Notes for Richard FIELD Richard FIELD b.1732 inherited Jerrings Hall, Shirley, Solihull, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), UK SP121762, from his brother Poole FIELD b.1730 who was unmarried (or Richard INSULL?). He also inherited nearby Braggs Farm, UK SP114756, from Richard INSULL. There is some doubt in my mind about the original owner of Jerrings Hall farm because Evelyn ADKINS who researched all this says, in different places in her notes, that Richard FIELD inherited the farm from both Poole FIELD and Richard INSULL. I doubt both are right, being in the same generation. And then there is Light Hall farm (these farms are all within a mile of each other and may well have shared boundaries) which was farmed by John BURMAN and Esther FIELD, daughter of Richard FIELD. [Webmaster]
There is an excellent history of Jerrings Hall written by Mary Singer and attached to Poole FIELD on Ancestry. In summary the land in the area north of Tanworth was being divided up and brought into agricultural use in the late 13thC. One of the tenants was Roger Gerin. Over the centuries the property became known as Geryn′s, Gerren′s, Jerren′s, and Jerring′s. In modern times the apostrophe has been dropped leaving us with Jerrings Hall. [Webmaster]
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