sur 4 1416 Manor of Newcastle as Honour of Tutbury.

This is a Survey of the Manor of Newcastle dated 8 Henry VIII 1516-17 taken by Richard Lovatt and held in the British Library Harley Roll K.9
Sadly, unable to trace why except that was the rental of the Manor charged to each copyholder listing also the lands held by each in the assessment of rent doe to the crown.
This document can be of great importance to those studying their family tree but also to the academic who can calculate land holdings and thereby identify the main landowners.
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Note that a copy of this rental was delivered to the King’s tenant at
Penkhull by the hands of John Kendall in the month of September in the
year 26 Henry VIII (1534) why it is not known put perhaps the original could not be found.

This list comprises of three seperate villages within the Manor of Newcastle under Lyme. Wolstanton, Penkhull and Shelton. The largest of which is Penkhull.

Under each heading the list contains the number owned by each person. Where non allocated with a number they are one only whereas others list the numbers of two or three being the largest.

Again used in conjunction with other list of rentals can produce a significant study of people and wealth.

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.

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