In Sir Thomas Winnington's library at Stanford is a bundle of
manuscripts, being a survey of the parsonages and other church livings
in the Doddingtree hundred of Worcestershire, date 1665, or returns
made to a visitation by order of the Lord Protector Cromwell. These
returns include thirty-three parishes or places, namely, Bockleton,
Pensax, Knighton-on-Teme _alias_ Kington, Lindridge, Alfrick, Suckley,
Little Kyre, Hanley Child, Orleton, Hanley William, Eastham, Tenbury,
Cotheridge, Edwyn Loach, Shelsley Walsh, Lower Sapey, Clifton-on-Teme,
Acton Beauchamp, Great Witley, Shelsley Beauchamp, Abberley _alias_
Abbotsley, Stanford, Kyre Wyard, Aka _alias_ Rock, Bewdley, Ribsford,
Stockton, Martley, Bayton, Mamble, Dodenham, Astley, and Shrawley. As
an abstract of some of the details may be interesting, I here present
them.
The warrant from the Commissioners, dated October 20th of the above
year, required "fower or five sufficient inhabitants of every parrish
to enquier by all good wayes and meanes to finde out the trueth and
worth of the true value, by the yeare, of church lyvinges, and the
qualityes of the severall incumbants," &c. Accordingly the presentments
are signed by constables, churchwardens, and, as it is quaintly
expressed in some instances, by "other knowinge men of the said
parrish." The Commissioners were "the Right Worship'le Edward Pits,
Esq., William Jeffreys, Esq., Nicholas Acton, Esq., John Lathum, Esq.,
Henry James, Gent."
BOCKLETON.--John Barneby, Esq., had recently obtained a lease of the
parsonage house, glebe lands, and tithes, for the lives of his three
sons, paying a yearly rent of £8 for the same to the treasurer of
Hereford Cathedral. Mr. Timothy Harris was curate at £10 a year, paid
by Mr. Barneby. "Hath a very spacious church and seaventy-three houses
and ffamilyes within itt." Tithes worth about £50.
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