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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/76/96
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/76/96
TitleCharter of John Carpynter of Le Northend in Hanley, county Worcester (Wygorn')
DescriptionGiving to Roger Frewyn of Le Forthey in the parish of Hanley one and a half dayworks of arable land with appurtenances lying in the field called Northfield (Northefeld Le Hommeforlong, containing six selions, between the land belonging to the service (servicio) of St Clement in the church of Hanley on each side,and extending in length from the land of William Seard as far as the meadow called Westmore; and also four selions of arable land in the field called Woodewelfeld between the land recently belonging to John Venne and now in the possession of the same Roger Frewyn on both sides, and extending in length from the land recently belonging to the said John Carpynter and now to the said Roger as far as the land recently belonging to Richard Carpynter and now to the same Roger; and also three selions in the same field called Woodewell, between the land recently belonging to Richard Lechemer and now to the said Roger on the one side and the land once belonging to John Venne and now to the same Roger on the other; and also a fence there called Woodewalleheggealong with the woodland ([sic]), timber (maeremio) and other things growing there, extending from the fence of Richard Churchey to that of John Lawton; to be held with all appurtenances to Roger, his heirs and assigns, in perpetuity, of the chief lord of the fee by the services due from the property and lawfully accustomed. Warranty clause. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: Richard Lechemere, William Bawgh, William Hanley, John Frewyn of Northend, William Seard and others.
Dated at Hanley.

Seal: red wax, illegible.

1. This is the first of several documents mentioning the land of St Clement, evidently part of the endowment of the chantry, or "service", which has come to light through Simon Hanley's will
2. The farming landscape described here, with its fenced or hedged fields and areas of woodland, must have been normal by this period in places such as Woodewelfeld, which lay to the north of Northfield. Even the main open fields were being consolidated and enclosed by tenants.

[Ref. 214 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date21 February 1488
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