Updated February 2006

Earl of Dudleys Rent Books.

Extracts from the Earl of Dudleys Rent Books

Cottage Rent Records for 1701, 1720-24, 1738, 1789-1791, 1804-1817.

1738 Thomas Billingham. Rowley 1/- per Annum.

1779 Thomas Billingham paying no rent.

William Billingham

Thomas Billingham for the Widow 3/-.

1780-83. Thomas and William Billingham Scholding Green.

1789. Thomas Billingham Scholding Green 3/8 reduced to 1/6 1790/91 for a pleck of land.

Gideon Billingham 2/6 in 1790-1791 Cottage and Garden were part of Thomas Billinghams.

Noah Billingham Shop and 1/6, Garden, Pleck 8d 1789.

1790 1/6 shop, 1/4 garden, 1791 both.

1801-2 Silvanus Billingham Mushroom Green 3 closes of land.

1804. Lot Saltwater, Kingswinford 1804, 1810-17 Cottage and Garden, 10-6 pa Samuel (late Thomas) Scholding Green, 1805 2-5-6 for pleck 1/9 Corngreaves 1806-9, 1810-17 1-2-9 new cottage 4/3 new enclosure 1-6-9.

Gideon Billingham Cradley Heath 1804-09 1-0-0, Cottage, Garden, Shop

1810-15 10/- Emanuel Billingham 1804-09, 1810-14 3/3 Shop and Garden.

Noah Billingham 1807-09, 1810-17 2/4 Garden,

Silvanus Billingham 1804 3/3, then nothing new enclosure.

Now Sarah Billingham 1814-17 3/3.

James Billingham 1816 2/- A new Garden, Part of late Noah Billinghams.

Samuel Perry Cradley Heath 1816-7 New House and Pleck, of the late S. Billingham.

Sarah Bate of late Surfeit Hill 1810-15 Benjamin Bate, now Billingham, also now Samuel Perry.

This is a very rare and useful early document which might help piece together the early Billingham families in Cradley Heath. If anyone can add anything to this please let us know!