House Description
THE GILBERTS built 2008 next to “The Gilberts” but now called Oakwood Cottage
OAKWOOD COTTAGE- -GILBERTS - GYLBERTS - GYLBARTS and hopkilns
1548 JOHN ASTON (Gylbarts with Headmill) pasture called Gylbarts 15s7d rent per year
BA7335/20 705:7
1589 JOHN CLERK alias GILBERT (31st year of Elizabeth 1st)
1607 THOMAS HAMPTON Copyhold Rental BA 7335/20 11
1650 THOMAS STONE rent for copihold of Gilberts and Heads Myll 17s 7d BA7335/20
c.1650 THOMAS HAMPTON (Gilberts)
1681 THOMAS HAMPTON
1700 JOHN HOPKINS
1717 THOMAS HAMPTON
1724 SAMUEL HOPKINS
1732 SAMUEL LAMB and WILLIAM YATES
1733 RICHARD LOW tenant–Owner BOWATER.VERNON Dougharty Map
1764 JOHN HOPKINS died ,”having erected a cottage on part of Gilberts,late belonging to
TOMAS HAMPTON.” Rev. JOHN HOPKINS his heir.
1801 THOMAS MARTIN died (Gilberts,Kings Hilll and Turners )
? Marquis of Exeter to JOHN JACKSON 21yr lease
1803 SARAH JACKSON see under King’s Hill .(Gilberts–40 yds length, 26 yds breadth)
(F)
1808 JOHN JACKSON paid 4d rent to J.PHILLIPS
1815 JOHN JACKSON
1834 JOHN JACKSON
1839 WILLIAM TOMKINS occ. Owner Wm PEARMAN (T)
1840 WILLIAM PEARMAN land part of Gilberts-0cc. JOHN WORMINGTON
1548 JOHN ASTON (Gylbarts with Headmill) pasture called Gylbarts 15s7d rent per year
BA7335/20 705:7
1589 JOHN CLERK alias GILBERT (31st year of Elizabeth 1st)
1607 THOMAS HAMPTON Copyhold Rental BA 7335/20 11
1650 THOMAS STONE rent for copihold of Gilberts and Heads Myll 17s 7d BA7335/20
c.1650 THOMAS HAMPTON (Gilberts)
1681 THOMAS HAMPTON
1700 JOHN HOPKINS
1717 THOMAS HAMPTON
1724 SAMUEL HOPKINS
1732 SAMUEL LAMB and WILLIAM YATES
1733 RICHARD LOW tenant–Owner BOWATER.VERNON Dougharty Map
1764 JOHN HOPKINS died ,”having erected a cottage on part of Gilberts,late belonging to
TOMAS HAMPTON.” Rev. JOHN HOPKINS his heir.
1801 THOMAS MARTIN died (Gilberts,Kings Hilll and Turners )
? Marquis of Exeter to JOHN JACKSON 21yr lease
1803 SARAH JACKSON see under King’s Hill .(Gilberts–40 yds length, 26 yds breadth)
(F)
1808 JOHN JACKSON paid 4d rent to J.PHILLIPS
1815 JOHN JACKSON
1834 JOHN JACKSON
1839 WILLIAM TOMKINS occ. Owner Wm PEARMAN (T)
1840 WILLIAM PEARMAN land part of Gilberts-0cc. JOHN WORMINGTON
In June 1841 ...
In March 1851 ...
1858 WILL OF THOMAS MARTIN30th July 1858
THOMAS MARTIN in his Will dated 8th October 1798 bequeathed to his daughter SARAH, wife of
JOHN JACKSON all his freehold and Copyhold eastate . She died in May1802 or1802 and the Estate
then passed to her only daughter SARAH PEARMAN , known as SARAH JACKSON. At a Court held
on the 18th October 1803 the said SARAH PEARMAN then called SARAH JACKSON, was (by
JOHN JACKSON her Guardian , because she was an infant under four years old) admitted tenant to the
above . She married a WILLIAM PEARMAN who died on or about 3rd Aug1849 and was buried at
Astley. On the 30th July 1858 SARAH PEARMAN came before HENRY BEARCROFT (Steward of
the Manor) and surrendered out of Court into the hands of the Lord of the Manor in the presence and
testimony of SAMUEL PEARMAN SMITH of Walsall gent. , a parcel of land (cottage having been
taken down some time ago) 40 yds long by 26 yds wide being part of a Customary Messuage
heretofore of THOMAS HAMPTON called GILBERTS and all other land and premises comprised in
the said property called GILBERTS .All the above are now in the occupation of JOHN
WORMINGTON as Tenant. SARAH PEARMAN was then admitted tenant paying yearly sum of four
pence heriot when due etc.....
Signed HENRY BEARCROFT Steward
1858 WILL OF THOMAS MARTIN30th July 1858
THOMAS MARTIN in his Will dated 8th October 1798 bequeathed to his daughter SARAH, wife of
JOHN JACKSON all his freehold and Copyhold eastate . She died in May1802 or1802 and the Estate
then passed to her only daughter SARAH PEARMAN , known as SARAH JACKSON. At a Court held
on the 18th October 1803 the said SARAH PEARMAN then called SARAH JACKSON, was (by
JOHN JACKSON her Guardian , because she was an infant under four years old) admitted tenant to the
above . She married a WILLIAM PEARMAN who died on or about 3rd Aug1849 and was buried at
Astley. On the 30th July 1858 SARAH PEARMAN came before HENRY BEARCROFT (Steward of
the Manor) and surrendered out of Court into the hands of the Lord of the Manor in the presence and
testimony of SAMUEL PEARMAN SMITH of Walsall gent. , a parcel of land (cottage having been
taken down some time ago) 40 yds long by 26 yds wide being part of a Customary Messuage
heretofore of THOMAS HAMPTON called GILBERTS and all other land and premises comprised in
the said property called GILBERTS .All the above are now in the occupation of JOHN
WORMINGTON as Tenant. SARAH PEARMAN was then admitted tenant paying yearly sum of four
pence heriot when due etc.....
Signed HENRY BEARCROFT Steward
In April 1861 ...
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In April 1911 ...
In September 1939 ...
History from 1940 to recent times
In 2020 ...