History of Madeley: including Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, and CoalportRandall, John
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History of Madeley: including Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, and Coalport
Randall, John
Madeley (Shropshire, England) -- History
Saturday evening brought darkness, of which the fugitives availed
themselves by going into the house, and Penderell’s wife, Dame Joan,
provided a dainty dish of roast chickens for the king’s supper. That
being over, the king retired to a hiding-hole at the top of the stairs,
where a pallet was laid ready, and there he passed the night. On Sunday
morning the king arose refreshed, and passed the day partly at his
devotions, partly in watching, and partly reading in the garden. We must
not forget to mention that he cooked his meat, frying some collops of
mutton. Meanwhile, John Penderell had gone in search of Lord Wilmot,
whom he found at Moseley Hall with Mr. Whitgreave, and in the evening he
returned, bringing tidings that the king could be received at Moseley.
Whereupon Charles, taking leave of Carless, set out on Humphrey
Penderell’s (the miller’s) horse, attended by the five Penderells and
their brother-in-law, Yates, well armed with bills and pike-staves, as
well as pistols. The king complained of the rough motion of the horse.
“Can you blame the horse, my liege,” said the honest miller, “to go
heavily, when he has the weight of three kingdoms on his back?” At
Moseley Hall the king remained from Sunday night till Tuesday evening,
when Colonel Lane came from Bentley, bringing a horse for him. Being
dressed in a suit of grey hose, and with the name of Jackson, he acted as
serving-man to Miss Jane Lane, rode before her, and eventually embarked
for France, which country after many narrow escapes, he reached safely on
the 16th of October.
To Mr. Wolfe, of Madeley, the king presented a very handsome silver
tankard with the inscription, “Given by Charles the Second, at the
Restoration, to F. Wolfe, of Madeley, in whose barn he was secreted after
the defeat at Worcester, 1651.” The tankard is now in the possession of
W. Rathbone, Esq., of Liverpool, but a print of it hangs in the old
house. The tankard has upon the cover a coat of arms: the crest is a
demi-wolf supporting a crown. In the hall there is an old panel, which
was cut out of the wainscoating of the dining-room, with the initials,
thus:—
F. W. M.
1621.
In the church register we find the burial of Barbara Wolfe, January 13th,
1660; of Ann Wolfe, September 19th, 1672; of Francis Wolfe, December 7th,
1665; and of Sarah Wolfe, late wife of Francis Wolfe, January 10th, 1698.
The house is a very old one, and Mr. Joseph Yate, of the Hall, close by,
says he remembers his father telling him that in former times it was “a
house of entertainment.” The barn which is not more than twenty feet
from the house, afterwards became the Market House, the butchers’
shambles being still discernible. The upper portion was rebuilt, or
cased, a few years ago, but the old timber skeleton remains.
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