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A SHORT HISTORY OF TETTENHALL5. The sixteenth century |
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A SHORT HISTORY OF TETTENHALL5. The sixteenth century |
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In 1549 the lands of all collegiate churches were seized and sold by the
King, Edward VI. Tettenhall's church lands were bought by the
Wrottesleys who thereupon became the secular deans of the manor of
Tettenhall Clericorum. (All wills had to be proved in their court and
the wills and other records were destroyed when Wrotteseley Hall burnt
down in 1897). The church, though it remained a royal peculiar, lost its
collegiate status and was, thereafter, served by one vicar. Codsall
became a separate parish.
Tettenhall in Tudor times seems to have had a connection with the wool trade. There is evidence of at least two substantial merchants of the staple, Henry Southwick of Tettenhall and Richard Cresswell of Barnhurst, operating in the area. |
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