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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/36
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/36
TitleCharter of John Crowe, John Lounde of London, John Fyssher of Evesham, county Worcester (Wigorn '), and Nicholas Grove of Upton, same county
DescriptionGiving to William Fissher, groom (valetto) of the lord earl of Warwick,William Frewen and Roger Pye the whole of their meadow once belonging to Reginald Garde, formerly called Bollettesmedowe lying in the meadow called Boterwellein Hanley, between the meadow of John Hykeman and that of Richard Frewen on the east and the land of Robert Cokk on the west, with one side abutting on the meadow of the said earl called Westmoreon the south and the other side abutting on the meadow of the said Richard Frewen and the meadow of John Kentewich on the north; [this was] a meadow which the grantors recently acquired, jointly along with other property, of the gift and feoffment of John Jones and Joan his wife, the kinswoman and one of the heirs of the said Reginald Garde recently of Hanley and daughter of John Bernard and Joan his wife, who herself was daughter and heir of Reginald Garde; to be held with appurtenances to the said William, William and Roger, their heirs and assigns, in perpetuity, of the chief lord of the fee by the services due from it and lawfully accustomed. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Simon Hanley esquire (armigero), Maurice Waterden, Richard Baron and many others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: red wax : (1) illegible; (2) device of letter T (Lombardic) in a shield-shaped frame; (3) device of a vertical cross standing on two diagonal crosses with standing figures at either side (a merchant's mark);(4) lost.

1. Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury, had been earl of Warwick de jure uxoris[sc. Anne Beauchamp] and lord of Hanley since 1449 (, vol 8, 60).
2. The unusual detail given to demonstrate title to the meadow emphasises the significance still attached to meadow (cp note 1). The script of this deed is also of unusually high quality among the Hanley deeds, being a very good court or business hand, as perhaps befits an important transaction.3. This is the first example in the Hanley charters of a seal with a merchant's mark (Harvey and McGuinness)

[Ref. 137 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date13 February 1454
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