Turner Ann, farmer
Vaughan Edward Goldsborough Chambre, Esq., Wood Gate
Watson Robert, farmer and shoemaker
Williams Robert, gentleman
Williams William, blacksmith and vict., Blacksmith’s Arms
Wycherley George, gentleman
Wycherley Robert, farmer
BURLTON
is a village and township, intersected by the Shrewsbury and Ellesmere and the Baschurch and Wem turnpike roads, two miles E. from Baschurch, and five miles S.W. from Wem. The township contains 1,324a. 0r. 14p. of land, and in 1841 had 35 houses and 172 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,604. The soil is various; in some parts a cold clay prevails, and in other places there is a loamy soil, with a mixture of gravel. The principal landowners are R. C. Vaughan, Esq., Thomas Woodfield, Samuel Lee, Robert Leeke, John Menlove, Esq., William Sparling, Esq., The Corporation of Shrewsbury, Thomas Dickin, Esq., Mr. John Platt, Mr. Nicholas Robinson, Mr. Peter Shingler, and Mr. Peter Shingler, jun.; besides whom there are several smaller proprietors. Burlton Green is a plot of waste land, containing two acres, the herbage of which is claimed by the freeholders. There is also a considerable tract of woodland in this township. A court leet and baron is held yearly at the Coach and Horses, by the lord of the manor, Robert C. Vaughan, Esq. The jurisdiction of the court embraces the following townships, viz.:—Burlton, Balderton, Eyton, Fennymere, Frankton, Stanwardine-in-the Field, and Walford. About four-fifths of the township is tithe free; the residue has been commuted; the vicarial for £17. 12s., and the rectoral for £50. 19s., of which £28. 8s. are paid to Messrs. Shingler and Son, and £22. 11s. to Thomas Bulkeley Bulkeley Owen, Esq. The manor, tithes, and estate of Burlton were granted by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Shrewsbury, in the possession of which house it remained till the dissolution of monastic institutions in the time of Henry VIII. In the reign of Elizabeth we find it possessed by one Griffith. It then passed to the family of Lawley, of whom was Sir Edward Lawley, K.B., who, dying, left an only daughter, named Ursula. She married, first, Sir Robert Bertie, K.B., and secondly, George Penruddock, Esq., who thus became possessed of Burlton. This gentleman, taking an active part in the wars of King Charles and the Parliament, and being a zealous royalist, his manor, as did many others in the kingdom, changed its owner, and became the property of Captain Arthur Chambre, in whose family it has remained to the present time, and now belongs to his descendant, Robert Chambre Vaughan, Esq., who resides at Burlton Hall, a very ancient mansion, embosomed in foliage. The greater part of the hall was built about the year 1420; having become much dilapidated, it was thoroughly repaired and beautified during the year 1837. It is handsomely furnished, contains some beautiful paintings, and curious cabinets of the most elaborate workmanship.
Adams Edward, farmer