IIADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR. AND ITS LORDS. I 1 



The deed chaiges ihe manor with the maintenance of the 

 chaplains in question, and contains the usual clause of reserva- 

 tion of re-entry. 



An inventory, in Latin, of the goods of Sir l<.ichard de 

 Vernon at the Manor of Harlaston, mentions iron furnaces in 

 the hall for liurning,sea cual, and refers to beds ornamented 

 with oak leaves and fleur-de-lis. 



A note is appended that after the in\entor\' had been made, 

 Sir Richard took some of the articles included in it away with 

 him to Gascony. 



He married Juliana, sister and heiress of Sir Fulke de Peni- 

 brugge, Lord of iong, in Shropshire. l)y whom he acquired the 

 manor of Tong. She married to her second husband Thomas 

 Wennesley. In 1380 the King granted to Juliana, formerly wife 

 of Richard de Vernon, of Harlaston. Knt., and to Thomas de 

 Wennesley, a lease of two-thirds of Marple and Wibbersley, to 

 hold during tlie minority of the heir of Richard (.le Vernon. 

 (Chesh. Records.) Sir Richard de Vernon died in September. 

 1376 (Chesh. Iiiq.), Richard, his son and next heir being nine 

 years of age, and his widow in 14 10 aged sixty years and 

 upwards. 



Richard de Vernon came of age about 1389, and had livery 

 of two-thirds of Marple and Wibersley in the following year. 

 He married Johanna, daughter of Rees ap Griffith, Knt, cozen 

 and heir of Sir Richard de Stackpole (Mar. Sett. 1380), and 

 died in 1400 {Iiiq. p. m. 2 Henry IV.), Richard, his son and 

 heir, Ijeing aged ten years. The original will, in Latin, of his 

 widow, Juliana, who long survived him. remains amongst the 

 Belvoir Muniments. It is dated 1437, and it was proved at the 

 Deanery of Pembrolce, 12th May, 1439. She gives her body to 

 be buried in the church of S. Michael, of Stackpool, to which 

 she bequeaths 40s. for providing bells. The residue of her 

 goods she gives and bequeaths to Richard de Vernon, her son, 

 Knt.. who succeeded, and who proved his age in 14 ri. He was 



