Inclosures from the Commons 1722
The following extract, relating only to Hollinsclough, is from a larger Alstonefield document which names people who have cottages or inclosures and the rental that they should pay. We have added the place of abode and other information in the ‘Additional information’ column.
Attornement (from Fr. tourner, "to turn"), in English property law it is the acknowledgment of a new lord by the tenant on the alienation/change of land.
We think that in this case it wasn’t a ‘new’ landlord but that Sir John Harpur had decided it was about time the people who had inclosed land should pay rent.
Did Sir John need extra funds for a specific cause? Or had he lost money, for example the South Sea Bubble had only occurred 2 years previously.
Survey
Against three tenants names there is a comment ... in the survey.. Presumably a survey had been carried out not long before 1722; we do not have any record of this survey.
The Document
A Schedule of all the persons that have any Cottages or Inclosures within Mr Wardles Collection in the Parish of Alstonefield in the County of Stafford and of the Annuall rent fixt upon the same against each persons name and annexed to their Attornement as followeth.
Holesclough
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£ |
s |
D |
Additional information |
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John Green |
00 |
02 |
00 |
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Jn Lowe house & Garden |
00 |
00 |
06 |
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Tho Slack |
00 |
02 |
06 |
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Anne Knowles |
00 |
02 |
06 |
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Geo Hulme late Slacks |
00 |
01 |
00 |
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Wm Slack pauper |
00 |
02 |
00 |
Where will he get the money from? |
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Fra Chapman |
00 |
12 |
00 |
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Sam Redferne |
00 |
05 |
00 |
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Geo Redferne |
00 |
02 |
00 |
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Thos Naden |
00 |
01 |
06 |
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Ellen Brindley widow |
00 |
04 |
00 |
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Wid Cundy also Dale |
00 |
04 |
00 |
John Dale of Birchen Booth m Ann Cundy of Hollinsclough 28/12/1721 |
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Geo Redferne |
00 |
01 |
06 |
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Tho Brindley |
00 |
05 |
00 |
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Tho Clowes |
00 |
05 |
00 |
Hollinsclough Bank |
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Francis Redferne |
00 |
01 |
08 |
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Wid Bestwick |
00 |
06 |
08 |
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Wid Naden |
00 |
04 |
00 |
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Jn Chapman |
00 |
04 |
00 |
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Charles Naden |
00 |
05 |
00 |
Hollinsclough Bank (bur 14/6/1726) |
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Charles Bestwick late Browne |
00 |
05 |
00 |
Colshaw (Mary d of Charles & Mary bap 1723) |
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Wm Salt |
00 |
01 |
00 |
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Dan Shaw only an house |
00 |
00 |
06 |
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Wm Wood very bad |
00 |
02 |
06 |
Bit much charging that for “very bad” |
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Geo Wood |
00 |
02 |
06 |
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Geo Goodwin |
00 |
08 |
06 |
Needles Eye |
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Aron Salt |
00 |
03 |
06 |
Colshaw (Dorothy d of Aaron & Jane bap 1723) |
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Wm Brunt |
00 |
05 |
06 |
Colshaw (wife Mary) |
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Wm Cooper |
00 |
01 |
06 |
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Jn Milner |
00 |
02 |
06 |
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Jn Salt in the survey |
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Wm Moss |
00 |
01 |
06 |
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Tho Moss not yet improved |
00 |
00 |
06 |
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Wm Brunt late Woods |
00 |
02 |
06 |
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