The rental of the Bruyn Family c1450

Rental of lands in the Hay, Oldbury, Aldenham, Gerdon, Overton, Pickthorn and Coreley
(National Library of Wales, Ottley Ms 2400)

The Hay [Eardington]
Thomas Form; In pasture Cvii acres }
In wood xix acres }
In ?ornorum land x acres } xli viiis viiid
And in Odivti? Lx & xv acres }
Jakyn Lem in wode and land xxxii acres }

Oldbury
John Ealdcote Ferthingmede xxvis viiid
Thomas Baker xis viiid
Roger Payn’ in Westwod xxx acres }
The same Roger in Oldbery xxx acres } xxxiis
And Goldsmyths land x acres }
Richard Oldbery per Asp Felde x acres }
and per reydyng x acres } xiiis iiid

Aldenam
John Dort xx acres xiiis iiiid

Gerdon
Richard Walle a Yard and a half } xxiiii & iiii acres xvs
And a noke of land }
William Mynstrell ii yard lands vixx acres } xvs
P’is in wode v acres }
Ric’ Wroduall tr’ die duo’ un’ ten’t lib’e ob

Ov’ton
Hankyn iiii yard lands and in wode viii acres xxxiiis viiiid
Grene ii yard lands and a noke xxiiiis
Ric Smyth iii yards and a noke xxxs

Pykethorn
Jon’ Burnell iiij yard lands xls
In wode x acres
William Smythe iiij yard lands xls
William Northwode 1 yard land xs
Roger Taylor halfe yard land iiijs xjd
Marget Sawnd’ for chief rent xijd

Corley
Thomas Plantyng I yard land xiiiis iiiid
Thomas Mongo’my a cottage and iiii acres xviiid

Free tenants:
John Prath viis vid ob
William Hull viis id
William Milstn iiid
John Bery iid ob
William Chelmarch ob

John Howst of London for a myll at do x ynott bruate iis

Suma of Acres xvii }
In wode xliii acres } Suma xviiil i
In meadows viii acres}

Water d? ….. lands at Quatforsd viiid


This is a list of the tenants of the Bruyn family in the mid 15th Century; it includes Overton and Pickthorn. It shows 5 individuals owning land at Pickthorn and 3 at Overton. John Burnell was granted a lease of the manor of Pickthorn in 1446 for 31 years. Margaret Sawnd[ers] was probably a relation of William Saunders, who lived at or near Pickthorn in 1417. The “yard lands” mentioned in the lease were nominally 30 acres so in theory these tenants had about 300 acres. The true figure would be much less than that. To pay a chief rent, Margaret would have been a freeholder; the others must have held their lands by leases. It is interesting that at this date there was still a small area of woodland associated with Pickthorn.