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A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Religious life CHURCH. The church of ST. JOHN, Walsall Wood, originated in a mission established … held in cottages, but in 1825 the vicar of St. Matthew's was licensed to hold them in a schoolroom. 28 In 1836 1½ a. … Renaissance style; it was closed in 1973. 37 St. Mark's, School Street, Shelfield, was opened in 1895 and closed in …
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 … the vicar and churchwardens of Walsall, the chaplains of St. John's guild, and all trustworthy men of the church … endowment of Ellen Rawlinson's obit in Aldridge church. George Hawe by will proved in 1558 left land at Townend; …
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 … however, it was exercised by the lessee of the rectory, George Clarkson. 5 In 1796 Lord Mountrath granted Philip … Wednesfield, Hatherton, Featherstone, and Bentley, all in St. Peter's, Wolverhampton. Apparently an increase of £30 was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… traffic routes avoided the area. By the 1740s Walsall's importance as a manufacturing centre, the fact that heavy … in 1766 as far as Muckley Corner (in Pipehill, in St. Michael's, Lichfield) on Watling Street. 42 By the early … on the route of a London-Birmingham-Holyhead coach. 85 The George at the junction of Digbeth and Bridge Street was built …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1160. 73 In the earlier 13th century William le Rous's charter to the burgesses reserved his right to approve the … not known. In the earlier 13th century lands in Bentley in St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, were included. 17 In the 15th … 1597 the council leased a coal-mine at Great Bloxwich to George Whitall, who was to provide the inhabitants of Walsall …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 18th century. A dissenting charity school was endowed by George Fowler by his will of 1699. 49 Several Sunday schools … secondary education was general except at the town's two voluntary aided grammar schools, Queen Mary's Schools, … school were taken at an annual charity sermon preached at St. Matthew's on Wake Sunday, and by 1773 there were also …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 8 The limestone hill in the centre of the town, on which St. Matthew's Church stands at 491 ft., rises to 511 ft. at the junction … to King's Norton (Worcs.) and is said to have stayed at George Hawe's house in Caldmore. In May 1644 the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 68 From at least the 1820s the leet was held at the George hotel. 69 By 1834 the courts leet had been reduced to … court was simply a meeting of the parties at the steward's office. It continued to be held in that way until at least … by at least 1763. 35 Despite the reduction in the size of St. Matthew's parish from the 19th century four wardens …
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 … the remaining third having been leased for a year to George Hill, mayor in 1654-5. 28 Simon had evidently … son of Robert de Ruycroft of 'Hulton' (probably Hilton in St. Peter's, Wolverhampton). Those holdings too later passed …
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 … was succeeded by John Wood. 48 In 1918 it was bought by George and Charles Frederick Griffin; Charles died the same … in trust to meet half the repairs of the chancel of St. Matthew's. 75 The tithes from the rest of the foreign had …