es 41
X.--Willenhall Endowments at the Reformation 48
XI.--How the Reformation Affected Willenhall 52
XII.--Before the Reformation--and After 57
XIII.--A Century of Wars, Incursions, and Alarms 65
(1640-1745)
XIV.--Litigation Concerning the Willenhall Prebend 72
(1615-1702)
XV.--Willenhall Struggling to be a Free Parish 77
XVI.--Dr. Richard Wilkes, of Willenhall (1690-1760) 82
XVII.--Willenhall "Spaw" 90
XVIII.--The Benefice 95
XIX.--How a Flock Chose its own Shepherd 103
XX.--The Election of 1894, and Since 110
XXI.--Willenhall Church Endowments 116
XXII.--The Church Charities: the Daughter Churches 129
XXIII.--The Fabric of the Church 135
XXIV.--Dissent, Nonconformity, and Philanthrophy 143
XXV.--Manorial Government 148
XXVI.--Modern Self-Government 153
XXVII.--The Town of Locks and Keys 158
XXVIII.--Willenhall in Fiction 167
XXIX.--Bibliography 175
XXX.--Topography 179
XXXI.--Old Families and Names of Note 184
XXXII.--Manners and Customs 187
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Seal of Local Authority Title Page.
St. Giles' Church v
Rev. Wm. Moreton v
Rev. G. H. Fisher, M.A. v
Dr. Richard Wilkes v
Moseley Hall 65
Boscobel 65
Bentley Hall 137
Willenhall Trade Token (farthing) 166
Borrow, George 169
Borrow's Birthplace 169
Neptune Inn 177
Bell Inn 177
Old Bull's Head
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