MADELEY, (Staffordshire) on the S. W. side of Newcastle under Line, had a charter in the R. of Edw. III. when bel. to the
Staffords, for a Mt. on Tu. and two Fairs on the Days of St. George the Martyr and St. Leonard, for four days each, which
are since discontinued. Upon the attainder of Edw. Stafford, who was D. of Buckingham, it was given by the crown to the
Ld. Bray; from whom it passed to the Ld. Wentworth, who sold it to Sir Tho. Offley, Ld.-mayor of London, father of Henry
Offley, who inherited it, and the park bel. to John Crew, Esq; of Crew.