78 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF RIBBESFORD. 



male issue in the elder branch of the family, was succeeded in 

 his title and estates at Ribbesford, in the year IJOS, by his 

 son Henry, Lord Herbert, who then represented the ancient 

 borough of Bewdley in parliament, and on the demise of his 

 father was called to the House of Peers by the title of Baron 

 Herbert, of Cherbury, in the county of Salop. He was high 

 steward and recorder of that borough till the time of his 

 death, which took place at his seat, Ribbesford Hall, A. D. 

 1738. He married the honourable Mary Wallop, sister of 

 John Viscount Limington, who was created Earl of Ports- 

 mouth, and dying without issue the title became extinct, and 

 the manor and estate at Ribbesford, agreeably to his father's 

 will, became the property of his cousin, Henry Morley, Esq., 

 a descendant of Sir Henry Herbert, Knight, grandfather to 

 the last lord who took the name of Herbert, and bore the 

 arms of that family quartered with those of Morley. This 

 Henry Morley Herbert, Esq., who was lineally descended 

 from Dr. Morley, late Bishop of Worcester, died in the year 

 1781. His unmarried sister was heir to all his fortune, which 

 she bequeathed to George Paulett, Esq., (who was descended, 

 in the female line, from the Morleys,) and became Marquis 

 of Winchester in the year 1794. In the year 1787? this 

 George Paulett sold the manor and advowson of the church 

 of Ribbesford to Francis Ingram, Esq., of Ticknell, near 

 Bewdley, who by his will gave the same after the death of his 

 brother Thomas Ingram, Esq., to his nephew, Sir Edward 

 Winnington, Bart., of Stanford Court, for his life ; and after 

 his decease to Edward Winnington, the second son of the 

 said Sir Edward Winnington, and his first and other sons in 

 succession, he and they taking and using the name and arms 

 of Ingram. 



The parisli of Ribbesford contains about 1600 acres, 600 

 of which are woodlands planted with oak, and adjoins the 

 extensive forest of Wyre. In the year 1826, a shaft, 21 yards 

 and a half deep was sunk, for the purpose of searching for 

 coal. At this point the operation of boring commenced; 

 and at the farther depth of 41 yards a three feet vein of coal 

 was discovered. After passing through various strata of iron- 

 stone, and different descriptions of clay, mingled occasionally 

 w^ith portions of coal, the attempt was abandoned, after 

 reaching the depth of 181 yards. 



The church, which is dedicated to Saint Leonard, stands 

 in an extensive burying ground, and adjoins the gardens of 

 Ribbesford Hall. It is a low, ancient, and curious structure, 

 (the architecture partaking both of the Saxon and Gothic 



