Venue Type & Location
Overview
Located 8 miles NE of Shrewsbury, High Ercall was rebuilt as a Jacobean L-shaped house of red sandstone and brick replacing an earlier residence on or near the same site.
Performance History
A probable performance venue. Although Newport household records do not survive for the period, a minstrel or minstrels under Thomas Newport's patronage performed at Ludlow in the early 16th c. and may have entertained their patron at his residence as well.
Current Status
History of the Venue
ca. 1391 Thomas Newport acquired the manor of High Ercall.
1602--20 New house built by Walter Hancock for Sir Francis Newport.
1642 Handed over to royalist forces for use as a garrison.
May 1646 High Ercall was taken and sacked.
1734 High Ercall and other Newport estates acquired by William Pulteney, 10th Earl of Bath.
1802 Acquired by the Vane family.
by 1920 Converted for use as a farmhouse.
Record Source
REED Shropshire 1.75
Patrons who owned this venue
| Name | Date | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Newport, Thomas | 1489-1549 |
Bibliographic Sources
- Acton, Frances Stackhouse. The Castles & Old Mansions of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Leake & Evans, 1868
- Garner, Lawrence. 'The Tudor and Stuart Legacy 1530–1730.'. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill, 1989 The Buildings of Shropshire
- Jackson, Michael. Castles of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries, 1988
- Pevsner, Nikolaus. Shropshire. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1958
- 'Proceedings of the annual meeting.'. Archaeological Journal 85 (1928): 209--41.
- Tipping, H. Avray. 'High Ercall and Eyton-on-Severn.'. Country Life 47 (21 Feb. 1920): 234--40.