"Hamo Paperellus" granted property "in Waletonia" to "Seburgæ filiæ meæ", dated to [1137/41]. Eyton concludes that Seburga must have been illegitimate as she and her descendants held property as tenants of her father’s collateral heirs. William FitzAlan confirms the foundation of Wombourne abbey by "Willielmi et uxoris eius Saburgæ de Hedlega et Alani eorum filii" by undated charter, dated to [1130/35]. 2
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The Manor of Hadley was held in the time of William the Conqueror by Goisfrid under Rainald. Soon after Domesday one William de Hadley was lord of the manor and a man of importance, having married Seburga, daughter of Hamo Peverell. He, with his wife Seburga, and son Alan founded in the neighbouring wood about 1130 the Priory of Wombridge. There must have been a manor house here at that time as one of the priests from this priory used to officiate in the private chapel in the house. The lady of the manor outlived her husband some 20 years and Eyton relates an interesting story about her. On one occasion King Henry II. came down to his hunting lodge at Arleston. The old lady upon hearing of the royal visit sent a present to his majesty, consisting — according to local tradition — of cakes and wine made by her own fair hands. She followed this up by a personal visit, and so pleased was the king with the interview that he presented her with forty acres of land at Arleston where they met. Later on Henry III attempted to reclaim this land, but the Corbets, who had then come into possession of Hadley, established their title to it by recounting the above incident.
The Lady Seburga seems to have held the Manor of Hadley in her own right, so that it was not till her death about 1160 that her son Alan de Hadley succeeded to the estate. 3
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It is probable that Hamo Peverel's illegitimate daughter, Seburga, had some feoffment in Cherrington, which was in due course inherited by Alan de Hadley, her son and heir. Alan de Hadley is said to have given a hide in Cherinton to Wombridge Priory. [4] It is observable that Henry II.'s confirmation to that House, passing in the Autumn of 1181, mentions Alan de Hadley's grant in Cherinton to have been of a forndell (i.e. a virgate) only;- and that Alan de Hadley's own Deed, already set forth, [5] uses the same expression;- but that Pope Urban's Bull of 1187 confirms the grant as that of a whole hide, and attributes it to William de Hadley and his son and heir, Alan, jointly. This would make it part of the original foundation of Wombridge Priory, and so early as the close of Henry I.'s reign. 4
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About the year 1230, Henry Prior of Wombridge grants to Richard son of Hugh de Loskesford (Losford) that virgate in the vill of Valeton which Seeburga mother of Alan de Hadley had given to the Priory. Rent, a pound of cummin or 6d. In exchange, Richard gives to the Priory his Mill in the Manor of Chelwordin (Cheswardine) at a rent of 10s. The Priory is also to pay a further rent of 3s, which Richard would hand over to the Abbot of Haughmond, under whom the said Mill was held. Besides it was agreed that if Richard had swine in the wood of Ercalew he should give one hog annually to the Priory. Witnesses, Hugh fitz Robert, William de Hadley, Walter de Optim (Waters Upton), Philip de Peninton, Thomas de Hadley, Roger de Eppelee. 5
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