Madeley Old Manor

The remnants have Grade II listed building status and the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

[3] The Tudor manor house is illustrated by Michael Burghers as it appeared in 1686 in Plot's History of Staffordshire, together with the formal gardens and a later east frontage.

), 1st feudal baron of Stafford, [5] an Anglo-Norman nobleman who arrived in England during or shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and was awarded by King William the Conqueror extensive territories in his newly conquered kingdom, predominantly in the county of Staffordshire.

In 1341 his descendant (via a female line) Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (1301-1372), was granted a charter by King Edward III to hold weekly markets at Madeley on Tuesdays and two annual fairs on St George's day and St Leonard's day.

Following the death of the 3rd Duke, the manor of Madeley was granted to Sir Francis Poyntz (d.1528),[9] 3rd son of Sir Robert Poyntz (died 1520),[10] lord of the manor of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, chancellor to Queen Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), first wife of King Henry VIII.

Remains of Madeley Old Manor, for which Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (1301-1372), received a licence to crenellate in February 1347/8, together with Stafford Castle , "and to make castles of them". [ 1 ] Red Sandstone ashlar blocks with external doorway with portcullis groove and chamfered arch at its north end. This fragment is believed to have formed part of the 1st Earl's castle, namely the west external wall and gateway [ 2 ]
Madeley Old Manor and parkland, with mediaeval fishpond