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30-657: Thomas Dadford probably originated from Stewponey or Stourton, Staffordshire , near Stourbridge . He started as one of James Brindley 's many pupil-assistants, in which capacity he worked on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and the Birmingham Canal Navigations . He was engineer and surveyor on the Dudley Canal until 1783, and consulted by them later when they were extending through Dudley Tunnel . The latter part of his career

60-432: A fee farm rent of £9. The king resumed possession of the manor in 1293 and granted it back to John (probably the other's grandson) for life. The king granted the keepership of the forest to Hugh Tyrel in 1339, adding the manor in 1340, but the property was in wardship from 1343 until the majority of another Hugh Tyrel in 1362. Following his death in 1381, the property passed to Richard Hampton. It passed down his family until

90-503: A local name for the location. Believed to be a medieval hunting lodge dating from the reign of King William II . Stourton Castle was evidently 'the King's Houses' in Kinver during the reign of King Henry II . It was called a castle in 1122. By that time, the castle and the manor of Kinver and Stourton, together with the custody of the forest of Kinver were held by John son of Philip at

120-608: A row with the company and were arrested for alleged overpayments. The matter was later resolved in their favour and they were exonerated. His last canal was the Montgomeryshire , where he succeeded his son John as engineer in July 1797. Stourton, Staffordshire Stourton is a hamlet in South Staffordshire, England 2.5 miles to the northwest of Stourbridge . There is a fair amount of dispute over

150-473: Is easily accessed by towpaths along both canals. The Stewponey public house and Foley Arms Hotel stood at the centre of Stourton at the junction of the A449 and Stourbridge-bound A458 , immediately adjacent to the locks and bridges. It was rebuilt in the 1930s, and featured an outdoor swimming pool. It replaced an 18th-century inn, which was much smaller and outdated, but is known to have existed in 1744, when it

180-466: Is parking immediately opposite for this purpose. Stourton Park is the homeground of Stourbridge R.F.C. William Whorwood Sir William Whorwood (c.1500 – 28 May 1545) was a landowner in Staffordshire and the neighbouring counties, a distinguished lawyer, and a politician in the reign of Henry VIII . He achieved the positions of Solicitor General and Attorney General . Whorwood

210-493: Is possible Warham influenced the returns. Five of the six seats controlled by Winchester were taken by senior legal figures, including Whorwood's colleague at Downton, Nicholas Hare and Thomas Cromwell at Taunton . Whorwood served throughout the English Reformation Parliament , a period of more than six years. In 1533 his name appeared on a list drawn up by Cromwell and thought to be the names of

240-534: Is situated either side of the A458 road , at the junction of the A449 between Wolverhampton and Kidderminster . The name, originally related to the area west of the River Stour, is now applied as including the area east (and south) of the river, which was formerly the township of Halfcot. The Stewponey Inn was formerly situated at the cross roads, until it was demolished to make way for housing. Stewponey remains

270-597: The Stourbridge Canal terminates by descending through locks to join the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal . This historically important junction on the West Midlands canal network was long disused, but the restoration and reopening of the Stourbridge Canal, from the 1970s onwards, has reasserted its importance. It lies a few hundred metres to the north of the crossroads at Stewponey, and

300-540: The Governor of Worcester after he routed Fox's relief column in an action on Stourbridge Heath . Wortley Whorwood (John's grandson) sold the manor and castle to Thomas Foley and his son Philip in 1672 and soon after it settled on Philip. The property belonged to his descendants until the estate was broken up in 1913, the Foleys never lived in the castle however, choosing to reside at nearby Prestwood . The castle

330-523: The Wymans with their family of young children. The castle was vacant from the death of George Arkle until the sale of the Prestwood estate in 1913. It was bought by Francis Grazebrook, a relative of the earlier tenant, and remained in the family until the death of his son O. F. Grazebrooke in 1974. The 19th century main front incorporates a late medieval gate tower. Stourton Junction is the point at which

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360-472: The death of his great-grandson John Hampton in 1472. The castle and manor then passed to George, Duke of Clarence , who in 1475 gave it to Tewkesbury Abbey , who returned it to the crown in 1495. The Castle was the birthplace of Cardinal Pole , whose maternal grandfather, Clarence, was the brother of both King Edward IV , and King Richard III . The castle and manor were granted by Henry VIII to his Attorney General , William Whorwood , whose family owned

390-477: The funeral accounts of Sir Thomas Lovell in 1524 and three years later was advising Anne Rede, niece of William Warham , the Archbishop of Canterbury on her jointure . In 1526 he was nominated for the post of Common Serjeant of London , the capital city's senior legal officer, by the mayor and aldermen of London, although he was unsuccessful in the face of competition from a royal nominee. In 1529 Whorwood

420-488: The manor of Compton, also in Kinver. The castle then became a home of that family until the late 1650s. The present house was presumably built by Thomas Whorwood when he became entitled to the whole of the manor in the 1580s. His grandson John Whorwood was probably neutral in the Civil War, but the castle was taken and briefly held by the brother of Colonel Tinker Fox in 1644, and later surrendered to Sir Gilbert Gerard ,

450-712: The name Stewponey. The origin of the name "Stewponey Inn" remains uncertain. Rev. Sabine Baring Gould claimed that Stewponey was said to have been a local pronunciation of " Estepona " and that the Estepona Tavern was so named because the founder of the tavern had been a soldier quartered in Estepona in Spain and his wife had come from there. Other suggestions include it being a corruption of Stouri pons ( Latin for "bridge of Stour"), or that it derives from stepony . The Inn gave its name, Stewponey or Stewpony, to

480-465: The nearby locks and bridge on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal , below Stourton Junction. Beside them stand the Stewponey tollhouse, a brick structure of irregular octagonal plan, which is painted white. The original Georgian brick bridge was complemented in the 20th century by a modern road bridge. The entry to the towpath is still an important access point to the canal for walkers and there

510-715: The principal members opposed to the Statute in Restraint of Appeals However, he seems to have been generally cooperative with royal policy, and certainly showed no scruples in profiting from the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act , which helped secure gentry support for the English Reformation . By the end of the parliament he had good relations with Cromwell and the administration. He

540-589: The pronunciation, being pronounced 'stower-ton', 'stir-ton' or 'store-ton' by different people from the area. The nearest sizeable villages are Wollaston and Kinver , the nearest hamlets are Prestwood and Dunsley . It lies on the River Stour . The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and Stourbridge Canal meet at Stourton Junction, which places Stourton on the Stourport Ring , a navigable waterway popular with narrowboat holidaymakers. Stourton

570-438: The revenue courts, receiving very large payments for his advice. In 1540 he was made Attorney General , in succession to John Baker , although he and Baker continued to work together on many issues. In 1544 Whorwood was made a member of the court of surveyors at a salary of £6 13s.4d. It was probably this connection that allowed him to buy a series of properties in the West Midlands. Whorwood's family seem to have been settled at

600-749: The royal administration. Whorwood bought from the king the manor of Kinver with Stourton Castle in 1537 and subsequently the rectory impropriate of Kinver, which remained in the family until 1672. He also acquired various estates elsewhere, including the reversion of White Ladies Priory , a dissolved Augustinian convent in Shropshire . He owned a large house in Putney , probably acquired through his second marriage. He died on 28 May 1545, leaving two daughters as heirs. Both daughters were taken into wardship by John Dudley, Viscount Lisle , later Duke of Northumberland. Whorwood married twice. A partition

630-504: The southern edge of Staffordshire for about a century before his birth, although his remoter ancestors are unknown. The family estate at Compton, just west of Kinver, was referred to as la Horewode alias le Halowes . He is frequently referred to as William Whorwood of Compton Hallows . Compton was a small manor, which belonged to his father and later elder brother. The family were not prominent until William greatly increased their wealth and influence. This he achieved by using his contacts in

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660-468: Was Elizabeth Corbyn , daughter of Richard Corbyn of Kingswinford , Staffordshire. Whorwood was admitted to the Middle Temple for legal training on 2 November 1519. Within two years he was acting as receiver of monies for the serjeants-at-law , the elite group of lawyers who monopolised work in the central courts. He quickly built up a successful practice, working for eminent clients. He handled

690-653: Was appointed Solicitor General on 13 April 1536, the day before the parliament was dissolved. The king requested that the same members be returned to the next parliament, due to be called later in the year. However, Whorwood was not returned for Downton. However, he was paid £26 13s.4d. "for his pains in the time of the Parliament", so it seems that he must have attended the House of Lords . He received recognition of his eminence at his own Inn of Court by being appointed bencher and Autumn Reader there in 1537. From 1539 he

720-514: Was born before 1505: his elder brother John was aged 40 in 1534, and taking account also of the dates of his education, it can be assumed that William was born 1500–1502. He was the second or third son of John Whorwood of Compton, near Kinver one of a family of minor gentry, who had long lived at Compton, in Kinver , Staffordshire. The family name is also rendered Horwood or Horewode , giving an indication of contemporary pronunciation. His mother

750-514: Was called the house of Benjamin Hallen, being the sign of the Green Man and called the Stewponey. The hotel was also rebuilt to provide more space for the parking of motor cars. It was a local landmark in the late 20th century. By 1999, however, its owners had decided to sell it to property developers and it was demolished in 2001 to be redeveloped for executive private housing, which has retained

780-426: Was occupied as a farm house throughout the 18th century and from 1805 by T. W. Grazebrook, a local glass manufacturer. The house was remodelled and partially rebuilt in 1832-3 by Sir Robert Smirke for the industrialist James Foster . His nephew William Orme Foster lived there until 1868, when he sold the lease. Around 1890, Martha Steer (née Nettlefold) took it on lease for herself, her daughter, Ethel Steer, and

810-684: Was returned as Member of the English Parliament for the borough of Downton in Wiltshire This was one of three boroughs controlled by the Diocese of Winchester . The bishop's bailiff simply filled in the election return or indenture and handed it to the High Sheriff of Wiltshire . The bishop in commendam at the time was Thomas Wolsey , formerly the king's senior counsellor, but his career had entered its final crisis. It

840-715: Was spent in Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire, and Montgomeryshire, for example on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in the early 1790s, often working with his two sons. He worked on many canal projects, including the Neath and the Aberdare, in many of which he was also a shareholder. Until 1794, with his son and Thomas Sheasby , he was engineer and contractor on the Glamorganshire Canal , until they had

870-694: Was the recipient of a writ of assistance to attend the Lords – the first Solicitor General to be called thus. In July 1539 he and the Attorney General were paid £30 each for their attendance, with £6 13s.4d. to share among their clerks. Whorwood probably helped draft major measures during the parliament, including the Second Act of Dissolution and the act imposing the Six Articles , a reaffirmation of traditional Roman Catholic dogma . Whorwood

900-526: Was used both regularly and in emergency to enforce the law in his native county and elsewhere. He was a justice of the peace in Staffordshire. In April 1536 he was sent with John Hynde to help suppress a rising in Somerset and each received £50 "for executing of rebels in the west". The following year he was sent to deal with the aftermath of the Lincolnshire Rising . He was also employed in

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