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A History of the County of Stafford
… Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Mollesley's Dole and Corporation Alms-houses. By deed of 1451 William … monks were to distribute 8 marks at Walsall on Mollesley's obit day for his soul and that of his wife Margery, … and churchwardens of Walsall, the chaplains of St. John's guild, and all trustworthy men of the church there. 89 In …
A History of the County of Stafford
… existing rector. 86 In 1223 le Rous acknowledged the Crown's patronage and denied that he had claimed to be patron … the Crown confirmed in October. 94 In 1248, at the king's instance, the bishop decreed the appropriation of Walsall … released from payment. 97 In 1489 Halesowen was paying 40 s. a year from Walsall church and Wednesbury chapel to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 37 and was probably a kinsman of one or more of Henry II's household officials surnamed le Rous; 38 his son Richard later became chamberlain to the king's son-in-law the duke of Saxony. 39 Herbert was still alive … 40 Herbert or his son William died c. 1177 with William's son William, a minor, as heir. The boy was not at first put …
A History of the County of Stafford
… trustees, who in 1404 granted it to his widow Isabel. John's son William was apparently in possession by 1408. 16 In … Charles, a spurrier. The house was then called Hurst's House. 21 John was dead by 1556 when Alice leased the … Thomas Ashton of Sheldon (Warws.). In 1621 Ashton's daughter Anne and her husband Gamaliel Purefey of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Aldridge-Brownhills; Willenhall (in St. Peter's, Wolverhampton) was added to Walsall North, and Darlaston … effect at the general election of February 1974. Walsall's first member was C. S. Forster, a Tory and a local banker and former mayor. He …
A History of the County of Stafford
… may thus have originated in festivities at the St. Matthew's day fair, but it coincided with the Michaelmas fair from … guildhall windows to the assembled populace on St. Clement's day (23 November), when the mayor accounted. The … field by 1693; it apparently descended with the Reynold's Hall estate. 66 In 1629 Edward Leigh of Rushall was …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… The whole then valued at 6 l. and at the survey at 7 l. 13 s. 4 d. It was half a leuca long and half a one broad, paid … of Edward II. and Gregory de Felmingham, lands by knight's service. In the 3d of Henry IV. the jury present that Hugh … Lord Bardolf by half a fee, lands, late James Rightwise's, and Thomas Hindringham's, and several tenements, of John …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… with half a carucate among the tenants, valued at 10 s. but at the survey, when Hugh held it under Scohies, at 20 s. per ann. 1 There belonged to it a church, endowed with 8 … Trowse and Joan his wife, 12 messuages in Panxford, with 3 s. and 6 d. rent, and the advowson of the church; and in …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… attainted, by the ancient service of paying 8 l. 7 s. &c. being parcel of the lordship of South Walsham. He was … Holditch, Esq. was supervisor of the Duke of Norfolk's estate in the 4th of Hen. VII. John Holditch, Esq. was lord … the youngest son of Sir Robert Houghton, judge of the King's Bench, by Mary his wife, daughter of Robert Richers of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Reedham, which Brietric, a Saxon, possessed in King Edward's reign, and was deprived on the conquest; it consisted of a … among the tenants, with 20 acres of meadow, valued at 40 s. at the survey at 60 s. one leuca and 3 furlongs long, and half a leuca broad, …