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Description: | In the 18th-19th centuries, Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, fell under the Manor of Stowheath. Some of the deeds within this series record transactions which took place at the Manor Court. The Levesons of Wolverhampton prospered from the wool trade to such a degree that by the 15th century they were one of the wealthiest families in the area. By the end of the 15th century, the Manor of Stowheath, which included parts of Bilston, Willenhall and Wolverhampton, was almost totally in their hands. They later became Lords Gower, and Dukes of Sutherland, as the deeds show. They were joint Lords of the Manor together with the Giffards, another notable Wolverhampton family, in the 18th -19th centuries. The deeds within this series are all related to land and property in Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, and the major families concerned in the conveyancing of the premises were the Brett/Cooksey family of Wolverhampton and the Pountney family of Wolverhampton. The lands and property in the two sub-series of records relate to Cooksey's Court and Pountney's Fold, both of which were open yards or 'courts' which led off from Dudley Street in Wolverhampton. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | 1725 - 1901 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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