sur 18 – 1914 Rates Valuation of Penkhull

A dispute between King Henry III of England and his powerful barons led in 1262 to an uprising known as the Barons’ War. The King emerged victorious. He seized the possessions of two of the rebel leaders: Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and Robert Ferrers, Earl of Derby, granting their estates to his son, Edmund Crouchback, in 1266. The following year, 1247, Edmund was given the manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire known as the Honour of Tutbury. From his father. In 1416 a survey of the Manor was executed which included Shelton and Hanley, Clayton, Penkhull, Shepruge, Wolstanton, plus farms. Therefore, this list of copyholders which includes a description of their and an rents is a formidable resource to any historian.

Fourteen Pages.

Lease 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 Wolstanton, 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.

The Procurator of the Blessed Mary holds one land of demesne formerly held by the said Ranulph & pays per annum at the same terms: 3p

Six Pages

This 1671 documents lists tenants who have built cottages on the waste land of each area of the Manor – Wolstanton, Penkhull, Hanley, Seabridge, Whitmore, Knutton, Botteslow, Fenton Vivian – all under the authority of the Duchy of Lancaster and within his Manor of Newcastle under Lume.
These lists give name, and the rentals charged thereby giving an estimate of the larger and smaller plots. The waste is normally that land that is not suitable for cultivation normally at the sides of roads.

Three pages