HADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR, AND ITS LORDS. 



as the right and heritage of the aforesaid Margery, all the land 

 of Merpul and Wiberslee, with all its appurtenances, by the ser- 

 vice of finding one Forester in the Forest of the Earl of Chester, 

 that is to say, in that of JNIacclesfield, saving to the said Earl 

 the hunting and the aeries of hawks, falcons, and sparrow-hawks. 

 Witnesses : Philip de Orreby, then Justiciary of Chester, Hugo 

 Despencer, Roger de Meinewaring, William de Venables, Richard 

 Phitun, Jordan de Bredburie, Benedict de Wurth, Roger de 

 Dounes, and many others. (Chesh. Grants.) 



Philip de Orreby was Justiciary of Chester from 1209 to 1229. 



The following additional information relating to William 

 Vernon is from the Belvoir and other collections : — 



Deed dated 1237, recites that "William de Vernon, for the 

 welfare of his soul, and the souls of his wife Alice and of all 

 his ancestors and successors, had given all the land which he 

 had in Stanton (near Haddon) to the Prior and Convent of 

 Lenton, together with his body, there to be buried beside his 

 father." (Belvoir Chart.) 



From another deed, dated 1242, it appears that the Abliot 

 of Dieulacresse, and the Priors of Lenton, Chester and Derby, 

 were the executors of the will of the said William Vernon, Knt., 

 and that his debts were to be proved at Derby. It seems, 

 therefore, that William Vernon died about this time. 



It will be observed that Alice is given as the wife of William 

 de Vernon in this deed, and in a portion of a Vernon pedigree 

 amongst the Woolley MSS., Alice is also described as the wife 

 of William Vernon. She must, therefore, have been a second 

 wife. 



The following is an abstract of a transcript, in Latin, of a 

 charter in a vol. of the Towneley MSS. : — 



Translation. 



" To all about to see or hear this writing, &c., know you that 



1 ha\e given, &c., for my soul, and the souls of Margaret, my 

 wife, and my successors, to God and S. Mary and S. Editha of 

 Poles worth (near Tamworth), 5 s. of my rent of Harlaston, to 



