Anyone know what flette means?

[Viktoria]

I wonder if it was Fleet,spelling was a bit haphazard in those days.
There was a river Fleet in London of course and perhaps one near the place
you are interested in.
But it talks about heraldry,arms  —-Argent, a Wolfe passant sable.
Silver -a black wolf walking to the right with paw raised to the right.

Try looking for those terms  as they could be that family’s arms.
Viktoria.

[ShaunJ]

"Guardian of the Fleet" seems likely.

Here's a reference to that office from 1627:  https://goo.gl/gD3xyQ

[Mart 'n' Al]

It's probably totally unconnected but a Fletcher is the person who makes the feathers at the back end of arrows.

Martin

[JenB]

The link to the original source material in reply #10 has expired, so here it is again
https://archive.org/details/visitationcount01mundgoog/page/n85
right-hand page, half way down.

It seems to to me that the reference 'garden of the flette' applies to the person in question, William Walsall.

[Gardener]

Interesting thoughts Andy. You have revived yet another old thread from 2004. Lets hope the OP returns to let you know if they have managed to solve the puzzle in the intervening years.

Nope. But I am amazed to see this pulled up after all these years. And thanks for the link to the Visitation book. At least the com. was cleared up. Obviously it means county.

I'm still interested in the Wolloxalls (in all their spellings). I never worked out exactly where the original hamlet was. It is used interchangeably or in conjunction with Langley, and was connected to Hales manor and then the Abbey. But there is quite a bit of landscape in between.

[ShaunJ]

"Guardian of the Fleet" seems likely.

Here's a reference to that office from 1627:  https://goo.gl/gD3xyQ

Reading that 1627 law case it is clear that the title "Guardian of the Fleet" refers to the guardian or warden of the Fleet Prison, not a fleet of ships. 

[ShaunJ]

References to the "Flette" prison:

https://goo.gl/XTxfXT

https://goo.gl/CtBPpA

https://goo.gl/q8oubc

[Flattybasher9]

There are several definitions of "flette" depending which language one chooses,

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ndg/

take your pick.

Malky

[Gardener]

I think at some point I decided that "Wollashall" was probably related to Walsall rather than Wolloxall. Interesting how names and place names changed.