sur 2 1414 Tenants of Shelton and land occupation.
£5.00Lease of the Manor of Newcastle under Lyme to the Right Honourable Granville This survey of the Manor of Newcastle under Lyme has been transcribed into English and relates to King Henry V and the raising of funds to maintain the wars with France.
The document lists every copyholder tenant within the township of Shelton, the status of their tenure, measurement and the amount of tax due to the King to support the war in France.
Great asset for those who study their family tree as the is the earliest survey of the Manor that has survived.
Thomas Davson holds 11/2 cottages and 8 lands of socage previously belonging to the aforesaid William and afterwards belonging to the said Thomas, and pays yearly at the usual terms:
Five x A4 pages