The Annals of Willenhall

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Author：Frederick William Hackwood
Update：08-15-2023
Tags：History
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Chapter 1
Chapter of the Royal Chapel of Windsor, with which the Deanery of Wolverhampton was united-as will be seen later. The formal parts of the deed are in Latin, and the descriptions of the properties are in Anglo-Saxon, which makes it an interesting study of place-names.
Chapter 3
Chapter of Wolverhampton there were then "nine several leets, whereof eight belong to the church. The custos, lately called the Dean, is lord of the borough of Wolverhampton, Codsall, Hatherton, and Pelsall in com.
Chapter VII.), was at law with Thomas Colyns, of the same place, for forcibly taking away from Willenhall twelve oxen belonging to him. Immediately after, one William de Chorley was attacked for taking away from Great Wyrley, also with a display of armed force, three oxen and two cows, the property of Richard Leveson, of Willenhall. If these two cases were not reprisals, they at least show a state of disturbance and insecurity.
Chapter consequently felt secure from disturbance.
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter of Wolverhampton leased the deanery, prebends, and manor of Wolverhampton to Sir Walter Leveson, and all the lands belonging thereto in various parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire, including those at Willenhall, Wednesfield, Bentley, &c., with all the mines of sea coal, ironstone, &c., on the said premises, but specially excepting the patronage and gifts of prebends, canonship, and all their offices and ecclesiastical jurisdiction; all at an annual reserved rent of 38, and the quaint old-world tenure of having "to entertain the Dean and his retinue two days and three nights in each year."
Chapter of the College consisted of the Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart, D.D. (Dean), the Rev. R. Ellison, M.A., prebendary of Willenhall, and the other prebendaries (of Kinvaston, Hilton, Featherston, Monmore, Hatherton, and Wobaston respectively), and the Rev. G. Oliver, D.D., perpetual curate and Sacrist (an Act obtained in 1811 by Dean Legge had const.i.tuted the Sacrist the real inc.u.mbent of the church). The Chapter had it own seal, which was of proper ecclesiastical design, and of some antiquity.
Chapter 11
Chapter VII.); while we also have the names of three chantry priests here-William in the Lone, 1341 (Chapter XI.); Thomas Browning, "chaplain of the chantry" in 1397 (Chapter VII.); and Hugh Bromehall in 1526 (Chapter X.); all of them doubtless nominees of the Deanery of Wolverhampton.
Chapter VII.).
Chapter 14
Chapter VII. of this work will recall how a Chantry Chapel had been founded and endowed in Willenhall by the Gerveyse family. This Chantry Chapel would be a "separated place" within the Chapel-of-Ease specially used to celebrate ma.s.ses for the departed souls of certain persons. Now, one of the earliest signs of the approaching Reformation was a decline in the belief in Purgatory; and presently Henry VIII. was empowered by Act of Parliament to seize all lands, tenements, rents, &c., which had been given for the maintenance of Chantry Priests, with all their lamps, candles, torches, and other expensive appointments for what were declared to be "superst.i.tious" uses. But a right was reserved to the King, as head of the Church, to direct such properties to uses which could be regarded as truly "charitable." What became of the Willenhall Chantry endowments?
Chapter 16
Chapter VII. as resident in Willenhall as early as 1409; Prestwood, be it noted, was also the name of an ancient moated farm and homestead in Wednesfield. The name of Prestwood is again mentioned, as are also the names of the other Willenhall benefactors, Bates and Tomkiss, in the endowment deeds of 1607, quoted in Chapter XXI.
Chapter XVIII.) seems to intimate that the regular services were not resumed till January 20th, 1750.
Chapter VI. will disclose that at Domesday (1086) three hides of land in Willenhall belonged to the king, and were part of the royal manor of Stowheath; two hides were the property of the Church of Wolverhampton, and const.i.tuted the prebendal manor of Willenhall; and a century or two later, the manor of Bentley, evidently carved out of the royal forest of Cannock, became included within this township.
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter XXIII. it had possessed a small church or chapel since 1746.
Chapter 23
Chapter XXVII., was an enterprising tradesman, a man of handsome presence and of an alert mind. On leaving Willenhall he went to live at Manor House, Allscott, near Wellington, at which town he established artificial manure works, and where he manufactured sulphuric acid very extensively.
Chapter XII.; but the Wake has remained to this day, less loyally observed perhaps, but rich in traditions of past glories.