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Cheswick Green in 1500 It is interesting to see the names from two centuries previous to the Archer Survey of 1500 still remembered in their holdings. The Sydenhales had the land in the northern part; then came the Gowers; the Broughtons had the central area including the moated sites, while Richard Quenild had the central low ground towards the streams, and the Beeleyes held the south eastern corner, land held previously by Richard at Slough - an expressive name for the muddy southern corner of Cheswick. The map is stylised but can be related without much difficulty to the land division as shown by the following field-name plan of the Tithe award of the 1840s. It is to be noted that the only sites of dwellings shown on this 1500 plan are all on the eastern side; Buxstons, Broughtons and Beyleys. |
| There is no sign of one on Warings land where
Banister's Farm is shown in 1840, nor of any habitation at Light Hall. The moated site
there, which was presumably the position of the house of Margerie de la Lythe about 1300,
is not mentioned and it would appear that after the death of her and her sister Christine
the site went out of use, thus making this yet another moated site that served its purpose
by about 1350. Quotations from the Survey of 1500 regarding the Moat at Cheswick include: 'Thomas Gower for 2 mease with two motts and a feylde with a crofte oaulde Colvarfeyldus sumtyme wes called Broughtons Cheswyke that lies bytwyne Cheswyke Greyn and Warings Chessewyke and a grounde of Warings caulda Buxstons. And Thomas Waryng for a meysse and three croftus lyyng togedur in length bytweyn Cheswyke Greyn and a feld cauld Waryngs Cheswyke and in breydth bytwene the mottus of Gowers in Cheswyke called the Cheswyke Mottus and a ground of Gowers called Tymcokus'. The land had been finally sold by Sir Thomas Broughton to John Waryng and Richard Gower in 1368. T. L. Jones in his Report on Cheswick, Birmingham Archaeological Society's Transactions, 1953, quotes a letter from Sir Simon Archer to Edward Gwynne, dated November 29th 1627: 'There has ancientiy been some great house moated about and a keep or fort also by it moated about, and both the house and fort stood upon somewhat high ground. When this fort should be made and to what purpose I cannot yet learn.'' Home | Site Map | Advertise Here | Contact Us | Privacy Policy © Solihull Online  |
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