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WOLVERHAMPTON is a Populous Town situated in the South East part of the county of STAFFORD, in North Latitude 52º.40" (as is nearly the whole Parifh except what belongs to the Church in the Manor of Stow Heath, whereof the Right Honble. John Earl Gower Lord Privy Seal and Thos. Giffard of Chillington Esqr. a Minor, are joynt Lords) And is distant from London 100 Computed and 130 Measured Miles, its present No of Houfes are 1440 and Inhabitants 7454. This Town was first called Hanton by the Saxons, from its high situation, then Hamton and Wulfrunes Hamton and so Wolverhampton from the Princefs Wulfrune its owner a Daughter or Sister to King Ethelred who came to the crown in 979 here she founded a Collegiate Church for a Dean and seven Prebendaries an Official & other inferior Officers & to each of these eight fhe gave a power over his own Lands equal to that of any Lord of a Manor and to the Dean the same power in spiritual Matters as any Bifhop enjoy'd making the whole Body and Parifh subject to him and him subject to no mans Visitation except that of the King or Ld. Keeper of the great Seal under him Edward the Confefsor made it one of his Royal free Chapels and Edw.d 1V. in 1477 annext the Deanery to that of Windfor. The prefent Magnificent Church except the Chancel was built by that great Man Hubert Walter A. B.* of Canterbury, perhaps born here, about the Year 1200. He also built proper Houfes round about it for the Dean and Prebendaries &c. all which are long since gone to Ruin but the Deans was rebuilt by Mr. R. Gueft; who farm'd the Excife of Oliver Cromwell and the Chancel by a voluntary Subfcription collected by the Reverend Mr. Alleftree since that time. In 1258 Henry II granted to the Dean a Market on Wednefdays and a Fair on the 26 June for the Church being dedicated to St. Peter but Tradition says, they were granted by King John his Father: The free School was founded by Mr. Stephen Jennings born here who was Lord Mayor of London in 1509 the Government and Choice of the Mafters he gave to the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors of which he was a member. In 1714, they built the present handsome Fabrick for a School and Houfes for the two Mafters. At present it has 1 Church and 3 Meeting Houfes for Roman Catholicks, Quakers, and Prefbyterians all which will not contain one fifth Part of the Inhabitants, a Charity School for 50 Boys and 40 Girls. The Iron Manufacture and Toy Trades in Gold, Silver, Brafs, Mother of Pearl, &c. are here carryed on as also at Willenhall and Bilfton in this Parifh after the same manner as at Birmingham, Walfal &c. King John bestowed the Manor in the Archbp. some time before the Building of St. Peter's Church

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