CANWELL, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the
southern division of the hundred of OFFLOW, county of
STAFFORD, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Tamworth, containing
24 inhabitants. In 11.42, a priory of Benedictine'monks
was founded by Geva Riddell; it subsequently
went to decay, and became a poor cell for
one monk, and was granted to Cardinal Wolsey by
Henry VIII., towards the endowment of his two
intended colleges.