Monument record 2027/2 - Shotwick

'Sotowiche' appears in Domesday as a possession of the Church of St Werburgh at Chester. In 1093, Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, granted to the monks of St Werburgh a third part of Shotwick, called Church Shotwick (i.e. the parish which is now called Shotwick). The Abbey became lord paramount of a manor of Church Shotwick which was held under it by a family bearing the territorial name (1). The Shotwick line terminated in Alice, who brought the manor by marriage to Robert de Hockenhull of Hockenhull in C13 (2).

<1> Stewart-Brown R., 1912, The Royal Manor and Park of Shotwick (Article in Journal). SCH7951.

<2> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 2/562-3 (Book). SCH1389.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ37SW 16 (Index). SCH2487.