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Description: | Surrender, at the Court Baron of the Right Honourable Granville, Earl Gower, and Thomas Giffard Esq., Lords of the Manor of Stowheath, held at Wolverhampton on 4th January 1763. Present: George Holyoake, Gentleman, Steward; William Kempson and Joshua Devey, Customary Tenants.
John Snow, one of the copyholders of the Manor, came to the court by letter of Attorney, and surrendered lands into the hands of the Lords on behalf of Brooke Crutchley of Stafford, Gentleman; Catherine his wife; and Jane Robins, Spinster. The lands were described as: a piece of land in Bilston called the Upper Prisms; several pieces of arable land dispersed in a common field in Bilston called the Coal Pit Field; several butts of land; a piece of land called Perrys Leasow; with all mines and minerals under the ground.
Thomas Tomkys of Bilston, Gentleman, came to court and desired to be admitted tenant to the lands. He paid 5-2s as a fine, was admitted tenant, and did his fealty. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | Jan 1763 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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