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The Annals of Willenhall

Willenhall, vulgo Willnal, is undoubtedly a place of great antiquity; on the evidence of its name it manifestly had its foundation in an early Saxon settlement. The Anglo-Saxon form of the name Willanhale may be interpreted as "the meadow land of Willa"--Willa being a personal name, probably that of the tribal leader, the head of a Teutonic family, who settled here. In the Domesday Book the name appears as Winehala, but by the twelfth century had approached as near to its modern form as Willenhal and Willenhale. Dr. Oliver, in his History of Wolverhampton, derives the name from Velen, the Sun-god, and the Rev. H. Barber,. | The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick 1 The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick The Project Gutenberg eBook The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title The Annals of Willenhall Author Frederick William Hackwood Release Date March 17 2010 eBook 31675 Language English Character set encoding ISO-646-US US-ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNALS OF WILLENHALL Transcribed from the 1908 Whitehead Bros. edition by David Price email ccx074@pglaf.org COPYRIGHT THE ANNALS OF WILLENHALL --BY-- The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick FREDERICK WM. HACKWOOD 2 AUTHOR OF The Chronicles of Cannock Chase Wednesbury Ancient and Modern The Story of the Black Country Staffordshire Stories c. c. I cannot tell by what charm our native soil captivates us and does not allow us to be forgetful of it. --Ovid. Picture Seal of Willenhall Local Authority Wolverhampton WHITEHEAD BROS. St. John s Square and King Street. 1908. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I.--Willenhall--Its Name and Antiquity 1 II.--The Battle of Wednesfield 5 III.--The Saxon Settlement 11 IV.--The Founding of Wulfruna s Church A.D. 996 17 V.--The Collegiate Establishment 22 VI.--Willenhall at the Norman Conquest 1066-1086 27 VII.--A Chapel and a Chantry at Willenhall 32 VIII.--Willenhall in the Middle Ages 37 IX.--The Levesons and other Old Willenhall Families 41 X.--Willenhall Endowments at the Reformation 48 XI.--How the Reformation Affected Willenhall 52 XII.--Before the Reformation--and After 57 XIII.--A Century of Wars Incursions and Alarms 65 1640-1745 XIV.--Litigation Concerning the Willenhall Prebend 72 1615-1702 XV.--Willenhall Struggling to be a Free Parish 77 XVI.--Dr. Richard Wilkes of Willenhall 1690-1760 82 XVII.--Willenhall Spaw 90 XVIII.--The .