Nock Thomas, farmer, Leavenhall
Payne James, butler & farm bailiff, Rectory
Pearman Richard, farmer
Robinson Walter, shopkeeper
Rushton Edward, farmer
Summers Margaret, grocer, farmer, & vict., The Hundred House Inn
Yates Bartholomew, farmer, Old Park
SUTTON MADDOCK
parish is situated in the Shiffnal division of the Brimstree hundred, and comprises 3,240 acres of land, the rateable value of which is £4,042. The arable lands are highly fertile, and the grazing lands produce a fine herbage. The village is pleasantly situated on the Bridgnorth and Shiffnal turnpike road, six miles north from the former, and five miles south-west from the latter. At the census in 1801 there were 400 inhabitants; 1831, 384; and in 1841, 79 houses and a population of 352 souls. The principal landowners are Richard Phillips, Esq., Brockton Hall; T. C. Whitmore, Esq.; Richard Phillips, gentleman; Mr. William Wilkinson; Mr. William Braidley; and the Rev. John Brooke; there are also several other smaller proprietors. The Church is a freestone structure, dedicated to St. Mary, and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower, in which are five bells. The tower appears much older than the body of the church, which has in all probability been re-built, but of which we find no historical record. There is a small organ placed upon the gallery. A neat memorial remembers Elizabeth Farmer, of this place, who died on the 16th December, 1827, aged thirty years; there is also a neat tablet in memory of William Jones, late of Harrington, in this parish, who died in 1823, and various others. This church was given to the priory of Wombridge by King Henry II. The living is a discharged vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Kemberton. The Rev. George Whitmore, M.A., is the incumbent. In the 15th of Henry III., Madoc, the son of Griffin, held Sutton by knights’ service. From this person it acquired the name of Sutton Madoc, now corrupted to Sutton Maddock. Brockton is a hamlet in this parish, pleasantly situated on the turnpike road from Shiffnal to Bridgnorth, about a mile north from the parish church. It contains several good family mansions. The noble family of Sutton de Dudley are said to be descended from the Suttons of Sutton Maddock.
Directory.—William Braidley, gentleman; John Broughall, farmer, Sutton Hall; Mrs. Mary Broughall, the Villa, Brockton; William H. Davies, farmer, Harrington; William Jones, Esq., Brockton; Thomas Nock, farmer, Sutton farm; Richard Phillips, Esq., Brockton hall; Richard Phillips, Esq., the Grange, Brockton; Francis Ray, parish clerk; Mr. George Roden; William Rose, Esq., porcelain manufacturer, Rock house; Henry Smith, farmer, New house; John C. Titterton, blacksmith; Rev. George Whitmore, M.A., vicar, residence Kemberton; William Wilkinson, maltster and farmer.