Introduction. xix 



And where I caused Thomas flStzherbert to surrendre the Inden- 

 ture of the fferme of the parsonage of Castellan in the Peeke to the 

 Abbot of Vayll Royal to the intent, to thentent {sic) that I and he 

 shulde haue fourty yeres terme therin more then was in the olde 

 Indenture, And to take a newe leesse for terme of threscore and 

 tenne yeres which olde leesse the same Thomas had by the mariage 

 of the doughter and heire of sir Arthur Eyre whiche sir Arthur 

 Eyre willed that his bastard sonne shulde haue fyve markes yerely 

 of the profites of the same fferme as apperith by his wille wherfor 

 I will that the same bastard sonne haue the same fyve markes 

 according to the same will And the Residue of the profites of the 

 same fferme I will and require the same Thomas my sonne that 

 John ffitzherbert his brother may haue the profites therof during 

 his lyfe And after his decesse Richard ffitzherbert his brother And 

 I will that my fferme at Caldon And the fferme that I haue of the King 

 And the howe Grange Remain to my heires males of Norbury And 

 I will that the lande that I purchased at Whitlinglon besides Lichefelde 

 goo foreuer to kepe the obite at North wynfelde for my brother 

 doctour soule according to his will and to be made sure — therfor 

 as moche as may reasonably be devised therfor to stande with the 

 lawe yf I do not assigne other landes therfor hereafter. . . . 



And I will that my Cosyn Richard Coton haue one good amblyng 

 Coll or oon good horsse of myn to Ryde on by the discrecion of my 

 wife and my son Thomas to be deliuered And to my Cosyn Alice 

 his wyfe oon of my best habites with the Cloke and Hood and 

 the Lynyng and the furr of the same. Written the day and yere 

 abouesaid." 



The will was proved at Lichfield, August 26, 1538. 



I may add that the will mentions his wife dame Maude, 

 his son Thomas, his three younger sons John, Richard, and 

 William, and his daughter Kateryn ; also his cousin Richard 

 Coton and his wife Alice. Thomas Fitzherbert married the 

 daughter of Sir Arthur Eyre. 



It hence appears that Sir Anthony had no less than three 

 farjns, one at Castleton in the Peak, one at Caldon in 

 Staffordshire, near Dove Dale, and a farm which he held of 

 the King ; besides the How Grange and some land at Whit- 

 tington near Lichfield, as also some purchased lands and 



