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A History of the County of Shropshire
… to the twice yearly leet of Bourton hundred 67 which, in the 1660s, 1670s, and earlier 1680s, regularly fined … the assize of bread and of ale. 68 Other offences fined in the 1670s included assault, receiving strangers, 69 and … in 1889. 18 From 1782 Madeley was in the jurisdiction of Broseley court of requests. 19 The court was superseded in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Madeley Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the earlier 8th century Sigward, a follower ( comes) of … ruled as abbess, until the dissolution of Wenlock priory in 1540 when it passed to the Crown. 62 Wenlock held Madeley, … most valuable constituent, were sold (except the beds of Broseley tile clay leased to Geo. Legge & Son) to the lessee, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… NONCONFORMITY. There were no protestant dissenters in the parish in 1676 35 and probably none before the Quakers arrived. … Abraham Darby (I) was involved in the affairs of the Broseley Quaker meeting by 1706. 55 There were eight Quaker …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the manor from the 16th to the 18th centuries 9 persisted in the old faith. Other names which figure in the parish's history, however, are encountered: a Charlton … priest again in 1970. From 1978, when Much Wenlock and Broseley were separated, St. Mary's parish approximated to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ACTIVITIES. Early records of secular social activities in the parish are those of perennial efforts to suppress … tippling, gaming, and desecration of the Lord's Day. 62 In the 1660s and 1670s there were 15 or more alesellers, 63 … 88 and Ironbridge, 89 and later at Coalport, 90 where Jackfield wake was held in the late 19th century. 91 A …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 17; postmaster, died of smallpox 1 Feb., 1691-2, buried in the 4th part of the college chapel. See Gutch, i. app. … scholar and fellow New Coll. 1560-73, from St. Thomas in Salisbury, B.C.L. 9 Dec., 1567, D.C.L. 13 Oct., 1573, an … one of these names rector of Quatt, Salop, 1709, and of Broseley, Salop, 1711. See Foster's Index Eccl. Matthewes, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… km. north-west of Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock parish is rural in character. 64 Formerly the administrative centre of an … given nostalgic visitors the impression that it 'belongs in spirit wholly to the past'. 66 The parish of c. 1831, the … provided a Bridgnorth-Shrewsbury route that passed through Broseley instead of by Much Wenlock. 42 The Much Wenlock …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by Diddlebury parish. 11 The two southern townships in the main part of the parish, Aston and Munslow, … was a separate parish until its union with Munslow in 1442 and probably included Little Poston as a detached … an estate in Thonglands, which descended with his share of Broseley manor until the division of the Harewells' estate in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Kent, 1701, and of Welwyn, Herts, 1708, until his death in June, 1730. See Rawl. iii. 415; & Foster's Index Eccl. … 25 April, 1615, and M.P. Stafford 1625 and 1626, and died in June, 1647. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. & London … incorporated at Cambridge 1668. Okes, John s. William, of Broseley, Salop, pleb. p.p. Jesus Coll., matric. 5 July, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and then cured whole. The name of the county used in this way was regarded as a guarantee of high quality, and … term 'Wiltshire bacon' to advertise bacon produced neither in the county nor by this method. 2 The history of how … a difference in heraldry. The mark was adopted also by a Broseley (Salop.) pipe-maker, probably Samuel Decon, who used …