Catalogue description I. P. M., taken at Nantwich before Thomas Savage and Thomas Dolves, Knights, George...

I. P. M., taken at Nantwich before Thomas Savage and Thomas Dolves, Knights, George Cotton, Esq., Henry Hainwaringe, Esq., Estreator of Cheshire, and Ralph Wilbraham, Esq., Foodary of Cheshire, relating to the Estates of Thomas Wilbraham, deceased. Jury:- Ralph Hassall of Hankilowe, Esq., John Egerton of Newall, William Allen of Brindley, Alexander Elcocke of Poole, John Breane of Aston, Edward Tannatt of Broxton, John Houghton of Houghton, Ran' Buckley of Houghton, Robert Whitney of Coole, Thomas Brooke of Leighton, Ralph Horton of Coole, Edward Bresseye of Awlem, William Salmon of Coole lane, William Salmon of Wyldheath, John Wettenhall of Coppenhall, Richard Steele of Sandbach and Ran' Smith of Brindley, gentlemen. The Jury found that the deceased Thomas Wilbraham died seised of the following:-

(1) The Manors of LONGDENDALE and MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, hold in Chief of the King by service of one-fortieth part of a knight's fee and the ann. rent of £18 and 13d., and are valued at £23. 6s. 8d. p.a.

(2) The Manor of RADNOR, and 5 messuages, 60 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, 6 acres of wood and 10 acres of moor and turbary, all with their appurtenances, in KETTLESHOLME, KNIGHESHOLME, BRADUALL, STANTHORNE and CASTLETON JUXTA NORWICH, also 1 parcel of land in Wynnington called le Conigree (13 acres), held of Peter Venables, Esq., as of his Manor of Kinderton, in socage, viz. by rent of 8 barbed arrows and 1 pair of gloves, per annum, for all services, and are valued at £4. 4s. per annum.

(3) 2 Salt-pits of 16 loads [salt-pans] in NORTHWICH, hold of William, Earl of Derby, by service unknown, and valued at 53s. 4d. per annum.

(4) The Manor of WOODLEY and 3 messuages, 104a. land, 10a. meadow and 60a. pasture in WOODLEY and FADDILEY, held of Randal Mainwaringe of Poover, Knight, as of his Manor of Baddiley in socage by rent of 18½d. per ann. for all services, and are valued at £8. 2s. per annum.

(5) 1 toft in Faddiley called Downegresse, 1 field there called Lightmore, 3 crofts there called Golbornes Crofts (13 acres), and 2 pastures there called Urians field and Hitchins field, all held of Randal Mainwaringe, knight, in socage as of his Manor of Baddiley by rent of 3/- p.a., and are valued at 34/- p.a.

(6) 3 crofts in Faddiley lately purchased of Edward Lea, knight, and held of the lord of Baddiley by service unknown, and are valued at 11d. p.a.

(7) 2 messuages, 40a. land, 5a. meadow and 6a. pasture in FADDILEY, held of the heirs of William Handford, esq., by service unknown, and are valued at 18d. p.a.

(8) 2 messuages, 70a. land, 5a. wood, in BROXTON, held of Lord Audley by service unknown, and are valued at 40/- p.a.

(9) The Manor of Shocklach Ovyatt and 23/6 of rent arising from 100a. land, 40a. meadow and 100a. pasture in SHOCKLACH OVYATT, and also of 20a. land in CHURCH SHOCKLACH, all held of the King by service unknown, and are valued at 30/- p.a.

(10) 2 messuages, 1 cottage and 30a. land in BUNBURY and OTEWORTH, held of William Brereton, knight, in free socage, and are valued at 23/4 p.a.

(11) 1 messuage in BUNBURY called Le Colledge of Bunbury, and 16 cottages and 30a. land in BUNBURY and SPURSTOWE, held of the King as of his Manor of East Greenwich in free socage, and are valued at 10/- p.a.

(12) 4 salt-pits of 24 leads [salt-pans] in MIDDLEWICH, held of Peter Venables of Kinderton, esq., in socage by rent of 2/- p.a. and of 12d. payable to the Wardens of the Church of St. Michael in MIDDLEWICH, for all services. [Valuation not given.]

(13) 3 other salt-pits of 30 lands in MIDDLEWICH, held of the King as Earl of Chester, and at the time of Thos. Wilbraham's death held of the late Prince Henry, Earl of Chester, in free socage by rent of 2/- p.a. called Le Kinges Mole for all services and demands. [Value not given.]

(14) 4 messuages and 4 gardens thereto adjacent in MIDDLEWICH, held of the King as Earl of Chester, and at the time of Thos. Wilbraham's death held of the Prince late Earl of Chester in free burgage by fealty.

(15) 1 croft of 11a. of land in KINDERTON called Boardmanscrofte and 1 other croft of 10a. of land there late in tenure of John Yardley, held of Peter Venables by service unknown, and are valued at 46/8 p.a.

(16) 16/- of rent annually arising from 30a. land in LEETWICH late in tenure of Robert Wynnington deceased, and 6a. land there late in tenure of James Leigh and John Leftwich, held by service unknown, and are valued at 4/8 p.a.

(17) 1 messuage and 40a. land in BUERTON, held of John Poole, esq., in socage by rent of 15/- p.a. for all services, and are valued at 10/- p.a.

(18) The Manor of Tilston Fearnall and 3 messuages, 1 cottage, 56a. land, 10a. meadow and 40a. pasture, and also 2 water-mills, in TULSTON FEARNALL all held of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the B. V. M. at Chester, in free socage (common) and by an annual rent of £3 for all services, and are valued at 3/4 p.a.

(19) The Moiety of 1 messuage and 40a. land in CALVELEY held of the heirs of Hugh Davenport, esq, by service unknown, and one-fourth part of 1 messuage and 10a. land in RIDLEY held of Ralph Egerton, esq., in socage by fealty, and are valued at 20/- p.a.

(20) 1 messuage and 15a. land in SHURLACH, held of the heirs of Richard Loftwich in free socage by rent of 17d. and one-quarter of a pound of pepper per annum, and are valued at 13/4 p.a.

(21) 4 messuages, 2 cottages and 50a. land in BURLAND, held of the lord of Baddiley in free burgage, and are valued at 7/6 p.a.

(22) 1 messuage and 60a. land in CLUTTON, held of the heirs of Philip Butler, knight, in socage by fealty, and are valued at 33/4 p.a.

(23) 1 messuage, 20a. land, 6a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 6a. wood and 20a. heath and common pasture in CHORLEY, held of Ralph Egerton, esq., in socage by fealty, and are valued at 40/- p.a.

(24) 1 messuage, 5a. land and 2a. pasture in BUCKLEY and 1 close or pasture there (4 acres), held of Lady Mary Cholmondley by service unknown, and are valued at 4/10 p.a.

(25) 1 messuage, 30a. land and 10a. pasture in SPURSTONE, held of William Brereton, knight, in free socage, and are valued at 28/8 p.a.

(26) 2 messuages and one fourth part of another messuage in HALGHTON and 3a. land there and in BRINDLEY, held of said Wm. Brereton in free socage, and are valued at 31/4 p.a.

(27) 1 messuage and 14a. land in BRINDLEY, held of the heirs of William Handford in socage, and are valued at 9/- p.a.

(28) 16 messuages, 13 cottages, 5 salt-pits of 30 loads, 3 burgages, 15 gardens, 1 horse-mill, 40a. land and 10a. meadow in HANTWICH, held of the King in Chief by service of one sixtieth part of 1 knight's fee, and are valued at £6. 13s. 4d. p.a.

(29) The Manor of WHORPOOLE and 1 annual rent of 10/1½ arising from certain lands and tenements in WHORPOOLE and POOLE; 1 other annual rent of 12/- arising from 1 water-mill in TEVERTON in tenure of Hugh Beeston, knight; 1 messuage, 40a. land, 10a. meadow and 20a. pasture in POOLE, WHORPOOLE and HURLESTON; held of the King in socage, and are valued at 30/- p.a.

(30) 1 messuage and 16a. land in ACTON, held of Ralph Wilbraham, esq., in free socage, and are valued at 31/8 p.a.

(31) All TITHES of wheat and grain of the vills of ACTON, EDLASTON, STOKE, HENHULL, HURLESTON, HOREPOOLE, BARRETTS POOLE, WHITPOOLE, BURLAND, CHOLMESTON, ASTON, FADDILEY, CHORLEY and BRINDLEY in the parish of ACTON, and 1 granary near ACTON and 1 orchard and 1 garden belonging to the same granary, and also the ADVOWSON of the Church of ACTON, held of the King by service of one fortieth part of a knight's fee, and are valued at £6. 6s. 8d. p.a.

(32) 16a. land in BIKERTON and LARKETON and 4a. lands in EDGE, held by service unknown of a person unknown, and are valued at 20/- p.a.

(33) 1 messuage, 20a. land, 6a. meadow, 10a. pasture and 4a. wood in WISTASTON, by service unknown, held of the heirs of John de Wistaston, and are valued at 20/- p.a.

(34) 2 messuages and 30a. land in CHURCH COPPENHALL, held of the heirs of Robert Corbett, esq., by service unknown, and are valued at 27/2 p.a.

(35) 2 cottages, 30a. land and 10a. pasture in ACTON, held of the King by service unknown, and are valued at 10/- p.a.

(36) 10 messuages, 3 cottages, 1 water-mill, 200a. land, 10a. meadow, 40a. pasture and 6a. wood in CLOTTON, HULFIELD, WYNNINGHAM and CHURCH COPPENHALL; and that the messuages, lands and tenements in CLOTTON and HULFIELD were held of the King by service of one twentieth part of a knight's fee, and are valued at 6/8 p.a.; and that the mill, held of the said Peter Venables in free socage is valued at 3/4 p.a.; and that the lands in CHURCH COPPENHALL were held of the heirs of Roland Hill, esq., in socage, and are valued at 11/9 p.a.

(37) 5 messuages, 40a. land, 30a. pasture and 10a. meadow in MONKS COPPENHALL held of the King by knight's service, valued at 50/- p.a.

(38) 30a. land and 10a. pasture in CHURCH COPPENHALL and 14a. land in MONKS COPPENHALL, all late in tenure of William Foulishurst, held at the death of Thos. Wilbraham of the King by service unknown, and are valued at 13/4 p.a.

(39) 1 other messuage in CLOTTON and 13a. land there in tenure of James Stoneley, held of the King "as of St. John of Jerusalem" in free socage, and are valued at 2/- p.a.

(40) 12 messuages, 5 cottages, 1 wind-mill, 70a. land, 100a. meadow, 300a. pasture, 20a. wood, 100a. heath and furse, 100a. moor, 50a. marsh and 18/- of annual rent in ASTON, WOODCOTE, SOUND, EDLASTON, NEWBOLD, NEWBOLD ASTBURY, MIDDLEWICH, NEWTON JUXTA MIDDLEWICH, COOLE , GREAT ALDERSEY, BEBBINGTON, GREAT SAUGHALL, WOODBANK and LANDICAN, and are valued in all at £13. 0. 0d. p.a.; and that the land in ASTON was held of the King in Chief by service of one fortieth part of a knight's fee; that the land in WOODCOTE was held of the heirs of Thomasin formerly the wife of William Burcher by service unknown; that the land in Great Aldersey was held of the heirs of John Sutton, knight, by service unknown, and that the residue of all the lands and premises were held of persons unknown by services unknown.

(41) 1 salt-pit of 13 loads in NANTWICH, held of the heirs of Lord Audley and Lord Fitzwarren by service unknown, and valued at 6/8 p.a.

(42) 1 messuage in NANTWICH commonly called Le Swan and 2a. meadow there belonging to the same messuage and commonly called Le Swan Meadow and also an annual rent of 10/- arising from 1 salt-pit of 6 loads in NANTWICH late in tenure of Ran' Church, held of the King in Chief by service of a one-hundredth part of a knight's fee, valued at 6/8 p.a.

(43) 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 gardens and 10 salt-pits of 6 loads each in NANTWICH and 13/10 of annual rent there, held of the Barons of Nantwich in socage, valued in all at £3. p.a. beyond the sum of 28/8 to be paid annually to the poor of that town.

(44) 3 cottages in NANTWICH in le Beame street and 2 other cottages there in Le Hospitall street, all in tenure of Richard Maysterson, gentleman, or his assigns, held of the King in Chief by knight's service, and are valued at 3/2 p.a.

(45) 3 messuages, 60a. land, 10a. meadow and 20a. pasture in BURWARDSLEY, hold of the said Ralph Egerton as of his Manor of Tatnall by knight's service and by rent of 3/- pa., and are valued at 30/- p.a.

(46) an annual rent of 3/4 arising from the land formerly of James Kettle in BURWARDSLEY.

(47) 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 20a. land, 10a. meadow and 10a. pasture in ALPRAM, held of the heirs of [blank] Wottenhall in socage, and are valued at 13/4 p.a.

(48) an annual rent of 10/3 from the land of John Done, esq., in FLAXEYARDS, an ann. rent of 14/- from 1 messuage in TARPORLEY late in tenure of William Richardson,

An ann. rent of 3/- from 1 messuage in EATON late in tenure of William Richardson,

An ann. rent of 20d. from land called Hattons Croft late in tenure of John Glover,

And an ann. rent of 3/- from the land and messuage of Ralph Huxley in TARPORLEY and TIRISFORD.

(49) 3a. pasture and 1a. meadow in RUSHTON now in tenure of Peter Joynson and 1 messuage, 3a. land and 2a. meadow in EATON and TARPORLEY, held of person(s) unknown, and are valued at 3/- p.a.

(50) 10a. land in ISCOYD, near SHOCKLACH, in Co. Denbigh, and 10a. land in WORTHERBURY, Co. Flint, unknown as of whom held or by what service, and are valued at 10/- p.a.

(51) 5 messuages, 1 cottage, 60a. land, 15a. meadow, 60a. pasture and 3a. wood in ALPRAHAM, held of John Savage, knight, in socage by fealty only for all services and demands, and are valued at 40/- p.a.

(52) 2 messuages, 20a. land, 4a. meadow and 20a. pasture and 4a. heath in HALGHTON, held of Hugh Beeston, knight, in socage by fealty and a rent of 1 barbed arrow for all services, and are valued at 23/- p.a.

(53) 1 messuage, 8a. land, 4a. meadow, 10a. pasture and 10a. heath and turbary in BUNBURY, held of the said William Brereton in socage only for all services, and are valued at 20/- p.a.

(54) 1 messuage, 20a. land, 10a. meadow, 20a. pasture and 10a. heath in ALVASTON, held of the heirs of Agnes daughter of Adam de Burton in socage by fealty and by rent of 1 pair of white gloves for all services, and are valued at 6/8 p.a.

(55) 1 cottage, 4a. land, 1a. meadow, 4a. pasture and 6a. heath in WOODCOTE, held of the heirs of Robert Foulishurst in socage by fealty only, and are valued at 3/- p.a.

(56) The Manor and Borough of WALSALL, Co. Staff., and 1 carucate of land there called Le Wastes & March and 200a. pasture & 100a. wood called WALSALL PARK in WALSALL and BENTLEY, parcel of the Manor of WALSALL, and 1 coal-mine lying in WALSALL and the ADVOWSON of the church of WALSALL, held of the King in Chief by service of one forteith part of a knight's fee, and are valued at £26. 13s. 4d. p.a.

(57) 1 Capital Messuage and 3 other messuages, 80a. land, 20a. meadow, 80a. pasture and 5a. wood in WORDHULL, held of the heirs of William de Wordhull in socage by fealty only and a rent of 1 lb. of pepper annually, and 1 close or pasture land at WORDHULL called Wards Field, held of said William Brereton, by service unknown, valued at 53/4 p.a.

(58) 1 other messuage, 2 cottages, 30a. land, 6a. meadow, 30a. pasture and 10a. heath in BUNBURY called Prestland Greaves, held of the heirs of Christopher Holford, esq., in socage by fealty and a rent of 10/- p.a., are valued at 16/8 p.a.

That Richard Wilbraham, knight, is the son and next heir of the deceased and is now 32 years of age or more.

Seals: brown; (1) missing; (2) armorial - Delves; (3) crest, a falcon - Cotton; (4) crest, an ass's head - Mainwaring; (5) missing. Marked: "No. 14" (No. 2 in Suff. Recd. Off. List.)

Parchment.