74 THE OWNERS OF SHALLCKOSS. 



This vill, " de Sakelcros,' and Fernilee, came to the Hydes 

 between 1209 and 1228; the charter was witnessed by Roger de 

 Dunes and Benedict de Worth, infra; and the land remained 

 with them till sold by Sir John Hyde,* who served under 

 the Black Prince. Sir Robert Hyde married the cousin and 

 heiress of Thomas de Norbury, of Norbury, in Stockport parish, 

 and there, observes Webb in 1615, is " the fair seat and demean 

 of the Hides." Leonard (XHL), in his Will, speaks of 

 Hamnett,t son and heir of Robert Hyde, of Northbury {as. a 

 chcv. or heiw. three lozenges of the second), as his kinsman ; and 

 it is stated in the Old Halls of Derbyshire, vol. i., p. 164, 

 that the Peak Hydes, whose coat was similar to that of Shalcross, 

 but with the addition of a chief ermine, and who were, perhaps, 

 connected with the old Cheshire house, intermarried with the 

 Shalcrosses. This charter thus runs : — 



[Undated, temp. Hen. HI., 1216-1272.] 



With a Seal of Richard de Scakelcros. 



No. 1. — Know all men, etc., that I, Robert, lord of Norbury, give 

 and yield and by this my present charter confirm to Richard, son of 

 Svain de Scakelcros a moiety (medietatum) of all the arable land (terra) 

 in Scakelcross exceptj that land which Hamor de ffernley holds (or 

 held). To hold, etc., to him and his heirs freely and quietly in fee and 

 heirship, in wood, in arable, in meadow, in pasture, and in all other 

 liberties to the aforesaid vill of Scakelcros appertaining. Paying thence 

 annually to me and my heirs 18 pence on the feast of the Apostles Peter 

 and Paul for all service. And for this grant I have received 20 shillings 

 and I horse and my wife i cow. These being witnesses : — Sir Roland, 



then Steward of the Peak, Sir S de Beyley, Richard de Hedneshouse, 



Hamor de ffernley, Robert Talebott, Richard de flfernley, and others. 



Appendant to this charter is a copy of the personal seal of 

 Richard de Scakelcros, which was upon green wax. This may 

 be an armorial ensign, anterior to the coat-armour borne 

 16 Edw. III., being an heraldic lily, surmounted by a cross 

 and capital S. There is no legend. There is a similar device 

 upon a headstone in Didsbury Churchyard to the memory of 



* John Joudrel, of the Yeardsley family, was an archer under him. 



t 1563-1643- 



+ V^ide Charier 13. 



