sur 18 – 1914 Rates Valuation of Penkhull

This document in the first instance lists the districts within the Manor of Newcastle under Lyme, eight in number with plans of the area of which encroachments are shown and further forms list of names of occupants. It’s a very important series. The Duchy of Lancaster, as Lord of the Manor, had a number of documents prepared 1777 -1781, for the renewal of the Lease of the Manor to the Right Honourable Granville Leveson Earl Gower, on the 2nd day of March 1781 for 31 years [to 1812]. Copies of these documents are in the City Museum & Art Gallery at Stoke on Trent. The documents are numbered and inclusive of plans of cottages that have been erected and lands enclosed from the manorial waste appear within this survey. The reasons for this were that buildings had been erected without prior agreement of the Lessee of the manor.
A very interesting series of plans and of huge benefit for historians who can ten identify buildings and occupiers.

This A Survey of the Manor of NewCastle under Lyne with the Rights Members and appurtenances thereof lyinge and being in the County of Stafford late parcell of the possessions of Charles Stewart late kinge of England .
This introduction says it all of the importance of this survey. The detail as one may expect of this document is incredible and a perfect document for students, groups of history studies to get to grips with and to analyse the huge amount of land owned by the Dule of Lancaster. Give full descriptions of individual estates and values. A wonderful document. Six pages.
Six pages long.

This document refers to rental of all the copyholder’s names, rents and  acreage within the said Manor of Newcastle under Lyme which have compounded with the Kings Majesties Commissioners appointed for the confirmation of their customary estates and ascertaining of these fines – Herriott’s for which they are to pay to his higher 40 years rent as follow us (Charles II) (between 1660-1685)

Again a worthy document for those keen of documenting occupation, value and acreage under a single family occupation.