TIMELINE 3 - Post-Domesday History
1066 AD |
Invasion of England by William the Conqueror. Harold is killed at the
Battle of Hastings |
1086 AD |
WATITUNE in Domesday Book: |
ASTLEY family hold Weddington |
|
1100 AD |
Land was given to Philip ASTLEY by Henry I (1) |
1125 AD |
Church Font of sandstone existed, not of local sandstone however
(1,48) |
c.1150 AD |
Priories and Nunneries at Nuneaton, Arbury, Merevale (1,42) |
c.1210 AD |
Royal Hunting Lodge at Weddington (1) A single coin dated 'King Edward I', c.1302 A.D. was found in Elmfield Road some years ago. This may have been lost by
a coin collector or it may represent an 'in situ' remain that was lost in the
area around 680 years ago. |
1215 AD |
Thomas ASTLEY tried to buy his freedom from the Army (1) |
1221 AD |
Assize Rolls = Whetinton (7) |
1235 AD |
Book of Fees = Wetintone (5) |
1242 AD |
Thomas de Astley held 1 Knight's Fee (1) |
1245 AD |
Book of Fees = Wetinton (5) |
1264 AD |
Thomas ASTLEY slain at Battle of Evesham. Weddington
forfeited to |
1275 AD |
Rotuli Hundredorum = Wetintone (6) |
1280 AD |
By the end of the 13th C. England had a thriving agricultural economy.
This High-Mediaeval period saw population as high as 5 to 6,000,000. Much
land had been reclaimed back into use, prosperity was improving. Within 20
years a period of famine, flood, freeze and disease began. |
1285 AD |
2nd Statute of Winchester: It bound every man to serve the king in
case of invasion or revolt and to pursue felons when the hue and cry was
raised against them. The wall or fence of a park should be 200 feet (60 m) from
the king's highway; the trees were cleared to prevent ambush. |
1285 AD |
Andrew de Astley claimed view of frankpledge
(each member of the |
1296 AD |
Calendar of Patent Rolls = Wedynton (96) |
1301 AD |
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem = Wetyndon
(9) |
1301 AD |
Wedinton (3,9) |
1303 AD |
Catalogue of Ancient Deeds = Wedinton (11) |
1312 AD |
30th Oct. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Geoffrey de SUTTON first vicar recorded
at St. James (81) |
1316 AD |
Feudal Aids = Wodynton (10); Calendar of
Inquisitions Post Mortem = |
1323 AD |
Lay Subsidy Rolls = Wedinton (16) |
1327 AD |
Lay Subsidy Roll = Wedinton (16) |
1330 AD |
Catalogue of Ancient Deeds = Wetintone (11) |
1331 AD |
Feet of Fines = Wedington (4) |
1332 AD |
Lay Subsidy Rolls = Wedinton: Sir Thomas de
ASTLEY (worth 30p= 6s), Emma le Cocus (3s 6d),
Henry son of Lyne (4s), Maynard Godbody (3s 6d),
Richard the Smith |
1347 AD |
13th Oct. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. William ERNALD (81) |
1348 AD |
First wave of Black Death in the area. Weddington
village suffered many fatalities (82) |
1348-85 AD |
The Black Death passed through the urban areas 30 times in this
period. It was a national epidemic 12 times in that period. 1,500,000 died,
2,500,000 survived. Scarcity of labour meant sheep farming took over. There
was evidence of plague burials in the churchyard area (82,95) |
1361 AD |
24th Oct. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Robert de SHAKELTHORP (81) |
1370-1 AD |
Sir William de ASTLEY had licence of Oratory at church (1) |
1386 AD |
INCUMBENT Rev. John de UPTON died. 28th Dec. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Henry
de UPTON succeeded (81) |
1408 AD |
7th Feb. NEW INCUMBENT Rev.John son of
William de WHATTEN (81) |
1428 AD |
Feudal Aids = Whytendon (10) |
1435 AD |
Feet of Fines = Wytyngton juxta Merevale (4) |
1437 AD |
16th Oct. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Henry SHIREWODE (81) |
1445 AD |
13th Apr. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. William STAUNTON (81) |
1450 AD |
Weddington had passed down female line of Astleys finally to Reginald, Lord GREY (1) |
GREY family hold Weddington |
|
1458 AD |
13th Aug. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Ralph WODE (81) |
1467 AD |
2nd Aug. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Roger FRITON (81) |
1481 AD |
20th Dec. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Richard WALTON (81) |
1485 AD |
22nd Aug. Monday. Battle of Bosworth |
1491 AD |
Thomas GREY, Marquess of Dorset enclosed
land, may have built a |
1512 AD |
Humphrey ADDERLEY born, he came to Weddington
later (1) |
1535 AD |
Church valued at £8 10s 6d. Valor Eccliasticus = Weddyngton (12) |
1536 AD |
Dissolution of the smaller Monasteries. Much of the Catholic church's |
1539 AD |
Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries. Much of the churches land |
1547 AD |
Constable Rental Survey recorded an Iron Furnace in Weddington on |
1551 AD |
26th Nov. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Robert THURMAN (81) |
1554 AD |
Henry, Duke of Suffolk forfeited estates. He is executed after the
execution of his daughter, Lady Jane Grey (1) |
1561 AD |
Mr. TRYE rebuilt the Village (1) |
1562 AD |
Queen Elizabeth's favourites were given land of GREYS, e.g. Humphrey
ADDERLEY (Earl of Huntingdon) Groom of Queen's Wardrobe and John CHOLMELEY
(1) |
ADDERLEY family hold Weddington |
|
1563 AD |
Weddington village again decayed (1) |
1566 AD |
Suit mentions a CAPITAL MANSION HOUSE i.e. WEDDINGTON HALL or CASTLE;
it is possible that gatehouse Lodges were built at this time and later
modified by Lugar in 1805. William WHITE claimed the lease of Earl of Suffolk
and tried to depose Adderley. He failed. (1, 115) |
1583 AD |
Humphrey ADDERLEY the 2nd born (1,48) |
1598 AD |
29th Jul. Humphrey ADDERLEY the 1st, died leaving manor to his son |
1607 AD |
Enclosure Commission stated that Weddington
had a growing number of pastures and many decayed husbandry houses (29) |
1607 AD |
Burton's Leicestershire: Burton's friend found a rock near Higham Lane/A5 junction, on turning it over he found 250
King Henry III silver 3d pieces, 2 gold rings and 1 silver, one with an
Islamic inscription on. On digging deeper he found Roman coins and items he
interpreted as belonging to a Mithraic temple,
possibly on that site. |
16?? AD |
NEW INCUMBENT Rev. James CRANFORD (81) |
1626 AD |
Sessions Order Book = Whettington (39,81) |
1628 AD |
11th Mar. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Richard VINE the Puritan lived at Weddington. Paid £80 p.a. for Caldecote
and Weddington. Born 1600, Blaston,
Educated at Cambridge; 1642 he was noted as an Orthodox Divine, was a
consultant to Parliament on Liturgy etc. Left Weddington
in 1643 to flee to Coventry with Grew (24,81) |
1637 AD |
10th Nov. Humphrey ADDERLEY the 2nd, died (1, 115) |
1639 AD |
Humphrey ADDERLEY the 3rd died, manor passed to John ADDERLEY (1,
115). |
1642 AD |
28th Aug. Thursday. St. James' Church burnt by Royalists (Cavaliers)
according to Alfred Lester SCRIVENER (b. 1845 d.1886) How badly ruined it
was, is difficult to assess. It was probably used in a damaged state. They
also burnt Caldecote Hall (36) |
1643 AD |
The local area was predominantly Parliamentary Roundhead, although
there were families who supported the King (Cavaliers) (82,95) |
1649 AD |
5th Jun. NEW INCUMBENT Rev . Thomas EVANS
(81) |
1656 AD |
Dugdale = Wedington (2) |
1662 AD |
INCUMBENT Rev. Thomas EVANS sacked for his non-conformity (81). |
1662-74 AD |
Hearth Tax Returns: John ADDERLEY, Woolestan
ADDERLEY, Rev.Thomas EVANCE, Dudley RYDER, Thomas
THROWNE, Rev. Michael ARMSTEAD, Nicholas ARMISTEAD, Widow CATTLE, Thomas
GREENE, John BANCKS, John RAWLEY (13) |
1663 AD |
Earliest Registers of church (49) First entry in Parish Register: |
1667 AD |
Manor conveyed by John's widow Jane ADDERLEY and her son Wolstan (1) |
1672 AD |
Weddington licensed for non-conformist meetings
(1) |
1675 AD |
Nuneaton church wardens petitioned the JPs that Weddington
should help relieve poor (1) |
1676 AD |
Weddington population: 30 (29) |
1689 AD |
Wolstan ADDERLEY died (1,115). Gilbert ADDERLEY inherits
estate from his father Wolstan (1) |
1695 AD |
Morden's Map does NOT show a Weddington Road
(74) |
1703 AD |
Gilbert ADDERLEY pays for the Church Bell to be re-cast (48) |
1705 AD |
Samuel BRACEBRIDGE bought the Lindley Estate and pulled down the old
Hall (97) |
1712 AD |
29th Aug. Monday, Nuneaton Hurricane recorded by Henry Beighton, much local damage. |
1715 AD |
28th Feb. NEW INCUMBENT Rev. James SHERMAN (81) |
1725-7 AD |
Beighton's map was a valuable bench mark
because it showed mills, halls, churches, roads. Weddington
Road was not shown, there was an Implication that it
may have existed but was not a properly constructed Turnpike or transport
route. Weddington was the spelling (84, 113) |
1729 AD |
NEW INCUMBENT Rev. Thomas LIPTROTT (81) |
1730 AD |
4 farms and a Manor House (29) |
1733 AD |
A likely date for Weddington Road to have
been improved to enable the transport of materials for the church
re-building? (25) Church rebuilt by Humphrey and Gilbert ADDERLEY, except for
the old stone part of North Transept, to the Northwest. Vicar's vestry. One
account stated that Adderley actually demolished
the old church (1) |
1734 AD |
30th Dec. Gilbert ADDERLEY died (1) |
1738 AD |
Thomas ADDERLEY inherited the estate from his father Gilbert (1) |
1753 AD |
Weddington Parish Book: Records Widow Ghent was
supported by Parish, 14 dozen sparrows shot as pests paid 2s 4d; Paid the
Mole catcher £1 0s 0d for the year; |
1758 AD |
Mercy Adderley re-marries Francis Vincent,
barrister at Inner Temple. He commissioned a painting by the artist Arthur Devis, of himself and family at the Castle. It is,
however, not a faithful representation of the Estate (29) |