Shotwick, Cheshire is in Cheshire.
See: Shotwick Park, Cheshire.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 20th February 1690. Thursday, Parry went away, about 10; Delves came from Shotwick, Cheshire; & retorned; Dobs & Yates (2 Chestermen) came to see me after dinner; I gave them a bottle of ale, & left them.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 24th February 1690. Monday, carpenters & Gray came to work; Wolfe & 2 Bennetts from Hatherton; old Bennett dined with the servants; the other with me; they went about 3; the tenant of Alvanley (that hath taken Shotwick, Cheshire) came about 3, stayd ½ houer; no more company that night.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 9th April 1690. Wednesday, Mr Thomas sent his man with a letter to borrow money; I sent him 2 guineys; one Grice, & another came about changing lifes in Bellis, his lease at Shordley; Harry Siddall brought me a fatt oxe from Sir William Aston; brought it home; the tenant: of Avanly came to desire my carte to carry some corne to Shotwick, Cheshire.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 10th April 1690. Thursday, Burges (the woodman) was with us to discourse of Shotwick, Cheshire wood; Delves, &c. & the tenant of Avanly came againe about sending his corne to Shotwick, Cheshire; Huson went about 12 to Shotwick, Cheshire, Chester, &c. Mr Streete came about 12 about the lands Mr Jones would sell near Northop; dined, & retorned past 2; about 3 came Glasier, Lloyd & Cratchley about Mr Glasiers debt; proposes to sell the land; they went back about 5; past 7 Gerard came to see me; stayd not.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 17th April 1690. Thursday, I took phisick, kept within all day; Huson went to Chester, & Shotwick, Cheshire.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 1st May 1690. Thursday, Mr Salisbury brought me a periwig, dined, & went before 3; Morgan went about 8 towards Wales; Huson about 10, to Shotwick, Cheshire; about 3, Mr Jones his man brought a letter from his Master & Streete about the lands to be sold at Northop:
Roger Whitley's Diary. 3rd June 1690. Tuesday, Mainwaring Bidolph & Minshall went to Chester about 11; Coxon & Johnson came to me from Shotwick, Cheshire; 2 Barrowmen about carrying of coales; Huson went to Chester in the afternoone; Bidolph & Mainwaring retorned past 9; Huson about one.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 23rd June 1690. Monday, Mainwaring went early to Badely; & Morgan past 9, to Chester; Huson went about 2 to Shotwick, Cheshire; retorned late, soe did Mainwaring; the Schoole Master of Tarvyn came past 5, to teach Roger Whitley his Book; went againe past 6.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 24th June 1690. Tuesday, Hooson the coachman, Broster, &c. went to Chester faire; with the wooll & to buy sheep; the husbandmen with brick to Shotwick, Cheshire; in the evening one Mr Crompton came with the coachman to sell me a horse; but I liked him not; he drank a glasse of wine, & went away; about 8 Delves came from Disart.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 11th July 1690. Friday, Huson, & Tomkinson went to Shotwick, Cheshire past 9; after dinner Mainwaring & Bidolph went to Utkinton, Cheshire; my sonne [aged 39], Lloyd & Jack Whitley went also abroad; retorned late.
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Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Roger Whitley's Diary. 2nd August 1690. Satorday, Huson went early to Chester (& Shotwick, Cheshire as he promised) about 11 came Sir Robert Cotton, dined with us; also Hoole & his daughter; they all went about 3; I sent Jonathan & Pickring with my 2 militia horse to Chester agen, past 11 o' clock; with order to continue with the troops; but they retorned at night; soe did Mainwaring & my sonne [aged 39]; Lee & Morgan with them after supper.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 4th August 1690. Monday, Lee went before I saw him in the morning; about 12 Yates & Holland came from Chester to discourse about slating & plastering; dined, &c. Profitte went to Dysert & Mosse to Shotwick, Cheshire to look at the corne,&c. in both places; my daughters, sisters, &c. went to visit Huson at Burton; Mainwaring, sonne [aged 39] & Morgan went a setting; Palin, & 3 or 4 more, came with wood; did eate and drink; retorned past 4; daughters retorned from Huson's about 8, Mainwaring, sonne, Morgan & Traverse after supper; the Postmaster of Chester sent a pacquet to me (past 9) with one enclosed to Lord Warington; Mainwaring took it to send away next morning; I went to my chamber past 10.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 5th August 1690. Tuesday, about 7 there came a messenger with a letter from Atwood, that he & Lord Brandon would dine with us; Mainwaring went about 7 to Dedington; Angell came about 11; stayd till 5; but we being expectacion of Lord Brandon stayd dinner; Angell eate something in one of the chambers & retorned; neare 4 came Hardwar & Henry, drank a bottle of wine in the Hall; went about 5; Delves came from Shotwick, Cheshire; retorned about 5; James brought me a letter, (that Jackson sent me) from Mr Minshall; we expected Brandon & Atwood till 8 at night before we dined; but neither came nor sent.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 8th August 1690. Friday, Huson went to Shotwick, Cheshire & Brombrow (about 9) & Morgan to Chester; & after dinner Mainwaring & my sonne [aged 39] went a setting; in the evening one Norton came to my sonne from Brandon, to speake with him about the militia of Flint, where he is mustermaster; he stayd all night; I left him before 10, with Mainwaring & my sonne.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 18th August 1690. Monday, Warmingham (a shoemaker of Chester) his wife, the Surgeon of the Regiment there & a man from Barrow came to see house & gardens; they dranck a bottle of ale & went away; my tenant Barnet of Shotwick, Cheshire dined with us; went away about 3; Mainwaring went to Chester past 9; retorned about 8.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 20th August 1690. Wednesday, the fast day, we went to church; came in the first sermon; stayd till after the 2nd sermon, &c. came home past 3; Hardwar, his wife, Traves, Gerard & Grantham dined with us; went away about 6 & 7: 21. Thursday, MainwarinG. went to Dunham & Peover about 7; my daughter, 4 girles & servants went to Peover past 2; Tomkinson went to Shotwick, Cheshire.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 27th August 1690. Wednesday, I discoursed the Staffordshire man, he retorned presently; I sent Gill to Frodesly & 2 carts to Shotwick, Cheshire; my sonne [aged 39] & Morgan went past 9 to Peover.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 30th August 1690. Satorday, Hardwar dined with us; went soone after dinner; Tomkinson came back from Shotwick, Cheshire, Brombrow.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 15th September 1690. Monday, Mainwaring went to Peover early; Anderson, Edwards & Basnet dined with us, retorned about 5; Basnet from Shotwick, Cheshire, & Lady Calveley's tenant (at Lee) dined in the buttry; after dinner Bolton & one Hodskin came from Tatenhall; Basnet stayd all night; the rest went back; brother Peter's sonne [aged 39] & Jarvis went to Chester (about 4) my 2 sisters with them.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 2nd October 1690. Thursday, one Powell & another came about money due from Roger to Boudler; they & the keeper retorned past 12; 2 men came from Yates about Boothe's money; had it & went away; Sefton came from Barrow about recommending a servant & another man thence about his sonne [aged 39] to be my cowman; Salmon & his sonne came about work & a man from Shotwick, Cheshire with venison; Bellot, T. Whitley, & L: Lloyd dined with us; Bellot went about 7; the rest stayd all night; also Ned Morgan & Morgan W:
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On 26th December 1734 Salusbury Lloyd of Leadbrook in Flintshire died. He left his estates, including Shotwick Park, Cheshire, to his daughter Catherine Lloyd and her husband Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 50] since his son had predeceased him.
On 9th March 1756 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 72] died. His son Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [aged 41] inherited Shotwick Park, Cheshire.