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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/41
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/41
TitleCharter of John Sampson of Hanley
DescriptionGiving to Alice Tele, recent widow of Richard Tele recently of Hanley, deceased, three acres of arable land, of which one acre lies in the area (territorio) called Lecchemearesfeld in the furlong (forlongo) called Bytton, between the land of Richard Baron on the north and that of Margery Taylour on the south and extends in length from the land of the said Richard Baron on the east to that of the said Margery on the west; another acre of land lies in the field called Burleysfeld the nerbetween the land of John Lawton on the north and that of John Turnour on the south and extends in length from the land of Joan Girnesey on the west to that of Thomas Smyth on the east; another acre of land lies in the field called The Ferther Burleysfelde, between the land of . . . Tele on the north and that of John Lawton on the south and in length extends from the land of Richard Grove to the land of the same Richard Grove on both sides; and also [giving] two parcels of meadow, of which one parcel lies in the meadow called Boturwellemedewe, between the meadow of John Hykeman on the south and that of John Lecchemear on the north, and extends in length from the meadow of John Ketyswycon the west to that of William Ha[nley] and Nicholas Carpuntar on the east; and the other parcel of meadow lies in the meadow called Severn Meadow (Sevarnemedewe), between the meadow of Simon Hanley on the north and that of Margery Taylour on the south and extends in length from the meadow of Richard Freweyn on the west to the water of the Severn (Sevarne) on the east; to be held with appurtenances to Alice, her heirs and assigns, of the chief lord of the fee by the services due from the land and lawfully accustomed, in perpetuity. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Roger Hulle, Richard Baron, John Lawton and others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: red wax, device of shield in a border, detail illegible.

1. For the first time in the Hanley deeds "the" is written as OE thorn with superscript "e"; thorn was returning to the handwriting of documents in the fifteenth century, especially as a convenient equivalent of English "th" (Hector, Handwriting, 40).
2. Ketyswyc looks like a form of Kentewich; both may be attempts at the name of John Kekynwyche of Little Malvern, who is a party in , and Kekynwyche Ground occurs in Severn Stoke in the sixteenth century

[Ref. 143 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date14 September 1456
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