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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., From Medford oversea (search)
Mayor of Meaford, Staffordshire, England, and somewhat later another to Staffordshire County Council. Reply to the latter appeared in Vol. XXIV, p. 71. Accompanyinter, which we present for careful reading:— 20 Kings avenue, Stone, Staffordshire. Feb. 26, 1922. Dear Mr. Mann, On Christmas Day, 1920, you wrote to the er Metford I do not think he could have called it after his country seat in Staffordshire for the simple reason that the Craddocks there cannot be proved to have been associated with Meaford at all. Perhaps they were, but most Staffordshire historians think not. Perhaps Matthew Craddock was a friend of the man who lived at Meafory kind regards, Ever yours, mark Hughes, B. A. (Author of the Story of Staffordshire Tales and Legends of the Midland Counties, etc.) It thus appears that our inquiries have created interest among Staffordshire historians, and their search reveals the fact of there being two (contemporary) Matthew Cradocks, both Members
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Why Medford? (search)
family— the original owners of the plantation on the Mystic river—to the manor of Metford in Staffordshire in England, also owned by the same family. The change from Metford to Medford, Mr. Brooksernor of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, owned several separate parcels of land in Staffordshire, England. On one of these he used to reside for a few weeks in summer. He called it his Manor o Manor of Metford in New England, thus being in contradistinction to the Manor of Metford in Staffordshire. That the laborers, sent by Governor Cradock, should not have known exactly how to spell t is called Meadford in New England; thus indicating a variation of the name from Metford in Staffordshire. The Cradock family adopt the American orthography, because their deed was to take effect athe supposition that it was first called Metford by Governor Cradock's men, after Metford in Staffordshire, but suffered orthographical manglings in its Americanization. Why it came to assume its
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., As others told it (search)
radock, Medford's founder and first friend, as the author of Brooks' History reverently expresses it. Here we depend upon another source for our information, finding that our Cradock inherited property and built a new house at Caverswall, Staffordshire. One or two miles from Stone, Staffordshire, and seven from Caverswall is a hamlet spelled Mayford, Mearford and Formerly Metford Being so near to Metford it is possible that he had an estate there, and that there the name of this towStaffordshire, and seven from Caverswall is a hamlet spelled Mayford, Mearford and Formerly Metford Being so near to Metford it is possible that he had an estate there, and that there the name of this town originated. The deeds of Cradock's wife and daughter relate to lands in Medford, Massachusetts, and the property is described as in our manor in Metford in New England. Sir William de Caverswall built a castle at Caverswall in 1275. It fell into a ruinous condition, and according to some authorities, was rebuilt in 1643 by Matthew Cradock— others say by William Cradock. It is of unpretending character, with a massive tower, in imitation of a medieval castle, with a moat wall, buttresses a