road and the river Teme the plan is marked
" Mr. Foxe's land." This doubtless was 111 part Oakley Park,
which Charles Foxe the Secretary of the Court of the
Marches, had recently bought from the Earl of Pembroke
and the Crown, together with " the fee of 2d. a day for the
keeping thereof."

Much of the space of the plan is occupied by the Royal
Chase and Forest of Bringewood, which, in the main is in
the County of Hereford, and may be considered to 'be
beyond the province of these Transactions. Bringewood
(or Prestwood as it was sometimes called) was an old
possession of the Mortimers, which, on the accession of
Edward Earl of March to the throne as Edward IV. passed
to the Crown. It was granted by Queen Elizabeth to her
young favourite Robert Dcvoreux, Earl of Essex, with
whom were joined his Stewards Getty Meyrick ami Henry
Eindley. The greatest achievement of Kurd Essex was the
capture of Cadiz in 1596, and there Getty Merrick, who shared
with his patron the fortunes of war, was knighted by him.
Eindley was knighted by Essex in his Irish campaign in
July 1599. The Earl married the widow of Sir Philip Sidney
(Frances Walsingham), and it is said that he 111 this way
forfeited the fax our of the Queen, The incident (true or
otherwise) is well known, that he presumptuously tinned Ins

back on his Sovereign, whereupon she slapped his tare

There is a lease ill existence, perhaps the last document
ever signed by the Earl, by which he, Sir Gelt) Men u k and

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THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

Sir Henry Lindley granted a lease of part of the Chase of
Bringewood to James Walter for the lives >f himself, his
brother John and his young nephew James Littleton, son of
his sister Mary. This lease is dated on the 30th January
1601; on the 8th February Essex was in rebellion and tried
to raise London against the Queen, on the 19th he was found
guilty of high treason, and on the 25th, only twenty-six
days after the date of the Bringewood lease, he was beheaded
in the Tower of London. Sir Gelly [Merrick, who was
implicated in his patron's rebellion, was executed at Tyburn,
and his properties confiscated, Bringewood then vesting in
Sir Henry Lindley.

This lease from Lord Essex is of great interest intrinsically
as it deals with, and describes, many of the parts of Bringe-
wood Chase which are delineated on the plan. It would
appear that the former lease to Edmund Walter had
terminated, and the lands included in this deed are described
as being "late in the occupation of Edmund Walter deceased,"
thus linking the deed to the plan. The short description of
the property in this .lease of 1G01 is as follows : " All the
lands known as Fennells, Shuttes alias Overeys in the forest
or Chase of Bringewood and other lands late in Edmund
Walter's occupation, namely one parcel of ground containing
30 acres at the upper end of the said Fennells by the utter-
most wing hedge that cometh from a parcel of ground called
the Hasells along by Climber's Oak unto the ground of one
Ralph Tomkies tenant to the said James Walter and shooteth
from the hedge up to the Croft of said Fennell's. And
also that parcel of pasture in the said forest inclosed by one
Thomas Hopkies extending from the lower corner oi
Fennell's next adjoining the new Inclosure directly forward
by a highway side leading towards Astern to a gate which
said Thomas Hopkies made at the utter end ol the said
inclosure containing about 30 acres." The rent reserved by
this lease was only 10s. .jd., which was to be paid at the
capital messuage of James Walter m Broad Street In 1 udlow.
There was a special direction that Mr. Walter was not to
kill any deer in Bringewood.

This deed contains several points to which attention must
be directed, but before doing so it will be well to quote

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another deed four years later, by which Sir Henry Lindley
sold Bringewood to King James, and which contains
references to many of the same names. It is taken from
" Land Revenues, Index 365, Vol. 9. p. 206.

Indenture dated 8 Augt, 2 Jas. 1. (A. D.I 604) between
King James 1. of one part and Sir Henry Lindley, knight
of Halden, co. Lanes., of the other part, whereby the
said Sir Henry Lyndley sells to the King (inter alia) the
forest and chace of Buringwood and Mocktree, con-
taining about 5,353 acres and the iron mills, iron works,
iron forges, " hammer fynneries " and " cHasseryes "
erected by Robert, late Earl of Essex at his own cost
upon the river there called Thame running between the
forests of Bringwood and Mocktree; also the pasture
called Mariknolle, otherwise Soninghill, lying next the
forest of Bringwood and being parcel thereof, also a
pasture called Wynnall and another pasture called Shutts,
otherwise Overys, lying within and being parcel of the
said forest, also a close of thirty acres called New
Tynnings in the same forest and a pasture called
Ivanwood, estimated to contain So acres, a]so the pasture
called The Hey of Bringwood, containing about 135
acres and late in the tenure of the tenants of Buryton at
will, also Hammond Lodge and a pasture called the
Lodge Leasowe, together with other premises within the
said forest.

It will not be out of place to insert a very interesting Survey
of Bringewood and other Chases which was made in January
1603-4, and uPon which in all probability the lease to Sir
Henry Lindley was granted.

Here fords] lire.
A suivey of the Forrestes and chaces of Bringcwood
and Mocktree with the Manor of Bunion taken the xxist
daye of Januane in the first yearc of the fcligne of King
James taken before Sir Roger Bodenham. knight.
Charles Fox, knight, Giles Easter Esquire, his majesties

generate keccavor, Robert Berry Evsquire Ins majestie's
generale surveior. Roland Vawghail, I Mpine. and Win.
Layton Esq; by vertue of his Majesty's commission to
them 1 Hrected.

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THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

The forcste and Chase of Mock tree & Bringewood
being mesured doo containe 5333 acres.

Timber trees at 3s. iiiid. the tree, 37130 £6lS 16. 8.

The iron workes let there for 7 years with 2000
coardes of wood at £250 per annum.

There may be 500 coardes more added to continue for
30 yeares at the leaste and so make the workes worth
£300 p.ann.

The Building of the Iron Works there F £500.

These forestes are statelie growndes and doe breede
a greate and a large deare and will keepe of redd and
fallow deare twoo or three thousande at the leaste.

Landes Inclosed there and let by Lease at £5 I OS. 4d.
to be improved to £26.

Tenants at will there paying £28 o. 2od.

If there be noe Ironc workes the woods may yearlyc
be sould for ever for £250.

The Manor of Buriton is lett for £12. 4. 2. per annum
and may be improved to £156 6. 8.

Memorandum that the foreste and chace aforesaid are
neare adjoyninge to the Castle of Loodlowe the Cheefe
house of the prince of Wales out of which the Lorde
President and Councell had theire Tymber for buildinge,
and woode and Coles for their provision beside the
pleasure of the Game; till they were graunted to the
late Earl of Essexe, since when the Lord President and
Councell have bene enforced to buye theire Tymber
woode and Coale which was a great Charge to her
Matie, and is likely for to be to his Majesty if these
forestes be not againe united to the said castle.

Harj. MS. 354. fo. 1-2.

As Bringewood is outside the scope oi the Shropshire
Archaeological Society, it must suffice here to give very short
particulars of its subsequent history, while it is n««t possible
to enter into any details <>1 those hen Works founded by
the Earl of Essex in Queen Elizabeth's reign, used for the
defence of Ludlow in the Civil Wars and extensively worked
by the great ironmaster. Richard Knight in the tSth century.
These do not appear on the plan and arc quite outside the
area shewn. King James [• who bought Bringewood Chase

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from Lindley vested it in Trustees for his son Charles I.
In 1633 it was vested in the Earl of Lindsey, Lord Great
Chamberlain of England (Robert Bertie Lo d Willoughby
d'Eresby), who was killed when commanding the Royal Army
at the battle of Edgehill in 1642. In 1638 a decree of the
High Court was made under which 300 acres of Bringewood
Chase were granted to Burrington. and 500 acres to Aston*
and Elton, and the Earl of Lindsey had license to disafforest
and inclose the remainder and to destroy the deer. Bringe-
wood passed from the Lindseys to the Earl of Craven,
who sold it to Richard Knight the Ironmaster, in whose
descendant it is still vested.

To return to the plan. Attention may be called to the
five inclosures which are marked "ffennall's." and which are o
called in the particulars of 1576 and the lease of 1601. 'I he
first of the inclosures has the words " ffennall's lease to Mr.
Walter," and this would suggest that the name was derived
from a person who had leased the land to Mr. Walter, but
this does not appear to be the case. The name r" ffennalls "
appears not only in each inclosure but runs through the
whole five inclosures. The same name appears in an account
of Thomas Grove as Forester of Bringewood as early as
1508. These plots, small as they seem, are doubtless wholly
or in part the hill and wood which are now known as the
Vinnals, or High Yinnals. This indicates the derivation of
the present name, which has given rise to considerable
speculation, and it has been suggested that the name indicated
the presence there of a Vineyard. It will be seen how easily
"ffennals" could be corrupted into Vinnals, and only four years
afterwards it had become (it will be seen from the second
lease) Wynnall. In l(X>; a dispute arose between James
Walter and some of the Commoners of Bringewood as to
various inclosures. and an enquiry was held at the Guildhall,
Ludlow on the 20th April in that year. The depositions
taken in this litigation arc still extant and there will be
occasion lo refer to them again, but it is stated m CVld

there, that M.irvkimll. The Ynm.d\ .»nd Overies (the three

sets of inclosures adjoining to one another 00 the plan had
all been inclosed and wen' divided from Bringewood by the
Prcstwbod Ditch, also shewn on the plan. Thus, between

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THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW.

1 60 1 and 1607 the original name of Fennell's had disappeared,
and the present name of the "Vinnals" substituted for it.

The ditch, shewn on the plan, which "divic.cth the Chase
from these other grounds " seems, so far as can be judged,
to have become the main road leading from Ludlow past
Maryknoll to Aston and Wigmore, and the wood which
adjoins the road on both sides beyond Maryknoll bears at the
present day the same name of " Hasels," or Hasel Coppice,
which it bore in Lord Essex's lease in 160 1. The mention
in that lease of Climber's Oak (which is also mentioned
several times in the depositions of 1607) is also of interest.
The Bank running from Maryknoll Valley towards the
Vinnals is now called " Climbing Jack," and there is very
little doubt that the present name is a mere corruption, of
the old title " Climbing Oak"; and when it is remembered
that in those days Oak was styled Ake it will be seen at
once how the transition arose.

There is little to be said of the Overics alias Shuttes
Vallets.

There is delineated on the plan an inclosure in which is
a small house, with the legend " Hopkies the undcrkeeper
house and close." This is no doubt the parcel of pasture
which is stated in the lease of 160 1 to have been inclosed
by Thomas Hopkies. From the depositions of 1607 already
mentioned, we learn that Thomas Hopkies, who was one of
the witnesses, was keeper of the Forest of Bringewood and
lived at the Park gate, the very name given on the plan
to the gate shewn opposite his house. It is worth notice
that the first field after the road leaves the wood at Mary-
knoll still bears, or did a few years ago bear, the name of
Park" Meadow.

It may be that the house shewn on the plan as that of
Hopkies the undcrkeeper forms part of the present Upper
house at Maryknoll, or occupied much the same site, but
this is uncertain.

The dose wherein Hopkies's house stood is described in
the depositions as containing to acres. He also seems to
have inclosed another plot oi l.uul. called Bradlcy*s Green,
which was beyond the confines ol the plan, ami was the
inclosure winch gave rise to the dispute with Mr. Walter.

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It will be seen that Marykrio1! occupies a prominent site
upon the plan and that the name is the same as to-day and
spelt in the same manner. Mr. Thomns Wright, F.S.A., in
his paper " On a visit to the scene of Conms." says that this
spot was called St. Mary's Knoll, corrupted into Marvknoll.
and that it took its name from the tradition, that where the
road emerges from the woods, there was formerly placed a
smal1 cell with the figure of the Virgin Mary, at which the
traveller paid his devotions and made his offerings. The
tradition bears the stamp of probability, and the position
would be a likely one for one of the Wayside Images which
were so common in mcdireval days, Bringewood Chase of
which Marvknoll originally formed a part was in Wigmores-
land, and this knoll may have had some association with
"The service of the Blessed Mary of W'igmore which (John
Rawlyns serving there) was worth 14s. lod. in 26 Henry
VIII. (1535}." In all the entries which the writer has found
in the 1 6th and i;th centuries the name however is invariably
Marvknoll. though in Smith's Map of Herefordshire of 1S01
it is styled "St. Mary's Knoll" There was a Chapel in
Raven Street, Ludlow, " St. Mary of the Vale," and it may
have taken its name to distinguish it from St. Mary's Knoll.

There is a mention of Marykno'J by its distinctive name
in some depositions of the reign of Henry \ TIT. A
complaint was made against Edward Hoptou, Keeper of the
King's Chase of Bringewood, that ho had improperly felled
and sold certain tree's out of the Chase, especially " 3 oaks
out of Mary Knoll parcel of the said Chase, which he had
sold to John Cottes of Staunton and bad also sold certain
wood and trees in the Valet called Mary Knoll" One of the
witnesses said that some of the timber was felled " under the
leasowe in the valley and some above towards the hill or
knoll." Edward Hopton, who was the subject of this

complaint- and who was one of the UsheTS of the King's

Chamber, held a lease of Bringewood Ch?tse, grao ted to him
on the 8th December 1 5 33; and the mention oi Maryknoll
must be between that year and 154/-

The earliest mention of Mary Knoll by that name whu h the
\Vr iter has found, is in n Forester's Vccauul ol 1 s, when
6s. Sd. rent is pud lor "the hcttaftc oi a parcel pi \>

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kind " lying in the Y;illel of Mary Knoll, demised to Ralph
Baty by John Fyn late Chancellor of the Lord the Prince";
i.e., Prince Arthur. The account proceeds : " Of any profit
coming from wild honey and wax w ithin the forest of Bringe-
wood found this year lie did not receive an}' because none was
found. He received nothing for the pannage of pigs there
because there was none, nor did he receive any thing for the
sale of bark and wormetake because no such bark was sold
nor in the Vallets of ' Mary Knoll or Queen's Vafiet.' "

It seems permissible to deal with Maryknoll in tin- paper,
as part of it is in Shropshire, mid the present Mary Kiiu!1
House, 'though in Herefordshire- is within a very few yards
of the boundary of the two Counties.

Though Maryknoll is so clearly shewn on the Plan, it does
not appear to have been included in the lease of 1^75-6 to
Edmund Walter- and it is not mentioned in the Auditor's
certificate. As a matter of fact Mary Knoll, described ;is
being part of the Forest of Bringewood, had been granted
two years earlier by Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth (June
7, 1574) to one Edward Crowther for ;i term of years. In
the first half of the next century we find that Mary Knoll
was in the hands of William Crowther (probably son or -rand-
son of Edward Crowther), who was described as a "citizen
& haberdasher of London." lie was a native of Ludlow,
was M.P. for Weobley, and founded the Grammar School
there. There is a deed of 1638 extant, to which Robert
Earl of Lihdscy. Lord Great Chamber!ain of England, Sir
George WhitmO're and others were parties, which throws a
very interesting light on the then stateof Mary Knoll. This
Lord Lindsey was Robert Bertie, son 0! Peregrine Bertie
Lord WiHoughby of Eresby, who Four years later was killed,
when commanding the Royal Army ;il the battle ol EdgehiU.
In this deed id" 103S it was recited th.it William Crowther

was possessed of "one messuage or tenement and certain
lands called Mitry K in dl by force ol a lease for certain ycai •
yet enduring " «md the deed proceeds 111 qua i ill words:

" Whereas the said Mansion liottsc noW remaining .mo
being upon the premised is ruinous and read) to Curl down
and in respect of the violence bi the winds and weather is

not to be kept m rep. or il it should he reedilicd m the SOUK'

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place, being upon a bleak high hill having no shelter for the
defence thereof."

It would seem from this statement that the original house
was at the top of the lull, where there is now a clump of
trees, but there is now no trace of any buildings having sto< -1
there. The deed then provides that Mr. Crowther may
take down the ruins of the old house and remove -all the
materials and reercct it " upon such other convenient place of
the old premises as Sampson Eure of Grays Inn, Middlesex,
shall appoint," and also that Mr. Crowther shall have liberty
to cut such timber " as shall be needful besides the materials
of the old house to build withal." This Sampson Eure was
Sir Sampson Eure of Gatley Park (hard by Mary Knoll ,
who was nephew of Lord Eure, Lord President of the
Council of the Marches, and was himself M.P. for
Leominster, King's Attorney in Wales and Speaker of the
Parliament at Oxford. The house which William Crowther
built, probably comprised the stone buildings, most of which
were removed a few years at^o. The stone part of the
present Mary Knoll house was probably built by one Hare,
who was owner about iGyo- and who was buried in Burring -
ton Church yard, where there is an iron gravestone to his
memory. There was until recent1)- an iron grate in the
present house .dated about 1670 which bore Hare's initials.
Both the "rate and the gravestone probably owed their
origin to the Ironworks at Bringewood Forge, which have
already been alluded to. William Crowther died in 16531
and by his will directed that lie should lie buried ill
AMcrmary Church. 1 .ondon.

Mar>- Knoll afterwards passed through the handsol several
owners, but eventually became the property oi the Knight
family. Richard Payne Knight, (M.P. lor Ludlow from i?8 |
to 1806), fitted up the house as a temporal)- residence i<>r
himself while he was building Downtoil Castle, ami his
mother continued to live there until hci death in i;oS. Marx-
Knoll is still m the possession of the Family.

The valley sloping from Mary Knoll towards Overton bean.

lO-flay the name of " the Sunnv Cutter " or " Sunny Valley."

This name is probably a mere corruption ol the wont
" Soninghill" which is given as oiic name ol Klar) Knol!

282 THE WALTERS AT LUDLOW. AX ELIZABETHAN PLAN.

"otherwise Soninghill " in the lease of i(3o{; which has
already been frequently quoted.

The writer has done his best to deal with an interesting
old plan, and he regrets that it has not been possible to
reproduce the quaint colouring of the original. The
reproduction is from a photograph taken by permissioij oJ
the Secretary of the Public Record Office, whose courtesy
he desires to acknowledge.

WATTLESBOROUCH.

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WATTLESBOROUGH CASTLE.
By thk late STANLEY LEIGHTON, M.P., F.S.A.

WATTLESBOROUGH is in the Marches of Wales, in the Shire
of vSalop, and in the parish of Cardiston. It is 10 miles from
Shrewsbury and 8 from Welshpool; the road lies between
those towns and passed under the walls of the castle.

Standing with one's face towards the South, the Breidden
Hills lie on the right hand, 3 miles distant- in front the low
back of the Long Mountain limits the horizon, and on a spur
of its western slope the woods and site of Cans Castle are dis-
tinctly visible. The Stiperstones form a fine back-ground
to it. Turning still more towards the left are Rowton and the
opening plain of Salop. At the back rises Loton Park.

To realise the position of Wattlesborough as a place of
defence in old days we must imagine the whole cultivated
ground between it and the Long Mountain, through which
now runs the main road to Welshpool, as an uninclosed and
undrained morass, difficult to pass in wet weather- This tract
of land, known as Wattlesborough Heath, stretched from
Braetefinton, through Wollaston to Westbury, and on bv
Slretton Heath to Amaston and Rowton. It was not inclos< d
till the year i;So, and many are the records of disputes and
litigations, from the reign of Elizabeth to the reign ol
George lib, between the successive lords of this manor and
the lords of the neighbouring manor of Westbury. as to their
respective boundaries) rights and royalties. A portion 01
the waste at length became "no man's land." and squatters
upon it gained a possessor)' title to the freehold.

Behind the castle the higher ground must have been
heavfty wooded, and towards the Breidden intersected with

frequent dingles. Standing midway between Albcihuvv

('astk ami Cms Castle, Wattlesborough was well fitted 1^
foxin a hnk in the (ham ol' border fortresses, which m this
neighbourhood commanded the Marches ol Wales,
Vol. 111., 4th Serin. NN

284

WATTLESBOROUGH CASTLE.

Its general appearance, however, is a little disappointing;
for it is wanting in some of those features of p-turesqueness
which lend a charm to manor houses of far less ancient date.

The principal building consists of a simple square tower,
about 50 feet high, with flat Norman buttresses. The battle-
ments and corner turret, which probably once surmounted -
the walls, have been removed, and a modern roof has taken
their place.

The existence, however, of the weather mouldings on each
face of the opposite internal walls immediately below the
present roof, and the set-back of the wall at the springing of
these gable-mouldings in the other walls, may indicate that
the original termination was a gable one.

The massiveness of the stonework of the tower and the
clean-cut masonry of the circukir stone staircase are worthy
of notice.

The walls are 6ft. thick; the angles are finished with broad
flat buttresses 6ft. wide and jo inches deep.

Including the basement, the tower is divided into three
stories. On the south side only the original windows remain,
they are narrow square loops. On that side also may' In-
observed an example of the roughness of the early conditions
of English life in the existence of a drain issuing through an
aperture in the thick walls, from one of the principal rooms.

On the three other sides windows in the later Gothic Style
have been insei ted.

On the western side may be seen the remains of a "garde-
robe," another indication of an inconvenient simplicity of
manners and closeness of quarters.

On the northern side a wing, ancient indeed, but added .1
century or more after the date of the original tower, is still
standing, the small buttress at the end of which appears to be
of the 14th century. The wing itself 1- dilapidated and
shows signs of frequent old alteratioi s.

In the north-east corner of the main building tin- circular
staircase winds up within the buttress, commencing with the
fust floor, and continued to the roof, but having no com-
munication with tllC basement ; nor does theie appear CVei t->
have been any.

WATTLES BO ROUC H CASTLE.

There is, however, on the first floor, a good-sized circular-
headed, double-chamfered door, enclosing a square-headed
lintel opening internally, on which it appears to Save been se-
cured by a strong bar, the holes for fixing which remain.

The inference is that this formed the real and only en-
trance to the tower, and was approached by an external stair-
case, all traces of which are lost in the present farm-house
constructed out of the old materials, which abuts on the tower
on the eastern side. In the parlour of the farm-house may be
seen some panelling of Elizabethan character.

In each of the upper floors is a nre-place. They are square-
headed and plain, the lower one only having a shallow mould-
ing around it. These are probably of the 15th century.

There is no stone vaulting, a peculiar circumstance in a
tower of this age and style.

In the basement is a small, pointed doorway of the earliest
style and most simple form.

The moat, easily traceable on the south and south-east, is
filled up on the other sides.

Beyond the moat are the vestiges of an Elizabethan Gar-
den, which was probably itself surrounded by a ditch.

The scale of Wattlesborough is not large, but it is doubt-
less a fair example of the size of a feudal residence of a
family of knightly degree.

Passing from topography and architecture to personal
associations and records, we notice, taking our start from the
pages of Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire, that in Domes-
day Book Wattlesborough formed part of fief of the Xorman,
Roger Fitz Corbet of Cans.

In 1 1 80, howeyer, it appears as a separate estate held by
Richard Corbet as a knight's fee under the Barony of Caus,
The grant of a right to hold a fair on the 24, 25 and 26
July was made to a Corbet in 12/2, and the fair was annually
held at a place stilled called " The old He ath fair place" till
the year 1857.

A grant of free warren was made In 1 288.

The Knightly family ofCorbct.pf which one was, Sheriff m
i^SS and knight ol the shue at the very commencement of
our Parliamentary a ra 111 L'do, resided -it WatUcsborotlgh fol
two cent lines.

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WATTLESBOROUGH castle.

From the Corbets the manor pnsscd by marriage to the
family of Mawddwy, from whom it descended to the
De Burghs, from whom it descended to the Leightons. who
now own it. The descent, however, will appear more plainly
in the annexed genealogical table.

In the reign of Elizabeth the Welsh herald Griffith.
Hiraethog visited this place about the year 1565, and the
notes which he made of the coats of arms, preserved in the
Hengwrt library, are now (1879) in the possession of Mr.
Wynne of Pemarth.

The number of Heraldic devises in various rooms which he
mentions indicate a residence of greater consequence than the
existing remains would lead one to expect.

Sir Edward Leighton- the then repesentative of the family,
was twice Sheriff of Shropshire and twice of Montgomery-
shire; he was knight of the shire, member c f the Court of the
Marches and Custos Rortulorum of the County. He enter-
tained here for a fortnight in 1584 his distant kinsman, the
Earl of Essex, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth.

Blakeway, in his history of Shrewsbury. Vol. 2. p. 380.
thus notices the visit : —

"Book of orders of the Corporation. March 24th, 15S4.
"Agreed that Mr. Bailiffs shall bestow on the Earl of Essex in-
tending to pass through this town as to-morrow in wine,
cakes, etc.. to the valewe of 20 shillings. This great peer, so
soon to become the favourite of his mistress, the admiration
and regret of Europe, was now in his 18th year, and on his
road to Wattlesborough Castle, whence he returned on the
15th of May. Mr. Leighton was 2nd cousin to the Earl's
grandfather, a degree of consanguinity esteemed very near in
that age of pedigree. Soon after, this young nobleman
embarked for Holland as general of cavalry under the Earl of
Leicester, and there can be little doubt that his visit to Shrop-
shire was undertaken with a view <»f raising forces for that
command. Mr. Leighton being a pera n of great fcClghl in the
count)- at that time. His death is thus recorded in out
Chronulo, 1 593, September 10th. The worthy Knight, Sir
Edward Leighton, and being one of the Counsel! of the
Marches uf Wales, departed thlS preSCnl life, being «>1 greate
countenaia c and fame all Shropshire OVCr, whoftC bunall \\a-.

WATTLE SBOROUGH CAST L E

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not solempnisid until a monthc after, whose death was sore
missed and lamented of main ."

Passing on to the era of the Civil Wars., the owner of
Wattlesborough was, fortunately for himself and his estates,
a minor, and took no part in the struggle, though his cousins,
Harcourt Leighton of Plash and Leighton Owen of Braggin-
ton, were staunch Parliamentarians. At the Restoration*
Robert Leighton was returned member for Shrewsbury, and
sat in the longest Parliament on record, namely, from 16C1
to i6;8.

His son,' Sir Edward, the first baronet, was the last of his
family who lived at W attlesborough. He was sheriff in r »3;
contested the representation of the count}' in the Williamite
as opposed to the Jacobite interest in 1695, when the numbers
at the close of the poll were : —

Richard Ld. Newport ... 28 1
(Williamite).

Edward Kynaston 157

(Jacobite).
Sir Edward Leighton ... 147
(Williamite\

He was returned unopposed with Edw. Kynaston in 160S;
and afterwards sat for Shrewsbury. He died in 171 1, hav-
ing married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Job Charlton. Bart., of
Ludford, M.P. for Ludlow, and Speaker of the House of
Commons.

After his time the Castle has been inhabited as a farm-
house.

We conclude, as we began, with an extract from Eyton.
Vol. \ iii., p. 107 : —

" After evolving the intricacies of remote genealogy or en-
deavouring to mark the changes of border-topography, the
mind rests with satisfaction on any tangible monument,
which symbolises certain broad features of the forgotten
eia. though it fails to solve a doubt or fix a single event. As
regards scale and when compared with Can-. WattleabofOMgh
must be placed in the second class of fetfrlal residences In
respect, however, of hereditary associations, the stronghold
of the vassal surpasses the Castle of the Karon, for Wattles

borough is one of those few Shropshire estates which have

288 WATTLESBOROUGH CASTLE.

never been bartered for gold since they were first occupied by
the Normans."

Note i.

the descent oe wattlesborough.

Richard Corbet, Pipe Roll 1 195, and ob. about 1225=1=

I

Richard Corbet II,=j=Johanna, d. and coh. of Bartholomew Toret of Moreton
Testa de Nevill J243 I Toret, afterwards called Moreton Corbet.

I

Richard Corbett III, of Wattlesborough^Petronilla, d, of Lady of Edgbold.
and Moreton Corbet, ob. circa 124S.

Sir Robert Corbet, Sheriff of Shropshire, -^Matilda de Arundel.
M.P. 1220, ob. 1300.

Thomas Corbet, ob. 1310.===

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Sir Robert Corbet, ob. i375.-r-Elizabeth.

Fulk Corbet, ob. 1382. =f Elizabeth. Roger, succeeded to Moietor. Corbet.

Elizabeth Corbet, ob. circa i4o3.=f;John de la Pole, Lord of Mawddwy.

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Elizabeth de Mawddwy^pIIugh de Burgh, Shcrifl of Shropshire, ob. 1430.

( I

Sir John de Burgh, 1442 Sheri!l,-y-Joan, d. and coh. of Sir Wiliiam Clopton
also M.P., ob. 1 47 1 . I of Radbroke.

Ankaret=pJohn Leighton, Shcrin Elizabeth=s=Wilham Newport, ano

3 times, M.P. 146S. the female line of the Bridge*

mans, Earls of Pradlotd.

Isabella - Sir John Lyngcn, an- Elizabeth- Thos. Mytten, ancestor

cestorofthe Burtons ol the Myttons of

of Longner. Haltton.

Sir Thomas Leighton, Sheriff and M.P.. j Elisabeth, d. Waltei Deverenx,

Kt. Banheret at Tournay, ob. circa 1530. I Lord 1 errart ol Chattley,

John Leightoni ob. circa 15 )& 1 [oyct, d, 01 1 dw, Sttton, Lord Dudley

WATTLES BOROUGH CASTLE. 289

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Sir Edw. Leighton, M.P., Sheriff of Salop=Anne, d. of Paul Dayrell of Liliinr-
and Montgomeryshire, Custos Hot. of j ston Darrell, co. Bucks.
Shropshire, Member of Court of Marches. I
ob. 1593.

Thomas Leighton, M. P., =f= Elizabeth, d. of Sir W. Gerard, Lord Chancellor
ob. 1600. of Ireland.

I

Robert Leighton, ob. i625.=pAnne, d. of Sir E. Devereux of Castle Bromwich.
I

Edward Leighton, ob. i636.:=pAbigai!, d. and h. of William Stephens
I of Shrewsbury.

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Robert Leighton, M.P. for Shrewsbury.^Gertrude, d. of Edw. Baldwin cf
ob. 1689. Dtlbuiy.

Sir Edw. Leighton. Bt., M.P. for Shropshire, —Dorothy, d. of Sir Job Chariton
M.P. for Shrewsbury, Sheriff, ob. 171 r. of Ludford, Bt.

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Sir Edw. Leighton, Bt., ob. 1756. =f Rachel, d. of Sir William Forester,

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Anna Maria Mytton^Sir Charlton Leighton, Bt.,=pEmma, d. of Sir R. Maude
Sheriff, ob. 17S0.

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Sir Charlton Leighton, Bt., M.P. for Sir Robert Leighton, Sheriff,

Shrewsbury, ob. s. p. 17S4. ob. s.p. 1819.

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Baldwin Leighton, Mayor of Shrewsbury.^ Ann, dau. of Captain Thos. Smith.
Gen. Sir Baldwin Leighton, ob. 1S2S. y-L. M. Anne Stanley of Alderley.

Sir Baldwin Leighton, M.P., ob iS7l.-rM.uv, d. of T. N. Parker of Swecr.rv.

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Sir Baldwyn Leighton, M. P. T Eleanor, d. of Lord dc TMMey.

Note j.

The following are someol tin- records at Loton relating t«»
Wattlcsborougli :

28 E. 111.. 1355 Leaseol land From R Corbel

49 E. 111.. 13; I Copy of inquisition p. m <'i R. Corbet

WATTLE SDOROUGH CASTLE.

1374-75-77 — Ct. Rolls of Wattlesboroghe & Cardiston.
1 378-S0 — Stewards' accounts.

5 H. V., 141 7 — Values of the lands of Hugh Lurgh

11 Edw. IV., 1472 — Copy Inqui. p.m. of John Burgh.

16 H. VII.. 1 50 1 — Deeds relating to Division of estates to
the 4 daurs. of Sir John Burgh.

Court Rolls of the following years : — 1539-42. 1574, 161 3-
16, 1659-G3, 1712-20, 1819-32, after which time the Courts
were discontinued.

For the architectural measurements and details I am in-
debted to a pamphlet of the late Edw. Blore. F.S.A., a dis-
tinguished antiquary as well as architect, who made some
very brief notes of the place

Stanley Leightox.

20 Aug., 1S79.

2QT

HISTORY OF SEVERAL FAMILIES CONNECT E 1 >
WITH DIDDLEBURY.

II. — THE CORN EVV ALLS.

By EVELYN H. MARTIN (wee Swinxerton-Dyer.)

CORXEWALL OE DIDDLEBURY.

Richard Baldwyn of Diddlebury, bom i;oS, the Rfth in
descent from Thomas Baldwyn of Diddlebury, who died in
1614, sold the estate of Diddlebury to Captain Frederick
Cornewall in 1 752.1 He built the house as it now stands,
keeping the old pannelled rooms of the Baldwyns at the
back of the house.

The family of Cornewall of Diddlebury descends from
John Cornewall of Berrington and Ludlow buried at Eye,
29 November- 1645", who was himself a descendant of the
Cornewalls of Burford.

Robert Corricivdll (son of Humphry Cornewall, M.P..
and grandson of the above John), of Berrington and Ludlow,
was baptized at Eye, 1; June. 164?, and married in 1G68
Edith, daughter of Sir Francis Cornwall-^ of Abermarles, 0.
Carmarthen; she was buried 15 Jtily, 1696. Mr. Robert Corne-
wall's will is dated g NOV.", l/Q$i and was proved at Ludk>w

22 Jan., r;o6. He had issue— eight sons and three daught<
The fifth s.»n. the Revd. Frederick Cornewall, was the

father of Captain Frederick Cornewall. the purchaser ol
Diddlel airy.

The Revd. Frederick Carnca*&il> War ot Bromfield
for years, was baptized at Eye, w Dec., ]<•;;, and m
M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. He married

' See Tmnuutinns, 4th II. \Uy. *** cf Q»WWW \) I*

Earl ol Liverpool ;\tnl Comi t<»n U^.ulc, y. i:S, N>.

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Vol. III., 4O1 Seili 1.

2Q2

CORNEWALL OF DIDDLE BURY.

Miss Elizabeth Trice of co. Huntingdon; she was buried at
Bromfield 25 Feb., 1729.

In the Bromfield registers is this note: -'These arc to
certifie whom it may concern yt Frederick- Cornewall Vicar of
Bromfield did read ye thirty-nine Articles of ye Church of
England, and gave his unfeigned assent and consent to therm
in ye presence of us whose names are subscribed and also to
ye Liturgy of ye Church of England, ye Qth day of June
1702. Witness our hands- John Stedman, ye mark ol
Charles Powell, Thomas Lewis."

He had issue :

1. Robert Cornewall. baptized at Bromfield 2 Feb.. 1 702,
died I/05.

2. Charles Cornewall, baptized at Bromfield 2 March. [703.

3. Frederick Cornewall whom I will later refer to.

4. Elizabeth Cornewall. baptized at bromfield 24 Mar.,
1708.

5. Mary Cornewall, baptized at Bromfiejd 28 Oct., 1711.
f). Frances Cornewall, baptized at Bromfield October, 17*3;

buried at Diddlebury 22 Feb., 1779.

The Revd. Frederick Cornewall, married secondly, by
licence at Bromfield on 12 Nov., 1731, Mrs. Elizabeth Butchar,
widow, who was buried there 11 Oct. 1772. By her he had
no issue. lie was buried at Bromfield 23 Mar., 1 747- In
the Churchyard at Bromfield is a slab, with the following
inscription, surmounted by the Cornewall Anns-.

Hie Situs est
Fredericus Cornwall, A.M.
Hujusce Ecclesjse
Per quadraginta Sex annos
Yicarius indignus.
Obiii 1 2mo ( lalendas Api iles
Anno ( nr. 1 ;.|7 .F'tat. 7 1 .
Mrs. Eli/abet h ( '<>mw .ill.

died Qctpr. ye Sth, 1772. Aged 89,

His thud son.

Fredefkft Cttnieawll <>f Diddlebury was baptized ,\\
Bromfield August 1700. lie was Captain in ihfc
Navy. 1 le married by licence 2 May, 1 ; i< >. at llromftcld, Mary,
daughter of Francis Herbert "I Ludlow, and first cousin t<»

CORNEWALL OF DIpDLEBURY.

2Q3

Ihc 1st Karl of Powis of Oakley Park, on whom the Baronies
of Herbert of Cherbury and Ludlow were entailed. His will
was proved at Hereford, ig Nov., i;SS. On a marble tablet
in the North Chapel and Organ Chamber of Diddicbury
Church is this inscription :

Frederick Cornewall, aged 82, 1788.

His wife Maria Herbert ob. 1766, aged 47.

The Diddlebury Registers have these entries: 1766, Feb..
Mrs. Mary Cornewall wife of Frederick Cornewall Esq.
buried. 1788, Aug. 8., Frederick Cornewall Esq. buried

In the Chapel which contains the organ, sometimes called
"The Cornewall Chapel," and now the vestry of the church,
is a large mural tablet to Frederick Cornewall.

Flic jacct FREDERICUS CORNEWALL,

Gencre oriundus antiquo ct illustri,

Animi in bcllo invicti, 111 pace bencfici, simplicis, pii;

Post multos annos inter maris proccllas et discrimina,

Interque arma hostium consumptos,

Tandem, multilato corpore, nun inhonoratus, nec inglorius
In regionem banc concessit, ct hoc quasi portu.
Tranquillitatis placide sencscens,

Mortem obijt anno aetatis LXXX1F, M.D.CC.FXXXV1 1 1

Uxoirem ducit Mariam de nobili stupe HEetbertoruin,

Qua" prudentia. fide, pietate, eminebat,

Cum elegantia morum, turn dignitate

Exornata egrcgie et pcrpoiita,

Mortem obijt anno abatis XI All., MDCCLXVI.

Fx tribus Liberis duos Mater Supcrstites sibi

Cum Marito reliquit

Fredericks et Folliottum Hcrbcrtum.

Frcdericus in brevi vitae curriculo

Senaloris gradum bis assecutus

Jam spe votisque omnium

Ad honeslissima civitatis officii) destgnatus.

(Eheu, sperri et Vota Mortalium).

Mortem obijt anno octatis XXXI

MDCCLXXXIIL

I le had 1 • «ue :

I. Henry ). lines ( \>i new .ill. bliricd ftl Bromftclli ail infant.

13 Aug., 1; 1; .

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CORN E WALL OF DIDDLEBURY.

2. Frederick Cornewall. M.P. for Ludlow, who died with-
out issue. In the Diddlebury Registers is the following
entry :

Frederick Walker Cornewall Esq.. the representative in
Parliament for the borough of Ludlow, was buried the ist
day of May, 1783.

He had served the office of Bailiff of Ludlow in 1 780, and
was Member of Parliament for Leominster from 177'' lo
1780.

3. Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall.
His third son :

The Right Revd. Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall
of Diddlebury, D.D.. successively Bishop of Bristol,
1797, Hereford, 1803. and Worcester. 1808. was born in 1754.
He married by licence, \q June 1787 .it Taplow. co. Duels-.
Anne, daughter of the Honble. and Reverend George Hamil-
ton, youngest son of James, 7th Earl of Abercorn. She was
buried at Diddlebury 2\ Dec.. 1795. ®n ;| warble tablet in
the church is an inscription lo Anne, wife of 1 • 11. \\ ■
Cornewall, of Decan Court, died 1^95, aged \\.

Bishop Cornewall was buried at Diddlebury 5 Sept., 1831.
A marble tablet records :

F. II. W. Cornewall, Episc Vigorn, 1831, aged 78.
On the north wall of the Cornewall Chapel a monument
to Bishop Cornewall, with this inscription :
Quisquis es !
Qui monumcnta haec undiquc illtucris,
Et ipse brevi m< u iturus,
Saepe sit in te contemplatio m«>iiis;
Nam .id bene vivenduni
Auctoritatcm afferl gra\ issimam.
Abi nunc et \ ale !
(aim ante tribunal coeleste erimus
Tui misereatur Jesus meique !
Marmor hoc poni inscribique volui.
F. II. W. Cornewall,
ELpisc< 'pu . Vigornicnsis.

Murlelll obill anno .rt.it r, ;S A. 1 V 1 8j l
Optillll et a ma nl 1 - am 1 1 1..

1 laud iiiiiih'iiii II

CO KNEW ALL OF PIDLLLDURY.

295

Suprcmum eheu ! mandatum
Exsequendum curavit
F. H. Cornewall Films nat. major.
A tablet to the Bishop's wife has the following inscription :
Hie jacet

Anna, Uxor F. H. \Y. Cornewall Dec. Cant.
Nobilissima stirpe Hamiltoniana oriunda ;
Urban a, eulta; Benevola, pia ;
Cui, matris inter Et Sororis Colloquia,
Im pro visa mors
Donata videbatur, Ann. set. xli. mdcclxxxxv.
Tres Liberos, cum marito,
Supcrstitcs sibi reliquit.
Chara Vale! quamvis fclix- coeloquc rccepta,
Non egeas Lacrimas, quas tibi solvit amor;
At Actus ne temne pios et vota mariti,

(Oualia in externis dat vagus exul agris)
O! liceat duccnte pedes atque auspice Christo,

O ! liceat sedem pacis adirc tiur,
.Interna qua luce fruar per saccula tecum :
Fall or ! an oblata tendis, ut ante, manum.

Translation of Cornewall Tablets.

(1) Flere lies Frederick Cornewall, born of an ancient and
renowned family, having a disposition [or will] inconquer-
ablc in warfare, and kind, simple, and devout in tunc id
peace. After many years spent amid the storms and dangers
of the sea, and battles with the enemy at length, wounded in
body honourably and gloriously, lie retired to this neighbour-
hood, and in this so to speak haven ol rest calmly spent his
old age. lie died aged 8_\ in the year i;SS. He married
Mary, of the noble race of the Herberts. She was remark-
able for her prudence, fidelity and devotion, elegant in
manner and at the same tunc dignified, exceedingly cultured
and refined. She died aged 47, in the year i;oo. The
mother left to survive her, two of. her three children. Frederick
and Folliott Herbert, as well us her husband. Frederick,
during his life's brief career, was twice returned as Member
of Parliament; he had already gained ihe hope and
wishes of all men, and it seemed likely that he was intended

CORNEWALL OF pIDDLEBURY.

for the worthiest offices in the State, but alas! for the hope
and good wishes of mortal men, he died aged 31, in the
year 17S3.

(2) Whosoever thou art, who ever lookest upon these
monuments, thyself also soon to die, may the thought of
death be often upon thee; for to live well is of the most
serious importance. Now go and farewell! When we meet
before Heaven's judgment seat may Jesus have mercy upon
you and me ! I, F. If. W. CornewalL Bishop of Worcester, de-
sired that this marble tablet should be erected and inscribed.
He died aged 78 A.D. 1831. Mindful of the best and most
loving father. F. H. Cornewall, his eldest son took care to
carry out what was alas his last command.

(3) Here lies Anna, the wife of F. H. W. Cornewall. Dean
of Canterbury, born of the most noble race of the Hamiltons.
She was polished, cultured, kind and devout. Sudden death
appeared being granted to her, while she was conversing with
her mother and sister, when she was 4] years old. in the year
1795. Three children and her husband survived her.

Shining one farewell! being ever so happy, and received
into Heaven, thou mayst not desire the tears, which love un-
seals for thee; yet do not despise a husband's devout weeping
and prayers (much as a wandering exile gives in external
fields). O that my feet with Christ as my leader and guide,
O that the)- ma)- come to the seat of thy peace : where I
may enjoy eternal lights forever with thee; I am deceived!
unless thou comest forward and boldest my hand as you
used to do.

The Bishop used to drive from Worcester to Diddlcbury
in a coach with lour horses, lie kept a pack of hounds at
Diddlcbury. near the cottage known by the name oi The
Kennels. In Juno 1831 he presented to the Church a service
of communion plate, the old plate having been stolen when
the church was broken into on March 1 8 ; 1 .

By his will, which is dated 27 July >8j;, the Bishop devised
his kinds in Diddlcbury, Aston. Munslow. Culmington< etc.. in
default of issue male of his eldest s«<n. Frederick Hamilton

Cornewall, to Trustees in Ttfflst lor his second sou. Herbert

CorilCWall, (or hie, with nan. under to llerbeit Somerset

Hamilton Cornewall (son of Herbert' in tail male. The

CORNEWAIX OF DIDDLEBURY.

297

Will \yas proved in the P.C.C. on 22 Jan. 183 2, by his eldest
son and sole executor.

The Bishop had issue two sons and a daughter :

1. Frederick Hamilton Cornewall.

2. Herbert Cornewall.

3. Marianne, died at Twickenham, unmarried- 16 Jan.,
1 SO 5.

1. Fred crick Hamilton Cornewall of Diddlebury, baptized
15 Oct.. 1791. He married Fanny Harriet, eldest daughter
of St. George Caulfield of Donamon Castle, co. Roscommon,
by Frances his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Crofton, Bart.,
who was Baroness Crofton in her own right, and left issue
two daughters — Henrietta and Mary Fanny. On his death
the Diddlebury estate passed to his brother, pursuant to his
father's Will.

The same marble tablet records :

Frederick Hamilton Cornewall. Died 1845, Aged 55.

And these ARMS : Argent. 10 plates, 4, 3, 2 and 1, gules
(see of Worcester), impaling, quarterly 1 and 4. Argent,
a lion rampant, gules, armed and langued azure within a
bordure engrailed sable bezantee (Cornewall of Bur ford);
2. gules, three lions rampant, 2 and 1, argent, armed and
langued azure (Herbert); 3. sable, a cross raguly between 4
men's legs, argent (Walker). (See Transactions, 1st Series,
ix. 294.)

2. Herbert Cornewall of Diddlebury, born 21 July, I/94>
married Charlotte, second daughter of General Lord Charles
Henry Somerset, Governor of the Cape oi Good Hope. She
died 17 March, 1864, and was buried at Clewer. He died in
1S63, leaving issue, two sons and three daughters :

1. Herbert Somerset Hamilton Cornewall.

2. Frederick Talbot Cornewall.

3. Charlotte Henrietta.

4. Elizabeth,

Will of Elizabeth CorncwalL of ;("> Frances Road, Wind-
sor, aged ;(>, daughter of the late Mr. Herbert Cornew ill
of Diddlebury Mall. co. Salop. Left £200 to her maid.
Fanny Ludlow, £ \oo to the Windsor Royal Infirmary, £100
to the British and Foreign Bible Society. Dated 25 Nov.,
1909. Gross value? £ / > 1 4S os. od.

CORNEWALL OF DIDDLEBURY.

5. Cecil.

His eldest son.

Herbert Somerset Hamilton Corncivafl of Diddlebury and
Twickenham, co. Surrey, was born 7 Dec. 1826. and served
in the Rifle Brigade, fie married in 1862 Ellen, daughter of
J. Wood of Surbiton Park, Kingston, and died 31 October,
J902.

In the list of Shropshire Landowners in 1875, under
Diddlebury the extent of the acreage, was 2,917; the gross
value, £ 3.598.

He left issue, two sons and a daughter.

1. Charles Somerset Herbert Cornewall, born 19 Feb.,
1863, and died 24 Dec, 1890. He joined with his father in
barring the entail of the Diddlebury estates.

2. Henry Folliot Hamilton Cornewall of Diddlebury, born
15 Feb., 1864- an officer in the Merchant Service. He
married 16 June, 1900, Ellen May, daughter of Morris Emer-
ton of New Zealand, and died 8 Nov., 1901, leaving a son —

Henry Hamilton Cornewall, born 4 April. 1901, who is the
present male representative of the Cornewall family in the
direct and senior line.

The Diddlebury estate passed about 1S86 to mortgagees,
who obtained possession.1

3. Ada Mar\r Cecil Cornewall. born 22 Jan., 1865, married
24 Sept., 1896, to Andrew South, of East Ealing. The
pictures of Captain Frederick Cornewall. Bishop Cornewall.
and others of the family, were sold in 1905.

Jn 191 o the Diddlebury estate was sold to Captain Wing-
field-Stratford. who has made various alterations to the house,
and has built two lodges at the entrance of the drives.

Notes of some Cornewall Deeds.

A Deed of Covenant to produce Title Deeds, dated 8 Oct.,
1819, between Bishop Cornew'all and Benjamin Flounders,
Esq., contains a recital of some deeds winch helps to elucidate
the history of this family.

Articles of agreement dated 1 Maw 174D, between Fred
crick Cornewall, Esq., of the one parti and Francis Herbert,

1 See TJic House 0/ Cortiexvail, page 141, foi details

CORN E WALL OF DlftDLERURY.

299

Esq., and Mary Herbert, his eldest daughter, of the other
pari, in consideration of a marriage between the said
Frederick Cornewall and Mary Herbert. Frederick Cornewall
did covenant within three months after the marriage to lay
out the sum of ^10,000 in purchase of lands ami convey the
same by deed to the uses therein declared.

Indentures of Feasc and Release, dated 15 and if) April,
175;, the release made between Frederick Cornewall and
Mar}-, his wife, of the one part, and the Right Honble. Henry
Arthur, Earl of Powis. and Henry Cornewall of Leicester
Fields in co_. Middlesex. Esq.. Lieut.-General of His
Majesty's Forces, of the second pnrt, and Francis Flerbert
of Ludlow. Esq., of the 3rd part. Reciting that the said
marriage had been solemnized, and that the said Frederick
Cornewall had laid out the sum of £10.000 and upwards in
the purchase of the Manor of Diddlebury, and other lands
and hereditaments, it was witnessed that the said Frederick
Cornewall did grant and release unto the said Henry Arthur.
Earl of Powis and Henry Cornewall. All that the said Manor
of Diddlebury with its rights, members and appurtenances
in the said count}' of Salop, and other messuages, -farms,
lands, tenements and hereditaments therein described and
conveyed, to hold the said Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis and
Henry Cornewall and their heirs upon the trusts therein
declared.

Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 Nov.,
the Release made between the said Frederick Corne-
wall and Frederick Cornewall the younger, eldest son and
heir apparent of the said Frederick Cornewall, of the 1st
part, Robert Pardee of the 2nd part, and Cilbert Elliott of
the 3rd part, and by virtue of a Recover}', suffered in pur-
suance thereof, all estates tail, remainders and reversions,
which were created by the Indentures of 15 and ['6 April.
1755, of and in a certain messuage- and land at Siefton in the
parish of Culmington, another messuage or Alehouse and
garden in Siefton late 111 the tenure of Moses Langford, con-
taining C2a. or. $6p., and also another messuage and lands
in Siefton in the tenure of John Andrews. Containing
2a. ir. jp., and also another messuage and lands in Siefton
in the tenure of Richard feeddoe. containing 3 |a. or. ip.. and
another messuage and land 111 Siefton 111 the tenure of John
Vol. III., 4th Series. 1M'

3°°

COR NEW ALL OF DIDDLE BURY.

Kite, containing 7a. or. 30p., and all the other lands, etc.. of
the said Frederick Cornewall and Frederick Cornewall the
younger, in Sieflon, with rights of Common, etc- being
parcel of the lands comprised in the Indentures of 1^ and
]() April, 1755, were barred, docked and destroyed.

By Indenture of Bargain and Sale dated 29 Oct., 1779.
and duly inrolled? the said Frederick Cornewall and Frederick
Cornewall the younger did convey the said premises com-
prised in the Indentures of 1 and 2 Nov.. 1776, to William
Pearce Hall and John Woodhouse, their heirs and assigns.

The lands comprised in the two last mentioned Indentures
(of 1776 and 1779) were sold to Benjamin Flounders of
Yarm, co. York. And by an Indenture dated 8 October,
1 8 19, between Folhott Herbert Walker. Lord Bishop of
Worcester, of the one part and Benjamin Flounders of Yarm.
Esquire, of the other part, the Bishop covenanted to produce
to Benjamin Flounders the Articles of Agreement dated 1
May, 1746, and the Indentures of Lease and Release dated
15 and i(5 April, 1755- [The draft of this Deed is at
Diddlebury Vicarage.]

-Extracts from the Registers of Ludlow.

1673, Sept. 24. Edward Agborough and Theophilia
Cornewall, mar.

1673, Dec. 27. Mr. Francis Cornewall bur.

1678, Ap. 28 Theophilia, wife of Humfrey Cornewall,
bur.

1688, Jul}' 1. Humfrey Cornewall, Esq., bur.

1690, Dec. 8. Mr. Edward Cornewall, bur.

1691, Auo-. 2. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Cyriah Cornewall,
bur.

1696, Ap. 13. Henry, son of Mr. Charles Cornewall and
Dorothy, bnpt.

1706, Aug. 20- Constance Cornewall, widow, bur.

1723, Aug. 26. Mrs. Ursula Cornewall. bur.

In 1685, Humfrey Cornewall, Esquire, gave ton shillings
to buy plate for the Corporation of Ludlow.

corn ew ah l of diddlebury. 30 1

Corn k wall \\tills proved at Hereford.

litre ford, Book IV., 77.

1 Ap., iO/(j. Will of John Cornwall of Docklow, proved
by John, his son. Inventor)', £ig 17s. iod.
Hereford, Book IV., 160.

1 Feb. 1 68 y Administration to the effects of John Corne-
wall of Wiekton, granted to Fortunia Cornewall, his widow.
Inventory, £40. His son, Thomas Cornewall.
Hereford, Book IV., 86.

Will of John Cornewall of Stoke, proved by Fortunia
Cornewall his widow. Inventory, £j{2C) lis. gd.
Hereford, Book IV., 2i().

1 7 Feb., 16,85. Will of John Cornewall of Stoke, proved
by Fortunia Cornewall, his wife, and Thomas Cornewall,
executor of the will of Fortunia Cornewall.
Hereford, Book IV., 97.

Wall of Maria Cornewall of Tenbury, proved by J. Smith.
Esq. Inventory, £$0 3s. ^d.
Hereford, Book IV., 219.

Administration to the effects of Thomas Cornewall of
Slope, was granted to Humfrey, his brother. No inventor}'.
Hereford, Book IV.,

22 Feb , 1 686. Will of Thomas Cornewall, late Baron of
Burford, proved by Anna, his widow. Inventory, £l>43^
6s. 4cl.

302

III. —THE LITTLETONS.

By EVELYN H. MARTIN (nee Swinnerton Dyer.)

Littleton of Munslow, Henley Hall, Diddlebury,
and Ludlow.

No pedigree of this branch of the family of Little-
Ion has hitherto been printed. The following- account
has been compiled from wills, registers and other records.
Their descent is traced from

I. Thomas Littleton (the third and youngest son of Sir
Thomas Littleton. K.B., the author of the celebrated
'Tenures, who died 23 August, 1481, by his wife Johane,
daughter and coheir of Sir William Burley, Knt, of Brom-
croft. Shropshire), who was of Spetchley, co. Worcester.
He married Anne, the daughter and heir of John Botreaux
of Alcaston, co. Salop, and Sal ford Abbots, co. Worcester:
and died in 1 5 Henry Y11I. (1 523). leaving issue : •

1. Thomas Littleton, of whom next.

2. John Littleton, of whom presently.

3. Anthony Littleton, named in the Will of his brother,
John Littleton, in 1 560.

II. Thomas Littleton, the eldest son. was of Spetchley
and Elmley Castle, and of Stoke St. Milburgh, co. Salop.
He is mentioned in the will of Edward Littleton of Longford
in 1590. and died without leaving lawful issue on 23 Feb-
ruary, 1534-5, whereupon his next brother, John, came into
possession of Spetchley and Elmley Castle.

III. The Revd. John Littleton of Munslow, Shrop-
shire, became heir to his brother. Thomas Littleton. On 0
August, 1538, as John Littleton, clerk, brother and heir of
Thomas Littleton late of Elmley Castle, he leased the manor
of Spetdiley to Richard Sheldon of Spetchley and Katharine
Ins wife (natural sister of the said John . for 00 years at
the rent of L\ per annum. (Nash's Worcestershire 11 .
35(L He was Bachelor of Canon Law at Oxford, iSJ-i
probably became Rector oi Nuunton Bcauchamp, co. Wor-
cester! 1 515 ; Canon of Exeter, 1546; and Prebendary of the

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303

Collegiate Church of Penkridge, co. Stafford, 1547- He was
also Rector of Munslow. and w as buried there 30 November-
L560. His will is dated 12 August, 1500. arid proved 10
June, 1562. He married Alice, daughter of Richard
Thornes of Condover, co. Salop; she was buried at Mu 11 slow
21 March, 1 596-7 (The widow of Sir Edward Littleton, 1 st
Bart., of Pillaton, married Thomas Thornes of Shelvock ■
Will of John Littleton, parson of Munslow, 1 360.

Will of John Littleton of Munslow. My hereditaments in
Loydecote in the parish of Abcrhavcs, co. Montgomery, lo
.'Mice Littleton, my wife, alias Alice Thornes. for life, then
to Thomas, my son. and also Alice's son. Also to him my
Manor of Munslow, and the Advowson of the parish church
there. If he has no son, then to Edward, the son of me and
of the said Alice Littleton alias Thornes; and for lack of
issue then to Christopher, another of our sons; and for lack
of issue to Adam another of our sons: and for lack of issue
to William another of our sons; and for lack of issue then
to Edward Littleton of Franklcy. gentleman, and to his heirs;
and for lack of such heirs, to my right heirs. Also all my
lands in Thongland, Salop, to my son. Edward Littleton,
(with same limitations as before). All my pasture, with the
appurtenances called Bylcts, in the parish of Duldlcbury.
co. Salop, to the said Christopher, my son, and his heirs; and
for want of such heirs to my son Thomas. If Thomas has
no issue, then to Edward; if he has no issue then to Adam;
if he has no issue then to William; if he has no issue then
to Edward Littleton of Franklcy. To .Adam- my son. anil
his heirs, all my messuage, lands, tenements 111 Belhouse, co.
Montgomery, which 1 had 111 mortgage lor £24. li Adam
has no issue, then to Thomas; if he has no issue, then to
Edward; if he has no issue, then to Christopher; it he lias
no issue, then to William; il he has no issue, then lo Edward
Littleton of Franklcy. (Many repetitions as to different
pieces of property; some children, perhaps all- are minors .

My cousin, Edward Littleton, stands bound to me for
^,300; this I give to my 5 sons, as follows. To my eldest
son, Thomas, £8q. To each of my other sons £"40, making
up amongst them 12 score" pounds, parcel oi the .{.300.

If Edward will, without suit of law. pay the \2 scon-
pounds to my children, 1 forgive him the rest, being .{.00.

304

LITTLETON OF M UK SLOW, ETC.

The Tithes coming from Naunton, half to my wife and
children. I have sold for my children's idvancemcnt all my
lands in Abbots San ford, Bedford and Barton, co. Warwick,
to my loving kinsman, Edward Littleton, Esq.. Serjeant at
Armes. Also it is by some reported that I "shildesell" the
same before to Anthony Littleton, my brother. Richard Shel-
don. Robert Goivier. William More and others, which talke
is craftclcy invented to bring me in slander of the world.
I call God to witness I never made to them any such assur-
ance. My wife. Alice, my kinsman, Edward Littleton. Ser-
jeant at Armes, and my friend, Mr. Adam Lutley, to be
executors. My wife to give each of the executors 40s.
Dated 12 August, the 2nd year of Elizabeth, 1 560. Wit-
nesses: John Littleton, clerk, Edward Littleton, William
Jenkins, Adam Lutley, Richard Sutton, clerk.

Will proved 111 P.CC, 10 June, 1562, by Adam Lutley, for
himself and the widow. ( /j S treat.)

The Rev. John Littleton had issue :

1. Thomas Littleton, of Stoke St. Milburgh, of whom
afterwards.

2. Sir Edward Littleton, of whom next.

3. Christopher Littleton of Diddlcbury. Student of
Christ Church, Oxford, 1572; B.A. 19 Feb., 1573-4- M.A. 27
June, 1577. His father by his will left him land in Diddlc-
bury. He was buried at Munslow 16 August, 1578. and as
described in the Register as " Mr. of Arts and of Christ-
church in Oxeford."

4. Admit Littleton of Rushbury. Born 1553, matriculated
at Christ Church. Oxford. 1574. aged 21. "Scholaris Magistri
Browne." Rector of Rushbury. co. Salop, 18 September,
1578. lie is mentioned in tiie will of Edward Littleton of
Longford 111 1590 as cousin. 1 1 is father left him lands in
Bclhouse, co. Montgomery. He married at Munslow 11
Feb., 1598-0, Margaret, the daughter of Edward Lacon of
Thongland (who was living m 1623) by Elisabeth Ins wife,
the daughter of Richard Lewis of The Heath, in the parish
of Stoke Si. Milburgh. lb- was buried at Rushbury 26
February, joii. His eldest son (l) Edward Littleton- was
baptized at Munslow 23 Feb, 1 500 Ohio, and must have
died young.

He had further issue, baptized at Rushbury.

LITTLETON OF Ml'NSl.OW. ETC.

305

(2) Richard Littleton- son and heir, baptized 19 July, l6oi>
aged 10 years and nine months in 1613.

(3 Francis Littleton, bapt. 29 January, 1603-4. buried 2(1
October, 1608.

(4) Edward Littleton, bapt. 14 April, 1605, buried 2;
November. 1610.

(5) John Littleton of Stoke St. Milburgh, who is mentioned
in the will of Thomas Littleton in 1621, as being the grand-
son* of Edward Lacon; bapt. 7 April, 1607,

(0) Silvanus Littleton, bapt. 16 August, 1608, buried 4.
December- -1O10.

(7) Marie, buried 4 December. 1610.

5. William Littleton of Stretton. He is mentioned in the
will of Edward Littleton of Longford. 1590, as cousin. He
married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Hopton, of Rock-
hill and Cherbury, who was High Sheriff for Salop 1575. by
his second wife Frances., the daughter of — Cresset of
Upton Cressett, and widow of — - Smythe of Morville, Porter
to the Marches of Wales. John Hopton by his first wife.
Katherine, daughter of William Peter, had a daughter. Jane,
who married first Richard Cressett of Upton Cressett, and
secondly Samuel Leuknor, and her sister Katherine married
George Hockleton.

He had issue, a daughter, Anne, married to Nicholas, son
of Sir William Lutley of Bromcroft.

Ritshbury Register. 1589, March 15. Edward, son of
William Littleton, gentleman, baptized.

Atcham Register. 163 1 , July 23. Mr. John Littleton and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hopton, married.

Adam Lutley of Bromcroft in his will dated 1 5 S S . men-
tions his son-in-law, Thomas Littleton (who married his
eldest daughter. Prances", his son-in-law. Thomas Hopton,
and his brother-in-law, Richard Cressett.

Inquisition post mortem William Littleton^ *r6/J.
(Chancery Inq. p.m. 330-70. 10 James l.\
Inquisition taken at Shrewsbury 22 April. 10 James L
he f pre a jury. (One of the jurors is Sheppard Streete ol
Mniislow). The fury find that William Littleton, late of
Little Strettom was seised in his own demesne as of fee ol
property in Artw.nl) and Lonfield, and on 1 si Aug., 1 1 Eliza-
beth, 1590, Adam Littleton and Margaret, his wife, weie

LITTLETON OF MUX SLOW, ETC.

seised of certain properties held for their lives. Adam
Littleton is dead, but Margaret his wife is living. He held
property in Clee Stanton and Rushbury. Richard Littleton
is son and heir of Adam Littleton, and is 10 years and g
months old.

IV. 2. Sir Edward Littleton (second son of the Rev.
John Littleton), of Munslow, and Plenley in the parish of Bit-
terley, and Hopton Castle, co. Salop, Knight. He is mentioned
in the will of Edward Littleton of Longford. 1590, as cousin.
His father in his will leaves him lands in Thongland. He
was admitted to the Inner Temple 2 April, 1 ^74, created a
Knight on 22 August, 1621, and was uncle of Sir Adam
Littleton, 1st Baronet, who was the father-in-law to Sir
Thomas Walcot of Bitterley.

Mev. Edward Williams, MSS.\ ./, fo. -77 5. A note of ye
tenures belonging to Oswestre and to ye Larle of Suffolk.
Edward Littleton of Thongland, half a Knight's fee. Dated
1 562.

The following account of him is given in Williams' Welsh
Judges, Angle sea Circuit, p. 93.

Edward Lvttelton, 25 May, 1621, of Munslow and Henley
Hall, co. Salop, 2nd son of the Revd. John Littleton, Rector
of Munslow, was admitted to the Inner Temple, as late oi
Clements Inn, 2 Ap., i>74< called to the "outer bar" 9 Feb..
1584, created Knight between May and July, 1621, appointed
one of the Council of the Marches 23 May, and sworn into
office iS Jul}', 1621, having "had about 30 years observation
there," and Chief Justice of the Anglesea Circuit. 162 1,
until his death in 162.2. He married Mar}', daughter of
Edmund Walter of Ludlow, C.J. of the Brecknock Circuit,
1580. Three of his sons became Judges on tins Circuit
(see 1622, 1644 and 10.47).

It is interesting to observe that several of the Welsh fudges
were of km to one another, the most notable instance is that
of the Lyttletons.

Sir Edward Lyttlctcn, C.J of North Wales- son-in-law of
Edmund Walter, C.J. of Brecknock, was the father of Lord
Keeper Lyttleton, Sir Timothy Lyttleton and Serjeant W il-
liam Lyttloton. and Uncle to Sir Adam Lyttleton, all four
Judges ol N. Wales, while Sir Adam was father m-law to
Sir Thomas Walcot. C.J. of \\ Wales, and grandfather ul

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, ETC.

Sir Lyttlcton Powys, P.J. of Chester.

He married at Ludlow g Ap., 1588, Mar/, the daughter of
Sir Edmund Walter, Chief Justice of South Wales- who was
buried in Ludlow Church, 29 Jan., 1593-4. She was buried
at Ludlow 23 Oct., 1633.

He had issue, fourteen children :

1. Sir Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton of Munslow,
whom Burke states to be the son of Thomas Littleton of
Stoke St. Milburgh, and that his name was Edmund. Of
whom presently.

2. William" Littleton.

3. James Littleton.

4. Thomas Littleton.

5. John Littleton.

6. Anna, bapt. at Munslow 22 April, 1593, married 15
Sept.., 1613, at Ludlow. Thomas Ketlesbie.

7. Nathaniel Littleton.

8. Timothy Littleton.

9. Martha, baptized at Hopton Castle 6 July, 1602, buried
there 1 May, 1603.

10. Priscilla, baptized 1 1 Nov., 1604, married Jeriot Price

of Sixty-borough.

11. Jane.

12. 'Anne, married 15 Sept., 1619, Thomas Ketelby of
Steeple.

13. Joane, married John Osbaldestone of Chedlcigh? co.
Oxon.

14. Mary, married Gilbert Jones, Barrister at Law, son
of Gilbert Jones of Welshpool

The Court Baron of the Lords of Ho'lgate, Henry VII.,
1 485- 1 509, and Henry VIII., 1509-1547. The Manors that
owed service to Holgate were Clee St. Margaret, The Heath,
Corf ton and Boston. Edward Littleton, Esquire, was the
Steward.

The following account of his father-in law is given in
Williams' Welsh Judges, Brecknock Circuit \

Edmund Waiter, C.J., 24 June, 15S]. From the Breck-
nockshire bines he took the Sessions for Justice Gcrrard:
in August, 1570, Oct.. 1576, April, 1577, Oct., 15;;. JmV.
1579, Oct., 1579, July, 1580, Sept., [581.
Vol. 111., 4th Scries. OQ

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, ETC.

The Patent Rolls do not contain Edmund Walter's appoint-
ment as Puisne Judge. Edmund Walter of Mar)- Vale,
'Ludlow and Batteiiey, co. Stafford; was Chief Justice of
South Wales, and was admitted to the Inner Temple 27 I
Oct., 1552. He was buried in Ludlow Church, where his
tomb still remains- on 29 Jan., 1594. He leased Ludlow
Castle in 1578. and married 1st. Mary, daughter of Thomas
Hackluitt of Eyton, co. Hereford, and 2nd, Mar)', daughter
of Thomas Otelev. His daughter, Mary, married Sir Ed-
ward Lyttelten of Munslow and Henley Hall, who was 2nd
son of the Revd. John Lytte'lton, Rector of Munslow.

2. William Littleton, esquire, of Henley. Serjeant at
Law. was born 7 and bapt. at Munslow 18 April, I 50 T .
Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple, 1620; Bencher 1038.
as of Henley, gentleman; Serjeant at Law 1640. He mar-
ried at Ludlow [6 May, 1O27, Judith Eaton.

In Williams' Welsh fudges, Anglcsea Circuit, p. 27, it is
stated as follows :

William Littleton. C.J.. 21 June, 1649. The only record
is from Whitelocke's Memorials and Commons' Journals.
Mr. William Littleton ordered to be Judge of North Wales.

William Littleton, 18 Mar., 1047, of Moor Park, Ludlow,
was the 2nd son of Sir Edward Littleton. C.J. of this Cir-
cuit 1621-2 (p. 93V He was born in 1591, matriculated
Broadgates Hall. 8 Dec, 1609, aged 18, entered the Inner
Temple. 13 July. TO12. Barrister at Law, 15 Oct., T020.
Bencher, 4 Nov., 1038, Serjeant at Law, 19 May, 1640, and
12 Oct., 1648, added to the High Court of Justice. 25 June.
165 1, Recorder of Ludlow, [647-53, Puisne Justice of Angle-
sea, 1647-9- Chief fust ice, 1649. He died unmarried, i (>;;>•
His brothers were devoted Royalists.

3. J (imcs Littleton, esquire, bapt. at Munslow, 1 1 April.
1594; matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, 30 Oct., 1612,
aged 16] B.A. from Broadgates Hall, 3 Feb.. 1017-18; Fellow
of All Souls, M.A., 7 Jul\-. [621; B.CL. Jan.. 1624-5;
D.C.L. 8 Dec., 1G35 ; Bencher- Inner Temple, 1030; Chan-
cellor of Worcester, and Master in Chancery. Hied 10
leaving three daughters. The Alumni 0 Minibuses says he
died unmarried.

i. Tho)na$ Littleton, of Bitterlcy, was buried at Bitterley.

TJ YTLETON OF MUNSLoW, ETC.

— Dec 1676. His wife, Hester, was buried at Bittcrley
17 fuly, 1659* He had issue:
(i) James Littleton.

(2 Anna, buried at Bittcrley, 11 Aug-.. 1667.
B itt erley R eg isters :

1O02, Nov. 15. John Evans and Susan Littleton, mar. ,
1 063, Oct. 28. Littleton, son of John Evans and Susan,
baptized.

[668. May 1. Jimeiam Holloway and Sidney Littleton,
mar.

1708, Feb. .19. Cornelius and Littleton, twin sons of John
\\ "caver and Hester- baptized.

1779, Ap. 11. Littleton Weaver buried.

5. John Littleton, D.D.. baptized at Hopton Castle 8 Dee..
1000, Fellow of All Soul.-,'. Oxford, M.A. from Broadgates
Hall 10 June, 1624, B.D. from Jesus College 17 Dec. 1631.
D.D. 8 Dec, 1635, of Grays Inn, 1638, Rector of St George,
Southwark, 1638, Vicar of Tilehurst, Berks., 1038. and
Master of the Temple in 1638, but ejected in 1644 for being
in the King's army.

7. Nathaniel Littleton, Baptized at Hopton Cattle. 20
Dec. [605.. Lie was with the Earl of Southampton's Com-
pany in the low counties. Died without issue

Monk Hopt 'on Registers:

1708. June 4. Thomas, son of Mr. Thomas Littleton,
gentleman, and Elizabeth- bapt.

17 10, Sept- 3. Elinor, daughter of above, baptized.

1712. Nov. 21. Elizabeth,, daughter of above, baptized.

1749, Ap. 1. William Corfield of Hurley and Sara Little
ton of Stokcsay married by licence at Hopton Castle.

8. Timothy Littleton, born [608, Serjeant at Law. M P.
for Ludlow. His wife, Elizabeth, was buried at Ludlow
27 June. 1667, and is described as the wife of Serjeant
Timothy Littleton. Serjeant Timothy Littleton was ad-
mitted to the Inner Temple 1O2O, called to the Bar 1O35,
made Bencher 1640, Recorder and M.P. for Ludlow [656-
1675, was created a Baron of the Court of Exchequer lO/O.
Died 1679, and was buried m the Temple Church with his
predecessors. His arm:, are painted ill llic Ciuildhalh
London. He was sworn one oi the Council ui the Marches
of Wales 15 Nov., iopp He was again elected M.P. lor

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Ludlow April. 1 66 1. Ludlow Records, " This date Serjeant
Littleton by the greater number of the Burg-ess and Serjeant
Charlton are elected Burgesses for the next Parliament, but
before the Common Burgesses came, who did not hear the
writ read, Mr. Charlton and Mr. Baldwyn were published
to be the men." The numbers appear to have been as follows.
Without the Common Burgesses: Charlton 25. Baldwyn 21,
Littleton 14. With the Common Burgesses: Charlton 45,
Littleton 40, Baldwyn 34. There was a petition against the
validity of the election of Serjeant by Sir Samuel Baldwyn.
but it was unsuccessful. (From Mr. Weyman's M.P.s for
Ludlow).

The registers of Bitterley and Atcham contain the follow-
ing entry : 16 Mar.. 1660- 1, Timothy Littleton Buried, which
may probably be his son.

In the London Marriage Licences, Vicar-General : 1668,
June 30. Timothy Littleton, Serjeant at Law, widower,
aged 60, and Mrs. Elizabeth Gibbons of St. Mary Savoy,
widow, aged 36, to marry at St. Mary Savoy or St. Martin
in the Fields.

The Short Parliament, 13 Ap. to 5 May, 1640. 'Wenlock.
Sir Thomas Littleton, Knt, and Richard Cressett

The Long Parliament, 3 Nov., 1640. 20 Ap., 1653. Wen-
lock, Sir Humphrey Brigges. Bart., vice Littleton.

Convention Parliament 25 Ap. to 20. Dec. 1660. Ludlow,
Timothy Littleton. (Parliamentary Re/ urns).

Williams, Welsh Judges, has this:

The Great Sessions of Wales. On Aug. 21, 1668, in reply
to their petition a Royal Warrant issued to augment the
salaries of the six Justices of Great .Session for Wales (one
of whom was Sir Timothy Lyttlcton), from ,650 to ,C I S( '
a year, f Cal. : Stote Papers.)

In 1644-5 the King appointed a Commission of Associa-
tion for Salop, and on 25 Aug., [645, amongst other Com-
missioners appointed were Timothy Littleton, Serjeant at
Law, Thomas Littleton, and Charles Baldwxn. Esquires.
(See Transactions, 3rd Series, VIII., 343*)

This account of him is given in Williams' Welsh Judges*
Anglcsea Circuit* pp.

Sir Timothy Lyttlcton, Feb., 164 \- There is no date of
his appointment m the Patent Rolls, liut the Merionethshire

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Finds record: "Adam Littleton and his cousin Timothy
Littleton were Justices of the Great Sessions for this Circuit
on 12 Aug. and 2 Sept., 1644, when Fines were levied before
them." He was the 7th son of Sir Edward Lyttleton, C.J.
of this Circuit. 162 1-2 (p. 93), and brother to William Lvttle-
ton. also C.J.. 1649-53. He entered the Inner Temple 12
Nov., 1626, Barrister at Law 3 Nov., 163 5, Bencher 10 June.
1649. Serjeant at Law i6;o, created Knight 20 June, 1 67 1,
sworn one of the Council of the Marches of Wales 15 Nov..
1644, Recorder of Ludlow 1653-75, Recorder of Bewdlev
1660-70- Second Justice of Anglesea 1644-7, CJ. 1600-70,
M.P. Ludlow April to Dec. 1660, and April. t66i. created
Baron of the Exchequer 1 Feb., 1670. Died — March,
1679, buried 2 Ap., in the Temple Church. His arms and
portrait are in the Guildhall. London.

Y. Sir Edward Littleton, Knt. (eldest son of Sir
Edward Littleton); of Henley, in the parish of Bitterley and
Mini slow. Baptized at Mtraslow, 1 5 March, 1589-90; created
Baron Littleton of Munslow 18 Feb., 1O41; died at Oxford
27 Aug.. buried 28 Aug., 1645, in Christ Church Cathedral.
Will dated 8 Ap., 1641, proved 1 July, 1653.

( Rev. Edward Williams' MSS. 2, p. /o). lie became a
gentleman commoner of Christ Church in 1606, Took the
B.A. degree in 1612. Thence he was removed to the Inner
Temple. In 1628 he had the management of the high pre-
sumption charge against the Duke of Buckingham. In 1 63 -
chosen summer reader of the Society of the Inner Temple.
Knighted at Whitehall. In the beginning of the Long
Parliament he was in good esteem with both Houses, and
when the King passed the Financial Bill and that ol the
subsidies, both Houses returned their thanks to the King by
the Lord Keeper. He stood sometime with the Parliament,
but in Jul\', 1642. retired to the King at York, having just
before sent the Ge.it Seal. In 162-8 we find him m Parlia-
ment, and on 6 May appointed, with Sir Edward C oke and
Sir Dudley Diggs, to carry up the Petition of Right to the
House of Lords. He attended his Majority .it Oxford
and was made one of the King's Privy Council and Colonel
of a regiment of Foot in the same service. His Only
daughter, Anne, the widow of Sii Thomas I .yttelton, erected
a monument to Ins memory. Between the two lower pillars

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW", ETC.

which divide the first north isle from the second on the north
side of the choir oi the Cathedral Church of Oxford, is a
monument in black" ancj white marble, erected May, 1683, by
his daughter Anne. Inscription: That Edward, Lord Little-
ton was descended from Thomas Littleton. K.B., qui sub
Edwardo IV. justiciarius, leges Angliae municipales (prius
indigestas) in enchiridion feliciter reduxit: opus in oinne
aevum 1 c'tis venerandum, etc

His first wife was Anne, 4th daughter of John Littleton
of Franklcy, by Muriel, the daughter of Sir Edward Bromley.
Knt. She died (3 Feb., 1623, and was buried in the Temple
Church. He married secondly Elizabeth, widow of Sir
George Calverlcy. Knight, of Cheshire, and daughter. of Sir
William Jones. Knight, justice K.B.

Williams' \V clsh Judges, Anglcsea Circuit, p. 94, has
this :

Edward Lyttleton, 12 Nov., 1622. of Henley Hall, co.
Salop, eldest son of Sir Edward Lyttleton, Knt., C.J. of this
Circuit (see p. 93). was born at Munslow in 1 589, matriculated
Christ Church, Oxford. 28 Nov.. 100O. B.A. 28 A p., 1609.
Honorary D.C.L. 31 Jan., 1643.. entered the Inner Temple
28 Oct., 1O09, Barrister at Law 11 Maw 1617, Bencher 3
Nov., 1629. Autumn Reader 1032. Treasurer 1634-38. He
married 1st Anne, daughter of John Lyttleton of Frankley.
co. Worcester, and 2nd, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William
Jones, Judge of the King's Bench. 1623-40, and widow of
St George Calverlcy of Cheshire.

Clarendon. 111 his history, says he was a profound lawyer.
A powerful advocate and a handsome, proper man. \\ il-
liams says, he was a very graceful person, and notorious for
courage which 111 his youth he had manifested with his
sword- and made an excellent Judge. He made a rapid rise
in his profession, being appointed one of the Council of the
Marches 30 June and sworn in 1 8 Jul}'- n>-> Puisne Justice
of North Wales 1622-32, Recorder of London ; Dec 1631-
34, Counsel to the Oxford University the same year, created
Knight <) June, [635- M.P. Bishops Castle March to May,
idi j; M.P. Carnarvon and Leominster 1025 lOJO, Solicitoi
General if Oct., 1 634-40, Servant al Law iS Jan, 164O1
PC. Jan.. 1640, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
2; Jan., 1640-41, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 18 Jan..

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1641-45. created Baron Littleton of Munslow 18 Feb., 164 1.
ITo was placed at the head of a Commission to execute the
office of Lord High Treasurer 18 May, 1O41, and in March.
1643, nominated Lord Lieutenant of Salop uy Parliament.
Jan., 1642, but joined the King at York in May, and was
Secretary of H.M.'s Council and was commissioned by the
King 2 1 May, 1644, to raise a regiment of foot soldiers from
amongst the gentleman of the Inns of Court and Chancery.,
and was made their Colonel.

Lord Littleton died at Oxford 27 Aug., 1645, and was
buried in Christ Church Cathedral. There are portraits of
him at Hag'ley Hall and the National Portrait Caller)'. Tn
the Plea Rolls : —Edward Littleton, Justice, Aug. and Sept.,
1629.

He had issue :

1. Samuel Littleton, baptized at Ludlow 12 June. ifnq.
He must have died young, as he is not mentioned in his
father's will.

2. Anne Littleton, his only surviving child, married her
cousin, Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Bart., of Stoke St. Mil-
burg, and had issue, an only son. Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd
Bart.- who died without issue in Jan., 1710.

3. Edward Littleton, died young.

4. John Littleton, baptized in London 26 Jan.. 1623,
buried 7 Feb., 1O24.

5. Mary, baptized I .Ma}-, 1622, buried 1623.

6. A daughter, died young.

The information as to the above four children is taken
from a pedigree in one of Sir Thomas Philhpps's MSS. pre-
served at Shrewsbury.

Will of, Sir lulWiird Littleton, Knight, of Hmile\\ proved If)'/.).

Will of Sir Edw ard Littleton of I lenley (near Ludlow ), Co.
Salop, Knight, Solicitor General to the Kings Majesty. To
the poor of the parishes of Munslow , Bitterley, Stanton Lacy
and Ludlow £5 for each parish and £5 per annum out of my
land in Aston, Co. Salop, towards binding out apprentices
poor children in Munslow in the first place, where 1 myscll
was born ; if there bo no children suitable there, then to
Bitterley. And whereas I am trusted to provide tor Edward

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LITTLETON OF MUKSLOW. ETC.

Littleton, now at School at Amersham in the house of Dr.
Cooke, I give to the said Edward all my books and MSS.
and my Leases interest and estates in the Rectories of Llan-
cevonvanre, Llanvaor-Yaughan in the Countv of Brecon,
and all my tithes and other profets in the said County for
all my terme and estate therein, if he live so long, and after
then decease to my daughter (unnamed); aiso to the said
Edward all my lands, tenements, etc., in Radnor, and in
Ashford. Co. Salop, lie to release all right and title to my
other lands w hen 21.

To James Littleton, the son of my brother Thomas
Littleton. £ 10 per annum for iife. To my sisters Jones and
Price £ ro per annum. To my cousins William and Thomas
Littleton, and unto Edward and Sara, the children of the
said William and Thomas. To my cousin fames Littleton
for life all lands, tenements, etc.. in Ludlow. Stanton Lacv,
and elsewhere in Lease to my cousin Davis, which I bought
of my cousin Walter, free from all charges.

To the three daughters of my brother James Littleton
£100 at their respective ages of 14.

I will that the £2.000 I am to pay to my cousin Adam
Littleton upon the Least of St. Michael, 164 1, for my
daughter's portion, be levied out of my estate real and
personal which is to come to my daughter and her
husband, not out of my estate hereby disposed of by will.
To all my servants £io each. Ail other estates to my only
daughter Anne for life and after her death the moiety thereof
to her husband. The property to the sons of my daughter
by her present husband, or any other of the name of Littleton:
for want of such to Edward Littleton now at School at
Amersham, and the heirs ot his body : and for want of such
to the heirs of Sir Edward Littleton. Knight, my father ; and
for default of such issue to the heirs of John Littleton, my
grandfather: and for default of s tch. to the heirs male of Sir
Thomas Littleton of Frankley, Knight and Baronet : and in
default of such to the heirs male ol Sir John Littleton,
Knight, senior, sometime of Frankley : and for default of
such issue to the heirs male 0; the body of Sir William
Littleton. Knight, his grandfather: and for default of such
issue to the heirs male of the body of Sir Edward Littleton
of Pillaton Hall Co. StaiTord, Uaronet, and the hens lor

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want of such issue to the heirs male of the body of Sir
Thomas Littleton of Frankley, Knight of the Bath, and one
of the Judges of the Common Pleas in the time of King
Edward IV. All my debts and legacies to be paid out of the
hinds devised to my daughter Anne.

I make my brothers, and my cousin Adam Littleton and
my cousin John Clarke executors, and give each £10.

Signed in the presence of Thomas Sidney, Henry Evert,
Robert Spencer, Thomas Kippes. John Hamies, John Trowte.

Codicil, dated 13 June, 1640, Sir Edward Littleton,
Knight, late Chief Justice of ye Common Pleas and one of
His Majesty's most honorable Privy Council, devises all his
lands and tenements, etc.. real and personal, except his lease
of Llancevonvaure and Llanvaor Yaughan in Co. Brecon
which he hath formerly settled unto his brothers John
Littleton, Doctor of Divinity and Master of the Temple, and
to Timothy Littleton, Serjeant at Law, their heirs and
assignee, on this condition, they shall dispose of such part
as they think necessary to pay the debts, etc., and convey
the rest according to the terms of his will and make them
executors. He revokes all legacies to his servants except
to his butler, cook, coachman, groom, and footman, and
appoints his cousin Adam Littleton of Stoke Milburgh, Co.
Salop, Esquire, his brothers William Littleton and James
Littleton, overseers. Signed in the presence of Thomas
Kipps, Henry Evett, John Trowte, John Wyborne, Henry
Ludlow.

Further Codicil, 8 April, 1641, the annuities to cease
when his Trustees think the annuitants are properly provide,!
for. Lest his will be in any way defective. Sir Edward
Littleton doth require his feoffees etc. to convey all lands etc.
to his brothers John Littleton and Timothy Littleton to the
use expressed. Signed in the presence of Thomas Kippes.
Henry Evett, Tobias Peaker.

Will proved 5 November, 1649, by Timothy Littleton at
London and 1 July, 1653, by John Littleton at Westminster.
(165 Fairfax.)

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LITTLETON OF MLNSLOW, ETC.

We revert now to

IV. i. Thomas Littleton (the eldest son of the Rev.
John Littleton) of Stoke St. Milburgh, His father in his will
left him the Manor of Munslow and the advowson of Stoke
St. Milburgh. He is mentioned in the will of Edward Littleton
of Longford, 1590. as cousin. His will is dated 21 Jan.,
1621, proved 9 July, 1622. He mentions rents from Clee
Stanton, Minton, Munslow, Aston, Diddlebury, and Naishe
in Shropshire. He was buried at Munslow, 31 Jan.. 162 1-2.

Rev. Edward Williams , MS. II., fo. 153b., under Stoke St.
Milburgh names Thomas Littleton, armiger, as a freeholder.

The whole list of freeholders is as follows :—

Freeholders of the County of Salop (no date)
Hundred of Munslowe.

Bromcroft. — John Lutley, gent.

Stoke Milburgh. — Thomas Littleton, gent.

Munslowe. — William Baldwyn, gent., Stephen Street.

Esloppe. — Edward Fewtrell, Thomas Ball, Edward Crowther,

Edward Pinches.
Middlehope. — Charles Moore, gent.
Westhope. — (No name given),
B.romfield.— Charles Fox, knt.

Hohlgaic. — Edward Cressett. Francis Cressett, gentlemen.
Syf t on . — Thomas Key sa 1 1 .

Aston. — Adam Higgins, yeoman, John Stedman, yeoman.
Ernestre Parke. — Humphrey Briggs. armiger.
Minton. — William Monslowe, Thomas Marston, Thomas
Minton.

Acton Scott. — Edward Baldwyn, gent.

Law ton. — John Lutley. gent.

Corfton, — (Xo name given).

Midleton. — Timothy Lucye, armiger, etc.

Will of Thomas Littleton, oj Stoke St. Milburgh, W2L

Dated 21 Jan., 1621. Will of Thomas Littleton of Stoke
Milburgh. eo. Salop. My debts to be paid out of my rents
in Clee Staunton, Naishe. Naunton, Minton, M unslow . Aston,
and Diddlebury, co. Salop. Llanvarreth co, Radnor, and
Alcester, co, Warwick. (The will gives 1 long list of debts).

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To my son in law Mr. James £140. To my son Adam
Littleton £200. To John son of my brother Adam Littleton
-Moo. My cousin John Littleton to be maintained at my
house at Stoke till this is paid ; plate and other property is
in the hands of his grandfather Edward Lacon. and some
household stuff is in mine. My brother Lutley, my daughter
Cecelie £300. My daughter Joane £'200. When my debts
are paid my son Thomas shall have my lands in Minton.
My son John m\ lands in Nashe. My son George £100,
(A long list of debts owing to testator). William Cortield
and Edmond Habberlev owes me £50. For arrearages due
for the rent of the land that was William Baldwyn's in
Munslow £6 10s. My cousin Anne Hopton £10. My sons
Adam. Thomas and George to be executors. Witnesses :
Margaret Hopton. John Jeames, Elizabeth Stedman. Richard
Littleton, William Varnells.

Will proved in P.C..C. 9 July, 1622. by Adam. Thomas and
George Littleton, the sons and executors. [63 Saviie.)

He married Frances, the daughter of Adam Lutley of
Bromcroft. She was born in 1562. and buried at Munslow,
7 Feb., 1648, in the 86th year of her age and the 27th year of
her widowhood (Munslow Registers).

He had issue —

1. Sir Adam Littleton, 1st Baronet, of whom presently.

2. George Littleton. Rector of Munslow.

3. Thomas Littleton, Vicar of Hales Owen.

4. John Littleton.

5. Cecelia.

6. Joane.

One daughter married Mr. John James, and the other
Humphrey Walcot, Esq.

Stoke St. Milburgh Registers.
1654, Mar. 25. Richard Littleton, gentleman, buried.
1671, Sept. 26. John, son of Samuel Littleton, gentleman,
baptized.

1675, Nov. t2. Susanna ye wife of John Littleton, gentle-
man, buried.

1690, Aug. 3. Samuel, son of Samuel Littleton, gentleman,
and Anne his wife, baptized.

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1693, May 2. Adam, son of Samuel Littleton, gentleman,

and Anne his wife, baptized.
1693, Nov. 24. John Littleton, gentleman, buried.
1697, Feb. 17. Edward, son of John Littleton, gentleman,

and Anne his wife, baptized.
1700, Mar. 9. William Mason and Eleanor Littleton, married.

(See the will of Thomas Littleton, dated 4 Sept., 1703. he
mentions his daughters Eleanor Mason. Isabel Littleton.
Mary Woodruff, Margaret Maddox.j

His second son,

2. George Littleton, of Munslow. Born 1599. Of Magdalen
Hall, Oxford: matriculated 8 May, 1618. aged 19: B A. 28
June, 1620; M.A. 15 June, 1626. Instituted Vicar of Stanton
Long, 23 Sept., 1621, on the presentation of the Dean and
Chapter of Hereford : instituted Rector of Munslow, 5 March,
1629-30, on the presentation of Adam Littleton. Esq.. patron.
Buried there 13 Nov., 1675, in the same grave as Mr. Lloyd.
By his Will, dated 28 April, 1675. and proved 28 Jan.. 1675-
6, he leaves money to the poor of Munslow, Diddlebury,
Eaton (under Heywcod), Long Stanton and Rushbury; and
mentions his lease of Bromcroft Park. His wife Mary was
buried at Munslow, 21 Mar., 1659, and by her he had issue —

(1) Thomas Littleton, baptized at Munslow, 28 June. 1032:
devisee named in the w ill of his father, 1075. Married, and
had issue a daughter Elinor, who is also named in the same
will 1675.

(2) George Littleton, baptized at Munslow. 12 Oct.. [643;
of Christ Church. Oxford, matriculated 4 Dec. 1660, aged
17 ; B.A. 1664. M.A. 1667. Buried at Munslow. 17 May,
1672, as '* Mr. of Arts and Student ot Christs Chufch in
Oxford." (Munslow Register.)

(3) Frances, baptized at Munslow, 13 July, 1630; is men-
tioned with her husband in her father's will. She married
at Munslow, 21 April, 1659. John Holland, and had issue.

(4) Mary, baptized at Munslow, 30 Nov. and buried there
19 Dec, 1 64 1.

(5) Alice, baptized at Munslow, 12 Feb., 1649, mentioned
in her father's will.

(6) Anne, baptized at Munslow, 28 June. 1033. mentioned
in her father's w ill.

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(7) Audrey, buried at Bucknell, 18 Nov., 1653. (Munslow
Registers.)

(8) Isabel, mentioned in her father's will, married at
Munslow by lieence 24 May, 1665, to Richard Detton.
junior, M.A. New College. Oxford, w ho was instituted Rector
of Acton Scott, r^ May, 1631. on the presentation of Walter
Acton, Esq., and rector of Xeenton 1659 — 1664, also of
Aston Bottercll. He was buried at Munslow. 29 April, 1668.
leaving issue two daughters: — Mar}", bapt. at Munslow. 26
Jul}', 1666, and Elizabeth, bapt. there 21 Maw and buried 10
September, 1668.

Will of George Littleton, of Munslow, proved 167 5.

(Hereford Wills. Book 3, folio 463.) Wiil of George
Littleton of Munslow. clerke. My body to be buried in the
Chancel of the church of Munslow. To the poor of Munslow
40s. To the poor of Diddlebury 20s. To the poor of Eaton
(under Hey wood) 20s. To the poor of Long Stanton 20s.
To the poor of Rushbury 20s. To be distributed by the
churchwardens. To every servant living with me at my
decease 6s. Sd. My daughter Detton shall have goods to
the value of £20, according to her marriage agreement. My
implements of husbandry and household goods to be equally
divided between my sons and daughters. My two daughters
Alice and Ann their portions to be £"300 each. To my son
Thomas Littleton, gentleman, my daughters Frances, Isabell.
Alice and Anne all my freehold and leasehold lands as long
as my son Thomas Littleton, Elinor his daughter and the
said Alice my daughter or any of them shall live, then all my
lands to Thomas Littleton and his heirs. My son in law
John Holland (he married Isabel) to be sole executor.
Dated 28 April, 1675. Witnesses, Francis and Elizabeth
Higgins.

Codicil dated 18 Oct., 1675. 1 further appoint that mv
body be Buried in the chancel of Munslow in the same grave
in which Mr. Lloyd was buried and m the night tymc. My
body to be wrapped in a sheet only without any Coffin, and
that no dole be given at my burial. The 10s. left to Kushbm v
to be given to Long Stanton instead. 1 will that my son
Thomas Littleton have mv freehold lauds alter the expiration

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of my Lease of Bromcroft Park. Witness: William Harrison.
Will proved at Hereford, 28 Jan.. 1675-6. before Sir Timothy
Baldwyn. knt., by John Holland, sole executor.

3. Thomas Littleton is described as the third son of Thomas
Littleton of Stoke St. Milburgh. Fie was born 1590. of
Christ Church. Oxford, Matriculated 20 Jan. 1608-9, aged
ic). B.A. from Broadgates Hall. 5 Dec, 1611, M.A., 6' July,
1614. Vicar of Hales Owen 1621. His father left him
lands in Minton, and appointed him one of his executors in
162 1. Lord Denbigh, the Parliamentary General, in a
Certificate dated 16 April. 1644, describes him as being "a
laborious and painful preacher, and well affected to ye
Parliament." (cf. Transactions, 3 Ser.. vii. 250). I have not
been able to ascertain the names of his five elder sons.

Hissixth son. Adam Littleton, was born at Halesowen. 2
November. 162; ; educated at Westminster School ; Student
of Christ Church 1648; B.D. and D.D. 12 July 1670. He
was an eminent grammarian, and second master of West-
minster School in 1658. Canon of Westminster 1669. Sub-
dean and Chaplain to Charles II. 1670. Rector of . Chelsea
1670. Served the Donative of St. Botolph Aldergate 1685.
Rector of Overton Hants 16S3 till his death 30 June 1694
aged 67. Buried at Chelsea.

Marriage licence, Faculty Office, London. Adam Littleton
of Chelsea, clerk, widow er. 40. and Susan Rich, spinster, aged
21, daughter of — ■ Rich of Westharri, co. Essex, to marry at
Wcstham or Stratford Bow. Dated 24 Jan. 1666 — 7.

V. 1. Sir Adam Littleton, 1st Bart, (eldest son of Thomas
Littleton), of Bromcroft, Diddlebury, and Stoke St. Milburgh:
was executor to his father's will in 1622: created Baronet 14
Oct., 1642. being then of Stoke St. Miiburg. He was a
Royalist, and compounded as a delinquent in 1645. He is
mentioned in the Diddlebury Terrier 1637 : — " Adam
Littleton, Esq.* of Bromcroft pays the Vicar 7s. yearly in
tithes." He died 1647. Will dated 13 July, 1631 : proved
4 May, 164S. He mentions his mother-in-law Jane Downes,
widow, his brother-in-law Humphrey Walcot, ins brother-
in-law John James, and his brother George Littleton. Clerk,
of Munslow.

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321

The Waleat MSS. says: — "Sir Adam Littleton vyas
brother of Sir Edward Littleton Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal, and was his eldest brother " : but Sir Edward Littleton
savs he is uncle of Sir Adam Littleton.

Adam Littleton. Esquire, was appointed Recorder of
Wenlock. 25 February. 1635. The MSS. of the Corporation
of Bridgnorth have this entry under date 24 February. 1640 :
•' It is agreed that in respect there is a years fee unpaid to
the last Recorder. Sir Edward Littleton,, who is now Lord
Keeper of England, and therefore he will not accept that
fee. The Town thinks rit to bestow a piece of plate upon the
new Recorder Adam Littleton, being the said Lord Keepers
Kinsman, to the value of £4.*' (cf. Transactions. :st Series,
vol. X.. p. T39).

11 Adam Littleton of Ludlow. Councillor at Law," occurs
as one of the Trustees named in the Deed of Feoffment for
ye gift of Charles Sonnibank. D.D.. made to 10 poor widows
in ye Town and Parish of Ludlow, dated 10 Oct.. 1 Charles,
1625— 6.

In 21 James I. U623 — 4) Sir John Hayward. Knt.. sells to
Adam Littleton and George Holland land at Cound' I Duke's
Antiquities). The same writer under Stoke St. Milburgh
mentions land there belonging to Sir Adam Littleton.
Baronet. iS Charles I. (1642—3).

Williams' Welsh Judges Anglesca Circuit, pages 95-96. has
this account : — Sir Adam Littleton. 1 Aug., 1037. of Stoke
St. Milburgh. He received two Patents dated 27 Nov. and
5 Dec, 1637. He was the son of Thomas Littleton of Stoke
St. Milburgh. who died in 1621, by Frances, daughter <>f
Adam Lutlev of Bromcroft Castle, in the parish 01' Diddle-
bury. He entered Lincolns Inn as Adam Lytleton of Salop.
19 Feb.. lGo> Barrister at Law 28 Jan., 1612, one of the
Council of liie Marches 1635. Chief Justice of the Anglesea
Circuit 1637-47. Created Baronet 1 4 Oct.. 1642. He
married Audrey daughter and heir Thomas Poyntz of
North Sk\ nden. Essex, and died in 1647.

" Sir Adam Povnt/ Littleton of Stoke St. Milburgh. CO.
Salop, appeared and took the oath before the Committee for
Compounding I Nov., 1645, when the County Committee

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, ETC.

were ordered to certify the delinquency and the value of his
estates." (State Papers, Domestic.)

He was nephew to Sir Edward Littleton (p. 93); cousin to
the Judges 1622 and 1644 ; father-in-law of the Judge 1676;
and grandfather of Sir Littleton and Sir Thomas Powvs.

Amongst the Walcot MSS. (Xo. 5' is a letter dated 10
May. 1641, from Adam Littleton to Humfrey Walcot at
Walcot. in which he prays him to continue the loan of £150
which he made to the writer's son Owen '"for his trade"*
until a little after Michaelmas, when he will have sufficient
money from the Lord Keeper (Sir Edward Littleton ) for the
repayment of it.

Will of Adam hitMm% 1631, proved 16-18.

Dated 15 July. 163 r. I Adam Littleton of perfect mind
and memory do make my last will and testament. To my
wife all my messuages, tenements, etc. during her widowhood,
with the intent and purpose that she shall allow unto my
children (mv father's legacies being discharged as he hath by
will directed^, such maintenance for their education, learning
and good nurture and especially in the waves of godiynes.
And such portions for their advancement in marriage and in
good trades, or other honest callings as she and Jane Downe,
widow, my good mother in iaw. Humphrey Walcot. lis.]..
John Jeames.. clerk, my brothers in law. and George Littleton.
Clerk (of Munslow) my brother, shall think tit. On and
after the marriage of my wife with any other husband. I give
to my mother in iaw. brothers in law and brother all my
estates for 30 years. They to allow my children such sums
for their maintenance. My said wife and friends to be
guardians to my said children. My wile executor. No
witnesses. Will proved in P.C.C. 4 May. 1648. (S(> Ess*.<\^

He married Audrey, daughter and heir ol Thomas Poynte
of North Skvnden, co. Essex, and had issue—

t. Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Bart, (also called Poyntz),of
whom presently.

2. William Littleton.

3. Edward Littleton.

4. Mary, married at Bitterlcv. 10 Dec, 1663, Sir Thomas
Walcot of Bitterley.

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5. Anne, married about 1646-7, to Thomas Powys of
Henley Hall, in parish of Bitterlev. Serjeant-at-Law and
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and had issue — Littleton Powys,
eldest son. who was born in 1648. His marriage iicenee is
dated 2 Dec, if);o, to marry Agnes Carter of St. Dunstan in
the West. He was second Justice of Chester, and d'ied
without issue 16 Mar.. 1732, and was buried in Bitterlev
Church. Ann Powys was buried at Bitterlev, 30 June, 1655.
Sir Thomas Powys married secondly Mary, daughter of
John Cotes of Woodcote.

6. Audrey, married to — — ■ Hughes. Her will is dated
7 Oct. 3 James. 1687-8. (Walcot MSS.)

7. A daughter married to Bernard Walcot, who was the
brother of Humphrey, the father of Sir Thomas Walcot.

2. William Littleton, second son of Adam Littleton of
Stoke St. Milburgh. Born in Herts. 1623. Of ]esus College.
Oxford, matriculated 15 June, 1638, aged 15. Barrister-at-
Law of Lincoln's Inn, 1645. (Alumni Oxonienscs.)

3. Edward Littleton, esquire (third son of Adam). Born at
Stoke St. Milburgh, 1626. Educated at Westminster-School,
and St. Man- Hall, Oxford, matriculated 2 April, 1641, aged
15; B.A. 6 July, 1644 ; Fellow of Ail Souls, 1647: M.A. 14
Dec, 1648 ; Proctor 1656 : Incorporated at Cambridge 1057 :
Rhetoric Reader; Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn 1664,
He went to Barbadoes in 1666 as Secretary to William, Lord
Willoughby of Parham, and was a Judge in Barbadoes 1670
to 1683. In 1669 he married a k" lady of good fortune." In
1683 with bis family returned to London, and died i6< 5,
(See Alumni Oxonicnses, Wood's Athena, iv., p. 374, and
Fasti ii., p. 108.) He had issue, a son

Edward Littleton, born in Shropshire 1664, matriculated at
All Soul's College, as "son of Edward Littleton, plebeian,"
on 10 June, 1681, aged 17; B.A 1685; M.A. from Christ's
College, Cambridge, 1690; Fellow of Eton College, 2 July,
1726. He was Rector (chaplain) of the Chapel of Mcrston
or Marston, in the parish of Diddlcbury, 1689; Vicar ol
Amberlev 1701 ; Rector of Bignor, Sussex, 1701 ; Canon of
Chichester 1706; Wear of Maple Durham,, Oxford, 1726,
until his death jo Now, 1 73.;. {Alumni (Icon.)

Vol. 111. , 4th .-(Mies. >s

32-| LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, FTC.

4. Mary, married Sir Thomas Walcot.

Williams, Welsh Judges, Anglesea Circuit, p. 105. gives this
account of her husband: — "Sir Thomas Walcot. Ap. 1676.
S.J. of Bitterley Court, Ludlow, was 2nd son of Humphrey
Walcot of Walcot. by Anne, daughter of Thomas Dvock\vra
of Poderich, co. Herts, bv Jane, daughter of Sir William
Periam, widow of Thomas son of Sir Gabriel Pointz, died
1645. (Walcot MSS.) He was born at Lydbury, 6 Aug..
1629, and married at Bitterley, 10 Dec, 1663, Mary, daughter
of Sir Adam Littleton of Stoke St. Milburgh. He died in-
testate and insolvent at Bitterley, on Sunday. 6 Sept.. 1685.
and was buried (in the chancel) at Bitterley, 8 Sept., aged
56. M.I. His Arms were placed in Ludlow Castle."

Walcot MSS. Indenture dated 15 Charles II., 1663-4,
Between Thomas Walcot and Sir Thomas Littleton and his
cousin James Littleton of Mason's Hall, London, Merchant.

Mary Littleton had the Manor of Bitterley settled on her
as a marriage portion.

Humphrey Walcot was brother to Bernard Walcot and to
Richard Walcot ; he was born 1587, and married. Elizabeth,
the daughter of William Vincent of London, merchant.
Their daughter Elizabeth married Sir Samuel Baidwyn 01
Stokesav. The names mentioned in her marriage settlement,
dated 13 Oct., 1646, are Charles Baidwyn of Elsich, Sir
Edward Acton, Knt., Humphrey Walcot, Richard Walcot,
and Sir Thomas Littleton, Bart.

Walcot MSS., No. 11. A printed letter addressed to
Humfrey Walcot, Esquire, bearing the sign manual and
privy seal of Charles I., and signature of Sir Edward
Littleton, requesting the loan of £150 or value thereol in
plate. Dated at Oxford, 14 Feb., 1643-4. (See Transactions,
3rd Series, V. 315.)

VI. Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Bart..— Born at Stoke.
1622. Of Bromcroft, Stoke St. Milburgh, and North Ocken
co. Essex. Matriculated at Jesus College, 15 June. 163S,
aged 16. Barrister-at-Law of Inner Temple. 1642, Marriage
licence, London, dated 6 Oct., 163;; he was then aged 17
and his wife aged 12 years. M.P. for Much Wenlocfc 166]
1678; M.P.for East C.rinstead, April to June. io;o : M.P. t>r
Yarmouth Feb. to Mar., 1681. He was a Royalist, and

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325

compounded for his estates, which were worth £180 per
annum, paying a line of £370. He was b iried 16 Apr , 16S1,
at North Ockcnden.

He married Anne, the daughter and heir of Sir Edward
Littleton. Lord Littleton of Munslow, Solicitor-General, and
had issue—

1. Edward Littleton, born 1645; matriculated at Christ
Church, Oxford, 14 December, 1660. aged 15. Died young.

2. Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Hart.

VII. 2. Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet,— Born at
^'eniock 1647. Matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.
21 Apr.. 1.665, aged 18. Of Stoke St. Milburgh. Barrister-
at-Law of Inner Temple 1671. M.P. New Woodstock in six
Parliaments, 1689 — 1702. M.P. for Castle Rising 1702-5.
M.P. for Chichester M.P. for Portsmouth, Dec,

1708-9. Lord of the Admiralty, 1681-2. Speaker 1698 —
1700. Treasurer of the Navy 1700. till his death 1 Jan.,
J709-10. {Alumni Oxonicnses.) In 1703 he occurs patron of
Munslow. (Retail's Thesaurus, ed. 1742.) He married Ann,
daughter of Benjamin Baun, Esq., of Westcote, co. Glou-
cester, but died without issue, when the Baronetcy became
extinct.

MISCE LLANEOU S NO T E S .

In the 4th Parliament of Charles I, which sat at West-
minster 1640, the members for Wenlock were Thomas
Lyttlcton, Esq.; and Richard Cressett, Esq. — (Rev. Edward
Williams MSS., Vol. Ill, folio 123b.)

A Proclamation of Charles I, dated 15 Feb., 1043-4. about
raising troops to resist the invasion of the Scots, i.- signed by
Edward Littleton.— -{Rev. Edward Williams' M&% \'ol. ///.,
folio 32.)

WILLS OF LITTLETON, PROVED AT HEREFORD.

Will of Thomas Littleton, of Oxenbold, 1705.

(Hereford, Register 14, folio 287.)

Thomas Littleton of Oxenboid, co. Salop, gentleman,
Dated 4 Sept., 1703. My only son Thomas Littleton,
executor. My daughters Eleanor Mason, [sabell Littleton,
Mary Woodruff, Margaret Maddox. Brother in la\N l%h<

LITTLETON OF >i UN SLOW. ETC.

AVolicy. Witnesses: Ann Lodge, Thomas Stedman. Thomas
Wollcy. Proved at Hereford. 6 June. 705.

Ludlow Register.

1693. Apr. 19. Charles Maddux of Cold Weston, and
Margaret Littleton of Monk Hupton. married.

Will of Elizabeth Littleton, of Oxenbold, widow . 1721.
(Hereford, Register 21. folio 265.'
Elizabeth Littleton of Oxenbold. widow of Thomas Little-
ton of Oxenbold. dated 22 Jan.. 1720. Mentions that she is
a sister of Nathaniel Hawkins of St. Albans.. Herts. Proved
at Hereford. 2$ May. 1721.

WUk~*f Jane Litilcion of M M<>on\ wtdbw, 1691.
(Hereford. Register 11. folio 104. >
Jane Littleton of the Moore, co. Salop, widow. My
daughter Sarah Littleton a mourning ring given me by my
daughter Xeedham. My grand-daughter Jane Hughance
Littleton, my daughter Maidstone, my daughter Dawes, my
grandson Nathaniel Maidstone, my grand-daughters Anne
Maidstone. Elizabeth Maidstone. Rebecca.. Sarah 'and Lidia
Maidstone £20 each at 21. To my grand-daughter Sarah.
Maidstone my silver porenger and my silver spoon, with the
coat of arms on it. To my grand-daughter Honora Dawes
£ joc. The residue to my son Edward Littleton, he executor.
Dated 12 April. 1693. Witnesses: Elizabeth Hackhutt.
Jeremiah Bard, Bernard Kettlcby. Proved at Ludlow, y
Oct., 1692, before Charles Baldwyn.

Hi// of William Littleton of Moor House, 1699.
(Hereford5, Register 13. folio 50. -
William Littleton of Moor House, in the parish of Shipton.
Dated 16 Dec. 1699. Wife Man* executrix. Brother in law
Richard Millwood overseer. Witnesses: Josiah Cievelcy.
Jane Littlehales, Christopher LittlehaleS. Proved at Ludlow .
20 Feb.. 1099 — 1 ;oo.

Clapton Register.

1699, Jan. 30. William Littleton of the Moo; house, buried.
1729, Apr. 22. Mrs. Mary Littleton of the Moorhouse.
widow, buried.

LITTLETON OK MVNSLCVW. ILTC. 327

Will of Samuel Littleton, of A sixvdL gentleman. 1720.
(Hereford. Register 21, foli a 22.)

Will of Samuel Littleton ef Astwell. co. Salop, gentleman,
dated 17 Nov.. 1708. To my son John Littleton all that
estate I. bought of John Shepheard, gentleman, situated in
Clee Stanton in the parish of Stoke Milborough, commoniy
called Williams tenement, on condition that he pay to my
two sons Samuel and Adam Littleton £70 within 5 months
after my decease. If he refuse to pay the £70. then my son-
Samuel and- Adam to have the estate, and my will is that il
either of them die before 21 the other shall have the whole
fjo. The rest of my goods to Anne Littleton my wife for
her life, then to be equally divided between my two son-
Samuel and Adam. My wife to be executrix. Witnesses :
Mary Ward. Edward Jordan. Proved at Ludlow. 2j July,
1720.

Will of Bridget Littleton of Bridgnorth,, 1695.
(Bridgnorth Peculiar Wills, at Shrewsbury.)

Bridget Littleton, of Bridgnorth, spinster, dated 7 May. 1695.
To my nephew Edw ard Littleton.. alJ my estate that I have
in the house I now dwell in. and the house to the same
adjoining, and other property at Bridgnorth and in the
Town ditch of Bridgnorth w ithout the North Gate, and the
interest I have in any other building in Bridgnorth. To my
niece Marv Browne my best gowne. To Littleton Browne
one of the daughters of my said niece 10s. To Cecillia
another of her daughters 5s. To my old servant Elizabeth
Court pewter dishes and 50s. per annum for four years, i: .-lie
live four years after my decease. She is also to have lodging
in my house for life or till she marry. My nephew Edward
Littleton, executor: as he is a clergyman, and dotli not so
well understand how to dispose of my impliments of hus-
bandry. I desire William Evans the younger of Bridgnorth
to assist my nephew, and 1 give him 10s. Witnesses ■
William Evans. John Owsley. Richard Mason.

(Seal, a Lion.) Proved in the Peculiar Court of Bridg-
north, 12 July, 1705.

LITTLETON OF M UN SLOW, ETC.

Will of Thomas Littleton of Bridgnorth. 1793.
(Bridgnorth Peculiar Wilis, at Shrewsbury.)

Thomas Littleton, of Bridgnorth, Clerk. M.A. Dated
17 September. 1792.

All lands, rents, etc.. near Cleobury Mortimer called Upper
and Lower Woodhouses, To my nieces Sarah Green and
Decima Wheeler, for life, and to the survivor. My property
to my friends Thomas Knight of Henley, co. Salop, Esquire,
and Richard Green, son of my late nephew Jonathan Green.,
of Ash ford, co. Salop, Clerk and Dr. of Laws, deceased, to
hold it in trust for the uses in my will specified. To the
poor of S. Leonard's. Bridgnorth, and the churchwardens of
Oldbury, co. Salop. {.To. the interest to the poor of Oldbury.
£50 to establish a charity school at Bridgnorth, and other
legacies. To the S children of my late nephew Dr. Jonathan
Green, viz.. Richard, Jonathan, The Rev. Edward, George,
Thomas. Sarah, Elizabeth and Decima £100 each. To my
nephew Captain William Littleton £20. for which I have his
bond, and a further sum of £200 to put out at interest for
my niece Decima Harrison, widow; after her death this to
go to Thomas and Henry Harrison her sons. To Margaret
and Harriet Chines, children of my late niece Mary Chines,
deceased, £200 each. To my great nephew the Rev. Thomas
Littleton Green, of Birmingham. £100. To his mother £100
for her life, and then to her daughter Mary. To II alien
Wheeler, one of the sons of my said niece Decima Wheeler,
£300, and to the other son and the 3 daughters now living

£100 each. To my relation Littleton, daughter of

William Littleton, deceased, now living with her aunt
Harrison at Bath, /Too. To my godson Andrew Pilkington.
son of Captain Pilkington of Bridgnorth. £lO, Executor.- :
Thomas Knight and Richard Green. Witnesses: Robert
Edwards, clerk, William Corser, William Taylor,

(Also a Codicil ). Proved by Richard Green in the Peculiar
Court of Bridgnorth, 17 November, 170 ;.

At chain Register.

170 1. Dec. ir. Richard Littleton and Decima Dupj
married.

LITTTJETON OF M UN SLOW. ETC.

3^9

A luntni Oxonicnscs.

Richard, son of Littleton Duppa, of Wellington, pleb.,
Jesus College, matriculated 10 Nov., 1752, aged 18; B.A.
1756 (as Richard Duppa-Littleton.)

OXFORD MATRICULATIONS, LITTLETON FAMILY.

(from Fosters Alumni OxoriicUses.)

William, son of William Littleton of Ludlow, gentleman.
Christ Church, matriculated to Dec. 164 1, aged 15.

Gerard, son of Thomas Littleton of Sand ford Oreas,
Somerset., gentleman. St. Mary Hall, matriculated 13 July.
166S, aged 17. Student Lincoln's Inn 1668.

Gervase Littleton, alias Westcote, a violist and singing
man of St. John's College 1656.

Gilbert Littleton, of Stafford., son of a knight. Bailiol
College, matriculated 11 May, 1615, aged 19. B.A. iS Jan.,
1616-17; M.A. S July, 1619. Student of Grays Inn, iboS.as
of Holbeche, co. Stafford. Son of George Littleton. Rector
of Hiands worth, co, Stafford, 1636,

John, son of Matthew Littleton of Iledsor. co. .Bucks.
Pembroke College, matriculated 25 May. 1627, aged 17.

Walter Littleton, Doctor's son. Queen's College, matri-
culated 10 Mar., 1656-7; B.C.L. 1663. Larrister-at-Law of
Inner Temple, as of Sarsden, co. Stafford.

William Littleton, of Xaunton Beauchamp, co. Worcester,
esq. Oriel College, matriculated 6 July; 1604, aged iS.
Student of Inner Temple 1604.

Edward Richard, eldest son of Edward }ohn Littleton of
Penkridge, esq. (afterwards Baron,). Christ Church, matri-
culated 14 May, 1834. aged iS.

Thomas, son of Richard Littleton, of Wellington, pleb.
Christ Church, matriculated 28 April. 1722, aged iS; B.A.
18 Feb., 1725-6. (Probably the same person as Thomas
Littleton, who was instituted Rector of Middleton Scriven,
23 Jan., 1738.)

EXTRACTS FROM REGISTERS AND MARRIAGE LICENCE Si

Grays Inn Register) folio 1106,
165*5, June 20 foh\l Littleton, gentleman, the son and heir
of James Littleton (if Aston, Diocese of Lichfield.

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, ETC.

1608, May 3, Gilbert Littleton, of Holbeck, co. Salop,
gentleman.

Marriage Licences, London.

i66t, Dec. 7. Edward Littleton of Bridgnorth, widower,
aged 39. and Jane Dunstail of Uxbridge, widow, aged 36:
at St. Peter's, Paul's Wharf. (Vicar General.)

1670-1, Feb. 15. Edward Littleton of St. Benet. Sherehog,
bachelor, aged 27. and Mary Molens of St. Andrew'?.
Hoi born, spinster, aged 17; at St. Dunstan in the West:
alleged by Waiter Littleton. (Bishop of London'.

1667, Oct. 31. James Littleton of Lingfield, Surrey, gentle-
man, widower, aged 36, and Susannah White, widow,
aged 29; at Islington. (Vicar General.)

1672, Dee. 5. Philip Littleton, bachelor, and Frances Stock,
spinster (no ages given.) ( Bishop of London.)
Culmington,

1676, Sept. 26. John Littleton and Margaret Kunerston,
married.

1680, Sept. 26. Thomas Littleton and Anne Blakeway.
married.
Stanton Lacy.

1625, Apr. 19. William, son of William Littleton and

Frances, baptized.
1629, Nov. 19. John, son of the same, baptized.
1705, Oct. 17. Samuel Guest and Isabella Littleton, married.
1729, Aug. 7. John Jnndrel, clerk, and Sarah Littleton, by
lie. married.
Ludlow,

1629. Nov. 19. John, son of William Littleton and Frances,
bapt.

1628-9. Jan. 9. — Mary, dau. of William Littleton and Mary,
baptized.

1625, Apr. 10. William, son of William Littleton

Frances, baptized.
1628-9, fan. 9. Mary, dau. of William Littleton and Mary.

buried.

l6$2, fan. 14. Mary, dau. of Mr. John Littleton, buried.
Cound.

1627-8, Jan. 31. Mr. George Littleton and Mary TydUor
married.

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331

Morcton Corbet.

1659, Aug. 25. Arthur Corbet, Esq., and Mrs. Sarah Little-
ton of Shipton, married. (Their children are baptized
there.)
High Wycombe, Berks.
1777, Jan. '19. James Littleton, gentleman, widower, b
Bray, and Margaret Norton, married.
Hugkley.

1616, Feb. 24. Edward, son of Mr. Thomas Littleton and
Mary, baptized.
] Induct.

1685, July 17. Littleton, son of Mr. Andrew Wood and

Mistress Elizabeth, baptized.
1-691, Jan. 50. Mr. Andrew Wood, buried.

Arms of Littleton : Argent a chevron between three
escallops sable.

SKELETON PEDIGREE OF LITTLETON.

[The numbers in parentheses refer to the pages in the
Transactions.]

Thomas Littleton, Author of the Tenures, died i4Si.=fJoANE Bur lev.

Thomas, died i523.:=pAnne Botreaux.
(p. 302.)

II. Thomas, died 1534-5. III. John, died i ^Go.^-Alice Thornes. Anthony,
(p. 302,) (p. 302.) I (p. 303.) (p. 302')

IV, Thomas, -pF ranees 2. Sir Ed ward, =7= Mary 4. Ad:

cued 1621-22.
(P. 3i6.)

Lutley. died 1622.

(P 31?-) (p. 3°6-)

5. William,

Walter. 1553-1611. living 1590.
(p. 307.) (p. 304.) (p. 305.)

* . 1

Anne, m. Nicholas
I.utley,
(P. 3<>S0

V. 1. Sir Adam, ist-y Audrey
Baronet, died 1017. Poyntz.
Ip. 320.) (P. 322.)

George,
X599-1675.
(p. 318.) '

I

3. Thomas,
1500-16 .
(P. 320.)

532

LITTLETON OF MUNSLOW, ETC.

b I

V. I. Edward, Baron Littleton-p 8. Timothy, 160S-1679.

of Munslow, 1589- 1645.
(P- 31 1)

(P- 309-)

VI. Sii'.Thomas, 2nd Baronet, ^-pAnne Littleton, only surviving dan. a*-.d

1622-1681.
[P- 324-)

neir.
(P- 313-)

VII. Sir Thomas, 3rd Baronet,— Ann Baun.
born 1647, died s p. 17 10. (p. 325.)
(P- 325-)

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A FEW NOTES OX THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE
S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY'S.

' SHREWSBURY. • -

By the Rev CANON MORI ARTY, D.D,

The stained glass windows in S. Mary's portraying the life
of S. Bernard have been already twice described, once by
the Yen. Archdeacon Lloyd in the S. Mary's Parish Magazine1
in the years 1SS0 and 1881, and again by the Rev. Prebendary
Poyntz, who, when Yicar of S. Mary s, wrote an excellent
little guide to the windows, and so I do not intend to describe
the incidents there depicted. In neither case, however, have
the inscriptions beneath the panels been transcribed, and
certainly have not been published. From a few inaccuracies
in Archdeacon Lloyd's Notes it is reasonable to suppose that
he had not read the inscriptions at all carefully.

A few weeks ago, in August of this year, I received an
urgent letter from Rev. Dom Stephan Steffen, a Cistercian
monk of Marienstatt Abbey near Coblenz, begging me to
copy the inscriptions, as he had need of them for a work he
was publishing on the subject, and had hitherto failed to
obtain them. When I had copied them, the Editors of the
Transaction? thought it would be as well to preserve them in
the Transactions.

The panels of the S. Mary's portion of this glass form but
a portion of the original windows, and have had the least
chequered existence of the whole window, though they have
known some changes. The glass originally was in the
windows of the cloisters of the Abbey of Altenherg. neat-
Cologne. There were1 originally over sixty panels, not all,
however, of the same period, some being of the 15th century
and others showing traces of the Renaissance movement ;
instances of both may be found in S. Mary's. In two panels

1 see Xo/t's on 67. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury, 1900, 25 — J 09,

127—132.

Vol. III., 4th Series. TT

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS Ol THE

there are inscriptions in Roman characters, but even in one
of these (No. 3) the "speech label *' is in Gothic characters,
and in the other (No. 12) the word Metz is in Gothic
characters, thus showing that the window, or at least parts
of it, were painted in the transition period of late medieval
time? to those of the Renaissance.

The Abbey of Altenberg was an off-shoot from that of
Morimond in Champagne, which was founded by the English-
man S. Stephen Harding in 11 15, two years after S. Bernard
entered the Cistercian Order. The monastic buildings of
Altenberg even now attest to its former grandeur, but with
the exception of the very noble Church all the buildings were
either destroyed or put to secular use during the French
Revolution.

The window s representing the life of St. Bernard, the gr< at
glory of the Cistercian Order, were originally in the cloisters
of the Abbey of Altenberg. and are known to have been
intact on the date of the suppression of the Monastery.
Sept. 12th, 1803. The Cloisters were then used as a chemical
-factor}-, and this may account for the cloisters and monastic
buildings being destroyed by inc on Nov. 7th, 1816. For-
tunately the stained glass windows had been removed in the
year 1806. and thus were saved from destruction. For nearly
twenty years they were forgotten, until in the vear 1S24 they
were sold in Cologne by auction owing to the bankruptcy < i
the owner. In the catalogue for this sale — the Hirn-Schen
Bankruptcv Sale, there is a list of 5-j panels, the other do/en
having been already sold elsew here. Amongst these 5.4 w ere
undoubtedly the nineteen panels which are now in S. Mary's,
which seem to have been sold to an English dealer, from
whom Mr. Rowland bought them in 1845.

Seven other panels found their way to the Tower ot
Cologne Cathedral, w here for many years they lay unknown.
The present Provost of the Cathedral Chapter had I
restored and placed where they are now. in the Cathi
Sacristy. Twelve others are in the Arts and Crafts Museum
in the same city. In the Schmiit/en Museum of the same
city, there are two whole panels and a fragment of another.
One fragment was elsewhere discovered by Pom Stcphan
Steffen. One whole panel was bought for the sum ol

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY'S, SHREWSBURY. 335

from the family of the original purehaser at the Hirn-Schen
Sale. In the year 1S24 a baron of Zwierlei 1 in Geisenheim
bought six panels, which arc now in the possession of
Baroness Liebig of Castle Gondorf on the Moselle, who also
bought in addition to these three more from a stained-glass
worker in -Lindenthal, Cologne. Three more have been
discovered by Dom Stephan in the Imperial Arts and Crafts
Museum in Berlin, and also two more in a similar Museum
at Leipsig. The same indefatigable worker discovered another
in the Royal Castle at Stolzenfels. About three or four years
ago a royal prince sold six more panels to the American
politician and millionaire, Mr. R. Hearst. Thus, including
the nineteen panels now in S. Mary's, sixty-two panels are
accounted for and fragments of two others.

Whilst rejoicing that so great a part of the glass is in
Shrewsbury, we cannot but regret that the paneis have been
made to fit the existing lancet windows. That the glass was
intended for lights a few inches wider than those where they
now stand is evident from the fact that nearly all the
explanatory inscriptions underneath the panels are incomplete,
most of them being clipped at the end of the line, 'a few-
others at the beginning, and some in the middle. I think
that the panel which I have marked Xo. 3 of t he w indow o(
the South wail shows by exactly how much the inscriptions,
and consequently the rest of the windows, have been clipped.
There is there a piece about four inches long which is
placed above the inscription, which occupies the whole width
of the light, but which was. undoubtedly, belonging to the
same line.

There are inscriptions under each oi the lights excepting
two.1 With the exception of two the}' are ail written in the
usual 15th century Gothic characters with the usual contrac-
tions of that period. Besides the explanatory w riting there
is a wealth of "speech labels" coming from the mouths of
the characters depicted, telling with dramatic effect the ,
each took in the incident. The actual copying of the
inscriptions was not a difficult rar-k, but it has been difficult
usually to get a connected sentence, owing partly to the

* No. 5 in the N. wall and No. 11 in the S. wall.

336

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE

shortened lines in some cases, the words of which have to be
supplied, and partly owing to the freq lent cases of pieces of
one panel being transferred to another at the discretion of
the not too skilful workman who leaded up the lights; very
often the leads pierce the actual words of the inscriptions,
and one has to supply the missing letters of these words.

The windows follow no chronological order.

I propose treating first of the triple lancet window in the
North Wall, and number the panels in the following manner :

5
6

i 7 n

• 2 8 12

3 9 13

4 io 14

The words in italics have been supplied by me to make the
sense complete, and I think they are not far from being the
original words, as the inscriptions have been taken from
scenes described in the four or five lives of S. Bernard written
by his intimate friends and witnesses of his actions.

The inscriptions are of two kinds: the explanatory ones
which are written underneath each panel, and the " speech-
labels," i.e. the roll or label of words coming from the lips of
the various speakers. The proper incidence of these I have
marked with letters of the alphabet and placed the actual
words as an appendage to the explanatory inscription.

i. Anno ab inearnaeione D'ni M.C.XIII. a constitutione domus
Cistereii xv servus Dei Bernardus annorum eireiter xxiii
cum fratribus et soeiis sub Stephano abbate Cistereium
ingrossus est. Exeuntes autom de Fontane mansione
Guidonis, idem fratri suo minimo valedixit («) eui puer
rursus (ft) post modicum tempus f rat res secutus est.

(a) s. Bernard: Eja frator Nivardo, ad to solum respieit omnia
terra, nostra pos1 fafcta ost sessionis nostra©

(ft,) Nivard : Vobis ergo celum et mini terra non ox roquo
divisio,

Fontane : on the house front.

1 There is no doubt of the actual order of the words, which .11c ;\> written
In my opinion tlu painter has inserted "pos" in its wrong puce. whi<
be linked up with '* sessiotiis nostrae."

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY'S, SHREWSBURY. 337

Translation. — In the year of Our Lord 11 13, and in the 15th
year of the foundation of the Abl ey of Citeaux, the
Servant of God, Bernard, when about 23 years old entered
Citeaux together with his brothers and companions under
the Abbot Stephen. As they were leaving Fontaines the
mansion of Guy (S. Bernard's eldest brother) he (S.
Bernard) bade farewell to his youngest brother Nivard
saying : " Ho, brother Nivard. all our land now belongs
to thee alone which has been the land of our possession."
To whom the boy replied : " You have heaven and I
earth : it is an unfair division." Shortly afterwards he
followed his brothers.
Fontanc, the Latin form of Fontaines, the home of S.

Bernard, is near Dijon in Burgundy.

2. Crebras undique reeipiebat epistolas et reddebat undique
et exemplaria mittebantur undique ejus Bernardum pete-
bant. Seripsit multos libros, sermones, et epistolas CCCL.
ad quattuor summos Pontifiees, eardinaJes. episeopos.
reges, prineipes, abbates et plures alios.
To the Pope s. Bernard says : Expeile symoniam de eeelesia.
To whom the Pope answers : expeile tu inertiam de elaustro.
A Km'^ht Templar holds a book : ad milites templi.
Other books . de graeia et libero arbitrio.
sermones.
epistolaeum.

Translation. — He received many letters from all quarters and
answered them, and copies were sent everywhere, from
everywhere they sought Bernard. He wrote many books,
sermons, and 350 letters to four Popes, to cardinals,
bishops, kings, princes, abbots and many others.
S. Bernard says to the Pope: "Drive simony from the Church/'
The Pope to 8. Bernard : "And do thou drive sloth from
the cloisters. "

The hooks are: To the Knight Templars. On grace and
free will. Sermons. A book of letters.

This window hints at the extraordinary position S. Bernard
held in the 12th century. He seems to have been certainly
up to the time of his death the dominating personality in the
European state. The Pope, to whom S. Bernard speak
freely, was Fugenius 111., a former subject of his, a native ol

33«

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE

Pisa, and who was appointed Abbot of the house of SS. Vincent
and Anastasius. from which position he w us elected Pope.

3. Quidam regularis graviter aegrotans a S. Bernardo sanitati

restitutus cum ob olum miraeulum ordinem S. Bernardi
expeteret ab eodem reyieitur.
5". Bernard: eequid expeetas D'ne? generatio hee signum querit

Translation. — When a certain religious having been restored
to health from a serious illness by S. Bernard, on
account of that miracle sought to enter S. Bernard's
order, he is sent away by the saint.
5. Bernard : And what dost thou expect. Sir? This genera-
tion seeketh a sign.
Archdeacon Lloyd translates it " is admitted by him."
The Latin word is undoubtedly "reyicitur," and it is not in
Gothic, but in round Roman characters, so there can be no
doubt, especially taken in conjunction with S. Bernard's
implied reproof of seeking a sign. Note the form olum for
Mud.

4. Quum Dominus omnipotens misisset in cor abbatis St.ephani

ad edifieandam clomum Clarivalle. servidei fratres mittere.
quibus dominum Bernardum eis pr?efeeit abbatem. Erat
autem Claravallis vC[/ca) speiunea latronum antiquitus
seu propter absinthii eopiam sen propter ineidentium ibi
in latrones amaritudinem vallis absinthiat (sic) appellata.

Translation. — When the Lord Almighty put it into the heart
of the Abbot Stephen that he should send the brethren
of the Servant ot God Bernard to build a house at Clair-
vaux, he set over them Bernard as abbot. Now
Glairvaux was of old a den of robbers, and formerly,
either on account of the abundance of wormwood, or on
account of the bitterness ol those who fell among the
robbers, it was called the Valley of Wormwood.
This incident is a witness to the early manifestation of the

power of S. Bernard when he was placed at the age ol 25 and

in the second year of religious lile as ruler over his brethren

in the founding of a new house1.

5. Hcnrieum praomissus vix persuaslt idem venerabtlla abbas

ad gloriosum rogom anglie Innocenttum reoipore ab epis-

S. KERNAKD WINDOWS IX ?. MARY*?. SHREWSBURY. 339

eopis ang-lie penitus detreetaret ait ad eum ad quod
clissuasum qui quum omnimodis recak itraret vcrbum per-
suasus papae oeeurrit usque Carnotum.

The above is the actual order of the words now. and of
course as written they make no sense. It is a good example
of the mfschief done by the "leader up" in i$45. The words
ought to be in the following order:

Idem venerabilis abbas, praemissus ad Henrieum g-loriosum
regem Anglie ab episeopis angdie penitus dissuasum vix
persuasit Innoeentium reeipere. Qui eum omnimodis
reealeitraret et detreetaret, ait ad eum (a) Ad quod verbum
persuasus papae oeeurrit usque Carnotum.

(a) s. Bernard says: Quid times o Rex, times peeeatum incur-
rere si obedias Innoeentio ? De aliis eogita istudque mihi
relinquere.

Translation. — The same venerable abbot when sent to Henry
the noble King of England, with great difficulty per-
suaded him to leceive Innocent (as Pope), as he had
been altogether prejudiced by the English Bishops.
When the King was refusing and holding back. in every
wav. (S. Bernard) said to him (a) but being won over by
these words he went to Chartres to meet the Pope,
a S. Bernard saws: What dost thou fear o King? Dost
thou fear to commit sin if thou obeyest Innocent ?
Think of thy other sins, and leave this one to me.
This incident refers to the time of Innocent II. who had
without any doubt been canonical!}- elected by the majority
of the cardinals. A small faction of the cardinals howewr
elected in opposition one of their number, one Peter, who
took the name of Anacletus. Innocent had to fly and rame
to Erance, where he was received with ail honour by Eoms
the P>ig. S. Bernard waited on .him and accompanied him
to Chartres. Hearing that Henry I of England was near he
went and won him over to the side of Innoeent. S. Bernard
accompanied the Pope to Germany where he convinced
Eothaire to recognise the lawful Pope. Eiom here he went
with the. Pope to Kheims where a COtUlCtl was held in II31.
G. Co^itavit aliquando soror saneti patrls in socillo nupta
(ad fxihes tills r/x//»ara. fAti HHtHttsteriuHi vmif ithf** rtstilh

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE

sanctum fratrem) quam vir sanetus detestans acl earn exire

COntemplanS dill {rclc ad capicndas atiim is. In lacrymis resoluia)

se parituram prreceptis [promisH). E eapitulo exiens itaque
ad earn eum fratribus omnibus ei sreeuli pompam [intertkxit

et cam dim*) Sit. Ilia vePO pPSeeeptO parens (ad priora red iit)

tandemque a viro juxta ritum separata in monasterio

monialilim (reliquum viie Deo dedil).

The sisfci says: Vos earnem meam (despieitis) ne despieiat
servus dei animam meam, veniat, ppaeeipiat, et quidquid
ppaeeipit, faeepe sum papata.

Translation. — On one occasion the sister of the holy father,
who w as married and lived in the world, purposed (going
to visit her brothers. SJie iherejvre came to the mon-
astery to see her holy brother) the holv man much
disliking to go out to her for a while regarding her as a
snare of the devil to mislead souls. Bui she bursting into
tears promised to obey his commands. And so going-
out from Chapter to her. together, with ail his brethren,
he forbade her all wordiy gear and sent her home. She
obeying his command (returned home) and at length
separating from her husband., in accordance with the law
of the church (gave tho rest of her life to God) in a monas-
tery of nuns.

The Sister says : You despise my body: let no: the servant
of God despise my soul, let him come and command,
and whatever he commands I am ready to do.

This inscription is not quite straightforward. Som^ is
omitted, which I have tried to replace to make sense, and
there are phrases on both lines which evidently belong to an-
other panel. Tho words on the first line are : vis pattpere
juxta Claravaliam," and on the second line "delatusest ibique
supposito capite." These words I think really belong to the
missing inscription of No. it.

7. Quadam vice vir beams jumento persons euidam rustlco de
cordis instabilitatc in oratione eonquestus est : quern ilie
despieiens eor stabile habere se dixit («). Cui vir sanetus
eum convineere volens jumentum se daturum promlslt si
absque cordis vagaecione orarct. {ft \ Inchoansque ille vir
oraeionis medium implens an earn jumento sellam habi-
turus csset eogitavlt (y) Hieque confusus abbatl indi-
eavlt ctde se ut prlus non proesumpslt.

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN 5. MARY ?. SHREWSBURY.

a. The peasant says : Cor firmum et stabile in orationibus meis
semper habeo.

ft. s. Bernard: Sequestpape paulispep a nobis et tota qua
poteris inteneione oraeionem Dominieam inehoato : quam
si absque aliqua cordis evagaeeione flnipe poteris, jumen-
tum eui insideo tuum mox habebis.

7. Pater noster, utique habebo, qui es in eelis, sellam.

Translations. — On a certain occasion the holy man journeying
on a mule reproached a peasant for his wandering
thought in prayer, and he (the peasant) contemning the
saint replied he had a fixed mind when praying. («.) The
Saint wishing to convince him. promised him his mule
if he would pray without his mind wandering. (ft) And
so he began, but when half way through the prayer he
began to think whether he would have the saddle to-
gether with the mule. (7) And so, ashamed, he told the
abbot, and never again presumed on himself as he had
done before.

a The Peasant : I always have a strong and steady mind in
my prayers.

ft S. Bernard : Retire from us a little way, and then begin
to say the Lord's Prayer with the best intention you
can ; and if you can finish it without wandering thoughts,
you shall have the mule I am riding for your own.

7 The Peasant : Our Father, yes, I shall have, who art in
heaven, the saddle.

This picture needs no explanation, but shows the saint to
have had the grace of a sense of humour.

8. Deeanus eeelesiae Pietaviensis altare in quo vir del divina
celebpavit illue propterea destruxit engollsmensem et
Willelmum Aquitaniae ducem cum aliis episcopis Willelmus
eonferro restiiui mandans pauloquo domum demonlbus
plenam videns et exclamans extinctus quod ttHt»m . . .. ad
interna descendoret.

This is another example of the haphazard arrangement of
the inscription. A possible re-arrangement is:—

(AUflS'Sanr/us) Episcopum Engollsmensem et Willelmum Aqui-
taniae ducem {convenirv volcnsx nbtulit in /•:,-, ;, si,t f\cf*i>i**u
sacrifciuni missav). Deeanus occlesiao Pietavionsis altare in
quo vir Doi divina ceiebravlt Uluc propterea destruxit

Vgl. ill., 4th Series, 1 1

342

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTION? OF THE

(a) Rediens clomum demonibus plenam videns et exelamans
if}) extinetus est et [pestilens anima in infemum deseendit
Episcopus Willelmus [Pictavu •fisis) CC-ntPa [sc. sedi test it u i
mandans [Willelmus dux Aquitaniae) paulopost [ad sedem re-
duct fur).

(a) The Dean says: Destruite altape quod violavit saerilegus
iste.

The Dean in the corner says: date, date, cultellum ut demonem
jugulantem me guttur-i teriam !

Translation*. — The holy abbot wishing to meet the Bishop of
Angouleme and Wiiliam, Duke of Guienne (at other
times called Duke of Aquitaine) offered the Holv Sac-
rifice to God in the Cathedral of Poitiers. But the
Dean of Poitiers for that re? son destroyed (a) the altar
there on which the man of God had celebrated the
Divine mysteries. After a short timewhen he (the Dean)
was dying, he saw his house full of demons, and crying
out (/3) he died and (his foul soul went down into hell.)
(So says the pious chronicler^. William the Duke of
Aq.uita.ine orders William Bishop of Poitiers to be
restored, and shortly afterwards he is restored.
a The Dean says : Destroy the altar on which this sac-
rilegious man has celebrated.
fj' The Dean dying says : Give me, give me, a knife that I

mav cut the throat of the devil that is strangling me.
This panel tells the story of two powerful but unscrupulous
men, viz., William, Duke of Guienne. and Gerard. Bishop of
Angouleme, who during the time of the Anti-Pope persecuted
all those who were followers of Innocent II, especially they
drove William the Bishop of Poitiers, and also the Bishop of
Limoges from their sees. Evidently the Duke had packed
the Cathedral of Poitiers with men of his own mind, and the
Dean was evidently one of them, and therefore a fierce
opponent of S. Bernard, who went there to see if he could
reconcile the two to the Pope, and to law and order* A
curious mistake in the glass is that instead of " me
jugulantem ' it is written " te *' which is evidently a slip.
S. Bernard prevailed and the Duke William ordered Wiiliam
the Bishop of Poitiers to be restored to his see.

See additional note at the e;i>l ol the aiticle,

3. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. M A RY S, SHREWSBURY. 343

9. [Serin Dei npproprinqurtnt£\ altae Treverim obviam ruit populus

sorores duas eeeas ofFerentes quibu^ signum erucis
imprimens (iucem dediti Per duos e fratribus vidit in eeeiesia
eelebrans ejusdem eivitatis elaudum mulieremque surclam
oblatos eupavit. In Confiueneia oblatum hominem prater
alia miraeula eapavit et ambulare feeit.

N Bernard says: Facile faeere potest Deus quod dimeile credere
vos potestas {sic).

Transit Hon. — (As the servant of God was approaching) Trier
the people run out to meet him, and bring him two blind
sisters to whom (he gives their sight) bv making the sicm
of the cross on them. By the aid of two of the breth-
ren (?) he saw whilst saving Mass in a church of the
same city a lame man whom he cured, and also a deaf
woman who were brought to him. Besides other miracles
he cured a lame man at Coblentz and made him walk.
Bernard says: God can easily do what you find it diffi-
cult to believe.

The first word " altae " and other words underneath it in
the glass cert2inly do not belong to this window.

10. Vidit aliquando in noeturnis vigiliis vir Dei (ange/os scribentes

divc/sis modis). [Xam (juidam) eoriim sepibebant auro. alii
argento nonnulli atP(«/we«/o).
( ' itin con jsentiens a beato Bernardo anno 1148 eelebravit
biduana disputatione rationibus et authoritatibus errorem
rei renuneiavit et apostolieo judieio se submisit.

Translations. — The man of God once saw during the night
office angels writing but in various wavs. some wrote in
gold, others in silver, others in ink.
He was convinced in a tw o days disputation by S. Bernard's
arguments and authorities, (and at the Council of Rhciins)
which (tlic Pope) held in 1 1 48, he renounced his errors
and submitted himself to the Apostolic judgment, vi/..
to Eugenius III who presided over the Council.
In this panel we have parts of the description of two
stories, the first of which alone has any reference to the pic-
ture— the story of the angels writing the words in different
materials according as the monks at ol'lice were less or more
attentive to what they were singing.

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NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE

The second part of the inscription refers to some other
panel which is not in Shrewsbury, and tells of S. Bernard's
disputation with Gilbert de la Poree. or as he is better known
in Church history as Gilbertus Porretanus. His doctrine on
the Divine attributes and on the Incarnation were examined
at a meeting of prelates at Auxerre in 1147, and his doctrines
condemned the next year at Rhcims, where he acknowledged
his errors and submitted to the decision of the Pope and
Council.

11. There is no inscription here. The story is that as a
novice S. Bernard could not keep up with the rest in his
field work, and he prays that he might have the grace of
being able to mow and reap. On the label from his
mouth are the words : " Dn'e deus dona mihi graciam
metendi." " O Lord God, give me the grace to reap.**

I think part of this inscription is in No. 6, and on page
106 of his Notes on S. Mary's, Arch. Lloyd speaks of having
the fragments of this inscription, which it is hoped may be
put together and inserted in its proper place.

12. Viro Dei Metensium eivitatem ingresso mulier paralytica

offertup, quam presente Episeopo per manuum imposi-
tionem Divinique nominis invoeationem a paralysi libepavit

From the Saint came the words : In nomine {Dei) opa beatum et abi.
Over the city is the word : Metz.

Translation. — As the man of God was entering the city of
Metz a paralysed woman was brought to him whom, in
the presence of the Bishop he cured from the paralysis
by laying on his hands and calling on the name of God.

S. Bernard says : In the name (0/ God) [May to the Saint
and depart.

This inscription is in round Reman letters and not Gothic.

13. [Puer dei Bcrnardus) solitus epat nOViclUS COttUHe pro aniina

matPis sue [septan f>salmos penttenliaies dicers), Die veto

quadam eos omisit quam negligentiam Sauctus Abbas per shiritum
cognovit el Iiertiai dtnn sic allocutus ,st (ft) et procidons (y) art
pedes ejus et negligentiam eonlltons veniam postal. i\ it

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY^S, SHREWSBURY. 345

S. Bernard: Bernarde, Bernarde, ad quid venisti.

S, Bernard prostrate says : Domine ne in furon

s. Stephen : Frater Bernarde, ubinam quaeso illos psalmos
tuos hesterna die dimisisti, aut eui eos eommendasti.

S. Bernard: Domine Deus, quomodo paiam factum est verbum
istud de quo mini soli eonseius eram.

Translation. — The child of God, Bernard, even as a novice
was accustomed to say every day the U) seven penitential
psalms for his mother's soul. One day he omitted them,
and the holy Abbot Stephen, knowing this by the Holv
Spirit, (P) spoke thus to Bernard (7) and he falling at his
feet and confessing his negligence asked pardon.

a. S. Bernard : " Bernard. Bernard, why hast thou come
here" (a phrase he constantly used).

P\ S. Bernard says, prostrate, " O Lord, rebuke me not in
Thine anger " (the opening words of the first Peniten-
tial Psalm).

y. S. Stephen : Brother Bernard, where, I ask. did you
leave those psalms of yours yesterday, or to whom did
you give them to be said ?

5'. S. Bernard : O Lord God, how has this word become
known of which I alone knew.

Mixed up with this inscription are various words and
phrases which belong to other panels. One phrase, "innum-
erabili exercitu " Dom Stephan Steffen assigns probably to a
panel that is in New York.

14. Contigit aliquando dei famulum adire eomitem Theobaldum
quum turbam hominum latronem, jubonto eomite. ad sup-
plieium pertrahentem obviam {habere. Vir dd[Sn monasterio
albo] lorum quo miser) asti'ingebat(«r) (/««««) apprehendens
eum eomitem dari peciit. Obtinuit, protinus exuta
tunica sua pater sanetus eum induens Claramvallem
adduxit et tonsa coma ejus [[vehementep]] eongratulatur
[latronem) et eum [[Josu Christo etsanctisj] soeiavit.

a ,9, Bernard . Dimitte mini sicarium Is turn, ego volo manlbus
meis suspendere eum.

346

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE

p. Count Theobald: Heu, vero, eum habes, pater : quid est quod?
tpahe domum. Numquid eum salvun faeere poteris qui
totus diaboli servus est?

7, 5. Bernard-. Non me existiis (sie) huiuseemodi peeeatorem
impunitum velle relinquere sed ego faeiam eum morte
long-issima mori.

Translti&Oft. — It happened once that the servant of God was
going to meet Count Theobaid, when he met a crou d of
men dragging under the Count's orders a robber to
execution. The Man of God seizing in his hand the
rope w ith which the w retched man was bound, begged
the Count to give him over to him fa). He obtained /->'
(what he asked"! 7' and straightway taking off his own
cloak the holy father placed it over the robber and took
him to Clairvaux. where having cut off his hair, he
cordially w ished him joy and gathered him into the fold
of the Lor J.

f-. Bernard : Give this murderer to me, with mv own
hands I want to hang him.

P". The Count : But alas ! thou hast him. O father. What is
it thou ( w ishest ) ? drag him home! But canst thou
save him who is altogether a servant of the Devil ?

7'. S. Bernard : Do not think I want to leave this sinner
unpunished, for I will make him die a very slow death.

This panel, the last of the North window, tells its own
story. In the inscription, however, the part consisting of
the words " in most alb " in the top line, and " Jhu set et
stis suis vehementer " in the second are an insertion from
some other window. I have therefore substituted in the top
line " lorum manu sua *' and "ovili dominico" in the bottom,
which words occur in the story as usually told. In the 3rd
label 7 there is a word I can find no meaning for: "existus"
or ''existiis." The word in the original is " cxistimcs." which
makes perfect sense.

In the South Wall, mixed with other glass, there are live
panels telling parts of the life scenes of S. Bernard. There

g. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY'S. SHREWSBURY. 347

is one in the Eastern of the three lights, two in the middle,
and one at the Western of the three. I will number them

1 2 t
3 D

1. Sanetus aliqua(u<fo pueruhis capitis dolor e) vexatus leetoque de-

cumbens cum muliereulam quamdam eum carminalibus

{appropinquantem sentiret) et carminbUS mitigaturam [dolotem

»«^v)naeeione exelamans a se reppulit et [con/in )uo inipetu

SpiritUS SUrgens [ab omnidolore Uberatum se cognovit).

Translation— Once upon a time the holy youth being troubled
with a headache was lying down on his bed, when he
heard a woman of light character coming towards him
with the purpose of easing his pain by her songs and
incantations. He then crying out in great anger drove
her away, and immediately rising moved by the Spirit
(felt he was free from all pain).

In telling this story I venture to suggest that Prebendarv
Poyntz in his description of this incident misses the point of
the story. He speaks of the "muliercula" as a young maiden,
and thinks the Saint somewhat rough in his manners. In
medieval Latin " muliercula " is always used in a derogatory
sense, always suggesting evil living. Moreover, the " Petit s
Bollandistes/' who are the classical hagiographers tell us
that she was a fortune teller, etc.. and unknown to his parents
was brought in by doctors, who could not remedy the pain.
Moreover, there is an antithesis between his virtuous indig-
nation and the action of the Holy Spirit and freedom from
pain which came as a reward, which would be lost if he
were merely exhibiting petulance. In one classical life ol
S. Bernard she is called an impudent woman, and the his-
torical lesson in the Breviary on his feast mentions that
" adolescens propter egrcgiam formam vehementer sollicita-
tus a mulieribus."

2. Vensrat aliquando Fusiniaeum pater Sanetus et prselatus

[Ldritfunensis) ibidem oratorium [dftiwa/uri] (y*«w «.•.■;.■> et in-
trantes most{arUm multi/inio molest aret), et quas cum pater
sanetus exeommunicasset m ' '

<'. S. Bernard says \ excommunieo mUSCaS f.las.

ft. The Bishop 1 Miserere moi.

348

NOTES ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OE THE

Translation. — Once when the holy father and the Bishop of
Laon went to Foigni to consecrate an oratory there, a
multitude of flies annoved them both and the people
coming into the Church. But when the Saint had
excommunicated them they found them all dead in the
morning.

a. S. Bernard : I excommunicate these flies.

p. The Bishop : Have mercy on me O God. [The begin-
ning of the Service of the Consecration of a Church.]

3. Aliquando pater Bernardus monaehum et propinquum suum
Robertum qui quorundam persuasione deeeptus Cluniacum
se eontulerat, per epistoiam revoeare sratuisset et ad
{secretins', dietandum monasterii septa egressus est. Quo
dietante et seriptore seribente ymber deseendit : seribens-
que eartam riponere voluit sed ad verbum patris epistoiam
seripsit in medio ymbre sine ymbre.
On a monastery tower : " Cluniacum."

s. Bernard-. Opus Dei est seribe ne timeas.

Translations. — Once when his cousin and fellow monk Robert
who had been deceived and over persuaded bv certain
people had gone to Cluny, the holy father determined to
Write a letter to call him back, and in order to dictate it
the more secretly he went beyond the bounds of the
monastery. As he was dictating and his scribe was
writing rain came down, and the scribe wished to close
up his paper, but at the command of the father he wrote
the letter in the middle of the rain., without rain falling
on it.

S. Bernard says: It is the work of God. Write, fear not !
On the tower : Cluny.

Archdeacon Lloyd's account of this panel is not in accord
with the inscription, nor with the story as given in the Life
of S. Bernard. The story as related above is. that Robert
one of his own monks left the Cistercian order and went
away, not back to the world, but to the less austere mon-
astery of Cluny. The monks of Cluny had in the two
hundred years since their foundation fallen away from their

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN S. MARY'S; SHREWSBURY. 34O,

early fervour, and had attacked S. Bernard and the Cister-
cians for their excessive austerities. This drew from S.
Bernard his "apologia" in which he upbraids the Cluniacs
with great warmth. This doubtless added to the sorrow of
S. Bernard, when he saw his relation Robert leaving him for
a relaxed order, and explains his greater anxiety to recall
him*

4. [Ad jfrne)dieancLum vir dei raro et non nisi ad loea proxima

exivit, sed quoties eura neeessitas aliqua traneret semin-
abat super omnes aquas [annun) tians verbum Dei summi
Pontifleis mandato ae praesulum favore ad hoe aeeeclente
et Domino sermonem eonfirmante sequentO'S^s Signis).

Translation.— The man of God rarely went out to preach, and
only to places near, but when need called he sowed the
word of God over all waters, preaching the word by the
command of the Pope, and in addition to this with the
encouragement of Bishops, and the Lord confirming the
word with the signs that followed. — S. Mark xvi, 20.

Here is no mention of S. Bernard preaching the' Crusade
as has been suggested.

5, There is no inscription left here. There is a panel sim
ilar to this one in Lcipsig, and it has the following :

Quum aliquando Dominieae Nativitatis noete cum eelebranda
noeturni officii hora aliquantitlum proteiaretur sanetus
adoleseens sedens expeetansqus cum ceteris Inelinato
eapite paululum soporari eontigisset. puer Jesus velut
denuo ante oeulos ejus naseens ex utero Virginis matrls
ei apparuit.

Translation. — Once when on the night of Our Lord's Nativity
the hour of the celebration of the midnight office was
dragging on, the youth was sitting and waiting with
the rest, it chanced that his head drooped and he for .1
short while slept, when the infant Jesus appeared before
his c\cs as though just born of his Virgin mother.

S. BERNARD WINDOWS IN 5. MAKV'b. SHREWSBURY. 350

NOTE TO NO. S.

I am in serious doubt whether the inscription as given
does not really form part of two separate inscriptions and
two separaie panels. The incidents of the Dean ordering
the altar to be broken and the meeting of S. Bernard with
William of Aquitaine and its successful issue are quite
distinct, although, of course, very closely connected. If any
one is sufficiently interested in the window and examines the
inscription carefully, he will find that the first inscription
which treats of the picture above it undoubtedly begins
with the word *; Decanus '! ard his story, and the transition
to the story of the Duke of Aquitaine and his friend the
Bishop of Angouleme is too abrupt. Moreover, it would take
more than two lines to explain these two incidents, and yet
here we have only a iine and a half, and the half which is net
written on shows clear signs of never having been used : the
line is completed with floriated work.

However, as the inscription is all one in the window. I
have tried my best to make sense of it and unite the two
incidents.

SARAH, COUNTESS OF EXETER, 1773-1797.

35 t

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BO LAS.
By the Rev. \V. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.

The history of the family of Hoggins of Great Bolas will
always be of interest to Salopians on account of the romantic
circumstances connected with the marriage of Henry Cecil,
afterwards tenth Earl and first Marquis of Exeter, under the
assumed name of '"John Jones/' with Miss Sarah Hoggins
of that village. This incident has been immortalized by
Tennyson in his poem u The Lord of Burleigh," and in a
lesser degree by Thomas Moore, in one of his Irish Melodies,
" You remember Ellen, our hamlet's pride," a ballad which,
as Moore states, " was suggested by a well-known and
interesting story told of a certain noble family in England."

The pedigree of the Hoggins family has not hitherto been
worked out, but owing to the recent transcription and
publication of the Parish Registers of Great Bolas," which
were collated and seen through the press by the present
writer, this has now been rendered possible. A careful study
of the Churchwardens' Accounts and Overseers' Accounts
of Great Bolas has also brought to light man)- additional
facts, which are here recorded, and the Wills at Lichfield
and many other sources of information have been laid under
contribution, so that it has been possible to compile a fairly
complete account of the family for 225 years past.

PEDIGREE OF HOGGINS.
I. The first of the family named in the. Registers is John
Hoggins who was living at Bolas Heath in 1694. Where
he came from does not appear,- -the name oj Hoggins is n< 1
a common one in the early Shropshire Registers, hut he
must have settled at Bolas after 1087, as the follQwing note
is written inside the cover of Volume [II* oi the Registi I

"The Tenement that John Hoggins hveth on. served
the office of Church- Warden in ye years 102;. 1633,
1645, 1 666, 1677, 10S7."

Vol. III., 4th Scries. x x

352 THE FAMILY OF HOCICTINS, OF fvKEAT P.OLAS.

And John Hoggins was not Churchwarden of Bolas Ln 16S7
or during any of these six years, for the names of the Wardens
are preserved for some of these years. John Hoggins was
rated in respect of his tenement at Bolas from 1698 until
1728. when his name ceases in the Overseers" Accounts, and
the amount of his rate varied from is. 2d. to 5s. 3d. lie
served the office of Overseer of the Poor in 1700 and 1712,
and he was Churchwarden in 1711. He was twice married,
first at Waters Upton on 1 December. 1694. to Mary Ansell,
who was Buried at Great Bolas on 7 July, 1708 ; and secondly,
at Great Bolas on 27 December. 1708. to Margaret Adney.
She was buried at Bolas on 25 August, 1727. When John
Hoggins died is not known;1 but presumablv he left Boias
shortly after his second wife's death, as his name appears in
the Overseers' Accounts for the last time in 1728. By his
first wife he had issue four children : —

(1) John, baptized at Bolas iS September, and buried
there 3 October, 1095.

(2) Mary, baptized there 2 March, 1696-7.

(3) Thomas, of whom next.

(4) John, baptized there 23 August, and buried 25 Decem-

ber, 1705.

II. Thomas Hoggins of Bolas (third child, but only sur-
viving son of John ) was baptized at Bolas. 18 February.
1701-2. He was rated at Bolas from 1729 until his death,
his rate varying from is. 6d. to 7s. 6d, Possibly he occupied
his father's holding on Bolas Heath. He served the office of
Overseer of the Poor in 1724 and 174-j. and was Church-
warden in 1723, 1734, 1744, and 1752. He was buried at
Bolas, 6 August, 1752. His wife was Sarah, daughter of
Henrv Bucknall. and he must have married her about 1729.

THE BUCKNALL FAMILY,
The Bucknalls were an old Staffordshire family, which
traced descent from I. James Bucknall of Lea Head,
Stafford, living in 1 4S0. His descendants in lineal succession
were, — II. John, 1558; III. Thomas: IV. John, 1633 ; V,
William, 15S2-166S; VI. William. 1671: VII. John. rhlS

1 " loim Hoggins a poof nnn " was butied at linla*, 4 March, 1 7^4-5, but I
scarcely think that this ban be the same person.

The family of Hoggins, of great bolas. 353

last John died 22 December. 1696. leaving issue two sons,
VIII. (i) William and (2) Henry, who married two sisters.
The eider son. William Bucknail of Shrewsbury, baptized
14 September. 16S0, married a daughter of the Rev. John
Sneison, who was Curate of Weston under Red Castle 17:9 —
1779. and-- w as buried at Weston. 22 December. 1 7 79. ag-cd
92 years; by her he had a daughter Mary Bucknail, who was
married at St. Jmian's. Shrewsbury, on 22 June, 1758, to
John Lloyd of Shrewsbury ',1734 — ancestor of the
family of Lloyd uf the Whitehall. Shelton Hali, Sx.1 The
younger son, Henry Bucknail, married at Weston, 2-s April.
1724, Elizabeth, another and younger daughter of the said
Rev. John Sneison. and had issue by her Sarah Bucknail.

wno w

as married to Thomas Ho;

in:

The connection between the Bucknail, Sneison. Lloyd and
Hoggins families will be more clearly seen by reference to
the following pedigree : —

VII. Tohn Bucknall=pAnnc Kev. John Sneison, Curate of Weston under— An a
of Red Cast'.e 1719 — 1779: b. 16S7 : lur. a:

died 22 Dec. '■. W eston. 22 Dec. 1779. a£ed 02.

1696.

William Bucknail of=f=.
Shrewsbury, bapt,
14 Sept., 16S0.

Hcnrv bucknail of"

Sneison.

Elizabeth Sneison,
m. at Weston,
28 April, 1724.

John Lloyd, of Shrewsbury,1
sworn a burgess 6 Oct.,
1774; bapt. at St. Julian's,
29 Dec, 1734, and buried
there 20 May, 1794-

I

Mary
Bucknail.
111. at St.
Julian's,
Shrews-
bury, 22
June. 175S

Thomas Hoggins of— Sarah Bucknail
Bolas, Churchwarden ( buried at Bolas,
1723. 1734, 1744. ' ?S Feb., 1753 i
and 1752; bap. there I Will dated 25
iS l ei). 1701, and j February. 175;,
bur. there 6 August, i proved at Lich-
17^?. I field. S Mav.

a y quo
Lioyd of the
Whitehall, &e,

I held. S

l|UO

Hoggins of liola
Micklewocd. \c

Sarah Hopkins survived her husband, and was buried at
Bolas, 2S February, 175J. The following is an abstract of
her Will :—

1 Mr. John BufcklWll Lloyd, oi Dorrin-ton Utove, as ti e lerrcjentMi* e of
the Uuckoalls, still owns the i.ea Head estate.

354 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS

WILL OF SARAH HOGGINS, OF BOLAS MAGNA, CO. SALOP,

WIDOW.

Dated 25 February, 1753. I give ail my stock, goods,
chattels. &c. to my son Thomas, he paying to the rest of my
children £10 each at twenty-one, and to maintain Elizabeth
Bateman for her life, that is to say, to An ten pounds, to
Sara ten pounds, to William ten pounds, to Margret toe
pounds. I appoint John Eddowes and my son Thomas
executors of my will.

Witness: Thomas Walker, Robert Eddowes.

No inventory.

Will proved at Lichfield 8 May 1754 by John
.Eddowes and Thomas Hoggins.

Thomas and Sarah Hoggins had issue seven children : —

(1) Thomas, of whom next.

(2) Anne, baptized at Bolas, 9 November, 1732.

(3) John, baptized there 27 December, 1734, and buried

27 February, 1735-6,

(4) Sarah, baptized there 21 February, 1736-7, and

buried 19 August, 1763.

(5) William, baptized there 13 August, 174T.

(6) Richard, baptized there n May, 1744, an^ buried 17

' April, 1746.

(7) Margaret, baptized there 2 February, 1746-7.

II I. Thomas Hoggins of Bolas (the eldest child of Thomas
and Sarah) was baptized at Bolas, 7 November, 1730. He
was a farmer, and resided at the Old Rectory House at Great
Bolas which was taken down about sixty years ago. and
occupied the site of the present National School. To it .in
old tithe barn was attached. He served the oihev of Church-
warden in 1760 and 1768, and was Overseer of the Boor in
1761, 1777, 1 7S5 and 1794. He was rated in respect of his
holding at Bolas from 1752 to 179O, his rate varying from
4s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. From 1770 to 177S he is described as
being rated 'Tor Bcttcley's Peicc," or "Betteley's field In
1754 he was executor of his mother's will. He was buried
at Bolas on 1 May, 1 796.

AOMIN 1ST RAT ION TO THOMAS HOGG.1NS OF ROI AS,
Administration to the estate of Thomas Hoggins ot Bolas.
co. Salop, Gentleman, a Widower, was granted .1: Lichfield

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS. OF GREAT BOLAS. 555

on 27 May. 1796, to Sarah.. Countess of Exeter, wife of
Henry. Harlot Exeter, one of the natural and lawful child re 0
of the deceased, and who resided within the diocese of Lon-
don. The sureties were Evan Foulkes of Southampton
Street. Covent Garden, co. Middlesex. Gentleman, and
Thomas' Walford of Boiton Street. Piccadilly, in the same
County, Gentleman. No Inventory. Estate sworn under
•£300.

Thomas Hoggins was twice married, first at Bolas on 25
June, 1755, to Sarah Eddowes, who was buried there on 31
May, 1760, 'and secondly at Bolas on 6 November, 176s. t
Jane Bayley, who is said to have been the daughter of a
clergyman1, she died a few weeks before her husband, and
was buried at Bolas on 27 March, 1796.

Eleanor Bayley, a sister of Jane, w as married bv license to
John Picken of Preston, on 19 June, 1777. Elizabeth Bayic\",
presumably another sister, witnessed a marriage at Bob;.- on
26 January, 17S6. There was also one brother a medic; I
man.

By his first wife Sarah, Thomas Hoggins had issue two
children :—

(1) Isabel!, baptized at Boias. 1 April. 1756.

(2) Marv, baptized at Bolas 17 April, 1759. married there

bv licence, 13 November, 17S0. to Moses Si Hi toe
Edgmond, and had issue. She was buried at Edg-
mond iG May, 17S6.
By his second wife Jane, he had issue ten children: —

(3) John, baptized at Bolas 1 January, 1770. and buried

there the same year.

(4) Ann, baptized there 7 July, 1771. and buried 12 July,

1772. 1,

(5) Sarah, baptized at Bolas, 28 June. 1773; married there

by licence on Tuesday, 13 April. 1700. to "John
Jones," and again at St. Mildreds Church. Bread
Street, London, after banns, ou 3 Oct., 179
"Henry Cecil." Both John Jones and ilenr\
were in reality the same bridegroom, the latter J
his true name: he was nephew and heir presumptive

I should be igta] if thtf Uti»:r ul J*AC &*ylcy cm be w.ei.MheJ.

356 THE FAMILY OF HOGGIN'S, OF GREAT BOLAS.

to Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter, and succeeded
to the title as 10th Earl, on his uncle's death. 26 Dec-
ember, 1793. They resided at Boias Villa, a house
which "Mr. Jones*' had erected at the close of 17S9,
as Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, from their first marriage
in 1790 until the beginning of 1794 when they'moveci
' to Burghley. They had issue four children: — Sophia
and Henry, both born at Bolas, and Brownlow (after-
wards second Marquess of Exeter) and Thomas, who
were born at Burghley, The Countess Sarah died at
Burghley, 18 January, 1797, and was buried on the
28th at St. Martin's, Stamford Baron. The Earl was
created Marquess of Exeter 4 February, 1801, and
dying 1 May, 1S04. at Pembroke House. Privy Gar-
dens, Whitehall, was buried at St. Martin's. Stamford
Baron on the 12th of May. An attempt will be made to
narrate the true story of their romantic marriage in a
subsequent paper.

(6) William, baptized at Bolas 29 January, 1 7 "5, was a

Lieutenant in the 26th Regiment of foot (or Camtr-
onians) 8 June, 1796, and Captain 25 May, 1803. He
died unmarried in 1805 at sea, the Aurora Transport.
No. 229, in which he was going with his troops to
Holland, being wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
There are two letters extant from him, addressed to
his brother John Hoggins in 1 801.

(7) John Hoggins, of w hom next.

(8) Ann, baptized at Bolas, 13 March, 1770. married to

Arthur Hodge, of the Island of Tortola. in the West
Indies. In 1801 they were living at 3, George Street,
Manchester Square, London, but shortly afterwards
went out to Tortola. where she died 29 November, titoS,
leaving three children,— Henry Cecil Hodge. Jane,
born February, 1S01, and Justina, bom about 1S06.
Mr. Hodge was the son of Arthur Hodge, Esq., and was
born at Tortola in 1763. He entered Oriel College, Oxford,
as a Gentleman-Commoner on 17 December, i;m. V\
he went out to Tortola, to settle on his property, he became
one of the Members of His Majesty's Council in that island.
He proved a most cruel master to his negroes, .mo repeated!)

f UK FAMILY OF- HOGGIN?. OP GREAT BOI AS.

357

flogged them, so that on his own admission at his trial, some
of them died from exposure of their wounds. His negro
cook he killed, by pouring boiling water down her throat.
He was finally indicted for the murder of a negro named
Prosper. Mr. Hodge had set Prosper to watch a mango
tree, and because a mango fell off fined him 6s. or a flogging
in default. He borrowed 3s. from a free negro woman, and
because he could not bring the remaining 3s. was flogged
two successive days so severely that in a few days he died.
For this offence he was tried. The Jury found him guilty
of murder, and on 8 May, 181 1, Mr. Hodge was executed
behind the gaol of Tortola. He was a man of great
accomplishments and of elegant manners."' He had been
thrice married, but survived all his wives. By his second
wife he had a daughter, born about 1795. His third wife
was Ann Hoggins. (See report in The Times of July 9. 1S11.)
(9) Thomas, born 1 and baptized 4 November. 17S1, at
Bolas, Lieutenant in the 64th Regiment of Foot (2nd
Staffordshire) 1 June, 1798: Captain in the 71st
(Gordons), and placed on half-pay 1802-3 \ Captain in
the 85th Regiment of Foot (or Bucks Volunteers' in
April, 1805. He was quartered at Spanish Town.
Jamaica, in 1805. Several of his letters are extant,
addressed from Spanish Town. His name appears
for the last time in the Army Lis: for 1S10, as Captain
in the 85th.

He was killed in a duel with John Hilton, an officer in the
same regiment, that was fought in the vicinity of
Brabourne Lees, near Ashford in Kent, in January.
1S10, and he was buried at Brabourne, near the north
porch, on ri January, 1810. A verdict of wilful
murder was returned against Hilton at the Coroner's
Inquest held on roth January. Hilton did not leavi
the regiment at once, hut was ultimately cashiered.
A board that has now disappeared, but was said to
have marked the site of the grave, had on il the words
" cruelly done to death." A portion of his hair-trunk,
with an engraved name-plain (" Capt, Hoggins, 85
Regimt.") was purchased among thr effects ot an old
woman who died in 1880. and was given to Colonel

358 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

Capper of the 85th Regiment, by Miss Ayscough,
daughter of the then Vicar.1

(10) Jane, baptized at Bolas, 3 July, and buried there
6 July, 17S3. . .

(11) James, in Holy Orders ; born 2 December and baptized
at Bolas, 5 December, 1784; entered Shrewsbury
School in 179S; went to St. John's College. Cam-
bridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1S11; was appointed
Yiear of El ham, Kent. 5 November. 1834. Died at
Micklewood, whilst on a visit to his brother John
Hoggins, on 10 August, 1845, and was buried at
Wistanstow on the 19th of August, M.I. there. His
widow after his decease left Elham, and resided at
Cheltenham. They had no children,

(12) Richard, baptized at Bolas, 11 March, and buried
there 15 May, 17S7.

IV. John Hoggins (seventh child of Thomas Hoggins)
of Micklewood Farm in the parish of Leebotwood, 1S01 to
1850, was baptized at Great Bolas on 25 May, 1777, and
educated at Bridgenorth School. Lord Exeter settled him
upon Micklewood Farm, — the property of the Corbet'ts, and
anciently the seat of the Waties family, — in 1801 ; and here
he farmed for 50 vears, until the year 1850, when he retired
to the Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. He died at Shrewsbury
on 15 March, 1S57, aS'ed 79 years, and was buried at Wistan-
stow 19th March, M.I. there. His will was proved in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury in May, 1857 379'- In
the north transept of Wistanstow Church is a window to
the memory of John Hoggins, his wife, and other members
of his family. He married at Wistanstow on 27 May. t802,
Ann, daughter of Thomas Beddoes of Cheney Longville, by
his wife Priscilla, daughter of Thomas Minton, of Minton :
she was baptized at Wistanstow on 14 February, 1780, 1
at Micklewood 7 August, 1 846, aged 66 years, and was buried
11 August at Wistanstow, M.I. there. By her he had issue
ten children : —

(1) Prisciila, baptized at Leebotwood, 23 February, 1803,
died at Pensylvania, Leebotwood. on 17 June. 1879,

1 Ex inf. U. \. Fynmore, Esq., of Sandpate. See "The B$th Kinp'i Light
Infantry, w by "One of 'them,1 edited by C. K. 13 Baitett, p. 57i

TIIIC FAMILY OF HOGGINS, QF GREAT KOLAS. 359

aged 76 years, and was buried 21st June, at Wistan-
stow, M.I. there.

(2) Thomas, of Trafford Lodge, co. Chester, J. P., born at

Micklewood, 7 February, 1S04, and baptized at Lee-
botwood, 14 February, 1805, died at Trafford Lodge.
10 September. 1884, aged 79 years, and w as buried at
Wistanstow 13 September. M.I. there. A memorial
window was erected to his memory in the south tran-
sept of Wistanstow Church. Pie was agent to the Farl
of Shrewsbury. He married Ellen Ffoulkes, but had
no issue by her. She was, born 7 September. 1S16. After
her husband's death she went to reside at Scarborough,
where she died 3 March, 1896, aged 79, and was inter-
red 6 March at Gresford, Denbighshire, M.I. there.

(3) Henry, baptized at Leebotwood. 1 December, 1806.

died at Micklewood 23 March, 1 831, aged 24 years,
and was buried 31st March at Wistanstow, M.I. there.

(4) Sarah Sophia Jane, baptized at Leebotwood, 15 April,

1809 ; married John Pickefi, of Aston, near Newport ;
died there, and was buried at Preston on the Weald
Moors 21 April, 1884, aged 75 years. Her husband
died at Aston, and was buried at Preston. 15. June,
J 857, aged 65 years, M.I. at Preston.

(5) Mary Anne, baptized at Leebotwood 20 January, 181 1.

died at Shrewsbury, 3 December, 1832. aged 41 years,
and was buried 8 December, at Wistanstow, M.I. there.

(6) Rosamund Elizabeth, baptized, at Leebotwood. 5 Feb-

ruary, 1813. died at Ludlow, 12 February, 1885, aged
72 years, and was buried i/th February it Wistan-
stow, M.I. there. She erected the pulpit in Wistanstow
Church in memory of her brother William Hoggins.

(7) John James, of In-wood, Church Stretton ; baptized al

Leebotwood, 30 March, 1815, died 2/ June. 1891.
aged 77 years, and was buried 2nd July, al Wistanstow,
M.I. there.

(S) William, of Ludlow, surgeon ; educated at University
College Hospital, London.; baptized al Leebotwood,
17 April, 1817, died in Inroad Street, Ludlow, 10 St r
tember, 1882. agvd 65, and was buried £Oth SeptCWlbci

at Wistanstow. M.I. there. The pulpit in Wistanstow

...... \v\>

\ 01. III., 4111 Series,

3 6o

THK FAMILY Ot- HOGGINS. OF GREAT KOLAS'.

Church was erected to his memory by his sister

Rosamund Elizabeth.
C9I Martha, born at Micklewood. 17 September, and

baptized at Leehotwoed 19 September. 1N20. rttnrried

at Holy Cross. Shrewsbury. 5 June. 1855, Thomas

Tompson of Baddesley Elisor, co. Warwick, and had
Issue, an only daughter. She died in July iSSS. and

was buried at Badcicsley Elisor. Her husband died

in November iS<);.
Thomas Tompson was a cousin of his wife. He was son of
Joseph Tompson of Baddesley Ensorand of Priscilia; daugh-
ter of Thomas l>eduoes of Cheney Longviile by his wife
Prisciila. daughter of Thomas Minton oi Minton. Prisciila
]>eddoes was a younger sister of Ann, the wife of John
Hoggins of Micklewood. She was baptized at Wistanstow
on 14 May. 1783, and was married there to Joseph Tonvpson
on 20 April, iNoq.

(10) Maria, twin with Martha, born at Mirklewood. 17
September and baptized at Leebotwood. to September,
1S20. She resided at No. 40. Mill Street. Ludlow,
and dying there on 19 April. 1S07. was buried at
\Yistanstow. 24 April, 1S97. aged 75 years. M.E there.
She survived all her brothers and sisters, ami was the
last of her family, who bore the surname of Hoggins.
Several communications from her pen about her aunt's
marriage to the " Lord of Burleigh *' will be found in
Salopian SJircds and Patches for 11 and 25 November,
1S91, the Shrewsbury Chronicle of 30 October. lSui.
and the Xewport and Market Drayton Advertiser of
14 November, 1891.

ARMORIAL BEARINGS Ol HOGGINS.

Thomas Hoggins of Bolas, the Countess's father, and his
descendants were rightfully entitled to bear Arms by grant
from Sir Isaac Heard. Carter king of Arms, dated 5 April
34 George III, 1794. The Arms are,- Gules a Lobster's
Claw erect Or, between three Heron-* Heads erased Argent :
and the Crest',— On a w reath pfthe colours [argent and Rules],
A Heron's Head erased Argent charged with a LobSt*r*S
Claw Giiles'. In this grant, Thomas Hoggins is described as

TUli FAMILY OF HOGGIN'S, OF GREAT BOLAS. 361

"of Bokis Magna in the Count}- of Salop, Gentleman." The
-rant of Anns was made, at the instance )f the Earl of
Exeter 26 February, 1794, to Sarah Countess of Exeter, and
to be borne (with the Crest) also by her father and his
descendants.

In the Appendix I have added some extracts from the.
Great Bolas Registers and from those of Leebotwood and
Wistanstow. For the latter I am indebted to the kindness
of the Rev. \V. M. 1). La Touche.

For the portrait of the Countess of Exeter, I must thank
Mr. Charles William Cobb, M.A., of Oxford, in whose family
the photograph from which it is copied has been handed
down as an authentic likeness of the Countess. And for the
illustration of Bolas Church and the Old Rectory House (in
which Thomas Hoggins resided, and where the Countess
was born), 1 am indebted to Mrs. Taylor Davies of Burleigh
Villa (in which Mr. John Jones s house is incorporated 1, in
whose possession is the original painting of the Church and
Old Rectory, and who has afforded me much assistance in
my researches.

I am also grateful to the learned Rector of Great Bolas
(the Rev. Joseph Miller, B.D.), for the loan of several parish
books and for much kind help.

APPENDIX.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTER'S OF GREAT BOLAS.

[Inside the Cover of Vol. III.] The Tenement that John
Hoggins liveth on, served the office of Church-Warden
in ye years 1627, 1633, 1645. 1666, 1677, 1687.

1695. John the son of John and Mary Hoggins of Bowlas-

Heath Baptized Septemb: ye 18th.
John Hoggins aforesaid an Infant was Buryed Octobr.
ye 3'1

Affidavit was made before Mr. Turner C urate of
Upton Parva yc 7th.

1696. Mary the Daughter of John and Mar) Hoggins was

Baptized March ye 2d.
1701. Thomas the Son of John and Mary Hoggins was
Baptized Feb. yc 18th.

3*32 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS. OF GREAT BO LAS.

1705. John the Son of John Hoggins & Mary his Wife

Baptized Aug : 23.
John Hoggins (an Infant) Buryed Decembr. ye 25.
Affidavit made before Mr Clemson ye 30.
170S. Mary the Wife of John Hoggins Buryed July 7.
i/oSs John Hoggins and Margarett Adney both of this

Parish after a Publication of Banns according to

the Canon were married Deeemb. 27.
171 1. John Hoggins and John Walker, Wardens.
1723. Thomas Hoggins and Thomas Walker, Wardens.
1727. Margaret Hoggins Wife of John Hoggins w as Buryed

Aug. ye 25.

1730. Thomas the son of Thomas Hoggins and Sarah his

Wife was Baptized Nov. ye 7th.
1732. Anne the Daughter of Thomas Hoggins and Sarah

Ids Wife Baptized Novr. ye 9.
1734. Thomas Hoggins and John Wilde Ch : w ardens.

1734. John the son of Thomas Hoggins and of Sarah Ids

Wife was Baptized Xbr ye 27°

1735. • John Hoggins (a Child) Buryed Febr; ye 27.

1736. Sarah the Daughter of Thomas Hoggins and of Sarah

his Wife Baptized Feb: ye 21st.
L74 1. William Son of Thomas and Sarah Hoggins was

Baptd. Aug. 13th.
1744. May. Richard Son of Thomas & Sarah Hoggins

was privately Bapt. May- nth.
1744-5. Fcbry. John Hoggins a poor man was Buryed

Mar. 4th 1/44-5-
1746. Apl. 17. Richard Son of Thos. and Sarah Hoggins

buryed.

1746. Feb. 2d. was Baptised Margaret Daughter of Thomas
cS: Sarah Hoggins.

1752. August 6. Thomas Hoggins was buryed.

1753. 28 Feb: was buryed Sarah Hogginsi

1755. Thomas Hoggins and Sarah Eddowcs were Marryed
ye 25 of June 1*^55. by me Benj : W
This marriage was solemnized | Thomas Hoggins
between us I Sarah Hoggins

In the Presence of Robert Eddowes,
No. 2. Mary Lastwick,

• THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT 130LAS. 363

y

1756. i April. Isabell Daughter of Thomas and Sarah
Hoggins [sic.]

1759. April 17th. Baptized Mary the Daughter of Thomas

& Sarah Hoggins.

1760. Buried May 31st. Sarah the wife of Thomas Hoggins.
1763. Sarah Hoggins single woman was buried August if),

I763-

1768. Thomas Hoggins of this Parish Widower and Jane
Bay ley of this Parish single woman were Married in
this Church by Banns this sixth Day of November
in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and
sixty eight by me Borlase Wingiield Curate.
This Marriage was solemnized f Thomas Hoggins
between us [ Jane Bayley

In the Presence of Jno : Corfield
J as. Eaton

No. 17.

[Banns published October 23 & 30. and November 6,

1768.1

I77°- John the son of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was
baptized J any. 1st. 1770.

1770. John the son of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was

buried. [The next entry after his baptism.]

1771. Ann the daughter of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was

baptized July 7th.

1772. Ann the daughter of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was

buried July 12th.

1773. Sarah the daughter of Thomas and Jane Hoggin? was

baptized June 28th. [In the handwriting of the

Rev. Borlase Wingfield.]
1775. William the son of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was

baptized 29th January.
1777. John the Son of Thos. & Jane Hoggins was baptized

ye 25 of May.

1779. Ann the Daughter of Thomas & Jane Hoggins was

baptized the 13th March.

1780. Moses Sillitoe of the Parish of Kdgmond and Mary

Hoggins of this Parish were married in this Church
by Licence this thirteenth Pa\ el November in tin

364

THE FAMILY OF HOGGIN'S, OF GREAT BOLAS.

Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and eight}' by
inc Cresswell Tayleur.

This marriage was solemnized | Moses Siliitoe
between Us { Mary Hoggins

In the presence of John Powell
/ John Wild

Xo. 40.

17S1. Thomas Son of Thomas and Jane Hoggins was baptd.
Xovbr. 4th, ijSt.

1753. Jane Daughter of Thomas & J.ane Hoggins was

baptd. July 3. 1 7$ 3.
Jane Hoggins Daughter of Tho^ cc June Hoggins was
buried July 6th. 1783.

1754. James Son of Thomas ec Jajie Hoggins was baptd

Deer. 5th. 17S4.

1787. Richard son of Thomas & Jane Hoggins was baptd.
March nth, 1787.
Richard Hoggins was buried May 15th.

1790. John Jones of this Parish and Sarah Hoggins of this
Parish were Married in this Church by Licence this
thirteenth Day of April in the Year One Thousand
Seven Hundred and ninety by me Cressweii Tayicur.
This Marriage was solemnized ) John Jones
between Us j Sarah Hoggins

In the Presence of John Picken
Sarah Adams

No. 54.

1792. Sophia Daugr. of John and Sarah Jones was baptd.

Febry. 27th. 1792.

1793. Henry Son of John and Sarah Jones was baptd.

January 3rd, 1793.
Henry Jones was buried May 20th, 1793.
[2Vic List J entries fii the Juwduriiuig of the ReviL
Cresswell Tayleur. Curate.]
1796. Jane Hoggins was buried March 27th. 1796.
Thomas Hoggins was buried May 1st. 1796.

EXTRACT FROM 1UK REGISTERS ul WATERS 11 ION.
1694, December 1. John Hoggins of the parish of Great
Bdlas and Mary Ansell of this parish were married.

Tin: FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BO LAS.

3*5

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF ST. MILDRED,
BREAD STREET. LONDON.

1791. Henry Cecil of [the] Parish of St. Mildred Bread
Street Batchelor and Sarah Hoggins of [the] same
Parish Spinster were married in this [Church] by
[J;>anns] this Third Day of October in the Year
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One by
me J. Crowther [Minister.]
This Marriage was solemnized V Henry Cecil
between Us j Sarah Hoggins

In the Presence of E. Foulkes Peter Spier, Clerk.

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF BRA BOURNE, KENT.

1S10, Jany. 11. Burial. Thomas Hoggins Esquire of the
85th Regt. [Xote written by a former Vicar: —
''Brother of Sarah. wife of Henry iKC Marquess of
Exeter, shot in a dud with John Hilton, Gent,
against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned
on the Coroner's Inquest. f-B. ']

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF LEESOTWOOD.

1802, June 15. Thomas Hoggins shoemaker buried.

1803, February 23. Priscylla daughter of John and Ann

Hoggins of Micklewood baptized.
1805, February 14. Thomas son of John and Ann Hoggins
baptized.

1S06, December 1, Henry son of John and Ann Hoggins
ba ptized.

1S09, Apiil 15. Sarah Sophia Jane, daughter of John ami

Anne Higgins baptized.
181 1, January 20. Mary Anne, daughter of John ami Anne

Hoggins baptized.
1813, February 5. Rosamund Elizabeth, daughter of John

and Ann Hoggins of Micklewood baptized.
1N15, March 30. John James, son of John and Ann Hoggins

of Micklewood baptized.
1S17, April I/, William son of John and Ann Hoggin* of

Micklewood bn pt ized.
1S20, Rctitehitoer 19. Martha and Maria, twin daughters of

[oh 11 and Ann Hoggins of Micklewood hapti reel.

3^)6 THi: FAMILY OF EIOGKIKS, OF GREAT I'.OLAS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF WISTANSTO W.

1S02. John Hoggins of the Parish of Lcebotwood bachelor
and Ann Beddoes of this Parish spinster were
married in this Church by License this twenty
seventh day of May in the Year One Thousand
Eight Hundred and tvvq by me Geo: Braithwaite.
Curate of Hopesay.

This Marriage was solemnized ^ John Hoggins
between us J Ann Beddoes

In the presence of Mary Beddoes

Thomas Beddoes Junior

Xo. 1S0.
Burials.

1831, March 31. Henry Hoggins.. Micklewood. Lcebotwood-
aged 24

1545. August rg. James Hoggins, Elham Vicarage, Kent. 60

1546, August 11. Ann Hoggins, Micklewood. 66.
1S52. Dec. S. Mary Ann Hoggins. Shrewsbury. 41.
1S57. Mar. 19. John Hoggins. Shrewsbury, 70.

1879, June 21. Priscilla Hoggins, Pensyivania. Lcebotwood.
75-

1SS2. Sept. 20. William Hoggins. Ludlow. 65.

18S4, Sept. 13. Thomas Hoggins. Chester. 79.

1SS5. Feb>\ 17. Rosamund Elizabeth Hoggins, Ludlow . 72.

1S91. July 2. John James Hoggins, In wood, Church Stretton.

1S97. April 24. Maria Hoggins, Ludlow. 75.

MONF M I NTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN WISTANSTOW CHURCHYARD.

ii) In memory of John Hoggins, who died at Shrewsbury,

March 15th, 1857. aged 79 years.
In memory of Ann. wife of John Hoggins of Micklewood

in this County, and daughter of the late Thomas

Beddoes. Esqr. of Longyilic in th:< Parish, who died

August 7th, 1846, aged 66 years.
In memory of Mary Ann. daughter of John and Ann

Hoggins, who died December 3. 1S52, aged years.
(2) In memory of Henry, sun of John and Ann Hoggins,

who died March 23, l8jT, aged 2\ years.

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT ROLAS. 367

(3) In memory of Priscilla, daughter of John and Anne

Hoggins, who died June 17th, 1S79, aged 76.

(4) Sacred to the memory of Rev. James Hoggins, M.A.,

Vicar of Eiham, Kent, who departed this life x\ugust
10, 1845, aged 60 years.
Near this tomb are interred the remains of John James-
Hoggins, who died June 27, 1S91, aged 76 years.

(5) In memory of Maria Hoggins, youngest daughter of

Ann and John Hoggins of Micklewood, Salop, born
17th of September, 1S20, died 19th April, 1S97, aged
76 years;

(6) In this Vault are the remains of Wiiliam Hoggins, who

died in Broad Street, Ludlow, September 16th, 1SS2,

aged 65 years. Youngest son of the late John Hoggins

of Micklewood in the Co : of Salop.
Also of Thomas Hoggins, eldest son of the above, of

Trafford Lodge near Chester, J. P. for the County,

who died September 10th, 1884, aged 79 years.
Also Rosamond Hoggins, fourth daughter of the late

John Hoggins of Micklewood, who died February 12,

1885, aged 72 years.

INSCRIPTIONS ON WINDOWS IN WISTANSTOW CHURCH.

In the North Transept. — Subject : The Ascension.

To the Glory of God and in memory of John Hoggins who

died 15th March, 1857, aged 79 years.
Ann his wife, daughter of Thomas Beddoes of Lorgville
Castle in this parish who died 7th August, 1846, aged
66 years.

And their three children Henry died 25th March, 1831,
aged 24 years. Mary Ann died 3rd December, 1852,
aged 41 years. Priscilla died 17th June, 1870. aged
76 years.

Also of James Hoggins, M.A. Vicar of Elham in Kent,
brother of the above John, who died tOtli August iSps.
aged 60 years. All interred at this place.
In the South Transept. Subject : The Resurrection,

In memory of the late Thomas Hoggins J.P, who was
born at Micklewood in the County of Salop Feb. pth,
Vol. III., 4th Series, xx

3'65 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GRFAT BOLAS.

3804, died at Trafford Lodge, Co. of Chester, Sep: iotb,
1884.

Inscription 011 ihc Pulpit.

This Pulpit was erected by Rosamund Elizabeth Hoggins
in affectionate remembrance of her brother William
Hoggins who died at Ludlow on the 16th day of
September 1882.

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF G RESFORD.

Burial, 1896.

Ellen Hoggins. Scarborough. March 6th. 79 years.
J. Jenkins, Curate.

INSCRIPTION OX MONUMENT IN G RESFORD CHURCHYARD.

In memory of Ellen, wife of Thomas Hoggins, of Trafford
Lodge, in the County of Chester, J. P., and sister of J. H.
Ffoulkes, of Llay Place. Born Sept. 7th, 1816. Died
March 3rd.. 1896.

THE FAMILIES OF PICKEN A X D COBB.

The Families of Picken of Preston-on-the- Weald Moors
and Sheriff Hales, and of Cobb of Newport, are so closely
interwoven with the Hoggins family, and are so nearly rel
to the Countess of Exeter on her mother's side, that it will
be well to give a short account of them here.

The Pickens were of Hoo Hall in the parish of Preston-
on-the- Weald Moors. Rowland Picken. of Hoo Hall, born
1674-5, was buried at Preston, 16 November. 1753, aged ;S.
Elizabeth, his relict, was buried 18 November, 1754, aged 77.
They were, presumably, the parents of {:) Thomas Picken,
of Hoo Hall, born 1707-8, died 22 April and buried 25 April.
1769, aged 61 ; and of {2) Richard Pickin, of I loo Hall, born
170S-9, buried 14 July, 1762, aged 53, whose w idow Ann was
buried 18 May, 1777, aged 66, Richard and Ann had a
daughter Elizabeth, baptized 19 August. 1750,

i. Thomas Picken (who may be identical with the above
Thomas 1 707-1769), of Preston-on-theAVedld-Moors, had
issue by Sarah his w ife, who was buried at Preston. 3 October,
1780, four children :

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS. OF GREAT BOLAS. 369

(1) Thomas, baptized at Preston. 24 Januarv, 17.18.
(«) John, baptized at Preston. 31 May. 1751. Of whom
next.

(3) Sarah, baptized at Preston, 16 December, 1753, married
there by licence 20 September, 1778, to William Turner.

(4) Alice, privately baptized 17 October, 1756, and received

into the Church 4 January, 1757.
Their second son.

II. John Picken of Preston-on-the-Weald Moors, was
uncle by marriage to the Countess of Exeter, and gave her
■ away, in the absence of her father, when she married
Mr. *• John Jones*' on 13 April. 1790. and signed the Register
Book as a witness of the wedding. For some years he lived
at Bolas. from 1793 to 1800 or even later, or rented a farm
there, and in 1796 he served the office of Overseer. The
amount of his rate varied from 12 17s. 6d. to £5 os. 7 A d . .
which shows that his holding was rather a large one. He
• was the fourth largest ratepayer in the village. Lord Exeter
I seems to have been on very friendly terms with him, judging
by letters still existing.

He married at Bolas by licence on 19 June. 1777. Eleanor
Bavlev, the daughter of a clergyman, and younger sister of
fane Bayley (second wife of Thomas Hoggins^ the Countess
of Exeter's mother. After his marriage he resided at Preston,
where all his children were born, but about 1793 removed to
Bolas for a few years, anil again returned to Preston, where
he died and was buried 18 December. 1821. aged 70. His
widow was buried there 31 December. 1832, aged 77. They
had issue ten children, all baptized at Preston : —

(1) Anne, baptized 10 August, 1778.

(2) Elizabeth, baptized 23 April. 1780.

(3) William, baptized 14 April. 1782. Of whom next.
^4) Martha, baptized 4 April, T78J.

(5) Sarah, baptized 18 June, 1786, w ife of Samuel Cobb of

Newport. Of whom hereafter,

(6) John, baptized 28 September. 1786, died in infancy,

(7) Margaret, baptized 2 March. 1790, and buried 19 Maw

1791.

(S) John, of Aston near Newport, baptised *s July, 1702.
died at Aston w ithout issue and was buried at PrefetCHt,

370 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

15 June, 1S57, aged 65. He married his cousin Sarah
Sophia Jane, daughter of John Hoggins of Micklewood;
she died at New port and was buried at Preston, 21
April, 1884, aged 75.
(9) Mary, baptized n May, and buried 29 July, 1794.
(10) Thomas, baptized 8 October, 1797.

III. William Picken (third child and eldest son of John
and Eleanor Picken), of Shifnal, and afterwards of Hilton in
the parish of Sheriffhales, was Churchwarden of Sheriffhales
1841-44. He was baptized at Preston, 14 April, 17S2; died
24 and was buried at Sheriffhales, 30 December. 1844, aged
62 years, M.I. there. He married at Sherifthales, 7 March,
1S05, Elizabeth daughter of William Tomlinson of Hilton,
by Margaret his wife, daughter of Thomas Whittle (she was
baptized at Sheriffhales, 29 March, 1778, and died 7 and was
buried there 12 Dec, 1S3S, M.I.) He had issue:

(1) Thomas, baptized at Sheriffhales, 12 January. 1S06

apparently of Pearce hay in the parish of Brewood,
who had issue three infant children ( all buried at Sheriff-
hales), namely [1] Thomas Cecil, buried 19 Jul}". 1849,
aged 3 months ; [2] George Thomas, buried 13 August,
1849, aged 4 months ; and [3] Thomas Arthur, buried
29 September, 1853, aged 6 months. His widow-
Mary, of Holly Grove, died 26 October, and w;is
buried at Sheriffhales, 1 November, 1865. aged 51, M.I.

(2) Henry William, baptized at. Sherifthales, 18 September,

180S, and buried there 20 March, 1810, aged 18 months.

(3) George William, baptized at Sheriffhales, 4 Jul}'. 1S11.

(4) John, baptized at Sheriffhales, 8 March, 1813; of
Trench, farmer ; married at Sheriffhales, 8 Novcml
1842, Ellen, daughter of Edward Minor Meddings, of
Little Chadwell.

(5) William, baptized at Sherifthales, 18 August. 1822.

Of whom next.

IV. William Picken, of Hilton ; Churchwarden of
Sherifthales 1849 ; afterw ards w ent to live at Newport, where
he died. He was buried at Sheriffhales, 28 January, 1905,
aged 82. His wife, Elizabeth Palmer, of Nagington, died 18
and was buried at Sheriffhales, 23 May, [,885. They had
issue thirteen children (all baptized at Sheriffhales) i—

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS. OF GREAT DOLAS. 371

(1) Anne, baptized 10 March. 1S54.

(2) Elizabeth, baptized 7 Aprii, 1S57.

(3) Mary, baptized 28 April, 1S5S.

(4) Sarah, baptized 25 May, 1859.

(5) Lucy,. baptized 21 July, 1S60.

(6) William, baptized 12 December. 1S61.

(7) Frederick William, baptized 23 October. 1862.

(8) Robert Arthur, baptized 25 January, 1864.

(9) John Thomas Palmer, baptized 18 March, 1866 ; was

lost at sea 1882, M.I.
(10) Emily Ann, baptized 5 April, 1867.
(n) Charlotte Jane, baptized 14 February, 1869.

(12) Francis Edward, baptized 25 January, 1872.

(13) Barbara Elsie, baptized 25 May, 1873.

For the extracts from the Registers of Preston- on-the
Weald Moors and Sheriffhales, and the monumental inscrip-
tions, I am indebted to the kindness of the Rev. J. R. Pyle
and the Rev. A. T. Michell.

THE FAMILY OF COBB.

The Cobbs are connected with Sarah, Countess of Exeter,
equally with the Pickens, and their descent is as fellows.

L John Cobb of Hill Hall, Staffordshire; settled at Stoke-
on-Trent as a potter, and was living there in 1787; he
married Anne Dagshaw of Derbyshire, and had issue:

(1) Samuel, of whom next.

(2) George, married at Newport, 29 October, 182 1, Sarah

Bailey, and had issue one daughter.

(3) John, sometime of Lamberhurst, Kent, afterwards of

Newport. He was apprenticed in 1787 to John Pepper,
builder, of Newcastle- under-Lynei and came to
Newport in 1801. His first wife Martha was buried
at Newport, 10 October, 1802 He married, secondlv.
by licence at Newport, 20 April, 1809, Jane Bra**,
and had issue by her four children :
[1] Jane, born 12 May and baptized at Newport. 2 i

July, i8to; died unmarried in 1833.
[2] Anne, born 25 July and baptized at Newport, \

August, 1812, married at Chctwvnd in 1837 tb her

372 THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

cousin John Cobb of Newport, and had issue. She

died 9 May. i88r, and was buried at Chetwynd.
[3] Mary Pilkington, born in 1S13 ; married to William

Woolhouse Hayes, of Liverpool, and had issue.
[4] Merc}' Brown, of Carnarvon ; born 1815, living in

J913 unmarried and in her 99th year.

(4) Man-, married to William Vyse, of Han ley.

(5) Sophia, married by license at Newport. 21 July, 1808,

to Henry Pidgeon, of Eccleshall.

(6) Grace, scalded to death.

II. Samuel Com?, of Newport, third Master of Newport
Grammar School nearly fifty years; baptized at Bursiem,
10 September, 1771 ; died 17 September. 1837, aged 67;
married by licence at Newport 3 September, 1807, Sarah,
fifth child of John and Eleanor Picken of Preston — (she was
baptized at Preston, j8 June, 1786, and died at Newport, 28
March, 1862. aged 75.) A memoir of his life is given in
Border Counties Worthies, and his Funeral Sermon1 was
preached by the Rev. William Sandford on 24 September.
1837. His name occurs as one of the Burgesses of th-e Cor-
poration of Newport in 1812. (See Transactions for 1887, Vol.
X, p. 123.) He had issue :—

(1) Sarah, baptized at Newport. 22 June. 1808; died and

was buried at Llanrug, Carnarvon, Match 1871 :
married the Rev. James Parry, B.A.. Jesus College,
Oxford, but died without issue.

(2) Samuel, of whom next.

(3) John, of Newport, architect and builder : died 18

November, aged 51, and buried at Chetwynd, 24
November, 1863; married in 1837 his cousin Anne,
daughter of John Cobb, and had issue eight children: - -
[1] Jane, married Benjamin Gibson, of Liverpool, and

died 28 Nov., 1868, aged 30, leaving issue. Buried

at Sefton, Liverpool.
[2] Mercy Anne, of Newport, born 183 >.

J From Prov. xiii. 22. " Printed ami sold 1>\ U. r. Silvester, Newport, 1837,
and dedicated to the Governors, Visitors and Master ol N« W poit boot

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT ROLAS.

373

[i] John Francis, died unmarried 5 April, 191 1, aged
66; buried at Chetwynd.

[4] Frances Elizabeth, died unmarried, in 1SS9 ;
buried at Chetwynd.

[-5], [6] [7] Three children, died young.

[8] Walter William, of Hilton House. Atherstorie ;
born at Chetwynd, 17 October, 1855; M.A. and
sometime Junior Student of Christ Church. Oxford,
and F.C.S. ; married in 1SS2 Harriett Ashton
Pogmore, and has issue four children : (a) John
Frank Pogmore, born 18S4: (b) Gladys Frances,
born 1885; (c) Doris Pogmore. born 18S7 ; (d)
Walter Herbert, born 1890.

(4) William, born at Newport in 1817; M.A. of Christ
Church, Oxford : rector and vicar of Newchurcb,
Kent, 1877 ; died 1894; married Jane Gee Smyth,
and had issue four children :

[1] Charles William, of Hill House, Salt wood, Hythe:
born at Appledore, Kent, 1847: M.A. and sometime
exhibitioner' of University College, Oxford ; formerly
a Master at Uppingham School: married in i>sS.z
Cicely Johnson, and lias issue two son?, — Alan and
Charles Rupert.

[2] George Henry Samuel, of Oxford: was born at
Sholden, Kent, 1857; M.A. and sometime Bible
Clerk of Oriel College, Oxford : formerly Mastt r of
Chigweli School. Hssex. He married In 1S91,
Caroline, daughter of the Rev. Richard Wright,
Vicar of Gisburn. Yorkshire, and has issue two
daughters, — Margaret Gee and Frances Helen.

[3] Kate, died 1S70.

[4] Helen, married 1869, to the Yen. Charles Leslie
Dun das, scholar of Brasenose College. M.A. and
Fellow of fesus College, Oxford : sometime Dean ol
St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania. Arch-
deacon of Dorset, Canon of Salisbury, and Vicar of
Charminster. She died in iS;}.

Six other children of the Rev. William Cobb died \oung.

374

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

(5) Emma, married by licence at Newport., 22 June, 1842,
to Richard Crowther, for many ye^rs 3rd Master of
Newport Grammar School. She died without issue,
and was buried at Chetwynd.

III. Samuel Cof.b, of Newport ; born 11 April and
baptized at Newport. 13 April, 1S10; died 25 September,
1S90, aged So ; married 1838, Anne, daughter of Henry
Pooler (she died 10 March, 1883, aged 66) ; and had issue :

(r) Samuel Henry, of whom next.

(2) Ellen, married in 1862 John Tunnicliffe, and has issue,
two sons.

IV. Samuel Henry Cobb, of Newport, born 2 October.
1841, married Elizabeth Jackson, of Newport, and has issue
three children :

(1) Samuel Herbert, born 13 July, 1879.

(2) Harry Bagshaw, born 14 August, 1881.

(3) Laura Anne, born iS July, 1S83, married to Dr. Walter

R. S. Roberts, M.B. Birmingham, of Newport, and has
issue.

For the information about the Cobb Family, I am indebted
to a transcript of the Newport Registers, and chiefly to
information kindly supplied by Mr. W. W. Cobb of Ather-
stone, Mr. S. H. Cobb of Newport, and Mr. G. H. S. Cobb of
Oxford.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF GREAT BOLAS.

1755, Sept. 13. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Pickin buried.
1777, June 19. John Pickcn of p. Preston, bachelor, and
P21eanor Bayley, spinster, married by licence.
Witnesses: John Hooper^ Thomas Hoggins.
1780, Feb. 6. John Jenkins of p. Edgmond, & Ann Picken,
married by licence.

Witnesses: Thomas Heaford, John Wild.
1790, April 13. John Picken witnesses a marriage.
3795, Dec. 17. Hli/abeth Picke n witnesses a marriage.
1S00, Feb, 24* William Podmore, ol p. Edgmond, & Ann
Picken, married by licence.

Witnesses: John Powell, Elizabeth Picken.

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

37 D

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF PRESTON-OK-THE-
VVEALD MOORS.

1748. Thomas, son of Thos. & Sarah Pick in baptiz'd

January 24th, 1748.
1750. August 19. Kiizabeth. Daughter of Richard and

Ann Pickin of Hon Hall, baptized.
I75T- Jonn son of Thorn. Picking & Sarah his w ife baptizM

May 31st : 51.
1 753. Xovr. 16. Rowland Pickin was buried.
1753, Dec. 16. Sarah Daughter of Thos. & Sarah Pickin

was baptiz'd.

1756, Oct. 17. Then privately baptiz'd Alice daughter of

Thomas Pickin by Sarah his wife.
I757; Jany. 4. Publickly baptiz'd ye above Aiice.
1762. Richard Picken was buried July ye 14th.
1769. Thomas Picken buried April ye 25th.
1777. Anne Picken buried May ye 18th.
177S. Anne ye Daur. of John & Eleanor Picken was bap.

tiz'd Augt. ye 10th.
1780. Elizabeth ye Daur. of John and Eleanor Picken was

baptiz'd April ye 23rd.
1780. Sarah ye wife of Thos. Picken was buried Oct.' ye 3rd.
17S0. John ve son of Richard & Margaret Picken was

baptiz'd Xovr. ye 26.
1782. William ve son of John & Eleanor Picken band.

April ye 14th.

1784. Martha ye Daur. of John and Eleanor Picken baptd.
April 4th.

1786. Sarah Daur. of John and Eleanor Pickin was baptiz'd

June iSth, 17S6.
17S8. John son of John and Eleanor Pickin was baptiz'd

September 28 : 88.

1790. Margaret Daur, of John & Eleanor Pickin was bap-

tiz'd March 2, 1790.

1791. Margaret, Daur. of Jno. & Eleanor Picken was buried

May 19, 1 791.

1792. John the son of John & Eleanor Picken was baptiz'd

July 8th, 1792. Privately April 1st.
179-I. Mary ye Daughter of John \ Eleanor Picken was
baptiz'd May 1 ith, 1704.

Vol. III., 4th Scries. * N

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS.

1794. Mary Picken (Infant) was buried July 29, 1794.
1797. Thomas ye son of John & Eleanor Picken was bap-

tiz'd Oct. ye 8th, 1797.
Marriages.

177S, Sept. 20. William Turner, batchelor. and Sarah
t Pickin, spinster, both of p. Preston upon ye Wild-
moores, by licence.

Witnesses : Thomas Griffiths, junr.. Anne Bagshaw.
1779, Dec. 19. Richard Picken. Iabr..and Margaret Boughey,

spinster, both of this p., by banns.

Witnesses: Alice Maddox, John Picken.
.1781, June 26. Mr. John Wardley of p. Stoke upon Tern. &

Miss Eliz. Picken of p. Preston, by iicence.

Witnesses: Margaret Wardley, Wm. Cartw right.
1S04, Feb; 9. George Barlow, of p. New port, widower. &

Martha Picken of this p., spinster, by licence.

Witnesses: William Picker., Jane Barlow.

Burials.

1S1S. Mary Picken. Preston. May 4th. Aged 22.

1821. John Picken. Preston. Dec. 18th, 70.

1S32. Eleanor Pickin. Preston. Dec. 31. 77.

1857. Jonn Picken. Aston. June 15. 65.

1884. Sarah Sophia Jane Picken. New port. April 21. 75.

John Picken was Churchwarden of Preston in 1789 and

1795, and at other times. He aiso occurs in the Preston
Highways Book from 1791 and onward.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN PRESTON CHURCH YA K D.

(1) Rowland Picken late of I loo Hall w as inter'd November

the 16th 1753, Aged 78.
Elizabeth Relict of Rowland Picken was Inter'd Novem-
ber 18th, 1754. Aged 77.

(2) Thomas Picken late of Hoo Hall departed this life April

ve 22, 1 769, Aged 61.

(3) Richard Picken late of Hoo Hail war- inter'd July the

14th 1762, Aged 53.
Ann Relict of Uichard Picken was inter'd May tin- 1 8th
1777, Aged 66.

(4) Monument to [ohn Picken, died 1857, and Sarah Sophia

|ane, his widow, died tS8.i.

THE FAMILY OF HOGGINS, OF GREAT BOLAS. 57/
EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF NEWPORT.

1802, Oct. 10. Martha, wife of John Cobb. bur.

1807, Sept. 3. S amuel Cobb cS: Sarah Pic ken. mar. by

licence.

Witnesses: John Cobb, Sophia Cobb.
180S, July £i. Henry Pidgeon of Ecclcshall, Staff., bachelor,
& Sophia Cobb. mar. by licence.
Witnesses: George Brown, Mary B. Cobb.

1808, Aug'. 14. Sarah daughter of Samuel & Sarah Cobb.

baot.. privately bapt. June 22.

1809, April 20., John Cobb & Jane Brow n, mar. by licence.

Witnesses: Walter Brown. Mary B. Cobb.

1810, July 26. Jane, daughter of John & Jane Cobb, bapt.

born May 12.

1S11, May 15. Samuel, son of Samuel & Sarah Cobb.

bapt., born Wednesday April ii, bapt. April 13.
1812, Aug. 4. Ann. daughter of John & Jane Cobb. bapt..

born 25 [July ?].
182 1, Oct. 29. George Cobb & Sarah Bailey, mar. by

licence.

Witnesses : Wm. Bailey. Eliz. Bailey.
1S42, June 22. Richard Crowther, bachelor. & Emma'Cobb.
spinster, mar. by licence.
Witnesses: Wm. Cobb, Sarah Cobb.

1757, July 16. Thomas Picken & Jane Clarke mar.

Witness: Richard Picken.

1757, Nov. 13. Anne, d. of Richard & Sarah Pickin bap.

1759, Sep. 2. Sarah, d. of Richard & Sarah Pickin bap.

1760, Dec. 21. Thomas, s. of Thomas & Jane Picken bur.
1762, Apr. 12. Ursula, d. of Richard & Sarah Picken bap.

1762, May 12. Mary, d. of Thomas & Jane Picken bap.

1763, Mar. 15. Ursula, d.of Richard & Sarah Picken bur.

1764, Jan. 25. William, s. of Richard & Sarah Picking bap.
1766, Mar. 8. Sarah, d. of John & Jane Picking bap.
1766, Aug. 3. Richard, s. of Richard & Sarah Picking bap,

1766, Dec. 28. Ann, d. of Richard & Sarah Picking bur.

1767, Apr. 13. Jane, d. of Thomas & Jane Picking bur.
3767, Sep. 18. Elizabeth ricking buried.

1768, Sep. 25. Jeremiah, s. of Thomas & Jane Pi< king bap.

37$ THE FAMILY OF HOGGIN?. OF GREAT BOI AS.

I769,
1773.

1774'
T775>

1776,
1779.
i779>
17S0,

17S1,

1787.
1789,
1790,
1792,
1795-
1795,
1796,
1S00,
1805,
1S05,
1807,
18 10,
1815,

lS2S,

July 9. Michael, s. of Richard & Sarah Picking bap.
Mar. 10. James, s. of Richard & Sarah Picking bap.
Apr. 12. Jane, d. of Thomas lS: Jane Pick in bap.
June 12. Molly, cj. of Richard <S: Sarah Pickin bap.
Aug. 14. Richard Madley of Church Aston lV* Ann
Picking mar.

Thomas, s. of John & Jane Picken bap,
Thomas, s. of Thomas & Jane Picking bur.
Thomas Picking buried.
Thomas Picken & Esther Perrisford mar.
Thomas Pickering & Jane Picken mar.
Richard Picken junior buried
Sarah, d. of Thomas & Esther Pickin bap.
William, s. of Thomas & Esther Picken bap.
Ann, d. of Isaac & Anne Picken bap.
Richard, s. of Thomas & Esther Picken bap.
William, s. of Michaei & Mary Picken bap.
Ann. d. of Thomas eV Esther Picken bap,
Sarah, d. of Michael & Mary Picken bap.
Mary, d. of Thomas .V Esther Picken bap.
Richard Picken. aged 96, buried.
John, s. of Thomas & Esther Picken bap.
Jeremiah Picken buried.
John. s. of Thomas & Esther Picken bur.
John Davis of Upton Magna & Martha
Picking mar. Witness: Tho. Picking.
Dec. 22. Thomas Picken of Newport & Sarah Tudor
of Shiffnal married bv licence.

Aug. 18.
Sep. 6.
Jan. i.
July 16.
June 14.
Aug. 20.
Dec. 25.
Jan. 10.
Dec. 21.
Mar. 19.
June 5.
July 31.
Apr. 15.
Jan. 24.
June 9.
Jan. 27.
June 4.
Jan. 23.

379

NOTES ON THE
ST 6 TT E S DON.

RURAL DEANERY Ob

A.D.

i 2

75 to 1375.

By the Rev. Prebendary JAMES PAYTON, M.A.
Vicar of K inlet.

R.D.

The publication of the Register of Bishop Courtenay by the
Cantilupe Society completes a century of the Hereford
Registers, 1275 — 1375, and it seems a good opportunity to
take stock of the use of these publications for local history.
I have put down such notes as affect my own Rural Deanery
of Stottesdon as at present constituted. There is a fairly
complete list of Incumbents. The parishes are given in
order.

Yeat Incumbent

Aston Botterell. R.
1279 Thomas Boterel
12S4 Thomas Botterell
1288 John de Charlton
1309 William de Herton

Curator, R. incapable
13 13 Roger de Baskerville
132 1 Richard de Fond
1348 Richard de Forde

Bmlungsley i. R. with Si

Pah

Sir Thomas Botterell •

Bishop

Bishop

Sir Roger de Baskerville

1. 1277 a

DBURY ii. R.
Rector mentioned, no

1333

name given.
Richard Bennett

1335 Walter de Waltone
1362 Walter de Cleobury

1368 Robert Okes

Vol. ni.

4th

Abbot and Convent of

Shrewsbury,
same

King nominates as guardian
of heir of John Bcysin,
Lord of Billingsley.

Nomination of Roger de
Cherletonc, Lord of Bil-
lingsley

3.S0 NOTES ON THE RL'KAL DEANERY OT STOTTESDON

Year Incumbent Patronage

ii. SlDBURY.

1286 Ralf de Elirnbridge Johanna de Dra:

1291 Ralf dc Elinebridgc Ralf de Arras

1294 John Fitz Adam de

See Neenton, below

Almerugge,

Probably provision for a minor, as
1294 William de la Grehe,
V. of Stottesdon, is ap-
pointed by the Bishop
in Commendam.
1322 Robert Saigon Abbot and Convent of

Shrewsbury

1354 John Martyn Audrey de Arras

1369 Hugh Ace Philip dc Wythtone

i. Rurwarton R. with ii. Cleobury Xokth R.

i. 1277 a Rector mentioned, no

name given
1341 Sir Thomas de Bouhvas

1349 Thomas Ercalewc Sir Walter de Hopton

1373 William Stirchcsley Bishop by lapse

ii. Cleobury North.

1278 Robert de Halton Date of mention, not ap-

132 1 Walter Dobin
1324 John Dobyn

pomtmcnt

Cleobury Mortimer. V.

1320 John de Scheremon Abbot & Con vent of "Wigmon
1349 William de Curdmore „
1362 Roger Mey

1366 WTilliam Huntc Exchange

Ditton Priors. V.
1320 I oh 11 dc Rclmscote
mentioned

1355 Henry dc Warde The King in po on of

(I)udytoiO the temporalities of Wen-

lock l*rioi 1 .

A.D. I2~5 TO 1375.

3Sl

Year Incumbent

Hopton Wafers. R.
1277 A Rector mentioned,

name given
1279 William de Bray
1289 William de Moretone

mentioned
1297 Roger Dun
1329 Philip de la More
1 331 Hugh de Neenton
1349 John de Orleton
1349 Elias Musard

? Richard de Birches

resigned 1362
1362 Gilbert Aunger
1374 John de la Ovene
1374 John Body

Kin let. V.
12S8 William Philipp
1296 John de Menstreworth
1312 Judas de Turpleton
1315 William de Carboner

Suspended 1320
1320 John dc Mundele

Coadjutor
1331 John Upintowne
1343 Philip le Porter
1349 John Halfpeny
1374 Richard de Breohull

Keen Savage. V.
130G John dc Stepleton
1320 Roger de la Scte
1349 Waller de M iddleton
1361 Stephen Derling

Neenton. K.
1279 John de Arras

mentioned
1294 Ralf de Arras

Palionagc

Abbot & Convent of \\ "igmore

Roger Mortimer
Bishop by lapse
Exchange

Abbot & Convent of W igmore
The same

Abbot & Convent of Wigmorc
Exchange

Abbot & Convent of W igmorc

Abbot & Convent of Wigmorc
The same

Bishop

Abbot & Convent of Wigmore
Exchange
Bishop by lapse
Exchange

•

Abbot & Cons ent of Wigmorc
The same
The same
The same

382 NOTE? ON THE RURAL DEANERY OF STOTTESDON,
Year Incumbent Patronage

1349 William 1c Forte

1301 Thomas dc Farncote

Si lying ton. R.

1277 n -'Rector mentioned, no

name given
1320 Robert Body, resigns

1320 William de Swyneye
1333 Matthew de Heat he
1349 Philip de la Rode
1352 John de la Halle
1352 John Body, on resigna-
tion of John de la Halle

1362 William de Farlowe

Stottesdon. V.
1286 William de la Greene

1302 Thomas de Ludlow

132 1 Hamo de Sandwich

1322 William de Fynningham
1326 Philip de Gossington

W HEATH ILL. R.

1277 R. not named, probably
Adam de Whetenhalc,
acolyte

1284 Reginald fit/ Reginald of

Ludlow, sub-deacon

1285 Robert de Turberville
1296 John de Marpol, sub-
deacon

1316 Richard tic Bodenham

Ralf de Ai ras

Rail dc Arras, Lord of
Neenton. See Sidbury above

Richard de Hawkestone
Sir Richard de Hawkestone
The same

Robert de Hawkestone

Abbot and Convent of
Shrewsbury
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto

ohn Haket, acolvtc

1342 John Joldewync
1 362 Ralf dc la Lowe

1366 John Ilromseley

Laurence de Ludlow

Sir William Hackctt

ditto
Walter Haket

John de Stoke, Lord of
Wlieathill
ditto

1 On resignation of John Tie Kuilour, query John JoUlewync

A.)). 1275 TO 1375.

38j

The above are taken from lists of appointments and
Ordination lists. The latter are interesting as throwing
light on ancient patronage. The provision f ir minors and
the absence of full orders arc noticeable. Wheathill seems
to have been particularly favoured [?] in the latter respect.

I notice there are eight changes in 1340, the year of the
Black Death, one, however, is by exchange of benefices.

There is an amount of curious information about Hamo
de Sandwich, Vicar of Stottesdon in 132 1. Apparentlv lie
was not acceptable to the people there. The Bishop informs
the King that certain persons, unmindful of their own safety,
impede and disturb Hamo in his duty and are guiltv of
violent conduct in the Church, and asks that the Sheriff ot
Shropshire may be instructed to put down the fierce rebellion
of these enemies of Christ, that the liberties of the Church
may remain safe and undisturbed, the offenders receiving
adequate punishment. There is no record of the result of
this appeal to the King, but apparently Hamo found the
place too hot for him, as another Vicar, Walter de Fynning-
ham, is appointed in 1322, and on the day of his institution
the Bishop instructs the Dean of Stottesdon to cite publicly
and peremptorily in the Church at Stottesdon the' said
Hamo to appear before him or his Commissary in the
parochial Church of Bosebury to show cause why the said
Walter should not be admitted, the said Vicarage having
been totally deserted by Hamo and so vacant by law.

A further search shows that this Hamo seems to have
been a " difficult " person. In 1319 he is mentioned as
Rector of Whitbourne and Canon of Hereford (Prebend of
Putson Minor). The Bishop commissions his officials to
act for him in the matter of depriving Hamo of Prebend and
Rectory. Hamo appears to have papal influence, perhaps
had been " provided," for later in the war the Bishop of
Jerusalem, the Pope's Penitentiary, writes to the Bishop ol
Hereford on his behalf. He states that Hamo had held the
Vicarage of Stretton for six years, and been non-resident,
contrary to his oaths, and so vacated the benefice as also
had held the Prebend of Morton and Waddon (now de
Moreton et Whaddon). Subsequently lor ig years he had
held Whitbourne and the Prebend of Putson, The letter

3S4 RURAL DEANERY OF STOTTESDON, 1275 T0 x375-

urges the humble supplication of Hamo that due restitution
being made, he may hold another benefice. The restitution
is of fruits unjustly received. Apparently this was granted,
as he became Vicar of Stottesdon.

Apparently parishioners had their own rough ways of
dealing with unpopular parsons, as I find in 1320 the same
Bishop of Tusculum instructing the Bishop of Hereford to
inquire into the case of John de Kelmscote, Vicar of Ditton
Priors., who has killed a man in self defence. The said Vicar
was riding near his house and was set upon by an unfriendly
layman and four women. The unfriendly layman struck him
on the head with a stick, and two of the women laid violent
hands on him. They would not allow him to escape, and
the said layman struck him often and hurt him badly. The
Vicar dismounted, and being in peril of his life, in defending
himself with a little knife managed to kill his adversary, for
which he is extrcmelv sorrv. In 1323, after inquiry, the
Vicar is permitted to minister as before.

The reason given for appointing a Coadjutor to Ivinlet in
1320 is that the Vicar is deficient in learning, incurably
diseased in his limbs, and has defective eyesight.

In 1283 the Church of Stottesdon was assigned to the
Monastery of St. Peter at Shrewsbury, then in straightened
circumstances. The income in ordinary years was 130 marks
of which 33 are assigned to the Vicar, who also has tin
greater and lesser tithes of Farlow, valued at 13 marks. Tin
Commutation tithes give the present value as annexed £504,
alienated £"429, so the positions are revers

MISCELLANEA.
[Undey this heading the Editors will be pleased to insert notes
and short articles relative to recent discoveries in the County,
or other matters of archaeological or historical interest.
Communications arc invited, and should he addressed to the
Editors, cjo Mr. H. W\ Adniit (Hon. Sec), The Square,
Shrewsbury.]

I.

SHREWSBURY MINT OF HENRY III.
Four silver pennies struck in Shrewsbury of the last coinage of
Henry III, issued in i 24S, have lately been added by purchase to the
collection in the Museum. The Shrewsbury M int had issued coins
almost continuously from about A.D. 92S, in the reign of Ethelstan,
to the end of the reign of Henry II.. but it was then discontinued. It
was revived for the coinage of 124S, but was not used for any subse-
quent coinage until Charles L set up a mint in Shrewsbury in 1 6_j 2,
which was used for only about 3 months A contemporary Roll of
the operations of this Shrewsbury Mint of 1248, is among the
Borough Records, and was printed in the Transactions for 1S9S.
The regulations for the coinage required that " Four persons of the
most trusty and prudent of their town should be appointed by the
"Bailiffs and good men of Shrewsbury" to be moneyers, to be
responsible for the proper making of the coins, and on these four
silver pennies we have the names of the four moneyers so appointed,
Loren, Nicole. Ricard, VVeris, each of whom was responsible for
the coins on which his name appeared. Only one other. Reif, is
known, and he only by the engraving of his coin in Owen and
Blakeway. The four coins in the Shrewsbury Museum are the only
ones of which there are specimens in the British Museum.

R. LI KEN VON.

WELSH SILVER COINS.
A small collection of these has lately been presented to the
Museum.

A certain Customer Smith, towards the end of the reign ol
Elizabeth, is said to have first discovered thill the lend mines in the
neighbourhood of Aberystwyth were rich in silver, and to h.ne
it up to the Mint in the Tower of London to be coined, but it ia

It

MISCKLLAKKA.

not known that any special mint mark was placed on the coins
made of the silver, and therefore they cannot be identified. But
in 16:17, after Smith's death. Sir Hugh Middleton took the lease
from " the Governor and Company of Mines Royal in Cardigan-
shire" and developed the mines, and in and after 1621 the coins
made of his silver were distinguished by being marked with the
Prince of Wales plumes over the shield on the reverse. Of these
there were in James I. reign, struck between 1621 and '1624.
Crowns, Half-crowns, and Shillings, and in Charles I. reign, from
1625 to 1635, the same denominations, and in 1630 and 163 1
sixpences, and in 1630 twopences.

Sir Hugh Middleton was the originator of the New River, which
still supplies a la-ge part of London with water, and he is connected
with Shropshire by the fact that his eldest son William married
Eleanor daughter of Sir Thomas Harris. Bart., of Shrewsbury, who
bought Onslow and Boreatton in 1617. Sir Hugh Mid die tons
brother Sir Thomas bought Chirk Castle in 1595, and became Lord
Mayor of London in 1613.

On 10 December, i63r, Sir Hugh Middleton died, and was
succeeded as lessee by Thomas Bushell, who in j 637 obtained
power from the King to set up a mint in Aberystwyth Castie, in
which he was to coin all denominations of silver pieces from half-
crowns down to half-pennies. After this, none of the coins struck
at the Tower have the plumes, but all those struck at Aberystwyth
have, and all except the penny and half-penny have them on both
sides of the coin. Specimens of all exist and perhaps all of them
have the open book for mint mark. There are similar coins which
have no mint mark, and others have a crown, a lis, or perhaps a
cross, but these appear to be of later date, and perhaps were struck
elsewhere in some of the occassional mints which sprang up
during the Civil War. It is not certain that any mint remained at
Aberystwyth after 1642, when Bushell, in obedience to the King's
summons, brought his mint to Shrewsbury, where he struck coins
for about 3 months. He removed the mint to Oxford in December
1842, and the coins struck by him at both places were still marked
with the plume though they were not Welsh.

No mint was ever afterwards set up in Wales. Welsh silver was
coined in London and marked with the plume in subsequent reigns,
but latterly at any rate it seems to have come not from Aberystw\ tli
but from mines near Neath in Glamorganshire, bought in 1698 by
Sir Humphrey Mackworih from Sir Carherry Price. .See Knding's
Annals of the Coinaoel vol ii , p 340, and I tfe of Sir H. Mackworl
in Dic(. of Nat* fiiography). Sir H. Nlackworth was a son of
Thomas Mackworth, of Betton Grange, Shropshire, He was 00m
1657, and died 1727, ami was one ol the founders, with l)r\ Bray,
of the Societv for promoting Christian Knowledge!

The following coins exist marked with the plume to show that
they are made in London of Welsh silver : — Hal: crown* Itid

Shillings of Charles 1 1. Half-crowns, Shilling?, and SixtAneC

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Hi

William III. Crowns, Half-crowns, Shillings, and Sixpences of
Anne. ^ Shillings of George I. Shillings and Sixpences of George
II. The latest coins so marked are of 1731. None of them are
very common.

The Shrewsbury Museum has the following Welsh coins : —
Charles I. — 4d and 3d.
''Charles II. — is , 1679.
William III.— is. 1701 : 6d., 1698.
Anne.— 5s., 2s. 6d., is., all 1708, 6d.. 1707.
George I. — is., 1 723.

R. LI. KEN YON.

III.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR LUDLOW.

A Taper under this heading appeared in the Shropshire Archaeo-
logical Transactions, 2nd Series, Vol. VII., p. 1 (1895), to which
it is necessary to make some additions, one of which is of con-
siderable interest,

An old Corporation book, compiled in 167 1, has been recently
discovered, in which there is a short list of " Burgesses of the
Parliament " for Ludlow. This list comprises the name of
" Mr. Philip Sidney/' The official returns for the Elizabethan
Parliaments are very incomplete, and so far as they exist . they
make no mention of his being in the House of Commons in the
Parliament which sat from 1572 to 1583. but it appears from other
sources that Philip Sidney was actually elected M.P. on the 16th
January, 15S0-1, though the place for -which he sat was unknown.
That constituency was clearly the Borough of Ludlow. In [580-1,
and for some years previously, his father. Sir Henry, was resident
at Ludlow as Lord President of the Court of the Marches, and it
has always been understood that young Philip Sidney, who was at
Shrewsbury School, spent much of his boyhood at Ludlow. It is,
however, a matter of satisfaction to know that Ludlow had so d s
tinguished a member as Sir Philip Sidney. He is properly called
"Mr." Philip Sidney in the Corporation book, as he was not
knighted until 1583. ' Sir Philip was elected M.P. foi Ludlow at a
bye-election, probably caused by the death of one of the sitting
members.

Another addition can be made to the list of M.P.'s ill the above
Paper. The Ludlow Bailiff's accounts for 7 Edward IV, (1463
contain a payment to John Dodmore and Richard Sherman, lUir
gesscs of the Parliament, for their attendance, 50 bhat they must
have been returned to the Parliament summoned to meet at VVesl
minster in June, 1-1(7. ;l,ul they were probably the first members
for Ludlow.

The figures of the polling at the election of January, 1 700-1, and
which were not stated in the Paper, have been furnished by the

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Rev. J R, Burton from old papers of the Walcot familv. They
are of interest it only for the number of candidates for whom votes
were given, Sir Thomas Powys, of Henley, and William Gower
being successful. The following are the figures :—

Sir Thomas Powys ° 20g

William Gower

y Francis Herbert, Oakley Park ... ... i7i y

Votes thrown away : —

Francis Lloyd. Recorder ...

J. Andrew Hill [[[ A

Charles Baldwin ... 5

— Smallman ... ... ... ... q

Sir Francis Charlton

Mr. VValcott, of Bitterley 1

High Bailiff Cam. ... ... ... 2

Low Bailiff Waring ... ... ... 2

H, T. WEYMAX, F.S A

IV.

THE PARISH BOOK OF ST. CHADS, SHREWSBURY,
1722 to 17S5.

Part IV.

Just before the time at which the book commences, very exten-
sive alterations had been made in the internal arrangement of the
church. In 17 17 the church was entirely re-pewed, the wails of
the chancel covered with wainscott as high as the pew tops, the
sedilia, no longer needed, concealed behind the panelling, and the
space beyond the tower arches crowded with official pews for the
Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors and Overseers, as well as a large
pew known as the '•LongneT pew." The east window had lost its
ancient tracery and was partrally constructed of wood, the beautiful
stained glass (the Jesse window, now in St. Mary's Church), was
more than halt concealed by an altar piece of classical design,
altogether unsuitable for the church. The lloor space was also
further reduced by several recumbent tombs. A gallery was
erected in the west end ot the church fur the accommodation of a
fine new organ, and presumably for the singers also, although the
accounts contain no reference to their services. The new west
gallery seems to have met with general approval. In 17a]
gallery was constructed over the south transept, another m 1717
over the north transept, and these galleries were, at various dates,
extended over two bays of the north and south aisles and OVei a
portion of the Bishop's Chancel. Considerable sutn^ oi money
were spent on these galleries which were re -Constructed or ren-
dered more commodious in recurring periods of about JO y% MS,

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v

Although the scats next the centre or "broad aisle" were
occupied by the principal parishioners, many of them preferred
the new galleries, and the condition of the floor of the church
may afford reasons for this preference. During many centuries
the restricted area surrounding the church had been the burial
place of a widely extending parish. The level of the ground had
risen nearly -as high as the window sills on the south side. The -
floor of the church was irregular and honeycombed by graves, in
which many parishioners had rights of burial, resuming in such
damp and insanitary conditions as can be more readily imagined
than described. In 1743 Mr. John Whitfield " built a new pev;
at his cwn expense in the south ile under the gallery staiis at the
west end : the churchwaidens therein seated Mr. John Whitfield
and Bridget his wife, so long as they shall live in the parish and
pay to church and poor ; and at any time when Mr. Richard
Morgan shall want to make a grave in his buryal ground under
the sd pew, the sd John and Bridget to be at the expense of taking
down and jutting up the sd pew."'

Early in the century the practice of bell ringing had become a
favourite recreation amongst the townspeople. Guilds of ringers
were formed, who spent much time in practising on the bells : the
ring of 12 bells in old St Chad's was as famous as the bells in the
church of to-day, and to facilitate their proper ringing a floor was
const! ucted much lower than the original one, about half way
between the springing and the keystone of the tower arches. . The
floor formed an ur sightly obstruction to the already debased
appearance of the east end, sadly out of harmony with I he
memories of the vaulted stone roof and chant ty chapels which
adorned the chancel in pre-reformation times.

Much can be gathered from the accounts as to the condition of
the fabric of the church; the roof and glazing were corstantly
under repair, and there are many charges for "bricking"
floor, but nothing was seriously attempted to cheek the decay and
deterioration of the structure. Circumstances already referred to
had weakened the foundations ; the north walls of the arcade and
aisle leaned much out of the perpendicular, and attempts were
made to check this by the erection of massive and unsightly
buttresses. A new north entrance doorway and adjacent windows
were constructed in a style altogether out ol sympathy with the
architecture of the building, so that it seems probable that if il
survived to the present day, many of its ancient features would
have disappeared before better methods of restoring SU< S
building were understood.

The principal approach to the chinch was by a rll hi ol '
leading from Kiln Lane to the north entrance
this would be used on the occasion of official visits, and was
provided with new entrance gates and retaining walls in 1 ;\ i
cost of /50. After the fall of the church the si! : lay open and

neglected lor several years, the trustees were bu*il} engaged on

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their new church, and in negotiating with the street authorities
for the reduction of the area of the churchyard and the widening
of the surrounding streets. Much of tht: small timber and any-
thing that was portable was canied away by the surrounding
inhabitants ; a great heap of spoil remained for several years,
clothes lines were erected and all kinds of trespass permitted until
the trustees decided to close all the footpaths except the one now
existing and to erect a retaining wall with palisading?. In 1^03
part of the old wall had fallen next Kiln Lane, and being re-bui t,
the steps and footway to the old north entrance were blocked up.
In 1807 the path leading to Belmont opposite " Miss Hawkins'
house" was stopped, and the path ''leading towards the house
occupied by Mr. Pemberton " only remained. Finally, in 1S27,
Mr. Hazlcdine received the order for the iron railing which now
surrounds the churchya rd.

The Bishop's chancel may have had a communion table and
furniture, as there are charges for "repairing the rail," it had 9 or
10 pews facing north towards the archway (now built up;; in the
south wall of the chan el, and contained several recumbent tombs
since removed to the Abbey and other churches. In 17S4 the sum
of £105 was spent upon a "new roof and new piers. " yet very soon
after the fall of the church it appears to 'nave been in a bad con-
dition of repair. After the stormy discussions had subsided which
took place before a decision was arrived at as to the abandonment
of the old site, the trustees considered what was to be done with
the only portion of the building that remained. A resolution was
carried at a meeting of the trustees to pull it down ; this decision
was reversed at a later meeting when there was a larger attendance
of the trustees, and the building was ordered to be stripped of its
tile roof, covered with, slates, the gable built next Belmont, and the
building "made convenient for the minister in the plainest mannei
possible.'' In iSri and 1S12.it was used as a Sunday School,
and there was friction between the ladies who conducted the
school and the authorities, The ladies much preferred the w stry
of the new church

Much of the stone from the old church is buried in the
foundations of new St. Chad's, and some of the stones which
formed the moulded jambs of the tower piers can be ^cen in tl
hcatitm chamber of the new church Th« figure 01' St. Chad,
which "stood on the organ, now funis a place in the vestry.

Following on the clearing of the ite, the old ''dimmciy' was
filled up, since to be re opened and exposed as it is to-day. The
surrouding streets were widened, and it was intended to remove anil
rebuild the Almshouses then standingon thesouth side of the 1 liurch<
yard on Belmont. A site was offered by the Trustees ol M llington's
Hospital, this was declined as being too far Horn the centre Of the
parish. In 1S07 plans were selected and 1: was decided to erect
the Ahnhouscs at the east end ot Kiln Lane, against the churchyard
wall, but the adjoining owners of property probably appreciating

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vii

the advantage of open spaces and wider streets, successfully
objected to the proposals. Another site was fo ind on Colie-e
Hill opposite to the entrance to the College, but this offer meetin-
with similar opposition, the authorities finally abandoned their
intention to build. The old almhouses remained on Belmont
until the middle ot the last century.

The accounts contain many references to expenditure on the
bells, which have been already referred to. The extracts which
follow are interesting — r s ^

1730. Henry liaker for wcrk done at the bells ... 5 18 u .l

gave the men to drink at the repairing the belli p 1 o~
Mr. Phillip Tommas for timber to stock the bi<*

bel1. - ? o 14 o

Thomas Jones for ironwork about the bells and

chimes ... ... ... ttt -20

for oyle for the bells and chimes and a bottel... o :; 1 .'.

1726. for altering ye big clapper at Sutton Forge ... o S o*

1751, Pli Owner Milllngton for carriage of ye 'fennor

from Gloucester £2 7 o tp his man 50... 21: 0
to taking down ye old bells ... ... ' ... o - 4

to carriage of ye old bell to ye Key 050

to assistance with ye two bells in Frankwell ... 046
to carriage of ye new bell to ye church ... o 5 o

to carriage of ye stocks of ye bell ... ...006

to carriage of a rope to gee up ye bell ... ...026

to carriage of bell hammers from Gloucester ... o c 0
to a hollier for carriage of ropes and tackle ... o o ?.
pd for chipping ye beds ... ... ... ... 1 .j c

p(i Mr. Rtidhall 26 o o

1739. p(! John Davies sexton his salary for ringing

8 o'clock and keeping ye chimes ... "... 2 o o

1740. ptl carriage of ye fourth bell to Gloucester ... 036
pil carriage of ) e bell from Gloucester ... ... o 6 o

pd for ye great bell clapper ... ... ...120

1752. p'1 Johnson for repairing ye bell ... .. 4^0
ptl for' a sett of bell ropes 70 lbs weight ... 215 o

1 7 5 3 • Pd VVTaTi . Corral for setting a tune on the chimes 1 1 o

Payments were made for ringing on special occasions,
1723. for ringing Q, Anne's accession ... ... o 5 0

1725. for ringing on ye 6th February and ye 29th May 040
1762. thanksgiving taking Martino .. ... ..020

tinging for taking Bejiisle .. ... ... o 7 0

After the fall of the church the bells were sold as " old metal "
There are many items referring t<> the clock and "dial! " which
was placed on the west wall of the tower,
1775. paid on account of the new clock.

\V,n Cor field for timber 2 16 9

Owen ICdward, carpenter work ... ... ... 200

James Webster (amount not stated)

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775, Payments for the new Timepiece.

Mr. Samuel Harley for the Timepiece ... ... 3 3 o

John Tompson for case for do. ... ...440

Mr. Payne for painting do. ... . . 5 6 6

John Nelson for putting up do. ... ...063

Thomas Phillips for work at do. ... o 3 10

M!r. Edwd Morgan for locks &c. do, ... ... o

0 -

1784. Kecvd of Mr. Harley being the iron of the old

clock as valued by Mr. Harper ... ... 1 11 6

The clock was destroyed with the church.

Many pages of the book contain details of the letting of the
pews with the names of the occupants and their wives. Some-
times the trade of the parishioner is stated ; very many of these
trades are now extinct or otherwise described, such as : — Shear-
min, waterman, apothecary, glover, hatter, corvisor, brazier, gold-
smith, perfumer, weaver, skinner, perukemaker, and linen draper.
These entries often give full particulars of the position of the
seats.

Mrs. Judith Kynaston — "seat in ve broad lie near ve reading
desk."

Mr. Robert Phillips— seat "in the middle v.z next to the
vestry."

Mr. Vincent Price — • seat next to ye overseers seat.:'

Mr. Edwa»d Farmer — "in ye north ile No. 2, next to ye

christening seat."
Mr. James Millington — "in the south back ile.''
Mr. Richd Hoggins—'' in ye north ile next ye wail under ye

stairs to ye new north gallery.''
Mr. Jacob Brown— "in ye north back ile near ye vestry door."
Mr. Humphrey Davies — "in ye south ile under ye stairs

leading up into ye gallary next ve organs."
Edward Powys, Esq. — "next to ye Mayor's seat."
Mr. Thomas Taylor— •' north side of ye middle ile. next ye

Longnor seat."
Mr. James Mason— " seat above ye pulpit."
Jonathan Scott. Esq.— " next ye councillors seat.''
The sums paid for the occupation of the pews varied from a
shilling to as much as £10, and it is possib'e from these figures
to make a list of the more important parishioners who attended
the church.

St. Chad's Pen holders, 1 7 ~ 3 ■ 1 7 4 7 •

1723 David Evans and wife Samuel Carter and wife

Thos. Blavnev and wife Vincent Price an I Stl

Humphrey Sandford and Roger Cleiton and w fa

xvife 17^4 Roger Evans and Sarj 1

Jonathan Scott, Esq Anthony Hudson and

Thos. Leekc and wife Christian

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ix

John Spencer & Budget
Francis Dias and Eliza-
beth
Samuel Cheeke
Samuel Symcocks

1725 Hugh Jones and Eliza-

beth (Ironmonger).
Mrs'.' Sarah Steen, widow
Mrs. Mary Pugh
Mrs. Annie Mason
George Thomas & Mary
John Gough & Johannah
Thomas Sankey & Sarah
Thomas" Brooke & Lydia

— Colefax and Mary

— Calcott and Mary

1726 Maurice Lloyd & Martha •
George Harper and Mary
Joseph Evans & Eleanor
Creswel Tayleur (vacated)
Robert Loxam and

Susannah
William Landers and

Elizabeth
William Hoggins
George Butterfield and

Sarah

Elias Evans and Eleanor
Jonathan Nicholas and
Mary

Tames Barber and Marry

Richard Hoggins, Jun.,
and Anne

Edward Gosnell, Esq.
(removed)

John Baylev and Ruth

Thomas Hodges and
Elizabeth

Thomas White and
Rebecca

Jacob Gibbons and Mar-
garet

Robert Myddelton, Esq.,

(vacated)
Mrs. Mary and Mrs, Anne

M yd del ton
Edward Payne, Surgeon

and Martha

William Leighton
(vacated)

Joseph Mucklestonejun

Andrew Bowdler
(removed)

William Dickin <Sc Ann

Richard Ridley
(removed)

George Walker

Thomas Harris' removed,

Nathaniel Lewis (re-
moved)

1727 John Ralphs and Martha
John Griffith - Corvisor

and Eliz.
Roger Atcherly and Ann
Richard Botevyle and

Martha
Jacob Brown and Susan
Thomas Burgess and

Elizabeth
Foster Phillips (removed)
Kichd Harris and Elinor
Edwd Cheshire Corvisor

and Mary
John Waring, Cutler

1728 Rich'1 Norgrave and Ann
Richa Gwyn

1729 Thomas Harper and

Catherine
Henry Edwards, Esq.

and Eleanor
Mrs. Mary Gittins (dead)
Malhew Traverse (dead)
Robert Lathrop
Samuel Gough
Thoa More, Esq., and

Margaret
Simon Parry
Robert Baskerville
Robert Austin
Wm Baldwin (removed)
Thomas Blayney & Anne
Thomas Havnes (dead)
]ames Whitfield ami

Martha
Tho" Hudson and Maty

Rob' Edwards and J. me

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MISCELLANEA.

Jonathan Nicholas and
Mary

William Cope and Ann
Daniel Clemson and Mary
John Allcocks and wife
Samuel Carter and Eliz.
John Parker (removed)
John Fowke and Anne
Joseph Evans (removed)
Richard Shuker
Richd Mouton and

Martha
Philip Jaundrel and Mary
Mrs. Wingfield (died)
Richd Hoggins, Senr.

(removed)
Lewis liumphris and Jane
John il ay lies and Mar-
garet
Westcote Littleton
Richd Broom and Eliza-
beth

John Bernard and Sarah
Wm. Butcher (removed)
Ed\vd Price and Mary
Anthony Hudson
Richard Dyke
Richd Wilson and Mary
John Colefax (removed)
Margaret Peate, widow
John Davies and Eliza-
beth

• 1729 John Scott (removed)

Robert Phillips and

Catherine
John Milward and

Deborah
1730 Abel Shepheard (died)

Mrs. Mary Shepheard

(removed)
Charles Tayleur and

Marl ha
Wm, Bowdler (died)
Thomas Pressland and

Elizabeth
Rob1 Austin and wife

(removed)
Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Cole, Esq. (died)

Mrs. Jane Holland
Wm. Jonson and Eliza-
beth

John Griffiths and Ann
Charles Roberts
Edwd Tipton and Ann
Wm. Evans and Jane r
Wm. Haynes and Mary
Thomas Davies (died)
Wm. Willcocks and

Martha
Mathew Henley and Eliz.
Mrs. Eliz. Bennett, alias

Hanmer (died)
Wm. Herrald and Martha
Hugh Roberts and Ann.
Wm. Best Fothergalland
Rebecca
1731 April 18th

Upon consideration that
John Hill, Esq., gave
Fifty pounds to the
poor of the parish pew
allotted on the custom-
ary conditions to his
daughter Mrs.' Ann
Hill.

Dame Hester Edwards 10
sit with her husband
Sir Francis Edwards.
Baronet.

1731 Wm. Stanier and Martha
Robert Batrick and Mary
Isaac Pritchard and Eliz,
Mrs Lydia Draycott,

Spinster
John Travers and Eliza-
beth

Jeremiah Latewaid and
Elinor

Wm. Morgan and M A1 v
Robt. 1 larper and Ann
Joseph Norgtave and

Maitha
Edwd Tipton and Elisa-
beth

john Onyoti ami Kan nali

1732 Martha Lloyd, widow <<l

Maurice Lloyd. 1 napri

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XX

Maurice Lloyd, Apothe-
cary, and Susannah
Thomas Wolleyand Mary

(dead)
Richard Wolley and Jane
Rich'1 Gwyn and Elinor
Mrs. Mary and Mrs.
Rachael with their
mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Leighton
Mrs. Margaret Clark, in
consideration of one
guinea paid to John
Cole, gent., in 1725
Widow Hanmer (dead)
Francis Bawdewin and

Elinor
Jacob Btown (removed)
Walter Peak and Mary
Hugh Roberts (removed)
John Park

Eliz. Rowdier with her
husband, Thomas Row-
dier

Westcot Littleton (re-
moved)

Thomas Freeman and
Martha

Richard Scott

Philadelphia. Rowets
with her husband,
Thomas Rowers

Joseph Norgrave (re-
moved)

Griffith Morgan and Mar
garet

Ann Lewis with her hus-
band, Nathaniel Lewis

Richard Johnson and
Mary

Wtn. Evans and Jane

1733 Wirt, and Martha Hayncs
Mrs. Anne Bowen
John and Mary James

1734 Thos. Cooper and Eliza-

beth

Win. Bennett and Eliza-
beth

Thos. Moore, Junr.

Thos. Jones, Junr.

Anne "Jeak with her hus-
band, John Peak
1735 Rowland Maddox and
Mary

Foulk Holland and Jane
Edwd Powis and Cat-
herine

John Mytton, Esq., and

Mary Eliz.
Samuel Mather and Eliz.
Mrs. Abigail Congrave
Captain Griffithsand Jane
Wm, Dickin and Eliz.
Sir Henry Edwards,

Baroret, and Dame

Elinor
John Spicer and Eliz.
Cap1 Richd Scott and

Eliz.

Peter Blakeway and Do-
rothy

Thos. Jones and Anne
1735 Henry Baker and Anne

Mrs. Margaret Owen (re-
moved)

Mrs. Dorothy Owen

John Meighen and Eliza-
beth

Humphrey Jaundrell
Mrs. Mary button
Dame Mary Chariton
John Middleton, Esq.,

and Anne
Georue Wallford and

KHz.

Ralph Wood (died)
Roger Wood

]ames Arnaud and Mar-
tha

Humphrey Lewis and

Eli/..
Robert Thomas

Francis Baldwin (re-
moved )
Francis 1 oma\ and Joan

Mary Hall

Susannah and V\\? Bay-
ton

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MISCELLANEA.

Thomas Wright
George Walker
Thomas Dun and Mary

1736 Mrs. Abigail Brett
Thomas Parry and Jane
Samuel Manning
Richd Sparkes and Eliz.
Wm Turner and Elinor
Widow Owen of Whitley

(removed)
John Lacon

Roger Farrington (re-
moved)
Magdalen Jukes, Widow
Rich'1 Asterley and Joan
Richd Wollaston. Esq.,
and wife

1737 Sam1 Bright aDd Mary
James Millington (re-
moved)

Thr»s. Puleston and Mary
Mrs. Mary Warrington
Edward Bagshaw
Wm. Mason and Jane
Wm. Kirby and Elizabeth
Wm. Turner and Eliza-
beth

Rd Wilson and Hester
Lady Hester Edwards
John Oliver and Eleanor
David Rowlands and
Gwen

Edwd Owen of Wood-
house (removed)

Mrs. Merial Owen and
Mrs. Sarah Owen
1739 Wm. and Ann Cooper

Riclr1 Colelax (removed)

Thomas Wartar

Mrs. Mary VVingfield

Sarah Gorton, spinster,
daughter of Robert
Gorton

John OakYy and Milli-
cent (vacated)

Thomas Cooper, Senr.

Mr. Botewyfe, Apothe-
cary, and Marg1

Edward Lewis and Mary

Thomas Taylor and wife
Samuel Spenlove and
Marg1

Peter Blakewny and Do-
rothy

Richd Vaughan (vacated )
Thos. Tomkinson and
Eliz.

Mrs. Mary Jones and
her daughter, M.J.

Widow Muckleston of
Bicton (vacated)

Joseph Muckieston and
and Catherine

Wido»v Wingficld

Richd Gilbert of Betton

1740 Wm. Higgins and Mary
Elizabeth Hancron

1 74 1 Mrs. Emma Lloyd
William Billingsley ar,d

Marg1

Richd bparkes and Eliz.
Tho8 Addenbrooke and
Anne

Richd Murrell and wife

Mrs. — Jukes

Mrs. Betteson

Thos. Prosser and Mar-
tha, wife

Humphrey Sand ford,
Esq.

George Thomas and —
wife

Mrs. A'icia Maddox with
her husband, Mr Row-
land Maddox

1742 John Lay con (vacate
Mr<=. Hannah and Mrs.

Anne Laycon
Adam 1 >ike an.l Anne
Mrs. Cath. and Mrs.

Anne Turner
Riclr1 Wood and El
Martha Waring with her

husband, John Waring
Kiel.'1 P'nche* and Ulii .

John 1 lnir\ a' d M.uv
Thomas SeWGOOtU Mid

Saraa

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1743

Rob1 Hill and Sarah
James Cross and Anne
John Hall and Mary
Wm. Billingsley and
Marg*

John Whitfield and

Bridget
Richd Da vies, Esq., and

Jane

Thos. Wright and Abigail

Miss Meriol and Miss
Snrah Owen, so long
as they pay to church
and poor for a stable
on Clarimond Hill

John Scott and Eliz.

Ellas Evans and Mar-
garet

Bartholomew Jones
Isaac Clapton, Esq., and

Lcetitia
Thos. Gardner and Joyce
John Eeake and Elbth
John Asterley
Charles Burley and Mary
Mrs. Margaret Howcroft
Robert Lathrop
Thos. Spendlove and

Sarah

Wm. Grosvenor ard Con-
stance

Mrs. Mary Cross and her
daughter

Mrs. Mary Calkin

Mrs. Jane Cole

Mary Row

Wm. Tayleur, Esq., and
Mary

Franc's Lomax and
Joannah

1 745

and

1746

1747

Sam1 Dowries

wife
William Leech
Peter Edwards and And
Francis Hinks ann

Martha
Richd Llewelling and

Mary

Peter Davis and Diana
Abmham Mdghen and
Jane

Robert Cross and Mary
John Robins and Mary
Kichd Baxter and Rachel
Thos Gardner, Junr., and
Margt

Airs. Fownes of Onslow

(vacated)
Edmund Littlehales
Miss Catherine Leeke
Mrs. Rebekah Cleaton
James Jones and Frances
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones

with her husband

Humphrey Sand ford
James Mason and Mary
Edwd Ealey and Mary
George Baldwin and

Martha
John Lyke and Alice
'1 ho* Phillips and Jane
Thos Nicolas and Mary
Jonatlian Scott and Mary
Uenjamin Sockett and

Marg1

Wm. Johnson and Eliz.
Mrs. Anne BaskerviHe
Edward Peakeand Mary
William Sa nd ford

J. A. MORRIS.

V.

MOTTO ON CEILING AT WILDERHOPK.
Amongst other matters connected wit'n Wilderhope deall with by
the Rev. \V. G. D. Fletcher in "The Sequestration Panel sol Thomas
Smallnian of Wilderhope,'" and printed in the Transactions for
1903, the fme plaster ceiling ccmps in for detailed notice, whilst
two excellent photographb of the ceiling accompany in: papa

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MISCELLANEA.

One of the designs — repeated several times — bears a motto round
the border, the deciphering of which has proved very difficult. An
enlarged copy of this part of the ceiling was submitted to an expert
in the Manuscript Department of the British Museum by Mr. J. H.
Williams, Town Clerk of Ludlow, who recently showed me the
correspondence. The conclusion arrived at was that the motto
is in o/d^French, and runs as follows : —

DROIT DRV EST MAL MEV.
In old lettering V and U are identical. The meaning is Lawful
right (literally Right that is due) is ill moved (i.e., disturbed or
interfered with), " Deu " is the old form of the past participle of
Devoir, and " Meu" is similarly the participle of Mouvoir. 1 have
recently re-visited Wilderhope and carefully examined the ceiiii r:.
and have no hesitation in saying that the letters are correctly
given above. .The same plaster design and motto occur in the
ceilings of Easthope Manor, the Abbot's House, Buildwas, and in
a cottage near the latter.

H. E. FORREST.

VI.

GRANT OF ARMS TO MRS. ANNE ELDRED, DAUGHTER
OF JOHN B LAI K WAY OF ISOMBRIDGE,
6 DECEMBER, 1652.

(From Harleian MS. 1172, fo, 28.)
To all and singular unto whome these presents shall come,
Edward Bysshe Esquire Garter Principal) Kinge of Amu? of
Englishmen sendeth greetinge. Whereas Mrs, Anne Eldred the
Jelict of Sir Revett Eldred late of Great Saxham in the County
of Suffolke Esq re, and one of the daughters of Mr, i
Blaikway of Isombridge in the County of Salop
desred me to assign unto her such Amies as she and her p >st<
may lawfullie beare. Know yee there (oure that 1 have thought lit to
assignc unto her the Amies hereunder menconed vizt : Gules on a
chevron between three Leopards heads Argent as many Quatre-
foyles of the first, as they are depicted in the margint. which Armes
1 the said Edward Bysshe Garter Principall Kinge of Arm<
Englishmen by authoritie granted unto me by the letters patents
my said office made unto mee under the great Seale ol Englande
Doe by these presents assign give ami grant unto the said Mrs,
Anne Eldred and her posteritie lawfilllie begotten, to be by her
and them borne with theire due differences accordinge to the lawes
of Armes forever, In witness* whereol 1 have unto these present
affixed the Seale of mine Office and subscribe my name. Dated
at the office of Amies the sixth day ol December in the yean- oi
our Lord one thousand si\ hundred fllftie tew.

E, l>ysshe Gartei Principall
Kinge of Amies of Englishmen,

W. G. 1). FLETCHER, K.S.A.

MISCELLANEA.

XV

VII.

HAN WOOD MONUMENTAL INSCR PTIONS.

The inscriptions given below comprise the only definite records
extant of interments made in the churchyard of St. Thomas, Great
Hat? wood, from 1763 to 1S73, the parish registers having been
destroyed by a fire at the Rectory on April 5th of the latter year..
Fortunately the late Mr. Joseph Humphreys of .Shrewsbury had
made a copy (more or less complete) of the earlier portion from
the beginning to 1763, which was printed by the Shropshire Parish
Register Society in 1S99. All inscriptions previous to 1763 have
been carefully compared with this, After the disastrous fire, a list
of deaths which bad occurred in the parish since August 30th. 1837
was placed in the new burial register, but by no means ail the
persons therein mentioned were interred in Hannood churchyard.

It therefore seems advisable that the monumental inscriptions
should be recorded in print before they are rendered illegible by
the ravages of time, as is already the case with several. I have not
been able to find any tombstones that could have been erected
before the rebuilding of the church in 1701. and do not think it
probable that such exist.

In this paper all memorial inscriptions in the Church are given
in full, whereas from those of the Churchyard all unnecessary
details (e.g. texts, verses, and unimportant remarks) have been
omitted, abbreviations being used wherever possible. I have,
however, made duplicate copies in full of all the legible inscriptions
for the future use of the parish.

LILY F. CHITTY.

St. Thomas' Church, Great Hanwood; Shropshire.
Memorial Tablets on South Wall.

1. — -In Loving Memory of John Breese, B.A. (Queen's College,
Cambridge.) For 34 years Rector of this Parish, who entered into
rest Nov.' 21st, 1SS6, in the 84th year of his age.

2, — In Remembrance of Anna Maria, widow of Rev. Charles
Gregory Wade, Rector of this Parish ; she died January 23rd, 1870,
aged 79.

Also of their son Charles Gregory, who died September 13th,
18S2, aged 57.

Also of their son Win. Burton Wade, M.I.C.E. Born at Han
wood, October 23, 1832. Died near Sydney, N.S.W., July 1:, lSS6.

3<_ Waiting for the Glorious Voice which shall awake the Dead
Near this place lie interred the remains of the Rev. Edward Harries
of Arscott in this County, who died Febry. ist, 181 1, a 51 d 59,

He was revered by all who knew him tor his cau(\ou\\ libera ity
and benevolence, for the soundness ot his understanding, the
integrity of his heart and his genuine and rational piety.

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MISCELLANEA.

Also the remains of his beloved wife Lucia, daughter of Francis
Turner Blithe. Esq., of Broseley Hali in this County, who died
May 13th, 17S1. aged 34.

Also of Lucia their eldest Daughter, who died January 14th.
1S00, aged 22.

Also of Mary their youngest Daughter, who died Oct. 25th,
1S06, aged 27.

4. — Arms : — Barry of 8 erra. and az.. over all 3 annulets 2 and 1
or (Harries^. On an escutcheon of pretence vert, 3 eagles, 2 and
1, endorsed arg., collared or ^Smitkemax).

Sacred to the memory of Barbara Mary Ann Harries the beloved
wife of Thomas Harries. Esquire of Cruckton Hail. She died
February Sth, 1S33. aged 59 years.

5. — Sacred to the memory of Thomas Harries. Esquire, of
Cruckton Hall, who died September 27th, 184S, aged 74 years.

6. — Arms : — Quarterly. 1 and 4, Barry of S erm. and az.. over ail
3 annulets 2 and 1 or. 2 and 3, arg., on a fess sable 3 escallops or.

Crest : A Falcon proper, belled or, preying on a heron arg.

Sacred to the memory of Francis Harries, Esq ol Cruckton Hall;
who died February 19:';;. 1875. aSed 71 years.

Also of Harriet his wife, wno died November 25th, 1S6S, aged
63 years.

Also of Thomas Harries, Esq. of Cruckton Hail ; late Lieut.
Colonel 63rd Rept., Knight of the Legion of Honour ; born February
1 Sth, 1 S 1 5, and died in this Church on Sunday, October 12th,
1879. * '

Their remains lie interred in Cruckton Churchyaid.

"The Memory of the Just is Blessed ."

7. — Sacred to the memory of Jacob Yallowley, Esquire, of
Woodlands House in the County of Surey, ob. 31st July, 1799.
set. 59. Interred in Streatham Churchyard.

Also of Mrs. Sarah Yallowley, widow of the above, ob. 2nd
October, 1830, xt. 67.

Also to the revered memory of Miss Mary Yallowley, only child
of the above. Oi>. 20th March, 1S59. xt. 6S. The two last named
are interred in this Churchyard,

8. — Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Bromley, Gent , late of
Hanwood, who departed this life October 31st. 1836, aged 71
years.

Also Elizabeth Bromley, sister to the above, died December
15th, 1S36, aged 66 years.

Likewise Kezia Bromley died April 24th. 1S30. aged 66 years.

Also to the memory of Mary Bromley, who died February 7th.
1853, aged 03 years. • , ,

9. — In Loving Remembrance of John Lloyd, of this parish, died
Oct. 11, 1856, aged 4 4-

Priscilla, widow of lhe above di d Aug. 25, l8Sl, aged 74-
John Joseph, son of John and Priscilla Lloyd, died Oct I, 1S4:.
aged 5 months.

MISCELLANEA.

xvii

Mary Priscilla, daughter of John and Priscilla Lloyd, died March
25; 1844.

This tablet is erected by an attached survivor I o the memory of
ths most faithful friends

On the North Wall.

10. — In memory of Mary, daughter of Richard and Martha
Qowen, who departed this life Dec, 31st, 1782, aged 14 years.

Martha Go wen departed this life Jan. 1 6th, 1785, aged 52 years.
Richard Gowen departed this life May 3rd, 1708, aged 79 years.

11. — Sacred to the memory of Mary Waiter wife of John Warter,
gentleman, of Cruck Meole, who died February 21st, 1S0S.

Also to the memory of John Warter, Gentleman, who died
August 27th, 1 S 2 1.

1 2. — Arms : Warter impaling Harries,

Sacred to the memory of Charlotte Gertrude Warter the beloved
wife of the Reverend Edward Warter of Hanwood Rectory. She
died on the 28th August. 1854, aged 43.

13. — Sacred to the memory of Henry Degory Warter, Esquire.
Born March 31st, 1771, died April 5th, 1853, aged 82 years.

Also to the memory of Emma Sarah Moore Warter, Relict of
the above, born 30th May, 1783. Died 3rd June, 1863, aged So.
A devoted wife and mother.

14. — In memory of Henry de Grey Warter, Esquire, of Longden
Manor; J. P. and D.L. for this County, Son of Henry Degory
Warter, Esquire, of Cruck Meole; Barn Jan. 26th, 1807. Died
Dec, 5th, 1884,

15. — In loving memory of Mary Eliza Tatham Warter of Eon,
Manor in this County, daughter of Henry de Grey Waiter and
widow of Meaburn Smith Tatham. She died at Lemoenfontein,
South Africa, Nov. 27, 1897. Also of their children Meaburn
Edith and Yolande Tatham,

16. — In memory of William Owen Niccolls, Esquire, of Hanwooa,
born October 20th, 1792, died August 7th, 1864

Also of Eliza relict of the above, born April ioth, 1796, di
April 12th, 1869.

Windows in the Church.
North Side of ChanceL.

17. — Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, or. 2 bars az., in chief a lion pa

of 2nd (Wade) ; 2 and 3, on a bend or 2 roses slipped proper,
within a border engrailed or ; impaling, per pale az. and pur. .1 cross
engrailed or between 4 roses arg. barbed and seeded ppr. (Burti n

In memory of Charles Gregory Wade for xxiv years Recti t <
Hanwood died IV April MDCCCXXXV.

South Side of ChanCEL.

iS.-Sable,on a chevron engrailed between 3 chtSS rpokSa^.M
many cross crosslcts fit clu e pj the isl.

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MISCELLANEA.

Sacred to the memory of Henry Degory Warter, Esq., who died
April 5th, 1853, and Emma S M. Warter his wife, who died June
3rd, 1 86 3 Also of Charlotte Gertrude Warter. their daughter-in-
law, who died August 28th, 1854.

South Wall.

19. — (Inscribed round 5 medallions of scenes from the life -of
Christ.) In memory of William Wood, Esq., Marsh Hall, who
died Dec 22nd, 18 i^, aped 68

Also of Esther Wood his wife, who died Sept. 21st, 1804.
Also of Anne Wood his sister, who died March 15th, 1S10.
Also of John Clavering Wood, Esq., his son. who died June 24th,
1835, aged 57..

Also of William Warter his grandson, who died June 27th. 1S19,
aged 1 year.

20. — Arms : Barry of 6 az. and erm., on a pile between 3 annulets
or a lion rampant regardant sable.

Crest : Out of a mural coronet a lion passant regardant or, the
dexter arm resting on a shie-ld, barry of 6, az. and erm., over all an
annulet or.

Motto : Perge sed caute.

(Inscribed below figures of Hope and Faith in 2 lights).
In loving memory of Major Genl. Charles Vanbrugh Jenkins of
Cruckton Hail, who served with the late 1st Bengal Light Cavalry
and afterwards commanded the 19th Hussars, Born March 4th,
1822. Died Dec. 10th, 1S92. And of Annette Louisa Rcbertina
his wife. Born July 20th, 1825. Died Feb. is:, 1SS7.

This window is erected by their children.

2L — (Inscribed below St. Luke and St John the Evangelist in
two lights): — In Loving Memory of William Owen Xiccoils, Esq.
of Hanwood. who died Aug. 7, 1S64. This window is erected by
hi? daughters April 1870.

22. — The inscription on the organ runs: — In Memoriam Johannes
et Marian Witts D.D. Emma et Edwardus Waiter, 1858.

Index to Persons mentioned in Inscriptions in-
Great Hanwood Church.

[The number refers to the number prefixed to the several tablets. ]

Blithe, Francis Turner
Breese, Rev. John
Bromley, Benjamin"

Elizabeth
, Ke/ia

Maiy

Gowen, Martha |
Mary \
Richard J

3 Harries, Barbara M. A. 4

1 Rev. EgwakI 3

Francis t>

g „ Harriet 6

it Lucia 3

Mary

„ iHios. 4. 5. 6

10 Jenkins. M.ij. G< \\ Chas.

Vanbrugh 20

MISCELLANEA. XIX

Jenkins, Annette L. R. 20 VVarter, Rev. Edward 12. 22

Emma S. M. 13, 18, 22

:, Hy. Dcgory 13, 14, iS

„ De Grey 14, 1 5
„ John

1 1
1 1
lS
19
22

22

Lloyd, John

John Joseph
Mary Priscilla
,, Priscilla

Niccolls, Eliza 16 „ Mary

Wm. Owen 6,21 „ E. Tatham

Smitheman (Jenkins) Bar- u Wm.

bara M.A. 4 Witts, John

Tatham, Edith 15 tJ Mary

„ Meaburn 15 Wood, Anne

Meaburn Smith 15 Esther

,, Yolande 15 „ John Clavering

Wade, Anna Maria 2 Win.

,, Chas: Gregory 2 Yallowley, Jacob ^

n Rev. Chas. Gregory 2, 17 Mary - 7

„ Wm. Burton 2 „ Sarah J
Warter, Charlotte G. 12, 18

Inscriptions in Hanwood Churchyard.
The following abbreviations are used ; —

b. — born. inf. — infant, or' 'died in infancy"

bro.— brother. par. — parish.

d. — died, "departed this life," s.— son.
etc. sis. — sister,

dau. — daughter. w. — wife,

hus. — husband. wid. — widow.

1. — Illegible. .

2. — John, eldest s. of Rich, and Decima Cross, d. Nov. 2nd,
1835, aged 15.

Joseph Prince Cross, bro. of the above, d. Nov. 12th, 1S64
aged 37 years.

Decima Jane Cross, child of Joseph Prince and Deborah Cross,
d. June 26th, 1865 aged 7 years.

Decima Cross, 2nd dau. of Rich, and Decima Cross, late of
Hanwood. B. March 14th, 1S19 D, Mar 2nd, 1S05.

Richard (father of John Cross) d. Jan. 19th, 1S49, aged 64.

Decima his w. d. at Cressage, June iSth. [856.

Deborah Cross, w. of Joseph Prince Cross, d. Feb. 13th, 1S90.

3--R. C.

4.— Charles Lloyd Jones, Hanwood House. B, Mar. 20th, iS:S.
D. Mar. [8th, 190 r.

Benjamin Bromley, Gent., late of Hanwood, d. Oct, 31st, 183 -
aged 7 i years.

Elizabeth Bromley, sis. of the above, d. Dec. 1 5th. 1836, P :.
CO years.

Kezia Bromley, Sis. of Berij. Bromley, late of FfoftWOOd, d, An.
24th, 1859.

XX MISCELLANEA.

Mary Bromley, d. Feb. 7th, 1853, agad 93 years

5. — Elizabeth, w. of John Maxon, d. nth Aug., 1838, aged 63
years.

John Maxon d. Nov. 14th, 1S47, aged 78 years.
John, s. of John and Eliz. Maxon, d. Dec. 13th, 1S67, ageci
66 years.

Louisa, d.- of John and Elizabeth Maxon, d. Mar. 16th, 1875,'
aged 62 years.

6. — Eliza, w. of William Owen Niccolls, Esq. B. Ap. 10th, 1796,
D. Ap. 12th, 1869.

William Owen Niccolls of Hanwood. B. Oct. 20th, 1792. D.
Aug. 7th, 1864.

Robert, s. of William Owen Niccolls. B. Ap. 10th, 1826. U
Aug. 31st, 1S67.

7. — Uriah Bidmead, Rector of this Parish, d. the 9th of Feb.,
1849, aged 89 years.

8. — Anna Maria Wade, d. May 25th, 1831, aged 7 years.

The Reverend Charles Gregory Wade, M.A., Rector of this
Parish, d. Ap. 4th, 1835, a3ed 50 years.

Maiy Wade, d. Ap. 26th, 1844, aged 17 years.

Anna Maria Wade, wid. of Rev. C. G. Wade, d. Jan. 23rd, 1870,
aged 79 years.

Susannah Elizabeth Wade, eldest dau. of the above, b. July 22nd,
1822, d. Feb 22nd, 1888.

9. — 4 Children of John and Anne Whitehurst, Shrewsbury. '
Joseph d. 1 8th June, 1791, inf.

Thomas d. 12th Aug., 1792, aged 2 years and 6 months.

Frances Ann, d. 21st May, 1793, inf.

John d. 13th Oct., 1793, aged 5 years and 7 months.

William, s of the above, d. Nov. 17th, 1797, inf.

John Whitehurst, Esq., father of the said children, d. Feb. 8th,
1815, in the 69th year of his age.

Ann Whitehurst, wife of the above, d. Alar. 13th, 1826, aged
70 years.

Jane, grandau. of the above, d. N;ov. 17th, 1826, aged 6 months.
Anne, wife of John Whitehurst, Esq., d Nov. 1st, 182S, aged
28 years.

Frances Anne, their eldest dau., d. June 22nd, 183*1, aged 13.

10. — Minnie,1 only child of Frederic and Jennie Welch, d. Pec.
11th, 1899, aged 11 years.

11. — John Whitehurst, Esq , J. P., of Shrewsbury, d. Dec, 7th,
1862, aged 66 years.

• 12. — Mary Smith, d. Nov. 28th, 1810, aged 77 years,
Ann Paddock, her sis., d. April 1 8th, 1811, aged 73 K
Jane Oakley their sis., d. Mar. 50th, 1812, aged 76 years.
1 3.— Hannah, eldest dau. of William and Mary Cro*s, of the

Holly Bank, d. Nov, 15th, 1822, aged 1 year and 7 months,

1 Ellen Francos Gertrude.

MISCELLANEA.

xxi

Martha, their second dau , d. 29th Ap., i842,ag^d 20 years.

Eliza, their fourth dau., d. Ap. ist, 1844, aged 16 years.

William Cross, father of the before mentioned children, d. Sept.
27th, 1S44, aged 55 years.

Mary Cross, relict of the above William Crois, d. May 7th, 187S,
aged So years.

Thomas Lester, their youngest s., d. Aug. 26th, 191 2, aged 71.
William Gowen Cross, d Mar. 19th, iSSr, aged 61 years.
John Cross, d. Nov. 14th, iSSS, aged 64 years.

Sons of William and Mary Cross.
James Cross d. Jan. 4th, 189S, aged 72 years.
Mary Ann Harris, d. Jan. 10th, 189S, aged 70 years.

S. and dau of William and Mary Cross.

14. — Mary, wid. of Thomas Jackson of Little Hanwood, d. 3rd
No\v, 185 1, aged 75 years.

Eliza, d. of the above and wid. of the late Capt. J. W. Hullin, d.
Dec. 6th, 1S61, aged 4S years.

15. — Richard Cross late of Hanwood, d. Nov. 28th, 18 19, aged
68 years. ~~

Ann his w., d. Jan. 1 6th, 1S31, aged S2 years.

Ann, their only child, d. Ap. 27th, 1842, aged 52 years.

16. — Joseph Cross, d. Jan. 3rd. 1S53. a»ec* 57 yenrs-

Hannah Cross, d. of the above Joseph Cross, d. Nov. 25th, 1SS1.
Joseph, s. of Joseph and Letit-ia Cross, d. May 31st, 1849. aocci
14 years.

17 — Edward Farmer of Woodcote, d. Dec. . . J 7 7 5 (?) aged . .
.... son John Farmer.

18. —William Gowen of Plealey Villa in this County, d. 14th
Aug., 18 1 8, aged 57 years.

Sarah Freme formaly (sic) the w. of William Gowen of Plealey

.Villa in the p. of Pontesbury, Gent., she d [?], aged

57 years.

19. — H. D. Waiter, d. 5th Dec, 1SS4.

20. - Joseph Warter, Esq, ot Sibberscott; in this County. Ht
died regretted by all who knew him for the generous and extensive
benevolence he manifested to the want and infirmities of his fellow
creatures near and distant, whom his skill and kindnes* eifectuaily
iestored and relieved.

Ann Elizabeth Warter (youngest dau. of the late Joseph Waiter,
Esq., of Sibberscott), d. Aug. 3'ist, 1853, aged 70 years.

Mary Thornes, relict of Hie late Wiiiam Thomes ot Wheat hall,
Esq , and eldest dau. of the late Joseph Waiter, M.D., of Sibber-
scott, d. Dec. 29th, 1847, aged 7S years.

20a.— Alfred Graves, of Ivy Hons.-, d. Dec. 19th, 1900, aged
6 $ years. ■ _

'Alfred Edgar (Jackie), s. of Alfred and Ahce Edith Gr»«et, C
April 13th, 1909, aged 4 years. ^ .

21. — Henry Waiter, Esq , late of Cria kmeole, d. Jan. 20th, ibio,
aged 81 years.

awn

MISCELLANEA.

22. — Thomas Richard, child of Richard and Emily Hughes of
Shrewsbury, d. 30th Aug., 1876, aged r year and 9 months.

Emma Corfield, the wife of Richard Corfield of Hanwood, d.
8th March, 1 S 7 7 , aged 67 years.

The said Richard Corfield d. the 29th day of March, 1877, aged
65 years.

23. — On' what was once the side of an altar tomb is the following
inscription : —

Mary, wid. of the late Rev. Edward Hughes, B.A., Rector of
Norbury, in the County of Stafford.

She led a life of simplicity and godly sincerity, and an (sic) the
1 6th of July, 1S05, at an advanced age willingly resigned her soul
into the hands of him who gave it, humbly confident in his mercy
and with hopes full of immortality.

[For many years there lay on this stone what oro\es to have been
the top of the altar tomb of which it formed a side, before the
structure collapsed and the other parts were lost. The upper
stone was partially broken by a horse in the year 1900, and I had
for some time searched in vain for an inscription on this before it
occurred to me to look underneath the broken pieces. On raising
one I discovered under it part of an inscribed slab ; my father and
I removed the rest and found, on searching it, the above inscrip-
tion, as clear as on the day when it was carved.]

24. — Richard Evans d. Dec. 15th, ICS46, aged Si years.
Mary Evans his wife, d. Jan. 12th, 1S4S, aged 84 years.

25. — Louisa, youngest dau of John and Hannah Jones, d. Feb.
8th, 1 866, aged 2 years.

Amelia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the above, d. April 24th, 1S67.
aged 7 years.

26. — Priscilla E. Brade, b. Aug. 24th, i860, d. June 10th, [898.

27. — Rebecca Mansell, of Edgebold, d. Mar. 26th, 1000, a
7 1 years.

John Mansell, hus, of the above, d. April 21st, 190.1, aged S3
years.

28. — Capt. John Witts, R.M., of Cruckmeole, d. July 9, 1857,
aged 79.

Maria Helena Witts, w. of Capt. John Witts, d. Dec. 11, 1856,
aged 76.

29. — Esther, wife of William Wood, Esq., obiit Sept. 17th, 1804.
William Wood, obiit Dec. 17th, 1813, aged 68.

William Waiter, grandson of the abt vc, d. June 27th, 1S10, aged

1 year. .

John Clavering Wood. Esq., of the Marsh Hall in this County,
d. 19th June, 1835, aged 56.

29a.— Mary Anne, wid of George Baskerville Watton, and
youngest dau. of the late John Whitrhmst, Mount House, Shre« •
bury, d. May 1st, 190S, in her 8 1st year,

30. — lohn Jones, late ot the Oak, d. Dec. 30th, [830, aged 69
years.

MISCELLANEA. XXtH

Richard Jones, bro. to the above, d. July 20th, 1843, aged 79
years.

31. — Eleanor, w. of Samuel Suker1 of Onslow, d. April the nth,
1766 (?) aged 56(?).

32. — Ann Cross, w. of Joseph Cross, Maltster, of Frankwell,
Salop d. Oct. 23rd, 17S5, aged 63.

Joseph Cross, d. Sept. 27th, 1794, aged 73 years.

33 — Thomas VVolley of \\ oodhall, d. 17th June, 1725, in the
S2nd year of his age.

Elizabeth his w„ d. 12th July, 1682.

34 — Richard Priced. Mar. 22nd, 1717-18.
Thomas Pierce, d. Sept. 28th (?), 1729, aged 87 ?;.2

John.

35. — Ann, wife of Humphrey Jones, d. July the 15th, 17:5.
aged 75.

Humphrey Jones, d. Sept. 6th, 1727, aged 80. 3

36. — William Banes, d. ye 25th (?) day of Feb., 1763, aged 76
years

Margaret his wife, d. July the 10th. 1772 (?). aged 82.

37. — William Urwick, d. Feb. ye , 1796 (?), ag:d 41.
Eleanor Urwick, d. June ye aged 28.

38. — John Parr of Rossal!, d. 10th Aug., 1734, aged 4S.

39 —Thomas Cooper

Name of 2nd person illegible, d. Sept. 29th

40 — Illegible.

4 f — Sarah Manley, d. 28th May, 1802, aged 65 •?) years.
Hannah Manley, d of the anove. d April Sth, 1S11, aged 49
years.

42. — Elizabeth Griffiths, formerly of the Gelli, Montgomeryshire,
d. Dec. Sth, 187 1, aged 76.

43. - Sarah Howel, d. Oct. 1, 1883, aged 7r.
Maria Burgoyne, d. Nov. 24, 1892, aged 78.

44. — E D. 1SS2. Elizabeth Daviss* vide 45.

45. —Edward Davies, late of Hanwood. d. Feb. 19th, 181 1, aged
57 years.

Letitia his w., d. Oct. 8th, 1846, aged 7S years.

Richard Praynolds Davies, grandson of the above, d. Ap. 17th,
1 85 1, aged 25 years.

Edward Davies, of Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, s. of Edward and
Eettitia Davies, d. 16th July, 1854, aged 56.

Mary Maria Marshall, dan. of the above, d. Aug. nth, 1869,
aged 69 years.

1 This should be "S/iufor" See no. 57.

- In the old Registers (unfortunately burnt in 1S7;,) the following cntius
appear to have been made : —

1718, April 5th. Richard Pe nce, of Rossal, in the parish of St. Chad. Initio!.
I7?Q. Oct. oth. Thomas lYarre, of l<OI8ali, in the parish of St. Chad, buried.
John probably erected the ftlpne.
3 Recorded in Register as 70.

XXIV MISCELLANEA.

Elizabeth, wife of the late Mr. Edward Davies, late of Belle Yue,
Shrewsbury, d. Ap. 27th. 1882, in her 83rd year.

46 — Frances Wildig, d. Jan. 31st, 1873, aged 22 years.

47- — William Davies, d. Sept. 6th, 1843, aged 49 years.
Elizabeth, relict of the above, d. Dec. &Lh, 1864, aged 69 years
Two sons of Win. and Eliz. Davies.

Henry, d. Ap. 24th, 1S36, aged 13 months.
William, d. Dec. 4th, 1850, aged 21 years.

48. — Jane wife of Thomas Evans, d. May 20th, 1S46, aged 67
years

John, s. of the above, d. inf.

The above named Thomas Evans, d Mar. 2nd, 1S54. aged 90 years
• 49. — Mary, w. of John Wooding, Horton Lodge, Cruckton, d.
d. Feb. 8th. 1901. aged 53 years.

5c. — William Powell, d. Feb 4th, 1906, aged 64 years.

50a. — David Davies, of the Farm, Hanwood, d. June 29th, 1906,
aged 72 years

50b. — John Breeze, d. Dec. 21, 1896 'aged 5S years.

Martha, w. of the above, d. Dec. 24. 1907, acred 66 years.

50c. — Mary Dyas, d. Feb. 27th. 1910, aged S6 years.

51. — Mary, w. of Thomas Savage, of Whitley and Moat Flail,
d. Mar. 30th, 1SG2, in her 63rd year.

John, s. of Thomas and Mary Savage (of Moat Hall), d. Ap. 14th,
1 868, aged 32 years.

Thomas Savage, of Whitley and Moat Hall. d. Jan. 29th, 1S63.
aged 79 years.

Richard Henry Savage, of Moat Hall, d. Oct. 23rd, :S66, aged
24 years,

George Fred Savage, their s., d. June 22nd, 1864, aged 17 years.
Herbert Rocke Savage, their s.,d. May 20th, 1S65. aged 25 years.

52. — Edward, s. of Thomas and Mary Savage, of W hitley, d.
Ap. 2nd, 1 85 r , aged 24 years.

53. — William Savage, of Wood Hall, d. Jan. 3rd, 1S9S, aged
66 years.

Jane, wife of the late William Savage, of Wood Hall, d. Aug,
3rd, 190-1, aged 65 years.

54. — Toseph. s. of Samuel Urwick and Sarah his wife, d. Oct.
20, 1 754-

55. — Elizabeth Cross, w. of Richard Cross, of Hanwood, d. Nov.
19th, 1840, aged 57 yeais.

The above Richard Cross d. Feb. 25111, 1841, aged 55 years.

56. — Mary, dau. of John and Sarah Howell, d. Feb. 26, 1S07,
aged 16 years.

Catharine Howell d Jan. 24th, 1814, aged 17,

Richard Howell, d. Nov. 22nd, 1810. aged 25.

John Howell father of the aforesaid, d, May 16th, iHtt, aged 6t,

Sarah, relict of the above, d, March 4th, 1833, aged 72

57. — Mr. Samuel Shuker, late of Onslow, d. 9th Nov., i-S,.
aged 6S.

MISCELLANEA.

XXV

58. -M. 7,. T. T8S2.

(Martha Louisa Tipton, of Hanwood, bur. Feb. 18th, 1SS2.
aged 7 weeks.)

59. — Margreat (sic), dau. of William and Margaret Phillips, d.
February 13, 1749, aged 13 years.

60. -— Edward, s. of Humphrey and Elizabeth Jones, of YVhelbach,
d. Oct, ye 16, 1748, Aged 25.

61. — Sarah, \v. of Richard Hill, of Shrewsbury, and dau. of John
and Eljzth, Axson, d. Oct. 12th, 1796, aged 24 years.

Richard Hill, of Shrewsbury, d. June 20th, 1799, aged 27 years.

62. — Edwin, s. of George and Anne Edwards, of Hanwood, b.
Feb. 27th, 1S63. d. Nov. 29th, 1877.

George Edwards, d. Nov. 5th, 1899, aged 76 years.
George Tipton, d. May 14th, 1888, aged 34 years.

63. — James Cross, d. July 19th, 1S41, aged S5 years.

Mary, w. of the above James Cross, d. Dec. 1 8th, 1843, aged
87 years

64. -- Isaac Jandrell, late of little Hanwood, d. March 16th, 1814,
aged 63 years.

He was a loving Husband dear,
A Friend and Father most sincere,
Which makes me pay him this respect,
Which to his Memory 1 erect.

65. — Thos. Jandrell and Rebckah his wife, late of Little Han-
wood. He dyed 5th Sept. 1725, aged 63. She 22nd of May, 172;.
aged 58. 1

Isaac thier (sic) son, d. 12th Ap. 1 74 t , aged 37.

66. — Joseph Cross, d. Aug. 15th, 1802, aged 53 years
Joseph his son, d. Nov. 13, 1790, aged 4 years.

67. — Lydia VVilbe, d. Ap. 14th, 1854, aged 73.
Henry Pays Wilbe, d. Sept. 1st 1855. aged 81.

68. — Francis Axson, d. May 24th, 1824 aged 70 years.

60.— Mary. w. of John Axson, d. Mar. 8th, 181 1, aged 39 years.
Four children d. inf.

John Axson, d. Jan. 8th, 1836, aged 85 years
70— Sarah, dau. of Samuel' and Sarah Maddox, d. Dec. 17th,
1830, aged 1 4 years,

Samuel Maddox, d July roth, 1823, aSC(1 44

71. — Samuel Crane, d, April 6th, 1901, aged 77 yeais.

72. — John, s. of John and Hannah Cross, d. Sept. 5th. 1 796-
aged 13 years and 4 months.

' Sarali/their dau., d Oct. 4thj 1796. aged 3 years.
Catherine, inf. dau. of [ohn and Hannah Cro^.
John Cross, father of the aforesaid, d. leb. i^Wlj LB \ h *g«d
64 vears. .
Mary Ann Williamson, of Shrewsbury, d. Pee. 8th. l8S7,aged 76.

1 Recorded in Registers as 57.

XXVI

MISCELLANEA.

Hannah, relict of the aforesaid John Cross, d. Oct. 2nd, 1824,
in the 65th year of her age,

73- — Catharine, the w. of Francis France, d. Mar. 29th, 1790,
aged 33.

The above Francis France, d. 29th June, 180S. acred 41.
/ \. — Herbert Haynes, d. June 4th, 1783. aged 40.

75. — Sarah Humphreys, \v. of Richard Mumhpreys, of Han-
wood, jd. May the 1st, 1795, aged 40. A Loving Wife 'and
tender Mother of Eleven Children.

Mary, the second wife of Richard Humphreys, d. June tin*
23rd, 1823, aged 67 years.

Richard Humphreys, d. April 23rd, 1838, aged 78 years.

76. — Thomas Jones, of Cruckton Cottage, Hanwood, d. May
20th, 1885,. aged 73 years. For many years Clerk of this
parish.

Jane Jones, w. of the above, d. January 22nd- 1888, aged 71
years. Erected by G.S,

77. — Elizabeth, w. of Richard Wigley > Cruckmeole, d. April
7th, 1892, aged 72 years.

Richard Wigley, d. September 18th, 1897, aged 79 years.

78. — Iieber, youngest s. of John and Mary Jones, of Han-
Wood, d. November 9th, 1890? aged 14 years.

79. — Robert Phillips, Gent., d. October 26th, 7810, aged 62
years. A Truly Honest Man.

80. — Thomas, eldest s. of Thomas and Mary Jones, Farmer,
Trehelig, Montgomeryshire, d. 18th January, 1857, in the 29th
year of his age.

81. — Sarah Hodges, of - - - - d. - - - the 17 ,
18 , aged 23 (?) years.

82. — Richard Hodges, late of Hanwood, d. November 17th,
1820, aged 44 years.

83. — William Hodges, late of Cruckton, d. February 3rd,
1817, aged 51 years.

84. — Elizabeth, w. of Edward Jones of Orion's Fane. d. May
ye 29th, 1769, aged 38.

Abigal, 2nd w. of Edward Jones, d. Dec. 31st, 1780, aged 70.
Edward Jones, d. September 9th, 17c)!, aged 84.

85. — Jane, w. of John Carteright, of Polmer, d. Pec. yt
iSth, 1765, aged 58.

86. — John Cartwright, of Polmore, d. ye 3rd Oct., 1773.
aged 67.

87. — Jane Wright, d. Jun [**«] 23. 173}.

88. — Ann, w. of Thomas Jones, d. June 13th. [86t, ;i-td 71
years.

'J nomas Jones, bus. of the above, d. Jan. 2-Jth, 1 866, .1-1 <
79 years.

89. — Richard Blakcway, of H.mwood, d. J. my. 2nd., 1856
in his s;^tb Vear.

William Blakcway, of Hanwood, d. beby., yHi, '883. in In:

MISCELLANEA.

XXVll

Mary Phillips, .sis of the above* d. Oct. 7th. 18S4, aged 70
years.

()o. — Mrs. Sarah Yallowley, wid. of the late Jacob Yallowley,
Esq., of Woodlands House, Surry, d. 2nd Oct., 1830, in the
07th year of her age.

Miss Mary Yallowley, dau. of the above, d, March 20th, 1859,
in the oSth year of her age.

<)i. — William Phillips, d. June nth, 1798: aged 68 years.

qj. — William, s. of Charles and Elizabeth Cross of Crock
Meole, d. j st Oct., 1S05, inf.

Elizabeth, dau. of the above, d. 27th May, 1807, aged 5 years.

John Healing Cross, s. of Chas. and Eliz. Cross, d. April 9th,
1 83 7 , aged 2 o y e a r s .'

93. — Elizabeth, w. of Chas. Cross, of Cruck-Meole, d. Jan,
10th, 1826, aged 51 vears.

Charles Cross, of Crock Meole, d. Dec. 7th, 1838, aged 68
years.

94. — Two sons of Albert and Mary Bridge, d. inf. May 22nd,
1889, and August 9th, 1890.

95. — Peter Hill, b. at Wigan, Lancashire, d. at Hamvood.
Apr. 27th; 1S43, aged 58 years.

Eleanor Hill, w.'of the above, b. at Wigan, d. at Han wood,
Aug. nth, 1859, aged 75 years.

Joseph Bridge, of Hamvood, b. Eeb. 20th, 181 1, d. May
5th, 1886.

Elizabeth Stevenson, niece of Peter Hill. w. of Joseph Bridge,
b. Nov. 7th, 181 5> d. October 27th, 1865.
Also 1 son and 3 daughters, d. inf.

Peter, s. of Joseph and Eliz. Bridge, b. Eeb. 14th, 1849. d.
Apr. 1 6th, 1867.

Edward, s. of Joseph and Eliz, Bridge, b. January nth. 1847,
d. March 21st, 1874.

96. — John Earrington, d. 14th July, 1764, aged 26.

97. __borothv Earrington, d. May ye Stlii 177°- aged 64.
9S.— George' Hodges^ d. Eeb v. 8th, 1804, aged 05 years.
qq._Children of William and Mary Ward.

Richard, d. Jany. 13th, tSo5- aged 3 years.
Sarah, d. Aug. 21st, 1810, aged 4 months.
William- d. Mav 15th, 1813, aged 4 months.

ioo.-Tlu.mas Meredith, late of Montiord, ^. m Humphrey
and Marv Meredith, d. jrd [illy, 1808, aged 61 years,

ioj ^Humphrey Meredith, late of Edge, d, 23rd Apr.. 17s"-

^i.V] wife'of Humphrey Meredith, d. 17th Oct., 1790, aged
79 vears.

John Meredith, their s., d. aCtfl Jan.. 1827, a-ed 73.
T02. -Thomas Bowenvd. Oct. 24th, i7«»7. aped 66 vears,
io?.-Marv Higffinson, d. |uly 3"'. ««57i E
104.--.lohn Blakeway, of Cruek-Meole. d. >e 17th Ol Mav.

XXVI 11

MISCELLANEA.

Cristen Jones.- wife of John Jones, dau. of John Blakcway, d.
Oct. 21 h, 1775, aged 37.

Market Blakeway. wife of John Blakeway, d. Jan. ye 26th,
1770, aged 68.

105. — Edward Dyas, d. May 30th, 1884, aged 63 years'.

106. — Rev. Edward W aiter, Rector of Aldrington, Sussex,
and curate of Hanwood, h. Sept. iSth. 1811, d. November 25th,
1S78.

Hugo Francis Witts Warter, only child of Edward and Rosa-
mond Warter, b. Aug. 28th, 1857, d. Apr. 26th. 1S65.

John Southev Warter, M.D., b. 24th Jan., 1840, d. 20th
Oct., 1866.

Rosamond W arter, d. 20th April* 1893, aged 67.

107. — Eleanor Atherton, hi Xov. 8th, 1895, d. Jan. 31st.
1896.

John Atherton, b. Dec. iqth, 1887, d. Apr. 23rd, 1900.

108. — John, 2nd s. of John and Bertha Brandt, b. Dec. 14th,
1868, d. Feb. 2nd- 1873.

Ethel1 b. and d. May 21st, 187(5.

Bertha, w. of John Brandt, b. Dec. 23rd. 1842, d. May 26th,
1876.

109. — Mrs. Elizabeth Ebrey, d. Sept. 8th, 1868, aged 61
vears. A well beloved servant, and trust worthy housekeeper.

no.— George Bannister, d. the 13th Dee.. 1771, aged 71 years,

in. — Hannah, the w. of George Bannister, late of Cr lick ton,
d. May the 28th, 1777, aged 72.

112.' — Mary, w. of William Ward, of CriicKton, d. Dec. 23th,
183 1, aged 52 years.

William Ward, d. January 31st, 1850, aged 75 years.

Margaret, dau. of William and Mary Ward, d. Dec. 27th.
1S47, agied 28 vears.

Eliza', dau. W'm. and Mary Ward, d. May 17th, 1829, aged
1^ vears.

* Martha, w ife of Richd. Broughall, dau. of Wm. and Mary
Ward, d. Mav 4th, 1842, aged 28 years.

Martha, dau. of the above, d. Mav 16th, 1S42, aged 13 days.

^13.— Nathaniel Woodcock (Late ol llanuoodi. d. Oci. 30th,
18^7, aged 60 years.

foma, w. of the above, d. Jan. 27JI1, 184 j, aged on years.

, 14. — Richard (ones, d. \'<>\ • 2nd, 1803, aged 49 years,

,,~__jo|in Lloyd, ol Hanwood, d. Oct. [ith, 183". aged 44
vears. \i ,

Priscilla Llovd, rclicl of John Lloyd, d. Aug, 25U1. IW, -
74 years. Voiinger dau. of ihc late Samuel Bassett, <»| Shrews-
bury.

John Joseph, s. of John and PriSCUlH Lldvd, d. Oct. ISt, <s; \
aged 3 months.

* In the burial registers this child is icconird ai M Edith."

MISCELLANEA.

XXIX

Mary Priscilla, their dan., d. Mar. 25th, 1844, aged 3 years,
j 10. — Prisciila Urwick. dau. of Samuel anc LVisCilla Urwick,
ol" Shclton, d. July 30th, 1772, aged 3 years and 10 months.

Joseph Urwick, of Bicton Heath, bro. of the above Priseilla
Urwick, d. Apr. *6th, 1847, aged 73 years. (Xote.— This part
of the inscription is repeated on the slab below.)

Mary Urwick, of Bicton Heath, relict of the above Joseph
Urwick, d, Sept. 13th, 1858, aged 78 years.

117. — In Mem. of William Urwick, late of Shrewsbury, d.
Apr. 7th, 1709, aged 48 years.

Five Children, d. inf.

Elinor, w. of the above William Urwick, d. June 23rd, 1853,
in the 90th year of her age.

Elinor, dau. of the above, d. Dec. the 1st, 1863, in the 83rd
year of her age.

118. — Here lieth interred the Remains of Mr. Samuel Urwick,
d. 28th January, 1802, in the 73th year of his age.

Mrs. Priseilla Urwick, relict of the above, d. 7th Nov.. 1802.
in the 65th year of her age.

119; — Samuel Urwick, late of Bicton Heath, d.23i*d February,
iSfii, aged 91 years.

120. — William Buckingham, d. July 23rd, 1844, aged 77
years. In the same Family 33 years. A Trust Worth) Ser-
vant.

Sophia Buckingham, wid. of Wm. Buckingham and dau. <>!
the late Thomas Alltree, d. Dec. 13th, 1804, aged 88 years.

121. — Joseph Charles Kirkhaim d. Mai'. 6th, 1878. aged kS3
years.

Susannah Maria Kirkham, b. 26th December, 1820, d. 26th
Nov., 1881.

Gertrude Maud Galliers, of Plealey, grandchild of Joseph
Charles Kirkham, d. May 3th, 1881, aged 10 months.

122. — Annie Jane, only dau. of John and Jane Adams (<>t
Hanwood), d. Mar. 9th, 1S71), aged 22 years.

123. — Sarah Alltree- d. June 28th, 1833, aged 52 ye;irs.
John Alltree, bus. of the above, d. July 10th, 1831. aged

49 vears.

Thomas, s. of John and Martha Alltree, d. Mar. 3rd. 18; 1.
aged 2 months.

'.Ann Ward, dau. of the above, cl. Dec. 31st. 18^3, aged 32
vears.

124. __]> . - Morris, d. 12th Mar,, 17S1. aged So.
Susanna jones, dau. ol the above, d. May 5th, 1701. a^ed fin.

125. — Elizabeth, wile of Samuel Crane (Harfwood Biuik), d.
Ian. 24 th, i8()Q, aged <>o years,

William Crane, s. of the above, d. Jan. 13th, 187/. (IgCd

126?— John Russell (of the Cock Inn, HaiUVOOd), d. Au-.
1 5th, 1883, aged |3 years.

XXX

MISCELLANEA.

William Oakley, Cruckton, d. Jan. 21, 1903, aged 50 years.
i-7- — Samuel Rogers, d. Jan. 22nd, 1886, aged 70 years.

128. — Gwenn Jones, relict of the Late Jonathan Jones, of Ard-
wick Grange, Manchester, d. Oct. 27th, 1868, aged 87 years.

George Barbery eldest grandson of the above, d. Oct. i8th,
1892, aged 45 years.

129. — Anne, the wife of W illiam Alltree.- d. 10th Jan., 1785,
aged 35.

William Alltree, d. the 17th day - - - - 5 aged - -

130. — William Alltree, d. Apr. 8th, 1754, aged 49.
Mary, his wife. d. \ov. 7th, 1782, aged 68 years.
Thomas Alltree, their eldest s., d. June 9th, 18 18, aged 79.
Martha Alltree? d. Aug. 15th, 182 1, aged 81 years.
Catharine, wife of Thomas Edwards, and dau. of Thos. and

Martha Alltree, d. Feb. 3rd, 1855, aged 75.

131. — George Davies, civil engineer, late of Hanvvood Villa,
d. May 26th, 1872, aged 42 years.

132. — Arthur Howells, s. of Edward and Jane Howells, b
June 2nd, 1854- d. May 13-th, 1871.

133. — Harriett, dau. of John and Hannah Parry, d. June 6th,
1869, aged 3 years and 3 months.

134. — John Alltree, d. July 3rd, 1878, aged 69 years. He w as
for 48 years Clerk of this Parish.

Martha Altree (widow of the above), d. Apr. 24th, 1879- aged
70 years.

William Ward (nephew of the above), d. May 25th, 1S78,
aged 29 years.

135. — Emily; eldest dau. of Edward and Eliza BromUv, d.
Oct. 7th. 1890, aged iS years.

136. — Henry Phillips, d. May 27th, 1839, aged 49 years.
Rachel, dam of the above.- d. Nov. 5th, 1854, aged 25 years.

137. — Violet Sarah Rowsoh, d. July 6th, i88_|, aged 7 years.

138. — John Rowson, d. Dec. 8th, 1883, aged 51 years.

139. ^SarahJ, w. of Robert W. Frost (of Minstcrlev). d. June
7th, 1870, aged 48 years.

140. — Ann (wife of Thomas Bowen, of Hanwood), d, Oct.
6th< 1868, aefcd 36 years.

Thomas Bowem'd. Sept. 19th, 1892, aged 58 years.
j^l — Annie, youngest dau. of Evan and Ann Joins, d. Oct.
1 8th, iSqc), a^ed 21 years.

142. — Henrietta Jane Phillips, b. Dec. ttth, 1830. d. Mar.
29th, 1867.

143. — Henry Davies, of Hanvvood, d. June 13th- 1868, atfcd
17 vears.

i44.Ii.MafV Ann Davies, of Hanwood, d. July -ml, 1880.
aged 65 years.

/

MISCELLANEA.

XXJCl

INDEX TO PERSON'S MEN
IN HAXWOOD

TIONED IN 1NSCK
CHURCHYARD.

no:

[The number of the inscription is given.

Adams, Annie Jane, 122
Adams.- Jane, 122
Adams, John, 122
Ailtree, Anne, 129
Alltree, John, 123, 134
Ailtree, Martha, 123, 130, [34
Alltree, Mary, 130
Ailtree, Sarah) 123
.Alltree, Thos., 120, 123. 130
Alltree, William, 129, 130
Atherton, Eleanor, 107
Atherton, John, 107
Axsom Elizabeth, 61
Axson, Francis, 68
Axson, John, 61, 09
Axson, Mary, (19
Banes, Margaret, 36
Banes, William, 36
Bannister, George, 1 10, 111
Bannister? Hannah, 1 1 1
Barber, George, 1 28
Bassett, Samuel, 1 j 5
Bidmead, Rev. Uriah, 7
Blakeway, John, 104
Blakeway, Marget, 104
Blakeway, Richard, 89
Blakeway, William, 89
Bowen, Ann, 1 40
Bovven, Thomas, 102, 740
Brade, Priscilla Eliz., 20
Brandt, Bertha, 108
Brandt, Ethel, 108
Brandt, John, 108
Breeze, John, 50b
Breeze, Martha, 50b
Bridge, Albeit, (14
Bridge, Edward, 93
Bridge, Elizabeth, 95
Bridge, Joseph, 95
Bridge, Mary, <i|
Bridge, Peter, 95
Bromley, Benjamin, |
Bromley, Edward, 135
Bromley, Eliza, 133
Bromlev, Elizabeth, |

Bromley, Emily, 133
Bromley, Kezia, 4
Bromlev, Mary, 4
Broughall, Martha, 112
Brougfiall, Riehard, i 1 2
Buckingham, Sophia, 120
Buckingham, William, 120
Biirgoyne, Maria, 43
Cartwright (Carteright), fane.

Cart wright (Carteright ), John,

8J, 86
Cooper, Thomas, 39
Corfield, Emma, 22
Corfield, Richard, 22
Crane, Elizabeth, 123
Crane, Samuel, 71, 123
Crane, William, 123
Cross, Ann, 15, 32
Cross, Catherine, 72
Cross, Charles, 92, 93
Cross, Deborah, 2
Cross, Decima, 2
Cross, Decima Jane, 2
Cross, Eliza, 13
Cross, Elizabeth, 33, 112, 1.3
Cross, Hannah, 13, i(>, 72
Cross, James, 13, 03
Cross, |ohn, 2, 13, 72
Cross, John Healing, 02
Cross, Joseph. 10, 32, ho
Cross, Joseph Prince, 2
Cross, Letitia, jo
Cross, Martha. 13
Cross. Maty, 13. 03
Cross, Richard, 2, 13, -3
Cross, Sarah, 72
Cross, Thomas I. ester, 13
Cross, William, 13. 9*

Cross, William ( \o\\ i n, 1 3

Davics, David, 3«M

1 )a vies, Edw aid. J ^
Daxics, Elizabeth, |J, |5, }7
1 )a\ it v>. I iCOl gC, 1 3 1

1 )a\ ies, 1 loin \ , 17, 1 1 ;

MISCELLANEA.

Davics, Lettitia, 45
Davies, Mary Ann, 144
Davies, Riehd. PraVnolds,
Davies, William, 47
Dyas, Edward, 105
Dyas, Mary, 50c
Ebrey, Mis. Elizabeth, 109
Edwards, Aflne, 02
Edwards; Catherine, 130
Edward's, Edwin, 02
Edwards, George 02
Edwards, Thomas, 130
Evans, Jane, 48
]'"v;ins, John, 4S
Evansi Mary, 24
Evans. Richard, 24
Kvanfej Thomas, 48
Farmer, Ed\vard, 17
Farmer, John, 17
Farrifiefton, Dorothy, 97
Farrington, John, 96
France, Catharine, 73
France, Francis, 73
Freme, Sarah, iS
Frost, Robert YV., 139
Frost, Sarah, 139
Galliers, Gertrude Maud, 121
Cowen, William, iS
Graves, Alfred, 20a
(naves, Alice Edith, :c;i
Graves, Alfred Edgar, 20a
Griffiths, Elizabeth, 42
Harris, Mary Ann, 13
Ilavnes, Herbert, 74
Higginson, Mary, 103
Hill, Eleanor, o^
Hill, Peter, 95 '
Hill, Richard/o!
Hill, Sarah, 01
Hodges, George, 98
Hodges, Richard, 82
Hodges', Sarah, 81
Hodgcsi William. S3
Howel, Sarah, 43
Howell, Catharine, 5ft
1 [owelf, John, 51 >
1 low el, Mary, 5' >
1 low t il, Richard, 3''
Howell. Sarah, $6
1 low ells, Arthur, 1 \2

Howells, Edward, 132
How ells, Jane 132
Hughes, Rev. Edward, 23
Hughes, Emily, 22
Hug"hes, Mary, 23
Hughes, Richard, 22
Hughes, Thos. Richard, 22
Hullih, Capt. J. W.. 1 j.
Hullin, Eliza, 14
Humphreys, Mary, 73
Humphreys, Richard, 73
Humphreys, fiarah, 73
'Jackson, Mary, 14
Jackson, Thomas, 14
fandrell, Isaac, 64, 05
Jandrejl, Rehekah, 03
Jandrell, Thomas, 65
Jones, Abigal, 84
Jones, Amelia Elizabeth, 2^
Jones, Ann, 33, 88, 1 :i
Jones, Annie, 141
Jones, Charles Lloyd, 4
Jones, Cristen, 104
Jones, Edward, 60, 84
Jones, Elizabeth, 60, 84
Jones, Evan, 141
Jones, Gwenn, 12S
Jones, Hannah, 23
Jones, Heber, 7S
Jones, Humphrey, 33, 60
Jones, Jane, 70
Jones, Jonathan, 12S
Jones, John, 23. 30, 7S, t C4
Jones, Louisa, 23
Jones, Mary, 78, So
Jones, Richard, 30, 1 1 4
Jones, Susanna, 1 24

Jones, Thomas, 70, So, 88

Kirkham, Joseph C'has., 121
Kirkham, Susan Maria, 1 2 1
Lloyd, John, 1 1 3
Lloyd, John Joseph. 1 1 3
Lloj (i. Mary Criscilln, 1 1 3
Lloyd, IViscilla, 1 1 3
Maddox, Samuel, 70
Maddox, Sarah, 70
Mauley, Hannah, \\
M.inh" Sarah, \\
ManscH, John, .-7
Manscllt Rcheivui 27

MISCELLANKA.

XX XI 1 1

Marshall, Mary Maria, 45
Mason, Elizabeth, 5
Maxon, John, 5
Maxon, Louisa, 5
Meredith, Humph., 100, 101
Meredith, John, ioi
Meredith, Mary, 100, 101
Meredith, Thomas, ico

Morris, V , 124

Xiccolls, Eliza, 6
Xiccolls, Robert, 6
Xiccolls, William Owen, 6
Oakley, jane, 12
Oakley, "William. 126
Paddock, Ann, 12
Parr, John, 38
Parry, Hannah, 133
Parr}-, Harriett, 133
Parry, John, 133
Pearce (Price, Pierce), Richd.,
34

Pearce (Price, Pierce), Thos.,
34

Phillips, Henrietta Jane, 142
Phillip.-, Henry, 136
Phillips, Margaret (Mar-

tfreat), 39
Phillip-, Marv, 89
Phillips, Rachel, 136
Phillip-, Robert, 79
Phillips, William, 59, 91
Powell, William, 30
Rogers, Samuel, 127
Row son, John 13S
Rowson, Violet Sarah, 137
Russell, John, 120
Savage, Edward, 32
Savage, George Fred, 51
Savage, Herbert Roche, 31
Savage, Jane, 33
Savage, John, 31
Savage, Mary, 31, 32
Savage, Richard Henry, 31
Savage, Thomas, 31, 32
Savage. William, 33
Shuker (Suker), Eleanor, 31
Shuker (Suker), Mr. Samuel,

57

Smith, Mary, 12
Thornes, Marv, 20
Thorncs, William, 20

Tipton, George, 62
Tipton, Martha Louisa, 58
Urwick, Eleanor, 37
Urwiek. Elinor, i 1 7
Urwick, Joseph, 34, 110
Urwiek, Marv, 1 iO
Urwick, Priseilla, 1 10, 1 is
Urwick, Samuel, 34, in>, 1 is,
1 19

Urwick, Sarah, 34.
Urwiek, William.. 37, 1 \ -
Wade, Anna Maria, b
Wade, Mary, 8
Wade, Rev. Charles Gregory,
8

Wade, Susannah Elizabeth,
Ward, Ann, 12^
Ward, Eliza, 112
Ward, Margaret, 1 1 -
Ward, Mary, 99, 1 1 2
Ward, Richard, 90
Ward, Sarah, 99
Ward, William, 99, 112. 134
Warter, Ann Elizahefh, 20
Warter, Rev. Edward, ioo
Warter, Henry, 21
Warter, Henrv Dc firey, to
Warter. Hugo Francis Wilts,
10ft

Warter, John Sou they, 106
Waiter, Joseph, 20

Warter, Rosamond, 100
Warter, William, 20
Watton, George Baskervitie,
29a

Watton, Marv Anne ma
Welch, Ellen" Frances (in-
trude. 10
Welch, Frederic, 10
W'eleh, Jennie, 10
Whitehurst, Ann, o
Whitehurst, Anne, o
Whiieluu-t. Frances* \wn, n
\Vhilchurst, Frances Antu . n

Whiiehm-t. Jane, o

Whilchurst, John, n. ir, 1,

Whitehurst, [oscph, o

Whitehurst, Thomntf, o

Whiteluust. William, o

Wigtcy, lUi/abcth, 77
Wigle^ . K i' a 11 d, 77

MISCELLANEA.

Wilbe, Henry Pays, 67 Wood, William, 2q

WHbe, Lydia, 67 Woodcock, Dina, 113

Wildig, ^Frances, 46 Woodcock, Nathaniel, 113

Williamson, Mary Ann, 72 Wooding, John, 49

Witts, Cant John, 28 Wooding, Mary, 49

Witts, Matia Helena, 28 \y4ght, Jane, 87

Wolley, Elizabeth, 33 Yallowley, Jacob, 90

Woljey, Thomas, 33 Yallowley, Miss Mary. 90

Wood, Esther, 29 Yallowley, Mrs. Sarah, 90
Wood, John Clavering-, 29

•_viii.

A VOLUME OF PSALMS AND HYMNS PRINTED AT
SHREWSBURY, 1792.
The interesting- paper by Prebendary Am en, on " A SI <
bury Divine of the j St h Century," has answered a question
which hitherto I had asked in vain. 1 have a Book of Con
Prayer (Oxford, 1790), and hound up with it are (1) A C« m-
panion to the Altar (London : T. Beecrof: for Scatcherd and
Whitaker), and (2) Select Psalms and Hymns (Shrewsbury :
printed by J. and W. Eddowes, 1792). The pr< fnce nf the last
is dated "Shrewsbury, Feb., 178.8," and :s evidently written
by the Vicar of St. Chad's, who at that time would be the R
Thomas Stedman, w hose career is sketched on pp. 1 30- 1 of Mr.
Auden's paper. The Psalms, taken chiefly from Tate and
Bradv, occupy 82 pages and are followed by twenty Hymns on
special subjects, including'

".When all Thy mercies, O my ' >d,
My rising" soul surveys'";

and

"Ye servants of the Lord,
Each in his ollice wait . "
After the Index are two pages of " Tunes w' ipted to the s< \ < 1 al
Psalms and I lymns. "

The Preface is written in the first person, but has no
signature. The following note, however, r- appended, which
points undoubtedly to Mr. Stedman as thi author:—

'•'As the Congregation at St. Chad's, since the frequent use
of Lectures in that Church on a Sunday Evening, sing six
on a Sunday, and on Communion days o"cner; it has Wen
thought expedient to enlarge the number oi the Psalms con-
tained in the former editions of tin's Bool;, in order to £ivc r
greater Variety, and promote Edification in the performance of
this Part of Public Worship. "

The original ow ner of this hook w as " H. -Vv.m, Esq., Junr.,
1802."

There is no eopv of this specimen ol old Shrewsbury printing
and llymnology in the Shrewsbury Referer e Library, so 1 :im
asking the Committee to accept this one.

1. R. BURTON,

XXX V

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. lit.
Compiled by the Honble, Mrs. WILLIAM FEILDIXG.

Abcott, 37
Aberystwyth, i

,, Castle, ii

Accounts, Statement of, xxvii
Acton,

Acton Burnell, 7

Acton Pigot, 3. 9

Acton Scott. 24

Adberry (Oldbui y], 2, 5

Adeney, 5S, 101

Manor of, 94

Alberbury Castle, 2^3

Albright Hussey, xii, 2. 6

Albrighton. 7c, 73

Aldenham, 5

Altenberg Abbey, 333

Ancel'or House, 99

Anneslowes, 71

Annual Accounts, xxvii
Excursion, xii
Meeting, v
,, Report, vi

Apley, 2, 7

Aqualate, 104

Armorial Bearings.

Adams, 24 Jones. 12. 26

Blake way, 13 Kynaston, 16
Brickdale. iS Lacon, 20
Burton, xvii Lindop, 23
Cornewall, 279 Lloyd, ic, 2S
Cresswell, 120 Mori all. iS
Edwards, 27 Patesliull, ;i
Eldred, xiv Phillips, 15
Elisha, 24 Purslowe, 119

Fownes, 26 Scott, 12
(Gregory, 23 Sinitheinan, xvi
Harries, xvi Travers, 23
Hoggins, 360 Turner, 11
Hotchki>-, 122 Wade, xvii
Jenkins, xviii Warter, xvii
,Ienks, iS YYollaston, 27

Asplcy, 2

Aston, 27b

Aston, Manor of, 70

Botterell, 2, 379
Eyres, 2, 4
,, Magnn. 00
,, Parva/oa

Aude>~, Kev. Prebendary. F.S.A.
A Shrewsbury Divine of ti e 18th
centurv, 12;

B

Bachecott, 26S
Bannaster, 2
Baschurch, 109

Beardston or Bearstone Halle

(Woore), 2, S
Beckbury, 1, 2, 3
Berlin .Museum. 335
Berrington, 3, 9
Bertha. Bi-hop of (Italy), 76
Berwick, 6
Berton Grange, ii
Billingsley, 112
Birmingham. 129
Blore Heath, 6S, 77
Boreatton, it
Brabourne, Kent, 365
Bradford, 2. 32
Bradley's Green, 27S
Bridgeman, Charles g. 0.

The Devolution of the Manor of
Edgmond in the Fourteenth and
following centuries, 57
Brid genii, 7;

Bringewood'Forest. 2fo. 873
,, Chase, 275

Church, 2i>i
Broad ward, 32
Brockton, 2, 7, 74
Brcwehurst, 3
Brunstatli, 6S
Buildwaa, 101

,, Abbey. 04

Abbot's House, xiv
Bunting&dnle. 104
Bttrlauchton (Burley Acton\ o
Brums, Rev. Prebendary J. • »
A Volume of P«iluw mi i H? \
minted at Bhwronwy I7W,
xixiv
Buiwarton, 100. <^t
BosiikFok, J.P , Tht hacmTatfceu
M Uriconimni »v

Butter) , »07

XXX V I

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

Cadi/,, 27.;
Caerrington, 107
Calvington, 107
Cardiston, 283
Caus, 10

Castle, 283
Cay ford, 81
Cay n ton, 107
ChelmaVsh, log
Chensall, 74
Chetton, 109
Chebwynd, 2, 7, 90
Pud, 90
Chetwynd Aston, 75
Cheverel, Great and Little, 130
Chillingtoiij.69
Chirk Castle, it
Chitty, Lily F.

Hainvood Monumental Inscrip-
tions, xv
Chorley, 121

Church Aston, 58, 50, 107
Church Pulverbatch, 89
Church \vardk n s ' Accounts.

St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, iv
Clakemont, Early Deeds relating

to, 43

Cleobury Mortimer, 3S0
Cleobury North, 380
Climber's Oak, 274, 278
Clun, Barony of, 6
Clunbury, 31, 1 1 1
Clun Cattle, 32
Clunjionnas, 40
Clungunford, 33
Coins, Welsh, Hi
Colemere, 3, :o
College Hiil, vti
Cologne Cathedral, 334
Commandery, The. 5
Condover, ^
Costox, 31
Cowley, 41
Cridden, 5
Croxden, 101

Abbey, 59, 94

1)

Detton, 2, 4
DiDDLUBUiiY, Fan

U'ith, 2QI

Dihvyn, 83
Dininore Preceptory,
Ditton Prioi s, 3S0
Dorlaston, 89
Dovaston, 3
Down Rossall. 5
Downtoii Castle, 28 1
Drayton-in-llaU s, 93

ilies connected

39

E

Easthope Manor, xiv
Eaton, 8

,, Constantino. 2

,, Mascott, 2, S
Edgmond, 88

,, Manor of, 57, 63, 65

Edgton, 31
Ellerdine, 3, 9
Ellesmere, xiv, 10
Elm ley Castle, 302
Elton, 26S
Eudon George, 109
Eudon Burnell, 2, 5
Ernest rev, 8
Espley, 6
Etchingham, 79

Littleton. 30,
Pieken, 36S
Purslowe, 1 1
Walter, 263

Families.

Cobb, 368

Come wall, 291

Hoggins, 351

Hotchkiss, 121

Leighton, 288
Field Aston, 58, 10 r
Fit/,, 6

Fletcher, Kev. \\\ G. 1)., F.S.A.
Early Deeds relating to land- on

Claremont, Shrewsbury, 43
The Family of Hoggins of '-'eat

Bolas, 351
Grant of Arms to Mrs. Anne
Eldred, 6 December, 1 65 ^ , xiv
Fordesham, 65, 93
Forest of Bring wood and Mockire,

Survey of, 275
Forrest, H. E.
Motto on Ceiling at Wilderhope,
xii't

Freeholders of the Hundred of Mun-

slow, 316
Frodesley, 2, 4. S
Fulsw ardine, 1 , 5, 13

(1

Garmeston, 2

Gla/.eley, 4

Gotladc, 40

Grafton. 70

(nc.it Aston. So, IC2

Great Holas, 107, 351, *\c.

Great Hunwood, Church, ,vt», fee,

( Ireat Savhain, \

Gresfoi'd (Deub.) 36S

lladnall. 1

Haglov (Ifuggic), 31

)lamni"nd Lodge, 15

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

xxxtn i

Hampton, 3. id
Han wood, Monuments. \z:
Hariescote, 3
Hareston, 2
Haughmond Abbey, 9

,. Canons of. 8

Haw kcswood, 120
Heleigh, 50
Henley Hal!, 302
Henton. 2, o
Higford, 2. 7
High H-tton, 3, S
Hinstock, 90
Hinton, Manor of, 40
"Hoke Day " 24
Hokkyswoode. 1 1 r
Hoo Hall, 3CS
Hopton, 2, 32

Castle, 6. 32
Hopton Wafer?. 3S1
Hosyers Almshouses, 267
Hvopp, 26S

I

I n cu sir. en ts, Shropshire
Aston Botterell, 379
ttiliingsley, 379
Bromiield, 291
Bur war ton, 3S0
Che: wynct, 96
Cleobury Mortimer, 3S0

., North, 380
Hit ton Triors. 5 So
F.dgmond, 96
Ureat Hanwood, xvs &.C.
High Ereall. ia
Huj»ton Wafers, 38:
Kinlet, 379. 381
Munslnw. 121. 3C3, 3 b
Xeen Savage, 3b!
Neenton. 381
IV It on. 28

Shrewsbury. St. Chad, 43, 130
St. Mary. 15, 22
Sidburj, 122, 380
Silvington, 382
Stottesdou, 3^2
Wheat hill, 382
[van wood, -75

.1

Jagdon, 2

K

K ember ton, 2, 8
Ketnpton, 31
Kempsey, §
Kf.nyon, ft] Li..

Shreirsburv Mint of Henry III . i

W1M1 Silver Coin*, i
KiddeMninster, i2>>
Knock in, ^
K\ naston, }

! L

Lang ley, 7
Lea Hall, xiii. 7
Leaton, 6
Leebotwood. 365

Leichton, the eatk Stanley. M.P.
Wattleaborough Castle, 1^3

Leigh ton. co. Hereford, 268
, LilleshaU Abbey, 0, 50, 102

Little Aston, 70, So
; Little Hales. 58, 50. 111
j *' Longner Pew" (St. Chad'?", iv

Lodecote, 303

Longford. 74

Lof pingtou, xiv

Ludfoid, 2rS

., Bridge, 272

Ludlow, 33, 20S, 276, Hi

Luntley, 82

Church, S2

Lntwich. 3

Lyndon. 3

M

Madeley, S j
Mae- bury, 1
Marchamley, 2. 6
Mardefol, 52
Mariknoiie, 275. 27S
Maikeaton. 65, 77

Martin, Evelyn H.. History of
Several families connected with
Diddleburv.

II. The Cornewalls. 291

III. The Littletons;, 302
Mary Vale. 263
Masbroke. 3
Mawddwy. 26S

MaTOKS of SlIKEWsr.lLY. |j, vV.c
Walter PaAeshol] 1710
William Tiiraer 17:1
Jonathan Scott 1712
Edward Jones 17 13
James 1 Make way 17 14
Thomad Phillips 1715
Joseph Muckle-ion 171C
William Kynabtou 1717
Sir Charles Lloyd, Ht. 17 18
Henry Jenks 1710
Thomas Morhall 1720
Michael Btivkilalc 1721
Edward < ; 1 « g. ry 172a
Mai heu Tr.i\ 1 1 s 1 ; }l ;
Thoa. Lilidop 1724
Samuel Elisllft 1725
John Adams 1720
Jn>e|>h Join s 1 727
Juiiti K«»wnc« 1 7 -s
(todolphin Edaarda 7.0
Richard VVolla^ton 1730
Abraham D..\ ics 1731
Richard Lloyd 173a

XXXV 1 1 1

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

Mayors of Shrewsbury [continued).

John Lacon 1733

John Rogers 1734

Sir Richd. Corbett, Bfc. 1735

Charles Bolus 1736
Members. List of, xx
Mersete, 1

Mickle (or Muchel) Aston, 103

Middle, xiv, 6

Middletou, 109, 1 13

MiUingbon's Hospital, vi

Minutes of the Monthly Council
Meetings, xvi

Mint, Shrewsbury, i

Mock tree Chase, 275

Monks Foriate, 52

Monumental In scription s.
Bromfield, 292
Diddleouiy, 293, 294, 295
(^reat Hanwood, xv, &c. ; and

Index to, xviii, xxxi
Gresford (J)enb.), 36b
Shrewsbury. St. Chad, 125
Wistanstow, 366, 367, 36s

Monyngton, 81

Moor House, 7

,, Park payments, 267

Moore, 26b

Moriarty, Canon, D. D.

A few Notes on the Inscriptions of

the S. Bernard Windows in S.

Mary's, Shrewsbury, 333
Morerield, 71
Moieton Corbet, 90
Morris, J. A.

The Parish Book of St. Chad's,

Shrewsbury, 1722 to 1785. Bart

IV, iv

Morris, the late Joseph.

The Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1710
to 1736, 1 1
Morton, 3
iMorville, Manor, 5
Mud ley, 2

Munslow, 7, 302, &c.

N

Neath, 11
Neen Savage, 3S1
Ncen Sollai s, 4 1
Neenton, J09
Nelurton, 2, S
Nether Tabley, 75
Newport, 57, 05

Manor, 88
New Tynnings (Bringwood), 275
Norbury, 89
Norton, 2, 7
Northslepe, 3

O

• Oaklev Park, 273
Okeley, 3;

Old bury (Adberry). 2, 5
j Onslow, it
j Orleton, 40
j Osbaston, 3

Osselston, 3, 10
I Oswestry, Castle, 1,13s
j Oswestry Tenures, 17th century,
Acton Walter
Barker, John

Bridgcman.

Brugges, Humph.
Charlton, Andrew-
Cole, John
Corbet, Vincent
Corbet t, Thomas
Cotes, John
Cressett. Edward
! Ellesmere, Lord

Farmer, Roger and John
\ Foster, Elizabeth
Hawton, Roger
Hay ward, John
Hussey, Richard

, , * Robert
Jones, Edward
Kinaston, Edward
Lacon, Edw.
Lea, Humph,
j Leighton, Richd.

Lew son, John
! Littleton, hdw.
Lutiwich, Edw.
Morris, Heir' s of
I Norton, Bouham
j Pig^rott, Thos.

Purslowe, Robt.
j Scriven, Edw.

Shrewsbury, Earl of
Stcrrye, W alter
Tliornc, Richd., Heirs of
Vernon. Robert
Wallopp, Henry
Whit more, Will.
Wilde. Edmund
Overton, 268
Ox toid, 11
Ox ton, 68

Palton So
! Parish Rkuistohb (fixtracU .
t ulninvjtoii. 33d
Ureal Bolt* 301, 374

Hod net, 33I
Hu<;hloy, 3 ;i
Lciho&WfttU, 3<»s
Ludlow, 300, 3 \o
Mortton Corbet, M«

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

XXXI X

Parish Registers [continued).
Newport, 377

Preston-on-t he- Weald-Moors, 375

Sidbury, 117

.Stanton Lacy. 330

Stoke St. Milburgh, 317

Waters Upton, 364

Wistanstow, 366
Parkstay, 2
Patshull, 3

Payton, Rev. Prebendary James.
Notes on the Rural Deanery of
Stottesdon, A.I). 1275 to 1375,

379
Pea ton. 4 1
Pedigrees.-

Adams, 24 Hotchkis, 121

And ley, 61 Jones, 12

Barnfield, 90 Leighton, 288
Blakeway, 13 Litt leton, 302,331
Bolas, 29 Lindop, 23

Brick dale, 19 Lloyd, 16, 28
Bucknall, 353 Picken, 368
Cobb, 371 Pigott, 95

(Corbet, qi, 288 Purslowe, in
Cornewall, 291, Talbot. 66

&e. Touchet, 78

Davies, 27 Travers, 23

Elisha, 24 Troutbeck, 66

Fitzwariue, '85 Tin ner. 1:
Fownes, 26 Wattles borough,

Hoggins, 351 descent of the

Holes, 66 - lords of, 28S

Peover, S
Pepper Hill, 93
Pepperhill Park, 71
Persons.

Acton, Walter, 2, 5
William, 34
Adams, John, 24
Peter, 47
Dr., 129
Adney; Margaret, 352
Adely, Peter, 48
Alan (Fit/. Alan), 1
Alan, son of Gamel, 44, 43
Alcock, Mary, 99
Alt, John, 07
Ansell, Mary, 35 2
Ap Richard, Elizabeth, 34
Aquator. Peter,
Arras. Ralph do, 100
Arundel, Karl of, 1, 5- (^ 9. 33- 73
Astley, Sir Richard, 3
Asteriey. Richard, 102
Audley", Baron, 64, "7- I03

* Katheiine, 106
Baldwyn, Alice, 50

Richard, 291
Thomas, 291

Persons {con'inucd).
Baril, Hogh, 46
Barker, John, 2, 3, 8, o
Barn fie Id* llobt., 8S, 90, ico. 1C4.
106

Bath, Earl of, 87
Baty, Ralph, 2^0
Baxter, Richard, 127
Bayley, Thomas. 99
Baynton, Nicholas. :oi
Beaumont, Henry Lord, 64
Beanpie, Pier-. 271
Belasyse, John Lord, 76
Benhales, Sir Robert, 63
Berrie, Robert, 40. 264
Berry, Rev. Charles. 127
Birde, Henry, 3S
Blackmore, John, 99
Blake, John. 54
Blakeley, Richard, 90
Blount, Sir George, 112
Bodcnhain, Sir Roger. 275
Bolas, Charles. 29
Bonel, Katheiine. 135. 140
Boothe, Thos., 110
Borrey, Henry. 45, 49
Bot row, Thomas, 97
Botreaux, Lord, 80
Botterell. William, 4
Bourchier Lord, 87, 101

Brav, Dr., ii

Briokdale, Michael, 18
Bryden, Brynach, 02
* Bridgeman, Rev. K., 57, 10S
Charles, G* O , 57

Bridgewater, Earl of, 87

Briggs, Humphrey, 2. S

Bromley. Jane. 120

Brooke. Lord, 264
John, 89

Bryan, John, 125. 127

Buohan, Countess of, 64

Buck, Origen. tot

Bucknall family, 352, 353

Burleigh, Lord. 30

P.urley. Sir John, 7

Burton-Borough, J. S., 101

Burton, Robert, 98

Burvton, Thos., 5O

Bushe-Fox, J. P.. >\

Bushell, Thos., ii

By lit on, Thos. . 55
Bysshe, Kdwaid. .1 ;:•
Calvert, Sir < »«Ol 1 ;o
Candland, TUoe., i*1
Cntl.vu, Robt.,
Cauiticld, Fanny, 197
Charlton, Sir Alan. 4
n Andrew, 4
Sir Job, 187

Xl GENERAL

Person's (continued).

Chetwynd Sir Waller. 104
Chitty", Lilv F.. xv
Choc, Will*, 47
Chorde, John, 47
Claverhig, Eva, 63
Cleaton family, 7
Cleghorn, Thus.. 121
/Clement, son of Peter, 46
Clinton, William Lord, So
Oludde, Thomas, 40
Cobb family, 368
Co van. Sir John, So
Cole. John. 1, 2, 5
Colwych, William, 104
Congreve, William, 4
Coroet of Cans, 285, 2SS
of Edgmond, 91
Sir Andrew, g4
,, Peter, go

Sir Reginald, 90
Sir Riehavd, 29
Sir Robert, S
Sir Thomas, 9
,, Sir Vincent, 2, 3, 6
Corbett, Edward, 112
Corde, Alan, 49
Corfield, William, 309
Come, John, 36
Cornewall family, 201

,, Rev. Frederick, 291

Folliot, Bishop of Bristol
294

Cory, Aldetha, 49
Cos ton family, 34
Cotes, John, 3, 10
Cottes, John, 279
Co*. ton, Sir John, 69
Courtenay, Bishop, 379
Cowper. Win,, 126
Cox, William, 47
Cranage, Rev. 1). H. S„ 137
Craven, Dame Eliz., 1
Crawe, Rich. , 5 1

Cressetr, Edw., 2, 4

Ores well, Richard. 120

Crompton, Richard, 266

Dalton, Rev. Win. , 99

Dan vers John, 94

Darell, Sir Rich., So

Danhcncy. Giles Lord, S7

Davenport, Will., 121

Davics, Abraham, 27

David, William ap, 1 1 I

Davies, Thos. , 138

Dawes, Valent inc, 2OS

Do Ardestan, Alan, 52, 53, 51

De Arras, Ralph, JO9
Do Astley, Roger, 46
De Aston, Lord, 103

INDEX TO VOL. III.

Persons (continued).

De Audlcy, Henry, 58. 59,

,, Sir James, 59 60
De Beckbury, John
l)e Belesme, Robert, log
De Bikedon, TI103., 45, 54
De Burgh family. 2 3 0
De Cardox, Adam . 4C
De Chetewyn, Adam, 50
De Cos-ton, Philip. 33

,, Stephen, 52
De Courtenay, Sir H.. S6
De Dumville, John, 68
De Esplev, John, 6
De Hales, John, 59
De Harleye. Wm., 4q
Da Holes, Margery, I x

,, Hiighj 100
De Hokeswode, Wm., 120
De Hopton, Walter. 32
De Kyrkeby. Ralph. 53
j De la Lee, Tims., 7

De Lodelawe, John, 45, 4c,, 52
De Lye, Robert. 54
De Mardefole, Baldwin. 51
De Mardevall, Bertram, 46
De Montgomery, Karl Roger, JC,
j De Mortimer, Ralph, 109
! De Morton. Edmund, 10
j De Frees, Thos.. 54

De Pyrefeld, Will., 270
; Derby, Earl of, 74
I De Romaldesham, 46, 4^>
j De Rossall family, 0
' De Say, Robert, 31

De Staunton, Stephen, 7

,, Roger, 44, 45. 52

De Sudberi, Sir Hugh, 109
De Thorp. Oeoffrey, 50, 102
Do Upton. John, j. 53, 54
De Verc, Elizabeth, o
! Devercux, Robert, Earl of BfiSQ
27^

De Wenloke, Alan, 54
I De Withiford, Hugh, 54

i Dinham. John Lord. 87

Doddridge, Dr ,127
! Dodmore, John, in
j Donfowc. Hugh Le, 44
Drvden, Sir John. <: |

Dudley, Edward Loid, 04
hunts, Rol>er! . i to
Rdwinls, Codolphm. 17
Egcrton, Dame' Eleanor, <.i
KM rod. Mi-. Ann- .
I Rlipha, Samuel, 14
! Bli/'iboth. Queen, 40

rciloimere, Thonuui 1.01,1. 2. j, :,
Bmersoiii Tito- , 4
Englctlcld, Ho nr\ , 4

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

Xli

Rkusoxs [continued).
Esseby, Will.. 102
Essex, Hubert Earl of, 273
Etehingham, Sir The, 79
Ethel red, King*, 44
Eu, Count of, 87
Euro, Lord, 281
Eure, Sir Sampson, 281
Eustace, Win. son of, 46
Exeter, Henry Marquis of, 351, 355
,, Sarah, Countess of, 356,
30S, 369, 371
Eyton, John, 1 1 1
,, Sir Philip, 94
,, Roger, 55
Farmer, Roger, 2, 8
Felt-on, Richard, go
Ferrers family, 5
Fitzaer, Hugh, 4
Fitzalan family, 5, 8, 31, 32, 107
Fitzwarine, Fulk lord, 63, 80. 87

101, too
Forster, George, 9
Fortescne, Sir Francis, 73

,, Sir John, 74
Forrest, H. E., xiv
Foster, Elizabeth, 3, 9
Fownes, John, 26
Foxe, Charles. 263, 273
Freeman, Coningsby, 41

,, John, 99
Furnivall, John Talbot, Lord, no
Fyn, John, 280
Gamel, 49 to 55
Gangelard, ill., 48
Gardiner, Sir Richard, dq
Gawen, Admiral Roberts. 98
Ghoc, William, 5 1
Gilford, Sir John, 02, 09

,, Katherine, 83
Godmon, Will., 50
Gough, Richard, 6
Gower William, iv
Grafton, John, 55

Grawegos, Simon, 45, 51

Greene, Robert, 5

Greenowes, Humphrey, 4

(•rev of Ruthin, Reginald hud, 3

Gri tilths, John, 80

Grove, Tlios., 277

Hableye, Will., 5 \

Haghtoh. Richard, 104

H.cgwas, Robert, 48

Hampton, Mary, 02

Hanklord, So, so, 67, km

1 larding, Stephen, ; m

Hare (of Mary Knoll), 2S1

Harries, GcolYrcy, 37

Hart , Dr. Cheney, 1 33

Haughton, John, 3

Persons [continued).
Haw ton, Roger, 1, 2
Hayward, Sir John, 10
Hearst. R., 335
Herbert, Francis, 293
Hill, John, 99
Hillary, Sir Rocer, 65
Hiraethog. Griffith, 286
Hoggins family, 351
John. 358

,, Sarah, 35:

,, Thomas, 354
Holland, George 37
Hopton. Edward, 279
Hord, John, 50
Hotchkis family, 12 r
Hungerford, Sir Walter, 87
Hunold, 8

Hussey, Robert. 2, S

,, Sir Richard, 6
Infans, Thomas, 48
Inkepen, Anne, 82, 88

,, Richard, 82, 88, 101, 107
Ive, Nicholas. 53
Jenks, Rev. Mr., 12G
Jenks, Henry, 1 8
John, son of Ivo, 45
Jones, Edward, 3, 10, 12

,, Joseph, 26
Johnson, Dr., 129
Kent, Earl of, 77
Kenyon, R. Lloyd, ;
Ketel, Adam. 45, 48
King, Francis, 268
Kinaston, Edward, 2
Kinnersley, Sarah, S
Knight, Richard, ironmaster, 276

,, Richard Payne, 28]
Knotte, Poeter, 46
Kulkin. William, 46
K ylot, Thos . 5 r
Kynaston, Sir Edward, 5

,, Roger, 40
Kynton, 11 ugh, 55
Lacon family, 1 1 \
,, Edward, 2
,, Francis. 29
,, John, 20
Lacy, Henry. Earl of Lincoln. 63
Lauh, John, 45
Lav ley, Richard, m
Lawrence, son of llunegvih. 40
Law rence, John, 41. 40
Lawrence, Richard, 10 1

Lc Breton, Roger, 48

,, Thomas, son el Roger,

Lcc family, 0
LceKc. Ralph 10:

Lci;diton t'annly, A

xlii

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

Prrsons (continued.)

Leigh ton, Edward, 271, 2S6. 2S7

,, John, 34

., Richard, 2, S

,, Stanley, 283

,, William Alport, 49
Leland, John, 52, 272
Le Goniery, Thos., 103
Lee, Sir Humphrey/ 2, 7
Lee, Sir Richard, 5. 7
Leeke, Ralph, 76, 100, 102
Le Justice, Peter. 49
Le Justice Roger, 46
Le Kent, Radulph, 49
Le Paum, Roger, 45, 49
j Le Spieer, Nicholas, 44. 45, 53
Le Strange family, 7, 9, 10

John, 3
Leveson, James, 9

,, John, 3

,, Richard, 107

,, "Walter. 93, 105, 107
Le Yileyn, Hugh, 45, 47, 48, 52
Le Wylen, John. 49
Liebig, Baroness, 355
Lindley, Henry. 273
Lindsey, Earl of, -77
Littleton family (of Mun-low, &c),
302

,, Sir Adam, 306
,, Ceeiiie, 121, 317
,, Sir Edward, 272, 313
John, 303

Thomas, 121.272,30.4.316
William, 26S
Lindop, Thomas, 23
Lloyd. Richard, 2S

„ Yen. Thos. B., 333
Thomas, 97, lor
Lodge, Thomas, 82, 88. to;. 107
Longespee, Karl of Salisbury, 59
Lovel, Francis Lord, 5
Lowe, Eleanor, 3

,, Humphrey 1 3
Ludlow family, 3. 6, 7. 9
Lutwyche, Rdward, 3. 9
Luke, son of Walter, 45, 40
Machell, John, SS
Mack worth, Sir Humph., 1*

,, Thomns^ it

Macklen, ( leorge, 37
Manners, Eleartoi , ^7
March, Karl of, 1 10
Martin, Evelvu H., 201. 302

Sir William, 63
MerQer, Peter, .17
Mcvrick. Golly. 273
Middleton, Sir Hugh, 1 1
More, John, 6g

,, Hannah, 130

] Persons {con ft Died.)
Morgan, Richard, v
Morhall, Thos , iS
Moriarty. Rev. Canon, 135. 333
Moreton, Robert, S, 9, 104
Mortimer, Roger, Earl of March, 6
Xedeham, Will , 104
Newport, Edith', 59, 102
■ Nicholas, clerk, 46
Norton, Bonham, 2
Okeley (of Clunbury 1. 37, 3S
I Orton, Rev. Job. 125, 134
' Oteley, Will., 2s, 50
j Ottley, Mary, 205
1 . Owen, Jane. 4

Oxford, Earl of. 9
i Palmer, John. 45. 50
; Pangy, Adam. 46, 47. 49
Parsons, Thos., 45
Pate-hull, Waher, 1 1
Pay ton. Rev. Preb., 379
Pears, Edw.. qi
Peers, Anne, qo
Pemberton, Mr., vi
Pembroke, Earl of, 273
I Peter, son of Clement, 45. 27
Petre, Sir William. 70
Phillips, Thos., 15

William, 135
Picot de Say, 3 1
Pickcn family, 368, 370
Pigott family; 7, 9;
^, Rev. C. P. C, 9S
,, Francis, 75
,, Rev. John Drydt-n, oS
,. Robert, S, 02. 93
,, Thomas, 93
,, Walter, 102
,, Rev. William, 97
• Pin/.un, Robert, 59, 102
Ponccr, Robert, 48
Poiisbury, Thos., ■; ?i y
Porchct. Reginald, 45, 4S
Powell, Evan, soS
Powya, Sir Th«.-.. iv
Poyner, L d* 11a. 8
Poyntz, Rev. I'n b, X.. 333
Price, Richard, - 1 B
Price, Sir ( 'arl» 1 1 y. it
Pride family, 40. .47. 49. 5c. 51, 5
53. 54

I Pritctmrd, Joseph, 99
Pungh, !:•' • 1. 1
Purslowc, >n b> bci 1 >
Pureloww family, iti t<» uo
Rnimdd the 8h« ill, 1
Reiner, »Tt«hn« : ,\ >^
Revell, IW.. Kt . • ,
Reytmiitd, Aim. ^7, 53
Robert le Snj . 1 1

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

xl i \ '

Persons (contiutu d).
Robsart . Arthur
Rochester, Bishop of, 77
Rocke, Richard, 96
Roger, Earl, 100
Rogers, Edward, 29
John, 29, 79
Rondulph, John, 10, 102

,, William, 54

Rope, Irene M ary, 135
Koos, William Lord, 77
Rose, William, 9S
Rossale, Alan, 52
Rowland, Rev. W. B., 334
Russell, William, 271
Rutland, Earl of, 87
St. George, Henry, 110
Sandwich, Hamo de, 3S3
.Savage, Sir John. 5
Salisbury, Earl of, 77, So

., Bishop of. So
Salmon, Michael, 104
Schetton John, 44, 45, 54
Scott, Jonathan, 1 2
Scriven, Edward, 2S

,, Thomas. 4, S
Sheldon, Richard, 302
Sherman, Richard, Hi
Shitte Richard, 45, 47, 48
Shitthe, Robert, 47
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 2, 3, 5, 69, 73, \

74. 93, 107
Shrewsbury, Duke of 73
Sidney, Sir Philip, 263 iii
Sillitoe, Thos., 99
Simbel, John. 47
Skrymshire familj, 105'
Smith, Thomas. 7 r, 74
Smithson, William, 9S .
Smythe, William, 7, 91
Snech, G.ilfried, 49
Snelson, Rev. John, 353
Stieyd. Ralph, 94
Spirke, Will. ,112
Spencer, Robert, 02
Stafford, Lord. 10
Stanley. Sir William, 7, 10
Stedman, Bev. Thos.. 130
Steffen, Rev. Dom., 333
Stephens, Thos., 101
Sterrye. Walter, 2
Stone, Thos. , 45, 55
Stonhouse, Sir James, 130
Strange, Robert Lord, 64
Stratford. Capt. Wingfield, 298
Sturv, John. 44, 45, N4. 35
Suffolk, Earl of. 138
Talbot family, 6f>

11 llru.no 76

Sir Gilbert , 6g

kusoxs [continued).
Talbot, Sir Humphrey, 110

John 5. 6S. 09. 9j, 1 :o
Tallents Fiancis. 127
Talpenny, William. 46, 4S
Tayleur, John. 1.3. 105
Taylor, Eleanor, bg
,, John. 75

William. 50
Tetbald, Robert. 10
Thornes, Richard. 3, 9, 30;
Thomes, Thomas, 56
Tilliley, Roger, 55
Tomkins, Ralph 274
Touchet, Audlev Lord. S7
, , Sir John. 65, 77
family. 78
Townshend, Sir Robert, 264
Travers Mathew, 23
Throckmorton. Nir John, 264
Troutbeek family, 56 100
Troutbeck, Sir .John, 58
Tucker, De in, 130
Turner, E [ward. 4 1
Turold. 7

Twemlow, Colonel, 105
Twyneho, George, Sr. 101
Twyneho, Anne, 107
Tyrwhitt. Sir Henry, 102
U fiord, >ir Tnomas, 63
Undergod. Peter, 270
Yngbau Thomas, 53
Vernon, Robert 2. 3/6. 9. 04
Villane or Vylein, Richard le. 4j,

\\ all, John, nr
Waller. William. 07. iot
Wallop, Sir Henry, S
Walpole. John. 5
Walsingham. Sir Francis 26a
Walter family, 263

,, Sir Edmund. 263, 307

., Sir John, 200
Ward, William. 04
Warin, Robert, 38
Watties, Edward, 268

Watson, Francis, 74
Watur. Degorv. 55, 136, 1 4 t
Waven, John, 55
Wedgwood. Josiah, 60
Wenloek. Prior ot, hi
Weynuin, Henry. 31. 203. it'
White mi be, William, u
Whitfield, John, w
Whitinore, Will . 2, 7
Wigmore, John, 34
Wild egos. Henry, 4 7
William*, Thoma*, « !f
Windsor, Edward L01 J. 70
WodrolVe, John, Bl

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

A., 279

6g

Persons (eontiiuted).

Wolryche, William, 55, 56

Woodcock , M r. , 7 ;

Wright, Thos., F.S.

Wrottesley, Walter,

Wycarfc Robert, 50

Wyl, Alan. 49

Wylde, Sir Edmund, 2, 4, 5

Wyipies, Thos. , 55

Wynne, Mr. (of Peniarth, 2S6)

Wynne, Thomas, 55

Yardlev, Rev. John, 43

Yard ley, Capt. J. H. R . , 43

Yate, bit' John, 70

Yate, Roger, 54

York, Archbishop of, 9

Yonge, (.'iles. 100

Yonge, William, 71,74

Youuge, George, 9
Peshall, 7
Pet ton, xv

Pickstoek, 58, 59. 64, 86, So, 10 1, 106
Poynton, S
Prtston, ?.
Preston Boats, 6

Preston -on- the- Wea Id- Moors, 375
Prestwood, 273

Priory of St. John of Jerusalem,
33, 38

Provosts and Bailills of Shrewsbury,
45

Psalms and Hymns
Shrewsbury, xxxiv

Pulestone (Pevelsden), 2, 8

Purton, Rev. R, C.

Oswestry Tenures, 17th Century. 1
Some Account of Sid bury, 109

Purslow, 31, 32

Pykston, 90

R

Red Castle, 104

Richards Castle, 31, 26S, 272

Roden, 6

Rodington, 2, S, 103
Ropk, Ires*; Mary.

The Earlier Book of the Drapers'
Company, Shrewsbury, 135
Rossall, 2, 5, o
Kos.-all Parva, 52
Row ton, 3, 9
Ryesuoh (in Aston), J04
Ryton, 2

St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, Rells, vii
,, Parish Rook, t'v

,, Pewholders, vtii

St. John's Close, Ludlow, 270
,, Hospital, Ludlow, .'70

printed at

St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, Trinity
Chapel, 127, 137
,, St. Bernard
Windows, 333
St. Peter's Chapel, Ludlow. 271
St. Thomas* Ch urch. C re. t Han wood.
xv

Salden Hall, 73
Sam brook, 2, 8
Sanctuary House, 41
Schmuczen Museum, 334
Schotoplace, 50
Screvens Middleton. 113
Shelderton, 32
Schelfalke, 3
Sheriffhales, 3, 9, 106
Shi f rial, 8
Ship ton, 7
Shotton, 40
Shrawardine, in

Shrewsbury.
Abbey, 59, 102
Claremont (Early Deed.-), 43
Drapers Company (Earliest B<
'35

Mavors 1710 to 1736, 11
Mint, i

Provosts and Bailiffs, 54

School Library, 1 ^2

St. Chad's (Parish Book), iv ; Bells,
vii ; Pewholders, vtii

St. Mary's, St. Bernard Windows,
333; St. Catherine s Chapel 157.
181; Trinitv Chapel 127. 137

Streets, <fcc.': Bittkehalle, 54 :
Boorre, the, 239, 250 ; Behind
the Walls, 177 ; ( a -tell foriatc.
142, 1 77. &c. ; Clei cmund, 4 5.A;c :
Colnehanij 14! ; Colle orchard,
143 ; Colverhouse croll , 2*0, 2\2\
Corncmarket , i85, i\:c.; Doglone,
1S3, &c. : Fraidvevile, M'. &C |
Grange, the, 47 : Knokyn lane
(or street), 142, 177, \<\ : K \ II
lane, 143 ; Ward ef 01, 52, I42, &c;
Monksforiujte, 52; Ruinaldhslifttn,
46, 47, 48, 51 : Scaccarium, 1.4; :

Shoplache, 141. 177. \c ; ScllOtC
j)lace (SOteplachc), ^7. (Q :
Si renchus, 4vS ; Town hall. 154 j
WalsSho yate, 177, .V:c. : lo

Wile Coppe, i p, 177, v\c. |

Dndor the W\ lo,
Shuttes Vallots, 1; s
Sibdon, 3 1

Sidbury, ion, 1 •. 7. 122, < Bo

( 'hurch bd|IU -t s, I 1 1
Silvingdm. |$2

Societ ies in ciunmuuivaUon, \ w
Sonforfl (01 Sand ford), 3, lu

GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. III.

xb:

Spoonbill, 40
Stanton, 2, 4, 6
Stanwardine, 3, 9
Stan wa rd ine-in - the- Wood , x i v
Staunton Lacye, 26S
Stiperstones, 2S5
Stirchley, 101
Stockton, 2

Stoke St. Milburgh, 121, 317
Stone, 89

Stottcsdcn, iog. 382
Stottesden, Rural Deanery. 379
Sbratton, co. Oxford, 59
Strenchhus, 4S
Sudberie, 109
Sundorne, 98
Sunny Gutter, 281
Sutton Ivladdock, 4

T

Taslev. 5
Tat tel. 32
Thame river, 275
Thongland, 7,113
Tibberton, 107
Tong, 2
Twyford . 3

U

Up Rossall, 5
Upton Cresset t, 2
Uriconium, ix

V

Vineyard, The, 76
Vinnals, 277

W

'; Walcheria," 32
Walford, 9
Walton, Manor, 1 1 1
Waters Upton, 364
Wattlesborough Castle, 2S3
Webston, 3
Welsh Coins, i
Welsh Hani pt mi , 6
Wcnlock, 40, .1 1
Wenlock Priory, 120
Westbury, 1 1 1

I Wf.vm an , Hen ey T., F.S.A.
Coston. 31
The W alters of Ludlow. An

Elizabethan Plan, 263
Members of Parliament for Ludlow

Hi

Wheathill, 11, 3S2
Wheateon Aston, 2
! Whitchurch, 3, 75
j Whitcliffe Common , 273
! Whittington, Manor of. 84

Wicke, 3
I Wigmore. no, 269. 27S
i Wilderhope, xiii
\ Wills and Aioiixistkatio>"s.
Honel, Katherine, 146:. 1^0
Brickdalc, Rich 3rd, 1542, 22
Cornewall, Elizabeth, 1909. 297

Folliott H. W. (Bishop)

1827, 296
John, 1679. 301 : [6S3-4
(adm.) 301: 16S3, 301 :
16S5, 301
,, Maria, 301
,, Thomas (adm.) 301 :
1686, 301
Hoggins, John, 1857, 3 5 S
,, Sarah, 1754. 334
,, Thomas (adm.) 179^- 354
Littleton, Adam, 1648, 322
Bridget, 1695. 327
,, Sir Edward, 1649, 313
,, Elizabeth, 1721. 326
,, (icorge, 1675, 319
,, Jane, 1694, 320
John, 156.', 303
,, Samuel, 17-0, 3-7
,, Thomas, 162a, 316; 1

325 ; 1793, 3 28
,, William. 1699, 3:0
Wistanstow, 359, 366
Withiford, Great and Little. 3. o
Withington. 3, 8
I Wolverton, 268
Woodcotc, 3, 10
Wollastou, 3
Wormingbon (Glos.)( 130
W rock w ard i no, 40
Wyndersloy, So
Wykey Manor, o
VVynuall, 275

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ConcholoGY J. COSMO MELVILL, Esq , D.Sc, M.A., F.L.S., F.J .S.
Geciogy - - - ROBERT A, BUDDJCOM, Esq.

Entomology - - • MARTIN J. HARPING, Es*
Numismatics, &Ci • R. FLOVD KENYON, Esq., NLA,, I V
Zoology - - « • - H. V. HARRIES, l-so.

Archeology Rly, Prebendary T. AUOEN, M.A., I ,S \

Fine Arts, &o, - - R. H. UUW1CK, Es<j. NU)

5 H R O V S H I R E A R G 1 i M O LOG I G A L

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F, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1913.

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x> The Right Hon. Loud Barnard.

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The Right Hon. The Karl Brownlow j The Right Hon. Lord Forester
The 1U Hon. The Earl of Bradford j Sir Ofh.ey Wakkman, Bart
The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of j R. Lloyd Kenton, Esq

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i Rev. Prebendary H. W. Moss, M.A,

Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of j \

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Right Hon. Lord Ken yon

j Beville Stanier, Esq., M.P.

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Rev. Prebendary T.Atjden, M.A., F.S.A.,; R. L. Navies, Esq., Shrewsbury

Church Stretton (Chairman)
Miss Auden, F.R.Hist.S., Church

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\ Rev. E. H, Gilchrist de Castro, M.A.,

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Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, M.A., Shrews-

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Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.5.A ,

Rev. R. Jowett Burton, M.A,, Eaton

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Rev. W. G. Clark-Maxwell, M.A.,

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f cambridge i Henry T. Wlvman, Esq.,KS.A., Ludlow?

Miss Hope-Edwardes, Neiiev Hall
Rev. Canon Mori arty, D.D., Shrewsbury
S. Meeson Morris, Esq., Shrewsbury

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Rev. C. H. Drinkv/ATE*R, M.A.

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