{146d} Stowe, p. 425; Lel. _Collect._ vol. ii. p. 506. There appears to be an error in those writers with respect to the name of the son and heir of Sir John Delves, as they call the former James instead of John Delves. See Ormerod’s _Cheshire_, vol. iii. pp. 255, 266, 269. An act of attainder, passed in 14th of Edward IV. (1475), against the Lancastrians, includes John Delves, describing him as late of Uttoxeter, in the county of Stafford, Esquire. _Rot. Parl._ 14th Edward IV. vol. vi fo. 145. Although they were of a Cheshire family, yet, as it had originally come from Staffordshire, it is not improbable that Sir John Delves, or his son John Delves, had possessions in both counties. Their ancestor, Sir John Delves, obtained in 1364, a royal license to make a castellated mansion, or castellet, at Doddington, of which there are still some remains, a view of which is given in Omerod’s _Cheshire_, vol. iii. p. 269. {146e} These streets are Church Street, High Street, and Barton Street. Not many years ago, an old building, called the Tolsey or Town Hall (there is now a narrow street, called, from that building, Tolzey Lane, close to its site) and two small houses, of mean appearance, occupied a portion of the space, in the centre of the town, but being found inconvenient, and even dangerous, the liberality of Sir William Codrington, then one of the representatives of the town in Parliament, enabled the corporation to remove them, and a commodious market-house has been erected, by subscription, on the east side of the open space, which is now used for the purposes of a market.—Dyde’e _History of Tewkesbury_, pp. 82 and 83. {147a} In the parish church of Wybonbury, in Cheshire, there were, prior to the repairs and alterations made in 1591 and 1793, some monuments of the family of Delves, amongst which, was one to the memory of Sir John Delves (mentioning his death on the 4th of May, 1471), and of Ellen his wife, and of John his son and heir.—See Pennant’s _Journey from Chester to London_, pp. 37 and 38; Lysons’ _Mag. Brit. Cheshire_, 823; Ormerod’s _Cheshire_, vol. iii. pp. 255, 267, 268. Consequently it appears that the bodies of both the father and son were first buried at Tewkesbury, and afterwards removed and interred at Wybonbury. According to Pennant, p. 38, the following was a copy of the inscription:— HIC JACET JOHANNES DELVES, MILES, ET ELENA UXOR EJUS, NEC NON JOHANNES DELVES ARMIGER FILIUS ET HERES PREDICTI JOHIS QUI QUIDEM JOHANNES MILES OBIIT QUARTO DIE MAII ANNO DNI. MCCCCLXXI. QUORUM ANIMABUS PROPITIETUR DEUS. AMEN. {148a} Leland’s _Itinerary_, vol. vi. fo. 93 [82]. {149a} Leland’s _Itinerary_, vol. vi. fo. 95 [83]. {149b} It is here called a mile-post, because on that part of the road, wooden mile-posts (not mile-stones) are used.