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Reference Number705:134 BA1531/77/46
Hierarchy Browser NumberP1531/1/77/46
TitleCharter of Richard Frewen, son and heir of Roger Frewen, recently of Fortehey in the parish of Hanley, county Worcester (Wigorn'), deceased
DescriptionGiving to Thomas Lechmer senior and Eleanor his wife one acre of arable land, with a certain parcel of meadow adjoining on the west, in a meadow called Uddemedewe lying in the field called Northfield (Northfyeld) in a place called Le Cokshoote in the parish of Hanley;and also a parcel of meadow lying in Severn Meadow (Severn' medewe), beyond the stream (specum) called Thomas Poole between the meadow of the said Thomas Lechmer called Le Long Hadland on the east and the meadow of Thomas Rose on the west, and [between] the meadow of Edward Baugh junior on the south and that of the said Thomas Lechmer on the north; [all of] which recently belonged to Roger Frewen, father of the said Richard; to be held with all appurtenances to Thomas and Eleanor and the heirs and assigns of Thomas, in perpetuity, of the chief lords of the fee by the services due from the land and lawfully accustomed. Warranty clause. Sealing clause.
Witnesses: [none given].
Dated at : [no place given].
Seal: red wax, device of letter W surmounted by a crown.

1. Uddemedewe had always been regarded as in Northfield; the line between meadow and arable on the eastern edge of Northfield was not well defined, and land use varied, as is shown by Le Long Hadland (above), which by definition must at one time have been arable. Le Cokshoote had been pasture recently, was now meadow, and at one time must have been a piece of woodland in which there were clearings for driving and shooting the woodcock.
2. specus is a classical word, which does not appear in Latham, Word List. It tends to mean a ditch, channel or watercourse, and so fits well with the OE (a stream) which is seen in Thomas Poole, and also in Pool Brook; it is in fact called Thomas Poole Dytche in 1600 (WCRO BA 1531 Ref 705.134/37).

[Ref. 283 in J. P. Toomey, Records of Hanley Castle (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 2001) [q.v. for additional details])]
Date24 May 1525
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