| Reference Number | DE/14/6 |
| Title | Historical notes regarding Ansculph and the families of de Somery and Paganel [ancestors of the Dudley/Sutton family] |
| Description | Includes: notes 'from the book called Domesday' for Staffordshire stating that William son of Asculffy [Ansculph] held lands in Sedgleslei [Sedgley]; notes from the Red Book of the Exchequer for the County of Stafford regarding Gervase Paganel and Ralph de Somery temp. Henry II, Richard I and John I; extract from the Charter of Gervase Paganel listing knight service owed to him, temp. Henry [II]; note regarding Rads de Someri [Ralph de Somery] having of the gift of John I the Manor of Meare [Mere], Suneford [Swinford] and Clents referring to Memorandum dated 15 Edward II [1321 - 1322]; note temp. John I regarding the Count of Salisbury's holding in custody the honour of Ralph de Somery and the Manor of Swinford, Clent [Clents] and Mere for the son and heir of Ralph.
Endorsed: '1/15' |
| Date | 17th century |
| Related Material | [see Henry Sydney Grazebrook, ‘An account of the Barons of Dudley’, 'Collections for a History of Staffordshire', IX (1888), p.7-9, 13-14] |
| Physical Description | [paper watermarked with word 'PLAMY' underneath a horn and a heart] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | [1 folio sheet] |
| Level | Item |