288BISHOPNORBURY'SREGISTER. "(149b.)Adlevand'debitadniWill'mideGrenburghnuper ArchidiaconiStafforddefuncti. "Commissarytocollectalldebts,duetodeceased"ratione dignitatisutadanimresu;:esalutemdebitaCOllvertantur,"and toadministerthe intestate'sestate, andalsotocarry011thecorrec-tional part ofthe office,out ofwhichsomeofthe profitsaccrued. On aFly-leaf AlistofImpropriationsmadebyBishopRoger,underthe authorityoftheHoly See-24 inNo.,allcontained in theRegister OnanotherFly-leafthefollowingnotes. (1332.)ThePrebendofEccleshalliscertified(apparentlytoan Italian collector)tobe divided into3 portions,i.e.Slymdon, Offeley andHigh EccleshalL , Return'totheKing,ofdefaulters,citedfornotpayingthe King'sTenthfortwoyears. , lleturn' to the Baronsofthe Exchequer, ofnamesof Collectors ofthe King's tenthfor3 years.Great difficllltyincollecting. $ I \ I \ I 1 ! \ \ SOME ACCOUNT OF THE & PARISHOFBLYMHILL, INTHE COUNTY. OFSTAFFORD. BYTHEREV.'rHEHONOURABLEGEORGET.O.BRIDGEllUN. SOCllEACCOUXTOFTHE1T BLY}LHILL,INTHECOUfA;'ORANDPARISHa}' NTY OFSTAFFORD. Blymhill, or Blmllenhltllisw:111Ch thehistoryhasbeen"thosemanorsof hIstorian.wllttenbyeIther county orlocal D''d IVIed,at-' ., 0 " '" '" " .c 0 ,.., ~ ~ , ' THEMANORANDPARISHOFBLYMHILL.293 andheiressofRanulphdeBelmeis,wIDchRoger succeeded tothe inheritance onthe deathofhiselderbrotherWilliam in 1199.In 1229wetind11argery Bagot suing the same Eager 1a.Zouche under writofnovel disseizinforherfreetenement in Blymhill.lThisis thelastI hear oftl1erightsof thesemesneLords in B1ymhill. In a record,whichmust bear dateabout1240,2the heirs of John Bagotaresaid tohold twofeesinBlimenhullandBrineton wnder theBaronsof Staff01d. TheseheirsofJohn Bagotseemtohavebeen fourdaughters,of whomonemarried vVilliam de Ipstones, a second, Margery, married firstRalphdeCoven,andsecondlyWilliamdeDrayton,a third married.dePitchford,andafourth,Phelippa,married GeoffreydeBromley. Thefollowingdeed,.whichisunfortunately withoutdate,will give usthe nameof oneofthe twoanonymousdaughters,probably thewifeofde Pitchford. " Beit known,&c.,that I,Elizabeth,daughter ofJohn Bagotof Blumen'hul,and I, Phelippa,uaughter of the same John deBlumen-hul,beinginfullageandinourmaidenhood,and being in full seizinofour land, havegiven, &c..,toRalphdeCovenand hisheirs allourrightinDlakemor,towhicharewitnessesSir Hughde \\Teston,lmight, James deMorton,John BagotofBrunton, William Warde orBruuton,and RichardBagotofthe same vilI."s In1255WilliamdeYpstans,RalphdeCovene,Geoffreyde Bromley,andRicharcldePychfordappearasjointLordsof Blymhill,'"which givesan approximateideaastotheco-heirsof John EagotandhiswifeMargery. Thelatter, however, was still living, and appears to havesurvived until 1259.Theinq nisitiontakenonherdeath,asatenant in capite,bearsdate10thMay,43Hen.III. (1259),and reportsas follows,-MargeriadeBlumenhullheldone-thirdofAschleyby paymenttotheKingofhalfa IDerk whenevera seutage waslevied. Shealsopaid7s.perannum toSirFulk Fitz Warin.The wifeof GeoffreydeBromley, whosenamewasPhelipe, was Margery'sheir 1Rot.Pat.14 Hen.IlL,dorso. ~Testa.deNevillfo.210;being acopyof enrolments ofinquisitionstouching hndsheldoftheCrow.D. incapiteorbyknight'ssenice,sofa.ras relates to th::::County of Stafford,from:tcuriousand ancient record inthe King's remembrancer officein theCourt of Exchequer,compiledbyJohnNevill,aJusticeItinerant,1 and 24Hen_IlL,and kno;vnby the nameof Testa deNevill. 3 Newportevidonces;i.t.,Bbkcway'sM.S. extractsoftlceJ! II William,son ofJonp.'.001in Blumenhu._ rBrewodecoucermngacertam Pones(fiveshalfamark to undeEdw1.' (1277,8WilliamdeIpst dtake hissecurity.' In.'d the Sheriff 01Staff. ISorer,leadsWm.de (1281,2)Richard::custody of the Ippestones,and tenoth@:l,rJs,fhnr which belongsto him byrteasomu d.hritance00,twocarucaes ;ohnt!; Cilstarne by mllitary se.. h'hIdthem insoccagean htJohnh,SfateJ,e restaversta "d militaryservice.IcleovenJurWilliamdeIpstones, isretumde d I1984aswehaveseen,.....91hhad the rightaware0 n",'n'And ill Lernhill' 'oint Lord01Blymhl,to the Church of Bly J.Ithe firstturn, him01presentIng,ordand. .theCountyofStaffer, asLOTd ofIpstones,mthManor of 'WilliAmd,Ir,ton" wfd, Vacdon,of whomh'hald'ot ofD,ula",,,and cadet of the baronial0 YtanesfTrantedto Stephen,Abbd near _ to which aTaIn 28HenryIII.Wilhame his of Ipstayn his men of Leik,freecommou brt Beo.:k, William MevereF ''do andHenry his son .1 dLan ....eford,t: H'y dela. or,!S) witllesses Nlgee.,WUl"amdeCheteltoD,en29dorso.(Salt's:h. andRici>acdd, Cond"y:,Rot.Pat.3Edw.1.m.td ftini shIretheManorofC.(.ov.10,1533).Heheldindll tIressewella'*liar-ceramandswiththea,messuage, &c.,at Ipstonesand whichlastWereheld inBlymhilland Brm.'eton reasonoftheatta;"dfY knIght'sserviceoftheKib' Ran LJ....:.eroEddngv ulph, orRandleis h'war,lateDukeofBuc1.iuo-ha" tth,IS son and heid.t:> m. ;::.?ae dateoftheingu't. ill the16th year of his 1507.lSIlon,whichwastakenonMh98 arc.., nugust,1538theR by reasonofthe nr.inority rrresented tothechurchof Blymbill Lord Brereton,Brereton, and heirof and rIghtfulpatron forthatt:r;3 beingtheKing'sward l Ormerod'sCheshire-----_______ .Inq.28Hen.VIII.N LIbrary,Safford.3L1hfie o.FromField's Extrac cId DIocesan Register.ts ofInq.p. m.intheSalt , 1 I$ I I , THEMAKORAN:DPARISHOFBLYM}IILt.303 It willhavebeen thissameRanulphBrereton,thesou,after-wardsSir RandleBrereton (Vr.),Kut., whoin May 1555, presented tothesamechurch bythename ofRalphBrereton,ofMalpas,in thecountyofChester,Esq.lByhiswifeMary,daughterofSir 'WilliamGriffith,Knight,hehadissueRandle,vVilliam,Richard and Thomas. Theeldest sonSirRandleBrereton(VII.), Knight,theseventh and lastofthat namein lineal succession,and thelastdirectheir male,diedon May 8,1611, andwasburied at Malpas.He married Temperance,daughterofSirRobertThrogmorton,ofCoghton,co. Warv."i.ck,Knight, by whomheleft auonlychild,Mary,wifeof SirRichard Egerton,ofRidley,Knight, whoWfI,Smarried,and up wardsof30yearsofageat the timeofherfather'sdeath. Sir RandleBrereton isstated,byavulgar tradition,inthiscase nearlyconfirmedbytheinquisitions,tohavebeenabletoride fromMalpas toChester without oncepassingover the landsofany other proprietor." By sundryindentures hesosettled his estates as entirely to disin-herit hisdaughter and her descendants. Inthe year1597they wereentaileduponhisbrothersWilliam, Richard,and Thomas,andthe heirsmale oftheirbodies,withre-mainder to Richard Brereton,"ofWorsley, co.Lancaster, Esq.; W m. Breretoll,4. of Handforth, co.Chester, Esq.; Roger Brereton, of Halton, co.Flint, Esq.; ThomasGille, aliasBrereton, ofLondon, gentleman ; l Lichfield Diocesan Register. 2 Ormerod'sCheshire. 3RichardBrereton,of Worsley,Esq.,wasthe grandsonandbstsurvivingheir male of Sir Richard Brereton,Rnt.,2nd son of Sir Randle Brereton (IV.),of Ipstones andShocklach;whichSirRichardBreret0nmarriedJilne,daughterand htir of William Stanley, of Tatton and Worsley,Esq.,by his wife Jane,daughter and heir of Sir GeoffreyMassey,of Tatton and Worsley, Knight.The said Sir Richard,who died 3and 4Philip and Mary,had issue,by the heiress of Worsley,an elder sonRichard Brereton, whomarriedDorothy,daughter of Thurstan de Tildesley,but died without issueabout4, Edw.V1.,asecond son Geoffrey,and adaughter}..nn,wifeofJohn Booth,of Burton.GeoffreyBrereton married Ann,daughter ofPiersLeycester,of Tabley,by whomhe had ason:RichardBrereton,of Worsley,Esq.,whomarried Dorothy,daughter of SirRichardEgerton,of TattoD,but died Dec..17,1598,with-out surviving issue,his only son Richard havingdiedaninfantin.1575.Heleft the Worsley estate to his wife's half-brother,the Lord Chancellor,Sir Thomas Egerton, LordEllesmere,natural sonof Sir RichardEgerton.(Baines's Lancashire, vol.iii., p.l43) . 'WilliamBrereton,ofHandforth, "Esq.,wassonofSirUrian,9thsonofSir RandleBrereton(IV.),ofIpstoDesandShocklach,andfatherofSir'William Brereton,of-Hondforth,KnightandBaronet,whoeventuallysucceeded.tothe Blymhil1propertyasheirmaleofthoBrcretons. :304 THE:-.r.\'XOP..ASDPA1USHOF'BLnmTLL. ,JohnBrereton,ofBarrow,co.Chester,gentlem"tu;andWilliam Bretetoll,gentleman, brother ofthesaidJohnBrereton,andtothe heb;:maleofthr.irbodiesrespectively,\vitheventual remainder to therightheirsofthes[l.itlSit'RandleBreretonforever. ThisdispositionofhisestatesWasdisputedby theEgertonsand became the subject of Ulany act-ionsat hnv;but though there appears to have been SOllie cOmpromiseetiecteu bet\veen the contending parties, thebulk ofthe iuheritance rClllBrerctc ntl1.- l'1- l,1('.[?stS1ll'\'l.nnabrotherofS'R CllerIIIG4:i,with01ItmaleUo.IT andle, wast?en thenext.heir ofanacertaIlll,VilliamBrereton ThIs1VilliamBreretonwhoI estateatBl'\"mhil1\'"a'tl'LI sllc,ceededtotheBrereton , IesallIeWIt1Sl,.Y'l1' Handford,Bart.theO"reat'I" 'lr1lamBrereton,of td';:::" par lamelltar;:creneralHeh greagransonandrepresentativeofS.;... -:- .?.Waste andMargaret hiswifetheda''1"1 t. l:lan Knight, ford,of HandfordEsq'wI"I\\SCo.1, heltessofWIlhamHond-R '"}lW11Ivnall wasthe.th ...ttlldleBreretonof MalK'runsonofSir Sir RandleandS'TI- pas,mght,gl'eat,grandfathertothelast lrlOm8..,eing instrumentaltothe preservationandsecurityofthe personof his royal majec;ty,there beconferredonthesaid :Mrs.Lanethesumof 1,000tobuyherajewel;andthatthesamebe,andhereby stands, charged on thearrearsofthe grand excise,and paid toher orher assigns,incourse,after theothersumsaresatisfiedwhich arechargedon thegrandexciReby formerordersofthisParlia-ment.Andthecommissioners ofthe excise, forthe time being, are herebyempoweredandrequiredtosatisfyandpaythesame accordingly.And thisoruer, together withtheacquittance of the said Mrs.Laneor her assigns, testifying thereceipt thereof, shallbe tothecommissionersof exciseasufficientwarrant and discharge."1 Sheappearstohavehadapensionof1,000pe?'annumsettled upon her forlife. Z Her brother,Colonel John Lane,ofBentley, alsohada pension of500settleduponhim forlife,and agrant ofaugmentationof armstohimandhisdescendants,givenundertheroyalsign manual of12Julv,1677.'The King wouldalsohavehadhim to beburiedinWe;tminsterAbbey,butthishemodestlydeclined; and heliesburied under a handsome tomb in the CollocriateChurch of Wolverhampton, thefamilyburialplace.Theroyalistcolonel diedonthe 1st kalendsofSeptember (Aug.31),1677.By hiswife Athalie Anson hehad asonSir ThomasLane,ofBentley,Knight, whomarriedAbicrail,widowofSir Henry Williams, ofGwernevet, and daucrhterof SamuelWhiahtwick,ProthonotaryoftheKing's Bench,by whom hehad asono John.On April1,1702, by inden-ture quadripartite between ThoIDasLane, Esq., ofthe1st part, John Lane,gent., sonand heirapparent of thesameThomasLane,of the 2nd part, Humphrey Wyrley, Esq.,andMaryWyrley,oneofthe &:Shaw's Staffordshire,vol.1.Gen.His.p82,3.SIbid..This grant entitled him tomarshal acanton of England with hispatema.lcoat,namely,party perfesse or andazure achevron gules between3mulletscOUllterchangedofthe field .The pensionswerediscontinuedby KingWilliamIII.,andafterwardsonlypa1dfor.aboutthreeyearsin thelatter part of Queen Anne's reign. At. $ 330THEMANORA)JDPAR!SHOFBLYMHILL. cia1.1ghtersand coheirsapparentofthesameHumphrey,ofthe3rd part, andSir CharlesHoltandSirEdward V\i'"illiams,baronets,of the4thpaid Elizabethallthe lands, &c.,shouldremaintothe rightheirsofthesaid WilliamdeBourgb forever (Harl. MS.(5816).To this deed Thomas LordofWestonis the :fir!;t witness. Thisportionll:aypossiblyhaveformedthedowerofthewifeofThomasde Weston under some special settlement.Onone of the monuments in WestonChurch thewifeofThomasdeWeston isstatedto havebeenCatherinedaughter ofThomas Foulhurst,Esq.It mustbeborneinmind,hOivevet',thatthesemonuments were erectedmanyyearsafterwardsbyDameElizabethWilbrabam,therestorerand almost rebuilder ofthechul'chA.D.1700.In the Weston pedigreegiven in.Harl. ?tIS.5816the wifeofThomasdeWestoniscalledKatherinedaughter andco.hei,"r of Thomas,sonof ?fatthewFowleshurst:andintheHuntbacheMS.(interSalt's MS8.) sheiscalled Catherine daughter and co.beir ofMattlu;wFowleshurst. "Z -r ewtonnearDlithfield,andoftheadvowsonoftheChurch of"Weston,andtheadvowsonofafifthpart(thatis,Isuppose,a fifthpartofdeWeston'$share)oftheChurchofBliimhall. Oftheremaining fifthpart Iam altogetherunabletospeak. Fromthe factthatElizabethdeWestonseemstohavehad the siteofthe Manor Houseof vVeston in her purparty,Isuppose her tobavebeentheelderdaughter,butIshaUspeakfirstofthe other sisters. Helen,thewifeofSirWilliamTrumwyn,Knight,ofCannock, appearstohavebeendead beforeJuly 1,1350, the date ofasettle-mentmadeuponhersister,Elizabeth,l)yStephendeBromley, whereinthesaidElizabeth'slandsaresettledonherselfandher husband,and failingthem,onhersister, Isolda, "Withremainder to Wil1iam,sonofSirWilliamTrumwyn,Knight.ThesaidSir 'NilliamHelen'shusband, haddiedonSept.27,ofthe precedingyear,leaving issueby her ason, William, and a daughter, Isabel,whobecamesuccessivelythe wifeof,Villiam Reynald,John Saleway,andNidlolasRnggeley. Theson,vVilliamTrumwyn,succeededtohismother'sshareof the\Vestoninheritance.Theinquesttakenonthe death ofhis father,onJune 28,1350,1states that hewas19 years ofageon the FeastofSt.Michael lastpast,sothathe shouldhayeattained his majorityat Michaehnas,1351.Ifind,however,thaton November 28,1351,by deeddatedatWestminster,RicharddeTissynton, clerk,hastheKing'slettersofpresentationtotheChurchof WestonunderLoseyerd,intheKing'sgiftbyreasonofthe minorityofWilliamTrumvvyn,whoisintheKing'scustody. Theselettersaredirected toR.Bishop,ofCoventry and Lichfield.' Isupposethat WilliamdeTrumwynhadnotyethadanoppor-tunityofproving hisage.HediedonTuesday,theFeast ofSt. Edmund theConfessor(Nov.16,1361).By inquisitiontakenat 1Inq.24EJ.w.III.(1st.Nrs.)No.52.Theconstantrecurrenceofthesame Christian nameandtbe unusually raridsuccessionandearlydeathsof the heads of this family make it difficultto identify them, and evidently misled the great Stafford shire antiquaries,ErdeswickandHuntbache,whohaveomitted agenerationin the descent;And they have beenfollowed by Shaw,who gives& veryerroneous account ofthe Trumwyns in a printed,but unpublished pageofhisHistory ofStaffordshire. Pat.25Edw.III., pt.3,m.7. y 338THE).[A..'lqOR A.J.'!"D PARISHOFBLYMHILL PenkridgeonMarch15,1362, itwasfoundthatheheld,inter alict,60s.ofyearlyrentatWeston,and408.ofyearlyrentat Newton,oftheEarlofArundell.vV"illiam,theSonofthesaid Williamdeceased,ishisnextheil',andaged18weeksand more.lAt the inquisition taken,at thesameplace,afewdaysearlier, namelyonMarch3,1362,onthedeathof(hiskinsman)Roger TrumWYl1;ofCanned:, itwasfoundthatthesaidRoger,who diedonDec.5,13tH,leavinghissisterKatherine,wifeofJ(,}m Musard,hisnext heir,heldindemesneasoffeecertmnlandsof William,sonandheirnfWilliamTr'U1n'lcyn.whoheldofthe King,inwpite,beingunderage,andintheKing'scustocly.2 After this wehear nothing moreoftheinfant \Villi2lmTrl1IDwyn. He probablydied soon afterwards, and '\vassucceeded by his brother John, son ofWilliam de Trumwyn, whomust have been a twin with \A,'illiam, and who also died in his minority in October, 1.%9.He held three fifthsofleston-1.mder-Lusyerd,andthreefifthsofNewton nearBlithefeld,and20s.rentinBlymenhull,intheCountyof Stafford.Hisnext heir washissister,Elizabet11,'\yhoisdescribed inoneinquisitionas15yearsof1375,s.p.Ilioro,Nov.17,13D9. inL ..AS 20C">-:! 3,g::lll,co'll'ClidofSircollrt,ofTIauJI_1Drilcy. -I SirWilliamlla1"' COlllt,Knightjill }I;llcnhallsettle-ll\Cn\aftcrhis Inot.hc!sHobcrt Itml Hiclwl'll1-130,1 (Chetw},llti, Jail.4, 1-181;Ill'Oyed:'Iray2, HD.JjiobGhmied atAstonjuxtaBir-lllilig-lialH(Dug,lule's Wnrw;voJ.ii.p8(1). -AlllH'. Boswort.ll,Byroll.Sir'J'hOlUilSntdateof;'Iil('sEtlple_tall,co.f:)tnIT. K.G.,1441.St.Clerc;1stWill Sept.25,I,rovc(itall,lastwillEsq.,lil'ing wife.Oct.25,1486.Sept.5,\J\ov('(1Dec.8,US5. Jill1.23,1488; 2nd wifc, JotnHar..-:o::='\'I\\le,dati.0[' J.Norris I_I Chnstophcl' tbn.au,l ro-Barcol\l't,d.111eil'ofSi,' v. p.St:lpleton;relUar. ! I.TOIlll Esq. SirHoberb=AllIlC,dan. Harcourt,Kt.lof'fholllflS Esq.ofthoLimerick. bOllytoK. I-----T----I Sir8imonIIar- Hat'- Ih'h:ud court,ofStlllll- comb!' 1111- Hnl'comt tOll,J{nt. jfrommanicll, whomdesccl\,ioll HeuryVII., 1501. 1-JohnHIlI'-comtdied S.p.lll. thecxtinct Earls Halcourt. 1------1---- -------- ---RobertSimonHnr.=D:\sil,dall.of HalwHlrt ofeomt,(ct.34'1Ricllrtrd Cave, Rannton,Jan.1560,ofPiekwl'll. Esq.,lUlU':2n,\SOil,lIll'\ .dati.ofheirinbloodI .. SC!'yven,tohisbrothel' hut d.JunoRobert. 20,1558, s.p.1.I .I Rlchanl lJarcolll't 31'1\ ; Illanie,l --I MichaelLuMol'tl,remnnietl ofAnsley;d.34ItoClementTJ,l'(Jk-Eliz.(15DI);bnl'.morton, living1605. n.t'Vithcrley,Co. Istllllsb. I GeorgeLuJfonl,of Amley,son IlndllCir,bapt.1583. -I WilliallllIal"'-eomt of COl'll-1 lml"yPark,co. {JXOIl.1 1--- . _I I Thumn!!c-=Isrd)el,(lan.of i-Iarconrt,1HughEI-{crton, ofHalln- ofWrillehill, tOil,11':8f1' (liedF"b. 20,1J87. 1---------I HirhrtJ"t\.JohnILIl'-"-,,lc>an(01".\\\\\) court,orI of Sil' !taunton,HandleBrOfe. E'f\' ,15:311,tOIl,ofMnlp[\R, Wehunlllnr-,--o.(bn.of . Bradocko I

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ofS.llll-bomo, Co. War. wick. I 4.J0.1l10, Illanic!! .Tohn Homo, ofStoko, Co, \Y[(r\riek r------------- -I1--- - -1- --------1------1 ,MatthewMorotoll, of Eng-lt"'=1 Saral1},fa1till,2.John,Moreton.3.'Morcton.1.Elir.ah"th,Wjfll2. wifo3.wifeof ton IlndWilbriglitoll,}';sqr.,ob.1672.ofMorl'_IbJ:,hAII.1crtl'Y, ob.166!>.tQll,ofSherifflImis,ofmackIL1U. IhleR. .. _. _ .... -..,... __ .. ___ ___ . ... L bornin1634,ob.shirein1(i53),lindlwirto]Hlt'Illlell',SiL'WilliamDIldo,of'l'orlworth,Bart.(created Ed)l1'dMoreton,of Engle-toll, =1 Elizabeth,,lan.ofRobertDucic,ofLittle ,AstonandShrllstonc,Rsqr.(Sherin'ofSbff mI 1687.ViSCOl\ntDOWIIC,sonof SirIlobmtDurie,Bart..LOI'llllayor ofLondoninIGJOj. MrU'y,wifoof JOllll \\'allhonso,of jb. 1628. 1-MattllCwDurioMoreton,ESfJ.t.,of Ellglctoll,:Morcton,and Tortworlh;=-"I-AI"lldll,dall,awlcoheir of Sir 'l'homus createdBarollDucic,of Moreton;ab.1735.ab.1750. I1- - --'1- -

1.Matthow DucioMoreton, 2nd2.HowlandLcwill3.Chal'les=,8.1'1119,=Eliz.lhcth, cldcst'",Fl'IlllcisDucio;createdBaron1I[01'0tou,ab.MorClon'1(hIlRhlcr.I Jh.....','. 'nh Ie Pichefordandothers,concerningtenementsIIIDllmea (Blumenhale.)'MtthV- """""""''''!.:.!:"i:! i .j 'THE:MANORANDP.A.RISHOFBLYMHILt.91 Knevet declared that the Duke had contemplated the assassination of of the King in order that hemightascend the throne as next heir, if his shoulddiewithout issue jand uponthis frivolous infor-mation hewasanaigr..edat WestminsterbeforeThomas,Dukeof Norfolk,whosatasLordHigh Steward of England for the occasion. Buckingham pleadedhisowncause,and sustained thecharacter of an ableandaccomplishedadvocate,buttonopurpose.Hewas pronoun'cedguilty and sentenced todeath;in pursuanceofwhich sentencehewasbeheadedonTowerHillonMay 17th, 1521, and afterwardsattainted byAct ofParliament,whenallhistitlesand estateswereforfeitedtothecrown.Itissaidthatwhenthe EmperorCharlesV.heardofhisexecution,heexclaimed,"a butcher'sdog 'haskilled the finestbuck in England."By hiswife, LadyEleanorPercy,daughterotHenry,fourthEarlof N orth-umberland.,the Duke had issueanonlyson,HenryStafford, who married Ursula,daughterof SirRichardPole,K.G.,by},1argaret Plantagenet,CountessofSalisbury,daughterandheirofGeorge, Duke ofClarence, brother toKing Edward IV. By letters patent, dated20th Dec. 14 Hen. VIIl, 1522,theKing restoredtoHenrydeStaftordaSID allportionofhisfather's lands,namely,NortonintheMoors,Tillington,Eyton,Church Eaton, WoodEaton,Darlaston,Dodington,Packington,Blymhill, the manorandbaronialCastleofStafford,andallthelandsill Forehridge,Darlaston,Holdich,Newcastle,Bradwell,Bbutall, Barlaston,Tattenshall,Bradley,Dunston,Copenhall,Cookslaud, Burston,andRical'scote;tobeheldbyhimandUrsulahiswife and the heirsof their twobodies,allknight'sfeesexcepted(sothat the chief seigneury of Blymhill was hencefolth vested in the crown). In the firstyearofEdw.VI.(1547),he wasmadeBaronStafford, and by Act ofParliament inthatye-aritwasenacted II that the saidHenry, LordStafford, and the heirs maleofhisbody coming, IDaybetaken and reputedasLordStaffordwithaseatand voice inParliamentasaBaron;furtherthatt4esaidHenrybe Testored in blood assonandheirof:Edward,late Duke of Buck-ingham,"&0.1 ThisHenry, LOrdStafford, wr,samanoflearning andaccomplishments,andwasthecompilerofthegreater portion ofthe StaffordMSS.,from which wehavefrequentlyquoted.He died in 1562, leaving an elder son,Edward,and other children. Edward,second LordStafford ofthis creation,succeededtothe limitedestatesofhisfather,butlostorsquanderedallhis :I: Nicholas's Synopsisof.the Peerage. '. 92 THE ANDPARISHOFBLYMHILL. patri:nony,wiGhtheexceptionofStaffordandForebridcr malT,ledMary,dauryhterofEdwardEo.!fDb"e..He 160"Bl'h",IaeryanddIedin u..yum tatfourthpart of themanorofBlr:rhill'th lands lUlllymhillBrockhurstdB'.J, WIthe .'1.', aul'lIletonwhIChwere1'etd toInmb1.sparcel ofhisfather'sestates,Were in January aslasstate,donapreviouspage,toJohn .11 vttanof u, under Llzmrd,WIthwhose 11eirsthev sf 11."',ton Th.'II."1remam. erurw lerllstOryofthe Staffordsis.d_ LordStafford,wassucceededin thetitle absa h' one.!Th,s Edward, whos'dHYISonysonEdward . e gl'anson,enrythe fourthlordd'dd' .' whenthB',Ieuneraryem1637 ,e-m'ony,beinO'limitedtothe he"lfH a., Baron Stafford in 1547 devolvdR11'Smete 0enry, created youuO'ersonoftll.'dHe :t,oger, son and heir of Richard, Rich:rdhaddie: Salendry,iirstBaronStafford.'Hisfather, .'poor,anRoger,theundoubted1' tatlveofthe princely DukesofBk'rrlrnaereplesen-EnglishRo0.1 fami.... uc . l!lolam anddescendantof the befriended one byhIS greatrelationsbut hismotherwasded alllet.soffromWllic1lfamily escenee,aIdclaImtotheBaronButh' poverty overcameevery efforttoobtainhi'0'1.Y.IS eventuallysubmittedtthy'.STl;:,It.HISclmmWas TIorrerStaffordhavi0e'l..lTIg,whodecided"thatthesaid 1'ngnopart of theinheritanceofthesaid.Lord ore,norany other landsormeanswhot" resiO"nationofall cla- d' 1asoever,shouldmake a '"=' ImsantIt etothe saidBfS.Ci'd his Majesty to disposfh.aronyotaHorfor orderthesaidHarre a fD e In obedience to which the7th December ,byhISdeedenrolled,bearingdate the saidBaronyofSt .Jffi'; and surrender untohisMajesty LordStaffordArteahor h' anthe honour,name.anddignityof .rwICS1..UTeIldertheKinerbttdtd 12thSept.1640,createdSir Willian:"'ypaenae Stafford,hiswile,the sister andsaleHoward,K.G.,andMary (whodiedinl697)Bd'heIrofHenry,fourthBaron tueheirsmale the-Baro?ess Stafford, withremainder to IT0les,onfaIlureofwillhtthh' their bodieswithSllhI'c0eelrsof b 'hH'cpaceOrprecedenceaswasheldby h roterenry;LordStafford.1a'.er Mary,hiswife,the riGhtfulndfromth,SSu Williamand LordStaffordisdesc:nded.oftheanCIentbarony, the present RogerStafford, thelast heir male oftb renderedhistitle to thecrownd'dewhothus sur-asisterJanewho'becamethe ufnmarned .about 164.D,le.aving ,vv.u.e0amanill1umbI. stancesat New'"Portin Shropshire.eClTcum-1Burke's Donnant anu. Extinct PO;:frag