Questions

1.
 In which year did this meeting take place?
2.
 Which family built the first chapel in Edgbaston?
3.
 What had happened to that family?
4.
 Who built the second chapel?
5.
 Who paid for the tower?
6.
 Why did the Middlemores want Edgbaston to be a separate parish?
7.
 What is left of their chapel today?
8.
 Describe Old Edgbaston Hall.
9.
 Why were the cottages tumble-down?
10.
 What two parks for hunting did Nicholas own?
11.
 Why was Birmingham manor house in ruin?
12.
 Why were strong towers built onto churches?
13.
 Why were spires sometimes built?
14.
 Why was Birmingham wealthy?
15.
 How had the market and fair charters helped Birmingham?
16.
 Why did tenants in Birmingham prefer to pay rent for their land?
17.
 Why had Church Field been enclosed in Edgbaston?
18.
 What was sea-coal? Why had it to be brought to Birmingham?
19.
 How long had Nicholas' family held the manor?
20.
 What were the great fields of Birmingham now used for?
21.
 Why were Birmingham tenants ready to rent closes in Edgbaston, and in Rotton park?
22.
 Why was wool a more profitable crop than, say, barley?
23.
 What weapons would the hunters use to shoot deer?
24.
 The fish-ponds beside Edgbaston Hall were 'hatcheries'. What do you think the name means?
25.
 Who was the last of the de Birminghams?
26.
 Why is the name of Humphrey Middlemore of interest today?
27.
 What were two of the great fields of Edgbaston called?
28.
 What was the name of a wood in Edgbaston?
29.
 Where was there a watermill in Edgbaston?
30.
 What were the three parks of the demesne in Birmingham?
31.
 What were the woods in Birmingham called?
32.
 On a modern street-map, see if you can find the old lanes shown on the story map, and their present names.
33.
 What are the bounding brooks of Edgbaston?


1517 Enclosures around Birmingham. Open field cultivation largely ended. Land used for pasture. Woodland shrinking rapidly. Holme Park & Rotton Park. Several landowners, including Guild & Priory.

1533 Edward de Birmingham imprisoned on 'framed' charge. Released four years later, but lost Birmingham estates which Crown retained.

1536 Priory dissolved, property seized.

1538 Leyland's Bremischem.
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