sur 8 1619 Manor of Newcastle under Lyme.

Gregory King’s Notebook 1680
Gregory King was a surveyor, mapmaker and herald of Lancaster. King’s 1695 survey of taxes and their geographical and demographic distribution in Great Britain include some of the first proper estimates of population in Great Britain. By 1695 King was started on a second official career in the business branch of the state. He was a commissioner in charge of a new tax on marriages, births and burials and later Secretary to the Commission of Public Accounts and Secretary to the Controllers of Army Accounts; in 1708 he was one of the three commissioners appointed to state the debts of the late King William. King could well have been promoted as the coordinator for the 1701 Parish Listing for Stoke-upon-Trent. (see surveys)

The 1680 listing comprises of the number of houses in Penkhull (in Stoke); Clayton; Seabridge; Handley Green; Bucknall and Little Fenton.

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 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.