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History of The Manor House, Broadway: The Sheldon Connection
It is recorded in the Worcester County Archives that in 1539, at the time of the Dissolution of the Monastries, Ralph Sheldon, son of Baldwin and Jane Sheldon, acquired several acres of land at West End, Broadway, from John Stonywell, a Benedictine Monk, Abbot of Pershore and Bishop of Polizzi and built himself a manor house.
The Sheldon Shield of 3 sheldrakes dated 1768 can still be seen in the gable end of Rafters.